Modern English biography, volume 1 (of 4), A-H by Frederic Boase
1883. _bur._ in Chirnside churchyard. _David Blythe the gipsy
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king, a character sketch by Charles Stuart, M.D._ 1883,
_portrait_; _All the year round vi_, 69–72 (1861).
BLYTHE, JOHN DEAN (_son of Peter Dean Blythe of Ashton-under-Lyne_).
_b._ Ashton-under-Lyne 12 April 1842; worked in a factory;
reporter on a local paper; learned Latin, French and Spanish;
edited a manuscript magazine circulated amongst members of a
self-improvement society at Manchester; killed by accidental
discharge of a revolver 5 Feb. 1869. _A sketch of the life and a
selection from the writings of J. D. Blythe_ 1870.
BOAG, JOHN. _b._ Highgate in parish of Beith, Ayrshire 7 Jany. 1775;
matric. at Univ. of Glasgow 1797; joined the body of independents
or congregationalists who in 1812 formed themselves into
Congregational Union of Scotland; held small charges in Isle of
Man and Helensburgh; pastor in village of Blackburn,
Linlithgowshire; author of _A popular and complete English
dictionary 2 vols._ 1848; _The imperial lexicon of the English
language 2 vols._ 1853, and of a number of pamphlets on questions
of the day. _d._ Craigton house, Linlithgowshire 15 Sep. 1863.
BOAG, SIR ROBERT (_son of the preceding_). _b._ 22 Aug. 1809;
alderman of Belfast; knighted at Dublin Castle 30 Jany. 1877.
(_m._ 1834 Violet only dau. of John Stevens of Glasgow). _d._
Glenorchy house, Newington, Edinburgh 7 Nov. 1877.
BOASE, CHARLES WILLIAM (_3 son of Henry Boase 1763–1827, managing
partner in banking house of Ransom, Morland and Co. Pall Mall,
London_). _b._ 6 Knightsbridge, London 8 June 1804; ed. at Helston
gr. sch.; entered Dundee New Bank 1821, manager 1828; cashier of
Dundee Banking company 13 March 1838, manager 1840 to 20 Feb. 1864
when it was merged in Royal bank of Scotland, managed the branch
to 21 Dec. 1867 when he retired on a pension; secretary and
treasurer of Watt Institution Dundee 1824–36, founded the museum
to which he largely contributed; received freedom of Dundee 1 Sep.
1831 for his exertions in aiding to procure it a liberal
constitution; one of the trustees elected by the creditors when
town of Dundee became bankrupt 1842; a member of the Catholic
Apostolic or Irvingite church 1836, erected a little chapel in
Bell st. Dundee which the congregation used until 30 Nov. 1867
when church in Constitution road was opened; ordained to the
priesthood Oct. 1836 and to the Episcopate Aug. 1851; had charge
of the Evangelistic work throughout Scotland Dec. 1867 to death;
author of _Tithes and Offerings_ 1865; _A century of banking in
Dundee_ 1867; _The Elijah ministry_ 1868; _Notes on doctrine and
ecclesiastical facts_ 1868; _Physical a part of theological
science, 2 ed._ 1874. _d._ Albury, Surrey 7 June 1872. _W.
Norrie’s Dundee Celebrities_ (1873) 397–99; _An account of the
families of Boase or Bowes privately printed_ (1876) 13–14.
BOASE, GEORGE CLEMENT (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ 127 Sloane
St. Chelsea 25 Aug. 1810; ed. at Exeter gr. sch. and Queen’s coll.
Cam. 1828–29; cashier of Dundee Banking company April 1840 to Feb.
1864; sub-manager of Dundee branch of Royal Bank of Scotland Feb.
1864 to 21 Dec. 1867 when he retired on a pension; a member of the
Catholic Apostolic church 1836, ordained to the priesthood Oct.
