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GREENE, JOHN BAKER STAFFORD (_eld. son of John Alfred Greene,
barrister of King’s inns, Dublin_). _b._ 1833; B.A. and M.B. Trin.
coll. Dublin 1853; M.R.C.S. Eng. 1853; assist. surgeon 1 foot
1854–56, served in Crimean campaign, present at Alma, Inkerman and
Sebastopol; barrister of M.T. 7 June 1858; LL.B. London univ.
1859; a writer for periodicals; was with Sir Rich. M’Cormack’s
ambulance during siege of Paris 1870; author of _The Hebrew
migration from Egypt_ 1879, _2 ed._ 1883; _Notes on Ireland_ 1886.
_d._ suddenly 13 Clements’ inn, Strand, London 22 June 1888.
_Times 26 June 1888 p._ 10.

GREENE, JOHN STOCK TURNER (_eld. son of Thomas Green of Bedford,
Lancs._) _b._ 12 Dec. 1803; ed. at Pemb. coll. Camb.; barrister
M.T. 27 Nov. 1829; judge of county courts circuit No. 10
(Lancashire) March 1847 to March 1872. _d._ Southworth house near
Wigan 16 June 1874.

GREENE, RICHARD WILSON (_son of Sir Jonas Greene, recorder of Dublin
d. 1828_). _b._ Dublin 1792; ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin; called to
bar in Ireland 1814; K.C. 13 July 1830; bencher of King’s Inns
1834; first sergeant 23 May 1835; solicitor general for Ireland
Nov. 1842 to Dec. 1845; attorney general Jany. to July 1846;
received a patent of precedence 1851; a baron of court of
exchequer in Ireland 1852–61; P.C. Ireland 1846; author of _A
report of the King against W. O’Grady respecting office of clerk
of the pleas_ 1816; _A report of the trial of D. Waring for
perjury_ 1817. _d._ 49 Stephens green, Dublin 23 March 1861.

GREENE, THOMAS (_eld. son of Thomas Greene of Slyne, Lancs.
1737–1810_). _b._ 19 Jany. 1794; educ. Oriel coll. Ox., B.A. 1814,
M.A. 1817; barrister G.I. 12 May 1819, but never practised,
bencher 1838 to death; M.P. for Lancaster 1824–52 and 1853–7;
chairman of committees of house of commons 17 Sep. 1841 to 1847;
sheriff of Lancashire 1823. _d._ Whittington hall, Westmoreland 8
Aug. 1872.

GREENE, THOMAS WEBB (_2 son of Thomas Webb Green of Lichfield d. 10
Jany. 1842_). _b._ 1804; ed. at Repton gr. sch. and Trin. hall,
Cam., LL.B. 1833, LL.M. 1859; barrister M.T. 23 Nov. 1832, bencher
1858; Q.C. Jany. 1858; leader in V.C. Stuart’s court 1868–75;
member of council on law reporting 22 Feb. 1865, chairman to
death. _d._ 9 Upper Wimpole st. London 14 Nov. 1875.

GREENHOW, EDWARD HEADLAM. _b._ North Shields 1814; practised with
his father in North Shields and Tynemouth 1834–52; M.D. King’s
coll. Aberdeen 1852; F.R.C.P. Lond. 1859, censor 1880–81, Croonian
lecturer 1875; settled in London 1853; lecturer on public health
at St. Thomas’ hospital 1855, the first appointment of the kind in
England; physician Middlesex hospital 1870; a founder of Clinical
soc. 1867, treasurer 1867–79, president 1879; F.R.S. 2 June 1870;
retired to Reigate 1881; author of _On diphtheria_ 1860; _On
Addison’s disease_ 1866; _On bronchitis_ 1878 and other works.
_d._ of syncope at Charing Cross railway station 22 Nov. 1888.
_Lancet 1 Dec. 1888 pp._ 1104–6.

GREENING, HENRY. _b._ Bromsgrove, Worcestershire 1809; articled to
E. W. Oldaker of Pershore, solicitor; a special pleader about
1834; retired from practice 1880; author of _A collection of forms
of declarations_ 1837, _2 ed._ 1852; edited Chitty’s _Treatise on
pleading_, _7 ed. 3 vols._ 1844. _d._ St. Leonards-on-Sea 31 July
1881 in 72 year. _bur._ Highgate cemetery.

GREENOUGH, GEORGE BELLAS (_son of George Bellas, proctor Doctors’
Commons, d. 12 July 1784_). _b._ 18 Jany. 1778; ed. at Eton; took
name of Greenough after his grandfather 179-; entered Pemb. coll.
Cam. 1795, resided 9 terms; active member of Royal Institution
1801–7, sec. several years; M.P. for Gatton, Surrey 1807–12; chief
founder of Geological society 1807, president 1811–18, 1833–35;
F.L.S. 1811; president R. Geog. soc. 1839, 1840; author of _A
critical examination of the first principles of geology_ 1819;
_Memoirs of a geological map of England_ 1820; _Addresses at
meetings of Geological soc._ 1834, 1835, 1840; published
_Geological map of England and Wales_ 1819; _General sketch of
physical and geological features of India_, _9 sheets_ 1854; _A
physical and geological map of England and Wales_ 1865. _d._
Naples 2 Aug. 1855, bust in Geol. soc. apartments, bequeathed his
books and maps to Geological and R. Geographical societies.
_Quarterly journal of Geological soc. xii_, 26–34 (1856); _Journ.
R. Geogr. soc. xxv, p. lxxxviii_.

GREENSTREET, JOHN. Entered Bengal army 1795; colonel 60 Bengal N.I.
1 May 1824 to death; general 20 June 1854. _d._ Frenchay near
Bristol 9 April 1856 aged 74.

GREENWELL, DOROTHY (_only dau. of William Thomas Greenwell of
Greenwell Ford, Durham 1777–1854_). _b._ Greenwell Ford 6 Dec.
1821; known as Dora Greenwell; lived with her mother at Durham
1847–65, resided 12 Great College st. Westminster 1874; author of
_Poems_ 1848; _Stories that might be true_ 1850; _The patience of
hope_ 1860, _another ed._ 1863; _Songs of Salvation_ 1873;
_Lacordaire, a memoir_ 1867; _Camera Obscura_ 1876 and 12 other
works. _d._ 8 Alma road, Clifton 29 March 1882. _W. Dorling’s
Memoirs of D. Greenwell_ (1885).

GREENWOOD, GEORGE (_2 son of Wm. Greenwood of Brookwood park,
Hants., d. 1844 aged 80_). _b._ 10 June 1799; ed. at Eton; cornet
2 life guards 1817, lieut. col. 1837 to 1840 when he retired;
reduced weight of helmet from 8 lb. to 3 lb. 1840; the best
breaker in of horses of his day; published _Hints on horsemanship_
1839, _new ed._ 1861, the best book on the subject ever done; _The
tree lifter_ 1844, _3 ed._ 1876; _Rain and rivers, or Hutton and
Playfair against Lyell and all comers_ 1857, _2 ed._ 1866. _d._
Brookwood park 3 Nov. 1875. _River terraces_ (1877), _with memoir,
pp. ix-xv_.

GREENWOOD, JOHN (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ 24 July 1800; ed.
at Eton and Jesus coll. Cam., B.A. 1822, M.A. 1825; barrister L.I.
and M.T. 8 Feb. 1828; Q.C. Dec. 1848; bencher of M.T. 1848;
recorder of Portsmouth 1847–8, of Devonport Dec. 1848–51; assist.
solicitor to the Treasury 1851 to June 1866, solicitor June 1866
to death; author of _The Law Journal, a digest of cases in the Law
Journal and Reports_ 1823; _The law of loan societies_ 1846. _d._
53 Chester sq. London 12 Feb. 1871. _I.L.N. lviii_, 163, 315
(1871).

GREENWOOD, JOHN (_eld. son of Frederick Greenwood of Norton Conyers,
Ripon_). _b._ Ryshworth hall, Yorkshire 20 Feb. 1830; educ. Eton
and Christ Church, Ox., B.A. 1851; M.P. for Ripon 1857–65. _d._ 7
Chandos st. Cavendish sq. London 21 Feb. 1874.

GREENWOOD, JOHN BESWICKE (_eld. son of Abram Greenwood_). _b._ 1796;
ed. at Eton and Caius coll. Cam., B.A. 1818, M.A. 1821; barrister
L.I. 22 Nov. 1821; police magistrate at Clerkenwell court, London
1837 to May 1847; chairman of West Riding quarter sessions; author
of _The early ecclesiastical history of Dewsbury_ 1859. _d._ Moor
house, Dewsbury 9 Oct. 1879. _I.L.N. x_, 332 (1847), _portrait_.

