Garrick theatre, London as Ralph Reckless in Twice killed; went
to U.S. America in 1848; appeared at Purdy’s National theatre,
New York as Alley Croaker in the Miseries of human life 18 April
1853; played Deacon Perry in Uncle Tom’s Cabin at Purdy’s 18
July 1853, and then played Uncle Tom for 368 consecutive nights;
an actor of old men characters; manager of Bowery theatre N. Y.
1858 and several seasons; revenue collector New York 1868; kept
a saloon in the Broadway 1869; committed suicide in New York,
July 1870. _Brown’s American Stage_ (1870) _p._ 221, _portrait_.
LINGARD, JOHN (son of John Lingard of Claxby, Lincs.,
carpenter). _b._ Winchester 5 Feb. 1771; at English college at
Douay 30 Sep. 1782 to 21 Feb. 1793; joined some of the Douay
students at Tudhoe, Durham 1794, they migrated to Pontop hall
1794 and then to Crookhall near Durham; vice pres. of Crookhall
college, prefect of studies, professor of natural and moral
philosophy; ordained priest at York 18 April 1795; removed
with the Crookhall community to St. Cuthbert’s college, Ushaw
1808, remained there till Sep. 1811; missioner at Hornby near
Lancaster 1811 to death; visited Rome 1817 and 1825; created
doctor of divinity and of the canon and civil law by Pius VII.
24 Aug. 1821; author of The antiquities of the Anglo-Saxon
church 2 vols. 1806, 4 ed. 1858; A history of England from
the first invasion by the Romans to the revolution in 1688, 8
vols. 1819–30, new ed. 10 vols. 1888 which was translated into
French, Italian and German; A new version of the Four Gospels
1836. _d._ Hornby 17 July 1851. _bur._ in cloister of college
cemetery at Ushaw; portrait by James Lonsdale in hall of Ushaw
college; tablet to his memory in Hornby parish church. _J.
Lingard’s History of England 6 ed. vol._ 1 (1854), _portrait_;
_Fortunes made in business_, _ii_ 99–105 (1884); _Metropolitan
and provincial catholic almanac for 1854 pp._ 3–25, _portrait_;
_G.M. xxxvi_ 323–5 (1851); _I.L.N. xviii_ 117, 118 (1851),
_portrait_.
LINKLATER, JOHN. _b._ 1817; attorney at 111 St. Martin’s lane,
London 1838; head of firm of Linklater, Hackwood and Addison, 7
Walbrook to death; author of Digest and index to the Bankruptcy
act, the Debtor’s act, and the Bankruptcy repeal and insolvent
court act 1870, 2 ed. 1870. _d._ Toulon, France 26 May 1870.
LINLEY, GEORGE. _b._ Leeds 1798 or 1799; resided in Doncaster
and Edinburgh short time, then in London to death; wrote and
composed upwards of 450 songs 1830–65; wrote the songs and
music for Francesca Doria, play by V. Morris produced at
Princess’s theatre 3 March 1849; his operetta The Toymakers was
brought out at Covent Garden 19 Nov. 1861, and his comedietta
Law versus Love at Princess’s 6 Dec. 1862; author of Musical
cynics of London, a satire 1862, one part only; The Modern
Hudibras 1864, 2 ed. 1864. _d._ Alfred cottage, Victoria road,
Kensington, London 10 Sep. 1865.
LINLEY, GEORGE (son of the preceding). Author of The Goldseeker
and other poems 1860; Old Saws newly set 1864; (_m._ 4 Oct. 1862
Emma youngest sister of Sims Reeves, singer). _d._ 28 April 1869.
LINN, HENRY, stage name of Alexander Cumming Rutherford
Crawford. _b._ Greenock 1846; with his brother acted as negro
comedians; champion clog dancer 1864; a Scottish vocalist, his
songs The highland man’s toast, Jock M’Craw, and Bonnie Jeanie
Deans were very popular, others were My name is Jim, and Poor
and Needy; a great favourite in Liverpool; last sang at Carlisle
1890; author of Harry Linn’s Fireside song book. Glasgow 1884.
_d._ Royal infirmary, Edinburgh 11 June 1890. _bur._ 15 June.
