Frederic Boase
Modern English Biography (volume 1 of 4) A-H
INDEX
This Index contains references to the most important, curious and interesting facts, to be found in the pages of this work.
A
Aberdeen, granite from first used in public works 1136;
lives of eminent men of 451;
Marischal coll. lord rectors 971, 1448,
Marischal coll., univ. of Aberdeen and King’s coll. fused 628,
univ. chancellor 6,
univ. lord rectors 76, 976, 1086, 1586,
univ. principal 533.
Aberdeenshire, lords lieutenant 6, 1599.
Aberystwyth, university coll. burnt 1588.
Abipones, account of the 675.
Absolon, John, scene painter 1243.
Absorption, the pressure of 1596.
Abyssinia, king Theodore 522,
Theodore’s general Bell 228,
prince of, death of 9,
travellers in 223,
war in 522.
Achilli, Giacinto, case of 1361.
Achonry, bishop of 930.
Acids, graphitic discovered 409.
Aconite, tincture of 1067.
Acting, rapid study 1285.
Actors see also Circus proprietors, Clowns, Columbines, Conjurors, Dancers, Dramatists, Entertainers, Equestrian performers, Gymnasts, Harlequins, Jugglers, Lecturers, Lion tamers, Negro minstrels, Panoramas, Pantaloons, Pantomimists, Polander performers, Singers, Somersault throwers, Theatres, Theatrical managers, Tight-rope dancers, Trapeze performers, Ventriloquists and Wire walkers;
Barnes 172,
Barnett 174,
Bateman 190,
Bedford 225,
Belford 225,
Belmore 236,
Bennett, G. J. 241,
Bennett, J. 242,
Bennett, W. 244,
Betty 265,
Beverley, E. 267,
Beverley, H. 267,
Bland 308,
Bone 1345,
Booth, J. B. 338,
Booth, Sarah 339,
Boothby 340,
Braid 378,
Brooke 416,
Brothers 1527,
Browne 444,
Buckstone 465,
Bunn 473,
Burton 495,
Calvert, C. A. 519,
Calvert, F. B. 520,
Cartlitch 564,
Celeste 579,
Chatterley 579,
Clark 630,
Clarke 633,
Colville 1546,
Compton 689,
Conway 696,
Cony 697,
Cooke, G. 701,
Cooke, J. 702,
Cooke, T. P. 703,
Cooper 710,
Coote 713,
Cowell, J. L. 735,
Cowell, S. H. 735,
Cowle 737,
Craven 752,
Cushman 796,
Dale 801,
Daly 808,
Davison 833,
De Bar 844,
De Walden 869,
Dewar 869,
Dickson 876,
Dillon 879,
Dinneford 880,
Don 893,
Donaldson 894,
Donnelly 896,
Dowton 910 bis.,
Drake 914,
Drew 917,
Drift 925,
Dyott 849,
Eburn 955,
Edgar 958,
Edwin, E. R. 967,
Edwin, J. 968,
Eldred 973,
Elliston 988,
Emery 991,
Everard 1006,
Farley 1021,
Farquharson 1023,
Farren, H. 1025,
Farren, H. E. 1025,
Farren, W. 1025,
Farren, W. 1025,
Fechter 1030,
Fenton 1033,
Field 1042,
Fisher, C. 1052,
Fisher, D. 1052,
Fisher, W. D. 1054,
Fitzwilliam, Edward 1065,
Fitzwilliam, Ellen 1065,
Fitzwilliam F. E. 1065,
Foote 1344,
Freer 1104,
Furtado 633, 1113,
Gardner 1122,
Glover 1158,
Glyn 805, 1161,
Gomersal 1169,
Goodall, A. and I. 1172,
Gourlay 1192,
Grattan, H. P. 1209,
Grattan, Mrs. 1209,
Green 1224,
Grimaldi 1254,
Guerint 1254,
Hale, C. B. 1277,
Hale, C. F. 1278,
Hall 1285,
Hamblin 1297,
Hamilton 1306,
Harland 1546,
Harley 1340,
Harlowe 1340,
Hartland 1361,
Harvey 1366,
Hatton 1377,
Hazlewood 1403,
Heath 1410,
Henderson 1424,
Hengler 1424,
Herbert 1440,
Heron 1445,
Hicks 1461,
Hill, E. 1470,
Hill, T. 1475,
Hilton 1478,
Hodson 1499,
Holl 1506,
Holland 1508,
Holman 1512,
Holt 1518,
Honey 1521,
Honner, M. 1522,
Honner, R. W. 1231, 1522,
Hooper 1527,
Horncastle 1538,
Horsman, Chas. d. 1886, 1543,
Horsman, Charlotte 1543,
Hoskins 1545,
Howell 1557,
Hows 1561,
Howson, F. 1561,
Howson, J. 1561,
Huddart 1565,
Hudson 1567,
Hudspeth 1568,
Hughes, F. 1571,
Hughes, J. C. 1575,
Hughes, J. H. 1575,
Hughes, T. 1576,
Humby 1583,
Huntley 1600,
Hydes 1611,
Jordan 1056,
Kemble, C. 1523,
Kemble, J. P. 869,
Leclercq 1522,
Macarthy 1522,
Mackay 1192,
Menken 1417,
Nicholl 1349,
Nisbett 340,
Nye 597,
O’Neill 215,
Paul 1072,
Phelps 1231,
Power 1567,
Ristori 1483,
Russell 1565,
Saville 1025,
Sothern 1421,
Thompson 1421,
Vokes 944,
Warner 1565,
Wild 1428.
