Modern English biography

NORMAN, ALEXANDER (3 son of Luke Norman of Dublin). _b._ 1810; educ. Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1831, M.A. 1835; called to bar in Ireland 1833; Q.C. 26 May 1858; had a large equity practice; resided 26 Rutland square, Dublin; while on a visit _d._ of heart disease by the roadside at Lynton 14 Sept. 1870. _bur._ Mount Jerome cemetery, Dublin 22 Sept. _The North Devon Journal 22 Sept. 1870 p._ 6, _29 Sept. p._ 5; _Law Journal v_ 547–48 (1870). NORMAN, GEORGE (eld. son of James Norman, surgeon at Bath). _b._ 2 Sept. 1782; M.R.C.S. 1801, F.R.C.S. 1843; V.P. British medical assoc.; surgeon to the Casualty hospital, Bath 1817–26; first surgeon of Bath united hospital 1826–57, his bust placed in the hospital 1858; presented with a testimonial from the working men of Bath; sent papers to the Medico-chirurgical transactions; for many years he made £4,000 per annum. _d._ 1 Circus, Bath 17 Jany. 1861, memorial window placed in Abbey church, Bath Dec. 1862. _Lancet i_ 127 1861. NORMAN, GEORGE WARDE (son of George Norman 1756–1830, sheriff of Kent 1793). _b._ Bromley common, Kent 20 Sept. 1793; educ. Eton 1805–10; in business with his father as merchants in the Norway timber trade 1810, carried on the business alone 1824–30, when he transferred it to Sewell & Co.; a director of Bank of England 1821–72; examined before parliamentary committees on currency 1832, 1840, and 1848; an exchequer bill comr. 1831, a public works loan comr. 1842–76; the last surviving original member of the Political economy club, founded 1821; a director of the Sun Insurance office 1830–64; great friend of George Grote, who wrote the History of Greece at his suggestion; author of Remarks upon some prevailing errors with respect to currency and banking 1833, republished 1838; Letter to Charles Wood, esq. on money and the means of economising the use of it 1841; An examination of some prevailing opinions as to the pressure of taxation in this and other countries 1850, 4 ed. 1864; Papers on various subjects 1869; A memoir on the life of the rev. F. Beadon 1879. _d._ 90 Common, Bromley, Kent 4 Sept. 1882. _Economist 9 Sept. 1882 p._ 1125, _30 Sept. pp._ 1209–11. NORMAN, JOHN PAXTON (eld. son of John Norman of Claverham house, Gatton, Somerset 1777–1837). _b._ Congresbury, Somerset 21 Oct. 1819; educ. Exeter gram. sch. and Ex. coll. Oxf., B.A. 1841, M.A. 1844; practised as a special pleader; barrister I.T. 17 Nov. 1852; one of judges of high court of Bengal May 1861 to death; filled office of chief justice temporarily 1864 and 1871; author of The law and practice of copyright 1851; A treatise on letters patent for inventions 1853; with E. T. Hurlstone Reports of cases in the courts of exchequer and exchequer chamber 1856–62, 7 vols. 1857–62; stabbed by an assassin on the steps of his court at Calcutta 20 Sept. 1871. _d._ in a house near the court at 1 a.m. 21 Sept. _Graphic iv_ 375, 381 (1871) _portrait_; _I.L.N. lix_ 333, 334, 618 (1871) _portrait_. NORMANBY, CONSTANTINE HENRY PHIPPS, 1 Marquess of (1 child of H. Phipps, 1 earl Mulgrave 1755–1831). _b._ Mulgrave castle, Yorkshire 15 May 1797; styled viscount Normanby 1812–31; educ. Harrow and Trin. coll. Camb., M.A. 1818; M.P. Scarborough 1818–20; M.P. Higham Ferrers, Northants 1822–6; M.P. Malton, Yorkshire 