Rome Oct.-Dec. 1859; educ. Eton, at Balliol coll. Oxf. and
at New Inn hall; B.A. 1883; assistant to R. R. Holmes in the
royal library at Windsor castle; contributed frequently to The
Spectator and other periodicals; assisted his mother M. O.
Oliphant in the preparation of her Victorian age of literature
1892; author of Notes of a pilgrimage to Jerusalem and the Holy
Land 1891. _d._ about 4 Oct. 1894. _Times 5 Oct. 1894 p._ 3, _13
Oct. p._ 6.
NOTE.--His elder brother Cyril Francis Oliphant, _b._ 1856, educ.
Balliol coll. Oxf., B.A. 1883, published in 1890 in the Foreign
classics series A biography and criticism of the work of Alfred de
Musset, he _d._ 1890.
OLIPHANT, FRANCIS WILSON (son of Thomas Oliphant of Edinburgh).
_b._ Newcastle 31 Aug. 1818; educ. Edinburgh academy of art;
designer of painted glass in the works of Messrs. Wailes of
Newcastle; worked with Welby Pugin in London, especially upon
the painted windows in new houses of parliament; sent in a
cartoon to the competition for the decoration of Westminster
Hall; exhibited the Prodigal son nearing home and 4 other
pictures at R.A. 1849–55; produced the windows in the
ante-chapel of King’s college, Cambridge, those in the chancel
of Aylesbury church, and designed the famous choristers’ window
in Ely cathedral; author of A plea for painted glass 1855. _d._
Rome Oct. 1859.
OLIPHANT, HENRY WILLIAM. _b._ 1822; connected with Drury lane
theatre 1842–46; edited Weekly Despatch; edited Sunday Times to
death; resided 8 Brigstock road, Croydon. _d._ Clapham, London 5
March 1882. _bur._ Highgate cemet. 10 March.
OLIPHANT, LAURENCE (only child of sir Anthony Oliphant
1793–1859). _b._ Capetown 1829; private secretary to his
father in Ceylon 1848; called to the bar in Ceylon; barrister
Lincoln’s Inn 30 April 1855; secretary to lord Elgin during
negotiation at Washington of reciprocity treaty with Canada
1854; superintendent of Indian affairs at Quebec 1854; went to
the Crimea with lord Stratford de Redcliffe 1855; joined the
force under Omar Pasha, present at battle of the Ingour 6 Nov.
1855, was correspondent of The Times during this expedition; a
candidate for Stirling 1855; private secretary to lord Elgin in
China and Japan 1857–9; first secretary of legation in Japan,
arrived at Yeddo June 1861, severely wounded by a Japanese 5
July, returned to England; started with sir Algernon Borthwick
and others a journal called The Owl 1864, contributed to the
first ten numbers; M.P. the Stirling burghs 13 July 1865 to
April 1868; joined the community of The Brotherhood of the New
Life, of which Thomas Lake Harris was the leader, at Brockton
Junction or Salem-on-Erie, Chautauqua county, United States of
America 1867, where he gave all his money to the community and
was employed in very menial occupations; Times correspondent
in the Franco-German war 1870–71; _m._ June 1872 at St.
George’s, Hanover sq. London, Alice, dau. of Henry le Strange
of Hunstanton, Norfolk (she _d._ at Haifa, Syria 2 Jany. 1886
aged 40), returned with his wife and mother to Brockton by
Harris’s orders 1873; recovered his land at Brockton by legal
proceedings from Harris May 1881; resided a great deal at Mount
Carmel, Palestine from 1882; _m._ (2) at Malvern 16 Aug. 1888
Rosamond Dale, dau. of Robert Dale Owen; author of A journey to
Khatmandu 1852; The Russian shores of the Black Sea 1853; The
Trans-Caucasian campaign under Omar Pasha, a personal narrative
1856; Narrative of the Earl of Elgin’s mission to China and
Japan in the years 1857–8–9, 2 vols. 1859; Patriots and
filibusters incidents of political and exploratory travel 1860;
Universal suffrage and Napoleon the Third 1860; Piccadilly, a
fragment of contemporary biography 1870, 5 ed. 1874; The land of
Gilead with excursions in the Lebanon 1880; The land of Khemi,
up and down the Middle Nile 1882; Traits and travesties 1882;
Altiora Peto, 2 vols. 1883; Massollam, 3 vols. 1886; Episodes
in a life of adventure 1887; Fashionable philosophy 1887; The
star in the east 1887; Scientific religion 1888; author with
Alice Oliphant of Sympneumata 1885. _d._ at residence of sir M.
