Frederic Boase
Modern English Biography (volume 1 of 4) A-H
BOWDEN, Rev. John Edward (eld. son of John Wm. Bowden, of Wimbledon, Surrey who d. 15 Sep. 1844 aged 46). b. London 24 April 1829; ed. at Eton 1841–6 and Trin. coll. Ox.; joined Church of Rome 1848; novice at Oratory of St. Wilfrid’s Cotton hall, Staffs. 2 Feb. 1849, went to King Wm. st. Strand, London with the other Fathers May 1849; ordained priest 1852; edited Notes on doctrinal and spiritual subjects by F. W. Faber 2 vols. 1866; The spiritual works of Louis of Blois 1871; author of The life and letters of Frederick Wm. Faber 1869. d. the Oratory, Brompton, London 14 Dec. 1874.
BOWDICH, Edward Hope Smith (son of Thomas Edward Bowdich, African traveller 1791–1824). b. 16 Feb. 1822; ed. at Merchant Taylors’ school 1829–38; entered Bombay army 1838; served in Persian campaign under Sir James Outram 1856–7, and Indian mutiny 1857–9; commandant 7 Bombay N.I. 1 Jany. 1862 to 31 Dec. 1874 when he retired on full pay; M.G. 23 Jany. 1875. d. 58 Harley st. London 5 Feb. 1882.
BOWDLER, Henry. Entered Madras army 1797; col. 21 N.I. 24 Dec. 1835 to death; M.G. 28 June 1838. d. Dublin 6 June 1851.
BOWDLER, Rev. Thomas (eld. son of John Bowdler of Eltham, Kent 1746–1823). b. 13 March 1780; ed. at Hyde Abbey sch. near Winchester and St. John’s coll. Cam., B.A. 1803, M.A. 1806; C. of Leyton, Essex 1803–6; Incumbent of Hopton-Wafers, Salop 1806, of Ash, Kent 1809, of Ridley, Kent 1809, of Addington, Kent to 1832, and of St. Bartholomews, Sydenham 1832–43; sec. to Incorporated Church building society 1846 to death; preb. of St. Paul’s 7 Dec. 1849 to death; author of A pastor’s address to his flock 1818, 4 ed. 1822; Sermons on the nature, offices and character of Jesus Christ 2 vols. 1818–20; Quid Romæ faciam 1841, 2 ed. 1842; Sermons on the privileges, responsibilities and duties of members of the Gospel covenant 2 vols. 1845–46. d. 2 Onslow sq. Brompton, London 11 Nov. 1856. An account of a memorial to the late Rev. T. Bowdler with memoir 1858; G.M. ii, 241–2 (1857).
BOWEN, Francis Nathaniel Burton (son of Edward Bowen, chief justice of Canada). b. Canada 1822; ed. at Univ. of Edin., M.B. 1854; assistant surgeon Coldstream Guards 22 Dec. 1854 to 2 Dec. 1859 when placed on h.p.; surgeon in Military school Dublin; practised in London 1862 to death; assisted Spencer Wells in his private practice; published some interesting papers 1866 on Cancer of the Peritoneum and Fatty degeneration of the walls of Ovarian Cysts. d. 28 Oct. 1868.
BOWEN, Herbert. Entered Bengal army 1795; lieut. col. commandant 51 N.I. 28 Nov. 1826; col. 34 N.I. 5 Jany. 1829 to 2 April 1834; col. 55 N.I. 2 April 1834 to 1842 and col. 19 N.I. 1842 to death; M.G. 28 June 1838; C.B. 20 July 1838. d. Montagu sq. London 16 Oct. 1851 aged 70.
BOWEN, Rev. Jeremiah. Educ. at All Souls’ coll. Ox., B.A. 1825; R. of West Lynn, Norfolk 1830–63; R. of Walton-Lewes, Norfolk 24 Feb. 1863 to death; author of The Resurrection defended against the objections of the Mental improvement society 1838; The war abroad and the Church at home 1854; Starlight and other poems by Walton Lewes pseud. 1869; St. Cross and other poems by Walton Lewes 1872. d. 1875.
