13 Sept. 1790; educ. Trin. coll. Dublin, scholar 1814, B.A.
1818, M.A. 1825, D.D.; C. of St. Catherine’s, Dublin 1818,
and chaplain of the Marshalsea, Dublin 1819; chaplain to the
royal Hibernian military school in Phœnix park, Dublin 1827 to
death; contributed to Blackwood’s Mag., Fraser’s Mag., and the
Dublin Univ. review; author of The agency of divine providence
manifested in the principal transactions connected with the
history of Great Britain from the reformation to the revolution
in 1688, Dublin 1816; The catechism of the united church of
England and Ireland explained and confirmed, Dublin 1850. _d._
Royal Hibernian school, Dublin 6 Aug. 1851. _bur._ churchyard
of Chapelizod, Dublin 9 Aug. _Dublin univ. mag. Oct. 1851 pp._
504–8; _Remains of rev. S. O’Sullivan_, 3 _vols._ (1853) _memoir
vol. i pp. i–xlviii_.
O’SULLIVAN, WILLIAM HENRY (only son of Thomas Luke O’Sullivan
of Rathkeale, co. Limerick). _b._ 1829; merchant Kilmallock,
co. Limerick; under strict police surveillance, his house at
Kilmallock being the rendezvous of the Fenians down to 1867,
when they resorted to arms; imprisoned in Limerick gaol some
months, but never brought to trial 1867; sat as a home rule M.P.
for co. Limerick 1874–85; a follower of C. Parnell for some
time; chairman of Kilmallock board of guardians. _d._ Kilmallock
27 April 1887.
OSWALD, ALEXANDER HALDANE (son of Richard Alexander Oswald, _d._
1822). _b._ 1811; educ. Ch. Ch. Oxf., B.A. 1836, M.A. 1839; M.P.
Ayrshire 1843–52; contested Weymouth 10 July 1852, and Ayrshire
30 Dec. 1854; inherited Aunchincruive estate near Ayr, from his
uncle James Oswald, M.P. in 1853; assumed the name of Haldane.
_d._ Aunchincruive house 6 Sept. 1868. _I.L.N. 19 Sept. 1868 p._
283.
OSWELL, WILLIAM COTTON (elder son of Wm. Oswell of Shrewsbury).
_b._ Leytonstone, Essex 27 April 1818; educ. Rugby and
Haileybury; served in Madras civil service 1837–47, ordered to
South Africa for his health, where he spent two years hunting
and exploring; discovered Lake Ngami with Dr. Livingstone 1849,
and the Zambesi 1851; the Knabaõba or straight-horned rhinoceros
was named Oswellii after Oswell; returned to England 1853;
served as a volunteer, in the trenches and hospitals, during war
in the Crimea; carried secret service money from lord Raglan
to sir Lintorn Simmons at Shumla; resided at Groombridge, Kent
1860 to death; contributed four chapters on South Africa to C.
P. Woolley’s Big game shooting 1894. _d._ Hillside, Groombridge
1 May 1893. _C. P. Woolley’s Big game shooting_ (1894) _memoir
vol. i_ 28–34; _Macmillan’s Mag. Aug. 1894 pp._ 307–12; _Daily
Graphic 9 May 1893 p._ 14 _portrait_.
OSWIN, CHARLES HANNAY. A member of the Marylebone literary and
scientific institution, established April 1832, where he was
known as Alphabet Owen; a writer on the Dispatch 1838; a writer
of verses; was residing in Harley st. London in 1842; author of
Elsdale hall, or the days of Oliver Cromwell, a play in 3 acts,
with the pirate’s bride and other poems 1843. _The Town ii_ 513
(1838).
NOTE.--Elsdale hall was produced by Miss Kelly in 1842.
OTLEY, JONATHAN. _b._ Loughrigg, Westmoreland 11 Jany 1766;
resided at Keswick; author of A concise description of the
English lakes, with observations on mineralogy and geology,
Keswick 1825, 6 ed. 1837, 8th ed. to which is added an excursion
through Lonsdale to the caves 1849. _d._ Keswick 7 Dec. 1856.
