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1889. _Popular Science Monthly_, _v_ 103–7, _portrait_; _Leisure
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Hour_, _Aug. 1873 pp_. 549–52; _Nature 26 Oct. 1882 pp._ 617–20,
_portrait_; _Graphic 2 Nov. 1869 pp._ 530, 532, _portrait_.
JOWETT, JOSEPH. _b._ 1784; ed. Queen’s coll. Camb., B.A. 1806,
M.A. 1823; R. of Silk Willoughby near Sleaford 1810 to death;
composer of Musæ Solitariæ. A collection of original melodies
adapted to various measures of psalms and hymns 2 vols. 1823–7;
Lyra Sacra. Select extracts from the cathedral music of the
Church of England 1825; A manual of parochial psalmody 1832;
Pocket index to the final key note in any piece of music 1842.
_d._ Silk Willoughby 13 May 1856.
JOWETT, WILLIAM (son of J. Jowett of Newington, Surrey). _b._
1787; ed. at St. John’s coll. Camb., fellow 1811–16; twelfth
wrangler 1810; B.A. 1810, M.A. 1813, Hulsean prizeman 1810;
first Anglican clergyman who volunteered for foreign service of
Church missionary soc. 1813; missionary of Church Missionary
Soc. in Mediterranean 1815–20, in Syria and Holy Land 1823–4;
clerical sec. of the C.M. Soc. 1832–40; Sunday evening lecturer
at St. Mary, Aldermanbury to 1851; Inc. of St. John, Clapham
Rise, London 1851 to death; author of An essay to prove that
the propensity of the Jews to idolatry affords no grounds
for disbelieving miracles 1811; Christian researches in the
Mediterranean 1822; Christian researches in Syria and the
Holy Land 1825, 2 ed. 1826; Scripture characters from the Old
Testament, three series 1847–8; Scripture characters from the
New Testament 1850. _d._ 4 The Rise, Larkhall lane, Clapham 20
Feb. 1855. _bur._ Lewisham churchyard.
JOY, HENRY HOLMES (3 son of Henry Joy of Belfast). _b._ the
Lodge, Belfast 1805; ed. at Belfast academy and Trin. coll.
Dublin; B.A. 1829, M.A. 1841, LL.B. and LL.D. 1856; called to
Irish bar 1827, Q.C. 13 Feb. 1849. _d._ Tunbridge Wells 28 Feb.
1875.
JOY, JOHN CANTILOE (son of Mr. Joy, guard to mail coach between
Yarmouth and Ipswich). _b._ Yarmouth 1806; employed by the
government as draughtsman at Portsmouth about 1832; marine
painter with his brother Wm. Joy at Chichester, Putney and
London, the two brothers always worked together on the same
pictures; exhibited 6 sea pieces at Suffolk st. London 1826–7.
_d._ London 1866.
JOY, THOMAS MUSGRAVE (only son of Thomas Joy). _b._
Boughton-Monchelsea, Kent 1812; pupil of Samuel Drummond,
A.R.A.; exhibited 67 pictures at R.A., 82 at B.I. and 50 at
Suffolk st. 1831–67; painted subject pictures and portraits
of the prince of Wales and princess Royal 1841–3, sir Charles
Napier and duke of Cambridge; his best picture Le Bourgeois
Gentilhomme was in R.A. 1853; painted a picture of the Meeting
of the subscribers to Tattersall’s before the races 1864; his
pictures were sold at Christie’s on the Ascot settling day after
his death. _d._ of bronchitis, 32 St. George’s sq. Pimlico,
London 7 April 1866. _Art Journal_, _Aug. 1866 p._ 240.
JOY, WILLIAM (brother of John Cantiloe Joy 1806–66). _b._
Yarmouth 1803; employed by government as draughtsman at
Portsmouth about 1832; always worked with his brother on the
same pictures; exhibited 2 sea pieces at R.A., 2 at B.I. and 3
at Suffolk st. 1823–45. _d._ Chichester 1867.
