sq. London, auctioneer_). _b._ Islington, London 5 Aug. 1791; ed.
at Islington academy; hon. sec. to Society for suppression of
mendicity 1821; barrister G.I. 15 Nov. 1826, bencher 2 July 1857,
treasurer 30 Jany. 1858; counsel to the Treasury; recorder of
Dover 1834 to Jany. 1874; M.P. for Rochester 1841–47; carried a
bill making relief of irremovable poor, chargeable on common fund
of unions, which is foundation of present system; assistant judge
of Middlesex sessions court 6 June 1859 to Jany. 1874; chairman of
Metropolitan assessment sessions; knighted at Osborne 3 Aug. 1867;
member of Society of Arts 1823 on the council till 1874; author of
_Brief observations on the bill now pending in Parliament to amend
the laws relative to the relief of the poor in England_ 1821. _d._
West hill, Highgate 26 March 1874. _I.L.N. xxxv_, 82 (1859),
_portrait, lxiv_, 331 (1874), _portrait_.
BODMER, JOHN GEORGE. _b._ Zurich 6 Dec. 1786; partner with Baron
d’Eichtal in a cotton mill at St. Blasien, Black forest 1806–21;
director general of iron works of Grand Duke of Baden to 1822;
lived in England 1824–28 and 1833–48, established a factory for
machines and machine tools at Manchester; made great improvements
in cotton-spinning machines; invented what is now called the
travelling crane about 1826; took out 13 patents in England for
his inventions; lived at Vienna 1848–60 and at Zurich 1860 to
death; M.I.C.E. 15 Feb. 1835. _d._ Zurich 29 May 1864. _Min. of
Proc. of Instit. of C.E. xxviii_, 573–608 (1869).
BOGLE, SIR ARCHIBALD (_son of J. A. Bogle_). _b._ 1805; ed. at
Harrow; entered Bengal army 1823; superintendent of Arracan 1827,
and comr. 1837; comr. Tenasserim province 20 April 1849 to 1859;
M.G. 2 Aug. 1862; knighted by patent 9 Dec. 1853. _d._ 90
Westbourne terrace, London 12 June 1870.
BOGUE, DAVID. Assistant to Thomas Ireland of Edinburgh bookseller to
1836; assistant to Charles Tilt of London publisher 1836–40,
partner with him 1840–43; bookseller and publisher at 86 Fleet st.
London 1843 to death; wrote several children’s books anonymously;
one of principal proprietors of _Illustrated Times_. _d._ 76
Camden road villas, Camden town, London 17 Nov. 1856 aged 44.
BOHLER, JOHN. _b._ South Wingfield near Alfreton, Derbyshire 31 Dec.
1797; a stocking weaver; collector of medicinal plants for the
doctors; an expert field botanist and microscopist; explored
Snowdon and adjacent mountains about 1860; a great collector of
rare fungi and other curious plants; published _Lichenes
Britannici or specimens of the Lichens of Britain 16 monthly
parts_ 1835–7; author of _A Flora of Roche Abbey_ in _Aveling’s
Roche Abbey Yorkshire_ 1870; _The Flora of Sherwood Forest_ in R.
White’s _Worksop, the Dukeries and Sherwood Forest_ 1875. _d._
Sheffield 24 Sep. 1872. _Reliquary xi_, 212–13 (1871); _R. White’s
Worksop_ (1875) 303–26.
BOHN, HENRY GEORGE (_eld. son of John Henry Martin Bohn of Soho,
London, bookbinder 1758–1843_). _b._ 4 Jany. 1796; assisted his
father; bookseller at 4 York st. Covent Garden 1831; brought out
_A Catalogue of books_ 1841 containing 1948 pages and 23208
articles; built up a trade in remainder books in which he had no
rival; published Standard library 1845, Scientific and antiquarian
1847, Classical 1848, Illustrated 1849, Shilling series 1850,
Ecclesiastical 1851, Philological 1852 and British classics 1853,
the whole numbering 617 volumes some of which he compiled and
edited; author of _A dictionary of quotations from the English
poets_ 1882; published _The bibliographer’s manual of English
literature by W. T. Lowndes, new ed. revised, corrected and
enlarged by H. G. Bohn 4 vols._ 1864; sold his Libraries to Bell
and Daldy in 1864 for about £40,000 and his copyrights and plates
to Chatto and Windus in Dec. 1874 for £20,000; his art collections
were sold for £45,000 1875–78 and March 1885. _d._ North end
house, Twickenham 22 Aug. 1884. _Bookseller Sep. 1884 pp._
907–909.
BOHN, JAMES GEORGE STUART BURGES (_brother of the preceding_). _b._
London 20 Dec. 1803; ed. at Winchester and Gottingen; assisted his
father some years; bookseller at 12 King William st. Strand,
London Feb. 1834, and at 66 St. James’s st. 1845–47; published a
catalogue of 792 pages 1840; republished _Dugdale’s Monasticon 8
vols., folio 1846_; contributed to Family Herald; assistant editor
of the _Reader_; prepared a catalogue of theological books of 704
pages for David Nutt 1857; compiled catalogues of foreign books
for Nicholas Trubner for many years before his death. _d._ Peckham
4 Jany. 1880. _Bookseller Feb. 1880_, _pp._ 105–106.
BOILEAU, ALEXANDER HENRY EDMONSTONE. _b._ 3 Feb. 1807; colonel
Bengal engineers 8 June 1856 to death; M.G. 18 Oct. 1861. _d._
Cawnpore 30 June 1862.
BOILEAU, SIR JOHN PETER, 1 Baronet (_eld. son of John Peter Boileau
of Tacolnestone hall, Norfolk 1747–1837_). _b._ Hertford st.
Mayfair, London 2 Sep. 1794; 2 lieut. Rifle corps 6 Sep. 1813,
lieut. 1816–17 when placed on h.p.; bought estate of Ketteringham,
Norfolk 1839 and Burgh Castle, Suffolk the ancient Gariononum most
remarkable example of Roman masonry in England; created baronet on
coronation of Queen Victoria 24 July 1838; F.R.S. 1 June 1843;
sheriff of Norfolk 1844; Vice pres. of Norfolk and Norwich
Archæological Society from its formation Dec. 1845, pres. 1849;
F.S.A. 9 Dec. 1852, vice pres. 1858–62, 1863–67 and 1868 to death.
_d._ Torquay 9 March 1869. _bur._ at Ketteringham. _Reg. and Mag.
of Biog. i_, 292–4 (1869).
BOILEAU, SAMUEL BRANDRAM. _b._ 15 June 1801; ensign 31 Foot 18 Sep.
1823; lieut. col. 22 Foot 18 Dec. 1840 to 25 Sep. 1857 when placed
on h.p.; M.G. 26 Oct. 1858. _d._ Hillsborough, Monkstown co.
Dublin 23 Dec. 1860.
BOILEAU, THOMAS EBENEZER JOHN. Writer in Madras civil service 1815;
civil and session judge at Masulipatam 1844; at Chingleput 1847–51
and at Guntoor 1851 to 15 April 1851 when he resigned on an
annuity. _d._ Brighton 8 Feb. 1853 aged 56.
BOISRAGON, THEODORE WALTER ROSS. _b._ 19 May 1830; ensign 36 Bengal
N.I. 20 July 1847; lieut col. Bengal staff corps 2 Sep. 1872 to 2
Sep. 1881 when he retired with hon. rank of M.G.; C.B. 22 Feb.
1881. _d._ 4 Albert terrace, Bedford 21 Sep. 1882. _Graphic xxvi_,
536 (1882), _portrait_.
BOISSIER, REV. GEORGE RICHARD. Educ. at Magd. coll. Cam., B.A. 1828;
lived at Oakfield, Penshurst Kent; published anonymously _Notes on
the Cambridgeshire churches_ 1827. _d._ 23 June 1858 aged 67.
BOLCKOW, HENRY WILLIAM FERDINAND (_eld. son of Heinrich Bolckow of
Varchow in grand duchy of Mecklenburg_). _b._ Sulten, Mecklenburg
8 Dec. 1806; came to England 1827; naturalised by acts of
parliament 4 and 5 Vict. c. 48 and 31 and 32 Vict. c. 10; partner
with John Vaughan as iron makers at Middlesbrough 1841; a Tees
conservancy comr. 1851; took the oath of allegiance 27 Feb. 1853;
mayor of Middlesbrough (the first) 1853; donor of the Albert park
at a cost of £20,000 opened 11 Aug. 1868; erected the St. Hilda’s
schools opened 22 Sep. 1869; A.I.C.E. 14 April 1863; M.P. for
Middlesbrough 16 Nov. 1868 to death; chairman of Bolckow, Vaughan
and Co., limited (with a capital of £3,500,000) 1871 to death;
collected a fine gallery of pictures by modern French and English
artists. _d._ Ramsgate 18 June 1878. _Practical Mag. i_, 81–90
(1873), _portrait_; _Athenæum 22 Nov. 1873 pp._ 664–6.
BOLD-HOGHTON, SIR HENRY, 8 Baronet. _b._ Walton hall near Preston 3
Jany. 1799; sheriff of Lancashire 1829; succeeded 27 Nov. 1835.
_d._ Anglesey near Gosport 19 July 1862. _G.M. xiii_, 360–62
(1862).
BOLDEN, SAMUEL EDWARD (_younger son of John Bolden of Hyning near
Lancaster, breeder of shorthorn cattle 1776–1855_). _b._ 1812; one
of promoters of Lancaster and Carlisle railway opened 1846; one of
the most successful breeders and soundest judges of shorthorn
cattle; the first breeder to realise £1,000 for one animal; sold
his herd 1862. _d._ Derby 22 March 1880. _Saddle and Sirloin by
the Druid_ (1885) 384–9.
BOLDERO, HENRY GEORGE (_son of Rev. John Boldero, R. of Ampton,
Suffolk_). _b._ 1797; captain 10 Foot 1828–30 when placed on h.p.;
M.P. for Chippenham 1831–32 and 1835–59; clerk of the ordnance 9
Sep. 1841 to 1846; fought a duel in Osterley park with Craven
Fitzhardinge Berkeley, M.P. for Cheltenham, 15 July 1842. _d._
Charles st. St. James’s sq. London 9 April 1873.
BOLENO, HARRY, stage name of Henry Boleno Mason (_son of S. Mason, a
clerk in the Victualling office, Somerset house, London_). _b._
April 1821; learnt from Andrew Ducrow the Grecian Statues; played
in the first pantomimes produced at Lyceum, Strand, Standard and
City of London theatres; a dancer at White Conduit house and Eagle
tavern; clown at T.R. Dublin 10 years; landlord of The Clown
tavern in Williamson sq. Liverpool and of The Catherine Wheel,
Great Windmill st. London; kept the Opera Stores Covent Garden;
clown at Drury Lane theatre 1860–70 and at Surrey theatre 1874–75;
landlord of the Swan tavern Windsor; author of several burlesques
and ballets. (_m._ about 1849 Emma dau. of Thomas Davie of
Hoddesdon, Herts. maltster, she was _b._ 27 Jany. 1832 and _d._ 18
Oct. 1867, as a columbine she has never been excelled). _d._ The
Swan tavern, Windsor 25 Jany. 1875. _The Players ii_, 287 (1860),
_portrait_; _Illust. Sp. and Dr. News ii_, 268 (1874), _portrait_.
BOLINGBROKE, HENRY ST. John, 4 Viscount. _b._ 6 March 1786;
succeeded 18 Dec. 1824. _d._ North college, Elgin 1 Oct. 1851.
_I.L.N. xix_, 450, 663 (1851).
BOLINGBROKE, HENRY (_son of Nathaniel Bolingbroke of Norwich_). _b._
Norwich 25 Feb. 1785; sailed for Demerara 28 Nov. 1798, returned
to England 21 Oct. 1805; deputy vendue master at Surinam in Guiana
1807–13; in business at Norwich; published _A voyage to the
Demerary_ 1807. _d._ Norwich 11 Feb. 1855.
BOLLAERT, WILLIAM. _b._ 1807; chemical assistant at Royal
Institution, London; assayer and chemist in survey of silver mines
in Peru; made a survey of province of Tarapaca 1827; one of the
first white men who crossed the desert of Atacama; served as a
volunteer under Sir J. M. Doyle in Portugese war 1832–33; created
a knight of Order of the Tower and Sword of Portugal; explored
Texas, New Granada, Ecuador, Peru and Chili; author of
_Antiquarian and other researches in New Granada_ 1860; _Wars of
succession of Portugal and Spain 2 vols._ 1870. _d._ 15 Nov. 1876
in 69 year. _Journal of Royal Geog. Soc. xlvii_, 148–50 (1877).
BOLLAND, WILLIAM PROCTOR (_2 son of Sir Wm. Bolland 1772–1840, Baron
of Court of Exchequer_). Educ. at Eton; barrister I.T. 6 May 1842;
the original of Fred. Bayham in Thackeray’s _The Newcomes_, and of
Wm. Bowker in Yates’s _Land at last_. _d._ Clifton 10 June 1863
aged 47.
BOLOGNA, SIR NICHOLA, Count Delle Catene (_son of Baron Paolo
Sceberras_). C.M.G. 1833, K.C.M.G. 4 Dec. 1868. _d._ Valetta,
Malta 1875.
BOLTON, DANIEL. Second lieut. R.E. 14 Dec. 1811, colonel 13 Dec.
1854 to 20 June 1859; M.G. 20 June 1859. _d._ Capetown, Cape of
Good Hope 16 May 1860 aged 66.
BOLTON, GEORGE (_son of Mr. Bolton of Piccadilly, London, tailor_).
_b._ 9 May 1824; Manager of Olympic theatre 1846–47, of Marylebone
and Queen’s theatres, and of Drury Lane theatre 1852; brought out
about 1846 a comic weekly paper called _Nonsuch a farrago of
something, nothing, everything and many things besides_; author of
_Nothing, in rhyme and prose_ 1845; _All about love and jealousy,
an original comedy in 5 acts produced at Olympic theatre 13 April
1846_. _d._ 13 Philadelphia terrace, Mount gardens, Lambeth 25 May
1868.
BOLTON, REV. JAMES JAY (_5 son of Rev. Robert Bolton of Henley on
Thames, dissenting minister_). _b._ Southdown college near
Weymouth 11 Feb. 1824; went to the United States 1836; ed. at
College Point New York and C. C. coll. Cam., scholar, B.A. 1848;
C. of Saffron Walden, Essex 1849–51; C. of St. Michael’s, Chester
sq. Pimlico, London 1851–52; Minister of St. Paul’s chapel,
Kilburn 1852 to death; chaplain to Earl Ducie 1852; has never been
surpassed as a childrens’ preacher; author of _Fragments of the
great diamond set for young people, being a variety of addresses
for children_ 1856, _3 ed._ 1861; _Life lessons, scripture truths
for the young_ 1862. _d._ Kilburn parsonage 8 April 1863.
_Selected sermons of Rev. James Bolton_ 1863, _portrait_.
BOLTON, JASPER. _b._ Ballykisteen, co. Tipperary; land agent to Earl
of Derby’s estates in Ireland 1862 to death. _d._ Limerick 19 Nov.
1871 aged 30. _Quickly ripened or recollections of the late Jasper
Bolton_ (1872), _portrait_.
BOLTON, JOHN HENRY. _b._ Dec. 1795; in the commissariat department;
solicitor at 1 New sq. Lincoln’s Inn, London 1828 to death;
president of Incorporated law society 1868–69. _d._ Lee terrace,
Blackheath, Kent 13 Oct. 1873.
BOLTON, REV. WILLIAM JAY. Educ. at Caius coll. Cam., Hulsean
prizeman 1852, B.A. 1853, M. A. 1857; V. of St. John’s Stratford,
Essex 1866–81; V. of St. James’s, Bath 1881 to death; author of
_Evidences of Christianity from the early Fathers_ 1853; _Fireside
preaching_ 1856; _Footsteps of the flock_ 1860; _The great
Anti-Christ_ 1870. _d._ Pelham, Oldfield park, Bath 28 May 1884 in
68 year.
BONAPARTE, JEROME NAPOLEON (_elder son of Jerome Bonaparte
1784–1860, king of Westphalia_). _b._ Camberwell, London 7 July
1805. _d._ Baltimore 17 June 1870. _Bingham’s Marriages of the
Bonapartes ii_, 191–94 (1881).
BONAPARTE, NAPOLEON EUGÈNE LOUIS JEAN JOSEPH (_only child of Charles
Louis Napoleon Bonaparte 1808–73, Napoleon iii Emperor of
France_). _b._ Palace of the Tuileries, Paris 16 March 1856; went
with his father to the seat of war 1870, present at capture of
Saarbrück 2 Aug. 1870; landed at Dover 8 Sep. 1870; lived at
Camden house, Chislehurst, Kent 10 Dec. 1870 to 12 Oct. 1871 and
1874–79; a cadet at Royal military college Woolwich 12 Oct. 1871
to 1874 where a statue of him by Count Gleichen was unveiled 13
Jany 1883; left Southampton 27 Feb. 1879; killed by Zulus in
valley of Ityolyozi, Zululand 1 June 1879, buried in St. Mary’s
church Chislehurst 12 July 1879. _Life of the Prince Imperial of
France by Ellen Barlee_ 1880, _portrait_; _Graphic xix_, 633, 637,
644 (1879), _3 portraits, xxvii_, 53 (1883); _I.L.N. 16 July 1879,
portrait_; _The life of Napoleon iii by Blanchard Jerrold iv_, 427
(1882), 2 _portraits_.
BONAR, REV. JOHN (_son of Rev. Archibald Bonar of Cramond,
Midlothian_). _b._ Cramond; ed. at Univ. of Edin.; licensed by
presbytery of Edin. 30 April 1823; ordained 11 July 1826; minister
of Larbert and Dunipace March 1826 to 24 May 1843 when he joined
in the free secession; Convener of committee for colonial and
continental missions in the Free church 1846; minister at Aberdeen
Dec. 1846 and at the Renfield st. church, Glasgow 1848–54; D.D.
