near Truro 4 June 1807; ed. at Truro gr. sch.; employed in his
father’s tin smelting works at Calenick; contributed to the
Forget-me-not, the Keepsake and other annuals; author of The
siege of Constantinople, with other poems 1831; An essay on
woman 1833; The fatalist or the fortunes of Godolphin 3 vols.
1840; The traduced, an historical romance 3 vols. 1842; Ruins
of many lands 1849; Spirits of the past 1853; The poetry of
creation 1856; The immortals, or glimpses of paradise 1870; a
collected edition of his poems appeared in 1871. _d._ Tehidy
terrace, Falmouth 6 April 1880. _bur._ St. Kea churchyard 12
April. _Biograph_, _i_ 46 (1879); _Men of the West_, _April 1877
pp._ 17–20, _portrait_; _Boase and Courtney’s Bibl. Cornub. pp._
352–4, 1281; _Dublin univ. mag. lxxxviii_ 241, 501.
MICHELL, RICHARD (3 son of Edward Michell). _b._ Bruton,
Somerset 1805; ed. at Bruton gr. sch. and Wadham coll. Oxf.,
B.A. 1824, M.A. 1827, B.D. 1836, D.D. 1868; a successful
private tutor; fellow of Lincoln college 1830, bursar 1832,
tutor 1834–48; the first prælector of logic at Oxford 1839–49;
public orator of univ. of Oxf. 1849 to death; member of the new
hebdomadal council 1854–72; R. of South Moreton, Berkshire 1856
to death; vice principal of Magdalen hall 1848 and principal
5 Feb. 1868, the hall was converted into Hertford college in
1874, principal 10 Oct. 1874 to death; author of The nature and
comparative value of the christian evidences considered. Bampton
lectures 1849; Orationes Creweianæ 1878. _d._ Hertford college,
Oxford 29 March 1877, portrait in Hertford college. _Graphic_,
_xv_ 356 (1877), _portrait_.
MICHELL, WILLIAM (1 son of Bennet Michell). _b._ Bodmin 14 Feb.
1796; ed. Emmanuel coll. Camb., M.B. 1834, M.D. 1839; M.R.C.S.
1813; in practice at Fore st. Bodmin 1850; M.P. Bodmin 1852–7;
contested Bodmin 28 March 1857; M.P. Bodmin 30 April 1859;
accepted Chiltern hundreds 5 Aug. 1859; author of On difficult
cases of parturition and the use of ergot of rye 1828. _d._
Plymouth 4 Nov. 1872.
MICHELL, WILLIAM EDWARDS (only son of William Michell 1805–69,
registrar of the stannaries). _b._ Truro 14 March 1840; matric.
from Ch. Ch. Oxf. 18 Jany. 1861; capt. royal Cornwall and Devon
miners’ artillery militia 12 Feb. 1870; lieut.-col. commanding 2
brigade western division royal artillery militia 4 April 1883 to
death; F.R.A.S. _d._ Woolwich 5 Nov. 1892. _bur._ Newquay.
MICKLETHWAITE, FREDERICK NATHANIEL (3 son of Nathaniel
Micklethwaite of Taverham hall, Norwich 1784–1856). _b._ 1817;
ed. Eton and Jesus coll. Camb., B.A. 1839, M.A. 1842; his first
match at Lord’s, Harrow _v._ Eton 31 July 1834; the best bat in
the Eton eleven; played for Cambridge against Oxford at Lord’s
23–4 June 1836, afterwards played for I. Zingari; on committee
of Marylebone club; barrister I.T. 29 April 1842. _d._ Taverham
hall, Norwich 18 Oct. 1878. _F. Lillywhite’s Cricket Scores_,
_ii_ 279 (1862).
MICKLETHWAITE, THOMAS. _b._ 4 Sep. 1813; editor and proprietor
of Sheffield Patriot 1841; proprietor and editor of Wakefield
Journal and examiner 1841 to Nov. 1852; poor law auditor for
west Yorkshire audit district 28 June 1851 to death; a town
councillor of Wakefield; chairman of board of guardians 1849–51;
high chief ranger of ancient order of Foresters 1849; barrister
G.I. 30 April 1853. _d._ Wakefield 23 May 1857. _bur._ in the
vicarage croft 27 May. _Wakefield Journal 29 May 1857 p._ 5.
