Modern English Biography (volume 1 of 4) A-H. Frederic Boase
on the track of the Israelites 1848 3 ed. 1849; The Nile boat, or glimpses of the land of Egypt 1849 2 ed. 1850; Gleanings pictorial and antiquarian on the overland route 1851. (m. 6 July 1831 Susanna Moon, she was granted a civil list pension of £75 4 Oct. 1858). d. on board French steamer Egyptus off Malta 13 Sep. 1854. bur. in the sea 14 Sep. Brief memoir by Wm. Beattie M.D. 1855, portrait; Notice by J. Britton in Art journal 1855, pp. 24–26, reprinted privately 1855.
BARTLEY, George (younger son of Mr. Bartley, box-keeper of the Bath theatre). b. Bath 1782; a strolling player; made his début in London at Drury Lane as Orlando in As you like it 18 Dec. 1802; joined Incledon in his entertainment at the Lyceum theatre called A voyage to India 24 April 1807; manager at Glasgow theatre 1809–11, also at Dundee and Perth; made his début in New York as Falstaff 18 Nov. 1818; played at Covent Garden and Lyceum; stage manager of former house about 1830–40; took his farewell of the stage at Princess’s theatre 18 Dec. 1852. d. 11 Woburn sq., London 22 July 1858. bur. in St Mary’s churchyard Oxford 30 July. Metropolitan Mag. xvii, 366–69 (1836); I.L.N. i, 405 (1842), portrait xxii, 141 (1853), portrait.
BARTON, Charles James. 2 Lieut. Bombay artillery 12 Dec. 1845; lieut. col. 26 April 1866 to 1 Aug. 1872; M.G. 1 Aug. 1872. d. Norfolk, Virginia, U.S. 19 Nov. 1879 aged 52.
BARTON, Ezekiel. Entered Bengal army 1799; col. 71 N.I. 11 March 1841 to 8 Feb. 1843; col. 46 N.I. 8 Feb. 1843 to death; L.G. 11 Nov. 1851. d. Irthlingborough house near Higham Ferrers 4 June 1855 aged 73.
BARTON, Ralph. Entered navy 2 March 1812; captain 9 Nov. 1846; retired admiral 1 Aug. 1877. d. South hill cottage, Southport 14 Jany, 1881 aged 83.
BARTON, Richard Bolton (eld. son of John Barton of Dublin). b. 1819; ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1844, LLD. 1868; barrister G.I. 30 Jany. 1850; went to India about 1855; chief magistrate, coroner and chief comr. of insolvency at Bombay. d. Stour lodge, Bradfield Essex 27 Dec. 1882.
BARTON, Sir Robert (5 son of Wm. Barton of Grove, co. Tipperary). b. Fethard, co. Tipperary 1770; volunteer in French national guard 1790; major 2 life guards 14 June 1805 to 28 April 1814; major 60 foot 28 April 1814 to 25 March 1816 when placed on h.p.; general 11 Nov. 1851; K.C.H. 1 March 1837. d. 2 Montague place, Montague sq. London 17 March 1853.
BARTON, Samuel. b. 23 April 1789; pupil of Abernethy at St. Bartholomew’s hospital; surgeon at Manchester 1811; surgeon to the Eye hospital 1815; made a splendid collection of pictures and engravings. d. Whalley Range near Manchester 18 April 1871. Personalty sworn under £100,000 May 1871.
BARTON, William Henry (eld son of Sir John Barton, treasurer to Queen Adelaide, he d. 25 Aug. 1834 aged 63). b. 1802; connected with the Mint 38 years; deputy master and comptroller 1851 to death. d. the Cottage, Bushey park, Teddington 25 Aug. 1868.
BARTON, William Whittle. b. Liverpool; pastor of Methodist new connexion at Rochdale, the chapel in Zachary Rochdale was opened 2 June 1822; town surveyor of Rochdale 1818–58. d. 1859.
BARWELL, Louisa Mary (dau. of Richard Mackenzie Bacon of Norwich, journalist 1775–1844). b. parish of St. Peter, Mancroft, Norwich 4 March 1800; assisted her father to edit Quarterly Musical Magazine 1818; contributed frequently to Quarterly journal of Education from about 1831; great friend of Lady Noel Byron; author of Little lessons for little learners 1833 (in monosyllables) and 14 subsequent editions; The value of time 1834 and 14 other books. (m. John Barwell of Norwich, wine merchant 1798–1876.) d. Norwich 2 Feb. 1885.
BASDEN, James Lewis. Ensign Scotch brigade 12 Jany. 1800; lieut. col. 89th foot 6 July 1838 to 16 June 1843 when he retired on full pay; C.B. 26 Dec. 1818. d. Newton villa, Westbourne grove, London 22 May 1856.
