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ABRAHALL, THEOPHILUS BENNETT HOSKYNS (_2 son of Rev. John Hoskyns Abrahall, C. of Badgworth, Somerset_). Barrister I.T. 25 June 1830; went western circuit; sec. of commissions of the peace to lord chancellor; revising barrister S. Lancashire and Northumberland; deputy registrar of London court of bankruptcy 1844–54, registrar 1854–14 Dec. 1861; comr. of Newcastle district court of bankruptcy 14 Dec. 1861–31 Dec. 1869, when country district courts were abolished, _d._ Wonford house lunatic asylum, Heavitree, Exeter 2 Aug. 1874 aged 72. ABRAHAM, GEORGE FREDERICK, admitted solicitor Nov. 1805; practised in London to death; originated with Thomas Thompson of the Stock Exchange the Home Missionary Society 11 Aug. 1819, the Congregational Union was merged in it 1827. _d._ 3 Mansfield st. Portland place, London 3 Jany. 1870 aged 88. ABRAHAM, ROBERT, _b._ Cumberland; ed. for medical profession at Univ. of Edin.; served on the press in Cumberland; edited a leading Liverpool journal; went to Canada about 1843; Proprietor of the _Montreal Gazette_, editor to Dec. 1848, when it was sold; admitted an advocate of Lower Canada; edited the _Transcript_ 1849 to death; edited the _Lower Canada Agricultural Journal_ to death. _d._ Montreal 10 Nov. 1854. _Morgan’s Bibliotheca Canadensis_ (1867) _pp._ 4–5. ABRAHAM, THOMAS, _b._ Bampton, Devon 1807; ed. at Blundell’s gr. sch. Tiverton; apprenticed to Edward Acton at Grundisburgh, Suffolk; studied at Guy’s hospital, London; L.S.A. Dec. 1833, M.R.C.S. April 1834; began practise in Old Broad st. 1834; surgeon to parish of Allhallows on the Wall for 3 years from Jany. 1835; surgeon to London infirmary for diseases of the skin 1836 to its close in 1837; member of Health of London association 1847; a comr. of sewers to his death; M.D. Erlangen 1851; M.D. Edin. 1859; a governor of Dulwich college 1861 to death and of Bridewell and Bethlehem hospitals; one of a sub committee of 4 who drew up “Report of health of London association on sanitary condition of Metropolis”; member of council of Hunterian society; helped to found Ragged school in Foster st. city of London; treasurer of London philanthropic society, _d._ Marsden villa, Haverstock hill 16 July 1864 in 57 year. _bur._ Kensal Green 21 July. _Medical Circular i_, 10, 25 (1852) _pt._ ABYSSINIA, ALAM-AYAHU, Prince of. (_son of Theodore King of Abyssinia 1818–68_). _b._ Debra Tabor 23 April 1861; arrived in England 14 July 1868; ed. at Cheltenham, Rugby and Sandhurst, _d._ Headingley, Leeds 14 Nov. 1879. ACKERLEY, CHARLES HENRY (_younger son of John Hawksey Ackerley, barrister, who d. 18 May 1842 aged 73, by Elizabeth dau. of Rev. John Chamberlayne of Maugersbury house, Gloucester_). Entered navy 1 Feb. 1810; lieut. 20 Nov. 1822; commander on half pay 1 July 1864; presented with large silver medal of Society of arts for his safety rods for ships’ boats 2 June 1828; invented a lamp which he called the lamp of life; tried at Swansea 27 Feb. 1851 for causing death of a miner named Dingle by the use of this lamp, and found not guilty; author of _A plan for the better security of vessels navigating the river Thames 1834_. _d._ at residence of his sister Mrs. Peter Brown at Dover 22 Nov. 1865. ACKERS, GEORGE HOLLAND, _b._ 10 Aug. 1812; commodore of royal Victoria yacht club 1850–62, this club was founded at Ryde, Isle of Wight 24 May 1845, its admiralty warrant is dated 29 July 1845; sheriff of Cheshire 1852; author of _Universal yacht signals_ 1847, of which he gave the copyright to Robert Henry Hunt who at his suggestion started _Hunt’s Yachting Magazine_ Aug. 1852. _d._ 15 Hyde park terrace, London 20 Jan. 1872. ACKERS, JAMES, _b._ 1811; M.P. for Ludlow (conserv.) 