at Hastings as Mrs. Haller in the Stranger; leading actress at
Birmingham, Bristol and other places; went to America 1846,
appeared at Bowery theatre, New York as Margaret Elmore 2 Nov.
1846; made a tour in southern and western states; acted Mrs.
Haller at the Arch theatre, Philadelphia 14 Jany, 1847; the Lady
Macbeth at Astor place opera house at time of Macready-Forrest
riots in New York 7 May 1849; acted Romeo at Academy of
music, New York 1852; reappeared at a benefit tendered her
at Indianapolis, Indiana 25 May 1878; _m._ William Coleman
Pope, he went mad and committed suicide 1 June 1868; she _d._
Indianapolis 16 March 1880.
POPE-HENNESSY, SIR JOHN (3 son of John Hennessy of
Ballyhennessy, co. Kerry). _b._ Cork 1834; educ. Queen’s coll.
Cork; barrister I.T. 18 Nov. 1861; M.P. King s county 1859–65,
being the first Roman catholic conservative member; governor of
Labuan and consul general in Borneo 21 Nov. 1867, returned to
England 2 Oct. 1871; acting governor of the Gold Coast 27 Feb.
1872 to 16 Feb. 1873; governor of the Bahamas 27 May 1873, came
home on leave 22 June 1874 and never returned; governor of the
Windward islands and Barbados 1875–6, was very popular with the
negroes but unpopular with the planters, who passed a motion to
address the queen for his recall 17 May 1876; governor of Hong
Kong Nov. 1876, arrived there 23 April 1877, quarrelled with
the commander-in-chief and was censured by the colonial office,
retired from office 7 March 1882; presented with freedom of
city of Cork 3 March 1877; chairman of the repression of crime
section at the Social science congress at Nottingham Sept.
1882; governor of the Mauritius 26 Dec. 1882, very popular with
the French creoles but unpopular with the English, was suspended
by the royal commissioner sir Hercules Robinson 16 Dec. 1886,
went to London Jany. 1887 where lord Knutsford the colonial
secretary decided 12 July 1887 that sufficient cause had not
been shown for his removal, returned to Mauritius 1887, retired
on pension 16 Dec. 1889; bought Rostellan castle, near Cork
1890; M.P. North Kilkenny Dec. 1890 to death; author of Raleigh
in Ireland 1883. _d._ Rostellan castle 7 Oct. 1891.
POPHAM, BRUNSWICK (2 son of sir Home Riggs Popham, K.C.B.
1762–1820). _b._ 1805; entered navy 11 Dec. 1817, present in the
battle of Navarino 1827; captain 28 June 1838; admiral on half
pay 10 Sept. 1869. _d._ Cardean Meigle, Forfarshire 6 Feb. 1878.
POPHAM, FRANCIS LEYBOURNE- (2 son of lieut. general Edward
William Popham of Littlecote, Wilts. 1764–1843). _b._ 14 Oct.
1809; educ. Univ. coll. Oxf., B.A. 1831, M.A. 1834; fellow of
All Souls’ 1831–43; barrister LL. 21 Nov. 1837; kept some mares
at Littlecote, his horse Wild Dayrell won the Derby 1855. _d._
1880. _Baily’s Mag. viii_ 109–12 (1864) _portrait_.
POPHAM, WILLIAM (eld. son of sir Home Riggs Popham, K.C.B.
1762–1820). _b._ April 1791; entered navy May 1805; captain 19
May 1819; retired admiral 23 March 1863. _d._ Stourfield house,
Christchurch 23 Aug. 1864.
POPOFF, BASIL (son of Eugene Popoff, chaplain to Russian
embassy, London). _b._ 1839; chaplain to Russian embassy in
London 1875 to death; private chaplain to duchess of Edinburgh 2
March 1875 to death. _d._ 32 Welbeck st. London 19 March 1877.
_bur._ Kensal Green cemetery 23 March.
POPPLEWELL, GEORGE OTWAY. Entered navy 14 Feb 1832; captain 15
April 1862, retired 12 Oct. 1868; retired admiral 1 May 1888.
_d._ Ramsgate 12 Sept. 1889. _Times 16 Sept. 1889 p._ 6.
