1783; fought at Santa Cruz and Trafalgar; lived at Wolverhampton
more than 60 years. _d._ Wolverhampton Oct. 1883, aged 100 years
and 2 months.
PORTSMOUTH, JOHN CHARLES WALLOP 3 Earl of (son of 2 earl of
Portsmouth 1742–97). _b._ Hurstbourne park near Andover 18 Dec.
1767; styled viscount Lymington 1767–97; succeeded his father as
3 earl of Portsmouth 16 May 1797; hereditary bailiff of Burley;
all his property vested in trustees 1790; placed in care of a
medical attendant, Mr. Coombe 1808–14; most cruelly treated by
his second wife; declared to have been incapable of managing his
affairs from 1 Jany. 1809 by a commission which sat 10–28 Feb.
1823. _d._ Hurstbourne park, 14 July 1853. _A genuine report
of the proceedings to enquire into the sanity of the earl of
Portsmouth_ (1823); _G.M. xl_ 307 (1852).
PORTSMOUTH, NEWTON FELLOWES, 4 earl of (brother of the
preceding). _b._ Hurstbourne park 26 June 1772; styled the
hon. Newton Wallop 1772–94; educ. Trin. coll. Camb. M.A. 1792;
took the name of Fellowes in lieu of Wallop by R.L. 9 Aug.
1794, on succeeding to Eggesford, north Devon, on death of his
uncle Henry Arthur Fellowes; capt. independent company South
Devon militia 6 Feb. 1795; M.P. Andover 1802–20; M.P. North
Devon 1832–7; capt. 1 East Devon regt. of militia 26 July 1820;
succeeded his brother as 4 earl of Portsmouth 14 July 1853. _d._
Eggesford, North Devon 9 Jany. 1854. _G.M. xli_ 190 (1854).
PORTSMOUTH, ISAAC NEWTON WALLOP, 5 earl of (son of the
preceding). _b._ Castle hill, North Devon 11 Jany. 1825; educ.
Rugby 1838 and Trin. coll. Camb.; cornet 16 lancers 27 March
1846, sold out 16 April 1847; styled Isaac Newton Fellowes
1843–53; styled viscount Lymington 1853–4; succeeded his father
as 5 earl of Portsmouth 9 Jany. 1854, and took name of Wallop
in lieu of Fellowes; ran horses near Aldershot as Mr. Fellowes
1854; as lord Portsmouth won races with Aaconora 1855; his
Buccaneer a favourite for the Derby 1859; a steward of the
Jockey club 1859; master of his own fox hounds in the Anstey
country, Dulverton 1847–50; master of the Vine hounds 1850–4;
master of hounds at Eggesford 1854. _d._ Eggesford house 4 Oct.
1891, will proved at £58,166. _Baily’s mag. Sept. 1861 pp._
219–22 _portrait_, _Nov. 1891 pp._ 353–4; _Sporting Mirror April
1883 pp._ 113–15 _portrait_.
POST, JACOB (son of John Post). _b._ Whitefriars, London 12
Sept. 1774; educ. Ackworth school 1782–7; resided in Islington
many years; a founder of the North London and Islington
auxiliary of the Bible society 1812; author of Some popular
customs amongst Christians, questioned and compared with
gospel precepts and examples 1839; On the history and mystery
of the Sacraments 1846; Some reasons for continuing to refuse
the payment of all ecclesiastical demands 1849; The Bible the
book for all 1848, reprinted 1849 and 1856. _d._ Church st.
Islington, London 1 April 1855. _bur._ Winchmore hill near
London. _J. H. Nodal’s Bibliography of Ackworth school_ (1889)
25; _Annual Monitor 1856 p._ 155; _J. Smith’s Catalogue of
Friends’ books ii_ 428–30 (1867).
