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

HERBERT, John (son of Wm. Herbert 1771–1851, librarian Guildhall library, city of London). b. Walcot place, Lambeth 28 Feb. 1814; appeared as Romeo in the Catherine st. theatre 1831; a comic singer at Vauxhall, Cremorne and Rosherville 1833 etc.; played in dramatic companies at Brighton 1837–8, at York 1839–40, at Newcastle 1840, at Sadler’s Wells 1841, at the Victoria 1843, at City of London 1844–7; a low comedian of much ability, his best character was Paulo in Plot and Counterplot; acted at Royal theatre, Edinburgh 1851–2. d. Edinburgh 6 April 1852. Theatrical Times, ii, 217, 226 (1847), portrait; J. C. Dibdin’s Edinburgh Stage (1888) 434, 436.

HERBERT, John Maurice (son of John Lawrence Herbert of New hall, Montgomeryshire). b. 15 July 1808; ed. at cathedral school, Hereford and St. John coll. Cam., B.A. 1830, M.A. 1833; fellow of his college 1830–40; barrister L.I. 8 May 1835; assistant tithe and copyhold comr.; comr. for enfranchising assessionable manors of duchy of Cornwall; judge of county courts, circuit No. 24 (South Wales) 12 March 1847 to death; F.G.S. d. Rocklands near Ross 3 Nov. 1882. I.L.N. lxxxi, 569 (1882), portrait; Red Dragon, iii, 1 (1883), portrait.

HERBERT, John Rogers (son of the controller of customs, Maldon, Essex). b. Maldon 23 Jany. 1810; student R. Acad. London 1826; exhibited 69 pictures at R.A., 26 at B.I. and 7 at Suffolk st. 1830–80; studied in Italy 1835; joined the Church of Rome 1840; A.R.A. 1841, R.A. 1846, retired 1886; a master of the School of design, Somerset house 1837; decorated the peers’ robing room, house of lords with 9 pictures, the best being, Moses bringing the tables of the law, executed in the water glass process and taking 14 years to complete; commenced painting religious subjects with, Introduction of Christianity into Britain 1842; some of his best known works are, Sir Thomas More and his daughter 1844; The acquittal of the seven bishops 1846; Our Saviour subject to his parents at Nazareth 1847; Laborare est orare 1862; The sower of good seed 1865; The bay of Salamis 1869; The adoration of the Magi 1874. d. The Chimes, Kilburn 17 March 1890. bur. Kensal green. Sandby’s Hist. of R. Academy, ii, 179–81 (1862); Sherer’s Gallery of British artists, i, 39–46; I.L.N. 29 March 1890 p. 390, portrait; Pictorial World 3 April 1890 pp. 423, 441, portrait; Times 20 March 1890 p. 10.

HERBERT, Sir Percy Egerton (2 son of 2 Earl of Powis 1785–1848). b. Powis castle, Montgomeryshire 15 April 1822; ed. at Eton and Sandhurst; ensign 43 foot 17 Jany. 1840; served in Kaffir war 1851–3, Russian war 1854–6 and wounded at the Alma, Indian mutiny 1857–8; A.D.C. to the Queen 29 June 1855 to 28 Jany. 1868; lieut.-col. 82 foot 19 Feb. 1858 to 16 Nov. 1860 when placed on h.p.; deputy quartermaster general 1 Nov. 1860 to 28 April 1865; L.G. 22 Sep. 1875; colonel 74 highlanders April 1876; M.P. Ludlow 1854–60; M.P. South Shropshire 1865 to death; treasurer of H.M.’s household 27 Feb. 1867 to Dec. 1868; C.B. 5 July 1855, K.C.B. 2 June 1869; P.C. 19 March 1867. d. Styche, Market Drayton 7 Oct. 1876.

HERBERT, St. Leger Algernon (1 son of Frederick Charles Herbert 1819–68, commander in navy). b. Kingston, Canada 16 Aug. 1850; ed. at naval sch. New Cross, Kent and at Wadham coll. Ox., scholar 1869–74; in Canadian C.S. 1875–8; private sec. to Sir Garnet Wolseley in Cyprus 1878 and in South Africa 1879; at the storming of Sekokoeni’s Mountain and for his services C.M.G. 1880; a correspondent of The Times from 1878; sec. to Sir F. Roberts in Africa, Feb. 1881; sec. to Transvaal commission 1881; special correspondent for Morning Post in Egypt from Sep. 1883, shot through the leg at Tamai; on staff of Sir H. Stewart in Egypt 1884, killed at battle of Gubat near Metammeh in the Soudan 19 Jany. 1885; monument to memory of 7 journalists who died in Soudan, in crypt of St. Paul’s. Morning Post 29 Jany. 1885 p. 5; I.L.N. lxxxvi, 171 (1885), portrait.

