NORTH

Brown low (only son of Charles August us North 1785–1825, rector of Alverstoke, Hants.). b. Winchester house, Chelsea, 6 Jany. 1810; appointed registrar of diocese of Winchester 1817 in reversion upon the death of his father; educ. Eton 1819–25; sent to Corfu 1825; travelled with a tutor in France and Italy; served in Don Pedro’s army at Oporto 1832–3; matric. from Magd. coll. Oxf. 21 March 1839, B.A. 1842; conducted evangelical meetings in Scotland from 1855; formally recognised as an evangelist by the Free church of Scotland 1859; took part in revivalist meetings in Ulster 1859; preached in London 20 Dec. 1859 to May 1860; sometimes gave discourses in drawing rooms; author of Ourselves, a picture selected from the history of the children of Israel 1865, 10 ed. 1888; Yes or no, Genesis xxiv 1–58, 1867, 3 ed. 1871; The rich man and Lazarus 1869; The prodigal son, or the way home 1871. d. Tullichewan castle, Dumb art on shire, the residence of Mr. James Campbell 9 Nov. 1875. bur. Dean cemet. Edinb. B. North, Records and Recollections. By K. Moody-Stuart (1878) portrait ; J. Baillie’s B. North, esq. (1876).