JOYCE, FRANK (son of Pierce Joyce of Merview, Galway, _d._
1883). Agent for marquess of Clanricarde, resigned and brought
an action against his employer for libel; well known sportsman
in Galway; resided at Tallyho, Loughrea; upset in a jaunting car
and _d._ at Loughrea from a wound in his head May 1890. _Times 9
May 1890 p._ 10.
JOYCE, JAMES GERALD (eld. son of Harry Gandy Joyce). _b._
Clonmel, Ireland 1819; ed. Magd. hall, Oxf., B.A. 1846; V. of
Burford with Fullbrook 1850–5; R. of Strathfieldsaye, Hants.
1855 to death; F.S.A. 1 June 1865; took much interest in
the excavations at Silchester and contributed papers on the
discoveries made there 1865 etc.; author of Can the liturgy be
used to attach the people to the church? 1869; The Fairford
windows. A monograph. Published by the Arundel society 1872, the
letter press and the drawings on wood, stone and paper were all
by him. _d._ Strathfieldsaye rectory 28 June 1878. _Proc. Soc.
Antiq. London_, _viii_ 106–8 (1881).
JOYCE, JAMES WAYLAND (eld. son of rev. James Joyce of Henley,
Oxon). _b._ 1812; ed. Ch. Ch. Oxf., student 1828–44; B.A. 1832,
M.A. 1835; R. of Burford (3rd portion), Salop 1843 to death;
proctor of diocese of Hereford 1852–80; preb. of Hereford 1868
to death; author of England’s sacred synods 1855; Ecclesia
vindicata: a treatise on appeals in matters spiritual 1862; The
civil power in its relation to the church 1869; On the courts of
final appeal as proposed by the commissioners on ecclesiastical
courts 1884; Acts of the church 1531. 1885; The church her own
reformer 1886. _d._ Burford 16 Nov. 1887. _The Hereford Journal
26 Nov. 1887 p._ 4.
JOYCE, ROBERT DWYER. _b._ in co. Limerick, Sep. 1836; ed.
Queen’s univ. Dublin; professor of English literature in college
of R.C. univ. Dublin; surgeon in Dublin to 1866; went to U.S.
America and resided at Boston till his death; member of R. Irish
acad.; author of Ballads, romances and songs. Dublin 1861;
Legends of the war in Ireland. Boston 1868; Fireside stories of
Ireland 1871; Ballads of Irish chivalry, songs and poems. Boston
1875; Deirdrè [A poem by R.D.J.] 1876; Blanid, a poem. Boston
1879; The squire of Castleton. _d._ Dublin 23 Oct. 1883.
JOYCE, SAMUEL (3 son of James Joyce of Chapel st. Pentonville,
London). _b._ 1817; barrister G.I. and M.T. 21 Jany. 1846; Q.C.
5 Feb. 1874; bencher of G.I. 1874 to death; author of Remarks
on the operations of the county courts act 9 & 10 Vict. c. 95,
with suggestions for amendment of practice of superior courts
in personal actions 1850. _d._ 12 Endsleigh st. Tavistock sq.
London 6 Jany. 1876. _bur._ in Highgate cemetery.
JOYCE, WILLIAM (2 son of James Joyce of Pentonville, London).
Barrister I.T. 21 Nov. 1851 and of L.I. 14 Jany. 1860; resided
12 Endsleigh st. Tavistock sq.; author of The law and practice
of injunctions in equity and at common law 2 vols. 1872; The
doctrines and principles of the law of injunctions 1877;
Proposals for an intellectual franchise. _d._ Thirlestane,
Hampton hill 19 Oct. 1891.
JOYNER, HENRY BATSON (eld. son of Henry St. John Joyner). _b._
Northwick, Harrow 9 July 1839; resident engineer to Tunbridge
Wells commissioners 1868–70; in service of Japanese government,
constructing railways, making a trigonometrical survey and
organising a department of meteorology 1870–7; engineer in chief
of water supply and sewerage system of city of Sāo Paulo, Brazil
1877–84; A.I.C.E. 6 May 1879, M.I.C.E. 29 Nov. 1881; F.R.G.S.;
author of The progress and ultimate results of meteorology,
specially considered in reference to Japan 1876. _d._ England 23
Nov. 1884. _Min. of Proc. I.C.E. lxxix_ 370–1 (1885).
