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MORTIMER, FAVELL LEE (2 dau. of David Bevan of banking firm of
Barclay, Bevan & co. London). _b._ London 1802; founded parish
schools on her father’s estates; _m._ in the year 1841 Thomas
Mortimer minister of the Episcopal chapel, Gray’s Inn road,
London, who _d._ 1850; author of The Peep of Day or a series of
the earliest religious instruction the infant mind is capable of
receiving 1873 anon, many editions and translations; Line upon
line 1837; The English mother by A Lady 1840; Far off or Asia
and Australia described 1852, 6 ed. 1890; The night of toil, the
first missionaries in the South sea islands 1858; Precept upon
precept 1867, 2 ed. 1869; and 20 other books. _d._ Runton near
Cromer 22 Aug. 1878. _bur._ in churchyard, Upper Sheringham,
Norfolk. _The Family Friend_ (1878) 183.
MORTIMER, GEORGE FERRIS WHIDBORNE (eld. son of Wm. Mortimer
of Bishopsteignton, Devon). _b._ Bishopsteignton 22 July
1805; ed. at Exeter gr. sch. and Balliol coll. Oxf. 1823;
Michel exhibitioner Queen’s coll. 1823–6, scholar 1826–30;
B.A. 1826, M.A. 1829, D.D. 1841; ordained 24 Feb. 1829; head
master of Newcastle gr. sch. 1828, and of Western proprietary
school Brompton, London 1833; head master of City of London
school 1840, resigned Michaelmas 1865, two of his pupils were
senior wranglers and senior classics at Cambridge 1861; was
voted freedom of City of London 25 May 1848; hon. preb. of
St. Paul’s cathedral April 1865 to death; evening lecturer at
St. Matthew’s, Friday st.; author of a pamphlet entitled The
immediate abolition of slavery compatible with the safety and
prosperity of the colonies, Newcastle 1833. _d._ Rose Hill,
Hampton Wick. 7 Sept. 1871. _E. W. Linging’s History of City
of London school_ (1882) 28–9; _Leisure Hour, March 1879 pp._
179–80; _City Press 16 Dec. 1882 Supplement_, _portrait_.
MORTIMER, JOHN. _b._ 1782; M.D. St. Andrews 1829; surgeon in
the navy; surgeon of Haslar hospital 22 years; hospital surgeon
at Antigua, Martinique and Barbadoes 30 years; inspector of
hospitals and fleets; author of West India fever 1816. _d._
Upper South st. Gosport 25 April 1856.
MORTIMER, WILLIAM. _b._ Lewisham hill, Kent 1809; master of the
Old Surrey fox hounds 1871; treasurer of the Hunt servants’
benefit soc. 1884. _d._ The Valley, Bromley, Kent 19 Jany. 1886.
_Bailey’s mag. xx_ 1 (1871) _portrait_, _xlv_ 272 (1886).
MORTLOCK, WILLIAM (son of Thomas Mortlock a cricket umpire).
_b._ Clayton st. Kennington, Surrey 18 July 1832; a cricket ball
maker; practised at the Oval; long stop to the Surrey elevens,
never using pads or gloves, long stopped for 12,000 balls for
only 3 byes; a good bat for his county Surrey from 1850; first
played at Lord’s in M.C.C. _v._ Surrey club 12 June 1854; made
good scores in 1862 and 1863; one of the first English team
visiting Australia 1861; cricketing tutor at Dr. Scale’s school,
Wellesley house, Twickenham; known as Old Stonewall; cricketing
outfitter at Waterloo railway station 1864 to death; opened
the Lambeth baths for cricket practice 28 Jany. 1868 but soon
closed them. _d._ 23 Jany. 1884. _bur._ Norwood cemet. 28 Jany.
_Lillywhite’s Cricket Scores iv_ 588 (1863); _Illust. Sporting
news iii_ 345 (1864) _portrait_; _Illust. Times 10 Aug. 1861 p._
93 _portrait_; _Cricket Jany. 1884 p._ 10.