BOWEN, Right Rev. John (son of Thomas Bowen, captain 85 Foot who d. 1844.) b. Court near Fishguard, Pembrokeshire 21 Nov. 1815; ed. at Haverfordwest; went to Canada April 1835; farmed land at Dunville on shores of Lake Erie 1835–42; entered at Trin. coll. Dublin Jany. 1843, B.A. 1847, LL.B. and LLD. 1857; ordained deacon in Ripon Cathedral 20 Sep. 1846, and priest 19 Sep. 1847; C. of Knaresborough 1848–50; R. of Orton Longueville, Hunts. 1853–57; Bishop of Sierra Leone 10 Aug. 1857 to death; consecrated at Lambeth 21 Sep. 1857; sailed for his diocese 26 Nov. 1857. d. Freetown, Sierra Leone 28 May 1859. Memorials of John Bowen compiled from his letters and journals by his sister 1862; G. M. vii, 187–8 (1859).
BOWER, George Henry Kerr. b. 1817; entered navy March 1828; commanded the Osborne yacht 1856–64; master attendant Gosport victualling yard 1 Dec. 1864 to 1869; retired captain 15 June 1870; knight of the Legion of Honour; C.B. 13 March 1867; author of Drops from the ocean, or life under the Pennant 1879. d. York crescent Lower Norwood 26 Aug. 1883.
BOWER, Harold Elyott. Paris correspondent of Morning Post 1848 to 1852 and of Morning Advertiser 1852 to death; killed Saville Morton, Paris correspondent of Morning Advertiser by stabbing him in Paris 1 Oct. 1852, tried in Paris for murder 27 Dec. 1852 when acquitted. d. 142 Rue de la Tour, Passy, Paris 8 Dec. 1884 aged 69. Annual Register (1852) 402–407.
BOWER, Joshua. Crown and bottle glass manufacturer at Hunslet near Leeds; one of the largest toll farmers in England, having at one time nearly all turnpikes between Leeds and London besides numerous others; took a conspicuous part in most of the political movements of his time; contested Leeds 17 Feb. 1834; a member of Leeds town council 1835 to death, and alderman Nov. 1844 to death; proprietor of extensive coal mines. d. Hillidge house Hunslet 7 Sep. 1855 aged 82.
BOWERBANK, James Scott (son of Edward Bowerbank of Bishopsgate, London, rectifying distiller). b. Bishopsgate July 1797; rectifying distiller in Bishopsgate 1817–47; a founder of London Clay Club 1836, Microscopical Society 1839, Ray Society 1844 and Palæontographical Society 1847; F.R.S. 17 Nov. 1842; built a museum at Highbury 1846; his magnificent natural history collection was sold to British Museum 1864; author of A history of the fossil fruits and seeds of the London clay 1840; A monograph of the British Spongiadæ 3 vols. 1864, and of 45 papers in scientific periodicals. d. 2 East Ascent, St. Leonards-on-Sea 9 March 1877. Monthly notices of Royal Astronom. Soc. xxxviii, 144–7 (1878).
BOWERS. Charles Robert. Cornet 13 Dragoons 18 Jany. 1810; captain 23 Foot 30 Dec. 1818 to 5 April 1820 when placed on h.p.; L.G. 10 March 1866. d. Little Tew Lodge, Oxfordshire 9 Oct. 1870.
BOWERS, Very Rev. George Hull (son of Francis Bowers). b. Staffordshire 1794; ed. at Pembroke gr. sch. and Clare coll. Cam., B.A. 1819, B.D. 1829, D.D. 1849; P.C. of Elstow Beds. 1819–32; select preacher to Univ. of Cam. 1830; R. of St. Paul’s Covent Garden, London 1831–47; joint founder with Rev. Charles Eaton Plater of Marlborough college 1843; dean of Manchester 19 June 1847 to 24 Sep. 1872; author of Sermons preached before the University of Cambridge 1830; A scheme for the foundation of schools for the sons of clergymen and others 1842; Pew rents injurious to the Church 1865. d. Leamington 27 Dec. 1872 in 79 year. R. Parkinson’s Old church clock 5 ed. 1880 p. lxxiv.
BOWERS, Rev. John. b. Chester 19 July 1796; Wesleyan minister in London 1834–40; a chief founder of Theological college at Didsbury near Manchester 1842, and governor 1843–64: Pres. of Wesleyan conference 1858–59. d. Southport 30 May 1866. Wesl. Meth. Mag. lxxxix, pt. 2, 942–3 (1866); J. Evan’s Lancashire authors (1850) 38–42.
BOWERYEM, George. b. England; went to United States 1854; a correspondent of The Tribune at Charleston and subsequently of Philadelphia Press with the army of the Potomac; published melodies of considerable merit; drowned near Newport News 12 July 1864 aged about 33.