JUDD, WILLIAM HENRY. M.R.C.S. 1815, hon. F.R.C.S. 1844;
assistant surgeon 3 foot guards 25 Feb. 1819, battalion surgeon
12 July 1827, surgeon major 22 July 1845 to 17 Feb. 1854 when
placed on h.p.; the first advocate to claim justice for the
army surgeon; he caused the abolition of the cross belts
and the substitution of the present manner of carrying the
cartouch box and ammunition; surgeon in ordinary to the Prince
Consort; edited Part 4 of vol. i. of Transactions of the Royal
Medico-Botanical Society 1839; author of A practical treatise
on urethritis and syphilis 1836. _d._ 41 Maddox st. Regent st.
London 7 or 10 Sep. 1868 aged 73.
JUDKIN, THOMAS JAMES. _b._ 1788; ed. Gonville and Caius coll.
Camb., B.A. 1815, M.A. 1818; admitted ad eundem at Oxf. 1 Dec.
1842; P.C. of Somers chapel, Somers Town, London 1828–68;
author of Twelve signs of the times; Church and home psalmody,
being a collection of psalms from the old and new versions and
original hymns 1831, 7 ed. 1851; Bygone moods, or hues of fancy
and feeling from the spring to the autumn of life 1856. _d._
Reigate-heath 11 Sep. 1871.
JUKES, JOSEPH BEETE (only son of John Jukes of Birmingham,
manufacturer, who _d._ 1819). _b._ Summerhill near Birmingham
10 October 1811; ed. at Wolverhampton and Birmingham gr. schs.
and St. John’s coll. Camb., B.A. 1836; geological surveyor of
Newfoundland 1839–40; naturalist to expedition for surveying
coast of Australia, Torres Strait and New Guinea 1842–6; member
of the English geological survey 1 Oct. 1846 to 1850; director
of the Irish survey Nov. 1850 to 1870; lecturer on geology at R.
coll. of science, Dublin 1854; member of commission to enquire
into the resources of the coal fields 1860; wrote upwards of 50
papers on geology in scientific journals; author of Excursions
in and about Newfoundland 2 vols. 1842; Narrative of the voyage
of H.M.S. Fly 2 vols. 1847; A sketch of the physical structure
of Australia 1850; The student’s manual of geology 1857, 3 ed.
1872; injured his brain by a fall and _d._ Upper Leeson st.
Dublin 29 July 1869. _bur._ Selley Oak near Birmingham. _Letters
of J. B. Jukes_ (1871), _portrait_; _Quarterly Journ. Geol. Soc.
xxvi_ 32–4 (1870).
JUKES, ROBERT BOSWELL. Ed. at C.C. coll. Camb., B.A. 1838;
chaplain to Leopold I. king of the Belgians; consular chaplain
at Ostend 1846–75; Raine lecturer St. Michael’s Cornhill, London
1875 to death. _d._ in St. Michael’s ch. a few minutes after
finishing his sermon 9 July 1882. _Guardian 12 July 1882 p._ 964.
JULIAN, CHARLES SAINT. Chief justice of Fiji 1871–4; author
of Notes on the latent resources of Polynesia. Sydney 1851;
The international status of Fiji and the political rights
of British subjects residing in the Fijian archipelago 1872;
with Edward Kennedy Silvester, The productions, industry and
resources of New South Wales 1853. _d._ Vadratan, New Zealand 26
Dec. 1874.
JULIAN, WILLIAM ROBERT (son of William Julian _d._ 25 Jany.
1872 aged 74). _b._ 1827; connected with Masks and Faces
entertainment; an entertainer on the music hall stage; dramatic
and musical agent at 34 Wellington st. Strand 1864–70, at 29 Bow
st. Covent Garden 1870–4, at 75 Berwick st. Soho 1875 to death.
