Frederic Boase
Modern English Biography (volume 1 of 4) A-H
BOLINGBROKE, Henry St. John, 4 Viscount. b. 6 March 1786; succeeded 18 Dec. 1824. d. North college, Elgin 1 Oct. 1851. I.L.N. xix, 450, 663 (1851).
BOLINGBROKE, Henry (son of Nathaniel Bolingbroke of Norwich). b. Norwich 25 Feb. 1785; sailed for Demerara 28 Nov. 1798, returned to England 21 Oct. 1805; deputy vendue master at Surinam in Guiana 1807–13; in business at Norwich; published A voyage to the Demerary 1807. d. Norwich 11 Feb. 1855.
BOLLAERT, William. b. 1807; chemical assistant at Royal Institution, London; assayer and chemist in survey of silver mines in Peru; made a survey of province of Tarapaca 1827; one of the first white men who crossed the desert of Atacama; served as a volunteer under Sir J. M. Doyle in Portugese war 1832–33; created a knight of Order of the Tower and Sword of Portugal; explored Texas, New Granada, Ecuador, Peru and Chili; author of Antiquarian and other researches in New Granada 1860; Wars of succession of Portugal and Spain 2 vols. 1870. d. 15 Nov. 1876 in 69 year. Journal of Royal Geog. Soc. xlvii, 148–50 (1877).
BOLLAND, William Proctor (2 son of Sir Wm. Bolland 1772–1840, Baron of Court of Exchequer). Educ. at Eton; barrister I.T. 6 May 1842; the original of Fred. Bayham in Thackeray’s The Newcomes, and of Wm. Bowker in Yates’s Land at last. d. Clifton 10 June 1863 aged 47.
BOLOGNA, Sir Nichola, Count Delle Catene (son of Baron Paolo Sceberras). C.M.G. 1833, K.C.M.G. 4 Dec. 1868. d. Valetta, Malta 1875.
BOLTON, Daniel. Second lieut. R.E. 14 Dec. 1811, colonel 13 Dec. 1854 to 20 June 1859; M.G. 20 June 1859. d. Capetown, Cape of Good Hope 16 May 1860 aged 66.
BOLTON, George (son of Mr. Bolton of Piccadilly, London, tailor). b. 9 May 1824; Manager of Olympic theatre 1846–47, of Marylebone and Queen’s theatres, and of Drury Lane theatre 1852; brought out about 1846 a comic weekly paper called Nonsuch a farrago of something, nothing, everything and many things besides; author of Nothing, in rhyme and prose 1845; All about love and jealousy, an original comedy in 5 acts produced at Olympic theatre 13 April 1846. d. 13 Philadelphia terrace, Mount gardens, Lambeth 25 May 1868.
BOLTON, Rev. James Jay (5 son of Rev. Robert Bolton of Henley on Thames, dissenting minister). b. Southdown college near Weymouth 11 Feb. 1824; went to the United States 1836; ed. at College Point New York and C. C. coll. Cam., scholar, B.A. 1848; C. of Saffron Walden, Essex 1849–51; C. of St. Michael’s, Chester sq. Pimlico, London 1851–52; Minister of St. Paul’s chapel, Kilburn 1852 to death; chaplain to Earl Ducie 1852; has never been surpassed as a childrens’ preacher; author of Fragments of the great diamond set for young people, being a variety of addresses for children 1856, 3 ed. 1861; Life lessons, scripture truths for the young 1862. d. Kilburn parsonage 8 April 1863. Selected sermons of Rev. James Bolton 1863, portrait.
BOLTON, Jasper. b. Ballykisteen, co. Tipperary; land agent to Earl of Derby’s estates in Ireland 1862 to death. d. Limerick 19 Nov. 1871 aged 30. Quickly ripened or recollections of the late Jasper Bolton (1872), portrait.
BOLTON, John Henry. b. Dec. 1795; in the commissariat department; solicitor at 1 New sq. Lincoln’s Inn, London 1828 to death; president of Incorporated law society 1868–69. d. Lee terrace, Blackheath, Kent 13 Oct. 1873.
BOLTON, Rev. William Jay. Educ. at Caius coll. Cam., Hulsean prizeman 1852, B.A. 1853, M. A. 1857; V. of St. John’s Stratford, Essex 1866–81; V. of St. James’s, Bath 1881 to death; author of Evidences of Christianity from the early Fathers 1853; Fireside preaching 1856; Footsteps of the flock 1860; The great Anti-Christ 1870. d. Pelham, Oldfield park, Bath 28 May 1884 in 68 year.
