Modern English biography

_Law Times xxxvii_ 577, 590 (1862). PEARSON, CHARLES BUCHANAN (eld. son of Hugh Nicholas Pearson 1767–1856). _b._ Elmdon, Warwickshire 1807; educ. Oriel coll. Oxf., B.A. 1828, M.A. 1831; prebendary of Salisbury 7 Nov. 1832 to death; R. of Knebworth, Herts. 17 Nov. 1838, resigned Oct. 1874, rebuilt the chancel of the church at his own cost 1853; contributed a paper on Hymns and hymnwriters to Oxford essays for 1858; author of Latin translation of English hymns 1862; Sequences from the Sarum missal, with English translations 1871; A lost chapter in the history of Bath, Bath 1877. _d._ 2 Catherine place, Bath 7 Jany. 1881. PEARSON, CHARLES HENRY (4 son of rev. John Norman Pearson 1787–1865). _b._ 12 Barnsbury place, Islington, London 7 Sept. 1830; educ. Rugby 1843–6, and King’s college, London 1847–9; matric. from Oriel coll. Oxf. 14 June 1849; scholar of Exeter coll. 1850–3; B.A. 1853, M.A. 1856; president of the Union debating society; fellow of Oriel coll. 1854–73; lecturer on English literature at King’s college, London 1855, and professor of modern history 1855–65; edited the National Review 1863; lectured on modern history at Trin. coll. Camb. 1869–71; a sheep farmer in South Australia 1871–3; lecturer on history at univ. of Melbourne 1874–5; head master of the Ladies’ Presbyterian college 1875–7; reported on the state of education in Victoria 1878, for which he received a fee of £1,000; member for Castlemaine of the legislative assembly 1878–83, and for the East Bourke boroughs 1883–92; a minister in the Berry administration 3 Aug. 1880 to 9 July 1881; minister of education 18 Feb. 1886 to Nov. 1890, introduced many changes into the system of education; returned to England 1891; permanent secretary to the agent general of Victoria 3 Jany. 1892 to death; hon. LL.D. St. Andrew’s; author of Russia by a recent traveller 1859; The early and middle ages of England 1861; History of England during the early and middle ages, 2 vols. 1867; Historical maps of England during the first thirteen centuries 1870; English history in the fourteenth century 1873; National life and character: a forecast 1893; edited W. H. Blaauw’s The baron’s war 1871; edited with H. A. Strong D. Junii Juvenalis, Satiræ xiii 1887, 2 ed. 1892; _m._ 6 Dec. 1872 Edith Lucille, dau. of Philip Butler of Tickford abbey, Bucks., she was granted civil list pension of £100, 16 May 1895; he _d._ at residence of lady Pearson 75 Onslow sq. London 29 May 1894. _bur._ Brompton cemet. 2 June. _Westminster Gazette 1 June 1894 p._ 4 _portrait_. PEARSON, SIR EDWIN (son of John Pearson, F.R.S. of Yorkshire). _b._ 1802; educ. Trin. coll. Camb., B.A. 1825, M.A. 1828; F.R.S. 5 Dec. 1833; lieutenant of the yeomen of the guard 13 Feb. 1836, resigned April 1842; knighted at St. James’s palace 4 May 1836; vice-president of the French Institut d’Afrique. _d._ Rozel, Sunnyside, Wimbledon 18 April 1883. PEARSON, EMMA MARIA (1 dau. of capt. Charles Pearson, R.N. of Great Yarmouth). Sent out as a volunteer by the Red Cross soc. under the auspices of the Order of St. John to nurse the sick at Sedan, at Paris, and at Orleans 1870; nursed the wounded in Servia 1877; had medals and decorations from Germany, France, and Servia; wrote for the St. James’ Mag. and other periodicals; author of From Rome to Mentana 1868; One love in a life, 3 vols. 1874; His little cousin, a tale, 3 vols. 1875; with Louisa Elizabeth Maclaughlin