Chester, _d._ 6 Aug. 1838 aged 69). _b._ 12 Jany. 1802; ed. at
Westminster and Trin. coll. Camb.; barrister M.T. 6 Feb. 1824,
bencher 1837–50; leader of North Wales and Chester circuit;
M.P. Chester 1832–50; granted a patent of precedence 1837;
solicitor general 4 July 1846; attorney general 7 July 1846 to
15 July 1850; knighted at Buckingham palace 1 Aug. 1846; the
acts 11 & 12 Vict. cc. 42, 43, 44, referring to justices of the
peace are known as Jervis’s acts; serjeant at law 16 July 1850;
chief justice of common pleas 16 July 1850 to death; P.C. 14
Aug. 1850; an originator of The Jurist weekly paper 14 Jany.
1837 and a principal contributor to it; pres. of commission for
inquiring into system of pleading in common law courts 13 May
1850; edited Archbold’s Summary of the law relative to pleading
and evidence in criminal cases, 4 ed. 1831, also the 5, 6, 7
and 8 eds.; author of A practical treatise on the office and
duties of coroners 1829, 5 ed. 1888; author with Edward Young
of Reports of cases in the courts of exchequer and exchequer
chamber 3 vols. 1828–30; with C. Crompton of Reports of cases in
the courts of exchequer and exchequer chamber 2 vols. 1832–3.
_d._ 47 Eaton sq. London 1 Nov. 1856. _Law Mag. and Review_,
_ii_ 302–7 (1857).
JERVIS, THOMAS BEST (2 son of John Jervis of H.E.I.C.S.)
_b._ Jaffnapatam, Ceylon 2 Aug. 1796; ed. Addiscombe; learnt
Hindustani and Mahratta; ensign Bombay Engineers 1 June 1813;
surveyed South Concan 1820; superintendent engineer Bombay
presidency May 1835–9 and of Northern provinces 1839–41;
retired from H.E.I.C. service 31 Dec. 1841; established
a private lithographic press for printing maps of India,
etc. 1843; produced with rapidity map of Russia for Crimean
expedition 1854; the originator of the Topographical and
statistical depot of the war office, of which he was the first
director March 1855; conducted first topographical corps and
surveyed the Euphrates valley, etc. F.R.S. 15 March 1838,
F.L.S., F.G.S., F.R.A.S.; edited C. A. A. von Huegel’s Travels
in Kashmir 1845; author of Geographical and statistical memoir
of the Konkun. Calcutta 1840; India in relation to Great
Britain, its future administration 1853. _d._ 9 Adelphi ter.
Strand, London 3 April 1857. _Quarterly Journal of Geol. Soc.
xiv pp. liv–lx_ (1858); _English Cyclop. Suppl._ (1872) 719.
JERVIS, WILLIAM HENLEY (2 son of Hugh Nicholas Pearson, dean
of Salisbury, _d._ 1856 aged 79). _b._ Oxford 29 June 1813;
ed. at Mitcham, Harrow and Ch. Ch. Oxf., B.A. 1835, M.A. 1838;
R. of St. Nicholas, Guildford 1837–56; preb. of collegiate
church of Heytesbury, Wilts. 1844 to death; lived in France
1856–62; assumed surname of Jervis in lieu of Pearson by r.l.
22 May 1865; author of The student’s France 1862, 2 ed. 1884;
The Gallican church, a history of the church of France from
the concordat of Bologna to the revolution 2 vols. 1872; The
Gallican church and the revolution 1882. _d._ 28 Holland park,
London 27 Jany. 1883. _bur._ in Sonning churchyard.
JERVIS-WHITE-JERVIS, HENRY (3 son of sir Henry Meredyth
Jervis-White-Jervis, 2 baronet 1793–1869). _b._ 15 March 1825;
ed. at Harrow and R.M. academy, Woolwich; 2 lieut. R.A. Dec.