HERBERT, Sir Thomas (2 son of Richard Townshend Herbert of Cahirnane, M.P. co. Kerry 1783–90). b. Cahirnane, Feb. 1793; entered navy 23 July 1803; captain 25 Nov. 1822; served in China during war operations in Canton river 1840–41; commodore on south east coast of America 11 Jany. 1847 to 21 June 1849; a junior lord of admiralty, Feb. to Dec. 1852; V.A. 8 Dec. 1857; sheriff of Kerry 1829; C.B. 29 June 1841, K.C.B. 14 Oct. 1841; M.P. for Dartmouth 1852–57. d. 74 Cadogan place, London 4 Aug. 1861.

HERBERT, Rev. Thomas Martin (son of Thomas Herbert of Nottingham). b. Nottingham 18 Oct. 1835; ed. at Mill Hill sch., Spring Hill coll., Lancashire coll. and at Univ. coll. London, B.A. London, M.A.; congregational minister at Nether chapel, Sheffield to 1867, at Cheadle 1868–76; professor of philosophy and church history, Lancashire coll. 1876 to death; author of The external relations of Congregationalism, printed in Religious Republics 1869; Difficulties in the way of religious education by the state 1874; The realistic assumptions of modern science 1879. d. Ottringham near Manchester 28 Nov. 1877. The Congregationalist, vii, 33–40 (1878); Congregational Year Book (1879) 320–21.

HERBERT, William. b. 1771; librarian Guildhall library, city of London 1828–45; author of Antiquities of the inns of court and chancery 1804; Select views of London and its environs 2 vols. 1804–5; The history of the twelve great livery companies of London 2 vols. 1836–7; with E. W. Brayley he wrote Syr Reginalde or the Black tower, a romance 1803; History of Lambeth palace 1806; with Robert Wilkinson Londina illustrata 2 vols. 1819–25. d. 40 Brunswick st. Haggerston, London 18 Nov. 1851.

HERBISON, David (son of an innkeeper, d. 1827). b. Ballymena, co. Antrim 14 Oct. 1800; a hand loom linen weaver 1814–27 and 1830 to death; resided in Canada 1827–30; known as The Bard of Dunclug; author of The fate of Mc. Quillan and O’Neill’s daughter, poems, Belfast 1841; Midnight musings 1848; Woodland wanderings 1858; The Snow wreath 1869, with Autobiography of the author; The children of the year 1876. d. Dunclug near Ballymena 26 May 1880, monu. at Ballymena. Collected works of D. Herbison, ed. by Rev. D. Mc. Meekin (1883), with memoir.

HERDMAN, Robert (4 son of Rev. William Herdman, minister of Rattray, Perthshire, d. 1838). b. Rattray 17 Sep. 1829; ed. at Madras coll. St. Andrews 1838, and at Univ. of St. Andrews; studied art in Trustees’ acad. Edin. 1847 and in Italy 1854–6 and 1868; A.R. Scottish Acad. 1858, Academician 1863; portrait, figure and landscape painter; exhibited at R. Scottish Acad. 1850 to death; exhibited 32 pictures at R.A. Lond. and 2 at B.I. 1861–80; some of his paintings were, After the battle, a scene in covenanting times 1870, in National gallery, Scotland; Charles Edward seeking shelter in the house of an adherent 1876; Landless and homeless 1887; author of Address to the students of the Board of manufacturers’ Art School 1888; found dead in his studio from heart disease, Edinburgh 10 Jany. 1888. Times 12 Jany. 1888 p. 6.

HERDMAN, William Gawin (son of a corn merchant). b. Liverpool 13 March 1805; art teacher Liverpool; member of Liverpool academy till 1857 when he was expelled for his opposition to pre-Raphaeliteism; established an Art school in Liverpool 1857; exhibited 5 pictures at R.A. and 1 at Suffolk st. 1834–61; the reformation of perspective occupied much of his time; the founder of shilling art-unions; F.S.A.; published Views of Fleetwood-on-Wyre 1838; Studies from the folio of W. G. H. 1838; Pictorial relics of ancient Liverpool 1843; A treatise on the curvilinear perspective of nature 1853; Thoughts on speculative cosmology and the principles of art 1870; found dead in his bed at 41 St. Domingo vale, Liverpool 29 March 1882. Bryan’s Dictionary of painters (1886) 645; Liverpool Mercury 1 April 1882 p. 5.