Actors, Singers and others. Stage names, Given names, etc. See also Names.
Addison, Edward P. i.e. E. P. Haddy 22.
Addison, Laura i.e. L. Wilmshurst 23.
African Roscius i.e. Ira F. Aldridge 41.
Agnesi, Louis F. L. i.e. L. F. L. Agniez 29.
Arnold, Henry Thomas i.e. Henry Thomas Arden 82.
Artois, The flying wonder i.e. John Lilley 92.
Barrett, Wilson i.e. William Henry Barrett 1410.
Beatrice, Mademoiselle i.e. Marie Beatrice Binda 209.
Belmore, George i.e. George Belmore Garstin 236.
Beverley, Edward i.e. E. Dickenson 267.
Beverley, Henry i.e. H. Roxby 267.
Braham, John i.e. John Abraham 378.
Brizzi, Signor i.e. Francesco A. S. Bisteghi 404.
Brooke, Edwin Harcourt i.e. Edwin J. M. Brook 415.
Calcraft, John William i.e. John W. Cole 513.
Caradori-Allan, Maria C. R. i.e. M. C. R. de Munck 541.
Celeste, Madame i.e. Celeste Elliott 579.
Chew, Mr. i.e. James Henry Chute 620.
Christoff, George i.e. George Christopher 617.
Clements, Frank i.e. Robert Menti 644.
Clifton, Harry i.e. Henry Robert Clifton 649.
Collins, Sam i.e. Samuel Thomas Collins Vagg 680.
Compton, Henry i.e. Charles Mackenzie 689.
Conquest, Benjamin Oliver i.e. Benjamin Oliver 695.
Cowper, John Curtis i.e. John Curtis 739.
Cox, Harry i.e. Oliver James Bussley 742.
Crosmond, Rosa i.e. Helen Turner 770.
Cure, The Perfect i.e. James Hurst Stead 312.
Diavolo, Joel Il, also known as Joel Benedict 870.
Diavolo, Joel Il i.e. John Delany 870.
Dibdin, Charles i.e. Charles I. M. Pitt 871.
Dog Star, The i.e. Barkham Cony 697.
Drake, Samuel i.e. Samuel Bryant 914.
Dunn, John i.e. John Bampton 938.
Eagle, George Barnardo i.e. G. Barnard Eagle 950.
Falconer, Edmund i.e. E. O’Rourke 1016.
Fanque, Pablo i.e. William Darby 1020.
Farquharson, Robert i.e. R. Farquharson Smith 1023.
Favanti, Rita i.e. Margaret Edwards 1027.
Fawsitt, Amy i.e. Mary Ann Fawsitt 1028.
Federici, Frederick i.e. Frederick Baker 1030.
Fitz, Little i.e. W. Fitzwilliam 1065.
Flexmore, Richard i.e. R. Flexmore Geatter 1070.
Forrester, Henry i.e. Henry Frost 1083.
Frazer, John James i.e. J. J. Fricker 1103.
Gentleman George i.e. George Barrett 177.
Giovanelli, Edward i.e. Edward Edwards 1152.
Grattan, Henry Plunkett i.e. H. Willoughby G. Plunkett 1209.
Harcourt, Charles i.e. Charles Parker Hillier 1323.
Harris, Augustus i.e. Augustus Glossop 1345.
Haywell, Frederick i.e. Frederick Hawley 1391.
Heller, Robert i.e. William Henry Palmer 1418.
Henrade, Mary i.e. Mary Young 1431.
Henry, Chaplin i.e. Henry Charles Stroud 1432.
Herring, Paul i.e. William Smith 1447.
Hicks, Bravo i.e. Newton Tree Hicks 1461.
Hill, William Jones i.e. William Hill Jones 1476.
Lennox, Mr. i.e. Lenox Horne 1539.
Leoni, Mr. i.e. Myer Lyon 378.
Lester, Thomas i.e. T. Lester Donnelly 896.
Lucchesini, Mddlle. i.e. Marie Beatrice Binda 209.
Lunardini, Giuseppe i.e. James Goulston 1192.
Mordaunt, Louisa i.e. Louisa C. Macnamara 340.
