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BARCLAY, CHARLES. _b._ 26 Dec. 1780; M.P. for Southwark 1815–1818,
for Dundalk 1826–1830 and for west Surrey 1835–1837; head of firm
of Barclay, Perkins and Co.; pres. of Guy’s hospital; sheriff of
Surrey 1842; F.R.G.S., F.S.A. _d._ Bury hill, Surrey 5 Dec. 1855.

BARCLAY, HUGH _b._ Glasgow 18 Jany. 1799; member of Glasgow faculty
of procurators 1820; sheriff substitute of West Perthshire 1829,
and of Perthshire 1833; sheriff of Perthshire 1883 to death;
author of _A digest of the law of Scotland_ 2 vols. 1852–53 _4
ed._ 1880; _Thoughts on Sabbath schools_ 1855; _The Sinaitic
inscriptions_ 1866. _d._ Early bank Craigie near Perth 1 Feb.
1884.

BARCLAY, RIGHT REV. JOSEPH (_only son of John Barclay of Strabane,
co. Donegal who d. 9 Dec. 1845_). _b._ Strabane 12 Aug. 1831; ed.
at Trin. coll. Dublin 16 Oct. 1849 to 1854, B.A. 1854, M.A. 1857,
LLD. 1865, D.D. 1880; C. of Bagnalstown 1854–58; missionary at
Constantinople 1858–61; incumbent of Ch. Jerusalem 1861–70; R. of
Stapleford, Herts 29 March 1873; bishop of Jerusalem June 1879 to
death, consecrated in St. Paul’s 25 July 1879, installed 24 Feb.
1880; held 2 ordinations and 5 confirmations; author of _Talmud,
Selection of treatises translated from the Mishna_ 1878. _d._ the
bishop’s palace, Jerusalem 23 Oct. 1881. _Joseph Barclay a
missionary biography_ 1883, _portrait_.

BARCLAY, LYDIA ANN (_dau. of Robert Barclay of Clapham_). Edited
_Selections from the writings of Patrick Livingstone_ 1847;
_Memoirs and letters of Richard and Elizabeth Shackleton_ 1849; _A
journal of the life and gospel labours of John Conran_ 1850. _d._
Cockermouth 31 Jany. 1855 aged 55. _A short memoir of L. A.
Barclay by Wm. Hodgson, junior_ 1855; _A selection from the
letters of L. A. Barclay_ 1862.

BARCLAY, SIR ROBERT, 9 Baronet. _b._ Dungannon 1819; succeeded 14
Aug. 1839. _d._ Dungannon 19 May 1859.

BARCLAY, ROBERT (_younger son of John Barclay, a minister in Society
of Friends who d. 11 May 1838 aged 41_). _b._ Croydon 4 Aug. 1833;
a manufacturing stationer in London 1855; patented March 1860 an
indelible writing paper for prevention of forgery; author of _The
inner life of the religious societies of the Commonwealth_ 1876,
reissued 1877 and 1878. _d._ Hillside, Reigate 11 Nov. 1876.
_Sermons by Robert Barclay with a brief memoir edited by his
widow_ 1878, _portrait_.

BARCLAY, VERY REV. THOMAS (_son of Rev. James Barclay, minister of
Unst, Shetland_). _b._ Unst June 1792; ed. at King’s coll.
Aberdeen, M.A. 1812; taught elocution at Aberdeen; a parliamentary
reporter for the _Times_ 1818–22; licensed by presbytery of
Lerwick 27 June 1821; ordained 12 Sep. 1822 to parish of
Dunrossness, Shetland; minister of Lerwick 13 Dec. 1827; clerk of
the synod of Shetland 27 Apl. 1831; minister of Peterculter Sep.
1843, and of Currie July 1844; principal of Univ. of Glasgow 13
Feb. 1858 to death; one of the best Scandinavian scholars. _d._
the college, Gillmore hill, Glasgow 23 Feb. 1873. _Scott’s Fasti
Ecclesiæ Scoticanæ pt. v_, 422, 426.

BARCLAY, WILLIAM. _b._ London 1797; miniature painter; made many
copies from works of Italian masters in the Louvre Paris;
exhibited portraits and copies in water-colours at the Salon
1831–59 and at Royal Academy 1832–56. _d._ 1859.

BARDELIN, AUGUSTE DE. _b._ Aix in Provence; member of the
Garde-du-Corps of Louis xvi; emigrated to Italy, Germany and
Belgium; taught French and Italian at Norwich about 1792–1814;
accompanied Louis xviii to Paris 1814; lived there till 1848 when
he went to Provence. (_m._ 1815 or 1816 Miss Sutton). _d._ Nice 8
May 1852 in 85 year.

BARDIN, GEORGE GREGORY. Chief inspector of machinery afloat 6 Aug.
1870; C.B. 15 Aug. 1868. _d._ about May 1875.

BARDSLEY, SIR JAMES LOMAX (_2 son of Edward Bardsley of
Nottingham_). _b._ Nottingham 7 July 1801; ed. at Univs. of
Glasgow and Edin.; M.D. Edin. 1823; physician at Manchester 1823
to death; physician to Manchester royal infirmary 1824–43; member
of Manchester medical society 1834, pres. 1838–42 and 1845–47;
knighted by the Queen at Buckingham palace 8 Aug. 1853; F.R.C.P.
1859; lecturer on principles and practice of physic at Royal
school of medicine Manchester 1825–43; author of _Hospital facts
and observations_ 1830 and of the articles Diabetes and
Hydrophobia in the _Cyclopædia of practical medicine_ 1833. _d._
The Orchard Greenheys, Manchester 10 July 1876. _Photographs of
eminent medical men ii_, 95–98 (1868), _portrait_.

BARDSLEY, SAMUEL ARGENT. _b._ Kelvedon, Essex 27 April 1764;
apprenticed to a surgeon at Nottingham; studied at Leyden Univ.
1786–89; M.D. 1789; physician at Manchester 1790; phys. to
Manchester infirmary 1790 to Aug. 1823; author of _Critical
remarks on the tragedy of Pizarro_ 1800; _Medical reports of cases
and experiments_ 1807. _d._ near Hastings 25 May 1851.

BAREZ, REV. HENRY. Minister of the French protestant episcopal
church of St. Martin Orgars formerly in Cannon st. London; granted
civil list pension of £100 23 July 1840 in consideration of having
taught Queen Victoria German. _d._ Leicester square, London 26
Dec. 1867 aged 79.

BARFF, SAMUEL. _b._ England? about 1793; lived at Zante 1816 to
death, an eminent merchant and banker there; took an active part
in the struggle for independence carried on by the Greek nation
1823–24. _d._ Zante 1 Sep. 1880 aged 87. _Moore’s Life of Lord
Byron_; _Trikoupes’_ Ἰστορια τῆς Ἐλληνικῆς Ἐπαναστασεως _4 vols._
1853–57.

BARHAM, CHARLES FOSTER (_4 son of Thomas Foster Barham of Penzance,
Cornwall 1766–1844_). _b._ Truro 9 March 1804; ed. at Queen’s
coll. Cam.; foundation scholar May 1823; studied in Paris and
Italy 1825–28; M.B. Cam. 1827, M.D. 1860; physician Tavistock
dispensary 1832–35; phys. at Truro Aug. 1837 to death; senior
phys. Royal Cornwall infirmary 1838–73; pres. Royal Instit. of
Cornwall 1859–61; mayor of Truro 1862; author of _Report on the
sanitary state of the labouring classes in the town of Truro_ 1842
and of many papers on meteorology and other subjects in _Reports_
and _Journal of Royal Instit. of Cornwall_ and other publications.
_d._ 11 Strangways terrace, Truro 20 Oct. 1884. _Boase and
Courtney’s Bibl. Cornub. i_, 10 (1874), _iii_, 1048 (1882).

BARHAM, REV. CHARLES HENRY (_youngest son of Joseph Foster Barham,
M.P._) _b._ London 1808; ed. at Charterhouse and Ch. Ch. Ox., B.A.
1831, M.A. 1834; M.P. for Appleby 24 May 1832 to 3 Dec. 1832; R.
of Barming, Kent about 1838–47; R. of Kirkby Thore, Westmoreland
1847–52. _d._ Trecwn, Pembrokeshire 15 Aug. 1878.

