User:Magnus Manske/Dictionary of National Biography/02

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

< User:Magnus Manske | Dictionary of National Biography

These entries are from the public domain Dictionary of National Biography (1903). The original text is here. It is out of date and contains many OCR errors.

Note: These are only summaries, not the full text! The current DNB is available in many libraries.

[edit] Section 101

George Anne Bellamy: '''George Anne Bellamy''' ([[1731]] ?-[[1788]]), actress; illegitimate daughter of Lord Tyrawley; educated in a convent at Boulogne: on returning to England became acquainted with Garrick and went on stage; first appeared in Love for Love at Covent Garden, 1742; successfully played Juliet to Garrick's Romeo in the rivalry with Barry and Mrs. Cibber, 1750; died in reduced circumstances; published her Apology 1785.
Richard Bellamy: '''Richard Bellamy''' ([[1743]] ?-[[1813]]), bass singer; Mas. Bac.; gentleman of Chapel Royal, 1771; vicar choral of St. Paul's, 1777; almoner and master of choristers, 1793-1800.
Thomas Bellamy: '''Thomas Bellamy''' ([[1746]]-[[1800]]), miscellaneous writer: hosier and subsequently bookseller's clerk; started 'General Magazine and Impartial Review 1787, and other unsuccessful periodicals; published poetical, dramatic, and other works.
Thomas Ludford Bellamy: '''Thomas Ludford Bellamy''' ([[1770]]-[[1843]]), singer; son of Richard Bellamy; sang at Handel Westminster, 1784; commemoration, Dublin theatre, 1797: embarkedunsuccessfully in various theatrical enterprises; engaged at Covent Garden, and later at Drury Lane; choirmaster of Spanish chapel, 1819.
Bellasis: '''Bellasis'''
Edward Bellasis: '''Edward Bellasis''' ([[1800]]-[[1873]]), lawyer; educated at Christ's Hospital; called to bar at Inner Temple, 1824; practised in court of cliancery and in county palatine of Lancaster; engaged as barrister in parliamentary business, 1836-66; serjeant-at-law, 1844; one of commissioners to examine working of HeraldsCollege, 1869; evinced great interest in Tractarian movement, 1833-45, and took part in discussion produced by Pius IX's bull in 1850; entered the Roman catholic communion, 1860: magistrate of Middlesex and Westminster: published religious writings, and left an autobiography and manuscript verses.
Belleman: '''Belleman''' or BELMAIN, JOHN (. [[1653]]), French tutor of Edward VI; left manuscript translation into French of Edward VI's second Prayer-book.
Robert of Belleme: '''Robert of Belleme''' , EARL OF SHREWSBURY (ft. 1008), a magnate of Normandy; knighted, 1073; supported Duke Robert iu the revolt against William I, 1077; pardoned, but on the death of the Conqueror again joimil Duke Robert against William Rufus; took part in defence of Rochester, and on surrender was recom-iUil to the king, 1088; captured and imprisoned by Duke Robert, but was soon released; engairwl in war with his neighbours in Normandy; joined Henry of Coutances (Henry I) in suppressing revolt of citizens of Rouen, 1090; captain of king's forces in Rufus's abortive invasion of France, 1097; engaged in war with Helias of Maine, 1098; captured Helias and delivered him to Rufus, who continued the war; earl of Shrewsbury, 1098; did homage to Henry I, 1100, but with his brothers and Duke Robert conspired against him, 1101; outlawed, 1102; fortified himself in Shrewsbury; forced to surrender; returned to Normandy; after several attempts to obtain allies against Henry, made peace with him, 1 106; soon afterwards he joined Fulk of An jou against Henry; sent, 1112, by Louis of France as ambassador to Henry, who seized and kept him hi close confinement until his death.
Adam Bellenden: '''Adam Bellenden''' (d. [[1639]] ?), bishop ; son of Sir John Bellenden; M.A. Edinburgh, 1590; minister at Falkirk, 1608;suspended 1614; released, 1615; left presbyterian church, and was made bishop of Dunblane, 1616, and of Aberdeen, 1635; deprived of see on abolition of episcopacy in Scotland, 1638.
Sir John Bellenden: '''Sir John Bellenden''' , of Auchnoul or Auchinoul (d. 1577); Scottish lawyer; justice-clerk, 1647; privy councillor to Mary Queen of Scots, 1561; implicated in murder of Rizzio, but soon restored to favour; joined nobles against Mary at Bothwell; privy councillor to Regent Murray; employed hi framing pacification of Perth, 1573.
Ballenden Bellenden: '''Ballenden Bellenden''' , or BALLENTYNE,
John: '''John''' (.I. [[1533]]-[[1687]]), poet; educated at St. Andrews and Paris; D.D. Sorbonne; translated, by command of James V of Scotland, into Scottish vernacular, Boece's Historia Scotoruin (1536) and Livy, first published in 1822; archdeacon of Moray and canon of Ross; opposed Reformation and withdrew to the continent,
Sir Lewis Bellenden: '''Sir Lewis Bellenden''' , LORD AUCHISOL ([[1553]] ?1591), Scottish judge; eldest son of Sir John Bellenden ; justice-clerk, 1678; privy councillor, 1579: judge, 1584; instrumental in Earl of Arran'8 downfall, 1585; accompanied James VI in his matrimonial excursion to Norway and Denmark, 1589-90.
William Bellenlen: '''William Bellenlen''' (d. [[1633]] ?), Scottish professor; employed in diplomatic service by James VI and Mary Queen of Scots; professor at university of Paris; produced works illustrating Roman history by extracts from Roman authors.
William Bellenden: '''William Bellenden''' , BARON BELLENDEX (d. 1671), created Lord Bellenden, 1661, and treasurer-depute and privy councillor of Scotland, 1661; supported Lauderdale against Middleton's faction.
Fettiplaoe Sellers: '''Fettiplaoe Sellers''' ([[1687]]-[[1750]]?), dramatist and philosophical writer; F.R.S., 1711; produced a tragedy which was acted at Drury Lane, 1732, and philosophical works, includingA Delineation of Universal Law 1750.
John Sellers: '''John Sellers''' ([[1654]]-[[1725]]), philanthropist ; member of Society of Friends; devised schemes for the abolition of war, education of poor children, improvement of prisons, and establishment of hospitals. He wrote many short works, the most important beingProposals for Raising a Colledge of Industry of all useful Trades and Husbandry 1695.
William Sellers: '''William Sellers''' (fl. [[1761]]-[[1774]]), landscapepainter: contributed to exhibitions of Free Society of Artists, 1761-78.
Henry Walter Bellew: '''Henry Walter Bellew''' ([[1834]]-[[1892]]), surgeongeneral; studied at St. George's Hospital, London; M.R.O.P., 1866; served in Crimea, 1854-5; assistant surgeon, Bengal medical service, 1856; surgeon, 1867; deputy surgeon-general, 1881; served with Major (Sir) Henry Lumaden on Candahar mission; C.S.I., 1873; chief political officer at Oabul; retired as surgeon-general, 1886; published journals, works on oriental languages, and other writings.
Bellew: '''Bellew''' 87
Bendigo: '''Bendigo'''
John Chippendall Montesquieu Bellew: '''John Chippendall Montesquieu Bellew''' (1823-1874), author, preacher, and public reader; son of Captain Rotert Higgins; educated at St. Mary's Hall, xfoni; assumed his mother's maiden name, Bellew, 1844; after holding two curacies in England, he was chaplain of St. John's Cathedral, Calcutta, 1851-6; successively minister at several London churches; was converted to Roman Catholicism, 1868, and devoted himself to literature and public readings: published miscellaneous works,
Richard Bellew: '''Richard Bellew''' (fl. [[1585]]), legal reporter ; publislu-d reports in Norman-French of cases in time of Richard 11.
Samuel Bellin: '''Samuel Bellin''' ([[1799]]-[[1893]]), engraver ; practised in Kim'land. r. 1834-70. His plates are all from popular English painters of his day.
Francis Bellinger: '''Francis Bellinger''' (d. [[1721]]), physician ; L.C.P., 1708; published medical works.

[edit] Section 102

Gham Bellin: '''Gham Bellin''' , SIR EDWARD (d. [[1549]]), lord deputy of Ireland; served in Hungary with Sir Thomas Seymour, and with Earl of Surrey in Boulogne and Isle of Wight (1545); privy councillor of Edward VI: lord deputy of Ireland. 1548; suppressed rebellion in King's and Queen's counties.
Richard Bellingham: '''Richard Bellingham''' ([[1592]]?-! [[672]]), governor of Massachusetts; recorder of Boston, Lincolnshire, 16251633; deputy-governor of Massachusetts, 1635; governor, 1641; held the office uninterruptedly, 1665-72; assistant major-general, 1664.
Belllng: '''Belllng''' 8, RICHARD (d. [[1677]]), Irish historian ; studied at Lincoln's Inn; composed a sixth book to Sidney's Arcadia 1629; Irish M.P.; secretary to supreme council of Irish confederation, 1642; royalist, 1645-9, retiring to France till Restoration; wrote a history of contemporary Irish affairs (part printed 1882).
Bellofago: '''Bellofago''' or BELLATAGO.
Bellomont: '''Bellomont'''
Charles Henry Bellomont: '''Charles Henry Bellomont''' , EARL OP (d. 1683).
Hugh Bellot: '''Hugh Bellot''' ([[1542]]-[[1596]]), bishop; B.A. Christ's College, Cambridge, 1564; M.A. and fellow of Jesus College, 1567; D.D., 1579; bishop of Bangor, 1585; member of council of Wales; bishop of Chester, 1595; assisted William Morgan in translating bible into Welsh.
Thomas Bellot: '''Thomas Bellot''' ([[1806]]-[[1857]]), surgeon and philologist; M.R.C.S., 1828; surgeon in navy, 1831; F.R.C.S., 1844; hi charge of naval hospital of Therapia on Bosphorus, 1854-6; publishedSanscrit Derivations of English Words (1856), and some classical translations.
Belmei: '''Belmei''' 8 or BELESMAINS, JOHN, JOHN OK THK
Handh Fair: '''Handh Fair''' (. [[1203]] ?), divine ; brought up in household of archbishop Theobald; treasurer of York, c. 1168; friend and adviser of Becket during controversy with Henry II; bishop of Poitiers, 1162; papal legate, c. 1177; one of five chief ecclesiastics sent to convert Toulouse, 1178; elected archbishop of Narbonue, 1181, but transferred by pope to see of Lyons; resigned, 1193; came to England to perform vows at Becket's tomb; retired to St. Bernard's abbey of Glair vaux, c. 1194; said to have written a history and other learned works, now lost.
Belmeis: '''Belmeis''' or BEAUME'fS, RICHARD DK, surnamed
Rufus: '''Rufus''' (d. [[1128]]), bishop; follower of Roger of Montgomery and Earl Hugh, but afterwards adherent of Henry I; royal agent, till 1123, in Shropshire, the forfeited palatinate of Robert of Belleme; bishop of London, 1108; devoted revenue of bishopric to carrying out the rebuilding of St. Paul's; founded St. Osyth's Priory, Essex, where he died.
Belmeis: '''Belmeis''' or BEATTMEI8, RICHARD DE (d. [[1162]]), bishop; nephew of Richard de Beimels; at an early age prebendary of St. Paul's and prebendary of St. Alkmund's, Shrewsbury; converted estates of secular canons of St. Alkmund to foundation of college at Lilieshall of canons regular of the Arroasian branch of Augustinian order; bishop of London, 1162.
William Beloe: '''William Beloe''' ([[1756]]-[[1817]]), divine ; educated at Bene't College, Cambridge: for three years assistant master under Parr at Norwich grammar school; rector ot All Hallows, London Wall, 17l; keeper of printed books at British Museum, 1803-6; contributed to Tooke's Biographical Dictionary and established with Archdeacon Nares the British Critic 1793. Works include Anecdotes of Literature and Scarce Books 1806-12, theSexagenarian consisting of personal recollections, and several classical translations.
Belper: '''Belper''' first BAIION ([[1801]]-[[1880]]). See STRUTT,
Edward: '''Edward'''
Thomas Belsham: '''Thomas Belsham''' ([[1750]]-[[1829]]), Unitarian divine ; minister of independent congregation at Worcester, 1778; professor of divinity at Daventry, 1781-9, and, having adopted unitarianism. at Hackney College, 1789-96; minister of Gravel Pit chapel, Hackney, 1794, and Essex Street chapel, 1805; published theological works.
William Belsham: '''William Belsham''' ([[1762]]-[[1827]]), political writer and historian; brother of Thomas Belsham; published philosophical and historical works in support of whig principles.
Bel: '''Bel''' 80N, JOHN (fl. [[1688]]), catholic gentleman ; renowned for knowledge of history and controversial matters.
Thomas Belson: '''Thomas Belson''' (d. [[1589]]), catholic gentleman; executed for assisting catholic priests.
Thomas Belt: '''Thomas Belt''' ([[1832]]-[[1878]]), geologist ; made geological investigations in Australian gold-diggings, 1852-62; superintendent of Nova Scotia Gold Company's mines, 1862; conducted gold-mining operations of Chontales Company, Nicaragua, 1868-72; fellow, Geological Society; died at Denver, Colorado; published works chiefly relating to glacial period.
George Frederick Beltz: '''George Frederick Beltz''' ([[1777]]-[[1841]]), Lancaster herald; gentleman usher of scarlet rod of order of the Bath, and Brunswick herald, 1814; portcullis pursuivant, 1817-22; Lancaster herald, 1822; published genealogical writings.
Giovanni Baptista Belzoni: '''Giovanni Baptista Belzoni''' ([[1778]]-[[1823]]), actor, engineer, and traveller; born at Padua; came to London, 1803, and exhibited feats of strength at Astley's Amphitheatre; toured in Spain and Portugal, and introduced improved hydraulic machines in Egypt, 1815; engaged in archaeological exploration in Egypt, and published an account of his discoveries, 1820; died of dysentery at Gato, Benin, while on journey of exploration to Timbuktu.
Bane Ben: '''Bane Ben''' , BENE, BENNET, or BIORT, JAMES (d. 1332), bishop; archdeacon and, 1328, bishop of St. Andrews; chamberlain of Scotland, e. 1331, on Baliol's invasion fled to Bruges, where he died.
Charles Benazeoh: '''Charles Benazeoh''' ([[1767]]?-[[1794]]), painter: son of Peter Paul Benazech; studied under Greuze in Paris. His best-known pictures are of incidents in French Revolution.

[edit] Section 103

Peter Paul Benazech: '''Peter Paul Benazech''' ([[1744]] V-[[1788]]?), lineengraver; pupil of Francis Vivares.
John Benbow: '''John Benbow''' ([[1663]]-[[1702]]), vice-admiral; served as master's mate in Mediterranean, 1678; master, 1679; probably in merchant service, 1681-9; captain, 1689; successively master attendant of Chatham and Deptford dockyards, 1690-6; master of the fleet in battle off Beachy Head, 1690, and Barfleurand La Hogue, 1692; commanded bombarding flotilla at St. Malo, 1693 and 1696, and at Dunkirk, 1694; commander-in-chief of squadron before Dunkirk, and, later, that in the Soundings, 1696; commander-in-chief in West Indies, 1698-1700, and in Downs, 1700-1; vice-admiral of the blue, 1701; again in West Indies, 1701-2; encountered French under Du Casse off Santa Marta, and followed them for several days, but gave up the pursuit because his captains protested against his plan; died of wounds at Port Royal.
John Benbow: '''John Benbow''' ([[1681]] 7-[[1708]]), traveller, son of John Benbow (1653-1702); volunteer in navy, 1695; joined merchant service; served in East Indies as fourth mate, and subsequently second mate, 1701; wrecked off Madagascar, captured by natives, but escaped and returned to England.
Bendigo: '''Bendigo''' ([[1811]]-[[1889]]).
Bendings: '''Bendings'''
Bennet: '''Bennet'''
William Bendings: '''William Bendings''' (.ft. [[1180]]), judge; one of Henry IPs envoys to Ireland to fetch Keimund Fitzgrrald. 1176: appointed to northern circuit, 1179: shi-rifT of Dorset and Somerset, 1184.
Bridget Bendish: '''Bridget Bendish''' ([[1650]]-[[1726]]), daughter of General Henry Ireton, by Bridget, Oliver Cromwell's eldest daughter; married Thomas Bendish, 1670; said to have compromised herself in Rye House plot, 1683.
Edward Bendloweb: '''Edward Bendloweb''' ([[1603]] ?-[[1676]] See BEX-
Lowes: '''Lowes'''
William Bendloweb: '''William Bendloweb''' ([[1516]]-[[1584]]), lawyer : educated at St. John's College, Cambridge; called to bar at Lincoln's Inn: serjeant-at-law, 1555; M.P. successively for Helston, Penrhyn, and Dunheved, 1553-4: a governor of Lincoln's Inn, 1576; some of his reports published posthumously.
Benedict: '''Benedict''' (d. [[1193]]), chancellor to archbishop of Canterbury, 1174: prior of Christ Church, Canterbury, 1175; abbot of Peterborough, 1177-93; built a large portion of his church; wrote histories of the passion and Thomas Becket's miracles.
Biscop Benedict: '''Biscop Benedict''' ([[628]]? -[[690]]), founder of monasteries: thegn of Oswiu, king of Northumbria; monk of monastery of Lerins, 665-7; conducted Theodore of Tarsus from Rome to Canterbury, 669; abbot of St. Peter's, Canterbury, 669; built, 674, at mouth of river Wear, monastery of St. Peter, which by papal letter was exempted from external control, 678: established sister monastery of St. Paul at Jarrow; collected an extensive library.
Benedict: '''Benedict''' CiiKiVDoxirs or OALBDONIU8 (.ft. [[1519]]), abbot of Scottish monastery at Vienna; opponent of Luther.
Ok Gloi Benedict: '''Ok Gloi Benedict''' 'CESTKK (. [[1120]]), monk of St. Peter's, Gloucester; compiled a lifeof St. Dubricius.
Ok Norwich Benedict: '''Ok Norwich Benedict''' (fl. [[1340]]), abbot of Austin friars at Norwich; suffragan of Norwich; linguist, scientist, and theologian.
Sih Julius Benedict: '''Sih Julius Benedict''' ([[1804]]-[[1885]]), musician; born at Stuttgart; pupil of J. C. L. Abeille, Hummel, and Weber; conductor at Karuthnerthor Theatre, Vienna, 1823-5, and at San Carlo and Fondo theatres, Naples, 1825-35; conducted series of Italian comic operas at Lyceum, 1836; conductor of English opera, Drury Lane; accompanied Jenny Liiid on American tour, 1850; conductor of Italian opera, 1852; for many years conducted Norwich festival; knighted, 1871; in 1862 was performed his well-known Lily of Killarney
Richard Benefacta: '''Richard Benefacta''' (d. [[1090]] ?). See CLARE,
Dk Richard: '''Dk Richard''' .
Skuastian Benefield: '''Skuastian Benefield''' ([[1559]]-[[1630]]), divine ; B.A. and M.A. Corpus Christi College, Oxford; D.D., 1608; Margaret professor of divinity, 1613; rector of MeyseyHampton, Gloucestershire; published scholarly religious works.
Richard Benese: '''Richard Benese''' (d. [[1546]]), divine ; B.O.L. Oxford, 1519; canon of Augustinian priory of Mertou, which he surrendered to Henry VIII, 1538; published a work on land surveying.
Fatiikb Benet: '''Fatiikb Benet''' ([[1563]]-[[1611]]). See OAXVIKLD. BEXE-
Dict: '''Dict'''
Benet: '''Benet''' or BENEDICTTJS, M A Gi8TER(rf. [[1226]]), bishop of Rochester; keeper of great seal on deposition of Longchamp, 1191: bishop of Rochester, 1215.
William Benet: '''William Benet''' ,. [[1533]]), ambassador : LL.D. : canon of Leighlin, 1522; occasionally acted as Cardinal wil.-rvc'liinni iirv; accompanied embassy to Rome, 152H, (in bu.-inr-- coimc-i-tod with Henry VIII's divorce; jiiubassidor at. Home. 1529-33; died at Susa in Piedmont.

[edit] Section 104

Anthony Benezet: '''Anthony Benezet''' ([[1713]]-[[1784]]), philanthropist: I Kirn at St. Qnentin, France, whence his family cann- to r.ipland on account of their nrotestant opinions; joined Society of Friends; emigrated to America, 1731; school muter in Friendsschool, Philadelphia, 1742; founded school for female*, 1755: interested himself in cause of negroes and Indians; published pamphlets embodying his religious and social opinions.
Paul Benfield: '''Paul Benfield''' (d. [[1810]]), Indian trader; civil servant of Enst India Company, 1764; acquired large fortune by trade contracts, and moneyleuding; ordered home and resigned the service, the character of a transaction between him and uawab of the Carnatic being called in question, 1777; M.P. for Oricklade, 1780; subsequently restored to his position; finally returned to England, 1793; lost fortune in unfortunate speculations; died in Paris in indigent circumstances.
Elizabeth Ogilvy Benger: '''Elizabeth Ogilvy Benger''' ([[1778]]-[[1827]]), author; came to London, 1800; made acquaintance of the Lambs, Mrs. Inchbald, Campbell, Sinirke the painter, and others; published poem On the Slave Trade illustrated with engravings after Smirke, 1809; wrote two novels, several historical works, and translated one volume of Klopstock's letters.
Benhyem: '''Benhyem''' or BENHAM, HUGO DK (d. [[1282]]), bishop of Aberdeen, 1272; wrote theological works.
Abraham Benisch: '''Abraham Benisch''' ([[1811]]-[[1878]]), hebraifit; born of Jewish parents at Drosau, Bohemia; studied medicine at Vienna; settled in England, 1841; editedJewish Chronicle 1854-69, and 1876-8; zealously promoted cause of his co-religionists; published works on Hebrew literature,
Israel Ben: '''Israel Ben''' , MANASSEH ([[1604]]-[[1657]]). See
Manasskh: '''Manasskh'''
Judah Philip Benjamin: '''Judah Philip Benjamin''' ([[1811]]-[[1884]]), lawyer ; born of Jewish parents of English nationality in St. Croix, West Indies; educated at Yale; called to the bar. New Orleans, 1832; counsellor of supreme court, New Orleans, 1848; senator for Louisiana, 1852 and 1857; on secession of South Carolina cast in his lot with the South and wus I attorney-general, and, later, acting secretary of war, in cabinet of Da vis's provisional government for the Southern confederacy, 1861; secretary of state, 1864; on fall of confederacy came to England; studied English law at Lincoln's Inn; called to the bar, 1866; joined northern circuit; published a work on contract of sale (1868), which was immediately successful; Palatine silk for county of Lancaster; obtained large practice, chiefly in colonial appeals before the privy council; retired, 1883; several of his speeches published.
Edward Benlowes: '''Edward Benlowes''' ([[1603]] ?-[[1676]]), poet, educated at St. John's College, Cambridge; inherited estate of Brent Hall, but squandered his money on friends, among whom were many distinguished men; his chief work, Theophila, or Love's Sacrifice" (1652), was illustrated by Hollar and others.
George Benn: '''George Benn''' ([[1801]]-[[1882]]), historian; educated under Sheridan Knowles at Belfast; engaged in distilling near Downpatrick; subsequently discovered the presence of iron ore in Glenravel hills, which were successfully worked; published writings relating to history of Belfast,
Benn: '''Benn''' or BEN, WILLIAM ([[1600]]-[[1680]]), divine; edu; cated at Queen's College, Oxford: chaplain to Marchioness ! of Northampton; preacher at All Saints, Dorchester, I 1629-62; ejected under Act of Uniformity; a volume of ! his sermons was published posthumously.
Benjamin Bennet: '''Benjamin Bennet''' ([[1674]]-[[1726]]), nonconformist divine; ordained, 1699; colleague with Richard Gilpin I at Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1703; published hymns and religious and historical works includingMemorial of j Reformation in England 1717.
Christopher Bennet: '''Christopher Bennet''' ([[1617]]-[[1655]]), physician; 1 M.A. Lincoln College, Oxford, 1639; incorporated M.A. Cambridge, where he graduated M.D., 1646; F.C.P., 1049; and censor, 1654: published treatise on consumption, 1654.
George Bennet: '''George Bennet''' ([[1760]]-[[1835]]), hebraist; presby terian minister at Carlisle, and subsequently of Strath uritflo, Fife; devotal much time to study of Hebrew; , one of principal contributors to * British Critic; pub lished'Olam Haimshuiuoth, a View of the Intermediate SUite 1800.
Henry Bennet: '''Henry Bennet''' (fl. [[1561]]). of Calais ; translator ; published, 1501, a volume of translations from German reformers.
Bennet: '''Bennet'''
Bennett: '''Bennett'''
Bennet: '''Bennet''' 1IKNKY, first EARL OK ARLINGTON ([[1618]]- ' BENNET or BENNETT, WILLIAM O[[7677]]-[[1833]] V), 1G85) member of Cabal ministry: pnin.lson of Sir John musician; studied under, I. C. Bach and Schroeter; organist Bennet. educated nt Westminster and Christ of St. Andrew's, Plymouth, 1793; published musical com Chnrch, oxford; joined royal forces as volunteer; travelled positions. in Framv and Italy: au'i-nt of Prince Charles at Madrid,; BENNETT, AGNES MARIA (rf. 1808), novelist: 1658; keener of privy purse after Restoration; secretary wn)tr S. yi. n novd publisbed between 1785 and 1816, of state, 1062-74; M.P.; centre of opposition to ( arcn. Ion, j f lih were tmnslate(1 into French, 166S created Lord Arlington, 1663; probably ultimately retonibie for -outbreak of first Dutch war; arranged conclusion of triple alliance, 16G8: member of Cabal; conclusion of triple,,, arranged secret treaty of Dover, 1670; peer and K.tr., 1C72; unsuccessful!:, impeached in House of Commons as instrument of the king's evil measures, 1674; lord chamberlain, 1674; spent his last years in ratirement.
John Bennet: '''John Bennet''' (ft. [[1600]]), musician ; composed and published many excellent madrigals, 1599-1614.
Bennet: '''Bennet''' Sm JOHN (d. [[1627]]), ecclesiastic and civilian; alucated at Christ Church, Oxford; junior proctor, 1585; LL.D., 1589: prebendary of York, 1591; vicar-general in spirituals to Archbishop of York; chancellor of the diocese; M.P. for Ripon, 1597 and 1603, and York, 1601; member of council of the north, 1599; knighted, 1603; judge of prerogative court of Canterbury; J-WK oury, chancellor to Queen Anne of Denmark; M.P. for Oxford University, 1614 and 1620; impeached, 1621, for administering estates of intestates in consonance with wishes of highest bidder; trial discontinued by the Lords owing to his illness, but resumed in Star-chamber, 1622; sentenced to fine, imprisonment, and permanent disability from holding office; sentence remitted, with exception of fine, 1624.
John Bennet: '''John Bennet''' (d. [[1686]]), controversial writer; M.A. Christ Church, Oxford, 1683; published (1683) a pamphlet in Apostate
Chables Hkxky Bennett: '''Chables Hkxky Bennett''' ([[1829]]-[[1867]]), draughtsman on wood; worked on staff of Punch
Edward Turner Bennett: '''Edward Turner Bennett''' ([[1797]]-[[1836]]), zoologist; surgeon in London; promoted establishment of entomological society, 1832, which ultimately developed into London Zoological Society; published zoological works.
George John Bennett: '''George John Bennett''' ([[1800]]-[[1879]]), actor; served in navy, 1813-17; appeared at Coveut Garden as Richard III and Hotspur, 1823; in Covent Garden company 1830-41; with Macready at Drury Lane, 1841-3, and with Phelps at Sadler's Wells, 1844-62.
James Bennett: '''James Bennett''' ([[1786]]-[[1856]]), printer and bookseller at Tewkesbury, 1810-52; publishedHistory of

[edit] Section 105

James Bennett: '''James Bennett''' ([[1774]]-[[1862]]), congregational minister; minister at Romsey, 1797-1813; tutor and pastor at Rotherham, 1813; transferred to London, 1828; secretary to London Missionary Society; publisbed works, chiefly theological.
James Gordon Bennett: '''James Gordon Bennett''' ([[1800]]-[[1872]]), journalist; went to America, 1819; obtained employment in printing and publishing offices at Boston; successively on staff ofCharleston CourierNational Advocate and Enquirer started the short-livedNew York Globe . u. vu, ~-, -. v *~~~ v,.. reply to Samuel Johnson'sJulian the contributed to New York Mirror: founded New York
Joseph Bennet: '''Joseph Bennet''' ([[1629]]-[[1707]]), nonconformist divine; B.A. St. John's College, Cambridge, 1650; obtained living of Brightling, 1658; ejected under Act of Uniformity, 1662; subsequently took charge of nonconformist congregations at Hellingly and Hastings.
Robert Bennet: '''Robert Bennet''' (d. [[1617]]), bishop ; B.A. Trinity College, Cambridge, 1569; incorporated at Oxford, 1572; master of hospital of St. Cross, Winchester, 1683; dean of Windsor, 1595; registrar of order of Garter, 1696; bishop of Hereford, 1603.
Robert Bennet: '''Robert Bennet''' ([[1605]]-[[1683]]), parliamentary colonel during civil war; member of council of state, 1653; M.P. for Cornwall, 1653, for Launceston and Looe, 1654, and Launceston, 1659.
Bennet: '''Bennet''' or BENNETT, ROBERT (d. [[1687]]), author ; B.D. Oxford; rector of Waddesden, 1648; ejected, 1662; subsequently preached to small congregation at Aylesbury; publishedTheological Concordance of Synonymous Terms in Holy Scriptures 1657.
Sir Thomas Bennet: '''Sir Thomas Bennet''' ([[1592]]-[[1670]]), judge; LL.D. All SoulsCollege, Oxford, 1624; member of Gray's Inn; Herald of which for some time he prepared the entire contents, 1835; subsidised Stanley's expedition to find Livingstone, 1871-2. He made great improvements in the system of obtaining news, and regularly employed men of literary attainments.
Bennett: '''Bennett''' Sm JAMES RISDON ([[1809]]-[[1891]]), physician; son of Rev. James Bennett; M.D. Edinburgh, 1833; physician to Aldersgate Street dispensary, 1837; assistant physician to St. Thomas's Hospital, 1843, and physician, 1849; physician to City of London Hospital for Diseases of Chest, 1848; F.R.S., 1876; knighted and made president Royal College Physicians, 1876; published medical treatises.
Bennett: '''Bennett''' Sm JOHN ([[1814]]-[[1897]]), sheriff of London and Middlesex; brother of William Cox Bennett; watchmaker inCheapside, 1846-89; sheriff of London and Middlesex, 1872; knighted; common councillor for ward of Cheap, 1862-89; thrice elected alderman, but each election annulled.
John Hughes Bennett: '''John Hughes Bennett''' ([[1812]]-[[1876]]), physician and physiologist; apprenticed as surgeon at Maidstoue, 1829; one of presidents of Royal Medical Society: M.D. Edinburgh, 1837; proceeded to Paris; founded, and was first president of, Parisian Medical Society; studied in admitted to College of Advocates, 1626; master in chan- Germany; lectured on histology at Edinburgh, 1841; eery, 1C35-70; knighted, 1661.
Thomas Bennet: '''Thomas Bennet''' ([[1646]]?-[[1681]]), grammarian; M.A. Christ Church, Oxford, 1669; corrector of University Press; obtained livings of Steventon by Ahingdon and Hungerford; published work known as Oxford Grammar 1673.
Thomas Bennet: '''Thomas Bennet''' ( [[1673]]-1 7.'8), divine; M.A. St. John's College, Cambridge, 1694; fellow; lecturer at St. Olave's, Southwark, deputy chaplain to Chelsea Hospital, and morning preacher at St. Lawrence Jewry, c. 1711; presented to St. Giles, Cripplegate: D.D., 1711: published works, including controversial treatises directed against dissenters and q tinkers, a paraphrase of theBook of Common Prayer, with Annotations(1708), and a Hebrew grammar (1726).
William Bennet: '''William Bennet''' ([[1746]]-[[1820]]), bishop of Cloyue; educated at Harrow and Emmanuel College, Cambridge; M.A., 1770; fellow. 1773; D.D., 17iH: bishop of Cork and Ross, 1790-4, and of Cloyne, 1794-1820; F.S.A., 1790: published archaeological writings. F.R.S. and F.C.P. Edinburgh; physician to Royal Dispensary, and pathologist to Royal Infirmary; editor of 'London and Edinburgh Monthly Journal of Medical Science 1846; professor of Institutes of Medicine, Edinburgh, 1848-74: LL.D. Edinburgh, 1875. His works include important treatises on clinical medicine, physiology, pathology, pneumonia, cancerous and cancroid growths, and leucocythtemia.
John Joseph Bennett: '''John Joseph Bennett''' ([[1801]]-[[1876]]), botanist : studied at Middlesex Hospital: was, till 1870, keeper of Banksian herbarium and library on its transfer to British Museum in 1827: F.R.S., 1841; F.L.S., 1828, and secretary, 1840-60; published botanical papers.
William Cox Bennett: '''William Cox Bennett''' ([[1820]]-[[1895]]), miscellaneous writer: watchmaker at Greenwich: on staff of Weekly Dispatch 1869-70; member of London council of the Education League; published songs and other writings.
William James Early Bennett: '''William James Early Bennett''' ([[1804]]-[[1886]]), ritualist divine; born at Halifax, Nova Scotia; educated at Westminster and Christ Church, Oxford; M.A., 1829;
Bennett: '''Bennett''' 00
Bent: '''Bent''' usher at Westminster School, 1826-8; minister of Portman Chapel, 1836-43, ami of St. Paul's. Knightsbridge, 1840; attracted hostile imtie owing to his ritualistic innovations ami. in consequence, resigned incumbency, 185(1: vicar of Frome Sehvood, Somerset, 1852-86; published sermons and controversial and other religious writings. ID (177*
William Mineard Bennett: '''William Mineard Bennett''' ([[1778]]-[[1858]]), miniaturist; pupil of Kir Thomas Lawrence; exhibited at Royal Academy, 1812-16 and 1834-5.
Sir William Sterndale Bennett: '''Sir William Sterndale Bennett''' ([[1816]]-[[1875]]), musical composer; in choir of King's College, Cambridge, 1824-6; studied violin under Oury and Spagnoletti, and piano under Cipriani Potter, and Crotch at Royal Academy of Music, 1826-36; attracted Mendelssohn's attention by his first concerto (1832), which was the occasion of a long intimacy; organist at Wandsworth church, 1834; attended the Lower Rhine Festival conducted by Mendelssohn, 1836, and visited the Rhine, where he conceived the idea of the Naiads which was produced at the Society of Musicians, 1837; conducted performance of the Naiads at the Gewaudhaus, Leipzig, 1837; took prominent part in forming Bach Society, 1849; appointed permanent conductor at Philharmonic Society's concerts, 1855, and professor of music at Cambridge, 1856; M us. Doc., 1856; composed the May Queen 1858; principal of Academy of Music, 1866; received Beethoven gold medal from Philharmonic Society, 1867: lion. M.A. Cambridge, 1867; D.O.L. Oxford, 1870; knighted, 1871. His works include overtures to theTempest(1832) and 'Merry Wives of Windsor(1833);Paradise and the Peri(1862), symphony in G minor (1864),Woman of Samaria (1867), and Ajax (1872).
George Geary Bennis: '''George Geary Bennis''' ([[1790]]-[[1866]]), author ; for some years grocer in Limerick; director of a librairie des Strangers, Paris, 1830-6; librarian to British embassy; editor of Galignaui's Messenger; published miscellaneous works.
Antoine Benoist: '''Antoine Benoist''' ([[1721]]-[[1770]]), draughtsman and engraver; born at Soissous; teacher of drawing in England,
Thomas Benolt: '''Thomas Benolt''' (. [[1534]]), herald ; Berwick pursuivant in Edward IV's reign; Rougecroix pursuivant in Richard Ill's reign; Windsor herald under Henry VII; Norroy king-at-arms, 1510: Clarencieux king-at-arms, 1511; issued the challenges for tournaments at Field of Cloth of Gold, 1520.
Robert Bensley: '''Robert Bensley''' ([[1738]] ?-[[1817]] ?), actor : appeared at Drury Lane as Pierre Venice Preserved), 1765, subsequently playing Edmund King Lear, Buckingham Richard III), and Merlin Cymon: at Covent Garden, 1767-75; alternated between Drury Lane and Haymarket, 1775 to 1796, when he retired from stage with a benefit performance of theGrecian Daughter in which he took Evauder to Mrs. Siddons's Euphrasia.
Thomas Bensley: '''Thomas Bensley''' (d. [[1833]]), printer: produced Macklin's folio bible (1800), Hume'sHistory of England and an octavo Shakespeare; originated some mechanical adjustments adopted by theTimes 1814.

[edit] Section 106

Robert Lubbock Bensly: '''Robert Lubbock Bensly''' ([[1831]]-[[1893]]), orientalist: educated at King's College, London, and Gonville and Oaius College, Cambridge: B.A., 1855; lecturer in Hebrew, 1861-89: fellow, 1876-93; under-librarian of the university, 1864-76; Lord Almoner's professor of Arabic, 1887-93; member of Old Testament revision committee, 1870; published translations and works connected with oriental research.
Christopher Benson: '''Christopher Benson''' ([[1789]]-[[1868]]), divine; M.A. Trinity College, Cambridge, 1816; first Hulsean lecturer, Cambridge, 1820; canon of Worcester, 1825; for several years master of the Temple; published religious works, including Chronology of our Saviour's, Life(1819).
Edward White Benson: '''Edward White Benson''' ([[1829]]-[[1896]]), archbishop of Canterbury; educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham, and Trinity College, Cambridge: B.A., 1862; senior chancellor's medallist: master at Rugby, 1862; fellow of Trinity, 1863; ordained deacon, 1863; first master of Wellington College, 1869-72; examining chaplain of Wordsworth, bishop of Lincoln, 1868; prebendary of Lincoln, 1869; chancellor of Lincoln Minster, 1872; first bishop of Truro, 1877; formed divinity school at Trnro; served on royal commission upon ecclesiastical courts, 1881; archbishop of Canterbury, 1882; advocated Parish Councils Bill in House of Lords, 1893; member ofsweating committee of House of Lords; introduced Clergy Discipline Bill, passed, 1892; obtained appointment of royal commission to inquire into working of Education Acts, 1886; created house of laymen to sit in connection with convocation of his province, 1886; vigorously opposed disestablishment of Welsh church, and organised Central Church Committee for Church Defence and Instruction, 1893; presided and delivered judgment at trial of Dr. Edward King, bishop of Lincoln, for alleged ritual offences, 1889-90: made preaching tour in Ireland, 1896; published sermons and other works, including Cyprian: his Life, his Times, his Work(posthumously, 1897), and 'The Apocalypse(posthumously, 1900).
George Benson: '''George Benson''' ([[1699]]-[[1762]]), divine ; educated at Glasgow; pastor of congregation of protestant dissenters at Abingdon, 1723; embraced Arminian doctrines; joint pastor of presbyterian congregation at Birmingham, c. 1742; D.D. Aberdeen, 1744; pastor of congregation of protestant dissenters in Poor Jewry Lane, Orutchedfriars, 1749-62; published theological works, including paraphrases of St. Paul's Epistles and the Seven Catholic Epistles, and, in 1738, a History of the First Planting of the Christian Religion
Benson: '''Benson''' Sm JOHN ([[1812]]-[[1874]]), architect and engineer; county surveyor to East Riding of Cork, 1846 engineer to Cork harbour commissioners, 1850; architect of Great Industrial Exhibition, Dublin, 1853; knighted, 1853.
Joseph Benson: '''Joseph Benson''' ([[1749]]-[[1821]]), Scottish divine ; educated under presbyterian minister, but subsequently joined methodists; opened school in Cumberland, c. 1765; went to London, 1766; appointed by Wesley classical master of Kiugswood school; entered St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, 1769; presented to parish of Rowley, near West Bromwich; became famous as a preacher; published controversial and other religious works.
Martin Benson: '''Martin Benson''' ([[1689]]-[[1752]]), bishop ; educated at Charterhouse and Christ Church, Oxford; prebendary of Durham, 1724; chaplain to Prince of Wales, 1726; rector of Bletchley, 1727; D.D. Cambridge, 1728; bishop of Gloucester, 1735. ROBERT, BAROX BINGLKY (1676-1731), politician; M.P. for Thetford, 1702-5, and York, 1705-13; treasury lord, 1710; chancellor, under-treasurer of exchequer, and privy councillor, 1711; raised to peerage, 1713; ambassador-extraordinary to Spain, 1713; treasurer of household, 1730.
Robert Benson: '''Robert Benson''' ([[1797]]-[[1844]]), lawyer ; M.A. Trinity College, Cambridge, 1821; called to bar at Middle Temple, 1821; practised in equity courts; recorder of Salisbury, 1836. His works include,Memoirs of Rev. Arthur Collier(1837).
Benson: '''Benson''' or BOSTON, WILLIAM (rf. [[1549]]), divine ; member of Benedictine house at Boston, Lincolnshire; B.D. Cambridge, 1521; D.D., 1528; abbot of Benedictine monastery of St. Mary and St. Modwen, Burton-on-Trent, 1631; abbot of monastery of Westminster, 1633; surrendered monastery to the king, and was dean of Westminster, 1540.
William Benson: '''William Benson''' ([[1682]]-[[1754]]), critic and politician; sheriff of Wiltshire, 1710; publishedLetter to Sir Jacob Bankes... concerning the late Minehead Doctrine 1711; M.P. for Shaftesbury, 1715; surveyorgeneral of works in place of Sir Christopher Wren; auditor of the imprest; a generous patron of literature; erected monument to Milton in Westminster Abbey,
Sir John Dk Benstede: '''Sir John Dk Benstede''' (d. [[1323]] ?), judge ; keeper of great seal, 1297, 1298, and 1304-5; chancellor of exchequer, 1305-7; keeper of wardrobe, 1308; one of commission of trailbaston on northern circuit, 1306; justice of common bench, 1307, and of common pleas, 1309.
James Theodore Bent: '''James Theodore Bent''' ([[1862]]-[[1897]]), explorer and archaeologist; educated at Repton school and Wadham College, Oxford; B.A., 1875; entered Lincoln's Inn, 1874: travelled abroad; studied local traditions and customs in Karpathos, Samoa, and Tliasos, 1886-7, and engaged in
Bentham: '''Bentham''' 91
Bentinck: '''Bentinck''' I archaeological research on coast of Asia Minor, 1888-9, Bahrein Islands, 1889,Cilicia Tracheia, 1890, Mashonaland, 1891, Abyssinia, 1893, and the Arabian peninsula, 1893-7; published works relating to his travels.
Edward Bentham: '''Edward Bentham''' ([[1707]]-[[1776]]), divine; entered Corpus Christi College, Oxford, 1724; vice-principal, Magdalen Hal! 1730; fellow of Oriel, 1731; M.A., 1732; prebendary of Hereford, 1743; D.D., 1749; canon of Christ Church, Oxford, 1764; regius professor of divinity, 1763; published philosophical, religious, and other works.
George Bentham: '''George Bentham''' ([[1800]]-[[1884]]), botanist: son of Sir Samuel Bentham, and nephew of Jeremy Bentham; lived in France, 1814-27; studied at Montauban; published translations in French from works of Jeremy Bentham (Paris, 1823), andCatalogue des Plantes indigenes des Pyrenees &c. (1826); studied at Lincoln's Inn, 1826; published, 1827, Outlines of a new System of Logic in which the doctrine of qualification of predicate was first clearly set forth; F.L.S.,1828; honorary secretary of Horticultural Society, 1829-40; published memoirs of genera and natural orders of Indian plants, 1832-6; published Handbook of British Flora 1858; worked on descriptive botany at Kew after 1861, and produced works on flora of Hongkong and Australia,Genera Plantarum (7 vols., 1863-78), and Outlines of Botany; vice-president, Linnean Society, 1858; president, 1861-74; member of Royal Society, 1862; received royal medal, 1859; C.M.G., 1878.
James Bentham: '''James Bentham''' ([[1708]]-[[1794]]), divine; M.A. Trinity College, Cambridge, 1738; vicar of Stapleford, Cambridgeshire, 1733-7; minor canon of Ely, 1737; rector of Feltwell St. Nicholas, Norfolk, 1768-74, and of Northwold, 1774-9; prebendary of Ely, 1779; published History of Ely Cathedral 1771, and two works embodying suggestions for improvement of the fen country.
Jeremy Bentham: '''Jeremy Bentham''' ([[1748]]-[[1832]]), writer on jurisprudence; educated at Westminster and Queen's College, Oxford; M.A., 1766; called to bar at Lincoln's Inn, of which society he became a member in 1817; made very little effort to succeed as a barrister, but turned his mind to physical science and speculations on politics and jurisprudence; produced, between 1776 and 1780, work printed in 1780 as Introduction to Principles of Morals and Legislation published anonymously, 1776,Fragment on Government a masterly criticism on Blackstone'sCommentaries which obtained for him the friendship of Lord Shelburne; wrote, in Russia, Defence of Usury and a series of letters on a Panopticon or house for inspection of industries, by which he hoped to improve the condition of prison discipline, the scheme meeting with considerable favour, though a partial failure; published Protest against Law Taxes and * Supply without Burden, or Escheat vice Taxation 1795; directed his attention to defects of poor laws, 1797-8; completed criticism on working of English libel law, 1809; wrote, at Ford Abbey, ChrestomathiaThe Church of England and its Catechism andNot Paul, but Christ; published A Catechism of Parliamentary Reform 1817; aided in establishing Westminster Review 1823; publishedPetition for Justice 1829, letters advocating sale of public offices, 1830, andPannomial Fragments 1831. In his numerous works Bentham sought to compass the whole field of ethics, jurisprudence, logic, and political economy. To the last science his contributions are of small account, and to the literature of logic he made no very valuable additions; his nephew, George Bentham's Outlines of a New System of Logic contains his ideas on the subject. His influence on jurisprudence and ethics can scarcely be over-estimated. His Introduction to Principles of Morals and Legislation expounded many schemes which since his time have been applied to the amendment of the administration of justice. In the history of ethics he stands out as one of the ablest champions of utilitarianism.
Joseph Bentham: '''Joseph Bentham''' ([[1594]] ?-[[1671]]), divine ; rector of Bronghton and, later, of Neather Wickenden, Buckinghamshire; sequestered by order of parliament, 1 643; restored to parish of Broughton, 1660; published sermons and religious treatises.
Sib Samuel Bentham: '''Sib Samuel Bentham''' ([[1757]]-[[1831]]), naval architect and engineer; brother of Jeremy Bentham; educated at Westminster; apprenticed as shipwright: travelled in Russia and Siberia, studying methods of working metals, 1780-2; received rank of lieutenantcolonel from Prince Potemkin, who made him superintendent of his shipbuilding yard at Kritchev; directed equipment of flotilla at Cherson for service against Turks, 1787; commanded flotilla in the Liman, 1788, and received military cross of 8t George, rank of brigadiergeneral, and sword of honour; returned to England, 1791; assisted Jeremy Bentham in fitting up his Panopticon; inspector-general of navy works, 1795-1807;.introduced numerous improvements iu machinery of dockyard and build of ships; commissioner of the navy, 1807-12; published papers on professional subjects.
Thomas Bentham: '''Thomas Bentham''' ([[1513]]-[[1578]]), bishop; perpetual fellow, Magdalen College, Oxford, 1546; M.A., 1547; ejected from fellowship, 1553; bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, 1659; D.D., 1565; translated Ezekiel and Daniel (1568) in the BishopsBible.
Lord George Bentinck: '''Lord George Bentinck''' , whose full Christian names were WILLIAM GKORGE FKKDKKIC CAVKNDISH (1802-1848), statesman; fifth child and second surviving son of fourth Duke of Portland; cornet, 10th hussars, 1819; private secretary to Canning (who married Bentinck's mother's sister) when Canning was foreign secretary and leader of House of Commons: major, 2nd life guards, 1825; M.P. for King's Lynn, 1826-48; devoted himself to horse-racing; rode his first public match at Goodwood, 1824; introduced many improvements in management of racecourse; strongly opposed Sir Robert Peel's measures for suspension of restrictions on imported corn to meet failure of potato crop in Ireland and insufficient supply of corn in England; accepted leadership of protectionists, 1846; sold his racing stud, 1846; proposed a scheme, which was rejected, for employment of distressed Irish on construction of railways in Ireland, 1847; resigned leadership, December 1847; chairman of committee to inquire into interests of sugar and coffee planters, 1848; advocated unsuccessfully maintenance of protective duty on foreign sugar.
Bentinck: '''Bentinck''' Sre HENRY JOHN WILLIAM ([[1796]]1878), general; ensign, Coldstream guards, 1813; lieutenant-colonel, 1851; served in Crimea; colonel, 1854; K.O.B., 1856; general, 1867.
John Albert Bentinck: '''John Albert Bentinck''' ([[1737]]-[[1775]]), captain ; grandson of William Bentinck, first earl of Portland ; midshipman, 1753; commander, under Lord Anson at St. Malo, 1758; captain, 1768; employed in cruising, 1760-2; held various commands at Portsmouth, 1766-73; count of the empire.
William Bentinck: '''William Bentinck''' , first EARL OF PORTLAND (1649-1709), son of Henry Bentinck of Diepenheim; page of honour'in William of Orange's household; gentleman of prince's bedchamber; accompanied William to England, 1670; D.C.L. Oxford, 1670; sent by William on mission to Charles II to negotiate the marriage with Princess Mary, which took place in 1677: took large share in preparations for William's invasion of England, 1688; created Baron Cirencester, Viscount Woodstock, and Earl of Portland, and appointed groom of the stole, first gentleman of the bedchamber and privy councillor, on coronation of William and Mary; obtained command of regiment of Dutch guards, and subsequently held rank of lieutenant-general in English army; became the most trusted agent of William's foreign policy; accompanied king on his Irish campaign, 1690, at Landen, 1693, and in Dutch campaign, 1694; K. G., 1697; conducted negotiations for peace of Ryswyk, 1697; went on an embassy to France to treat concerning Spanish succession, 1698; signed first partition treaty, 1698; resigned places in royal household from jealousy of Albemarle, 1699; took active part in direction of Scottish affairs, and incurred much odium by collapse of Darien scheme; tion treaty, 1700; his impeachment in House of after debates on partition treaties dismissed, 1701.

[edit] Section 107

Lord William Cavendish Bentinck: '''Lord William Cavendish Bentinck''' ([[1774]]1839), governor-general of India; second son of William Henry, third duke of Portland: captain, 1792; lieutenant-colonel, 24th light dragoons, 1794; on Duke of York's staff in Netherlands, 1794; attached to headquarters staff of Marshal Snwarrof 8 army in Italy and served in campaigns of 1799; with Austrian forces, 1801;
Bentinck: '''Bentinck'''
Beorhtric: '''Beorhtric''' governor of M;nlni. isn3; major-general; refiillcd after mutiny at Vcloro, for which he was held mainly responsible, 1807; commanded brigade at Corufia; lieutenantgeneral; commander-in-chief of British fonvs in Si.-ily. 1811; served in Spain, 1813; commanded successful expedition against Genoa, 1814; governor-general of Bengal, 1887; effected important financial reforms, and greatly improved condition of revenue, reorganised judicial department, and extended system of employment of natives in official positions; first governor-general of India, 1833; met Macaulay, with whom he contracted a warm friendship; returned to England, 1835; liberal M.P. for Glasgow, 1837.
William Henry Cavendish Bentinck: '''William Henry Cavendish Bentinck''' , third DUKK OF PORTLAND (1738-1809), statesman: educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford; M.P. for Weobly, Herefordshire, 1760; succeeded to dukedom, 1762; lord chamberlain of household and privy councillor, 1765; married Lady Dorothy Cavendish, daughter of William, fourth duke of Devonshire, 1766; lord lieutenant of Ireland, 1782; prime minister, 1783; chancellor of Oxford University, 1792; allied with Pitt at time of French revolution; home secretary, 1794-1801; K.G. and lord lieutenant of Nottingliamshire, 1794; greatly assisted passing of Act of Union with Ireland, 1798; lord president of the council in Addington's and Pitt's cabinets; retired on death of Pitt, but returned to public life when Pitt's friends came again into power, 1807; prime minister, 1807; resigned, 1809.
Bentinck: '''Bentinck''' -SCOTT, WILLIAM JOHN CAVEN-
Dish: '''Dish''' fifth DUKK OK PORTLAND ([[1800]]-1 [[879]]), succeeded to his brother's title of Martinis of Titchfield, 1824; M.P. for King's Lynn, 1824-6; succeeded to dukedom, 1854; deputy lieutenant of Nottinghamshire, 1859-79; lived life of a recluse.
Charles Bentley: '''Charles Bentley''' ([[1806]]-[[1854]]), painter : member of old Water-Colour Society, 1844; painted chiefly coast and river scenes.
George Bentley: '''George Bentley''' ([[1828]]-[[1895]]), publisher and author: son of Richard Bentley (1794-1871); educated at King's College, London; entered his father's office, c. 1845; edited Temple Bar Magazine 1866-95; succeeded his father as publisher in ordinary to the queen: member of StationersCompany and F.R.G.S. Among the more notable novelists whom he introduced to the public are Wilkie Collins, Mrs. Henry Wood, Miss Rhoda Broughton, MissMarie Corelli Mr.Maarten Maartens and Mrs. Riddeil.
Sir John Bentley: '''Sir John Bentley''' (d. [[1772]]), vice-admiral ; entered navy, c. 1720; lieutenant, 1734; commander after battle of Toulon, 1744; served at Finisterrc and in Bay of Biscay, 1747, and at blockade of Brest, 1759; knighted, 1759; commissioner of navy, 1761; promoted to flag, 1763: vice-admiral, 1770.
Joseph Clayton Bentley: '''Joseph Clayton Bentley''' ([[1809]]-[[1851]]), landscape painter and line-engraver; exhibited paintings at London and provincial exhibitions from 1833. Some of his best engravings are in Vernou Gallery.
Nathaniel Bentley: '''Nathaniel Bentley''' ([[1735]] ?-[[1809]]), beau ; called
Dick Dirty: '''Dick Dirty''' ; known for many years as the ' Beau of Leadeuhall Street(where he kept a warehouse): frequently presented himself at court, but in later life developed habits of squalor, the filth of his premises becoming proverbial.
Richard Bentley: '''Richard Bentley''' ([[1662]]-[[1742]]), scholar and critic ; B.A. St. John's College, Cambridge, 1680; master of Spalding school, Lincolnshire, 1682; appointed chaplain to Stillingfleet, bishop of Worcester, 1690; brought into great repute as u minute and accurate scholar by his critical letter to Mill in Mill's edition of theChronicle of Malt-las 1691; delivered the first course of Boyle lectures, taking as his subjectA Confutation of Atheism 1692; ! prebendary of Worcester, 1692; keeper of royal libraries and F.R.S., 1694; chaplain in ordinary toking, 1695; contributed to second edition of William Wottou's Reflections on Ancient and Modem Learning (1697), an essay in which he proved the Letters of Phalaris to be forgeries, and reviewed an edition of them edited, in 1696, by tin- Hon. Charles Boyle, who had printed in his preface an insolent reference to Bentley; answered by Boyle and his f rieuds in Dr. Beiitley's Dissertations on the Epistles of 1'lmlaris &c., 1698: retaliated in 1699, with his 'Dissertation on the Letters of Phalnris which effectually crushed his aggressors and takes rank as a permanent masterpiece of literature; master of Trinity College, Cambridge, 1700-42; having committed a number of petty cncroiiclinu-nts on the privileges of the fellows, lie was, 1714, brought to trial before the bishop of Ely (Moore), who died before delivering sentence, leaving judgment against Bentley among his papers; ruled with practically despotic power,and in 1733was again brought before bishop of Ely (Dr. Greene) and deprived of his mastership, but retained it because the successive vice-masters, who alone could execute the sentence, refused to act against him. His works include valuable editions of many classical authors, including a daring Horace, 1711, and a somewhat unsympathetic edition of Paradise Lost 1732. Among his numerous contributions to classical scholarship may be mentioned his discovery and restoration of the digamma to certain words in the Homeric poems.
Richard Bentley: '''Richard Bentley''' ([[1708]]-[[1782]]), miscellaneous writer; youngest sou of Richard Bentley (1662-1742) ; entered Trinity College, Cambridge, 1718; fellow, 1723; lived many years in south of France and in Jersey; constant correspondent of Horace Walpole until 1 701, when there was a rupture between them; executed drawings for editions of Gray's poems printed by Walpole, 1763; wrote, after 1761, some unsuccessful plays.
Richard Bentley: '''Richard Bentley''' ([[1794]]-[[1871]]), publisher ; educated, at St. Paul's School; joined his brother Samuel in printing business, 1819; in partnership (1829) with Henry Oolburn; started Bentley's Miscellany with Dickens as editor, 1837; publishedYoung England newspaper, 1845, and Bentley's Quarterly Review 1859; one of his successful ventures was the issue of 127 volumes ofStandard Novels
Robert Bentley: '''Robert Bentley''' ([[1821]]-[[1893]]), botanist; studied medicine at King's College, London; M.R.O.S., 1847; F.L.S., 1849; lectured on botany, London Hospital; professor of botany at London Institution and King's College, and of botany and materia medica to Pharmaceutical Society; edited Pharmaceutical Journal; published botanical writings.
Samuel Bentley: '''Samuel Bentley''' ([[1785]]-[[1868]]), printer and antiquary; brother of Richard Bentley (794-1871); educated at St. Paul's School; in partnership with John Nichols, his brother Richard, 1819, and, later, with his nephew, John Bentley, Wilson, and Fley. He prepared and published several antiquarian works, including Excerpta Historica (1831).
Thomas Bentley: '''Thomas Bentley''' ([[1693]] ?-[[1742]]). classical scholar; grandson of Thomas Bentley, half-brother of Dr. Richard Bentley (1602-1742); educated at St. Paul's School and Trinity College, Cambridge; M.A., 1715; fellow; librarian of Trinity; LL.D., 1724; published annotated editions of classical authors, including Horace (1713), and Callimachus (1741).
Thomas Bentley: '''Thomas Bentley''' ([[1731]]-[[1780]]), manufacturer of porcelain; apprenticed to woollen and cotton trades in Manchester; removed to Liverpool, 1754, where he was a prominent member of the body of dissenters called Octagonians; entered into partnership with Josiah Wedgwood for manufacture and sale of ornamental pottery, 1768; came to London, 1769.
John Hodges Benwell: '''John Hodges Benwell''' ([[1764]]-[[1785]]), genre painter: studied at Royal Academy; executed drawings in water-colours combined with crayons.
Mary Benwell: '''Mary Benwell''' (. [[1761]]-[[1800]]), portrait painter; exhibited crayon portraits and miniatures at Incorporated Society of Artists and Royal Academy, 1761-91.
William Benwell: '''William Benwell''' ([[1765]]-[[1796]]), claasical scholar ; M.A. Trinity College, Oxford, 1789; rector of Ohilton, Suffolk. He edited Xeuophou's Memorabilia 1804.
Benyng: '''Benyng''' or DK BININ WILLIAM (. [[1250]]), biographer; prior of Cistercian abbey of Newbattle until 1243; abbot of Oupar, 1243-68; wrote life of John Scot, bishop of Dunkeld.
Beorhtric: '''Beorhtric''' or BRIHTRIC, king of the West-Saxons (d. 802), succeeded Oynewulf, 785; married Eadburh, daughter of Offa, king of the Mercians, 787; died from
Beorhtwulf: '''Beorhtwulf'''

[edit] Section 108

Brronp: '''Brronp''' 3 the effects 01 poisou prepared by Eudlmrh for her busbaud's favourite. During bis reign the Northmen first landed (787) in England.
Beorhtwulf: '''Beorhtwulf''' or BERTTTLF, king of the Mcn-iuns (d. 852), succeeded Wiglaf, 839; defeated by invading Danes, H51.
Beorn: '''Beorn''' Karl of the Middle Angles (d. [[1049]]), son of rif and Kstrith, Gnat's sister: received earldom, e. 1045; murdered by onier of Godwine's eldest son, Sweyn, who had been banished. In (;, and whose lands had been divided netwtvn Ieorn and Harold.
Beornwulf: '''Beornwulf''' king of the Mercians (d. [[826]]), til-nosed CYolwult and succeeded to kingdom, 823; settled, at councils held at Clevesho, 824 and 825, the long dispute !,,twtfii see of Canterbury and Mercian crown: defeated it Hllandune by Ecgberht, king of Wessex, 825; killed in light against Kast Anglians.
Gabriel Beranger: '''Gabriel Beranger''' (d. [[1817]]), artist; born in Rotterdam; opened print shop and artist's warehouse, Dublin, 1750; antiquarian draughtsman in Dublin exchequer office; executed drawings of antiquities in many parts of Ireland.
Peter Berchet: '''Peter Berchet''' ([[1659]]-[[1720]]), painter; boni in France; worked on decorations of William Ill's palace at Loo; executed paintings in several important buildings in En-land.
Saint Berchthttn: '''Saint Berchthttn''' (d. [[733]]), abbot; first abbot of Beverley, 700.
Samuel Berdmore: '''Samuel Berdmore''' ([[1740]]-[[1802]]), master of Charterhouse; B.A. Jesus College, Cambridge, 1759; fellow: M.A., 1762; master of Charterhouse School, 1769-1791; D.D., 1773; published works of criticism on poetry.
Richard Bere: '''Richard Bere''' (. [[1524]]), scholar; abbot of Glastonbury, 1493; accompanied an embassy to Rome, 1503; engaged with archbishop Warbam in dispute concerning genuineness of relics of St. Dunstau at Glastonbury, which was still unsettled when he died.
John Bereblock: '''John Bereblock''' (fl. [[1566]]).
Ralph De Bereford: '''Ralph De Bereford''' (fl. [[1329]]), judge ; served on commissions of oyer and terminer in various counties, 1314-24; justice itinerant, c. 1330.
Richard De Bereford: '''Richard De Bereford''' (fl. [[1283]]-[[1317]]), judge; treasurer of Irish exchequer, 1300; justice of assize for six English counties, 1310; chancellor of Ireland, 1314.
William De Bereford: '''William De Bereford''' (d. [[1326]]), judge; probably justice itinerant, c. 1292; appointed justice of common bench, 1294 and 1307; one of twenty-one English members of parliament appointed to confer on Scottish affairs with Scottish representatives, 1305; chiefjustice of common bench, 1309.
Berengabja: '''Berengabja''' (d. after [[1230]]), queen of Richard I : daughter of Sancho VI of Navarre; married and crowned at Limasol, Cyprus, 1191; proceeded to Acre and remained there till 1192, when she travelled to Sicily, Rome, Pisa, Genoa, Marseilles, and Poitou; was perhaps with Richard at Chaluz when he received his death wound; founded, 1230, Cistercian monastery at Espan, in Maine, where she was buried.
Richard Berenger: '''Richard Berenger''' (d. [[1782]]), for many years gentleman of horse to George III; famous for his charming manner in social life; published works on horsemanship and some poems and essays.
James Beresford: '''James Beresford''' ([[1764]]-[[1840]]), miscellaneous writer; M.A. Mertou College, Oxford, 1798; fellow; rector of Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire; author of Miseries of Human Life 1867.
John Beresford: '''John Beresford''' ([[1738]]-[[1805]]), Irish statesman ; second son of Marcus, earl of Tyrone; B.A. Trinity College, Dublin, 1757; called to bar, 1760, but never practised; M.P. for Waterford, 1760-1805; privy conn cillor, 1768; first commissioner of revenue, 1780; introduced reforms in methods of revenue collection and greatly improved architecture and street communication of Dublin: principal adviser of Pitt in his Irish policy Erivy councillor of England, 1786; dismissed from office y Lord Fitzwilliam, 1795, but reinstated on Fitzwilliam's recall; helped to bring about the union, 1801: retired from office, 1802.
Loud John George De La Poer Beresford: '''Loud John George De La Poer Beresford''' (1773-1862), primate of Ireland; educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford; M.A., 1796; D.D., 1805; priest, 1797; dean of St. Macartin's, Clogher, 1799; bishop of Cork and Ross, 1805, of Raphoe, 1807, and of Clogher, 1819; archbishop of Dublin and privy councillor in Ireland, 1820; archbishop of Armagh and primate of Ireland, 1822; vicechancellor of Dublin University, 1829, and chancellor, 1851; published speeches and sermons.
Sir John Poo Beresford: '''Sir John Poo Beresford''' ([[1766]]-[[1844]]), admiral; natural son of Lord de la Poer (afterwards Marquis of Waterford); entered navy, 1782; captain, 1795; successfully engaged French in Hampton roads. 1795; commanded in North Sea, 1803, and on North American station, 1806: commanded blockade of Lorient, 1808-9; senior officer off Brest, 1810, in North Sea, 1811, and on American coast. 1812-14; commanded Royal Sovereign yacht, 1814; baronet and rear-admiral, 1814; K.C.B., 1819; commanded at Leith, 1820-3, and at Nore, 1830-3; vice-admiral, 1821; admiral, 1H3K; represented various constituencies in parliament between 1812 and 1835.
Marcus Gervais Beresford: '''Marcus Gervais Beresford''' ([[1801]]-[[1885]]), archbishop of Armagh: M.A. Trinity College, Cambridge, 1828; D.D., 1840; rector of Kildallon, co. Cavan, 1824; vicar of Drung and Larali, c. 1827: archdeacon of Ardagh, 1839; bishop of Kilniore and Ardagh, 1854; bishop of Clogher and archbishop of Armagh, 1862; Irish privy councillor; honorary D.C.L. Oxford, 1864.
William Carr Beresford: '''William Carr Beresford''' , VISCOUNT BEKKS-
Koku: '''Koku''' ([[1788]]-[[1854]]), general; illegitimate son of George de la Poer Beresford, marquis of Waterford; entered military school, Strasburg, 1785; ensign, 1785; served in Nova Scotia, 1786; captain, 1791; at Toulon, 1791-3; in Corsica, at captures of Martello, Bastia, Calvi, and San Fiorenzo, 1794; brevet-major; lieutenant-colonel, 1794; commanded Connaught rangers in reconquest of West Indies, 1795, in Jersey, 1797-9, India, 1800, and Egypt, 1801-3; brevet-colonel, 1803; commanded first brigade at capture of the Cape, 1805; in conjunction with Sir Home Popham captured Buenos Ayres, but being compelled subsequently to capitulate, was there imprisoned for six months; returned to England, 1807; occupied Madeira as governor and commander-in-chief, in name of king of Portugal, 1807-8; major-general and commandant of Lisbon, 1808; fought at Ooruna, 1809; marshal in Portuguese army; local lieutenant-general in Portugal, 1809; reorganised Portuguese army; K.B. and Conde de Trancoso in Portuguese peerage, 1810; with valuable assistance from Colonel Hardinge, quartermaster-general of Portuguese army, won battle of Albuera, 1811; wounded at Badajoz; present at Vittoria and battles of Pyrenees, 1813; commanded centre of army at battles of Nivelle, the Nive, and Orthez, 1814; created Lord Beresford of Albuera and Cappoquin, co. Carlow, after battle of Toulouse; resumed command of Portuguese army at Lisbon; lieutenant-general, 1812; governor of Jersey, 1814; returned to England, 1822; lieutenant-general of ordnance and colonel of 16th regiment, 1822; Viscount Beresford, 1823; general, 1825; master-general of ordnance, 1828-30; published pamphlets defending his conduct at Albuera against attacks by Colonel Napier.
John De Berewyk: '''John De Berewyk''' (d. [[1312]]), judge ; entrusted with charge of vacant abbey of St. Edmund, 1279, and of see of Lincoln 1279-81; treasurer of Queen Eleanor, 1284; justice itinerant, 1292.
Gustav Adolph Bergenroth: '''Gustav Adolph Bergenroth''' ([[1813]]-[[1869]]), historical student; born at Oletzko, East Prussia; educated at Kbnigsberg University; manifested advanced democratic opinions in outbreak of 1848: emigrated to California, 1850; came to London with view of studying Tudor period of history, 1857; after research in Spanish archives at Simancas, published (1862-8) calendar of Simancas documents relating to English affairs between 1485 and 1525; died at Madrid.
John Brodribb Bergne: '''John Brodribb Bergne''' ([[1800]]-[[1873]]), numismatist and antiquary: entered foreign office, 1817, and was superintendent of treaty department, 1854-73; membar of commission to revise slave trade instructions, 1865; a founder and treasurer (1843-57) of the Numismatic Society; F.S.A.; contributed toNumismatic Chronicle

[edit] Section 109

Berington: '''Berington'''
Berkeley: '''Berkeley'''
Charles Berington: '''Charles Berington''' ([[1748]]-[[1798]]), catholic divim-; educated at Douay and in Knirlish seminary, Paris; D.D., 1776: member of catholic committee, 1788; vicarapostolic of midland district, 1795; renounced, under compulsion of the holy see, the committee's doctrines, 1797.
Joseph Berinoton: '''Joseph Berinoton''' ([[1746]]-[[1827]]), catholic divine : educated at St. Omer; ordained priest in France; leader of fifteen priests known as Staffordshire Clergy; priest at Oscott, 178C, and subsequently in London district, from which he was twice suspended for opinions expressed in certain of his works; priest at Buckland, Berkshire, 1814-27; published philosophical, historical, and theological works.
Family of Berkeley: '''Family of Berkeley''' . Roger, first tenant of Berkeley, 1086, was succeeded by his nephew William, and by William's son. Part of Berkeley, with the castle, passed in Henry II's reign to Robert Fitz-Harding, whose family intermarried with the Berkeleys, and has held the property for seven hundred years. From one of Fitz-Harding's descendants sprang the Berkeley family of Beverston Castle, important in fifteenth and sixteenth centuries; while from another came the Berkeleys of Stoke Gifford, Gloucestershire, of Bruton and Pylle, Somerset (now represented by Edward Berkeley-Portman, Baron, 1837, and Viscount Portman, 1873), and of Boycourt, Kent. Berkeley Castle ultimately passed to James Berkeley, who was summoned to parliament, 1421-61, in right of his possession of the castle. From James's youngest son was descended Chief Baron Sir Robert Berkeley (d. 1656), of Spetchley. James's eldest son, William, died childless, after which the castle passed into the family of his nephew Maurice. Maurice's descendant, George (d. 1698), was created Viscount Dursley and Earl of Berkeley, 1679, after whom the earldom descended to Frederick Augustus, fifth earl. The fifth earl alleged that he secretly married, in 1785, a lady whom he publicly married in 1796. His secret marriage not being proved, the title of sixth earl went to Thomas Moreton Fitzhardinge Berkeley, the eldest of his sous born after the public marriage.
Craven Fitzhardinge Berkeley: '''Craven Fitzhardinge Berkeley''' ([[1805]]1855), member of parliament; sou of Frederick Augustus, fifth earl of Berkeley; officer in 1st life guards; M.P. for Cheltenham, 1832; re-elected, 1835, 1837, 1841, 1848, and 1852; defeated, 1847, and his election in 1848 declared void. r, ELIZA (1734-1800), authoress, nte Frinsham; married Bishop George Berkeley (1685-1753), 1761; published with prefaces volumes from manuscripts of her husband (d. 1795) and eldest son (d. 1793).
Francis Henry Fitzhardinge Berkeley: '''Francis Henry Fitzhardinge Berkeley''' (1794-1870), politician; fourth son of Frederick Augustus, fifth earl of Berkeley; born before his parentsmarriage in 1796; educated at Christ Church, Oxford; M.P. for Bristol, 1837, and 1841-70: repeatedly advocated ballot, but without success, 1848-70.
George Berkeley: '''George Berkeley''' , BAROX BERKELEY ([[1601]]1G58), succeeded to family honours. 1613; K.B., 1616; canon-commoner, Christ Church, Oxford, 1619; M.A., 1623; spent much time in foreign travel.
George Berkeley: '''George Berkeley''' , first EARL o BKHKKI.KY (1628-1698), statesman; younger son of George Berkeley (1601-1658); succeeded as Baron Berkeley, 1658; educated at Christ Church, Oxford; one of commissioners to invite Charles to England from The Hague, 1660; on council for foreign plantations, 1661; original member of lt ul African Company, and F.H.S., 1663; created Viscount Dursley and Earl of Berkeley, 1679; governor of Levant Company, 1680; a master of Trinity House, 1681; member of East India Company; privy councillor, 1685; member of provisional government after flight of James II, 1688.
George Berkeley: '''George Berkeley''' ([[1693]]7-[[1746]]), politician, fourth son of Charles, second earl of Berkeley; educated at Westminster and Trinity College, Cambridge; M.A., 1713; M.P. for Dover, 1718, and for Heydon, Yorkshire, 1734-46; master-keeper and governor of St. Katharine's, near the Tower, 1723.
George Berkeley: '''George Berkeley''' ([[1685]]-[[1753]]), bishop of Oloyne ; educated at Kilkenny, and Trinity College, Dublin; M.A. and fellow, 1707; studied philosophy and published Essay towards a New Theory of Vision 1709,Treatise concerning Human Knowledge 1710, andDialogues between Hylas and Philonous 1713; junior dean, 1710-11; junior Greek lecturer, 1712; came to England, 1713, and became associated vith Steele, Addisou, Pope, Swift, and others; chaplain to Lord Peterborough while ambassador to king of Sicily, 1713-14; travelled as tutor to son of Bishop St. George Ashe, 1716-20; dean of Derry, 1724; circulated proposals for founding, in the Bermudas, college for training of missionaries, 1725; senior fellow, Dublin, 1717; divinity lecturer and senior Greek lecturer, 1721; D.D., 1721; Hebrew lecturer and senior proctor, 1722; came to England, 1724, and obtained charter for proposed college, 1725; went to America, 1728, and returned on failure to receive from government money for furthering his scheme, 1732; published Alciphron 1732; bishop of Oloyne, 1734; published Querist 1735-7, in which he made a number of suggestions upon uses of money: retired to Oxford, 1762, and there died. As a philosopher he aimed at discrediting materialism. He formed a link between Locke and Hume.
George Charles Grantley Berkeley: '''George Charles Grantley Berkeley'''
Fitzhardinge: '''Fitzhardinge''' ([[1800]]-[[1881]]), writer ; sixth son of Frederick Augustus, fifth earl of Berkeley; educated at Corpus Christi College and Sandhurst; joined Coldstream guards, 1816, and subsequently entered 82nd foot; M.P. for West Gloucestershire, 1832-52; his romance, 'Berkeley Castle savagely reviewed inFraser's Magazine 1836; Berkeley, in consequence, publicly assaulted Fraser, the publisher (who brought an action against him and obtained damages), and fought a duel with Dr. Maginn, the author; proposed, 1836, and obtained, 1841, admission of ladies to gallery of House of Commons; devoted himself largely to field-sports after 1852; published autobiographical, sporting, and other works.
George Cranfield Berkeley: '''George Cranfield Berkeley''' , seventeenth
Berkeley Bauon: '''Berkeley Bauon''' ([[1753]]-[[1818]]), admiral ; entered navy, 1766; accompanied Caroline Matilda to Denmark; with Captain Cook during survey of coast of Newfoundland and Gulf of St. Lawrence; lieutenant, 1772; on Victory at Ushant, 1778; surveyor-general of ordnance, 1786; wounded at victory of 1 June 1794; rear-admiral, 1799; viceadmiral, on Halifax station, 1805; held chief command on Portuguese coast and in Tagus, 1808-12; admiral, 1810; M.P. for Gloucester, 1781-1812; G C.B., 1814.
George Monck Berkeley: '''George Monck Berkeley''' ([[1763]]-[[1793]]), miscellaneous writer; son of Eliza Berkeley, educated at Eton, St. Andrews, Magdalen Hall, Oxford, and Inner Temple; LL.B. Dublin, 1789: his works include two dramatic pieces, andPoemsedited by his mother (1797).
Gilbert Berkeley: '''Gilbert Berkeley''' ([[1501]]-[[1581]]), bishop: B.D. Oxford, c. 1539; bishop of Bath and Walls, 1560; chan ! cellor of Wells, 1560-2; D.D., 1563; opposed attempt of burgesses of Wells to obtain renewal of their ancient corporation, 1574.
James Berkeley: '''James Berkeley''' , third EARL OP BERKELEY (1680-1736), admiral; captain of frigate in Channel, 1701; served in Mediterranean with Sir George Rooke and Sir Olowdisley Shovell, 1704-7; raised to flag-rank, 1708; with Byug in the Forth, 1708; lord-lieutenant of Gloucestershire, 1710-11 and 1714: first lord commissioner of admiralty, 1717-27; lord high admiral and commanderin-chief in channel, 1719; K.G., 1718.
John Berkeley: '''John Berkeley''' , first BARON BERKELEY o
Stratton: '''Stratton''' (d. [[1678]]), soldier ; ambassador from Charles I to Christina of Sweden to propose alliance to help elector palatine, 1637; knighted, 1638; held commission in army raised to coerce Scots; M.P. for Heytesbury, 1640; imprisoned in Tower on accusation of conspiring to corrupt army in interest of king; received bail: royalist commander-in-chief in Devonshire; took Exeter, 1643; defeated at Alresford, 1644; lieutenant-colonel of Devonshire and Cornwall, 1645; surrendered Exeter to Fairfax, i 1646; unsuccessfully attempted to mediate between king ! and parliamentary leaders, 1647; accompanied Charles in his flight until the king went to Oarisbrooke; retired to I France; governor to Duke of York, 1652; accompanied I Duke of York under Turenne in Flanders, 1652-5, and in Netherlands, 1656; raised to peerage, 1668; on admiralty staff, 16CO; lord-president of Conuaught for life, 1661;
Berkeley: '''Berkeley''' 95
Bernard: '''Bernard''' privy councillor, 1663; one of masters of ordnance, 1663; on committee of Tangier, 16G5; lord-lieutenant of 1 ivland, 1670-2; one of the ambassadors extraordinary at congress of Nimeguen, 1676-7; published An apology for his share in jin-cilinu's connected with Charles I'a Sight from Hampton Court.
John Berkeley: '''John Berkeley''' , third BAIION BKHKKU-IY P
Strattox: '''Strattox''' ([[1663]]-[[1697]]), admiral; second son of John Berkeley (d. 1678), lieutenant, 1685; rear-admiral of fleet under Lord Dartmouth, 1688; vice-admiral of red squadron under Admiral Herbert, 1689; successively viceadmiral of blue, and admiral of blue under Killigrew, iK-lavall, and Shovell, 1693; took part in attack on Brest, 1694; bombarded Dieppe and Havre, 1694; combined with Dutch in ineffectual bombardment of St. Malo, 1695; engaged in harassing French coast, 1695-7.
Maurice Frederick Fitz Berkeley: '''Maurice Frederick Fitz Berkeley''' -

[edit] Section 110

Hakuinuk: '''Hakuinuk''' first BARON FITZHARDINOK ([[1788]]-[[1867]]), admiral, son of fifth Earl of Berkeley; entered navy, 1802; flag-lieutenant, 1810: commanded flagship at Cork, 18281831; in Mediterranean, 1841; admiral, 1862; with brief intervals M.P. for Gloucester, 1831-57, and held seat at admiralty, 1833-57; raised to peerage, 1861; privy councillor and K.O.B., 1855; G.C.B., 1861.
Miles Joseph Berkeley: '''Miles Joseph Berkeley''' ([[1803]]-[[1889]]), botanist; educated at Rugby and Christ's College, Cambridge; M.A., 1828; honorary fellow, 1883; curate of St. John's, Margate, 1829; perpetual curate of Apethorpe and Wood Newton, 1833; rural dean of Roth well; vicar of Sibbertoft, Northamptonshire, 1868; F.L.S., 1836; F.R.S., 1879. His works includeIntroduction to Cryptogamic Botany 1857,Outlines of British Fungology I860, and the volume on fungi in Smith'sEnglish Flora 1836.
Eaul Op Berkshire: '''Eaul Op Berkshire''' ([[1579]]-[[1623]]).
Francis: '''Francis''' See NORRIS, justiciar;
Robert Berkeley: '''Robert Berkeley''' (. [[1219]]), justiciar; eldest son of Maurice Berkeley (d. 1190); succeeded to manor of Berkeley, 1 J90; justiciar at Derby, 1208; sided with barons against John, and Berkeley Castle being forfeited, he died still dispossessed.
Berkeley: '''Berkeley''' Sm ROBERT ( [[1584]]-[[1656]]), judge ; called to bar at Middle Temple, 1608; high sheriff of Worcestershire, 1613; called to degree of coif, 1627; king's serjeant and justice of court of king's bench, 1632; supported king in imposition of ship-money, 1635-7, and was impeached in House of Lords, 1641; fined, and incapacitated from holding office, 1642.
Robert Berkeley: '''Robert Berkeley''' ([[1713]]-[[1804]]), author of ' Considerations on Oath of Supremacy and Considerations on Declaration against Trausubstantiation
Berkeley: '''Berkeley''' Sm WILLIAM ([[1639]]-[[1666]]), vice-admiral; lieutenant, 1661; commander, 1662; rear-admiral of red squadron under Duke of York, 1664; in Channel, 1664-5; lieutenant-governor of Portsmouth, 1665; killed in battle with Dutch off North Foreland.
Sir William Berkeley: '''Sir William Berkeley''' (d. [[1677]]), governor of Virginia: brother of John, first baron Berkeley of Stratton; M.A. Merton College, Oxford, 1629; one of commissioners of Canada, 1632; gentleman of privy chamber to Charles I; governor of Virginia, 1641; deprived of office by parliament, but reappointed at Restoration; retunial to England, 1677; publishedThe Lost Lady a tragedy, 1638.
John Berkenhotjt: '''John Berkenhotjt''' ([[1730]]7-[[1791]]), physician ; studied in Germany; entered Prussian army; captain; obtained commission in English army, 1756; studied medicine at Edinburgh and at Leyden, where he graduated doctor of physic, 1765; accompanied government commissioners to America, 1778-80; published Outlines of Natural History of Great Britain 1769-71, 3 vols.; Biographia Literaria 1771, and several medical and other works.
James John Berkley: '''James John Berkley''' ([[1819]]-[[1862]]), engineer; educated at King's College, London; pupil of Robert Stephenson, 1839; chief resident engineer, Great Indian Peninsula Railway, 1849; completed line from Bombay to Tanna (twenty miles), initiating Indian railway system, 1853; completed line from Bombay to Calcutta, Madras, and Nagpore (1,237 miles), 1856; held several municipal appointments in Bombay; M.I.O.E., 1856.
Birksted Berksted: '''Birksted Berksted''' , or BTJRGHSTED, STE-
Phen: '''Phen''' (d. [[1287]]), bishop of Chichester, [[1262]] ; one of those chosen after the battle of Lewes to nominate council of nine to exercise royal power, 1264; sapended by cardinallegate, 1266, and summoned to Rome, where he remained till 1272.
Harriet Constance Bebxioz: '''Harriet Constance Bebxioz''' ([[1800]]-[[1854]]).
Bermingham: '''Bermingham''' 8m JOHN, BARL OF LOUTH (d. 1328), lord justice of Ireland; knighted, 1312; commander-in-chief of English forces in Ireland, 1318: defeated Edward Bruce near Dundalk; created Earl of Louth, 1318; lord justice of Ireland, 1321; slain in quarrel between Anglo-Irish families of Oriel.
Michel Bermingham: '''Michel Bermingham''' (6. [[1685]]), surgeon ; member of Academy of Surgery, Paris; published medical writings (1720-50).
Patrick Bermingham: '''Patrick Bermingham''' (d. [[1532]]), judge ; chief justice of king's bench in Ireland, 1613-32; chancellor of green wax of exchequer, Ireland, 1521.
William Bermingham: '''William Bermingham''' (d. [[1311]]), archbishop of Tuam, 1289; litigated on visitatorial powers with Dominican friars of Athenry, who obtained judgment against him from lord chancellor, 1297; attempted unsuccessfully to unite sees of Auuadowu and Tuam.
Ralph Bebnal: '''Ralph Bebnal''' (d. [[1854]]), politician: M.A. Christ's College, Cambridge, 1809; barrister, 1810; M.P. for Lincoln, 1818-20, Rochester, 1820-41, and 1847-52, and Weymouth, 1841-7; chairman of committees, c. 18301850; president British Archaeological Society, 1853. His collection of works of art sold for 71,OOOZ., 1855.
Osborne Beknal: '''Osborne Beknal''' , RALPH ([[1808]]-[[1882]]), politician; eldest son of Ralph Bernal; educated at Charterhouse and Trinity College, Cambridge; ensign, 71st regiment, 1831; liberal M.P. for Chipping Wycombe, 1841; married daughter of Sir Thomas Osborne, whose name he assumed, 1844; secretary of admiralty, 1852-8; M.P. for Middlesex, 1847, 1852, Dover, 1857-59, Liskeard, 1859-65, Nottingham, 1866-8, and Waterford, 1869-74.
Bernard: '''Bernard'''
Bernard: '''Bernard''' (. [[865]]), traveller in Palestine ; called
Sapiens: '''Sapiens''' ; erroneously identified with Bernard, a Scottish monk, and with another native of Scotland who, accordbig to Dempster, preached the crusade in Scotland, 10951105; set out from Rome between 863 and 867, and on return from Palestine proceeded to monastery of Mont St. Michel, Brittany; wrote a description of his journey in Palestine. A History of Jerusalem and other works have also been attributed to him.
Bernard: '''Bernard''' (. [[1093]]), warrior ; of Neufmarche or ' of Newmarch came to England with Conqueror; joined Norman lords against Rufus, 1088, and was defeated at Worcester; invaded and settled in Brecheiniog; founded and endowed priory of St. John at Brecknock,
Bernard: '''Bernard''' (d. [[1333]] ?), bishop : chancellor of Scotland, r. 1307; abbot of Arbroath, e. 1311; prolably drew up letter from Scottish nation to John XXII, claiming right to choose its own king; bishop of Sodor, 1324; wrote Latin poem on victory of Bannockburn.

[edit] Section 111

Bernard: '''Bernard''' A SANCTO FBJUfCISCO ([[1628]]-[[1709]]).
Charles Bernard: '''Charles Bernard''' ([[1660]]-[[1711]]), surgeon: surgeon to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, 1686: Serjeantsurgeon to Queen Anne, 1702; master of Barber Surgeons Company, 1703.
Daniel Bernard: '''Daniel Bernard''' (d. [[1588]]), brother of John Bernard (d. 1567 ?); D.D. Christ Church, Oxford, 1585; canon of Christ Church, 1577; vice-chancellor of Oxford, 1686.
Edward Bernard: '''Edward Bernard''' ([[1638]]-[[1696]]), critic and astronomer; educated at Merchant TaylorsSchool and St. John's College, Oxford; fellow, 1658; M.A., 1662; D.D..1684; studied oriental mathematical manuscripts at Leyden, 1668; chaplain to Dr. Mews, bishop of Bath and Wells,
Bernard: '''Bernard'''
Berriman: '''Berriman''' 1673; Savilian professor. Oxford, 1673-91; F.R.S., 1673; tutor at Paris to Dukes of drift on an.l Northumberland, sons of Charles II by Duchess of Cleveland, 1676; returned to Oxford, 1677: obtained living of Brinhtwell, Berkshire, 1691: left works in manuscript which were purchased by the Bodleian. His writings include De mensuris et ponderilms antiquis Hhri tres(16HN),Etymologicon Britannicum* (UW9),ObrDOOiOfifl Samarinopsis(1691), and some astronomical work*.
Francis Bernard: '''Francis Bernard''' ([[1687]]-lr.9H). physician ; M.D. Cambridge, 1678: F.O.P., 1687; assistant physician to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, 1678; physi. n in onlinary to James II, 1698. His library of medic; I books was reputed to be the largest ever made in England,
Sir Francis Bernard: '''Sir Francis Bernard''' ([[1711]] ?-[[1779]]), governor of Massachusetts Bay: educated at Westminster and Christ Church, Oxford: M.A., 1736; called to bar at Middle Temple; bencher: practised on midland circuit; governor of province of New Jersey, 1758, and of Massachusetts Bay, 1760; his thorough administration of the home government's policy, for which he was as a reward created baronet in 1769, undoubtedly hastened the war; recalled, 1769; D.C.L. Oxford, 1772. He published political writings.
Herman Hedwiq Bernard: '''Herman Hedwiq Bernard''' ([[1786]]-[[1857]]), hebraist; for many years Hebrew teacher at Cambridge; published works relating to Hebrew literature and history.
John Bernard: '''John Bernard''' (d. [[1567]]?), author ; B.A. Queen's College, Cambridge, 1544: Trotter's priest, 1544; fellow, c. 1545; M.A., 1647; bursar, 1551-2: wrote protestant religious tract in Latin, published (1568), by his brother Thomas Bernard.
John Bernard: '''John Bernard''' ([[1756]]-[[1828]]), actor : light comedian on Norwich circuit, 1774; member of Bath company, 1777; in Ireland, 1780-4; played Archer inBeaux Stratagem at Co vent Garden, 1787; again at Co vent Garden, 1793-6; played in New York, 1797, Philadelphia, 1797-1803, Boston, 1803: joint manager of Federal theatre, Boston, 1806-10; travelled in United States and Canada, 1810-17; made last appearance, Boston, 1819; selections from hisReminiscencesappeared after his death.
John Peter Bernard: '''John Peter Bernard''' (d. [[1750]]), biographer : graduate of Leyden; taught literature and mathematics in London after 1733; contributed largely toGeneral Dictionary, Historical and Critical 1734-41.
Mountague Bernard: '''Mountague Bernard''' ([[1820]]-[[1882]]), international lawyer, B.C.L. Trinity College, Oxford; Vinerian scholar and fellow; called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn, 1846; one of founders ofGuardian 1846; first professor of international law, Oxford, 1859-74; judge of chancellor's court; on commission of naturalisation and allegiance, 1868; fellow of All SoulsCollege, c. 1870; one of high commissioners who signed treaty of Washington, 1871; privy councillor; member of judicial committee of council; D.C.L.; member of University of Oxford Commission, 1877; original member of Institut de Droit International (founded, 1873); published works relating to international law.
Nicholas Bernard: '''Nicholas Bernard''' (d. [[1661]]X divine ; educated at Cambridge; chaplain and librarian to archbishop Ussher; dean of Kilmore, 1627; incorporated M.A. Oxford, 1628; prebendary of Dromore and dean of Ardagh, 1637; preacher of Gray's Inn, 1651; chaplain and almoner to Oliver Cromwell; published religious, historical, and other works, including a life of archbishop Ussher, 1656.
Richard Bernard: '''Richard Bernard''' ([[1568]]-[[1641]]), puritan divine; M.A. Christ's College, Cambridge, 1598; vicar of Worksop, 1601 presented to Batcombe, 1613. His numerous publications include an edition, with translations, ofTerence (1598), Bible Battels, or the Sacred Art Military (1629), works directed against the separatists, and various religious and other treatises, some of which enunciated benevolent schemes which have since been generally adopted.
Thomas Bernard: '''Thomas Bernard''' (d. [[1682]]), divine ; brother of John Bernard (d. 1607 ?); M.A. King's College, Cambridge, 1583; B.D. Oxford, 1667; canon of Christ Church, Oxford, 1646; Cranmcr's chaplain, 1647.
Sir Thomas Bernard: '''Sir Thomas Bernard''' ([[1750]]-[[1818]]), philanthropist; son of Sir Francis Bernard; educated at Harvard; secretary to his father in America; came to England; called to bar at Middle Templa, 1780: conveyancer: with bishop of Durham, Wilberforce, and others, founded Society for Bettering Condition of Poor, 1796; set on foot plan of Royal Institution, Piccadilly, 1799; established British Institution for Promotion of Fine Arts, 1805; chancellor of diocese of Durham; M.A. lAinbeth and LL.D. Edinburgh, 1801. He was connected with foundation of many societies for relief of poor, and was a liberal benefactor of the Foundling Hospital.
William Bayle Bernard: '''William Bayle Bernard''' ([[1807]]-[[1875]]), dramatist; born at Boston, America, of English parents; came to England, 1820; clerk in army accounts office, 1826-:tO; wrote many dramatic pieces of considerable merit, the greater number being still imprinted.
John Bernardi: '''John Bernardi''' ([[1657]]-[[1736]]), major: son of Genoese nobleman living in Worcestershire; ran away, and subsequently went to Holland with his uncle, Colonel Anseline, and enlisted in States army, afterwards exchanging into an English independent regiment; received English commission under Fenwick, 1674: captain, 1686; accompanied James II on Irish expedition from St. Germains; served in Scotland, and was captured after James's defeat at the Boyne, 1690; died hi Newgate, after nearly forty yearsimprisonment.
Albert James Bernays: '''Albert James Bernays''' ([[1823]]-[[1892]]), chemist ; educated at King's College school; Ph.D. Giesseu; analyst and lecturer on chemistry at Derby, 1845; lecturer on chemistry at St. Mary's Hospital, London, 1855-60, and at St. Thomas's Hospital, 1860-92; fellow of Chemical Society and of Institute of Chemistry; published popular works on chemistry. second BARON (1467-1533). See BOORCHIER, JOHN.
Bernes Berners: '''Bernes Berners''' , or BARNES, JULIANA (&. 1388 ?), writer; said to have been daughter of Sir James Berners (whose son was created Baron Berners, temp. Henry IV) prioress of Sopwell nunnery, Hertfordshire; probably spent youth at court and shared in the woodland sports then fashionable; published work on field-sports and heraldry, The Boke of St. Albans (1486). The Boke contained treatises on Hawking Hunting 4 Lynage of Coote Armiris and the Blasyug of Armys An edition printed by Wynkyn de Worde, 149, contained also a Treatyse on Fysshynge with an Angle
Augustine Bernher: '''Augustine Bernher''' (. [[1554]]), servant of Latimer; of Swiss or Belgian origin; minister of congregation in London during Mary's reign: attended Latimer while imprisoned in Tower, 1553, and with other bishops at Oxford, 1554; a constant friend of the martyrs during Marian persecution; rector of Button in Elizabeth's reign; wrote religious works.
Bernicia: '''Bernicia''' kings of. See IDA, d. [[569]] ; ADDA, d. 665; ETHKLFHID, d. 617; OSWALD, 606?-642; OSWY, 612 ?-670.
Richard Db Berningham: '''Richard Db Berningham''' (ji. [[1313]]), justice itinerant; frequently summoned to parliament, 13131324; included in judicial commissions; collector of scutages in Yorkshire, 1314-16; knight of Yorkshire, 1323. iv. 893
John Berridge: '''John Berridge''' ([[1716]]-[[1793]]), evangelical clergyman; M.A. Clare Hall, Cambridge, 1742; fellow; inducted to college of Evertou, Bedfordshire, 1755, where he remained till death; became acquainted with Wesley and Whitefleld, 1768; began preaching tours in neighbouring counties, 1759; at first an Arminian and afterwards a Calvinist; published religious works.