PORRETT, ROBERT (son of Robert Porrett). _b._ London 22 Sept.
1783; assistant to his father, the ordnance storekeeper at the
Tower of London 1795, chief of the department, retired on a
pension 1850; F.S.A. 9 Jany. 1840; F.R.S. 9 June 1848; F.R.A.S.;
an original fellow of Chemical society 1841; contributed several
papers on armour to Archæologia and Proceedings of Soc. of
Antiquaries; awarded a medal by Society of Arts for discovery
of prussous acid 1808, which he termed sulphuretted chyazic acid
in 1814; discovered ferrocyanic acid, which he named ferruretted
chyazic acid; discovered electric endosmosis 1816; author of 13
scientific papers. _d._ 49 Bernard st. Russell sq. London 25
Nov. 1868. _Proc. of Royal Soc. xviii p. iv_ (1870).
PORTAL, GEORGE RAYMOND (4 son of John Portal of Whitchurch,
Hampshire). _b._ 28 Feb. 1827; educ. Rugby 1841, and Ch. Ch.
Oxf., B.A. 1849, M.A. 1852; C. of Wilton, 1850–2; C. of St.
Barnabas, Pimlico, London 1852–7; R. of Albury, Surrey 1858–71;
R. of Burghclere with Newtown, Hampshire 1871 to death; honorary
canon of Winchester Jany. 1882 to death; author of On some of
the prevalent objections to ritual observances, a sermon 1854;
Personal faith the only source of peace, a sermon 1855; Short
prayers, &c. for those who have little time to pray 1867; Hymns
for the use of the parish of Albury 1864. _d._ Burghclere
rectory 5 April 1889.
PORTAL, SIR GERALD HERBERT (2 son of Melville Portal). _b._
Laverstoke, Hampshire 13 March 1858; educ. Eton 1871–9, played
in the cricket eleven 1886, 1887, editor of the Eton chronicle;
clerk in the foreign office 12 July 1879; sent to Rome 29 June
1880, third secretary of legation there 22 July 1881; sent to
Cairo 24 June 1882, present at bombardment of Alexandria 11 July
1882, third secretary at Cairo 1 April 1884, second secretary 1
April 1885; went to Massowah to procure a reconciliation between
the king of Abyssinia and the Italian government 17 Oct. 1887;
acting consul general at Zanzibar 30 April to 14 Nov. 1889,
agent at Zanzibar 10 March 1891; consul general for German East
Africa 2 June 1891, and for the British sphere 11 Feb. 1892;
sent to Uganda to report whether that part of Africa should
be retained by the British or evacuated 10 Dec. 1892; arrived
at the coast again 21 Oct. 1893 and reached London Nov. 1893;
C.B. 3 Feb. 1888; K.C.M.G. 4 Aug. 1892; author of My mission to
Abyssinia 1888, 2 ed. 1892; _m._ 1 Feb. 1890 Alice Josephine, 2
dau. of 7 earl of Abingdon, she was granted civil list pension
of £150, 12 March 1894; he _d._ 5B Mount st. Grosvenor sq.
London 25 Jany. 1894. _bur._ mortuary chapel, Laverstoke, Hants.
30 Jany. _Sir G. H. Portal’s The British mission to Uganda_
(1894), _memoir pp. xxv–xlvi portrait_; _Pall Mall Budget 1
Feb. 1894 p._ 5, _two portraits_, _and 14 June 1894 p._ 10
_portrait_; _Times 26 Jany. 1894 p._ 3.
PORTARLINGTON, _Lionel Seymour William Dawson Damer_, 4 Earl of
(only son of colonel George Lionel Dawson Damer of Came, Dorset,
_d._ 14 April 1856, younger son of first earl of Portarlington).
_b._ 7 April 1832; educ. Eton 1847–9; ensign Scots fusilier
guards 23 Nov. 1849. lieut. 14 July 1854, served in the Crimea,
sold out 15 Jany. 1856; lieut. Dorset yeomanry cavalry 20 April
1858; M.P. Portarlington 1857–65 and 1868–80; succeeded his
cousin as 4 earl of Portarlington 1 March 1889; resided Emo
park, Portarlington. _d._ Portman lodge, Bournemouth 17 Dec.