MIDDLEMIST, ROBERT. _b._ 29 Feb. 1808; a computer at Nautical
almanac office, London 1831; F.R.A.S. 14 March 1834;
mathematical master in royal naval school, Greenwich; entered
Christ’s coll. Camb. as an undergraduate 1838, scholar,
27th wrangler 1842; B.A. 1842, M.A. 1846; C. of Ufford,
Northamptonshire 1843–5; senior assistant mathematical master
at Harrow 1845 to death; V. of Little Linford, Bucks. 1860 to
death. _d._ Ramsgate 11 Jany. 1877. _bur._ at Harrow 18 Jany.
_Dunkin’s Obituary notices of astronomers_ (1879) 202–205.
MIDDLEMORE, RICHARD (son of Richard Middlemore of The Davids,
Northfield). _b._ 12 Oct. 1804; L.S.A. 1825; M.R.C.S. 1827; an
ophthalmic surgeon at Temple Row, Birmingham 1827, retired 1879;
assist. surgeon Birmingham and Midland eye hospital 1828, and
hon. surgeon 1835–49, gave £1000 for an annual lecture there
1888; hon. F.R.C.S. 1843; a founder of the blind asylum at
Edgbaston 1848 which he endowed with £2000 in 1889; founded a
prize for an essay on improvements in ophthalmic medicine and
surgery, to be awarded by British Medical assoc. 1877; author
of A treatise on diseases of the eye and its appendages 2 vols.
1835. _d._ The Limes, Bristol road, Birmingham 1 March 1891.
_Lancet 7 March 1891 p._ 579.
MIDDLEMORE, WILLIAM (brother of the preceding). _b._ 1802;
leather merchant Birmingham and a government contractor,
retired; a town councillor of Birmingham 1839; gave and laid out
a recreation ground of four acres in the centre of the town;
a benefactor to the Baptist cause; gave £500 towards price of
Aston hall and park 1863; a liberal donor to the school of art
1844 and to the art gallery; chairman of Birmingham wagon co.
_d._ 38 Elvetham road, Birmingham 15 Jany. 1887.
MIDDLETON, SIR HENRY WILLOUGHBY, 8 Baron (1 son of Henry
Willoughby, M.P. 1780–1849). _b._ Apsley hall, Notts. 28 Aug.
1817; ed. Eton and Trin. coll. Camb.; succeeded his cousin as 8
baron 5 Nov. 1856; capt. South Notts. yeomanry cavalry 1861;
hon. col. 1 brigade East Riding artillery volunteers 1862;
bought the Middleton pack from sir Tatton Sykes 1853, hunted
5 days a week at his sole expense to 1860, spending £20,000,
a guarantee fund of £2,000 was raised in 1860, master of the
hounds to his death; presented with a testimonial and his
portrait by Henry T. Wells, R.A. Dec. 1877; bought the parish
of West Bruton, Notts. 941 acres March 1857. _d._ Settrington
house, Birdsall, Yorks. 20 Dec. 1877. _Times 21 Dec. 1877 p._ 3;
_Baily’s Mag. x_ 269–71 (1865), _portrait_.
MIDDLETON, CHARLES. _b._ 1787; ensign 1 foot 19 Sep. 1804;
captain 22 light dragoons 25 Feb. 1810, placed on h.p. 25 Sep.
1820; captain 2 dragoon guards 10 Jany. 1822; lieut.-col. 3
dragoons 3 Dec. 1841 to 11 Nov. 1851; commandant of cavalry
depot, Maidstone 1 Jany. 1842 to 11 Nov. 1851; major 72 foot 16
June 1825, placed on h.p. 19 Nov. 1825; M.G. 11 Nov. 1851. _d._
Rockey hill terrace, Maidstone 23 Oct. 1854. _G.M. xliii_ 84
(1855).
MIDDLETON, SIR GEORGE NATHANIEL BROKE, 3 Baronet (4 son of sir
Philip Bowes Vere Broke 1776–1841, 1 Baronet). _b._ Plymouth 26
April 1812; ed. at Charterhouse 1821 etc.; entered R.N. 16 Aug.
1825; captain 18 Dec. 1845; commander of the Gladiator 1854; at
attack on Bomarsund, then in the Black Sea 1854–5; C.B. 5 July
1855; succeeded his brother as 3 baronet 24 Feb. 1855; assumed
name of Middleton by r.l. 17 July 1860; sheriff of Suffolk
1864; admiral 22 Jany. 1877; rode to hounds when over seventy;
a liberal supporter of Suffolk sports. _d._ Shrublands near
Ipswich 14 Jany. 1887. _Baily’s Mag. xlvii_ 129 (1887).
