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Waterford, and widow of Charles Gardiner). _d._ on board the
Rainbow steamer at Pauillac near Bordeaux 25 Dec. 1880. _J. H.
Ingram’s Claimants to royalty_ (1882) 252–59; _Quarterly Review
lxxxi_, 57–85 (1847); _Edinburgh Review cxiv_, 145–82 (1861);
_Western Antiquary Sep. 1884_, 67–72; _Doran’s London in Jacobite
times ii_, 390–412 (1877).
ALLEN, GEORGE. _b._ London Nov. 1800; attorney and solicitor of
supreme court at Sydney 1822; mayor of Sydney 1844; member of
legislative council N.S.W. 1845 and 1856 to death; chairman of
committees 1856–73. _d._ Toxteth park, Glebe, N.S.W. 3 Nov. 1877.
ALLEN, GEORGE JOHN (_eld. son of Right Rev. Joseph Allen, bishop of
Ely who d. 20 March 1845 aged 75_). _b._ 1810; warden of the
college of God’s Gift in Dulwich 1843 to 31 Dec. 1857 when that
Corporation was dissolved by 20 and 21 Vict. c. 84, and he was
granted an annuity of £1015. _d._ The Mount, Budleigh Salterton,
Devon 19 July 1883.
ALLEN, HENRY ROBINSON. _b._ Cork 1809; ed. at R.A. of Music; made
his début at the English Opera as Elvino in La Sonnambula;
A.R.A.M.; tenor vocalist and ballad composer, his song “Maid of
Athens” was much sung. _d._ Shepherd’s Bush, London 27 Nov. 1876.
ALLEN, REV. HUGH. _b._ Cork July 1806; ed. at Trin. coll. Dub.;
scholar 1834, B.A. 1835, M.A., B.D. and D.D. 1861; minister of an
episcopal chapel at Douglas, Isle of Man, Aug. 1835; C. of St.
John’s ch. Bury, Lancs. 1838–48; Inc. of St. Jude’s Whitechapel
1848–59; lecturer of St. Olave’s, Old Jewry 1856–59; R. of St.
George the Martyr Southwark 1859 to death; edited the _London
Messenger_ 1862. _d._ 231 New Kent road, London 20 June 1877.
NOTE.—He was the Sunday afternoon lecturer at church of St.
George-in-the-East, London where disturbances began 21 Aug.
1859 in consequence of the Rector the Rev. Bryan King adopting
an elaborate ritual and refusing to allow time for the
lecture, the riots lasted till 25 June 1860.
ALLEN, JAMES BAYLIS. _b._ Birmingham 18 April 1803; employed by W.
and E. Finden, engravers in London 1824; engraved many of Turner’s
water colour drawings 1830–45, and many large views for the Art
Journal. _d._ Camden Town, London 11 Jany. 1876.
ALLEN, JAMES MOUNTFORD (_son of Rev. John Allen, V. of Bleddington,
Gloucs._) _b._ Crewkerne, Somerset 14 Aug. 1809; an architect in
London to 1856, at Crewkerne 1856 to death; built many churches,
rectory houses and schools. _d._ 27 Feb. 1883.
ALLEN, JAMES PEARCE. Spent 5 years in India 1836–41; a publisher in
London 1855 to death. _d._ Grove lodge, Clapham Common 2 Nov. 1878
in 61 year.
ALLEN, JOHN (_elder son of Admiral John Carter Allen who d. 2 Oct.
1800_). _b._ 1774; captain R.N. 29 April 1802; admiral on h. p. 30
July 1852. _d._ Torpoint near Plymouth 4 June 1853.