POSTANS, ROBERT BAXTER. _b._ 1787; in naval service of H.E.I.C.
to 1840; saw Napoleon i lying in state at St. Helena and
attended his funeral 1821, and was present at the reinterment
in Les Invalides, Paris 1840; a great friend of Henry Mayhew
and George Hodder; associated with the preliminaries of Punch
and was an original contributor from 17 July 1841; his pen and
ink etchings were unequalled, the constant work on these caused
total blindness from 1884. _d._ Southsea 6 July 1892 aged 105.
_bur._ Eastney cemetery. _M. H. Spielman’s History of Punch_
(1895) 12, 17, 19, 283.
POSTE, BEALE (2 son of Wm. Poste one of the four common pleaders
of the city of London). _b._ Hayle place near Maidstone 1793;
educ. Trin. hall Camb. LL.B. 1819; C. of High Halden, Kent; C.
of Milstead, Kent; a member of British Archæological association
1843, wrote many papers in the journal; author of History
of the college of All Saints, Maidstone 1847; The coins of
Cunobeline and of the ancient Britons 1853; Britannic researches
or new facts and rectifications of ancient British history 1853;
Britannia antiqua, ancient Britain brought within the limits
of authentic history 1857; Celtic inscriptions on Gaulish and
British coins with a glossary of Archaic Celtic words and an
atlas of coins 1861. _d._ Bydews place near Maidstone 16 April
1871. _Journal of British Archæol. Assoc. xxviii_ 309 (1872).
POSTGATE, JOHN (son of Thomas Postgate, builder). _b._
Scarborough 21 Oct. 1820; in the service of a grocer where
everything was adulterated; M.R.C.S. 1844; F.R.C.S. 1854; L.S.A.
July 1845; a surgeon at Birmingham from 1854; examined before
select Committee of house of commons on adulteration 1855,
the members for Birmingham Wm. Scholefield and G. F. Muntz
introduced nine bills dealing with adulteration, into the house
of commons under his influence 1860–75; promoted the National
association for promotion of social science 1857; professor
of Medical jurisprudence and toxicology at Queen’s college,
Birmingham 7 May 1860; author of Sanitary aspects of Birmingham
1852; A few words on adulteration 1857; Medical services and
public payments 1862. _d._ London hospital, London 26 Sept.
1881. _bur._ new cemet. Birmingham, portrait by Vivian Crome in
council chamber at Scarborough. _Edgbastonia Feb. 1882 pp._ 20–3
_portrait_.
POTOCKI, COUNT MIECESLAS FRANCOIS JOSEPH. _b._ Russia 1794;
excessively rich, having an income of 6,000,000 francs; came to
England and was naturalized 6 Feb. 1875; left all his property
to charities as he could not bear the idea of it going to his
heir; before his death altered his will and left his money to
his son Nicholas Potocki, who had never offended him, amount
said to be £80,000 a year; his wife the countess Potocki,
a musician, the friend and benefactor of F. F. Chopin the
composer, sang at his death bed. _d._ 35 Avenue Friedland, Paris
Nov. 1878. _Times 7 Dec. 1878 p._ 5; _Willeby’s F. F. Chopin_
(1892) 281–2.
POTT, DAVID. _b._ 9 Feb. 1812; ensign 47 Bengal N.I. 14 Sept.
1832, lieut. col. 1 May 1858 to 12 Sept. 1866; lieut. col.
Bengal staff corps 12 Sept. 1866; general 1 Oct. 1877; C.B. 29
May 1875. _d._ Borthwickshiels, Hawick 2 Oct. 1881.
POTTER, ADDISON (eld. son of Addison Langhorn Potter of Heaton
hall, _d._ 1853). _b._ 1820; a brewer and maltster with his
father at Newcastle, head of the firm 1853; fire brick and
cement manufacturer at Willington quay; chairman of Newcastle
and Gateshead water co.; member of Newcastle town council 1852,
alderman 1865, mayor 1873–4, 1874–5; the oldest surviving
volunteer officer; captain Northumberland and Durham artillery
16 Aug. 1859, lieut. col. 31 Oct. 1861 to death; C.B. 24 May
1881, invested at Windsor castle 1 July; a partner in the Stella
coal co, as senior partner presented with his portrait 27 Aug.