1892. _bur._ Came 21 Dec. _Times 19 Dec. 1892 p._ 6; _Graphic 24
Dec. 1892 p._ 762 _portrait_; _Daily Graphic 20 Dec. 1892 p._ 9
_portrait_.
PORTER, CLASSON EMMETT (half brother of John Scott Porter
1801–80). _b._ Artikelly, co. Derry 1814; educ. Manchester
college, York 1828–34; minister of the first presbyterian
church, Larne, co. Antrim 2 July 1834 to death; wrote many
papers on Irish presbyterian church history and biography in
the Northern Whig, Larne reporter, Christian Unitarian and
Disciple; author of Irish presbyterian biographical sketches,
Belfast 1893, reprinted from the Northern Whig. _d._ Ballygally
castle, co. Antrim 27 May 1885. _bur._ in parish churchyard of
Cairncastle, co. Antrim.
PORTER, FRANK THORPE (youngest son of Wm. Porter of Willmount,
near Rathfarnham, co. Dublin 1757–1841). _b._ 19 Dec. 1801;
educ. Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1823, M.A. 1832; barrister in
Ireland 1827; went the Leinster circuit 1827–40; magistrate
at the head office of the Dublin police 1840–60; author of An
act to consolidate the laws relating to the presentment of
public monies by grand juries in Ireland 1840; Gleanings and
reminiscences, 2 ed. 1875. _d._ 15 Upper Merrion st. Dublin 24
Nov. 1882. _Irish law times 2 Dec. 1882 p._ 589.
PORTER, SIR GEORGE HORNIDGE, 1 Baronet (only son of Wm. Henry
Porter, surgeon 1790–1861). _b._ 15 Kildare st. Dublin 24 Nov.
1822; educ. Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1845, M.B. 1848, M.D.
1865, M.S. 1873; at Meath hospital, Dublin, surgeon 1849; F.
and L.R.C.S.I. 1844, member of council, president 1868–9;
surgeon to Simpson’s hospital 1866; consulting surgeon to the
Coombe hospital 1861, to St. Mark’s Ophthalmic hospital 1876,
to National children’s hospital 1876, and to Stevens’ hospital
1881; surgeon in ordinary to the queen in Ireland 6 Dec. 1869 to
death; sheriff of Wexford 1887; knighted at Windsor castle 19
July 1883; one of the most skilful operators in Ireland; had a
large and lucrative practice; purchased an estate in Wexford;
hon. LL.D. Glasgow 1888; with E. Hamilton and H. Ormsby examined
the bodies of lord Frederick Cavendish and T. H. Burke who were
murdered in the Phœnix park 6 May 1882; created a baronet June
1889; regius professor of surgery univ. of Dublin 1891 to death;
contributed many papers to Dublin Journal of medical science.
_d._ 3 Merrion sq. north, Dublin 16 June 1895. _L. H. Ormsby’s
History of Meath hospital_ (1888) 209–11, 391 _portrait_; _C. A.
Cameron’s Royal college of surgeons, Ireland_ (1886) 44, 229,
394, 749; _I.L.N. 22 June 1895 p._ 766 _portrait_.
PORTER, GEORGE RICHARDSON. _b._ London 29 June 1793; agent at
Martin’s lane, Cannon st. London 1813–5; merchant at 23 Finch
lane, Cornhill 1815–7; wine merchant at 1 Old Broad st. 1817–31;
superintendent of statistical department of board of trade 1832,
head of the office 1834; senior member of railway department
of board of trade 1840, joint secretary of board of trade 6
Aug. 1847 to death; a founder of the Statistical society 1834,
treasurer 1841 to death; F.R.S. 18 Jany. 1838, member of council
1847–8; author of The progress of the nation in its social and
economical relations, 3 vols. 1836–43, 3 ed. 1851; The nature
and properties of the sugar cane, 2 ed. 1843; The tropical
agriculturalist 1833; A manual of statistics in sir J. F. W.
