Modern English biography

209, 246 (1859). MADDEN, _Sir Frederic_ (7 son of Wm. John Madden, captain R.M.) _b._ Portsmouth 16 Feb. 1801; assisted in preparation of classified catalogue of printed books in British Museum 1826–8; assistant keeper of manuscripts in Br. Mus. Feb. 1828, keeper of the manuscript department 18 July 1837 to July 1866; one of first hundred members selected for the Athenæum club 12 June 1830; F.R.S. 2 Feb. 1832; K.H. July 1832; knighted at St. James’s palace 13 March 1833; M.R.I.A.; a gentleman of the privy chamber to Wm. IV. and to Victoria 26 Nov. 1834 to death; a member of the Star club 1833; had a grant of arms from the office of Ulster, king of arms, Dublin 1839; ed. for Bannatyne club, Syr Gawayne, a collection of romance poems 1839; ed. for British Museum, Catalogue of the manuscript music 1842; Lists of additions to the manuscripts 1843 etc.; ed. for Roxburghe club, The ancient romance of Havelok 1828; The romance of William and the Werwolf 1832; The Gesta Romanorum 1838; also edited Privy purse expenses of the princess Mary daughter of Henry the eighth 1831; How the good wif thaught his doughter 1838; Matthæi Parisiensis, historia Anglorum 1858; ed. with Josiah Forshall, Wiclif’s Bible 1850, for which 65 manuscripts were consulted. _d._ 25 St. Stephen’s sq. London 8 March 1873. _Memorials of the Star club_ (1860), _coloured plate of his arms_; _I.L.N. lxii_ 259, 415 (1873). NOTE.--He made a collection of 27,500 printed ballads and songs in 25 vols. royal folio; his books and MSS. were sold at Sotheby’s, Aug. 1873 for £1519 14s. By his will he directed that his private letters and MSS. were to be sealed up and given to the Bodleian library and not to be opened until 1 Jany. 1920. MADDEN, JOHN B. _b._ Galway, Ireland 1823; went to U.S. of America 1846; member for Queen’s county to State assembly; chief justice of Long Island, city of New York to death. _d._ Long Island 1875. _Appleton’s American Cyclopædia for 1875 p._ 581 (1877). MADDEN, JOHN MILLS. _b._ 10 July 1809; entered Madras army 1825; ensign 51 Madras N.I. 8 Sep. 1826, lieut.-col. 29 May 1857 to 31 Dec. 1861; retired M.G. 31 Dec. 1861. _d._ 57 Elsham road, Kensington 17 July 1877. MADDEN, MICHAEL. _b._ 1827; a pugilist; beat John Walker near Woking 10 Oct. 1848; fought Jack Grant for £25 a side on Woking common 12 Dec. 1848, they fought 140 rounds in 5 hours and 45 minutes when darkness came on and battle was drawn; beaten by Wm. Hayes at Edenbridge 17 July 1849, fight was for £100 a side and lasted 6 hours in 185 rounds, being the longest fight on record; beat Jack Jones of Portsmouth £50 a side, 23 rounds in 69 minutes at Long Reach 11 Dec. 1855, Jones fell with his head against a stake and was killed; tried for manslaughter at Maidstone 14 March 1856 and acquitted; received £50 forfeit from James Mace who refused to fight 20 Oct. 1857; received £15 forfeit from James Mace who bolted the morning of the fight 10 May 1858; beaten by Robert Travers £100 a side, 45 rounds in 97 minutes near Ashford 5 April 1859; landlord of the Little Bell, 78 St. John st. Smithfield, London 1859–63; kept the Rising Sun, 128 Kent st. Southwark 1863–4, the Ben Jonson, 24 Great Wild st. 1864–5, and the Phœnix tavern, 12 Stacey st. Soho 1872. _d._ of bronchitis at the Phœnix tavern 22 Nov. 1872. _bur._ Brompton cemet. 