MODERN ENGLISH BIOGRAPHY CONTAINING MANY You sand CONCISE MEMOIRS OF PERSONS WHO HAVE DIED SINCE THE YEAR 1850, WITH AN INDEX OF THE MOST INTERESTING MATTER.

BY FREDERIC BOASE. FACTA NON VERBA. VOLUME I. A-H. TRURO: NETHER TON AND WORTH, FOR THE AUTHOR. | 250 COPIES ONLY PRINTED. | PRICE 42/- NET. | | 1892. | recorders, queen’s counsel, serjeants, stipendiary magistrates, benchers of the inns of court, bishops, deans, archdeacons, chancellors, admirals, generals and members of parliament; other persons too, frequently omitted in biographical works, such as architects, engineers, inventors, ship builders, electricians, railway managers, publishers, actors, dramatists, musicians, music hall artistes, painters, sculptors, engravers, physicians, surgeons, sporting celebrities, eccentric characters and notorious criminals have also been inserted, in fact any one who has been well known and about whom a question might arise in general conversation. In addition, many foreigners who have spent portions of their lives in England and some few natives of the British colonies have been included. The plan in these memoirs, of which there are nearly 8,000 in this volume, has been first to give the main facts in each life, then, in the case of authors, short though exact titles of their chief works, concluding with references to books where longer accounts are to be found. The subject of portraits has been made a speciality, and you sands of notices of likene es in books, periodicals and newspapers have been inserted. The Transactions of the most important scientific and literary societies as well as the best known magazines and newspapers have been examined and the biographical notices extracted. The memoirs, though short, will be found to contain many exact facts not given in larger works. Great trouble has been taken about births and deaths, the dates of births frequently cannot be obtained and the places and dates of deaths of even very well known individuals are sometimes not easily settled. Information has been sought from all printed sources, from private individuals, and from church registers; reference has been also continually made to the books of the registrar general at Somerset House. Froude in one of his E ays says “We want the biographies of common people;” this adage has been acted on in Modern English Biography, and many hundred notices of the le known authors, artists, newspaper proprietors and journalists, merchants, country gentlemen and others, which can be found in no other book, are here recorded. Some reference must be made to the Knights Bachelor, an increasing and important body of men of much repute, about whom the annual knightages do not furnish exact information. For the elucidation of their history, the columns of the London Gazette have been carefully searched and the dates and places of their knighthood extracted, information which it is believed, cannot be found concentrated in any other single volume. The memoirs are arranged lexicographically according to the surnames, the peers however have all been inserted under their titles, for the reason that their family names are not generally known to ordinary readers. To my father Mr. John Josias Arthur Boase and to my eldest brother the Rev. Charles William Boase, I am much indebted for their great kindne in conjointly defraying the cost of printing this work, which I claim, to be an important contribution to the English biography of the nineteenth century. My thanks are due to Mr. William Prideaux Courtney and to my brother Mr. George Clement Boase, joint authors of the Bibliotheca Cornu bien sis, as well as to my before mentioned brother the Rev. C. W. Boase, for kindly reading proofs and supplying additional facts, while to Mr. Richard Bi ell Pro er late of the Patent Office and to Mr. Ralph Thomas author of The Handbook of Fictitious Names, I am under an obligation for information about inventors and other persons. The Second Volume is in active preparation and will appear as soon as is po ible, consistently with careful research. In a biographical work arranged alphabetically an Index is not a nece ity, but it was thought that one might add value to the book. A general index was not practicable, as it would have been as extensive as the work itself, but an elaborate and carefully considered compilation of the more remarkable, curious and interesting matter in the volume, has been made for me by my brother Mr. G. C. Boase. Clergy lists, Law lists and Army and Navy lists being common, the names of persons belonging to those profe ions have not been included. The first important heading in the index is that of Actors followed by Actors’ Stage Names, a list probably unique, while Dancers, Singers and others have not been neglected. To Initialisms, Fancy Names, Changes of Names and Pseudonyms much attention has been given and the entries are very extensive. Fellows of the Royal Society, astronomers, explorers, physicians, surgeons, civil engineers, painters and sculptors are duly recorded, while sport is represented by masters of hounds, betting men, racing men, cricketers, pedestrians and pugilists. The names of the Knights Bachelor occupy considerable space, and the article London will be found very interesting. Some amount of additional information has been inserted in the Index, to which the reader is recommended to refer when using “Modern English Biography.” FREDERIC BOASE. 