Langholm, Dumfriesshire 5 Dec. 1778; ed. at univ. of Edin.,
M.A. 1801; LL.D. of univ. of Aberdeen 1813; D.C.L. of Göttingen
1837; principal librarian of Faculty of Advocates, Edin. June
1820, resigned Dec. 1848; author of The elements of English
composition 1801, 11 ed. 1841; The lives of the Scottish poets
2 vols. 1804, 2 ed. 1810; Memoirs of the life and writings of
George Buchanan 1807, 2 ed. 1817; Observations on the study of
civil law 1815, several editions; The history of Scottish poetry
1861; edited works for the Bannatyne and the Maitland clubs
1821–32; contributed to seventh ed. of Encyclopædia Britannica
27 biographical memoirs and some articles on law; left 7000
vols. of books. _d._ 6 Meadow place, Edinb. 10 May 1860. _D.
Irving’s Scottish poetry_ (1861), _with Memoir by D. Laing pp.
xi–xxiv_; _Gent. Mag. viii_ 645, _ix_ 320–1 (1860).
IRVING, GEORGE. _b._ 1774; second lieut. royal Irish artillery
16 Dec. 1793, captain 1 July 1794 to 1 April 1801 when he
retired on full pay, the corps being amalgamated with the R.A.;
general 16 Dec. 1856. _d._ Balmae, Kirkcudbrightshire 22 Nov.
1864.
IRVING, GEORGE VERE (only child of Alexander Irving, lord
Newton, _d._ 1832). _b._ 1815; advocate at Scotch bar 1837;
captain of the Carnwarth troop of volunteers; F.S.A. Scot.;
Assoc. British Archæological Assoc. 1852 and member of council;
author of Digest of the law of the assessed taxes in Scotland.
Edin. 1841; Digest of the inhabited house tax act. Edin. 1852;
and with A. Murray of The upper ward of Lanarkshire 3 vols.
Glasgow 1864. _d._ 5 St. Mark’s crescent, Regent’s park, London
29 Oct. 1869. _Journal British Archæological Assoc. xxvi_ 267–8
(1870); _Notes and Queries 4 ser. iv_ 398 (1869).
IRVING, JACOB ÆMILIUS (son of Jacob Æmilius Irving of Ironshore,
Jamaica and of Liverpool). _b._ Charleston, South Carolina
29 Jany. 1797; cornet 13 light dragoons 18 May 1815, lieut.
1816 to 5 Nov. 1818 when placed on h.p.; wounded at Waterloo
18 June 1815; presented with freedom of city of Liverpool for
his gallant conduct in the war; went to Canada 1834, aided in
suppressing rebellion on Niagara frontier 1837; first warden for
district of Simcoe; member of legislative council. _d._ Niagara
Falls 7 Oct. 1856.
IRVING, JOHN. Partner in firm of Reid, Irving and Co. merchants,
London; executed a contract for clothing the Russian army
amounting to £1,500,000, 1816–7; M.P. for Bramber 1806–32;
contested Clitheroe 1832 and Poole 1835; M.P. for co. Antrim
1837–45; chairman of Alliance British and foreign fire and life
insurance co. from its foundation 1824 to 1846. _d._ 1853.
IRVING, JOSEPH (son of Andrew Irving, joiner). _b._ Dumfries
2 May 1830; apprenticed to a printer, Dumfries; editor of
Dumbarton Herald 1854; bookseller Dumbarton to 1869; started the
Dumbarton Journal 1867; removed to Paisley 1880; wrote for the
Glasgow Herald and other papers; F.S.A. Scot. 1860; author of
The history of Dumbartonshire. Dumbarton 1857, 2 ed. 1860; The
annals of our Time: a diurnal of events from the accession of
queen Victoria 1869, 2 ed. 1871, 3 Supplements 1875, 79, 89; The
book of Scotsmen. Paisley 1881; The West of Scotland in history.
Glasgow 1885; The book of Dumbartonshire. Edinb. 3 vols. 1879.
_d._ Hillhead house, Paisley 2 Sep. 1891. _Stationery trades
journal 30 Sep. 1891 p._ 452; _Glasgow Herald 5 Sep. 1891_.
