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Hammond of Savile row, London, she _d._ 6 Jany. 1861). _d._ 109 Gloucester place, Portman sq. 23 June 1878. _Geographical mag. v_, 179–81 (1878); _I.L.N. lxxii_, 4 (1878) _portrait_; _Graphic xviii_, 116 (1878) _portrait_. BACK, WILLIAM. _b._ Surrey; ed. at Guy’s hosp. and Univ. of Edin.; M.D. 24 June 1808; L.C.P. 22 Dec. 1814; Physician to Guy’s hosp. 17 March 1819 to 1840. _d._ New Park road, Clapham park 6 Nov. 1856 aged 74. BACKHOUSE, EDWARD (_son of Edward Backhouse of Darlington_). _b._ Darlington 1808; a banker at Sunderland, and a partner in colleries; an Elder of Society of Friends 1854 to death; erected a large mission hall at Sunderland; author of _The religious society of Friends_ 1870. _d._ Hastings 22 May 1879. _Early church history compiled by the late E. Backhouse, edited by C. Tylor_ 1884, _portrait_. BACKHOUSE, GEORGE CANNING. Clerk in the Foreign Office 5 April 1838; commissary judge at Havannah 16 Dec. 1852 to death; murdered at Havannah 30 Aug. 1856 aged 37; a civil list pension of £100 granted his widow 15 Nov. 1856. BACKHOUSE, JAMES. _b._ 8 July 1794; ed. at Leeds; minister of Society of Friends 1824; missionary to Australia and South Africa 1831–41; author of _A narrative of a visit to the Australian colonies_ 1843; _A narrative of a visit to the Mauritius and South Africa_ 1844 and many small books. _d._ Holdgate house, York 20 Jany. 1869. _Memoir of James Backhouse by his sister_ 1870; _Smith’s Friends’ Books i_, 152–56 (1867). BACON, ANTHONY. Cornet 16 Lancers 13 Aug. 1812; lieut. 13 Dragoons 1818–1821 when placed on h.p.; commanded the whole cavalry of Queen Dona Maria of Portugal 1832–34; created General on field of battle at Loures by Emperor Don Pedro in person 12 Oct. 1833; K.T.S. _d._ Crondall near Farnham 2 July 1864 aged 68. _Sketches in Portugal by J. E. Alexander_ (1835) 120, 245. BACON, CHARLOTTE MARY (_2 dau. of Edward Harley, 5 Earl of Oxford 1773–1848_). _b._ Harley st. London 12 Dec. 1801; Lord Byron dedicated his _Childe Harold_ to her under name of Ianthe 1812. (_m._ 1823 general Anthony Bacon). _d._ 13 Stanhope place, Hyde park 9 March 1880. _Finden’s Illustrations of Lord Byron vol. ii_, (1833), _portrait_; _I.L.N. lxxvi_, 292 (1880), _portrait_. BACON, SIR EDMUND, 9 Baronet of Redgrave and 10 Baronet of Mildenhall. _b._ Raveningham, Beccles, Norfolk 16 July 1779; succeeded his father as Premier Baronet of England 5 Sep. 1820. _d._ Raveningham 30 May 1864. BACON, GEORGE PETER (_younger son of R. M. Bacon of Norwich, editor of the Norwich Mercury_). Bought the Sussex Advertiser 1843, wrote all the leading articles and edited the paper to his death; sec. of Hop excise duty repeal association 1858 to April 1862 when duty which yielded £750,000 a year was taken off. _d._ 64 High st. Lewes 15 March 1878 in 72 year. _I.L.N. xlii_, 641 (1863). BACON, SIR HENRY HICKMAN, 10 and 11 Baronet. _b._ Blundeston near Lowestoft 5 April 1820; succeeded 30 May 1864; sheriff of Lincoln