and C.M. 1862; in practise in London 1862–4; resident physician
Strathpeffer spa 1864–71 and 1882 to death; in practise at
Chesterfield 1871–82; author of On the sulphur waters of
Strathpeffer in the Highlands of Rossshire 1877, 3 ed. 1879,
4 ed. abridged 1881; On the sulphur and chalybeate waters of
Strathpeffer spa, 5 ed. 1884. _d._ Eaglestone, Strathpeffer 9
May 1884.
MANSON, GEORGE (son of Magnus Manson, merchant). _b._ Edinburgh
3 Dec. 1850; apprenticed as a wood engraver to W. and R.
Chambers, publishers 1866–71; studied in the school of art,
Edinb. 1871; exhibited a figure subject at R.A. London 1873;
his paintings dealing with homely subjects are realistic
transcripts from nature, notable for their colour, many of them
are reproduced in his Memoir. _d._ Lympstone, Devon 27 Feb.
1876. _bur._ Gulliford church near Lympstone. _G. Manson and
his works_, 27 _plates_. _Edinb._ (1880), _memoir pp._ 1–22,
_portrait_.
MANSON, JAMES. _b._ 1792; entered Bengal army 1807; ensign 8
Bengal N.I. 14 Sep. 1808, lieut. 2 June 1814; captain 72 N.I.
13 May 1825, major 11 July 1841 to 27 Aug. 1847; lieut.-col.
28 N.I. 27 Aug. 1847 to 1848; comr. with Bajee Rao, Bithoor 16
Sep. 1831 to 1851; lieut.-col. of 42 N.I. 1848–50, of 48 N.I.
1850–52, of 20 N.I. 1852–4, of 21 N.I. 1854–55, of 53 N.I.
1855–7, and of 44 N.I. 1857 to death; M.G. 15 May 1859. _d._ 14
Westbourne sq. London 15 July 1862.
MANSON, JAMES BOLIVAR. _b._ Scotland 1823; ed. Aberdeen, B.A.;
tutor, then schoolmaster at Bannockburn; editor of Stirling
Observer; editor of Northern Daily express; on editorial staff
of Edinburgh daily review 1862 to death; author of The Bible
in school, a vindication of the Scottish system of education
1852; Contemporary Scottish art, pen and ink pictures from the
Exhibition 1865. _died_ suddenly while writing a leading article
at 16 Keir street, Edinburgh 2 Nov. 1868. _Newspaper Press_,
_iii_ 18 (1869); _The Daily Rev. Edinb. 3 Nov. 1868 p._ 2.
MANSON, WILLIAM. Joined James Stirling Christie and George Henry
Christie, auctioneers of pictures and works of art at 8 King st.
St. James’, London 1831; Edward Manson a brother was afterward
admitted a partner and d. 1884. _d._ 5 Portugal st. Grosvenor
sq. London 19 June 1852. _D. Puseley’s Commercial companion_
(1858) 67–8; _All the year round 8 May 1875 pp._ 125–32.
NOTE.--This business was established by James Christie in 1761 (first
catalogue dated 5 Dec. 1766), who dying in 1803 was succeeded by his
son James Christie, who dying 1831 left it to his two sons mentioned
above. Mr. Thomas Hoade Woods was admitted a partner in 1859. The
business was removed from Pall Mall to King st. in 1824. In Christie’s
sale catalogue may be traced the history of fine art taste in England
for more than a century.
MANT, WALTER BISHOP (eld. son of Richard Mant 1776–1848, bishop
of Down, Connor and Dromore). _b._ Buriton, Hampshire 25 June
1807; ed. at Oriel coll. Oxf., B.A. 1827, M.A. 1830; archdeacon
of Connor 1831; R. of Hillsborough, co. Down, and archdeacon of
Down, Oct. 1834 to death; author of Horæ Apostolicæ 1839; The
man of sorrows, five discourses. Oxford 1852; Memoirs of Richard
Mant. Dublin 1857; Christophoros and other poems 1861; Bible
quartetts [1862] 3 numbers; Scientific quartetts [1862–3] 6
numbers. _d._ archdeaconry, Hillsborough 6 April 1869.
MANTELL, EDWARD REGINALD. _b._ 1799; ed. Em. coll. Camb., B.A.