36, James Street, Bucking ham Gate, London, S.W., 7 April, 1892. IMG:1644179237853675853_motif_vi.jpg: abbreviations. | A.A.G. | a istant adjutant general. | | A.D.C. | aide de camp. | | A.G. | adjutant general. | | A.I.C.E. | a ociate of Institution of Civil Engineers. | | A.R. | Annual Register. | | A.R.A. | a ociate of the Royal Academy. | | A.R.S.A. | a ociate of the Royal Scottish Academy. | | b. | born. | | B.A. | bachelor of Arts. | | bapt. | baptized. | | B. Chir. | bachelor of surgery. | | B.C.L. | bachelor of civil laws. | | B.D. | bachelor of divinity. | | B. Th. | bachelor of theology. | | B.I. | British Institution. | | bur. | buried. | | C. | curate. | | Cam. and Camb. | Cambridge. | | cap. | chapter. | | C.B. | companion of the Bath. | | C.C. | Corpus Christ i. | | C.E. | civil engineer. | | ch. | church. | | Ch. Ch. | Christ Church. | | C.I.E. | companion of the Indian Empire. | | C.M.G. | companion of St. Michael and St. George. | | co. | county. | | col. | colonel. | | coll. | college. | | comr. | commi ioner. | | cr. | created. | | C.S. | civil service. | | d. | died. | | D.A.A.G. | deputy a istant adjutant general. | | dau. | daughter. | | D.C.L. | doctor of civil laws. | | D.D. | doctor of divinity. | | ed. | editor, also educated. | | Edin. and Edinb. | Edinburgh. | | E.I.C.S. | East India company’s service. | | eld. | eldest. | | ex. and extraord. | extraordinary. | | F.C.S. | fellow of Chemical Society. | | F.G.S. | fellow of Geological Society. | | F.L.S. | fellow of Linnean Society. | | F.R.A.S. | fellow of Royal Astronomical Society. | | F.R.C.S. | fellow of Royal College of Surgeons. | | F.R.C.P. | fellow of Royal College of Physicians. | | F.R.G.S. | fellow of Royal Geographical Society. | | F.R.I.B.A. | fellow of Royal Institution of British Architects. | | F.R.S. | fellow of Royal Society. | | F.R.S. Edin. | fellow of Royal Society, Edinburgh. | | F.S.A. | fellow of Society of Antiquaries. | | F.S.S. | fellow of the Statistical Society. | | G.C.B. | knight grand cro of the Bath. | | G.C.H. | knight grand cro of Hanover. | | G.C.I.E. | knight grand commander of the Indian empire. | | G.C.M.G. | knight grand commander of St. Michael and St. George. | | G.C.S.I. | knight grand commander of Star of India. | | G.I. | Gray’s Inn. | | G.M. | Gentleman’s Magazine. | | gr. | grammar. | | H.E.I.C.S. | Honourable East India Co.’s service. | | H.M.S. | Her Majesty’s ship. | | hon. | honourable. | | h.p. | half pay. | | I.L.N. | Illustrated London News. | | instit. | institution. | | I.T. | Inner Temple. | | J.P. | justice of the peace. | | K.C. | King’s counsel. | | K.C.B. | knight commander of the Bath. | | K.C.H. | knight commander of Hanover. | | K.C.I.E. | knight commander of the Indian Empire. | | K.C.M.G. | knight commander of St. Michael and st. George. | | K.C.S.I. | knight commander of the Star of India. | | K.G. | knight of the Garter. | | K.H. | knight of Hanover. | | K.P. | knight of St. Patrick. | | K.T. | knight of the Thistle. | | K.T.S. | knight of the Tower and Sword. | | L.C.P. | licentiate of College of Physicians. | | L.G. | lieut. general. | | L.I. | Lincoln’s Inn. | | lieut. | lieutenant. | | L.K.Q.C.P.I. | licentiate of King’s and Queen’s College of Physicians, Ireland. | | LLB. | bachelor of laws. | | LLD. | doctor of laws. | | L.S.A. | licentiate of Society of Apothecaries. | | m. | married. | | M.A. | master of arts. | | mag. | magazine. | | matric. | matriculated. | | M.B. | bachelor of medicine. | | M.D. | doctor of medicine. | | M.G. | major general. | | Med. & Chir. Soc. | Medical and Chirurgical Society. | | mem. | member. | | M.I.C.E. | member of Institution of Civil Engineers. | | M.I.M.E. | member of Institution of Mechanical Engineers. | | min. | minutes. | | min. plen. and min. plenipo. | minister plenipotentiary. | | M.L. | licentiate in medicine. | | M.P. | member of parliament. | | M.R.I.A. | member of Royal Irish Academy. | | M.R.I.B.A. | member of Royal Institution of British Architects. | | M.R.C.S. | member of Royal College of Surgeons. | | MS. and MSS. | manuscript and manuscripts. | | M.T. | Middle Temple. | | N. and Q. | Notes and Queries. | | N.I. | native infantry. | | N.S.W. | New South Wales. | | N.Z. | New Zealand. | | Ox. and Oxf. | Oxford. | | p. and pp. | page and pages. | | P.C. | privy councillor. | | P.C. | perpetual curate. | | P.R.A. | president of the Royal Academy. | | preb. | prebendary. | | pres. | president. | | proc. | proceedings. | | pt. | portrait. | | pub. | published. | | Q.C. | Queen’s counsel. | | R. | rector. | | R. | royal. | | R.A. | rear admiral. | | R.A. | royal academician. | | R.A. | royal academy. | | R.A. | royal artillery. | | R.E. | royal engineers. | | rep. | representative. | | R.H.A. | royal horse artillery. | | r.l. | royal licence. | | R.M. | royal marines. | | R.N. | royal navy. | | R.S.A. | Royal Scottish academician. | | S.C.L. | student of civil laws. | | sch. | school. | | sec. | secretary. | | soc. | society. | | S.P.C.K. | society for propagation of Christian Knowledge. | | S.P.G. | society for propagation of the Gospel. | | sq. | square. | | st. | street. | | T.R. | theatre royal. | | Trans. | Transactions. | | U.K. | United Kingdom. | | U.S. | United States. | | V. | vicar. | | V.A. | vice admiral. | | V.C. | Victoria cro . | | V.P. | vice president. | | Ven. | venerable. | | Vict. | Victoria. | | W.S. | writer to the signet. | a