_d._ 4 April 1886. _bur._ Woking cemet. 11 April. _Era 10 April
1886 p._ 7.
JULLIEN or JULIEN, LOUIS GEORGE ANTOINE JULES (son of M.
Jullien, conductor of band of the Garde Nationale). _b._
Sisteron, Basses Alpes 23 Aug. 1812; a piccolo player in band
of the Garde Nationale; played violin solos in concerts in
Italy 1834; served in French navy and army for short periods;
studied at the Conservatoire, Paris under J. H. Halevy 1833–6;
founder and conductor of concerts in the Jardin Turc, Paris
1836 which for a time were a great success; director of Bals
d’Opera, Paris; rented and opened the Hotel of the Duke of
Parma in the Chaussée d’Antin as a casino, soon closed by the
police; published a programme in which he turned the government
into ridicule, fled to England to escape imprisonment 1838;
conducted dance music at Drury Lane 1838 and then became chief
conductor there for the first time Nov. 1838; conductor of
concerts d’hiver 1841 and of concerts de societé 1842, before
one shilling audiences; his winter seasons of concerts at Drury
lane lasted 1842–59; much noticed in Punch where he was called
The Great Mons.; opened at Drury Lane 6 Dec. 1847 with Lucia
di Lammermoor; bankrupt 19 April 1848, awarded first class
certificate; gave out-door promenade concerts at Surrey gardens
1849; kept a depot for sale of dance music at 214 Regent st.
1845–58 and the royal conservatory of music at 45 King st.
Golden sq. 1846–58; produced his own opera Pietro il Grande at
Covent Garden 17 Aug. 1852, played 4 times; in U.S. America,
July 1853 to June 1854; opened New Music hall, Surrey gardens
15 July 1856, gardens closed 1857 when he lost £6000; the whole
of his engraved and manuscript music burnt in Covent Garden 5
March 1856; gave his concerts d’adieu, his twentieth season at
the Lyceum 1858; in prison at Clichy, France 4 months May-Aug.
1859; composer of British army quadrilles and 150 pieces of
music; the first to familiarize the masses with the works of
Mozart, Beethoven and Mendelssohn; placed in a lunatic asylum 10
March 1860, wounded himself with a knife. _d._ Neuilly, Paris
14 March 1860. _Dramatic and musical review_, _i_ 5 (1842),
_portrait_; _The drawing room portrait gallery of eminent
personages 4 series_ (1860), _portrait_; _G.M. viii_ 632–4
(1860); _I.L.N. iii_ 348, 413 (1843) _portrait_, _ix_ 289 (1846)
_view of concert_; _You have heard of them by Q._ (1854) 283–92;
_Reynolds’ Miscellany_, _xi_ 181 (1854), _portrait_, _xvii_ 344
(1857), _portrait_; _Belgravia_, _xli_ 285–96 (1880); _Putnam’s
Monthly Mag. ii_ 423–33 (1853).
JUNG, SIR SALAR. _b._ 1829; dewan or prime minister of Hydrabad
1853, when he made great reform in the management of the state;
remained faithful at the time of the mutiny 1857; one of the
regents of Hydrabad 1866; visited England 1876, D.C.L. Oxf. 21
June 1876; presented to the queen at Windsor 29 June 1876; voted
freedom of city of London 29 June 1876, admitted 25 July 1876;
G.C.S.I. 31 May 1870. _d._ Hydrabad 8 Feb. 1883. _To-day_, _July
1883_; _Times 10 Feb. 1883 p._ 5, _11 Feb. p._ 8, _12 Feb. p._ 5.
JUNG, SIR SALAR. _b._ 1863; prime minister of Hydrabad to 1887;
visited England in the Jubilee year 1887 when he resided in the
house of lord Howard, Rutland gate, London; author of two papers
entitled Europe revisited in Nineteenth Century, Aug. and Oct.
1887; K.C.I.E. 15 Feb. 1887. _d._ Hydrabad 7 July 1889. _Times 8
July 1889 p._ 5, _9 July p._ 5, _15 July p._ 5.