MORTON, GEORGE SHOLTO DOUGLAS 17 Earl of (eld. son of lieut.
col. John Douglas 1756–1818). _b._ London 23 Dec. 1789; ed. at
Trin. coll. Camb., M.A. 1810; attaché at Madrid 1811; secretary
of legation at Stockholm 1812, at Florence 1814, at Berlin
17 Feb. 1816, retired on a pension 5 Jany. 1825; succeeded
his cousin as 17 Earl 17 July 1827; a representative peer of
Scotland 1830 to death; a lord-in-waiting 1841–9 and Feb. to
Dec. 1852; lieut. col. of Midlothian yeomanry cavalry 1843–4;
vice lieutenant of Midlothian 10 Sept. 1854 to death. _d._ 47
Brook st. London 31 March 1858.
MORTON, ALEXANDER. _b._ Darvel, Ayrshire, Scotland 8 March 1820;
ed. at Yale univ.; began manufacture of gold pens in New York
city 1851, invented automatic processes for pointing, tempering
and grinding them 1851–60, his pens obtained a high reputation.
_d._ New York 12 Oct. 1869.
MORTON, CHARLES (eld. son of Samuel Morton of Edinburgh,
agricultural implement maker). _b._ 21 Jany. 1806; writer to the
signet 8 July 1828; crown agent June and July 1866, 1868–74 and
1880–3; took part in the Torbane Hill mineral case, the action
against the directors of the Western Bank of Scotland, and other
famous cases. _d._ Edinburgh 24 Dec. 1892.
MORTON, JAMES. _b._ Kelso 1783; ed. at Kelso and St. John’s
coll. Camb., B.D. 1824; V. of Holbeach, Lincs. 1831 to death;
prebendary of Lincoln 1831 to death; edited for the Abbotsford
club The legend of St. Katherine of Alexandria 1841; and for
the Camden soc. The Ancren Riwle 1853; author of The poetical
remains of John Leyden 1819; Memoirs of J. Leyden, Calcutta
1822; The monastic annals of Teviotdale, Edinb. 1832. _d._
Holbeach Vicarage 31 July 1865. _G.M. xix_ 390 (1865).
MORTON, JOHN (2 son of Robert Morton). _b._ Ceres, Fifeshire 17
July 1781; farmer at Kilmeny, Fifeshire; walked over most of
the English counties noting their geology; farmer at Dulverton,
Somerset 1810–18; agent to lord Ducie’s Gloucestershire estates
1818–52; projected and conducted the Whitfield example farm and
established the Uley agricultural machine factory; invented the
Uley cultivator and other agricultural appliances; F.G.S. 1839;
author of On the nature and property of soils 1838, 4 ed. 1843;
Report on the Whitfield farm 1840; author with Joshua Trimmer
of An attempt to estimate the effects of protecting duties
on the profits of agriculture, 4 ed. 1845. _d._ Nailsworth,
Gloucestershire 26 July 1864.
MORTON, JOHN CHALMERS (son of preceding). _b._ 11 July 1821; ed.
Merchiston Castle sch. Edinb. and at univ. of Edinb.; assisted
his father on the Whitfield example farm 1838–44; fellow of
Royal Agricultural society 4 Sept. 1839; edited the Agricultural
gazette 1844 to death; conducted the agricultural classes at
Edinb. univ. 1854; inspector under the land commissioners;
member of royal commission for inquiry into pollution of rivers
1868–74; edited A cyclopædia of agriculture 1855; Morton’s New
farmer’s almanac 1856–70, continued as Morton’s Almanac for
farmers and landowners 1871, &c.; Handbook of farm labour 1861,
new ed. 1868; The prince consort’s farms 1863, and 10 other
books. _d._ Holmleigh, Harrow 3 May 1888. _bur._ Harrow ch.
yard 9 May. _Journal of Royal agricultural society xxiv_ 691–6
(1888); _Agricultural Gazette 7 May 1888 p._ 428 _portrait_, _14
May p._ 453.
MORTON, JOHN DRUMMOND. _b._ Manchester 1830; sec. of National
reform union; edited Manchester review 1858; wrote critical and
political essays. _d._ Sale Moor, Manchester 9 Feb. 1871. _bur._
Salford cemet.