1836, had charge of the church at Brighton 1868 to death; author
of _To husbands, fathers and brothers specially those of the
labouring classes being a warning against prevailing delusions by
a Brother_ [_G. C. Boase_] 1848; _The restoration of Apostles_
1867; _Thoughts and memories in verse by G. C. B[oase] 1876_. _d._
Fairlie house, Bridge of Allan near Stirling 23 July 1880. _An
account of the families of Boase_ 15–16.
BOASE, HENRY SAMUEL (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ 6
Knightsbridge, London 2 Sep. 1799; ed. at Tiverton gr. sch.;
studied chemistry in Dublin 1815–17 and medicine in Univ. of Edin.
1817–21, M.D. 1821; sec. to Royal Geological Society of Cornwall
at Penzance 1822 to 1829; collected from every part of Cornwall
specimens of the rocks 1829–31 which were deposited in Geological
Museum at Penzance; a partner in the Penzance Union Bank 1823 to
April 1838 when bank was dissolved; lived in Burton crescent,
London 1837–38; F.R.S. 4 May 1837; managing partner in firm of
Turnbull Brothers of the Claverhouse Bleachfield, Dundee June
1838, this firm became Boase & Co.; took out a patent for
‘improvements in the process of drying organic substances’ 17 July
1855; author of _A treatise on primary geology_ 1834; _The
philosophy of nature_ 1860; _An essay on human nature_ 1865; _The
second Adam, the seed of the woman. Anon._ 1876; _A few words on
evolution and creation_ 1883; wrote a minute geological account of
each parish in _The parochial history of Cornwall by D. Gilbert 4
vols._ 1837. _d._ 5 Magdalen place, Dundee 5 May 1883. _Dict. of
Nat. Biog. v_, 282–3 (1886); _An account of the families of Boase_
8–10.
BOATE, EDWARD WELLINGTON (_eld. son of George Boate of Waterford_).
Edited the Waterford _Chronicle_ and Wexford _Guardian_; a
reporter for the Times in the House of Commons; went to New York;
worked on the _Irish American_, _Evening Express_, and other
journals; joined the 42nd New York Volunteers 1863; taken prisoner
at battle of Bristo station and sent to Belle Island; comr. and
chairman of delegation of 95,000 men to negotiate with Abraham
Lincoln for an exchange of prisoners; a reporter on the _Sunday
Mercury_ to Sep. 1871. _d._ King’s county hospital, Flatbush,
Pittsburgh, Philadelphia 4 Oct. 1871 aged 49.
BOAZ, THOMAS (_eld. son of Richard Boaz of Scarborough,
ship-carpenter_). _b._ Scarborough 10 Aug. 1806; studied at
Theological seminary Newport Pagnel 1829–33; ordained at
Manchester 18 June 1834; Congregational minister of Union chapel
Calcutta Dec. 1834 to Dec. 1858; LLD. King’s college Aberdeen
1849; sole editor and proprietor of _Calcutta Christian Advocate_,
May 1839 to 1853; one of editors of _Calcutta Christian Observer_
1835–47. _d._ 6 Priory grove, West Brompton, London 13 Oct. 1861.
_The Mission pastor, memorials of Rev. T. Boaz by his widow_
(1862), _portrait_.
BOCHSA, ROBERT NICOLAS CHARLES. _b._ Montmédi, France 9 Aug. 1789;
harpist to Emperor Napoleon 1813; may fairly be said to have
revolutionised harp playing; fled to London having been detected
in extensive forgeries 1817; tried in his absence and condemned to
12 years imprisonment; joint manager with Sir G. Smart of the Lent
Oratorios 1822, sole manager 1823; professor of the harp and
general sec. at R.A. of Music 24 March 1824 to 1827; conductor at
the King’s theatre 1826–32; ran away with Sir H. R. Bishop’s wife
1839; visited every country in Europe except France; went to
United States 1847; appeared at Prince of Wales’s theatre Sydney
22 Dec. 1855; wrote an oratorio called _Le déluge universel_, 8
operas, a Method and many solo pieces, _d._ Sydney 7 Jany. 1856.
