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CURLING, Henry. Ensign 25 foot 25 Oct. 1827 to 20 Aug. 1829 when placed on h.p.; lieut. 91 foot 6 Jany. 1832 to 30 Dec. 1834 when placed on h.p.; retired 1854; author of The soldier of fortune 3 vols. 1843; John of England, a romance 3 vols. 1846; Shakespeare the poet, the lover, the actor 3 vols. 1848; Nonpareil House 3 vols. 1855; Recollections of the mess table and the stage 1855; Camp club in the Crimea 1856; Edith Frankheart or the baronet’s daughter 3 vols. 1857; The Self divorced or the school for wives 2 vols. 1861; Geraldine Maynard 3 vols. 1864 and 12 other books. d. Weardale villas, Earl’s court terrace, Kensington, London 10 Feb. 1864.

CURLING, Thomas Blizard (3 son of Daniel Curling, F.S.A. who d. 1824). b. London, Jany. 1811; M.R.C.S. 1832, F.R.C.S. 1843, mem. of council 1864, pres. 1873; assistant surgeon to London hospital 1834, lecturer on surgery 1846, surgeon 1849 to Aug. 1869; F.R.S. 6 June 1850; pres. of Royal Med. and Chir. Soc. 1871; retired from practice 1879; author of Treatise on Tetanus 1836; Observations on diseases of the Rectum 1851, 4 ed. 1876; Treatise on diseases of the Testis 1873, 4 ed. 1878. d. Cannes 4 March 1888. Medical Circular iii, 439 (1853), portrait; Barker’s Photographs (1865) pp. 131–32, portrait.

CURRAN, William Henry (son of John Philpot Curran 1750–1817, master of the Rolls in Ireland). Called to bar in Ireland 1816; insolvency comr. in Ireland; bencher of King’s Inns, Dublin 1848; author of Life of John Philpot Curran 2 vols. 1819; Sketches of the Irish bar, with essays 2 vols. 1855. d. 9 Fitzwilliam place, Dublin 25 Aug. 1858 in 69 year.

CURRER, Frances Mary Richardson (only child of Rev. Henry Richardson 1758–84, R. of Thornton in Craven, who took name of Currer, June 1784). b. Eshton hall near Skipton on Craven 3 March 1785; the greatest female book collector in Europe, principal part of her library of 20,000 vols. was sold at Sotheby’s for nearly £6000, Aug. 1862; privately printed Catalogue of the library of Miss Currer at Eshton hall by Robert Triphook 1820, 2 ed. by C. J. Stewart 1833; Extracts from the literary and scientific correspondence of Richard Richardson, M.D., F.R.S. of Bierley, Yorkshire 1835. d. Eshton hall 28 April 1861. Nichols’s Illustrations i, 225–52 (1817); T. F. Dibdin’s Reminiscences of a literary life ii, 949–57 (1836); T. F. Dibdin’s Bibliographical tour ii, 1081–90 (1838).

CURREY, Frederick (son of Benjamin Currey, clerk of the Parliaments). b. Norwood, Surrey 19 Aug. 1819; ed. at Eton and Trin. coll. Cam., B.A. 1841, M.A. 1844; barrister L.I. 7 May 1844; F.L.S., sec. 1860–80, vice pres. and treasurer 1880 to death; F.R.S. 3 June 1858, member of council; his collection of fungi is now in the Kew Herbarium, the genus of fungi, Curreya, was founded by Saccardo as a momento of Currey; edited The natural history review 1861 etc.; translated Hofmeister’s On the germination of the higher Cryptogamia 1862; edited C. D. Badham’s Esculent funguses 1863. d. 2 Vanbrugh park road, Blackheath 8 Sep. 1881. Journal of botany n.s. x, 310–12 (1881).

