1880. _Memorials of Rev. J. H. Anderson_ 1882, _portrait_.

ANDERSON, JOHN HENRY, known as Professor Anderson the Wizard of the North (_eld. child of Mr. Anderson of Aberdeen, mason_). _b._ estate of Craigmyle parish of Kincardine, Aberdeenshire 14 July 1814; call boy in Ryder’s theatrical company in Scotland 1824; first performed as a conjuror in small towns of north of Scotland 1831; performed in Waterloo rooms, Edinburgh 100 nights in 1837; erected a building called The Temple of Magic at Glasgow, seated for 2000 spectators, and performed in it 200 nights in 1838 and 1839; first appeared in London at Strand theatre 1840, when he displayed finest collection of apparatus that had ever been seen in London, performed there 4 months; converted St. James’s bazaar in St. James’s street, into a Temple of Magic 1840; performed in Ireland 1840; built theatre at Glasgow which was burnt; performed at Alexandrisky theatre, St. Petersburg, and in all chief cities of central Europe; at Covent Garden 1846, at the Strand 1848; in America 1851–53; before the Queen at Balmoral 1853; lessee of Lyceum theatre, London, Sep. 1855; of Covent Garden 24 Dec. 1855 where he produced a pantomime and the drama of Rob Roy in which he acted Rob Roy; the theatre was burnt down 5 March 1856; performed at Sadler’s Wells 1856; abroad 1856–64, at St. James’s hall, London 1864–65; went to India and Australia. _d._ Fleece hotel, Darlington 3 Feb. 1874. _bur._ St. Nicholas churchyard, Aberdeen 7 Feb. _Frost’s Lives of the conjurors_ (1876) 228–60; _The Era 8 Feb. 1874, p. 4, col. 1_; _15 Feb. p. 4, col. 3_. ANDERSON, JOSEPH JOCELYN. _b._ 1789; ensign 78 foot 27 June 1805; served in Peninsula 1809–12; lieut. col. 50 foot 1 April 1841 to 19 Sep. 1848 when he sold out; military commander and civil superintendent of convicts Norfolk Island; commanded a brigade in Gwalior campaign 1843; a squatter on the Goulburn Victoria; member of legislative council 1852; K.H. 1837, C.B. 2 May 1844. _d._ Fairlie house, South Yarra 18 July 1877. _bur._ St. Kilda cemetery 21 July. _I.L.N. lxxi_, 347, 348 (1877), _portrait_. ANDERSON, LUCY (_dau. of John Philpot of Bath_). _b._ Bath Dec. 1790; made her début at Philharmonic Society’s concerts 1822; Pianist to Queen Adelaide 1832; Pianist to Queen Victoria 1837; gave her last concert 30 May 1862 in Her Majesty’s theatre; granted a civil list pension of £100 23 July 1840. (_m._ 1820 George Frederick Anderson). _d._ 34 Nottingham place, London 24 Dec. 1878. _bur._ Kensal Green cemetery 31 Dec. _I.L.N. xli_, 77 (1862), _portrait_. ANDERSON, PAUL (_2 son of James Anderson of Grace Dieu, co. Waterford, by Susanna youngest dau. of Christmas Paul_). _b._ 29 March 1767; ensign 51 foot 31 March 1788; lieut. col. 60 foot 14 Jany. 1808 to 25 Feb. 1817 when placed on h.p.; commander of Gravesend and Tilbury forts 1 Dec. 1827, of Pendennis castle 23 July 1832; col. 78 foot 9 Feb. 1837 to death; general 11 Nov. 1851; C.B. 4 June 1815, K.C. _d._ Bath 17 Dec. 1851. ANDERSON, REV. PHILIP (_son of Mr. Anderson, captain H.E.I.Co._) Entered St. Paul’s school 7 Oct. 1824 aged 8; Pauline exhibitioner C.C. coll. Cam. 1834; B.A. 1838, M.A. 1849; chaplain at Colaba, Bombay Nov. 1849 to death; began _Bombay quarterly magazine_ 1850; edited _Bombay quarterly review_ Jany. 1855; author of _The English in Western India_ 1854. _d._ Malabar hill, Bombay 13 Dec. 1857. ANDERSON, REV. RICHARD. _b._ 16 Jany. 1792; ed. at Linc. coll Ox., B.A. 1815; V. of Burreston, Yorkshire 1834–54; P.C. of Leeming, Yorkshire 1868–79; chairman of Leeming school board to 1879. _d._ Aisken house near Bedale 24 Oct. 1884. NOTE.