GREENWOOD, THOMAS. _b._ 1790; ed. at St. John’s coll. Cam., B.A.
1815, M.A. 1831; barrister G.I. 24 June 1817, bencher 1837 to
death, treasurer 1841–2; fellow of Univ. of Durham, reader in
history and polite literature there; author of _Cathedra Petri, a
survey of the papal supremacy_ 1843, _another ed._ 1856; _Position
and prospects of the churches of Great Britain and Ireland with
reference to the establishment of a Roman Catholic hierarchy_
1851. _d._ 14 Westbourne ter. Hyde Park, London 1 Nov. 1871.

GREENWOOD, THOMAS. _b._ Gildersome near Leeds; a machine and tool
maker Leeds 1833; manager for Sir Peter Fairbairn at Leeds to
1856; constructed machinery for manufacture of the Enfield rifle
and other war stores 1854; partner with John Batley at Leeds 1856;
established a small arms manufactory in Russia 1871; A.I.C.E. 4
Feb. 1860. _d._ Gipsy hill near the Crystal palace 9 Feb. 1873.
_bur._ Woodhouse cemetery, Leeds. _Minutes of proc. of Instit. of
C.E. xxxviii_, 311–13 (1874); _Leeds Times 15 Feb. 1873 p._ 5.

GREENWOOD, THOMAS LONGDON (_son of Thomas Greenwood who painted
scenery for Tom and Jerry at Olympic theatre_). _b._ 1806;
druggist Clerkenwell; partner with Robert Plunkett Honner as
managers of Sadler’s wells 1839, acting manager May 1841, lessee
1842–44, partner there with Samuel Phelps 1844–60 when many
Shakspeare’s dramas were produced; director of Astleys; acting
manager of Princesses; as the elder of the Brothers Grinn supplied
pantomimes to metropolitan theatres; writer of _Jack Shepherd_, an
adaptation; _Paul the Pilot_; _Is it the king?_; the pantomime
_Harlequin Robin Hood_ at Sadler’s Wells 1844. _d._ Trinity sq.
Brixton 10 May 1879. _Michael Williams’ Some London theatres_
(1883) 17–29; _Era 18 May 1879 p._ 5.

GREER, SAMUEL MACURDY (_eld. son of Rev. Thos. Greer, presbyterian
minister at Dunboe_). _b._ Springvale, co. Derry 1810; educ.
Belfast acad. and Glasgow univ.; called to the Irish bar 1833; an
originator of the tenant league 1850, which demanded the three
F’s, fixity of tenure, fair rents and free sale; contested co.
Derry 1852, 1859, and Londonderry city 1860, 1865; M.P. for
Londonderry 1857–59; recorder of Londonderry 1870–8; county court
judge of Cavan and Leitrim 1878. _d._ 3 Gardiner’s place, Dublin 3
Nov. 1880.

GREEY, EDWARD. _b._ Sandwich, Kent 1 Dec. 1835; capt. of R. Marines
at storming of Pekin; in British legation in Japan; spent 6 years
in the country and learnt the language; went to U.S. America 1868,
was naturalized, manager of Brooklyn theatre; had a store in New
York for sale of Japanese works of art; writer of 5 dramas
_Mirah_, _Vendome_, _The third state_, _The College belles_, _and
Uncle Abner_; author of 7 works in Japanese history, _Blue
Jackets_ 1871, _The Loyal Ronins_ 1880, _Young Americans in Japan_
1882, _The wonderful city of Tokio_ 1883, _The Golden lotus_ 1883,
_Bear Worshippers of Yezo_ 1884, _A captive of love_ 1886; _shot
himself_ New York city 1 Oct. 1888. _bur._ Woodland cemetery.

GREG, PERCY (_son of William Rathbone Greg 1809–81_). _b._ Bury
1836; contributed to the _Manchester Guardian_, _Standard_ and
_Saturday Review_; a secularist and a spiritualist; author of
_Shadows of the past_ 1856 and _The spirit of enquiry_ 1857, both
by Lionel H. Holdreth; _Interleaves_ 1875; _The Devil’s Advocate_
1878; _Across the Zodiac 2 vols._ 1880; _Errant 3 vols._ 1880;
_Ivey cousin and bride 3 vols._ 1881; _Sanguelac 3 vols._ 1883;
_Without God, negative science and natural ethics_ 1883; _The
Verge of Night 3 vols._ 1885; _History of the United States to the
reconstruction of the Union 2 vols._ 1887. _d._ 16 Tedworth sq.
London 24 Dec. 1889 in 54 years. _Manchester Guardian 30 Dec. 1889
p. 8._

GREG, ROBERT HYDE (_son of Samuel Greg, mill owner, Wilmslow,
Cheshire_). _b._ King st. Manchester 24 Sept. 1795; educ. Edin.
univ.; joined his father in business; an advocate of parliamentary
reform and repeal of the corn laws; contested Macclesfield 1837;
M.P. Manchester 1835–41; a practical and experimental farmer at
Norcliffe, Cheshire and Coles park, Herts.; author of pamphlets on
politics and farming. _d._ Norcliffe hall 21 Feb. 1875. _bur._
unitarian chapel, Wilmslow.

GREG, SAMUEL (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ King st. Manchester
6 Sept. 1804; educ. at unitarian schools; studied and practised
mesmerism 1831; mill owner at Lower House mill, Bollington near
Macclesfield 1832–47; instituted the order of the silver cross as
a reward for good conduct in young women 1836; entertained Kossuth
at Mount Bollington 22 March 1857; author of _Scenes from the life
of Jesus_ 1854, _2 ed._ 1869; _Letters on religious belief_ 1856.
_d._ Bollington 14 May 1876. _H. A. Page’s Leaders of men_ (1880)
264–77; _Good Words xviii_, 588–91 (1877); _A Layman’s Legacy by
S. Greg, with memoir_ (1877) _pp._ 3–63.

GREG, WILLIAM RATHBONE (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ Manchester
1809; educ. Edin. univ. 1826–8; manager of one of his father’s
mills at Bury 1828; mill owner at Bury 1832–50; a commissioner of
board of customs 1856–64; comptroller of the stationary office
1864–77; author of _Sketches in Greece and Turkey_ 1833; _The
Creed of Christendom_ 1851, _8 ed._ 1883; _Political problems for
our age and country_ 1870; _Enigmas of life_ 1872, _15 ed._ 1883;
_Mistaken aims and attainable ideals of the artizan classes_ 1876
and 16 other books; in 1852 he wrote 12 articles for the four
leading quarterlies. _d._ Park lodge, Park side, Wimbledon 15 Nov.
1881. _Macmillan’s Mag., June 1883 pp._ 109–26.

GREGAN, JOHN EDGAR. _b._ Dumfries 18 Dec. 1813; studied architecture
under Walter Newall and W. Thomas Atkinson; architect Manchester
1840 where he erected churches of St. John, Longsight, and St.
John, Miles Platting, and bank for Sir B. Heywood & Co.; hon. sec.
Royal Instit. Manchester; F.R.I.B.A. _d._ York place, Manchester
29 April 1855. _bur._ St. Michael’s churchyard, Dumfries.
_Builder, May 1855 p._ 222.

GREGER, MAX. _b._ Budapest 1821; original importer of Hungarian
wines into England 1861; carried on business at 7 Mincing lane,
London; resided in London 1863–80; introduced the wine flagon
system 1872; dissolved partnership with C. W. Wilson 1 June 1881,
business converted into limited liability co. capital £200,000 in
1881; given order of Gold Crown & Cross 1874; knight of order of
Franz Joseph 1875; created Count de Budavolgy by the Emperor of
Austria 1878. _d._ Villa Budavolgy; Budapest 19 April 1886 aged
66. _London Figaro 1 May 1886 p._ 7, _portrait_; _Wine Trade
Review 15 May 1886 p._ 278.

