spent some years in U.S. of America in the wholesale drug
trade; secondhand bookseller at 71 Chancery lane, London Sept.
1841, then at 94 High Holborn 1847 to death; compiled and
issued 207 catalogues; issued between 1843 and 1847 Puritan
discipline tracts, being reprints of 6 tracts on the Martin
Mar-Prelate controversy of 1589–92, their titles are An epitome,
An epistle, Pappe with a hatchet, Hay any worke for cooper, An
almond for a parrot, and Bishop Cooper’s admonition; edited
A brief discourse of the troubles begun at Frankfort 1575,
1846, and a Bibliographical miscellany, 5 parts 1859; author
of An historical sketch of the progress and present state of
Anglo-Saxon literature in England 1840; Reasons for establishing
an Authors’ publication society 1863. _d._ 94 High Holborn
18 Dec. 1858. _Maskell’s History of the Martin Marprelate
controversy_ (1845); _Publishers’ Circular 31 Dec. 1858 p._ 639;
_Bookseller Feb. 1859 p._ 727.
PETHERICK, JOHN (son of John Petherick, _d._ 1861). _b._
Penydarran iron works, Merthyr Tydvil 9 May 1813; resident
in Wales 1813–27 and 1832–4; educ. Brieg, Silesia 1827–32;
engaged in mining in Waterford and Wexford 1834–8; manager of
German mining co.’s mines, Dittenburg 1838–43; mining engineer
to viceroy of Egypt 1845–9; resident at Kordofan in the ivory
and gum trade 1849–59; consul for the Soudan 1850–63; envoy
from Royal geographical soc. to succour captains Speke and
Grant 1861–2, capt. Speke quarrelled with Petherick and he
was deprived of his consulship, his mercantile affairs fell
into disorder and he had to live on a pension given him by the
Egyptian government; author of Egypt, the Soudan, and Central
Africa, with explorations from Khartoum, sketches of sixteen
years’ travels 1861; with J. P. Clemes Report on the silver
mines of Almada and Kurnapa in Mexico 1868; with Mrs. K. H.
Petherick Travels in Central Africa, 2 vols. 1869. _d._ 54
Lancaster road, Westbourne park, London 15 July 1882. _Proc. of
Royal Geog. Soc. iv_ 700 (1882).
NOTE.--He _m._ Katherine Harriet, dau. of Sigismund Edlman. She was
_b._ Malvern July 1827, accompanied her husband in his travels and _d._
St. Gorran Haven 12 Jany. 1877.
PETIT, JOHN LOUIS (eld. son of John Hayes Petit, P.C. of
Shareshall, Staffs., _d._ 1822). _b._ Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancs.
31 May 1801; educ. Eton, where he contributed to the Etonian,
and at Trin. coll. Camb., scholar 1822; B.A. 1823, M.A. 1826;
M.A. Oxford 1850; ordained deacon 1824; spent his time chiefly
in visiting and sketching old churches in England and abroad
from 1839; C. of Bradfield, near Manningtree, Essex 1840–8; a
founder of the British archæological institute at Cambridge
1844, and a contributor to the Journal; F.S.A. 7 Feb. 1850;
an oil painter and etcher on copper; author and illustrator
of Remarks on church architecture, 2 vols. 1841; Remarks on
architectural character 1846; The abbey church of Tewkesbury
1848; Architectural studies in France 1854, 2 ed. 1890; his poem
The lesser and the greater light was printed by his sister 1869;
resided Uplands Shiffnal, Salop 1848–64, and at Lichfield 1867
to decease. _d._ Lichfield 1 Dec. 1868. _bur._ Greenhill church,
Lichfield. _Journal of British Archæol. Assoc. xxv_ 318–20
(1869); _Reg. and mag. of biog. i_ 220–2, 525 (1869); _Architect
2 Jany. 1869 p._ 10.
PETIT, PETER JOHN (brother of the preceding). _b._ 1807; ensign
22 foot 19 May 1825; lieut. 50 foot 27 March 1828, lieut. col.
19 Sept. 1848 to death; C.B. 3 April 1846. _d._ Lichfield 13
Feb. 1852. _G.M. April 1852 p._ 407.
