Modern English biography, volume 1 (of 4), A-H by Frederic Boase

BERNARD, WILLIAM SMYTH (_4 son of 1 Earl of Bandon 1755–1830_). _b._ Castle Bernard, King’s County 14 Nov. 1792; sheriff of Cork 1820; M.P. for Bandon 15 Dec. 1832 to death. _d._ Queenstown 6 Feb. 1863. BERNAYS, ADOLPHUS. Professor of German language and literature at King’s College London 1831–63; F.R.G.S. 1858; author of _German poetry for beginners_ 1836; _German poetical anthology_ 1843; _German historical anthology_ 1846 and 6 other school books. _d._ The rectory, Great Stanmore 22 Dec. 1864. BERNAYS, REV. LEOPOLD JOHN (_eld. son of the preceding_). _b._ 28 Dec. 1820; ed. at Merchant Taylors and St. John’s coll. Ox., B.A. 1843, M.A. 1846, fellow of his college; head master of Elstree school 1847–60; R. of Great Stanmore, Middlesex 1860 to death; author of _Translation of Goethe’s Faust, part 2 and other poems_ 1839; _Manual of family prayers and meditations_ 1845; _The church in the schoolroom_, 1851. _d._ The rectory, Great Stanmore 25 Oct. 1882. BERNCASTLE, JULIUS. Educ. at Univ. of Paris and Guy’s hospital London; assistant colonial surgeon Van Diemen’s Land 1841–42; surgeon at Croydon, Surrey 1842–48; surgeon to Croydon union and infirmary 1842–48 when presented by medical profession with a purse of gold; practised in London 1851–54; an oculist and aurist at Sydney 1854 and at Melbourne 1867 to death; author of _A voyage to China 2 vols._ 1850; _The revolt of the Bengal Sepoys_ 1857; _The defenceless state of Sydney_ 1865; _Australian snake bites; The use and abuse of tobacco_ [_Two lectures_] 1868. _d._ Greville place, Prahran, Victoria 30 June 1870 in 51 year. BERNERS, REV. HENRY WILSON, 5 Baron. _b._ 1 Oct. 1762; R. of Alexton, Leics. 1814 to death; R. of Kirby-Cane, Norfolk 1820 to 1845; succeeded 25 March 1838. _d._ Kirby-Cane 26 Feb. 1851. BERNERS, HENRY WILLIAM WILSON, 6 Baron. _b._ Kirby-Cane hall, Norfolk 23 Feb. 1797; ed. at Eton and Em. coll. Cam.; built Keythorpe hall, co. Leicester 1842; succeeded 26 Feb. 1851; pres. of Royal agricultural society 1859 and of Smithfield club 1860 and 1861; a successful breeder of sheep and shorthorns; a great hawker and hunter. _d._ Keythorpe hall 27 June 1871. _Illust. news of the world ii_, (1858), _portrait_; _I.L.N. xxviii_, 74 (1858), _portrait_. BERNERS, VENERABLE HENRY DENNY (_2 son of Charles Berners of Woolverstone park, Suffolk 1740–1815_). _b._ 18 Sep. 1769; ed. at St. Mary hall Ox., B.C.L. 1794; R. of Erwarton, Suffolk 1801–35; archdeacon of Suffolk 27 Feb. 1819 to 12 Jany. 1846. _d._ Woolverstone park, 24 Jany. 1852. BERNEY, SIR HANSON, 8 Baronet. _b._ Kirby-Bedon, Norfolk 3 Dec. 1780; succeeded 4 Oct. 1825. _d._ 7 Sep. 1870. BERNSTORFF, ALBRECHT GRAF VON, BARON. _b._ Dreilükow, Mecklenburg 22 March 1809; Prussian minister in London 1 May 1854; minister for foreign affairs at Berlin July 1861 to Oct. 1862; Prussian ambassador in London Oct. 1862; ambassador of North German confederation Feb. 1867 and of German empire 24 Feb. 1871 to death. _d._ 9 Carlton house terrace, London 26 March 1873. _Illust. news of the world i_, 10 (1858), _portrait_. BERRI, AMY D’ARTOIS, Duchesse de (_dau. of Rev. Joseph Brown of Maidstone, Kent who d. 8 April 1824 aged 77 by Mary Anne Deacon who d. 10 March 1806 aged 59_). _b._ Maidstone 8 April 1783 _m._ at the Catholic church King st. Portman sq. London 1806, Charles Ferdinand d’Artois Duc de Berri son of Comte d’Artois afterwards Charles x, he was _b._ 24 Jany. 1778 and was assassinated by Louvel on the steps of the Opera house Paris 13 Feb. 1820, the marriage was annulled by Louis xviii in 1815. _d._ Château de la Contrie, commune de Couffé, Loire-Inférieure France 7 May 1876. _Les secrets des Bourbons par C. Nauroy_ (1882) 5–62; _Bingham’s Marriages of the Bonapartes ii_, 198–200 (1881). BERRIDGE, JAMES SAMUEL. _b._ 1806; Educ. at the Charter House and Trin. hall Cam.; pres. of legislative council St. Christopher 1846, puisne judge Court of Queen’s Bench and Common Pleas 1847, chairman of Board of Health 1860, postmaster 1860, pres. of legislative assembly 1870; pres. of St. Christopher April 1872 to death; member of executive council of Leeward Islands 1872. _d._ Limekiln, St. Kitts 5 Nov. 1885. BERRY, JAMES MIDDLETON. Librarian to the Queen 1839 to death. _d._ Manchester 25 Oct. 1875 aged 72. BERRY, AGNES (_younger dau. of Robert Berry of London, merchant who d. 18 May 1817_). _b._ Kirkbridge, Yorkshire 29 May 1764; travelled on the Continent with her sister Mary 1783–85 and 1802. _d._ 8 Curzon st. London 29 Jany. 1852. _Extracts from the Journals of Miss Berry, edited by Lady T. Lewis_, 2 _ed. vol._ 1 (1866), _portrait_. BERRY, ALEXANDER. _b._ Fifeshire 30 Nov. 1781; member of legislative council of New South Wales 1829; member of the upper house 1856–61. _d._ Sydney 17 Sep. 1873. BERRY, REV. CHARLES (_3 son of Rev. John Berry, Independent minister at Romsey, Hants who d. about 1821_). _b._ Romsey 10 Nov. 1783; ed. at Homerton college; Unitarian minister of the Great meeting Leicester 1803–59; kept a school at Leicester 1808–38, had many distinguished pupils; one of founders of Leicester literary and philosophical society and of Leicester town museum; author of _The duty of national thanksgiving_ 1812; _Funeral sermon for Queen Caroline_ 1821; _Remarks on Popery_ 1851. _d._ Olive Mount, Wavertree, Liverpool 4 May 1877. _Remembrance of Rev. C. Berry by J. C._ (_James Clephan_) 1877. BERRY, REV. CORNELIUS (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ Romsey 23 July 1788; ed. at Homerton college; Independent minister at Ware, Herts 1 Oct. 1809 to 30 Sep. 1810, at Hatfield Heath, Essex 31 March 1811 to death; ordained 9 Oct. 1811. _d._ 5 Mathon place, Richmond road, Barnsbury, London 8 Sep. 1864. _Biographical sketch of the Rev. C. Berry by John Hayden_ 1865. BERRY, MARY (_sister of Agnes Berry_). _b._ Kirkbridge, Yorkshire 16 March 1763; travelled on the Continent 1783–85 and 1802; became acquainted with Horace Walpole 1788 who left her at his death 2 March 1797 sum of £4000 and house called Little Strawberry Hill; engaged to General O’Hara 1796; edited _The works of Horace Walpole 5 vols._ 1798 on which her father’s name appears as editor; author of _Fashionable Friends_, a comedy in 5 acts produced at Drury Lane theatre 22 April 1802; _A comparative view of the social condition of England and France_ 1828; _Social life in England and France from the French revolution in 1789 to that of July 1830_ [_anon._] 1831. _d._ 8 Curzon st. London at midnight 20 Nov. 1852. _H. Martineau’s Biographical sketches, 4 ed._ (1876) 293–98; _Extracts from the Journals of Miss Berry, edited by Lady T. Lewis, 2 ed. 3 vols._ 1866, 3 _portraits_; _I.L.N. xxi_, 517 (1852), _portrait_. BERRY, WILLIAM. Writing clerk to Registrar of College of arms 1793–1809; lived in Guernsey some years then at Doddington place, Kennington, Surrey; author of _Introduction to heraldry_ 1810; _History of the island of Guernsey_ 1815; _Genealogica antiqua or mythological and classical fables_ 1816; _Encyclopædia heraldica 4 vols._ 1828; _Pedigrees of the families in the County of Kent_ 1830, _Sussex_ 1830, _Hampshire_ 1833, _Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Surrey_ 1837, _Essex_ 1839, _Hertfordshire_ 1842, the 3 last of these books were produced by means of lithography. _d._ Spencer place, Brixton 2 July 1851 in 77 year. _G.M. xcix_; _pt._ 2, 99–101 (1829), _c, pt._ 2, 409–16 (1830), _xxxviii_, 101 (1852). BERTINI, HENRI JÉRÔME. _b._ London 28 Oct. 1798; celebrated pianist, excelled in phrasing and execution; gave concerts in the Netherlands 1811; made a professional tour through England and Scotland; settled in Paris 1821, retired about 1855; composed nearly 200 pieces of music. _d._ Meylan near Grenoble 1 Oct. 1876. BERWICK, RICHARD NOEL NOEL HILL, 5 Baron. _b._ Betton, Shropshire 21 Nov. 1800; succeeded 28 Sep. 1848. _d._ Cronkhill near Shrewsbury 12 April 1861. BERWICK, WILLIAM NOEL NOEL HILL, 6 Baron. _b._ 6 July 1802; ensign 3 Foot 13 Nov. 1817; major 69 Foot 4 Dec. 1835 to 30 Oct. 1840 when placed on h.p.; colonel 20 June 1854; succeeded 12 April 1861. _d._ Attingham hall near Shrewsbury 24 Nov. 1882. BERWICK, EDWARD. Called to Irish bar 1832; pres. of Queen’s college Galway 1845 to death. _d._ Queen’s college, Galway 7 March 1877. BERWICK, WALTER (_son of Rev. Edward Berwick, R. of Esker Lucan, co. Dublin_). Called to Irish bar 1826; chairman of quarter sessions for Waterford 1835–47, for east riding of co. Cork 1847–59; Q.C. 6 Feb. 1840, bencher of King’s Inns 1856; serjeant at law 1855; judge of Irish Bankruptcy court 1859 to death; burned alive in the train at Abergele, Denbighshire 20 Aug. 1868 the most terrible railway accident that ever happened in this country. The Berwick Art Club was established in Dublin to perpetuate his memory Oct.