Modern English biography

1813 pp._ 3–8, _portrait_; _I.L.N. ii_ 267 (1843), _portrait_; _G.M. Jany. 1822 pp._ 66–70. MANCHESTER, GEORGE MONTAGU, 6 Duke of (elder son of 5 duke of Manchester 1768–1843). _b._ Kimbolton castle, St. Neots, Hunts. 9 July 1799; styled viscount Mandeville 1799–1843; entered navy 19 Feb. 1812, lieut. 20 Nov. 1818, commander 19 July 1822, commander on h.p. to his death; M.P. Hunts. 1826–37; succeeded 18 March 1843; founded the National club, London 1845; author of Hints upon prophecy 1830; Horæ Hebraicæ 1835; Things hoped for: second advent 1837; The times of Daniel 1845; The finished mystery 1847; A chapter on the harmonizing gospels. Dublin 1854, anon., and other books. _d._ Tunbridge Wells 18 Aug. 1855. _bur._ Kimbolton church 28 Aug. MANCHESTER, WILLIAM DROGO MONTAGU, 7 Duke of Manchester (eld. child of the preceding). _b._ Kimbolton castle 15 Oct. 1823; styled lord Kimbolton 1823–43; ensign 11 foot 3 Dec. 1841; ensign and lieut. grenadier guards 21 Jany. 1842, lieut. and capt. 1 Dec. 1846; styled viscount Mandeville 1843–55; aide de camp to sir Peregrine Maitland at Cape of Good Hope 1843–4; retired from army 17 Sep. 1850; contested Westminster 30 July 1847; M.P. Bewdley 18 April 1848, accepted the Chiltern hundreds May 1852; M.P. Huntingdonshire 1852–5; lord of bed chamber to prince Albert 1 March to Dec, 1852; succeeded as 7 duke 18 Aug. 1855; lord prior of English langue of knights of Malta 24 June 1861; LL.D. of Camb. univ. 3 June 1864; K.P. 3 March 1877; knight of order of Iron Cross of Prussia; president of royal colonial institute; engaged in commercial ventures in Canada and Australia; author of Court and society from Elizabeth to Anne, from the papers at Kimbolton 2 vols. 1864; A letter to prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar from a spectator of the campaign of 1870 etc. 1871. _d._ Hôtel Royal, Naples 21 March 1890, body embalmed and _bur._ at Kimbolton. _Baily’s Mag. xiv_ 163–4 (1868), _portrait_; _I.L.N. lxx_ 245 (1877) _portrait_, _and 29 March 1890 p._ 390, _portrait_; _Pictorial World 27 March 1890 pp._ 390, 408, _portrait_; _Illust. Times 18 May 1861 p._ 323, _portrait_; _Times 24 March 1890 p._ 10, _27 March p._ 4. MANCHESTER GEORGE VICTOR DROGO MONTAGU, 8 Duke of Manchester (eldest child of the preceding). _b._ Cavendish sq. London 17 June 1853; styled lord Kimbolton 1853–5 and viscount Mandeville 1855–90; captain Armagh militia 30 April 1877 to May 1889; M.P. Huntingdonshire 1877–80; contested Huntingdonshire, April 1880; bankrupt 2 April 1889, bankruptcy annulled 8 Aug. 1889, paid 20s. in the pound 1890–91; succeeded as 8 duke 21 March 1890. _d._ Tanderagee castle, Armagh 18 Aug. 1892. MANDERS, MR. Proprietor of a menagerie, employing 60 people 1840–71; toured in America; lived in his travelling caravan for 30 years; was in treaty for selling his animals to the French government 1871; his wife was a well-known Lion queen, she carried on the menagerie after her husband’s death. He _d._ in his caravan near Dumfries, Ayrshire 18 Nov. 1871. _The Era 26 Nov. 1871 p._ 12. MANDERS, LOUISA (dau. of Mr. Powell). _b._ 1801; (_m._ 1820 Thomas Manders 1797–1859); made her first appearance at theatre royal, Exeter 1825; fell from the flies at Sadler’s Wells and was much injured 1834; at the Strand, Adelphi and Drury Lane played old women, and was good as the nurse in Romeo and Juliet; received a sum of money through an appeal made in The Era 1879. _d._ 17 April 1880. _bur._ Woking cemet. 