Herschel’s Manual of scientific enquiry (1849) pp. 465–88. _d._
Tunbridge Wells 3 Sept. 1852, portrait in rooms of Statistical
society, Adelphi terrace, London. _G.M. Oct. 1852 pp._ 427–9;
_I.L.N. 11 Sept. 1852 p._ 202.
PORTER, HENRY EDWARD. _b._ 1801; cornet 9 lancers 3 July 1817,
major 4 Oct. 1831 to 1 Feb. 1833, when placed on h.p.; general 5
Sept. 1869. _d._ Hambury fort, Honiton 8 April 1871.
PORTER, JOHN. _b._ 1771; surgeon R.N. 1798; M.D. St. Andrews;
medical superintendent of the convict hulks, Portsmouth harbour
29 years; a founder of the Portsmouth and Portsea literary
philosophical society. _d._ Portsea 3 March 1855. _Medical
directory 1856 p._ 748.
PORTER, JOHN SCOTT (eld. son of Wm. Porter 1774–1843,
presbyterian minister of Newtownlimavady, co. Derry 1799–1843).
_b._ Newtownlimavady 31 Dec. 1801; licensed by Bangor presbytery
Oct. 1825; minister of Carter lane chapel, Doctors’ commons,
London 2 March 1826; kept a school with David Davidson at
Rosoman house, Islington; minister of the first presbyterian
church of Belfast 2 Feb. 1832; professor of theology to the
association of Irish non-subscribing presbyterians 10 July
1838; professor of Hebrew and cognate languages, Belfast 6 July
1851; led a secession from the Antrim presbytery and founded 21
Feb. 1862 the northern presbytery of Antrim with the purpose of
emphasising a recognition of Christ and of divine revelation;
formed the Ulster unitarian Christian association Dec. 1876;
edited the Bible Christian, Belfast 1830–6; author of Authentic
report of the discussion of the unitarian controversy, Belfast
1834, 3 ed. 1834; Twelve lectures in illustration of Christian
Unitarianism, Belfast 1841, 2 ed. London 1853; Principles of
textual criticism with their application to the old and new
testaments, &c. 1848; Servetus and Calvin, three lectures 1854;
Bible revision, three lectures 1857; The national system and
the national board 1864 anon. and 32 other books. _d._ Lennox
Vale, Belfast 5 July 1880. _Memorial of rev. John Scott Porter_
(1880); _Nightingale’s Lancashire nonconformity iv_ 225 (1892);
_Historical sketch of first presbyterian congregation, Larne_
(1889) 20 _et seq._
PORTER, JOSHUA HENRY (eld. son of Joshua Porter of Dublin).
_b._ 24 May 1831; L.R.C.S.I. 1852; assist. surgeon 97 foot 24
March 1854; served in the Crimea, medal and clasp; in India
during mutiny 1857–8, mutiny medal and clasp; with the British
ambulance in Franco German war 1870; hon. associate of soc. of
St. John of Jerusalem; assist. professor of military surgery
at Netley hospital 1873–8; in charge of field hospitals in
Bengal 1879, with Sir Samuel Brownes’ division in the Kyber
pass; deputy surgeon general of the Allahabad division 1879;
with general Roberts’ force in the march to Cabul; author of
The surgeon’s pocket-book, an essay on the best treatment of
the wounded in war 1875, 4 ed. 1891. _d._ in the Sherpur camp
Afghanistan 9 Jany. 1880; memorial brass in Netley hospital
chapel. _Lancet i_ 111, 224 (1880); _S. H. Shadbolts’ Afghan
campaigns_ (1882) 161–5 _portrait_; _Medical Times 17 Jany. 1880
p._ 79.
PORTER, JOSIAS LESLIE (youngest son of Wm. Porter of Carrowan
parish of Burt, co. Donegal, farmer). _b._ 4 Oct. 1823; matric.
in univ. of Glasgow 1839, B.A. 1841, M.A. 1842, LL.D. 1864;
D.D. Edinb. 1864; studied theology in univ. of Edinb. and the
New college 1842–4; licensed to preach by presbytery of Derry
20 Nov. 1844; minister of presbyterian chapel High Bridge,
Newcastle 25 Feb. 1846 to 1849; a missionary of the Irish
presbyterian church to the Jews in Syria Dec. 1849 to 1859;
professor of biblical criticism in the presbyterian college
Belfast July 1860 to 1878, and secretary of the college faculty
1867–78; moderator of the general assembly 1875; assistant
comr. of board of intermediate education for Ireland 1878–9;
president of Queen’s college, Belfast and member of senate of
royal univ. of Ireland 1879 to death; D. lit. royal univ. of
Ireland 1881; author of Five years in Damascus, 2 vols. 1855;
A handbook for travellers in Syria and Palestine 1858, 3 ed.