IRVING, JOSEPH HENRY. _b._ 1840; appeared at Strand theatre;
played at Hull and other places in the provinces; appeared at
Haymarket theatre as Narcissus Fitzfrizzle in The Dancing Barber
6 Aug. 1866; played Jean Cochet in Alfred B. Richards’s drama
The Prisoner of Toulon at Drury Lane 2 March 1868, Jack in
Jack the giant killer, and Grimalkin in Puss in boots at Drury
Lane 1867–8 and 1868–9; played Uriah Heep in Halliday’s Little
Em’ly at Olympic 9 Oct. 1869; played in New York 1869; his
last appearance was as Boggle in The ‘Varsity boat race at the
Olympic 6 April 1870. _d._ from softening of the brain at 255
New Cross road, London 6 Sep. 1870. _bur._ Brompton cemet. 12
Sep. _The Era 11 Sep. 1870 p._ 10, _25 Sep. p._ 13.
IRVING, REV. MATTHEW (son of Matthew Irving of Langholme,
Dumfriesshire). Matric. from Pemb. coll. Ox. 20 March 1806 aged
26; migrated to Trin. coll. Cam., B.D. 1817, D.D. 1831; V. of
Sturminster Marshall, Dorset 25 April 1822 to death; preb.
of Rochester 1 Sep. 1824 to death; chaplain in ord. to the
Sovereign 1825 to death; P.C. of Chatham, Kent 28 June 1828 to
death; author of A sermon at the consecration of the church of
Hamworthy, Dorset 1826. _d._ Dover 6 Oct. 1857.
IRVING, REV. THOMAS, usually called Thomas Sherburne (son
of Joseph Irving). _b._ Kirkham, Lancs. 16 June 1779; ed.
at English coll. Valladolid 1788–1803, where he assumed his
mother’s name Sherburne; ordained a priest 1803; missioner
at Claughton 1804, at Blackburn 1805; pastor of The Willows,
Kirkham 1813–22 and 1824 to death; rector of Valladolid coll.
1822–4; vicar general of Lancashire district Jany. 1842 to
death; acquired considerable property on death of Mr. Wm.
Heatley 1840; built at cost of £10,000 St. John the Evangelist,
Kirkham, opened 23 April 1845, first R.C. ch. with a peal of
bells since days of queen Mary; gave evidence before select
committee on mortmain 1845; edited Whittingham’s The old
fashioned farmer’s motives for leaving the church of England and
embracing the Roman catholic faith 1815. _d._ Kirkham 17 Dec.
1854. _Gillow’s English catholics_, _iii_ 555–8 (1887).
IRWIN, FREDERICK CHIDLEY. Ensign 83 foot 25 March 1808, served
in Peninsula 1809–14; capt. 63 regt. 1828–42; commandant in
Western Australia 28 June 1836 to 15 Dec. 1854; lieut. col. on
h.p. 15 Dec. 1854, sold out 29 Aug. 1856; K.H. 1836; war medal
and 9 clasps. _d._ Cheltenham 31 March 1860.
IRWIN, WILLIAM. _b._ 3 Dec. 1810; ensign 88 foot 3 Nov. 1827,
major 18 Jany. 1848 to 26 Dec. 1851; lieut. col. 3 West India
regiment 26 Dec. 1851 to 7 June 1854 when placed on h.p.;
A.Q.M.G. Kilkenny district 1854–56; col. of 34 foot 2 Aug. 1875,
of 88 foot 9 April 1879 to death; general 1 Oct. 1877; placed on
retired list 3 Dec. 1880. _d._ St. Catherine’s park, Leixlip,
Kildare 22 Dec. 1889.