Nye, Henry i.e. Henry Nye Chart 597.
Old Malabar i.e. Patrick Feeney 1030.
Plunkett, Henry i.e. H. Willoughby Grattan Plunkett 1209.
Romer, Emma i.e. Emma Almond 54.
Roscius, The Young i.e. W. H. Betty 1470.
Simpson, Miss i.e. Mary Barnes 172.
Singing mouse, The i.e. John Bull Binge 278.
Voullaire, Andrew Leonard i.e. A. Voullaire Campbell 527.
Actuaries, Ansell 72.
Addington, John Gellibrand Hubbard, 1 Baron 1563.
Addiscombe college, Surrey, first principal 67.
Adelaide, Queen d. 1849, her lord chamberlain 1555.
Admiralty, funds for widows and orphans 1048,
half pay and pensions 1048,
lithography introduced into 765,
navy list 1048,
records 1048,
salaries 1048.
Admiralty first lords, Briggs 398,
Corry 724,
De Grey 848,
Ellenborough 975,
Graham 1196,
Haddington 1271,
Hunt 1590,
Pakington 1312,
Wood 1281.
Adullam, the cave of 1543.
Adventure and Beagle’s surveying voyage 819, 1064.
Advertisements, duty on 1099,
duty abolished 1518,
Holloway spending £50,000 a year on 1512.
Æginetan and Phigaleian marbles discovered 664.
Aeronautism See also Balloons, carburetted hydrogen gas used 1222,
guide rope invented 1223,
height of ascent 1223,
navigation improvements in 39,
persons killed 1192, 1291.
Aeronauts, Burges 477,
Burnaby 483,
Cocking 1228,
Green 1222,
Hall 1291,
Lunardini 1192.
Africa, Burchell’s explorations 475,
Capetown, first bishop 1218,
excavations at Utica 832,
metropolitan of South Africa 1218.
Agricultural implement makers.
Garrett 1125,
Green 1224,
Howard, Jas. 1552,
Howard, John 1553.
Agriculturalists, Buckman 465,
Corrie 722,
Hannam 1010.
Agriculture, cultivation by steam, cultivators 476, 922,
farming agreements 1583,
farming machinery on roundabout system 1010,
farms, scientific 465,
feeding cattle experiments 491,
khol-rabi introduced 762,
manuring machines 1126,
Pearson’s drain plough 1491,
plough improved 1553,
ploughing, self propelling engine 1284,
steam threshing machine the first 1284,
white carrot introduced 491.
Ainsworth, William Harrison d. 1882,
author 33,
Dunmow flitch of bacon 598,
illustrations of his works 444.
Air beds 627.
Air pump ventilator for roofs 369.
Aire and Calder glass bottle co. 389.
Albert d. 1861,
prince consort 38,
memorial in Hyde park, Cockerell’s design for 664,
history of 799 and sculptures on 1073,
his treasurer and private sec. 1240,
mausoleum built 1583.
Albert Edward, prince of Wales b. 1841,
anthem for his recovery 1187,
banquet to in Dublin 104,
Dr. Gull attends him 1257,
entertained at Packington hall 112,
God bless the P. of Wales, song 1575,
God save the P. of Wales, song 1421,
governor to 452,
his nurse 424,
Sandringham rebuilt 1583,
taught billiards 926,
tutors 282, 1182.
Aldermen, alms houses for 1415.
Alexander I. d. 1825,
czar of Russia, his physicians 760, 761.
Algæ, collectors of, Harvey 1368,
Hooper 1528.
Algiers, Dey of, his passes to navigate the Mediterranean 1142.
Alloa, town and parish, memorials of 754.
Alma, battle of the 1524,
first gun taken at the battle 227.
Alpaca wool used 1089.
Alpine climbers, Hinchliff 1479,
Hodgkinson 1493,
Hudson 1566.
Alps, the higher, photographs of 896.
Alton, Hants., British sch. 776,
Crowley’s brewery 776.
America, United States of, acts relating to 569,
American coll. at Rome 1574,
blockade running 1487,
Bruce’s type casting machine 450,
canal boy who became president 1120,
Caroline rebel steamer sent burning over Niagra 916,
Corcoran’s legion 718,
crossing the Atlantic thirty times 1431,
crossing one hundred and eighty times 1356,
death of president Lincoln 338,
female professor of obstetrics 1093,
Minié rifle, the first 1431,
Odd-fellows, grand master 36,
ordinations in 569,
President frigate taken 1530,
recruiting soldiers for England 750,
stereotyping introduced 449,
treaty of Washington 662,
types, Bruce’s harmony of 450,
Washington’s head engraved for postage stamp 1587,
Washington, portraits of 1285.
America, U.S. of Baltimore, Cooke’s circus burnt 704.
America, U.S. of Cincinnati, Browne university 445.