PETO, SIR SAMUEL MORTON, 1 Baronet (eld. son of Wm. Peto of
Cookham, Berkshire 1768–1849). _b._ Whitmoor house, Woking,
Surrey, 4 Aug. 1809; apprenticed to his uncle Henry Peto,
builder, who _d._ 1830 leaving his business to his nephews,
Thomas Grissell and S. M. Peto, they dissolved partnership 2
March 1846, having constructed the Hungerford market 1832–3,
Lyceum theatre 1834, St. James’s theatre 1835, Reform club
1836, Conservative club 1840, Great Western railway works
between Hanwell and Langley 1840, the Nelson column 1843, and
a large part of the South Eastern railway 1844; partner with
Edward Ladd Betts 1846–72, they constructed the loop line of
the Great Northern railway from Peterborough to Doncaster, the
Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton railway 1852, the Oxford and
Birmingham railway, the Victoria docks, London 1852–5, and the
Norwegian Grand Trunk railway; constructed with Thomas Brassey
and E. L. Betts railway lines in Australia 1858–63, the Grand
Trunk railway of Canada, the Jutland and Schleswig lines 1852,
and the London, Tilbury and Southend railway 1852; paid for the
building of Bloomsbury baptist chapel; purchased the Diorama in
Regent’s park 1855 and converted it into a baptist chapel; M.P.
Norwich 1847–54, M.P. Finsbury 1859–65, and M.P. Bristol 1865–8;
obtained passing of Peto’s act 13 and 14 Vict. cap. 28, 1850,
which simplified titles by which religious bodies hold property;
A.I.C.E. 26 Feb. 1839; deputy chairman of metropolitan comrs. of
sewers 1 Sept. 1851; constructed a railway line, 39 miles long,
between Balaklava and the entrenchments 1854–5; created baronet
14 Feb. 1855; presented with a service of plate for making
East Suffolk railway 18 July 1860; Peto and Betts suspended
payment 11 May 1866 with liabilities of four millions and assets
estimated at five millions; author of Divine support in death
1842; Observations on the report of the defence commissioners
1862; Taxation, its levy and expenditure, past and future 1863;
The resources and prospects of America, ascertained during a
visit to the states 1866. _d._ Blackhurst, Tunbridge Wells 13
Nov. 1889. _bur._ Pembury. _Sir Morton Peto, a memorial sketch_
(1893) 2 _portraits_; _Min. of proc. of Instit. of C.E. xcix_
400–3 (1890); _I.L.N. xviii_ 105–6 (1851) _portrait_, _xxx_ 24–6
(1857) _three views of his residence, Somerleyton,_ _Suffolk_,
_xxxvii_ 147 (1860) _view of service of plate_; _Eclectic mag.
lxvi_ 381 (1878) _portrait_.
PETRE, WILLIAM JOSEPH PETRE, 13 Baron (eld. son of 12 baron
Petre 1817–84). _b._ Leamington 26 Feb. 1847; in holy orders of
the church of Rome; domestic prelate at court of the Vatican to
death; succeeded to the peerage 4 July 1884; author of Remarks
on the condition of catholic liberal education 1877; At Antiock
again, a sermon 1886. _d._ 21 Hyde Park gardens, Paddington,
London 8 May 1893. _bur._ in private burial ground at Thorndon
park. _Daily Graphic 10 May 1893 p._ 9 _portrait_.
PETRE, HENRY WILLIAM (younger son of 11 baron Petre 1793–1850).
_b._ Thorndon hall, near Brentwood, Essex 23 Jany. 1820; an
original colonist of New Zealand, where he introduced well bred
horses; postmaster general 1853; member of legislative council
1854; master, with a committee, of the Isle of Wight fox hounds;
master of the Roothing stag hounds, Essex; author of An account
of the settlement of the New Zealand company 1841, 5 ed. 1842;
Half a century of British colonization 1889. _d._ the Manor
house, Writtle, Chelmsford 3 Dec. 1889. _Baily’s Mag. xxiv_ 63–4
(1874) _portrait_.
PETRIE, GEORGE (only child of James Petrie, portrait painter).
