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1882. _d._ 24 Belgrave sq. London 23 Oct. 1882. _I.L.N. lxxxi_,
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497 (1882), _portrait_; _Graphic xxvi_, 605 (1882), _portrait_.
BALGUY, JOHN (_eld. son of John Balguy of Darwent hall, Derbyshire,
recorder of Derby who d. 14 Sep. 1833_). _b._ 14 Sep. 1782;
barrister M.T. 14 June 1805, bencher 1833; recorder of Derby 1830
to death; Q.C. 1833; chairman of Derbyshire quarter sessions 1837;
bankruptcy comr. at Birmingham 21 Oct. 1842 to death. _d._
Duffield hall near Derby 16 Dec. 1858.
BALL, CHARLES ASHBY. _b._ Albury, Surrey 1809; entered the paper
business 1826; purchased with his father the Guerres works near
Dieppe 1829; founded the Doullens works 1836; purchased the
Valvernes works near Dieppe; manufactured paper from esparto and
bleached straw; founded the Fort Andemer works 1844; sold his
business to La Compagnie des Establishments de la Risle 1869;
perfected many important improvements in manufacture of paper.
_d._ Sainte Addresse near Havre 27 March 1885.
BALL, FRANCES (_6 and youngest child of John Ball of Dublin,
merchant who d. 1808_). _b._ Eccles st. Dublin 9 Jany. 1794;
joined the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Mickle Bar
convent York 11 June 1814; introduced this Institution into
Ireland 1821; assumed name of Sister Mary Theresa 8 Sep. 1814;
founded in various parts of the world 37 convents tenanted by
about 800 nuns. _d._ Rathfarnham Abbey near Dublin 19 May 1861.
_Life by H. J. Coleridge_ 1881, _portrait_; _Life by Wm. Hutch,
D.D._ 1879.
BALL, NICHOLAS (_son of John Ball of Dublin, silk mercer_). _b._
Dublin 1791; ed. at Stonyhurst and Trin. coll. Dub., B.A. 1812;
called to Irish bar 1814; K.C. 1830; bencher of King’s Inns 1836;
M.P. for Clonmel 1836–39; third Serjeant at law 10 Nov. 1836 to 11
July 1838; attorney general 11 July 1838 to 23 Feb. 1839; P.C.
Ireland 1838; justice of Irish Court of Common Pleas 23 Feb. 1839
to death. _d._ 85 Stephens Green, Dublin 15 Jany. 1865.
BALL, RICHARD. Lived at Bridgewater, Bristol and Taunton
successively; a Friend; joined the Plymouth Brethren; author of
_Holy Scripture the test of truth_ 1835; _Christianity in China_
1850; _Horæ Sabbaticæ or the Sabbatic cycle the divine
chronometer_ 1853. _d._ Aberdeen terrace, Clifton 10 May 1862 aged
Chapters
1. Chapter 1
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3. book xxi, chapter 2_.
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5. 1877. _bur._ Anstey near Coventry 20 Dec. 1877.
6. 1846. _d._ 148 New Bond st. London 11 July 1852.
7. 1814. _m._ (2) 1817 Jane dau. of Thomas Martin of Nottingham, she
8. 1806. _m._ (2) at Marylebone church 6 April 1811 Mary Anne 3 dau.
9. 1869. _bur._ Abney Park cemetery.
10. 1851. _d._ Calverley park, Tunbridge Wells 18 Nov. 1854.
11. 1871. _bur._ churchyard of St. Mark’s Worsley 29 March.
12. 1815. _d._ 7 Bloomsbury sq. London 15 April 1854. _J. Kendrick’s
13. 1878. _Baily’s Mag. iv_, 217–20 (1862) _portrait_.
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15. 1876. _d._ the Grange, Leatherhead 13 Sep. 1881. _bur._ Kensal
16. 1867. (_m._ 31 Oct. 1857 Ellen Elizabeth youngest dau. of Thomas
17. 1881. _d._ Villa Nevada, Cannes at 2 a._m._ 28 March 1884. _bur._
18. 1861. _The life of The Prince Consort by Theodore Martin 5 vols._
19. 1830. _d._ Belmont, Herts 14 Jany. 1861.