3 July 1841–23 July 1847; purchased estate of Prinknash, Gloucestershire 1847. _d._ 27 Sep. 1868. ACLAND, JAMES (_son of Mr. Acland of London, Government contractor_). _b._ city of London 21 March 1799; ed. at Alfred house academy, Camberwell; joined Phillimore’s theatrical company at Chew Magna; clerk in office of Hullett Brothers & Company, South American merchants, Austin Friars; leading tragedian of Royalty theatre, Wellclose square; taught English at Calais; a penny a liner in London; sub editor of the _British Traveller_; took lodgings in Queen st. Hull 1831; started a publication called _The Portfolio, or memoirs and correspondence of an editor_, Aug. 1831; printed it himself at 23 Queen st.; erected a stall in the market place and refused to pay usual fee for it; ran a packet called the “Magna Charta” from Hull to Barton on Humber, charging less than half fares; ran a light cart over all bridges in the town and refused to pay bridge toll, great alarm being created, the Mayor swore in 800 special constables, corporation began action against him in court of King’s Bench, Jany. 1832; tried at York 31 March 1832 for infringement of Barton ferry, when verdict went against him with damages one farthing, his costs amounting to £270, he barricaded his house for several months to prevent anyone entering to arrest him, his _Portfolio_ being sold through a crevice in the window; elected churchwarden of Holy Trinity, Hull, Easter Monday 1832; taken to gaol for not paying his costs; a candidate for office of chamberlain of Hull, Sep. 1832; a grocer at 23 Queen st., to which house he gave name of “Anti-corporate castle;” confined in the King’s Bench prison, Nov. 1832; sentenced to 18 months imprisonment in gaol of Bury St. Edmunds for libel; served the full term; contested Hull as a liberal 13 Dec. 1832, polled only 433 votes; last number of the _Portfolio_ issued 13 July 1833, a few sheets followed, which he styled _Prison Proverbs_. Proprietor with Richard and Anthony Dugdale of _Paris Sun_, “the largest continental journal and the only English paper in the world, published daily throughout the year,” was director and editor of it at 7 Rue Vivienne, Paris 1 Jany. 1837; only number of it in British Museum library is headed “Vol. 2, No. 54, Thursday morning, Feb. 23, 1837, 10 sous,” the proprietors were condemned by the president of 6th chamber of correctional police to a fine to government of 2000 francs, and to payment of 1000 francs to proprietors of an opposition paper for libel 22 Feb. 1837; lecturer of Anti-corn law league 1838–46; convened and addressed farm labourers of every village in Devon and Cornwall; an election and parliamentary agent 1846 to death; a very good speaker on nearly any subject; author of _True patriotism_, _a poem_ 1817, _The Imperial poll book of all elections from_ 1832 to 1864, Second ed. 1869. _d._ 14 Ellerslie terrace, Clapham, London 21 June 1876. _The Bristolian Nos. 1–7, 23 Feb.