Christ’s coll. Camb.; senior optime and B.A. 1812, M.A. 1815;
fellow of Christ’s 1814; C. of Walpole, Suffolk 1815; archdeacon
and vicar-general of Isle of Man 22 May 1832 to 1839; R. of
Great Cressingham with Bodney, Norfolk 1839–59; V. of Lydney,
Gloucs. 1859–71; R. of Dennington, Suffolk 1871–3; author of
Ruth, six lectures 1854; Orpah and Ruth or nature and grace
1855; Nine lectures on the second advent of Christ 1866. _d._
Mona lodge, Oak hill, Surbiton 28 May 1889. _bur._ Lydney.
_Times 3 June 1889 p._ 12.
PHILPOTT, HENRY (younger son of Richard Philpott of Chichester).
_b._ Chichester 17 Nov. 1807; educ. Chichester cathedral school
and St. Catherine’s hall Cambridge, fellow 1829, assistant
tutor, tutor, master 1845–60, hon. fellow 1887 to death; senior
wrangler and 14th classic 1829; B.A. 1829, M.A. 1832, B.D. 1839,
D.D. 1847; second Smith’s prizeman 1830; junior proctor 1834–5;
Whitehall preacher 1837–9; examining chaplain to bishop of Ely
1844; canon of Norwich 1845–60; vice-chancellor of Cambridge
1846–7 and 1856–8; chaplain to prince Albert, chancellor of
Cambridge 1848–60; bishop of Worcester 7 Jany. 1861, consecrated
25 March 1861, resigned Aug. 1890; vice-chairman of Cambridge
univ. commission 1877, chairman 1878; provincial chaplain
of Canterbury; clerk of closet in ordinary to the queen 26
June 1865 to death; admitted to honorary freedom and livery
of Salter’s company 13 Dec. 1876; prosecuted R. W. Enraght,
vicar of Holy Trinity, Birmingham for ritualistic practices
1879; edited Documents relating to St. Catherine’s college
1861; author of ten triennial charges 1862–89. _d._ The Elms,
Cambridge 10 Jany. 1892. _bur._ St. Mary’s church, Hartlebury,
Worcs. 15 Jany. _Church portrait journal iv_ 65 (1883)
_portrait_; _I.L.N. xxxviii_ 303, 322 (1861) _portrait_, _and
16 Jany. 1892 p._ 70 _portrait_; _Graphic 6 Sept. 1890 p._ 271
_portrait_; _Times 11 Jany. 1892 p._ 7.
PHIN, KENNETH MACLEAY (son of the minister of Wick). _b._
Wick 1816; educ. Edinb. univ., D.D. 1869; parish minister
of Galashiel 1841–69; a strong supporter of the Established
church, opposed Dr. Robert Lee’s alterations in the forms and
services of the church; convenor of the army and navy chaplains’
committee 1863, and of the home mission committee 1869 to death;
took up his residence in Edinb. 1871; assessor in the university
court 1867; moderator in the general assembly of the church
1877; author of Scottish episcopacy the pioneer of popery 1856.
_d._ 13 Chalmers st. Edinburgh 12 Jany. 1888. _The Times 13
Jany. 1888 p._ 6; _Scotsman 13 Jany. 1888 pp._ 4, 5.
PHINN, THOMAS (eld. son of Thomas Phinn, surgeon). _b._ Bath
1814; educ. Eton, captain of the school, and Exeter coll. Oxf.,
scholar 1836; B.A. 1838; barrister I.T. 20 Nov. 1840, bencher
1854 to death; Q.C. with patent of precedence July 1854;
recorder of Portsmouth July 1848 to Jany. 1852; recorder of
Devonport Jany. 1852 to May 1855; a commissioner to investigate
the St. Alban’s bribery case 1851; M.P. Bath 1852–5; contested
Bath 2 May 1859; contested Devonport 12 July 1865; presented
with a silver tea and coffee service by the working men at the
guildhall, Bath 29 Nov. 1859; counsel to board of stamps and
taxes in the exchequer Feb. 1852; counsel to admiralty and
advocate of the fleet April or May 1854; second secretary to
admiralty May 1855, resigned April 1857; reappointed counsel to
admiralty Nov. 1863. _d._ 50 Pall Mall, London 31 Oct. 1866.