1826–30; succeeded as 2 earl Mulgrave 7 April 1831; governor of Jamaica 1832–4; P.C. 30 May 1832; G.C.H. 1832; lord keeper of the privy seal 30 July to 30 Nov. 1834; lord lieutenant of Ireland 1835–9, sworn in 11 May 1835; grand master of order of St. Patrick 1835–9; cr. marquess of Normanby, co. York 25 June 1838; sec. of state for colonial department 20 Feb. to 20 Aug. 1839, and for home department 30 Aug. 1839 to 6 Sept. 1841; ambassador to Paris 1846–52; G.C.B. 10 Dec. 1847; K.G. 19 Feb. 1851; envoy to Florence 1854–8; author of Matilda, a tale of the day, 2 vols. 1825; Yes and no, a novel, 2 vols. 1827; The English in France 1828; The contrast, a novel 3 vols. 1832; A year of revolution from a journal kept in Paris in 1848, 2 vols. 1857; The congress and the cabinet 1859, 4 ed. 1860; An historical sketch of Louise de Bourbon, duchess regent of Parma 1861; A vindication of the duke of Modena from the charges of Mr. Gladstone 1861, 2 ed. 1861. _d._ 9 Kensington Gore, South Kensington, London 28 July 1863. _W. Bates’s Maclise portrait gallery_ (1883) 331–3 _portrait_; _G. Smales’s Whitby authors_ (1867) 153–9; _St. Stephens_, _By Mask_ (1839) 164–72; _Jerdan’s National portrait gallery v_ (1834) _portrait_; _Saunders’s Portraits of reformers_ (1840) 124 _portrait_; _Taylor’s National portrait gallery ii_ 92 (1846) _portrait_; _I.L.N. iv_ 101 (1844) _portrait_; _J. E. Doyle’s Official baronage ii_ 607 (1884) _portrait_. NORMANBY, GEORGE AUGUSTUS CONSTANTINE PHIPPS, 2 Marquess of (only son of the preceding). _b._ 23 July 1819; styled viscount Normanby 1831–8, and earl of Mulgrave 1838–63; ensign Scots fusilier guards 9 Nov. 1838, sold out 29 Sept. 1843; major North York regt. of militia 1846–53; M.P. Scarborough 1847–51; contested Scarborough 19 July 1851; M.P. Scarborough 1852–7; comptroller of the household 23 July 1851 to 27 Feb. 1852, and treasurer 4 Jany. 1853 to Feb. 1858; P.C. 7 Aug. 1851; lieut. governor of Nova Scotia Jany. 1858 to May 1866; second marquess of Normanby 28 July 1863; hon. col. Tower hamlets rifle volunteers 23 Dec. 1863; lord in waiting to the queen 8 May to 6 July 1866, and 17 Dec. 1868 to 17 Dec. 1869; high steward of Hull; capt. of hon. corps of gentlemen at arms 17 Dec. 1869 to Jany. 1871; governor and commander in chief of Queensland 8 April 1871 to 1874, of New Zealand 5 Sept. 1874 to 1878, and of Victoria 24 Feb. 1879 to April 1884; K.C.M.G. 9 March 1874, G.C.M.G. 30 May 1877; G.C.B. 9 Jany. 1885. _d._ 6 Brunswick ter. Brighton 3 April 1890. _bur._ Lythe church, Whitby 10 April. _Athenæum ii_ 504–6 (1877); _W. Gisborne’s New Zealand rulers_ (1886) 261 _portrait_; _C. Brown’s Life of lord Beaconsfield i_ 306 (1852) _portrait_; _Graphic 26 April 1890 p._ 533 _portrait_; _I.L.N. xxxii_ 200 (1858) _portrait_, _xlviii_ 144 (1866) _portrait_; _Governor Normanby’s visit to Gympie, with account of the Gympie gold fields_, _Gympie_ (1873); _The visit of his excellency the governor of the North_. _Auckland_ (1876). NORMANDY, ALPHONSE RENÉ LE MIRE DE. _b._ Rouen, France 23 Oct. 1809; educ. for the medical profession; studied chemistry in Germany under Gmelin; patented indelible inks and dies 1839; patented a method of hardening soap made from soft goods by the addition of sulphate of soda 1841; patented in 1851 an apparatus for distilling