—He was the survivor of the celebrated trio of hardriding Yorkshire clergymen mentioned by “Nimrod” in his _Sporting Tour_ as hunting with the Earl of Darlington’s hounds. ANDERSON, ROBERT. _b._ Fettercairn, Aberdeenshire; assistant surgeon R.N. 1838; surgeon of the Investigator and Enterprise in the Arctic seas 1848–55; made a large collection illustrative of natural history of Arctic regions, zoological specimens were sent to British Museum, dried plants to Kew, and fossil remains to Geological society. _d._ June 1856 aged 38. NOTE.—Anderson bay on Victoria land is named after him. ANDERSON, ROBERT STERLING HORE. _b._ near Coleraine; ed. at Belfast academy and Dublin Univ.; solicitor in Dublin 1846, in Melbourne, Victoria 1854; M.P. for Emerald Hill 1855; comr. of customs 1860–61, 1862–63 and 1875–77; repres. of Eastern province in legislative council; minister for justice. _d._ Melbourne 26 Oct. 1883 aged 62. ANDERSON, SAMUEL. _b._ London 15 Nov. 1839; secretary to American land boundary commission 1869; chief astronomer to North American boundary commission 14 June 1872; returned to England 30 June 1875; comr. for demarcation of frontier of Servia 1 April 1879; major R.E. 13 Sep. 1879 to death; C.M.G. 30 May 1877. _d._ Dalhousie grange, Bonnyrigg, Midlothian 11 Sep. 1881. ANDERSON, THOMAS. Colonel 3 Madras light cavalry 21 Dec. 1859 to death; M.G. 21 April 1863. _d._ 9 Thurloe square, London 27 May 1864. ANDERSON, THOMAS (_eld. son of Thomas Anderson, sec. to National bank of Scotland_). _b._ Edin. 26 Feb. 1832; M.D. Edin. 1853; in Bengal medical service 1854 to death; surgeon 20 May 1866; had medical charge of Hodson’s Horse during the mutiny; superintendent of forest department 1864–66; director of Calcutta botanic garden 1869 to death; worked out the flora of India; author of _Florula Adenensis_ 1860 and more than 20 other papers in journal of Linnæan society, &c. _d._ Edin. 26 Oct. 1870. _Trans. Bot. Soc. Edin. ii_, 41–45 (1873). ANDERSON, THOMAS. _b._ 2 July 1819; M.D. Edin. 1841; F.R.S. Edin. 1845, Keith medallist 1855; chemist to Highland and Agricultural society of Scotland 1848–73; regius professor of chemistry in Univ. of Glasgow 1852; pres. of Glasgow philosophical society 1859; pres. of chemical section of British Association at Dundee 1867; royal medallist of Royal Society 1872. _d._ Chiswick near London 2 Nov. 1874. _Journal of chemical society of London_ (1875) 1309–13. ANDERSON, THOMAS. Ensign 78 foot 1845, served with it 18 years chiefly in India; captain 17 Aug. 1857 to 24 March 1863 when he sold out; Persian interpreter to Sir Willoughby Cotton and Sir John Grey commanders in chief at Bombay; adjutant general of militia in New Brunswick; commanded the frontier field force there during threatened Fenian invasion 1866. _d._ Westward Ho, Devonshire 11 Feb. 1876 aged 48. ANDERSON, WILLIAM (_son of James Anderson of Oban, Argyleshire, supervisor of excise who d. 1812._) _b._ Edin. 10 Dec. 1805; joined _Aberdeen Journal_ 1831; edited _Aberdeen Advertiser_ 1835; _The Western Watchman_ a weekly journal at Ayr 1842; sub edited _The Witness_ newspaper at Edin. 1844; chief sub editor of _North British Daily Mail_ 14 April 1847 to 1849, this was first daily paper in Scotland; author of _Poetical Aspirations_ 1830, _2 ed._ 1833; _Landscape Lyrics_ 1839, _2 ed._ 1854; _The Scottish nation_ _3 vols._ 1860–62. _d._ London 2 Aug. 1866. _J. G. Wilson’s Poets and poetry of Scotland ii_, 269–72 (1877). ANDERSON, WILLIAM. Lieut. col. Bengal artillery 6 March 1854 to 20 Feb. 1855; C.B. 24 Dec. 1842. _d._ Albury hall, Ware, Herts 22 Sep. 1869 aged 64. ANDERSON, REV. WILLIAM (_2 son of Rev. John Anderson, Relief minister at Kilsyth near Glasgow_). _b._ Kilsyth 6 Jany. 1799; licensed by Relief