CURREY, Rev. George (son of Rev. James Currey, preacher of the Charterhouse, London). b. Charterhouse sq. London 7 April 1816; ed. at Charterhouse and St. John’s coll. Cam., scholar 1834, Bell’s Univ. scholar 1835, 14 wrangler 1838, B.A. 1838, M.A. 1841, B.D. 1850, D.D. 1864; fellow of his college 1839, lecturer 1840, tutor 1844, Hulsean lecturer 1851 and 1852; preacher of the Charterhouse 1849–71, master 17 Jany. 1871 to death; preb. of St. Paul’s 1872; published Hulsean Lectures 1851–52; edited Tertulliani libri tres De Spectaculis 1854; author of An English grammar 1856; a commentary on Ezekiel in the Speaker’s Commentary and Commentaries on Ecclesiastes and Revelations in the S.P.C.K. Commentary. d. The master’s lodge, Charterhouse 30 April 1885. I.L.N. lxxxvi, 583 (1885), portrait.

CURRIE, Augustus Arthur (4 son of John Currie 1797–1873). b. 21 Jany. 1831; ensign 45 Bengal N.I. 20 Oct. 1849; major Bengal staff corps 1869, lieut.-col. 2 March 1875 to 31 Dec. 1880 when he retired on full pay with hon. rank of M.G.; C.B. 19 Nov. 1879. d. St. Leonard’s 23 May 1884.

CURRIE, Claud. Entered medical service of Madras army 1806; inspector general of hospitals 31 Jany. 1846, phys. general 19 Aug. 1846 to 31 Jany. 1851. d. 3 Westbourne terrace, London 8 Aug. 1854 aged 65.

CURRIE, Sir Frederick, 1 Baronet (3 son of Mark Currie of Cobham, Surrey). b. 3 Feb. 1799; ed. at Charterhouse and Haileybury; entered Bengal civil service 1817; judge of court of Sudder Adawlut of the north western provinces 1840–42; one of secs. of government of India 1842–49; chief sec. to Lord Hardinge during campaign of 1845–46; created baronet 11 Jany. 1847; a member of supreme council of India 1 April 1847 to 14 Jany. 1848, an ordinary member of council 12 March 1849 to 1853 when he retired on the annuity fund; a director of East India Co. April 1854, chairman 1857–58 being the last chairman; one of the 6 members of first council of sec. of state for India elected by the E.I. company; vice pres. of council of India 21 Sep. 1858. d. St. Leonard’s 10 Sep. 1875. I.L.N. lxviii, 295, 434 (1875).

CURRIE, Henry. b. Westminster 1798; ed. at Eton; member of firm of Glyn and Co. bankers, London; M.P. for Guildford 29 July 1847 to 1 July 1852. d. West Horsley place near Guildford 26 May 1873.

CURRIE, John. b. 28 May 1797; M.P. for Hertford 30 April 1831 to 3 Dec. 1832. d. Queen’s sq. Bath 19 May 1873.

CURRIE, Mark John. b. London 21 June 1795; entered navy 29 April 1808; captain 23 Nov. 1841; V.A. on half pay 24 May 1867. d. Collington house, Thicket road, Anerley 1 May 1874.

CURRIE, Raikes. b. 15 April 1801; member of firm of Glyn and Co. bankers, London; M.P. for Northampton 26 July 1837 to 21 March 1857. d. Minley manor, Farnborough, Hants. 16 Oct. 1881, personalty sworn under £280,000, 17 Dec. 1881.

CURRIE, Sir Walter. b. 1819; commandant of armed mounted police at Cape of Good Hope 1855 to death; knighted by patent 24 May 1860. d. 7 June 1872.

CURRY, Richard (son of Thomas Curry of Gosport, Hants.) b. 1772; entered navy 22 March 1780; captain 7 Jany. 1802, R.A. 10 Jany. 1837, V.A. 9 Nov. 1846; admiral on h.p. 1 July 1851; C.B. 26 Sep. 1831. d. Stoke, Devonport 27 Dec. 1855.

