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Hanwell, merchant son of Edward Buxton, merchant). _d._ 12 St.
Mary’s terrace, Kensington, London 31 March 1881. _Biograph iv_,
159–62 (1880); _Carisbrooke Mag. April 1881_, _portrait_;
_Tinsley’s Mag. xxviii_, 499–500 (1881).
BUXTON, CHARLES (_3 son of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, 1 Baronet
1786–1845_). _b._ Cromer 18 Nov. 1822; ed. at Trin. coll. Cam., B.
A. 1845, M.A. 1850; partner in firm of Truman, Hanbury and Co. of
Spitalfields, London, brewers 1845; M.P. for Newport, Isle of
Wight 1857–9, for Maidstone 1859–65, for East Surrey 1865 to
death; member of the Ritual commission 1867–8; his secretary
Arthur White attempted to shoot him at 7 Grosvenor crescent, Hyde
Park 29 April 1870; author of _Slavery and freedom in the British
West Indies_ 1860; _The ideas of the day on policy Dec. 1865_.
_d._ Lochearnhead hotel near Killin, Perthshire 10 Aug. 1871.
Personalty sworn under £250,000, 28 Feb. 1872. _Notes of thought
by the late C. Buxton_, _2 ed._ (1883) 5–52; _Graphic iv_, 219,
237 (1871), _portrait_.
BUXTON, SIR EDWARD NORTH, 2 Baronet (_brother of the preceding_).
_b._ Earlham, Norfolk 16 Sep. 1812; succeeded 19 Feb. 1845; M.P.
for South Essex 1847–52, for East Norfolk 6 April 1857 to death.
_d._ Colne house, Cromer 11 June 1858.
BUXTON, FREDERICK. _b._ Bow lane, Cheapside, London; made his first
appearance on the stage at York 1844 as Mr. Gillman in _The
happiest day of my life_; made his début in London at Olympic
theatre 1847 as David in _The Rivals_; first appeared in America
at Louisville, Kentucky March 1850 as Peter in _The Stranger_.
_d._ Chicago 17 Jany. 1858.
BUXTON, RICHARD (_2 son of John Buxton of Sedgley hall farm,
Prestwich, farmer_). _b._ Sedgley hall farm 15 Jany. 1786;
apprenticed to a bat maker 1798; botanised in Derbyshire,
Yorkshire, and North Wales; frequently cited in J. B. Wood’s
_Flora Mancuniensis_ 1840 as the authority for many localities of
the rarer plants; author of _Botanical guide to the flowering
plants found within 16 miles of Manchester_ 1849, _2 ed._ 1859.
_d._ Manchester 2 Jany. 1865. _J. Cash’s Where there’s a will
there’s a way_ (1873) 94–107; _Seemann’s Journ. of Bot. iii_, 71
(1865).
BYAM, EDWARD (_younger son of Edward Byam of Cedar hill, Antigua
1767–95_). _b._ 1795; ensign 38 foot 11 Nov. 1811; major 15
Hussars 16 June 1825 to 26 Sep. 1826 when placed on h.p.; colonel
18 Hussars 23 Feb. 1858 to death; L.G. 16 Nov. 1858. _d._ Byam
house, Brighton 9 Sep. 1864.
BYAM, SIR WILLIAM (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ 1792; ed. at
Eton; lieut. 15 Hussars 17 Sep. 1812 to 1817; served in Peninsula,
south of France and Waterloo; pres. of local council in Antigua;
colonel of regiment of dragoons raised in Antigua; knighted by
patent 6 July 1859. _d._ Westwood, Southampton 5 July 1869.
BYLES, SIR JOHN BARNARD (_eld. son of Jeremiah Byles of Stowmarket,
Suffolk, timber merchant_). _b._ Stowmarket 11 Jany. 1801; a
special pleader; barrister I.T. 18 Nov. 1831; recorder of
Buckingham 1840 to Jany. 1858; serjeant-at-law 14 Feb. 1843;
leader of Norfolk circuit 1845; received a patent of precedence
1846; Queen’s serjeant with serjeants Shee and Wrangham 27 Feb.
1857, this was last appointment of queen’s serjeants of whom he
was the survivor; judge of Court of Common Pleas Jany. 1858 to
Jany. 1873 when he retired on pension of £3,500; knighted at St.
James’s palace 14 April 1858; P.C. 3 March 1873; author of _A
discourse on the present state of the law of England_ 1829; _A
practical treatise on the law of bills of exchange_ 1829, _14 ed._
1885; _Observations on the usury laws_ 1845; _Free trade and its
so called sophisms examined by a barrister_ 1850; _Foundations of
religion in the mind and heart of man_ 1875. _d._ Harefield house,
Uxbridge 3 Feb. 1884, Will proved 25 March 1884, personalty
upwards of £201,000. _A. Pulling’s Order of the Coif_ (1884) 41,
105, 182; _A generation of judges by their Reporter_ 1886; _Law
Journal xix_, 115, 255 (1884); _Times 5 Feb. 1884 p. 7, col. 1_.
