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

BOUVERIE, SIR HENRY FREDERICK (_youngest son of Edward Bouverie 1738–1810, M.P. for New Sarum_). _b._ 11 July 1783; ed. at Eton; ensign 2 Foot Guards 23 Oct. 1799, major 18 Jany. 1820 to 27 May 1825; assistant adjutant general to 4 division of the army 1810; governor of Malta 1 Oct. 1836 to 14 June 1843; L.G. 28 June 1838; col. of 1 West India regiment 13 May 1842 and of 97 Foot 21 Nov. 1843 to death; K.C.B. 5 Jany. 1815, G.C.B. 6 April 1852, G.C.M.G. 28 Sep. 1836. _d._ Woolbeding house near Midhurst, Sussex 14 Nov. 1852. BOUVERIE, VENERABLE WILLIAM ARUNDELL (_brother of Rev. Edward Bouverie_). _b._ 6 Feb. 1797; ed. at Eton and Ch. Ch. Ox., B.A. 1817, M.A. 1820, B.D. 1829; fellow of Merton coll.; R. of West Tytherley, Hants. 1829–39; R. of Denton, Norfolk 1839 to death; hon. canon of Norwich 1847 to death; archdeacon of Norfolk 20 Dec. 1850 to 1869. _d._ Denton rectory 23 Sep. 1877. BOUVIER, AUGUSTUS JULES (_son of Jules Bouvier of London, painter 1800–67_). Painter of figure subjects in water colours in London; member of New Society of Painters in water colours 1853; exhibited 55 pictures at Suffolk st. gallery 1845–65. _d._ 56 Alexandra road, St. John’s Wood, London 20 Jany. 1881 aged 54. BOVILL, GEORGE HINTON (_son of Benjamin Bovill of Durnsford lodge, Wimbledon who d. 1864_). _b._ London 1821; member of firm of Swayne and Co. of Millwall, makers of railway wheels and machinery; introduced important improvements in grinding of corn by use of an air blast and exhaust between the millstones 1849; connected with Millwall iron works; constructed the iron forts at Plymouth; took out a patent dated 5 June 1849 for ‘Improvements in the manufacture of flour,’ there was a very long litigation about this patent which lasted 12 years 1856–68 and cost £60,000, the judges not being able to settle meaning of the words “my invention relates only to sucking away the plenum of dusty air forced through the stones.” _d._ Malvern 9 May 1868. _W. W. Wynne’s The Bovill patent_ 1873. BOVILL, SIR WILLIAM (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ Allhallows, Barking, London 26 May 1814; articled in office of Willis and Co. solicitors Tokenhouse yard; pupil of Wm. Fry Channell; practised as special pleader; barrister M.T. 15 Jany. 1841, bencher 1855, treasurer 1866; went the Home circuit; largely engaged in commercial cases in which he was unsurpassed; Q.C. 1855; M.P. for Guildford 28 March 1857 to 29 Nov. 1866; Petition of right act 23 and 24 Vict. cap. 34 and Partnership law amendment act 28 and 29 Vict. cap. 86 are known as Bovill’s acts; solicitor general 10 July 1866; knighted at Osborne 26 July 1866; serjeant at law 29 Nov. 1866; lord chief justice of Court of Common Pleas 29 Nov. 1866 to death; P.C. 28 Dec. 1866; F.R.S. 9 May 1867; hon. D.C.L. Ox. 1870; tried ejectment case of Tichborne _v._ Lushington 11 May 1871 to 6 March 1872 when he ordered the plaintiff to be indicted for perjury; he is one of the three clerks drawn by John Oxenford in his first dramatic piece _My fellow clerks_ 1835. _d._ Combe house, near Kingston on Thames 1 Nov. 1873. _I.L.N. xlix_, 569 (1866), _portrait, lxiii_, 447, 614 (1873). BOVILL, WILLIAM JOHN (_only son of Wm. Bovill of Upper Tooting, Surrey, solicitor._) _b._ Dec. 1810; solicitor at Upper Tooting 1833–5 and at 24 Essex st. Strand, London 1835–46; barrister M.T. 29 Jany. 1847; admitted ad eundem at L.I. 31 Jany. 1850; Q.C. 8 Feb. 1872; bencher of L.I. 8 May 1872. _d._ Bath 3 March 1882. BOWATER, SIR EDWARD (_only son of Edward Bowater of Hampton Court Middlesex, admiral R.N._) _b._ St. James’s palace, London 13 July 1787; ed. at Harrow; ensign 3 Foot Guards 31 March 1804, major 12 Oct. 1826 to 10 Jany. 1837; served in Peninsula and at Waterloo; equerry to William iv, 1831–37; equerry to Prince Albert 1840–46; groom in waiting in