1844, lieut. col. 30 Dec. 1867 to 24 Dec. 1870 when he retired;
contested Harwich 1857; M.P. for Harwich 18 March 1859 to 24
March 1880; author of History of Corfu and of the Ionian islands
1852; Manual of field operations, for officers in the army 1852;
The rifle-musket, a treatise on the Enfield-Pritchett-rifle
1854; Ireland under British rule 1868. _d._ Felixstowe, Suffolk
22 Sep. 1881.
JERVIS-WHITE-JERVIS, MARIAN (3 dau. of Wm. Campbell of
Fairfield, Ayrshire). (_m._ 16 Dec. 1818 Sir Henry Meredyth
Jervis-White-Jervis, 2 baronet, commander R.N. _b._ 1793, _d._
1869); edited Paintings and celebrated painters 2 vols. 1854;
author of Gleanings, poems. Paris 1840; Tales of the boyhood of
great painters 1853. _d._ Blackgang, Isle of Wight 8 March 1861.
_Reg. and Mag. of Biography, May 1869 p._ 390.
JERVISE, ANDREW (son of Andrew Jarvis, coachman and soldier).
_b._ Brechin, Forfarshire 28 July 1820; a compositor at Brechin
1833 and at Edinburgh 1837–41; a student in painting Edinb.
1842; a teacher of drawing at Brechin 1846; sold 20 of his
pictures at Brechin 1847 for £75; examiner of registers under
Registration act of 1854, from 1 Jany. 1856 to death at £200 a
year; author of The history and traditions of the land of the
Lindsays 1853, 2 ed. 1882; Memorials of Angus and the Mearns
1861, 2 ed. 2 vols. 1885; Epitaphs and inscriptions from burial
grounds and old buildings in the north-east of Scotland 2 vols.
1875–9. _d._ Brechin 12 April 1878. _A. Jervise’s Epitaphs_,
_vol. ii_ (1879), _Memoir pp. ix–lxx_.
JERVOIS, WILLIAM. _b._ 1784; ensign 89 foot 7 April 1804;
captain 53 foot 26 Dec. 1822 to 17 Sep. 1823 when placed on
h.p.; colonel 76 foot 10 May 1853 to death; general 3 Aug. 1860;
K.H. 1835. _d._ Portland place, Bath 5 Nov. 1862.
JERVOISE, SIR JERVOISE CLARKE CLARKE-, 2 Baronet (son of rev.
sir S. Clarke-Jervoise _d._ 1852). _b._ Kensington 28 April
1804; M.P. South Hants. 1857–68. _d._ Idsworth park, Horndean,
Hants. 1 April 1889.
JERWOOD, JAMES (son of Mr. Jerwood of Poughill, Devon,
blacksmith). Usher at Honiton gr. sch.; ed. at St. John’s coll.
Camb., B.A. 1831, M.A. 1842; barrister M.T. 10 June 1836;
assistant tithe commissioner for Devon; recorder of South Molton
7 Feb. 1860 to death; practised at Exeter to death; published
A lecture on the new planet Neptune and its discovery 1849; A
dissertation on the rights to the sea shore and to the soil and
beds of tidal harbours 1850. _d._ 1 Bedford circus, Exeter 19
Jany. 1877. _Solicitors’ Journal_, _xxi_ 282 (1877).
JESSE, EDWARD (3 son of rev. Wm. Jesse, V. of Hutton-Cranswick,
Yorkshire 1738–1814). _b._ Hutton-Cranswick parsonage 14 Jany.
1780; clerk in the San Domingo office 1798; private sec. to lord
Dartmouth president of board of control 1801; comr. of hackney
coaches 1815–31 when office abolished; gentleman of the Ewery at
Windsor castle 1821–31 when office abolished; deputy surveyor
of woods and forests 1822–31; author of Gleanings in natural
history 1 Ser. 1832, 2 Ser. 1834, 3 Ser. 1835; Scenes and tales
of country life 1844, 5 ed. 1853; Anecdotes of dogs 1846, 2
ed. 1858; Favourite haunts and rural studies 1847; Lectures
on natural history 1861, 2 ed. 1863. _d._ 16 Belgrave place,
Brighton 28 March 1868, bust placed in the Pavilion, Brighton
1865. _Sylvanus Redivivus. By M. Houstoun_ (1889) 1 _et seq._,
_portrait_; _F. Ross’s Celebrities of the Yorkshire Wolds_
(1878) 88–9.
JESSE, JOHN (elder son of John Jesse 1759–1817). _b._ Manchester
6 Jany. 1801; sheriff of co. Denbigh 1856; F.L.S. 21 Jany. 1823;
F.R.S. 5 May 1842, F.R.A.S. _d._ Llanbedr hall near Ruthin,
Denbigh 23 Sep. 1863.
