Frederic Boase
Modern English Biography (volume 1 of 4) A-H
CHRISTOFF, George, stage name of George Christopher. One of the best tight rope dancers in England; performed at the New Queen’s theatre, London in The last days of Pompeii, drama in 5 acts by John Oxenford 8 Jany. 1872, and several months afterwards. d. Lambeth infirmary, London 13 June 1881 aged about 55.
CHRISTOPHER-NISBET-HAMILTON, Robert Adam (elder son of Philip Dundas, governor of Prince of Wales Island, who d. 1807). b. 9 Feb. 1804; ed. at Univ. of Edin.; advocate 1826; M.P. for city of Edin. 1831–2, for North Lincolnshire 1837–57; F.R.S. 18 April 1833; P.C. 27 Feb. 1852; chancellor of Duchy of Lancaster 1 March to 30 Dec. 1852; assumed surname of Christopher in lieu of Dundas 20 Jany. 1836, took additional surname of Nisbet-Hamilton 1854. d. 23 Chesham place, London 9 June 1877.
CHRISTY, Henry (2 son of W. Miller Christy of Woodbines, Kingston upon Thames, banker 1778–1858). b. 26 July 1810; partner in firm of Messrs. Christy’s of Bermondsey and Stockport, manufacturers; succeeded his father as a director of London joint stock bank 1858; travelled in Scandinavia 1852–3; explored with Edward B. Tylor all parts of Mexico; examined the caves in valley of the Vezere, south of France, finding thousands of specimens of remains; F.G.S. 1858; selected by council of Royal society to be elected a fellow 1 June 1865; author with E. Lartet of Reliquiæ Aquitanicæ, being contributions to the archæology and palæontology of Perigord and the adjacent provinces of Southern France 1865–70. d. La Palisse, Allier, France 4 May 1865. Proc. of Linnæan Soc. (1865) 85–90.
Note.—By his will he bequeathed his magnificent collections illustrating the history of early man, with the equally large series of articles representing the habits of modern savages, to the nation; the trustees of the British Museum secured the suite of rooms at 118 Victoria st. Westminster (in which Christy himself had lived) and here the collection was exhibited until 1884 when it was moved to the British Museum.
CHUBB, John (son of Charles Chubb of London, locksmith, who d. 16 May 1845). Locksmith in St. Paul’s churchyard, London, afterwards in Queen Victoria st.; M.I.C.E. 1845, read a valuable paper on locks and keys before that institution 1850 for which he was awarded Telford silver medal; patented various improvements in locks and safes. d. Radcliffe house, Brixton Rise, London 30 Oct. 1872 in 57 year. Min. of Proc. of Instit. of C.E. ix, 310–43 (1850).
CHURCH, Sir Richard (2 son of Matthew Church of Cork). b. 1784; ensign 13 foot 3 July 1800; major 1 Greek light infantry 9 Sep. 1809; lieut.-col. 2 Greek light infantry 19 Nov. 1812 to 1815 when both regiments (which he had raised) were disbanded; commander in chief in Sicily 1820; generalissimo of Greek army 1827–8 and 1832–43 when he joined the revolutionary party; C.B. 4 June 1815; knighted at Carlton house 12 June 1822; G.C.H. 1837. d. Athens 20 March 1873.
CHURCHILL, Francis George Spencer, 2 Baron. b. Blenheim 6 Oct. 1802; ed. at Harrow and Ch. Ch. Ox.; attaché at Vienna 10 Aug. 1823, at Lisbon 12 Jany. 1828; succeeded his father 7 March 1845; commanded Oxfordshire yeomanry 1857–74. d. 32 Albemarle st. London 24 Nov. 1886.
CHURCHILL, Alfred B. b. Constantinople; succeeded his father as editor and proprietor of Turkish semi-official paper the Jeride Hawades; much improved character of Turkish printing; attended the Sultan on his visit to England, July 1867 as official historiographer. d. Constantinople, Nov. or Dec. 1870 aged 45.
CHURCHILL, Fleetwood. b. Nottingham, Feb. 1808; studied in London, Dublin and Paris; M.D. Edin. 1831; practised at Dublin 1832–75; fellow of King and Queen’s college of Phys. 27 Oct. 1851, censor 1855–7, vice pres. 1856, professor of midwifery in school of physic 1856–64, pres. 1867–8; pres. of Obstetrical Soc. of Dublin 1856 and 1864; author of Diseases of females 1838; Operative Midwifery 1841; Diseases of Children 1850. d. Ardtrea rectory near Stewartstown 31 Jany. 1878. Dublin Journal of medical science lxv, 285–8 (1878).