MORTON, JOHN MADDISON (2 son of Thomas Morton, dramatist
1764–1838). _b._ Pangbourne near Reading 3 Jany. 1811; educ.
Paris and Germany 1817–20 and at Charles Richardson’s school,
Clapham common 1820–7; a clerk in Chelsea hospital 1832–40; his
first farce called My first fit of the gout produced at Queen’s
theatre April 1835; wrote nearly 100 pieces, chiefly one-act
farces, for the west end theatres, among them were Grimshaw,
Bagshaw and Bradshaw; To Paris and back for five pounds; Lend me
five shillings; The Irish tiger; My precious Betsy; Whitebait at
Greenwich, and Betsy Baker; his one-act farce Box and Cox, the
most popular play ever written, was produced at Lyceum 1 Nov.
1847; gave public readings 1867; a brother of the Charterhouse
15 Aug. 1881 to death; given a benefit at Gaiety theatre 22
July 1880 and another at Haymarket 16 Oct. 1889; produced Going
it at Toole’s theatre 7 Dec. 1885. _d._ the Charterhouse,
London 19 Dec. 1891. _bur._ Kensal Green cemet. 23 Dec. _J. M.
Morton’s Plays for home performance_ (1889) _memoir pp. ix–xv_;
_Theatre xiv_ 220–1, 255 (1889) _portrait_; _London Figaro 23
Dec. 1891 p._ 7 _portrait_; _Black and White 2 Jany. 1892 p._
4 _portrait_; _London Society xlix_ 66, 105, 241, 392 (1886)
_portrait_.
MORTON, SAVILLE. Educ. at Trin. coll. Camb. 22nd wrangler and
B.A. 1834; studied architecture and medicine; attached to staff
of Daily News from its commencement 21 Jany. 1846; correspondent
at Constantinople, Athens, Madrid, Vienna and Berlin
successively; was Paris correspondent of Morning Advertiser
in 1852. _Stabbed_ by Harold Elyott Bower, correspondent of
Morning Post, at 22 Rue des Capucins, Paris 1 Oct. 1852. _bur._
Montmartre cemet. _Annual Register_ (1852) 402–7.
NOTE.--Bower was jealous of Morton, between whom and Mrs. Bower he
found there was undue familiarity. Bower was tried on 27 Dec. for
murder, but acquitted, he _d._ at Paris 8 Dec. 1884, aged 69.
MORTON, THOMAS (1 son of Thomas Morton, dramatist 1764–1838).
_b._ 1803; dramatist; wrote The angel of the attic, a drama
Princess’s theatre, London 27 May 1843; Judith of Geneva, a
drama Adelphi 1844; Another glass, a drama Lyceum 21 April
1845; Seeing Wright, a farce Adelphi 1845; The dance of the
shirt or the semptress’s ball, a drama Adelphi 30 Oct. 1848;
Sink or swim, a comedy Olympic 2 Aug. 1852; Go to bed Tom,
a farce Olympic 25 Nov. 1852; A pretty piece of business, a
comedy Haymarket 20 Nov. 1853; The Great Russian bear or another
retreat from Moscow, a comedietta Strand 3 Oct. 1859; He also
wrote The white feather and The light troop of St. James’s, and
with his younger brother John Maddison Morton All that glitters
is not gold, a drama Olympic 13 Jany. 1851, and The writing on
the wall, a melodrama Haymarket 9 Aug. 1852. _d._ 8 St. John’s
sq. Notting hill, London about 26 Jany. 1879. _bur._ Kensal
green cemet.
MOSCHELES, IGNATZ (son of a cloth merchant). _b._ Prague, 30
May 1794; studied music at Vienna; arrived in England 28 May
1821, gave a concert at the Argyle rooms 4 July 1821; came to
England again 1822, where he became a teacher of music and a
public performer on the piano; _m._ 1 March 1825 at Hamburg,
Charlotte Emden; a director of the Philharmonic soc. 1832,
conductor 1841 and 1845; conducted the musical festival at
Birmingham 1846; lived at 3 Chester place, Regent’s park, London
1830–46; professor of music at Leipzig conservatoire 21 Oct.