BONAPARTE, Jerome Napoleon (elder son of Jerome Bonaparte 1784–1860, king of Westphalia). b. Camberwell, London 7 July 1805. d. Baltimore 17 June 1870. Bingham’s Marriages of the Bonapartes ii, 191–94 (1881).
BONAPARTE, Napoleon Eugène Louis Jean Joseph (only child of Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte 1808–73, Napoleon iii Emperor of France). b. Palace of the Tuileries, Paris 16 March 1856; went with his father to the seat of war 1870, present at capture of Saarbrück 2 Aug. 1870; landed at Dover 8 Sep. 1870; lived at Camden house, Chislehurst, Kent 10 Dec. 1870 to 12 Oct. 1871 and 1874–79; a cadet at Royal military college Woolwich 12 Oct. 1871 to 1874 where a statue of him by Count Gleichen was unveiled 13 Jany 1883; left Southampton 27 Feb. 1879; killed by Zulus in valley of Ityolyozi, Zululand 1 June 1879, buried in St. Mary’s church Chislehurst 12 July 1879. Life of the Prince Imperial of France by Ellen Barlee 1880, portrait; Graphic xix, 633, 637, 644 (1879), 3 portraits, xxvii, 53 (1883); I.L.N. 16 July 1879, portrait; The life of Napoleon iii by Blanchard Jerrold iv, 427 (1882), 2 portraits.
BONAR, Rev. John (son of Rev. Archibald Bonar of Cramond, Midlothian). b. Cramond; ed. at Univ. of Edin.; licensed by presbytery of Edin. 30 April 1823; ordained 11 July 1826; minister of Larbert and Dunipace March 1826 to 24 May 1843 when he joined in the free secession; Convener of committee for colonial and continental missions in the Free church 1846; minister at Aberdeen Dec. 1846 and at the Renfield st. church, Glasgow 1848–54; D.D. Edin. 1857; author of The established church of Scotland as it was and as it is 1845. d. Edinburgh 20 Dec. 1863 in 63 year. Our Scottish Clergy, second series (1849) 149–55.
BONAR, William (3 son of Andrew Bonar of Edinburgh, banker). b. Edin. 3 Jany. 1798; ed. at high school and Univ. Edin.; a partner in bank of Ramsay, Bonar and Co. 1817 to date when bank was merged in Bank of Scotland; employed a missionary to look after the ignorant and neglected poor in Edin.; F.R.S. Edin. 1822; author of several religious tracts. d. Chatsworth house, Malvern 9 Nov. 1866.
BOND, Henry John Hayles (son of Rev. Wm. Bond, R. of Whitacre, Norfolk). b. Whitacre Dec. 1801; ed. at Norwich gr. sch.; studied medicine at Cambridge, London, Edinburgh and Paris; M.B. Cam. 1825, M.D. 1831; F.R.C.P. 1835; practised at Cam.; Regius professor of physic in Univ. of Cam. 27 Jany. 1851 to Jany. 1872; a member of General medical council 29 Oct. 1858 to 29 Oct. 1863; author of Analysis of an elementary course of lectures on Pathology 1866. d. Regent st. Cambridge 3 Sep. 1883.
BOND, John James (son of Andrew Bond of Ashford, Kent). b. 9 Dec. 1819; Clerk in public record office at Royal riding school, Carlton House 1841, senior assistant keeper to death; author of Handy book of rules and tables for verifying dates with the Christian Era 1866, new ed. 1874. d. 96 Philbeach gardens, Earl’s Court, London 9 Dec. 1883.
BOND, R. Sebastian. b. Liverpool 1808; landscape painter; exhibited 7 pictures at Royal Academy, 13 at British Institution, and 5 at Suffolk st. gallery 1846–72. d. Jany. 1886.
BOND, Stephen. b. St. Columb, Cornwall 24 March 1826; ed. at Stonyhurst; entered Society of Jesus at Hodder 7 Sep. 1843; Matric. at Univ. of London July 1846, B.A. 1848; superior of the seminary adjoining Stonyhurst college Aug. 1861; professed of the four vows 2 Feb. 1862; vicar general to Bishop Etheridge in Demerara 1864–69. d. Wigan 10 Jany. 1871.
