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

BASS, MICHAEL THOMAS (_eld. son of Michael Thomas Bass of Burton-on-Trent, brewer 1760–1827_). _b._ Burton-on-Trent 6 July 1799; brewer at Burton; M.P. for Derby 1848–83; introduced and carried a bill by which house-holders might require street musicians to quit neighbourhood of their houses; built and endowed church of St. Paul at Burton; gave to town of Derby a large recreation ground, public swimming baths, a free library opened 28 June 1879 and an art gallery. _d._ Rangemoor Burton-on-Trent 29 April 1884. _Fortunes made in business ii_, 407–50 (1884); _Graphic xxix_, 457 (1884), _portrait_; _I.L.N. lxxxiv_, 440 (1884), _portrait_. BASSANO, ALFRED. _b._ 25 June 1826; ensign 32 foot 3 April 1846; commanded the troops in China 28 July 1877 to 3 June 1878; M.G. 12 Dec. 1877; C.B. 24 May 1873. _d._ 2 Inverness place, Bayswater 12 Sep. 1882. BASSET, FRANCES BASSET, Baroness. _b._ 30 April 1781; succeeded 5 Feb. 1835. _d._ Tehidy park, Redruth, Cornwall 22 Jany. 1855. BASTARD, JAMES STOKES. 2 Lieut. R.A. 15 Nov. 1800; col. 9 Nov. 1846 to 20 June 1854; L.G. 24 Jany. 1857. _d._ Charlton 10 June 1871 aged 87. BATCHELDOR, THOMAS (_2 son of Robert Batcheldor of Cholesbury, Bucks, farmer_). _b._ 23 July 1796; student of Gray’s Inn 14 Nov. 1827; practised as a conveyancer; registrar of Eton College 1827 to death; chapter clerk to dean and canons of Windsor 1843 to death; steward of the courts of Eton College; F.S.A. 21 June 1855. _d._ The Cloisters, Windsor Castle 24 July 1866. BATE, WILLIAM THORNTON (_son of Wm. Bate, governor of Ascension island_). _b._ 1820; ed. at royal naval college Portsmouth 1833–35; midshipman R.N. 1835; mate of the Blenheim 74 guns 19 March 1841; captain of the Actæon surveying vessel 6 Feb. 1857 to death; F.R.A.S. 9 March 1849; killed at storming of Canton 29 Dec.