Part 9

KNIGHT, SUSAN (dau. of an actor called Williamson or O’Shaughnessy and sister of Richard John or Obi Smith actor and of Mrs. Sarah Bartley actress). _b._ York 26 March 1784; heroine of the York circuit when under Tate Wilkinson; acted at Bath some years; first appeared at Drury Lane 17 June 1813 as Ella Rosenberg; at Milton st. theatre under John Kemble Chapman’s management; at the Olympic under Madame Vestris. _m._ as his second wife in 1807 Edward Knight the actor known as little Knight, he was _b._ Birmingham 1774, _d._ London 21 Feb. 1826; she _d._ 13 Dec. 1859. _Theatrical Inquisitor_, _ix_ 381–84 (1816), _portrait_; _Era 18 Dec. 1859 p._ 11.

KNIGHT, WILLIAM (natural son of a landed proprietor in Aberdeenshire). _b._ near Portgordon, Banffshire 1825; ed. at parish school of Keith and at St. Andrews where he gained a bursary; clerk in office of A. Torrie of Aberdeen, advocate; a shoemaker in Aberdeen 1846–51; in Edinburgh 1853–56 and in Aberdeen again. _d._ in the infirmary, Dundee Aug. 1866. _Auld Yule and other poems. By Wm. Knight with recollections of the author’s life_, _pp. xxi–xl_ (1869), _portrait_; _Norrie’s Dundee Celebrities_ (1873) 271.

KNIGHT, WILLIAM (son of William Knight of Painswick, Gloucs.). _b._ 1790; ed. Balliol coll. Oxf., B.A. 1813, M.A. 1816; R. of St. Michael’s, Bristol 1816–75; hon. canon of Bristol 1864 to death; author of Church missionary jubilee 1848. 1848; Lectures on prophecies concerning Antichrist 1855; Psalms and hymns 1862; The arch of Titus and the spoils of the Temple 1867. _d._ 5 Wetherill place, Grosvenor place, Clifton 5 Aug. 1878.

KNIGHT, WILLIAM HENRY (son of John Knight of Newbury, Berkshire, schoolmaster). _b._ Newbury 26 Sep. 1823; in a solicitor’s office at Newbury; painter in London from 1844, studied at British museum and R. Academy; exhibited 29 pictures at R.A., 17 at B.I. and 8 at Suffolk st. 1844–64; his best known work is The broken window. _d._ Claremont cottage, Claremont place, Wandsworth road, Surrey 31 July 1863. _Art Journal_ (1863) 133, 191; _Sydney Armytage’s Beautiful pictures_ (1875) 51–2.

KNIGHT, VALENTINE. _b._ 1792; gold and silver dial maker and engine-turner 4 Newcastle place, Clerkenwell 1828–51, Knight’s dials were long in demand particularly by Americans; took Thomas Burr into partnership 1842; retired with a large fortune 1851; chairman of meeting to establish British Horological Institute 15 June 1858, president to death; an early director of Mutual life assurance co.; president of Watch and clock makers’ asylum; satirised in an engraving published by Askew & Co. 5 Butcher hall lane, entitled Sir Stultus Walentine, knight and champion of St. James’ Herriddittaries. d. Thornycroft, Leatherhead, Middlesex 17 Nov. 1867. _Pinks’s Clerkenwell_ (1881) 318, 753; _Horological Journal 1 Dec. 1867 pp._ 37–38.

KNIGHT, W. H. _b._ 29 Nov. 1812; on the staff of The Sporting Life; connected with several daily newspapers; edited John Wisden’s Cricketers’ Almanac some years to death; resided at 46 George st. Hampstead road, London a long time. _d._ Middlesex hospital, Berner’s st. London 16 Aug. 1879.

KNIGHTLEY, SIR CHARLES, 2 Baronet (1 son of rev. Charles Knightley 1753–87, R. of Preston Capes, Northamptonshire). b. Preston Capes 30 Jany. 1781; ed. at Rugby and Ch. Ch. Oxf., D.C.L. 1834; succeeded his uncle 29 Jany. 1812; on his mare Benvolio cleared 31 feet over a fence and a brook at Brixworth hill, a spot since known as Knightley’s leap; a breeder of hounds and short horns and a great farmer; contested Northhants. 1831; M.P. Southern division of Northhants. 1834–52; master of the Pytchley hunt 1817–18; wrote in Post and Paddock pp. 322–5 Auld Lang Syne, and in Silk and Scarlet, pp. 70–82 Olden Times. _d._ Fawsley court near Daventry 30 Aug. 1864. _Sporting Review_, _xxxvi_ 1–7 (1856), _portrait_, _lii_ 320 (1864); _H. O. Nethercote’s Pytchley Hunt_ (1888) 45–47, _portrait_; _Northamptonshire election_ (1831).

KNILL, RICHARD (4 child of Richard Knill, carpenter, _d._ 1826). _b._ Braunton near Barnstaple 14 April 1787; congregational missionary in Madras 1816–19 and at St. Petersburg 1820–33; travelled in United Kingdom advocating claims of the foreign missions 1833–41; minister at Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucs. 1 Jany. 1842 to 1848, at Chester 1848 to death; author of The farmer and his family 1814; some account of John Knill 1830; The happy death-bed 1833; Memoirs of female labourers in the missionary cause 1839; A Scotchman abroad 1841. _d._ 28 Queen st. Chester 2 Jany. 1857. _Birrell’s Life of R. Knill_ (1878), _portrait_; _Waddington’s Congregational history_, _v_ 185–96 (1880).

KNOCKER, EDWARD (youngest son of Wm. Knocker of Dover, solicitor). _b._ Dover 1804; solicitor at Dover 1826–74, member of the common council 1827–35, town clerk 1860–8, alderman several times, mayor 1871; registrar of the Cinque Ports many years; hon. librarian to Dover corporation; F.S.A. 5 March 1874; author of On the antiquities of Dover 1858; An account of the grand court of Shepway, held on Bredenstone hill, Dover for the installation of viscount Palmerston as constable of Dover and warden of the Cinque ports Aug. 25, 1861. 1862; The footsteps of the Lord: being a continuous narrative 1870. _d._ Torquay 25 Dec. 1884.

KNOLLIS, FRANCIS MINDEN (eld. son of rev. James Knollis of Donnington, Berkshire). _b._ Donnington 14 Nov. 1816; ed. at Lincoln coll. Oxf.; demy Magd. coll. 1836–9, fellow 1839 to death, bursar 1846; B.A. 1837, M.A. 1840, B.D. 1850, D.D. 1851; R. of Congerstone, Leics. 1840–2; R. of Brandeston, Norfolk 1847–8; domestic chaplain to Lord Ribblesdale 1849 to death; P.C. of Horspath, Oxon. 1849–50; Inc. of Fitzhead near Taunton 1856–61; author of The sophistry of words, or the cause and effects of inadequate appellations of sin considered. Oxford 1837, anon.; A wreath for the altar. Leicester 1838; A short explanation of all the holydays of the church 2 ed. 1839; The silver trumpet, or the child’s companion to the christian year. Norwich 1849; A tutor’s counsels to his old pupils, or a week’s hints for a quiet life 1863, and 14 other books. _d._ Bournemouth 26 Aug. 1863. _J. R. Bloxam’s Register of Magdalen college_, _vii_ 340–2 (1881).

KNOLLYS, SIR WILLIAM THOMAS (eld. son of general Wm. Knollys who claimed to be 8 earl of Banbury 1763–1834). _b._ 1 Aug. 1797; styled Viscount Wallingford 1797–1813; ed. at Harrow and Sandhurst; ensign 3 foot guards 9 Dec. 1813, adjutant 1821–7; lieut.-col. Scots fusilier guards 1850 to 25 March 1853 when placed on h.p., col. 20 June 1883; taught prince Albert his military duties 1850; governor of Guernsey 1 Aug. 1854 to 10 May 1855; commanded the camp at Aldershot 1855–60; col. of 62 foot 16 Nov. 1858 to 20 June 1883; general 17 June 1866; vice pres. of council of military education 1861–2; treasurer and comptroller of household of prince of Wales 1862–77, groom of the stole to the prince 22 March 1877 to death; gentleman usher of the black rod to House of Lords 22 March 1877 to death; receiver general of duchy of Cornwall 14 Oct. 1878 to death; LL.D. Oxf. 1863, D.C.L. Camb. 1864; K.C.B. 23 April 1867; P.C. 19 March 1872; author of A translation of the Odes of Horace, privately printed; Some remarks on the claim to the earldom of Banbury 1835; A journal of the Russian campaign of 1812 by R. E. P. J. De Frezensac, a translation 1852. _d._ House of Lords 23 June 1883. _bur._ Highgate cemet. 28 June. _Biograph_, _ii_ 507–10 (1879); _I.L.N. xlii_ 399, 400 (1863), _portrait_, _lxxxiii_ 5 (1883), _portrait_; _Graphic_, _xxvii_ 652 (1883), _portrait_.

NOTE.--In his will which was proved 30 Aug. 1883 he styles himself “by hereditary descent and by the law of the land Earl of Banbury, Viscount Wallingford and Baron Knollys of Greys co. Oxon.”

KNOTT, ROBERT ROWE. _b._ 1796; ed. St. John’s coll. Camb., B.A. 1819, M.A. 1824; lecturer at Rye and head master Rye gram. sch. 1822–35; C. and lecturer at St. Peter-upon-Cornhill, London 1835–38; V. of Helidan, Northants. 1838–49; chaplain of Donative of Tarrant Crawford, Dorset 1849–65; chaplain of West London union 1865–70; author of The new aid to memory. Parts 1 and 2 By A Cambridge M.A., Part 3 by the rev. R. R. Knight 1839–42, 2 ed. 1841–42; Part 1 Events of the history of England, and Part 2 Events of the history of Rome, were separately printed 1845 and 1846. _d._ Bayswater, London 11 Jany. 1879.

KNOWLES, CHARLES JAMES (2 son of James Knowles of Greenhead, Yorkshire). _b._ Greenhead 1798; barrister M.T. 7 Nov. 1823, bencher 1841 to death; Q.C. 6 July 1841; attorney general for Duchy of Lancaster, Feb. 1846 to 1861. _d._ Hurst Green, Sussex 12 Feb. 1867.

KNOWLES, EDWARD. _b._ Gravesend; captain of the Northfleet 895 tons, emigrant ship which was run down about two miles off Dungeness on her way from London to Hobart Town by the Spanish steamer Murillo 22 Jany. 1873, when only 85 persons were saved out of 412 passengers and crew; _m._ 4 Dec. 1872 Frederica Louisa Markham, she was granted civil list pension of £50 1 March 1873; he went down in the Northfleet 22 Jany. 1873. _Annual Register_ (1873) 9–15.

