Surrey, blacksmith 1761–1810_). _b._ Newington 22 Sep. 1791;
chemical assistant at royal institution 1 March 1813; travelled as
amanuensis with Sir Humphrey Davy in France, Italy and Switzerland
1813–1815; F.R.S. 8 Jany. 1824, Copley medallist 1832 and 1838,
royal medallist 1835 and 1846, Rumford medallist 1846; began his
lectures to children 29 Dec. 1827; began his ‘Electrical
researches’ 29 Aug. 1831; discovered magneto-electricity 1831,
electro-chemical decomposition 1833; professor of chemistry at
royal institution Jany. 1833 to 1865; granted civil list pension
of £300 a year 1835; senator of univ. of London 1836; an elder of
the Sandemanian church for 3½ years from 1840; discovered
magnetisation of light 1845, diamagnetism 1845 and magnetic
character of oxygen 1847; received 95 honorary titles and marks of
merit; lived in one of the Queen’s houses Hampton Court Green 1858
to death; author of _Chemical manipulation, instructions to
students_ 1827, _3 ed._ 1842 and other works. _d._ Hampton Court
Green 25 Aug. 1867. _bur._ Highgate cemetery 30 Aug. _Bence
Jones’s Life and letters of Faraday 2 vols._ 1870, _portrait_; _J.
F. Clarke’s Autobiographical recollections of the medical
profession_ (1874) 399–409; _Illustrated Review v_, 29–39,
_portrait_; _Illust. news of the world i_ (1858), _portrait_;
_Proc. of Royal Soc. xvii_, 1–68 (1868).
FARDELL, JOHN. _b._ 4 May 1784; F.S.A. 15 June 1809; barrister M.T.
2 July 1824; M.P. for city of Lincoln 1830–1831. _d._ Sprotborough
rectory, Yorkshire 5 Feb. 1854.
FAREY, JOHN (_son of John Farey of Woburn, geologist 1766–1826_).
_b._ Lambeth 20 March 1791; ed. at Woburn; made drawings for
illustrative plates of many scientific works; invented machine for
drawing ellipses 1813 for which gold medal of Society of Arts was
awarded him; constructed ironworks in Russia 1819–21; a lace
manufacturer in Devonshire 1821–23; consulting C.E. in London 1826
to death; M.I.C.E. 1826; author of _A treatise on the steam engine
vol. i_, 1827. _d._ the Common, Sevenoaks 17 July 1851. _Min. of
proc. of Instit. of C.E. xi_, 100–102 (1852).
FARGUS, FREDERICK JOHN (_eld. son of Frederick Charles Fargus of
Bristol, auctioneer, who d. 14 April 1868_). _b._ Bristol 26 Dec.
1847; auctioneer at Bristol 1868–83; author of _Called Back_ 1883,
350,000 copies of it were sold and it was at once translated into
6 European languages, his dramatic version of it was played at
Prince’s theatre, London nearly 200 nights from 20 May 1884; all
his stories were published under pseudonym of Hugh Conway. _d._
Monte Carlo 15 May 1885. _bur._ Nice cemetery 18 May. _Called
Back, by H. Conway_ (1885) _pp. vii-xiii_, _portrait_; _The Lute,
June 1885 p._ 125; _I.L.N. 30 May 1885 p._ 559, _portrait_.
FARIS, WILLIAM. Second lieut. R.E. 1 Jany. 1814, lieut. col. 6 Aug.
1849 to 24 Nov. 1851 when placed on retired list; general 8 June
1871. _d._ 17 Pall Mall, London 4 Dec. 1874 aged 80.
FARLEY, CHARLES. _b._ London 1771; first appeared on the stage at
Covent Garden 1782; supervised dramatic spectacles at Covent
Garden 1806–34; author of _The Magic Oak, a Christmas pantomime_
1799; _Aggression, or the heroine of Yucatan_ 1805 and other
pieces; instructed Grimaldi to whose Orson when he made his
appearance in the character 10 Oct. 1806 he played Valentine; the
best theatrical machinist of his time. _d._ 42 Ampthill square,
Hampstead road, London 28 Jany. 1859. _British stage ii_, 145
(1818), _portrait_.
FARLEY, JAMES LEWIS (_only son of Thomas Farley of Meiltran, co.
Cavan_). _b._ Dublin 9 Sep. 1823; ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin; chief
accountant of Beyrout branch of Ottoman Bank 1856; accountant
general of state bank of Turkey at Constantinople 1860; consul for
Turkey at Bristol 1870–84; author of _The massacres in Syria_
1861; _The Druses and the Maronites_ 1861; _Turks and Christians,
a solution of the Eastern question_ 1876 and other books. _d._
Bayswater, London 12 Nov. 1885.
FARNBOROUGH, SIR THOMAS ERSKINE MAY, 1 Baron. _b._ London 8 Feb.
1815; ed. at Bedford gr. sch.; assistant librarian House of
Commons 1831; barrister M.T. 4 May 1838, bencher 21 May 1873;
taxing master in Parliament 1847–56; clerk assistant of House of
Commons 1856–71, clerk Jany. 1871 to death; member of Statute law
committee 1868, chairman; C.B. 1860, K.C.B. 6 July 1866; created
Baron Farnborough of Farnborough in the county of Southampton 10
May 1886; author of _Constitutional history of England 1760–1860_,
_2 vols._ 1861–2, new ed. _3 vols._ 1871; _Law privileges,
proceedings and usage of Parliament_ 1844, _9 ed._ 1883;
_Democracy in Europe 2 vols._ 1877. _d._ Speaker’s Court, Houses
of Parliament 17 May 1886. _Biograph, Jany. 1882 pp._ 14–20.
FARNCOMB, THOMAS. _b._ Sussex; proprietor of one of the largest
wharfs on Surrey side of the Thames for about 50 years; a merchant
and shipowner; one of earliest promoters of London and Westminster
bank 1834, and long a director of it; sheriff of London 1840,
alderman for ward of Bassishaw 1841–59, lord mayor 1849–50. _d._
Rose hill, Forest hill, Surrey 23 Sep. 1865 aged 86.
FARNHAM, HENRY MAXWELL, 7 Baron (_eld. child of Rev. Henry Maxwell,
6 Baron Farnham 1773–1838_). _b._ Dublin 9 Aug. 1799; M.P. for co.
Cavan 1824–38; succeeded 19 Oct. 1838; an Irish representative
peer 2 July 1839 to death; K.P. 1845; killed near Abergele,
Denbighshire on the London and north western railway 20 Aug. 1868.
_I.L.N. liii_, 210 (1868).
FARNHAM, SOMERSET RICHARD MAXWELL, 8 Baron (_brother of the
preceding_). _b._ Dublin 18 Oct. 1803; M.P. for Cavan 1838–40;
sheriff of Cavan 1844. _d._ Farnham house, Cavan 1 June 1884.
FARNHAM, EDWARD BASIL. _b._ 19 April 1799; M.P. for North
Leicestershire 1837–59; sheriff of Leics. 1870. _d._ Quorndon
house near Loughborough 13 May 1879.
FARNIE, HENRY BROUGHAM. _b._ Fifeshire; ed. at Univs. of St. Andrews
and Cambridge; edited the _Fifeshire Journal_; edited in London a
musical weekly called _The Orchestra_ 1863, also the _Paris Times,
Sock and Buskin_ 1867 and _Cramer’s Opera Bouffe Cabinet_ 1874;
his song _The Last Stirrup-cup_ became very popular; wrote
librettos of many operettas and burlesques; translated and adapted
most of the more successful modern French comic operas, most
popular of which were _Genevieve de Brabant_ produced at
Philharmonic theatre 11 Nov. 1871, _Nemesis_ at Strand theatre 17
April 1873, _La Fille de Madame Angot_ at Gaiety theatre 10 Nov.
1873 and _Les Cloches de Corneville_ at Folly theatre 23 Feb.
1878; 20 of his adaptations were printed 1850–87. _d._ Paris 22
Sep. 1889. _Law Reports 5 P.D._ 153, _6 P.D._ 35, _8 Appeal Cases_
43.
FARQUHAR, THOMAS NEWMAN. _b._ 1809; solicitor in London 1830 to
death; one of the nine purchasers of the Crystal Palace for
£70,000, 24 May 1852, one of the original directors of the Co. at
Sydenham. _d._ Sydenham, Kent 30 July 1866.
FARQUHARSON, FRANCIS (_son of Rev. Robert Farquharson of Allarque,
co. Aberdeen_). _b._ 1787; entered Bombay army 1802; col. 9 Bombay
N.I. 8 March 1845 to 1869; general 6 Jany. 1863. _d._ Clifton 20
March 1872.
FARQUHARSON, JAMES JOHN (_only son of James Farquharson of
Littleton, Dorset 1728–95_). _b._ 9 Oct. 1784; ed. at Eton and Ch.
Ch. Ox.; B.A. 1828; student of L.I. 1829; kept a pack of foxhounds
in Dorset at his own expense 1806 to 1858 when he sold the pack;
kept a small racing stud; sheriff of Dorset 1809. _d._ 9 March
1871. _Sporting Review xxxviii_, 355–58 (1857), _xxxix_, 440–42
(1858), _portrait_; _Baily’s Mag. xi_, 113–18 (1866), _portrait_.
FARQUHARSON, ROBERT, stage name of Robert Farquharson Smith. _b._
1820; articled to Harris of Drury Lane, chorus master; sang at
coronation of William iv, 1838; sang in opera at Drury Lane and
Surrey theatres, also at concerts; member of the Sims Reeves opera
troupe; went to Australia 1856, sang there in opera and concerts;
sang at the Opera Comique, London. _d._ 2 Wilberforce road,
Finsbury park, London 12 Feb. 1880.
FARR, WILLIAM. _b._ Kenley, Shropshire 30 Nov. 1807; studied
medicine in Paris 1829–31; L.S.A. 1832; practised in London
1833–38; compiler of abstracts in registrar general’s office 1838;
an assistant comr. for censuses of 1851 and 1861 and a comr. for
that of 1871; wrote greater part of the reports on each census;
F.S.S. 1839, treasurer 1855–67, vice-pres. 1869–70, pres. 1871–2;
F.R.S. 7 June 1855 to 1882; C.B. 10 April 1880; gold medallist of
British Association 1880; author of _A medical guide to Nice_ 1841
and of many papers in the _Lancet_ and other periodicals. _d._ 78
Portsdown road, Maida Vale, London 14 April 1883. _Biographical
notice of W. Farr by F. A. C. Hare_ 1883; _W. Farr’s Vital
Statistics_ 1885 _with biographical sketch by N. A. Humphreys,
portrait_.
FARRAR, REV. JOHN (_youngest son of Rev. John Farrar, Wesleyan
minister, who d. 1837_). _b._ Alnwick 29 July 1802; Wesleyan min.
Aug. 1822; resident minister successively at Sheffield,
Huddersfield, Macclesfield and London; classical tutor at Wesleyan
theological institution, Richmond, Surrey 1843–58; governor and
chaplain of Woodhouse Grove school near Leeds 1858–68; governor of
Headingley college, Leeds 1868–76; pres. of Wesleyan conference at
Birmingham 1854 and at Burslem 1870; author of _The proper names
of the Bible_ 1839, _2 ed._ 1844; _A biblical and theological
dictionary illustrative of the Old and New Testament_ 1851 and 3
other books. _d._ Headingley, Leeds 19 Nov. 1884. _bur._ Abney
Park cemetery, London 25 Nov. _Slugg’s Woodhouse Grove school_
(1885) _pp._ 14, 79–84, 135, 257; _I.L.N. 6 Aug. 1870 p._ 149,
_portrait_.
FARRE, ARTHUR (_younger son of John Richard Farre 1775–1862_). _b._
London 6 March 1811; ed. at Charterhouse sch. and Caius coll.
Cam.; M.B. 1833, M.D. 1841; F.R.S. 2 May 1839; F.R.C.P. 1843,
Harveian orator 1872; professor of obstetric medicine at King’s
college, and phys. accoucheur to King’s college hospital 1841–62;
examiner in midwifery to royal college of surgeons 1852–75; pres.
of Royal Microscopical Society 1851–2; phys. extraordinary to the
Queen 30 Aug. 1875 to death; pres. of Obstetrical Society 1875;
author of _The Uterus and its appendages_ forming parts 49 and 50
of Todd’s _Cyclopædia of anatomy and physiology_ 1858. _d._ 18
Albert Mansions, Victoria st. Westminster 17 Dec. 1887.
FARRE, FREDERICK JOHN (_brother of the preceding_). _b._
Charterhouse sq. London 16 Dec. 1804; ed. at Charterhouse, gold
medallist 1821, captain 1822; foundation scholar at St. John’s
coll. Cam., 32 wrangler 1827; M.A. 1830, M.D. 1837; lecturer on
botany at St. Bartholomew’s hospital 1831–54, on materia medica
1854–76, assistant phys. 1836, phys. 1854; phys. to Royal London
Ophthalmic hospital 1843 to death; F.R.C.P. 1838, lecturer on
materia medica 1843–5, treasurer 1868–83, vice pres. 1885; one of
the editors of first _British Pharmacopœia_ 1864, and of an
abridgment of Pereira’s _Materia Medica_ 1865, _new eds._ 1872 and
1874. _d._ 35 Elsham road, Kensington, London 9 Nov. 1886.
FARRE, JOHN RICHARD (_son of Richard John Farre of Barbadoes,
surgeon_). _b._ Barbadoes 31 Jany. 1775; student at United Borough
hosps. London 1792; spent two years at Edinburgh; M.D. Aberdeen 22
Jany. 1806; L.C.P. 31 March 1806; physician in London 1806; joint
founder with J. C. Saunders of Royal London Ophthalmic hospital
1806, physician there 1806–56; edited Journal of Morbid Anatomy,
ophthalmic medicine and pharmaceutical analysis 1828; author of
_The morbid anatomy of the liver_ 1812–15, _Pathological
researches on malformations of the human heart_ 1814. _d._
Pentonville road, London 7 May 1862.
FARRELL, FRANCIS. Entered Bombay army 1818; col. 28 Bombay N.I. 15
March 1851 to death; M.G. 28 Nov. 1854. _d._ Hyde lodge,
Winchester 17 July 1869 aged 69.
FARREN, HENRY (_eld. son of Wm. Farren 1786–1861_). _b._ 1825; made
his first appearance on the stage at Haymarket theatre as Charles
Surface 1848; played leading comedy parts at Strand 1847–50 and
Olympic 1850–53; manager of Brighton theatre short time; played in
the U.S. 1854 to death; manager of theatre at St. Louis. _d._ St.
Louis 8 Jany. 1860.
FARREN, HARRIET ELIZABETH (_dau. of Mr. Diddear, provincial
theatrical manager_). _b._ Penzance, Cornwall 31 July 1789; made
her first appearance in London at Covent Garden theatre 7 Oct.
1813 as Desdemona; played leading characters in tragedy and comedy
at Covent Garden and Drury Lane; retired about 1837. (_m._ (1)
1805 John Faucit Saville actor, he _d._ 1 Nov. 1853. _m._ (2)
Jany. 1856 William Farren 1786–1861). _d._ 23 Brompton sq. London
16 June 1857. _Oxberry’s Dramatic Biography iii_, 127–35 (1825),
_portrait_; _Theatrical inquisitor x_, 83–86 (1817), _portrait_.
FARREN, WILLIAM (_3 son of Wm. Farren of Covent Garden theatre,
London, actor, who d. 9 May 1795 aged 41_). _b._ 13 May 1786; made
his first appearance on the stage as Sir Archy Macsarcasm in _Love
à la Mode_ at Plymouth theatre about 1806; played in Ireland;
appeared in London at Covent Garden theatre as Sir Peter Teazle 10
Sep. 1818; played at Covent Garden winter seasons 1818–28, at the
Haymarket summer seasons 1818–28; played at Drury Lane 1828–1837,
at Covent Garden again 1837, at the Haymarket 1837–47; lessee of
the Strand 1847–50, of the Olympic 2 Sep. 1850 to 22 Sep. 1853;
took final farewell of the stage at the Haymarket theatre 16 July
1855; famous for his old men characters. _d._ 23 Brompton sq.
London 24 Sep. 1861. _Oxberry’s Dramatic Biography iii_, 37–47
(1825), _portrait_; _Metropolitan mag. xviii_, 85–91 (1837);
_Theatrical inquisitor xiii_, 323 (1818), _portrait_; _I.L.N. i_,
188 (1842), _portrait_, _xxvii_, 99, 100 (1855), _portrait_.
FARRER, JAMES (_eld. son of the succeeding_). _b._ London 8 May
1812; ed. at Winchester and New coll. Ox.; M.P. for South Durham
1847–57 and 1859–65. _d._ Ingleborough near Settle, Yorkshire 13
June 1879.
FARRER, JAMES WILLIAM (_eld. son of James Farrer_). _b._ 11 May
1785; ed. at Brasenose coll. Ox., B.A. 1806, M.A. 1809; barrister
L.I. 11 Feb. 1811; a master in chancery 9 March 1824 to 30 June
1852 when office was abolished by 15 & 16 Vict. c. 80, and he
retired on full pay; author of _Observations on the offices of the
Masters in Chancery_ 1848. _d._ Ingleborough 9 Nov. 1863.
FARRIER, ROBERT. _b._ Chelsea 1796; exhibited 35 pictures at R.A.,
50 at B.I. and 32 at Suffolk st. gallery 1818–72 many of which
were engraved; one of his pictures ‘The Parting’ is in the South
Kensington Museum. _d._ Holly villa, Hayes, Uxbridge 19 April
1879.
FAULKNER, GEORGE. _b._ Oldham st. Manchester about 1790; partner in
a firm of silk, cotton and linen manufacturers at Manchester 1812;
the first chairman of trustees of Owens college, Manchester 1851
to Aug. 1858; a liberal benefactor to the college. _d._ Limebank,
Crumpsall, Manchester 21 Feb. 1862. _Thompson’s Owen’s College,
Manchester_ (1886) _pp._ 52–8; _Manchester Courier 1 March 1862
p._ 7.
FAULKNER, THOMAS. _b._ Fulham near London; bookseller and stationer
in Paradise row, Chelsea; contributed essays and reviews to _Gent.