1846 to death; his name is attached to 140 compositions, chiefly
variations on popular airs for the piano 1820–70; among his
compositions are Grand variations on the Fall of Paris 1820;
Polonaise brilliante 1821; Bonbonnière musicale, a set of pieces
for the piano 1822; A collection of German melodies 1826; Fifty
preludes, in the major and minor keys, for the piano 1827;
Souvenir à la Suisse, on Swiss airs 1833; Domestic life, twelve
duets 1867; Etudes pour le piano, finishing lessons revised by
E. Pauer 1886. _d._ Leipzig 10 March 1870. _C. E. Moscheles’
Life of Moscheles_ 2 _vols._ (1873) _portrait_; _Musical Gem_
(1832) _p._ 74 _portrait_.
MOSELEY, CHARLES. _b._ Manchester 27 March 1840; member of
firm of D. Moseley and sons, Chapelfield works; chairman of
Lancashire and Cheshire telephone co.; a director of the Edison
electric light co.; a promoter of the Manchester ship canal
1882, and of the Manchester royal jubilee exhibition opened 3
May 1887. _d._ Grangethorpe, Rusholme, Manchester 1 Oct. 1887.
_bur._ Southern cemet. 5 Oct. _The Manchester Guardian 3 Oct.
1887 p._ 5, _and 9 Oct. p._ 5.
MOSELEY, EDWIN CHARLES. _b._ 1812; editor and proprietor of
Nassau Guardian 40 years. _d._ Nassau, New Providence, Bahama
islands 29 May 1885.
MOSELEY, HENRY (son of Wm. Willis Moseley, schoolmaster at
Newcastle-under-Lyne). _b._ 9 July 1801; ed. at Newcastle, at
Abbeville, France, and St. John’s coll. Camb.; 7th wrangler
1826; B.A. 1826, M.A. 1836, LL.D. 1870; C. of West Monkton near
Taunton 1827; professor of natural and experimental philosophy
and astronomy at King’s college, London 20 Jany. 1831 to 12
Jany. 1841, chaplain of the college 31 Oct. 1831 to 8 Nov. 1833;
an inspector of normal schools 12 Jany. 1844 to 1853; resident
canon of Bristol cathedral June 1853 to death; V. of Olveston,
Gloucs. 1854 to death; chaplain in ordinary to the queen 14
May 1855 to death; F.R.S. 7 Feb. 1839; author of A treatise
on hydrostatics and hydrodynamics, Cambridge 1830; A treatise
on mechanics applied to the arts 1834, 3 ed. 1847; Lectures
on astronomy 1839, 4 ed. 1854; The mechanical principles of
engineering and architecture 1843, 2 ed. 1855; Astro-theology
2 ed. 1851, 3 ed. 1860; and of about 35 papers on natural
philosophy. _d._, Olveston near Bristol 20 Jany. 1872. _Trans.
of Instit. of naval architects xiii_ 328–30 (1872); _I.L.N. lx_
90 (1872).
MOSELEY, HENRY NOTTIDGE (son of the preceding). _b._ St. Ann’s
Hill, Wandsworth, London 14 Nov. 1844; ed. at Harrow 1858 etc.
and Exeter coll. Oxf. 1864; first class in natural science
1868; B.A. 1868, M.A. 1872; Radcliffe travelling fellow 1869;
studied at Vienna 1869 and Leipsic 1871; a medical student at
Univ. coll. London; member of government Eclipse expedition
to Ceylon 1871–2; one of the naturalists in the Challenger
expedition round the world 21 Dec. 1872 to 24 May 1876; fellow
of Exeter coll. 30 June 1876 to 1882; reported for an English
company on certain lands in California and Oregon 1877; F.R.S.