JESSE, JOHN HENEAGE (only son of Edward Jesse 1780–1868). _b._
1815; ed. at Eton 1820–6; clerk in secretary’s department of the
admiralty, Whitehall, London 1830–67; published Memoirs of the
court of England during the reign of the Stuarts 4 vols. 1840,
new ed. 1855 and 1857; Memoirs of the court of England from the
revolution in 1688 to the death of George the Second 3 vols.
1843; George Selwyn and his contemporaries 4 vols. 1843–44;
Memoirs of the Pretenders and their adherents 2 vols. 1845;
Literary and historical memorials of London 2 vols. 1847; London
and its celebrities 2 vols. 1850; Memoirs of King Richard the
3rd and some of his contemporaries 1862; Memoirs of the life and
reign of king George the third 3 vols. 1867. _d._ the Albany,
Piccadilly, London 7 July 1874. _Sylvanus Redivivus. By M.
Houston_ (1889) _p._ 24 _et seq._
JESSE, WILLIAM (only son of W. Jesse, V. of Margarelting,
Essex). _b._ 27 March 1809; ensign 59 foot 9 April 1825; lieut.
46 foot 24 July 1835; captain 75 foot 26 Aug. 1837 to 6 April
1838 when placed on h.p.; sold out 1844; translator of H. de
Crignelle’s Le Morvan, its wild sports, vineyards and forests
1851; J. P. Ferrier’s Caravan journeys and wanderings in Persia
1856; J. P. Ferrier’s History of the Afghans 1858; author of
Notes of a half-pay in search of health, or Russia, Circassia
and the Crimea 2 vols. 1841; The life of George Brummell, esq. 2
vols. 1844, new ed. 1854, new ed. 2 vols. 1885; Russia and the
war 1854; resided at Maisonette, Ingatestone near Chelmsford.
_d._ 1871.
JESSEL, SIR GEORGE (youngest son of Zadok Aaron Jessel of 1
Savile row, London, diamond merchant, _d._ 1865). _b._ London 13
Feb. 1824; ed. at Kew and Univ. coll. London, fellow 1846; B.A.
London 1843, M.A. 1844, a senator 1862 to death, vice chancellor
26 May 1880 to death; barrister L.I. 4 May 1847, bencher 19
April 1865 to death, treasurer 1883; leading junior in the Rolls
court; Q.C. 30 March 1865; M.P. for Dover 1868–73; solicitor
general 10 Nov. 1871 to 30 Aug. 1873 when he made about £20,000
a year; knighted at Osborne 21 Feb. 1872; master of the Rolls 30
Aug. 1873 to 1 Nov. 1875, being the first Jewish judge; a judge
of high court of judicature, chancery division 1 Nov. 1875 to 27
Aug. 1881; member of court of appeal 1 Nov. 1875 to death; P.C.
30 Aug. 1873; a comr. of patents 1873 to death; F.R.S. 25 Nov.
1880; sat in court 16 March 1883. _d._ 10 Hyde park gardens,
London 21 March 1883. _bur._ Willesden cemet. 23 March, bust by
W. R. Ingram outside lord chief justice’s court in courts of
justice, unveiled by lord chancellor 28 Nov. 1888. _A generation
of judges_ (1886) 171–82; _Analysis and digest of the decisions
of Sir G. Jessel. By A. P. Peter_ (1883); _Times 22, 23, 24, 26,
27, 28, 30 March 1883_; _I.L.N. lix_ 483, 484 (1871) _portrait_,
_lxxxii_ 317 (1883) _portrait_.
NOTE.--He was shot at by rev. Henry John Dodwell as he was entering the
Rolls court 22 Feb. 1878, Dodwell was tried 15 March and acquitted on
the ground of insanity.
JESSOP, JOHN. _b._ 1779; ensign 44 foot 1798; captain 15 June
1804 to 1 June 1821 when placed on half pay; served through
Peninsular war; major in the army 4 June 1814; C.B. 22 June
1815. _d._ Butterley hall, Derbyshire 13 Sep. 1869 aged 90.
JESSOP, THOMAS (son of Wm. Jessop of Sheffield, steel smelter).
