ensign 39 Madras N.I. 2 Oct. 1850, captain 30 Aug. 1860; engaged
in public works department, Mysore 1857; first class permanent
superintending engineer 1 Jany. 1880 to death; superintending
engineer for irrigation, when he looked after the 38,000 water
tanks in Mysore; completed the bridge over the Toonga Bhadra
river at Hurryhurh; lieut. col. Madras staff corps 20 Dec. 1875;
col. in the army 20 Dec. 1880; A.I.C.E. 4 Feb. 1868. _d._ London
7 June 1882. _Min. of Proc. I.C.E. lxxii_ 319–20 (1883).
JOHNSON, WILLIAM WARD PERCIVAL. _b._ 1790; entered navy 2 July
1803, commander 19 Sep. 1835; captain on h.p. 14 Dec. 1841;
admiral on h.p. 30 July 1875. _d._ Little Baddow near Chelmsford
26 Dec. 1880. _Graphic_, _xix_ 216 (1879), _portrait_; _I.L.N.
lxxviii_ 37 (1881), _portrait_.
JOHNSTON, ALEXANDER (son of an architect). _b._ Edinburgh 1815;
with a seal engraver 1830; student in Trustees acad. Edinb.
1831–4; at Royal acad. London 1836; exhibited 73 pictures at
R.A., 49 at B.I. and 16 at Suffolk st. 1836–80; The gentle
shepherd 1840 and Sunday morning 1841, are well known by
the engravings; his The interview of the regent Murray with
Mary, queen of Scots 1841, was purchased by Edinb. art union;
Archbishop Tillotson administering the sacrament to lord William
Russell in the tower. 1845, is in National gallery. _d._ 21
Carlingford road, Hampstead 2 Feb. 1891. _I.L.N. 14 Feb. 1891
p._ 207, _portrait_.
JOHNSTON, ALEXANDER JAMES (eld. son of James S. Johnston of
Wood Hill, Kinnellar, Aberdeenshire). _b._ Kinnellar 1820;
student Lincoln’s inn 1838; barrister M.T. 27 Jany. 1843; deputy
recorder of Leeds 1857; a puisne judge of supreme court of New
Zealand 1858 to death, acted as chief justice 1867 and 1886;
author of A lecture on the influence of art on human happiness.
Napier 1861; Reports of cases determined in the courts of appeal
of New Zealand 3 vols. 1867; The New Zealand justice of the
peace, resident magistrate, coroner and constable. Wellington
1879. _d._ London 1 June 1888.
JOHNSTON, ALEXANDER KEITH (4 son of Andrew Johnston). _b._
Kirkhill near Edinburgh 28 Dec. 1804; ed. Edin. univ., LLD.
1865; engraver with his bro. William Keith 1826; geographer in
ordinary to the Queen 8 Feb. 1840; F.R.G.S. 1843 and Victoria
medalist May 1871; F.G.S. 1845, F.R.S.E. 1850; constructed the
first globe illustrative of physical geography, medal from Great
exhibition of 1851; a founder of Scotch meteorological soc., and
hon. sec.; member Edinb. Geological soc. 1862; published The
national atlas of historical, commercial and political geography
1843; The physical atlas of natural phenomena 1848, the first
physical atlas published in England; Atlas of classical
geography 1853. _d._ Ben Rhydding, Yorkshire 9 July 1871. _bur._
Grange cemet. Edinb. 14 July. _Athenæum 15 July 1871 p._ 81;
_Proc. R. Geographical Soc. xvi_ 304–6 (1872).
JOHNSTON, ALEXANDER KEITH (eld. son of the preceding).
_b._ Edinburgh 24 Nov. 1844; ed. Edinb. instit. and Grange
house sch.; superintendent of drawing and engraving of maps
with Stanford, London 1866–7; life member R.G.S. 1868 and
map-draughtsman and assistant curator 1872–3; in charge of
geographical branch of W. and A. K. Johnston’s London business
1869–73; a founder of the Grove park rowing club; geographer to
the commission for the survey of Palestine 1873–5; geographer
in Paraguay 1873–5; published The library map of Africa 1866;
Handbook of physical geography. Edinb. 1870; Lake regions of
Central Africa 1870; The surface zones of the globe 1874; leader
of R. Geogr. Soc. expedition to the head of lake Nyassa, Nov.