BARHAM, FRANCIS FOSTER (_5 son of Thomas Foster Barham, of
Penzance_). _b._ Leskinnick, Penzance 31 May 1808; solicitor in
London 1831; joint proprietor and editor with J. A. Heraud of _The
new monthly Magazine and humorist_ 1 July 1839 to 26 May 1840;
lived at Clifton 1844–54, and at Bath 1854 to death; member of
Anglo Biblical Instit. 1852; a vegetarian many years; author of
_The Adamus Exul of Grotius or the prototype of Paradise lost, now
first translated from the Latin_ 1839; _The ecclesiastical history
of Great Britain by Jeremy Collier, new ed. with a life of the
author 9 vols._ 1840; _The Alist or divine, a message to our
times_ 1840; _The political works of Cicero translated 2 vols._
1841–42; _Socrates, a tragedy in 5 acts_ 1842; _The life and times
of John Reuchlin or Capnion_ 1843; _The new Bristol guide, a poem_
1850 and many other books. _d._ 8 St. Mark’s place, Bath 9 Feb.
1871. _A memorial of Francis Barham, edited by Isaac Pitman_ 1873
_pp. lv._ and 495 printed in the phonetic character; _Boase and
Courtney’s Bibl. Cornub. i_, 11, _iii_, 1048.

NOTE.—He advocated at one period the formation of a religious
association to be called Alists or Godists, some of his works
on this subject have A. F. Barham or Alist Francis Barham on
the title page.

BARHAM, THOMAS FOSTER (_eld. son of Thomas Foster Barham of
Penzance_). _b._ Hendon, Middlesex 10 Sep. 1794; ed. at Queen’s
coll. Cam., M.B. 1820; phys. at Penzance 1820 and at Exeter about
1830–49; lived at Newton Abbot, Devon 1849 to death; author of
_Introduction to Greek grammar_ 1829; _Greek roots in English
rhymes_ 1837; _Philadelphia or claims of humanity_ 1858;
contributed to transactions of Cornish scientific societies. _d._
Castle Dyke, Highweek, Newton Abbot 3 March 1869. _Boase and
Courtney’s Bibl. Cornub. i_, 13, _iii_, 1050.

BARING, RIGHT REV. CHARLES THOMAS (_youngest son of Sir Thomas
Baring, 2 Baronet 1772–1848_). _b._ 11 Jany. 1807; ed. privately
and at Ch. Ch. Ox.; double first class 1829, B.A. 1829, M.A. 1832;
student of his college; C. of St. Ebbe Ox. 1830–44; select
preacher before Univ. of Ox. 1846 and 1855; R. of All Souls
Marylebone 28 Sep. 1847; chaplain in ord. to the Queen 7 Feb.
1851; R. of Lympsfield Surrey 1855–56; Bishop of Gloucester and
Bristol July 1856, consecrated at Lambeth 10 Aug. 1856, translated
to Durham 6 Nov. 1861, resigned 2 Feb. 1879; 102 new parishes were
formed and 119 new churches built in diocese of Durham 1861–78.
_d._ Cecil house, Wimbledon 14 Sep. 1879. _Durham Diocesan
calendar_ 1880 _pp._ 184–89.

BARING, HENRY BINGHAM. _b._ York place, London 4 March 1804; ed. at
Ch. Ch. Ox., B.A. 1825; M.P. for Callington 31 July 1830 to 3 Dec.
1832, and for Marlborough 11 Dec. 1832 to 11 Nov. 1868; a lord of
the treasury 6 Sep. 1841 to 6 July 1846. _d._ Nice 25 April 1869.

BARING, THOMAS (_2 son of Sir Thomas Baring 2 Baronet 1772–1848_).
_b._ 7 Sep. 1800; ed. at Winchester; joined banking house of Hope
and Co. at Amsterdam; entered house of Baring Brothers and Co.
merchants 8 Bishopgate st. London 1828, head of the firm to 1871;
chairman of Lloyds 1830 to March 1868; pres. of London institution
1835 to death; M.P. for great Yarmouth 1835–37 and for Huntingdon
1844 to death; a director of Bank of England 1848–67; declined
Chancellorship of the Exchequer offered him by Earl of Derby 1852
and 1858; one of the 5 comrs. of Great Exhibition 1862. _d._
Fontmell lodge, Bournemouth 18 Nov. 1873, personalty sworn under
£1,500,000 Dec. 1873. _I.L.N. iii_, 265 (1843), _portrait, xl_,
215 (1862), _portrait, lxiii_, 501, 639 (1873); _Waagen’s
Treasures of art ii_, 174–92, _iv_, 93–100.

BARKER, ALEXANDER. Lived at 103 Piccadilly, London; made a fine
collection of pictures chiefly by great painters of 15th century
which was sold at Christie’s 6 June 1874 for sum of £38,591, his
library was sold 24–25 June 1874 for £4,019. _d._ Hatfield near
Doncaster 24 Oct. 1873. _Waagen’s Treasures of art ii_, 125–29,
_iv_, 71–79.

BARKER, BERNARD. Editor of literary portion of _The Bazaar_; author
of a novel called _Elliot the younger 3 vols_. 1878. _d._ 13 Sep.
1882.

BARKER, FRANCIS. _b._ Waterford; ed. at Univs. of Dublin and
Edinburgh, B.A. Dublin 1793, M.B. and M.D. 1810; practised at
Waterford 5 years, where he opened the first fever hospital in
Ireland; professor of chemistry Univ. of Dublin 1808; started
first medical paper in Ireland with Dr. Todd; sec. of Irish board
of health 1820–52; published with Dr. Cheyne a treatise on
_Epidemic fevers in Ireland 2 vols._ 1821; edited the _Dublin
Pharmacopœia_ 1826. _d._ Wellington road, Dublin 8 Oct. 1859 aged
86.

BARKER, RIGHT REV. FREDERIC (_5 son of Rev. John Barker, V. of
Baslow, Derbyshire who d. 6 June 1824_). _b._ Baslow 17 March
1808; ed. at Grantham and Jesus coll. Cam., B.A. 1831, M.A. 1839,
D.D. 1854; P.C. of Upton, Cheshire 24 April 1831 to 28 Sep. 1834;
P.C. of St. Mary’s Edge hill, Liverpool 1835–54; V. of Baslow
Jany. 1854; bishop of Sydney Aug. 1854 to death; created
Metropolitan of Australia 19 Oct. 1854, consecrated at Lambeth 30
Nov. 1854, arrived in Sydney May 1855; pres. of the Synod of the
diocese of Sydney which first met 5 Dec. 1866; author of
_Thirty-six psalms with commentary_ 1854. _d._ San Remo, Italy 6
April 1882. _bur._ Baslow 18 April. _I.L.N. lxxx_, 452, (1882),
_portrait_; _Graphic xxv_, 448 (1882), _portrait_.

BARKER, GEORGE. Entered navy 1 June 1771; captain 8 June 1799;
admiral on h.p. 27 Dec. 1847. _d._ Spring Vale, Isle of Wight 25
Dec. 1851 in 92 year.

BARKER, GEORGE ARTHUR. _b._ 1812; Tenor singer and vocal composer;
his song “The White Squall” 1835 has passed through many editions
and is still frequently sung. _d._ Aylestone near Leicester 2
March 1876.

BARKER, SIR GEORGE ROBERT (_youngest son of John Barker, deputy
storekeeper general_). _b._ London 1817; ed. at Woolwich; 2 lieut.
R.A. 21 June 1834; lieut. col. 1 June 1855 to death; served in
Crimean war and Indian mutiny; C.B. 5 July 1855, K.C.B. 16 May
1859 for capturing stronghold of Birwah. _d._ Simla, India 27 July
1861.

BARKER, HENRY ASTON (_younger son of Robert Barker of Leicester
square, London, reputed inventor of panoramas 1739–1806_). _b._
Glasgow 1774; pupil at Royal Academy; assisted his father in his
panoramas 1789–1806; carried on the business in Leicester square
1806–20; opened a building occupying site of present Strand
theatre as Reinagle and Barker’s New Panorama 1820; exhibited a
series of panoramas here with his pupil John Burford to 1826;
realised £10,000 by his panorama of battle of Waterloo 1842. (_m._
1802 Harriet Maria eld. dau. of Wm. Bligh, admiral R.N., she _d._
26 Feb. 1856). _d._ Bitton near Bristol 19 July 1856. _G.M. i_,
515–18 (1856); _Art Journal ix_, 47 (1857).