_b._ Sheffield 31 Jany. 1804; iron and steel manufacturer
with his father and brothers at Sheffield 1830, the business
became one of the largest in England, was left sole surviving
partner 1871; converted business into a limited liability co. at
Brightside works, Sheffield 1875, chairman of the co. 1875 to
death; works stood on 27 acres of ground; built and furnished at
cost of £30,000 the Jessop hospital for women 1878; mayor and
master cutler of Sheffield 1863; president Sheffield Birthday
club. _d._ Endcliffe grange, Sheffield 30 Nov. 1887. _bur._
Eccleshall ch. 3 Dec.; gross value of personal estate in England
sworn at £656,449. _Sheffield Independent 1 Dec. 1887 p._ 2, _5
Dec. p._ 2.
JESSOP, WILLIAM HENRY BOWLESTONE (eld. son of James Jessop of
Crayford, Kent). Ed. at St. John’s coll. Camb., B.A. 1854, M.A.
1857; published A complete decimal system of money and measures
1855; author of Flindersland and Sturtland, or the inside and
outside of Australia 2 vols. 1862. _d._ Doreh, Papua 3 Feb.
1862. _G.M. xix_ 652 (1865).
NOTE.--His death was not announced in the Times until 26 Aug. 1865.
JESTON, THOMAS WARD. _b._ Royal gram. sch. Henley-on-Thames
3 July 1790; studied at Guy’s hospital; assistant surgeon
second battalion of 36 foot 9 Sep. 1813 to 1814 when battalion
disbanded; served in the Peninsula and France 1813–14, medals
for 4 battles; surgeon in practice at Henley 1817, retired 1883;
invented improved method of collecting juice of opium poppy
1823; mayor of Henley 5 times 1834–81. _d._ Henley 17 July 1886.
_Midland Medical Miscellany 1 Dec. 1883 pp._ 353–5, _portrait_.
JEUNE, FRANCIS (eld. son of Francis Jeune of Jersey). _b._ St.
Brelade, Jersey 22 May 1806; ed. at St. Servan’s coll. Rennes
and Pemb. coll. Oxf., B.A. 1827, M.A. 1830, B.C.L. and D.C.L.
1834; scholar of his coll. 1822, fellow 1830–7, tutor 1830–4,
master 22 Dec. 1843 to Jany. 1864, admitted master 26 Dec. 1843,
the validity of his election to the mastership was afterwards
disputed; master King Edward’s sch. Birmingham 1834–8; dean
of Jersey and R. of St. Heliers 1838–44; Victoria college,
St. Heliers, was built on a plan recommended by him; canon of
Gloucester 1843–64; V. of Taynton, Gloucs. 1843–64; comr. for
inquiring into state of univ. and colleges of Oxford 31 Aug.
1850, wrote greater part of the report; member of hebdomadal
council 1854–64; vice chancellor of univ. of Oxf. 1858–9; dean
of Lincoln 18 Jany. 1864; bishop of Peterborough 21 May 1864 to
death, consecrated 29 June; author of Was Christ crucified for
you? a sermon 1863, 3 ed. 1864. _d._ Whitby 21 Aug. 1868. _bur._
Peterborough cath. yard 28 Aug. _Guardian 26 Aug. 1868 p._ 956,
_2 Sep. p._ 979; _Times 22 Aug. 1868 p._ 7; _I.L.N. 28 May 1864
p._ 512, _portrait_.
JEVONS, WILLIAM. _b._ Staffordshire 1794; Unitarian minister;
author of Systematic morality 1827; Elements of astronomy 1828
and other books. _d._ Liverpool 1873.
JEVONS, WILLIAM STANLEY (9 child of Thomas Jevons, iron merchant
at Liverpool). _b._ 14 Alfred st. Liverpool 1 Sep. 1835; ed. at
univ. coll. London, fellow 1864; M.A. univ. of London 1862; LLD.
Edinb. 1876; assayer to the Sydney mint, N.S.W. 1854–9; tutor
at Owen’s college, Manchester 1863; professor of logic, mental
and moral philosophy and Cobden lecturer in political economy,
Owen’s coll. Manchester, May 1866 to Oct. 1876; professor of
political economy at univ. coll. London 1876–80; F.R.S. 6 June
1872; lived at 2 The Chestnuts, West Heath road, Hampstead
1876 to death; author of Remarks on the Australian gold fields
1859; Pure logic or the logic of quality apart from quantity
1864; Value of gold 1863; The coal question 1865, 2 ed. 1866;
The principles of science, a treatise on logic 2 vols. 1874, 2
ed. 1877; Money and the mechanism of exchange 1875; Primer of
political economy 1878; Investigations in currency and finance
1884; _drowned_ when bathing at Galley Hill, Belverhythe near
Hastings 13 Aug. 1882. _bur._ Hampstead cemetery 18 Aug.