BODDAM, EDWARD TUDOR. Entered Madras army 11 Dec. 1841; lieut. col.
staff corps 11 Dec. 1867; M.G. 16 June 1876. _d._ 12 Feb. 1880
aged 55.
BODDINGTON, HENRY JOHN (_2 son of Edward Williams of London,
artist_), _b._ London 1811; exhibited pictures at the R.A. 1837 to
death; member of Society of British artists 1842, exhibited about
10 pictures every year at their gallery in Suffolk st. 1842 to
death, his paintings are mostly taken from quiet English country
life. (_m._ 1832 Clara Boddington whose name he adopted). _d._
Barnes, Surrey 11 April 1865.
BODE, REV. JOHN ERNEST (_son of Wm. Bode of the General Post Office,
London_). _b._ 1816; ed. at Eton, the Charterhouse and Ch. Ch.
Ox., Hertford scholar (the first) 1835, B.A. 1837, M.A. 1840;
student and tutor of his college 1841–47, censor 1844; R. of
Westwell Oxon. 1847–60; select preacher 1848; surrogate 1850–60;
Bampton lecturer 1855; contested chair of poetry in Univ. of Ox.
1857; R. of Castle Camps, Cambridge 1860 to death; author of
_Ballads from Herodotus_ 1853, _2 ed._ 1854; _Lecture on the
English formularies_ 1855; _Short occasional poems_ 1858; _Hymns
from the Gospel of the day_ 1860. _d._ Castle Camps rectory 6 Oct.
1874.
BODEN, GEORGE (_youngest son of John Boden of Edmonton lodge,
Derbyshire_). _b._ 22 Jany. 1816; ed. at Rugby and Trin. coll.
Cam., B.A. 1841, M.A. 1845; barrister I.T. 30 April 1841, bencher
30 April 1862, treasurer 1876; recorder of Stamford Feb. 1855;
recorder of Derby 7 May 1859 to death; Q.C. 6 Feb. 1862. _d._ 7
Queen’s gardens, Hyde park, London 16 Feb. 1880.
BODEN, SAMUEL STANDIGE. _b._ Hull 11 April 1826; clerk in South
Eastern railway office at Nine Elms, London 1849; edited _British
Chess review_ 1854–55, contributing a large portion of its
contents; conducted chess department of _The Field_ 24 April 1858
to Jany. 1869; exhibited 5 landscapes at Suffolk st. gallery
1865–73. _d._ Tavistock st. Bedford sq. London 13 Jany. 1882.
_Westminster Papers ix_, 89 (1876), _portrait_; _Illust. news of
the world viii_, 164 (1861), _portrait_.
BODENHAM, CHARLES THOMAS (_only son of Charles Bodenham of Rotherwas
park, near Hereford 1758–1826_). _b._ 15 Feb. 1783; a member of
the Roman Catholic board; chief supporter with Rev. Thomas Weld,
afterwards Cardinal, of Dr. Milner in opposing the concessions
which it was proposed to make in regard to the oath. (_m._ 25 Nov.
1810 Elizabeth Mary 5 dau. of Thomas Weld of Lulworth Castle,
Dorset, she was _b._ 2 July 1789, and was author of _Mrs. Herbert
and the villagers or familiar conversations on the principal
duties of Christianity 2 vols._ 1853, _10 ed._ 1878). _d._ 5 Dec.
1865.
BODINGTON, GEORGE. Ed. at Magdalen coll. sch. Oxford; studied at St.
Bartholomew’s hospital; L.S.A. 1825; surgeon at Erdington near
Birmingham to 1843; proprietor of Driffold house asylum, Sutton
Coldfield, Warws. 1836–68; warden of Sutton Coldfield 1852–54;
author of _A letter on a case of Asiatic cholera addressed to
Central board of health, London_ 1831; _Essay on the treatment and
cure of pulmonary consumption_ 1840, in which he anticipated by
many years the modern views on the treatment of Phthisis. _d._
Sutton Coldfield 5 Feb. 1882 in 83 year. _Medical times and
gazette i_, 241 (1882).