BONE, Henry Pierce (eld. son of Henry Bone of London, enamellist 1755–1834). b. Islington, London 6 Nov. 1779; exhibited 210 pictures, miniatures and enamels at the R.A. 1799–1855; painted classical subjects 1806–33, and enamels 1833–55; enamel painter to Duchess of Kent 1831, to Queen Victoria 1837, to Prince Albert 1841; his collection of 172 enamels was sold at Christies 13–14 March 1856. d. 22 Percy st. Bedford sq. London 21 Oct. 1855. Notice of H. Bone R.A. and his works together with those of his son H. P. Bone by J. Jope Rogers 1880.
BONE, Hugh. b. Ayrshire 1777; ed. at Univ. of Glasgow, M.D. 26 April 1815; L.R.C.P. London 26 June 1815; inspector general of hospitals 2 Oct. 1843 to 24 Nov. 1845 when placed on h.p. d. Picardy place, Edin. 13 Feb. 1858.
BONER, Charles (only son of Charles Boner of Bath, who d. 14 Aug. 1833 aged 74). b. Weston near Bath 29 April 1815; ed. at Bath and Tiverton; lived with John Constable the painter as tutor to his sons 1831–37; lived with Prince Thurn und Taxis at St. Emeran, Ratisbon as tutor 1840–60; settled at Munich, March 1860; corresponded with Mary Russell Mitford 1845–55; special correspondent to Daily News at Vienna Aug. 1865 to Aug. 1866; author of Chamois hunting 1853, new ed. 1860; The new dance of death and other poems 1857; Transylvania its products and its people 1865 and other books. d. 5 Louisen Strasse, Munich 7 April 1870. Memoirs and letters of C. Boner, edited by R. M. Kettle 2 vols. 1871.
BONHAM, Edward Walter (2 son of Henry Bonham of Titness park, Berkshire, M.P. for Rye who d. 9 April 1830). b. 24 Nov. 1809; consul at Tabreez, Persia 11 May 1837; transferred to Calais 2 Feb. 1846, and to Naples 14 Jany. 1859; consul general at Naples 5 May 1862 to 5 April 1872 when he retired on a compensation allowance; C.B. 13 Oct. 1865. d. the British consulate Boulogne 15 March 1886.
BONHAM, Henry Frederic (brother of the preceding). b. 2 June 1808; ed. at the Charterhouse; Cornet 10 Hussars 22 May 1829, lieut. col. 28 April 1846 to 27 Feb. 1852 when placed on h.p.; appointed to the Brighton and Canterbury cavalry depôt June 1854. d. 28 Brunswick sq. Hove, Brighton 16 Feb. 1856.
BONHAM, Pinson (eld. son of Samuel Bonham of Great Warley place, Essex who d. 25 Jany. 1821). Clerk in Court of Chancery 10 years; ensign 60 Foot 24 April 1789; served in West Indies 22 years; deputy quartermaster general 10 years; governor of Surinam or Dutch Guiana to 1814 when colony was surrendered to the Dutch; major 69 Foot 30 March 1797 to 1814, general 10 Jany. 1837. d. Great Warley, Essex 19 April 1855 aged 92.
BONHAM, Sir Samuel George, 1 Baronet (only son of George Bonham, captain H.E.I. Co.’s navy who d. 1810). b. Faversham, Kent 7 Sep. 1803; governor of Prince of Wales Island, Singapore and Malacca 1837–47; chief superintendent of British trade in China, and governor and commander in chief of Hong Kong 27 Nov. 1847 to 24 Dec. 1853; C.B. 27 April 1848, K.C.B. 22 Nov. 1850; created baronet 27 Nov. 1852. d. Paddington, London 8 Oct. 1863. The Chinese Repository vols. xvii-xx.
BONHAM-CARTER John (son of John Carter of Petersfield, M.P. for Portsmouth who assumed additional name of Bonham). b. 13 Oct. 1817; ed. at Trin. coll. Cam.; M.P. for Winchester 1847–74; a lord of the Treasury 1866–68; chairman of committees of House of Commons 1872–74. d. Adhurst St. Mary’s, Petersfield 26 Nov. 1884. I.L.N. lx, 601, 607 (1872), portrait.
BONNAR, William (son of Mr. Bonnar of Edinburgh, house-painter). b. Edin. June 1800; foreman at a leading decorative painters; member of Royal Scottish Academy; painted many pictures which became popular when engraved; very successful in rural scenes and pictures of child life; painted portraits latterly, many of which were engraved by his sons. d. London st. Edin. 27 Jany. 1853.
