Modern English biography

MAC DOWELL, BENJAMIN FRANCIS. _b._ 1841; M.R.C.S. 1864, F.R.C.S. 1872; M.B. of Dublin univ. 1867; physician and surgeon to Mercer’s hospital and the Lock hospital, Dublin; professor of materia medica and therapeutics in the Ledwich school of medicine; a contributor to The Medical Press. _d._ 29 York st. Dublin 8 Feb. 1879. _Medical Press_, _xxvii_ 135 (1879). MACDOWELL, PATRICK (son of a tradesman). _b._ Belfast 12 Aug. 1799; apprenticed to a coachbuilder in London 1813–7; resided with Peter Francis Chenu a French sculptor in Charles st. London; exhibited 78 sculptures at R.A., 3 at B.I. and 8 at Suffolk st. 1822–70; A.R.A. 1841, R.A. 1846, retired 1870; his greatest work was the group of figures entitled Europe, at corner of the Albert memorial in Hyde Park, completed 1870, illustrated in Art Journal 1871 p. 188. _d._ 74A Margaret st. Cavendish sq. London 9 Dec. 1870. _W. B. Scott’s British school of sculpture_ (1871) 103–8; _Sandby’s History of royal academy_, _ii_ 195–7 (1862); _Art Journal_ (1850) _p._ 8 _portrait, and_ (1871) _p._ 41; _Dublin univ. mag. xxxviii_ 602–10 (1851), _portrait_; _I.L.N. xxx_ 417, 418 (1857), _lvii_ 679, 681 (1870), _portrait_. MACDUFF, JOHN. _b._ 1800; ensign 15 foot 3 Aug. 1815; captain 40 foot 13 April 1839, major 13 Nov. 1847; lieut.-col. St. Helena regiment 8 June 1849 to 30 July 1852; lieut. col. 74 foot 30 July 1852 to 11 May 1862 when placed on h.p.; M.G. 23 Oct. 1863; C.B. 28 Jany. 1862; served in India many years; commanded an infantry brigade in the Kaffir war 1852–3; commanded the Oudh division at Lucknow 1857. _d._ Newmiln-by-Stanley, Perthshire 25 Sep. 1865. MC ELROY, JOHN. _b._ Brookeborough, co. Fermanagh 11 May 1782; emigrated to U.S. of America about 1802; entered Society of Jesus as a lay brother 1806, ordained May 1817; priest of Trinity church, Georgetown 1817–22, transferred to Frederick, Maryland 1822; built St. John’s church, a college, an academy, an orphan asylum and the first free school in Frederick; one of the two chaplains for the R.C. soldiers in the Mexican war 1846–7; pastor of St. Mary’s church, Boston 1847–62, built Boston college and the church of the immaculate conception. _d._ Frederick, Maryland 12 Sep. 1877 being the oldest Jesuit in the world. M’ENCROE, JOHN. _b._ Tullamane near Cashel 26 Dec. 1795; ed. St. Patrick’s coll. Maynooth 1814, priest 1819, on the American mission 1822–9; in charge of St. Patrick’s ch. Sydney, Australia 1832–61; dean of Sydney, archdeacon of Sydney to death; founded the Sydney Freeman’s Journal 1850; opposed the reintroduction of convicts into New South Wales 1849; author of The christian doctrine, by A. Donlevy revised 1822; The wanderings of the human mind in searching the scriptures, a history of the principal heresies 1841. _d._ Sydney 22 Aug. 1868. MACEWAN, ANDREW. _b._ Glasgow 1812; apprentice to James Mc Clelland, accountant to 1834; accountant Glasgow 1834 and in partnership with William Auld 1836–66; first sec. of Glasgow stock exchange 1844–5; one of the founders of Institute of accountants and actuaries, Glasgow 3 Oct. 1853. _d._ Glasgow 11 June 1866. _W. C. Maclehose’s Glasgow men_, _ii_ 187–8 (1886), _portrait_. MACEWEN, ALEXANDER (12 son of Wm. Macewen, minister of Howgate secession ch. near Edinb. _d._ 1827). _b._ Howgate 5 April 1822; ed. at Glasgow univ., M.A. 1840, D.D. 1866, and univ. of Halle and Berlin; secession minister of Helensburgh church, Sep. 1845 to 1856; sent with Messrs. Harper and Eadie to report on the German catholic movement and ecclesiastical affairs of Canton de Vaud 1846; minister of Claremont united presbyterian ch. Glasgow, Aug. 1856 to death; author of The revelation embodied in scripture supernatural 1866. _d._ Glasgow 4 June 1875. _J. Smith’s Our Scottish Clergy_ (1849) 129–34; _Sermons by A. Macewen_ (1877) _memoir ix–lvi_. MACFARLANE, DUNCAN (son of Duncan Macfarlane, minister of Drymen, Stirlingshire). _b._ Auchingray 27 Sep. 1771; ed. Glasgow univ., D.D. 1806; presbyterian minister, Drymen 1792–1823; dean of faculties Glasgow univ. 1810, and principal April 1823 to death; one of king’s chaplains 1815; moderator of general assembly 1819 and 1843; dean of the chapel royal to 1824; minister of the High ch. Glasgow 1823–43; originated colonial mission scheme 1835, its convener over 20 years; entertained at a public dinner 23 Feb. 1842; author of A treatise on the christian sabbath 1832; On the duty of prayer as connected with the day of fasting 1835; The right appointment of ministers in the church 1840; The revivals of the eighteenth century, particularly at Cambuslang 1847; Bible temperance and present duty 1847. _d._ Glasgow 25 Nov. 1857. _Maclehose’s Glasgow men_, _ii_ 189–90 (1886), _portrait_; _Scott’s Fasti vol._ 2 _pt._ 1 _pp._ 7, 235, 353 (1868); _J. Smith’s Our Scottish clergy_ (1849) 72–9. MACFARLAN, JAMES (son of a weaver who became a pedlar). _b._ Glasgow 9 April 1832; a professional pedlar in Scotland; walked to London to get a publisher 1854; police court reporter to the Glasgow Bulletin; became a pedlar again and retailed his own books; several of his poems were printed in Household Words; author of Poems 1854; City songs and other poetical pieces 1855; Lyrics of life 1856; The wanderers of the west; An attic study, brief notes on nature, men and books 1862. _d._ Glasgow 6 Nov.