BODKIN, JOHN JAMES (_eld. son of Thomas Bodkin of Kilcloony, co.
Galway_). _b._ 1801; M.P. for town of Galway 6 May 1831 to Dec.
1832, and for co. Galway 15 Jany. 1835 to 23 July 1847. _d._
Calais Jany. 1882.
BODKIN, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (_only son of Peter Bodkin of Northampton
sq. London, auctioneer_). _b._ Islington, London 5 Aug. 1791; ed.
at Islington academy; hon. sec. to Society for suppression of
mendicity 1821; barrister G.I. 15 Nov. 1826, bencher 2 July 1857,
treasurer 30 Jany. 1858; counsel to the Treasury; recorder of
Dover 1834 to Jany. 1874; M.P. for Rochester 1841–47; carried a
bill making relief of irremovable poor, chargeable on common fund
of unions, which is foundation of present system; assistant judge
of Middlesex sessions court 6 June 1859 to Jany. 1874; chairman of
Metropolitan assessment sessions; knighted at Osborne 3 Aug. 1867;
member of Society of Arts 1823 on the council till 1874; author of
_Brief observations on the bill now pending in Parliament to amend
the laws relative to the relief of the poor in England_ 1821. _d._
West hill, Highgate 26 March 1874. _I.L.N. xxxv_, 82 (1859),
_portrait, lxiv_, 331 (1874), _portrait_.
BODMER, JOHN GEORGE. _b._ Zurich 6 Dec. 1786; partner with Baron
d’Eichtal in a cotton mill at St. Blasien, Black forest 1806–21;
director general of iron works of Grand Duke of Baden to 1822;
lived in England 1824–28 and 1833–48, established a factory for
machines and machine tools at Manchester; made great improvements
in cotton-spinning machines; invented what is now called the
travelling crane about 1826; took out 13 patents in England for
his inventions; lived at Vienna 1848–60 and at Zurich 1860 to
death; M.I.C.E. 15 Feb. 1835. _d._ Zurich 29 May 1864. _Min. of
Proc. of Instit. of C.E. xxviii_, 573–608 (1869).
BOGLE, SIR ARCHIBALD (_son of J. A. Bogle_). _b._ 1805; ed. at
Harrow; entered Bengal army 1823; superintendent of Arracan 1827,
and comr. 1837; comr. Tenasserim province 20 April 1849 to 1859;
M.G. 2 Aug. 1862; knighted by patent 9 Dec. 1853. _d._ 90
Westbourne terrace, London 12 June 1870.
BOGUE, DAVID. Assistant to Thomas Ireland of Edinburgh bookseller to
1836; assistant to Charles Tilt of London publisher 1836–40,
partner with him 1840–43; bookseller and publisher at 86 Fleet st.
London 1843 to death; wrote several children’s books anonymously;
one of principal proprietors of _Illustrated Times_. _d._ 76
Camden road villas, Camden town, London 17 Nov. 1856 aged 44.
BOHLER, JOHN. _b._ South Wingfield near Alfreton, Derbyshire 31 Dec.
1797; a stocking weaver; collector of medicinal plants for the
doctors; an expert field botanist and microscopist; explored
Snowdon and adjacent mountains about 1860; a great collector of
rare fungi and other curious plants; published _Lichenes
Britannici or specimens of the Lichens of Britain 16 monthly
parts_ 1835–7; author of _A Flora of Roche Abbey_ in _Aveling’s
Roche Abbey Yorkshire_ 1870; _The Flora of Sherwood Forest_ in R.
White’s _Worksop, the Dukeries and Sherwood Forest_ 1875. _d._
Sheffield 24 Sep. 1872. _Reliquary xi_, 212–13 (1871); _R. White’s
Worksop_ (1875) 303–26.