sea-water to obtain pure water for drinking, this is largely used on board ships, the manufacture of these stills is carried on by Normandy’s Patent marine ærated fresh water company near the Victoria docks, London; a consulting and analytical chemist some years; F.C.S. 20 May 1854; resided in England about 1843 to death; author of A guide to the alkali metrical chest 1849; Handbook of chemical analysis 1850, 2 ed. 1875; The chemical atlas 1855; The dictionaries of the chemical atlas 1857. _d._ Odin lodge, Clapham park, London 10 May 1864. _G.M. i_ 813 (1864), _ii_ 120 (1864); _I.L.N. xlv_ 105, 106 (1864) _portrait_. NORMANTON, WELBORE ELLIS AGAR, 2 Earl of (eld. son of 1 earl of Normanton 1736–1809, who was archbishop of Dublin). _b._ 12 Nov. 1778; styled viscount Somerton to 1809; succeeded 14 July 1809; built a fine gallery at Somerley, near Ringwood, Hants 1854, for his collection of Italian, Spanish, French, and English paintings, gallery especially rich in sir Joshua Reynolds’ pictures. _d._ 3 Seamore place, London 26 Aug. 1868, personalty sworn under £700,000, 31 Oct. 1868. _Waagen’s Galleries of Art_ (1857) 363–73; _Register and Mag. of Biography Feb. 1869 p._ 164; _Times 27 Aug. 1868 p._ 7. NORRIS, CHARLES (younger son of John Norris of Marylebone, merchant). _b._ 24 Aug. 1779; educ. Eton; matric. from Ch. Ch. Oxf. 26 Oct. 1797; cornet 13 dragoons 21 Feb. 1799, sold out 1800; resided at Tenby 1810 to death; published three numbers of The architectural antiquities of Wales, vol. 1, Pembrokeshire 1810, the 3 numbers were re-issued in one vol. 1811 under title of St. Davids, in a series of engravings illustrating the different ecclesiastical edifices of that ancient city; Etchings of Tenby 1812, containing 40 engravings drawn and etched by himself; author of An historical account of Tenby and its vicinity 1818, 2 ed. 1856. _d._ Tenby 16 Oct. 1858. NORRIS, EDWIN. _b._ Taunton 24 Oct. 1795; tutor to an English family in France and Italy; clerk in office of East India Co. London 1825–36; assistant secretary of Royal Asiatic society 1836, secretary 1859, hon. secretary and librarian 1861 to death, edited the Society’s Journal many years; translator in Foreign office 29 May 1847, retired upon a superannuation allowance 31 March 1866; an Assyriologist and one of the earliest decipherers of cuneiform inscriptions, deciphered the rock inscription of King Asoka near Kapur di Giri 1845; hon. Ph.D. Bonn for his discoveries in deciphering cuneiform inscriptions 1855; author of Outlines of a vocabulary of a few of the principal languages of western and central Africa 1841; A specimen of the Van language of West Africa 1851; The ancient Cornish drama, 2 vols. Oxford 1859; Assyrian dictionary, parts i–iii 1868–72; conducted The ethnographical library, 2 vols. 1853–4. _d._ 6 Michael’s Grove, Brompton, London 10 Dec. 1872, a bust of him placed in Shire hall, Taunton July 1876. _Numismatic Chronicle xiv_ 19–24 (1874). NORRIS, JAMES (son of rev. Wm. Norris of Warblington, Hants.). _b._ Warblington 19 Dec. 1796; educ. Trin. coll. Oxf., B.A. 1818, M.A. 1822, B.D. 1829, D.D. 1843; scholar of C.C. coll. Oxf. 20 Oct. 1815, fellow 10 Oct. 1822–43, bursar 1830, president 16 Sept. 1843 to death; the college purchased the Lee Grange estate in Bucks. for £57,500 June 1869. _d._ 16 April