America, U.S. of Illinois, African slavery not legal 1071,
colony founded 1071.
America, U.S. of Memphis, first theatre at 1209.
America, U.S. of New Orleans, gas introduced 515.
America, U.S. of New York, archbishop of 1574,
Bowery theatre burnt 1297,
Brougham’s theatres 427,
Burton’s theatres 495,
Columbia coll. 996,
merchants’ exchange burnt 1576,
Methodist ch. the first pewed 1284,
old Chinese buildings 68,
Park theatre burnt 1297,
seedsman at 1425.
America, U.S. of Philadelphia, Brown’s bank 435.
America, U.S. of Washington, Franklin’s printing press 1344.
Anderson bay, Victoria land named 65.
Anderson, John d. 1796,
M.D., his university at Glasgow 778, 1000, 1009.
Anemometer, a new 1560.
Anglesey, lords lieutenant of 70 bis. 71.
Anglesey, W. H. Paget, marquis of d. 1854, loss of his leg 71.
Anglo Saxon, grammar 345,
professor of 949.
Aniline dyes 1290.
Annuals, introduced into Germany and Russia 95.
Anthropology, a department at British Assoc. 1591.
Antrim, lord lieutenant 894.
Antiquary, A professional, Harrod 1358.
Apoplexy, mechanical cure for 1170.
Approach caused by vibration, discovered 1264.
Aquaria, tank for 964.
Arabic, collection of calligraphs 114,
scholars Chenery 602 and Gendell 1120.
Arabs, murder of W. Gill by 1149.
Arch, a tied brick arch 629.
Architects, Bryce 455,
Burn 483,
Burton 494,
Cockerell, C. R. 664,
Cockerell, F. P. 664,
Cresy 759,
Deane 842,
Devey 868,
Dobson 886,
Donaldson 894,
Elmes 988,
Fergusson 1037,
Ferrey 1038,
Fowke 1092,
French 1106,
Geary 1133,
Godwin 1163,
Goldie 1166,
Good 1171,
Gough 1190,
Gregan 1232,
Griffith 1246,
Gwilt, J. S. 1267,
Gwilt, Jos. 1267,
Habbershon 1269,
Hadfield 1272,
Hakewill, E. C. 1276,
Hakewill,
J. H. 1276,
Hansom 1321,
Hardwick 1330,
Haviland 1382,
Henderson 1424,
Hopper 1536,
Hosking 1545,
Huggins 1569,
Humbert 1583,
Reeks 1583.
Architecture, architectural decorator 746,
Gothic, revival of 1272.
Arctic explorers, Austin 109,
Back 119,
Beechey 220,
Belcher 224,
Bellot 235,
Bird 284,
Brown 447,
Collinson 682,
Cresswell 758,
Davis 831,
Franklin 682, 1490, 1528,
Hobson 1490,
Hooper 1528,
M’Clintock 1490,
Parry 1053,
Ross 831.
Arctic exploring vessels, Alert and Discovery 1047,
Dorothea and Trent 1053,
Investigator and Enterprise 65,
Plover 1528,
Terror 831.
Arctic regions, collections illustrative of 434.
Ardagh, bishops of 560, 695.
Argentine confederation founded 864.
Argyll and the Isles, bishops of 931, 1009.
Armagh, archbishops of, Beresford 251, 252,
Cullen 780 and Dixon 883,
cathedral restored 251–52.
Armenian dictionary 380.
Armour plates, manufacture of 525.
Arms and armour, collections of Baily 130,
Breeks 388,
Colnaghi 684,
Meyrick 684.
Arms, school of 611.
Army, Blueviad a poem 1190,
commander in chief 1328,
Crawley, court martial on 756,
diseases of soldiers 1131,
Enfield rifle manufacture 1230,
field marshals Gomm 1169, Grosvenor 1251 and Hardinge 1328,
Freeburn’s fuzes 1103,
guards’ chapel, Wellington barracks 1075,
guns, Gardner’s machine 1123,
gymnastics introduced 647,
Hart’s army list 1359,
helmets reduced in weight 1229,
historical records of 537,
Hythe sch. of musketry 1281,
libraries for noncommissioned officers 1361,
medals of the army 563,
military critics 603,
military education commission 654,
military prison at Weedon abolished 411,
mortar practice, treaty on 764,
Netley hospital army medical sch. 846,
ordnance survey 849,
précis of modern tactics 1521,
private soldiers becoming officers 636, 643,
purchase system abolished 543,
regiments, historical records of 563,
regimental hospitals established 341,
short service 543,
sanitary reforms made 1438,
savings bank, the first 1361,
service of eighty four years 943,
sketching and shading of plans 839,
sword exercise, superintendent of 70,
united service museum originated 1292.
Art, art union of London founded 1164,
department of practical art S. Kensington 671.
Art collections, Bernal 255,
Bohn 326,
Bone 332,
Hope 1529.
