Modern English Biography (volume 1 of 4) A-H

GILPIN, Charles (son of James Gilpin of Bristol). b. Bristol 1815; publisher and bookseller in Bishopsgate st. London to 1853; common councilman London 1848; parliamentary sec. of Poor law board 28 June 1859 to 22 Feb. 1865; contested Perth 1852; M.P. for Northampton, April 1857 to death; chairman of National freehold land society. d. 10 Bedford sq. Holborn, London 8 Sep. 1874. The drawing room portrait gallery of eminent personages 3rd series (1860), portrait; The statesmen of England (1862) No. 45, portrait; I.L.N. xxxiii, 92, 94 (1858), portrait, lxv, 260, 273, 379 (1874), portrait.

GILPIN, Henry Dilwood (son of Joshua Gilpin of Philadelphia 1765–1840). b. Lancaster 14 April 1801; ed. in England 1811–16; graduated at Univ. of Pennsylvania 1819; attorney in Philadelphia 1822 to death; attorney general of the U.S. 1840–1; edited Atlantic Souvenir 7 vols. 1826–32; published Opinions of the attorney generals of the United States 2 vols., Washington 1841 and other books. d. Philadelphia 29 Jany. 1860. Memorials of H. D. Gilpin, Privately printed Philadelphia (1860); Appleton’s American biography ii, 659 (1887), portrait.

GILPIN, Sir Richard Thomas, 1 Baronet (only son of Richard Gilpin of Hockliffe grange, Leighton Buzzard, Beds., who d. 3 Jany. 1841). b. Manchester st. Manchester sq. London 12 Jany. 1801; ed. at Rugby and Christ’s coll. Cam.; col. Bedfordshire militia 11 Sep. 1848 to death; sheriff of Beds. 1850; M.P. for Beds. 1851–80; created baronet 19 Feb. 1876. d. Hockliffe grange 8 April 1882.

GIOVANELLI, Edward, stage name of Edward Edwards. b. Clerkenwell, London, Aug. 1823; first appeared in London at Cabinet theatre 1839; proprietor of Highbury Barn gardens, Islington 21 May 1861 to 14 Oct. 1870 when he lost his dancing license after spending £35,000 on the property; built Alexandra theatre in the gardens, opened 20 May 1865; manager of Royal Alfred theatre opened 12 Nov. 1870. d. 6 Lady Somerset road, Kentish town, London 14 March 1881.

GIRAUD, Herbert John (2 son of John Thomas Giraud, surgeon 1764–1836). b. Faversham, Kent 14 April 1817; educ. Edin. univ., M.D. 1840; entered service of H.E.I.C. 1842, professor of chemistry and botany 1845 and then principal of Grant Medical coll. Bombay; medical officer of Sir J. Jeejeeboy’s hospital; chemical analyst to Bombay government; deputy inspector general of Bombay army medical service, retired 1868; dean of faculty of medicine, Bombay university 1863; writer of papers on botany and chemistry. d. Shanklin, Isle of Wight 12 Jany. 1888.

GIRAUD, Richard Hervé. b. Canterbury 1801; midshipman R.N. to 1815; solicitor in London 1822 to death; a Freemason 1824 to death, founder and first master of the Huguenot lodge; a director of French hospital, London 1829, sec., treasurer and deputy governor successively; a founder of Huguenot Soc. of London, April 1885. d. 55 Doughty st. London 13 Oct. 1886.

GIRDLESTONE, Rev. Charles (2 son of Samuel Rainbow Girdlestone of London, barrister). b. London 6 March 1797; ed. at Wadham coll. Ox., B.A. 1818, M.A. 1821; fell. of Balliol coll. 1818–26; C. of Hastings 1822–24; C. of Ferry Hincksey, Berks. 1824–26; select preacher at Ox. 1825 and 1830; V. of Sedgley, Staffs. 1826–37; R. of Alderley, Cheshire 1837–47; R. of Kingswinsford, Staffs. 1847–77; author of The New Testament with a commentary 2 vols. 1832–5; The Holy Bible with a commentary 4 vols. 1842, new ed. 6 vols. 1873; The question of the day, By the Creature of an Hour 1857, and 60 other books. d. Holywell house, Weston-super-Mare 28 April 1881.