HERING, George Edwards (younger son of a German bookbinder). b. London 1805; studied in Munich art sch. 1829 and in Italy 1830 etc.; landscape painter; exhibited 88 pictures at R.A., 86 at B.I. and 10 at Suffolk st. 1836–80; among his paintings were The ruins of the palace of the Cæsars at Rome 1836; Amalfi 1841 and Capri 18—, both in the Royal collection; Bridge over a stream 1847, in South Kensington museum; published Sketches on the Danube, in Hungary and Transilvania 1838; The mountains and lakes in Switzerland, the Tyrol and Italy, twenty coloured lithographs 1847. d. 45 Grove end road, St. John’s Wood, London 18 Dec. 1879, his wife a well known painter, exhibited landscapes 1853–8. Art Journal, xxxii, 83; Clement and Hutton’s Artists (1879) 348.

HERIOT, Frederick Lewis Maitland. b. 6 Feb. 1818; barrister 1839, advocate depute; sheriff of Forfarshire 21 Feb. 1862 to death; edited The Scottish jurist, containing reports of cases decided in the courts of session. d. Paris 7 March 1881. Journal of Jurisprudence, xxv, 204 (1881).

HERMAN, George Frederic. Joined British auxiliary legion in Spain as a captain in the Rifle corps 11 July 1835 and was present during all the fighting 1835–8, lieut.-col. 1 Oct. 1836; went out to Syria as assistant adjutant general on staff of Sir Charles Smith 1840 and served through Syrian campaign, receiving Sultan’s gold medal; vice consul at Bengazi 31 March 1848; consul at Tripoli 1 Jany. 1852 and consul general there 26 March 1856 to 13 Jany. 1865, retired on a pension 18 July 1865. d. 2 Aug. 1873. Foreign Office List (1873) 111–12.

HERMON, Edward (son of Richard Hermon). b. London about 1821; member of firm of Horrocks, Miller and Co. cotton spinners, Preston; M.P. Preston 1868–81; gave money for prizes, for Essays on the prevention of explosions and accidents in coal mines 1874. d. Berkeley sq. London 6 May 1881, personalty sworn to be £588,000 on 25 June 1881, his pictures were sold for £37,116 4s. 6d. on 13 May 1882.

HERON, Denis Caulfield (eld. son of W. Heron). b. Dublin 1826; ed. at St. Gregory’s Downside and Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1845, LL.B. and LLD. 1857; obtained a university scholarship 1845 but precluded from enjoying it on account of being a Roman Catholic; called to Irish bar 1848; professor of jurisprudence in Queen’s college, Galway 1849–59; Q.C. 4 July 1860; law adviser at Dublin Castle, April to July 1866; bencher of King’s Inns 1872; M.P. for Tipperary 1870–74; third serjeant at law Oct. 1880 to death; author of The constitutional history of the university of Dublin 1847; Should the tenant of land possess the property in the improvements made by him? 1852; An introduction to the history of jurisprudence 1860; The principles of jurisprudence 1873. d. while salmon fishing on the river Corrib at Galway 15 April 1881. bur. Glasnevin cemetery, Dublin 19 April. Case of D. C. Heron against the provost and senior fellows of Trinity college, Dublin (1846).

HERON, Sir Joseph (son of James Holt Heron, merchant). b. Manchester 1809; ed. at Moravian sch. at Fairfield; admitted attorney and solicitor 1830; town clerk of Manchester, Dec. 1838 to death, an able administrator, instrumental in obtaining the act for the Thirlmere water scheme for Manchester 1879; knighted at Windsor castle 9 July 1869. d. Cannes, France 23 Dec. 1889. Times 25 Dec. 1889 p. 4; Law Journal, xxv, 14 (1890).