_Law Times xlii_ 157 (1866); _I.L.N. 19 Feb. 1853 p._ 152
_portrait_.
PHIPPEN, JAMES. _b._ 1785 or 1786; author of An account of the
planting of the Royal Victoria grove at Tunbridge Wells 1835;
The road guide from London to Tunbridge Wells 1836; Colbran’s
New guide to Tunbridge Wells 1840; Descriptive sketch of
Rochester, Chatham and their vicinities 1862. _d._ 29 July 1862.
PHIPPS, AUGUSTUS FREDERICK (4 son of first earl Mulgrave
1755–1831). _b._ The Admiralty, London 18 Oct. 1809; educ.
Harrow 1820–7 and Trin. coll. Camb., M.A. 1831; R. of
Halesworth, Suffolk 1834–9; R. of Boxford 1839–53; R. of Euston
with Fakenham Parva and Barnham 1851–82, all in Suffolk; rural
dean of Blackburne 1862–83; chaplain in ordinary to the queen
18 June 1847 to death; hon. canon of Ely 1875 to death. _d._ 27
Eaton square, London 27 Jany. 1896.
PHIPPS, SIR CHARLES BEAUMONT (2 son of 1 earl Mulgrave
1755–1831). _b._ Mulgrave castle, Yorkshire 27 Dec. 1801; educ.
Harrow 1813–18; ensign Scots fusilier guards 17 Aug. 1820,
lieut. col. 26 May 1837, placed on h.p. 22 Jany. 1847; brevet
colonel 11 Nov. 1851; secretary to his brother, first marquess
of Normanby, when governor of Jamaica 1832–4; steward of his
brother’s household when lord lieutenant of Ireland 1835–9;
secretary to master general of the ordnance; equerry to the
queen 1 Aug. 1846; private secretary to prince consort 1 Jany.
1847, and treasurer; keeper of the queen’s privy purse 10 Oct.
1849; treasurer and cofferer to prince of Wales 10 Oct 1849;
receiver-general of duchy of Cornwall 26 May 1862 to death; one
of the council to prince of Wales Jany. 1863 to death; secretary
to prince of Wales as steward of Scotland 8 Feb. 1864; C.B. 6
Sept. 1853, K.C.B. 19 Jany. 1858; _m._ 25 June 1835 Margaret
Anne, 2 dau. of Henry Bathurst, archdeacon of York, she was
granted civil list pension of £150, 23 March 1866, and _d._ 13
April 1874. _d._ Ambassador’s court, St. James’s palace 24 Feb.
1866. _bur._ in catacombs of St. George’s chapel, Windsor 2
March. _Full account of the presentation of a service of plate
to the hon. col. C. B. Phipps in the town hall Scarbro’ Nov. 12,
1841, containing col. Phipps’ speech Scarbro’_ 1841; _G.M. April
1866 pp._ 587–8; _I.L.N. xlii_ 399, 400 (1862) _portrait_.
PHIPPS, CHARLES PAUL (youngest son of Thomas Henry Hele Phipps
1771–1841). _b._ Leighton house, near Westbury, Wilts. 26 Sept.
1815; a merchant at Liverpool; M.P. Westbury 27 Feb. 1869 to 26
Jany. 1874; contested Westbury 3 Feb. 1874; sheriff of Wiltshire
1875. _d._ Chalcott, near Westbury 8 June 1880.
PHIPPS, EDMUND (brother of sir C. B. Phipps 1801–66). _b._
the Admiralty, London 7 Dec. 1808; educ. Harrow 1819–25 and
Trin. coll. Oxf., B.A. 1828, M.A. 1831; barrister I.T. 15 June
1832, went northern circuit; recorder of Scarborough 1844 to
death; Q.C. 23 June 1857; chief comr. of West Indian incumbered
estates’ court Feb. 1857 to death; proprietor of a collection
of Italian, Flemish and Dutch pictures; author of The monetary
crisis, with a proposal for present relief and increased safety
in future 1847; The adventure of a £1,000 note, or railway ruin
reviewed 1848; King René’s daughter by H. Hertz rendered into
English and a sketch of king René 1848, this was dramatised and
acted at the theatre royal, Dublin 28 Nov. 1849; A few words
on the three amateur budgets of Cobden, Macgregor and Wason
1849; Memoirs of the life of Robert Plumer Ward, 2 vols. 1850;
A familiar dialogue on trusts, trustees, and trust societies
between Mr. Arden and sir G. Ferrier 1854. _d._ 43 Wilton
crescent, Belgrave sq. London 28 Oct. 1857. _Waagen’s Treasures
of art ii_ 226–29 (1854); _G.M. iii_ 687 (1857).
