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

Hughes, Gentleman i.e. William Edward Hughes 1578.

Hughes, Little i.e. William Edward Hughes 1578.

Hughes, William Hughes i.e. William Hughes Hewitt 1578.

Humphreys, Alexander i.e. Alexander Alexander 42.

Hutchinson, Lavalette i.e. John, Earl of Donoughmore 897.

Hyett, William Henry i.e. William Henry Adams 1611.

Jerviswood, Lord i.e. C. Baillie Hamilton 129.

Kenlis, Baron i.e. Thomas T. marquis of Headfort 1405.

Khourschid Pasha i.e. Richard Debaufre Guyon 1267.

Lyon-Home, Daniel Dunglas i.e. D. D. Home 1519.

Maclae, Walter i.e. Walter Ewing 1009.

Manor, Lord i.e. G. Dundas 933.

Maurice, Leon d. 1826 i.e. lord Maurice Drummond de Melfort 827.

Medwyn, Lord i.e. J. H. Forbes 1078.

Meredyth, Baron i.e. W. M. S. Baron Athlumney 102.

Milan, Count of i.e. Sir H. J. Caldwell 515.

Milner-Gibson, Thomas i.e. Thomas Gibson 1141.

Montalbo, Countess de i.e. Josephine Benoite 358.

Myddleton, Robert i.e. Robert Biddulph 273.

Noel-Fearn, Henry i.e. Rev. H. Christmas 617.

Nicholls, Charlotte i.e. Charlotte Bronte 413.

Nugent, Fulke Southwell Greville- i.e. Fulke Southwell Greville 1239.

Osborne, George H. i.e. George 6 earl of Aberdeen 8.

Osborne, Ralph Bernal i.e. Ralph Bernal 255.

Pakington, John Somerset i.e. John Somerset Russell 1311.

Paget, Baron i.e. H. P. Anglesey 71.

Pyndar, John R. Beauchamp i.e. John, earl Beauchamp 211.

Richardson-Currer, Henry i.e. Henry Richardson 790.

Ridley-Colborne, Nicholas W. i.e. Nicholas W. Ridley 669.

Russell-Boyne, Gustavus H. earl Brancepeth i.e. G. H. Boyne 369–70.

Sackville West, G. J. i.e. G. J. West 852.

Seymour-Vesey-Fitzgerald, Sir W. R. i.e. Sir W. R. Fitzgerald 1060.

Solly-Flood, Frederick i.e. Frederick Solly 1071.

Stanley, Henry Morton i.e. John Rowlands 242.

Stewart, The Abbé i.e. Stewart Drummond 475.

Vernon family, The, took name of Harcourt 1324.

Watson-Gordon, Sir J. i.e. Sir John Gordon 1181.

Weddell, Thomas P. 2 earl de Grey i.e. T. P. Robinson 848.

Yarde Buller, John i.e. John Buller Yarde 620.

Napoleon I. d. 1821, conveyed to St. Helena 663,

exhumation of his body 42,

medical attendant at St. Helena 89,

on board Bellerophon 914,

person present at his death 764,

post mortem appearance of his body 1433,

representations of him in dramas 1169,

visitor at Elba 746,

visitors at St. Helena 56, 1088,

went in the Undaunted to Elba 1374.

Napoleon III. d. 1873, escape from Ham 932,

his mistress the countess de Beauregard 214,

subsidizes the Morning Chronicle 1160.

Nash, John d. 1835, architect 847.

Nassau, first bishop of 572.

Natal, bishop of 673,

Majuba hill, battle of 677.

National Debt, money left for reduction of 844.

National Gallery, Wynn Ellis pictures 987.

Natural history, Bowerbank’s collection of 357.

Naturalists, Audubon 107,

Burchell 475.

Naturalisations, Albano 37,

Albert, prince 38,

Aldridge 42,

Appold 78,

Arntz 90,

Bates 192,

Batthyany 194,

Baume 196,

Beyer 268,

Bianconi 269,

Biber 269,

Cavagnari 575,

Chatelain 598,

Costa 724,

Crestadoro 758,

Dallmeyer 806,

Dellagana 854,

Freiligrath 1105,

Huth 1606.

Nature printing 372.

Navarino, battle of 665.