1821, M.A. 1825; C. of Dartford, Kent 1823–6; C. of Bexley,
Kent 1826–8; C. of Ticehurst, Sussex 1828–31; V. of Louth and
Tetney, Lincs. 1831–59; preb. of Louth in Lincoln cath. 1845 to
death; R. of Gretford with Wilsthorpe, Lincs. 1859 to death;
dean of the peculiar of Stamford 1863 to death; R.D. of Ness
1864–76. _d._ Parkbury, St. Albans 29 May 1884. _The law of
marriage, correspondence between Mr. Allison and E. R. Mantell
on marriage with a deceased wife’s sister_ (1850).
MANTELL, GIDEON ALGERNON (son of a shoemaker). _b._ parish of
St. John-sub-Castro, Lewes 3 Feb. 1790; articled to James Moore,
surgeon, Lewes, partner with him; M.R.C.S. 1811, hon. F.R.C.S.
1844; practised at Lewes 1835–9, at Clapham Common 1839–45 and
in London 1845 to death; sold his fine collection of fossils to
British Museum for £5000, 1838; opened many tumuli about Lewes;
lectured frequently at Royal Institution; F.L.S. 1813; F.G.S.
1818, Wollaston medallist 1835, one of its secretaries 1841–2,
vice pres. 1848–9; F.R.S. 24 Nov. 1825, royal medallist 1849;
granted civil list pension of £100, 4 Aug. 1852; author of The
fossils of the South Downs 1822; The wonders of geology 2 vols.
1838, 7 ed. 1849; The medals of creation 2 vols. 1844; On the
remains of man 1850. _d._ 19 Chester sq. Pimlico, London 10 Nov.
1852. _bur._ St. Michael’s church, Lewes, where is memorial
tablet. _A reminiscence of G. A. Mantell_ (1853), _memoir pp._
18–26; _G.M. xxxviii_ 644–47 (1852), _xxxix_ 2 (1853); _Medical
Circular_, _i_ 89, 443 (1852), _portrait_; _Proc. of Linnean
society_, _ii_ 235–37 (1855); _Quarterly journal of geological
society_, _ix_ 22–25 (1853); _M. A. Lower’s Worthies of Sussex_
(1865) 158–60; _Physic and physicians_, _ii_ 306–8 (1839).
MANTELL, SIR JOHN ILES (eld. son of George Mantell, M.D. of
Faringdon, Berkshire). _b._ Faringdon 1 Dec. 1813; barrister
M.T. 18 June 1847; queen’s advocate of the Gambia 24 Aug. 1841,
chief justice and judge of the court of vice admiralty of the
Gambia 20 Oct. 1847 to 1866; knighted at Osborne 3 Aug. 1867;
stipendiary magistrate for borough of Salford and Manchester
petty sessional division of county 7 Sep. 1869 to Dec. 1885.
_d._ Biarritz 12 July 1893.
MANTELL, JOSHUA (younger brother of G. A. Mantell 1790–1852).
_b._ 1795; L.S.A. 1828; surgeon at Newick, Sussex; founded
the Newick horticultural society 1832; principal editor of
John Baxter’s The library of agricultural and horticultural
knowledge. 2 ed. Lewes 1842, 4 ed. 1846, and of The farmer’s
annual; author of Floriculture, comprising management of stove,
greenhouse and herbaceous plants 1832; thrown from his horse
and received an injury to his brain, removed to Dr. Newington’s
asylum at Ticehurst 1835 where he _d._ May 1865. _G.M. June 1865
p._ 800.
MANTLE, THOMAS ALLEN. _b._ Kates hill near Dudley 31 Jany.
1840; came to London about 1852; a brass finisher by trade;
professional cricketer at Westminster school from 3 May 1862 to
death; played in the Middlesex eleven, scored 1010 runs in 1866;
first played at Lords 10 June 1867 in England v. Middlesex;
a good all-round player; resided at the Lodge, Vincent sq.
Westminster. _d._ 29 April 1884.
