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

Tracts for the times_ 1883. BAGSHAW, HENRY RIDGARD (_2 son of Sir Wm. Chambers Darling afterwards Bagshaw of Sheffield, physician 1771–1832_). _b._ 1 Nov. 1799; ed. at Oakham and Richmond gr. schs. and Trin. coll. Cam., B.A. 1822; barrister M.T. 25 Nov. 1825, bencher Dec. 1854, treasurer 1864–65; Q.C. Dec. 1854; judge of county courts of Cardigan, Carmarthen and Pembroke (circuit 31) 30 Oct. 1861 and of Clerkenwell district (circuit 41) June 1868 to death. _d._ 21 Fellow’s road, Eton park south Hampstead 16 May 1870. BAGSHAW, JOHN. _b._ 1784; ed. at Rugby; a banker and merchant at Calcutta; M.P. for Sudbury 1835 to 1837 and for Harwich 1847 to 1852 and 1853 to 1859; high steward of Harwich, _d._ Norwood 20 Dec. 1861. BAGSHAW, ROBERT JOHN. _b._ 1803; a merchant at Calcutta; M.P. for Harwich 9 Dec. 1857 to 23 April 1859; sheriff of Essex 1873 _d._ 42 Gloucester square, London 11 Aug. 1878. BAGSHAWE, WILLIAM LEONARD GILL. _b._ 18 Oct. 1828; ed. at Eton and Trin. coll. Cam., B.A. 1851; rowed No. 5 in Cambridge boat against Oxford 29 March 1849 and 15 Dec. 1849; the best oarsman on the river Cam.; killed by poachers at Wormhill hall, near Tideswell 20 July 1854. _Annual Register_ (1854) 430–34. BAGSTER, SAMUEL (_2 son of George Bagster of Beaufort buildings, Strand, London_). _b._ 26 Dec. 1772; bookseller in the Strand 1794–1816, in Paternoster Row 1816 to death; published _The English version of the polyglott Bible_ 1816; _Biblia sacra polyglotta Bagsteriana_, 4 vols. 1817–28; _The English Hexapla_ 1841 giving six most important English versions of New Testament; and many Bibles and Prayer Books in foreign languages. (_m._ 19 Dec. 1797 Eunice Birch, she was _b._ 23 Aug. 1777 and _d._ 22 Aug. 1877). _d._ Old Windsor 28 March 1851. BAGWELL, JOHN (_eld son of Very Rev. Richard Bagwell, dean of Clogher who d. 25 Dec. 1825_). _b._ Clogher, co. Tyrone 3 April 1811; ed. at Winchester; sheriff of Tipperary 1834; M.P. for Clonmel 30 March 1857 to 26 Jany. 1874; a lord of the treasury June 1859 to July 1861. _d._ Marlfield, Clonmel 2 March 1883. BAIGRIE, ROBERT (_son of John Baigrie of Fearn, Rossshire_). Entered Bombay army 3 Feb. 1848; major staff corps 3 Feb. 1868; quartermaster general Bombay army to 1874; commandant 28 N.I. 20 May 1876 to death; C.B. 24 May 1873. _d._ Poona 25 Sep. 1877. _I.L.N. lxxi_, 481, 482 (1877), _portrait_. BAIKIE, WILLIAM BALFOUR (_eld son of John Baikie captain R.N._). _b._ Kirkwall, Orkney 27 Aug. 1825; ed. at Kirkwall gr. sch. and Univ. of Edin., M.D.; assistant surgeon R.N. 1848; surgeon and naturalist to expedition to the river Niger 1854; commanded expedition to river Niger 1 April 1857; author of _Narrative of an exploring voyage up the river Niger_ 1856. _d._ at house of Charles Heddle, Sierra Leone 12 Dec. 1864. _Journal of royal geographical society xxxv_, 123 (1865); _I.L.N. xlvi_, 88 (1865), _portrait_. BAILES, WILLIAM HAIGH. _b._ 1821; solicitor at Boston 1843 to death; member of Boston town council 1863–72, alderman 1872, mayor 1873. _d._ 14 April 1885. BAILEY, REV. BENJAMIN. V. of Dallington, Northampton 1819; senior chaplain in Ceylon; archdeacon of Colombo 1852 to death. _d._ Nottingham place, Marylebone 25 June 1853 aged 62. BAILEY, CRAWSHAY. _b._ Wenham, Suffolk 24 Oct. 1789; an ironmaster in South Wales; sheriff