1878. _d._ of dysentery, Berobero 120 miles from Dar es Salaam
28 June 1879. _Academy_, _ii_ 102, 107 (1879); _I.L.N. lxxv_ 174
(1879), _portrait_; _J. Thomson’s To the central African lakes_,
_i_, _pp. xiii–xix_ (1881), _memoir and portrait_.
JOHNSTON, ALEXANDER ROBERT CAMPBELL (3 son of sir Alexander
Johnston 1775–1849, chief justice of Ceylon). _b._ Colombo,
Ceylon 14 June 1812; in civil service of Mauritius 1828–33;
private sec. to lord Napier in China 1833–35; third commissioner
in China 1835; deputy superintendent of trade of British
subjects in China, May 1837; administered government of Hong
Kong, June 1841 to Dec. 1842; medal for services on board H.M.S.
Nemesis 1841; sec. and registrar superintending in China 1843
to 25 Sep. 1852 when office abolished; F.R.S. 5 June 1845. _d._
San Raphael Ranche, Los Angelos, California 21 Jany. 1888.
_Athenæum_, _i_ 151 (1888).
JOHNSTON, ANDREW. _b._ Cursitor st. London 1818; a civil
engineer at Nottingham in partnership with Mr. Underwood 1854–8;
assist. engineer Brighton railway 1858–65; principal assist.
engineer Midland railway 1865 and engineer 1875 to death;
M.I.C.E. 1875. _d._ 1884. _Min. of proc. I.C.E. lxxviii_ 434–5
(1884).
JOHNSTON, CHARLES. _b._ Birmingham; L.S.A. 1833, M.R.C.S. 1835;
assist. surgeon Queen’s service 1833–4, surgeon H.E.I.C.S.
1839–41; travelled in Abyssinia and was friendly with king
Theodore 1842; proprietor of Hunt’s London Journal, in which he
wrote many articles; surgeon at Natal, and member of legislative
council 1856–8; surgeon at Barnstaple, Devon; author of Travels
in Southern Abyssinia through the country of Adal to the kingdom
of Shoa 2 vols. 1844; Observations on health and disease in
Natal 1860. _d._ The square, Barnstaple 16 July 1872. _Medical
Times 17 Aug. 1872 p._ 189.
JOHNSTON, CHARLES JAMES. _b._ 1765; entered navy about 1787;
governor of naval hospital of Madras 1802; captain 5 Sep. 1806;
the Cornwallis under his command in 1807 was the first regular
man of war to pass between Australia and Van Diemen’s Land; V.A.
on half pay 6 Nov. 1850; pensioned 15 April 1854. _d._ Cowhill
near Dumfries 16 Oct. 1856.
JOHNSTON, DAVID (son of Henry Johnston of Corstorphine and
Edinburgh). _b._ Edinburgh 19 May 1801; ed. at univ. of Edinb.,
M.D. 1 Aug. 1821; translated Dante’s Inferno, Purgatorio and
Paradiso 3 vols. 1867–8; Corneille’s Polyeucte 1870; published
Hadrianus Moriens, translations of Hadrian’s Address to his soul
1870, containing 98 translations by living authors; author of A
general view of the system of public education in France. Edin.
1827; A general medical and statistical history of charity in
France 1829. _d._ 13 Marlborough buildings, Bath 17 Oct. 1879.
_The Academy 1879 ii p._ 321.
JOHNSTON, FREDERICK. _b._ 18 June 1792; cornet 6 dragoons 4
April 1810; captain 17 light dragoons 1824–6; major 67 foot 2
April 1829 to 26 Feb. 1836; general 7 Jany. 1874; placed on
retired list 1 Oct. 1877. _d._ A 10, Albany, Piccadilly, London
31 Jany. 1882.
JOHNSTON, GEORGE. _b._ Simprin, Berwickshire 20 July 1797; ed.
at Kelso, Berwick and univ. of Edinb., M.D. 1819; M.R.C.S.
Edinb. 1817, F.R.C.S. 1819; general practitioner at Berwick
1819–53, mayor 3 times; LL.D. Aberdeen; a founder of Ray soc.