GIRDLESTONE, Rev. Edward (brother of the preceding). b. London 6 Sep. 1805; ed. at Balliol coll. Ox., scholar 1823–6, B.A. 1826, M.A. 1829; C. of Deane, Lancs. 1828, V. 1830–55; canon of Bristol 1854; V. of St. Nicholas with St. Leonard’s, Bristol 1855–58; V. of Wapley, Gloucs. 1858–62; V. of Halberton, Devon 1862–72; V. of Olveston, Gloucs. 1872 to death; author of Sermons on Romanism and Tractarianism 1851; Remarks on Essays and Reviews 1861 and 15 other books. d. Canon’s house, Bristol 4 Dec. 1884. Church of England photographic portrait gallery (1859) part 6, portrait; Church Portrait Journal, Aug. 1884 pp. 57–60, portrait.

GIRLING, Mary Anne (dau. of Mr. Clouting, farmer). b. Little Glemham, Suffolk 27 April 1827; a wesleyan methodist; believed that she was called to be a new incarnation of the Deity 1864; commenced preaching at 107 Bridge road, Battersea 1870, community named themselves The Children of God, but generally called Shakers; removed to New Forest lodge, Hampshire 2 Jany. 1872; ejected for non-payment of rent 1873 and 1878 and suffered much hardship; rented Tiptoe farm, Hordle, Lymington 1879; members expected to live for ever and that Mrs. Girling would rule over the world. (m. George Stanton Girling a general dealer at Ipswich). d. Tiptoe farm 18 Sep. 1886. Irish Monthly, Oct. 1878 pp. 555–64; Lymington Chronicle 23 and 30 Sept. 1886.

GISBORNE, John (2 son of John Gisborne of Yoxall, Staffs.) b. St. Helen’s, Derby 26 Aug. 1770; ed. at Harrow and St. John’s coll. Cam., B.A. 1792; author of The Vales of Wever 1797; Reflections 1833 and other poems. d. Pentrich, Derbyshire 17 June 1851. A brief memoir of the life of John Gisborne with extracts from his diary (1852).

GISBORNE, Lionel. b. St. Petersburgh 1823; civil engineer; worked for the government in Ireland 1842–52; practised in London 1852 to death; brought forward a scheme for embankment of river Thames 1852; projected several of the long submarine telegraphs 1851 to death; partner with Henry C. Forde; A.I.C.E. 1852; author of The Isthmus of Darien 1853. d. Dartmouth st. Westminster 9 March 1861. Min. of proc. of Instit. of C.E. xxi, 586–92 (1862).

GISBORNE, Thomas (eld. son of Rev. Thomas Gisborne 1758–1846). b. 1794; M.P. for Stafford 1830–32, for North Derbyshire 1832–37, for Carlow 1839–41, for Nottingham 1843–47; contested Totnes 1840, Newport and South Leics. 1841, Ipswich 1842, Nottingham 1847 and Kidderminster 1849; author of Essays on Agriculture 1854, and of speeches and pamphlets. d. Yoxall lodge, Staffs. 20 July 1852.

GIUGLINI, Antonio. b. Fano, Italy 1827; sang at Her Majesty’s theatre, London 1857–58; sang with much success in the provinces and abroad; had a sweet and high tenor voice, the best since Tamberlik; became insane 1862. d. in an asylum at Pesaro, Italy 12 Oct. 1865. Illust. sporting news iv, 553 (1865), portrait.