BOWES, James Stuart. Edited Galignani’s Messenger in Paris 40 years; wrote Deeds of dreadful note and many other dramatic pieces for the London stage under pseudonym of Alfred Dubois. d. Paris 24 May 1864 aged 75.
BOWES, John (son of John Bowes of Swineside Coverdale, parish of Coverham, Yorkshire 1779–1853). b. Swineside 12 June 1804; joined Wesleyan Methodists 1817, and Primitive Methodists Dec. 1821; went from town to town preaching in the open air; pastor of the first church of Christian Mission in Dundee 20 April 1831; one of English representatives at Brussels peace congress 20–21 Sep. 1848; published two monthly magazines entitled The Christian Magazine and The truth promoter; author of Treatise on Christian Union 1835; The New Testament translated from the purest Greek 1870, and 220 Gospel and other tracts to instruct Christians. d. Westfield house, Dundee 23 Sep. 1874. The autobiography or history of the life of John Bowes 1872, portrait.
BOWES, John (natural son of John Bowes-Lyon 10 Earl of Strathmore 1769–1820). b. 19 July 1811; ed. at Eton; M.P. for South Durham 24 Dec. 1832 to 23 July 1847; began racing 1834, won Derby with Mundig 1835, gaining £19,000 besides stakes of £6,000, won Two thousand guineas with Meteor 1842, same race and Derby with Cotherstone 1843, Derby with Daniel O’Rourke 1852, and Two thousand guineas Derby and St. Leger with West Australian 1853, won Ascot cup with same horse 1854; the luckiest man on the turf and one of best judges of yearlings; oldest member of Jockey club; sheriff of Durham 1854; erected at Barnard Castle, Durham in memory of his first wife the “Josephine and John Bowes museum and park” at cost of £80,000 and gave art treasures to the museum, (m. (1) 1872 Josephine Benoite, Countess of Montalbo who d. 1874, m. (2) 1877 Alphonsina Marie de St. Amand, Comtesse de Courten of the Valais, Switzerland). d. Streatlam Castle near Gateshead 9 Oct. 1885. Sporting Review xl, 114–8 (1858); Illust. sp. and dr. news xxiv, 107, 114 (1885).
BOWES, Robert Aitken (son of John Bowes 1804–74). Editor of the Bolton Guardian. d. 7 Nov. 1879 aged 42.
BOWIE, James, b. London; entered service of Royal gardens, Kew 1810; botanical collector to the gardens 1814; collected plants and seeds in Brazil 1815–17, and in South Africa 1817–23; enriched gardens of Europe with greater variety of succulent plants than had ever been discovered by any traveller; gardener to Baron Ludwig of Ludwigsberg, Cape of Good Hope about 1829–41; made journeys into interior of South Africa to collect plants for sale. d. 1853.
BOWLBY, Thomas William (eld. child of Thomas Bowlby, captain R.A.) b. Gibraltar about 1817; articled to Russell Bowlby of Sunderland solicitor; member of firm of Lawrence, Crowdy and Bowlby solicitors 25 Old Fish st. Doctors Commons London 1846–54; arranged performances abroad for L. G. Jullien the musician; special correspondent of Times at Berlin 1848 and in China 1860 to death; shipwrecked in the Malabar at Point de Galle 22 May 1860; went with Admiral Hope to Tang-chow Aug. 1860; captured by Tartar general Sanko-lin-sin 18 Sep. 1860; died from effects of torture inflicted by Chinese, 22 Sep. 1860. bur. in Russian cemetery outside Antin gate of Pekin 17 Oct. Boulger’s History of China iii, 499–521 (1884); I.L.N. xxxvii, 615–6 (1860), portrait.
BOWLER, Thomas William b. in the Vale of Aylesbury; assistant astronomer under Sir T. Maclear at Cape Town 1833–7; an artist and teacher of drawing at Cape Town; painted a panorama of the district; made a number of drawings in Mauritius 1866; published Four views of Cape Town 1844; South African sketches 1854; The Kafir wars a series of 20 views 1865. d. England 24 Oct. 1869. Art Journal ix, 107 (1870).
BOWLES, Sir George (2 son of Wm. Bowles of Heale house, Wilts.) b. Heale house 1787; Ensign Coldstream Guards 20 Dec. 1804, major 31 Dec. 1839 to 30 May 1843 when placed on h.p.; served in the Peninsula 1808–14, in Flanders and France 1814–18, in the West Indies 1820–25, and in Canada 1837–43; commanded the troops in Lower Canada during rebellion of 1838; comptroller of household of Viceroy of Ireland 1843–5; master of the Queen’s household 4 April 1845 to July 1851; lieutenant of Tower of London 16 July 1851 to death; K.C.B. 22 July 1851, G.C.B. 24 May 1873; col. of 1 West India regiment 9 Sep. 1855 to death; general 9 Nov. 1862. d. 9 Berkeley St. Piccadilly London 24 May 1876. I.L.N. lxviii, 551 (1876), lxix, 255.