Art dealers, Agnew 29,
Burland 29,
Zannetti 29.
Asia minor, on horseback through 1306.
Askin, Charles d. 1847,
nickel manufacturer 1001.
Assassinated persons, Bourke 350,
Burke 481,
Cavendish 575,
Perceval 908.
Associations See also Institutions and Societies,
Anglo Jewish founded 239, 1167, 1222,
anti-state church founded 1191,
booksellers protection founded 808,
British founded 394, 1078, 1325,
chancery reform, secretary 556,
commercial union founded 1323,
evangelical alliance founded 951,
financial reform founded 715,
for promoting welfare of blind, instituted 1144,
for repeal of taxes on knowledge, president 1142,
general benevolent founded 1433,
Jewish for diffusion of religious knowledge 1222,
legal education, president 58,
London life association, president 1595,
mercantile association founded 243,
miners of Cornwall and Devon instituted 1592,
national, for protection of industry and capital, dissolved 223,
national for vindication of Scottish rights founded 1203,
northern architectural, president 886,
Palestine archæological founded 294,
provincial medical founded 1400,
provincial medical and surgical originators of 1415 founded 1372,
royal for promoting fine arts in Scotland, purchases pictures 755,
royal hist. and archæol. of Ireland established 1211,
royal Scottish academy instituted 1469,
Scottish unitarian founded 1347,
vocal formed 238,
west Suffolk archæological 1055,
Worth clerical founded 1486,
Yorkshire archæol. and topog. founded 156.
Astronomers, Aytoun 1204,
Birmingham 288,
Bishop 837,
Breen 388,
Brisbane 402,
Broun 428,
Burder 476,
Burton 493,
Carrington 558,
Challis 582,
Chary 597,
Chevallier 607,
Cooper 709,
Dawes 837,
Demainbray, S. C. T. 854,
Demainbray, S. G. F. T. 854,
Glaisher 476,
Grant 1204,
Hamilton 1307,
Herschel 1447,
Hodgson 1497,
Holden 1504.
Astronomy, Antares and his companion 1204,
astronomical instrument maker 1423,
double stars 1448,
meteoroscope 582,
nebulae 1448,
transit reducer 582,
trophy telescope 1204,
used to fix dates in ancient history 781.
Athens, ten days in 723.
Atlantic ocean, crossing it 180 times 1356,
crossing it 30 times 1431.
Atmosphere, atmospheric recorder invented 891,
atmospheric waves 288.
Atomic theory, the 438.
Attorney General’s devil 82.
Auriol, Jean Baptiste d. 29 Aug. 1881, clown 1070.
Aurist, Harvey 1368.
Auscultation, science of 734.
Australia, book, the first printed in 176,
Claxton’s exhibition of pictures 639,
emigration 612,
gold discovered by Clarke 636,
gold discovery, history of 996,
gold fields 1234,
governor general 1063,
merino sheep introduced 1435,
Murray river discovered 1585 and navigated 509,
overland journey from Sydney to Port Philip 1585,
pearl fisheries 1234,
Sophia Jane the first steam vessel 172,
wines 1018.
Australia, New South Wales, acts and ordinances of 517,
Boyd town founded 365,
Buckley the convict 465,
duke of Edinburgh shot 99,
floods 89,
Hunt keeper of Bathurst assize court 1592,
jew boy gang of bushrangers 840,
oaten hay introduced 311,
statue, the first erected 350.
Australia, Queensland, Cooper’s creek 708.
Australia South, foundation of 69, 1482.
Australia South, Adelaide, botanic garden 1098,
first mayor 1053,
Hart’s flour mills 1360,
university founded 1577.
Australia, Victoria, Black Wednesday 878,
Berry ministry did away with county court judges 278,
colonel commandant of all the volunteers 67,
Eureka stockade rioters 99,
land, the first ploughed up 1435,
Roman catholic priest the first 1135,
separated from N.S.W. 1063,
sugar beet introduced 670.
Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, archbishop 1191,
city founded 1028, 1435,
city of Melbourne screw steamer 670,
Cole’s wharf 670,
first newspaper 1028.
Australia, Western, Hardman mountains 1329.
Australian explorers, Babbage 116,
Barrallier 176,
Borradaile 341,
Burke 481,
Cadell 509,
Calvert 521,
Gregory 1234,
Haverfield 1380,
Hovell 1550,
Hume 1550, 1585,
Leichhardt 521,
Meehan 1585,
Permain 341,
Sturt 1585.
Autographs, collection of 896.
Autotypography or nature printing 372.
Ayrshire, lord lieutenant 31.
Azimuth tables 831.
B
Backgammon player, Buckle 463.
Bagshot park, Surrey, lent to Sir James Clark 626.
Baker, a learned 871.
Baker, Valentine d. 1887, colonel, travelled in Persia 1149.
