FEIST

Charles ( son of Rev. Peter Feist who became a di enting minister ). b. Beverley, Yorkshire 12 April 1795; educ. Beverley gram. sch.; in solicitor’s office London; member of Norfolk and Suffolk circuits under David Fisher 5 years; proprietor of a sch. at Swaffham, Norfolk 7 years, of a sch. in London 1 year, of a sch. in Newmarket 18 years where he educated many of the jockeys; correspondent of Sunday Times at Newmarket; came to London 1842 in connection with Sunday Times ; author of Breathings of the Woodland Lyre 1815; Useful rhymes for youths betimes 1837; Spring blo oms, dialogues on subjects entertaining to children , 4 ed. 1844. d. 10 Granville sq. Clerkenwell, London 10 July 1856. Sporting Review xxxvi , 391–4 (1856).