Mag._ for more than half a century from Oct. or Nov. 1797;
published histories of Chelsea, Fulham, Kensington, Hammersmith,
Brentford, Chiswick and Ealing 1810–45. _d._ Smith st. Chelsea 26
May 1855 in 79 year. _G.M. xliv_, 215–16 (1855).
FAUSSETT, REV. GODFREY (_son of Henry Godfrey Faussett of Nackington
near Canterbury, who d. 1825_). Matric. from C.C. coll. Ox. 7 July
1797 aged 16, scholar 1797; B.A. 1801, M.A. 1804, B.D. 1822, D.D.
1827; probationary fellow of Magd. coll. July 1802; select
preacher 1809, 1813, 1824 and 1835; Bampton lecturer 1820; Lady
Margaret’s professor of divinity in Univ. of Ox. 1827 to death;
preb. of Worcester 1827–40; canon of Ch. Ch. Ox. 1840 to death; V.
of Cropthorne, Worcs. 1840 to death; author of _The claims of the
established church, Oxford_ 1820; _The Thirty-nine articles
considered with reference to No. 90 of Tracts for the Times_ 1841
and other works. _d._ Christ Church, Oxford 28 June 1853.
FAUSSETT, THOMAS GODFREY (_6 son of the preceding_). _b._ Oxford
1829; ed. at C.C. coll. Ox., B.A. 1851, M.A. 1854, fellow of his
coll. 1857–64; barrister L.I. 26 Jany. 1863; chapter clerk and
auditor of Canterbury cathedral 1866 to death; district registrar
of Court of Probate at Canterbury 1871 to death; F.S.A. March
1859; hon. sec. of Kent Archæological Soc. 1863–73; author of many
articles on antiquity and archæology; wrote the article
_Canterbury_ in _Encyclopædia Britannica_, _9 ed._ _d._ The
Precincts, Canterbury 26 Feb. 1877. _Rev. W. J. Loftie’s Memorials
of T. G. Faussett_ 1878.
FAUVET, PIERRE ADOLPHE DUHART-. Lived in London nearly 50 years;
head French master at Working men’s college North London and other
institutions; author of _Champ de Roses_ 1847; _Poésies
Françaises_ 1870, _2 ed._ 1870; wrote Soyer’s _Pantropheon, or
history of food and its preparations_ 1853. _d._ 8 Arlingford
road, Brixton, London 15 Oct. 1882 aged 75.
FAVANTI, RITA, stage name of Margaret Edwards. Educ. at Royal
Academy of Music, Aug. 1836 to May 1840; appeared as Mademoiselle
Favanti at Her Majesty’s theatre in Cenerentola 23 March 1844; had
a compass of voice of almost 3 octaves. _d._ 28 Abingdon villas,
Kensington 19 Aug. 1867 aged 39. _H. F. Chorley’s Thirty years
musical recollections i_, 244–50 (1862); _I.L.N. iv_, 189 (1844),
_portrait_.
FAWCETT, CHARLES. _b._ Leicester; acted at Hull; author of plays
entitled _The Irish Farmer_ and _Cousin Sophy_ played by Barney
Williams; _The Irish American_ played by John Drew, _Roderick the
King of the Goths_ and _Napoleon the Third_. _d._ Philadelphia 23
July 1867.
FAWCETT, HENRY (_son of William Fawcett of Salisbury, draper
1793–1887_). _b._ Salisbury 26 Aug. 1833; ed. at King’s coll.
London and Trin. Hall, Cam., 7 wrangler 1856; B.A. 1856, M.A.
1859; student at L.I. 26 Oct. 1854; fell. of his coll. Dec. 1856;
totally blinded by his father when shooting 17 Sep. 1858;
professor of political economy in Univ. of Cam. 27 Nov. 1863 to
death; contested Cambridge 1862, Brighton 1863 and 1874; M.P. for
Brighton, July 1865 to 26 Jany. 1874, M.P. for Hackney 24 April
1874 to death; postmaster general 3 May 1880 to death, established
the parcels post 1 Aug. 1883; P.C. 3 May 1880; lord rector of
Glasgow Univ. 1883; a correspondent of French academy 1884; author
of _Manual of political economy_ 1863, _6 ed._ 1883 and 10 other
books. _d._ 18 Brookside, Cambridge 6 Nov. 1884, monument placed
in Westminster Abbey by national subscription. _bur._ Trumpington
churchyard 10 Nov. _Life of Henry Fawcett by Leslie Stephen_
(1885), _2 portraits_; _Times 7 Nov. 1884 p. 10, cols. 3–6_.
FAWCETT, JOHN (_son of a shoemaker at village of Wennington,
Lancashire_). _b._ Wennington 8 Dec. 1789, shoemaker there to
1825; organist and professor of music at Bolton 1825 to death; his
compositions are said to number 200; his chief works are _The
Seraphic Choir_ 1840; _The Cherub Lute_ 1845; _Music for
thousands_ 1845; _The Lancashire vocalist_ 1854; _The temperance
minstrel_ 1856; _Chanting made easy_ 1857; _The universal
chorister_ 1863; _The temperance harmonist_ 1864. _d._ Bolton 26
Oct. 1867. _J. Fawcett’s Harp of Zion_, _portrait_.
FAWCETT, JOHN (_3 son of the preceding_). _b._ Bolton 1824; organist
of St. John’s church, Farnworth, Lancs. 1825–1842, of Bolton
parish church 1842 to death; obtained degree of Mus. Bac. Ox. 3
Nov. 1852, his exercise a sacred cantata _Supplication and
Thanksgiving_ was published by subscription 1856. _d._ Manchester
1 July 1857.
FAWCETT, REV. JOSHUA (_2 son of Richard Fawcett of Bradford, worsted
manufacturer_). _b._ Bradford 9 May 1809; ed. at Trin. coll. Cam.,
B.A. 1829, M.A. 1836; P.C. of Holy Trinity, Wibsey, Yorkshire 17
Feb. 1833 to death; hon. canon of Ripon, Sep. 1860 to death;
edited _The Village Churchman_ afterwards incorporated with _The
Churchman_ and continued under title of _The Churchman’s Magazine
8 vols._ 1838–45; author of _A harmony of the Gospels_ 1836 and
other books. _d._ suddenly while walking on Low Moor, Bradford 21
Dec. 1864. _J. James’s Bradford_ (1866) 263–64.
FAWKNER, JOHN PASCOE. _b._ London 20 Aug. 1792; went out to Port
Phillip, Australia 1803; a publican at Launceston, Van Diemen’s
Land; brought out the _Launceston Advertiser_ 1830; founded
Melbourne, Victoria 29 Aug. 1835; brought out the _Melbourne
Advertiser_ the first newspaper in Victoria 1 Jany. 1838, the
_Port Phillip Patriot_ 5 March 1838 converted it into the _Daily
News_; member of first legislative council Oct. 1851; member of
the upper house, Nov. 1856 to death. _d._ Melbourne 4 Sep. 1869.
_Labilliere’s Early history of Victoria ii_, 88–95 (1878).
FAWSITT, AMY, stage name of Mary Ann Fawsitt (_dau. of William
Fawsitt of the Manchester exchange, who d. 1843_). _b._ London
1836; ed. for a governess at Abbeville and Milan; first appeared
on stage at Edinburgh 1865; first appeared in London at Holborn
theatre as Flora Grainger in _The Mistress of the Mill_ 1 May
1869; played Lottie in Albery’s _Two Roses_ at Vaudeville theatre
400 times from 4 June 1870; played Lady Teazle at same theatre 412
times from 18 July 1872; came out at Fifth Avenue theatre New York
27 Sep. 1876. (_m._ 27 May 1871 Edward Menzies of Perth and
Belgrave sq. London). _d._ 8th Avenue, New York 26 Dec. 1876.
_bur._ Marble cemetery, New York 29 Dec. _Illustrated sporting and
dramatic news i_, 217, 219 (1874), _portrait_; _London Figaro 29
Sep. 1877, pp._ 10–12.
FEARON, VEN. HENRY (_son of Rev. J. F. Fearon, V. of Cuckfield,
Sussex_). _b._ 20 June 1802; ed. at Winchester and Em. coll. Cam.,
B.A. 1824, M.A. 1827; fellow of Em. coll.; R. of Loughborough 1848
to death; archdeacon of Leicester 1863–84; author of _Old Dame
Walder, a tale of Suffolk life_ 1847; _What to learn and what to
unlearn, Lectures_ 1860 and other books. _d._ Loughborough 12 June
1885.
FEARON, ROBERT BRYCE. Ensign 31 foot June 1795, lieut. col. 8 May
1823; lieut. col. 64 foot 12 Jany. 1826; lieut. col. 6 foot 1 May
1828; lieut. col. 40 foot 23 Nov. 1838 to death; commanded troops
on board ship ‘Kent’ burnt in Bay of Biscay 1 March 1825, C.B. for
his services on this occasion 2 April 1825; M.G. 9 Nov. 1846;
committed suicide by shooting himself at residence of his daughter
Lady Palmer at Much Hadham, Herts. 26 Jany. 1851.
FEARON, SAMUEL TURNER. M.R.C.S. 1848; M.D. St. Andrews 1851;
professor of Chinese literature, King’s college, London. _d._
Abercrombie house, Southampton st. Fitzroy sq. London 18 Jany.
1854 aged 35.
FEATHERSTON, ISAAC EARL (_4 son of Thomas Featherston of Cotfield
house, Durham_). _b._ 21 March 1813; studied medicine at Univ. of
Edin., M.D. 1836; went to New Zealand 1840; superintendent of
province of Wellington 1853–71; member of general assembly for
Wanganui and afterwards for city of Wellington; agent general for
New Zealand in England 1871 to death. _d._ 60 York road, Brighton
19 June 1876. _W. Gisborne’s New Zealand Rulers_ (1886), 83,
_portrait_.
FEATHERSTONHAUGH, GEORGE WILLIAM. _b._ London 1780; went to U.S.
America 1807 where he married and resided; geologist of U.S.A. in
journeys through Mexico and Arkansas 1834–5; commissioner to
determine boundary between U.S.A. and British North America 1839;
British consul at Havre 29 Oct. 1844 to death; instrumental in
bringing Louis Philippe and his queen to England 3 March 1848;
F.R.S. 2 April 1835; edited the monthly American journal of
geology from 1831; author of _The Republic of Cicero_,
_translated_ 1829; _Excursion through the slave states 2 vols._
1844; _A canoe voyage up the Minnay Sotor 2 vols._ 1847 and other
books. _d._ Havre 27 Sep. 1866. _Quarterly Journal of Geological
Soc. xxiii, pp. xliii-v_ (1867).
FECHTER, CHARLES ALBERT (_son of Jean Maria Guillaume Fechter,
sculptor_). _b._ Hanway yard, Oxford st. London 23 Oct. 1824; made
his début at Comedíe Française, Paris, Dec. 1844; played at St.
James’s theatre, London 1847; played at Vaudeville theatre, Paris
1852–58; joint director of Odéon theatre 1857; the leading jeune
premier in France; appeared as Ruy Blas in Victor Hugo’s drama
_Ruy Blas_ at Princess’s theatre 27 Oct. 1860, and as Hamlet 20
March 1861 with great success; lessee of Lyceum theatre, Dec. 1862
to Nov. 1867; played at Adelphi theatre 1867–69 and 1872; first
appeared in New York 10 Jany. 1870; opened Globe theatre, New York
12 Sep. 1870; opened Park theatre, New York 15 April 1874; broke
his leg 1876 when he retired from the stage. _d._ at his farm,
Richmond, Bucks. county, Philadelphia 5 Aug. 1879. _Kate Field’s
C. A. Fechter_ (1882), _4 portraits_; _A. Brereton’s Some famous
Hamlets_ (1884) 45–50; _Pascoe’s Dramatic List_ (1879) 127–36;
_Tallis’s Illustrated life in London_ (1864) 104, 105, 138, _2
portraits_; _Theatre iii_, 70, 132 (1879), _portrait_.
FEDERICI, FREDERICK, stage name of Frederick Baker. Sang frequently
in London at St. James’s hall and Monday popular concerts; played
all the baritone parts in Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic operas in
America and England; went to Australia, June 1887; played
Mephistopheles in _Faust_ at Princess’s theatre, Melbourne 3 March
1888. _d._ in the green-room of the theatre at 12.10 a._m._ 4
March 1888. _Illustrated sporting and dramatic news 26 May 1888
pp._ 321, 322, _portrait_.
FEENEY, PATRICK. _b._ Galway 1800; ran away from home at 9 years of
age; a strolling showman or performer of feats of strength and
agility, he balanced coach wheels, a plank 21 feet long and a live
donkey on a ladder; always known as Old Malabar; made the round of
all the fairs in England and Scotland; an account of his life was
written and published by David Prince Miller; performed in streets
of Glasgow 5 Nov. 1883. _d._ 9 M’Pherson st. Glasgow 6 Nov. 1883.
_Era 10 Nov. 1883 p. 4, col. 4._
FEENEY, PATRICK. _b._ Rosscommon 19 Nov. 1850; first appeared on the
stage at Birmingham as an Irish comic singer; first appeared in
London 1876; sang in all chief music halls in London and the
provinces; the leading Irish comic singer for some years before
his death; spent 40 weeks in the United States 1888. _d._
Kennington park road, London 13 May 1889.
FEENEY, RIGHT REV. THOMAS. Professor in Maynooth college; bishop of
Ptolemais and administrator apostolic of Killala, July 1839,
consecrated 13 Oct. 1839; bishop of Killala 12 Dec. 1847 to death.
_d._ Killala 9 June 1873.
FEILD, RIGHT REV. EDWARD (_3 son of James Feild_). _b._ Worcester 7
June 1801; ed. at Rugby and Queen’s coll. Ox., Michel scholar,
Michel fellow 1827–33; B.A. 1823, M.A. 1826, D.D. 1844; R. of
English Bicknor, Gloucs. 1834–44; the first inspector of schools
under National Society, May 1840; bishop of Newfoundland 22 March
1844 to death; consecrated at Lambeth palace 28 April; author of
addresses, sermons and charges. _d._ the bishop’s palace, Bermuda
8 June 1876. _Tucker’s Memoir of E. Field_ (1877), _portrait_.
FEILDEN, HENRY MASTER (_eld. son of the succeeding_). _b._ Witton
park, Blackburn 21 Feb. 1818; M.P. for Blackburn 30 March 1869 to
death. _d._ Lytham, Lancashire 5 Sep. 1875.
FEILDEN, JOSEPH. _b._ Blackburn 1792; sheriff of Lancs. 1818; M.P.
for Blackburn 15 Aug. 1865 to 16 March 1869 when unseated on
petition. _d._ Wilton park near Blackburn 29 Aug. 1870.
FEIST, CHARLES (_son of Rev. Peter Feist who became a dissenting
minister_). _b._ Beverley, Yorkshire 12 April 1795; educ. Beverley
gram. sch.; in solicitor’s office London; member of Norfolk and
Suffolk circuits under David Fisher 5 years; proprietor of a sch.
at Swaffham, Norfolk 7 years, of a sch. in London 1 year, of a
sch. in Newmarket 18 years where he educated many of the jockeys;
correspondent of _Sunday Times_ at Newmarket; came to London 1842
in connection with _Sunday Times_; author of _Breathings of the
Woodland Lyre_ 1815; _Useful rhymes for youths betimes_ 1837;
_Spring blossoms, dialogues on subjects entertaining to children_,
_4 ed._ 1844. _d._ 10 Granville sq. Clerkenwell, London 10 July
1856. _Sporting Review xxxvi_, 391–4 (1856).
FEIST, HENRY MORT. Editor of _The Sporting Life_ 16 March 1859 to
decease, wrote in it under name of Augur; no man understood racing
and racing men more thoroughly; reporter and sporting prophet for
_Daily Telegraph_ under pseudonym of Hotspur; amateur actor and
good in the role of a clown. _d._ Croydon 18 Dec. 1874 aged 37, a
fund raised for his wife and children, admiral Rous president.
_Sporting Times 26 Dec. 1874 pp._ 157–8, _portrait_; _Sporting
Life 19 Dec. 1874, p. 2_, _26 Dec. p. 2_; _Illust. sporting and
dramatic news ii_, 327, 333 (1875), _portrait_.
FELIX, NICHOLAS, assumed name of Nicholas Wanostrocht (_son of
Vincent Wanostrocht of Camberwell, Surrey, schoolmaster, who d.
1824_). _b._ Camberwell 5 Oct. 1804; kept a school at Peckham
road, Camberwell 1824–32 when he leased it to Royal Naval School;
studied cricket under Harry Hampton at Camberwell; invented the
Catapulta with which he practised; left hand batsman; slow
underhand left hand bowler; played first match at Lord’s 23 Aug.
1828; played in the Gentlemen _v._ Players matches 1831–52; kept a
school at Blackheath; afterwards lived at Montpellier road,
Brighton; subscription raised for him 1858; _portrait_, animal and
landscape painter; inventor of the tubular india rubber gloves; a
player of fives and billiards; author of _Felix on the bat_ 1845,
_3 ed._ 1855. _d._ Wimborne Minster, Dorset 3 Sep. 1876.
_Lillywhite’s Cricket Scores ii_, 61 (1862), _vii_, _p. xi_
(1877).
FELLOWES, CHARLES (_son of Sir Thomas Fellowes 1778–1853_). _b._ 19
Oct. 1823; entered navy 14 May 1836; captain 26 Feb. 1858; R.A. 18
June 1876; admiral superintendent of Chatham dockyard 1876–79;
V.A. 31 Dec. 1880; C.B. 20 May 1871; commanded channel squadron 3
July 1885 to death. _d._ Gibraltar 8 March 1886.
FELLOWES, SIR JAMES (_3 son of Wm. Fellowes, M.D. of Leicester,
physician to George iv_). _b._ Edinburgh 1772; ed. at Rugby;
entered at Peterhouse, Cam., removed to Caius as a Tancred
scholar; fellow of Caius; studied medicine in London and
Edinburgh; M.B. Cam. 1797, M.D. 5 July 1803; F.R.C.P. 30 Sep.