G. Duff, York house, Richmond road, Twickenham 23 Dec. 1888.
_M. O. W. Oliphant’s Memoir of Laurence Oliphant and of Alice,
his wife_, 2 _vols._ (1891) _with portraits_; _L. Liesching’s
Personal reminiscences of L. Oliphant_ (1891); _R. Mac Cully’s
Brotherhood of the new life_ (1893) 146–61; _The Times 21 Jany.
1886 p._ 7, _23 Jany. p._ 10.
NOTE.--He is described under name of Cyril Gordon in Haskett Smith’s
novel For God and humanity, a romance of Mount Carmel, 3 vols. 1891,
the dedication is inscribed ‘To the memory of my beloved friend
Laurence Oliphant.’
OLIPHANT, THOMAS (son of Ebenezer Oliphant of Condie,
Strathearn, Perthshire). _b._ Condie 25 Dec. 1799; educ.
Winchester; member of the stock exchange, London a short time;
member of the Madrigal society 1830, adapted for the use of its
members English words to Italian madrigals, honorary secretary
of the society many years, president 1871; sang as a bass
vocalist in the chorus at the Handel festival, Westminster
Abbey 1834; engaged cataloguing the music at British museum
some years; wrote English versions of Beethoven’s Fidelio and
the Mount of Olives, and the words for many songs; author of
Comments of a chorus singer at the royal musical festival in
Westminster abbey. By Solomon Sackbut 1834; A brief account of
the Madrigal society 1835; A short account of madrigals 1836;
La musa madrigalesia 1837; In C. E. Pascoe’s Everyday life
in our public schools 1881 he wrote the section Life among
the Oppidans, Eton pp. 37–62; edited and arranged Catches and
rounds by Old Composers 1835; Ditties of the olden time 1835;
Ten favourite madrigals 1836; German songs adapted to English
words, two series, Nos. 1 to 40, 1838–49; Six ancient part songs
for five voices 1845; Six English songs 1847; Select German and
English vocal duets 1849; Phœbe and Corydon by W. Croft 1853;
National and popular ballads 1863; his name is attached to
upwards of 70 pieces, chiefly of arranged music 1835–73. _d._
Great Marlborough st. London 9 March 1873, his collection of
ancient music sold by Puttick and Simpson April 24–6.
OLIPHANT, WILLIAM. _b._ Edinburgh 14 Jany. 1807; bookseller as
Wm. Oliphant & co. 7 South Bridge, Edinburgh 1831 to death. _d._
21 Buccleuch place, Edinb. 13 Nov. 1860. _Bookseller Dec. 1860
p._ 908.
OLIVEIRA, BENJAMIN (3 son of Dominick Oliveira of Madeira, then
of London, merchant, naturalised by R.L. 30 Aug. 1811, and _d._
1846). _b._ England 24 June 1806; contested Reading 8 Jany.
1835; M.P. Pontefract 8 July 1852 to 20 March 1857; F.R.S. 4
June 1835; revived the Star club 1830, president 1831 to death,
in 1855 sir F. G. Moon the lord mayor conferred on the club a
charter constituting it The Star club of London; author of Wine
duties reduction, committee proceedings 1861; A few observations
on the works of the isthmus of Suez canal 1863; A visit to the
Spanish camp in Morocco during the late war 1863. _d._ 8 Upper
Hyde Park st. London 28 Sept. 1865. _Memorials of Star club of
London_ (1860) _memoir and portrait_; _G. M. xix_ 658 (1865);
_I.L.N. xxii_ 277, 278 (1853) _portrait_.