Navy, anchor, Hall’s patent 1292,

armour plating of ships 623, 675,

bilge-tank, an iron 1292,

boys’ training ships 1350,

captains by order in council 119,

Cowper Cole’s system 675,

feats of daring 1300,

first screw frigate 1046,

forces of the enemy 1048,

Graham’s novices 1350,

Keppel’s action, last survivor of 1275,

mounting guns on ships 675,

nautical almanac office 1317,

naval cadets 1350,

pay office abolished 878,

round war ships 972,

screw ship the first 1289,

target for defence of ships 583.

Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, his name found on a monument 1480.

Negro minstrels, Buckley minstrels 464,

Christy minstrels 1399, 1489,

Moor and Burgess 1489.

Nelson, Horatio killed 1805 admiral, officer at his funeral 1224.

Newcastle, bishop of 581,

chartist disturbances 1044,

chemical soc. 622,

literary and philosophical soc. 622,

typographical soc. 20,

Walker alkali works 622.

Newmarket, middle park plate founded 312,

school for jockeys 1031.

Newman, John Henry d. 1889 cardinal, Achilli case 1361,

his solicitor 1361,

resigned fellowship 1388,

tract ninety 1247.

Newport, bishop of 439,

chartist riots 1110.

Newsagent, Berger 252.

Newspaper correspondents, Borrow G. H. 342,

Bower H. E. tried for murder 356,

Boweryem G. 358,

Bowlby, T. W. 359,

Cameron 524,

Morton Saville killed in Paris 356.

Newspapers, church and country newspaper co. 1114,

early papers, collection of 482,

newspaper press college 1114,

stamp duty on 1099.

Newspapers, See also Magazines.

Academy founded 77,

assistant editor 1568.

Albion, New York, founded 186.

Anglo-Saxon, Boston, established 186.

Antidote, Dublin, editor 1193.

Athenæum commenced 461,

editors 878, 884, 898, 1451,

manager 1098,

owners 103, 1515,

dramatic critic 1437,

musical critic 1253.

Atlas editors 1098, 1533.

Australian town and country journal commenced 243.

Banner of Ulster founded 1142.

Bath express editor 1378.

Belfast morning news, proprietor 1215.

Bell’s life in London, proprietor 644,

editors 907, 908.

Bombay standard commenced 468.

Britannia founded 732.

British luminary, editor 1157.

Builder founded 1322,

editor 1164.

Bullionist, editors 1002, 1424.

Cambridge independent press, proprietor 1375.

Catholic layman, Dublin, editor 1132.

Censor, editor 1109.

Cerberus established 709.

Chat, editor 1518.

Chat of the week, editor 1591.

Christian advocate, editor 1120.

Christian observer, editor 1173.

Commercial gazette founded 243.

Companion, The, editor 1591.

Constitutional, sub-editor 1593.

Cornish telegraph, editor 1123.

Cornubian, editor 1124.

Country, The, established 741.

County courts chronicle established 741.

Court journal started 1515.

Daily express, Dublin, editor 1163.

Daily News, editors 872, 1084, 1589,

manager 878,

musical critic 1501,

parliamentary reporter 1574.

Daily telegraph, acting editor 1593.

Dundee guardian commenced 468.

Edinburgh courant, editor 1424.

Edinburgh evening courant, editor 1319.

Elgin courier founded 1202.

Empire, proprietors 1303.

Enquirer, The, editor 1481.

Era, theatrical art critic 1574.

Evening mail, Dublin, originated 1395.

Evening sun, parliamentary reporter 1574.

Examiner started 1591,

libel in 1591,

editors of 1074, 1084.

Exchange and mart, proprietor of 741.

Falkirk liberal commenced 288.

Family Herald commenced 275.

Felix Farley’s Bristol journal, proprietor 1263.

Field, editor 1097,

proprietor 741,

the naturalists’ column in 398.

Free Russian press, editor 1450.

Freeman’s journal, proprietors 1216.

French paper, first in England 34.

Fun, editor 1525,

illustrator of 1548.

Galignani’s messenger founded 1117,

editor 358.

Garden journal, editor 1157.

Gardener’s gazette, editor 1157.

Glenny’s journal, editor 1157.

Globe, editor 1322.