_Letters of W. S. Jevons ed. by his wife_ (1886), _portrait_;
_Proc. of Royal Soc. xxxv_, _pp. i–xi_ (1883); _Baines’s
Hampstead_ (1890) 369–70; _Biograph_, _v_ 426 (1881).
JEWELL, JACOB. Owner of the largest travelling bazaar; a tenant
under Wm. Holland at North Woolwich gardens about 15 years; the
only Israelite itinerant showman travelling the English and
continental fairs for over 60 years. _d._ Sep. 1884. _bur._
Jewish cemetery, West Ham.
JEWERS, RICHARD FRANCIS. Entered navy June 1803; severely
wounded in a fire ship in Aix roads, April 1809; retired
commander 7 Aug. 1861; had a grant from Patriotic soc.; naval
knight of Windsor 21 Jany. 1846, governor of the naval knights 7
May 1860 to death. _d._ Traver’s college, Windsor castle 14 Nov.
1872.
JEWISON, CHRISTOPHER. _b._ 1785; L.S.A. 1836, M.R.C.S. 1844;
coroner for liberty of honour of Pontefract 1817 to death. _d._
Rothwell, Leeds 5 March 1870.
JEWITT, ARTHUR (eld. son of Arthur Jewitt, cutler). _b._
Sheffield 7 March 1772; apprentice to his father as a cutler
1786–93; master of schools at Sheffield 1793, at Chesterfield
1794 and at Kimberworth 1814–18; resided at Duffield near Derby
1818–38; author of The history of Lincoln 1810; The history of
Buxton 1811; The Northern star, or Yorkshire magazine 3 vols.
1817–18; The Sylph, or Lady’s magazine for Yorkshire 1818; The
handbook of practical perspective 1840; Handbook of geometry
1842. _d._ Headington near Oxford 7 March 1852. _William Smith’s
Old Yorkshire_ (1883) 147–51, _portrait_.
JEWITT, LLEWELLYN FREDERICK WILLIAM (17 and youngest child of
the preceding). _b._ Kimberworth near Rotherham, Yorkshire
24 Nov. 1816; went to London as a drawer and engraver 1838;
illustrated Charles Knight’s publications, Pictorial Times,
Illustrated London News, etc.; managed illustrations of Punch
about 1848; chief librarian of Plymouth public library 1849–53;
started the Derby Telegraph at Derby 1853, editor 1853–68;
started The Reliquary 1860, editor 1860 to death; F.S.A. 27
Jany. 1853; formed a collection of china, sold 1871; granted
civil list pension of £70, 16 June 1885; author of Rifle and
volunteer rifle corps 1860; The Wedgwoods 1865; The life of
William Hutton 1869; A history of Plymouth 1873; The ceramic art
of Great Britain 2 vols. 1878, 2 ed. 1883; The life of Jacob
Thompson 1882. _d._ the Hollies, Duffield, Derby 5 June 1886.
_bur._ Winster 9 June. _W. H. Goss’ Life of Llewellyn Jewitt_
(1889), _portrait_; _Proc. Soc. of Antiq. xi_ 370–1 (1885–7);
_The Biograph_, _Feb. 1882 pp._ 115–24.
JEWITT, THOMAS ORLANDO SHELDON (brother of the preceding). _b._
Derbyshire 1799; wood engraver, illustrated with woodcuts Rev.
A. G. Jewitt’s Wanderings of Memory 1815; while at Oxford 1838
&c. illustrated J. H. Parker’s architectural publications;
employed as an artist by the Archæological Institute; had many
pupils. _d._ 20 Clifton villas, Camden sq. London 30 May 1869.
