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

BAYS, PETER PAYNE. _b._ Cambridge; a sailing master in the merchant service; a schoolmaster at Cambridge; auditor of Cambridge Union; author of _A narrative of the wreck of the Minerva whaler of Port Jackson_ 1831. _d._ New York 7 Feb. 1864 aged 80. BAZLEY, SIR THOMAS (_eld. son of Thomas Bazley of Gilnow near Bolton, Lancs. 1773–1845_). _b._ Gilnow 27 May 1797; ed. at Bolton gr. sch.; cotton spinner and merchant at Bolton 1818–26 when he removed to Manchester, retired from business 1862; member of the Anti-Corn Law Assoc. and of the Council of the League; director of Manchester Chamber of Commerce, vice pres., pres. 1845–59; one of Royal comrs. of Great Exhibition 1851; M.P. for Manchester 17 Nov. 1858 to 24 March 1880; created Baronet 7 Oct. 1869. _d._ Riversleigh Lytham, Lancs. 18 March 1885. _I.L.N. xix_, 487, 508, 523 (1851), _portrait_; _Touchstone 19 April 1879_, _portrait_. BEACH, SIR MICHAEL HICKS, 8 Baronet, _b._ Netheravon house, Wilts 25 Oct. 1809; succeeded 23 Oct. 1834; lieut. col. of North Gloucester militia 10 Feb. 1844 to death; M.P. for East Gloucs. 9 Jany. 1854 to death. _d._ Williamstrip park, Gloucs. 29 Nov. 1854. BEACH, WILLIAM. _b._ 24 July 1783; M.P. for Malmesbury 13 Oct. 1812 to Feb. 1817. _d._ Oakley hall near Basingstoke 22 Nov. 1856. BEACONSFIELD, BENJAMIN DISRAELI, 1 Earl of (_eld. son of Isaac Disraeli of London 1766–1848_). _b._ London 21 Dec. 1804; baptised in parish church of St. Andrew, Holborn 31 July 1817; articled to Wm. Stevens of 6 Frederick’s place Old Jewry, solicitor 10 Nov. 1821; student of Lincoln’s Inn 18 Nov. 1824 to 25 Nov. 1831; M.P. for Maidstone 1837–1841, for Shrewsbury 1841–1847 and for Bucks. 1847–1876; chancellor of the exchequer Feb. 1852 to Dec. 1852, Feb. 1858 to June 1859 and July 1866 to Feb. 1868; P.C. March 1852; introduced and carried Representation of the people act 1867; first lord of the Treasury 29 Feb. 1868 to 2 Dec. 1868 and 21 Feb. 1874 to 27 April 1880; lord rector of Glasgow University 1871–1875, installed 19 Nov. 1873; F.R.S. 10 Feb. 1876; lord privy seal 12 Aug. 1876 to Feb. 1878; created Earl of Beaconsfield and Viscount Hughenden of Hughenden Manor, Bucks. 21 Aug. 1876; first British plenipotentiary at Berlin congress 13 June to 13 July 1878; K.G. 22 July 1878; admitted to freedom of City of London 3 Aug. 1878; author of _Vivian Grey 4 vols._ 1827; _The young duke 3 vols._ 1831; _Alroy 3 vols._ 1833; _Contarini Fleming_ 1833; _The Revolutionary Epick, a poem_ 1834; _Henrietta Temple 3 vols._ 1836; _Venetia 3 vols._ 1837; _Alarcos a tragedy_ 1839 which was produced on the stage at Astley’s; _Coningsby or the new generation 3 vols._ 1844; _Sybil or the two nations 3 vols._ 1845; _Tancred or the new crusade 3 vols._ 1847; _Political biography of Lord George Bentinck_ 1851; _Lothair 3 vols._ 1870; _Endymion 3 vols._ 1880. _d._ 19 Curzon st. Mayfair London 19 April 1881. _bur._ Hughenden churchyard 26 April. _Maclise Portrait gallery by W. Bates_ (1883) 164–72, _portrait_; _Lord Beaconsfield, a biography by T. P. O’Connor_, _6 ed._ 1884; _The public life of Lord Beaconsfield by F. Hitchman, 3 ed._ 1884; _An appreciative life of Lord Beaconsfield, edited by C. Brown, 2 vols._ 1882, _portrait_. NOTE.—He is the hero of ‘Vivian Grey’ the first edition of which novel has whole chapters not found in subsequent editions; he figures almost by name in Lady Bulwer Lytton’s novel “Behind the Scenes” 3 vols. 1854. His statue in Parliament sq. was unveiled 19 April 1883, Primrose day. BEACONSFIELD, MARY ANNE DISRAELI, Viscountess (_only dau. of John Viney Evans, Captain R.N. of Branceford park, Devon_). _b._ 1795. (_m._ (1) 1811 Wyndham Lewis, M.P. for Maidstone who _d._ 14 March 1838, _m._ (2) 28 Aug. 1839 Benjamin Disraeli, 1 Earl of Beaconsfield). Created Viscountess Beaconsfield of Beaconsfield 30 Nov. 1868. _d._ Hughenden, Bucks 15 Dec. 1872. _Heath’s Book of beauty_ 1841 _p._ 236, _portrait_. BEADON, SIR CECIL (_youngest son of Richard Beadon who d. 6 April 1858 aged 76_). _b._ Wells 1816; ed. at Eton and Shrewsbury; under secretary to government of Bengal 1843 and secretary 1852; secretary to government of India home department 1854 and