MANVERS, CHARLES, stage name of Charles Ward Marshall. _b._
Oxford; a singer in Christ Church cath.; studied in Italy; a
leading tenor in U.S. of America; sang in London at the Ancient
concerts, the Philharmonic soc. and the Sacred harmonic soc.;
leading tenor singer at Covent Garden and Drury Lane during
Bunn’s management 1833; retired owing to an attack of chronic
asthma. _d._ 22 Feb. 1874. _The Athenæum 28 Feb. 1874 p._ 301.
MAPLESON, CHARLES (2 son of James Henry Mapleson, operatic
impresario). _b._ 1855; acting manager to his father in London
and U.S. of America; m. Malvina Cavalazzi the dancer. _d._ of
rheumatic gout at 10 Henrietta st. Covent Garden, London 20 Nov.
1893. _bur._ Kensal Green cemet. 24 Nov.
MAPLESON, JAMES HENRY. _b._ 1802 or 1803; violinist in Drury
Lane theatre about 40 years, was also musical librarian to the
theatre. _d._ 46 Leicester sq. London 6 Oct. 1869. _bur._ Kensal
Green cemet.
MAPLETON, REGINALD JOHN (3 son of rev. James Henry Mapleton
of Christ Church, Stamford st. Surrey). _b._ 9 Dec. 1817; ed.
Merchant Taylors’ sch. 1826, Stuart exhibitioner to St. John’s
coll. Oxf. 1836, B.A. 1840, M.A. 1857; C. of Horsehouse, Yorks.
1842–4; C. of Berkswell, Warws. 1844–51; V. of Great Glen,
Leics. 1851–5; C. of Saxby, Leics. 1855–9; incumb. of St.
Columba, Kilmartin, Argyllshire 1859–86; dean of Argyll and the
Isles, and canon of Cumbrae 1886 to death. _d._ Duntroon castle,
Lochgilphead 30 Jany. 1892.
MAPPIN, JOHN NEWTON. _b._ 1800; brewer in partnership with Mr.
Bradley at Ecclesall road, Sheffield; proprietor of the Old
brewery, Masbro’; erected St. John’s ch. Ranmoor at his own
charge of £12,000, 1838; gave the east window of the chancel
of St. Peter’s church, Sheffield 1857 as a memorial of James
Montgomery who _d._ 1854; left his pictures with £15,000 for a
picture gallery to town of Sheffield, among his pictures are
many by Pettie, J. Phillips, Creswick and F. Goodall; erected
a residence at Birchlands 1856. _d._ Birchlands, Ranmoor,
Sheffield 22 Oct. 1883. _bur._ Eccleshall churchyard 25 Oct.
_Sheffield Independent 23 Oct. 1883 p._ 3.
MAR and KELLIE, WALTER HENRY ERSKINE, 11 Earl of Mar and 13
Earl of Kellie (1 son of 12 earl of Kellie 1810–72). _b._ India
17 Dec. 1839; ed. at Radley and Brasenose coll. Oxf., B.A.
1862, M.A. 1866; succeeded as 13 earl of Kellie 15 Jany. 1872;
established his claim to the earldom of Mar before the house of
lords 26 Feb. 1875; as viscount Fentoun was premier viscount of
Scotland; capt. highland border militia; a representative peer
for Scotland, Dec. 1876; grand master mason of Scotland, _d._
Alloa house, Clackmannans 16 Sep. 1888. _R. F. Gould’s History
of freemasonry i_ 200 (1884), _portrait_; _Minutes of evidence
before committee of privilege on claim to earldom of Mar 4
parts_ 1868–75.
MARA, RICHARD WESTON. Ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1833, M.A.
1836, LL.B. and LL.D. 1864; called to Irish bar 1840; attorney
general and judge advocate of island of Antigua 5 Feb. 1859 to
death; acted as chief justice 1863–64. _d._ Antigua 4 April
1871. SOLICITORS’ JOURNAL, _xv_ 496 (1871).
MARCET, FRANÇOIS (son of the succeeding). _b._ London 25 May
1803; lived greater part of his life in canton of Geneva
where he was professor of physics in the academy; member of
Geneva legislature and government; resided at 14 Stratton st.
Piccadilly, London 1873 to death; member of council of Univ.
college, London; F.R.S. 28 Jany. 1836; author of Dissertation
sur cette question, convient’il d’ accorder un dédommagement au
prévenu absous? Genève 1825; Cours de physique experimentale.
