BOSWORTH

Rev. Joseph . b. Derby shire early in 1789; ed. at Repton gr. sch., Univ. of Aberdeen, and Trin. coll. Cam., B.A., M.A., and LLD. Aberdeen; B.D. at Cam. 1834, D.D. 1839; incorp. D.D. of Ch. Ch. Ox. 1858; V. of Horwood Parva, Bucks. 1817–29; chaplain at Amsterdam 1829–32 and at Rotter dam 1832–40; V. of Waith, Lincs. 1841–45 and 1848–58; R. of Water Str at ford, Bucks. 1858–75; F.R.S. 4 June 1829; profe or of Anglo Saxon in Univ. of Oxford 4 Nov. 1858 to death; made over to Univ. of Cam. by deed of gift in 1867 sum of £10,000 towards profe orship of Anglo Saxon which was founded May 1878; author of The elements of Anglo-Saxon Grammar 1823, earliest English work of the kind; Anglo-Saxon dictionary 1838, 2 ed. 1882; Scand in avian literature 1839; A compendious dictionary of Anglo-Saxon 1848, 5 ed. 1882. d. 20 Beaumont St. Oxford 27 May 1876. Academy 3 and 10 June 1876 ; Times 29 May 1876 , p. 10, col. 4 . BOTFIELD, Beriah ( eld. son of Beriah Botfield of Norton hall, North amp tons hire 1768–1813 ). b. Earl’s Ditton, Salop. 5 March 1807; ed. at Harrow and Ch. Ch. Ox., B.A. 1828, M.A. 1847; sheriff of North amp tons hire 1831; M.P. for Ludlow 23 May 1840 to 23 July 1847 and 27 March 1857 to death; F.R.S. 17 Jany. 1839; F.S.A. 1839; a chevalier of order of Albert the Brave of Saxony; knight of order of Leopold of Belgium; member of Abbots ford, Bannatyne, Maitland, and Roxburgh clubs, and of Surtees Society, for all of which he edited books; set up a private printing-pre at Norton hall, where he printed Journal of a tour through the Highlands of Scotland [anon.] 1830; Stemmata Bote villi an a 1843; Bibliotheca Hearneiana 1848; published Notes on cathedral libraries of England 1849; Prefaces to first editions of Greek and Roman cla ics 1861. d. 5 Grosvenor sq. London 7 Aug. 1863. Stemmata Bote villi an a ( 2 ed. 1858) 84–7, 156, App. 33, 479–96; G.M. xv , 645–7 (1863); Numismatic Chronicle iv , 17–18 (1864).