1844 and of Berwickshire naturalists’ club; one of editors of
Mag. of zoology and botany; wrote 90 papers on natural history;
author of A Flora of Berwick-upon-Tweed 2 vols. 1829–31; A
history of the British zoophytes. Edinb. 1838, 2 ed. London
1847; A history of British sponges and lithophytes 1842; An
introduction to conchology 1850. _d._ Berwick on Tweed 30 July
1855. _Proc. of Berwickshire Naturalists’ Club_, _iii_ 202, 215.
JOHNSTON, GEORGE (son of Andrew Johnston, surgeon in the army).
_b._ Dublin 12 Aug. 1814; ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin; M.R.C.S.E.
1837; M.D. Edin. 1845; assistant phys. of lying-in hospital,
Dublin 1848–55; master of the Rotunda hospital, and writer of
the clinical reports 1868–75; F.K.Q.C.P. Dublin 1863, pres.
1880; author with E. B. Sinclair of Practical midwifery,
comprising an account of 13,748 deliveries which took place in
the Rotunda hospital. 1878. d. 15 St. Stephen’s Green north,
Dublin 7 March 1889.
JOHNSTON, JAMES. Ensign 8 foot 7 June 1839, lieut. col. 1 July
1862 to death. _d._ Malta 29 Dec. 1865.
JOHNSTON, JAMES FINLAY WEIR. _b._ Paisley 13 Sep. 1796; ed. at
univ. of Glasgow, M.A.; kept a school at Durham 1825–30; studied
chemistry under Berzelius in Sweden 1830; professor of chemistry
and mineralogy in univ. of Durham from its foundation 1833 to
death; chemist to Agricultural society of Scotland 1843 to date
when society was dissolved; F.R.S. 15 June 1837; F.R.S. Edin.;
author of The economy of a coalfield. Durham 1838; Catechism of
agricultural chemistry and geology. Edinb. 1844, 33 editions,
translated into most European languages and taught in schools;
On the use of lime in agriculture 1849; The chemistry of common
life 2 vols. 1853–5, 3 ed. 1879, his best work; contributed to
Edinburgh review and Blackwood’s mag. _d._ Durham 18 Sep. 1855.
_Blackwood’s Edinburgh Mag._, _Nov. 1855 pp._ 548–51.
JOHNSTON, JAMES HENRY. _b._ 1787; entered navy 1803, present
at battle of Trafalgar 21 Oct. 1805, lieut. 16 Feb. 1810;
lieut. on half pay July 1815; proposed establishment of steam
communication with India viâ the Mediterranean and Red Sea 1823;
designed iron steamers which navigated the Ganges many years;
controller of the H.E.I. Company’s steamers 1833–50. _d._ on his
way home from India 5 May 1851.
JOHNSTON, _Norman_. _b._ 1806; ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A.
1830; inc. of St. Peter, Kirkcaldy 1840 to death; presented with
200 guineas on his jubilee March 1890; domestic chaplain to
Countess of Rothes 1859; dean of united dioceses of St. Andrews,
Dunkeld and Dunblane 1880 to death. _d._ Kirkcaldy 18 Sep. 1890
aged 84.
JOHNSTON, ROBERT. Called to bar in Ireland 1829; Q.C. 9 May
1868. _d._ 1885.
JOHNSTON, THOMAS HENRY (brother of Alexander R. C. Johnston
1812–88). _b._ 1807; ensign 66 foot 21 Feb. 1822, lieut. col. 28
Dec. 1838 to 12 July 1850; served in Canadian rebellion 1837–8;
col. 87 foot 9 April 1864, col. 66 foot 10 Oct. 1870 to death;
general 5 Dec. 1871. _d._ Carnsalloch, Dumfriesshire 29 Dec.
1891.
JOHNSTON, WILLIAM (son of Thomas Boston Johnston, packman).
_b._ Biggar, Lanarkshire 18 Feb. 1800; ed. at univ. of Glasgow,
M.A. 1817, D.D. 1850; Secession minister at Limekilns near
Dunfermline 1823 to death; the Secession church became the
United Presbyterian church in 1847, convener of committee on
education 1847 to death; moderator of synod 1854; a jubilee
service held in his honor 27 Aug. 1873 when he was presented
with an epergne and 1000 guineas; author of A memoir of the rev.