PHIPPS, EDWARD JAMES (brother of Charles Paul Phipps 1815–80).
_b._ 1806; educ. Exeter coll. Oxf.,B.A. 1828; R. of Devizes
1833–53; R. of Stansfield, Suffolk 1853 to death; author of
Short and easy answers, or a Sunday school catechism of the
history and doctrines of the Old Testament 1832; A catechism
on the Holy Scriptures 1850, 2 ed. 1860; The real question
as to altar lights 1865. _d._ Stansfield 22 May 1884. _bur._
Stansfield 27 May.
PHIPPS, GEORGE HENRY. _b._ 27 March 1807; with R. Stephenson and
co. Newcastle-on-Tyne 1828; with R. Stephenson chalked out the
sketch of the Rocket on the floor; employed at the Eyre Arms
tavern, London on the drawings of London and Birmingham railway,
made the Roade and Kilsby section; assistant to I. K. Brunel 2
years; manager for Alexander, Gordon and Co. in construction of
beacons and lighthouses; again connected with R. Stephenson in
examining wells in Liverpool and on works in Egypt; engineer of
Western railway of Switzerland 1852; remodelled bridge over the
Wear, Sunderland 1872; delivered a series of lectures at Chatham
military school on practical engineering; M.I.C.E. 14 April
1840, Telford medal and premium 1864. _d._ 39 Stockwell park
road, Surrey 11 Dec. 1888. _Min. of proc. of Instit. of C.E.
xcvi_ 330–3 (1889).
PHIPPS, PAUL (3 son of Thomas Hele Phipps of Leighton house,
Wiltshire). _b._ 18 Jany. 1789; cornet 1 dragoons 9 June 1804,
major 19 Dec. 1826, placed on h.p. 27 Oct. 1829; served in the
Peninsular war and at Waterloo; brevet lieut. col. 27 Oct. 1829;
lieut. col. 3 dragoon guards 15 Sept. 1838, but sold out same
day; K.H. 1836. _d._ Berrywood, Hampshire 22 Nov. 1858.
PHIPPS, PICKERING (son of Edward Phipps, brewer, _d._ 1830).
_b._ Bridge st. Northampton 14 March 1827; apprentice to a
draper; senior partner in P. and R. Phipps, brewers, Northampton
and Towcester, afterwards formed into a limited liability co.;
member of Northampton town council 1834; mayor of Northampton
1858 and 1866; chairman of Northampton school board; M.P.
Northampton 7 Feb. 1874 to 24 March 1880; contested Northampton
5 April 1880; M.P. Northamptonshire South 15 Feb. 1881 to 18
Nov. 1885; contested Northamptonshire, Midland division 2
Dec. 1885; purchased the Horton estate for £49,000 in 1887;
president of the Farmers’ alliance. _d._ Collingtree Grange,
Northamptonshire 14 Sept. 1890. _bur._ Collingtree 17 Sept.
_I.L.N. 27 Sept 1890 p._ 390 _portrait_; _Northampton Mercury 19
Sept. 1890 p._ 6.
NOTE.--A church erected by his family at cost of £40,000 in Kingsley
park, Northampton, was dedicated by the bishop of Peterborough as a
memorial to him 21 Sept. 1893.
PHIPSON, THOMAS WEATHERLEY. _b._ 1807; practised as special
pleader; barrister L.I. 10 June 1845, bencher 1862 to death;
went Oxford circuit; Q.C. 5 Feb. 1862. _d._ Southampton 15 Jany.
1875. _Solicitors’ Journal xix_ 239 (1875).