she wrote Our adventures during the war 1870; Under the red cross 1872; Service in Servia under the red cross 1877. _d._ Florence 3 June 1893, aged 65. _Times 12 June 1893 p._ 6. PEARSON, HUGH (4 son of succeeding). _b._ 25 June 1817; educ. Balliol coll. Oxf., B.A. 1839, M.A. 1841; V. of Sonning, Berkshire 1841 to death, restored the church; rural dean of Henley-on-Thames 1864–74, and of Sonning 1874–6; chaplain to bishop of Manchester 1870; canon of St. George’s, Windsor 26 Feb. 1876; deputy clerk of the closet to the queen 2 Aug. 1881 to death; great friend of dean A. P. Stanley 1836–81, frequently went abroad with him; declined the deanery of Westminster 1881. _d._ Sonning vicarage 13 April 1882. _bur._ Sonning church 18 April. _Times 19 April 1882 p._ 12. PEARSON, HUGH NICHOLAS (only son of Hugh Pearson of Lymington, Hants.). _b._ Lymington 1777; educ. St. John’s coll. Oxf., B.A. 1800, M.A. 1803, B. and D.D. 1821; proctor 1813; gained the prize of £500 offered by Claudius Buchanan for the best essay on Missions in Asia 1807, printed under title of A dissertation on the propagation of christianity in Asia, Oxford 1808; V. of St. Helen’s, Abingdon 1822–3; R. of Chiddingfold, Surrey 1826–31; R. of Guildford, St. Nicholas, Surrey 18 June 1832 to 1837, laid first stone of the new church 7 June 1836, finished Aug. 1837; dean of Salisbury 9 April 1823, resigned June 1846; domestic chaplain to George IV at Brighton 4 Feb. 1823 to 1830; author of Memoirs of the life and writings of the rev. Claudius Buchanan, 2 vols. Oxford 1827; Memoirs of the life of the rev. Christian Frederick Swartz, to which is prefixed a sketch of the history of Christianity in India, 2 vols, 1834, 3 ed. 1839. _d._ Sonning, Berkshire 17 Nov. 1856. _W. H. Jones’s Fasti Sarisburiensis_ (1879) 325; _Brayley’s Surrey i_ 355–60 (1850). PEARSON, SIR JOHN (son of rev. John Norman Pearson of Bower hall, Essex 1787–1865). _b._ 5 Aug. 1819; educ. Gonville and Caius coll. Camb., B.A. 1841, M.A. 1844; barrister L.I. 11 June 1844, bencher 11 Jany. 1867 to death, treasurer 1884–5; Q.C. 13 Dec. 1866; judge in chancery division of high court of justice 24 Oct. 1882 to death; knighted at Windsor Castle 30 Nov. 1882; member of councils of legal education and law reporting; author of The duty of laymen in the church of England 1856. _d._ 75 Onslow sq. South Kensington, London 13 May 1886. _bur._ Brompton cemetery. _Law quarterly review ii_ 373–8 (1886); _Law Times 22 May 1886 p._ 69. PEARSON, JOHN ARMITAGE. Educ. Guy’s and St. Thomas’s hospitals; L.S.A. 1825; M.R.C.S. 1826, F.R.C.S. 1856; surgeon of Woolton dispensary, Liverpool 25 years; surgeon of Devonshire hospital and Bath charity, Buxton to death; author of Reports of cases treated at the Buxton bath charity and Devonshire hospital 1861. _d._ St. Anne’s hotel, Buxton 6 June 1863. _bur._ St. John’s church 11 June. PEARSON, JOHN HENRY (son of a hotel keeper at Carlisle). _b._ Carlisle; apprenticed to Halling, Pearce and Stone, drapers, Waterloo house, 1–4 Cockspur street and 15–18 Pall Mall East, London; apprenticed to the circus business 3 years; made a great name as a bareback rider; rode at Hengler’s circus, Dale st. Liverpool, then at Astley’s Amphitheatre, London; performed in U.S. of America; employed successively in Sanger’s, Newsome’s, Cooke’s, Keith’s, Ginnett’s, and Culeen’s circuses; ring-master at Ohmy’s circus, Southport to his death. _d._ Southport 1 July