BONNER, John George. Major Madras artillery 9 June 1825 to 4 July 1829; M.G. 4 July 1829; inspector general of military stores for India; F.R.S. 18 June 1840. d. 17a Great Cumberland st. Hyde park, London 3 March 1867 aged 79.
BONNEY, Francis Augustus Burdett (son of John Augustus Bonney of London, solicitor who d. 30 Dec. 1813). b. 1804; ed. at Ealing; made many contributions chiefly in verse to literary journals especially European Magazine; studied medicine in Edin. and Paris; L.R.C.S. Edin. 1829, L.S.A. 1833; practised at Brentford 1833, Chichester and London; author of Nugæ or poetic trifles 1821, and of some valuable papers in medical journals. (m. Miss Elliott, proprietress of Elm house lunatic asylum, Queen’s Elm, Brompton, London). d. Elm house 13 Oct. 1877. Medical Circular i, 303 (1852).
BONNEY, Venerable Henry Kaye (son of Rev. Henry Kaye Bonney, R. of King’s Cliffe, Northamptonshire who d. 20 March 1810). b. Tansor, Northamptonshire 22 May 1780; ed. at the Charterhouse and Em. coll. Cam.; migrated to Christ’s coll., B.A. 1802, M.A. 1805, D.D. 1824; Preb. of Lincoln cathedral 8 Jany. 1807; R. of King’s Cliffe March 1810 to death; V. of Nassington 1810–29; archdeacon of Bedford 10 Dec. 1821, installed 2 Feb. 1822; archdeacon of Lincoln 22 Feb. 1845 to death; canon residentiary of Lincoln 1845 to death; author of The life of the Right Rev. Father in God, Jeremy Taylor 1815; Historic notices in reference to Fotheringay 1821; The life and remains of Bishop Middleton 1824. d. King’s Cliffe rectory 24 Dec. 1862.
BONNEY, Venerable Thomas Kaye (brother of the preceding). b. Tansor, Northamptonshire 20 June 1782; ed. at Clare coll. Cam., B.A. 1803, M.A. 1806; R. of Coningsby Lincs. 1814 to death; R. of Normanton, Rutland 1814 to death; Preb. of Lincoln 17 Oct. 1823 to death; archdeacon of Leicester 22 Jany. 1831 to death. d. Normanton rectory 7 April 1863.
BONOMI, Joseph (son of Giuseppe Bonomi of London, architect 1739–1808). b. 76 Great Titchfield st. London 9 Oct. 1796; ed. at Carshalton, Surrey; studied drawing at Royal Academy and sculpture under Nollekens; fellow Student with John Gibson in Rome; lived in Egypt and Syria 1824–32 and 1842–44; went to the Holy Land 1833; illustrated the Egyptological works of Wilkinson and Birch and nearly all those of Samuel Sharpe; curator of Sir John Soane’s Museum, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London 1861 to death; F.R.A.S, 8 Feb. 1861; author of Nineveh and its palaces 1852, new ed. 1869. d. The Camels, Wimbledon park, Surrey 3 March 1878. Monthly notices of Royal Astronom. Soc. xxx, 216–19 (1879); The Proportions of the human figure by J. Bonomi, 5 ed. 1880, portrait; I.L.N. lxxii, 245 (1878), portrait.
BONTEIN, James (younger son of John Pitt Bontein, captain 1 Life guards). Groom of the privy chamber 1874 to death. d. Ambassadors’ court, St. James’s palace 16 Oct. 1884 aged 63.
BOOKER, Thomas (son of Thomas Booker of 56 New Bond st. London, publisher who d. 26 Feb. 1826). Printer at 37 Ranelagh st. Liverpool 1840; printer and publisher at 9 Rupert st. Leicester sq. London 1848, and at 75 Great Queen st. to death; published The weekly register 4 Aug. 1849 to 26 Jany. 1850; The Catholic register and magazine 1850; Booker’s Pocket-Book directory. d. Richmond 9 Nov. 1859 aged 37.
BOOKER-BLAKEMORE, Thomas William (son of Rev. Luke Booker 1762–1836, V. of Dudley). b. Dudley 28 Sep. 1801; ed. at Hartlebury, Worcs.; tin plate manufacturer; took out patents for tin plate making 1837 and for manufacturing iron 1841; sheriff of Glamorganshire 1848; M.P. for Herefordshire 18 Oct. 1850 to death; took an active part on protectionist side in free trade controversy; A.I.C.E. 1850; assumed by r.l. additional name of Blakemore Sep. 1855; author of Treatise on the mineral basin of South Wales 1848. d. Kingston-upon-Thames 7 Nov. 1858.