PHIPSON, WILSON WEATHERLEY (3 son of Samuel Ryland Phipson
of the Cedars, Putney). _b._ Ladywood, near Birmingham 31
Aug. 1838; educ. Brussels 1847, and at Ecole des Ponts et
chaussées, Paris 1857; assisted Van Hecke of Brussels to warm
and ventilate the hospitals Neckar and Beaujon, Paris; an
engineer London 1859, warmed and ventilated baron Rothschild’s
residence Piccadilly and his offices in St. Swithin’s lane, the
Albert hall, the Natural history museum, Exeter hall, Criterion
theatre, etc.; ventilated Birmingham town hall 1891; A.I.C.E.
12 Jany. 1869, M.I.C.E. 26 Feb. 1878; engineer at 14 John st.
Adelphi, resided at Long Clawson, Leicester. _d._ Putney 21 Oct.
1891. _Min. of proc. of Instit. of C.E. cviii_ 406–8 (1892); _W.
W. Phipson, a memoir_ (1892).
PICCOPE, GEORGE JOHN (1 son of John Piccope, P.C. of St. Paul’s,
Manchester). _b._ Manchester 1818; educ. Manchester free gr.
sch. 1831 and Brasenose coll. Oxf.; Hulme exhibitioner 1841;
B.A. 1842, M.A. 1845; C. of Brindle near Chorley 1849–64; C. of
Yarwell, Northants 1864 to death; he edited for the Chetham soc.
Lancashire and Cheshire wills, 3 vols. 1857–61, and transcribed
Lancashire and Cheshire wills, new series, vol. 3, 1884; for the
Record Society with J. Piccope he edited An index to the wills
and inventories at Chester, vol. 2, 1879. _d._ Yarwell 22 Feb.
1872. _Admission register_, _Manchester school iii_ 239 (1874).
PICKARD, ARTHUR FREDERICK (3 son of J. H. W. Pickard of
Southampton). _b._ 12 April 1841; lieut. R.A. 22 June 1858,
major 16 Oct. 1878 to death; served in New Zealand during wars
of 1860–1 and 1863–4, V.C. 22 Sept. 1864 for gallant conduct
during assault on Rangiriri 20 Nov. 1863 in rendering assistance
to the wounded while under fire; C.B. 15 March 1879; equerry to
prince Arthur. _d._ Cannes 1 March 1880. _bur._ Cannes 4 March.
_R. W. O’Byrne’s The Victoria Cross_ (1880) 40, 71.
PICKARD, BENJAMIN SPENCER (son of James Pickard, captain R.N.).
_b._ 1821; sub-lieutenant R.N. 3 Nov. 1837, captain 12 Dec.
1863, retired 7 March 1875; retired R.A. 2 Aug. 1879, retired
V.A. 1 July 1885; served during operations in river Plate
1845–6, and in Russian war 1854–5. _d._ 34 Blessington road,
Lee, Kent 12 Aug. 1890.
PICKERING, BASIL MONTAGU (only son of Wm. Pickering 1796–1854).
_b._ 1835; a godson of Basil Montagu the author; employed by
James Toovey the bookseller; publisher and dealer in rare books
at 196 Piccadilly, London 1858 to death; published Swinburne’s
Queen Mother and Rosamund 1860; Locker’s London lyrics 1862; J.
H. Frere’s Works 1872; Cardinal Newman’s Miscellaneous writings
1875–7; and a facsimile reprint of the first edition of Milton’s
Paradise Lost collated by B. M. Pickering 1873; author of Lord
Selborne’s letter to The Times on the Public worship regulation
bill and an answer by A Layman 1874. _d._ 196 Piccadilly, London
8 Feb. 1878. _Bookseller March 1878 p._ 210; _Athenæum i_ 221
(1878).
PICKERING, EDWARD HAYES (eld. son of Edward Rowland Pickering).
_b._ 1809; educ. Eton 1817–26, and Trin. coll. Camb., B.A. 1830,
M.A. 1833, fellow of St. John’s coll. 1833; assistant master
Eton Jany. 1830 to death; was ordained in 1830; played at Lord’s
in Harrow _v._ Eton 30 July 1824, also in 1825 and 1826; an
elegant batsman; played in Gentlemen _v._ Players 1844 etc. _d._
Eton 19 May 1852. _bur._ in the school chapel. _Lillywhite’s
Cricket scores i_ 500 (1862), _v p. xiii_ (1876); _G.M. July
1852 pp._ 97–8.