ALLEN, JOHN. _b._ Dublin; a woollen draper at 36 College green;
committed to Tower of London on a charge of high treason 6 March
1798, tried at Maidstone 21 and 22 May 1798 when acquitted; an
associate of Robert Emmett in the insurrection of 23 July 1803;
fled to France and became sous-lieutenant in the army Dec. 1803;
led the storming party at capture of Ciudad Rodrigo in Spain 10
July 1810; chef de bataillon March 1814; retired on half pay after
the Irish regiment was disbanded Sep. 1815; lived at Tours then at
Caen. _d._ Caen 10 Feb. 1855. _R. R. Madden’s The united Irishmen,
3rd series iii_, 135–39 (1846); _Howell’s State Trials xxvi_,
1193–1432 (1819), and _xxvii_, 1–142 (1820).
ALLEN, JOHN. _b._ Liskeard, Cornwall 26 Sep. 1790; author of _State
churches and the kingdom of Christ_ 1853; _History of the borough
of Liskeard and its vicinity_ 1856. _d._ Liskeard 15 Feb. 1859.
_Annual Monitor for 1860_ _pp._ 3–26.
ALLEN, JOHN CARTER HAY, calling himself John Sobieski Stolberg
Stuart (_elder son of Thomas Gatehouse Allen 1772–1851_). Said to
have received cross of the Légion d’honneur from hands of Napoleon
for bravery on field of Waterloo; lived with his brother Charles
at Edinburgh, at Glasgow, at Eile-an-Aigais near Inverness; author
of _Poems_ 1822; edited the _Vestiarium Scoticum_ 1842. (_m._ 29
Oct. 1845 Georgiana eld. dau. of Edward Kendall of Cheltenham).
_d._ 52 Stanley st. St. George’s Hanover sq. 13 Feb. 1872.
ALLEN, JOHN ROY (_elder son of John Allen of Lyngford, Somerset_).
_b._ 1799; ed. at Pemb. coll. Cam.; B.A. 1821, M.A. 1825;
barrister I.T. 10 Feb. 1826; recorder of Taunton, Andover and
Bridgwater. _d._ Weston super Mare 10 March 1875.
ALLEN, JOSEPH. Chairman of Brighton bench of magistrates many years;
one of the gentlemen of H.M. privy chamber 1838 to death. _d._
Podstream house Wivelsfield, Sussex 9 Dec. 1851 aged 78.
ALLEN, JOSEPH. Military superintendent of halls, &c. at Greenwich
hospital 1 Sep. 1833 to death; edited Allen’s “New Navy List”;
newspaper writer on professional topics. _d._ Greenwich Hospital
21 Oct. 1864 aged 54.
ALLEN, JOSEPH WILLIAM. _b._ Paradise row, Lambeth 1803; usher at a
school at Taunton; theatrical scene painter in London; a founder
of “The Society of British Artist” 1823; professor of drawing at
city of London school from its opening 2 Feb. 1837 to death. _d._
Hammersmith 26 Aug. 1852.
ALLEN, PETER. _b._ Dec. 1826; M.D. Aberdeen 1849; L.S.A. and
M.R.C.S. Eng. 1849; F.R.C.S. Edin. 1868; surgeon at Yealand
Conyers 1856–68, and in London 1868 to death; aural surgeon to St.
Mary’s hospital; author of _Practical observations on deafness_
1853; _Aural Catarrh_ 1870. _d._ 117 Harley st. Cavendish sq.
London 18 Jany. 1874.
ALLEN, ROBERT (_3 son of Samuel Allen of Rue St. Honoré, Paris_). An
actor; a schoolmaster; barrister G.I. 18 Nov. 1835; went Oxford
circuit; serjeant at law 3 July 1845, received patent of
precedence. _d._ Bessborough st. London 17 Feb. 1854.
ALLEN, REV. SAMUEL JAMES. _b._ near Tower of London 16 June 1798;
ed. at Merchant Taylor’s school 1808–16 and Pemb. coll. Cam.; B.A.
1820, M.A. 1824; University preacher at Cam.; V. of Easingwold,
Yorkshire 1838 to death; completed _Whitaker’s History of
Richmondshire_ 1823 in which some of the chapters were entirely
written by him; author of _Lectures in defence of the church of
England_. _d._ Easingwold vicarage 29 April 1856.