LINNELL, JOHN (2 son of James Linnell, carver and gilder, _d._
1837). _b._ Plumtree st. St. Giles’s, London 16 June 1792; drew
portraits at 10 years old; entered schools of the R.A. 1805;
portrait painter to 1847, then landscape painter, engraved
his portraits; exhibited 176 pictures at R.A. and 91 at B.I.
1807–79; member of Society of painters in oil and water-colours
1812–20, treasurer 1817, exhibited 52 works there 1813–20; his
landscape ‘Removing timber’ sold for £3360 at the Price sale
April 1892; there was a large collection of his works at winter
exhibition of the R.A. 1882–3; author of The royal gallery
of pictures, selections from collection at Buckingham palace
1840; The royal academy a national institution 1869; Selection
of cabinet paintings at Buckingham palace 1877. _d._ Redstone
Wood, Redhill, Surrey 20 Jany. 1882. _bur._ Reigate cemet. 25
Jany. _A. T. Story’s Life of John Linnell 2 vols._ (1892), _two
portraits_; _Dublin Univ. Mag. xc_ 535, _portrait_; _Graphic_,
_xxv_ 125 (1882), _portrait_; _Black and White 25 Feb. 1893 p._
228, _portrait_.
LINSELL, RICHARD. _b._ Great Dunmow, Essex 24 May 1765;
apprenticed to Thomas White of Felstead, carpenter 1780–7;
general carrier between Dunmow and London 1791 to 1807; a
builder at Dunmow 1807–9; carrier at Stebbing 1809; landlord of
the King’s Head inn, Stebbing 1812–15; a farmer near Stebbing
1815–19; landlord of the Swan inn, Clare, Suffolk 1820–33 and
of the Cricketers’ arms near Clare 1834–43. _Life of Richard
Linsell. By A Friend._ (_Rusticus_) _Tottenham_ (1855).
NOTE.--He first appeared as a cricketer at Prior’s hall, Lay, parish of
Linsell 1 May 1790; raced the coach from London to Dunmow 37 miles in 5
hours, gaining by 15 minutes 23 Aug. 1796; at Woodford ran 1 mile in 4
min. 57 sec. 28 Aug. 1796; threw a stone 137 yards Oct. 1796; beat Mr.
Parsley in a quoit match 27 April 1797; from 1788 for 30 years he stood
open to play any man in England at 20 different games.
LINSKILL, MARY (eld. child of Thomas Linskill a worker in jet).
_b._ Whitby, Yorkshire 13 Dec. 1840; apprenticed to a milliner;
an amanuensis; a painter; many of her novels appeared originally
in Good Words; author of Tales of the North Riding. By Stephen
Yorke 2 vols. 1871; Cleveden 2 vols. 1875, new ed. 1892; Carl
Forrester’s faith 1883; The magic flute 1884; Between the
heather and the northern sea 3 vols. 1884, new ed. 1890; A lost
son and the glover’s daughter 1885; The haven under the hill 3
vols. 1886, new ed. 1892; A garland of seven lilies 1886; Hagar,
a north Yorkshire pastoral 1887; Robert Holt’s illusion, and
other stories 1888. _d._ Stakesby Vale, Whitby 9 April 1891.
_Mary Linskill’s In exchange for a soul_, _new ed._ (1892),
_memoir pp. xi–xix_.
LINTON, HENRY (eld. son of rev. Henry Linton 1804–87, V. of
Diddington, Hunts.) _b._ 1839; ed. at Harrow and Wadham coll.
Oxf., B.A. 1860; in the Harrow cricket eleven 1854–7; entered
Madras civil service 1861; head assistant to collector and
magistrate of Nellore to death. _d._ Madras 24 Aug. 1866.
LINTON, THOMAS. Superintendent of police at Edinburgh 1851–78,
public prosecutor 1851 to death. _d._ suddenly in his room next
the police court, Edinburgh 19 Aug. 1892.
LINTON, WILLIAM. _b._ Liverpool 22 April 1791; a landscape
painter in London; a founder of Society of British artists 1824,
a member to 1842; exhibited 57 pictures at R.A., 78 at B.I. and
101 at Suffolk st. gallery 1817–71; author of Ancient and modern
colours, with their chemical and artistical properties 1852; The
scenery of Greece and its islands 1856, 2 ed. 1869; Colossal
vestiges of the older nations 1862. _d._ 7 Lodge place, St.
