Modern English biography

PETERSDORFF, CHARLES ERDMAN (3 son of Christian Frederick Petersdorff of 14 Gough sq. Fleet st. London, furrier). _b._ London 4 Nov. 1800; student of Inner Temple 24 Sept. 1818; barrister I.T. 25 Jany. 1833; one of the counsel to the admiralty; serjeant-at-law 20 May 1858; judge of county courts, circuit 57, North Devon and Somerset 1 Jany. 1865, resigned Dec. 1885; author of A general index to the precedents in civil and criminal pleadings 1822; A practical treatise on the law of bail 1824; A practical abridgment of cases in the king’s bench, common pleas, exchequer and nisi prius from the restoration, 15 vols. 1825–30; A practical abridgment of the common law, 5 vols. 1841–4, 2 ed. 6 vols. 1861–4, supplement 1870, 2 ed. 1871; The principles and practice of the law of bankruptcy 1861, 2 ed. 1862; Law students and practitioners’ commonplace book of law and equity. By A Barrister 1871; A practical compendium of the law of master and servant 1876; _killed_ by falling into the area of his house 23 Harley st. London 29 July 1886. _Law Journal 7 Aug. 1886 p._ 467. PETHERAM, JOHN. _b._ Oldmixon, near Weston-super-mare 1809; spent some years in U.S. of America in the wholesale drug trade; secondhand bookseller at 71 Chancery lane, London Sept. 1841, then at 94 High Holborn 1847 to death; compiled and issued 207 catalogues; issued between 1843 and 1847 Puritan discipline tracts, being reprints of 6 tracts on the Martin Mar-Prelate controversy of 1589–92, their titles are An epitome, An epistle, Pappe with a hatchet, Hay any worke for cooper, An almond for a parrot, and Bishop Cooper’s admonition; edited A brief discourse of the troubles begun at Frankfort 1575, 1846, and a Bibliographical miscellany, 5 parts 1859; author of An historical sketch of the progress and present state of Anglo-Saxon literature in England 1840; Reasons for establishing an Authors’ publication society 1863. _d._ 94 High Holborn 18 Dec. 1858. _Maskell’s History of the Martin Marprelate controversy_ (1845); _Publishers’ Circular 31 Dec. 1858 p._ 639; _Bookseller Feb. 1859 p._ 727. PETHERICK, JOHN (son of John Petherick, _d._ 1861). _b._ Penydarran iron works, Merthyr Tydvil 9 May 1813; resident in Wales 1813–27 and 1832–4; educ. Brieg, Silesia 1827–32; engaged in mining in Waterford and Wexford 1834–8; manager of German mining co.’s mines, Dittenburg 1838–43; mining engineer to viceroy of Egypt 1845–9; resident at Kordofan in the ivory and gum trade 1849–59; consul for the Soudan 1850–63; envoy from Royal geographical soc. to succour captains Speke and Grant 1861–2, capt. Speke quarrelled with Petherick and he was deprived of his consulship, his mercantile affairs fell into disorder and he had to live on a pension given him by the Egyptian government; author of Egypt, the Soudan, and Central Africa, with explorations from Khartoum, sketches of sixteen years’ travels 1861; with J. P. Clemes Report on the silver mines of Almada and Kurnapa in Mexico 1868; with Mrs. K. H. Petherick Travels in Central Africa, 2 vols. 1869. _d._ 54 Lancaster road, Westbourne park, London 15 July 1882. _Proc. of Royal Geog. Soc. iv_ 700 (1882). NOTE.