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_pp. lv._ and 495 printed in the phonetic character; _Boase and Courtney’s Bibl. Cornub. i_, 11, _iii_, 1048. NOTE.—He advocated at one period the formation of a religious association to be called Alists or Godists, some of his works on this subject have A. F. Barham or Alist Francis Barham on the title page. BARHAM, THOMAS FOSTER (_eld. son of Thomas Foster Barham of Penzance_). _b._ Hendon, Middlesex 10 Sep. 1794; ed. at Queen’s coll. Cam., M.B. 1820; phys. at Penzance 1820 and at Exeter about 1830–49; lived at Newton Abbot, Devon 1849 to death; author of _Introduction to Greek grammar_ 1829; _Greek roots in English rhymes_ 1837; _Philadelphia or claims of humanity_ 1858; contributed to transactions of Cornish scientific societies. _d._ Castle Dyke, Highweek, Newton Abbot 3 March 1869. _Boase and Courtney’s Bibl. Cornub. i_, 13, _iii_, 1050. BARING, RIGHT REV. CHARLES THOMAS (_youngest son of Sir Thomas Baring, 2 Baronet 1772–1848_). _b._ 11 Jany. 1807; ed. privately and at Ch. Ch. Ox.; double first class 1829, B.A. 1829, M.A. 1832; student of his college; C. of St. Ebbe Ox. 1830–44; select preacher before Univ. of Ox. 1846 and 1855; R. of All Souls Marylebone 28 Sep. 1847; chaplain in ord. to the Queen 7 Feb. 1851; R. of Lympsfield Surrey 1855–56; Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol July 1856, consecrated at Lambeth 10 Aug. 1856, translated to Durham 6 Nov. 1861, resigned 2 Feb. 1879; 102 new parishes were formed and 119 new churches built in diocese of Durham 1861–78. _d._ Cecil house, Wimbledon 14 Sep. 1879. _Durham Diocesan calendar_ 1880 _pp._ 184–89. BARING, HENRY BINGHAM. _b._ York place, London 4 March 1804; ed. at Ch. Ch. Ox., B.A. 1825; M.P. for Callington 31 July 1830 to 3 Dec. 1832, and for Marlborough 11 Dec. 1832 to 11 Nov. 1868; a lord of the treasury 6 Sep. 1841 to 6 July 1846. _d._ Nice 25 April 1869. BARING, THOMAS (_2 son of Sir Thomas Baring 2 Baronet 1772–1848_). _b._ 7 Sep. 1800; ed. at Winchester; joined banking house of Hope and Co. at Amsterdam; entered house of Baring Brothers and Co. merchants 8 Bishopgate st. London 1828, head of the firm to 1871; chairman of Lloyds 1830 to March 1868; pres. of London institution 1835 to death; M.P. for great Yarmouth 1835–37 and for Huntingdon 1844 to death; a director of Bank of England 1848–67; declined Chancellorship of the Exchequer offered him by Earl of Derby 1852 and 1858; one of the 5 comrs. of Great Exhibition 1862. _d._ Fontmell lodge, Bournemouth 18 Nov. 1873, personalty sworn under £1,500,000 Dec. 1873. _I.L.N. iii_, 265 (1843), _portrait, xl_, 215 (1862), _portrait, lxiii_, 501, 639 (1873); _Waagen’s Treasures of art ii_, 174–92, _iv_, 93–100. BARKER, ALEXANDER. Lived at 103 Piccadilly, London; made a fine collection of pictures chiefly by great painters of 15th century which was sold at Christie’s 6 June 1874 for sum of £38,591, his library was sold 24–25 June 1874 for £4,019. _d._ Hatfield near Doncaster 24 Oct. 1873. _Waagen’s Treasures of art ii_, 125–29, _iv_, 71–79. BARKER, BERNARD. Editor of literary portion of _The Bazaar_; author of a novel called _Elliot the younger 3 vols_. 