CHURCHILL, Henry Adrian (son of Wm. Nosworthy Churchill). b. 1828; attaché at Teheran 22 April 1852; attached as secretary and interpreter to staff of General Williams in Asia 18 July 1854 to 28 Nov. 1855 when taken prisoner at capitulation of Kars; consul general in Syria 1862, at Algiers 1863–7; political agent and consul at Zanzibar 15 June 1867 to 12 Feb. 1872 when he retired on a pension; consul in Sicily 1 Oct. 1879 to death; C.B. 19 June 1856. d. Palermo 12 July 1886.
CHURCHILL, John Spriggs Morss (3 son of Rev. James Churchill, Independent minister at Ongar, Essex). b. Ongar 4 Aug. 1801; medical bookseller at 16 Princes st. Soho, London 1830–54, at New Burlington st. 1854 to 31 Dec. 1870 when he retired; published British and foreign medical review 1838, Lancet 1842–7, Medical Times 1850 and nearly all the medical books; projected and edited a series of medical manuals. d. Tunbridge Wells 3 Aug. 1875. H. Curwen’s History of booksellers (1873) 339–45; Medical times and gazette ii, 197–200 (1875).
CHURSTON, John Yarde-Buller, 1 Baron (2 son of Sir Francis Buller-Yarde 2 baronet 1767–1833). b. Dilhorne hall, Staffs. 12 April 1799; ed. at Oriel coll. Ox.; succeeded 17 April 1833; M.P. for South Devon 13 Jany. 1835 to 2 Aug. 1858 when created Baron Churston of Churston Ferrers and Lupton, Devon; lieut.-col. of South Devon militia 1845; special deputy warden of the stannaries 1852; changed his name from Buller-Yarde to Yarde-Buller by royal license 13 Feb. 1860. d. Lupton near Brixham 4 Sep. 1871. I.L.N. xxxvii, 191, 208 (1860), portrait, lix, 259, 530 (1871).
CHURTON, Venerable Edward (2 son of Ven. Ralph Churton 1754–1831, archdeacon of St. David’s). b. Middleton Cheney, Northamptonshire 26 Jany. 1800; ed. at Charterhouse 1810–18 and Ch. Ch. Ox., B.A. 1821, M.A. 1824; head master of Hackney church of England school 1830–4; R. of Crayke, Yorkshire 1835 to death; preb. of York cath. 1841 to death; archdeacon of Cleveland 21 Jany. 1846 to death; edited with Rev. W. Gresley The Englishman’s Library, for which he wrote The early English Church 1840; author of Lays of faith and loyalty 1847; The book of Psalms in English verse 1854; Gongora, an historical and critical essay on the times of Philip iii and iv of Spain with translations 2 vols. 1863. d. Crayke 4 July 1874. Poetical remains of Edward Churton 1876, portrait.
CHURTON, Edward. Bookseller and publisher as 26 Holles st. Cavendish sq. London many years. d. Wanganui, New Zealand 24 July 1885 aged 73.
CHUTE, James Henry. b. Gosport 4 July 1810; played at Bristol theatre as Mr. Chew; performed on the York and Lincoln circuits; played at T.R. Dublin 7 years; joined the Bristol stage about 1842; lessee of the Old theatre, King st. Bristol, Sep. 1853 to death, of the new theatre Bristol to death; made his last appearance 6 April 1876. d. Bristol 23 July 1878. Era 28 July 1878 p. 4, col. 4, 4 Aug. p. 10, col. 1.
CHUTE, Sir Trevor (3 son of Francis Chute of Chute hall, Tralee, co. Kerry, who d. 12 Aug. 1849). b. Spa, Tralee 31 July 1816; ensign Ceylon rifle regiment 10 Aug. 1831; captain 70 foot 8 Nov. 1839, lieut. col. 14 Dec. 1849 to 12 May 1863 when placed on h.p.; brigadier general Bengal 1858–9 and 1860–1; brigadier general Australia 1863–5; major general New Zealand 1865–7; major general Australia 1867–70; col. 22 foot 6 May 1873 to death; general 1 Oct. 1877; placed on retired list 1 July 1881; C.B. 3 April 1846, K.C.B. 13 March 1867. d. Egmont, Bracknell, Berks. 12 March 1886. Sir J. E. Alexander’s Bush fighting (1873) 267–305.
CHUTE, William Lyde Wiggett. b. 16 June 1800; sheriff of Norfolk 1832; M.P. for West Norfolk 29 July 1837 to 23 July 1847. d. The Vyne near Basingstoke 6 July 1879.