JEWSBURY, GERALDINE ENDSOR (dau. of Thomas Jewsbury of
Manchester, merchant, _d._ 1840). _b._ Measham, Derbyshire 1812;
her parents removed to Manchester 1818; great friend of Thomas
Carlyle and his wife from 1841, many of Mrs. Carlyle’s letters
are addressed to her, as are also Lady Theodore Martin’s Letters
on Shakspere’s Female characters; lived in Chelsea 1854–66, at
Sevenoaks, Kent 1866–80; granted civil list pension of £40, 19
June 1874; author of Zoe, the history of two lives 3 vols. 1845;
The half-sisters 2 vols. 1848, three editions; Marian Withers
3 vols. 1851; The history of an adopted child 1853; Constance
Herbert 3 vols. 1855; The sorrows of gentility 2 vols. 1856;
Angelo or the pine forest 1856; Right or Wrong 2 vols. 1859.
_d._ in a private hospital at Burwood place, Edgware road,
London 23 Sep. 1880. _bur._ in Lady Morgan’s vault, Brompton
cemet. _J. Evans’ Lancashire authors_ (1850) 140–4.
JEWSON, FREDERICK BOWEN. _b._ Edinburgh 26 July 1823, where he
performed in public from 1828; studied at R. Acad. of music,
London 1834, King’s scholar 1837, professor of pianoforte
1840–89; professor of music, St. Mary’s hall, Brighton; composer
of Overtures for various dramas; Six grand studies for the piano
1869; Douze etudes melodiques et brillantes; Chanson d’ Amour
for piano 1876; The mountain stream, caprice 1876. _d._ 21
Manchester st. Manchester sq. London 28 May 1891. _Cazalet’s
Royal academy of music_ (1854) 298.
JEX, JOHNSON (son of Wm. Jex, blacksmith). _b._ Billingford,
Norfolk about 1778, a blacksmith there and at Letheringsett near
Holt to 1822 when he commenced employing workmen; made a gold
chronometer for sir Jacob Astley, with a detached escapement
and compensating balance before he ever heard of the detached
escapement; learnt French when about 60; invented a lathe by
which he could cut the teeth of wheels mathematically correct
into any number up to 2000 by means of a dividing plate; an
iron and brass founder, a glass blower, a maker of mathematical
instruments, barometers, thermometers, gun barrels, air guns,
&c. _d._ Letheringsett, Norfolk 5 Jany. 1852. _Norfolk News
17 Jany. 1852 p._ 4; _Athenæum 24 Jany. 1852 pp._ 123–4; _A.
Young’s General view of Norfolk_ (1804) 73–4.
JEZREEL, ESTHER, name assumed by Clarissa Rogers (dau. of Edward
Rogers, sawyer, New Brompton, Kent). _b._ 1860; a member of The
New and latter house of Israel, made preaching tours in America
1878 and 1879; (_m._ 1879 James Jershom Jezreel 1840–85);
succeeded her husband as head of the sect 1 March 1885 and was
known as queen Esther the mother of Israel; issued The messenger
of wisdom and Israel’s guide 1887, a monthly publication. _d._
the Woodlands, Gillingham, Rochester 30 June 1888.
JEZREEL, JAMES JERSHOM, name assumed by James White, _b._
1840; a private in 16 regt. at Chatham; joined The New house
of Israel or Joanna Southcottians 15 Oct. 1875, dismissed 26
Dec.; founded The New and latter house of Israel 1875; in India
with his regt. 1876, bought out, returned to England under the
name of James Jershom Jezreel, claiming to have received a
revelation contained in The Flying Scroll. (_m._ 1879 Clarissa
Rogers _i.e._ Esther Jezreel 1860–88); erected a large temple
on Chatham hill, New Brompton; had a numerous following who put
their money into a common fund; published Extracts from the
Flying Roll vol. i three parts 1879–81. _d._ the Woodlands,
Gillingham, Rochester 1 March 1885. _Pall Mall Gazette 6 March
1885 p._ 12, _2 July 1888 p._ 10; _N. and Q. 29 Jany. 1887 p._
98.
JOBBINS, JOHN RICHARD. Surveyor, mechanical draughtsman and
lithographer at 3 Warwick court, Holborn, London about 1836 to
death; invented method of etching with a brush upon stone and
zinc; illustrated Journal of British Archæol. Assoc. with his
new process many years; Assoc. B.A. Assoc. 1852; author with F.
T. Dollman of An analysis of ancient domestic architecture in
Great Britain 1860. _d._ Warwick court, Holborn, London 27 Feb.