BYNG, GERALD FREDERICK (_youngest son of 5 Viscount Torrington
1741–1813_). Page of honour to Prince of Wales 1791; cornet 27
light dragoons 1800; ensign 53 foot 1801–2 when place on h.p.;
clerk in Foreign office 5 Jany. 1801 to 5 Nov. 1839 when he
retired on a superannuation allowance; ensign St. George’s
volunteer infantry 1803; attended on King and Queen of Sandwich
Islands during their visit to England May to July 1824; one of
gentlemen ushers of privy chamber 23 March 1831 to death; a comr.
for inquiring into Smithfield market 28 Nov. 1849; joined ranks of
Queen’s rifle volunteers 1859; presented to that corps colours of
the St. George’s volunteer infantry 1860; generally known as
Poodle Byng, a soubriquet given him by George Canning on account
of his curly hair; lived at 5 Cleveland court, afterwards called
37 St. James’s place, Pall Mall, London 1831 to death. _d._ there
5 June 1871 aged 87. _Life of G. Brummell by captain Jesse i_, 110
(1886), _portrait_.
BYNG, HENRY DILKES (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ 1784; entered
navy March 1798; captain 9 March 1814; held a command on lakes of
Canada 15 years; captain of the Ordinary at Portsmouth 1833–6;
commodore at Jamaica 1842–3; retired captain 1 Oct. 1846; retired
V.A. 31 Jany. 1856. _d._ Queen’s terrace, Southsea 23 Sep. 1860.
BYRES, PATRICK (_younger son of Robert Byres of London, merchant_).
_b._ about 1778; entered Bengal army 1794; major 11 Bengal N.I. 5
Aug. 1816; colonel 20 Bengal N.I. 3 June 1825; colonel 33 Bengal
N.I. 9 July 1840 to death; L.G. 11 Nov. 1851. _d._ Lonley,
Aberdeenshire 1 Feb. 1854.
BYRNE, RIGHT REV. ANDREW. _b._ Navan, Ireland 5 Dec. 1802; went to
America 1820; deacon April 1827, priest 11 Nov. 1827; stationed at
various places in Carolina; pastor of St. Mary’s R.C. church at
Charleston 1830; vicar general of Bishop of Charleston; pastor of
St. James’s church N.Y. 1 Sep. 1836, of St. Andrew’s church N.Y.
19 March 1842, of Church of the Nativity N.Y. 5 June 1842; bishop
of Little Rock comprising state of Arkansas 1844 to death;
consecrated at St. Patrick’s cath. N.Y. 10 March 1844; attended
sixth provincial council at Baltimore, May 1846 and first
provincial council at New Orleans 1856. _d._ 1862. _R. H. Clarke’s
Lives of deceased bishops ii_, 264–71 (1872).
BYRNE, JOHN. Ensign 22 foot 1 Oct. 1808; lieut. col. 31 foot 8 Oct.
1844 to 15 April 1846; lieut. col. 53 foot 15 April 1846 to 9 May
1851 when he sold out; C.B. 3 April 1846. _d._ 21 July 1851.
BYRNE, MILES. _b._ Monaseed, co. Wexford 20 March 1780; joined
society of United Irishmen 1797; joined insurgents under Rev. John
Murphy at Corrigua, co. Wexford 3 June 1798; clerk in timber yard
in Dublin 1798–1803; lieutenant of infantry in Napoleon’s Irish
legion Nov. 1803, commanded a bataillon d’elite of Irish troops
1810, chevalier of Legion of honour 18 June 1813, received cross
of that order 1832; chef de bataillon in 56 regiment of the line
1830–5; served in Greece 1828–30; lived in Paris 1835 to death.
_d._ Rue Montaigne, Paris 24 Jany. 1862. Monument in Montmartre
cemetery. _Memoirs of Miles Byrne 3 vols._ 1863, _portrait_.
BYRNE, OSCAR (_son of James Byrne, dancer who d. 5 Burton crescent,
London 4 Dec. 1844 aged 85_). Made his first appearance as a
dancer in a ballet at Drury Lane theatre 1803; spent some years in
Ireland and abroad; ballet master at Princess’s theatre 1850–9, at
Drury Lane 1862, at Her Majesty’s Nov. 1866; had an inexhaustible
invention in designing new dances; taught most of the English
dancers who gained distinction during his time. _d._ 22 Islip st.
Kentish Town, London 4 Sep. 1867 aged 72.
NOTE.—His father James Byrne introduced in Powell’s pantomime
Harlequin Amulet or the Magic of Mona at Drury Lane theatre
Christmas 1799 an entirely new dress for the harlequin
consisting of a white silk shape fitting without a wrinkle
into which 308 variegated silk patches were woven, the whole
being profusely covered with 48,000 spangles. He completely
altered the manner of playing harlequin by making him a
graceful and agile dancer instead of merely posturing on the
stage in 5 positions. Harlequins before that time wore loose
dresses.