John’s Wood road, London 18 Aug. 1876. _Art Journal_ (1850) 252,
_portrait_, (1858) 9–11, (1876) 329.
LINTON, SIR WILLIAM (eld. son of Jabez Linton of Hardrigg lodge,
Dumfriesshire). _b._ Kirkpatrick Fleming, co. Dumfries 1801; ed.
at univ. of Edinb.; spent four summer vacations as surgeon on a
whaler in the Arctic regions; L.R.C.S. 1826; M.D. Glasgow 1834;
assistant surgeon 66 foot 18 Jany. 1827 to 1841; surgeon in the
army 2 July 1841; staff surgeon of first class 17 March 1848,
deputy inspector general of hospitals of first division of army
in the Crimea 1854, had charge of the great hospital at Scutari
1855, inspector general of hospitals 1 Oct. 1858, placed on h.p.
1 May 1863; principal medical officer of English army in India
1858–9; hon. physician to the Queen 16 Aug. 1859 to death; C.B.
4 Feb. 1856, K.C.B. 28 March 1865. _d._ Skairfield, Lockerbie,
Dumfriesshire 9 Oct. 1880.
LINWOOD, WILLIAM (only son of Wm. Linwood of Birmingham). _b._
1817; ed. at Birmingham gr. sch. and Ch. Ch. Oxf., student
1837–51; B.A. 1839, M.A. 1842; Hertford, Ireland and Craven
scholar 1836, Boden Sanskrit scholar 1839; ordained deacon;
assistant master at Shrewsbury; public examiner at Oxford
1850–1; published A lexicon to Æschylus 1843, 2 ed. 1847;
Sophoclis Tragœdiæ superstites, with Latin notes 1846, 4 ed.
1877; A treatise on Greek tragic metres with the choric parts of
Sophocles metrically arranged 1855. _d._ Birchfield, Handsworth,
Staffs. 7 Sep. 1878. _Academy 28 Sep. 1878 p._ 315.
LIPTRAP, JOHN. Entered Bengal army 1817; lieut. 21 Bengal N.I. 4
Nov. 1818; captain 42 N.I. 19 June 1831, major 17 Feb. 1850 to 7
May 1855; lieut.-col. of 8 N.I. 7 May 1855 to 1856, of 45 N.I.
1856 to 1864; general 1 Oct. 1877. _d._ London 21 Sep. 1878.
LIPTROTT, JOHN. _b._ 29 Jany. 1813; ensign 31 Bengal N.I.
14 Sep. 1829; commandant 16 Irregular cavalry 24 Jany.
1846, commandant 17 Irregular cavalry 1847 to 7 Jany. 1860;
lieut.-col. 14 Bengal N.I. 28 Nov. 1859 to 1862, placed on
unemployed supernumerary list 1 July 1881; general 1 Dec. 1888.
_d._ 7 Clarendon road, Southsea 25 Feb. 1890. _I.L.N. 15 March
1890 p._ 325, _portrait_.
LISBURNE, ERNEST AUGUSTUS VAUGHAN, 4 Earl of (eld. son of
3 Earl of Lisburne 1769–1831). _b._ 30 Oct. 1800; sheriff
of Cardiganshire 1851; M.P. for Cardiganshire 1854–9. _d._
Crosswood, Aberystwith, Cardiganshire 9 Nov. 1873.
LISGAR, SIR JOHN YOUNG, 1 Baron (eld. son of sir William Young,
1 baronet, _d._ 1848). _b._ Bombay 31 Aug. 1807; ed. at Eton and
C.C. coll. Oxf., B.A. 1829; barrister L.I. 1824; M.P. Cavan
1831–55; a lord of the treasury 16 Sep. 1841 to 21 May 1844; one
of the secretaries to the treasury 21 May 1844 to 7 July 1846;
succeeded as 2 baronet 10 March 1848; chief sec. to lord lieut.
of Ireland 1852–55; P.C. 28 Dec. 1852; lord high commissioner of
Ionian islands 1855–9; governor general and com. in chief of New
South Wales 22 March 1861 to 24 Dec. 1867; governor general of
dominion of Canada 2 Jany. 1869–1872; cr. Baron Lisgar 26 Oct.
