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

and 7 months. BAILLIE, EDWARD. _b._ Gateshead; a glass painter; exhibited at Great Exhibition of 1851 “Shakespeare reading a play to Queen Elizabeth.” _d._ London 21 Sep. 1856 aged 43. BAILLIE, GEORGE ALEXANDER. _b._ 1804; ensign 15 Madras N.I. 6 April 1820; lieut. col. of 52 N.I. 9 June 1853, of 14 N.I. 15 Sep. 1855, and of 26 N.I. 1857–64; col. 15 N.I. 9 June 1865 to 1 Oct. 1877; general 1 Oct. 1877. _d._ 92 Westbourne park road, London 3 March 1882. BAILLIE, HUGH DUNCAN. _b._ 1777; M.P. for Rye 1830–31 and for Honiton 1835–47; Lieutenant and sheriff principal of Rossshire 22 March 1843 to death. _d._ 65 Rutland gate, London 21 June 1866. BAILLIE, JOANNA (_youngest child of Rev. James Baillie, minister of Bothwell, Lanarkshire_). _b._ Manse of Bothwell 11 Sep. 1762; lived with her only brother Matthew Baillie in London 1783–91; lived at Hampstead 1802 to death; published anonymously _A Series of plays in which it is attempted to delineate the stronger passions of the mind_, _3 vols._ 1798–1812, of these plays _De Montford, a tragedy on hatred_ was produced at Drury Lane theatre 29 April 1800 and ran 11 nights, _The Election, a comedy_ was produced as an opera at English Opera house June 1817, _Constantine Paleologus, a tragedy_ produced at Surrey theatre as a melodrama under title of _Constantine and Valeria The Family legend, a tragedy_ produced at T.R. Edin. 1810 and at Drury Lane 29 May 1815, _The Separation_ and _Henriquez_ have been also acted; author of _Miscellaneous Plays_, _3 vols._ 1836. _d._ Hollybush hill, Hampstead 23 Feb. 1851. _The songstresses of Scotland by Tytler & Watson ii_, 180–334 (1871); _Chambers Biog. dict. of eminent Scotsmen i_, 53 (1868), _portrait_; _W. Howitt’s Homes and haunts of the most eminent British poets ii_, 248–56 (1847); _T. H. Ward’s English poets_, _2 ed. iv_, 221–26 (1883); _The living and the dead by a country curate, i.e. Rev. Erskine Neale_ (1827) 177–91. BAILLIE, SIR WILLIAM, 1 Baronet. _b._ Edinburgh July 1784; created Baronet by patent dated 14 Nov. 1823. _d._ Perth 28 Jany. 1854. BAILLIE-HAMILTON, CHARLES (_2 son of George Baillie-Hamilton, M.P. of Mellerstain, Berwickshire 1763–1841_). _b._ Mellerstain 3 Nov. 1804; admitted advocate at Scottish bar 1830; advocate depute 1844 to 1846 and 1852; sheriff of Stirlingshire 2 March 1853; solicitor general for Scotland 17 March 1858; Lord advocate for Scotland 10 July 1858; raised to rank of an Earl’s son 5 July 1859; M.P. for Linlithgowshire 7 Feb. 1859 to 15 April 1859; a judge of Court of Session 15 April 1859 to April 1874; assumed courtesy title of Lord Jerviswood 1859; assessor of Univ. of St. Andrew’s 1861; a lord of justiciary 17 June 1862 to April 1874. _d._ Dryburgh house, St. Boswell’s 23 July 1879. BAILLIE-HAMILTON, CHARLES JOHN. _b._ 4 Jany. 1800; M.P. for Aylesbury 31 July 1839 to 23 July 1847. _d._ Ronco near Genoa 25 Aug. 1865. BAILLIÈRE, HIPPOLYTE. Came to London about 1827; opened first shop in London for sale of French medical works at 219 Regent st. 1830; collected books for royal college of surgeons; publisher. _d._ 219 Regent st. 11 May 1867 aged 58. BAILY, CHARLES. _b._ 10 April 