Edin. 1857; author of _The established church of Scotland as it
was and as it is_ 1845. _d._ Edinburgh 20 Dec. 1863 in 63 year.
_Our Scottish Clergy, second series_ (1849) 149–55.
BONAR, WILLIAM (_3 son of Andrew Bonar of Edinburgh, banker_). _b._
Edin. 3 Jany. 1798; ed. at high school and Univ. Edin.; a partner
in bank of Ramsay, Bonar and Co. 1817 to date when bank was merged
in Bank of Scotland; employed a missionary to look after the
ignorant and neglected poor in Edin.; F.R.S. Edin. 1822; author of
several religious tracts. _d._ Chatsworth house, Malvern 9 Nov.
1866.
BOND, HENRY JOHN HAYLES (_son of Rev. Wm. Bond, R. of Whitacre,
Norfolk_). _b._ Whitacre Dec. 1801; ed. at Norwich gr. sch.;
studied medicine at Cambridge, London, Edinburgh and Paris; M.B.
Cam. 1825, M.D. 1831; F.R.C.P. 1835; practised at Cam.; Regius
professor of physic in Univ. of Cam. 27 Jany. 1851 to Jany. 1872;
a member of General medical council 29 Oct. 1858 to 29 Oct. 1863;
author of _Analysis of an elementary course of lectures on
Pathology_ 1866. _d._ Regent st. Cambridge 3 Sep. 1883.
BOND, JOHN JAMES (_son of Andrew Bond of Ashford, Kent_). _b._ 9
Dec. 1819; Clerk in public record office at Royal riding school,
Carlton House 1841, senior assistant keeper to death; author of
_Handy book of rules and tables for verifying dates with the
Christian Era_ 1866, _new ed._ 1874. _d._ 96 Philbeach gardens,
Earl’s Court, London 9 Dec. 1883.
BOND, R. SEBASTIAN. _b._ Liverpool 1808; landscape painter;
exhibited 7 pictures at Royal Academy, 13 at British Institution,
and 5 at Suffolk st. gallery 1846–72. _d._ Jany. 1886.
BOND, STEPHEN. _b._ St. Columb, Cornwall 24 March 1826; ed. at
Stonyhurst; entered Society of Jesus at Hodder 7 Sep. 1843;
Matric. at Univ. of London July 1846, B.A. 1848; superior of the
seminary adjoining Stonyhurst college Aug. 1861; professed of the
four vows 2 Feb. 1862; vicar general to Bishop Etheridge in
Demerara 1864–69. _d._ Wigan 10 Jany. 1871.
BONE, HENRY PIERCE (_eld. son of Henry Bone of London, enamellist
1755–1834_). _b._ Islington, London 6 Nov. 1779; exhibited 210
pictures, miniatures and enamels at the R.A. 1799–1855; painted
classical subjects 1806–33, and enamels 1833–55; enamel painter to
Duchess of Kent 1831, to Queen Victoria 1837, to Prince Albert
1841; his collection of 172 enamels was sold at Christies 13–14
March 1856. _d._ 22 Percy st. Bedford sq. London 21 Oct. 1855.
_Notice of H. Bone R.A. and his works together with those of his
son H. P. Bone by J. Jope Rogers_ 1880.
BONE, HUGH. _b._ Ayrshire 1777; ed. at Univ. of Glasgow, M.D. 26
April 1815; L.R.C.P. London 26 June 1815; inspector general of
hospitals 2 Oct. 1843 to 24 Nov. 1845 when placed on h.p. _d._
Picardy place, Edin. 13 Feb. 1858.
BONER, CHARLES (_only son of Charles Boner of Bath, who d. 14 Aug.
1833 aged 74_). _b._ Weston near Bath 29 April 1815; ed. at Bath
and Tiverton; lived with John Constable the painter as tutor to
his sons 1831–37; lived with Prince Thurn und Taxis at St. Emeran,
Ratisbon as tutor 1840–60; settled at Munich, March 1860;
corresponded with Mary Russell Mitford 1845–55; special
correspondent to _Daily News_ at Vienna Aug. 1865 to Aug. 1866;
author of _Chamois hunting_ 1853, _new ed._ 1860; _The new dance
of death and other poems_ 1857; _Transylvania its products and its
people_ 1865 and other books. _d._ 5 Louisen Strasse, Munich 7
April 1870. _Memoirs and letters of C. Boner, edited by R. M.
Kettle 2 vols._ 1871.
BONHAM, EDWARD WALTER (_2 son of Henry Bonham of Titness park,
Berkshire, M.P. for Rye who d. 9 April 1830_). _b._ 24 Nov. 1809;
consul at Tabreez, Persia 11 May 1837; transferred to Calais 2
Feb. 1846, and to Naples 14 Jany. 1859; consul general at Naples 5
May 1862 to 5 April 1872 when he retired on a compensation
allowance; C.B. 13 Oct. 1865. _d._ the British consulate Boulogne
15 March 1886.
BONHAM, HENRY FREDERIC (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ 2 June
1808; ed. at the Charterhouse; Cornet 10 Hussars 22 May 1829,
lieut. col. 28 April 1846 to 27 Feb. 1852 when placed on h.p.;
appointed to the Brighton and Canterbury cavalry depôt June 1854.
_d._ 28 Brunswick sq. Hove, Brighton 16 Feb. 1856.
BONHAM, PINSON (_eld. son of Samuel Bonham of Great Warley place,
Essex who d. 25 Jany. 1821_). Clerk in Court of Chancery 10 years;
ensign 60 Foot 24 April 1789; served in West Indies 22 years;
deputy quartermaster general 10 years; governor of Surinam or
Dutch Guiana to 1814 when colony was surrendered to the Dutch;
major 69 Foot 30 March 1797 to 1814, general 10 Jany. 1837. _d._
Great Warley, Essex 19 April 1855 aged 92.
BONHAM, SIR SAMUEL GEORGE, 1 Baronet (_only son of George Bonham,
captain H.E.I. Co.’s navy who d. 1810_). _b._ Faversham, Kent 7
Sep. 1803; governor of Prince of Wales Island, Singapore and
Malacca 1837–47; chief superintendent of British trade in China,
and governor and commander in chief of Hong Kong 27 Nov. 1847 to
24 Dec. 1853; C.B. 27 April 1848, K.C.B. 22 Nov. 1850; created
baronet 27 Nov. 1852. _d._ Paddington, London 8 Oct. 1863. _The
Chinese Repository vols. xvii-xx._
BONHAM-CARTER JOHN (_son of John Carter of Petersfield, M.P. for
Portsmouth who assumed additional name of Bonham_). _b._ 13 Oct.
1817; ed. at Trin. coll. Cam.; M.P. for Winchester 1847–74; a lord
of the Treasury 1866–68; chairman of committees of House of
Commons 1872–74. _d._ Adhurst St. Mary’s, Petersfield 26 Nov.
1884. _I.L.N. lx_, 601, 607 (1872), _portrait_.
BONNAR, WILLIAM (_son of Mr. Bonnar of Edinburgh, house-painter_).
_b._ Edin. June 1800; foreman at a leading decorative painters;
member of Royal Scottish Academy; painted many pictures which
became popular when engraved; very successful in rural scenes and
pictures of child life; painted portraits latterly, many of which
were engraved by his sons. _d._ London st. Edin. 27 Jany. 1853.
BONNER, JOHN GEORGE. Major Madras artillery 9 June 1825 to 4 July
1829; M.G. 4 July 1829; inspector general of military stores for
India; F.R.S. 18 June 1840. _d._ 17a Great Cumberland st. Hyde
park, London 3 March 1867 aged 79.
BONNEY, FRANCIS AUGUSTUS BURDETT (_son of John Augustus Bonney of
London, solicitor who d. 30 Dec. 1813_). _b._ 1804; ed. at Ealing;
made many contributions chiefly in verse to literary journals
especially _European Magazine_; studied medicine in Edin. and
Paris; L.R.C.S. Edin. 1829, L.S.A. 1833; practised at Brentford
1833, Chichester and London; author of _Nugæ or poetic trifles_
1821, and of some valuable papers in medical journals. (_m._ Miss
Elliott, proprietress of Elm house lunatic asylum, Queen’s Elm,
Brompton, London). _d._ Elm house 13 Oct. 1877. _Medical Circular
i_, 303 (1852).
BONNEY, VENERABLE HENRY KAYE (_son of Rev. Henry Kaye Bonney, R. of
King’s Cliffe, Northamptonshire who d. 20 March 1810_). _b._
Tansor, Northamptonshire 22 May 1780; ed. at the Charterhouse and
Em. coll. Cam.; migrated to Christ’s coll., B.A. 1802, M.A. 1805,
D.D. 1824; Preb. of Lincoln cathedral 8 Jany. 1807; R. of King’s
Cliffe March 1810 to death; V. of Nassington 1810–29; archdeacon
of Bedford 10 Dec. 1821, installed 2 Feb. 1822; archdeacon of
Lincoln 22 Feb. 1845 to death; canon residentiary of Lincoln 1845
to death; author of _The life of the Right Rev. Father in God,
Jeremy Taylor_ 1815; _Historic notices in reference to
Fotheringay_ 1821; _The life and remains of Bishop Middleton_
1824. _d._ King’s Cliffe rectory 24 Dec. 1862.
BONNEY, VENERABLE THOMAS KAYE (_brother of the preceding_). _b._
Tansor, Northamptonshire 20 June 1782; ed. at Clare coll. Cam.,
B.A. 1803, M.A. 1806; R. of Coningsby Lincs. 1814 to death; R. of
Normanton, Rutland 1814 to death; Preb. of Lincoln 17 Oct. 1823 to
death; archdeacon of Leicester 22 Jany. 1831 to death. _d._
Normanton rectory 7 April 1863.
BONOMI, JOSEPH (_son of Giuseppe Bonomi of London, architect
1739–1808_). _b._ 76 Great Titchfield st. London 9 Oct. 1796; ed.
at Carshalton, Surrey; studied drawing at Royal Academy and
sculpture under Nollekens; fellow Student with John Gibson in
Rome; lived in Egypt and Syria 1824–32 and 1842–44; went to the
Holy Land 1833; illustrated the Egyptological works of Wilkinson
and Birch and nearly all those of Samuel Sharpe; curator of Sir
John Soane’s Museum, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London 1861 to death;
F.R.A.S, 8 Feb. 1861; author of _Nineveh and its palaces_ 1852,
_new ed._ 1869. _d._ The Camels, Wimbledon park, Surrey 3 March
1878. _Monthly notices of Royal Astronom. Soc. xxx_, 216–19
(1879); _The Proportions of the human figure by J. Bonomi, 5 ed._
1880, _portrait_; _I.L.N. lxxii_, 245 (1878), _portrait_.
BONTEIN, JAMES (_younger son of John Pitt Bontein, captain 1 Life
guards_). Groom of the privy chamber 1874 to death. _d._
Ambassadors’ court, St. James’s palace 16 Oct. 1884 aged 63.
BOOKER, THOMAS (_son of Thomas Booker of 56 New Bond st. London,
publisher who d. 26 Feb. 1826_). Printer at 37 Ranelagh st.
Liverpool 1840; printer and publisher at 9 Rupert st. Leicester
sq. London 1848, and at 75 Great Queen st. to death; published
_The weekly register_ 4 Aug. 1849 to 26 Jany. 1850; _The Catholic
register and magazine_ 1850; _Booker’s Pocket-Book directory_.
_d._ Richmond 9 Nov. 1859 aged 37.
BOOKER-BLAKEMORE, THOMAS WILLIAM (_son of Rev. Luke Booker
1762–1836, V. of Dudley_). _b._ Dudley 28 Sep. 1801; ed. at
Hartlebury, Worcs.; tin plate manufacturer; took out patents for
tin plate making 1837 and for manufacturing iron 1841; sheriff of
Glamorganshire 1848; M.P. for Herefordshire 18 Oct. 1850 to death;
took an active part on protectionist side in free trade
controversy; A.I.C.E. 1850; assumed by r.l. additional name of
Blakemore Sep. 1855; author of _Treatise on the mineral basin of
South Wales_ 1848. _d._ Kingston-upon-Thames 7 Nov. 1858.
BOOLE, GEORGE (_son of Mr. Boole of Lincoln, tradesman_). _b._
Lincoln 2 Nov. 1815; opened a school at Lincoln 1835; professor of
mathematics in Queen’s college Cork 1849 to death; public examiner
for degrees in Queen’s University of Ireland; LLD. Dublin 1852;
Keith medallist of Royal Society of Edinburgh 1857; F.R.S. June
1857, Royal medallist 1844; hon. D.C.L. Oxford 1859; author of
_Mathematical analysis of logic_ 1847; _Investigation of the laws
of thought_ 1854, a work of astonishing originality and power;
_Treatise on differential equations_ 1859, _3 ed._ 1872; _Treatise
on the calculus of finite differences_ 1860, _new ed._ 1880. (_m._
1855 Mary dau. of Rev. Thomas Roupell Everest, R. of Wickwar,
Gloucs., she was granted a civil list pension of £100, 19 June
1865). _d._ Blackrock near Cork 8 Dec. 1864. There are memorial
windows to him in Lincoln cathedral and the college hall at Cork.
_Proc. of Royal Society xv_, 6–11 (1867); _Athenæum 23 Aug. 1884
pp._ 237–39; _G.M. xviii_, 247–49 (1865); _I.L.N. xlvi_, 59, 61
(1865), _portrait_.
BOONE, REV. JAMES SHERGOLD (_son of Thomas Boone of Sunbury,
Middlesex_). _b._ 30 June 1799; ed. at Charterhouse 1812–16;
student at Ch. Ch. Ox. 1816; Craven scholar 1817; won Chancellor’s
prize for Latin verse, and Newdigate prize for English verse 1817;
published anonymously a satire on Oxford University life called
_The Oxford Spy 2 parts_ 1818–19, which created a great sensation;
chancellor’s prizeman 1820; B.A. 1820, M.A. 1823; edited _The
Council of Ten_ a monthly periodical June 1822 to May 1823, wrote
nearly all of it; Incumbent of St. John’s church Paddington June
1832 to death; edited _The British Critic_ from Jany. 1827; author
of _An essay on the study of modern history_ 1821; _Men and things
in 1823, a poem in three epistles with notes_ 1823; _The
educational economy of England_ 1838; _Sermons on various subjects
and occasions_ 1853. _d._ 2 Stanhope st. Hyde park, London 24
March 1859. _Mozley’s Reminiscences ii_, 200–204 (1882); _Notes
and Queries 3rd series iii_, 510, _iv_, 35, 98, 138, 153, 299.
BOONE, WILLIAM. Bookseller at 480 Strand, London 1815–30 with his
brother Thomas Boone who _d._ 21 April 1873 aged 83; moved to New
Bond st. 1830; buyer of books for British Museum on death of
Thomas Rodd 1849, retired 1860. _d._ 26 Nov. 1870 aged 75.
BOORMAN, JAMES. _b._ Kent 1785; partner with Divie Bethune in New
York 1805–13; founded with John Johnson firm of Boorman, Johnson
and Co. leading mercantile house in New York, which was dissolved
1855; pres. of Hudson River railroad to 1863; founded the Bank of
Commerce 1839. _d._ New York 24 Jany. 1866.
BOOSEY, THOMAS. Foreign bookseller at 28 Holles st. Cavendish sq.
London; published Italian operas of Bellini, Donizetti and Verdi
down to 1854, when deprived of all his foreign copyrights by a
decision of the House of Lords. _d._ 27 Notting hill sq. London 25
Oct. 1871 aged 76. _C. Clark’s House of Lords Cases iv_, 815–996
(1855).
BOOTH, REV. GEORGE (_youngest son of Wm. Booth of Masbrough,
Yorkshire_). Ed. at Eton and Trin. coll. Cam., pensioner; matric.
from Lincoln coll. Ox. 16 May 1811 aged 19, B.A. 1813, M.A. 1816,
B.D. 1823; fellow of Magdalen coll., vice pres. 1830, dean of
divinity 1832; V. of Findon, Sussex 1833 to death; privately
printed a quarto vol. of Latin poetry entitled _Nugæ Canoræ_ 1826;
composed a school song entitled _Sicut lilium, carmen hortativum_
which is regularly sung by boys of Magdalen school on their
breaking up. _d._ Findon vicarage 21 June 1859 in 68 year.
BOOTH, HENRY (_eld. son of Thomas Booth of Liverpool, corn
merchant_). _b._ Rodney st. Liverpool 4 April 1788; a corn
merchant; one of chief promoters of scheme for making a railway
between Liverpool and Manchester 1822, sec. and treasurer of the
company 1826, managing director, the line was begun June 1826 and
opened 15 Sep. 1830; suggested the multitubular boiler, coupling
screws, spring buffers, and lubricating material for carriage
axles, all of which are still used; sec. for northern section of
London and North-Western railway July 1846, a director of the
company October 1848 to 18 May 1859, presented by the Company with
3000 guineas 12 Oct. 1846 and 5000 guineas 9 April 1859; author of
_Sebastian a tragedy_ 1823; _The rationale of the currency
question_ 1847; _Master and man a dialogue_ 1853, and many other
small books. _d._ Eastbourne, Princes park, Liverpool 28 March
1869. _Memoir of the late Henry Booth by Robert Smiles_ (1869).
BOOTH, REV. JAMES (_eld. son of John Booth of Lava, co. Leitrim_).
_b._ Lava 25 Aug. 1806; ed. at Trin. coll. Dub., scholar 1829,
B.A. 1832, LL.B. and LLD. 1842; principal of Bristol college
1840–43; vice principal of Collegiate institution Liverpool
1843–48; pres. of Literary and philosophical institution Liverpool
1848–51; lectured in London for Society of Arts 1848–54, fellow
1852, treasurer and chairman of the council 1855–57; C. of St.