CURSETJEE, Ardaseer. b. Bombay 6 Oct. 1808; in charge of shipbuilding yard at Mazagon 1828, assistant builder there 1833; introduced gas lighting into Bombay 1835, sewing machines, photography and electroplating; chief engineer at Bombay steam factory, July 1840 to July 1858 being the first Indian native placed over Europeans; A.I.C.E. 24 March 1840; F.R.S. 27 May 1841. d. Lowjee house, Marsh Gate, Richmond, Surrey 16 Nov. 1877. Min. of proc. of Instit. of C.E. li, 271–4 (1878).

CURSHAM, Mary Ann. Resided at Sutton, Notts; author of Emanuel Swedenborg and other poems by M. A. C.; Martin Luther a poem by M. A. C. 1828; Norman Abbey a tale of Sherwood forest, by a Lady 1832; Poems, sacred, dramatic and lyric 1833; The infant’s decalogue or a metrical version of the ten commandments by M. A. C. 1836. d. 1 North bank, Derby 17 Dec. 1881.

CURTEIS, Sir Thomas Isaac Horsley (son of John Curteis of Norfolk). b. 1780; Exon of Yeomen of the Guard 31 May 1805 to May 1839; knighted at St. James’s palace 27 June 1833. d. Twyford, Norfolk 26 Dec. 1858.

CURTIS, Charles Berwick (youngest son of Sir Wm. Curtis, 1 baronet 1752–1829). b. Culland’s grove, Southgate 18 March 1795; ed. at Harrow; gunpowder manufacturer with Thomas Curtis and W. G. Harvey near Hounslow 1820–69; at time of his death the firm owned six factories in Middlesex, Kent, South Wales and Argyleshire; A.I.C.E. 1 March 1842; invented a self acting signal for railways 1842 which was used for some time. d. 105 Eaton sq. London 26 Oct. 1876.

CURTIS, James Gray William. Entered Bengal army 1826; captain 37 Bengal N.I. 13 Jany. 1842 to 8 Dec. 1850; deputy assistant commissary general 27 March 1849 to 8 Dec. 1850; C.B. 9 June 1849; retired colonel 28 Nov. 1854. d. Oaklands, Shepherd’s Bush, London 16 Nov. 1870.

CURTIS, John. b. Norwich 3 Dec. 1791; F.L.S. 1822; made entomological tours in Scotland 1825, France 1829, Italy 1843, 1850 and 1851; entomological editor of Gardener’s Mag. 1841–47; granted civil list pension of £100, 25 Nov. 1842 and another of £50, 19 April 1861; published British entomology illustrated with 770 plates, 16 vols. which came out in numbers 1 Jany. 1824 to 1 Dec. 1839; A guide to an arrangement of British insects 1829, 2 ed. 1837. d. Belitha villas, Barnsbury park, London 6 Oct. 1862. Proc. of Linnæan Soc. (1863) 35–41.

CURTIS, John Charles. Principal of the British and Foreign School society’s training college, Borough road, London many years before his death; author of A School and college history of England 1860; Chronological and genealogical tables of English history 1863; An English grammar for schools 1876 and many other school books. d. 24 Villa road, Brixton 10 May 1888 aged 61.

CURTIS, John Harrison. A dispenser in the navy and at Haslar hospital; lived at 18 Soho sq. London and advertised himself in the newspapers and by pamphlets as an aural surgeon 1815; founded Royal dispensary for diseases of the Ear, Carlisle st. Soho 1816; employed Hume Weatherhead and other persons to write his books; made £5000 a year for many years; had a tube from his consulting room to his waiting room by which he could hear what the patients said of themselves; always received his patients in full dress of time of George iv; gambled away his earnings at Junior United Service Club; retired to Isle of Man 1848 where he became insane; published A treatise on the physiology and diseases of the ear 1817, 5 ed. 1831; An essay on the deaf and dumb 1829; A treatise on the physiology and diseases of the eye 1833; Observations on the preservation of hearing and on hearing trumpets 1834, 11 ed. 1839; On the Cephaloscope and its uses 1842; Advice to the deaf 1841, 5 ed. 1845 and other works. d. in an asylum in the Isle of Man about 1860. J. F. Clarke’s Autobiographical recollections of the medical profession (1874) 358–73.