CIANCHETTI, Pio (2 son of Francesco Cianchetti of Rome). b. London 11 Dec. 1799; performed a sonata of his own composition in the opera concert room, London 1805; performed in Germany, Holland and France; spoke the English, French, German and Italian languages at 8 years old; composed instrumental pieces including a grand concerto which he executed at a concert in London 1809; acted as composer and conductor of Madame Catalani’s concerts in England 1822; composed concertos, pianoforte music and songs; edited an edition in score of symphonies and overtures by Mozart and Beethoven. d. Cheltenham 21 July 1851.
CLAIRMONT, Clara Mary Jane (dau. of Mr. Clairmont, who d. about May 1798, by Mary Jane, who m. (2) Wm. Godwin the author). b. 27 April 1798; ed. at Walham Green; went to France with her half sister Mary Godwin, when she eloped with the poet Shelley 28 July 1814; introduced herself to Lord Byron early in 1816, became his mistress, her daughter Allegra was born at Bath 12 Jany. 1817 and d. in the convent of Bagna-Cavallo near Ravenna 19 April 1822; a governess in Russia about 1823–9; lived in Italy and Paris. d. Florence 19 March 1879. C. K. Paul’s Life of Wm. Godwin ii, 108, 213, 217, 247–8, 280 (1876); Moore’s Life of Lord Byron (1847) 389, 557, 567. Dowden’s Life of P. B. Shelley i, 439–522 (1886).
CLANCARTY, William Thomas Le Poer Trench, 3 Earl of. b. Castletown, co. Kildare 21 Sep. 1803; lieut.-col. of Galway militia 1830–65; succeeded 24 Nov. 1837. d. Salt hill near Dublin 26 April 1872.
CLANMORRIS, John Charles Robert Bingham, 4 Baron (eld. son of Denis Arthur Bingham, 3 Baron Clanmorris 1808–47). b. Moyode castle, co. Galway 28 Nov. 1826; ed. at Rugby; succeeded his father 24 Feb. 1847. d. at his seat in West of Ireland 5 April 1876.
CLANRICARDE, Ulick John De-Burgh, 1 Marquis of (only son of 13 Earl of Clanricarde 1744–1808). b. Belmont, Hants. 20 or 28 Dec. 1802; succeeded as 14 Earl 27 July 1808; created a marquis in peerage of Ireland 6 Oct. 1825; created Baron Somerhill in peerage of the U.K. 13 June 1826; under sec. of state for foreign affairs 2 Jany. 1826 to 17 Aug. 1827; captain of yeomen of the guard 1 Dec. 1830 to 3 Dec. 1834; P.C. 1 Dec. 1830; lord lieut. of Galway 1831; K.P. 7 Oct. 1831; colonel of Galway militia 1 Jany. 1838, hon. colonel 12 Feb. 1873 to death; ambassador at St. Petersburgh 6 Oct. 1838 to 28 March 1840; postmaster general 7 July 1846 to 27 Dec. 1852; lord privy seal 3 Feb. 1858 to 26 Feb. 1858. d. 17 Stratton st. Piccadilly, London 10 April 1874. bur. Portumna, Galway. Baily’s Mag. xi, 333–7 (1866), portrait; I.L.N. iv, 332, (1844), portrait; Graphic ix, 433 (1874), portrait.
CLANWILLIAM, Richard Charles Francis Meade, 3 Earl of (elder son of Richard Meade, 2 Earl of Clanwilliam 1766–1805). b. 15 Aug. 1795; succeeded 3 Sep. 1805; private sec. to Marquess of Londonderry 5 Jan. 1817 to 11 July 1819; under sec. of state for foreign affairs 22 Jan. 1822 to 12 Aug. 1822; envoy extraord. and minister plenipo. at Berlin 1 Feb. 1823 to 25 Dec. 1827; G.C.H. 1826; created a peer of the U.K. by title of Baron Clanwilliam of Clanwilliam, co. Tipperary 28 Jany. 1828; created D.C.L. Ox. 11 June 1834. d. 32 Belgrave square, London 7 Oct. 1879. Personalty sworn under £250,000 Jany. 1880.
CLAPHAM, Robert Calvert (son of Anthony Clapham, who established soda and alkali works on the Tyne). b. Newcastle 15 Sep. 1823; manager of the Walker alkali works; chief founder of Newcastle Chemical society 1868, pres. 1878; sec. of Newcastle literary and philosophical society 21 years; M.I.M.E. 1869; F.C.S.; author of the article on Soda in Chemistry as applied to arts and manufactures. d. Winchelsea 22 Dec. 1881. Proc. of Instit. of Mechanical Engineers (1882) 2–3.
