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

BANTING, WILLIAM. _b._ 1797; an undertaker at 27 St. James’s st. Piccadilly, London 1820–70; made Duke of Wellington’s funeral car Oct. 1852; reduced his weight from 202 lbs. to 156 lbs. in 12 months Aug. 1862 to Aug. 1863 by abstaining from bread, butter, milk, sugar, beer, and potatoes; author of _Letter on corpulence addressed to the public_ 1863 _4 ed._ 1869; Thousands of people adopted the course he advised, which became known as “banting.” _d._ 4 The Terrace, Kensington 16 March 1878. _Blackwood’s Mag. xcvi_, 607–17 (1864); _Tanner’s Practice of medicine i_, 148 (1875). BANTRY, RICHARD WHITE, 1 Earl of (_eld. son of Simon White of Bantry_). _b._ 6 Aug. 1767; created a peer of Ireland as Baron Bantry 31 March 1797 on account of exertions in repelling the French invasion at Bantry bay 27 Jany. 1797, Viscount Bantry 29 Dec. 1800 and Viscount Berehaven and Earl of Bantry 22 Jany. 1816. _d._ Glengariffe lodge, co. Cork 2 May 1851. BANTRY, RICHARD WHITE, 2 Earl of. _b._ St. Finbar, Cork 16 Nov. 1800; a representative peer for Ireland 1 July 1854. _d._ Exbury house, Hants 16 July 1868. BANTRY, WILLIAM HENRY HARE WHITE, 3 Earl of. _b._ Dublin 16 Nov. 1801; ed. at St. John’s coll. Cam., M.A. 1823; sheriff of Cork 1848; lieut. col. commandant West Cork artillery militia 1854–73; a representative peer for Ireland 6 July 1869. _d._ Bantry house, Cork 15 Jany. 1884. BAPTIST, JOHN THOMAS. A well known florist at Sydney N.S.W. _d._ The Gardens, Surrey hills, Sydney 15 Sep. 1873 aged 69. BARBER, CHARLES. _b._ Birmingham; teacher of drawing in Royal Institution, Liverpool; assisted to found the Architectural and Archæological association; a landscape painter; exhibited 3 pictures at the R.A. and many pictures at local exhibitions; pres. of the Liverpool Academy. _d._ Liverpool Jany. 1854. BARBER, CHARLES CHAPMAN. ed. at St. John’s coll. Cam., 9 wrangler 1833, B.A. 1833, M.A. 1836; pupil of Lewis Duval the conveyancer; barrister L.I. 3 May 1833; member of chancery procedure commission 1853; junior counsel for defendant in ejectment action of Tichborne _v._ Lushington 11 May 1871 to 6 March 1872; junior counsel for the Crown in prosecution of Roger Tichborne for perjury 23 April 1873 to 28 Feb. 1874; engaged in court 103 days in the ejectment case, and 188 days in the perjury case; judge of county courts for circuit No. 6 East Riding of Yorkshire Feb. 1874 to March 1874 when he resigned and resumed practice. _d._ 71 Cornwall gardens London 5 Feb. 1882. BARBER, FAIRLESS (_2 son of Joseph Barber of Brighouse, solicitor_). _b._ Castle hill, Rastrick 11 Jany. 1835; ed. at St. Peter’s school York; admitted a solicitor 1859; practised at Brighouse; member of Huddersfield Archæological and Topographical Association 1866, sec. Sep. 1866, it became mainly through him in 1870 the Yorkshire Archæological and Topographical Association; F.S.A. 26 May 1870; edited _The Yorkshire Archæological and Topographical journal_ _6 vols._ 1876–81. _d._ Pinner 3 March 1881. _Yorkshire Arch. and Topog. journal vii_, 1–5 (1882). BARBER, JAMES. A very extensive proprietor of coaches between London and Edinburgh; senior partner in firm of Barber and Co. of York, wholesale jewellers; sheriff of York 1826; lord mayor 1833, elected again 1844 but paid the fine to be excused serving. _d._ Tang hall near York 10 March 1857 aged 73. BARBER, JAMES (_son of a cutlery manufacturer at Sheffield_). Made a large sum of money by cards and billiards at Manchester; went to Paris, where he purchased famous race horse Chanticleer which won the Northumberland plate, Goodwood stakes, and Doncaster cup 1848; in partnership with Joseph Saxon as racing men; won Great Northern handicap at York with Ben Webster 1860, and the Oaks with Brown Duchess 1861; at one period one of richest men on the turf. _d._ Sheffield 18 April 1885 in 69 year. BARBER, JOHN. _b._ West Runham, Norfolk; drayman in firm of Truman and Co., London 8 years; purveyor of pigeons and sparrows at 27 Sclater st. Bethnal Green 1821 to death; attended all the chief shooting matches in England for 40 years; his blue rock pigeons well known all over the world. _d._ 27 Sclater st. 18 June 1860 aged 71. BARBER, JONATHAN. Frame work knitter at Nottingham; leader of the infidels there, held public discussions with Rev. J. W. Brooks of Nottingham. _d._ Nottingham 17 Jany. 1859. _The apology for renouncing infidel opinions of Jonathan Barber_ 1859. BARBER, JONATHAN. _b._ England 1784; M.R.C.S.; practised in Scarborough and London; went to United States about 1820; taught elocution in Yale and Harvard Univs., became the best teacher in America; lectured on phrenology; went to Montreal 1836; resumed medical practice as a homœopath about 1845; professor of oratory in McGill univ. Montreal down to 1862; author of _The Elocutionist_ 1829; _A grammar of elocution_ 1830. _d._ near Montreal 11 May 1864. BARBER, MARY ANN SERRETT (_daughter of Thomas Barber_). Wrote many articles in the _Church of England Magazine_ and _Charlotte Elizabeth’s Christian lady’s magazine_; edited _Children’s Missionary magazine_ afterwards called _The Coral Missionary mag._ 1847 to death; author of _Redemption in Israel or narratives of conversions among the Jews_ 1844, _The sorrows of the streets_ 1855, _Castle Rag and its dependencies or the sins and sorrows of the poor_ 1858, _Du Bourg or the Mercuriale_ 1851 and many other books. _d._ 9 Sussex sq. Brighton 9 March 1864 aged 63. _Bread-winning or the Ledger and the Lute an Autobiography by M. A. S. Barber_ 1865. BARBER, WILLIAM HENRY. _b._ about 1807; clerk to Messrs. Scoones of Tonbridge, Kent, solicitors 1819–36; established Literary and Scientific institution there 1837; solicitor in London 1837; partner with Merrick Bircham; founded The legal discussion society, sec. and treasurer; founded with Lord Brougham and George Birkbeck, Adult instruction society; tried at Central Criminal Court April 1844 for uttering a will of one Anne Slack knowing same to be a forgery when sentenced to be transported for life; arrived at Norfolk Island 9 Nov. 1844; moved to Tasman’s Peninsula March 1847 on breaking up of Norfolk Island establishment; granted conditional pardon by royal warrant dated 12 Nov. 1846 and a free pardon 3 Nov. 1848; arrived in Paris May 1848 and in London Nov. 1848; applied for his annual certificate as a solicitor 31 Jany. 1849, certificate refused him 6 July 1850; petition for inquiry and redress presented to House of Commons 5 April 1852; granted a certificate 21 Nov. 1855; practised in London, ceased to practice