1870; lord lieut. of Cavan 9 March 1871 to death; G.C.M.G. 20
March 1855; K.C.B. 4 Feb. 1859, G.C.B. 13 Nov. 1868. _d._ Lisgar
house, Ballieborough, co. Cavan 6 Oct. 1876. _Eclectic Mag.
lxxviii_ 129, 244 (1872), _portrait_.
LISTER, FREDERICK GEORGE. Entered Bengal army 1805; ensign 26
Bengal N.I. 14 Aug. 1806, lieut. 9 Oct. 1808; captain 52 N.I.
16 March 1824, major 8 Oct. 1839 to 30 Sep. 1845; commandant of
Sylhet light infantry battalion 14 March 1828 to 18 July 1854;
lieut-col. 8 N.I. 30 Sep. 1845 to 1849, of 70 N.I. 1849–50, of
53 N.I. 1850 to 13 April 1855; political agent Cossiah Hills 11
Feb. 1841 to 1854; col. of 31 N.I. 13 April 1855 to 1861, of 2
N.I. 1861 to 1869; L.G. 23 Aug. 1869. _d._ St. Helier’s, Jersey
28 Feb. 1870.
LISTER, JOSEPH JACKSON (son of John Lister of Stoke Newington,
wine merchant). _b._ Lothbury, London 11 Jany. 1786; ed. at
Hitchin and at Compton in Dorset; wine merchant in partnership
with his father and then sole proprietor; a founder of the
London Institution in King’s Arms yard 1805; discovered
principle upon which the modern microscope is constructed,
and made an improved lens; a founder of Microscopical Soc.
1839; invented the tripod for supporting the camera now used
by photographers; the first to ascertain the true form of
the red corpuscle of mammalian blood; aided the opticians in
construction of the microscope; Lister’s law of the aplanatic
foci, remains the guiding principle as the source of all the
microscopy of the age; F.R.S. 2 Feb. 1832. _d._ Upton house,
Upton, Essex 24 Oct. 1869. _bur._ Stoke Newington. _Biographical
Catalogue of Friends_ (1888) 433–8.
LISTER, THOMAS (14 child of Joseph Lister a quaker gardener).
_b._ Old Mill wharf, Barnsley 11 Feb. 1810; ed. at Ackworth
school 1821–4; worked with his father as a gardener to 1832,
then in a linen warehouse at Barnsley; postmaster at Barnsley
1839–70 when he was presented with a testimonial; a constant
attendant and contributor of papers at annual meetings of
British Association; president of Barnsley Naturalists’ Society;
is referred to by name in Mrs. G. L. Banks’s Yorkshire story
entitled Wooers and winners 1880; author of The rustic wreath
poems, moral, descriptive and miscellaneous 1834; Temperance
Rhymes 1837; Rhymes of progress 1862, and of many poems and
translations in Tait’s Magazine 1838–9. _d._ Barnsley 25 March
1888. _W. Andrews’s Modern Yorkshire Poets_ (1885) 146–53; _W.
C. Newsam’s Poets of Yorkshire_ (1845) 163–5; _W. Grainge’s
Poets of Yorkshire_, _ii_ 444–6 (1868); _J. H. Nodal’s
Bibliography of Ackworth school_ (1889) 22.
LISTON, MARIA (dau. of Mr. Simpson a tradesman in the Strand,
London). _b._ about 1834; first appeared Drury Lane boxing
night 1858 as Sylvia in Robin Hood; played in the burlesques at
the Strand theatre 1865 etc.; (_m._ Wm. Henry Liston, lessee
of Olympic theatre, London 1869–72, he _d._ 9 April 1876 aged
46); played chief roles at the Olympic 1869–72; acted at the
Criterion and the Royalty theatres. _d._ Carlton house, 4 Bridge
avenue, Hammersmith 25 Feb. 1879. _bur._ Kensal green cemetery 1
March. _The Era 2 March 1879 p._ 6.
LISTON, SARAH (dau. of Mr. Tyrer). _b._ London 1780; pupil of
M. Kelly and Mrs. Crouch; sang at concerts in the Rotunda,
Dublin; first appeared in London at Haymarket theatre 21 Aug.