Genève 1836; edited and revised Conversations on natural
philosophy by Jane Marcet 1872. _d._ 14 Stratton st. London 12
April 1883.
MARCET, JANE (only dau. of Francis Haldimand, Swiss merchant).
_b._ London 1769; (_m._ 4 Dec. 1799 Alexander John Gaspard
Marcet, physician, London, _d._ 19 Oct. 1822 aged 52); author
of Conversations on chemistry, in which the elements of
that science are familiarly explained 2 vols. 1806, 16 ed.
1853; Conversations on political economy 1816, 5 ed. 1824;
Conversations on natural philosophy 1819, 14 ed. 1872; The game
of grammar, with 290 small cards and 24 counters 1842; Rich and
poor 1851, and 15 other books for children. _d._ 14 Stratton st.
Piccadilly, London 28 June 1858. _H. Martineau’s Biographical
Sketches 4 ed._ (1876) 368–92; _S. J. Hale’s Women’s Record 2
ed._ (1855) 732.
MARCH, CHARLES (son of Richard March, weaver of woollen yarn).
_b._ Boutport st. Barnstaple 15 Dec. 1793; entered R.N. Dec.
1807, present at bombardment of Algiers; in the merchant service
1824–32; an agent of the Bible soc.; a shipping agent with
Mr. Bird at Gloucester 1835; commander R.N. July 1864. _d._
Gloucester 17 March 1865. _Memorials of Charles March by his
nephew Septimus March_ (1867), _portrait_.
MARCH, WILLIAM HENRY. Second lieut. R.M. 20 Nov. 1830; served
in Spain 1836–40; fought at Balaclava, wounded at Inkerman; in
command at Shanghai 1860 when he repulsed two attacks of the
Chinese; col. R.M. 16 May 1862, col. commandant 5 Nov. 1864;
retired on full pay as hon. major general 20 Nov. 1865; received
a general officer’s good service pension of £200 in 1890; C.B.
24 May 1873; knight of legion of honour and of Medjidie. _d._ 73
Cambridge terrace, London 5 Jany. 1892.
MARCHANT, FREDERICK. _b._ 1837; actor; wrote for the Britannia
theatre, Honest labour, drama 3 Aug. 1870; Sharps and flats,
drama 15 Aug. 1870; The three perils, drama 5 Oct. 1870; The
man loaded with mischief, pantomime 26 Dec. 1870, and What will
become of him, drama 20 May 1872; for the Victoria theatre, A
rolling stone sometimes gathers moss, drama 15 Oct. 1870 and
Nimble Nip, pantomime 24 Dec. 1870; for the New East London
theatre, Little Bo Peep, pantomime 23 Dec. 1871; Under the
shadow of Old St. Paul’s, drama 12 Oct. 1872, and Windsor
castle, drama 15 Feb. 1873; for the New Pavilion theatre, Rip
Van Winkle, pantomime 23 Dec. 1871; Harlequin Hop o’ my thumb,
pantomime 26 Dec. 1872, and Puss in boots, pantomime 26 Dec.
1873; for Marylebone theatre, What will become of him, drama 18
Sep. 1874. _d._ London 17 Dec. 1878. _bur._ Brompton cemetery 24
Dec.
MARCHANT, W. T. _b._ 1836; editor of the British Mail and
universal trade review; author of Betrothals and bridals, with
a chat about wedding cakes 1879; In praise of ale, or songs
relating to beer, malt and hops 1888. _d._ Acacia cottage,
Balham road, Upper Tooting, Surrey 31 Dec. 1888.
MARCON, WALTER (4 son of John Marcon of Swaffham, Norfolk). _b._
Swaffham 28 March 1824; ed. at Eton and Worcester coll. Oxf.,
B.A. 1846; in Eton eleven 1841 and 1842, and in Oxford eleven
1843 and 1844; the fastest bowler known, the pace was terrific
always requiring two long stops, nor was a wicket keeper of the
slightest use; bowled 4 wickets in succession in match Swaffham
_v._ Attleborough 4 July 1850; R. of Edgefield, Holt, Norfolk
1848–76. _d._ 1881. _Lillywhite’s Cricket Scores_, _iii_ 40
(1863).