ISAAC, SAMUEL (son of Lewis Isaac of Poole, Dorset). _b._
Chatham 1815; army contractor in London as Isaac, Campbell and
Co. 1850–63, merchant in London 1863–71; their ships during
1861–65 were employed as blockade runners in supplying the
southern states of the U.S. of America with military stores;
ruined on the conclusion of the war 1865; raised the 5th
Northampton rifle corps from his factory at Northampton 1860,
captain commandant 3 March 1860, major 1868–74; purchased rights
of promoters of Mersey tunnel 1880 and completed the boring 17
Jany. 1884, opened by Prince of Wales 20 Jany. 1886; formed a
collection of paintings containing many by B. W. Leader. _d._
29 Warrington crescent, Maida vale, London 22 Nov. 1886, left
£203,084 17s. 9d. _Jewish Chronicle 26 Nov. 1886 p._ 10; _Times
26 Nov. 1886 p._ 6; _I.L.N. 30 Jany. 1886 p._ 111.
ISAACS, ELIAS, commonly called Liley Isaacs, attorney in City of
London 1797 to 1860; great criminal lawyer. _d._ 1860 aged 85.
ISAACS, REBECCA (dau. of John Isaacs of Covent Garden theatre,
actor and bass singer 1791–1830). _b._ London 26 June 1828;
first appeared on the stage at The City theatre, Milton st.
London as Fanny in The barn burners 17 March 1835; played Mother
Bunch in Planche’s burletta Riquet with the Tuft at the Olympic
theatre 26 Dec. 1836; travelled with the Distins as a singer
under the name of Miss Zuchilli 1838; appeared as Albert at
Covent garden 3 Dec. 1838 to Macready’s William Tell; acted at
Drury lane taking the chief roles in English operas 1846, at
the Surrey theatre 1847; appeared as Amina at Sadler’s Wells;
sang in the provinces and in Dublin and appeared in operas with
Sims Reeves; took Louisa Pyne’s part Eolia in the Mountain Sylph
at Drury lane June 1852; directress of operas at the Strand
theatre 1852–3 and 1855; the original Leila in Satanella at
Covent Garden 1858; her voice was a soprano of great compass and
exceeding sweetness. (_m._ Thomas Roberts, acting manager who
_d._ 6 June 1876 aged 44). _d._ London 21 April 1877. _bur._
Woking cemetery 24 April. _The Players_, _iii_ 279–80, 289
(1860), _portrait_; _Era 29 April 1877 p._ 5.
ISBISTER, ALEXANDER KENNEDY (eld. son of Thomas Isbister an
officer of Hudson Bay Co.) _b._ Fort Cumberland, Canada 1822; in
service of Hudson Bay Co.; studied at universities of Aberdeen
and Edinburgh, M.A. Edin. 1858; second master East Islington
proprietary school 1849 and master 1850–55; head master Jews’
coll. Finsbury sq. 1855–8; master Stationers’ Co. sch. 1858–82;
connected with College of preceptors from 1851, editor of the
Educational Times 1862, dean of the college 1872 to death;
barrister M.T. 17 Nov. 1864; LL.B. of univ. of Lond. 1866;
author of Elements of book-keeping 1850; A proposal for a new
penal settlement in British North America 1850; The illustrated
public school speaker 1870 and many other school books. _d._ 20
Milner sq. Islington 28 May 1883. _Journal of education_, _July
1883 p._ 247.
ISELIN, JOHN FREDERICK. Ed. at C.C. coll. Cam., B.A. 1855,
M.A. 1858; assistant director for science, science and art
department, South Kensington to death. _d._ Rosenfeld, Streatham
1 Nov. 1884 aged 52.
ISHAM, REV. ARTHUR (only son of Rev. Henry Charles Isham
1777–1833). _b._ 23 July 1809; ed. at Ch. Ch. Oxf., B.A.
1832, M.A. 1835; fellow of All Souls’ coll. 1832–7; R. of
Weston-Turville, Bucks. 1837–76; author of Jacob and Israel,
Ephraim and Judah or the use of these titles with reference
to the destiny of God’s ancient people 1854; Ecclesiastical
outlines or suggestions for the abatement of schism 1857; An
historical interpretation of the Revelation of John 1890. _d._
Cawood, Reigate 4 Feb. 1892.
IVES, REV. CORNELIUS (son of Thomas Horatio Ives of Horstead,
Norfolk). _b._ 18 July 1793; ed. at Rugby and Ex. coll. Ox.;
B.A. 1815, M.A. 1818; R. of Bradden, Northants. 10 Feb. 1818 to
death; author of A compendious history of the church of God to
the end of the seventeenth century 1820; Sermons composed for
a country congregation. Oxford 1832; edited W. Van Mildert’s
Sermons and charges 1838. _d._ Bradden house 15 Nov. 1883.