1805; hospital assist. June 1794; one of phys. to the Forces 28
Oct. 1795; knighted by George 3rd at the Queen’s palace 21 March
1810; inspector general of military hospitals 29 April 1813 to
1815 when he retired; F.R.S. 29 Feb. 1816; author of _Reports of
the pestilential disorder of Andalusia which appeared at Cadiz in
the years 1800, 1804, 1810 and 1813_, 1815. _d._ Langstone cottage
near Havant 30 Dec. 1857.
FELLOWES, SIR THOMAS (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ Minorca
1778; midshipman in service of H.E.I.C.; master’s mate R.N. 1797;
C.B. 4 June 1815; K.C. 22 Feb. 1822; knighted 13 Feb. 1828; naval
A.D.C. to the Queen 1841–47; superintendent of royal naval
hospital and victualling yard, Plymouth 6 Feb. 1843 to 1 Sep.
1847; R.A. 26 July 1847. _d._ Great Bedwyn vicarage, Wilts. 12
April 1853.
FELLOWS, SIR CHARLES (_son of John Fellows of Nottingham_). _b._
Nottingham, Aug. 1799; made the 13th recorded ascent of Mont Blanc
25 July 1827; discovered Xanthus and Tlos, Asia Minor 1838 and 13
other ancient cities there 1840; brought home the Lycian marbles
1844; knighted at St. James’s palace 7 May 1845; author of _A
journal written during an excursion in Asia Minor_ 1839; _An
account of discoveries in Lycia_ 1841 and other books. _d._ 4
Montagu place, Russell sq. London 8 Nov. 1860. _C. Brown’s Lives
of Nottinghamshire Worthies_ (1882) 352–3.
FELLOWS, THOMAS HOWARD (_eld. son of Thomas Fellows of Moneyhill,
Herts., solicitor_). _b._ 1823; ed. at Eton; barrister I.T. 17
Nov. 1852; went to Melbourne 1853; member of legislative assembly
of Victoria 1855–58 and 1867–72; member of legislative council
1858–67; solicitor general 1856–57 and 1857–58; attorney general
25 Feb. 1857 to 24 March 1857; postmaster general 14 Oct. 1863 to
24 March 1864; minister of justice and leader of the Assembly, May
to July 1868; judge of supreme court of Victoria 18 Dec. 1872 to
death; author of _The law of costs_ 1847; _Convocation, its
origin, progress and authority_ 1852. _d._ Melbourne 8 April 1878
in 56 year.
FENN, REV. JOSEPH FINCH (_son of Rev. Joseph Fenn, minister of
Blackheath park chapel, Kent_). _b._ 1820; ed. at Trin. coll.
Cam., fellow 1844–7; B.A. 1842, M.A. 1845, B.D. 1877; V. of
Stotfold, Beds. 1847–60; P.C. of Ch. Ch. Cheltenham 1860 to death;
chaplain to bishop of Gloucester and Bristol 1877 to death; hon.
canon of Gloucester 1879 to death; proctor in convocation 1880 to
death; promoter of free library system in Cheltenham; author of a
vol. of sermons entitled _Lenten Teachings_. _d._ Cheltenham 22
July 1884.
FENNELL, JOHN GREVILLE. _b._ at sea between Ireland and England
1807; artist, naturalist and angler; drew pictures of tournament
at Eglinton Castle for _Illustrated London News_; wrote on fishing
in _The Field_ 1853 to death; contributed to _Fishing Gazette_
under name of Creel, and other sporting papers; author of _The
Rail and the Rod_ 1867; _The book of the Roach_ 1870. _d._
Jessamine cottage, Henley 13 Jany. 1885. _Fishing Gazette x_, 24,
51, 61, 220, 264 (1885), _portrait_.
FENTON, CHARLES GILL (_son of James Gill Fenton, stage director to
Edmund Kean, who d. 20 Aug. 1877 aged 83_). Played small parts in
pantomimes 1831; played Shakesperian parts and principal parts in
pantomimes at Sadler’s Wells theatre 1844–59; actor and scene
painter at Strand theatre about 1863–73; acted at Vaudeville
theatre 1873–74. _d._ Shelburne road, Islington 15 Feb. 1877 aged
56.
FENTON, EDWARD DYNE. Ensign 53 foot 1847, lieut. 1849–57 when placed
on h.p.; captain 14 foot 1858; captain 86 foot 1860–70 when he
sold out; author of _Sorties from Gib in quest of sensation and
sentiment_ 1872; _Military men I have met_ 1872; _Eve’s Daughters_
1873; _B. an autobiography 3 vols._ 1874 a novel. _d._ Scarborough
29 July 1880.
FENWICK, EDWARD MATTHEW (_son of Edward James Reid of Jamaica_).
_b._ Jamaica 1812; barrister M.T. 1 May 1854; assumed name of
Fenwick in lieu of Reid, June 1851; contested Lancaster 30 April
1859; M.P. for Lancaster 13 April 1864, re-elected 1 Feb. 1866,
election was declared void 23 April 1866 and writ was suspended
till passing of Reform bill 1867 when borough was disfranchised.
_d._ Burrow hill, Kirkby Lonsdale 16 Oct. 1877.
FENWICK, HENRY (_eld. son of Thomas Fenwick of Southill, co.
Durham_). _b._ 1820; ed. at St. John’s coll. Cam., B.A. 1842, M.A.
1845; barrister L.I. 6 May 1845; contested Sunderland, July 1852
and Durham, Dec. 1852; M.P. for Sunderland 1855–66. _d._ Lansdowne
house, Richmond, Surrey 18 April 1868.
FENWICK-BISSET, MORDAUNT (_only son of Ven. Maurice George
Fenwick-Bisset 1797–1879, archdeacon of Raphoe, Ireland_). _b._
Raphoe 27 Feb. 1825; ed. at Trin. coll. Cam.; master of Devon and
Somerset stag hounds 1855–80; assumed additional name of Bisset
1853; sheriff of Somerset 1872; M.P. for West Somerset, April 1880
to Feb. 1884. _d._ Bagborough house near Taunton 7 July 1884.
_Covert side sketches by J. N. Fitt_ (1870) 219–22; _Fores’s
Sporting Notes, Oct. 1884_, _portrait_.
FERGUSON, SIR ADAM (_eld. son of Adam Ferguson 1723–1816, professor
of moral philosophy in Univ. of Edin._) _b._ Edinburgh 1771; ed.
at Univ. of Edin.; captain 101 foot 1808–16 when placed on h.p.;
prisoner of war in France 1812–14; deputy keeper of Regalia of
Scotland 1818 to death, the Regalia were discovered 5 Feb. 1818;
knighted by George iv at Edin. 29 Aug. 1822. _d._ Edinburgh 1
Jany. 1855 in 84 year. _Lockhart’s Life of Sir Walter Scott_
(1837) _iv_, 223, 249, 272.
FERGUSON, GEORGE. _b._ 1786; entered navy July 1798; captain 6 June
1814; admiral on half pay 11 Feb. 1861; M.P. for Banff 1832–37.
_d._ 37 Charles st. Berkeley sq. London 15 March 1867.
FERGUSON, JAMES. _b._ Perthshire 31 Aug. 1797; taken to the United
States 1800; assistant civil engineer on Erie canal 1817; first
assistant of U.S. coast survey 1833–47; assistant astronomer of
U.S. naval observatory 1847 to death; discovered three asteroids;
contributed to _Gould’s Astronomical Journal_, _Astronomische
Nachrichten_, _Episcopal Church Review_ and other magazines. _d._
Washington, D.C. 26 Sep. 1867.
FERGUSON, JAMES FREDERIC (_son of Jacques Frédéric Jaquemain, who
assumed name of Ferguson 1793, deputy postmaster of Beaufort in
South Carolina_). _b._ Charleston 1807; went to Dublin 1820;
indexed the entire body of Exchequer records; clerk and sec. to
commission for arranging records of the Irish courts 1850; in
charge of the Exchequer records to death; contributed to _Gent.
Mag._, _Notes and Queries_, _Topographer and Genealogist_ and
_Transactions of the Kilkenny archæological society_; translated
_Norman French chronicle of conquest of Ireland, edited by M.
Michel_. _d._ Dublin 26 Nov. 1855.
FERGUSON, JOHN (_son of William Ferguson of Irvine, Ayrshire,
shipmaster_). _b._ Irvine 28 Feb. 1787; ed. at Ayr; in a banker’s
office; went to America; settled at Irvine 1810; left by his will
£80,000 for educational and religious objects in Scotland, and
about £375,000 called the Ferguson Bequest Fund interest of which
is spent in building churches and schoolhouses, &c. _d._ 8 Jany.
1856.
FERGUSON, JOHN CREERY. Educ. at Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1823, M.B.
1827, M.A. 1833; licentiate of K.Q.C.P. Ireland 1827, fellow 1829,
hon. fellow 1846; professor of practice of medicine, school of
physic, Trin. coll. Dublin; professor of practice of medicine
Queen’s college, Belfast to death. _d._ 14 Howard st. Belfast 24
June 1865.
FERGUSON, ROBERT (_son of Robert Ferguson of Indian civil service_).
_b._ India 15 Nov. 1799; studied medicine in London, Heidelberg
and Univ. of Edin., M.D. Edin. 1 Aug. 1823; resident medical
officer of Marylebone infirmary; L.R.C.P. 22 Dec. 1824, F.R.C.P. 3
July 1837, censor 1844 and 1845, consiliarius 1857–59; phys. to
Westminster Lying-in-hospital; professor of midwifery at King’s
coll. 1831–39 or 40; physician accoucheur to the Queen 16 July
1840; phys. extraordinary to the Queen 14 March 1857; contributed
numerous articles to _Quarterly Review_; published _Essay on
diseases of women, Puerperal Fever_ 1839. _d._ Ascot cottage,
Winkfield near Windsor 25 June 1865. _Munk’s Roll of the royal
college of physicians_ (1878) _iii_, 295.
FERGUSON, SIR ROBERT ALEXANDER, 2 Baronet. _b._ Londonderry 1795;
succeeded his father 1811; ed. at Trin. coll. Cam., M.A. 1817;
M.P. for city of Derry 1830 to death; lord lieut. of Londonderry
1840 to death; col. of Derry militia 24 June 1839 to death. _d._
Dublin 13 March 1860.
FERGUSON, ROBERT MUNRO. _b._ 20 Aug. 1802; ed. at Eton and Univ. of
Edin.; ensign 43 foot 24 Feb. 1820; lieut. col. 79 foot 13 March
1835 to 29 Oct. 1841; M.P. for Kirkaldy burghs 1841–62. _d._ Raith
house near Kirkaldy 28 Nov. 1868.
FERGUSON, SIR SAMUEL (_3 son of John Ferguson of Collon house, co.
Antrim_). _b._ Belfast 10 March 1810; ed. at Belfast and Trin.
coll. Dublin, B.A. 1826, M.A. 1832, hon. LLD. 1864; called to
Irish bar 1838; Q.C. 16 June 1859; deputy keeper of public records
of Ireland 1867; knighted 17 March 1878; pres. of Royal Irish
Academy 1882; contributed from 1833 to _Dublin Univ. Mag._; wrote
many tales and poems in _Blackwood’s Mag._; author of _Lays of the
Western Gael_ 1865; _Congal, an epic poem in five books_ 1872;
_Poems_ 1880; _Ogham inscriptions in Ireland, Wales and Scotland_,
_edited by Lady Ferguson_ 1887. _d._ Strand lodge, Howth, co.
Dublin 9 Aug. 1886. _bur._ Donegore, co. Antrim. _O’Hagan’s Poetry
of Sir S. Ferguson_ 1887; _A. P. Graves’s Has Ireland a national
poet?_; _Blackwood’s Mag. Nov. 1886 pp._ 621–41.
FERGUSON, WILLIAM. Entered Ceylon civil service 1839; lived in
Ceylon, Dec. 1839 to death; author of _The Palmyra Palm, Borassus
flabelliformis, Colombo_ 1850; _A plan of the summit of Adam’s
Peak_; _Scripture botany of Ceylon_ and 4 other books. _d._ Ceylon
31 July 1887.
FERGUSON-DAVIE, SIR HENRY ROBERT, 1 Baronet. _b._ 2 May 1797; cornet
9 Lancers 18 March 1818; major 34 foot 28 Dec. 1826, lieut. col.
1828–29; captain Grenadier guards 1830, major 1844–47; col. 73
foot 17 Feb. 1865 to death; general 25 June 1866; took additional
surname of Davie 9 Feb. 1846; M.P. for Haddington burghs 1846–78;
created baronet 9 Jany. 1847. _d._ Creedy park near Crediton 1
Dec. 1885.
FERGUSSON, SIR JAMES (_son of Charles Fergusson_). _b._ 17 March
1787; ensign 18 foot 20 Aug. 1801; lieut. col. 3 foot 16 May 1814
to 1815 when placed on h.p.; lieut. col. of 88 foot 12 Aug. 1819,
of 52 foot 2 June 1825 to 10 May 1839 when he retired on h.p.;
A.D.C. to the Sovereign 1830–41; col. 62 foot 9 March 1850 to 26
March 1850; col. 43 foot 26 March 1850 to death; commanded troops
at Malta, May 1852 to July 1855; governor of Gibraltar 26 July
1855 to 1859; general 13 Feb. 1860; C.B. 26 Sep. 1831, K.C.B. 5
July 1855, G.C.B. 18 May 1860. _d._ Bath 4 Sep. 1865.
FERGUSSON, JAMES (_2 son of Wm. Fergusson, M.D. 1773–1846_). _b._
Ayr 22 Jany. 1808; an indigo manufacturer in India; member of
Royal Asiatic Soc. 1840; general manager of Crystal palace,
Sydenham, Feb. 1856 to 1858; F.R.S. 4 June 1863; sec. to first
comr. of public works 1869; inspector of public buildings 1870–74;
awarded by Institute of British Architects royal gold medal for
architecture 1871; author of _Illustrations of rock cut temples of
India_ 1845; _Illustrations of ancient architecture in Hindostan_
1847; _History of architecture in all countries from the earliest
times to the present day 3 vols._ 1865–7 and other books. _d._ 20
Langham place, London 9 Jany. 1886.
FERGUSSON, WILLIAM. Second lieut. R.M. 10 Sep. 1798, col. 9 Nov.
1846, col. commandant of Plymouth division 25 April 1849 to 26
Feb. 1851 when he retired on full pay; L.G. 6 Feb. 1857. _d._
Princes st. Hanover sq. London 26 Dec. 1861 aged 82.
FERGUSSON, SIR WILLIAM, 1 Baronet (_youngest son of James Fergusson
of Lochmaben, Dumfriesshire_). _b._ Preston-pans, East Lothian 20
March 1808; ed. at high sch. and univ. of Edin., L.R.C.S. Edin.
1828, F.R.C.S. 1829; M.R.C.S. London 1840, F.R.C.S. 1844;
professor of surgery King’s college, London, May 1840 to April
1870; surgeon at King’s college hospital May 1840 to death;
surgeon extraord. to the Queen 18 Dec. 1855, one of serjeant
surgeons in ordinary 11 Oct. 1867; F.R.S. Edin. 1839; F.R.S. 9
June 1848; created baronet 10 Jany. 1866; the greatest operative
surgeon in Great Britain or probably in Europe; author of _A
system of practical surgery_ 1842, _5 ed._ 1870; _Lectures on the
progress of anatomy and surgery during the present century_ 1867
and other books. _d._ 16 George st. Hanover sq. London 10 Feb.
1877. _bur._ West Linton, Peebleshire 16 Feb. _H. Smith’s Sir W.
Fergusson_ 1877; _Medical Circular i_, 395–7 (1852), _portrait_;
_I.L.N. xlviii_, 176 (1866), _portrait_; _Graphic xv_, 172 (1877),
_portrait_.
FERMOR-HESKETH, SIR THOMAS GEORGE, 5 Baronet. _b._ Rufford hall near
Ormskirk 11 Jany. 1825; succeeded his father 10 Feb. 1843; sheriff
of Lancashire 1848; colonel 2 Lancashire militia 1 March 1852 to
death; M.P. for Preston 4 April 1862 to death; assumed name of
Fermor by royal license 8 Nov. 1867. _d._ Rufford hall 20 Aug.
1872.
FERMOY, EDMUND BURKE ROCHE, 1 Baron (_only son of Edward Roche of
Trabolgan, co. Cloyne 1771–1855_). _b._ Aug. 1815; M.P. for co.
Cork 1837–55, for Marylebone 1859–65; lord lieutenant of Cork
1856; created Baron Fermoy in the county of Cork 10 Sep. 1856.
_d._ Trabolgan 17 Sep. 1874. _I.L.N. xxxv_, 82 (1859), _portrait_.
FERNELEY, JOHN (_son of Mr. Ferneley of Thrussington, Leics.,
wheelwright_). _b._ Thrussington 18 May 1782; pupil of Ben Marshal
the animal painter; painted some large hunting pictures for
Assheton Smith 1806; an animal painter at Melton Mowbray 1814 to
death; enjoyed an unlimited patronage for about 50 years; many of
his pictures were engraved in the _Sporting Magazine_ and other
similar works. _d._ Thrussington 4 June 1860. _Sporting Review
xliv_, 4–6 (1860).
FERREY, BENJAMIN. _b._ Christchurch, Hants. 1 April 1810; ed. at
Wimborne gr. sch.; articled to Augustus Pugin 1825; practised as
an architect 1832 to death; designed oldest part of present town
of Bournemouth 1837; diocesan architect of Bath and Wells 1841 to
death; restored Wells cathedral 1842; designed many churches
mainly Gothic; F.R.I.B.A. 1839; F.S.A. 1863; author of
_Recollections of A. N. W. Pugin and of A. Pugin_ 1861; author
with E. W. Brayley of _Antiquities of the priory church of
Christchurch, Hants._ 1834. _d._ 55 Inverness terrace, Bayswater,
London 22 Aug. 1880.
FERRIER, JAMES FREDERICK (_son of John Ferrier of Edinburgh, writer
to the signet_). _b._ Edinburgh 16 June 1808; ed. at univ. of
Edin. and Magd. coll. Ox., B.A. Ox. 1832; called to Scottish bar
1832; prof. of civil history in univ. of Edin. 1842–45; prof. of
moral philosophy and political economy in univ. of St. Andrews
1845 to death; author of _The institutes of metaphysics_ 1854, _2
ed._ 1856 and other books. _d._ St. Andrews 11 June 1864.