HERON, Matilda. b. Labby vale, Londonderry, Ireland 1 Dec. 1830; studied in Philadelphia, U.S. America under Peter Richings; first appeared at Walnut st. theatre as Bianca in Fazio 17 Feb. 1851; played at St. Louis 1852, in San Francisco 1853, in New York 1854 and 1857 when she acted as Camille her most successful character. (m. 24 Dec. 1857 Robert Stoepel, musical director, from whom she separated 1862, sued for a divorce March 1869); appeared at Lyceum, London as Rosalie Lee in New Year’s Eve 1 April 1861 but met with little success; returned to U.S. America, made last appearance as Medea in April 1876; teacher of elocution New York 1876 to death; published Camille. Adapted from the French of A. Dumas [by M. H.] 1856; Medea, a tragedy by G. J. B. E. W. Legouvé, translated 1857. d. New York city 7 March 1877. Appleton’s American Biog. iii, 184 (1887), portrait; Soulé’s Annals of San Francisco (1855) 661, portrait.

HERON, Sir Robert, 2 Baronet (only son of Thomas Heron of Chilham castle, Kent). b. Newark 27 Nov. 1765; ed. at St. John’s coll. Cam.; succeeded his uncle Sir R. Heron 18 Jany. 1805; came into large property on death of his uncle Rev. Robert Heron 19 Jany. 1813; M.P. Grimsby 1812–18; contested Lincolnshire 1818; M.P. Peterborough 1819–47; built the nave and tower of Stubton ch. Lincolnshire; author of Notes. Grantham 1850, reprinted 1851. d. Stubton hall near Newark 29 May 1854. G.M. July 1854 pp. 74–5.

HERRIES, Sir Charles John (eld. son of succeeding). b. 1815; ed. at Eton and Trin. coll. Cam., B.A. 1837, M.A. 1840; barrister I.T. 20 Nov. 1840; commissioner of excise 22 Nov. 1842; dep. chairman of board of inland revenue 1856, chairman 15 Aug. 1877, retired 1881 on a pension of £1353; C.B. 1871, K.C.B. 27 Oct. 1880; author of Memoir of Rt. Hon. J. C. Herries 2 vols. 1880. d. St. Julian’s, Sevenoaks 14 March 1883. Times 16 March 1870 p. 8.

HERRIES, John Charles (eld. son of Charles Herries of London, merchant, d. 1819). b. Nov. 1778; ed. at Cheam and at Univ. of Leipsic; clerk in the treasury 5 July 1798; private sec. to Nicholas Vansittart when secretary of the treasury 1801–1802, to Spencer Perceval when prime minister 1810–12; secretary and registrar to order of the Bath, Jany. 1809, resigned 1822; comptroller of army accounts 1811; commissary in chief 1 Oct. 1811 to 24 Oct. 1816 when office was abolished and he retired on pension of £1350; auditor of the civil list 29 Oct. 1816 to 1821; financial sec. to the treasury 7 Feb. 1823 to 4 Sep. 1827; chancellor of the exchequer 17 Aug. 1827 to 26 Jany. 1828; P.C. 17 Aug. 1827; master of the mint 12 Feb. 1828 to 14 Dec. 1830; president of board of trade 2 Feb. 1830 to 22 Nov. 1830; secretary at war 16 Dec. 1834 to 20 April 1835; president of board of control 28 Feb. to Dec. 1852; member of the India board 28 Feb. 1852; M.P. for Harwich 1823–41; contested Ipswich 3 July 1841; M.P. for Stamford 1847–53; translated Frederick Gentz’s work On the state of Europe before and after the French revolution 1803. d. St. Julian’s, Sevenoaks 24 April 1855. E. Herries’ Memoir of J. C. Herries 2 vols. 1880; Portraits of eminent conservatives and statesmen 2 series (1846); I.L.N. xiv, 269 (1849), portrait.

HERRIES, Sir William Lewis (brother of the preceding). b. Amiens, France 1785; cornet 19 dragoons 23 Jany. 1801; served in South America, at Walcheren, at siege of Flushing and in Peninsula; lost his leg before Bayonne 1814; permanent assistant quartermaster general 28 July 1814 to 31 July 1817 when placed on h.p.; chairman of board of comrs. for auditing public accounts; lieut.-col. on half pay 13 Aug. 1830 to 9 Nov. 1846; a comr. of Chelsea hospital; col. of 68 foot 17 April 1854 to death; L.G. 20 June 1854; K.C.H. 1826; knighted at Carlton house 29 May 1826; C.B. 19 July 1831. d. 14 Bolton st. Piccadilly, London 3 June 1857.