of Brecon 1835, of Monmouth 1850; took out a patent for railway rails 1843; M.P. for Monmouth 1852–68. _d._ Llanfoist near Abergavenny 9 Jany. 1872. BAILEY, FANNY (_dau. of John Mitchell of Ferring, Sussex, farmer_). _b._ Ferring 7 Aug. 1777. _d._ Christchurch schools, Worthing 6 April 1881 aged 103 years and 8 months. _I.L.N. lxxviii_ 440 (1881), _portrait_; _N. and Q. 5 S. viii_, 265 (1877), _xii_, 407 (1879), 6 _S. iii_, 485 (1881). BAILEY, JAMES. Ed. at Trin. coll. Cam., B.A. 1814, M.A. 1823; head master of Perse’s Free school Cam.; granted a Civil list pension of £100, 30 Oct. 1850; edited _Forcellini’s Latin dictionary 2 vols._ 1826; author of _Comicorum Græcorum fragmenta_ 1840. _d._ London 13 Feb. 1864. BAILEY, SIR JOSEPH, 1 Baronet (_elder son of Joseph Bailey of Wakefield 1747–1813_). _b._ Great Wenham priory, Suffolk 21 Jany. 1783; an ironmaster in Brecknock and Monmouth; chairman of Birkenhead docks company; sheriff of Monmouth 1823; M.P. for Worcester 1835–47 and for Brecknockshire 1847 to death; created a baronet 5 July 1852. _d._ Glanusk park, Brecknockshire 20 Nov. 1858. BAILEY, SAMUEL. _b._ Sheffield 1791; one of the trustees of Sheffield 1828; a founder of Sheffield Banking company 1831, and chairman; contested Sheffield 14 Dec. 1832 and 12 Jany. 1835; his supporters founded a Bailey club; pres. of Sheffield Literary and Philosophical society several times; author of _Essays on the formation and publication of opinions_ 1821, _3 ed._ 1831; _Critical dissertation on the nature, measure, and causes of Value_ 1825; _Maro or poetic irritability in four cantos [anon.]_ 1845; _The theory of reasoning_ 1851, _2 ed._ 1852; _Letters on the philosophy of the human mind_, _3 series_, 1855–1863. _d._ Norbury near Sheffield 18 Jany. 1870, left about £90,000 for benefit of that town. _English psychology translated from the French of T. Ribot_ (1873) 315–22; _British Controversialist July 1868 pp._ 1–25; _N. and Q. 5 S. ix_ 182–85, 216 (1878). BAILEY, THOMAS. _b._ Nottingham 31 July 1785; a silk hosier there, then a wine merchant; contested Nottingham July 1830; member of town council 26 Dec. 1835 to 1843; proprietor and editor of _Nottingham Mercury_ 1846–52; author of _What is life, and other poems_ 1820; _Recreations in retirement_ 1836; _Annals of Nottinghamshire 4 vols._ 1852–55, originally published in 32 shilling parts; _Records of Longevity_ 1857, and 9 other books. _d._ Old Bassford near Nottingham 23 Oct. 1856. _C. Brown’s Nottinghamshire Worthies_ (1882) 341–50. NOTE.—While connected with the Independents, he was one of three individuals chosen to take part in a public disputation arranged to be held in Nottingham between the friends of Christianity and Richard Carlisle, the champion of infidelity who _d._ 10 Feb. 1843 aged 52. BAILHACHE, REV. CLEMENT. _b._ St. Heliers Jersey 11 Dec. 1830; ed. at Stepney college 1851; minister of Baptist chapel, South parade, Leeds 1855; minister at Watford 1859, at Cross st. Islington 1864; association sec. of Baptist mission Oct. 1870; sec. of Baptist missionary society 1876 to death. _d._ 6, Leigh road, Highbury 13 Dec. 1878. _Baptist handbook_ (1879) 296–98. BAILLIE, ALFRED. _b._ London 22 June 1830; hon. sec. of Marylebone cricket club May 1858 to 12 Feb. 1863. _d._ May or June 1867. BAILLIE, AGNES (_elder sister of Joanna Baillie_). _b._ 24 Sep.