--He _m._ Katherine Harriet, dau. of Sigismund Edlman. She was _b._ Malvern July 1827, accompanied her husband in his travels and _d._ St. Gorran Haven 12 Jany. 1877. PETIT, JOHN LOUIS (eld. son of John Hayes Petit, P.C. of Shareshall, Staffs., _d._ 1822). _b._ Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancs. 31 May 1801; educ. Eton, where he contributed to the Etonian, and at Trin. coll. Camb., scholar 1822; B.A. 1823, M.A. 1826; M.A. Oxford 1850; ordained deacon 1824; spent his time chiefly in visiting and sketching old churches in England and abroad from 1839; C. of Bradfield, near Manningtree, Essex 1840–8; a founder of the British archæological institute at Cambridge 1844, and a contributor to the Journal; F.S.A. 7 Feb. 1850; an oil painter and etcher on copper; author and illustrator of Remarks on church architecture, 2 vols. 1841; Remarks on architectural character 1846; The abbey church of Tewkesbury 1848; Architectural studies in France 1854, 2 ed. 1890; his poem The lesser and the greater light was printed by his sister 1869; resided Uplands Shiffnal, Salop 1848–64, and at Lichfield 1867 to decease. _d._ Lichfield 1 Dec. 1868. _bur._ Greenhill church, Lichfield. _Journal of British Archæol. Assoc. xxv_ 318–20 (1869); _Reg. and mag. of biog. i_ 220–2, 525 (1869); _Architect 2 Jany. 1869 p._ 10. PETIT, PETER JOHN (brother of the preceding). _b._ 1807; ensign 22 foot 19 May 1825; lieut. 50 foot 27 March 1828, lieut. col. 19 Sept. 1848 to death; C.B. 3 April 1846. _d._ Lichfield 13 Feb. 1852. _G.M. April 1852 p._ 407. PETO, SIR SAMUEL MORTON, 1 Baronet (eld. son of Wm. Peto of Cookham, Berkshire 1768–1849). _b._ Whitmoor house, Woking, Surrey, 4 Aug. 1809; apprenticed to his uncle Henry Peto, builder, who _d._ 1830 leaving his business to his nephews, Thomas Grissell and S. M. Peto, they dissolved partnership 2 March 1846, having constructed the Hungerford market 1832–3, Lyceum theatre 1834, St. James’s theatre 1835, Reform club 1836, Conservative club 1840, Great Western railway works between Hanwell and Langley 1840, the Nelson column 1843, and a large part of the South Eastern railway 1844; partner with Edward Ladd Betts 1846–72, they constructed the loop line of the Great Northern railway from Peterborough to Doncaster, the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton railway 1852, the Oxford and Birmingham railway, the Victoria docks, London 1852–5, and the Norwegian Grand Trunk railway; constructed with Thomas Brassey and E. L. Betts railway lines in Australia 1858–63, the Grand Trunk railway of Canada, the Jutland and Schleswig lines 1852, and the London, Tilbury and Southend railway 1852; paid for the building of Bloomsbury baptist chapel; purchased the Diorama in Regent’s park 1855 and converted it into a baptist chapel; M.P. Norwich 1847–54, M.P. Finsbury 1859–65, and M.P. Bristol 1865–8; obtained passing of Peto’s act 13 and 14 Vict. cap. 28, 1850, which simplified titles by which religious bodies hold property; A.I.C.E. 26 Feb. 1839; deputy chairman of metropolitan comrs. of sewers 1 Sept. 1851; constructed a railway line, 39 miles long, between Balaklava and the entrenchments 1854–5; created baronet 14 Feb. 1855; presented with a service of plate for making East Suffolk railway 18 July 1860; Peto and Betts suspended payment 11 May 1866 with liabilities of four millions and assets estimated at five millions; author of Divine support in death 1842; Observations on the report of the defence commissioners 1862; Taxation, its levy and expenditure, past and future 1863; The resources and prospects of America, ascertained during a visit to the states 1866. _d._ Blackhurst, Tunbridge Wells 13 Nov. 1889. _bur._ Pembury. _Sir Morton Peto, a memorial sketch_ (1893) 2 _portraits_; _Min. of proc. of Instit. of C.E. xcix_ 400–3 (1890); _I.L.N. xviii_ 105–6 (1851) _portrait_, _xxx_ 24–6 (1857) _three views of his residence, Somerleyton,_ _Suffolk_, _xxxvii_ 147 (1860) _view of service of plate_; _Eclectic mag. lxvi_ 381 (1878) _portrait_. PETRE, WILLIAM JOSEPH PETRE, 13 Baron (eld. son of 12 baron Petre 1817–84). _b._ Leamington 26 