BOWLES, Rev. Henry Matthew John. Educ. at Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1846, M.A. 1851, M.A. Ox. 1856; C. of St. John Cheltenham 1851–54; R. of Framilode Gloucs. 21 Sep. 1854 to 1867; R. of St. Aldate’s Gloucester 15 April 1867 to death; author of Prayers for the dead 1873; Fasting communion 1873; Lawlessness 1874. d. Cathedral house, College gardens, Gloucester 6 Jany. 1884.
BOWLES, Rev. Joseph. Educ. at Magd. hall Ox., B.A. 1835, M.A. 1836, LLD. 1837, D.D. 1841; R. of Woodstock 1841–7; V. of Stanton-Lacey, Shropshire 1847 to death; author of Elegy on the death of the Princess Charlotte; Monody on the death of Sir John Throckmorton; Letters in vindication of the appointment of the Bishop of Hereford. d. 1879.
BOWLES, Sir William (eld. son of Wm. Bowles of Heale house, Wilts.) b. Heale house 1780; entered navy 9 Sep. 1796, captain 13 Oct. 1807; commander in chief on South American station 1816–20; comptroller general of the Coastguard July 1822 to Nov. 1841; a lord of the Admiralty 13 May 1844 to 13 July 1846; M.P. for Launceston 20 May 1844 to 1 July 1852; admiral 28 Nov. 1857; commander in chief at Portsmouth 1 March 1859 to 1 March 1860; admiral of the fleet 15 Jany. 1869 to death; C.B. 18 April 1839, K.C.B. 10 Nov. 1862, F.R.G.S. 1833; author of Thoughts on national defence; Considerations on the late naval war 1856. d. 8 Hill st. Berkeley sq. London 2 July 1869. Journal of Royal Geog. Soc. xl, pp. cxl-cxlii, (1870).
BOWLEY, Robert Kanzow (son of Mr. Bowley of Charing Cross, London, bootmaker). b. 13 May 1813; brought up to the bootmaking business; conductor of Benevolent society of musical amateurs; organist of an independent chapel near Leicester sq. about 1834; joined the Sacred harmonic society 1834, librarian 1837–54, treasurer 1854–70: originated in 1856 plan of the gigantic Handel festivals which have been held every three years at Crystal Palace since 1857; general manager of Crystal Palace 8 April 1858 to death; committed suicide by jumping into the Thames from a steamboat at Greenwich 25 Aug. 1870.
BOWLY, Samuel (son of Mr. Bowly of Bibury, Gloucs., miller). b. Cirencester 23 March 1802; a cheese factor at Gloucester 1829; chairman of many local companies; took a prominent part in agitation against the corn laws and against slavery; a founder of British and ragged schools in Gloucester; formed a teetotal society at Gloucester 30 Dec. 1835; pres. of National temperance league. d. Gloucester 23 March 1884. Sessions’s Life of S. Bowly 1884, portrait; The Public Good, Sep. and Oct. 1851, portrait.
BOWMAN, Eddowes (eld. son of John Eddowes Bowman of Wrexham, bank manager 1785–1841). b. Nantwich 12 Nov. 1810; ed. at Hazelwood near Birmingham; sub-manager of Varteg iron works near Pontypool about 1835–40; studied in Univ. of Glasgow and at Berlin; professor of classical literature and history in Manchester New College 1846 to 1853 when college was removed to London as a purely theological institution; F.R.A.S. 1864; built an observatory at Manchester; author of Arguments against the divine authority of the Sabbath considered and shown to be inconclusive 1842; On the Roman governors of Syria at the time of the birth of Christ 1855 and of many papers in the Christian Reformer. d. Victoria park, Manchester 10 July 1869. Unitarian Herald 16 July 1869; Hall’s History of Nantwich (1883) 505.