JUNNER, ROBERT GORDON. _b._ Edinburgh 1841; barrister M.T. 17
Nov. 1865; went Midland circuit, attended Birmingham sessions,
and lord mayor’s court, London; author of The practice before
the railway commissioners 1874. _d._ Portobello near Edinburgh
27 Aug. 1874.
JUPP, EDWARD BASIL (son of Richard Webb Jupp). _b._ 1 Jany.
1812; admitted solicitor 1836; partner with his father 1836–44,
with Richard Samuel Jupp 1844–48, practised alone 1848 to death;
joint clerk with his father to the Carpenters’ company 1843–52,
and clerk 1852 to death; collected works of Thomas Bewick,
which were sold by auction at Christie’s Feb. 1878; author of
An historical account of the worshipful company of carpenters
of the City of London 1848, 2 ed. 1887; Genealogical memoranda
relating to R. Wyatt of Hall place, Shackleford 1870. _d._ 4
Paragon, Blackheath, Kent 30 May 1877.
JUPP, HENRY (son of C. Jupp a cricketer). _b._ Dorking, Surrey
19 Nov. 1841; a brickmaker; played his first match at Lords
16–18 May 1864; played in the Surrey Eleven 1864–81; one of
the best batsmen in England, also a good field; made 216 runs
in one innings in match Players of the South _v._ Gentlemen of
the South 25 Sep. 1865; scored 1557 runs in 1866; played in
Australia 1874; landlord of Sun inn, Dorking about 1867–75, of
Horns tavern, Lower Norwood 1875–8, of Onslow Arms, Cranleigh,
Surrey 1878. _d._ Bermondsey, London 8 April 1889. _Baily’s Mag.
xxvi_ 403 (1875), _portrait_; _Grace’s Cricket_ (1891) 331–2;
_Illust. sporting and dramatic news_, _i_ 568, 570 (1874),
_portrait_.
JUPP, RICHARD WEBB. _b._ 1767; solicitor in City of London
1792–1844; clerk to the Carpenters’ company 1798 to death;
member of common council for Broad st. to death. _d._
Carpenters’ hall, 6 London Wall, London 26 Aug. 1852.
JUST, JOHN (eld. son of Jonathan Just, farmer). _b._ Natland
near Kendal 3 Dec. 1797; ed. at Kendal and Kirkby Lonsdale
gram. schools 1811–17; second master of Bury gr. sch. 1832 to
death; lecturer on botany at Pine street (afterwards Royal
Manchester) school of medicine and surgery Sep. 1833, lectured
annually 1834–52; hon. professor of botany at Royal Manchester
Institution, Oct. 1848, delivered 3 courses of lectures 1849–51;
investigated the Roman roads in Lancashire; deciphered the
Runic inscriptions in the Isle of Man; wrote numerous papers on
farming, botany and philosophy. _d._ Bury 14 Oct. 1852. _Memoirs
of Literary and Philos. Soc. of Manchester_, _xi_ 91–121 (1854);
_Journal of British Archæological Assoc. ix_ 105–11 (1854).
JUSTICE, WILLIAM. Entered Madras army 1818; lieut. col. of 52
Madras N.I. 29 Sep. 1842, of 15 N.I. 1844–5, of 11 N.I. 1845–8,
of 4 N.I. 1848–50, of 49 N.I. 1850–1, of 34 N.I. 1851–3, of 7
N.I. 1853–4; col. of 32 Madras N.I. 1854–60, of 39 N.I. 1860–1,
of 5 N.I. 1861 to death; L.G. 6 Dec. 1866. _d._ Bath 27 Oct.
1868.
JUSTYNE, PERCY WILLIAM (son of Percy Justyne). _b._ Rochester
1812; landscape painter; exhibited 1 picture at R.A. and 2
at Suffolk st. 1837–8; private sec. to Charles Joseph Doyle,
governor of island of Grenada 1841–5, acting stipendiary
magistrate in Grenada, returned to England 1848; a skilful
illustrator of books; employed on the Illustrated London News
1849–50, London Journal, National Mag., Graphic, &c. _d._ 6 June
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