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

introductory chapter by Captain C. B. Brackenbury, R.A._ 1870. BOSANQUET, JAMES WHATMAN (_2 son of Samuel Bosanquet of Forest house, Waltham forest, Essex 1768–1843_). _b._ 26 Jany. 1804; ed. at Westminster school; taken into his father’s bank 1822; F.R.A.S.; author of _Chronology of the times of Daniel, Ezra and Nehemiah_ 1848; _Messiah the Prince_ 1866, _2 ed._ 1869; _Hebrew chronology from Solomon to Christ_ 1867. _d._ Claysmore, Enfield 22 Dec. 1877. BOSANQUET, SAMUEL RICHARD (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ London 1 April 1800; ed. at Eton and Ch. Ch. Ox., B.A. 1822, M.A. 1829; barrister I.T. 5 May 1826; a revising barrister 1832; chairman of Monmouth quarter sessions 35 years; wrote many leading articles for _The Times_; author of _New system of logic_ 1839, _2 ed._ 1870; _The rights of the poor vindicated_ 1841; _Principia, a series of essays_ 1843; _Prophecies of Zechariah interpreted_ 1877; _Select interpretations of Scripture_ 1878. _d._ Dingestow court, Monmouth 27 Dec. 1882. BOSIO, ANGIOLINA. _b._ Turin 22 Aug. 1830; made her début at Teatro Rè, Milan in _I Due Foscari_ July 1846; sang in Paris 1848, in America 1849–51; sang at Covent Garden theatre London during seasons 1852 to 1855 and 1858; sang at the Lyceum theatre 1856 and 1857; première cantatrice to Imperial Court of St. Petersburg 1858 being the first singer to obtain that honour. _d._ St. Petersburg 12 April 1859. _E. C. Clayton’s Queens of song ii_, 317–29 (1863). BOSSEY, PETER (_eld. child of Francis Bossey, constructor in royal carriage department of Woolwich arsenal_). _b._ Woolwich 3 April 1806; apprenticed to Thomas Bayles of Woolwich; studied at United Borough hospital; L.S.A. 1826, M.R.C.S. 1828, F.R.C.S. 1852; surgeon to Convict hulk establishment at Woolwich to 1848 when he retired on pension; fellow of Med. and Chir. Soc. 1846; gave up practice 1857; author of many statistical reports and papers on diseases and mortality of prisoners printed in _Reports of Superintendent of Convict establishment at Woolwich_. _d._ Worthing 22 Dec. 1862. _Proc. of Royal Med. and Chir. Soc. iv_, 203–7 (1864). BOSTOCK, JAMES. Proprietor of Bostock and Wombwell’s menagerie, _d._ 12 April 1878 aged 63. BOSTON, FLORANCE GEORGE HENRY IRBY, 5 Baron. _b._ Florence 9 March 1837; sheriff of Anglesea 1865; succeeded 22 Dec. 1869. _d._ Porthamel Anglesey 4 Jany. 1877. BOSTON, GEORGE IRBY, 3 Baron. _b._ Grosvenor st. London 24 Dec. 1777; Cornet 1 Dragoons 1794, major 13 Light Dragoons 22 Jany. 1801 to 14 Aug. 1801; succeeded 23 March 1825. _d._ Hedsor lodge near Maidenhead 12 March 1856. BOSTON, GEORGE IVES IRBY, 4 Baron. _b._ Grosvenor st. London 14 Sep. 1802; succeeded 12 March 1856. _d._ Wilton crescent, London 22 Dec. 1869. BOSWELL, SIR JAMES, 2 Baronet (_son of Sir Alexander Boswell, 1 Baronet b. 1775 and killed by James Stuart in a duel 26 March 1822_). _b._ Dec. 1806. _d._ Auchinleck, Ayrshire 4 Nov. 1857. BOSWORTH, REV. JOSEPH. _b._ Derbyshire early in 1789; ed. at Repton gr. sch., Univ. of Aberdeen, and Trin. coll. Cam., B.A., M.A., and LLD. Aberdeen; B.D. at Cam. 1834, D.D. 1839; incorp. D.D. of Ch. Ch. Ox. 1858; V. of Horwood Parva, Bucks. 1817–29; chaplain at Amsterdam 1829–32 and at Rotterdam 1832–40; V. of Waith, Lincs. 1841–45 and 1848–58; R. of Water Stratford, Bucks. 