1874, Mrs. Potter receiving a tiara of diamonds. _d._ Heaton
hall, Newcastle 23 Feb. 1894. _bur._ Jesmond road cemetery 24
Feb. _I.L.N. 3 March 1894 p._ 254 _portrait_; _Newcastle Weekly
chronicle 24 Feb. 1894 p._ 8 _portrait_, _3 March p._ 6.
POTTER, EDMUND (son of James Potter). _b._ Manchester 1802;
calico printer at Dinting Vale, near Glossop, Derbyshire 1827,
his business became one of the largest in the world; president
of Manchester chamber of commerce 1852–61; F.R.S. 5 June
1856; M.P. Carlisle 1861–74; resided 64 Queen’s gate, South
Kensington, London; author of Calico print as an art manufacture
1852; Trade schools 1854; Practical opinions against partnership
with limited liability, by a Manchester man 1855; The sugar
duties 1864, 2 ed. 1864. _d._ Camfield place, Hatfield, Herts 26
Oct. 1883.
POTTER, EDMUND COMPTON (son of preceding). _b._ Manchester 22
July 1830; partner in his father’s firm of E. Potter and Co.
1851; an art collector having one of the finest collections
of cloisonné ware in the kingdom; among the pictures at his
residence Rusholme hall, Lancashire was the Welsh funeral by
David Cox; his collection of pictures, &c. was sold in London 22
March 1884 for £37,619. _d._ Brighton 6 May 1883.
POTTER, GEORGE. _b._ Kenilworth 1832; apprenticed to a carpenter
at Coventry; came to London, employed in building firm of George
Myers and son; elected a member of the Progressive society
of carpenters 1854; became prominent in the lock-out in the
building trades of London 1859; headed the deputation of workmen
of London who welcomed Garibaldi 11 April 1864; presented by the
combined trades of London and the provinces with an illuminated
address and a purse of £300 in 1866; started and edited a
paper entitled The Beehive 1861; member for Westminster of the
London school board 27 Nov. 1873 to Nov. 1882, obtained the
appointment of the educational endowment committee; contested
Peterborough 3 Feb. 1874 and Preston 2 July 1886; as president
of the London working men’s association opened the first
trade-union congress held in St. Martin’s hall, Long Acre Aug.
1868; wrote articles on labour questions in the Contemporary
Review and The Times; author of The labour question: an address
to the capitalists and employers of the building trade, being
a few reasons on behalf of a reduction of the hours of labour
1861. _d._ 21 Marney road, Wandsworth, Surrey 3 June 1893.
_Webb’s History of trade unionism_ (1894) 213, 230, 237, 256,
282; _G. J. Holyoake’s Sixty years of an agitator’s life ii_ 194
(1893).
POTTER, GEORGE WILLIAM KILLETT (brother of Philip Cipriani
H. Potter 1792–1871). _b._ 1798; admitted solicitor 1819;
secondary of city of London 1831 to death, for which office he
paid £5,000; clerk of the coach-makers co. to death; one of the
undersheriffs of London. _d._ 70 Russell sq. London 12 May 1871.
_Solicitors’ Journal xv_ 527 (1871); _Law Journal vi_ 334 (1871).
POTTER, SIR JOHN (eld. son of sir Thomas Potter, first mayor
of Manchester, _d._ 20 March 1845). _b._ Polefield, Prestwich,
Lancs. 1815; educ. in univ. of Edinb.; head of firm of Potters
and Norris, George st. Manchester, drapers and merchants 1845 to
death; alderman of Manchester corporation 1845 to death, mayor
1848–51; knighted at Manchester 10 Oct. 1851; M.P. Manchester 30
March 1857 to death. _d._ Beech house, Pendleton, Manchester 25
Oct. 1858. _Pusely’s Commercial companion_, _2 ed._ (1860) _p._
143; _G.M. v_ 634 (1858); _I.L.N. xviii_ 484 (1851).
POTTER, PHILIP CIPRIANI HAMBLY. _b._ London 2 Oct. 1792;
associate of Philharmonic society March 1813, a member Oct.