BOOLE, George (son of Mr. Boole of Lincoln, tradesman). b. Lincoln 2 Nov. 1815; opened a school at Lincoln 1835; professor of mathematics in Queen’s college Cork 1849 to death; public examiner for degrees in Queen’s University of Ireland; LLD. Dublin 1852; Keith medallist of Royal Society of Edinburgh 1857; F.R.S. June 1857, Royal medallist 1844; hon. D.C.L. Oxford 1859; author of Mathematical analysis of logic 1847; Investigation of the laws of thought 1854, a work of astonishing originality and power; Treatise on differential equations 1859, 3 ed. 1872; Treatise on the calculus of finite differences 1860, new ed. 1880. (m. 1855 Mary dau. of Rev. Thomas Roupell Everest, R. of Wickwar, Gloucs., she was granted a civil list pension of £100, 19 June 1865). d. Blackrock near Cork 8 Dec. 1864. There are memorial windows to him in Lincoln cathedral and the college hall at Cork. Proc. of Royal Society xv, 6–11 (1867); Athenæum 23 Aug. 1884 pp. 237–39; G.M. xviii, 247–49 (1865); I.L.N. xlvi, 59, 61 (1865), portrait.
BOONE, Rev. James Shergold (son of Thomas Boone of Sunbury, Middlesex). b. 30 June 1799; ed. at Charterhouse 1812–16; student at Ch. Ch. Ox. 1816; Craven scholar 1817; won Chancellor’s prize for Latin verse, and Newdigate prize for English verse 1817; published anonymously a satire on Oxford University life called The Oxford Spy 2 parts 1818–19, which created a great sensation; chancellor’s prizeman 1820; B.A. 1820, M.A. 1823; edited The Council of Ten a monthly periodical June 1822 to May 1823, wrote nearly all of it; Incumbent of St. John’s church Paddington June 1832 to death; edited The British Critic from Jany. 1827; author of An essay on the study of modern history 1821; Men and things in 1823, a poem in three epistles with notes 1823; The educational economy of England 1838; Sermons on various subjects and occasions 1853. d. 2 Stanhope st. Hyde park, London 24 March 1859. Mozley’s Reminiscences ii, 200–204 (1882); Notes and Queries 3rd series iii, 510, iv, 35, 98, 138, 153, 299.
BOONE, William. Bookseller at 480 Strand, London 1815–30 with his brother Thomas Boone who d. 21 April 1873 aged 83; moved to New Bond st. 1830; buyer of books for British Museum on death of Thomas Rodd 1849, retired 1860. d. 26 Nov. 1870 aged 75.
BOORMAN, James. b. Kent 1785; partner with Divie Bethune in New York 1805–13; founded with John Johnson firm of Boorman, Johnson and Co. leading mercantile house in New York, which was dissolved 1855; pres. of Hudson River railroad to 1863; founded the Bank of Commerce 1839. d. New York 24 Jany. 1866.
BOOSEY, Thomas. Foreign bookseller at 28 Holles st. Cavendish sq. London; published Italian operas of Bellini, Donizetti and Verdi down to 1854, when deprived of all his foreign copyrights by a decision of the House of Lords. d. 27 Notting hill sq. London 25 Oct. 1871 aged 76. C. Clark’s House of Lords Cases iv, 815–996 (1855).
BOOTH, Rev. George (youngest son of Wm. Booth of Masbrough, Yorkshire). Ed. at Eton and Trin. coll. Cam., pensioner; matric. from Lincoln coll. Ox. 16 May 1811 aged 19, B.A. 1813, M.A. 1816, B.D. 1823; fellow of Magdalen coll., vice pres. 1830, dean of divinity 1832; V. of Findon, Sussex 1833 to death; privately printed a quarto vol. of Latin poetry entitled Nugæ Canoræ 1826; composed a school song entitled Sicut lilium, carmen hortativum which is regularly sung by boys of Magdalen school on their breaking up. d. Findon vicarage 21 June 1859 in 68 year.