Feb. 1847; in holy orders of the church of Rome; domestic prelate at court of the Vatican to death; succeeded to the peerage 4 July 1884; author of Remarks on the condition of catholic liberal education 1877; At Antiock again, a sermon 1886. _d._ 21 Hyde Park gardens, Paddington, London 8 May 1893. _bur._ in private burial ground at Thorndon park. _Daily Graphic 10 May 1893 p._ 9 _portrait_. PETRE, HENRY WILLIAM (younger son of 11 baron Petre 1793–1850). _b._ Thorndon hall, near Brentwood, Essex 23 Jany. 1820; an original colonist of New Zealand, where he introduced well bred horses; postmaster general 1853; member of legislative council 1854; master, with a committee, of the Isle of Wight fox hounds; master of the Roothing stag hounds, Essex; author of An account of the settlement of the New Zealand company 1841, 5 ed. 1842; Half a century of British colonization 1889. _d._ the Manor house, Writtle, Chelmsford 3 Dec. 1889. _Baily’s Mag. xxiv_ 63–4 (1874) _portrait_. PETRIE, GEORGE (only child of James Petrie, portrait painter). _b._ Dublin 1 Jany. 1790; studied in the Dublin society’s art school 1802; painted landscapes of Irish scenery 1808 etc.; contributed 96 illustrations to Thomas Kitson’s Cromwell’s Excursions through Ireland, 3 vols. 1820; exhibited 2 landscapes at R.A. London 1818; A.R.H.A. 1828, librarian 1830, president resigned 1859; wrote many antiquarian articles in the Dublin examiner 1816, and in the Dublin Penny journal 1832–3; edited the Irish Penny journal 1840–41; M.R.I.A. 1828, where he read 27 papers, member of council 1829, gold medallist 3 times; attached to the ordnance survey of Ireland 1833–46; LL.D. Dublin 1847; granted civil list pension of £100, 13 Oct. 1849 and another pension of £100, 2 Jany. 1851; president of the Old Irish music soc. 1851; author of On the history of Tara hill 1839; A letter to sir W. R. Hamilton on charges made against the author by sir W. Betham 1840; The ecclesiastical antiquities of Ireland 1845; he illustrated G. N. Wright’s Ireland 1831; G. N. Wright’s An historical guide to Dublin 1821; G. N. Wright’s A guide to the county of Wicklow 1822, and Picturesque sketches of the landscapes and coast scenery of Ireland 1835. _d._ 7 Charlemont place, Dublin 17 Jany. 1866. _bur._ Mount Jerome cemetery, near Dublin. _W. Stokes’s Life of George Petrie_ (1868); _Graves’s Eloge on the late George Petrie_ (1866); _W. Allingham’s Varieties in pose iii_ 161–73 (1893); _I.L.N. xlviii_ 201, 202 (1866) _portrait_; _Dublin univ. mag. xiv_ 638 _portrait_. PETRIE, JOHN GORDON. _b._ 1822; second lieut. Bombay artillery 11 June 1841, colonel 26 April 1866, retired 31 Dec. 1878; M.G. 1 Oct. 1877, hon. L.G. 31 Dec. 1878; C.B. 14 Aug. 1868; served in the Scinde campaign 1843, and the Indian mutiny 1857; commanded artillery in Abyssinia campaign from 1 Jany. 1868. _d._ 9 Cranbury terrace, Southampton 31 Dec. 1890. PETRIE, MARTIN (2 son of commissary-general Wm. Petrie, _d._ 1842). _b._ the Manor house, King’s Langley, Herts. 1 June 1823; ensign royal Newfoundland companies 14 April 1846, captain 5 May 1854; captain 14 foot 26 Jany. 1855, placed on h.p. 10 Nov. 1856; captain 14 foot again 9 Jany. 1857, major 13 July 1867; assistant in topographical department of the war office 14 Jany. 1859 to 30 June 1864; major 97 foot 18 Dec. 1867, placed on h.p. 31 Aug. 1872; examiner in military education at the staff college 1864–82, and at the royal military college to 1882; author of The strength, composition, and organisation of the armies of Europe 1860; Organisation, composition and strength of the army of Great Britain 1863, 5 ed. 1867; Equipment of infantry 