GLADSTONE, Sir John, 1 Baronet (eld. son of Thomas Gladstones of Leith, corn merchant 1732–1809). b. Leith 11 Dec. 1764; corn merchant at Liverpool 1788–1843 when he retired; M.P. for Lancaster 1818, for Woodstock 1820, for Berwick 1826–27 when unseated on petition; dropped the final s in his name by r.l. 10 Feb. 1835; created baronet 18 July 1846; author of Plain facts connected with the Corn laws 1846 and other pamphlets. d. Fasque, Kincardineshire 7 Dec. 1851. Fortunes made in business ii, 111–36 (1884); H. R. F. Bourne’s English merchants ii, 290–306 (1886).

GLADSTONE, John Neilson. b. 18 Jany. 1807; M.P. for Walsall 1841, for Ipswich 1842–7, for Devizes 1852–7 and 1859 to death; sheriff of Wilts. 1859. d. Bowden park, Wilts. 7 Feb. 1863. I.L.N, xxii, 197, 198 (1853), portrait.

GLADSTONE, Murray (6 son of Robert Gladstone of Liverpool 1773–1835). b. Liverpool 14 Feb. 1816; employed in making surveys for railways; a merchant at Calcutta 1844–50; established firm of Gladstone, Latham & Co. in Manchester 1850; erected an observatory at Penmaenmawr, North Wales; F.R.A.S. 11 May 1860. d. suddenly while walking along the shore at Penmaenmawr 23 Aug. 1875. Monthly notices of R.A.S. xxxvi, 142 (1876).

GLADSTONE, Sir Thomas, 2 Baronet (eld. son of Sir John Gladstone 1764–1851). b. Annfield near Liverpool 25 July 1804; ed. at Eton and Ch. Ch. Ox., B.A. 1827, M.A. 1830; M.P. for Queenborough, Kent 1830–32, for Portarlington 1832–35, for Leicester 1835–37, for Ipswich 1842 but unseated on petition; lord lieut. of Kincardineshire; founded at Fasque, Kincardineshire a herd of pure-bred polled cattle. d. Fasque house 20 March 1889. Fortunes made in business ii, 137–40 (1884).

GLASGOW, James Carr-Boyle, 5 Earl of (2 son of 4 Earl of Glasgow 1766–1843). b. London 10 April 1792; served in the navy 1807–18, retired commander 5 Oct. 1867; assumed name of Carr before Boyle 2 Aug. 1823; contested Ayrshire 1837, M.P. for Ayrshire 1839–43; lord lieut. and sheriff principal of Renfrewshire 21 Oct. 1844; kept many racehorses 1819 to death, most of which were unnamed; won the Two thousand guineas and Doncaster Cup with General Peel 1864; master of Renfrewshire fox hounds. d. Hawkhead, Renfrewshire 11 March 1869. Rice’s British Turf (1879) ii, 242–55; Saddle and Sirloin, By the Druid. Part North (1870) 26–32; Baily’s Mag. i, 257–60 (1860), portrait.

GLASGOW, George Frederick Boyle, 6 Earl of (half-brother of the preceding). b. 9 Oct. 1825; ed. at Ch. Ch. Ox., B.A. 1847, M.A. 1852; M.P. for Buteshire, Feb. to July 1865, contested Buteshire, July 1865; lord clerk register of Scotland 1879 to death; principal keeper of the Signet. d. 32 Palmerston place, Edinburgh 23 April 1890.

GLASS, Joseph. b. 1792; invented the chimney-sweeping machine now in use for which he received a silver medal and prize of £200 about 1828; author of Chimney-sweeping described 1834. d. Brixton, London 29 Dec. 1867.

GLASS, Sir Richard Atwood (eld. son of Francis Glass of Bradford, Wilts.) b. Bradford 3 July 1820; established with Kuper a wire-rope manufactory; introduced use of twisted iron wires in Dover and Calais cable as a protecting medium for submarine telegraphs 1852; made a length of 1250 miles of the Atlantic cable of 1858 which failed; partner in firm of Glass, Elliot and Co., Greenwich, firm was eventually absorbed in the Telegraph construction and maintenance co., managing director; knighted by patent 26 Nov. 1866; chairman of Anglo-American Telegraph company; M.P. for Bewdley 1868–69 when unseated on petition; A.I.C.E. 4 May 1858. d. Moorlands, Bitterne, Southampton 22 Dec. 1873. I.L.N. xlix, 545, 558 (1866), portrait.