CURTIS, Sir Lucius, 2 Baronet (son of admiral Sir Roger Curtis, K.C.B. 1 baronet 1746–1816). b. 3 June 1786; entered navy 2 June 1795; captain 22 Jany. 1806; R.A. 28 June 1838; admiral superintendent at Malta 8 March 1843 to 8 March 1848, admiral 9 July 1855; succeeded 14 Nov. 1816; C.B. 4 June 1815, K.C.B. 10 Nov. 1862. d. Portsdown hill near Portsmouth 14 Jany. 1869. Reg. and Mag. of Biog. i, 201, 355 (1869).

CURTIS, Matthew. Machine maker at Manchester, employing 1000 persons, his cotton machinery was sent all over the world; elected a member of the first town council of Manchester after the charter was granted in 1839; mayor of Manchester 1860–1 and 1875–6. d. Manchester 9 June 1887.

CURTIS, Samuel. b. Walworth, London 1779; nurseryman in Essex; proprietor of Botanical Mag. 1801–46; F.L.S. 20 Nov. 1810; built a house called La Chaise at Rozel in Jersey, where he d. 6 Jany. 1860. Proc. of Linnæan Soc. (1860) p. 22.

CURTIS, Rev. Thomas. b. England about 1780; publisher in London; published the Encyclopædia Metropolitana 59 parts 1817–45; went to the United States 1829; pastor of Baptist church in Wentworth st. Charleston some years; established a young ladies school at Limestone Spring; a very powerful preacher. d. in a burning steamer on the Potomac river 1858.

CURTIS, Rev. Thomas F. (son of the preceding). b. England 26 Sep. 1815; pastor of a baptist church near Boston, U.S.; professor of theology in Lewisbury Univ. Panama to 1865; lived at Cambridge, Mass. 1867 to death; author of Progress of Baptist principles in the last hundred years 1857; The human element in the inspiration of the Sacred Scriptures 1867 in which he repudiated inspiration and authenticity of much of the Old Testament and part of the New. d. Cambridge 9 Aug. 1872.

CURTIS, William Frederick (eld. child of Timothy Abraham Curtis 1786–1857, governor of Bank of England 1838). b. 4 May 1810; cornet 1 Bombay light cavalry 26 July 1833; deputy judge advocate general 17 July 1851 to 12 Jany. 1857; lieut.-col. 21 hussars 4 April 1860 to 4 March 1868 when placed on h.p.; placed on retired list 4 May 1880; L.G. 8 May 1881. d. Upper Norwood, Surrey 2 Sep. 1882.

CURWEN, Rev. John (eld. son of Rev. Spedding Curwen 1790–1856, Independent minister). b. Hurst house, Heckmondwike, Yorkshire 14 Nov. 1816; assistant pastor independent chapel, Basingstoke 1838; co-pastor at Stowmarket, Suffolk 1841; pastor at Plaistow, Essex 1844–64; invented the ‘Look and say’ method of learning to read 1839; advocated Tonic Sol-fa system of teaching music in a series of articles in Independent Mag. 1842, lectured on the system 1853–56; started The Tonic Sol-fa Reporter 1853; sided ardently with the North on outbreak of American civil war 1861, published various tracts on the subject and organised the first Freed slaves aid society in England; Euing lecturer at Anderson’s college, Glasgow 1866–1867; member of West Ham school board 1871–73; founded Tonic Sol-fa college at Forest Gate, Essex, incorporated 1875, opened 1879 where there is a portrait of him; author of Singing for schools and congregations, a grammar of vocal music 1848; Pupils’ manual of the Tonic Sol-fa method of singing 1852; Peoples service of song 1863. d. Heaton house, Heaton Mersey, Lancs. 26 May 1880. bur. Ilford cemetery 3 June. Memorials of John Curwen (1882), portrait; Grove’s Dict. of Music iv, 144–50 (1884).