_Lectures on Greek philosophy by J. F. Ferrier_ 1, _pp. vii-xliv_,
1866; _G. Gilfillan’s Remoter Stars_ (1867) 139–46.
FERRIER, SUSAN EDMONSTONE (_youngest child of James Ferrier of
Edinburgh, writer to the signet 1744–1829_). _b._ Edinburgh 7 Sep.
1782; author of _Marriage, a novel 3 vols._ 1818, anon.; _The
Inheritance 3 vols._ 1824, and _Destiny, or the chief’s daughter 3
vols._ 1831. _d._ at house of her brother Walter Ferrier in
Edinburgh 5 Nov. 1854. _Works of S. E. Ferrier_ (1881), _i_, 1–38;
_Edinburgh Review lxxiv_, 498–505 (1842).
FESTING, BENJAMIN MORTON (_5 son of Henry Festing, commander R.N.,
who d. 1807_). _b._ Andover, Hants., April 1794; entered navy 2
May 1805; inspector in the coast guard 11 July 1837–1840; captain
on half pay 27 Sep. 1851; K.H. 1 Jany. 1837 for services on coast
of Italy in 1812–13. _d._ Weymouth 10 May 1865.
FESTING, SIR FRANCIS WORGAN (_2 son of the preceding_), _b._ High
Littleton, Somerset 24 July 1833; 2 lieut. R.M. 3 July 1850;
served in the Baltic 1854–5, in the China expedition 1857–9;
served in Ashantee war 1873–4 for which he received thanks of both
Houses of Parliament 30 March 1874; A.A.G. of R.M. 1876–1883;
A.D.C. to the Queen 7 July 1879; col. commandant R.M.A. 3 Sep.
1886; C.B. 31 March 1874; K.C.M.G. 8 May 1874. _d._ Donnington
lodge, Newbury 21 Nov. 1886. _bur._ Eastney cemetery, Portsmouth
26 Nov. _Brackenbury’s Ashantee war_ (1874) _i_, 72–100; _Graphic
2 May 1874, pp._ 413, 415, 420, _portrait_.
FESTING, ROBERT WORGAN GEORGE (_brother of B. M. Festing
1794–1865_). Entered navy 22 Feb. 1799; captain 9 Oct. 1811;
retired admiral 1 Nov. 1860; C.B. 20 July 1838. _d._ Maiden
Bradley near Frome 16 July 1862 aged 73.
FEVERSHAM, WILLIAM DUNCOMBE, 2 Baron. _b._ London 14 Jany. 1798; ed.
at Eton and Ch. Ch. Ox., B.A. 1820, M.A. 1823; M.P. for Yorkshire
1826–30, for North riding of Yorkshire 1832 to 16 July 1841 when
he succeeded to the peerage; a breeder of short horn cattle. _d._
3 Hyde park gate, London 11 Feb. 1867. _bur._ Helmsley church 19
Feb. _Sporting Review lvii_, 158 (1867).
FEW, ROBERT (_eld. son of Charles Few of Henrietta st. Covent
Garden, London, solicitor_). _b._ 1807; ed. at old gr. sch.
Marlborough; solicitor in London 1828 to death; settled with Rev.
John Hodgson basis of Clergy Mutual Insurance Co. 1829, member of
the board 40 years, deputy chairman 1872 to death; one of the
founders of Marlborough college 1843, mem. of council many years;
deputy steward of Westminster 1873 to death; author of _History of
St. John’s house_ 1884. _d._ Wolsey grange, Esher, Surrey 24 Oct.
1887 in 80 year.
FFARINGTON, WILLIAM. _b._ 1777; entered navy 13 Oct. 1785; captain
18 Sep. 1815; retired admiral 4 Oct. 1862. _d._ Woodvale, Cowes 4
May 1868.
FFENNELL, WILLIAM JOSHUA (_eld. son of Joshua William Ffennell of
Ballybrado near Cahir_). _b._ Ballybrado 16 Aug. 1799; sec. of
river Suir Preservation Society 1837; fishery inspector under
Board of Works 1845; commissioner to enquire into salmon fisheries
of England and Wales 30 July 1860; inspector of fisheries Oct.
1861 to Oct. 1864; com. under Salmon fisheries of Scotland act
1861, 25 Sep. 1862; the act commonly called ‘Ffennell’s act’ was
passed 1848 being the first modern salmon fishery act; started
with F. T. Buckland _Land and Water_ 27 Jany. 1866. _d._ London 12
March 1867.
FFOULKES, VEN. HENRY POWELL (_2 son of John Powell Ffoulkes of
Eriviatt, co. Denbigh, who d. 2 Dec. 1826 aged 56_). _b._ 2 Jany.
1815; ed. at Ball. coll. Ox., B.A. 1837, M.A. 1840; C. of St.
Matthew, Buckley, Flints. 1840–57; R. of Llandyssil, Montgomery
1857–59; R. of Whittington, Salop 1859 to death; archdeacon of
Montgomery and canon res. of St. Asaph, Feb. 1861 to death. _d._
the Canonry, St. Asaph 26 Jany. 1886.
FIDDES, THOMAS. Entered Bengal army 1804; col. of 45 Bengal N.I. 9
Aug. 1843, of 1 European fusiliers 1853, of 42 Bengal light
infantry 1854, of 5 Bengal N.I. 1861 to death; L.G. 15 Sep. 1856.
_d._ Oakfield, Cheltenham 13 April 1863 aged 81.
FIELD, CHARLES FREDERICK. Chief inspector of Metropolitan detective
police to 1851 when he retired on pension; inquiry agent at Eldon
chambers, Devereux court, Strand, London; figures prominently in
Dickens’s novel _Bleak House_ under name of Inspector Bucket. _d._
2 Gertrude st. Chelsea, London 27 Sep. 1874. _Publisher’s Circular
1874 p. 738._
FIELD, EDWIN WILKINS (_eld. child of Rev. Wm. Field 1767–1851_).
_b._ Leam near Warwick 12 Oct. 1804; ed. at his father’s school;
admitted an attorney and solicitor Nov. 1826; partner with Wm.
Sharpe 1827, they became partners in firm of Taylor and Roscoe
1835; secretary to royal commission to prepare a plan for new law
courts 1865; a great law reformer, also amateur artist; author of
_Memoir of Edgar Taylor_, _privately printed_ 1839; _Observations
of a solicitor on defects in the system of the equity courts_ 1840
and 17 other pamphlets; drowned in the Thames near Goring 30 July
1871. _bur._ Highgate cemetery 4 Aug., statue by T. Woolner at
solicitors’ entrance to the Law courts in Carey st. _Edwin Wilkins
Field, a memorial sketch by T. Sadler_ 1872, _portrait_; _Law
magazine and law review i_, 35–50 (1872).
FIELD, FREDERICK (_2 son of Charles Field of London, candle maker_).
_b._ Lambeth, London 2 Aug. 1826; an original member of Chemical
Soc. of London 1846; chemist to some copper-smelting works at
Coquimbo, Chili 1848, manager of the works 1852; British vice
consul at Caldera near Coquimbo 1853–56; chemist and sub-manager
to smelting works at Guayacan 1856–59; lecturer on chemistry at
St. Mary’s hospital, London 1860; professor of chemistry in London
Institution 1862; a partner in firm of J. C. and J. Field, candle
makers 1866 to death; F.R.S. 4 June 1863; F.R.S. Edin.; M.R.I.A.;
wrote 43 papers on scientific subjects. _d._ Oakfield, Addlestone
3 April 1885.
FIELD, REV. FREDERICK (_son of Henry Field of London, apothecary
1755–1837_). _b._ London 20 July 1801; ed. at Christ’s hosp. and
Trin. coll. Cam.; Tyrwhitt’s Hebrew scholar and tenth wrangler
1823; B.A. 1823, M.A. 1826, hon. LLD. 1875; fell. of his coll.
1824–43, hon. fell. of his coll. 1876 to death; R. of Reepham,
Norfolk 1842–63; edited _S. Joannis Chrysostomi Homiliæ in
Matthæum 3 vols._ 1839; _S. Joannis Chrysostomi Interpretatio
omnium epistolarum Paulinarum per homilias facta 7 vols._ 1849–62;
_Origenis Hexaplorum, quæ supersunt 2 vols._ 1874–5 and many other
patristic works; member of Old Testament revision company 1870 to
death. _d._ Carlton terrace, Heigham, Norwich 19 April 1885.
_Origenis Hexaplorum_ 1874, _preface_; _Cambridge Review 6 May
1885_.
FIELD, GEORGE. _b._ Berkhampstead, Herts. about 1777; grew Madder in
his own garden from which he produced specimens of the colouring
matter more beautiful than any before seen; invented the
pereolator by atmospheric pressure for reducing the madder to its
finest consistence 1816; author of _Chromatography, or a treatise
on colours and pigments_ 1835, _3 ed._ 1885; _Outlines of
analogical philosophy 2 vols._ 1839; _Rudiments of the painter’s
art, or a grammar of colouring_ 1850 and 5 other books. _d._ Syon
hill, Park cottage, Isleworth, Surrey 28 Sep. 1854.
FIELD, HENRY WILLIAM (_4 son of John Field 1764–1845, umpire at
Royal Mint, London_). _b._ 23 March 1803; entered Royal Mint 1818,
probationer assayer 1836, Queen’s assay master 1851 to 1871; made
chemically pure gold and brought the coin of the realm up to
mathematical precision; exhibited 8 designs or models for coins at
R.A. 1822–27. _d._ 10 Chesham place, Brighton 9 June 1888. _bur._
Nunhead cemetery, London 14 June. _J. Waylen’s House of Cromwell_
(1880) _p._ 49.
FIELD, JOSEPH M. _b._ London 1810; ed. in New York; first appeared
on the stage in New York 1843; performed in most of the large
cities; manager of Field’s Varieties, St. Louis, Mo. 1852;
established at St. Louis the _Reveille_ a daily paper, one of the
editors and chief proprietor; dramatized and produced many local
plays; wrote many humorous sketches for the New Orleans
_Picayune_, signed Straws which were widely quoted; proprietor of
theatre in Mobile to death; author of _The drama of Pokerville_,
_Philadelphia_ 1847. _d._ Mobile 30 Jany. 1856.
FIELD, JOSHUA (_son of Mr. Field of Lower Thames st. London, corn
and seed merchant_). _b._ Hackney 1786; ed. at Harlow, Essex
1793–1802; employed by Maudslay marine engine maker 1804–22, a
partner 1822; one of the 6 founders of Institution of Civil
engineers and, the first chairman 6 Jany. 1818, vice pres.
1837–48, pres. 1848–50; F.R.S. 3 March 1836. _d._ Balham hill
house, Surrey 11 Aug. 1863. _Pusely’s Commercial Companion_, _2
ed._ (1860) 123–4; _Min. of proc. of Instit. of C.E. xxiii_,
488–92 (1864).
FIELD, REV. WILLIAM (_son of John Field of Stoke Newington, London,
surgeon_). _b._ Stoke Newington 7 Jany. 1768; ed. for Calvinist
ministry at Homerton and Daventry; pastor of presbyterian chapel,
High st. Warwick 1789–1843; founded the _Warwick Advertiser_ 4
Jany. 1806; schoolmaster at Leam near Warwick many years; pastor
of presbyterian chapel, Kenilworth 1828–50; published _An
historical account of town and castle of Warwick_ 1815; _Memoirs
of the life of the Rev. S. Parr 2 vols._ 1826 and many sermons,
tracts, letters and pamphlets. _d._ Leam 16 Aug. 1851. _Spears’s
Record of Unitarian Worthies (1877); J. Waylen’s House of
Cromwell_ (1880) _p._ 51.
FIELDEN, JOSHUA (_son of John Fielden 1784–1849, M.P. for Oldham_).
_b._ 1827; member of firm of Fielden Brothers, cotton spinners of
Todmorden and Manchester, and of firm of Fielden Brothers & Co. of
London, merchants; M.P. for eastern division of West Riding of
Yorkshire 1868–80; author of _A Letter showing the effects of the
malt tax_ 1865. _d._ Hotel Monte Huri, Cannes 9 March 1887 in 60
year, personalty declared of value of £503,598.
FIELDEN, THOMAS (_4 son of Joshua Fielden, who d. 1811_). Member of
firm of Joshua Fielden and Sons, cotton spinners, Todmorden;
manager of the Manchester warehouse, firm became Fielden Brothers;
erected gas works 1830; firm became Fielden Brothers & Co. 1837.
_d._ Manchester 7 Dec. 1869, personalty sworn under £1,300,000, 12
March 1870. _Fortunes made in business i_, 411–56 (1884).
FIELDING, ANTONY VANDYKE COPLEY (_2 son of Nathan Theodore Fielding,
painter_). _b._ 1787; pupil of John Varley; member of Society of
Painters in water-colours 1813, treasurer 1817, sec. 1818, pres.
1831 to death; exhibited 17 pictures at R.A. and 100 at B.I.
1811–55; awarded a medal at Paris Salon 1824. _d._ Worthing 3
March 1855 in 68 year. _Redgrave’s Century of painters ii_, 509–13
(1866); _J. Sherer’s Gallery of British Artists ii_, 57–8.
FIELDING, HENRY BORRON (_only son of Henry Fielding of Myerscough
house near Garstang, Lancs._) Devoted himself to study of plants;
bought herbarium of Dr. Steudel 1836; bought Prescott collection
of 28,000 plants 1837; F.L.S. 1838; bequeathed his herbarium to
Univ. of Oxford. _d._ Lancaster 21 Nov. 1851.
FIELDING, NEWTON SMITH (_brother of Antony V. C. Fielding
1787–1855_). _b._ Huntingdon 1799; worked in water colours,
etching, aquatint and lithography; best known for his paintings
and engravings of animals; taught painting to family of Louis
Philippe in Paris; published _Subjects after nature_ 1836;
_Lessons on fortification_ 1853; _A dictionary of colour
containing 750 tints_ 1854; _How to sketch from nature, or
perspective and its application_, _2 ed._ 1856 and other books,
_d._ Paris 12 Jany. 1856.
FIELDING, THEODORE HENRY ADOLPHUS (_brother of the preceding_).
Painter and engraver; exhibited 18 pictures at R.A., 21 at B.I.
and 27 at Suffolk st. gallery 1799–1837; teacher of drawing and
perspective at Addiscombe college; published numerous sets of
engravings in aquatint; author of _Index of colours and mixed
tints_ 1830; _On the theory of painting_ 1836; _The art of
engraving with the various modes of operation_ 1844 and other
books. _d._ Croydon 11 July 1851 aged 70.
FIFE, JAMES DUFF, 4 Earl of (_elder son of Alexander Duff, 3 Earl of
Fife 1731–1811_). _b._ 6 Oct. 1776; served with great distinction
in Spanish army during Peninsular war, major general; M.P. for
Banffshire 1818–27; succeeded as 4 Earl 7 April 1811; lord lieut.
of Banffshire 1811–56; vice pres. of Antiquarian society,
Scotland; G.C.H. 1823; K.T. 3 Sep. 1827; created Baron Fife 27
April 1827. _d._ Duff house, Banffshire 9 March. 1857. _W. C.
Taylor’s National portrait gallery iv_, 86 (1848), _portrait_;
_Jerdan’s National portrait gallery ii_, (1831), _portrait_.
FIFE, JAMES DUFF, 5 Earl of (_elder son of General Sir Alexander
Duff, G.C.H. 1777–1851_). _b._ Edinburgh 6 July 1814; attached to
the embassy at Paris; M.P. for Banffshire 1837 to 1 Oct. 1857 when
he was created Baron Skene of Skene; lieut. and sheriff principal
of Elginshire 26 May 1851; lord lieut. of Banffshire 1857 to
death; succeeded his uncle as 5 Earl 9 March 1857; K.T. 2 March
1860. _d._ Mar lodge, Braemar, Aberdeenshire 7 Aug. 1879.
FIFE, GEORGE (_son of Wm. Fife of Newcastle, surgeon_). M.D. and
L.R.C.P. Edin. 1827; surgeon to Northern public dispensary, Edin.;
phys. to Queen’s hospital and professor of clinical medicine and
materia medica and therapeutics at Queen’s college, Birmingham to
death; translated Coster’s _Manual of operative surgery_ 1831;
author of _Observations on Influenza_ 1833; _Treatise on Cholera_
1849 and other books; died from taking morphia at his lodgings
Surrey st. Strand, London 10 May 1857 aged 50.
FIFE, SIR JOHN (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ Newcastle 1795;
surgeon at Newcastle 1815; member of Newcastle corporation 1835,
alderman 1835, mayor 1838–9 and 1842–3; knighted at St. James’s
palace 1 July 1840 for his exertions in repressing Chartist
disturbances 1840; F.R.C.S. 1844; senior surgeon to Newcastle
infirmary; lieut. col. commandant 1 Newcastle rifle volunteers
1860–68; author of _Practical remarks on the Continental cholera,
Newcastle_ 1831. _d._ Reedsmouth house, North Tyne 15 Jany. 1871.
FIFE, WILLIAM WALLACE (_son of Peter Fife of Dundee, baker_). _b._
Dundee 28 March 1816; one of staff of the _Dundee Warder_; edited
_North British Agriculturist_ short time; edited _Nottingham Daily
Guardian_ to death. _d._ Hound’s Gate, Nottingham 25 Sep. 1867.
FIGGINS, JAMES (_son of Vincent Figgins of Smithfield, London, type
founder, who d. Dec. 1860 or Jany. 1861_). _b._ West st.
Smithfield, London 16 April 1811; a type founder in Smithfield;
sheriff of London 1865–6; M.P. for Shrewsbury 1868–74; alderman of
Farringdon without, 9 June 1873 to 1882. _d._ 12 Russell sq.
London 12 June 1884.
FILDES, JOHN. _b._ Dorton, Lancs. 18 Dec. 1811; M.P. for Great
Grimsby 1865–68. _d._ Stanley house, Oxford road, Manchester 6
July 1875.