_b._ Dublin 1 Jany. 1790; studied in the Dublin society’s art
school 1802; painted landscapes of Irish scenery 1808 etc.;
contributed 96 illustrations to Thomas Kitson’s Cromwell’s
Excursions through Ireland, 3 vols. 1820; exhibited 2 landscapes
at R.A. London 1818; A.R.H.A. 1828, librarian 1830, president
resigned 1859; wrote many antiquarian articles in the Dublin
examiner 1816, and in the Dublin Penny journal 1832–3; edited
the Irish Penny journal 1840–41; M.R.I.A. 1828, where he read 27
papers, member of council 1829, gold medallist 3 times; attached
to the ordnance survey of Ireland 1833–46; LL.D. Dublin 1847;
granted civil list pension of £100, 13 Oct. 1849 and another
pension of £100, 2 Jany. 1851; president of the Old Irish music
soc. 1851; author of On the history of Tara hill 1839; A letter
to sir W. R. Hamilton on charges made against the author by
sir W. Betham 1840; The ecclesiastical antiquities of Ireland
1845; he illustrated G. N. Wright’s Ireland 1831; G. N. Wright’s
An historical guide to Dublin 1821; G. N. Wright’s A guide to
the county of Wicklow 1822, and Picturesque sketches of the
landscapes and coast scenery of Ireland 1835. _d._ 7 Charlemont
place, Dublin 17 Jany. 1866. _bur._ Mount Jerome cemetery, near
Dublin. _W. Stokes’s Life of George Petrie_ (1868); _Graves’s
Eloge on the late George Petrie_ (1866); _W. Allingham’s
Varieties in pose iii_ 161–73 (1893); _I.L.N. xlviii_ 201, 202
(1866) _portrait_; _Dublin univ. mag. xiv_ 638 _portrait_.
PETRIE, JOHN GORDON. _b._ 1822; second lieut. Bombay artillery
11 June 1841, colonel 26 April 1866, retired 31 Dec. 1878;
M.G. 1 Oct. 1877, hon. L.G. 31 Dec. 1878; C.B. 14 Aug. 1868;
served in the Scinde campaign 1843, and the Indian mutiny 1857;
commanded artillery in Abyssinia campaign from 1 Jany. 1868.
_d._ 9 Cranbury terrace, Southampton 31 Dec. 1890.
PETRIE, MARTIN (2 son of commissary-general Wm. Petrie, _d._
1842). _b._ the Manor house, King’s Langley, Herts. 1 June 1823;
ensign royal Newfoundland companies 14 April 1846, captain 5
May 1854; captain 14 foot 26 Jany. 1855, placed on h.p. 10 Nov.
1856; captain 14 foot again 9 Jany. 1857, major 13 July 1867;
assistant in topographical department of the war office 14 Jany.
1859 to 30 June 1864; major 97 foot 18 Dec. 1867, placed on
h.p. 31 Aug. 1872; examiner in military education at the staff
college 1864–82, and at the royal military college to 1882;
author of The strength, composition, and organisation of the
armies of Europe 1860; Organisation, composition and strength
of the army of Great Britain 1863, 5 ed. 1867; Equipment of
infantry 1865; Hospital equipment 1866. _d._ Hanover lodge, 14
Hanover terrace, Kensington park, London 19 Nov. 1892. _bur._
Kensal Green cemetery.
PETRIE, SAMUEL. _b._ 1797; deputy assistant commissary general
25 Dec. 1814, placed on h.p. 13 June 1828; C.B. 22 Nov. 1858.
_d._ 113 Ebury st. Belgravia, London 2 March 1871.
PETTER, GEORGE WILLIAM. _b._ Barnstaple 1824; printer 3 Crane
court, Fleet st. London 1848, removed to Playhouse yard 1852
where Thomas Dixon Galpin joined him, then to La Belle Sauvage
yard, Ludgate hill 1857; purchased John Cassell’s publications
1858 and took him in as a partner; started Cassell’s Illustrated
family bible 1860 and The popular natural history 1859; J.
Cassell _d._ 1865; started The Echo, the first halfpenny daily
paper in London 8 Dec. 1868, sold it to baron Grant 1868; firm
converted into a Limited co. 1883 when he retired from active
work; author of Some objections to the repeal of the paper duty
considered, in reply to Mr. H. G. Bonn’s pamphlet upon the
question 1860. _d._ Leeholme, Bournemouth 16 Sept. 1888, his
personal estate was valued at £520,560. _Bookseller 9 Oct. 1888
p._ 1021–22.