CURZON, Edward. b. 9 Dec. 1789; entered navy 7 Nov. 1804; captain 8 Feb. 1823; captain of the Asia 84 guns 1826–28; retired V.A. 5 Jany. 1858; C.B. 18 Nov. 1827. d. St. Anne’s, Derby 7 March 1862.

CURZON, Edward Cecil (younger son of the succeeding). b. 8 Nov. 1812; ed. at Harrow and Ch. Ch. Ox., B.A. 1834, M.A. 1840; barrister L.I. 7 May 1840; registrar of copyright of designs 1842–63; registrar of joint stock companies 1863–76. d. Scarsdale house, Wright’s lane, Kensington, London 12 Feb. 1885.

CURZON, Robert (2 son of 1 Viscount Curzon 1733–1820). b. 13 Feb. 1774; ed. at Westminster and Ch. Ch. Ox., B.A. 1795; M.P. for Clitheroe, Lancs. 1 June 1796 to 23 April 1831. d. Parham park near Steyning, Sussex 14 May 1863.

CUSACK, James William (3 son of Athanasius Cusack of Laragh house, co. Kildare 1749–1813). b. 1788; ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin; M.R.C.S. 1812; resident surgeon in Steevens’ hospital, Dublin 1812, visiting surgeon to 1857; surgeon to Swift’s hospital for the insane; an original projector of Park st. school of medicine; M.D. Dublin 1850; professor of surgery in Univ. of Dublin 1852 to death; surgeon in ord. to Queen in Ireland, July 1858 to death; sec. to Royal college of surgeons Ireland long time, pres. 3 times; famous as a lithotomist. d. 7 Merrion sq. north Dublin 25 Sep. 1861 in 74 year. Dublin Quarterly Journal of medical science xxxiii, 255–58 (1862).

CUSHMAN, Susan Webb (dau. of Elkanah Cushman of Boston, U.S. merchant). b. Boston 17 March 1822; made her début 8 June 1839 at Park theatre, New York as Laura Castelli in Epes Sargent’s play The Genoese; made a remarkable success in Satan in Paris; came to England 1846; played Ophelia and Juliet (200 nights) at Haymarket theatre, London with great success 1846; retired from the stage 1847. (m. 22 March 1848 James Sheridan Muspratt of Liverpool, chemist 1821–71). d. Liverpool 10 May 1859. Tallis’s Drawing room table book, part 8, portrait; Ireland’s New York Stage ii, 271 (1867).

CUST, Charles Henry (2 son of 1 Earl Brownlow 1779–1853). b. 27 Sep. 1813; ed. at Ch. Ch. Ox., B.A. 1836; cornet royal horse guards 14 March 1834, captain 4 July 1845 to 1847 when he sold out; sheriff of Northamptonshire 1859; M.P. for North Shropshire 13 July 1865 to Aug. 1866. d. 19 May 1875.

CUST, Sir Edward, 1 Baronet (youngest son of 1 Baron Brownlow 1744–1807). b. 30 Hill st. Berkeley sq. London 17 March 1794; ed. at Eton and Sandhurst; cornet 16 dragoons 15 March 1810; major 55 foot 24 Oct. 1821 to 27 July 1822 when placed on h.p.; M.P. for Grantham 1818–26, for Lostwithiel 1826–32; equerry to Prince Leopold of Saxe Coburg for many years from 1816, master of his household to 1865; knighted at St. James’s palace 3 Aug. 1831; K.C.H. 1831; assistant master of ceremonies to the Queen 18 Dec. 1845, master 1 Jany. 1847 to Feb. 1876; colonel 16 lancers 9 April 1859 to death; general 12 Jany. 1866; created baronet 23 Feb. 1876; author of Noctes Dominicæ, or Sunday night readings 1848; Family reading, The New Testament narrative 1850; Annals of the wars of the eighteenth century 5 vols. 1857, 3 ed. 1862; Annals of the wars of the nineteenth century 4 vols. 1862–63; Warriors of the thirty years war 2 vols. 1865; Warriors of the civil wars of France and England 3 vols. 1867–69. d. 8 Jermyn st. Piccadilly, London 14 Jany. 1878. bur. at Belton near Grantham.

