Modern English biography

IRWIN, FREDERICK CHIDLEY. Ensign 83 foot 25 March 1808, served in Peninsula 1809–14; capt. 63 regt. 1828–42; commandant in Western Australia 28 June 1836 to 15 Dec. 1854; lieut. col. on h.p. 15 Dec. 1854, sold out 29 Aug. 1856; K.H. 1836; war medal and 9 clasps. _d._ Cheltenham 31 March 1860. IRWIN, WILLIAM. _b._ 3 Dec. 1810; ensign 88 foot 3 Nov. 1827, major 18 Jany. 1848 to 26 Dec. 1851; lieut. col. 3 West India regiment 26 Dec. 1851 to 7 June 1854 when placed on h.p.; A.Q.M.G. Kilkenny district 1854–56; col. of 34 foot 2 Aug. 1875, of 88 foot 9 April 1879 to death; general 1 Oct. 1877; placed on retired list 3 Dec. 1880. _d._ St. Catherine’s park, Leixlip, Kildare 22 Dec. 1889. ISAAC, SAMUEL (son of Lewis Isaac of Poole, Dorset). _b._ Chatham 1815; army contractor in London as Isaac, Campbell and Co. 1850–63, merchant in London 1863–71; their ships during 1861–65 were employed as blockade runners in supplying the southern states of the U.S. of America with military stores; ruined on the conclusion of the war 1865; raised the 5th Northampton rifle corps from his factory at Northampton 1860, captain commandant 3 March 1860, major 1868–74; purchased rights of promoters of Mersey tunnel 1880 and completed the boring 17 Jany. 1884, opened by Prince of Wales 20 Jany. 1886; formed a collection of paintings containing many by B. W. Leader. _d._ 29 Warrington crescent, Maida vale, London 22 Nov. 1886, left £203,084 17s. 9d. _Jewish Chronicle 26 Nov. 1886 p._ 10; _Times 26 Nov. 1886 p._ 6; _I.L.N. 30 Jany. 1886 p._ 111. ISAACS, ELIAS, commonly called Liley Isaacs, attorney in City of London 1797 to 1860; great criminal lawyer. _d._ 1860 aged 85. ISAACS, REBECCA (dau. of John Isaacs of Covent Garden theatre, actor and bass singer 1791–1830). _b._ London 26 June 1828; first appeared on the stage at The City theatre, Milton st. London as Fanny in The barn burners 17 March 1835; played Mother Bunch in Planche’s burletta Riquet with the Tuft at the Olympic theatre 26 Dec. 1836; travelled with the Distins as a singer under the name of Miss Zuchilli 1838; appeared as Albert at Covent garden 3 Dec. 1838 to Macready’s William Tell; acted at Drury lane taking the chief roles in English operas 1846, at the Surrey theatre 1847; appeared as Amina at Sadler’s Wells; sang in the provinces and in Dublin and appeared in operas with Sims Reeves; took Louisa Pyne’s part Eolia in the Mountain Sylph at Drury lane June 1852; directress of operas at the Strand theatre 1852–3 and 1855; the original Leila in Satanella at Covent Garden 1858; her voice was a soprano of great compass and exceeding sweetness. (_m._ Thomas Roberts, acting manager who _d._ 6 June 1876 aged 44). _d._ London 21 April 1877. _bur._ Woking cemetery 24 April. _The Players_, _iii_ 279–80, 289 (1860), _portrait_; _Era 29 April 1877 p._ 5. ISBISTER, ALEXANDER KENNEDY (eld. son of Thomas Isbister an officer of Hudson Bay Co.) _b._ Fort Cumberland, Canada 1822; in service of Hudson Bay Co.; studied at universities of Aberdeen and Edinburgh, M.A. Edin. 1858; second master East Islington proprietary school 1849 and master 1850–55; head master Jews’ coll. Finsbury sq. 1855–8; master Stationers’ Co. sch. 1858–82; connected with College of preceptors from 1851, editor of the Educational Times 1862, dean of the college 1872 to death; barrister M.T. 17 Nov. 1864; LL.B. of univ. of Lond. 1866; author of Elements of book-keeping 1850; A proposal for a new penal settlement in British North America 1850; The illustrated public school speaker 1870 and many other school books. _d._ 20 Milner sq. Islington 28 May 1883. _Journal of education_, _July 1883 p._ 247. ISELIN, JOHN FREDERICK. Ed. at C.C. coll. Cam., B.A. 1855, M.A. 1858; assistant director for science, science and art department, South Kensington to death. _d._ Rosenfeld, Streatham 1 Nov. 1884 aged 52. ISHAM, REV. ARTHUR (only son of Rev. Henry Charles Isham 1777–1833). _b._ 23 July 1809; ed. at Ch. Ch. Oxf., B.A. 1832, M.A. 1835; fellow of All Souls’ coll. 1832–7; R. of Weston-Turville, Bucks. 