–11 May 1872_; _W. A. Gunnell’s Sketches of Hull celebrities_ 1876, 460–64. ACLAND, SIR PEREGRINE FULLER PALMER, 2 Baronet, _b._ 10 Nov. 1789; succeeded 23 Feb. 1831. _d._ Fairfield, Bridgwater 25 Oct. 1871. ACLAND, SIR THOMAS DYKE, 10 Baronet (_1 son of Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 9 baronet, who d. 17 May 1794, by Henrietta Anne only dau. of Sir Richard Hoare, baronet, she d. 2 Sep. 1841_). _b._ London 29 March 1787; ed. at Harrow and Ch. Ch. Ox., B.A. 1808, M.A. 1814, D.C.L. 1831; one of the founders of Grillion’s club 1812, which met at Grillion’s hotel, 7 Albemarle st. London; M.P. Devon (tory) 17 Oct. 1812–10 June 1818 and 18 March 1820–23 April 1831; M.P. for North Devon 29 July 1837–21 March 1857; head of religious party in House of Commons; F.G.S. 1818, F.R.G.S. 1830, F.R.S. 20 June 1839. (_m._ 7 April 1808 Lydia Elizabeth only dau. of Henry Hoare of Fleet st. London, banker, she _d._ 23 June 1856 aged 69). _d._ Killerton, Broad Clyst, Devon 22 July 1871. _J. B. Sweet’s Life of Henry Hoare_ 1870; _I.L.N. lix_, 99, 116, 121, 362 (1871) _pt._ _Grillion’s Club by P. G. E. privately printed_ 1880 _pt._ NOTE.—His personalty was sworn under £70,000; a statue of him by E. B. Stephens, A.R.A., was erected on Northernhay, Exeter 1861. ACTON, ELIZA (_eld. dau. of John Acton of Hastings, brewer_). _b._ Battle, Sussex 17 April 1799; published Poems 500 copies 1826, 2 ed. 1827; lived some time in France; at Tunbridge 1837; at Hampstead; author of _The voice of the North, a poem_ 1842; _Modern Cookery in all its branches_ 1845, _6 ed._ 1855; _The English bread book_ 1857. _d._ Snowdon house, John st. Hampstead 13 Feb. 1859. ACTON, MARIANNE LADY ACTON (_elder dau. of general Joseph Edward Acton_). _b._ 1782. _m._ 1796 by dispensation of the Pope, her uncle Sir John Francis Edward Acton, 6 baronet, prime minister of Naples several years, he was _b._ 1736 and _d._ 12 Aug. 1811. _d._ Buckland 18 March 1873. ACTON, WILLIAM. _b._ 1789; sheriff of Wicklow 1820; M.P. for co. Wicklow (conserv.) 17 July 1841–27 April 1848. _d._ Westaston Rathdrum, co. Wicklow 10 April 1854. ACTON, WILLIAM, _b._ Shillingstone rectory 15 Sep. 1814; placed under care of Dr. Mant in London 1830; articled pupil of Charles Wheeler, (Apothecary to St. Bartholomew’s hospital) 1830–35; Externe at female venereal hospital Paris; Secretary of the Parisian medical society 1839; returned to London Oct. 1840; M.R.C.S. June 1840; practised in George st. Hanover square 1840–43; removed to 46 Queen Anne st. Cavendish square March 1843; surgeon to Islington dispensary; author of _A practical treatise on diseases of the urinary and generative organs_ 1841, _3 ed._ 1860; _Prostitution considered in its moral, social and sanitary aspects in London and other large cities_ 1857, _2 ed._ 1870. _d._ 17 Harley st. London 7 Dec. 1875. _Medical Circular i_, 11–12 (1852). ADAIR, SIR ROBERT (_son of Robert Adair, sergeant surgeon to George III, who d. 16 March 1790, by Caroline Keppel, 1737–69 elder dau. of Wm. Anne 3 Earl of Albemarle_). _b._ London 24 May 1763; ed. at Westminster and Univ. of Gottingen; called to the bar at L.I. 27 April 1785; M.P. Appleby, (whig) 18 June 1799–29 June 1802, for Camelford 7 July 1802–29 Sep. 1812; minister to court of Vienna 7 May 