BYRON, ANNE ISABELLA, Baroness Wentworth (_only child of Sir Ralph
Milbanke, 6 Baronet who d. 19 March 1825 aged 78_). _b._ Ellemore
hall, Durham 17 May 1792 being first child after a marriage of 15
years. (_m._ 2 Jany. 1815 George Gordon Byron, 6 Baron Byron he
was _b._ 22 Jany. 1788 and _d._ 19 April 1824, they separated by
mutual consent Feb. 1816). Founded an industrial school for boys
at Ealing on system of Fellenberg 1834, another at Leicester, a
reformatory for girls and some village schools; became baroness
Wentworth at decease of her cousin Lord Scarsdale 12 Nov. 1856
when abeyance of the barony ceased. _d._ 11 St. George’s terrace,
Regent’s park, London 16 May 1860. _Macpherson’s Memoirs of the
life of Anna Jameson_ 1878 _pp._ 94, 163, 187, 188, 209 _and_ 280;
_H. Martineau’s Biographical sketches_, _4 ed._ 1876 316–25; _Lady
Byron vindicated by H. B. Stowe_ 1870; _Quarterly Review Oct.
1869, Jany. 1870 and July 1883_.
BYRON, GEORGE ANSON BYRON, 7 Baron (_only son of George Anson Byron
1758–93, captain R.N._) _b._ Bath 8 March 1789; entered navy as a
volunteer Dec. 1800; captain 7 June 1814; admiral on h.p. 20 May
1862; succeeded his cousin the poet 19 April 1824. _d._ 44 Eaton
place, London 2 March 1868.
BYRON, GEORGE ANSON BYRON, 8 Baron. _b._ Cheltenham 30 June 1818;
succeeded 2 March 1868. _d._ 28 Nov. 1870.
BYRON, HENRY JAMES (_eld. son of Henry Byron 1804–84, British consul
at Port au Prince, Hayti_). _b._ Manchester 8 Jany 1835; ed. at
St. Peter’s College Eaton sq. London; admitted student at M.T. 14
Jany 1858; edited _Fun_ from first number 21 Sep. 1861; edited
_Comic News_ 13 July 1863 to May 1864; edited _Mirth_ Nov. 1877 to
Oct. 1878 12 numbers only; manager with Marie Wilton of Prince of
Wales’s theatre London 15 April 1865 to 1867; manager of Alexandra
theatre Liverpool 1867, of the T.R. and Amphitheatre Liverpool;
manager of Criterion theatre London when it opened 21 May 1874;
made his début in London at Globe theatre 23 Oct. 1869 as Sir
Simon Simple in his own comedy _Not such a fool as he looks_;
author of about 120 burlesques, farces and comedies produced at
West-end theatres, _Cyril’s success_ was played at Globe theatre
28 Nov. 1868 to 27 March 1869 being longest run of any original 5
act play in modern times, and _Our Boys_ a 3 act comedy was played
at Vaudeville theatre from 16 Jany. 1875 to 18 April 1879 an
unbroken run of 1362 times; author of _Paid in full 3 vols._ 1865.
_d._ Rockelemont, Queen’s road, Clapham, London 12 April 1884.
_Illustrated Review vi, 441–3 (1874), portrait_; _Pascoe’s
Dramatic list_ (1879) 61–68; _W. Archer’s English dramatists of
to-day_ (1882) 119–47; _London Society xxvi_, 121–9 (1874);
_Biograph_ (1880) 360–8; _Theatre i_, 212 (1878), _portrait, v_,
345–50 (1882), _iii_, 268–72 (1884).
C
CABBELL, BENJAMIN BOND (_4 son of George Cabbell of 17 Wigmore st.
London, apothecary_). _b._ Vere st. Oxford st. London 1781; ed. at
Westminster; matric. from Oriel coll. Ox. 19 June 1800; migrated
to Exeter college 25 Feb. 1801; barrister M.T. 9 Feb. 1816,
bencher 1850; F.R.S. 19 Jany. 1837; contested Marylebone July
1841; M.P. for St. Albans 1846–7 and for Boston 1847–57; sheriff
of Norfolk 1854; provincial grand master of freemasons of Norfolk;
a well-known patron of art. _d._ 39 Chapel st. Marylebone road,
London 9 Dec. 1874. _John Pye’s Patronage of British art_ (1845)
358, 365, _portrait_.
CABRERA, RAMON, Condé de Morella (_son of José Cabrera of Tortosa,
Catalonia, mariner who d. 1812_). _b._ Tortosa 27 Dec. 1806; head
of a body of guerillas in service of Don Carlos on breaking out of
civil war in Spain 1833; commandant general of Lower Arragon Nov.
