Modern English biography

648, 649 (1866), _portrait_; _Graphic_, _ix_ 191, 196 (1874), _portrait_; _A generation of Judges by Their Reporter_ (1886) 183–9. KARSLAKE, WILLIAM HEBERDEN (1 son of William Karslake, V. of Culmstock, Devon 1811, _d._ 1861). _b._ 1809; ed. at the Charterhouse and Oriel coll. Oxf., B.A. 1830; R. of Meshaw and Creacombe, Devon 29 Oct. 1832 to death; preb. of Exeter cath. 1875 to death; R.D. of South Molton to death, chairman of quarter sessions; banquet given to him at South Molton 24 Oct. 1878 when he was presented with 300 guineas to restore Meshaw ch.; found dead in his bed at Meshaw rectory 29 Oct. 1878. _Mozley’s Reminiscences_, _ii_ 123–9 (1882); _The Guardian 30 Oct. 1878 p._ 1506. KATER, EDWARD. F.R.S. 19 Nov. 1840; M.R.I.A.; lived at 46 Sussex gardens, London. _d._ 1866. KATON, JAMES EDWARD (only son of James Katon, vice admiral, _d._ 1845). _b._ 18 Nov. 1810; entered navy 5 Nov. 1823; captain 1 Jany. 1856, retired 1 July 1864; retired admiral 27 March 1885. _d._ St. Thomas’s house, Ryde, Isle of Wight 20 Dec. 1886. KAVANAGH, ARTHUR MACMORROUGH (3 son of Thomas Kavanagh 1767–1837, M.P. for co. Carlow). _b._ Borris house, co. Carlow 25 March 1831 with only the rudiments of arms and legs; became a good driver, rider, angler, shooter, draughtsman and painter; acted as a volunteer scout during Smith O’Brien’s rebellion 1848; went to India by way of Russia and Persia 1849–51; succeeded to the family estates 1854 on death of his brother Charles Kavanagh; rebuilt villages of Borris and Ballyragget 1855–6; subsidised and managed railway from Borris to Bagnalstown 1858 etc.; sheriff of Kilkenny 1856 and of Carlow 1857; M.P. for co. Wexford 1866–68; M.P. co. Carlow 1868–80; lord lieut. of co. Carlow 1880; initiated the Irish land committee 1882, founded the Land corporation 1883; P.C. Ireland 1886; author of The cruise of the R.Y.S. Eva. Dublin 1865. _d._ 19 Tedworth sq. Chelsea, London 25 Dec. 1889. _bur._ in ruined church on Ballycopigan, Borris. _Sarah L. Steele’s A. M. Kavanagh_ (1891), _portrait_; _Blackwood’s Mag. March 1891 pp._ 429–44; _The Lancet 14 March 1891 p._ 608. KAVANAGH, JULIA (only child of the succeeding). _b._ Thurles 1824; lived with her parents in Paris to 1844; wrote tales and essays for periodicals; author of The three paths 1847; Women in France during the eighteenth century 2 vols. 1850; Women of christianity 1852; A summer and winter in the Two Sicilies 2 vols. 1858; English women of letters 1862; French women of letters 2 vols. 1862; Queen Mab 3 vols. 1863; Dora 3 vols. 1868; Bessie 3 vols. 1872; Two lilies 3 vols. 1877. _d._ Nice 28 Oct. 1877, portrait by Chanet placed in national gallery of Ireland