Modern English biography, volume 1 (of 4), A-H by Frederic Boase
1855. _The Christian Reformer xi_, 265–73 (1855).
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ASTON, SIR ARTHUR INGRAM (_younger son of Henry Hervey Aston of
Aston, Cheshire, who d. Madras 23 Dec. 1798 aged 37 from a wound
received in a duel with major Allen_). _b._ London 23 Dec. 1798;
ed. at Brasen. coll. Ox., created M.A. 18 June 1817; sec. of
embassy at Paris 11 Jany. 1833; min. plenipo. there for short
periods 9 times between 19 April 1833 and 14 Sep. 1838; envoy
extraord. and min. plenipo. at Madrid 13 Feb. 1840 to 13 Nov.
1843; G.C.B. 10 Nov. 1843; pensioned 8 March 1846; sheriff of
Cheshire 1850. _d._ Aston hall, near Runcorn 5 May 1859.
ASTON, JAMES JONES (_2 son of Benjamin Richard Aston of 71 Banner
st. Finsbury, coal merchant_). _b._ 71 Banner st. 12 Dec. 1822;
barrister M.T. 6 Nov. 1846; went Northern circuit; Q.C. for county
palatine of Lancaster 1867; Q.C. 24 March 1880; author of
_Chancery practice of the county palatine of Lancaster_ 1852.
(_m._ 7 Sep. 1854 Sarah Margaret eld. dau. of Thomas Eccles of
Walton-le-dale, Lancs.) _d._ 13 Pembroke gardens, Kensington 17
Jany. 1885.
ASTON, JOHN PARTINGTON (_son of John Aston of Manchester, liquor
merchant_.) _b._ Manchester 9 Nov. 1805; ed. at Manchester gr.
sch.; solicitor at Manchester 1829 to death; one of leading
conveyancing and patent lawyers; solicitor and sec. of Owens
college, Manchester; contributed prose and verse to periodicals;
author with W. H. Ainsworth of _Sir John Chiverton_ 1826. _d._
Higher Broughton, Manchester 11 May 1882. _Admission register of
Manchester school iii_, 112 (1874).
ATHERLEY, MARK KER (_2 son of Arthur Atherley M.P. for Southampton
who d. 21 Oct. 1844 aged 74_). Ensign 15 foot 28 Aug. 1823; lieut.
col. 92 foot 23 Nov. 1849 to 5 June 1863 when placed on h.p.;
commanded a brigade in the Crimea 4 Nov. 1855 to 13 March 1856;
brigadier general Malta 1863–68; col. of 109 foot 14 Feb. 1873, of
93 foot 30 Jany. 1880 and of 92 foot 5 April 1880 to death;
general 1 Oct. 1877. _d._ 11 March 1884 in 80 year.
ATHERSTONE, EDWIN. _b._ Nottingham 17 April 1788; author of _The
fall of Nineveh, a poem_, _2 vols._ 1828–68; _The Sea Kings in
England, an historical romance_, _3 vols._ 1830; _The handwriting
on the wall, a story 3 vols._ 1858; _Israel in Egypt_ 1861 a poem
of nearly 20,000 lines; granted civil list pension of £75 Oct. 4
1858 and another of £25 Jany. 16 1860. _d._ 19 Macaulay buildings,
Bath 29 Jany. 1872.
ATHERTON, CHARLES (_3 son of Nathan Atherton of Calne, Wilts
attorney_). _b._ Calne 1805; ed. at Queen’s coll. Cam.; 33
wrangler 1828, B.A. 1828; resident engineer of river Clyde
1832–34; manager of business of Claud Girdwood and Co. of Glasgow,
ironfounders 1834–37; chief engineer at Woolwich dockyard 6 April
1847 to 31 Dec. 1848 and 8 Sep. 1851 to 26 July 1862; at Devonport
dockyard 1 Jany. 1849 to 7 Sep. 1851; consulting engineer in
London 1862–70; M.I.C.E. 19 Feb. 1828. _d._ Sandown, Isle of Wight
24 May 1875. _Min. of proc. of Instit. of C.E. xlii_, 252–55
(1875).
ATHERTON, SIR WILLIAM (_only son of Rev. Wm. Atherton of Battle
Bridge Middlesex, Wesleyan minister 1775–1850_). _b._ Glasgow
October 1806; special pleader 1832–39; barrister I.T. 22 Nov.