1835; mariscal de campo 15 Aug. 1836; received grand cross of S.
Fernando June 1837; captured fortress of Morella Jany. 1838;
created Condé De Morella by Don Carlos 1838; routed by Espartero
July 1840 when he took refuge in France; lived at Lyons 1841–5;
made two attempts to effect risings in Spain 1846 and 1848;
created Marquis del Ter 1848; defeated at Pasteral 27 Jany. 1849
when he fled to France and thence to England; lived in London Aug.
1849, in Naples 1850–1. (_m._ 29 May 1850 Marianne Catherine only
child of Robert Vaughan Richards Q.C.) _d._ Wentworth, Virginia
Water, Surrey 24 May 1877. _A life in 4 vols. by Don Buenaventura
de Cordoba_; _F. Duncan’s English in Spain_ (1877) 109–23;
_Blackwood’s Mag. lx_, 293–308 (1846); _Pall Mall Gazette 2 June
1877_; _Echo 29 May 1877_.
CACHEMAILLE, REV. JAMES LOUIS VICTOR. Ordained deacon 1834 and
priest 1835 by bishop of Winchester; incumbent of Island of Sark
1834 to death; author of _Essai sur la resurrection_ 1850; _Le
palais de Crystal_ 1852; _Quelques signes des dernier temps_ 1853
and many other pamphlets. _d._ Sark 30 Jany. 1877 aged 71.
CADBURY, RICHARD TAPPER. _b._ Exeter 1768 or 1769; mercer and draper
in Bull st. Birmingham 1794 to about 1828; overseer of Birmingham
1800, one of board of guardians 1801, a comr. of Birmingham
streets acts 1822, chairman of that board 1836–51 when it was
abolished by 14 and 15 Vict. cap. xciii, 24 July 1851; member of
Society of Friends who generally spoke of him as “King Richard.”
_d._ 57 Calthorpe road, Birmingham 13 March 1860. _Edgbastonia i_,
2–3 (1881), _portrait_.
CADDELL, CECILIA MARY (_2 dau. of Richard O’Ferrall Caddell of
Harbourstown, co. Meath 1780–1856_). Author of _A history of the
missions in Japan and Paraguay_ 1856; _Blind Agnese or the little
spouse of the Blessed Sacrament_ 1855, _5 ed._ 1873; _Home and the
homeless, a novel 3 vols._ 1858; _Nellie Netterville, a tale of
the times of Cromwell_ 1867; _Wild times, a tale of the days of
Queen Elizabeth_ 1872 and of many articles in _The Irish Monthly_
1874–7. _d._ Kingstown near Dublin 11 Sep. 1877 in 64 year. _The
Irish monthly v_, 772–4 (1877).
CADELL, FRANCIS (_2 son of Hew Francis Cadell of Cockenzie near
Preston Pans, Haddingtonshire 1790–1873_). _b._ Cockenzie Feb.
1822; ed. at Edinburgh and in Germany; midshipman in navy of
H.E.I. Co. 1835; served in first Chinese war 1840–1; proved that
the river Murray in Australia was navigable by descending that
river in a boat from Swan Hill station to Lake Victoria 1851;
promoted the Murray Steam navigation company 1853, commander
Company’s steamers 1853–60; explored South Australia, discovered
mouth of river Roper and fine pastoral country in latitude 14°
South, Nov. 1867; murdered by his crew while on a voyage from
Amboyna to the Kei islands June 1879. _A. Forster’s South
Australia_ (1866) 68–74; _Once a week viii_, 667–70 (1863);
_I.L.N. xxvi_, 173 (1855), _xxvii_, 176 (1855); _The Times 7 Nov.
1879 p. 5_.
CADELL, JESSIE. _b._ Scotland 23 Aug. 1844; went to India where she
resided chiefly at Peshawur; author of _Ida Craven 2 vols._ 1876
and of an article in _Fraser’s Mag._ for May 1879, entitled _The
true Omar Khayyam_. _d._ Florence 17 June 1884. _Athenæum 28 June
1884._
CADELL, WILLIAM ARCHIBALD (_eld. son of Wm. Cadell of Carron park
near Falkirk_). _b._ Carron park 27 June 1775; ed. at Univ. of
Edin.; member of faculty of advocates 1798; F.R.S. 28 June 1810;
F.R.S. Edin.; F.G.S.; detained prisoner in France several years;
author of _On the lines that divide each semidiurnal arc into six
equal parts_ 1816; _A journey in Carniola, Italy and France in the
years_ 1817, 1818 _2 vols._ 1820. _d._ Edinburgh 19 Feb. 1855.