1837–76; author of Jacob and Israel, Ephraim and Judah or the use of these titles with reference to the destiny of God’s ancient people 1854; Ecclesiastical outlines or suggestions for the abatement of schism 1857; An historical interpretation of the Revelation of John 1890. _d._ Cawood, Reigate 4 Feb. 1892. IVES, REV. CORNELIUS (son of Thomas Horatio Ives of Horstead, Norfolk). _b._ 18 July 1793; ed. at Rugby and Ex. coll. Ox.; B.A. 1815, M.A. 1818; R. of Bradden, Northants. 10 Feb. 1818 to death; author of A compendious history of the church of God to the end of the seventeenth century 1820; Sermons composed for a country congregation. Oxford 1832; edited W. Van Mildert’s Sermons and charges 1838. _d._ Bradden house 15 Nov. 1883. IVIMEY, JOSEPH. _b._ 1803; admitted a solicitor 1825; practised at 7 Harpur st. Red lion sq. London, next at 89 Chancery lane, then at 30 Southampton buildings and lastly at 8 Staple inn; one of the promoters of Anti-corn law league 1839, solicitor to that body 1839–46. _d._ New lodge near Lymington 4 Oct. 1878. IVISON, HENRY. _b._ Glasgow 25 Dec. 1808; went to U.S. of A. 1820; apprenticed to Wm. Williams of Utica, bookbinder; established house of H. Ivison and Co. in Auburn, New York about 1830; publisher in New York 1846–80; one of the largest publishers of educational works in the United States, having a list of over 300 school books. _d._ New York 26 Nov. 1884. _Appleton’s American Biog. iii_ 370 (1887), _portrait_. IVORY, JAMES (son of Thomas Ivory, watchmaker). _b._ Dundee 1792; ed. at univ. of Edin.; called to Scottish bar 1816; one of deputies of lord advocate Francis Jeffrey 1830; sheriff of Caithness 1832–3; sheriff of Bute 26 June 1833; solicitor general of Scotland 20 April 1839; one of lords of session 9 May 1840, resigned Oct. 1862; one of lords of justiciary 24 May 1849 to Oct. 1862 with title of Lord Ivory; F.R.S. Edin. _d._ 9 Ainslie place, Edinburgh 17 Oct. 1866. _Norrie’s Dundee Celebrities_ (1873) 273; _Journal of Jurisprudence_, _x_ 330–32 (1866). NOTE.--His son Thomas Ivory, advocate, threw himself over the Dean bridge, Leith, Edinburgh 6 May 1882. J JABLONSKI, LEON. _b._ Strjakow, Poland about 1806; entered Polish army and fought for the liberation of Poland; lived at Dijon in France; engaged in tuition in Edinburgh; a merchant in London; author of an English translation of the well-known Polish poem ‘Conrad Wallenrod’ by A. Mickiewicz 1841, this was reprinted in Polish, French and English 1851. _d._ Dijon 2 Oct. 1853. JACK, ALEXANDER (son of rev. William Jack _d._ 9 Feb. 1854). _b._ 19 Oct. 1805; ensign 30 Bengal N.I. 23 May 1824, major 1846–51; brigadier of force sent against Kangra in the Punjab 1847; commanded a battalion in second Sikh war, present at Aliwal, Chillianwalla and Goojerat; lieut. col. 33 Bengal N.I. 18 Dec. 1851; lieut. col. 42 Bengal light infantry 1853; lieut. col. 34 Bengal N.I. 1856 to death; brigadier at Cawnpore 8 Aug. 1856 to death; C.B. 9 June 1849; published Six views of Kot Kangra sketched on the spot 1847; _shot_ by the mutineers at Cawnpore 27 June 1857. _Mowbray Thomason’s Story of Cawnpore_ (1859) 62, _etc._; _Kaye’s Indian mutiny_, _ii_ 217–68 (1889). JACK, REV. ALEXANDER (son of rev. Robert Jack of Manchester). _b._ Linlithgow 16 June 1794; ed. at Edin. univ. and at Divinity hall, Selkirk; presbyterian minister Dunbar 1818–64; D.D. of an American univ. 1862. _d._ Musselburgh near Edinburgh 5 Aug.