GLASSE, Frederick Henry Hastings. Entered navy 20 Nov. 1818; captain 9 Nov. 1846; R.A. 16 Sep. 1864, retired 1 April 1870; admiral 1 Aug. 1877; C.B. 2 Jany. 1857. d. Billacombe villa, Plymstock, South Devon 25 May 1884.

GLAZEBROOK, Thomas Kirkland (son of Rev. James Glazebrook 1744–1803). b. Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leics. 4 June 1780; glass manufacturer at Warrington; lived at Southport 1835 to death; F.L.S.; printed many songs and poems; author of The first eclogue of Virgil translated into English verse 1807; A guide to Southport 1809, 2 ed. 1826 and other books. d. Southport 17 Jany. 1855. J. Kendrick’s Warrington Worthies, 2 ed. (1854) p. 6, portrait.

GLEIG, Rev. George Robert (son of Right Rev. George Gleig 1753–1840, primate of Scotch episcopalian church). b. Stirling 20 April 1796; ed. at Glasgow univ. and Balliol coll. Ox., B.A. 1818, M.A. 1821; ensign 3 garrison battalion 1812; lieut. 85 foot 1813–16 when placed on h.p., sold out 1826; served in Peninsula 1813–14 and in American war; R. of Ivychurch, Kent 1822–80; chaplain of Chelsea hospital 1834–40; principal chaplain to the forces 1844–46, chaplain general 1846–75 when placed on h.p.; inspector general of military schools 1846–57; preb. of St. Paul’s 29 Dec. 1848 to death; author of The Subaltern 1826; The Chelsea pensioners 1829; The history of the British Empire in India 4 vols. 1830–5; Memoirs of the life of Warren Hastings 3 vols. 1841 and 35 other books; the survivor of original contributors to Blackwood’s Mag. and Fraser’s Mag. d. Stratfield Turgis near Winchfield 9 July 1888. Maclise Portrait Gallery (1883) 267–70, portrait; Colburn’s New Monthly xlix, 220–23 (1837), portrait.

GLENELG, Charles Grant, 1 Baron (eld son of Charles Grant 1746–1823, M.P. for Invernesshire). b. Kidderpore, Bengal 26 Oct. 1778; ed. at Magd. coll. Cam., fellow 1802, 4th wrangler and chancellor’s medallist 1801; B.A. 1801, M.A. 1804, L.L.D. 1819; barrister L.I. 13 June 1807; M.P. for Fortrose burghs 1811–18, for Invernesshire 1818–35; a lord of the treasury 1813–19; chief sec. for Ireland 1818–1821; P.C. Ireland 1819; P.C. 28 May 1819; vice pres. of board of trade 1823, pres. 1827–28; treasurer of navy 1827–28; pres. of board of control 1830–34; sec. of state the colonies 1835–39; created Baron Glenelg of Glenelg, Inverness 11 May 1835; F.R.S. 27 May 1828. d. Cannes 23 April 1866.

GLENGALL, Richard Butler, 2 Earl of (eld. child of 1 Earl of Glengall 1775–1819). b. 29 May 1794; succeeded his father 30 Jany. 1819; colonel of South Tipperary artillery 21 Nov. 1826 to death; Irish representative peer 1 Sep. 1829 to death; wrote The Irish tutor 1823; The follies of fashion, a comedy in 5 acts 1830 and other dramatic works. d. Cowes, Isle of Wight 22 June 1858.