CADOGAN, GEORGE CADOGAN, 3 Earl (_2 son of 1 Earl Cadogan
1728–1807_). _b._ St. James’s sq. London 5 May 1783; entered navy
15 Dec. 1795; captain 23 March 1807; commanded naval forces at
destruction of Zara Dec. 1813; placed on h.p. 31 Dec. 1813;
Austrian order of Maria Theresa conferred on him 22 July 1814;
C.B. 4 June 1815; created Baron Oakley of Caversham 10 Sep. 1831;
succeeded as 3 Earl 23 Dec. 1832; admiral 9 July 1857. _d._ 138
Piccadilly, London 15 Sep. 1864.
CADOGAN, HENRY CHARLES CADOGAN, 4 Earl (_eld. son of the
preceding_). _b._ South Audley st. London 15 Feb. 1812; ed. at
Oriel coll. Ox., B.A. 1832; M.P. for Reading 1841–7, for Dover
1852–7; applied for the Chiltern hundreds 1 Aug. 1842 but was
refused by Henry Goulburn, Chancellor of the Exchequer on account
of disclosures relating to borough of Reading; hon. colonel 3
Middlesex militia 6 Dec. 1841 to death; succeeded as 4 Earl 15
Sep. 1864; captain of yeomen of guard 10 July 1866 to 22 Dec.
1868; P.C. 10 July 1866. _d._ Woodrising hall, Norfolk 8 June
1873.
CADOGAN, SIR GEORGE (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ 2 Dec. 1814;
ed. at Eton; ensign 1 foot guards 22 Feb. 1833, captain 6 Aug.
1847 to 17 July 1857 when placed on h.p.; colonel 106 foot 9 Aug.
1870 to 17 May 1874; colonel 71 foot 17 May 1874 to death; general
1 Oct. 1877; C.B. 2 Jany. 1857; K.C.B. 29 May 1875. _d._ 13 Park
place, St. James’s, London 27 Jany. 1880.
CAFFIN, SIR JAMES CRAWFORD (_3 son of Wm. Caffin of royal
laboratory, Woolwich_). _b._ Woolwich common 1 March 1812; entered
navy 12 Aug. 1824; captain 11 Oct. 1847; director general of naval
artillery 29 Aug. 1855 to Dec. 1868 when he retired on pension;
director of stores and clothing at War office 2 Feb. 1857 to Dec.
1868; a naval aide de camp to the Queen 11 April 1863; admiral on
half pay 1 Aug. 1877; C.B. 5 July 1855; K.C.B. 7 Dec. 1868; the
centre of a religious society at Blackheath, Kent of very
pronounced views. _d._ Woodlawn, Vanbrugh park, Blackheath 24 May
1883.
CAHILL, REV. DANIEL WILLIAM (_3 son of Daniel Cahill, civil engineer
of Ashfield, parish of Arless, Queen’s county_). _b._ Ashfield 28
Nov. 1796; ed. at Carlow and Maynooth; professor of natural
philosophy in Carlow college 1826; kept a school at Seapoint,
Williamstown 1835–41, at Prospect, Black Rock near Dublin 1841–6;
edited _Dublin Telegraph_; arrived in New York 24 Dec. 1859;
lectured and preached in United States and Canada. _d._ the Carney
hospital, Boston 28 Oct. 1864. _bur._ Boston, body removed to
Glasnevin cemetery Dublin 9 March 1885. _Comerford’s Collections_
(1883) 198–200; _The Lamp ii_, 361–392 (1851), _portrait_.
CAHILL, PATRICK. Ensign 56 foot 10 Aug. 1854; carried regimental
colour at battle of the Alma; captain 2 Dec. 1859 to 27 April 1870
when he retired on full pay; military knight of Windsor 1874 to
death. _d._ Lower ward, Windsor castle 25 March 1881.
CAIRD, ALEXANDER M’NEIL. _b._ Scotland 1814; admitted a procurator
1835; procurator fiscal of Wigtonshire about 1838; provost of
Stranraer 1852–8; author of _The cry of the children_, _2 ed._
1849; _The poor law manual for Scotland_, _6 ed._ 1851; _Mary
Stuart, her guilt or innocence_ 1866; _The land tenancy laws_
1871; _Special evils of the Scottish poor law_ 1877. _d._ Genoch
near Stranraer 14 Feb. 1880.
CAIRNES, JOHN ELLIOT (_6 child of Wm. Cairnes of Drogheda, brewer_).
_b._ Castle Bellingham, co. Louth 26 Dec. 1823; ed. at Kingstown,
Chester and Trin. coll. Dub., B.A. 1848, M.A. 1854, LLD. 1874;
called to Irish bar Nov. 1857; Whately professor of political
economy in Trin. coll. Dub. 1856–61; professor of political
economy and jurisprudence in Queen’s college Galway 1861 to July
1870; professor of political economy in Univ. coll. London
1866–72, emeritus professor 1872 to death; author of _The
character and logical method of political economy_ 1857, _2 ed._
1875; _The slave power, its character, career and probable
designs_ 1862, _2 ed._ 1863; _Political essays_ 1873; _Some
leading principles of political economy newly explained_ 1874.