KNOWLES, EMMA MARIAN MAUDE (dau. of Mr. Elphinstone). _b._ London about 1808; pupil of James Sheridan Knowles the actor; first appeared in America 26 Aug. 1834 at Arch st. theatre, Philadelphia as Juliet; returned to England 1836; played in William Tell, The Hunchback and several other of J. S. Knowles’s plays at T.R. Dublin from 4 April 1836; played at Glasgow 1837 and 1838; played Meeta in J. S. Knowles’s drama The Maid of Mariendorpt at Haymarket theatre, London 9 Oct. 1838; (_m._ 1842 J. S. Knowles the dramatist); left all her husband’s manuscripts to Mary Knowles Rice. She _d._ 29 North bank, Regent’s park, London 10 May 1888. _R. B. Knowles’s Life of J. S. Knowles_ (1872) 133; _F. Harvey’s Genealogical table of the families of ... Knowles_ (1875).

KNOWLES, SIR FRANCIS CHARLES, 3 Baronet (only son of admiral sir Charles Henry Knowles, 2 baronet 1754–1831). _b._ 10 June 1802; ed. Trin. coll. Camb., 22 wrangler and B.A. 1825, M.A. 1828; F.R.S. 4 March 1830; F.S.A.; barrister L.I. 28 Jany. 1834; gained Telford prize 1872 for an intricate mathematical problem; author of History of the Shaftesbury election 1830; The supplement to the reform act of 1832, a proposal for the extension of the representation 1864. _d._ 50 York st. Portman sq. London 19 March 1892. _bur._ cemetery of St. Nicholas, Guildford 25 March. _The Daily Graphic 24 March 1892 p._ 9, _portrait_.

KNOWLES, JAMES SHERIDAN (only son of James Knowles the lexicographer 1759–1840). _b._ Anne st. Cork 12 May 1784; removed with his parents to London 1793; wrote the Welsh Harper, one of the popular ballads of the day 1798; ensign in 2nd regiment of Tower Hamlets militia 25 Jany. 1805 to 25 July 1806; M.D. Aberdeen 1806; vaccinator of Jennerian Soc. Salisbury sq. London 1806; first appeared on the stage at Crow st. theatre, Dublin 1808; acted in Cherry’s company at Waterford and Swansea 1809–11; taught elocution at Mrs. Chapman’s school, Belfast 1813–5; kept a school at Glasgow 1817–29; partner with Mr. Northhouse in the Free Press newspaper, Glasgow 1821–4; first appeared in London at Covent Garden 5 April 1832 as Master Walter in The Hunchback, made his début in U.S. of A. 29 Sep. 1834 in the same part; lectured at various places on rhetoric, &c.; granted civil list pension of £200, 14 July 1848; converted and became a Baptist preacher June 1853, drew large audiences to Exeter Hall; his best known plays were Cains Gracchus produced at Belfast 13 Feb. 1815, Virginius at Glasgow 1819 and at Covent Garden 17 May 1820, The Hunchback at Covent Garden 5 April 1832, The Wife at Covent Garden 24 April 1833 in which he played Julian St. Pierre, The Love Chase at Haymarket 10 Oct. 1837, Woman’s Wit or love’s disguises at Covent Garden 23 May 1838; author of The Magdalen and other tales 1832; The life of Edmund Kean, Esq. tragedian 1833; George Lovell, a novel 3 vols. 1846; Fortescue, a novel 3 vols. 1847; The Rock of Rome or the arch-heresy 1849; The Idol demolished by its own priest 1851; The Gospel attributed to Matthew is the record of the whole original apostlehood 1855. _d._ Higher terrace, Torquay 30 Nov. 1862. _bur._ necropolis, Glasgow 5 Dec. _Life of J. S. Knowles. By R. B. Knowles_ (1872), _portrait_; _Genealogical table of the families of ... Knowles. By F. Harvey_ (1875); _W. Marston’s Our Recent Actors_, _ii_ 122–38 (1888); _Traits of Character. By A Contemporary_, _ii_ 131–58 (1860); _James Grant’s Portraits of public characters_, _ii_ 251–61 (1841); _J. E. Ritchie’s London Pulpit_, _2 ed._ (1858) 141–7; _W. Bates’s Maclise portrait gallery_ (1883) 397–402, _portrait_; _R. H. Horne’s New spirit of the age_, _ii_ 85–90 (1844); _G. Hodder’s Memories of my time_ (1870) 170–5; _Cumberland’s British Theatre_, _vol. xlii_, _portrait_; _Men of the time_ (1857) 428–31.

NOTE.--There was a tavern at 12 Brydges st. Covent Garden called after him the Sheridan Knowles tavern, it lasted from 1840 to 1860, here met the worshipful society of “The Owls,” some 200 strong with Augustine Wade as president and J. S. Knowles as patron and chancellor. There was a splendid edition of Knowles’ works privately printed 1872–4 at expense of James M’Henry, edited by Francis Harvey 6 vols. 4^o., 25 copies only, the last vol. is a life of him by his son R. B. Knowles.

KNOWLES, JOHN. _b._ Manchester 1810; stage coach proprietor; succeeded his father in the coal and marble trade; proprietor of a corn and flour mill at Nuneaton; lessee of the old theatre royal, Manchester 29 Nov. 1842 to 1844; built the new theatre royal, Peter st. Manchester, opened 29 Sep. 1845, lessee until 1875, his representations have never been surpassed in the provinces; formed a fine collection of works of art. _d._ The Lawn, Rugby 18 Feb. 1880.

KNOWLES, JOHN. _b._ Bow, London 1823; emigrated 1841 and was in service of New Zealand Co. 1841–44; in business in New Zealand 1853; under sec. public works department New Zealand 1871–83; edited Wellington Independent for 9 years, the Wanganui Chronicle, and the New Zealand Spectator; own correspondent of the London Times 1864–69; founder and first sec. of Wellington mechanics’ institution 1842; author of The Canterbury settlement of New Zealand a field for emigration 1851. _d._ Wellington 3 Dec. 1891.

KNOWLES, RICHARD BRINSLEY (son of J. S. Knowles the dramatist 1784–1862). _b._ Glasgow 17 Jany. 1820; clerk in general register office 7 and 8 Somerset place, London 1838–41; barrister M.T. 26 May 1843; edited Joe Miller the Younger 2 vols. 1845; Mephistopheles 16 numbers 1845–6; produced The Maiden Aunt, a comedy at Haymarket theatre 19 Nov. 1845; joined Church of Rome 1849; edited The Catholic Standard 1849; Illustrated London Magazine 5 vols. 1853–5; a writer on the Standard 1857–60, afterwards on the Morning Post; edited Chronicles of John of Oxenedes. Rolls Series 1859; engaged under royal commission on historical manuscripts 1871 to death; author of The life of James Sheridan Knowles 1872, 25 copies only privately printed. _d._ 29 North Bank, Regent’s park, London 28 Jany. 1882. _W. Bates’s Maclise portrait gallery_ (1883) 402.

KNOWLES, THOMAS (son of John Knowles of Ince near Wigan). _b._ Ince 30 May 1824; a collier boy at a pit in Ince 1833 where his father was an overman; partner with John Pearson in a colliery at Ince; chairman of the Pearson and Knowles Coal and Iron co.; member of Wigan town council 1863–73, mayor of Wigan 1864 and 1865; M.P. for Wigan 3 Feb. 1874 to death; one of royal comrs. to inquire into working of factory and workshops acts 25 March 1875, their report is dated 10 Feb. 1876; pres. of Mining association of Great Britain 13 Feb. 1878. _d._ Darnhall hall, Winsford, Cheshire 3 Dec. 1883.

KNOX, ALEXANDER ANDREW (2 son of George Knox of Jamaica, landed proprietor). _b._ London 5 Feb. 1818; ed. at Tiverton and Trin. coll. Camb., scholar, third in the classical tripos and second chancellor’s medallist 1844; B.A. 1844, M.A. 1847; barrister L.I. 23 Nov. 1847; wrote leading articles for The Times 1846–60; magistrate at Worship st. police court London 17 Aug. 1860, at Marlborough st. 1862–78; wrote articles in Edinburgh Review, Blackwood’s Mag. and other periodicals; author of The new playground, or wanderings in Algeria 1881, 2 ed. 1882. _d._ 125 Victoria st. Westminster 5 Oct. 1891. _Temple Bar_, _April 1892 pp._ 495–517.

KNOX, BROWNLOW WILLIAM (3 son of Thomas Knox, captain 1 foot guards). _b._ 1806; ensign 3 foot guards 13 Aug. 1825; captain Scots fusilier guards 15 Nov. 1839, sold out 2 Oct. 1846; major Bucks. yeomanry cavalry 5 April 1853, lieut. col. 27 May 1862 to Jany. 1869; M.P. for Marlow 3 Aug. 1847 to 11 Nov. 1868. _d._ 28 Wilton crescent, London 14 March 1873.

NOTE.--In 1850 he advanced money to Frederick Gye for the purpose of carrying on the Royal Italian opera, Covent Garden, this arrangement lasted until 5 March 1856 when the theatre was burnt down, Gye then hired the Lyceum and carried on Italian opera there 2 years, when he returned to the new Covent Garden theatre. Knox filed a bill against Gye in 1861, V.C. Wood decreed 4 Dec. 1863 there was no partnership between them and the bill was dismissed; in 1864 Knox filed a second bill against Gye, V.C. Wood decided against Gye 30 Jany. 1866, the lord chancellor then being appealed to reversed V.C. Wood’s decision 20 Feb. 1867, Knox appealed to the House of Lords 1871, his appeal was dismissed with costs 8 July 1872. _Law Reports_, _5 House of Lords_ 656–88 (1872).

KNOX, EDMUND SEXTON PERY (2 son of 1 earl of Ranfurly 1754–1840). _b._ 21 July 1787; entered navy Nov. 1799; captain 28 Feb. 1812; flag capt. in the Eurotas 38 guns in 1814 and then on h.p. to death; R.A. 1 Oct. 1846; retired admiral 7 Nov. 1860. _d._ Dover 24 March 1867.

KNOX, HENRY BARRY (2 son of George Knox, M.P. for univ. of Dublin, _d._ 13 June 1827). _b._ 7 Oct. 1807; ed. Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1828, M.A. 1832; R. of Hadleigh, Suffolk and co-dean of Bocking 1841 to death. _d._ Hadleigh 24 Aug. 1869.

KNOX, JAMES. _b._ 1807; accountant; a publisher in Edinburgh; started and edited The Torch, a journal of literature, science and the arts, 22 numbers Edinburgh 3 Jany. to 30 May 1846; contributed to Tait’s Magazine; Scottish editor of Daily News 3 years. _d._ Bathfield, North Leith 5 June 1869.

KNOX, JOHN HENRY (brother of E. S. P. Knox 1787–1867). _b._ 26 July 1788; weigh-master of butter to 1830 when granted pension of £1076 15s. on abolition of the office; M.P. Newry 1826–32; author of Norman Hamilton, or the shadow of destiny 1860; The Ocean Pilgrim’s jottings 1870; The critic-vampyre 1870. _d._ Chislehurst, Kent 27 Aug. 1872. _I.L.N. lxi_ 263 (1872).