28 Nov. _Bell’s Life in London 23 Nov. 1872 p._ 3. MADDEN, RICHARD ROBERT (youngest son of Edward Madden of Dublin, silk manufacturer 1739–1830). _b._ Wormwood gate, Dublin 22 Aug. 1798; studied medicine in Paris 1820, Naples 1821 and London 1822; a reporter on the Morning Herald 1822; travelled in the Levant 1824–7; M.R.C.S. 1828, F.R.C.S. 1855; a surgeon in Curzon st. Mayfair 1829–33; a magistrate in Jamaica 1833–4; superintendent of liberated Africans, and judge arbitrator in mixed court of commission, Havana 1836–40; a comr. of inquiry on western coast of Africa 1841–3; special correspondent at Lisbon of the Morning Chronicle 1843–6; colonial secretary of Western Australia 1847–50; secretary to the Loan fund board, Dublin Castle 1850–80; author of Travels in Turkey 2 vols. 1829; The Mussulman 3 vols. 1830; A twelve months’ residence in the West Indies 2 vols. 1835; The United Irishmen, their lives and times 7 vols. 1842–6, 2 ed. 2 vols. 1858; The life and martyrdom of Savonarola 2 vols. 1853, 2 ed. 1854; The literary life and correspondence of the Countess of Blessington 3 vols. 1855, 2 ed. 1855 and of 18 other books. _d._ 3 Vernon terrace, Booterstown, co. Dublin 5 Feb. 1886. _bur._ Donnybrook graveyard. _Memoirs of R. R. Madden. Ed. by his son T. M. Madden, M.D._ (1891), _portrait_; _Dublin univ. mag. lxxxvii_ 272–8 (1876), _portrait_. MADDEN, SAMUEL ALEXANDER (son of rev. Samuel Madden of Kell’s Grange, Kilkenny). _b._ 5 July 1824; ensign 51 foot 7 July 1843, lieut.-col. 24 July 1869, placed on h.p. 20 March 1880; lieut.-col. of brigade depot at Perth 20 March 1880, retired 5 July 1883 with hon. rank of M.G.; served during Burmese war 1852–3; in the Umbeyla expedition commanded his regiment in the Jowaki campaign 1877 and received medal with clasp; headed his regiment throughout Afghan war of 1878–79 and was present at taking of Ali Masjid; C.B. 19 July 1879. _d._ Freelands, Wherwell, Hants. 13 March 1888. MADDEN, SAMUEL OWEN (son of Owen Madden of Mallow, co. Cork). _b._ Mallow 1831; ed. Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1854, M.A. 1861, B. and D.D. 1883; C. of Buttevant 1857–8; C. of St. Peter, Cork 1858; vicar choral Cork cath. 1867; R. of St. Paul, Cork 1869–75; R. of Ch. Ch. Cork 1875–8; dean of Cork and R. of St. Fin Barre cath. 1878 to death; preb. of St. Patrick’s cath. 1890 to death. _d._ the deanery, Cork 25 June 1891. _I.L.N. 18 July 1891 p._ 71, _portrait_. MADDICK, GEORGE WILLIAM. _b._ 1824; printer at 3a Savoy st. Strand, London 1852–3, then at 11 Red Lion court, Fleet st. 1853–4; founder of Court Circular 26 April 1856; original promoter of Sporting Life 16 March 1859, and of English mechanic and world of science 31 March 1865. _d._ 12 Mostyn road, Brixton, Surrey 6 July 1881. _bur._ Highgate cemetery 9 July. MADDOCK, SIR THOMAS HERBERT (eld. son of rev. Thomas Maddock, preb. of Chester, _d._ 12 Feb. 1825). _b._ 1792; ed. Manchester gram. sch. and Haileybury; entered Bengal civil service 1811; political resident at Lucknow 1829; sec. to government of India in the legislative, judicial and revenue departments 1838–43; knighted by patent 25 April 1844; deputy governor of Bengal and pres. of council of India, Sep. 1845 to Feb. 1849; M.P. Rochester 1852–7. _d._ 10 Grosvenor mansions, Victoria street, Westminster 15 Jany. 1870. _I.L.N. 29 Jany. 1870 p._ 