BOHN, HENRY GEORGE (_eld. son of John Henry Martin Bohn of Soho,
London, bookbinder 1758–1843_). _b._ 4 Jany. 1796; assisted his
father; bookseller at 4 York st. Covent Garden 1831; brought out
_A Catalogue of books_ 1841 containing 1948 pages and 23208
articles; built up a trade in remainder books in which he had no
rival; published Standard library 1845, Scientific and antiquarian
1847, Classical 1848, Illustrated 1849, Shilling series 1850,
Ecclesiastical 1851, Philological 1852 and British classics 1853,
the whole numbering 617 volumes some of which he compiled and
edited; author of _A dictionary of quotations from the English
poets_ 1882; published _The bibliographer’s manual of English
literature by W. T. Lowndes, new ed. revised, corrected and
enlarged by H. G. Bohn 4 vols._ 1864; sold his Libraries to Bell
and Daldy in 1864 for about £40,000 and his copyrights and plates
to Chatto and Windus in Dec. 1874 for £20,000; his art collections
were sold for £45,000 1875–78 and March 1885. _d._ North end
house, Twickenham 22 Aug. 1884. _Bookseller Sep. 1884 pp._
907–909.
BOHN, JAMES GEORGE STUART BURGES (_brother of the preceding_). _b._
London 20 Dec. 1803; ed. at Winchester and Gottingen; assisted his
father some years; bookseller at 12 King William st. Strand,
London Feb. 1834, and at 66 St. James’s st. 1845–47; published a
catalogue of 792 pages 1840; republished _Dugdale’s Monasticon 8
vols., folio 1846_; contributed to Family Herald; assistant editor
of the _Reader_; prepared a catalogue of theological books of 704
pages for David Nutt 1857; compiled catalogues of foreign books
for Nicholas Trubner for many years before his death. _d._ Peckham
4 Jany. 1880. _Bookseller Feb. 1880_, _pp._ 105–106.
BOILEAU, ALEXANDER HENRY EDMONSTONE. _b._ 3 Feb. 1807; colonel
Bengal engineers 8 June 1856 to death; M.G. 18 Oct. 1861. _d._
Cawnpore 30 June 1862.
BOILEAU, SIR JOHN PETER, 1 Baronet (_eld. son of John Peter Boileau
of Tacolnestone hall, Norfolk 1747–1837_). _b._ Hertford st.
Mayfair, London 2 Sep. 1794; 2 lieut. Rifle corps 6 Sep. 1813,
lieut. 1816–17 when placed on h.p.; bought estate of Ketteringham,
Norfolk 1839 and Burgh Castle, Suffolk the ancient Gariononum most
remarkable example of Roman masonry in England; created baronet on
coronation of Queen Victoria 24 July 1838; F.R.S. 1 June 1843;
sheriff of Norfolk 1844; Vice pres. of Norfolk and Norwich
Archæological Society from its formation Dec. 1845, pres. 1849;
F.S.A. 9 Dec. 1852, vice pres. 1858–62, 1863–67 and 1868 to death.
_d._ Torquay 9 March 1869. _bur._ at Ketteringham. _Reg. and Mag.
of Biog. i_, 292–4 (1869).
BOILEAU, SAMUEL BRANDRAM. _b._ 15 June 1801; ensign 31 Foot 18 Sep.
1823; lieut. col. 22 Foot 18 Dec. 1840 to 25 Sep. 1857 when placed
on h.p.; M.G. 26 Oct. 1858. _d._ Hillsborough, Monkstown co.
Dublin 23 Dec. 1860.
BOILEAU, THOMAS EBENEZER JOHN. Writer in Madras civil service 1815;
civil and session judge at Masulipatam 1844; at Chingleput 1847–51
and at Guntoor 1851 to 15 April 1851 when he resigned on an
annuity. _d._ Brighton 8 Feb. 1853 aged 56.
BOISRAGON, THEODORE WALTER ROSS. _b._ 19 May 1830; ensign 36 Bengal
N.I. 20 July 1847; lieut col. Bengal staff corps 2 Sep. 1872 to 2
Sep. 1881 when he retired with hon. rank of M.G.; C.B. 22 Feb.
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