Robert Brown. Dunfermline 1830. _d._ at his lodgings, Hanover
st. Edinburgh 24 May 1874. _W. Gifford’s Memorials of the life
of Dr. Johnston_ (1876), _portrait_; _J. Smith’s Our Scottish
Clergy_ (_2 Ser._ 1849) 334–9.
JOHNSTON, SIR WILLIAM (3 son of Andrew Johnston). _b._ Kirkhill
near Penicuik, Midlothian 27 Oct. 1802; ed. at high school,
Edin.; an engraver, Edin. 1 Dec. 1825; founded with his brother,
firm of W. and A. K. Johnston 1826; engraver and copperplate
printer to the Queen 2 Dec. 1837; purchased the business of
the Messrs. Lizars 1859; built the Edina works, Easter road,
Edinb. 1878; high constable of Edin. 1828; moderator to the
high constables 1831, 32 and 39; member of dean of guild court
1831, of town council 1832; a bailie of Edin. 1840, lord provost
1848–51; knighted at Holyrood palace 26 Aug. 1851; retired
from business 1867; joined with his brother in the production
of atlases and maps. _d._ Kirkhill house near Gorebridge,
Midlothian 7 Feb. 1888. _Bookseller_, _March 1888 pp._ 258–9.
JOHNSTON, WILLIAM WALKER WHITEHALL (eld. son of Thomas F.
Johnston, colonial sec. of Trinidad, West Indies). Ensign 1
West India regiment 4 Aug. 1854, lieut. col. 24 Dec. 1873 to 1
April 1880 when placed on h.p.; hon. M.G. 1 April 1880. _d._ 9
Beauclerc road, The Grove, London 21 Jany. 1886.
JOHNSTONE, CHARLES VANDEN BEMPDE (younger son of sir R. V. B.
Johnstone, 1 baronet, _d._ 1807). _b._ 24 Aug. 1800; ed. Trin.
coll. Camb., B.A. 1825, M.A. 1830; V. of Feliskirk, Yorkshire
1827–72; preb. of Wetwang in York cath. 17 Oct. 1844 to death;
canon res. of York 1845–73. _d._ Sutton hall, Thirsk 15 May 1882.
JOHNSTONE, CHRISTIAN ISOBEL. _b._ Fifeshire 1781. (_m._ Mr.
M’Leish, she obtained a divorce; _m._ (2) about 1812 John
Johnstone of Dunfermline, schoolmaster, afterwards editor of
Inverness Courier, they edited the Edinburgh Weekly Chronicle);
she edited and wrote ‘The schoolmaster and Edinburgh weekly
mag.’ 4 Aug. 1832 to 29 June 1833 when it was converted into
‘Johnstone’s Edinburgh Mag.’ published monthly 9 numbers, this
was incorporated with Tait’s Edinburgh Mag. 1834 which she
edited 1834–46; author of Clan Albin, a national tale 4 vols.
1815, anon.; The cook and housewife’s manual. By Mistress
Margaret Dods of the Cleikum inn, St. Ronans 1826, 11 ed.
1862; Nights of the round table, or stories of Aunt Jane and
her friends. 2 series Edin. 1832 and 1849; John Johnstone _d._
Edinb. 3 Nov. 1857 aged 76; she _d._ Buccleuch place, Edinburgh
26 Aug. 1857. _W. Anderson’s Scottish Nation_, _iii_ 713–15
(1863); _Tait’s Edinburgh Magazine_, _Sep. 1857 pp._ 573–5.
NOTE.--Some accounts say this lady’s names were Christina Jane
Johnstone.
JOHNSTONE, EDWARD (3 son of James Johnstone of Kidderminster
afterwards of Worcester, M.D. 1730–1802). _b._ Kidderminster
26 Sep. 1757; ed. at free gram. sch. there and at univ. of
Edinb.; B.D., M.D. 1779; one of physicians of Birmingham general
hospital 1779; pres. of Medical sch., afterward called Queen’s
college, Birmingham 1827–45; principal of Queen’s coll. 1827–45;
hon. phys. of Queen’s hosp. Birmingham to death. _d._ Edgbaston
hall near Birmingham 4 Sep. 1851. _Edgbastonia_, _iv_ 21–23
(1884).