KNOX, LAWRENCE EDWARD (1 son of Arthur Edward Knox of Trotton, Sussex, _b._ 1808). _b._ Kemp Town, Brighton 7 Nov. 1836; ensign 63 foot 25 Aug. 1854, lieut. 11 Dec. 1854, placed on h.p. with rank of captain 15 Jany. 1857, sold out 1858; founded The Irish Times 1859 which became the leading paper in Ireland; major 2nd royal Tower Hamlets militia 24 March 1866 to 20 Aug. 1870; M.P. for borough of Sligo 20 Nov. 1868, unseated on petition 19 Feb. 1869, Sligo disfranchised 1870; F.R.S. Dublin. _d._ 53 Fitzwilliam sq. Dublin 24 Jany. 1873. _I.L.N. lxii_ 115 (1873).

KNOX, RICHARD (son of John Knox of Dublin). _b._ 28 May 1812; ed. at Eton; cornet 4 light dragoons 28 June 1831; lieut. 15 hussars 2 Sep. 1836, major 8 Dec. 1854 to 19 Feb. 1858; raised the 18th hussars at Leeds 1858, lieut.-col. of the regiment 19 Feb. 1858, served with it in England 1858–64, in Madras 1864–73, placed on h.p. 14 June 1873; M.G. 23 July 1876; granted good service pension 11 March 1878; placed on retired list with hon. rank of L.G. 1 July 1881; col. 20 hussars 21 Aug. 1883 to 11 June 1891; col. 18 hussars 11 June 1891 to death. _d._ Strathdurn, Cheltenham 3 Jany. 1892.

KNOX, ROBERT. Sub-edited Morning Herald many years, edited it 1846–58; registrar of mixed commission at Cape of Good Hope 1858 to death. _d._ Cape of Good Hope 6 March 1859.

KNOX, ROBERT (5 son of Robert Knox, mathematical master at Heriot’s hospital, Edinburgh _d._ 1812). _b._ Edinburgh 4 Sep. 1791; lost sight of his left eye from small-pox; ed. at high school Edinb., dux and gold medallist 1810; studied at univ. of Edinb., M.D. 1814; assistant surgeon in the army 1815, sent to Cape of Good Hope with 72nd foot April 1817, returned to England on h.p. 25 Dec. 1820, remained on h.p. to 1832; F.R.C.S. Edinb. 1825, conservator of museum of comparative anatomy and pathology 1825–31; anatomical lecturer in Edinb. 1825–41, in 1828–9 his students numbered 504, they presented him with a gold vase 11 April 1829; purchased bodies from the resurrectionists Burke and Hare 1828; lectured on The Races of Men and other subjects at Newcastle, Manchester and other towns 1846–52; pathological anatomist to Cancer hospital at Brompton, London, Oct. 1856 to death; practised at Hackney 1856 to death; author of The Edinburgh Dissector 1837, anon.; The races of men 1850, with supplement 1862; A manual of artistic anatomy 1852; A manual of human anatomy 1853; Fish and fishing in the lone glens of Scotland 1854; Man, his structure and physiology popularly explained 1857. _d._ 9 Lambe terrace, Hackney, London 20 Dec. 1862. _bur._ Woking cemet. 29 Dec. _H. Lonsdale’s Life of R. Knox_ (1870), 2 _portraits_; _Life of Sir R. Christison_, _vol._ 1 (1885) _passim_; _J. F. Clarke’s Autobiographical recollections of medical profession_ (1874) 420–33.

KNOX, ROBERT (3 son of Hugh Knox, a ruling elder of parish of Urney, co. Tyrone). _b._ Clady, parish of Urney 1815; ed. at Glasgow univ., M.A. 1837; ordained by presbytery of Strabane, April 1840; minister of Linenhall st. ch. Belfast 1843 to death; started and edited the Irish Presbyterian, monthly periodical; D.D. Univ. of Schenectady, U.S. 1863; a founder of Sabbath school society for Ireland; an early promoter of the Presbyterian alliance; author of The crisis, plain truths and stern facts for earnest men 1868. _d._ Belfast 16 Aug. 1883.

KNOX, THOMAS FRANCIS (eld. son of John Henry Knox 1788–1872, M.P.) _b._ 24 Dec. 1822; ed. at Trin. coll. Camb., B.A. 1845; received into Church of Rome at Northampton 16 Nov. 1845; admitted a member of the congregation of the Oratory 1848, founded with F. W. Faber the London Oratory 1849, superior of it 1865 to death; created D.D. by Pius IX. 1875; author of Life of the Blessed Henry Suso, by himself, translated from the German 1865; When does the Church speak infallibly? or the nature and scope of the Church’s teaching office 1867, 2 ed. 1870, translated into German and Italian; The last survivor of the ancient English hierarchy, T. Goldwell, bishop of St. Asaph. By T. F. K. 1876. _d._ the Oratory, Brompton road, South Kensington 20 March 1882. _J. E. Bowden’s Life of F. W. Faber_ (1869) 238, 363, 424.

KNOX, SIR THOMAS GEORGE (son of rev. James Spencer Knox 1789–1862, R. of Maghera, co. Derry). _b._ 11 Jany. 1824; ensign 65 foot 17 April 1840; lieut. 98 foot 7 Oct. 1842 to Dec. 1848 when he sold out; served with Siamese army 1851–57; consul at Bankok 30 Nov. 1864; consul general in Siam 18 July 1868, agent and consul general 8 Feb. 1875, retired on a pension of £1026, 26 Nov. 1879; K.C.M.G. 12 April 1880. _d._ Eaux Chaudes, Pyrenees 29 July 1887.

KNOX, VICESIMUS (1 son of rev. Vicesimus Knox 1752–1821, master of Tunbridge school). _b._ 1779; barrister I.T. 3 Feb. 1804, bencher 1848 to death; deputy recorder of Saffron Walden, recorder 1837 to death. _d._ 25 Jany. 1855.

KNOX-GORE, SIR CHARLES JAMES, 2 Baronet (eld. son of the succeeding). _b._ Ballina house, co. Mayo 20 Sep. 1831; ed. at Eton and Trin. coll. Dublin; ensign 27 foot 16 May 1851; lieut. 66 foot 27 Jany. 1854, captain 8 June 1855, sold out 30 April 1851; lieut.-col. Sligo artillery militia 3 May 1861, hon. col. 14 June 1876 to death. _d._ 22 Dec. 1890.

KNOX-GORE, SIR FRANCIS ARTHUR, 1 Baronet (eld. son of James Knox of Broadlands park, co. Mayo 1774–1818, who assumed additional name of Gore 1813). _b._ 23 June 1803; ed. at Eton and Trin. coll. Dublin; lord lieut. of Sligo 1831–71; sheriff of Sligo 1840; col. of Sligo militia 27 Jany. 1847 to death; created baronet 5 Dec. 1868. _d._ Dublin 21 May 1873.

KNYVETT, CHARLES (eld. son of Charles Knyvett 1752–1822, glee and catch singer). _b._ 1773; a chorister of Westminster abbey; assisted his father in revival of the Vocal Concerts at Hanover sq. rooms 1801; organist of St. George’s, Hanover sq. 1802; gentleman of the chapel royal 1808; a teacher of the pianoforte and of thorough bass; published Six Airs harmonised for three and four voices 1815; A selection of psalm tunes as sung at the church of St. George, Hanover square 1823; Epitaph at Brading church yard set to music for three voices 1831. _d._ 2 Nov. 1852.

KNYVETT, DEBORAH (dau. of John Travis, fustian manufacturer). _b._ Shaw near Royton 1790; a handloom weaver at Shaw; sang in Shaw ch. choir; (_m._ as his second wife in 1826 the succeeding); apprentice to Thomas Greatorex in London 5 years; a soprano singer in oratorios and secular music, with a great knowledge of Handel’s music; sang at Concerts of Ancient music 1813, and at chief London concerts 1815–43 as well as at Birmingham 1847 etc. _d._ Hey cottage, Shaw 10 Feb. 1876. _E. Butterworth’s Oldham_ (1856) 251; _Victoria Mag. xxvi_ 375–76 (1876).

KNYVETT, WILLIAM (3 son of Charles Knyvett 1752–1822). _b._ London 21 April 1779; ed. by his father, Samuel Webbe the glee composer and Signor Cimador; sang in the treble chorus at concerts of Ancient music 1788, principal alto 1795, conductor of the concerts 1832–40; a gentleman of the chapel royal 1797 and composer there 1802; lay vicar Westminster abbey; for 40 years he sang in London concerts and at provincial festivals; one of finest alto singers of his day; Callcott’s glee With sighs sweet rose, was composed for him; conductor of Birmingham festivals 1831–43; composer of My love is like the red, red rose 1803; The bells of St. Michael tower 1810; The Boatie rows 1810; and As it fell upon a day 1812; wrote anthems for coronations of George IV. and Victoria. _d._ Clarges house, Ryde, Isle of Wight 17 Nov. 1856.

KOE, JOHN HERBERT (2 son of John Heide Koe of City of London, merchant). _b._ 1783; student L.I. 17 Nov. 1804, barrister 22 Nov. 1810, bencher 18 Jany. 1842 to death, treasurer 11 Jany. 1860 to death; Q.C. Jany. 1842; a leading counsel in the Rolls court; judge of county courts, circuit No. 33, Hertfordshire and part of Beds., Bucks., Essex and Middlesex 13 March 1847 to death; editor with Samuel Miller of The law and practice in bankruptcy. By Basil Montagu and W. S. Ayrton 2 ed. 2 vols. 1844. _d._ 33 Gloucester place, Hyde park, London 3 Sep. 1860. _Law Times_, _xxxv_ 304, 315, 322 (1860).

KOENIG, HERR. Played the cornet à piston at Jullien’s series of concerts at English opera house Nov. 1843; played at Surrey Zoological gardens 1849; was the finest cornet player of his time, the predecessor of Isaac Levy. _d._ Belleville near Paris, Dec. 1857. _I.L.N. 25 Nov. 1843 p._ 348, _portrait_.

KOLBE, ADOLF GUILLAUME HERMAN, generally known as Herman Kolbe. _b._ near Göttingen 1818; professor in museum of economic geology 5 and 6 Craig’s Court, Charing Cross, London 1845–51; Davy medallist of Royal Society 1884 for researches in the isomerism of alcohols; author of A short text book of inorganic chemistry translated by T. S. Humpidge 1884, 2 ed. 1888, and of other works printed at Braunschweig and Leipzig. _d._ Leipzig 26 Nov. 1884.

KÖNIG, CHARLES DIETRICH EBERHARD. _b._ Brunswick 1774; ed. at Göttingen; came to England to arrange natural history collections belonging to queen Charlotte 1800; assistant to Jonas Dryander in charge of library and herbarium of sir Joseph Banks; assistant keeper of natural history department British museum 1807 and keeper 1813, in charge of mineralogical department to death; F.R.S. 18 Jany. 1810, foreign secretary; F.L.S.; K.H. 1831; edited with John Sims The Annals of Botany 1805–7; published first number of ‘Icones fossilium sectiles’ 1830; translated Tracts relating to botany 1805; An introduction to the study of cryptogamous plants by K. Sprengel 1807. _d._ of apoplexy, British Museum, London 29 Aug. 1851. _G.M. xxxvi_ 435–36 (1851).