CLAPHAM, William. Entered Madras army 1796; colonel 47 Madras N.I. 5 April 1831 to death; M.G. 28 June 1838. d. Widcombe house, Bath 29 Aug. 1851 aged 70.
CLARE, John Fitzgibbon, 2 Earl of (elder son of John Fitzgibbon, 1 Earl of Clare 1749–1802, lord chancellor of Ireland), b. 10 June 1792; succeeded as 2 Earl 28 Jany. 1802; ed. at Ch. Ch. Ox., B.A. 1812, M.A. 1819; lord lieutenant of Limerick; governor of Bombay, Aug. 1830 to 17 March 1835, took his seat 21 March 1831; P.C. 25 Aug. 1830; G.C.H. 1835; K.P. 17 Sep. 1845. d. Brighton 18 Aug. 1851.
CLARE, Richard Hobart Fitzgibbon, 3 Earl of (brother of the preceding). b. Dublin 2 Oct. 1793; registrar of affidavits in Irish court of Chancery 1797–1836 when office was abolished; ensign 1 foot guards 18 Aug. 1808; captain 2 Ceylon regiment 1811–14; M.P. for co. Limerick 1818–41; lord lieut. of Limerick 1851; succeeded as 3 Earl 18 Aug. 1851. d. Kensington palace gardens, London 10 Jany. 1864.
CLARE, John (son of Parker Clare of Helpstone near Stamford, labourer). b. Helpstone 13 July 1793; cottage farmer at Helpstone 1827–32, at Northborough 1832–7; confined at High Beech private lunatic asylum, Epping Forest 1837–41, at county asylum, Northampton 1841 to death; author of Poems descriptive of rural life and scenery 1821; The village minstrel and other poems 2 vols. 1821; The rural muse 1835. d. Northampton asylum 20 May 1864. bur. Helpstone 25 May. F. Martin’s Life of J. Clare 1865; J. L. Cherry’s Life of J. Clare 1873; M. R. Mitford’s Recollections of a literary life (1859) 103–14; J. Clare’s Village Minstrel vol. 1 (1821), portrait.
CLARE, John. Nautical inventor; one of the persons who suggested protection of war vessels by means of iron plates; made a claim on the Government for a sum of about a million for compensation, which claim was rejected; author of Mechanical defects of things resembling iron ships, but constructed upon the tin-pot principle 1856; Life preserving ships hydrodynamically developed upon metallic principles 1868. d. 1 West bank road, Liverpool 12 Oct. 1885 aged 65.
CLARE, Peter (son of Peter Clare of Manchester, clockmaker, who d. 30 July 1799). b. Manchester 1781; member of Manchester literary and philosophical society 1810, sec. 1821–42; F.R.A.S. 1841; a zealous member of Anti-slavery committee. d. Manchester 24 Nov. 1851. Monthly notices of Royal Astronom. Soc. xii, 89–90 (1852).
CLARENDON, George William Frederick Villiers, 4 Earl of (eld. son of hon. George Villiers 1759–1827). b. London 12 Jany. 1800; ed. at St. John’s coll. Cam.; attaché of embassy at St. Petersburg 1820–23; a comr. of the Excise 1823–33; envoy extraord. and min. plenipo. to Madrid 16 Aug. 1833 to 18 Oct. 1839; G.C.B. 19 Oct. 1837; succeeded his uncle as 4 Earl 22 Dec. 1838; P.C. 3 Jany. 1840; lord keeper of privy seal 15 Jany. 1840 to 3 Sep. 1841; chancellor of Duchy of Lancaster 31 Oct. 1840 to 23 June 1841 and 7 April 1864 to Nov. 1865; pres. of board of trade 6 July 1846 to 22 July 1847; lord lieut. of Ireland 20 May 1847 to 2 March 1852; grand master of order of St. Patrick 26 May 1847 to 1852; K.G. 23 March 1849; sec. of state for foreign department 21 Feb. 1853 to 26 Feb. 1858, 3 Nov. 1865 to 5 July 1866 and 9 Dec. 1868 to death; ambassador extraord. and plenipo. to congress of Paris 15 Feb. to April 1856; ambassador extraord. at coronation of King Wm. i of Prussia 2 Oct. 1861; chancellor of Queen’s Univ. of Ireland 8 Oct. 1864. d. 1 Grosvenor crescent, London 27 June 1870. bur. at Watford, Herts. 1 July. W. H. Bidwell’s Imperial Courts of France and England, New York (1863) 157–61; Men of the time, British Statesmen (1854) 287–317; D. O. Maddyn’s Chiefs of parties (1859) 136–53; Waagen’s Treasures of art ii, 454–58 (1854); Macmillan’s mag. xxii, 292–6 (1870); St. James’s mag. Feb. 1870 pp. 676–85, portrait; The British cabinet in 1853 pp. 287–317.