1875; The Pentateuch and the Gospels 1864; The giant cities of
Bashan and Syria’s holy places 1865; The life and times of Henry
Cooke, D.D. 1871, 4 ed. 1877; Pew and study bible 1875; Galilee
and the Jordan 1885; Jerusalem, Bethany and Bethlehem 1887; _m._
1849 Margaret Rainey youngest dau. of rev. Dr. Henry Cooke of
Belfast, she was granted civil list pension of £50, 29 May 1889.
_d._ Belfast 16 March 1889. _bur._ Malone cemetery near Belfast,
portrait in examination hall of Queen’s college Belfast.
PORTER, SARAH (dau. of Abraham Ricardo). _b._ 1791; _m._ about
1820 George Richardson Porter who _d._ 3 Sept. 1852; author of
Conversations on arithmetic 1885, new ed. entitled National
arithmetic 1852; On infant schools for the upper and middle
classes 1838; The expediency and the means of elevating the
profession of the educator in public estimation 1839. _d._ West
Hill, Wandsworth London 13 Sept. 1862. _G.M. Oct. 1862 p._ 509.
PORTER, SEYMOUR TEULON. _b._ London; minister at Darwin, Lancs.
1836–48; minister of West George st. congregational church,
Glasgow 1848–9, when he had a disagreement with Dr. Robert
Wardlaw; minister of the independent church, West Bath st.
Glasgow 1849–73; author of Lectures on the ecclesiastical system
of the independents 1856; Christian prophecy, lectures on the
Revelation 1858; The specific object of sunday schools 1858; The
last sermons in a forty-one years ministry, Glasgow 1873. _Our
Scottish clergy_ (1849) 117–22.
PORTER, WHITWORTH (2 son of Henry Porter). _b._ Winslade house,
near Exeter 25 Sept. 1827; educ. R.M. academy, Woolwich 1842–5;
2 lieut. R.E. 18 Dec. 1845, lieut. col. 14 Dec. 1868; served in
the trenches at siege of Sebastopol Feb. to June 1855; employed
at the war office under inspector-general of fortifications
April 1859 to Sept. 1862; instructor in fortifications at
Sandhurst 1862–8; executive officer at Malta March 1870,
supervised construction of defences of new dockyard; designed
and erected observatories at Catania and Syracuse; commander
of royal engineers at Barbados 1874–6, and at Plymouth 16 Oct.
1877, retired on pension with hon. rank of M.G. 1 Oct. 1881;
chairman of metropolitan district of St. John’s ambulance
association; knight commander of order of St. John of Jerusalem
8 July 1859; author of Life in the trenches before Sebastopol
1856; A history of the knights of Malta, 2 vols. 1858, 3 ed.
1884; History of the corps of royal engineers, 2 vols. 1889.
_d._ Guildford 27 May 1892. _bur._ St. Michael’s church, York
Town, Surrey. _Royal engineers’ journal_, _No._ 261, _Aug. 1892_.
PORTER, WILLIAM (brother of John Scott Porter 1801–80). _b._
Artikelly, near Newtownlimavady 15 Sept. 1805; called to Irish
bar 1831; attorney general at Cape of Good Hope Jany. 1839,
retired on full salary 31 Aug. 1865; gave more than half his
salary to endowment of univ. of Cape of Good Hope, elected the
first chancellor 1873; declined the posts of chief justice
and prime minister at Cape of Good Hope; C.M.G. 30 Nov. 1872;
wrote twelve articles on preachers and preaching in the Bible
Christian 1834–5. _d._ Lennox Vale, Belfast 13 July 1880.