KORTRIGHT, SIR CHARLES EDWARD KEITH (1 son of Cornelius Kortright of Hylands near Chelmsford). _b._ St. Croix, West Indies 25 Feb. 1813; ed. Copenhagen univ.; British consul at Carthagena, New Grenada 1844–57, acted as French consul 1851–6; consul for the state of Pennsylvania 1857–71 and for Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, etc. 1871–76; retired on a pension of £600, 8 Aug. 1878; knighted by patent 21 Oct. 1886. _d._ 2 Grosvenor crescent, London 19 May 1888.

KOTTAUN, THOMAS. _b._ Bohemia 1827; member of Brighton town band 1861; connected with 1 Sussex rifle volunteer band about 1863–80; conductor of band playing on Chain pier, Brighton for many years. _d._ Park st. Brighton, Oct. 1885.

KOUR, JENDA, Maharanee of Lahore. A dancing girl; favourite of the maharajah Ranjeet Singh (_b._ 2 Nov. 1780, founder of the Sikh empire, _d._ Lahore 27 June 1839); murdered all the near relatives of Ranjeet Singh 1839 etc., and placed her own son Dhuleep Singh _b._ 1838 on the throne of the Punjaub 1848; declared war against the British 1845, Moodkee, Aliwal and Ferozeshah ended the first Sikh war March 1846, she was granted annuity of 1 lac and 50,000 rupees 16 Dec. 1846; taken prisoner after second Sikh war 1849; a pensioner of the English government. _d._ Abingdon house, Kensington at 6.15 a.m. 1 Aug. 1863. _bur._ privately without ceremony, Kensal Green cemetery. _Daily Telegraph 5 Aug. 1863 p._ 4; _G.M. Sep. 1863 pp._ 378–9; _Spectator 8 Aug. 1863 p._ 2335.

NOTE.--Two of her servants wrote to a London paper to complain that their mistress ought to have been burnt and her ashes thrown into the Ganges.

KOZMIAN, STANISLAS. _b._ in Grand duchy of Posen 21 April 1811; ed. at Warsaw; a political refugee in England during many years; author of Dziela dramatozne Szekspira Posen 1866, and other works published at Posen. _d._ Posen 23 April 1885.

KRASINSKI, COUNT WALERJAN SKOROBOHATY. _b._ White Russia 1780; chief of department of ministry of public instruction in kingdom of Poland; established a Jewish college at Warsaw; introduced stereotyping into Poland; member of Polish diplomatic mission to England 1830–31; condemned to perpetual banishment; lived in London 1830–50, in Edinburgh 1850 to death; published Historical sketch of rise, progress and decline of the reformation in Poland 2 vols. 1838–40; Poland, its history, constitution, literature, manners, customs, etc. 1855 and 10 other works. _d._ Edinburgh 22 Dec. 1855. _G.M. xiv_ 625 (1840), _xlv_ 199 (1856).

KRAUSE, WILLIAM HENRY. _b._ island of St. Croix, West Indies 6 July 1796; ed. at Fulham and Richmond; ensign 51 foot 21 Oct. 1813, lieut. 1815, placed on h.p. 25 Dec. 1818, sold out 1824 or 1825; at battle of Waterloo; moral agent on Irish estates of Earl of Farnham to look after schools and moral and religious welfare of tenantry; entered at Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1830, M.A. 1838; C. of Cavan 1838–40; incumbent of Bethesda chapel, Dublin 1840 to death, where he became one of the best known evangelicals; author of Sermons preached in Bethesda chapel, Dublin 3 vols. 1853, Second series 2 vols. 1856–58; Sketches of nineteen discourses on the wiles of Satan 1872. _d._ Dublin 27 Feb. 1852. _C. S. Stanford’s Memoir of W. H. Krause_ (1854), _portrait_.

KUPER, SIR AUGUSTUS LEOPOLD (son of rev. Wm. Kuper, D.D., chaplain to queen Adelaide, _d._ 13 Warwick road, Upper Clapton 27 Nov. 1861). _b._ 16 Aug. 1809; entered navy 19 April 1823; assisted sir J. J. G. Bremer in forming settlement of Port Essington, North Australia 1839; captain 8 June 1841; captain of the Calliope during Chinese war 1841–3; R.A. of the Blue 29 July 1861; commander-in-chief China 8 Feb. 1862 to 17 Jany. 1865, co-operated with French and Dutch forces in Straits of Simonoseki, Japan 1864 and opened up the inland seas to all nations, for which he received legion of honour and military order of William of the Netherlands 1865; admiral 20 Oct. 1872; C.B. 21 Jany. 1842, K.C.B. 25 Feb. 1864, G.C.B. 2 June 1869. _d._ The Rock, South Brent near Totnes, Devon 29 Oct. 1885. _I.L.N. xliv_ 189, 190 (1862), _portrait_.

KURTZ, ANDREW GEORGE. Collector of works of art, his pictures included samples of Bonheur, Leighton, Tadema, Millais, Leslie, Faed and Linnell; his galleries often opened to the public at Grove house, Wavertree, Liverpool. _d._ Aberystwith 20 Sep. 1890. _Athenæum 12 Sep. 1885 p._, _27 Sep. 1890 p._ 455.

KURZ, SULPICE. _b._ Munich about 1833; served in Dutch service in Java several years; curator of the herbarium, Calcutta 1864 to death; explored Burma, Pegu and Andaman islands; wrote many articles in Journal of Asiatic Society of Bengal and Journal of Botany; author of Forest flora of British Burma. Calcutta 2 vols. 1877; Report on the vegetation of the Andaman islands. Calcutta 1867. _d._ Pulo-Penang 15 Jany. 1878. _Journal of Botany_ (1878) 127.

KYD, ARTHUR ANDERSON (4 son of David Kyd, jute manufacturer). _b._ Dundee 18 Nov. 1856; made trigonometrical survey of Galashiels 1879–80; surveyor to Kenilworth local board 1881–83; on staff of London Sanitary protection association 1884 to death; reported on Eton college, Royal Engineering college Cooper’s hill and other buildings; A.I.C.E. 5 Dec. 1882; sec. Clapham Congregational young men’s union. _d._ Clapham 11 Feb. 1886. _Min. of proc. of instit. of C.E. lxxxiv_ 449–50 (1885–86).

KYLE, JAMES FRANCIS. _b._ Edinburgh 22 Sep. 1788; ed. at R.C. seminary of Aquhorties, Aberdeenshire, professor there 1808 to Jany. 1826 except 2 or 3 years; ordained priest 21 March 1812; priest in Glasgow 2 or 3 years; bishop of Germanicia in partibus and vicar apostolic of northern district of Scotland 13 Feb. 1827 to death, consecrated at Aberdeen 28 Sep. 1828; collected 30,000 letters and papers relating to ecclesiastical history of Scotland, now in the library at Buckie on the coast of Moray Firth; profoundly versed in history and literature of Scotland. _d._ Preshome in-the-Enzie, Banff 23 Feb. 1869. _Reg. and Mag. of Biog. i_ 290 (1869).

KYLE, SAMUEL MOORE. _b._ 1800 or 1801; archdeacon of St. Peter’s, Cork 6 July 1833; vicar general and chancellor of Cork and Ross 30 June 1837 to death; vicar general of Cloyne 1840; author of The ministration of private baptism. Cork 1853. _d._ 37 Upper Fitzwilliam st. Dublin 1 May 1890.

KYNASTON, HERBERT (4 son of Roger Kynaston of Warwick). _b._ Warwick 23 Nov. 1809; ed. Westminster 1821–7 and Ch. Ch. Oxf., tutor and Greek reader 1836, B.A. 1831, M.A. 1833, B.D. and D.D. 1849; C. of Culham, Oxfordshire 1834–8; high master of St. Paul’s sch. London 22 June 1838 to Dec. 1876; select preacher of univ. of Oxf. 1842–43; R. of St. Nicholas-Cole-Abbey with St. Nicholas Olave, London 1850–66; preb. of St. Paul’s cath. July 1853 to death; contested chair of poetry at Oxford 1867; few scholars equalled him as a composer of Latin verse, he for long wrote annual compositions in praise of John Colet founder of St. Paul’s sch.; author of Miscellaneous poems 1841; Lays of the seven half centuries 1859; The number of the fish, a poem 1864; edited with a translation The glory of paradise, by Peter Damiani 1857. _d._ 31 Alfred place west, South Kensington, London 26 Oct. 1878. _bur._ Friern Barnet 2 Nov. _Leisure Hour_, _March 1879 pp._ 180–82.

KYNASTON, SIR JOHN ROGER, 3 Baronet. _b._ 2 July 1797; ed. Rugby and Ch. Ch. Oxf., B.A. 1820; capt. North Salop yeomanry cavalry 1831–50; succeeded 26 April 1839; sheriff of co. Montgomery 1842. _d._ Great Western hotel, Paddington, London 7 March 1866.

KYNASTON, ROGER. _b._ London 5 Nov. 1805; ed. Eton; first played at Lord’s in Lord’s _v._ Eton 31 July 1823, played for 30 seasons; generally fielded long-stop; sec. Marylebone club 14 June 1842 to May 1858 and treasurer 1858–66. _d._ 43 Devonshire st. Portland place, London 21 June 1874. _I.L.N. 24 Aug. 1844 p._ 125, _portrait_.

KYNNERSLEY, THOMAS CLEMENT SNEYD- (2 son of Thomas Sneyd-Kynnersley of Loxley park, Staffs. 1774–1844). _b._ 23 July 1803; ed. at Rugby and St. John’s coll. Camb., B.A. 1825, M.A. 1828; barrister M.T. 20 June 1828; revising barrister on Oxford circuit 1832–55; commissioner of bankrupts for Stafford, Lichfield and Newcastle-under-Lyme to 12 Nov. 1842 when granted pension of £147 on abolition of the office; stipendiary magistrate Birmingham 5 April 1856 to Aug. 1888; chief founder of St. Martin’s shoe-black brigade, Birmingham 5 April 1858; much interested in criminal reform, prisoners’ aid societies and industrial schools; recorder of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Nov. 1858 to June 1887; edited J. T. Pratt’s Law of highways 9 ed. 1863, 10 ed. 1865, 11 ed. 1870; author of The law relating to dealers in old metals and marine store dealers 1862; The law relating to juvenile offenders 1862. _d._ Moon Green, Moseley, Birmingham 2 May 1892. _The Biograph_, _March 1882 pp._ 276–79.

KYNOCH, GEORGE (youngest son of John Kynoch of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire). _b._ Peterhead 22 Aug. 1834; clerk at Birmingham and Midland bank some years; founded the Lion ammunition works, Witton, Birmingham; partner with John Abraham 1873, partnership dissolved, business became a limited co. 6 July 1884, he received £60,000 in cash, £10,000 in fully paid preference shares and the whole of the £40,000 ordinary shares, managing director 1884–6, sold his interest in it 1887; pres. of Aston conservative association March 1885; M.P. Aston manor 3 July 1886 to death, absent from House of Commons 1889–90; gun manufacturer Lichfield road, Aston 1887–88; lived at Hamstead hall, Handsworth, Birmingham; went to South Africa, Nov. 1888; a general merchant Johannesburgh 1888; obtained special concessions from Transvaal government for arms and ammunition; invented a solid Martini cartridge used by the government. _d._ from internal cancer at Johannesburgh 28 Feb. 1891. _Daily Graphic 3 March 1891 p._ 9, _portrait_; _London Figaro 7 March 1891 p._ 9, _portrait_; _Birmingham Weekly Post 7 March 1891_.