BOWMAN, Henrietta (dau. of Rev. John Bowman, P.C. of Burscough near Ormskirk Lancs.) b. Cumberland 1838; taught Bible classes for young ladies at Clifton and Southport; author of Life, its duty and discipline 1859; Christian daily life 1860, new ed. 1877; Our village girls 1863; Thoughts for workers and sufferers 1868; The autobiography of Elsie Ellis 1869, in which she describes her own childhood and girlhood; Lily Hope and her friends 1885. d. Southport 13 Feb. 1872. Songs amid the shadows by the late Hetty Bowman 2 ed. 1872; Woman’s Work in the great harvest field i, 137–40 (1872).
BOWMAN, John Eddowes (brother of Eddowes Bowman 1810–69). b. Welchpool 7 July 1819; ed. at King’s college London; demonstrator of chemistry at the college 1845 and professor of practical chemistry there 1851 to death; one of founders of Chemical society of London 1841; author of A lecture on steam boiler explosions 1845; An introduction to practical Chemistry 1848, 6 ed. 1871; A practical Handbook of medical chemistry 1850, 4 ed. 1862. d. 10 Feb. 1854. Chem. Soc. Journ. ix, 159 (1857).
BOWNESS, William. b. Kendal 1809; portrait and figure painter in London 1830; exhibited his ‘Keepsake’ at Royal Academy 1836 and about one picture annually until his death; exhibited 26 pictures at British Institution and 86 pictures at Suffolk st. gallery; author of Rustic studies in the Westmoreland dialect with other scraps from the sketch-book of an artist 1868. d. Charlotte st. Fitzroy sq. London 27 Dec. 1867.
BOWRING, Algernon Charles. b. Hackney, London 19 March 1828; ed. at London Univ. and Trin. coll. Cam.; joined Church of Rome 1850; entered Society of Jesus at Hodder 24 March 1850; professor of rhetoric at Stonyhurst college 1854; studied theology at St. Beuno’s college and then in the Roman college at Rome 1855 to death. d. the Roman College 18 Nov. 1857.
BOWRING, Sir John (eld. son of Charles Bowring of Larkbear Devon, serge manufacturer). b. Exeter 17 Oct. 1792; set up in business in London 1815; travelled abroad 1819–20; joint editor of Westminster Review 1824 and then sole editor; examined and reported on public accounts of Holland 1828 and France 1831; LLD. Univ. of Groningen 31 Jany. 1829; sec. to Commission for inspecting accounts of United Kingdom 1831; contested Blackburn 1832, M.P. for Kilmarnock 1835–37 and for Bolton 1841–49; British consul at Canton 10 Jany. 1849; plenipotentiary to China 24 Dec. 1853 to 17 April 1857; governor of Hong Kong 10 Jany. 1854; sent on special mission to Siam 12 March 1855; retired on a superannuation allowance 17 July 1859; knighted at Buckingham Palace 16 Feb. 1854; F.R.S. 5 June 1856; one of greatest linguists on record; author of Specimens of the Russian poets translated 1820; Minor morals for young people illustrated in tales and travels 2 vols. 1834–35; The kingdom and people of Siam 2 vols. 1857; The Oak, original tales and sketches 1869 and many other books. d. Claremont near Exeter 23 Nov. 1872. Bowring, Cobden and China a memoir by L. Moor 1857; Autobiographical recollections of Sir J. Bowring with a brief memoir by L. B. Bowring 1877; Sir J. Bowring’s The kingdom and people of Siam ii, 248–340 (1857), portrait; Illustrated Review i, 161–65, portrait; Dict. of Nat. Biog. vi, 76–80 (1886).
BOWSTEAD, Rev. John. Educ. at St. John’s coll. Cam., B.A. 1832, M.A. 1835; V. of Messingham, Lincs. 1840–62; R. of St. Olave’s Southwark, London 1862 to death; author of The village wake 1846; Practical sermons 2 vols. 1856; Regeneration not salvation, a letter to Mr. Spurgeon 1864. d. 29 Jany. 1875 aged 64.
BOWYER, Cornelius. Entered Bengal army 1799, lieut. col. 9 July 1825, retired 20 May 1829; C.B. 26 Dec. 1826. d. Ostend 12 Feb. 1855.
BOWYER, Sir George, 6 and 2 Baronet. b. Radley house near Abingdon, Berkshire March 1783; ed. at Ch. Ch. Ox., B.A. 1804, M.A. 1807; succeeded his father 6 Dec. 1799; M.P. for Malmesbury 8 May 1807 to Jany. 1810, for Abingdon 24 June 1811 to 10 June 1818; author of The resolution of the House of Commons in the last session of the late Parliament relative to the adjustment of the claims of the Roman Catholics considered 1813. d. Dresden 1 July 1860.