GLENNIE, George. Captain of the Royal and Ancient Golf club of St. Andrews; made celebrated score of 88 for King Wm. Fourth’s medal at St. Andrews 1855 which was unbeaten until 1884; the George Glennie medal was instituted 1881, and presented by Royal Blackheath golf club to the St. Andrew’s club. d. 3 St. Germain’s place, Blackheath 26 March 1886 aged 68. H. G. Hutchinson’s Golf (1890) 388–90, portrait.

GLENNY, George. b. 1 Nov. 1793; gained many prizes at flower shows; wrote a series of letters in The British Luminary 1820 of which he became editor; edited Royal ladies’ magazine and St. James’s Archives; started Horticultural Journal 1832; edited Gardener’s Gazette, Garden Journal, Practical Florist, Glenny’s Journal, &c.; started the Metropolitan Society of Florists and Amateurs 1832; author of Cottage gardening 1847; The handy-book of gardening 1858; The properties of Flowers and plants 1864 and other books. d. Gipsy Hill, Norwood, Surrey 17 May 1874. Gardener’s Mag. 23 May 1874 p. 269, portrait.

GLEW, Edward Lees (son of Thomas Faulkner Glew of Dublin, solicitor). b. Dublin 3 March 1817; ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin; became a portrait painter; settled at Walsall; published History of the borough and foreign of Walsall, Walsall 1856; started a newspaper in Birmingham; resided at 53 Beaver st. New York as a painter; removed to Philadelphia, then to Trenton, New Jersey. d. Newark, New Jersey 9 Oct. 1870. Morning Advertiser 11 Oct. 1870 p. 3, col. 5.

GLIDDON, George Robins. b. Devonshire 1809; resided in Egypt nearly 23 years; U.S. vice consul at Alexandria about 20 years; lectured in Boston, New York and Philadelphia on Egyptian antiquities; agent for Honduras interoceanic railway at time of his death; author of A memoir on the cotton of Egypt 1841; Discourses on Egyptian archæology 1841 and other books; author with J. C. Nott of Types of Mankind 1854, and edited L. F. A. Maury’s Indigenous races of the earth 1857. d. Panama 16 Nov. 1857.

GLOUCESTER and EDINBURGH, Mary, Duchess of (4 dau. of King George the Third 1738–1820). b. 25 April 1776. (m. at Buckingham palace 22 July 1816 her cousin Prince William Frederick, 2 Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, b. 15 Jany. 1776, d. 30 Nov. 1834); ranger and keeper of Richmond new park 30 Oct. 1850 to death. d. Gloucester house, Park lane, London 30 April 1857. H. Martineau’s Biographical Sketches, 4 ed. (1876) 21–9; I.L.N. xxx, 434, 465, 466 (1857), portrait.

GLOVER, Charles William. b. London, Feb. 1806; violinist in orchestras of Drury Lane and Covent Garden; musical director Queen’s theatre, Tottenham st. 1832 etc.; composed Jeannette and Jeannot 1845, Cosin Harry a semi-comic song 1855, Tis hard to give the hand where the heart can never be 1853, and a very large number of pieces for the piano, ballads and songs. d. Caversham road, Kentish town, London 23 March 1863.

GLOVER, Edmund (eld. son of Samuel Glover and Julia Glover, actress, who d. 16 July 1850). b. England 1813; acted at Haymarket theatre, London, at Edinburgh 1841 where he played Richelieu, Rob Roy, etc.; engaged Jenny Lind in 1847 to sing in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Perth, cleared £3000; lessee of Prince’s theatre, Glasgow 1848; manager of Paisley and Dunfermline theatres and of Greenock theatre in 1849; last appeared as Triplet in Edinburgh 25 May 1859; a good actor, dancer, fencer and pantomimist. d. 3 Gayfield place, Edinburgh 23 Oct. 1860. Dibdin’s Annals of Edinburgh stage (1888) 380 et seq.