OLIVER, EMMA SOPHIA (dau. of W. Eburne of Rathbone place,
London, coachbuilder). _b._ 15 Aug. 1819; exhibited 34
landscapes at R.A., 19 at B.I. and 35 at Suffolk st. 1842–74;
member of New society of painters in water-colours 1849; _m._
1840 Wm. Oliver landscape painter 1804–53; _m._ (2) about 1856
John Sedgwick of Watford, Herts, solicitor, _b._ 1812, _d._ 23
Oct. 1882. She _d._ Brewery house, Great Berkhamstead 15 March
1885. _Clayton’s English female artists ii_ 227–30 (1876).
OLIVER, GEORGE. _b._ Newington, Butts, Surrey 9 Feb. 1781;
educ. Sedgley park, Staffs. and Stonyhurst college 11 years;
ordained at Durham May 1806; served the mission of the society
of Jesus at St. Nicholas, Exeter Oct. 1807 to 6 Oct. 1851, but
never became a member of the society; hon. member of Historical
society of Boston 30 March 1843; created D.D. by Pope Gregory
XVI 15 Sept. 1844; provost of the chapter of Plymouth 1852–7;
author of Historic collections relating to the monasteries
in Devon 1820; The history of Exeter 1821, 2 ed. 1861;
Ecclesiastical antiquities in Devon, 3 vols. 1840–2; Collections
towards illustrating the biography of the Scotch, English and
Irish members of the society of Jesus 1838, 2 ed. 1845; Merrye
Englaunde or the golden daies of goode queene Besse 1841,
anon.; Monasticon diœcesis Exoniensis, a collection of records
illustrating conventual, collegiate and eleemosynary foundations
in the counties of Cornwall and Devon and a supplement 1846,
additional supplement 1854; Collections illustrative of the
history of the Catholic religion in the counties of Cornwall,
Devon, Dorset, Somerset, Wilts. and Gloucester 1857; Lives of
the bishops of Exeter and a history of the cathedral 1861. _d._
St. Nicholas priory, Exeter 23 March 1861. _bur._ near the high
altar in the chapel 2 April. _T. N. Brushfield’s Bibliography
of the rev. G. Oliver_ (1885) _portrait_; _Boase and Courtney’s
Bibl. Cornub. i_ 410 (1874); _G.M. x_ 575–7 (1861).
OLIVER, GEORGE (eld. son of Samuel Oliver, R. of Lambley,
Notts.). _b._ Papplewick, Notts. 5 Nov. 1782; educ. Nottingham;
second master of gr. sch. at Caistor, Lincs. 1803–9; head master
of Great Grimsby gr. sch. 1809; C. of Grimsby 1814–32; V. of
Clee, Lincs. 1815–35; V. of Scopwick, Lincs. 12 Oct. 1831 to
death; P.C. of St. Peter’s, Wolverhampton 1834–46; created D.D.
by archbishop of Canterbury 25 July 1835; R. of South Hyckham,
Lincs. 1846 to death; deputy past grand master of masons for
Lincolnshire 1832; author of The antiquities of freemasonry
1823 and 1843; The star in the east 1825, new ed. 1842; The
monumental antiquities of Great Grimsby, Hull, 1825; The history
and antiquities of the Town and minster of Beverley 1829;
History of the Holy Trinity guild at Sleaford, Lincoln 1837;
Historical landmarks and other evidences of freemasonry, 2 vols.
1845–6; The golden remains of the early masonic writers, 5 vols.
1847–50; The book of the lodge or officer’s manual 1849, 4 ed.
1879. _d._ Eastgate, Lincoln 3 March 1867, _bur._ in cemetery
attached to St. Swithin’s church 7 March.
OLIVER, JOHN (son of John Oliver, shopkeeper). _b._ Llanfynydd,
Carmarthenshire 7 Nov. 1838; educ. Carmarthen sch. and at
Carmarthen presbyterian college to 1859; Congregational minister
and an occasional preacher in Welsh and English; author of Welsh
poems on David, the prince of the Lord; The beauties of nature;
The widow of Nain; The wreck of the Royal Charter and Myfyrdod;
author of English poems on Life, and When I die. _d._ Llanfynydd
24 June 1866. _Cerddi Cystudd edited by Henry Oliver_ (1867)
_portrait_.