GREGG, RIGHT REV. JOHN (_6 son of Richard Gregg of Cappa near Ennis,
co. Clare_). _b._ Cappa 4 Aug. 1798; ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin,
scholar 1822, B.A. 1825, M.A., B.D. and D.D. 1860; C. of French
church, Portarlington 1826–8; V. of Kilsallaghan, Dublin 1828–36;
chaplain of Bethesda chapel, Dublin 1836–9; minister of Trinity
ch. Dublin 1839–62; archdeacon of Kildare 1857–62; bishop of Cork,
Cloyne and Ross 13 Feb. 1862 to death; new cathedral of St.
Finbarre, Cork built cost £100,000, 1870; one of the most earnest
evangelical leaders of Irish ch.; author of _A missionary visit to
Achill and Erris_ 1850; _The life of faith, sermons and lectures 2
series_ 1883–5 and 30 other addresses, charges, sermons and
children’s books. _d._ the Palace, Cork 26 May 1878. _bur._ Mount
Jerome cemetery, Dublin. _Memorials of life of J. Gregg, D.D._
(1879), _portrait_; _I.L.N. lxxii_, 519, 533 (1878), _portrait_.

GREGG, REV. TRESHAM DAMES. Educ. Dublin univ., B.A. 1826, M.A. 1830,
B.D. and D.D. 1853; chaplain of St. Nicholas within, Dublin;
committed to Dublin bridewell for refusing to give bail in a
convent case 3 May 1841, committal found to be illegal 8 May;
author of _Free thoughts on protestant matters_ 1846; _A
methodization of the Hebrew verbs_ 1852, _3 ed._ 1861; _The life
and death of Edward VI, a drama_ 1857; _Mary Tudor, a drama_ 1858;
_The time of the restoration of all things_ 1868 and 20 other
books. _d._ Sandymount, Dublin 28 Oct. 1881 aged 82. _Authentic
Report of case of Rev. T. D. Gregg_ 1841.

GREGORY, BARNARD. _b._ 1796; editor of _The Satirist, or The Censor
of the Times_, first number 10 April 1831, in connection with
which paper he libelled and black mailed many persons, especially
Charles, duke of Brunswick and Luneburg; imprisoned in 1839 and
1850 for libels; _The Satirist_ suppressed 15 Dec. 1849 being No.
924; played Hamlet at Covent Garden 13 Feb. 1843 when there was a
riot headed by the Duke of Brunswick; acted at the Haymarket,
Victoria and Strand theatres in 1846; author of four dramas;
edited _The Penny Satirist 10 vols._ 1837–46. _d._ The Priory, 22
Aberdeen place, St. John’s Wood, London 24 Nov. 1852. _The
Theatre, Sep. 1878 pp._ 117–21; _The Town, ii_, 515, 531 (1839).

GREGORY, FRANCIS THOMAS (_son of Capt. Joshua Gregory of 78
highlanders_). Went to Western Australia 1829; assistant surveyor
of W.A., explored the Murchison, Lyons and Gascoyne rivers 1857;
sent by imperial government to north west coast in search of lands
fit for growing cotton, when he discovered the Nicol bay pearl
fisheries and the De Grey, Ashburton and Fortescue rivers 1861;
surveyor general W.A.; noticed the existence of payable coal
fields in Western Australia and made a geological map of the
colony; assessing commissioner Queensland, then crown lands
commissioner and postmaster general 188-, member legislative
council 1879; F.R. Geog. Soc., gold medallist 1863; author with A.
C. Gregory of _Journals of Australian explorations_, _Brisbane_
1884. _d._ Harlaxton estate, Queensland 24 Oct. 1888. _Times 12
Nov. 1888 p._ 7; _J. E. T. Wood’s Hist. of discovery of Australia,
ii_, 409–32 (1865).

GREGORY, GEORGE (_2 son of Rev. Wm. Gregory, R. of St. Andrews,
Canterbury, who d. 13 Jany. 1803_). _b._ the Precincts, Canterbury
16 Aug. 1790; ed. at King’s sch. Canterbury and Univ. of Edin.;
M.D. 12 Sep. 1811; M.R.C.S. Eng. 2 July 1812; assist. surgeon to
the forces in Mediterranean 1813–16 when placed on h.p.; L.R.C.P.
1816, F.R.C.P. 1839; practised in London 1816 to death; physician
to small pox and vaccination hospital 1824 to death; author of
_The Elements of the theory and practice of physic 2 vols._ 1820,
_6 ed._ 1846; _Lectures on the eruptive fevers_ 1843. _d._ 6
Camden sq. Camden town, London 25 Jany. 1853. _Munk’s College of
physicians, iii_, 152 (1878).

GREGORY, RICHARD LEMMON. Librarian first at Choat’s and then at
Loder’s at Brighton for many years; was a cricketer and a runner
when aged 80; well known as Dick Gregory. _d._ his son’s residence
8 Bond st. Brighton 13 May 1851 aged 84. _J. G. Bishop’s A peep
into the past, Brighton_ (1880) 126–27.

GREGORY, WILLIAM (_4 son of James Gregory, professor of medicine
1753–1821_). _b._ Edinburgh 25 Dec. 1803; educ. Edin. univ.; pupil
of Liebig at Giessen; professor of medicine and chemistry King’s
coll. Aberdeen 1839; professor of chemistry Edin. univ. 1844 to
death; edited many of Liebig’s works 1839–51; introduced a process
for making muriate of morphia which came into general use; author
of _Outlines of chemistry_ 1845, _2 ed._ 1847, divided into 2
volumes 1853; _Letters to a candid enquirer on animal magnetism_
1851 and 8 other books. _d._ Princes st. Edinburgh 24 April 1858.
_Proc. R. Soc. of Edin. iv_, 121–2 (1862); _S. Muspratt’s
Chemistry vol. i_ (1853), _portrait_.

GREGSON, SAMUEL. _b._ Lancaster 1795; contested Lymington 1837; M.P.
for Lancaster 1847, unseated on petition 1848; M.P. again 1852 to
death; chairman of East India and China association; author of
_Indian fibres_ 1854. _d._ 32 Upper Harley st. London 8 Feb. 1865.

GREGSON, WILLIAM. _b._ Liverpool 1790; ed. at Brasen. coll. Ox.,
B.A. 1810, M.A. 1813; barrister L.I. 12 June 1815; private sec. to
Sir Robert Peel; drafted bills for home office from 1820; under
sec. of state for home dept. 3 Jany. 1834 to 18 April 1835; one of
founders of Marlborough college 1843 and of Training college at
Highbury 1850; one of earliest promoters of ragged school movement
1844. _d._ 12 Duke st. south, Edge hill, Liverpool, Feb. 1863.

GREIG, SIR HECTOR. _b._ 1789; superintendent of quarantine at Malta;
chief sec. at Malta to 1854; C.M.G. 9 Feb. 1833, K.C.M.G. 26 Jany.
1839; _d._ 8 Ovington ter. Brompton, London 5 Oct. 1873.

GREIG, IRWIN MONTGOMERY. _b._ 24 June 1834; educ. at Addiscombe; 2
lieut. Bombay engineers 9 Dec. 1852, col. 1882–86; superintending
engineer of southern division 1879, of northern division 1879, and
of central division 1880–6; employed on irrigation works, and on
construction of roads and bridges; was in the expedition into
Arabia 1858; field engineer in Abyssinian campaign 1868; M.G. 6
Nov. 1886; A.I.C.E. Dec. 1873. _d._ 6 Hyde park mansions, London 4
July 1887. _Min. of Proc. of Instit. of C.E. xc_, 449–50 (1887).

GREIG, JOHN. _b._ Moffat, Dumfriesshire 6 Aug. 1779; went to western
New York 1800 and studied law with Nathaniel W. Howell, admitted
to the bar 1804 and was a partner with Howell till 1820;
entertained all strangers of distinction at his residence; bore a
striking resemblance to Sir W. Scott; regent of the state
university 1825 and chancellor 1845 to death; representative to
Congress 1841. _d._ Canandaigua, state of New York 1 April 1858.

GREIG, JOHN JAMES. Ensign 24 foot 15 May 1828, lieut. 1834 to 4 Aug.
1843 when placed on h.p.; head constable of Liverpool 1852,
resigned 22 July 1881; C.B. 14 Oct. 1867. _d._ Bournemouth 2 or 4
Dec. 1882 aged 76.

GREIG, WORONZOW. Barrister I.T. 14 May 1830, went Northern circuit;
one of secretaries of statistical soc.; F.R.S. _d._ Surrey lodge,
Lambeth 20 Oct. 1865 aged 60.

GRELLIER, JAMES. Veterinary surgeon royal waggon train 16 May 1805
to 29 Dec. 1807 when placed on h.p.; proprietor and editor of the
_Manx Sun_ for many years from 1821. _d._ Hills house, Douglas,
Isle of Man 9 May 1860 aged 83.

