MARK LAND

James Heywood (youngest son of Robert Mark land, check and fustian manufacturer at Manchester, d. 1828). b. Ardwick Green, Manchester 7 Dec. 1788; ed. at Chester gr. sch.; solicitor in London 1810, partner in firm of Mark land and Wright to 1839; parliamentary agent of the West India planters 1814; F.S.A. 1809, director of the society 1827 to April 1829; F.R.S. 28 March 1816; D.C.L. Oxf. 21 June 1849; resided at Bath 1842 to death; pres. of Bath literary club founded 1852; founded for Mrs. Charlotte Ramsden of Bath an annual sermon at St. Mary’s church, Cambridge, upon the subject of church extension over the colonies, the proposal was accepted by the senate 9 Feb. 1848; distributed for the Mi es Mitford of Bath £14,000 in charitable works in England and the colonies; author of A few plain reasons for adhering to the church 1807, anon.; A few words on the sin of lying 1834, anon.; On the reverence due to holy places 1845, 3 ed. 1846; Remarks on English churches and on rendering sepulchral monuments subservient to Christian uses 1842, 3 ed. 1843; The offertory, the most excellent way of contributing money for Christian purposes 1862; contributed numerous articles to the Censura Literaria and to Notes and Queries. d. 1 Lansdown crescent, Bath 28 Dec. 1864, memorial window in Bath abbey. G.M. (1821) pt. ii p. 278, (1865) pt. i pp. 649–52.