Anne’s Wandsworth, London 1854–59; V. of Stone, Bucks. 1859 to
death: F.R.S. 22 Jany. 1846, F.R.A.S. 10 June 1859; author of
_Education and educational institutions_ 1846; _Examination the
province of the state_ 1847; _A treatise on some new geometrical
methods 2 vols._ 1873–77. _d._ Stone vicarage 15 April 1878.
_Monthly notices of Royal Astronom. Soc. xxxix_, 219–25 (1879).
BOOTH, JAMES (_4 son of Thomas Booth of Toxteth lodge near
Liverpool_). _b._ 1796 or 1797; ed. at St. John’s coll. Cam.;
barrister L.I. 10 Feb. 1824; member of Royal commission for
inquiring into municipal corporations of England and Wales 1833;
counsel to the speaker and examiner of recognizances Sep. 1839;
prepared the Companies, Lands, and Railways Clauses Consolidation
acts 1845, and 8 other consolidation acts 1847; secretary to Board
of trade 10 Oct. 1850 to 1865; member of Royal commission for
inquiring into trades unions 12 Feb. 1867, which made 11 reports
1867–69; C.B. 6 July 1866; author of _The problem of the world and
the church reconsidered in three letters to a friend by a
Septuagenarian_ 1871, _3 ed._ 1879. _d._ 2 Princes gardens,
Kensington, London 11 May 1880.
BOOTH, JOHN (_son of Thomas Booth of Killerby near Catterick,
Yorkshire, cattle breeder who d. 1835_). Breeder of shorthorns at
Killerby 1819 to 1852; judged a great deal at cattle shows in
England and Ireland; sold all his stock 21 Sep. 1852; master of
the Bedale hunt 3 seasons. _d._ Killerby 7 July 1857 in 70 year.
_W. Carr’s History of rise and progress of Killerby herds of
shorthorns_ 1867; _Saddle and Sirloin by the Druid_ (1870)
195–207.
BOOTH, JOHN KAY (_eld. son of John Booth of Brush house,
Ecclesfield_). _b._ Yorkshire; ed. at Univ. of Edin., M.D. 24 June
1805; L.C.P. 30 Sep. 1809; fellow Royal Med. and Chir. Soc. 1810;
settled at Birmingham; physician to general hospital there
1812–35; physician to Queen’s hospital there; principal of Queen’s
college Birm. 1856; one of founders of Medical school of
Birmingham, and the first lecturer there on practice of physic.
_d._ Brush house, Ecclesfield 14 Jany. 1859 aged 80.
BOOTH, JUNIUS BRUTUS (_son of Richard Booth of Queen st. Bloomsbury,
London, attorney who d. 1840 aged 76_). _b._ St. Pancras, London 1
May 1796; made his début on the stage at Peckham as Campillo in
_The Honeymoon_ 13 Dec. 1813; played in Belgium and Holland 1814
and 1826, and at Covent Garden 1815; acted in the provinces 1818
and at Drury Lane 7 Aug. 1820 to 13 Jany. 1821; went to the United
States April 1821; appeared at Park theatre New York 2 Oct. 1821;
managed the Camp theatre New Orleans 1828; played at Drury Lane,
Surrey and Sadler’s Wells theatres 1836–7; lived on his farm at
Bel Air 30 miles from Baltimore 1842 to death; made his last
appearance at St. Charles theatre New Orleans 19 Nov. 1852. _d._
on board the J. S. Chenoweth between New Orleans and Cincinnati 30
Nov. 1852. _bur._ in Greenmount cemetery Baltimore 11 Dec. _The
elder and the younger Booth by A. B. Clarke_ (1882) 1–116, 3
_portraits_; _Memoirs of J. B. Booth_ (1817), _portrait_; _The
tragedian by T. R. Gould_ (1868), _portrait_; _Phelps’s Players of
a century_ (1880); _T. A. Brown’s History of the American stage_
(1870) 40, _portrait_.
NOTE.—His son John Wilkes Booth shot Abraham Lincoln, pres. of
the U.S. at Ford’s theatre, Washington, Good Friday 14 April
1865, he was himself shot near Bowling Green 26 April.
BOOTH, RICHARD (_brother of John Booth who d. 7 July 1857_). Breeder
of shorthorns at Studley farm, Yorkshire 1814–34 when he sold his
herd; breeder at Warlaby, Yorkshire 1835 to death; gained many
medals and prizes at cattle shows. _d._ Warlaby 31 Oct. 1864 aged
76. _Saddle and Sirloin by the Druid_ (1870) 195–207.
BOOTH, SIR ROBERT GORE, 4 Baronet. _b._ Bath 25 Aug. 1805; succeeded
23 Oct. 1814; sheriff of Sligo 1830; M.P. for Sligo 12 March 1850
to death; chairman of the Musical Union; lord lieutenant of Sligo
7 Dec. 1868. _d._ Lissadell, co. Sligo 21 Dec. 1876. _Burke’s
Portrait gallery ii_, 129 (1833).
BOOTH, SARAH. _b._ Birmingham early in 1789; a dancer at Manchester
about 1804; first appeared in London at Surrey theatre 1810 as
Cherry in a burletta founded on the _Beaux Stratagem_; played at
Covent Garden 23 Nov. 1810, at the Olympic 19 Dec. 1821, at Drury
Lane 2 Feb. 1822, at Haymarket and Adelphi theatres; retired about
1828, last appeared for a benefit at Marylebone theatre 1841. _d._
39 Queen’s sq. Bloomsbury, London 30 Dec. 1867. _Mrs. C. B.
Wilson’s Our actresses i_, 121–7 (1844); _Oxberry’s Dramatic
biography iv_, 55–65 (1826), _portrait_; _Theatrical Inquisitor
ii_, 69–74 (1813), _portrait_.
BOOTH, WILLIAM. Ensign 53 Foot 8 May 1806; lieut. col. 41 Foot 11
July 1837 to 12 Sep. 1843 when placed on h.p.; colonel 15 Foot 10
Nov. 1861 to death; L.G. 27 March 1863. _d._ London 20 April 1868
aged 77.
BOOTH, WILLIAM. Deputy commissary general 18 Dec. 1818 to 1824 when
placed on h.p.; served in Spain, Portugal and the Netherlands
principal clerk of survey at Dublin 1824 to 1856; C.B. 17 Aug.
1849. _d._ 17 Lansdowne crescent, Cheltenham 4 May 1880 in 88
year.
BOOTH, SIR WILLIAMSON, 2 Baronet. _b._ Stanstead Abbots, Herts. 15
July 1810; ed. at Eton; succeeded 24 Jany. 1850; sheriff of
Cambridge and Hunts 1855. _d._ Paxton park, St. Neots 26 Aug.
1877.
BOOTHBY, BENJAMIN (_eld. son of Benjamin Boothby of Cornwall place,
Holloway, London_). _b._ Doncaster 5 Feb. 1803; barrister G.I. 28
April 1841; revising barrister for West Riding of Yorkshire
1845–52; judge of Court of Record of Pontefract and recorder
1848–53; second judge of supreme court of South Australia Feb.
1853, sworn in 17 Oct. 1853, presided as senior judge Dec. 1856 to
July 1858; deputy judge of Court of Vice Admiralty 1856–61;
removed from judgeship of Supreme Court by South Australian
parliament July 1867 owing to his objections to the Real Property
or Torrens act. _d._ Adelaide 21 June 1868.
BOOTHBY, REV. SIR BROOKE WILLIAM ROBERT, 10 Baronet. _b._ Winchester
21 Jany. 1809; ed. at Charterhouse and Ch. Ch. Ox., B.A. 1829,
M.A. 1833; fellow of All Souls’ college 1829; R. of Elmley, Kent
1846–52; R. of Welwyn, Herts. 17 Sep. 1852 to death; succeeded 21
April 1846. _d._ Tunbridge Wells 21 Sep. 1865.
BOOTHBY, LADY LOUISA CRANSTOUN (_eld. dau. of Frederick Hayes
Macnamara, ensign 52 Foot_). _b._ 1 April 1812; a juvenile
theatrical wonder under name of Louisa Mordaunt, made her first
appearance in London at Drury Lane theatre 16 Oct. 1829 as the
Widow Cheerly in Cherry’s comedy of _The Soldier’s Daughter_;
acted at the Haymarket 1830, 1837–39 and 1840–44; re-appeared at
Drury Lane Oct. 1832; acted at the Queen’s 1835 and Strand; played
Constance in _The love chase_ nearly 100 nights from 9 Oct. 1837
and Lady Gay Spanker in _London Assurance_ 4 March 1841 in both of
which parts she was unequalled; played leading parts in genteel
comedy at Covent Garden 1839–40. (_m._ (1) Jany. 1831 John
Alexander Nisbett of Brettenham hall, Suffolk, Cornet 1 Life
Guards, he _d._ 2 Oct. 1831. _m._ (2) 15 Oct. 1844 Sir Wm.
Boothby, 9 baronet of Ashbourne hall, Derbyshire, he was _b._ 25
March 1782 and _d._ 21 April 1846). _d._ Rose Mount, St. Leonard’s
on Sea 16 Jany. 1858. _C. B. Wilson’s Our actresses ii_, 66–88
(1844), _portrait_; _Theatrical Times ii_, 121, 130 (1847),
_portrait_; _Dramatic and musical review iii_, 498, 527 (1844);
_I.L.N. x_, 256 (1847), _portrait_.
BOOTT, FRANCIS (_son of Kirk Boott of Boston, Massachusetts_). _b._
Boston 26 Sep. 1792; ed. at Univs. of Harvard and Edinburgh, M.D.
Edin. 1824; surgeon in London 1825–31; lecturer on botany in Webb
st. school of medicine 1825–31; member of senate and council of
Univ. coll. London; F.L.S. 1819, sec. 1832–39, treasurer Nov. 1856
to May 1861; wore a blue coat with brass buttons and a yellow
waistcoat the costume of 1830 down to his death; author of _Memoir
of the life and medical opinions of John Armstrong, M.D. 2 vols._
1833–34; _Illustrations of the genus Carex 4 parts_ 1858–67. _d._
24 Gower st. London 25 Dec. 1863. _Proc. of Linnæan Society_
(1864) 23–27.
BORCHARDT, LOUIS. _b._ Landsburg on Warthe, Prussia 1813; ed. at
Univ. of Berlin, M.D. 1838; practised as a physician at Zorbich
and then at Breslau; imprisoned in fortress of Glatz 1848–50;
practised at Bradford, Yorkshire 1850–52, and at Manchester 1852
to death, phys. to Childrens’ Dispensary June 1853, pres. of
Manchester Medical Society. _d._ Swinton house, Fallowfield,
Manchester 15 Nov. 1883.
BORLAND, JAMES. _b._ Ayr April 1774; surgeon’s mate 42 Foot 20 Dec.
1792; surgeon to the forces in St. Domingo 1796–8; deputy
inspector of army hospitals 5 Dec. 1799; established existing
system of regimental hospitals 1805; inspector general 22 Jany.
1807; head of medical department of the army in Mediterranean
1810–16 during which time he organised the hospitals of the
Anglo-Sicilian contingent; retired on h.p. 25 May 1816; received
order of St. Maurice and St. Lazare of Savoy; phys. extraord. to
Duke of Kent. _d._ Bridgeman house, Teddington 22 Feb. 1863. _G.M.
xiv_, 666 (1863).
BOROUGH, SIR EDWARD RICHARD, 2 Baronet. _b._ Merrion sq. Dublin 20
June 1800; ed. at Westminster and Ch. Ch. Ox.; army agent in
Dublin; succeeded 22 Jany. 1837. _d._ 61 Fitzwilliam sq. north,
Dublin 3 Dec. 1879.
BORRADAILE, EDWARD SIDNEY (_son of the succeeding_). _b._
Littlehampton 30 March 1845; assistant engineer Launceston and
Western railway Tasmania 1868–9; wrote for the Press 1870–3; lost
whilst exploring in North Australia June 1874, two mountains are
named after himself and his companion Mr. Permain in memory of the
event.
BORRADAILE, HARRY (_son of Henry Borradaile of London 1759–1822_).
_b._ 19 July 1800; in the Bombay civil service 1819–44; compiled
for publication by Government _Reports of select suits decided in
the Suddur Adawluts_ 1825; translated the _Muyook_ (Sanscrit Law
book) into Mahratta and Goozerattee 1827; author of _Collection of
the rules and customs of various castes as affecting civil
rights_; and of _A table of a decimal system of accounts_ 1853; a
member of the India law commission at Calcutta under T. B.
Macaulay. _d._ London 7 Oct. 1876.
BORRELL, HENRY PERIGALL. Learnt business in London; merchant at
Smyrna 1818 to death; very successful in discovery of inedited
Greek coins; author of _Notice sur quelques médailles grecques des
Rois de Chypre_, _Paris 1836_ and of papers in _Revue
Numismatique, Numismatic Chronicle_ and various German numismatic
periodicals; his collection of coins, antiquities and gems was
sold in London 1851. _d._ Smyrna 2 Oct. 1851 aged 56.
BORRER, WILLIAM (_eld. son of Wm. Borrer of Parkyns manor,
Hurstpierpoint 1753–1832_). _b._ Henfield, Sussex 13 June 1781;
endeavoured to cultivate every critical British species and all
the hardy exotic plants he could obtain, having no less than 6660
species; wrote descriptions of species of Myosotis, Rosa, and
nearly all of Rubus for Sir W. Hooker’s _British Flora_ 1830 and
subsequent editions; several plants were named after him and the
genus Borreria of Acharius amongst lichens; his herbarium of
British plants is kept at the Royal gardens, Kew; F.L.S. 1805,
F.R.S. 4 June 1835. _d._ Barrow hill, Henfield 10 Jany. 1862.
_Proc. of Linnæan Society_ (1862) 85–90; _Lower’s Worthies of
Sussex_ (1865) 71–73.
BORRIE, JOHN (_son of Peter Borrie, proprietor of the Dundee
foundry_). _b._ Dundee 27 Nov. 1837; employed by Bolckow and
Vaughan of Middlesbrough, engineers 1856–61; resident engineer at
Cleveland iron works Eston 1866–71; a consulting engineer 1871 to
death; designed and set to work the hopper-and-spout kilns for
calcining ironstone 1869, which have become general, reducing cost
of labour very considerably; M.I.M.E. 1869. _d._ Stockton-on Tees
8 Feb. 1884. _Engineering 26 Nov. 1869._
BORROW, GEORGE HENRY (_younger son of Thomas Borrow, captain in West
Norfolk militia who d. 1823_). _b._ East Dereham, Norfolk 5 July
1803; ed. at Norwich gr. sch. 1815–18; articled in office of
Simpson and Rackham solicitors Norwich 1818–23; worked for Sir
Richard Phillips the publisher in London; travelled in France,
Germany, Russia, the East and Spain 1833–39, acting as agent for
the British and Foreign Bible Society; sent letters to the
_Morning Herald_ 1837–39, being the first of the newspaper
correspondents; travelled in Albania, Wallachia, Hungary and
Turkey 1844; author of _Romantic ballads translated from the
Danish_ 1826; _Targum or metrical translations from 30 languages
and dialects_ 1835; _The Zincali, or an account of the Gypsies of
Spain 2 vols._ 1841, _4 ed. 1846_; _The Bible in Spain 3 vols._
1843, _new ed._ 1873; _Lavengro the scholar, the gypsy, the priest
3 vols._ 1851, _3 ed._ 1872 which is in a great degree an
autobiography; _The Romany Rye 2 vols._ 1851, _3 ed._ 1872; _Wild
Wales 3 vols._ 1862, _2 ed._ 1865. _d._ Oulton near Lowestoft,
Norfolk 26 July 1881. _Lavengro vol. i_, (1851), _portrait_; _The
Norvicensian April 1882, pp._ 109–14.
BORROWES, REV. SIR ERASMUS DIXON, 8 Baronet. _b._ Portarlington,
Queen’s county 21 Sep. 1799; ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin; succeeded
7 March 1834; R. of parish of Ballyroan, Queen’s county. _d._
Lauragh near Portarlington 27 May 1866.
BORROWS, REV. WILLIAM. _b._ Derby 15 Nov. 1781; ed. at Quorn,
Derbyshire, Winkfield, Wilts, and St. Edmund Hall Ox., B.A. 1812,
M.A. 1815; C. of Over, Oxon 1812–15; P.C. of St. Paul’s chapel,
Clapham 1815 to 1 July 1851; author of _Reformation from Popery
two sermons_ 1818; _Sacred maxims collected from the discourses of
W. B. by an attached member of his congregation_ 1852. _d._ 3
April 1852. _bur._ Derby churchyard 10 April. _Select sermons by
the late Rev. Wm. Borrows with a brief memoir edited by Rev.
Philip Gell_ (1852).
BORTHWICK, CUNNINGHAME BORTHWICK, 12 Baron (_2 son of Patrick
Borthwick who d. 12 April 1840 aged 60_). _b._ Edinburgh 6 June
1813; ed. at high school and univ. of Edin.; head of firm of
Borthwick, Wark and Co. of London, stockbrokers; established his
claim to this barony (which had been dormant since 1772) before a
committee of House of Lords 5 May 1870; bought Ravenstone castle,
Wigtonshire in 1874 for £85,000; a representative peer for
Scotland April 1880. _d._ Ravenstone castle 24 Dec. 1885. _P. H
M’Kerlie’s Lands in Galloway ii_, 445–50 (1877).
BORTHWICK, MICHAEL ANDREWS. _b._ Dunbar, East Lothian 30 Oct. 1810;
A.I.C.E. 1833, M.I.C.E. 1845; resident engineer of Northern and
Eastern railway 1837 and subsequently manager; engaged with
Stephenson carrying out Egyptian railway between Alexandria and
Cairo. _d._ Pernambuco 3 June 1856. _Min. of Proc. of Instit. of
C.E. xvi_, 108–13 (1857).
