Modern English biography

MONK, WILLIAM HENRY (son of Wm. Monk). _b._ Brompton, London 16 March 1823; organist of Eaton chapel Pimlico 1841–3, of St. George’s chapel Albemarle st. 1843–5, and of Portman chapel Marylebone 1845–7; choirmaster at King’s college, London 1847, organist 1849, professor of vocal music 1874; professor of music at School for the indigent blind 1851; organist at St. Matthias, Stoke Newington 1853, where he established a daily choral service; lectured on music at London institution 1850–4; professor in National training school for music 1876 and in Bedford college London 1878; hon. Mus. Doc. Durham 1882; he was musical editor of the following works, The parish choir, from the fortieth number to its close in 1851; Hymns ancient and modern, compiled by sir H. Baker 1862, numerous editions and a sale of 30 million copies; Appendix to Hymns ancient and modern 1869; The holy year, hymns by C. Wordsworth 1865; The Scottish hymnal 1873; The psalter printed for chanting, the harmonies and chants revised 1874; Book of anthems 1875; The children’s hymnal, harmonies 1876; Hymns for mission services 1877; The congregational psalmist hymnal 1886; The book of common prayer, with plain song and music 1891; composer of Acis and Galatea by G. F. Handel, arranged 1849; Te Deum laudamus for four voices 1862; The office of holy communion set to music 1884; and the tunes of the hymns Abide with me, and Sweet Saviour bless us ere we go. _d._ Glebe Field, Stoke Newington, London 1 March 1889. _Musical Herald_, _April 1889_, _portrait_; _J. Love’s Scottish church music_ (1891) 214–5. MONKSWELL, ROBERT PORRETT COLLIER, 1 Baron (eld. son of John Collier 1769–1849, M.P. for Plymouth 1832–41). _b._ Mount Tamar near Plymouth 21 June 1817; ed. at Plymouth gr. sch. and Trin. coll. Camb., B.A. 1843; member of the anti-corn law league; barrister I.T. 27 Jany. 1843, went western circuit, leader of the circuit 1854–63; recorder of Penzance 14 July 1848 to March 1856; M.P. for Plymouth 1852–71; Q.C. July 1854; counsel to Admiralty and judge advocate of the fleet Dec. 1859 to Oct. 1863; solicitor general 2 Oct. 1863 to July 1866; knighted at Windsor Castle 23 Nov. 1863; attorney general 12 Dec. 1868 to Nov. 1871; recorder of Bristol for a few days Oct. 1870; P.C. 3 Nov. 1871; judge of Court of Common Pleas 7 Nov. 1871 where he sat for a few days only; judge of judicial committee of P.C. 22 Nov. 1871 to death; created baron Monkswell of Monkswell, co. Devon 1 July 1885; exhibited 20 landscapes at R.A. and 3 at Suffolk st. gallery 1864–80; author of The railways’ clauses, companies clauses and lands clauses consolidation acts, 1845, 2 ed. 1847; A treatise on the law relating to mines 1849; A letter on reform of the superior courts of common law 1851, 2 ed. 1852; translated The oration of Demosthenes on the Crown 1875. _d._ Grasse near Cannes 27 Oct. 1886. _bur._ Brompton cemet. London. _I.L.N. xliii_ 393 (1863) _portrait_, _liv_ 385, 446 (1869) _portrait_; _Saturday Review 30 Oct. 1886 p._ 578; _Law Journal 30 Oct. 1886 pp._ 604, 616, 618. MONRO, ALEXANDER (son of Alexander Monro anatomist 1733–1817). _b._ Edinburgh 5 Nov. 1773; ed. at Edinb. high sch. and univ., M.D. 1797; F.R.C.P. 1799; studied in London and Paris; with his father conjoint professor of anatomy in univ. of Edinb. 1798, delivered the whole course of lectures from 1808, and was sole professor 1817–46, and Emeritus professor 1846 to death; author of Observations on crucial hernia 1803; The morbid anatomy of the human gullet, stomach and intestines 1811, 2 ed. 1830; Outlines of the anatomy of the human body 1813, 2 ed. 1825; Engravings of the thoracic and abdominal viscera 1814. _d._ Craiglockhart near Edinburgh 10 March 1859, portrait by K. Macleay in National portrait gallery, Edinb. _Crombie’s Modern Athenians_ (1882) 175, _portrait_; _Proc. of Royal Soc. of Edinb. iv_ 225 (1862). MONRO, SIR DAVID (4 son of the preceding). _b._ 1813; educ. Edinb. acad. and univ.; an early settler in Nelson, New Zealand under the N.Z. co.; member of legislative council of province of New Munster 1849; member of the first general assembly of N.Z. 24 May 1854 to 1866; member for Cheviot 1866–70, for Waikonati 1870; speaker of house of representatives 1861 and 1862 and 1866–70; knighted by patent 10 Feb. 1866; the first person unseated on an election petition in N.Z. 1871; studied medicine in Paris, Berlin and Vienna 1866, M.D. _d._ Newstead near Nelson, New Zealand 17 Feb. 1877. _G. W. Rusden’s History of New Zealand_, _iii_ 7–8 (1883). MONRO, EDWARD (eld. son of Edward Thomas Monro, M.D. 1790–1856). _b._ Gower st. London 1815; ed. at Harrow and Oriel coll. Oxf., B.A. 1836, M.A. 1839; P.C. of Harrow Weald, Middlesex 1842–60; V. of St. John’s, Leeds 1860 to death; select preacher at Oxford 1862; established a college for boys called the College of St. Andrews at Harrow Weald; author of The Combatants, an allegory 1848; The dark river 1850; The parish 1853, a poem; Daily studies during Lent 1856; Practical sermons on the characters of the old testament 3 vols. 1855–8; Parochial lectures on English poetry 1856 and 30 other books. _d._ St. John’s vicarage, Leeds 13 Dec. 1866. _bur._ Harrow Weald churchyard 20 Dec. MONRO, EDWARD THOMAS (son of Thomas Monro of Bloomsbury, London, F.R.C.P.) _b._ London 1794; ed. at Oriel coll. Oxf., B.A. 1809, M.A. 1810, M.B. 1811, M.D. 1814; candidate of college of physicians 22 Dec. 1815, fellow 23 Dec. 1816, censor 1819, 1829 and 1837, Harveian orator 1834, consiliarius 1837, 1846 and 1852, elect 30 Sep. 1842, treasurer 25 June 1845 to 1854; physician to Bethlehem hospital. _d._ Bushy, Herts. 25 Jany.