7 June 1877, member of council, Croonian lecturer 1878, royal
medallist 1887; assistant registrar to univ. of London 26 March
1879 to 1881; Linacre professor of human and comparative anatomy
at Oxford 25 Nov. 1881; fellow of Merton coll. Oxf. 1882;
F.L.S. 1880; F.R.G.S. 1881; with A. Sedgwick and others edited
Quarterly journal of microscopical science vol. 23 etc. 1852
etc.; author of Oregon, its resources, climate and people 1878;
On the structure of the Stylasteridæ, Croonian lecture 1878;
Notes by a naturalist on the Challenger 1879, 2 ed. 1892; fell
ill in 1887 and never recovered. _d._ Firwood Clevedon, Somerset
10 Nov. 1891. _H. N. Moseley’s Notes by a naturalist 2 ed._
(1892) _memoir v–xvi and portrait_; _Biograph vi_ 387–90 (1881);
_Graphic 21 Nov. 1891 p._ 599 _portrait_; _I.L.N. 28 Nov. 1891
p._ 694 _portrait_.
MOSELEY, LITCHFIELD. _b._ 1839; author of Penny readings in
prose and verse 1872, in which is included his best known piece
The Charity Dinner pp. 162–70. _d._ 16 Wilton road, Dalston,
London 21 June 1879.
MOSES, HENRY. _b._ about 1782; engraver, published many sets
of plates of sculpture and antiquities; one of the engravers
employed upon the official publication Ancient marbles in the
British Museum 1812–45; engraved The gallery of pictures painted
by B. West, 12 plates 1811; A collection of antique vases,
altars, &c. from various museums and collections. 170 plates
1814; Picturesque views of Ramsgate 1817; Works of Canova, 3
vols. 1824–8; Sketches of shipping 1837. _d._ Cowley, Middlesex
28 Feb. 1870.
MOSES, WILLIAM STAINTON (eld. son of Wm. Stainton Moses). _b._
Donington, Lincs. 1839; ed. at Bedford and Exeter coll. Oxf.,
B.A. 1863, M.A. 1865; C. of Maughold, Isle of Man 1863–8;
assistant chaplain of St. George’s, Douglas, Isle of Man
1868–72; English master at University college school, London
1872–88; a founder of the London spiritualist alliance; vice
president of Society for Psychical research; editor of Light
1881; a medium, published his spiritual revelations under the
title of Spirit Teachings 1883; author under initials M.A. Oxon
of following works, Carpentarian criticism, being a reply to an
article by Dr. W. B. Carpenter 1877; Psychography, or a treatise
on the objective forms of psychia, or spiritual phenomena 1878,
2 ed. 1882; Spirit identity 1879; Higher aspects of spiritualism
1880; Spiritualism at the Church congress 1881. _d._ at his
mother’s house, 30 St. Peters, Bedford 5 Sept. 1892. _bur._
Bedford cemet. 9 Sept. _Light 10 Sept. 1892 p._ 439 _portrait_,
_17 Sept. pp._ 445–6, 447, _5 Nov. 1892 pp._ 529–32 _portrait_.
MOSLEY, JOHN IVON. _b._ Piccadilly, Manchester 7 Dec. 1830; a
compositor and a printers’ reader at Manchester; a self taught
linguist; a contributor to An English and Manx dictionary,
prepared from Dr. Kelly’s by W. Gill and J. T. Clarke, Manx
society 1866; wrote Gipsy songs and other pieces in Ben
Brierly’s Journal. _d._ Manchester 6 Sept. 1876.
MOSLEY, SIR OSWALD, 2 Baronet (eld. child of Oswald Mosley of
Bolesworth castle, Cheshire 1761–89). _b._ Morton near Chester
27 March 1785; ed. Rugby and Brasenose coll. Oxf., M.A. 1806,
D.C.L. 1810; succeeded his grandfather 29 Sept. 1798; M.P. for
North Staffs. 1832–7; contested North Staffs. 3 Aug. 1837;
sold the manorial rights of Manchester to the corporation for
£200,000 24 March 1845; author of History of Tutbury 1832;
Family memoirs 1849; Gleanings on horticulture 1851; A short
account of the ancient British church 1858; The natural history
of Tutbury 1863. _d._ Rolleston hall near Burton-on-Trent 24 May
1871; personalty sworn under £350,000 8 July 1871. _Journal of
British Archæol. Assoc. xxviii_ 309 (1872); _I.L.N. lviii_ 578
(1871).
MOSS, JAMES. _b._ 1833; a comic singer; proprietor of Lorne
music hall 1 Argylle st. Greenock 1872 to death, changed name of
his hall to Moss’s Varieties 1875. _d._ Greenock 14 Nov. 1882.