OLIVER, JOHN. _b._ 1804; educ. Queen’s coll. Camb., B.A. 1843,
M.A. 1847; V. of Warmington, near Oundle 1844–73; chaplain to
King’s college hospital, London 1855–62; warden of the London
diocesan penitentiary, Highgate 1862 to death, where he was
very successful in the reformation of the poor girls. _d._ The
Penitentiary, Highgate 10 July 1883. _Guardian 11 July 1883 p._
1023.
OLIVER, MARTHA CRANMER (dau. of John Oliver, scene-painter).
_b._ Salisbury 1834; appeared at Salisbury theatre 1840; first
appeared in London at Marylebone theatre 1847; played at Lyceum
1849–55; always known as Pattie Oliver; acted Matilda in Married
for money at Drury Lane 10 Oct. 1855, and Celia in As you like
it 4 Sept. 1856; played in Talfourd’s burlesque of Atalanta
at Haymarket 14 April 1857; leading actress at Strand theatre
1858–61, where she played Amy Robsart in Ye queen, ye earl and
ye maiden 29 Dec. 1858, Pauline in Byron’s burlesque The lady of
Lyons 14 June 1859, Lisetta in Talfourd’s burlesque Tell and the
strike of the cantons 26 Dec. 1859, and the Prince in Byron’s
burlesque Cinderella 26 Dec. 1860; the original Mary Meredith in
Our American cousin at Haymarket 16 Nov. 1861; played Beautiful
Haidee in Byron’s burlesque of that name at Princess’s 10 April
1863; lessee and manager of New Royalty theatre March 1866 to
30 April 1870; played Meg in H. T. Craven’s Meg’s Diversion 17
Oct. 1866; produced F. C. Burnand’s burlesque The latest edition
of Black-eyed Susan, in which she played Susan 29 Nov. 1866,
which ran 420 nights and was revived 3 March 1870; produced
A. Halliday’s drama Daddy Gray 1 Feb. 1868, and his drama The
loving cup 26 Nov. 1868; _m._ 26 Dec. 1876 Wm. Charles Phillips
of Bond st. London, auctioneer; she _d._ 5 Grove end road, St.
John’s Wood, London 20 Dec. 1880. _The Players i_ 97–8 (1860)
_portrait_.
OLIVER, NATHANIEL WILMOT. Second lieut. R.A. 2 June 1796,
colonel 10 Jany. 1837; col. commandant 18 Feb. 1851 to death;
M.G. 9 Nov. 1846. _d._ Clifton 11 Jany. 1854.
OLIVER, RICHARD ALDWORTH (son of admiral Robert Dudley Oliver).
_b._ 1811; entered navy 26 April 1825, lieut. 28 June 1838,
captain 11 Dec. 1854, retired 1 July 1864; retired admiral 27
Oct. 1884; served at battle of Navarino 1827; commanded the
Monarch in the Baltic during the Russian war 1854; chairman of
the sanitary committee of Marylebone, London to death; published
A series of lithographic drawings from sketches in New Zealand
1853. _d._ 38 Grove-end road, St. John’s Wood, London 13 Sept.
1889.
OLIVER, RICHARD SILVER (1 son of Robert S. Oliver of Darrington,
Ferrybridge, Yorkshire, _d._ 1842). Educ. Eton; cornet royal
horse guards 29 July 1830, captain 16 Dec. 1836, sold out 25
June 1844; hunted at Melton, Bicester and Northampton; settled
at Bolton Percy, Yorkshire; a supporter of the Bramham Moor
hounds; a coachman and a good shot. _d._ Bolton lodge Feb. 1889.
_Baily’s Mag. li_ 208–9 (1889).