1865; Hospital equipment 1866. _d._ Hanover lodge, 14 Hanover terrace, Kensington park, London 19 Nov. 1892. _bur._ Kensal Green cemetery. PETRIE, SAMUEL. _b._ 1797; deputy assistant commissary general 25 Dec. 1814, placed on h.p. 13 June 1828; C.B. 22 Nov. 1858. _d._ 113 Ebury st. Belgravia, London 2 March 1871. PETTER, GEORGE WILLIAM. _b._ Barnstaple 1824; printer 3 Crane court, Fleet st. London 1848, removed to Playhouse yard 1852 where Thomas Dixon Galpin joined him, then to La Belle Sauvage yard, Ludgate hill 1857; purchased John Cassell’s publications 1858 and took him in as a partner; started Cassell’s Illustrated family bible 1860 and The popular natural history 1859; J. Cassell _d._ 1865; started The Echo, the first halfpenny daily paper in London 8 Dec. 1868, sold it to baron Grant 1868; firm converted into a Limited co. 1883 when he retired from active work; author of Some objections to the repeal of the paper duty considered, in reply to Mr. H. G. Bonn’s pamphlet upon the question 1860. _d._ Leeholme, Bournemouth 16 Sept. 1888, his personal estate was valued at £520,560. _Bookseller 9 Oct. 1888 p._ 1021–22. PETTIE, JOHN (son of Alexander Pettie, tradesman). _b._ East Linton, Haddingtonshire 17 March 1839; studied at the Trustees’ academy Edinburgh June 1856; first exhibited at Scottish academy 1859 and at the R.A. London 1860; exhibited 58 pictures at R.A., 3 at B.I., and 1 at Suffolk st. 1860–80; shared a studio with W. Q. Orchardson in Pimlico, London 1862 and later at 37 Fitzroy sq. to 1865; A.R.A. 8 May 1866, R.A. Oct. 1873; resided at 21 St. John’s Wood road 1869–81 and at 2 Fitzjohn’s avenue 1881 to death; he illustrated J. De Liefde’s The postman’s bag 1862, 2 ed. 1867; Wordsworth’s Poems for the young 1863, 2 ed. 1866; C. Camden’s The boys of Axleford 1869; W. D. S. Moncrieff’s The abdication 1881; L. G. Seguin’s Rural England 1881; an exhibition of his works was held at Burlington house in winter of 1894. _d._ Hastings 21 Feb. 1893. _bur._ Paddington cemet. 27 Feb. _I.L.N. xlviii_ 637, 638 (1866) _portrait_; _Graphic lx_ 442, 456 (1874) _portrait_, _and 25 Feb. 1893 p._ 199 _portrait_; _Art Journal xxi_ 265. PETTIFER, MARY ANN (dau. of Henry Pettifer of 224 Holborn, London, cheese monger). _b._ Holborn July 1822; appeared at Olympic theatre as Cupid in burlesque of The Paphian bower 26 Dec. 1832; at Adelphi in Frankenstein; in the burletta The Frolics of the fairies, Victoria 1833; first walking lady at Strand theatre 1837; at Drury Lane in A night in the Bastille 4 Dec. 1839, and in Mary Stuart 22 Jany. 1840; played at the Garrick theatre, Leman st. Whitechapel as Virginius in Rogers’ burlesque Virginius the Rum-Un 1840; by her performance of William in Black-eyed Susan she established herself as a first class East-end favourite; _m._ 1841 John Bond Ratcliffe, lessee of Victoria theatre from 2 Sept. 1840, who _d._ about 1848; she acted at Victoria theatre in The Yew tree ruins 11 Jany. 1841; played again at the Garrick until it was burnt down 3 Nov. 1846; acted at the Effingham and the Pavilion; first appeared at the Britannia 21 Nov. 1853; latterly she played old women; was a very handsome woman with a Grecian cast of features. _d._ 290 Cambridge road, Hackney 25 Dec. 1892. _The Era 11 Feb. 1893 p._ 7. PETTIGREW, SAMUEL THOMAS (youngest son of succeeding). _b._ 1824 or 1825; educ. Trin. coll. Camb., B.A. 1848, M.A. 1851; C. of Norton-Mandeville, Essex 1848–9; fellow of St. Augustine’s college, Canterbury 1853–5, hon. fellow 1873 to death; chaplain Madras ecclesiastical establishment 1855–78; C. in charge of Pudleston, near Leominster 1878–80; V. of Hatfield, Herefordshire 