Bala college 966.
Balaklava, charge at 542.
Balham mystery or the Bravo poisoning case 384.
Ballet masters, Byrne 506,
Leclercq 1522.
Balloons See also Aeronautism.
Crestadoro’s metallic 758,
Eclipse 484,
Florence Nightingale 1291,
Great Nassau 1222, 1268, 1512,
Victoria 453.
Ballot, motion in favor of 1251.
Banffshire, lord lieutenant 1044 bis.
Bankers, Batten 552,
Call 516,
Cohen 668,
Currie 792 bis.,
De Sterne 867,
Digges 1059,
Drummond 919,
Garfit 1123,
Gibson 1139,
Gosling 1207,
Grote 1251,
Gurney 1260, 1261, 1262,
Handley 1315,
Hankey 1316,
Heywood 1457, 1458,
Hoare 1485, 1486,
Hodgson 1494.
Banking, bank manager Gilbart 1144,
bank notes, machine for printing 77,
cheque bank founded 1451,
clearing house 576,
joint stock banks established 641.
Bank of England, architect of 664,
doors first marked In and Out 1561,
one pound notes 77,
physician 827,
printing of bank notes 77,
printing machinery 739,
solicitor 1108.
Bankruptcy, country district courts abolished 9,
seventy commissioners 1074.
Banks, Sir Joseph d. 1820, naturalist, his collections 437.
Banting, William d. 1878, undertaker 155,
his medical man 1368,
banting system introduced 155, 173.
Banwell hill, Somerset, bone caves at 208.
Barbary, captives in 875.
Bark trade, the 1281.
Barnard Castle, Durham, Josephine and John Bowes, museum and park 358.
Barometers, aneroids used in mountain expeditions 1493,
Fitzroy barometer 1064,
mountain barometer, an improved 1560.
Baronetage, assuming an extinct 1136,
baronetage declined 814, 1291,
baronetage not taken up 588,
committee for sustaining rights of 429,
designation taken 152, 666, 1307, 1588,
eldest sons claim and obtain knightage 727, 844,
extinct 733,
first engineer made a baronet 1170,
premier baronet of England 120,
sham baronet presented to William iv. 1588.
Barrister making £22,000 a year 1506.
Bashi Bazouks organised 210, 1577.
Bassoon player, Baumann 195.
Bateman, Thomas d. 1861, author 191, 1160.
Bath, Portland chapel 479,
Prior park R.C. coll. 479, 1609,
Sir L. C. L. Brenton’s chapel 390,
W. Hunt mayor 1594.
Batho, Mr. proprietor of a circulating library 1607.
Baths, fumigating established 1225.
Batteries, iron cased floating 914.
Bayeux tapestry, account of 721.
Bayley, Jonathan, Swedenborgian minister 1611.
Beaufoy, Henry B. H. d. 1851, F.R.S. 212,
his collection of tokens 482.
Bedford, Britannia foundry 1553.
Bedford level canal 1311.
Bedfordshire, lord lieutenant 218.
Bedouin Arab troops 870.
Beds, air 627.
Beer, method of testing gravities 886.
Beethoven, Ludwig von d. 1827, Israel in Egypt performed 1160,
Pastoral symphony performed with illustrations 1160.
Beetroot, spirit distilled from 263.
Belcher, John b. 1841, architect, designed Goss memorial 1187.
Belfast hospitals founded 240.
Bell, John, proprietor of a circulating library 1607.
Bellingham, John executed 1812, assassin, his arrest 908.
Bells, chiming hammers 975,
writers on 975.
Belt, Richard Claude, sculptor, Belt v. C. Lawes 1565.
Benedictine order, Acton Burnell coll. 439,
St. Gregory’s coll. 439.
Bentham, Jeremy d. 1832 philosopher, his amanuensis 732.
Bentinck, Lord George F. C. d. 1848 politician, his betting factotum 1470.
Berkeley, Colonel, connection with Maria Foote 1344.
Berkeley, G. C. Grantley F. d. 1881, M.P. 254,
his huntsman 561.
Berkshire, lord lieutenant 8 bis.
Berlin, Victoria Lyceum founded 81.
Bermuda, slaves emancipated 593.
Bernard’s opera co. 1489.
Berry, Charles, Duc de assassinated 1820, his English wife 431,
his son 431,
marriage annulled 258,
See also Brown, Charlotte and Louise post. col. 1628.
Beryllium, atomic weight of 1588.
Berwick on Tweed, town major 1072.
Betting, Leviathan better 829,
lists originated 829 and declared illegal 829.
Betting men, Davies 829,
Head 1404,
Hill 1470.
Bettws-y-coed, a sketching resort 740.
Bewick, Thomas d. 1828 and John Bewick d. 1795, collections of their works and wood blocks 1579.
Bey, title of given to, Ayrton, F. 114.