BARKER, JOHN. Ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin, M.B. 1846, M.D. 1863;
L.R.C.S. Ireland 1846, M.R.C.S. 1863; demonstrator of anatomy
Univ. of Dublin; curator of museum of Royal college of surgeons
Dublin; M.R.I.A. and F.R.S. Dublin; author of Cryptogamic part of
Steele’s _Handbook of field botany_ 1847. _d._ 83 Waterloo road,
Dublin 2 Feb. 1879 aged 63.

BARKER, JOHN HENRY. _b._ Ashford hall, Derbyshire 1806; ed. at Ch.
Ch. Ox., B.A. 1829, M.A. 1834; barrister L.I. 3 May 1836;
magistrate at Worship st. police court, London July 1860 and at
Clerkenwell police court Jany. 1863 to 3 Aug. 1874. _d._ East
lodge, Bakewell Derbyshire 28 Jany. 1876.

BARKER, JOSEPH. _b._ Bramley near Leeds 11 May 1806; a travelling
preacher of Methodist new connexion at Hanley 1829; stationed on
Sheffield and Mossley circuits successively; edited _Evangelical
Reformer_ a weekly periodical 1837–40; expelled from the above
Society 1841 on ground that he had denied divine appointment of
baptism; pastor of a congregation of Barkerites at Newcastle;
edited _The Christian Investigator 2 vols._ 1842–43; became a
Unitarian 1845; presented with a steam press at Wortley, Leeds 6
July 1846; issued a library of 300 volumes being cheapest books
then ever issued; edited _The People_ 1846, 20,000 copies of which
were sold weekly; a town councillor at Leeds 1848; tried as a
Chartist but acquitted 1848; emigrated to Central Ohio 1851; a
leading abolitionist; lectured in United States 1857–59; sailed
for England 11 Jany. 1860; edited _Barker’s Review_ _3 vols._
1862–63; joined the Primitive Methodists at Tunstall; a local
preacher to 1868 when he went to America; author of many books.
_d._ Omaha, Nebraska 15 Sep. 1875. _Life of Joseph Barker 1880_,
_portrait_; _Methodist new connexion mag. July 1842, Sep. 1843 and
Dec. 1875_.

BARKER, PETER. _b._ 10 July 1808; lost his sight 1812; a skilful
performer on the violin; a carpenter at Hampsthwaite, Yorkshire;
sang in the church choir; one of the bell ringers, curfew bell is
rung at Hampsthwaite at 8 every evening. _d._ in his cottage near
churchyard gate, Hampsthwaite 18 Feb. 1873. _Life of Peter Barker,
Pately Bridge_ 1873; _S. Baring-Gould’s Yorkshire Oddities i_,
177–82 (1874).

BARKER, REV. RALPH. Ed. at St. Peter’s coll. Cam., B.A. 1821; V. of
Pagham near Chichester 1850 to death; rural dean of Chichester
1858 to death; co-editor of _The Protestant Guardian_ 1827–29, and
of _The Quarterly educational magazine 2 vols._ 1847–49; author of
sermons, pamphlets and reviews. _d._ 1871.

BARKER, THOMAS. _b._ Carlton near Nottingham 15 Nov. 1798; a lace
maker there; professional cricketer at Cambridge 1822 and 1841–45;
a practice bowler at Lord’s cricket ground, London about 1835–41;
an umpire at Cambridge 1846 and in London 1856. _d._ Nottingham 2
March 1877.

BARKER, THOMAS HERBERT. _b._ Dunstable 31 Oct. 1814; studied at
Univ. coll. London 1834–35; L.S.A. 1837, M.R.C.S. 1842, F.R.C.S.
1851; M.B. London 1845, M.D. 1847; practised at Bedford; one of
the very best general practitioners in England; recorded for many
years a series of meteorological observations which were
incorporated in reports of the Registrar General; F.R.S. Edin.;
author of _Practical observations on the diet of infancy and
childhood_ 1850; _On the hygienic management of infants and
children_ 1859. _d._ Harpur place, Bedford 24 Oct. 1865.
_Photographs of eminent medical men i_, 117–23 (1866), _portrait_;
_British Medical Journal ii_, 481–84 (1865).

BARKER, THOMAS JONES (_eld. son of Thomas Barker of Bath, painter
1769–1847_). _b._ Bath 1815; pupil of Horace Vernet in Paris;
exhibited many pictures at the Salon where he gained 3 gold
medals; painted several pictures for Louis Philippe; returned to
England 1845; gained appellation of the ‘English Horace Vernet’;
exhibited 29 pictures at the R.A., 34 at British Institution and
15 at Suffolk st. gallery 1844–76; painted many pictures in France
during the German war 1870. _d._ Avon house, Steele’s road,
Haverstock hill, London 27 March 1882. _Times 29 March 1882, p._
10, _col._ 1.

BARKER, THOMAS RAWSON. _b._ Bakewell, Derbyshire 9 April 1812; a
lead merchant at Sheffield; mayor of Sheffield 1848; played in
many great cricket matches; a right-handed batsman but a left
round-armed bowler. _d._ The Edge, Sheffield 26 April 1873.

BARKER, THOMAS RICHARD. _b._ London 30 Nov. 1799; ed. at Christ’s
Hospital 1807–16; entered Homerton old college 1821; independent
minister at Alresford Hants 1822, at Harpenden Herts 1824 and at
Uxbridge 1833–38; tutor in classics at Spring Hill college
Birmingham 1838 to death. _d._ near the College 12 Nov. 1870.
_Congregational year book_ 1871 _pp._ 302–304.

BARKER, WILLIAM (_only son of Francis Barker, M.D., professor of
chemistry in Univ. of Dublin_). Assistant to his father many
years; prof. of natural philosophy to Royal Society of Dublin
1848; prof. of chemistry R.C.S. Ireland 1850 to death; edited
_Parkes’s Chemical Catechism_ 1837 and 1854; M.R.I.A. 25 Jany.
1836. _d._ Hatch st. Dublin 11 Sep. 1873 aged 63.

BARKER, WILLIAM BURCKHARDT (_son of John Barker 1771–1849, British
consul general in Egypt_). _b._ Aleppo about 1810; taken to
England 1819; resided at Tarsus in an official capacity many
years; professor of the Arabic Turkish, Persian and Hindustani
languages at Eton; chief superintendent of British land transport
depot at Sinope 1855 to death; author of _Lares and Penates or
Cilicia and its governors_ 1853; _Odessa and its inhabitants_
1855; _A short historical account of the Crimea_ 1855. _d._ Sinope
28 Jany. 1856 aged 45. _E. B. Barker’s Syria and Egypt 2 vols._
1876.

BARKER, WILLIAM GIDEON MICHAEL JONES. _b._ 27 Aug. 1817; author of
_The three days of Wensleydale, the valley of the Yore_ 1854. _d._
Leeds 10 April 1855.

BARKLEY, JOHN TREVOR. _b._ Yetminster, Dorset 12 Oct. 1826; resident
engineer on Whitehaven and Furness railway; manager of coalfields
of Heraclea in Turkey 1850–55; constructed Danube and Black Sea
railway 40 miles long (which was sold to Roumanian government Nov.
1882) and several other lines in east of Europe, also upwards of
20 bridges chiefly on the Bucharest and Varna line; returned to
England about 1869; member of Iron and Steel Institute 1873. _d._
8 Jany. 1882. _Journal of Iron and Steel institute No._ 2, 1882
651–53.

BARLEE, SIR FREDERICK PALGRAVE (_son of Rev. Edward Barlee
1788–1853, R. of Worlingworth, Suffolk_). _b._ 1827; served in
ordnance department 1844–55; colonial sec. of Western Australia
1855–77; member of legislative council to Nov. 1875; lieut.
governor of British Honduras 1877–1883; left England to administer
the government of Trinidad 2 June 1884; C.M.G. 30 May 1877,
K.C.M.G. 24 May 1883. (_m._ 2 April 1851 Jane youngest dau. of
Edward Oseland of Coleraine). _d._ Trinidad 8 Aug. 1884.

BARLING, JOHN. _b._ Weymouth 11 Aug. 1804; congregationalist
minister at Square Chapel, Halifax 1829–34; Unitarian minister at
Northgate end, Halifax Jany. 1854 to Jany. 1858; author of _A
review of Trinitarianism_ 1847; _Leaves from my writing desk by an
old student_ 1872. _d._ Leeds 20 Aug. 1883.