MARCUS, LEWIS. Ed. Queen’s coll. Camb., B.A. 1827, M.A. 1831;
head master Holbeach gram. sch.; C. of Biggleswade 1827–41; V.
of St. Paul’s, Finsbury 1846 to death; professor of Latin in
city of London college for ladies, Finsbury; author of A Latin
grammar 1861; Elementary Latin, a delectus of exercises 2 parts
1862–4. _d._ St. Paul’s vicarage, Bunhill row, Finsbury 12 June
1879.
MARCUS, OTTO CHARLES. _b._ 1825; assistant in University
library, Cambridge; author of Marcus’s Conversation guide or
dialogues in English, French, German, Russian, Polish and
Swedish languages 1855. _d._ Cambridge 11 May 1865.
MARDON, BENJAMIN. _b._ 1792; ed. York coll. and Glasgow univ.,
M.A.; Unitarian minister Glasgow 9 years; minister of General
Baptist chapel, Worship st. Finsbury sq. London 26 years; member
of British Archæol. Assoc. 1845, wrote on The burial place of
the widow of Milton in Journal 1850 pp. 322–6, 418; author of A
letter to Dr. Chalmers occasioned by his notice of unitarians
1818; The truth of the resurrection of Jesus Christ 1822; The
apostle Paul, an unitarian 1826; Christianity identified with
unitarianism 1835; The catholic epistle of John the apostle,
translated from the Greek 1853; resided at Sidmouth. _d._ Exeter
15 April 1866.
MARDON, EDWARD RUSSELL. Billiard player; a frequenter of
Newmarket; a great opponent of P.P. (play or pay) betting;
resided at Brighton; author of Billiards, game 500 up, played
at Brighton on 18th January 1844. Brighton 1844, 3 ed. 1858; On
P.P. betting. _Sporting Review_, _May 1858 p._ 365.
MARDYN, MRS. (dau. of poor parents). _b._ Ireland or Chichester
1789 or 1795; a servant in an inn and a helper in the bar; _m._
1811 Mr. Mardyn an actor on the Portsmouth circuit, from whom
she separated, when she allowed him two pounds a week, he died
about 1819; an actress and dancer in the provinces and at the
West London theatre, London (now the Marylebone) 1811; educated
under W. Dimond manager of the Bath theatre 1813–14; played at
Crow st. theatre, Dublin; first appeared at Drury Lane as Amelia
Wildenheim in Lovers’ Vows 26 Sep. 1815; some attention paid her
by Lord Byron was one of the causes of his disagreement with his
wife 1815, she was then hissed at Drury Lane by a fashionable
clique but she appealed to the audience who took her part; she
was good in Albina Mandeville in The Will 17 Oct. 1815, and as
Peggy in The Country Girl 7 Nov. 1815; played Jacintha in the
Suspicious Husband 11 Oct. 1819; made her last appearance at
Drury Lane as Miss Wooburn in Every one has his faults 19 June
1820; _m._ 1821 a foreign gentleman who soon after purchased the
title of Baron R----. _Oxberry’s Dramatic biography_, _i_ 269–80
(1826), _portrait_; _Mrs. C. Baron Wilson’s Our actresses_, _i_
198–207 (1844); _Georgian Era_, _iv_ 573–4 (1834); _T. Medwin’s
Journal of Conversations of Lord Byron. New York_ (1824) 24, 28;
_T. Moore’s Life of Lord Byron_ (1847) 284.
MARETT, SIR ROBERT PIPON (son of Peter Daniel Marett, major
Madras army). _b._ 20 Nov. 1820; ed. at Caen and the Sorbonne,
Paris; advocate of royal court of Jersey 1840; constable of St.
Helier 1856; solicitor general of Jersey 19 Feb. 1858, attorney
general 1866 to 10 March 1880, and bailiff 10 March 1880 to
death; knighted by patent 31 May 1880; edited Les manuscrits de
P. L. Geyt 1846; author of several poems in the Jersey patois
published in Rimes et poësies Jersiaises edited by Abraham
Mourant 1865 and in the Patois poems of the Channel Islands
edited by J. L. Pitts 1883. _d._ St. Aubin’s, Jersey 10 Nov.
1884. _Law Times 15 Nov. 1884 p._ 51.