CLARGES, Sir Richard Goddard (2 son of Rev. James Hare of Stratton, Wilts.) b. Chingford hall, Essex; ed. at Rugby, entered at Oxford but never resided; lieut. 30 foot 6 July 1796; major 12 foot 1 July 1813 to 27 Aug. 1825 when placed on h.p.; colonel 73 foot 18 May 1849 to 29 July 1852; colonel 12 foot 29 July 1852 to death; L.G. 11 Nov. 1851; served in Egypt, Hanover, Spain and the Peninsula; assumed surname of Clarges 18 June 1844; C.B. 4 June 1815; K.C.B. 5 Feb. 1856. d. Bitchfield near Grantham 13 April 1857.
CLARIDGE, Sir John Thomas (eld. son of John Fellowes Claridge of Sevenoaks, Kent). b. 1792; ed. at Harrow and Ch. Ch. Ox., B.A. 1813, M.A. 1818; barrister M.T. 6 Feb. 1818; recorder of Prince of Wales Island, Singapore and Malacca 30 Sep. 1825 to 1829; knighted at Windsor Castle 30 Sep. 1825. d. Stoke villa, Leamington 20 June 1868.
CLARIDGE, William. Succeeded James Edward Mivart (who d. 5 Jany. 1856 aged 75) as owner of Mivart’s hotel, Brook st. Hanover sq. London 1851 the hotel par excellence for princes and foreign ambassadors; sold the hotel to a company for £60,000 March 1881. d. Cragthorne, Grove park, Kent 12 April 1882 aged 68.
CLARINA, Eyre Massey, 3 Baron. b. Cork 6 May 1798; succeeded Jany. 1810; a representative peer for Ireland 16 April 1849 to death. d. Elm park, Clarina, co. Limerick 18 Nov. 1872.
CLARIS, John Chalk (son of Mr. Claris of Canterbury, bookseller). b. Canterbury about 1797; edited the Kent Herald 1826–65; published under pseudonym of Arthur Brooke following poetical works; Juvenile Pieces 1816; Poems 1817; Durovernum, The curse of Chatterton and other poems 1818; Thoughts and feelings 1820; Retrospection (with portrait) 1821; Elegy on the death of Percy Bysshe Shelley 1822. d. Best lane, Canterbury 10 Jany. 1866. Notes and Queries, Fourth series, x, 29, 95 (1872).
CLARK, Bracy. b. Chipping Norton, Oxon 7 April 1771; a veterinary surgeon in London 1800; F.L.S. 15 Jany. 1793; author of An essay on the bots of horses and other animals 1815; Hippodonomia, or the true structure laws and economy of the horse’s foot 1829; Treatise on the bits of horses, 2 ed. 1835; and many other small books on veterinary subjects. d. Giltspur st. London 16 Dec. 1860. Proc. of Linnæan Society (1861) 21–4; J. Smith’s Catalogue of Friends’ books i, 417–22 (1867).
CLARK, Charles. b. Heybridge, Maldon, Essex 1806; lived at Great Totham hall near Witham where he composed and printed with his own hands numerous broadsides consisting chiefly of satirical songs and parodies; printed A history of the parish of Great Totham by G. W. Johnson 1831; contributed to the Literary Gazette, Family Herald and Sportsman. d. of heart disease at Heybridge 21 March 1880. W. T. Lowndes’s Bibliographer’s Manual by H. G. Bohn iv, appendix pp. 216–17 (1864).
CLARK, Charles. Barrister M.T. 21 May 1830; official reporter to House of Lords 1840; secretary to Channel Islands’ criminal law commission 1846; revising barrister for South Essex 1863–4, for Herts 1864–73; sec. to Juridical Society 1855–8; bencher of his inn 15 Jany. 1872; Q.C. 9 Feb. 1874; author of A summary of colonial law 1834; House of Lords cases 11 vols. 1849–66; author with Patrick Dow of Reports in the House of Lords 2 vols. 1827–32, with William Finnelly of Reports in the House of Lords 12 vols. 1835–47. d. 10 Albert road, Regent’s park, London 28 June 1881.