1813; first appeared at a Philharmonic concert 29 April
1816, when he played the pianoforte in a sextet of his own
composition; studied in Vienna, Germany, and Italy 1817–21;
principal professor of the pianoforte at royal academy of
music March 1823 to 1859; director of the orchestral classes
and conductor of the public concerts at R.A. of music 1827–59,
principal of the academy 1832–59; introduced into England at the
Philharmonic society’s concerts Beethoven’s concertos in C minor
1824 and in G 1825, wrote a symphony in A minor for the society,
produced 1833; conductor of the Madrigal society 1855–70;
treasurer of the society of British musicians 1858–65; edited 6
pieces by Beethoven 1854–60; H. Bertini’s Rudiments du pianiste
1850, and his Studies for the piano 1845; J. C. Kessler’s
Twenty-four studies for the piano 1853; Chefs d’œuvres de Mozart
1837; composer of Sonata for the piano 1817; When evening draws
her curtain round, a romance 1825; Studies for the piano in the
major and minor keys 1827; Medora e Corrado, a cantata 1828;
Trois grand trios pour le piano 1835; Etudes pour le piano forte
1840; Cipriani Potter’s celebrated octave lesson 1848; his name
is attached to 40 pieces of music. _d._ 3 Craven Hill, Hyde
park, London 26 Sept. 1871. _bur._ Kensal Green cemet. 2 Oct., a
portrait by Bendixen and Seguin was published 1838. _I.L.N. lix_
339 (1871).
POTTER, RICHARD (son of Richard Potter, corn merchant and
then brewer). _b._ Toad lane, Manchester 2 Jany. 1799; educ.
Manchester gr. sch. 1811–5; engaged in mercantile life some
years; studied optics under Dr. Dalton; read 8 papers at first
three meetings of British association 1831–3; scholar of
Queen’s coll. Camb. 1834, fellow Jany. 1839–43; sixth wrangler
1838; B.A. 1838, M.A. 1841; L.R.C.P. 1841 but never practised;
professor of natural philosophy and astronomy in Univ. coll.
London Oct. 1841 to April 1843, and Oct. 1844 to July 1865,
Emeritus professor July 1865 to death; professor of philosophy
and astronomy King’s coll. Toronto June 1843 to Aug. 1844;
author of An elementary treatise on mechanics 1846, 4 ed. 1859;
An elementary treatise on optics, 2 parts 1847–51; Physical
optics, or the nature and properties of light, 2 parts 1856–9;
An elementary treatise on hydrostatics, 2 parts 1859–87; and
of about 60 papers in scientific periodicals. _d._ Brookside,
Cambridge 6 June 1886. _Manchester School Register iii_ 82–4
(1874).
POTTER, RICHARD (only son of Richard Potter, M.P. Wigan, _d._
Penzance 13 July 1842). _b._ Manchester 1817; educ. Lond.
univ. and Queen’s coll. Camb., B.A. 1838, M.A. 1841; fellow
of his college; barrister M.T. 18 Jany. 1842; lost much of
his income in French revolution 1848; member of Price and Co.
Gloucester, with branches at Grimsby and Barrow in Furness 1850;
constructed the wooden huts for the English and the French in
the Crimea 1854; a director of Great western railway 1849–56,
1863, chairman Aug. 1863–5; consolidated the G.W.R. stocks
and established a superannuation fund for the work people; a
director of Grand trunk railway of Canada 1862, president
1869–76; Beatrice Potter, authoress, is his daughter. _d._ Box
house, Minchinhampton, Gloucs. 1 Jany. 1892. _Times 4 Jany. 1892
p._ 10.
POTTER, ROBERT. Attorney in Dublin; defended Wm. Smith O’Brien
1849; law agent to Limerick corporation; M.P. Limerick 15 July
1852 to death. _d._ 1 Oct. 1854.