PICKERING, EDWARD ROWLAND. _b._ 1778; solicitor in London in
partnership with George Andree 1800, practised alone 1801–11,
in partnership with George Smith 1811–32, and with George Smith
and Edward Tompson at 4 Stone buildings, Lincoln’s inn 1832 to
death; member of council of Incorporated law society 24 June
1845 to death, vice-president 1845–6, president 1846–7. _d._
Clapham old town, Clapham 29 Nov. 1859.
PICKERING, GEORGE. _b._ Yorkshire 1794 or 1795; succeeded George
Cuitt junior as a drawing-master in Chester; non-resident
member of the Liverpool academy 1827, where he exhibited many
water-colour pictures; drew the landscapes that are engraved
by E. F. Finden in Roby’s Traditions of Lancashire 2 series
1829–31, and many of the landscapes engraved in Ormerod’s
History of Cheshire 1819, and in Baines’s History of the county
palatine of Lancaster 1824; an artist and teacher of drawing at
Birkenhead; exhibited 4 landscapes at Suffolk st. London 1827–8.
_d._ Grange Mount, Birkenhead 8 March 1857.
PICKERING, PERCIVAL ANDREE (2 son of Edward Rowland Pickering
1778–1859). _b._ London 1811; educ. Eton and Trin. coll. Camb.,
B.A., 1832, M.A. 1835; fellow of St. John’s coll. 1833–41;
barrister I.T. 4 May 1838, bencher 1855 to death; went northern
circuit; recorder of Pontefract March 1853 to March 1865;
Q.C. July 1855; judge of Passage court at Liverpool 1867 to
death; queen’s attorney and serjeant within county palatine of
Lancaster 1868 to death; author of Remarks on a report of the
house of commons on the publication of printed papers 1838;
Remarks on treating and matters relating to the election of
members of parliament 1849; An essay of friendship 1875; he also
wrote in the Eton miscellany in 1827. _d._ suddenly while riding
in a carriage at Dover 7 Aug. 1876. _bur._ in Kensal green
cemetery. _Law Times lxi_ 301 (1876); _Solicitors’ Journal xx_
807 (1876).
PICKERING, WILLIAM. _b._ 1796; apprentice to John and Arthur
Arch, booksellers, Cornhill 1810–18; assistant to Longmans
Jany. to June 1818; assistant to John Cuthell 4 Middle Row,
Holborn June 1818 to 1820; bookseller 29½ Lincoln’s inn fields
1820–3; commenced publishing his Diamond classics printed by
Charles Corrall in 24 volumes 1821–31; brought out the Greek
testament 1828 and Homer’s works 1830 in diamond Greek type;
adopted the Aldine emblem with the motto Aldi discip Anglus
about 1830, removed to 57 Chancery Lane 1823; brought out
reprints of English poets; published Basil Montagu’s Bacon,
Nicolas’s Walton and the Bridgewater Treatises; had books bound
in red cloth in place of red paper boards which revolutionised
bookbinding about 1825; publisher at 177 Piccadilly 1842 to
death; published books for S. T. Coleridge, Alexander Dyce,
Joseph Hunter, J. M. Kemble, and sir Harris Nicolas; issued
reprints of the various versions of the Prayer book between 1549
and 1662 in 6 vols. 1844, which are remarkably fine specimens
of typography; published Catalogue of biblical, classical, and
historical manuscripts and of rare and curious books 1834; the
Aldine edition of the English poets in 53 vols. 1835–53, and
Christian classics 12 vols. 1849; became involved in debt. _d._
5 Wellington place, Turnham Green, Middlesex 27 April 1854,
left his family destitute. _Cowtan’s_ _Memories of the British
museum_ (1872) 325–6; _Willis’s Current notes_ (1855) 43; _N.
and Q. 2 Feb. 1895 p._ 83.