OLIVER, SAMUEL. _b._ 1801; V. of Calverton, near Nottingham 1826
to death; author of Emma Whiteford, or death in the bosom of the
church 1852; War and its probable consequences as foreshadowed
in holy scripture 1855; Village lectures on some controverted
articles of Catholic faith. _d._ in a cottage in Calverton
village Sept. 1874. _bur._ 1 Oct.
OLIVER, THOMAS. _b._ about 1776; founded with George Boyd, firm
of Oliver and Boyd, publishers, Edinburgh 1806, retired in 1843
after George Boyd’s death. _d._ Newington lodge, Edinburgh 26
April 1853.
OLIVER, THOMAS. _b._ Breadlow, Bucks. June 1789; employed
by Mr. Baker of Millbank, London, gardener; fought and beat
Kimber a stone-mason at Tothill Fields, Westminster 1811;
always known afterwards as the Chelsea gardener; beat George
Cooper at Moulsey Hurst, Surrey 15 May 1813, and Edward Painter
at Shepperton Range, Middlesex 17 May 1814; landlord of the
Duke’s Head 31 Peter st. Westminster 1814; fought Jack Carter
at Gretna Green for 100 guineas a side 4 Oct. 1816, when he
was badly beaten in 32 rounds lasting 46 minutes; beaten by
Wm. Neat at Rickmansworth, Herts. 10 July 1818 in 28 rounds
lasting one hour; beat Kendrick the black 28 May 1819; beaten
by Daniel Donnelly, the Irish champion 21 July 1819 at Crawley
Hurst, Sussex for 100 guineas a side; beat Tom Shelton at
Sawbridgeworth, Herts. 13 Jany. 1820; beaten by Edward Painter
at North Walsham, Norfolk 17 July 1820; beaten by Tom Spring at
Hayes, Middlesex 20 Feb. 1821 for 100 guineas a side 25 rounds
in 55 minutes; beaten by T. Hickman 12 June 1821 at Blindow
Heath, Surrey for £100 a side; beaten by Wm. Abbott at Moulsey
Hurst 6 Nov. 1821, 33 rounds in 54 minutes; commissary of the
ring, taking charge of the ropes and stakes; beat Benjamin Burn
at Hampton, Middlesex 28 Jany. 1834; a fruiterer and greengrocer
in Pimlico and Chelsea. _d._ London June 1864. _H. D. Miles’s
Pugilistica ii_ 89–103 (1880) _portrait_; _The Fancy. By An
Operator i_ 609–16 (1826) _portrait_; _Boxiana ii_ 954 (1818),
_iii_ 262 (1825) _portrait_, _iv_ 233 _etc._; _Hannan’s British
boxing_, _part_ 2, _pp._ 43–6.
OLIVER, THOMAS. _b._ 1790; entered Bengal army 1803; lieut. 6
Bengal N.I. 18 May 1805, captain 16 Nov. 1818; major 3 N.I. 13
July 1827; lieut. col. of 3 N.I 3 July 1832 to 1838, and of
12 N.I. 1838 to 10 April 1843; col. of 37 N.I. 13 March 1844
to 1869; general 19 June 1866. _d._ 43 Duke street, Grosvenor
square, London 22 April 1872.
OLIVER, THOMAS (son of a farmer and maltster). _b._ Angmering,
Sussex; a stable boy to his uncle, Mr. Page of Epsom; rode
light weights for lord Mountcharles; sold horses at fairs
for Mr. Farrell of Liverpool; became a steeple chase rider;
rode Harlequin at Clifton and won; won the Great Dunchurch
steeplechase on Foreigner; a partner with Mr. Curlewis; in
Northampton gaol for debt; landlord of The Star at Leamington;
won the Great Liverpool on Jerry; a steeple chaser trainer at
Prestbury; brought out Charles Boyce and Robert James. _Sporting
Review xli_ 249–54 (1859).
OLIVER, WILLIAM. _b._ about 1804; landscape painter, chiefly in
water-colours; member of the New society (now royal institute)
of painters in water-colours 1834; exhibited 29 pictures at
R.A., 54 at B.I., and 36 at Suffolk st. 1829–53; published
Scenery of the Pyrenees, lithographed by G. Barnand, T. S. Boys,
Carl Hughe and others 1843. _d._ Langley Mill house, Halstead,
Essex 2 Nov. 1853.