ALLEN, WILLIAM. _b._ Weymouth Nov. 1792; entered navy 2 Oct. 1805;
accompanied Richard Lander’s expedition up the river Niger 1832;
returned to England April 1834 being one of the nine survivors;
commanded steamer Wilberforce in expedition to Niger 1840–42;
captain 31 Jany. 1842, retired R.A. 12 April 1862; F.R.G.S. 1835,
F.R.S. 18 April 1844; author of _The narrative of expedition sent
to river Niger_ 1848; _The Dead Sea, a new route to India_ 1855;
exhibited landscape paintings at the R.A. 1828–47. _d._ Bank
house, Weymouth 23 Jany. 1864.
ALLEN, WILLIAM FERNELEY (_son of Wm. Houghton Allen of London,
publisher who d. 22 Jany. 1855 aged 67_). _b._ 31 Oct. 1816; a
publisher in London 1855 to death; sheriff 1857–58; alderman for
ward of Cheap 1858 to death, and Lord Mayor 1867–68. _d._ 13
Waterloo place, London 22 May 1877. _bur._ in family vault at
Sevenoaks, Kent 26 May. _I.L.N. li_, 517 (1867), _portrait_.
ALLEN, WILLIAM HENRY. Solicitor in London 1826 to death; principal
of Clifford’s Inn 13 May 1833 to death. _d._ 20 Oct. 1854 aged 71.
ALLEN, WILLIAM PHILIP. _b._ near town of Tipperary April 1848; a
carpenter in Cork, Dublin and Chester; helped to rescue Colonel
Kelly the Fenian from a prison van at Manchester 18 Sep. 1867; in
the mêlée, a police sergeant named Brett was killed; executed at
the old prison Manchester 23 Nov. 1867. _Speeches from the dock._
_Dublin_ 1868.
ALLEYNE, SIR REYNOLD ABEL, 2 Baronet. _b._ 10 June 1789; ed. at
Eton; succeeded his father 1801; member of council in Barbados 30
years; col. of 2 regiment of militia there. _d._ Burton under
Needwood 14 Feb. 1870.
ALLEYNE, SARAH FRANCES. _b._ Clifton 15 Oct. 1836; organised courses
of lectures for women; member of council of Clifton high school
for girls; sec. of Oxford local examination at Clifton; translated
E. Zeller’s _Plato and the older Academy_ 1876 and M. Duncker’s
_History of Greece_ 1883. _d._ London 16 Aug. 1884. _bur._ Redland
Green churchyard 21 Aug.
ALLIES, JABEZ (_2 son of Wm. Allies of Alfrick in Lusley co.
Worcester_). _b._ Alfrick 22 Oct. 1787; a solicitor in London;
author of _The causes of planetary motion_ 1838; _The antiquities
and folk lore of Worcestershire_ _2 ed._ 1852, the best work on
local field names ever published. _d._ Tivoli house, Cheltenham 29
Jany. 1856.
ALLIOTT, REV. RICHARD (_son of Rev. Richard Alliott, pastor of
congregational church in Castle Gate, Nottingham_). _b._ 1 Sep
1804; ed. at Homerton college and Glasgow univ.; LLD. 1840;
assistant minister to his father 1828; co-pastor with him 1830–40;
ordained Jany. 1830; pastor of same church 1840; of church in York
road, Lambeth, London 1843–49; pres. of Western college, Plymouth
1849–57; pres. of Cheshunt college 1857; chairman of
Congregational union of England and Wales 1858; professor of
dogmatic and general theology and philosophy at Spring Hill
college, Birmingham, Sep. 1860 to death; pastor of church at
Acock’s Green near Birmingham 1860 to death; author of _Psychology
and Theology_ 1854. _d._ Acock’s Green 20 Dec. 1863.