MOSS, JOSEPH WILLIAM. _b._ Dudley 1803; ed. at Magd. hall, Oxf.,
B.A. 1825, M.A. 1827, M.B. 1829; practised medicine at Dudley,
removed to Longdon near Lichfield 1847, to Upton Bishop near
Ross 1848, and to Wells 1853; F.R.S. 18 Feb. 1830; author of The
manual of classical bibliography 2 vols. 1825, 2 ed. 1837. _d._
Hill Grove house, Wells, Somerset 23 May 1862.
MOSS, THOMAS. _b._ 1836; called to bar of Upper Canada 1861;
Q.C. 1872; M.P. Canada Nov. 1873 to Oct. 1875; puisne judge
of court of error and appeal Oct. 1875; president of court of
appeal Nov. 1877; chief justice of Ontario Nov. 1878 to death;
vice chancellor of univ. of Toronto. _d._ Nice 4 Jany. 1881.
MOSS, SIR THOMAS EDWARDS- 1 Baronet (1 son of John Moss
1782–1858, founder of a bank at Liverpool which became the
North-Western bank). _b._ 17 July 1811; ed. Eton 1828, captain
of the boats 1828; a banker, Liverpool; _m._ 1847 Amy Charlotte,
heiress of Richard Edwards of Roby hall, assumed by R.L. name
of Edwards 26 March 1851; chairman of Liverpool constitutional
assoc. 1866; chairman of South Lancashire conservative assoc.
1879; created baronet 23 Dec. 1868. _d._ Otterspool near
Liverpool 26 April 1890.
MOSS, TOM COTTENHAM EDWARDS- (2 son of preceding). _b._ 7 April
1855; ed. Eton 1868, captain of the boats 1873; at Brasenose
coll. Oxf., B.A. 1878, M.A. 1880; rowed in Oxford and Cambridge
races 1875–8; with W. A. Ellison took silver goblets at Henley
1878; twice gained diamond sculls 1877–8; contested amateur
championship of England 1877; coached many of the Oxford
oarsmen; president of Oxf. univ. boat club; lieut. Lancashire
hussars yeomanry cavalry 18 May 1881, captain 1891 to death.
M.P. Widnes division of Lancs. 1885–92. _d._ Otterspool near
Liverpool 16 Dec. 1893.
MOSSMAN, JOHN (son of George Mossman, sculptor). _b._ London
1816 or 1817; ed. at Leith; a pupil of baron Carlo Marochetti;
exhibited 6 figures at R.A. London 1868–79; executed in Glasgow
statues of sir Robert Peel, Dr. Livingstone, Thomas Campbell and
Dr. Norman Macleod. _d._ Port Bannatyne near Glasgow 22 Sept.
1890.
MOSSMAN, THOMAS WIMBERLEY (eld. son of Robert Hume Mossman,
schoolmaster). _b._ Skipton in Craven, Yorkshire 1826; ed.
at St. Edmund hall, Oxf., B.A. 1849; C. of Donington-on-Bain
and Market Stainton, Lincs. 1849; C. of Panton Dec. 1851; V.
of Ranby, Lincs. 1854; R. of East Torrington and V. of West
Torrington, Lincs. 1859 to death; founded the Brotherhood of the
Holy Redeemer for poor students wishing to take holy orders,
at Torrington 1866, it was not approved of by the bishop of
Lincoln, removed to Newcastle-on-Tyne where it collapsed; hon.
D.D. Univ. of the Southern States of America 1881; an extreme
ritualist, member of the Order of Corporate Reunion, being one
of its prelates and assuming the title of bishop of Selby; was
received into R.C. church during his last illness by cardinal
Manning 1885; author of A glossary of the principal words
used in a figurative, typical or mystical sense in the holy
scriptures 1854; A history of the Catholic church of Jesus
Christ from the death of St. John to the middle of the second
century 1873, further parts never published; The primacy of St.
Peter by C. A. Lapide, translated 1870; The great commentary of
Cornelius á Lapide, translated with the assistance of various
scholars, 5 vols. 1876–86. _d._ East Torrington rectory 6 July
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