CLARK, Edward Rawson. b. Yorkshire; employed at Crockford’s, St. James’s st. London; kept a racing stud from about 1834; a finance agent in London to 1856; a member of Tattersall’s 52 years; commonly known as D’Orsay Clark. d. 147 Church st. Chelsea 12 April 1885 aged 81. Sporting Review xl, 434–7, (1858); Sporting Times 2 May 1885 p. 5.
CLARK, Francis William (eld. son of Francis Wm. Clark of Kilpatrick, Argyllshire). b. Stirling 1827; ed. at Stirling gr. sch. and Univ. of Edin., hon. LLD. 1877; advocate 1851; sheriff substitute for Glasgow 1867–76; sheriff of Lanarkshire 1876 to death; author of A treatise on the law of partnership and joint-stock companies according to the law of Scotland 1866. d. Kelvinside, Glasgow 19 Nov. 1886.
CLARK, Rev. Frederick Scotson (eld. son of Michael Clark of Southwark, London). b. Southwark 16 Nov. 1840; organist of Regent Square church, London 1854; studied at Royal academy of music; founded the London Organ school 1865; matriculated from Exeter coll. Ox. 13 Oct. 1865; organist of Ex. coll. 1865–7; Mus. Bac. 1867; head master of St. Michael’s gr. sch. Brighton 1867; C. of St. Michael’s, Lewes 1868–9; assistant chaplain at Stuttgart 1870–4, at Amsterdam 1874–8; chaplain at Paris 1879; the English official representative organist at Paris Exhibition 1878 when he was awarded a gold medal; composed many pieces for the organ, harmonium and piano. d. the London organ school 3 Prince’s st. Cavendish sq. 5 July 1883.
CLARK, Venerable George. Educ. at Univ. coll. Ox., Bennett scholar, B.A. 1831, M.A. 1833; C. of Alton, Hants 1835–42; C. of Tawstock, Devon 1843–5; V. of Cantley, Yorkshire 1845–54; preb. of Hereford 12 Dec. 1848 to death; R. of Tenby 1854–67; archdeacon of St. David’s 21 Jany. 1864 to death. d. Lampeter Velfrey rectory 11 Dec. 1874.
CLARK, George Aitken (son of John Clark of Paisley, thread manufacturer). b. Paisley 9 Aug. 1823; shawl manufacturer with Robert and John Ronald at Paisley to 1851; started with Peter Kerr a thread business at Linside Mill, Paisley 1851; established a branch factory at Newark, New Jersey 1864; bequeathed £20,000 for erection of a town hall at Paisley which was opened 30 Jany. 1882, and £20,000 to found 4 scholarships of £300 a year each, tenable for 3 years in Glasgow Univ. d. Newark 13 Feb. 1873. The inauguration of the George A. Clark town hall, Paisley 1882, portrait; I.L.N. lxxx, 133 (1882).
CLARK, Sir James, 1 Baronet (son of David Clark of Findlater, who d. 15 Aug. 1836). b. Findlater 14 Dec. 1788; ed. at Fordyce gr. sch. and King’s coll. Aberdeen; M.R.C.S. Edin. 1809; assistant surgeon R.N. 1809–16 when placed on h.p.; M.D. Edin. 1 Aug. 1817; physician at Rome 1819–26, in London 1826–60; L.R.C.P. 26 June 1826; F.R.S. 7 April 1832; first phys. in ord. to the Queen 8 Aug. 1837; created baronet 11 Nov. 1837; member of senate of Univ. of London 1838–65; physician to Prince Albert 1840–60; served on general medical council 1858–60; lived at Bagshot park, lent to him by the Queen 1860 to death; K.C.B. 6 July 1866; author of The influence of climate in the prevention and cure of chronic diseases 1829, 3 ed. 1841; Remarks on medical reform 1843; A memoir of John Conolly, M.D. 1869. d. Bagshot park 29 June 1870. Proc. of Royal Soc. xix, 13–19 (1871); Physic and Physicians ii, 254–60 (1839); Barker’s Photographs of medical men, portrait; I.L.N. lvii, 48, 61, 70 (1870), portrait.
CLARK, John (son of Thomas Clark of Greinton, Somerset, minister of Society of Friends, who d. 16 June 1850 aged 91). b. Greinton 21 Nov. 1785; projected an electric telegraph; took out a patent for construction of Air Beds and cushions by use of a solution of india rubber which he disposed of to Mackintosh; constructed a machine for composing hexameter Latin verses 1848; author of The Avalonian guide to the town of Glastonbury and its environs 1810, 10 ed. 1855; Tales of the convent of St. Clair 1823; Don Juan, Canto xvii published by John Clark 1827. d. Bridgwater 23 May 1853. J. Smith’s Friends’ books i, 425–7 (1867).