Grant’s London journal, conductor 1202.

Graphic, illustrator of 1548.

Guardian projected 1271,

founded 256.

Guide, editor 671.

Hampshire chronicle, editor 1484.

Herapath’s railway journal, proprietor 1436,

reporter 1270.

Hereford times founded 76.

Horticultural journal started 1157.

Hour commenced 1002.

Illustrated London news, dramatic critic 1437,

musical critic 1501,

sub editor 1589.

Indicator, editor 1591.

Inverness courier, editor 560.

Irish times, commissioner of 1163.

Iron times started 1518.

Jeride Hawades, editor 619.

Jewish chronicle, editor 1433.

John Bull established 473,

editor 709.

Journal of public health, editor 1131.

Judy, illustrator of 444.

Jullien’s military band journal, editor 1163.

Kentish mercury, proprietor 1362.

Kolokol (The Bell), editor 1450.

Lancet, editors 708, 1096,

publisher 619.

Land and water commenced 462, 1040.

Law journal, editor 1091.

Law times established 741.

Leader started 1527, 1593.

Leeds patriot, proprietor 1090.

Leeds times, proprietor 1489.

Leicestershire mercury, proprietor 1510.

Le mercure de Londres begun 598.

Le petit mercure begun 598.

Liberal, The, editor 1591.

Licensed victuallers’ gazette, editor 1107.

Literary gazette, editor 1175.

Literary examiner, editor 1591.

Literary Observer, editor 1289.

Liverpool mail founded 44.

London Figaro, chief leader writer 1533.

London gazette, printer 1356.

London Saturday journal, conductor 1202.

Maidstone journal, proprietor 1287.

Manchester city news, editor 1272.

Manchester courier, editor 1484.

Manchester examiner originated 148.

Manchester guardian commenced 1124,

chief of reporting staff 1339.

Manx sun, proprietor 1236.

Medical times projected 1589.

Medical times and gazette, editor 918.

Mining journal, proprietor 993.

Monmouthshire Merlin established 313.

Montreal pilot started 1480.

Morning advertiser founded 441,

doubled in size 1521,

editor 1202.

Morning chronicle, editors 293, 1098, 1438, 1501, 1518,

manager 910,

money lost in 1438,

parliamentary reporter 1574,

proprietors 644, 953, 1160, 1438, 1601,

sold to emperor Napoleon 1160.

Morning herald, editor 1002.

Morning journal started 1263,

prosecuted for libel 44.

Morning post, correspondent 1253,

editors 1098, 1330,

musical critic 1161,

pigeon express 1253,

reporter 1129,

war correspondent shot 1442.

Morning register, Dublin, founded 178.

Morning star, editor 1303.

Musical review, editor 1568.

Musical standard, proprietor 1309.

Musical world, editor 1568.

Nation re-established 499.

National omnibus started 199.

New Brunswick reporter, editor 1501.

New York globe started 242.

New York herald commenced 242.

Nonsuch a farrago of something, commenced 329.

North British daily mail, editor 66.

Northampton mercury, editor 870,

proprietor 871.

Observer, manager 910,

proprietor 644,

theatrical critic 1061.

Official gazette, Oxford, editor 1374.

Paisley and Renfrewshire gazette, editor 699.

Paris sun commenced 11.

Paris times, editor 1022.

Parthenon, editor 1175.

Patriot, editor 690.

Pembrokeshire herald, editor 1123.

People’s college journal commenced 200.

Pilot newspaper, Dublin, established 178.

Polar star, editor 1450.

Politician started 306.

Post circular, editor 671.

Practical florist, editor 1157.

Press, manager 1098.

Protestant guardian established 502.

Puck projected 600,

artists on 1162.

Punch, artists on 912, 1083,

contributors 4, 5, 745,

editor 419,

originators of 1490,

persons caricatured in 34,

printer of 372,

word with, by Bunn 473,

writers of first number 1209.

Queen, proprietor 741.

Racing times projected 678.

Railway times founded 379,

proprietor 274.

Record, editor 1120,

publisher 1181.

Republican argus established 281.

Representative, The, publisher 715.

Roman advertiser originated 1419.

St. James’s chronicle founded 140,

editor 1143.

Satirist or censor of the times established 1233.