KYTE, AMBROSE. _b._ Tipperary 1822; went to Australia 1840; a merchant at Melbourne; retired with a large fortune 1857; offered £1000 towards expenses of exploring expedition to cross Australia from south to north Sep. 1858, this led to despatch of Burke and Wills’ expedition Aug. 1860; member for East Melbourne of legislative assembly 1861–6; a great philanthropist, gave many cheques for £1000 each from ‘A Merchant of Melbourne.’ _d._ Melbourne 1868.

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LABELLE, A. (son of a shoemaker). _b._ St. Roch, Quebec 1834; parish priest of St. Jerome; founder of national colonization in Canada and known as The Apostle of colonization; took the lead in raising men to oppose the Fenians 1868; promoted Canadian Pacific railway 1881; appointed a deputy commissioner of agriculture, his bishop refused his assent to his taking this office, but the Pope did not order him to give it up. _d._ Quebec 4 Jany. 1891.

LABLACHE, FANNY (dau. of Mr. Wilton). _b._ Scotland; acted in the provinces under stage name of Fanny Wyndham; studied at Royal Academy of Music, London 1836–7; made her début at Lyceum theatre 1836; sang at Her Majesty’s with success the contralto part in Rossini’s opera Donna del Lago; _m._ Frederick Lablache (1815–87) when she retired from the stage; taught singing; struck with a wave while bathing. _d._ Paris 23 Sep. 1877.

LABLACHE, FANNY ROSE LOUISE (younger dau. of the succeeding). Author of Starlight stories told to bright eyes 1877; A wayside posy, gathered for girls 1878. _d._ 51 Albany st. Regent’s park, London 5 April 1885.

LABLACHE, FREDERICK (eld. son of the succeeding). _b._ 29 Aug. 1815; pupil of his father; sang in Italian opera at King’s theatre London 1835; sang at Manchester frequently with Mario, Grisi, &c.; played the part of Count Rodolpho to Jenny Lind’s Amina in La Sonnambula on her first visit to Manchester 28 Aug. 1847; sang in the operas Cosi fan tutte and Il Matrimonio Segreto at Her Majesty’s 1844 and 1846, sang there until 1852; taught music in London about 1865 to death. _d._ 51 Albany st. Regent’s park, London 30 Jany. 1887. _Theatre_, _ix_ 173 (1887).

LABLACHE, LUIGI (son of Nicholas Lablache of Marseilles, merchant, by an Irish woman). _b._ Naples 6 Dec. 1794; his voice was a contralto before it broke, afterwards a bass with a compass of two octaves, was also a great actor; sang at San Carlo, Naples 1812 and La Scala, Milan 1817 and 1820–3; the opera of Elisa e Claudio was written for him by Saverio Mercadante 1821; sang at Venice 1823 and Vienna 1824–8; first appeared in London at King’s theatre 30 March 1830 as Geronimo in Cimarosa’s Il Matrimonio Segreto; sang annually in London 1830–57; remained at Her Majesty’s theatre in 1847 when all the rest of the company went to Covent Garden; taught singing to Queen Victoria; author of Complete method of singing. Boston U.S. 1851. _d._ Naples 23 Jany. 1858. _bur._ Maison Lafitte, Paris. _Dramatic and musical Rev. iii_ 267, 377 (1844); _I.L.N. i_ 124 (1842) _portrait_, _ii_ 275 (1843) _portrait_; _You have heard of them. By Q._ [_G. C. Rosenberg_] (1854) 82–90.

LACON, SIR EDMUND HENRY KNOWLES, 3 Baronet. _b._ 14 Aug. 1807; ed. at Eton and Emmanuel coll. Camb., B.A. 1831, M.A. 1834; head of firm of Lacon, Youell & Co. bankers and brewers, Yarmouth; succeeded as 3 baronet 1839; M.P. Yarmouth 1852–57 and 1859–65; M.P. North Norfolk 1868–80; high steward of Yarmouth 1875; major East Norfolk militia 6 July 1839, lieut.-col. 31 Aug. 1859, hon. col. 9 April 1881 to death; lieut.-col. Norfolk artillery volunteers 2 Dec. 1864 to death. _d._ Ormesby near Yarmouth 6 Sep. 1888, value of his personalty declared at £382,473.

LACROIX, ALPHONSE FRANÇOIS. _b._ Lignières, canton of Neuchatel 10 May 1799; a tutor at Amsterdam 1816; a missionary at Chinsurah near Calcutta, Feb. 1821 to 1827; became a British subject; a missionary at Calcutta 1827 to death; revised the Bengali scriptures and trained native preachers. _d._ Calcutta 8 July 1859. _Mullens’s Brief memorials of Rev. A. F. Lacroix_ (1862), _portrait_; _Missionary devotedness, a memoir_ (1860).

LACY, BENJAMIN. _b._ 1806; proprietor of Victoria music gallery, Manchester 1838 to death, this was the first real music hall in the country; owner of the Ordsall gardens, Manchester some time. _d._ Manchester, Dec. 1864.

LACY, CHARLES (son of James Lacy). _b._ Salisbury, Jany. 1795; ed. at All Souls’ coll. Oxf., bible clerk 1814–18; chaplain Ch. Ch. 1818–20; B.A. 1818, M.A. 1824; P.C. of Tring, Herts. 1819–39; R. of Althorpe, Lincoln 1837–39, the first living in gift of the crown after the Queen’s accession; R. of All Hallows on-the-wall, London 1839 to death; the oldest clergyman in the diocese of London. _d._ 25 Finsbury sq. London 17 May 1890. _Pictorial World 29 May 1890 p._ 697, _portrait_.

LACY, FRANCES (dau. of Mr. Dalton, actor, who _d._ 1825). _b._ London 1819; her stage name was Fanny Cooper; played at Reading theatre as Sophia in The Road to Ruin 1833; leading actress of Mrs. Thomas Robertson’s company in the Lincoln circuit 1837; first appeared in London at Haymarket 16 April 1838 as Lydia in The Love Chase; acted at Drury Lane Oct. 1839 to Feb. 1840, at Covent Garden winter seasons of 1840–3; played Helena in Midsummer Night’s Dream 16 Nov. 1840; acted at Sadler’s Wells 1844–7; played at Princess’s 1847 where she acted Cordelia to Macready’s King Lear; one of the best English actresses. (_m._ at St. Paul’s, Covent Garden 25 Jany. 1842 Thomas Hailes Lacy 1809–73). _d._ 89 Strand, London 21 April 1872. _T. Marshall’s Lives of celebrated actors_ (1848) 199–222.

LACY, HARRIETTE DEBORAH (dau. of Mr. Taylor a tradesman). _b._ London 1807; taught elocution by Mrs. Bartley; first appeared at Bath theatre as Julia in The Rivals 5 Nov. 1827, where she remained till 1830; made début in London at Covent Garden as Nina in The Carnival of Naples 30 Oct. 1830, then acted Rosalind, also Helen in the Hunchback; at Haymarket 1837, at Covent Garden 1838 when she played Lady Teazle; the original of the heroine in Jerrold’s Housekeeper, at Haymarket theatre July 1833; the best Ophelia of her day; retired 1845. (_m._ 1842 Walter Lacy, actor _b._ 1803). _d._ 38 Montpelier sq. Brompton, London 28 July 1874. _Mrs. C. B. Wilson’s Our Actresses_, _ii_ 246–52 (1844); _The Era 2 Aug. 1874 p._ 12.

LACY, JANE (dau. of John Jackson of Sloane st. Chelsea, apothecary). _b._ 1776; first sang in London 25 April 1798. (_m._ 1800 Francesco Bianchi, Italian opera composer, _b._ 1752, _d._ 1810, she _m._ (2) 1812 the succeeding); one of the finest singers of Handel’s music; often sang at Windsor before George III.; sang in Calcutta 1818–26; retired about 1826 and then resided much abroad. _d._ Ealing, Middlesex 19 March 1858.

LACY, JOHN WILLIAM or WILLIAM. _b._ about 1780; first sang at concerts in London about 1798; studied in Italy several years; sang frequently at the Lenten oratorio and other important concerts in London; sang at Willis’s rooms 1809 and at Hanover sq. rooms 1810; sang in Calcutta 1818–26; considered to be the most legitimate English bass singer; retired about 1826. _d._ Devonshire about 1865.

LACY, MICHAEL ROPHINO (son of an Englishman by a Spanish mother). _b._ Bilbao, Spain 19 July 1795; made his début as a violinist at Bilbao 1801; ed. at Bordeaux 1802 and at Paris 1803; arrived in England Oct. 1805 and as a violinist was known as the Young Spaniard until May 1807; played light comedy parts in Edinburgh, Dublin and Glasgow about 1808–18; first violin and director of the Liverpool concerts 1818–20 and 1823–4; directed the ballets and composed music for Italian opera London 1820–3 and 1824 etc.; made the first English adaptations of the operas Semiramide 1829, William Tell 1830, Fra Diavolo 1831 and others; visited America, New Zealand and Australia; author of Love and reason; Doing for the best, and other dramas. _d._ Pentonville, London 20 Sep. 1867. _Grove’s Dict. of music_, _ii_ 82–3 (1880).

NOTE.--In his sacred melodramatic opera The Israelites in Egypt produced at Covent Garden theatre 22 Feb. 1833 he combined the choruses of Handel’s Israel in Egypt with the solos from Rossini’s Moise, and illustrated the melange in action with a mise en scene; this was the first and last attempt of the kind and was suppressed by the intervention of the Bishop of London.

LACY, RICHARD JOHN JAMES. _b._ 1780; 2 lieut. R.A. 8 Aug. 1796. col. 23 June 1837 to 9 Nov. 1846; director general of field train department R.A. 1 Jany. 1849; col. commandant of 6th battalion 8 July 1851 to death; M.G. 9 Nov. 1846. _d._ royal arsenal, Woolwich 9 March 1852.

LACY, RICHARD WALTER. _b._ 5 Oct. 1810; ensign 84 foot 23 March 1832; lieut. 56 foot 1837, lieut.-col. 16 May 1856 to 12 June 1869 when placed on h.p.; lieut.-col. brigade depôt 1 April 1873; L.G. 29 Sep. 1878; placed on retired list 5 Oct. 1880; hon. general 1 July 1881. _d._ Reichenhall, Bavaria 23 Sep. 1886.

LACY, SARA. _b._ 1822; played soubrette and character parts with Frederick Robson at Grecian theatre 1844–9; associated with Braham, Macready, Mrs. Nisbett and Mrs. Glover; as Mrs. Valentine Roberts wrote the words of On the broad bosom of the deep 1854; As I roved through the meadows in May, 1855; A stalwart lad is the blacksmith’s son 1860; Come sit old friend beneath the porch 1862; O give me back my happy home 1863 and the words of many other songs. (_m._ Valentine Roberts). _d._ 5 April 1881.

