Modern English biography

Ser. plate_ 2 (1841). LICHTENSTEIN, GEORGE. _b._ Hungary 1823; ed. for legal profession; a political refugee in England; naturalized 18 Dec. 1854; professor of music at Edinburgh 1856 to death; tutor to duke of Edinburgh; composer of My dream waltz for the pianoforte, with cornet ad lib. 1854; Tempi futuri, polka 1854; Pensées patriotiques, mélodies originales pour piano 1855; War march for the piano 1855. _d._ Edinburgh 12 Feb. 1893. LIDDELL, _Sir Adolphus Frederick Octavius_ (youngest son of 1 baron Ravensworth 1775–1855). _b._ 15 Jany. 1818; ed. at Eton and Ch. Ch. Oxf., B.A. 1839, M.A. 1844; fellow of All Souls’ 1840–6; barrister I.T. 30 Jany. 1844, bencher 30 April 1861 to death, treasurer 1875; contested Grateshead 9 July 1852; Q.C. 22 Feb. 1861; permanent under sec. of state for home department 1867 to death; K.C.B. 20 April 1880. _d._ 49 Rutland gate, London 27 June 1885. LIDDELL, ANDREW (son of Mr. Liddell of Bainsford near Falkirk, schoolmaster). _b._ Bainsford 1786; an ironmonger in Glasgow 1815–44; carried on most extensive manufacture in Scotland of wrought iron tubes; member of philosophical society of Glasgow 1819, pres. of it frequently, treasurer many years; A.I.C.E. 1843; pastor of baptist chapel in Brown st. Glasgow 1844, which he purchased and presented to his congregation; wrote Life of David Dale, for Blackie’s Lives of eminent Scotsmen. _d._ Bardowie house, Glasgow 15 Nov. 1855. LIDDELL, GEORGE AUGUSTUS FREDERICK (6 son of 1 baron Ravensworth 1775–1855). _b._ 28 July 1812; ed. at Eton; ensign Scots fusilier guards 27 Nov. 1828, captain 8 Sep. 1846, placed on h.p. 6 July 1849; brevet colonel 20 June 1854; lieut.-col. 6 dragoons 15 Feb. 1861, sold out same day; played his first cricket match at Lord’s in Marylebone _v._ St. John’s Wood club 1 June 1840, a hard forward driver and active in the field, on committee of Marylebone club; comptroller of the household and equerry to duchess of Gloucester 1845–58; groom in waiting to the Queen 1858–82; treasurer to duke of Edinburgh 1866–71; deputy ranger of Richmond park 1850–71; deputy ranger of Windsor park 1871–83. _d._ South Lawn, Eton 14 Dec. 1888. _Lillywhite’s Cricket Scores_, _ii_ 549 (1862). LIDDELL, SIR JOHN. _b._ Dunblane, Scotland 1794; ed. at univ. of Edinb., M.D.; L.R.C.S. 1821; assistant surgeon in the navy 1812; director of the hospital at Malta 1827; inspector of fleets and hospitals 1844; deputy inspector general of Haslar hospital 1840; inspector general of Greenwich hospital 1844–54; director general of medical department of the navy April 1854 to 1864; hon. phys. to the queen 13 May 1859 to death; knighted at St. James’s palace 17 May 1848; C.B. 16 Aug. 1850, K.C.B. 9 Feb. 1864; F.R.S. 18 June 1846; knight of Russian order of St. Anne and of Greek order of the Redeemer. _d._ 72 Chester sq. London 28 May 1868. LIDDELL, ROBERT (brother of G. A. F. Liddell 1812–88). _b._ 24 Sep. 1808; ed. at Charterhouse and Ch. Ch. Oxf., B.A. 1829, M.A. 1834; fellow of All Souls’ coll. 1831–6; V. of Barking, Essex 1836–51; V. of St. Paul’s, Knightsbridge with St. Barnabas, Pimlico, London 1851–81, he erected crosses, &c. in both these churches, Messrs. Westerton and Beale proceeded against him in the Consistory court, Dr. Lushington delivered judgment against him 5 Dec. 1855, which was confirmed by sir J. Dodson in the Arches court 20 Dec. 1856, but the privy council decided partly for both parties, each to pay his own costs 21 March 1857; author of The seven deadly sins, lectures in St. Paul’s 1858; The fruits of penitential sorrow, lectures 1860; The christian priesthood, altar and sacrifice, four sermons 1867; The lay of the last angler. By a Sexagenarian 1867, 3 ed. 1883; A pastoral farewell to the parishioners of St. Paul’s 1881, and 25 other books. _d._ 12 New Cavendish st. London 29 June 1888. _J. E. Ritchie’s London Pulpit 2 ed._ (1858) 40–9. LIDDERDALE, THOMAS WILLIAM (2 son of Thomas Robertson Liddersdale of St. Mary’s isle, Kirkcudbright, ensign 6 W.I. regt.) _b._ 1830; in British museum 30 years, latterly as a first class assistant in printed book department; a student in Scandinavian literature and Icelandic bibliography; assisted P. H. M’Kerlie in his History of Galloway 5 vols. 1870–9; compiled Catalogue of the books printed in Iceland from A.D. 1578 to 1880 in the library of the British museum. 