ALLMAN, THOMAS. Bookseller in Princes st. Hanover sq. 1817; at
Holborn hill 1830–59, when he retired. _d._ 2 Clifton villas,
Maida hill, London 3 Dec. 1870 aged 78.
ALLOCK, JON JUNIM. _b._ China; brought to England by Andrew Ducrow
the equestrian about 1819; a great attraction at Astley’s, London
as a Chinese juggler; travelled with Ducrow all over Europe and
America; fell from a horse and broke his thigh about 1841; lived
at Glasgow about 1845 to death. _d._ Glasgow 9 Aug. 1859 aged
nearly 80.
ALLOM, THOMAS. _b._ London 13 March 1804; articled to Francis
Goodwin, architect; furnished the drawings for many illustrated
works published by Virtue & Co. and Heath and Co.; exhibited
drawings at the R.A.; made for Sir Charles Barry the drawings of
new Houses of Parliament which were presented to Nicholas Czar of
Russia. _d._ 1 Lonsdale road, Barnes, Surrey 21 Oct. 1872.
ALLSOP, THOMAS. _b._ Stainsborough hall near Wirksworth, Derbyshire
10 April 1795; a stockbroker in London; the favourite disciple of
Samuel Taylor Coleridge; great friend of Charles Lamb, Robert Owen
and other eminent men; author of _Letters, conversations and
recollections of S. T. Coleridge, 2 vols._ 1836; _California and
its gold mines in 1852–3_. _d._ Exmouth, Devon 12 April 1880.
_bur._ Woking cemetery 17 April. _Dictionary of national biography
i_, 337–39 (1885).
ALMOND, EMMA (_dau. of Mr. Romer_). _b._ 1814; first appeared on
stage at Covent Garden 16 Oct. 1830 as Donna Clara in _The
Duenna_; the original Zerlina in Auber’s opera _Fra Diavolo_ at
C.G. 3 Nov. 1831; original singer of title parts in Barnett’s
_Mountain Sylph_ and _Fair Rosamond_; chief singer at English
opera house; sang at Westminster Abbey festival 1834; sang at
Drury Lane 1836; manager of the Surrey theatre 1852, where she
brought out a series of operas in English. (_m._ 1836 George
Almond of Bond st. hatter, he _d._ Nov. 1863). _d._ Clifton
terrace, Margate 14 April 1868. _bur._ Brompton cemetery 21 April.
_Actors by daylight ii_, 57 (1839), _portrait_.
ALSBURY, GEORGE. Stipendiary magistrate and pres. of island of
Anguilla, Caribbee islands 26 Nov. 1863 to 28 Jany. 1868. _d._ St.
Heliers, Jersey 10 Nov. 1879.
ALSTON, EDWARD GRAHAM. Ed. at St. Paul’s sch. and Trin. coll. Cam.;
B.A. 1855; barrister L.I. 17 Nov. 1857; registrar general of
Vancouver island Feb. 1861, of British Columbia 1 June 1870;
attorney general of Sierra Leone 13 May 1871 to death, and Queen’s
advocate July 1871 to death. _d._ Sierra Leone 12 Sep. 1872 in 40
year.
ALSTON, EDWARD RICHARD. _b._ Stockbriggs near Lesmahagow 1 Dec.
1845; zoological sec. of Linnæan society 1880 to death;
contributed to the _Proceedings of Zoological society_ 1874–80;
author of the division Mammalia in Salvin and Godman’s _Biologia
Centrali-Americana_ 1879. _d._ 14 Maddox st. London 7 March 1881.
ALTHANS, JOHN (_son of Henry Althans the friend of popular
education_). Connected with Religious tract society 47 years and
trade manager the last 6 years. _d._ West lodge, White Hart lane,
Tottenham 15 Dec. 1882 aged 66.