Bible, Fry’s collection of bibles 1111,
Haydock’s bible 1396,
list of English editions 728,
monopoly of printing 531,
pentateuch critically examined 673 and Colenso adversely criticised 674,
speakers’ commentary, contributors to 628, 1005,
trinitarian bible soc. 996,
Wycliffe’s version 1084.
Bible, New Testament in Judæo-Polish 1449,
revisers of 46, 950, 1588.
Bible, Old Testament, revisers of 45, 628, 825, 980, 1014, 1041, 1133, 1188, 1352,
paragraph bible 825.
Bidwell, Austin, forger 1396.
Biggar, Joseph Gillis d. 1890 M.P., his trial 1057.
Bill discounters, Overend, Gurney & Co. 1261, 1262.
Billiard players, Dufton 926,
Felix 1032,
Hughes 1578.
Billiards, handicap billiards 926,
writer on 460.
Bills of exchange, law of 505.
Bimetallism 578.
Birds, collections of 1012, 1262, 1530,
eggs 396, 1454,
voice organs of 1079.
Birkbeck, George d. 1841 M.D., Birkbeck schools 986.
Birkbeck, Morris d. 1825, founded New Albion in Illinois 1071.
Birkenhead, St. Aidan’s coll. founded 199.
Birmingham, Atlas steel works 377,
Calthorpe park opened 518,
commissioners of street acts 509,
English watch co. 378,
free art gallery 1007,
free libraries 585,
Hazelwood sch. 1474, 1476,
Holden’s music hall 1505,
Mason coll. 1453,
musical festivals 725,
queen’s coll. 743,
queen’s hospital 743,
royal school of medicine 740, 743,
St. Andrew’s ch. 555,
St. Stephen’s ch. 555,
watches made by machinery 377.
Birth, change of style, affecting age 152.
Birnie, Sir Richard d. 1832, magistrate Bow st., captured Cato st. conspirators 1115.
Biscuits, steam machinery for making 1206.
Black bottle quarrel 542.
Blackburn, Cunliffe’s bank opened 421,
the first mayor 1538.
Blacksmiths learned 491, 1601.
Blarney, St. Anne’s water cure establishment opened 184.
Bleaching, Barlow’s works 1589,
Bridson’s works 397,
stenter or elastic finishing machine invented 397.
Blessington, Charles John Gardiner d. 1829 earl of, acquaintance with comte D’Orsay 899,
his wife 899.
Blind, money left for 1122,
phonetic system of teaching to read 1108.
Blind persons, Barker 165,
Fawcett 1027,
Gilbert 1144,
Hamilton 1303,
Hearder 1409,
Holman 1513.
Blow pipe, oxy-hydrogen, invented 1261,
use in chemical analysis 610.
Blue ribband movement 711.
Board of Control presidents, Dalhousie 803,
Ellenborough 975,
Glenelg 1157,
Halifax 1281,
Herries 1446,
Hobhouse 421,
Wood 1281.
Board of Trade presidents, Cardwell 543,
Clarendon 623,
Dalhousie 803,
Donoughmore 897,
Gibson 1142,
Glenelg 1157,
Henley 1428,
Herries 1446.
Boats, Denham’s rowlocks 856,
outrigger invention of 638.
Bobbing net Trade 592,
machines improved 124.
Bode, Baron de, his case 1472–3.
Bogardus, James d. 1874 inventor, field, cover and trap shooting 1089.
Bohn, Henry publisher 1243.
Bolton, Lancashire, Chadwick’s orphanage 581,
Chadwick’s statue 581.
Bonaparte, Jerome Napoleon d. 1870 at Baltimore 330.
Bonaparte, Joseph d. 1844 king of Spain, his friend 1208.
Bonaparte, Louis Lucien d. 1891 linguist, his medical attendant 1415.
Bonaparte, Napoleon E. L. J. J. in 1879 killed 330,
his tutor 1606.
See also Napoleon.
Bone, Henry P. d. 1855 enamel painter 332,
his successor 998.
Bone setters, Hutton, R. 1609,
Hutton, R. H. 1609.
Bonnetts of embossed paper 851.
Bookbinders, Bedford 218,
Clarke 218,
Hayday 1395,
Howell 1557,
Lewis 218.
Book binding, embossed cloth for 851,
plough for cutting edges 1557.
Books, bookseller with thirty thousand customers 1458,
copyrights foreign 336,
Crane’s coloured toy books 751,
Grenville’s diary expurgated 1239,
Mrs. Mary Ann Clarke’s Narrative suppressed 634,
O. H. B. Hyman tore up his books when he had read them 1612,
Orion a poem published at a farthing 1539,
remainders sale of 326.