[edit] Section 112

John Berriman: '''John Berriman''' ([[1691]]-[[1768]]), divine; M.A. St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, 1720; rector of St. Olave's and St. Milan's; published religious works and edited his brother William's Christian Doctrines (1751).
William Berriman: '''William Berriman''' ([[1688]]-[[1750]]), divine; brother of John Berriman; educated at Merchant Taylors School and Oriel College, Oxford; M.A., 1711; D.D., 1722; domestic chaplain to Dr. Robinson, bishop of London, 1720; fellow of Eton College, 1727; Boyle lecturer, 1730-1; published theological works.
Berrow: '''Berrow''' !
Capel Berrow: '''Capel Berrow''' ([[1715]]-[[1782]]), divine ; educated at Merchant TaylorsSchool und Christ's College, Cambridge; M.A., 1758; successively lecturer of St. Benedict and Paul's Wharf, rector of Rossington, and chaplain to Honourable Society of Judges and Serjeants in Serjeants Inn; published theological works.
Charles Berry: '''Charles Berry''' ([[1783]]-[[1877]]), Unitarian minister; educated for independent ministry, but subsequently developed heretical views; minister of Great Meeting, Leicester, 1803-59; opened (1808) a school, which he conducted for over thirty years; one of founders of Literary and Philosophical Society, and town museum, Leicester.
Sir Edward Berry: '''Sir Edward Berry''' ([[1768]]-[[1831]]), rear-admiral; volunteer in East Indies, 1779-83; lieutenant, 1794; distinguished himself under Nelson at Porto Ferrajo, 1796, ;i ml at Cape St. Vincent, 1797; commander, 1796; Nelson's flag-captain at battle of Nile, of which he wrote an account, 1798; captured by French while carrying despatches; returned to England, and was knighted, 1798; served at blockade of Malta, 1800, Trafalgar, 1805, and St. Dominpo, 1806; baronet, 1806; K.C.B., 1815; rearadmiral, 1821.
James Berry: '''James Berry''' (. [[1655]]), major-general ; clerk in ironworks, Shropshire, c. 1642; took service under Cromwell; captain-lieutenant at battle of Gainsborough, 1643; president of council of adjutators, 1647; employed in suppressing attempted rising in Nottinghamshire, 1665; major-general of Hereford, Shropshire, and Wales, 1655; member of Cromwell's House of Lords; member of council of state and of committee who nominated to offices, 1659; imprisoned (1660) by council of state in Scarborough Castle.
Sir John Berry: '''Sir John Berry''' ([[1635]]-[[1690]]), admiral; entered navy, 1663; served as boatswain in West Indies; captain, 1665; commanded squadron against French and Dutch at St. Nevis and St. Kitts, 1667; knighted for services at battle of Solebay, 1672; conducted Duke of York to Scotland in the Gloucester, which was wrecked off Yorkshire coast with considerable loss of life, 1682: viceadmiral of squadron sent against Tangier, 1683; commissioner of navy, 1683.
Mary Berry: '''Mary Berry''' ([[1763]]-[[1852]]), authoress; travelled in Holland, Switzerland, Italy, and France, 1783-5; began at Florence, 1783,Journals and Correspondence which she completed, 1852; made acquaintance of Horace Walpole, 1788, who addressed many letters to her and her sister Agnes in most affectionate terms, and wrote for their amusement hisReminiscences of Courts of George I and II removed, 1791, to Little Strawberry Hill, a house of Walpole's, which, on his death, he left to the sisters. To Mary and Agnes, and their father, Robert Berry, Walpole entrusted his literary remains, and in 1798 theWorks of Horace Walpoleappeared, nominally edited by Robert Berry, but in reality by Mary. She published Mme. du Demand's letters from the originals at Strawberry Hill, 1810. Her works include Life of Rachel Wriothesley(1819),Social Life of England and France from 1660 to 1830 (1828-31).
William Berry: '''William Berry''' ([[1774]]-[[1851]]), genealogist; clerk in College of Arms, 1793-1809; published:History of Guernsey 1815; genealogical peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland, begun in 1832 and never completed; Encycloptedia Heraldica 1828-40, and several county genealogies.
Berstede: '''Berstede''' or BTTRGSTED, WALTER DE (fl. 1257), justice itinerant; sub-sheriff of Kent, 1257: sheriff, 1257-8; constable of Dover Castle; justice itinerant in Leicestershire, 1262, and in Norfolk, Suffolk, and Lincolnshire, 1263.
Bercta Bertha: '''Bercta Bertha''' , or ALUBERGA (d. before 616), daughter of Haribert, king of Franks; married .Etbelberht, king of Kent; came to England with Liudhard, bishop of Senlis, and introduced Christianity at St. M:irtin's Church, Canterbury, where Augustine audi his companions afterwards preached.
Charles Bertheatj: '''Charles Bertheatj''' ([[1660]]-[[1732]]), pastor of church of Chareuton, Paris, and, after edict of Nantes (1685), of French church, Threadueedle Street, London.
Edward Lyon Berthon: '''Edward Lyon Berthon''' ([[1813]]-[[1899]]), inventor ; studied surgery in Liverpool and Dublin; travelled on
Bertie: '''Bertie''' continent; invented screw-propeller for ships, which he abandoned on its rejection by admiralty, 1835; studied at Magdalene College, Cambridge; M.A., 1849; curate of Lymiugton, 1845; held living of Holy Trinity, Fareham, 1847-55; invented a nautical log, which was condemned by admiralty; designed collapsible boat, which was tried and adversely reported upon by admiralty; held living of Romsey: recurred to design of collapsible boats, which at length were approved by admiralty; published reminiscences.
Bertie: '''Bertie''' Sm ALBEMARLE ([[1755]]-[[1824]]), admiral : lieutenant, 1777; captain, 1782; In action of First of June, 1794; rear-admiral, 1804; vice-admiral, 1808; commander-in-chief at Cape of Good Hope; commanded at capture of Mauritius, 1810; baronet, 1812; admiral, 1814; K.C.B., 1815.
Catharine Bertie: '''Catharine Bertie''' , DUCHESS (DOWAGER) OP
Suffolk: '''Suffolk''' ([[1520]]-[[1580]]), only child of William Willoughby, eighth baron Willoughby of Eresby; married, 1536, Charles Brandon, duke of Suffolk (d. 1545), and c. 1552, Richard Bertie; distinguished for her zeal for the Reformation, ,TIE, MONTAGUE, second EARL OF LINPSKY (1608 ?-1666), royalist; served in Low Countries; raised regiment of cavalry for king, 1642; prisoner after Edgehill; after being exchanged, fought at Naseby; as privy councillor and gentleman of bedchamber, accompanied Charles in his flight, in Isle of Wight; privy councillor, and one of judges for trial of regicides, 1660; K.G., 1661. -BERTIE, PEREGRINE, LORD WILLOUGHBY DE ERESBY (1555-1601), soldier; son of Richard and Catharine Bertie, who were fleeing from Marian persecution when he was born, at Lower Wesel, Cleves; naturalised in England, 1559; succeeded to barony of Eresby, 1580; sent to Denmark to discuss commercial relations with England, 1582, and petition to Frederick II to help Henry of Navarre, 1585; governor of Bergen-op-Zoom, 1586; helped to surprise Axel, 1586; succeeded Norris in command of cavalry, 1587; assisted Leicester in attempt to relieve Sluys, and succeeded him as commander of English forces in Low Countries, 1587; defended Bergen against Spaniards, 1588; returned to England, 1589; nominated to command of army sent to aid Henry of Navarreiat Dieppe, 1589; took part in capture of Vendome, Mons, Aleucon, and Falaise; returned home, 1590; governor of Berwick and warden of East March, 1598-1601.
Richard Bertie: '''Richard Bertie''' ([[1517]]-[[1582]]), husband of the Duchess Dowager of Suffolk; B.A. Corpus Christi College. Oxford, 1537; joined household of Thomas Wriothesley. lord chancellor (afterwards Earl of Southampton); fled from Marian persecution to Wesel, Cleves, 1556, removed thence successively to Strasburg and Weinheim, and ultimately to Poland, where the king placed him in earldom of Kroze, Samogitia; returned to England afterMary's death; knight for county of Lincoln, 1563; M.A. Cambridge, 1564.
Robert Bertie: '''Robert Bertie''' , first EARL OF LINDSEY ([[1582]]1642), admiral; eldest sou of Peregrine Bertie; accompanied expedition against Spain, 1597; at siege of Amiens, 1598; retired to Lincolnshire; drained and reclaimed fens lying between Kyme Eau and the Glen, 1635-8; lord high chamberlain, 1626: served in Low Countries, 1624, and in Buckingham's naval expeditions; Earl of Lindsey, 1626; admiral of fleet for relief of Rochelle, 1628; K.B., and privy councillor, 1630; lord high admiral of England, 1636"; governor of Berwick, 1639: raised counties of Lincoln and Nottingham for king, 1642; died from wounds received at Edgehill.
Sir Thomas Bertie: '''Sir Thomas Bertie''' ([[1758]]-[[1825]]), vice-admiral; entered navy, 1773; lieutenant, 1780; commander, 1782; married daughter of Peregrine Bertie, esq., whose name he assumed, 1788; post-captain, 1790; with Nelson at Copenhagen, 1801: at blockade of Cadiz, 1802; viceadmiral and knight, 1813.
Verb Bertie: '''Verb Bertie''' (d. [[1680]]), judge : son of Montague Bertie; called to bar at Middle Temple, 1659; master of benchers, 1674; eerjeant-at-law, before 1665; baron of exchequer, 1675; justice of common pleas, 1678; discharged from office in 1679.
Bertie: '''Bertie''' 98
Betagh: '''Betagh'''
Willov Bertie: '''Willov Bertie''' tJHISY. fourth HAUL OK Amoi"v (1740-1799), politician, succeeded to earldom, 1760; 1 u -a tod at Y~tmiiist4Tand Magdalen Collcw, Oxford; M.A.. 17G1; adopted democratic principles and became a friend and supporter of Wilkes; publishedThought* on Burke's Letter on Affairs of America 1777, and a eulogy on French revolution, 1798, both of which pamphlets gained considerable popularity.

[edit] Section 113

William of Berton: '''William of Berton''' (. [[1376]]), chancellor of Oxford; B.D. Merton College, Oxford, 1376; D.D., and chancellor of the university, c. 1380; issued decree condeniniiiir Wyeliffe's sacramental doctrine; signed condemnation of Wycliffe'sconclusions 1382.
Bertram: '''Bertram'''
Charles Bertram: '''Charles Bertram''' ([[1723]]-[[1765]]), sometimes selfstyled CHAHLKS Jci.irs: literary forger: English teacher in school for naval Mdete,OapanlM8ni produced between 1747 and 1757 an alleged transcript of a manuscript work on Roman antiquities by Richard of Oirencester, a fourteenth-century chronicler and an inmate of Westminster, together witli a copy of an ancient itinerary of Britain, at many points supplementing and correcting the itinerary of Antoninus: imposed on Dr. William Stukeley and most English antiquaries: published works of Gildas and Nenuius, with the text of his forgery and a commentary on it, at Copenhagen, 1757, and several philological works. His imposture was finally exposed by B. B. Woodward inGentleman's Magazine 1866-7.
Roger Bertram: '''Roger Bertram''' (d. [[1242]]), judge and baronial leader; deprived of castle and barony of Mitford for share in baronsrebellion, 1215; justice itinerant for Northumberland, Cumberland, and Lancashire, between 1225 and 1237.
Roger Bertram: '''Roger Bertram''' (.ft. [[1264]]), baronial leader : son of Roger Bertram (rf. 1242); captured by Henry III at Northampton, 1264; freed by victory at Lewes; summoned to De Moutfort's parliament, 1264.
Bertric: '''Bertric''' (d. [[802]]).
Bertttlf: '''Bertttlf''' (d. [[852]]).
Dukk of Berwick: '''Dukk of Berwick''' ([[1670]]-[[1734]]). See FrrzJAMK-s,
James: '''James'''
Berwick: '''Berwick''' third B'AKON (l. [[1842]]). See HILL,
Noel William: '''Noel William''' .
Edward Berwick: '''Edward Berwick''' (6. [[1750]]), Irish divine; scholar of Trinity College, Dublin: rector of Olougish, and domestic chaplain to Earl of Moira; published classical and theological works.
Bessborough: '''Bessborough''' fourth EAHL OF ([[1781]]-[[1847]]). See
John William Ponsonby: '''John William Ponsonby''' .
Joseph: '''Joseph''' ([[1683]] ?-[[1757]]), quaker convert from Anglican church; writing master at Colchester; published controversial and other works, includingSufferings of the Quakers from 1650 to 1689 1753.
Bessemer: '''Bessemer''' Snt HKNHY ([[1813]]-[[1898]]), engineer and inventor; engaged at Charlton in his father's business as manufacturer of gold chains and type-founder: came to London, 1830, and traded in art work in white metal; invented perforated die for impressing date on stamps affixed to deals, 1833, and soon afterwards produced plumbago pencils; invented type-composing machine, c. 1838; engaged in manufacture of bronze powder and gold paint by an original process, 1840; made experiments with view to obtaining stronger material for gun manufacture than that in use; patented combination of cast iron and steel, 1855, and in the same and following years obtained patents for the manufacture of steel by new process from melted pig-iron through which air under pressure or steam was blown with object of abstracting carbon; described process in paper read at Cheltenham meeting of British Association for Advancement of Science, 1866: established, 1859, steel works at Sheffield, where he made a speciality of gun-making, and subsequently was extensively occupied in manufacture of steel rails; invented swinging saloon for sea-going vessels, which was tried with small success, 1876: received Albert gold medal from Society of Arts, 1872; one of founders, 1868, and president. 1871-3, of Iron and Steel Institute: M.I.O.E., 1877; F.U.S., 1879; knighted, 1879. The Bessemer steel manufacture was introduced into the United States and developed by Alexander L. Holley (1867-70), and at present it is probably equal to that of the rest of the world collectively.
Charles Best: '''Charles Best''' (fl. [[1602]]), poet; contributed to Francis Davidson's Poetical Rapsodie
George Best: '''George Best''' (rf. [[1584]] ?), navigator ; accompanied Frobisher in voyages to discover North-west Passage, 1576, 1577, and 1578, of which he published an account, 1578.
Best: '''Best''' afterwards BESTE, HENRY DIGBY ([[1768]]1836), author; M.A., and fellow, Magdalen College, Oxford, 1791; curate of St. Martin's, Lincoln; published 'Christian Religion Defended against Philosophers and Republicans of France 1793; entered Roman catholic church, 1799; lived some years in France and Italy after 1818, and published accounts of his residence there, 1826 and 1828. HisPersonal and Literary Memorials appeared in 1829.
Paul Best: '''Paul Best''' ([[1590]]?-[[1657]]), controversialist; M.A. Jesus College, Cambridge; fellow of Catharine Hall, 1617; served under Gustavus Adolphus; studied Unitarian theology in Germany; returned to England: submitted his conclusions on doctrine of the Trinity to Roger Ley, a fellow-student at Cambridge, who appears to have made them public, with result that Best was imprisoned in the Gatehouse, 1645; released, 1647, having addressed three petitions to House of Commons. SAMUEL (1738-1825), pretended prophet; according to various accounts a servant in London and a Spitalfields weaver; inmate of Shoreditch workhouse, 1787, where, under name ofPoor-help he received visitors and professed to foretell their future: gained considerable reputation, and subsequently removed to Kingslaud Road.
Thomas Best: '''Thomas Best''' ([[1570]]?-[[1638]] ?), navy captain; perhaps son of George Best: went to sea, 1583; inflicted on Portuguese at Surat defeats which effected recognition of English trading rights as equal to those of Portugal, 1612; opened trade with Siam, 1613; appointed chief commander at Bantam, but, owing to disagreement with East India Company, was dismissed, 1617; senior officer in Downs, 1623; commanded expedition against Dutch, who had blockaded a Dunkirk privateer at Aberdeen; served in disastrous expedition to Rhe, 1627; master of Trinity House, 1634, probably till death. WILLIAM DRAPER, first BAROX WYNFonn (1767-1846), judge: educated at Wadham College, Oxford; barrister, Middle Temple, 1789; joined home circuit; serjeant-at-law, 1799; whig M.P. for Petersfield, 1802; recorder of Guildford, 1809; tory M.P. for Bridport, 1&12; solicitor-general, 1813, and attorney-general, 1816, to Prince of Wales; chief-justice of Chester, 1818; elevated to king's bench, 1818; knighted, 1819; chief- justice of common pleas and privy councillor, 1824; raised to peerage, 1829; a deputy speaker of the House of Lords; D.O.L. Oxford, 1834.
William Thomas Best: '''William Thomas Best''' ([[1826]]-[[1897]]), musician ; studied engineering at Liverpool, where he became organist of baptist chapel, Pembroke Road, and subsequently adopted musical profession; organist at church for the blind, 1847, and to Liverpool Philharmonic Society, 1849; organist at Royal Panopticon (now the Alhambra), e. 1853, and at St. Martin's-in- the- Fields, and Lincoln's Inn; organist to Liverpool corporation, 1865-94; inaugurated organ at Albert Hall, 1871; for some years organist of West Derby church. He published The Art of Organ Playing 1869, besides pianoforte and vocal pieces and organ compositions, including Benedicite 1864,,and a service in F, also editing much of the music of Handel and Bach.
John Beston: '''John Beston''' (d. [[1428]]), prior of Carmelite convent, Bishop's Lynn: doctor in theology, Cambridge and Paris; wrote theological works.
Thomas Betagh: '''Thomas Betagh''' ([[1739]]-[[1811]]), Jesuit : professor of languages at seminary of Society of Jesus, Pont-a-Mousson; schoolmaster at Dublin, where he became parish priest and vicar-general of diocese.
Betham: '''Betham'''

[edit] Section 114

Edward Betham: '''Edward Betham''' ([[1707]]-[[1783]]), divine: fellow, 1731, ami bursar. King's College, Cambridge; held living, of Greeuford, Middlesex, where he founded and endowed I charity schools (1780); one of preachers at Whitehall; fellow of Eton, 1771.
John Betham: '''John Betham''' (d. [[1709]]), catholic priest ; educated and ordained at Douay; studied at Paris; doctor of the Sorbomif, H77: chaplain to James II in England, and later at St. Gennains; opened and presided over St. i Gregory's Seminary, Paris, 1701; published sermons.
Mary Matilda Betham: '''Mary Matilda Betham''' ([[1776]]-[[1852]]),' miniaturist and woman of letters; eldest daughter of William Bethaui; publishedBiographical Dictionary of Celebrated Women 1804; gave Shakespearean readings i in London; exhibited miniature portraits at Royal Academy; formed friendships with the Lambs, Coleridge, Southey, and others; published three volumes of verse.
William Betham: '''William Betham''' ([[1749]]-[[1839]]), antiquary ; headmaster of endowed school at Stonham Aspel, Suffolk, 1784-1833; rector of Stoke Lacy, 1833; published Genealogical Tables of Sovereigns of the World 1795, and Baronetage of England 1801-5.
Sir William Betham: '''Sir William Betham''' ([[1779]]-[[1853]]), Ulster kiugof-arms; son of William Betham (1749-1839); deputy-keejer of records in the tower Dublin Castle, 1806; sub-commissioner under record commission, 18111812; knighted, 1812; Ulster king-of-arms, 1820; member of Royal Irish Academy, 1826. Published: Irish Antiquarian Researches 1827; The Gael and Cymbri 1834; and Etruria Celtica 1842.
Slingsby Bethel: '''Slingsby Bethel''' ([[1617]]-[[1697]]), republican; in business in Hamburg, 1637-49; M.P., Kuaresborough, 1659; member of council of state, 1660; chosen sheriff of London and Middlesex, 1680, though unable to serve in consequence of not having taken oaths commanded by Corporation Act; subsequently qualified and elected, the election and taking of the oaths being the subject of several pamphlets; in Hamburg, 1682-9. His chief work isThe World's Mistake in Oliver Cromwell 1668.
Christopher Bethell: '''Christopher Bethell''' ([[1773]]-[[1859]]), bishop of Bangor; M.A. King's College, Cambridge, 1799; D.D., 1817; dean of Chichester, 1814-24; prebendary of Exeter, 1830; bishop of Gloucester, 1824, of Exeter, 1830, and of Bangor, 1830-59; published theological works.
Richard Bethell: '''Richard Bethell''' , first BARON WKSTBURY (1800-1873), lord chancellor: B.A. Wadham College, Oxford, 1818; fellow; called to bar at Middle Temple, 1823; practised in equity courts; Q.O., 1840; liberal M.P. for Aylesbury, 1851, and for Wolverhamptou, 1852; vice-chancellor of duchy of Lancaster, 1861; solicitor-general in 'government of all the talents 1852; attorney-general, 1856; supported Succession Duty Bill, Oxford University Bill (1854), Probate and Administration Bill (1857), and other important measures; first of the Statute Law Revision Acts passed under his guidance, 1861; introduced the second of these acts, 1863; lord chancellor, with title of Baron Westbury of Westbury in Wiltshire, 1861; passed an unsuccessful act to facilitate the proof of title to and the conveyance of real estate, 1862; sat as member of judicial committee of privy council to hear appeals on Essays and Reviews cases, 1864, and acquitted defendants on all counts; resigned office on passing of vote of censure on him in House of Commons as being inattentive to public interests, 1865: retired to Italy, but soon returned to sit on appeals in House of Lords and privy council; arbitrator in wiuding-npof affairs of European Assurance Society, a work which his death interrupted. He had extraordinary power of sarcastic speech and an unequalled mastery of luminous exposition.
Alexander Bethune: '''Alexander Bethune''' ([[1804]]-[[1843]]), Scottish poet; employed as a labourer; publishedTales and Sketches of Scottish Peasantry which were immediately successful, 1838; produced, with his brother John, Lectures on Practical Economy 1839; turnkey in Glasgow prison; brought out hisScottish PeasantsFireside 1842; prevented by his last illness from undertaking editorship of Dumfries Standard
Sir Henry Lindesay Bethune: '''Sir Henry Lindesay Bethune''' ([[1787]]-[[1851]]), niajor-geueral; appointed to Madras artillery, 1804; as ) BETTY subaltern accompanied Sir John Malcolm to Persia, 1810; employed in disciplining Persian army; returned to England, 1821; went back to Persia, 1834; served in war of succession, 1835, and in 1836-9 as major-general in Asia; died at Tabriz.
John Bethune: '''John Bethune''' ([[1812]]-[[1839]]), poet; brother of Alexander Bethune; apprenticed as carver; set up weaving looms with his brother, 1825, but failed in the business: overseer of estate of Inchtyre, 1835; contributed to his brother'sTales of Scottish Peasantry and various Scottish periodicals.
John Drinkwater Bethune: '''John Drinkwater Bethune''' ([[1762]]-[[1844]]), historian of the siege of Gibraltar; sou of one John Drinkwater; ensign in royal Manchester volunteers, c. 1777; stationed at Gibraltar during siege by Spanish, 1779-83, of which he published an account, c. 1786; captain; stationed at Gibraltar, 1787; military secretary and deputy judge-advocate during English occupation of Corsica; published Narrative of Battle of St. Vincent; lieutenantcolonel, 1796; placed on half -pay as colonel; commissary general of Helder force, 1799; member and subsequently chairman of parliamentary commission of military inquiry, 1805; comptroller of army accounts, 1811-35; assumed surname of Bethune.
John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune: '''John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune''' ([[1801]]1851), Indian legislator; sou of John Drinkwater Bethune ; educated at Trinity College, Cambridge; called to bar, 1827; counsel to home office; legislative member of supreme council of India, 1848; effected several important legislative reforms, and established school for native girls at Calcutta.
Robert De Bethune: '''Robert De Bethune''' (d. [[1148]]).
Thomas Betterton: '''Thomas Betterton''' ([[1635]] ?-[[1710]]), actor and dramatist; probably first acted in company licensed to Rhodes, a bookseller, 1659, his chief successes being in Pericles the Mad Lover the Loyal Subject the Bondman and the Changeling; joined Sir John Davenant's company at Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre, 1661; visited Paris by royal command, with view of introducing in England improvements in dramatic representation; played Hamlet, 1661, and Mercutio, Sir Toby Belch, Macbeth, and Bosola Duchess of Malfi), 1662-6; associated after Davenant's death (1668) with Harris and Davenaut's son Charles in management of Dorset Garden Theatre, 1671; played Orestes in Charles Davenant's Circe CEdipus in Dryden and Lee's CEdipus, Timon of Athens, King Lear, Troilus, and other characters in adaptations of Shakespeare by Dryden, Shad well, and Tate; amalgamated with the rival company of Drury Lane, 1682; opened theatre in Little Lincoln's Inn Fields 1695; produced successfully Cougreve's Love for Love Cougreve undertaking to provide a play each year, a promise which was not kept; opened theatre erected by Sir John Vanbrugh in Haymarket, 1705, but resigned management to Oongreve and Vanbrugh; performances ofLove for Love(1709) and the Maid's Tragedy(1710) given for his benefit at Haymarket; highly esteemed as an actor by most of his contemporaries. His dramas include theRoman Virgin acted 1670, adapted from Webster'sAppius and Virginia theProphetess 1690, an opera from theProphetess of Beaumont and Fletcher, King Henry IV 1700 (in which he played Falstaff), from Shakespeare, the 'Amorous Widow c. 1670, from Moliere's Georges Dandin and the Bondman 1719, from Massinger.
John Bettes: '''John Bettes''' (. [[1570]] ?), miniature painter ; executed oil-painting of Queen Elizabeth and engravings for Hall's Chronicle
George Edmund Byron Bettesworth: '''George Edmund Byron Bettesworth''' (1780-1808), naval captain; lieutenant, 1804; served in West Indies; carried Nelson's despatches from Antigua to England, and was promoted post-captain, 1805; killed in engagement off Bergen.
John Betts: '''John Betts''' (d. [[1695]]), physician ; B.A. Corpus Christi College, Oxfonl, 1647; M.D., 1654; physician to Charles II: F.C.P., 1664; censor, College of Physicians, 1671, 1673, 1685, and 1686; elect 1686; published medical works.
William Henry West Betty: '''William Henry West Betty''' ([[1791]]-[[1874]]), actor, called theYoung Rose! us played Romeo at Belfast, and Hamlet and Prince Arthur, at Dublin 1803; played at Cork, Waterford, Glasgow, Edinburgh H2
Beulan: '''Beulan''' 100
Bianconi: '''Bianconi''' Birmingham, and at Covent Garden and Drury Lane, 1804; appeared on alternate niphts at Drury Lane and Coveut Garden, 1805, addingRichard III and Macbeth to his Shakespearean repertoire; last appeared as boy actor at Bath, 1808; fellow-commoner of Christ's College, Cambridge, 1809; returned to stage, 1812, and finally retired, 1824.
Beulan: '''Beulan''' a priest to whom the author of 'Hlstoria Britonum(perhapsNennius dedicated bis work. Some historical writings have been attributed to him.
Beuno: '''Beuno''' or BEINO, ST. (d. [[660]]?), monk; related to St. Cadoc the Wise of Llancarfan and to St. Kentigern; became a monk; established religious society at Clynnog Fawr, Carnarvonshire, 616; founded several churches.
Edward Bevan: '''Edward Bevan''' ([[1770]]-[[1860]]), physician and apiarian; studial at St. Bartholomew's Hospital; M.D. St. Andrews, 1818; after some yearspractice retired to Bridstow, near Ross, Herefordshire, where he developed an apiary; one of founders of Entomological Society, 1833; published The Honey-Bee: ite Natural History, Physiology, and Management 1827.
Joseph Gurnet Sevan: '''Joseph Gurnet Sevan''' ([[1753]]-[[1814]]), quaker ; entered his father's business of chemist and druggist, 1776; retired, 1794; able quaker apologist. His works includeRefutation of Misrepresentations of Quakers 1800,Thoughts on Reason and Revelation 1805,The Life of St. Paul 1807, and memoirs of Robert Barclay, Isaac Peuington, and Sarah Stephenson.

[edit] Section 115

John Sever: '''John Sever''' (d. [[1311]]), chronicler. See JOHN OF
Loxdon: '''Loxdon'''
Thomas Sever: '''Thomas Sever''' ([[1725]]-[[1791]]), scholar and civilian ; LL.D. All SoulsCollege, Oxford, 1768; admitted to Doctors Commons, 1758; judge of Cinque Ports and chancellor of Lincoln and Bangor; lectured on civil law, Oxford, 1762; published aHistory of Legal Polity of the Roman State 1781.
William Beveridoe: '''William Beveridoe''' ([[1637]]-[[1708]]), bishop ; M.A. St. John's College, Cambridge, 1660; vicar of Baling, 1661-72; publishedCollection of Canons received by Greek Church 1672; vicar of St. Peter's, Cornhill, 1672; prebendary of St. Paul's, 1674; D.D., 1679; prebendary of Canterbury, 1684; bishop of St. Asaph, 1704. Several religious works by him were published posthumously.
Charles James Beverley: '''Charles James Beverley''' ([[1788]]-[[1868]]), naturalist; assistant-surgeon in navy, 1810; accompanied Polar expeditions under Ross (1818) and Parry (1819-20); and assisted in preparation of examples of Arctic zoology; full surgeon and F.R.S., 1821.
Henry Roxby Beverley: '''Henry Roxby Beverley''' ([[1796]]-[[1863]]), actor ; played low comedy parts at Adelphi, 1838; manager of Victoria Theatre, 1839, and later of the Suuderland theatre and other houses, principally in north of England.
St Beverley: '''St Beverley''' . JOHN OP (d. [[721]]).
John of Beverley: '''John of Beverley''' (d. [[1414]]), Carmelite ; doctor and professor of divinity at Oxford; B.D., 1393: canon of St. John's Church, Beverley; probably same with John of Beverley the lollard, who was drawn and hanged at St. Giles's Fields; left works in manuscript.
John Beverley: '''John Beverley''' ([[1743]]-[[1827]]), esquire bedell of Cambridge University; M.A. Christ's College, Cambridge, 1770; esquire bedell, 1770-1827; held office under the admiralty. His works include an account of Cambridge University customs.
Beverley: '''Beverley''' or INOLEBERD, PHILIP (ft. [[1290]]), Oxford benefactor; rector of Kayiugham, Yorkshire; endowed University College, Oxford.
Thomas of Beverley: '''Thomas of Beverley''' (. [[1174]]).
William Roxby Beverley: '''William Roxby Beverley''' ([[1814]]V -[[1889]]), scene-painter; employed ( 1830) at Theatre Royal, ManChester, managed by his father, William Roxby(1765-184J), who had taken the name of Beverley; subsequently accompanied his father on tour, and was with his brother, Henry Beverley, at Victoria Theatre, London, 1839; principal artist at Princess's Theatre, 1846: painted scenes for Vestris and Mathews at Lyceum, 1847-55; executed dioramic views forAscent of Mont Blnnr exhibited by Albert Smith at Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, 1852; scenic director at Covent Garden, 1853; bepran (1854) connection with Drury Lane, which lasted till 1884, and worked exclusively for that theatre, 1868-79; painted panorama of Lakes of Killarucy for Grand Theatre, Islington, 1884; exhibited pictures at Royal Academy between 1865 and 1880.
Robert Seville: '''Robert Seville''' (d. [[1824]]), barrister-at-law ; called to bar at Inner Temple; practised on Norfolk circuit; registrar to Bedford Level corporation, 1812-24; published treatise on law of homicide.
Elway Bevot: '''Elway Bevot''' (. [[1605]]-[[1631]]), composer : of Welsh origin; gentleman-extraordiunry of Chapel Royal, 1605; according to Wood organist of Bristol, 1589 till 1637, when, as Roman catholic, he was dismissed from appointments; publishedBrief Instruction of Art of Musickc 1631, and composed some church music.
Bevis: '''Bevis''' or BEVANS, JOHN ([[1693]]-[[1771]]), aatonomer ; M.A. Christ Church, Oxford, 1718; physician In London before 1730; fitted up an observatory at Stoke Newlugton, c. 1738; complied Urauographia Britannica 1745-50, which was not published, the intending publisher becoming bankrupt; fellow, 1765, and foreign secretary, 1766-71, of Royal Society. He was a diligent observer, and published astronomical and medical works.
Jane Bewick: '''Jane Bewick''' ([[1787]]-[[1881]]), writer of memoirs; daughter of Thomas Bewick, a memoir of whom, written by himself, she edited and issued, 1862.
John Bewick: '''John Bewick''' ([[1760]]-[[1795]]), wood-engraver; younger brother of Thomas Bewick, to whom he was apprenticed at Newcastle, 1777; obtained employment in London on blocks for children's books, 1782; executed illustrations for Gay's Fables (1788), Emblems of Mortality a copy of Holbein'sIcoues(1789),Proverbs Exemplified (1790),Progress of Man and Society (1791), Looking-Glass for the Mind(1792), and other works. As an engraver he falls far below his brother.
Robert Elliot Bewick: '''Robert Elliot Bewick''' ([[1788]]-[[1849]]), woodengraver, son of Thomas Bewick, whose partner he became, 1812; assisted in Fables of jEsop (1818) and History of British Fishes
Thomas Bewick: '''Thomas Bewick''' ([[1753]]-[[1828]]), wood-engraver; apprenticed to Ralph Beilby, 1767, and was soon entrusted with most of Beilby's wood-engraving business; executed cuts for several children's books, 1771-4; came to London, 1776, and shortly afterwards went again to Newcastle and entered into partnership with Beilby; engraved blocks for Gay's Fables (1779), Select Fables (1784),General History of Quadrupeds(1790), for which Beilby supplied the letterpress, History of British Birds (1797 and 1804), the text being by the Rev. Mr. Cotes, and 'Fables of JEsop(1818), in which he was assisted by his son, R. E. Bewick, and two of his pupils; left unfinished illustrations for aHistory of British Fishes TheChillinghamBulT (1789) was one of his most ambitious works.
William Bewick: '''William Bewick''' ([[1795]]-[[1866]]), portrait and historical painter: pupil of Haydon, 1817-20; copied Michael Angelo's Prophets and Sibyls in Sistine Chapel, 1826-9; exhibited copies, 1840; took part in Westminster Hall competition, 1843. He excelled in reproducing Rembrandt.
William Bewley: '''William Bewley''' (d. [[1783]]), friend of Dr. Burncy ; practised medicine at Massiugham, Norfolk; contributed largely to Monthly Review
William Richard Bexfield: '''William Richard Bexfield''' ([[1824]]-[[1853]]), composer; articled to Dr. Buck, organist of Norwich Cathedral; Mus. Bac. Oxford, 1846: organist at Boston, Lincolnshire, and, 1848, of St. Helen's, Bishopsgate: Mus. Doc. Cambridge, 1849; wrote oratorio, Israel Restored 1851.
Bexley: '''Bexley''' first BARON ([[1766]]-[[1881]]). See VANSI'TTART,
Nicholas: '''Nicholas'''
Charles Bianconi: '''Charles Bianconi''' ([[1786]]-[[1875]]), promoter of the Irish car system in Ireland; born at Tregolo, Lombardy; itinerant vendor of prints in Ireland: opened as carver and gilder a shop in Carrick-on-Suir, 1806; instituted car to carry passengers, goods, and mail-bags between Clonmel and Cahir (8 miles), 1815, the result of which was that a car system was formed and rapidly extended; deputy-lieutenant, 1803; friend uid adherent of O'Counell.

[edit] Section 116

Bibby: '''Bibby''' 101
Bidder: '''Bidder'''
Thomas Bibby: '''Thomas Bibby''' ([[1799]]-[[1863]]), Irish poetical writer: educated lit Kilkenny and Trinity College, Dublin; one of the best Greek scholars of his day; lived latterly in eccentric retirement; published two dramatic poems 'Gerald of Kildare 1864, and Silken Thomas 1S59.
Bibelesworth: '''Bibelesworth''' or BIBBESWORTH, WALTER DK (jl. 1270), poet; accompanied Prince Ed ward to Holy Laud, 1270; wrote two French poems.
George Edward Biber: '''George Edward Biber''' ([[1801]]-[[1874]]), miscellaneous writer: bom at Ludwigsburg, Wlirtemberg, an,l *t ud led at lyceum there: Ph.D. Tlibingen; LL.D. Oiittingeu; took part in agitation for German unity, and retired successively to Italy and the Orisons; master in lV*talo,.i institution, Yverdun; head of classical school at Hampstead, and later at Coombe Wood: became naturalised; vicar of Holy Trinity, Roehampton, 1842-74; member of council of English Church Union, 1863-4; published works dealing with theological questions; editedJohn Bull 1848-56.
James Ebenezer Bicheno: '''James Ebenezer Bicheno''' ([[1785]]-[[1861]]), statesman; called to bar at Middle Temple, 1822; joined Oxford circuit; F.L.S., 1812, and secretary, 1824-32; published Ireland and its Economy 1830: member of commission to investigate condition of poor in Ireland, c. 1833: colonial secretary in Van Diemeu's Laud, 1842, where he died; wrote works on economic and scientific subjects.
William Bickerstaff: '''William Bickerstaff''' ([[1728]]-[[1789]]), antiquary ; under-master of Lower Free grammar school, Leicester, 1750; held successively various curacies in Leicestershire; contributed papers on antiquarian subjects to Gentleman's Magazine
Isaac Bickerstaffe: '''Isaac Bickerstaffe''' (d. [[1812]]?), dramatic writer; page to Lord Chesterfield, when lord lieutenant of Ireland; produced between 1756 and 1771 many successful dramatic pieces, includingLove in a Village* (1762); fled abroad, being suspected of a capital crime, 1772; died abroad in degraded circumstances.
Edward Bickersteth: '''Edward Bickersteth''' ([[1786]]-[[1850]]), evangelical divine; received appointment in General Post Office, c. 1800; in partnership with his brother-in-law, a solicitor at Norwich, 1812; abandoned practice of law, and was ordained; one of secretaries of Church Missionary Society, 1816-30, during which time he travelled asdeputation; assistant minister of Wheler Episcopal Chapel, Spitalfields; rector of Watton, Hertfordshire, 1830. Took an active part in opposing the Tractarian movement; one of the founders of the Parker Society and of the Irish Church Missions Society; frequently acted as deputation for Society for Conversion of Jews, and other religious associations. His works include Help to Studying the Scriptures and Christian Psalmody a collection of over seven hundred hymns.
Edward Bickersteth: '''Edward Bickersteth''' ([[1814]]-[[1892]]), dean of Lichfield; M.A. Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, 1839; D.D., 1864; vicar of Aylesbury and archdeacon of Buckinghamshire, 1853; honorary canon of Christ Church, Oxford, 1866; dean of Lichfield, 1875; during several years prolocutor over lower house of convocation of Canterbury; published religious writings 1897), bishop of
Edward Bickersteth: '''Edward Bickersteth''' ([[1850]]South Tokyo, Japan; B.A. Pembroke College, Cambridge, 1873; fellow, 1875; M.A., 1876; ordained deacon, 1873; priest, 1874; head of Cambridge mission to Delhi, 18771882; rector of Framlingham, 1882; bishop of South Tokyo, Japan, 1886.
Henry Bickersteth: '''Henry Bickersteth''' , BARON LAXQDALK ([[1783]]1861), master of rolls, brother of Edward Bickersteth (1786-1850); studied medicine in London and Edinburgh: Hewitt scholar, Oaius College, Cambridge, 1802; senior wrangler and senior Smith's mathematical prizeman, 1808; B.A. and fellow; called to bar at Inner Temple, 1811; bencher, 1827; M.A., 1811; gave valuable evidence before commission on procedure of court of chancery, 1824: K.C., 1827; sworn privy councillor, apjiointed master of rolls, and created Baron Langdale of Langdale. Westmoreland, 1836; temporarily speaker of House of Lords, 150; head of commission entrusted with seal, 1850.
Robert Bickersteth: '''Robert Bickersteth''' ([[1816]]-[[1884]]X bishop of Ripon; graduated at QueensCollege, Cambridge, 1841; lion, secretary of Irish Church Missions, 1860; canon iv-i.lontiary nnd treasurer, Salisbury Cathedral, 1864; bishop of Ripon, 1857; gained considerable reputation as evangelical preacher,
Bickerton: '''Bickerton''' Sin RICHARD ([[1727]]-[[1792]]), vice-admiral; entered navy, 1739; lieutenant in West Indies, 17461748; post-captain in Mediterranean, 1759, West Indies, and Channel, 1761; knighted, 1773; baronet, 1778; assisted in second relief of Gibraltar, 1781; commodore of first class in East Indies, 1782-4: commander-in-chief at Leeward Islands, 178C-7; rear-admiral, 1787; vice-admiral, 1790; port-admiral at Plymouth till death.
Sir Richard Hussey Bickerton: '''Sir Richard Hussey Bickerton''' ([[1759]]-[[1832]]), admiral: son of Sir Richard Bickerton; entered navy, 1771; lieutenant, 1777; commander, 1779; in Channel, 1779-80, West Indies, 1781 and 1787-90, and Channel, 1793-4, West Indies and Newfoundland, 1794, North Sea, 1795, and Channel, 1797-9; rear-admiral, 1799; served at Cadiz and on Egyptian coast; commauder-inchief in Mediterranean; second in command under Nelson, 1804-5; admiral, 1810; commander-in-chief at Portsmouth, 1812; K.O.B., 1815; general of marines, 1830.
George Bickham: '''George Bickham''' , the younger (d. [[1758]]), engraver; son of George Bickham (d. 1769); published essay on drawing, also humorous and other engravings.
George Bickham: '''George Bickham''' , the elder (f. [[1769]]), writing master and engraver; published portraits, engravings, and (1743) The Universal Penman
Thomas Bickiey: '''Thomas Bickiey''' ([[1518]]-[[1596]]), bishop of Chichester: chorister in free school of Magdalen College, Oxford; fellow, 1541; one of Edward VI's chaplains at Windsor; retired to France during Mary's reign; chancellor in Lichfield Cathedral and warden of Merton College, Oxford, after Elizabeth's accession; bishop of Chichester, 1585.
Alexander Bicknell: '''Alexander Bicknell''' (d. [[1796]]), author ; published works, including fiction and histories, between 1777 and 1785.
Elhanan Bicknell: '''Elhanan Bicknell''' ([[1788]]-[[1861]]), patron of art : collected, between 1838 and 1850, at his residence at Herne Hill, Surrey, many valuable pictures by masters of the modern British school.
Herman Bicknell: '''Herman Bicknell''' ([[1830]]-[[1875]]), author, orientalist, and traveller; son of Elhanan Bicknell; educated at Paris, Hanover, University College, and St. Bartholomew's Hospital; graduated at College of Surgeons, 1854; military surgeon in Hong Kong, 1865, India, 1856-60, and at Aldershot; resigned commission, and devoted himself to languages and to travelling in all parts of the world. Translations from Hafiz by him were published posthumously.
Bicknell: '''Bicknell''' M ([[1695]] ?-[[1723]]), actress : first heard of as playing at the Haymarket in Gibber'sCareless Husband 1706; at Drury Lane, from 1708 to 1721, when she was the original Lady Wrangle in Gibber's Refusal; last appeared, 1723.
Bicknor: '''Bicknor''' or BYKENORE, ALEXANDER (d. [[1349]]X archbishop of Dublin; prebendary of Maynooth and treasurer of Ireland; elected archbishop of Dublin, 1310, but his election set aside by Edward II; consecrated, 1317; lord justice of Ireland, 1318; went on embassies to i France. 1323 and 1324; joined conspiracy formed in I France to overthrow the Despensers; sided with Queen Isabella against Edward II, 1326; papal collector, 1330: during last years of his life, engaged in dispute with arch i bishop of Armagh concerning primacy of Ireland; , founded college in St. Patrick's Church, 1320.
George Parker Bidder: '''George Parker Bidder''' ([[1806]]-[[1878]]), engineer : exhibited, when very young, by his father as acalculating phenomenon; educated at Edinburgh; took to engineering, and became associated with Robert Stephenson in London and Birmingham railway, 1834; obtained work in connection with parliamentary committees; a founder of the Electric Telegraph Company. His constructive works include the Victoria Docks, London. I
Biddle: '''Biddle''' 102

[edit] Section 117

Bill: '''Bill'''
John Biddle: '''John Biddle''' ([[1615]]-[[1662]]), Unitarian : M.A. Magdalen Hall, Oxford, 1641; master of free school of St. Marvle-rypt, Gloucester; imprisoned in Gloucester by parliamentary commissioners, his religious views being called in question, but released on bail, 1 045; brought before parliamentary commission at Vist minster, ami. having published works refuting Godhead of Holy Spirit, was remanded to prison, 1647; liberated on bail, but soon afterwards again confined in Newgate; released by decree of oblivion, 1652; published A Two-fold Catechism 1654, and was imprisoned in Gatehouse, 1654-5; became entangled in dispute with a baptist pastor, and was exiled to Scilly Islands, 1655-8; released, but rearrested; subsequently diiil from disease contracted in prison. His controversial writings attracted considerable attention.
Sir George Blddlecombe: '''Sir George Blddlecombe''' ([[1807]]-[[1878]]), captain and author: midshipman in mercantile marine, 1823; second master in royal navy, 1833: in active service, and engaged in naval surveys, c. 1828-64; master attendant at Woolwich yard, 1864-8; staff -captain and C.B., 1867: knighted, 1873; published works relating to naval matters.
Sir Thomas Myddleton Biddulph: '''Sir Thomas Myddleton Biddulph''' ([[1809]]1878), general; lieutenant, 1829; master of Queen Victoria's household, 1851; colonel, 1854; K.C.B., 1863; keeper of Queen Victoria's privy purse, 1867: lieutenant-general, 1873; brevet-general and privy councillor, 1877.
Thomas Tregenna Blddttlph: '''Thomas Tregenna Blddttlph''' ([[1763]]-[[1838]]), evangelical divine; M.A. Queen's College, Oxford, 1787; incumbent of Bengeworth, near Eveshaui, 1793-1803, and of St. James's, Bristol, 1799-1838; published theological works.
John Bidgood: '''John Bidgood''' ([[1624]]-[[1690]]), physician ; educated at Exeter College, Oxford; Petreian fellow, 1642: bachelor of physic, 1648; excluded from fellowship by parliamentarian visitors, 1649-60; M.D. Padua; practised at Chard and subsequently at Exeter; incorporated M.D. Oxford, 1660; F.C.P., 1686.
John Bldlake: '''John Bldlake''' ([[1755]]-[[1814]]), divine and poet ; M.A. and D.D. Christ Church, Oxford, 1808; minister at Stonehouse; chaplain to prince regent and Duke of Clarence; Bamptou lecturer, 1811; afflicted with blindness, 1811; published religious and poetical works.
John Oarne Bidwill: '''John Oarne Bidwill''' ([[1815]]-[[1853]]), botanist and traveller; became merchant at Sydney, New South Wales; accompanied exploring expeditions in New Zealand and made several botanical discoveries; contributed to the * Gardener's Chronicle
Biffin: '''Biffin''' or BEFFIN, SARAH ([[1784]]-[[1850]]), miniature painter; born without arms or legs, but contrived to use pencil and paintbrush with her mouth; travelled about the country exhibiting her powers, 1812; received medal from Society of Artists, 1821.
Nicholas Bifield: '''Nicholas Bifield''' ([[1579]]-[[1622]]).
John Stanyan Bigg: '''John Stanyan Bigg''' ([[1828]]-[[1866]]), poet and journalist; publishedThe Sea King a metrical romance, 1848; edited in Ireland Downshire Protestant; returned and became editor and proprietor of Olverston Advertiser 1860-5. His most important poem, Night and the Soul (1854), shows that his sympathies were with theSpasmodic School
William Redmore Bigg: '''William Redmore Bigg''' ([[1765]]-[[1828]]), painter ; pupil of Edward Penny, R.A.; entered Academy schools, 1778; R.A., 1814.
Oar Big: '''Oar Big''' , JOSEPH GILLIS ([[1828]]-[[1890]]), Irish politician; provision merchant at Belfast, 1861-80; town councillor, 1871; chairman of Belfast water commission; joined Isaac Butt's Home Rule Association, 1870; M.P. for co. Cavan, 1874 till death; joined Irish Republican Brotherhood (the Fenians), 1876, and became member of supreme council, but was expelled from the body, 1877, for refusing to sever his connection with the parliamentary movement; treasurer of land league, 1879; opposed Gladstone's Irish policy, 1880-1; suspended for disorderly conduct, 1881: he was one of the Irish politicians whose conduct was investigated during the Paniell commission, 1887; he adopted, with considerable success, from 1876, a policy of parliamentaryobstruction
John Bigland: '''John Bigland''' ([[1760]]-[[1832]]), schoolmaster and author; village schoolmaster; published Reflections on Resurrection and Ascension of Christ 1803; adopted literary profession and published series of popular works connected chiefly with geography and history,
Ralph Bigland: '''Ralph Bigland''' ([[1711]]-17H4), Garter king-of-arms ; blue mantle, College of Arms, 1757; Somerset and registrar, 1763; Norroy king-of-arms, 1773; Clarenceux, 1774; Garter king-of-arms, 1780; made collections for history of Gloucestershire.
Henry Bignell: '''Henry Bignell''' ([[1611]]-[[1660]]?), divine; B.A. St. Mary's Hall, Oxford; rector, 1646, of St. Peter-le-Bayly, Oxford, whence he was ejected for scandalous conduct.
Bignell: '''Bignell''' Mas. ([[1695]]?-! [[723]]).
Bigod: '''Bigod''' or BYGOD, SIR FRANCIS ([[1508]]-[[1537]]), rebel ; knighted, c. 1629; educated at Oxford; in Cardinal Wolsey's service, 1627: employed under Thomas Cromwell j in advancing Henry VIII's reforms in Yorkshire: hanged i for heading insurrection at Beverley in connection with Pilgrimage of Grace.
Hugh Bigod: '''Hugh Bigod''' , first EARL OP NORFOLK (d. [[1176]] or 1177), second son of Roger Bigod (d. 1107); governor of Norwich till 1122; king's dapifer, 1123; took active part in rebellions against Henry I; Earl of Norfolk on Stephen's accession; held Norwich against Stephen, J 136; surrendered and was pardoned; fought under Stephen at Lincoln, 1141; joined Henry of Anjou's party and held Ipswich against Stephen, 1153, but escaped punishment on its fall; 1 showed signs of hostility to Henry II, but gave in his I submission, 1157; assisted prince Henry's rebellion against his father, 1173; submitted to Henry II, 1174; probably died in Holy Land, whither he had accompanied Philip of Flanders on pilgrimage.
Hugh Bigod: '''Hugh Bigod''' (d. [[1266]]), justiciar ; chief ranger of I Farndale forest, Yorkshire, 1255; chief justiciar, 1268-60; i keeper of Tower of London, 1258; governor of Dover ! Castle, 1258-61.
Roger Bigod: '''Roger Bigod''' , second EARL OP NORFOLK (d. [[1221]]), son of Hugh, first earl; steward of royal household under Richard I; ambassador to Philip of France to arrange crusade; justiciar after Richard's return; justice itinerant in Norfolk; enjoyed John's favour until 1213, when he was imprisoned; released and restored to favour; joined barons against John, 1215.
Roger Bigod: '''Roger Bigod''' , fourth EARL OP NORFOLK (d. [[1270]]), marshal of England; grandson of Roger Bigod, second earl; knighted, 1233; head of commission of justices itinerant in Essex and Hertfordshire, 1234; accompanied unsuccessful embassy to Lyons to protest against papal exactions, 1245; earl marshal, 1246: played prominent part in bringing forward Provisions of Oxford, 1268; supported Henry III against Simon de Montfort, 1269, but subsequently joined de Montfort's party.
Roger Bigod: '''Roger Bigod''' , fifth EARL OP NORFOLK ([[1245]]-[[1306]]), marshal of England: sou of Hugh Bigod (d. 1266); refused, with Earl of Hereford, to serve in Gascony unaccompanied by Edward I, 1297, and, on the king's departure to Flanders, protested in arms against taxation without national consent, Edward renouncing the right at Ghent, 1298; gave up marshal's rod, 1301.
John Jeremiah Bigsby: '''John Jeremiah Bigsby''' ([[1792]]-[[1881]]), geologist ; M.D. Edinburgh, 1814; army medical officer at Cape, 1817; commissioned to report on geology of Upper Canada, 1819; British secretary and medical officer of Canadian boundary commission, 1822; fellow, Geological Society, 1823; F.R.S., 1869; practised medicine at Newark, 18271846, ami in London, 1846-81; published scientific and other writings.
Robert Bigsby: '''Robert Bigsby''' ([[1806]]-[[1873]]), antiquary; educated for legal profession, but abandoned it and turned his attention to study and accumulation of antiquities, acquiring several curious relics of Sir Francis Drake; published historical, antiquarian, and other works,

[edit] Section 118

Bllfbith: '''Bllfbith''' (fi. [[750]]), anchorite of Lindisfarne ; adorned with gold and gems the Durham Book a manuscript of the gospels now in Cottonian Library.
Robert Bill: '''Robert Bill''' ([[1754]]-[[1827]]), inventor : educated for the army, but occupied himself with literary and scientific pursuits: originated improvements in domestic and other contrivances.
Bill: '''Bill''' 103
Bingham: '''Bingham'''
William Bill: '''William Bill''' (d. [[1561]]), dean of Westminster : BA. St. John's College, Cambridge, 1533; fellow, 1535; MA 1536; D.D. and master of his college, 1547: Linacre lecturer, 1547-9: vice-chancellor, 1549: master of Trinity and itineniry chaplain to the king, 1551; deprived of mastership by Mury, but reinstated, 1558; chief uluioner, 1554; fellow and provost of Eton College, 1559; prebendary of Lincoln 1659: on commission for revision of prayerbook, 1560; dean of Westminster, 1560.
Archibald Billing: '''Archibald Billing''' ([[1791]]-[[1881]]), physician; AB Trinity College. Dublin, 1811; M.D., 1818; incorporated M.D. Oxford? 1818; P.O.P., 1819, censor, College of Physicians, 1823, and councillor, 1852-5; physician to London Hospital, 1822-45; instituted clinical lectures in London, 1823; member of senate of London University. I.s36; F.K.S.: published medical works and a text-book on engraved gems, coins, and similar objects.
Sir Thomas Billing: '''Sir Thomas Billing''' (d. [[1481]] ?), lawyer ; member of.ray's Inn; M.P. for London, 1448; recorder, 1451; serjeant-at-law, 1454; king's serjeant, 1458; knighted, r. 1 158; took part against the Lancastrians; judge of king's bench, 1464; chief- justice of king's bench, 1469 till death,
Blllingham: '''Blllingham''' or BTTLLINGHAM, RICHARD (fl. 1350), schoolman; educated at Merton College, Oxford; concerned in riot occasioned by election to chancellorship of university, 1349.
Joseph Billings: '''Joseph Billings''' (6. [[1758]] ?), explorer ; sailed as A.B. under Captain Cook on his last voyage; lieutenant in Russian navy; commanded Russian exploring expedition to north-eastern parts of Asia, 1785, and was promoted successively captain-lieutenant, and captain of second and first class.
Robert William Billings: '''Robert William Billings''' ([[1813]]-[[1874]]), architect: employed in illustrating architectural works; published on his own account Architectural Antiquities of County of Durham (1846),Baronial and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Scotland(1845-52), and other works; restored many important old buildings in England and Scotland,
Sir Henry Bilungsley: '''Sir Henry Bilungsley''' (d. [[1606]]), lord mayor of London and first translator of Euclid into English; scholar of St. John's College, Cambridge, 1561; studied at Oxford; apprenticed to London liaberdasher; sheriff of London, 1584; lord mayor, 1596: knighted, c. 1597: M.P. for London, 1604; published, 1570, the first translation of Euclid into English.
John Blllingsley: '''John Blllingsley''' , the elder ([[1625]]-[[1684]]), nonconformist divine; educated at St. John's College, Cambridge; fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, 1648; incorporated B.A., 1649: minister at Chesterfield: ejected, 1662, but continued to preach in private; published controversial and other religious works.
John Blllingsley: '''John Blllingsley''' , the younger ([[1657]]-[[1722]]), nonconformist divine; son of John Billingsley (16251684); educated at Trinity College, Cambridge; ministered successively at Chesterfield, Sheffield, Selston, Kingston-upon-Hnll, and at Crutched Friars (1706): sided with opponents of subscription, 1719; published religious tracts,
Martin Billingsley: '''Martin Billingsley''' (fl. [[1618]]-[[1637]]), writingmaster, probably to Prince Charles; published The Pens Excelleucie, or the Secretarys Delight 1618.
Nicholas Billingsley: '''Nicholas Billingsley''' ([[1633]]-[[1709]]), poet and divine: educated at Eton and Merton College, Oxford; held living of Weobley: ejected, 1662: kept school at Abergavenny; received living of Blakeney in parish of Aw re, Gloucestershire, from which he was subsequently suspended; published religions poems.
Elizabeth Blllington: '''Elizabeth Blllington''' ([[1768]]-[[1818]]X singer; daughter of Carl Weichsel, a native of Freiberg, Saxony, principal oboist at the King's Theatre; studied music under her father and Schroeter: appeared at concert at Oxford, 1782: married James Billiugton, double bass player at Drury Lane, 1783: engaged at Covent Garden, 1786; received lessons from Sacchini at Paris, 1786, and later from Morelli, Pner, and Himmel: sang at Covent Garden, the concerts of ancient music, the oratorios, and Handel commemorations, till 1793: travelled on continent, where, on her husband's death, she married M. Felissent, a Frenchman, 1799; appeared, on alternate uitrhts, at Covent Garden and Drury Lane, iWll; sang at King's Theatre in Italian opera, 1802 till 1811, when she retired; one of England's greatest singers.
Thomas Blllington: '''Thomas Blllington''' (. 18:52). harpsichord and singing master; brother-in-law of Elizabeth Billingtou ; member of Royal Society of Musicians, 1777; published instrumental and other musical compositions.
Wtlli Am Billington: '''Wtlli Am Billington''' ([[1827]]-[[1884]]), dialect writer; employed in cotton mills at Blackburn: published verse and prose writings in Lancashire dialect.
Bllney: '''Bllney''' or BYLNEY, THOMAS (. [[1531]]), martyr : educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge; LL.B.; gained friendship of Matthew Parker and Latimer: licensed to preach throughout diocese of Ely, 1525, and delivered many sermons against prayers to saints and image worship; arrested at instance of Wolsey and confined in Tower, 1527: persuaded to recant and released, 1529; preached in Norfolk, 1531: apprehended and subsequently burned at Bishopsgate. He maintained a consistent orthodoxy, after mediagval standards, on the power of the pope and of the church, the sacrifice of the mass, and the doctrine of transubstantiation.
Thomas Bllson: '''Thomas Bllson''' ([[1547]]-[[1616]]), bishop of Winchester ; educated at Winchester and New College, Oxford; M.A., 1570; D.D., 1581; prebendary of Winchester, and warden of Winchester College, 1576; bishop of Worcester, 1596 and of Winchester, 1597; published religious works.
William Binckes: '''William Binckes''' (d. [[1712]]), dean of Lichfield: B.A. St. John's College, Cambridge, 1674; fellow of Peterhouse; M.A., 1678: prebendary of Lincoln, 1683, and of Lichfield, 1697; D.D., 1699; dean of Lichfleld, 1703.
Charles Bindley: '''Charles Bindley''' , known as HARRY HIEOVER (1795-1859), sporting writer; published works on sporting subjects, including a revised and corrected edition of Delabere Elaine'sEncyclopaedia of Rural Sports 1862.
James Bindley: '''James Bindley''' ([[1737]]-[[1818]]), book collector; educated at Charterhouse and Peterhouse, Cambridge: j M.A., 1762; commissioner of stamp duties, 1765; senior 1 commissioner, 1781-1818; F.S.A., 1765; formed valuable collection of rare books, engravings, and medals,
Francis Blndon: '''Francis Blndon''' (d. [[1765]]), painter and architect ; executed portraits of Swift, Richard Baldwin, and other eminent Irishmen; retired, c. 1750.
George Bingham: '''George Bingham''' ([[1715]]-[[1800]]), divine; educated at Westminster and Christ Church, Oxford: fellow of All Souls; M.A., 1739; B.D., 1748; proctor, 1746-6: rector of Pimperne, Dorsetshire, 1748; proctor for diocese of Salisbury in convocations of 1761, 1768, 1774, I and 1780. He assisted the Rev. John Hutchins in compiling hisHistory of Dorsetshire and published religious works.

[edit] Section 119

George Charles Bingham: '''George Charles Bingham''' , third EARL OK
Lucan: '''Lucan''' ([[1800]]-[[1888]]), field-marshal: educated at West1 minster: ensign, 1816: lieutenant, 1820; major, 1825: and j lieutenant-colonel, 1826-37, 17th lancers; M.P. for co. Mayo. 1826-30; succeeded to earldom, 1839; elected representative peer of Ireland, 1840; lord- lieutenant of Mayo, 1845; major-general, 1851; commanded cavalry division in army in Turkey, 1854: directed charge of heavy brigade at Balaclava, and followed light brigade with two regiments of the heavy brigade to cover its retirement; censured by Lord Raglan and recalled, 1855; K.O.B. and colonel of 8th hussars, 1855: lieutenantgeneral, 1858; general, 1865; colonel of 1st life guards, 1865; G.O.B., 1869; field-marshal, 1887.
Sir George Ridout Bingham: '''Sir George Ridout Bingham''' ([[1777]]-[[1833]]), major-general; ensign in Corsica, 1793: served in Cape and in Kaffir war, 1800; major, 1801; lieutenant-colonel of 2nd battalion 58rd foot in Ireland, 1805: in Peninsula, 1809-14; knighted: brigadier-general in St. Helena till 1819; commanded Cork district, 1827-32.
John Bingham: '''John Bingham''' ([[1607]]-[[1689]]), nonoouformistdivine; ! educated at St. John's College, Cambridge; head-master in free school, Derby: vicar of Murstou-upou-Dove, Derbyshire; ejected, 1662, subsequently suffering considerable persecution; assisted Walton with his great polyglot bible.
Bingham: '''Bingham''' 104
Birch: '''Birch'''
Joseph Bingham: '''Joseph Bingham''' ([[1668]]-[[1723]]), divine ; B.A. University College, Oxford, 1688: fellow, 1689; vith.lr.-v from university, being unjustly charged with preaching impious and heretical doctrines, 1696; collated to living of Havant, 1712; lost money in South Sea Bubble; published Origines Ecclesiastic or Antiquities of the Christian Church 10 vols., 1708-22, and other works relating to ecclesiastical history and doctrine,
Margaret Bingham: '''Margaret Bingham''' , COUNTESS OP LCCAN (d. 1814), amateur painter; married, 1760, Sir Charles Bingham (created Earl of Lucan, 1795); spent many years in embellishment of Shakespeare's historical plays. Her miniatures were extravagantly praised by Horace Waipole,
Peregrine Bingham: '''Peregrine Bingham''' , the elder ([[1754]]-[[1826]]), biographer and poet; B.C.L. New College, Oxford, 1780; rector of Berwick St. John, Wiltshire, 1817; published memoirs of his father, George Bingham
Peregrine Bingham: '''Peregrine Bingham''' , the younger ([[1788]]-[[1864]]), legal writer; son of Peregrine Bingham (1754-1826) : B.A. Magdalen College, Oxford, 1810; called to bar at Middle Temple, 1818; for many years legal reporter; published legal works.
Bingham: '''Bingham''' or BYNGHAM, SIR RICHARD ([[1528]]1599), governor of Connaught; served in Scotland under Somerset, 1547, at St. Quentin, 1557, in expedition against Out-isles of Scotland, 1558, under Don John of Austria against Turks, in conquest of Cyprus, 1572, in Low Countries, 1573, and under Dutch flag against Spaniards, 1578; knighted and appointed governor of Counaught, 1684; rigorously suppressed Connaught rebellion, 1586; temporarily recalled to take part in war in Netherlands, 1587-8; repressed O'Rourke's revolt, 1590-1; imprisoned in Fleet on charge of exercising undue severity, 1596; returned to Ireland as marshal, 1598.
Richard Bingham: '''Richard Bingham''' , the elder ([[1765]]-[[1858]]), divine; educated at Winchester and New College, Oxford; B.A., 1787; D.O.L., 1801; prebendary of Chichester, 1807; imprisoned at Winchester for fraud, 1813, and published vehement protestation of innocence; issued, 1829, third edition of Origines Ecclesiasticae published by his ancestor, Joseph Bingham
Richard Bingham: '''Richard Bingham''' , the yeunger ([[1798]]-[[1872]]), divine: son of Richard Bingham (1765-1858); M.A. Magdalen Hall, Oxford, 1827; vicar of Queenborough, isle of Sheppey, 1856-70; published writings relating to liturgical revision, and an edition of works of Joseph Bingham
Baron Bingley: '''Baron Bingley''' ([[1676]]-[[1731]]). See BENSON,
Robert: '''Robert'''
William Bingley: '''William Bingley''' ([[1774]]-[[1823]]), miscellaneous writer; M.A. St. Peter's College, Cambridge, 1803; minister of Fitzroy chapel. Charlotte Street, London, 1816-23; F.L.S.; published works on various subjects, including topography and natural history.
Binham: '''Binham''' or BYNHAM, SIMON (. [[1336]]), chronicler; monk of priory of Binhnin, Norfolk; assisted in opposing exactions of Hugh, abbot (1308-26) of St. Albaus; said to have contributed toChronicle of Rishanger
Binham: '''Binham''' or BYNHAM, WILLIAM (ft. [[1370]]), prior of Wallingford; D.D. Oxford, where he was for a time intimate with Wycliffe, against whom he afterwards wroteContra Positiones Wiclevi
Henry Binneman: '''Henry Binneman''' (d. [[1583]]). See BYNNEMAN,
Henry: '''Henry'''
Edward William Binney: '''Edward William Binney''' ([[1812]]-[[1881]]), geologist; practised as solicitor in Manchester from 1836; a founder and first honorary secretary of Manchester Geological Society; president, 1857-9 and 1865-7; member of London Geological Society, 1863: F.R.S., 1866; wrote many papers on geological subjects, of which Sigillnria was among the most important.
Binney: '''Binney''' fHOMAS ([[1798]]-[[1874]]), nonconformist divine; appreutiual to a Newcastle bookseller: studied at theological seminary at Wymondley, Hertfordshire; pastor of St. James's Street chapel, Newport, Isle of Wight, l.v i. aud congregation at Weigh House, London, 1829-69; 1 acquired high reputation as preacher; visited Australia, 1857; LL.D. Aberdeen, 1852; on two occasions he was elected chairman of the Congregational Union of England and Wales; wrote polemical works and verse of a religious character.
Lord Binning: '''Lord Binning''' ([[1697]]-[[1733]]). See HAMILTON,
Charles: '''Charles'''
Hugh Binning: '''Hugh Binning''' ([[1627]]-[[1653]]), Scottish divine: M.A. Glasgow; professor of philosophy, 1647-51; licensed minister; called to parish of Govan, near Glasgow, 1649; ordained, 1650; sided with protesteiy against resolutioners, and took prominent part in dispute before Cromwell at Glasgow, 1651; published religious works.

[edit] Section 120

Sir Henry Binns: '''Sir Henry Binns''' ([[1837]]-[[1899]]), prime minister of Natal; went to Natal, 1858; conducted sugar estate at Riet River, 1860, and floated, 1868, Umhlanga Valley Sugar Estate Company, of which he was general manager till 1892; nominee member of legislative council, 1879, and was member for Victoria county, 1883-99; prime minister of Natal, 1897; colonial secretary and minister of agriculture, 1897, but soon resigned latter portfolio: advocated and (1898) brought about entrance of Natal into South African customs union; K.O.M.G., 1898. st and politician;
John Binns: '''John Binns''' ([[1772]]-[[1860]]), journalist engaged as plumber in London, 1794; member of London Corresponding Company; connected with schemes of United Irishmen; in prison, 1798-1801; went to America, 1801; edited successively Republican Argus and Democratic Press
Edward Binyon: '''Edward Binyon''' ([[1830]] ?-[[1876]]), landscape painter ; contributed to exhibitions of Royal Academy and Dudley Gallery, 1857-76.
Sir Giovanni Francesco Biondi: '''Sir Giovanni Francesco Biondi''' ([[1572]]-[[1644]]), historian; born at Lesina, in Gulf of Venice; secretary to Venetian ambassador at Paris; came to England, 1609; j represented, James I at Calvinist assembly, Grenoble, , 1615; knighted, 1622; gentleman of king's privy chamber; died at Aubonne, Switzerland; published in Italian at 1 Venice three romances and a work on the Wars of the ! Roses, which all appeared in English translations.
Charles Bell Birch: '''Charles Bell Birch''' ([[1832]]-[[1893]]), sculptor, son ; of Jonathan Birch; studied at school of design, Somerset House, and at Royal academies, Berlin and j London; assistant to John Henry Foley; won i premium from Art Union of London for Wood Nymph I 1864; exhibited at Burlington House from 1864; A.R.A., I 1880; produced bronze Griffin on Temple Bar memorial, } Fleet Street, 1880; his works include a statue of Lord i Beaconsfield at Liverpool, and statues of Queen Victoria at Aberdeen and Oodeypore, India.
James Birch: '''James Birch''' (.ft. [[1769]]-[[1795]]), heresiarch; watchmotion maker in London; joined Muggletouians, c. 1759, but rejected part of their doctrine, 1772; began to claim I personal inspiration, 1778; published theological works.
John Birch: '''John Birch''' ([[1616]]-[[1691]]), presbyterian colonel: j merchant in Bristol; after surrender of Bristol to ! royalists, levied regiment in London and served as colonel under Sir William Waller; wounded at Arundel. present at battle of Alresford, blockade of Oxford, and skirmish at Cropredy Bridge; entrusted with care of Bath; assisted in assault on Bristol, 1645, which, later, was given into his charge; took Hereford and became its governor; M.P. for Leomiuster; opposed extreme measures of Oromwellians; imprisoned at Hereford, 1664-6: took prominent part in Restoration; member of council of state, 1660: auditor of excise: M.P. for Leoininster in Convention parliament, Peurhyn, 1671-8, and for Weobly, 1678-91.
John Birch: '''John Birch''' ([[1745]] ?-[[1815]]), surgeon ; served as surgeon in army, and afterwards settled in London; surgeon to St. Thomas's Hospital, 1784-1816; surgeon extraordinary to prince regent: advocated use of electricity as a remedial agent, and opposed introduction of vaccination; published medical works.
Jonathan Birch: '''Jonathan Birch''' ([[1783]]-[[1847]]), translator of Faust*; in office of John Argelander, a timber merchant at Memel (with whom, in 1807, the three eldest sons of Frederick William III of 1'ruwin took refuge), 1803-12;
Bikch: '''Bikch''' 105
Birkbeck: '''Birkbeck''' returned to England, 1812: on terms of close intimacy with Frederick William IV of Prussia: published several works, including translations of Goethe's Faust 1839-43, ami tin; NihHungen Lied 1848.
Pktku Birch: '''Pktku Birch''' ([[1652]]?-[[1710]]), divine: alucated at (aiiibri'lu'e ami Christ Church, Oxford; M.A., 1G74; D.D., !i,s-i: -uro-ssivfly curate of St. Thomas's, Oxford, rector of St. Kbbr's Church and lecturer at Carfax; chaplain to Janifs, iluke of Onnoiiik: chaplain to House of Commons ami prebendary of Westminster, 1689; rector of St. James's, Westminster, 1692, but was removed owing, probably, to his high church principles, which were offensive to the court: vicar of St. Bride's, Fleet Street, 1695; published sermons.
Sir Richard James Holwell Birch: '''Sir Richard James Holwell Birch''' ([[1803]]1875), general: ensign, Bengal infantry, 1821; judgea'lvocate-geueral to Bengal forces, 1841: O.B., 1849; secretary to Indian military department, 1852; colonel, 1854; major-general, 1858; K.C.B., 1860; lieutenantl. 1862.
Samuel Birch: '''Samuel Birch''' ([[1757]]-[[1841]]), dramatist; pastrycook in Cornhill; common councillor, 1781; alderman of Candlewick ward, 1807-40; sheriff, 1811; lord mayor, 1814; wrote poems and musical dramas, of which the Adopted Child(1795) was the most successful,
Samuel Birch: '''Samuel Birch''' ([[1813]]-[[1885]]), egyptologist ; grandson of Samuel Birch; educated at Merchant TaylorsSchool, where he studied Chinese; entered service of commissioners of public records, 1834; assistant in department of antiquities in British Museum, 1836, and was assistant-keeper, 1844-61: studied egyptology, and quickly established importance of Champollion's system of decipherment of Egyptian: keeper of oriental, British, and mediaeval antiquities at British Museum, 1861, and, from 1866 till death, of oriental antiquities alone; founded Society of Biblical Archaeology, 1870, and was president, 1870-85; LL.D. Aberdeen, 1862, and Cambridge, 1876; D.O.L. Oxford, 1876; honorary fellow of Queen's College, Oxford; Rale lecturer at Cambridge, 1876; he published translations from oriental writings and archaeological, egyptological, and other treatises, besides popular educational works on Egyptian language and history.
Thomas Birch: '''Thomas Birch''' ([[1705]]-[[1766]]), divine; rector of Ulting, Essex,. 1732, Llandewi-Velfrey, Pembroke (a sinecure), 1743, Siddington, near Cirencester, 1744, St. Michael, Wood Street, London, 1744, St. Margaret Pattens, London, 1746-66, and Depden, Suffolk, 1761-6; D.D. Marischal College, Aberdeen, and of Lambeth, 1753; F.R.S. and F.S.A., 1735; secretary of Royal Society, 1752-65; bequeathed historical and biographical manuscripts to the British Museum; published historical works and contributed toGeneral Dictionary, Historical and Critical (1734-41).
Thomas Ledlie Birch: '''Thomas Ledlie Birch''' (d. [[1808]]), Irish presbyterian divine; minister of Saintfield, 1776; went to America after insurrection of 1798, with which he was connected; published religious works.
William Birch: '''William Birch''' ([[1765]]-[[1834]]), enamel painter and engraver: practised after 1794 in Philadelphia; received Society of Arts medal, 1785.
John Birchensha: '''John Birchensha''' (fl, [[1664]]-[[1672]]), musician: lived in family of Earl of Kildare, and afterwards taught the viol in London: prepared notes for a work on the mathematical basis of music.
Birchu: '''Birchu''' fGTON, STEPHEN (fl. [[1382]]), historical writer; monk of Christ Church, Canterbury, 1382; treasurer and warden of manors of the monastery; wrote historical works.
William Birchley: '''William Birchley''' ([[1613]]-[[1669]]). See AUSTIN, Jon.
Simon Berckbek: '''Simon Berckbek''' ([[1584]]-[[1656]]), divine; B.A. Queen's College, Oxford, 1604: B.D., 1616; vicar of Gilling, and of Forcet, near Richmond, Yorkshire, 1617; published religious works.
Charles Smith Bird: '''Charles Smith Bird''' ([[1795]]-[[1862]]), divine: articled as conveyancing solicitor, Liverpool, 1812; scholar of Trinity College, Cambridge, 1818: fellow, 1 820: took pupils, among whom was Lord Macaulay; vicar of Gainsborough, and prebendary of Lincoln, 1843; chancellor of Lincoln Cathedral, 1859; F.L.S., 1828; published poems and theological works.
Edward Bird: '''Edward Bird''' ([[1772]]-[[1819]]), painter ; conducted a drawing school at Bristol; first exhibited at Royal Academy, 1809; awarded premium by British Institution for Death of Eli; R.A., 1816; court painter to Queen Charlotte.The Field of Chevy Chaceis considered his greatest work.
Francis Bird: '''Francis Bird''' ([[1667]]-[[1731]]), sculptor; studied at Brussels and Rome, and under Gibbons and Cibber, to whose practice he succeeded; employed in decorations of St. Paul's Cathedral: his best work is the statue of Dr. Busby in Westminster Abbey.

[edit] Section 121

Golding Bird: '''Golding Bird''' ([[1814]]-[[1854]]), physician ; studied at Guy's Hospital, 1832; licensed, without examination, to practise as apothecary, 1836; M.D. St. Andrews, 1838; M.A., 1840; L.C.P., London, 1840; F.C.P., 1845: lecturer on natural philosophy at Guy's Hospital, 1836-53; physician to Finsbury dispensary; assistant physician to Guy's, 1843-53; lecturer on materia medica, College of Physicians, 1847: F.R.S., and member of Linuean and Geological societies: publishedElements of Natural Philosophy 1839, and medical works.
James Bird: '''James Bird''' ([[1788]]-[[1839]]), dramatist and poetical writer; apprenticed as miller but abandoned the trade for that of stationer, 1820; wrote two plays which were produced with some success, and some narrative poems.
John Bird: '''John Bird''' (d. [[1558]]), bishop ; Carmelite friar ; B.D. Oxford, 1510; D.D., 1513; provincial of his order, 1516-19, and 1522-5; suffragan to bishop of Llandaff, with title of bishop of Penrith, 1537; accompanied Wotton on embassy to Germany, 1539; bishop of Bangor, 1539, and of Chester, 1541; deprived of his bishopric on account of his being married, 1564; suffragan to Bonner, bishop of London, 1554; left religious writings in manuscript.
John Bird: '''John Bird''' ([[1709]]-[[1776]]), mathematical instrument maker; employed by Sisson, in London, in making mathematical instruments, 1740; carried on business independently in Strand, 1745; acquired considerable fame by making instruments of improved accuracy for the astronomer Bradley; constructed brass mural quadrant for Greenwich Observatory, 1750, and for several continental observatories; published treatises describing his methods of working.
Richard Bird: '''Richard Bird''' (d. [[1609]]), canon of Canterbury ; B.D. Trinity College, Cambridge, 1669; fellow; M.A., 1572; D.D., 1608; archdeacon of Cleveland, 1589; canon of Canterbury, 1590.
Robert Merttins Bird: '''Robert Merttins Bird''' ([[1788]]-[[1853]]), Bengal civil servant; commissioner of revenue and circuit forGorakhpur division, 1829; member of board of revenue, 1832; successfully conducted settlement of revenue of northwest provinces, 1833-41; returned to England, 1842.
Samuel Bird: '''Samuel Bird''' (fl. [[1600]]), divine; M.A. Queens' College, Cambridge, 1673; fellow, Corpus Christi College, 1573-6; minister of St. Peter's, Ipswich, c. 1580-1604; incorporated M.A. Oxford, 1605; published religious works.
William Bird: '''William Bird''' ([[1538]] ?-[[1623]]).
John Augustine Birdsall: '''John Augustine Birdsall''' ([[1775]]-[[1837]]), Benedictine; joined Benedictines at Lamspringe, Hanover, 1795; priest, 1801; came to England on suppression of abbey, 1803; established catholic mission at Cheltenham, 1810, and at Broadway, Worcestershire, 1828; provincial of Canterbury, 1822: re-elected, 1826; president-general of Benedictines in England, and cathedral prior of Winchester, 1826; abbot of Westminster, 1830.
Saint Birinus: '''Saint Birinus''' (d. [[650]]), first bishop of Dorchester ; Benedictine monk of Rome; landed in Wessex, 634: made many converts to Christianity; bishop of Dorchester, 635.
George Birkbeck: '''George Birkbeck''' ([[1776]]-[[1841]]), founder of mechanicsinstitutions; M.D. Edinburgh, 1 799; professor of natural philosophy, Andersonian University, Glasgow, 1799; established, 1800, for working men at Glasgow, cheap courses of lectures on science, which developed into the Glasgow MechanicsInstitution 1823; practised as
Birkenhead: '''Birkenhead'''
Ioc: '''Ioc'''
Bisse: '''Bisse''' physic-inn in London; founder and first president of Birkbeck MechanicsInstitution, London, 1824; founder and councillor of University College, London, 1827.
Birkenhead: '''Birkenhead''' or BERKENHEAD, SIR JOHN (1616-1679), author ofMercurius Aulicus M.A. Oriel College, Oxford, 1639: probationer-fellow, All SoulsCollege, 1640; devised and mostly wrote Mercurius Aulicus the weekly journal of royalists at Oxford, 1642-5; in exile with Prince Charles, 1648; probably knighted at St. Germains, 1649: D.C.L., 1661; M.P. for Wilton; member of Royal Society: one of masters of requests; published satirical poems.
John Birkenshaw: '''John Birkenshaw''' (fl. [[1664]]-[[1672]]). See Bin rUKXSHA.
Birkhead: '''Birkhead''' or BIRKET, GEORGE (d. [[1614]]), nrehpriest; educated at Douay and Rome; ordained, 1577; joined English mission, 1580; archpriest of England, 1608-14.
Henry Birkhead: '''Henry Birkhead''' ([[1617]] ?-[[1696]]), Latin poet; scholar, Trinity College, Oxford, 1636; studied at St. Omer: B.A.: fellow of All Souls 1638-57; M.A., 1641; registrar of diocese of Norwich, 1660-81; published poems in Latin and left in manuscript an allegorical play; professorship of poetry at Oxford founded in 1708 from funds im.
Ann Bishop: '''Ann Bishop''' ([[1814]]-[[1884]]), soprano singer; me Riviere; student of Royal Academy of Music, 1824-31; married Sir Henry Rowley Bishop, 1831; took prominent place at Vauxhall: eloped with Bochsa, the ! Imrp-player, 1339; travelled and sang in European towns, ; lH:59-4;. in England, 1846-7, America, 1847, and Aus 1 tralia, 1855; died at New York.
George Bishop: '''George Bishop''' ([[1785]]-[[1861]]), astronomer; pro left by him.
Thomas Rawson Berks: '''Thomas Rawson Berks''' ([[1810]]-[[1883]]), nonconformist divine: second wrangler and second Smith's prizeman, Trinity College, Cambridge, 1834; fellow; Ticar of Trinity Church, Cambridge, 1866-77; honorary canon of Ely, 1871; professor of moral philosophy, Cambridge, 1872. His works include The Bible and Modern Thought 1861, and Modern Utilitarianism 1874.
John Birmingham: '''John Birmingham''' ([[1816]]-[[1884]]), astronomer ; "revised Schjellerup'sCatalogue of Red Stars 1872; discovered a deep red star in Oygnus, which became known by his name, 1881: inspector under board of works.
Alexander Bernee: '''Alexander Bernee''' ([[1826]]-[[1862]]), poet and journalist; baptist minister at Preston: painter at Falkirk; joined staff of Falkirk Advertiser; started * Falkirk Liberal which was unsuccessful: made his way on foot to Edinburgh and thence to Newcastle, and died of starvation at Morpeth.
Sir Richard Birnie: '''Sir Richard Birnie''' ([[1760]] ?-[[1832]]), police magistrate; partner in an extensive saddler and harnessmaker's business in Haymarket, London; police magistrate at Union Hall and subsequently at Bow Street; knighted, 1821.
William Bernie: '''William Bernie''' ([[1663]]-[[1619]]), Scottish divine; M.A. St. Leonard's College, St. Andrews, 1688; became shipmaster merchant; vicar of Lanark, 1597; master and economus of St. Leonard's hospital and almshouse, 1603; dean of Cliapel Royal, 1612: constant moderator of presbytery, 1606; member of high commission court, 1610 and 1616.

[edit] Section 122

Bernstan: '''Bernstan''' (d. [[933]]).
Robert Birrel: '''Robert Birrel''' (. [[1567]]-[[1606]]), diarist; burgess of Edinburgh; wrote a diary, 1532-1605, published in Fragments of Scottish History 1798.
Bisby: '''Bisby''' orBISBEE, NATHANIEL([[1635]]-[[1695]]),diviiK: M.A. Christ Church, Oxfonl, 1660; D.D., 166X: rector of Long Melford, 1660: deprived as nonjuror, 1690; wrote against nonconformists. BI8CHOFF, JAMES (1776-1845), author of works on the wool trade: connected with woollen trade in Leeds, and subsequently carried on business as merchant and insurance broker in London; publiahed works aiming at reform in laws relating to wool.
John Biscoe: '''John Biscoe''' (. [[1679]]), puritan divine; B.A. New Inn Hall, Oxford, 1627; minister of St. Thomas's, Sonthwark; ejected, 1660; published religious works,
Richard Biscoe: '''Richard Biscoe''' (rf. [[1748]]), divine: dissenting minister of meeting-house in Old Jewry, 1716: conformed and became rector of St. Martin Outwich, London, 1727; chaplain to George II; Boyle lecturer, 17:16-3; published lectures, 1742. prietor of a wine-making business in London; admitted to Royal Astronomical Society, 1830; secretary, 1833-9; treasurer, 1840-57; president, 1867 and 1858; F.R.S., 1848; fellow of Society of Arts; on council of University College, London; erected, 1836, an observatory near his residence at SouthVilla, Regent's Park, where Rev. William Dawes and Jolm Russell Hind conducted many important 1 investigations.
Bishop: '''Bishop''' Sm HENRY ROWLEY ([[1786]]-[[1856]]), musical composer; his first opera,The Circassian Bride I produced at Drury Lane, 1809; composer and director at I Covent Garden, 1810; producedKnight of Snowdoun (founded on Scott's Lady of the Lake), 1811, which was followed, in rapid succession, by other pieces, including Midsummer Night's Dream 1816, Comedy of Errors 1819, Antiquary 1820, Twelfth Night 1820, Henry IV Part II 1821, Two Gentlemen of Verona 1821, and As you like it 1824; original member of Philharmonic Society, 1813; musical director of King's Theatre, Haymarket, 1816-17; sole manager, 1820, of theoratorios given during Lent; engaged, 1825, at Drury Lane, where he produced Aladdin as counter-attraction to Weber's Oberon at Oovent Garden, 1826; wrote music for Faustus in collaboration with Oooke and Horn, 1835, 'Hamlet 1830,KenilworthandWaverley 1832, and Love's Labour's Lost 1839, and Fortunate Isles to celebrate Queen Victoria's marriage, 1840: musical director at Vauxhall Gardens, 1830-3; Mus. Bac. Oxford, 1839; professor of harmony, Royal Academy of Music; Reid Professor at Edinburgh, 1841-3; conducted Antient Concerts, 1840-8; knighted, 1842: professor of music, Oxford, 1848; Mus. Doc., 1853. His fame rests almost entirely on his glees.
John Bishop: '''John Bishop''' ([[1665]]-[[1737]]), musical composer; teacher of choristers at King's College, Cambridge, 1688: organist of Winchester College, 1695; lay- vicar, 1696, and organist and master of choristers, 1729, Winchester Cathedral; published psalm-tunes and anthems and left compositions in manuscript.
John Bishop: '''John Bishop''' ([[1797]]-[[1873]]), surgeon : studied at St. George's Hospital; obtained diploma of Royal College of Surgeons, 1824; senior surgeon, Islington dispensary, and surgeon Northern and St. Paucras dispensaries; F.R.S., e. 1844; wrote surgical works.
Samuel Bishop: '''Samuel Bishop''' ([[1731]]-[[1795]]), poet: educated at Merchant TaylorsSchool and St. John's College, Oxford; fellow, 1753; M.A., 1768; head-master of Merchant TaylorsSchool, 1783; rector of Ditton, Kent, and St. Martin Outwich, London; published essays and poems.
William Bishop: '''William Bishop''' ([[1654]]-[[1624]]), catholic divine; educated at Oxford and at English college, Rhcims: ordained priest, 1583: joined English mission; imprisoned in Marshalsea, 1583-4; studied at Paris; returned to English mission, 1591; D.D. Paris; sent to Rome to remonstrate against maladministration of George Blackwell, archpriest; confined in English college; imprisoned for refusing oath of allegiance to James I, 1611; on release went to Arras College, Paris; vicarapostolic and bishop of Chalcedon, 1623; came to England, 1623; published theological works.
George Bisley: '''George Bisley''' (rf. [[1691]]).
Bissait: '''Bissait''' or BISSET, BALDRED (. [[1303]]), divine; rector of Kinghorn: commissioner to pope in dispute between Boniface VIII, Edward I, and Scottish government. His Progressus contra flgrnenta regis Angliae contains earliest mention of Scottish coronation stone.
Philip Bisse: '''Philip Bisse''' ([[1667]]-[[1721]]), bishop of Hereford ; ednontl at Winchester and New College, Oxford: M.A., 1693: D.D., 1705: F.R.S., 1706: bishop of St. Davi.1V, 1710, und Hereford, 1713: published sermons. v. 98J
Bisse: '''Bisse''' 107
Blackadder: '''Blackadder'''
Thomas Bisse: '''Thomas Bisse''' (d. [[1731]]), divine : younger brother of Philip BUse; M.A. Corpus Christi College, Oxford, 1698; D.D., 1712: preaclier at Rolls chapel, 1715; chancellor of Hereford, 1716; prebendary of Hereford, 1731; published religious works.
Charles Bisset: '''Charles Bisset''' ([[1717]]-[[1791]]), physician and military engineer; studied medicine at Edinburgh; second nrgeon of military hospital, Jamaica, 174(1; served in Admiral Vernon's fleet; returned to England, 1745; euHign in 42nd Highlander?, 1746; prepared reports of protrri'ss of sifgL- of Bereen-Op-Zoom; engineer-extraordinary in engineer brigade: practised medicine at Skelton, Yorkshire: published works on fortificatiou and on medic:il subjects.
James Bisset: '''James Bisset''' ([[1762]] ?-[[1832]]), artist, publisher, and vi T~t- writer; established museum and curiosity shop at Birmingham: coined medals and practised as miniature and fancy painter; opened museum, news-room, and pictun- gallery at Leamington, 1812. His publications includePoetic Survey round Birmingham(1800) and volumes of verse.
James Bisset: '''James Bisset''' ([[1795]]-[[1872]]), scholar; educated at Marischal College and University, Aberdeen; D.D., 1851: assumed control of private school kept by his father, and developed remarkable teaching ability, 1812; minister at Bourtrie, Aberdeeushire, 1826; moderator of general assembly of church of Scotland, 1862.
Sir John Bisset: '''Sir John Bisset''' ([[1777]]-[[1854]]), commissary-general ; commissary-general in Spain, 1811; knight commander of Quelphic order, 1830; K.O.B., 1850; published a work on commissariat duties.
Bissat Bisset: '''Bissat Bisset''' , or BISSART, PETER (d. [[1568]]), professor of canon law; studied at St. Andrews, Paris, and Bologna; LL.D., and subsequently professor of canon law, Bologna; wrote two works in Latin.
Robert Bisset: '''Robert Bisset''' ([[1769]]-[[1805]]), historian; LL.D.; master of an academy in Sloane Street, Chelsea. His works include a life of Burke (1798) and aHistory of George III (1804).
William Bisset: '''William Bisset''' (d. [[1747]]), divine ; educated at Westminster and Trinity College, Cambridge; B.A., 1690: rector of Whiston, 1697; elder brother of St. Catherine's Collegiate Church, 1699; published, 1710, reply to Dr. SachevereU's sermon of 6 Nov. 1709, occasioning pamphlet war to which he largely contributed; chaplain to Queen Caroline.
William Bisset: '''William Bisset''' ([[1758]]-[[1834]]), Irish bishop ; educated at Westminster and Christ Church, Oxford; B.A., 1779; M.A., 1782; D.D.; rector of Dunbin, co. Louth, 1784; prebendary of Armagh, 1791-1807; archdeacon of Ross, 1804; chancellor of Armagh, 1817; bishop of Raphoe, 1822.
Angel Bix: '''Angel Bix''' (d. [[1695]]), Franciscan friar ; chaplain to Spanish ambassador in London in James II's reign; published sermons.

[edit] Section 123

Pietro Bizaei: '''Pietro Bizaei''' ([[1530]] ?-[[1586]] ?X Italian historian and poet; adopted reformed faith and came to England; fellow, St. John's College, Cambridge, 1549; prebendary of Salisbury, 1567; published historical, poetical, and other works in Italian and Latin, and left manuscripts, which include a Universal History
William Henry Blaatjw: '''William Henry Blaatjw''' ([[1793]]-[[1870]]), antiquary; educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford; M.A., 1815; F.S.A., 1850: treasurer of Camden Society; published, 1844, history of baronswar of Henry Ill's reign.
Blacaler: '''Blacaler''' or BLACKADER, ROBERT (d. [[1608]]), Scottish archbishop: prebendary of Glasgow and rector of Cardross: bishop of Aberdeen, 1480, and of Glasgow, before 1484; archbishop of Glasgow, 1492: frequently employed in public transactions with English: died in Holy Land on pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
Adam Blacater: '''Adam Blacater''' (fl. [[1319]]), born in Scotland; professor of philosophy successively in Poland and at Bologna and rector of a college in Paris University.
Baron Blachford: '''Baron Blachford''' ([[1811]]-[[1889]]). See ROGERS,
Fjuombuo: '''Fjuombuo'''
Adam Black: '''Adam Black''' ([[1784]]-[[1874]]), politician and publisher ; i carried on bookselling business at Edinburgh, at first alone, and subsequently in partnership with his m-phi-w Charles; twice lord-provost of and, 1856-65, liberal.M.I for Edinburgh. His firm acquired copyrights ofEncyclo paxlia Britaunica 1H27, imd Scott's novels, 1851.
Alexander Black: '''Alexander Black''' ([[1789]]-[[1864]]), Scottish theoi logian; studied medicine at Aberdeen; ordained minister of Tarves, 1818; professor of divinity, Marischal O'ollegf, , 1832-43; accompanied expedition to the East in conmvI tion with proposed formation of mission to Jews, 1839; joined Free church, 1843; D.D.
James Black: '''James Black''' ([[1788]]?-[[1867]]), physician; L.C.S. Edinburgh, 1808; served in navy; practised successively at Manchester, 1839-48, Bolton, 1848-56, and Edinburgh: M.D. Glasgow, 1820; L.R.C.S.,1823; F.R.C.P., 1860: published medical works and papers on geological subjects.
John Black: '''John Black''' ([[1783]]-[[1855]]), journalist ; employed as ; clerk at Dunse: in accountant's office at Edinburgh, i where he studied at the university; contributed toUniversal Magazine*; went to London, 1810; translator of i foreign correspondence and reporter toMorning Chronicle; became editor, 1817, and maintained the journal's j position as the most uncompromising of opposition papers till 1843, when a decline of energy in its management occasioned a request for his resignation; retired to Snodland. near Maidstone; published translations from Leo! pold von Buch, Schlegel, and others.
Joseph Black: '''Joseph Black''' ([[1728]]-[[1799]]), chemist; studied medicine at Glasgow and at Edinburgh, where he gra! dnated M.D. with an important thesis, De humore acido ! a cibis orto, et Magnesia alba which laid the foundations of quantitative analysis and pneumatic chemistry, 1754; professor of medicine, Glasgow, 1756-66; practised as physician; made investigations into the question of latent heat which formed the basis of modern thermal science, and gave the first impulse to Watt's improvements in the steam engine, 1756-62; experimented with object of testing validity of thermometrical indications, and originated theory ofspecific heat 1760; professor of medicine and chemistry, Edinburgh, 1766-97. He was first physician to George III for Scotland and a member of Royal Society, Edinburgh, and Royal College of Physicians,
Patrick Black: '''Patrick Black''' ([[1813]]-[[1879]]), physician; educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford: M.D., 1836; physician to St. Bartholomew's Hospital. 1860; lecturer on medicine; F.C.P.; published medical treatises.
Robert Black: '''Robert Black''' ([[1752]]-[[1817]]), Irish presbyterian divine; educated at Glasgow; ordained minister of Dromore, 1777; captain of Irish volunteers, 1782: jointminister at Derry, 1784; synod agent for refjium tlonum, 1788-1817; D.D.; strongly advocated catholic emancipation and parliamentary reform, and was the friend and correspondent of Castlereagh: committed suicide from disappointment at lack of success of his opposition to establishment of Belfast Academical Institution (opened 1814).
William Black: '''William Black''' ([[1749]]-[[1829]]), physician: M.D. Leydeu, 1772; L.C.P., 1787; practised in London: one of the first Englishmen who published (1783) statistics of diseases and mortality.
William Black: '''William Black''' ([[1841]]-[[1898]]), novelist: studied art at Glasgow: became contributor to Glasgow Citizen: came to London, 1864, and was connected, 1865, with Morning Star for which paper he was war correspondent during Franco-Prussian war, 1866: subsequently sub-editor ofDaily News His novels includeA Daughter of Heth 1871, The Strange Adventures of a Phaeton 1872, and A Princess of Thule 1874.
William Henry Black: '''William Henry Black''' ([[1808]]-[[1872]]), antiquary ; assistant keeper in Public Record Office. He was a prolific writer on antiquarian subjects.
Adam Blackadder: '''Adam Blackadder''' (fl. [[1674]]-[[1696]]), covenanter, son of John Blackadder the elder: apprenticed as merchant at Stirling: repeatedly imprisoned for Calvinistic principles; retired to Sweden, and subsequently settled in Edinburgh; wrote narrative of his father's sufferings.
Blackadder: '''Blackadder''' 108
Blacklock: '''Blacklock'''
John Blackadder: '''John Blackadder''' , the elder ([[1615]]-[[1686]]), Scottish divine; M.A. Glasgow, 1650; called to parish of Troqueer, 1652; ordained, 1653: ejected by episcopal party and imprisoned at Edinburgh, 1662; preached in conventicles and was outlawed, 1674; fled to Rotterdam, 1678: returned to Edinburgh, 1679; arrested, 1681, and imprisoned on Bass Rock, where he died.
John Blackadder: '''John Blackadder''' , the younger ([[1664]]-[[1729]]), lieutenant-colonel; son of John Blackadder (1615-1686) ; educated at Edinburgh; served in Cameronian regiment against highlanders at Dunkeld, under Prince of Orange in Flanders, and in Marlborough's campaigns; promoted to command of regiment, 1709; sold commission; fought at Stirling, 1715; deputy governor of Stirling f:i-tle, 1717.
William Blackadder: '''William Blackadder''' ([[1647]]-[[1704]]), physician ; brother of John Blackadder (1664-1729); educated at Edinburgh; M.D. Leyden, 1680; accompanied Earl of Argyle in expedition to Scotland, 1685: apprehended and imprisoned; on liberation retired to Holland; conducted secret negotiations for Prince of Orange in Edinburgh, 1688; physician to William III.
Outhbert Blackader: '''Outhbert Blackader''' (rf. [[1485]]), Scottish border chieftain; fought for Lancastrians in Wars of the Roses; killed at Bosworth.
Robert Blackader: '''Robert Blackader''' (d. [[1508]]).
John Blackall: '''John Blackall''' ([[1771]]-[[1860]]), physician ; M.A. Balliol College, Oxford, 1796; M.D., 1801; studied at St. Bartholomew's Hospital: physician to Devon and Exeter Hospital, 1797; resigned, 1801: reappointed, 1807; physician to St. Thomas's lunatic asylum, 1812; publishedObservations on Nature and Cure of Dropsies 1813: F.O.P.,1815.