GRENFELL, JOHN PASCOE (_son of John Granville Grenfell of city of
London_). _b._ Battersea 20 Sept. 1800; entered naval service of
H.E.I.C. 1811; joined naval service of Chilian republic as a
lieut. and took part in war of independence 1819–23; served in
Brazilian war against Portugal 1823 and lost his right arm in
action off Buenos Ayres 29 July 1826; commanded fleet on lakes of
province of Rio Grande del Sol, defeated the rebels 1835–36 and
was made a rear admiral 1844; consul general for Brazil in
England, at Liverpool 1846–51 and 1852 to death; in command of
Brazilian fleet in the war with Argentine republic, forced the
passage of the Parana 1851; vice admiral 1852, admiral; had a
pension for the loss of his arm. _d._ Prince’s park, Liverpool 20
March 1869. _Register and Mag. of Biography_, _May_ 1869, _pp._
391–92; _I.L.N. xxi_, 492–93 (1852), _portrait_.

GRENFELL, SIDNEY. _b._ 1807; entered navy 25 June 1822; captain 15
Jany. 1850; R.A. 6 April 1860; retired admiral 21 March 1878; C.B.
13 March 1867. _d._ Castlepark, Exmouth 5 March 1884.

GRENVILLE, VERY REV. GEORGE NEVILLE (_3 son of 2 Baron Braybrook
1750–1825_). _b._ Stanlake, Berkshire 17 Aug. 1789; ed. at Eton
and Trin. coll. Cam., M.A. 1810; master of Magdalen coll. Cam.
1813–53; R. of Hawarden, Flintshire 1814–34; vice chancellor of
Cam. 1818; took surname of Grenville by r.l. 7 July 1825; chaplain
in ord. to George iv. and Victoria; dean of Windsor 1846 to death.
_d._ Butleigh court near Glastonbury 10 June 1854. _G.M. xlii_,
72–3 (1854).

GRENVILLE, RALPH NEVILLE (_eld. son of the preceding_). _b._ 27 Feb.
1817; ed. at Eton and Magd. coll. Camb., M.A. 1837; M.P. Windsor
1841–7 as Ralph Neville; M.P. East Somerset 1865–8; M.P. Mid
Somerset 1868–78; a lord of the treasury 1846–7; took additional
name of Grenville on death of his father 1854; sheriff of Somerset
1862; author of _Cathedrals_ 1871. _d._ Butleigh court near
Glastonbury 20 Aug. 1886.

GRESLEY, REV. JOHN MOREWOOD (_son of Rev. Wm. Gresley 1760–1829, R.
of Seale, Leics._) _b._ 6 July 1816; ed. at St. Mary hall, Ox.,
B.A. 1840, M.A. 1845; C. of Seale 1841–7, R. of Seale 1847 to
death; master of Etwall hospital, Derby; edited publications of
Anastatic soc. from its foundation 1854 to 1859 when it was
incorporated with the Ilam Anastatic drawing soc.; author of
_Plain sermons on present events_ 1850–1. _d._ Overseale, Leics.
15 May 1866.

GRESLEY, SIR THOMAS, 10 Baronet (_1 son of Rev. Sir William Nigel
Gresley, 9 bart. d. 1847_). _b._ Nether Seal hall, Leics. 17 Jany.
1832; educ. Rugby; cornet 1 dragoon guards 18 Jany. 1850, captain
1853–58 when he sold out; aide-de-camp to lord lieut. of Ireland;
lieut. col. 1 bat. Derbyshire rifle volunteers 1860; M.P. South
Derbyshire 21 Nov. 1868. _d._ Shipley hall, Derbyshire 18 Dec.
1868. _Reg. and Mag. of Biog. i_, 150, 356 (1869).

GRESLEY, REV. WILLIAM (_1 son of Richard Gresley of Stowe house,
Staffs., barrister 1776–1850_). _b._ Kenilworth 16 March 1801;
educ. Westminster and Ch. Ch. Oxf., student 1819, B.A. 1823, M.A.
1825; C. of Drayton-Bassett near Tamworth 1828–30; C. of St.
Chad’s, Lichfield 1830–7; preb. of Lichfield cath. 1840 to death;
P.C. of All Saints, Boyne Hill, Berks. 1857 to death; an extreme
high churchman; author of _Ecclesiastes Anglicanus, a treatise on
the art of preaching_ 1835; _Portrait of an English churchman_
1838, _8 ed._ 1839; _The siege of Lichfield_ 1840; _Bernard
Leslie, a tale 2 parts_ 1842–59; _The ordinance of confession_
1851; _Thoughts on religion and philosophy_ 1875 and 60 other
books. _d._ Boyne hill 19 Nov. 1876. _Ch. of E. photographic
portrait gallery_ 1859, _portrait_ 38; _Scepticism of the
Nineteenth century_ (1879), _memoir pp. v-xiii_, _portrait_.

GRESSWELL, DAN. _b._ Kelsey hall, Spilsby, Lincolnshire 13 May 1819;
M.R.C. veterinary surgeons 1840 and fellow 1877; fellow of
Veterinary Med. Assoc. 1840; settled at Louth, Lincolnshire, mayor
1871; a writer on Lactiferous glands, Paralysis in the horse,
Arsenical poisoning, etc. _d._ Kelsey house, Louth 13 March 1883.

GRESWELL, EDWARD (_3 son of Rev. W. Parr Greswell 1765–1854_). _b._
Denton near Manchester 3 Aug. 1797; educ. Manchester gram. sch.
1811–15; scholar of Brasen. coll. Oxf. 1815; Lancash. scholar
Corpus Christi 1816, took a double first 1819, B.A. 1819, M.A.
1822, B.D. 1830, tutor of his coll. 1822–34, fellow 1823 to death,
vice president 1840–69; author of _Harmonia Evangelica_ 1830, _5
ed._ 1855; _Fasti temporis Catholici and Origines Kalendariæ 4
vols._ 1852; _Origines Kalendariæ Italicæ 4 vols._ 1854; _Origines
Kalendariæ Hellenicæ 6 vols._ 1862 and 8 other books, _d._ Corpus
Christi coll. 29 June 1869. _Smith’s Manchester School register,
iii_, 79–82 (1874); _Register and Mag. of Biog. ii_, 92–93 (1869).

GRESWELL, REV. RICHARD (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ Denton 22
July 1800; educ. Worcester coll. Oxf., scholar 1818–24, took a
double first 1822, B.A. 1822, M.A. 1825, B.D. 1836, tutor of his
coll. 1822–53, fellow 1824–37, dean 1825, hon. fellow 1878; raised
£250,000 for the National soc. 1843, etc.; a founder of the
Ashmolean soc. 1828; chairman of W. E. Gladstone’s election
committees 1847–56; F.R.S. 10 June 1830. _d._ 39 St. Giles’,
Oxford, on anniversary of his birth 22 July 1881. _Burgon’s Lives
of Twelve good men, ii_, 93–122 (1888).

GRESWELL, REV. WILLIAM (_2 son of the succeeding_). _b._ Denton
about 1795; educ. Manchester sch. and Brasen. coll. Oxf., scholar
1815–17, B.A. 1818, fellow of Balliol 1818–38, M.A. 1820; C. of
Disley, Cheshire; R. of Kilve near Bridgewater 1837 to death;
author of _A popular view of correspondency between Mosaic ritual
and the Christian religion_ 1834; _A commentary on the order of
the burial of the dead_ 1836. _d._ Kilve rectory 6 Nov. 1876 aged
80. _Manchester School register, iii_, 78 (1874).

GRESWELL, REV. WILLIAM PARR (_son of John Greswell of Chester_).
_b._ Tarvin, Cheshire 23 June 1765; C. of Blackley near Manchester
1789–91; inc. of Denton and Haughton near Manchester 1791,
resigned 1853; kept a school at Denton; author of _Annals of
Parisian typography_ 1818; _The monastery of St. Werburgh, a poem_
1823; _A view of the early Parisian Greek press 2 vols._ 1833.
_d._ Denton 12 Jany. 1854, his library sold at Sotheby’s Feb.
1855. _Manchester School Register, iii_, 77–78 (1874); _Booker’s
Denton (Chetham Soc. Miscell. vol. ii_, 1851) 109.

GRETTON, REV. FREDERICK EDWARD (_youngest son of Rev. George
Gretton, prebendary of Hereford_). _b._ 1803 or 1804; ed. at St.
John’s coll. Cam., fellow 1829, B.A. 1826, M.A. 1829, B.D. 1836;
C. of Tickencote, Rutland and head master Stamford gram. sch.
1834–72; R. of St. Mary, Stamford 1847–64; select preacher at
Cambridge 1861–2; author of _Elmsleiana Critica_ 1833; _Parochial
sermons_ 1843; _Passages from English poetry with a Latin verse
translation_ 1873 and 15 other books. _d._ Oddington, Gloucs. 27
March 1890.