130. MADDOX, JOHN MEDEX, stage name of John Medex. _b._ 1789; managed the Colosseum in Regent’s park, London 1840; lessee of Princess’s theatre, Oxford st. 26 Dec. 1842 to Easter 1850; produced Scribe’s Don Cæsar de Bazan, Oct. 1844; Charlotte Cushman first appeared in England at Princess’s as Bianca in Fazio 14 Feb. 1845; produced many operas by Balfe and Linley, and Loder’s Night Dancers, Oct. 1846; wrote A curious case, a drama Princess’s 1846; The first night, a drama Princess’s 1 Oct. 1849; Infanticide or the Bohemian mother, a melo-drama Royal Coburg theatre; A.S.S. a farce, Lyceum 23 April 1853; A fast train, Lyceum 25 April 1853; Chesterfield Thinskin, a farce, Princess’s 1853; Frederick the Great; Death of Mary queen of Scots; and Is it a lie. _d._ 7 Pelham crescent, Brompton, London 5 March 1861. _H. B. Baker’s London Stage_, _ii_ 161–71 (1889); _Era Almanac_ (1876) 1–2. MADDOX, WILLIS. _b._ Bath 1813; painted The Annunciation and other sacred pictures for Wm. Beckford; exhibited 13 pictures at R.A., 5 at B.I. and 6 at Suffolk st. 1844–53; many of his portraits are at Bath and Bristol; painted several portraits for the Sultan at Constantinople; published Views of Lansdowne tower, Bath, by E. F. English, from drawings by W. Maddox 1844. _d._ Pera near Constantinople 26 June 1853. MADDY, JOHN (son of Joseph Maddy). _b._ Dorston, Hereford 1765 or 1766; ed. at Jesus coll. Oxf., B.A. 1788, M.A. 1791, B.D. and D.D. 1812; admitted D.D. Camb. 10 Dec. 1835; educated the sons of many nobility and gentry at their houses in London; R. of Somerton, Suffolk 1799 to death; R. of Hartest with Boxted 17 Feb. 1819 to death; R. of Stansfield 22 Nov. 1820 to death; canon of Ely 6 March 1835 to death; chaplain in ordinary to the Sovereign 24 July 1830 to death; F.S.A.; F.R.S. 12 June 1817. _d._ Somerton, Bury St. Edmund’s 17 June 1853. _G.M. xl_ 208 (1853). MADDY, WATKIN. _b._ Herefordshire about 1798; ed. at Hereford gr. sch. and St. John’s coll. Camb., 2nd wrangler 1820, B.A. 1820, M.A. 1823, B.D. 1830; fellow of St. John’s coll. 18 March 1823 to March 1834; taught mathematics in London to death; author of The elements of the theory of plane astronomy. Cambridge 1826, new ed. 1832. _d._ Sutton Coldfield near Birmingham 13 Aug. 1857. MADGE, THOMAS. _b._ Plymouth 1786; ed. Crediton gram. sch.; studied medicine under his relative Thomas Hugo at Crediton; with rev. Timothy Kenrick at Exeter 1804 and at York coll. 1805–9; Unitarian minister Churchgate st. chapel, Bury St. Edmunds 1810; co-pastor of Octagon chapel, Norwich 1811–25; minister Essex st. chapel, Strand, London 1825 to May 1860; chaplain to sheriff of London 1857–8; presented with a thousand guineas and a silver salver May 1860; author of The salvation of man by the free grace of God asserted 1812, 2 ed. 1815; Lectures on high church principles 1844; Prayers for morning and evening 1866; Discourses on christian faith and life 1867 and 20 other works. _d._ 20 Highbury terrace, London 29 Aug. 1870. _bur._ Abney park cemet. 