HERRING, John Frederick (son of Mr. Herring, fringe maker, Newgate st. London). b. Surrey 1795; coach painter at Doncaster 1814; driver of the Nelson coach from Wakefield to Lincoln 1814–6, then of the Doncaster and Halifax coach, and later on of the Highflyer coach between London and York; painted Filho da Puta the winner of the St. Leger 1815, and the winners for 32 years in succession; painted Mameluke the winner of the Derby 1827 and the winners for 18 years following; at Doncaster till 1830, at Six mile bottom, Newmarket 1830–33, settled at Camberwell 1833; exhibited 22 pictures at R.A., 44 at B.I. and 82 at Suffolk st. 1818–68; member of Soc. of British Artists 1841–52; animal painter to duchess of Kent; among his pictures were, A frugal meal, now in National gallery; A group of ducks, in the Glasgow gallery, and A black horse drinking from a trough, in National gallery, Dublin; many of his paintings were engraved, and published by Fores, Fuller and Graves; he published The Horse, 12 plates. d. Meopham park near Tunbridge Wells 23 Sep. 1865. Memoir of J. F. Herring. Sheffield (1848), portrait; Scott and Sebright, By the Druid (1862) 88–93; I.L.N. xlvii, 360, 361 (1865), portrait.

HERRING, Paul, stage name of William Smith. b. 20 Sep. 1800; clown at Richardson’s show playing 12 times a day and also taking part in the outside parade; acted Bob Logic in the original cast of Tom and Jerry at the royal amphitheatre 17 Sep. 1821; in H. Brading’s dramatic co. at Albert saloon, Shepherd fields, London where he was the hero in The imp of the devil’s gorge 1841; clown at Victoria theatre under Daniel Webster Osbaldiston; played clown last time at St. James’ theatre 1859; pantaloon from 1859, played in The White Cat at Drury Lane 1877. d. 32 North st. Hercules buildings, Lambeth, London 18 Sep. 1878. bur. Tooting cemetery 25 Sep. The Era 22 and 29 Sep. 1878; Illust. S. and D. News, ii, 268 (1874); Tinsley’s Mag., July 1883 pp. 72–6.

HERRING, Richard. b. 1829; paper agent and wholesale stationer Finsbury pavement, London; made a study of telegraphy; author of Paper and paper making, ancient and modern 1855, 3 ed. 1863; A letter on the collection of rags for paper making 1860; A few personal recollections of the Rev. George Croly 1861; Mr. Herring and the telegraphs 1874, 4 ed. 1875 and other books. d. 27 St. Mary’s road, Islington 5 Oct. 1886. The Bookseller 8 Oct. 1886 p. 949.

HERSCHEL, Sir John Frederick William, 1 Baronet (only child of Sir Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel, astronomer 1738–1822). b. Slough, Bucks. 7 March 1792; ed. at Hitcham, Eton and St. John’s coll. Cam., senior wrangler, Smith’s prizeman and fellow of his coll. 1813; B.A. 1813, M.A. 1816; F.R.S. 27 May 1813, member of council, one of secretaries 1824–7, royal medallist 1833, 1836 and 1840; a founder of R. Astronomical soc. 1820, wrote the inaugural address, first foreign secretary 1824–7, medallist 1826, 1836, president 1827; discovered 525 new nebulae; discovered double stars; made researches and discoveries in light, heat and photography, one of the greatest men since Sir Isaac Newton; K.H. 12 Oct. 1831; baronet 17 July 1838; lord rector of Marischal college, Aberdeen, March 1842; master of the mint 13 Dec. 1850, resigned Feb. 1855; president of British association at Cambridge meeting 1845; one of the 8 foreign members of Institute of France 23 July 1855; wrote upwards of 150 scientific papers; author of Results of astronomical observations made 1834–8 at Cape of Good Hope being the completion of a survey of the heavens 1847; A manual of scientific enquiry, for the use of the navy 1849, 5 ed. 1886; Outlines of astronomy 1849, 10 ed. 1869; Familiar lectures on scientific subjects 1866; The Iliad of Homer translated into accentuated hexameters 1866. d. Collingwood, Hawkhurst, Kent 11 May 1871. bur. Westminster abbey 19 May. Dunkin’s Obituary notices of astronomers (1879) 47–85; Martineau’s Biog. sketches (1876) 449–67; Monthly notices R. Astronom. soc. xxxii, 122–42 (1872); Illust. News of World, ix (1862), portrait; Year book of facts (1846), portrait.