Saturday review, editor 1370,

owners of 1529.

Sentinel, Dublin, editor 1193.

Sheffield mercury, editor 1509.

Sheffield times, proprietor 1355.

South American journal founded 1272.

Sporting life, editor 1032.

Standard founded 140,

editors 1002, 1143.

Statesman founded 148.

Statesman and patriot, Dublin, instituted 1395.

Statesman or weekly true sun established 1364.

Sunday times established 1364,

editor 1129.

Sussex agricultural express established 198.

Tatler, The, editor 1591.

Teetotal times started 568.

Theatrical journal founded 262,

ceased 262.

Times, correspondent 1441,

counsel to 1586,

editors 602, 851,

exposed the railway mania 851,

express Alexandria to London, Waghorn’s 851,

financial manager 851,

foreign correspondent 1329,

musical critics 833, 1568,

parliamentary reporter 1574,

printing presses 77, 738, 739,

publishers 715, 1174,

railway correspondent 1270,

reporter 1090,

staff 1250,

stereotyped 854.

Toronto daily chronicle, editor 1500.

Toronto examiner founded 1480.

True sun, dramatic critic 1084,

proprietor 1364.

Truth promoter, publisher 358.

Universal news, editor 1342.

Warden, Dublin, and Protestant guardian 502.

Warwick advertiser, editor 1449.

Watchman, libel in 1130.

Weekly chronicle projected 1518.

Weekly dispatch, editor 1107,

proprietors 878, 1341.

West Surrey times, proprietor 1574.

Weymouth gazette, proprietor 1371.

World incorporated with the Patriot 351.

York herald, proprietor 1337.

Neurypnology or nervous sleep 378.

New Zealand, Canterbury colony founded 1163,

Haast the explorer 1269,

Hokilika theatre built 1611,

surrender of W. Thompson 545,

Wellington chosen the capital 1258.

Nicholas d. 1855 emperor of Russia, his coronation 869,

visit to England 869.

Nickel and cobalt manufacturers 1001.

Niger river, explorers of, Allen 53,

Baikie 126,

Beecroft 221,

Glover 1159.

Nodules, phosphatic, used for manure 1434.

Nonconformists, first to take degrees at Cambridge 399.

Northfleet, Kent, Huggens’ college 1569.

Norfolk, list of sheriffs of 819.

Northampton, bishop 57,

lord lieutenant 1010.

North-west passage discovered and effected 758.

Northumberland, Meldon park purchased 706.

Norwich, Alexander’s chapel 43,

Brightwell’s collection of coleoptera 401.

Nottingham, bishop of 1426,

Trent bridge cricket ground 636.

Novels etc., Characters represented in.

Amicus in Davy’s Angler and his friends i.e. George Gulliver 1257.

Anticant, Dr. Pessimist in Trollope’s The Warden i.e. Thomas Carlyle 550.

Athulf, Earl in Taylor’s Edwin the Fair i.e. Sir C. Elliot 978.

Baynham, Fred in Thackeray’s The Newcombes i.e. W. P. Bolland 329.

Bowker, Will. in Yates’ Land at Last i.e. W. P. Bolland 329.

Bucket, Inspector in Dickens’ Bleak House i.e. C. F. Field 1040–41.

Burney, Canon in Tabor’s The Master of Marton and The diary of a novelist i.e. T. Binney 281.

C. in The Theatre, in Ainsworth’s December Tales i.e. James Crossley 773.

Cælebs in Moor’s Cælebs in search of a wife i.e. J. S. Harford 1335.

Cann, A. in Kingsley’s Recollection of Geoffry Hamlyn i.e. Abraham Cann 536.

Castlemaine in Lawrence’s Sans Merci i.e. James Clay 640.

Chesterlane, earl of, in D’Horsay i.e. George, earl of Chesterfield 605.

Clerks, One of the three in Oxenford’s My Fellow clerks i.e. Sir W. Bovill 354.

Conyers, Eglington in Hay’s The club and the drawing room i.e. J. Hannay 1320.

Crawley, Councillor in Morgan’s Florence Macarthy i.e. J. W. Corker 764.

D’Horsay i.e. Comte D’Orsay 900.

Disraeli in Lady Lytton’s Behind the scenes i.e. B. Disraeli 204.