1815; assistant to the City Architect, London; built St. John’s church East Dulwich; restored Barnard’s Inn Hall and Leigh church Kent; F.S.A. 1844; master of the Ironmongers Company 1874–75; author with G. R. French of _Catalogue of the Antiquities and works of art exhibited at Ironmongers hall London in 1861_, _2 vols._ 1869. _d._ Reigate 2 Oct. 1878. BAILY, EDWARD HODGES. _b._ Bristol 10 March 1788; pupil of Flaxman in London 1807–14; student of R.A. 1809, gained silver and gold medals 1809 and 1811, A.R.A. 1817, R.A. 1821, retired 1863; executed the bassi-relievi on the south or park side of the Marble Arch 1821; executed sculptures of Apollo 1815, Eve at the fountain 1818, Eve listening to the voice 1841, The Graces seated 1849 and statues of Sir Richard Fletcher and Thomas Telford in Westminster Abbey. _d._ 99 Devonshire road, Holloway 22 May 1867. _Scott’s British school of sculpture_ (1871) 123–28; _Sandby’s History of Royal Academy ii_, 57–59 (1862); _Walford’s Photographic portraits of living celebrities_ (1859), _portrait_. BAILY, JOHN (_eld. son of John Baily of Blandford sq. Marylebone_). _b._ London April 1805; ed. at Merchant Taylor’s sch. and St. John’s coll. Cam., 2 wrangler and junior Smith’s prizeman 1828; fellow of his college 29 March 1830; barrister L.I. 10 May 1832, bencher 3 Nov. 1851; Q.C. 11 July 1851; leader in V.C. Kindersley’s Court to 1867; counsel to Univ. of Cam. _d._ Stoney Hills, Esher Surrey 19 June 1877. BAILY, JOHN WALKER. _b._ Kent road, London 9 Jany. 1809; head of firm of Wm. Baily and Sons, ironmongers 71 Gracechurch st.; master of the Ironmongers company 1862–63; member of British Archæological Association 6 Dec. 1865, on the council May 1869; formed an important collection of Romano-British and mediæval remains found in London 1862–72, this collection was purchased by Corporation of London 1881; his collection of arms and armour was bought by Baron de Cosson of Chertsey 1881. _d._ 4 March 1873. _Journal of British Archæological Association xxx_, 349–51 (1874). BAIN, ALEXANDER. _b._ Thurso 1810; a journeyman clockmaker in London 1837; made electrical experiments on the Serpentine; invented electrical clocks, patented 11 Jany. 1841 and exhibited at Royal Polytechnic 28 March 1841; constructed the earth battery 1843; patented apparatus for registering progress of ships 1844, and electro-chemical telegraph 1846; invented automatic method of transmitting signals; devised electrical methods of playing keyed instruments at a distance. _d._ in the Home for incurables Kirkintilloch near Glasgow 2 Jany. 1877. _J. Finlaison’s An account of some remarkable applications of the electric fluid to the useful arts by Mr. Alexander Bain_ 1843. BAIN, DONALD. _b._ Fordyce, Banffshire; author of _The patriot or Wallace, a historical tragedy_ 1806; _Olden times, a comedy_ 1841, _2 ed._ 1845. _d._ April 1865. BAIN, EDWIN SANDYS (_eld. son of Lieut. Col. William Bain of Livelands near Stirling_). _b._ 1804; barrister M.T. 19 June 1829; went northern circuit; serjeant at law 12 Nov. 1845. _d._ Livelands 30 Dec. 1874. BAIN, HENDERSON. Entered navy 4 Sep. 1793; captain 6 April 1813; retired admiral 11 Feb. 1861. _d._ Esher, Surrey 18 Jany. 1862 