1880 to death; author of Daily office for my schools 1867; Episodes in the life of an Indian chaplain 1882. _d._ Leominster 19 May 1889. PETTIGREW, THOMAS JOSEPH (son of Wm. Pettigrew, surgeon in the navy, _d._ 1825). _b._ Fleet st. London 28 Oct 1791; studied at the Borough hospitals; member of Medical society of London 1808, secretary 1810, registrar 1813; M.R.C.S. 1812, F.R.C.S. 1843; a founder of City philosophical society 1808, and of Philosophical society of London 1810; secretary of Royal humane society 1813–20; surgeon extraordinary to duke of Kent, then surgeon in ordinary, also surgeon to duchess of Kent; vaccinated the present queen, Victoria 1819; surgeon to duke of Sussex, compiled a catalogue of his library in Kensington palace in two vols. entitled Bibliotheca Sussexiana, 1827–39, the library was sold 1844–5; surgeon to Dispensary for treatment of diseases of children 1816–9; surgeon to Asylum for female orphans 1819; surgeon to Charing Cross hospital on its foundation 1832 to 1835; practised in Savile row 1835–54; Ph. Doc. Göttingen 7 Nov. 1826; F.R.S. 1 Feb. 1827; treasurer of British archæological association 1843; author of Views of the base of the brain and cranium 1809; Memoirs of John Coakley Lettsom, M.D. 3 vols. 1817; Observations on cholera 1831; A history of Egyptian mummies 1834; Medical portrait gallery, 4 vols. 1840; Memoirs of the life of lord Nelson, 2 vols. 1849. _d._ 16 Onslow crescent, South Kensington 23 Nov. 1865. _T. J. Pettigrew’s Medical portrait gallery iv pp._ 1–40 (1840) _portrait_ 9; _Journal of British archæol. assoc._ (1866) 327–35; _Physic and physicians ii_ 386 (1839). PETTINGALL, EDWARD. Entered Bengal army 1804; lieut. 19 Bengal N.I. 1 Feb. 1807; captain 39 N.I. 21 Oct. 1821, major 25 July 1839, lieut. col. 18 March 1845 to 1846; commandant 5 irregular cavalry 1 Nov. 1832 to 18 March 1845; lieut. col. of 26 N.I. 1846–50, of 38 N.I. 1850–1, of 60 N.I. 1851–2, of 55 N.I. 1852–4, and of 12 N.I. 1854; col. of 12 N.I. 25 Feb. 1855 to death; M.G. 4 Nov. 1856. _d._ 134 Regent st. London 17 Nov. 1860. PETTITT, GEORGE. Educ. Church missionary college, Islington; ordained deacon 1831 and priest 1832; missionary to Church missionary society in South India and Ceylon 1833–55; chaplain to general hospital at Birmingham 1855–6; V. of St. Jude’s, Birmingham 1856 to death; author of A history of the church missionary society’s mission in Tinnevally, South India 1850; Sermons on the creed, in the Tamil language. _d._ 1873. PETTITT, HENRY ALFRED (son of Edwin Pettitt, civil engineer, author under name of Herbert Glyn of The cotton lord, 2 vols. 1862, 2 ed. 1864, and Uncle Crotty’s relations, 2 vols. 1863, 2 ed. 1866). _b._ Smethwick, near Birmingham 7 April 1848; appeared at Sadler’s Wells in The Rose of Blarney, a pantomime; clerk in office of Pickford & co. carriers London 1860–2; junior English master in North London collegiate school, High st. Camden Town about 1869, then secretary; wrote for Boy’s miscellany and other periodicals; treasurer, secretary, and author with J. H. Clynds, lessee of Gloucester theatre; wrote with Paul Merritt, British born, Grecian theatre 17 Oct. 1872; treasurer of Grecian theatre; his drama Golden fruit, produced at East London theatre 14 July 1873, for which he received £5; wrote with George Conquest for Grecian theatre Dead to the world 12 July 1875, Sentenced to death 14 Oct. 1875, Snatched from the grave 13 March 1876, Queen’s evidence 5 June 1876, Neck or nothing 3 Aug. 1876, Sole survivor 5 Oct. 1876, Schifter, the one-eyed pilot 2 April 1877, During her majesty’s pleasure 21 May 1877, and five other pieces; his