Dolphin, Mr. in Thackeray’s Pendennis i.e. Alfred Bunn 473.

Fitzalleyne of Berkeley in Molloy’s Fitzalleyne of Berkeley i.e. William, earl Fitzhardinge 1062.

Foaming Fudge in Disraeli’s Vivian Grey i.e. Lord Brougham 426.

Foker, Harry in Thackeray’s Pendennis i.e. A. Arcedeckne 80.

Friend, The Learned in Peacock’s Crotchet Castle i.e. Lord Brougham 426.

Gray, Mr. in Ward’s Robert Elsmere i.e. Thomas H. Green 1227.

Grey, Vivian i.e. Benjamin Disraeli 204.

Grimston, R. in Melville’s Capt. Digby Grand i.e. R. Grimston 1249.

Grotait in Reade’s Put yourself in his place i.e. W. Broadhead 405.

Gullson, Dr. in Reade’s It is never too late to mend i.e. J. M. Gully 1257.

Hamilton, Percy by Lennox i.e. S. Beazley 214.

Helstone, Mr. in Bronte’s Shirley i.e. P. Bronte 414.

Heenan in Jenkins’ Lisa Lena i.e. J. C. Heenan 1417.

Heron, Roderick in Pinero’s Lady Bountiful i.e. J. H. Leigh Hunt 1591.

Ianthe in About’s Grèce Contemporaine i.e. Jane Elizabeth Digby 878.

La Croasse in Brougham’s Albert Lunel i.e. J. W. Croker 764.

Létorière, le marquis de by Sue i.e. Count D’Orsay 900.

Lorrequer, Harry by Lever i.e. John Brougham 427.

Maidens, One of the, in Wordsworth’s Trias i.e. Sara Coleridge 675.

Mauprat by G. Sand i.e. William baron Dalling and Bulwer 806.

Micawber in Dickens’ David Copperfield i.e. J. Dickens 873.

Millbank, Mr. in Disraeli’s Coningsby i.e. E. Ashworth 97.

Mirabel, Count in Disraeli’s Henrietta Temple i.e. Count D’Orsay 900.

Missionary, The, in Richmond’s Dairyman’s Daughter i.e. Rev. James Crabb 745.

Papaverius in Burton’s The Book Hunter i.e. T. De Quincy 862.

Popular Sentiment, Mr. in Trollope’s The Warden i.e. C. Dickens 873.

Rigby in Disraeli’s Coningsby i.e. J. W. Croker 764.

Sampson, Dr. in Reade’s Hard Cash i.e. S. Dickson 877.

Serpleton, Oliver in Brown’s The Dwale Bluth i.e. Charles B. Cayley 577.

Skimpole, Harold in Dickens’ Bleak house i.e. J. H. Leigh Hunt 1591.

Sludge, Mr. the medium by Browning i.e. Daniel D. Home 1519.

Squire, The, in Hughes’ The scouring of the White Horse i.e. E. M. Atkins 102.

Steyne, Marquis of, in Thackeray’s Vanity Fair i.e. Marquis of Hertford 764.

Tallboys in Wilson’s Noctes Ambrosianæ i.e. H. G. Bell 228.

Tremaine, Canon in M. Collins’ Sweet and Twenty i.e. R. S. Hawker 1385.

Tuft, Venom in Warren’s Ten thousand a year i.e. Abraham Hayward 1402.

Vivida Vis in Disraeli’s Vivian Grey i.e. J. W. Croker 764.

Whitestock, Frank in Thackeray’s Curates Walk i.e. W. H. Brookfield 419.

Wordy, Mr. in Disraeli’s Coningsby i.e. Sir A. Alison 47.

Young Master, The, in Hughes’ Tom Brown’s school days i.e. G. E. L. Cotton 728.

Nursing sisterhoods, account of 850.

O

Oboe player, Barrett 176.

O’Brien, William Smith d. 1864 politician, his monster petition to the commons 1241.

Observatories, Adie’s 25,

Barclay’s 158,

Bishop’s 289,

Churt, Surrey 559,

Clabury 1497,

Drew’s 917,

Elchies’ 1204,

Gorton’s 1186,

Hawkwood 1497,

Makerstoun 428,

Markree castle 709,

Melbourne reflector 1252,

Oakshaw hill 657,

Parsonstown speculum 1252,

Penmaenmawr erected 1155.