POTTER, THOMAS JOSEPH (son of George Potter). _b._ Scarborough
9 June 1828; received into Church of Rome at Stockhead park,
Beverley 24 Feb. 1847, and joined Stonyhurst college; entered
All Hallow’s college, Dublin 24 Oct. 1854; ordained priest 28
June 1857; director of All Hallows’ college and professor of
sacred eloquence 1857 to death; author of The two victories
1860; The rector’s daughter 1861; Legends, lyrics, and hymns
1862; Light and shade 1864; Percy Grange or the ocean of life
1864, 2 ed. 1884; A panegyric of St. Patrick 1864; The spoken
word or the art of extempore preaching 1872. _d._ All Hallow’s
college, Dublin 31 Aug. 1873.
POTTER, THOMAS ROSSELL (son of John Potter, farmer). _b._ West
Hallam, Derbyshire 7 Jany. 1799; resided at Wymeswold, Leics.
1814 to death; kept a school at Wymeswold; hunted with the Quorn
hounds; wrote many papers and poems in the Sporting Magazine
under pseudonym of Old Grey 1827–40; editor of the Leicester
Advertiser 1849–58, of the Ilkeston Pioneer 1856, of the
Leicester Guardian 1858, and of the Loughborough Monitor 1865;
discovered a British camp on Beacon hill, Leics.; F.R. Soc. of
literature 1849; hon. life member of Leicester literary and
philosophical soc. 1849; author of The history and antiquities
of Charnwood Forest 1842; Walks round Loughborough 1837; Rambles
round Loughborough 1868; Poems 1881. _d._ Wymeswold 19 April
1873. _The Reliquary_, _July 1873 pp._ 17–20; _Antiquary 10 May
1873 p._ 225.
POTTER, WILLIAM (only son of William Potter, merchant). _b._
Liverpool 1838; educ. Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1859; barrister
I.T. 30 April 1861, bencher 25 Nov. 1881 to death; went northern
circuit; Q.C. 24 March 1880; master of the northern bar lodge
of freemasons; contested Northamptonshire, northern division
July 1892. _d._ 5 Papers buildings, Temple, London 5 Dec. 1893.
_bur._ St. Margaret’s, Princes road, Liverpool.
POTTER, WILLIAM AUBONÉ (eld. son of Edward Potter, M.I.C.E.)
_b._ Cramlington, Northumberland Oct. 1832; educ. King’s
coll. London to 1850; apprentice to his father, a viewer at
Cramlington collieries 1850–5; viewer to Day and Twibell, Monk
Bretton 1855; engaged in connection with accidents at the
Lundhill colliery March 1857, the Edmund’s main colliery Dec.
1862, and the Oaks colliery Dec. 1866; viewer of the Silkstone
and Dodsworth collieries 1863; ensign 37 West Yorkshire rifle
volunteer corps (Barnsley) 2 Nov. 1860; with Mr. Embleton
founded the Midland institute of mining and mechanical
engineers, secretary; viewer of the Cramlington collieries 1868
to death; government check viewer of Greenwich hospital estates;
mayor of Tynemouth 1875; M.I.C.E. 7 May 1867. _d._ Tynemouth 20
June 1887. _bur._ Cramlington church. _Min. of proc. of Instit.
of C.E. xci_ 421–3 (1888).
POTTER, WILLIAM NORWOOD. _b._ London 28 Aug. 1840; commenced
playing chess at Simpson’s divan, London 1867; defeated
Blackburne and De Vere in the handicap tournay, city of London
chess club 1870, took second prize at tournay 1874–5; editor of
City of London chess magazine 1874–5; drew a match with Mason
1879; editor of the Westminster papers 1874; chess editor of
Land and Water to 1884; with Steinmetz and Zukertort editor of
article on chess in Encyclopædia Britannica v 592–603 (1876);
with Steinmetz conducted 2 games by correspondence against
Vienna. _d._ Sutton, Surrey 13 March 1895. _Westminster Papers
1 May 1876 p._ 4 _portrait_; _Chess Monthly April 1895 p._ 225
_portrait_.