FILLANS, JAMES. _b._ Wilsontown, Lanarkshire 27 March 1808;
apprenticed to a stonemason at Paisley; a sculptor at Glasgow,
moved to London 1836; his best works are The Blind teaching the
Blind, Grief, a Madonna, busts of Sir James Shaw and John Wilson;
exhibited 25 sculptures at R.A. 1837–50. _d._ 95 Montrose st.
Glasgow 27? Sep. 1852. _James Paterson’s Memoir of James Fillans_
1854, _portrait_.
FILLEUL, REV. PHILIP (_son of Philip Filleul of Jersey_). Matric.
from Pemb. coll. Ox. 6 Dec. 1813 aged 20, scholar; B.A. 1817, M.A.
1820; R. of St. Brelade, Jersey 1818–29; R. of St. Peter, Jersey
1828–48; vice dean of Jersey 1838; R. of St. Saviour, Jersey
1848–50; R. of St. Heliers, Jersey 1850 to death; author of
_Défense des Missions_ 1821; _Christ est-il divisé? Guernsey_
1825; _Infant baptism and confirmation, Jersey_ 1855 and other
books. _d._ St. Heliers, Jersey 13 Oct. 1875.
FILMER, SIR EDMUND, 8 Baronet. _b._ 14 June 1809; succeeded his
uncle 15 July 1834; M.P. for West Kent 1838 to death. _d._ East
Sutton place near Maidstone 8 Jany. 1857.
FILMER, SIR EDMUND, 9 Baronet (_eld. son of the preceding_). _b._ 11
July 1835; ed. at Eton; M.P. for West Kent 1859–65, for Mid Kent
1880–84; sheriff of Kent 1870. _d._ Brighton 17 Dec. 1886.
FINCH, FRANCIS OLIVER (_only child of Francis Finch of Friday st.
London, merchant, who d. 25 March 1805 aged 50_). _b._ Friday st.
22 Nov. 1802; pupil of John Varley 1814–19; studied at Sass’s life
academy and produced some portraits; exhibited 14 landscapes at
R.A. 1817–32; associate of S.P.W.C. 11 Feb. 1822, mem. 4 June
1827; a musician and a poet; lost the use of his limbs 10 Oct.
1861; author of _An Artist’s Dream_; _Sonnets_ 1863. _d._
Highfield villas, London 27 Aug. 1862. _Memorials of the late F.
O. Finch_ [_by his widow_] 1865, _portrait_.
FINCH, GEORGE. _b._ 1794; M.P. for Lymington, Hants. 1818–19, for
Stamford 1833–37, for Rutland 1846–47. _d._ 41 South st. London 29
June 1870.
FINCH, JOHN (_4 son of 4 Earl of Aylesford 1751–1812_). _b._ 13
March 1793; cornet 15 dragoons 5 Oct. 1809; major Royal West India
Rangers 5 March 1818 to 25 June 1819 when placed on h.p.; L.G. 20
Feb. 1855; col. 24 foot 19 June 1856 to death; C.B. 26 Dec. 1818.
_d._ Dover 25 Nov. 1861.
FINCHAM, JOHN. Master shipwright of Portsmouth dockyard 2 Oct. 1844
to 2 July 1852; superintendent of school of naval architecture
Portsmouth; built the celebrated “Arrogant” the first screw
frigate in the British navy 1850; author of _A history of naval
architecture_ 1851; _A treatise on masting ships_ 1854. _d._
Highland lodge near Portsmouth 15 Dec. 1859 aged 74.
FINDEN, EDWARD FRANCIS. _b._ 1791; pupil and coadjutor of William
Finden sharing his successes and fortunes; among his separate
works were etchings for Duppa’s _Miscellaneous Opinions on the
Continent_ 1825 and _Illustrations of the Vaudois_ 1831;
illustrator of annuals, books of beauty and other sentimental
works; among his separate engravings were Gainsborough’s Harvest
Waggon, Collins’ As Happy as a King, Westall’s Princess Victoria.
_d._ St. John’s Wood, London 9 Feb. 1857 aged 65.
FINDEN, WILLIAM (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ 1787; apprentice
to James Mitan engraver; he worked chiefly in conjunction with his
brother E. F. Finden; made engravings illustrating the books
published by Sharpe, Sutton and others; established a school of
pupils who worked under their directions and executed much of the
work which goes by their name, they themselves giving the
finishing touches; produced illustrations to H. Ellis’ ed. of
Dugdale’s _History of St. Paul’s_ 1818 and Dibdin’s _Ædes
Althorpianæ_ 1822; with his brother engraved Elgin marbles for
British museum; published on their own account the illustrations
to Moore’s _Life and works of Byron_ 1833; brought out The Royal
Gallery of British Art 1838–1840, Nos. 1–15, an admirable work in
which they lost all their money; engraved full length portrait of
George iv, after Sir T. Lawrence and other important single works;
the Crucifixion, after W. Hilton, Finden’s last work was purchased
by Art Union for £1470. _d._ 49 Camden st. Camden Town 20 Sep.
1852 in 65 year. _bur._ Highgate.
FINDLATER, ANDREW. _b._ Aberdour, Aberdeenshire 1810; educ. Aberdeen
univ. LLD. 1864; sch. master at Tillydesk; head master Gordon’s
hospital, Aberdeen; commenced a life long connection with W. and
R. Chambers 1853; edited _Information for the People 1857;
Chambers’s Encyclopædia_ 1860; prepared for the Educational
Course, manuals on language, astronomy, physical geography and
physiography, edited their _Etymological Dictionary_ 1882;
contributed an essay on Epicurus to _Encyclopædia Metropolitana_,
and articles in the _Scotsman_. _d._ 15 Rillbank terrace,
Edinburgh 1 Jany. 1885. _London Figaro 17 Jany. 1885 p._ 4,
_portrait_.
FINDLAY, ALEXANDER. Entered the army as private; ensign 2 West India
regiment 27 July 1814, captain 24 Oct. 1821 to 28 Dec. 1826; major
royal African corps 28 Dec. 1826 to 19 March 1829 when placed on
h.p.; governor of Sierra Leone; fort major at Fort George,
Inverness, Feb. 1847 to death; K.H. 1836. _d._ Fort George 10 May
1851.
FINDLAY, ALEXANDER GEORGE (_son of Alexander Findlay b. London 1790,
an original F.R.G.S. 1830, made an atlas sheet of environs of
London 1829 to a distance of 32 miles from St. Paul’s ½ inch
scale, d. 1870_). _b._ London 9 Jany. 1812; geographer and
hydrographer succeeding on death of John Purdy in 1843 to the
first position in this business; produced six nautical directories
invaluable to the maritime world; received Soc. of Arts medal for
dissertation on the English lighthouse system; F.R.G.S. 1844,
member of Arctic committee and instrumental in government sending
out Alert and Discovery expedition 1875; succeeded to Laurie’s
geographical and print publishing business in 1858 and on
dispersal of navigating business of Van Kenlen of Amsterdam in
1885 it became the oldest firm in Europe for charts and nautical
works; foreign hon. memb. of Società Geografica Italiana 1870;
author of _A directory for the navigation of the Pacific Ocean 2
vols._ 1851 and many other books. _d._ East Cliff, Dover 3 May
1875.
FINGALL, ARTHUR JAMES PLUNKETT, 9 Earl of (_only son of 8 Earl of
Fingall 1759–1836_). _b._ Geneva 29 March 1791; M.P. for co. Meath
1830–32; P.C. Ireland 1834; K.P. 12 Oct. 1846; lord lieut. of co.
Meath 1849 to death. _d._ 47 Montagu sq. London 21 April 1869.
FINLAISON, JOHN (_son of Donald Finlaison d. 1790_). _b._ Thurso,
Caithness 27 Aug. 1783; factor to Sir B. Dunbar 1802; employed by
board of naval revision London, July 1805, first clerk 1805–8,
invented systems for reforming victualling department and
arranging admiralty records 1809; keeper of records and librarian
of admiralty 1809–22; compiled the original account of the enemy’s
naval forces 1811; investigated abuse of sixpenny revenue at
Greenwich hospital 1811; founded a system for the salaries in the
admiralty 1813; compiled first official navy list 1814 and edited
it monthly to 1821; his plan for fund for widows and orphans of
civil department of navy established 17 Sep. 1819; connected with
London Life Assurance Co. and other offices as actuary; made
improvements on Northampton tables of mortality 1829; computed the
annuity for the naval and military half pay and pensions, being
the only person who could do it 1823; actuary and accountant of
check department national debt office 1 Jany. 1822 to Aug. 1851;
president of Institution of Actuaries 1847 to death. _d._ 15
Lansdowne crescent, Notting hill, London 13 April 1860. _Assurance
magazine, April 1862_, 147–69; _Walford’s Insurance cyclopædia
iii_, 300–303 (1874).
NOTE.—In 1833 he computed the duration of Slave and Creole
life, with reference to the emancipation of slaves on the West
Indian plantations, preliminary to raising a loan of
£15,000,000 to compensate the slave owners, which was carried
out and 770,280 slaves became free on 1 Aug. 1834.
FINLAY, ALEXANDER STRUTHERS. _b._ 21 July 1806; ed. at Harrow and
Glasgow Univ.; M.P. for Argyllshire 1857–68; author of _Our
monetary system_ 1864. _d._ Castle Toward, Greenock 9 June 1886.
FINLAY, FRANCIS DALZELL (_son of John Finlay, tenant farmer_). _b._
Newtownards, co. Down 12 July 1794; apprentice to a printer at
Belfast; master printer 1820; founded _Northern Whig_ 1824; often
prosecuted for press offences; imprisoned 3 months in 1826 and his
newspaper suspended Aug. 1826 to May 1827; imprisoned 3 months in
1832 and fined £50; a friend of D. O’Connell but not an advocate
of repeal. _d._ Glenarm, co. Antrim 10 Sep. 1857. _Freeman’s
Journal 12 Sept. 1857 p._ 4.
FINLAY, GEORGE (_son of John Finlay, captain R.E., F.R.S., who d.
1802_). _b._ Faversham, Kent 21 Dec. 1799; studied law in Glasgow,
at univ. of Göttingen 1821; went to Greece in 1823 where he was
very intimate with Byron; joined Odysseus in an expedition into
the Morea 1824, fought in the war of 1824–27; purchased an estate
in Attica 1828 in which he lost his money; studied the history of
Greece for many years; author of _Greece under the Romans_ 1844;
_The history of Greece to its conquest by the Turks_ 1851; _The
history of Greece under the Ottoman and Venetian domination_ 1856;
_History of the Greek Revolution_ 1861, all republished
collectively as _A History of Greece, ed. H. F. Tozer 7 vols._
1877. _d._ Athens 26 Jany. 1875.
FINLAY, SIR THOMAS (_youngest son of David Finlay_). _b._ 1803; high
sheriff of co. Cavan 1837; knighted 1837. _d._ 19 Adelaide road
north, Hampstead 22 Oct. 1869.
FINLAYSON, JOHN. _b._ Scotland 1770; a writer at Cupar-Fife and then
in Edinburgh; a house agent in London 1798; became a believer in
Richard Brothers 1797; obtained Brothers’s release from Fisher
house asylum Islington 14 April 1806, Brothers resided in
Finlayson’s house Upper Baker st. Marylebone 1815 to his decease
25 Jany. 1824; claimed from the government £5710 for Brothers’s
maintenance, but all he received was £270 Brothers’s naval half
pay 4 Mch. 1830; reduced to poverty and lived on a parish
allowance; author of _An admonition to the people of all
countries_ [_in support of Richard Brothers_], _Edin._ 1797; _An
essay_ [_on the First Resurrection_] 1798; _The last trumpet and
the flying angel, the true system as given by God to R. Brothers
and myself_ 1849 and other works; engraved 9 sheets of the ground
plan of the New Jerusalem and 12 sheets of views of its public
buildings for Brothers’ publications; _found dead_ 14 Paradise st.
Marylebone 20 Sept. 1854. _bur._ in Brothers’ grave at St. John’s
Wood.
FINLAYSON, REV. THOMAS (_2 son of Thomas Finlayson of Coldock, Blair
Drummond, Perthshire, farmer_). _b._ Coldock 22 Dec. 1809;
licensed by presbytery of Stirling and Falkirk as a preacher of
the gospel April 1835; min. of Union st. congregation Greenock,
Nov. 1835 to Sep. 1847; min. of Rose st. church, Edinburgh, Sep.
1847 to death; moderator of supreme court of his church 1867; D.D.
Univ. of Edin. 1867 or 1868; edited _Beattie’s Poems_ 1864;
_Goldsmith’s Poems_ 1871. _d._ of heart disease at Campbeltown 17
Oct. 1872. _bur._ Grange cemetery, Edinburgh 22 Oct. _Memorials of
Rev. Thomas Finlayson, D.D. Edinburgh_ 1873; _John Smith’s Our
Scottish clergy 2 series_ (1849) 295–301.
FINNELLY, WILLIAM. Barrister M.T. 26 Jany. 1827; author with Charles
Clark of _Reports of cases in the House of Lords on appeals and
writs of error 1831–1846_, _12 vols._ 1835–47, and of _House of
Lords cases on appeals and writs of error, claims of peerage and
divorces 1847–1850_, _2 vols._ 1849–51; found dead on the floor of
his sitting room at 20 Old sq. Lincoln’s Inn 23 Nov. 1851 aged 52.
_Law Times 29 Nov. 1851 p. 103._
FINNIS, THOMAS QUESTED (_son of Robert Finnis of Hythe, Kent_). _b._
Hythe, Jany. 1801; partner in firm of Finnis and Fisher 79 Great
Tower st. London, provision merchants; the first pioneer of
commerce to port of Bussorah; alderman of Lower Ward 18 Jany.
1848; sheriff of London 1848–49, lord mayor 1856–57. _d._ Park
Gate, Wanstead, Essex 29 Nov. 1883. _J. E. Ritchie’s Famous city
men_ (1884) 96–105; _Illust. news of the world ii_, 333 (1858),
_portrait_; _I.L.N. xxix_, 479 (1856), _portrait_, _lxxxiii_, 581
(1883), _portrait_.
NOTE.—His brother John Finnis, lieut. col. 11 Bengal N.I. was
the first English officer killed in the Sepoy mutiny, at
Meerut 10 May 1857 in 54 year, memorial tablet in church of
St. Dunstan in the East, London.
FIRBANK, JOSEPH. _b._ Bishop Auckland 1819; worked in a colliery
1826; executed works for North Western railway 1848; contractor
for maintenance of Monmouthshire railway 1854–61; railway
contractor in South Wales 30 years; contractor for widening of
London and North Western railway near London 1859–66, for Midland
Company’s Bedford and London extension 1864–68 and their Settle
and Carlisle extension 1870; built St. Pancras goods depot for
Midland 1884; promoted the interest of his workmen; J.P. and D.L.
for co. Monmouth. _d._ St. Julian’s, Newport 29 June 1886. _Mc.
Dermott’s Life of J. Firbank_ (1887).
FIRTH, JOSEPH FIRTH BOTTOMLEY- (_eld. son of Joseph Bottomley of
Matlock_). _b._ near Huddersfield 21 Feb. 1842; barrister M.T. 6
June 1866; pres. of Municipal reform league; assumed additional
surname of Firth by r.l. Feb. 1873; LL.B. Univ. of London 1875;
member of London school board (Chelsea division) 1876–79; M.P. for
Chelsea 1880–85, for Dundee 1888 to death; contested North
Kensington 1885, received invitations from 13 of the London
boroughs to stand for parliament at general election 1886; member
of London county council 17 Jany. 1889, deputy chairman 12 Feb.
1889 to death; author of _Gas supply of London_ 1874; _Municipal
London_ 1876. _d._ whilst ascending the Flégère mountain near
Chamounix 3 Sep. 1889. _Graphic xxv_, 153 (1882), 2 _portraits_;
_I.L.N. 14 Sep. 1889 pp._ 325, 326, _portrait_.
FIRTH, MARK (_elder son of Thomas Firth of Sheffield, steel
manufacturer, who d. 1848_). _b._ Sheffield 25 April 1819; worked
as a steel smelter for 20/- a week; a steel manufacturer at
Sheffield with his father and brother Thomas 1843, they erected
the Norfolk works covering 13 acres 1849; master cutler 1867–69;
mayor of Sheffield 1875; erected the Mark Firth almshouses at
Ranmoor, Sheffield at cost of £30,000, 1869; gave the Firth park
of 36 acres to town of Sheffield, park was opened by Prince of
Wales 16 Aug. 1875; erected and fitted up Firth college, Sheffield
at cost of £20,000, opened by Prince Leopold 20 Oct. 1879, he also
endowed it at cost of £5000; famous for castings for gun blocks,
and for their refined steel; cast the steel cores for the
government great guns; supplied to Italian government a 100 ton
gun. _d._ Oakbrook, Sheffield 28 Nov. 1880, personalty sworn under
£600,000, Jany. 1881. _Practical mag. vi_, 289–91 (1876),
_portrait_; _I.L.N. lxvii_, 208 (1875), _portrait_.
FISCHER, JOHN GEORGE PAUL. _b._ Hanover 16 Sep. 1786; pupil of John
Henry Ramberg, court painter 1800 when he painted portraits and
theatrical scenery; went to England 1810, painted miniatures of
Queen Charlotte, produced a series of military costumes for the
Prince Regent, painted Queen Victoria 1819 and 1820; exhibited 80
paintings at R.A. and 17 at Suffolk st., chiefly portraits in
miniature 1817–52. _d._ 4 Upper Spring st. Marylebone 12 Sep.
1875.
FISH, THOMAS LIVERSEDGE (_son of Mr. Fish, magistrate at Union hall
police office, London_). Lived at Knowle cottage, Sidmouth, Devon;
known as the “Golden Fish” from his immense wealth, having no less
than 400 public houses; author of _Guide to Knowle Cottage_ 1837.
_d._ 18 Penton row, Walworth road, Newington, London 22 March 1861
aged 79.
FISH, WILLIAM. _b._ Norwich 1775; violinist Norwich theatre; studied
under Sharp oboist, and Bond pianist and organist; organist of St.
Andrew’s, Norwich; kept a music warehouse; he wrote _Sonata for
pianoforte, Op. i_, 1800; _The Morning Star_ 1842 a ballad, words
by the composer, an oboe concerto and some fantasias for the harp.