OTTAWAY, CUTHBERT JOHN (only son of James Cuthbert Ottaway of
Inverness terrace, Bayswater). _b._ Dover 20 July 1850; educ.
Eton and Brasenose coll. Oxf., scholar 1869–74, B.A. 1874; in
the Eton eleven 1867–69, in the Oxford eleven 1870–3, secretary
of the Oxford univ. cricket club 1872, president 1873; played
for the Gentlemen against the Players 1870; one of Fitzgerald’s
eleven in America 1872; played for Middlesex 1872, making an
average of 89 runs; the Oxford racquet and tennis champion
1870–2; played in the football team against Scotland 1872,
and in the first match Oxford against Cambridge 3 Dec. 1873;
barrister I.T. 1876. _d._ 34 Westbourne place, Harrow road,
London 2 April 1878. _Grace’s Cricket_ (1891) 350; _Marylebone
club cricket scores x_ 177 (1878).
OTTER, FRANCIS (1 son of Francis Otter of Ranby hall, Louth).
_b._ 4 Nov. 1832; educ. Rugby and Corpus Christi coll. Oxf.,
scholar 1850–61, fellow 1861–75, tutor, vice-president 1871;
B.A. 1854, M.A. 1856; mathematical moderator 1859, 1861, and
1869; barrister L.I. 26 Jany. 1867; returned as a liberal for
Louth division of Lincolnshire Dec. 1885 to 1886; contested the
Sleaford division of Lincolnshire Sept. 1889; an intimate friend
of George Eliot. _d._ 37 Gordon sq., London 29 May 1895.
OTTER, HENRY CHARLES. _b._ 1807; entered R.N. 1822; commanded
the Sparrow, the Avon, the Porcupine and the Shamrock surveying
vessels 1844 etc.; capt. R.N. 8 Sept. 1854; retired R.A. 1
April 1870; compiled Scotland, North West coast, Little Minch,
its lights, buoys, etc. 1859; F.R.A.S. 11 Nov. 1842; published
Sailing directions for the west coast of Scotland 1867; and with
W. Stanton Western Hebrides, sailing directions for the sound
of Harris 1859. _d._ Clare park, Hants. 26 March 1876. _Monthly
Notices of R.A.S. xxxvii_ 152 (1877).
OTTER, WILLIAM BRUERE (eld. son of Wm. Otter, bishop of
Chichester 1768–1840). Educated St. Peter’s coll. Camb.,
B.A. 1828, M.A. 1838; V. of Cowfold, Horsham 1839 to death;
prebendary of Chichester cathedral 1850 to death; archdeacon
of Lewes 1855 to death; author of The ornaments of ministers,
Brighton 1866. _d._ Cowfold vicarage 25 June 1876.
OTTLEY, HENRY (son of William Young Ottley, F.A.S., 1771–1836).
_b._ 1811; author of Remarkable sieges, from the siege of
Constantinople in 1453 to that of Sebastopol 1854, 1854;
Fechter’s version of Othello critically analysed 1861; A
biographical and critical dictionary of painters and engravers,
forming a supplement to Bryan’s Dictionary of painters 1866;
On the errors of diplomacy, with reference to the treaty of
Washington 1872. _d._ Torquay 3 Feb. 1878. _Times 6 Feb. 1878
p._ 1.
OTTLEY, LAWRENCE. _b._ 1808; educ. at Trin. coll. Camb., B.A.
1833, M.A. 1836; R. of Richmond, Yorkshire 1850 to death; canon
of Ripon 1858 to death; proctor in convocation for Richmond;
revised W. Barne’s A selection of psalms and hymns 1852; and
printed some sermons. _d._ London 11 June 1861.
OTTON, GEORGE RALPH. _b._ 1825; entered the house of Simpkin,
Marshall and co. publishers, Stationers’ hall court 1837, where
he became the right hand man of the chief partner Mark Lockwood;
a partner in the firm 1859 to death. _d._ 34 Highbury hill,
London 24 Jany. 1878. _The Bookseller 1 Feb. 1876 p._ 84.
OTWAY, SIR GEORGE GRAHAM, 2 baronet (son of sir Robert Waller
Otway, bart. 1772–1846). _b._ Westwood, near Southampton Sept.