MIDDLETON, JOHN. _b._ Norwich 1827; landscape painter at
Norwich; his landscapes were noted for their effective rendering
of the seasons of the year; exhibited 14 landscapes at R.A. and
15 at B.I. 1847–55. _d._ of consumption at Surrey st. Norwich 11
Nov. 1856.
MIDDLETON, JOHN GEORGE. _b._ 1817; ed. at St. John’s coll.
Camb., B.A. 1840, LL.B. 1844, LL.D. 1849; member of college of
doctors of the law 2 Nov. 1849; steward of doctors’ commons
1860 to death; reported in the Court of probate and divorce,
his reports are comprised in The Law Reports, Courts of probate
and divorce vols. 1–3 (1869–75) and Probate division vols. 1–3
(1876–8). _d._ Marine lodge, Southend 6 March 1878. _Solicitors’
Journal_, _xxii_ 394 (1878).
MIDDLETON, JOHN WILLIAM (son of Wm. Middleton, solicitor, _d._
1885). _b._ Leeds 1838; solicitor at Leeds 1860 to death; a
founder of Leeds and county conservative club; vice president of
Incorporated law society, Leeds 1881, president 1882 and 1883;
member of council of Incorporated law society of the United
Kingdom 1883 to death. _d._ Fairfield, Far Headingley near Leeds
16 July 1887. _bur._ Chapel Allerton ch. near Leeds 19 July.
_Law Times 6 Aug. 1887 p._ 266.
MIDDLETON, JOSEPH (younger son of Joseph Middleton of Grove
house near Leeds). _b._ 28 March 1818; pupil of Thomas Chitty;
barrister M.T. 9 June 1843; went northern circuit; recorder of
Scarborough, June 1865 to death; author of Hyacinth, a poem and
lyrics 1840; Stanhope, a domestic novel 1845; Marmaduke Lorrimer
3 vols. 1850; Love versus law, or marriage with a deceased
wife’s sister 3 vols. 1855. _d._ Gibton grove, Roundhay near
Leeds 24 Dec. 1871. _Solicitors’ Journal_, _xvi_ 162 (1872).
MIDDLETON, WILLIAM ALEXANDER. Second lieut. R.A. 20 Dec. 1839,
colonel 10 Nov. 1868 to death; deputy adjutant general R.A. 1
Oct. 1870 to death; C.B. 26 July 1858. _d._ on board royal mail
steamer Douro, bound for Lisbon 13 April 1875.
MIDDLETON, WILLIAM GEORGE (1 son of George Middleton). _b._
1846; cornet 12 lancers 9 May 1865, captain 4 Jany. 1871 to
11 July 1874 when he sold out; extra A.D.C. to lord lieut. of
Ireland 1870–4; first whip to the 12th lancers harriers 1865–6
and hunted the drag hounds at Ballincolley, co. Cork 1866–8;
rode his first steeple chase at Cork 1867; his horse Lord of
the Harem won 29 races; won the Irish grand military cup on
Waterford at Punchestown 1873 and 1874; the best rider to
hounds since James Mason; acted as pilot across country to the
empress of Austria during her 4 hunting visits to England and
Ireland 1876 and 1878–80; a cricketer and member of I. Zingari;
known as “Bay Middleton”; _killed_ while riding in the Midland
sportsman’s cup steeplechase at Herd Hill farm near Kineton,
Warwickshire 9 April 1892. _bur._ Haselbeck, Northamptonshire
14 April. _Baily’s Mag. xlv_ 1–2 (1886) _portrait_, _lvii_ 350
(1892); _Sporting Mirror_, _v_ 13 (1883), _portrait_; _I.L.N.
16 April 1892 p._ 479, _portrait_; _Illust. sp. and dr. news 23
April 1892 p._ 209, _portrait_.
MIDLETON, WILLIAM JOHN BRODRICK, 7 Viscount (3 son of hon.
