Frederic Boase
Modern English Biography (volume 1 of 4) A-H
Wheel, invention of a friction 382.
Whewell, William d. 1866 master of Trinity coll. Cambridge, his bequest to the coll. 1310.
Whist, blue peter or call for trumps invented 248,
laws of 550, 640.
Whist players,
Baldwin 640,
Barnes 173,
Bentinck 248,
Bowyer 363,
Brittain 404,
Buckle 463,
Clay 640,
Hood 1524,
Hughes 1578.
White, Arthur, attempted to shoot Charles Buxton 503.
White, Henry Kirke d. 1806 poet, Much in sorrow, oft in woe 685.
Wigan, Lancashire, cotton mill the first 800.
Wilberforce, Robert Isaac d. 1857 of Oriel coll., resigned fellowship 1388.
Wilhelm, Guillaume L. B. d. 1842 composer, method of teaching music 1581.
William iv. d. 1837,
Mrs. Jordan 853,
his dau. Sophia 853,
sham baronet presented to 1588,
sons 1056, 1057 bis.
Wills, in prerogative office Dublin, index to 263,
longest on record 779.
Wills proved for large amounts.
£50,000 col. 275.
£59,000 col. 1428.
£70,000 col. 12.
£80,000 cols. 1070, 1418.
£100,000 col. 188.
£140,000 cols. 108, 649.
£160,000 cols. 284, 299.
£180,000 cols. 80, 715, 1213.
£200,000 cols. 505, 732, 1222.
£250,000 cols. 48, 427, 433, 480, 504, 525, 578, 622, 648, 863, 941, 1073, 1151, 1272, 1411, 1556.
£280,000 col. 792.
£283,000 col. 198.
£300,000 cols. 8, 76, 217, 227, 477, 753, 786, 1122, 1531.
£344,023 col. 1257.
£350,000 cols. 96, 205, 217 bis., 318, 575, 971, 974, 1146, 1226, 1407, 1502, 1512.
£370,000 col. 420.
£400,000 cols. 83, 94, 110, 221, 1167, 1457, 1497.
£483,000 col. 1138.
£500,000 cols. 698, 931, 942, 1450, 1526, 1546, 1606.
£503,000 col. 1043.
£542,000 col. 707.
£588,000 col. 1444.
£600,000 cols. 192, 218, 987, 1051.
£700,000 col. 733.
£800,000 cols. 83, 407, 773, 1138.
£900,000 col. 441.
£910,000 col. 457.
£1,000,000 col. 779.
£1,026,000 col. 923.
£1,098,000 col. 197.
£1,100,000 cols. 1256, 1261.
£1,190,000 col. 134.
£1,200,000 col. 756.
£1,300,000 col. 1043.
£1,500,000 col. 162.
£1,700,000 col. 949.
£2,000,000 cols. 134, 756.
£3,200,000 col. 384.
£3,540,000 col. 867.
Wilson, Sir Robert Thomas d. 1849 general, escape of Lavalette 897.
Wiltshire lord lieutenant 31.
Wimpole hall, Cambridgeshire, frescoes at 498.
Winchester,
Cranbury cricket ground 586,
Cranbury stables 586,
St. Cross hospital and earl of Guildford 1255.
Winchelsea, Sussex, history of 712.
Wind instruments, catechism of 632.
Windmills, self regulating sails invented 779.
Window tax repealed 535.
Windsor castle, governor of 38.
Windsor, Old, novitiate at Beaumont lodge 635.
Wines,
British largest maker of 289,
Douro river, survey of 1083,
port, a word or two on 1083,
Hungarian introduced 1233,
wine flagon system 1233.
Wine merchants,
Gassiot 1130,
Gilbey 1146,
Hooper 1528,
Husenbeth 1602,
Max Greger 1233.
Wire drawing, drilled gems used in 406.
Wire walker, Diavolo 870.
Wiseman, Nicholas P. S. d. 1865 cardinal, his coadjutor archbp. 995, his godson 1439.
Wizards, See Conjurors 1634.
Wolff, Joseph d. 1862 missionary, teaches Hebrew 1547.
Wood carver, Davy 835.
Woods and Forests, etc., first commissioner of, Canning 536,
Carlisle 548,
Fitzroy 1063,
Hobhouse 427,
Howard 1552.
Woodward, Samuel d. 1838 of Norwich, his manuscripts 1261.
Wool,
broker 1167,
buyer 1518,
grower 230.
Woollen manufacturers,
Ellis 985,
Forster 1086,
Foster 1089,
Goodman 1174,
Heyworth 1458.
Women,
doctor 114,
employed to make cigars 715,
enamelling of their faces 770,
flogged by Haynau 1400,
influence on progress of knowledge 463,
marrying an uncle 12,
passing for a man 181,
women of England by S. Ellis 985.
Words and idioms, collection of 674.
Wordsworth, William d. 1850 poet, Cottle’s connection with 728,
his friend 1150.
Worcestershire lord lieutenant 1073.
Workhouse system, inquiry into 75.
Wort-cunning 661.
Wren, Sir Christopher d. 1747,
his churches 642.
Wrestlers,
Cann 536,
Graham 1198,
Gundry 1258,
Hurst 1602,
Polkinghorne 536,
Warren 536.
Wright, Fanny d. 1852,
socialist 818.
Wright, Mr. opened first circulating library 1607.
Writings, ancient, decipherer of 1535.
X
Xanthus in Lycia, marbles discovered at 1033.
Y
Yachts and yacht clubs,
Arrow 586,
Royal London club 80,
yachtsmen 1142, 1277.
Yarn merchant, Harper 1343.
Yelverton, Maria Theresa d. Pietermaritzburg, Natal, 13 Sep. 1881, divorce case, settlement of 111.
Yeomen of the guard 792.
York, castle, Hudson confined in 1566,
Roman remains found 1337.
York, Frederick duke of d. 1827, his bonds not paid 1308,
his friend 73,
Mary Ann Clarke 634.
Yorke, Rt. Hon. Sir C. E. d. 1834, his son 901.
Yorkshire,
arterial drainage 578,
college of science established 1414,
excavations in the tumuli 191,
flora of 1275,
manuscripts, Hailstone’s collection 1275,
West Riding lord lieutenant 1335.
Yucatan peninsula, Mexico, explored 571.
Z
Zante, Ionian islands, Signal Broke resident at 411.
Zoological gardens, See also Menageries 1663,
Knowsley hall 863,
Liverpool 102,
Regent’s park 1247,
Surrey 516, 770, 812.
Zoologist, Fleming 1068.
Zulu-Kaffir language 673.
Zymotic diseases 467.