PETTIE, JOHN (son of Alexander Pettie, tradesman). _b._ East
Linton, Haddingtonshire 17 March 1839; studied at the Trustees’
academy Edinburgh June 1856; first exhibited at Scottish academy
1859 and at the R.A. London 1860; exhibited 58 pictures at R.A.,
3 at B.I., and 1 at Suffolk st. 1860–80; shared a studio with W.
Q. Orchardson in Pimlico, London 1862 and later at 37 Fitzroy
sq. to 1865; A.R.A. 8 May 1866, R.A. Oct. 1873; resided at 21
St. John’s Wood road 1869–81 and at 2 Fitzjohn’s avenue 1881 to
death; he illustrated J. De Liefde’s The postman’s bag 1862, 2
ed. 1867; Wordsworth’s Poems for the young 1863, 2 ed. 1866;
C. Camden’s The boys of Axleford 1869; W. D. S. Moncrieff’s
The abdication 1881; L. G. Seguin’s Rural England 1881; an
exhibition of his works was held at Burlington house in winter
of 1894. _d._ Hastings 21 Feb. 1893. _bur._ Paddington cemet.
27 Feb. _I.L.N. xlviii_ 637, 638 (1866) _portrait_; _Graphic
lx_ 442, 456 (1874) _portrait_, _and 25 Feb. 1893 p._ 199
_portrait_; _Art Journal xxi_ 265.
PETTIFER, MARY ANN (dau. of Henry Pettifer of 224 Holborn,
London, cheese monger). _b._ Holborn July 1822; appeared at
Olympic theatre as Cupid in burlesque of The Paphian bower 26
Dec. 1832; at Adelphi in Frankenstein; in the burletta The
Frolics of the fairies, Victoria 1833; first walking lady at
Strand theatre 1837; at Drury Lane in A night in the Bastille
4 Dec. 1839, and in Mary Stuart 22 Jany. 1840; played at the
Garrick theatre, Leman st. Whitechapel as Virginius in Rogers’
burlesque Virginius the Rum-Un 1840; by her performance of
William in Black-eyed Susan she established herself as a first
class East-end favourite; _m._ 1841 John Bond Ratcliffe, lessee
of Victoria theatre from 2 Sept. 1840, who _d._ about 1848; she
acted at Victoria theatre in The Yew tree ruins 11 Jany. 1841;
played again at the Garrick until it was burnt down 3 Nov. 1846;
acted at the Effingham and the Pavilion; first appeared at the
Britannia 21 Nov. 1853; latterly she played old women; was a
very handsome woman with a Grecian cast of features. _d._ 290
Cambridge road, Hackney 25 Dec. 1892. _The Era 11 Feb. 1893 p._
7.
PETTIGREW, SAMUEL THOMAS (youngest son of succeeding). _b._
1824 or 1825; educ. Trin. coll. Camb., B.A. 1848, M.A. 1851; C.
of Norton-Mandeville, Essex 1848–9; fellow of St. Augustine’s
college, Canterbury 1853–5, hon. fellow 1873 to death;
chaplain Madras ecclesiastical establishment 1855–78; C. in
charge of Pudleston, near Leominster 1878–80; V. of Hatfield,
Herefordshire 1880 to death; author of Daily office for my
schools 1867; Episodes in the life of an Indian chaplain 1882.
_d._ Leominster 19 May 1889.
PETTIGREW, THOMAS JOSEPH (son of Wm. Pettigrew, surgeon in the
navy, _d._ 1825). _b._ Fleet st. London 28 Oct 1791; studied
at the Borough hospitals; member of Medical society of London
1808, secretary 1810, registrar 1813; M.R.C.S. 1812, F.R.C.S.
1843; a founder of City philosophical society 1808, and of
Philosophical society of London 1810; secretary of Royal humane
society 1813–20; surgeon extraordinary to duke of Kent, then
surgeon in ordinary, also surgeon to duchess of Kent; vaccinated
the present queen, Victoria 1819; surgeon to duke of Sussex,
compiled a catalogue of his library in Kensington palace in two
vols. entitled Bibliotheca Sussexiana, 1827–39, the library was
sold 1844–5; surgeon to Dispensary for treatment of diseases
of children 1816–9; surgeon to Asylum for female orphans 1819;
surgeon to Charing Cross hospital on its foundation 1832 to
1835; practised in Savile row 1835–54; Ph. Doc. Göttingen 7 Nov.