20. 1840. (_m._ 19 July 1819 Mary dau. of Alexander Dalgarno of Wales
21. 1876. _d._ Tenby 5 Nov. 1884.
22. 1848. (_m._ 9 Oct. 1822 Anne dau. of John Beresford, M.P. for co.
23. 1862. _d._ Edinburgh 18 Feb. 1852. _The life and letters of
24. 1850. (_m._ (1) 1813 Caroline 2 dau. of John Proby Kensington of
25. 1880. _Memorials of Rev. J. H. Anderson_ 1882, _portrait_.
26. 1853. _d._ Aberdeen 28 June 1860. _Sermons by the late Rev. Henry
27. 1881. _The Players i_, 185 (1860), _portrait_; _Anson’s dramatic
28. 1837. (_m._ 1832 Elizabeth eld. dau. of Wm. Blacker Bennett of
29. 62. _Baily’s Mag. xviii_, 253–55 (1870).
30. 1857. _Report of the jurors on class xiv (photography) of the
31. 1850. _d._ Australia 1857 aged 89.
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35. 1837. _d._ Brighton 9 Sep. 1853.
36. 1843. _d._ Guestling rectory 1 Sep. 1854.
37. 1855. _d._ Clonodfoy, co. Limerick 12 Sep. 1880. Personalty sworn
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44. 1851. _G.M. xxxvii_ 192–93 (1852).
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50. 1884. _Saturday Review lvii_, 540 (1884).
51. 1884. _John Nock Bagnall A memoir by his daughter Mary Willett_
52. 1856. _Memorials of the Bagot family_ 1823, _portrait_.
53. 1854. _Rev. W. Palmer’s Events connected with publication of
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56. 1859. _Journal of Royal Geographical society xxx, c-cii_ (1860).
57. 1831. _d._ 10 Aug. 1869.
58. 1862. _d._ Charter house hospital London Sep. or Oct. 1871.
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60. 1847. _d._ 11 Adelaide crescent, Brighton 21 Sep. 1875.
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63. 1875. _d._ at an hotel in Aberdeen 30 July 1878. _Annual Monitor
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65. 1853. _d._ 5 Old palace yard Westminster 6 July 1856. _Waagen’s
66. 1881. _Illustrated Review vi_, 261–63, _portrait_.
67. 1852. _d._ 37 Fitzwilliam sq. Dublin 28 May 1867.
68. 1862. _The case of Mr. W. H. Barber_, _8 ed._ 1853; _Central
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74. 1857. _d._ 24 Addison road, Kensington 27 Feb. 1876. _I.L.N.
75. 1880. _Lectures on architecture with memoir_ 1881, _portrait_;
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78. 1863. _Morgan’s Bibliotheca Canadensis_ (1867) 20–21.
79. 1857. _Memoir by Rev. John Baillie, 3 ed._ 1862, _portrait_.
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82. 1877. (_m._ 6 March 1850 Emily Anne Theophila, eld. dau. of Sir
83. 1844. _d._ Cape of Good Hope 12 Sep. 1861 aged about 70.
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85. 1823. _d._ Honingham hall near Norwich 5 Aug. 1866.
86. 1820. _d._ Paradise Row, Stockwell, London 3 May 1854.
87. 1855. _d._ Ann Mount near Glanmire, Cork 27 April 1872.
88. 1880. _d._ Trinity college, Cambridge 6 Aug. 1868.
89. 1876. _J. Evans’s Lancashire authors_ (1850) 13–17.
90. 1869. _d._ Knollswood, Simla 7 June 1874. _I.L.N. lxv_, 229
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93. 1863. _Rev. R. V. Taylor’s Biographia Leodiensis_ (1865) 506–509.
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95. 1859. _d._ The Elms, Sydenham hill 11 Feb. 1879.