LACY, THOMAS EDGAR. _b._ 1803; ensign 72 foot 8 April 1825, captain 11 July 1834 to 8 Oct. 1847 when placed on h.p.; commandant of staff college Sandhurst 1 Jany. 1865 to 1 July 1870; L.G. 1 Oct. 1877. _d._ 18 Sussex place, Kensington 22 Feb. 1880.

LACY, THOMAS HAILES. _b._ 1809; appeared at Olympic theatre, London as Lenoir in The Foundling of the Forest 7 April 1828; acted in the provinces; stage manager at Windsor theatre; manager of theatre royal Sheffield 1841; acted at Covent Garden 1842, at the Pavilion, Victoria and Sadler’s Wells 1844; played at Manchester 1844–5; active promoter of General theatrical fund instituted 16 Feb. 1839; theatrical publisher at 17 Wellington st. Strand, London 1849, removed to 89 Strand 1857, retired from business 1872; published Lacy’s Acting edition of plays, 99 volumes containing 1485 pieces 1848–73; author of 3 dramas, The Pickwickians 1837, The tower of London 1840 and The school for daughters 1843; (His wife was Frances Lacy 1819–72). _d._ Benhill st. Sutton, Surrey 1 Aug. 1873. _I.L.N. lxii_ 279 (1873); _Era 10 Aug. 1873 p._ 11, _30 Nov. 1873 p._ 7.

NOTE.--Tinsley the publisher obtained a perpetual injunction against him 30 June 1863 for publishing two plays dramatised from Miss Braddon’s novels Aurora Floyd and Lady Audley’s Secret. His library was sold for £2650, 24–29 Nov. 1873; his theatrical portraits were sold for £1970, 8 Dec. 1873. He left £8000 to the General theatrical fund.

LADBROOKE, HENRY (2 son of Robert Ladbrooke, landscape-painter 1768–1842). _b._ Norwich 20 April 1800; landscape-painter; exhibited 3 pictures at B.I. and 10 at Suffolk st. 1834–65. _d._ North Walsham 18 Nov. 1870.

LADBROOKE, JOHN BERNEY (brother of the preceding). _b._ 1803; pupil of his uncle John Crome whom he excelled as a painter of woodland scenery; exhibited 3 pictures at R.A., 10 at B.I. and 35 at Suffolk st. 1821–72. _d._ Kett’s Castle cottage, Mousehold, Norwich 11 July 1879.

LADELL, EDWARD. _b._ 1821; a painter of fruit subjects; exhibited 19 pictures at R.A., 5 at B.I. and 2 at Suffolk st. 1856–80. _d._ Prospect park, Exeter 9 Nov. 1886.

LADEUIL, LEONARD MOREL-. _b._ 1820; sculptor at 13 Camden road, then of St. John’s Wood, London; chevalier de la légion d’honneur; exhibited at R.A. 1865; employed at Messrs. Elkington’s, Birmingham. _d._ Boulogne 15 March 1888.

LAFFAN, SIR ROBERT MICHAEL (3 son of John Laffan of Skehana, co. Clare). _b._ 14 Aug. 1819; 2 lieut. R.E. 5 May 1837, col. 9 Feb. 1870 to 1 Oct. 1877; an inspector of railways under board of trade 1847–52; M.P. St. Ives, Cornwall 1852–7; deputy inspector general of fortifications at the war office 1855–9; commanded R.E. at Malta 1860–65, at Aldershot 1866–70 where the old Queen’s birthday parade has been renamed Laffan’s Plain in his memory, and at Gibraltar 1872–77; governor and commander-in-chief of Bermuda 9 Aug. 1877 to death; L.G. 1 July 1881; K.C.M.G. 30 May 1877. _d._ Mount Langton, Bermuda 22 March 1882. _Proc. of Royal Geog. Soc. iv_ 314 (1882); _Graphic_, _xxv_ 528 (1882), _portrait_.

LAFONTAINE, SIR LOUIS HYPOLITE; 1 Baronet (3 son of Antoine Menard Lafontaine, farmer 1772–1813). _b._ Boucherville, Lower Canada, Oct. 1807; ed. at Montreal coll. to 1822; called to Toronto bar; a leader of national movement in Canada; arrested on charge of high treason 4 Nov. 1838; went to England as a delegate from constitutional association of Lower Canada 1838; M.P. for North York, Upper Canada 1840–51; attorney general and member of Canadian executive council Sep. 1842 to 28 Nov. 1844 and March 1848 to Oct. 1851; chief justice of court of queen’s bench, Lower Canada 13 Aug. 1853 to death; baronet of the United Kingdom 28 Aug. 1854. _d._ Toronto, after an apoplectic fit in his court there, 24 Feb. 1864. _bur._ in R.C. cath. Toronto 29 Feb. _L. O. David’s Sir Ls. H. Lafontaine. Montreal_ (1872), _portrait_.

NOTE.--He was the first person of French Canadian extraction who held the highest legal offices in Lower Canada after it became a part of the British empire.

LAGRANGE, COMTE FRÉDÉRIC DE (son of general Joseph Lagrange, who _d._ 1825). _b._ 1816; kept a stud farm at Dangu in Normandy; won the Goodwood cup with Monarque 1857, also the Newmarket handicap 1858; won the Oaks with Fille de l’Air 1864; won the Two thousand guineas, Derby, Grand prix de Paris and St. Leger with Gladiateur 1865, being the only horse that ever won all four races; refused £16,000 for Gladiateur 1869, sold him for £6000, 1870; sold all his horses at Tattersalls, Nov. 1870 but kept another stud 1872–82; won the One thousand guineas with Camelia 1876; won the Two thousand guineas with Chamant 1877; won the St. Leger with Rayon d’Or 1879. _d._ at his villa near Paris 22 Nov. 1883. _Baily’s Mag. iv_ 1–5 (1862), _portrait_; _L. H. Curzon’s The blue ribbon of the turf_ (1890) 142–53, 340; _J. Rice’s British Turf_, _i_ 343–6 (1879); _Illust. Times 10 June 1865 p._ 365, _portrait of Gladiateur_.

LAING, ALEXANDER (son of James Laing, agricultural labourer). _b._ Brechin, Forfarshire 14 May 1787; a herd boy; a flax dresser 1803–17; a pedlar in Forfarshire 1817–57; known as The Brechin poet; contributed to the Dundee Courier, Harp of Renfrewshire 1819, R. A. Smith’s Scottish Minstrel 1820, Struthers’s Harp of Caledonia 1821, Whitelaw’s Book of Scottish song 1844 and Whistle Binkie 1832–47; edited editions of Robert Burns and of Robert Tannahill; edited The Thistle of Scotland, a selection of ballads. Aberdeen 1823; published his poems entitled Wayside flowers 1846, 3 ed. 1857. _d._ Brechin 14 Oct. 1857. _The poetry of Scottish rural life, a sketch of A. Laing._ _Brechin_ (1874); _G. Wilson’s Poets and poetry of Scotland_, _ii_ 93–98 (1877).

LAING, ALLAN STEWART (son of James Laing of Isle of Dominica). _b._ 1788; ed. at Trin. coll. Oxf., B.A. 1809, M.A. 1812; barrister M.T. 17 April 1812; magistrate at Hatton Garden police court, London 20 Oct. 1820 to 1837 when removed by the home secretary for his bad temper; is drawn by Dickens in Oliver Twist chapter 11 as Mr. Fang the magistrate. _d._ 3 Tanfield court, Inner Temple, London 12 Feb. 1862. _J. Foster’s Life of C. Dickens_, _iii_ 4.

LAING, DAVID (son of Mr. Laing, merchant). _b._ City of London 1774; articled to sir John Soane 1790; surveyor of buildings at the Custom house 1811, designed a new Custom house built 1813–17, the front fell down 26 Jany. 1825; joint architect with W. Tite of church of St. Dunstan in the East 1817–20, opened 14 Jany. 1821; F.S.A.; published Hints for dwellings 1800, new ed. 1841; Plans of buildings executed in various parts of England, including the Custom house, London, engraved on 59 plates 1818. _d._ 5 Elm place, West Brompton, London 27 March 1856. _G.M. June 1856 p._ 650; _The Builder 5 April 1856 p._ 189.

LAING, DAVID (2 son of Wm. Laing, bookseller). _b._ Edinburgh 20 April 1793; assistant to his father, and partner with him 1821; sec. of Bannatyne Club 27 Feb. 1823 to its dissolution 1861; F.S.A. Scot. 1824, treasurer, then foreign sec. many years; librarian to the Society of Writers to the Signet, Edinburgh 21 June 1837 to death, printed a general catalogue of the library vol. 1 A to L 1865–71 and vol. 2 as far as letter N 1871–8; hon. professor of antiquities to R. Scottish Acad. 1854; LLD. Dublin univ. 1864; took special interest in old Scotch ballads and history; edited 5 works for Abbotsford club, 17 for Bannatyne club, 3 for Hunterian club, 2 for Shakespeare soc., 1 for Spalding club and 3 for Wodrow soc.; also The works of John Knox 6 vols. 1846–64, and the works of sir David Lindsay 1871, William Dunbar 1834 and Robert Henryson 1865; author of Early Scottish metrical tales 1826, new ed. 1889; Biographical notices of T. Young, vicar of Stowmarket. Edinb. 1870; Etchings by sir David Wilkie, with biographical sketches 1875 and numerous other works. _d._ 12 James st. Portobello, Edinburgh 18 Oct. 1878.

NOTE.--His library in a 31 day sale disposed of by Sotheby & Co. 1879–80 for £16,137 9s. He left drawings to R. Scottish Acad., and a collection of MSS. to Edinb. univ. _T. G. Stevenson’s Notices of David Laing_ (1878); _Select remains of ancient poetry of Scotland by D. Laing, with memoir_ (1885), _portrait_.

LAING, DAVID. _b._ 1800; ed. St. Peter’s coll. Camb., B.A. 1825, M.A. 1828; chaplain to Middlesex hospital, London 1840–47; V. of Trinity district, St. Pancras, London 1 June 1847 to 1857, Holy Trinity ch. consecrated 15 Oct. 1850; R. of St. Olave-by-the-Tower, London 1857 to death; founder of Governesses’ Asylum, Prince of Wales’s road, Kentish Town, opened 12 June 1849, hon. sec. to death; F.R.S. 23 Nov. 1843; author of Sermons 1847; Six sermons in a work entitled Great truths for thoughtful moments 1853; The oneness of providence, evidence that the most high ruleth 1854; The Bible, its oneness of mind and oneness of design 1854, and some school books for children. _d._ St. Olave’s rectory, 8 Hart st. Mark lane, London 6 Aug. 1860. _bur._ Highgate cemetery. _F. Miller’s St. Pancras_ (1874) 218–26, 330.

NOTE.--His wife Mary Elizabeth who acted as hon. sec. of Governesses’ Asylum 1860 to decease, _d._ 55 Haverstock hill, London 21 April 1886 aged 82.