[edit] Section 124

Blackall: '''Blackall''' or BLACKBALL, OFFSPRING ([[1654]]1716), bishop of Exeter; educated at St. Catharine Hall, Cambridge; rector of St. Mary, Aldermary, London, 1694; chaplain to William III; Boyle lecturer, 1700; bishop of Exeter, 1708; renowned as a preacher; published sermons and controversial pamphlets.
Samuel Blackall: '''Samuel Blackall''' (rf. [[1792]]), divine; grandson of Offspring Blackall; M.A. Emmanuel College, Cambridge, 1763: B.D., 1770; fellow and tutor: rector of Loughborough, 1786-92; published sermons and controversial pamphlets.
John Blackbourne: '''John Blackbourne''' ([[1683]]-[[1741]]), nonjuror ; M.A. Trinity College, Cambridge, 1705; consecrated by King James III bishop of nonjurors, 1726; member of the section of nonjurors known as nonusagers His publications include an edition of Bacon's works (1730).
Colin Blackburn: '''Colin Blackburn''' , BARON BLACKBURN ([[1813]]1896), judge; educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge; M.A., 1838; honorary LL.D. Edinburgh, 1870; called to bar at Inner Temple, 1838; honorary bencher, 1877; joined northern circuit; appointed justice of queen's bench, and invested with cob*, 1859; knighted, 1860; justice of high court, 1875: raised to peerage, 1876; privy councillor, 1876; retired, 1886: served on several royal commissions; published legal writings.
William Blackburn: '''William Blackburn''' ([[1750]]-[[1790]]), surveyor and architect; studied at Royal Academy: obtained highest premium in competition for penitentiary houses, 1782, and subsequently executed designs for prisons and other structures throughout the country.
Anna Blackburne: '''Anna Blackburne''' (rf. [[1794]]), botanist ; friend and correspondent of Linnaeus.
Francis Blackbttrne: '''Francis Blackbttrne''' ([[1706]]-[[1787]]), divine; educated at St. Catharine Hall, Cambridge; rector of Richmond, Yorkshire, 1739-87: prebendary of York; published The Confessional 1766, controversial works, and memoirs of Thomas Hollis
Francis Blaokburne: '''Francis Blaokburne''' ([[1782]]-[[1867]]), Irish lawyer: educated at Trinity College, Dublin; studied at King's Inn, Dublin, and Lincoln's Inn, London; called to bar, 1805; joined home circuit; administered Insurrection Act on its renewal, 1822, in Limerick: Serjeant, 1826: attorney-general for Ireland, 1830-4 and 1841; master of rolls in Ireland. 1H42: chtef-iustice of queen's bench, 1846; lord chancellor of Ireland, 1862, and resigned the same year; commissioner of national education, 1852; lord justice of appeal in Ireland. 1856; reappoiuted lord chancellor, but resigned, 1866; vice-chancellor of Dublin University.
John Blackburne: '''John Blackburne''' ([[1690]]-[[1786]]), botanist: maintained extensive garden at Orford.
Lancelot Blackburne: '''Lancelot Blackburne''' ([[1668]]-1 [[743]]), archbishop of York; educated at Westminster and Christ Church, Oxford; ordained, 1681; M.A M 1683; prebendary of Exeter, 1691, and sub-dean, 1695; rector of Calstock, Cornwall, 1696: resigned sub-deanery, 1702; reinstated, 1704; dean of Exeter, 1705; bishop of Exeter, 1717-24; archbishop of York, 1724-43.
Richard Blackburne: '''Richard Blackburne''' (6. [[1652]]), physician ; B.A. Trinity College, Cambridge, 1669; M.D. Leyden, 1676; F.R.O.P., 1687: censor, College of Physicians, 1688; probably wroteTbomse Hobbes Angli Malmesburiensis Philosophi Vita sometimes attributed to Hobbes himself, and certainly wrote a supplement to it.
Sir William Blackburne: '''Sir William Blackburne''' ([[1764]]-[[1839]]), majorgeneral; infantry cadet in Madras army, 1782; Mahratta interpreter at Tanjore, 1787; captain, 1801; resident at Tanjore, 1801-23; major-general; knighted, 1838.
George Blacker: '''George Blacker''' ([[1791]]-[[1871]]), antiquary; M.A. Trinity College, Dublin, 1868: vicar of Maynooth, 1840; prebendary in St. Patrick's Cathedral; published (privately) antiquarian works.
Valentine Blacker: '''Valentine Blacker''' ([[1778]] ?-[[1823]]), lieutenantcolonel: obtained commission in Madras cavalry, 1798; cornet, 1799; aide-de-camp to Colonel Stevenson in Wainad, 1800; quartermaster-general, 1810; served in Deccan, 1817; lieutenant-colonel; surveyor-general of India: C.B., 1818; published history of Mahratta war.
Richard Blackerby: '''Richard Blackerby''' ([[1574]]-[[1648]]), puritan; M.A. Trinity College, Cambridge; minister at Feltwell, Norfolk; taught classics and theology to private pupils at Ashdon, Essex; minister at Great Thurlow.
Joseph Blacket: '''Joseph Blacket''' ([[1786]]-[[1810]]), poet : apprenticed I to his brother, a shoemaker, in London, 1797; suffered I much from poverty, but gained patrons and achieved ! some reputation as a poet. A volume of his poetry was published in 1809, and his Remains containing poems and dramatic sketches, in 1811.
Gilbert Blackball: '''Gilbert Blackball''' (. [[1667]]), Scottish catholic : entered Scots College, Rome, 1626; ordained; returned to Scotland, 1630; fled from Jesuit opposition to Paris: missionary in Scotland, 1637-43; wrote autobiography in Paris, c. 1666.
Offspring Blackball: '''Offspring Blackball''' ([[1664]]-[[1716]]). See
Blackall: '''Blackall'''
John Stuart Blackte: '''John Stuart Blackte''' ([[1809]]-[[1895]]), Scottish professor and man of letters; educated at Marischal Col i lege, Aberdeen, Edinburgh University, Gottingeu, and I Berlin: studied for Scottish bar; advocate, 1834; ap pointed first regius professor of humanity (Latin) at Marischal College, Aberdeen, 1839, and installed, 1841; j instituted Hellenic Society Aberdeen, 1850; professor of Greek at Edinburgh, 1862-82; founded and endowed Celtic chair at Edinburgh, 1882. His publications include Faust... translated into English Verse 1834; Lyrical Dramas of. Ksrliylus... translated into English Verse 1850, Lays and Legends of Ancient Greece 1857, and many other works in verse and prose.
Thomas Blacklock: '''Thomas Blacklock''' ([[1721]]-[[1791]]), poet ; born of humble parents; lost his sight when six mouths old; began to write poetry when twelve years old, and was noticed by Dr. Stevenson, a physician of Edinburgh, where he studied at the university; made the acquaintance of David Hume, who exerted himself in his behalf; minister at Kirkcudbright, e. 1762-4; took private pupils in Edinburgh; D.D. Marischal College, Aberdeen, 1767; published poems, religious works, and translations.
William James Blacklock: '''William James Blacklock''' ([[1815]] ?-[[1858]]), landscape painter; apprenticed as bookseller at Carlisle; adopted art as profession, and exhibited at Royal Academy and other exhibitions, 1836-56.
Blackloe: '''Blackloe''' 109
Blackwood: '''Blackwood'''
Thomas Blackloe: '''Thomas Blackloe''' ([[1593]]-[[1676]]). See WHITE,

[edit] Section 125

Thomas: '''Thomas'''
John Blackman: '''John Blackman''' (fl. [[1436]]-[[1448]]). See BLAK
Man: '''Man'''
Chewning Blackmore: '''Chewning Blackmore''' ([[1663]]-[[1737]]), minNtT : son of William Uluckmore; minister at Worcester, 1688-1737.
Sib Richard Blackmore: '''Sib Richard Blackmore''' (d. [[1729]]), physician and writer: educated at Westminster and St. Edmund Hull, Oxford: M.A., 1676; M.D. Padua; F.R.O.P., 1687; crnsor, College of Physicians, 1716; elect, 1716-22; physician in ordinary to William III, and knighted, 1697; physiriau to Queen Anne. He produced religious and mulinil treaties and some indifferent poems, including ( n -at ion 1712, which was warmly praised by Dr. John
Richard Doddridge Blackmore: '''Richard Doddridge Blackmore''' ([[1825]]-[[1900]]), novelist and barrister: educated at Blundell's school, Tivfrtou, and Exeter College, Oxford; M.A., 1852; engaged as private tutor; called to bar at Middle Temple, 1H52; practised as conveyancer; classical master at Wellesley House school, Twickenham Common, 1853; publishedPoems by Melanter 1853, and, later,Epullia and other volumes of verse, includingThe Farm and Fruit of Old 1862; established himself, c. 1858, at Gomer House, Teddiugton, where he remained till death; producedOlura Vaughan 1864, Cradock Nowell 1866, Lorua Doone 1869, and twelve other novels.
Thomas Blackmore: '''Thomas Blackmore''' ([[1740]] V-[[1780]] V), mezzotint engraver; practised in London, 1769-71. HiB works include plates after pictures by Reynolds and Vandyck.
William Blackmore: '''William Blackmore''' (d. [[1684]]), nonconformist divine; M.A. Lincoln College, Oxford; rector of Peutloe, Essex, 1645; presbyter, 1647: rector of St. Peter's, Cornhill, 1666; arrested on charge of complicity in Christopher Love's plot, but released, 1651; seceded with nonconformists, 1662.
John Blackner: '''John Blackner''' ([[1770]]-[[1816]]), historian of Nottingham; apprenticed as stocking-maker in Nottingham; edited successively theStatesman(a London radical daily paper), 1812, and Nottingham Review; published History of Nottingham (1815).
Alexander Blackrle: '''Alexander Blackrle''' (d. [[1772]]), apothecary; published work exposing secret of Dr. Chittick's cure for gravel, 1766.
John Blackstone: '''John Blackstone''' (d. [[1753]]), botanist : apothecary in London: published botanical works.
Blackstone: '''Blackstone''' or BLAXTON, WILLIAM (d. [[1675]]), one of the earliest episcopal clergymen in Massachusetts; lived successively on peninsula of Shawmut (where Boston now stands), in colony of Roger Williams, 1631, and at Blaxtou river, near Providence.
Sir William Blackstone: '''Sir William Blackstone''' ([[1723]]-[[1780]]), judge ; educated at Charterhouse School and Pembroke College, Oxford; entered Middle Temple, 1741; fellow of All Souls 1744; B.C.L., 1745; called to bar; recorder of Wallingford; first professor of English law, Oxford, 1758-66; publishedConsiderations on Copyholders 1758. and his edition of the Great Charter, 1759; M.P. for Hindoo, Wiltshire, and principal of New Inn Hall, 1761-6; solicitor-general to the queen, 1763; published lectures as Commentaries on the Laws of England 4 vols., 1765-9, which met with a considerable amount of more or less hostile criticism, but still remains the best general history of English law; M.P. for Westbury, Wiltshire, 1768; gave it as his opinion that Wilkes was disqualified from sitting in parliament, and was answered by Grenville's quoting from the Commentaries the causes of disqualification, none of which applied to Wilkes: retired from parliament; appointed justice of common pleas, 1770, but exchanged into court of king's bench; returned to common pleas in same year. The Commentaries have passed through numerous editions, and have been translated into French, German, Italian, and Russian.
Anthony Blaczwall: '''Anthony Blaczwall''' ([[1674]]-[[1730]]), classical scholar: M.A. Emmanuel College, Cambridge, 1698; headmaster of Derby school and lecturer of All Saints, Derby; headmaster of Market Bosworth grammar school, 1722-6 and 1729-HO, where Dr. Johnson was perhaps his assistant for a few months r rector of Clapham, 1726-9. His most important work is theSacred Classics D* fended 1725.
John Blackwall: '''John Blackwall''' ([[1790]]-[[1881]]), zoologist; engaged in importation of Irish linen at Manchester; retired to Llanrwst, North Wales, 1833: contributed to scientific publications; published History of Spiders of Great Britain and Ireland 1861-4.
Alexander Blackwell: '''Alexander Blackwell''' (d. [[1747]]), adventurer ; probably brother of Dr. Thomas Blackwell; practised as printer in London, 1730: became bankrupt; studied medicine and agriculture; inspector of Duke of Chandos's improvements at Cannons; physician in ordinary to king of Sweden: suspected of quackery; arrested for his connection with a political intrigue, the true nature and object of which remain a mystery; condemned without public trial and executed; published works on agriculture.
Elizabeth Blackwell: '''Elizabeth Blackwell''' (ft. [[1737]]), botanical delineator; wife of Alexander Blackwell; relieved her husband when in embarrassed circumstances by publishingA Curious Herbal 1737, containing illustrations of medicinal plants, which she executed, engraved, and coloured.
George Blackwell: '''George Blackwell''' ([[1545]] ?-[[1613]]), archpriest; B.A. Trinity College, Oxford, 1562; perpetual fellow, 1566; M.A., 1567; left fellowship and retired to Gloucester Hall: entered English College at Douay, 1574; ordained priest, 1575; B.D., 1575; joined English mission, 1576; imprisoned 1578, and, after release, lived in continual fear of arrest; appointed archpriest over secular clergy, 1598; incurred great unpopularity by his stern fulfilment of his duties; deprived of office, 1608, for subscribing to an oath which was imposed on catholics in 1606, to test their civil allegiance, and which was twice condemned by the pope; published theological works.
John Blackwell: '''John Blackwell''' ([[1797]]-[[1840]]), Welsh poet; shoemaker at Mold, Flintshire; educated by friendsliberality: B.A. Jesus College, Oxford, 1828: presented to living of Manor Dei vy, Pembrokeshire; edited a Welsh illustrated magazine, Y Cylchgrawn His poems and essays were published in 1851.
Thomas Blackwell: '''Thomas Blackwell''' , the elder ([[1660]] ?-[[1728]]), Scottish divine; presbyteriau minister at Paisley, Renfrewshire, 1694, and Aberdeen, 1700; professor of divinity, Marischal College, 1710-28, principal, 1717-28; published theological writings.
Thomas Blackwell: '''Thomas Blackwell''' , the younger ([[1701]]-[[1757]]), classical scholar; sou of Thomas Blackwell (1660 7-1728) ; studied at Marischal College, Aberdeen; M.A., 1718; professor of Greek, 1723-57; principal, 1748-57; LL.D., 1752. His works include An Enquiry into Life and Writings of Homer 1735, andMemoirs of the Court of Augustus 1753-5, a third and incomplete volume being published posthumously, 1764.
Adam Blackwood: '''Adam Blackwood''' ([[1539]]-[[1613]]), Scottish writer: educated at university of Paris; studied civil law at Toulouse: taught philosophy at Paris; published De Vinculo 1575, and another work condemning heretics as rebels against divinely constituted authority: counsellor or judge of parliament of Poictiers; entered into controversy with George Buchanan; published, in French, ac{ count of sufferings of Mary Queen of Scots, 1587.
George Frederick Blackwood: '''George Frederick Blackwood''' ([[1838]]-[[1880]]), major; educated at Edinburgh Academy and at Addiscombe: second lieutenant, Bengal infantry, 1857; captain, 1867; commanded artillery in Looshai expedition, 1872; major, 1875; served in second Afghan campaign; killed at Maiwand.
Helen Selina Blackwood: '''Helen Selina Blackwood''' ([[1807]]-[[1867]]). See
Sheiuoan: '''Sheiuoan'''

[edit] Section 126

Henry Blackwood: '''Henry Blackwood''' (rf. [[1614]]), physician : M.D. Paris; M.C.P. Paris, and subsequently dean of the faculty; left philosophical and medical manuscripts.
Blackwood: '''Blackwood''' Sm HENRY ([[1770]]-[[1832]]), vice-admiral; entered navy as volunteer, 1781; lieutenant, 1790; studied in Paris, 1792; captain, 1795; attached to North Sea fleet, 1796-8; on Newfoundland station, 1798-9; in
Blackwood: '''Blackwood''' 110
Blair: '''Blair''' Channel, 1799: rendered distinguished service at blockade of Malta, 1800; commanded inshore squadron at Trafalgar, 1805; took part in ceremonies at Nelson's funeral; commanded inshore squadron at blockade of Toulon, 1810; baronet and rear-admiral, 1814; K.C.B., 1819; commander-iii-chief in East Indies, 1819-22; vice-admiral, 1821; commauder-iu-chief at Nore, 1827-30.
John Blackwood: '''John Blackwood''' ([[1818]]-[[1879]]), publisher ; son of William Blackwood; educated at Edinburgh University; entered London publishing firm, 1839; superintendent of London branch of Blackwood's Edinburgh firm, 1840-5; editor ofBlackwood's Magazine on death of eldest brother, 1845; became, by death of another brother, head of publishing business, 1852; published nearly all George Eliot's works.
Thomas Blagrave: '''Thomas Blagrave''' (rf. [[1688]]), musician ; gentleman of the chapel, 1661; clerk of the cheque, 1662; member of Charles Il's private baud; author of some songs published in contemporary collections.
Henry Gamble Blagrove: '''Henry Gamble Blagrove''' ([[1811]]-[[1872]]), musician; studied with Spaguoletti, 1821, and at Royal Academy of Music under Dr. Crotch and F. Cramer; solo- violinist in royal private band, 1830-7; studied with Spohr at Cassel, 1832-4; played with success on continent; connected with state band, 1837-72; published violin exercises and studies.
Blague: '''Blague''' or BLAGE, THOMAS (rf. [[1611]]), divine; B.A. QueensCollege, Cambridge; non-resident rector of Braxted Magua, Essex, 1570; held livings of St. Vedast, Foster Lane, London, 1571, and Ewelme, Oxfordshire, 1580-96; D.D. Oxford; dean of Rochester, 1591; nonresident rector of Bangor, 1604; author of A Schoole of wise Conceytes 1572.
William Garden Blaikie: '''William Garden Blaikie''' ([[1820]]-[[1899]]), Scottish divine; educated at Marischal College, Aberdeen, and Edinburgh; licensed by Aberdeen presbytery, 1841; minister of Drumblade, 1842; joined free church of Scotland, 1843; minister of Pilrig, 1844-68; editedFree Church Magazine 1849-53, North British Review, 18601863,Sunday Magazine 1873-4, andCatholic Presbyterian 1879-83; professor of apologetics and pastoral
William Blackwood: '''William Blackwood''' ([[1776]]-[[1834]]), publisher; apprenticed as bookseller at Edinburgh; manager of publishing business, Glasgow; employed by bookseller in London: began business independently in Edinburgh, 1804; principal founder of Edinburgh Encyclopaedia 1810; combined, as Edinburgh agent, with John Murray, in publication of Scott'sTales of my Landlord established, 1817,Edinburgh Monthly Magazine which became Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine His publications include Edinburgh Encyclopaedia 1810 (completed 1830), and New Statistical Account of Scotland
Martin Bladen: '''Martin Bladen''' ([[1680]]-[[1746]]), soldier and politi- i theology, New College, Edinburgh, [[1868]]-97 ; Cunningham cian; educated at Westminster; served in Low Countries lecturer, 1888; moderator to general assembly, 1892; r; Ulaldoii, and Spam; aide-de-camp to Henri de Ruvigny lieutenant-colonel; M.P. for Stockbridge, 1715-34,, Essex, 1734-41, and Portsmouth, 1741-6; comptroller of the mint, 1714; commissioner of trade and plantations, 1717-46; a steady supporter of Sir Robert Walpole.
William Blades: '''William Blades''' ([[1824]]-[[1890]]), printer and bibliographer; apprenticed to his father's printing firm of Blades & East, London, 1840, and subsequently became partner; wrote Life of Caxton (2 volumes, 1861-3), for which he carefully collated many works from Caxton's press: liveryman of ScrivenersCompany; published works chiefly relating to early history of printing, and edited facsimiles and other reprints.
Blagden: '''Blagden''' Sm CHARLES ([[1748]]-[[1820]]), physician; M.D. Edinburgh, 1768; medical officer in army till 1814; F.R.S., 1772, and secretary, 1784; contributed to Philosophical Transactions
Francis William Blagdon: '''Francis William Blagdon''' ([[1778]]-[[1819]]), journalist and author; engaged successively as newspaper seller, amanuensis, and probably teacher of Spanish and Italian; nndertook various literary works, including series of Modern Discoveries 1802-3, and Flowers of Literature honorary D.D. Edinburgh, 1864, and LL.D. Aberdeen, 1872; published religious, biographical, and other works.
Hugh Blair: '''Hugh Blair''' ([[1718]]-[[1800]]), divine ; M.A. Edinburgh, 1739; licensed preacher, 1741; ordained minister of Colessie, Fife, 1742; minister to Lady Tester's church, Edinburgh, 1754, und to High church, 1758-1800; professor of rhetoric, 1760; regius professor of rhetoric and belles-lettres, 1762. PublishedCritical Dissertation on Poems of Ossian 1763, and Sermons, 5 vols. 1777-1801. He belonged to the distinguished literary circle that included Hume, A. Carlyle, Adam Ferguson, Adam Smith, and Robertson.
James Blair: '''James Blair''' ([[1656]]-[[1743]]), Scottish episcopalian divine; held a benefice in revived episcopal church In Scotland till c. 1679; sent as missionary to Virginia, 1685; commissary under Sir Francis Nicholson when lieutenantgovernor, 1689; obtained charter, 1692, for a college in Virginia, of which he became president, 1729; president of council of Virginia; published commentary on Sermon on the Mount.
Sir James Hunter Blair: '''Sir James Hunter Blair''' ([[1741]]-[[1787]]), lord-pro__ vost of Edinburgh; one of head partners in Ooutts's bank (with Rev. F. Prevost), 1803-9: assistant editor of Morn- ing bo ": ! Sfl $Sft:."2?!5 l 7 *?,**, ?? fe 8 ing Post c. 1806: came into conflict with William Cob- of Bla. ir J 7, 77; M R for Edinburgh, 1781 and 1784. bett, 1809. His works include Authentic Memoirs of George Morlaud 1806, andLetters of Princess of Wales 1813.
Blagge: '''Blagge''' or BLAGE, ROBERT (. [[1522]] ?), judge ; apt pointed for life king's remembrancer in exchequer, 1502; f third baron of exchequer, 1611; repeatedly justice of the peace for Kent and Middlesex; joint-surveyor of crown hinds, 1515; one of general purveyors of king's revenue, 1515; successively commissioner of sewers in several counties, 1615-17.
Daniel Blagrave: '''Daniel Blagrave''' ([[1603]]-[[1668]]), regicide; uephe* of John Blagrave; educated for the bar; M.P. for Reading, 1640; recorder of Reading, 1645-56 and 1658; signed diaries I's death warrant; sat in Convention parliament, 1668; settled at Aachen, 1660, and there died.
John Blagrave: '''John Blagrave''' (l. [[1611]]), mathematician; educated at St. John's College, Oxford published works describing instruments of his own invention, and other mathematical treatises. lord-provost, 1784. Bums wrote an elegy on his death.
John Blair: '''John Blair''' (fl. [[1300]]), chaplain to Sir William Wallace; educated at Dundee and university of Paris; joined Benedictines at Dunfermliue; chaplain to Sir William Wallace when governor of Scotland; wrote life of Wallace.
John Blair: '''John Blair''' (d. [[1782]]), chronologist : educated at Edinburgh; schoolmaster near London; published Chronology of World from Creation to 1753 1754; F.R.S., 1756; chaplain to Princess-dowager of Wales; prebendary of Westminster, 1761; rector of St. * Westminster, 1776. John the Evangelist,
Patrick Blair: '''Patrick Blair''' , M.D. (. [[1728]]), physician : practised as doctor successively at Dundee, London, and Boston, Lincolnshire: published medical and botanical works.
Robert Blair: '''Robert Blair''' ([[1593]]-[[1666]]), divine; M.A.Glasgow; professor at Glasgow University, c. 1616-22 licensed presbyterian preacher, 1616; minister of Bangor, Ireland, , 1623; suspended, 1631, and deposed for nonconformity, 1632; restored, again ejected and excommunicated, 1634; BLAGRAVE, JOSEPH (1610-1682), astrologer; lived minister at Burutisland, 1638, and at St. Andrews, 1639; at Swallowfield, near Reading. His works include: Ephemerides, with Rules for Husbandry 1668, 1659, 1660, and 1665;Astrological Practice of Physick 1671, and 'Introduction to Astrology published posthumously, 1682. moderator of general assembly, 1646: chaplain in ordinary to king; joined party of resolutioners 1650: resigned as covenanter, 1661, and continued to preach at hazard of his life; left political and theological manuscripts.
Blair: '''Blair''' 111

[edit] Section 127

Blakesley: '''Blakesley'''
Robert Blair: '''Robert Blair''' ([[1699]]-[[1746]]), poetical writer; educated at Edinburgh and in Holland; ordained ministerof Athelstaneford, East Lothian, 1731: published, 1743, the 'Grave a poem in blank verse, which enjoyed instant success. Blair forms, as a poet, a connecting link between Otway and rabbi-,
Robert Blair: '''Robert Blair''' , of Avoutouu ([[1741]]-[[1811]]), judge; eon of Robert Blair (1699-1746); educated at Edinburgh: advocate depute and solicitor-u'eneral for Scotland, 17891806; dean of Faculty of Advocates, 1801; president of College of Justice, 1808.
Robert Blair: '''Robert Blair''' (cl. [[1828]]), inventor of the ' aplanatic ' telescope; appointed to chair of practical astronomy em-ted for his benefit, Edinburgh, 17H5; invented fluid lenses of media, consisting of metallic solutions, with t of removing the secondary spectrum; fellow of Royal Society of Edinburgh (1786), in whoseTransactions appeared, 1794, an abridgment of his Experiments on Betaingibility of Light
William Blair: '''William Blair''' ([[1741]]-[[1782]]), captain, royal navy ; commander, 1777; captain, 1778; fought at Doggerbank, 1781; killed in battle off Dominica.
William Blair: '''William Blair''' ([[1766]]-[[1822]]), surgeon; surgeon to Lock Hospital, the Asylum, Fiusbury and Bloomsbury dispensaries, female penitentiary, Peutonville, and New Rupture Society; M.R.C.S.; editedLondon Medical Review ami Magazine; published works on surgical and miscellaneous subjects, including stenography and cipher writing.
Blak: '''Blak''' or BLACK, JOHN (rf. [[1563]]), Dominican friar of Aberdeen; stoned to death by protestants; wrote religious treatises.
Charles Blake: '''Charles Blake''' ([[1664]]-[[1730]]), divine and poet; educated at Merchant TaylorsSchool and St. John's College, Oxford; M.A., 1688: D.D., 1696; successively prebendary of Chester and (1716) of York; archdeacon of York, 1720; published Latin verses.
Blake: '''Blake''' Sin FRANCIS ([[1708]]-[[1780]]), mathematician ; assisted government in Durham during rebellion, 1745; baronet, 1774; F.R.S., 1746.
Sir Francis Blake: '''Sir Francis Blake''' ([[1738]] ?-[[1818]]), political writer ; son of Sir Francis Blake (1708-1780); educated at Westminster and Trinity Hall, Cambridge; LL.B., 1763; published political tracts.
James Blake: '''James Blake''' ([[1649]]-[[1728]]), Jesuit, known as JAMKS
Cross: '''Cross''' ; professed father of Society of Jesus, [[1675]] ; provincial in England, 1701.
John Bradby Blake: '''John Bradby Blake''' ([[1745]]-[[1773]]), naturalist; supercargo in East India Company, Canton; collected Chinese plants and seeds, which were successfully propagated in Great Britain and the colonies.
Malachi Blake: '''Malachi Blake''' ([[1687]]-[[1760]]), dissenting minister ; presbyterian minister of Blandford; published, 1735, account of fire at Blandford (1731).
Robert Blake: '''Robert Blake''' ([[1599]]-[[1657]]), admiral and general at sea; entered St. Alban Hall, Oxford, 1615; removed to Wadham College; graduated; engaged in business of merchant; M.P. for Bridgwater, 1640 and 1645; took part in defence of Bristol against royalists, 1643; lieutenant-colonel of Popham's regiment; held Lyme against royalists, 1643-4: took, and held, Taunton, 1644-5; governor of Taunton, 1645; appointed admiral and general at sea, 1649; unsuccessfully blockaded Prince Rupert at Kinsale, 1649, and pursued him to Portugal, 1660; blockaded mouth of Tagus, 1650, and subsequently followed Rupert to Mediterranean and destroyed many of his ships; commanded squadron in Irish Sea, and reduced Scilly Islands, which were held by royalist privateers, 1G51; assisted in reduction of Jersey, 1661; member of council of state, 1651-2; with Rear-admiral Bourne, defeated Dutch under Tromp in Downs. 1652; defeated De Witt and De Ruyter off mouth of Thames, and, later, was defeated by Tromp off Dungeness, 1652; in company with Deane, Monck, and Penii, fought indecisive battle with Tromp off Portsmouth, 1653, the advantage being slightly with the English; took part in battle of 3 June, 1 653; engaged in admiralty business at London, and executive duties at Portsmouth; destroyed Turkish pirate fleet at Porto Farina, 1655; destroyed Spanish West Indian fleet at Santa Cru,, 1657; died of fever while returning to England. His body was buried in Westminster Abbey, but removed after Restoration.
Thomas Blake: '''Thomas Blake''' ([[1597]]?-[[1657]]), puritan; M.A. Christ Church, Oxford; took holy orders; joined covenanters, 1648; pastor successively at Shrewsbury and Tarnworth; assistant to Crom well's commissioners for ejecting ministers; published works on puritan theology.
William Blake: '''William Blake''' ([[1773]]-[[1821]]), dissenting minister ; educated at Northampton under Horsey; presbyterian minister at Crewkerue, 1798-1821; published religious works.
William Blake: '''William Blake''' ([[1757]]-[[1827]]), poet and painter; apprenticed to James Basire, engraver to Society of Antiquaries, 1771-8; executed plates for Gough's Sepulchral Monuments; student at Royal Academy, 1778; engraved plates for Harrison's NovelistsMagazine; kept, in partnership, priutseller's shop in Broad Street, 1784-7; engraved and published Songs of Innocence 1789, and 'Songs of Experience 1794; employed by Johnson, the bookseller, on engravings for Mary Wollstonecraft's works, 1791; illustrated Young'sNight Thoughts (Edwards's edition), 1793-1800; made designs for Blair's 'Grave which were subsequently engraved by Schiavo; netti; executed series ofSpiritual Portraits c. 1818: executed and engraved Inventions to Book of Job his finest work, from 1820, and produced designs for Divina Commedia of which only seven were published, 1827; exhibited at Royal Academy, 1780-1808, hisProphetic Books(1793-1804), and most of his other works, engraved and coloured by hand. His favourite tenet, which he translated into art, was that all things exist in the human imagination alone
William Blakeley: '''William Blakeley''' ([[1830]]-[[1897]]), actor; accompanied Sotherii on tour; appeared first in London at Prince of Wales's Theatre, 1867; at Olympic, 1871; with Sothern in America, 1880; at Criterion, with which his name is chiefly associated, 1881. Among his best parts I was Hardcastle in She stoops to conquer
Fletcher Blakely: '''Fletcher Blakely''' ([[1783]]-[[1862]]), Irish remonj straiit minister; graduated at Glasgow; presbyterian j minister of Moneyrea, co. Down, 1809-57; adopted uni! tariau principles; joined remonstrant secession from j synod of Ulster, 1829; joint-editor of Bible Christian 1830-3; published tracts and sermons.
Johnston Blakely: '''Johnston Blakely''' ([[1781]]-[[1814]]), commander in United States navy: born in Dublin; entered United ! States navy, 1800; lieutenant, 1812; commanded sloop in I Channel, and captured English brig, 1814; lost in the Atlantic.
Blakeney: '''Blakeney''' Siu EDWARD ([[1778]]-[[1868]]), fleld-marl shal; commanded 7th foot in Peninsular campaign, 1811I 1814; in Belgium and at Paris, 1815; colonel, 7th foot, ! 1832-54; cominander-m-chief in Ireland, 1838-55; colonel of 1st foot, 1854-68; governor of Chelsea Hospital, 1856; general, 1854; field-marshal, 1862.
Richard Paul Blakeney: '''Richard Paul Blakeney''' ([[1820]]-[[1884]]), divine ; B.A. Dublin, 1842; LL.D.; rural dean of Bridliugtou, ! 1876; canon of York, 1882; D.D. Edinburgh, 1868; pubj lished controversial works.
William Blakeney: '''William Blakeney''' . BAROX BLAKKNKY ([[1672]]1761), defender of Minorca; volunteered with army in Flanders; ensign, 1702; adjutant in Marlborough's campaigns; colonel, 1737; brigadier-general in expedition to Cartagena, 1741; major-general, and lieutenant-governor of Stirling Castle, 1744; defended Stirling against highlanders, 1746; lieutenant-general and lieutenant-governor of Minorca, 1747; gallantly defended Minorca against French, but, from want of reinforcements, was compelled to surrender. 1756; made K.B., colonel of Eimiskillen regiment, and a peer of Ireland.
Joseph Williams Blakesley: '''Joseph Williams Blakesley''' ([[1808]]-[[1885]]), dean of Lincoln; educated at St. Paul's School and Corpus Christi and Trinity College, Cambridge, when he became a friend of Tennyson; M.A., 1834: B.D., 1849; fellow of Trinity, 1831; tutor, 1839-45; vicar of Ware, 1845-72; canon of Canterbury, 1863; proctor in convocation for his chapter; dean of Lincoln, 1872; wrote extensively for the Times His chief work was an edition of Herodotus, 1852-4.

[edit] Section 128

Blakeway: '''Blakeway''' 112
Blandford: '''Blandford'''
John Brickdalb Blakeway: '''John Brickdalb Blakeway''' ([[1765]]-[[1826]]), topographer; educated at Westminster and Oriel College, Oxford; M.A., 1795; called to bar at Lincoln's Inn, 1789; joined Oxford circuit: ordained, 1793: minister, 1794, and, subsequently, official of Royal Peculiar of St. Mary's, Shrewsbury; published history of Shrewsbury, l.s'25.
Blake: '''Blake''' Y, NICHOLAS (Jl. [[1753]]), Irish engraver; lived chiefly in Paris: associated with Fruucis Hayman, R.A., in producing st of English historical prints.
Robert Blakey: '''Robert Blakey''' ([[1795]]-[[1878]]), miscellaneous writer; of humble parentage; received private tuition; contributed to Newcastle Magazine and other periodicals; published philosophical works, 1831 and 1833; produced, 1838, Newcastle Liberator and, 1840, Northern Liberator and Champion newspapers; studied philosophy in France and Belgium; published History of Philosophy of Mind 1848; professor of logic and metaphysics, Queen's College, Belfast, 1848. His works include books on angling.
John Blakiston: '''John Blakiston''' ([[1603]]-[[1649]]), regicide; mercer in Newcastle; excommunicated for puritanical principles; MJ for Newcastle, 1641; one of Charles I's judges, signing his death-warrant.
John Blakiston: '''John Blakiston''' ([[1785]]-[[1867]]), major; served at Assaye, at capture of Bourbon, Mauritius, and Java, and in Peninsular war; published reminiscences.
Thomas Wright Blakiston: '''Thomas Wright Blakiston''' ([[1832]]-[[1891]]), explorer and ornithologist; son of preceding; educated at Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; commissioned in royal artillery, 1861; served in Crimea; member of scientific expedition under John Palliser for exploration of British North America between Canada and Rocky Mountains, 1857: served in Chinese war, 1859, and organised exploration of middle and upper course of Yangtsze-Kiang, 1861: resigned commission, 1862; settled as merchant in Hakodate, Japan, and engaged in ornithological and other investigations, on which he published various writings; died at San Diego, California; published Five Months on the Yang-tsze 1862.
Blakeman Blakman: '''Blakeman Blakman''' . or BLACKMAN, JOHN (I. 1436-1448), biographer; fellow of Merton College, Oxford, 1436, and, later, was fellow of Eton; said to have been B.D. and monk of Charterhouse; wrote, in Latin, a memoir of Henry VI, published, 1732, by Thomas Hearne
Susanna Blamire: '''Susanna Blamire''' ([[1747]]-[[1794]]), poetess; the *Muse of Cumberland was associated with Catherine Gilpin. Some of her poems, which depict with admirable truth the Cumbrian folk, appeared in magazines, but no collection of them was published until 1842. She wrote several songs of high merit in Scottish dialect, including 4 The Traveller's Return and What ails this heart o mine V
William Blamire: '''William Blamire''' ([[1790]]-[[1862]]), tithe commissioner; nephew of Susanna Blamire; educated at Westminster and Christ Church, Oxford; B.A., 1811; farmer at Thackwood Nook, Cumberland; high sheriff of Cumberland, 1828; whig M.P. for Carlisle, 1831; chief commissioner, 1836-51, for carry big into effect Tithe Commutation Bill of 1834; commissioner for carrying out Copyhold Enfranchisement Act, 1841; enclosure commissioner,
Edward Litt Laman Blanchard: '''Edward Litt Laman Blanchard''' ([[1820]]1889), miscellaneous writer; son of William Blanchard , whom he accompanied to New York, 1831: edited Chambers'sLondon Journal 1841, andNew London Magazine 1845. He produced pantomimei for Drury Lane for thirty-seven years, besides many other dramatic pieces, and contributed extensively to newspapers and periodicals.
Samuel Laman Blanohard: '''Samuel Laman Blanohard''' ([[1804]]-[[1845]]), author; clerk to a proctor in DoctorsCommons; made acquaintance of Douglas Jerrold; joined travelling troop of actors; contributed to Monthly Magazine: secretary to Zoological Society, 1827-30; publishedLyric Offerings; acting editor of Monthly Magazine; edited 4 True Sun 1832-6, Constitutional 1836, awl Courier 1837-9 (all liberal papers), and Court Journal 1837; connected withExaminer 1841-5; editedGeorge Cruikeuank's Omnibus 1843; published L. E. Landou's i Life and Literary Remains 1841. Three volumes of his essays appeared in 1846.
William Blanchard: '''William Blanchard''' ([[1769]]-[[1835]]), comedian: in office of his uncle, William Blanchard, proprietor of IYork Chroniole 1782; joined Welsh's travelling company of actors, 1785; became manager of several provinI cial theatres; played, 1800, Bob Acres at Coven t Garden, i where he remained almost continuously till death. His i characters include Sir Hugh Evans, Fluellen, Meiienius, and Polonius.
William Isaac Blanchard: '''William Isaac Blanchard''' (d. [[1796]]), stenographer; practised as shorthand-writer in Westminster Hall, 1767-96; published two original systems of stenography,
Elizabeth Bland: '''Elizabeth Bland''' (fl. [[1681]]-[[1712]]), hebraist ; rnfe Fisher; married, 1681: wrote in Hebrew a phylactery for Thoresby's Museeum Thoresbianum
Humphrey Bland: '''Humphrey Bland''' ([[1686]]7-[[1763]]), general and military writer; obtained commission, 1704; served as lieutenant and captain in Marlborough's campaigns; at battle of Almanara, 1710; successively lieutenant-colonel and colonel of dragoons, and colonel of foot: quartermaster-general at headquarters, 1742; served in Flanders; l major - general in Culloden campaign; governor of Gibraltar, 1749, and of Edinburgh, 1752-63; commauder-iu1 chief of forces in Scotland, 1753; published Treatise on i Discipline 1727.
John Bland: '''John Bland''' (d. [[1555]]), Marian martyr; educated at Eton and Cambridge: M.A.: schoolmaster; rector of Adisham.Kent; opposed celebration of mass, 1553; burned at Canterbury.
John Bland: '''John Bland''' ([[1702]]-[[1750]]), writing-master; educatedat Westminster; clerk in custom-house, 1717; writing-master at academy in Little Tower Street, and subsequently establ ished himself independently; published Essay on Writing 1730.
John Bland: '''John Bland''' (d. [[1788]]), dramatist ; author of drama, 'Song of Solomon 1750.
Maria Theresa Bland: '''Maria Theresa Bland''' ([[1769]]-[[1838]]), vocalist; daughter of Italian Jews named Romanziui; first sang at Drury Lane, 1786; married the actor Bland, 1790; attached to Drury Lane almost continuously from 1789 to 1824, but sang also at Haymarket and Vauxhall; developed melancholia after 1824.
Miles Bland: '''Miles Bland''' ([[1786]]-[[1868]]), mathematician ; B.A., second wrangler, and Smith's prizeman, St. John's College, Cambridge, 1808; fellow, 1808; public mathematical examiner, 1817-18: prebendary of Wells and D.D., 1826; ; F.R.S.; F.S.A.; published mathematical works,
Nathaniel Bland: '''Nathaniel Bland''' ([[1803]]-[[1865]]), Persian scholar ; educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford; B.A., 1825; contributed valuable papers to Royal Asiatic Society's Journal 1843-53; committed suicide.
Robert Bland: '''Robert Bland''' , the elder ([[1730]]-[[1816]]), physician ; M.D. St. Andrews, 1778; L.C.P., 1786; published works on midwifery.
Robert Bland: '''Robert Bland''' , the younger ([[1779]] ?-[[1825]]), divine ; son of Robert Bland (1730-1816); educated at Harrow and Pembroke College, Cambridge: B.A., 1802; assistant master, Harrow; minister to English church, Amsterdam: held two English curacies; published works relating to Greek classics.

[edit] Section 129

Tobias Bland: '''Tobias Bland''' ([[1563]] ?-[[1604]]), divine; B.A. Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, 1581; expelled from Corpus Christ! College for libelling the master; M.A., 1584; B.D., 1591; sub-almoner to Elizabeth, 1694; canon of Peterborough, 1602.
William Bland: '''William Bland''' ([[1789]]-[[1868]]), Australian statesman; son of.Robert Bland the elder; passed naval surgeon, fifth rate, 1809; exiled to Sydney for duelling, 1814; pardoned; practised surgery: imprisoned twelve months for libel; passed naval surgeon, 1826; member of i elective legislature for Sydney, 1843.
Blandford: '''Blandford''' W ALTER ([[1619]]-[[1676]]), bishop ; fellow, i Wadham College,. Oxford, 1644; warden, 1669; pro ! Tinlary of Gloucester; chaplain in ordinary to the king; i vice-chancellor of the university, 1663: bishop of Oxford, 1665; dean of Chapel Royal; bishop of Worcester, 1671.
Blandie: '''Blandie''' 113
Blew: '''Blew'''
Blandie: '''Blandie''' or BLANDY, WILLIAM ri. [[1580]]), uiithor; id:ieated nt Winchester and New College, Oxford; H.., ISM; fellow of Middle Tcm;il; served with English army in Low Countries, 15X0: published works reluting to jwlitical and civil custom-,
Maky Blandy: '''Maky Blandy''' (.. 17.1'.'), murderer : at tin- instance of her lover, William Henry, son of liftli Lord Oraustoun, poisoned her lather, who objected to her engagement; a eonvicted and hanged ut Oxfonl.
Blane: '''Blane''' Sii;iLBi;i;T17l'.i isiii), p,.-.i.-hn : M.I). ov, 177S; private physician to Admiral Uixlney. whom lie aecompaninl to West Indies, 1779; physician to licet, 177-.I w:;:.-nine to KiiLrland with Iloduey, 1781, but n turned. 1782: L.O.P., 1781; did much to improve ry condition of navy; published work oil means for preserving health of seamen, 1780; physician at St. iaa'8 Hospital on return to England, 1783, till 1795: physician extraordinary, and later physician in ordinary nice of Wales, 1785: commissioner for sick and wounded seamen, 1795-1H02; assisted in framing rules lorming basis of Quarantine Act, 1799: sent to report on condition of army in Walcheren expedition, and arranged for transport of sick and wounded; created baronet, 1812: physician in ordinary to George IV; F.R.S.: published dixc nations on medical subjects.
Henry Blaneforde: '''Henry Blaneforde''' (.f. [[1330]]), chronicler ; monk of St. Albans; wrote chronicle for years 1323-4 (Cotton MSS. ClaudiusD. vi. )
Henry Francis Blanford: '''Henry Francis Blanford''' ([[1834]]-[[1893]]), meteorologist and treologist; studied at Royal School of Mines; appointed to geological survey of India, 1855; professor at Presidency College, Calcutta, 1862-72; meteorological reporter to government of Bengal, 1872, and later to government of India: retired and returned to England, 1888: published scientific writings.
Blanket: '''Blanket''' !, JOHN (d. i80l), admiral : volunteer and midshipman at reduction of LouLsbourg, 1758, and Quebec, 1759; lieutenant, 1761; commander, 1779; served in East Indies; captain, 1780; in Mediterranean, 1783; commanded convoy to China, 1790; commodore of squadron sent to Cape of Good Hope, serving at reduction of that settlement; served in Egyptian operations; rear-admiral, 1799.
Barons Blantyre: '''Barons Blantyre''' . See STKWART, WAI.TKH, first BARON, d. 1437; STEWART, ALEXAXDKR, fifth BARON, d. 1704.
John Blaquieke: '''John Blaquieke''' , BARON DK BLAQUIERE ([[1732]]1812), politician: son of a French emigrant; under Lord Harcourt as secretary of legation in France, 1771-2, and chief secretary in Ireland, 1772-7; M.P. successively for several Irish and English constituencies: privy councillor, 1774; baronet, 1784; raised to Irish peerage, 1800.
William Blathwayt: '''William Blathwayt''' ( [[1649]] ?-l [[717]]), politician; secretary to Sir William Temple at the Hague, 1668; engaged in public business successively at Rome, Stockholm, and Copenhagen; secretary-at-war, 1683-1704; clerk of privy council, 1689; secretary of state with William III in Flanders; commissioner of trade. 1696-1706; M.P. for Newtown, Isle of Wight, 1685-8, and Bath, 1693-1710.
Andrew Thomas Blayney: '''Andrew Thomas Blayney''' , eleventh BARON I VKV (1770-1834), lieutenant-general; ensign, 1789; captain, 1792; major in 89th regiment, part of which he rii-l in Ireland, 1794; served under Duke of York in nand'Ts. 1794-5; lieutenant-colonel of 89th regiment in Ireland, 1798; assisted in reduction of Malta; majoru'rneral in Peninsula, 1810; captured at Malaga; imprisoned in France. 1810-14; lieutenant-general, 1819; published account of his captivity, 1814.
Bkn Blayney: '''Bkn Blayney''' .J A M I X ([[1728]]-[[1801]] ), Hebrew scholar; M.A. Worcester College, Oxford, 1753; fellow, and afterwards vice-principal, Hertford College; -B.D., 1768; prepared for Clarendon Press edition of authorised version of bible. 1769; regius professor of Hebrew, canon of Christ riraivh, und D.D, 1787; published dissertations on and translations of Old Testament Scriptures.
Bledri: '''Bledri''' surnamed DDOETH, or the Wise (d. 1022?), perhaps bishop of Llandaff between 995 and 1005.
Hknhy Arthur: '''Hknhy Arthur''' ( 1H27V-[[1877]]), orientalist; successively employed in Iritish Museum and inland transport corps at Sinope during (rimean war: published works on oriental languages and a translation of the A vesta
Wilhklm Hkinkn Bleek: '''Wilhklm Hkinkn Bleek''' 'H IMMAM'KL (1K27-IH75). philologist: horn at Berlin; educated at Bonn and Berlin: set out with W. I. Blaikie in expedition up N'iger, 18M: interpreter to Sir George Grey at Capetown, 1H57. and subsequently librarian to Grey's library; published works on South African languages.
Ralph Blegborouoh: '''Ralph Blegborouoh''' ([[1769]]-[[1827]]), physician; I educated:it Kdinburgh and Guy's and St. Thomas's hospitals; M.D. Aberdeen, 1804; L.C.P., 1805; devoted himself exclusively to midwifery.
Blencow: '''Blencow''' or BLINCOW, JOHN (fl. [[1640]]), divine ; fellow, St. John's College, Oxford, 1627; B.C.L., 1633; probably expelled from fellowship, 1648.
Sir John Blencowe: '''Sir John Blencowe''' ([[1642]]-[[172]](5), judge; called to bar at Inner Temple, 1673; master of the bench, 1687; I serjeiint-at-law, 1G89; M.P. for Brackley, Northamptou , shire, 1690-5; baron of exchequer, 1696; probably re moved to king's bench, 1G97, and to common pleas, 1714; knighted, 1714; retired, 1722.
William Blencowe: '''William Blencowe''' ([[1683]]-[[1712]]), decipherer; ; son of Sir John Bleucowe; B.A. Magdalen College, j Oxford, 1701; fellow of All Souls, 1702; M.A., 1704; dej cipherer to government, 1703; shot himself during temporary insanity.
Thomas Blenerhasset: '''Thomas Blenerhasset''' ([[1550]] V-[[1625]] V), poet; educated at Cambridge; entered army; captain at Guernsey Castle; one of undertakers for plantation of Ulster, 1610. His publications include an expansion (1678) of theMirrour for Magistratesand a work on jPlantation in Ulster
Blenkin: '''Blenkin''' 80P, JOHN ([[1783]]-[[1831]]), one of pioneers of the locomotive: engaged hi Middletou collieries, near ! Leeds; obtained, 1811, patent for double cylinder loco 1 motive worked by means of racked rail and toothed wheel, which was successfully tested, 1812. Locomotives made i upon the Blenkinsop pattern were employed regularly j from 1812.

[edit] Section 130

William Blenkiron: '''William Blenkiron''' ([[1807]] ?-[[1871]]), breeder of racehorses; farmer in Yorkshire; manufacturer of stocks and collars, 1845; kept racehorses at Dai-ton, and subsequently at Middle Park, Kent, Waltham Cross, and Esher, his stud becoming the most celebrated in Europe.
Harman Blennerhasset: '''Harman Blennerhasset''' ([[1764]] ?-[[1831]]), lawyer; educated at Westminster and Dublin; B.A., and LL.B., 1790; travelled on continent, adopted republican principles, and settled, 1798, near Parkersburg on the Ohio; became implicated in schemes of Aaron Burr; arrested, but released, 1807; lawyer in Montreal, 1819; retired to Guernsey.
Marguerite Blessington: '''Marguerite Blessington''' , COUNTESS OP (1789-1849), authoress; n6e Power; married, 1804, captain Maurice Farmer (d. 1817), from whom she separated almost immediately; married, 1818, Charles John Gardiner, firstearl of Blessington; travelled on continent with her husband and Alfred, count d'Orsay, 1822: made acquaintance of Byron; settled in Paris, 1828; removed to London, 1831; published her first novel, Cassidy 1833; edited 'Book of Beautyfrom 1834, andThe Keepsake 18411849; contributed toDaily Newson its foundation, 1846; became bankrupt, 1849, and fled to Paris to Count d'Orsay, who had lived with her for some years; died in Paris. Her first book,The Magic Lantern was published anonymously, 1822, and between 1833 and 1847 she produced numerous works of fiction and personal reminiscence.Country Quarters a novel, appeared posthumously in 1850.
William Blethyn: '''William Blethyn''' (d, [[1590]]), divine : educa,ted atOxford; bishop of Llandaff, 15*5.
William John Blew: '''William John Blew''' ([[1808]]-[[1894]]), liturgiologist : M.A. Wadham College, Oxford, 1832; curate of Nuthurst, 1832-40, and of St. Anne's, Soho, 1840-2; incumbent of St. John's, Milton-next-Gravesend, 1842-60; published edition of Aberdeen Breviary 1864, translations from Greek, and other works. I
Blewitt: '''Blewitt''' 114
Blomefield: '''Blomefield'''
Blewitt: '''Blewitt''' .IiN.S (rf. [[1805]]), organist, in i-ity of London: published a Treatise on the Organ and musical compositions.
Jonathan Blewitt: '''Jonathan Blewitt''' ([[1780]]?-[[1853]]), composer: son of Jonas Blewitt; organist successively in London, Haverhill, Brecon, Sheffield,:iud at St. Andrew's, Dublin; in London, 1826; produced numerous pantomime compositions; at different times musical director at Theatre Royal, Dublin, Sadler's Wells, and Vauxhull.
Octavian Blewitt: '''Octavian Blewitt''' ([[1810]]-[[1884]]). secretary, Royal Literary Fund; studied medicine at infirmary of St. George's, Hanover Square, London: secretary of Royal Literary Fund, 1839-84; knight of the order of Leopold, 1872; published topographical and other works.
Sir Charles Blicke: '''Sir Charles Blicke''' ([[1745]]-[[1815]]), surgeon; surgeon of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, 1787; governor of College of Surgeons, 1801: knighted, 1803; edited Essay on Yellow Fever of Jamaica 1772, anonymous,
Bligh: '''Bligh''' or BLIOHE, EDWARD ([[1685]]-[[1775]]), lieutenant-general; Irish M.P. for Athboy, co. Meath, 1715; captain, 1717; lieutenant-colonel, 6th horse; colonel of 20th foot, 1740; brigadier-general, 1745; major-general, 1747; colonel, 6th horse, 1747; lieutenant-general, 1754; commanded unsuccessful expedition against French to create diversion in favour of Ferdinand of Brunswick, 1758; retired, 1759.
Richard Bligh: '''Richard Bligh''' ([[1780]]-[[1838]] ?), chancery barrister ; educated at Westminster and Trinity College, Cambridge; M.A., 1806; published legal works.
Sir Richard Rodney Bligh: '''Sir Richard Rodney Bligh''' ([[1737]]-[[1821]]), admiral; entered navy, 1751; commander under Rodney in West Indies, 1762; captured by French, 1793; rearadmiral, 1794: released, 1795; second in command in Jamaica, 1796-9; vice-admiral, 1799; commander-inchief at Leith, 1803-4; admiral, 1804; G.C.B., 1820. liral; entered
William Bligh: '''William Bligh''' (1 [[754]]-[[1817]]), vice-adm navy and accompanied Cook as sailing-master in second voyage round world, 1772-4, and discovered bread-fruit at Otaheite; lieutenant; commanded vessel sailing to Otaheite to obtain bread-fruit plants, 1787; cast adrift in open boat by his mutinous crew; landed at Timor, 1789; reached England, 1790; poet-captain; sailed to Society Islands, 1791; received Society of Artsmedal, 1794; F.R.S., 1801; captain-general and governor of New South Wales, 1805; forcibly deposed, 1808, and imprisoned till 1810; returned to England, 1811; rear-admiral, 1811, and vice-admiral of blue, 1814.
William Blight: '''William Blight''' ([[1785]]-[[1862]]), rear-admiral; lieutenant, 1803; at Trafalgar, 1805; agent for transports, Palermo, 1812-14; commander, 1821; post-captain, 1830; retired as rear-admiral, 1855.
Mathilde Blind: '''Mathilde Blind''' ([[1841]]-[[1896]]), poetess; born at Mannheim; daughter of a banker named Cohen; adopted name of Blind; came to London, c. 1849; published 'Poeme by Claude Lake 1867,The Prophecy of St. Oran 1881,The Heather on Fire 1886,Ascent of Man 1888,Dramas in Miniature 1891,Songs and Sonnets 1893, and Birds of Passage 1895. She translated Strauss'sOld Faith and New 1873-4, andJournal of Marie Bashkirteeff 1890.
Nathaniel Bliss: '''Nathaniel Bliss''' ([[1700]]-[[1764]]), astronomer; M.A. Pembroke College, Oxford, 1723; rector of St. Ebbe's, Oxford, 1736; Savilian professor of geometry and F.R.R., 1 742; assisted Bradley at Royal Observatory: astronomerroyal, 1762-4. Observations made under his supervision were published in 1806.
Philip Bliss: '''Philip Bliss''' ([[1787]]-[[1857]]), antiquary ; educated at Merchant TaylorsSchool and St. John's College, Oxford; fellow, 1809; D.C.L., 1820; ordained priest, 1818; underlibrarian of Bodleian, 1822-8: university registrar, 18241853; keeper of archives, 1826-67; registrar of university court, 1831: principal of St. Mary Hali, 1848-67; deputy professor of civil law: compiled and edited many antiquarian works, including editions of Wood's * Athene Oxonienses 1813-20, and Reliquiae Hearnianae 1867.
Walter Blith: '''Walter Blith''' (fi. [[1649]]), agricultural writer: published, 1649, The English Improver, or a new Survey of Husbandry reissued, 1652, asThe English Improver Improved He was probably a captain in parliamentary army.
Blitheman: '''Blitheman''' or BLYTHEMAN, WILLIAM (d. 1591), organut and gentleman of the chapel under Klizabeth; left musical compositions in manuscript. Dr. John Bull was perhaps his pupil.
Thomas Bllzard: '''Thomas Bllzard''' ([[1772]]-[[1838]]), surgeon; nephew of Sir William Blizard; surgeon to London Hospital; published surgical writings.
Sir William Blizard: '''Sir William Blizard''' ([[1743]]-[[1836]]), surgeon; studied at London and St. Bartholomew's hospitals; surgeon, 1780, to London Hospital, where, with Dr. Maclaurin, he founded medical school, 1785; F.R.S., 1787; twice president of College of Surgeons; published medical writings.
Henry Ferdinand Blochmann: '''Henry Ferdinand Blochmann''' ([[1838]]-[[1878]]X orientalist; born at Dresden; studied oriental languages at Leipzig and Paris; came to England and enlisted in British army, 1858; vrent as private soldier to India, obtained employment in office at Fort William, received discharge, and entered service of Peninsular and Oriental Company as interpreter; assistant professor of Arabic and Persian, in Calcutta Madrasa, 1860-2; M.A. and LL.D. Calcutta, 1861; professor of mathematics, Doveton College, 1862-5; returned to the Madrasa, 1865, and ultimately became principal; published oriental works, including translation of first volume of Ain-i-Akbari of Abiil-FazL
Bluet Bloet: '''Bluet Bloet''' , or BLOETT, ROBERT (l. [[1123]]), Norman divine; chancellor successively to William the Conqueror and William II; consecrated bishop of Lincoln, 1094; justiciary under Henry I; besieged Tickhill, Robert of Belesme's castle, for the king, 1102.

[edit] Section 131

Bloi: '''Bloi''' 8, PETER DK (. [[1190]]).
William Nicholas Blombeeg: '''William Nicholas Blombeeg''' ([[1702]] ?-[[1750]]), divine; M.A. Merton College, Oxford, 1726; fellow; held livings in Middlesex and Kent; published life of his grandfather, Edmund Dickinson, M.D.
Richard Bloke: '''Richard Bloke''' (f. [[1705]]), publisher and compiler; issued many splendid works by the aid of subscriptions adroitly levied. His publications include editions of Guillim'sDisplay of Heraldrie 1660 and 1679:Geographical Description of... the World 1670; and Britannia 1673.
Blome: '''Blome''' riELD, FRANCIS ([[1705]]-[[1752]]), topographer; B.A. Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, 1727; rector of Hargham, 1729-30; held living of Fersfield, 1730; set up private press, 1736, and began to issue in numbers his 4 History of Norfolk 1739; died leaving the third volume unfinished. The published volumes, chiefly based on Le Neve's collections, contained accounts of Thetford and Norwich. His work was continued by the Rev. Charles Parkin, and ultimately finished by a hack writer, the whole being republished, 1805-10.
Leonard Blomefleld: '''Leonard Blomefleld''' , formerly LEONARD
Jentns: '''Jentns''' ([[1800]]-[[1893]]), naturalist; educated at Eton and St. John's College, Cambridge; B.A., 1822; curate, 1823, and vicar, 1828-49, of Swaffham Bulbeck, Cambridgeshire; published Manual of British Vertebrate Animals 1836; removed successively to South Stoke, near Bath, 1860, Swainswick, 1852, and Bath, 1860; founder, 1885, and first president of Bath Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club; presented to the town of Bath the Jenyns Library; member of Linnean Society and of I Cambridge Philosophical Society, 1822; original member 1 of Zoological (1826), Entomological (1834), and Ray (1844) societies; adopted name of Blomefield, 1871; published* writings relating to natural history and an autobiography (privately printed, 1889).
Miles Blomefield: '''Miles Blomefield''' ([[1625]]-[[1574]] ?), alchemist: licensed physician by Cambridge University; practised at Bury St. Edmunds; published works on alchemy.
Sir Thomas Blomefield: '''Sir Thomas Blomefield''' ([[1744]]-[[1822]]), majorI general; joined navy, but entered as cadet military academy, Woolwich, 1758: lieutenant fire-worker, c, 1759; commanded bomb- ketch at bombardment of Havre; joined Hawke's fleet at Quiberon; personal aide-de-camp successively to General Conway and Lord Townshend, master
Blomfield: '''Blomfield''' 115
Blount: '''Blount''' general of ordnance, 1771: brigade-major to Brigadier Phillips in Aim-riran war; wounded at Saratoga; captain insprctor of artillery, and superintendent of Royal Kniss Foundry, 17W): entrusted with reorganisation of onlnance department, 1783; lieutenant-colonel, 1793; colonel, 1800; major-general, 1803; colonel-commandant of battalion, 1HU6; commanded artillery in Copenhagen expedition, 1807; created baronet,
Sir Arthur William Blomfield: '''Sir Arthur William Blomfield''' ([[1829]]-[[1899]]), architect; son of Charles James Blomfleld; edu(itf.1;it Kiitfby and Trinity College, Cambridge; M.A., ticlol to I'hilip Charles Hardwick (1822-1892), son of 1'hilip I lard wick; opened office in Adelphi Trrm.v 1S56: president of Architectural Association, l-l, F.H.I.B.A., 1867, and vice-president, 1886; architect to Bank of England, 1883; associated with Arthur Edmund Street, sou of George Edmund Street, in i-nvtion of Law Courts in London, 1881; A.R.A., 1888; i, 1889. His works include Sion College Library on Thames Embankment, Queen's School at Eton College, the scheme for Church House, Dean's Yard, Westminster, and many churches in England and abroad. He made important restorations in the cathedrals of Salisbury, Canterbury, Lincoln, and Ohichester.
Charles James Blomfield: '''Charles James Blomfield''' ([[1786]]-[[1867]]), bishop of London; B.A. Trinity College, Cambridge, 1808; fellow; presented to St. Botolph, Bishopsgate; bishop of Chester, 1H24; translated to see of London, 1828; instituted, 1836, for building and endowing churches in metropolis a fund which, 1854, was merged in London Diocesan Church Building Society; in the Tractarian movement (c. 1842) upheld definitely the views of neither party while agreeing on some points with both; edited five plays of scbylus, with notes and glossaries, three Greek lyric poets for Gaisford'sPoetae Minores Graeci (1823), and contributed on classical subjects to magazines.
Edward Valentine Blomfield: '''Edward Valentine Blomfield''' ([[1788]]-[[1816]]), classical scholar; brother of Charles James Blomfield ; B.A. Caius College, Cambridge, 1811: first chancellor's classical medallist; classical lecturer and fellow, Emmanuel College, till death. His chief work, a translation of Matthias'sGreek Grammar appeared posthumously, edited by his brother.
Ezekiel Blomfield: '''Ezekiel Blomfield''' ([[1778]]-[[1818]]), nonconformist divine; minister at Wymondham; founded Norfolk and Norwich Auxiliary British and Foreign Bible Society; partner of Brightley, printer, of Bungay; published various compilations.
Jacques Cristophe Blon: '''Jacques Cristophe Blon''' , LE ([[1670]]-[[1741]]).
James Augustus Blondel: '''James Augustus Blondel''' (d. [[1734]]), physician : born in Paris; M.D. Leyden, 1692; practised in London; L.O.P., 1711; published medical writings.
Holcroft Blood: '''Holcroft Blood''' ([[1660]]7-[[1707]]), general; son of Thomas Blood: served at sea in Dutch war, 1672, and in Irish campaigns after 1688; rendered signal service as engineer, Namur, 1696, and Hochstadt, c. 1703; subsequently promoted brigadier-generaL
Thomas Blood: '''Thomas Blood''' ([[1618]] ?-[[1680]]), adventurer: obtained estates in Ireland which were forfeited at Restoration; headed unsuccessful attempt to take Dublin Castle from royalists, 1663; escaped arrest, and subsequently fled to Holland; returned to England, associated with Fifth-monarchy men, and later with covenanters till 1666; attempted, perhaps at Buckingham's instigation, to assassinate Duke of Ormonde, who, however, escaped, 1670; formed an elaborate plan, 1671, to steal the crown jewels, and actually with an accomplice made off with the crown and globe, but was arrested; obtained admission to Charles IPs presence, gained his favour, and received back his Irish estates; committed by court of king's bench for slander of Buckingham, 1680, but received bail.
Benjamin Bloomtebld: '''Benjamin Bloomtebld''' , first BARON BLOOM-
Field: '''Field''' ([[1768]]-[[1846]]), lieutenant-general ; second lieutenant, royal artillery, 1781; chief equerry to Prince of Wales, c. 1806; major-general, 1814; knighted, 1816; keeper of privy purse and receiver of duchy of Lancaster, 1817; minister plenipotentiary at Stockholm, 1824: raised to Iwsh peerage, 1825; commanded garrison at Woolwich.
John Arthur Douglas Bloomfield: '''John Arthur Douglas Bloomfield''' , second
Bi Bakon: '''Bi Bakon''' .OOMFIELD ([[1802]]-[[1879]]), diplomatist: son of Benjamin Bloomfleld; joined diplomatic service, 1818; envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary at St. Petersburg, 1844, and Berlin, 1851; envoy extraordinary and plenipotentiary to emperor of Austria, 1860-71; created peer of United Kingdom, 1871.
Robert Bloomfield: '''Robert Bloomfield''' ([[1766]]-[[1823]]), poet ; worked as shoemaker under his brother George, in London; endured extreme poverty; wrote his Farmer's Boy c. 1798 (published 1800); under-sealer in seal office, 1802; manufactured JEolian harps; embarked unsuccessfully in book-trade; visited Wales and wrote Banks of the Wye 1811. A collected edition of his works appeared in 1821.
Joseph Bloor: '''Joseph Bloor''' (d. [[1846]]), assistant at Robert Bloor's Old Derby China Works.
Robert Bloor: '''Robert Bloor''' (rf. [[1846]]), ceramist, brother of Joseph Bloor; worked in and, r. 1811, bought Old Derby China Works.

[edit] Section 132

Edward Blore: '''Edward Blore''' ([[1787]]-[[1879]]), architect and artist; sou of Thomas Blore; employed on illustrations for his father's History of Rutland Britton's English Cathedrals and Surtees's Antiquities of Durham; built Sir Walter Scott's house at Abbotsford, c. 1816; managed production of Scott'sProvincial Antiquities of Scotland; architect to William IV and Quern Victoria, and to Westminster Abbey; F.R.S.; F.S.A.; hon. D.C.L. Oxford, 1834; published Monumental Remains of Eminent Persons 1824.
Robert Blore: '''Robert Blore''' (d. [[1866]] ?), manufacturer of porcelain biscuit figures in Bridge Gate, Derby; apprenticed at Old Derby China Works.
Thomas Blore: '''Thomas Blore''' ([[1764]]-[[1818]]), topographer; solicitor at Derby, and, later, at Hopton; entered Middle Temple, 1795; published topographical writings and left manuscript collections for history of Hertfordshire,
Charles Blotjnt: '''Charles Blotjnt''' , fifth BARON MOITNTJOY (d. 1545), son of William Blount, fourth baron; page to Queen Catherine: served with Henry VIII in France, 1544; patron of learning.
Charles Blottnt: '''Charles Blottnt''' , EARL OF DEVONSHIRE and eighth BARON MOUNTJOY (1563-1606), grandson of Charles Blount, fifth baron; M.A. Oxford, 1589: entered Inner Temple; came to court, c. 1583: M.P. for Beeralston, 1584, 1586, and 1593; knighted, 1586; served in Netherlands, in pursuit of Armada, and in Brittany, 1586-93; captain of town and island of Portsmouth, 1594; lieutenant of land forces in Essex's expedition to Azores, 1597; K.G., 1597; implicated in Essex's conspiracy, but escaped punishment; lord deputy of Ireland, 1601; put down Tyrone's rebellion; reinstated deputy by James I: styled lord-lieutenant, 1603; suppressed disaffection resulting from military occupation; returned to England, and was created Earl of Devonshire, 1603; master of ordnance, 1603; keeper of Portsmouth Castle, 1604; commissioner to discharge office of earl marshal, 1605; married, 1605, Lord Rich's divorced wife, Essex's sister, Penelope, with whom he had contracted a liaison in early life.
Charles Blount: '''Charles Blount''' ([[1654]]-[[1693]]), deist : son of Sir Henry Blount; author of freethinking books which have caused him to be considered as a link between Herbert of Cherbury and Toland. These include Anima Mundi an attack on priestcraft entitledGreat is Diana of the Ephesians 1680: and a translation with notes of The Two First Books of Apollonius Tyaneus 1680. He published also political papers of whig tendency, and aVindication of Liberties of the Press
Sir Christopher Blotint: '''Sir Christopher Blotint''' ([[1565]] ?-[[1601]]), soldier : probably younger brother of Charles, earl of Devonshire ; gentleman of horse to Elizabeth; served in Netherlands; knighted, 1588; married, c. 1689, widow of first Earl of Essex (d. 1576); colonel of land force, and, later, camp master in Essex's expedition to Cadiz, 1696; joined attempt on Azores, 1R97; M.P. for Staffordshire, 1597; marshal of Essex's nrmy in Ireland, 1599; assisted in Essex's conspiracy against government, and was executed on Tower Hill. 12
Blount: '''Blount''' 116
Blund: '''Blund'''
Blount: '''Blount''' or BLUNT. EDWARD (ft. [[1588]]-[[1632]]), stationer; freeman of StationersCompany, 1588; published Florio's Italian and English Dictionary 1596, and translation ofMontaigne's i;." M;irlov's 'Hero and Leander 1598, Sbelton'sDon Quixote 1620, the first folio of Shakespeare's * Works with Isaac Jaggard and others, 1623, and Lyly's Sixe Court Comedies .. besides Are Aulica 1607, and other translations by himself.
Sir Henry Blount: '''Sir Henry Blount''' ([[1602]]-[[1682]]), traveller; B.A. Trinity College, Oxford, 1618; entered Gray's Inn; travelled on continent and in Egypt; published Voyage to the Levant 1636; knighted, 1640; sided with royalists in civil war.
Sir James Blotjkt: '''Sir James Blotjkt''' (d. [[1493]]), lieutenant of Hammes, 1476; son of Walter Blouut, first baron Montjoy (d. 1474) ; knighted, 1485.
Sir John Blount: '''Sir John Blount''' (ft. [[1413]]), governor of Calais : sou of Sir Walter Blount; K.G., 1413; at siege of Rouen, 1418.
Sir John Blount: '''Sir John Blount''' , third BARON MOUNTJOY (d. 1485), second son of Walter Blount, first baron; captain of Guisnes and Hammes, 1477.
Martha Blount: '''Martha Blount''' ([[1690]]-[[1762]]), friend of Pope; educated at Hammersmith and in Paris; made acquaintance of Pope as early as 1705: Pope dedicated to her his 'Epistle on Women 1735, and at his death bequeathed her considerable property.
Mount Joy Blount: '''Mount Joy Blount''' , BARON MOUNT JOY and EARL OP NEWPORT (1597 7-1666), natural son of Charles Blount, earl of Devonshire, by Penelope, lady Rich; created Baron Mountjoy, in Irish peerage, 1618, and in English peerage. 1627; served in Low Countries, 1622; created Earl of Newport, Isle of Wight, 1628; rear-admiral of fleet in Rochelle expedition, 1628; accompanied Charles I to Scotland, 1639; joined opposition in the Lords to Charles I in Long parliament; constable of Tower, 1641; fought with king's forces in Yorkshire, 1642; lieutenantgeneral under Duke of Newcastle; quarrelled with Newcastle and was imprisoned in Pomfret Castle, and subsequently committed to custody of gentleman usher of House of Lords, 1643; released, 1644; fought for king at Newbury, 1644; taken prisoner at Dartmouth, 1646; released on bail; committed to Tower on suspicion of treason, 1655; pensioned as gentleman of bedchamber, 1662.
Riohard Blount: '''Riohard Blount''' ([[1565]]-[[1638]]X Jesuit; educated at Oxford, English College, Douay (temporarily removed to Rhfcims), and Rome; ordained priest, 1589; went to Spain and came thence to England, 1591, in disguise; entered Society of Jesus in England, 1696; professed of four vows, 1608; superior of English missions, 1617; provincial, 1623; lived in hiding in London.
Sir Thomas Blount: '''Sir Thomas Blount''' (d. [[1400]]), supporter of Richard II; deputy king'snaperer 1377; joined barons insurrection against Henry IV, 1399; captured and executed near Oxford.
Sir Thomas Blount: '''Sir Thomas Blount''' (ft. [[1422]]), treasurer of Calais in Henry VI's reign; son of Sir Walter Blount; founded chantry at Newark, 1422.
Blount: '''Blount''' or BLUNT, THOMAS (ft. [[1668]]), parliamentarian colonel; on committee of Kent, 1643; imprisoned, 1660; member of Royal Society, 1666; noted for several ingenious inventions.
Thomas Blount: '''Thomas Blount''' ([[1613]]-[[1679]]), miscellaneous writer; entered Inner Temple; compelled, being Roman catholic, to flee from bis home during agitation due to popish plot, 1678; published historical, legal, and other works, including Academic of Eloquence 1654,Glossographia 1686,A Law Dictionary 1670,Fragmenta An tiquitatis, Ancient Tenures of Land 1679, andBoscobel 1660, a history of Charles II's escape after battle of Worcester. He left in manuscript a History of Hereford now lost.
Sir Thomas Pope Blount: '''Sir Thomas Pope Blount''' ([[1649]]-[[1697]]), politician; son of Sir Henry Blount; created baronet, 1679; M.P. for St. Albans; knight of shire for Hertford: commissioner of accounts in House of Commons; publishedCensura celebriorum Authorum 1690,A Natural History 1693, Remarks on Poetry 1694, andEssays on several Subjects 1G'J2.
Sir Walter Blount: '''Sir Walter Blount''' (d. [[1403]]), soldier; accompanied Black Prince to Spain, 1367; probably went with John of Gaunt to Castile, 1386; one of Gaunt's executors, 1399; M.P. for Derbyshire, 1399; killed at buttle of Shrewsbury. He figures as Blunt in Shakespeare's 1 Henry IV
Walter Blount: '''Walter Blount''' , first BAKON MOXTJOY or
Mountjoy: '''Mountjoy''' (d. [[1474]]), lord high treasurer of England ; grandson of Sir Walter Blount; fought for Yorkists at Towton, 1461; knighted; governor of Calais; high treasurer of England, and raised to peerage, 1465; K.G.

[edit] Section 133

William Blount: '''William Blount''' (d. [[1471]]), son of Walter Blount (d. 1474); killed fighting for Edward IV at Barnet.
William Blount: '''William Blount''' , fourth BARON MOUNTJOY t (d. 1534), statesman and patron of learning: grandson of Walter Blount (d. 1474); privy councillor; studinl in Paris, c. 1496, under Erasmus, whom he brought to 1 England, 1498; became intimate with Prince Henry, afterwards Henry VIII; served against Perkin Warbeck, 1497: lieutenant of marches of Calais, 1509; bailiff of Tournai, 1514-17; attended Henry VIII at Field of Cloth of Gold, 1520, and at meeting with Charles V at Dover, 1522; master of mint; K.G. Among the scholars whom he befriended were Erasmus, Leland, Richard Whytfonie, i Battus, and Richard Sampson.
James Blow: '''James Blow''' (d. [[1759]]), printer ; apprenticed to J Patrick Neill, at Glasgow, and was subsequently his 3 assistant in Belfast; printed works for the presbyterians, 'Church Catechism in Irish and English 1722, and some editions of the bible, after c. 1726.
John Blow: '''John Blow''' ([[1648]]-[[1708]]), composer ; one of children of Chapel Royal, 1660; organist of Westminster Abbey, j 1669-80; master of the children of Chapel Royal, 1674; organist of Chapel Royal, 1676; composer in ordinary to James II, 1685; almoner and master of choristers at St. Paul's Cathedral, 1687-93; composer to Chapel Royal, 1699; buried in Westminster Abbey. His compositions j include anthems for Divine Services and Anthems 1663, the Club Anthem I will always give thanks 1663, duet to Herrick's Goe, per jur'd man Venus and Adonis (a masque never printed), and a collection of part-songs.
Samuel Blowee: '''Samuel Blowee''' (d. [[1701]]), nonconformist divine ; . ejected from fellowship at Magdalen and, 1662, from Woodstock, Oxfordshire; subsequently founded Castle Hill meeting-house, Northampton.
Andrew Bloxam: '''Andrew Bloxam''' ([[1801]]-[[1878]])), divine ; educated at Rugby and Worcester College, Oxford, fellow; made collection of natural-history specimens on voyage to Sandwich Islands, 1824; wrote works relating to natural history.
John Rouse Bloxam: '''John Rouse Bloxam''' ([[1807]]-[[1891]]), historian of Magdalen College; educated at Rugby and Worcester and Magdalen Colleges, Oxford: M.A., 1836; D.D., 1847; fellow of Magdalen College, 1836-63; pro-proctor of university, 1841; held various offices at his college till 1862: he was in full sympathy with the Tractarians; vicar of Upper Seeding, Sussex, 1862-91: published and left in manuscript valuable collections relating to the history of Magdalen College.
Matthew Holbeche Bloxam: '''Matthew Holbeche Bloxam''' ([[1806]]-[[1888]]), antiquary; brother of John Rouse Bloxam; educated at Rugby, where he was articled as solicitor; clerk to magistrates for Rugby division, 1832-72; F.S.A., 1863; published, 1829,Principles of Gothic Architecture (issued in an enlarged form, 1882), and other architectural and antiquarian works.
John Bloxham: '''John Bloxham''' (d. [[1334]] V), Carmelite of Chester ; educated at Oxford; provincial of his order in England; wrote religious works.
John Bloxham: '''John Bloxham''' (d. [[1387]]), warden of Merton College, Oxford; bachelor of theology, Oxford; seventh warden of Merton, 1376.
Blund: '''Blund''' or BLUNT, JOHN LE (d. [[1248]]), divine : educated at Oxford and Paris; canon of Chichester; chancellor of York; nominated archbishop of Canterbury by Peter des Roches and elected, 1232, but the pope refused assent and the election was annulled.
Blundell: '''Blundell''' 117
Boase: '''Boase'''
Hfakv Blunbell: '''Hfakv Blunbell''' (17-1 [[1810]]), art collector made at Ince-Blundell Hull, Lam-ashire, valuable collec tiii of pictures, statuary, ami other works of art; published works relating to his collection.
James Blundell: '''James Blundell''' ([[1790]]-[[1877]]), physician; M.D. Edinburgh, 1813: lectured on midwifery at Guy's Hospital; L.t.l, 1S1H; F.C.P., 1838; published medical works.
Peter Blundell: '''Peter Blundell''' ([[1520]]-[[1601]]), merchant; of humble origin: accumulated great wealth as merchant ainl inanufai'tiirer in kersey trade; endowed Blundell's ;ol 1004), Tiverton.and left considerable sums for charitable purposes.
William Blundell: '''William Blundell''' ([[1620]]-[[1698]]), topographer; -:ipt;iin of dragoons in royalist army, 1642; wounded at LanrusttT. He left a topographical manuscript relating to Isle of Man (published 1876-7), and other writings.
Randulph De Blundevtll: '''Randulph De Blundevtll''' , EARL OF CHESTER . li'3'J), warrior and statesman; succeeded as earl of Cli-ter, 1180: married Constance, widow of Geoffrey, son (-1 Henry 11,1187; joined, in Richard's interest, in siege of Nottingham, 1194: accompanied Richard to Normandy; quarrelled with Constance and imprisoned her in castle of St. Jean Beverou, 1196; married Clemence, sister of Geoffrey, c. 1200; accompanied John abroad, 1199; led armies engaged in Welsh wars, 1210 seq.; accompanied John to Poitou, 1214; took John's and, later, Henry Ill's ivrainst barons, 1215; with Fulk de Breaute stormed and plundered Worcester, 1216; laid siege unsuccessfully to .Moimtsorrel, Leicestershire, and shared in royalist victory at Lincoln, 1217; received earldom of Lincoln; went to Holy Land, 1218; joined in siege of Damietta, 1219; deserted royal party and plotted ineffectually with Aumale and De Breaute to surprise the Tower and obtain dismissal of Hubert de Burgh, but ultimately submitted; took part with Henry in siege of Nantes, 1230, and was left in Brittany with Aumale and William Marshall in charge of the army; returned to England, 1231.
Blundeville: '''Blundeville''' or BLUNVILLE, THOMAS DE (d. 1236), bishop of Norwich; nephew of Hubert de Burgh; clerk in exchequer; bishop of Norwich, 1226.
Thomas Blundeville: '''Thomas Blundeville''' (fl. [[1561]]), writer on horsemanship; inherited and lived on estate at Newton Flotmaii; published The fower chiefyst offices belonging to Horsemanshippe, 1 1565-6, and works on horses, government, education of young gentlemen, logic, and astronomy,
Bltjnt: '''Bltjnt'''
Arthur Cecil Blunt: '''Arthur Cecil Blunt''' ([[1844]]-[[1896]]). See CECIL,
Arthur: '''Arthur'''
Henry Blunt: '''Henry Blunt''' ([[1794]]-[[1843]]), divine; educated at Merchant TaylorsSchool and Pembroke College, Cambridge: B.A., 1817; fellow; vicar of Clare, Suffolk, 1820: incumbent, 1830. and rector, 1832, Trinity Church, Sloane stm;t: rector of Streatham, 1835-43; published religious works, including lectures on the life of Christ,
John Le Blunt: '''John Le Blunt''' (d. [[1248]]).

[edit] Section 134

John Henry Blunt: '''John Henry Blunt''' ([[1823]]-[[1884]]), divine ; engaged in business as manufacturing chemist; entered University College, Durham, 1850; M.A., 1855; vicar of Kenuington, near Oxford, 1868; held crown living of Beverston, Gloucestershire, 1873-84; D.D., 1882; published works of theology and ecclesiastical history.
John James Blunt: '''John James Blunt''' ([[1794]]-[[1855]]), divine ; B.A. and fellow, St. John's College, Cambridge, 1816; M.A., 1819; B.D., 1826; appointed a Wort's travelling bachelor, 1818; travelled in Italy and Sicily, and published results of observations; preached (and afterwards published) Hulsean Lectures, 1831 and 1832; rector of Great Oakley, Essex, 1834-9; Lady Margaret professor of divinity, 1839; author of sermons, lectures, and other theological works, some of which were published posthumously.
Richard Blyke: '''Richard Blyke''' (d. [[1775]]), antiquary; P.R.S.; F.S.A.; deputy-auditor of office of imprest: clerk of journals, 1764: left manuscript collections for topographical history of Herefordshire.
John Blysse: '''John Blysse''' (d. [[1630]]), physician; B.A. Oxford, 1507; M.C.P., 1525; leftastronomical tablesat Merton College, Oxford, now lost.
Sir Arthur Blyth: '''Sir Arthur Blyth''' ([[1823]]-[[1891]]), premier of South Australia: born and educated at Iirminham: v.x-iit to South Australia, 1H39; engagedin business as ironmonger in Adelaide; member of Adelaide chamber of commerce: member for Yatala district in legislative council, 1855: member for Gumeracha in first elected council, 1857, and 1870; commissioner of works, 1857 and 1868-60; treasurer, 1860-1, 1862, and 1866; commissioner of lands and immigration, 1864-5 and 1870-1; chief secretary and premier, 1866-7; premier and treasurer, 1871-2; premier, 1873-5; member for North Adelaide, 1875; treasurer, 1876: agent-general for the colony in England, 1x77; K.C.M.G., 1877; C.B., 1886.
Edward Blyth: '''Edward Blyth''' ([[1810]]-[[1873]]), zoologist: druggist at Tooting; curator of museum of Asiatic Society of Bengal, Calcutta, 1841; returned to England with pension, 1862; published catalogues of the museum and other zoological works.
Geoffrey Blythe: '''Geoffrey Blythe''' (d. [[1530]]), bishop of Lichfleld and Coventry; educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge; prebendary of York, and archdeacon of Cleveland, 1493; treasurer of church of Sarum, 1494; prebendary of St. Paul's, c. 1496: dean of York, 1496; master of King's Hall, 1499-1528; prebendary and archdeacon of Sarum, 1499; bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, 1503; LL.D.; lord-president of Wales, 1512-1524.
Geoffrey Blythe: '''Geoffrey Blythe''' (d. [[1542]]), divine ; M.A. King's College, Cambridge, 1523; LL.D., 1529; master of King's Hall, Cambridge, 1528.
John Blythe: '''John Blythe''' (d. [[1499]]), bishop of Salisbury: warden of King's Hall, Cambridge, 1488; master of rolls, 1492; bishop of Salisbury, 1494; chancellor of Cambridge University, 1493-6.
John Dean Blythe: '''John Dean Blythe''' ([[1842]]-[[1869]]), miscellaneous writer; successively factory band, newspaper reporter at Ashtou-under-Lyne, and assistant in a Manchester firm; left miscellaneous writings, selections from which were published posthumously.
James Boaden: '''James Boaden''' ([[1762]]-[[1839]]), journalist; editor of 'Oraclenewspaper, 1789: studied at Middle Temple; wrote several successful plays and published an exposure (1796) of the Ireland Shakespearean forgeries, a work (1837) on Shakespeare'sSonnets identifying Mr. W. H. with William Herbert (afterwards Earl of Pembroke), and biographies of actors and actresses.
John Boaden: '''John Boaden''' (d. [[1839]]), portrait painter ; son of James Boaden; exhibited at Royal Academy, 18101833.
Boadicea: '''Boadicea''' (d. 62), wife of Prasutagus, king (d. e. 60), of Iceni of Norfolk and Suffolk, who revolted ineffectually against Ostorius, c. 60: headed revolt of Iceni and Trinobautes, destroyed Camulodunum and Londiniurn, and, being at length defeated by Suetonius Paullinus, took poison.
Boa: '''Boa''' 6, JOHN ([[1775]]-[[1863]]), compiler of the ' Imperial Lexicon; educated at Glasgow; joined congregationalista and acted for many years as evangelist; pastor and schoolmaster at Blackburn, Linlithgowshire; published Imperial Lexicon (c. 1847-8), which held its own until publication of Ogilvie's Dictionary
Bordman Boardman: '''Bordman Boardman''' , BOURDMAN, or BOUR
Andrew Man: '''Andrew Man''' ([[1550]] ?-[[1639]]), divine; M.A. St. John's College, Cambridge, 1575: D.D., 1594: Lady Margaret fellow, 1573; Greek lecturer, 1580; junior bursar, 1582; held livings at Allchurch, Warwickshire, 1586-1639.
Charles William Boase: '''Charles William Boase''' ([[1828]]-[[1895]]), historian ; B.A. Exeter College, Oxford, 1860; fellow, 1860; M.A., 1853; ordained deacon, 1855; tutor, 1855-84; lecturer in Hebrew, 1859-69, and in modern history, 1855-94; university reader in modern history, 1884-94; honorary secretary of Oxford Historical Society, 1884; published listorical works relating to Oxford and other writings, ncluding a translation (with Dr. GK W. Kitchin) of Ranke's History of England.
Boa: '''Boa''' bE 118
Boehm: '''Boehm'''
Qborge Clement Boase: '''Qborge Clement Boase''' ([[1829]]-[[1897]]), bibliographer.. rot her of Charles William Boaae: engaged in banking and insurance offices successively in .nice and London; in Australia, lx. r 4-64; manager of provision business of Whitehead & Co. 1866-74: retired and occupied himself with literary pursuits; published bibliographical and antiquarian writings.
Henry Boase: '''Henry Boase''' ([[1763]]-[[1827]]), banker and author; chief clerk in Messrs. Hansom. Morland, and HammersIxjndon banking house, 1792, and managing partner, r. 1799: became partner in Penzance Union Bank; fellow of Royal Society of Literature, 1821; published works on finance,
Henry Samuel Boase: '''Henry Samuel Boase''' ([[1799]]-[[1883]]), geologist, son of Henry Boase; studied chemistry at Dublin; M.D. Edinburgh, 1821; physician at Penzance: removed to London; F.R.S., 1837; managing partner to Turnbull Brothers, bleachers, of Claverhouse Bleachfleld; published scientific works.
John Boast: '''John Boast''' ([[1643]] ?-[[1694]]).
De Boot Boate: '''De Boot Boate''' , BOOTIUS, or BOTITT8, ARNOLD (1600?-1653?X hebraist; M.D. Leyden; studied Hebrew rabbinical writings; practised medicine at Dublin; physician-general of English forces in Ireland; removed to Paris; published * Animadversiones sacra; ad textum Hebraicum Veteris Testament! 1644, also medical and other works.
De Boot Boate: '''De Boot Boate''' , BOOTITTS, or BOTHTS, GERARD (1604-1660), physician; brother of Arnold Boate; born at Gorcum, Holland; M.D. Leyden, 1628; settled in London; physician to the king; produced, in conjunction with his brother, a treatise depreciatory of the Aristotelian philosophy, 1641; L.C.P., 1646; doctor to hospital at Dublin, 1649; wroteIreland's Naturall History which was published posthumously in 1662 by Samuel Hartlib, Milton's friend.

[edit] Section 135

Bobart: '''Bobart''' or BOBERT, JACOB, the elder ([[1699]]-[[1680]]), botanist; born at Brunswick; superintendent, 1632, of Oxford Physic Garden, of which he published a catalogue. , botanist;
Jacob Bobart: '''Jacob Bobart''' , the younger ([[1641]]-[[1719]]), sou of Jacob Bobart (1699-1680); succeeded his father as superintendent of Oxford Physic Garden; botanical professor, Oxford, 1683-c. 1719; brought out the third part of M orison's Historia Plantarum 1699, and left manuscripts relating to botanical subjects,
Tim Bobbin: '''Tim Bobbin''' ([[1708]]-[[1786]]).
Adam Bocfeld: '''Adam Bocfeld''' (fi. [[1360]]), Franciscan; wrote commentaries on Aristotle.
Boucher Bocher: '''Boucher Bocher''' , or BUTCHER, JOAN . 1660), anabaptist martyr; sometimes called JOAN OF r; friend of Anne Askew; asserted, 1648, that Christ did not take flesh of the virgin; examined by Oranmer, imprisoned, and subsequently burned at Smithfield..
Eberhardt Otto George von Bock: '''Eberhardt Otto George von Bock''' (d. [[1814]]), baron; entered Hanoverian cavalry, e. 1781; captain, 1800; came to England; raised, and was made colonel of 1st dragoons, king's German legion, 1804; major-general, 1810; served in Peninsula; wrecked in transport on Tulbeat rocks.
Edward Booking: '''Edward Booking''' (d. [[1634]]), Benedictine ; leading supporter of Elizabeth Barton; D.D. Canterbury College, Oxford, 1618; warden; entered Benedictine priory of Christ Church, Canterbury, c. 1626; sent to report on Elizabeth Barton's alleged revelations, and induced her to feign her manifestations; hanged as one of her supporters.
Ralph Booking: '''Ralph Booking''' (.. [[1270]]), Dominican; private confessor to Richard Wych, bishop of Chichester, whose life he wrote.
Bookman: '''Bookman''' R. (fl. [[1760]]), portrait painter and mezzotint engraver in Amsterdam and later in England; produced engravings after Yandyck and others.
Geoffrey De Bocland: '''Geoffrey De Bocland''' (fl. [[1196]]-[[1224]]), justice; justiciar, 1196-7, 1201-4, and 1218; justice itinerant in Herefordshire, 1220; dean of St. Martin's-le-Grand; concerned in baron revolt, 1216; died before 1231.
Hugh Bocland: '''Hugh Bocland''' nE, or HUGH OF BUCKLAND (d, 1119?), sheriff of Berkshire before 1100, and subsequently sheriff of Middlesex and other counties,
Henry John Boddington: '''Henry John Boddington''' ([[1811]]-[[1865]]), artist; son of Edward Williams; took his wife's name, Boddington, to prevent confusion with relations who were artists; from 1837 exhibited scenes of country life at Royal Academy and Society of British Artists.
John Ernest Bode: '''John Ernest Bode''' ([[1816]]-[[1874]]), divine ; educated at Eton, Charterhouse, and Christ Church, Oxford; M.A., 1840; censor, 1844; examiner in classics, 1846-8; Bampton lecturer,! 855; rector of Westwell, 1847, and of Castle Camps, 1860; published poetical and other works.
Joseph Boden: '''Joseph Boden''' (d. [[1811]]), lieutenant-colonel ; lieutenant in Bombay native infantry, 1781; major, 1802; lieutenant-colonel, 1806; judge-advocate; member of military board, Bombay; left money to found Boden professorship of Sanscrit, Oxford.
John Bodenham: '''John Bodenham''' (. [[1600]]), reputed editor of Elizabethan miscellanies: planned publication of the Elizabethan miscellanies;Wits Commonwealth 1597, Wits Theater 1598, Belvedere, or the Garden of the Muses 1600, andEnglands Helicon 1600.
Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon: '''Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon''' ([[1827]]1891), benefactress of Girton College; daughter of Benjamin Smith; studied water-colour drawing under William Henry Hunt; married Dr.Eugene Bodichon, 1857; proposed plan of and endowed Girton College.
Sir William Henry Bodkin: '''Sir William Henry Bodkin''' ([[1791]]-[[1874]]), legal writer; hon. secretary of Society for Suppression of Mendicity, 1821; called to bar at Gray's Innt 1826; joined home circuit; recorder of Dover, 1832; M.P. for Rochester, 1841-7; assistant judge of Middlesex sessions, 1859; knighted, 1867; counsel to treasury; wrote work relating to poor laws.
Sir Josias Bodley: '''Sir Josias Bodley''' ([[1650]] ?-[[1618]]), military engineer; educated at Merton College, Oxford; served in Netherlands; captain in Leinster against Tyrone, 1598; governor of Newry; trenchmaster at sieges of Kinsale, 1601, Waterford, 1603, and other garrisons; superintendent of Irish castles, 1607; assisted in survey of Ulster plantations, 1609; appointed for life director-general of fortifications in Ireland, 1612; left manuscripts relating to his life and duties in Ireland.
Laurence Bodley: '''Laurence Bodley''' (d. [[1615]]), canon of Exeter: elder brother of Sir Josias Bodley; M.A. Christ Church, Oxford, 1668; D.D.; canon of Exeter before 1588.
Sir Thomas Bodley: '''Sir Thomas Bodley''' ([[1545]]-[[1613]]), diplomatist and scholar; eldest brother of Josias and Laurence Bodley ; educated at Geneva, whither his parents had fled from protestant persecution, and at Magdalen College, Oxford; M.A., 1566; lecturer in natural philosophy; university proctor, and deputy public orator, 1569; usher to the queen; engaged in missions to Denmark, 1585, and to Henry III of France, 1688; queen's permanent resident in United Provinces, 1589-96; began, 1598, formation of Bodleian Library, Oxford, which was opened 1603 and endowed by Bodley in 1611; knighted, 1604. A portrait of him is in the Bodleian Library.
Boece: '''Boece''' or BOETHIUS, HECTOR ([[1465]]? - [[1536]]), historian; educated at Dundee and Paris, in which university he was regent or professor, c. 1492-8, Erasmus being one of his contemporaries; assisted William Elphinstone, bishop of Aberdeen, in founding (1505) university of Aberdeen; first principal; published lives of bishops of Mortlach and Aberdeen, 1622, and history of Scotland to accession of James III, 1527 (both printed ui Paris): the history was translated into Scottish prose by John Bellenden, 1630-3 (printed 1536), and into English for Holinshed's chronicles by William Harrison, 1677; chaplain of St. Andrew's altar in church of St. Nicholas, Aberdeen: vicar of Tullynessle, 1528.
Anthony William Boehm: '''Anthony William Boehm''' ([[1673]]-[[1722]]), divine; born at Pyrmont, Germany; came to London, 1701; opened school, 1702; assistant chaplain to Prince George, and subsequently to George I; published and left in manuscript many works and translations in German and
Boehm: '''Boehm''' 119
Bold: '''Bold'''
Boehm: '''Boehm''' Sm JOSEPH EDGAR, first BARONET (1834-1890). sculptor: born at Vienna; studied sculpture in London, Italy, Paris, and Vienna; exhibited at Royal Academy from 1802, and soon obtained extensive practice as portrait sculptor; R.A., 1*80; lecturer on sculpture at Royal Academy; sculptor in ordinary to Queen Victoria; created baronet, 1889.

