Modern English biography, volume 1 (of 4), A-H by Frederic Boase
1849. _d._ Harrington sq. London 23 April 1865.
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BELL, ALEXANDER MONTGOMERIE (_son of John Bell of Paisley,
manufacturer_). _b._ Paisley 4 Dec. 1809; ed. at Paisley gr. sch.
and Univ. of Glasgow; a writer to the Signet 1835; partner of
Messrs. Dundas and Wilson; professor of conveyancing in the Univ.
of Edin. 1856 to death; author of _Lectures on conveyancing_ 1867,
_3 ed. 2 vols._ 1882. _d._ East Morningside house, Edinburgh 19
Jany. 1866.
BELL, ARCHIBALD. _b._ 1775; member of faculty of advocates 1798;
sheriff depute of Ayrshire 18 Feb. 1815; author of _The Cabinet, a
series of essays moral and literary [anon.] 2 vols._ 1835; _Count
Clermont, a tragedy, Caius Toranius, a tragedy with other poems_
1841; _Melodies of Scotland_ 1849. _d._ Edinburgh 6 Oct. 1854.
BELL, BENJAMIN (_son of Joseph Bell of Edinburgh, surgeon
1786–1848_). _b._ Edinburgh 13 April 1810; ed. in Edin. and
London; L.R.C.S. Edin. 1832, F.R.C.S. 1835, pres. 1864; M.R.C.S.
1833; founded with Robert Hamilton the Eye infirmary Edin. 1834;
vice pres. of Medico-Chirurgical society of Edin. 1856, pres.
1859–61; author of _A probationary essay on injuries of the male
urethra_ 1835; _The life of Benjamin Bell by his grandson_ 1868.
_d._ Coates crescent, Edinburgh 13 June 1883. _Edinburgh Medical
Journal xxix_, 91–95 (1884).
BELL, CATHERINE DOUGLAS. Author of _Arnold Lee, or rich children and
poor children by cousin Kate_ 1852; _Help in time of need_ 1856,
_2 ed._ 1866; _Self mastery_ 1857; _Home sunshine_ 1859, _2 ed._
1866; _Hope Campbell, or know thyself_ 1866 and other books for
children. _d._ Edinburgh 15 Nov. 1861. _Last hours with cousin
Kate_ [_C. D. Bell_] 1862, _portrait_.
BELL, CHARLES. _b._ London 1805; partner in firm of Thomson, Bonar &
Co. of London and St. Petersburg, merchants; M.P. for City of
London 16 Nov. 1868 to death. _d._ Terrace house, Richmond, Surrey
9 Feb. 1869. Personalty sworn under £300,000 April 1869.
BELL, CHRISTOPHER. Entered navy June 1796; captain 7 Feb. 1812,
retired R.A. 1 Oct. 1846; C.B. 4 July 1840. _d._ Aigburth Ash near
Liverpool 16 Oct. 1853 aged 70.
BELL, EDWARD WELLS. Lieutenant 7 Foot 16 May 1811; major 19 Dec.
1826 to 29 June 1830 when placed on h.p.; colonel 66 Foot 26 Dec.
1859 to death; general 12 July 1868. _d._ Kempsey, Worcester 9
Oct. 1870.
BELL, EDWARD WILLIAM DERRINGTON. _b._ 1824; 2 lieut. 23 Foot 15
April 1842; lieut. col. 8 Jany. 1858 to 1 Sep. 1869; served in
Russian war 1854–55 and in Sepoy mutiny 1857–58; personally
captured and secured the first gun taken at battle of the Alma;
M.G. 6 March 1868; commanded Belfast district 28 Feb. 1875 to
death; C.B. 13 March 1867; V.C. 26 June 1856. _d._ Fort William
park, Belfast 10 Nov. 1879.
BELL, SIR GEORGE (_son of George Bell of Belle Vue on Lough Erin
Fermanagh_). _b._ Belle Vue 17 March 1794; ed. at Dublin; ensign
34 Foot 11 March 1811; served in the Peninsula 1811–14; lieut.
col. 1 Foot 5 Dec. 1843 to 1 May 1855; commanded 1 brigade of
third division in Crimean war 1854–55; inspecting field officer at
Liverpool 1 May 1855 to 4 April 1859; colonel 104 Foot 23 Oct.
1863, of 32 Foot 2 Feb. 1867 and of 1 Foot 3 Aug. 1868 to death;
general 8 March 1875; C.B. 5 July 1855, K.C.B. 13 March 1867. _d._
156 Westbourne terrace, London 10 July 1877. _Rough notes by an
old soldier Sir G. Bell 2 vols._ 1867, _portrait_.
BELL, HENRY GLASSFORD (_eld. son of James Bell, Town clerk of
Greenock_). _b._ Glasgow 8 Nov. 1805; ed. at Glasgow high school
and Univ. of Edin.; admitted advocate 20 Nov. 1832; sheriff
substitute of Lanarkshire 1 July 1838; sheriff principal 8 June
1867 to death; started _Edinburgh Literary Journal_ 1828, edited
it to 14 Jany. 1832 when it was merged in _Edinburgh Weekly
Chronicle_; he is sketched under name of Tallboys in _Noctes
Ambrosianæ_; author of _Life of Mary Queen of Scots 2 vols._ 1828;
_Summer and winter hours_ 1831; _Romances and minor poems_ 1866.
_d._ Glasgow 7 Jany. 1874. _Journal of jurisprudence xviii_,
92–103 (1874).
BELL, JACOB (_son of John Bell of 338 Oxford st. London, chemist who
d. 14 Jany. 1849 aged 74_). _b._ 338 Oxford St. 5 March 1810;
apprenticed to his father 1827–32; chemist in Oxford st. 1832 to
death, his drugs earned a European reputation; founder of
Pharmaceutical Society 1841, on which he spent a large sum; edited
_Pharmaceutical Journal_ July 1841 to death; M.P. for St. Albans
24 Dec. 1850 to 1 July 1852; contested Great Malvern 1852 and
Marylebone 1854; collected at his house 15 Langham place, London a
gallery of pictures many by Sir Edwin Landseer, the 13 best of
which he bequeathed to the nation; F.L.S. 6 March 1832; author of
_Chemical and pharmaceutical processes and products_ 1852. _d._
Tunbridge Wells 12 June 1859. _J. Bell and T. Redwood’s Historical
sketch of progress of pharmacy_ (1880) 280–92; _I.L.N. xviii_, 299
(1851), _portrait, xxxi_, 4, 24 (1859), _portrait_.
BELL, JAMES SPENCER. _b._ 1818; M.P. for Guildford 7 July 1852 to 21
March 1857. _d._ 1 Devonshire place, Portland place, London 22
Feb. 1872.
BELL, JOHN (_only son of John Bell of Thirsk_). _b._ 1809; M.P. for
Thirsk 1 July 1841 to death; declared insane by a commission July
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