_d._ 90 Rose lane, Conisford, Norwich 15 March 1866.
FISHBOURNE, EDMUND GARDINER. _b._ 1811; entered navy 1 Feb. 1824;
captain 25 Feb. 1853, retired 1 March 1866; retired admiral 2 Aug.
1879; C.B. 23 June 1859; hon. sec. to Royal patriotic fund and to
Naval and military Bible Soc. many years; one of most active of
Lord Shaftesbury’s colleagues in work of evangelizing the masses
of London; author of _Current fallacies in naval architecture_
1871; _Our ironclads and merchant ships_ 1874; _Stability the
seaman’s safeguard_ 1878 and 20 other books. _d._ 26 Hogarth road,
Kensington, London 12 May 1887.
FISHER, CHARLES (_2 son of David Fisher, manager of Suffolk circuit,
who d. 6 Aug. 1832 aged 71_). Educ. at Cambridge; trained in
singing, dancing, fencing and the drama by his father; good in
tragedy, comedy and melodrama, acted in Norfolk and Suffolk;
appeared at Drury Lane in Lionel and Clarissa 1818; manager of
theatres on Norwich circuit 1832 to 1843; violinist, violoncellist
and player of double bass; a fine organist; leader of band Norwich
theatre 1843; violoncellist in various theatres. _d._ Glasgow 17
April 1869 aged 76. _Theatre i_, 193–99 (1880); _Era 25 April
1869, p. 10, col. 1_.
FISHER, DAVID (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ 1788; manager on
the Suffolk circuit; first appeared in London at Drury Lane as
Macbeth 3 Dec. 1817, the original Titus in Howard Payne’s _Brutus_
3 Dec. 1818, and Angelo in Buck’s _Italians_ 3 April 1819; played
at Bath 1823; built theatres at Bungay, Beccles, Halesworth, Eye,
Lowestoft, Dereham, North Walsham and other places; leader of
Norwich choral concerts; retired about 1838 to Woodbridge,
Suffolk. _d._ Woodbridge 20 Aug. 1858. _Theatrical Inquisitor xi_,
479, 481 (1818).
FISHER, DAVID (_son of the preceding_). _b._ East Dereham, Norfolk
1816; violinist at local concerts; acted at Prince’s theatre,
Glasgow 1849–53; appeared in London at Princess’s theatre as
Victor in _The Lancers_ 2 Nov. 1853, remained at Princess’s 6
years where he played in his own piece _Music hath charms_ in June
1858; acted at Adelphi as Abbé Latour in _The Dead Heart_ 1859;
gave an entertainment _Facts and Fancies_ at Hanover sq. rooms and
St. James’ hall 1863; played at Princess’s 1863, at Haymarket 1865
and at Ampitheatre and Alexandra theatres, Liverpool 1866–68, at
opening of Globe theatre, London 28 Nov. 1868 played Major
Treherne in Byron’s _Cyril’s Success_; appeared at Drury Lane,
Olympic, Globe, Opera Comique, Criterion, Mirror, Princess’s and
Lyceum to 1884. _d._ St. Augustine’s road, Camden Town, London 4
Oct. 1887. _The Players ii_, 73 (1860), _portrait_; _Saturday
Programme 5 Feb. 1876_, _portrait_; _London Figaro 15 Oct. 1887 p.
14, col. 2_, _portrait_.
FISHER, VEN. EDMUND HENRY. _b._ 31 Jany. 1835; ed. at Rugby and
Trin. coll. Cam., fellow 1860; 20 wrangler 1858; B.A. 1858, M.A.
1861; assistant master at Marlborough 1860; V. of St. Mark,
Kennington, London 1869 to death; chaplain to Abp. of Canterbury
1869 to death; hon. canon of Winchester cathedral 1874 to death;
archdeacon of Southwark 1878 to death; author of _The Goth and the
Saracen_ 1859. _d._ Monk’s Eleigh rectory 6 May 1879. _bur._
Barnes cemetery 10 May.
FISHER, REV. GEORGE. _b._ Sunbury, Middlesex 31 July 1794; clerk in
Westminster insurance office 1808; entered St. Cath. coll. Cam.
1817; B.A. 1821, M.A. 1825; astronomer to ships Dorothea and Trent
in Arctic expedition 1818; chaplain and astronomer to Parry’s
expedition to discover North West passage 1821–23; C. of
Stanstead, Essex 1825–27; C. of Ampthill, Beds. 1827; F.R.S. 27
Jany. 1825; F.R.A.S. 1827, mem. of council 1835–63; chaplain to
H.M.’s ships Spartiate and Asia 1827–32; retired on h.p. 1832;
principal and chaplain of Greenwich hospital school 2 Dec. 1834 to
4 Sep. 1863; made experiments on pendulums, chronometers, velocity
of sound, liquefaction of gases and refraction; author of papers
in _Phil. Trans., Proc. of Royal Soc._ and other journals. _d._ 19
Hillmorton road, Rugby 14 May 1873. _Monthly notices of Royal
Astronom. Soc. xxxiv_, 140–44 (1875).
FISHER, SIR JAMES HURTLE (_son of James Fisher of London,
architect_). _b._ 1790; attorney in partnership with Thomas Rhodes
in Davies st. Cavendish sq. London 1811–32; resident comr. for
crown lands in South Australia 1836; the first mayor of Adelaide
1840 and 4 times afterwards; member for West Adelaide 1853–55;
speaker of the legislative council 1855–56; first pres. of the
legislative council 1856–65 when he retired from office and
parliament; knighted by patent 24 May 1860. _d._ Adelaide 28 Jany.
1875.
FISHER, SIR JOHN WILLIAM (_son of Peter Fisher of Perth_). _b._
London 30 Jany. 1787; M.R.C.S. 1809, F.R.C.S. 1836, member of
council 1843; surgeon to Bow st. patrol 1821; surgeon-in-chief to
Metropolitan police 1829–65; M.D. Erlangen 1841; knighted at
Osborne 2 Sep. 1858. _d._ 33 Park lane, London 22 March 1876.
_Proc. of Med. and Chir. Soc. viii_, 173–4 (1876); _I.L.N.
lxviii_, 335, 527 (1876).
FISHER, ROBERT ALEXANDER. Barrister M.T. 25 Jany. 1850; deputy judge
of City of London court; secretary of the Judicature commission 25
Nov. 1872 to Sep. 1874 when last report was issued; judge of
county courts (circuit 54) Somerset 1 Oct. 1874 to death; author
of _Digest of the reported decisions of the courts of common law,
bankruptcy, probate, admiralty and divorce from 1756_, _5 vols._
1870, _new ed. by J. Mews 7 vols._ 1884 and other books. _d._
Glanmorfa, Clifton 30 Sep. 1879.
FISHER, WALTER DAVID (_3 son of David Fisher 1816–87_). _b._ Norwich
1845; first appeared on stage at T.R. Glasgow 1852; played in the
provinces; acted at Athenée theatre in Paris 1873; first appeared
in London at Haymarket theatre as Moses in _The school for
scandal_, July 1875; acted Potain in Cora at Globe theatre March
1877; played with Doyly Carte’s provincial company 1880; acted in
Germany with the Gilbert and Sullivan répertoire company 1887;
played Shadbolt in _The Yeomen of the Guard_ at Court theatre,
Liverpool 15 May 1889. _d._ 15 Seymour st. Liverpool 25 May 1889.
FISHER, WILLIAM (_2 son of John Fisher of Yarmouth, Norfolk_). _b._
18 Nov. 1780; midshipman R.N. 18 Aug. 1795; surveyed the
Mozambique channel 1809–10; employed in suppression of slave trade
on coast of Guinea 1816–17; commanded Asia in Mediterranean
1836–41; received Turkish gold medal; good service pension awarded
him 1 July 1842; R.A. 2 Dec. 1847; suggested to Admiralty plan of
watering ships generally adopted; author of _The Petrel, or love
on the ocean_ 1850; _Ralph Rutherford, a nautical romance_ 1851.
_d._ 38 Blandford sq. London 30 Sep. 1852.
FISHER, WILLIAM RICHARD (_2 son of John Goate Fisher of Great
Yarmouth_). _b._ 14 Aug. 1824; barrister L.I. 13 June 1851; author
of _The law of mortgage as applied to the redemption, foreclosure
and sale in equity of incumbered property_ 1856, _4 ed._ 1884;
_The forest of Essex, its history, laws, administration and
ancient customs_ 1887. _d._ Guildford, Surrey 17 Nov. 1888.
FISHER, WILLIAM WEBSTER. _b._ Westmoreland 1798; studied medicine at
Montpellier, M.D. 1825; of Trin. coll. Cam. 1827, of Downing
coll., fellow to 1841; Downing professor of medicine 1841 to
death; lectured 1841–68; M.B. Cam. 1834, M.D. 1841; univ. examiner
of students in medicine and member of univ. board of medical
studies; physician to Addenbrooke hospital; had large private
practice at Cam.; fellow of Cambridge Philos. Soc. and contributed
to its Transactions. _d._ East lodge, Downing coll. 4 Oct. 1874 in
76 year. _Brit. Med. Journ. 10 Oct. 1874_, 481.
FISK, WILLIAM (_son of a farmer at Can hall, Essex_). _b._
Thorpe-le-Soken, Essex 1796; educ. Colchester; in mercantile house
in London 1815–25; commenced historical compositions 1834 in which
he accurately reproduced portraits and costumes, among these were
Lady Jane Grey in the Tower 1834, Leonardo da Vinci expiring in
the arms of Francis i. 1838, Conspiracy of the Pazzi, attempt to
assassinate Lorenzo de Medici 1839 for which in 1840 was awarded
gold medal of Manchester Institution; painted 5 pictures connected
with reign of Charles i. 1840–44; exhibited 25 paintings at R.A.,
17 at B.I. and 45 at Suffolk st. 1818–48. _d._ Danbury, Essex 8
Nov. 1872.
FISK, WILLIAM HENRY (_son of the preceding_). _b._ 1827; pupil of
his father and student of R. Acad.; anatomical draughtsman to
royal coll. of Surgeons; teacher of drawing and painting at Univ.
coll. sch. London; made a series of drawing of trees for the
queen; lectured on art in London and the provinces; exhibited 11
landscapes at R.A., 7 at B.I. and 5 at Suffolk st. 1846–73. _d._
Hampstead 13 Nov. 1884.
FISKEN, REV. WILLIAM. _b._ Gelleyburn farm near Crieff, Perthshire;
taught a school at Alyth; minister at Stamfordham near Newcastle
1847 to death; governor and sec. of endowed schools at
Stamfordham; with his brother Thomas invented the steam plough;
invented a potato-sowing machine, a safety steam boiler, a
propeller, apparatus for heating churches and the steam tackle for
the steam plough July 1855; author of _The cheapest system of
steam cultivation and steam cartage_; _On the comparative methods
of steam tackle_. _d._ Stamfordham manse 28 Dec. 1883 aged upwards
of 70.
FITCH, WILLIAM STEVENSON. _b._ 1793; postmaster Ipswich 1838 to
death; founder of West Suffolk archæological assoc.; made
collections for a history of Suffolk, which were dispersed at his
death, but _30 vols._ of them are in Suffolk archæol. assoc.
museum at Bury St. Edmunds; author of _A catalogue of Suffolk
manorial registers, Great Yarmouth_ 1843; _Ipswich and its early
mints, Ipswich_ 1848. _d._ Ipswich 17 July 1859. _C. R. Smith’s
Retrospections i_, 245–8 (1883).
FITTON, MICHAEL. _b._ Gawsworth, Cheshire 1766; entered navy June
1780; served in Mediterranean 1782, in West Indies 1799–1802,
1803–4; lieut. 9 March 1804 his highest rank; captured or
destroyed 40 of the enemy’s ships, received the thanks of the
admiralty and a sword value £50 from the Patriotic Soc.; served in
the Baltic 1811–15; lieut. of the ordinary at Plymouth 22 Feb.
1831 to 1834; admitted into Greenwich hospital 20 April 1835; one
of the bravest and most active officers in the navy. _d._ Peckham
31 Dec. 1852.
FITTON, WILLIAM HENRY (_son of Nicholas Fitton of Dublin_). _b._
Dublin, Jany. 1780; ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin, senior scholar
1798, B.A. 1799; studied at Edin. Univ. 1808, in London 1809–12;
M.D. Edin. 12 Sep. 1810, incorporated at Cam. 1815; candidate of
royal coll. of phys. 1815, fellow 1816; practised at Northampton
1811–19 when he removed to London and devoted himself to
scientific researches; F.R.S. 9 Nov. 1815; F.G.S. 18 , sec. 18 ,
pres. 1827, the first to deliver an annual address 15 Feb. 1828,
established publication of proceedings 1827, Wollaston medallist
1852; wrote 21 papers on geological subjects 1811–57; author of _A
geological sketch of Hastings_ 1833; wrote many articles in
_Edinburgh Review_ 1817–41. _d._ Sussex gardens, London 13 May
1861. _Quarterly Journal of Geol. Soc. xviii_, 30–34 (1862);
_Proc. of Royal Soc. of London xii_, 4–6 (1861).
FITZADAM, JOHN THOMPSON (_eld. son of Adam Fitz Adam of Birmingham,
barrister_). _b._ 1833; barrister I.T. 26 Jany. 1859; recorder of
Wigan, April 1880 to death; alderman of Wigan many years. _d._ 5
Phillimore gardens, Kensington, London 19 April 1886 in 53 year.
FITZBALL, EDWARD, originally called Edward Ball. _b._ Burwell,
Cambs. 1792; attempted to establish a printing office at Norwich;
dramatist in London many years; author of _Edda_; _The Pilot_
1825; _The Innkeeper of Abbeville_ 1826; _The Floating Beacon_
1826; _The Inchcape Bell_ 1828; _The Flying Dutchman_ 1829 and
many other successful dramas; wrote all the librettos of Balfe’s
early operas, libretto of Wallace’s _Maritana_, and many librettos
for other Composers; wrote _My Pretty Jane_ 1828 and many other
songs. _d._ near Chatham 27 Oct. 1873. _E. Fitzball’s Thirty five
years of a dramatic author’s life 2 vols._ 1859, _portrait_;
_I.L.N. lxiii_, 445 (1873), _portrait_.
FITZCLARENCE, LORD ADOLPHUS (_7 child and 3 son of William iv.
1765–1837 by Dorothea natural dau. of Francis Bland of Kerry, she
was known on the stage as Mrs. Jordan 1762–1816_). _b._ 18 Feb.
1802; entered R.N. 26 May 1814; captain 24 Dec. 1824; commander of
Royal George yacht 1830; captain of Victoria and Albert yacht 1
Jany. 1851 to 21 Oct. 1852 and commodore of her 21 Oct. 1852 to 17
Sep. 1853; aide de camp to Victoria 12 Feb. 1848 to death; groom
of the robes to Will. iv. 24 July 1830; granted rank of younger
son of a marquis 24 May 1831; G.C.H. 24 Feb. 1832; a lord of the
bedchamber 5 Jany. 1833; R.A. 17 Sep. 1853. _d._ Newburgh park
near Easingwold, Yorkshire 17 May 1856. _Lennox’s Celebrities 2
series i_, 208–12 (1877).
FITZCLARENCE, REV. LORD AUGUSTUS (_brother of the preceding_), _b._
1 March 1805; ed. at Trin. coll. Cam., B.C.L. 1832, D.C.L. 1835;
R. of Mapledurham, Oxon. 1829 to death; chaplain in ordinary to
his father 1829–37, to Queen Victoria 1837 to death; granted rank
of younger son of a marquis 24 May 1831. _d._ Mapledurham 14 June
1854.
FITZCLARENCE, LORD FREDERICK (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ 9
Dec. 1799; ensign Coldstream guards 12 May 1814, assisted at
arrest of Cato st. conspirators 23 Feb. 1820; lieut. col. 7 foot 2
June 1825 to 24 Aug. 1832 when placed on h.p.; granted rank of
younger son of a marquis 24 May 1831; G.C.H. 1831; military
governor of Portsmouth 1840; col. 36 foot 23 July 1851 to death;
L.G. 11 Nov. 1851; commander in chief at Bombay 1852 to death,
assumed command 22 Nov. 1852; author of _A manual of out-post
duties_ 1851 and other works. _d._ Poorundhur near Poonah 30 Oct.
1854, body embalmed and _bur._ at Ford, Northumberland 10 Feb.
1855.
FITZGERALD, JOHN DAVID FITZGERALD, 1 Baron (_son of David Fitzgerald
of Dublin, merchant_). _b._ Dublin 1816; ed. at Trin. coll.
Dublin; called to bar in Ireland 1838; Q.C. 15 Feb. 1847; bencher
of King’s Inns 1855; leader of the Munster circuit; M.P. for Ennis
1852–60; solicitor general for Ireland, Feb. 1855 to April 1856,
attorney general April 1856 to March 1858 and 1859 to Feb. 1860;
P.C. Ireland 1856; comr. of national education Ireland 1863 to
death; justice of Queen’s Bench, Ireland, Feb. 1860 to May 1882;
principal judge at great state trials of Messrs. Parnell, Biggar
and others Jany. 1881; a lord of appeal in ordinary May 1882 to
death; created Baron Fitzgerald of Kilmarnock, co. Dublin 23 June
1882; P.C. 29 June 1882; bencher of Gray’s Inn 21 Dec. 1883;
author of _Report on trial of A. M. Sullivan and R. Pigott for
seditious libels_ 1868. _d._ 22 Fitzwilliam place, Dublin 16 Oct.
1889. _Law magazine and law review v_, 267–69 (1858); _Graphic 16
Nov. 1889 p._ 597, _portrait_.
FITZGERALD and VESEY, VERY REV. HENRY VESEY-FITZGERALD, 3 Baron.
_b._ 1800; ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1821, M.A. 1827; dean
of Emly 6 July 1818 to 1825; dean of Kilmore 16 March 1825 to
death; succeeded his brother as 3 Baron 11 May 1843. _d._
Danesfort, co. Cavan 30 March 1860.
FITZGERALD, CHARLES (_son of Robert Fitzgerald of Kilkee, co.