BORTHWICK, PETER (_only son of Thomas Borthwick of Edinburgh_). _b._
Cornbank, parish of Borthwick, Mid Lothian 13 Sep. 1804; ed. at
Univ. of Edin.; entered Jesus coll. Cam.; fellow commoner of
Downing coll.; contested Evesham 1832 and St. Ives, Penryn and
Falmouth 1847; M.P. for Evesham 6 Jany. 1835 to 23 July 1847;
barrister G.I. 28 April 1847; edited the _Morning Post_ 1850 to
death; author of _A brief statement of Holy Scriptures concerning
the second Advent_ 1830; _A Lecture on slavery_ 1836. _d._ 11
Walton villas, Brompton, London 18 Dec. 1852. _G.M. xxxix_, 318–20
(1853); _I.L.N. ii_, 8 (1843), _portrait, xxi_, 563 (1852),
_xxii_, 11 (1853).
BORWICK, REV. W. B. _b._ Orkney; ed. at Univ. of Edin.; licensed to
preach 1834; pastor of the United Secession church in the
Overgate, Dundee May 1835, and of United presbyterian church in
Bell st. Dundee 1850 to May 1866. _d._ Newport 15 June 1870 aged
62. Monument erected in Western cemetery Dundee Jany. 1871. _W.
Norrie’s Dundee Celebrities_ (1873) 355–7.
BOSANQUET, AUGUSTUS HENRY (_2 son of Wm. Bosanquet of London, banker
who d. 21 June 1800 aged 43_). _b._ 1 March 1792; ed. at Harrow
and Haileybury; in Bengal civil service 1811–17; one of founders
of Universal Life insurance company 1842, director 1842–77. _d._
19 Feb. 1877.
BOSANQUET, GEORGE WILLIAM (_4 son of Rev. Robert Wm. Bosanquet
1800–80, R. of Bolingbroke, co. Lincoln_). _b._ 4 July 1845;
ensign 85 Foot 19 April 1864 to 1866; clerk in the Exchequer and
audit department. _d._ 2 Brunswick terrace, Kensington 24 Jany.
1869. _Essays and stories by the late G. W. Bosanquet, with an
introductory chapter by Captain C. B. Brackenbury, R.A._ 1870.
BOSANQUET, JAMES WHATMAN (_2 son of Samuel Bosanquet of Forest
house, Waltham forest, Essex 1768–1843_). _b._ 26 Jany. 1804; ed.
at Westminster school; taken into his father’s bank 1822;
F.R.A.S.; author of _Chronology of the times of Daniel, Ezra and
Nehemiah_ 1848; _Messiah the Prince_ 1866, _2 ed._ 1869; _Hebrew
chronology from Solomon to Christ_ 1867. _d._ Claysmore, Enfield
22 Dec. 1877.
BOSANQUET, SAMUEL RICHARD (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ London
1 April 1800; ed. at Eton and Ch. Ch. Ox., B.A. 1822, M.A. 1829;
barrister I.T. 5 May 1826; a revising barrister 1832; chairman of
Monmouth quarter sessions 35 years; wrote many leading articles
for _The Times_; author of _New system of logic_ 1839, _2 ed._
1870; _The rights of the poor vindicated_ 1841; _Principia, a
series of essays_ 1843; _Prophecies of Zechariah interpreted_
1877; _Select interpretations of Scripture_ 1878. _d._ Dingestow
court, Monmouth 27 Dec. 1882.
BOSIO, ANGIOLINA. _b._ Turin 22 Aug. 1830; made her début at Teatro
Rè, Milan in _I Due Foscari_ July 1846; sang in Paris 1848, in
America 1849–51; sang at Covent Garden theatre London during
seasons 1852 to 1855 and 1858; sang at the Lyceum theatre 1856 and
1857; première cantatrice to Imperial Court of St. Petersburg 1858
being the first singer to obtain that honour. _d._ St. Petersburg
12 April 1859. _E. C. Clayton’s Queens of song ii_, 317–29 (1863).
BOSSEY, PETER (_eld. child of Francis Bossey, constructor in royal
carriage department of Woolwich arsenal_). _b._ Woolwich 3 April
1806; apprenticed to Thomas Bayles of Woolwich; studied at United
Borough hospital; L.S.A. 1826, M.R.C.S. 1828, F.R.C.S. 1852;
surgeon to Convict hulk establishment at Woolwich to 1848 when he
retired on pension; fellow of Med. and Chir. Soc. 1846; gave up
practice 1857; author of many statistical reports and papers on
diseases and mortality of prisoners printed in _Reports of
Superintendent of Convict establishment at Woolwich_. _d._
Worthing 22 Dec. 1862. _Proc. of Royal Med. and Chir. Soc. iv_,
203–7 (1864).
BOSTOCK, JAMES. Proprietor of Bostock and Wombwell’s menagerie, _d._
12 April 1878 aged 63.
BOSTON, FLORANCE GEORGE HENRY IRBY, 5 Baron. _b._ Florence 9 March
1837; sheriff of Anglesea 1865; succeeded 22 Dec. 1869. _d._
Porthamel Anglesey 4 Jany. 1877.
BOSTON, GEORGE IRBY, 3 Baron. _b._ Grosvenor st. London 24 Dec.
1777; Cornet 1 Dragoons 1794, major 13 Light Dragoons 22 Jany.
1801 to 14 Aug. 1801; succeeded 23 March 1825. _d._ Hedsor lodge
near Maidenhead 12 March 1856.
BOSTON, GEORGE IVES IRBY, 4 Baron. _b._ Grosvenor st. London 14 Sep.
1802; succeeded 12 March 1856. _d._ Wilton crescent, London 22
Dec. 1869.
BOSWELL, SIR JAMES, 2 Baronet (_son of Sir Alexander Boswell, 1
Baronet b. 1775 and killed by James Stuart in a duel 26 March
1822_). _b._ Dec. 1806. _d._ Auchinleck, Ayrshire 4 Nov. 1857.
BOSWORTH, REV. JOSEPH. _b._ Derbyshire early in 1789; ed. at Repton
gr. sch., Univ. of Aberdeen, and Trin. coll. Cam., B.A., M.A., and
LLD. Aberdeen; B.D. at Cam. 1834, D.D. 1839; incorp. D.D. of Ch.
Ch. Ox. 1858; V. of Horwood Parva, Bucks. 1817–29; chaplain at
Amsterdam 1829–32 and at Rotterdam 1832–40; V. of Waith, Lincs.
1841–45 and 1848–58; R. of Water Stratford, Bucks. 1858–75; F.R.S.
4 June 1829; professor of Anglo Saxon in Univ. of Oxford 4 Nov.
1858 to death; made over to Univ. of Cam. by deed of gift in 1867
sum of £10,000 towards professorship of Anglo Saxon which was
founded May 1878; author of _The elements of Anglo-Saxon Grammar_
1823, earliest English work of the kind; _Anglo-Saxon dictionary_
1838, _2 ed._ 1882; _Scandinavian literature_ 1839; _A compendious
dictionary of Anglo-Saxon_ 1848, _5 ed._ 1882. _d._ 20 Beaumont
St. Oxford 27 May 1876. _Academy 3 and 10 June 1876_; _Times 29
May 1876_, _p. 10, col. 4_.
BOTFIELD, BERIAH (_eld. son of Beriah Botfield of Norton hall,
Northamptonshire 1768–1813_). _b._ Earl’s Ditton, Salop. 5 March
1807; ed. at Harrow and Ch. Ch. Ox., B.A. 1828, M.A. 1847; sheriff
of Northamptonshire 1831; M.P. for Ludlow 23 May 1840 to 23 July
1847 and 27 March 1857 to death; F.R.S. 17 Jany. 1839; F.S.A.
1839; a chevalier of order of Albert the Brave of Saxony; knight
of order of Leopold of Belgium; member of Abbotsford, Bannatyne,
Maitland, and Roxburgh clubs, and of Surtees Society, for all of
which he edited books; set up a private printing-press at Norton
hall, where he printed _Journal of a tour through the Highlands of
Scotland [anon.]_ 1830; _Stemmata Botevilliana_ 1843; _Bibliotheca
Hearneiana_ 1848; published _Notes on cathedral libraries of
England_ 1849; _Prefaces to first editions of Greek and Roman
classics_ 1861. _d._ 5 Grosvenor sq. London 7 Aug. 1863. _Stemmata
Botevilliana_ (_2 ed._ 1858) 84–7, 156, _App._ 33, 479–96; _G.M.
xv_, 645–7 (1863); _Numismatic Chronicle iv_, 17–18 (1864).
BOTT, THOMAS. _b._ near Kidderminster 1829; a _portrait_ painter at
Birmingham; one of principal artists of the Royal Porcelain works
Worcester 1852; gained many prizes at Worcester School of Art;
obtained distinction for his work in Worcester enamel, at Paris
Exhibition 1855 and London Exhibition 1862; one of his best works
is now in South Kensington Museum. _d._ Worcester 13 Dec. 1870.
_Jewitt’s History of the Ceramic art in Great Britain_ (1883)
143–4 _and_ 150.
BOTTRELL, WILLIAM (_son of Wm. Vingoe Bottrell of Raftra, St. Levan,
Cornwall, farmer 1790–1876_). _b._ Raftra 7 March 1816; learnt
farming under his father; English master in the Seminary of
Quebec, Canada Sep. 1847 to 1851; author of _Traditions and
hearthside stories of West Cornwall_ 1870, _2 series_ 1873;
communicated upwards of 50 of the “Drolls” to Robert Hunt for his
_Popular romances of the west of England 2 vols._ 1865. _d._ Dove
st. St. Ives 27 Aug. 1881.
BOUCH, SIR THOMAS (_3 son of Wm. Bouch, captain in merchant
service_). _b._ Thursby, Cumberland 22 Feb. 1822; manager and
engineer of Edinburgh and Northern railway 1849; made floating
railways for goods trains over rivers Forth and Tay; constructed a
number of remarkable bridges chiefly railway, in all of which he
made use of the lattice girder; designed railway bridge over river
Tay, completed 22 Sep. 1877, opened 31 May 1878, the central
portion of this bridge fell into the river carrying with it an
entire train and its load of about 70 passengers 28 Dec. 1879;
designed railway bridge over river Forth begun 30 Sep. 1878, work
was stopped after above accident; A.I.C.E. 3 Dec. 1850, M.I.C.E.
11 May 1858; presented with freedom of Dundee 31 May 1878;
knighted at Windsor Castle 26 June 1879. _d._ Moffat,
Dumfriesshire 30 Oct. 1880. _Min. of Proc. of Instit. of C.E.
lxiii_, 301–308 (1881); _I.L.N. lxxvii_, 468 (1880), _portrait_.
BOUCHER, REV. JOHN (_son of Mr. Boucher of Moneyrea, near Belfast,
tenant-farmer_). _b._ 1819; ed. at Belfast academy 1837–42;
Unitarian minister at Southport 1842, at Glasgow to 1848 and at
the New Gravel Pit chapel Hackney, London 1848–53 when he entered
at St. John’s coll. Cam. to read for orders in Church of England,
B.A. 1857; one of trustees of Dr. Williams’s library: a member of
the presbyterian board; published a sermon on _The present
religious crisis_ 1850. _d._ Chesterton near Cambridge 12 March
1878. _The Inquirer 23 March 1878 p._ 190.
BOUCHIER, REV. BARTON (_son of Rev. Jonathan Boucher 1738–1804, V.
of Epsom, Surrey_). _b._ 1794; ed. at Balliol coll. Ox., B.A.
1822, M.A. 1827; changed his name from Boucher to Bouchier; C. of
Cheam, Surrey about 1832 to 1858; R. of Fonthill Bishops, Wilts.
1858 to death; author of _Manna in the house or daily expositions
of the Gospels 4 vols._ 1852–58; _Manna in the heart or daily
comments on the book of Psalms 2 vols._ 1855–56; _My Parish_ 1856,
_second series_ 1857. _d._ Fonthill Bishops 20 Dec. 1865.
BOUDIER, REV. JOHN. Educ. at Sid. Sus. coll. Cam., B.A. 1809, M.A.
1813; V. of Warwick 1815–72; hon. canon of Worcester 1852 to
death; author of _Plain and practical sermons_ 1818; _Attendance
on daily public worship the Christian’s duty_ 1854;
_Congregational psalmody and church choirs_ 1857; _The two holy
sacraments of the Christian church necessary to salvation_ 1859.
_d._ 7 Nov. 1874 aged 88.
BOUGH, SAMUEL (_3 child of Mr. Bough of Carlisle, shoemaker_). _b._
Carlisle 8 Jany. 1822; executed the illustrations to Jefferson’s
_History of Cumberland 2 vols._ 1840–2; assistant scene painter in
T.R. Manchester about 1845; exhibited pictures at Manchester
Institute, where Heywood gold medal was awarded him; principal
scene painter at T.R. Glasgow 1848; A.R.S.A. 1856, R.S.A. 10 Feb.
1875; a collection of his works was exhibited at Glasgow Institute
1880 and another at Edinburgh 1884. _d._ Edinburgh 19 Nov. 1878.
_Portfolio x_, 114 (1878); _Academy 30 Nov. 1878 and 5 July 1884_.
BOUGHEY, SIR THOMAS FLETCHER FENTON, 3 Baronet. _b._ Betley, Staffs.
22 Jany. 1809; succeeded 27 June 1823; sheriff of Staffs. 1832.
_d._ Aqualate, Newport, Staffs. 6 Oct. 1880.
BOUGHTON, SIR WILLIAM EDWARD ROSE, 10 and 2 Baronet (_only son of
Sir Charles Wm. Rose Boughton, 9 and 1 Baronet who d 26 Feb.
1821_). _b._ Lower Grosvenor st. London 14 Sep. 1788; F.R.S. 5 May
1814; M.P. for Evesham 6 March 1820 to 2 June 1826. _d._ Downton
hall near Ludlow 22 May 1856.
BOULT, SWINTON. _b._ 1809; local agent in Liverpool for insurance
offices 1831; founded Liverpool fire and life insurance company
1836 which became largest fire insurance office in the world, it
was renamed in 1848 Liverpool and London insurance office and in
1864 Liverpool, London and Globe, secretary 1836–65, managing
director 1865 to death; originated Liverpool Salvage committee,
first combination of the kind ever introduced; devised a uniform
policy for tariff offices; author of _Law and practice relating to
assurance, banking and other joint-stock companies_ 1841; _Trade
and partnership_ 1855. _d._ suddenly in the Aigburth road,
Liverpool 8 July 1876. _C. Walford’s Insurance Cyclopædia i_,
353–5 (1871).
BOULTBEE, FREDERICK MOORE. Entered navy 17 March 1811; captain 23
Nov. 1841; admiral on h.p. 30 July 1875; chief constable for
Bedfordshire. _d._ Emery Down, Lyndhurst 23 Nov. 1876.
BOULTBEE, REV. THOMAS POWNALL (_eld. son of Rev. Thomas Boultbee, V.
of Bidford, Warwickshire who d. 23 March 1883_). _b._ 7 Aug. 1818;
ed. at Uppingham school 1833–7, captain 1836–7; exhibitioner at
St. John’s coll. Cam. 1837, 5 wrangler 1841, B.A. 1841, M.A. 1844,
LLD. 1872; fellow of his college March 1842; C. of St. Mary’s
Cheltenham, and then of St. Luke’s; theological tutor of
Cheltenham college 1853–63; principal of London College of
divinity at Kilburn 1863, and at St. John’s hall Highbury 1865 to
death; preb. of St. Paul’s cathedral Oct. 1883; author of _A
commentary on the Thirty nine articles_ 1871; _A history of the
Church of England, pre-reformation period_ 1879. _d._ Bournemouth
30 Jany. 1884. _Quiet strength, a memorial sketch of the life and
works of the late Rev. T. P. Boultbee by Rev. Gordon Calthrop_
(1884).
BOURCHIER, CLAUD THOMAS. 2 Lieutenant Rifle brigade 10 April 1849,
major 4 Aug. 1865 to 20 May 1868 when placed on h.p.; aide-de-camp
to the Queen 30 April 1869 to 1876; V.C. 26 June 1856. _d._ 38
Brunswick road, Brighton 19 Nov. 1877 aged 46.
BOURCHIER, HENRY. Entered navy 28 Aug. 1797, Captain 22 Aug. 1811,
superintendent of quarantine establishment at Milford Jany. 1827
to 1 Oct. 1846, retired R.A. 1 Oct. 1846. _d._ Lille, France 14
Oct. 1852.
BOURCHIER, JAMES CLAUD. Cornet 28 Dragoons 28 Sep. 1797; major 11
Dragoons 5 Nov. 1818 to 25 Sep. 1820, when placed on h.p.; colonel
3 Dragoon Guards 9 Jany. 1851 to death; L.G. 20 June 1854. _d._
Buxton vicarage, Norfolk 12 Feb. 1859 aged 78.
BOURDILLON, JAMES DEWAR (_2 son of Rev. Thomas Bourdillon, V. of
Fenstanton, Hunts. who d. 11 March 1854 aged 82_). _b._ 1811; ed.
at Ramsgate and Haileybury college; writer in Madras civil service
1829; secretary to Board of revenue 1843; third member of Board of
revenue 1855; secretary to Government revenue department 1859–60
when he became an annuitant on the Fund, resigned the service
1861; wrote report of commission which reported upon system of
public works in Madras presidency; author of _A short account of
the measures proposed by the late Colonel J. T. Smith for the
restoration of the Indian exchanges by an Ex-Madras civilian_
1882. _d._ Tunbridge Wells 21 May 1883.
BOURKE, OLIVER PAGET. _b._ 1817; Ensign 17 Foot 11 Dec. 1835, lieut.
col. 7 Sep. 1855 to 10 Nov. 1856, when placed on h.p.; Exon of
yeomen of the guard 17 July 1862 to Nov. 1873; L.G. 1 Oct. 1877.
_d._ 3 Breffin terrace, Kingstown near Dublin 28 April 1880.
BOURKE, SIR RICHARD (_only son of John Bourke of Dromsally,
Ireland_). _b._ Dublin 4 May 1777; ed. at Westminster and Ch. Ch.