Booksellers, Arch 80,
Baldock 140,
Baldwin 141,
Bell 229,
Bickers, H. 270,
Bickers, H. Junr. 270,
Bohn 326,
Brown 433,
Burn 482,
Burns 488,
Bush 270,
Carpenter, J. 556,
Carpenter, W. H. 556,
Cottle 727,
Dalton 808,
Darling 815,
Delf 853,
Diprose 881,
Dolby 891,
Drakard 914,
Evans 1004,
Farran 1245,
Faulkner 1026,
Fulcher 1111,
Gilpin 1152,
Gowans 1193,
Griffin C. 1243,
Griffin J. J. 1244,
Griffith 1245,
Hall 1287,
Hodgson 1494,
Hotten 1547,
Houlston 1549,
Hughes 1577,
Hulbert 1579,
Hunter 1598,
Johnson 1598,
Payne 1004,
Stoneman 1549,
Trubner 853,
Wright 1549.
Boot makers, Hickson 1462,
Hoby 1490.
Boring machine, automatic tunnel machine invented 187.
Borneo, Brooke’s government in 417.
Botanists, Arnott 89,
Atkinson 419,
Bohler 325,
Borrer 341,
Bowie 359,
Bromfield 412,
Brown, J. W. 435,
Brown, R. 437,
Buxton 504,
Calvert 519,
Champion 589,
Daubeny 820,
Dickie 874,
Dickson 875,
Dillwyn 880,
Drummond 920,
Falconer 1017,
Fielding 1043,
Forbes 1076,
Francis 1098,
Gardiner 1122,
Gourlie 1192,
Greville 1240,
Hance 1313,
Henfrey 1427,
Hennedy 1429,
Hooker 1526,
Prescott 1043,
Steudel 1043.
Botany, herbarium of Mauritius plants at Kew 113.
Bottles, bottle washing machines 1569,
stoppered 389,
with taps 389.
Bows and arrows, Clay’s 640.
Boxers, Amateur, Brand 380,
Budd 466.
See also Pugilists.
Boyd, Archibald d. 1883 dean of Exeter 365,
his controversy on episcopacy 1189.
Brachiopoda 824.
Bradlaugh, Charles d. 1891 M.P. kept out of house of commons 1188.
Bradshaw, George d. 1853 publisher 375,
Bradshaw’s Manchester Journal 1018,
railway maps and guides 20, 375.
Bradshaw, James, M.P. 1543.
Braintree, Essex, church rate case 733.
Brass founder, Guest 1254.
Bravo, Charles D. Turner d. in 1876 suddenly 384, 1257.
Brazil, exploration of 475,
first railway 377,
regiment raised for 140,
Thayer expedition 1363.
Bread, aerated 821,
Dauglish’s patent 821,
unfermented 815.
Brechin, bishop of 1075,
seat of bishoprick removed to Dundee 1075.
Bremer, Frederika d. 1865 Swedish novelist, works introduced into England 1559.
Brewers, Allsopp 834, 1481,
Barclay, A. K. 158,
Barclay, C. 158,
Bass 189,
Buxton 503,
Crowley 776,
Findlater 834,
Flower 1071,
Guinness 1256,
Hanbury 1313 bis.,
Hoare 1485,
Hodgson 1495,
Ind Coope 707,
Meux 847,
Truman 834,
Whitbread 309.
Breweries, Barclay, Perkins & Co.’s men assault Haynau 1400,
butt-money 1521.
Brett, Charles a police sergeant killed in 1867 at Manchester 53.
Bridges, Forth railway bridge commenced 347,
lattice bridges 316, 845,
Royal Albert at Saltash 453,
taperchain suspension 1175,
Tay railway bridge and its fall 316.
Bright, John d. 1889 M.P., the cave of Adullam 1543.
Brighton, Brighton and London coach 729,
Burrows and his statue 492,
chain pier 438,
court of request 1113,
Davies’ bequest 829,
Dick Gregory 1234,
master of ceremonies 972,
Old Ship hotel 701,
poor, gift to, on St. Thomas’ day 274,
Preston park 829,
royal literary and scientific institution 492,
St. Mary’s ch. 981,
St. Mary’s hall 982,
St. Paul’s ch. 555,
stipendiary magistrate the first 274,
theatre 597.
Bristol, bull baiting at 540,
court of conscience 1340,
orphan house, Ashley down 749,
Plymouth brethren 749,
port freed from dues 400,
reformatory 554, 555,
sch. industrial 555,
sch. ragged 554.
British museum, Christy ethnological collection 618,
Cuming collection of shells 1218,
Elgin marbles 1046,
engravings, Cousins’ collection 734,
gift refused Ayrton’s Arabic calligraphs 114,
keeper of antiquities 1387,
keeper of manuscripts 1084,
keeper of prints and drawings 556,
keepers of zoological department 610, 1216,
librarian the principal 983,
oriental cylinders and seals, collection of 781,
Persian manuscripts 1076,
persons forbidden to enter reading room 1295, 1353,