JOHNSTONE, EDWARD (eld. son of the preceding). _b._ Ladywood
house near Birmingham 9 April 1804; ed. Trin. coll. Cam., B.A.
1825, M.A. 1828; barrister L.I. 6 May 1828, barrister I.T.
1838; a founder of the Literary association of the Friends of
Poland 1832; author of What is Poland? a question of geography,
history and public law 1836; The general orders and practice of
the courts of common law in Ireland 1854; claimed the dormant
marquisate of Annandale 1876, claim dismissed by House of
Lords as not having been proved 1881. _d._ Worcester 20 Sep.
1881. _bur._ Edgbaston. _Biograph_, _Aug. 1880 pp._ 170–3;
_Edgbastonia_, _iv_ 21–3 (1884).
JOHNSTONE, HENRY JAMES WOLFENDEN (eld. son of James Johnstone
1777–1845, physician extraordinary to William IV. 1830). _b._
1808; ed. at Westminster sch. and St. George’s hosp. where he
became house surgeon and teacher of anatomy; M.R.C.S. 1834,
F.R.C.S. 1843; edited with his father The Medico-Chirurgical
Review; had a large practice, retired through bad health 1848;
resided in France 1848–50; presumed to be author of a series
of letters in The Times beginning 20 Dec. 1851, exposing and
condemning Louis Napoleon’s imperial designs; author of Clinical
observations on diseases of the genito-urinary organs 1851. _d._
High view, St. Lawrence, Ramsgate 19 Oct. 1889.
JOHNSTONE, JAMES (brother of Edward Johnstone 1804–81). _b._
Edgbaston hall near Birmingham 12 April 1806; ed. at Trin. coll.
Camb., M.B. 1828, M.L. 1830, M.D. 1832; F.R.C.P. 1834; studied
in Edin., Paris and London; professor of materia medica and
therapeutics at Queen’s college, Birmingham 1841 to death; phys.
to the general hospital 1841 to death; pres. of British Medical
Association, Sep. 1865; author of A therapeutic arrangement and
syllabus of materia medica 1835; A discourse on the phenomena of
sensation as connected with the mental, physical and instructive
faculties of man 1841. _d._ Leamington 11 May 1869. _Langford’s
Modern Birmingham_, _ii_ 333–7, 492 (1877).
JOHNSTONE, JAMES (son of James Johnstone a messenger of court of
bankruptcy, _d._ 1865 aged 79). _b._ Charles st. Old st. London
26 June 1815; a messenger of bankruptcy court, Basinghall st.
1842–61; head of firm of Johnstone, Cooper, Wintle & Co. of 3
Coleman st. buildings, accountants 1861 to death; bought the
Morning Herald and Standard newspapers from Charles Baldwin
for £16,500 in 1857, issued the Standard as a morning paper 29
June 1857 at price of 2 pence, reduced price to 1 penny 4 Feb.
1858; started the Evening Herald 29 June 1857 which ceased 27
May 1865; the Morning Herald ceased 31 Dec. 1869; discontinued
evening issue of the Standard 29 June 1857, but revived it
11 June 1860, appeared in a new form 1 Jany. 1870, sometimes
circulated 100,000 copies; paid off all his liabilities and
became sole proprietor of Standard 1870. _d._ Hooley house,
Coulsdon, Surrey 21 Oct. 1878. _J. Hatton’s Journalistic London_
(1882) 146–54, _portrait_; _Vanity Fair 14 Feb. 1874 p._ 81,
_portrait_; _Bourne’s English Newspapers_, _ii_ 226, 239–41,
336–7 (1887).
JOHNSTONE, JAMES (eld. son of James Raymond Johnstone of Alva,
Stirlingshire). _b._ Overton, Rutland 4 July 1801; ed. at Rugby
and univ. of Edin.; admitted advocate at Scotch bar 1824; M.P.
for Clackmannan and Kinross 1851–57. _d._ 24 Feb. 1888.