[edit] Section 136

Zaohary Bogan: '''Zaohary Bogan''' ([[1625]]-[[1659]]), author; M.A. Corpus Ohristi College, Oxford, 1650; fellow, 1647; tutor; published religious and learned works,
Bogdani: '''Bogdani''' or BOGDANE, JAMES (d. [[1720]]), painter of still-life and birds; born in Hungary; patronised in liiiL'liind by Queen Amu-.
George Bogle: '''George Bogle''' ([[1746]]-[[1781]]), diplomatist; educated at Edinburgh University; entered service of East India Company, 1769; assistant secretary to revenue ln;tnl, 1772; envoy to and subsequently personal friend of Lama of Tibet, 1774-5; superintended renewal of leases . i oiapauy's provinces, 1776; commissioner of lawsuits; collector of Ruiigpur, 1779; left manuscript journal.
David Bogue: '''David Bogue''' ([[1750]]-[[1825]]), divine; educated at Edinburgh: licensed as preacher; usher in academies at Edmonton, Hampstead, and Oamberwell; congregational minister at Gosport; tutor in institution for training for ministry, Gosport, 1780; a founder of the London Missionary Society, British and Foreign Bible Society, and Religious Tract Society; published religious works, including History of Dissenters 1809.
Richard Bogtje: '''Richard Bogtje''' ([[1783]]-[[1813]]), captain royal artillery; second lieutenant royal artillery, 1798; second captain, 1806; killed at Leipzig.
Mauritius Bohemtts: '''Mauritius Bohemtts''' (. [[1647]]-[[1662]]), nonconformist divine; born at Colberg; rector of Halluton, Leicestershire; ejected, 1662; published religious works.
John Bohlek: '''John Bohlek''' ([[1797]]-[[1872]]), botanist ; became collector of medicinal plants for doctors, and subsequently published botanical writings.
Henry George Bohn: '''Henry George Bohn''' ([[1796]]-[[1884]]), bookseller and publisher; entered his father's business of bookbinder and second-hand bookseller; began business independently, 1831; published guinea catalogue of old books, 1841; took up the remainder trade; published Standard Library 1846, Scientific and Antiquarian 1847,Classical 1848,Illustrated 1849, Shilling Series 1850,Ecclesiastical 1851,Philological 1852,British Classics 1853, the series numbering in all over 600 volumes; he made some translations for his Classical Library and produced works and compilations, including reprint of Lowndes's Bibliographer's Manual
James Stuart Surges Bohn: '''James Stuart Surges Bohn''' ([[1803]]-[[1880]]), bookseller; educated at Winchester and Gbttingen; opened bookselling business in London, 1834; republished Dugdale's Monasticon and compiled catalogues.
Edmund Bohttn: '''Edmund Bohttn''' ([[1645]]-[[1699]]), chief-justice of Carolina; fellow-commoner QueensCollege, Cambridge, 1663; on commission of peace; licenser of publications, 1692; imprisoned, 1693, for sanctioning publication of tract by Charles Blount defending doctrine of conquest by William III; chief- justice of Carolina, 1698; published tracts, compilations, and translations,
Henry De Bohttn: '''Henry De Bohttn''' , first EARL OF HEREFORD ([[1176]]1220), created earl, 1199; grandson of Humphrey III de Bohun; constable of England; joined barons against John, 1215; died on pilgrimage to Holy Land. BO HTTN, HUMPHREY III DE (d. 1187), baron; sewer to Stephen, 1140; taken prisoner at Winchester while fighting for Matilda, 1141; attended council at Clarendon, 1164; took Henry II's side in rebellion of Prince Henry, 1173.
Humphrey Bohttn: '''Humphrey Bohttn''' V DE, second EARL OF HERE-
Ford: '''Ford''' and first EARL OF ESSEX (d. [[1274]]), constable of England; joined Richard of Cornwall against the king, 1227: marshal of the household, 1236; sheriff of Kent, 1239-41; took part in Henry's French expedition, 1242; joined federation of barons, 1258; justice itinerant, 1260; served with king against de Montfort, 1263; taken prisoner at Lewes, 1264.
Humphrey Vii De Bohun: '''Humphrey Vii De Bohun''' , third EARL OF HKHKKmi and second EARL OF ESSEX (. 1298), constable of England; served witli Welsh army of occupation, 1286; joined Roger Bigod, earl of Norfolk, in opposing Edward I's reforms; refused to serve in Gascouy. and was deprived of office of constable, 1297.
Humphrey Viii De Bohun: '''Humphrey Viii De Bohun''' , fourth EARL OF
Hbkkvord: '''Hbkkvord''' and third MAIU. .,! Kssi:x ([[1276]]-[[1322]]), constable of England; sent to oppose Robert Bruce, 1308; among barons who besu*(l Gaveston at Scarborough, 1312; taken prisoner at Bannockburn, l:U4, and exchanged for Bruce's wife, then captive in Knhmd: quelled rising in Wales, 1315; served in expedition against Scotland, 1318-19; took lead in denouncing the Despensers; defeated by king and slain at Borough bridge, Yorkshire, 1322.
William De Bohtjn: '''William De Bohtjn''' , EARL OF NORTH AMI-TON (d. 1360), earl, 1337; son of Humphrey de Bohan VIII ; king's lieutenant and captain-general in Brittany, 1342 and 1345-6; fought at Cressy; warden of Scottish marches, 1350; in France, 1365, and Gascony, 1357-9.
Sir John Peter Boileatj: '''Sir John Peter Boileatj''' ([[1794]]-[[1869]]), archiwlogist; second lieutenant of Rifle Corps, 1813; created baronet, 1838; F.R.S., 1843; F.S.A., 1852; vice-president Society of Antiquaries, 1858-62, and 1863-7, and of other scientific societies; sheriff in Norfolk, 1844; published archaeological papers.
John Bois: '''John Bois''' ([[1561]]-[[1644]]), translator of the bible; educated at St. John's and Magdalene Colleges, Cambridge; fellow of St. John's, 1580; Greek lecturer at Cambridge, 1584-95; appointed one of Cambridge translators for King James's bible, 1604, and member of board of revision; translated portions of Apocrypha and of the section from Chronicles to Canticles; assisted in Sir Henry Savile's edition ofSt. Chrysostom (printed in 1610-13); prebendary of Ely, 1615; published treatise on Greek accents, 1630. His critical notes on passages in Greek Testament appeared posthumously, 1665.
Saint Boisil: '''Saint Boisil''' (d. [[664]]), superior of the monastery at Melrose; gives name to St. Boswell's, Roxburghshire; several religious writings are attributed to him.
George Richard Boissiek: '''George Richard Boissiek''' ([[1791]]-[[1851]]), ecclesiologist; B.A. Magdalene College, Cambridge, 1828; incumbent of Oakfield, Kent; publishedNotes on Cambridgeshire Churches 1827.
Charles Boit: '''Charles Boit''' (d. [[1726]] ?), enamel painter ; born at Stockholm; worked with success as enamel painter in London; ran into debt and fled to Paris, where he prospered; died in Paris.
Louis Peter Boitard: '''Louis Peter Boitard''' (. [[1750]]), engraver ; born in France; pupil of La Farge; executed in England portraits and plates for publications.
Bokhnham: '''Bokhnham''' or BOKENAM, OSBERN ([[1393]]-[[1447]] ?), poet; professed member of Augustinian convent of Stoke Clare, Suffolk. His writings include poems in Suffolk dialect commemorating lives of twelve holy women and of the 11,000 virgins (Arundel MSS. Brit. Mus. No. 327, printed for Roxburghe Club, 1835).
Bokyngham: '''Bokyngham''' or BUCKINGHAM, JOHN (rf. [[1398]]), bishop; prebendary and, 1349, dean of Lichfield; prebendary of Lincoln, 1352; keeper of privy seal to Edward III; elected bishop of Ely, but election quashed by pope, 1361; bishop of Lincoln, 1363-97, and retired to Christ Church monastery, Canterbury; opponent of the Wycliffltes.

[edit] Section 137

Henry William Ferdinand Bolcxow: '''Henry William Ferdinand Bolcxow''' (1806-1878), ironmaster; born at Sulten, Mecklenburg; came to England, 1827; entered partnership, 1841, as manufacturer of iron at Middlesbrough, to which town he was an extensive benefactor, and (1853) first mayor; M.P., 1868.
Henry Bold: '''Henry Bold''' (d. [[1677]]), divine ; educated at Christ Church, Oxford; chaplain to Earl of Arlington,
Henry Bold: '''Henry Bold''' ([[1627]]-[[1683]]), poetical writer : educated at Winchester and New College, Oxford; probationerfellow; dislodged, 1648; employed in the examiner's office in Chancery; published several volumes of poems in English and Latin and translations from Latin.
Bold: '''Bold''' 120
Bomelius: '''Bomelius'''
John Bold: '''John Bold''' ([[1679]]-[[1751]]). divim-: B.A. St. John's College, Cambridge, 1698; curate of Stoney Stanton, 17021761; wrote religious works.
Samuel Bold: '''Samuel Bold''' ([[1649]]-[[1737]]). controversialist: vicar of Shapwick, Dorsetshire, 1674: resigned or was ejected, 1688; rector of Steeple, Isle of Purheck (1682-1737), to which Tyneham was united in 1721; preached against :ition, and published Plea for Moderation towards Dissenters 1682, for which he was fined and imprisoned. UU works include tracts defending John Locke's philosophy,
Boldero: '''Boldero''' KlMrxi lfi08-[[1679]]), divine. M.A. and fellow of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, 1631: ejected from fellowship under Commonwealth and imprisoned: D.D., 1660; held rectories in Suffolk; master of Jesus College, Cambridge, 1663; vice-chancellor of university, 1668 and 1674.
Anne Boleyn: '''Anne Boleyn''' ([[1507]]-[[1536]]).
George Boleyn: '''George Boleyn''' , VISCOUNT ROCHKORP (. [[1536]]), son of Sir Thomas Boleyu, earl of Wiltshire and brother of Anne Boleyn; chief steward of honour of Beaulieu, 1529; governor of Bethlehem Hospital, 1529; knighted and created Viscount Rochford, r. 1530; warden of Cinque ports, 1534; arraigned for incest and high treason, and executed, 17 May, two days before his sister.
George Boleyn: '''George Boleyn''' (rf. [[1603]]), divine: perhaps son of George Boleyn, viscount Rochford; sizar. Trinity Hall, Cambridge, 1544; M.A., 1560; prebendary of York, 1560; prebendary of Ohichester: canon of Canterbury, 1566; D.D.,and dean of Lichfleld, 1576; prebendary of Dasset Parva, 1577-9.
Sir Thomas Boleyn: '''Sir Thomas Boleyn''' , EARL OP WILTSHIRE: ([[1477]]1539), lord privy seal; keeper of exchange at Calais and of foreign exchange in England, 1509: joint-constable of Norwich Castle. 1512: accompanied Sir Edward Poyuings on embassy to Low Countries; took part in invasion of France, 1513; sheriff of Kent, 1517; went on embassy to Francis I, 1519-20, and negotiated arrangements for Field of Cloth of Gold; Wolsey's agent in conferences at Calais, 1521: joint-ambassador to Spain, 1522-3; treasurer of household, 1522: created Viscount Rochford, 1525; ambassador with Sir Anthony Browne to France, 1527: created Earl of Wiltshire and Ormonde, 1529: lord privy seal: ambassador to Charles V, 1530, and to France on business of Henry V Ill's divorce: father of Queen Anne Boleyn.
Earl Op Bolingbroke: '''Earl Op Bolingbroke''' ([[1580]]?- [[1646]]). See ST.
Olivkr John: '''Olivkr John''' .
Viscocnt Bolingbroke: '''Viscocnt Bolingbroke''' ([[1678]]-[[1751]]). See ST.
Hknhy John: '''Hknhy John''' .
Henry Bolingbroke: '''Henry Bolingbroke''' ([[1785]]-[[1855]]), writer on Demerara, whither he made a voyage in 1798.
Sir William Bolland: '''Sir William Bolland''' ([[1772]]-[[1840]]), judge: MA. Trinity College, Cambridge, 17U7; called to bar at Middle Temple, 1801; practised at Old Bailey: recorder of Reading, 1817-29; baron of exchequer, 1829-39: one of originators of Roxburghe Club.
Nicholas Bollard: '''Nicholas Bollard''' (.f. [[1500]]VX naturalist: author of a manuscript work on cultivation of trees.
Robert Bolron: '''Robert Bolron''' (fl. [[1674]]-[[1680]]), informer : successively jeweller's apprentice, foot-soldier, and manager of Sir Thomas Gascoigne's collieries, Barmbow, Yorkshire: became party to popish plot against James II, and informed against Gascoigne, who was tried and acquitted.
Dokbb Bolton: '''Dokbb Bolton''' P. See PAULKT, OHARLKS, tirst
Duke: '''Duke''' [[1625]]7-[[1699]]: PAULBT, CHARLES, second DUKK, 1661-1722: PAULKT, OHAKLKS, third DUKE, 1686-1754: PAULBT, HARRY, sixth DUKK, 1719-1794.
Dithksh Op Bolton: '''Dithksh Op Bolton''' ([[1708]]-[[1760]]). See I
Lavinia: '''Lavinia'''
Bolton: '''Bolton''' first HABON ([[1746]]-[[1807]]). See Onnu,

[edit] Section 138

Thomas: '''Thomas'''
Bolton: '''Bolton''' or BOULTON, EDMUND ([[1675]] V-lG3:i V), historian and poet; free commoner, Trinity Hull, fun bridge: studied at Inner Temple; contributed to England's Helicon 1600; formulated a scheme, 1617, for a royal academy of letters and science, which was favour ably received by James I, who died before it was carried out; subsequently imprisoned successively in Fleet and Marshalsea. Among his writings are The Roman Histories of Lucius lulitis Florus(translated), 1618, Nero Oiesar 1624, and a life of Henry II.
Sir Francis John Bolton: '''Sir Francis John Bolton''' ([[1831]]-[[1887]]), soldier and electrician: enlisted in royal artillery: ensign in Gold Coast artillery corps, 1857; served at Crobboe Heights, 1858; captain, 12th foot, 1860; engaged, with Captain (afterwards Rear-admiral) Philip Howard Oolomb , in developing system of visual signalling: invented oxy-calcium light for night signalling; brevetmajor, 1868: assisted in founding Society of Telegraph Engineers and Electricians, 1871: lieutenant-colonel, is? 7 honorary colonel, 1881: designed and controlled coloured fountains and electric lights for exhibitions at South Kensington, 1883-6; knighted, 1884.
Sir George Bolton: '''Sir George Bolton''' (rf. [[1807]] ?), preceptor to royal princesses; knighted; wrote on firearms.
James Bolton: '''James Bolton''' (fl. [[1775]]-[[1795]]), naturalist; of humble birth: published works on natural history.
James Jay Bolton: '''James Jay Bolton''' ([[1824]]-[[1863]]), evangelical i divine: educated in America and at Corpus Christi Col1 lege, Cambridge; B.A., 1848; incumbent of St. Paul's Episcopal Chapel, Kilburn; published religious works.
Sik Richard Bolton: '''Sik Richard Bolton''' ([[1570]]?-[[1648]]), lawyer ; practised at English bar; recorder of Dublin, 1604; member of Society of King's Inn, Dublin, 1610-13; M.P. for Dublin, 1613; knighted, 1618: solicitor-general for Ireland, 1619: j attorney-general to court of wards, Dublin, 1622: chief ! baron of Irish exchequer, 1625; chancellor of Ireland, ! 1639; chief adviser of Strafford in his attempts to introduce arbitrary government; impeached of high treason I by Irish House of Commons, but the impeachment abandoned, 1641-2; one of principal counsellors of Ormonde in negotiating with Irish confederation concerning peace, i 1644; published Statutes of Ireland 1621, and other legal ; writings.
Robert Bolton: '''Robert Bolton''' ([[1572]]-[[1631]]), puritan ; educated i at Blackburn and Lincoln and Brasenose colleges, Oxford: B.A., 1596; fellow of Brasenose and M.A., 1602; I lecturer in logic and moral and natural philosophy; B.D., 1609; rector of Broughton, Northamptonshire, 1610-31; published religious works.
Robert Bolton: '''Robert Bolton''' ([[1697]]-[[1763]]), divine ; M.A. Wadham College, Oxford, 1718; LL.D.; transferred to Hart Hall, 1719; fellow of Dulwich College, 1722-5; preacher at Rolls Chapel, London, 1729: dean of Carlisle, 1735, and vicar of St. Mary's, Reading, 1738-63; published religious works.
Samuel Bolton: '''Samuel Bolton''' ([[1606]]-[[1654]]), divine ; educated at Christ's College, Cambridge: member of Westminster assembly of divines, 1643; D.D.; master of Christ's College, 1645; vice-chancellor of Cambridge University, 1651: published religious works.
William Bolton: '''William Bolton''' (d. [[1532]]), architect; prior of monastery of St. Bartholomew's, Smithfield, r. 1506: said to have designed Henry VII's chapel in Westminster Abbey.
Willem Bolts: '''Willem Bolts''' or WILLIAM ([[1740]] ?-[[1808]]), Dutch adventurer: merchant in Lisbon; entered Bengal civil service, 1759: second in council at Benares, 1764; resigned the service, being reprimanded for using the East India Company's authority for private trading scheme, 1766: deported to England, 1768: publish"! work attacking government in Bengal: became colonel in Austrian service, 1778, and founded establishmente in India for an Austrian East India Company; died in Paris,
Eliseus Bomelius: '''Eliseus Bomelius''' or LIOIUS (l. [[1574]] ?), physician and astrologer; born at Wesel; M.D. Cambridge; physician and astrologer in London: arrested for practising without license of College of Physicians, 1567; 'open prisoner 1570; settled in Russia, 1670, and, as magician, gained favour of Ivan IV; arrested, e. 1674, on charges of intriguing with kings of Poland and Sweden against the tear, and subsequently died in prison: published astrological works.
Bonar: '''Bonar''' 121
Boniface: '''Boniface'''
Andkknv Bonar: '''Andkknv Bonar''' A I, KX A XDER ([[1810]]-[[1892]]), Scottish divim;; brother of Horatius Bouar; educated :it I'Minburgh; licensed preacher, 1835; ordained minister of Collar,-. IVrthshirr, 1S38; joined Free church, 1st:;; minister of Finuieston, Glasgow, 1856-92; published religious writings.
Archibald Bonar: '''Archibald Bonar''' ([[1753]]-[[1816]]), divine: son of John Bonar the elder; educated at Edinburgh; minister successively at Newburn, Glasgow, nnl Oimaood; published religious works.
Horatius Bonar: '''Horatius Bonar''' ([[1808]]-[[1889]]), Scottish divine; .-.liKMtfd ut Edinburgh University: engaged in mission work at Leith: minister of new North Church, Kelso, 1837; joined Free church, 1843; honorary D.D. Aberdeen, I:;; minister of Chalmers Memorial Church, Edinburgh, 1866; moderator of general assembly of Free church, 1883; edited several religious periodicals, and published hymns (in, lu.lin I heard the voice of Jesus say and other religious writings.
James Bonar: '''James Bonar''' ([[1757]]-[[1821]]), brother of Archibald Bonar: educated at Edinburgh; solicitor in excise office: treasurer of Royal Society, Edinburgh; promoter of Astronomical Institution; contributed to Encyclopaedia lirituunica and Edinburgh Encyclopaedia
John Bonae: '''John Bonae''' , the elder ([[1722]]-1 [[761]]), Scottish divine ; iilm-ated at Edinburgh University; minister of Cockpen, near Dalkeith, 1746; called to collegiate church of Perth, 1766; published sermons and other religious works.
John Bonar: '''John Bonar''' , the younger ([[1747]]-[[1807]]), first solicitor of excise in Scotland: son of John Bonar (1722-1761) ; educated at Edinburgh; joint-editor of Miscellaneous Pieces of Poetry 1766.
John James Bonar: '''John James Bonar''' ([[1803]]-[[1891]]), Scottish divine ; brother of Horatius Bonar; educated at Edinburgh; D.D., 1883; licensed preacher, 1827; minister of St. Andrew's, Greenock, 1836; joined Free church, 1843; published religious handbooks.
Ventura Bona: '''Ventura Bona''' , THOMASINE (d. [[1510]] ?), Cornish benefactress: Cornish peasant girl; married successively three rich London merchants, the last Oeing Sir John Percy vail, lord mayor, 1498; worked for the improvement of social conditions in Cornwall.
Daniel Bond: '''Daniel Bond''' ([[1725]]-[[1803]]), painter; exhibited landscapes at Society of Arts, 1762-3, and received premiums from the society, 1764 and 1765.
Dennis Bond: '''Dennis Bond''' (d. [[1658]]), politician: woollen draper at Dorchester; bailiff, 1630; mayor, 1635; M.P., 1640; one of commissioners to try Charles 1, 1649; member Of council of state, 1649-63; president of council, 1652 and 1653: member of council's committee for trade, 1655; M.P. for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, 1654 and 1656; buried in Westminster Abbey, but body exhumed, 1661. , Sm EDWARD AUGUSTUS (1815-1898), principal librarian of British Museum: educated at Merchant TaylorsSchool; assistant in Record Office, 1833, and in British Museum, 1838; Egerton librarian, 1850; keeper of manuscripts, 18661; principal librarian, 1878-88; substituted printed for manuscript catalogue in printed book department, and adopted sliding press for books; founded, with Sir E. Maunde Thompson, Palaeographical Society, 1873; O.B., 1885; K.C.B., 1898: honorary LL.D. Cambridge. He edited historical and other works.

[edit] Section 139

George Bond: '''George Bond''' ([[1750]]-[[1796]]), lawyer; barrister of Middle Temple: serjeant, 1786; practised at Surrey sessions.
Henry John Hales Bond: '''Henry John Hales Bond''' ([[1801]]-[[1883]]), physician; M.B. Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, 1825; M.D., 1831; studied at London, Edinburgh, and Paris; regius professor of physic, Cambridge, 1851-72.
John Bond: '''John Bond''' ([[1550]]-[[1612]]), physician and classical scholar; M.A. Oxford, 1579; master of free school, Taunton; practised as physician; probably chief secretary to lord chancellor Egerton; M.P. for Taunton, 1601 and 1603: published commentaries on Horace (1606X and left notes on Persius (published posthumously, 1614).
Bond: '''Bond''' .JOHN ([[1612]]-[[1676]]), puritan divine ; son of Dennis Bond; B.A. St. Catharine's College, Cambridge, 1631; fellow; M.A., 1635; LL.D., 1645; minister, 1646, and master of the Savoy; master of Trinity Hall, 1646; vice-chancellor of Cambridge University, 1658: professor of law, Ore-sham College, London, 1649; lost preferments at Restoration.
Bond: '''Bond''' .JOHN JAMKS ([[1819]]-[[1883]]), chronologist ; senior assistant keeper in public record office; compiled chronological tables.
John Linnell Bond: '''John Linnell Bond''' ([[1766]] - [[1837]] X architect, gold medallist, Royal Academy, 1786; prepared design for Waterloo Bridge.
Martin Bond: '''Martin Bond''' ([[1558]]-[[1643]]), merchant adventurer ; son of William Bond (d. 1576); chief captain of train-bands, 1588-1643; treasurer of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, 1619-36.
Nathaniel Bond: '''Nathaniel Bond''' ([[1634]]-[[1707]]), king's serjeant: son of Dennis Bond; B.O.L. All SoulsCollege, Oxford, 1654; called to bar at Inner Temple, 1661: M.P.; recorder of Weymouth, 1683: serjeant-at-law, 1689; king's serjeant and knighted, 1693.
Nicholas Bond: '''Nicholas Bond''' ([[1540]]-[[1608]]), president of Magdalen College, Oxford; B.A. St. John's College, Cambridge, 1564; fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, 1565-75; M.A. Oxford, 1574; D.D., 1580; canon of Westminster, 1582; chaplain of Savoy and chaplain in ordinary to qneen; vice-chancellor of Oxford University, 1590-1 and 1592-3; president of Magdalen College, 1590.
Oliver Bond: '''Oliver Bond''' ([[1760]] ?-[[1798]]), republican; wool merchant in Dublin; original member of Society of United Irishmen 1791; tried and imprisoned in Newgate as secretary of society for publication of resolutions condemning government's policy towards Ireland and catholics, 1793; directed organisation to establish independent Irish republic, 1798; found guilty of high treason; died in prison.
Thomas Bond: '''Thomas Bond''' ([[1765]]-[[1837]]), topographer; town clerk of East Looe and West Looe, Cornwall, on which places he published a topographical work (1823).
William Bond: '''William Bond''' (d. [[1576]]), sheriff of London in 1567.
William Bond: '''William Bond''' (d. [[1735]]), dramatist; wrote Tuscan Treaty (acted at Covent Garden, 1733), and other works, including contributions toPlain Dealer 1724.
Henry Bone: '''Henry Bone''' ([[1755]]-[[1834]]), painter; employed in London as enameller; exhibited portraits in Royal Academy from 1780; enamel painter to Prince of Wales, 1800, and to the king 1801, till death; A.R.A., 1801; R.A., 1811.
Henry Pierce Bone: '''Henry Pierce Bone''' ([[1779]]-[[1855]]), painter: son of Henry Bone; painted classical subjects in oils, 1806-33, and subsequently in enamels.
Robert Trewiok Bone: '''Robert Trewiok Bone''' ([[1790]]-[[1840]]), painter; brother of Henry Pierce Bone; painter of sacred, classic, and domestic subjects.
Charles Boner: '''Charles Boner''' ([[1815]]-[[1870]]), author ; lived with Baron August Doernberg and, later, with Prince Thurn and Taxis in Germany and Ratisbon; special correspondent of Daily Newsin Vienna, 1865; published poetical and other works.
Sir Samuel George Bonham: '''Sir Samuel George Bonham''' ( [[1803]]-1 [[863]] politician; employed under East India Company; governor of Penang, Singapore, and Malacca, 1837-47; governor of Hongkong and plenipotentiary and superintendent of trade in China, 1847; K.C.B., 1851; returned to England and was made baronet, 1853.
Thomas Bonham: '''Thomas Bonham''' (d. [[1629]] ?X physician: M.D. St. John's College, Cambridge, and incorporated at Oxford, 1611; his medical writings were published posthumously,
Elizabeth Bonhote: '''Elizabeth Bonhote''' ([[1744]]-[[1818]]X authoress; published novels, essays, and other works, 1773-1810.
Paixt Boniface: '''Paixt Boniface''' ([[680]]-[[755]]), the apostle of Germany; born at Kirton or Crediton, Devonshire; his
Boniface: '''Boniface''' 122
Bonython: '''Bonython''' original name Winfrid or Winfrith: educated in inonas.it Exeter, ami at Nursling, near Winchester: ordained prii-st, r. 7K went to Frisia, 716, but being refus,-! hy Kadbod, the pagan chief, permission to preach, returned to Nursling; went to Rome, 718, and obtaining a of authority from Gregory II proceeded to Bavaria and Thuringia; on death of Radbod laboured successfully among Frisians and Hessians, 719-22: bishop, 723: instituted ecclesiastical organisation in Heesia and Thurinsria; archbishop, 732: organised Bavarian church, appointed legate to Pope Zacharias, and entrusted with reformation of Frankish church, 741; took possession of see of Menta, with jurisdiction over sees of Worms, Cologne, Utrecht, and others established by him in Germany, 746: established monasteries at Fr'itxlur, Utrecht, Fulda, Amanaburg, and Ordorf or Ohrdruf; slain with his followers by pagans at Dokkum on the Bordau. He left a set of ecclesiastical statutes, fifteen sermons, and other religious works.
Op Savoy Boniface: '''Op Savoy Boniface''' (d. [[1270]]), archbishop ; son of Thomas I, count of Savoy; entered Carthusian order; bishop of Belley, near Ohambery, 1234: undertook administration of bishopric of Valence, 1241; related to Henry III by the marriage of his sister Beatrix's daughter Eleanor: elected archbishop of Canterbury, 1241: came to England, 1244; reformed financial management of archbishopric: attended council of Lyons, 1244; returned to England, 1249; instituted visitation of province of Canterbury, which was strongly resisted; retired to Rome, 1250-2; made expedition to relieve his brother Thomas when imprisoned for tyranny by people of Turin, 1255; took part at first with bishops against king and pope, 1256, but joined papal legate in excommunicating rebellious barons (1263) at Boulogne; returned to England, 1265; died at St. Helena, Savoy, while accompanying Edward I on crusade.
Richard Parkes Bonington: '''Richard Parkes Bonington''' ([[1801]]-[[1828]]), painter; studied water-colour painting under Louis Francia at Calais and at the Louvre and Institute, and under Baron Gros in Paris: first exhibited at Salon, 1822; made drawings for Baron Taylor's Voyages Pittoresques dans 1'ancienne France and other works; began to paint in oil-colours, c. 1824; visited England (1825), where he first exhibited, 1826; painted, in England, Deux femmas au milieu d'un paysage(engraved for the Anniversary 1828); died during visit to England.

[edit] Section 140

George William Bonnar: '''George William Bonnar''' ([[1796]]-[[1836]]), woodengraver: executed wood-engravings for Douce's edition of The Dance of Death 1833, and other works,
William Bonnar: '''William Bonnar''' ([[1800]]-[[1853]]), painter ; foreman of decorative business; member of Royal Scottish Academy soon after its foundation. His pictures include portraits and historical, rural, and humorous pieces.
Jacob Bonneatj: '''Jacob Bonneatj''' (d. [[1786]]), painter: teacher of drawing and perspective; member of the Society of British Artists, exhibiting landscapes, 1765-78.
James Bonnell: '''James Bonnell''' ([[1653]]-[[1699]]), accountant-general of Ireland; born of English parents at Genoa: came to England, his father (and himself in reversion) having been appointed accountant-general of Ireland in return for services to Charles H while in exile; educated at St. Catharine's Hall, Cambridge; undertook, c. 1684, duties of accountant-general of Ireland. He translated parts of Synesius into English.
Bonner: '''Bonner''' or BONER, EDMUND([[1500]] 9-[[1669]]), bishop of London; educated at Pembroke College, Oxford; was ordained and took degrees of bachelor of canon and civil law, 1519; D.O.L., 1526; chaplain to Cardinal Wolsey, 1529; sent to Rome to protest against Henry VIII's being cited thither on the question of his divorce, 1532; received benefice of Cherry Burton, 1532; appealed in person to Clement VII against Henry's excommunication after marriage with Anne Boleyn, 1633; received living of East Dereham, Norfolk, 1534; bishop of Hereford and ambassador to French court, 1538; bishop of London, 1539; ambassador to the emperor, 1542-3; imprisoned in Fleet for non-acceptance of Edward VI's injunctions and the Book of Homilies, 1547: reprimanded for neglecting to enforce use of new prayer-book, and imprisoned in Marshalsea, 1549-53; deprived of bishopric for omission to set forth in a sermon at Paul's Cross that Edward's authority in his minority was not less than if he were of mature years; restored to his see, 1553; joined in judicial capacity with great severity in Marian persecution; refused oath of supremacy and was deprived of bishopric 1559; died in the Marhalsea.
Richard Bonner: '''Richard Bonner''' (. [[1548]]), author of a treatise on the sacrament.
Henry Kaye Bonnet: '''Henry Kaye Bonnet''' ([[1780]]-[[1862]]), divine ; educated at Charterhouse. Emmanuel and Christ's colleges, Cambridge; M.A., isos: D.D., 1824: prebendary of Lincoln, 1807: examining chaplain to Dr. Pelham, bishop of Lincoln, 1820; dean of Stamford, 1827. His published works include a life of Jeremy Taylor, 1815.
Charles Bonnor: '''Charles Bonnor''' (.?. [[1777]]-1 [[829]]?), actor ; apprenticed as coachmaker: appeared successfully on stage at Bath, 1777, and played at Covent Garden, 1 783; endeavoured ineffectually to establish an English theatre in Paris, 1784; appointed deputy-comptroller of tho post-office and retired from stage, c. 1785; comptroller-general, 1788; comptroller of inland department, 1792-4.
Thomas Bonnor: '''Thomas Bonnor''' (ft. [[1763]]-[[1807]]), topographical draughtsman; engraved plates for several county histories,
John Bonnycastle: '''John Bonnycastle''' ([[1750]] ?-[[1821]]), mathematical' writer; kept an academy at Hackney; professor of mathematics, Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, c. 1782; wrote works on elementary mathematics.
Sib Richard Henry Bonnycastle: '''Sib Richard Henry Bonnycastle''' ([[1791]]1847), lieutenant-colonel royal engineers; first lieutenant, royal engineers, 1809; in American campaigns, 1812-14, and with army of occupation in France; served during Canadian rebellion of 1837-9; knighted, 1838; commanding engineer in Newfoundland: lieutenant-colonel, 1840; retired, 1847; published topographical works relating to America.
Joseph Bonomi: '''Joseph Bonomi''' , the elder ([[1739]]-[[1808]]), architect ; born at Rome; came to England, 1767; settled in practice in London, 1784; A.R.A., 1789; exhibited drawings at Royal Academy, 1783-1806. His works, which are chiefly in Grecian renaissance style, include several country mansions.
Joseph Bonomi: '''Joseph Bonomi''' , the younger ([[1796]]-[[1878]]), sculptor and draughtsman; son of Joseph Bonomi (1739-1808) ; student at Royal Academy: studied sculpture under Nollekens; visited Egypt with Lepsius, 1842; made drawings for Warren and Fahey's panorama of Nile; curator of Soane's Museum, Lincoln's Inn Fields, 1861-78; illustrated egyptological works.
Anthony Bonville: '''Anthony Bonville''' , alias THRILL ([[1621]]-[[1676]]), Jesuit; born at Cnnford; educated at St. Omer and English college, Rome; ordained priest, 1647; entered Society of Jesus, 1647; successively professor of philosophy at Florence and Parma, and of theology and mathematics at Liege; published philosophical and religious treatises.
Antonio Bonvisi: '''Antonio Bonvisi''' (d. [[1558]]), merchant ; of Italian descent; probably born in London; dealt in wool, jewels, and foreign articles, and acted as banker to government; fled to continent at beginning of Edward VI's reign, being a catholic; died at Lou vain.
Ambrose Bonwicze: '''Ambrose Bonwicze''' , the younger ([[1692]]-[[1714]]), non juror; son of Ambrose Bonwicke (1662-1722); educated at Merchant TaylorsSchool and St. John's College, Cambridge, having been, as hon juror, disqualified at Oxford.
Ambrose Bonwicke: '''Ambrose Bonwicke''' , the elder ([[1652]]-[[1722]]), nonjuror; educated at Merchant TaylorsSchool and St. John's College, Oxford; fellow; M.A., 1675; B.D., 1682; ordained priest, 1680: head-master of Merchant Taylors School, 1686; refused oath of allegiance to William III, and was dismissed from head-mastership, 1691.
Charles Bonython: '''Charles Bonython''' (d. [[1706]]), lawyer ; called to bar at Gray's Inn, 1678; steward of courts of Westminster, 1683-1705; M.P. for Westminster, 1686-7; serjeantat-law, 1692; committed suicide.
Richard Bonython: '''Richard Bonython''' ([[1580]]-[[1650]]?), American settler; settled In Maine, America, 1631; commissioner for government of Maine, 1636; member of council, 1640-7.
Booker: '''Booker''' 123
Booth: '''Booth'''
John Booker: '''John Booker''' ([[1603]]-[[1667]]), astrologer ; apprenticed as haberdasher in London, and was subsequently writingrat lladleyaud clerk in the city; became profession:tl astrologer; licenser of mathematical works; published Tt.-k'scopium Uranium au almanack, from 1631, Bloody Irish Almanack and other works.
Luke Booker: '''Luke Booker''' ([[1762]]-[[1835]]), divine and poet ; rector of TedBtone-de-la-Mere, Herefordshire, 1806, and, in addition. vi.-:irof Dudley, 1812; published history of Dudley Castle, 1825, and poetical and religious works,
William Boolde: '''William Boolde''' (fl. [[1455]]), monk and ' notarius ' of Christ Church, Canterbury; wrote historical and topographical works.
George Boole: '''George Boole''' ([[1815]]-[[1864]]), mathematician ; npniwl a school in Lincolnshire, c. 1835; professor of matics, Queen's College, Cork, 1849-64; public examiner (Queen's University; Royal Society medallist, 1844; Keith medallist, Royal Society, Edinburgh, 1857; LL.D. Dublin; D.C.L. Oxford; published, besides textbooks on Differential Equations Finite Differences and other mathematical treatises, Laws of Thought (1864), in which he employed symbolic language and notation in a generalisation of logical processes, the fundamental principle being that of continued dichotomy.

[edit] Section 141

James Shergold Boone: '''James Shergold Boone''' ([[1799]]-[[1859]]), author ; educated at Charterhouse and Christ Church, Oxford; M.A., 1823; master at Charterhouse; incumbent of St. John's, Paddington, 1832-59; edited The Council of Ten 1822-3; published sermons, essays, and poems,
Boorde: '''Boorde''' or BORDE, ANDREW ([[1490]] ?-[[1549]]), physician and traveller; educated at Oxford; joined Carthusians; suffragan bishop of Chichester, c. 1621; studied medicine abroad; took oath of conformity at London Charterhouse, 1534; sent abroad by Cromwell to report on state of feeling about Henry V11I, 1535; practised medicine at Glasgow, 1536; journeyed to Jerusalem, 1538; settled at Montpellier, c. 1638-42; imprisoned in Fleet, 1549; published accounts of his travels and treatises on medical subjects.
Arnold Boot: '''Arnold Boot''' ([[1600]] ?-[[1653]] ?).
Abraham Booth: '''Abraham Booth''' ([[1734]]-[[1806]]), dissenting minister; superintendent of Kirby-Woodhouse baptist congregation, 1760; ordained pastor of Particular baptist church, Little Prescot Street, Goodman's Fields, 1769; published works vindicating baptist doctrine,
Barton Booth: '''Barton Booth''' ([[1681]]-[[1733]]), actor; educated at Westminster; appeared as Oroonoko at Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin, 1698; engaged by Betterton at Lincoln's Inn Fields, 1700-4, and accompanied him to newly erected Haymarket Theatre, 1705; played Ghost to Wilks's Hamlet at Drury Lane, 1708; gained great reputation by his performance of Pyrrhus in Philips'sDistressed Mother 1712, and Cato in Addison's tragedy, 1713; became by command of Queen Anne joint-manager with Colley Gibber, Doggett, and Wilks, of Drury Lane, c. 1713; retired, 1727; published Death of Dido, a Masque 1716. Among his best impersonations were Brutus, Lear, Henry VIII, and Hotspur.
Benjamin Booth: '''Benjamin Booth''' (. [[1789]]), writer on bookkeeping; merchant in New York and afterwards in London; published a system of bookkeeping, 1789.
Mrs Booth: '''Mrs Booth''' . CATHERINE ([[1829]]-[[1890]]), ' mother of the Salvation Army; daughter of John Mumford, a coachbuilder: came to London, 1844, and joined Wesleyan church in Brixton; excommunicated with reformers from Wesleyan church, 1848; married, 1856, William Booth, pastor of reformers, who held, 1858-61, a ministry at Gateshead, where Mrs. Booth first appeared as preacher, 1860; founded at Whitechapel with her husband, 1865, Christian Revival Association; which by 1877 had developed into the Salvation Army; published many religious papers and addresses.
David Booth: '''David Booth''' ([[1766]]-[[1846]]), lexicographer ; brewer near Newburgh, Fifeshire, and, later, schoolmaster at Newburgh; came to London and superintended for press publications of Society for Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, c. 1820; published first volume of an Analytical Dictionary of English Language (1835), and other works.
Edward Booth: '''Edward Booth''' ([[1639]]-[[1719]]).
Sih Felix Booth: '''Sih Felix Booth''' ([[1775]]-[[1850]]), promoter of Arctic exploration; head of firm of Booth fe Co., distillers; Hheritr of London and Middlesex, 1828; provided funds for (aptain Ross's voyage of discovery in north-eastern America, 1828; baronet, 1835.
George Booth: '''George Booth''' , first BARON DKLAMEH or DKI.A-
Mkkk: '''Mkkk''' ([[1622]]-[[1684]]), took parliamentarian side in civil war; military commissioner for Cheshire and treasurer-at-war, 1655; M.P. for Cheshire, 1646, 1664, and 1656; joined 4 New Royalists; entered plot for restoring Charles, and commanded king's forces in Cheshire, Lancashire, and North Wales, 1659; seized Chester, but was defeated by Lambert at Nantwich; apprehended, but released on bail; raised to peerage at Charles II's coronation; custot rotulorum in county of Chester, 1660-73.
George Booth: '''George Booth''' , second EARL OF WARRINGTON (1675-1758), lord-lieutenant of Chester, 1694; published pamphlet in defence of divorce for incompatibility of temper, 1739.
George Booth: '''George Booth''' ([[1791]]-[[1859]]), divine; M.A. Lincoln College, Oxford, 1816; B.D., 1823; fellow, Magdalen College, Oxford, 1816-34, vice-president, 1830, and dean of divinity, 1832; vicar of Findon, 1833; published Latin verses.
Henry Booth: '''Henry Booth''' , second BARON DELAMKUE and first
of Warrington Earl: '''of Warrington Earl''' ([[1652]]-[[1694]]), custos rotulorum of county of Chester, 1673-c. 1683; committed to Tower on suspicion of being concerned in Rye House plot, 1683, but released on bail; charged with complicity in Monmonth's rebellion, and acquitted, 1686; took up arms for Prince of Orange, 1688; one of those deputed to advise James to retire from the metropolis; privy councillor, 1689; chancellor of exchequer, 1689-90; lord-lieutenant of city and county of Chester; reappointed custos rotulorum of the county; created Earl of Warrington, 1690; mayor of Chester, 1691.
Henry Booth: '''Henry Booth''' ([[1788]]-[[1869]]), railway projector; corn merchant at Liverpool; honorary secretary to committee for promoting railway between Liverpool and Manchester, 1822, and secretary and treasurer to company, 1826; secretary to northern section of London and North- Western Railway company, 1846; director, 18481849; published writings on questions relating to railways and other subjects, and invented many mechanical contrivances still in use on railways.
James Booth: '''James Booth''' (d. [[1778]]), lawyer; licensed and practised as conveyancer, being disabled as Roman catholic from practising at bar.
James Booth: '''James Booth''' ([[1806]]-[[1878]]), mathematician ; M.A., 1840, Trinity College, Dublin; LL.D., 1842; principal of Bristol College, 1840-3; ordained, 1842; vice-principal of Liverpool Collegiate Institution, 1843-8; vicar of Stone, near Aylesbury, 1859; F.R.S., 1846; F.R.A.S., 1859; published works on mathematics and education.
James Booth: '''James Booth''' ([[1796]]-[[1880]]), legal writer ; educated at St. John's College, Cambridge; called to bar at Lincoln's Inn, 1824; practised in chancery courts: counsel to speaker of House of Commons, 1839; secretary to board of trade, 1850-65; O.B., 1866. He prepared the Clauses Consolidation Acts, and published legal writings.
John Booth: '''John Booth''' ([[1584]]-[[1659]]), genealogist; made researches into Cheshire pedigrees.
John Booth: '''John Booth''' ([[1779]]-[[1857]]), cattle breeder; son of Thomas Booth (d. 1835)
Junius Brutus Booth: '''Junius Brutus Booth''' ([[1796]]-[[1852]]), actor ; first appeared on stage at a theatre in Pancras Street, London, 1813, and subsequently played in Belgium and Holland; at Oovent Garden as Sylvius As you like it), 1815; acting manager at Worthing; played Richard III at Oovent Garden, lago to Kean's Othello at Drury Lane, and, returning to Covent Garden, gave Richard III amid general disapproval, 1817; in America from 1821 till 1862, except from 1825-6, when he played Brutus at Drury Lane and travelled on continent, and 1886-7, when he appeared at several London theatres.
Booth: '''Booth''' or BOTHE, LAWRENCE (d. [[1480]]), archbishop of York; licentiate in civil and canon law? Pembroke Hall, Cambridge; master, 1460; chancellor of
Booth: '''Booth''' 124

[edit] Section 142

Borough: '''Borough''' university: prebendary and, 1456, dean of St. Paul's: provost of Beverley, 1453; prebendary of York and of Lichfield; chancellor to Queen Margaret: keeper of privy seal, c. 1456; tutor to Prince of Wales; bishop of Durham, 1457: suspended, 1462-4: keeper of great seal, 1473-4; archbishop of York, 1476.
Peniston Booth: '''Peniston Booth''' ([[1681]]-[[1765]]), dean of Windsor, 1729: chancellor of London, 1733: D.D.
Richard Booth: '''Richard Booth''' ([[1788]]-[[1864]]), cattle breeder at Studley and, 1835, at Warlaby; son of Thomas Booth (d. 1835)
Robert Booth: '''Robert Booth''' (d. [[1657]]), puritan divine ; M.A. Trinity College, Cambridge, 1610; minister of Halifax, 1650-7; left philosophical manuscript.
Sir Robert Booth: '''Sir Robert Booth''' ([[1626]]-[[1681]]), chief-justice of king's bench in Ireland: son of Robert Booth; educated at St. John's College, Cambridge; called to bar at Gray's Inn, 1649; judge of common pleas, Ireland. 1660; knighted, 1668; chief- justice of common pleas (1669) and of king's bench (1679) in Ireland.
Sarah Booth: '''Sarah Booth''' ([[1793]]-[[1867]]), actress; at Surrey Theatre, 1810, and Oovent Garden, where, later, she played Cordelia to Junius Brutus Booth's Lear.
Thomas Booth: '''Thomas Booth''' (fl. [[1611]]), divine ; B.D. Trinity College, Cambridge, 1609.
Thomas Booth: '''Thomas Booth''' (d. [[1835]]), cattle breeder, at KUlerby, Yorkshire, and, 1819, at Warlaby; raised a greatly improved breed of shorthorns.
Booth: '''Booth''' or BOTHE, WILLIAM ([[1390]] ?-[[1464]]), archbishop of York; half-brother of Lawrence Booth; studied at Gray's Inn and Pembroke Hall, Cambridge; prebendary of Southwell, 1416: sub-dean of St. Paul's Cathedral, e. 1420, and chancellor, 1421; prebendary of Lincoln, 1420, and of St. Paul's, 1421; bishop of Coventry and Lichfleld, 1447; archbishop of York, 1452.
Sir William Booth: '''Sir William Booth''' (fl. [[1673]]-[[1689]] captain in navy; captain, 1673; served against Algerine pirates in Mediterranean; knighted and appointed commissioner of navy, 1689; engaged in unsuccessful plot to assist James IL and fled to Prance.
Sir Brooke Boothby: '''Sir Brooke Boothby''' ([[1743]]-[[1824]]), baronet and poet; friend of the Edgeworths and the Lichfleld literary circle; published poems and works on political questions of the day.
Boothby: '''Boothby''' Miss HILL ([[1708]]-[[1756]]), friend of Dr. Johnson, her letters to whom were published in 1805.
Louisa Cranstoun Boothby: '''Louisa Cranstoun Boothby''' , LADY ([[1812]] ?1858).
Benjamin Boothroyd: '''Benjamin Boothroyd''' ([[1768]]-[[1836]]), independent minister and Hebrew scholar; ordained minister, 1790, at Pontefract, where he opened a shop as bookseller and printer; co-pastor at Highfleld chapel, Huddersfleld, 1818; LL.D.; D.D. Glasgow, 1824; published at his own press a Hebrew bible, 1810-13, a Family Bible 1818, and other works.
Francis Boott: '''Francis Boott''' ([[1792]]-[[1863]]), physician ; born in Boston, United States: educated at Harvard; made several journeys to England: M.D. Edinburgh, 1824; practised in London; F.L.S., 1819, secretary, 1832-9, and treasurer, 1856-61; published botanical and medical works.
Andrew Borde: '''Andrew Borde''' ([[1490]] ?-[[1549]]).
Joseph Bordwine: '''Joseph Bordwine''' (d. [[1835]]), professor at Addiscombe; born in America: served under General Whitlock; professor of fortification at East India Company's College, Addiscombe; published work on fortification.
Boreman: '''Boreman''' or BOURMAN, ROBERT (d. [[1675]]), royalist divine: educated at Westminster and Trinity College, Cambridge: B.A., 1631; fellow, 1634: M.A., 1635; deprived of fellowship; restored, 1660: D.D., 1660; prebendary of Westminster, 1667; published religious works, including a pamphlet directed against Richard Baxter.
Albert Borgard: '''Albert Borgard''' ([[1659]]-1 [[751]]), lieutenant-general : born at Holbech: served in Danish army against Swc.lt n. 1C75-9; fire-worker, 1679: served in Polish and Prussian armies; lieutenant-colonel under Lord Galway in Spain and Portugal: chief fire master in England, 1712; formed, and became colonel-commandant of, regiment of royal artillery, 1722; lieutenant-general, 1739.
Giulio Borgarucci: '''Giulio Borgarucci''' (. [[1564]]-[[1579]]), physician: came to England as protestant refugee; M.O.P.:.M.I). Cambridge, 1572; successfully treated plague in London (1563) by bleeding: physician to royal household for life, 1573.
Bord: '''Bord''' fGDON, JOHN, second BARON ([[1772]]-[[1840]]).
James Borland: '''James Borland''' ([[1774]]-[[1863]]), inspector-general of army hospitals: surgeon's mate, 42nd Highlanders, 1792; served in Flanders. West Indies, and Helder expedition, ! 1793-9; inspector-general of army hospitals, 1807; reported, with Dr. Lempriere and Sir Gilbert Blane : oustateof health at Walchereu; M.D; principal medical j officer in Mediterranean, 1810-16; honorary physician to ! H.R.H. Duke of Kent.
Borlase: '''Borlase''' or BTTRLACE, EDMUND (d. [[1682]]), his; torical writer; educated at Dublin; doctor of physic, Leyden, I860: practised at Chester; M.D. Oxford, 1660; . published works on Irish history.
Henry Borlase: '''Henry Borlase''' ([[1806]]-[[1835]]), separatist clergyman; B.A. Trinity College, Cambridge, 1828; took orders in established church, but subsequently joined Plymouth Brethren; published religious writings.
Sir John Borlase: '''Sir John Borlase''' (d. [[1649]]), soldier ; master of ordnance in Ireland, 1633-49; lord justice in Ireland, 1640-4.

[edit] Section 143

William Borlase: '''William Borlase''' ([[1695]]-[[1772]]), antiquary; M.A. Exeter College, Oxford; presented, 1722, to living of Ludgvan, near Penzance, to which the vicarage of St. i Just was added, 1732; published, in Philosophical Trans actions essay on Cornish diamonds, and was made F.R.S., 1750: subsequently produced several works, including ICornish Antiquities 1754; LL.D., 1766; presented col i lections to Ashinolean Museum.
Christopher Borough: '''Christopher Borough''' (fl. [[1579]]-[[1587]]), traveller; son of Stephen Borough; acted as Russian interpreter to Muscovy Company's expedition into Persia and Media, 1579. His account of the journey appears in Hakluyt.
Btjrgh Borough: '''Btjrgh Borough''' , or DE BTTRGO, JOHN (d. 1386), divine; D.D. Cambridge; chancellor of the university, 1384; rector of CoUingham, Nottinghamshire: i wrote theological works.
Sir John Borotjgh: '''Sir John Borotjgh''' (d. [[1643]]), Garter king-ofarms; studied at Gray's Inn; keeper of Tower records, 1623; Norroy king-of-arms, 1623; knighted, 1624; Garter king-of-arms, 1634; attended Charles I during civil war; clerk to conferences between royalists and par li amen ta i rians at York, Ripon, and London: D.C.L. Oxford, 1643; j wrote historical works, some of which were printed posthumously,
Stephen Borough: '''Stephen Borough''' ([[1525]]-[[1584]]), navigator ; served i as master in the only successful ship of three which attempted the first voyage of the English to Russia, 1553: I discovered Russia and named North Cape; discovered entrance to Kara Sea, 1556; took charge of fleet of three ships of merchant adventurers on voyage to Muscovy, 1560, and probably again in 1561; chief pilot and one of four masters of queen's ships in Medway, 1563-84: wrote records of his voyages, some of which were published in Hakluyt.
William Borough: '''William Borough''' ([[1536]]-[[1599]]), navigator and author; brother of Stephen Borough, with whom, as common seaman, he sailed to Russia, 1553, 1556, and 1657; engaged in voyages to St. Nicholas, 1668-68; accompanied voyage to discover passage to Cathay, 1568; dispersed pirates in Gulf of Finland, 1670; agent to merchant adventurers journeying between St. Nicholas, Moscow, and Narva, 1674-5; comptroller of queen's navy; probably commanded fleet at Flushing, 1685; vice-admiral under Drake in expedition to Cadiz, 1587, when he was put under arrest for questioning Drake on wisdom of an attack on Lagos: commanded a vessel against Armada, 1588. His work? include a treatise on variation of compass, several charts, and accounts of his voyages (printed In Hakluyt).
Borrekl: '''Borrekl''' 125
Bostock: '''Bostock''' 30RRELL, H. (d. 1851), numismatist; engaged in tradu at Smyrna; published writings on numismatics.
William Borrer: '''William Borrer''' ([[1781]]-[[1862]]), botanist; fellow of Hoval, l.ninraii, aii'l Vernerian societies; contributed ttlcal publications,
George Borrow: '''George Borrow''' ([[1803]]-[[1881]]), author; edu 1 1 burgh High School; articled to solicitor at Norvi.-ii: adopted literature as profession; assisted in compiling Ni-wate Calendar; toured through England :ui.l loiinn-yed in France, Germany, Hunsia,Spain, and tin- Ka t, studying the language of each country be ut for British and Foreign Bible Society; *-tt!nl at unlton Broad, where he became celebrated for his promiscuous hospitality; published translations and .! volumes, includingBible in Spain" (1843). -ies in Spain (1841), Lavengro(1861), and Romany Rye (1W57), relating to his travels, and marked hv thi-ir idi-alisation of an open air and vagrant life.
Thomas Borstale: '''Thomas Borstale''' (d. [[1290]]?), theologian; Augustinian friar at Norwich; D.D. Sorbonne, Paris.
David Borthwick: '''David Borthwick''' (d. [[1581]]), lord advocate of Scotland; educated at St. Leonard's Collesre, St. Andrews; called to bar, 1549; legal adviser to Bothwell; king's advocate and lord of session, 1573.
Peter Borthwick: '''Peter Borthwick''' ([[1804]]-[[1852]]), editor of the 4 Homing Post: educated at Edinburgh University and Jesus College, Cambridge; fellow-commoner, Downing College; spoke against abolition of slavery; M.P. for Bvesham, 1835-47; called to bar at Gray's Inn, 1847; editor of Morning Post 1850-2; published speeches.
William Borthwick: '''William Borthwick''' , fourth BARON BORTH-
Wick: '''Wick''' (d. [[1542]]), guardian of James V, [[1513]].
William Borthwick: '''William Borthwick''' ([[1760]]-[[1820]]), general; served in royal artillery in Flanders; prepared siege trains for Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz, 1812; major-general, 1812.
Sir Arthur Borton: '''Sir Arthur Borton''' ([[1814]]-[[1893]]), general and governor of Malta; educated at Eton; ensign, 9th foot, 1832; colonel, 1854; major-general, 1868; lieutenantgeneral, 1875; general, 1877; colonel of Norfolk regiment, 1889; served in Afghanistan campaign, 1842, Satlaj campaign, 1845-6, Crimea, 1854-6, and Canada, 1856; commanded Maisur division of Madras army, 1870-6; K.C.B., 1877; governor and commander-in-chief of Malta, 18781884; G.O.M.G., 1880; G.O.B., 1884.
Boruwlaski: '''Boruwlaski''' or BORTJSLAWSKI, JOSEPH ([[1739]]1837), dwarf; born at Halicz, Polish Galicia; enjoyed, until his marriage, the patronage of Countess Humiecka, with whom he travelled in France, Holland, and Germany; came to England, where he lived chiefly on proceeds of concerts; published * Memoirs in French and English (the English a translation by M. des Carrieres), 1788.
Bos: '''Bos''' A (d. [[705]]), bishop ; monk of Hilda's monastery at Streoneshalch (Whitby); bishop of York, 678, on division of Wilfrid's diocese by Ecgfrith and Archbishop Theodore; superseded by Wilfrid, 686, but probably reinstated, 691.
Bosan: '''Bosan''' aUET, CHARLES ([[1769]]-[[1850]]), city merchant; governor of South Sea Company; high sheriff of Northumberland, 1828, and J.P. and D.L. for that county; lieutenant-colonel, 1819, and later colonel of light horse volunteers; published economic treatises.
Uet Bosanq: '''Uet Bosanq''' , JAMES WHATMAN ([[1804]]-[[1877]]), chronologist; educated at Westminster; became partner in banking-house of Bosanquet, Salt & Co.; published works embodying researches into biblical and Assyrian chronology.
Bosanqtte: '''Bosanqtte''' 7, SIR JOHN BERNARD ([[1773]]-[[1847]]), judge; educated at Eton and Christ Church. Oxford; M.A., 1800; called to bar at Lincoln's Inn 1800; counsel to East India Company and to Bank of England; serjeantat-law, 1814; king's t-crjeant, 1827; presided over commission to inquire into practice of common law courts, 1828-30; judge ot common pleas and knighted, 1830; privy councillor, 1833; lord commissioner of great seal, 1835-6.
Bosan: '''Bosan''' aiTET, SAMUEL RICHARD ([[1800]]-[[1882]]), author; educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford; M.A., 1829; called to bar at Inner Temple; one of revising barristers appointed on passing of Reform Act, 1832; ! chairman of Monmouthshire quarter sessions; pub 1 lished miscellaneous works, including Hindoo Chrouo I logy and Antediluvian History
Family Ok Boscawen: '''Family Ok Boscawen''' . The first member of im I portance, Hugh (d. 1641), recorder of Truro, whose son I Edward was father of Hugh, first viscount Falmouth ;, from whom was descended Edward, the admiral, whose j'onugest son, George Evelyn, was third viscount; George Evelyn's son, Edward, became first Earl of Falmouth.
Edward Boscawen: '''Edward Boscawen''' ([[1711]]-[[1761]]), admiral, third son of Hugh, first viscount Falmouth; lieutenant, 1732; served at Porto BeJlo, 1739-40, at Cartagena, 1741; commanded small squadron in Soundings, 1746: wounded I off Finisterre, 1747; appointed coinmander-iu-chief by laud I and sea in East Indies, 1747; unsuccessfully attempted to reduce Pondicherry; nominally M.P. for Truro after ! 1741; lord commissioner of admiralty, 1751-61; vice admiral, 1755; commanded on North American station, j in Channel, off Brest, and in Bay of Biscay at intervals 1 between 1755 and 1757; second in command under i Hawke, 1757; admiral of the blue, 1758; commander iu-chief of fleet at siege of Louisburg, 1758; privy councillor, 1759; commanded squadron in Mediterranean, and defeated French in Lagos Bay, 1769; general of marines; commanded fleet in Quiberon Bay, 1760; his portrait was painted by Reynolds.

[edit] Section 144

Edward Boscawen: '''Edward Boscawen''' , first EARL OF FALMOUTH (1787-1841), son of George Evelyn, third viscount Falmouth; ensign in Coldstream guards; recorder of Truro; created earl, 1820.
Hugh Boscawen: '''Hugh Boscawen''' , first VISCOUNT FALMOUTH (d. 1734), M.P. for Tregony, 1702-5, county of Cornwall, 1705-10, Truro, 1710-13, and Penryn, 1713-1720: steward of duchy of Lancaster and lord warden of the Stannaries, 1708; comptroller of household, 1714-20; joint vice-treasurer of Ireland, 1717-34; raised to peerage, 1720.
William Boscawen: '''William Boscawen''' ([[1752]]-[[1811]]). author ; nephew i of Edward Boscaweu (1711-1761); educated at ; Eton and Exeter College, Oxford; commissioner of vic: tualliug office, 1785; published translations of Horace and j other works.
James Bosgrave: '''James Bosgrave''' ([[1547]] ?-[[1623]]), Jesuit; entered I Society of Jesus at Rome, 1564; ordained priest, 1572; ! came to England, 1580; suffered much persecution, and was sent into exile, 1585; died in Poland.
Herbert De Bosham: '''Herbert De Bosham''' (. [[1162]]-[[1186]]). See 1 HERBERT.
Boso: '''Boso''' (d. [[1181]] ?), third English cardinal ; nephew of Nicholas Breakspear, pope Adrian IV; monk of St. Albans; joined Adrian at Rome; cardinal-priest, 1156; wrote in verse lives of female saints.
John Bossam: '''John Bossam''' (fl. [[1550]]), painter and draughtsman ; in black and white. B08SEWELL, JOHN (. 1572), antiquary and public notary; published writings on heraldry.
Boste: '''Boste''' or BOAST, JOHN ([[1543]]?-[[1594]]), catholic priest; M.A. Oxford; entered English College, Dpuay i (temporarily removed to Rheims); ordained priest; I joined English mission, 1581; executed.
John Bostock: '''John Bostock''' (d. [[1465]]).
John Bostock: '''John Bostock''' , the elder ([[1740]]-[[1774]]), physician ; M.D. Edinburgh, 1769; extra licentiate, College of Physicians, London, 1770; practised in Liverpool; physician to Royal Infirmary.
John Bostock: '''John Bostock''' , the younger ([[1773]]-[[1846]]), physician, son of John Bostock (1740-1774); M.D. Edinburgh, 1798; practised in Liverpool; removed (1817) to London, where he abandoned medicine for general science; lectured on chemistry at Guy's Hospital; F.R.S.; president, Geological Society, 1826; vice-president, Royal ! Society, 1832; chief work, System of Physiology 1824.
Buriensis Boston: '''Buriensis Boston''' 126
Bothwell: '''Bothwell'''
Buriensis Boston: '''Buriensis Boston''' fl. [[1410]]), or JOHN BOSTON OP
Bury: '''Bury''' bibliographer: Augustinian monk of Bury St. Edmund's; wrote Catalogus Scriptortun Ecclesiae a list, with authorsnames, of books, in libraries of English monasteries and elsewhere; and Speculum Ooenobitarum an account of origin of monastic life.
Thomas Boston: '''Thomas Boston''' , the elder ([[1677]]-[[1732]]), Scottish divine: employed in office of Alexander Oockburn, writer to signet, 1689; M.A. Edinburgh, 1694; studied theology, 1690-1701; parish schoolmaster at Glencairn, 1696; onlained minister at Simprin, Berwickshire, 1699; clerk of synod, 1701; minister at Ettrick, 1707-32; basing his views on a work entitled Marrow of Modern Divinity h with eleven others, opposed act of assembly (1720) condemning the book, the twelve being nicknamed the twelve apostles and Marrow-men; published religious works, a treatise on Hebrew accente appearing posthumously.
Thomas Boston: '''Thomas Boston''' , the younger ([[1713]]-[[1767]]), Scottish relief minister; son of Thomas Boston (1677-1732); educated at Edinburgh University: ordained, 1733; minister at Oxnam, Roxburghshire, 1749; prohibited by presbytery, 1758, from employment in any office; continued in his ministry at Jedburgh in independent capacity, and with Thomas Gillespie and another minister formed, 1761, new ecclesiastical body calledpresbytery of relief of which Boston was first moderator,
William Bosville: '''William Bosville''' ([[1745]]-[[1813]]), bon vivant ; lieutenant, 1769; served in American war; retired from army, 1777; travelled in France, Italy, and Morocco, and subsequently settled in Welbeck Street, London, where he ; renowned for his hospitality.
Alexander Boswell: '''Alexander Boswell''' , LORD AUCHINLECK (1706-1782), Scottish judge; graduated at Leyden, 1727; member of Faculty of Advocates, 1729; sheriff-depute of Wigtownshire, 1748-50; lord of session, 1754; lord justiciary, 1755-80.
Sir Alexander Boswell: '''Sir Alexander Boswell''' ([[1775]]-[[1822]]), antiquary and poet; eldest sou of James Bos well the elder; educated at Westminster and Oxford; settled at Auchinleck, where he established a private press, 1815, and issued a series of reprints of old poems under title of Frondes Oaducae 1816-18; member of Roxburghe Olub, 1819; conservative M.P. for Plympton, Devonshire, 1818 and 1820; accepted Ohiltern Hundreds, 1821; created baronet, 1821; died from effects of duel with James Stuart of Dunearn, whom he had attacked in the Glasgow Sentinel; originated the idea of erecting on banks of the Doon the monument to Burns; published poetical and antiquarian writings, and edited several reprints of old works,
Olaud Irvine Boswell: '''Olaud Irvine Boswell''' , LORD BALMUTO (1742-1824), Scottish judge; nephew of James Boswell, the elder; educated at Edinburgh University; member of Faculty of Advocates, 1766; lord of session, 1799-1822.
Edward Boswell: '''Edward Boswell''' ([[1760]]-[[1842]]), solicitor; published antiquarian works.
James Boswell: '''James Boswell''' , the elder ([[1740]]-[[1795]]), biographer of Johnson; son of Alexander Boswell, lord Auchinleck ; educated at Edinburgh High School and university; studied law at Glasgow under Adam Smith, and at Edinburgh; made acquaintance of Johnson in London, 1763; studied civil law at Utrecht, 1765, and travelled thence to Berlin and Geneva, meeting Voltaire and Rousseau; made acquaintance of Wilkes in Italy, and was introduced to General Paoli in Corsica; returned to England, 1766; advocate, 1766; published Account of Corsica 1768, andEssays in Favour of the Brave Oorsicans 1769; took part in Shakespearean jubilee celebration at Stratford, 1769; made frequent visit* to Johnson in London between 1772 and 1784; toured with Johnson in Hebrides, August to November, 1773: elected member of Literary Olub, 1773; began to keep terms at Inner Temple, 1775; succeeded to bis father's estate, 1782; published Letter to People of Scotland on Present State of the Nation hoping to gain political influence, 1783; published Journal of Tour to Hebrides the work being revised by Malone, 1786; called to English bar, 1786; recorder of Carlisle, 1788-90; came to reside in London, 1789; published Life of Johnson (also previously revised by Malone), 1791; secretary of foreign correspondence to Royal Academy, 1791. His portrait was painted by Reynolds.
James Boswell: '''James Boswell''' , the younger ([[1778]]-[[1822]]), lawyer; second surviving son of James Boswell the elder ; educated at Westminster and Bnisenose College, Oxford; M.A., 1806; Vinerian fellow; called to bar at Inner Temple, 1806; commissioner of bankrupts; completed second edition of Malone's Shakespeare: member of Roxburghe Club; edited third variorum Shakespeare, 1821.
John Boswell: '''John Boswell''' ([[1698]]-[[1766]]), author ; B.A. Balliol College, Oxford, 1720; tutor; M.A. St. John's College, Cambridge; prebendary of Wells, 1736; published miscellaneous works.

[edit] Section 145

Robert Boswell: '''Robert Boswell''' ([[1746]]-[[1804]]), psalmist ; writer to signet; teaching elder in church of Sandemanians Edinburgh; published metrical version of Psalms.
Sir William Boswell: '''Sir William Boswell''' (d. [[1649]]), diplomatist ; fellow, Jesus College, Cambridge, 1606; secretary to Sir Dudley Carleton, when ambassador at the Hague, succeeding him in the post; knighted, 1633; continued Carleton's policy at the Hague, and supported Gomarists against Barneveldt and the remonstrants
Joseph Bosworth: '''Joseph Bosworth''' ([[1789]]-[[1876]]), Anglo-Saxon scholar; M.A. and LL.D. Aberdeen; member of Trinity College, Cambridge; vicar of Little Horwood, Buckinghamshire, 1817-29; chaplain at Amsterdam, 1829, and afterwards at Rotterdam; D.D. Cambridge, 1839; incorporated member of Christ Church, Oxford, 1857; Rawlinson professor of Anglo-Saxon, Oxford, 1868; F.R.S.; published Anglo-Saxon Dictionary 1838, and translated Alfred's Orosius 1855.
William Bosworth: '''William Bosworth''' ([[1607]]-[[1660]]?), poetical writer. A volume of his poems was published posthumously in 1651.
Boteler: '''Boteler'''
Edward Boteler: '''Edward Boteler''' (d. [[1670]]), divine; fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge; ejected, 1644; king's chaplain, 1660; prebendary of Lincoln, 1665.
Nathaniel Boteler: '''Nathaniel Boteler''' (fl. [[1625]]-[[1627]]), navy captain; served in expeditions to Cadiz and Isle of Re; wrote an account of naval customs (published, 1685).
William Fuller Boteler: '''William Fuller Boteler''' ([[1777]]-[[1845]]), commissioner of bankruptcy; educated at Charterhouse and St. John's College, Cambridge; senior wrangler, 1799; fellow of St. Peter's College; M.A., 1802; called to bar at Lincoln's Inn, 1804; K.O., 1831; senior commissioner of district court of bankruptcy, Leeds, 1844.
Francis Boteville: '''Francis Boteville''' ( [[1545]] ?-[[1608]]).
William Boteville: '''William Boteville''' (d. [[1646]]).
Beriah Botfield: '''Beriah Botfield''' ([[1807]]-[[1863]]), bibliographer; educated at Harrow and Christ Church, Oxford; B.A.. 1828; sheriff of Northamptonshire, 1831; M.P. for Ludlow, 1840-7, and 1857-63; established private press at Norton Hall, Northamptonshire. His publications include 'Notes on Cathedral Libraries of England 1849. and editions for the Roxburghe, Maitland, Abbotsford. and Banuatyne clubs, and Surtees Society.
Earls of Bothwell: '''Earls of Bothwell''' . See HEPBURN, PATRICK, third EARL, 1512 ?-1556; HEPBURN, JAMES, fourth EARL, 1536 ?-1578; HEPBURN, FRANCIS STEWART, fifth EARL, rf. 1624.
Adam Bothwell: '''Adam Bothwell''' ([[1527]] 7-[[1593]]), divine ; bishop of i Orkney, 1669; on commission for revising Book of Discipline, 1563; lord of session, 1565; performed, after protestant form, marriage ceremony of Mary Queen of Soots and James Hepburn, earl of Bothwell, at Holyrood House, and crowned and anointed Mary's son, Charles James, at Stirling, 1567; suspended from ministry for solemnising the marriage, 1667-8; exchanged greater part of temporalities of Orkney, while retaining title of bishop, for abbacy of Holyrood House, 1570; on commission to frame revised ecclesiastical settlement, 1672; one of council of twelve forming provisional government overthrown on 10 June, 1678; one of lords of articles at parliament, 1584. 1-27
Bourchier: '''Bourchier'''
Samuel Botley: '''Samuel Botley''' ([[1842]]-[[1696]]?), writer on stenography. ! 446 3
Botolph: '''Botolph''' or BOTULF (d. [[680]]), saint ; studied in Germany, where he became a Benedictine monk; founded monastery lit Ikanho (iwrhaps near present town of Boston), 054; commemorated on 17 June.
William Botoner: '''William Botoner''' ([[1415]]-[[1482]]?). See WOR
Ckstkk: '''Ckstkk'''
Thm Bott: '''Thm Bott''' s ([[1688]]-[[1754]]), divine: held various living in Norfolk: published Answer to Warburton's Divine Lection 1743.
Bott: '''Bott''' T HOM AS ([[1829]]-[[1870]]), china painter ; artist in Royal Porcelain Works, Worcester, where his work in Worcester enamel gained considerable reputation.
John De Bottetourt: '''John De Bottetourt''' (d. [[1324]]), baron and admiral; governor of St. Briavel's Oastle, and warden of Itonst of Dean; commanded fleet at burning 1 of Cherbourg, rrvcd iiinlt'r Edward I in Gascouy and Scotland; joined Warwick against Piers Gaveston.
Bottisham: '''Bottisham''' or BOTTLESHAM, WILLIAM OP (-. IKK)), bishop; Dominican; D.D., and fellow, Pembroke College, Cambridge; bishop of Bethlehem, c. 1385, Llandaff, 1386, and Rochester, 1389.
Joseph Bottomley: '''Joseph Bottomley''' (.#.[[1820]]), musician: organist at Bradford, 1807, and Sheffield, 1820; published dictionary of music (1816) and other musical works.
Sir Thomas Bottch: '''Sir Thomas Bottch''' ([[1822]]-[[1880]]), civil engineer : resident engineer on Stockton and Darlington railway; manager and engineer of Edinburgh and Northern railway, 1849; instituted steam ferries over Forth and Tay: constructed Tay bridge, 1870-7; knighted, 1879; died from mental shock resulting from destruction of Tay bridge by hurricane; M.I.O.E., 1858.
John Boucher: '''John Boucher''' ([[1777]]-[[1818]]), divine; fellow, Magdalen College, Oxford, 1799: M.A., 1802; vicar of Kirk Newton, Northumberland, 1804-18; his sermons were published posthumously.

[edit] Section 146

John Boucher: '''John Boucher''' ([[1819]]-[[1878]]), divine; Unitarian minister successively at Southport, Glasgow, and Hackney; studied for Anglican orders at St. John's College, Cambridge; B. A., 1857.
Jonathan Boucher: '''Jonathan Boucher''' ([[1738]]-[[1804]]), divine; engaged in tuition in America, c. 1754-62; held successively several ecclesiastical charges in America, where until the war of independence he was intimate with George Washington; returned to England, 1775; vicar of Epsom, 1786-1804; published sermons and writings relating to Cumberland, and left incomplete a supplement to Johnson's Dictionary
Weyman Bouchery: '''Weyman Bouchery''' ([[1683]]-[[1712]]), Latin poet: M.A. Jesus College, Cambridge, 1706; rector of Little Blakenham, 1709; published a Latin poem.
Barton Bouchier: '''Barton Bouchier''' ([[1794]]-[[1865]]), religious writer ; son of Jonathan Boucher: changed hia name to Bouchier after 1822; M.A. Balliol College, Oxford, 1827; published hymns and religious works.
Bouchier: '''Bouchier''' or BOURCHIER, GEORGE (d. [[1643]]), royalist: merchant of Bristol; hanged for conspiring to deliver Bristol to Prince Rupert, 1643.
Dion Boucicault: '''Dion Boucicault''' ([[1820]] ?-[[1890]]), originally called
Bourcicault: '''Bourcicault''' actor and dramatist : educated at London University; produced his London Assurance at Covent Garden theatre, 1841; sometimes wrote in conjunction with Benjamin Webster; manager of Astley's, 1863; produced Arrah-na-Pogue at Princess's, 1865, himself playing Shaun; retired, 1876, to America, where he died. His plays, invariably adapted from some previous play or novel by another hand, include Faust and Marguerite 1852, and theColleen Bawn 1860.
Samuel Bough: '''Samuel Bough''' ([[1822]]-[[1878]]), landscape-painter; successively shoemaker and lawyer's clerk in Carlisle; wandered about England making sketches; Bcene-painter in Manchester and Glasgow: took to landscape-painting, member of Royal Scottish Academy, 1875.
Edward Boughen: '''Edward Boughen''' ([[1587]]-[[1660]] ?), royalist divine ; educated at Westminster and Christ Church, Oxford; M.A., 1612; rector of Woodchurch, 1633-40; D.D., 1646; published sermons and religious works.
Joan Boughton: '''Joan Boughton''' (d. [[1494]]), martyr; burnt at Smithneld, at the age of eighty or more, for supjui Wycliffe's doctrines.
Sw Boult: '''Sw Boult''' 1NTON ([[1809]]-[[1876]]), agent for insurance offices in Liverpool; founded, 1836, and became managing director of, Liverpool Fire Office (afterwards Liverpool, London, and Globe Insurance Company).
Thomas Pownall Boultbee: '''Thomas Pownall Boultbee''' ([[1818]]-[[1884]]), divine; M.A. St. John's College, Cambridge, 1844; theological tutor and chaplain of Cheltenham College, 1852-63; principal of London College of Divinity, 1863; LL.D., 1872; prebendary of St. Paul's, 1883; published religious works.
Hugh Boulter: '''Hugh Boulter''' ([[1672]]-[[1742]]), archbishop of Armagh; educated at Merchant TaylorsSchool and Christ Church, Oxford; M.A., 1693; D.D., 1708; fellow of Magdalen College; chaplain to Archbishop Tenisou; chaplain to George I in Hanover, bishop of Bristol, and dean of Christ Church, Oxford, 1719; protestant archbishop of Armagh, 1724; frequently acted as lord justice in Ireland, displaying prejudice against the Irish,
Matthew Boulton: '''Matthew Boulton''' ([[1728]]-[[1809]]), engineer: entered partnership with Watt, whom he greatly assisted in completion and introduction of the steam-engine; made coins for Great Britain and other countries, and supplied new mint with machinery (1805); F.R.S.
Richard Boulton: '''Richard Boulton''' (fl. [[1697]]-[[1724]]), physician : educated at Braseuose College, Oxford; published medical works.
Nicholas Bound: '''Nicholas Bound''' ( d. [[1613]]).
Bou: '''Bou''' aUET, HENRY ([[1719]]-[[1765]]), general ; born at Rolle, Switzerland; served in armies of States-General of Holland, king of Sardinia, and Prince of Orange; captaincommandant of Swiss guards at Hague, 1 748; lieutenantcolonel in America, 1754; brigadier-general and commandant in southern British America.
Philip Bouquett: '''Philip Bouquett''' ([[1669]]-[[1748]]), Hebrew professor: educated at Westminster and Trinity College, Cambridge; fellow; M.A., 1696; D.D., 1711; professor of Hebrew, 1712.
George Bourchier: '''George Bourchier''' (d. [[1643]]).
Henry Bourchier: '''Henry Bourchier''' , first EARL OF EsaEX (d. [[1483]]), great-grandson of Robert Bourchier: lieutenantgeneral under Duke of York in France, 1440; captain of Crotoy, Picardy, 1443; married Isabel, aunt of Edward IV; treasurer of England, 1455-6 and 1471-83; with March and Warwick at battle of Northampton, 1460; created Earl of Essex, 1461.
Henry Bourchier: '''Henry Bourchier''' , second EARL OF ESSEX (d. 1539), grandson of Henry Bourchier, first earl; member of Henry VII's privy council; captain of Henry VIII's bodyguard; served at Teroueune and Tournay, 1513; chief captain of king's forces, 1514; attended Henry at Guisnes, 1520.
Bourchier: '''Bourchier''' or BOUSSIER, JOHN DE (d. [[1330]] ? judge; justice of assize for Kent, Surrey, and Sussex, 1315; justice of common bench, 1321 till death,
John Bourchier: '''John Bourchier''' , second BARON BERNERS (1467-1533), statesman and author; grand-nephew of Henry Bourchier, first earl of Essex; marshal of Surrey's army in Scotland, 1513; chancellor of exchequer, 1516 1 accompanied John Kite, archbishop of Armagh, to Spain to negotiate alliance between Henry VIII and Charles V, 1518; attended Henry at Field of Cloth of Gold, 1520; deputy of Calais, 1520-33; published translation of Froissart's Chronicles 1523-5: and translated Huon of Burdeux(probably printed in 1534).Castell of Love (printed 1540), and, under title of Golden Bokeof Marcos Aurelius (1534), a French version of Guevara's El redox de Principes
Sir John Bourchier: '''Sir John Bourchier''' (d. [[1660]]), regicide; M.P. for Ripon, 1645; one of Charles I's judges, 1648; signed death-warrant: member of council of state, 1651 and 1652; surrendered as regicide, 1660, but died before settle i ment of exceptions to act of indemnity.
Bourchier: '''Bourchier''' 128

[edit] Section 147

Bouverie: '''Bouverie'''
Bourchfer: '''Bourchfer''' r BOUSSIER, ROBERT .. Ml"). chancellor: son of John de Bomvhier;.M.I i,. r Essex, mo, 13U2. 1338, and lKV.t; ehamvllor. 13u 1 fought at Crecy, 1316.
Thomas Bourchier: '''Thomas Bourchier''' ([[1404]]?-[[1486]]), canlinal : brother of Henry Bourchier. first carl. v.: educated at Oxford; prebendary of Lichfield, 1424; chancellorof Oxford University, 11.11; bihop t Won-.-t.-r. 14H4, ami of Kly, 1113; an-hhishop of Canterbury, 1 K;: lord-chancellor, 1455-6; Lancastrian, drawing up with Vnyntiete terms of agreement between Lancastrians and Yorkists, 1458; crowned Edwanl IV. 1 tr.l, and liis queen, Elizabeth Woodville, 1465; nominated canliual, 14U7, and installed, 1473; raised troops for restoration of Edwanl IV to throne, 1471; one of four arbitrators to whom difficulties between England and Prance were referred by peace of Amiens, 1475; headed deputation which persuaded the queen-dowager to entrust her second son, Richard, to his uncle, the Protector; officiated at coronation of Richard III, 1483; married Henry VII to Elizabeth of York, 1486.
Thomas Bourchier: '''Thomas Bourchier''' (d. [[1586]] ?), friar of Observant order of Franciscans; probably educated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford; doctor of theology, Sorbonne, Paris; joined Reformed Franciscans at Rome; penitentiary in the Lateran; wrote a history of Franciscan martyrs (1582).
Isaac Bourdieu: '''Isaac Bourdieu''' nu ([[1597]] 7-[[1692]] V). See Du
Bourdieu: '''Bourdieu'''
Jean Bourdieu: '''Jean Bourdieu''' nu ([[1642]] ?-l [[720]]). See Du
Bokdiku: '''Bokdiku'''
Jamks Bourdillon: '''Jamks Bourdillon''' I)KWAR([[1811]]-[[1883]]), Madras civil servant; went to Madras, 1829; secretary to government in revenue and public works departments, 1854-61; did much for improvement of irrigation and system of land revenue.
Bourgeois: '''Bourgeois''' Sm PETER FRANCIS ([[1766]]-[[1811]]), painter; studied under De Loutherbourg; exhibited at Royal Academy and British Institution between 1779 and 1810; R.A., 1793: landscape-painter to George III, 1794; painter to Stanislaus, king of Poland, and knighted, 1791; bequeathed 371 pictures to Dulwich College.
Sir Richard Bourke: '''Sir Richard Bourke''' ([[1777]]-[[1855]]), colonial governor; educated for bar: ensign in grenadier guards, 1798; captain, 1799; assistant quartermaster-general to army in Portugal, 1808-9; in Galicia, 1812; colonel and O.B.; major-general, 1821; lieutenant-governor of eastern Cape of Good Hope, 1825-8; governor of New South Wai..;, 1831-7; established regular scheme of emigration; K.O.B., 1835; general, 1851.
Richard Southwell Bourke: '''Richard Southwell Bourke''' , sixth EARL OP
Mayo: '''Mayo''' ([[1822]]-[[1872]]), viceroy and governor-general of India; graduated at Trinity College, Dublin; M.P. for Kildare, 1847-52, Ooleraiue, 1852-7, and Cockermouth, after 1857; chief secretary for Ireland, under conservative governments, 1852, 1858, and 18G6; viceroy and governor-general of India, 1869; assassinated at Port Blair. His policy was to endeavour, while insisting on the superior power of Britain, to maintain intimate relations of friendship with neighbouring states, opposing their neutralisation in the European sense. In nuance be adopted a policy of decentralisation
Robert Bourman: '''Robert Bourman''' (d. [[1876]]).
Nicol Bourn: '''Nicol Bourn''' (. [[1581]]).
Samuel Bourn: '''Samuel Bourn''' , the elder ([[1648]]-[[1719]]), dissenting minister; educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge; presbyterian minister at Came, 1679, and Bolton, 16961719. A volume of his sermons appeared, 1722.
Samuel Bourn: '''Samuel Bourn''' , the younger ([[1689]]-[[1764]]), dissenting minister; second son of Samuel Bourn (16481719); joint- pastor at New Meeting, Birmingham, and at Coseley, 1732; published controversial and religious works.
Samuel Bourn: '''Samuel Bourn''' ([[1714]]-[[1796]]), dissenting minister: second son of Samuel Bourn (1689-1764); educated at Glasgow University; joint-minister of presbyterian congregation at Norwich, 1764; published controversial and religious works.
Thomas Bourn: '''Thomas Bourn''' ([[1771]]-[[1832]]), school teacher; compiled Gazetteer of the World, 1 1807.
William Bourn: '''William Bourn''' (d. [[1583]]).
Gilbert Bourne: '''Gilbert Bourne''' (d. [[1569]]), bishop of Bath and Ylls: fellow, All SoulsCollege, Oxford, 1531; B.A., 15:!2: pivbend'iry of Worcester, 1541, of St. Paul's, 1545: proctor for clergy of diocese of London, 1547; chaplain to IUhop Bonuer: bishop of Bath ami Wells, 1554; warden of Welsh marches: refused oath-* of allegiance to Kli.abeth, and was committed to Tower, 1559; subsequently detained in private custody.
Henry Bourne: '''Henry Bourne''' ([[1696]]-[[1733]]), divine and antiquary : M.A. Christ College, Cambridge, 1724: published Antiquitates Vulgares 1726, and left unfinished a history of Newcastle (published, 1736). vi. 29}
Hugh Bourne: '''Hugh Bourne''' ([[1772]]-[[1852]]), founder of the primitive methodists: local preacher among Wesleyan methodiste: revived camp meetings for preaching and fellowship, 1807, and accordingly was expelled from Wesleyan Methodist Society, 1808; founded primitive methodiste, 1810, and subsequently travelled in Scotland, Ireland, and America, enrolling recruits; published work relating to his sect.
Immanuel Bourne: '''Immanuel Bourne''' ([[1590]]-[[1679]]), divine; M.A. Christ Church, Oxford, 1616; rector of Waltham-on-theWolds, 1656; conformed at Restoration: rector of Aylestone, 1670-9; published religious works.
Nehemiah Bourne: '''Nehemiah Bourne''' (fl. [[1649]]-[[1662]]), major in parliamentary army; captain in navy on remodelling of fleet, c. 1649; rear-admiral of fleet, 1652; commissioner for equipment of fleets, 1652; emigrated to America on Restoration.

[edit] Section 148

Reuben Bourne: '''Reuben Bourne''' (fl. [[1692]]), dramatist; member of Middle Temple; published The Contented Cuckold a comedy, 1692.
Robert Bourne: '''Robert Bourne''' ([[1761]]-[[1829]]), physician; M.D. Worcester College, Oxford, 1787; F.R.O.P., 1790; professor of physic, 1803, and clinical medicine, 1824, Oxford.
Vincent Bourne: '''Vincent Bourne''' ([[1695]]-[[1747]]% Latin poet ; educated at Westminster and Trinity College, Cambridge; fellow, 1720; M.A., 1721; master at Westminster School, Cowper being one of his pupils; housekeeper and deputy serjeant-at-arms to House of Commons, 1734; published Poemata, Latine partim reddita, partim scripta (1734), some of which were translated by Oowper and Lamb.
Bourne: '''Bourne''' or BOURN, WILLIAM (d. [[1583]]), mathematician; self-taught; probably employed at Gravesend as gunner and ship-carpenter; published almanacks and works on gunnery and navigation, leaving manuscripts on similar subjects.
William Sturges Bourne: '''William Sturges Bourne''' - ([[1769]]-[[1845]]), politician; educated with Canning at Winchester and Christ Church, Oxford; M.A., 1793; D.C.L., 1831; called to bar at Lincoln's Inn, 1793; M.P., 1798-1831; joint-secretary of treasury, 1804-6; lord of treasury, 1807-9; privy councillor, 1814; home secretary, 1H27; commissioner of woods and forests, 1827; lord warden of New Forest, 18281831.
Mrs Boutel: '''Mrs Boutel''' . (. [[1663]]-[[1696]]), actress ; member of Theatre Royal company; her first recorded character, Estifania in Rule a Wife, and Have a Wife c. 1664, and her last, Thomyris, in Cyrus the Great 1696.
Charles Boutell: '''Charles Boutell''' ([[1812]]-[[1877]]), archreologist ; B.A. St. John's College, Cambridge, 1834: incorporated at Trinity College, Oxford, and M.A., 1836; rector of Norwood, Surrey; published works on archaeology and heraldry.
Henry Crewe Boutflower: '''Henry Crewe Boutflower''' ([[1796]]-[[1863]]). Hulsean essayist: M.A. St. John's College, Cambridge, 1822; Hulsean prizeman, 1816; head-master, Bury school, Lancahire, 1823; rector of Elmdon, 1857-63; published Hulsean essay.
Edward Pleydell Bouverie: '''Edward Pleydell Bouverie''' - ([[1818]]-[[1889]]), politician; second son of William Pleydell-Bouverie, third earl of Radnor; M.A. Trinity College, Cambridge, 1838; barrister, Inner Temple, 1843; liberal M.P., Kilrnarnock, 1844-74; president of poor-law board, 1856-8; opposed Gladstone's Irish University Bill, 1873; wrote numerous letters to the Times signed E. P. B.
Bouverie: '''Bouverie''' 129
Bowerbank: '''Bowerbank'''
Bouverie: '''Bouverie''' Sin HENRY FREDERICK ([[1783]]-[[1852]]), d; cn-iu'ii, 1799; aide-de-cainp to Ko-dyn, Isu7, :ui,! Vrll.-h-y, 1809; oil staff, 1810; colonel, 1814; K.(.I., 1H1"- u'ovcrnor and cominandcr-in-chief of Malta, 18301843: lieutenant-general, 1838; G.O.B., 1852.
William Pleydell Bouverie: '''William Pleydell Bouverie''' -, third i:iti. OK It Dint (1779- Hi;;)), whig politician; M.P. for Downton, l*ul, and Sali-lury, 1802-28; actively supported social inM-iin-s: friend of William Cobbett.
Khynold Gideon Bouyer: '''Khynold Gideon Bouyer''' (d. [[1826]]), divine; LL.H. Jesus College, Cambridge, 1769; prebendary of Sariiin. I7s:: c-tublis bed parochial libraries throughout Northumberland,
Bovey: '''Bovey''' or BOEVEY, CATHARINA ([[1669]]-[[1726]]), philanthropist; n&e Riches; mafried, 1684; associated viili a Mrs. Mary I'ope in many charitable works.
Bovill: '''Bovill''' Silt WILLIAM ([[1814]]-[[1873]]), judge; barrister of Middle Temple, 1841; Q.O., 1855; conservative M.I for Guildford, 1857; solicitor-general and chiefj nst ice of common pleas, 1866; hon. D.O.L. Oxford, 1870; K.R.S.; presided at first Tichborne trial.
Bovhlu: '''Bovhlu''' 8 (d. [[1526]]).
John Bowack: '''John Bowack''' (fl. [[1737]]), writing-master at Westminster School; clerk to turnpike commissioners, 1732; tant secretary to Westminster Bridge commissioners, 1737; began publication ofAntiquities of Middlesex 17ot5.
Sir Edward Bowater: '''Sir Edward Bowater''' ([[1787]]-[[1861]]), lieutenantgeneral; educated at Harrow; ensign, 1804; served in Peninsula and Waterloo campaigns, 1808-15; groom-inwaiting in ordinary to the queen, 1846; lieutenant-general and colonel 49th foot.
John Bowden: '''John Bowden''' (d. [[1750]]), presbyterian divine ; minister at Frome, 1707-50; published sermons and contributed to Divine Hymns and Poems (1704).
John William Bowden: '''John William Bowden''' ([[1798]]-[[1844]]), ecclesiastical writer; educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Oxford; M. A., 1823; commissioner of stamps, 1826-40; intimate friend of John Henry Newman, and a zealous partisan in the Tractarian movement. His works include a Life of Gregory VII (1840).
Samuel Bowden: '''Samuel Bowden''' (ft. [[1733]]-[[1761]]). physician; published poems, 1733-5.
Thomas Edward Bowdich: '''Thomas Edward Bowdich''' ([[1791]]-[[1824]]), African traveller; obtained writership in service of African Company, and went to Cape Coast Castle, 1814; formed treaty with king of Ashantee, granting peace to British settlements on Gold Coast, 1815; returned to England, 1818; studied science in Paris; published works and translations relating to Ashantee and African exploration,
Henrietta Maria Bowdler: '''Henrietta Maria Bowdler''' ([[1754]]-[[1830]]), religious writer; sister of John Bowdler the elder; published religious poems and essays.
Jane Bowdler: '''Jane Bowdler''' ([[1743]]-[[1784]]), authoress ; sister of Henrietta Maria Bowdler; a selection of her poems and essays appeared, 1786.

[edit] Section 149

John Bowdler: '''John Bowdler''' , the younger ([[1783]]-[[1815]]), author ; younger son of John Bowdler (1746-1823); barrister of Lincoln's Inn, 1807; selections from his verse and prose appeared, 1816.
John Bowdler: '''John Bowdler''' , the elder ([[1746]]-[[1823]]), author; chamber conveyancer, 1770-80: one of founders of Church Building Society; published political and religious pamphlets.
Thomas Bowdler: '''Thomas Bowdler''' ([[1754]]-[[1825]]), editor of Shakespeare; brother of John Bowdler the elder; M.D. Edinburgh, 1776; F.R.S. and L.O.P., 1781: F.S.A., 1784; visited Low Countries, 1787, and wrote narrative of their political disunion; published Family Shakespeare (10 vols. 1818), an expurgated version of the text; prepared, on similar lines, edition of Gibbon'sHistory 1 1 is works gave rise to the term bowdlerise
Thomas Bowdler: '''Thomas Bowdler''' , the younger ([[1782]]-[[1856]]), divine: son of John Bowdler the elder; M.A. St. Iota's OoUege, Cambridge, 1*06; prebendary of St. Paul's, 1849; edited (1826) his uncle's Gibbon
Syngb Christopher Charles: '''Syngb Christopher Charles''' ,
Buwkn Bakox: '''Buwkn Bakox''' (1S35-1K94), judge; educated at Rugby and Balliol College, Oxford; fellow, 1857; M.A., 1872; D.O.L., 1883; called to bar at Lincoln's Inn, 1861: bencher, 1879; joined western circuit; junior counsel against Claimant in Tichborne case 1871-4; appointed judge of queen's bench and knighted, 1879; lord of appeal in ordinary, receiving life peerage, 1893; published translations from Virgil, and other writings.
Kmanukl Bowen: '''Kmanukl Bowen''' (fl. [[1762]]). map-engraver to George II and Louis XV.
Sir George Ferguson Bowen: '''Sir George Ferguson Bowen''' ([[1821]]-[[1899]]), colonial governor; educated at Charterhouse and Trinity College, Oxford; B.A. and fellow of Brasenose, 1844; M.A., 1847; entered Lincoln's Inn, 1844; president of university of Corfu, 1847-51; chief secretary to government in Ionian Islands, 1854; K.O.M.G., 1856; first governor of Queensland, 1859; G.O.M.G., 1860; appointed governor of New Zealand, 1867; successfully pursued policy of conciliation towards Maoris and settlers; governor of Victoria, 1872; honorary D.C.L. Oxford, 1875; appointed to Mauritius, 1879, and Hongkong, 1882; reconstructed colonial legislature and established friendly foreign policy; retired from office, 1887; privy councillor, 1886; honorary LL.D. Cambridge, 1886; chief of royal commission on new constitution of Malta, 1887; published Mount Athos, Thessaly, and Epirus* (1852), and other works.
James Bowen: '''James Bowen''' (d. [[1774]]), painter and topographer ; made collections for history of Shropshire.
James Bowen: '''James Bowen''' ([[1751]]-[[1835]]), rear-admiral; commanded ship in African and West India trade; master in navy, 1781-9; inspecting agent of transports in Thames, 1789; master of Howe's flagship in battle of 1 June 1794: captain, 1795; commissioner of transport board, c. 1803, and of navy, 1816-25; rear-admiral, 1825.
John Bowen: '''John Bowen''' ([[1756]]-[[1832]]), painter and genealogist : son of James Bowen (d. 1774); made antiquarian collections relating to Shropshire. JOHN (1815-1859), colonial bishop: emigrated to Canada, 1835; returned home and entered Trinity College, Dublin, 1843; LL.D., 1857; visited many foreign stations of Church Missionary Society, 1848-51 and 1854-6; bishop of Sierra Leone, 1857.
Thomas Bowen: '''Thomas Bowen''' -d. [[1790]]), map-engraver ; son of Emanuel Bowen; his works include maps and charts of West Indies from Captain James Speer's surveys,
Alexander Bower: '''Alexander Bower''' (ft. [[1804]]-[[1830]]), assistantlibrarian at Edinburgh University; published biographical and historical works.
Archibald Bower: '''Archibald Bower''' ([[1686]]-[[1766]]), historian : educated at Scots college at Douay; entered Society of Jesus, 1706; studied divinity at Rome, 1717-21; professed of four vows, c. 1723; came to England, 1726; conformed to church of England; classical tutor to Lord Aylmer; contributed history of Rome to Universal History 1735-44; readmitted Jesuit, 1745, but again left the society, 1747; published History of the Popes 7 vols. 1748-66; accused, in pamphlets, by Rev. Alban Butler and Rev. John Douglas (afterwards bishop of Salisbury), and proved guilty of being secretly a member of catholic church.
Bower: '''Bower''' or BOWERS, GEORGE (d. [[1690]]), engraver to the mint, 1664-90.
Bower: '''Bower''' or BOWMAKER, WALTER (d. [[1449]]), abbot of Inchcolm: probably member of Augustiuian priory of St. Andrews; B.C.L.; commissioner to collect ransom money of James I (of Scotland), 1423 and 1424; present at council held at Perth, 1432: reputed continuator ( 1440-7) pi Fordun'sChronica Gentis Scotorum as it appears iir the Scotichronicon of which he wrote an abridgment called Book of Cupar A complete edition of the Scotichronicon was published in 1759.
James Scott Bowerbank: '''James Scott Bowerbank''' ([[1797]]-[[1877]]), geologist; partner in London distillery; lectured on botany, 1822-4, and human osteology, 1831; one of founders of 'London Clay Club 1836, and of Palaeontographical Society, 1847; F.R.S., 1842: most important work, Fossil Fruits of the London Clay (1840).
Boweks: '''Boweks''' 130
Bowman: '''Bowman'''
Bowers: '''Bowers''' (1KOHGK HULL ([[1794]]-[[1872]]). ilivin.- : D.D. Clare College, Cambridge, 1849; dean of Manchester, 1847-71; mint founder of Marl borough School; published works on ecclesiastical mutters.
Elizabeth Bowes: '''Elizabeth Bowes''' ([[1502]] ?- [[1568]]), disciple of John Knox; nte Aske; married Ki.-liunl, sou of Sir Ralph : t -ll under intltifiic of John Knox, who adopted her as a relative ami married her daughter, Marjory; lived chiefly with Knox, from 1556. vi. 55J J, SIR GEORGE (1517-1556), commander in border wars; accompanied Hertford in his raid, 1541, and was knighted.
Bowes: '''Bowes''' Siu GEORGE ([[1527]]-[[1580]]), soldier: son of Elizabeth Bowes; marshal of Berwick, 1558: knighted, 1560; provost maili:tl of Karl ot Sussex's army: M.I for Knaresborouph, 1571, and Morpeth, 1572; high sheriff of county palatine, 1576.
Sik Bowes: '''Sik Bowes''' .IKHOMK ,. itilii), ambassador; temporarily banished from court for slandering Earl of Leicester, 1577: ambassador to Russia, 1583: dismissal after death of the Czar Ivanvasilovitch; translated from French an Apology for Christians of France 1579.
John Bowes: '''John Bowes''' ([[1690]]-[[1767]]), lord chancellor of Ireland; called to bar in England, 1718, and in Ireland, 1725; solicitor-general, 1730; M.I for Taghmou, 1731; attorney-general for Ireland, 1739, chief barou of exchequer, 1741, and chancellor, 1757: received title of Baron of Clonlyon, 1758; lord justice in Ireland, 1765 and 1766.
John Bowes: '''John Bowes''' ([[1804]]-[[1874]]), preacher; preached among Wesleyans; became primitive uiethodist minister: renounced all party appellations and started mission at Dundee, 1830; open-air preacher: published pamphlets.