GLOVER, Edward Auchmuty (eld. son of James Glover of Mount Glover, co. Cork). Ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1837; called to bar in Ireland 1840; insolvent in Ireland 1849; barrister M.T. 30 Jany. 1852; contested Canterbury 18 Aug. 1854; contested Beverley 7 July 1852, M.P. for Beverley 28 March 1857 to 3 Aug. 1857 when unseated on petition; sentenced at Central Criminal Court 13 April 1858 to 3 months’ imprisonment in Newgate for having made false declaration as to his property, this was the last prosecution of the kind, the property qualification of M.P’s. was abolished by 21 & 22 Vict. c. 26, 28 June 1858. d. 65 Denbigh st. Pimlico, London 17 March 1862 aged 45. Annual Register (1858) 69–71; Wolferstan and Dew’s Reports i, 214–24 (1859).

GLOVER, Sarah Ann (eld. dau. of Rev. Edward Glover, R. of St. Lawrence, Norwich). Governess in family of Sir T. Fowell Buxton; taught children at Norwich music on the Sol-faing mode 1815; founded the Tonic Sol-fa method 1840 which Rev. John Curwen modified and made popular 1844; entertained at a soirée in Jewin st. schoolroom, London 20 April 1855; author of A manual of the Norwich Sol-fa system 1845; Manual of Tetrachordal system 1850; resided 11 St. Owen st. Hereford; portrait in Tonic Sol-fa coll. Forest Gate, Essex. d. Great Malvern 20 Oct. 1867 aged 82. Memorials of J. Curwen (1882) pp. viii, 49, 173.

GLOVER, Ven. George (son of George Glover of Wigan). b. 1778; ed. at Manchester sch. and Brasenose coll. Ox., B.A. 1801, M.A. 1811; R. of South Repps, Norfolk 1804 to death; archdeacon of Sudbury 21 July 1823 to death; V. of Gayton, Norfolk 1831 to death; author of A course of sermons 2 vols. 1859. d. South Repps 4 May 1862, memorial brass on chancel floor of South Repps church. Manchester School Register ii, 196–8 (1868).

GLOVER, Sir John Hawley (son of rev. John Glover, English chaplain at Cologne). Entered R.N. 1841; in expedition to the Niger under Dr. Baikie 1857–61; acting consul at Lagos 22 May to 21 Nov. 1863, colonial secretary 9 May 1864 and administrator of the settlement 19 Oct. 1866 to 1872; commissioner to friendly natives near the Gold coast 18 Aug. 1873; commanded 800 houssas in the march to Coomassie 1874, received thanks of both houses of parliament; G.C.M.G. 8 May 1874; governor of Newfoundland Jany. 1876 to June 1881, and 17 Dec. 1883 to death; retired captain 24 Nov. 1877; governor of the Leeward islands Dec. 1881 to 17 Dec. 1883. d. 35 Harley st. Cavendish sq. London 30 Sept. 1885. I.L.N. lxiv. 384, 386 (1874), portrait.

GLOVER, Percy Clabon (2 son of Rev. Richard Glover, vicar of St. Luke’s, West Holloway). b. Holy Trinity parsonage, Maidstone 14 May 1856; educ. Highgate and Worcester coll. Ox., B.A. 1880, M.A. 1883; founded the De Quincy soc. at his coll. 1878; served as tutor with various families in England and abroad; his collar bone fractured playing Lacrosse at Dulwich 5 March 1888. d. of rheumatic fever at Addiscombe vicarage 1 April 1888. Self Discipline, a memoir of P. C. Glover by Rev. Richard Glover (1889), with portrait.

GLOVER, Stephen. Author of The Peak guide, Derby 1830; The history and gazetteer of county of Derby, ed. by Thomas Noble, vol. i, pt. i, 1831, vol. ii, pt. i, 1833, never finished; assisted Thomas Bateman in his Vestiges of the Antiquities of Derbyshire 1848. d. 26 Dec. 1869. bur. Moreton, Cheshire.

