Modern English biography, volume 2 (of 4), I-Q

VOLUME II.

This Index contains references to the most important, curious, and interesting facts, to be found in the pages of this work.

A

• Abbot, mitred, the first since the Reformation 1320.
• Aberdeen univ., lord rectors 12, 610, 702.
• Aberdeenshire, lord lieutenant 242.
• Aberystwith, university college founded 1132.
• Abide with me, a hymn 924.
• Abyssinia, king Theodore, his friend 113,
• Parkyn’s travels in 1356,
• war in 1072.
• Accountants, Quilter 1690.
• Accrington, Lancashire, the first mayor 428.
• Achilli, Giacinto, Newman’s libel on 1124.
• Ackworth school, Yorkshire, for sons of Friends 1670.
• Acrobats, D’Ronde 1476,
• Persivani 1476,
• Van der Velde 1476.
• Actors, Neilson fund for relief of 1098,
• salary of two pounds a week 118.
• Actors, see also Ballet masters, Circus proprietors, Clowns, Columbines, Conjurers, Dancers, Dramatists, Entertainers, Equestrian performers, Gymnasts, Harlequins, Jugglers, Lecturers, Lion tamers, Music halls, Negro minstrels, Panoramas, Pantaloons, Pantomimists, Singers, Somersault throwers, Theatres, Theatrical managers, Tight-rope dancers, Trapeze performers, Ventriloquists, and Wire walkers,
• Apjohn 796,
• Atkins 680,
• Bender 1144,
• Blanche 1295,
• Borrow 298,
• Brooke 122,
• Castaglioni 812,
• Cavendish 756,
• Chatterley 1552,
• Chute 679,
• Cooper 273,
• Coppin 365,
• Coveney 67, 1550,
• Cushman 686, 1062,
• De Camp 186,
• Déjazet 1360,
• Desmond 679,
• Dyke 954,
• Edgar 747,
• Elphinstone 258,
• Faucit 652,
• Featherstone 1393,
• Fechter 348,
• Fenton 1351,
• Fisher 688,
• Forrest 580,
• Frankland 241,
• Hudspeth 1489,
• Hughes 1050,
• Irving, J. H. 23,
• Isaacs, J. 24,
• Isaacs, R. 24,
• Jackman 27,
• Jackson 31,
• James 48,
• Jarman 62,
• Jecks 67,
• Jefferini 68,
• Jefferson 69,
• Jerrold 88,
• Jervis 90,
• Johnson 109,
• Johnstone 118,
• Jones, A. S. 122,
• Jones, E. 124,
• Jones, D. H. 124,
• Jones, G. 126,
• Jones, J. 131,
• Jones, M. B. 138,
• Jones, Mrs. 123,
• Jones, R. 140,
• Josephs, F. 149,
• Josephs, P. 150,
• Kean, C. J. 165,
• Kean, Edmund 354,
• Kean, Ellen 165,
• Keeley, L. M. 171,
• Keeley, M. A. 171,
• Keeley, R. 165, 171,
• Keene, 174,
• Kelly, A. 179,
• Kelly, C. 180,
• Kelly, F. M. 182, 792,
• Kelly, L. E. 183,
• Kelsey, 185,
• Kemble, C. 186,
• Kemble, F. 186,
• Kilner 219,
• King, H. 225,
• King, K. 226,
• King, T. C. 226,
• Kinnear 241,
• Knight, E. 255,
• Knight, S. 255,
• Knowles, E. M. M. 258,
• Knowles, J. S. 259 bis,
• Lacy, F. 273,
• Lacy, M. R. 274,
• Lacy, S. 274,
• Lacy, T. H. 273, 275,
• Lacy, Mrs. W. 273,
• Lacy, W. 273,
• Lancaster 1295,
• Lane 298,
• Langtry 347,
• Leclercq, A. 348,
• Leclercq, C. 348,
• Leclercq, M. 348,
• Lee, John 351,
• Lee, John 354,
• Lee, T. 359,
• Leonard 391,
• Leslie 395,
• Lester 398,
• Levey 405,
• Lewes 408,
• Lingard 439,
• Liston, J. 445,
