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1862. _The case of Mr. W. H. Barber_, _8 ed._ 1853; _Central
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criminal court, minutes of evidence by H. Buckler xix_, 778–850
(1844); _I.L.N. iv_, 80, 249 (1844), 2 _portraits_.
BARBOUR, ROBERT. _b._ Renfrewshire 1797; one of the merchant princes
of Manchester down to about 1864 when he retired; member of the
first Synod of English Presbyterian church about 1834; endowed at
cost of £12,000 a chair which bears his name in Presbyterian
college; purchased Bolesworth castle near Chester 1857; sheriff of
Cheshire 1866. _d._ Bolesworth castle 17 Jany. 1885, will proved
at Chester 14 April 1885, value of personalty upwards of £472,000.
BARCLAY, ANDREW WHYTE (_son of John Barclay, captain R.N._) _b._
Dysart, Fifeshire 17 July 1817; ed. at high sch. and univ. of
Edin.; M.D. 1839; studied at Caius coll. Cam. 1843, and St.
George’s hospital, London; M.B. 1847, M.D. 1852; medical registrar
at St. George’s many years; F.R.C.P. 1851, examiner, councillor
and censor, Lumleian lecturer 1864, Harveian orator 1881,
treasurer 1884; fellow of Royal Med. and Chir. soc, pres.;
assistant phys. at St. George’s 1857, phys. 1862–82; the first
medical officer of health at Chelsea 1856; author of _Manual of
medical diagnosis_ 1857 _3 ed._ 1870. _d._ Whitney Wood,
Stevenage, Herts 28 April 1884. _British Medical Journal i_, 932
(1884).
BARCLAY, ARTHUR KETT (_eld. son of Charles Barclay of Bury hill near
Dorking, Surrey 1780–1855_). _b._ 20 June 1806; ed. at Harrow;
head of firm of Barclay, Perkins and Co., brewers; built an
observatory at Bury hill 1848; F.R.G.S. 1840, F.R.S. 3 June 1852;
paralysed 1855. (_m._ 20 Dec. 1836 Maria Octavia dau. of Ichabod
Wright of Mapperley, Notts). _d._ 20 Nov. 1869.
BARCLAY, CHARLES. _b._ 26 Dec. 1780; M.P. for Southwark 1815–1818,
for Dundalk 1826–1830 and for west Surrey 1835–1837; head of firm
of Barclay, Perkins and Co.; pres. of Guy’s hospital; sheriff of
Surrey 1842; F.R.G.S., F.S.A. _d._ Bury hill, Surrey 5 Dec. 1855.
BARCLAY, HUGH _b._ Glasgow 18 Jany. 1799; member of Glasgow faculty
of procurators 1820; sheriff substitute of West Perthshire 1829,
and of Perthshire 1833; sheriff of Perthshire 1883 to death;
author of _A digest of the law of Scotland_ 2 vols. 1852–53 _4
ed._ 1880; _Thoughts on Sabbath schools_ 1855; _The Sinaitic
inscriptions_ 1866. _d._ Early bank Craigie near Perth 1 Feb.
1884.
BARCLAY, RIGHT REV. JOSEPH (_only son of John Barclay of Strabane,
co. Donegal who d. 9 Dec. 1845_). _b._ Strabane 12 Aug. 1831; ed.
at Trin. coll. Dublin 16 Oct. 1849 to 1854, B.A. 1854, M.A. 1857,
LLD. 1865, D.D. 1880; C. of Bagnalstown 1854–58; missionary at
Constantinople 1858–61; incumbent of Ch. Jerusalem 1861–70; R. of
Stapleford, Herts 29 March 1873; bishop of Jerusalem June 1879 to
death, consecrated in St. Paul’s 25 July 1879, installed 24 Feb.