1885; taken ill in the street, went into the shop of Daniel Margetts metal worker 16 York st. Covent Garden, where he fell on the floor, conveyed to Charing Cross hospital, where he _d._ same day 4 Sep. 1884. LIDDON, HENRY PARRY (eld. son of Matthew Liddon, captain R.N., _d._ 1869 aged 77). _b._ North Stoneham, Hampshire 20 Aug. 1829; ed. at Lyme Regis, Dorset 1839–41 and at King’s coll. sch. London 1841–6; entered Ch. Ch. Oxf. 1846, student 1847 to death; B.A. 1850, M.A. 1853, B.D., D.D. and D.C.L. 1870, Johnson theological scholar 1851; C. of Wantage 1852–4; vice principal of Cuddesdon theological college 1854–9; vice principal of St. Edmund’s hall, Oxford 1859–61; exam. chaplain to bishop of Salisbury 1864, preb. of Salisbury 1864–70; select preacher to univ. of Oxf. 1863, 1870, 1877 and 1884; Ireland professor of exegesis at Oxf. June 1870 to 1882; gave a series of lectures in St. James’s hall, Piccadilly, London 1870; member of council of Keble coll. Oxf. 1870 to death; canon of St. Paul’s cath. 27 April 1870 to death, chancellor 1886 to death; the foremost preacher in the ch. of England and the most powerful champion of the high church party; took a leading part in the Bonn conferences 10–16 Aug. 1875; select preacher at Cambridge 1884 and 1889, hon. LL.D. June 1889; elected bishop of Edinburgh, June 1886 but declined the charge; author of Some words for God, sermons before the university of Oxford 1865, republished as Sermons before the university 8 ed. 1884; The divinity of Jesus Christ, eight lectures before the university on the foundation of John Bampton 1867, 14 ed. 1890; Some elements of religion, Lent lectures 1872, 5 ed. 1885; Sermons preached before the university. Second series 1879, 4 ed. 1887; Selections from the writing of H. P. Liddon 1882, 2 ed. 1883; Edward Bouverie Pusey, a sermon 1884, 2 ed. 1884; Easter in St. Paul’s, sermons on the resurrection 2 vols. 1885, 2 ed. 1891; Forty sermons preached in St. Paul’s, London. Four series 1886; Advent in St. Paul’s, sermons 2 vols. 1889, 2 ed. 1889; The magnificat, sermons in St. Paul’s 1889, 3 ed. 1891, and 60 other works. _d._ Claremont crescent, Weston-super-Mare 9 Sep. 1890. _bur._ crypt of St. Paul’s cath. 16 Sep.; portrait by G. Richmond at Keble coll., and another by H. Herkomer in Ch. Ch. hall. _C. M. Davies’s Orthodox London_ (1874) 141–52, _2 Ser._ (1875) 396–400; _F. Arnold’s Our bishops and deans_, _ii_ 153–66 (1875); _Church quarterly review_, _Oct. 1890 pp._ 212–18; _Temple Bar_, _lxxii_ 334–8 (1884); _The Biograph_, _v_ 360–2 (1881); _I.L.N. 20 Sep. 1890 p._ 353, _portrait_. LIEBSTEIN, HERMANN (5 son of David Liebstein of Lemberg, Gallicia, Austria, merchant). _b._ Austria 1829; naturalised in England 16 June 1855; barrister G.I. 17 Nov. 1858; equity draftsman; author of Notes of Expository addresses on the book of Revelation 1876; Eternal life, where to find it and how to obtain it 1882. _d._ at his house, 40 Highbury hill near London 13 July 1882. LIECHTENSTEIN, MARIE, Princess of (adopted daughter of Henry 4 baron Holland who _d._ Naples 18 Dec. 1859, and known as Miss Marie Fox). _b._ 21 Dec. 1850; (_m._ at pro-cathedral, Kensington 27 June 1872 Prince Aloys or Louis Liechtenstein 2 son of François prince de Liechtenstein 1802–87, he was _b._ Prague 18 Nov. 1846, lieut. of