MARGARY, AUGUSTUS RAYMOND (3 son of Henry Joshua Margary). _b._
Belgaum, Bombay 26 May 1846; ed. in France, at North Walsham gr.
sch. and at Univ. coll. London; a student interpreter on Chinese
consular establishment 2 Feb. 1867, went to Pekin, March 1867, a
third class assistant 18 Nov. 1869; left Hankow on an overland
journey to Mandalay 4 Sep. 1874, ascended the Yuen river and
travelled by land through Kweichow and Yunnan, reaching Bhamo
17 Jany. 1875, being the first Englishman traversing this
route; sent forward to survey road from Burmah to Western China
19 Feb. 1875; _murdered_ at Manwein on the Chinese frontier
21 Feb. 1875. _Notes of a journey from Hankow to Ta-li Fu.
Shanghai_ 1875; _The journey of A. R. Margary from Shanghai to
Bhamo_ (1876), _preface pp. i–xxi_, _portrait_; _J. Anderson’s
Mandalay to Momien_ (1876) 364–449; _I.L.N. lxvi_ 233, 257
(1875), _portrait_; _Graphic_, _xi_ 296 (1875), _portrait_.
MARGETTS, CHARLES (3 son of Wm. Margetts of Huntingdon,
solicitor). _b._ Huntingdon 1795; admitted attorney 1818,
solicitor 1843; practised at Huntingdon 1818 to death; judge
of the old local court for the liberty of Huntingdon to 1847;
registrar of Huntingdon county court 1847–67; coroner for
hundred of Hunts. many years; undersheriff for Cambs. and
Hunts. several times; mayor of Huntingdon. _d._ Market place,
Huntingdon 15 Oct. 1881.
MARGOLIOUTH, MOSES (son of Gershon Margoliouth). _b._ Suwalki,
Poland 3 Dec. 1820; _bapt._ at Liverpool a member of the Church
of England 13 April 1838; entered Trin. coll. Dublin, Jany.
1840; C. of St. Augustine, Liverpool 30 June 1844; incumb. of
Glasnevin near Dublin and exam. chaplain to bishop of Kildare,
Sep. 1844; C. of Tranmere, Cheshire; C. of St. Bartholomew,
Salford; C. of Wybunbury, Cheshire 1853–5; C. of St. Paul,
Haggerstone, London 1864–7; C. of Wyton, Hunts. 1861–3; C. of
St. Paul, Onslow sq. London 1871–3; V. of Little Linford, Bucks.
1877 to death; Ph. D. Erlangen 1857; started a Hebrew Christian
monthly mag. entitled The Star of Jacob 6 numbers Jany. to
June 1847; conducted a quarterly periodical called The Hebrew
Christian witness and prophetic investigator 1872 to end of
1877 except one year; author of A pilgrimage to the land of my
fathers 2 vols. 1858; The history of the Jews in Great Britain
3 vols. 1851; The curates of Riversdale, recollections in the
life of a clergyman 3 vols. 1860; The spirit of prophecy 1864;
The poetry of the Hebrew pentateuch 1871 and 25 other books.
_d._ London 25 Feb. 1881. _bur._ Little Linford churchyard.
_M. Margoliouth’s Fundamental principles of modern Judaism
investigated_ (1843) _memoir pp. i–x_; _M. Margoliouth’s
Some triumphs and trophies of the world_ (1882) _memoir pp.
vii–xxii_; _Journal of British Archæol. Assoc. xxxvii_ 220
(1881).
MARGUERITTES, JULIE DE (dau. of Augustus Bozzi Granville,
physician 1783–1872). _b._ London 1814; _m._ (1) Count de
Marguerittes who was expelled from France on establishment of
the second republic, they went to New York where she supported
him by writing, when Marguerittes was recalled by Louis Napoleon
he abandoned her, she obtained a divorce and _m._ (2) George
G. Foster an author and publisher of New York, he was known
as Gaslight Foster and _d._ 1850; gave concerts and readings
and appeared on the stage at Broadway theatre, New York 9 March
1852 in the opera of La Gazza Ladra; retired from the stage and
became dramatic critic of the Sunday Transcript, Philadelphia;
_m._ (3) Samuel J. Rea, journalist, Philadelphia; author of The
ins and outs of Paris. Philadelphia 1855; Italy and the war
of 1859. 1859; Parisian pickings, or Paris in all states and
stations 1860. _d._ Philadelphia 21 June 1866.