1801 as Winifred in Morton’s Zorinski; played at Drury Lane
1801–2; acted Queen Dollalolla in O’Hara’s burlesque Tom Thumb
at Haymarket 27 July 1805; the original Minna in Dimond’s Adrian
and Orilla at Covent Garden 15 Nov. 1806 and the original Anna
in Reynold’s Exile 10 Nov. 1808; made her last appearance on the
stage at Covent Garden 31 May 1822 when she spoke a farewell
address; (_m._ 23 March 1807 John Liston the comedian, who _d._
George’s ter. Hyde park corner 22 March 1846 aged 70). She
_d._ 15 Alexander sq. Brompton 19 Sep. 1854. _Biography of the
British stage_ (1824) 177; _Theatrical Inquisitor_, _June 1813_,
_portrait_; _The British Stage_, _i_ 121 (1817), _portrait_;
_G.M. 1846 pt. i_, _pp._ 547, 660.
LISTOWEL, WILLIAM HARE, 2 Earl of (eld. son of hon. Richard Hare
1773–1827). _b._ Bally Ellis near Mallow 22 Sep. 1801; M.P. co.
Kerry 1826–30; succeeded his grandfather 13 July 1837; vice
admiral of Munster 1838 to death; M.P. St. Alban’s 1841–7; a
lord in waiting to the queen 1840 to Sep. 1841 and Oct. 1853 to
death; K.P. 1839. _d._ Morrison’s hotel, 1 Dawson st. Dublin 4
Feb. 1856.
LITCHFIELD, GEORGE AUGUSTUS. _b._ 1784; entered Bombay army
1799; lieut.-col. of 3 Bombay light cavalry 1829 or 1830 to 1832
and 1833–5, of 2 light cavalry 1832–3, of 1 light cavalry 1835
to 1838; commandant at Deesa 1831–3, at Hursole 1833–5 and at
Sholapore 1835–8; M.G. on retired list 28 Feb. 1838. _d._ Marine
hotel, Exmouth 18 June 1857.
LITCHFIELD, HARRIET (dau. of John Silvester Hay, head surgeon
of royal hospital, Calcutta). _b._ 4 May 1777; first appeared
at Richmond 1792 as Julia in The Surrender of Calais; acted in
Scotland and at Liverpool 1793; (_m._ 1794 John Litchfield,
editor of The monthly mirror, who _d._ Mountfield house, Harrow
road, London 30 May 1858 aged 84); played at Covent Garden
1797–9 and 1800–5; acted Lady Macbeth 5 Dec. 1800; the original
Ottalia in Monk Lewis’s Alfonso, king of Castile 15 Jany. 1802,
and Mrs. Ferment in Morton’s School of reform 15 Jany. 1803;
played at the Haymarket 1805–6, retired 1806; last appeared on
stage at Haymarket 8 Oct. 1812 as Emilia in Othello, her best
part. _d._ 11 Jany. 1854, portraits of her by De Wilde and
Samuel Drummond are in Garrick club.
LITCHFIELD, HENRY. _b._ Great Torrington, Devon 7 Oct. 1786;
entered navy 1 May 1800; commander of the Moselle 1813 and
of the Mohawk 1813–4; commander of the Orontes 1824–6 on the
Halifax station; captain 20 Nov. 1826; retired admiral 15 June
1864. _d._ London 26 Aug. 1864.
LITCHFIELD, WILLIAM EDMUND. _b._ 1803; entered Madras army 1819;
cornet 7 Madras light cavalry 1820; captain 6 light cavalry 6
Oct. 1828, major 30 Sep. 1840 to 11 Sep. 1848; lieut.-col. of
8 Madras light cavalry 1849–50, of 5 Madras light cavalry 1850
to 8 Dec. 1852, of 2 Madras light cavalry 1853–6 and 1857–9,
and of 7 Madras light cavalry 1856–7; M.G. 31 Aug. 1856. _d._ 3
Vicarage gardens, Church st. Kensington 30 April 1873.
LITOLFF, Henri Charles (son of Louis Litolff, musical composer).
_b._ London 6 Feb. 1818; pianist Covent Garden theatre 24 July
1832; music publisher at Brunswick 1851–60; resided in Paris
from 1861; published much music in Brunswick, London, Magdeburg
and Paris 1846–86; composed and produced the following operas
in Paris and Brussels, La boite de Pandore, opera-bouffe 1872;
Héloise et Abelard, opera comique 1872; La fiancée du roi de
Garbe, opera comique 1874; La belle au bois dormant 1874; La
mandragore 1876; Les Templiers, opera 1886; L’escadron volant
de la reine, opera comique 1888. _d._ Colombe near Paris, Aug.