BOWYER, Sir George, 7 and 3 Baronet (eld. son of the preceding). b. Radley house 8 Oct. 1811; barrister M.T. 7 June 1839, reader 1850; hon. M.A. Ox. 1839, hon. D.C.L. 1844; contested Reading 1849; M.P. for Dundalk 1852–68, and for co. Wexford 1874–80; expelled from Reform Club by a vote of two-thirds at a general meeting 23 June 1876 for his frequent voting against Liberal party; joined Church of Rome 1850; chamberlain to Pope Pius ix; built church of St. John of Jerusalem Great Ormond st. Bloomsbury, London; a knight of Malta; knight grand cross of order of St. Gregory the Great; author of A dissertation on the statutes of the cities of Italy 1838; Commentaries on the modern civil law 1848; Lombardy, the Pope and Austria 1848; Commentaries on universal public law 1854; Friends of Ireland in council—Sir George Bowyer, W. H. Wilberforce, J. P. Hennessey 1864; Introduction to the study and use of the civil law 1874; found dead in his bed at 13 King’s Bench Walk Temple, London 7 June 1883. Rev. T. Mozley’s Reminiscences ii, 231–5 (1882); I.L.N. xxxvi, 548 (1860), portrait.
BOWYER, Henry George (brother of the preceding). b. 3 Jany. 1813; inspector of schools 28 Sep. 1847. d. Leamington 26 Sep. 1883.
BOWYER, James. Member of many private clubs in London such as the Blenheim, the Socials, the Watsonians’ and the Hollywoods’; a well known whist player of the very old school. d. 17 Tavistock sq. London 11 Jany. 1871 aged 72.
BOWYER, John. b. Mitcham, Surrey 18 June 1790; a print cutter at Mitcham where he lived all his life; came out as a professional cricketer in the match Surrey against England at Lords 16–18 July 1810 where he played in many great matches till 1828; played in 6 matches of England against an eleven whose names all began with B.; played at Mitcham till 1838. d. Mitcham 3 Feb. 1880. F. Gale’s Echoes from old cricket fields (1871) 20–29; Illust. sporting and dramatic news ix, 483 (1878), portrait.
BOWYER, William Bohun. b. 1 Aug. 1789; entered navy 9 May 1803; inspecting commander in coast guard 14 Feb. 1817 to April 1828; captain 17 Feb. 1830; retired R.A. 9 July 1855. d. Southampton 8 Oct. 1859.
BOX, Thomas. b. Ardingly, Sussex 7 Feb. 1809; played cricket 1825–54, 30 seasons; first played at Lords 25 June 1832 in Sussex against England; played in 43 great matches 1851; the best wicket keeper in England; kept the Hanover Arms and Ground in Lewes road Brighton, then the Egremont hotel in Western road Brighton, then Brunswick cricket ground and hotel at Hove; ground keeper at Prince’s cricket ground London from date of formation of that club to death. d. suddenly on Prince’s cricket ground 12 July 1876. W. Denison’s Cricket (1846) 16–17; I.L.N. iii, 45 (1843), portrait.
BOXALL, Sir William (son of Thomas Boxall of Oxford, Clerk to the Collector of Excise). b. Oxford 29 June 1800; ed. at Abingdon gr. sch. and Royal Academy 1819–27; lived in Italy 1827–9; exhibited 86 pictures at R.A. 1823–80; designed several illustrations for Waverley novels; painted portraits of many literary and artistic celebrities; many of his portraits of females were engraved in art publications; A.R.A. 1851, R.A. 1863; director of National Gallery Dec. 1865 to Feb. 1874; knighted at Windsor Castle 24 March 1871. d. 14 Welbeck st. Cavendish sq. London 6 Dec. 1879. Fortnightly Review xxvii, 177–89 (1880); Waagen’s Galleries of art (1857) 196–8; I.L.N. xliii, 80, 94 (1863), portrait.
BOXER, Edward. b. Dover 1784; entered navy 1 July 1798; captain 23 June 1823; C.B. 18 Dec. 1840; agent for transports and harbour master at Quebec 24 Aug. 1843 to 5 March 1853; R.A. 5 March 1853; admiral superintendent in the Bosphorus 7 April 1854 and at Balaklava 18 Dec. 1854 to death; gazetted K.C.B. 10 July 1855. d. of cholera on Board H.M.S. Jason outside harbour of Balaklava 4 June 1855 in 72 year. I.L.N. xxvi, 644 (1855).