1878. _d._ 13 Sep. 1882. BARKER, FRANCIS. _b._ Waterford; ed. at Univs. of Dublin and Edinburgh, B.A. Dublin 1793, M.B. and M.D. 1810; practised at Waterford 5 years, where he opened the first fever hospital in Ireland; professor of chemistry Univ. of Dublin 1808; started first medical paper in Ireland with Dr. Todd; sec. of Irish board of health 1820–52; published with Dr. Cheyne a treatise on _Epidemic fevers in Ireland 2 vols._ 1821; edited the _Dublin Pharmacopœia_ 1826. _d._ Wellington road, Dublin 8 Oct. 1859 aged 86. BARKER, RIGHT REV. FREDERIC (_5 son of Rev. John Barker, V. of Baslow, Derbyshire who d. 6 June 1824_). _b._ Baslow 17 March 1808; ed. at Grantham and Jesus coll. Cam., B.A. 1831, M.A. 1839, D.D. 1854; P.C. of Upton, Cheshire 24 April 1831 to 28 Sep. 1834; P.C. of St. Mary’s Edge hill, Liverpool 1835–54; V. of Baslow Jany. 1854; bishop of Sydney Aug. 1854 to death; created Metropolitan of Australia 19 Oct. 1854, consecrated at Lambeth 30 Nov. 1854, arrived in Sydney May 1855; pres. of the Synod of the diocese of Sydney which first met 5 Dec. 1866; author of _Thirty-six psalms with commentary_ 1854. _d._ San Remo, Italy 6 April 1882. _bur._ Baslow 18 April. _I.L.N. lxxx_, 452, (1882), _portrait_; _Graphic xxv_, 448 (1882), _portrait_. BARKER, GEORGE. Entered navy 1 June 1771; captain 8 June 1799; admiral on h.p. 27 Dec. 1847. _d._ Spring Vale, Isle of Wight 25 Dec. 1851 in 92 year. BARKER, GEORGE ARTHUR. _b._ 1812; Tenor singer and vocal composer; his song “The White Squall” 1835 has passed through many editions and is still frequently sung. _d._ Aylestone near Leicester 2 March 1876. BARKER, SIR GEORGE ROBERT (_youngest son of John Barker, deputy storekeeper general_). _b._ London 1817; ed. at Woolwich; 2 lieut. R.A. 21 June 1834; lieut. col. 1 June 1855 to death; served in Crimean war and Indian mutiny; C.B. 5 July 1855, K.C.B. 16 May 1859 for capturing stronghold of Birwah. _d._ Simla, India 27 July 1861. BARKER, HENRY ASTON (_younger son of Robert Barker of Leicester square, London, reputed inventor of panoramas 1739–1806_). _b._ Glasgow 1774; pupil at Royal Academy; assisted his father in his panoramas 1789–1806; carried on the business in Leicester square 1806–20; opened a building occupying site of present Strand theatre as Reinagle and Barker’s New Panorama 1820; exhibited a series of panoramas here with his pupil John Burford to 1826; realised £10,000 by his panorama of battle of Waterloo 1842. (_m._ 1802 Harriet Maria eld. dau. of Wm. Bligh, admiral R.N., she _d._ 26 Feb. 1856). _d._ Bitton near Bristol 19 July 1856. _G.M. i_, 515–18 (1856); _Art Journal ix_, 47 (1857). BARKER, JOHN. Ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin, M.B. 1846, M.D. 1863; L.R.C.S. Ireland 1846, M.R.C.S. 1863; demonstrator of anatomy Univ. of Dublin; curator of museum of Royal college of surgeons Dublin; M.R.I.A. and F.R.S. Dublin; author of Cryptogamic part of Steele’s _Handbook of field botany_ 1847. _d._ 83 Waterloo road, Dublin 2 Feb. 1879 aged 63. BARKER, JOHN HENRY. _b._ Ashford hall, Derbyshire 1806; ed. at Ch. Ch. Ox., B.A. 1829, M.A. 1834; barrister L.I. 3 May 1836; magistrate at Worship st. police court, London July 1860 and at Clerkenwell police court Jany. 1863 to 3 Aug. 1874. _d._ East lodge, Bakewell Derbyshire 28 Jany. 1876. BARKER, JOSEPH. _b._ Bramley near Leeds 11 May 1806; a travelling preacher of Methodist new connexion at Hanley 1829; stationed on Sheffield and Mossley circuits successively; edited _Evangelical Reformer_ a weekly periodical 1837–40; expelled from the above Society 1841 on ground that he had denied divine appointment of baptism; pastor of a congregation of Barkerites at Newcastle; edited _The Christian Investigator 2 vols._ 1842–43; became a Unitarian 1845; presented with a steam press at Wortley, Leeds 6 July 1846; issued a library of 300 volumes being cheapest books then ever issued; edited _The People_ 1846, 20,000 copies of which were sold weekly; a town councillor at Leeds 1848; tried as a Chartist but acquitted 