1816; entered navy 15 July 1828; succeeded his father 13 May
1846; captain 18 May 1846; commander of Virago steam sloop in
Mediterranean; admiral on h.p. 22 Jany. 1877. _d._ the Rione
Amadeo, Naples 22 Aug. 1881.
OTWAY, JOHN HASTINGS (eld. son of rev. Cæsar Otway 1768–1842).
_b._ Celbridge, co. Kildare 25 July 1808; educ. Trin. coll.
Dublin, B.A. 1829, M.A. 1832; called to Irish bar 1832;
professor of law of personal property at Dublin twice; Q.C. 9
Nov. 1852; judge of Antrim county court 1858 to death; recorder
of Belfast 1867 to death; author of Public opinion, a lecture
1854. _d._ Lisburn, co. Antrim 28 May 1884.
OTWAY, LOFTUS (only son of sir Loftus Wm. Otway, K.C.B., colonel
84 foot 1774–1854). _b._ Brighton 4 Sept. 1815; attached to the
missions at Stockholm 1830, at St. Petersburgh 1833, and at
Madrid 1834; paid attaché at Lisbon 1843, at Madrid 1845; sec.
of legation at Madrid 1850 and chargé d’affaires 1852, 1854,
1855, 1856, 1857; minister plenipotentiary to Mexican republic
19 Feb. 1858 to 1 Aug. 1859; consul general at Milan 2 April
1860 to death; C.B. 21 Sept. 1854. _d._ Madrid 26 Sept. 1861.
OTWAY, SIR LOFTUS WILLIAM (4 son of Cooke Otway of Castle Otway,
_d._ Dec. 1800). _b._ 28 April 1775; cornet 5 dragoon guards 17
May 1796; major 18 dragoons 12 Feb. 1807 to 1811, when placed
on h.p; served in Ireland during rebellion 1798; saw service
in Peninsular war, commanded 3 regt. of Portuguese cavalry at
Albuhera; colonel 84 foot 30 Dec. 1840 to death; general 11 Nov.
1851; knight commander of Spanish order of Charles III; knighted
by prince regent 15 Jany. 1815; C.B. 21 Sept. 1854. _d._ 13
Grosvenor square, London 7 June 1854. _bur._ Highgate cemet.
_G.M. xlii_ 389 (1854); _Cansick’s Epitaphs at St. Pancras ii_
76 (1872).
OUDIN, EUGENE (of French parentage). _b._ New York 1858; a
member of the New York bar 1879; came to London 1886 and sang at
private parties; appeared as the Templar in Sullivan’s Ivanhoe
at the English opera house, London 31 Jany. 1891 with great
success; a baritone; sang in Peter Tschaikowsky’s opera Eugene
Onegin at the Olympic theatre on 17 Oct. 1892; translated Albert
Carré’s The Basoche 1891, and P. Ferrier’s Elaine, an opera
1892; sang at concerts French songs, which he adapted to English
verse; sang at Birmingham festival Oct. 1894; an expert amateur
photographer; taken ill at the Richter concert at the Queen’s
hall 20 Oct. 1894, carried home in an ambulance. _d._ 31 Linden
gardens, Bayswater, London 4 Nov. 1894. _bur._ Brompton cemetery
8 Nov. _The Times 5 Nov._ 1894; _Illust. sp. and dr. news 10
Nov. 1894 p._ 337 _portrait_.
OUSELEY, SIR FREDERICK ARTHUR GORE, 2 Baronet (younger son
of sir Gore Ouseley, diplomatist, 1 baronet 1770–1844). _b._
Grosvenor square, London 12 Aug. 1825, godson of dukes of
Wellington and York; educ. privately and at Ch. Ch. Oxf., B.A.