_Memorial of rev. J. S. Porter and the hon. W. Porter_ (1880).
PORTER, WILLIAM (4 son of Thomas Porter of London, _d._
1848). _b._ Oct. 1816; educ. Paris; in office of Mr. Hamlet,
London; a colonial broker and founder of the firm; retired
1870 and purchased Thingwall hall, Birkenhead; a founder of
the Birkenhead park archery club 1858, hon. treasurer to 1870,
club reconstituted as the Wirrel archers 1870, sec. and first
champion 1871; for many years shot nearly every day, winter and
summer; a member of the Mersey bowmen, of the Royal British
bowmen, and of the Montgomeryshire archers; won prizes at the
Grand National 1874, 1876, 1887, and 1888. _d._ Thingwall hall
5 Sept. 1892. _F. T. Follett’s Archer’s register for 1892–3_
(1893) 49–50.
PORTER, WILLIAM HENRY (brother of Frank Thorpe Porter 1801–82).
_b._ 5 March 1791; scholar at Trin. coll. Dublin 1808, B.A.
1810, M.A. 1814, M.D. 1842; F.R.C.S. Ireland 1817, and professor
of theory and practice of surgery to the college Oct. 1836 to
death, president 1838; surgeon to Meath hospital and county
Dublin infirmary 1820 to death; member of general medical
council 13 July 1860 to death; author of Observations on the
surgical pathology of the larynx and trachea 1826. _d._ 21
Kildare st. Dublin 28 April 1861.
PORTLAND, WILLIAM HENRY CAVENDISH SCOTT BENTINCK, 4 Duke of (1
son of 3 duke of Portland 1738–1809). _b._ London 24 June 1768;
styled marquis of Titchfield 1768–1809; educ. Westminster 1783;
matric. from Ch. Ch. Oxf. 25 Jany. 1785, D.C.L. 1793; M.P.
Petersfield 29 Dec. 1790 to April 1791; M.P. Bucks 18 April
1791 to 30 Oct. 1809, when he succeeded his father as 4 duke;
lord lieutenant of Middlesex 1794–1842; took name of Scott by
R.L. 5 Sept. 1795; a junior lord of the treasury 31 March to 16
Sept. 1807; lord keeper of the privy seal 30 April to 16 July
1827; P.C. 30 April 1827; lord president of the council 17 Aug.
1827 to 28 Jany. 1828; a family trustee of the British Museum
1809–29; spent large sums in draining and improving the Welbeck
estates, making plantations and transplanted large oak trees,
would himself work in the trenches with his men; kept many mares
and race horses, with Tiresias won the Derby 1819; proprietor of
Newmarket heath, which he much improved; author of Advantages of
Russia in the present contest with France 1807; Work on draining
by Josiah Parkes, with observations by the duke of Portland
1847. _d._ Welbeck abbey, Notts. 27 March 1854. _bur._ Bolsover
church, Derbyshire 4 April, personalty sworn under £900,000
July 1854. _Baily’s Mag. June 1889 pp._ 387–95; _W. Day’s
Reminiscenses_ (1886) 132–8; _Waagen’s Galleries of Art_ (1857)
511–16; _G.M. xli_ 523–4 (1854).
PORTLAND, _William John Cavendish Scott Bentinck_, 5 Duke of
(2 son of 4 duke of Portland). _b._ London 17 Sept. 1800;
styled lord John Bentinck 1809–24; ensign and lieut. grenadier
guards 16 July 1818; cornet 10 hussars 26 Nov. 1818; capt. 7
hussars 24 Oct. 1821; capt. 2 life guards 25 Jany. 1823; styled
marquess of Titchfield 1824–54; M.P. King’s Lynn 1824–6; lieut.
and capt. grenadier guards 15 June 1830; succeeded his father
as 5 duke of Portland 27 March 1854; constructed a mile and a
half of underground tunnels at Welbeck to connect the various
parts; erected a peach house 1,000 feet long; made a tan gallop
a quarter of a mile long, covered with glass; erected a riding
school 385 feet long; kept many mares and race horses; employed
1,500 workmen during many years at Welbeck and expended upwards
of 4 millions. _d._ Harcourt house, 19 Cavendish sq. London 6
Dec. 1879. _bur._ Kensal green 12 Dec., personalty sworn under
£1,500,000 March 1880. _Baily’s Mag. June 1889 pp._ 387–95;
_London Figaro 15 Sept 1875 pp._ 5–6 _portrait_, _reprinted 13
Dec. 1879 pp._ 10–11 _portrait_.