1858–75; F.R.S. 4 June 1829; professor of Anglo Saxon in Univ. of Oxford 4 Nov. 1858 to death; made over to Univ. of Cam. by deed of gift in 1867 sum of £10,000 towards professorship of Anglo Saxon which was founded May 1878; author of _The elements of Anglo-Saxon Grammar_ 1823, earliest English work of the kind; _Anglo-Saxon dictionary_ 1838, _2 ed._ 1882; _Scandinavian literature_ 1839; _A compendious dictionary of Anglo-Saxon_ 1848, _5 ed._ 1882. _d._ 20 Beaumont St. Oxford 27 May 1876. _Academy 3 and 10 June 1876_; _Times 29 May 1876_, _p. 10, col. 4_. BOTFIELD, BERIAH (_eld. son of Beriah Botfield of Norton hall, Northamptonshire 1768–1813_). _b._ Earl’s Ditton, Salop. 5 March 1807; ed. at Harrow and Ch. Ch. Ox., B.A. 1828, M.A. 1847; sheriff of Northamptonshire 1831; M.P. for Ludlow 23 May 1840 to 23 July 1847 and 27 March 1857 to death; F.R.S. 17 Jany. 1839; F.S.A. 1839; a chevalier of order of Albert the Brave of Saxony; knight of order of Leopold of Belgium; member of Abbotsford, Bannatyne, Maitland, and Roxburgh clubs, and of Surtees Society, for all of which he edited books; set up a private printing-press at Norton hall, where he printed _Journal of a tour through the Highlands of Scotland [anon.]_ 1830; _Stemmata Botevilliana_ 1843; _Bibliotheca Hearneiana_ 1848; published _Notes on cathedral libraries of England_ 1849; _Prefaces to first editions of Greek and Roman classics_ 1861. _d._ 5 Grosvenor sq. London 7 Aug. 1863. _Stemmata Botevilliana_ (_2 ed._ 1858) 84–7, 156, _App._ 33, 479–96; _G.M. xv_, 645–7 (1863); _Numismatic Chronicle iv_, 17–18 (1864). BOTT, THOMAS. _b._ near Kidderminster 1829; a _portrait_ painter at Birmingham; one of principal artists of the Royal Porcelain works Worcester 1852; gained many prizes at Worcester School of Art; obtained distinction for his work in Worcester enamel, at Paris Exhibition 1855 and London Exhibition 1862; one of his best works is now in South Kensington Museum. _d._ Worcester 13 Dec. 1870. _Jewitt’s History of the Ceramic art in Great Britain_ (1883) 143–4 _and_ 150. BOTTRELL, WILLIAM (_son of Wm. Vingoe Bottrell of Raftra, St. Levan, Cornwall, farmer 1790–1876_). _b._ Raftra 7 March 1816; learnt farming under his father; English master in the Seminary of Quebec, Canada Sep. 1847 to 1851; author of _Traditions and hearthside stories of West Cornwall_ 1870, _2 series_ 1873; communicated upwards of 50 of the “Drolls” to Robert Hunt for his _Popular romances of the west of England 2 vols._ 1865. _d._ Dove st. St. Ives 27 Aug. 1881. BOUCH, SIR THOMAS (_3 son of Wm. Bouch, captain in merchant service_). _b._ Thursby, Cumberland 22 Feb. 1822; manager and engineer of Edinburgh and Northern railway 1849; made floating railways for goods trains over rivers Forth and Tay; constructed a number of remarkable bridges chiefly railway, in all of which he made use of the lattice girder; designed railway bridge over river Tay, completed 22 Sep. 1877, opened 31 May 1878, the central portion of this bridge fell into the river carrying with it an entire train and its load of about 70 passengers 28 Dec. 1879; designed railway bridge over river Forth begun 30 Sep. 1878, work was stopped after above accident; A.I.C.E. 3 Dec. 1850, M.I.C.E. 11 May 1858; presented with freedom of Dundee 31 May 1878; knighted at Windsor Castle 26 June 1879. _d._ Moffat, Dumfriesshire 30 Oct. 1880. _Min. of Proc. of Instit. of C.E. lxiii_, 301–308 (1881); _I.L.N. lxxvii_, 468 (1880), _portrait_. BOUCHER, REV. JOHN (_son of Mr. Boucher of Moneyrea, near Belfast, tenant-farmer_). _b._ 1819; ed. at Belfast academy 1837–42; Unitarian minister at Southport 1842, at Glasgow to 1848 and at the New Gravel Pit chapel Hackney, London 1848–53 when he entered at St. John’s coll. Cam. to read for orders in Church of England, B.A. 1857; one of trustees of Dr. Williams’s library: a member of the presbyterian board; published a sermon on _The present religious crisis_ 1850. _d._ Chesterton near Cambridge 12 March