OLLENDORFF, HEINRICK GODEFROY, OR HERMANN GERSCHAL. _b._
Rewitsch, Posen, Prussia about 1802; professor of the German
language and literature; resided in 1843 at 23 Titchbourne st.
Westminster; his system of acquiring a language was founded on
the principle, that each question contained nearly the answer
required to be returned; Capt. Basil Hall recommended this
system to the English; naturalised in England 20 Dec. 1850;
author of A new method of learning to read, write and speak
a language in six months, adapted to the German, two parts
1838–41; A new method of learning to read, etc., adapted to
the French 1843, 9 ed. 1861; A new method of learning to read,
etc., applied to the Italian 1846, 5 ed. 1865; Nouvelle méthode
pour apprendre à lire, à écrire et à parler une language en
six mois, appliquée à l’Anglais, Paris 1848, 6 ed. 1856; A new
method of learning to read, etc., adapted to the Spanish 1858;
Introduction à la méthode Ollendorff, appliquée au Latin, Paris
1862; the above works all went to many editions in various
languages, with keys to them in other volumes. _d._ Paris 1865.
NOTE.--On 10 Dec. 1850 he obtained an injunction against Alexander
Black to restrain him from selling a pirated edition of A new method of
learning French, originally published in London by Ollendorff 25 April
1843. The son Paul Ollendorff is a teacher of languages at 28 bis Rue
de Richelieu, Paris.
OLLIER, CHARLES. _b._ Bath, Somersetshire 1788; clerk in Coutt’s
bank, Strand, London 1802; publisher with his brother James
Ollier at 3 Welbeck st. and then in Vere st. Bond st. 1816–22;
a friend of Leigh Hunt; published Leigh Hunt’s Foliage 1818,
Hero and Leander 1819, and The story of Rimini, 2 ed. 1819; also
Keats’s Poems 1817, and Shelley’s The revolt of Islam 1817,
the Collected works of Charles Lamb 1818, and several of Barry
Cornwall’s volumes of Poems; literary adviser to Henry Colburn
and then to Richard Bentley; a lecturer on celebrated writers;
a publisher in Southampton st. Strand, London 1845–9; author
of Altham and his wife, a domestic tale 1818; Inesilla, or the
tempter, a romance, with other tales 1824; Ferrers, a romance, 3
vols. 1842; Fallacy of ghosts, dreams, and omens, with stories
of witchcraft, life-in-death, and monomania 1848; Original views
of London 1842, and Original views of Oxford 1843, 2 vols.,
letterpress by C. Ollier. _d._ 5 Caroline place, Fulham road,
London 5 June 1859. _Correspondence of Leigh Hunt i_ 308–11,
_ii_ 61 _etc._ (1862); _Spectator 18 June 1859 p._ 640; _Lady
Shelley’s Shelley memorials_ (1875) _ix_ 80 _etc._; _Temple Bar
lviii_ 243–52 (1880); _St. James’s Mag. xxxv_ 387–413 (1875).
OLLIER, EDMUND (son of the preceding). _b._ near London 26
Nov. 1826; wrote for Ainsworth’s magazine, the Athenæum, All
the year round 1850–70, and Household Words 1850–9; edited
the first series of The essays of Elia for Hotten’s Worldwide
library 1867; edited Leigh Hunt’s Tale for the chimney corner
1869; on staff of the Daily News 1853–77; sub-editor of The
Leader 1855–8; editor of The Atlas 1859–60; literary editor of
London review 1874–6; worked for the firm of Cassell, Petter,
and Galpin, publishers; granted cross of the Italian order of
S.S. Maurice and Lazarus 1867; author of Poems from the Greek
mythology 1867; The Doré gallery 1870; Cassell’s History of the
war between France and Germany, 2 vols. 1871–2, 3 ed. 1887–9;
Cassell’s History of the United States, 3 vols. 1874–7; Our
British portrait painters, from sir P. Lely to J. Sant 1874;
Cassell’s Illustrated history of the Russo-Turkish war, 2
vols. 1877–9, 3 ed. 1889–91; Cassell’s Illustrated universal
history, 4 vols. 1882–5, 2 ed. 1892; The life and times of queen
Victoria by R. Wilson 1887, the first eleven chapters were by
E. Ollier. _d._ 154 Oakley st. King’s road, Chelsea 19 April
1886. _Biograph ii_ 533–5 (1879); _Academy xxix_ 309–10 (1886);
_Athenæum i_ 583 (1886).