• Liston, M. 445,
• Liston, S. 445,
• Litchfield 446,
• Litton 450,
• Lloyd, A. 226,
• Lloyd, H. F. 459,
• Lockyer 69,
• Lotta 32,
• Loveday 503,
• Lovell 506,
• Lowrey 516,
• Lucette 526, 1638,
• Lynne 545,
• Lyon 546,
• Mc Cullough 579,
• Macdonald 582,
• M’ Ian 612,
• M’ Intyre 614,
• Mackay 618,
• Maclean 649,
• Macleay 652,
• M’ Neill 670,
• Macready, S. 679,
• Macready, W. C. 680,
• Maeder 688,
• Major 705,
• Mandelbert 124,
• Manders, L. 716,
• Manders, T. 717,
• Manning 723,
• Marchant 732,
• Mardyn 733,
• Marriott 747,
• Marshall, C. F. 755,
• Marshall, Polly 759,
• Marston, G. 763,
• Marston, H. 763,
• Mason 780,
• Massey 786,
• Mathews, A. 792,
• Mathews, C. 792,
• Mathews, C. J. 792,
• Mathews, H. 793,
• Mathews, J. I. 793,
• Mathews, L. E. 794,
• Matthews, E. 796,
• Matthews, F. 796,
• Matthews, J. T. 797,
• Matthison 799,
• May 810,
• Maydue 567,
• Maynard 817,
• Maywood 822,
• Mead 823,
• Meadows 825,
• Mellon, S. J. 836,
• Mellon, H. 837,
• Menken 843,
• Miller 876,
• Mitchell 907,
• Moore 946,
• Morelli 962,
• Morgan 967,
• Mowatt 1010,
• Muir 1017,
• Murray, C. 1055,
• Murray, E. 1042,
• Murray, G. 1044, 1051,
• Murray, H. 1042,
• Murray, H. L. 1046,
• Murray, M. F. 1050,
• Murray, M. 1051,
• Murray, W. H. W. 1055,
• Myers 1066,
• Naylor 1087,
• Nelson 1101,
• Neville 1113,
• Newcombe 1117,
• Nickinson 1145,
• Nicol 1146,
• Noel 763,
• Nunn 1188,
• Oliver 1237,
• Owen 1289,
• Owens 1294,
• Oxberry 1294,
• Parkes 1351,
• Parry, J. 1363,
• Parry, T. 1366,
• Parselle 1368,
• Paul 1393,
• Paumier 1399,
• Pauncefort 1399,
• Payne, H. E. 1403,
• Payne, J. H. 1404,
• Payne, L. 1405,
• Payne, W. H. S. 1406,
• Pearson 1421,
• Penley 1449,
• Pettifer 1483,
• Phelps, E. 1489,
• Phelps, S. 680, 1489,
• Phillips, R. 1506,
• Phillips, R. E. 1510,
• Pierce 1528,
• Pitt, C. D. 1550,
• Pitt, G. D. 1550,
• Place 1552,
• Plowden 1560,
• Pollock 1574,
• Poole, A. 1581,
• Poole, W. H. 1585,
• Pope, Mrs. 1587,
• Povey 254,
• Powrie 1616,
• Price 1636,
• Purvis 1676,
• Raymond 810,
• Rayner 1586,
• Robertson, Mrs. T. 273,
• Robina 1528,
• Robinson 1560,
• Ryder 1574, 1636,
• Sidney 870,
• Simeon 1552,
• Simpson 445,
• Somerville 967,
• Swanborough 546,
• Taylor 273,
• Ternan 62,
• Terry 180,
• Toole 503,
• Tree 165,
• Tyrer 445,
• Vestris 794,
• Woolgar 836,
• Wyndham 271,
• Yates 792.
• Actors, Singers and others. Stage names, Given names, etc. See also Names.
• Adelaide, Madame, i.e. Sophie A. G. Le Thiere 401.
• Amadi, Madame, i.e. Annie Creelman 504.
• Andrews, Ellen, i.e. Janet M. Whytock 1382.
• Augustus, Mr., i.e. Augustus A. C. Meves 859.
• Celli, Frank, i.e. Frank H. Standing 1684.
• Cooper, Fanny, i.e. Frances Dalton 273.
• Dulcet, Mr., i.e. John Jones 131.
• Dymont, Mr., from America, i.e. Henry Lyon 546.
• Emery, Young, i.e. Richard Tomlinson 938.
• Featherstone, Isabella, i.e. Isabella Hill 1393.