IVIMEY, JOSEPH. _b._ 1803; admitted a solicitor 1825; practised
at 7 Harpur st. Red lion sq. London, next at 89 Chancery lane,
then at 30 Southampton buildings and lastly at 8 Staple inn; one
of the promoters of Anti-corn law league 1839, solicitor to that
body 1839–46. _d._ New lodge near Lymington 4 Oct. 1878.
IVISON, HENRY. _b._ Glasgow 25 Dec. 1808; went to U.S. of
A. 1820; apprenticed to Wm. Williams of Utica, bookbinder;
established house of H. Ivison and Co. in Auburn, New York
about 1830; publisher in New York 1846–80; one of the largest
publishers of educational works in the United States, having
a list of over 300 school books. _d._ New York 26 Nov. 1884.
_Appleton’s American Biog. iii_ 370 (1887), _portrait_.
IVORY, JAMES (son of Thomas Ivory, watchmaker). _b._ Dundee
1792; ed. at univ. of Edin.; called to Scottish bar 1816; one
of deputies of lord advocate Francis Jeffrey 1830; sheriff
of Caithness 1832–3; sheriff of Bute 26 June 1833; solicitor
general of Scotland 20 April 1839; one of lords of session 9
May 1840, resigned Oct. 1862; one of lords of justiciary 24
May 1849 to Oct. 1862 with title of Lord Ivory; F.R.S. Edin.
_d._ 9 Ainslie place, Edinburgh 17 Oct. 1866. _Norrie’s Dundee
Celebrities_ (1873) 273; _Journal of Jurisprudence_, _x_ 330–32
(1866).
NOTE.--His son Thomas Ivory, advocate, threw himself over the Dean
bridge, Leith, Edinburgh 6 May 1882.
J
JABLONSKI, LEON. _b._ Strjakow, Poland about 1806; entered
Polish army and fought for the liberation of Poland; lived at
Dijon in France; engaged in tuition in Edinburgh; a merchant
in London; author of an English translation of the well-known
Polish poem ‘Conrad Wallenrod’ by A. Mickiewicz 1841, this was
reprinted in Polish, French and English 1851. _d._ Dijon 2 Oct.
1853.
JACK, ALEXANDER (son of rev. William Jack _d._ 9 Feb. 1854).
_b._ 19 Oct. 1805; ensign 30 Bengal N.I. 23 May 1824, major
1846–51; brigadier of force sent against Kangra in the Punjab
1847; commanded a battalion in second Sikh war, present at
Aliwal, Chillianwalla and Goojerat; lieut. col. 33 Bengal N.I.
18 Dec. 1851; lieut. col. 42 Bengal light infantry 1853; lieut.
col. 34 Bengal N.I. 1856 to death; brigadier at Cawnpore 8 Aug.
1856 to death; C.B. 9 June 1849; published Six views of Kot
Kangra sketched on the spot 1847; _shot_ by the mutineers at
Cawnpore 27 June 1857. _Mowbray Thomason’s Story of Cawnpore_
(1859) 62, _etc._; _Kaye’s Indian mutiny_, _ii_ 217–68 (1889).
JACK, REV. ALEXANDER (son of rev. Robert Jack of Manchester).
_b._ Linlithgow 16 June 1794; ed. at Edin. univ. and at Divinity
hall, Selkirk; presbyterian minister Dunbar 1818–64; D.D. of
an American univ. 1862. _d._ Musselburgh near Edinburgh 5 Aug.
1868. _Sanctuary services. By A. Jack. With a memoir by J. Kerr.
Edin._ (1869), _portrait_.
JACK, JAMES (son of a land steward). _b._ Drumkilbo, parish of
Meigle 1785; enlisted in Forfar and Kincardine militia 1803 and
was employed as clerk in the orderly room, regiment disbanded
1816; member of Forfar and Kincardine masonic lodge 25 Aug.