[edit] Section 150

Bowes: '''Bowes''' M.YRMADUKE (d. [[1585]]), catholic martyr; executed at York for harbouring catholic priests,
Bowes: '''Bowes''' Sm MARTIN ([[1500]]?-[[1566]]), lord mayor of London; deputy * keeper of exchange 1530: sub-treasurer of mint; sheriff of London, 1540; lord mayor, 1545.
Mary Eleanor Bowes: '''Mary Eleanor Bowes''' , COUNTESS OP STRATH-
Mork: '''Mork''' ([[1749]]-[[1800]]); nie Bowes; married, [[1767]], John Lyon, ninth earl of Strathmore (d. 1776); married Lieutenant Andrew Stoney; left Stouey and, 1789, obtained divorce for cruelty; published Confessions and other writings.
Paul Bowes: '''Paul Bowes''' (d. [[1702]]), editor of D'Ewes's 'Journals; pensioner of St. John's College, Cambridge, 1650; called to bar at Middle Temple, 1661: bencher, 1679: F.RJ3., 1699: edited Journals of his uncle, Sir Simonds D'Ewes, 1682.
Sik Robert Bowes: '''Sik Robert Bowes''' ([[1495]]?-[[1554]]), commander and lawyer; warden of east and middle marches, 1550, and drew upBook of State of Frontiers and Marches betwixt England and Scotland; privy councillor, 1651; master of rolls, 1552.
Robert Bowes: '''Robert Bowes''' ([[1535]] ?-[[1597]]), English ambassador to Scotland; sou of Elizabeth Bowes; sheriff of county palatine of Durham, 1569; M.P. for Carlisle, 1571; treasurer of Berwick, 1575-97; ambassador in Scotland, 1577-83.
Thomas Bowes: '''Thomas Bowes''' (fl. [[1586]]), translator : translated first and second parts of Peter de Primauduye's French Academy 1586-94.
Sik William Bowes: '''Sik William Bowes''' ([[1389]]-[[146]](1?), military commander; served in French wars, 1415-82; knighted at Verneuil; governor of Berwick.
Hknkv Bowet: '''Hknkv Bowet''' (d. [[1423]]), archbishop of York: chaplain to Urban VI at Rome; enjoyed confidence of Richard II; prebendary of Lincoln before 1386 banished as abettor of Bolinu'broke, 1399; prebendary of London; one of four regents of king's possessions in southern France: bishop of Bath and Wells. 1401: treasurer, 402; archbishop of York, 1407; accompanied army against Scottish invaders, 1417.
James Bowie: '''James Bowie''' (d. [[1853]]), botanist: travelled in Brazil, 1814, and the Cape, 1817 and 1827; collector for Kew Gardens, 1814-23.
Thomas William Bowlby: '''Thomas William Bowlby''' ([[1817]]-[[1860]]), 'Times' correspondent; solicitor in London; correspondent of the -Timesin Iterlin, 1H48, and China, 1860; cupt by Tartar general San-ko-lin-siu: died from effects ill-treatment,
Bowle: '''Bowle''' or BOWLES, JOHN (d. [[1637]]), bishop Rochester; fellow, Trinity College, Cambridge: D.D., 1613; incorporated D.D. Oxford, 1615; dean of Suli bury, 1620; bishop of Rochester, 1629; published ligious works.
John Bowle: '''John Bowle''' ([[1725]]-[[1788]]), writer on Spanish literature: M.A. Oriel College, Oxford, 1750; F.S.A., 1776; vicar of Idmiston: member of Johnson's Essex Head (lul); earliest discoverer of Lauder's forgeries; published, 1781, a life of Cervantes in Spanish. vi.
Bowleb: '''Bowleb''' -, THOMAS WILLIAM (d. [[1869]]), landscap painter; assistant-astronomer at the Cape; published views of South African scenery.
Caroline Anne Bowles: '''Caroline Anne Bowles''' ([[1786]]-[[1854]]). See
Southey: '''Southey'''
Edward Bowles: '''Edward Bowles''' ([[1613]]-[[1662]]), presbyterian minister; educated at Catharine Hall, Cambridge; parliamentary minister in York, 1644; actively supported Restoration, 1660; published religious works,
Sir George Bowles: '''Sir George Bowles''' ([[1787]]-[[1876]]), general: served in Peninsular and Waterloo campaigns: in Canada, 1818-20; deputy adjutant-general in West Indies, 1820-5; lieutenant-colonel in Canada, 1838; master of queen's household, 1845; major-general, 1846; K.C.B. and lieutenant of Tower, 1851.
John Bowles: '''John Bowles''' (d. [[1637]]).
Phineas Bowles: '''Phineas Bowles''' (rf. [[1722]]), major-general; colonel of foot regiment in Ireland, 1705; served at i Barcelona, Almauza, Saragossa (1710), and was captured 1 in Castile; raised corps of dragoons (now 12th lancers), I 1715.
Phineas Bowles: '''Phineas Bowles''' (d. [[1749]]), lieutenant-general; i son of Pbineas Bowles (d. 1722): succeeded his I father as colonel of 1 2th dragoons; lieutenant-general, I 1745, and governor of Londonderry.
William Bowles: '''William Bowles''' ([[1705]]-[[1780]]), naturalist ; studied j science in Paris; superintendent of state mines in Spanish service, 752: published work in Spanish on ; natural history and geography of Spain, 1775.
William Lisle Bowles: '''William Lisle Bowles''' ([[1762]]-[[1850]]), divine, i poet, and antiquary; educated at Winchester and Trinity 1 College, Oxford: B.A., 1792; vicar of Bremhill, Wiltshire, 1804-50; prebendary of Salisbury, 1804, and canon residentiary, 1828; chaplain to prince regent, 1818; published poems, his sonnets being especially graceful, 17891837, an edition of Pope, 1806, and various ecclesiastical , and antiquarian works.
Robert Kanzow Bowley: '''Robert Kanzow Bowley''' ([[181]] 3- [[1870]]), amateur musician; conductor of Benevolent Society of Musical Amateurs: connected with Sacred Harmonic Society, j 1834-70; originated plan of Handel festivals, 1856.

[edit] Section 151

Samuel Bowly: '''Samuel Bowly''' ([[1802]]-[[1884]]), quaker ; cheese j factor at Gloucester; took active part in the anti-slavery agitation, and was a strong advocate of total abstinence.
Eddowes Bowman: '''Eddowes Bowman''' ([[1810]]-1 [[869]]), dissenting tutor: son of John Eddowes Bowman (1785-1841): sub ; manager of Varteg ironworks, near Pontypool, 1835-40: M.A, Glasgow; professor of classical literature and history at Manchester, New College. 1846-63; published ; theological and other works.
Henry Bowman: '''Henry Bowman''' (fl. [[1677]]), musician : organist of Trinity College, Cambridge; published songs and other musical compositions.
Henry Bowman: '''Henry Bowman''' ([[1814]]-[[1883]]), architect ; son of , John Eddowes Bowman (1785-1841); joint author of Ecclesiastical Architecture of Great Britain 1845.
John Eddowes Bowman: '''John Eddowes Bowman''' , the elder ([[1786]]-[[1841]]), , banker and naturalist; managing partner of a bank at j Wrexham; fellow of Linnean and (Jeoloical Societies; published writings on natural history.
Bowman: '''Bowman''' 131
Boyd: '''Boyd'''
John Eddowes Bowman: '''John Eddowes Bowman''' , the younger ([[1819]]1854), chemist; son of John Eddowes Bowman (17861841); professor of chemistry, King's College, London, !;!; published scientific works.
Walter Bowman: '''Walter Bowman''' (. [[1782]]), antiquary: comptroller of port of Bristol; F.S.A., 1735; F.R.8., 1742.
Bowman: '''Bowman''' Sill WILLIAM ([[1816]]-[[1892]]), ophthalmic surgeon; surgeon, King's College Hospital, 1*66; professor of physiology and general and morbid anatomy, 1848 member of council, 1879; surgeon to Royal Ophthalmic Hospital, Moortields, 1881-76; F.R.S., 1841; 1-11; lir-t pivsiil.-nt of Ophthalmological Society of United Kingdom, 188U; created baronet, 1884; esta.vith Hobert Bentley Todd (1809-1860), St. John's House and sisterhood; published surgical writings.
Samuel Bownas: '''Samuel Bownas''' ([[1676]]-[[1753]]), quaker minister ; cam,- under influence of Anne Wilson, a quakeress, and subsequently travelled as missionary in Great Britain and Ireland; went to America, 1702, and was imprisoned in Long Island for preaching, 1702-3; returned to England, 170ti; revisited America, 1726-8; wrote autobiographical and other works.
Bownde: '''Bownde''' or BOUND, NICHOLAS (d. [[1613]]), divine ; fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge, 1570; M.A., 1576; D.D., 1594; incorporated M.A. Oxford, 1577; minister of church of St. Andrew the Apostle, Norwich, 1611-13; published religious works, including The Doctrine of the Sabbath 1595, which gave rise to the first disagreement between high church party and puritans on point of doctrine,
Peter Bowne: '''Peter Bowne''' ([[1575]]-[[1624]] ?), physician ; fellow, Corpus Christi College, Oxford; D.M., 1614; F.O.P., 1617; published Pseudo-Medicorum Anatomia 1624.
William Bowness: '''William Bowness''' ([[1809]]-[[1867]]), painter of domestic and figure subjects: self-taught; exhibited at Royal Academy, 1836-67; wrote pieces in Westmoreland dialect.
Sir John Bowbjng: '''Sir John Bowbjng''' ([[1792]]-[[1872]]), linguist, writer, and traveller; acquired many languages in a mercantile house at Exeter, clerk in London house of Milford & Co., who sent him to Peninsula, 1811; began business independently; editor of Westminster Review 1824; LL.D. Groningen, 1829; made journeys to examine system of keeping public accounts in European countries; appointed (1831) secretary to commission for inspecting accounts of United Kingdom; sent by government on commercial mission to Belgium, 1833. and Egypt, Syria, and Turkey, 1837-8; M.P. for Clyde burghs, 1835-7; assisted in forming Anti-Cornlaw League, 1838; M.P. for Bplton, 1841; obtained issue of florin as first step towards introduction of decimal system of currency; consul at Canton, 1847; plenipotentiary to China, governor, commander-in-chief and vice-admiral of Hong-Kong, 1854; knighted, 1854; established diplomatic and commercial relations with Siam, 1855; went on commercial mission to Philippine Islands, 1858; returned to England, 1860; investigated British commercial relations with Italy, 1860; F.R.S. His publications include accounts of his missions, works connected with European and eastern poetry, hymns, and political and economical treatises.
John Bowtell: '''John Bowtell''' ([[1753]]-[[1813]]), topographer ; bookbinder and stationer at Cambridge; left manuscript history of Cambridge.
Sir George Bowyer: '''Sir George Bowyer''' ([[1740]] ?-[[1800]]), admiral; lieutenant, 1758; captain, 1762; served in West Indies under Byng and Rodney, 1778-81; M.P., Queenborough, 1784; rear-admiral, 1793; wounded in engagement.off Ushant, 1794; created baronet, 1794; admiral 1799.
Sir George Bowyer: '''Sir George Bowyer''' ([[1811]]-[[1883]]), seventh baronet; lawyer; cadet at Royal Military College, Woolwich; called to bar at Middle Temple, and created hon. MA. Oxford, 1839; equity draughtsman and conveyancer; D.O.L. Oxford, 1844; reader in law at Middle Temple, 1850; M.P. for Dundalk, 1852-68, and for Wexford county, 1874-80; magistrate and deputy-lieutenant of Berkshire; published a series of valuable text-books on constitutional jiiri-rudence.
Robert Bowyer: '''Robert Bowyer''' ([[1768]]-[[1834]]), painter ; exhibited miniatures at Royal Academy, 1783-1828; produced, with assistance of other artists, an illustrated edition of Hume's History of England. 1
William Bowyer: '''William Bowyer''' , the elder ([[1663]]-[[1737]]), printer ; apprenticed to Miles Flesher, 1679; freeman of Stationers Company, 1686; liveryman, and one of twenty printers allowed by Star-chamber, 1700.
William Bowyer: '''William Bowyer''' , the younger ([[1699]]-[[1777]]X 'the learned printer son of William Bowyer (1663-1737) ; educated under Ambrose Bonwicke the elder , and at St. John's College, Cambridge; partner with, and corrector of the press for, his father, 1722: printer of votes of House of Commons, 1 729; printer to Society of Antiquaries, and F.S.A., 1736; liveryman of StationersCompany, 1738; master, 1771; in partnership with James Emouson, 1754-7; printer to Royal Society, 1761; appointed printer of rules of parliament and journal of House of Lords, 1767; published Origin of Printing 1774. He supplied notes and prefaces to many of his publications, and wrote (1763) * Conjectural Emendations of the Greek Testament.
John Boxall: '''John Boxall''' (d. [[1571]]), secretary of state; educated at Winchester, and graduated at New College, Oxford; dean of Ely, prebendary of Winchester, and secretary of state to Mary, 1553-8; warden of Winchester College, 1554; privy councillor, and master and councillor of court of requests, 1556; registrar of order of Garter; D.D., and prebendary of York and Salisbury, 1558; deprived of ecclesiastical preferments, 1560; committed to Tower and subsequently tofree custody of the archbishop.
Sir William Boxall: '''Sir William Boxall''' ([[1800]]-[[1879]]), portraitpainter; studied at Royal Academy and in Italy; first exhibited at Royal Academy, 1823; R.A., 1863; director of National Gallery, 1866-74; knighted, 1867.
Edward Boxer: '''Edward Boxer''' ([[1784]]-[[1855]]), rear-admiral; entered navy, 1798; commander, 1815; took part in siege of Acre, and was made C.B., 1840; harbour-master at Quebec, 1843-53; rear-admiral, 1853; second in command in Mediterranean, and superintendent at Balaclava, 1854; died of cholera.
Samuel Boyce: '''Samuel Boyce''' (d. [[1775]]), author of a dramatic pastoral, and several poems.

[edit] Section 152

Thomas Boyce: '''Thomas Boyce''' (d. [[1793]]), dramatist ; rector of Worlingham, Suffolk; author ofHarold a tragedy (1786).
William Boyce: '''William Boyce''' ([[1710]]-[[1779]]), musician ; chorister at St. Paul's Cathedral; composer and joint-organist to Chapel Royal, 1736; member of Royal Society of Musicians; produced Solomon his best work, 1743; Mus.Doc. Cambridge, 1749; organist of Allhallows the Great and Less, Thames Street, 1749-69; master of the king's band of musicians, and conductor of festivals of Sons of the Clergy, 1755; organist of Chapel Royal, 1758; composed birthday and new year odes, settings to masques and plays (includj ing Tempest Oymbeline and Winter's Tale), songs (including Hearts of Oak), and church music, editing also the collection entitled Cathedral Music
Charles Cunningham Boycott: '''Charles Cunningham Boycott''' ([[1832]]-[[1897]]), land agent, from whose name the word boycott is derived; educated at Woolwich; obtained commission in 39th foot, 1850; retired as captain; agent for Lord Erne's estates in county Mayo, 1873; came into conflict with Land League agitators, 1879, and suffered annoyances which in 1880 gave rise to word boycott
Andrew Kennedy Hutohinson Boyd: '''Andrew Kennedy Hutohinson Boyd''' ([[1826]]1899), Scottish divine; studied at King's College and Middle Temple, London, and at Glasgow; B.A., 1846; minister of St. Bernard's, Edinburgh, 1859; honorary D.D. Edinburgh, 1864; minister of first charge, St. Andrews, 1866; LL.D. St. Andrews, 1889; moderator of general assembly, 1890. His publications include Recreations of a Country Parson three series, 1859-61-78.
Archibald Boyd: '''Archibald Boyd''' ([[1803]]-[[1883]]), divine; M.A. Trinity College, Dublin, 1884: D.D., 1868; honorary canon of Gloucester, 1867-67: dean of Exeter, 1867; published History of Book of Common Prayer (1860) and other works. K 2
Boyd: '''Boyd''' 132
Boyle: '''Boyle'''
Benjamin Boyd: '''Benjamin Boyd''' ([[1796]]-[[1851]]), Australian squatter : stockbroker in Ixudon, is'Jl 3;: went to Sydney to organise branches of Koyal Australian Banking Company; engaged in whaling and sheep farming.
Henry Boyd: '''Henry Boyd''' (. [[1832]]), translator of Dante ; probably educated at Dublin University; published translations in Knglish verse of Dante'sInferno 1785, and 'Di viiia Commedia 1802, also other translations and original poems.
Hugh Boyd: '''Hugh Boyd''' ([[1746]]-[[1794]]), essayist; M.A. Trinity College, Dublin, 1765; studied law in London; became acquainted with Goldsmith, Garrick, Burke, and Reynolds; secretary to Lord Macartney, governor of Madras, 17M, and subsequently master-attendant at Madras; conducted Madras Courier and other papers in India; his writings were collected and published after his death. The Letters of Junius have been attributed to him.
Hugh Stuart Boyd: '''Hugh Stuart Boyd''' ([[1781]]-[[1848]]), Greek scholar ; educated at Pembroke Hall, Cambridge; taught Greek when blind (1828-48) to Elizabeth Barrett Browning; published classical translations and other works. ; M.A. Glasgow:
James Boyd: '''James Boyd''' ([[1795]]-[[1856]]), author . , studied medicine; licensed preacher by presbytery of Dumbarton, 1822; house governor in George Heriot's Hospital, Edinburgh, 1825; classical master, high school, Edinburgh, 1829-56; edited school-books.
Mark Boyd: '''Mark Boyd''' ([[1805]] ?-[[1879]]), author; engaged in business hi London; promoted colonisation of Australia and New Zealand; publishedReminiscences
Mark Alexander Boyd: '''Mark Alexander Boyd''' ([[1563]]-[[1601]]), Latin scholar; educated at Glasgow; served in troop of horse under Henri III, 1587; subsequently travelled in France and Low Countries, meeting with many adventures; published letters and Latin and Greek poems, 1592, leaving also manuscripts in prose and verse.
Robert Boyd: '''Robert Boyd''' , LORD BOYD (d. [[1469]]?), Scottish statesman; created Lord Boyd, 1454; one of regents during minority of James III, 1460; conspired with his brother, Sir Alexander, obtained possession of king's person, and was made by act of parliament sole governor of realm; negotiated marriage between James and Margaret of Norway, 1468; appointed great chamberlain for life, 1467; found guilty of treason, 1469; fled to Alnwick, Northumberland, where he died.
Robert Boyd: '''Robert Boyd''' , fourth LORD BOYD (d. [[1590]]), statesman; assisted the regent Arran in quelling Lennox's rebellion, 1544; took part with lords of congregation in war against queen regent, 1559; signed treaty of Berwick and joined English army at Prestonpans, 1560; subscribed to Book of Discipline of Kirk 1561; perhaps privy to murder of Darnley; member of jury which acquitted Bothwell, 1567, but joined confederacy of nobles to protect the young prince against Bothwell after his marriage to Mary; subsequently again took Both well's part against bis calumniators; made a permanent member of privy council, 1567; with Mary's forces at Langside, 1568; member of Mary's council, 1569; suspected of complicity in murder of Murray, 1670; joined regent's party (perhaps at Mary's suggestion), and was made privy councillor, 1570; appointed by Morton extraordinary lord of session, 1673; party to Raid of Ruthven and banished, 1583; restored to place on bench, 1686; one of wardens of marches, 1587.
Robert Boyd: '''Robert Boyd''' , of Trochrig ([[1578]]-[[1627]]), divine ; educated at Edinburgh and on continent; professor in university of Saumur, 1606; principal of Glasgow University, 1615-21, and of Edinburgh University, 1622, but was deprived for nonconformity with five articles of Perth; minister of Paisley, 1627; wrote Commentary on Epistle to Ephesians (published posthumously) and other works.
Sir Robert Boyd: '''Sir Robert Boyd''' ([[1710]]-[[1794]]), general ; storekeeper (civilian) of ordnance at Port Mahon, Minorca, till 1756; distinguished himself at siege, 1756, and was made lieutenant-colonel, 1758; colonel of 39th foot, 1766; lieutenantgovernor of Malta, 1768; lieutenant-general, 1777; second in command at defence of Gibraltar, 1779-83: K.B.; general, 1793.
Robert Boyd: '''Robert Boyd''' (rf. [[1883]]), alienist ; M.R.C.S., [[1830]] ; M.D. Edinburgh, 1831; F.R.C.P., 1H52; proprietor of a private lunatic asylum, Southall Park; published treatises relating to insanity.
Thomas Boyd: '''Thomas Boyd''' , EARL OF ARRAN (Ji. [[1469]]), son of Robert, first lord Boyd; created Earl of Arran and Baron Kilinarnock, 1467; married Lady Mary, sister of James III of Scotland, 1467; escorted Margaret of Norway from Denmark to Scotland, 1469; fled on hearing of his father's trial, and died at Antwerp.
Walter Boyd: '''Walter Boyd''' ([[1754]] ?-[[1837]]), financier; banker in Paris; fled from revolution and established bu with Paul Benfield in London, 1793; contracted for large government loans; M.P. for Shaftesbury, 17961802; bankrupt, 1799; visited France, c. 1802, and was detained until 1814;. M.P. for Lyniiugtoii, 1823-30; wrote pamphlets on financial subjects.
William Boyd: '''William Boyd''' , fourth EARL OP KILMARNOCK (1704-1746), general; educated at Glasgow; joined Young Pretender in hope of advancement, 1745; made privy councillor to Prince Charles, colonel of guards, and subsequently general; fought at Falkirk, 1746; captured at Culloden; executed on Tower Hill.
William Boyd: '''William Boyd''' (d. [[1772]]), Irish presbyteriau divine; ordained minister of Macosquiu, co. Derry, 1710; carried commission signed by many presbyterians to Colonel Suitte, governor of New England, proposing emigration to that colony, 1718; signed Westminster confession, 1721; elected moderator at Dungannon, 1730; one of the divines who drew upSerious Warning," 1747; published religious works.
Zaohary Boyd: '''Zaohary Boyd''' ([[1585]]7-[[1653]]), Scottish divine; M.A. St. Andrews, 1607; minister of Barony parish, Glasgow, 1623; dean of faculty, rector, and vice-chancellor of Glasgow University; published works in verse and prose, and left various manuscripts.
John Boydell: '''John Boydell''' ([[1719]]-[[1804]]), engraver ; studied at St. Martin's Lane academy; published small sets of landscape engravings and views of London, Oxford, and other towns; set up as printseller and publisher of engravings, c. 1751, and rapidly established extensive trade: sheriff of London, 1785; lord mayor, 1790; commissioned well-known artists to paint pictures illustrative of Shakespeare (engravings from which were contained in an edition of Shakespeare published hi 1802) and built Shakespeare Gallery in Pall Mall for their exhibition; compelled by financial difficulties to dispose of his property by lottery, but died before lottery was drawn.

[edit] Section 153

Josiah Boydell: '''Josiah Boydell''' ([[1762]]-[[1817]]), painter and engraver; nephew of John Boydell, and partner and successor in his engraving business: painted pictures for the Shakespeare Gallery; exhibited at Royal Academy, 1772-99; master of StationersCompany and alderman of Cheap ward.
Abel Boyer: '''Abel Boyer''' ([[1667]]-[[1729]]), miscellaneous writer; born in Upper Languedoc; came to England, 1689; French teacher to William, duke of Gloucester; published yearly register of political and other occurrences, 1703-13, and Political State of Great Britain a monthly periodical, 1711-29.
John Frederick Boyes: '''John Frederick Boyes''' ([[1811]]-[[1879]]), classical scholar; educated at Merchant TaylorsSchool and St. John's College, Oxford; M.A.; head-master, Walthamstow proprietary school; published works relating to classical and English poetry.
Charles Boyle: '''Charles Boyle''' , fourth EARL OF ORRERY and first BARON MARSTON (1676-1731), antagonist of Bentley; educated at Christ Church, Oxford; edited epistles of Phalaris, which led to controversy with Richard Bentley , and to Swift's Battle of the Books; fought at Malplaquet; major-general, 1709; took part in negotiations preceding treaty of Utrecht; privy councillor; lord of bedchamber, 1714-16: imprisoned for connection with Layer's Jacobite plot, 1721.
David Boyle: '''David Boyle''' , LORD BOYLE ([[1772]]-[[1853]]), president of session; called to Scottish bar, 1793; solicitorgeneral for Scotland, 1807; M.P. for Ayrshire, 1807-11; iu-ticiary and lord justice clerk, 1811; privy councillor, 1820; lord justice general uud president of Scottish court of session, c. 1810-52.
Boyle: '''Boyle''' 133
Boys: '''Boys'''
Henry Boyle: '''Henry Boyle''' , BARON OARLKTON (d. [[1725]]), politician; M.I for Tainworth, MSI.MI, Cambridge University, 1692-1705, Westminster, 17ur-lu; chancellor of exj.r, 1701; lord treasurer of Ireland, 1704-10; principal iry of state, 170H-10; raised to peerage, 1714; lord .-nt of council, 1721-5; patron of Addisou.
Henry Boyle: '''Henry Boyle''' , EAIU, UK SHANNON ([[1682]]-[[1764]]), wlu'K ixilitidan; privy councillor, chancellor of exchequer, commissioner of revenue, and speaker of Irish House of Commons, 1733; created Earl of Shannon, 1756; frequently acted as lord justice of Ireland,
John Boyle: '''John Boyle''' ([[1563]] ?-[[1620]]), Irish bishop, brother of Richard, first earl of Cork; D.D. Oxford; bishop of Hoscarberry, Cork, and Cloyne, 1617.
John Boyle: '''John Boyle''' , fifth EARL OP COHK, fifth EARL OP oi;m:i:Y,und second BARON MAR8TON( 1707-1762), author; son of Charles Boyle; educated at Christ Church, Oxford; D.C.L., 1743; F.H.S., 1750; friend of Swift, Pope, and Johnson; his works include Remarks on Swift 1751, and a Translation of Letters of Pliny the Younger 1751.
Michael Boyle: '''Michael Boyle''' , the elder ([[1580]] ?-[[1635]]), Irish bishop: educated at Merchant TaylorsSchool and St. J i hn's College, Oxford; M.A., 1601; D.D., 1611; bishop of Waterford and Lismore, 1619.
Michael Boyle: '''Michael Boyle''' , the younger ([[1609]] ?-[[1702]]), archbishop of Armagh, nephew of Michael Boyle (1580 ?1635); M.A. Trinity College, Dublin; incorporated M.A. Oxford, 1637; D.D., 1637; chaplain-general to English army in Munster; privy councillor in Ireland and bishop of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross, 1660; bishop of Dublin, 1663; chancellor of Ireland, 1665; archbishop of Armagh, 1675.
Murragh Boyle: '''Murragh Boyle''' ,ViscouNT BLESSINGTON (d.[[1712]]), son of Michael Boyle (1609 ?-1702); wroteThe Lost Princess a tragedy.
Richard Boyle: '''Richard Boyle''' , first EARL OP CORK ([[1566]]-[[1643]]), Irish statesman; called the great earl; educated at Sennet's (Corpus Ohristi) College, Cambridge: entered Middle Temple; went to Ireland, 1588; escheator to John Crofton, escheator general, 1590; imprisoned on charge of embezzling records, 1592; again accused of embezzling records, but obtained acquittal; clerk of council of Munster; conveyed news to Elizabeth of victory near Kinsale, 1601; purchased for l.OOO. Sir Walter Raleigh's Irish possessions, out of which he rapidly acquired a large fortune; knighted, 1603; privy councillor for Munster, 1606, and for Ireland, 1612; created Lord Boyle, baron of Youghal, 1616, and Viscount Dungarvan and Earl of Cork, 1620; appointed one of lords justices of Ireland, 1629; lord high treasurer, 1631; he worked skilfully and with persistent secrecy to undermine Wentworth's authority from 1633, and was probably largely responsible for his impeachment, 1641.
Richard Boyle: '''Richard Boyle''' (d. [[1644]]), divine ; brother of Michael Boyle the elder; dean of Waterford, 1603; bishop of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross, 1620; archbishop of Tuam, 1638.
Richard Boyle: '''Richard Boyle''' , first EARL OF BURLINGTON and second EARL OP CORK (1612-1697), statesman: son of Richard Boyle, first earl of Cork; knighted, 1624; assisted his father in Irish rebellion, 1642; supported king during war; created Baron Clifford of Lanesborough, Yorkshire, 1643; lord-lieutenant of West Riding of Yorkshire, and custos rotulorum, e. 1663; created Earl of Burlington, 1663; promoted cause of William and Mary.
Richard Boyle: '''Richard Boyle''' , third EARL OP BURLINGTON and fourth EARL OP CORK- (1695-1753), statesman; privy councillor, 1714; lord-lieutenant of West Riding of Yorkshire, custos rotulorum of North and West Ridings, and lonl high treasurer of Ireland, 1716; K.C.G., 1730; he was a patron of literature and art, and spent large sums of money in gratifying a taste for architecture, altering mid partly reconstructing Burlington House, London, 1716.
Hon Boyle: '''Hon Boyle''' . ROBERT ([[1627]]-[[1691]]), natural philosopher and chemist; son of Richard Boyle, first earl of Cork; educated at Eton and by private tutors; studied on continent: returned to England, 1644; settled at oxfoni, 1654, erected l:itior:itory, and in 1,; pi'hlir-lied New Experiment- l'iiyM'o-Mfchanir;il ( to.-ivond -ditioii of which (1662) was appended hisDefence against Linus containing experimental proof of proportional relation between elasticity and pressure, known as 'Boyle's Law published moral and religious essays, and studied Hebrew, Greek, Chaldee, and Syriac: governor of Corporation for the Spread of the Gospel in New England, 1661-89, and a director of the East India Company; took leading part in founding Royal Society, on first council of which he sat, declining office of president from a scruple about the oaths. His voluminous writings (published between 1660 and 1691), while embodying no great discovery, exhibit vividly the fruitfulness of the experimental method; the first complete edition of them was published by Birch in 1744, 5 vols. Boyle bequeathed his mineralogical collections to the Royal Society, and by his will founded and endowed the Boyle Lectures
Roger Boyle: '''Roger Boyle''' , BARON BROGHILL and first EARL OP ORRERY (1621-1679), statesman, soldier, and dramatist; son of Richard Boyle, first earl of Cork; created Baron Broghill, 1627; educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and at Oxford; travelled in France and Italy; commanded troops in Scotland, and (1641-2) Ireland; served under parliamentarians, 1647-8; accepted from Cromwell general's command in Ireland, 1650; M.P. for Cork, 1664, and for Cork and Edinburgh, 1656, being sent, as lord president of council, to Scotland; member of Cromwell's council; obtained command in Munster, being convinced that Richard Cromwell's cause was hopeless, and, with Sir Charles Coote, secured Ireland for the king; M.P. for Arundel in Convention parliament; one of lords justices of Ireland, and created Earl of Orrery, 1660; impeached for raising money by his own authority from the king's subjects, but proceedings stopped by the king's proroguing parliament; his publications include a Treatise on the Art of War(1677), and rhymed tragedies, some of which were produced with success.
Roger Boyle: '''Roger Boyle''' ([[1617]] ?-[[1687]]), bishop; educated at Trinity College, Dublin; dean of Cork; bishop of Down and Connor, 1667, and of Clogher, 1672; wrote religious works.
Boyne: '''Boyne''' first VISCOUNT ([[1639]]-[[1723]]). See HAMIL-
Gustavus Ton: '''Gustavus Ton''' .
John Boydte: '''John Boydte''' (d. [[1810]]), water-colour painter and engraver; drawing master in London; his works include heads from Shakespeare's plays.
Boys: '''Boys''' or BOSCHTTS, DAVID (d. [[1451]]), Carmelite; i lecturer in theology at Oxford; head of Carmelite community at Gloucester.

[edit] Section 154

Edward Boys: '''Edward Boys''' ([[1599]]-[[1667]]), divine; educated at Eton and Corpus Christi College, Oxford; M.A., 1627; B.D., 1634; rector of Mautboy, Norfolk, 1639-67.
Edward Boys: '''Edward Boys''' ([[1785]]-[[1866]]), captain ; sou of John Boys (1749-1824); entered navy, 1796; prisoner in France, 1803-9; commander, 1814; superintendent of I Deal dockyard, 1837-41; published account of his cap I tivity, 1827.
John Boys: '''John Boys''' ([[1571]]-[[1625]]), divine; M.A. Corpus ! Christi College, Cambridge; fellow of Clare Hall; master I of Eastbridge Hospital; D.D., 1605; dean of Canterbury, 1 1619; member of high commission court, 1620; chief works, Expositions of the Dominical epistles and gospels and of the proper psalms.
John Boys: '''John Boys''' ([[1561]]-[[1644]]).
John Boys: '''John Boys''' ([[1614]] ?-[[1661]]), translator of Virgil; nephew of Edward Boys (1699-1667); presented to i mayor of Canterbury declaration in favour of the a-sembly of a free parliament, and narrowly escaped imprisonment, 1660; published verse translations from Virgil.
Sir John Boys: '''Sir John Boys''' ([[1607]]-[[1664]]), royalist; captain in royal army and governor of Donning ton Castle, Berkshire, which he three times successfully defended, 1644; knighted, and appointed colonel, 1644; imprisoned for petitioning for free parliament, 1659; receiver of customs at Dover under Charles II.
Boys: '''Boys''' 134
Brade: '''Brade'''
John Boys: '''John Boys''' ([[1749]]-[[1824]]), Kentish agriculturist: famous for his breed of Southdown sheep; published works on agricultural subjects.
Thomas Boys: '''Thomas Boys''' ([[1792]]-[[1880]]), theologian and antiquary; M.A. Trinity College, Cambridge, 1817; attached to military cheat in Peninsula, 1813; ordained, 1822: incumbent of Holy Trinity, Hoxtou; professor of Hebrew at.Missionary College, Islington, 1836; published translation of bible into Portuguese.
Thomas Shotter Boys: '''Thomas Shotter Boys''' ([[1803]]-[[1874]]), water-colour painter and lithographer; studied painting in Paris; exhibited at Royal Academy from 1824; executed, lithographed, and engraved illustrations for several publications, including Uu- kin'sStones of Venice
William Boys: '''William Boys''' ([[1735]]-[[1803]]), surgeon; mayor of Sandwich, 1767 and 1782; F.S.A., 1776: surgeon to sick and wounded seamen at Deal, 1789; published archaeological and topographical writings.
Joseph Boyse: '''Joseph Boyse''' ([[1660]]-[[1728]]), presbyterian minister ; ministered at Brownist church at Amsterdam, 1682; minister at Dublin, 1683-1728; published controversial tracts in behalf of the presbyterian dissent.
Samuel Boyse: '''Samuel Boyse''' ([[1708]]-[[1749]]), poet ; son of Joseph Boyse; educated at Glasgow University; adopted no profession, and during the latter part of his life experienced great poverty. His writings includeThe Deity a poem (1739), and An Historical Review of the Transactions of Europe, 1739-45 (1747).
Roger Lk Brabazon: '''Roger Lk Brabazon''' (d. [[1317]]), judge ; justice itinerant of pleas of forest in Lancashire, 1287; justice of king's bench, 1289; prepared proofs of legality of Edward I's claim to suzerainty over Scotland, 1291; justice itinerant in west of England, 1291; chief- justice, 12951316: member of Prince Edward's council, 1297; sat on trial of Earl of Atholl and convicted him, 1307; commissioner of various royal forests, 1300-16.
Sir William Brabazon: '''Sir William Brabazon''' (d. [[1552]]), lord justice of Ireland; knighted and appointed vice-treasurer and general receiver of Ireland, 1534; lord justice of Ireland, 1543, 1546, and 1549; Irish privy councillor, 1547.
Baron Brabourne: '''Baron Brabourne''' ([[1829]]-[[1893]]). See K'NATCH
Buli: '''Buli''' -HUGE8SEN, EDWARD HUOKSSEN,
Theophilus Brabourne: '''Theophilus Brabourne''' (6. [[1590]]), divine; ordained before 1628: minister at Norwich; published 4 Discourse upon Sabbath Day maintaining that Saturday was the sabbath, 1628, and Defence of Sabbath Day 1632; imprisoned and ultimately recanted to the satisfaction of the high commission court.
Anne Bracegirdle: '''Anne Bracegirdle''' ( [[1663]] ?-[[1748]]), actress; appeared at Theatre Royal, 1688, as Lucia in Shadwell's 'Squire of Alsatia with Betterton at Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre as Angelica in Love for Love 1695; created Belinda in Vanbrugh's Provoked Wife and Almeria in Congreve'sMourning Bride 1697; played Isabella, Portia, Desdemona, Ophelia, Cordelia, and Mrs. Ford, in Shakespearean adaptations; eclipsed by Mrs. Oldfleld, 1707, retiring from the stage in consequence,
John Braceoirdle: '''John Braceoirdle''' (d. [[1611]]), poet ; B.D. Queens' College, Cambridge, 1602; vicar of Rye, 1602-14; author of a poetical translation from Boethius.
Henry Bracken: '''Henry Bracken''' ([[1697]]-[[1764]]), physician ; studied in London, Paris, and Leyden; M.D. Leyden; mayor of Lancaster, 1747-8, and 1757-8; groundlessly imprisoned for abetting Jacobite rebellion, 1746; published works on farriery.
Charles Booth Brackenbtjry: '''Charles Booth Brackenbtjry''' ([[1831]]-[[1890]]), major-general; second lieutenant, royal artillery, 1850; served in Crimea; captain, 1865; military correspondent of the Times with Austrian army, 1866, in Le Mans campaign, 1870-1, and Turkish war, 1877; colonel, 1882; director of artillery studies at Woolwich, 1887; received temporary rank of major-general, 1889; wrote on military subjects.
Sib Edward Brackenbury: '''Sib Edward Brackenbury''' ([[1785]]-[[1864]]), lieutenant-colonel; lieutenant, 1803; served in Peninsula; attached to Portuguese and Spanish army, 1814-16; knighted, 1836; lieutenantroolonel, 1837.
Joseph Brackenbury: '''Joseph Brackenbury''' ([[1788]]-[[1864]]), poet; graduated at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge; chaplain to Madras establishment, 1812; published poems,

[edit] Section 155

Brackenbury: '''Brackenbury''' or BRAKENBURY, SIR ROBERT (d. 1485), constable of the Tower; appointed ma-tnworker of moneys and keeper of king's exchange at Te. I of London, and constable for life of Tower, 1483; serve against rebels headed by Henry Stafford, second duke Buckingham; esquire of royal body; keeper lions in Tower, 1484; vice-admiral and commissioner of admiralty, 1484; knighted; sheriff of Kent, 1485: rcfi to obey command of Richard III to make away with princes in Tower and delivered keys to Sir James Tyrrell ; held command under Richard at Bosworth and was killed.
Viscounts Brackley: '''Viscounts Brackley''' . See EGKRTON, SIR THOMAS, first VISCOUNT, 1540 ?-1617; EGKRTON, JOHN, second VISCOUNT, 1579-1649.
Bratton Bracton: '''Bratton Bracton''' , or BRETTON, HENRY DB (d. 1268), ecclesiastic a ud judge; justice itinerant for Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, 1245, Northumberland, Westmoreland, Cumberland, and Lancashire, 1246, and western counties between 1260 and 1267; chancellor of Exeter Cathedral, 1264; prebendary of Exeter and of I.o-l m 1 11. and perhaps chief- justice; wrote, between 1235 and 1259,De Legibus et Consuetudinibus Angliae (first complete edition, Richard Tottell's, 1569), the earliest attempt to treat the whole extent of the law in a manner at once systematic and practical.
Bradberry: '''Bradberry''' sometimes called BRADBURY,
David: '''David''' ([[1736]]-[[1803]]), nonconformist divine ; minister of baptist congregations in London, Ramsgate, and Manchester; published religious works.
Bradbridge: '''Bradbridge''' or BRODEBRIDGE, WILLIAM (1501-1578), bishop of Exeter B.A. Magdalen College, Oxford, 1528; fellow, 1529; M.A., 1532; B.D., 1539; espoused reformed religion and fled from England, 1553; prebendary of Sarum, 1555; canon of Chichester; subscribed to articles of 1562 and 1571; chancellor of Chichester, 1562; dean of Salisbury, 1563; bishop of Exeter, 1571.
Samuel Bradburn: '''Samuel Bradburn''' ([[1751]]-[[1816]]), methodist preacher; itinerant minister, c. 1772, and one of the greatest preachers of his day.
George Bradbury: '''George Bradbury''' (d. [[1696]]), judge ; M.A. Oxford, 1663; called to bar at Middle Temple, 1667; one of chiefs of bar summoned to consult with peers on political crisis, 1688; judge in exchequer court, 1689.
Henry Bradbury: '''Henry Bradbury''' ([[1831]]-[[1860]]), writer on printing; studied nature-printing in Vienna.
Thomas Bradbury: '''Thomas Bradbury''' ([[1677]]-[[1759]]), congregational minister; pastor of independent congregations in New Street, Fetter Lane, 1707, and at New Court, Lincoln's Inn Fields, 1728; published religious works and sermons, many of which were political.
Edward Braddock: '''Edward Braddock''' ([[1695]]-[[1756]]), major-general ; ensign, 1710; captain and lieutenant-colonel, grenadier company, 1735; second major, Coldstreams, 1743; accompanied Admiral Lestock's expedition to L'Orient, 1746; served under Prince of Orange in Holland, 1746-8; colonel. of 14th foot at Gibraltar, 1753; major-general, 1754; general and commander-in-chief in North America, 1755; commanded expedition against Fort Duquesne, 1755, when he was mortally wounded.
John Braddocke: '''John Braddocke''' ([[1666]]-[[1719]]), divine ; M.A. St. Catharine's Hall, Cambridge, 1678; chaplain to Bishop of Exeter, 1707; master of Eastbridge Hospital, Kent, 1709.
Laurence Braddon: '''Laurence Braddon''' (d. [[1724]]), politician : called to bar at Middle Temple; imprisoned, 1683-9, for disseminating rumours that Earl of Essex (who died in Tower, 1683) was murdered; solicitor to wine licence office, 1695; published works relating to Essex's death, and other writings.
James Brade: '''James Brade''' ([[1795]] ?-[[1860]]).
William Brade: '''William Brade''' (ft. [[1616]]), English musician; violinist to Duke of Holstein-Gottorp and to town of Hamburg; capellmeister to margrave of Brandenburg, 1619; perhaps died at Frankfurt, 1647; published musical compositions.
Bradfield: '''Bradfield''' 135
Bradshaw: '''Bradshaw'''
Henry Joseph Rteele Bradfield: '''Henry Joseph Rteele Bradfield''' ([[1805]] 1862). surgeon and author: stipendiary magistrate in -15, and Trinidad, 1838; colonial secretary in Barbados. IHI'2; dismissed; published poetical and other works.
Bradford: '''Bradford''' first EARL OP ([[1619]]-17U8). See NKW I'OHT, KHANCIS.
Bah Bradford: '''Bah Bradford''' -K. sv NKWIN.HT, RHHAHH, first BAIION, 1587-1651; NKWI-OUT, FRANCIS, second HAH.IX, 1619-1708.
John Bradford: '''John Bradford''' ([[1510]] ?-[[1565]]), protestant martyr : studied at Inner Temple, 1547; entered St. Catharine's Hall. Cambridge, 1548; M.A., 1649; fellow of Pembroke Hall: chaplain to Bishop Ridley; prebendary of St. Paul's, 1551; one of king's chaplains in ordinary; imprisoned on charge of preaching seditious sermons, 1553-5; condemned and burnt at Smithfield; wrote sermons and cither reliirioiis works and translations.
John Bradford: '''John Bradford''' (d. [[1780]]), Welsh poet, presided in bardic chair of Glamorgan, 1750.
John Bradford: '''John Bradford''' ([[1750]]-[[1805]]), dissenting minister ; B.A. Vadham College, Oxford; curate at Frelsham, Berkshire; joined Countess of Huntingdon's connexion; preached at City Chapel, Grub Street, London, 1797-1805; published religious works.
Samuel Bradford: '''Samuel Bradford''' ([[1652]]-[[1731]]), bishop of Rochester; educated at St. Paul's School, Charterhouse, and Corpus Ohristi College, Cambridge; M.A., 1680; D.D., 1706; incorporated M.A. Oxford, 1697; rector of St. Mary-le-Bow, 1693; chaplain in ordinary to William III, 1698; prebendary of Westminster, 1708; Boyle lecturer, 1699; master of Corpus Christi College, 1716-24; bishop of Carlisle, 1718; bishop of Rochester and dean of Westminster, 1723; dean of order of Bath, 1725.
Sir Thomas Bradford: '''Sir Thomas Bradford''' ([[1777]]-[[1853]]), general; ensign, 1793; assistant adjutant-general in Scotland, 1801; served in Peninsula, 1808; colonel, 1810; commanded Portuguese division at Vittoria; held command in France, 1815-17, and in Scotland, 1819-25; commanderin-chief at Bombay, 1826-9; Q.C.B., 1838; general, 1841. , second go

[edit] Section 156

William Bradford: '''William Bradford''' ([[1590]]-[[1657]]), second governor of Plymouth, New England; joined Brownists, 1606, and followed them to Amsterdam, 1607; accompanied the community to Leyden, 1609, and, in the Mayflower, to Plymouth, New England, 1620; succeeded Carver as governor of Plymouth, 1621, and was re-elected every year (with exception of two intervals of three years and two years respectively at his own request); joint author of A Diary of Occurrences 1622, leaving in manuscript a History of the Plymouth Plantation (published 1856).
William Bradford: '''William Bradford''' ([[1663]]-[[1752]]), first printer in Pennsylvania; accompanied William Peun on his first voyage to Pennsylvania, 1682; established first American paper mill, near Philadelphia, 1686; appointed royal printer for New York and New Jersey; projected first book printed in America, 1688: began publication of 'New York Gazette the first New York newspaper, 1726.
Walter Bradick: '''Walter Bradick''' ([[1706]]-[[1794]]), merchant at Lisbon; published poetical and other writings,
Charles Bradlaugh: '''Charles Bradlaugh''' ([[1833]]-[[1891]]), freethought advocate and politician; private soldier in army, 1850-3; clerk in solicitor's office in London, 1863; entered into freethought and radical propaganda under name of Iconoclast; proprietor of National Reformer from 1862; member of parliamentary reform league, 1866; elected M.P. for Northampton, 1880; was refused right to affirm instead of swearing on bible; unseated; re-elected, 1881, and was ejected from house by force; expelled, 1882; re-elected, 1882, and excluded, 1883; re-elected, 1884, excluded, 1885; again elected, 1885, and allowed to take his seat, 1886, remaining M.P. for Northampton till death. He engaged in several lawsuits to maintain freedom of press, published pamphlets, and from 1874 to 1885 was associated with Mrs. Besant's work.
Charles Bradley: '''Charles Bradley''' ([[1789]]-[[1871]]). preacher: educated at St. Edmund Hall, Oxford; vicar of Glasbury, Brecknockshire, 1825-71; incumbent of St. James's Chapel, Clapham, 1829-52; published sermons.
Edward Bradley: '''Edward Bradley''' ([[1827]]-[[1889]]), author of ' Verdant (ireen; B.A. University ColW j, Durham, 1848; licentiate in theology, 1849; rector of Stretton, Rutland. 1871; publishedAdventures of.Mr. Verdant Green, an Oxford Freshman 1863-6; vicar of Lenton with Hanby, 18H3: contributed extensively (as E. B. orCuthbert Bale to pericxlicals, and published works in verse and prose, some illustrated by himself.
George Bradley: '''George Bradley''' ([[1816]]-[[1863]]), editor of 'Newcastle Guardian 1848; published system of shorthand.
James Bradley: '''James Bradley''' ([[1693]]-[[1762]]), divine and astronomer; M.A. Balliol College, Oxford, 1717; made observations on Jovian system and had hisCorrected Tablesprinted in Halley'sPlanetary Tables 1719: F.R.S., 1718; presented to vicarage of Brldstow, 1719; chaplain to bishop of Hereford; elected Savilian professor of astronomy at Oxford, and resigned preferments, 1721; announced discovery of aberration of light in paper read to Royal Society, 1729; lecturer on experimental i philosophy at Oxford, 1729-60; astronomer-royal, and I D.D. by diploma, Oxford, 1742; published discovery of nutation of earth's axis in paper read to Royal Society, j 1748, and was awarded Copley medal; member of council ; of Royal Society, 1752-62. His observations were pub: lished in two volumes (1798 and 1805).
Ralph Bradley: '''Ralph Bradley''' ([[1717]]-[[1788]]), lawyer : called to bar at Gray's Inn; conveyancing barrister at Stocktonon-Tees; published works on conveyancing.
Richard Bradley: '''Richard Bradley''' (d. [[1732]]), botanist; F.R.S., i 1720; appointed professor of botany at Cambridge, 1724: ; lectured on Materia Medica 1729: published hortii cultural works.
Thomas Bradley: '''Thomas Bradley''' ([[1597]]-[[1670]]), divine: B.A. Exeter College, Oxford, 1620; accompanied Buckingham to Isle of Rh6 and Rochelle as chaplain, 1627; chaplain to I Charles 1, 1628; D.D. Oxford, 1642; temporarily deprived i of his livings in Yorkshire by parliamentary committee; prebendary of York, 1666; published sermons,
Thomas Bradley: '''Thomas Bradley''' ([[1751]]-[[1813]]), physician ; M.D. ! Edinburgh, and L.O.P., 1791; physician to Westminster Hospital, 1794-1811; published revised edition of Fox's j Medical Dictionary 1803.
William Bradley: '''William Bradley''' ([[1801]]-[[1857]]), portrait painter : exhibited at Royal Academy and other institutions i between 1823 and 1846.
Thomas Bradock: '''Thomas Bradock''' (. [[1576]]-[[1604]]), translator: M.A. Christ's College, Cambridge, 1580: incorporated M.A. Oxford, 1584; head-master, Reading grammar school, 1588; translated into Latin Jewell's confutation of Harding's attack on Jewell's Apologia
Richard Bradshaigh: '''Richard Bradshaigh''' ([[1601]]-[[1669]]). See
Bakton: '''Bakton'''
Ann Maria Bradshaw: '''Ann Maria Bradshaw''' ([[1801]]-[[1862]]), actress and vocalist; nte Tree: appeared, after 1819, as Ariel, Viola, : Imogen, Julia Two Gentlemen of Verona), Ophelia, j and Rosalind at Covent Garden; retired, 1825.
George Bradshaw: '''George Bradshaw''' ([[1801]]-[[1853]]), originator of I railway guides; engraver and printer at Belfast and I afterwards at Manchester; first produced, 1839, Railway Time Tables which developed into Bradshaw's Monthly Railway Guide (first published 1841); associate of In 1 stitution of Civil Engineers, 1842.
Henry Bradshaw: '''Henry Bradshaw''' (d. [[1513]]), Benedictine monk of Chester; studied theology at Gloucester College, ! Oxford. WroteDe Antiquitate et Magnificeutia Urbis i Oestrine and Chronicon and a Life of St. Werburgh in English verse (published 1521).
Henry Bradshaw: '''Henry Bradshaw''' (rf. [[1661]]), parliamentarian : elder brother of John Bradshaw (1602-1659); served in parliamentary ariny; sat on court-martial which tried Earl of Derby and other royalists at Chester, 1652; imprisoned for this act, 1660-1; pardoned, 1661.
Henry Bradshaw: '''Henry Bradshaw''' ([[1831]]-[[1886]]), scholar, antiquary, and librarian; educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge; fellow, 1853; B.A., 1864: assistant in Cambridge University Library, 1866-8; appointed to supervise and arrange manuscripts and early printed books at Cambridge, 1869: took prominent part in
Bradshaw: '''Bradshaw''' 136
Braham: '''Braham''' exposing pretences of forger Simonides, 1863; librarian of the university, 1867-HC,: published treatise on typographical and antiquarian -ubuvts some con; original discoveries. TheHenry Irad-lmw So,-iet for ix li tins? rare liturgical texts, was founded in his memory, IHto.
James Bradshaw: '''James Bradshaw''' ([[1636]] ?-[[1702]]), nonconformist divine: educated at Corpus Christ! College, Oxford: ordained minister of Hindley, Lancashire: concerned in si r George Booth's royalist rising; ejected, 1662: minister at Rainford chapel, Prescot, 1672; published religious works.
James Bradshaw: '''James Bradshaw''' ([[1717]]-[[1746]]), Jacobite rebel ; merchant in Manchester; joined cause of Young Pretender, 1745; captured at Culloden and subsequently executed,

[edit] Section 157

John Bradshaw: '''John Bradshaw''' ([[1576]]-[[1618]]).
John Bradshaw: '''John Bradshaw''' ([[1602]]-[[1659]]), regicide ; called to bar at Gray's Inn, 1627; judge of sheriffscourt, in London. 1643; chief-justice of Chester and judge in Wales, 1647; serjeant-at-law, 1648; lord president of parliamentary commission for trial of Charles I, 1649; presided at Charles's trial and pronounced sentence, and subsequently at trials of leading royalists; president of council of state, 1649-52; attorney-general of Cheshire and North Wales, 1649; chancellor of duchy of Lancaster, 1649-53; opposed Cromwell's gradual assumption of arbitrary power, and temporarily retired from political life; member of council of state and commissioner of great seal, 1659; buried in Westminster Abbey. In 1660 Bradshaw, Cromwell, Ireton, and Pride, though dead, were attainted, and their bodies exhumed, hanged, and reburied at Tyburn.
John Bradshaw: '''John Bradshaw''' (fl. [[1679]]), political writer; condemned to death for violence at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, but pardoned; subsequently turned quaker and, later, papist.
Luoretia Bradshaw: '''Luoretia Bradshaw''' (. [[1714]]), actress ; married Martin Folkes, 1714; played Sylvia in the Double Dealer
Richard Bradshaw: '''Richard Bradshaw''' (fl. [[1650]]), parliamentarian ; quartermaster-general under Sir William Brereton in civil war: employed by parliament on diplomatic missions, 1650-9; commissioner of navy, 1660.
Thomas Bradshaw: '''Thomas Bradshaw''' (fl. [[1591]]), poet; M.A. Oxford, 1549; published The Shepherd's Starre 1591, a Theocritean paraphrase in prose and verse.
William Bradshaw: '''William Bradshaw''' ([[1571]]-[[1618]]), puritan divine; M.A. Emmanuel College, Cambridge: came under influence of Thomas Cartwright; fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, 1699; lecturer at Chatham, 1601, but suspended for heretical teaching; lecturer at Christ Chnrch, Newgate, c. 1605; publishedEnglish Puritanisme 1605, basing a scheme of church polity on complete autonomy of individual congregations, while advocating strongly duty of submission to civil authority.
William Bradshaw: '''William Bradshaw''' (. [[1700]]), hack writer, employed by the eccentric bookseller John Dunton, whom he robbed.
William Bradshaw: '''William Bradshaw''' ([[1671]]-[[1732]]), bishop of Bristol; M.A. New College, Oxford, 1700; prebendary of Canterbury, 1717; D.D., 1723; dean of Christ Church, Oxford, and bishop of Bristol, 1724.
Nicholas Bradshawe: '''Nicholas Bradshawe''' (fl. [[1635]]), author of Canticvm Evangelicvm Suminam Sacri Evangelii continens 1635.
Anne Bradstreet: '''Anne Bradstreet''' ([[1612]]-[[1672]]), poetess; nte Dudley: settled at Charlestown, New England, 1630, at Ipswich, 1634, and Merrimac, 1638; published "The Tenth Muse* (1650), and left in manuscriptMeditations
Dudley Bradstreet: '''Dudley Bradstreet''' ([[1711]]-[[1763]]), adventurer; employed as spy by government officials and the Dukes of Newcastle and Cumberland during Jacobite rising, 1745; wrote an acting play entitled theMagician, or Bottle Conjurer printed with his Life (1755).
Robert Bradstreet: '''Robert Bradstreet''' ([[1766]]-[[1836]]), poet ; M.A. St. John's College, Cambridge, 1789; publishedThe Sabine Farm a poem, in 10.
Sir Samuel Bradstreet: '''Sir Samuel Bradstreet''' ([[1735]] ?- [[1791]]), baronet; called to Irish bar, 1768; recorder of Dublin, 1766; M.P. for city of Dublin in Irish parliament, 1776 and 1783: judge, 1784; commissioner of great seal, 1788.
Thomas Bradwardine: '''Thomas Bradwardine''' ([[1290]] ?-[[1349]]), arch!ihop of Canterbury; educated at Merton College, Oxford; university proctor, 1325; expanded his lectures on theology into a treatise which earned for him the title of Doctor Profundus; chaplain to Richard of Bury, bishop of Durham, 1335; chancellor and prebendary of St. Paul's, 1337; prebendary of Lincoln; royal chaplain and confessor, 1338; one of commissioners to treat of peace with King Philip after battles of Cressy and Neville's Cross; consecrated archbishop of Canterbury at Avignon, 1349; wrote religious treatises.
Sir Antonio Brady: '''Sir Antonio Brady''' ([[1811]]-[[1881]]), admiralty official; second-class clerk in accountant-general's office, Somerset House, 1844; registrar of contracts, 1864; first superintendent of admiralty new contract department, 1869-70; knighted, 1870; devoled himself to social, educational, and religious reforms.
Henry Bowman Brady: '''Henry Bowman Brady''' ([[1835]]-[[1891]]), naturalist and pharmacist; carried on business as pharmaceutical chemist at Newcastle, 185-76: on council of pharmaceutical Society; F.L.S., 1859-87; F.R.S., 1874; honorary LL.D. Aberdeen, 1888; published Report on Foraminifera, collected by H.M.S. Challenger 1884, and other works.
Hugh Brady: '''Hugh Brady''' (d. [[1584]]), Irish bishop ; bishop of Meath and Irish privy councillor, 1563; bishop of united see of Meath and Clonmacnoise from 1568.
John Brady: '''John Brady''' (d. [[1814]]), clerk in victualling office ; published Clavis Calendaria 1812.
Brady: '''Brady''' Sm MAZIERE ([[1796]]-[[1871]]), Irish lawyer; M.A. Trinity College, Dublin, 1819; called to Irish bar, 1819; solicitor-general for Ireland, 1837; attorney-general, 1839; chief baron of exchequer, 1840; judge of Irish court of chancery, 1846; lord chancellor in Ireland, 1847-52, 1853-8 and 1859-66; first vice-chancellor of the Queen's University, 1850; created baronet, 1869.
Nicholas Brady: '''Nicholas Brady''' ([[1659]]-[[1726]]), divine and poet; educated at Westminster and Christ Church, Oxford: B.A., 1682; B.A. Dublin, 1685: M.A., 1686; D.D., 1699; prebendary of Cork, 1688; upheld cause of Prince of Orange duringre volution; held living of Richmond, Surrey, 1696-1726, rectory of Stratford-on-Avon, 1702-5, and rectory of Clapham, 1705-6; chaplain to William III, Mary, and Anne, and to Duke of Ormonde's regiment of horse; wrote, with Nahum Tate, metricalversion of Psalms.
Robert Brady: '''Robert Brady''' (d. [[1700]]), historian and physician ; M.D. and master of Oaius College, Cambridge, 1660; F.O.P., 1680: physician in ordinary to Charles II and James II; regius professor of physic at Cambridge; M.P. for the university, 1681 and 1685; published works on English history.
Thomas Brady: '''Thomas Brady''' ([[1752]]7-[[1827]]), general; majorgeneral, 1796, and lieutenant-general, 1801, in Austrian service; governor of Dalmatia, 1804; privy councillor, 1807; general, 1809.
Philip Bragg: '''Philip Bragg''' (d. [[1759]]), lieutenant-general; served in Marlborough's campaigns; captain in Ireland, 1713; master of Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, 1732; lieutenant-general, 1747; M.P. for Armagh.
William Bragge: '''William Bragge''' ([[1823]]-[[1884]]), engineer and antiquary; engineer on railway from Chester to Holyhead; engaged in railway engineering in Brazil; managing director of firm of Sir John Brown & Co., Sheffield, 1868-72; developed organisation for manufacture of watches by machinery at Birmingham, 1876; collected books and curios; F.S.A.; F.R.G.S.

[edit] Section 158

Frances Elizabeth Anne Braham: '''Frances Elizabeth Anne Braham''' , afterwards COUNTESS WALDBQRAVB (1821-1879). See WALDKGRAVB.
Braham: '''Braham''' 137
Brand: '''Brand'''
John Braham: '''John Braham''' ([[1774]]?-[[1856]]), tenor singer; first appeared at Covcnt Garden, 1787; engaged at I loyalty Theatre, Vdlclose Square, 1787-9; at Bath, 1794-6; achieved great success at Drury Lane, 1796; toured on continent with Nancy Storace, 1797-lsui: with.-torace at J)rury Lane !rm I su: until her retirenn nt. 1-iiix; continiied attached to Drury Lane, but appe:ir.-d alM at other theatres, in Italian opera, and in most provincial festivals and important concerts and oratorio-: made provincial tour with Mrs. Billington, 1810; joined Van- in buying the Colosseum, Regent's 1'ark, 1H31, and built St. James's Theatre, 1835, both speculations proving disastrous; toured unsuccessfully in America, is I": retired, 1852. The duetAll's Wellis one of the In-st-remembered of his works.
Robert Braham: '''Robert Braham''' (. [[1555]]), editor of Lydgate's 'Auucient Historic of Warres betwixte Grecians and r.nyans1555).
James Braid: '''James Braid''' ([[1795]]7-[[1860]]), writer on hypnotism ; nlth-atcd at Edinburgh University; M.R.O.S.E.; surgeon to miners at Earl Hopetoun's works in Lanarkshire; made experiments relating to mesmerism, and proved the personal nature of the mesmeric influence; published works on hypnotism, which term he originated,
Benjamin Braidley: '''Benjamin Braidley''' ([[1792]]-[[1845]]), writer on Sunday schools; constable of Manchester, 1831, and boroughreeve, 1832; high constable of hundred of Salford; published a work onSunday Schools
James Braidwood: '''James Braidwood''' ([[1800]]-[[1861]]), superintendent of London fire-brigade; builder, and afterwards superintendent of fire-engines in Edinburgh; superintendent of London fire-engine establishment, 1832; killed in a fire near Londoi Bridge; published pamphlet relating to fire-brigades.
Thomas Braidwood: '''Thomas Braidwood''' ([[1715]]-[[1806]]), teacher of the deaf and dumb; educated at Edinburgh University; kept mathematical school at Edinburgh, and subsequently school for teaching the deaf and dumb, which he removed, in 1783, to Hackney.
John Brailsford: '''John Brailsford''' , the elder (ft. [[1712]]-[[1739]]), poetical writer; M.A. St. John's College, Cambridge, 1717; rector of Kirby, Nottinghamshire.
John Brailsford: '''John Brailsford''' , the younger (d. [[1775]]), divine ; M.A. Emmanuel College, Cambridge, 1766; head-master of free school, Birmingham, 1766-75.
John Braithwatte: '''John Braithwatte''' (. [[1660]]), quaker ; follower of George Fox, writing in support of his doctrines,
John Braithwaite: '''John Braithwaite''' ([[1700]] ?-[[1768]] ?), historian; served under African Company, in fleet in Anne's reign, and, later, in army; publishedHistory of Morocco, 1727-8(1729).
John Braithwaite: '''John Braithwaite''' , the elder (d. [[1818]]), engineer; constructed one of the earliest successful diving bells, c. 1783.
Bra: '''Bra''' rrHWATTE, JOHN, the younger ([[1797]]-[[1870]]), engineer; son of John Braithwaite (d. 1818); arranged ventilation of House of Lords by means of airpumps, 1820; constructed donkey-engine, 1822; manufactured first practical steam fire-engine, c. 1829; built with Ericsson caloric engine, 1833; engineer-in-cbief to Eastern Counties rail way, 1836-43; F.S.A.,1819; M.I.C.E., 1838; M.S.A., 1819; joint-founder and editor of Railway Times 1837.
Richard Braithwaite: '''Richard Braithwaite''' ([[1588]]?-[[1873]]). See
Brathwaite: '''Brathwaite'''
Jocelin De Brakelonde: '''Jocelin De Brakelonde''' (. [[1200]]). See
Jocelix: '''Jocelix'''
Joseph Bramah: '''Joseph Bramah''' ([[1748]]-[[1814]]), inventor; worked as cabinet-maker in London; invented Bramah locks; patented the Bramah hydraulic press, 1795.
John Bramhall: '''John Bramhall''' ([[1594]]-[[1663]]), archbishop of Armagh: M.A. Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, 1616; D.D., 1630; sub-dean of Ripon; chaplain to Wentworth in Ireland, 1633; bishop of Derry, 1634; impeached by Irish Commons for rigorous opposition to covenanters, and imprisoned, but liberated through influence of Ussher, 1641; came to England and assisted royalists, 1644; retir.-d to continent, 1644; in Ireland, 1G48-9, but again retired to continent; archbishop of Armagh, KJtil; speaker of Irish House of Lords, 1G61; enforced conformity, though with comparative moderation. His religious writings were collected and published 1077.
Bramis: '''Bramis''' or BROMIS, JOHN (14th cent.), writer; monk of Thetford; translatedRomance of Waldef from French metre into Latin prose.
Bramley: '''Bramley''' -MOORE, JOHN ([[1800]]-[[1886]]), chairman of the Liverpool docks; in trade in the Brazils; alderman of Liverpool, 1841; chairman of dockyard committee, 1842; mayor, 1848; conservative M.P. for Maldon, 1854-9, and for Lincoln, 1862-5; chairman of Brazilian chamber of commerce in Liverpool.
Francis Bramston: '''Francis Bramston''' (d. [[1683]]), judge ; son of Sir John Bramston the elder; M.A. QueensCollege, Cambridge, 1640; fellow, c. 1642; called to bar at Middle Temple, 1642; steward of king's courts in Essex, 1660; bencher and reader of Middle Temple, 1668; serjeant-atlaw and steward of court of common pleas, Whitechapel, 1669; baron of exchequer, 1678-9.
James Bramston: '''James Bramston''' ([[1694]]?-[[1744]]), poet; educated at Westminster and Christ Church, Oxford; M.A., 1720; vicar of two Sussex parishes; published Art of Politicks 1729, and Man of Taste and other poems.

[edit] Section 159

James Yorke Bramston: '''James Yorke Bramston''' ([[1763]]-[[1836]]), catholic bishop; educated at Trinity College, Cambridge; studied at Lincoln's Inn; theological student at English college, Lisbon, 1792; engaged in missionary work at Lisbon; entrusted with catholic mission in St. George's-in-theFields; vicar-general of London district, under Bishop Poynter, 1812; vicar-apostolic, 1827; bishop of Usulse in partibus infldelium, 1823.
Sir John Bramston: '''Sir John Bramston''' , the elder ([[1577]]-[[1654]]), judge ; educated at Jesus College, Cambridge; studied at Middle Temple; reader, 1623: counsel to Cambridge University, 1607; serjeant-at-law, 1623; queen's serjeant, 1632; king's serjeant, 1634; chief-justice ef king's bench, 1635; presided temporarily in House of Lords, 1640; impeached by Commons for subscribing opinion on ship-money, 1640; removed from office in king's bench, 1642, but restored, 1643, having been made serjeant-at-law.
Bramston: '''Bramston''' Sm JOHN, the younger ([[1611]]-[[1700]]), lawyer; son of Sir John Bramston (1577-1654); educated at Wadham College, Oxford; called to bar at Middle Temple, 1635; K.B., 1660; frequently acted as chairman of committees of whole House of Commons; M.P. for Maldon, 1685, and, later, for Chelmsford; left autobiography (published 1845).
George William Wilshere Bramwell: '''George William Wilshere Bramwell''' ,
Bramwell Baron: '''Bramwell Baron''' ([[1808]]-[[1892]]), judge; studied law under Fitzroy Kelly; called to bar at Inner Temple, 1838; joined home circuit; Q.C., 1851; served, 1853, on commission resulting in Companies Act (1862); appointed judge of exchequer and knighted, 1856: lord justice, 1876-81; raised to peerage, 1882.
Brancastre: '''Brancastre''' or BRAMCESTRE, JOHN DE (d. 1218), clerk in exchequer; vicar of Brancaster, Norfolk; prebendary of Lincoln, 1208.
Thomas Branch: '''Thomas Branch''' (fl. [[1753]]), author of ' Thoughts on Dreaming (1738) and Principia Legia et Equitatis (1753).
Brancker: '''Brancker''' or BRANKER, THOMAS ([[1633]]-[[1676]]), mathematician; B.A. Exeter College, Oxford, 1665; fellow, 1656; M.A., 1658; rector of Tilston, near Malpas, 1668; head-master of Macclesfield grammar school; published translation of introduction to algebra from High Dutch of Rhonius.
Barbarina Brand: '''Barbarina Brand''' , LADY DACRR ([[1768]]-[[1854]]), poet and dramatist: daughter of Admiral Sir Chaloner Ogle; married, first, Valentine Wilmot, and, secondly, 1819, Thomas Brand, twenty-first lord Dacre: wrote dramas, translations, and poems.
Hannah Brand: '''Hannah Brand''' (d. [[1821]]), actress and dramatist ; schoolmistress at Norwich; appeared at King's Theatre, Haymarket, in her own tragedy ofHuniades 1792; played Lady Townly in Provoked Husband at York Theatre, 1794; again became governess; published 'Dramatic and Poetical Works 1798.
Brand: '''Brand'''
Branthwaite: '''Branthwaite'''
Sir Henry Bouverie William Brand: '''Sir Henry Bouverie William Brand''' , first
Hampdex Viscount: '''Hampdex Viscount''' and twenty-third BAROX DACRE (1814-1892), speaker: educated at Eton:.private secretary to Sir George Grey, 1846; liberal M.P. for LBWW, 1852, 1857, 1859, and 1865, and for Cambridgeshire, 18681884; parliamentary secretary to treasury, 1859-66: speaker of House of Commons, 1872-84; G.C.B., 1881: created Viscount Hampden of Glynde, 1884; succeeded to title of Dacre, 1890.
Sir Johannes Hkxricus Brand: '''Sir Johannes Hkxricus Brand''' (JAN HKX-
Dhik: '''Dhik''' ) ([[1823]]-[[1888]]), president of the Orange Free State : born at Cape Town; educated at South African College, Cape Town, and Leyden: LL.D. Leyden, 1845; called to bar nt Inner Temple, 1849: practised in supreme court of Cape Colony; member for Clamvilliam in first House of Assembly, 1864; professor of law, South African College, 1858; elected president of Orange Free State, 1863; engaged in war with Basutos, 1865-6 and 1867; re-elected president, 1869, 1874, and 1879; remained neutral during Transvaal war, 1881; G.C.M.G., 1886; resigned, 1887, in consequence of vote of censure of Raad on his negotiations with President Kruger of Transvaal, who unsuccessfully sought his alliance against British on railway question; withdrew resignation.
John Brand: '''John Brand''' ([[1668]] 9-[[1738]]), Scottish minister: M.A. Edinburgh, 1688; minister of Borrowstouness, Linlithgowshire, 1695; journeyed to Orkney, 1701, and published A Brief Description of Orkney
John Brand: '''John Brand''' ([[1744]]-[[1806]]), antiquary ; apprenticed as oordwainer at Newcastle, 1758; B.A. Lincoln College, Oxford, 1776: received perpetual curacy of Cramlington, near Newcastle, 1774; F.S.A., 1777; rector of St. Maryat-Hill and St. Mary Hubbard, London, 1784; resident secretary to Society of Antiquaries, 1784-1806; published History of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and other works, leaving in manuscript antiquarian collections.
John Brand: '''John Brand''' (d. [[1808]]), divine ; M.A. Oaius College, Cambridge, 1772; rector of St. George's, Southwark, 1797-1808; published in tory interest pamphlets on politics and political economy.
Thomas Brand: '''Thomas Brand''' ([[1636]]-[[1691]]), nonconformist divine; educated at Merton College, Oxford; studied law at the Temple; ordained minister of Staplehurst, whence he was driven by persecution. He built many meetinghouses, and devoted large sums to charitable purposes.
Robert Brandard: '''Robert Brandard''' ([[1805]]-[[1862]]), engraver; studied under Edward Goodall; exhibited oil and watercolour paintings between 1831 and 1858.
William Thomas Brande: '''William Thomas Brande''' ([[1788]]-[[1866]]), chemist; apprenticed as apothecary; delivered lectures in London on physics, chemistry, and mater i a medica, 1808; F.R.S., 1809; professor of chemistry, 1812, and, later, of materia medica, to ApothecariesCompany: succeeded Sir Humphry Davy as professor of chemistry at Royal Institution, 1813; chief officer of coinage department of mint, 1864; joint-editor of Quarterly Journal of Science and Art 1825: one of secretaries of "Royal Society, 18161826; fellow and member of Senate of London University, and examiner in chemistry, 1846-58; hon. D.O.L. Oxford; F.R.S. Edinburgh; published Manual of Chemistry and Dictionary of Pharmacy and Materia Medica besides editing Dictionary of Science and Art 1842.
Gustavus Brander: '''Gustavus Brander''' ([[1720]]-[[1787]]), merchant and antiquary; trader in London: director of Bank of England; F.R.S.; curator of British Museum; collected antiquarian curiosities, pictures, and books.
Brandon: '''Brandon''' first VISCOUNT (d. [[1694]]). See GERARD,
Charles: '''Charles'''

[edit] Section 160

Charles Brandon: '''Charles Brandon''' , first DUKK OP SUFFOLK (d. 1545), soldier and statesman; squire of the royal body to Henry VIII, and chamberlain of principality of North Wales, 1509; marshal of king's bench, 1510: ranger of New Forest, 1512; created Viscount Lisle, 1513; marshal of army invading France, 1513; created Duke of Suffolk, 1514; went on royal mission to France, 1514, and, although lie had already a wife living, secretly married Henry sister, Mary, at Paris, 1515, the validity of the marriage being secured by a papal bull; accompanied Henry to Field of Cloth of Gold, 1520; commanded unsuccessful invasion of France, 1628; supported Henry in efforts to obtain divorce from Catherine of Arragon; warden of marches against Scotland, 1542; commanded arrny invailing France and captured Boulogne, 1544; ste%-ard of king's household.
Henry Brandon: '''Henry Brandon''' ([[1535]]-[[1551]]), and CHARLES (1537 ?-155l), DUKES OF SUFFOLK; sons of Charles Hnuidon, first duke of Suffolk; educated under Thomas (afterwards Sir Thomas) Wilson, and at St. John's College, Cambridge, where they caught the sweating sickness, i which proved fatal.
John Brandon: '''John Brandon''' (fl. [[1687]]), divine ; B.A. Oriel Coli lege, Oxford, 1665; rector of Finchamstead; published religious works.
John Raphael Brandon: '''John Raphael Brandon''' ([[1817]]-[[1877]]), architect; carried on business with his brother, Joshua Arthur i Brandon, whom he assisted in writing Parish I Churches 1848, Analysis of Gothic Architecture 1847, and Open Timber Roofs of Middle Ages 1849; committed suicide.
Joshua Arthur Brandon: '''Joshua Arthur Brandon''' ([[1802]]-[[1847]]), architect; joint-author with his brother, John Raphael Brandon, in architectural publications.
Richard Brandon: '''Richard Brandon''' (d. [[1649]]), executioner of Charles I and various distinguished royalists; son of Gregory Brandon, common hangman of London.
Samuel Brandon: '''Samuel Brandon''' (16th cent.), authoof '* The Tragi-comoedi of the Virtuous Octavia 1598.
Sir Thomas Brandon: '''Sir Thomas Brandon''' (d. [[1509]]), diplomatist; uncle to Charles Brandon, duke of Suffolk; Lancastrian: accompanied embassies to conclude peace with France, 1492, and a treaty with Emperor Maximilian at Antwerp, 1503; held offices in royal household; K.G.
Samuel Brandram: '''Samuel Brandram''' ([[1824]]-[[1892]]), reciter; educated at Merchant Taylorsand King's College schools and Trinity College, Oxford; M.A., 1849; called to bar at Lincoln's Inn, 1850; practised as barrister till 1876; became professional reciter, gaining wide popularity; published selections for recitation.
Jeremiah Brandreth: '''Jeremiah Brandreth''' , called JEREMIAH COKE (rf. 1817), rebel: served in army: headed, as tool of one Oliver, a rising in midland counties; executed at Derby.
Joseph Brandreth: '''Joseph Brandreth''' ([[1746]]-[[1816]]), physician: M.D. Edinburgh, 1770; established the Dispensary at Liverpool; published medical treatises.
Thomas Shaw Brandreth: '''Thomas Shaw Brandreth''' ([[1788]]-[[1873]]), scholar and mathematician; educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge; second wrangler, second Smith's prizeman, and chancellor's medallist, 1810: M.A., 1813; fellow: called to bar; practised at Liverpool; F.R.S., 1821: invented several mechanical devices connected with locomotion: published a treatise on the digamma, and a verse translation of the Iliad
Francis Frederick Brandt: '''Francis Frederick Brandt''' ([[1819]]-[[1874]]), legal writer; called to bar at Inner Temple, 1847; published treatises, relating chiefly to the law as affecting sport.
James Brandwood: '''James Brandwood''' ([[1739]]-[[1826]]), quaker : joined Quakers, 1761, and became itinerant preacher. A selection from his letters and papers was published posthumously, 1828.
Thomas Branxer: '''Thomas Branxer''' ([[1633]]-[[1676]]).
James Hews Bransby: '''James Hews Bransby''' ([[1783]]-[[1847]]), Unitarian divine; minister of presbyterian congregation at Moreton Hampstead, Devonshire, 1808; kept a school at Dudley; developed tendency to kleptomania, and subsequently committed forgery, and was permitted to retire to Wales, 1828; published historical and other works.
Allen Robert Branston: '''Allen Robert Branston''' ([[1778]]-[[1827]]), woodengraver; apprenticed to his father as copper-plate engraver; came to London, 1799; illustrated Bloomfield's Wild Flowers 1806, and other works.
William Branthwatte: '''William Branthwatte''' (rf. [[1620]]), translator of the bible; B.A. Clare Hall, Cambridge, 1682; fellow of Emmanuel College, 1684; M.A., 1686: D.D., 1598; member of one of two Cambridge committees appointed to revise translation of bible, 1607-11, his share being the Apocrypha.
Brantingham: '''Brantingham''' 139
Braitbrooke: '''Braitbrooke'''
Thomas De Brantingham: '''Thomas De Brantingham''' (d. [[1394]]), lord treasurer and bishop of Exeter; canon and prebendary of St. Paul's, 1361: treasurer of Calais and Guisnes, 1361-8; prebendary of Hereford, 1363; treasurer of Bath and Yll-. Cathedral, 1367: lord treasurer, 1369-71,1377-81, jiinl KM'J; bishop of Exeter, 1370: one of lords appointed to reform and regulate realm and king's household, 1386.
Charles Branwhite: '''Charles Branwhite''' ([[1817]]-[[1880]]), landscape painter; son of Nathan Brauwhite; practised as luinl-caiMpainter in water-colour; exhibited pictures from 1 HI).
Nathan Branwhite: '''Nathan Branwhite''' (fl. [[1825]]), miniature painter and engraver; son of Peregrine Bran white; cxliiiiited at Royal Academy between 1802 and 1825
Peregrine Branwhite: '''Peregrine Branwhite''' ([[1745]]-[[1795]]?), minor poet; conducted a school at Lavenham, Suffolk; published poetical writings.
Philip De Braose: '''Philip De Braose''' (fl. [[1172]]), soldier ; uncle of William de Braose; held command in Henry IPs military operations at Wexford, 1172.

[edit] Section 161

William De Braose: '''William De Braose''' (d. [[1211]]), rebel baron; sheriff of Herefordshire, 1192-9; justice itinerant in Staffordshire, 1196; with Richard in Normandy, 1195; granted, by John, all the lands he could conquer from Wt-Nh; sheriff of Herefordshire, 1206-7; obtained honour of Limerick (without the city), 1201: attended John at Rouen, 1203: received grant of city of Limerick at ferm, Ixtf: lost favour, and subsequently (1210) raised a rebellion in Wales; died an outlaw in France.
Joseph Brasbridge: '''Joseph Brasbridge''' ([[1743]]-[[1832]]), autobiographer; silversmith in London; became bankrupt; published Fruits of Experience an autobiography, 1824.
Thomas Brasbridge: '''Thomas Brasbridge''' (fl. [[1590]]), divine ; fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, 1562; M.A., 1664; obtained living at Banbury, where he opened a school and practised medicine; published miscellaneous writings.
Brasbrigg: '''Brasbrigg''' or BRACEBRIGGE, JOHN (fl. [[1428]]), priest of convent of Syon. Reputed author of manuscript entitledOatholicon continens quatuor partes grainmaticae
Brass: '''Brass''' or BRASSE, JOHN ([[1790]]-[[1833]]), educational writer; fellow, Trinity College, Cambridge, 1811; M.A., 1814; D.D., 1829; held living of Stotfold, Bedfordshire, 1824-33; published educational works.
Anna Brassey: '''Anna Brassey''' or ANNIE, BARONESS BRASSET (1839-1887), traveller and authoress; nte Allnutt; married, 1860, Mr. Thomas Brassey (created Baron Brassey, 1886); publishedVoyage of the Sunbeam 1878, and other descriptions of long sea-voyages; dame chevaliere of order of St. John of Jerusalem, 1881; died at sea near Brisbane.
Thomas Brassey: '''Thomas Brassey''' ([[1805]]-[[1870]]), railway contractor; originally articled to a land surveyor; contracted for various works on London and Southampton railway, and subsequently for many large railway undertakings, including English Great Northern (1847-51), Canadian Grand Trunk (1852-9), Crimean (1854), Australian (18591863), Argentine (1864), and Indian (1858-65).
Richard Brathwaite: '''Richard Brathwaite''' ([[1588]] ?-[[1673]]), poet; educated at Oriel College, Oxford; possibly served on royalist side in civil war; produced between 1611 and 1665 a number of works of varying merit, of which the most famous is Barnabas Itiuerarium, or Barnabee's Journal a record of English travel in doggerel verse (1638).
Bravonitts: '''Bravonitts''' (d. [[1207]]).
Lord Braxfield: '''Lord Braxfield''' ([[1722]]-[[1799]]). See MACQUEEN,
Robert: '''Robert'''
Anna Eliza Bray: '''Anna Eliza Bray''' ([[1790]]-[[1883]]), novelist ; nie Kempe; married Charles Alfred Stothard, an artist, 1818; he died, 1821, while engaged on a work, Monumental Effigies of Great Britain which was completed by his widow and published 1832; she married, secondly, the Rev. Edward Atkyns Bray; published several novels of historical character between 1826 and 1874, besides other writings, including letters to Southey on legends of the Tainar and Tavy.
Charles Bray: '''Charles Bray''' ([[1811]]-[[1884]]), philosophical writer ; ribbon manufacturer at Coventry, 1835 till 1856; engaged in numerous enterprises for amelioration of condition of working classes; published philosophical writings, based chiefly on phrenology and the docrine of necessity.
Edward Atkyns Bray: '''Edward Atkyns Bray''' ([[1778]]-[[1857]]), miscellaneous writer; called to the bar at Middle Temple, 1806: joined western circuit, but abandoned law for the church; vicar of Tavistock and perpetual curate of Brent Tor, 1812; B.D. Trinity College, Cambridge, 1822: published selections of sermons by eminent divines. HisPoetical Remains appeared, 1869.
John Bray: '''John Bray''' (fl. [[1377]]), physician: author of a manuscript list of herbs in Latin, French, and English.
Sir Reginald Bray: '''Sir Reginald Bray''' (d. [[1503]]), statesmfl* and architect; receiver-general and steward of household to Sir Henry Stafford, second husband of Margaret, countess of Richmond, mother of Earl of Richmond, afterwards Henry VII; actively engaged in bringing about marriage of Earl of Richmond with the Princess Elizabeth; created K.B. at Henry VII's coronation; K.G.: privy councillor and joint chief- justice of forests south of Trent; high treasurer and chancellor of duchy of Lancaster; paymaster of forces in Brittany, 1492; high steward of Oxford (and perhaps of Cambridge) university, 1494; knight-banneret, after Blackheath, 1497; conducted improvements in St. George's Chapel, Windsor, and probably designed Henry VII's Chapel, Westminster.
Thomas Bray: '''Thomas Bray''' ([[1656]]-[[1730]]), divine; B.A. All SoulsCollege, Oxford, 1678; M.A. Hart Hall, 1693; rector of Sheldon, 1690; published Catechetical Lectures which brought him immediate popularity; selected by the bishop of London as his commissary in Maryland, which province had lately been divided into parishes; projected a scheme for establishing parochial libraries in England, which was successful, and developed into the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge; D.D. Magdalen College, Oxford, 1696; arrived in Maryland, 1700, but returned at once, finding that he could serve the Maryland church better in England; obtained charter incorporating society for propagating gospel throughout British plantations, 1701; received living of St. Botolph-Without, Aldgate, 1706; negrophile; published religious works and writings relating to his various projects.
Thomas Bray: '''Thomas Bray''' ([[1759]]-[[1820]]), archbishop of Cashel ; author of a work in Latin and English (privately printed, 1813), containing a papal bull against freemasonry, and a decree of Council of Trent against duellists; D.D.
William Bray: '''William Bray''' (d. [[1644]]), divine ; M.A. Christ's College, Cambridge, 1620; B.D., 1631; chaplain to Archbishop Laud; prebendary of St. Paul's, 1632; vicar of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, 1633; sequestered, 1643.
William Bray: '''William Bray''' ([[1736]]-[[1832]]), antiquary; educated at Rugby; held position in board of green cloth for nearly fifty years; F.S.A., 1771, treasurer, 1803. He completed the Rev. Owen Manning'sHistory of Surrey(1804-14), and published antiquarian writings of his own.
Henry Dk Braybroc: '''Henry Dk Braybroc''' (d. [[1234]] ?), judge : sheriff of Rutlandshire, Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire, and Bedfordshire; joined barons against John, and was excommunicated, 1215; reinstated in his lands after battle of Lincoln, 1217; justice of assize in Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire, 1224; imprisoned by Falkes de Breaute ; justice itinerant for Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire, 1225; justice of bench, 1227.
Robert De Braybroke: '''Robert De Braybroke''' (d.J[[404]]), ecclesiastic and judge; licentiate in civil law at Oxford; prebendary of York, 1366, Lincoln, 1378, and Lichfield, 1379: dean of Salisbury, 1380; bishop of London and chancellor of Bristol, 1381 j tried, unsuccessfully, to mediate between Richard II and barons, 1387; reformed chapter of St. Paul's, 1398; privy councillor under Henry IV.
Barons Op Braybrooke: '''Barons Op Braybrooke''' . See GRIFFIN, JOHN-
Griffin: '''Griffin''' first BARON, [[1719]]-[[1797]] ; NEVILLE, RICHARD
Griffin Aldworth: '''Griffin Aldworth''' -, second BARON, [[1760]]-[[1826]] : NEVILLE,

[edit] Section 162

Griffin Richard: '''Griffin Richard''' , third BARON, [[1783]]-[[1858]] ; NEVILLE,
Oornwallis Richard: '''Oornwallis Richard''' , fourth BARON, [[1820]]-[[1861]].
Ey Brayl: '''Ey Brayl''' 140
Brent: '''Brent'''
Edward Wedlake Brayley: '''Edward Wedlake Brayley''' , the elder [[1773]]1854), topographer and archaeologist; associated with John Brittou( 1771-1867) in several publications, im-ludingBeauties of England and Wales to which he contributed: F.S.A.. 18:;: librarian and secretary of Russell Institution, Great Ooram Struct, 1825-54; published topographic-ill and archaeological works.
Edward William Brayley: '''Edward William Brayley''' , the younger (1802-1870), writer on science; son of Edward Wedlake Brayley: studied science in London and Royal Institutions: joint-librarian of London Institution, Pinsbury Circus: joint-editor of Annals of Philosophy 'Zoological Journal and Philosophical Magazine 18221845; an original member of the Chemical and Zoological societies; wrote and edited several scientific works, and contributed to English Cyclopaedia and other works; F.R.S., 1864.
William Brayne: '''William Brayne''' (d. [[1657]]), governor of Jamaica ; lieutenant-colonel of foot in Scotland, 1653; governor of Inverlochy; governor of Jamaica, 1656-7.
Breadalbane: '''Breadalbane''' second MARQUIS ([[1796]]-[[1862]]). See
John Campbell: '''John Campbell''' .
Earls Breadalbane: '''Earls Breadalbane''' . See CAMPBELL, J"OHN, first EARL, 1635-1716; CAMPBKLL, JOHN, third EARL, 1696-1782; CAMPBELL, JOHN, fifth EARL, 1796-1862.
Nicholas Breakspear: '''Nicholas Breakspear''' (d. [[1159]]). See
Iv Adrian: '''Iv Adrian''' .
John Brearcliffe: '''John Brearcliffe''' ([[1609]] ?-[[1682]]). See BRIER
Cliffe: '''Cliffe'''
Palkes De Breattte: '''Palkes De Breattte''' (d. [[1226]]). military adventurer; a Norman of mean birth; sheriff of Glamorgan, 1211; became one of John's evil counsellors; held command in royal army against barons, 1215-17; conducted his operations with considerable success, and contributed largely to the victory over the dauphin Louis at Lincoln which virtually ended the war; abetted Albemarle's revolt, 1220; assisted Hubert de Burgh in quelling insurrection in favour of Louis at Oxford, 1222; joined Earl of Chester and other lords in scheme for seizing the Tower, 1223; surrendered to king at Northampton on threats of excommunication; found guilty of more than thirty acts of wrongful disseisin, 1224, and heavily fined; ordered his garrison at Bedford to seize the justices, one of them, Henry de Braybroc, being in consequence captured and imprisoned at Bedford Castle, which was commanded by Falkes's brother William, and was surrendered to the king after a stubborn resistance; captured soon afterwards, and, his possessions being forfeited, was committed to keeping of bishop of London; banished, 1225; enlisted the sympathies of the pope, who appealed unsuccessfully to Henry III in his behalf.
Brecb: '''Brecb''' 3N, SIR DAVID (d. [[1321]]), Scottish warrior ; gained title of The Flower of Chivalry for feats of arms probably in crusades; supported English cause in Scotland; warden of Dundee, 1312: captured at Bannockburn, 1314, and gained favour of King Robert; executed for complicity in Lord Soulis's conspiracy against Robert.
Robert Bree: '''Robert Bree''' ([[1759]]-[[1839]]), physician ; B.A. University College, Oxford, 1778; studied medicine at Edinburgh; M.A., 1781; M.D., 1791; F.R.O.S., 1807; censor, College of Physicians, 1810, 1819, and 1830; elect, 1830; Harveian lecturer, 1827; F.R.S.: vice-president, 1811; published medical writings. J, JAMES WILKINSON (1830-1872), Indian civil servant; entered Madras civil service, 1849; com- j missioner of the Nilagiris, c. 1867; died from illness contracted while collecting tribal utensils, arms, &c., for j Indian Museum, Calcutta; wrote Account of Tribes and. Monuments of the Nilagiris published posthumously by government.
James Breen: '''James Breen''' ([[1826]]-[[1866]]), astronomer : calculator at Greenwich, e. 1842; assistant in Cambridge observatory, 1846; spent some years in study abroad; F.R.A.S., 1862; published astronomical writings.
Bregwin: '''Bregwin''' or BREGOWINE (d. [[766]]), archbishop of Canterbury; born in the old Saxon land; came to England to study; archbishop, 759; buried at Canterbury.
John Brekell: '''John Brekell''' ([[1697]]-[[1769]]), presbyterian divine ; solo pastor at Kaye Street, Liverpool, 1744-69; published religious works.
Sir Nicholas Brembre: '''Sir Nicholas Brembre''' (d. [[1388]]), lord mayor of London: alderman of Bread Street ward, 1376; lord ! mayor, 1377 and 1378; one of collectors of customs for : port of London, c. 1379-86, his comptroller being Geoffrey Chaucer; accompanied king to Smithfield on rising of Commons, 1381, and was knighted; M.P. for city of London, 1383; obtained by force his election as lord mayor, 1 383; supported Richard IPs struggle for absolute power, 1387, and was executed.
Sir James John Gordon Bremer: '''Sir James John Gordon Bremer''' ([[1786]]-[[1850]]), ! rear-admiral; lieutenant in navy, 1805; captain, 1814; C.B., 1816; took part in Burmese war; K.O.H., 1836; commanded expedition to China, 1840-1; K.C.B., 1841; second in command of Channel squadron, 1846; commodore superintendent of Woolwich dockyard, 1846; rearadmiral, 1849.
David Bremner: '''David Bremner''' (d. [[1852]]), engineer for Clyde trustees; son of James Bremner.
James Bremner: '''James Bremner''' ([[1784]]-[[1856]]), engineer ; settled as shipbuilder at Pulteney Town, and was engaged in designing harbours and piers on northern coast of Scotland; published professional writings.
Robert Bremner: '''Robert Bremner''' (d. [[1789]]), music printer and publisher; produced several collections of songs and works of musical instruction, including Rudiments of Music (1756).

[edit] Section 163

Brenan: '''Brenan''' (fl. [[1756]]), painter in Dublin ; published 'Painter's Breakfast a dramatic satire, 1756.
John Brenan: '''John Brenan''' ([[1768]]?-[[1830]]), physician; M.D. Glasgow; practised at Dublin from 1801; started 'Milesian Magazine(1812), in which he attacked College of Physicians and ventilated grievances in satirical verse of considerable poignancy; discovered remedy for puerperal fever and internal inflammation.
Julius Lucius Brenchley: '''Julius Lucius Brenchley''' ([[1816]]-[[1873]]), traveller and author; M.A. St. John's College, Cambridge, 1843; ordained curate of Holy Trinity, Maidstone, 1843; made (1847-67) journeys to Utah, New Mexico, Panama, Ecuador, Peru and Chili, India, China and Mongolia, and Japan, Australia and New Zealand, Siberia and Poland; bequeathed large miscellaneous collections to Maidstone; published writings on his travels.
Brendan: '''Brendan''' or BRENAINN, SAINT ([[490]] ?-[[673]]), of Birr, now Parsonstpwn, King's County; of second order of Irish saints; a disciple of St. Finnian of Clonard. His day is 29 Nov.
Brendan: '''Brendan''' or BRENAINN, SAINT ([[484]]-[[577]]), of Olonfert; of second order of Irish saints; studied under St. Ita, Bishop Ere, and St. Jarlath of Tnam; presbyter; perhaps made journey to western and northern islands, which formed basis of mediaeval legend of Navigation of St. Brendan in the original form of which two journeys are described; visited Brittany between 520 and 530; founded monastery of Cluain Fearta, 553. His day is 16 May.
Charlotte Brent: '''Charlotte Brent''' (d. [[1802]]), singer ; pupil of Dr. Arne; first appeared in public, 1758; engaged at Covent Garden, 1759-70, creating principal parts in several operas; married Thomas Pinto, 1766; toured with her husband in Scotland and Ireland, 1770-80; last appeared in Comus at Covent Garden, 1784.
John Brent: '''John Brent''' ([[1808]]-[[1882]]), antiquary and novelist ; held offices in Canterbury corporation: F.S.A., 1853; member of British Archaeological Association and other societies; published poetical works and novels, and contributed to archaeological publications.
Sir Nathaniel Brent: '''Sir Nathaniel Brent''' ([[157]]:5 9-[[1652]]), warden of Merton College, Oxford; M.A. Merton College, Oxford, 1698; university proctor, 1607; bachelor of law, 1623: warden of Merton, 1622; commissary of diocese of Canterbury and vicar-gcucral to the archbishop; judge of prerogative court: knighted, 1629; successfully opposed Laud, who on a visitation to Merton, 1638, insisted on many radical reforms; sided with parliament on outbreak of civil war; was made judge-marshal, and signed the covenant; deposed from wardenship by Charles I,
Brentford: '''Brentford''' 141
Brett: '''Brett''' umed office, 1646; president of parliamentary cumuli:nn tor visitation of universities. 1647-51; published translation into English of Pietro Sarpi'sHistory of Council of Trent 1(520, and other works.
Earl of Brentford: '''Earl of Brentford''' ([[1573]]7-[[1651]]). See RUTH
Patrick Vkn: '''Patrick Vkn''' .
Edward Pelham Brenton: '''Edward Pelham Brenton''' ([[1774]]-[[1839]]), navy captain: entered navy. 1788; lieutenant, 1795; captain, iSiiH: vervcd in American war, 1811; flag-captain to Hi r Benjamin Hallowell. 1H15; published Naval History of C iv.n Uritain, 17H3-1822 1823.
Sir Jahleel Brenton: '''Sir Jahleel Brenton''' ([[1770]]-[[1844]] ),vioc-a.lmiral : horn in Rhode Island; served in royalist navy at outbreak of war of independence; accepted comuiis-ion in Swedish navy, and was promoted lieutenant in English navy, 1790; post-captain, 1800; flag-captain to Sir James Saumarez, 1801; prisoner of war in French hands, 1803-6; served in Mediterranean, 1807 till 1810, when he was wounded in action off Naples; baronet, 1812; K.O.B., IM. r: connniioner of dockyard of Port Mahon, 1813, and, later, of Oape of Good Hope till 1822; rear-admiral, ls:;n; lieutenant-governor, Greenwich Hospital, 1831; ! vice-admiral, 1840; published religious writings,
John Brereley: '''John Brereley''' (Jl. [[1624]]). See ANDERTON, '
James: '''James'''
Brereton: '''Brereton''' Sm WILLIAM (17s9-isi;i). li.-ut.-nantgeneral; second lieutenant, royal artillery, 1805; served in Peninsular and Waterloo campaigns, 1809-15; after varied service, he was second in command in Bocca Tigris expedition, and at capture of Canton, 1848; at siege of Sevastopol, 1854; K.C.B., 1861; lieutenant-general, 1864.
Jidm: '''Jidm'''
Brereley: '''Brereley''' or BRIERLEY, ROGER ([[1586]]-[[1637]]), divine and poet; perpetual curate of Grindleton Chapel, Mitton-iu-Craven, where his followers became known as Grindletonians; probably charged (before 1628) at York by high commissioners with holding doctrines of antinomiau tendency, but acquitted; received living of Burnley, Lancashire, 1631. Volumes of his literary remains appeared posthumously.
John Brereton: '''John Brereton''' (fl. [[1603]]), voyager to New England; accompanied first party of English who landed in New England with intention of settling, 1603, but returned almost immediately; published Description of i Elizabeth's He, and soma others towards North Part of j Virginie, 1602
Owen Salusbury Brereton: '''Owen Salusbury Brereton''' ([[1715]]-[[1798]]), antiquary; educated at Westminster and Trinity College, Cambridge; called to bar, 1738; recorder of Liverpool, ! 1742-98; vice-president, Society of Arts, 1765-98; M.R.S.; bencher of Lincoln's Inn; treasurer and keeper of Black Book; M.P. for Ilchester, 1775-80; contributed to Archaeologia and Philosophical Transactions
Thomas Brereton: '''Thomas Brereton''' ([[1691]]-[[1722]]), dramatist ; B.A. Brasenose College, Oxford, 1712; held government office connected with customs at Chester; drowned while attempting to escape prosecution for libel; published two Knirlish adaptations from plays by Racine and Corneille, and some poetical writings.
Thomas Brereton: '''Thomas Brereton''' ([[1782]]-[[1832]]), lieutenantcolonel; volunteered in West Indies, 1797; ensign, 1798; captain, 1804; invalided home, 1813; lieutenant-governor of Senegal and Goree, 1814; lieutenant-colonel royal African corps, 1815; commanded Oape Town garrison, 1819-23; commanded troops quartered near Bristol at outbreak of the Reform riots, 1831; court-martialled for negligence, inaction, and neglect of civil authority; committed suicide before trial was concluded.
Sir William Brereton: '''Sir William Brereton''' (d. [[1541]]), lord justice in Ireland; knighted, 1523; deputy chamberlain of Chester; marshal of army in Ireland and Irish privy councillor, 1539; temporarily lord justice of Ireland, 1540.
Sir William Brereton: '''Sir William Brereton''' ([[1604]]-[[1661]]), parliamentary commander; created baronet, 1627; travelled in Great Britain, Ireland, and on continent, 1634-5 (his Diary published by Chetham Society, 1844); M.P. for Cheshire, 1628 and 1640; headed parliamentary movement in riicslrire, c. 1642; commander-iu-chief of forces in Cheshire and neighbouring southern counties; defeated Sir Thomas Aston at Nantwich and at Middlewich, 1643; defeated Rupert at Tarvin and captured Liverpool and iSliivw-tniry, 1644: captured Lichfleld and Dudley Castle and defeated Lord Ashley near Stow-in-the-Wold, 1646; chief forester of Macclesfield forest and seneschal of hundred of Maoclestield on conclusion of war.