HERSCHELL, Helen S. (dau. of William Mowbray of Edinburgh). A Latin, Greek, Hebrew and German scholar; a friend of Rev. Edward Irving 1834–8. (m. 1831 the succeeding); wrote The Bystander, a series of papers in The Christian Ladies’ magazine; author of The child’s help to self-examination and prayer 1835; The voice from the fire 1839. d. Bonn, Germany 31 Dec. 1853. bur. Kensal green 12 Jany. 1854. Far above rubies. Memoir of Helen S. Herschell (1854).

HERSCHELL, Rev. Ridley Haim (son of a Jew). b. Strzelno, Prussian Poland 7 April 1807; ed. at Berlin univ. 1822; baptized in England by bishop of London 1830; missionary among the Jews; in charge of Lady Olivia Sparrow’s schools and mission work at Leigh, Essex and Brampton, Hunts. 1835–8; opened an unsectarian chapel in London 1838, removed to Trinity chapel, John st. Edgware road 1846; a founder of British soc. for propagating gospel among Jews; one of first to establish school excursions; a founder of Evangelical Alliance 1845; author of A brief sketch of the state and expectations of the Jews 3 ed. 1834; Plain reasons why I a Jew have become a catholic and not a Roman catholic 1842; A visit to my fatherland. Notes of a journey to Syria and Palestine 1844; edited The voice of Israel conducted by Jews who believe that Jesus is the Messiah, vols. 1–2, 1845–7, and other books. d. Brighton 14 April 1864.

HERSEE, William. b. Coldwaltham, Sussex 1786; a ploughman; bookseller with Cooper at Bunhill row, London 1813; accountant in Inland revenue office, London 1809–26; edited the Warwick Advertiser 1831 to March 1852; published Poems, rural and domestic. Chichester 1810; The battle of Vittoria, a poem 1813; The spirit of the orders issued by the board of excise for the guidance of officers 1829 and other books. d. Warwick 6 Aug. 1854.

HERSHON, Paul Isaac. b. Galicia 1817; early converted to Christianity; a missionary for promoting christianity among the Jews in England; director of the house of industry for Jews at Jerusalem, and then of the model farm at Jaffa, retired 1859; author of Extracts from the Talmud 1860; The Pentateuch according to the Talmud. Genesis 1878; A Talmudic miscellany 1880; Treasures of the Talmud 1882; translated the New Testament into Judæo-Polish for the use of the Continental Jews. d. 9 Park avenue, Wood Green, Middlesex 14 Oct. 1888. Times 15 Oct. 1888 p. 10.

HERTFORD, Maria Seymour-Conway, Marchioness of (dau. of the Marchese Fagniani an Italian). b. 1771; known as Mie Mie; lived with George Selwyn as his adopted dau. at Matson hall, Gloucester 1779–91 when he died leaving her £30,000; a public singer. (m. 18 May 1798 Francis, Earl of Yarmouth who in 1822 became 3 Marquis of Hertford 1777–1842); travelled on the continent as the acknowledged mistress of Marshal Andoche Junot, duc d’Abrantes 1802–4; the 4th Duke of Queensberry (’Old Q’) bequeathed to her by will in 1810 a sum of £100,000. d. 3 Rue Taitbout, Paris, March 1856 aged 85. P. Fitzgerald’s Kings and Queens of an hour, ii, 355–70 (1883); The Croker Papers, By L. J. Jennings, i, 235–6 (1884).

HERTFORD, Richard Seymour-Conway, 4 Marquis of (elder son of 3 Marquis of Hertford 1777–1842). b. 22 Feb. 1800; styled viscount Beauchamp 1800–22, earl of Yarmouth 1822–42; attaché of embassy at Paris 1817; cornet 2 dragoons 24 Feb. 1820, captain 25 March to 17 April 1823 when placed on h.p.; M.P. co. Antrim 1821–26; captain of Cape corps of cavalry 1823; attaché of embassy at Constantinople 1829; succeeded his father 1 March 1842; K.G. 19 Jany. 1846; commander of Legion of Honour for encouragement given to the arts 14 Nov. 1855; known by the nickname of Bagatelle. d. 6 Rue Lafitte, Paris 25 Aug. 1870. bur. Père Lachaise cemetery, personalty sworn under £500,000, 8 July 1871. Irish Reports. Common Law series, vi, 196–220, 343–410 (1873); Some professional recollections [By C. R. Williams] (1883) 75–92; Waagen’s Treasures of art, ii, 154–61 (1854); Waagen’s Galleries of art (1857) 79–92; Lippincott’s Mag. xiii, 191–6 (1874).