CLARK, John. Race judge for 30 years at Newmarket, Doncaster, Ascot, Epsom 1822–52. d. Newmarket 15 July 1853 aged 74.
CLARK, John. Attorney in London; clerk of the Central criminal court, Old Bailey 1829 to death; clerk of the peace for City of London and borough of Southwark 1829–42 and 1843 to death. d. London 28 July 1858. bur. Datchet 5 Aug. City Press 31 July 1858 p. 2, col. 2, and p. 3, col. 2.
CLARK, John. Artist and illustrator of books; inventor and executant of the Myriorama, Urania’s Mirror and other ingenious art-toys; known as ‘Waterloo Clark’ from his sketches of some of the incidents of the field of Waterloo taken by himself on the spot immediately after the battle. d. Edinburgh, Oct. 1863 aged 92.
CLARK, John. Ensign 55 foot 2 June 1814; commandant royal military asylum 2 April 1852 to 26 Oct. 1858; M.G. 26 Oct. 1858; col. 59 foot 9 March 1863 to death. d. Brighton 22 March 1865.
CLARK, Richard. b. Datchet, Bucks. 5 April 1780; lay clerk at St. George’s chapel, Windsor and Eton college 1802–11; secretary of the Glee club 1805; member of Royal Society of musicians 3 July 1814; a gentleman of the Chapels Royal 1 Oct. 1820; a vicar choral of St. Paul’s cathedral 1827; a lay clerk at Westminster abbey 1828; published Words of the most favourite pieces performed at the Glee club, Catch club and other societies 1814, 2 ed. 1824; An account of the national anthem, God save the king 1822, which he at first attributed to Carey but afterwards claimed for Bull; Reminiscences of Handel 1836; Reading and playing from score simplified 1838; composed glees, anthems and chants. d. the Littlington tower, Westminster abbey cloisters 5 Oct. 1856.
CLARK, Rev. Samuel (youngest child of Joseph Clark of Southampton, brush maker). b. Southampton 19 May 1810; publisher with John Maw Darton at Holborn hill, London 1836 to 11 June 1843; entered Magd. hall, Ox. 7 Jany. 1839, B.A. 1845, M.A. 1846; vice principal of St. Mark’s training college, Chelsea, May 1846–1851; principal of National Society’s training college, Battersea 1851–63; V. of Bredwardine, Hereford 1863–71; R. of Eaton Bishop, Hereford, June 1871 to death; inspector of schools for diocese of Hereford 1872 to death; published Peter Parley’s Tales of the sun, moon and stars 1837; Maps illustrative of physical and political history of the British empire 1849; contributed to the Speaker’s Commentary, Leviticus, the latter part of Exodus and Micah; one of revisers of the Old Testament. d. Cosham house, East Cosham, Hants. 17 July 1875. Memorials of Samuel Clark edited by his wife (1878), portrait.
CLARK, Sarah (6 child of John Davies of Caerwys, Flintshire). Baptized in Caerwys church 1 March 1767. (m. 3 March 1790 Wm. Clark of Hawarden parish, labourer, who d. 20 Jany. 1844). buried at Hawarden 21 April 1871. W. J. Thoms’s Human longevity (1873) 268–72.
CLARK, Thomas. b. Canterbury 1775; composed several anthems and many hymn tunes, a few of which continue in use as “Queenborough,” “Burnham” and “Pembroke.” d. Canterbury 30 May 1859.
CLARK, Thomas. b. Ayr 1801; lecturer on chemistry at Glasgow Mechanics’ Institution 1836; discovered the pyrophosphate of soda 1836; studied at Glasgow Univ. 1827–31, M.D. 1831; apothecary to Glasgow infirmary 1829; professor of chemistry in Marischal college and univ. Aberdeen 1833–60 when the coll. and univ. was fused with King’s college and univ.; best known by his water tests and by his process for softening chalk waters; contributed to Westminster Review articles on weights and measures and on the patent laws 1834–5. d. 27 Nov. 1867.
CLARK, Thomas (son of Wm. Clark, sheriff-substitute of Clackmannanshire). b. Whiteside, Stirlingshire 14 Nov. 1820; landscape painter in oil and water colours at Edinburgh; A.R.S.A. Nov. 1865. d. Dundaroch, Aberfoyle 7 Oct. 1876.
