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

BELL, ALEXANDER MONTGOMERIE (_son of John Bell of Paisley, manufacturer_). _b._ Paisley 4 Dec. 1809; ed. at Paisley gr. sch. and Univ. of Glasgow; a writer to the Signet 1835; partner of Messrs. Dundas and Wilson; professor of conveyancing in the Univ. of Edin. 1856 to death; author of _Lectures on conveyancing_ 1867, _3 ed. 2 vols._ 1882. _d._ East Morningside house, Edinburgh 19 Jany. 1866. BELL, ARCHIBALD. _b._ 1775; member of faculty of advocates 1798; sheriff depute of Ayrshire 18 Feb. 1815; author of _The Cabinet, a series of essays moral and literary [anon.] 2 vols._ 1835; _Count Clermont, a tragedy, Caius Toranius, a tragedy with other poems_ 1841; _Melodies of Scotland_ 1849. _d._ Edinburgh 6 Oct. 1854. BELL, BENJAMIN (_son of Joseph Bell of Edinburgh, surgeon 1786–1848_). _b._ Edinburgh 13 April 1810; ed. in Edin. and London; L.R.C.S. Edin. 1832, F.R.C.S. 1835, pres. 1864; M.R.C.S. 1833; founded with Robert Hamilton the Eye infirmary Edin. 1834; vice pres. of Medico-Chirurgical society of Edin. 1856, pres. 1859–61; author of _A probationary essay on injuries of the male urethra_ 1835; _The life of Benjamin Bell by his grandson_ 1868. _d._ Coates crescent, Edinburgh 13 June 1883. _Edinburgh Medical Journal xxix_, 91–95 (1884). BELL, CATHERINE DOUGLAS. Author of _Arnold Lee, or rich children and poor children by cousin Kate_ 1852; _Help in time of need_ 1856, _2 ed._ 1866; _Self mastery_ 1857; _Home sunshine_ 1859, _2 ed._ 1866; _Hope Campbell, or know thyself_ 1866 and other books for children. _d._ Edinburgh 15 Nov. 1861. _Last hours with cousin Kate_ [_C. D. Bell_] 1862, _portrait_. BELL, CHARLES. _b._ London 1805; partner in firm of Thomson, Bonar & Co. of London and St. Petersburg, merchants; M.P. for City of London 16 Nov. 1868 to death. _d._ Terrace house, Richmond, Surrey 9 Feb. 1869. Personalty sworn under £300,000 April 1869. BELL, CHRISTOPHER. Entered navy June 1796; captain 7 Feb. 1812, retired R.A. 1 Oct. 1846; C.B. 4 July 1840. _d._ Aigburth Ash near Liverpool 16 Oct. 1853 aged 70. BELL, EDWARD WELLS. Lieutenant 7 Foot 16 May 1811; major 19 Dec. 1826 to 29 June 1830 when placed on h.p.; colonel 66 Foot 26 Dec. 1859 to death; general 12 July 1868. _d._ Kempsey, Worcester 9 Oct. 1870. BELL, EDWARD WILLIAM DERRINGTON. _b._ 1824; 2 lieut. 23 Foot 15 April 1842; lieut. col. 8 Jany. 1858 to 1 Sep. 1869; served in Russian war 1854–55 and in Sepoy mutiny 1857–58; personally captured and secured the first gun taken at battle of the Alma; M.G. 6 March 1868; commanded Belfast district 28 Feb. 1875 to death; C.B. 13 March 1867; V.C. 26 June 1856. _d._ Fort William park, Belfast 10 Nov. 1879. BELL, SIR GEORGE (_son of George Bell of Belle Vue on Lough Erin Fermanagh_). _b._ Belle Vue 17 March 1794; ed. at Dublin; ensign 34 Foot 11 March 1811; served in the Peninsula 1811–14; lieut. col. 1 Foot 5 Dec. 1843 to 1 May 1855; commanded 1 brigade of third division in Crimean war 1854–55; inspecting field officer at Liverpool 1 May 1855 to 4 April 1859; colonel 104 Foot 23 Oct. 1863, of 32 Foot 2 Feb. 1867 and of 1 Foot 3 Aug. 1868 to death; general 8 March 1875; C.B. 5 July 1855, K.C.B. 13 March 1867. _d._ 156 Westbourne terrace, London 10 July 1877. _Rough notes by an old soldier Sir G. Bell 2 vols._ 1867, _portrait_. BELL, HENRY GLASSFORD (_eld. son of James Bell, Town clerk of Greenock_). _b._ Glasgow 8 Nov. 1805; ed. at Glasgow high school and Univ. of Edin.; admitted advocate 20 Nov. 1832; sheriff substitute of Lanarkshire 1 July 1838; sheriff principal 8 June 1867 to death; started _Edinburgh Literary Journal_ 1828, edited it to 14 Jany. 1832 when it was merged in _Edinburgh Weekly Chronicle_; he is sketched under name of Tallboys in _Noctes Ambrosianæ_; author of _Life of Mary Queen of Scots 2 vols._ 1828; _Summer and winter hours_ 1831; _Romances and minor poems_ 1866. _d._ Glasgow 7 Jany. 1874. _Journal of jurisprudence xviii_, 92–103 (1874). BELL, JACOB (_son of John Bell of 338 Oxford st. London, chemist who d. 14 Jany. 1849 aged 74_). _b._ 338 Oxford St. 5 March 1810; apprenticed to his father 1827–32; chemist in Oxford st. 1832 to death, his drugs earned a European reputation; founder of Pharmaceutical Society 1841, on which he spent a large sum; edited _Pharmaceutical Journal_ July 1841 to death; M.P. for St. Albans 24 Dec. 1850 to 1 July 1852; contested Great Malvern 1852 and Marylebone 1854; collected at his house 15 Langham place, London a gallery of pictures many by Sir Edwin Landseer, the 13 best of which he bequeathed to the nation; F.L.S. 6 March 1832; author of _Chemical and pharmaceutical processes and products_ 1852. _d._ Tunbridge Wells 12 June 1859. _J. Bell and T. Redwood’s Historical sketch of progress of pharmacy_ (1880) 280–92; _I.L.N. xviii_, 299 (1851), _portrait, xxxi_, 4, 24 (1859), _portrait_. BELL, JAMES SPENCER. _b._ 1818; M.P. for Guildford 7 July 1852 to 21 March 1857. _d._ 1 Devonshire place, Portland place, London 22 Feb. 1872. BELL, JOHN (_only son of John Bell of Thirsk_). _b._ 1809; M.P. for Thirsk 1 July 1841 to death; declared insane by a commission July