JOHNSTONE, JOHN BEER. _b._ Dublin 12 March 1803; an actor in
Ireland, the provinces and London; never had more than £2 a
week up to 1882; at Princess’s theatre under Wilson Barrett
1882; presented with a testimonial and £60 by 200 actors on
his eightieth birthday 12 March 1883; author of upwards of 200
dramas for which he received on an average about £5; he sold
an extravaganza and a farce to David W. Osbaldiston for 15/-;
his chief printed dramas are The Drunkard’s children. Pavilion
theatre July 1848; The gipsy farmer or Jack and Jack’s brother.
Surrey theatre March 1849; Gale Breezely or the tale of a tar.
Surrey 1853; Ben Bolt. Surrey 28 March 1854; The sailor of
France. Surrey 28 Nov. 1854; Tufelhausen or the lawyer’s legend.
Surrey 24 March 1856; Pedrillo or a search for two fathers.
Marylebone theatre 16 Nov. 1857; Morley Ashton or a sea voyage
1866; Jack Long or a shot in the eye 1872. _d._ 25 April 1891.
_bur._ Brompton cemet. _The Era 17 March 1883 p._ 8.
JOHNSTONE, JOHN DOUGLAS. _b._ 1808; ensign 3 foot 15 Aug. 1827;
captain 33 foot 19 Oct. 1838, lieut. col. 9 March 1855 to 17
April 1860 when placed on retired full pay; M.G. 17 April 1860;
C.B. 27 July 1855. _d._ Dublin 19 Sep. 1863.
NOTE.--He and his son J. D. Johnstone were the first in the assault on
the Redan, where he lost his left arm.
JOHNSTONE, SIR JOHN VANDEN BEMPDE, 2 Baronet. _b._ Hackness hall
near Scarborough 28 Aug. 1799; ed. Rugby and Trin. coll. Camb.,
M.A. 1821; succeeded 14 July 1807; M.P. Yorkshire 1830–32; M.P.
Scarborough 1832–7 and 1841 to death; major Yorkshire hussars
22 April 1843, lieut. col. 6 April 1859 to 30 Aug. 1859; while
hunting in Northamptonshire broke a rib which entered his lungs
20 Feb., _d._ 34 Belgrave sq. London 25 Feb. 1869. _bur._ at
parish church, Hackness 3 March. _Reg. and mag. of Biog. i_ 294
(1869).
JOHNSTONE, MONTAGUE CHOLMELEY (3 son of James Raymond Johnstone
of Alva, co. Clackmannan 1768–1830). _b._ 2 March 1804; ensign
27 foot 27 Feb. 1823, lieut. col. 16 Nov. 1841 to 23 March 1849;
lieut. col. 87 foot 23 March 1849 to 26 Oct. 1858; col. 88 foot
10 Aug. 1864 to death; general 29 Dec. 1873. _d._ Baden Baden 22
Sep. 1874.
JOHNSTONE, WILLIAM (son of Mr. Johnstone, colliery manager to
Mr. Dixon of the Govan iron works, Lanarkshire). _b._ parish
of Old Monkland near Glasgow 1 July 1811; articled to David
Smith of Glasgow, C.E. 1826–33; engineer and general manager
of Glasgow and Ayr railway 1840, of Glasgow and South western
railway to 31 Dec. 1874, the former line gradually developed
into the latter; pres. of Institution of engineers in Scotland
1861–63, formed in 1857 chiefly by W. J. M. Rankine and himself;
M.I.C.E. 4 Dec. 1866. _d._ Glasgow 27 April 1877.
JOHNSTONE, WILLIAM BORTHWICK (son of John Johnstone, solicitor).
_b._ Edinb. 21 July 1804; in a lawyer’s office, Edinb.; attended
antique classes of Trustees academy 1840–2; exhibited at
Trustees academy exhibitions from 1836 to death; A.R. Scottish
Acad. 1840, member 1848, treasurer 1850; took his mother’s name
of Borthwick 1847; oil, water-colour and miniature painter;
his picture, A scene in Holyrood, 1855 is in National gallery
of Scotland; first principal curator of Nat. Gall. of Scotland
1858; his collections of arms, armour and pictures, sold by
Chapman, a 6 days’ sale; author of Catalogue of the National
gallery of Scotland 1859, 18 ed. 1868. _d._ 3 Gloucester place,
Edinb. 5 June 1868.