1880; held 2 ordinations and 5 confirmations; author of _Talmud,
Selection of treatises translated from the Mishna_ 1878. _d._ the
bishop’s palace, Jerusalem 23 Oct. 1881. _Joseph Barclay a
missionary biography_ 1883, _portrait_.
BARCLAY, LYDIA ANN (_dau. of Robert Barclay of Clapham_). Edited
_Selections from the writings of Patrick Livingstone_ 1847;
_Memoirs and letters of Richard and Elizabeth Shackleton_ 1849; _A
journal of the life and gospel labours of John Conran_ 1850. _d._
Cockermouth 31 Jany. 1855 aged 55. _A short memoir of L. A.
Barclay by Wm. Hodgson, junior_ 1855; _A selection from the
letters of L. A. Barclay_ 1862.
BARCLAY, SIR ROBERT, 9 Baronet. _b._ Dungannon 1819; succeeded 14
Aug. 1839. _d._ Dungannon 19 May 1859.
BARCLAY, ROBERT (_younger son of John Barclay, a minister in Society
of Friends who d. 11 May 1838 aged 41_). _b._ Croydon 4 Aug. 1833;
a manufacturing stationer in London 1855; patented March 1860 an
indelible writing paper for prevention of forgery; author of _The
inner life of the religious societies of the Commonwealth_ 1876,
reissued 1877 and 1878. _d._ Hillside, Reigate 11 Nov. 1876.
_Sermons by Robert Barclay with a brief memoir edited by his
widow_ 1878, _portrait_.
BARCLAY, VERY REV. THOMAS (_son of Rev. James Barclay, minister of
Unst, Shetland_). _b._ Unst June 1792; ed. at King’s coll.
Aberdeen, M.A. 1812; taught elocution at Aberdeen; a parliamentary
reporter for the _Times_ 1818–22; licensed by presbytery of
Lerwick 27 June 1821; ordained 12 Sep. 1822 to parish of
Dunrossness, Shetland; minister of Lerwick 13 Dec. 1827; clerk of
the synod of Shetland 27 Apl. 1831; minister of Peterculter Sep.
1843, and of Currie July 1844; principal of Univ. of Glasgow 13
Feb. 1858 to death; one of the best Scandinavian scholars. _d._
the college, Gillmore hill, Glasgow 23 Feb. 1873. _Scott’s Fasti
Ecclesiæ Scoticanæ pt. v_, 422, 426.
BARCLAY, WILLIAM. _b._ London 1797; miniature painter; made many
copies from works of Italian masters in the Louvre Paris;
exhibited portraits and copies in water-colours at the Salon
1831–59 and at Royal Academy 1832–56. _d._ 1859.
BARDELIN, AUGUSTE DE. _b._ Aix in Provence; member of the
Garde-du-Corps of Louis xvi; emigrated to Italy, Germany and
Belgium; taught French and Italian at Norwich about 1792–1814;
accompanied Louis xviii to Paris 1814; lived there till 1848 when
he went to Provence. (_m._ 1815 or 1816 Miss Sutton). _d._ Nice 8
May 1852 in 85 year.
BARDIN, GEORGE GREGORY. Chief inspector of machinery afloat 6 Aug.
1870; C.B. 15 Aug. 1868. _d._ about May 1875.
BARDSLEY, SIR JAMES LOMAX (_2 son of Edward Bardsley of
Nottingham_). _b._ Nottingham 7 July 1801; ed. at Univs. of
Glasgow and Edin.; M.D. Edin. 1823; physician at Manchester 1823
to death; physician to Manchester royal infirmary 1824–43; member
of Manchester medical society 1834, pres. 1838–42 and 1845–47;
knighted by the Queen at Buckingham palace 8 Aug. 1853; F.R.C.P.
1859; lecturer on principles and practice of physic at Royal
school of medicine Manchester 1825–43; author of _Hospital facts
and observations_ 1830 and of the articles Diabetes and
Hydrophobia in the _Cyclopædia of practical medicine_ 1833. _d._
The Orchard Greenheys, Manchester 10 July 1876. _Photographs of
eminent medical men ii_, 95–98 (1868), _portrait_.