1891.
LITTLE, SIR ARCHIBALD (2 son of Archibald Little of Shabden
park, Surrey). _b._ 7 Sep. 1810; ed. Charterhouse 1822 etc.;
cornet 9 dragoons 4 Oct. 1831, lieut.-col. 20 June 1854 to 24
May 1861 when placed on h.p.; col. of 11 hussars 23 May 1873, of
9 lancers 8 March 1875 to death; general 21 Jany. 1880, placed
on retired list 7 Sep. 1880; C.B. 24 March 1858, K.C.B. 2 June
1869, G.C.B. 25 May 1889; served in Sutlej campaign including
Sobraon; commanded 1 brigade of cavalry at siege of Lucknow;
commanded the post of Dilkousha 16–24 Nov. 1857; commanded the
cavalry brigade in Ireland, Jany. 1868 to July 1869. _d._ Upton
house, Tetbury 10 June 1891.
LITTLE, GEORGE (3 son of George Little of Blackburn, Lancs.)
_b._ 1815; articled to Slater and Heelis of Manchester,
solicitors; barrister M.T. 8 May 1840, bencher 30 Jany. 1867
to death; Q.C. 15 Dec. 1866; judge of chancery court of county
palatine of Lancaster 22 April 1871 to death. _d._ 11 New sq.
Lincoln’s inn, London 27 Jany. 1881. _bur._ Salford cemetery.
LITTLE, HERBERT JOHN (son of John Little of Eldernell, Cambs.)
_b._ 1835; member of R. Agricultural Society 1870, on the
council 1881 to death, steward of implements 1884, senior
steward at Newcastle exhibition 1887, when he wrote a report on
the implements; judge of farms in Warwickshire competition 1870
and judge in Cumberland and Westmoreland competition 1880, his 2
reports printed in vol. xii and xvi of Journal of the society;
wrote articles on The agricultural labourer 1887, on Working
dairies, and on Technical instruction; alderman of Isle of Ely
county council; published Farm labour account book 1886. _d._
Coldham hall, Wisbech 30 Jany. 1890. _The Times 3 Feb. 1890 p._
6.
LITTLE, ROBERT WENTWORTH. _b._ Dublin 1838 or 1839; in business
in London 1855; clerk in the masonic grand secretary’s office
1862, second clerk and cashier 1866–72; secretary of the masons’
girls’ school 1872; initiated in the royal union lodge, Uxbridge
1861; honorary member of 80 lodges and chapters; the first P.G.
secretary of Middlesex on the provincial grand lodge being
established; P.G.S.W. 1875; provincial G.H. in chapter, the
highest possible position 1875; consecrated all the lodges in
the province of Middlesex; edited The Rosicrucian, a record of
the Society’s Transactions 1868–78; General statutes of the
order of knights of the Red Cross 1868. _d._ 7 St. Martin’s
road, Stockwell, London 12 April 1878. _bur._ Camberwell
cemetery, Honor Oak 17 April. _Masonic portraits. By J.G._
(1876) 100–5.
LITTLE, THOMAS. _b._ Feb. 1802; pupil of Robert Abraham;
practised in London as an architect and surveyor, then as an
architect only; built church of St. Mark, Regent’s park 1848,
presented parish of St. Pancras with the ground upon which it
stands; built All Saints’ church, St. John’s Wood 1850; St.
Saviour’s, Warwick road, Paddington 1856; church of Fairlight
near Hastings, chapels at Nunhead cemetery, and Paddington
cemetery near Wilsdon, Marylebone girls and infant schools. _d._
36 Northumberland st. Marylebone road, London 20 Dec. 1859.
_G.M. viii_ 406 (1860).
LITTLEDALE, RICHARD FREDERICK (4 son of John Littledale of
Dublin, auctioneer). _b._ Dublin 14 Sep. 1833; foundation
scholar Trin. coll. Dublin 1850; B.A. 1855, M.A. 1858, LL.B.
and LL.D. 1862, D.C.L. Oxford 1862; C. of St. Matthew in Thorpe
Hamlet, Norfolk 1856–7; C. of St. Mary the Virgin, Crown st.