GLOVER, Stephen (brother of Charles W. Glover 1806–63). b. London 1812; teacher of music, London; composer of Merry is the Greenwood, a cavatina 1847; Beauty and the beast, chamber opera 1868; The dream is past 1837, What are the wild waves saying 1850, Stars of the summer night 1855, There is a sweet wild rose 1863, duets; Annie on the Banks o’ Dee 1857, Emigrants’ Farewell 1850, songs; and upwards of 1200 other works all of which commanded a sale. d. 71 Talbot road, Bayswater, London 7 Dec. 1870. Grove’s Music and Musicians (1889) iv, 648–9.

GLOVER, William. Ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin; barrister M.T. 23 Jany. 1829; serjeant at law 19 June 1840; purchased Morning Chronicle from Duke of Newcastle, W. E. Gladstone and Sidney Herbert for £7500 in 1854, receiving from them £3000 a year for 3 years; engaged with Napoleon III. to edit the paper in his interest 1855, brought actions against French government for breach of contract; sold the paper to George Stiff 1860, it ceased 1862; author of A practical treatise on the law of municipal corporations 1836. d. 3 Gower st. Bedford sq. London 21 Dec. 1870. Grant’s Newspaper Press (1871) i, 310–12.

GLOVER, William Howard (brother of Edmund Glover 1813–60). b. Kilburn, London 6 June 1819; a violinist in Lyceum orchestra under Wagstaff 1834; with his mother founded Music and dramatic agency Soho sq. London; gave a season of opera in Manchester with his own pupils; gave annual monster concerts at St. James’s hall and Drury Lane; initiated performance of Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony with pictorial and choregraphic illustrations 1863, and of Israel in Egypt 1865; his cantata Tam o’Shanter produced at Philharmonic 4 July 1855; his opera Ruy Blas brought out at Covent Garden 24 Oct. 1861; musical critic on Morning Post 1849–65; conductor of Niblo’s orchestra, New York 1868; Palomita operetta produced at Niblo’s 1875. d. New York 28 Oct. 1875.

GLYN, Henry Carr. b. 17 April 1829; entered navy 4 March 1844; captain 20 Aug. 1861; V.A. 9 June 1882; C.B. 29 May 1875. d. 32 Eaton place, London 16 Feb. 1884. bur. family vault, Stanbridge church 21 Feb. Illust. sp. and dr. news xx, 661 (1884), portrait; I.L.N. lxxxiv, 205 (1884), portrait.

GLYN, Isabella Dallas (dau. of Mr. Gearns, architect). b. Edinburgh 22 May 1823; appeared at Manchester under her mother’s maiden name Glyn 8 Nov. 1847 as Constance in King John; at Olympic, London as Lady Macbeth 26 Jany. 1848; played at Sadler’s Wells 1848–51; gave her first Shakespearian reading Sep. 1851; appeared at Drury Lane as Bianca in Fazio 26 Dec. 1851, at St. James’ 1854, at Standard 1855, at Sadler’s Wells 1859, at Princess’s 1867; gave recitals at Boston, U.S.A. 1870; gave Shakespeare readings at Steinway hall and St. James’ hall 1878, 1879; a theatrical instructor; the latest adherent of the Kemble sch. of acting. m. (1) Edward Wills; m. (2) in Glasgow, Dec. 1853 and in London 12 July 1855 Eneas Sweetland Dallas d. 1879, divorced on her petition 10 May 1874, she was imprisoned at Holloway for contempt of court in declining to give up documents relating to her divorce case, released 28 June 1876. d. of cancer 13 Mount st. Grosvenor sq. London 18 May 1889. The Duchess of Malfi, with a memoir of Miss Glyn (1851) pp. 1–6, portrait; Tallis’s Dramatic Mag. (1850) 37–40, 2 portraits; Tallis’s Drawing room table book (1851) 1–2, portrait, and parts 7, 10, 12, 17, 21, 5 portraits; The Players iii, 391, 408 (1861), portrait.