LAING, FRANCIS HENRY. Roman Catholic ecclesiastic; D.D.; edited The catholic freethinker’s fly-sheet 1883, 2 numbers; author of Catholic the same in meaning as sovereign 1848; The knight of the faith, by J. H. L. 1867; The blessed virgin’s root traced in the tribe of Ephraim 1871; The shortcoming of the English catholic press 1879; The catholic freethinker 1886; The two evolutions, the real and the mock 1888. _d._ 17 Dec. 1889. _The Tablet 11 Jany. 1890 p._ 62.

LAING, HENRY. _b._ 1803; Seal engraver, Edinburgh; author of Descriptive catalogue of impressions from ancient Scottish seals. Edinb. 1850; Supplementary descriptive catalogue of seals 1866; granted civil list pension of £50, 19 June 1865. _d._ 1883.

LAING, _John_ (son of Mr. Laing, factor to earl of Rosebery at Dalmeny). _b._ Edinburgh 1809; ed. at Univ. of Edin.; minister of parish of Livingston, Linlithgowshire 1842–3, free church minister there 1843–6; chaplain to presbyterian soldiers at Gibraltar 1846, afterwards at Malta; librarian of New college, Edin. 1850 to death; published Catalogue of the printed books and manuscripts in the library of New college, Edinburgh 1868; author with Samuel Halkett of A dictionary of the anonymous and pseudonymous literature of Great Britain 4 vols. Edinburgh 1882–8. _d._ 3 April 1880. _The Library Chronicle_, _v_ 138, 148–50 (1888).

LAING, JOHN GEORGE (2 son of Malcolm Laing of Upper Canada). _b._ Niagara, Upper Canada 26 Aug. 1839; ed. at St. John’s coll. Camb., fellow 1865–8; 2nd wrangler and 2 Smith’s prizeman 1862; B.A. 1862; assistant tutor at Trinity college; barrister L.I. 6 June 1866. _d._ 46 Ladbroke grove, Notting Hill, London 4 Feb. 1887.

LAING, PETER. _b._ 5 Jany. 1785; resided at Elgin; entertained by the citizens of Elgin on his birthday 5 Jany. 1888 when aged 103.

LAING, PHILIP (youngest son of James Laing of Pitteenween, Fifeshire). Founded with his elder brother John Laing the great shipbuilding firm of John and Philip Laing at North Sands on the Wear 1793, sole proprietor 1818 to death, the works acquired worldwide reputation; lived at Deptford house, co. Durham 1818 to death. _d._ 1854.

LAING, SAMUEL (son of Robert Laing). _b._ Kirkwall, Orkney 4 Oct. 1780; ed. at Edinb. univ. to 1800; ensign royal staff corps 26 Sep. 1805, served in the Peninsula, sold out 1809; manager of mines at Wanlock head, Scotland 1809; organised herring fisheries in the Orkneys 1818; succeeded to Strynzia estate, Kirkwall on death of his brother Malcolm 6 Nov. 1818; provost of Kirkwall some years; engaged in the kelp trade, in which he lost his money 1834; contested Orkney and Shetland 1832; author of Journal of a residence in Norway 1834–36, 1836; A tour in Sweden 1839; Notes of a traveller on the social state of France, Russia, Switzerland, Italy 1842; The Heimskringla or chronicle of the kings of Norway, a translation 3 vols. 1844; Notes on the schism from the church of Rome 1845. _d._ at res. of his dau. Mrs. Elizabeth Baxter, Edinburgh 23 April 1868.

LAING, SIMON (son of David Laing. _b._ Gretna 1750, pedlar, priest at Gretna Green 1792, _d._ Springfield 31 June 1827). Weaver; priest at Gretna Green 1827 and custodian of the marriage register; took into partnership Robert Elliott; performed his last marriage ceremony 1871 and was the last of the Gretna Green priests. _d._ Kelling near Newcastle-on-Tyne 3 May 1872. _bur._ Gretna ch. yard. _P. O. Hutchinson’s Chronicles of Gretna Green_, _ii_ 200–14 (1844); _Annual Register_ (1872) 31.

LAIRD, JOHN (eld. son of William Laird of Birkenhead, shipbuilder). _b._ Greenock 14 June 1805; associated with his father, managing partner in firm of W. Laird & Son, style of firm changed to John Laird 1833, retired Oct. 1861; one of first to use iron for ships, built a lighter of 60 tons for use on the Irish lakes 1829, built the Lady Lansdowne steamship 1833, the John Randolph 1834 the first iron vessel seen in America, and the Nemesis for the H.E.I.Co. the first iron vessel carrying guns; built the first government iron ship the Dover mail packet 1840; chairman of Birkenhead improvement commission 1855 to Dec. 1861; M.P. Birkenhead 11 Dec. 1861 to death; built many large vessels for the government, Pacific Steam Navigation co., P. and O.S.N. co., Messageries Maritimes co. and British Colonial steam navigation co.; built the Alabama for American confederate states, launched 15 May 1862. _d._ 63 Hamilton sq. Birkenhead 29 Oct. 1874. _Practical Mag. iii_ 401–8 (1874), _portrait_; _I.L.N. xxxix_ 74 (1861), _portrait_; _Graphic_, _x_ 439 (1874), _portrait_.

LAIRD, MACGREGOR (brother of the preceding). _b._ Greenock 1808; partner with his father; took part in formation of a co. at Liverpool to develop the river Niger, voyaged with Richard Lemon Lander in the Alburka to the junction of the Niger and the Tchadda 1832–3, returned to England 1834; F.R.G.S.; a promoter of British and North American steam navigation co. 1837, which built the Great Western which went to America and back under steam 1838; took an active part in development of Birkenhead from 1844; a merchant at 3 Mincing lane, London; started the African steamship co. 1849; fitted out a trading and exploring expedition at his own cost and risk to Central Africa 1854; built 3 steamers for annual voyages up the Niger; author of The effect of an alteration in the sugar duties on the people of England and the Negro race 1844; author with R. A. K. Oldfield of Narrative of an expedition into Africa by the river Niger in the vessels Quorra and Alburka 2 vols. 1837. _d._ 9 Jany. 1861.

LAKE, EDWARD JOHN (son of major Edward Lake lost at sea 1829). _b._ Madras 19 June 1823; 2 lieut. Bengal engineers 11 June 1840, lieut. 1844; present at battle of Moodkee 20 Dec. 1845; in charge of the Kangra district in the Sutlej 1846; political officer to the Nawab of Bahawalpoor 1848, with whose troops he took part in siege of Mooltun; although but a lieut. was in charge of Davodpootra army; present at Gujerat 1849; in charge of Beas and Ravee country 1850–2; commissioner of Jalundhur Doab 1855; held fort of Kangra during the rebellion 1857; lieut.-col. R.E. 18 Feb. 1861; financial commissioner of the Punjab 1865; C.S.I. 24 May 1866; retired as major general 1 Jany. 1870; Lake scholarship founded at Lahore high sch. Jany. 1870; hon. lay sec. of Church missionary soc. 1869–76; editor of Church missionary record 1871–74; edited Church missionary atlas 5 ed. 1873; author of Sir D. McLeod, a record of forty-two years services in India 1874. _d._ Princes buildings, Clifton 7 June 1877. _bur._ Long Ashton 13 June.

LAKE, GEORGE HANDY. _b._ June 1827; edited Musical Gazette 3 vols. 1856–8; musical critic of Sunday Times; organist of several leading London churches; an accompanist at principal concerts; excellent performer on English concertina; composer of popular ballads, Summer is sweet, and One glance from thee, and many works for pianoforte and concertina; his oratorio Daniel produced at Exeter Hall 1852 met with great success. _d._ London 24 Dec. 1865.

LAKE, SIR HENRY ATWELL (3 son of sir James Samuel Wm. Lake, 4 bart. _d._ 4 Nov. 1832). _b._ Kenilworth 15 Dec. 1810; ed. at Harrow; 2 lieut. Madras engineers 15 Dec. 1826; employed in public works department, India 1826–54; commanded engineers in defence of Kars 1855; a prisoner in Russia 1855–56; transferred to British army as lieut.-col. unattached for his services at defence of Kars 1856; aide de camp to the Queen 24 June 1856 to 1864; lieut.-col. on h.p. 12 Sep. 1856; chief comr. of Dublin police 7 Sep. 1858 to Aug. 1877; C.B. 5 Feb. 1856, K.C.B. 25 March 1875; author of Kars and our captivity in Russia 1856, 2 ed. 1856; Narrative of the defence of Kars, historical and military 1857. _d._ Brighton 17 Aug. 1881. _Nolan’s Russian war_, _ii_ 507 (1857), _portrait_; _I.L.N. xxix_ 121, 126 (1856), _portrait_; _Graphic_, _xxiv_ 389 (1881), _portrait_.

LAKE, NOEL THOMAS. _b._ 22 Oct. 1799; 2 lieut. R.A. 5 July 1820, colonel 23 Feb. 1856 to 30 May 1862; M.G. 30 May 1862; C.B. 5 July 1855. _d._ Wellesley house, Shooter’s hill, Kent 19 May 1864.

LAKIN, JOHN. _b._ 1787; took part in whole of Peninsular war with the 16 lancers; serjeant major; keeper in Windsor great park about 1826 to death; the oldest royal servant of Her Majesty. _d._ Queen Anne’s Gate, Windsor great park 23 Feb. 1877.

LALOR, JOHN (son of John Lalor, merchant). _b._ Dublin 1814; ed. Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1837; assistant poor law commissioner, Ireland to 1836; one of principal editors of Morning Chronicle, London; solicitor Dublin 1838; left R.C. ch., became a unitarian and edited The Inquirer a weekly paper; author of The Educator, a prize essay 1839; Money and morals, a book for the times 1852. _d._ Holly hill, Hampstead, London 3 Feb. 1856. _G.M. xlv_ 319–20 (1856).

LALOR, PETER (eld. son of Patrick Lalor, M.P. for Queen’s co., gentleman farmer). _b._ Tinakill, Queen’s co. Ireland 1823; ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin; a civil engineer; sailed for Melbourne 1852; commanded the rebel miners at the Eureka stockade riot near Ballarat 3 Dec. 1854 when he received a ball near the shoulder which caused loss of his left arm; member of legislative assembly for Ballarat Nov. 1855, for South Grant 1856–71 and again 1875–88, chairman of committees 1859–68; inspector of railways 1855; chairman of the Clunes water commission; comr. for trade and customs 1877–80, post master general 1878–80, speaker of the assembly 22 July 1880 to 29 Sep. 1887, awarded a grant of £4000 on his retirement. _d._ Melbourne 9 Feb. 1889.

LAMB, SIR CHARLES MONTOLIEU, 2 Baronet. _b._ Nantcribba hall, Montgomeryshire 8 July 1785; succeeded 13 Oct. 1824; knight marshal of the royal household 30 Jany. 1825 to death; knight marshal of the lists at the Eglinton tournament 28–30 Aug. 1839; lord prior of English langue of knights of Malta 24 June 1847 to death. _d._ Beauport, Battle, Sussex 21 March 1860. _Nixon and Richardson’s Eglinton tournament_ (1843), _portrait plate iii_.