1808 for which he framed a code of laws and established a
benefit soc. in the lodge; lieut. in the militia at Montrose
1816; formed a code of rules for the Caledonian lodge of
Free Gardeners, Montrose; surveyor of taxes for Dundee and
district 1831, retired with a pension; kept the Union royal
arch chapter No. 6 Dundee in its place on the roll from 1831–55
and was presented with his portrait 1857. _d._ Dundee 15 Dec.
1861. _monu._ erected in ch. yard at Liff. _Norrie’s Dundee
Celebrities_ (1873) 204–6.
JACK, THOMAS C. (son of an Edinburgh printer). _b._ 1830;
apprentice to W. P. Kennedy, bookseller; bookseller Edinb.; with
his brother in the hardware trade, Glasgow; member of firm of
Inglis and Jack, publishers, Edinb.; publisher alone; brought
out Fairbairn’s Crests of British Families 1860 and Riddell’s
The Carpenter 1868; published a Welsh Bible 1873 which returned
a good profit, the Globe Encyclopædia 1875, the Ordnance
Gazetteer of Scotland, and the Encyclopædia of Freemasonry; sec.
of Edinb. chamber of commerce 1872; purchased the stock and
copyrights of Fullarton & Co. 1880. _d._ 13 Strathearn road,
David st. Edinburgh 3 Dec. 1886. _The Bookseller 16 Dec. 1886
p._ 1322.
JACK, REV. WILLIAM (son of rev. William Jack, D.D.) _b._
Northmavin, Shetland 1768; ed. at Univ. and King’s colleges,
Aberdeen, D.D. 1815; M.D. of Edin.; professor in Univ. and
King’s colleges, Aberdeen 1794, sub-principal and professor of
moral philosophy Dec. 1800, principal 1815 to death; mayor of
Aberdeen. _d._ King’s coll. Aberdeen 9 Feb. 1854. _The Aberdeen
Herald 25 Feb. 1854 p._ 6.
JACKMAN, HENRY. _b._ about 1786; manager of Northampton
theatrical circuit 45 years. _d._ Northampton 30 Sep. 1852 aged
66. _The Era 10 Oct. 1852 p._ 12.
JACKSON, REV. ARTHUR GREGORY. _b._ 1844; ed. at Lichfield theol.
coll. to 1868; C. of Wolverhampton coll. ch. 1868–72; in charge
of St. Andrew, W. Bromwich 1872–5; C. of St. Thomas, Regent
st. London 1875–82; hon. chaplain Newport market refuge 1878;
chaplain and warden of Philanthropic Soc. farm sch. Redhill,
Surrey 1882 to death; proprietor of the Leicester Journal to
death; author of A penny pocket book of prayers and hymns 1867;
The missioner’s manual of anecdotes 1876; The history of St.
Thomas’s church, Regent st. 1881; The missioner’s hymnal 1884;
The missioner’s book of sermon notes and illustrations 1890;
_hanged_ himself at Redhill 23 April 1887. _Times 27 April 1887
p._ 14.
JACKSON, ARTHUR HERBERT. _b._ 1852; student R. Acad. of music
1872, won Lucas medal for composition, professor of harmony
and composition 1878 to death; composer of Fugue in E for two
performers on the piano 1874; Toccata for the piano 1875; In a
boat: barcarolle for the pianoforte 1878; Lord Ullin’s daughter:
chorus 1879; Andante con variazione for two performers on the
piano 1880; The Siren’s song for female voices 1885; The Bride
of Abydos, an overture; Jason and the golden fleece. A cantata.
_d._ 4 Oxford and Cambridge mansions, London 27 Sep. 1881.
_Musical Times 1 Nov. 1881 p._ 581.
JACKSON, BASIL. _b._ Glasgow 27 June 1795; ensign royal staff
corps 23 Oct. 1811; attached to head quarters staff at Waterloo,
of which battle he lived to be one of the 4 surviving officers;
captain royal waggon train 1820; captain royal staff corps
1829 to 7 Feb. 1834 when placed on h.p.; lieut. col. 9 Nov.
1846; professor of military surveying H.E.I. coll. Addiscombe
20 years; lived at Glewstone court near Ross, Herefordshire
1858–74, at Hillsborough, Ashfield 1874 to death; author of A
course of military surveying 1838, 2 ed. 1841; England and
Russia, the navy and steam warfare 1839; Elementary surveying,
comprising land surveying with Gunter’s chain 1842; and with C.