PICKERING, WILLIAM HENRY. _b._ 1800; 2 lieut. R.A. 16 Dec. 1816,
colonel 1 April 1855 to 21 July 1860, when placed on retired
full pay as M.G. _d._ Yaldhurst, Lymington, Hants. 11 Feb. 1863.
PICKERSGILL, _Henry Hall_ (son of the succeeding). _b._ 1812;
studied abroad some years; a painter in London, afterwards in
the north of England; exhibited 42 pictures at R.A. and 8 at
B.I. 1834–62; his picture The right of sanctuary is in the South
Kensington museum. _d._ 20 Upper Berkeley st. Portman sq. London
7 Jany. 1861.
PICKERSGILL, HENRY WILLIAM. _b._ London 3 Dec. 1782; adopted
by Mr. Hall, a silk manufacturer in Spitalfields, who placed
him in his own business 1799; pupil of George Arnald, A.R.A.
1802–5; a student in the R.A. 1805, A.R.A. 1822, R.A. 1826,
retired R.A. 1873, librarian 1856 to death; exhibited 384
pictures at R.A. and 26 at B.I. 1806–72; many of his portraits
and subject-pictures were engraved; painted portraits of nearly
all the most celebrated people of his time; his portraits of
Bentham, Godwin, M. G. Lewis, Hannah More, George Stephenson,
sir Thomas Talfourd, and Wordsworth are in the National portrait
gallery. _d._ Barnes, Surrey 21 April 1875. _J. Sherer’s Gallery
of British artists ii_ 42–44 (1880); _Sandby’s History of Royal
Academy ii_ 47 (1862); _I.L.N. lxvi_ 456, 547 (1875) _portrait_;
_Graphic xi_, 436, 450 (1875) _portrait_.
PICKERSGILL, JEANNETTE CAROLINE. _b._ 1814; _m._ H. H.
Pickersgill (son of H. W. Pickersgill, R.A.); well known in
literary and scientific circles; a member of the Cremation
society. _d._ 5 Cornwall residences, Regent’s park, London 20
March 1885, cremated at St. John’s, Woking, Surrey, the first
person cremated there 26 March 1885. _Transactions of Cremation
soc._ (1885) 49; _Times 27 March 1885 p._ 10.
PICKFORD, THOMAS. _b._ 1794; served in the Spanish army 1810–13;
attached to general sir Richard Bourke, military agent in the
Spanish army of reserve 7 April 1813; vice-consul at Corunna 5
July 1814; clerk to consul general in Paris 1 July 1820, deputy
30 July 1822; consular registrar to the embassy 2 Jany. 1832;
consul at Paris 24 March 1834 to death; fought a duel with a
Frenchman at Caen 1818; is drawn under name of Marmaduke Heath
in Lost Sir Massingbird, a romance of real life [By James Payn]
2 vols. 1864. _d._ Paris 24 June 1865. _Times 24 June 1865 p._
9, _26 June p._ 6; _Foreign office list_, _second ed. 1865 p._
168.
PICKNELL, GEORGE. _b._ Green farm, Chalvington, 13 miles from
Brighton 29 Nov. 1813; a farmer at Chalvington; played in Sussex
_v._ Nottingham 1835; first played at Lord’s in Marylebone _v._
Sussex 19 June 1837; for 20 years a member of the Sussex eleven;
a hard hitter, playing back, bowled fast and ripping, raising
his hand to near his ear; in 2 matches in July 1850 carried
out his bat in all four innings, in the last innings went in
first and saw his whole side out; a match the United _v._ the
Gentlemen of Sussex was played for his benefit 21 Aug. 1856.
_d._ Chalvington 26 Feb. 1863. _W. Denison’s Cricket_ (1846) 64;
_Lillywhite’s Cricket scores ii_ 406 (1862).
PICKNELL, ROBERT. _b._ Chalvington 2 June 1816; member of the
Sussex eleven; first played at Lord’s in Marylebone _v._ Sussex
19 June 1837; generally took cover-point; landlord of Lamb
hotel, Eastbourne 1847; lost a finger when pigeon shooting 1852.
_d._ Eastbourne 7 Feb. 1869. _bur._ Chalvington. _Lillywhite’s
Cricket scores ii_ 406 (1862).