1866.
JOBSON, REV. FREDERICK JAMES (son of John Jobson _d._ 1875
aged 88). _b._ Northwich, Cheshire 6 July 1812; Wesleyan
minister at Patrington, Yorkshire 1834, at City road, London
1837–40, 1849–52 and 1861–4, at Spitalfields, London 1840–3, at
Leeds, Manchester, Bradford and Huddersfield 1843–61; attended
Australian conference at Sydney, Jany. 1861; book steward of
W.M. organisation 1864 to death; elected pres. of the conference
5 Aug. 1869; author of Chapel and school architecture 1850;
America and American methodism 1857; Perfect love for Christian
believers 1864. _d._ 21 Highbury place, Holloway road, London
4 Jany. 1881. _Life. By Rev. B. Gregory_ (1884), _portrait_;
_Evans’s Lancashire authors_ (1850) 136–40; _I.L.N. 14 Aug. 1869
p._ 165, _portrait_.
JOBSON, ROBERT. _b._ Sheffield 1 April 1817; an ironfounder
near Dudley about 1840 to death; made a large portion of the
castings for the Great exhibition of 1851 and for the Crystal
palace at Sydenham; invented valuable improvements in mechanical
engineering, including machinery for moulding. _d._ near Dudley
1 Aug. 1872.
JOCELYN, ROBERT (eld. son of 3 earl of Roden 1788–1870). _b._
Pall Mall, London 20 Feb. 1816; styled viscount Jocelyn 29 June
1820 to death; 2 lieut. rifle brigade 24 May 1833; lieut. 15
hussars 1839 to 19 June 1841 when he sold out; military sec. on
staff of lord Saltoun in China 1842; contested Leeds 1841; M.P.
King’s Lynn 10 Feb. 1842 to death; a sec. of board of control 17
Feb. 1845 to 6 July 1846; lieut. col. commandant of East Essex
militia 25 Feb. 1853 to death; published Six months with the
Chinese expedition 2 ed. 1841. _d._ Carlton gardens, London 12
Aug. 1854. _bur._ Sawbridgeworth, Herts.
JODRELL, SIR RICHARD PAUL, 2 Baronet (eld. son of Richard Paul
Jodrell, dramatist 1745–1831). _b._ Marylebone, London 26 June
1781; ed. at Eton and Magd. coll. Oxf., B.A. 1804, M.A. 1806;
barrister L.I. 26 Nov. 1803; succeeded his maternal grand-uncle
Sir John Lombe 27 May 1817; author of Carmina Selecta 1810;
Dover, ancient and modern, a poem. Dover 1841. _d._ 64 Portland
place, London 14 Jany. 1861.
JOEL, JULIAN VON. _b._ 5 May 1785; German jödler; first appeared
in London as a siffleur or whistler of tunes on walking sticks
at the Sans Souci, Leicester place, Leicester sq. about July
1829; performed at Vauxhall gardens 1830, in the provinces, and
at the Cyder Cellars and Evans’s, Covent Garden; sold cigars at
Evans’s 1852 to death; his name is often mentioned in the first
vol. of Punch 1841, is found in Albert Smith’s The adventures
of Mr. Ledbury 1844 and in Mark Lemon’s comedy The Ladies club.
_d._ 22 July 1865. _Illustrated sporting news_, _iv_ 421, 422
(1865), _portrait_; _Era 30 July 1865 p._ 10.
JOHN, WILLIAM. _b._ Narberth, Pembrokeshire, July 1845; student
in R. sch. of naval architecture and marine engineering 1864;
draughtsman, Admiralty 1867–72; made the calculations for the
first curves of stability for a ship ever produced 1868; pointed
out the dangerous construction of the Captain 1870 and the
Atalanta 18--; assist. chief surveyor Lloyd’s Register 1872–81;
general manager Barrow ship building and engineering co. 1881–8,
when he designed and built the City of Rome 1881 known as the
Atlantic Greyhound, and La Normandie 1882 the largest French
liner; naval architect 101 Leadenhall st. London 1888–90;
contributed papers to Trans. Instit. naval architects 1874 etc.;
author of The masting of vessels. A report to the Committee of
Lloyd’s Register. _d._ Madrid 26 Dec. 1890. _D. Pollock’s Modern
ship-building_ (1884) 124–6 _portrait_.