1848; emigrated to Central Ohio 1851; a leading abolitionist; lectured in United States 1857–59; sailed for England 11 Jany. 1860; edited _Barker’s Review_ _3 vols._ 1862–63; joined the Primitive Methodists at Tunstall; a local preacher to 1868 when he went to America; author of many books. _d._ Omaha, Nebraska 15 Sep. 1875. _Life of Joseph Barker 1880_, _portrait_; _Methodist new connexion mag. July 1842, Sep. 1843 and Dec. 1875_. BARKER, PETER. _b._ 10 July 1808; lost his sight 1812; a skilful performer on the violin; a carpenter at Hampsthwaite, Yorkshire; sang in the church choir; one of the bell ringers, curfew bell is rung at Hampsthwaite at 8 every evening. _d._ in his cottage near churchyard gate, Hampsthwaite 18 Feb. 1873. _Life of Peter Barker, Pately Bridge_ 1873; _S. Baring-Gould’s Yorkshire Oddities i_, 177–82 (1874). BARKER, REV. RALPH. Ed. at St. Peter’s coll. Cam., B.A. 1821; V. of Pagham near Chichester 1850 to death; rural dean of Chichester 1858 to death; co-editor of _The Protestant Guardian_ 1827–29, and of _The Quarterly educational magazine 2 vols._ 1847–49; author of sermons, pamphlets and reviews. _d._ 1871. BARKER, THOMAS. _b._ Carlton near Nottingham 15 Nov. 1798; a lace maker there; professional cricketer at Cambridge 1822 and 1841–45; a practice bowler at Lord’s cricket ground, London about 1835–41; an umpire at Cambridge 1846 and in London 1856. _d._ Nottingham 2 March 1877. BARKER, THOMAS HERBERT. _b._ Dunstable 31 Oct. 1814; studied at Univ. coll. London 1834–35; L.S.A. 1837, M.R.C.S. 1842, F.R.C.S. 1851; M.B. London 1845, M.D. 1847; practised at Bedford; one of the very best general practitioners in England; recorded for many years a series of meteorological observations which were incorporated in reports of the Registrar General; F.R.S. Edin.; author of _Practical observations on the diet of infancy and childhood_ 1850; _On the hygienic management of infants and children_ 1859. _d._ Harpur place, Bedford 24 Oct. 1865. _Photographs of eminent medical men i_, 117–23 (1866), _portrait_; _British Medical Journal ii_, 481–84 (1865). BARKER, THOMAS JONES (_eld. son of Thomas Barker of Bath, painter 1769–1847_). _b._ Bath 1815; pupil of Horace Vernet in Paris; exhibited many pictures at the Salon where he gained 3 gold medals; painted several pictures for Louis Philippe; returned to England 1845; gained appellation of the ‘English Horace Vernet’; exhibited 29 pictures at the R.A., 34 at British Institution and 15 at Suffolk st. gallery 1844–76; painted many pictures in France during the German war 1870. _d._ Avon house, Steele’s road, Haverstock hill, London 27 March 1882. _Times 29 March 1882, p._ 10, _col._ 1. BARKER, THOMAS RAWSON. _b._ Bakewell, Derbyshire 9 April 1812; a lead merchant at Sheffield; mayor of Sheffield 1848; played in many great cricket matches; a right-handed batsman but a left round-armed bowler. _d._ The Edge, Sheffield 26 April 1873. BARKER, THOMAS RICHARD. _b._ London 30 Nov. 1799; ed. at Christ’s Hospital 1807–16; entered Homerton old college 1821; independent minister at Alresford Hants 1822, at Harpenden Herts 1824 and at Uxbridge 1833–38; tutor in classics at Spring Hill college Birmingham 1838 to death. _d._ near the College 12 Nov. 1870. _Congregational year book_ 1871 _pp._ 302–304. BARKER, WILLIAM (_only son of Francis Barker, M.D., professor of chemistry in Univ. of Dublin_). Assistant to his father many years; prof. of natural philosophy to Royal Society of Dublin 1848; prof. of chemistry R.C.S. Ireland 1850 to death; edited _Parkes’s Chemical Catechism_ 1837 and 1854; M.R.I.A. 25 Jany.