_d._ Rasay, Kidbrook park road, Blackheath 8 July 1875.
_Fortnightly Review xxiv_, 149–54 (1875); _Athenæum ii_, 83–5
(1875); _I.L.N. lxvii_, 70 (1875), _portrait_; _Graphic xi_, 99,
102, 104 (1875), _portrait_; _Times 9 July 1875 p. 5, col. 4_.
CAIRNS, HUGH MC. CALMONT CAIRNS, 1 Earl (_2 son of Wm. Cairns of
Cultra, co. Down, captain 47 foot_). _b._ Belfast 27 Dec. 1819;
ed. at Belfast academy and Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1838, LL.B.
and LLD. 1862; LLD. Cam. 1862; D.C.L. Ox. 1863; barrister M.T. 26
Jany. 1844; M.P. for Belfast July 1852 to Oct. 1866; introduced
two bills 1859, one to simplify titles to real estate and another
to establish a land registry; Q.C. 7 April 1856, bencher of L.I.
15 April 1856; solicitor general 26 Feb. 1858 to 18 June 1859;
knighted at St. James’s palace 17 March 1858; attorney general 10
July to 29 Oct. 1866; lord justice of appeal 29 Oct. 1866 to Feb.
1868; P.C. 10 Nov. 1866; created Baron Cairns of Garmoyle Antrim
26 Feb. 1867, Viscount Garmoyle and Earl Cairns in peerage of the
U.K. 27 Sep. 1878; chancellor of Univ. of Dublin 20 Dec. 1867;
lord chancellor 29 Feb. to 9 Dec. 1868 and 21 Feb. 1874 to 28
April 1880. _d._ Lindisfarne, Bournemouth 2 April 1885. _Law
quarterly review i_, 365–8 (1885); _C. Brown’s Life of Lord
Beaconsfield ii_, 114 (1882), _portrait_; _The bench and the bar,
part 3_; _Drawing room portrait gallery 2 series_ 1859,
_portrait_; _I.L.N. xlix_, 413 (1866), _portrait, lxiv_, 364
(1874), _portrait, lxxxvi_, 481 (1885), _portrait_; _Pump Court
ii_, 8–9 (1884), _portrait_; _Belgravia xxix_, 54–9 (1867); _St.
James’s Mag. xxiv_, 171–6 (1869); _Law mag. and review, Feb. 1886
pp._ 133–53.
CAITHNESS, ALEXANDER SINCLAIR, 13 Earl of. _b._ Barrogill castle,
Thurso 24 July 1790; succeeded 16 July 1823; lord lieut. of
Caithnessshire 1823 to death. _d._ Rutland square, Edinburgh 24
Dec. 1855.
CAITHNESS, JAMES SINCLAIR, 14 Earl of (_eld. child of the
preceding_). _b._ 16 Dec. 1821; succeeded 24 Dec. 1855; a lord in
waiting to the Queen April 1856 to Feb. 1858 and June 1859 to July
1866; lord lieut. of Caithness March 1856 to death; a
representative peer of Scotland June 1858 to Dec. 1868; created
Baron Barrogill of Barrogill castle, Thurso 1 May 1866; F.R.S. 20
Nov. 1862; took out patents for working stone and for machine
belts 1856 and for permanent way of railways 1859; invented a
steam car to travel on ordinary roads, an improved tape loom and
the Caithness gravitation compass. _d._ Fifth avenue hotel, New
York 28 March 1881. _bur._ chapel royal Holyrood, Edin. 19 April.
CALCRAFT, JOHN HALES (_elder son of John Calcraft of Rempstone near
Wareham, Dorset 1766–1831, M.P. for Dorset_). _b._ Rempstone 13
Sep. 1796; M.P. for Wareham 1820–26, 1832–41 and 1857–59; sheriff
of Dorset 1867. _d._ Rempstone 13 March 1880.
CALCRAFT, JOHN HALES MONTAGU (_eld. son of the preceding_). _b._ 4
May 1831; entered navy March 1844; served in Crimean war; retired
commander 25 Feb. 1862; M.P. for Wareham 13 July 1865 to death.
_d._ Rempstone 1 Dec. 1868.
CALCRAFT, JOHN WILLIAM, stage name of John William Cole. Second
lieut. 21 foot 16 July 1807, first lieut. 1809–17 when placed on
h.p.; made his début at T.R. Dublin 23 Oct. 1824 as Joseph Surface
in _The school for scandal_; lessee of T.R. Dublin 21 Aug. 1830 to
1851; secretary to Charles Kean; translated _Memoirs of H. M. de
Latude_ 1834; author of _The bride of Lammermoor, a drama in 5
acts_ 1823; _A defence of the stage_ 1839; _The life of Charles
Kean 2 vols._ 1859, and of articles on the drama in _Dublin Univ.