1846, M.A. 1849, Mus. Bac. 1850, Mus. Doc. 1854, incorporated
Mus. Doc. at Durham 1856, Cambridge 1862, and Dublin 1888;
succeeded his father 1844; C. of St. Barnabas, Pimlico, London,
and C. of St. Paul’s, Knightsbridge, London 1849–51; precentor
of Hereford cathedral 1855; professor of music in univ. of
Oxford May 1855 to death; LL.D. Camb. 1883, LL.D. Edinb. 1884;
canon residentiary of Hereford cathedral 1886 to death; composed
music at three years of age and opera to words by Metastasio
at eight; composed two oratorios The martyrdom of St. Polycarp
1855, and Hagar 1873; bequeathed his musical library of about
5,000 vols. to the college of St. Michael, Tenbury, which he
built and partially endowed, the church was consecrated and the
college opened 29 Sept. 1856, when he became the first vicar and
warden, he spent £64,000 on this college; edited E. Naumann’s
The history of music 1882; author of A treatise on harmony,
Oxford 1868, 2 ed. 1875; A treatise on counterpoint, canon, and
fugue, based upon that of Cherubini, Oxford 1869, 2 ed. 1880; A
treatise on musical form and general composition, Oxford, 1875;
his name is attached to upwards of 150 pieces of music. _d._
suddenly in the Birmingham, Dudley and district bank, Hereford
6 April 1889. _bur._ St. Michael’s, Tenbury. _F. T. Havergal’s
Memorials of sir F. A. G. Ouseley_ (1889) _portrait_; _J. S.
Bumpus’s Compositions of sir F. A. G. Ouseley_ (1892); _Church
portrait journal_, _n.s. ii_ 17 (1881) _portrait_.
OUSELEY, JOSEPH WALKER JASPER. _b._ 1799; attached to the
college of Fort William, Calcutta 1821; assistant professor of
Sanscrit, Mahratta and Bengali 1824; professor of Arabic and
Persian 1825, secretary of the college 1833–8; superintendent
of the Mysore princes 1838–44; professor of Arabic and Persian
at East India college, Haileybury, England 1844–57; an examiner
in oriental languages for civil service commissioners 1862–83;
colonel Bengal retired list 28 Nov. 1854. _d._ 10 Inverness
terrace, London 29 Oct. 1889. _Times 1 Nov. 1889 p._ 5, _9 Nov.
p._ 6.
OUSELEY, THOMAS JOHN. Published and edited the Manx Punch
several months; author of Poems, Douglas 1869. _d._ May 1874.
OUSELEY, SIR WILLIAM GORE (eld. son of sir Wm. Ouseley,
orientalist 1767–1842). _b._ London 26 July 1797; attached to
British embassy at Stockholm Nov. 1817; attaché at Washington
Nov. 1825; secretary of legation at Rio de Janiero June 1832;
chargè d’affaires in Brazil 20 April 1838; minister to the
Argentine confederation 13 Dec. 1844; went on a special mission
to Monte Video Jany. 1847; secured the evacuation of Uruguay
by the Argentine troops and the withdrawal of their fleet from
Monte Video; sent on a special mission to Central America 30
Oct. 1857; returned to England 1860, retired on a pension of
£1,000; K.C.B. 29 June 1852, D.C.L. Oxford 20 June 1855; author
of Remarks on the statistics and political institutions of the
United States 1832; Notes on the slave trade 1850; A description
of views in South America from original drawings made in Brazil,
the river Plate, the Parana, &c. 1852. _d._ 31 Albemarle st.
Piccadilly, London 6 March 1866. _G.M. i_ 588–9 (1866); _I.L.N.
xxxi_ 460 (1857) _portrait_.
OUTRAM, SIR BENJAMIN FONSECA (son of captain Wm. Outram). _b._
Kilham, Yorkshire 1774; educ. United Borough hospitals, London;
entered naval medical service 1794, surgeon 1796; surgeon in
the Superb in the action off Cadiz 12 July 1801; surgeon to
the Royal Sovereign yacht several years; studied at univ.
of Edinb. 1806–9, M.D. 24 June 1809; L.C.P. London 16 April
1810, F.R.C.P. 9 July 1852; a physician at Hanover sq. London
1810–50; physician to the Welbeck st. dispensary; F.R.S. 3 May
1838; F.R.G.S.; medical inspector of fleets and hospitals 1841;
K.C.B. 17 Sept. 1850; author of De feber continuâ, Edinburgh
1809; Suggestions to naval surgeons, previous to, during, and
after a battle. _d._ Brighton 16 Feb. 1856. _bur._ at Clifton.