MARIAN, stage name of Maria Elizabeth Wedde. _b._ Benkendorfe
near Halle-au-der-Saale, Prussia 31 Jany. 1866; a giantess
nearly eight feet high; exhibited as the ‘Amazon Queen’ in
Babil and Bijou at the Alhambra theatre, London, Sep. 1882.
_d._ Berlin 22 Jany. 1884. _Illust. sp. and dr. news xviii_ 25
(1882), _portrait_.
MARIO, GUISEPPE, stage name of Giovanni Battista Matteo,
Cavaliere di Candia (son of General di Candia of the Piedmontese
army). _b._ Cagliari, Sardinia 1808; ed. military acad. Turin
1821 and was in the army 1829–36; a refugee in France 1836;
taught by Meyerbeer in Paris 1838; appeared as Robert le diable
at the Grand opera, Paris 4 Dec. 1838; appeared in London at Her
Majesty’s theatre as Gennaro in Lucrezia Borgia 6 June 1839; he
was most successful in the leading tenor roles in Les Huguenots,
Faust, Il Barbiere and in certain operas of Verdi and Mozart;
sang at Her Majesty’s 1839–41 and 1843–5, at Covent Garden
nearly every season up to 1871 and took the tenor parts in 47
operas; _m._ Giulia Grisi, she _d._ Berlin 29 Nov. 1869 having
had 6 daughters one born in London and 2 married to Englishmen;
the earnings of Mario and Grisi during the seasons in London,
Paris and St. Petersburg were enormous, his salaries alone
are said to have been a quarter of a million; they resided at
Salviate near Florence from 1853 where he had a fine collection
of art treasures which he was obliged to sell in 1867; in 1871
he removed to Rome; his last appearance was as Fernando in La
Favorita at Covent Garden 19 July 1871, for six years before his
retirement his voice was gone; being in distressed circumstances
a concert for his benefit was given at St. James’ hall, London
29 May 1878; visited England the last time in Aug. 1881. _d._
176 Via di Ripetta, Rome 11 Dec. 1883. _bur._ in cemetery of St.
Lorenzo 13 Dec. _W. Beale’s Light of other days_, _ii_ 1–150
(1890); _L. Engel’s Mozart to Mario_, _ii_ 261–371 (1886); _H.
F. Chorley’s Thirty years recollections_, _i_ 275–83 (1862);
_Tinsley’s Mag. Feb. 1884 pp._ 195–202; _Temple Bar_, _March
1884 pp._ 344–59; _I.L.N. lix_ 193, 194 (1871) _portrait_,
_lxxxiii_ 613 (1883) _portrait_; _Graphic_, _xxviii_ 608 (1883),
_portrait_.
MARJORIBANKS, DAVID ROBERTSON, 1 Baron (youngest son of sir John
Marjoribanks, 1 baronet 1763–1833). _b._ Eccles, Berwickshire
2 April 1797; ed. at high school and univ. of Edinb.; merchant
London; assumed surname of Robertson in lieu of Marjoribanks
by r.l. 2 Sep. 1834; M.P. Berwickshire 1859–73; lord lieut. of
Berwickshire 10 Dec. 1860 to death; created baron Marjoribanks
of Ladykirk, co. Berwick 12 June 1873. _d._ 56 Upper Brook st.
London 19 June 1873 when title became extinct; personalty sworn
under £300,000, 1 Nov. 1873. _I.L.N. lxii_ 619 (1873), _lxiii_
423.
MARJORIBANKS, EDWARD (4 son of Edward Marjoribanks of Lees,
Berwickshire 1735–1815). _b._ 31 May 1776; ed. at Edinburgh high
sch. and univ.; obtained an exhibition at Balliol coll. Oxf. but
never went into residence; learnt banking in house of Thomas
Coutts, Strand, London; junior partner in Coutts’ bank 1797 and
senior partner 1837 to death. _d._ Greenlands, Bucks. 17 Sep.
1868, personalty sworn under £600,000, 5 Dec. 1868.