96. 1871. _Theatrical times i_, 129 (1847), _portrait_; _Illust.
97. 1862. _Nyren’s Cricketer’s Tutor_ (1833) 93–96.
98. 1879. _d._ 43 Grand parade, Brighton 3 June 1881. _Pascoe’s
99. 1849. _d._ Harrington sq. London 23 April 1865.
100. 1849. _d._ Thirsk 5 March 1851.
101. 1860. _d._ 55 Cadogan place, London 20 Nov. 1876. _I.L.N. lxix_,
102. 1787. (_m._ 3 June 1811 Sir Charles Bell, F.R.S., celebrated
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107. 1852. _d._ 6 Trafalgar terrace, Monkstown, Ireland 31 Oct. 1873.
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109. 1875. _The Era Almanac_ (1868) 17–18.
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119. 1880. _Men of the time in Australia, Victorian series_ (1878) _p._
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122. 1851. _d._ Athens 26 May 1854.
123. 1869. _d._ Florence 26 Jany. 1873. _Poems by the late Isa Blagden
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125. 1831. _d._ Danesbury 15 Sep. 1875.
126. 1871. _d._ Brighton 9 Nov. 1883.
127. 1864. _d._ 56 Bevington road, Kensington 27 Jany. 1877 aged 47.
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132. 1883. _bur._ in Chirnside churchyard. _David Blythe the gipsy
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134. 1805. _d._ Baltimore 17 June 1870. _Bingham’s Marriages of the
135. 1884. _I.L.N. lx_, 601, 607 (1872), _portrait_.
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139. 76. _Saddle and Sirloin by the Druid_ (1870) 195–207.
140. 1849. _d._ 17 Lansdowne crescent, Cheltenham 4 May 1880 in 88
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142. 1869. _Essays and stories by the late G. W. Bosanquet, with an
143. 1878. _The Inquirer 23 March 1878 p._ 190.
144. 1882. _d._ Tunbridge Wells 21 May 1883.
145. 1882. _Irish law times xvi_, 298 (1882).
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148. 1862. _d._ 1884.
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153. 1831. _d._ 14 Blomfield terrace, Harrow road, London 6 June 1866
154. 1827. _d._ 23 Leighton road, Kentish town, London 2 Sep. 1880.
155. 1810. _d._ Quendon rectory 31 March 1864.
156. 1825. _d._ Weston park Shiffnal, Salop 22 March 1865.
157. 1831. _d._ 13 Eaton sq. London 28 Nov. 1853. _United Service Mag._
158. 1879. _d._ Ramsgate 27 May 1880. _Medical times and gazette i_,
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162. 1844. _d._ Montpellier villas, Brighton 3 Dec. 1859 aged 70.
163. 1854. _d._ on board H.M.S. Vulcan in Black Sea 21 Sep. 1854 from
164. 1839. _d._ 14 Great Stanhope st. London 21 Feb. 1862.
165. 1863. _Art Journal n.s. iii_, 12 (1864).
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167. 1838. _d._ Bridge Lodge, Burgess Hill, Sussex 27 April 1875.
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169. 1836. _d._ 19 Manchester sq. London 1 Feb. 1870. _Munk’s Roll of
170. 1849. _d._ Sealkote Bengal 10 July 1857 aged 55.
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173. 1870. Personalty sworn under £800,000, 22 Oct. 1870.
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175. 1858. _d._ The Marina, St. Leonard’s-on-Sea 30 Nov. 1865.
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188. 1838. _d._ Belton house, Grantham 15 Sep. 1853. _Portraits and
189. 1868. (_m._ 17 July 1828 1 Earl Brownlow). _d._ Belton lodge,
190. 1865. _d._ Boston, United States 19 Sep. 1867. _bur._ Dunfermline
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192. 1880. _d._ 29 June 1880.
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194. 1865. _d._ 12 South Audley st. London 28 May 1873.
195. 1833. _d._ Bury st. St. James’s, London 8 Nov. 1855 aged 83.
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243. 1862. _d._ London 23 July 1864.
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