ordinary to the Queen 3 March 1846; colonel 49 Foot 24 April 1846 to death; general 20 June 1854, K.C.H. 1837. _d._ Cannes, France 14 Dec. 1861. _Miscellanea geneal. et herald. n.s. ii_, 177–9; _Martin’s Life of the Prince Consort v_, 405, 417. BOWDEN, HANNAH (_dau. of John Finch Marsh of Croydon_). _b._ London 1823; wrote poetry in _The Peace Advocate_. (_m._ Sep. 1857 James Bowden, recording clerk of Society of Friends). _d._ Croydon 3 July 1859. _Poetical remains of Hannah Bowden edited by her sister_ [_Priscilla Marsh_] 1860. BOWDEN, REV. JOHN EDWARD (_eld. son of John Wm. Bowden, of Wimbledon, Surrey who d. 15 Sep. 1844 aged 46_). _b._ London 24 April 1829; ed. at Eton 1841–6 and Trin. coll. Ox.; joined Church of Rome 1848; novice at Oratory of St. Wilfrid’s Cotton hall, Staffs. 2 Feb. 1849, went to King Wm. st. Strand, London with the other Fathers May 1849; ordained priest 1852; edited _Notes on doctrinal and spiritual subjects by F. W. Faber 2 vols._ 1866; _The spiritual works of Louis of Blois_ 1871; author of _The life and letters of Frederick Wm. Faber_ 1869. _d._ the Oratory, Brompton, London 14 Dec. 1874. BOWDICH, EDWARD HOPE SMITH (_son of Thomas Edward Bowdich, African traveller 1791–1824_). _b._ 16 Feb. 1822; ed. at Merchant Taylors’ school 1829–38; entered Bombay army 1838; served in Persian campaign under Sir James Outram 1856–7, and Indian mutiny 1857–9; commandant 7 Bombay N.I. 1 Jany. 1862 to 31 Dec. 1874 when he retired on full pay; M.G. 23 Jany. 1875. _d._ 58 Harley st. London 5 Feb. 1882. BOWDLER, HENRY. Entered Madras army 1797; col. 21 N.I. 24 Dec. 1835 to death; M.G. 28 June 1838. _d._ Dublin 6 June 1851. BOWDLER, REV. THOMAS (_eld. son of John Bowdler of Eltham, Kent 1746–1823_). _b._ 13 March 1780; ed. at Hyde Abbey sch. near Winchester and St. John’s coll. Cam., B.A. 1803, M.A. 1806; C. of Leyton, Essex 1803–6; Incumbent of Hopton-Wafers, Salop 1806, of Ash, Kent 1809, of Ridley, Kent 1809, of Addington, Kent to 1832, and of St. Bartholomews, Sydenham 1832–43; sec. to Incorporated Church building society 1846 to death; preb. of St. Paul’s 7 Dec. 1849 to death; author of _A pastor’s address to his flock_ 1818, _4 ed._ 1822; _Sermons on the nature, offices and character of Jesus Christ 2 vols._ 1818–20; _Quid Romæ faciam_ 1841, _2 ed._ 1842; _Sermons on the privileges, responsibilities and duties of members of the Gospel covenant 2 vols._ 1845–46. _d._ 2 Onslow sq. Brompton, London 11 Nov. 1856. _An account of a memorial to the late Rev. T. Bowdler with memoir_ 1858; _G.M. ii_, 241–2 (1857). BOWEN, FRANCIS NATHANIEL BURTON (_son of Edward Bowen, chief justice of Canada_). _b._ Canada 1822; ed. at Univ. of Edin., M.B. 1854; assistant surgeon Coldstream Guards 22 Dec. 1854 to 2 Dec. 1859 when placed on h.p.; surgeon in Military school Dublin; practised in London 1862 to death; assisted Spencer Wells in his private practice; published some interesting papers 1866 on _Cancer of the Peritoneum_ and _Fatty degeneration of the walls of Ovarian Cysts_. _d._ 28 Oct. 1868. BOWEN, HERBERT. Entered Bengal army 1795; lieut. col. commandant 51 N.I. 28 Nov. 1826; col. 34 N.I. 5 Jany. 1829 to 2 April 1834; col. 55 N.I. 2 April 1834 to 1842 and col. 19 N.I. 1842 to death; M.G. 28 June 1838; C.B. 20 July 1838. _d._ Montagu sq. London 16 Oct. 1851 aged 70. BOWEN, REV. JEREMIAH. Educ. at All Souls’ coll. Ox., B.A. 1825; R. of West Lynn, Norfolk 1830–63; R. of Walton-Lewes, Norfolk 24 Feb. 1863 to death; author of _The Resurrection defended against the objections of the Mental improvement society_ 1838; _The war abroad and the Church at home_ 1854; _Starlight and other poems by Walton Lewes pseud._ 1869; _St. Cross and other poems by Walton Lewes_ 1872. _d._ 1875. BOWEN, RIGHT REV. JOHN (_son of Thomas Bowen, captain 85 Foot who d. 1844._) _b._ Court near Fishguard, Pembrokeshire 21 Nov. 1815; ed. at Haverfordwest; went to Canada April 1835; farmed land at Dunville on shores of Lake Erie 1835–42; entered at Trin. coll. Dublin Jany. 1843, B.A. 1847, LL.B. and LLD. 1857; ordained deacon in Ripon Cathedral 20 Sep. 1846, and priest 19 Sep. 1847; C. of Knaresborough 1848–50; R. of Orton Longueville, Hunts. 