PORTLOCK, JOSEPH ELLISON (only son of Nathaniel Portlock,
captain in the navy, _d._ 12 Sept. 1816). _b._ Gosport,
Hampshire 30 Sept. 1794; 2 lieut. R.E. 20 July 1813; commander
of R.E. of the Cork district 1849–51, and of the south-eastern
district 1856–7; inspector of studies at R.M. academy, Woolwich
1851–6; colonel 1 April 1855, retired on full pay with rank of
M.G. 25 Nov. 1857; employed in the trigonometrical branch of
the ordnance survey in Ireland 1825–43, where he completed the
great triangulation; a founder of the Geological society of
Dublin 1831, president 1838, 1839, 1851, and 1852; a founder of
the Zoological society 1826, president; president of geological
section of British association at Belfast 1852; member of
council of military education May 1857 to 1862; hon. LL.D.
Dublin 1857; M.R.I.A.; F.R.S. 8 June 1837; author of Report on
the geology of Londonderry, Tyrone, and Fermanagh, Dublin 1843;
A rudimentary treatise on geology 1849, 2 ed. 1852; Memoir of
the life of major general T. Colby 1869. _d._ Blackrock, near
Dublin 14 Feb. 1864. _Proc. of Royal Soc. xiv_ 13–17 (1865);
_Quarterly Journal of Geol. Soc. xxi_ 40–5 (1865).
PORTMAN, EDWARD BERKELEY PORTMAN, 1 Viscount (son of Edward
Berkeley Portman _d._ 19 Jany. 1823). _b._ Bryanston, Dorset 9
July 1799; educ. Eton 1814 and Ch. Ch. Oxf., B.A. 1821, M.A.
1826; M.P. Dorset 1823–32; M.P. Marylebone 12 Dec. 1832 to March
1833; major 1 Somerset regt. of militia 13 March 1839; cr. baron
Portman of Orchard Portman, Dorset 27 Jany. 1837, and viscount
Portman of Bryanston, Dorset 28 March 1873; lord lieutenant
of Somerset 22 May 1839 to June 1864; a comr. and councillor
of duchy of Cornwall 19 Aug. 1840; a councillor of duchy of
Lancaster 13 Feb. 1847; a councillor of duchy of Cornwall 27
Jany. 1863; lord warden of the stannaries and high steward of
the duchy of Cornwall 20 Jany. 1865 to death; a breeder of
Devon cattle and Alderney cows; president of royal agricultural
society 1846, 1856, and 1862; author of Family Prayers 1859,
4 ed. 1868. _d._ Bryanston 19 Nov. 1888, will proved for
£244,092. _Journal of royal agricultural soc._ (1889) _p. vi_;
_I.L.N. 12 July 1862 p._ 57 _portrait_, _11 April 1863 p._ 400
_portrait_.
NOTE.--The following works refer to lord Portman, Statement by marquis
of Hastings of the case of lady Flora Hastings and correspondence
with lord Portman 1839; A warning letter to the baroness Lehzen with
observations on letter of lord Portman 1839; Lady Flora Hastings by J.
F. Murray, with observations on the statements of ladies Portman and
Tavistock 1839.
PORTMAN, WYNDHAM BERKELEY (eld. son of capt. Wyndham B. Portman,
R.N. 1804–83). _b._ 15 May 1831; attended all race meetings and
had great knowledge of horse breeding; founder and proprietor
of Horse and hound 30 Wellington st. Strand, London March 1884
to death. _d._ Alipose house, Worcester road, Sutton, Surrey 18
Sept. 1890. _bur._ Brookwood cemetery 20 Sept. _Horse and hound
20 Sept. 1890 p._ 573, _27 Sept. p._ 585; _Baily’s Mag. Oct.
1890 p._ 281.