Ox.; ensign 1 Foot 22 Nov. 1798; captain 1 Garrison battalion 5
Dec. 1805; quartermaster general South America 1806; served in the
Peninsula 1809–14; governor of eastern district of Cape of Good
Hope 1825, conducted the government of the colony to Nov. 1829;
governor of New South Wales 3 Dec. 1831 to 5 Dec. 1837; colonel 64
Foot 29 Nov. 1837 to death; general 11 Nov. 1851; C.B. 4 June
1815, K.C.B. 26 Jany. 1835; sheriff of Limerick 1839; edited with
Earl Fitzwilliam _The correspondence of Edmund Burke_ 1829. _d._
Thornfield, Castle Connell, co. Limerick 12 Aug. 1855. _R.
Therry’s Reminiscences_, _2 ed._ (1863) 129–89.
NOTE.—The people of New South Wales erected a magnificent
bronze statue by Westmacott to his memory in the Domain
Sydney, which was unveiled 11 April 1842, this was the first
statue in New South Wales.
BOURKE, WALTER (_eld. son of Joseph Bourke of Carrowkeel, co. Mayo
who d. 1820_). _b._ 1808; ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1824;
called to Irish bar 1827; Q.C. 7 Feb. 1849. _d._ Carrowkeel 26
Dec. 1870.
BOURKE, WALTER MCWILLIAM (_2 son of Isidore Bourke of Curraghleagh
Claremorris, co. Mayo, a crown solicitor for Ireland who d.
1866_). _b._ 1838; ed. at Stonyhurst and Clongowes Wood colleges
and Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1859, M.A. 1863; called to Irish bar
1858, practised in Dublin and then in high court at Calcutta;
purchased Rahassane park, co. Galway 1880; contributed to Dublin
literary magazines; published a volume of Indian law reports;
assassinated at Castle Taylor near Ardrahan, co. Galway 8 June
1882. _Irish law times xvi_, 298 (1882).
BOURNE, HUGH (_son of Joseph Bourne of Fordhays farm in parish of
Stoke-upon-Trent, farmer_). _b._ Fordhays farm 3 April 1772; a
carpenter and builder at Bemersley, Staffs.; joined Wesleyan
methodists June 1799; built a chapel at Harrisehead 1802; held a
camp meeting on the mountain at Mowcop near Harrisehead 31 May
1807, first of many held in Staffordshire; expelled from Wesleyan
Methodist Society 27 June 1808; formed first class of a new
community at Standley near Bemersley 14 March 1810, first general
meeting was held at Tunstall 26 July 1811, name Primitive
Methodist was finally adopted 13 Feb. 1812, first annual
conference was held at Hull May 1820, and a deed poll of the
Primitive Methodist was enrolled in Court of Chancery 10 Feb.
1830; purchased land and built at Tunstall their first chapel
1811; travelled in United States 1844–6; author of _Remarks on the
ministery of women_ 1808; _History of the Primitive Methodist_
1823; _A treatise on Baptism_ 1823; edited _The Primitive
Methodist Magazine_ 1824 to about 1844. _d._ Bemersley 11 Oct.
1852. _bur._ at Englesea Brook, Cheshire. _J. Walford’s Memoirs of
H. Bourne_ 1855, _portrait_; _J. Petty’s Primitive Methodist
connexion_ 1864, _portrait_; _Simpson’s Recollections of H.
Bourne_ 1859.
BOURNE, JAMES. _b._ Dalby near Spilsby, Lincolnshire 1773; teacher
of drawing in London; made numerous sketches in Cumberland and in
Devon and Cornwall; Huntingtonian minister at Sutton Coldfield,
Warwickshire May 1845 to death. _d._ Sutton Coldfield 11 June 1854
in 82 year. _W. Benson’s Life and letters of J. Bourne_ 1875,
_portrait_.
BOURNE, JAMES (_brother of Hugh Bourne_). _b._ Feb. 1781; joined
Wesleyan Methodists 1799; co-operated with his brother in
establishment of Camp meetings 1807; the first general book
steward of Primitive Methodist connexion 1820; chairman at the
annual conferences many times. _d._ Bemersley, Staffs. Jany. 1860.
_J. Petty’s History of Primitive Methodist connexion_, (_new ed._
1864).
BOURNE, SIR JAMES, 1 Baronet (_2 son of Peter Bourne of Hackinsall,
Lancs. 1783–1846_). _b._ 8 Oct. 1812; ed. at Shrewsbury; lieut.
col. commandant royal Lancashire artillery 13 April 1863 to 27
July 1881, hon. col. 27 July 1881 to death; M.P. for Evesham 12
July 1865 to 24 March 1880; created baronet 10 May 1880; C.B. 24
May 1881. _d._ Heathfield house, Wavertree near Liverpool 14 March
1882.
BOURNE, SIR JAMES DYSON, 2 Baronet (_eld. child of the preceding_).
_b._ 29 July 1842; cornet 5 Dragoon guards 21 Dec. 1860, lieut.
col. 1 July 1881 to 1883. _d._ Brook st. Grosvenor sq. London 11
Nov. 1883.
BOURNE, STEPHEN. Edited the _World_ newspaper which was incorporated
with the _Patriot_ 1831; an active promoter of the Protestant
Society, of the Ecclesiastical Knowledge Society, and of the Test
and Corporation agitation; stipendiary magistrate in Jamaica;
registrar of Berbice; a cotton grower in Jamaica. _d._ Brixton,
London 29 March 1868 aged 76.
BOUSFIELD, NATHANIEL GEORGE PHILIPS. _b._ Dublin 1829; M.P. for Bath
4 Feb. 1874 to 24 March 1880. _d._ Grosvenor place, London 21 May
1883.
BOUTELL, REV. CHARLES (_son of Rev. Charles Boutell, P.C. of Repps,
Norfolk who d. 26 July 1855 in 84 year_). _b._ St. Mary Pulham,
Norfolk 1 Aug. 1812; ed. at St. John’s coll. Cam., B.A. 1834,
incorp. at Trin. coll. Ox. 1836, M.A. 1836; R. of Downham Market,
Norfolk 1847–50; V. of Wiggenhall, St. Mary, Norfolk 1847–55;
Reader at St. Luke’s Lower Norwood, Surrey 1860–67; assistant
minister at St. Stephen’s Portland town London 1872–73; one of
founders of London and Middlesex Archæological society 14 Dec.
1855, sec. 23 July 1857 to 27 Nov. 1857; sec. of St. Alban’s
Architectural Society; author of _Monumental brasses and slabs of
the Middle ages_ 1847; _A manual of British Archæology_ 1858; _A
manual of heraldry historical and popular_ 1863, _3 ed._ 1864;
_English heraldry, illustrated_ 1867, _4 ed._ 1879; _A Bible
Dictionary_ 1871, republished as _Haydn’s Bible Dictionary_ 1879.
_d._ 18 Portsdown road, London 31 July 1877. _London and Middlesex
Arch. Soc. Trans. i_, 209, 316.
BOUTFLOWER, REV. HENRY CREWE (_son of John Johnson Boutflower of
Salford, Manchester, surgeon_). _b._ Salford 25 Oct. 1796; ed. at
Manchester school 1807–15, and St. John’s coll. Cam., Hulsean
theological prizeman 1816, B.A. 1819, M.A. 1822; C. of Elmdon near
Birmingham 15 April 1821; head master of Bury sch. Lancs. 6 May
1823 to 1857; P.C. of St. John’s Bury 1832–57; R. of Elmdon 1857
to death; author of _The doctrine of atonement is agreeable to
reason_ 1817, and of sermons; collected materials for a history of
Bury. _d._ West Felton vicarage, Salop 4 June 1863. _Admission
register of Manchester school iii_, 13–15 (1874).
BOUTFLOWER, VENERABLE SAMUEL PEACH (_eld. son of Charles Boutflower
of Colchester, surgeon_). _b._ 1815; ed. at St. John’s coll. Cam.,
scholar, 22 wrangler 1838, B.A. 1838, M.A. 1841; P.C. of Brathay
1839–42 and 1856–67; C. of Seaforth 1842–56; V. of St. Lawrence
Appleby 1867 to death; archdeacon and canon res. of Carlisle 1867
to death. _d._ The Abbey, Carlisle 22 Dec. 1882.
BOUVERIE, REV. EDWARD (_2 son of hon. Bartholomew Bouverie
1753–1835, M.P. for Downton_). _b._ 15 Aug. 1783; ed. at Ch. Ch.
Ox., B.A. 1804, M.A. 1807; V. of Coleshill, Berks. 1808 to death;
chaplain in ord. to the Sovereign 1819 to death; preb. of Preston
in Sarum cathedral 16 Feb. 1826 to death. _d._ Coleshill vicarage
22 July 1874.
BOUVERIE, EVERARD WILLIAM (_eld. son of Edward Bouverie of Delapré
abbey near Northampton 1767–1858_). _b._ 13 Oct. 1789; ed. at
Harrow and St. John’s coll. Cam., B.A. 1812, M.A. 1816; cornet
Royal horse guards 2 April 1812, lieut. col. 16 Sep. 1845 to Sep.
1853 when placed on h.p.; colonel 15 Hussars 17 July 1859 to
death; general 9 April 1868; author of _The horse-buyer’s guide,
shewing the tricks of dealers_ 1853. _d._ Delapré abbey 18 Nov.
1871. _Annual Register_ (1862) 149–53.
BOUVERIE, REV. FREDERICK WILLIAM BRYON. Educ. at College Bourbon,
Paris 1844; C. of St. Peter Port. Guernsey 1850–57; Incumb. of St.
Paul, Aberdeen 1858–69; Incumb. of French Anglican church of St.
John, Bloomsbury st. London 1869 to death; author of _Force et
Faiblesse_ 1859; _Life and its lessons, a tale_ 1859; _Six short
stories for short people_ 1861, _new ed._ 1868; _Herbert Lovell_
1862. _d._ 1884.
BOUVERIE, SIR HENRY FREDERICK (_youngest son of Edward Bouverie
1738–1810, M.P. for New Sarum_). _b._ 11 July 1783; ed. at Eton;
ensign 2 Foot Guards 23 Oct. 1799, major 18 Jany. 1820 to 27 May
1825; assistant adjutant general to 4 division of the army 1810;
governor of Malta 1 Oct. 1836 to 14 June 1843; L.G. 28 June 1838;
col. of 1 West India regiment 13 May 1842 and of 97 Foot 21 Nov.
1843 to death; K.C.B. 5 Jany. 1815, G.C.B. 6 April 1852, G.C.M.G.
28 Sep. 1836. _d._ Woolbeding house near Midhurst, Sussex 14 Nov.
1852.
BOUVERIE, VENERABLE WILLIAM ARUNDELL (_brother of Rev. Edward
Bouverie_). _b._ 6 Feb. 1797; ed. at Eton and Ch. Ch. Ox., B.A.
1817, M.A. 1820, B.D. 1829; fellow of Merton coll.; R. of West
Tytherley, Hants. 1829–39; R. of Denton, Norfolk 1839 to death;
hon. canon of Norwich 1847 to death; archdeacon of Norfolk 20 Dec.
1850 to 1869. _d._ Denton rectory 23 Sep. 1877.
BOUVIER, AUGUSTUS JULES (_son of Jules Bouvier of London, painter
1800–67_). Painter of figure subjects in water colours in London;
member of New Society of Painters in water colours 1853; exhibited
55 pictures at Suffolk st. gallery 1845–65. _d._ 56 Alexandra
road, St. John’s Wood, London 20 Jany. 1881 aged 54.
BOVILL, GEORGE HINTON (_son of Benjamin Bovill of Durnsford lodge,
Wimbledon who d. 1864_). _b._ London 1821; member of firm of
Swayne and Co. of Millwall, makers of railway wheels and
machinery; introduced important improvements in grinding of corn
by use of an air blast and exhaust between the millstones 1849;
connected with Millwall iron works; constructed the iron forts at
Plymouth; took out a patent dated 5 June 1849 for ‘Improvements in
the manufacture of flour,’ there was a very long litigation about
this patent which lasted 12 years 1856–68 and cost £60,000, the
judges not being able to settle meaning of the words “my invention
relates only to sucking away the plenum of dusty air forced
through the stones.” _d._ Malvern 9 May 1868. _W. W. Wynne’s The
Bovill patent_ 1873.
BOVILL, SIR WILLIAM (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ Allhallows,
Barking, London 26 May 1814; articled in office of Willis and Co.
solicitors Tokenhouse yard; pupil of Wm. Fry Channell; practised
as special pleader; barrister M.T. 15 Jany. 1841, bencher 1855,
treasurer 1866; went the Home circuit; largely engaged in
commercial cases in which he was unsurpassed; Q.C. 1855; M.P. for
Guildford 28 March 1857 to 29 Nov. 1866; Petition of right act 23
and 24 Vict. cap. 34 and Partnership law amendment act 28 and 29
Vict. cap. 86 are known as Bovill’s acts; solicitor general 10
July 1866; knighted at Osborne 26 July 1866; serjeant at law 29
Nov. 1866; lord chief justice of Court of Common Pleas 29 Nov.
1866 to death; P.C. 28 Dec. 1866; F.R.S. 9 May 1867; hon. D.C.L.
Ox. 1870; tried ejectment case of Tichborne _v._ Lushington 11 May
1871 to 6 March 1872 when he ordered the plaintiff to be indicted
for perjury; he is one of the three clerks drawn by John Oxenford
in his first dramatic piece _My fellow clerks_ 1835. _d._ Combe
house, near Kingston on Thames 1 Nov. 1873. _I.L.N. xlix_, 569
(1866), _portrait, lxiii_, 447, 614 (1873).
BOVILL, WILLIAM JOHN (_only son of Wm. Bovill of Upper Tooting,
Surrey, solicitor._) _b._ Dec. 1810; solicitor at Upper Tooting
1833–5 and at 24 Essex st. Strand, London 1835–46; barrister M.T.
29 Jany. 1847; admitted ad eundem at L.I. 31 Jany. 1850; Q.C. 8
Feb. 1872; bencher of L.I. 8 May 1872. _d._ Bath 3 March 1882.
BOWATER, SIR EDWARD (_only son of Edward Bowater of Hampton Court
Middlesex, admiral R.N._) _b._ St. James’s palace, London 13 July
1787; ed. at Harrow; ensign 3 Foot Guards 31 March 1804, major 12
Oct. 1826 to 10 Jany. 1837; served in Peninsula and at Waterloo;
equerry to William iv, 1831–37; equerry to Prince Albert 1840–46;
groom in waiting in ordinary to the Queen 3 March 1846; colonel 49
Foot 24 April 1846 to death; general 20 June 1854, K.C.H. 1837.
_d._ Cannes, France 14 Dec. 1861. _Miscellanea geneal. et herald.
n.s. ii_, 177–9; _Martin’s Life of the Prince Consort v_, 405,
417.
BOWDEN, HANNAH (_dau. of John Finch Marsh of Croydon_). _b._ London
1823; wrote poetry in _The Peace Advocate_. (_m._ Sep. 1857 James
Bowden, recording clerk of Society of Friends). _d._ Croydon 3
July 1859. _Poetical remains of Hannah Bowden edited by her
sister_ [_Priscilla Marsh_] 1860.
BOWDEN, REV. JOHN EDWARD (_eld. son of John Wm. Bowden, of
Wimbledon, Surrey who d. 15 Sep. 1844 aged 46_). _b._ London 24
April 1829; ed. at Eton 1841–6 and Trin. coll. Ox.; joined Church
of Rome 1848; novice at Oratory of St. Wilfrid’s Cotton hall,
Staffs. 2 Feb. 1849, went to King Wm. st. Strand, London with the
other Fathers May 1849; ordained priest 1852; edited _Notes on
doctrinal and spiritual subjects by F. W. Faber 2 vols._ 1866;
_The spiritual works of Louis of Blois_ 1871; author of _The life
and letters of Frederick Wm. Faber_ 1869. _d._ the Oratory,
Brompton, London 14 Dec. 1874.
BOWDICH, EDWARD HOPE SMITH (_son of Thomas Edward Bowdich, African
traveller 1791–1824_). _b._ 16 Feb. 1822; ed. at Merchant Taylors’
school 1829–38; entered Bombay army 1838; served in Persian
campaign under Sir James Outram 1856–7, and Indian mutiny 1857–9;
commandant 7 Bombay N.I. 1 Jany. 1862 to 31 Dec. 1874 when he
retired on full pay; M.G. 23 Jany. 1875. _d._ 58 Harley st. London
5 Feb. 1882.
BOWDLER, HENRY. Entered Madras army 1797; col. 21 N.I. 24 Dec. 1835
to death; M.G. 28 June 1838. _d._ Dublin 6 June 1851.
BOWDLER, REV. THOMAS (_eld. son of John Bowdler of Eltham, Kent
1746–1823_). _b._ 13 March 1780; ed. at Hyde Abbey sch. near
Winchester and St. John’s coll. Cam., B.A. 1803, M.A. 1806; C. of
Leyton, Essex 1803–6; Incumbent of Hopton-Wafers, Salop 1806, of
Ash, Kent 1809, of Ridley, Kent 1809, of Addington, Kent to 1832,
and of St. Bartholomews, Sydenham 1832–43; sec. to Incorporated
Church building society 1846 to death; preb. of St. Paul’s 7 Dec.
1849 to death; author of _A pastor’s address to his flock_ 1818,
_4 ed._ 1822; _Sermons on the nature, offices and character of
Jesus Christ 2 vols._ 1818–20; _Quid Romæ faciam_ 1841, _2 ed._
1842; _Sermons on the privileges, responsibilities and duties of
members of the Gospel covenant 2 vols._ 1845–46. _d._ 2 Onslow sq.
Brompton, London 11 Nov. 1856. _An account of a memorial to the
late Rev. T. Bowdler with memoir_ 1858; _G.M. ii_, 241–2 (1857).
BOWEN, FRANCIS NATHANIEL BURTON (_son of Edward Bowen, chief justice
of Canada_). _b._ Canada 1822; ed. at Univ. of Edin., M.B. 1854;
assistant surgeon Coldstream Guards 22 Dec. 1854 to 2 Dec. 1859
when placed on h.p.; surgeon in Military school Dublin; practised
in London 1862 to death; assisted Spencer Wells in his private
practice; published some interesting papers 1866 on _Cancer of the
Peritoneum_ and _Fatty degeneration of the walls of Ovarian
Cysts_. _d._ 28 Oct. 1868.
