Modern English biography

PATERSON, JOSEPH. _b._ 1775; ensign 28 foot 17 May 1779; captain 77 foot 7 May 1807; major York chasseurs 29 Sept. 1814, placed on h.p. 14 Dec. 1819; lieut.-col. on h.p. 31 Dec. 1825; lieut.-col. rifle brigade 1 Jany. 1838 to 6 Feb. 1839, when placed on h.p.; colonel commandant of 60 rifles 14 April 1857 to death; a cavalry volunteer in Irish rebellion 1798; served in Egypt 1801, in the Peninsula 1811–14, also in the West Indies and Canada; L.G. 26 Aug. 1858. _d._ at the residence of his niece Lower Baggot st. Dublin 31 March 1863. PATERSON, NATHANIEL (eld. son of Walter Paterson, stone-engraver). _b._ parish of Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire 1787; educ. univ. of Edinb.; church of Scotland minister of Galashiels 1821–33; minister of St. Andrew’s parish church, Glasgow 1833–43; minister of free St. Andrew’s, Glasgow 1844 to death; moderator of the free church assembly 1850; author of The Manse Garden 1836, 9th thousand 1860. _d._ Glasgow 25 April 1871. _Letters to his family by Nathaniel Paterson, D.D., with memoir by Rev. Alexander Anderson_ (1874). PATERSON, NOEL HUNTINGDON (son of John Paterson, commander R.N., of Calcutta and Camberwell, London). _b._ London 14 June 1844; educ. Merchant Taylor’s sch. 1853–63; exhibitioner of Lincoln coll. Oxf. 1863, resigned to take Stuart exhibition at St. John’s coll. 1863; B.A. 1867, M.A. 1872; barrister M.T. 17 Nov. 1869; went south eastern circuit; published A manual of the usages of the stock exchange 1870; edited Woolrych’s Metropolitan building acts, 2 ed. 1877; assisted in editing Wharton’s Law lexicon, 6 ed. 1876. _killed_ by an accident on the Lyskamm, near Zermatt 6 Sept. 1877. _bur._ at Zermatt 10 Sept. _Law Times lxiii_ 353 (1877). PATERSON, THOMAS (son of Robert Paterson of Plewlands, Ayrshire). _b._ 1780; 2 lieut. R.A. 1 Dec. 1795, col. commandant 15 Aug. 1850 to death; served in Canada and West Indies 1796–1804, in expedition to Copenhagen 1807, and in Walcheren expedition 1809; superintendent of royal military repository at Woolwich 1836–46; L.G. 30 June 1854. _d._ Woolwich 13 June 1856. PATERSON, THOMAS (son of a cabinet maker in London). _b._ Elgin 1828; a cabinet maker and wood carver in London; a political economist; member of council of Women’s protective and provident league 1874; hon. sec. Clerkenwell Working men’s club 1863; hon. sec. of Working men’s club and Institute union 1866, vice-chairman of the council; member of council of Workmen’s Peace association to death; with Auberon Herbert and J. W. Probyn organised the Workmen’s international exhibition at Agricultural hall, London 1870; much engaged in endeavouring to improve the education and prosperity of the working classes. _d._ 2 Queen sq. place, Bloomsbury, London 15 Oct. 1882. _bur._ Paddington cemet. Willesden 19 Oct. _T. Paterson’s A new method of mental science_ (1886) _memoir pp. i–viii_; _The women’s union journal Nov. 1882 pp._ 89–90. PATERSON, THOMAS VARLEY. _b._ 1811; author and journalist in England and America; author of How to get money quickly or thirty ways of making a fortune 1868; The art of living or good advice for the young and old 1875. _d._ 35 Harrison st. Gray’s Inn road, London 2 Feb. 1880. PATERSON, WILLIAM (son of a market gardener). _b._ Shepherd’s Loan, Dundee; assisted in his father’s business; experimented in raising new varieties of potatoes from 1853; produced the new varieties known as Paterson’s Seedlings, which since 1860 have been extensively cultivated, not only in the United Kingdom but also on the Continent, in America and Australasia; awarded silver medal of Manchester and Liverpool agricultural society and gold medal of Highland and agricultural society of Scotland; received medal of the Erfurt society and their diploma of honour. _d._ 3 Jany. 1870. _W. Norrie’s Dundee celebrities_ (1873) 352. PATESHALL, EVAN (youngest son of David Thomas of Welfield, Radnor). _b._ 21 Dec. 1817; educ. Shrewsbury and King’s coll. London; M.P. Hereford 1874–8; _m._ 1842 Anne Elizabeth, only child of William Pateshall of Hereford, and assumed name of Pateshall 1855. _d._ Allensmore court, Hereford 9 April 1885. PATEY, CHARLES GEORGE EDWARD (son of Charles Patey, commander R.N.). _b._ 1811; entered navy 20 Jany. 1824, commander 4 Nov. 1840; commanded the Resistance troopship March 1842 to 18 May 1846; captain 18 May 1846; organized the emigration from Liverpool to Australia 1851 and was head emigration officer at Liverpool to 1852 when he received a testimonial; captain of the Amphion at Sheerness Dec. 1852 to 1853; emigration officer at Plymouth 1855–7; superintendent of the packet service at Southampton 1857–64; administrator at Lagos 1866, at the Gambia Oct. 1866; governor of St. Helena 6 Dec. 1869, retired on abolition of the office 1873; C.M.G. 8 May 1874; retired admiral 1 Aug. 1877. _d._ Newton St. Loe, near Bath 25 March 1881. _I.L.N. xxii_ 181 (1853), _view of testimonial plate_. PATEY, CHARLES HENRY BENNET (son of preceding). _b._ 1844; clerk in secretary’s office, Post office, London 1863; actively employed in purchasing the telegraphic lines from the railway companies 1868 etc.; assist. sec. to post office 1877; third sec. 1882; conducted negotiations for taking over telephones from private companies 1881; re-organised the department on