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

Brown’s story _The Dwale Bluth_ (in his _Literary Remains_ 1876). CAYLEY, SIR DIGBY, 7 Baronet. _b._ York 13 March 1807; succeeded 15 Dec. 1857. _d._ Brompton near Scarborough 22 Dec. 1883. CAYLEY, EDWARD STILLINGFLEET (_only son of John Cayley of Low hall near Brompton, who d. 16 June 1846_). _b._ Newbold hall near Market Weighton 13 Aug. 1802; ed. at Rugby and Brasenose coll. Ox.; M.P. for North Riding of Yorkshire 17 Dec. 1832 to death; chairman of committees on Hand-loom weavers 1834–5 and on Agricultural distress; edited _Agricultural and Industrial Mag._ 25 numbers 1 Oct. 1834 to 1 Dec. 1835. _d._ 11 Dean’s yard, Westminster 25 Feb. 1862. _Farmer’s Mag. x_, 81–4 (1844), _portrait, xxi_, 354–5 (1862). CAYLEY, EDWARD STILLINGFLEET (_elder son of the preceding_). _b._ 30 July 1824; ed. at Eton and Trin. coll. Cam.; barrister I.T. 13 June 1851; author of _The European revolutions of 1848 2 vols._ 1856; _The war of 1870 and the peace of 1871_, 1871. _d._ Wydale, Brompton 10 Sep. 1884. CAYLEY, SIR GEORGE, 6 Baronet (_only son of sir Thomas Cayley, 5 baronet 1732–92_). _b._ 27 Dec. 1773; succeeded 15 March 1792; invented an instrument for testing purity of water by abstraction of light, and another for obtaining and applying electric power to machinery; carried out a system of arterial drainage in Yorkshire on a principle previously unknown in England; the first promoter and adopter of cottage allotment system; chairman of the Polytechnic Institution, Regent st. London 1838; chairman of the Whig club at York. _d._ Brompton 15 Dec. 1857. _The Times 18 Dec. 1857 p. 7, col. 6._ CAYLEY, GEORGE JOHN (_younger son of Edward Stillingfleet Cayley 1802–62_). _b._ 26 Jany. 1826; ed. at Eton; barrister I.T. 17 Nov. 1852; author of _Some account of the life and adventures of Sir Reginald Mohun, Baronet, done in verse_ 1850; _Las alforjas or the bridle roads of Spain 2 vols._ 1853, _2 ed._ 1860. _d._ Hunton rectory, Kent 11 Oct. 1878. CAZALET, EDWARD. _b._ Brighton 1827; author of _The Berlin conference and the Anglo-Turkish convention_ 1878; _The Eastern congress an address to working men_ 1878, _2 ed._ 1879; _Bimetallism and its connection with commerce_ 1879. _d._ Hotel d’Angleterre, Constantinople 21 April 1883. CAZALET, REV. WILLIAM WAHAB. _b._ 1808; ed. at Charterhouse and Trin. coll. Cam.; B.A. 1833, M.A. 1837; ordained deacon 1834, priest 1836; teacher of elocution in London; chaplain to the union, Watford, Herts.; author of _The history of the Royal Academy of music_ 1854; _On the right management of the voice in speaking and reading_ 1855; _Stammering its cause and cure_ 1858; _The voice or the art of singing_ 1861. _d._ Watford 24 April 1875. CAZENOVE, JOHN (_son of James Cazenove of Old Broad st. London, merchant, who d. 20 Oct. 1827 aged 83_). _b._ 1788; one of a club of 35 members formed to promote views of political economy 1821; president of London Chess Club; author of _A selection of games at chess_ 1817; _An elementary treatise on political economy_ 1840; _Thoughts on a few subjects of political economy_ 1859. _d._ 13 Middleton road, Battersea Rise, London 15 Aug. 1879. CAZENOVE, PHILIP (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ Nov. 1798; ed. at the Charterhouse; member of Stock Exchange, London; head of firm of P. Cazenove and Co. stockbrokers Threadneedle