pantomime Harlequin king Frolic, produced at Grecian theatre 24 Dec. 1880, played to April 1881 the longest run on record; wrote with Paul Merritt and Augustus Harris The World, Drury Lane 31 July 1880; visited America 1880–1; wrote a version of Le voyage en Suisse for the Hanlon-Lee troupe; his Taken from life produced at Adelphi 31 Dec. 1881; Love and money by Pettitt and Charles Reade produced there 18 Nov. 1882, In the ranks by Pettitt and G. R. Sims 6 Oct. 1883, and Harbour lights by the same 23 Oct. 1885; Human nature by Pettitt and A. Harris produced at Drury Lane 12 Sept. 1885, they also wrote A run of luck 28 Aug. 1886 (which brought in £25,000 in 12 weeks), and A million of money 6 Sept. 1890; wrote with Sydney Grundy for the Adelphi The bells of Haslemere 28 July 1887, and The Union Jack 19 July 1888; wrote with G. R. Sims The silver falls, Adelphi 22 Dec. 1888, and London, day by day, Adelphi 14 Sept. 1889, also Faust up to date, Gaiety 30 Oct. 1888, and Carmen up to date, Gaiety 4 Oct. 1890; wrote with sir A. Harris The prodigal daughter, Drury Lane 17 Sept. 1892, and A life of pleasure 21 Sept. 1893, transferred to Princess’s Dec. 1893; wrote A sailor’s knot Drury Lane 5 Sept. 1891; A woman’s revenge Adelphi 1 July 1893. _d._ of typhoid fever 352 Goldhawk road, Hammersmith 24 Dec. 1893. _bur._ Brompton cemetery 29 Dec., personalty declared at £48,477. _The little journal i_ 103–9 (1884); _Theatre xiii_ 15 (1889) _portrait_; _W. Archer’s Theatrical world_ (1893) 187; _Entr’acte annual_ (1893) 34 _portrait_; _Illust. sp. and dr. news 30 Dec. 1892 p._ 562 _portrait_; _The Era 30 Dec. 1893 p._ 11. NOTE.--At one time 22 companies were on tour in England and 6 in America playing his pieces. In Australia 6 of his plays were before the public and his name was on the bills of two London theatres. Six dramas in which he had collaborated were on in London the same evening. PETTITT, JOSEPH PAUL. _b._ Birmingham; landscape painter at Birmingham; member of Society of British artists, Suffolk st.; exhibited 6 pictures at R.A., 12 at B.I, and 97 at Suffolk st. gallery 1845–80; painted views of Swiss scenery for Joseph Gillott of Birmingham. _d._ Balsall Heath, near Birmingham 9 Sept. 1882. _Architect xxvii_ 182 (1882). PETTIT, WALTER. _b._ London 14 March 1835; studied at royal academy of music; violoncellist in the orchestra of Her Majesty’s theatre 1851, remained there many years; succeeded Charles Lucas as principal violoncello in Philharmonic orchestra 1861; took place of Guillaume Paque in Her Majesty’s private band 1876. _d._ London 11 Dec. 1882. _Grove’s Dictionary of music ii_ 696 (1880). PEVERELL, MARY ANN (dau. of Mr. Callow). _b._ London 17 July 1792; _m._ in parish church of St. Mary, Whitechapel 17 April 1814 John Peverell; lived for many years at Winchmore Hill, near Edmonton. _d._ Winchmore Hill 6 Jany. 1896 aged 103. _bur._ Edmonton parish churchyard 10 Jany. _Times 10 Jany. 1896 p._ 4. PEW, JAMES. _b._ Leith, Scotland 1793; clerk in the stores department Tower of London 1807; auditor to the vestry of Camberwell 1827, overseer of the poor 1829, vicar’s warden 1839–63, hon. sec. of the cholera committee 1839; a governor of Dulwich college; member for Camberwell of Metropolitan board of works 1858–69; chairman of Camberwell vestry, his portrait was placed in Camberwell vestry hall April 1860. _d._ Asiago, in the Italian Tyrol Sept. 1876. _bur._ Padua. _W. H. Blanch’s Parish of Camberwell_ (1877) 186–8 _portrait_. PEW, JOHN. Choirmaster to the Carl Rosa opera company 1873, brought the choir to a high state of efficiency, assistant conductor to the opera co.; conducted English