BARLOW, CHARLES ANSTRUTHER. _b._ 5 Feb. 1800; entered navy 1812;
commanded the Nimrod 20 guns 1839–41; captain 8 June 1841; C.B. 14
Oct. 1841. _d._ Hammersmith 31 Dec. 1855.

BARLOW, REV. EDWARD WILLIAM (_only son of Dr. Barlow, M.D. of New
Sydney Place, Bath_). ed. at Ex. Coll. Ox., B.A. 1834, M.A. 1836,
D.D. 1865; C. of Rochford, Essex; author of _A brief manual on
writing Latin_ 1834; _A treatise on the state of the soul_ 1843;
_The Apocrypha, its use and abuse_ 1850; _Clerical manual 2 parts_
1852; _A compilation on Dilapidations_ 1853. _d._ Cleveland villa,
Bath 13 Feb. 1869 aged 57.

BARLOW, GEORGE HILARO (_4 son of Rev. Thomas Wm. Barlow 1760–1821
preb. of Bristol_). _b._ 2 May 1806; midshipman R.N.; ed. at Trin.
coll. Cam., B.A. 1829, M.A. 1832, M.D. 1841; studied at Univ. of
Edin. and Guy’s hospital; M.R.C.P. 1834, F.R.C.P. 1842; assistant
phys. to Guy’s hospital 1840, phys. 1843; one of editors of _Guy’s
hospital reports_; chairman of New Equitable life assurance
company 1856, and of the Briton medical and general life
association 1862. _d._ Longton lodge, Sydenham 13 Oct. 1866.
_Lancet ii_, 454–55 (1866).

BARLOW, HENRY CLARK (_only child of Henry Barlow of Newington Butts,
London 1783–1858_). _b._ 6, Churchyard row, Newington Butts 12 May
1806; studied at Royal Academy and Univ. of Edin., M.D. 3 Aug.
1837; spent 5 years in Italy 1841–45; F.G.S. 1864; took a
prominent part in Dante festival at Florence 14–16 May 1865;
Cavalier of order of the Saints Maurice and Lazarus June 1865;
author of _Industry on Christian principles_ 1851; _Francesca da
Rimini her lament and vindication_ 1859 _2 ed._ 1875; _Essays on
Symbolism_ 1866. _d._ Salzburg 8 Nov. 1876. _A brief memoir of H.
C. Barlow, privately printed_ 1868; _Quarterly journal of
Geological society xxxiii_, 60–62 (1877).

NOTE.—He left by will £1,000 consols to University College
London for the endowment of an annual course of lectures on
the ‘Divina Commedia’ as well as all the books and prints in
his library which related to Dante and Italian history and
literature; he also left £500 consols to the Geological
Society for the furtherance of geological science.

BARLOW, JOHN. _b._ the Oak farm, Chorley, Cheshire 20 Sep. 1815;
studied at Veterinary college Edin. 1842; assistant professor and
lecturer on Zootomy at same college 1845 to death; member of
Physiological Society. _d._ 1 Pilrig st. Edin. 29 Jany. 1856. _A
memoir of John Barlow_ 1858.

BARLOW, REV. JOHN. Ed. at Trin. coll. Cam., B.A. 1820, M.A. 1823;
F.R.S. 18 Dec. 1834; sec. of Royal Institution 1842–60; chaplain
in ordinary at Kensington palace 12 Oct. 1854 to Sep. 1867. _d._ 5
Berkeley st. Piccadilly 8 July 1869 aged 70.

BARLOW, MAURICE. Ensign 85 foot 21 July 1814; lieut. col. 14 foot 25
Dec. 1847 to 27 Jany. 1857 when placed on h.p.; brigadier general
in the Crimea 30 July 1855; col. of 3 West India regiment 8 June
1863 and of 14 foot 9 Aug. 1870 to death; general 21 March 1874.
_d._ Florence 12 April 1875.

BARLOW, PETER. _b._ parish of St. Simon, Norwich 13 Oct. 1776;
mathematical master at Royal military academy Woolwich 1801;
mathematical professor there to 1847 when he retired on full pay;
gold medallist of Society of Arts 1821; F.R.S. 29 May 1823, Copley
medallist 1825 for his discoveries in magnetism; F.S.A. 1829,
F.R.A.S. 1829; a corresponding member of Academies of Brussells
and Paris; one of Irish railway comrs. 19 Oct. 1836; invented
method of compensating compass errors in ships whereby difficulty
of navigation was in a great measure overcome, for which he
received from board of longitude a grant of £500; contributed
largely to _Encyclopædia Metropolitana_ and _Rees’s Encyclopædia_;
author of _A new mathematical and philosophical dictionary_ 1814;
_Essay on the strength of timber and other materials_ 1817, _6
ed._ 1867; _Essay on magnetic attractions_ 1820, _2 ed._ 1823.
_d._ Old Charlton, Kent 1 March 1862. _Proc. of Royal Society
xii_, 33–34 (1863); _Min. of proc. of Instit. of C.E. xxii_,
615–18 (1863).

BARLOW, PETER WILLIAM (_elder son of the preceding_). _b._ 1800;
A.I.C.E. 1826, M.I.C.E. 1845, Telford medallist 1845; engaged upon
construction of Liverpool and Birmingham canal and the New London
docks; resident engineer on London and Dover since called South
Eastern railway; planned and executed Reading and Reigate and
Tonbridge and Hastings branches 1841–46; designed and constructed
Lambeth bridge opened 11 Nov. 1862, cheapest bridge in London,
cost only £30,000; planned the Tower Subway opened Feb. 1870;
F.R.S. 20 Nov. 1845. _d._ 56 Lansdowne road, Notting hill, London
20 May 1885.

BARLOW, SIR ROBERT, 2 Baronet. _b._ Calcutta 24 Sep. 1797; in the
Bengal civil service 1817 to death; succeeded 18 Dec. 1846. _d._
Hanover square, London 21 Jany. 1857.

BARLOW, THOMAS WORTHINGTON (_only son of Wm. Worthington Barlow of
Cranage, Cheshire_). barrister G.I. 14 June 1848; practised at
Manchester; Queen’s advocate at Sierra Leone April 1856 to death;
F.L.S. April 1848; author of _The mystic number, a glance at the
system of nature_ 1852; _Memoir of W. Broome_ 1855; edited _The
Cheshire and Lancashire historical collector 2 vols._ 1853–55.
_d._ Freetown, Sierra Leone 10 Aug. 1856 aged 33.

BARLOW, SIR WILLIAM OWEN, 8 Baronet (_only son of Wm. Owen, a
brigadier general_). _b._ 11 April 1775; barrister M.T. 22 Nov.
1799, bencher 1838; tubman of Court of Exchequer 1809, postman
1815–1837; succeeded his uncle 4 Jany. 1817; attorney general for
Carmarthen circuit many years; took name of Barlow 1844; lived in
Fig tree court Temple 1799 to death. _d._ 5 Fig tree court 25 Feb.
1851. _G.M. xxxv_, 433 (1851).

BARMBY, JOHN GOODWYN. _b._ Yoxford, Suffolk 1820; associated with
revolutionists in London 1837; went to Paris 1840; founded the
Communist Propaganda Society 1841, afterwards known as the
Universal Communitarian Association; a practical preacher of
Christian Socialism; Unitarian minister at Southampton, Topsham
and Lancaster successively and at Wakefield 1858–79; edited a
periodical called _The Promethean_ 1842; author of _The poetry of
home and childhood_ 1853; _The return of the swallow and other
poems_ 1864; _Aids to devotion_ 1865; wrote many tracts and hymns
and articles in periodicals. _d._ The Vines, Yoxford 18 Oct. 1881.
_Frost’s forty years recollections_ (1880) 54–75; _Unitarian
Herald xxi_, 358 (1881).

BARNARD, SIR ANDREW FRANCIS (_son of Rev. Dr. Henry Barnard of
Bovagh, co. Londonderry_). _b._ Fahan, co. Donegal 1773; ensign 90
foot 26 Aug. 1794; lieut. col. Rifle brigade 29 March 1810;
commanded 2 brigade of light division in the Peninsula 16 Feb.
1814; commanded British division in Paris 1815; col. of 1
battalion Rifle Brigade 25 Aug. 1822 to death; clerk marshal of
the King’s household 1830–37, of the Queen Dowager’s household
1837–49; lieut. governor of Chelsea hospital 26 Nov. 1849 to
death; general 11 Nov. 1851; K.C.B. 2 Jany. 1815, G.C.B. 20 June
1840, G.C.H. 1834. _d._ Royal hospital Chelsea 17 Jany. 1855.
_Cope’s History of the rifle brigade_ 1877; _Lord W. P. Lennox’s
Celebrities I have known, 2 series i_, 250–79.