LAMB, EDWARD BUCKTON. _b._ 1806; an architect in the modern Gothic style with a large practice; exhibited 57 designs at R.A. and 5 at Suffolk st. 1824–69; some of his designs were published in lithography; published Etchings of Gothic ornament 1830; Studies of ancient domestic architecture 1846. _d._ 3 Hinde st. Manchester sq. London 30 Aug. 1869.

LAMB, ROBERT (son of Thomas Lamb of Cockeram, Lancs.). _b._ 1812; ed. St. John’s coll. Oxf., B.A. 1835, M.A. 1840; C. of Kirkham, Lancs. 1837–40; principal of Western gram. sch. Brompton, London 1840–44; P.C. of St. Mary’s, Preston 1844–49; R. of St. Paul’s, Manchester 1849 to 1871; contributed many articles to Fraser’s Mag. under pseudonym of A Manchester Man; author of Sermons on passing seasons and events 1853; Selections from articles contributed to Fraser’s Magazine 2 vols. 1866; Sermons preached in St. Paul’s church 2 vols. 1870; Yarndale: an unsentimental story 3 vols. 1872. _d._ Haycarr near Lancaster 24 Dec. 1872.

LAMB, THOMAS. _b._ Lamb’s lane, Forebank, Dundee 1801; grocer and spirit dealer, Murraygate, Dundee; became a convinced teetotaller and destroyed all the liquor he had in stock 1828; opened a coffee house in the Murraygate which became the head quarters of the literary societies and clubs of Dundee; a refreshment contractor for festive meetings; opened refreshment rooms and tea gardens 1843; opened Lamb’s Temperance hotel 30 July 1852 which he much enlarged in 1867; kept a dairy farm. _d._ Dundee 31 Oct. 1869. _Norrie’s Dundee celebrities_ (1873) 342–9.

LAMBE, GEORGE. _b._ 1786 or 1787; assistant surgeon Bengal army 27 March 1808, surgeon 1 July 1823; superintending surgeon Dacca 31 Jany. 1844 to 10 April 1847; inspector general of hospitals, Bengal 10 April 1847, surgeon general 24 July 1848, phys. general 10 Feb. 1849 to 10 April 1852 when he retired. _d._ very suddenly 3 Feb. 1862.

LAMBERT, GEORGE JACKSON (son of George Lambert, organist of Beverley Minster 40 years, _d._ 15 July 1818). _b._ Beverley 16 Nov. 1794; organist of Beverley Minster 1818–74, 56 years; a fine violoncello and violin player; published overtures, instrumental chamber music, organ fugues, &c.; printed Duett for two performers on the piano 1815; A favourite French air with variations 1820; Major Campbell’s waltz with variations 1830. _d._ Beverley 24 Jany. 1880.

LAMBERT, SIR GEORGE ROBERT (5 son of Robert Alexander Lambert, captain R.N. 1732–1801). _b._ 8 Sep. 1795; entered R.N. April 1809; in the Walcheren expedition; captain 8 Aug. 1825; served in West Indies 1845–47; commodore at Jamaica 23 Jany. 1847; did good service in the war with Burmah; R.A. 21 Jany. 1854, admiral on h.p. 15 Dec. 1863; granted service pension 5 March 1864; K.C.B. 9 Dec. 1853, G.C.B. 7 June 1865. _d._ suddenly in billiard room of United Service club, 116 Pall Mall, London 5 June 1869.

LAMBERT, JAMES STAUNTON (eld. son of Walter Lambert of Creg Clare, co. Galway, _d._ 25 Sep. 1832). _b._ 5 March 1789; ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin; sheriff of Galway 1813; M.P. co. Galway 6 July 1826 to 3 Dec. 1832. _d._ Budleigh Salterton, South Devon 1 July 1867.

LAMBERT, SIR JOHN (son of Daniel Lambert of Hindon, surgeon). _b._ Bridzor, Wiltshire 4 Feb. 1815; ed. Downside coll. Bath; solicitor at Salisbury 1836–57; mayor of Salisbury 1854 being the first Roman Catholic mayor of a cathedral city since the Reformation; a poor law inspector 1857; superintended administration of the Public Works (manufacturing districts) Act 1863; receiver of metropolitan common poor fund under Metropolitan Poor Act 1867; member of parliamentary boundaries commission 1867 and of the sanitary commission; the first permanent secretary of local government board 31 Aug. 1871 to Nov. 1882; chairman of commission which drew up census of landed proprietors in Great Britain 1872; chairman of boundaries commission 1884–5; C.B. 5 May 1871, K.C.B. 31 May 1879; P.C. 19 May 1885; profoundly versed in ecclesiastical music of the middle ages; author of many musical works in Latin and English; edited A grammar of ritual music by Janssen 1849; The vesper psalter 1849. _d._ Milford house, Elms road, Clapham common near London 27 Jany. 1892. _bur._ St. Osmund’s ch. Salisbury which he had founded. _Downside Review_, _vol. viii No._ 1, _and vol. xi No._ 1; _I.L.N. 6 Feb. 1892 p._ 166, _portrait_.

LAMBERT, JOHN ARTHUR (eld. son of sir John Lambert, G.C.B. _d._ 1846). _b._ 30 Sep. 1817; ensign grenadier guards 10 July 1835, lieut.-col. 12 March 1861 to 27 Dec. 1864; general 1 Oct. 1877; col. royal Irish Fusiliers 25 April 1880 to death; placed on retired list 1 July 1881. _d._ Weston house, Thames Ditton 17 Sep. 1887.

LAMBERT, NATHANIEL GRACE (son of Richard Lambert). _b._ Newcastle-on-Tyne 1811; a coalowner; sheriff of Bucks. 1865; M.P. Bucks. 1868–80; captain commandant Taplow yeomanry lancers. _d._ Denham court near Uxbridge 9 Dec. 1882.

LAMBERT, ROWLEY. _b._ 22 April 1828; entered navy 1841; captain 29 Sep. 1855; commodore on Australian station 28 May 1867 to 8 April 1870; commanded detached squadron for particular service 8 June 1875 to 1877; V.A. 21 March 1878; C.B. 13 March 1867. _d._ Grosvenor hotel, Victoria station, London 22 July 1880.

LAMBERT, WILLIAM. _b._ Burstow, Surrey 1779; a miller at Nutfield, also in the fuller’s earth trade; in match Lord’s _v._ England 20 July 1801; not allowed to play at Lord’s after 1818 being accused of selling the England _v._ Nottingham match by not playing his best; one of the most successful of cricketers, excelling in batting, bowling, fielding, keeping wicket and in single wicket playing; one of the few cricketers who has made 100 runs twice in the same match 1817; beat at single wicket two of the best players Lord F. Beauclerk and T. C. Howard, Lord’s 6 and 7 July 1810, a sum of money was paid by the defeated to prevent this match being reported in Bentley; author of The cricketer’s guide. Lewes 1816; Instructions and rules for playing cricket 1816; a great bell ringer. _d._ Nutfield 19 April 1851. _bur._ Burstow.

LAMBERT, WILLIAM BLAKE. _b._ Berwick on Tweed 1816; chief engineer of General screw steam shipping co. to 1856; engineer at Portsmouth dockyard 1856–59; chief engineer to the Russian navy 1859–66. _d._ St. Petersburg 18 Feb. 1874.

LAMBTON, HEDWORTH (3 son of Wm. Henry Lambton 1764–97, M.P. city of Durham 1787–97). _b._ 26 March 1797; M.P. North Durham 21 Dec. 1832 to 23 July 1847. _d._ 8 Lansdowne place, Brighton 16 Sep. 1876.

LAMBTON, WILLIAM HENRY (brother of preceding). _b._ 27 March 1793. _d._ 17 Chesham place, London 3 April 1866, personalty sworn under £500,000, 2 June 1866.

LAMINGTON, ALEXANDER DUNDAS ROSS WISHART BAILLIE-COCHRANE, 1 Baron (1 son of admiral sir Thomas John Cochrane, G.C.B. 1789–1872). _b._ 27 Nov. 1816; ed. at Eton and Trin. coll. Camb., B.A. 1837; contested Bridport 29 June 1841, M.P. Bridport 1841–52; M.P. co. Lanark, Feb. to April 1857; a member of the Young England party; M.P. Honiton 1859–68; M.P. Isle of Wight 1870–80; trustee of National Portrait Gallery 1876; cr. baron Lamington of Lamington, co. Lanark 3 May 1880; author of Poems 1838; The Morea, a poem 1841, 2 ed. 1841; Ernest Vane 2 vols. 1849; Young Italy 1850; Florence the beautiful 2 vols. 1854; The map of Italy 1856; Historical pictures 2 vols. 1865; Francis the first 2 vols. 1870; Historic châteaux, Blois, Fontainebleau, Vincennes 1877. _d._ 26 Wilton crescent, London 15 Feb. 1890. _I.L.N. 22 Feb. 1890 p._ 231, _portrait_; _Times 17, 25 Feb. 1890_.

LAMONT, JOHANN VON (son of a custom-house officer, who _d._ 1816). _b._ Braemar, Aberdeenshire 13 Dec. 1805; ed. at St. James’s monastery, Ratisbon; assistant astronomer at observatory of Bogenhausen near Munich, March 1828, director of the observatory 18 July 1835; his zone observations of 34,674 small stars between latitudes +27° and -33° were his most important astronomical work; built a magnetic observatory at Bogenhausen 1840; executed with his travelling theodolite, magnetic surveys of Bavaria 1849–52, France and Spain 1856–7, North Germany and Denmark 1858; F.R.A.S. 1837; F.R.S. Edin. 1845, F.R.S. 1852; professor of astronomy in univ. of Munich 1852 to death; decorated with orders of Gregory the Great, of the Northern star of Sweden and of the Crown of Bavaria, which carried with it a title of nobility; author of Handbuch des Erdmagnetismus. Berlin 1849; Astronomie und Erdmagnetismus. Stuttgart 1851, and upwards of 20 other books printed at Leipzig, Munich and Stuttgart 1824–71. _d._ Munich 6 Aug. 1879. _bur._ in churchyard at Bogenhausen. _Monthly notices of royal astronom. soc. xl_ 208–12 (1880); _Proc. of Royal soc. of Edinb. x_ 358 (1880).

LAMPSON, SIR CURTIS MIRANDA, 1 Baronet (4 son of Wm. Lampson of Newhaven, Vermont). _b._ Vermont 21 Sep. 1806; a fur merchant at 37 Friday st. Cheapside, London 1830; senior partner in firm of C. M. Lampson & Co. 9 Queen st. place, Upper Thames st., merchants; naturalised 14 May 1849; a director of Atlantic telegraph co. 1856, vice-chairman; deputy governor of Hudson’s Bay company 1863–72; created baronet 16 Nov. 1866. _d._ 80 Eaton sq. London 12 March 1885, personalty sworn at £401,000, 7 May. _I.L.N. xlix_ 545, 558 (1866), _portrait_.