PICTON, SIR JAMES ALLANSON (son of Wm. Pickton, timber
merchant). _b._ Highfield st. Liverpool 2 Dec. 1805; employed
by Daniel Stewart architect and surveyor 1826, a partner
1830, succeeded him 1 Jany. 1835, retired 1866; executed some
important buildings in and near Liverpool; a leading authority
on land arbitration; a local preacher among the Wesleyans to
1848; member of Liverpool town council 1849 to death; member of
Historic Soc. of Lancashire and Cheshire 6 Jany. 1849; obtained
a public library for Liverpool 1852, the first chairman of
the library and museum committee 1851 to death, the Picton
reading room was started by the corporation 1879; a member of
the Wavertree local board 1851, chairman of the board 1852;
originated the YZ club at Liverpool 12 members only 1870;
kept his golden wedding 28 April 1878; knighted at Osborne 18
Aug. 1881; F.S.A. 7 June 1849; edited The Watchman’s Lantern,
intended to throw light on the proceedings of the Wesleyan
Methodist conference 17 Dec. 1834 to 18 Nov. 1835, twenty eight
numbers; Selections from the Liverpool municipal archives and
records, 2 vols. 1883–6; author of The architectural history
of Liverpool 1858; Baronies of Forth and Bargey, Wexford, the
antique dialect of the district 1866; Memorials of Liverpool,
2 vols. 1873, 2 ed. 1875; and of about 60 papers in the
transactions of learned societies. _d._ Sandyknowe, Wavertree,
near Liverpool 15 July 1889. _bur._ Toxteth park cemet., bust
by McBride in Liverpool free library. _Sir J. A. Picton by J.
A. Picton, M.P._ (1891) 2 _portraits_; _Proc. of Soc. of Antiq.
xiii_ 137 (1889–91); _Biograph Oct. 1880 pp._ 380–5.
PIDDING, HENRY JAMES (son of Mr. Pidding of 1 Cornhill, London,
stationer and lottery-office keeper). _b._ London 1797; painted
humorous subjects from domestic life; exhibited 21 pictures at
R.A., 42 at B.I., and 177 at Suffolk street 1818–64; member of
Society of British artists 1843; painted a large picture of
The gaming rooms at Homburg 1860; some of his pictures were
engraved, several of them by himself in mezzotint; etched a
series of six illustrations to The rival demons, an anonymous
poem 1836. _d._ Greenwich 13 June 1864.
PIDDINGTON, HENRY (2 son of James Piddington of Uckfield). _b._
1797; commanded a ship in the mercantile marine; curator of the
museum of economic geology in Calcutta about 1830; sub-secretary
of the Asiatic soc. of Bengal about 1830; president of marine
court of inquiry at Calcutta about 1845; coroner of Calcutta
about 1849 to death; author of The horn-book of storms for the
Indian and China seas 1844, 2 ed. 1845; The sailor’s horn-book
for the law of storms 1848, 6 ed. 1876, in which he proposed the
word cyclone as a name for whirling storms which was accepted
by meteorologists; Conversations about hurricanes for the use
of plain sailors 1852. _d._ Calcutta 7 April 1858. _Journal of
Asiatic society of Bengal_ (1839) 559, (1859) 64.
PIDGEON, HENRY CLARKE. _b._ March 1807; an artist and teacher
of drawing in London to 1847, and 1851 to death, also at
Liverpool 1847–51; professor of school of drawing at the
Liverpool institute a short time; member of Liverpool academy
1847, non-resident member 1850–65, secretary 1850; exhibited
4 pictures at R.A., 2 at B.I., 15 at Suffolk st. 1838–53, and
about 50 at Liverpool academy; founded with Joseph Mayer and
Abraham Hume the Historic society of Lancashire and Cheshire
1848, an honorary member 7 May 1851, joint secretary with Hume
till Jany. 1851, contributed many lithographs and etchings to
the society’s publications; associate of Institute of painters
in water-colours 1846, member 1861; president of the Sketching
club, _d._ 39 Fitroy road, Regent’s park, London 6 Aug. 1880.
_Journal of British archæol. assoc. xxxvi_ 355 (1880).