1853–57; Bishop of Sierra Leone 10 Aug. 1857 to death; consecrated at Lambeth 21 Sep. 1857; sailed for his diocese 26 Nov. 1857. _d._ Freetown, Sierra Leone 28 May 1859. _Memorials of John Bowen compiled from his letters and journals by his sister_ 1862; _G. M. vii_, 187–8 (1859). BOWER, GEORGE HENRY KERR. _b._ 1817; entered navy March 1828; commanded the Osborne yacht 1856–64; master attendant Gosport victualling yard 1 Dec. 1864 to 1869; retired captain 15 June 1870; knight of the Legion of Honour; C.B. 13 March 1867; author of _Drops from the ocean, or life under the Pennant_ 1879. _d._ York crescent Lower Norwood 26 Aug. 1883. BOWER, HAROLD ELYOTT. Paris correspondent of _Morning Post_ 1848 to 1852 and of _Morning Advertiser_ 1852 to death; killed Saville Morton, Paris correspondent of _Morning Advertiser_ by stabbing him in Paris 1 Oct. 1852, tried in Paris for murder 27 Dec. 1852 when acquitted. _d._ 142 Rue de la Tour, Passy, Paris 8 Dec. 1884 aged 69. _Annual Register_ (1852) 402–407. BOWER, JOSHUA. Crown and bottle glass manufacturer at Hunslet near Leeds; one of the largest toll farmers in England, having at one time nearly all turnpikes between Leeds and London besides numerous others; took a conspicuous part in most of the political movements of his time; contested Leeds 17 Feb. 1834; a member of Leeds town council 1835 to death, and alderman Nov. 1844 to death; proprietor of extensive coal mines. _d._ Hillidge house Hunslet 7 Sep. 1855 aged 82. BOWERBANK, JAMES SCOTT (_son of Edward Bowerbank of Bishopsgate, London, rectifying distiller_). _b._ Bishopsgate July 1797; rectifying distiller in Bishopsgate 1817–47; a founder of London Clay Club 1836, Microscopical Society 1839, Ray Society 1844 and Palæontographical Society 1847; F.R.S. 17 Nov. 1842; built a museum at Highbury 1846; his magnificent natural history collection was sold to British Museum 1864; author of _A history of the fossil fruits and seeds of the London clay_ 1840; _A monograph of the British Spongiadæ 3 vols._ 1864, and of 45 papers in scientific periodicals. _d._ 2 East Ascent, St. Leonards-on-Sea 9 March 1877. _Monthly notices of Royal Astronom. Soc. xxxviii_, 144–7 (1878). BOWERS. Charles Robert. Cornet 13 Dragoons 18 Jany. 1810; captain 23 Foot 30 Dec. 1818 to 5 April 1820 when placed on h.p.; L.G. 10 March 1866. _d._ Little Tew Lodge, Oxfordshire 9 Oct. 1870. BOWERS, VERY REV. GEORGE HULL (_son of Francis Bowers_). _b._ Staffordshire 1794; ed. at Pembroke gr. sch. and Clare coll. Cam., B.A. 1819, B.D. 1829, D.D. 1849; P.C. of Elstow Beds. 1819–32; select preacher to Univ. of Cam. 1830; R. of St. Paul’s Covent Garden, London 1831–47; joint founder with Rev. Charles Eaton Plater of Marlborough college 1843; dean of Manchester 19 June 1847 to 24 Sep. 1872; author of _Sermons preached before the University of Cambridge_ 1830; _A scheme for the foundation of schools for the sons of clergymen and others_ 1842; _Pew rents injurious to the Church_ 1865. _d._ Leamington 27 Dec. 1872 in 79 year. _R. Parkinson’s Old church clock_ _5 ed._ 1880 _p. lxxiv_. BOWERS, REV. JOHN. _b._ Chester 19 July 1796; Wesleyan minister in London 1834–40; a chief founder of Theological college at Didsbury near Manchester 1842, and governor 1843–64: Pres. of Wesleyan conference 1858–59. _d._ Southport 30 May 1866. _Wesl. Meth. Mag. lxxxix, pt._ 2, 942–3 (1866); _J. Evan’s Lancashire authors_ (1850) 38–42. BOWERYEM, GEORGE. _b._ England; went to United States 1854; a correspondent of _The Tribune_ at Charleston and subsequently of _Philadelphia Press_ with the army of