BOWEN, HERBERT. Entered Bengal army 1795; lieut. col. commandant 51
N.I. 28 Nov. 1826; col. 34 N.I. 5 Jany. 1829 to 2 April 1834; col.
55 N.I. 2 April 1834 to 1842 and col. 19 N.I. 1842 to death; M.G.
28 June 1838; C.B. 20 July 1838. _d._ Montagu sq. London 16 Oct.
1851 aged 70.
BOWEN, REV. JEREMIAH. Educ. at All Souls’ coll. Ox., B.A. 1825; R.
of West Lynn, Norfolk 1830–63; R. of Walton-Lewes, Norfolk 24 Feb.
1863 to death; author of _The Resurrection defended against the
objections of the Mental improvement society_ 1838; _The war
abroad and the Church at home_ 1854; _Starlight and other poems by
Walton Lewes pseud._ 1869; _St. Cross and other poems by Walton
Lewes_ 1872. _d._ 1875.
BOWEN, RIGHT REV. JOHN (_son of Thomas Bowen, captain 85 Foot who d.
1844._) _b._ Court near Fishguard, Pembrokeshire 21 Nov. 1815; ed.
at Haverfordwest; went to Canada April 1835; farmed land at
Dunville on shores of Lake Erie 1835–42; entered at Trin. coll.
Dublin Jany. 1843, B.A. 1847, LL.B. and LLD. 1857; ordained deacon
in Ripon Cathedral 20 Sep. 1846, and priest 19 Sep. 1847; C. of
Knaresborough 1848–50; R. of Orton Longueville, Hunts. 1853–57;
Bishop of Sierra Leone 10 Aug. 1857 to death; consecrated at
Lambeth 21 Sep. 1857; sailed for his diocese 26 Nov. 1857. _d._
Freetown, Sierra Leone 28 May 1859. _Memorials of John Bowen
compiled from his letters and journals by his sister_ 1862; _G. M.
vii_, 187–8 (1859).
BOWER, GEORGE HENRY KERR. _b._ 1817; entered navy March 1828;
commanded the Osborne yacht 1856–64; master attendant Gosport
victualling yard 1 Dec. 1864 to 1869; retired captain 15 June
1870; knight of the Legion of Honour; C.B. 13 March 1867; author
of _Drops from the ocean, or life under the Pennant_ 1879. _d._
York crescent Lower Norwood 26 Aug. 1883.
BOWER, HAROLD ELYOTT. Paris correspondent of _Morning Post_ 1848 to
1852 and of _Morning Advertiser_ 1852 to death; killed Saville
Morton, Paris correspondent of _Morning Advertiser_ by stabbing
him in Paris 1 Oct. 1852, tried in Paris for murder 27 Dec. 1852
when acquitted. _d._ 142 Rue de la Tour, Passy, Paris 8 Dec. 1884
aged 69. _Annual Register_ (1852) 402–407.
BOWER, JOSHUA. Crown and bottle glass manufacturer at Hunslet near
Leeds; one of the largest toll farmers in England, having at one
time nearly all turnpikes between Leeds and London besides
numerous others; took a conspicuous part in most of the political
movements of his time; contested Leeds 17 Feb. 1834; a member of
Leeds town council 1835 to death, and alderman Nov. 1844 to death;
proprietor of extensive coal mines. _d._ Hillidge house Hunslet 7
Sep. 1855 aged 82.
BOWERBANK, JAMES SCOTT (_son of Edward Bowerbank of Bishopsgate,
London, rectifying distiller_). _b._ Bishopsgate July 1797;
rectifying distiller in Bishopsgate 1817–47; a founder of London
Clay Club 1836, Microscopical Society 1839, Ray Society 1844 and
Palæontographical Society 1847; F.R.S. 17 Nov. 1842; built a
museum at Highbury 1846; his magnificent natural history
collection was sold to British Museum 1864; author of _A history
of the fossil fruits and seeds of the London clay_ 1840; _A
monograph of the British Spongiadæ 3 vols._ 1864, and of 45 papers
in scientific periodicals. _d._ 2 East Ascent, St. Leonards-on-Sea
9 March 1877. _Monthly notices of Royal Astronom. Soc. xxxviii_,
144–7 (1878).
BOWERS. Charles Robert. Cornet 13 Dragoons 18 Jany. 1810; captain 23
Foot 30 Dec. 1818 to 5 April 1820 when placed on h.p.; L.G. 10
March 1866. _d._ Little Tew Lodge, Oxfordshire 9 Oct. 1870.
BOWERS, VERY REV. GEORGE HULL (_son of Francis Bowers_). _b._
Staffordshire 1794; ed. at Pembroke gr. sch. and Clare coll. Cam.,
B.A. 1819, B.D. 1829, D.D. 1849; P.C. of Elstow Beds. 1819–32;
select preacher to Univ. of Cam. 1830; R. of St. Paul’s Covent
Garden, London 1831–47; joint founder with Rev. Charles Eaton
Plater of Marlborough college 1843; dean of Manchester 19 June
1847 to 24 Sep. 1872; author of _Sermons preached before the
University of Cambridge_ 1830; _A scheme for the foundation of
schools for the sons of clergymen and others_ 1842; _Pew rents
injurious to the Church_ 1865. _d._ Leamington 27 Dec. 1872 in 79
year. _R. Parkinson’s Old church clock_ _5 ed._ 1880 _p. lxxiv_.
BOWERS, REV. JOHN. _b._ Chester 19 July 1796; Wesleyan minister in
London 1834–40; a chief founder of Theological college at Didsbury
near Manchester 1842, and governor 1843–64: Pres. of Wesleyan
conference 1858–59. _d._ Southport 30 May 1866. _Wesl. Meth. Mag.
lxxxix, pt._ 2, 942–3 (1866); _J. Evan’s Lancashire authors_
(1850) 38–42.
BOWERYEM, GEORGE. _b._ England; went to United States 1854; a
correspondent of _The Tribune_ at Charleston and subsequently of
_Philadelphia Press_ with the army of the Potomac; published
melodies of considerable merit; drowned near Newport News 12 July
1864 aged about 33.
BOWES, JAMES STUART. Edited _Galignani’s Messenger_ in Paris 40
years; wrote _Deeds of dreadful note_ and many other dramatic
pieces for the London stage under pseudonym of Alfred Dubois. _d._
Paris 24 May 1864 aged 75.
BOWES, JOHN (_son of John Bowes of Swineside Coverdale, parish of
Coverham, Yorkshire 1779–1853_). _b._ Swineside 12 June 1804;
joined Wesleyan Methodists 1817, and Primitive Methodists Dec.
1821; went from town to town preaching in the open air; pastor of
the first church of Christian Mission in Dundee 20 April 1831; one
of English representatives at Brussels peace congress 20–21 Sep.
1848; published two monthly magazines entitled _The Christian
Magazine_ and _The truth promoter_; author of _Treatise on
Christian Union_ 1835; _The New Testament translated from the
purest Greek_ 1870, and 220 Gospel and other tracts to instruct
Christians. _d._ Westfield house, Dundee 23 Sep. 1874. _The
autobiography or history of the life of John Bowes_ 1872,
_portrait_.
BOWES, JOHN (_natural son of John Bowes-Lyon 10 Earl of Strathmore
1769–1820_). _b._ 19 July 1811; ed. at Eton; M.P. for South Durham
24 Dec. 1832 to 23 July 1847; began racing 1834, won Derby with
Mundig 1835, gaining £19,000 besides stakes of £6,000, won Two
thousand guineas with Meteor 1842, same race and Derby with
Cotherstone 1843, Derby with Daniel O’Rourke 1852, and Two
thousand guineas Derby and St. Leger with West Australian 1853,
won Ascot cup with same horse 1854; the luckiest man on the turf
and one of best judges of yearlings; oldest member of Jockey club;
sheriff of Durham 1854; erected at Barnard Castle, Durham in
memory of his first wife the “Josephine and John Bowes museum and
park” at cost of £80,000 and gave art treasures to the museum,
(_m._ (1) 1872 Josephine Benoite, Countess of Montalbo who _d._
1874, _m._ (2) 1877 Alphonsina Marie de St. Amand, Comtesse de
Courten of the Valais, Switzerland). _d._ Streatlam Castle near
Gateshead 9 Oct. 1885. _Sporting Review xl_, 114–8 (1858);
_Illust. sp. and dr. news xxiv_, 107, 114 (1885).
BOWES, ROBERT AITKEN (_son of John Bowes 1804–74_). Editor of the
_Bolton Guardian_. _d._ 7 Nov. 1879 aged 42.
BOWIE, JAMES, _b._ London; entered service of Royal gardens, Kew
1810; botanical collector to the gardens 1814; collected plants
and seeds in Brazil 1815–17, and in South Africa 1817–23; enriched
gardens of Europe with greater variety of succulent plants than
had ever been discovered by any traveller; gardener to Baron
Ludwig of Ludwigsberg, Cape of Good Hope about 1829–41; made
journeys into interior of South Africa to collect plants for sale.
_d._ 1853.
BOWLBY, THOMAS WILLIAM (_eld. child of Thomas Bowlby, captain R.A._)
_b._ Gibraltar about 1817; articled to Russell Bowlby of
Sunderland solicitor; member of firm of Lawrence, Crowdy and
Bowlby solicitors 25 Old Fish st. Doctors Commons London 1846–54;
arranged performances abroad for L. G. Jullien the musician;
special correspondent of _Times_ at Berlin 1848 and in China 1860
to death; shipwrecked in the Malabar at Point de Galle 22 May
1860; went with Admiral Hope to Tang-chow Aug. 1860; captured by
Tartar general Sanko-lin-sin 18 Sep. 1860; died from effects of
torture inflicted by Chinese, 22 Sep. 1860. _bur._ in Russian
cemetery outside Antin gate of Pekin 17 Oct. _Boulger’s History of
China iii_, 499–521 (1884); _I.L.N. xxxvii_, 615–6 (1860),
_portrait_.
BOWLER, THOMAS WILLIAM _b._ in the Vale of Aylesbury; assistant
astronomer under Sir T. Maclear at Cape Town 1833–7; an artist and
teacher of drawing at Cape Town; painted a panorama of the
district; made a number of drawings in Mauritius 1866; published
_Four views of Cape Town_ 1844; _South African sketches_ 1854;
_The Kafir wars a series of 20 views_ 1865. _d._ England 24 Oct.
1869. _Art Journal ix_, 107 (1870).
BOWLES, SIR GEORGE (_2 son of Wm. Bowles of Heale house, Wilts._)
_b._ Heale house 1787; Ensign Coldstream Guards 20 Dec. 1804,
major 31 Dec. 1839 to 30 May 1843 when placed on h.p.; served in
the Peninsula 1808–14, in Flanders and France 1814–18, in the West
Indies 1820–25, and in Canada 1837–43; commanded the troops in
Lower Canada during rebellion of 1838; comptroller of household of
Viceroy of Ireland 1843–5; master of the Queen’s household 4 April
1845 to July 1851; lieutenant of Tower of London 16 July 1851 to
death; K.C.B. 22 July 1851, G.C.B. 24 May 1873; col. of 1 West
India regiment 9 Sep. 1855 to death; general 9 Nov. 1862. _d._ 9
Berkeley St. Piccadilly London 24 May 1876. _I.L.N. lxviii_, 551
(1876), _lxix_, 255.
BOWLES, REV. HENRY MATTHEW JOHN. Educ. at Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A.
1846, M.A. 1851, M.A. Ox. 1856; C. of St. John Cheltenham 1851–54;
R. of Framilode Gloucs. 21 Sep. 1854 to 1867; R. of St. Aldate’s
Gloucester 15 April 1867 to death; author of _Prayers for the
dead_ 1873; _Fasting communion_ 1873; _Lawlessness_ 1874. _d._
Cathedral house, College gardens, Gloucester 6 Jany. 1884.
BOWLES, REV. JOSEPH. Educ. at Magd. hall Ox., B.A. 1835, M.A. 1836,
LLD. 1837, D.D. 1841; R. of Woodstock 1841–7; V. of Stanton-Lacey,
Shropshire 1847 to death; author of _Elegy on the death of the
Princess Charlotte_; _Monody on the death of Sir John
Throckmorton_; _Letters in vindication of the appointment of the
Bishop of Hereford_. _d._ 1879.
BOWLES, SIR WILLIAM (_eld. son of Wm. Bowles of Heale house,
Wilts._) _b._ Heale house 1780; entered navy 9 Sep. 1796, captain
13 Oct. 1807; commander in chief on South American station
1816–20; comptroller general of the Coastguard July 1822 to Nov.
1841; a lord of the Admiralty 13 May 1844 to 13 July 1846; M.P.
for Launceston 20 May 1844 to 1 July 1852; admiral 28 Nov. 1857;
commander in chief at Portsmouth 1 March 1859 to 1 March 1860;
admiral of the fleet 15 Jany. 1869 to death; C.B. 18 April 1839,
K.C.B. 10 Nov. 1862, F.R.G.S. 1833; author of _Thoughts on
national defence_; _Considerations on the late naval war_ 1856.
_d._ 8 Hill st. Berkeley sq. London 2 July 1869. _Journal of Royal
Geog. Soc. xl, pp. cxl-cxlii_, (1870).
BOWLEY, ROBERT KANZOW (_son of Mr. Bowley of Charing Cross, London,
bootmaker_). _b._ 13 May 1813; brought up to the bootmaking
business; conductor of Benevolent society of musical amateurs;
organist of an independent chapel near Leicester sq. about 1834;
joined the Sacred harmonic society 1834, librarian 1837–54,
treasurer 1854–70: originated in 1856 plan of the gigantic Handel
festivals which have been held every three years at Crystal Palace
since 1857; general manager of Crystal Palace 8 April 1858 to
death; committed suicide by jumping into the Thames from a
steamboat at Greenwich 25 Aug. 1870.
BOWLY, SAMUEL (_son of Mr. Bowly of Bibury, Gloucs., miller_). _b._
Cirencester 23 March 1802; a cheese factor at Gloucester 1829;
chairman of many local companies; took a prominent part in
agitation against the corn laws and against slavery; a founder of
British and ragged schools in Gloucester; formed a teetotal
society at Gloucester 30 Dec. 1835; pres. of National temperance
league. _d._ Gloucester 23 March 1884. _Sessions’s Life of S.
Bowly_ 1884, _portrait_; _The Public Good, Sep. and Oct. 1851,
portrait_.
BOWMAN, EDDOWES (_eld. son of John Eddowes Bowman of Wrexham, bank
manager 1785–1841_). _b._ Nantwich 12 Nov. 1810; ed. at Hazelwood
near Birmingham; sub-manager of Varteg iron works near Pontypool
about 1835–40; studied in Univ. of Glasgow and at Berlin;
professor of classical literature and history in Manchester New
College 1846 to 1853 when college was removed to London as a
purely theological institution; F.R.A.S. 1864; built an
observatory at Manchester; author of _Arguments against the divine
authority of the Sabbath considered and shown to be inconclusive_
1842; _On the Roman governors of Syria at the time of the birth of
Christ_ 1855 and of many papers in the _Christian Reformer_. _d._
Victoria park, Manchester 10 July 1869. _Unitarian Herald 16 July
1869_; _Hall’s History of Nantwich_ (1883) 505.
BOWMAN, HENRIETTA (_dau. of Rev. John Bowman, P.C. of Burscough near
Ormskirk Lancs._) _b._ Cumberland 1838; taught Bible classes for
young ladies at Clifton and Southport; author of _Life, its duty
and discipline_ 1859; _Christian daily life_ 1860, _new ed._ 1877;
_Our village girls_ 1863; _Thoughts for workers and sufferers_
1868; _The autobiography of Elsie Ellis_ 1869, in which she
describes her own childhood and girlhood; _Lily Hope and her
friends_ 1885. _d._ Southport 13 Feb. 1872. _Songs amid the
shadows by the late Hetty Bowman 2 ed._ 1872; _Woman’s Work in the
great harvest field i_, 137–40 (1872).
BOWMAN, JOHN EDDOWES (_brother of Eddowes Bowman 1810–69_). _b._
Welchpool 7 July 1819; ed. at King’s college London; demonstrator
of chemistry at the college 1845 and professor of practical
chemistry there 1851 to death; one of founders of Chemical society
of London 1841; author of _A lecture on steam boiler explosions_
1845; _An introduction to practical Chemistry_ 1848, _6 ed._ 1871;
_A practical Handbook of medical chemistry_ 1850, _4 ed._ 1862.
_d._ 10 Feb. 1854. _Chem. Soc. Journ. ix_, 159 (1857).
BOWNESS, WILLIAM. _b._ Kendal 1809; _portrait_ and figure painter in
London 1830; exhibited his ‘Keepsake’ at Royal Academy 1836 and
about one picture annually until his death; exhibited 26 pictures
at British Institution and 86 pictures at Suffolk st. gallery;
author of _Rustic studies in the Westmoreland dialect with other
scraps from the sketch-book of an artist_ 1868. _d._ Charlotte st.
Fitzroy sq. London 27 Dec. 1867.
BOWRING, ALGERNON CHARLES. _b._ Hackney, London 19 March 1828; ed.
at London Univ. and Trin. coll. Cam.; joined Church of Rome 1850;
entered Society of Jesus at Hodder 24 March 1850; professor of
rhetoric at Stonyhurst college 1854; studied theology at St.
Beuno’s college and then in the Roman college at Rome 1855 to
death. _d._ the Roman College 18 Nov. 1857.
BOWRING, SIR JOHN (_eld. son of Charles Bowring of Larkbear Devon,
serge manufacturer_). _b._ Exeter 17 Oct. 1792; set up in business
in London 1815; travelled abroad 1819–20; joint editor of
_Westminster Review_ 1824 and then sole editor; examined and
reported on public accounts of Holland 1828 and France 1831; LLD.