OLLIFFE, SIR JOSEPH FRANCIS (son of Joseph Olliffe of Cork,
merchant). _b._ Cork 1808; educ. univ. of Paris, M.A. 1829,
M.D. 1840; began practice in Paris 1840; fellow of Anatomical
society of Paris; president of Paris Medical society; a knight
of the Legion of honour 1846, officer 1855; physician to British
embassy, Paris from March 1852; knighted at Buckingham palace
13 June 1853; F.R.C.P. 1859; took part with count de Morny in
unremunerative building operations at Deauville, near Trouville.
_d._ 12 Chichester terrace, Brighton 14 March 1869. _British
medical Journal 20 March 1869 p._ 274; _Reg. and mag. of biog.
April 1869 p._ 296.
OLLIVANT, ALFRED (son of Wm. Ollivant of Ashton-under-Lyne,
cotton spinner). _b._ Mosley st. Manchester 16 Aug. 1798; educ.
St. Paul’s school 1809–17, captain of the school; Campden
exhibitioner at Trin. coll. Camb. 1817; Perry exhibitioner 1819,
Craven scholar 1820, sixth wrangler and senior chancellor’s
medallist 1821; B.A. 1821, M.A. 1824, B.D. and D.D. 1836;
fellow of Trin. coll. 1821; Tyrwhitt Hebrew scholar 1822;
vice-principal of St. David’s college, Lampeter 1827–43;
prebendary of St. David’s 28 July 1829; R. of Llangeler,
Carmarthenshire 1831, vicar 1832–43; prebendary of Brecon 10
Nov. 1831; R. of Bettws Bledrws, Cardiganshire 1835–7; V. of
Kerry, Montgomeryshire 1836–43; regius professor of divinity at
Cambridge and R. of Somersham, Hunts. March 1843 to Nov. 1849;
bishop of Llandaff 20 Nov. 1849 to death, consecrated at Lambeth
2 Dec; restored the cathedral and built, restored, or enlarged
about 170 churches; established the Church extension society;
member of the Old Testament revision company, which he had
suggested 1870; presented with his portrait in the town hall at
Cardiff 30 Nov. 1882; author of An analysis of the Hebrew text
of the history of Joseph 1828, 3 ed. 1836; Some account of the
condition of the fabric of Llandaff cathedral 1857, 2 ed. 1860;
and of upwards of 30 charges, letters, and sermons 1827–81. _d._
Bishop’s court, Llandaff 16 Dec. 1882. _bur._ in churchyard
of Llandaff cathedral 21 Dec., tomb with effigy in marble by
Armitstead, on north side of the altar steps. _J. Morgan’s Four
biographical sketches_ (1892) 1–60; _Church portrait journal i_
41 (1880) _portrait_; _Red Dragon iii_ 193 (1883) _portrait_;
_I.L.N. xv_ 376 (1849) _portrait_, _lxxxi_ 680 (1882) _portrait_.
OLMAR, stage name of James Chadwick. Performer on a
trapèze-swing; a walker head downwards with his feet in rings;
performed at the Alhambra palace, London in Nov. 1862; weighed
130 lbs.; his biceps, fore-arm, wrists, pectoral muscles and
muscles of his back were of great strength. _d._ 1 King st.
Chester road, Manchester 24 Feb. 1885. _bur._ Ardwick cemetery
27 Feb. _F. T. Buckland’s Curiosities of natural history_, _3rd
series_, _2 ed. ii_ 92–6 (1868).