POTTINGER, SIR HENRY, 1 Baronet (5 son of Eldred Curwen
Pottinger, _d._ Aug. 1814). _b._ Mount Pottinger, co. Down 25
Dec. 1789; cadet in the Bombay infantry 1804; explored the
country between India and Persia 1809–10; served during the
Mahratta war 1805; collector of Ahmadnagar; major 13 Bombay
N.I. 1 May 1825; resident in Cutch 1825; lieut. col. of 24
N.I. 17 March 1829 to 1839, of 14 N.I. 1839–40, and of 69 N.I.
1840 to 19 Aug. 1841; political agent in Sind 1836–40; created
baronet 27 April 1840; envoy and plenipotentiary in China and
superintendent of British trade May 1841; cooperated in the
capture of Amoy, Chusan, Chinhai, and Ningpo 1841; signed the
treaty of Nanking 29 Aug. 1842, by which Hongkong was ceded to
England; governor and commander-in-chief of Hongkong 5 April
1843 to Feb. 1844; G.C.B. 2 Dec. 1842; P.C. 23 May 1844; voted
freedom of city of London 13 Feb. 1845, admitted 17 July 1845;
voted an annuity of £1,500 by house of commons June 1845; col.
of 11 Bombay N.I. 4 June 1845 to death; governor of Cape of Good
Hope 28 Sept. 1846 to Aug. 1847; governor of Madras 4 Aug. 1847
to 28 April 1854, took his seat 7 April 1848; M.G. 23 Nov. 1841,
L.G. in India 11 Nov. 1851; author of Travels in Beloochistan
and Sinde 1816. _d._ Valetta, Malta 18 March 1856. _bur._
Valetta, portrait painted by sir Francis Grant. _Dublin univ.
mag. Oct. 1846 pp._ 426–42 _portrait_; _D. C. Boulger’s History
of China iii_ 178, 828 (1884); _I.L.N. ii_ 24 (1843) _portrait_.
POTTINGER, JOHN (2 son of Thomas Pottinger of Mount Pottinger).
_b._ May 1815; 2 lieut. Bombay artillery 9 June 1831; lieut.
col. 13 May 1859, retired on full pay as M.G. 1 Sept. 1863;
commissary general 27 Dec. 1861 to 1 Sept. 1863; as brigade
major served in Persian campaign 1856–7, medal with clasp;
commanded Ahmednugger field force during Indian mutiny 1857–8;
sheriff of Leitrim 1867; C.B. 1 March 1861. _d._ Mount
Pottinger, Carrick-on-Shannon 12 April 1877.
POTTS, ALEXANDER WILLIAM. _b._ 1834; educ. Shrewsbury, captain
of the football and stroke of the boat; at St. John’s coll.
Camb., second classic, second chancellor’s medallist and B.A.
1858, M.A. 1861, LL.D.; fellow of his college 1858; a master at
the Charterhouse 1858; an assistant master Rugby 1862–8; the
first head master of Fettes college, Edinburgh July 1868 to
death, the college prospered under his management; author of
Hints towards Latin prose composition 1869, 2 ed. 1870; Passages
for translation into Latin prose 1879; with C. Darnell Aditus
faciliores, a Latin construing book 1875; Aditus faciliores
Græci 1878; and with W. A. Heard Camenarum Flosculos 1877, 3 ed.
1886. _d._ The lodge, Fettes college 15 Nov. 1889. _bur._ Dean
cemetery 19 Nov. _The Scotsman 18 Nov. 1889 p._ 7, _20 Nov. p._
6; _School sermons by A. W. Potts_ (1891), _memoir pp. xi–xl
portrait_.
POTTS, GEORGE (2 son of William Potts of Kelso). _b._ London
1807; contested Barnstaple 30 March 1857; M.P. Barnstaple 30
April 1859 to death; resided 29 Upper Seymour st. London and
Trafalgar house, Barnstaple. _d._ Haverstock hill, London 20
Sept. 1863.
