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

1874–80, 5 _portraits_; _The early homes of Prince Albert by Alfred Rimmer_ 1883; _Medical Times and Gazette ii_, 638–42 (1861). ALCHIN, WILLIAM TURNER. _b._ St. Mary-at-Hill Billingsgate, London 1790; a solicitor at Winchester; compiled indexes to ecclesiastical registers of Winchester and Salisbury; librarian of Guildhall library, London 1845 to death; compiled indexes to the ancient records of the corporation of London; and calendar of the wills enrolled in the court of Hustings of London. _d._ Chelsea 3 Feb. 1865. ALCOCK, THOMAS SAINT LEGER. Major 95 foot 2 Feb. 1844 to 21 April 1846 when placed on half pay; lieut. colonel 1 or royal East Middlesex militia 30 Jany. 1851 to 21 July 1871; colonel 21 July 1871 to death. _d._ 22 Somerset st. Portman sq. 7 Aug. 1882. ALDBOROUGH, BENJAMIN O’NEALE STRATFORD, 6 Earl of. _b._ Dublin 10 June 1808; succeeded 4 Oct. 1849; took out 5 patents for Improvements in aerial navigation 1854–57. _d._ Alicante, Spain 19 Dec. 1875. ALDER, JOSHUA (_son of Mr. Alder of Newcastle, provision merchant who d. Nov. 1808_). _b._ Dean st. Newcastle 7 April 1792; ed. at Tanfield school; member of Literary and Philosophical society of Newcastle Feb. 1815; a provision merchant at Newcastle to 1840; collected the large museum of shells and zoophytes which with his library was presented by Sir Wm. Armstrong to Natural history society of Northumberland and Durham; this society founded in 1839 and the Tyneside Naturalists Field Club founded in 1846 owed very much to Alder, pres. of this club 1849; granted a civil list pension of £70 18 June 1863; author with Albany Hancock of the great monograph _On the British Nudibranchiate Mollusca_ 1845–55 (Ray, Society); wrote more than 50 papers all zoological in the chief natural history periodicals. _d._ Newcastle 21 Jany. 1867. _Natural history trans. of Northumberland and Durham i_, 324–37 (1867), _portrait_. ALDERSON, SIR EDWARD HALL (_eld. son of Robert Alderson, recorder of Norwich who d. 4 Dec. 1833 aged 80, by a dau. of Samuel Hurry of Yarmouth, she d. 1791_). _b._ Yarmouth 11 Sep. 1787; ed. at Scarning Norfolk, the Charterhouse, and Caius coll. Cam.; Browne’s medallist 1807; senior wrangler, first Smith’s prizeman and first chancellor’s medallist Jany. 1809; B.A. 1809, M.A. 1812; fellow of his college 1809–23; barrister I. T. 28 June 1811; a comr. for amendment of the law 1828; sergeant at law 11 Nov. 1830; justice of court of Common Pleas 12 Nov. 1830; knighted by William iv at St. James’s palace 17 Nov. 1830; baron of court of Exchequer 29 April 1834 to death; published with R. V. Barnewall _Reports of cases in court of King’s Bench_, _5 vols._ 1818–22. (_m._ 1823 Georgina 3 dau. of Rev. Edward Drewe of the Grange near Honiton, Devon, she _d._ 1871). _d._ Beechwood park Hemel Hempstead, Herts 27 Jany. 1857. _bur._ churchyard of Risby near Bury, Suffolk. _Selections from the charges of Baron Alderson by C. Alderson_ 1858. ALDERSON, SIR JAMES (_son of John Alderson, M.D. of Hull 1758–1829 by Sarah dau. of Christopher Scott_). _b._ Hull 1800; ed. at Hull and Pembroke coll. Cam.; 6 wrangler 1822; B.A. 1822, M.A. 1825; fellow of his college 1823; incorporated M.A. at Magdalen hall, Ox. 1826; B.M. 1826, D.M. 1829, D.C.L. 1870; inceptor candidate college of physicians 26 June 1826; candidate 30 Sep. 1829; fellow 30 Sep. 1830; senior censor 1848 and 1856; treasurer 1854–67; pres. 1867–70; physician at Hull 1829–45; in London 1845 to death; F.R.S. 17 June 1841; senior physician of St. Mary’s hospital, Paddington 1851–67; consulting physician 1867; representative of Royal college of physicians at the general medical council 27 Jany. 1864 to 13 May 1867; knighted by the Queen at Windsor castle 11 Nov. 1869; one of Her Majesty’s physicians extraordinary 30 Aug. 1875; _Lumleian_ lecturer 1852 and 1853; delivered Harveian oration 1854 and 1867; author of _Diseases of the Stomach and alimentary canal_ 1847. (_m._ 24 June 1828 Mary Anne dau. of Peter Berthon of Glenadda, Carnarvon, she _d._ 5 March 1877). _d._ 17 Berkeley sq. London 13 Sep. 1882. _Medical Circular i_, 27 (1852) _portrait_. ALDHAM, WILLIAM CORNWALLIS. _b._ 21 Sep. 1809; Captain R.N. 9 May 1853; captain Greenwich hospital 12 Jan. 1863 to 1 Oct. 1865; retired V.A. 30 July 1875; C.B. 22 Sep. 1858. _d._ Assoint Upper Nile 27 Feb. 1878. ALDIS, SIR CHARLES (_7 son and one of 22 children of Daniel Aldis of Hoxne, Suffolk, surgeon_). _b._ Dickleborough, Norfolk 1776; apprenticed to his father 1789; studied