1826; F.R.S. 1 Feb. 1827; treasurer of British archæological
association 1843; author of Views of the base of the brain and
cranium 1809; Memoirs of John Coakley Lettsom, M.D. 3 vols.
1817; Observations on cholera 1831; A history of Egyptian
mummies 1834; Medical portrait gallery, 4 vols. 1840; Memoirs of
the life of lord Nelson, 2 vols. 1849. _d._ 16 Onslow crescent,
South Kensington 23 Nov. 1865. _T. J. Pettigrew’s Medical
portrait gallery iv pp._ 1–40 (1840) _portrait_ 9; _Journal of
British archæol. assoc._ (1866) 327–35; _Physic and physicians
ii_ 386 (1839).
PETTINGALL, EDWARD. Entered Bengal army 1804; lieut. 19 Bengal
N.I. 1 Feb. 1807; captain 39 N.I. 21 Oct. 1821, major 25 July
1839, lieut. col. 18 March 1845 to 1846; commandant 5 irregular
cavalry 1 Nov. 1832 to 18 March 1845; lieut. col. of 26 N.I.
1846–50, of 38 N.I. 1850–1, of 60 N.I. 1851–2, of 55 N.I.
1852–4, and of 12 N.I. 1854; col. of 12 N.I. 25 Feb. 1855 to
death; M.G. 4 Nov. 1856. _d._ 134 Regent st. London 17 Nov. 1860.
PETTITT, GEORGE. Educ. Church missionary college, Islington;
ordained deacon 1831 and priest 1832; missionary to Church
missionary society in South India and Ceylon 1833–55; chaplain
to general hospital at Birmingham 1855–6; V. of St. Jude’s,
Birmingham 1856 to death; author of A history of the church
missionary society’s mission in Tinnevally, South India 1850;
Sermons on the creed, in the Tamil language. _d._ 1873.
PETTITT, HENRY ALFRED (son of Edwin Pettitt, civil engineer,
author under name of Herbert Glyn of The cotton lord, 2 vols.
1862, 2 ed. 1864, and Uncle Crotty’s relations, 2 vols. 1863,
2 ed. 1866). _b._ Smethwick, near Birmingham 7 April 1848;
appeared at Sadler’s Wells in The Rose of Blarney, a pantomime;
clerk in office of Pickford & co. carriers London 1860–2;
junior English master in North London collegiate school, High
st. Camden Town about 1869, then secretary; wrote for Boy’s
miscellany and other periodicals; treasurer, secretary, and
author with J. H. Clynds, lessee of Gloucester theatre; wrote
with Paul Merritt, British born, Grecian theatre 17 Oct. 1872;
treasurer of Grecian theatre; his drama Golden fruit, produced
at East London theatre 14 July 1873, for which he received £5;
wrote with George Conquest for Grecian theatre Dead to the world
12 July 1875, Sentenced to death 14 Oct. 1875, Snatched from
the grave 13 March 1876, Queen’s evidence 5 June 1876, Neck or
nothing 3 Aug. 1876, Sole survivor 5 Oct. 1876, Schifter, the
one-eyed pilot 2 April 1877, During her majesty’s pleasure 21
May 1877, and five other pieces; his pantomime Harlequin king
Frolic, produced at Grecian theatre 24 Dec. 1880, played to
April 1881 the longest run on record; wrote with Paul Merritt
and Augustus Harris The World, Drury Lane 31 July 1880; visited
America 1880–1; wrote a version of Le voyage en Suisse for the
Hanlon-Lee troupe; his Taken from life produced at Adelphi 31
Dec. 1881; Love and money by Pettitt and Charles Reade produced
there 18 Nov. 1882, In the ranks by Pettitt and G. R. Sims 6
Oct. 1883, and Harbour lights by the same 23 Oct. 1885; Human
nature by Pettitt and A. Harris produced at Drury Lane 12 Sept.