[edit] Section 164

Brerewood: '''Brerewood''' or BRYERWOOD, EDWARD ([[1565]] ?1613), antiquary and mathematician: M.A. Brasenose College, Oxford, 1590; first professor of astronomy, Gresham College, London, 1596; member of Old Society of Antiquaries; left mathematical, religious, and antiquarian manuscripts, which were published posthumously.
Sir Robert Brerewood: '''Sir Robert Brerewood''' ([[1588]]-[[1654]]), judge: educated at Brasenose College, Oxford; called to bar at Middle Temple, 1615; judge of North Wales, 1637; recorder of Chester, 1639; reader at Middle Temple, 1638; serjeant-aMaw, 1640; king's Serjeant, 1641; knighted, 1643; judge, 1644.
Thomas Brerewood: '''Thomas Brerewood''' (d. [[1748]]), poetical writer; grandson of Sir Robert Brerewood His Galfred and Juetta appeared in 1772.
Joseph Bretland: '''Joseph Bretland''' ([[1742]]-[[1819]]), dissenting minister; minister of Mint Chapel, Exeter, 1770-2 and 17891793, and at George's meeting house, Exeter, 1794-7, where he kept a classical school, 1772-90; tutor at academy in west of England for educating protestant dissenters, 1799-1805.
Thomas Bretnor: '''Thomas Bretnor''' (fl. [[1607]]-[[1618]]), almanac maker ; published two almanacs, 1607 and 1615, and a work (translated from French) on opium.
John Le Breton: '''John Le Breton''' (d. [[1275]]), bishop of Hereford ; canon, and, c. 1268, bishop of Hereford. He was believed at beginning of 14th century to have been author of the work known as Britton (mainly Bracton's treatise on English law condensed), probably written c. 1290.
Nicholas Breton: '''Nicholas Breton''' ([[1545]] 7-[[1626]] ?), poet ; probably educated at Oxford, perhaps at Oriel College; produced between 1577 and 1626, satirical, religious, romantic and pastoral writings, in verse and prose, which include (in verse) The Countess of Penbrook's (Pembroke's) Passion* (first privately printed) (1853),Pasquil's Mad-cappe* (earliest known copy) (1626),The Soules Heavenly Exercise (1601), The Passionate Shepheard (1604), The Honour of Valour (1605), and (in prose) an angling idyll entitled Wits Trenchmour (1597), The Wil of Wit, Wit's Will or Wil's Wit(1599), Crossing of Proverbs 1616, 'The Figvre of Foure (first published c. 1597), andA Mad World, my Masters (1603), a dialogue.
William Breton: '''William Breton''' (d. [[1356]]).
Arthur Brett: '''Arthur Brett''' (d. [[1677]]?), poet; educated at Westminster and Christ Church, Oxford; M.A., 1659; vicar of Market Lavington, Wiltshire; subsequently subsisted by begging in London; published poetical writings.
George Brett: '''George Brett''' ([[1630]]-[[1659]]).
Henry Brett: '''Henry Brett''' (d. [[1724]]), colonel ; studied at Oxford and the Temple: M.P. for borough of Bishop's Castle, Shropshire, c. 1700; lieutenant-colonel of foot regiment raised by Sir Charles Hotham, 1705; member of Addisou's circle.
John Brett: '''John Brett''' (d. [[1785]]), navy captain : lieutenant, 1734; captain. 1741; served on North American coast, 1755; published translations from Spanish of Feyjoo.
John Watkins Brett: '''John Watkins Brett''' ([[1805]]-[[1863]]), telegraphic engineer: originated scheme of submarine telegraphy; established telegraphic communication between England and France, 1850.
Sir Peircy Brett: '''Sir Peircy Brett''' ([[1709]]-[[1781]]), admiral; second lieutenant under Commodore Anson at Paita, 1741; engaged and disabled the Elisabeth, which, with munitions of war, was convoying Young Pretender's vessel to Scotland, 1745; served at Finisterre, 1747: knighted, 1753; commodore in Downs, 1758-61: second in command in Mediterranean, 1762; lord commissioner of admiralty, 1766-70; vict-udmirai. 1770; admiral, 1778. vi. 283J
Brett: '''Brett''' 11-2
Brewster: '''Brewster'''
Richard Brett: '''Richard Brett''' ([[1560]] ?-[[1637]]), divine: B.A. Hart Hall, Oxfonl: rVllow of Lincoln College: D.D., 1605: rector of Quainton, 1595: appointed by.1 nines I one of translators of bible into English; published translations from Greek into Latin.
Robert Brett: '''Robert Brett''' ([[1808]]-[[1874]]), surgeon ; studied at St. George's Hospital, London; M.R.C.S.E., and L.S.A.L., 1830; practised at Stoke Newington: took active part in Tractarian movement, Dr. Pusey being among his friend: vice-president of English Church Union.
Thomas Brett: '''Thomas Brett''' ([[1667]]-[[1743]]), nonjuring divine; LL.B. Corpus Ohristi College, Cambridge, 1689; LL.D., 1697; rector of Ruekinge, 1706, and soon afterwards adopted nonjuring principles: resigned living, 1714; consecrated bishop by nonjuring bishops Collier, Spinckes, and Howes, 1716; published religious and other works.
William Baliol Brett: '''William Baliol Brett''' , VISCOUNT EsHKR([[1816]]1899), judge; educated at Westminster and Caius Colleere, Cambridge; M.A., 1845; called to bar at Lincoln's Inn, 1846; bencher, 1861: joined northern circuit; Q.O., 1861: conservative M.P. for Helston, Cornwall, 1866-8; solicitor-general, 1868: additional justice of common pleas, 1868; justice in high court, 1875; privy councillor, 1876; lord justice of appeal, 1877; master of rolls, 1883; created Baron Esher of Esher, 1885; retired, and was created Viscount Esher, 1897.
Katharine Beettargh: '''Katharine Beettargh''' ([[1579]]-[[1601]]), puritan ; sister of John Bruen; married William Brettargh, c. 1599; persecuted for her religious opinions,
Jacob Beettell: '''Jacob Beettell''' ([[1793]]-[[1862]]), Unitarian divine ; educated at Manchester College, York; minister of Rotherham, 1816; took part in anti-corn law agitation.
Jacob Charles Gates Brettell: '''Jacob Charles Gates Brettell''' ([[1817]]-[[1867]]), lawyer: son of Jacob Brettell; educated for unitarian ministry: became Roman catholic and went to America, where he was successively tutor, minister of a German church, and barrister; published poetical, religious, and other works.
Matthew Beettinoham: '''Matthew Beettinoham''' , the elder ([[1699]]-[[1769]]), architect; pupil of William Kent, designer of Holkham, the Earl of Leicester's seat in Norfolk, on which Brettingham worked; designed mansions in Palladian style; published Remarks on places visited in Continental tours.
Matthew Brettingham: '''Matthew Brettingham''' , the younger ([[1725]]1803), architect; son of Matthew Brettingham (16991769); worked in Palladian style.

[edit] Section 165

Robert Furze Brettingham: '''Robert Furze Brettingham''' ([[1750]]-[[1806]]?), architect; nephew of Matthew Brettingham the elder ; studied in Italy; erected many mansions throughout the country, and, after 1 790, obtained extensive practice as prison architect; resident clerk of board of works, c. 1771-1805.
John Durant Beeval: '''John Durant Beeval''' ([[1680]]?-[[1738]]), miscellaneous writer; educated at Westminster and Trinity College, Cambridge; fellow, 1702; M.A., 1704; expelled for alleged misconduct, 1708; volunteer in army in Flanders; became successively ensign and captain; employed by Marlborough in diplomatic missions; subsequently engaged in dramatic and other writing in London; noticed at some length in the Dunciad* in retaliation for his merciless ridicule of Pope.
Brevint: '''Brevint''' or BREVIN, DANIEL ([[1616]]-[[1695]]), divine ; educated at protestant university at Saumur; M.A., 1624; fellow of Jesus College, Oxford, 1637; incorporated M.A. Oxford, 1638; deprived of fellowship by parliamentary commissioners; retired to Jersey, bis birthplace, ami thence to France: chaplain to Turenne; returned to England, 1660; received stall in Durham Cathedral, 1660; D.D. Oxford, 1663; dean and prebendary of Lincoln, 1682; published protestant polemics, and devotional works, including The Christian Sacrament and Sacrifice 1673.
Antony Brewer: '''Antony Brewer''' (fl. [[1665]]), dramatic writer; wrote The Love-sick King."
Ebenezer Cobham Brewer: '''Ebenezer Cobham Brewer''' ([[1810]]-[[1897]]), miscellaneous writer; son of John Sherreu Brewer; B.O.L. Trinity Hall, Cambridge, 1835: ordained priest, 1836; LL.D., isio. His works includeDictionary of Phrase and Fable 1870.
George Brewer: '''George Brewer''' (b. [[1766]]), miscellaneous writer ; served as midshipman in navy; lieutenant in Swedish navy, 1791; Attorney in London; contributed to the European Magazine and published dramas, novels, and miscellaneous writings.
James Norris Brewer: '''James Norris Brewer''' (Jt. [[1799]]-[[1829]]), author of many novels and topographical compilations, inelinliiitr contributions to series called Beauties of England and Wales
Jehoiada Brewer: '''Jehoiada Brewer''' ([[1752]] ?-[[1817]]), dissenting minister; published religious writings.
John Brewer: '''John Brewer''' ([[1744]]-[[1822]]), English Benedictine monk; appointed to mission at Bath, where a new chapel built by him was destroyed by rioters, 1780. ,, JOHN SHERREN (1810-1879), historical writer; graduated at Queen's College, Oxford, 1832; lecturer hi classical literature, King's College, London, 1839, and professor of English language and literature and lecturer in modern history, 1855-77; commissioned, 1856, by master of rolls, Sir John Romilly, to prepare calendar of state papers of Henry VIII; principal of Working Men's College; received crown living of Toppesfield, 1877; published historical works, including Student's Hume
Samuel Brewer: '''Samuel Brewer''' (d. [[1743]] ?), botanist : engaged in woollen manufacture at Trowbridge, Wiltshire; having met with misfortune became head-gardener to Duke of Beaufort at Badminton. He rendered valuable assistance to Dillenius in his botanical work. ,, THOMAS (. 1624), author of tracts in verse and prose, includingThe Life and Death of the Merry Deuill of Edmonton (prose), 1631, A Knot of Fooles (satirical verses), 1624; and poems descriptive of the plague.
Thomas Brewer: '''Thomas Brewer''' (b. [[1611]]), musician; educated at Christ's Hospital; a celebrated performer on viol; published musical compositions.
Briwere Brewer: '''Briwere Brewer''' , or BETTER, WILLIAM (d. 1226), baron and judge: sheriff of Devon; justice itinerant, 1187; one of four justices left by Richard in charge of the kingdom, 1189; assisted Richard, then in captivity, at interview with Emperor Henry VI, and, later, with other envoys, arranged peace of Nantes, 1193; one of John's evil advisers; signed charter surrendering crown and kingdom of England to Innocent III, 1213; joined barons after their entry into London, 1215; signed Great Charter; leader in John's army on outbreak of baronial war; assisted Henry III against French, c. 1216; baron of exchequer, 1221.
Abraham Brewster: '''Abraham Brewster''' ([[1796]]-[[1874]]), Irish lawyer ; M.A. Dublin, 1847; called to Irish bar, 1819; took silk, 1835; solicitor-general of Ireland, 1846; privy councillor in Ireland, 1853: attorney-general, 1853-5; lord justice of appeul in Ireland, 1866; lord-chancellor of Ireland, 1867.
Sir David Brewster: '''Sir David Brewster''' ([[1781]]-[[1868]]), natural philosopher; educated at Edinburgh University; editor of 'Edinburgh Magazine(afterwards called successively, 'Edinburgh Philosophical JournalandEdinburgh Journal of Science, 1802; licensed preacher, 1804, but subsequently abandoned clerical profession; LL.D. St. Andrews, 1807; M.A. Cambridge; editor of Edinburgh Encyclopedia 1807-29; F.R.S., and Copley medallist, 1816; Rumford medallist, 1818, and subsequently Royal medallist for discoveries in relation to polarisation of light; invented kaleidoscope, 1816; M.I.O.E. London, 1820; flrstdirector of Royal Scottish Society of Arts, 1821: assisted in organising British Association for Advancement of Science, 1831; knighted, 1831; principal of united colleges of St. Salvator and St. Leonard in university of St. Andrews, 1838; aided Scottish Free church movement, 1844: vice-chancellor, Edinburgh University, 1860; president, Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1864. His works relate chiefly to optical investigations.
Brewstee: '''Brewstee''' Sm FRANCIS (ft. [[1674]]-[[1702]]), writer on trade; lord mayor of Dublin, 1G74; published writings on trade and navigation.
Brewster: '''Brewster''' 143
Bridges: '''Bridges'''
John Brewstee: '''John Brewstee''' ([[1753]]-[[1842]]), author ; M.A. Lincoln College, Oxford, 1778: rector of RedmanhaQ, isi5, BoMon, INU'J, iiiid K'k-solitTc, 1HU; publishedHistory of Stockton-on-Tees and religious works.
Patrick Brewster: '''Patrick Brewster''' ([[1788]]-[[1859]]), Scottish divine ; brother of Sir David Brewster; held second cliarge of Abbey Church, Paisley, 1818-69; published sermons.
Lvi: '''Lvi''' [[304]]J
Thomas Brewster: '''Thomas Brewster''' (b. [[1705]]), translator ; M.D. St. John's College, Oxford, 1738; fellow; published verse tninsliitions from IVrsius, 1733-84.
William Brewster: '''William Brewster''' ([[1560]]?-[[1644]]), a founder of Plymouth, New England; educated at Peterhouse, Oaint.ri.kr; t-iiU-n-l,.-. KM, service of William Davison, whom lu- accompanied on embassy to Low Countries, i:,*.. 7; keener ofpost officeat Scrooby, 1594-1607: J r.il himself in separatist movement, and after -iirtVring considerable persecution went to Amsterdam,; 1 1,1 is; set up printing press at Leyden: sailed for Virginia in Mayflower, 1620, and founded New Plymouth, where he I workcil as teacher and preacher.
Brian: '''Brian''' ([[926]]-[[1014]]), king of Ireland ; known as Brian ( mac Kennedy (or Cennedigh); son of Oenneide; with his brother Mathgamhain, chief of the Dal Oais; defeated Danes at Sulcoit, Tipperary, c. 968; chief of Dal Cais, 976; defeated and slew Maelmuadh, king of Oashel, 978, and succeeded him; defeated Gillapatric, king of Ossory, and was acknowledged king of Leinster, 984: allied with Maelsechlainn mac Domhimill, chief king of Ireland, and defeated Danes at Glentnama, Wicklow, 1000; defeated Maelsechlainn and became chief king of Ireland, 1001; received submission of Connaughtmen; made charter j acknowledging ecclesiastical supremacy of Armagh, 1004; j made circuit of Ireland, icceiviug hostages of all territories j through which he passed, joined Maelsechlainn and besieged Danes near Dublin, without success, 1013; defeated ! Danes at Oluantarbh; after the battle was murdered by a Dane in his tent, 1014.
Briant: '''Briant'''
Alexander Briant: '''Alexander Briant''' ([[1553]]-[[1581]]), Jesuit ; educated at Hart Hall, Oxford, and at Douay and Rheims; ordained priest, 1578; joined English mission, 1579; imprisoned in Compter, tortured, and executed for high treason at Tyburn, having been admitted while in prison to the Society of Jesus.

[edit] Section 166

Andrew Brice: '''Andrew Brice''' ([[1690]]-[[1773]]), printer; apprenticed in Exeter; carried on a printing business in spite of financial difficulties for many years after 1714; issued a I weekly newspaper, c. 1715-73. His works include a Grand j Gazetteer, or Topographic Dictionary 1769.
Brice: '''Brice''' or BRYOE, EDWARD ([[1569]]?-[[1636]]), first ; presbyterian minister in Ireland; entered Edinburgh Uni-: versity, e. 1589; minister of Bothkenner, 1596, and Drymen, 1602; deposed on charge of adultery; received cure of Templecorran, co. Antrim, c. 1614; prebendary of Kilroot, 1619; silenced for non-subscription to the canons, 1636.
Thomas Brice: '''Thomas Brice''' (d. [[1570]]), martyrologist ; ordained deacon and priest, 1560; published A Compendious Register in Metre* (1559), containing names of martyrs in England, 4 Feb. 1656 to 17 Nov. 1568.
Bric Bbicie: '''Bric Bbicie''' mS, or BRIXIUS (d. [[1222]]), bishop ; second prior of Lesmahagow; bishop of Moray, 1203; founded college of canons at Spynie.
Brichemore Bricmore: '''Brichemore Bricmore''' . or BRYGEMOORE, H (14th cent.), surnamed SOPHISTA; scholastic; said to have studied at Oxford, to have been canon of Holy Rood, Edinburgh, and to have written commentaries on Aristotle; perhaps identical with BRICHKMON.
Saint Bride: '''Saint Bride''' ([[463]]-[[523]]).
Frederick Lee Bridell: '''Frederick Lee Bridell''' ([[1831]]-[[1863]]), landscape painter; apprenticed to a picture dealer, who arranged for his education abroad; exhibited at Royal Academy from 1861.The Temple of Venus 1858, andSunset on the Atlantic 1857, are among his best-known works.
Ralph Bridecake: '''Ralph Bridecake''' ([[1613]]-[[1678]]), bishop of Chichester; M.A. Brasenose College, Oxford, 1686; master of Manchester free grammar school, 1638, mid feoffee, 1663; lost mastership on outbreak of civil war; preacher of the rolls; vicar of Witney, Oxfordshire, 1654-63; commissioner for approbation and admission of presbyterian ministers, 1659; chaplain to Charles II, canon of Windsor, and D.D., 1660; dean of Salisbury, 1667; bishop of Ohichester, 1676.
Bridferth: '''Bridferth''' (. [[1000]]).
Bewick Bridge: '''Bewick Bridge''' ([[1767]]-[[1883]]), mathematician and senior wrangler; B.A. St. Peter's College, Cambridge, 1790; M.A., 1793; B.D., 1811; fellow; professor of mathematics at East India Company's College, Haileybury; vicar of Cherryhinton, 1816-83; F.R.S.; published mathematical works.
Sir John Bridge: '''Sir John Bridge''' ([[1824]]-[[1900]]), police magistrate; M.A. Trinity College, Oxford, 1849; called to bar at Inner Temple, 1860; practised on home circuit; police magistrate in London; chief metropolitan magistrate, 1890; knighted, 1890.
Bridge: '''Bridge''' or BRIDGES, RICHARD (ft. [[1760]]), organbuilder; constructed organ for Christ Church, Spitalflcids. and other churches.
William Bridge: '''William Bridge''' ([[1600]]?-[[1670]]), puritan divine; M.A. Emmanuel CoUege, Cambridge, 1626: fellow; lecturer at Colchester, 1631: rector of St. Peter's Hungate, Norwich, 1636; excommunicated; high pastor at Rotterdam; frequently preached before Long parliament; ejected from living at Great Yarmouth, 1662; one of the writers of the Apologetical Narration Io43.
Henry Bbjdgeman: '''Henry Bbjdgeman''' ([[1615]]-[[1682]]), bishop of Sodor and Man; son of John Bridgemau; B.A. Oriel College, Oxford, 1632; fellow of Brasenose CoUege, 1633-9; M. A., 1635; rector of Barrow, Cheshire, 1639 (sequestered, 1643), and of Bangor-is-coed, Flintshire, 1640 (sequestered, 1646); regained rectories on Restoration; dean of Chester, D.D., and prebendary of York, 1660; bishop of Sodor and Man, 1671.
John Bbidgeman: '''John Bbidgeman''' ([[1577]]-[[1652]]), bishop of Chester ; B.D. Peterhouse, Cambridge, 1596; foundation fellow of Magdalene CoUege, 1599; M.A., and incorporated M.A. Oxford, 1600; D.D., 1612; canon residentiary of Exeter; prebendary of Peterborough; chaplain to James I; bishop of Chester, 1619; opposed nonconformity; lived in retirement after temporary overthrow of episcopacy.
Sir Orlando Bridgeman: '''Sir Orlando Bridgeman''' ([[1606]] ?-[[1674]]), lord keeper; son of John Bridgeman; B.A. Queens College, Cambridge, and feUow of Magdalene CoUege, 1624; caUed to bar at Inner Temple, 1632; bencher, c. 1660: chief-justice of Chester, 1638; attorney of court of wards, and solicitor-general to Prince of Wales, 1640; M.P. for Wigan in Long parliament and knighted, 1640; sat in Oxford parliament, 1644; serjeant-at-arms, chiefbaron of exchequer, and baronet, 1660; presided at trial of regicides; lord chief-justice of common pleas, 1660-8; lord keeper of great seal. 1667-72.
Bridges: '''Bridges'''
Charles Bridges: '''Charles Bridges''' ([[1794]]-[[1869]]), evangelical divine; M.A. QueensCollege, Cambridge, 1831; vicar of Weymouth, 1849; published religious writings,
John Bridges: '''John Bridges''' (d. [[1618]]), bishop of Oxford, [[1604]] ; M.A. Pembroke HaU, Cambridge, 1660; feUow, 1556: D.D. Canterbury, 1575; dean of Salisbury, 1677; took part in Hampton Court conference, 1608; published religions works, of which the most important, being the immediate cause of the Martin Mai-prelate tracts, is A Defence of the Government established in the Church of Englande for Ecclesiasticall Matters 1587, replying to Cartwright'sDiscourse on Ecclesiastical Government (1574), and Theodore Beza's Judgment
John Bridges: '''John Bridges''' ([[1666]]-[[1724]]), topographer ; bencher of Lincoln's Inn: solicitor to customs, 1695; governor of Bridewell and Bethlehem hospitals; F.S.A., 1718. Left manuscript collections for history of Northamptonshire (published 1762-91).
Noah Bridges: '''Noah Bridges''' (ft. [[1661]]), stenographer and mathematician; educated at Balliol College, Oxford; B.C.L., 1646; clerk of parliaments at Oxford. 1643 and 1644: kept a school at Putney: published works on arithmetic, stenography, and cryptography.
Bridges: '''Bridges''' 144
Bright: '''Bright'''
Thomas Bridges: '''Thomas Bridges''' (fl. [[1759]]-[[1775]]), dramatist and parodist: published coinic operas (produced ut Haymarket, 1771 and 1775) aud parodies of Homer and other poets.
Saint Bridget: '''Saint Bridget''' ([[453]]-[[523]]).

[edit] Section 167

George Augustus Pol Bridgetowzr: '''George Augustus Pol Bridgetowzr''' -
Green: '''Green''' ([[1779]]-[[1840]]?), violinist; studied under Barthelenion: first appeared at Drury Lane at an oratorio concert, 1790; became member of the Prince of Wales's private band at Brighton; at Vienna met Beethoven, who composed for him his Kreiiter Sonata: Mus.Bac. Cambridge, 1811.
Bridget: '''Bridget''' !, THOMAS EDWARD ([[1829]]-[[1899]]), Roman catholic priest; pensioner of St. John's College, Cambridge, 1847: entered Roman catholic church, 1850: joined Redemptorist order; priest, 1856; founded Confraternity of Holy Family, Limerick, 1868; wrote mainly on history of Reformation.
Bridgewater: '''Bridgewater''' third DUKK OP ([[1736]]-[[1803]]). See
Francis Egerton: '''Francis Egerton''' .
Earls Op Bridgewater: '''Earls Op Bridgewater''' . See EQKKTON, JOHN, first EARL, 1579-1649; KGKRTON, JOHN, second EARL, 1628-1686; EOBRTON, JOHN, third EARL, 1646-1701; EGERTON, FRANCIS, sixth EARL, 1736-1803; EGERTON, FRANCIS HENRY, eighth EARL, 1756-1829.
John Bridgewater: '''John Bridgewater''' ([[1532]] ?-[[1596]] ?), latinised form AQCEPONTANUS, catholic divine; M.A. Hart Hall, Oxford, 1556; rector of Lincoln College, Oxford, 1563-74; canon residentiary of Wells; domestic chaplain to Robert Dudley, earl of Leicester; master of Hospital of St. Katharine, near Bedminster, 1570: prebendary of Wells, 1572; visited English college at Douay, 1574; published theological and historical works in Latin.
Bridgman: '''Bridgman''' or BRIDGEMAN, CHARLES (d. [[1738]]), gardener to George I and George II; king's gardener before 1729; laid out Serpentine and gardens between it and Kensington Palace, 1730-3; probably designed royal gardens at Richmond. He did much towards abolishing formal methods of landscape gardening.
Richard Whalley Bridgman: '''Richard Whalley Bridgman''' ([[1761]] ?-[[1820]]), legal writer; attorney and one of clerks to GrocersCompany; published legal works.
John Op Bridlington: '''John Op Bridlington''' , SAINT (d. [[1379]]). See
John: '''John'''
Viscount Bridport: '''Viscount Bridport''' ([[1727]]-[[1814]]). See HOOD,
Alexander: '''Alexander'''
Bridport: '''Bridport''' or BRIDLESFORD, GILES OP (d. [[1262]]), bishop of Salisbury; dean of Wells, 1253; went on embassy from Henry III to Alexander IV, 1256; bishop of Salisbury, 1257; nominated by Henry III one of arbitrators between king and barons, 1261; founded College of Vanx, Salisbury, 1260.
Briercliffe: '''Briercliffe''' or BREARCLIFFE, JOHN ([[1609]] ?1682), antiquary; made collections for history of Halifax.
Benjamin Brierley: '''Benjamin Brierley''' ([[1825]]-[[1896]]), Lancashire dialect writer; son of a hand-loom weaver: worked as hand-loom weaver and, later, as silk-warper; became (1863) sub-editor of Oldham Times; assisted in founding Manchester Literary Club, 1864; edited Ben Brierley's Journal 1869-91. He published works written largely in dialect of South Lancashire. A collected edition appeared, 1882-6.
Roger Brterley: '''Roger Brterley''' ([[1588]]-[[1637]]).
Sir Oswald Walters Brierly: '''Sir Oswald Walters Brierly''' ([[1817]]-[[1894]]), marine painter; studied at academy of Henry Sass at Bloomsbury; first exhibited at Royal Academy, 1839; settled in Auckland, 1841-51: F.R.G.S., 1853: accompanied Hon. Henry Keppel during operations in Baltic, 1854, and in Black Sea and Sea of Azov, 1855, publishing drawings of incidents in war; with Duke of Edinburgh in voyage round world, 1867-8, and with Prince and Princess of Wales in tour to Nile and Crimea, 1868; associate, 1872, and member, 1880, of Royal Water-colour Society, to whose exhibitions he contributed scenes from naval history; marine painter to Queen Victoria, 1874; knighted, 1885.
Henry Briggs: '''Henry Briggs''' ([[1561]]-[[1630]]), mathematician M.A. St. John's College, Cambridge, 1585; fellow, 1588 first professor of geometry, Gresham College, Londor 1596-1620; Savilian professor of astronomy, fellow-cone inoner of Merton College, and incorporated M.A.. Oxford, 1619; published and left in manuscript works on mathe1 matics and navigation.
Henry Perronet Briggs: '''Henry Perronet Briggs''' ([[1791]] ?-[[1844]]), subject and portrait painter; exhibited at Royal Academy from j 1814; R.A., 1832.
John Briggs: '''John Briggs''' ([[1788]]-[[1861]]), catholic divine; educated at St. Cuthbert's College, Ushaw; received tonsure and four minor orders, 1804; professor at St. Cuthbert's, and, in 1832, president: bishop of Trachis in Thessalia, 1833; vicar-apostolic of northern district, 1836; bishop of Beverley, 1850-60.
John Briggs: '''John Briggs''' ([[1785]]-[[1875]]), Indian officer ; served I in Mahratta wars, and became resident at Sattiiru; senior commissioner for government of Mysore, l:;i; resident of Nagpur, 1832; left India, 1835; major-general, 1838; member of court of proprietors of East India Company; F.R.S.; translated Persian works into English.
John Joseph Briggs: '''John Joseph Briggs''' ([[1819]]-[[1876]]), naturalist and topographer; contributed writings on natural history and archaeology to the Field and other newspapers; fellow, Royal Society of Literature; member of British Archaeological Association. His works include a His, tory of Melbourne, Derbyshire
Sir John Thomas Briggs: '''Sir John Thomas Briggs''' ([[1781]]-[[1865]]), accountant-general of the navy; secretary to commission on civil affairs of navy, 1806-9; commissioner and accountant-general of victualling board; accouutant, general of navy, 1832; knighted, 1851.
William Briggs: '''William Briggs''' ([[1642]]-[[1704]]), physician and oculist; fellow, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, 1668; M.A., 1670; studied under Vieussens at Montpellier; M.D. Cambridge, 1677; F.O.P., 1682; censor, 1685, 1686, and 1692; physician in ordinary to William III from 1696; i published Theory of Vision 1682-3.

[edit] Section 168

Nicholas Brigham: '''Nicholas Brigham''' (d. [[1558]]), antiquary; appointed by Mary general receiver of subsidies, fifteenths, ! and benevolences, 1558; wrote epitaph on Chaucer, for whose bones he built tomb in Westminster Abbey, 1555.
Sir Charles Tilston Bright: '''Sir Charles Tilston Bright''' ([[1832]]-[[1888]]), telegraph engineer; educated at Merchant Taylors school; entered employ of Electric Telegraph Company, 1847; consulting engineer of Magnetic Company, 1860-70; patented the acoustic telegraph known as Bright's Bells 1855: engineer to Atlantic Cable Company, 1856; on board the Niagara, which, with the Agamemnon, under Professor W. Thomson (Lord Kelvin), laid the first cable from Valentia to Newfoundland, 1858; knighted, 1858; engaged in cable-laying work in Mediterranean, Persian Gulf, and West Indian Islands; liberal M.P. for Greenwich, 1865; M.I.O.E., 1862; president of Institute of Electrical Engineers, 1886-7.
Henry Bright: '''Henry Bright''' ([[1814]]-[[1873]]), water-colour painter : dispense at Norwich Hospital; studied art and exhibited at Royal Academy, 1845-50: member of Institute of Painters in Water-colours.
Henry Arthur Bright: '''Henry Arthur Bright''' ([[1830]]-[[1884]]), merchant and author; educated at Rugby; B.A. Trinity College, Cambridge, 1867; M.A., 1860: partner in shipping firm of Gibbs, Bright & Co.; on commission of peace for London, 1865, and for Middlesex, 1870; member of Roxburghe Club and Philobiblon Society, for each of which he edited a publication.
Jacob Bright: '''Jacob Bright''' ([[1821]]-[[1899]]), radical politician, brother of John Bright (1811-1889): M.P. for Manchester, 1867-74 and 1876-85, and southern division, Manchester, 1886-95; privy councillor, 1895.
Sir John Bright: '''Sir John Bright''' ([[1619]]-[[1688]]), parliamentarian; raised companies for parliament; captain, 1643; governor of Sheffield, 1644; served under Cromwell in Scotland; high sheriff of Yorkshire, and governor of Hull and York, 1654 and 1655; probably joined royalist party before I Restoration; created baronet, 1660.
Bright: '''Bright''' 145
Brinkley: '''Brinkley'''
John Bright: '''John Bright''' ([[1783]]-[[1870]]), physician : M.D. Wadl.ain College, Oxford, 1808; physician to General Hospitiil, Birmingham, 1810; F.C.P., ISO'J; I larveian orator, l.sau; lord chttticeUor's adviser in luuacy, 1836.
John Bright: '''John Bright''' ([[1811]]-[[1889]]), orator and statesman ; son of ii R(H-l.lale miller; worked in his father's mill; made tirst public speech, 1830, in defence of temperance mowni'iit; gained reputation as orator by his opposition of principle of church rates, 1834-41; advocated abolition of capital punishment; formed friendship with Colxlen,. 1835; treasurer of Rochdale branch of AntiCornhiw League, 1840; began agitation in London against corn laws, lsi2,sind subsequently carried on campaignin midlands and Scotland; M.P.for Durham, 1843; ,,t,p.nl Maynooth grant, 1845; spoke against Lonl Ashl,.vt.-n hours factories bill, 1846; M.P.for Manchester, 1847 and 1H52; Introduced bill for repeal of game laws, 1848; advocated facilitation of sale of encumbered estates in Inland, provision of occupation for peasantry by increasal partition of landed property, and disestablishment; chairman, 1848, of select committee (for which he had moved, 1847) to inquire into obstacles to cultivation of cotton in India; subsequently assisted in raising funds for private commission of inquiry in India; joined Cobden in forming The CommonsLeague for financial and parliamentary reform, 1849; opposed Russell's resolution excluding Sir David Salomons from House of Commons as a Jew, 1851; recommended that government of India should be made a department of the British government, 1853; opposed war with Russia, 1853-4; opposed Russell's Oxford University reform bill, and grant to dissenting ministers in Ireland, 1854; defeated in election at Manchester and elected for Birmingham, 1857, 1858, 1865, 1868, 1873, 1874, 1880-5; advocated decentralisation in India, 1858 and 1879; opposed government reform bill, in speech in which he insisted on need for redistribution, 1859; negotiated preliminary treaty of commerce with France, 1860; member of committee to inquire into precedents for power of Lords to deal with tax bills, 1860; supported northern cause in American war, 1861; member of Jamaica committee for trial of Governor Eyre for execution of Gordon, 1865; supported, 1866, Gladstone's government reform bill, which was defeated; advocated Irish disestablishment, 1868; president of board of trade in Gladstone's first ministry, 18681870; member of cabinet and of privy council, 1868; temporarily withdrew from politics owing to ill-health, 1870-2; chancellor of duchy of Lancaster, 1873; opposed Beaconsfield's Turkish policy, 1876, and advocated neutrality; chancellor of duchy of Lancaster with seat in cabinet in Gladstone's ministry, 1880; supported Bradlaugh's request for permission to affirm, 1880; lord rector of Glasgow University, 1880; approved of re-establishment of autonomy of Transvaal, 1881; resigned chancellorship of the duchy of Lancaster on British intervention in Egyptian affairs, 1882; M.P. for central division of Birmingham, 1885; made in 1887 last public speech (an attack on Gladstone's home rule bill of 1886); honorary D.C.L. Oxford, 1886. Bright and Cobden were the two leading representatives of the emergence of the manufacturing class as a force in English politics after the Reform Act of 1832. Volumes of his speeches and addresses were published, 1868 and 1879. Bright's portrait, by Mr. W. W. Ouless, R.A., is in the National Portrait Gallery.
Mynors Bright: '''Mynors Bright''' ([[1818]]-[[1883]]), decipherer of Pepys ; son of John Bright (1783-1870): M.A. Magdalene College, Cambridge, 1843; fellow and president of the college; afterwards proctor, 1853; deciphered and published Pepys's Diary 1876-9.
Richard Bright: '''Richard Bright''' ([[1789]]-[[1858]]), physician ; studied at Edinburgh and Guy's Hospital, London; M.D. Edinburgh, 1812; studied at Peterhouse, Cambridge; travelled on continent, 1818-20; physician, Guy's Hospital, 1824-43; consulting physician, 1843; assisted Addison in Elements of Practice of Medicine (1839); published first volume of Reports of Medical Cases 1827, containing his discovery of Bright's Disease and second volume, 1831; contributed to Guy's Hospital Reports first published, 1836; F.C.P., 1832, Gulstonian lecturer, 1833, censor, 1836 and 1839, Lumleian lecturer, 1837, and member of council, 1838 and 1843; F.R.S., 1821; physician extraprdinary to Queen Victoria, 1837; published accounts of travels, medical treatises, and other writings,
Timothy Bright: '''Timothy Bright''' ([[1551]] ?-[[161]](i), inventor of modern shorthand; M.D. Trinity Colhre, Cambridge, 157'J; studied medicine in Pans; physician to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, 1586-9U; abandoned im-diea! protV-Mon; rector of Methley, 1591, and of Berwk-k-iu-Elmet, Yorkshire, 1594; published A Treatise of Melancholic, 1 1586 -:iid to have suggested to Burton hisAnatomy of Melancholy, and Characterie 1688, a work on the lost art of shorthand, which Bright re-invented.
Thomas Brightman: '''Thomas Brightman''' ([[1562]]-[[1607]]), puritan divine ; M.A. and fellow, Queens College, Cambridge, 1584; B.D., 1591; rector of Hawnes, Bedfordshire, 1592: wrote biblical commentaries (including a treatise on the Apocalypse, which he believed himself to liave written under divine inspiration), published posthumously,
Cecilia Lucy Brightwell: '''Cecilia Lucy Brightwell''' ([[1811]]-[[1875]]), etcher and authoress; drew and lithographed figures for her father Thomas Brightwell's work onFauna of East Norfolk 1848; produced some original etchings and others after old and modern artists; published works for the young, mainly biographical.
Saixt Brigit: '''Saixt Brigit''' , of Kildare ([[453]]-[[523]]), Irish saint ; born at Faugher, near Dundalk; daughter of Dubhthach (grandson of Tuathal Teachtmhar, monarch of Erinii), by his bondmaid and concubine Brotsech; lived, when grown up, with her father, who, disliking her generous bestowal of his property on the poor, gave her her freedom; took the veil and was probably invested with rank corresponding with that of bishop; founded the church of Kildare. Her day is 1 Feb.
Thomas Brigstocxe: '''Thomas Brigstocxe''' ([[1809]]-[[1881]]), portraitpainter; exhibited at Royal Academy, 1843-65.
Brihtnoth: '''Brihtnoth''' (f. [[991]]), earldorman of East-Saxons ; died of wounds received in battle against Norwegian fleet near Maldon.
Brihteic: '''Brihteic''' (d. [[802]]).
Brihtwald: '''Brihtwald''' ([[650]] ?-[[731]]), archbishop of Canterbury ; abbot of Reculver, c. 670: elected archbishop of Canterbury, 692, and consecrated by archbishop of Lyons, 693; presided at council of Estrefeld (near Ripon ?), in which Wilfrith, archbishop of York, was excommunicated, 702; an energetic and tactful ecclesiastic.
Brihtwold: '''Brihtwold''' (d. [[1045]]), monk of Glastonbury ; eighth bishop of Ramsbury, 1006-45.
George Brimley: '''George Brimley''' ([[1819]]-[[1857]]), essayist ; B.A. Trinity College, Cambridge; college librarian, 1845; contributed to Spectator and * Fraser's Magazine essays, of which a selection was published, 1868.
Sir James Brind: '''Sir James Brind''' ([[1808]]-[[1888]]), general ; educated at East India Company's College, Addiscombe; second lieutenant, Bengal artillery, 1827; captain, 1845; major, 1856; colonel, 1861; major-general, 1867; general, and colonel-commandant, royal artillery, 1877; distinguished himself at siege of Delhi, 1867; O.B., 1868; commanded Sirhind division, Bengal army, 1873-8; G.C.B., 1884.
Richard Brind: '''Richard Brind''' (d. [[1718]]), chorister and, [[1707]]-18, organist of St. Paul's Cathedral.
James Brindley: '''James Brindley''' ([[1716]]-[[1772]]), engineer; began business, 1742, as repairer of old machinery at Leek, and introduced many important improvements in machinery; designed canal from Worsley coal mines to Manchester, 1759, and subsequently constructed over 366 miles of canals, including Bridgewater (Manchester and Liverpool) and Grand Trunk (Trent and Mersey).

[edit] Section 169

John Brine: '''John Brine''' ([[1703]]-[[1765]]), baptist minister ; born of poor parents; joined baptists when young; pastor of congregation at CurriersHall, Oripplegate, London, 1730; published religious works.
Henry Brijtkelow: '''Henry Brijtkelow''' (d. [[1546]]), satirist ; left order of St. Francis and became citizen and mercer of London; adopted opinions of reforming party and, under pseudonym of Roderigo Mors, published satires on social and religious subjects; perhaps banished from England.
John Brinkley: '''John Brinkley''' ([[1763]]-[[1835]]), bishop and astronomer; senior wrangler, and first Smith's prizeman, Caius College, Cambridge, 1788; M.A., 1791; D.D., 1806;
Bbinknel: '''Bbinknel''' L 146
Broadbent: '''Broadbent''' Andrews professor of astronomy, Dublin University, and first astronomer royal for Ireland, 1792; F.K.S., IWuS: claimed to have discovered an annual (double) parallax for a Lyrte of 2" 52, 1810, and, though he was Mtkan, GfMawlob observations failM to disprove his statements; Copley medallist, 1824; president, Royal Irish Academy, 1822-35; president Royal Astronomical Society, 1831-3; prebendary of Kilircyhliii nnd rector of Derrybrush, 1806; bishop of Cloyue, 1826; published Elements of Astronomy (1808).
Brinxnell: '''Brinxnell''' or BRYNKNELL, THOMAS (rf.[[1539]] ?), divine: D.D. University Oolleire, Ovfonl, 1508; prebendary of Lincoln, and master of St. John's Hospital, Baubury, 1511; professor of divinity, Oxford, 1621.
John Brinsley: '''John Brinsley''' , the elder (fl. [[1663]]), puritan divine; M.A. Christ's College, Cambridge, 1588; took orders; master of school at Ashby-de-la-Zouch; ejected from mastership, c. 1620, for his religious opinions; published translations and educational works.
John Brinsley: '''John Brinsley''' , the younger ([[1600]]-[[1665]]), puritan divine; son of John Brinsley (. 1663); M.A. Emmanuel College, Cambridge, 1623: appointed minister to corporation of Great Yarmouth, 1625, but dismissed by court of high commission, 1627; again town preacher of Yarmouth, 1644; ejected, 1660; published religious treatises.
Brinton: '''Brinton''' or BRITNTON, THOMAS (d. [[1389]]), bishop of Rochester: Benedictine monk at Norwich; 'doctor decretorum Oxford; penitentiary of holy see; bishop of Rochester, 1373: confessor to the king.
William Brinton: '''William Brinton''' ([[1823]]-[[1867]]), physician; studied at King's College, London; M.D. London, 1848; F.O.P., 1854; lecturer on forensic medicine, St. Thomas's Hospital, and subsequently physician and lecturer on physiology: published treatises relating chiefly to diseases of the stomach.
Nicholas Briot: '''Nicholas Briot''' ([[1579]]-[[1646]]), medallist and coinengraver; engraver-general of coins of Prance, 1605-25; endeavoured, but without success, to introduce improved methods of coining in France; chief engraver to English mint, 1633; master of Scottish mint, 1635.
Sib Charles Brisbane: '''Sib Charles Brisbane''' ([[1769]] ?-[[1829]]), rearadmiral; entered navy, 1779; lieutenant, 1790; in Mediterranean under Captain Nelson and Lord Hood, 1793-4; commander, 1794; promoted captain for his capture of Dutch ships in Saldana Bay, 1796; knighted for success against Dutch off Curacao, 1807; governor of St. Vincent, 1808-29; K.C.B., 1815; rear-admiral, 1819.
Sir James Brisbane: '''Sir James Brisbane''' ([[1774]]-[[1826]]), commodore; brother of Sir Charles Brisbane; lieutenant in navy, 1794; commander, 1797; commanded squadron blockading Corfu, 1808; engaged in reduction of Ionian Islands; in Channel, 1812, and Mediterranean, 1815: O.B., 1815; knighted, 1816; commander-in-chief in East Indies, 1825; died at Penang.
John Brisbane: '''John Brisbane''' (d. [[1776]]?), physician: M.D. Edinburgh, 1750; L.O.P., 1766: physician to Middlesex Hospital, 1768-73; published Anatomy of Painting 1769.
Sib Thomas Makdouqall Brisbane: '''Sib Thomas Makdouqall Brisbane''' - ([[1773]]1860), soldier and astronomer: educated at Edinburgh University; ensign, 1789; major, 1795; with Sir Ralph Abercromby in West Indies, 1795-8; lieutenant-colonel, 1800; in Jamaica, 1800-3; devoted himself to astronomy at his observatory at Brisbane, Scotland; colonel and assistant adjutant-general, 1H10; brigadier-general under Wellington in Peninsula, 1812; major-general, 1813; in Canada, 1813; K.C.B., 1814; governor of New South Wales, 1821-5; encouraged emigration but lacked energy as governor; erected observatory at Paramatta, near Sydney, 1822; returned to England, 1825; colonel of 34th regiment, 1826; M.R.S. Edinburgh, 1811, and president, 1833-60; gold medallist, Royal Astronomical Society, 1828; built and equipped observatory, and, 1841, magnetic Observatory, Makerstoun, Scotland; Keith medallist, 1848; M.R.S., 1810; created baronet, 1836; Q.O.B., 1837; general, 1841.
Earls Op Bristol: '''Earls Op Bristol''' . See DIGBY, JOHN, first
Earl: '''Earl''' [[1580]]-[[1664]] : DIQBY, GKORGE, second EARL, [[1612]]1677; HERVEY, JOHN, first EARL of the second creation, 1655-1751; HERVEY, AUGUSTUS JOHK, third EARL, 17241770; HERVKY, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, fourth EAKL, 1730-1803.
Ralph Pe Bristol: '''Ralph Pe Bristol''' (d. [[1232]]), bishop of Cashel ; first treasurer of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, 1219; bishop of Oashel, 1223.
Edmund Bristow: '''Edmund Bristow''' ([[1787]]-[[1876]]), painter; exhibited at Royal Academy and other exhibitions, 18091838.
Henry William Bristow: '''Henry William Bristow''' ([[1817]]-[[1889]]), geologist; educated at King's College, London; director of Geographical Survey for England and Wales, 1872-88; F.G.S., 1843; F.R.S., 1862; published geological works.
Richard Bristow: '''Richard Bristow''' ([[1538]]-[[1581]]), Roman catholic divine; M.A. Christ Church, Oxford, 1562; fellow of Exeter, 1667; appointed by Dr. Allen first moderator of studies at Douay; priest, 1573; D.D. Douay, 1575; had care of the seminary on removal to Rheims, 1578; returned to England for his health, 1581; published theological works, and assisted Allen in revising Douay Bible
John Syer Bristowe: '''John Syer Bristowe''' ([[1827]]-[[1895]]), physician : educated at King's College school; studied at St. Thomas's Hospital; M.R.O.S. and L.S.A., 1849: M.D. London, 1852; physician, St. Thomas's Hospital, 1860; lecturer on medicine, 1876-92; F.R.O.P., 1858; Oroonian lecturer, 1872, nnd Lumleian lecturer, 1879; F.R.S., 1881; honorary LL.D. Edinburgh, 1884; president of Medical Society of London, 1893; published Theory and Practice of Medicine 1876, and other medical writings.
Brytte Brit: '''Brytte Brit''' .orBRITHTTS, WALTER (fl. [[1390]]), mathematician; fellow of Merton College, Oxford, nnd reputed author of a treatise on surgery and astronomical and mathematical works.
Brithwald: '''Brithwald''' ([[650]] ?-[[731]]).
Brithwold: '''Brithwold''' (d. [[1045]]).

[edit] Section 170

Brito: '''Brito''' or LE BRETON, RANULPH (d. [[1246]]), canon of St. Paul's; king's treasurer; displaced and fined on chnrge of misapplying revenues, 1232; canon of St. Paul's; imprisoned on false charge of treason, 1239, but released at instance of prelates.
Briton: '''Briton''' or BRETON, WILLIAM (d. [[1356]]), theologian; Franciscan or Cistercian; wrote Vocabulnrium Biblite a treatise explaining obscure biblical words.
Thomas Brittain: '''Thomas Brittain''' ([[1806]]-[[1884]]), naturalist ; professional accountant; one of promoters of Manchester Microscopical Society, 1858; wrote on various subjects, including natural history.
John Britton: '''John Britton''' (d. [[1275]]).
John Britton: '''John Britton''' ([[1771]]-[[1857]]), antiquary and topographer; cellarman in Smithfield and subsequently attorney's clerk; published Adventures of Pizarro 1799, and received commission to prepare Beauties of Wiltshire 1801; first edited with E. W. Brayley, nnd subsequently contributed toBeauties of England and Wales 1801-14; publishedArchitectural Beauties of Great Britain 1805-14, with supplement, 1818-26, and other writings, including an Autobiography 1850.
Thomas Britton: '''Thomas Britton''' ([[1654]] ?-[[1714]]), the 'musical small-coal man; vendor of small-coal in Clerkenwell; I established over his shop a musical club, where concerts of vocal and instrumental music were given every Thursday, 1678, the greatest performers of the day taking part. He also interested himself in chemistry and the occult sciences, of works relating to which he formed a large i collection. His portrait by Woolaston is in National Portrait Gallery.
William Briwer: '''William Briwer''' (rf. [[1226]]).
Bri: '''Bri''' xniS (d. [[1222]]).
Thomas Biggin Broadbent: '''Thomas Biggin Broadbent''' ([[1793]]-[[1817]]), tutor; son of William Broadbent: graduated at Glasgow, 1813: classical tutor in Unitarian academy, Hackney, 1813-16.
Broadbent: '''Broadbent''' 147
Brodie: '''Brodie'''
William Broadbent: '''William Broadbent''' ([[1755]]-[[1827]]), Unitarian divine; educated at Daventry academy, where he became tutor in classics, 1782, and in mathematics, natural philosophy, and logic, 1784; minister at Warrington, 17921822; joined Unitarians of Belsham school.
Broadfoot: '''Broadfoot''' (iK K ; !; ([[1807]] lH-t. r ). major; ensign 34th mrimt-nt Madras native infuntry, IH'JO: comnmnilcd sappers in Sir Kolx-rt Salis march from Cabul to. Jellalabad, 1KH: distin'mshnl himself in Pollock's Oabdl campaign: C.H. and commissioner of Moulmein, and later governor-general of Sikh frontier; died of wounds received at K.-roxshah.
William Broadhzad: '''William Broadhzad''' ([[1815]]-[[1879]]), instigator of trades-union outrages; worked as saw-grinder successively at shrihVM and Loxley Valley; became secretary of sawgrindersunion, r. 1848, and instigated numerous outrages against employers and anti-union workmen; coming tm-li-r suspicion (1866) made as witness an avowal of his practices in a government examination of the union's .-aiion; emigrated to America, 1869; subsequently L'ro'vr in Shi'flleld. He figures as Grotait in Charles Beade's novel, Put Yourself in his Place
John Broadwood: '''John Broadwood''' ([[1732]]-[[1812]]), pianoforte manufacturer; entered partnership with Buri.iardtTschudi, a Swiss harpsichord maker, who retired in favour of Broadwood, 1769; his first patent for a new constructed pianoforte was dated 1783, and the firm rapidly acquired a European reputation.
Sir Bernard Brocas: '''Sir Bernard Brocas''' ([[1330]] ?-[[1395]]), warrior; fought at Poitiers, and probably at Crecy and Najara; constable of Aquitaine; captain of Calais after Edward Ill's death; M.P. for Hampshire in ten parliaments, 1367-95; chamberlain to Richard II's queen, Anne of Bohemia.
Ysqythrawg Brochmael: '''Ysqythrawg Brochmael''' (fl. [[584]]), king of Powis; probably lord of Uriconium and Severn Valley, and leader ofBritons against West-Saxons at Fethan-leag; mentioned in Llywarch Hen's elegy.
Daniel De Lisle Brock: '''Daniel De Lisle Brock''' ([[1762]]-[[1842]]), bailiff of Guernsey; jurat of royal court of Guernsey, 1798; several times represented Guernsey in London in respect of measures relating to the island; bailiff of Guernsey, 18211812.
Brock: '''Brock''' Sm ISAAC ([[1769]]-[[1812]]), major-general; brother of Daniel de Lisle Brock; ensign in 8th (king's) regiment, 1785; raised men for an independent company, and was gazetted captain; served in West Indies, 1791-3: major, 1795; served in North Holland, 1799, and in Baltic operations, 1801, in Canada, 1802-5, and from 1806: commanded at Quebec, and (1810) in Upper Canada: major-general, 1811; received surrender of General Hull's forces at Detroit, and was made extra knight of Bath, 1812; killed in engagement with General Van Renn?elaer at Queenstown, where a monument to him now stands.
William Brock: '''William Brock''' ([[1807]]-[[1875]]), dissenting divine; studied at Stepney College: advocated abolition of West Indian slavery, 1834; pastor of Bloomsbury Chapel, London, 1848-72; toured in United States, 1866; first president of London Association of Baptist Churches; president of Baptist Union of Great Britain and Ireland, 1869; published controversial works.
William John Brock: '''William John Brock''' ([[1817]]?-[[1863]]), divine; B.A.; incumbent of living of Hayfleld, 1853-63; published poems and sermons..
William Brockedon: '''William Brockedon''' ([[1787]]-[[1854]]), painter, author, and inventor; student at Royal Academy, 1809; contributed regularly to exhibitions of Royal Academy and British Institution, 1812-37, several of his pictures (on biblical subjects) becoming famous; member of academies of Rome and Florence; made many journeys hi the Alps, and published Illustrations of Passes of the Alps (1827-9), and Journals of Excursions in the Alps (1833); published Italy, Classical, Historical, and Picturesque,* 1842-4, with illustrations by himself and other artists; took out patents for inventions, including a substitute for corks, made with vulcanised india-rubber, and an artificial plumbago for lead-pencils; assisted in founding Royal Geographical Society, 1830, and was member of its first council; F.R.S., 1834.
John Trotter Brockett: '''John Trotter Brockett''' ([[1788]]-[[1842]]), antiquary; attorney at Newcastle; made collections of books, coins, and medals; originated Newcastle Typographical so-i.-ty, and contributed to its series of private publications. His own publications include a Glossary of North Country Words in Use 1825.
Marianus Brockie: '''Marianus Brockie''' ([[1687]]-[[1755]]), Benedictine monk; born in Edinburgh; joined Scottish Benedictines at Ratisbon, 1708; professor of philosophy and divinity at Scottish monastery, Erfurt; on catholic mission in Scotland, 1727-39; prior of St. James's, Ratisbon; wrote 4 Monasticon Scoticon; D.D.
Brockle: '''Brockle''' 8BY, RICHARD ([[1636]]-[[1714]]), non-abjuring divine; M.A. Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, 1660; rector of Folkingham, Lincolnshire: declined to abjure and retired to Stamford; published Explication of Gospel Theism 1706.

[edit] Section 171

Richard Brocklesby: '''Richard Brocklesby''' ([[1722]]-[[1797]]), physician; educated with Burke at school at Ballitore, co. Kildare; studied at Edinburgh; M.D. Leyden, 1745; L.O.P., 1751; incorporated M.D. Cambridge, 1754; F.C.P., 1756: appointed physician to army, 1768, and served in Germany; enjoyed friendship of Burke and Johnson, attending the latter in his last illness; Harveian orator. College of Physicians, 1760; F.R.S.; published(Economical and Medical Observations 1764, and other medical works, including an essay on therapeutic application of music,
Charles Brocky: '''Charles Brocky''' ([[1807]]-[[1855]]), portrait and subject painter; born at Temeswar, Hungary; studied in Vienna and Paris; settled hi London, c. 1838; exhibited at Royal Academy, 1839-54.
Alan Broderic: '''Alan Broderic''' , LORD MIDLETON ([[1660]] ?-[[1728]]).
Frances Freeling Broderip: '''Frances Freeling Broderip''' ([[1830]]-[[1878]]), authoress; n6e Hood; married Rev. John Somerville Broderip, 1849; published works, mainly for the young, in some of which Thomas Hood the younger assisted,
John Broderip: '''John Broderip''' (d. [[1771]] ?), organist : organist of Wells Cathedral, 1741; sub-treasurer, 1769; published religious musical compositions.
Robert Broderip: '''Robert Broderip''' (d. [[1808]]), organist and composer; composed a volume of musical instruction and several collections of psalms, glees, &c.
William Broderip: '''William Broderip''' ([[1683]]-[[1726]]), organist; subtreasurer of Wells Cathedral, 1706; received cathedral stall, 1708; organist, 1712-26; composed an anthem (in Tudway collection).
William John Broderip: '''William John Broderip''' ([[1789]]-[[1859]]), lawyer and naturalist; B.A. Oriel College, Oxford, 1812; called to bar at Lincoln's Inn, 1817; magistrate at Thames police-court, 1822-46, and at Westminster, 1846-56; bencher of Gray's Inn, 1850; treasurer, 1851; F.L.S., 1824; F.R.S., 1828; a founder and original fellow of Zoological Society, 1826; published zoological writings.
Alexander Brodie: '''Alexander Brodie''' ([[1617]]-1 [[680]]), Scottish lawyer ; educated at King's College, Aberdeen; M.P. for co. Elgin, 1643; representative to general assembly of Scottish church; lord of session and commissioner to meet Charles II at Hague, 1649; retired till 1658: superseded at Restoration.
Alexander Brodie: '''Alexander Brodie''' ([[1830]]-[[1867]]), sculptor: brother of William Brodie (1815-1881); studied at Royal Scottish Academy; committed suicide,
Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie: '''Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie''' , the elder (1783-1862), surgeon; studied anatomy in London under Abernethy and Wilson; entered St. George's Hospital, 1803, as pupil of Sir Everard Home, and was surgeon, 1822; F.R.S., 1810; Copley medallist, 1811, for papers on l Influence of Brain on Action of the Heart and Effects produced by certain Vegetable Poisons; published Diseases of the Joints 1818; professor of comparative anatomy and physiology, Royal College of Surgeons, 1816; attended George IV; sergeant-surgeon to William IV, 1832, and subsequently to Queen Victoria; created baronet, 1834; presidentof Royal Society, 1858-61, of Royal College of Surgeons, 1844; D.O.L. Oxford; contributed to scientific publication. L2
Brodie: '''Brodie''' 148
Bromley: '''Bromley'''
Brodie: '''Brodie''' Silt HKN.IAMIN CnLLINS, the younger (1817-1SHO), chemi-t: son oi Sir Itcnjamm Collins Kro-iie ( 17S3-18G2); educated at Harrow ami Halliol College, Oxford; B.A., 1838; professor of.-hcmi-m at Oxford, 1865; president of Chemical Society. 1H59 and 1860: F.R.S.; hon. D.O.L. Oxford, 1872. H f most important discovery was that of graphitic acid.
David Brodie: '''David Brodie''' ([[1709]]7-[[1787]]), cnptuin royal navy : lieutenant in navy, 1736: captain. 1748; served at capture of Port Louis, in unsuccessful attempt on Santiago, and in battle off H avail mi. 1748; pensioned, 1753.
George Brodie: '''George Brodie''' ([[1786]]?-[[1867]]), historian ; educated at Edinburgh University: member of Faculty of Advocates, 1811; attacked Stuarts inHistory of British Empire from Accession of Charles I to Restoration; historiographer of Scotland, 1836.
Peter Bellinger Brodie: '''Peter Bellinger Brodie''' ([[1778]]-[[1854]]), conveyancer; pupil of Charles Butler; called to bar at Inner Temple, 1815; member of real property commission, 182S, assisting largely in drawing up its reports: published 4 Treatise on a Tax on Successions to Real and Personal Property 1850.
William Brodie: '''William Brodie''' (d. [[1788]]), burglar; cabinetmaker in Edinburgh, and one of ordinary deacon councillors of the city: assumed leadership of a gang of burglars, who (1788) broke into the excise office, Canougate; hanged, one of his confederates turning king's evidence.
William Brodie: '''William Brodie''' ([[1815]]-[[1881]]), sculptor; showed talent for modelling, and was enabled by friends to study at TrusteesSchool of Design, Edinburgh; member of Royal Scottish Academy, 1859, and secretary, 1876; executed portrait busts of contemporary celebrities.
Alan Brodrick: '''Alan Brodrick''' , VISCOUNT MIDLETON ([[1660]]?1728), Irish statesman; attainted by Irish parliament of James II as a supporter of William of Orange; king's serjeant, 1691; solicitor-general for Ireland, 1695-1703: member for city of Cork in Irish parliament, 1692; speaker, 1703: attorney-general for Ireland, 17U7; chief -justice of queen's bench, 1710; dismissed for revolutionary principles, 1711; again member for city of Cork and speaker, 1713; lord chancellor of Ireland, 1714-25; made Baron Brodrick of Midleton, 1715, and Viscount Midleton, 1717.
Thomas Brodrick: '''Thomas Brodrick''' (d. [[1769]]), vice-admiral ; entered navy, c. 1723; lieutenant, 1739; served at Porto Bello, 1739, and, as commander, at Cartagena, 1741; in Leeward Islands, 1744-8; rear-admiral in Mediterranean, 1756; vice-admiral (1759) at blockades of Toulon and Cadiz.
Baron Broohill: '''Baron Broohill''' ([[1621]]-[[1679]]). See BOYLK,
Roger: '''Roger'''
Ave Brogr: '''Ave Brogr''' , SIR JOHN (d. [[1613]]), lawyer ; autumn reader at Gray's Inn, 1576; treasurer, 1580 and 1684; attorney for duchy of Lancaster, 1580; counsel to Cambridge University, 1581; knighted by James I; left legal writings.
Broke: '''Broke'''

[edit] Section 172

Broke: '''Broke''' or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. [[1563]]), translator ; author of The Tragicall Historye of Romeus and lulieit 1562, a free translation from the French version of Bandello's Italian story, in the Histoires Tragiques (Paris, 1559) of Pierre Boaistuau de Launay and Belle-Forest. The volume is the source whence Shakespeare drew the plot of Romeo and Juliet
Sir Philip Bowes Verb Broke: '''Sir Philip Bowes Verb Broke''' ([[1776]]-[[1841]]), rear-admiral; educated at Royal Naval Academy, Portsmouth dockyard; entered navy, 1792; served in Mediterranean; captain, 1801; commanded Shannon on coaat of Spitzbergen, 1807, and at reduction of Madeira; engaged in cruising on outbreak of American war, 1812, bringing his crew to high state of proficiency; captured American frigate Chesapeake; received severe wound and returned to England, 1813; created baronet, 1813: K.C.B., 1815; rear-admiral, 1830.
Broke: '''Broke''' or BROOKE, SIR RICHARD (d. [[1529]]), chief baron of exchequer; double reader at Middle Temple, and serjeant-at-law, 1510; under sheriff and (1611-20) recorder of London, representing city in several parliaments; judge of common pleas and knight, 1520; chief baron of exchequer, 1526.
Broke: '''Broke''' or BROOKE, SIR ROBERTA. 1 [[558]]), speaker ; B.A. Oxford, 1621; autumn reader at Middle Temple, 1542; double reader, 1551; common serjeant and (1545) recorder of London, representing city in several parliaments; serjeant-at-law, 1552; speaker of House of Commons, 1654; chief-justice of common pleas, 1554; knighted, 1655; left legal works (includingAbridgementof year books down to his time) published posthumously.
Broke: '''Broke''' or BROOK, THOMAS (ft. [[1550]]), translator ; alderman, chief clerk of exchequer and customer of Calais; adopted reformed opinions and endured much persecution; imprisoned in the Fleet, 1539 and 1540-2; M.P., 1539; paymaster of Dover, 1549; published translations of religious works, including the preface to John Calvin's Geneva Book of Common Prayer.
Brokesby: '''Brokesby''' or BROOKESBUY, FRANCIS ([[1637]]1714), nonjuring divine; fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge; B.D., 1666; rector of Rowley, Yorkshire, 1670; deprived for refusing oath to William and Mary, 1690; chaplain to nonjurprs of St. John's College, Oxford, 1706; refused oath of abjuration on death of James II; published religious, antiquarian, and other works,
Adam De Brome: '''Adam De Brome''' (d. [[1332]]), founder ([[1324]]) and first provost (1325) of Oriel College, Oxford; chancellor of Durham, 1316.
Alexander Brome: '''Alexander Brome''' ([[1620]]-[[1666]]), poet ; attorney ; royalist in civil war; published dramatic and poetical works, and edited plays by Richard Brome, and variorum translation of Horace, 1666.
James Brome: '''James Brome''' (d. [[1719]]), writer of travels ; vicar of Newington, 1677; chaplain to Cinque ports; published books of English and continental travel.
Richard Brome: '''Richard Brome''' (d. [[1652]] ?), dramatist : servant to Ben Jonson, whose friendship he afterwards enjoyed; wrote in conjunction with Jonson's eldest son, Benjamin, A Fault in Friendship a comedy, 1623; subsequently wrote plays for the Globe and Blackfriars (King's players), and the Cockpit in Drury Lane and Salisbury Court in Fleet Street (Queen's players), and other theatres; associated with Thomas Heywood in authorship ofLate Lancashire Witches printed 1634. Hia works (twenty-four In number) include: A Jovial Crew acted 1641, printed 1652;The Northern Lass printed 1632; Queen and Concubine printed 1669, and Queen's Exchange printed 1657, hints for which were probably taken from Shakespeare's Winter's Tale Henry VIII King Lear and Macbeth Some of his plays may be described as comedies of actual life after the model of Jonson, others as romantic comedies. The two species, however, are not strictly kept asunder. Ten plays were published under the care of Alexander Brome (no relation)
Thomas Brome: '''Thomas Brome''' (d. [[1380]]), Carmelite divine ; D.D. Oxford; prior of Carmelite monastery in London; provincial in England, 1362-79; wrote religious works. bisl
Edmund De Bromfield: '''Edmund De Bromfield''' (d. [[1393]]), bishop of Llandaff; monk of Benedictine monastery, Bury St. Edmunds; sent to Rome as public procurator for Benedictine order; appointed by pope, abbot of Bury St. Edmunds, and, on arrival in England, imprisoned ten years under statute of Provisors; bishop of Llandaff, 1389.
William Bromfield: '''William Bromfield''' ([[1712]]-[[1792]]),' surgeon; surgeon to Lock Hospital (the plan of which he formed with Martin Madau), to St. George's Hospital, and to George Ill's queen; published surgical works,
William Arnold Bromfield: '''William Arnold Bromfield''' ([[1801]]-[[1861]]), botanist: M.B. Glasgow, 1823: travelled in many parts of the world, and died at Damascus; made collections for flora of Isle of Wight, published 1866.
Andrew Bromhall: '''Andrew Bromhall''' (. [[1659]]), divine ; rector of Maiden Newton, Dorsetshire; one of triers for Dorsetshire, commissioned to eject immoral and inefficient ministers, 1663-4.
Henry Bromley: '''Henry Bromley''' (pseudonym; (fl. [[1793]]). See
Anthony Wilson: '''Anthony Wilson''' .
Bromley: '''Bromley''' 149
Brooke: '''Brooke'''
James Bromley: '''James Bromley''' ([[1800]]-[[1838]]), mezzotint-engraver ; eon of William Bromley (1769-1842); exhibited at Suffolk.Street Gallery, 1829-33.
John Bromley: '''John Bromley''' (d. [[1717]]), translator; probably M.A. Christ Church, Oxford, 1688; curate of St. (Jilrs'siii-thc-Ficlis; joined Homiin catholic church; corrector of presn in kintr's printing house; probably translator of Canons ami Decrees of the Council of Trent 1687.
Bromley: '''Bromley''' Sm RICHARD MADOX ([[1813]]-[[1866]]), civil servant; entered admiralty department of civil service, 1829; secretary to commission for auditing public accounts, 184K; civil C.B., 1854; accountant-general of navy durumItusian war; K.C.B., 1858; commissioner of Greenwich Hospital, 1863.
Sir Thomas Bromley: '''Sir Thomas Bromley''' (d. [[1555]] ?), judge ; reader at Inner Temple, 1532 and 1539; king's serjeant, 1640; jtidire of king's bench, 1544; on Edward Vl's council of recent -y: implicated in Northumberland's plot, but escaped punishment; chief-justice of common pleas, 1553-5.
Sir Thomas Bromley: '''Sir Thomas Bromley''' ([[1530]]-[[1587]]), lord chancellor; B.O.L. Oxford, 1560; autumn reader at Middle Temple, 1566; recorder of London, 1566-9; solicitorgenernl, 1569; treasurer of Inner Temple, 1574; lord chancellor, 1579; took his seat in House of Lords, 1582; presided over trial of Mary Queen of Scots, 1586.
Valentine Walter Bromley: '''Valentine Walter Bromley''' ([[1848]]-[[1877]]), painter; associate of Institute of Painters in WaterColours; contributed to Illustrated London News

[edit] Section 173

William Bromley: '''William Bromley''' ([[1664]]-[[1732]]), secretary of state; B.A. Christ Church, Oxford, 1681; travelled on continent and published, 1692 and 1702, accounts of his tours: knight for Warwickshire, 1689; refused allegiance to William III; M.I for Oxford University, 1702-32; D.C.L., 1702; speaker of House of Commons, 1710; secretary of state, 1713-4.
William Bromley: '''William Bromley''' ([[1699]] ?-[[1737]]), politician; on of William Bromley (1664-1732); D.O.L. Oriel College, Oxford, 1732; M.P. for borough of Warwick, 1727, and for Oxford University, 1737.
William Bromley: '''William Bromley''' (1.[[769]]-[[1842]]), line-engraver; associate engraver, 1819, of Royal Academy, where he exhibited between 1786 and 1842; engraved G. J. Corbould's drawings of Elgin marbles.
John Brompton: '''John Brompton''' (?. [[1436]]). supposed chronicler ; abbot of Jorvaux, 1436; possibly author of chronicle from coming of St. Augustine to death of Richard I.
Richard Brompton: '''Richard Brompton''' (d. [[1782]]), portrait-painter ; studied under Benjamin Wilson and Raphael Mengs; portrait- painter to Empress of Russia. William I'itt, tirst earl of Chatham, wit to him.
Richard Bromsorove: '''Richard Bromsorove''' (d. [[1435]]), successively monk, inflrmarer, and, 1418, abbot of Benedictine abbey of Evesham.
John De Bromyarde: '''John De Bromyarde''' (fl. [[1390]]), Dominican friar ; studied at Oxford; lectured on theology at Cambridge; opposed Wycliffe's doctrines; wrote Sumnma Praedicantium (Nuremberg, 1485).
Anne Bronte: '''Anne Bronte''' ([[1820]]-[[1849]]), authoress; sister of Charlotte Bronte; governess, 1839, and after; wrote verse, and, under the pseudonym of Acton Bell, assisted her sisters in Poems by Onrrer, Ellis, and Acton Bell 1846; published Tenant of Wildfell Hall and Agnes Grey 1848.
Charlotte Bronte: '''Charlotte Bronte''' , afterwards NHMIOLLS ([[1816]]l*5o), novelist: daughter of Patrick Bronti-, sister of Kinily Jane Bronte, and Anne Bronte; educated at a school for clergymen's daughters at Cowan's Bridge, and, 1*31-2, at Roehead, where she taught, 1835-8; governess, 1839 and 1841; went, in 1842, with Emily Bronte to study languages at a school at Brussels, where, during 1843, she was retained as teacher; much distressed by the vicious habits of her brother; wrote, her sisters co-operating, a volume of verse entitledPoems by Ourrer, Ellis, and Acton Bell 1846; her Professorrefused by Messrs. Smith i Elder, while Emily's Wuthering Height* and Anne's Agnes Grey were accepted in 1847 by J. Oautley Newby, and published in 1848; herJane Eyre accepted with enthusiasm by Smith & Elder, 1847, achieved immediate success. Miss Uronto then producedShirley 1849, and Villette 1853, both under the pseudonym of Curror Bell. The secret of authorship, which by 1849 had rx-coi intransparent, was in that year openly abandoned. She married, in 1854, her father's curate, the Rev. A. U. Nicholls. Her Professor appeared posthumouMy in 1857, andEmma a fragment, in theCoruhill Magazine I860.
Emily Jane Bronte: '''Emily Jane Bronte''' ([[1818]]-[[1848]]), authoress; sister of Charlotte Bronte; assisted her sisters in 'Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell 1846, using pseudonym of Ellis Bell; regarded by some as the ablest of the sisters; published Wutheriug Heights 1848.
Patrick Bronte: '''Patrick Bronte''' ([[1777]]-[[1861]]). author and perpetual curate of Haworth, Yorkshire, from 1820 till death; born in co. Down of parents named Prunty; B.A. St. John's College, Cambridge, 1806; was father of Anne, Charlotte, Emily Jane Bronte, and four other children, all of whom he survived.
Patrick Branwell Bronte: '''Patrick Branwell Bronte''' ([[1817]]-[[1848]]), brother of Charlotte Bronte; clerk on the Leeds and Manchester railroad; dismissed for culpable negligence, 1842; private tutor, 1843-5; took to opium and died of consumption.
Brook: '''Brook'''
Abraham Brook: '''Abraham Brook''' (fl. [[1789]]), bookseller of Norwich; published work on physics, 1789.
Sir Basil Brook: '''Sir Basil Brook''' ([[1576]]-1 [[646]]?), royalist ; knighted, 1604; committed to Tower by House of Commons, 1644; imprisoned in King's Bench, 1645; translated from French Entertainments for Lent
Benjamin Brook: '''Benjamin Brook''' ([[1776]]-[[1848]]), nonconformist divine; studied at Rotherham College; congregatioiialist minister at Tutbnry, Staffordshire, 1801-30; member of educational board of Springhill College, opened 1838; wrote on history of religious liberty.
Charles Brook: '''Charles Brook''' ([[1814]]-[[1872]]), philanthropist; partner in banking and cotton-spinning firm of Jonas Brook Brothers, at Melton; spent large sums of money in promoting welfare of his workpeople.
David Brook: '''David Brook''' (d. [[1558]]), judge ; reader at Inner Temple, 1634 and 1540; treasurer, 1540; serjeant-at-law, c. 1547; received coif, 1547; king's Serjeant, 1551; lord chief baron of exchequer, 1553.
Brooksbank Brookbank: '''Brooksbank Brookbank''' , or BROOKES-
Joseph Banke: '''Joseph Banke''' (6. [[1612]]), minister and schoolmaster ; B.A. Braseuose College, Oxford; minister at West Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, c. 1648; minister and schoolmaster in Jerusalem Court, Fleet Street, 1C54; published educational and religious works.
Brooke: '''Brooke'''
Barons Brooke: '''Barons Brooke''' . See GREVILT.K, SIR FULKK, first
Baron: '''Baron''' [[1554]]-[[1628]]; GRKVILI.E, ROBERT, second BARON, 1608-1643.
Sir Arthur Brooke: '''Sir Arthur Brooke''' ([[1772]]-[[1843]]), lieutenantgeneral; ensign, 44th regiment, 1792: in West Indies, 1795-8: in Egypt, 1801: lieutenant-colonel, 1804; commanded 44th in garrison at Malta, 1804-12; colonel, 1813; in Spain, 1813; C.B.; served in United States; governor of Yarmouth: colonel of 86th regiment and K.O.B., 1833; lieutenant-general, 1837.
Sir Arthur De Oapell Brooke: '''Sir Arthur De Oapell Brooke''' ([[1791]]-[[1858]]), baronet; M.A. Magdalen College, Oxford, 1816; entered army and (1846) became major; spent many years in foreign travel; originated and was president of Raleigh Club, which became merged in Royal Geographical Society; M.R.S.; published works of travel.

[edit] Section 174

Charles Brooke: '''Charles Brooke''' ([[1777]]-[[1852]]), Jesuit from [[1818]]; provincial, 1826-32; superior of Stonyhurst College; collected materials for history of English province.
Charles Brooke: '''Charles Brooke''' ([[1804]]-[[1879]]), surgeon and inventor; educated at Rugby and St. John's College, Cambridge; H.M., 1828; M.A., 1853; studied medicine at St. Bartholomew's Hospital; M.O.S., 1834; F.O.S., 1844;
Brooke: '''Brooke''' 160
Brookes: '''Brookes''' on surgical staff of Metropolitan Free Hospital aud Westminster Hospital; F.il.S., 1847; invented selfrecording meteorological instruments, and published religious and scientific works.
Charlotte Brooke: '''Charlotte Brooke''' (*. [[1793]]), authoress; daughter of Henry Brooke (1703 V-1783); published Reliquesof Irish Poetry(consisting of Irish poems in original character with translations in English verse), 1789, and other works.
Christopher Brooke: '''Christopher Brooke''' (d. [[1628]]), poet ; studied law at Lincoln's Inn; bencher aud summer reader, 1614; became acquainted with Selden, Jousou, Draytou, and John Davies of Hereford. His works includeThe Ghost of Richard the Third 1614, and an eclogue appended to William Browne's Shepheard's Pipe 1614.
Elizabeth Brooke: '''Elizabeth Brooke''' , LAUY ([[1601]]-[[1683]]), religious writer; nte Colepeper: married Sir Robert Brooke, 1620. Selections from her religious writings appeared posthumously,
Mrs Brooke: '''Mrs Brooke''' . FRANCES ([[1724]]-[[1789]]), authoress; ne Moore; conducted weekly periodical called The Old Maid 1755; married, c. 1756, Rev. John Brooke, D.D., rector of Ooluey, Norfolk, and chaplain to garrison of Quebec, whither the pair went soon after marriage; published Virginia a tragedy, 1756; produced several novels, and a tragedyThe Siege of Sinope(played at Oovent Garden, 1781), and in 1783Rosina a highly successful musical entertainment.
George Brooke: '''George Brooke''' ([[1568]]-[[1603]]), conspirator ; M.A. King's College, Cambridge, 1586; prebendary of York; disappointed of mastership of hospital of St. Cross, near Winchester, promised him by Elizabeth, in consequence of which he formed, 1603, with Sir Griffin Markhain, scheme to obtain possession of James I's person, from which sprang the Bye plot; sent to Tower and subsequently executed at Winchester.
Gustavus Vaughan Brooke: '''Gustavus Vaughan Brooke''' ([[1818]]-[[1866]]), actor; first appeared at Dublin, 1833; with Macready at Drury Lane, 1840; played Othello with success at Olympic, 1848, and having appeared as Richard III, Shylock, Virginias, Hamlet, and Brutus, successfully in United States and Australia, experienced misfortune as manager of Astor Place Opera House, New York, 1852, and, later, in Melbourne; drowned at sea.
Henry Brooke: '''Henry Brooke''' , eighth BARON COBHAM (d. [[1619]]), conspirator; brother of George Brooke; friend and political ally of Sir Robert Cecil, who married his sister Elizabeth; warden of Cinque ports, 1597: K.G., 1599; arrested (1603) for complicity inMainplot to place Arabella Stuart on throne; declared that he had been instigated to communicate with the ambassador of the Spanish archduke by Sir Walter Ralegh, who was accordingly also arrested; condemned to death, but confined in Tower till 1619.
Henry Brooke: '''Henry Brooke''' ([[1694]]-[[1767]]), divine ; M.A. Oriel College, Oxford, 1720; D.C.L., 1727; fellow; head-master of Manchester grammar school (where he was educated), 1727-49; fellow of collegiate church, 1728; held living of Tortworth, Gloucestershire, 1730-57; publishedEssay concerning Christian Peaceableness (1741) and other writings.
Henry Brooke: '''Henry Brooke''' ([[1703]] ?-l [[783]]), author; educated at Trinity College, Dublin; studied at Temple, London: published, 1735, a poem called Universal Beauty said to have furnished foundation for Darwin'sBotanic Garden; published tragedy entitled Gustavus Vasa which was prohibited by lord chamberlain, but was subsequently acted in Dublin, where other dramatic pieces by him were produced; settled in Dublin, c. 1740; contributed to Edward Moore's Fables for Female Sex published 1744; barrack-master at Dublin, c. 1745; employed by Irish Roman catholics to advocate publicly their claims for relaxation of penal laws,, and published 'Tryal of Cause of Roman Catholics 1761; published Juliet Grenville a novel, 1774. An edition of his works was issued by his daughter, Charlotte Brooke, 1792.
Henry Brooke: '''Henry Brooke''' ([[1738]]-[[1806]]), painter; historical painter in London, 1761-7; subsequently met with pecuniar)- embarrassments.
Henry James Brooke: '''Henry James Brooke''' ([[1771]]-[[1857]]), crystallographer; studied for bar, but subsequently engaged in various businesses; collected minerals; F.G.S., 1815 F.L.S., 1818; F.R.S., 1819; published Introduction to Crystallography 1823.
Humphrey Brooke: '''Humphrey Brooke''' ([[1617]]-[[1693]]), physician; M.D. St. John's College, Oxford, 1659; F.O.P., 1674; censor; published medical and other writings.
Sir James Brooke: '''Sir James Brooke''' ([[1803]]-[[1868]]), raja of Sarawak ; born at Benares; educated at Norwich; ran away from school and was made cadet of infantry in Bengal, c. 1819; served in Burma war, wounded and invalided home; resigned East India Company's service, 1830; made voyage in private schooner to Borneo, 1838, and, proceeding to Sarawak, was received courteously by Muda Hassim, uncle of the Malay sultan of Brunei, the nominal ruler of the whole island; revisited Sarawak, 1840, took part in suppressing rebellion then in progress, and at invitation of Muda Hassim assumed government of the country, 1 841; substituted simple scheme of taxation fo unpopular system of forced trade; put down piracy among Malays, Dayaks, and other tribes in Borueau seas; charges of cruelty and illegal conduct brought against him, but found by a government commission of inquiry at Singapore impossible to establish; rsvisited England, 1847; hoii. D.C.L. Oxford; K.C.B.; British commissioner and consul-general of Borneo, and governor of Labuan; finally left Sarawak, 1863.
John Brooke: '''John Brooke''' (d. [[1582]]), translator ; B.A. Trinity College, Cambridge, 1554; translated religious works from the French.
John Charles Brooke: '''John Charles Brooke''' ([[1748]]-[[1794]]), Somerset herald; Rouge Croix pursuivant, 1773; Somerset herald, 1777; F.S.A., 1775; killed in accident at Haymarket Theatre; left manuscript collections, chiefly relating to Yorkshire.
Ralph Brooke: '''Ralph Brooke''' ([[1553]]-[[1626]]), herald ; educated at Merchant TaylorsSchool; Rouge Croix pursuivant hi College of Arms, 1580; York herald, 1593; published, 1597,A Discoverie of certaiue Errours in Camdeu's 'Britannia (1594), which occasioned a bitter controversy with Oamdeu and Vincent. Brooke's Catalogue of English kings, princes, and peers appeared in 1619.
Richard Brooke: '''Richard Brooke''' ([[1791]]-[[1861]]), antiquary-; solicitor at Liverpool; member of Society of Antiquaries and of council of Liverpool Literary and Philosophical Society; published antiquarian writings chiefly relating to English battlefields of the fifteenth century,
Robert Brooke: '''Robert Brooke''' (d. [[1802]]?), governor of St. Helena; ensign on Bengal establishment of East India Company, 1764; substantive captain, 1767; served against Oossim All, Soojah Dowlah, and Hyder All (17681769); collector of Corah; served in Rohilla war; erected industrial village 6f Prosperous, co. Kildare, with object of developing cotton manufacture, the undertaking, however, failing commercially, 1787; governor of St. Helena, c. 1787.
Samuel Brooke: '''Samuel Brooke''' (d. [[1632]]), master of Trinity College, Cambridge; brother of Christopher Brooke; M.A. Trinity College, Cambridge, 1604; D.D., 1616: chaplain to Henry, prince of Wales, and subsequently to James I and Charles I; professor of divinity, Gresham College, 1612-29; rector of St. Margaret's, Lothbury, London, 1618; incorporated D.D. Oxford, 1621; master of Trinity College, Cambridge, 1629; wrote Latin plays and religious treatises.
William Henry Brooke: '''William Henry Brooke''' (d. [[1860]]), satirical draughtsman; portrait-painter in London; contributed drawings to Satirist a monthly periodical, 1812-14; exhibited at Royal Academy, 1810-26.
Zaohary Brooke: '''Zaohary Brooke''' ([[1716]]-[[1788]]), divine: fellow, St. John's College, Cambridge; M.A., 1741: D.D., 1763; Margaret professor of divinity, Cambridge, 1765; chaplain to the king; published controversial writings,

[edit] Section 175

Joshua: '''Joshua''' ([[1754]]-[[1821]]), eccentric divine ; of humble origin; educated with friendsassistance at Brasenose College, Oxford; M.A., 1781: chaplain of I collegiate church, Manchester, 17901821; assistant
Brookes: '''Brookes''' 151
Brougham: '''Brougham''' -at Manchester grammar school, where his eccentric- manners and deliciency as teacher, though not as scholar, made him unpopular.
Joshua Brookes: '''Joshua Brookes''' ([[1761]]-[[1833]]), anatomist; studied In inndon and I'ari-; successfully taught anatomy in London, and f ormeil large private museum; F.R.S.; published writings, mainly anatomical.
Richard Brookes: '''Richard Brookes''' (ft. [[1760]]), physician ; published compilations and translations on medicine and.other subjects, including a General G azetteer 17G2.
William Henry Brookfield: '''William Henry Brookfield''' ([[1809]]-[[1874]]), divine: M.A. Trinity College, Cambridge, 1836; curate of St Luke's, Berwick Street, 1841; inspector of schools, 1848; chaplain in ordinary to Queen Victoria,
Charles Brooking: '''Charles Brooking''' ([[1723]]-[[1759]]), marine painter ; originally ship painter at Deptford; became noted as painter of sea-pieces.
Charles William Shirley Brooks: '''Charles William Shirley Brooks''' ([[1816]]1S7M, editor ofPunch articled as solicitor; passed Incorporated Law Society's examination, 1838; parliamentary reporter toMorning Chronicle which journal m (1853), as special commissioner to inquire into object of labour and the poor in Russia, Syria, and Egypt: leader-writer on Illustrated London News; conducted Literary Gazette 1858-9; joined staff of Punch 1851, contributing under signatureEpicurus Rotundas editor, 1870; F.S.A., 1872; published several novels, dramatic pieces, and volumes of humorous verse,
Ferdinand Brooks: '''Ferdinand Brooks''' ([[1584]] ?-[[1642]]). See GREEN,
Hugh: '''Hugh'''
Gabriel Brooks: '''Gabriel Brooks''' ([[1704]]-[[1741]]), calligrapher ; contributed plates to Universal Penman (1741).
James Brooks: '''James Brooks''' ([[1512]]-[[1560]]), bishop of Gloucester ; fellow, Corpus Ohristi College, Oxford, 1532; B.A., 1532; D.D., 1546; master of Balliol College, 1547; chaplain and almoner to Bishop Gardiner; bishop of Gloucester, 1554; delegated by the pope to examine Cranmer, Ridley, and Latimer, 1555; commissioned by Cardinal Pole to visit Oxford University, 1558; refused oath of supremacy to Elizabeth, and died in prison.
John Brooks: '''John Brooks''' (. [[1755]]), engraver ; enameller of china in Dublin and London.
Thomas Brooks: '''Thomas Brooks''' ([[1608]]-[[1680]]), puritan divine: educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge; chaplain to Rainsborough, admiral of Parliamentary fleet; minister at St. Margaret's, Fish Street Hill, 1653: ejected, 1662; continued ministry in a building in Moorfields; published religious works.
Richard Brookshaw: '''Richard Brookshaw''' (ft. [[1804]]), mezzotint-engraver: worked in England and subsequently in Paris, where his plates gained him a high reputation,
Herbert Broom: '''Herbert Broom''' ([[1815]]-[[1882]]), legal writer : graduated at Trinity College, Cambridge, 1837; LL.D., 1864; called to bar at Inner Temple, 1840; published legal works and two novels.
Sib Frederick Napier Broome: '''Sib Frederick Napier Broome''' ([[1842]]-[[1896]]), colonial governor; engaged in sheep-farming in New Zealand, 1857-69; contributor to Times; colonial secretary of Natal, 1875, and of Mauritius, 1877; lieutenantgovernor of Mauritius, 1880: governor of Western Australia, 1882-90, Barbados, 1890, and later of Trinidad.
William Broome: '''William Broome''' ([[1689]]-[[1745]]), translator of Homer; educated at Eton and St. John's College, Cambridge; assisted Ozell and Oldisworth in prose translation of Iliad (published, 1712); employed by Pope in condensing Eustathius's notes on Homer; collaborated with Pope and Fenton in translation of Odyssey 1722-6; LL.D., 1728; rector of Oakley Magna and vicar of Eye, Suffolk; chaplain to Lord Cormvallis; published sermons and poems and contributed translations of the pseudoAnacreon to Gentleman's Magazine
Matthew Broomfield: '''Matthew Broomfield''' (ft. [[1550]]), Welsh poet ; left works in manuscript.
Richard Brothers: '''Richard Brothers''' ([[1757]]-[[1824]]), enthusiast; born at Placentia, Newfoundland; studied at Woolwich; midshipman, c. 1771; served as master's mate at Ushaut; in West Indies, 1781: travelled in France, Spain, and Italy; came to London, 1787, and, e. 1792, gave himself out to be a descendant of David, declaring that he was to be revealedas prince of the Hebrews and ruler of the world, and that King George must deliver up his crown to him; arrested on charge of treasonable practices, 1 795, and confined as criminal lunatic, but subsequently removed to private asylum at Islington; released (1806), warrant for high treason being withdrawn; published 'A Revealed Knowledge of the Prophecies and Times, wrote under the direction of the Lord God 2 vols. 1794, and other works of similar tendency.
Edward Brotherton: '''Edward Brotherton''' ([[1814]]-[[1866]]), Swedenborgian; engaged in silk trade at Manchester, and oh retiring interested himself in popular education, his letters to Manchester newspapers leading to formation of Education Aid Society; published writings on mormouism, spiritualism, and popular education,
Joseph Brotherton: '''Joseph Brotherton''' ([[1783]]-[[1857]]), parliamentary reformer: engaged in cotton manufacture at Manchester till 1819; joined Bible Christian Church, 1805, becoming pastor, 1818; M.P. for Salford, 1832-57; chairman of private bills committee, free-trader and reformer; contributed essays toLetters on Religious Subjects (e. 1819).
Thomas Ok Brotherton: '''Thomas Ok Brotherton''' ([[1300]]-[[1338]]). See
Thomas: '''Thomas'''
Brotherton: '''Brotherton''' Siu THOMAS WILLIAM ([[1785]]1868), general; ensign, 1800; captain, 1801; in Egypt, 1801, Hanover, 1806, and Peninsula, 1808-14; major, 1812; O.B., 1814; lieutenant-colonel, 1817; colonel and aide-de-camp to king, 1830; general, 1860; G.C.B., 1861.

[edit] Section 176

Robert Barnabas Brough: '''Robert Barnabas Brough''' ([[1828]]-[[1860]]), writer ; said to have practised as portrait-painter in Manchester; set on foot Liverpool Lion weekly satirical journal; wrote alone, or in conjunction with his brother, William Brough (1826-1870), series of burlesques, played with some success at London theatres.
William Brough: '''William Brough''' (d. [[1671]]), dean of Gloucester ; B.D. Christ's College, Cambridge, 1627; D.D., 1636; chaplain to the king; canon of Windsor, 1638; ejected by parliamentary commissioners: dean of Gloucester, 1644; D.D. Oxford, 1645; published religious works,
William Brotjgh: '''William Brotjgh''' ([[1826]]-[[1870]]), journalist and author; brother of Robert Barnabas Brough, with whom he was associated in dramatic pieces.
Henry Brougham: '''Henry Brougham''' ([[1665]]-[[1698]]), divine; M.A. Queen's College, Oxford, 1689; prebendary of Lincoln, 1691; published, 1694, work proving spuriousness of Genuine Remains of Dr. Barlow, late bishop of Lincoln, published by Sir Peter Pett, 1692, Barlow having left his remains to Brougham and William Offley, on condition of their not making them public.
Henry Peter Brougham: '''Henry Peter Brougham''' , BAROX BROUGHAM
Vaux And: '''Vaux And''' ([[1778]]-[[1868]]), lord chancellor ; educated at high school and university, Edinburgh: passed advocate, 1800; went on southern circuit; joined, 1802, founders of 'Edinburgh Review contributing three articles to the first number; admitted member of Lincoln's Inn, 1803: supported himself in London mainly by writing for Edinburgh Review; secretary to Lords Rosslyn and St. Vincent on mission to Lisbon, 1806; secured good opinion of Wilberforce by his sympathy with anti-slavery movement; called to bar, 1808; M.P. for Camelford, 1810, for Winchelsea, 1815; advocated retrenchment and a sound commercial policy, drew attention to importance of popular education, and instituted inquiry into charity abuses, which he extended to Eton, Winchester, and the universities; was constantly consulted by the Princess of Wales, who, on becoming queen, appointed him her attorney-general; called within the bar, 1820; defended Queen Caroline during her trial, 1820; urged government to resist the dictation of the Holy Alliance in Europe, 1824; proposed vote of censure on government of Demerara, 1824; lord rector of Glasgow University, 1825; brought forward, 1828, scheme of law reform, which was occasion of vast improvement in system of common law procedure; M.P. for Knaresborough, and later for Yorkshire, 1830; received great seal, and was elevated to peerage as Baron Brougham and Vaux, 1830; effected
Brougham: '''Brougham''' 152
Browell: '''Browell''' considerable improvements in court of chancery, tin abolition of court of delegates, tin- substitution for it of judicial committee of privy council, ami institution of the central criminal court; brought in a bankruptcy bill which eventually became basis of n statute: published 'Observations on Education of the People 1H25; formed Society for Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, ls-J5; foundel London University, 1828: made celebrated speech on second reading of "Reform Bill, 1831; lost office on dismissal of Lord Melbourne's government, 1834; advocated immediate abolition of slavery, 1838; sat constantly in supreme court of appeal and in judicial committee of privv council; strenuously opposed repeal of navigation acts, 1849; president of Social Science Association, 1857 and 1860-6; chancellor of Edinburgh University, 1860: received second patent of peerage, with remainder to his brother William and his heirs mule, Istiu. in recognition of services in cause of education and suppression of slavery; hon. D.C.L. Oxford: F.R.S. His critical, historical, ami miscellaneous writings were published under his own direction in a collected edition, 11 vols., 1865-61. His works include An Enquiry into the Colonial Policy of European Powers 2 vols. 1803, Historical Sketches of Statesmen in time of George III 1839-43,Demosthenes upon the Crown, translated 1810, andLife and Times of Lord Brougham written by himself, published posthumously, 3 vols., 1871.
John Brougham: '''John Brougham''' ([[1814]]-[[1880]]), actor and dramatist: educated at Trinity College, Dublin; studied surgery at Peter Street Hospital; appeared at Tottenham Street Theatre, 1830, and at the Olympic, 1831; manager of Lyceum, 1840; went to New York and managed successively Park Theatre, Niblo's Garden, Brougham's Lyceum, and Bowery Theatre: in England, 1860-5; returned to America: acted at Winter Garden Theatre, 1865; manager of Brougham's, 1869; subsequently connected with several stock companies; died at New York; wrote many dramatic pieces.
William Brougham: '''William Brougham''' , second BAROK BROUGHAM
Vaux And: '''Vaux And''' ([[1795]]-[[1886]]), brother of Henry Peter, first baron ; B.A. Jesus College, Cambridge, 1819; M.P. for Southwark, 1831-5; master in chancery, 1836-40.
Baron Broughton: '''Baron Broughton''' ([[1786]]-[[1869]]). See HOBHOUSE,
Cam John: '''Cam John''' .
Arthur Broughton: '''Arthur Broughton''' (d. [[1803]] ?), botanist : M.D. Edinburgh, 1779; settled in Jamaica, where he died; published medical and botanical works.
Hugh Broughton: '''Hugh Broughton''' ([[1549]]-[[1612]]), divine and rabbinical scholar; B.A. Magdalene College, Cambridge, 1570; successively fellow of St. John's and Christ's colleges; prebendary and reader in divinity at Durham: published 'A Concent of Scripture 1588, in which he attempted to settle the scripture chronology; in Germany, e.. 155)0-1 and 1592-1G03; published at MiddleburgAn Epistle to the learned Nobilitie of England, touching translating the Hible from the Original 1597; published, 15i)9, Explication of article respecting Christ's descent into hell, maintaining that hades was place not of torment but of departed souls; in England, 1603; preacher to English congregation, Middleburg, 1604-11: satirised by Ben Jonson. His works, which include versions of the prophets, were collected by Dr. John Lightfoot and published, 1662.
John Broughton: '''John Broughton''' ( [[1705]]-[[1789]]), pugilist ; attached himself aspublic bruiserto George Taylor's booth in Tottenham Court Road; joined yeoman of guard; established theatre for boxing in Han way Street, 17 12; beaten by Slack, 1750.
Richard Broughton: '''Richard Broughton''' (rf. [[1634]]), Roman catholic historian; studied at Oxford and at English college, Rheiins; priest, 1593: joined catholic mission in Knjrland: vicar-general to Dr. Smith, bishop of Oalcedon. His works includeThe Ecclesiastical Historic of Great Brittaiue (Douay, 1633).
Samuel Daniel Broughton: '''Samuel Daniel Broughton''' ([[1787]]-1 [[837]]), army surgeon: studied at St. George's Hospital; assistant-surgeon, 2nd life guards, 1812: served as additional surgeon, with temporary rank, in Peninsula, and South of France, and at Waterloo; surgeon, 1821; F.R.8.; F.G.&.; published letters relating to campaigning experiences.
Thomas Broughton: '''Thomas Broughton''' ([[1704]]-[[1774]]), divine; rated at Eton and Gonville and Cains oik -.re. Oambrl M.A.; vicar of Bedminster, near Bristol, 1744; pretei I of Salisbury; published bioirraphical and miscellaneous works, includirgDictionary of Religions 1742, and a translation of Don Quixote" with the name of Jurvis, who had been unable to bring the work to a successful i issue, prefixed.
Thomas Broughton: '''Thomas Broughton''' ([[1712]]-[[1777]]), divine ; fellow, I Exeter College, Oxford, 1734; B. A., 1737; joined methodista; curate at Tower of London, 1736; lecturer at St. Helen's, : Bishopsgate Within, and (1741) at Allhallows, Lombard Street; secretary of Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1743-77; held living of Wotton, Surrey, ! 1752-77; published sermons.
Thomas Duer Broughton: '''Thomas Duer Broughton''' ([[1778]]-[[1835]]), writer on India; cadet on Bengal establishment, 1795; lieutenant on Madras establishment, 1797; colonel, 1829; published writings on India and selections from Hindoo poetry.
William Grant Broughton: '''William Grant Broughton''' ([[1788]]-[[1853]]), divine; clerk in East India House, 1807-12; entered Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, 1814: M.A., 1823: D.D., 1836; chaplain to Tower of London, 1828, and, later, archdeacon of New South Wales; bishop of Australia, 1836; bishop of Sydney and metropolitan of Australasia, on subdivision of diocese of Australia, 1847; published writings relating to authorship of EIKWC BacriAtKij and other works.
William Robert Broughton: '''William Robert Broughton''' ([[1762]]-[[1821]]), navy captain; -employed on survey of Columbia river, c. 1790; on north-west coast of America, c. 1794: made survey of coast of Asia, 1794-8; captain, 1797; held command in Lord Gambler's expedition, 1809; at reduction of Mauritius, 1810; took charge of expedition to Java, 1811; O.B.; died at Florence; published accounts of his voyages and surveys.
Broun: '''Broun'''
John Allan Broun: '''John Allan Broun''' ([[1817]]-[[1879]]), magmetician and meteorologist; educated at) Edinburgh University; director of magnetic observatory t Makerstouu, 1842-9, the results of his observations forming vols. xvii-xix. of Transactions of Royal Society of Edinburgh(18451860); director of Trevaudrum Magnetic Observatory, 1852; built observatory on Agiwtia Malley, the highest peak of Travancore i; hats; left India, 1865; lived successively at Lausanne and Stuttgart, and came to London, 1873; aided by grant from Royal Society, undertook to complete reduction of magnetic observations made at colonial stations; M.R.S., 1853. Published reports on Makerstoun and Trevandruin observatories. He discovered that the earth loses or gains magnetic intensity not locally, but as a whole, and" that great magnetic disturbances proceed from particular solar meridians.