BARNARD, CHARLOTTE ALINGTON. _b._ 23 Dec. 1830; composed about 100
popular ballads under pseudonym of Claribel 1858–69 two of the
best known are “Come back to Erin” and “We’d better bide a wee”;
author of _Thoughts, verses and songs_. (_m._ 18 May 1854 Rev.
Charles Cary Barnard, R. of Brocklesby, Lincs.) _d._ Dover 30
Jany. 1869. _The Choirmaster March 1869._

BARNARD, EDWARD. _b._ 14 March 1786; ed. at Eton; in the colonial
office 1804 to death; agent general for Crown colonies 1825 to
death; F.L.S. 17 Feb. 1818. _d._ 13 Dec. 1861.

BARNARD, EDWARD. Entered navy 12 May 1797; captain 4 July 1817;
retired admiral 22 Nov. 1862. (_m._ Aug. 1811 Mary Parkins). _d._
Hipswell lodge, Richmond, Yorkshire 5 Oct. 1863 aged 82. _O’Byrne_
1861 _p._ 48.

BARNARD, EDWARD GEORGE. A shipbuilder at Deptford; M.P. for
Greenwich 14 Dec. 1832 to death; purchased Gosfield hall, Essex
from the Marquess of Buckingham. _d._ Gosfield hall 14 June 1851
aged 73. _Wright’s Essex ii_, 1 (1836).

BARNARD, FREDERICK LAMPORT. _b._ 20 Feb. 1813; entered navy 3 June
1827; captain 10 Oct. 1855; captain of the Mœander 10 guns 23 Feb.
1861 to 14 June 1864; retired V.A. 30 Jany. 1879. _d._ 28 July
1880.

BARNARD, SIR HENRY WILLIAM (_son of Rev. Wm. Barnard of Water
Stratford, Bucks_). _b._ Westbury, Bucks 1799; ed. at Westminster
and Sandhurst; ensign 1 foot guards 9 June 1814, captain 1831–49
when placed on h.p.; commanded South Wales district 1852–54 and
one of the brigades in Crimea 1854–55; chief of the staff in
Crimea 28 June 1855; commanded 2nd division of British army in
Crimea; commanded troops before Delhi June 1857 to death; C.B. 27
July 1855, K.C.B. 3 May 1856. (_m._ 17 Jany. 1828 Isabella Letitia
2 dau. of James Catlin Craufurd, brigadier general, she was
granted a civil list pension of £200 15 Feb. 1858). _d._ of
cholera before Delhi 5 July 1857. _Kaye’s Sepoy war in India ii_,
513–70, 678 (1870).

BARNARD, JOHN. Fellow of King’s coll. Cam. 1818 to death; F.S.A. 3
May 1855. _d._ King’s coll. Cam. 16 Nov. 1878 aged 84.

BARNE, GEORGE HUXLEY (_2 son of John Barne of Tiverton_). ed. at
Magd. coll. Ox; barrister L.I. 17 Nov. 1866; attorney general of
Jamaica March 1874 to death. _d._ Kingston, Jamaica 8 March 1876.

BARNES, CHRISTOPHER HEWETSON. _b._ 7 Feb. 1833; 2 lieut. Bengal
artillery 9 Dec. 1852; lieut. col. R.A. 31 Dec. 1878 to death;
commanded R. A. in Egypt to death, _d._ Cairo 28 Sep. 1884.
_I.L.N. lxxxv_, 373 (1881), _portrait_.

BARNES, GEORGE CARNAC (_eld. son of Ven. George Barnes 1784–1847,
archdeacon of Barnstaple_). ed. at Westminster 1833–35; comr. of
the Cis-Sutlej States; foreign sec. at Calcutta 1861 to death;
C.B. 18 May 1860. _d._ Hazareebagh, Bengal 13 May 1861.

BARNES, JAMES. Lieutenant Royal horse guards 29 Aug. 1811 to 3 Nov.
1814 when he retired; major in command of Radnor Militia 15 Feb.
1828 to 21 March 1846. _d._ Portishead near Bristol June 1853 aged
64.

BARNES, JAMES HINDMARSH. ed. at Charing Cross and Westminster
Ophthalmic hospitals; M.R.C.S. and L.S.A. 1857; L.R.C.P. Edin.
1860; practised in London; visiting surgeon to the workhouse
hospital, Liverpool 1874; superintendent registrar 1874 to death;
author of _Notes on surgical nursing_. _d._ 57 Pembroke place,
Liverpool 19 March 1880 aged 47. _Medical Times and gazette i_,
387 (1880).

BARNES, JOHN (_son of Thomas Barnes of Newcastle, coal viewer, who
d. 1801_). _b._ Walker colliery near Newcastle 12 Aug. 1798; in
the Soho works of Boulton and Watt 1813–15; studied at univ. of
Edin. 1815–17; manufacturing engineer with Joseph Miller in London
1822–35, made many engines for French steamers; constructed the
Sophia Jane the first steam vessel ever employed in Australia
1831; manager of the works at La Ciotat near Marseilles 1845 to
death; much improved the French steam navy; M.I.C.E. 1823. _d._ La
Ciotat 24 Sep. 1852. _bur._ Long Benton near Newcastle. _Min. of
proc. of Instit. of C.E. xii_, 140–48 (1853).

BARNES, MARY (_dau. of Mr. Greenhill_). _b._ London; acted in the
provinces as Miss Simpson; acted at Haymarket and Drury Lane; made
her first appearance in America at the Park theatre New York 17
April 1816 as Juliet; a great actress in tragedy, melodrama and
pantomime; took farewell of the stage 2 Nov. 1841. (_m._ John
Barnes a comedian who _d._ 28 Aug. 1841 aged 60). _d._ Vandam st.
New York 26 Aug. 1864 in 84 year.

BARNES, RALPH (_4 son of Rev. Ralph Barnes, archdeacon of Totnes,
Devon who d. 20 May 1820 aged 87_). _b._ 14 July 1781; ed. at
Exeter gr. school; admitted attorney 25 Nov. 1802; practised at
Exeter 1802 to death; chapter clerk there 15 Sep. 1810; sec. to
bishops of Exeter April 1830 to death; author of _An inquiry into
equity practice_ 1827; _The papal brief considered with reference
to the laws of England_ 1850; edited _Bishop Lacy’s Liber
pontificalis_ 1847. _d._ Bellairs, Topsham road, Exeter 22 Feb.
1869. _Reg. and mag. of biog. i_, 306–308 (1869); _Law Journal
iv_, 140–42 (1869).

BARNES, REV. RICHARD WILLIAM. _b._ Comercolly, Bengal; matric. from
Edmund hall Ox. 27 June 1829, B.A. of Queen’s coll. 1834, M.A.
1841; R. of Dunchideock, Devon 1841–45; P.C. of East and West
Looe, Cornwall 1845–49; V. of Probus, Cornwall 1849 to death;
Preb. of Exeter Nov. 1853 to death; author of _Public opinion
considered in letters between one of his friends and R. W. Barnes_
1855; _Let well alone or removal of blemishes from church and
state, by Alazon_ 1860 and many sermons. _d._ The Sanctuary,
Probus 27 May 1885 aged 74.

BARNES, ROBERT. _b._ Manchester 1800; cotton spinner there with his
brother Thomas Barnes; mayor 1851; gave £10,000 to Royal infirmary
Sep. 1869; founded Convalescent hospital at Cheadle at cost of
£40,000, and a certified industrial school at Heaton Mersey at
cost of £20,000. _d._ Oakley, Fallowfield Manchester 25 Dec. 1871.

BARNES, SAMUEL C. _b._ Ireland; went to the United States 1830;
principal of a school at Brooklyn 1830–67; originator and
secretary of East Brooklyn savings bank. _d._ Brooklyn 18 Feb.
1873 aged 60.

BARNES, THOMAS. _b._ Wigton, Cumberland 1793; ed. at Univ. of Edin.,
M.D. 1817; M.R.C.S. 1815; physician at Carlisle 1817; leading
phys. in north of England down to 1850; founded Cumberland
infirmary and Carlisle fever hospital; F.R.S. Edin. 1830. _d._
Bunker’s hill near Carlisle 31 March 1872.