BOYCE, Rev. James. b. Ardagh, co. Longford; ed. at St. John’s coll. Fordham New York, ordained priest 1854; pastor of St. Mary’s Roman Catholic church N.Y. 1854–63 and of St. Teresa’s church 21 June 1863 to death; founded St. Teresa’s Male academy at 10 Rutgers st. N.Y. 1865 and established a convent for girls at 139 Henry st. 1872. d. New York 9 July 1876 aged 50. J. G. Shea’s Catholic churches of New York city (1878) 674–8.
BOYCE, Joseph (3 son of James Boyce of Kilcason, Ferns, co. Wexford). b. 1795; a merchant at Dublin; lord mayor of Dublin 1855; sheriff of city and county of Dublin 1865. d. 1875.
BOYD, Very Rev. Archibald (son of Archibald Boyd of Gortlee and Derry, treasurer of Donegal). b. Londonderry 1803; ed. at diocesan college Londonderry and Trin. coll. Dub., B.A. 1825, M.A. 1832, B.D. and D.D. 1868; C. and preacher in Derry Cathedral 1827–42; P.C. of Ch. Ch. Cheltenham 1842–59; hon. canon of Gloucester cath. 1857–67; P.C. of Paddington 1859–67; rural dean 1860–67; dean of Exeter 11 Nov. 1867 to death; author of Sermons on the Church 1838; Episcopacy and Presbytery 1841; The history of the Book of Common Prayer 1850; Turkey and the Turks 1853; Baptism and baptismal regeneration 1865. d. the deanery Exeter 11 July 1883. Bequeathed nearly £40,000 to societies and institutions in diocese of Exeter. A golden decade of a favoured town by Contem Ignotus (1884) 70–102.
BOYD, Benjamin (2 son of Edward Boyd of Merton hall, Wigtonshire who d. 1846). b. about 1796; a stockbroker in City of London 1824–39; went out to Sydney to organise various branches of Royal Banking Company of Australia 1840–41; speculated largely in whaling also in shipping cattle to Tasmania and New Zealand; founded Boyd Town, Twofold Bay N.S.W.; the largest squatter in Australia having in 1847 estates of his own amounting to 381,000 acres; went to California 1850; murdered by the natives at Gaudalcanar one of the islands in the Solomon Group 1851. Heads of the people i, 21 (1847), portrait; J. H. Heaton’s Australian dictionary of dates (1879) 23–4.
BOYD, Charles. Commissioner of customs in Ireland; surveyor general of customs for the United Kingdom 1840 to 1855. d. Brixton, London 7 May 1857 aged 76.
BOYD, David. Superintending surgeon Madras army 8 Dec. 1837, surgeon genl. 19 Aug. 1846 to 1 Aug. 1850 when he retired. d. 26 Drummond place, Edin. 25 Oct. 1854 aged 61.
BOYD, Sir Harley Hugh, 5 Baronet. b. Drumawillen house, co. Antrim 2 Nov. 1853; succeeded 7 Aug. 1857. d. 2 June 1876.
BOYD, Rev. James (son of Mr. Boyd of Paisley, glover). b. Paisley 24 Dec. 1795; ed. at Paisley and Univ. of Glasgow; licensed to preach by Presbytery of Dumbarton May 1822; House Governor of Heriot’s hospital Edinburgh 1825 to 29 Aug. 1829; one of Classical masters in high sch. Edin. 19 Aug. 1829 to death; sec. to Edinburgh Society of teachers many years. d. George sq. Edinburgh 18 Aug. 1856. W. S. Dalgleish’s Memorials of the high school of Edinburgh (1857) 31, 46–7, portrait; History of Dr. Boyd’s fourth High school class with biographical sketch of Dr. Boyd by James Colston, 2 ed. 1873.
BOYD, Rev. James. Licensed by Presbytery of Edinburgh 28 June 1815; ordained 11 Feb. 1818; minister of Auchinleck 24 Nov. 1818, of Ochiltree 27 March 1833 and of Tron church Glasgow 28 March 1844 to death; D.D. Glasgow 1845. d. 27 March 1865 in 79 year. Our Scottish Clergy, (2 series 1849) 51–58.
BOYD, James. b. Drogheda, Ireland; proprietor and editor of the Panama Star and Herald 1865 to death. d. Panama 25 April 1882 aged 43.
BOYD, Sir John, 3 Baronet. b. 5 June 1786; ensign 5 Foot 8 July 1808; lieut. 1 Garrison battalion 1811–1814 when placed on h.p.; succeeded 30 May 1815. d. Boulogne 19 Jany. 1855.