CLARK, Thomas James (2 son of Wm. Clark of St. John st. London and of Edmonton, hop merchant). b. 1822; ed. at Univ. coll. London; B.A. London 1842; barrister I.T. 21 Nov. 1845; went Home circuit; Q.C. 13 Dec. 1866; bencher of his inn 25 Jany. 1867. d. Myrtle cottage, Catford bridge, Kent 17 March 1877.
CLARK, Rev. William (2 son of John Clark, M.D. of Newcastle 1744–1805). b. Newcastle 5 April 1788; entered Trin. coll. Cam. Oct. 1804, scholar 1807, fellow 1809; 7 wrangler 1808, B.A. 1808, M.A. 1811, M.D. 1827; licensed to practise by Univ. of Cam. 5 July 1813; professor of anatomy at Cam. 1817–66, ordained deacon 1818; V. of Arrington, Cambs. 1824–5; R. of Guiseley near Leeds 1825–59; F.R.C.P. 25 June 1830; F.R.S. 28 Jany. 1836; author of Analysis of a course of lectures on the anatomy and physiology of the human body 1822; Handbook of zoology translated from the Dutch of J. Vander Hoeven 2 vols. 1856–68. d. Cambridge 15 Sep. 1869. Macmillan’s Mag. xxi, 267–72 (1870).
CLARK, William. b. Colchester 17 March 1821; ed. at King’s coll. London; engineer to municipality of Calcutta 1855–74 where he devised a complete system of drainage and waterworks; M.I.C.E. 2 Feb. 1864; M.I.M.E. 1867; partner with W. F. Batho in London 1874, joint patentee with him of steam road roller; invented a tied brick arch; author of The drainage of Calcutta 1871. d. Surbiton, Surrey 22 Jany. 1880. Min. of Proc. of Instit. of C.E. lxiii, 308–10 (1881).
CLARK, William George. b. Barford hall, Darlington, March 1821; ed. at Shrewsbury and Trin. coll. Cam.; second in the classical tripos and second chancellor’s medallist 1844, B.A. 1844, M.A. 1847; fellow of Trin. coll. 1844 to death, tutor 1856–66, vice master 9 Oct. 1868 to 1871; public orator of Univ. of Cam. 1857 to Oct. 1869; ordained deacon 1853, priest 1854; relinquished holy orders by deed inrolled in chancery 2 Sep. 1870; F.S.A. 15 June 1865; one of founders and editors of Journal of Philology 1868; author of Gazpacho, or summer months in Spain 1850; Peloponnesus, notes of study and travel 1858; edited with Glover and Wright The Cambridge Shakespeare 9 vols. 1863–6; left £300 a year to endow a lectureship of English literature at Trinity coll. Cam. d. York 6 Nov. 1878. C. A. Bristed’s Five years at an English University (1873) 215–7, 219; Academy ii, 472, 496 (1878); Notes and Queries 5 S. x, 400, 438 (1878), xi, 55 (1879).
CLARK, William H. Pupil of John Loder the violinist; played the violin in orchestra of Bath theatre; made his first appearance on the stage at Weymouth 1833 and in London at Surrey theatre 3 April 1837 in Jack’s Alive and The loadstone of the earth; acted at Haymarket theatre 17 April 1838 to 1877; always known as Little Clark. d. 3 June 1887 in 72 year. bur. Tooting cemetery 8 June.
CLARK, Sir William Stephenson (son of Wm. Clark, sheriff of York in 1786). b. York, Aug. 1782; studied medicine in London 1803 to 1806; practised at York 1806 to death; one of the city chamberlains 1809, member of common council for Micklegate ward 1813–20 and 1835–39, one of city sheriffs 1820, alderman 1839–49, mayor 1839–40, one of the city magistrates 1842 to death; knighted at St. James’s palace 1 July 1840. (m. Oct. 1811 Anne 3 dau. of John Audus of Selby, Yorkshire, she d. 16 July 1883 aged 95). d. York 2 May 1851.
CLARK, William Tierney (son of Thomas Clark of Sion house, Somerset). b. Bristol 23 Aug. 1873; employed by John Rennie in London 1808–11; resident engineer of West Middlesex water works 1811 where he constructed reservoirs to contain 40,000,000 gallons of water; erected Hammersmith suspension bridge 1824–7; constructed Gravesend town pier 1834–5; erected great suspension bridge over Danube between Pesth and Buda 1839–49 at cost of £622,042; M.I.C.E. 1823; F.R.S. 4 May 1837; author of An account of the suspension bridge across the river Danube 1852–3. d. Hammersmith 22 Sep. 1852. Min. of proc. of Instit. of C.E. xii, 153–7 (1853).