Charles Brodrick, abp. of Cashel 1761–1822). _b._ 8 July 1798;
ed. at Ball. coll. Oxf., B.A. 1820, M.A. 1823; C. of Ashstead,
Surrey 1822–25; R. of Castle Rising, Norfolk 1825–39; R. of
Bath 1839–54; chaplain in ordinary to the queen 18 June 1847 to
death; raised to rank of a viscount’s son by royal warrant 1849;
canon of Wells 1855–63; dean of Exeter 2 April 1863 resigned
Nov. 1867; succeeded his brother as 7 viscount 2 Dec. 1863;
author of Facts and documents, the negotiation between the
rector of Bath and the committee of the Weymouth house school.
Bath 1840. _d._ Peper Harow 29 Aug. 1870. _I.L.N. lvii_ 283, 363
(1870); _Mayor’s Notabilia of Bath_ (1879) 197.
MIDWINTER, WILLIAM. _b._ Forest of Dean, Gloucs. 19 June 1852;
went to Australia; learnt cricket at Bendigo, Victoria; played
for Victoria against New South Wales in 9 matches 1875–87; came
to England 1877; played for Gloucestershire 1877–81; member of
the United South of England eleven; played for English team in
Australia 1881–2; played for Australian team in England 1884;
lessee of various hotels in Melbourne; went out of his mind
1889. _d._ Kew asylum near Melbourne 3 Dec. 1890. _W. G. Grace’s
Cricket_ (1891) 170, _portrait_.
MIERS, JOHN (son of a jeweller). _b._ London 25 Aug. 1789;
developed the mineral resources of Chili with lord Cochrane
1819–25; studied botany in England 1825; resided at Buenos
Ayres 1826–31 where he erected a mint for the government; an
engineer in Rio Janeiro 1831–8 where he also erected a mint
for the government; resided in London 1838 to death; F.L.S.
1839, wrote nearly 80 papers in its Transactions, chiefly on
South American plants; F.R.S. 9 March 1843; received grand
cross of order of Rose of Brazil; Lindley dedicated to him the
genus Miersia, a Chilian group of plants; author of Travels
in Chili and La Plata 2 vols. 1825; Illustrations of South
American plants 2 vols. 1850–7; Contributions to botany 3 vols.
1861–71; On the apocynaceæ of South America 1878; bequeathed his
botanical collection to British Museum. _d._ 84 Addison road,
Kensington, London 17 Oct. 1879. _Journal of botany_ (1880)
33–6, _portrait_; _Proc. of Royal Society_, _xxix_ 22–3 (1879).
MIGNAN, ROBERT. Entered Bombay army 1819; lieut. first European
regiment 3 May 1820, captain 11 Sep. 1830, major of the right
wing 15 Aug. 1847 to death; brevet lieut.-col. 7 June 1849;
author of Travels in Chaldæa, including a journey from Bussorah
to Bagdad, Hillah and Babylon performed on foot 1829; A winter
journey through Russia, the Caucasian Alps and Georgia in
Koordistan 2 vols. 1839. _d._ Poonah 3 June 1852.
MIGNOT, LOUIS RÉMY (son of a confectioner at Baltimore). _b._
Charleston, South Carolina 1831; studied art in Holland;
opened a studio in New York about 1855; painted tropical
scenes in South America; associate member of Academy of design
1858, an academician 1859; came to London 1862; exhibited 8
landscapes at R.A. and 10 at B.I. 1863–71; his picture The
source of Susquehannah was exhibited at Paris exposition 1867;
a collection of his paintings was exhibited in London after his
death. _d._ Brighton, Sep. 1870.
MILANO, JOHN, stage name of John Millingham (son of John
Millingham _d._ 18 Nov. 1874 aged 95). _b._ 1825; dancer at
Grecian saloon, London; harlequin at Sadler’s Wells theatre 7
Dec. 1851, at Surrey Dec. 1852, at Drury Lane Dec. 1853 and
Dec. 1854, at Haymarket Dec. 1855 and Dec. 1856, at Drury Lane
Dec. 1857, Dec. 1858 and Dec. 1859, at Princess’s Dec. 1862;
ballet master and arranger of ballets at many London theatres;
wrote with H. T. Arden, Harlequin prince Happy-go-lucky produced
at Alhambra palace London 26 Dec. 1871; _m._ (1) 1849 Thérese
Cushnie dancer at Covent Garden and Drury Lane, she _d._ 22 Aug.