JOHNSTONE, SIR WILLIAM JAMES HOPE (2 son of sir Wm. Johnstone
Hope, G.C.B. 1766–1831). _b._ Haddingtonshire 28 July 1798;
entered navy 20 June 1811, captain 21 Oct. 1823, R.A. 22 April
1853, V.A. 4 Feb. 1858, admiral 24 Sep. 1863; commander in chief
on S.E. coast of America 1854–57; at Sheerness 28 June 1860 to
25 June 1863; R.A. of the United Kingdom 12 Feb. 1870, placed on
retired list April 1870; K.C.B. 10 Nov. 1862. _d._ 24 Albany st.
Edinburgh 11 July 1878.
JOICEY, JOHN (4 son of George Joicey of Newcastle). _b._
Tynemouth 1816; apprenticed to his brother James Joicey,
colliery viewer 1838–41, partner in the firm to death; sheriff
of Durham 1878; M.P. North Durham April 1880 to death; A.I.C.E.
2 March 1875; erected and endowed Newton Hall church 1877;
gave sum of £12,000 to Museum of natural history society of
Northumberland and Durham 1881. _d._ Newton Hall, Stocksfield
on Tyne 15 Aug. 1881, personalty sworn £678,000, 28 Jany. 1882.
_Min. of Proc. of I.C.E._ _lxix_ 417–18 (1882).
JOLLIE, PATRICK. Oldest bookseller in the world. _d._ Leslie,
Fifeshire 3 Oct. 1885 aged 97.
JOLLIFFE, PETER WILLIAM. Ed. at St. John’s coll. Camb., B.A.
1789, M.A. 1792; P.C. of St. James, Poole, Dorset 4 May 1791
to death; the oldest incumbent in England. _d._ Parkstone near
Poole, March 1861 aged 95.
JOLLIFFE, THOMAS ROBERT (2 son of Thomas Samuel Jolliffe, M.P.)
_b._ 1780; ed. at Trin. coll. Camb., B.A. 1804, M.A. 1807;
R. of Babington near Frome 15 Feb. 1810 to death; author of
Letters from Palestine. Signed Th. R. J. 1819, 4 ed. 2 vols.
1854; Narrative of an excursion from Corfu to Smyrna 1827. _d._
Ammerdown park near Bath 15 June 1872.
JOLLIFFE, WILLIAM PETER (only son of Christopher Jolliffe of
Poole, Dorset). _b._ Poole 1812; barrister G.I. 30 June 1839,
bencher 1 March 1875 to death, treasurer 1881; standing counsel
to governors of Queen Anne’s bounty 1878 to death; member of
Council of legal education. _d._ Bournemouth 31 May 1887.
JOLLY, JOHN MARKS. _b._ 1790; travelled with Edmund Kean and
Sheridan Knowles as an actor and conductor of the orchestra;
conductor at Surrey theatre, London 1840–60; at various periods
connected with the bands of Her Majesty’s, Drury Lane and Covent
Garden; conductor and arranger of music at Oxford music hall
till June 1863; his opera Mabel produced at Covent Garden under
Madame Vestris’ management 1840; composer of the songs, Queen
of the starry night 1855, and Where are all the young men gone
1861; The Gipsy sisters, a duet 1858; Poor Jennie, solo and
quartett 1861. _d._ West sq. Southwark 1 July 1864. _Era 10 July
1864 p._ 11.
JOLY, HENRY EDWARD. Archdeacon of Killala to death; author of
Questions deducible from the Introductory lessons on the History
of religious worship of R. Whately 1849; Questions deducible
from the Introductory lessons on Christian evidences of R.
Whately 1849. _d._ Hollywood 3 June 1852.
JONAS, EDMUND JAMES. _b._ 1805; governor of Newgate 1859–74.
_d._ Turle road, Tollington park, London 30 Jany. 1879.
JONAS, ELIZABETH. _b._ St. George’s road, Southwark 1825; at
six years of age was a good musician; first appeared at Mr.
J. Field’s concert as a pianiste 1832; played in oratorios
at Drury Lane; scholar R. Academy 1836, King’s scholar 1838,
associate 1841, teacher of the piano there 1838–50; residing in
St. George’s road 1854. _Cazalet’s Hist. of R. Acad. of Music_
(1854) 299–302.