GREVILLE, FULKE SOUTHWELL GREVILLE-NUGENT, 1 Baron (_2 son of
Algernon Greville of North Lodge, Herts. 1791–1857_). _b._ 17 Feb.
1821; col. of Westmeath militia 22 Aug. 1850 to death; M.P. for
co. Longford 1852–69; assumed additional surname of Nugent by r.l.
8 Aug. 1866; cr. Baron Greville of Clonyn, co. Westmeath, in
peerage of the U.K. 15 Dec. 1869; lord lieutenant of Westmeath 27
March 1871 to death. _d._ Clonyn castle, Delvin 25 Jany. 1883.

GREVILLE, ALGERNON FREDERICK (_2 son of Charles Greville
1762–1832_). _b._ 29 Dec. 1798; ensign 1 foot guards 1814, present
at Quatre Bras and Waterloo; aide-de-camp to general Sir John
Lambert and then to the Duke of Wellington until 1818;
aide-de-camp to the Duke in the ordnance office 1819; private sec.
to the Duke 1827–30, 1834–35, 1842; Bath and Gloucester king of
arms 1830 to death, _d._ Hillingdon, Middlesex 15 Dec. 1864.

GREVILLE, CHARLES CAVENDISH FULKE (_brother of the preceding_). _b._
2 April 1794, educ. Eton and Ch. Ch. Oxf., student 1810–14; page
to George iii; private sec. to earl of Bathurst 1814; sec. of
Jamaica, performed the duties by a deputy; clerk of privy council
1821, resigned May 1859; member of jockey club, managed racing
establishment of Duke of York 1821–26; won the St. Leger with
Mango 1837; kept a political diary 1818–60 which was published in
_3 vols._ 1874, 3 vols. 1885 and _2 vols._ 1887, the first series
was suppressed and reprinted in an expurgated edition; author of
many pamphlets, _d._ 16 Bruton st. London the residence of Earl
Granville 18 Jany. 1865. _The Greville Memoirs, i, pp. x-xi_
(1874); _Baily’s Mag. vii_, 217–21 (1864), _portrait_; _Sporting
Rev. xli_, 138–43 (1859), _liii_, 75–80 (1865).

GREVILLE, HENRY WILLIAM (_younger brother of the preceding_). _b._
28 Oct. 1801; educ. Westminster and Ch. Ch. Ox., B.A. 1823;
present at Duchess of Richmond’s ball at Brussels 15 June 1815;
private sec. to Lord Francis Egerton chief sec. for Ireland
1828–30; precis writer to Viscount Palmerston 1834; first paid
attaché to British embassy in Paris 1835–44; kept a diary which
was edited by Viscountess Enfield as _Leaves from the diary of H.
Greville 2 vols._ 1883–4. _d._ 19 Queen st. Mayfair, London 12
Dec. 1872. _Leaves from the diary, second series_ (1884) _v-viii_,
_portrait_.

GREVILLE, ROBERT KAYE (_1 son of Rev. Robert Greville 1760–1830, R.
of Edlaston, Derby_). _b._ Bishop Auckland, Durham 13 Dec. 1794;
educ. in medicine in London and Edin.; member of Wernerian soc.
1816; F.R.S. Edin. 1821, LLD. Glasgow 1824; lecturer on zoology
and botany in Edin.; made large collections of plants, insects,
crustacea and mollusks; collected 15,000 botanical specimens for
Botanical soc. of Edin. 1837; his algæ went to the British museum,
his insects to the univ. of Edin., his flowering plants to univ.
of Glasgow, and his cryptogamic plants to Edin. botanic gardens;
fell into poverty and painted landscapes for a living; author of
_Scottish Cryptogamic flora 6 vols._ 1823–8; _Flora Edinensis_
1824; _Algæ Britannicæ_ 1830 and 6 other books; with W. J. Hooker
he published _Icones filicum 2 vols._ 1829–31. _d._ Ormelie villa,
Murrayfield near Edinburgh 4 June 1866. _Proc. Royal Soc. of Edin.
vi_, 25–7 (1869); _Trans. Botanical Soc. Edin. viii_, 464.

GREY, CHARLES (_2 son of 2 Earl Grey 1764–1845_). _b._ Howick house,
Bilton, Northumberland 15 March 1804; 2 lieut. rifle brigade 1820;
lieut. col. 71 foot 1833–42 when placed on h.p.; col. of 3 foot
1860, of 71 foot 1863 to death; general 29 Aug. 1868; M.P. for
Chipping Wycombe 1831–37; treasurer and private sec. to Prince
Consort 10 Oct. 1849 to his death 14 Dec. 1861; private sec. to
the Queen 3 March 1866 to death; author of _Some account of the
life of Charles, second Earl Grey_ 1861; _The early years of the
Prince Consort_ 1867. _d._ St. James’s palace, London 31 March
1870. _More leaves from a journal of a life in the Highlands_
(1884) 67, _portrait_; _I.L.N. lvi_, 386, 416 (1870), _portrait_.

GREY, SIR CHARLES EDWARD (_younger son of Ralph Wm. Grey of
Backworth, Northumberland_). _b._ 1785; ed. at Univ. coll. Ox.,
B.A. 1806, M.A. 1810; fellow of Oriel coll. 1808; barrister L.I.
11 Feb. 1811; a bankruptcy commissioner 1817; judge of supreme
court of Madras 17 May 1820 to 1825; knighted by George iv. at
Carlton house 17 May 1820; chief justice of supreme court of
Bengal 2 Feb. 1825 to 1832; a commissioner for affairs of Lower
Canada 19 June 1835 to 1836; P.C. 1 July 1835; G.C.H. 1837;
contested Tynemouth 1837, M.P. for Tynemouth 1838–41; governor of
Barbadoes, St. Vincent, Trinidad and St. Lucia 24 Aug. 1841 to 1
Oct. 1846; governor of Jamaica 26 Sep. 1846 to Aug. 1853. _d._
Tunbridge Wells 1 June 1865.

GREY, SIR FREDERICK WILLIAM (_3 son of 2 Earl Grey 1764–1845_). _b._
23 Aug. 1805; entered navy 18 Jany. 1819; captain 19 April 1828;
rear admiral superintendent in the Bosphorus, Jany. 1855 to July
1856; a lord of the admiralty, June 1861 to June 1866, admiral 24
April 1865, retired 23 Aug. 1870; K.C.B. 2 Jany. 1857, G.C.B. 28
March 1865; author of _On the organization of the navy_ 1860. _d._
Linwood near Staines 2 May 1878.

GREY, SIR GEORGE, 2 Baronet (_only son of Sir George Grey, 1 bart.,
d. 3 Oct. 1828_). _b._ Gibraltar 11 May 1799; educ. Oriel coll.
Oxf., B.A. 1821, M.A. 1824; barrister L.I. 2 May 1826; M.P.
Devonport 1832–47; M.P. North Northumberland 1847–52; M.P. Morpeth
1853–74; under sec. of state, colonies 1834–5 and 1835–39; judge
advocate general 1839–41; sec. of state home department 1846–52,
1855–8, and 1861–6; sec. of state colonies 1854–5; chancellor of
duchy of Lancaster 1841 and 1859–61; P.C. 1 March 1839;
ecclesiastical commissioner Feb. 1841; G.C.B. 31 March 1849;
prevented the chartists under Smith O’Brien invading house of
commons with their monster petition 10 April 1848; retired on a
pension of £2,000. _d._ Fallodon, Northumberland 9 Sept. 1882. _M.
Creighton’s Memoir of Sir G. Grey_ (1884), _portrait_; _I.L.N.
xxii_ 240 (1853), _xxxv_ 586, 588 (1859), _lxxxi_ 340 (1882),
_portrait_.

GREY, REV. HENRY (_son of a medical man_). _b._ Alnwick,
Northumberland 11 Feb. 1778; presbyterian minister of Stenton,
East Lothian 1801 to 1813, of St. Cuthbert’s chapel of ease, Edin.
1813, of the new North Church 1821, of St. Mary’s 1825, of St.
Mary’s Free church 1843; president of Free church general assembly
1844; presented with a testimonial 1863, which was turned into the
Grey scholarships in New coll. Edin.; had a conflict with Dr.
Andrew Thompson on the Apocrypha 1829; author of _A catechism on
baptism 4 ed._ 1842 and various pamphlets. _d._ Edinburgh 13 Jany.
1859. _C. M. Birrell’s Thoughts in the evening of life_ (1871),
_portrait_.