aged 86. BAIN, JAMES. A bookseller at the Mews Gate, Charing Cross, London 1819; at 1 Haymarket 1831 to death, _d._ Highgate 10 Dec. 1866 aged 72. BAIN, SIR WILLIAM. _b._ Culross, Perthshire 1771; Master R.N. 1811; commanded steamers for general steam navigation company; harbour master of Granton on the Firth of Forth 10 years; knighted by the Queen at St. James’s palace 20 March 1844; author of _An essay on the variation of the compass_ 1817. _d._ The Grange, Romford 11 Sep. 1853. BAINBRIDGE, EDWARD THOMAS. _b._ 1798; a banker in London; M.P. for Taunton 6 Aug. 1830 to Feb. 1842. _d._ 30 Medina villas Brighton 30 Sep. 1872. BAINBRIDGE, JOHN NATHAN. Studied at St. Thomas’ and Guy’s hospitals; M.R.C.S. 1820, F.R.C.S. 1852, L.S.A. 1821; bought a practice in St. Martin’s lane 1824; medical officer of St. Martin’s-in-the-Fields workhouse 1835; M.D. St. Andrew’s 1842; prescribed for 1669 cases with only 27 deaths during prevalence of cholera 1849 for which, Board of Guardians gave him £200; surgeon to London Friendly Institution. _d._ 86 St. Martin’s lane 16 April 1863 aged 63. _Medical Circular i_ 131, 169 (1852) _portrait_. BAINBRIDGE, WILLIAM (_only son of Wm. Bainbridge of Alston, Northumberland, solicitor_). Barrister I.T. 23 Nov. 1838; author of _A treatise on the law of mines and minerals_ 1841, _4 ed._ 1878; _Lionel Merval a novel [anon.] 3 vols._ 1866. _d._ Cliffe house, Cullercoats 13 Dec. 1869 aged about 60. BAINBRIGGE, JOHN HANKEY (_2 son of Philip Bainbrigge of Ashbourne, Derbyshire 1756–99_). _b._ 1791; ensign 20 foot 25 March 1808; lieut. 9 March 1809 to 25 Dec. 1814; town major Guernsey 29 Nov. 1839 to 30 May 1861; general 1 Oct. 1877; _d._ Robais manor, Guernsey 15 March 1881. BAINBRIGGE, SIR PHILIP (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ London 1786; entered navy 1799; ensign 20 foot 30 June 1800; permanent assistant quartermaster general 15 Oct. 1812 to 23 Nov. 1841; deputy quartermaster general Ireland 23 Nov. 1841 to 9 Nov. 1846; commanded the forces in Ceylon 1852–54; col. of 26 foot 31 March 1854 to death; general 24 Aug. 1861; granted service reward 15 Nov. 1848; C.B. 19 July 1838, K.C.B. 18 May 1860; invented a protracting pocket sextant 1809. _d._ St. Margaret’s Litchfield, Hants 20 Dec. 1862. _G.M. xiv._ 236–37 (1863); _Annual Register_ (1850) 323–31. BAINES, REV. EDWARD. _b._ Cainham vicarage, Shropshire 1 Aug. 1801; ed. at Shrewsbury head præpositor; at Christ’s coll. Cam., Bell Univ. scholar, and Browne medallist for Latin and Greek epigrams 1821, B.A. 1824, M.A. 1827; fellow classical lecturer and tutor of his college; R. of Clipston 1840–43; R. of Bluntisham, Hants 1843–59; V. of Yalding, Kent 1859 to death; author of _First form Latin grammar_ 1855; _Visit to the Vaudois of Piedmont_ 1855. _d._ San Remo 20 April 1882. _Sermons by the late Rev. Edward Baines edited with memoir by Alfred Barry, D.D._ 1883. BAINES, REV. JOHN. Ed. at St. John’s coll. Ox., B.A. 1843; V. of Little Marlow, Bucks 1859 to death; author of _Tales of the Empire_ 1851; _Life of Archbishop Laud_ 1855; _Twenty sermons_ 1857; _Hints for harvest services_ 1866. _d._ 63 Abingdon villas Kensington, London 20 May 1880 aged 58. BAINES, MATTHEW TALBOT (_eld. child of Edward Baines 1774–1848, M.P. for Leeds_). _b._ Leeds 17 Feb. 1799; ed. at Richmond gr. sch. and Trin. coll. Cam. scholar, B.A. 1820; barrister I.T. 6 May 1825, bencher 1841, reader 1854, treasurer 1855; recorder of Hull 1837–47; Q.C. 1841; M.P. for Hull 1847–1852 and for Leeds 1852–1859; pres. of Poor law board 1 Jany. 1849 to 2 March 1852 and 1 Jany. 1853 to 13 Aug. 1855; P.C. 30 July 1849; mem. of committee of council on education 10 March 1855; chancellor of Duchy of Lancaster with a seat in the cabinet 7 Dec. 1855 to 26 Feb. 1858. _d._ 13 Queen’s square, Westminster 22 Jany. 1860. _Taylor’s Biographia Leodiensis_ (1865) 482–86; _Illust. News of the World 24 Nov. 1860_, _portrait_. NOTE.—He was the first dissenter admitted to a seat in the Cabinet. BAINES, THOMAS. _b._ Kings Lynn 1822; went to Cape Colony 1842; painted pictures and taught drawing; went through Kafir wars 1846–54; explored North West Australia under Augustus Gregory 1855–56; artist and store keeper to the Livingstone Zambesi Expedition 1858, his series of pictures of scenes on the Zambesi has been exhibited at the Crystal palace, Dublin exhibition and Alexandra palace; lectured in England 1864–68; F.R.G.S. 1857; author of _Explorations in South Western Africa_ 1864. _d._ D’ Urban, Port Natal 8 April 1875. _The gold regions of South Eastern Africa, by the late Thomas Baines_ 1877, _portrait_; _Illust. News of the World i_, 64 (1858), _portrait_. BAINES, THOMAS (_3 son of Edward Baines 1774–1848 M.P. for Leeds_). _b._ Leeds 1806; edited _Liverpool Times_ 1829–59; a parliamentary agent in London 1859; author of _History of commerce and town of Liverpool_ 1852; _Lancashire and Cheshire past and present_ 1867; _Yorkshire past and present_ 1875. _d._ Seaforth hall near Liverpool 31 Oct. 1881. BAIRD, ANDREW WOOD. _b._ Colchester; ed. at Univ. of Edin., M.D. 1823; L.R.C.S. Edin. 1821, M.R.C.P. 1827; a phys. at Ipswich 1824–52, at Dover 1852 to death; phys. to Dover hospital. _d._ 7 Camden Crescent, Dover 10 Jany. 1882. BAIRD, SIR DAVID, 2 Baronet. _b._ 1795; succeeded 18 Aug. 1829. _d._ 9 Jany. 1852. BAIRD, FRANCIS (_2 son of Charles Baird, founder of the ‘Baird Works’ at St. Petersburg who d. 10 Dec. 1843 in his 77 year_). _b._ 16 Feb. 1802; ed. at Univ. of Edin.; joined his father’s Works 1819; sole proprietor 1843 to death; M.I.C.E. 25 Feb. 1823; executed the 4 bas-reliefs, eagles and candelabra, and colossal figure of the angel on the Alexander column in the Winter Palace St. Petersburg, also the St. Nicholas bridge, first permanent bridge across the Neva. _d._ St. Petersburg 25 March 1864; _Min. of proc. of Instit. of C.E. xxx_ 428 (1870). BAIRD, JAMES (_4 son of Alexander Baird of Kirkwood, Lanarkshire farmer 1765–1833_). _b._ Kirkwood 5 Dec. 1802; an ironmaster at Gartsherrie works near Airdrie 1829 which became largest iron works in the world except those at Dowlais; largely assisted J. B. Neilson in perfecting his invention of the hot blast; M.P. for Falkirk burghs 1851–57; bought estate of Muirkirk Ayrshire 1863 for £135,000; founded Baird lectures for defence of orthodoxy 1871, and Baird Trust in connection with Church of Scotland at cost of £500,000 July 1873. _d._ Cambusdoon near Ayr 20 June 1876. Personalty sworn under £1,190,000 Aug. 1876. _Practical Mag. i_, 241–48 (1873) _portrait_; _Burke’s Vicissitudes of families_ _2 ed._ 1859, _pp._ 40–46; _Graphic xiv_, 12 (1876), _portrait_. BAIRD, REV. JOHN (_eld. son of Rev. James Baird, minister of Swinton, Berwickshire who d. 11 Feb. 1814_). _b._ Manse of Eccles 17 Feb. 1799; ed. at Whitsome and Kelso and Univ. of Edin.; founded the Plinian Society at Edin. 1823, which was eventually incorporated with Botanical Society of Edin.; minister of Yetholm near Kelso June 1829 to death; established a school at Yetholm for Gipsies 1843, this was the first ragged school in Scotland; a founder of Berwickshire Naturalists’ Club 22 Sep. 1831, pres. 1837; author of _Scottish Gipsies Advocate_ 1839; _Account of the parish of Yetholm_ in the _New Statistical account of Scotland iii_, 159–76 (1845). _d._ Yetholm 29 Nov. 1861. _Memoir of the late Rev. John Baird by W. Baird M.D._ 1862. BAIRD, ROBERT. _b._ 1806; an ironmaster at Glasgow; lord dean of guild Glasgow 1855. _d._ Cawdor house, Glasgow 7 Aug. 1856. BAIRD, THOMAS. Wrote much in _Western Times_ Exeter newspaper under pseudonym of Nathan Hogg; author of _Letters in the Devonshire dialect in verse by Nathan Hogg_ 1847. _d._ St. Thomas’s hospital London May 1881. BAIRD, WILLIAM (_elder brother of James Baird_). _b._ 1796; senior partner in Gartsherrie iron works; M.P. for Falkirk 1841–45; bought estate of Elie, Fifeshire for £145,000. _d._ Edinburgh 8 March 1864, leaving a fortune of £2,000,000 sterling. BAIRD, WILLIAM (_younger brother of Rev. John Baird_). _b._ the Manse of Eccles Berwickshire 1803; ed. at Edin. Dublin and Paris; surgeon H.E.I. Co’s. navy 1823–33; practised in London 1833–41; assistant in Zoological department of the British Museum Sep. 1841 to death; F.R.S. 6 June 1867; author of _The natural history of the British Entomostraca_ published by Ray Society 1850; _Cyclopædia of natural sciences_ 1858. _d._ 38 Burlington road, Westbourne park 27 Jany. 1872. BAIRD, REV. WILLIAM. Ed. at Linc. coll. Ox., B.A. 1859, M.A. 1861; V. of St. Barnabas, Homerton 1870 to death; author of _Hallowing of our common life, sermons_ 1867, _3 ed._ 1874; _Inheritance of our fathers, the book of common prayer_ 1868; _Days that are past, early church history_ 1870. _d._ Coleshill st. Eaton sq. London 5 Dec. 1875. BAKER, ANNE ELIZABETH. _b._ 16 June 1786; wrote the geological and botanical part of her brother George Baker’s _History and antiquities of Northamptonshire_; author of _Glossary of Northamptonshire words and phrases 2 vols._ 1854. _d._ Gold st. Northampton 22 April 1861. BAKER, ANTHONY ST. JOHN. Consul general in the U.S. of America 6 Jany. 1816 to 5 Jany. 1832 when office abolished. _d._ Mount Calverley lodge, Tunbridge Wells 16 May 1854. BAKER, B. B. Director of the college at Corfu; professor of English literature in the Ionian University. _d._ Malta 20 Feb. 1868. BAKER, REV. DAVID BRISTOW. Ed. at St. John’s coll. Cam., B.A. 1829, M.A. 1832; Inc. of Claygate, Surrey 1841–52; author of _A treatise on the nature of doubt in religious questions [by D.B.B.]_ 1831; _Discourses and Sacramental addresses to a village congregation_