BOOTH, Henry (eld. son of Thomas Booth of Liverpool, corn merchant). b. Rodney st. Liverpool 4 April 1788; a corn merchant; one of chief promoters of scheme for making a railway between Liverpool and Manchester 1822, sec. and treasurer of the company 1826, managing director, the line was begun June 1826 and opened 15 Sep. 1830; suggested the multitubular boiler, coupling screws, spring buffers, and lubricating material for carriage axles, all of which are still used; sec. for northern section of London and North-Western railway July 1846, a director of the company October 1848 to 18 May 1859, presented by the Company with 3000 guineas 12 Oct. 1846 and 5000 guineas 9 April 1859; author of Sebastian a tragedy 1823; The rationale of the currency question 1847; Master and man a dialogue 1853, and many other small books. d. Eastbourne, Princes park, Liverpool 28 March 1869. Memoir of the late Henry Booth by Robert Smiles (1869).
BOOTH, Rev. James (eld. son of John Booth of Lava, co. Leitrim). b. Lava 25 Aug. 1806; ed. at Trin. coll. Dub., scholar 1829, B.A. 1832, LL.B. and LLD. 1842; principal of Bristol college 1840–43; vice principal of Collegiate institution Liverpool 1843–48; pres. of Literary and philosophical institution Liverpool 1848–51; lectured in London for Society of Arts 1848–54, fellow 1852, treasurer and chairman of the council 1855–57; C. of St. Anne’s Wandsworth, London 1854–59; V. of Stone, Bucks. 1859 to death: F.R.S. 22 Jany. 1846, F.R.A.S. 10 June 1859; author of Education and educational institutions 1846; Examination the province of the state 1847; A treatise on some new geometrical methods 2 vols. 1873–77. d. Stone vicarage 15 April 1878. Monthly notices of Royal Astronom. Soc. xxxix, 219–25 (1879).
BOOTH, James (4 son of Thomas Booth of Toxteth lodge near Liverpool). b. 1796 or 1797; ed. at St. John’s coll. Cam.; barrister L.I. 10 Feb. 1824; member of Royal commission for inquiring into municipal corporations of England and Wales 1833; counsel to the speaker and examiner of recognizances Sep. 1839; prepared the Companies, Lands, and Railways Clauses Consolidation acts 1845, and 8 other consolidation acts 1847; secretary to Board of trade 10 Oct. 1850 to 1865; member of Royal commission for inquiring into trades unions 12 Feb. 1867, which made 11 reports 1867–69; C.B. 6 July 1866; author of The problem of the world and the church reconsidered in three letters to a friend by a Septuagenarian 1871, 3 ed. 1879. d. 2 Princes gardens, Kensington, London 11 May 1880.
BOOTH, John (son of Thomas Booth of Killerby near Catterick, Yorkshire, cattle breeder who d. 1835). Breeder of shorthorns at Killerby 1819 to 1852; judged a great deal at cattle shows in England and Ireland; sold all his stock 21 Sep. 1852; master of the Bedale hunt 3 seasons. d. Killerby 7 July 1857 in 70 year. W. Carr’s History of rise and progress of Killerby herds of shorthorns 1867; Saddle and Sirloin by the Druid (1870) 195–207.
BOOTH, John Kay (eld. son of John Booth of Brush house, Ecclesfield). b. Yorkshire; ed. at Univ. of Edin., M.D. 24 June 1805; L.C.P. 30 Sep. 1809; fellow Royal Med. and Chir. Soc. 1810; settled at Birmingham; physician to general hospital there 1812–35; physician to Queen’s hospital there; principal of Queen’s college Birm. 1856; one of founders of Medical school of Birmingham, and the first lecturer there on practice of physic. d. Brush house, Ecclesfield 14 Jany. 1859 aged 80.
BOOTH, Junius Brutus (son of Richard Booth of Queen st. Bloomsbury, London, attorney who d. 1840 aged 76). b. St. Pancras, London 1 May 1796; made his début on the stage at Peckham as Campillo in The Honeymoon 13 Dec. 1813; played in Belgium and Holland 1814 and 1826, and at Covent Garden 1815; acted in the provinces 1818 and at Drury Lane 7 Aug. 1820 to 13 Jany. 1821; went to the United States April 1821; appeared at Park theatre New York 2 Oct. 1821; managed the Camp theatre New Orleans 1828; played at Drury Lane, Surrey and Sadler’s Wells theatres 1836–7; lived on his farm at Bel Air 30 miles from Baltimore 1842 to death; made his last appearance at St. Charles theatre New Orleans 19 Nov. 1852. d. on board the J. S. Chenoweth between New Orleans and Cincinnati 30 Nov. 1852. bur. in Greenmount cemetery Baltimore 11 Dec. The elder and the younger Booth by A. B. Clarke (1882) 1–116, 3 portraits; Memoirs of J. B. Booth (1817), portrait; The tragedian by T. R. Gould (1868), portrait; Phelps’s Players of a century (1880); T. A. Brown’s History of the American stage (1870) 40, portrait.