Rochfort Scott The military life of the duke of Wellington 2
vols. 1840. _d._ Ross 23 Oct. 1889. _Graphic 9 Nov. 1889 pp._
563, 564, _portrait_.
JACKSON, CATHERINE HANNAH CHARLOTTE (dau. of Thomas Elliott
of Wakefield). _m._ at St. Helena 1856 Sir George Jackson
1785–1861; granted civil list pension of £100, 19 June 1874;
edited The Diaries and letters of sir G. Jackson 1872; The Bath
archives: a further selection from The Diaries 1873; author of
Fair Lusitania 1874; Old Paris, its court and literary saloons 2
vols. 1878; The old regime: court, salons and theatres 2 vols.
1880; The French court and society. Reign of Louis XVI. and
First empire 2 vols. 1881; The Court of the Tuileries from the
restoration to the flight of Louis Philippe 2 vols. 1883; The
Court of France in the 16th century 2 vols. 1886; The last of
the Valois 2 vols. 1887; The first of the Bourbons 2 vols. 1890.
_d._ Bath 9 Dec. 1891. _Times 11 Dec. 1891 p._ 6.
JACKSON, CHARLES (_3 son of James Jackson, banker, Doncaster_).
_b._ 25 July 1809; barrister L.I. 6 May 1834; banker Doncaster;
borough treasurer 1838 to death; helped to establish Doncaster
free library 1868; edited for the Surtees Soc., Diary of Abraham
de la Pryme 1870, The autobiography of Mrs. A. Thornton 1875 and
Yorkshire diaries and autobiographies 1877; author of Doncaster
charities, past and present. Worksop 1881, with portrait of C.
Jackson. _d._ Balby near Doncaster 1 Dec. 1882. _Times 15 Dec.
1882 p._ 5.
JACKSON, CHARLES FORBES. Entered Bombay army 1825; major 2nd
regiment light cavalry 19 Oct. 1819, lieut. col. 24 April 1854
to 1 Jany. 1858; retired M.G. 1 Jany. 1858. _d._ 7 Aug. 1870.
JACKSON, SIR CHARLES ROBERT MITCHELL (eld. son of lieut. gen.
Alexander Cosby Jackson of Dawlish, Devon). _b._ Trincomali
1814; ed. at Warminster; barrister L.I. 29 April 1836; advocate
general at Bengal 1848; puisne judge of supreme court of Bombay,
Feb. 1853; knighted by patent 2 Dec. 1852; transferred to court
of Calcutta 1855; member of legislative council of India 1859;
judge of high court of judicature at Calcutta 13 May 1862,
resigned 1863; chairman of Bombay bank commission 1868; auditor
of the Indian home accounts 1872–4; author of A vindication of
the marquis of Dalhousie’s Indian administration 1865. _d._ 2
Nevill park, Tunbridge Wells 21 July 1874. _Law Times_, _lvii_
276 (1874); _I.L.N. lxv_ 115, 210 (1874).
JACKSON, REV. EDWARD DUDLEY. _b._ near Warminster, Wilts.
1803; ed. at Trin. hall, Cam., LLB. 1827; C. of St. Matthew’s
ch. Manchester 1830; English master of gram. sch. Manchester;
P.C. of St. Michael’s, Manchester 21 Dec. 1837–1844; R. of St.
Thomas, Heaton Norris near Stockport 1844 to death; edited
Goldsmith’s History of England 1844; author of The Crucifixion
and other poems 1833, 3 ed. 1834; The Devotional year, or the
companion to the liturgy 1835, 2 ed. 1839; Scripture history
1837; Lays of Palestine 1850; Nugæ Lyricæ 1871. _d._ 27 Dec.
1879. _bur._ Cheltenham. _Evans’ Lancashire authors_ (1850) 44–8.
JACKSON, ELPHINSTONE (son of Welby Brown Jackson, judge of
Sudder court, Calcutta). _b._ 14 March 1824; entered Bengal
civil service 1842; judge of high court of judicature at Fort
William 25 May 1865 to death. _d._ Upton park, Slough 3 Feb.