the Potomac; published melodies of considerable merit; drowned near Newport News 12 July 1864 aged about 33. BOWES, JAMES STUART. Edited _Galignani’s Messenger_ in Paris 40 years; wrote _Deeds of dreadful note_ and many other dramatic pieces for the London stage under pseudonym of Alfred Dubois. _d._ Paris 24 May 1864 aged 75. BOWES, JOHN (_son of John Bowes of Swineside Coverdale, parish of Coverham, Yorkshire 1779–1853_). _b._ Swineside 12 June 1804; joined Wesleyan Methodists 1817, and Primitive Methodists Dec. 1821; went from town to town preaching in the open air; pastor of the first church of Christian Mission in Dundee 20 April 1831; one of English representatives at Brussels peace congress 20–21 Sep. 1848; published two monthly magazines entitled _The Christian Magazine_ and _The truth promoter_; author of _Treatise on Christian Union_ 1835; _The New Testament translated from the purest Greek_ 1870, and 220 Gospel and other tracts to instruct Christians. _d._ Westfield house, Dundee 23 Sep. 1874. _The autobiography or history of the life of John Bowes_ 1872, _portrait_. BOWES, JOHN (_natural son of John Bowes-Lyon 10 Earl of Strathmore 1769–1820_). _b._ 19 July 1811; ed. at Eton; M.P. for South Durham 24 Dec. 1832 to 23 July 1847; began racing 1834, won Derby with Mundig 1835, gaining £19,000 besides stakes of £6,000, won Two thousand guineas with Meteor 1842, same race and Derby with Cotherstone 1843, Derby with Daniel O’Rourke 1852, and Two thousand guineas Derby and St. Leger with West Australian 1853, won Ascot cup with same horse 1854; the luckiest man on the turf and one of best judges of yearlings; oldest member of Jockey club; sheriff of Durham 1854; erected at Barnard Castle, Durham in memory of his first wife the “Josephine and John Bowes museum and park” at cost of £80,000 and gave art treasures to the museum, (_m._ (1) 1872 Josephine Benoite, Countess of Montalbo who _d._ 1874, _m._ (2) 1877 Alphonsina Marie de St. Amand, Comtesse de Courten of the Valais, Switzerland). _d._ Streatlam Castle near Gateshead 9 Oct. 1885. _Sporting Review xl_, 114–8 (1858); _Illust. sp. and dr. news xxiv_, 107, 114 (1885). BOWES, ROBERT AITKEN (_son of John Bowes 1804–74_). Editor of the _Bolton Guardian_. _d._ 7 Nov. 1879 aged 42. BOWIE, JAMES, _b._ London; entered service of Royal gardens, Kew 1810; botanical collector to the gardens 1814; collected plants and seeds in Brazil 1815–17, and in South Africa 1817–23; enriched gardens of Europe with greater variety of succulent plants than had ever been discovered by any traveller; gardener to Baron Ludwig of Ludwigsberg, Cape of Good Hope about 1829–41; made journeys into interior of South Africa to collect plants for sale. _d._ 1853. BOWLBY, THOMAS WILLIAM (_eld. child of Thomas Bowlby, captain R.A._) _b._ Gibraltar about 1817; articled to Russell Bowlby of Sunderland solicitor; member of firm of Lawrence, Crowdy and Bowlby solicitors 25 Old Fish st. Doctors Commons London 1846–54; arranged performances abroad for L. G. Jullien the musician; special correspondent of _Times_ at Berlin 1848 and in China 1860 to death; shipwrecked in the Malabar at Point de Galle 22 May 1860; went with Admiral Hope to Tang-chow Aug. 1860; captured by Tartar general Sanko-lin-sin 18 Sep. 1860; died from effects of torture inflicted by Chinese, 22 Sep. 1860. _bur._ in Russian cemetery outside Antin gate of Pekin 17 Oct. _Boulger’s History of China iii_, 499–521 (1884); _I.L.N. xxxvii_, 615–6 (1860), _portrait_. BOWLER, THOMAS WILLIAM _b._ in the Vale of Aylesbury; assistant astronomer under Sir T. Maclear at Cape Town 1833–7; an artist and teacher of drawing at Cape Town; painted a panorama of the district; made a number of drawings in Mauritius 1866; published _Four views of Cape Town_ 1844; _South African sketches_ 1854; _The Kafir wars a series of 20 views_ 1865. _d._ England 24 Oct.