_Munk’s College of physicians iii_ 90 (1878); _Quarterly journal
of Geol. Soc. xiii_ 66–8 (1857).
OUTRAM, GEORGE (2 son of Joseph Outram 1732–1810, manager of
the Clyde ironworks, near Glasgow). _b._ the Clyde ironworks 25
March 1805; educ. Leith high sch. and univ. of Edinb.; advocate
Scottish bar 1827; edited the Glasgow Herald May 1837 to death;
member of the Edinburgh angling club; author of Legal lyrics and
metrical illustrations of the Scotch forms of process 1851, 2
ed. 1874, new ed. by J. H. Stoddart 1887; privately printed a
collection of legal anecdotes; assisted John Wilson in his Dies
Boreales, a series of articles contributed to Blackwood’s Mag.
1836–46. _d._ Rosemore on the Holy Loch 15 Sept. 1856. _bur._
Warriston cemetery, Edinburgh. _George Outram’s Lyrics_ (1888),
_memoir pp._ 1–26 _portrait_.
OUTRAM, SIR JAMES, 1 Baronet (2 son of Benjamin Outram, civil
engineer 1764–1805). _b._ Butterley hall, Derbyshire 29 Jany.
1803; educ. Marischall coll. Aberdeen 1818–19; ensign 4 Bombay
N.I. 2 May 1819; lieut. 1 grenadier N.I. 4 Aug. 1819; lieut.
23 Bombay N.I. 1824, major 1848–53; raised and commanded a
corps of Bhils 1825; conducted an expedition into disturbed
districts, lying between Kabul and Kandahar 1839; political
agent in Lower Sind Dec. 1839, and in Upper Sind 18 Aug. 1841 to
1842; called by sir Charles James Napier 5 Nov. 1842 the Bayard
of India; defended the British residency at Haidarabad against
8,000 Baluchis Feb. 1843; presented with a sword and piece of
plate at Bombay April 1843; resident at Sattara 26 May 1845, at
Baroda May 1847 to 1852; lieut. col. of 11 Bombay N.I. 1854–5;
resident at Baroda again 19 March 1854; political agent and
commandant at Aden June 1854; resident at Lucknow Nov. 1854;
Oudh was annexed Feb. 1856 after his report on that country
had been made; commanded the army during the Persian war Nov.
1856, defeated the Persians at Khush-áb 8 Feb. 1857; commanded
Dinapore and Cawnpore divisions of the Bengal army during the
mutiny from 8 Aug. 1857; chief comr. of Oudh 5 Aug. 1857 to 4
April 1858; besieged in Lucknow Sept. to Nov. 1857; captured
Lucknow 19 March 1858; military member of the governor-general’s
council 16 April 1858 to July 1860; created baronet 9 Oct. 1858;
voted an annuity of £1,000 by house of commons; presented with
a silver shield by his friends in Bombay June 1858, which is on
loan at South Kensington Museum; L.G. 16 July 1858; presented
with freedom of city of London 20 Dec. 1860; K.C.B. 5 Feb.
1856, G.C.B. 30 July 1857; K.C.S.I. 25 June 1861; hon. D.C.L.
Oxf. June 1862; author of Rough notes of the campaigns in Sinde
and Afghanistan in 1838–9, 1840; The conquest of Scinde 1846;
Baroda intrigues and Bombay Kutput 1853; A few brief memoranda
of the public services rendered by lieut. colonel Outram 1853;
Lieutenant general Sir James Outram’s Persian campaign in
1857–8, 1860. _d._ Pau 11 March 1863. _bur._ Westminster abbey
25 March, bust by Matthew Noble, R.A. over the doorway on
south side of the nave. _Sir F. J. Goldsmid’s James Outram, a
biography_, 2 _vols._ (1880) _portrait_; _J. Chapman’s Baroda
and Bombay, in relation to removal of lieut. col. Outram from
office of resident at Gaekwar_ 1853; _C. R. Low’s Soldiers of
the Victorian age ii_ 109–72 (1880); _E. H. Nolan’s Illustrated
history of British empire in India ii_ 635 (1860) _portrait_;
_Golden Hours_ (1869) 599–610 _portrait_; _J. B. Robinson’s
Derbyshire gatherings_ (1866) 17–20 _portrait_.