at Guy’s and Bartholomew’s hospitals; surgeon to the sick and wounded at the depôt for prisoners of war at Norman Cross, Hunts 1797–99; practised at Hertford 1800–1802; in London 1802; M.R.C.S. 1803; senior surgeon New Finsbury dispensary 1831; founded Glandular institution for the cure of cancer and scrofula in Clifford st. about 1820, surgeon there. _d._ 13 Old Burlington st. London 28 March 1863. _Biographical memoirs of Sir Charles Aldis and Dr. Aldis_, _privately printed_ 1852, _portrait_. ALDIS, CHARLES JAMES BERRIDGE (_eldest son and survivor of 14 infants of the preceding_). _b._ London 16 Jany. 1808; admitted into St. Paul’s school 9 May 1815; exhibitioner to Trinity coll. Cam. July 1827; B.A. 1831, M.B. 1832, M.A. and L.M. 1834, M.D. 1837; studied at St. George’s hospital, London; F.R.C.P. 1838, member of council, delivered Harveian oration 1859; physician to London dispensary 1839; lectured at Charlotte st. school of medicine 1841; phys. to Surrey dispensary 1843; physician to St. Paul and St. Barnabas dispensary which was founded 1848; medical officer of health for St. George’s Hanover square 1855 to death; superintended Hunterian school of medicine several years; invented an instrument for examination of the chest. (_m._ 9 Nov. 1835 Emily Arabella dau. of Rev. John Brome of Trinity college Cambridge). _d._ 45b Chester sq. London 26 July 1872. _Biographical memoirs of Sir C. Aldis_ 1852, _portrait_. ALDRIDGE, IRA FREDERICK, known as the African Roscius (_son of Rev. Daniel Aldridge, minister of Calvinistic chapel, Green st. New York who d. Sep. 1840_). _b._ Bell Air, Harford, Maryland 1804; ed. at Schenectady college near New York and the Univ. of Glasgow; made his first appearance on the stage at the Royalty theatre London as Othello 1826; played 7 weeks at the Coburg theatre London in 1826, then in the provinces Scotland and Ireland; acted Othello at Covent garden 10 April 1833; acted Aaron in Titus Andronicus at Britannia theatre 15 March 1852, first time acted since 1721; played with great success in Germany 1852–55; received large gold medal of Art and Science from the King of Prussia 25 Jany. 1853, the only other persons who had been so distinguished being Humboldt, Spontini and Liszt; played in Sweden 1857, made several tours in Russia; naturalised in England 7 Nov. 1863. _d._ Lodez, Poland 7 Aug. 1867. _Theatrical times iii_, 121–23 (1848), _portrait_; _Tallis’s Drawing room table book_ (1851) 15–16, 2 _portraits_; _N. and Q. 4 series x_, 132, 373 (1872). ALEX, EPHRAIM. _b._ Cheltenham Dec. 1800; a dentist at 35 Brook st. Grosvenor sq. London; founded Jewish board of guardians for the relief of Jewish poor 1859; the first pres. of it 1859–69, this board was really the pioneer of charitable organisation societies in England; warden of the great synagogue. _d._ 5 Chichester st. Harrow road, London 13 Nov. 1882. _bur._ Willesden cemetery 16 Nov. ALEXANDER, ALEXANDER (_only son of Wm. Humphrys of Birmingham, merchant, who d. 1 May 1807, by Hannah youngest child of Rev. John Alexander of Dublin, presbyterian clergyman, she d. 12 Sep. 1814_). _b._ 21 June 1783; went abroad with his father 1802; detained prisoner in France till 1814; kept a school called Netherton house academy near Worcester 1815; assumed name of Alexander by royal license 8 March 1824; took title of Earl of Stirling and Dovan 7 Feb. 1826; tried at Edinburgh 29 April to 4 May 1839 for forging documents to prove his title, when acquitted. (_m._ 4 Jany. 1812 Fortunata Maria Gertrude only dau. of Giovanni Bartoletti of Naples). _d._ 1859. _W. C. Townsend’s Modern state trials i_, 403–68 (1859). ALEXANDER, ANDREW. Professor of Greek in the University of St. Andrews 1820 to death; M.A. St. Andrews 1846. _d._ St. Andrews 5 June 1859. ALEXANDER, CHARLES CARSON. 2nd lieut. R.E. 20 July 1813; superintended exhuming body of Napoleon at St. Helena 15 Oct. 1840; lieut. col. R.E. 2 Feb. 1848 to death; commanded the R.E. in the Crimea 22 Sep. 1854 to death. _d._ of apoplexy in his tent before Sebastopol 19 Oct. 1854. ALEXANDER, CHARLES REVANS, Educ. at Eton; M.R.C.S. 1840; constructed many chess problems. _d._ 6 Cork st. London 9 Sep. 1871. ALEXANDER, HENRY. M.R.C.S. 1805, F.R.C.S. 1844; F.R. Med. and Chir. soc. 1813; surgeon to the Eye infirmary Cork st. London; surgeon oculist to Queen Victoria 1838 to death; F.R.S. 22 April 1847. _d._ 6 Cork st. London 17 Jany. 1859 aged 76. ALEXANDER, HENRY. _b._ 9 April 1787; a director of the H.E.I.Co. 8 March 1826; M.P. for Barnstaple (tory) 10 June 1826 to 24 July