Note.—His son John Wilkes Booth shot Abraham Lincoln, pres. of the U.S. at Ford’s theatre, Washington, Good Friday 14 April 1865, he was himself shot near Bowling Green 26 April.
BOOTH, Richard (brother of John Booth who d. 7 July 1857). Breeder of shorthorns at Studley farm, Yorkshire 1814–34 when he sold his herd; breeder at Warlaby, Yorkshire 1835 to death; gained many medals and prizes at cattle shows. d. Warlaby 31 Oct. 1864 aged 76. Saddle and Sirloin by the Druid (1870) 195–207.
BOOTH, Sir Robert Gore, 4 Baronet. b. Bath 25 Aug. 1805; succeeded 23 Oct. 1814; sheriff of Sligo 1830; M.P. for Sligo 12 March 1850 to death; chairman of the Musical Union; lord lieutenant of Sligo 7 Dec. 1868. d. Lissadell, co. Sligo 21 Dec. 1876. Burke’s Portrait gallery ii, 129 (1833).
BOOTH, Sarah. b. Birmingham early in 1789; a dancer at Manchester about 1804; first appeared in London at Surrey theatre 1810 as Cherry in a burletta founded on the Beaux Stratagem; played at Covent Garden 23 Nov. 1810, at the Olympic 19 Dec. 1821, at Drury Lane 2 Feb. 1822, at Haymarket and Adelphi theatres; retired about 1828, last appeared for a benefit at Marylebone theatre 1841. d. 39 Queen’s sq. Bloomsbury, London 30 Dec. 1867. Mrs. C. B. Wilson’s Our actresses i, 121–7 (1844); Oxberry’s Dramatic biography iv, 55–65 (1826), portrait; Theatrical Inquisitor ii, 69–74 (1813), portrait.
BOOTH, William. Ensign 53 Foot 8 May 1806; lieut. col. 41 Foot 11 July 1837 to 12 Sep. 1843 when placed on h.p.; colonel 15 Foot 10 Nov. 1861 to death; L.G. 27 March 1863. d. London 20 April 1868 aged 77.
BOOTH, William. Deputy commissary general 18 Dec. 1818 to 1824 when placed on h.p.; served in Spain, Portugal and the Netherlands principal clerk of survey at Dublin 1824 to 1856; C.B. 17 Aug. 1849. d. 17 Lansdowne crescent, Cheltenham 4 May 1880 in 88 year.
BOOTH, Sir Williamson, 2 Baronet. b. Stanstead Abbots, Herts. 15 July 1810; ed. at Eton; succeeded 24 Jany. 1850; sheriff of Cambridge and Hunts 1855. d. Paxton park, St. Neots 26 Aug. 1877.
BOOTHBY, Benjamin (eld. son of Benjamin Boothby of Cornwall place, Holloway, London). b. Doncaster 5 Feb. 1803; barrister G.I. 28 April 1841; revising barrister for West Riding of Yorkshire 1845–52; judge of Court of Record of Pontefract and recorder 1848–53; second judge of supreme court of South Australia Feb. 1853, sworn in 17 Oct. 1853, presided as senior judge Dec. 1856 to July 1858; deputy judge of Court of Vice Admiralty 1856–61; removed from judgeship of Supreme Court by South Australian parliament July 1867 owing to his objections to the Real Property or Torrens act. d. Adelaide 21 June 1868.
BOOTHBY, Rev. Sir Brooke William Robert, 10 Baronet. b. Winchester 21 Jany. 1809; ed. at Charterhouse and Ch. Ch. Ox., B.A. 1829, M.A. 1833; fellow of All Souls’ college 1829; R. of Elmley, Kent 1846–52; R. of Welwyn, Herts. 17 Sep. 1852 to death; succeeded 21 April 1846. d. Tunbridge Wells 21 Sep. 1865.