1839, bencher 1851; went northern circuit of which he became
leader; Q.C. July 1851; Q.C. for duchy of Lancaster 1851–60; M.P.
for Durham 9 July 1852 to death; judge advocate of the fleet and
counsel to the Admiralty 1854 to 16 Dec. 1859; solicitor general
16 Dec. 1859 and attorney general 4 July 1861 to Sep. 1863;
knighted by the Queen at St. James’s palace 23 Feb. 1860. (_m._ 15
April, 1843 Agnes Mary younger dau. of Thomas James Hall, chief
magistrate at Bow st. London, she _d._ 26 March 1866). _d._ 13
Westbourne terrace, Hyde Park 22 Jany. 1864.
ATHLUMNEY, WILLIAM MEREDYTH SOMERVILLE, 1 Baron. _b._ 1802; ed. at
Harrow; paid attaché at Berlin 1829–32; M.P. for Drogheda 1837–52
and for Canterbury 1854–65; under sec. of state for Home
department 5 July 1846 to 22 July 1847; chief sec. for Ireland 22
July 1847 to Feb. 1852; P.C. 22 July 1847; raised to peerage of
Ireland as Baron Athlumney 14 Dec. 1863 and to peerage of United
Kingdom as Baron Meredyth 3 May 1866. _d._ Dover 7 Dec. 1873.
ATHOLE, GEORGE AUGUSTUS FREDERICK JOHN MURRAY, 6 Duke of. _b._ Great
Cumberland place, London 20 Sep. 1814; took part in the Eglinton
tournament 28–30 Aug. 1839; grand master mason of Scotland
1843–63; succeeded his uncle as 6 Duke of Athole 14 Sep. 1846;
K.T. 28 Oct. 1853; pres. of Highland and Agricultural Societies
1858–62; kept Otter hounds at Dunkeld. _d._ Blair castle,
Perthshire 16 Jany. 1864.
ATKINS, EDWARD. _b._ 1818; played at T.R. Birmingham 1851–61; made
his début in London at Drury Lane 28 Oct. 1861; played Jem Dalton
in Tom Taylor’s drama _The Ticket of leave man_ at Olympic theatre
27 May 1863 to 16 Sep. 1864 406 times, and more than 600 times
afterwards in different theatres; played Autolycus in _A winter’s
tale_ at Drury Lane 28 Sep. 1878. _d._ 5 Carlton road west,
Peckham 8 April 1883. _Tallis’s Drawing room table book part_ 16,
_portrait_.
ATKINS, EDWIN. Manager with his brother John Atkins of Zoological
gardens situated between Farnworth st. and Butler st. Liverpool
which were established in 1832 by Thomas Atkins, keeper of a
travelling menagerie, the gardens were eventually turned into a
limited liability company, and in 1863 the place was dismantled
and the land sold; started for interior of Africa 1852. _d._ on a
small island of the White river, a branch of the Nile Jany. 1854.
ATKINS, EDWIN MARTIN (_eld. son of Atkins Edwin Martin-Atkins of
Walcot in Bath_). _b._ 1808; ed. at Rugby; matric. Magd. coll. Ox.
26 July 1825 aged 17, B.A. 1829; sheriff of Berkshire 1844; F.S.A.
10 Dec. 1857; the original of the Squire depicted by Tom Hughes in
_The scouring of the White Horse_ 1859. _d._ Weston super Mare 5
May 1859.
ATKINSON, CHARLES CALEB (_eld. son of Caleb Atkinson of Hillingdon,
Middlesex_), _b._ 1793; barrister M.T. 6 June 1834; sec. of
University college London 1835 to July 1867; sub editor of _The
Sphinx_; owner of _The Athenæum_ for short time. (_m._ 1831
Harriet dau. of George Swimley of Henley on Thames). _d._
Alexandra road, Kilburn, London 11 Jany. 1869.
ATKINSON, FENTON ROBINSON. _b._ Leeds 12 Nov. 1784; admitted
attorney May 1810; practised at Manchester; a leading bankruptcy
lawyer; sold his library Dec. 1817 and his other library of 13,000
volumes May 1858 a ten days sale; member of Chetham, Camden,
Hakluyt, Shakspere and Percy Societies and Warton club;
contributed to _Bibliographiana_, originally published in the
_Manchester Exchange Herald_ 1815–16 and afterwards as a small
vol. of which only 24 copies were issued 1817. _d._ The Grove,
Withington, Lancs. 9 June 1859. _Law Times xxxiii_, 212, 257
(1859).
ATKINSON, SIR HENRY ESCH (_3 son of Henry Wm. Atkinson 1753–1834
provost of Company of moneyers_). _b._ 1792; entered navy 2 Feb.
1807; commander 30 April 1827; employed in the Coast Guard
1835–38; retired captain 1 April 1856; knighted by lord lieutenant
of Ireland 1836; superintendent of convicts in Van Diemen’s Land
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