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

_Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie ii_, 96–99 (1875). BARTHELÉMY, EMANUEL. Shot a gensdarme in Paris; condemned to the galleys for life, set free 1830; greatly distinguished himself in revolution of June 1848; fled to England 1848; shot Cournet a French political exile in a duel at Englefield Green near Egham 19 Oct. 1852; murdered George Moore and Charles Collard at 73 Warren st. Fitzroy square, London 8 Dec. 1854; tried at Central criminal court 4 Jany. 1855, found guilty and sentenced to death; executed at Newgate 22 Jany. 1855. _A.R._ (1852) 170, (1854) 206–212, (1855) 14–16; _Central criminal court trials xli_, 298–307 (1855). BARTHOLOMEW, ANNE CHARLOTTE (_dau. of Arnol Fayerman_) _b._ Loddon, Norfolk 28 March 1800; member of Society of Female artists and of Society of Water colour painters; exhibited 29 pictures at the R.A. and 39 at Suffolk St. gallery 1841–62; author of _Its only my aunt_, a farce 1825, first acted at Marylebone theatre May 1849; _Songs of Azrael_ 1840 and _The ring or the farmer’s daughter_, a drama 1845. (_m._ (1) 1827 Walter Turnbull, musical composer, he _d._ 1838. _m._ (2) 30 July 1840 Valentine Bartholomew). _d._ 23 Charlotte st. Rathbone place 18 Aug. 1862. _E. C. Clayton’s English female artists i_, 398–400 (1876). BARTHOLOMEW, VEN. JOHN (_son of Rev. John Bartholomew, head master of Exeter Gr. Sch._) _b._ Exeter Oct. 1790; ed. at Exeter Gr. Sch., Winchester and C. C. Coll. Ox.; Scholar, B.A. 1813, M.A. 1820; P.C, of Withycombe Rawleigh, Devon 1817; P.C. of Sowton 1819; R. of Lympstone 1820; R. of Morchard Bishop, Devon 1831; Preb. of Exeter Cath. 9 May 1831; Canon Res. of Exeter Cath. Sep. 1840 to death; Archdeacon of Barnstaple 3 Aug. 1847 to death. _d._ Morchard Bishop Rectory 24 Sep. 1865. BARTHOLOMEW, VALENTINE (_son of Josiah Bartholomew of Clerkenwell, watchmaker 1766–1847_). _b._ 18 Jany. 1799; flower painter; member of Water Colour Society 1835 to death; exhibited 20 pictures at the R.A. and 27 at Suffolk st. gallery 1826–56; flower painter in ordinary to Duchess of Kent and to Queen Victoria, (_m._ (1) 1827 Evelina Charlotte Adelaide only dau. of Joseph Nicholas Hullmandel, musician, she _d._ 1 Jany. 1839. _m._ (2) 30 July 1840 A. C. Turnbull). _d._ 23 Charlotte st. Rathbone place 21 March 1879. BARTHOLOMEW, WILLIAM. _b._ London 1793; chemist, violin player and flower painter; translated or adapted the words of most of Mendelssohn’s vocal works; received gold medal of merit from king of Prussia for the Antigone; wrote English words for Méhul’s Joseph, Spohr’s Jessonda, and Costa’s Eli, Naaman, and The Dream, (_m._ 1853 Ann Sheppard Mounsey, vocal composer). _d._ London 18 Aug. 1867. BARTLETT, JOHN SHERREN. _b._ Dorset; surgeon R.N. 1812; a prisoner of war at Boston U.S. 1812–13; surgeon at Boston 1813; removed to New York; founded _The Albion_ weekly paper 1822; edited it 1822–47; founded _The Anglo-Saxon_ weekly paper at Boston 1847; published _The European_ at Liverpool; British consul at Baltimore