ALVANLEY, RICHARD PEPPER ARDEN, 3 Baron. _b._ the Rolls house,
Chancery lane, 8 Dec. 1792; major 84 foot 26 Sep. 1822 to 30 Oct.
1823 when placed on h.p.; succeeded his brother 9 Nov. 1849. _d._
12 Bruton st. London 24 June 1857.
NOTE.—His library was sold by Sotheby 15–20 Feb. 1858.
ALVES, JOHN. _b._ Elgin 1787; captain 74 foot 2 Nov. 1830 to 17 Aug.
1841 when placed on half pay; granted a service reward 27 Jany.
1854; M.G. 5 Dec. 1856; sergeant at arms to the Queen 1855 to
death. _d._ 14 King st. St. James’s, London 18 Sep. 1860.
AMBROSE, GEORGE JAMES. Lieut. col. 3 Foot 31 Dec. 1857 to death;
C.B. 1 March 1861. _d._ Brislington 19 July 1862 aged 38.
AMCOTTS, WESTON CRACROFT. _b._ 9 March 1815; ed. at Eton; sheriff of
Lincolnshire 1861; M.P. for Mid-Lincolnshire (Lib.) 1868–74. _d._
Harrogate 14 July 1883.
AMESBURY, JOSEPH (_youngest child of Joseph Amesbury of Huntspill,
Somerset who d. about 1802_). _b._ Huntspill 15 Oct. 1795;
M.R.C.S. 4 Aug. 1820; a surgeon in London 1820–58; opened a
private spinal establishment at 59 Burton crescent 1838; lived at
26 Fitzroy sq. 1847–58; invented apparatus for cure of stiff
joints, spinal curvature, and other deformities for which he took
out 3 patents; author of _Practical remarks on nature and
treatment of fractures of the trunk and extremities_ 2 vols. 1831.
_d._ 93 Lansdowne place, Brighton 27 March 1864.
AMEUNEY, ANTONIUS GEORGE (_son of Georgius Ameuney of Latakia_).
_b._ Latakia 1821; went to England 1840; studied at King’s
college; went with J. B. Thompson, M.D. on a mission to Damascus
1844; surveyed the Jordan and Dead Sea with captain Lynch of the
U.S. navy 1848; worked for the London Arabic literary fund 1859;
professor of Arabic at King’s college, London Jany. 1865 to death;
author of _Notes from the life of a Syrian, with an appeal on
behalf of 80,000,000 of the human family_ 1860. _d._ 87 Seymour
st. London 16 Sep. 1881.
AMHERST, WILLIAM PITT AMHERST, 1 Earl of (_only son of Wm. Amherst
1732–81, governor of Newfoundland_). _b._ Bath 14 Jany. 1773; ed.
at Ch. Ch. Ox.; B.A. 1793, M.A. 1797; succeeded his uncle as 2
Baron Amherst 3 Aug. 1797; envoy to Naples 1809–11; P.C. 30 Dec.