NOTE. There is an equestrian statue of him by Foley in the Maidan of
Calcutta, another by Noble on the Thames embankment, London, erected
Nov. 1871, Illust. Times 2 Dec. 1871 p. 345 view of his monument in
Westminster abbey, uncovered 29 May 1866.
OUVRY, FREDERIC (3 son of Peter Aimé Ouvry of the Ordnance
office). _b._ 6 Abingdon st. Westminster 20 Oct. 1814; partner
in firm of Robinson, King, and Ouvry, solicitors 13 Tokenhouse
yard 1837; partner with his brothers-in-law F. W. and W.
J. Farrer 66 Lincolns Inn Fields 1855 to death; member of
Incorporated law society 12 March 1838, member of council 21
July 1861 to death, vice-president 1870–1, president 1871–2;
solicitor to regiment of Scots Guards 9 Nov. 1858 to death;
member of Weavers’ company; F.S.A. 24 Feb. 1848, member of
council 1850–78; treasurer 1854–74, vice-president 1874,
president 4 Jany. 1876 to 1878; is depicted by Charles Dickens
in a paper in Household Words as Mr. Undery; printed The Cobler
of Canterburie 1862; T. Eulenspiegel’s Howleglas 1867; G.
Markham’s The famous whore 1868; T. Cranley’s Amanda 1869, and
other facsimiles of rare publications; his library, including
the first four folios of Shakespeare, was sold for £6,169 at
Sotheby’s 30 March to 5 April 1882. _d._ 12 Queen Anne st.
London 26 June 1881. _bur._ at Acton, bust by Marshall Wood at
Society of Antiquaries. _Proc. of Soc. of Antiq. 2 series_, _ix_
7 114–7 (1881–3).
OVANS, CHARLES. _b._ about 1793; entered Bombay army 1808;
ensign 3 Bombay N.I. 25 June 1809; lieut. European regiment 6
July 1811, captain 17 Dec. 1821; major of right wing of the
regiment 8 Feb. 1829 to 10 Nov. 1835; quarter master general
Bombay 1835–8; lieut. col. of 18 N.I. 1837–8, and of 4 N.I. 1838
to 1845; commander and political agent at Sattara 22 June 1837
to 26 Feb. 1845, where he was the chief agent in dethroning
the Raja 1845, and was impeached before the court of directors
of H.E.I.C. in London on 24 Sept. 1845, but the motion was
negatived; lieut. col. of 10 N.I. 1845 to 9 Nov. 1846; colonel
of 19 N.I. 15 Aug. 1847 to 1856, and of 14 N.I. 1856 to death;
M.G. 20 June 1854; author of An account of the settlements made
with the Naiks and Bheels of the districts comprising the Kumir
agency 1830. _d._ Gloucester sq. London 19 July 1858. _Case of
Krushnajee Sudasew Bhider, the accuser of lieut. col. Ovans, of
bribery_ 1845; _Debate at India house on case of deposed rajah
of Sattara and impeachment of col. C. Ovans_ 1845.
OVENS, EDWARD (son of Hugh Ovens of St. Catherine’s, Fermanagh).
_b._ 1817; educ. Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1838; barrister M.T.
21 Nov. 1845; chairman of Salford hundred quarter sessions 31
May 1858 to 1862; judge of county courts, circuit 8 (Manchester)
6 May 1862 to death. _d._ Enville house, Bowdon 19 Feb. 1869.
_Law Times xlvi_ 418 (1869).
OVERALL, WILLIAM HENRY (son of Wm. Henry Overall). _b._ St.
John’s Wood, London 18 Jany. 1829; educ. City of London
college; employed in the town clerk’s office at the Guildhall,
London 1847–57; sub-librarian of the corporation library 1847,
librarian 23 March 1865 to death; removed the collections to the
new building in Basinghall st. and arranged the museum; F.S.A.