GREY, SIR JOHN (_younger son of Charles Grey of Morwick,
Northumberland_). Ensign 75 foot 18 July 1798; major 5 foot
1811–16 when placed on h.p.; served in India 1799 etc., in
Peninsula 1806 etc.; held a divisional command in Bengal 1840–45,
at head of left wing of army of Gwalior defeated the Mahratta army
of 12,000 men at Punniar on 29 Dec. 1843; K.C.B. 2 May 1844; col.
73 foot 1846–9; col. 5 foot 1849 to death; commander in chief
Bombay 30 Dec. 1850 to Nov. 1852; general 20 Feb. 1855. _d._
Morwick hall 19 Feb. 1856. _Canon’s Records of 5th Fusiliers_
(1838) 75 _etc._

GREY, JOHN (_eld. child of George Grey of West Ord near Berwick, d.
1793_). _b._ Millfield Hill, Glendale, Aug. 1785; took part in
agitation for Catholic emancipation and in struggle which preceded
Reform bill of 1832; had charge of the Greenwich hospital estates
in Northumberland and Cumberland 1833–63; made improvements in
farming and in rearing cattle. _d._ Lipwood house on the Tyne near
Haydon bridge 22 Jany. 1868. _Memoir of John Grey of Dilston_
(1874); _Saddle and sirloin by the Druid_ (1878) _pp._ 121–8,
_portrait_.

GREY, RALPH WILLIAM (_son of R. W. Grey of Backworth house,
Northumberland_). _b._ 1819; educ. Eton and Trin. coll. Cam., B.A.
1840; private sec. to Lord Sydenham governor general of Canada
1839; private sec. to Lord John Russell 1850; M.P. Tynemouth
1847–52; M.P. Liskeard 1854–9; parliamentary sec. poor law board
28 Jany. 1851 to 3 March 1852 and 1856–58; a commissioner of the
customs 1859 to death; of Chipchase castle, Northumberland. _d._
Wimbledon 1 Oct. 1869.

GREY, SIR WILLIAM (_4 son of Rt. Rev. Edward Grey 1782–1837, bp. of
Hereford_). _b._ 26 March 1818; matric from Ch. Ch. Ox. 19 May
1836; clerk in war office; at Haileybury coll. 1839–40; private
sec. to Sir H. Maddock, dep. governor of Lower Bengal 1845; sec.
of Bank of Bengal 1851–4; sec. to government of Bengal 1854–7;
sec. to government of India in home department 1859, member of
council of governor general 1862–7; lieut. governor of Bengal 1867
to Feb. 1871; governor of Jamaica, March 1874 to March 1877;
K.C.S.I. 28 May 1870. _d._ Parkfield, Marldon near Torquay 15 May
1878.

GRIERSON, CRIGHTON. Second lieut. R.E. 1 June 1810, lieut. col. 1
April 1846 to 1 Sep. 1847 when placed on retired list; general 8
June 1871. _d._ 14 Sackville st. Piccadilly, London 7 Nov. 1871
aged 81.

GRIERSON, JAMES. _b._ 10 Oct. 1827; traffic manager Shrewsbury and
Birmingham railway 1851; goods manager Great Western railway 1857
and general manager Oct. 1863 to death, by his management raised
the stock from £47 to £135; author of _Railway rates, English and
Foreign_ 1886; his residence 4 Holland villas road, Kensington,
damaged by fire 1887. _d._ Bridge house, Marlow 7 Oct. 1887.
_bur._ Barnes cemetery 12 Oct. _London Figaro 15 Oct. 1887 p._ 6,
_portrait_; _Herapath’s Railway Journal 15 Oct. 1887 p._ 1064.

GRIESS, JOHN PETER. F.R.S. 4 June 1868; F.C.S.; of Burton on Trent.
_d._ Bournemouth 30 Aug. 1888 aged 60.

GRIEVE, THOMAS (_son of John Henderson Grieve, scene painter_). _b._
Lambeth, London 11 June 1799; scene painter Covent Garden 1839,
Drury Lane 1862; painted diorama of Overland Mail 1850; with W.
Telbin and John Absolon painted panorama of Campaigns of
Wellington 1852, and panoramas of the Ocean Mail, the Crimean War
and the Arctic regions. _d._ 1 Palace road, Lambeth 16 April 1882.

GRIFFIES-WILLIAMS, WORSHIPFUL SIR ERASMUS HENRY, 2 Baronet (_2 son
of Sir George Griffies-Williams, d. 28 March 1843_). _b._
Llwyn-y-Wormwood 22 July 1794; ed. at St. John’s coll. Cam., B.A.
1818, M.A. 1821; R. of Rushall, Wilts. 1829 to death; R. of
Marlborough 1830 to 1858; chancellor of St. David’s cathedral 1858
to death; author of _A letter on the repeal of the corn laws_
1846; _The supremacy of the sovereign asserted_ 1850. _d._
Llandovery 30 Nov. 1870.

GRIFFIES-WILLIAMS, SIR WATKIN LEWES, 3 Baronet (_brother of the
preceding_). _b._ 1800; entered Madras army 12 June 1819; col. of
3 Madras light infantry 29 Jany. 1854 to 1869; general 25 July
1870. _d._ 38 Elgin road, Notting hill, London 23 May 1877.

GRIFFIN, CHARLES (_only son of R. Griffin of Glasgow, bookseller, d.
Nov. 1832 aged 43_). _b._ London 1819; ed. at univ. of Glasgow;
bookseller with John Joseph Griffin in Glasgow 1836–53 and in
London 1847–53; bought the _Encyclopædia Metropolitana_ for £5,000
about 1847; bookseller alone in Glasgow 1853–9; left Glasgow and
managed London business 1859–61; partner with Henry Bohn in
Stationers’ hall court, Jany. 1861 to death. _d._ Combe lodge,
Swanscombe, Kent 5 Aug. 1862. _Bookseller 30 Aug. 1862 p. 561, 30
Sept. p. 616._

GRIFFIN, RIGHT REV. HENRY (_2 son of John Griffin, deputy registrar
of deeds in Ireland_). _b._ Wexford 10 July 1786; entered Trin.
coll. Dublin 1798; scholar 1802, fellow 1811–29, B.A. 1803, M.A.
1814; R. of Clonfeacle, Armagh to 1854; Bishop of Limerick,
Ardfert and Aghadoe, consecrated 1 Jany. 1854. _d._ the university
club, 17 Stephen’s Greennorth, Dublin 5 April 1866. _bur._
Benburt, co. Tyrone.

GRIFFIN, JOHN JOSEPH. _b._ London 1802; bookseller, publisher and
dealer in chemical apparatus at Glasgow to 1852, partly edited
_Encyclopædia Metropolitana_; chemical apparatus dealer as J. J.
Griffin & Sons, 22 Garrick st. Covent Garden, London 1852 to
death; a founder of Chemical soc. 1840; devised new forms of
chemical apparatus; author of _Chemical recreations_ 1834, _10
ed._ 1860; _Treatise on the blowpipe_ 18—; _The chemical testing
of wines and spirits_ 1866, _2 ed._ 1872 and other books. _d._ 31
Park road, Haverstock hill, London 9 June 1877. Journ. _Chemical
soc. xxxiii_, 229 (1878).

GRIFFITH, EDWARD (_son of William Griffith of Stanwell, Middlesex_).
_b._ 1790; educ. St. Paul’s sch. 1800–1806; clerk of common pleas
office; master of court of common pleas 1837 to death; F.R.S.;
F.L.S.; F.S.A.; author of _General descriptions of the vertebrated
animals, monkeys and lemurs_ 1821; _The Animal kingdom 15 vols._
1832 with other writers, and other books. _d._ 32 Fitzroy sq.
London 8 Jany. 1858.

GRIFFITH, GEORGE (_son of John Wynne Griffith, M.P. of Garn near
Rhyl, co. Denbigh, d. 1834_). _b._ 1790; barrister M.T. 26 Nov.
1830; recorder of Denbigh 1834 to death. _d._ Garn, Denbigh 23
April 1877 in 88 year.

GRIFFITH, GEORGE. Clerk in a corn merchant’s office in Bewdley;
author of _The free schools of Worcestershire_ 1852; _Life of
George Wilson_ 1854; _The endowed schools of England and Ireland_
1864; _Going to markets and grammar schools, records in the
Midland counties 2 vols._ 1870 and other books. _d._ Bewdley 1883.
_J. R. Burton’s Bewdley_ (1883) 61.