POTTS, JOHN (son of William Potts, printer, _d._ 1867). _b._
Banbury 2 Dec. 1830; proprietor and editor of the Banbury
Guardian 1867 to death; ensign of the Banbury volunteers 24
Feb. 1860, lieut. 21 Oct. 1862; obtained medals at National
rifle association at Wimbledon; president of Banbury bowling
club; presented by provincial grand lodge of Oxfordshire with a
charity jewel with 13 clasps 1884. _d._ Banbury 28 April 1892.
_bur._ 2 May. _Banbury guardian 5 May 1892 p._ 8.
POTTS, JOSEPH TRUMPERANT. _b._ 19 April 1815; managing
proprietor of Saunders’ News-Letter, Dublin 1846 to death; owner
of landed property in Galway, Roscommon, and the King’s and
Queen’s counties. _d._ 20 Fitzwilliam square, Dublin 17 Oct.
1871. _bur._ Mount Jerome cemet. 20 Oct. _Newspaper Press 1 Nov.
1871 p._ 238.
POTTS, ROBERT (son of Robert Potts). _b._ Lambeth 1805; a sizar
at Trin. coll. Camb. 1828; 25th wrangler 1832; B.A. 1832, M.A.
1835; private tutor at Cambridge; hon. LL.D. William and Mary
college, Virginia; author of Euclid’s Elements of geometry
1845, several editions, it had a great sale in America and
the colonies; A view of the Evidences of Christianity and the
Horæ Paulinæ of W. Paley 1850; Liber Cantabrigiensis, 2 parts
1855–63; Open scholarships in the university of Cambridge 1866,
2 ed. 1883; Aphorisms, maxims, &c. 1875; Elementary arithmetic
with brief notices of its history 1876; Elementary algebra
with brief notices of its history 1879–80. _d._ Park terrace,
Cambridge 5 Aug. 1885.
POULDEN, GEORGE (eld. son of Alexander Poulden). _b._ Portsea,
Hants. 1802; barrister I.T. 12 Feb. 1830; counsel to post
office; revising barrister on western circuit; recorder of
Portsmouth April 1866 to death. _d._ 9A Stanhope place, Hyde
Park, London 12 June 1868. _bur._ Kensal Green cemetery. _Law
Times xlv_ 171 (1868).
POULETT, JOHN POULETT, 5 Earl (1 son of 4 earl Poulett
1756–1819). _b._ Charles st. Berkeley sq. London 5 July 1783;
styled viscount Hinton 1788–1819; educ. Harrow, matric. from
Brasenose coll. Oxf. 12 June 1801; colonel 2 Somerset militia
20 Sept. 1804 to 23 Feb. 1819; colonel of 1 Somerset militia 23
Feb. 1819 to 1852. _d._ Hinton St. George, Crewkerne 20 June
1864, will proved under £120,000.
POULETT, GEORGE (brother of preceding). _b._ 10 May 1786;
entered navy 2 Aug. 1797; captain 31 July 1806; naval
aide-de-camp to William iv and Victoria Aug. 1830 to 23 Nov.
1841; receiver general of the land and assessed taxes in
Somerset 1840; V.A. 21 June 1850; _fell dead_ from his horse
while hunting near West Marden, Sussex 11 Feb. 1854. _G.M. xli_
420 (1854).
POULSON, GEORGE (2 son of John Poulson of Petersfield, Hants.).
_b._ 1785; matric. from St. Alban hall, Oxf. 11 Feb. 1823;
author of Beverlac, or the antiquities and history of the town
of Beverley in the county of York, 2 vols. 1829; The history and
antiquities of the seignory of Holderness in the east riding of
the county of York, 2 vols. Hull 1840–1; edited Henry Wm. Ball’s
Social history and antiquities of Barton-upon-Humber 1856. _d._
Barrow-upon-Humber, Lincoln 12 Jany. 1858. _W. Boyne’s Yorkshire
library_ (1869) 152–6, 165–6; _G.M. April 1858 p._ 449.
POULTNEY, EDWARD. _b._ 1821; founder of The Home in the East
reformatory, Old Ford Bow 1852. _d._ 8 Dec. 1853.