1806–14 May 1807; minister to Constantinople 5 July 1808, and ambassador 14 April 1809; sent on a special mission to the Low Countries 1831–35; P.C. 23 July 1828; G.C.B. 3 Aug. 1831 for negotiating peace between Great Britain and Ottoman Porte in 1809; author of _Historical memoir of a mission to court of Vienna in 1806 with a selection from despatches_, 1844; _The negotiations for the peace of the Dardanelles in 1808–1809_, _2 vols._ 1845. (_m._ 1805 Angélique Gabrielle dau. of Marquess d’Hazincourt). _d._ 11 Chesterfield st. Mayfair, London 3 Oct. 1855. _G.M., xliv_, 535 (1855); _Lord John Russell’s Memorials of C. J. Fox, vol. ii, appendix_. NOTE.—At his death he was the senior knight of the order of the Bath, and the last survivor of those who were knights before its enlargement in 1814. ADAIR, SIR ROBERT SHAFTO, 1 Baronet (_eld. son of W. Adair of Ballymena, co. Antrim 1754–1844, by Camilla dau. of Robert Shafto of Benwell, Northumberland, she d. 18 Nov. 1787_). _b._ 26 June 1786; created Baronet 2 Aug. 1838; sheriff of Suffolk 1846; F.S.A. 16 May 1861. (_m._ (1) 17 Sep. 1810 Elizabeth Maria dau. of Rev. James Strode of Berkhampstead, Herts, she _d._ 1 Sep. 1853. _m._ (2) 3 Oct. 1854 Jane Anne eld dau. of Rev. Townley Clarkson, V. of Hinxton, Cambs, she _d._ 18 March 1873). _d._ Flixton hall, Suffolk 24 Feb. 1869. ADAM, SIR CHARLES (_eld. son of Wm. Adam 1751–1839, lord chief comr. of jury court of Scotland by Eleanora Elphinstone 1749–1800 2 dau. of Charles, 10 baron Elphinstone_). _b._ Brighton 6 Oct. 1780; entered navy 15 Dec. 1790; captain 12 June 1799; captain of Invincible, 74 guns 1811–1813; of Royal Sovereign yacht 15 Dec. 1814–7 Feb. 1816, and 20 July 1821–27 May 1825; R.A. 27 May 1825, V.A. 10 Jany. 1837; commander in chief, North America and West Indies 17 Aug. 1841–May 1845, when placed on half pay; admiral 8 June 1848; M.P. Kinrossshire (lib.) 20 May 1831–3 Dec. 1832; M.P. for Clackmannan and Kinross 24 Dec. 1832–23 June 1841; Lord Lieut. of Kinross 1 April 1839 to death; 1st naval Lord of Admiralty 25 April 1835–8 Sep. 1841, and 24 July 1846–20 July 1847; one of elder brethren of Trinity House 1839–41; Governor of Greenwich hospital 10 July 1847 to death; K.C.B. 10 Aug. 1835. (_m._ 4 Oct. 1822 Elizabeth dau. of Patrick Brydone of Lennell, F.R.S., she _d._ 1871). _d._ Greenwich hospital 16 Sep. 1853, _bur._ there 21 Sep. ADAM, SIR FREDERICK (_younger son of above named Wm. Adam 1751–1839_). _b._ 1781; ed. at Woolwich; ensign 26 foot 4 Nov. 1795; lieut. col. 5 garrison battalion Aug. 1804 to 5 Jany 1805; lieut. col. 21 foot 5 Jany 1805 to 4 June 1814; served in Sicily 1806–11; Aide de camp to Prince Regent 8 Feb. 1811; commanded a brigade in Spain 1813; the third British brigade at Waterloo 1815; and a division at Malta 1817–22; K.C.B. 22 June 1815; G.C.B. 20 June 1840; G.C.M.G. 27 Dec. 1821; invested at Corfu 15 Jany. 1822; grand master; lord high commissioner of Ionian islands 7 April 1824–8 Sep. 1832; P.C. 29 June 1831; governor of Madras 25 Oct. 1832–4 March 1837. (_m._ (1) at Corfu 23 June 1820 Diamantino Pallatiano, she _d._ at Rome 1 June 1844. _m._ (2) at Kensington 24 July 1851, Ann Lindsay dau. of John Maberly). _d._ at Greenwich railway station 17 Aug. 1853. _Siborne’s War in France and Belgium_ 1848; _Napier’s Peninsular War, book xx, chapter 4 and