GRIFFITH, HENRY DARBY (_youngest son of major general Darby Griffith
of Pardworth house, Berks._) _b._ 22 May 1810; ensign 4 foot 25
Nov. 1828; captain 2 dragoons 1839, lieut. col. 27 Aug. 1852; at
battles of Balaklava, Inkerman and Tchernaya and siege and fall of
Sebastopol; A.D.C. to the Queen 1855–66; col. 5 lancers 1 Jany.
1872 to death; general 1 Oct. 1877; C.B. 5 July 1855. _d._ Bushy
Ruff house near Dover 17 Nov. 1887.

GRIFFITH, REV. JOHN. _b._ 1789 or 1790; ed. at Trin. coll. Cam.,
scholar, Bell’s univ. scholar 1810, 8 wrangler 1812, B.A. 1812,
M.A. 1815, B.D. 1822, D.D. 1831; fellow of Em. coll. 1814, tutor
1818–27; chaplain to Lord Amherst in China 1816, wrecked in the
Alceste on Gaspar island 18 Nov. 1817; canon of Rochester 1827–72;
V. of Aylesford, Kent 1830–32; V. of Boxley, Kent 1832–53;
prosecuted Strahan, Paul and Bates bankers for having unlawfully
disposed of deeds valued at £22,000, defendants sentenced to 14
years’ transportation 26 Oct. 1855. _d._ 3 Bay’s hill lawn,
Cheltenham 29 May 1879.

GRIFFITH, JULIUS GEORGE. First lieut. Bombay artillery 27 May 1810,
col. commandant 3 July 1845 to death; general 7 Sep. 1866. _d._
Boulogne 31 July 1872 in 81 year.

GRIFFITH, SIR RICHARD JOHN, 1 Baronet (_only son of Richard Griffith
of Milicent, co. Kildare 1752–1820_). _b._ Hume st. Dublin 20 Sep.
1784; lieut. R. Irish Artill. 1799; inspector general of royal
mines in Ireland 1809; mining engineer and professor of geology to
Royal Dublin Soc. 1812; sole comr. for general valuation of land
in Ireland 1827–68; deputy chairman of board of public works
Ireland 1846, chairman 1854–64; F.G.S., Wollaston medallist 1854
for his geological map of Ireland; M.I.C.E. 1839; created baronet
20 April 1858; author of _Geological and mining report on the
Leinster coal district_ 1814. _d._ 2 Fitzwilliam place, Dublin 22
Sep. 1878. _Dublin Univ. Mag. lxxxiii_, 432–37 (1874), _portrait_;
_Proc. of Royal Soc. of Edin. x_, 17–20 (1880); _Quarterly Journal
of Geol. Soc. xxxv_, 39–41 (1879).

GRIFFITH, REV. THOMAS. Ed. at St. John’s coll. Cam., B.A. 1822, M.A.
1832; min. of Ram’s Epis. chap. Homerton 1830–72; prebendary of
Sneating in St. Paul’s cath. 1862–80; author of _The leading idea
of christianity investigated_ 1833; _Our baptismal standing_ 1850;
_Studies of the divine master_ 1875 and 25 other books. _d._ 8
Clapton sq. Clapton 24 Aug. 1883.

GRIFFITH, REV. WILLIAM (_son of Rev. William Griffith d. 1860_).
_b._ London 1806; Wesleyan M. minister 1828; connected with the
issuing of the Fly sheets 1847; expelled by the Wesleyan Methodist
conference in company with Rev. James Everett and Rev. Samuel Dunn
25 July 1849; minister of Methodist free churches 1857 to death.
_d._ Derby 12 July 1883. _I.L.N. xv_, 187–8 (1849), _portrait_;
_Christian World 19 July 1883 p._ 481.

GRIFFITH, WILLIAM DARLING (_son of A. F. Griffith, head of Longman’s
old book department_). _b._ 18 Oct. 1805; learnt bookselling with
Hamilton, Adams and Co.; publisher St. Paul’s churchyard to 1843;
partner with E. C. Grant 1843 to 1856 as Grant and Griffith,
booksellers; partner with Robert Farran, June 1856 to death. _d._
6 York villa, Campden hill, London 20 Feb. 1877. _Bookseller,
March 1877 p._ 218.

GRIFFITH, WILLIAM PETIT (_son of John William Griffith, architect,
d. 27 Nov. 1855 aged 65_). _b._ 9 St. John’s sq. Clerkenwell,
London 7 July 1815; F.S.A. 12 May 1842; F.R.I.B.A. 14 June 1847;
some of his work was the reparation of St. John ch. Clerkenwell
1845, the restoration of St. John’s gate 1845–6, designing
Cherrytree tavern, Clerkenwell 1852, the goldsmiths’ and
jewellers’ annuity institution asylum 1853, designing the house of
detention, Kingston-on-Thames; author of _The geometrical
proportion of architecture_ 1843; _Ancient Gothic churches 3
parts_ 1847–52; _Suggestions for a more perfect period of gothic
architecture_ 1855. _d._ 3 Isledon road, Highbury, London 14 Sept.
1884.

GRIFFITHS, REV. DAVID. _b._ Glanmeilwch, Llangadoc, Carmarthenshire
20 Dec. 1792; schoolmaster Cwmaman 1811–12; in Madagascar as a
missionary 1821–35 and 1838–42; established a church, day and
night schools, a printing press and printed the New Testament
1831; condemned to death but sentence commuted to a fine 1839;
pastor of congregational ch. Hay, Brecknockshire 1842; spent 5
years revising Madagascar scriptures 1852–7; author of _History of
Madagascar, in Welsh_; _The Persecuted Christians of Madagascar_
1841 and works in the Malagasy tongue. _d._ Machynlleth,
Montgomerys. 21 March 1863. _Rees and Thomas’ Eglwysi Annybynol
Cymru, iv_, 359–61.

GRIFFITHS, EVAN. _b._ Gellibeblig, Glamorganshire 1795; ed. at a
college at Newport, Monmouth; pastor of churches in Gower; went to
Swansea and translated Matthew Henry’s commentary into Welsh,
acting also as the printer and collecting subscriptions for the
work 1828, etc.; author of _Welsh English dictionary, Abertawy_
1847 and many works in the Welsh language 1839–56. _d._ Swansea 31
Aug. 1873. _Rees and Thomas’ Eglwysi Annybynol Cymru, iv._

GRIFFITHS, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS. Ensign R.A. 13 Dec. 1813; major on
retired full pay 28 Nov. 1854; author of _The Artillerists’ manual
and compendium of infantry exercise, Woolwich_ 1839, _10 ed._
1868; _Notes on military law, Woolwich_ 1841. _d._ St. Mary Bourne
near Andover 25 March 1869 aged 73.

GRIFFITHS, FREDERICK CHARLES. Cornet 2 dragoon guards 17 June 1824;
lieut. col. 10 dragoons 11 Nov. 1851, of 9 dragoons 25 May 1855,
of 12 Lancers 14 Oct. 1856 to 12 Dec. 1857; M.G. 12 Dec. 1857.
_d._ Westbourne place, Eaton sq. London 15 March 1858 aged 53.

GRIFFITHS, REV. JOHN (_son of Dr. John Griffiths, head master
Rochester gr. sch._) _b._ 1807; ed. at Wadham coll. Oxf., scholar
1824–30, B.A. 1827, M.A. 1833, B.D. and D.D. 1872, fellow 1830–54,
subwarden 1837–54, hon. fellow 1868, warden 4 Nov. 1871 to Sep.
1881; keeper of the university archives 1857 to death; one of the
four tutors who signed the protest against Newman’s Tract xc.
March 1841; sold his collection of rare engravings and etchings
May 1883, Rembrandt’s portrait of Dr. Arnold Tholinx went for
£1510 the largest sum ever given for a print; author of _Laws of
the Greek Accents_ 1831, _5 ed._ 1853; _An index to the wills in
the Court of the Chancellor of Oxford_ 1862 and other works. _d._
63 St. Giles’ street, Oxford 14 Aug. 1885.

GRIFFITHS, JOHN. _b._ Bod-Gwilym 21 Dec. 1821; apprentice to a
grocer at Barmouth; went to London 1846; wrote for the Welsh press
under name of Wmffra Edward; contributor to the _Banner Cymru_
1857 and was in its sole employment from 1860, known as Gohebydd
Llandain, Y Gohebydd and Pobman. _d._ London? 13 Dec. 1877. _bur._
Llangollen cemetery. _Red Dragon, iv_, 385–93 (1883), _portrait_.