1857; _m._ (2) Minnie Sidney actress, she _d._ 9 Feb. 1873. _d._
191 Kennington road, London 20 Aug. 1874. _bur._ Brompton cemet.
24 Aug. _Era 23 Aug. 1874 p._ 4.
MILBANK, MARK (1 son of Wm. Milbank of Thorp Perrow, Yorks. _d._
1802). _b._ 2 May 1795; ed. Harrow, matric. from Oriel coll.
Oxf. 6 Nov. 1813; M.P. Camelford 1818–31; sheriff North riding
of Yorkshire 1837. _d._ Barningham park near Greta Bridge,
Yorkshire 21 Oct. 1881.
MILBANKE-HUSKISSON, SIR JOHN RALPH, 8 Baronet (eld. son of sir
John Peniston Milbanke of Halnaby, Yorks. 1776–1850). _b._ 5
Nov. or Dec. 1800; clerk in Foreign office 10 Oct. 1823; sec.
of legation at Frankfort 6 Sep. 1826; sec. of embassy at St.
Petersburg 28 Oct. 1835, and at Vienna 2 Oct. 1838; envoy
extraord. and minister plenipo. Munich 14 Nov. 1843 and at the
Hague 28 Oct. 1862, retired on a pension 29 Sep. 1867; succeeded
as 8 baronet 27 July 1850; assumed by r.l. surname of Huskisson
in compliance with will of Eliza Emily widow of rt. hon. William
Huskisson 5 Jany. 1866. _d._ Eartham house near Chichester 30
Dec. 1868. _Reg. and Mag. of Biog. Feb. 1869 p._ 110; _F.O.
List_, _Jany. 1869 p._ 188.
MILDMAY, CAREW ANTHONY ST. JOHN (9 son of sir Henry Paulet St.
John, 3 Baronet, who assumed surname of Mildmay by r.l. 8 Dec.
1790, _d._ 11 Nov. 1808). _b._ Winchester 2 Feb. 1800; ed. at
Eton and Oriel coll. Oxf., B.A. 1822, M.A. 1825; student of
Inner Temple 1822; V. of Dogmersfield 1824; R. of the sinecure
rectory of Shorewell, Isle of Wight 1824 to death; V. of
Burnham, Essex 1827–58; R. of Chelmsford 1826 to death; chaplain
to bishop Wigram 1860; archdeacon of Essex 1861 to death; author
of Sermons 1879, which contain an In Memoriam pp. ix–xxiii. _d._
Homburg 13 July 1878. _bur._ Chelmsford.
MILES, CHARLES POPHAM (4 son of William Augustus Miles,
political writer, _d._ 1817). _b._ 1810; ed. at Morpeth gr.
sch.; midshipman in navy of H.E.I. Co.; studied at Caius coll.
Camb., B.A. 1838, M.A. 1851; C. of St. Ann, Limehouse, and
chaplain of Sailors’ home, Wells st. London 1838–9; C. of St.
Luke, Chelsea 1839–41; C. of Bishopwearmouth 1841–3; incumbent
of St. Jude’s, Glasgow, Nov. 1843, his benefice was withdrawn
from episcopal jurisdiction after a controversy between him and
his bishop 1844; principal of Malta protestant college 1858–67;
V. of Monkwearmouth, Durham 1867–83; hon. canon of Durham 1872;
F.L.S.; author of Lectures on the book of the prophet Daniel
2 parts 1840–41; The voice of the reformation, an apology
for evangelical doctrines 1844; The Cyclopædia of religious
denominations 1853; The Scottish episcopal church, antagonistic
to the church of England in Scotland. Glasgow 1857. _d._ Great
Chesterford, Essex 10 July 1891. _John Smith’s Our Scottish
Clergy_ (1848) 126–32.
MILES, GEORGE FRANCIS, known as Frank Miles (youngest son of
Robert Henry Wm. Miles, rector of Bingham, Notts.). _b._ 22
April 1852; studied art on the continent; worked in Wales some
time; painted portraits of princess of Wales and some members
of her family; best known for a series of portrait studies of
female heads, which had a great sale; introduced many Japanese
flowers into England; exhibited 8 portraits at R.A. 1874–80;
confined in Brislington asylum near Bristol 27 Dec. 1887 to
death. _d._ Brislington asylum 15 July 1891. _bur._ Almondsbury
near Bristol.