BARDSLEY, SAMUEL ARGENT. _b._ Kelvedon, Essex 27 April 1764;
apprenticed to a surgeon at Nottingham; studied at Leyden Univ.
1786–89; M.D. 1789; physician at Manchester 1790; phys. to
Manchester infirmary 1790 to Aug. 1823; author of _Critical
remarks on the tragedy of Pizarro_ 1800; _Medical reports of cases
and experiments_ 1807. _d._ near Hastings 25 May 1851.
BAREZ, REV. HENRY. Minister of the French protestant episcopal
church of St. Martin Orgars formerly in Cannon st. London; granted
civil list pension of £100 23 July 1840 in consideration of having
taught Queen Victoria German. _d._ Leicester square, London 26
Dec. 1867 aged 79.
BARFF, SAMUEL. _b._ England? about 1793; lived at Zante 1816 to
death, an eminent merchant and banker there; took an active part
in the struggle for independence carried on by the Greek nation
1823–24. _d._ Zante 1 Sep. 1880 aged 87. _Moore’s Life of Lord
Byron_; _Trikoupes’_ Ἰστορια τῆς Ἐλληνικῆς Ἐπαναστασεως _4 vols._
1853–57.
BARHAM, CHARLES FOSTER (_4 son of Thomas Foster Barham of Penzance,
Cornwall 1766–1844_). _b._ Truro 9 March 1804; ed. at Queen’s
coll. Cam.; foundation scholar May 1823; studied in Paris and
Italy 1825–28; M.B. Cam. 1827, M.D. 1860; physician Tavistock
dispensary 1832–35; phys. at Truro Aug. 1837 to death; senior
phys. Royal Cornwall infirmary 1838–73; pres. Royal Instit. of
Cornwall 1859–61; mayor of Truro 1862; author of _Report on the
sanitary state of the labouring classes in the town of Truro_ 1842
and of many papers on meteorology and other subjects in _Reports_
and _Journal of Royal Instit. of Cornwall_ and other publications.
_d._ 11 Strangways terrace, Truro 20 Oct. 1884. _Boase and
Courtney’s Bibl. Cornub. i_, 10 (1874), _iii_, 1048 (1882).
BARHAM, REV. CHARLES HENRY (_youngest son of Joseph Foster Barham,
M.P._) _b._ London 1808; ed. at Charterhouse and Ch. Ch. Ox., B.A.
1831, M.A. 1834; M.P. for Appleby 24 May 1832 to 3 Dec. 1832; R.
of Barming, Kent about 1838–47; R. of Kirkby Thore, Westmoreland
1847–52. _d._ Trecwn, Pembrokeshire 15 Aug. 1878.
BARHAM, FRANCIS FOSTER (_5 son of Thomas Foster Barham, of
Penzance_). _b._ Leskinnick, Penzance 31 May 1808; solicitor in
London 1831; joint proprietor and editor with J. A. Heraud of _The
new monthly Magazine and humorist_ 1 July 1839 to 26 May 1840;
lived at Clifton 1844–54, and at Bath 1854 to death; member of
Anglo Biblical Instit. 1852; a vegetarian many years; author of
_The Adamus Exul of Grotius or the prototype of Paradise lost, now
first translated from the Latin_ 1839; _The ecclesiastical history
of Great Britain by Jeremy Collier, new ed. with a life of the
author 9 vols._ 1840; _The Alist or divine, a message to our
times_ 1840; _The political works of Cicero translated 2 vols._
1841–42; _Socrates, a tragedy in 5 acts_ 1842; _The life and times
of John Reuchlin or Capnion_ 1843; _The new Bristol guide, a poem_
1850 and many other books. _d._ 8 St. Mark’s place, Bath 9 Feb.
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