1815; ambassador extraordinary to China 8 Feb. 1816 to 30 July
1817; visited Napoleon at St. Helena 1817; governor general of
India 23 Oct. 1822 to 10 March 1828; declared war against Burmah
24 Feb. 1824; created Viscount Holmesdale and Earl Amherst of
Arracan in the East Indies 19 Dec. 1826; appointed governor
general of Canada but never took office; granted a pension of
£3,000 a year; G.C.H. 1834. _d._ Knole house near Sevenoaks 13
March 1857. _bur._ in Sevenoaks church. _Jerdan’s National
portrait gallery vol. 1_ (1830), _portrait_; _Waagen’s Galleries
of art_ (1857) 337–41; _Ellis’s Journal of the proceedings of the
late embassy to China_ 1817; _Mill’s History of British India, by
H. H. Wilson, vol. iii_, 1848.
AMHERST, RIGHT REV. FRANCIS KERRIL (_eld. son of Wm. Kerril Amherst
of Parndon, Essex, by Mary Louisa youngest dau. of Francis
Fortescue Turvile of Bosworth hall co. Leicester_). _b._ London 21
March 1819; ed. at Oscott; ordained priest by bishop Wiseman 6
June 1846; professor at Oscott, Nov. 1855 to Oct. 1856; served the
mission of Stafford, Oct. 1856 to May 1858; bishop of Northampton
14 May 1858 to 1879; consecrated 4 July 1858; assistant at
pontifical throne 8 June 1862; preconised to titular see of Sozusa
1880; author of _Lenten thoughts_ 1873, _4 ed._ 1880. _d._
Fieldgate house, Kenilworth 21 Aug. 1883. _bur._ R.C. cathedral,
Northampton 28 Aug.
AMHERST, G. A. _b._ London 1776; first appeared on the stage 14 July
1817 in _The blue devils_ at Haymarket theatre; visited United
states as director of Cooke’s Equestrian company 1838; made his
début in Philadelphia as the Castillian in _Mazeppa_ 2 April 1838;
author of many plays. _d._ in the Philadelphia Almshouse 12 Aug.
1851.
AMOS, ANDREW (_son of James Amos of Devonshire sq. London, Russian
merchant_). _b._ India 1791; ed. at Eton and Trin. coll. Cam.; 5
wrangler 1813, B.A. 1813, M.A. 1816; fellow of his college
1815–23; barrister L.I. 24 Nov. 1818; went Midland circuit
1818–37; professor of English law in Univ. of London 1829–37;
recorder of Banbury, Nottingham and Oxford; member of first
criminal law commission 1834–43; 4th ordinary member of supreme
council of India 11 Oct. 1837 to 15 Feb. 1843; judge of county
courts for Brentford, Brompton and Marylebone, circuit 44, March
1847 to Sep. 1852; Downing professor of laws of England in Univ.
of Cam. 1848 to death; author of _A treatise on the law of
fixtures_ 1827, _3 ed._ 1883; _The English constitution in the
reign of Charles ii_, 1857; _Martial and the Moderns_ 1858. (_m._
1 Aug. 1826 Margaret eld. dau. of Rev. Wm. Lax Lowndes professor
of astronomy at Cambridge, she _d._ 13 April 1882). _d._ Downing
college, Cambridge 18 April 1860. _Law Times_ xxxv, 117–18 (1860).
NOTE.—There is a marble bust of him in University college,
London.
AMOS, CHARLES EDWARDS. _b._ March, Cambs. 27 Nov. 1805; a millwright
at Wandsworth, Surrey 1835–66; patented several inventions in
manufacture of paper; invented dynamometer brought out and
designed for Atlantic cable 1857; M.I.C.E. 22 May 1855. _d._
Cedars road, Clapham common 12 Aug. 1882. _Minutes of proc. of
instit. of C.E. lxxi_, 387–95 (1883).
AMOTT, JOHN. Organist at Gloucester cathedral 1832 to death. _d._
College Green, Gloucester 3 Feb. 1865 in 67 year.
AMPHLETT, SIR RICHARD PAUL (_eld. son of Rev. Richard Holmden
Amphlett, R. of Hadsor, Worcs., who d. 8 March 1842 in 60 year_).
_b._ Salop 24 May 1809; ed. at Brewood gr. sch. and St. Peter’s
coll. Cam.; 6 wrangler 1831, B.A. 1831, M.A. 1834; fellow of his
college 1832–40; hon. fellow 6 Nov. 1882; student of L.I. 5 Feb.
1831, barrister 6 June 1834, bencher, Jany. 1858; Q.C. Jany. 1858;
M.P. for East Worcester (Conserv.) 24 Nov. 1868 to Jany. 1874;
pres. of Legal education association, Oct. 1872; serjeant at law,
and baron of Court of Exchequer 24 Jany. 1874; knighted by the
Queen at Osborne 27 Jany. 1874; judge of court of appeal 27 Oct.