Clare_). Entered navy 1809; governor of British settlements on the
Gambia 1844 to 1847; governor of Western Australia Aug. 1848 to
June 1855; captain 1 April 1856; C.B. 2 Jany. 1857. _d._ Geraldine
house, Kilkee, co. Clare 29 Dec. 1887 in 96 year. _I.L.N. xxx_,
59, 60 (1857), _portrait_.
FITZGERALD, EDWARD (_3 son of John Purcell who took name of
Fitzgerald_). _b._ Bredfield house near Woodbridge, Suffolk 31
March 1809; ed. at Bury St. Edmund’s gram. sch. and Trin. coll.
Cam., B.A. 1830; a friend of Spedding, Donne and Thackeray;
resided at Farlingay hall near Woodbridge (where Carlyle visited
him in 1855) 1853–60, at Woodbridge 1860–74, at Little Grange 1874
to his death; issued _Euphranor, a dialogue on youth_ 1851,
_Polonius, a collection of Wise Saws_ 1852, _Six dramas of
Calderon_ 1853 the only book to which he put his name, it was
withdrawn from circulation; translated the Agamemnon of Æschylus
1876 and the Œdipus Tyrannus and Œdipus Coloneus of Sophocles, the
Quatrains of Omar Khayyám 1859, the Salámán and Absál of Jami
1856; author of a translation of Attar’s Mantik-ut-tair which he
called the Bird Parliament MS.; Tennyson’s poem Tiresias 1884
contains a birthday ode to Fitzgerald. _d._ while on a visit to
Merton rectory, Norfolk 14 June 1883. _W. Aldis Wright’s Letters
and remains of E. Fitzgerald 3 vols._ 1889, _portrait_.
FITZGERALD, JAMES. Entered Madras army 1820; commandant at Malabar
19 Feb. 1858 to 17 Jany. 1862; col. 42 Madras N.I. 12 Dec. 1862 to
1869; L.G. 25 June 1870. _d._ Kildare house, Lyndall’s park,
Clifton 14 Nov. 1871.
FITZGERALD, SIR JOHN FORSTER (_4 son of Edward Fitzgerald of
Carrigoran, co. Clare, who d. 1815_). _b._ about 1785; ensign 29
Oct. 1793; major 60 foot 1809; commandant of Quebec and afterwards
of Montreal 1818–24; lieut. col. 20 foot 1824–30; commanded
divisions in Madras and Bombay 1838–41; col. of 62 foot 1843, of
18 foot 1850 to death; general 20 June 1854, field marshal 29 May
1875; K.C.B. 1831, G.C.B. 10 Nov. 1862; M.P. for co. Clare
1852–57. _d._ Tours, France 24 March 1877. _bur._ with military
honours in St. Symphorien cemetery, Tours 27 March. _Times 29
March 1877 p. 9, col. 6._
FITZGERALD, OTHO AUGUSTUS (_3 son of 3 Duke of Leinster 1791–1874_).
_b._ Carton, Maynooth 10 Oct. 1827; M.P. for co. Kildare 1865–74;
master of the horse to viceroy of Ireland 1855 and 1858–59;
gentleman of the bedchamber 1859–62; treasurer of H.M.’s household
8 May 1866 to July 1866, comptroller 1868–74; P.C. 11 June 1866.
_d._ Oakley court, Windsor 19 Nov. 1882.
FITZGERALD, SIR PETER GEORGE, 1 Baronet (_5 son of Maurice
Fitzgerald, P.C., M.P., knight of Kerry 1774–1849_). _b._ 15 Sep.
1808; clerk to David Digges la Touche & Co. bankers, Dublin; vice
treasurer of Ireland 1841, nineteenth knight of Kerry 1849;
sheriff of Kerry 1849 and of Carlow 1875; improved his estates and
built better homesteads for his tenants 1849; created a baronet 8
July 1880. _d._ Glanlearn, island of Valentia 6 Aug. 1880.
FITZGERALD, ROBERT ALLAN (_2 son of Thomas Fitzgerald of Shalstone,
Bucks., who d. 1860_). _b._ 1 Oct. 1834; ed. at Harrow and Trin.
coll. Cam., B.A. 1858, M.A. 1861; played in Harrow and Cambridge
cricket elevens; barrister L.I. 17 Nov. 1860; sec. to Marylebone
cricket club 1864–76; captain of amateur eleven who visited Canada
and United States 1872; author of _Jerks in from short-leg, By
Quid_ 1866; _Wickets in the West, or the twelve in America_ 1873.
_d._ Charleywood, Herts. 28 Oct. 1881. _Illust. sp. and dr. news
i_, 277 (1874), _portrait_.
FITZGERALD, RIGHT REV. WILLIAM (_son of Maurice Fitzgerald, M.D. of
Lifford, Limerick_). _b._ Lifford 3 Dec. 1814; ed. at Middleton,
co. Cork and Trin. coll. Dublin, scholar 1833, B.A. 1835, M.A.
1848, B.D. and D.D. 1853, fellow of his college, professor of
moral philosophy there 1847–52 and of ecclesiastical history
1852–57; C. of Lackagh, Kildare 1838–46; C. of Clontarf, Dublin
1846–48; V. and preb. of Donoghmore, Dublin 16 Feb. 1848; V. of
St. Anne’s, Dublin 1851–55; P.C. of Monkstown, Dublin 13 May 1855;
preb. of Timothan, Dublin 1855; archdeacon of Kildare 1855; bishop
of Cork, Cloyne and Ross 7 Feb. 1857, consecrated at St. Patrick’s
cath. Dublin 8 March, enthroned 14 March; translated to Killaloe 3
Feb. 1862; edited Bishop Butler’s _Analogy with notes and a life
of the author_, _Dublin_ 1849, _reprinted_ 1860; chief contributor
to _The Cautions for the Times_, a series of papers ed. by R.
Whately 1853; author of _Episcopacy, tradition and the sacraments
considered in reference to the Oxford Tracts_ 1839 and 20 other
works. _d._ Clarisford house, Killaloe 24 Nov. 1883. _Brady’s
Records i_, 302, iii, 87–8; _Dublin Univ. Mag. xlix_, 416–26
(1857).
FITZGERALD, SIR WILLIAM ROBERT SEYMOUR VESEY- (_eld. son of William
Fitzgerald of Dublin_). _b._ 1818; matric. from Ch. Ch. Ox. 21
Feb. 1833, of Oriel coll., B.A. 1837, M.A. 1844, Newdigate
prizeman 1835, D.C.L. 1863; barrister L.I. 29 Jany. 1839; M.P.
Horsham 1848 but unseated, M.P. Horsham 1852 to 1865 and 1874–5;
under sec. of state foreign affairs 26 Feb. 1858 to June 1859;
governor of Bombay 19 Nov. 1866 to March 1872; P.C. 28 Dec. 1866;
K.C.S.I. 22 Oct. 1867, G.C.S.I. 8 Dec. 1868; chief commissioner of
charities 30 Nov. 1875 to 1885; took names of Seymour Vesey. _d._
29 Warwick sq. London 28 June 1885. _I.L.N. l_, 117 (1867),
_portrait_.
FITZ-GIBBON, ABRAHAM COATES (_2 son of lieut. Philp Fitz-Gibbon,
R.N., d. 1826_). _b._ Mount Eagle, Kilworth, co. Cork 23 Jany.
1823; apprentice to Sir Charles Lanyon 1837–43; agent and manager
for W. Dargan 1847–52; in U.S. America 1852–56, in Ceylon 1857–60,
in New Zealand 1860–62, in Queensland 1863–68, in all these
countries he surveyed and constructed railway lines; M.I.C.E. 9
Jany. 1866; adopted a 3 foot 6 in. gauge in Queensland; with his
brother Maurice Fitz-Gibbon published in Journal of R. Hist. and
Archæol. Assoc. of Ireland “Unpublished Geraldine Documents” which
with additions were reprinted in four parts by Rev. Samuel Hayman,
Dublin 1870–81. _d._ Moorside, Bushey Heath, Herts. 4 April 1887.
_Min. of proc. of Instit. of C.E. lxxxix_, 466–70 (1887).
FITZGIBBON, EDWARD (_son of a land agent d. 1817_). _b._ Limerick,
Aug. 1803; came to London 1817; articled to a surgeon 1819–20;
classical tutor in the provinces 1820–23; at Marseilles 1824–30
studying the language and literature; parliamentary reporter for
_Morning Chronicle_ 1830; wrote on angling for _Bell’s Life_ under
pseudonym of Ephemera; wrote for the _Observer_ and acted as a
theatrical critic; from 1830 his writings gave great impulse to
the art of fishing, were the means of improving fishing tackle and
of increasing the rents of rivers; he once killed 52 salmon on the
Shin river in 55 hours fishing; author of _Handbook of Angling, By
Ephemera_ 1847, _3 ed._ 1853; _The book of the Salmon_ 1850;
author with W. Shipley of _A true treatise on the art of fly
fishing_ 1838, and with A. Young of _Natural History of the
Salmon_ 1854; ed. The _Compleat Angler of Walton and Cotton_ 1853.
_d._ 19 Nov. 1857. _bur._ Highgate cemetery 25 Nov. _Baron
Nicholson’s Autobiography_ (1860) 334–6; _Bell’s Life in London 22
Nov. 1857 p. 8, 29 Nov. p. 5_.
FITZGIBBON, GERALD (_4 son of Mr. Fitzgerald of co. Limerick, tenant
farmer_). _b._ Glin, Limerick 1 Jany. 1793; employed in W.
Jameson’s distillery, Dublin 1814; entered univ. of Dublin 1817,
B.A. 1825, M.A. 1832, maintained himself by teaching 1817–30;
called to Irish bar Jany. 1830; Q.C. 17 Aug. 1841; counsel for Dr.
John Gray in state trial of Daniel O’Connell and his 7 fellow
prisoners 15 Jany. to 12 Feb. 1844 during which on 30 Jany. he was
challenged to a duel by the attorney general Thos. Bury Cusack
Smith, when he brought the matter under notice of the Court and
Mr. Smith apologised; the greatest commercial lawyer of his day;
bencher of King’s Inns 1858; third serjeant at law 1859–60;
receiver-master in Chancery 1860 to April 1878; author of _Ireland
in 1868 the battle field for English party strife_ 1868, _2 ed._
1868; _Roman Catholic priests and National Schools_ 1871, _2 ed._
1872 and other works. _d._ Larkfield, Clondalkin 27 Sep. 1882. _O.
J. Burke’s Anecdotes of Connaught circuit_ (1885) 328–30; _Irish
Law Times xvi_, 494 (1882).
FITZ GIBBON, JAMES. _b._ 1780; enlisted in the army 1797; served in
war against Napoleon and in American war 1812–15; captain of
Glengarry light infantry fencibles 1813–16 when placed on h.p.;
assistant adjutant general of militia Upper Canada; saved city of
Toronto during Mackenzie rebellion 1837 for which he was awarded
5000 acres of land and received thanks of parliament, the grant of
land was subsequently disallowed; chief clerk of lower house of
Canadian parliament 1816–29, clerk of the upper house 1829–35;
created a military knight of Windsor 1850; author of _An appeal to
the people of Upper Canada, Montreal_ 1847. _d._ Lower Ward,
Windsor Castle 12 Dec. 1863.
FITZHARDINGE, WILLIAM FITZHARDINGE BERKELEY, 1 Earl of (_eld. son of
5 Earl of Berkeley 1745–1810_). _b._ 26 Dec. 1786; lieut. South
Gloucestershire militia 6 July 1803, col. 22 Aug. 1810 to death;
kept a pack of hounds in Gloucestershire 1808 to death, not
excelled by any in England; M.P. for Gloucestershire 1810; his
claim to Berkeley peerage disallowed by House of Lords 28 June
1811; created Baron Segrave of Berkeley Castle 10 Sep. 1831 and
Earl Fitzhardinge 17 Aug. 1841; lord lieut. of Gloucestershire 3
Feb. 1836 to death. _d._ Berkeley Castle about midnight 10 Oct.
1857. _Sporting Review xxxviii_, 319–22, 389–95 (1857); _Cecil’s
Records of the Chase_ (1877) 181–5; _My life and recollections by
G. F. Berkeley_ (1865) _i_, 370–83 _and vol. ii passim_.
NOTE.—He is drawn as Fitzalleyne of Berkeley in Fitzalleyne of
Berkeley, a romance of the present times by Bernard
Blackmantle [Charles Molloy] _2 vols._ 1825, who also makes
him one of the characters in his book The English Spy _2
vols._ 1826.
FITZHARDINGE, MAURICE FREDERICK FITZHARDINGE BERKELEY, 1 Baron
(_brother of the preceding_). _b._ 3 Jany. 1788; entered navy June
1802, captain 7 June 1814, admiral 15 Jany. 1862; M.P. for
Gloucester 1831–33, 1835–37 and 1841–57; contested Gloucester
1833, 1837 and 1857; a comr. of admiralty 1833–34, 1837–39,
1846–52 and 1852–57; K.C.B. 5 July 1855, G.C.B. 28 June 1861; P.C.
13 Aug. 1855; master of the Berkeley hounds 1857 to death; claimed
Barony of Berkeley 1857; created Baron Fitzhardinge of city and
county of Bristol 5 Aug. 1861. _d._ Berkeley castle 17 Oct. 1867.
_Baily’s Mag. vi_, 217–19 (1863), _portrait_; _Sporting Review
lviii_, 417–20 (1867).
FITZMAURICE, JOHN G. Second lieut. 95 foot 25 April 1811; captain
rifle brigade 19 Dec. 1826 to 30 March 1832 when placed on h.p.;
granted service reward 13 March 1855; M.G. 7 May 1861; lieut. of
Yeomen of the Guard, Dec. 1861 to death; K.H. 1831. _d._ Drayton
green, Ealing 24 Dec. 1865 aged 72.
FITZMAURICE, WILLIAM EDWARD (_younger son of John Fitzmaurice,
Viscount Kirkwall 1778–1820_). _b._ 22 March 1805; ed. at Oriel
coll. Ox.; captain 9 lancers 26 Feb. 1828; captain 2 life guards
1831–40 when placed on h.p.; M.P. for Bucks. 1842–47; author of _A
cruise to Egypt, Palestine and Greece_ 1834. _d._ Brussels 18 June
1889.
FITZPATRICK, JAMES COLEMAN. _b._ Ireland about 1818; Educ. at Trin.
coll. Dublin; called to Irish bar 1844; barrister L.I. 6 June
1857; chief justice of the Gold Coast 1857–61; judge of British
Kaffraria 20 July 1861 to 1872; judge of supreme court of Cape of
Good Hope 1872–79 when he retired on pension; author of _The Pope,
his rights and duties_ 1860. _d._ Wynberg, British Kaffraria 6
Feb. 1880.
FITZROY, CHARLES (_2 son of 4 Duke of Grafton 1760–1844_). _b._ 28
Feb. 1791; ed. at Harrow and Great Marlow; ensign 1 foot guards 25
June 1807; major 55 foot 27 Jany. 1820 to 11 Jany. 1821 when
placed on h.p.; sold out 1834; M.P. for Thetford 1818–32, for Bury
1832–47; vice chamberlain of the household 29 June 1835 to 2 May
1838; P.C. 1 July 1835. _d._ Elm lodge, Hampton 17 June 1865.
FITZROY, SIR CHARLES AUGUSTUS (_only son of general Charles Fitzroy
1764–1829_). _b._ 10 June 1796; attached to staff of Sir Hussey
Vivian at Waterloo 1815; captain royal horse guards 27 April 1820
to 23 June 1825 when placed on h.p.; M.P. for Bury St. Edmunds,
June 1831 to Dec. 1832; lieut. governor of Prince Edward Island 19
March 1837; governor of Leeward Islands 3 Aug. 1841; governor of
New South Wales 3 Aug. 1846 to 17 Jany. 1855; his wife Lady Mary
Fitzroy killed at Parramatta being thrown from her carriage 7 Dec.
1847; governor general of all the Australian colonies 1850; act
for separation of Victoria passed 5 Aug. 1850; constitution act of
N.S.W. passed 1853; presented with purse of 2000 guineas 28 Jany.
1856; knighted by Wm. iv. at St. James’s palace 1 June 1837;
K.C.B. 12 June 1854. _d._ Half Moon st. Piccadilly, London 16 Feb.
1858. _W. Gisborne’s New Zealand Rulers_ (1886), 36–42; _Rev. J.
Buller’s Forty years in New Zealand_ (1878) 377–82; _Therry’s
Reminiscences_, _2 ed._ (1863) 376–80; _Heads of the people i_, 65
(1847), _portrait_; _I.L.N. xxix_, 479 (1856), _portrait_.
FITZROY, HENRY (_younger son of 2 Baron Southampton 1761–1810_).
_b._ Great Stanhope st. London 2 May 1807; ed. at Magd. coll. Ox.
and Trin. coll. Cam., M.A. Cam. 1828; M.P. Great Grimsby 10 Aug.
1831 to 3 Dec. 1832; contested Lewes 1835, M.P. Lewes 21 April
1837 to death; a lord of the Admiralty 12 Feb. 1845 to 13 July
1846; lieut. col. of the Artillery company 1848 to death; under
sec. of state for home department Dec. 1852 to Feb. 1855; P.C. 8
Feb. 1855; chairman of committees of House of Commons 16 April
1855 to 1859; chief comr. of board of works 1859 to death. _d._
Sussex sq. Kemp Town, Brighton 22 Dec. 1859.
FITZROY, ROBERT (_brother of Sir C. A. Fitzroy, 1796–1858_). _b._
Ampton hall, Suffolk 5 July 1805; entered navy 19 Oct. 1819;
captain 3 Dec. 1834; commander of Beagle on surveys of Straits of
Magellan etc. 1828–30, 1831–36, when he ran a chronometric line
round the world; F.R.G.S. 1830, gold medallist 1837; an elder
brother of Trinity house 1839; M.P. Durham 1841–43; acting
conservator of river Mersey 21 Sep. 1842 to 1843; governor of New
Zealand 3 April 1843, superseded Nov. 1845 as he did not agree
with the colonists; retired from active service 1850; R.A. 1857,
V.A. on half pay 12 Sep. 1863; F.R.S. 5 June 1851; superintendent
of Meteorological department of board of trade 1854; invented
Fitzroy barometer; instituted a system of storm warnings 1862
which developed into the daily forecasts of the weather 1872;
author of _Narrative of voyages of Adventurer and Beagle and the
Beagle’s circumnavigation of the globe 3 vols._ 1839; _Weather
Book, a manual of practical meteorology_ 1863, _2 ed._ 1863 and
other works; committed suicide by cutting his throat, at his
residence Lyndhurst house, Norwood, Surrey 29 April 1865. _Proc.
of Royal Soc. xv_, 21–23 (1867); _Proc. of Royal Geog. Soc. ix_,
215–8 (1865); _Good Words vii_, 406–13 (1866).