BARNES, THOMAS WILSON. The best chess player in London for a short
period; an original whist player; reduced his weight from 16 stone
to 7 stone 8 lbs. in 10 months Aug. 1873 to June 1874 by banting.
_d._ Cambridge st. Eccleston sq. London 20 Aug. 1874 aged 49.
_Westminster Papers vii_, 99–100 (1874), _portrait_.

BARNES, WILLIAM AUGUSTUS. Pantomimist in London; made his first
appearance in America at Philadelphia 4 Dec. 1846 as Grimaldi in
pantomime of Magic Pills; played clown in pantomime of William the
Conqueror at Olympic theatre London 26 Dec. 1848; pantaloon at
Drury Lane theatre; photographer at 6 North st. Smith sq.
Westminster; committed suicide at 6 North st. by taking cyanide of
potassium 17 May 1868 in 59 year.

BARNETT, CHARLES (_only son of major general Charles Barnett
1758–1804_). _b._ Stratton, Beds. 31 Oct. 1796; ed. at Putney and
Em. coll. Cam., fellow commoner 1815; sheriff of Beds. 1821;
master of Cambridgeshire hounds many years from 1829; a great
short horn breeder. _d._ Stratton park, Beds. 20 June 1876.
_Baily’s Mag. xi_, 55–58 (1866), _portrait_.

BARNETT, CHARLES JAMES. M.P. for Maidstone 1832–1835. _d._ 12
Chichester terrace, Brighton 31 Dec. 1882 in 85 year.

BARNETT, CHARLES JOHN. Captain 3 Foot Guards 26 Oct. 1820 to 26 Oct.
1826; consul at Warsaw 31 May 1833; consul general in Egypt May
1841 to 17 Aug. 1846. _d._ Round Oak, Englefield 4 Aug. 1856 aged
66.

BARNETT, EDWARD. _b._ 1799; entered navy 3 Feb. 1811; captain 20
June 1846; admiral on h.p. 1 Aug. 1877. _d._ 14 Woburn square,
London 7 Sep. 1879.

BARNETT, HENRY N. Dramatist and critic; edited _Sunday Times_ 13
years; occupied at one time the pulpit in South place vacated by
J. W. Fox, M.P. _d._ Hammersmith 6 Jany. 1872 aged 42.

BARNETT, HUMPHREY. Acting manager at Lyceum theatre London 1862;
acting manager for J. C. M. Bellew at St. George’s hall, Regent’s
st. _d._ 24 Loudoun road, St. John’s Wood 30 April 1874.

BARNETT, JOHN. Ensign 71 foot 25 Nov. 1813; lieut. 23 foot 1819–22;
lieut. col. of 3 West York militia 28 Feb. 1846 to death. _d._ the
Linen hall barracks Dublin 24 Feb. 1855.

BARNETT, MORRIS. _b._ London 16 Aug. 1799; lived in Paris; acted at
Brighton and Bath; made his first appearance in London at Drury
Lane 1833 as Captain O’Cutter; wrote and performed title rôle in
_Monsieur Jacques_, a musical piece which created a furore at St.
James’s theatre 1837; played at Princess’s theatre; musical critic
of _Morning Post_ and _The Era_ nearly 7 years; gave a series of
farewell performances at Adelphi theatre 1854; wrote many dramas
best known being _The Serious family_, _Lilian Gervais_ and
_Married and unmarried_. _d._ Montreal, Canada 18 March 1856.
_Actors by gaslight_ (1838) _p._ 137, _portrait_; _I.L.N. xxv_,
305 (1854), _portrait_.

BARNETT, ROBERT. _b._ Macclesfield 1818; an industrious arranger of
instrumental music. _d._ Windsor Oct. 1875.

BARNHAM, HILDEBRAND BARRY. Ensign 15 foot 19 Nov. 1807; captain 28
Dec. 1832 to 1839 when he retired. _d._ 13 Camberwell park, London
12 July 1885 in 95 year.

BARNINGHAM, WILLIAM. _b._ Arkingarthdale near Richmond, Yorkshire
1826; a blacksmith; employed on Paris and Rouen railway 1843;
began a foundry at Manchester with 3 of his brothers which failed;
a manufacturer of railway switches and crossings at
Middlesborough; founded ironworks at Pendleton and Albert hill,
Darlington; the latter were transferred to a limited liability
company 1873. _d._ Pendleton 3 Nov. 1881. _Journal of iron and
steel institute, No._ 2, 1882 657–58.

BARNSTON, JAMES. M.D. Edin.; professor of botany in McGill college
Montreal. _d._ Montreal 28 May 1858 aged 28.

BARON, JAMES. _b._ Blackburn 1817; ed. at Stonyhurst; held
professorships at Prior Park Bath and the Luso-British college
Lisbon; kept a school at Lytham in the Fylde, Lancashire for many
years from 1849. _d._ St. Helens 23 Feb. 1883.

BARON, JOHN. _b._ St. Andrews 26 May 1786; ed. at Univs. of St.
Andrews and Edin., M.D. Edin. July 1805; physician at Gloucester
1807–33; phys. of Gloucester infirmary 1809 to 21 Feb. 1833; lived
at Cheltenham 1833 to death; F.R.S. 13 Feb. 1823; author of
_Enquiry illustrating the nature of tuberculated accretions of
serous membranes_ 1819 and 2 other books on Tubercle _Life of
Edward Jenner, M.D. 2 vols._ 1838. _d._ 1 St. Margaret’s terrace,
Cheltenham 2 Oct. 1851. _Pettigrew’s Medical portrait gallery vol.
2_ (1840) _12 pages, portrait_; _Taylor’s National portrait
gallery iii_, 43–44 (1847), _portrait_.

BARON, JOHN. _b._ Blackpool 2 Sep. 1807; entered the Society of
Jesus at Hodder 21 Sep. 1827, master of the school in London
1831–32 and 1833–35; ordained priest at Stonyhurst 19 Sep. 1841;
vice rector of Mount St. Mary’s college 17 Oct. 1848 and rector 17
Oct. 1851–1854; missioner at Wakefield 1854–70. _d._ Holywell 11
July 1878.

BARR, DAVID. Entered Bombay army 1803; col. 24 Bombay N.I. 4 July
1844 to death; L.G. 11 Nov. 1851. _d._ Cheltenham 21 Nov. 1862
aged 78.

BARR, HENRY JAMES. _b._ 8 April 1815; ensign 8 Bombay N.I. 22 May
1834; lieut. col. Bombay staff corps 18 Feb. 1861 to death; L.G. 1
Oct. 1877. _d._ Apsleytown, East Grinstead 17 May 1881.

BARR, REV. HUGH. _b._ Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire 2 April 1825; an
apprentice tailor; studied at Univ. of Glasgow; an agent of
Glasgow city mission; minister of United Presbyterian church at
Kingskettle 28 Sep. 1854 to death. _d._ Kingskettle 9 Nov. 1873.
_Too late for martyrdom Memorials of the Rev. Hugh Barr by Rev. T.
Dunlop_ 1875, _portrait_.

BARR, JAMES. _b._ Kilbarchan near Paisley 1779; a friend of Robert
Tannahill the poet who has immortalized him as “Blithe Jamie
Barr”; harmonized a few airs as glees; well known at various glee
clubs in Glasgow; went to America 1834; living at Govan near
Glasgow 1859.

BARR, ROBERT. _b._ 3 Sep. 1794; attorney at Leeds 1823; coroner of
Leeds 1824; clerk to the Leeds borough magistrates 3 Dec. 1836 to
death. _d._ Mount Pleasant, Leeds 18 Oct. 1871.

BARR, SAMUEL. _b._ Glasgow 1807; a self taught musician of strong
native genius; his song “Naebody kens ye” possesses much merit;
author of _Art of singing at first sight simplified_ 1847. _d._
Glasgow 16 May 1866.

BARRALLIER, FRANCIS LOUIS. Ensign in New South Wales corps
(afterwards 102nd foot) 14 Aug. 1800; surveyed Bass’s Straits in
the Lady Nelson schooner 1801–1803; attempted to cross the Blue
Mountains 1802; captain 101 foot 6 July 1809 to 7 Jany. 1817 when
placed on h.p.; made an elaborate survey of island of Barbadoes
1812–17; captain 73 foot 4 Oct. 1831 to 9 Aug. 1833 when placed on
h.p.; brevet lieut. col. 9 Nov. 1846. _d._ 24 Bedford square,
Commercial road, London 11 June 1853 aged 80. _New South Wales
general orders 1791–1806_; _Sydney 1802–1806 the first book
printed in Australia_; _United Service Mag._ 1853 _part_ 2, _p._
632.