3 Sep. _W. James’ Memoirs of T. Madge_ (1871), _portrait_; _Diprose’s St. Clements_, _ii_ 27–8 (1868). MADGE, TRAVERS (son of the preceding). _b._ Thorpe near Norwich 12 Oct. 1823; ed. univ. coll. London, matriculated 1840; student Manchester coll. 1840; town missionary at Norwich 1845–7; an itinerant preacher; teacher of the Lower Mosley street schools, Manchester 1848–50 and 1859–61. _d._ Norwich 23 March 1866. _B. Hereford’s Travers Madge_ (1867); _W. James’s Memoirs of Thomas Madge_ (1871) 179–80, 266–8; _J. Evan’s Lancashire authors_ (1880) 161–6. MADIGAN, EGGIE. One of the best vaulters in the profession; a principal performer with Hengler’s, Boswell’s, Cooke’s and Myers’ circuses; well known throughout the continent and India; met with many accidents during his career. _d._ 2 King Alfred’s place, Birmingham 7 July 1892 aged 34. MADOX, HENRY. _b._ 1784; cornet 6 dragoons 14 March 1800, lieut.-col. 18 Jany. 1833, placed on h.p. 1 June 1838; brevet colonel 28 June 1838; K.H. 1832. _d._ 28 Great Pulteney st. Bath 18 March 1865. MAEDER, CLARA (4 dau. of George Frederick Fisher, auctioneer). _b._ London 14 July 1811; singer; first appeared as lord Flimnap in D. Corri’s version of Garrick’s Lilliput 10 Dec. 1817 at a London house; acted Richard III in pantomime of Gulliver at Covent Garden 8 March 1818; first appeared in U.S. America at Park theatre, New York, as Albina Mandeville in the comedy of The Will 11 Sep. 1827; acted in operettas, burlesques and extravaganzas in which she made rapid changes of costume; sang Scotch heroic songs and ballads throughout the United States, becoming so popular that children were named after her and young ladies affected her lisp and manner 1830; (_m._ 6 Dec. 1834 J. G. Maeder 1809–76); appeared in opera but was a failure 1835; made her last appearance in New York 1851. _Appleton’s American biography iii_ 464 (1887). MAEDER, JAMES GASPARD. _b._ Dublin 1809; went to United States of America 1833 where he became a distinguished musician, composer, musical director, teacher and theatrical manager; composer of The Swiss quadrilles. Dublin 1830; The song of home. London 1852, 3 ed. 1878; The unwilling bride 1858; The daughter’s dream, a romance, New York 1864; The fair enchantress, a barcarolle 1874. _d._ Chelsea, Massachusetts 28 May 1876. _Era 25 June 1876 p._ 11. MAGEE, DAVID. Founded a brewery in Bolton, Lancs. 1853; erected the Crown brewery, Bolton 1866. _d._ 1875. _Barnard’s Noted breweries_, _iv_ 221–6 (1891), _view of brewery_. MAGEE, JAMES (son of John Magee, Irish journalist and lottery broker, _d._ Nov. 1809). Editor and proprietor of the Dublin Evening Post about 1815; a police magistrate at Dublin. _d._ Sep. 1866. _Trial of an action for deceit in which J. Magee was plaintiff and N. P. O’Gorman defendant. Dublin_ (1816). MAGEE, JOHN. _b._ Borris, co. Carlow 1812; ed. Carlow coll. and at Maynooth; professor of theology Carlow coll. 1839–62 and V.P. 1856–62; priest of Stradbally, Queen’s county 1862 to death. _d._ Stradbally 15 Oct. 1881. _Comerford’s Collections of Kildare_ (1883) 228. MAGEE, THOMAS PERCIVAL (son of Wm. Magee 1766–1831, archbishop of Dublin). Ed. Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1817, M.A. 1820, LL.B. and LL.D. 1827; preb. of Ch. Ch. Dublin 1826; preb. of St. Patrick’s, Dublin 1826 to death; archdeacon of Kilmacduagh 13 April 1830 to death; R. of St. Thomas’s, Dublin 1843 to death; author of An enquiry into the nature and origin of the visible church 1822; A short explanation of the gospel of St. Luke 1823. _d._ 16 Dec. 1854. MAGEE, WILLIAM CONNOR (eld. son of John Magee, V. of Drogheda, _d._ 1837). _b._ in apartment next library of Cork