opera in London and the provinces. _d._ Feb. 1890. PEYTON, SIR ALGERNON WILLIAM, 4 Baronet (1 son of sir Henry Peyton 1804–66). _b._ Woodstock 13 April 1833; educ. Eton 1847–50; cornet 1 life guards 19 Aug. 1851, captain 26 Feb. 1856, sold out 5 May 1869; master of the Bicester hounds 1861–3; succeeded 18 Feb. 1866; a driver of the Life guards’ coach; sheriff of Oxon. 1871. _d._ Swift’s house, Bicester, Oxon. 25 March 1872. _Baily’s Mag. xvi_ 51 (1869) _portrait_. PEYTON, SIR HENRY, 2 Baronet (1 son of sir Henry Dashwood Peyton, _d._ 1789). _b._ Narborough hall, near Swaffham, Norfolk 1 July 1779; succeeded May 1789; M.P. Cambridgeshire 5 May to 26 June 1802; a member of the Four-in-hand club; always took part in the procession of mail coaches on 1 May, the last procession was in 1838; a member of the Bedford driving club, drove a yellow coach and grey horses; introduced the metal cap at the bottom of the whip stick and the thumb ferule at the top of the leather hand piece; the first amateur whip in England with the exception of another Cambridgeshire baronet. _d._ Swift’s house, near Bicester 24 Feb. 1854. _bur._ in the family vault at Doddington 3 March. _G.M. xli_ 421 (1854); _Baily’s Mag. Jany. 1869 p._ 52; _Driving by the Duke of Beaufort_ (_Badminton library_ 1889) 189, 190, 236, 244, 274, 281, 282. NOTE.--Thackeray in alluding to him and his driving in the park, calls him The ancient charioteer who must soon depart. PEYTON, SIR HENRY, 3 Baronet (son of sir H. Peyton, _d._ 1854). _b._ Grafton st. London 30 June 1804; educ. Harrow 1816; matric. from Ch. Ch. Oxf. 29 April 1822; cornet 1 life guards 1 Nov. 1824; lieut. on h.p. 15 Aug. 1826; capt. Oxfordshire yeomanry; an accomplished whip; member of Four-in-hand club; M.P. Woodstock 1837–8; succeeded 24 Feb. 1854. _d._ Swift’s house, Bicester 18 Feb. 1866. _G.M. i_ 585 (1866). PEYTON, SIR THOMAS, 5 Baronet (2 son of rev. Algernon Peyton 1786–1868, a driver of coaches, rector of Doddington). _b._ 1817; educ. Eton 1832–5, and at Cambridge to 1838; drove coaches at Cambridge; ensign 14 Madras N.I. 26 June 1839, major 28 Oct. 1864 to 1 Oct. 1867; assistant quarter master general of Pegu division 6 Dec. 1864 to 1868, and of Hyderabad subsidiary force 1868–71; lieut. col. Madras staff corps 12 Dec. 1864; deputy Q.M.G. 29 Sept. 1871, retired as M.G. 3 Oct. 1872; succeeded his cousin sir Algernon Peyton 25 March 1872; a member of the Four-in-hand and Coaching clubs; a partner in the Windsor coach driving it five times a week; drove the Dorking coach two days a week. _d._ Swift’s house, Bicester 18 Feb. 1888. _Baily’s Mag. xli_ 125–7 (1883) _portrait_; _The Field 25 Feb. 1888 p._ 275. PFEIFFER, EMILY JANE (dau. of R. Davis of Oxfordshire, an officer in the army). _b._ 26 Nov. 1827; travelled in Asia and America; _m._ 1853 Jurgen Edward Pfeiffer, merchant in city of London, who _d._ Jany. 1889; author of The holly branch, an album 1843; Valioneria 1857; Margaret or the motherless 1861; Gerard’s monument 1873, 2 ed. 1878; Poems 1876; Glan Alarch 1877; Quarterman’s grave 1879; Sonnets and songs 1880, 2 ed. 1886; Under the aspens 1882; The rhyme of the lady of the rock 1884; Flying leaves from east and west 1885; Woman and work 1888; Flowers of the night 1889; a writer in the Contemporary review and other periodicals; established an orphanage; designed the endowment of a school of dramatic art; left money to trustees for the promotion of women’s higher education, £2,000 from this fund was allotted towards erecting at Cardiff the Aberdare hall for women-students of the university of South Wales, opened 1895. _d._ Mayfield, West hill, Putney 23 Jany.