Univ. of Groningen 31 Jany. 1829; sec. to Commission for
inspecting accounts of United Kingdom 1831; contested Blackburn
1832, M.P. for Kilmarnock 1835–37 and for Bolton 1841–49; British
consul at Canton 10 Jany. 1849; plenipotentiary to China 24 Dec.
1853 to 17 April 1857; governor of Hong Kong 10 Jany. 1854; sent
on special mission to Siam 12 March 1855; retired on a
superannuation allowance 17 July 1859; knighted at Buckingham
Palace 16 Feb. 1854; F.R.S. 5 June 1856; one of greatest linguists
on record; author of _Specimens of the Russian poets translated_
1820; _Minor morals for young people illustrated in tales and
travels 2 vols._ 1834–35; _The kingdom and people of Siam 2 vols._
1857; _The Oak, original tales and sketches_ 1869 and many other
books. _d._ Claremont near Exeter 23 Nov. 1872. _Bowring, Cobden
and China a memoir by L. Moor_ 1857; _Autobiographical
recollections of Sir J. Bowring with a brief memoir by L. B.
Bowring_ 1877; _Sir J. Bowring’s The kingdom and people of Siam
ii_, 248–340 (1857), _portrait_; _Illustrated Review i_, 161–65,
_portrait_; _Dict. of Nat. Biog. vi_, 76–80 (1886).
BOWSTEAD, REV. JOHN. Educ. at St. John’s coll. Cam., B.A. 1832, M.A.
1835; V. of Messingham, Lincs. 1840–62; R. of St. Olave’s
Southwark, London 1862 to death; author of _The village wake_
1846; _Practical sermons 2 vols._ 1856; _Regeneration not
salvation, a letter to Mr. Spurgeon_ 1864. _d._ 29 Jany. 1875 aged
64.
BOWYER, CORNELIUS. Entered Bengal army 1799, lieut. col. 9 July
1825, retired 20 May 1829; C.B. 26 Dec. 1826. _d._ Ostend 12 Feb.
1855.
BOWYER, SIR GEORGE, 6 and 2 Baronet. _b._ Radley house near
Abingdon, Berkshire March 1783; ed. at Ch. Ch. Ox., B.A. 1804,
M.A. 1807; succeeded his father 6 Dec. 1799; M.P. for Malmesbury 8
May 1807 to Jany. 1810, for Abingdon 24 June 1811 to 10 June 1818;
author of _The resolution of the House of Commons in the last
session of the late Parliament relative to the adjustment of the
claims of the Roman Catholics considered_ 1813. _d._ Dresden 1
July 1860.
BOWYER, SIR GEORGE, 7 and 3 Baronet (_eld. son of the preceding_).
_b._ Radley house 8 Oct. 1811; barrister M.T. 7 June 1839, reader
1850; hon. M.A. Ox. 1839, hon. D.C.L. 1844; contested Reading
1849; M.P. for Dundalk 1852–68, and for co. Wexford 1874–80;
expelled from Reform Club by a vote of two-thirds at a general
meeting 23 June 1876 for his frequent voting against Liberal
party; joined Church of Rome 1850; chamberlain to Pope Pius ix;
built church of St. John of Jerusalem Great Ormond st. Bloomsbury,
London; a knight of Malta; knight grand cross of order of St.
Gregory the Great; author of _A dissertation on the statutes of
the cities of Italy_ 1838; _Commentaries on the modern civil law_
1848; _Lombardy, the Pope and Austria_ 1848; _Commentaries on
universal public law_ 1854; _Friends of Ireland in council—Sir
George Bowyer, W. H. Wilberforce, J. P. Hennessey_ 1864;
_Introduction to the study and use of the civil law_ 1874; found
dead in his bed at 13 King’s Bench Walk Temple, London 7 June
1883. _Rev. T. Mozley’s Reminiscences ii_, 231–5 (1882); _I.L.N.
xxxvi_, 548 (1860), _portrait_.
BOWYER, HENRY GEORGE (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ 3 Jany.
1813; inspector of schools 28 Sep. 1847. _d._ Leamington 26 Sep.
1883.
BOWYER, JAMES. Member of many private clubs in London such as the
Blenheim, the Socials, the Watsonians’ and the Hollywoods’; a well
known whist player of the very old school. _d._ 17 Tavistock sq.
London 11 Jany. 1871 aged 72.
BOWYER, JOHN. _b._ Mitcham, Surrey 18 June 1790; a print cutter at
Mitcham where he lived all his life; came out as a professional
cricketer in the match Surrey against England at Lords 16–18 July
1810 where he played in many great matches till 1828; played in 6
matches of England against an eleven whose names all began with
B.; played at Mitcham till 1838. _d._ Mitcham 3 Feb. 1880. _F.
Gale’s Echoes from old cricket fields_ (1871) 20–29; _Illust.
sporting and dramatic news ix_, 483 (1878), _portrait_.
BOWYER, WILLIAM BOHUN. _b._ 1 Aug. 1789; entered navy 9 May 1803;
inspecting commander in coast guard 14 Feb. 1817 to April 1828;
captain 17 Feb. 1830; retired R.A. 9 July 1855. _d._ Southampton 8
Oct. 1859.
BOX, THOMAS. _b._ Ardingly, Sussex 7 Feb. 1809; played cricket
1825–54, 30 seasons; first played at Lords 25 June 1832 in Sussex
against England; played in 43 great matches 1851; the best wicket
keeper in England; kept the Hanover Arms and Ground in Lewes road
Brighton, then the Egremont hotel in Western road Brighton, then
Brunswick cricket ground and hotel at Hove; ground keeper at
Prince’s cricket ground London from date of formation of that club
to death. _d._ suddenly on Prince’s cricket ground 12 July 1876.
_W. Denison’s Cricket_ (1846) 16–17; _I.L.N. iii_, 45 (1843),
_portrait_.
BOXALL, SIR WILLIAM (_son of Thomas Boxall of Oxford, Clerk to the
Collector of Excise_). _b._ Oxford 29 June 1800; ed. at Abingdon
gr. sch. and Royal Academy 1819–27; lived in Italy 1827–9;
exhibited 86 pictures at R.A. 1823–80; designed several
illustrations for Waverley novels; painted portraits of many
literary and artistic celebrities; many of his portraits of
females were engraved in art publications; A.R.A. 1851, R.A. 1863;
director of National Gallery Dec. 1865 to Feb. 1874; knighted at
Windsor Castle 24 March 1871. _d._ 14 Welbeck st. Cavendish sq.
London 6 Dec. 1879. _Fortnightly Review xxvii_, 177–89 (1880);
_Waagen’s Galleries of art_ (1857) 196–8; _I.L.N. xliii_, 80, 94
(1863), _portrait_.
BOXER, EDWARD. _b._ Dover 1784; entered navy 1 July 1798; captain 23
June 1823; C.B. 18 Dec. 1840; agent for transports and harbour
master at Quebec 24 Aug. 1843 to 5 March 1853; R.A. 5 March 1853;
admiral superintendent in the Bosphorus 7 April 1854 and at
Balaklava 18 Dec. 1854 to death; gazetted K.C.B. 10 July 1855.
_d._ of cholera on Board H.M.S. Jason outside harbour of Balaklava
4 June 1855 in 72 year. _I.L.N. xxvi_, 644 (1855).
BOYCE, REV. JAMES. _b._ Ardagh, co. Longford; ed. at St. John’s
coll. Fordham New York, ordained priest 1854; pastor of St. Mary’s
Roman Catholic church N.Y. 1854–63 and of St. Teresa’s church 21
June 1863 to death; founded St. Teresa’s Male academy at 10
Rutgers st. N.Y. 1865 and established a convent for girls at 139
Henry st. 1872. _d._ New York 9 July 1876 aged 50. _J. G. Shea’s
Catholic churches of New York city_ (1878) 674–8.
BOYCE, JOSEPH (_3 son of James Boyce of Kilcason, Ferns, co.
Wexford_). _b._ 1795; a merchant at Dublin; lord mayor of Dublin
1855; sheriff of city and county of Dublin 1865. _d._ 1875.
BOYD, VERY REV. ARCHIBALD (_son of Archibald Boyd of Gortlee and
Derry, treasurer of Donegal_). _b._ Londonderry 1803; ed. at
diocesan college Londonderry and Trin. coll. Dub., B.A. 1825, M.A.
1832, B.D. and D.D. 1868; C. and preacher in Derry Cathedral
1827–42; P.C. of Ch. Ch. Cheltenham 1842–59; hon. canon of
Gloucester cath. 1857–67; P.C. of Paddington 1859–67; rural dean
1860–67; dean of Exeter 11 Nov. 1867 to death; author of _Sermons
on the Church_ 1838; _Episcopacy and Presbytery_ 1841; _The
history of the Book of Common Prayer_ 1850; _Turkey and the Turks_
1853; _Baptism and baptismal regeneration_ 1865. _d._ the deanery
Exeter 11 July 1883. Bequeathed nearly £40,000 to societies and
institutions in diocese of Exeter. _A golden decade of a favoured
town by Contem Ignotus_ (1884) 70–102.
BOYD, BENJAMIN (_2 son of Edward Boyd of Merton hall, Wigtonshire
who d. 1846_). _b._ about 1796; a stockbroker in City of London
1824–39; went out to Sydney to organise various branches of Royal
Banking Company of Australia 1840–41; speculated largely in
whaling also in shipping cattle to Tasmania and New Zealand;
founded Boyd Town, Twofold Bay N.S.W.; the largest squatter in
Australia having in 1847 estates of his own amounting to 381,000
acres; went to California 1850; murdered by the natives at
Gaudalcanar one of the islands in the Solomon Group 1851. _Heads
of the people i_, 21 (1847), _portrait_; _J. H. Heaton’s
Australian dictionary of dates_ (1879) 23–4.
BOYD, CHARLES. Commissioner of customs in Ireland; surveyor general
of customs for the United Kingdom 1840 to 1855. _d._ Brixton,
London 7 May 1857 aged 76.
BOYD, DAVID. Superintending surgeon Madras army 8 Dec. 1837, surgeon
genl. 19 Aug. 1846 to 1 Aug. 1850 when he retired. _d._ 26
Drummond place, Edin. 25 Oct. 1854 aged 61.
BOYD, SIR HARLEY HUGH, 5 Baronet. _b._ Drumawillen house, co. Antrim
2 Nov. 1853; succeeded 7 Aug. 1857. _d._ 2 June 1876.
BOYD, REV. JAMES (_son of Mr. Boyd of Paisley, glover_). _b._
Paisley 24 Dec. 1795; ed. at Paisley and Univ. of Glasgow;
licensed to preach by Presbytery of Dumbarton May 1822; House
Governor of Heriot’s hospital Edinburgh 1825 to 29 Aug. 1829; one
of Classical masters in high sch. Edin. 19 Aug. 1829 to death;
sec. to Edinburgh Society of teachers many years. _d._ George sq.
Edinburgh 18 Aug. 1856. _W. S. Dalgleish’s Memorials of the high
school of Edinburgh_ (1857) 31, 46–7, _portrait_; _History of Dr.
Boyd’s fourth High school class with biographical sketch of Dr.
Boyd by James Colston_, _2 ed._ 1873.
BOYD, REV. JAMES. Licensed by Presbytery of Edinburgh 28 June 1815;
ordained 11 Feb. 1818; minister of Auchinleck 24 Nov. 1818, of
Ochiltree 27 March 1833 and of Tron church Glasgow 28 March 1844
to death; D.D. Glasgow 1845. _d._ 27 March 1865 in 79 year. _Our
Scottish Clergy_, (_2 series_ 1849) 51–58.
BOYD, JAMES. _b._ Drogheda, Ireland; proprietor and editor of the
_Panama Star and Herald_ 1865 to death. _d._ Panama 25 April 1882
aged 43.
BOYD, SIR JOHN, 3 Baronet. _b._ 5 June 1786; ensign 5 Foot 8 July
1808; lieut. 1 Garrison battalion 1811–1814 when placed on h.p.;
succeeded 30 May 1815. _d._ Boulogne 19 Jany. 1855.
BOYD, JOHN (_son of John Boyd of Belle Isle, co. Antrim_). _b._
Rose-yard, co. Antrim 1789; M.P. for Coleraine 18 Feb. 1843 to
March 1852 and 30 March 1857 to death. _d._ 2 Jany. 1862.
BOYD, SIR JOHN AUGUSTUS HUGH, 4 Baronet. _b._ 30 July 1819;
succeeded 19 Jany. 1855. _d._ 7 Aug. 1857.
BOYD, JOHN M’NEILL (_brother of Very Rev. Archibald Boyd_). _b._
Londonderry 1812; entered navy 1825; second captain of Royal
George 120 guns 1853–6; served in the Baltic campaign; captain 10
May 1856, captain of Ajax 60 guns coastguard ship at Kingstown 1
Feb. 1858 to death; author of _A manual for naval cadets_ 1857.
Drowned while attempting to rescue crew of a vessel wrecked near
Kingstown harbour 9 Feb. 1861. _Life in death a sermon preached on
board H.M.S. Ajax on Sunday Feb. 17, 1861 by the Lord Bishop of
Labuan with a memoir of J. M. Boyd by his brother_ 1861.
BOYD, MARK (_4 son of Edward Boyd of Merton hall, Wigtonshire who d.
1846_). _b._ Surrey 1805; director in London of a Scotch Insurance
Office; engaged in colonization of Australia and New Zealand
1843–53; author of _Reminiscences of fifty years_ 1871; _Social
Gleanings_ 1875. (_m._ 23 Sep. 1848 Emma Anne widow of Robert
Coates, better known as Romeo Coates the eccentric actor, she _d._
1872). _d._ 16 St. George’s place, Hyde park, London 12 Sep. 1879.
BOYD, MOSSEM. Entered Bengal army 1795; lieut. col. commandant 65
N.I. 13 May 1825; colonel of 5 N.I.; colonel of 53 N.I. to death;
general 9 April 1856. _d._ 6 Dawson place Bayswater, London 8
April 1865 aged 84.
BOYD, PERCY. Great friend of Dickens and Thackeray; author of _A
book of ballads from the German_ 1848. _d._ London 1 Jany. 1876.
BOYD, ROBERT. M.R.C.S. 1830, M.D. Edin. 1831, L.R.C.P. 1836,
F.R.C.P. 1852; resident phys. at Marylebone workhouse infirmary;
phys. and superintendent of Somerset county lunatic asylum;
proprietor and manager of Southall Park private asylum; pres. of
Med. Psychol. Assoc. 1870; contributed 16 papers to the _Journal
of Mental Science_ and papers to _Royal medical and chirurgical
transactions, Edinburgh Medical Journal_ and the _Lancet_; lost
his life in a fire which destroyed his asylum at Southall Park 14
Aug. 1883. _Lancet ii_, 352–3 (1883); _Medical times and gazette
ii_, 249–50 (1883).
BOYD, WILLIAM. Called to Irish bar 1818; Q.C. 7 Feb. 1849; recorder
of Londonderry to death. _d._ 1855.
BOYD, WILLIAM (_3 son of Richard Keown of Downpatrick_). _b._ Dublin
March 1816; sheriff of co. Down 1849; M.P. for Downpatrick 5 Aug.
1867 to 26 Jany. 1874; assumed name of Boyd 1873. _d._ Carrowdore
castle, co. Down 19 Jany. 1877.
BOYES, JOHN FREDERICK (_son of Benjamin Boyes of Charterhouse sq.
London_). _b._ 10 Feb. 1811; entered Merchant Taylors’ school Oct.
1819; scholar of Linc. coll. Ox. 1828; Andrews’ civil law
exhibitioner at St. John’s coll. 1829, B.A. 1833, M.A. 1835;
second master of proprietary school Walthamstow, then head master;
author of _Illustrations of tragedies of Æschylus and Sophocles
from the Greek, Latin and English poets_ 1844; _English
repetitions in prose and verse_ 1849; _Life and Books, a record of
thought and reading_ 1859; _Lacon in council_ 1865. _d._ 10 St.
James’s terrace, Harrow road, London 26 May 1879. _Preface and
appendix to Sermon by Rev. J. G. Tanner_ 1879.
BOYLE, ALEXANDER (_2 son of David Boyle lord chief justice of
Scotland_). _b._ 9 March 1810; entered navy 4 Sep. 1823; commander
of Thunderbolt steam sloop at Cape of Good Hope 27 Dec. 1845, lost
his ship in Algoa Bay Feb. 1847 for which he was dismissed service
4 May 1847 but restored Jany. 1849; captain 8 Aug. 1857; retired
V.A. 2 Aug. 1879. _d._ 17 Prince’s Gardens London 8 June 1884.
BOYLE, CAROLINE COURTENAY. _b._ 26 May 1803; maid of honour to Queen
Adelaide many years; granted civil list pension of £100, 30 Oct.
1850. _d._ 23 Jany. 1883.
BOYLE, COURTENAY EDMUND WILLIAM. _b._ 3 Aug. 1800; entered navy 7
Sep. 1816; captain 27 May 1830; groom of the chamber to Prince
Albert 1840; retired captain 1 Oct. 1850; retired R.A. 27 Sep.
1855. _d._ Rue Faubourg St. Honoré Paris 11 Feb. 1859.
BOYLE, DAVID (_2 son of Patrick Boyle of Shewalton, Ayrshire who d.
26 Feb. 1798._) _b._ Irvine, Ayrshire 26 July 1772; ed. at Univ.
of Edin; member of Faculty of Advocates 14 Dec. 1793; solicitor
general for Scotland 9 May 1807; M.P. for Ayrshire 5 June 1807 to
Feb. 1811; a lord of Session and Justiciary 23 Feb. 1811; lord
justice clerk 15 Oct. 1811; P.C. 11 April 1820; lord justice
general of Scotland and lord president of Court of Session 9 Oct.