FITZROY, SIR WILLIAM (_3 son of 3 Duke of Grafton 1735–1811_). _b._
1 June 1782; entered navy 21 April 1794; captain 3 March 1804;
admiral 2 April 1853; C.B. 4 June 1815, K.C.B. 4 July 1840. _d._
East Sheen near Richmond 13 May 1857.
FITZWALTER, SIR BROOK WILLIAM BRIDGES, 1 Baron (_elder son of Sir
Brook Wm. Bridges, 4 bart. 1767–1829_). _b._ Goodneston park, Kent
2 June 1801; ed. at Winchester and Oriel coll. Ox., B.A. 1822,
M.A. 1827; succeeded his father 21 April 1829; M.P. for East Kent,
Feb. to July 1852 and April 1857 to April 1868; created Baron
Fitzwalter 17 April 1868. _d._ Goodneston park 6 Dec. 1875.
_I.L.N. xxx_, 478 (1857), _portrait_, _lxvii_, 614, 629 (1875),
_portrait_.
FITZWILLIAM, CHARLES WILLIAM WENTWORTH, 5 Earl (_only child of 4
Earl Fitzwilliam 1748–1833_). _b._ Grosvenor sq. London 4 May
1786; ed. at Trin. coll. Cam.; M.P. for Yorkshire 20 May 1807 to
24 July 1830 as Viscount Milton; M.P. for Northamptonshire 23 May
1831 to March 1833; pres. of Yorkshire Philosophical Soc. 1830 to
death; K.G. 4 Nov. 1851; took surname of Wentworth by r.l. 20 Aug.
1856; author of _First, second and third addresses on the Corn
laws_ 1839 and other books; edited with Sir Richard Bourke
_Correspondence of Edmund Burke 4 vols._ 1844. _d._ Wentworth
house, Rotherham 4 Oct. 1857. _Waagen’s Treasures of art iii_,
337–42 (1854).
FITZWILLIAM, EDWARD. _b._ near Holborn, London 8 Aug. 1788; actor at
Southend, Hythe and Gosport 1806–8; first appeared in London as
Hodge in _Love in a village_, at West London theatre 1812; acted
at Olympic 1813 and at Royal Circus; his best parts were
Leporello, Dumbiedykes in the _Heart of Midlothian_, Patch,
Partridge in _Tom Jones_ and Humphry Clinker; went to Drury Lane
10 Nov. 1821; became a comic vocalist at city entertainments;
generally known as Little Fitz; retired on an annuity from Drury
Lane theatrical fund 1845. _d._ Regent st. London 30 March 1852.
_Oxberry’s Dramatic Biography ii_, 267–76 (1825), _portrait_;
_Cumberland’s Minor Theatre_, _vol. 2_, _portrait_.
FITZWILLIAM, EDWARD FRANCIS (_son of the preceding_). _b._ Deal,
Kent 2 Aug. 1824; composed a Stabat Mater performed at Hanover
square rooms, London 15 March 1845; musical director of Lyceum
theatre Oct. 1847 to 1849; musical director of Haymarket theatre
Easter 1853 to death; composed _The Queen of the day_, a comic
opera, _A summer night’s love_, an operetta; author of _O
Incomprehensible Creator_, a cantata 1850; _Dramatic songs for 4
voices_ 1856 and other works; his music to the songs _As I laye a
thynkynge_ 1846, _The maid with the milking pail_ 1846, and _The
jug of Punch_ 1845 was very popular. _d._ 9 Grove place, Brompton,
London 19 Jany. 1857. _Era 25 Jany. 1857 p. 9, col. 3._
FITZWILLIAM, ELLEN (_eld. dau. of Thomas Acton Chaplin, d. Nov.
1859_). First appeared in London at Adelphi as Wilhelm in _Die
Hexen am Rhein_ 7 Oct. 1841; member of Haymarket company under J.
B. Buckstone 22 years; went to Australia 1877. (_m._ 31 Dec. 1853
Edward Francis Fitzwilliam 1824–57). _d._ Auckland, New Zealand 19
Oct. 1880 aged 58. _Theatrical Times 18 Nov. 1848 p._ 439,
_portrait_.
FITZWILLIAM, FANNY ELIZABETH (_dau. of Robert Copeland, manager of
Dover circuit_). _b._ Dover theatre 1801; was on the stage at 3
years of age; as Norah in the _Poor Soldier_ played at Dover
theatre 1815; first appeared in London at Haymarket as Lucy in
_The Review_ 1817; went to the Olympic and the Surrey; first seen
at Drury Lane as Fanny in _Maid or Wife_ 5 Dec. 1821; commenced
engagement at Adelphi 10 Oct. 1825, the original Kate Plowden in
_The Pilot_ 31 Oct. 1825 and Bella in _The Wreck Ashore_ 21 Oct.
1830; manager of Sadler’s Wells 1832; gave a monologue _The Widow
Wiggins_ at Adelphi during Lent 1835; in 1837 was at Haymarket
under B. Webster; went to America and made her debut at Park
theatre, New York as Peggy in _The Country Girl_, Oct. 1839;
played at Adelphi, London 1844 and afterwards at Haymarket; was
good in Lady Teazle, country girls and Irish peasants. (_m._ 2
Dec. 1822 Edward Fitz William, actor 1788–1852). _d._ of cholera
at Richmond lodge, Putney 11 Sep. 1854. _Ireland’s Records of the
New York stage i_, 302–4 (1867); _Tallis’s Drawing room table
book_ (1851) 3–5, _2 portraits_; _Actors by daylight i_, 145–6
(1838), _portrait_; _Theatrical Times ii_, 73 (1847), _portrait_;
_Actors by gaslight_ (1838) 25, _portrait_.
FITZWILLIAM, GEORGE WENTWORTH (_3 son of 5 Earl Fitzwilliam
1786–1857_). _b._ Grosvenor place, London 3 May 1817; ed. at Eton
and Trin. coll. Cam., M.A. 1838; M.P. for Richmond 1841, for
Peterborough 1841–59; sheriff of Northampton 1866; master of the
Fitzwilliam hounds. _d._ Milton hall, Peterborough 4 March 1874.
FITZWILLIAM, WILLIAM JOHN WENTWORTH (_5 son of 6 Earl Fitzwilliam,
b. 1815_). _b._ 7 Aug. 1852; ed. at Eton and Magd. coll. Cam.,
B.A. 1874; M.P. for Peterborough 29 Oct. 1878 to death. _d._
Wentworth house near Rotherham 11 Sep. 1889. _Pictorial World 3
Oct. 1889 p._ 416, _portrait_.
FITZWILLIAM, WILLIAM WENTWORTH (_brother of the preceding_). _b._
Grosvenor sq. London 27 July 1839; ed. at Eton and Trin. coll.
Cam.; M.P. for South West Yorkshire 1865–72. _d._ 17 Jany. 1877.
FLAHERTY, WILLIAM EDWARD. Apprenticed to J. G. Barnard of London,
printer; worked for Messrs. Bradbury and Evans 1834; went to
Harrisons 1840; assisted Thomas Duffus Hardy in various works;
compiled _The annals of England 3 vols._ 1855–7, anon.; edited
_The Gentleman’s Magazine_, Jany. 1861 to Dec. 1865; revised
several handbooks for John Murray. _d._ 33 Hassett road, Homerton
16 June 1878 aged 71. _Bookseller, July 1878 p._ 585.
FLANAGAN, REV. THOMAS. _b._ 1814; educ. Sedgley park sch.
Staffordshire and at Oscott coll.; ordained at Oscott 1842,
professor and prefect of studies there to 1851 and again July 1853
to 1854; V.P. of Sedgley park sch. 1851 and president Aug. 1851 to
July 1853; canon of the chapter of Birmingham 1850; resident
priest Blackmore park 1854–60; priest at St. Chad’s cath.
Birmingham 1860 to death; author of _A manual of British and Irish
history_ 1847; _A history of the church in England to the
re-establishment of the hierarchy in 1850_, _2 vols._ 1857 and
other works. _d._ Kidderminster 21 July 1865. _bur._ in crypt of
St. Chad’s cathedral. _Gillow’s English Catholics ii_, 291 (1885).
FLATMAN, ELNATHAN. _b._ Holton, Suffolk 1810; apprenticed to Wm.
Cooper of Newmarket, trainer; won the Goodwood cup on Glencoe
1834, the One thousand guineas on Preserve 1835, the Derby on
Orlando 1844, the St. Leger on Surplice 1848; won 104 races in
1848. _d._ Newmarket 20 Aug. 1860. _Sporting Times 25 July 1885
p._ 2; _Sporting Review xxx_, 10–13 (1853), _portrait_, _xliv_,
162, 225 (1860); _Rice’s British turf i_, 263–65 (1879); _I.L.N.
xxii_, 416 (1853), _portrait_.
FLEETWOOD, SIR PETER HESKETH, 1 Baronet (_son of Robert Hesketh of
Rossall, Lancashire_). _b._ Wennington hall near Lancaster 9 May
1801; ed. at Trin. coll. Ox., B.A. 1823, M.A. 1826; sheriff of
Lancashire 1830; M.P. Preston 1832–47; projected and commenced to
build town and port of Fleetwood on river Wyre 1836; created
baronet 20 July 1838; assumed name of Fleetwood by r.l. 5 March
1851; translator of Victor Hugo’s _Last days of a condemned_ 1840.
_d._ 127 Piccadilly, London 12 April 1866.
FLEMING, ALEXANDER. _b._ Edinburgh 1824; M.D. Edin. 1844; F.R.C.P.
Lond.; his essay on the physiological and medicinal properties of
Aconitum Napellus 1845 led to the introduction of a tincture of
aconite known as Fleming’s tincture; edited _Monthly retrospect of
medical science 2 vols._ 1848–9; professor of materia medica
Queen’s coll. Cork to 1858; hon. physician to Queen’s hospital,
Birmingham 1858–73. _d._ Brixton, London 21 Aug. 1875.
FLEMING, ANN CUTHBERT. _b._ Scotland; went to Canada 1815 or 1816;
kept a school at Montreal several years; author of _Home, a poem,
Edinburgh_ 1815; _A year in Canada and other poems, By A. C.
Knight, Edinburgh_ 1816; _Views of Canadian scenery_ and other
books. (_m._ (1) Mr. Knight, _m._ (2) James Fleming). _d._ 1860.
FLEMING, CHRISTOPHER. _b._ Boardstown, co. Westmeath 14 July 1808;
educ. Dublin univ., B.A. 1821, M.D. 1838; L.C.S.I. 1824, member
1826, president 1859–60; surgeon House of Industry hospitals,
Dublin 1851; M.R.I.A.; author of _Clinical records of injuries and
diseases of genito-urinary organs_ 1877; _Remarks on application
of chloroform to surgical purposes_ 1851. _d._ Donnybrook near
Dublin 30 Dec. 1880.
FLEMING, EDWARD CARY. Ensign 31 foot 1803; lieut. col. of 2 Ceylon
regiment 12 Aug. 1819, of 53 foot 24 Feb. 1820, of 24 foot 6 Nov.
1823 to 1 March 1833; C.B. 19 July 1838; col. 27 foot 19 Sep. 1853
to death; L.G. 20 June 1854. _d._ Gloucester sq. Hyde park, London
23 April 1860.
FLEMING, HENRY. Assistant sec. poor law board 3 Feb. 1848 to 5 July
1859, permanent sec. 5 July 1859 to 19 Aug. 1871. _d._ 2 Charles
St. Berkeley sq. London 28 Feb. 1876.
FLEMING, JAMES (_eld. son of Valentine Fleming of Tuam, co.
Galway_). Barrister M.T. 10 June 1836; Q.C. 9 Jany. 1858; chief
comr. of West Indian incumbered estates court 17 Feb. 1865 to
death; chancellor of county palatine of Durham 21 March 1871 to
death; author of _Rules and orders Chancery Court_, Durham 1878.
_d._ 12 Dorset sq. London 23 July 1887.
FLEMING, REV. JOHN (_son of Alexander Fleming_). _b._ Kirkroads farm
near Bathgate in Linlithgowshire 10 Jany. 1785; ordained 22 Sep.
1808; minister of Flisk, Fifeshire 1810; the best zoologist in
Scotland; D.D. of univ. of St. Andrews 1814; minister of
Clackmannan 1832–34; professor of natural philosophy in Univ. and
King’s coll. Aberdeen 1834; joined the Free ch. 1834; professor of
natural science Free ch. coll. Edin. 1845; studied the old red
sand stone and its fossils; author of _The Philosophy of Zoology 2
vols._ 1822; _The temperature of the seasons_ 1851 and other books
and articles in scientific journals. _d._ Llangwym, Monmouthshire
18 Nov. 1857. _Fleming’s Lithology of Edinburgh, with memoir by
Rev. John Duns_ 1859 _pp. i-civ_.
FLEMING, JOHN GIBSON. _b._ Glasgow 1809; ed. at Univ. of Glasgow,
M.D. 1830; member of faculty of phys. and surgeons Glasgow 1833,
pres. 1865–71; represented the faculty in general medical council
15 years; surgeon to Royal asylum for lunatics; F.R.S. Edin.;
author of _Medical statistics of life assurance, Glasgow_ 1862.
_d._ 155 Bath st. Glasgow 2 Oct. 1879.
FLEMING, SIR VALENTINE (_brother of James Fleming, who d. 23 July
1887_). _b._ Ashby de la Zouch 1809; ed. at Trin. coll. Dub., B.A.
1832; barrister G.I. 21 Nov. 1838; comr. of Insolvent Court for
Hobart Town 1841; solicitor general of Tasmania 1844 to Jany.
1848, attorney general Jany. 1848 to Aug. 1854; chief justice of
supreme court of Tasmania Aug. 1854 to May 1870 when he resigned;
knighted by patent 2 July 1856. _d._ Holbrook, Redhill 25 Oct.
1884 in 75 year.
FLETCHER, REV. ALEXANDER (_son of Rev. Wm. Fletcher of Bridge of
Teith, Downe, Perthshire, minister of the associate synod_). _b._
Bridge of Teith 8 April 1787; ed. at univ. of Glasgow, M.A.;
co-pastor with his father at Bridge of Teith 16 Sep. 1807;
minister of Miles’s lane chapel, London, Nov. 1811, of Albion
chapel, London Wall 7 Nov. 1816 to 1824; prosecuted in a breach of
promise case by Eliza Dick, April 1824; separated from the
Secession church 1824, minister of Finsbury chapel, London
1824–59; author of _A guide to Family Devotion_ 1834 of which
50,000 copies were sold in England, _The Sabbath School Preacher
and Juvenile Miscellany_ 1848–50, _2 vols._, and other works. _d._
4 Portland place, Lower Clapton, London 30 Sep. 1860.
_Macfarlane’s Altar-Light, a tribute to the memory of the Rev. A.
Fletcher_ 1860; _Blair’s The prince of preachers, Rev. A.
Fletcher_ 1860; _The Christian cabinet illustrated almanack for
1860 p._ 31, _portrait_; _Trial of the Rev. Alexander Fletcher
before the United Associate synod_ 1824.
FLETCHER, ELIZA (_dau. of Mr. Dawson of Oxton near Tadcaster,
Yorkshire, land surveyor_). _b._ Oxton 15 Jany. 1770; educ. Manor
sch. York; wrote her autobiography. (_m._ 16 July 1791 Archibald
Fletcher, advocate, who died at Auchindinny house near Edinburgh
20 Dec. 1828). _d._ Edinburgh 5 Feb. 1858. _Autobiography of Mrs.
Fletcher, edited by Lady Richardson_ 1875, _2 portraits_.
FLETCHER, GEORGE (_son of Joseph Fletcher_). _bapt._ Clarborough,
Nottinghamshire 15 Oct. 1764; enlisted in Welsh fusiliers 2 Nov.
1785, deserted 16 March 1792; enlisted 3 foot guards 14 March 1793
when he stated that his original enlistment took place in Oct.
1773; pensioned 18 April 1803 on 1s. 2½d. a day; worked in West
India dock 1803–39; local Wesleyan preacher, gave out that his
birth took place on 2 Feb. 1747 and had large congregations to see
him. _d._ 41 Wade st. Poplar, London 2 Feb. 1855. _Thom’s Human
Longevity_ (1873) 64,164–70; _I.L.N. 10 March 1855 p._ 221,
_portrait_.
FLETCHER, ISAAC (_2 son of John Wilson Fletcher of Tarnbank,
Cumberland 1788–1857_). _b._ Greysowthen, Cumberland 22 Feb. 1827;
a coal owner and ironmaster; M.P. for Cockermouth, Nov. 1868 to
death; chairman of Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith railway;
F.R.A.S. 11 May 1849; F.R.S. 7 June 1855; shot himself at Morley’s
hotel, Trafalgar sq. London 3 April 1879.
FLETCHER, JOHN VENOUR. _b._ Chesterfield 14 Nov. 1801; entered navy
13 Feb. 1814; captain 8 June 1841, went on half pay 24 Oct. 1841;
admiral on half pay 20 Oct. 1872. _d._ Reading 5 Dec. 1877.
FLETCHER, JOSEPH. _b._ 1813; barrister M.T. 7 May 1841; sec. to
Handloom inquiry commission 1841, to Children’s employment
commission 1841–3; inspector of schools receiving grants under
Privy Council 1844; one of hon. secretaries of statistical society
of London 15 Feb. 1841; edited the _Statistical Journal_; author
of _Summary of the Moral Statistics of England and Wales_ 1850;
_Statistics of the Farm School system of the Continent and the
education of pauper and criminal children_ 1851. _d._ Chirk, co.
Denbigh 11 Aug. 1852. _bur._ Tottenham church, Middlesex 18 Aug.