[edit] Section 177

Sir Richard Broun: '''Sir Richard Broun''' ([[1801]]-[[1858]]). miscellaneous writer; succeeded to the baronetcy. Is 14; wrote pamphlets, articles, and letters regarding many schemes, of which The London Necropolis and National Mausoleum at Wokiug 1849, is the most notable.
Henry Brouncker: '''Henry Brouncker''' , third VISCOUNT BKOI-XCKKR (. 1688), courtier; brother of William Brouncker, second viscount Brouncker; M.D. Oxford, 1646; commissioner of trade and plantations, 1671.
Brounck: '''Brounck''' 3IR or BROUNKER, WILLIAM, second Visrorvr BuorNfKKR of Castle Lyons in Irish peerage (1620 ?-1684), first president of the Royal Society: M.I). Oxford, 1647; first to Introduce continued fractions and to give a series for quadrature of a portion of the equilateral hyperbola; original member of Royal Society, 1662, and first president. 1662-77; president of Greshiun College, 1664-7; chancellor cf Queen Catherine, 1662; commissioner for executing office of lord high admiral, 1664; master of St. Catherine's Hospital, 1681.
William Browell: '''William Browell''' ([[1759]]-[[1831]]), navy captain; lieutenant, 1778; served at Toulon, 1794; captain, 1794: nag-captain under Lord Hugh Seymour at battle off 1 -orient, 1795; one of captains of Greenwich Hospital, 1805, and lieutenant-governor, 1809-31.
Brown: '''Brown''' 153
Brown: '''Brown'''
Brown: '''Brown''' f'HAKLKS ('. [[1753]]), naval officer ; entered the navy about Ii;;i3: received his first command, ITni; served iii tin- Baltic and the Mediterranean; distinguished 1,1,11-. !i at I'ortobcllo, 1739; commissioner of the navy at (hatlKim, 1711.
Charles Armitage Brown: '''Charles Armitage Brown''' ([[1786]]-[[1842]]), friend of Keats; in Imsines.- at St. Petersburg till 1810; inhumed a competency, mid devoted him-elf to literature; met Ke.its before September, 1H17; travelled with him in Scotland, IM*.:md made him an inmate of his house at H.unpsteiid till 1H2(J; in Italy, 1822-35; lectured on Kratand shake-peare; went to New Zealand, 1841. From him Keats learned Ariotto. His papers about Keats were of oe to Lonl Hough ton in his life of the poet. He published a work on the personal interpretation of ShakeM t. 1838.
Oliarles Philip Brown: '''Oliarles Philip Brown''' ([[1798]]-[[1884]]), Telugu M-holar; son of David Brown (1763-1812) Centered Madr.i-; fivil service, 1817; postmaster-general and Teliiirii translator to the Madras government, 1846-55; professor of Telugu in University College, London; published Telugu grammar, dictionary, and reader, and other liiuruistic works.
David Brown: '''David Brown''' (ft. [[1795]]), landscape-painter; painted copies of George Morland's works; exhibited at the Royal Academy, 1792-7; taught drawing in the country.
David Brown: '''David Brown''' ([[1763]]-[[1812]]), Bengal chaplain ; educate! at Cambridge; went to Calcutta, 1786; zealous in the cause of missions.
Ford Madox Brown: '''Ford Madox Brown''' ([[1821]]-[[1893]]), painter ; born at Calais; studied art at Bruges, Ghent, and Antwerp; exhibitedThe Giaour's Confessionat English Royal Academy, 1841; studied in Paris, 1843-4; exhibited cartoon, Bringing Body of Harold to the Conqueror at Westminster Hall, 1844; studied in Rome, 1845; accepted Dante Gabriel Rossetti as pupil, 1848, and thus came into contact with pre-Raphaelites, by whom his work was gradually influenced; executed panels for town-hall, Manel iester, illustrating history of that city, 1878; one of the founders of Hogarth Club; a leading member, 1861-74, of firm of Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co., manufacturers of artistic furniture, founded by William Morris
George Brown: '''George Brown''' , or GREGORY in religion (d. [[1628]]), an English Benedictine; died in France.
George Brown: '''George Brown''' ([[1650]]-[[1730]]), arithmetician ; minister of Strauracr, and, 1680, of Kilmaurs, Ayrshire; invented a method of teaching the simple rules of arithmetic, which he explained in his * Rotula Arithmetical 1700; wrote other arithmetical works.
Sir George Brown: '''Sir George Brown''' ([[1790]]-[[1865]]), general ; ensign, 1806; served with distinction in the Peninsula; lieutenant-colonel, 1HH; after many stuff appointments, beoame lieutenant-general, lKfl; K.C.B., 1 852: commanded the Ufht division in the Crimea, and the English contingent against Kertch, 1865; commander-in-chief in Ireland. IHUO-fi.
Brown: '''Brown''' ;i;oUCK ([[1818]]-18SD), Canadian politician ; son of 1'eter Brown; publisher and business manager of -British Chroniclein New York; foundedGlobe political journal at Toronto, in support of reform party; abandoned reform party and became extreme radical member for county of Kent in Canadian legislative assembly, 1851; member for Lambton county, 1854, Toronto, 1867-61, and South Oxford, 1863-7; formed (1858) ministry, which lasted for four days; president of council, 1864; member of senate, 1873, refused the honour of K.O.M.G., 1879; died from effects of shot fired by discharged employe at Globe * office.
George Hilary Brown: '''George Hilary Brown''' ([[1786]]-[[1866]]), Roman catholic prelate; professor of theology at Ushaw; missioner at Lancaster; vicar-apostolic of the Lancashire district, titular bishop of Tloa, 1840; Roman catholic bishop of Liverpool, 1860; D.D.
Gilbert Brown: '''Gilbert Brown''' (d. [[1612]]), Scottish catholic divine; a Cistercian; abbot of New Abbey, Kirkcudbright; an influential opponent of the Reformation in the southwest of Scotland, 1578-94; imprisoned, 1605; died in exile at Paris; published controversial tracts,
Hdgh Stowell Brown: '''Hdgh Stowell Brown''' ([[1823]]-[[1886]]), baptist minister; eon of Robert Irown. 1846); employed in ordnance surveys in Cheshire, Shrewsbury, and York; entered London and IiriniiiL'ham Railway Company's works, 1840; baptist minister at Stony Stratford, 1847-86; president of Baptist Union, 1878; published lectures.
Ignatius Brown: '''Ignatius Brown''' ([[1630]]-[[1679]]), Roman catholic writer; of Irish parentage; educated in Spain; rector of Jesuit college at Poitiers, 1676; confessor to queen of Spain; died at Vallndolid; published controversial tracte.
James Brown: '''James Brown''' ([[1709]]-[[1788]]), orientalist ; educated at Westminster School; resident in the Levant, 1722-5, acquiring Turkish and modern Greek; projected a trade directory for London, 1732, afterwards carried out by Henry Kent; in 1741 travelled through Russia to Reshd in Persia, where he established a factory; returned to London, 1746; compiled a Persian dictionary and grammar, never published.
James Brown: '''James Brown''' ([[1812]]-[[1881]]), Roman catholic prelate; professor at Oscott; president of Sedgeley Park academy; bishop of Shrewsbury, 1851; showed great energy in his diocese; D.D.
James Baldwin Brown: '''James Baldwin Brown''' , the elder ([[1785]]-[[1843]]), miscellaneous writer: called to bar at Inner Temple, 1816; judge of requests at Oldham, 1840; wrote memoir of Howard the philanthropist, and works on the penal laws.
James Baldwin Brown: '''James Baldwin Brown''' , the younger ([[1820]]1884), congregational divine: eldest son of James Baldwin Brown the elder; one of the first graduates of London University; congregational minister at Derby, 1843, and in London, 1846; famous for his liberal theological views both in the pulpit and in the press; published theological treatises.
John Brown: '''John Brown''' (rf. [[1532]]), sergeant painter to Henry VIII; employed chiefly as an heraldic painter: alderman of London, 1522-5; gave his house to be a hall for the company of Painter Staiuers.

[edit] Section 178

John Brown: '''John Brown''' ([[1610]]?-[[1679]]),of Wamphray, Scottish ecclesiastic; educated at Edinburgh; minister of Wamphray, Dumfries, 1656; ejected, 1662, and banished; minister of the Scottish church at Rotterdam; published doctrinal and historical treatises.
John Brown: '''John Brown''' ([[1627]] ?-[[1685]]), the ' Christian carrier ' ; one of the most famous of the covenanter martyrs; a small farmer and carrier at Priestfield, Ayrshire; shot by order of Claverhouse at his own door and in his wife's presence.
John Brown: '''John Brown''' (d. [[1736]]), chemist; F.R.S., [[1722]]; published discoveries in chemistry.
John Brown: '''John Brown''' ([[1715]]-17G6), author of the 'Estimate educated at Wigton and St. John's Oollww, Cambridge; H.A., 1735; minor canon of Carlisle and a whig preacher; rector of Great Horkesley, Essex, 1756, and of St. Nicholas, Newcastle, 17C1; gained the friendship of Warburton by an Kssay upon Satire published in Dodsloy's miscellanies; wrote an essay (1751) on Shaftesbury's Characteristics which is memorable for its clear statement of utilitariaiiism; brought into repute hv his Estimate of the Manners and Principles of the Times 1757; committed suicide on being forbidden by the doctors to go to St. Petersburg, where he hoped for a liigh educational post; published numerous tragedies, epics, odes, sermons, essays.
John Brown: '''John Brown''' ([[1722]]-[[1787]]), of Haddineton, biblical commentator; as a herd-boy taught himself Latin, Greek, and Hebrew; at one time a pedlar; served as a soldier in the Edinburgh garrison, 1746; taught school in Kinrossshire and Midlothian: joined the Burgher church, 1747; minister to the Burgher congregation at Haddington, 1760-87; acted as professor of divinity to Burgher students after 1768; published an explanation of the Westminster ( Vmfession of Faith, 1758. His Self-interpreting Bible 1778, a plain commentary for the people, became immensely popular.
John Brown: '''John Brown''' ([[1735]]-[[1788]]), medical reformer ; son of a Berwickshire labourer; educated at Dunse school; became a private tutor at Edinburgh; enabled to complete
Brown: '''Brown''' 154
Brown: '''Brown''' his medical course by the liberality of the Edinburgh medical professors, Monro and Cullen; vigorously attacked their system in his tutorial lectures, alleging that most diseases were due to weakness, ami t hut their practice of blood-letting was erroneous; incurred the hostility of the faculty in Edinburgh; compelled to take his M.D. degree from St. Andrews, 1779; in consequence of debt and other troubles left Edinburgh for London in 1786. His Klcineuta Medicinae 1780, setting forth his views, had made him famous, and he was gaining a good practice in London, when he was cut off by apoplexy. His ideas have since been generally adopted.
John Brown: '''John Brown''' (d. [[1829]]), miscellaneous writer ; published a History of Bolton 1825; went to London to advocate the claims of his friend, Samuel Crompton, the inventor; committed suicide in despair at his want of success in life.
John Brown: '''John Brown''' ([[1754]]-[[1832]]), of Whitburn, Scottish divine; eldest sou of John Brown (1722-1787); educated at Edinburgh; minister of the Burgher church at Whitburn, Liulithgowshire, 1776-1832: wrote memoirs of James Hervey, 1806, and many religious treatises.
John Brown: '''John Brown''' ([[1778]]-[[1848]]), of Langton, theologian ; minister of Langton, Berwickshire, 1810; D.D. Glasgow, 1815; joined the Free church in 1843; wrote in defence of presbyterian orders and church government,
John Brown: '''John Brown''' ([[1784]]-[[1858]]), of Edinburgh, divine ; eldest son of John Brown (1754-1832); educated at Edinburgh; taught school in Fife; minister of the Burgher church at Biggar, 1806, and of the Relief church at Edinburgh, 1822; D.D., 1830; professor of exegetics in the Relief college, 1834, and in the United Presbyterian College, 1847; wrote expositions of several epistles, and many religious treatises.
John Brown: '''John Brown''' ([[1780]]-[[1859]]), geologist ; apprenticed as stonemason: abandoned his trade (1830) for geological study; contributed to scientific journals.
John Brown: '''John Brown''' ([[1797]]-[[1861]]), geographer; midshipman hi the East India Company's service till 1819; afterwards a wealthy diamond merchant; advocated Arctic exploration and the search for Sir John Franklin.
John Brown: '''John Brown''' ([[1810]]-[[1882]]), essayist; sou of John Brown (1784-1858); educated at Edinburgh High Sehxl and University; M.D., 1833; practised in Edinburgh with success till his death; published Hone Subsecivae three volumes of essays, 1858-82, andRab and his Friends 1859.
Brown: '''Brown''' Sin JOHN ([[1816]]-[[1896]]), pioneer of armourplate manufacture; apprenticed to factor at Fargatc; manager of business, 1831; invented conical steel spring buffer for railway wagons, 1848; opened Atlas Steel Works, Sheffield, 1856; originated use of rolled steel armour plating for war vessels, 1860, and his method was approved by royal commission, 1863; knighted, 1867.
John Crawford Brown: '''John Crawford Brown''' ([[1805]]-[[1867]]), landscapepainter; travelled in Holland and Spain.
John Wright Brown: '''John Wright Brown''' ([[1836]]-[[1863]]), botanist ; of Edinburgh; student of Scottish flora.
Joseph Brown: '''Joseph Brown''' ([[1784]]-[[1868]]), physician: army surgeon in Wellington's campaigns; M.D. Edinburgh, 1819; practised in Sundcrland: wrote on medical subject*,
Lancelot Brown: '''Lancelot Brown''' ([[1715]]-[[1783]]), reviver of the natural style of landscape-gardening; laid out gardens at Kew and Blenheim; architect of many country j houses; high sheriff of Huntingdon, 1770; known as Capability Brown
Levinius Brown: '''Levinius Brown''' ([[1671]]-[[1764]]), Jesuit; educated at St. ( inier and Rome; resided at Ladyholt, Sussex, 1700, where he was a friend of Alexander Pope; rector of the English college at Rome, 1723-31; provincial, 1733: rector of Liege College, 1737; spent his last years at St. Omer.
Oliver Madox Brown: '''Oliver Madox Brown''' ([[1856]]-[[1874]]), novelist and painter in water-colours; son of Ford Madox Brown q. T.I: first exhibited, 1869; publishedGabriel Denver his first novel, 1873. Other novels are contained in his 4 Literary Remains 1876.
Peter Brown: '''Peter Brown''' ([[1784]]-[[1863]]), Canadian journalist ; went to New York, 1838, and founded British Chronicle newspaper; removed to Toronto, 1843, and renamed paper The Banner which became organ of Free church of Scotland in Canada.
Philip Brown: '''Philip Brown''' (d. [[1779]]), botanist ; medical practitioner in Manchester; collected foreign plants.
Rawdon Lubbook Brown: '''Rawdon Lubbook Brown''' ([[1803]]-[[1883]]), historical student; resided in Venice, 1833-83, makiupr careful researches among the Venetian archives, especially among the reports sent home by the Venetian ambassadors in London. HisCalendar of State Papers... in the Archives of Venice is indispensable for the study of English history from 1202 to 1558. In addition he wrote historical works in English and Italian.

[edit] Section 179

Brown: '''Brown''' Sm RICHARD (. [[1669]]).
Robert Brown: '''Robert Brown''' (d. [[1753]]), painter ; assisted Sir James Thornhill in painting the cupola of St. Paul's; painted altar-pieces in several London churches. Sonic of his pictures have been engraved.
Brown: '''Brown''' Sm ROBERT (d. [[1760]]), diplomatist ; merchant hi Venice and British resident till 1734; created baronet, 1732; M.P. for Ilchester, 1734; a noted miser.
Robert Brown: '''Robert Brown''' ([[1757]]-[[1831]]), writer on agriculture; a Haddiugton fanner; publishedTreatise on Rural Affairs 1811, and other works.
Robert Brown: '''Robert Brown''' (d. [[1846]]), divine ; chaplain of St. Matthew's chapel, Douglas, 1817; vicar of Kirk Braddan, 1836-46.
Robert Brown: '''Robert Brown''' ([[1773]]-[[1858]]), botanist; educated at Aberdeen and Edinburgh; studied flora of Scotland, 1791; army official in Ireland, 1795, and London, 1798; naturalist to Captain Flinders's Australasian expedition, 1801-5; librarian to the Linnean Society, and to Sir Joseph Banks; published Prodromus Flora Novae Hollandise et insulae Van-Diemen 1810; D.O.L. Oxford, 1832; eminent for his investigations into the impregnation of plants.
Robert Brown: '''Robert Brown''' ([[1842]]-[[1895]]), geographical compiler; B.A. Edinburgh, 1860; studied at Leyden, Copenhagen, and Rostock; Ph.D. Rostock; botanist to British Columbia expedition, and commander of Vancouver expedition, 1864; travelled widely, 1861-9; lecturer in natural history in high school and Heriot-Watt College, Edinburgh, 1869-76; removed to London, 1876; compiled several popular geographical works and published scientific and other volumes. He was F.L.S., and on council of Royal Geographical Society.
Samuel Brown: '''Samuel Brown''' (fl. [[1700]]), surgeon at Madras; collector of Indian plants.
Brown: '''Brown''' Sm SAMUEL ([[1776]]-[[1852]]), engineer; naval officer, 1795; commander, 1811; captain, 1812: knighted, 1838; devised an improved method of chain-links for shipcables and suspension bridges.
Samuel Brown: '''Samuel Brown''' ([[1817]]-[[1856]]), chemist; M.D. Edinburgh, 1839; devoted himself to chemical research; wrote on the atomic theory.
Samuel Brown: '''Samuel Brown''' ([[1810]]-[[1875]]), statist ; an actuary by profession; advocated uniformity of coinage and weights and measures; joint-editor of the Journal of the Institute of Actuaries
Stephen Brown: '''Stephen Brown''' (fl. [[1340]] ?), theologian ; supposed to have been born at Aberdeen; a Carmelite monk, and reputed author of several theological pieces. His identity is doubtful. Stephen Brown, bishop of Ross in Ireland, 1399, was a different person.
Thomas Brown: '''Thomas Brown''' (fl. [[1170]]).
Brown: '''Brown''' or BROUNS, THOMAS (d. [[1445]]), ecclesiastic; LL.D.; sub-dean of Lincoln, 1414; dean of Salisbury, 1431; bishop of Rochester, 1485, and of Norwich, 1436; ambassador to France, 1439.
Thomas Brown: '''Thomas Brown''' (fl. [[1570]]), translator ; of Lincoln's Inn; translated the Nobilitas Literata of Sturinius.
Brown: '''Brown''' 155
Browne: '''Browne'''
Thomas Brown: '''Thomas Brown''' ([[1663]]-[[1704]]), satirist; entered Christ Church, Oxford, 1678, where he wrote the famous I do not love thee, Dr. Fell and other verses, Latin and English; taught school at Kinston-ou-Thames; afterwards settled in London as a hack writer and translator; fertile in satirical verse.-; wrote against Dryden, Durfey, Titus Oates, Sir Richard Blackmore. His collected works appeared in 1707.
Thomas Bkown: '''Thomas Bkown''' ([[1778]]-[[1820]]), the last of the Scottish school of metaphysicians; educated iu London and at Edinburgh University; a disciple of Dugald Me art; criticised Knisimis Darwin's Zoouomia," 1798; studied medicine at Kdiutmrgh, 1798-1803, and practised there, IHUC; wrote philosophical tracts, and tried to obtain a chair in the university; elected professor of moral philosophy, 1810; became au extremely popular lecturer; published poetry and essays. His Lectures crc once hiphly esteemed, but were severely criticised by Sir William Hamilton.
Thomas Edward Brown: '''Thomas Edward Brown''' ([[1830]]-[[1897]]), Manx poet; son of Robert Brown (d. 1846); educated at KhiL- William's College, Isle of Man, and Christ Church, Oxford; B.A., 1853; fellow of Oriel, 1864-8; M.A., 185(5; master of King William's College and viceprincipal, 1858-61; head-master of Crypt School, Gloucester, 1861-4; second master at Clifton, 1864-93; curate of St. Barnabas, Bristol, 1884-93. He published Fo'c'sle Yarns 1881, and other tales in verse in Manx dialect appeared in subsequent years. A collected edition of his poems was issued, 1900.
Thomas Joseph Brown: '''Thomas Joseph Brown''' ([[1798]]-[[1880]]), Roman catholic prelate; Benedictine monk, 1813; professor of theology at Downside, 1823-41; took prominent part in controversies both in the press and on the platform, 1'SO; D.D., 1834; titular bishop of Apollonia, 1840, and in charge of the Welsh district; bishop of Newport and Meuevia, I860.
Brown: '''Brown''' or BROWNE, ULYSSES MAXIMILIAN
Von: '''Von''' ([[1705]]-[[1757]]), count, baron de Camus and Mountany ; Austrian general; of Irish extraction; entered the Austrian service early and rose rapidly; colonel of infantry, 1734; distinguished himself at the battle of Piacenza and the operations round Genoa, and advanced as far as Toulon, 1743-8; field-marshal, 1753; accepted second command in Bohemia, and died of wounds received before Prague.
William Brown: '''William Brown''' (d. [[1814]]), rear-admiral ; lieutenant R.N., 1788; commander, 1792; captain, 1793; commanded the Ajax in the action off Cape Finisterre, 22 July 1805, and was partly to blame for its indecisive character; commissioner of dockyards; rear-admiral, 1812; appointed to the Jamaica station, 1813.
William Brown: '''William Brown''' ([[1766]]-[[1835]]), historical writer; D.D. Aberdeen, 1816; minister of Eskdalemuir, Dumfries, 1792-1835; wrote Antiquities of the Jews 1826. BRpWN, WILLIAM (1777-1857), admiral in the Argentina service; born in Ireland; taken to America as a boy; went to sea, and was pressed into the English navy, 1796; captain of a merchantman; settled at Buenos Ayres, 1812; accepted naval command, 1814, and defeated two Spanish squadrons; privateer against the Spaniards; defeated a Brazilian fleet in the La Plata, 1826 and 1827, but was then overpowered by superior force; blockaded Monte Video, 1842-5.

[edit] Section 180

Sih William Brown: '''Sih William Brown''' ([[1784]]-[[1864]]), benefactor to Liverpool; engaged in the~linen-trade at Baltimore, and opened a branch office in Liverpool, 1809; afterwards an Anglo- American banker; alderman of Liverpool, 1831; advocate of free tradeand the volunteer movement; M.P. for South Lancashire, 1846-59; erected free public library and Derby museum at Liverpool, 1860; created baronet, 1863.
William Laurence Brown: '''William Laurence Brown''' ([[1755]]-[[1830]]), theological writer; educated at St. Andrews and Utrecht; minister of the English church, Utrecht, 1778, and professor; of philosophy and church history there, 1788; D.D. St. Andrews, 1784; professor of divinity, Aberdeen; principal of Aberdeen University, 1796; wrote theological treatises.
Thomas Robson Brownbill: '''Thomas Robson Brownbill''' ([[1822]] ?-[[1864]]).
Browne: '''Browne'''
Alexander Browne: '''Alexander Browne''' (fl. [[1660]]), miniaturepainter, engraver, and printseller; published Are Pictoria 1675.
Browne: '''Browne''' Sm ANTHONY (d. [[1548]]), politican ; knighted, 1523; esquire of the body to Henry VIII, 1524; ambassador to Franco, 1528 and 1533; master of the horse, 1539; K.G., 1540; justice in eyre, 1545; named guardian to Prince Edward and Princess Elizabeth. He received Battle Abbey, 1538, and other large grants of church lauds and manors, and was a great builder. Cowdray, Sussex, and other large estates, he inherited from his half-brother, the Earl of Southampton, 1543.
Anthony Browne: '''Anthony Browne''' ([[1510]]?-[[1567]]), judge; reader of the Middle Temple, 1553; active in prosecution of puritans in Essex, 1554; serjeant-at-law, 1555; chiefjustice of the common pleas, 1558; reduced to the place of puisne justice, 1559, for refusing to cede his official patronage to Queen Elizabeth; knighted, 1666.
Anthony Browne: '''Anthony Browne''' , first VISCOUNT MOXTAUUK (1526-1592), eldest son of Sir Anthony Browne (d. 1548) ; a staunch Roman catholic, but of unquestioned loyalty both to Edward VI and to Elizabeth, though stoutly opposing in parliament the acts of supremacy and allegiance, 1559 and 1562; knighted, 1547; imprisoned for recusancy, 1551; entertained Edward VI at Cowdray, Sussex, 1562; created Viscount Montague, 1654, made master of the horse, and sent on an embassy to the pope; lieutenant-general at St. Queutiu, 1557; ambassador to Spain, 1561; on the commission which tried Mary Queen of Scots, 1587; entertained Elizabeth at Cowdray, 1591.
Arthur Browne: '''Arthur Browne''' ([[1756]] ?-[[1805]]), Irish lawyer; born in New England; of Irish parentage; educated at Harvard and Trinity College, Dublin, where he was elected junior fellow, 1777; LL.D., 1784; senior fellow, 1795-1805; became regius professor of law in Dublin, 1785; several times professor of Greek; practised at the Irish bar; last prime serjeant 1802; M.P. for Dublin University in the Irish parliament, 1783-1800; advocated the union; wrote on legal and miscellaneous subjects.
David Browne: '''David Browne''' (fl. [[1638]]), writer on penmanship ; published at St. Andrews The New Invention, intituled Calligraphia 1622.
Edward Browne: '''Edward Browne''' ([[1644]]-[[1708]]), physician and traveller; eldest son of Sir Thomas Browne (1605-1682) ; educated at Norwich grammar school and Trinity College, Cambridge; M.B., 1663; attended lectures in London; travelled in Italy, Holland, Austria, Hungary, North Greece, and the Low Countries, 1668-73; settled as a practitioner in London, 1675; president, Royal College of Physicians, 1704. His collected travels appeared in 1685.
Edward Browne: '''Edward Browne''' (d. [[1730]]), quaker; native of Cork, and subsequently a wealthy merchant in Sunderland.
Edward Harold Browne: '''Edward Harold Browne''' ([[1811]]-[[1891]]), bishop of Ely and of Winchester; educated at Eton and Emmanuel College, Cambridge; M.A., 1836; D.D., 1864; fellow, 1837-40; accepted charge of Holy Trinity, Stroud, 1840; vice-principal of St. David's College, Lampeter, 1843-9; prebendary of Exeter, 1849; vicar of Heavitree, Exeter, and canon of Exeter, 1857; bishop of Ely, 1864-73, and of Winchester, 1873-90; published religious writings.
Felicia Dorothea Browne: '''Felicia Dorothea Browne''' ([[1793]]-[[1835]]). See
Heman: '''Heman''' 8.
George Browne: '''George Browne''' (d. [[1556]]), archbishop of Dublin ; the chief instrument of Henry VIII iu the Irish reformation; provincial of the Austin Friars, 1534; archbishop of Dublin, 1536; spoke in the Irish parliament iirfavour of Henry VIII's ecclesiastical supremacy, and obtained for the king a grant of the first-iruits of the Irish abbeys; travelled widely, publishing the royal injunctions and collecting first-fruits; hated by the clergy and by most of the Irish council; in disfavour; took a leading part in introducing the first English prayer-book in Ireland, 1550; made by patent primate of Ireland; at Mary's accession deprived of the primacy and deposed from his archbishopric as being a married man; D J).
Browne: '''Browne''' 156
Browne: '''Browne'''
Geo Browne: '''Geo Browne''' lUiK. OrT iR ([[1698]]-[[1792]]), soldier of fortune; educated at Limerick; took service with the elector palatine; transferred himself to the Russian service, 1730; taken prisoner and enslaved by the Turks; served in Finland and against the Swedes; contributed materially to the victories of Kollin, 1757, and orndorf, 1758; field-marshal; governor of Livonia.
Hahlot Knight Browne: '''Hahlot Knight Browne''' ([[1815]]-[[1882]]), watercolour painter and book-illustrator; known as I'm.; apprenticed to an engraver, and subsequently opened a studio; illustrated Charles Dickens's Sunday as it is by Timothy Sparks. 1 13, and th- Pickwick Papers taking the pseudonym Phi-? to match the author's pseudonym Boz; fond of horses, hunting, and water-colour painting; a prolific illustrator, especially of novels by Dickens, Lever, and Ainsworth.
Henry Browne: '''Henry Browne''' ([[1804]]-[[1875]]), classical and biblical scholar; M.A. Cambridge, 1830; principal of Chichester Theological College, 1842-7; rector of Pevensey, Sussex, 1884-75; published classical text-books and treatises on biblical chronology.
Isaac Hawkins Browne: '''Isaac Hawkins Browne''' , the elder ([[1705]]-[[1760]]), wit and poet: educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge; barrister of Lincoln's Inn; M.P. for Wenlock, 1744-54; his conversational powers praised by Samuel Johnson; wrote poems, some of which are distinguished by their sprightly humour.
Isaac Hawkins Browne: '''Isaac Hawkins Browne''' , the younger ([[1745]]1818), essayist; son of Isaac Hawkins Browne the elder S; educated at Westminster and Hertford College, xford; D.O.L., 1773; M.P. for Bridgnorth, 1784-1812; published essays on moral and religious subjects,
Browne: '''Browne''' or BROWN, JAMES ([[1616]]-[[1685]]), theologian; B.A. Oriel College, Oxford, 1638; chaplain in the army of the parliament; hisAntichrist in Spirit answered by George Fox.
James Browne: '''James Browne''' ([[1793]]-[[1841]]), journalist and historian; educated at St. Andrews University; minister of the church of Scotland; Scottish advocate; finally settled in Edinburgh as a journalist; LL.D. St. Andrews. His works include a History of the Highlands 1835.

[edit] Section 181

John Browne: '''John Browne''' ([[1642]]-[[1700]]?), surgeon; served as naval surgeon; surgeon to St. Thomas's Hospital, 1683-91, and to Charles II and William III; author of anatomical and surgical treatises.
John Browne: '''John Browne''' ([[1741]]-[[1801]]), engraver of landscapes; pupil of John Tinney and William Woollett.
John Browne: '''John Browne''' ([[1823]]-[[1886]]), nonconformist historian; B.A. London. 1843; uiiif ler at Lowestoft, 1844-6, and Wrentharn, Suffolk, 1H48-8C; published History of Congregationalism 1H77, and other works.
Browne: '''Browne''' .loSKPII (.. [[1706]]). physician; libHlctl Queen AnneV administration, 1 7ut; wrote and lectured against Harvey's theory of the circulation of the blood.
Browne: '''Browne''' .InSKPTT (17(K)-17r,7), provost of Queen's College. Oxford, 1756; rector of Bramshot, Hampshire, and professor of natural philosophy at Oxford, 1746-67.
Lancelot Browne: '''Lancelot Browne''' (d. [[1605]]), physician; educated at Cambridge; M.D., 1676; F.R.O.P., 1584; physician to Queen Elizabeth and James I.
Lyde Browne: '''Lyde Browne''' , the elder (d. [[1787]]), virtuoso; director of the Bank of England; possessed a famous cabinet of Greek and Roman art treasures at Wimbledon.
Lyde Browne: '''Lyde Browne''' , fchc younger (d. [[1803]]), lieutenantcolonel; entered the army, 1777; lieutenant-colonel, 1800; shot by Emmet's mob in Dublin.
Mmsks Browne: '''Mmsks Browne''' 1 [[1704]]-[[1787]]), chief poetical contributor to the(Ji-ntlcmanV Matrazinc pen-cutter; and subsequently vicar of Olney. 1753; wrote poems, including Piscatory Eclogues 1729, and sermons.
Patrick Browne: '''Patrick Browne''' ([[1720]] V-[[1790]]), naturalist; virited Antisrua, 1737; studied science in Paris, and at Leyden; M.D., 1743; settled in Jamaica; published Civil and Natural History of Jamaica 1756, and other zoological works.
Peter Browne: '''Peter Browne''' (d. [[1735]]), divine; fellow of Trinity College, Dublin, 1692; provost, 1699; bishop of Cork and Ross, 1710; published theological tractates.
Sir Richard Browne: '''Sir Richard Browne''' (rf. [[1669]]), parliamentary general and a leader of the presbyterian party; officer of the London trained bands; sent to disarm the Kentish royalists, 1642; present at the siege of Winchester; suppressed Kentish rising, 1643: fought at Alresford, 1644; major-general with task of reducing the Oxford district, 1644; present at the surrender of Oxford, 1646; a commissioner to receive Charles from the Scots, 1647; present at the seizure of Charles at Holmby, and afterwards favourable to the king; M.P. for Wycombe, but expelled by the influence of the army, 1648, and imprisoned for five years; excluded from parliament for refusing the engagement 1656; M.P. for London in Richard Cromwell's parliament; privy to Sir George Booth's rising, 1659; intrigued for the recall of Charles II; knighted; lord mayor of London, 1660, and made a baronet for suppressing Vernier's rising.
Sir Richard Browne: '''Sir Richard Browne''' ([[1605]]-[[1683]]), diplomatist ; educated at Merton College, Oxford; travelled in France; clerk of the council, 1641-72; resident at the French court for Charles I and Charles II, 1641-60; provided in Paris a chapel for Anglican services, a home for Anglican divines, and a cemetery for protestauts; created baronet, 1649; returned to England, 1660.
Browne: '''Browne''' or BROWN, RICHARD (.1. [[1674]]-[[1694]]), physician: educated at Queen's College, Oxford; M.D. Leydeii, 1675; published medical treatises.
Robert Browne: '''Robert Browne''' ([[1550]] ?-[[1633]] ?), separatist; regarded as the founder of Congregationalism; was connected with several families of influence, particularly with Cecil, lord Burghley; B.A. Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, 1572, that college being then notoriously puritan in sympathies; probably ordained about 1573; taught school in London, and preached at Islington without episcopal licence; preached constantly in villages near Cambridge, and in Cambridge itself, c. 1578, denouncing the parochial system and ordination, whether by bishops or by presbytery; destroyed a licence to preach which his brother had obtained for him from the bishop of Ely, and j was then inhibited: went to Norwich r. 1580, and, with i Robert Harrison, ejected a congregation, which they j called the church but which was popularly known as ithe Brpwniste imprisoned by the bishop of Norwich I for seditious preaching at Bury St. Edmunds, 1581, but I set free by Burgbley, who also delivered him from the i primate; emigrated to Middleburg with his followers, 1581, whence he issued books, the circulation of which in England was punished by death; quarrelled with Harrison, 1583, and was followed by four families to : Scotland, where he was atrain imprisoned; imprisoned on his return to England, 1594; betran preac.hin.tr at Northampton, 1586; excommunicated by the bishop of Peterj borough for ignoring a citation; submitted to tinbishop, and became master of Stamford grammar school, i 1586; reetorof Achureh, Northamptonshire,! 591-1G31: livl in Northampton gaol, to which he h:vd been sent for an assault committed in a characteristic outbreak of temper.
Samuel Browne: '''Samuel Browne''' ([[1575]] ?-[[1632]]), divine : M.A. All Souls, Oxford, 1605; minister of St. Mary's, Shrewsbury; I published tracts.
Samuel Browne: '''Samuel Browne''' (d. [[1668]]), judge ; called to bar at Lincoln's Inn, 1623; M.P. for Clifton, Devonshire, 1640; an active member of the Commons committee for the impeachment of Laud, 1644; one of the commissioners to j treat with Charles in the Isle of Wight, 1648; serjeantat-law, 1648; justice of the common pleas and knighted, i 1660.
Simon Browne: '''Simon Browne''' ([[1680]]-[[1732]]), conpregationalist ; I pastor at Portsmouth, and (1716-23) in the Old Jewry, ! London; published hymns and sermons.
Theophilus Browne: '''Theophilus Browne''' ([[1763]]-[[1836]]), Unitarian; I fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge, 1785; vicar of Oherry i Hiuton, Cambridgeshire, 1793, but resigned on adopting unitarianism; Unitarian minister at Warminstcr, 1800, Norwich, 1809, Congleton, 1812, and Gloucester, 1816-23; published theological treatises.
Browne: '''Browne''' 157
Brownrigg: '''Brownrigg'''
Thomas Browne: '''Thomas Browne''' ((. [[1585]]), haul-master of W-str School, 1564-70; educated at Ktn,-ui.l Kind's, Cumt.iriilt.a-; H.D., 1 !;.; n-c-tor.itDuntou-Waylett, i Li-.inard, Foster Lam-, London, 1567, and of Chelsea, 1571; author of occasional poems,
Browne: '''Browne''' or BROWN, THnMAS ([[1604]]?-[[1673]]), divine;.-indent of Christ Church, Oxford, 1620; BJX; tic chaplain to Archbishop Laud, 1637; canon of Viinl-or, lilii; rector of St. Mary Aldennary, London, mid of nddinton, Oxfordshire; took refuge in Holland; red his benefice-, liitiu; published sermons.
Browne: '''Browne''' Sue THOMAS ([[1605]]-[[1682]]), physician ami author; educate! at Winchester and Broadgatn Hall, niord; M.A., Hii"J: praottfled medicine in Oxford-hire; -tudiil imiliciiif at Montpelller aiulPoilna; M.D. Leydcn, lt;;W; Incorporated M.D. at Oxford, 1637; sett. It il in ,-h, h;:7, and practised physic; expressed I lis belief in witchcraft at a trial of witches at Bury St. Edmunds, knighted in 1671, on occasion of a royal visit to Norwich. Hia Ut-ligio Medici appeared without his sanction in I'M-, but was reissued with his approval in 1643, and ua-- afterwards published on the continent in Latin, , French, and German translations.Pseudodoxia (Epidemics: Enquiries into Vulgar Errors appeared in 1046, and Hydriotaphia: Urn Burial and a mystical treatise entitled The Garden of Cyrus in 1658. Communications from him are to be found in the works of John Kvelyn, William Dugdale, Christopher Merrett, John Ray, and Anthony a Wood. The best edition of his collected works is by Simon Wilkin, 1836.
Thomas Browne: '''Thomas Browne''' ([[1672]]-[[1710]]), physician ; son of Edward Browne (1644-1708); of Trinity College, Cambridge; MJ)., 1700; fellow of the College of Physicians, 1707.

[edit] Section 182

Thomas Browne: '''Thomas Browne''' ([[1708]] 7-[[1780]]), herald and landsurveyor; called Sense Browne to distinguish him from Lancelot Brown; Garter king-of-anns, 1774. 7-1887
Browne: '''Browne''' Sm THOMAS GORE ([[1807]]-[[1887]]), colonel and colonial governor; ensign 28th foot, 1824; captain, 1829; major, 1834; served in first Afghan war; O.B., 1843; lieutenant-colonel, 1845; governor of St. Helena, 1851, i*ew Zealand, 1855, and Tasmania, 1862-8; K.O.M.G., 1869; temporarily governor of Bermuda, 1870-1.
William Browne: '''William Browne''' ([[1591]]-[[1643]] ?), poet ; educated at Tavistock and Exeter College, Oxford; entered the Inner Temple, 1611; publishedBritannia's Pastorals book L, 1613, book ii., 1616, but book iii. remained in manuscript till 1862; contributed eclogues to The Shepheards Pipe 1614; superintended the Inner Temple masque on the story of Ulysses and Circe, 1615; returned to Oxford as tutor to the Hon. Kobert Dormer, 1624, and then graduated M.A.; in the retinue of the Earl of Pembroke at Wilton. His poetry, which closely resembles Spenser, greatly influenced Milton, Keats, and Mrs. Browning. Works collected by W. Carew Hazlitt, 1868.
William Browne: '''William Browne''' ([[1628]]-[[1678]]), botanist ; fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford; B.D., 1666.
Browne: '''Browne''' Sm WILLIAM ([[1692]]-[[1774]]), physician; M.A. Peterhouse, Cambridge, 1714; M.D., 1721; practised medicine at Lynn, 1716-49; knighted, 1748; removed to London, 1749; president of the College of Physicians, 1765; founded the Browne medals at Cambridge; published verses and orations.
William Browne: '''William Browne''' ([[1748]]-[[1825]]), gem and seal engraver; exhibited at the Royal Academy, 1770-1823; chiefly employed by the courts of Russia and France.
William George Browne: '''William George Browne''' ([[1768]]-[[1813]]), oriental traveller; B.A. Oxford, 1789; went to Egypt in 1792, a?jd to Darfur, 1793-6; returned to England, 1798, by way of Syria and Constantinople; published narrative of his travels, 1800; travelled in Turkey and the Levant, 1800-2; set out for Tartary, 1812, travelling through Asia Minor and Armenia, but was murdered near Tabriz in Persia, 1813.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning: '''Elizabeth Barrett Browning''' ([[1806]]-[[1861]]), poetess; the name of Barrett adopted by her father, originally nnmed Moultou on succeeding to an estate; road Homer in Greek and wrote vr-r-c- at the aie ofeitrht; her -pine injured by a fall at the;ILT; titu-en. in consequence of which lor many years she was compelled to lie on her back; published her Essay on Mind 1826, and in 1H33,Prometheus Bound her rir-t volume of poems; con-tantly wrote prose and verse from this time onwards; met Hubert InmniiiL IhliS; married him, 1846, and went with him through France to Florence, where they mainly resided till her death. She took a keen interest in Italy and the Italian struggle for freedom.
John Browning: '''John Browning''' (. [[1684]]), divine; fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge; H.D., 1577; censured for heretical preaching, 1572; D.I). Oxford, 1580, and incorporated D.D. at Cambridge, 1581; an vice-master of Trinity, tried to eject the master for marrying, 1584, but was by him expelled from his fellowship.
John Browning: '''John Browning''' (ft. [[1634]]), divine and author.
Robert Browning: '''Robert Browning''' ([[1812]]-[[1889]]), poet; son of Robert Browning, a clerk in the Bank of England; educated at a school at Peckham, and by a private tutor; studied Greek at University College, London, 1829-30; displayed in early years some power of musical composition and wrote settings for a number of sough; published Pauline 1832; first visited Italy, 1834: produced (1855) Paracelsus which attracted the friendly notice of Carlyle, Leigh Hunt, Wordsworth, Dickens, and other men of letters; published a tragedy, Strafford which was played at Co vent Garden by Macready and Helen Faucit, 18:57; published Bordello 1840;Bells and Pomegranates (comprising Pippa Passes 1841,A Blot in theScutcheon performed at Drury Lane, 1843, by Phelps and Helen Faucit, Luria andA Soul's Tragedy 1846, and other pieces, eight in all), 1841-6; made acquaintance, 1845, of Elizabeth Barrett Moulton Barrett see BROWNING, ELIZABETH BARRETT, whom he married, 1846; lived at Pisa, 1846-; and at Florence, 1847-51, and returned to England, 1851; in Paris, 1851-2; lived in Italy, staying chietly at Florence, from 1852 till 1856; returned (1866) to Italy, living for the most part at Home and Florence, where Mrs. Browning died, 1861; in 1861 Browning settled in London, but frequently revisited Italy in later life; publishedDramatis Persons 1864; honorary M.A. Oxford, 1868; made acquaintance, 1868, of George Smith, who became his publisher and intimate friend; {published, in four successive instalments, 1868-9,The Ring and the Book the rewriting of which had occupied him since 1862; published Balaustion's Adventure andPrince Hohenstiel-Schwangau 1871. Fifine at the Fair 1872, Red Cotton Nightcap Country 1873, The Inn Album 1875, Pacchiarotto 1876; translation of Agamemnon 1877,La Saisiaz andTwo Poets of Oroisic(one volume), 1878, and Dramatic Idylls first series, 1879, and second series, 1880; honorary LL.D. Edinburgh, 1884; foreign correspondent to Royal Academy, 1886; died at Venice, 16 Dec. 1889; buried in Westminster Abbey; hia last volume of poems, Asolando appeared on the day of his death. Portraits of him by Field, Talfourd, Mr. G. F. Watts, R.A., and Mr. Rudolf Lehmann, are in the National Portrait Gallery. His poems were collected in two volumes, 1896; several volumes of his correspondence with Mrs. Browning have been published. Browning was at his best in psychological monologue; his poems everywhere attest unflinching optimism.
Richard Brownlow: '''Richard Brownlow''' ([[1563]]-[[1638]]), chief prothonotary of court of common pleas, 1591-1638; entered the Inner Temple, 1583; left in manuscript law reports.
Ralph Brownrig: '''Ralph Brownrig''' ([[1592]]-[[1659]]), bishop of Exeter; educated at Ipswich and Pembroke Hall, Cambridge; M.A., 1617; D.D., 1626; rector of Barley, Hertfordshire, 1621; master of St. Catharine's Hall, Cambridge; deprived of the mastership, 1645; canon of Durham, 1641; bishop of Exeter, 1641; lived in retirement during the Commonwealth, ordaining privately; chaplain of the Inner and Middle Temples, 1658; a strict Cal vinist; left sermons in manuscript.
Elizabeth Brownrigg: '''Elizabeth Brownrigg''' (d. [[1767]]), murderess; wife of a London house-painter; practised as midwife; barbarously murdered her apprentice; hanged at Tyburn.
Sir Robert Brownrigg: '''Sir Robert Brownrigg''' ([[1769]]-[[1833]]), general; ensign, 1775; captain, 1784; served in the Netherlands,
Brownrig: '''Brownrig''' rG 158
Bruce: '''Bruce''' 1793; colonel, 1796; quartermaster-general, 1803; lieutcnant-L'fneral, 1808; governor of Oeylon, 1811; took Kumly and annexed the kingdom, 1815; created baronet, 1816; general, 1819; returned to England, 1820.
William Brownrigg: '''William Brownrigg''' ([[1711]]-[[1800]]), chemist; studied medicine at London and at Leyden; M.D., 1737; practised at Whitehaven for many years; made valuable researches into the phenomena of fire-damp, mineral waters, and platina.
Brown: '''Brown''' -SEQUARD, CHARLES EDWARD ([[1817]]1894), physiologist; born in Mauritius; studied medicine at Paris; M.D., 1846: secretary of Societe de Biologic, 1848; subdued epidemic of cholera in Mauritius, 1854-5; professor at Virginia Medical College, Richmond, Virginia, 1855; engaged in scientific teaching in Paris, 18551857; established, 1858, and published till 1864, Journal de Physiologic; lectured in England on physiology and pathology; fellow of Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons at Glasgow, 1859; P.R.S. and F.R.C.P., 1860; professor of physiology and pathology of nervous system at Harvard, U.S.A., 1863-8; founded, with Vul plan and Charcot, 'Archives de Physiologic Paris; sole editor, 1889; professor of pathology at Paris, 1869-72, of physiology at Geneva, 1877, and of experimental medicine at College of France, 1878-94; honorary LL.D. of Cambridge, 1881; contributed to scientific publications.
John Brownswerd: '''John Brownswerd''' ([[1540]]7-[[1589]]), master of Macclesfteld grammar school; published Latin poems.
Noel Broxholme: '''Noel Broxholme''' ([[1689]] ?-[[1748]]), physician ; educated at Westminster; student of Christ Church, Oxford, 1705; M.A., 1711; Radcliffe travelling fellow, 1715; M.D., 1723; F.R.O.P., 1725; practised in London.
Alexander Bruce: '''Alexander Bruce''' , second EARL OP KINCARniNE (rf. 1681), resided in North Germany and Holland, 1657-60; succeeded his brother in title and estates at Oulross, Fifes hi re, 1663, where he managed his coal, salt, stone, and marble works; privy councillor in Scotland; extraordinary lord of session, 1667; continued to support Lauderdale till 1674; dismissed from the privy council for trying to protect the covenanters, 1676.
Alexander Balmain Bruce: '''Alexander Balmain Bruce''' ([[1831]]-[[1899]]), Scottish divine; educated at Edinburgh University; minister at Oardross, 1859, and Broughty Ferry, 1868; Cunningham lecturer, 1874; professor of apologetics and New Testament exegesis at Free Church Hall, Glasgow, 1875-99; Gifford lecturer, Glasgow University, 1896-7; published sermons and other religious works, and assisted in compilation of hymn-books.
Archibald Bruce: '''Archibald Bruce''' ([[1746]]-[[1816]]), Scottish divine ; educated at Glasgow; minister of the Anti-burgher congregation at Whitburn, Linlithgow, 1768; divinity professor to the Anti-burgher Associate church, 17861806; with three other clergymen formed a secession church; author of poems, chiefly satirical.
David Brtjce: '''David Brtjce''' ([[1324]]-[[1371]]), DAVTO IT, king of Scotland; only son of Robert de Bruce VIII,by his second wife; born at Dunfermline, 5 March 1324; succeeded, 9 June 1329; was crowned, 24 Nov. 1331; his supporters, led by the regent Archibald Douglas, defeated at Halidon Hill, 1333, by Edward Baliol, who was actively assisted in his claim to the Scottish crown by Edward III; retired to Dumbarton, and thence to France, 1334; for seven years he wad royally entertained by the French king; returned to Scotland in May 1341, and took the administration of affairs into his own hands, 1312; invaded England at the request of Philip of France, and was taken prisoner at Neville's Cross, 17 Oct. 1346; remained in captivity for eleven years; set free by the treaty of Berwick, 1357, on the severe terms of paying a ransom of 100,000 merks in ten years; began to intrigue for the remission of the ransom on condition of bequeathing his crown to a son of Edward III, proposals to this effect being brought before the estates in 1363. David was married to Jounna, sister of Edward III, 12 July 1328; she accompanied him in his exiles, and died near London, 14 Aug. 1863. Next year he married Margaret Drummond, widow of Sir John Logic, and divorced her in 1369. He had no child.

[edit] Section 183

David Bruce: '''David Bruce''' (fl. [[1660]]), physician : M.A. St. Andrews; studied physic in France; M.D. Valence, 1657; incorporated M.D. at Oxford, 1660; physician to the Duke of York; subsequently practised at Edinburgh.
Edward Bruce: '''Edward Bruce''' (rf. [[1318]]), king of Ireland; younger brother of Robert de Bruce VIII, king of Scotland; took part in the Ayrshire campaign, 1307; subdued Galloway, 1308; reduced Dundee, 1313; besieged Stirling Castle, and granted the governor a year's truce, June 1313; commanded the right wing at Bannockburn, 1314; recognised as heir presumptive, May 1315; accepted an invitation from the Ulster chieftains, took Carrickfergus, and was crowned king of Ireland, 1315; opposed by the clergy; being joined by his brother, pushed on to Limerick, but when left alone, fell back on Oarrickfergus, 1317; killed in battle at Dundalk.
Edward Bruce: '''Edward Bruce''' , first BARON BRUCR OF KIN-
Loss: '''Loss''' ([[1549]] ?-16ll), judge : judge of the commissary court, Edinburgh, before 1583; granted Kinloss Abbey, Ayrshire, in commendam, 1583; envoy to Queen Elizabeth, 1594; lord of session, 1597; envoy to Queen Elizabeth, 1598 and 1601; created Baron Bruce of Kinloss, 1603; accompanied James I to England, 1603, and was appointed master of the rolls.
Sir Frederick William Adolphus Bruce: '''Sir Frederick William Adolphus Bruce''' (1814-1867), diplomatist; youngest son of Thomas Bruce, seventh earl of Elgin; attached to Lord Ashburton's mission to Washington, 1842; colonial seretary at Hongkong, 1844; lieutenant-governor of Newfoundland, 1846; charge d'affaires to Bolivia, 1848, and to Uruguay, 1851; consul-general in Egypt, 1853; secretary to the embassy to China, 1857; envoy to China, 1858; K.O.B., 1862; envoy to Washington, 1865; died at Boston.
George Wyndham Hamilton Brtjce: '''George Wyndham Hamilton Brtjce'''
Knight: '''Knight''' - ([[1852]]-[[1896]]), first bishop of Mashonaland ; educated at Eton and Merton College, Oxford; M.A., 1881; D.D., 1886; curate of St. Andrew, Bethnal Green, 1884-6; bishop of Bloemfontein, 1886, and of Mashonaland, 18911894; vicar of Bovey Tracey, 1895-6; published personal memoirs.
Henry Austin Bruce: '''Henry Austin Bruce''' , first BARON ABKRDARE (1815-1895), statesman; called to bar at Lincoln's Inn, 1837; stipendiary magistrate for Merthyr Tydvil and Aberdare, 1847-52; liberal M.P. for Merthyr Tydvil, 1852-68; under-secretary of state for home department, 1862-4; privy councillor and vice-president of committee of council on education, 1864; M.P. for Renfrewshire, 1869; home secretary, 1869-73; conducted reform in licensing laws; lord president of council, 1873-4; created Baron Aberdare, 1873; F.R.S., 1876: president of Royal Geographical Society, 1881, and of Royal Historical Society, 1878-92; chairman of National African (afterwards Royal Niger) Company, 1882-95; first president of University College, Cardiff, 1883; first chancellor of university of Wales, 1894; G.O.B., 1885.
James Bruce: '''James Bruce''' ([[1660]] ?-[[1730]]), Irish presbyterian : eldest son of Michael Bruce (1635-1693); minister of KiUeleagh, co. Down, 1684; fled to Scotland, 1689; returned to KiUeleagh, 1692; founded a presbyterian college there, 1697; joined the subscribers to the Westminster Confession, 1721, but was tolerant to the non-subscribers
James Bruce: '''James Bruce''' ([[1730]]-[[1794]]), African traveller ; educated at Harrow; engaged in the Portuguese wine trade, 1753; visited Spain and Portugal, 1754; studied Arabic and Ethiopic; studied antiquities in Italy, especially at Paestum; consul at Algiers, 1763, with a mission to study antiquities; made an archaeological tour in Barbary, 1765; shipwrecked near Crete; visited Palmyra and Baalbec; reached Egypt, 1768; sailed up the Nile to Assouan; crossed the desert to the Red Sea; landed at Masuah, the port of Abyssinia, September 1769; reached Gondar, the capital, February 1770; explored the sources of the Blue Nile; left Gondar, 1771; travelled to Sennaar in Nubia; reached Assouan, November 1772, and England, 1774; published his travels, 1790; died of a fall.
James Bruce: '''James Bruce''' ([[1765]] ?-[[1806]]), essayist ; educated at St. Andrews and Cambridge: episcopalian clergyman in Scotland; tory journalist in London. 1803.
Bruce: '''Bruce''' 159
Bruoe: '''Bruoe'''
James Bruce: '''James Bruce''' ([[1808]]-[[1861]]), author; journalist at Aberdeen, at (Jupar-Fif.-, 1H45, and at Belfast, 1850 (?) till death; published Letters on the... Condition of the Highlands 1H47, biographies and travels,
James Bruce: '''James Bruce''' , eighth EARL OF ELGIN and twelfth
Eaui: '''Eaui''' 'K KISV.UUMNK ([[1811]]-[[1863]]), diplomatist; second son of Thom.is Bruce, seventh earl of Elgin; edu.-atfl nt Eton and Oxford; fellow of Merton, 1832; M.I Muithamptou, 1841; succeeded to the peerage, 1841; governor of Jamaica, 1842; governor-general of Canada, 1847-54, during a period of distress and unrest; envoy to China, 1K57; negotiated the treaty of Tientsin, t,,l.lupnii and concluded a treaty, 1868; postviieral, 1859; envoy to China, 1860-1, punishing tin- emperor's treachery by destroying the summer palace at IVkiii; viceroy of India, 1862.
Sir James Lewis Knight Bruce: '''Sir James Lewis Knight Bruce''' - ([[1791]]-[[1866]]), judge; known as J. L. Knight till September 1837; educaU-il at Sht-rborne school; solicitor; called to bar at Lincoln's Inn, 1817; practised in the equity courts; M.P. ..p's Castle, 1831; vice-chancellor and knighted, 1841; chief judge in bankruptcy, 1842; lord justice of appeal, 1851.
John Bruce: '''John Bruce''' ([[1745]]-[[1826]]), historian : educated at Edinburgh, where he was professor of logic: keeper of the state paper office; historiographer to the East India Company; M.P. for Michael, Cornwall, 1809-14; joint king's printer for Scotland; published philosophical and historical works.
John Bruce: '''John Bruce''' ([[1802]]-[[1869]]), antiquary; educated partly at Aberdeen; lawyer; devoted himself to historical research from 1840: edited the Calendars of Domestic State Papers for 1625-39; published numerous historical tracts.
John Oollingwood Bruce: '''John Oollingwood Bruce''' ([[1805]]-[[1892]]), antiquary; M.A. Glasgow, 1826; LL.D., 1853; proprietor of Percy Street academy, Newcastle, 1834-63; P.S.A., 1852: secretary and vice-president of Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle, 1846; published antiquarian works.
Sir John Hope Bruce: '''Sir John Hope Bruce''' ([[1684]] ?-[[1766]]), baronet of Kinross; reputed author of the ballad Hardyknute; governor of Bermuda, 1721; lieutenant-general, 1758; M.P. for Kinross-shire.
Michael Bruce: '''Michael Bruce''' ([[1635]]-[[1693]]), Irish presbyterian ; M.A. Edinburgh, 1654; minister of Killinchy, co. Down, 1657; continued to preach, in defiance of the bishop, 1660; outlawed, 1664; returned to Scotland, 1666; sentenced to transportation for field-preaching, July 1668; imprisoned in London; allowed to return to Killinchy, 1670; driven out by the rebellion, 1688; minister of Anwoth, Wigtonshire, 1689 till death.
Michael Bruce: '''Michael Bruce''' ([[1686]]-[[1735]]), Irish presbyterian : eldest son of James Bruce (1660 ?-1730); minister of Holywood, co. Down, 1711; held liberal opinions in theology; a leader of the non-subscribers (to the Westminster Confession), 1720.
Michael Bruce: '''Michael Bruce''' ([[1746]]-[[1767]]), poet ; son of a poor weaver in Kinross-shire; at one time a herd-boy; educated at Edinburgh University, 1762-5; taught school in Kinross-shire and Clackmannanshire, 1765-6; died of consumption; his poems published posthumously, 1770. TheOde to the Cuckoo 1 is variously attributed to him aud to John Logan.
Peter Henry Bruce: '''Peter Henry Bruce''' ([[1692]]-[[1757]]), military engineer; born in Westphalia; of Scottish descent; educated in Scotland, 1698; studied fortification in Germany, 1704; entered the Prussian service, 1706; entered the Russian service and visited Constantinople, 1711; attended Peter the Great at court and in the field, 1711-24; settled in Scotland, 1724; superintended fortifications at the Bahamas, 1740-4, and in Scotland, 1745; published Memoirs

[edit] Section 184

Robert De Bruce: '''Robert De Bruce''' I (d. [[1094]]?), founder of the family in England and Scotland. He came from Bruis, a castle near Cherbourg, with William the Conqueror, 1066, and received large grants of laud in Cleveland, Yorkshire,
Robert De Ii Bruce: '''Robert De Ii Bruce''' ([[1078]] ?-[[1141]]), son of Robert de Bruce I; a companion of David I of Scotland at the court of Henry I; received the lordship of Aiituuihile, in Dumfriesshire, 1124; benefactor to the church in Yorkshire; forfeited Annandale by fighting on the English side, 1138.
Robert De Iii Bruce: '''Robert De Iii Bruce''' (Jl. [[1138]]-[[1189]]?), second son ot Robert de Bruce II; received the lordship of Annandaie, possibly in HUH; confirmed in it, 1166.
Robert Dk Iv Bruce: '''Robert Dk Iv Bruce''' , son of Robert de Bruce III ; died before 1191, possibly during his father's lifetime,
Robert Dk Bruce: '''Robert Dk Bruce''' V (d. [[1245]]), son of William de Bruce (d. 1215), son and heir of Robert de Bruce III His marriage with Isabel, second daughter of David, earl of Huntingdon, younger brother of William the Lion, founded the claim of his descendants to the crown.
Robert Dk Vi Bruce: '''Robert Dk Vi Bruce''' ([[1210]]-[[1295]]), called the
Competitor: '''Competitor''' from his claim to the crown ; son of Robert de Bruce V; recognised as heir-presumptive, 1238-41; married Isabel, daughter of Gilbert de Clare, earl of Gloucester, 1244; succeeded his father as Lord of Anuaudale, 1245; a justiciary in England, 1250; succeeded to his mother's English estates, 1251; one of the regents in Scotland, 1255; frequently a justiciary in England from 1257; sheriff of Cumberland and warden of Carlisle Castle; fought for Henry III in the baronsware; chief-justice of the king's bench, 1268; returned to Scotland, 1272; recognised the right of Princess Margaret to the crown, 1284; entered a league to assert his own claim, 1286; assented to the marriage of Princess Margaret with Edward, prince of Wales, and the union of Scotland and England, 1290; accepted arbitration of Edward I on his claim to the crown, 1291; prepared to resist an unfavourable decision, June 1292; prevented by his great age from further action, when Edward I decided in favour of John de Baliol, November 1292.
Robert De Vii Bruce: '''Robert De Vii Bruce''' ([[1253]]-[[1304]]), son of the Competitor, Robert de Bruce VI; styled EARL OF OARRICK (jure tixorit), 1274 ?-92; afterwards styled LORD OF ANNANDALK; accompanied Edward, prince of Wales, on the crusade, 1269; married Marjory, countess of Oarrick, c. 1274; envoy of Alexander III, 1278; privy to his father's designs on the crown, 1286-92; absent in Norway, 1293; paid homage to Edward I for his English fiefs, became warden of Carlisle Castle, and joined Edward I in his war with John de Baliol, 1295; paid homage to Edward I, as king of Scotland, 24 Aug. 1296, and thenceforward lived in England.
Robert De Viii Bruce: '''Robert De Viii Bruce''' ([[1274]]-[[1329]]), king and liberator of Scotland; son of Robert de Bruce VII; Earl of Carrick on his mother's death, 1292; paid homage to Edward I, as king of Scotland, 24 Aug. 1296; refused, with other Scottish nobles, to accompany Edward I to Flanders, 1297, and ravaged the lands of Edward's adherents; was still in arms against Edward in 1298; coregent of Scotland, 1299; during Edward's invasion of Scotland, 1302-4, apparently favoured Edward, but was really in treaty with the patriotic party; murdered John Comyn, at Dumfries, 10 Feb. 1306; crowned king at Scone, 27 March; defeated at Methven, 19 June; wandared in the central and western highlands, and sought shelter on the island of Rachrine, on north coast of Antrim; excommunicated and outlawed; returned to Arran, and thence to Carrick; won the battle of Loudon Hill, 10 May 1307, but had to fall back for a time; harried the lands of his chief opponents, Buchan and Lome, 1308; recognised as king by the Scottish clergy, 1310; the Hebrides eded to him by the king of Norway, 1312; raided the north of England, 1312, 1313; defeated Edward II at Bannockburn, 24 June 1314; subdued the Hebrides, 1316: joined his brother, Edward Bruce (d. 1318), in a campaign in Ireland, 1317; took Berwick, 1318; initiated legislation for the defence and administration of the kingdom: conspiracy of Sir William Soulis against him detected, 1320; baffled an invasion by Edward II, and ravaged Yorkshire, 1322; recognised by the pope as king of Scotland, 1323; settled the succession, 1326; concluded peace with Edward III, April 1328; died of leprosy; his body buried at Duuferinline, his heart (which had been destined for Jerusalem) at Melrose. He married, first, Isabella, daughter of Donald, earl of Mar, and had by her a daughter, Marjory, through
Bruce: '''Bruce'''
Ico: '''Ico'''
Brunne: '''Brunne''' whom tl:- crovii ilr-ivnd.tl to the Stuarts; secondly, KluaU'th iU- Unroll, daughter of the Karl of Ulster, by whom he had a son, David Bruce, his successor.
Robert Bruce: '''Robert Bruce''' (rf. [[1602]]), political agent and spy : in M rvice of James Beaton, archbishop of Glasgow, and of Mary Stuart; studied at Scottish Collie, I'ont-aMou.-son, 1581-6; sent by Duke of Gui.-e and I'riuce of Purniii as envoy to James VI of Scotland, 1587, and tried, unsuccessfully, to win him to Roman catholic cause: impri-oned at Brussels on charge of misappropriating funds and U'traying plans, 1599-1600; in Scotland, 1601;.lied in Paris; left unfinished a work against the Jesuits.
Robert Bruce: '''Robert Bruce''' ([[1564]]-[[1631]]), Scottish pre*bytcrian ; studied law at Paris and theology at St. Andrews; presbyteriau minister in Edinburgh, 1587; moderator of the general assembly, 1588 and 1592; anointed Anne of Denmark at her coronation, 1590; resisted the attempt to introduce episcopacy into Scotland, 1596; ordered to leave Edinburgh, 1600; confined to Inverness, 1605-9, and again 1620-4; resided chiefly on his estate of Kinuaird, Stirlingshire, 1624 till death; published sermons in the Scottish dialect.
Robert Bruce: '''Robert Bruce''' (i. [[168]]S), succeeded as second
of Elgin Earl: '''of Elgin Earl''' , [[1663]], and created EARL OP AILESBURY, 1664; joint lord-lieutenant of Bedfordshire, 1660, and lord-lieutenant, 1667; privy councillor, 1678; lord chamberlain, 1685.
Thomas Bruce: '''Thomas Bruce''' , third EARL OF ELGIN and second
of Ailesbury Earl: '''of Ailesbury Earl''' ([[1655]] ?-[[1741]]), eldest surviving son of Robert Bruce (d. 1685), second earl; succeeded to the earldom, 1685; courtier of James II, 1688; imprisoned as a Jacobite, 1690, 1696; resided in Brussels, 1696-1741.
Thomas Bruce: '''Thomas Bruce''' , seventh EARL OF ELGIN and eleventh EARL op KINCARDINE (1766-1841), succeeded in 1771; educated at Harrow and in Paris; entered the army, 1785; envoy to the emperor, 1790; to Brussels, 1792; to Berlin, 1795; and to the Porte, 1799-1803; detained in France, 1803-6; major-general, 1837. He employed artists to make drawings of sculptures, &c., at Athens, 1800-3, and arranged for the conveyance of the Parthenon frieze, &c., to England, 1803-12. He sold these 1 Elgin marbles to the nation, 1816.
Sir William Bruce: '''Sir William Bruce''' (d. [[1710]]), architect, of Kinross; designed Holyrood House, 1671-9, and several mansions in Scotland; intrigued for the Restoration; clerk to the bills, 1660; created baronet, 1668; king's surveyor in Scotland, 1671: M.P. for Kinross-shire, 1681.
William Bruce: '''William Bruce''' ([[1702]]-[[1755]]), a publisher in Dublin; published pamphlets.
William Bruce: '''William Bruce''' ([[1757]]-[[1841]]), theologian; educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and Wnrriugton academy; presbyterian minister at Lisburn, 1779, in Dublin, 1782, and in Belfast, 1789-1831?; principal of Belfast academy, 1790-1822; D.D. Glasgow, 1786; a founder of the Unitarian Society, 1831; resident in Dublin, 1836; published exegetical works.
William Bruce: '''William Bruce''' ([[1790]]-[[1868]]), Irish presbvterian ; second son of William Bruce (1757-1841) q. T.I; B.A. Trinity College, Dublin, 1809; presbyterian minister in Belfast, 1812-67; professor of classics and Hebrew, 18211826, and of Hebrew, 1825-49, in Belfast academy; inclined to unitarianism; a leader of the non-subscribers 1862; published controversial works.
John Bruckner: '''John Bruckner''' ([[1726]]-[[1804]]), Lutheran divine; born in Zeelaud: educated at Franeker: Lutheran pastor at Leyden; pastor of the Walloon church at Norwich, 1753-1804, and of the Dutch church there, 1766-1804; taught French; committed suicide.
James Thomas Brudenell: '''James Thomas Brudenell''' , seventh EARL OP

[edit] Section 185

Cardigan: '''Cardigan''' ([[1797]]-[[1868]]), lieutenant-general; involved by his domineering temper in constant wrangles with his brother officers; M.P. for Marlborough, 1818-29; cornet, 1824; lieutenant-colonel by purchase, 1830; M.P. for North Northamptonshire, 1832; commanded the 16th hussars, 1832-3, and the llth hussars, 1836-47; succeeded to the earldom, 1837; major-general, 1847; commandul the light cavalry brigade in the Crimea, and destroyed it in the famouscharge 1K54; colonel of the "th draeroon guards 1H59, and of the llth hussars, 1860; lieutvnant-eiieral. ls.il.
Robert Brudenell: '''Robert Brudenell''' ([[1461]]-[[1531]]), judpe ; educated at (."am'iridifc: barrister before 1490; M.P., 1503; scr ieunt-at-law, 150 1; justice of the king's bench, 1507; justice of the common pleas, 1609, and chief- justice, 15211531.
John Bruen: '''John Bruen''' ([[1660]]-[[1625]]), a typical puritan laynun: sent to St. Alban Hall, Oxford, 1577: married and l leeame a hunting squire, 1580; began to practise great strictness in religious observances, 1587; his house frequented by puritans; lived latterly in Chester.
Richard Bruerne: '''Richard Bruerne''' ([[1519]]?-15C5), ecclesiasti,- ; obnoxious to the reformers; fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford, 1538, and of Eton. 1645; B.D., 1547; professor of Hebrew, Oxford, 1548-59; canon of Christ Church, 1553, and of Windsor, 1557; elected provost of Eton, 1561, but his election annulled.
Thomas Brugis: '''Thomas Brugis''' (fl. [[1640]]?), army surgeon during the civil war, afterwards in practice at Rickmans worth, Hertfordshire; published medical handbooks,
John Maurice Bruhl: '''John Maurice Bruhl''' , COUNT OF ([[1736]]-[[1809]]), diplomatist and astronomer; born in Saxony; studied at Leipzig; employed in the Saxon diplomatic service at Paris, 1755, and Warsaw, 1759; ambassador to London, 1764-1809; published astronomical works.
George Bryan Brummell: '''George Bryan Brummell''' ([[1778]]-[[1840]]), gen rally called BEAU BRUMMELL; educated at Eton; cornet in the 10th hussars, 1794; captain, 1796; retired, 1798; friend of the prince regent, and leader of fashion in London; retired to Calais in debt, 1816; removed to Caen, 1830; died in the asylum there.
Thomas Brunjeus: '''Thomas Brunjeus''' (rf. [[1380]]).
Thomas: '''Thomas''' See BROME,
John Jelliand Brundish: '''John Jelliand Brundish''' (d. [[1786]]), poetical writer; fellow of Caius College, Cambridge; author of 'An Elegy on a Family Tomb 1783.
Isambard Kingdom Brunei: '''Isambard Kingdom Brunei''' ([[1806]]-[[1859]]), civil engineer; only son of Sir Marc I. Brunei; educated privately and in Paris; clerk to his father, 1823: resident engineer of the Thames tunnel, 1826; designed Clifton suspension bridge, 1831; engineer to the Great Western railway, 1833; applied the screw propeller to steamships, 1845; designed the Great Eastern steamship, 1852-8; designed numerous docks and bridges, both iron and masonry; an advocate of broad-gauge railways and of very large steamers; invented improvements in artillery,
Sir Marc Isambard Brunei: '''Sir Marc Isambard Brunei''' ([[1769]]-[[1849]]), civil engineer; born in Normandy; educated for the church at Gisors and Rouen: served for six years in French navy; emigrated to America, 1793; practised as surveyor, architect, and civil engineer; planned the defences of New York; came to England, 1799, to patent his machinery for making shipsblocks; erected saw-mills with improved machinery, 1806-12; improved dockyard machinery at Chatham, 1812; experimented in steam navigation, 1812; imprisoned for debt, 1821; improved docks at Liverpool, 1823-6; engineer of Thames tunnel, 18251843; knighted, 1841.
Anthony Bruning: '''Anthony Bruning''' ([[1716]]-[[1776]]), Jesuit, [[1733]]; served in the English mission; professor at Liege; left in manuscript theological treatises.
George Bruning: '''George Bruning''' ([[1738]]-1 [[802]]), Jesuit, [[1756]] ; served 1 in the English mission; lived at East Hendred, Berkshire, ; uud at Isleworth; published theological tracts.
Sir James Brunlees: '''Sir James Brunlees''' ([[1816]]-[[1892]]), civil engineer ; i engaged in gardening and farm work; studied at Edinburgh University; assistant to (Sir) John Hawkshaw on Lancashire and Yorkshire railway; prepared plans for several railways in Brazil from 1856, and assisted in Mersey railway: knighted, 1886; constructed Avonmouth dock, Bristol, 1868-77; M.I.O.E., 1852, and president, 1882-3: wrote on engineering subjects.
Robert De Brunne: '''Robert De Brunne''' ,or MANNYNG ff. [[1288]]-[[1338]]). 1
Brunning: '''Brunning''' 161
Brydge: '''Brydge''' 8
Benjamin Brunning: '''Benjamin Brunning''' (A [[1664]]), nonconformist; fellow of.Jesus College, Cainbri'lLM-, 1645; ejected, 1662; .luently nonconformist minister at Ipswich; author mona.
Alexander Brunton: '''Alexander Brunton''' ([[1772]]-[[1854]]), minUt.-rand professor of oriental languages in Edinburgh. His works include a bioeraphy of his wife, Mary Brunton, 1819, and a Persian (iraniinar 1822.
Eli Brunton: '''Eli Brunton''' ABETH ([[1799]]-[[1860]]).
George Brunton: '''George Brunton''' ([[1799]]-[[1836]]), Scottish lawyer and journalist; educated in Edinburgh; solicitor, 1831; wrote a collection of short biographies entitled An Historical Account of the Senators of the College of Justice from MI.XXXII
Louisa Brunton: '''Louisa Brunton''' ([[1785]] ?-l[[860]]).
Mary Brunton: '''Mary Brunton''' ([[1778]]-[[1818]]), novelist ; born in Orkney; married Alexander Bruntou; settled iu Ivlmburgh, 1803; wrote novels.
William Brunton: '''William Brunton''' ([[1777]]-[[1851]]), engineer and inventor; working engineer, 1790; employed in Boulton and Watt's works. Soho, 1796-1818; had works of his own in Birmingham, 1815-25; a civil engineer in London, 1825-35; ruined by mining and brewery speculations in Wales; maker of the first marine steam engines.

[edit] Section 186

William Brunyard: '''William Brunyard''' (Ji. [[1350]]), reputed author of theological treatises; probably identical with John de Bromyarde
Anthony Bruodine: '''Anthony Bruodine''' (. [[1672]]), Irish Franciscan ; lecturer in a convent at Prague; wrote theological and historical treatises.
Nicholas Brutton: '''Nicholas Brutton''' ([[1780]]-[[1843]]), lieutenantcolonel; ensign of foot, 1795; served in India, 1799-1805; exchanged into the hussars, and served in India, 1809-17; major, 1H21; in command of the llth hussars in England, 1830-7; retired to Bordeaux.
Bedo Brwynllys: '''Bedo Brwynllys''' (fl. [[1450]]-[[1480]]), Welsh poet,
Augustine Bryan: '''Augustine Bryan''' (d. [[1726]]), classical scholar; B.A. Trinity College, Cambridge, 1711; rector of Piddlehinton, Dorset, 1722; edited Plutarch's Lives(1723-9), completed after his death by Moses du Soul.
Bryan: '''Bryan''' Sm FRANCIS (d. [[1550]]), courtier and diplomatist; captain of a ship-of-war, 1513; in high favour at Henry VIU's court, 1515; knighted for service in the field, 1522; employed in several missions to France, 15231525; sent to Rome to obtain the pope's sanction for Queen Catherine's divorce, 1528, and displayed great energy in forwarding the cause of his cousin, Anne Boleyn: cited Catherine to appear before Cranmer, 1533; turned against Anne Boleyu, 1636; married the widow of the Earl of Ormonde, and went to Ireland as lord marshal, 1548; appointed lord justice, 1549; published verses and translations.
John Bryan: '''John Bryan''' (d. [[1545]]), logician ; educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge; rector of ShellowBowells, Essex, 1523.
John Bryan: '''John Bryan''' (d. [[1676]]), nonconformist: educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge; vicar of Holy Trinity, Coventry, 1644; ejected, 1662; continued to preach and to educate nonconformists; D.D.; founded presbyterian congregation in Coventry, 1672; published sermons and poems.
Margaret Bryan: '''Margaret Bryan''' (. [[1815]]), proprietress of a pirlschool at Blackheath; published treatises on astronomy and physics.
Matthew Bryan: '''Matthew Bryan''' (d. [[1699]]), Jacobite preacher; educated at Oxford; D.C.L. Oxford, 1685; incumbent of St. Mary's, Newingtpn, and lecturer of St. Michael's, Crooked Lane; nonjuror and minister of a Jacobite congregation in Fleet Street; published sermons.
Michael Bryan: '''Michael Bryan''' ([[1757]]-[[1821]]), connoisseur; resided in Flanders, 1782-90; agent for the purchase of important pictures, 1798-1804; publishedBiographical ... Dictionary of Painters and Engravers 1813-16.
Henry Bryant: '''Henry Bryant''' ([[1721]]-[[1799]]), botanist; B.A. St. John's College, Cambridge, 1749; rector of Colby.
Jacob Bryant: '''Jacob Bryant''' ([[1715]]-[[1804]]), classical Fcholar ; (iln.-ated at Eton, 1730-6; fellow of King's College, Cambridge; tutor to the Marquis of Blandford; secretary to the Duke of Marlborough, 175G; held lucrative office in the ordnance; resided for several years at Blenheim, ami published description of the Marlborough collection of antique gems, 1783; resided latterly at Farnham Royal, Buckinghamshire; published treatises on ancient mythology and Homeric questions, in one of which he denied that such a city as Troy ever existed, and wrote on theological subjects.
Sir Alexander Bryce: '''Sir Alexander Bryce''' (d. [[1832]]), military engineer; educated at Woolwich, 1782; commissioned in the artillery, 1787; transferred to the engineers, 1789; captain, 1794; served in America, Egypt (under Sir Ralph Abercromby), and Italy; major-general, 1825; inspector-general of fortifications, 1829.
David Bryce: '''David Bryce''' ([[1803]]-[[1876]]), architect in Edinburgh ; apprentice and partner to William Burn; in business as an architect, 1844-76; revived the Scottish Baronial style; architect of Fettes College,
James Bryce: '''James Bryce''' , the elder ([[1767]]-[[1857]]), divine ; edncated at Glasgow; minister of the Anti-burgher church, 1796; removed to Ireland; minister of the Anti-burgher church at Killaig, Londonderry, 1805-57; founder of the Associate Presbytery of Ireland.
James Bryce: '''James Bryce''' , the younger ([[1806]]-[[1877]]), geologist ; third son of James Bryce the elder; educated at Glasgow; schoolmaster at Belfast, 1828, at Glasgow, 1846-74; published various mathematical treatises and papers on the geology of the north of Ireland and of Scotland.
John Brydall: '''John Brydall''' (b. [[1635]] ?), law-writer ; of Queen's College, Oxford, and Lincoln's Inn; secretary to the master of the rolls.
Edmund Brydges: '''Edmund Brydges''' , second BARON CHANDOS (d. 1573), eldest surviving sou of Sir John Brydges, served in France; succeeded to the barony, 1556.
George Brydges: '''George Brydges''' , sixth BARON OHANDOS (rf. 1655), succeeded to the barony, 1621; fought in the civil war.
Giles Brydges: '''Giles Brydges''' , third BARON CHAXDOS ([[1547]]1594), son of Edmund Brydges, baron Chaudos, M.P. Gloucestershire, 1572; succeeded to the barony, 1573.
Grey Beylges: '''Grey Beylges''' , fifth BARON CHANDOS ([[1579]]?1621), imprisoned in connection with the insurrection of the Earl of Essex, 1601; succeeded to the barony, 1602; a favourite courtier of James I, 1605; on service in the Low Countries, 1610; kept great state at Sudeley Castle; reputed author of Horse Subsecivae 1620.
Sir Harford Jones Brydges: '''Sir Harford Jones Brydges''' ([[1764]]-[[1847]]), diplomatist; originally in the East India Company's service; as Harford Jones, created baronet in 1807; envoy to Persia, 1807-11; took the name of Brydges, 1826; published travels and pamphlets.
James Brydges: '''James Brydges''' , first DUKE OP CHANDOS ([[1673]]1744), M.P. for Hereford city, 1698-1714; paymaster of the forces abroad, 1707-12; succeeded as ninth Baron Chandos, and was created Earl of Carnarvon, 1714; created Duke of Chandos, 1719; lord lieutenant of Hereford and Radnor shires, 1721; chancellor of St. Andrews University; built the great house at Canons, near Kdgware; patron of Handel; satirised by Pope.
Sir John Brydges: '''Sir John Brydges''' , first BARON OHANDOS ([[1490]] ?1556); Roman catholic; knighted, 1513; servant and companion of Henry VIII, 1632; constable of Sudeley Castle, 1538; served in France, 1549; lieutenant of the Tower, 1553 to June 1554; suppressed Wyatt's rebellion, and was created Baron Chandos of Sudeley, 1554; ordered to superintend the execution of Bishop Hooper at Gloucester, 1555.

[edit] Section 187

Sir Richard Brydges: '''Sir Richard Brydges''' (d. [[1558]]), son of Sir John Brydges. knighted, 1553.
Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges: '''Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges''' ([[1762]]-[[1837]]), bibliographer and trencalogist; educated at Queens i College, Cambridge, 1780; barrister of the Middle Temple,
Brydges: '''Brydges''' 1787; urged his elder brother to claim the barony of Cliandos, 1790-1803: issued bibliographical and tre'nealogical works: resided at Lee Priory, near Canterbury, 1810-18, issuing from his private press reprints of rare English pieces; M.P. for Maidstonc, 1812-18; created baronet, 1814: lived chiefly at Geneva after 1818. His bibliographical books are numerous and valuable: his poems and novels mediocre.
Sir Thomas Brydges: '''Sir Thomas Brydges''' (d. [[1659]]), son of Sir John Brydges, lieutenant of Tower, 1664.
William Brydon: '''William Brydon''' ([[1811]]-[[1873]]), army surgeon; went to India, 1835; sole survivor of the retreat from Cabul, 1842; in the sieves of Jellalabad, 1842, and of Lucknow, 1857; settled in Scotland, 1869.
Patrick Brydone: '''Patrick Brydone''' ([[1736]]-[[1818]]), traveller; traTelled partly as a tutor, in Switzerland, Italy, Sicily, and Malta, 1765-71; lived latterly in Berwickshire; published travels and papers on electricity.
Thomas Brydson: '''Thomas Brydson''' ([[1806]]-[[1855]]), poet : educated at Glasgow and Edinburgh: minister of Kilmalcolm, Renfrewshire, 1842-66.
Henry Bryer: '''Henry Bryer''' (d. [[1799]]), engraver and printseller in London.
Edward Bryerwood: '''Edward Bryerwood''' ([[1565]] 7-[[1613]]). See
Brerkwood: '''Brerkwood'''
Bryghtwell: '''Bryghtwell''' or BRYTHWELL, THOMAS (d. 1390), fellow of Merton College, Oxford: a Wyclifflte; submitted to the church, 1382; prebendary of St. Paul's, 1386, and of Lincoln; chancellor of Oxford University, 1388; D.D.
Albertds Bryne: '''Albertds Bryne''' ([[1621]] P-[[1677]]?), composer: organist of St. Paul's, c. 1638, of Westminster Abbey, and of Dulwich College, 1671-7.
Thomas Brynknell: '''Thomas Brynknell''' (d. [[1539]] ?). See BRINK-
Nell: '''Nell'''
Bry: '''Bry''' 8XETT, LODOWICK or LEWIS (fl. [[1571]]1611 ), translator; of Italian origin; educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, 1559; official in Ireland, 1571; accompanied Philip Sidney on his continental tour, 1572-5; held offices under government in Ireland, 1577-1600; friend of Edmund Spenser, 1582; Irish landowner, 1606; published translations and poems, contributing two elegies to Spenser's Astrophel 1*86.
Alexander Bryson: '''Alexander Bryson''' ([[1802]]-[[1869]]), medical writer; educated at Edinburgh and Glasgow; naval surgeon, 1827; director-general of the naval medical department, 1864.
James Bryson: '''James Bryson''' ([[1730]] ?-[[1796]]), Irish presbyterian ; minister at LUburn, 1764, and at Belfast, 1773; an originator of the Orange Society, 1795; published sermons.
William Bryson: '''William Bryson''' ([[1730]]-[[1815]]), Irish presbyterian; minister of the non-subscribers at Antrim, 1764-1810; published sermons.
Bug: '''Bug''' or BUCK, SIR GEORGE (d. [[1623]]), poet; went on the expedition to Cadiz, 1596; knighted, 1603; master of the revels and licenser of plays, 1608-22; author of poems and works on English history.
Dukes of Buccleuch: '''Dukes of Buccleuch''' . See SCOTT, HENRY, third
Dukk: '''Dukk''' [[1746]]-[[1812]] ; SCOTT, WALTER FRANCIS, fifth DUKE, 1806-1884.
Bucer: '''Bucer''' or BTJTZER, MARTIN ([[1491]]-[[1651]]), protestant divine; entered Dominican monastery at Schlettgtodt,hi* native town, 1608; studied at Heidelberg, where he heard Luther dispute, April 1518; corresponded with Luther, and became a protestant; obtained papal dispensation from his monastic vow, 1621; became pastor at Landrituhl, in the Palatinate, 1522; travelled in order to propagate reformed doctrines; preached at Weissenburg, in Lower Alsace, 1522 or 1523, and was excommunicated; took refuge in Strassburg, 1523, where he became representative reformer; lived mainly at Strassburg till 1649; favoured the tenets of Zwingli in the great eucharistic controversy, 1625-30, and was consequently involved in controversy both with Luther and his followers and with Erasmus: consulted by Henry VIII about his divorce from Catherine of Arragon;
Buchanan: '''Buchanan''' laboured after Zwingli's death to find a common statement of belief which would unite the Lutherans, the reformed churches of South Germany, and the Swi.-s church, 1631-8; censured Servetus, 1531; approved of Calvin's views on church discipline, 1538; consulted by the promoters of the attempt to reconcile protestants and catholics, 1640-6, and by the archbishop of Cologne in the effort to protestantise his diocese, 1641-3; caused Strassburg to resist to the last the interim imposed by Charles V, 1648; but was forced to withdraw to England, April 1549; kindly received in London by Cranmer, Edwunl VI, and the Protector Somerset; was appointed regius professor of divinity at Cambridge, 1549, where his views excited much controversy; consulted as to the Book of Common Prayer, 1550; buried in the university church, 1551; his body exhumed by Queen Mary's commissioners, 1557; produced ninety-six separate treatises.
Earls Op Buchan: '''Earls Op Buchan''' . See COMYN, ALEXANDER, second EARL, d. 1289; COMYN, JOHN*, third EARL, d. 1313 ?; STKWAKT, ALEXANDER, first EARL of the second creation, 1343 ?-1406 ?; STEWART, JOHN, first EARL of the third creation, 1381?-1424; ERSKI.VK, JAMES, sixth EARL of the fourth creation, d. 1640; ERSKINE, DAVID STEUART, eleventh EARL, 1742-1829.
Alexander Peter Buchan: '''Alexander Peter Buchan''' ([[1764]]-[[1824]]), physician; son of William Buchan; studied in London, Edinburgh, and Leyden (M.D., 1793); practised hi London; published medical tracts.