MILES, HENRY DOWNES. _b._ 1806; sub-editor of The Constitution
1833, which was started in opposition to The Times; subsequently
on The Crown; ring reporter to the London daily press and Bell’s
Life in London many years, retired 1871; edited The Sporting
Magazine; translated M. J. E. Sue’s The mysteries of Paris 1846
and The Wandering Jew 1846; edited The licensed victuallers’
year book 1873, and The sportsman’s companion 1863–4, twelve
parts only; author of The life of J. Grimaldi 1838; Dick
Turpin 4 ed. 1845; Claude du Val 1850; The Anglo-Indian word
book 1858; The book of field sports and library of veterinary
knowledge 1860–63; Miles’ Modern practical farrier 1863–64;
English country life 1868–69; Pugilistica, being one hundred
and forty-four years of the history of British boxing 3 vols.
1880–81. _d._ Wood Green, Middlesex, Feb. 1889.
MILES, JOHN. _b._ Bridge st. Blackfriars, London 16 March
1813; entered house of Simpkin and Marshall, booksellers,
Stationers’ hall court 1829, admitted a partner 1836, became
senior partner, retired Oct. 1883; a vice president of the
Booksellers’ provident institution; master of the Stationers’
company 1883; governor of the New River co. to his death; built
and endowed All Saints’ church, Friern Barnet, Middlesex at a
cost of £15,000. _d._ Manor house, Friern Barnet, May 1886.
_Bookseller_, _June 1886 p._ 518.
MILES, JOHN WILLIAM (6 child of Philip John Miles of Leigh court
1774–1845). _b._ 21 June 1817; ed. Eton and Ch. Ch. Oxf., B.A.
1839, M.A. 1865; banker at Bristol; M.P. city of Bristol 30
April 1868, unseated June 1868. _d._ Underdown near Ledbury,
Herefordshire 5 Nov. 1878.
MILES, JOSEPH JOHNSON (son of John Miles, partner in Simpkin,
Marshall and co., booksellers). _b._ London 1811; entered house
of Hamilton and Adams 1826, became a partner 1832; chairman of
Mudie’s library co.; almoner of St. Bartholomew’s hospital 4
years; a director of the Improved industrial dwellings co. 1863;
a great philanthropist for many years; master of the Stationers’
co. 1882. _d._ Highgate 1 Nov. 1884. _bur._ Highgate cemet. 6
Nov. _Sunday Mag. May 1885 pp._ 294–8, _portrait_.
MILES, SIR PHILIP JOHN WILLIAM, 2 Baronet (1 son of sir Wm.
Miles 1797–1878). _b._ 2 Sep. 1825; ed. Eton and Trin. coll.
Camb.; cornet 17 lancers 27 June 1845, lieut. 11 June 1847, sold
out 13 Oct. 1848; succeeded his father as 2 baronet 17 June
1878; M.P. East Somerset 1878–85; partner in banking house of
sir W. Miles, Corn st. Bristol; sheriff of Bristol 1853. _d._ 75
Cornwall gardens, Queen’s Gate, London 5 June 1888.
MILES, PHILIP WILLIAM SKINNER (5 child of Philip John Miles
1774–1845). _b._ 15 May 1816; ed. Eton, matric. from Ch. Ch.
Oxf. 15 May 1834; M.P. Bristol 1837–52; sheriff of Gloucester
1863. _d._ King’s Weston house near Bristol 1 Oct. 1881. _I.L.N.
viii_ 120 (1846) _portrait_, _xx_ 277 (1852) _portrait_.
MILES, SIBELLA ELIZABETH (dau. of John Westby Hatfield,
auctioneer in West Cornwall _d._ 1839 aged 72). _b._ Falmouth
28 Sep. 1800; kept a girls’ boarding school at Penzance to
1833; _m._ 13 Aug. 1833 at Madron, West Cornwall, Alfred Miles
commander R.N., he edited Horsburgh’s Indian directory 1841 and
1852, and _d._ Lympston, South Devon 28 Nov. 1851; author of
The wanderer of Scandinavia 2 vols. 1826; Moments of loneliness
1829; Fruits of solitude 1831; Essay on the factory question
1844, anon.; Leisure evenings or records of the past 1860;
The grotto of Neptune 1864; and some of the poems in part 2
of Original Cornish ballads 1846. _d._ 54 South Lambeth road,
London 29 March 1882. _Boase and Courtney’s Bibl. Cornub._
(1874) 355–6, 1282.