GRIFFITHS, RICHARD CLEWIN. _b._ 8 Sep. 1791; ed. at St. Thomas’ and
Guy’s hospital; M.S.A. 1812; M.R.C.S. Eng. 1813; one of the first
to combine the practice of medicine and surgery, retired from
practice 1850; master of the Apothecaries’ co. 1855 to death;
helped to establish Zoological gardens 1827 and Botanical soc.
1839, public feeding of the animals introduced by him. _d._ 20
Gower st. London 5 Sep. 1881, portrait in parlour of Soc. of
Apothecaries. _Times 13 Sept. 1881 p._ 9.

GRIFFITHS, ROBERT. _b._ Lleweny farm in Vale of Clywdd 13 Dec. 1805;
pattern maker in an engine works, Birmingham, soon became foreman;
engineer at Smethwick to 1845; had engineering works at Havre
1845–8 where the iron work for the Havre and Paris railways was
manufactured; took out many patents 1835–78; experimented on rivet
machines 1835, glass grinding 1836, making hexagon nuts 1837,
machinery for making bolts and railway spikes and rivets 1845,
atmospheric railways 1845–6, screw propellors 1847, and an
electric hair brush to prevent hair turning white 1852; partner in
Coppa colliery, Flintshire 1862. _d._ 107 Ledbury road, Bayswater,
London 16 June 1883. _Engineering 29 June 1883 p._ 606.

GRIMALDI, STACEY (_2 son of Wm. Grimaldi of London 1751–1830,
portrait painter_). _b._ 7 King st. St. James’s sq. London 18 Oct.
1790; attorney and solicitor 1 Copthall court, city of London;
engaged in many record and peerage cases; F.S.A. 1824; marquis
Grimaldi in Italy 27 May 1830; lecturer at the Incorporated Law
Soc. on the public records 1834, auditor there 1853; contributed
to _Gent. Mag._ 1813–61; author of _A synopsis of the history of
England_ 1825, _2 ed._ 1871; _Origines genealogicæ_ 1828; _The
genealogy of the family of Grimaldi_ 1834 and 5 other books. _d._
Hernden house, Eastry, Kent 28 March 1863.

GRIMSHAW, JAMES. _b._ Bolton, Lancashire, 1846; light weight jockey,
won 164 races in 1864, called the Pocket Hercules; took the
Cesarewitch on Hartington 1862 and on Thalestris 1864; won the
Newmarket Biennial on Kangaroo 1865, when lord Hastings gave
£12,000 for the winner which ultimately was worked in a cab;
gained the 1000 guineas with Hester and the St. Leger with
Hawthornden 1870; rode in Germany and Austria 1871 to death. _d._
of cancer Pardubitz, Bohemia 12 Dec. 1888. _Baily’s Mag. ix_
(1864), _portrait_; _Illust. Sport. News, ii_, 333 (1863),
_portrait, v_, 60, 264 (1866), _portrait_; _Times 20 Dec. 1888 p._
5.

GRIMSHAW, WILLIAM. _b._ Greencastle, Londonderry 1782; went to
Philadelphia, U.S. America 1815; author of _An Etymological
dictionary_ 1821, _2 ed._ 1826; _Gentleman’s Lexicon and Ladies’
Lexicon_ 1829; _Life of Napoleon_; _History of the United States_
1822 and many other books all published in Philadelphia. _d._
Philadelphia 1852.

GRIMSTON, REV. EDWARD HARBOTTLE (_2 son of 1 earl of Verulam, d.
1845_). _b._ 42 Grosvenor sq. London 2 April 1812; ed. at Ch. Ch.
Oxf., B.A. 1831; fellow of All Souls 1834–42, M.A. 1838; M.P. St.
Albans 1835–41; R. of Pebmarsh, Essex 1841 to death; R. of Great
Henny, Essex 1845 to death; member of Marylebone cricket club,
played at Lords to 1841, continued to play in county matches, one
of the best style of players ever seen. _d._ Pebmarsh rectory 4
May 1881. _Lillywhite’s Cricket Scores, ii_, 29 (1862).

GRIMSTON, REV. FRANCIS SYLVESTER (_5 son of 1 earl of Verulam, d.
1845_). _b._ Gorhambury near St. Albans 8 Dec. 1822; ed. at Harrow
and Magd. coll. Camb., M.A. 1845; R. of Colne-Wake, Essex 1847 to
decease; played at Lord’s 3–4 Aug. 1838 in Eton v. Harrow,
generally played in the country, a good wicket keeper. _d._
Colne-Wake 28 Oct. 1865. _Lillywhite’s Cricket Scores, ii_, 467
(1862) _v_, _p. xv_ (1876).

GRIMSTON, ROBERT (_4 son of 1 earl of Verulam, d. 1845_). _b._ 42
Grosvenor sq. London 18 Sept. 1816; ed. at Harrow and Ch. Ch.
Oxf., B.A. 1838; barrister L.I. 21 Nov. 1843; director of Electric
telegraph co. 1852, and connected with telegraph companies till
his death; hon. treasurer and one of first members of I Zingari
1845, played at Lords 1838–52; assisted in formation of Surrey
county eleven which began playing in Kennington oval then a market
garden 1846; very successful against fast bowling; is described in
Whyte Melville’s novel _Captain Digby Grand 2 vols._ 1853. _d._ in
his chair at Gorhambury 7 April 1884. _F. Gale’s Life of R.
Grimston_ (1885), _portrait_; _Sporting Mirror, vii_, 165 (1884),
_portrait_.

GRINFIELD, REV. EDWARD WILLIAM (_son of Thomas Grinfield, Moravian
minister, Bristol_). _b._ 1785; ed. at Lincoln coll. Oxf., B.A.
1806, M.A. 1808; student of L.I. 1805, of I.T. 1806; minister of
Laura chapel, Bath 1820; preacher at Kensington; founded and
endowed with £1000 a lectureship on the Septuagint at Oxford 1859;
author of _The doctrinal harmony of the New Testament_ 1824;
_Scholia Hellenistica in Novum Testamentum 2 vols._ 1848; _The
Jesuit, historical sketch_ 1851 and 20 other books. _d._ 6 Lower
Brunswick place, Brighton 9 July 1864.

GRINFIELD, REV. THOMAS (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ Bath 1788;
ed. at Trin. coll. Cam., B.A. 1811; C. of St. Sidwell’s, Exeter;
R. of Shirland, Derbyshire 9 May 1827 to death; C. of St.
Mary-le-Port, Bristol 1847 to death; author of _Epistles and
miscellaneous poems_ 1815; _The visions of Patmos_ 1827; _The
history of preaching_ 1880. _d._ Clifton 8 April 1870.

GRISI, GIULIA (_dau. of Gaetano Grisi an officer of engineers_).
_b._ Milan 22 May 1812; sang at Milan 1829, Florence 1830 and
Paris 1832; one of the greatest soprano vocalists; appeared at Her
Majesty’s theatre, London 22 April 1834 as Ninetta in _La Gazza
Ladra_; prima donna at Her Majesty’s 1834–41 and 1843–5, at Covent
Garden 1846–61; last appeared on the stage at Her Majesty’s 5 May
1866 as Lucrezia when she was hissed. _d._ Hotel du Nord, Berlin
29 Nov. 1869. _C. Heath’s Beauties of the opera and ballet_ (1845)
_p._ 33, _portrait_; _H. S. Edwards’s The Prima Donna, i_, 267–308
(1888); _The Mapleson memoirs, i_, 89–94 (1888).

GRISSELL, THOMAS (_1 son of Thomas De la Garde Grissell of
Stockwell, d. 1863_). _b._ London 4 Oct. 1801; ed. at St. Paul’s
sch.; partner with Henry Peto, builder 1825–30 when Peto died;
partner with Sir Samuel Morton Peto, baronet 1830–47 when Sir S.
M. Peto was elected M.P. Norwich; in business alone 1847–50;
purchased Norbury park near Dorking 1850; A.I.C.E. 7 March 1843;
F.S.A. 16 March 1843; F.H.S.; sheriff of Surrey 1854–55. _d._
Norbury park, Dorking 26 May 1874.

GROCOTT, JOHN COOPER. Attorney at Liverpool 1821 to death; sergeant
at mace of the corporation; author of _Practice of the borough
court of Liverpool, Liverpool_ 1837, _2 ed._ 1847; _Index to
familiar quotations, Liverpool_ 1854, _3 ed._ 1866. _d._ 123 Park
st. Liverpool 23 Feb. 1874 aged 81. _Law Times, lvi_, 325, 335
(1874).