1873. _Law Times_, _liv_ 334 (1873).
JACKSON, EMMANUEL. _b._ 1818; gimp manufacturer at Derby,
retired; the best known aeronaut in the Midland counties, made
very numerous ascents; in Australia 1878; went up from the
Arboretum, Derby in the Evening Star balloon with his dau. in a
thunder storm 25 June 1883; _shot_ his wife Hannah Jackson aged
60 and then himself at 102 Burton road, Derby 26 June 1883, he
_d._ 27 June. _Derby Mercury 27 June 1883 p._ 5 _and 4 July p._
2.
JACKSON, GEORGE. _b._ South Devon 1792; ed. at Ashburton school,
studied at St. Thomas’s and Guy’s hospitals; M.R.C.S. 1813;
an original member of Microscopical society 1840, president
1852–54: stood alone in contrivance and fabrication of ruled
glass micrometers, which he supplied to every optician of
eminence for 15 years; a manager of London Institution 1858;
author of On micrometers 1847. _d._ 30 Church st. Spitalfields
15 Jany. 1861. _I.L.N. 6 Aug. 1861 p._ 315, _portrait_.
JACKSON, SIR GEORGE (youngest son of rev. Thomas Jackson, D.D.
1745–97, canon residentiary of St. Paul’s cath.). _b._ Oct.
1785; attached to mission at Berlin 1802–6; sec. of legation and
chargé d’affaires at Berlin 1807–8 and 1813–15; sec. to embassy
at St. Petersburgh 1816; comr. at Washington for settlement of
American claims, April 1823 to 1827; commissary judge at Sierra
Leone, Jany. 1828, at Rio Janeiro 19 July 1832, at Surinam, Aug.
1841, at Loanda Dec. 1845, retired 1859; K.C.H. 1832; knighted
at St. James’s palace 12 Sep. 1832. _d._ Boulogne 2 May 1861.
JACKSON, GEORGE. _b._ about 1782; entered Madras army 1800;
colonel 7 Madras N.I. 26 Nov. 1834 to death; general 13 March
1859. _d._ 10 Baring crescent, Exeter 26 May 1866 aged 84.
JACKSON, GEORGE. _b._ Hurley Bottom near Henley on Thames 1815;
enlisted in grenadier guards 1831, serjeant, retired 1846;
taught fencing and boxing at Mahmoud’s gymnasium, Brighton
1847–50, where Tom Sayers was his pupil; exhibited feats of
dexterity and strength with the sword before the Queen at
Holland house; the originator of assaults at arms, opening at
Saville house, Leicester sq. where he held assaults 3 times a
week and gave lessons in fencing and boxing, C. Dickens and
Albert Smith were his pupils; immortalised in Bleak House as
George the Trooper, Dickens gave him the name of General Jackson
which stuck to him; taught fencing, etc. at Cambridge during
term time from 1855 to his death. _d._ Cambridge 25 Dec. 1878.
_Bell’s Life in London 4 Jany. 1879 p._ 12.
JACKSON, GEORGE. _b._ 1 July 1812; cornet 4 Bengal light cavalry
26 June 1830, captain 1849–58; captain 3 European light cavalry
1858, major 1861–4; second in command 2 regiment irregular
cavalry 1842, commandant 24 Feb. 1848–64; served in Punjab
campaign 1848–9 and on Peshawar frontier 1851–2, twice wounded
during the mutiny 1857; lieut. col. Bengal staff corps 18 Feb.
1863; L.G. 17 Nov. 1879; placed on unemployed supernumerary list
1 July 1881. _d._ St. Helen’s, Preston, Brighton 26 April 1889.
JACKSON, GEORGE VERNON (eld. son of George Jackson of the Isle
of Wight). _b._ Chalwood, Surrey 13 July 1787; midshipman in
navy 1801, went on h.p. Feb. 1828; captain 23 Nov. 1841; retired
admiral 30 July 1875. _d._ Verno, Christchurch, Hants. 18 April
1876. _O’Byrne’s Naval Biog._ (1849) 571.
NOTE.--He is said to have been the original of O’Brien in Marryat’s
novel Peter Simple.