Mag._ _d._ Winchfield, Hants. 12 Feb. 1870 aged 77. _History of
T.R. Dublin_ (1870) 59, 61, 65, 83–130.
CALCRAFT, WILLIAM. _b._ Baddow near Chelmsford 1800; a shoemaker;
watchman in Reid’s brewery in Liquorpond st. Gray’s Inn road,
London; butler to a gentleman at Greenwich; executioner to City of
London 4 April 1829 to 25 May 1874 when he retired on pension of
25/- a week; hanged Greenacre 1837, Courvoisier 1840, Good 1842,
Tawell 1845, Mr. and Mrs. Manning and Rush 1849, Dove 1856,
Catherine Wilson 1862, the 5 Flowery Land pirates and Muller 1864;
lived in Poole st. New North road, Hoxton 1854 to death, where he
_d._ 13 Dec. 1879. _Life of Wm. Calcraft the celebrated hangman_
1880, _portrait_; _Daily Telegraph 17 Dec. 1879 p. 5, col. 1_.
CALCUTT, FRANCIS MACNAMARA. _b._ Limerick 1819; M.P. for co. Clare
16 April 1857 to 23 April 1859 and 13 April 1860 to death. _d._ 16
July 1863.
CALDCLEUGH, ALEXANDER. Author of _Travels in South America 2 vols._
1825; F.R.S. 10 March 1831. _d._ Valparaiso, Chili 11 Jany. 1858.
CALDECOTT, RANDOLPH (_son of Mr. Caldecott of Chester, accountant_).
_b._ Chester 22 March 1846; clerk in a bank at Whitchurch,
Shropshire, afterwards at Manchester; began drawing for _London
Society_ and other periodicals 1872; a popular book illustrator
1876 to death; published _John Gilpin_ 1878; _The house that Jack
built_ 1878 and 14 other childrens books; contributed
illustrations to the _Graphic_; member of Institute of Painters in
water colours Feb. 1882, exhibited there, at Grosvenor gallery and
the R.A. _d._ St. Augustine, Florida 12 Feb. 1886. _R. Caldecott a
personal memoir of his early art career by H. Blackburn_ 1886,
_portrait_; _G.M. xxiv_, 629–35 (1880); _International Mag. Oct.
1885 pp._ 100–3; _The Queen almanack_ 1887, _portrait_.
CALDECOURT, WILLIAM HENRY. _b._ Blisworth, Northamptonshire 28 Sep.
1802; played his first cricket match at Lord’s 16–18 July 1821; a
hard hitter and a splendid field; a practice bowler to Marylebone
club 1818 to death; brought out more gentlemen cricketers from
Harrow and Cambridge than any other professional; umpire in the
best matches many seasons; kept a cricket bat shop many years at
14 Townsend road, St. John’s Wood, London where he _d._ 21 June
1857.
CALDER, SIR HENRY RODDAM, 5 Baronet. _b._ 15 March 1790; succeeded 3
Feb. 1792. _d._ Muirtoun, Elginshire 13 Aug. 1868.
CALDER, JAMES TAIT. _b._ Castletown, Caithness about 1794; ed. at
Univ. of Edin.; parish teacher at Canisbay, Wicklow; author of
_Sketches from John O’Groats in prose and verse_ 1842; _The
soldier’s bride_ 1846 a volume of poems; _Sketch of the civil and
traditional history of Caithness_ 1861. _d._ Elwickbank,
Shapinshay, one of the Orkney islands 15 Jany. 1864.
CALDERBANK, VERY REV. LEONARD (_son of Richard Calderbank of
Standish near Wigan_). _b._ Standish 3 June 1809; ed. at
Ampleforth college, Yorkshire and Prior park near Bath; ordained
priest at Rome 11 Nov. 1832; vice pres. of Prior park and
professor of theology at St. Paul’s college 1849–50; missionary
rector of St. Peter’s, Gloucester 9 Oct. 1850 to death; canon of
Clifton 28 June 1852 to death. _d._ Gloucester 25 June 1864.
_Tablet 9 July 1864 p. 439, col. 1._
CALDICOTT, REV. THOMAS FORD. _b._ Buckby, Northamptonshire 1803;
emigrated to Canada 1824; Baptist pastor at Hamilton, Madison, co.
New York 1831, at Lockport, N.Y. Boston and Brooklyn successively;
pastor of Baptist church, Bond st. Toronto 1860 to death; wrote
much for periodical religious press; author of _H. Corcoran, an
authentic narrative of her conversion from Romanism_ 1853. _d._
Toronto 9 July 1869.
CALDWELL, GEORGE (_son of Ralph Caldwell of Hilborough hall,
Norfolk, who d. 5 Jany. 1831 aged 53_). Author of many articles on
sporting in _The Field_ and _Bell’s Life in London_, under
pseudonym of Childers and in New York _Spirit of the times_, under
that of Censor, _d._ Ramsgate 5 March 1863 aged 56. _Sporting
Review xlix_, 463–4 (1863).