cathedral 18 Dec. 1821; ed. at Kilkenny coll. and at Trin. coll. Dublin, scholar 1838; B.A 1842, B.D. 1854, D.D. 1860, Donnellan lecturer 1865; C. of St. Thomas, Dublin 1844–6; C. of St. Saviour’s, Bath 1848–50; chaplain of Octagon chapel, Bath 1850–60; preb. of Wells cath. May 1859 to 1861; P.C. of Quebec chapel, London 1860–1; R. of Enniskillen 1861; dean of Cork 1 Feb. 1864 to Oct. 1868; dean of the chapel royal, Dublin 1866–9; commenced erecting Cork cath.; bishop of Peterborough 14 Oct. 1868, consecrated at Whitehall chapel 15 Nov. 1868; D.C.L. of Oxf. univ. 21 June 1870; made a noted speech against the disestablishment of the Irish church; president of the Church congress at Leicester, Oct. 1880; select preacher univ. of Oxf. 1880–2; archbishop of York 30 Jany. 1891, enthroned in York minster 17 March; one of the greatest orators of his day; author of Sermons at St. Saviour’s, Bath 1854; Sermons at the Octagon chapel, Bath 1852; The gospel and the age 1884; The Atonement 1886 and 40 other works. _d._ at an hotel in Suffolk st. Pall Mall, London 5 May 1891. _bur._ burial ground Peterborough cathedral 9 May, a cenotaph bearing his effigy unveiled in Peterborough cathedral 9 Oct. 1893. _F. Arnold’s Our bishops and deans_, _ii_ 139–46 (1875); _Contemporary Review_, _Oct. 1892 pp._ 534–46; _Church portrait journal_, _vol. ii_ (1878), _portrait as frontispiece_; _Dublin univ. mag. lxxxvii_ 168–80 (1876), _portrait_; _Northamptonshire Biographical notices. W. C. Magee_ (1892), _portrait_; _The Biograph_, _vi_ 598–606 (1881); _I.L.N. liii_ 401 (1868) _portrait_, _2 Dec. 1893 p._ 695, _view of cenotaph_; _Graphic 9 May 1891 p._ 519, _portrait_. MAGENIS, SIR ARTHUR CHARLES (5 son of col. Richard Magenis of Warringstown, Downshire 1763–1831, M.P. Enniskillen). _b._ Ireland 1801; ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1821; attached to mission at Berlin 26 Aug. 1825; minister plenipotentiary to Swiss confederation 27 Jany. 1851; envoy extraord. and min. plenipo. to king of Wurtemberg 12 Feb. 1852, to king of Sweden and Norway 20 May 1854 and to king of Portugal 11 Nov. 1859 to June 1866 when he retired upon a pension; K.C.B. 30 Sep. 1856, G.C.B. 6 July 1866. _d._ 13 Grosvenor place, London 14 Feb. 1867. MAGENIS, HENRY ARTHUR (brother of preceding). _b._ July 1795; lieut. 7 foot 4 March 1813; captain 82 foot 30 Sep. 1824, placed on h.p. 20 Nov. 1827; major 87 foot 25 Feb. 1831, lieut.-col. 18 April 1845; lieut.-col. 27 foot 23 March 1849 to 1 April 1852; inspecting field officer York recruiting district 1 April 1852. _d._ York 14 Nov. 1852. MAGHERAMORNE, SIR JAMES MACNAGHTEN MC GAREL HOGG, 1 Baron (1 son of sir James Weir Hogg, M.P. _d._ 1876). _b._ Calcutta 3 May 1823; ed. Eton; matric. Ch. Ch. Oxf. 12 May 1842; cornet 1 life guards 13 Oct. 1843, major and lieut.-col. 22 June 1855, retired 30 Aug. 1859; member of metropolitan board of works 1867 and chairman 18 Nov. 1870 till abolition of board 21 March 1889; M.P. Bath 1865–8, M.P. Truro 1871–85, M.P. Middlesex, Hornsey division 1885–7; seconded the address to the Queen 19 Nov. 1867; assumed by r.l. surname of Mc Garel 8 Feb. 1877; K.C.B. 16 May 1874 on opening of Chelsea embankment; succeeded his father as 2 baronet 27 May 1876; cr. baron Magheramorne of Magheramorne, co. Antrim 5 July 1887. _d._ 17 Grosvenor gardens, London 27 June