1841 to May 1852; distinguished for his personal appearance, there
are full-length portraits of him by Sir J. W. Gordon at Faculty of
Advocates and at Society of Writers to the Signet Edinburgh. _d._
Shewalton 30 Jany. or 6 Feb. 1853. _I.L.N. xxii_, 76, 134 (1853),
_portrait_.
BOYLE, JOHN (_2 son of Edmund Boyle 8 Earl of Cork 1767–1856_). _b._
Wimpole st. London 13 March 1803; ed. at Winchester and Ch. Ch.
Ox, B.A. 1824, M.A. 1827; M.P. for co. Cork 4 Dec. 1827 to 24 July
1830, and for Cork city 11 Aug. 1830 to 3 Dec. 1832. _d._ Rock
Wood, Torquay 6 Dec. 1874.
BOYLE, ROBERT (_son of Mr. Boyle of Hamilton Lanarkshire, surgeon_).
_b._ Hamilton 1821; started a bakery for manufacture of pure bread
at Glasgow; lectured for missionary purposes in Scotland; invented
a new description of detonating powder 1866 which was reported
upon favourably by principal military authorities; invented an ink
which is perfectly inerasable; invented the Self-Acting Air-pump
ventilator which was awarded highest and only prize given to roof
ventilators by judges at International Medical and Sanitary
Exhibition 1881. _d._ 2 Sep. 1878. _Robert Boyle inventor and
philanthropist a biographical sketch by L. Saunders_ 1885,
_portrait_.
BOYLE, ROBERT EDWARD (_brother of John Boyle 1803–74_). _b._ London
March 1809; ensign 68 Foot 14 Nov. 1826; captain Coldstream guards
10 Dec. 1847 to death; secretary to Order of St. Patrick 1837–53;
groom in waiting to the Queen 1846–52 and 1853 to death; secretary
to master general of the Ordnance Dec. 1853 to death; M.P. for
Frome 30 July 1847 to death. _d._ Varna 3 Sep. 1854.
BOYLE, ROBERT FREDERICK. _b._ 13 June 1841; ed. at Ball. coll. Ox.,
B.A. 1864, M.A. 1866; fellow of All Souls’ coll.; barrister M.T.
17 Nov. 1866; inspector of schools 16 May 1871. _d._ Florence 15
May 1883.
BOYLE, WILLIAM. _b._ 25 Jany. 1821; ensign 15 Foot 6 Dec. 1838;
lieut. col. 89 Foot 13 Oct. 1858 to death; C.B. 20 May 1871. _d._
10 Craven hill gardens, London 14 Feb. 1874.
BOYLE, WILLIAM GEORGE. _b._ Dublin 12 Aug. 1830; 2 lieut. 21 Foot 9
Feb. 1849; captain Coldstream guards 24 Nov. 1863 to 1867; lieut.
col. 2 Somerset militia 23 March 1868 to 12 Sep. 1870; M.P. for
Frome 23 July 1856 to 21 March 1857; F.C.S., F.G.S. _d._ San
Francisco 22 April 1880.
BOYLE, WILLIAM ROBERT AUGUSTUS. Barrister L.I. 24 Nov. 1835; author
of _A practical treatise on the law of charities_ 1837;
_Inspiration of book of Daniel_ 1863; _The tribute of Assyria to
biblical history_ 1868; _Literature under the shade of Great
Britain_ 1870, _2 ed._ 1870. _d._ 7 Church st. Kensington 20 May
1875.
BOYNE, GUSTAVUS HAMILTON, 6 Viscount. _b._ 12 April 1777; succeeded
29 Feb. 1816. _d._ 22 Belgrave sq. London 30 March 1855.
BOYNE, GUSTAVUS HAMILTON-RUSSELL, 7 Viscount (_son of the
preceding_). _b._ Downton hall near Ludlow 11 May 1797; assumed
name of Russell by r.l. 1850; created Baron Brancepeth of
Brancepeth, co. palatine of Durham 31 Aug. 1866. _d._ Brancepeth
castle, co. Durham 29 Oct. 1872.
BOYNTON, SIR HENRY, 9 Baronet. _b._ St. James’s st. Westminster 22
March 1778; succeeded 17 Nov. 1832. _d._ Burton Agnes, Yorkshire
29 Aug. 1854.
BOYNTON, SIR HENRY, 10 Baronet. _b._ Nafferton hall, Yorkshire 2
March 1811; succeeded 29 Aug. 1854. _d._ Burton Agnes 25 June
1869.
BOYS, EDWARD (_son of John Boys of Betteshanger, Kent, agriculturist
1749–1824_). _b._ 1785; entered navy 1796; a prisoner in France
1803–9; superintendent of Deal dockyard 16 Sep. 1837 to 1841;
retired captain 1 July 1851; author of _Narrative of a captivity
and adventures in France and Flanders_ 1827, which is the source
from which Captain Marryat in his novel _Peter Simple_ drew much
of the account of his hero’s escape; _Remarks on the
practicability and advantages of a Sandwich or Downs harbour_
1831. _d._ 14 Blomfield terrace, Harrow road, London 6 June 1866
in 82 year.
BOYS, HENRY, _b._ 1806; composed a few glees and songs, best known
being _Friar Tuck_ a glee for 3 voices 1842. _d._ Margate 1851.
BOYS, REV. RICHARD (_brother of Edward Boys 1785–1866_). _b._ 1783;
ed. at King’s school Canterbury and C.C. coll. Cam., B.A. 1807,
M.A. 1818; chaplain at St. Helena 1811–29; P.C. of Platt, Kent
1849–54; P.C. of Loose, Kent 1854 to death; author of _Elements of
Christian knowledge_ 1838; _Primitive obliquities_ 1851. _d._
Loose 13 Feb. 1866.
BOYS, REV. THOMAS (_son of Thomas Boys of Sandwich, Kent, rear
admiral R.N._) _b._ Sandwich 1792; ed. at Tonbridge gr. sch. and
Trin. coll. Cam., B.A. 1813, M.A. 1817; attached to the military
chest in the Peninsula under Wellington 1813; wounded in 3 places
at battle of Toulouse 10 April 1814; teacher of Hebrew to Jews at
Hackney college 1830–2; professor of Hebrew at Missionary college
Islington 1836; Inc. of Holy Trinity, Hoxton 22 Feb. 1848 to
death; translated the Bible into Portugese 1813, his version has
been adopted both by Protestants and Roman Catholics; author of
_Tactica Sacra_ 1824; _Plain exposition of the New Testament_
1827. _d._ 23 Leighton road, Kentish town, London 2 Sep. 1880.
BOYS, THOMAS SHOTTER. _b._ Pentonville, London 2 Jany. 1803;
articled to George Cooke, engraver; a member of Institute of
Painters in water colours; exhibited 2 pictures at Royal Academy
and 14 at Suffolk st. gallery 1824–58; lithographed the works of
David Roberts and Clarkson Stanfield 1837; published _Picturesque
architecture in Paris_ 1839 which was much admired; _Original
views of London as it is_ 1843; drew illustrations to Blackie’s
_History of England_; etched some plates for Ruskin’s _Stones of
Venice_. _d._ of paralysis at 30 Acacia road, Marylebone, London
10 Oct. 1874.
BRABAZON, LUKE (_elder son of Hugh Higgins of Brabazon park, co.
Mayo who d. 26 April 1864 aged 63_). _b._ 23 March 1832; 2 Lieut.
R.A 20 June 1849; second captain 23 Aug. 1855 to death; deputy
assistant quartermaster general; changed his name to Brabazon
1854; author of _Soldiers and their science_ 1860; went with
admiral Hope to Tang-chow, China Aug. 1860, captured by Tartar
general San-ko-lin-sin 18 Sep. 1860; executed by the Chinese on
the bridge at Palikao 21 Sep. 1860. _Boulger’s History of China
iii_, 499–521 (1884).
BRACEBRIDGE, CHARLES HOLTE (_only son of Abraham Bracebridge of
Atherstone hall, Atherstone, Warws. who d. 21 Aug. 1832_). _b._ 19
March 1799; ed. at Merton coll. Ox.; went with Florence
Nightingale to Constantinople Oct. 1854; author of _A letter on
the affairs of Greece_ 1850; _Shakespeare no deerstealer, or a
short account of Fulbroke park near Stratford-on-Avon_ 1862. _d._
of heart disease at Atherstone hall 13 July 1872.
BRACKENBURY, SIR EDWARD (_2 son of Richard Brackenbury of Aswardby,
co. Lincoln_). _b._ 1785; ensign 61 Foot 1803, served in Peninsula
1809–14; attached to Portuguese and Spanish army 1814–16; major 28
Foot 1 Nov. 1827 to 31 Jany. 1828 when placed on h.p.; lieut. col.
10 Jany. 1837; retired from the service 1847; K.T.S. 1824, K.S.F.;
knighted at Windsor Castle 26 Aug. 1836. _d._ Skendleby hall near
Spilsby, co. Lincoln 1 June 1864.
BRACKENBURY, REV. JOSEPH. _b._ Langton, Lincolnshire 1788; a student
at C.C. coll. Cam. 28 Oct. 1808, B.A. 1811, M.A. 1819; chaplain
Madras establishment 1812–19; chaplain and secretary to Magdalen
hospital Blackfriars road London 1828–56; R. of Quendon, Essex
1862 to death; author of _Natale solum and other poetical pieces_
1810. _d._ Quendon rectory 31 March 1864.
BRACKENRIDGE, GEORGE WEARE (_eld. son of George Brackenridge of
Brislington near Bristol, merchant_). _b._ Hanover county,
Virginia 4 Jany. 1775; ed. at Dr. Estlin’s school Bristol,
England; partner in a leading West India firm; lived at
Brislington 1824 to death; formed a good collection of Coleoptera
and organic remains; gave greater portion of building fund for
Christchurch, Clevedon, also a permanent endowment for church
which was consecrated 1839. _d._ Brislington 11 Feb. 1856.
_Quarterly Journal of Geol. Soc. of London xiv_, 60–62 (1858).
BRADBURY, HENRY (_eld. son of the succeeding_). A pupil at Imperial
printing office Vienna 1850 where he learnt process of Nature
printing which he claimed afterwards to have invented; founded a
business in Fetter lane, London which he moved to Farringdon st.
and carried on under name of Bradbury, Wilkinson and Co.; produced
nature printed plates to Moore and Lindley’s _Ferns of Great
Britain and Ireland_ 1855 and Johnstone’s _British sea weeds 4
vols._ 1860–1; author of _Printing, it’s dawn, day, and destiny_
1858; _Autotypography or art of nature printing_ 1860; _Specimens
of bank note engraving_ 1860; committed suicide by drinking
prussic acid in Cremorne gardens, London 1 Sep. 1860 aged 30.
BRADBURY, WILLIAM. Printer at 76 Fleet st. London 1824; publisher
with F. M. Evans in Whitefriars st. 1830; published _The Christmas
carol_ 1843; _Punch_ 1843 to death, the _Daily News_ 1846 to
death; joint proprietor with C. Dickens, J. Forster and W. H.
Wills of _Household Words_ 1850–59; proprietor of _Gent. Mag._
1866–70. _d._ 13 Upper Woburn place, London 11 April 1869 in 70
year. _Reg. and mag. of biog. i_, 485 (1869); _C. Beavan’s Reports
of cases in chancery xxvii_, 53–61 (1861).
BRADDYLL, EDWARD STANLEY BAGOT RICHMOND GALE. _b._ 1803; contested
North Durham 21 Dec. 1832; fought a duel with Russell Bowlby at
Offerton lane near Herrington, Durham 27 Sep. 1832 and another
with Sir Hedworth Williamson, Bart. at the Hare and Hounds on the
Sedgefield road same day. _d._ Windermere Bank, Bowness, Ambleside
2 Sep. 1874 aged 71. _Sykes’s Local Records ii_, 397–8 (1833).
BRADEN, REV. WILLIAM. _b._ Marylebone, London 22 Nov. 1840; ed. at
Maida Hill gr. sch. and Cheshunt coll.; Congregational minister at
St. Alban’s 1861 at Hillhouse chapel Huddersfield 1866 and at the
King’s Weigh house chapel, London Jany. 1871 to death; edited the
_English Independent_; author of _The beautiful gleaner, A Hebrew
pastoral story_ 1872; _Our social relationships_ 1876. _d._
Clapton, London 20 July 1878. _Sermons by the Rev. W. Braden,
edited by Agnes Braden_ 1880; _J. Waddington’s Congregational
history v_, 598–602 (1878).
BRADFIELD, HENRY JOSEPH STEELE (_son of Thomas Bradfield of Derby
st. Westminster, coal merchant_). _b._ Derby st. Westminster 18
May 1805; left England in the schooner Unicorn as surgeon under
Lord Cochrane 26 April 1826; sous lieutenant in Bataillon Etranger
of Belgium 1 Sep. 1832; stipendiary magistrate in Tobago 31 Dec.
1835, removed to Trinidad 13 May 1836, re-appointed to the
Southern or Cedros district 13 April 1839; private sec. to
Lieutenant Governor of Dominica 1841, colonial sec. in Barbados
1842; author of _Waterloo or the British minstrel a poem_ 1825;
_The Athenaid or modern Grecians a poem_ 1830; _Tales of the
Cyclades and other poems_ 1830; committed suicide by drinking a
bottle of prussic acid in coffee room of St. Albans hotel, 12
Charles st. St. James’s sq. London 11 Oct. 1852. _G.M. xxxix_, 102
(1853); _Morning Post 13 Oct. 1852 p._ 4 _and 15 Oct. p._ 6.
BRADFORD, GEORGE AUGUSTUS FREDERICK HENRY BRIDGEMAN, 2 Earl of. _b._
23 Oct. 1789; ed. at Trin. coll. Cam., M.A. 1810; succeeded 7 Sep.
1825. _d._ Weston park Shiffnal, Salop 22 March 1865.
BRADFORD, SIR THOMAS (_son of Thomas Bradford of Ashdown park,
Sussex_). _b._ 1 Dec. 1777; ensign of an Independent company 20
Oct. 1793; commanded a brigade of Portuguese army 1810–13, and a
division 1813–14; lieut. col. of 34 Foot 18 May 1809, and of 82
Foot 21 Dec. 1809 to 1815; commanded seventh division of the army
of occupation in France 1815–17; commanded the troops in Scotland
1819–25; colonel of 94 Foot 1 Dec. 1823, of 30 Foot 16 April 1829
and of 4 Foot 7 Feb. 1846 to death; commander in chief in Bombay
20 July 1825 to 17 May 1829, assumed command 3 May 1826; general
23 Nov. 1841; K.C.B. 5 Jany. 1815; G.C.B. 15 Feb. 1838; G.C.H.
1831. _d._ 13 Eaton sq. London 28 Nov. 1853. _United Service Mag._
1854 _part_ 1 _p._ 157.
BRADFORD, REV. WILLIAM. R. of Storrington, Sussex 1811 to death;
chaplain in ordinary to the Sovereign 1821 to death. _d._
Storrington rectory 13 June 1857 aged 77.
BRADLEY, REV. CHARLES (_elder son of Thomas Bradley of
Wallingford_). _b._ Halstead, Essex Feb. 1789; took pupils
1810–25; a member of St. Edmund hall Ox.; C. of High Wycombe,
Bucks. 1812–25; V. of Glasbury, Brecknockshire 1825 to death; P.C.
of St. James’s Clapham, London 1829–53; very eminent as a
preacher; author of _Sermons_ 1818, _11 ed._ 1854; _Sermons_ 1825,
_9 ed._ 1854; _Practical sermons 2 vols._ 1836–8; _Sacramental
sermons_ 1842; _Sermons on the Christian life_ 1853. _d._
Cheltenham 16 Aug. 1871 aged 82. _A selection from the sermons of
Rev. C. Bradley, edited by Rev. G. J. Davies_ 1884; _Guardian 22
March 1882_, 421–2.
BRADLEY, GEORGE. _b._ Whitby, Yorkshire 1816; a reporter on _York
Herald_; editor of _Sunderland and Durham County Herald_; editor
and one of proprietors of _Newcastle Guardian_ about 1848 to
death; author of _A concise and practical system of short-hand
writing_ 1843. _d._ Newcastle 14 Oct. 1863.
BRADLEY, REV. RICHARD BEADON. _b._ Minehead, Somerset 1803; P.C. of
Ash Priors near Taunton 1834 to death; P.C. of Cothelstone,
Somerset 1835 to death; author of _The portion of Jezreel, a
sacred drama_ 1843; _Pauperism. Whence does it arise? how may it
be remedied_ 1846; _The expected budget, or how to save more than
twelve millions a year_ 1850. _d._ Teignmouth 22 March 1851 aged
48.
BRADLEY, ROBERT GREENE (_only son of Robert Bradley of Slyne near
Lancaster who d. 1825_). _b._ 14 April 1788; barrister G.I. 22
June 1814, bencher 26 April 1837, treasurer 30 Aug. 1839; comr. of
bankrupts for Lancaster. _d._ of paralysis at Slyne 16 Oct. 1869.
BRADLEY, SAMUEL MESSENGER. _b._ 2 June 1841; ed. at Manchester
school of medicine, M.R.C.S. 1862, F.R.C.S. 1869; demonstrator of
anatomy at Manchester school of medicine 1865, and lecturer on
anatomy 1866; professor of physiology at Stonyhurst college
several years; assistant surgeon to Manchester Royal infirmary
1873 and surgeon 1876 to death; lecturer on practical surgery at
Owens college school of medicine 1876 to death; author of _Manual
of comparative anatomy and physiology_ 1869, _3 ed._ 1875; _Notes
on Syphilis_ 1872; _Injuries and diseases of the lymphatic system_
1879. _d._ Ramsgate 27 May 1880. _Medical times and gazette i_,
625–6 (1880).
BRADLEY, WILLIAM. _b._ Manchester 16 Jany. 1801; a painter and
teacher of drawing at Manchester 1817; a portrait painter in
London 1822–47; exhibited 13 portraits at Royal Academy, 21 at
Free Society of artists, and 8 at British Institution 1823–46.
_d._ Manchester 4 July 1857.