foreign department 1859; member of Governor general’s council 1860; lieutenant governor of Bengal 1862–1866; K.C.S.I. 24 May 1866. _d._ Latton, Wilts 18 July 1880. _Fortnightly Review viii_, 180–91 (1867). BEADON, REV. FREDERICK (_3 son of Rev. Edward Beadon, R. of North Stoneham, Hants who d. 17 Dec. 1810_). _b._ London 6 Dec. 1777; ed. at Charter house and Trin. coll. Ox., B.A. 1800, M.A. 1804; R. of Weston-super-Mare 1801–11; preb. of Wells cathedral 26 May 1809, canon residentiary 1812–1875 and chancellor 13 Aug. 1823 to death; V. of Titley near Hereford 1811–1876; R. of Sulham, Berks 1814–1823; R. of North Stoneham Jany. 1811 to death. _d._ North Stoneham rectory 10 June 1879 aged 101 years and 6 months. _Norman’s Memoir privately printed_ 1879; _Graphic xx_, 108 (1879), _portrait_. BEADON, WILLIAM FREDERICK (_eld. son of Richard Beadon who d. 6 April 1858_). _b._ 1808; ed. at Eton and St. John’s coll. Cam., B.A. 1829, M.A. 1833; barrister I.T. 1 May 1835; police magistrate at Wandsworth and Hammersmith 1847, and at Marlborough st. police court 1856 to death. _d._ Stratford place, Cavendish sq. 30 March 1862. BEAGLEY, THOMAS. _b._ Farringdon near Alton, Hants 5 Oct. 1789; a builder there to Nov. 1850; professional cricketer; a splendid bat and long-stop; played for his county many years. _d._ 27 Alfred road, Harrow road, London 21 Feb. 1858. BEAL, ABRAHAM. _b._ Chatham about 1803; a great advocate of total abstinence; acquired title of “the Prisoner’s friend”; emigrated to the United States 1848; general agent of New York prison association 1863 to death; more than 10000 prisoners were released or pardoned through his active agency. _d._ Brooklyn New York 25 Feb. 1872. _American Annual Cyclopædia xii_, 59–60 (1873). BEAL, REV. WILLIAM. _b._ Devonport 4 May 1785; Wesleyan minister 1808 to death; at Liskeard, Cornwall 1857 to death; the first Sunday school teacher in Cornwall; author of _The fathers of the Wesley family and references to their times_ 1833, _2 ed._ 1862; _Britain and the Gael_ 1855 _2 ed._ 1860. _d._ Liskeard 18 June 1872. BEAL, REV. WILLIAM (_eld. son of the preceding_). _b._ Sheffield 9 Dec. 1815; ed. at King’s coll. London and Trin. coll. Cam., B.A. 1841, LLD. Aberdeen 1845, F.S.A. 1850; head master of Tavistock gr. sch. 1837–47; V. of Brooke Norfolk 1847 to death; originated at Brooke the Parochial harvest home 1854; diocesan inspector of schools 1855 to death; edited the _West of England magazine_ 1840–47; author of _First book in chronology_ 1840; _Church Unions_ 1848; _Peoples Colleges_ 1851. _d._ Aigle, canton Vaud Switzerland 20 April 1870. BEALE, LIONEL JOHN. _b._ Falmouth Oct. 1796; M.R.C.S. 1815; practised in London about 1831 to death; medical officer of health to parish of St. Martin-in-the-Fields 1856 to death; author of _On spinal diseases_ 1830; _The laws of health in relation to mind and body_ 1851; _Health and longevity_ 1854; _On personal and domestic hygiene_ 1855. _d._ 108 Long Acre London 23 June 1871. _Medical Times and gazette ii_, 24 (1871). BEALE, SAMUEL (_son of William Beale of Camphill, Birmingham_). _b._ Birmingham 1803; an iron master; M.P. for Derby 28 March 1857 to 6 July 1865; chairman of Midland railway 1858–1864. _d._ Warfield grove, Bracknell Berkshire 11 Sep. 1874. Personalty sworn under £350,000 Oct. 1874. BEALE, THOMAS WILLIAM. Clerk in office of Board of Revenue at Agra many years; author of _Miftahu-t-Tawarikh or Key of history_ lithographed at Agra 1849; _The Oriental biographical dictionary edited by the Asiatic Society of Bengal_ 1881. _d._ summer of 1875 very old. _Sir H. M. Elliott’s History of India viii_, 441–44 (1877). BEALE, WILLIAM. _b._ Landrake Cornwall 1 Jany. 1784; a chorister of Westminster Abbey; Midshipman R.N.; member of Royal Society of Musicians 1 Dec. 1811; gained by his madrigal _Awake sweet muse_ prize cup given by Madrigal Society 12 Jany. 1813; one of gentlemen of Chapel Royal 30 Jany. 1816 to 13 Dec. 1820; organist at Trinity college Cambridge 1 Nov. 1820 to Dec. 1821; organist of Wandsworth parish church 1822, afterwards of St. John’s church Clapham Rise; published _A first book of madrigals, glees, &c. for 3, 4, and 5 voices_ 1815; _Collection of glees and madrigals_