hussars, a knight of Malta, secretary of legation); author of Holland House 2 vols. 1874; Nora, a novel taken from the German of the baroness F. Von Brackel 1877. _d._ Burgstall in Styria 26 Dec. 1878. _Morning Post 28 June 1872 p._ 5. LIEFDE, JACOB B. DE (of Dutch parentage). _b._ 1847; ed. in Holland; war correspondent of the Daily News with the German army outside Paris and during the Commune 1870–71; author of The beggars or the founders of the Dutch republic 1868, 5 ed. 1883; Walter’s escape or the capture of Breda 1870; The great Dutch admirals 1873; Hereditary bondsmen, or is it all in vain 3 vols. 1875; The maid of Stralsund 1876; A brave resolve or the siege of Stralsund 2 ed. 1883. _d._ Twickenham, Middlesex 6 Feb. 1878. LIFFORD, JAMES HEWITT, 3 Viscount (1 son of 2 viscount Lifford 1750–1830). _b._ 29 Aug. 1783; ed. at Ch. Ch. Oxf., B.A. 1804; student Inner Temple 1805; succeeded 15 April 1830; author of Ireland and the Irish church 1842; Thoughts on the present state of Ireland 1849. _d._ Brighton 22 April 1855. LIGAR, CHARLES WHYBROW. _b._ Ceylon 1809; ed. Sandhurst; 2 lieut. royal engineers, resigned; engaged on ordnance survey in Ireland till 1840; surveyor general New Zealand 1840–56; col. and commandant of New Zealand militia, took part in the war at the Bay of Islands; surveyor general of Victoria, Australia 1858, retired on a pension 1869; settled in Texas. _d._ 1879. LIGGINS, JOSEPH. _b._ London 1791; West India merchant and ship owner, 37 Mincing lane, London 1830 to death; chairman of Southampton dock co. nearly 20 years; author of A refutation of the calumnies circulated by the Anti-Slavery agency committee against the West India planters. Signed Joseph Liggins, Mincing lane, London 1833. _d._ Homer villa, 33 Addison road, Kensington 22 June 1860. LIGGINS, JOSEPH HENRY (son of a baker of Nuneaton, Warwickshire). _b._ 1800; educ. at Cambridge but was rusticated; a tutor; resided in Isle of Man and at Liverpool and was on the staff of a Liverpool newspaper; borrowed money from all his friends, which he never repaid; claimed to have written Adam Bede 1859 and on the strength of this claim received many sums of money; was found destitute in lodgings and removed by the relieving officer to Chilvers Coton workhouse near Nuneaton, where after some months he died 29 May 1872 aged 72. _The Times 2, 6, 11, 13 Feb. 1885_; _Cross’s Life of G. Eliot_, _i_ 449, _ii_ 97–100, 107, 136 (1885). LIGHT, SIR HENRY (son of Wm. Light of the Madras civil service). _b._ 1783; ed. at Rugby and Woolwich; 2 lieut. R.A. 1 Aug. 1799, captain 20 Dec. 1814, placed on h.p. 1 Feb. 1819; lieut. governor of Antigua 13 April 1836; governor and commander in chief of British Guiana 1 May 1838 to 1844, retired on a pension; K.C.B. 27 April 1848; author of Travels in Egypt, Nubia, Holy Land, Mount Lebanon and Cyprus in 1814. 1818. _d._ Falmouth 3 March 1870. _I.L.N. lvi_ 307 (1870). LIGHTFOOT, JOHN EMANUEL. _b._ Gisburn 1802; partner in firm of F. W. Grafton & Co. Broad Oak print works, Accrington; first mayor of Accrington 1878, also in 1882; the father of Lancashire methodism. _d._ Quarry Hill, Accrington 24 April 1893. LIGHTFOOT, JOHN PRIDEAUX (1 son of Nicholas Lightfoot, R. of Stockleigh Pomeroy, Devon, _d._ 1847). _b._ Crediton 23 March 1803; ed. Ex. coll. Oxf., fellow 1824–34, tutor 1824–34; B.A. 1824, M.A. 1827, B. and D.D. 1854; R. of Wootton, Northants. 1834–54; hon. canon of Peterborough 1853 to death; rector of Ex. coll. 18 March 1854 to death; R. of Kidlington, Oxf. 1854 to death; member of first hebdomadal council 1854; vice chancellor 1862–6, entertained prince and princess of Wales at dinner in Ex. coll. hall 17 June 1863; opened the Petrean fellowships to Northants by conveying ground in Wootton to Lord Petre 1847. _d._ the rectory, Ex. coll. on anniversary of his birth 23 March