presbytery Glasgow 5 Sep. 1820; minister of John st. church Glasgow 6 March 1821 to 24 Dec. 1871, the church was pulled down in 1858 and a new church opened by him 1 Jany. 1860; LLD. Glasgow April 1850; author of _An apology for the organ_ 1829; _Discourses 1st series_ 1844, _2nd series_ 1859; _Regeneration_ 1850, _3 ed._ 1875. _d._ Prospect house, Uddingstone near Glasgow 15 Sep. 1872. _Rev. G. Gilfillan’s Life of Rev. W. Anderson_ 1873, _portrait_; _Reunion in the heavenly kingdom by the Rev. Wm. Anderson_ 1876, _portrait_. ANDERSON, WILLIAM ACLAND DOUGLAS (_son of Joseph Jocelyn Anderson, C.B._) _b._ 1829; captain 65 foot 1852–54; a comr. of gold fields in Victoria; col. commandant of all the volunteer corps in Victoria 1862; C.M.G. 25 May 1878. _d._ South Yarra 23 Jany. 1882. ANDERSON, WILLIAM COCHRANE. _b._ East Lothian 1792; col. R.A. 20 June 1854 to 26 Oct. 1858; M.G. 26 Oct. 1858. _d._ Edge hill near Edin. 30 Aug. 1865 aged 73. ANDERSSEN, ADOLF. _b._ Breslau 6 July 1818; gained 1st prize at London chess tournaments 1851 and 1862; 2nd prize at Manchester 1857; 1st prize at Baden 1870; 3rd prize at Vienna 1873; beaten by Paul Morphy at Paris Dec. 1858, losing 7 out of 9 games; an unrivalled player in the beauty of his combinations. _d._ Breslau 14 March 1879. _Westminster chess club papers x_, 39 (1878), _portrait_; _Chess players chronicle iii_, 73–75 (1879). ANDERTON, JAMES. _b._ near Lincoln 1782; solicitor in London 1811; common councilman for ward of Farringdon Without 1836–66; undersheriff several times; projected Law life assurance society 1823; founded Solicitors benevolent institution 1858. _d._ Cypress lodge, Dulwich 23 Jany. 1868. ANDRÉE, Richard Collier. Colonel 7 Bengal N.I. 20 June 1836 to 28 Sep. 1850; colonel 69 Bengal N.I. 28 Sep. 1850 to death; general 2 Nov. 1861. _d._ Stuttgart 27 March 1865 aged 70. ANDREW, JAMES (_son of Rev. James Andrew, the first principal of East India college at Addiscombe, Surrey who d. 13 June 1833 in 60 year_). _b._ Addiscombe college 1811; ed. at Caius coll. Cam.; studied medicine at Edin. while he kept his terms at Cam.; M.D. Cam. 1839; practised at Edin.; phys to Royal infirmary 1846–56; F.R.C.P. Edin., member of council; F.R.S. Edin. _d._ 15 Queen st. Edin. 1 Dec. 1859. ANDREW, JOHN WILLIAM, Captain R.N. 26 Sep. 1812; C.B. 4 June 1815; retired R.A. 1 Oct. 1846. _d._ Chudleigh 5 Jany. 1854. ANDREW, WILLIAM. _b._ Glasgow 1804; ed. at Marischal coll. Aberdeen; professor of mathematics in Mc Gill coll. Quebec; rector of the high school Quebec; edited the _Daily Chronicle_ Quebec. _d._ Aberdeen 1862. ANDREWS, ALEXANDER. Author of _The eighteenth century_ 1856; _The history of British journalism_, _2 vols._ 1859. _d._ Albion grove, Stoke Newington 9 Nov. 1873 aged 50. ANDREWS, AUGUSTUS. Entered Madras army 1793; col. of 27 N.I. 5 June 1829, of 42 N.I. 21 Feb. 1834, of 1 N.I. 5 Jany. 1837, of 8 N.I. 2 Oct. 1848, and of 39 N.I. 4 July 1856 to death; general 16 March 1855; C.B. 23 July 1823. _d._ Vellore, Bath 3 March 1858 aged 78. ANDREWS, BIGGS. _b._ 1794; barrister M.T. 12 Nov. 1819; bencher 21 April 1837, treasurer 1846; K.C. 24 Feb. 1837; comr. of bankrupts for Exeter district 16 Dec. 1858 to 31 Dec. 1869 when granted £1,800 on abolition of his office. _d._ Heavitree house near Exeter 28 April 1880 in 86 year. ANDREWS, GEORGE. _b._ London 1798; made his début as Lothair in _Adelgitha_ at Manchester 1819; first appeared in America Oct. 1827 as Bob Acres in _The Rivals_ at Federal st. theatre Boston; acted in New York 1838, in Philadelphia 1842; left the stage and managed old Chinese Buildings, New York as a ball room. _d._ New York 7 April 1866. ANDREWS, HARRY. _b._ Monmouthshire 