1876 to Nov. 1877; P.C. 28 Nov. 1876; struck with paralysis 3
April 1877. _d._ 32 Wimpole st. London 7 Dec. 1883. _bur._ at
Hadsor 13 Dec. _I.L.N. lxiv_, 120, 129 (1874) _portrait_.
NOTE.—His was the first instance of nomination of an equity
practitioner to a common law judgeship since the appointment
of Sir Robert Rolfe in Nov. 1839.
AMPTHILL, ODO WILLIAM LEOPOLD RUSSELL, 1 Baron (_youngest son of
Lord George Wm. Russell, G.C.B._) _b._ Florence 20 Feb. 1829; ed.
at Westminster; attaché at Vienna 15 March 1849; employed on
special service at Rome, Nov. 1860 to 9 Aug. 1870; ambassador
extraord. and plenipo. at Berlin 16 Oct. 1871 to death; P.C. 5
Feb. 1872, G.C.B. 21 Feb. 1874, G.C.M.G. 24 May 1879; created
Baron Ampthill of Ampthill, Beds. 7 March 1881. _d._ Potsdam 25
Aug. 1884. _bur._ in family vault in parish church of St. Michael,
Chenies, Bucks 3 Sep. _I.L.N. lxxxv_, 220 (1884) _portrait_.
AMSINCK, HENRY. _b._ 1798; served in navy 1811–44; retired commander
22 March 1876; sec. to the Railway commission 1844; went to
Melbourne 1853; M.P. for West Bourke. _d._ Hawthorne, Victoria 17
Dec 1878.
ANCELL, HENRY (_son of Mr. Ancell of Carshalton, Surrey, cotton
miller_). _b._ Croydon 23 Jany. 1802; walked through the United
States 1823–25; L.S.A. 1828, M.R.C.S. 1831; surgeon to
Metropolitan police; lectured at Lane’s school next St. George’s
hospital 1837; sec. to National association of general
practitioners 1845–47; author of _A treatise on Tuberculosis_
1852; _Lectures on the blood and Commentaries on Liebig_. _d._ 3
Norfolk crescent Hyde Park 19 Nov. 1863.
ANDERDON, JAMES HUGHES. _b._ 1790; collected many pictures of
British School; bought Hogarth’s Sigismunda for £56 (which he
bequeathed to National Gallery), and his _portrait_ of Sarah
Malcolm the murderess. _d._ 23 Upper Grosvenor st. London 24 Jany.
1879.
ANDERDON, JOHN LAVICOUNT (_3 son of John Proctor Anderdon_). _b._
Bristol 5 April 1792; ed. at Ealing and Harrow; a West India
merchant in London 1816–54; contested Penryn 1818; author of _The
river Dove_ 1847; _The life of bishop Ken, by a Layman 2 vols._
1851; _The Messiah_ 1861. (_m._ 4 March 1816 Anna Maria 2 dau. of
Wm. Manning, M.P., she _d._ 1 May 1880 in 84 year). _d._ Brighton
8 March 1874. _Geron, the old man in search of paradise, by J. L.
Anderdon with a biographical notice, by Rev. G. Williams_ 1877.
ANDERDON, THOMAS OLIVER. Barrister L.I. 20 Nov. 1822; equity
draftsman; Q.C. 1841; bencher of his inn 1841. _d._ Horsendon
house Bucks 31 July 1856 aged 70.
ANDERSON, ADAM, Lord Anderson (_2 son of Samuel Anderson of Moredun,
co. Edinburgh_). _b._ Edin. 1797; ed. at Univ. of Edin; advocate
1818; solicitor general Nov. 1834 to April 1835; sheriff of
Perthshire 1835–1842; solicitor general for Scotland 8 Nov. 1842
to 1846; Dean of Faculty of Advocates 28 Feb. 1852; Advocate for
Scotland 28 Feb. 1852; one of Lords of Session and of Justiciary
18 May 1852 to death. _d._ 55 Upper Brook st. London 28 Sep. 1853.
_bur._ under St. John’s episcopal chapel Edin. _B. W. Crombie’s
Modern Athenians_ (1882) 112, _portrait_.