BASEVI, James Palladio (son of George Basevi of London, architect 1794–1845). b. 23 Feb. 1832; ed. at Rugby, Cheltenham and Addiscombe; 2 lieut. R.E. 12 Dec. 1851, captain 15 Feb. 1861; assistant in great trigonometrical survey of India 18 Jany. 1856, surveyor 1st grade 1 April 1866 to death. (m. Charlotte Louisa, she was granted a civil list pension of £100 29 April 1874). d. at east end of Changchenmo valley in the Himalayas 17 July 1871. Journal of Royal Geog. soc. xlii, 163–67 (1872); Monthly notices of Royal astron. soc. xxxii, 109–11 (1872).
BASHAM, William Richard. b. Diss, Norfolk 1804; clerk in a bank; studied at Westminster hospital; M.D. Edin. 1834; M.R.C.P. 1838, F.R.C.P. 1850, Censor 1864–66 and 1873 and Croonian lecturer 1864; phys. to Westminster hospital 1843, and lecturer on medicine 1849–71; author of On dropsy connected with disease of the kidneys 1858, 2 ed. 1862; Renal diseases 1870; Aids to the diagnosis of diseases of the kidneys 1872. d. 17 Chester st. Belgrave sq. 16 Oct. 1877.
BASIRE, James. b. 1796; engraver; engraved some pretty plates of Sussex country houses. d. London 17 May 1869.
BASS, Charles (first cousin to Wm. Evans Burton the comedian). b. London 5 March 1803; manager of Caledonian theatre Edinburgh about 1829; acted at the old Park theatre New York 1844–45; director of the American Dramatic fund; resided at Hamilton, Upper Canada; published Lectures on Canada 1863. d. Hamilton 5 May 1863. Morgan’s Bibliotheca Canadensis (1867) 20–21.
BASS, Michael Thomas (eld. son of Michael Thomas Bass of Burton-on-Trent, brewer 1760–1827). b. Burton-on-Trent 6 July 1799; brewer at Burton; M.P. for Derby 1848–83; introduced and carried a bill by which house-holders might require street musicians to quit neighbourhood of their houses; built and endowed church of St. Paul at Burton; gave to town of Derby a large recreation ground, public swimming baths, a free library opened 28 June 1879 and an art gallery. d. Rangemoor Burton-on-Trent 29 April 1884. Fortunes made in business ii, 407–50 (1884); Graphic xxix, 457 (1884), portrait; I.L.N. lxxxiv, 440 (1884), portrait.
BASSANO, Alfred. b. 25 June 1826; ensign 32 foot 3 April 1846; commanded the troops in China 28 July 1877 to 3 June 1878; M.G. 12 Dec. 1877; C.B. 24 May 1873. d. 2 Inverness place, Bayswater 12 Sep. 1882.
BASSET, Frances Basset, Baroness. b. 30 April 1781; succeeded 5 Feb. 1835. d. Tehidy park, Redruth, Cornwall 22 Jany. 1855.
BASTARD, James Stokes. 2 Lieut. R.A. 15 Nov. 1800; col. 9 Nov. 1846 to 20 June 1854; L.G. 24 Jany. 1857. d. Charlton 10 June 1871 aged 87.
BATCHELDOR, Thomas (2 son of Robert Batcheldor of Cholesbury, Bucks, farmer). b. 23 July 1796; student of Gray’s Inn 14 Nov. 1827; practised as a conveyancer; registrar of Eton College 1827 to death; chapter clerk to dean and canons of Windsor 1843 to death; steward of the courts of Eton College; F.S.A. 21 June 1855. d. The Cloisters, Windsor Castle 24 July 1866.
BATE, William Thornton (son of Wm. Bate, governor of Ascension island). b. 1820; ed. at royal naval college Portsmouth 1833–35; midshipman R.N. 1835; mate of the Blenheim 74 guns 19 March 1841; captain of the Actæon surveying vessel 6 Feb. 1857 to death; F.R.A.S. 9 March 1849; killed at storming of Canton 29 Dec. 1857. Memoir by Rev. John Baillie, 3 ed. 1862, portrait.
BATEMAN, Charles Philip Butler (son of Nathaniel Bateman, Captain R.N.) b. Wormley Herts 1776; Captain R.N. 25 Sep. 1806; Admiral on h.p. 18 June 1857. d. Corston near Bath 23 Nov. 1857.
BATEMAN, Colthurst. b. 2 Oct. 1780; sheriff of co. Kerry 1832–40. d. Sherborne 2 Aug. 1859.
BATEMAN, Hezekiah Linthicum. b. Baltimore 6 Dec. 1812; an actor 1832; played in the leading juvenile business; manager of the St. Louis theatre 1855–59; first appeared in England at Adelphi theatre, London 12 June 1865 as David of Ruthin in Geraldine; lessee of Lyceum theatre, London 11 Sep. 1871 to death; produced The Bells a version by Leopold Lewis of Erckmann-Chatrian’s Le Juif Polonais 25 Nov. 1871, and Hamlet 30 Oct. 1874 which ran till 29 June 1875, the longest run on record. (m. 10 Nov. 1839 Sidney Frances Cowell). d. Rutland lodge, South place, Knightsbridge, London 22 March 1875.
BATEMAN, James. b. Lancaster 9 Oct. 1805; entered Society of Jesus at Mont-Rouge,