BARRATT, ALFRED (_eld. son of James Barratt of Manchester,
solicitor_). _b._ Heald Grove near Manchester 12 July 1844; ed. at
Sandbach and Rugby where he gained 29 prizes; a commoner of
Balliol college Ox. 1862; won the first Balliol scholarship 1862;
gained unprecedented distinction of 5 first classes 2 classical, 2
mathematical and 1 law and modern history; fellow of Brasenose
coll. 1867; Eldon law scholar 1870; barrister L.I. 26 Jany. 1872;
sec. to the Oxford university commission 1880; author of _Physical
Ethics or the science of action_ 1869. _d._ 18 May 1881. _Physical
Metempiric by the late A. Barratt_ 1883, _portrait_.

BARRAUD, HENRY. _b._ 1811; painted many portraits with horses and
dogs, also subject pictures such as ‘The Pope blessing the
animals’ 1842; exhibited at British Institution and Society of
British Artists 1831–68 and at R.A. 1833–59; his pictures ‘We
praise thee O God’; ‘The London Season’; ‘Lord’s cricket ground’;
and ‘The lobby of the House of Commons’ have all been engraved or
autotyped. _d._ London 17 June 1874.

BARRELL, JUSTINIAN. Entered navy Aug. 1791; commander 21 March 1815;
captain 19 March 1852; the last surviving officer of Lord Howe’s
victory of 1 June 1794. _d._ Holloway 23 Nov. 1869 aged 87.
_O’Byrne_ (1861) _p._ 52.

BARRETT, APOLLON MARIE ROSE. _b._ South of France 1804; pupil of
Vogt at Conservatoire, Paris 1823; solo oboe player at the Odéon,
and at Opéra Comique 1827, and at Italian Opera in London 1829–74;
professor of the oboe at R.A. of music; author of _A complete
method for the Oboe_. _d._ Paris 8 March 1879.

BARRETT, REV. BASIL RICHARD (_7 child of John Briant Barrett of
Milton house near Abingdon_). _b._ Milton house 11 May 1781; sent
to St. Omer’s college Aug. 1790; joined the refugees from Douay
college at Crook hall, Durham June 1795; ordained priest about
July 1806; lived at Froidemont in Belgium an establishment for the
care of invalid priests; author of _Pretensions to a final
analysis of the nature and origin of sublimity, style, beauty,
genius and taste_ 1812; _The life of Cardinal Ximenes_ 1813 and of
a work in manuscript entitled _A mathematical treatise showing how
the circle can be squared_. _d._ Froidemont 3 May 1858. _Gillow’s
English Catholics i_, 144 (1885).

BARRETT, GEORGE. _b._ Exeter 9 June 1794; made his début on the
stage at Park theatre New York as one of the children in Dunlap’s
version of The Stranger 10 Dec. 1798; stage manager of Bowery
theatre N.Y. 1828; acting manager of Broadway theatre N.Y. 1847;
the best light comedian in America, known as “Gentleman George”;
took farewell of the stage at Academy of Music N.Y. 20 Nov. 1855.
_d._ New York 5 Sep. 1860.

BARRETT, HENRY MICHAEL. Member of company of T.R. Liverpool; made
his début in London at Drury Lane theatre as Falstaff in Henry the
Fourth 31 Dec. 1850; played at Sadlers Wells, Drury Lane and
Princess’s theatres; played Polonius in Hamlet at the Princess’s
15 June 1871. _d._ in a cab on his way home from the theatre 15
June 1871 aged 68.

BARRETT, JAMES WILLIAM (_brother of Rev. Basil Richard Barrett_).
The first Roman catholic admitted a solicitor after passing of the
act by which Roman catholics were enabled to practise as
solicitors in England; one if not the last of the survivors of the
English college at Douay. _d._ Speen hill near Newbury, Berks. 20
Feb. 1864 in 88 year.

BARRETT, REV. JOHN CASEBOW. Ed. at Ch. Ch. Ox.; B.A. 1833, M.A.
1837; P.C. of St. Mary’s district parish, Birmingham 1837 to
death; author of _God’s claims upon youth’s obedience_ 1838;
_Minister’s trials_ 1846; _Papal aggression_ 1850; _Psalms and
hymns for the church service_ 1853. _d._ St. Mary’s vicarage,
Birmingham 26 Feb. 1881 aged 70.

BARRETT, LUCAS (_eld. son of George Barrett, of London,
ironfounder_). _b._ London 14 Nov. 1837; ed. at Royston, Univ.
college school, Ebersdorf in Germany and Trin. coll. Cam.; curator
of Woodwardian museum Cam. 1855; delivered many lectures for
Professor Sedgwick at Cam. 1856–58; director of geological survey
of Jamaica March 1859 to death; comr. for Jamaica at International
Exhibition 1862; F.G.S. 1855 when only 18; F.L.S. 5 April 1860;
author of 11 papers on natural history and geology; drowned while
diving at the Caps outside Port Royal harbour, Jamaica 19 Dec.
1862. _Proc. of Linnæan Society_ (1863) 31–34; _I.L.N. xlii_, 188
(1863), _portrait_.

BARRETT, MICHAEL. A stevedore; lived in Glasgow; member of Fenian
brotherhood; fired a barrel of gunpowder close to the wall of the
Clerkenwell House of Detention, London 13 Dec. 1867 which killed 4
persons and injured about 40; arrested at Glasgow 14 Jany. 1868;
tried at Central Criminal Court 20–25 April 1868 for murder of
Sarah Ann Hodgkinson at Clerkenwell, when found guilty and
sentenced to death; hanged at Newgate by Calcraft 26 May 1868 aged
27, being last person publicly executed in England. _Central
Criminal Court, Minutes of evidence by Barnett and Buckler lxvii_,
486–542 (1868).

BARRETT, RICHARD. A brewer in Ireland; journalist in Dublin;
established the _Pilot_ daily evening newspaper 1827 which became
principal organ of Daniel O’Connell; it was suppressed by
Government, but Barrett continued it by changing the title to _The
Morning Register, the Pilot having been suppressed_; sentenced to
six months imprisonment 1833 for publishing a letter of
O’Connell’s; prosecuted frequently and imprisoned 3 times. _d._
Dublin 19 Oct. 1854.

BARRETT-LENNARD, SIR THOMAS, 1 Baronet (_natural son of Thomas
Barrett-Lennard, 17 Baron Dacre who d. 12 Jany. 1786_). _b._ 6
Jany. 1761; assumed by r.l. surname of Barrett-Lennard instead of
Thomas 13 March 1786; created baronet 30 June 1801. _d._ 40
Bryanston sq. London 25 June 1857.

BARRINGTON, WILLIAM KEPPEL BARRINGTON, 6 Viscount. _b._ London 1
Oct. 1793; ed. at Westminster and Ch. Ch. Ox., B.A. 1814;
succeeded his father 5 March 1829; M.P. for Berkshire 1837–57.
_d._ Beckett house, Faringdon Berks 9 Feb. 1867. _Burke’s Portrait
gallery ii_, 61 (1833).

BARRINGTON, LADY CAROLINE (_3 dau. of Charles Grey, 2 Earl Grey
1764–1845_). _b._ 30 Aug. 1799. (_m._ 15 Jany. 1827 Hon. George
Barrington, captain R.N. he was _b._ 20 Nov. 1794 and _d._ 2 June
1835); governess to children of Queen Victoria Jany. 1851 to
death. _d._ 28 April 1875.

BARRINGTON, SIR MATTHEW, 2 Baronet. _b._ Limerick 21 May 1788; crown
solicitor for province of Munster 1832 to death; succeeded 10
Jany. 1846. _d._ Dublin 1 April 1861.

BARRINGTON, SIR WILLIAM HARTIGAN, 3 Baronet. _b._ Dublin 6 Oct.
1815; sheriff of Limerick 1846; succeeded 1 April 1861. _d._
Glenstal, Limerick 14 July 1872.

BARRITT, JAMES LITTLER. Formerly senior partner of firm of Barritt &
Co. wholesale bible warehouse 173 Fleet st. _d._ St. Margaret’s
Rochester 18 Aug. 1863 aged 62.