ANDERSON, ALEXANDER. _b._ near Stirling 1762; assistant surgeon R.N.
1784; served in North America and West Indies; surgeon 15 Oct.
1790; retired on h.p. 1803; practised at Knightsbridge, London
1803–35; the last medical officer who belonged to Lord Nelson’s
fleet. _d._ Clarence terrace, New Hampton, Middlesex 6 Sep. 1859.
ANDERSON, ALEXANDER. _b._ 7 May 1807; 2 Lieut. R.M. 13 May 1823;
col. commandant 21 Nov. 1859 to death; general 1 April 1870; C.B.
2 June 1869. _d._ St. Alban’s place, St. James’s London 21 Nov.
1877.
ANDERSON, REV. ALEXANDER. _b._ Peterhead 1808; ed. at St. Andrew’s;
founder and head of Chanonry house school (the Gymnasium) Old
Aberdeen. _d._ Aboyne 25 Oct. 1884.
ANDERSON, ALEXANDER DUNLOP (_son of Andrew Anderson of Greenock,
merchant_). _b._ Greenock 1794; M.R.C.S. 1816, M.D. Edin. 1819;
asst. surgeon 49 foot 22 June 1815 to 25 Dec. 1818, when placed on
half pay; practised in Glasgow; surgeon to royal infirmary 1822
and phys. 1837; pres. of faculty of phys. and surgeons 1852–55;
pres. of Med. Chir. society of Glasgow. _d._ 159 St. Vincent st.
Glasgow 13 May 1871.
ANDERSON, ALFRED. Celebrated Australian pianist. _m._ at Sydney 29
Dec. 1875 Ilma de Murska, the “Hungarian nightingale.” _d._
Melbourne 22 March 1876 aged 28.
ANDERSON, ANDREW. A stocking weaver. Champion draught player of
Scotland; author of _The Game of Draughts_ 1848, _2 ed._ 1852, 3
ed. 1878. _d._ Braidwood near Carluke, Lanarkshire 1 March 1861.
ANDERSON, ARTHUR (_eld. son of Robert Anderson of Grimaster,
Shetland_). _b._ Grimaster, Feb. 1792; midshipman R.N. 1810; a
merchant in London 1823; superintended naval portion of expedition
to Portugal under Don Pedro 1831–32; started a line of steamers to
the Peninsula 1836; formed fishery establishment in Orkney and
Shetland 1838; member of Anti-corn law league formed at Manchester
18 Sep. 1838, took an active part in it; a founder of Peninsular
and Oriental steam navigation company incorporated 1840; their
first boat the Hindostan was started Sep. 1842; chairman of the
company; chairman of Union steamship company and of Crystal palace
company; M.P. for Orkney (lib.) 1 Sep. 1847 to 1 July 1852;
F.S.A.; author of _Communication with India, China, &c._ 1843;
_National defence_ 1852. _d._ Norwood, Surrey 28 Feb. 1868.
_I.L.N. xviii_, 232 (1851), _portrait_.
ANDERSON, CHARLES ABERCROMBY. Inspector general of hospitals and
fleets 12 April 1869 to death; C.B. 17 June 1871. _d._ London 25
Feb. 1872.
ANDERSON, CHRISTOPHER (_youngest son of William Anderson of Edin.
ironmonger 1744–1804_). _b._ West Bow, Edin. 19 Feb. 1782; clerk
in the Friendly Insurance Office 1800–1804; ordained pastor of
English baptists in Edin. 21 Jany. 1808; originated the Edinburgh
Bible Society Oct. 1810, the Gaelic School Society Nov. 1810;
author of _The annals of the English bible, 2 vols._ 1845, _2 ed._
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