1885, they also wrote A run of luck 28 Aug. 1886 (which brought
in £25,000 in 12 weeks), and A million of money 6 Sept. 1890;
wrote with Sydney Grundy for the Adelphi The bells of Haslemere
28 July 1887, and The Union Jack 19 July 1888; wrote with G. R.
Sims The silver falls, Adelphi 22 Dec. 1888, and London, day by
day, Adelphi 14 Sept. 1889, also Faust up to date, Gaiety 30
Oct. 1888, and Carmen up to date, Gaiety 4 Oct. 1890; wrote with
sir A. Harris The prodigal daughter, Drury Lane 17 Sept. 1892,
and A life of pleasure 21 Sept. 1893, transferred to Princess’s
Dec. 1893; wrote A sailor’s knot Drury Lane 5 Sept. 1891; A
woman’s revenge Adelphi 1 July 1893. _d._ of typhoid fever
352 Goldhawk road, Hammersmith 24 Dec. 1893. _bur._ Brompton
cemetery 29 Dec., personalty declared at £48,477. _The little
journal i_ 103–9 (1884); _Theatre xiii_ 15 (1889) _portrait_;
_W. Archer’s Theatrical world_ (1893) 187; _Entr’acte annual_
(1893) 34 _portrait_; _Illust. sp. and dr. news 30 Dec. 1892 p._
562 _portrait_; _The Era 30 Dec. 1893 p._ 11.
NOTE.--At one time 22 companies were on tour in England and 6 in
America playing his pieces. In Australia 6 of his plays were before the
public and his name was on the bills of two London theatres. Six dramas
in which he had collaborated were on in London the same evening.
PETTITT, JOSEPH PAUL. _b._ Birmingham; landscape painter at
Birmingham; member of Society of British artists, Suffolk st.;
exhibited 6 pictures at R.A., 12 at B.I, and 97 at Suffolk st.
gallery 1845–80; painted views of Swiss scenery for Joseph
Gillott of Birmingham. _d._ Balsall Heath, near Birmingham 9
Sept. 1882. _Architect xxvii_ 182 (1882).
PETTIT, WALTER. _b._ London 14 March 1835; studied at royal
academy of music; violoncellist in the orchestra of Her
Majesty’s theatre 1851, remained there many years; succeeded
Charles Lucas as principal violoncello in Philharmonic orchestra
1861; took place of Guillaume Paque in Her Majesty’s private
band 1876. _d._ London 11 Dec. 1882. _Grove’s Dictionary of
music ii_ 696 (1880).
PEVERELL, MARY ANN (dau. of Mr. Callow). _b._ London 17 July
1792; _m._ in parish church of St. Mary, Whitechapel 17 April
1814 John Peverell; lived for many years at Winchmore Hill, near
Edmonton. _d._ Winchmore Hill 6 Jany. 1896 aged 103. _bur._
Edmonton parish churchyard 10 Jany. _Times 10 Jany. 1896 p._ 4.
PEW, JAMES. _b._ Leith, Scotland 1793; clerk in the stores
department Tower of London 1807; auditor to the vestry of
Camberwell 1827, overseer of the poor 1829, vicar’s warden
1839–63, hon. sec. of the cholera committee 1839; a governor of
Dulwich college; member for Camberwell of Metropolitan board of
works 1858–69; chairman of Camberwell vestry, his portrait was
placed in Camberwell vestry hall April 1860. _d._ Asiago, in the
Italian Tyrol Sept. 1876. _bur._ Padua. _W. H. Blanch’s Parish
of Camberwell_ (1877) 186–8 _portrait_.
PEW, JOHN. Choirmaster to the Carl Rosa opera company 1873,
brought the choir to a high state of efficiency, assistant
conductor to the opera co.; conducted English opera in London
and the provinces. _d._ Feb. 1890.
PEYTON, SIR ALGERNON WILLIAM, 4 Baronet (1 son of sir Henry
Peyton 1804–66). _b._ Woodstock 13 April 1833; educ. Eton
1847–50; cornet 1 life guards 19 Aug. 1851, captain 26 Feb.
1856, sold out 5 May 1869; master of the Bicester hounds 1861–3;
succeeded 18 Feb. 1866; a driver of the Life guards’ coach;
sheriff of Oxon. 1871. _d._ Swift’s house, Bicester, Oxon. 25
March 1872. _Baily’s Mag. xvi_ 51 (1869) _portrait_.