CALDWELL, HENRY (_youngest son of Charles Andrew Caldwell of New
Grange, co. Meath 1785–1859_). _b._ 24 Feb. 1815; entered navy 22
April 1828; captain 12 Aug. 1853; captain of Duke of Wellington
131 guns 19 Feb. 1855 to 1857; captain of the Asia 16 Feb. 1864 to
9 April 1866; aide de camp to the Queen 2 April 1866 to death;
commodore Cape of Good Hope station 9 April 1866 to 3 Sep. 1867;
C.B. 4 Feb. 1856. _d._ Leamington 7 April 1868.
CALDWELL, SIR HENRY JOHN, 6 Baronet. _b._ 22 Oct. 1801; succeeded
his father as 6 baronet and as Count of Milan in the Holy Roman
empire 22 Oct. 1842. _d._ Marlborough buildings, Bath 13 Oct.
1858.
CALDWELL, HUGH. Entered Bengal army 10 Sep. 1806; major 49 Bengal
N.I. 27 May 1830 to 9 Aug. 1836 when he retired; lived at Rome
1836 to death. _d._ Palazzo Titoni, Via Rassella, Rome 21 Feb.
1882 aged 96. _Times 27 Feb. 1882_ _p. 5, col. 5 and p. 7, col.
3_.
CALDWELL, JAMES H. _b._ Manchester 1793; made his début in America
at Charleston as Belcour in _The West Indian_ Nov. 1816; opened
St. Charles theatre New Orleans 30 Nov. 1835; last appeared 14
Jany. 1843 as Vapid in _The Dramatist_; introduced gas in New
Orleans 1834 and in many other southern cities. _d._ New York 11
Sep. 1863.
CALDWELL, SIR JAMES LILLYMAN (_son of Arthur Caldwell, major Bengal
engineers_). _b._ Greenwich 1770; 2 lieut. Madras engineers 27
July 1789; colonel commandant 1 May 1824 to death; general 20 June
1854; served at first siege of Seringapatam 6 Feb. 1792 and at
second siege and capture 4 May 1799; C.B. 4 June 1815, K.C.B. 10
March 1837, G.C.B. 25 Aug. 1848. _d._ Beachlands, Ryde, Isle of
Wight 28 June 1863. _H. M. Vibart’s Madras Engineers ii_, _pp.
iii-vi_, (1883), _portrait_.
CALDWELL, JAMES STAMFORD (_only son of James Caldwell, recorder of
Newcastle under Lyme who d. 16 Jany. 1838 aged 78_). Educ. at St.
John’s coll. Cam., B.A. 1808, M.A. 1811; barrister L.I. 11 Feb.
1813; author of _A treatise on the law of arbitration_ 1817, _2
ed._ 1825; _A digest of the laws relating to the poor_ 1821;
_Results of reading_ 1843. _d._ Linley wood near Newcastle under
Lyme 18 Nov. 1858 aged 72.
CALDWELL, JOHN. Opened a room for dancing at 83 Dean st. Soho,
London 1840; removed to 19, 20 and 21 Dean st. 1845, which he
rebuilt 1850; lessee of Royalty theatre; lessee of Surrey gardens.
_d._ Starcross, Devon 16 May 1880. _bur._ Kensal Green cemetery,
London 24 May.
CALEDON, JAMES DUPRÉ ALEXANDER, 3 Earl of (_only child of Dupré
Alexander, 2 Earl of Caledon 1777–1839_). _b._ London 27 July
1812; ensign Coldstream guards 31 May 1833, lieut. 1839–46, when
he retired from army; M.P. for co. Tyrone 7 Aug. 1837 to 8 April
1839 when he succeeded; an Irish representative peer 10 May 1841
to death; colonel of Tyrone militia. _d._ 5 Carlton house terrace,
London 30 June 1855. _Waagen’s Galleries of art_ (1857) 147–52;
_G.M. xliv_, 193–4 (1855).
CALEY, HENRY FRANCIS. Entered Bengal army 1820; col. 64 Bengal N.I.
7 Nov. 1854 to death; M.G. 18 March 1856. _d._ Rawul Pindee,
Punjab, India 21 Dec. 1866.
CALKIN, JAMES, _b._ London 1786; one of earliest members and
directors of Philharmonic Society; organist of Regent square
chapel, Gray’s Inn road, London 1824; a successful teacher of
music; his compositions include an overture and symphony for
orchestra, string quartets and much pianoforte music. _d._ 12
Oakley sq. Camden Town, London 1862.
CALL, SIR WILLIAM BERKELEY, 3 Baronet. _b._ Whiteford house near
Callington, Cornwall 10 May 1815; partner in banking house of
Call, Marten and Co. Old Bond st. London; succeeded 3 Dec. 1851;
special deputy warden of the Stannaries 1852; sheriff of Cornwall
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