28 May 1831; a pedestrian; won the Four Miles champion cup at Bow; defeated the American Deer, Whitmore, Deerfoot, and many others; managed running grounds at Lillie Bridge and Surbiton. _d._ Cottage grove, Surbiton 7 March 1885. ANDREWS, HENRY OGDEN (_youngest son of Charles Savery Andrews, captain 24 foot_). _b._ St. John’s, Newfoundland 28 April 1808; ed. at Stratford on Avon, and in Canada; called to Canadian bar; Q.C. _d._ 37 Lansdowne crescent, Leamington 25 March 1884. ANDREWS, JANE (_dau. of Mr. Constant_). _b._ 1817; vocal composer and teacher. (_m._ John Holman Andrews). _d._ 60 Baker st. Portman sq. London 29 March 1878. ANDREWS, RICHARD (_son of Thomas Andrews of Bramdean, Hants, wheelwright_). _b._ Bishop Sutton near Alresford 18 Dec 1798; a coachmaker at Southampton 1 Oct. 1832 to death; sold more than 300 carriages for £22,000 in 1845; built state carriages for Mehemet Ali and the Sultan; one of first members of Anti-Corn-law league; sheriff of Southampton 1848, mayor 1849, 1850, 1851 and 31 May 1856 to Dec. 1856; contested Southampton Dec. 1856; gave a great banquet to Louis Kossuth on his arrival in England 25 Oct. 1851. _d._ Portland st. Southampton 28 March 1859. _I.L.N. xix_, 549 (1851), _xx_, 12 (1852), _portrait_. ANDREWS, ROBERT. Colonel R.A. 20 June 1854 to 7 June 1856; M.G. 7 June 1856. _d._ Sunderland terrace, Westbourne park, London 1 Nov. 1863. ANDREWS, ROBERT. Called to Irish bar 1825; Q.C. 7 Feb. 1849. _d._ 1865. ANDREWS, WILLIAM. _b._ Chichester 1802; made many valuable additions to the flora and fauna of south west of Ireland; his name will be perpetuated in names of Trichomanes Andrewsii, and Galathea Andrewsii; a founder and subsequently sec. and pres. of Natural history society of Dublin; chairman of Natural history committee of Royal society of Dublin many years; M.R.I.A. 10 Jany. 1842. _d._ Dublin 11 March 1880. _Journal of botany_ (1880) 256–86. ANGAS, CALEB. _b._ 1782; a farmer at Brancepeth and at Neswick farm, East Yorkshire about 1815 to death; the best authority on farming in the East Riding; wrote letters in the _Sun_ newspaper on Free Trade which excited much attention and were of great service. _d._ Driffield, Yorkshire 6 Feb. 1860. ANGAS, GEORGE FIFE. _b._ Newcastle 1 May 1789; senior partner of G. F. Angas & Co. shipowners and merchants 2 Jeffrey sq. London 1824–33 when he retired to Devonshire; originated National and Provincial bank of England 1833; one of the first comrs. for formation of colony of South Australia 1834; established South Australian company 1836, Union bank of Australia 1837, and Bank of South Australia 1841; chairman of London boards of direction of these 3 companies down to 1850; arrived in Adelaide 15 Jany. 1851; M.P. for district of Barossa in 1st legislative council July 1851–1871; leading spirit in colonizing South Australia. _d._ Lindsey park Angaston, South Australia 15 May 1879. ANGELL, ALFRED. Organist of Exeter cathedral 34 years. _d._ The Close, Exeter 24 May 1876 aged 60. ANGELL, HELEN CORDELIA (_5 dau. of Wm. Thomas Coleman, M.D. of Horsham, Sussex_). _b._ Horsham Jany. 1847; exhibited drawings of flowers at Dudley Gallery 1864, afterwards called The general water colour society, and 6 flower pictures at the R.A. 1876–78; the only successor of Wm. Hunt. (_m._ Oct. 1875 Thomas Wm. Angell, Postmaster of the S.W. district of London). _d._ 55 Holland road, Kensington 8 March 1884. _Clayton’s English female artists ii_, 261–63 (1876). ANGELL, JOHN BENEDICT. ed. at Eton and Magd. coll. Ox.; won first Grand national hunt steeplechase at Farndon village with Bridegroom 1860 and second with Queensferry 1861; won Liverpool Grand national with Alcibiade 1865; one