PEYTON, SIR HENRY, 2 Baronet (1 son of sir Henry Dashwood
Peyton, _d._ 1789). _b._ Narborough hall, near Swaffham, Norfolk
1 July 1779; succeeded May 1789; M.P. Cambridgeshire 5 May to 26
June 1802; a member of the Four-in-hand club; always took part
in the procession of mail coaches on 1 May, the last procession
was in 1838; a member of the Bedford driving club, drove a
yellow coach and grey horses; introduced the metal cap at the
bottom of the whip stick and the thumb ferule at the top of
the leather hand piece; the first amateur whip in England with
the exception of another Cambridgeshire baronet. _d._ Swift’s
house, near Bicester 24 Feb. 1854. _bur._ in the family vault
at Doddington 3 March. _G.M. xli_ 421 (1854); _Baily’s Mag.
Jany. 1869 p._ 52; _Driving by the Duke of Beaufort_ (_Badminton
library_ 1889) 189, 190, 236, 244, 274, 281, 282.
NOTE.--Thackeray in alluding to him and his driving in the park, calls
him The ancient charioteer who must soon depart.
PEYTON, SIR HENRY, 3 Baronet (son of sir H. Peyton, _d._ 1854).
_b._ Grafton st. London 30 June 1804; educ. Harrow 1816; matric.
from Ch. Ch. Oxf. 29 April 1822; cornet 1 life guards 1 Nov.
1824; lieut. on h.p. 15 Aug. 1826; capt. Oxfordshire yeomanry;
an accomplished whip; member of Four-in-hand club; M.P.
Woodstock 1837–8; succeeded 24 Feb. 1854. _d._ Swift’s house,
Bicester 18 Feb. 1866. _G.M. i_ 585 (1866).
PEYTON, SIR THOMAS, 5 Baronet (2 son of rev. Algernon Peyton
1786–1868, a driver of coaches, rector of Doddington). _b._
1817; educ. Eton 1832–5, and at Cambridge to 1838; drove coaches
at Cambridge; ensign 14 Madras N.I. 26 June 1839, major 28 Oct.
1864 to 1 Oct. 1867; assistant quarter master general of Pegu
division 6 Dec. 1864 to 1868, and of Hyderabad subsidiary force
1868–71; lieut. col. Madras staff corps 12 Dec. 1864; deputy
Q.M.G. 29 Sept. 1871, retired as M.G. 3 Oct. 1872; succeeded
his cousin sir Algernon Peyton 25 March 1872; a member of the
Four-in-hand and Coaching clubs; a partner in the Windsor coach
driving it five times a week; drove the Dorking coach two days a
week. _d._ Swift’s house, Bicester 18 Feb. 1888. _Baily’s Mag.
xli_ 125–7 (1883) _portrait_; _The Field 25 Feb. 1888 p._ 275.
PFEIFFER, EMILY JANE (dau. of R. Davis of Oxfordshire, an
officer in the army). _b._ 26 Nov. 1827; travelled in Asia and
America; _m._ 1853 Jurgen Edward Pfeiffer, merchant in city of
London, who _d._ Jany. 1889; author of The holly branch, an
album 1843; Valioneria 1857; Margaret or the motherless 1861;
Gerard’s monument 1873, 2 ed. 1878; Poems 1876; Glan Alarch
1877; Quarterman’s grave 1879; Sonnets and songs 1880, 2 ed.
1886; Under the aspens 1882; The rhyme of the lady of the rock
1884; Flying leaves from east and west 1885; Woman and work
1888; Flowers of the night 1889; a writer in the Contemporary
review and other periodicals; established an orphanage; designed
the endowment of a school of dramatic art; left money to
trustees for the promotion of women’s higher education, £2,000
from this fund was allotted towards erecting at Cardiff the
Aberdare hall for women-students of the university of South
Wales, opened 1895. _d._ Mayfield, West hill, Putney 23 Jany.
1890. _A. H. Miles’s Poets and poetry of the century vii_ 555–72
(1891), _where the birth and death are incorrect_; _Academy i_
80–81 (1890).