11 June 1868; member of council of the Library Association
1879, and of the London and Middlesex archæological society;
presented with freedom and livery of Clockmakers’ co. 1877;
author of Catalogue of Sculpture, paintings and other works of
art belonging to the corporation of the City of London, 2 vols.
1867–8; Some account of the ward of Vintry and the Vintners
company 1869; The dictionary of chronology or historical and
statistical register 1870; Catalogue of books, pictures, etc.
presented by Mrs. Letitia Hollier to, and also of books and
music in the library of Gresham college 1872; A catalogue of
books, manuscripts, clocks, watches, paintings and prints in
the library and museum of the company of Clockmakers 1875; A
catalogue of books, manuscripts, letters, etc. belonging to the
Dutch church, Austin Friars, London 1879; edited The accounts
of the churchwardens of the parish of St. Michael, Cornhill
from 1456 to 1608, 1871; Civitas Londinum, a survey of the
cities of London and Westminster, published in facsimile with
a biographical account of Ralph Agas 1874. _d._ Crouch End,
Middlesex 28 June 1888. _bur._ St. Pancras cemetery, Finchley 3
July. _Proc. of Soc. of Antiq. xii_ 391 (1887–9).
OVEREND, WILLIAM (youngest son of Hall Overend of Sheffield).
_b._ 1809; educ. Sheffield gr. sch.; barrister L.I. 21 Nov.
1837, bencher 2 Nov. 1855 to death; Q.C. 6 July 1855; contested
Sheffield 7 July 1852 and 30 March 1857; M.P. Pontefract 29
April 1859, resigned Jany. 1860; contested East Derbyshire 23
Nov. 1868; chief comr. to assess damage by bursting of the
Bradfield reservoir 11 March 1864, which resulted in the loss of
250 lives and property valued at nearly half-a-million; chief
comr. to inquire into Sheffield trade outrages, commission sat
at Sheffield 3 June to 8 July 1867; retired from practice about
1872. _d._ East Retford, Notts. 24 Dec. 1884. _Law Times 3 Jany.
1885 p._ 177.
OVERSTONE, SAMUEL JONES LOYD, 1 Baron (only child of Lewis
Loyd of London, banker 1768–1858). _b._ 43 Lothbury, London 25
Sept. 1796; educ. Eton and Trin. coll. Camb., B.A. 1818, M.A.
1822; hon. D.C.L. Oxf. 1867; a banker in Manchester 1844 to 23
Dec. 1848; M.P. Hythe 1819–26; contested Manchester 15 Dec.
1832; the last survivor of those who held seats in the house
of commons in the reign of George III; sheriff of Warwickshire
1838; presided over a great liberal meeting at the London tavern
15 June 1841; head of Jones Loyd and co. bankers, London 1844,
afterwards merged in London and Westminster bank 1864; chairman
of the Irish famine committee of 1847; member of senate of univ.
of London July 1850 to 1877; a great authority on finance, the
Bank act of 1844 was chiefly based on his principles; cr. baron
Overstone of Overstone and of Fotheringay, Northamptonshire 5
March 1850; author of Reflections on the causes and consequences
of the pressure on the money market 1837; Further reflections
on the currency and the action of the Bank of England 1837; A
letter on the management of the Bank of England 1840; Remarks
on the management of the circulation of the Bank of England and
of the country issues 1840; Thoughts on the separation of the
departments of the Bank of England 1844; Tracts and publications
on metallic and paper currency 1858. _d._ 2 Carlton gardens,
London 17 Nov. 1883. _bur._ Lockinge, Berks. 23 Nov.; will
proved under £2,100,000 Dec. 1883. _Times 19 Nov. 1883 p._ 8,
_cols._ 1, 3, _p._ 9, _col._ 3; _Graphic xxviii_ 560 (1883)
_portrait_; _W. J. Lawson’s History of banking_ (2 _ed._ 1855)
232–34; _I.L.N. lxxxiii_ 525 (1883) _portrait_; _Waagen’s
Galleries of art_ (1857) 130–47; _Manchester Guardian 20 Nov.
1883 p._ 8.