of chief revivers of coaching; commonly known as “Cherry” Angell; the hero of C. Clarke’s novel _A box for the season_. _d._ 36 Curzon st. London 12 May 1874. _Illust. sporting and dramatic news i_, 400 (1874), _portrait_. ANGELO, EDWARD ANTHONY. Captain 30 foot 9 Aug. 1831 to 12 Dec. 1834 when placed on h.p.; K.H. 1827; a military knight of Windsor 1854 to death. _d._ Windsor Castle 26 Aug. 1869. ANGELO, HENRY. Superintendent of sword exercise to the army 1833 to death. _d._ Brighton 14 Oct. 1852 aged 72. _G. M. xxxviii_, 543 (1852). ANGERSTEIN, JOHN. M.P. for Greenwich 10 Jany. 1835 to 17 July 1837. _d._ the Woodlands, Blackheath 10 April 1858 aged 85. ANGERSTEIN, JOHN JULIUS WILLIAM. _b._ 1800; major Grenadier guards 27 Dec. 1850 to 20 June 1854; L.G. 2 Feb. 1862; col. 4 West India regiment 14 Jany. 1866 to death. _d._ Weeting hall near Brandon, Norfolk 23 April 1866. ANGLESEY, HENRY WILLIAM PAGET, 1 Marquess of (_eld. child of Henry Bayly, 1 Earl of Uxbridge 1744–1812_). _b._ 17 May 1768; ed. at Westminster and Ch. Ch. Ox., M.A. 1786; M.P. for Carnarvon 1790–96 and 1806–10; M.P. for Milbourn Port 1796–1804; raised among his father’s tenantry 80th regiment of foot or Staffordshire volunteers; lieut. col. commandant of it 12 Sep. 1793 to 16 June 1795; lieut. col. 16 light dragoons 16 June 1795; lieut. col. 7 light dragoons 6 April 1797 and col. 16 May 1801 to 20 Dec. 1842; succeeded 13 March 1812; lord lieut. of Anglesey 21 April 1812 to death; G.C.B. 2 Jany. 1815; created Marquess of Anglesey 4 July 1815; G.C.H. 1816; K.G. 19 Feb. 1818; general 12 Aug. 1819; lord high steward at coronation of George iv, 19 July 1821; master general of the ordnance 1827–28 and 1846–52; P.C. 30 April 1827; lord lieut. of Ireland 1828–29 and 1830–33; col. of royal horse guards 20 Dec. 1842 to death; field marshal 9 Nov. 1846; lord lieut. of Staffs. 31 Jany. 1849 to death. _d._ 1 Old Burlington st. London 29 April 1854. _bur._ in Lichfield cathedral 6 May. _J. W. Cole’s British generals i_, 109–44 (1856), _portrait_; _N. and Q. 3rd series ii_, 249, 320, 339; _H. Martineau’s Biographical sketches, 4 ed._ 1876 57–63. NOTE.—In a garden close to the church at Waterloo is a monument to his right leg lost in the battle; he refused a pension of £1,200 per annum granted him for this loss, thus saving his country nearly £47,000. ANGLESEY, HENRY PAGET, 2 Marquess of (_eld. son of preceding_). _b._ 6 July 1797; M.P. for Anglesey 1820–32; summoned to House of Lords as Baron Paget of Beaudesert 15 Jany. 1833; col. in the army 28 June 1838, retired 1843; lord chamberlain of the Queen’s household 6 May 1839 to 14 Sep. 1841; P.C. 22 May 1839; succeeded 29 April 1854; lord lieut. of Anglesey 18 May 1854 to death; kept a racing stud 1831–35 and 1854 to death; made on the high ground above Beaudesert near Lichfield one of best cricket grounds in England. _d._ Beaudesert 6 Feb. 1869. _Baily’s Mag. v_, 51–54 (1863), _portrait_. ANGLESEY, HENRY WILLIAM GEORGE PAGET, 3 Marquess of. _b._ 9 Dec. 1821; lieut. col. 2 Staffordshire militia 5 Jany. 1853 to 29 Sep. 1855; M.P. for south Staffs 1854–57; succeeded 6 Feb. 1869. _d._ 10 Albert mansions, Victoria st. London 30 Jany. 1880. ANGUS, GEORGE. Surgeon Bengal medical service 1836; sec. to medical board at Calcutta; superintending surgeon at Benares, and at Cawnpore; retired 1854; pres. of Medical society of Aberdeen 2 years; manager of royal infirmary and general dispensary, Aberdeen. _d._ 13 Golden sq. Aberdeen 7 April 1872 in 78 year. ANGUS, REV. HENRY. _b._ Inverkeithing, Fifeshire 18 Oct. 1794; minister of St. Nicholas’ lane united presbyterian church, Aberdeen 1813; author of _Works of fiction, their use and abuse_