Obelisks, Egyptian in New York 1186.

O’Connell, Daniel d. 1847 patriot, challenged to a discussion 702,

friend 1048,

his newspapers 178,

imprisoned 1216,

trial 1061, 1429, 1472.

O’Farrell, Henry James executed 1878 fenian, shot the duke of Edinburgh 99.

Offices, etc. abolished, army accounts office 256,

bankruptcy, commissioners of 1517,

bankruptcy court Bristol, commissioners of 1473,

bankruptcy court Newcastle 1142,

Bristol court of conscience 1340,

chancery, masters in 426, 1026, 1587,

chancery, official examiner of court of 214,

chancery court, Ireland, registrar of 110,

Chatham dockyard, chief engineer 138,

commissary in chief in army 1446,

consul general in U.S. America 135,

court of review 451,

duke of Beaufort’s gaol at Swansea 1017,

esquire bedel at Oxford 1358,

exchequer, cursitor baron of the 151,

exchequer, lord chief baron of 935,

foreign office agencies 253,

Holyrood park, keeper of 1271,

Leeds, commissioner of court of bankruptcy 115,

Lincolnshire, receiver general for 1114,

lord mayor’s court, privileged attorney of 93,

marshalsea court 390,

martello towers, superintendent of 1494,

mission to Tuscany 8,

palace court 390, 530,

ordnance, principal storekeeper of 1374,

palatinate chancery court at Durham 833,

pells, clerk of the 983,

queen’s messengers, superintendent of 1450,

subpœna office, patentee of the 868,

review, court of 451,

tower of London, deputy lieut. 864,

Tamworth recordership 1594,

Westminster, keeper of old and new palaces in county of Middlesex i.e. Westminster hall 441.

O’Hara, Charles, major general and lieutenant governor of Gibraltar, engaged to Mary Berry 259.

Oilmen, Cross and Blackwell 299.

Omnibus owner, Hearn 1409.

Open air preacher, Bowes 358.

Opera, English, attempt to establish 1357.

Opium eaters, Coleridge 862,

De Quincy 862.

Optical delusions, Pepper’s ghost 881.

Opticians, Cooke 703,

Dancer 811,

Dollond 891,

Grubb 1252.

Organ builders, Abbey 1,

Havergal 1381.

Organists, Brownsmith 449,

Buck 460,

Camidge 525,

Clark 626,

Cooper G. 710,

Cooper J. T. 711,

Corfe A. T. 719,

Corfe C. W. 719,

Corfe J. D. 719,

Coward 735,

Gauntlett 1131,

Greatorex 1221,

Harris 1349,

Hart 1359,

Hewlett 1455,

Hiles 1468,

Hodges 1490,

Holden 1503,

Hopkins 1534.

Orientalists, congress of in London 283,

oriental translation fund 103, 789.

Ornithologists, Edmondston 962,

Forbes 1079,

Gray 1219,

Hancock 1314,

See also Birds 1626.

Otter hounds 102.

Owen, Robert Dale in Indiana 818.

Oxford, Aldrichian professorship of chemistry suppressed 409,

Ashmolean museum, keeper 930,

bible press 688,

bishop 125,

boat race, first eight oared 967,

boat race, first victory Putney to Mortlake 395,

boat race with Cambridge, the first 1125,

Bodleian lib. 743,

Bulteel’s chapel 471,

Buller of Brasenose 1573,

chancellor 863,

Clarendon press 688,

coffee tavern established 1227,

crew of seven oars beat Camb. eight oars 1571,

double first class 162, 708, 895, 1182, 1604,

drinking, a synopsis of 569,

esquire bedel office abolished 1084, 1358,

Fielding’s herbarium 1043,

Grinfield lectureship on septuagint 1249,

Hall and Houghton prizes 1548,

high steward of univ. 868,

Hope collections 1530,

how to be plucked 569,

Keble coll. chapel built 1138,

Magdalen coll. school 1473,

master of arts by examination 651,

matriculation registers 605,

New inn hall joined to Balliol coll. 721,

Oriel grace cup song 1573,