BARRON, ARTHUR. ed. at Trin. coll. Cam.; B.A. 1820, M.A. 1823;
fellow of his college; barrister I.T. 24 Nov. 1826; author with
Alfred Austin of _Reports of cases of controverted elections in
the 14th Parliament of the United Kingdom_ 1844. _d._ 13 June 1856
aged 55.

BARRON, RIGHT REV. EDWARD. _b._ Ireland 1801; studied at college of
the Propaganda, Rome, D.D.; pastor of St. Mary’s church,
Philadelphia; pres. of theological seminary of St. Charles
Borromeo; vicar general of diocese of Philadelphia; missionary to
Liberia, Africa; embarked from Baltimore 21 Dec. 1841; bishop of
Constantine and vicar apostolic of the two Guineas 1843–45;
missionary priest at Philadelphia, St. Louis and in Florida. _d._
Savannah 12 Sep. 1854. _R. H. Clarke’s Lives of deceased bishops
ii_, 595–60 (1872).

BARRON, EDWARD ENFIELD _b._ Norwich; L.S.A. 1832; F.R.C.S. 1844;
M.D. London 1850, M.R.C.P. 1851; assistant demonstrator at
Grainger’s school Southwark, then the largest in London, Oct.
1834, and demonstrator May 1836 to date when school was
transferred to St. Thomas’s hospital; Post-mortem demonstrator at
St. Thomas’s; a medical and surgical tutor. _d._ St. John’s,
Woking 25 Dec. 1878 aged 67.

BARRON, SIR HENRY WINSTON, 1 Baronet (_eld. son of Pierse Barron of
Ballyneal co. Waterford 1752–1811_). _b._ Ballyneal 15 Oct. 1795;
ed. at Trinity coll. Dublin; M.P. for city of Waterford 1832–47,
1848–52, 1865–68 and 22 Nov. 1869 to 20 Jany. 1870, when his
election was declared void; created baronet 23 Aug. 1841; sheriff
of Waterford 1857; author of _Notes on education in Holland and
Germany_. _d._ 2, Halkin st., Belgrave sq., London 19 April 1872.
_O’Malley and Hardcastle’s Reports of election petitions ii_, 1–5
(1875).

BARRON, WILLIAM. Formerly of the Strand; master of Stationers
company 1837 and 1841. _d._ Highgate 5 April 1851 aged 82.

BARROW, REV. ANDREW. _b._ Manchester 27 Jany. 1804; entered Society
of Jesus at Rome 2 Nov. 1821; prefect of studies at Stonyhurst
1831; ordained priest 20 Dec. 1834; rector of Stonyhurst college
14 July 1842; chaplain at Broughton hall, Yorkshire 17 July 1845
to death; rector of the Yorkshire district 14 April 1860. _d._
Broughton hall 20 Oct. 1865.

BARROW, SIR GEORGE, 2 Baronet (_eld. son of Sir John Barrow, 1
Baronet 1764–1848_). _b._ London 22 Oct. 1806; ed. at the
Charterhouse; clerk in the colonial office July 1825; chief clerk
and sec. of order of St. Michael and St. George July 1870 to 29
Sep. 1872; C.M.G. 28 May 1874; author of _Ceylon past and present_
1857. _d._ 24 Addison road, Kensington 27 Feb. 1876. _I.L.N.
lxviii_, 263, 407 (1876), _portrait_.

BARROW, JOHN HENRY. Edited the _Mirror of Parliament_; author of
_Characteristic sketches of animals principally from the
Zoological gardens, Regent’s Park_ 1832; _Emir Malek, prince of
the assassins an historical novel of the thirteenth century_
[_anon._] _3 vols._ 1837. _d._ Newington, Surrey 30 March 1858.

BARROW, LOUSADA. Lieutenant col. Madras staff corps 18 Feb. 1863 to
death; chief comr. of Oude 1869–74; M.G. 26 March 1870. _d._
Southlands, Ryde, Isle of Wight 1 Oct. 1877 aged 61.

BARROW, RICHARD (_3 son of Rev. Richard Barrow, 64 years vicar
choral of collegiate church of Southwell who d. 23 Feb. 1838 aged
90_). _b._ 20 July 1787; a merchant trading with Spain and
Portugal; took over the Staveley coal and iron works 1840 which he
greatly extended; sold the collieries and works to a limited
liability company for £600,000 in 1864; chairman of board of
directors of this company 1864 to death; made greater part of iron
work for Great Exhibition of 1862 and iron tubes for London
Pneumatic despatch company 1862. _d._ London 10 Jany. 1865.
_I.L.N. xxxvi_, 596, 610 (1860), _portrait_.

BARROW, WILLIAM HODGSON (_elder brother of the preceding_). _b._ 1
Sep. 1784; ed. at collegiate school Southwell; practised as an
attorney 1806–33; sheriff of Notts 1845; M.P. for South Notts 17
Feb. 1851 to 26 Jany. 1874. _d._ Southwell 29 Jany. 1876.

BARRY, SIR CHARLES (_4 son of Walter Edward Barry of Westminster,
stationer who d. 1805_). _b._ Bridge st. Westminster 23 May 1795;
travelled in France, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Egypt, Palestine,
Syria, and Sicily 1817–20; architect in Ely place, Holborn Aug.
1820, removed to 27 Foley place, Cavendish sq. 1827 and to 32
Great George st. 1841; erected Traveller’s club 1829–31, Reform
club 1837–39 and Bridgwater house 1847; awarded the prize for
design of Houses of Parliament 29 Feb. 1836, first stone laid 27
April 1840 opened by the Queen 3 Feb. 1852; A.R.A. 1840, R.A.
1842; F.R.S. 7 June 1849; knighted at Windsor Castle 11 Feb. 1852.
(_m._ 7 Dec. 1822 Sarah dau. of Samuel Rowsell, stationer, she
_d._ 7 April 1882 in 83 year). _d._ Elm house, Clapham Common 12
May 1860. _bur._ nave of Westminster Abbey 22 May. _Memoir by
Alfred Barry, D.D., 2 ed._ 1870, _portrait_; _Sandby’s History of
Royal Academy ii_, 203–209 (1862).

BARRY, EDWARD MIDDLETON (_3 son of Sir Charles Barry_). _b._ 27
Foley place, London 7 June 1830; ed. at King’s college school;
pupil of Thomas Henry Wyatt; student at the R.A. 1848; assisted
his father to 1860; reconstructed Covent Garden theatre in short
space of 8 months, opened 15 May 1858; designed the Floral hall
opened 7 March 1860; architect to Houses of Parliament 1860 to
death; A.R.A. 29 Jany. 1861, R.A. July 1869; professor of
architecture at the R.A. 16 May 1873 to death and treasurer March
1874 to death. _d._ at council table of Royal Academy 27 Jany.
1880. _Lectures on architecture with memoir_ 1881, _portrait_;
_Min. of proc. of Instit. of C.E. lxiii_, 322–26 (1881); _I.L.N.
xxxviii_, 178 (1861), _portrait_.

BARRY, GEORGE. _b._ Cork 1825; a merchant; M.P. for co. Cork 29 July
1865 to death. _d._ St. Leonards on Sea 31 Jany. 1867.

BARRY, JAMES. A woman; ed. Univ. of Edin.; M.D. 1812; entered army
dressed like a man as a hospital assistant at Plymouth 5 July
1813; served at Malta many years and at Cape of Good Hope where
she fought a duel with another officer; inspector general of
hospitals 7 Dec. 1858 to 19 July 1859 when placed on h.p.;
maintained assumption of manhood down to her death. _d._ 14
Margaret St., London 25 July 1865 aged 73. _Medical times and
gazette ii_, 227, 293, 350 (1865).

BARRY, JAMES (_brother of Sir Charles Barry, R.A._) Head of firm of
Barry and Hayward of Queenhithe wholesale stationers about 1830 to
death. _d._ Eliot Bank, Forest Hill 3 Jany. 1885 in 93 year.

BARRY, JAMES HUGH SMITH. _b._ 1816; sheriff of Cheshire 1846; formed
a fine collection of antique sculpture and more than 300 pictures
at Marbury hall near Northwich. _d._ Dec, 1857. _Waagen’s
Galleries of art_ (1857) 406–13.

BARRY, JAMES REDMOND. _b._ 1789; one of foremost of southern Irish
leaders in struggle for Catholic emancipation; inspector general
of Irish fisheries; a comr. of Irish fisheries about 1830–75;
claimed ancient title of Viscount Buttevant 1825. _d._ Glandore
co. Cork 18 June 1879.

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