CUST, Henry Francis Cockayne (eld. son of hon. and Rev. Henry Cockayne Cust 1780–1861, canon of Windsor). b. Cockayne, Hatley, Beds. 15 Sep. 1819; ed. at Eton; ensign 25 foot 30 March 1838; captain 8 hussars 19 Feb. 1847 to 24 Feb. 1854 when he sold out; private sec. to Earl of Eglinton while lord lieut. of Ireland 1852; assumed additional name of Cockayne 14 Dec. 1861; sheriff of Beds. 1869; M.P. for Grantham 1874–80. d. 5 April 1884.

CUST, Peregrine Francis (5 son of 1 Baron Brownlow 1744–1807). b. 13 Aug. 1791; M.P. for Honiton 1818–26; M.P. for Clitheroe 1826–32. d. 15 Sep. 1873.

CUSTANCE, William Neville (2 son of Hambleton Thomas Custance of Weston house near Norwich 1779–1845). b. 24 Oct. 1811; ensign 95 foot 11 Oct. 1831; lieut.-col. 6 dragoon guards 1 Aug. 1856 to 27 July 1861 when placed on h.p.; commandant cavalry depot, Canterbury 1 Oct. 1862 to 9 July 1866 when placed on h.p.; col. 11 Hussars 8 March 1875 to death; general 7 Sep. 1880; placed on retired list 1 July 1881; C.B. 21 Jany. 1858. d. Brookheath, Salisbury 7 Feb. 1886.

CUTTS, Maria. b. Loughborough, Leics. 1811; entered novitiate of Society of the Sacred Heart in Paris 1828; a professed nun 1836; superior of the convent at Grand Coteau, St. Landry parish, Mississippi; superior of all the convents of her order in the west of the United States. d. Grand Coteau 1853.

CUYLER, Jacob Glen. Ensign 69 foot 26 Oct. 1799; major Cape Regiment 26 Jany. 1806 to 25 May 1817 when placed on h.p.; L.G. 11 Nov. 1851. d. 14 April 1854.

CYPLES, William. b. Longton, Staffs. 31 Aug. 1831; edited several provincial newspapers; contributed to many leading periodicals; lived at Nottingham long time, lived in London 1877 to death; author of Pottery Poems; Satan restored, a poem 1859; Philip the Dreamer 3 vols. 1866; An inquiry into the process of human experience 1880; Hearts of gold 1883. d. Hammersmith 24 Aug. 1882. Church quarterly review xiii, 107–28 (1881); Mind v, 273, 390 (1880), viii, 150 (1882).

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DACRE, Thomas Brand, 20 Baron. b. The Hoo, Kimpton, Herts. 15 March 1774; barrister L.I. 25 June 1800; M.P. for Herts. 11 May 1807 to 3 Oct. 1819 when he succeeded his mother. d. The Hoo 21 March 1851.

DACRE, Barbarina Brand, Baroness (3 dau. of Admiral Sir Chaloner Ogle, who d. 27 Aug. 1816 aged 89). b. 9 May 1767; one of the most accomplished women of her time; an excellent amateur painter and sculptor; Ugo Foscolo dedicated to her his Essays on Petrarch 1823 the last 45 pages of which contain her translations from Petrarch; her tragedy in 5 acts entitled Ina was produced at Drury Lane theatre 22 April 1815; privately printed Dramas, translations and occasional poems 2 vols. 1821; Translations from the Italian 1836; edited Recollections of a Chaperon 1833 and Tales of the peerage and the peasantry 1835, both by her only dau. Mrs. Arabella Jane Sullivan who d. 27 Jany. 1839 aged 42. (m. (1) Valentine Henry Wilmot of Farnborough, Hants. m. (2) 4 Dec. 1819 Thomas Brand, baron Dacre 1774–1851). d. 2 Chesterfield st. May Fair, London 17 May 1854. G.M. xlii, 296–97 (1854).