Soho, London 1857–61; heard more confessions than any priest
of the Church of England except Dr. Pusey; a great speaker and
controversialist; author of Catholic ritual in the Church of
England, scriptural, reasonable, lawful 1865, 13 editions; The
mixed chalice 1867, 4 editions; Plain reasons for not joining
the church of Rome 1880; author with rev. James Edward Vaux of
The priest’s prayer book 1864, 7 ed. 1890; The people’s hymnal
1867, 8 editions; The Christian Passover 1873, 4 ed., and The
altar manual. _d._ 9 Red Lion sq. Holborn, London 11 Jany. 1890,
memorial reredos erected in chapel at St. Katharine’s 32 Queen
sq. London, March 1891. _Church Portrait Journal_, _iii_ 85–8
(1882), _portrait_; _London Figaro 1 Feb. 1890 p._ 9, _portrait_.
LITTLER, JOHN. Ed. Peter house, Camb., B.A. 1817, M.A. 1822;
dean and vicar of Battle, Sussex 1836 to death, the deanery
being a peculiar with power of granting marriage licences and
a court for proving wills; author of Two sermons preached at
Battle 1847, 1848. _d._ the deanery, Battle, Sussex 17 Feb. 1863.
LITTLER, SIR JOHN HUNTER (eld. son of Thomas Littler of Tarvin,
Cheshire). _b._ Tarvin 6 Jany. 1783; entered Bengal army 1799;
lieut. 10 Bengal N.I. 29 Nov. 1800, captain 16 Dec. 1814;
lieut.-col. 14 N.I. 23 May 1828 to 1832; lieut.-col. 54 N.I.
1832 to 1835 or 1836; lieut.-col. 40 N.I. 1835 or 1836 to 30
July 1839; col. 36 N.I. 30 July 1839 to death; commander at
Barrackpore 15 July 1840 to 3 Feb. 1843; commanded Rajpootana
field force 7 April 1843 to 30 May 1845; commanded Lahore field
force 30 May 1845 to 7 Jany. 1847; commanded Punjaub division
7 Jany. 1847 to 17 Jany. 1848; provisional member of council
12 May 1847 (took his seat 21 Feb. 1848) to 10 May 1853; L.G.
11 Nov. 1851; K.C.B. 2 May 1844, G.C.B. 31 Jany. 1848. _d._
Bigadon, Buckfastleigh near Totnes, Devonshire 18 Feb. 1856.
_bur._ in family vault at Tarvin. _I.L.N. viii_ 157 (1846),
_portrait_.
LITTLETON, HENRY (son of James Littleton). _b._ London 7
Jany. 1823; entered music publishing house of Alfred Novello
1841, manager 1846, sole manager 1856, a partner 1861, sole
proprietor 1866; had a branch establishment in New York; created
the development of English taste for choral music; published
the Messiah in 12 monthly numbers at sixpence 1846 and other
standard music at cheap prices; retired 1887 leaving largest
music publishing business in the world; gave daily concerts at
the Albert hall and revived the oratorio concerts under Dr.
Mackenzie at the St. James’ hall. _d._ Westwood house, Sydenham
11 May 1888. _bur._ at Lee, Kent. _A short history of cheap
music_ (1887), _portrait_; _London Figaro 19 May 1888 p._ 6,
_portrait_.
LITTLEWOOD, WILLIAM EDENSOR (only son of George Littlewood,
printer). _b._ London 2 Aug. 1831; ed. at Merchant Taylors’ sch.
and Pemb. coll. Camb., 35th wrangler 1854; B.A. 1854, M.A. 1860;
C. of St. John’s, Wakefield 1857–61; head master of Hipperholme
gr. sch. Yorkshire 1861–8; C. of Southall, Middlesex 1868–70;
P.C. of Ironville, Derbyshire 1870–2; V. of St. James’s, Bath
1872–81; London Diocesan home missionary in charge of St.
Thomas’s, Finsbury park, London 1881 to death; author of A
garland from the parables 1858, religious verse; Essentials of
English history 1862, 2 ed. 1865; Essentials of New Testament
study 1872; Down in Dingyshire 1872; The story of the wanderer
1874; Bible bibliographies 1878. _d._ Bush End vicarage, Essex 3
Sep. 1886.