[edit] Section 188

Andrew Op Buchan: '''Andrew Op Buchan''' (d. [[1309]] ?), bishop of Caithness, 1296; Cistercian; abbot of Cupar- Angus, 1272.
Buchan: '''Buchan''' or SIMPSON, ELSPETH ([[1738]]-[[1791]]), foundress of the Buchanite ect (extinct 1848); wife of a potter; separated from him, 1781; persuaded Hugh White, Relief minister of Irvine, that she was inspired, 1783: on being expelled from Irvine, settled in Closeburu, Dumfries, 1784.
Peter Buchan: '''Peter Buchan''' ([[1790]]-[[1854]]), collector of Scottish ballads; by the help of his kinsman, the Earl of Buchan. set up a press in Peterhead, 1816, where he printed his own works and collections: published poems and historical tracts.
Thomas Buchan: '''Thomas Buchan''' (d. [[1720]]), Jacobite general; a highlander by birth; served abroad; commanded a footregiment in Scotland, 1682; employed against the covenanters, 1684; colonel, 1686; appointed major-general by James II in Ireland, 1689, and sent to command his forces in Scotland; surprised at Oromdale, 1690; retired to Lochaber; retired to France, 1692; Jacobite agent in Scotland, 1707.
William Buchan: '''William Buchan''' ([[1729]]-[[1805]]), author of the popular Domestic Medicine 1769; studied medicine at Edinburgh; practised in Yorkshire; settled in Edinburgh, 1766; removed to London, 1778; pubUshed medical tracts.
Andrew Buchanan: '''Andrew Buchanan''' ([[1690]]-[[1759]]), Virginia merchant in Glasgow; bought Drumpellier, Lanarkshire, 1735; lord provost of Glasgow, 1740; strenuously opposed the insurgents, 1745.
Sir Andrew Buchanan: '''Sir Andrew Buchanan''' ([[1807]]-[[1882]]), diplomatist; entered the diplomatic service, 1825; was resident at nearly every court, first as attache, afterwards as minister; retired, 1878; created baronet, 1878.
Claudius Buchanan: '''Claudius Buchanan''' ([[1766]]-[[1815]]), Indian traveller; educated at Glasgow University, 1782; clerk in London, 1787; of QueensCollege, Cambridge, 1791; chaplain in Bengal, 1797; vice-provost of college at Fort William, 1799-1807; D.D. Glasgow and Cambridge; made two tours in south and west of India, 1806-7; returned to England, 1808; advocate of missions; issued translations of the scriptures into various oriental languages.
David Buchanan: '''David Buchanan''' ([[1595]] ?-[[1652]] ?), Scottish historian; resided in Paris, 1636; back in Scotland before 1644; published and left in manuscript treatises on Scottish history, biography, and topography.
David Buchanan: '''David Buchanan''' , the elder ([[1745]]-[[1812]]), printer and publisher at Montrose; published miniature editions of English classics.
Buchanan: '''Buchanan''' 163
Buckingham: '''Buckingham'''
David Buchanan: '''David Buchanan''' , the younger ([[1779]]-[[184]]H), journaiir-t. in Edinburgh; son of David Buchanan tin 1 elder; editor of theCaledonian Mercury 1810-27, aud of the Edinburgh Couraut 1827-48; wrote on political ironiiinv und statistics,
Dugald Buchanan: '''Dugald Buchanan''' ([[1716]]-[[1768]]), Gaelic poet, tlic OSVJMT if the highlands: native of Balquhidder; catechist nt Kinloch Hannoch, 1756.
Francis Hamilton Buchanan: '''Francis Hamilton Buchanan''' ([[1762]]-[[1829]]), writer on Indian subjects; M.D. Edinburgh, 1783; naval snr'jv'Mi; Hrnu'ttl surgeon, 1794; travelled in Burma, 17'X, in.Mysore and.Malabar, 1800, and in Nepal, 1802; compiled a statistical survey of Bengal, 1807-15; settled in.-..-otland, 1816; published travels.
George Buchanan: '''George Buchanan''' ([[1506]]-[[1582]]), historian and scholar: studied at Paris, 1520-2; served at the siege of Werk, 1523; studied at St. Andrew's under John Major, lf.2l; 15. A., 1625; went to Paris, 1526; graduated M.A. in the Scots college, Paris, March 1528; taught grammar in the college of St. Barbe; tutor to Gilbert, earl of ;it Paris, 1529-34; returned to Scotland, 1536; tutor to a natural son of James V, 1536-8; urged by the king to satirise the morals of the clergy, and so provoked Cardinal Beaton; escaped from prison at St. Andrews, and fled to London, 1539; taught Latin at Bordeaux, 1540-3; taught in the college of Cardinal le Moiue at Paris, 1544-7; invited to teach in the college at Ooimbra, 1547, and imprisoned there by the inquisition, 1549-51; came to England, 1552; returned to Paris, and taught in the college of Boncourt, 1563; tutor to Timoleon de Cosse, cointe de Brissae (killed in action, 1569), 1554-9, in France and Italy; returned to Scotland and professed himself a protestant before 1563; lay member of the general assembly, 1663-8, and moderator, 1567; principal of St. Leonard's College, St. Andrews, 1566-70; assigned a pension out of the revenues of Crossraguel Abbey; lived in England, October 1568, to January 1569, as secretary of Regent Moray's commissioners, and vouched that the casket letters were in Queen Mary's handwriting; published, in Scottish dialect (1570), pamphlets attacking the Hamiltons on account of Moray's assassination, and ridiculing Maitland of Lethiugtou, the queen's advocate; resided at Stirling as tutor to James VI, 1570-8; keeper of the privy seal, 1570-8; publishedDetectio Marite Reginte a venomous attack on Queen Mary, 1571, in Latin and, 1572, in French and Scottish; wrote Latin poems. His De Jure Regni apud Scotos 1579, was long a textbook of the opponents of absolutism. His Pcrum Scoticarum historia 1582, was the chief source from which foreigners derived their knowledge of Scotland. Jvii. 186 engineer;
George Buchanan: '''George Buchanan''' ([[1790]] ?-[[1852]]), cb thin I son of David Buchanan the elder; educated at Edinburgh; constructed harbours and bridges; an authority on salmon-fishery disputes; published scientific treatises.
Sir George Buchanan: '''Sir George Buchanan''' ([[1831]]-[[1895]]), physician ; B.A. London, 1851; studied medicine at University College; M.D. London, 1855; physician at London Fever Hospital, 1861-8, and, later, consulting physician; F.R.O.P., 1866, censor, 1892-4, and Lettsomian lecturer, 1867; F.R.S., 1882; permanent inspector in medical department of privy council, 1869; principal medical officer, 1879-92, of local government board; knighted, 1H)2; honorary LL.D. Edinburgh, 1893: fellow of University College, 1864; chairman of royal commission on tuberculosis. His reports have become classical works in sanitary literature.
James Buchanan: '''James Buchanan''' (1 [[804]]-1 [[870]]),Free church leader ; educated at Glasgow; minister of North Leith, 1828, and of St. Giles, Edinburgh, 1840: joined the Free church, 184:t; minister of Free St. Stephen's, Edinburgh; D.D. Princeton; LL.D. Glasgow; professor in the Free church college, 1845-68; published theological works,
John Lanne Buchanan: '''John Lanne Buchanan''' (. [[1780]]-[[1816]]), author; educated at Glasgow; assistant minister at Comrie; missioner in the Hebrides, 1780; subsequently resided in London; published works on the Hebrides and highlands.
Robert Buchanan: '''Robert Buchanan''' ([[1813]]-[[1866]]), socialist; taught school; lecturer in Manchester before 1839; journalist iii Glasgow; published controversial writings.
Robert Buchanan: '''Robert Buchanan''' ([[1785]]-[[1873]]), benefactor of Glasgow University; educated at Glasgow; minister of Peebles, 1813-24; assistant professor of logic in Glasgow, 1824, and professor, 1827-64; author of tragedies and poems.
Robert Buchanan: '''Robert Buchanan''' ([[1802]]-[[1875]]), Free church leader; educated at Glasgow; minister of Gargunnock, 1826, of Salton, Haddingtonshire, 1829, and of the Tron church, Glasgow, 1833-43; took leading part in antipatronage agitation, 1K38, and joined the Free church, 1843; D.D. Glasgow, 1840; died at Rome; wrote on church history, also a narrative of travels in Palestine.
Robertson Buchanan: '''Robertson Buchanan''' ([[1770]]-[[1816]]), civil engineer of Glasgow; published treatises on machinery.
William Buchanan: '''William Buchanan''' ([[1781]]-[[1863]]), Scottish advocate; son of David Buchanan the elder; educated at Edinburgh; advocate, 1806; solicitor of teinds, 1856; author of law reports, &c,

[edit] Section 189

Adam Buck: '''Adam Buck''' ([[1759]]-[[1833]]), portrait-painter; exhibited at Royal Academy from 1795; published Paintings on Greek Vases 1811.
Charles Buck: '''Charles Buck''' ([[1771]]-[[1815]]), author of A Theological Dictionary 1802, and other pieces; congregational minister at Sheerness and in London.
Sir George Buck: '''Sir George Buck''' (rf. [[1623]]). See Buc, Sm
George: '''George'''
John William Buck: '''John William Buck''' (. [[1821]]), of Lincoln's Inn, 1813; barrister; published law reports.
Samuel Buck: '''Samuel Buck''' ([[1696]]-[[1779]]), draughtsman and engraver; issued series of views of towns, ruined abbeys, and castles, fcc., in England and Wales; worked in conjunction with his brother Nathaniel, 1727-53.
Zachariah Buck: '''Zachariah Buck''' ([[1798]]-[[1879]]), composer; chorister at Norwich; organist of St. Peter Maucroft, 18181821, and of Norwich Cathedral, 1819-77; Mus.Doc. Lambeth, 1847.
Charles Bucke: '''Charles Bucke''' ([[1781]]-[[1846]]), dramatist and miscellaneous writer.
Robert Buckenham: '''Robert Buckenham''' (ft. [[1530]]), prior of the Black Friars, Cambridge; B.D., 1524; D.D., 1531; preached against Latimer at Cambridge, 1529; withdrew to Edinburgh, 1534; went to Louvain to take part in the proceedings against William Tyndale, 1535
Buckebidge: '''Buckebidge''' or BUCKB1DGE, JOHN ([[1562]] ?-[[1631]]), bishop of Rochester and Ely; educated at Merchant TaylorsSchool; fellow of St. John's College, Oxford, 1578; B.A., 1583; D.D., 1597; tutor to William Laud; prebendary of Rochester, 1687; chaplain to Archbishop Whitgift, 1596; rector of North Fambridge, Essex, 1696-9, and of North Kilworth, Leicestershire, 1599-1608; vicar of St. Giles, Cripplegate, 1604; president of St John's, Oxford, 1605-11; preached at Hampton Court, 1606; canon of Windsor, 1606: bishop of Rochester, 1611; voted in favour of the Earl of Essex's divorce, 1613; defended Dr. Richard Montague, 1626; bishop of Ely, 1628; edited Bishop Andrewes's sermons, 1629; published sermons.
Buckhurst: '''Buckhurst''' first BARON ([[1536]]-[[1608]]). See SACK-
Thomas Ville: '''Thomas Ville''' .
Dukes Op Buckingham: '''Dukes Op Buckingham''' . See STAFFORD, HUM-
Phrey: '''Phrey''' first DUKE, [[1402]]-[[1460]] ; STAFFORD, HENRY, second
Dukk: '''Dukk''' [[1454]] ?-[[1483]] ; STAFFORD, EDWARD, third DUKE, 1478-1521; VILLIKRS, GEORGE, first DUKE of the second creation, 1592-1628; VILLIERH, GEORGE, second DUKE, 1628-1687.
Buckingham: '''Buckingham''' first MARQUIS OF ([[1753]]-[[1813]]). See
George Nugent Grenville: '''George Nugent Grenville''' - TEMPLE-.
Earl of Buckingham: '''Earl of Buckingham''' . See THOMAS OF WOOD-
Stock: '''Stock''' [[1355]]-[[1397]].
And Chandos Buckingham: '''And Chandos Buckingham''' , DUKES OF. See
Richard Temple Nuoknt Brydges Ohan Grenvillb: '''Richard Temple Nuoknt Brydges Ohan Grenvillb''' -
Dos: '''Dos''' first DUKK, [[1776]]-[[1839]] ; GRKNVILLK, RICHARD PLAN
Temple Nugk Tagenet: '''Temple Nugk Tagenet''' .VT BHYDGES (JHANDO8, Second
Dukk: '''Dukk''' [[1797]]-[[1861]] ; GRKNVILLE, RICHARD PLANTAGENKT
Temple Nugent Brydges Ohandos Gamprell: '''Temple Nugent Brydges Ohandos Gamprell''' , third

[edit] Section 190

Dukk: '''Dukk''' [[1823]]-[[1889]]. M2
Buckingham: '''Buckingham''' 164
Budd: '''Budd'''
Jamk Buckingham: '''Jamk Buckingham''' 3 SILK ([[178]]G-[[1856]]), author and traveller; at sea for several years from 17it;; journalist at Calcutta, 1818; expelled from India for attacks on the government, 1823; travelled in Syria and Palestine, 1H23; journalist in Loudou, 1824-30; M.P. for Sheffield, 1832-7; lied lu America, 1837-40, aui on the continent, iH7; re vived a pension, 1851; travelled as a lecturer; author of an autobiography, travels, utid temperance pamphlets.
Leicester Silk Buckingham: '''Leicester Silk Buckingham''' ([[1825]]-[[1867]]), dramatist: youngest sou of James Silk Buckingham ; travelled with his father; a popular lecturer, 1864; his first pieces put on the stage, 1856; produced historical treatises, comedies, anil farces.
Osbern Buckingham: '''Osbern Buckingham''' ([[1393]]-[[1447]]?). See
Bokknham: '''Bokknham'''
Buckinghamshire: '''Buckinghamshire''' first DUKK OF ([[1648]]-[[1721]]). KKiKLn, JOHN.
Earls Op Buckinghamshire: '''Earls Op Buckinghamshire''' . See HOBART,
John: '''John''' first EAKL, [[1694]] ?-[[1766]] ; HOBAHT, JOHN, second
Earl: '''Earl''' [[1723]]-[[1793]] ; HOBART, GEOROK, third EARL, [[1732]]1804; HOBART, ROBERT, fourth EARL, 1760-1815.
Francis Trevelyan Buckland: '''Francis Trevelyan Buckland''' ([[1826]]-[[1880]]), naturalist; son of William Buckland; educated at Winchester, 1839-44; B.A. Christ Church, Oxford, 1848; studied surgery at St. George's Hospital, London, 1848-51; army surgeon in Loudou, 1854; contributor to the Field 1856-65: started Land and Water in 1866; inspector of salmon fisheries, 1867-80: published Curiosities of Natural History and kiiidred works.
Ralph Buckland: '''Ralph Buckland''' ([[1564]]-[[1611]]), Roman catholic divine; educated at Merchant TaylorsSchool, 1571, and Magdalen College, Oxford, 1579; law-student in London; studied at libeling and Rome, 1586; ordained priest, 1588; sent on the English mission; banished, 1606; author of theological works.
William Buckland: '''William Buckland''' ([[1781]]-[[1856]]), geologist; educated at Winchester, 1798, and Corpus Christ), Oxford, 1801, fellow, 1808-25; made geological tour in the southwest of England, 1808-12; professor of mineralogy at Oxford, 1813, and reader in geology, 1819; canon of Christ Church, Oxford, 1825; dean of Westminster, 1845-56; president of the Geological Society, 1824 and 1840; upheld the Mosaic account of the flood; wrote geological pipers.
Sir Claude Henry Mason Buckle: '''Sir Claude Henry Mason Buckle''' ([[1803]]1894),ad_miral; entered Royal Naval College, Portsmouth, 1817; lieutenant, 1827; captain, 1815; flag-captain to Commodore Arthur Fanshawe on west coast of Africa, 1849-50; in Black Sea, 1854; C.B., 1865; superintendent Deptford dockyard, 1857-63; commauder-iu-chief at Queenstown, 1867-70; K.O.B., 1875; admiral, 1877. 1-1862), historian
Henry Thomas Buckle: '''Henry Thomas Buckle''' ([[1821]] of civilisation; son of a wealthy London shipowner; received no school or college training; being left independent at his father's death, devoted himself to travelling on the continent, where he acquired the principal languages, 1840 and 1843; settled in London, 1842; bought and read thousands of books, making careful notes; had settled the plan of his History of Civilisation in England by 1853; published the first volume, 1857, the second, 1861; died at Damascus on an Eastern tour; inclined to freethought in religion. Miscellaneous works by him appeared posthumously.
Benjamin Buckler: '''Benjamin Buckler''' ([[1718]]-[[1780]]), antiquary; of Oriel College, Oxford, 1732; fellow of All Souls 1739; D.D., 1769; vicar of Cuuinor, 1755; keeper of archives, Oxford, 1777-80; published Stenimata Chicheleana 1765.
John Buckler: '''John Buckler''' ([[1770]]-[[1851]]), topographical artist ; practised as architect in London till 1826; issued aquatint engravings of colleges, cathedrals, tc., 1797-1815; exhibited in water-colours at the Royal Academy, 17961849; F.S.A.,1810.
William Buckler: '''William Buckler''' ([[1814]]-[[1884]]), entomologist; exhibited water-colours at the Academy, 1836-56; a student of larva-.
Cecil William Buckley: '''Cecil William Buckley''' ([[1828]]-[[1872]]), naval officer, 1846-72; received the Victoria cross for services in the Black Sea, 1865; captain R.N., 180i.
John Buckley: '''John Buckley''' (d. [[1598]]).
Mrs Buckley: '''Mrs Buckley''' . OLIVIA ([[1799]]-[[1847]]), organist: daughter of Sophia Dussek; married a Mr. Buckley; wrote pianoforte music and songs, and published (1843) 4 Musical Truths
Robert Buckley: '''Robert Buckley''' or SIGEBERT ([[1517]]-[[1610]]), English Benedictine; professed at Westminster during the Marian revival, c. 1557; imprisoned as a recusant, 1660-1603, latterly at Framlingham; imprisoned in Loudon, 1605-10. He was the last of the old English Benedictine congregation, and surrendered his authority for perpetuating the succession to Thomas Preston. 1609.
Theodore William Alois Buckley: '''Theodore William Alois Buckley''' ([[1825]]1856), translator from the classics; servitor of Christ Church, Oxford, 1845; chaplain; M.A., 1853; became a literary hack; author of classical translations and miscellaneous works.
William Buckley: '''William Buckley''' (d. [[1570]] ?), mathematician ; educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge; M.A., 1545; tutor to the royal henchmen, 1550; taught mathematics at King's, Cambridge, c. 1552; published an arithmetical tract.

[edit] Section 191

William Buckley: '''William Buckley''' ([[1780]]-[[1856]]), colonist; enlisted, 1799; transported for a plot to shoot the Duke of Kent, 1802; escaped from Port Phillip, December 1803; lived with native tribes till July 1835; pardoned, and employed as interpreter; settled in Tasmania, 1837.
James Buckman: '''James Buckman''' ([[1816]]-[[1884]]), geologist; studied natural science in London; professor at Oirencester Agricultural College, 1848-63; farmed land in Dorset, 1863-84; wrote botanical, geological, and agricultural papers.
Thomas Buckmaster: '''Thomas Buckmaster''' (. [[1566]]), almanackmaker,
William Buckmaster: '''William Buckmaster''' (d. [[1545]]), divine ; fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge, 1517; D.D., 1528; carried to court as vice-chancellor the university's reply to Henry VIII's questions concerning his divorce, 1530; signed the articles of religion, 1536: prebendary of St. Paul's, 1539.
Sir John Charles Bucknill: '''Sir John Charles Bucknill''' ([[1817]]-[[1897]]), physician; educated at Rugby and University College, London; L.S.A., M.R.C.S., and M.B. London, 1840; M.D., 1852; first medical superintendent, Devon County Asylum, 1844-62: chancellor's medical visitor of lunatics, 1862-76; F.R.C.P., 1859; censor, 1879-80; Lumlcian lecturer, 1878: F.R.S., 1866; knighted, 1894; published 4 Manual of Psychological Medicine 1858, aud other works.
Joseph Buckshorn: '''Joseph Buckshorn''' (fl. [[1670]]), Dutch painter; employed by Sir Peter Lely to fill in his canvases, 1670; painted portraits in Lely's manner.
John Baldwin Buckstone: '''John Baldwin Buckstone''' ([[1802]]-[[1879]]), comedian; solicitor's clerk; went on the provincial stajre, c. 1820; performed at the Surrey Theatre, 1823; his first piece played, 1826; manager of the Haymarket, 1853-76; composed numerous farces.
George Budd: '''George Budd''' (fl. [[1756]]), painter ; London hosier ; painted portraits and landscapes.
George Budd: '''George Budd''' ([[1808]]-[[1882]]), professor of medicine in King's College, London, 1840-63; fellow of Oaiua College, Cambridge, 1831; M.D., 1840; studied also in London aud Paris; physician to the hospital ship at Greenwich, 1837; practised in London, 1840-67; retired to Bamstaple; wrote medical tracts.
Henry Budd: '''Henry Budd''' ([[1774]]-[[1853]]), theologian: son of Richard Budd; M.A. St. John's College, Cambridge, 1801; chaplain of Bridewell Hospital, London, 1801-:U: rector of White Roothiug, Essex, 1808-53; published tracts.
Richard Budd: '''Richard Budd''' ([[1746]]-[[1821]]), physician : M.I). Jesus College, Cambridge, 1776; practised at Newbury, Berkshire; physician to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, 17801801, and an active official of the Royal College of Physicians,
William Budd: '''William Budd''' ([[1811]]-[[1880]]), physician; studied medicine at London, Edinburgh, Paris; M.D. Edinburgh,
Budden: '''Budden''' 1C5
Bullein: '''Bullein''' 1838: practise! at North Tawton, Devonshire, 1839, and in lritol, 1842-73; made important researches into the conditions of.yuiotic diseases; published numerous medical papers.
John Budden: '''John Budden''' ([[1566]]-[[1620]]), professor of civil law at Oxford, 1611-20; scholar of Trinity College, Oxford, 1583; M.A. (rioueester Hall, 1580; philosophy reader of Magdalen College, and D.O.L., 1602; principal of New Inn Hull. IGDt-lH, and of Broadgates Hall, 1618-20; wrote two Latin biographies, 1602 and 1607.
Adam Buddle: '''Adam Buddle''' (d. [[1715]]), botanist; M.A. OambriiU'i 1, 1685; noujuror, 1689; possessed a fine collection of mosses and grasses; rector of North Fambridge, Essex, 1703; left;in Knlish flora in manuscript,
John Buddle: '''John Buddle''' ([[1773]]-[[1843]]), mining engineer ; taught liy I, N father, a practical miner; manager of Wallseud colliery, 1806; made experiments on ventilation in mines and introduced an improved method of coal-working.
Edward Budge: '''Edward Budge''' ([[1800]]-[[1865]]), theological writer; B.A. Cambridge, 1824; vicar of Manaccan, Cornwall, 1839; rector of Bratton Clovelly, Devon, 1846-65; published sermons.
Eustace Budgell: '''Eustace Budgell''' ([[1686]]-[[1737]]), miscellaneous writer; cousin of Addisou; educated at Trinity College, Oxford, 1705; barrister of the Inner Temple; contributed to the 4 Spectator; held official posts in Ireland, 1714-18; travelled; ruined by the South Sea scheme, 1721; loet his reason; wrote against Walpole, 1728: journalist, 1733-5; accused of embezzlement; drowned himself.
Samuel Budgett: '''Samuel Budgett''' ([[1794]]-[[1851]]), a successful Bristol merchant.
Joseph Budworth: '''Joseph Budworth''' , afterwards PALMKR(*. [[1815]]).
William Budworth: '''William Budworth''' (d. [[1745]]), schoolmaster; M.A. Cambridge, 1726; vicar of Brewood, Staffordshire, and master of the school there; declined the services of Samuel Johnson as usher, 1736.
Eleanor Bufton: '''Eleanor Bufton''' , afterwards MRS. ARTHUR
Swanbouough: '''Swanbouough''' ([[1840]] V-[[1893]]), actress; appeared at St. James's, 1854; with Charles Kean at the Princess's, 1856-7; last appeared (1872) at Drury Lane. Her parts include Regan Lear, Hennia Midsummer Night's Dream), Ferdinand Tempest), and Hero Much Ado;.
Francis Bugg: '''Francis Bugg''' ([[1640]]-[[1724]]?), writer against Quakerism: wool-comber at Mildeuhall, Suffolk, and, from boyhood, a quaker; suspected of informing against a quaker meeting, 1675; left the society after a long quarrel, 1680; issued virulent pamphlets against the quakers, 1682-1724.

[edit] Section 192

Bugga: '''Bugga''' or BUGGE, SAIXT (rf. [[751]]). See EAD Ht-RGA.
Buissiere: '''Buissiere''' or BUSSIERE, PAUL (d. [[1739]]), anatomical writer: surgeon of Orange, France; Huguenot exile; settled in Copenhagen; naturalised in England, 1688; practised as surgeon in London.
George Buist: '''George Buist''' ([[1805]]-[[1860]]), journalist and man of science; studied at St. Andrews and Edinburgh; licentiate of the church of Scotland, 1826; newspaper editor in Dundee, Perth, and Cupar-Fife, 1832-8; LL.D.; edited the Bombay Times 1839-59: inspector of the Bombay observatories, 1842-59; published scientific and other papers.
Saint Buite: '''Saint Buite''' (,. [[521]]), born near Mellifout, Louth ; visited Wales and Italy; returned through Germany and Scotland to Antrim, and thence to Louth, where he built Monasterboice, i.e. the Monastery of Buite.
Bulkeley: '''Bulkeley''' or BOKELEY, ARTHUR (d. [[1553]]), bishop of Bangor; doctor of canon law, Oxford, 1525; m-tor of Llanddeusant, Anglesey, and canon of St. Asaph, 1525; rector of St. James, Garlick Hythe. London, 1531; prebendary of Clynnoc Vechan, 1537; bishop of Baiigor, 1541; resident in his diocese; involved in lawsuits.
Launcelot Bulkeley: '''Launcelot Bulkeley''' ([[1568]] ?-[[1650]]), archbishop of Dublin: M.A. Oxford, 1593; beneficed in Wales, 1593ic-ti; ftrohdMOOQ of Dublin, 1613-19; archbishop of Dublin, 1619; claimed the primacy unsuccessfully; imprisoned, 1647; his see sequestered by the Commonwealth, 1649.
Sir Richard Bulkeley: '''Sir Richard Bulkeley''' ([[1533]]-[[1621]]), knight; constable of Beaiimaris, 1561; M.P. for Anglesey, 15701614; knighted, 167; a favourite courtier of Queen Elizabeth.
Richard Bulkeley: '''Richard Bulkeley''' (d. [[1650]]), royalist general ; loet Anglesey, 1648.
Sir Richard Bulkeley: '''Sir Richard Bulkeley''' ([[1644]]-[[1710]]), enthusiast; M.A., and fellow of Trinity College, Dublin, 1681; succeeded to baronetcy of Dunlavan, 1685; took up with the so-called prophets of the Oevennes c. 1708; published pamphlets.
Lady Bulkeley: '''Lady Bulkeley''' or MRS. SOPHIA (fl. [[1688]]), a court beauty, 1668; married Henry Bulkeley, master of the household; lady of the bedchamber to James II's queen, and present at the birth of the Prince of Wales, 1688.
Charles Bulkley: '''Charles Bulkley''' ([[1719]]-[[1797]]), baptist minister ; educated at Northampton academy, 1736; presbyter ian minister at Welford, Northamptonshire, and Colchester; joined the general baptists; minister of that denomination in London, 1743-97; published philosophical tracts and sermons.
Peter Bulkley: '''Peter Bulkley''' ([[1583]]-[[1659]]), puritan divine; fellow of St. John's College, Cambritlge; MJL, 1608; rector of Odell, Bedfordshire, 1620; ejected for contempt of church ceremonies, 1634 ?; emigrated to New England, 1635; founded Concord, 1636; pastor of Concord till death; published sermons.
Daniel Bull: '''Daniel Bull''' (. [[1657]]-[[1681]]), nonconformist divine; intruded minister of Stoke Newington, 1657-60; ejected, 1662; afterwards presbyterian minister in London; published sermons.
George Bull: '''George Bull''' ([[1634]]-[[1710]]), Anglican theologian ; bishop of St. David's; left Exeter College, Oxford, 1649, to avoid taking the Engagement: educated privately; ordained secretly by Bishop Skinner, 1655; minister of St. George's, near Bristol; rector of Suddington St. Mary's, 1658-86; vicar of Suddington St. Peter's, Gloucestershire, 1662-86; published Harmonla Apostolica 1670; prebendary of Gloucester, 1678; publishedDefensio Fidei Nicaense 1685; rector of Avening, Gloucestershire, 1685; D.D. Oxford, 1686; publishedJudicium Ecclesise Catholicte 1694; bishop of St. David's, 1705; published theological works and sermons.
Henry Bull: '''Henry Bull''' (d. [[1575]]?), theologian; fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford; B.A., 1539; ejected from his fellowship by Queen Mary's commissioners, 1563; published theological works and (1577) translated Luther's 'PsalmiGraduum
John Bull: '''John Bull''' ([[1563]] ?-[[1628]]), composer : Mus.Bac. Oxford, 1586; Mus.Doc., 1592; chorister of the Chapel Royal, c. 1572; organist of Hereford Cathedral, 1582; singing- man of the Chapel Royal, 1585, and organist, 1591-1613; professor of music at Gresham College, 15971607; travelled in France and Germany, 1601; conductor at the entertainment of James I and Prince Henry by the Merchant TaylorsCompany, 1607; musician to Prince Henry, 1611; left England, 1613; an organist of the Chapel Royal, Brussels, c. 1614; organist of Antwerp Cathedral, 1617-28.
John Bull: '''John Bull''' (d. [[1642]]), a London weaver ; imprisoned for pretending to inspiration, 1636.
William Bull: '''William Bull''' ([[1738]]-[[1814]]), congregationalist minister; studied at Daventry academy, 1759; pastor at Newport Paguel, 1764, and conducted school on a large scale from 1783 onwards; friend of Rev. John Newton of Olney, and of the poet Cowper.
Bullaker: '''Bullaker'''
Thomas Bullaker: '''Thomas Bullaker''' , In religion JOHN BAPTIST (1604 ?-1642), catholic martyr; educated at St. Omer and Valladolid, where he became a Franciscan; studied theology at Segovia; worked In the English mission; executed for celebrating mass.
Bulled: '''Bulled''' *, RICHARD (d. [[1563]]), physician.
Buljlein: '''Buljlein''' 1GG
Bulwer: '''Bulwer'''
William Bullein: '''William Bullein''' (,. [[157]]ti), physician; rector of Hiuxhull. Suffolk, 1550-3: studk-d m.-dieim- abroad: ru.sidi.il in London from 15C1. Mi- Itonke of Simples (part of his Hul warke against Sickue* 1562) is one of the earliest English herbal. A Dialogue against the Fever Pestilence appeared 1564.
Sullen: '''Sullen''' Sin CHARLES ([[1769]]-[[1853]]), naval officer; served in Mediterranean and, after 1801, on west coast of Africa; commanded the Britannia at Trafalgar, 1805; rear-admiral, 1837; K.C.B., 139; admiral, 1852.

[edit] Section 193

Ueohgk Bullen: '''Ueohgk Bullen''' ([[1816]]-[[1894]]), keeper of printed books at British Museum; suiernumerary assistant in WpUtOMDt of printed books in British Must-inn, 1838; senior assistant, 1850; superintendent of reading room, 18U6; keeper of printed books, 1875-90; assisted in compiling printed catalogue; F.S.A., 1877; hou. LL.D. Glasgow, 1889; CJJ., 1890.
Charles Buller: '''Charles Buller''' ([[1806]]-[[1848]]), liberal politician ; taught by Thomas Carlyle, 1822-5; B.A. Trinity College, Cambridge, 182; M.P. for West Looe, Cornwall, 1830-1; called to bar at Lincoln's Inn, 1831; M.I for Liskeard, 1832-48; secretary to the governor-general of Canada, 1838; judge-advocate-geueral, 1846; chief poor law commissioner, 1847; published pamphlets.
Buller: '''Buller''' Sm FRANCIS ([[1746]]-[[1800]]), judge ; special pleader, 1765; barrister of the Inner Temple, 1772; judge of the county palatine of Chester, 1777; justice of the king's bench, 1778; created baronet, 1790; justice of the common pleas, 1794-1800.
Buller: '''Buller''' Sm GEORGE ([[1802]]-[[1884]]), general ; entered the army, 1820; colonel, 1841; commanded brigade, and lifter wards division, in the Kaffir and Boer wars, 1847-8 and 1852-3; commanded brigade in the Crimea, 1854; wounded at Inkermau; K.O.B., 1855; lieutenant-general, 1862; general, 1871.
John Bullinoham: '''John Bullinoham''' (d. [[1598]]), bishop of Gloucester; fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, 1550; a catholic; withdrew to Rouen; was restored to his fellowship, and graduated M.A., 1554; chaplain to Bishop Gardiner; rector of Boxwell, Gloucestershire, 1554; prebendary of St. Paul's, 1565; rector of St. Mary Magdalene, Milk Street, 1566: D.D., 1568; prebendary of Lincoln, 1568; canon of Worcester, 1570; rector of Withingtou, Gloucestershire, of Burton-by-Lincoln, and of Brington, Huntingdon, 1671; bishop of Gloucester, 1581-98, holding also the see of Bristol iii commendam, 1581-9 scurrilously attacked by Martin Marprelate.
Nicholas Buujnoham: '''Nicholas Buujnoham''' ([[1512]] ?-[[1576]]), bishop of Lincoln and Worcester; fellow of All SoulsCollege Oxford, 1636; B.C.L., 1541; studied canon law; chaplain to Archbishop Craumer; prebendary of Lincoln 1647 rector of Thimbleby, Lincolnshire, 1552; deprived of his preferments, as being married, 1553; withdrew to Emden; restored to his prefermente, 1558; chaplain to Archbishop Parker; LL.D. Cambridge, 1559; bishop of Lincoln, 1560; purged King's College, Cambridge, of Romanism 1566; translated to Worcester, 1571.
Bulld: '''Bulld''' fOHAM, RICHARD (Jt. [[1360]]). See BIL
Lim: '''Lim''' iHAM.
John Bulloch: '''John Bulloch''' ([[1805]]-[[1882]]), author of 'Studies of the Text of Shakespeare 1878; worked at Aberdeen us mechanic.
Christopher Bullock: '''Christopher Bullock''' ([[1690]]7-[[1724]]), comedian; son of William Bullock (1657 V-1740V) first appeared in 1708 at Drury Lane; attached to the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre, 1715-24; produced seven plays, some possibly written by other hands,
George Bullock: '''George Bullock''' ([[1621]]?-[[1580]] V), Roman catholic divine; fellow of 8k John's College, Cambridge: B.A., 1539; witness at Bishop Gardiner's trial, 1651; withdrew to Nevers in France; canon of Durham, 1564; B.D., 1654 master of St. John's College, Cambridge, 1554, and Lady Margaret professor of divinity, 1666; vicar of St. Sepulchre, London, 1656-6; rector of Much Mundeu, Hertfordshire, 1556; deprived of his preferments for recusancy, 1659; divinity lecturer at Antwerp, 1567; died at Antwerp; author of (Economia Coucordantiarum Scriptune sacne 1567. I
Henry Bullock: '''Henry Bullock''' , latinised BOVILLUB (d. [[1526]]X divine; B.A. Cambridge, 1604, and fellow of QueensCollege, 1606; D.D., 1620; studied Greek and lectured on .-t. Matthew; friend of Erasmus; rector of St. Martin's, Ludgate, 1522-G; published Latin orations and epistles.
William Bullock: '''William Bullock''' ([[1657]]?-[[1740]] ?), comedian; first mentioned in 1696; attached to Lincoln's Inn Fields 1 Theatre, 1716 till death.
William Bullock: '''William Bullock''' (ft. [[1827]]), antiquary and ; naturalist; Liverpool goldsmith; exhibited a museum of I curiosities, 1808; exhibited his collections in London, I 1812-19; sold them, 1819; travelled in Mexico, 1822, and on his return exhibited his Mexican collections; travelled ! in the States and Mexico, 182G-7; perhaps settled in Cincinnati; published narrative of his travels.
William Thomas Bullock: '''William Thomas Bullock''' ([[1818]]-[[1879]]), theological writer; B.A. Oxford, 1847; assistant secretary, 1850, and secretary, 1865-79, of the Society for the Propagation of th Gospel; published biblical papers and sermons,
John Bullokar: '''John Bullokar''' (. [[1622]]), lexicographer ; physician at Chichester; published * An English Expositor 1616 (3rd edit. 1641), and a metrical life of Christ, 1618.
William Bullokar: '''William Bullokar''' (Jt. [[1586]]), phonetist ; engaged in tuition, 1550; served in the army, 1557; again employed in teaching, 1573; advocated spelling reform in a pamphlet, 1575, and in a book, 158U; translated Esop's Fables 1585; issued an English grammar, 1586.
Agnes Bulmer: '''Agnes Bulmer''' ([[1775]]-[[1836]]), poetess; wrote Messiah's Kingdom 1833.
William Bulmer: '''William Bulmer''' ([[1757]]-[[1830]]), printer ; apprenticed at Newcastle-ou-Tyne; friend of Thomas Bewick; printed under his own name in London, 1791-1819.
Edward Bulstrode: '''Edward Bulstrode''' ([[1588]]-[[1659]]), lawyer ; barrister of the Inner Temple, 1613; a justice of North Wales, 1649, and in Warwickshire, 1653; published law reports.
Bulstrode: '''Bulstrode''' Sm RICHARD ([[1610]]-[[1711]]), diplomatist; second son of Edward Bulstrode; educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge; entered the Inner Temple, 1633; served in the king's army, 1642, ultimately becoming quartermaster-general; agent at Brussels, 1673: knighted, 1676; envoy at Brussels, 1676-88; followed James II to St. Germains; author of Life of James II
Whitelocke Bulstrode: '''Whitelocke Bulstrode''' ([[1650]]-[[1724]]), essayist: second son of Sir Richard Bulstrode; entered the Inner Temple, 1664; commissioner of excise; bought Houuslow manor, Middlesex, 1705; published controversial tracts and essays.
Henry Bellenden Bulteel: '''Henry Bellenden Bulteel''' ([[1800]]-[[1866]]), theologian; fellow of Exeter College, Oxford, 1823-9; M.A., 1824; curate in Oxford, 1826; preached in dissenting chaiels; left the Anglican church and built a chapel in. Oxford, 1831; adopted some of Edward Irving's ideas, 1832; published controversial tracts.
John Bulteel: '''John Bulteel''' (fl. [[1683]]), miscellaneous writer; issued pamphlets, romances, and translations between 1656 and 1683.
Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer: '''Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer''' ,

[edit] Section 194

Lytton Baron: '''Lytton Baron''' ([[1803]]-[[1873]]).
John Bulwer: '''John Bulwer''' (ft. [[1654]]), physician; published Philocophus, or the Deafe and Dumbe Man's Friend 1648, advocating the instruction of deaf-mutes, partly by gestures, partly by reading the lips (an idea borrowed from the Spanish); published medical and rhetorical treatises.
Rosina Boyle Bulwer: '''Rosina Boyle Bulwer''' , LADY LYTTON ([[1804]]1882).
William Henry Lytton Earle Bulwer: '''William Henry Lytton Earle Bulwer''' ,
Dallixq And Bulwku Barox: '''Dallixq And Bulwku Barox''' ([[1801]]-[[1872]]), diplomatist, better known as SIR HKNRY BULWKR: educated at Harrow and at Trinity and Downing colleges, Cambr published poems, 1822; in Om-w, acting for the revolutionary committee, 1824; army officer, 1825-9; attache at Berlin, 1827, Vienna, 1829, and the Hayue, 1H30; in
Bunbury: '''Bunbury''' 167
Burchell: '''Burchell''' during the revolution, 1830: M.P. for Wilton, BUNTING, WILLIAM MAOLARDIE (1805-1866), 183U, for Coventry, 1831, and for Murylebone, 135; chaivc V~lr;IH; eldest son of Jabez Bunting; minister d'alTain-- nt I;I-U-"M-IS, 1835; secretary of embassy at Constantinople, 1H37; charge d'affaires at 1'uris, ln:9; iimbiKsa-lor at.Ma.lri.l, 1H43-8; K.O.B., 1848; ambassador I at Washington, 1849; concluded the Bolwer-Glajtop treaty: minister at Florence, 152; commissioner in the Daniibian principalities, 185G; ambassador at Constantinople, Ifvvs-iio; M.I for Tamworth, 1868; created Baron Dulling and Bulwer, 1871; published historical works.
Bunbury: '''Bunbury''' Sm HKNllY EDWARD ([[1778]]-[[1860]]), seventh baronet (succeeded, 1820), of Mildenhall, Suffolk, soldier and historian: son of Henry William Bunbury fa. Y.I; fdiicat.-d at Westminster; served in the army, 17U5-lHm: distinguished himself at the battle of Maida, 1806; undersecretary of state for war, 1809-16; major- i urt-ni-ral and K.C.B., 1H15; conveyed to Napoleon sentence of deixjrtntion to St. Helena, 1815; M.P. for Suffolk, 1830; j a pioneer of the volunteer movement, 1859; author of j military narratives.
Henry William Bunbury: '''Henry William Bunbury''' ([[1750]]-[[1811]]), artist and caricaturist; educated at Westminster and St. Catharine -I Hall, Cambridge; travelled in France and Italy before 1771: chiefly drew in pencil and chalk, and had" his designs reproduced by engravers: executed numerous drawings, especially burlesque. vii. 267)
Richard Bundy: '''Richard Bundy''' (d. [[1739]]), divine ; B.A. Oxford* 1713: chaplain in ordinary to George II; D.D. Lambeth* vicur of St. Bride's, Fleet Street, and prebendary of Westminster, 1732-3; published sermons and translations.
Thomas Bungay: '''Thomas Bungay''' (fl, [[1290]]), Franciscan ; studied at Paris; divinity lecturer of his order in Oxford and Cambridge; provincial minister in England; vulgarly accounted a magician.
Alfred Bunn: '''Alfred Bunn''' ([[1796]] ?-[[1860]]), theatrical manager ; nicknamed Poet Bunn; stage-manager of Drury Lane, 1823; manager of Birmingham Theatre, 1 826; manager of Drury Lane and Covent Garden theatres, 1 833-48; brought out English operas; published verses.
Margaret Agnes Bunn: '''Margaret Agnes Bunn''' ([[1799]]-[[1883]]), actress ; nte Somerville; first appeared at Drury Lane, 1816, at Covent Garden, 1818; married Alfred Bunn, 1819; acted at Drury Lane, 1823; retired while still young.
James Bunstone Sunning: '''James Bunstone Sunning''' ([[1802]]-[[1863]]), architect; entered his father's office, 1815; surveyor to several public bodies and companies, 1825 onwards; architect to the city of London, 1843-1863.
Edmund Bunny: '''Edmund Bunny''' ([[1540]]-[[1619]]), theological writer: B.A. and fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, 1560; entered Gray's Inn, 1561; prebendary of St. Paul's, 1564; fellow of Merton, 1565: B.D., 1570; chaplain to Archbishop Grindal, 1570: sub-dean of York, 1570-9; prebendary of York, 1576; rector of Bolton Percy, Yorkshire, 1575-1600, prebendary of Carlisle, 1585; travelled over England, preaching; wrote doctrinal and devotional tracts.
Francis Bunny: '''Francis Bunny''' ([[1543]]-[[1617]]), theological writer; fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, 1561-72; M.A., 1567; prebendary of Durham, 1572; archdeacon of Northumberland, 1573-8; rector of Ryton, Durham, 1578 till death; author of devotional tracts.
Frances Bunsen: '''Frances Bunsen''' ([[1791]]-[[1876]]), nte Waddington : Welsh heiress; married at Rome, 1817, Baron Christian Bunsen (German ambassador, 1841-54); at Carlsruhe, 1855-76; published Memoir of Baron Buusen 1868.
Edward Bunting: '''Edward Bunting''' ([[1773]]-[[1843]]), musician; organist and music-teacher in Belfast, 1784; travelled in Ireland, collecting old Irish airs, 1792; published two series of these, 1796 and 1809; settled in Dublin, 1819; published a third collection, 1840.
Jabez Bunting: '''Jabez Bunting''' ([[1779]]-[[1858]]), Wesleyan methodist ; studied medicine, c. 1793; admitted a Wesleyan minister, 1799; served at many centres; stationed at headquarters in London, 1833: president of the theological institute, 1835; organised the connexion, and completed its severance from the Anglican church; published sermons. at various centres, 1828-49; published sermons and hymns.
John Bunyan: '''John Bunyan''' ([[1028]]-[[1688]]), author of 'Pilgrim's Progress; son of Thomas Bunyan (rf. 1676), tinsmith, of Klstow, near Bedford; learned reading and writing; was early set to his father's trade; lost his mother, June 1644; enlisted that year, in anger at his father's re- marriage, possibly in the parliamentary forces (stationed at Newport Pagnel, 1644-6); deeply moved by the death of a comrade, shot while serving in his place; profited by two devotional books belonging to his wife; gave up amusements and a bad habit of swearing: read the bible narratives; attended church services; overheard a religious conversation of certain poor women in Bedford, and in 1653 joined their society, which then met in St. John's Church, under Mr. Gifford (rf. c. 1656), an ex-royalist officer; removed from Klstow to Bedford, 1655; chosen deacon in his church: began to preach; lost his wife, c. 1656, and was left with four young children, one of them blind; his first publicationsSome Gospel Truths opened 1656, andA Vindicationof it, 1657, both directed against the quakers; being set apart as a preacher, 1657, preached throughout the district, still working at his craft; indicted at the assizes in consequence of the opposition of the settled presbyterian clergy, 1658; married, c. 1659, his second wife. Elizabeth (d, 1691); arrested for preaching, 12 Nov. 1660, and imprisoned, the laws against unlicensed preaching being rigorously enforced; allowed out of prison, pending trial, to preach at his meeting-house; sentenced to a short term of imprisonment at the Bedford assizes, January 1661, but, refusing to discontinue public preaching, was kept in prison (with an interval of a few weeks in 1666) till the spring of 1672, when he was released I by Charles Il's Declaration of Indulgence; aUowed much I freedom in prison, making tagged laces for a li ving, preaching to the prisoners, and writing numerous pieces, prose and verse. He is supposed to have undergone a short imprisonment in 1675, and to have then written hisPilgrim's Progress published in 1678. Otherwise he was unmolested, and from 1672 till death preached in many places, especially in London, and wrote largely. He was buried in Buuhill Fields, London. His collected works were published in 1736.
James Burbage: '''James Burbage''' (rf. [[1597]]), actor ; a joiner by trade; one of the Earl of Leicester's players, 1574; leased land in Finsbury Fields (1576), on which he erected, of wood, the first building in England specially intended for plays; acquired a house in Blackfriars, and converted it into Blackfriars Theatre 1596; Uved in Holywell I Street, Shoreditch, 1576-97. The first English playhouse is mentioned in an order of council, August 1577, and was known as The Theatre; the fabric was removed, c. December 1598, to the Baukside and set up as the Globe Theatre.
Richard Burbage: '''Richard Burbage''' ([[1567]] ?-l[[619]]), actor ; son of ! James Burbage, from whom he inherited a share in Blackf riars Theatre, and an interest in the Globe Theatre (burnt down 1613); acted as a boy at the theatre in Shoreditch; was an actor of repute by 1588; an actor of chief parts, 1595-1618, in plays by Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, and Beaumont and Fletcher: excelled in tragedy; ; Uved in Holywell Street, Shoreditch, 1603-19; known also as a painter in oil-colours.
Edward Burch: '''Edward Burch''' (ft. [[1771]]), artist; art-student, I 1769; R.A., 1771; exhibited at the Academy, 1771-1808; miniature-painter; librarian of the Royal Academy, 1780.
Saint Burchard: '''Saint Burchard''' (rf. [[754]]), first bishop of Wlirzi burg: reputed of English origin; evangelised the district : of the Main; consecrated bishop of Wiirzburg, 741; resigned, 751 retired to a monastery at Homburg; canonised, 984; some manuscript sermons ascribed to him.
William John Burchell: '''William John Burchell''' ([[1782]] ?-[[1863]]), explorer and naturalist; botanist at St. Helena, 1805-10; studied Cape-Dutch at Cape Town, 1810; travelled extensively in South Africa, 1811-15, making scientific observations, and collecting natural history specimens: published account of his travels, 1822: at Lisbon, 1825; at Rio Janeiro, 1825-6; travelled in the Brazilian forests, 1826-9, collecting plants and insects; hon. D-O.L. Oxford, 1834. Botanical manuscripts by him are at Kew.

[edit] Section 195

Burchett: '''Burchett''' 168
Burgess: '''Burgess'''
Burchett: '''Burchett''' ,lSI.H (IGfiG? -[[1746]]), secretary of the admiralty: clerk to Samuel IVpys, Itisn 7: secretary to AdBdnlBdwmrd Hu.wll. 164,and perhaps curlier; jo'intaeoretary, 1695, anil sole secretary, 1G9S-1742, of the admiralty: M.P. for Sandwich, 1703-13, 1721-41; publi.-hwi a iiaval history, 1720.
Richard Burchett: '''Richard Burchett''' ([[1815]]-[[1875]]), historical painter; student at the School of Design at Somerset Hou~e, 1HJ1; headed agitation against the management: assistant-master, and, 1851, head-master of the art school. South Kensington; exhibited at the Academy, 1847-73; published treatises on drawing.
John Lewis Burcksardt: '''John Lewis Burcksardt''' ([[1784]]-[[1817]]), traveller in the East; educated at Leipzig, 1800, and Gbttingen, 1804; came to England, 1806; studied Arabic at Cambridge and Malta, 1809: travelled, disguised as a Mohammedan trader of Hindustan, from the coast to Aleppo; resided at Aleppo two years, studying Arabic and Mohammedan law; made a tour to Palmyra, Damascos, Baalbek, 1810: journeyed through Palestine and Arabia to Egypt, 1812; travelled along the Nile above Assouan, 1813; journeyed through Abyssinia to Suakim, 1814: crossed to Jeddah: went, in the train of the viceroy of Egypt, to Mekka and Medina, 1815: journeyed to Suez and Sinai, 1816; died at Cairo; published travels.
George Burder: '''George Burder''' ([[1752]]-[[1832]]), eongrejjrationalist theologian; engraver, 1778: took to preaching, 1776; pastor at Lancaster, 17 78; travelling preacher in England and Wales; pastor at Coventry, 1784: pastor of the Fetter Lane, London, congregation, 1803-32; secretary of the London Missionary Society, 1803-27; a founder of the London Missionary Society, 1795, of the Religious Tract Society, 1799, and of the British and Foreign Bible Society, 1804; edited devotional books.
Henry Forster Builder: '''Henry Forster Builder''' ([[1783]]-[[1864]]), congregationalist; eldest son of George Burder; a merchant's clerk; studied at Hoxton Academy and Glasgow University; M.A. Glasgow, 1807; professor of philosophy and mathematics, Hoxton College, 1810-30; pastor in Hackney, 1814-52; published sermons and devotional books; D.D. Glasgow.
Samuel Burder: '''Samuel Burder''' ([[1773]]-[[1837]]), divine; congregational minister at St. Albans; ordained in the Anglican church, c. 1809; preacher in various London churches; published theological works. sician 1815 bridge Wells.
Sir Francis Burdett: '''Sir Francis Burdett''' ([[1770]]-[[1844]]), politician; educated at Westminster and Oxford; travelled on the continent; was in Paris during the early part of the French revolution: returned to England and married Sophia Ooutts, 1798; M.P. for Boroughbridge, 1796; advocated parliamentary reform, and denounced the war with France; suffered heavy expenses over the disputed election for Middlesex, 1802-6; M.P. for Westminster, 1807-37; denounced flogging in the army and corruption in parliament; imprisoned on political charges, 1810, and again, 1820; after Reform Bill inclined to the conservatives; conservative M.P. for North Wilts, 1837-44.
William Burdon: '''William Burdon''' ([[1764]]-[[1818]]), miscellaneous writer; wealthy coal-owner; educated at Newcastle-onTyne; fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, 1788-96: M.A., 1788; lived near Morpeth; published political pamphlets.
Samuel Burdy: '''Samuel Burdy''' ([[1760]]?-[[1820]]), historian; B.A. Trinity College. Dublin, 1781; curate of Ardglass, 1783, and incumbent of Kilclief, co. Down, c. 1800-20; published 1 History of Ireland memoirs, and poem*,
John Burell: '''John Burell''' (fl. [[1690]]).
Burford: '''Burford''' first EARL OF ([[1670]]-[[1726]]). See BEAU-
Charles Clerk: '''Charles Clerk''' .
Robert Burford: '''Robert Burford''' ([[1791]]-[[1861]]), artist: exhibited panoramas in Leicester Square, praised by Ruskin; exhibited at the Academy from 1812.
Thomas Burford: '''Thomas Burford''' (I. [[1740]]-[[1766]]), mezzotint engraver, chiefly of portrait-.
Burges: '''Burges''' or BURGESS, CORNELIUS ([[1589]] ?-[[1665]]), puritan divine; B.A. Wadham College, Oxford, 1615; M.A. Lincoln College, 1618; D.D., 1627; rector of St. Magnus, London Bridge, 1626-41; chaplain in ordinary to Charles I, e. 1626: brought before the court of high commission, 1636, for charging the bishops with favouring Arminianism and Romanism; conveyed to Charles I at York the petition of the London clergy againstthe etcetera oath 1640; of great influence with the House of Commons; put forward as spokesman of the proposal to suppress cathedrals, 1641; chaplain to Essex's regiment of horse, 1642: a vice-president of the Westminster assembly, 1643; opposed imposition ofcovenant 1648; lecturer at St. Paul's and resident in the deanery, 1644; agitated against the execution of Charles 1, 1649; preacher at Wells Cathedral, 1650-60; bought the deanery and part of the cathedral estates; ruined by their forfeiture, 1660; sold his library; published sermons and controversial tracts.
George Burges: '''George Burges''' ([[1786]]7-[[1864]]), classical scholar; educated at Charterhouse and Trinity College, Cambridge; M.A., 1810; long a private tutor in Cambridge; attacked Blomfleld in Valpy'sClassical Journal published classical texts and translations, includingGreek Anthology for Bohn's classical library.
Sir James Bland Burges: '''Sir James Bland Burges''' ([[1752]]-[[1824]]), politician; known as Sm JAMES LAMB after 1821, by royal license; educated at Westminster and University College, Oxford; travelled on the continent, 1773; barrister of Lincoln's Inn, 1777; commissioner in bankruptcy, 1777; M.P. for Helston, Cornwall, 1787-90: supported Warren Hastings when impeached; advocated abolition of slavery and amelioration of conditions of imprisonment for debt; under-secretary for foreign affairs, 1789-95; created baronet, 1795; wrote poems, plays, and epigrams.
John Burges: '''John Burges''' ([[1745]]-[[1807]]), physician ; educated at Westminster; M.D. Christ Church, Oxford, 1774; physician to St. George's Hospital, London, 1 774-87; made collections for Materia Medica
Mary Anne Burges: '''Mary Anne Burges''' ([[1763]]-[[1813]]), authoress, linguist, and naturalist.
William Burges: '''William Burges''' ([[1827]]-[[1881]]), architect ; trained by Edward Blore, 1844, and Digby Wyatt, 1849; studied mediaeval architecture on the continent; employed, 1856 onwards, in important buildings and restorations; designed Brisbane Cathedral, 1859, and Cork Cathedral, 1862; restored Cardiff Castle, 1865; wrote architectural papers.
Anthony Burgess: '''Anthony Burgess''' (. [[1662]]), nonconformist; entered St. John's College, Cambridge, 1623; fellow of Emmanuel College; chaplain to the parliamentary garrison, Coventry; member of the Westminster Assembly; rector of Sutton Ooldfield, Warwickshire; ejected, 1662; author of sermons and doctrinal treatises.
Daniel Burgess: '''Daniel Burgess''' ([[1645]]-[[1713]]), nonconformist: educated at Westminster; entered Magdalen Hall, Oxford, 1660: acted as domestic chaplain to nonconformist gentry; master of Oharleville school, co. Cork; ordained by the presbytery of Dublin; imprisoned at Marlborough for preaching, 1674; pastor to a congregation in London, 1685-1713; his meeting-house sacked by the Sacheverell mob, 1710; published sermons and devotional pieces.
Daniel Burgess: '''Daniel Burgess''' (rf. [[1747]]), secretary toPrincess Sophia, 1714, at Hanover, and afterwards to the Princess of Wales; son of Daniel Burgess (1645-1713); in the government service, 1702; obtained the government grant (regium donum) for English dissenting ministers, !723.

[edit] Section 196

Henry Burgess: '''Henry Burgess''' ([[1808]]-[[1886]]), divine ; educated at Stepney dissenting college; nonconformist minister; ordained in the Anglican church, 1850; LL.D. Glasgow, 1851; Ph.D. Gbttingen, 1862; incumbent of Clifton Reynes, Buckinghamshire, 1854-61; vicar of Whittlesea Cambridgeshire, 1861-86; published essays and translations from the Syriac.
John Burgess: '''John Burgess''' ([[1563]]-[[1635]]), puritan; B.A. St. John's College, Cambridge, 1586; rector of St. Peter Hungat*, Norwich, 1590; resigned in consequence of the surplice question, e. 1591; beneflced in Lincoln diocese, c. 1596; imprisoned for sermon preached at Greenwich
Burgess: '''Burgess''' 109
Burgh: '''Burgh''' before James I, 1604; led the opposition to the 1603 i-jfcted from his benefice; retired to Legrdea, win-re be studied medtotoe and graduated MJ).; ineorixrat(tl M.D. at Cambridge; returned to England, c. 1612; forbidden to practi-i- in London; practised medicine at -l,"A(irth, Middl.-se: preacher at Bishop-.ratr: rector of Sut ton Coldtirld, Warwick, 1617-35; chaplain to Sir Horatio Ven al.mud. lU'J'i: prebendary of Lichneld, 1C25; published controversial tnicts.
John Burgess: '''John Burgess''' * (rt. [[1671]]), nonconformist; intruded rector of Asliprinirton, Devonshire; ejected, 1662; retired to Dartmouth; afterwards pastor at Hackney; kept a boaniintf-scliool at Islington.
John Bagnold Burgess: '''John Bagnold Burgess''' ([[1829]]-[[1897]]), painter; grandson of William Burgess (1749 ?-1812); studied at I toy al Academy; exhibited at Academy first in 1860, and regularly, 1852-97; visited Spain, 1858, and after, the majority of his pictures being studies of Spanish life and character; R.A., 1889.
John Oart Burgess: '''John Oart Burgess''' ([[1798]]-[[1863]]), painter of tlmv.Ts in water-colours; teacher of painting; exhibited at the Royal Academy, 1812; published treatises on painting and perspective.
Joseph Tom Burgess: '''Joseph Tom Burgess''' ([[1828]]-[[1886]]), antiquary; wood enirraver at Northampton, c. 1844; went with Dr. David Alfred Doudney to Ireland, and became editor of Clare Journal; edited various local newspapers in England and published miscellaneous works, including 4 Historic Warwickshire 1876.
Richard Burgess: '''Richard Burgess''' ([[1796]]-[[1881]]), divine; of St. John's College, Cambridge; priest, 1823: Anglican chaplain at Geneva, 1828, and Rome, 1831; rector of Upper Chrl-ta, 1836-61; prebendary of St. Paul's, 1850; rector of Horniugsheath, Suffolk, 1869.
Thomas Burgess: '''Thomas Burgess''' ( ft. [[1786]]), historical painter; exhibited in London, 1766; exhibited at the Academy, 1778-86; taught drawing in London.
Thomas Burgess: '''Thomas Burgess''' ([[1784]]7-[[1807]]), painter; son of William Burgess (1749 ?-1812); exhibited at the Academy, 1802-6.
Thomas Burgess: '''Thomas Burgess''' ([[1756]]-[[1837]]), bishop of St. David's and Salisbury; educated at Winchester and Corpus Ohriati College, Oxford; B.A., 1778; fellow, 1783; resided in Oxford till 1791; prebendary of Durham, 1794; rector of Winston, Durham, 1795; bishop of St. David's, 1803; worked hard for his diocese: founded St. David's College, Lampeter, for education of Welsh clergy, 1822; translated to Salisbury, 1825; author of charges, sermons, and pamphlets; D.D.
Thomas Burgess: '''Thomas Burgess''' ([[1791]]-[[1854]]), catholic prelate : educated at Ampleforth; Benedictine monk, 1807; secular priest, 1830; priest of Portland Chapel, Bath, 1832; bishop of Clifton, 1851; D.D.
William Burgess: '''William Burgess''' (U49 ?-[[1812]]), painter ; son of Thomas Burgess (fl. 1786); exhibited In London, 1769; exhibited at the Academy, 1774-99; teacher of drawing.
William Burgess: '''William Burgess''' ([[1755]] 7-[[1813]]), engraver ; issued prints of Lincolnshire churches; baptist minister at Fleet, Lincolnshire.
William Oakley Burgess: '''William Oakley Burgess''' ([[1818]]-[[1844]]), mezzotint engraver; pupil of Thomas Goff Lupton; engraved pictures by Sir Thomas Lawrence.
Benedict Burgh: '''Benedict Burgh''' (. [[1472]]), translator of Gate's precepts, printed by Caxton, 1483; rector of Sandon, BMOA, 1440; prebendary of St. Paul's, 1472.
Hubert Dk Burgh: '''Hubert Dk Burgh''' (d. [[1243]]), chief justiciar ; of Norinan-Irish birth; employed by Richard I; envoy from Kiiitf John to Portugal, 1200; chamberlain to King John, 1201; perhaps gaoler of John's nephew, Arthur, at Falaise, 1202; envoy to Philip of France, 1203; defended Chinon, 1204; seneschal of Niort and Poitou, 1214; named a conservator of Magna Charta, and appointed justiciar, 1215; defended Dover Castle against French, 1216; continued in the jnsticiarship after John's death; destroyed the French fleet off North Foreland, August, 1217; head of the national party against the foreigners and the bishop of Winchester, 1219; married (his fourth wife) Mareraret, sister of Alexander II of Scotland, 1221; demanded the surrender of the royal castles held by nobles, 1221; defeated the noblesplot to seize the king, 1223; advist-l Henry III to declare himself of full age and banish the bishop of Winchester, 1227; create! Karl of Kent, 1227; violently attacked by Henry III in consequence of the lack of money in the treasury, 1229; deprived of power by combination of the church, the nobles, and the Londoners, 1231; granted justiciarship of Ireland, June 1232; dismissed from office, July 1232, and accused of many crimes; imprisoned in the tower, 1232, and In Devizes Castle, February 1233; escaped to Chepstow, November 1233, to Richard, carl of Pembroke; his outlawry reversed and earldom restored, 1234; reconciled to the bishop of Winchester, 1237; acquitted after a renewal of the old charges, 1239.
James Burgh: '''James Burgh''' ([[1714]]-[[1775]]), political writer ; educated at St. Andrews; press corrector, afterwards usher, in London; kept private school at Stoke Newington, 1747-71; author of Political Disquisitions 1774-6, and pamphlets.
Sir John Burgh: '''Sir John Burgh''' ([[1562]]-[[1594]]), military and naval commander; took troops from Lincolnshire to serve in Netherlands, 1585; knighted; governor of Doesburg; governor of the Briel, 1588; commanded one of the English regiments which helped Henry IV of France, 1589-90: knighted on the field at Ivry, 1590; commanded the squadron which captured the great Spanish treasure-ship off the Azores, 1592; killed in a duel respecting the plunder.
Richard De Burgh: '''Richard De Burgh''' (d. [[1243]]), Irish settler ; dispossessed by King John of his lauds in Connaught; pilgrim to Compostella, 1222; restored by Henry III, 1222; fought against Aedh O'Conor of Connaught, 1230; invaded the Irish estates of Richard, the earl marshal, and contributed to his death, 1234; sailed to join Henry III in France; died in France.
Richard Dk Burgh: '''Richard Dk Burgh''' , second EARL OP ULSTER and fourth EARL OF OONXAUOHT (1259 ?-1326), eldest son of Walter de Burgh, earl of Ulster; succeeded to earldom, 1271; made war on his late guardian, 1282; i ravaged Oonuaught, 1286; deposed Brian O'Neill and made Niall Culauach O'Neill, king of Ireland, 1286; ceded Isle of Man to Edward 1, 1290: conquered Magnus O'Oonor of Connaught, 1292; summoned by Edward to serve in France, 1294; imprisoned by Fitzgerald, his feudal enemy, 1294-5; made Aedh O'Conor chief in Oonnaughfv, 1296; joined Edward I in Scotland, 1296; summoned to serve in France, 1297; served in Scotland, 1304; built Sligo Castle, j 1310; at war with other Irish nobles, 1311; made Felim. O'Conor chief in Counaught, 1315; fought against Edward Bruce, 1315; imprisoned at Dublin, 1317, in order that he might not join his son-in-law, Robert Bruce; frequently summoned to serve with Edward II in Scotland till 1322.
Maroj: '''Maroj'''
Uliok De Burgh: '''Uliok De Burgh''' , fifth EARL and MARQUIS op
Claxricarde: '''Claxricarde''' ([[1604]]-[[1657]]), succeeded to earldom, [[1635]] ; served with Charles I against Scots, 1639; of suspected loyalty, 1641; Charles I's commissioner to meet the Irish confederates, 1643; commander of the forces in Connaught, 1644; created marquis, 1645; tried to reconcile the Irish to Charles I, 1646; reduced Galway, 1648; deputy in Ireland for Ormonde, December 1650: distrusted by the Irish; capitulated to the parliament, 1682.

[edit] Section 197

Sir Ulysses Bagenal Burgh: '''Sir Ulysses Bagenal Burgh''' . second BARON
Dowxks: '''Dowxks''' ([[1788]]-[[1863]]), general ; ensign, [[1804]] ; captain, 1806; aide-de-camp to Wellington in Peninsula, 1809-14; lieutenant-colonel, 1812; K.C.B., 1814; colonel, 1826; I succeeded to barony, 1826; clerk of the ordnance, 1828 ! 1830; general, 1864.
Walter De Burgh: '''Walter De Burgh''' , called EARL OP ULSTER i (d. 1271), second son of Richard de Burgh (rf. 1243) ; succeeded his brother in the estates, 1248; granted possession, 1250; came of age, 1253; at war with the Irish of Oonuaught, 1256-70; at war with Fitzgerald, 1264-5.
Walter Hussey Burgh: '''Walter Hussey Burgh''' ([[1742]]-[[1783]]), Irish lawyer; known as Walter Hussey till 1762; B.A. Dublin, 1762; married, 1767; Irish barrister, 1769; M.P. in the Irish parliament for A thy, 1769, and for Dublin University, 1776; prime Serjeant, 1777; advocated free trade; opposed the union, chief baron of the Irish exchequer, 1782; celebrated orator.
Burgh: '''Burgh''' 170
Burke: '''Burke'''
William Burgh: '''William Burgh''' M: (,. [[1204]]), Anglo-Norman Imron of Ireland: from liMO harried the onnaiurlit Irish, supporting the attempts of the pretender, Caihal Carrach, to dispossess Cathal Crobhdcrg of the throne of Couuaught.
William Dk Burgh: '''William Dk Burgh''' , sixth LORD OF OONN AUGHT and thinl EARL OP ULSTKK (1312-1332), succeeded as a minor, 1326; knighted, ami obtained possession of his estates, 1328: at war with the O'Brians, 1328-30; attended parliament in Dublin, 1329; at war with Fitzgerald, 13IJO: imprisoned: iu England, 1331; at war with Sir Walter de Burgh, 1332.
William Burgh: '''William Burgh''' ([[1741]]-[[1808]]), controversialist: an Irish landowner: with Walter Huasey Burgh M.P. for Athy, 1769-76; advocated abolition of slavery: opposed the union; hon. D.O.L. Oxford, 1788; wrote against unitarianisin.
Edward Burghall: '''Edward Burghall''' (d. [[1665]]), puritan ; schoolmaster at Bunbury, Cheshire, 1632; plundered by royalist troops, 1643; intruded vicar of Acton, Cheshire, 1646-62; taught school, 1663; left diary in manuscript
Michael Burghers: '''Michael Burghers''' ([[1653]] ?-l [[727]]), engraver; born in Amsterdam; settled in Oxford, 1673; engraved for the university press, 1676-1720; engraver to the university, 1692; principally engraved portraits.
Baron Burghersh: '''Baron Burghersh''' .
Bartholomew Burghersh: '''Bartholomew Burghersh''' , BARON BURO-
Heksh: '''Heksh''' the elder (d. [[1355]]), succeeded to barony, [[1310]] : served in Scotland, 1317; imprisoned in the Tower, 1321; constable of Dover Castle frequently from 1327; chamberlain of Edward III and his attendant in France and Scotland; envoy to Philip of France, 1329; admiral of Channel fleet, 1337; served in Qascony, 1349.
Bartholomew Burghersh: '''Bartholomew Burghersh''' , BARON BURO-
Hkrsh: '''Hkrsh''' the younger (d. [[1369]]), son of Bartholomew, baron Burghersh, the elder; served in Flanders, 1339, in Brittany, 1342-3, at Crecy, 1346, at Calais, 1347, in Qasoony, 1349; K.G., 1350; pilgrim to Palestine, 1354; succeeded his father, 1355; served in France, 1355-6, and 1359-60; commissioner on the state of Ireland, 1362, and to Pope Urban V, 1366.
Henry Burghersh: '''Henry Burghersh''' ([[1292]]-[[1340]]), bishop of Lincoln; studied abroad; proposed for the see of Winchester by his family, 1319; intruded into the see of Lincoln, 1320; his temporalities seized by Edward II, 1322, but restored, 1324 ?; supported Queen Isabella, 1326; commissioner to obtain Edward IPs abdication, 1327; lord treasurer, 1327: lord chancellor, 1328-30: candidate for see of Canterbury, 1328; accompanied Edward III to France, 1329; baptised the Prince of Wales, 1330; imprisoned in Tower, 1330: lord treasurer, 1334-7; employed by Edward III in Flanders, 1338, in the southern counties, 1340, and again in Flanders, 1340, where he died.
Barons Burghley: '''Barons Burghley''' . See CECIL, WILLIAM, first
Bahox: '''Bahox''' [[1620]]-[[1598]]; CECIL, THOMAS, second BARON, 1542-1622.
Edward Burgis: '''Edward Burgis''' ([[1673]] ?-[[1747]]), in religion AM-
Brose: '''Brose''' ; Dominican friar : wrote on ecclesiastical history.
Dr Burgo: '''Dr Burgo''' . ([[1710]] ?-[[1776]]).
John William Burgon: '''John William Burgon''' ([[1813]]-[[1888]]), dean of Chiehester; son of Thomas Burgon; studied at University College, London; published 4 Life of Sir Thomas Gresham 1839; entered Worcester College, Oxford, 1841; fellow of Oriel, 1846; M.A., 1848; vicar of St. Mary's, Oxford, 1864; Gresham professor of divinity, 1867; dean of Chiehester, 1876: published Lives of Twelve Good Men 1888, sermons, and works of religious controversy; a high churchman of the old school
Thomas Burgon: '''Thomas Burgon''' ([[1787]]-[[1858]]), Turkey merchant and member of court of assistants of Levant Company; employed in coin department of British Museum, 1841. J3-1870), captain
Hugh Talbot Burgoyne: '''Hugh Talbot Burgoyne''' ([[183]]! royal navy, only son of Sir John Fox Burgoyne; entered navy, 1847; gained Victoria cross for service in Black Sea, 1856; drowned in the turret-ship Captain off Cape Finisterre.

[edit] Section 198

Sir Burgoyne: '''Sir Burgoyne''' .JOHN ([[1739]]-[[1785]]), general, seventh baronet of Sutton, Bedfordshire; entered the army when young: rapidly promoted; raised a regiment of light dragoons for India, 1781; served in India, 17S21785; major-gneral, 17S3.
John Burgoyne: '''John Burgoyne''' ([[1722]]-[[1792]]), dramatist and general; educated at Westminster; lieutenant, 1741; eloped with Lady Charlotte Stanley, daughter of the Earl of Derby, 1743; captain, c. 1743; resided in France to escape his creditors, 1749-55; lieutenant-colonel. L7WJJ raised dragoon regiment, 1759; M.P. for Midhnrst, 1761; brigadier-general in Portugal, 1762; govenior of Fort William, 1768-78; M.P. for Preston, 1768; major-genend 1772; attacked Olive in parliament, 1773; wrote plays, 1774-86; served in New England, 1775, and censured his brother-officers; second in command in Canada, 17 76, and censured his superior officer: lieutenant-general, 1777; given supreme command in Canada, but capitulated at Saratoga, October 1777; made commander-in-chief in Ireland by the whigs, 1782; manager of the impeachment of Warren Hastings; wrote plays, including the Heiress 1786.
Sir John Fox Burgoyne: '''Sir John Fox Burgoyne''' ([[1782]]-[[1871]]), engineer officer; illegitimate son of John Burgoyne (1722-1792) ; educated at Eton and Woolwich; entered royal engineers, 1798; served in Malta, Sicily, Egypt, 1800-7; engineer in Sir John Moore's expedition, 1808-9; engineer with Wellington throughout the Peninsular war; engineer in American campaign, 1814-15; commander of the engineers in France, 1815-18, and in Portugal, lH2f.; chairman of public works board, Ireland, 1831-45; majorgeneral and K.O.B., 1838; inspector-general of fortifications, 1845-68; lieutenant-general, 1850; present in the Crimean campaign, 1853-5; general, 1855; created baronet, 1856; constable of the Tower of London. 1865; field-marshal, 1868.
Montagu Burgoyne: '''Montagu Burgoyne''' ([[1750]]-[[1836]]), politician; educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge; held sinecure office in the exchequer; published pamphlets.
Sir Montague Roger Burgoyne: '''Sir Montague Roger Burgoyne''' (d. [[1817]]), eighth baronet of Sutton, Bedfordshire; eldest son of Sir John Burgoyne; comet Scots Greys, 1789; lieutenant-colonel 32ud light dragoons, 1795; major-generaL 1810.
Walter De Burgsted: '''Walter De Burgsted''' (fl. [[1257]]). See BER
Stede: '''Stede'''
Duchess of Burgundy: '''Duchess of Burgundy''' ([[1446]]-[[1503]]). See MAR
Garkt: '''Garkt'''
Burhill: '''Burhill''' or BURGHILL, ROBERT ([[1572]]-[[1641]]), divine; fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, 1585; M.A., 1594; D.D., 1632; rector of Northwold, Norfolk, and of Snail well Cambridgeshire, and prebendary of Hereford, 1604; assisted Sir Walter Ralegh in his History of the World; wrote works on controversial divinity.
Burhred: '''Burhred''' or BURGRJED (reigned [[852]]-[[874]]), king of Mercia; succeeded Beorhtwulf; subdued the revolt of North Wales and Anglesey, by help of JEthelwulf of the West-Saxons, 863; married Ethelswyth, JEthelwulfs daughter, 854; solicited West-Saxon help against the Danes, 868; vainly besieged the Danes in Nottingham; accepted Danish supremacy: received the expelled Northumbrian king, 872; conquered by the Danes, 874; fled to Rome, and died there.
Edmund Burke: '''Edmund Burke''' ([[1729]]-[[1797]]), statesman; second son of Richard Burke, attorney, of Dublin; brought up as a protestant by his father; entered Trinity College, Dublin, 1743; B.A., 1748; entered the Middle Temple, London, 1750; troubled by weak health: travelled in the west of England and in France; punished for neglect of his legal studies by discontinuance of the allowance from his father, 1755; first published works, Vindication of Natural Society andOn the Sublime and Beautiful 1756; married a catholic, who afterwards turned protestant, Jane Nugent, daughter of his physician, 1756, and was for some time dependent on his father-in-law; unsuccessfully applied for the consulship at Madrid, 1759; started theAnnual Register 1759, and contributed to it till 1788; private secretary to William Gerard Hamilton, 1759-64, accompanying him to Ireland, 1761-2, and again 1763-4; resigned a pension which Hamilton had obtained for him, 17G1; private secretary to tlia Marquis of Ttocktngham, July 17G5, who from time to
Burke: '''Burke''' 171
Bukley: '''Bukley''' time helped him I iy advances of money and destroyed his bond- at his death; inherited a small Irih estate inim a brother, 17G5, which he sold in 17to; el.-etcd M.P. for NVendovcr, 1705-74, through the intiueneeotKalph.Mvond earl Yrney; tin-t spoke in parliameiit, 27 Jan. 1700, on the A-mericunrnttcstttm; ackuuwl.-di.-vu.i. an. orator of the HSrcla, lint out of touch with the house; visited Ireland, ently attacked the administration of Chatham and Grafton, especially in regard to their dealing sith Ka-t Indian. 1 7M, and American questions, 1767; partieipated in the stockjobbing operations of a brother, a kinsman, and Lord Vemey; was partly involved in their ruin, 17C'J, and remainud lor the rest of his life in continuous financial difficulties; bought his estate at Bwiconsfield, 17U8, before the crash came; vigorously j attacked the foreign and domes tic policy of the tory govern; rni; issuedThoughts on the Present Discontents 23 April 1770, accusing the government of strangling public opinion; carried the day in favour of giving publicity to proceedings in parliament, 1771; agent for New " province!771j_jdoleutly assailed*" By pamphleteers the"~IHTpression that he was author of the * Letters of Juniu.- 1772; voted for removal of disabilities of proU-stam di~-i nters and advocated taxing absentee Irish landlords, 1773; visited Paris, February-March 1773, and returned with a pronounced aversion to French democracy; joined by Charles James Fox in his violent attacks on North's conduct of atl'airs, 1774-5; M.P. for Bristol, 1774-80, on the invttattoit-ef the citizens, who afterwards took oil'eiice at his championship of Irish trade and catholic emancipation; strongly advocated peace with America, 1775-6; ilplivftivd his employing Indians uPllie Amencauwar, February 1778; helped Admiral Keppel in his successful de'fence before a court-martial, 1779; advocated economical reform in the public service and restrictions on the slave-trade, 1780; became M.P. for Maltou, Yorkshire, 1781-94, through Lord Kockingham's influence; again advocated economical reform, and, by his attacks -ou-tlie-eeuduetofthe American war, fureeil "North to resign, 1781-2; kept out of the cabinet by the whips on their coming into office, i but.made paymaster of the forces, March-July 1782; grged UUUUUniteal ll'fnnn i Ux_par tial success, and the conferring of self-government on Ireland, 1782; retired from the ministry with Fox, July 1782; acquiesced in the coalition government of Fox and North under the Duke of Portland, and accepted paymastership of the forces, 1783; active member of the committee which investigated the affairs of the East India Company, wrote the Ninth Report on the trade of Bengal and the system pursued by Warren Hastings, and the Eleventh Report on the system of presents, and drafted the government's East India bill, 1783; lord rector of Glasgow University, 1784 and 1785; personally unpopular in the House of Commons; continued his attack on Warren Hastings, 1785; travelled in Scotland, 1785; joined by Philip Francis in urging the impeachment of Hastings, 1786, which was accomplished, 10 May 1787; opened the case for the impeachment in Westminster Hall, February 1788; again pushed over by Fox in forming a cabinet, 1788; joined Fox in upholding right of Prince of Wales to regency, 1788; supported Wilberforce in advocating abolition of the slave-trade, 1788-9; spoke in parliament against the French democracy, February 1790, and issued his Reflections on the French Revolution November 1790; estranged in consequence from Fox and Sheridan; prevailed on the new parliament to continue the impeachment of Hastings, 1790: LL.D. Dublin, 1791; finally quarrelled with Fox and the whigs, 1791; voted against removal of disabilities from Unitarians, and against parliamentary reform, advised his friends to support Pitt and the tories, pleaded for war with France, and openly joined the ministerial party, 1792; continued his quarrel with Fox and Sheridan, 1794; delivered his nine-daysspeech for the jmrnMbnant of Hastings in reply to the defence, 171)4; retired from parliament, July;.pensioned by the ministry, 1794; encouraged the foundation of Maynooth College, 1795; present at the acquittal of Hastings, 179*; established a school for sons of French refugees at Penn, Buckinghamshire, and wrote Letters on a Regicide Peace 1796. His collected works were, published, 17J2-1827.
Edmund Plunkett Burke: '''Edmund Plunkett Burke''' ([[1802]]-[[1835]]), judge; educated at Caen, Normandy, and Cambridge; called to bar at the Inner Temple; judge in St. Lucia, West Indies, I8o2; wrote on civil law.
John Burke: '''John Burke''' ([[1787]]-[[1848]]), genealogical and heraldic writer; iMied 1 Verage and Baronetage l.vC, Kxtinct Peerage 1881,Commoners 1833-8 (in later editions called Landed Gentry), Extinct Baronetcies 1838, and Knightage 1841, also works on the royal family ami on heraldry.
Sir John Bernard Burke: '''Sir John Bernard Burke''' (18H-[[1892]]), Ulster king-ol-arms, son of John Burke; educated at Caen College, Normandy; called to bar at Middle Temple. 1839; Ulster king-of-arms in Ireland, 1853; knighted, 1854; keeper of state papers in Ireland, 1855; honorary LL.D. Dublin, 18G2; C.B., 1868; appointed a governor of National Gallery ol Ireland, 1874. He annually ru-editcd his father's works, including Peerage 1847-92, publishing also Vicissitudes of Families 1859-63, and other genealogical works.
Peter Burke: '''Peter Burke''' ([[1811]]-[[1881]]), legal writer ; eldest sou of John Burke; educated at Caen, Normandy; barrister of the Inner Temple, 1839; serjeant-at-law, 1859; "wrote on legal subjects and remarkable trials,
Robert Burke: '''Robert Burke''' O'HARA ([[1820]]-[[1861]]), Australian explorer; educated in Belgium; captain in the Austrian service; entered the Irish constabulary, 1848; inspector of police in Victoria, 1853; leader of expedition to cross Australia from south to north, 1860; reached estuary of Flinders river, 1861; starved to death at Cooper's Creek, June 1861; buried at Melbourne.
Thomas Burke: '''Thomas Burke''' ([[1710]] ?-[[1776]]), latinised DE BURQO, church historian; native of Dublin; joined Dominicans at Rome, 1726; compiled Offlcia propria Sanctorum Hibernise 1751 (revised edition, 1769); began the history of the Dominicans in Ireland, 1753 (published, 1762, Hiberuia Domiuicaua and a supplement, 1772); bishop of Ossory, 1759; wrote theological works.
Thomas Burke: '''Thomas Burke''' ([[1749]]-[[1815]]), engraver, chiefly of works by Angelica Kauffmann.
Thomas Henry Burke: '''Thomas Henry Burke''' ([[1829]]-1 [[882]]), undersecretary for Ireland, 1869-82; began official life at Dublin Castle, 1847; murdered in Phrenix Park.
Thomas Nicholas Burke: '''Thomas Nicholas Burke''' ([[1830]]-[[1883]]), Dominican preacher and lecturer; at Rome, 1847: joined Dominicans at Perugia; studied theology at Rome; priest on the English mission, 1853; founded the convent at Tallaght, Dublin; prior of convent in Rome; lectured in the United States, 1872; published lectures and sermons.
Ulick Ralph Burke: '''Ulick Ralph Burke''' ([[1845]]-[[1895]]), Spanish scholar; B.A. Trinity College, Dublin, 1867; called to bar at Middle Temple, 1870; travelled in Spain, and subsequently studied Spanish literature and history; barrister at high court of North- West Provinces, India, 1873-8, and in Cyprus, 1885-9; registrar i of quarter-sessions, 1889; published History of Spain 1895, und other works.
William Burke: '''William Burke''' (d. [[1798]]), supposed author of the Letters of Junius; entered Westminster School, 1743, and Christ Church. Oxford, 1747; B.C.L., 1755; under-secretary of state, 1755-8; M.P. for Great Bedwin, 1766-74; stock-jobber; bankrupt, 1769; in India, 17771792; lived with his kinsman, Edmund Burke, at Beacousfield, 1793.

[edit] Section 199

William Burke: '''William Burke''' ([[1792]]-[[1829]]), murderer ; navvy in Scotland, 1818; lodged with William Hare in Edinburgh, 1827, and sold a dead body to the surgeons; smothered people for the purpose of selling their bodies, 1828; hanged at Edinburgh,
Henry Burkhead: '''Henry Burkhead''' (.ft. [[1646]]), author ; published at Kilkenny, 1646, Cola's Fury, or Lirenda's Misery a tragedy on the Irish troubles.
William Burkitt: '''William Burkitt''' ([[1650]]-[[1703]]), divine and commentator; educated at Cambridge grammar school and at Pembroke Hall, Cambridge; M.A., 1672; rector of Milden, Suffolk; vicar of Dedham, Essex, 1692-1703; author of sermons and expository works.
Barons of Burleigh: '''Barons of Burleigh''' . See BALFOUR, ROBERT, second BARON, d. 1663; BALPOUR, JOHN, third BARON, d. 1688; BALFOUR, ROBERT, fifth BARON, d. 1757.
John Burley: '''John Burley''' (. [[1333]]), Carmelite of Stamford.
Bukley: '''Bukley''' 172
Btjrnell: '''Btjrnell'''
Burley: '''Burley''' or BURLEIGH, JOHN (. [[1648]]), royalist officer: captain of a ship-otwar, 1(142; served in Charles I'e armv, tHvomiiiLT a enrnil of ordnance; executed for a ! quixotic utu-mpt to release Charles ut Newport, 1647.
Burley: '''Burley''' Sin SIMON ( [[1336]]-1 [[388]]), soldier and courtier ; served at sea, 1350, and in France, 1355; attended the Black Prince in Aquitaine, 1364: envoy to Pedro of Oas- ! tile, 1366-7; taken prisoner by the French, 1369; exchanged, 1370: made guardian to Prince Richard; accompanied Richard II to Ixnidon, 1377: governor of Windsor Castle, 1377-88; tutor of Richard II, 1380; negotiated the king's marriage with Anne of Bohemia, and escorted her to London, 1381; K.O., 1381; constable of Dover Oastle, 1384-7; served in Scotland, 1385; impeached by Richard's opponent* and beheaded, 1388.
Walter Burley: '''Walter Burley''' ([[1275]]-[[1345]] ?), Aristotelian commentator: probably a secular priest; reputed fellow of Merton College, Oxford; studied at Paris under Duns Scotus; almoner to Philippa, consort of Edward III, 1327; envoy to the pope, 1327 and 1330; possibly prebendary of Wells, 1332: reputed tutor to the Black Prince, c. 1342; possibly identical with a petitioner for the archdeaconry of Richmond, 1345. His De Vita et Moribus Philosophorum was printed 1467. Several other treatises by him were issued in the fifteenth and early part of the sixteenth century, and many survive in manuscript.
William Burley: '''William Burley''' (. [[1436]]), speaker of the House of Commons, 1436 and 1444: M.P. for Shropshire at intervals from 1417 to 1455; sheriff of Shropshire, 1426.
Earls of Burlington: '''Earls of Burlington''' . See BOYLK, RICHARD, first EARL, 1612-1697: BOYLE, RICHARD, third EARL, 1695-1753.
Henry Burlowe: '''Henry Burlowe''' (d. [[1837]]).
John Burly: '''John Burly''' (d. [[1333]]).
Thomas Burman: '''Thomas Burman''' (d. [[1674]]), sculptor,
Edward Burn: '''Edward Burn''' ([[1762]]-[[1837]]), writer against Dr. Joseph Priestley; educated at Trevecca College, Wales; entered St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, 1784; M.A., 1791; lecturer of St. Mary's Chapel, Birmingham, 17851837; rector of Smethcott, Shropshire; published sermons and tracts.
John Burn: '''John Burn''' ([[1744]] ?-[[1802]]), lawyer ; a Westmoreland squire; son of Richard Burn; issued revised editions of his father's manuals.
John Southerden Burn: '''John Southerden Burn''' ([[1799]] ?-l [[870]]), antiquary: solicitor, 1819; registrar of marriages at chapels prior to 1754, 1831; secretary to commission for inquiry into non-parochial registers, 1836-41; published History of... foreign Refugees settled in England 1846, and other antiquarian works.
Richard Burn: '''Richard Burn''' ([[1709]]-[[1785]]), legal writer; B.A. Queen's College, Oxford, 1734; vicar of Orton, Westmoreland, 1736-85; D.O.L., 1762; chancellor of Carlisle, 1765. His works include Justice of the Peace 1755, Ecclesiastical Law 1760, History of Westmoreland and Cumberland 1771.
William Burn: '''William Burn''' ([[1789]]-[[1870]]), architect of numerous mansions in Great Britain and Ireland; in business in Edinburgh, c. 1814; removed to London, 1844.
Andrew Burnaby: '''Andrew Burnaby''' ([[1734]]7-[[1812]]), traveller; at Westminster School, 1748; M.A. QueensCollege, Cambridge, 1757; travelled in North America, 1759-60; chaplain at Leghorn, 1762-7, travelling in Italy and Corsica; vicar of Greenwich, 1769; archdeacon of Leicester, 1786; author of travels, sermons, and charges.
Oharles Burnaby: '''Oharles Burnaby''' (?) (ft. [[1700]]), reputed author of four comalies. printed 1700-2. It is possible that they were really written by William Buruaby of Merton College, Oxfonl, 1691, and the Middle Temple, 1693, translator of Petroiiius, 1694.
Frederick Gustavus Burnaby: '''Frederick Gustavus Burnaby''' ([[1842]]-[[1885]]), cavalry officer and traveller; educated at Harrow and in Germany; a facile linguist; cornet, 1859; lieutenantcolonel, 1880; commanded the 3rd household cavalry, 1881-5; travelled in Central and Southern America, c. 1862, lu Spain and Morocco, 1808 in South Russia, 1870, in Spain, 1874, and in the Soudan, 1875; rode from Kazala to Khiva, 1875; rale from Scutari into Armenia, and thence to Uatoum, 1H76: attended Valentine Baker's operations iu the Russo-Turkish war, 1877; contested Birmingham, 1880; attached himself to the Egyptian expedition, 1884; killed in action in the attempt to relieve Khartoum; student of military ballooning, and author of narratives of his travels.
Nevill Northey Burnard: '''Nevill Northey Burnard''' ([[1818]]-[[1878]]), sculptor, chiefly of portrait-busts; native of Cornwall; carver of marble to London sculptors; exhibited at the Academy, 1855-67.
Burne: '''Burne''' or BOURN, NIOOL (ft. [[1581]]), controversialist; Calviuist; professor at St. Andrews; adopted Catholicism; imprisoned at St. Andrews and Edinburgh, 1680; banished, 1581; published, at Paris, 1581, a virulent attack on Knox and Luther.

[edit] Section 200

Robert Burne: '''Robert Burne''' ([[1765]] ?-[[1825]]), general; ensign, 1773; served in India, 1784-98 ieutenaut-colonel of the 36th foot, 1799; served in Hanover, 1805, and at Buenos Ayres, 1807; colonel, 1808; served at Vimeiro and Corufta, 1808; and at Flushing, 1809; major-general, 1811; invalided from Spain, 1811; held home commands, 1812-14; lieutenant-general, 1821.
Burne: '''Burne''' -JONE8, SIR EDWARD COLEY ([[1833]]painter; educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham, and Exeter College, Oxford, where he made acquaintance of William Morris and others, who formed the Brotherhood; became friend of Rossetti, and studied art; executed St. Frideswide's window in Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, 1859; came to London; associate of the * Old Society 1863; comparatively little known until, in 1877, he exhibited Chant dAmour Days of Creation and Beguiling of Merlin at the Grosvenor Gallery; exhibited also at the New Gallery; elected A.R.A., 1885; exhibited at Royal Academy The Depths of the Sea (1886): exhibited frequently at Paris from 1878; honorary D.O.L. Oxford, 1881; honorary fellow, Exeter College, 1882; created baronet, 1894. He did much decorative wonc. Among the best-known of hia pictures are the Pygmalion series (1879), the * Golden Stairs (1880), King Oophetua (1884), and theGarden of Pan (1887).
Arthur Coke Burnell: '''Arthur Coke Burnell''' ([[1840]]-[[1882]]), an authority on Sanscrit and the languages of Southern India; of King's College, London; entered the Indian Civil Service, 1867; served in Madras, 1860-8; tour through Arabia, Egypt, Nubia, 1868; magistrate at Mangalore and Taujore, 1869-80; published treatises on Hindu law, translations from the Sanscrit, and linguistic and historical tracts; collector of Sanscrit manuscripts now at the India Office; hon. Ph.D. Strasburg.
Edward Burnell: '''Edward Burnell''' (ft. [[1542]]), professor of Greek at Rostock.
Henry Burnell: '''Henry Burnell''' (. [[1641]]), published at Dublin, 1641, Landgartha a burlesque tragedy, performed there in 1639.
Robert Burnell: '''Robert Burnell''' (d. [[1292]]), bishop of Bath and Wells; accompanied Prince Edward to France, 1260, and in Wales, 1263; began to acquire estates in Shropshire, 1263; employed on a mission in South Wales, 1265; licensed to impark his land, 126C, and to have a weekly market and two fairs at Acton Burnell, 1269; befriended by Prince Edward, who tried to obtain Canterbury for him, 1270; trusted minister of Edward I, and inconstant attendance on him at home and abroad; co-regent during Edward's absence on crusade, 1272; lord chancellor, 1274 till death; bishop of Bath and Wells, 1275; one of Prince Llewelyn's judges, 1276; employed on a mission in France and Gascony, 1278; postulated for archbishop of Canterbury at the request of Edward I, 1278, and elected to see of Winchester, 1280, but set aside by the pope: settled the court of chancery in London, 1280, instead of following the court; employed on the Welsh bonier, 1282-3; framed the statute of Rhuddlan, 1282; parliament met in his hall at Acton, 1283; with Edward I in France, 1286-9; conducted an inquiry into the conduct of the juderes during the king's absence, 1290; lived a covetous and ambitious life, owning estates in nineteen counties (eightytwo manors); built the episcopal hall at Wells; procured franchises and liberties for Wells Cathedral; defended the right's of the crown against Peckham, the Franciscan primal.-,
Burnes: '''Burnes''' 173
Burnett: '''Burnett'''
Sir Burnes: '''Sir Burnes''' A LKXANDER ([[1805]]-[[1841]]), Indian political oilirer; ollicerin the Bombay iiutive infantry, 1H21; studied native languages: assistant resident in Cutch, 1829; visited Siud and the Punjab, 1830; visited Afghauiutan, Bokhara, the Turkoman country, Persia, 1H32; in England, 1M3-5; envoy to Dost Mahomed, 1836; advised alliance with him; knighted, 1839; political officer with the army at Cabul, 1839-41; slain in the massacre. vii. 3891
Jamks Burnes: '''Jamks Burnes''' ([[1801]]-[[1862]]), physician in India; studied medicine in Edinburgh and London; in the medical service at Bombay, 1821; surgeon at Outch; ucniiiip.iiHil tin- Sind expedition, 1825; published his Narrative 1830: in England, 1H34-6: LL.D. Glasgow, 1K31; garrison-surgeon, 1837, and afterwards physiciangeneral at Bombay; returned to England, 1849.
Burneston: '''Burneston''' or BORASTON, SIMON (.*. [[1338]]), preacher and theological writer; reputed D.D. Oammernber of the Dominican convent, Oxford: provincial.
Alexander Burnet: '''Alexander Burnet''' ([[1614]]-[[1684]]), archbishop in Scotland; a relative of the Earls of Traquair and Teviot; chaplain to the Earl of Traquair; refugee in England, c. 1639; took Anglican orders; beneficed in Kent; ejected 1650; crossed the Channel, and held correspondence for Charles II; chaplain to Dunkirk garrison, c. 1660; bishop of Aberdeen, 1663; archbishop of Glasgow, 1664; a strong high churchman, opposed to terms with the presbyterians, provoking the covenanter rising by his severity, 1666; strongly opposed to Lauderdale's conciliatory policy, 1669; compelled to resign his see, 1669, but restored, 1674; archbishop of St. Andrews, 1679-84.
Elizabeth Burnet: '''Elizabeth Burnet''' ([[1661]]-[[1709]]), authoress of A Method of Devotion 1709; nte Blake; married, 1678, Robert Berkeley (d. 1693) of Spetchley, Worcestershire; resided at the Hague, 1684-9; married (third wife) Gilbert Burnet (1643-1715), 1699.
Gilbert Burnet: '''Gilbert Burnet''' ([[1643]]-[[1715]]), bishop of Salisbury; of an Aberdeenshire family; son of a well-to-do Edinburgh lawyer, three times exiled for refusing the covenant; his mother a strict presby terian; educated at Marischal College, Aberdeen; M.A.; studied law; afterwards studied divinity and history; probationer of the Scottish church, 1661; practised extemporary preaching; thought ill of the oppressive policy of the Scottish bishops, 1663; visited Cambridge, Oxford, and London, and refused the parish of Saltoun, Haddmgtonshire, 1663; studied Hebrew at Amsterdam, visited Paris and the court at London, 1664; F.R.S., 1664; minister of Saltoun, 1665-9; wrote against the Scottish bishops and in favour of Lauderdale's milder policy, 1666; clerk of Haddington presbytery, 1667; sounded as to a proposal to divorce Charles IPs queen for barrenness; in Lauderdale's confidence, 1667; employed by Archbishop Leighton to negotiate with the presbyterians,! 669; employed by the Duchess of Hamilton to obtain the king's sanction for placing presbyterian ministers in certain parishes; professor of divinity at Glasgow, 1669; advised the privy council to send a commission into the west to inquire into the growing discontent; employed by Leighton to urge the moderate presbyterians to accept the offers of the court, 1670, and by the Duchess of Hamilton to arrange her family papers (published Memoirs of the Dukes of Hamilton 1676); persuaded the Duke of Hamilton to accept the court measures, 1671; summoned to London to advise Lauderdale, and offered the bishopric of Edinburgh, 1671; married his first wife, 1671; joined the Duke of Hamilton in reprobating Lauderdale's new policy of violence, 1672; wrote in favour of obedience to episcopacy, and against popery, 1673; visited London; as king's chaplain remonstrated with Charles II on his profligacy, 1673; incurred the hatred of Lauderdale, 1673; went to London, June 1674; dismissed by the king from his chaplaincy; preached in London churches; chaplain of the Kolls Chapel and lecturer of St. Clement's, 1675-84; witness against Lauderdale before the House of Commons, 1675; offered the see of Chichester, 1678; deprecated persecution of Roman catholics during the popish plot, 1678-80, incurring the dislike both of the court and of the extreme anti-popery party; published his History of the Reformation in England vol. i. 1679 vol. ii. 1681, vol. iii. 1714; remonstrated with Charles II on his evil life, 1680; attended the deathbed of the Karl of Rochester, 1680; intimate with William, lord Russell, 1681; asked, but was refused, the mastership of the Temple; obtained places in England for dispossessed Scottish clergy, 1682; wrote against popery; attended Lord Russell on the scaffold; withdrew to 1'aris, lts;{; returned to England; ejected from his chaplaincy at the Kolls and his lectureship by Charles II, 1684; visited Paris, Rome, Geneva, Strasburg, Frankfort, Heidelberg, and Utrecht, 1685-6 publishing a narrative of his tour, 1687; visited the Hague on invitation of the Prince of Orange, 1686; outlawed by James II, 1687; married his second wife, Mary Scott (rf. 1698), 1687; obtained from Mary, consort of the Prince of Orange, a promise to place power in William's hands; advised Sophia of Hanover of the intended invasion of England; drafted William's declaration; accompanied William to Torbay and London, 1688; bishop of Salisbury, 1689: advocated toleration in the House of Lords; preached the coronation sermon; carried the bill to attaint Sir John Fenwick, 1 697; appointed to attend Peter the Great, 1698; married his third wife see BURNBT, ELIZABETH; publishedExposition of the xxxix Articles 1699 (censured by the lower house of convocation, 1701); had charge of the succession bill, 1701; attended William on his deathbed, 1702; opposed the occasional conformity bill, 1703; obtained first-fruite and tenths for church purposes Queen Anne's Bounty, 1704; spoke against Sacheverell, 1710; remonstrated with Anne for countenancing the Pretender, James Edward; lived latterly in Clerkenwell; wrote a History of his own Times (published, 1723-34), sermons, controversial treatises, and political pamphlets.
Gilbert Burnet: '''Gilbert Burnet''' ([[1690]]-[[1726]]), pamphleteer ; son of Gilbert Burnet (1643-1715); educated at Leyden and Merton College, Oxford; B.A., 1706; chaplain to George 1, 1718; rector of EastBarnet, 1719-26.
James Burnet: '''James Burnet''' M. ([[1788]]-[[1816]]), landscape-painter ; came to London, 1810; exhibited at the Academy, 18121814.
John Burnet: '''John Burnet''' ([[1784]]-[[1868]]), painter and engraver ; trained in Edinburgh; came to London, 1806; engraved pictures by David Wilkie; exhibited at the Academy, 1808-23, and at the British Institution; pensioned, 1860; wrote treatises on drawing and painting.
Margaret Burnet: '''Margaret Burnet''' ([[1630]] V-[[1685]] ?), eldest daughter of John Kennedy, sixth earl of Cassilis; a determined presbyterian; long in the confidence of Lauderdale; married Bishop Gilbert Burnet (1643-1715) , 1671.
Sir Thomas Burnet: '''Sir Thomas Burnet''' ([[1632]]7-[[1715]]?), physician; studied medicine at Montpellier; M.D., 1659; practised in Edinburgh; published Thesaurus Mediciuae practicae, 1 1672; original fellow of the Edinburgh College of Physicians, 1681; knighted before 1691; published medical works.
Thomas Burnet: '''Thomas Burnet''' ([[1635]] ?-[[1715]]), master of the Charterhouse, 1685-1715; educated at Northallertou school and Cambridge; fellow of Christ's College, 1667; M.A., 1658; withstood James IPs attempt to appoint a catholic pensioner of the Charterhouse, 1687; chaplain and clerk of the closet to William III, 1689-92; published works on theology and cosmogony, which excited much contemporary criticism.
Thomas Burnet: '''Thomas Burnet''' (d. [[1750]]), divine; rector of West Kington, Wiltshire, 1706-50; D.D. New College, Oxford, 1720; wrote works of doctrinal theology.
Sir Thomas Burnet: '''Sir Thomas Burnet''' ([[1694]]-[[1753]]), judge ; youngest son of Gilbert Burnet (1643-1716); at Leyden, 1706-7; travelled in Germany, Switzerland, and Italy; entered the Middle Temple, 1709; barrister, 1715; consul at Lisbon, 1719; serjeant-at-law, 1736; justice of the common pleas, 1741; knighted, 1745; published pamphlets, chiefly political.
William Burnet: '''William Burnet''' (d. [[1729]]), colonial governor; son of Gilbert Burnet (1643-1715); educated at Cambridge and Leyden; governor of New York and of Massachusetts, 1728.
George Burnett: '''George Burnett''' ([[1776]] ?-[[1811]]), compiler of Specimens of English Prose 1807; entered Balliol College, Oxford, and subsequently the dissenting college at
Burnett: '''Burnett''' 174

Categories: Missing encyclopedic articles (biography)