21 April. _The Era 25 April 1880 p._ 6. MANDERS, THOMAS. _b._ 22 Dec. 1797; engaged in one pound note department of the Bank of England 1814, one pound notes done away with and his office abolished 1821 when he was pensioned; went on the stage and toured through Midland counties; manager of theatre royal, Exeter 1825; (_m._ 1820 Louisa Powell actress 1801–1880); first appeared in London at City theatre, Milton st. as Justice Greedy; acted at the Strand and Olympic; was at the Queen’s theatre about 16 years; kept the marquis of Granby, 11 Middle row, Knightsbridge; kept the Sun tavern, Longacre 1838. _d._ 28 Oct. 1859. _bur._ Woking cemet. _The Era 6 Nov. 1859 p._ 15; _Actors by daylight_, _i_ 241 (1838), _portrait_; _Actors by gaslight_ (1838) 81. MANDEVILLE, JOHN HENRY. Sec. to the commissary for prisoners of war in France 1801–2; sec. to the embassy at Vienna 1804–9, at Brussels 1815 and at Frankfort 1817; paid attaché at Paris 1824; sec. of embassy at Lisbon 1828 and at Constantinople 1831; minister plenipo. at Constantinople 1831–3 and at Buenos Ayres 1835–45 when he retired on a pension. _d._ 16 March 1861. _F.O. List_, _July 1861 p._ 157. MANDRON HARVEY, AUGUSTE. _b._ 1813; B.A.; French master St. Peter’s collegiate school, Eaton square, London; author of Le vieux chêne. Par l’ auteur de John Hardy le laquais, traduit par A. Mandron. London 1852. _d._ 41 Kellett road, Brixton, Surrey 16 Dec. 1879. MANGIN, EDWARD (eld. son of Samuel Henry Mangin, lieut.-col. 14 dragoons, _d._ 1798). _b._ Dublin 15 July 1772; ed. at Balliol coll. Oxf., B.A. 1793, M.A. 1795; preb. of Dysart, Killaloe cath. 2 March 1798; preb. of St. Patrick’s cath. Dublin 15 Jany. 1800 to 1 Dec. 1803; preb. of Rath in Killaloe cath. 1 Dec. 1803 to death; author of The deserted city 1805. By E. M., a poem on Bath in summer; Oddities and outlines. By E. M. 2 vols. 1806; George the third, a novel 3 vols. 1807; Essays on the sources of the pleasures received from literary compositions 1809, anon., 2 ed. 1813; Piozziana, or recollections of the late Mrs. Piozzi. By A Friend 1833. _d._ 10 Johnstone st. Bath 17 Oct. 1852. _Peach’s Houses in Bath_, _i_ 146–7 (1883), _ii_ 8, 37–8, 72 (1884). MANGLES, CHARLES EDWARD (son of James Mangles, M.P. Guildford 1832–7). _b._ 1798; captain H.E.I.C. naval service; M.P. Newport 1857–9; contested Southampton 6 Dec. 1862; chairman of London and south-western railway 1859–72; resided at Poyle park, Tongham, Farnham, Surrey. _d._ Norwood, Surrey 28 Oct. 1873. MANGLES, JAMES. _b._ 1786; entered navy March 1800; commander of the Racoon sloop 13 June 1815; captain on h.p. 8 Feb. 1853; travelled in Europe, Egypt, Syria and Asia Minor 1817–18; F.R.S. 20 June 1825; an original fellow and member of council of Royal Geographical Soc. 1830; author of The floral calendar 1839; Papers and despatches relating to the Arctic searching expeditions of 1850–1–2. 1852; Thames estuary, guide to the navigation of the Thames mouth 1853; author with C. L. Irby of Travels in Egypt, Nubia, Syria and Asia Minor in 1817–18. 1823. _d._ Fairfield, Topsham road, Exeter 18 Nov. 1867. MANGLES, ROSS DONELLY (younger son of James Mangles of Woodbridge, Surrey, M.P. Guildford). _b._ 1801; ed. at Eton and Haileybury coll.; writer in service of H.E.I.C. Bengal, April 1819; spent three years in Europe 1828–31; junior sec. to Sudder board of revenue in Bengal presidency; director of H.E.I.C. 14 April 1847 and chairman 1857–8; M.P. Guildford 1841–58; member of council of India 21 Sep. 1858 to 1866; author of A brief vindication of the India company’s government of Bengal 1830; Christian reasons of a member of the Church of England for being a reformer 1840. _d._ 23 Montagu st. Montagu sq. London 16 Aug.