BOYD, John (son of John Boyd of Belle Isle, co. Antrim). b. Rose-yard, co. Antrim 1789; M.P. for Coleraine 18 Feb. 1843 to March 1852 and 30 March 1857 to death. d. 2 Jany. 1862.
BOYD, Sir John Augustus Hugh, 4 Baronet. b. 30 July 1819; succeeded 19 Jany. 1855. d. 7 Aug. 1857.
BOYD, John M’Neill (brother of Very Rev. Archibald Boyd). b. Londonderry 1812; entered navy 1825; second captain of Royal George 120 guns 1853–6; served in the Baltic campaign; captain 10 May 1856, captain of Ajax 60 guns coastguard ship at Kingstown 1 Feb. 1858 to death; author of A manual for naval cadets 1857. Drowned while attempting to rescue crew of a vessel wrecked near Kingstown harbour 9 Feb. 1861. Life in death a sermon preached on board H.M.S. Ajax on Sunday Feb. 17, 1861 by the Lord Bishop of Labuan with a memoir of J. M. Boyd by his brother 1861.
BOYD, Mark (4 son of Edward Boyd of Merton hall, Wigtonshire who d. 1846). b. Surrey 1805; director in London of a Scotch Insurance Office; engaged in colonization of Australia and New Zealand 1843–53; author of Reminiscences of fifty years 1871; Social Gleanings 1875. (m. 23 Sep. 1848 Emma Anne widow of Robert Coates, better known as Romeo Coates the eccentric actor, she d. 1872). d. 16 St. George’s place, Hyde park, London 12 Sep. 1879.
BOYD, Mossem. Entered Bengal army 1795; lieut. col. commandant 65 N.I. 13 May 1825; colonel of 5 N.I.; colonel of 53 N.I. to death; general 9 April 1856. d. 6 Dawson place Bayswater, London 8 April 1865 aged 84.
BOYD, Percy. Great friend of Dickens and Thackeray; author of A book of ballads from the German 1848. d. London 1 Jany. 1876.
BOYD, Robert. M.R.C.S. 1830, M.D. Edin. 1831, L.R.C.P. 1836, F.R.C.P. 1852; resident phys. at Marylebone workhouse infirmary; phys. and superintendent of Somerset county lunatic asylum; proprietor and manager of Southall Park private asylum; pres. of Med. Psychol. Assoc. 1870; contributed 16 papers to the Journal of Mental Science and papers to Royal medical and chirurgical transactions, Edinburgh Medical Journal and the Lancet; lost his life in a fire which destroyed his asylum at Southall Park 14 Aug. 1883. Lancet ii, 352–3 (1883); Medical times and gazette ii, 249–50 (1883).
BOYD, William. Called to Irish bar 1818; Q.C. 7 Feb. 1849; recorder of Londonderry to death. d. 1855.
BOYD, William (3 son of Richard Keown of Downpatrick). b. Dublin March 1816; sheriff of co. Down 1849; M.P. for Downpatrick 5 Aug. 1867 to 26 Jany. 1874; assumed name of Boyd 1873. d. Carrowdore castle, co. Down 19 Jany. 1877.
BOYES, John Frederick (son of Benjamin Boyes of Charterhouse sq. London). b. 10 Feb. 1811; entered Merchant Taylors’ school Oct. 1819; scholar of Linc. coll. Ox. 1828; Andrews’ civil law exhibitioner at St. John’s coll. 1829, B.A. 1833, M.A. 1835; second master of proprietary school Walthamstow, then head master; author of Illustrations of tragedies of Æschylus and Sophocles from the Greek, Latin and English poets 1844; English repetitions in prose and verse 1849; Life and Books, a record of thought and reading 1859; Lacon in council 1865. d. 10 St. James’s terrace, Harrow road, London 26 May 1879. Preface and appendix to Sermon by Rev. J. G. Tanner 1879.
BOYLE, Alexander (2 son of David Boyle lord chief justice of Scotland). b. 9 March 1810; entered navy 4 Sep. 1823; commander of Thunderbolt steam sloop at Cape of Good Hope 27 Dec. 1845, lost his ship in Algoa Bay Feb. 1847 for which he was dismissed service 4 May 1847 but restored Jany. 1849; captain 8 Aug. 1857; retired V.A. 2 Aug. 1879. d. 17 Prince’s Gardens London 8 June 1884.