MILES, WILLIAM (eld. son of Wm. Miles, captain West Middlesex
militia, _d._ 1820). Cadet Bombay army 1799; ensign 1 Bombay
N.I. 6 March 1800; lieut.-col. 1 Bombay European regiment 1
May 1824; commanded his regiment in Tenasserim during first
Burmese war and captured Merjui; political resident at Palampore
1829–31; lieut.-col. 9 Bombay N.I. 5 June 1829 to 28 July 1834;
comr. at Baroda 1831–2; retired M.G. 28 July 1834; translated
The Shajrat Ul Atrak or genealogical tree of the Turks and
Tartars 1838; translated for the Oriental translation fund two
works by Ali Kirmānā Husain namely History of Hydur Naik 1842
and History of the reign of Tipú Sultan 1844. _d._ North villa,
Regent’s park, London 21 May 1860.
MILES, SIR WILLIAM, 1 Baronet (brother of Philip Wm. Skinner
Miles 1816–81). _b._ 18 May 1797; ed. Eton, matric. from Ch.
Ch. Oxf. 18 Feb. 1815; student of Lincoln’s inn 1818; M.P.
Chippenham 1818–20; M.P. New Romney 1830–31; contested East
Somerset 1832; M.P. East Somerset 1834–65; chairman of Somerset
quarter sessions 1836–70; presented at the crown court Wells,
Oct. 1861, with his portrait by Frank Grant, R.A.; colonel of
north Somerset yeomanry cavalry 9 Aug. 1843 to Jany. 1867;
created baronet 19 April 1859. _d._ Leigh court, Bristol 17 June
1878.
MILEY, JOHN. _b._ co. Kildare about 1805; ed. at Maynooth and
Rome; R.C. curate of Dublin parish 1835; attended Daniel
O’Connell in Richmond Bridewell, Dublin, May 1844; went with
Daniel O’Connell to Genoa as his private chaplain March 1847,
O’Connell died 15 May 1847, Miley placed his heart in church
of St. Agatha, Rome, conveyed his body to Glasnevin cemetery,
Ireland, and preached his funeral sermon in Marlborough st.
church Dublin 4 Aug.; rector of the Irish college, Paris
1849–59; parish priest of Bray 1859 to death; author of Rome
under Paganism and the popes 1848; History of the papal states
3 vols. 1850; The temporal sovereignty of the popes 1856, vol.
1 only; L’Empereur Napoléon III. et la Papauté 1859. _d._ Bray
18 April 1861. _W. J. Fitzpatrick’s Correspondence of Daniel
O’Connell_, _ii_ 36, 457 (1888).
MILFORD, SAMUEL FREDERICK (eld. son of Samuel Frederick Milford
of Heavitree near Exeter). _b._ Exeter 16 Sep. 1797; ed. at St.
John’s coll. Camb., B.A. 1819, M.A. 1822; barrister L.I. 10 May
1822; judge of diocesan ecclesiastical court Bristol; master in
equity of New South Wales and chief comr. of insolvent estates
Sep. 1842 to Jany. 1856; resident judge in district of Moreton
Bay (now Queensland) Jany. 1856 to Feb. 1859; judge of supreme
court of New South Wales at Sydney, judge of the court of
vice-admiralty and primary judge in equity Feb. 1859 to death.
_d._ Maitland, N.S.W. 26 May 1865.
MILL, JAMES. Educ. at Edinb. univ.; L.R.C.S. Edinb. 1827; a
surgeon at Wick 1827–47; at Thurso 1847 to death; provost of
Thurso 1852–60 and 1865; sheriff depute; presented with a
carriage, a time piece and a silver tea service 1872. _d._
Thurso 27 June 1873. _Medical times_, _ii_ 81 (1873).
MILL, JOHN. _b._ St. Gennys, Cornwall 15 Sep. 1815; ed.
at Edinb. univ.; M.D.; editor of the Phrenological and
physiological library; sec. of the proposed National university
for technical and industrial training 1871; assisted R. A.
Caplin in her Women in the reign of queen Victoria 1876; author
of The fossil spirit, a boy’s dream of geology 1854; The claims
of Swedenborg, an oration 1856–7; The use of clairvoyance in
medicine 1858; Disraeli the author, orator and statesman 1863;
Primary, industrial and technical education, What to teach
and how to teach it 1871; The Ottomans in Europe or Turkey
in the present crisis with the Secret societies’ maps 1876.
_d._ Camberwell, London 26 June 1881. _Boase’s Collectanea
Cornubiensia_ (1890) 566.