DACRE, Henry Otway Brand-Trevor, 21 Baron (brother of 20 Baron Dacre 1774–1851). b. 17 July 1777; ensign Coldstream guards 27 April 1793, lieut.-col. 25 July 1814 to 19 July 1821; served in Flanders 1793–95; assumed additional name of Trevor 18 Nov. 1824; colonel 31 Foot 12 July 1847 to death; general 11 Nov. 1851; C.B. 4 June 1815; succeeded 21 March 1851. d. Great Cumberland place, London 2 June 1853.

DACRES, James Richard (son of Vice admiral James Richard Dacres 1749–1810). b. Lowestoft 22 Aug. 1788; entered navy 1796; captain 14 Jany. 1806; commander in chief at Cape of Good Hope 9 Aug. 1845 to 3 Aug. 1848; V.A. 20 March 1848. d. Catesfield lodge near Fareham, Hants. 3 Dec. 1853. bur. in family vault at Tetbury, Gloucs.

DACRES, Sir Richard James (son of Vice admiral Sir Richard Dacres 1761–1837). b. 1799; ed. at R.M.A. Woolwich; 2 lieut. R.A. 15 Dec. 1817, lieut.-col. 23 Feb. 1852; served in Crimean war 1854–5; col. commandant 28 July 1864; commandant at Woolwich, May 1859 to 1865; general 2 Feb. 1868; placed on retired list 1 Oct. 1877; constable of Tower of London 2 July 1881 to death; K.C.B. 5 July 1855, G.C.B. 2 June 1869. d. Palmeira sq. Brighton 6 Dec. 1886. I.L.N. lxxix, 181 (1881), portrait.

DACRES, Sir Sidney Colpoys (brother of the preceding). b. Totnes, Devon 9 Jany. 1805; entered navy 8 Feb. 1817; captain 1 Aug. 1840; captain of the Sans Pareil 70 guns, 3 June 1852 to Nov. 1855; embarked the sick and wounded after battles of Alma and Inkerman; took charge of the port of Balaklava 27 Oct. 1854; superintendent of packet service at Southampton, Feb. to July 1856; superintendent of Royal Clarence victualling yard and Royal hospital, Haslar 7 July 1856 to 25 June 1858; granted good service pension 7 Feb. 1856; captain of the fleet in Mediterranean 25 Aug. 1859, second in command Dec. 1861 to April 1863; commanded channel fleet April 1863 to 17 Nov. 1865; a lord of the admiralty July 1865, first sea lord Dec. 1868 to Nov. 1872; admiral 1 April 1870; visitor and governor of Greenwich hospital 30 Nov. 1872 to death; K.L.H. 1828, K.T.S. 1865; C.B. 5 July 1855, K.C.B. 28 March 1865, G.C.B. 20 May 1871. d. 47 Brunswick sq. Brighton 8 March 1884. I.L.N. lxii, 319, 321 (1873), portrait.

D’AETH, George William (only son of Wm. Hughes of Betshanger, Kent, who d. April 1786). b. April 1786; entered navy June 1799; assumed name of D’Aeth 4 June 1808; captain 13 June 1815; retired captain 1 Oct. 1846; retired admiral 4 Oct. 1862. d. Knowlton court, Kent 28 April 1873.

DAFFORNE, James. Contributed to the Art Journal 1845 to death; wrote 7 books 1872–77 on the pictures by C. R. Leslie, C. Stanfield, J. Phillip, Sir A. W. Callcott, Sir E. Landseer, W. Mulready and J. M. W. Turner; author of The pictorial table book 1873; The Albert memorial Hyde Park, its history and description 1877; The life and works of E. M. Ward, R.A. 1879. d. Brodrick road, Upper Tooting 8 June 1880.