BOOTHBY, Lady Louisa Cranstoun (eld. dau. of Frederick Hayes Macnamara, ensign 52 Foot). b. 1 April 1812; a juvenile theatrical wonder under name of Louisa Mordaunt, made her first appearance in London at Drury Lane theatre 16 Oct. 1829 as the Widow Cheerly in Cherry’s comedy of The Soldier’s Daughter; acted at the Haymarket 1830, 1837–39 and 1840–44; re-appeared at Drury Lane Oct. 1832; acted at the Queen’s 1835 and Strand; played Constance in The love chase nearly 100 nights from 9 Oct. 1837 and Lady Gay Spanker in London Assurance 4 March 1841 in both of which parts she was unequalled; played leading parts in genteel comedy at Covent Garden 1839–40. (m. (1) Jany. 1831 John Alexander Nisbett of Brettenham hall, Suffolk, Cornet 1 Life Guards, he d. 2 Oct. 1831. m. (2) 15 Oct. 1844 Sir Wm. Boothby, 9 baronet of Ashbourne hall, Derbyshire, he was b. 25 March 1782 and d. 21 April 1846). d. Rose Mount, St. Leonard’s on Sea 16 Jany. 1858. C. B. Wilson’s Our actresses ii, 66–88 (1844), portrait; Theatrical Times ii, 121, 130 (1847), portrait; Dramatic and musical review iii, 498, 527 (1844); I.L.N. x, 256 (1847), portrait.
BOOTT, Francis (son of Kirk Boott of Boston, Massachusetts). b. Boston 26 Sep. 1792; ed. at Univs. of Harvard and Edinburgh, M.D. Edin. 1824; surgeon in London 1825–31; lecturer on botany in Webb st. school of medicine 1825–31; member of senate and council of Univ. coll. London; F.L.S. 1819, sec. 1832–39, treasurer Nov. 1856 to May 1861; wore a blue coat with brass buttons and a yellow waistcoat the costume of 1830 down to his death; author of Memoir of the life and medical opinions of John Armstrong, M.D. 2 vols. 1833–34; Illustrations of the genus Carex 4 parts 1858–67. d. 24 Gower st. London 25 Dec. 1863. Proc. of Linnæan Society (1864) 23–27.
BORCHARDT, Louis. b. Landsburg on Warthe, Prussia 1813; ed. at Univ. of Berlin, M.D. 1838; practised as a physician at Zorbich and then at Breslau; imprisoned in fortress of Glatz 1848–50; practised at Bradford, Yorkshire 1850–52, and at Manchester 1852 to death, phys. to Childrens’ Dispensary June 1853, pres. of Manchester Medical Society. d. Swinton house, Fallowfield, Manchester 15 Nov. 1883.
BORLAND, James. b. Ayr April 1774; surgeon’s mate 42 Foot 20 Dec. 1792; surgeon to the forces in St. Domingo 1796–8; deputy inspector of army hospitals 5 Dec. 1799; established existing system of regimental hospitals 1805; inspector general 22 Jany. 1807; head of medical department of the army in Mediterranean 1810–16 during which time he organised the hospitals of the Anglo-Sicilian contingent; retired on h.p. 25 May 1816; received order of St. Maurice and St. Lazare of Savoy; phys. extraord. to Duke of Kent. d. Bridgeman house, Teddington 22 Feb. 1863. G.M. xiv, 666 (1863).
BOROUGH, Sir Edward Richard, 2 Baronet. b. Merrion sq. Dublin 20 June 1800; ed. at Westminster and Ch. Ch. Ox.; army agent in Dublin; succeeded 22 Jany. 1837. d. 61 Fitzwilliam sq. north, Dublin 3 Dec. 1879.
BORRADAILE, Edward Sidney (son of the succeeding). b. Littlehampton 30 March 1845; assistant engineer Launceston and Western railway Tasmania 1868–9; wrote for the Press 1870–3; lost whilst exploring in North Australia June 1874, two mountains are named after himself and his companion Mr. Permain in memory of the event.
BORRADAILE, Harry (son of Henry Borradaile of London 1759–1822). b. 19 July 1800; in the Bombay civil service 1819–44; compiled for publication by Government Reports of select suits decided in the Suddur Adawluts 1825; translated the Muyook (Sanscrit Law book) into Mahratta and Goozerattee 1827; author of Collection of the rules and customs of various castes as affecting civil rights; and of A table of a decimal system of accounts 1853; a member of the India law commission at Calcutta under T. B. Macaulay. d. London 7 Oct. 1876.
BORRELL, Henry Perigall. Learnt business in London; merchant at Smyrna 1818 to death; very successful in discovery of inedited Greek coins; author of Notice sur quelques médailles grecques des Rois de Chypre, Paris 1836 and of papers in Revue Numismatique, Numismatic Chronicle and various German numismatic periodicals; his collection of coins, antiquities and gems was sold in London 1851. d. Smyrna 2 Oct. 1851 aged 56.