• Frankland, Sarah, i.e. Sarah Kinnear 241.
• Grant, Andalusia, i.e. Lady William Molesworth 916.
• Hobbs, Owen, i.e, Frederick Hobson 395.
• Jefferini, John, i.e. John Jeffreys 68.
• Joannes, Count, i.e. George Jones 126.
• Johnson, Joseph Towers, i.e. Edward Joseph Towers 109.
• Kelly, Charles, i.e. Charles Clavering Wardell 180.
• Lauri, Charles, i.e. Charles Lowe 318.
• Lauri, John, i.e. John George Lowe 319.
• Leathes, Edmund John, i.e. Edmund Donaldson 345.
• Leclercq, Charles, i.e. Charles Clark 348.
• Leslie, Frederick, i.e. Frederick Hobson 395.
• Linn, Henry, i.e. Alexender C. R. Crawford 441.
• Lola Montez, i.e. Marie Dolores E. R. Gilbert 479.
• Lotta, i.e. Lotta Crabtree 32.
• Louise, Madame, i.e. Louise Miller 501.
• Lizon, Lilian Adelaide, i.e. Elizabeth Ann Brown 1097.
• Lullaby, Mrs., i.e. Margaret Jefferson 69.
• Lumley, Benjamin, i.e. Benjamin Levy 528.
• Lyons, Louisa, i.e. A. C. Lyons 548.
• Manners, Charles Ward, i.e. Charles Ward Marshall 730, 755.
• Marian, i.e. Marie Elizabeth Wedde 736.
• Mario, i.e. Giovanni Battisto Matteo 736.
• Marston, G. i.e. G. Marsh 763.
• Marston, Henry, i.e. Richard Henry Marsh 763.
• Maxwell, Mr., i.e. Henry James Mann 929.
• May, Huntly, i.e. William Huntly May Macarthy 812.
• Maynard, Ambrose, i.e. William Hill 816.
• Maynard, Kate, i.e. Katherine Myers 1066.
• Mead, Thomas, i.e. Thomas Prescott 823.
• Milano, John, i.e. John Millingham 870.
• Mite, Major, i.e. Henry Pleon 1558.
• Moncrief, William Thomas, i.e. W. T. Thomas 921.
• Montague, Henry James, i.e. Henry James Mann 929.
• Montgomery, Walter, i.e. Richard Tomlinson 938.
• Munroe, Kate, i.e. Katherine Lister 1030.
• Murray, Gaston, i.e. Garstin Parker Wilson 1044.
• Murray, Henry Leigh, i.e. Henry Leigh Wilson 1046.
• Neilson, Lilian Adelaide, i.e. Elizabeth Ann Brown 1097.
• Nesbitt, Francis, i.e. Francis Nesbitt Mc Cron 1108.
• Nondescript, The, i.e. Julia Pastrana 1376.
• Norton, Fleming, i.e. Frederic Mills 1180.
• Oceana. i.e. Oceana Renz 1203.
• Oliver, Pattie, i.e, Martha Cranmer Oliver 1237.
• Olmar, i.e. James Chadwick 1242.
• O’Neil, Mr., i.e. Denis Leonard 391.
• Parepa, Euphrosyne, i.e. Euphrosyne de Boyesku 1335.
• Parkes, Baron, i.e. George Parkes 1352.
• Pasta, Giuditta, i.e. Giuditta Negri 1376.
• Perdi, Lisa, i.e. Elizabeth Purdy 1673.
• Perkins, Giulio, i.e. Julius E. Perkins 1467.
• Perks, George, i.e. George William Reed 1467.
• Phillippe, Monsieur, i.e. Phillippe Talon 1494.
• Phillippi, Monsieur, i.e. Harry Graham 1499.
• Picaninny Tommy, i.e. Tom Pleon 1558.
• Pierce, James Hart, i.e. James Hart Glen 1528.
• Pleon, Madame, i.e. Mrs. Whitehouse 1558.
• Pleon, Tom, i.e. Frederick Pleon Whitehouse 1558.
• Power, Ellen Maria, i.e. Ellen Maria Lingham 1611.
• Power, T., i.e. Thomas Powrie 1616.
• Price, Morton, i.e. Horton Rhys 526, 1638.
• Proctor, Harry, i.e, Rowline Philp 1654.
• Quinton, Mark, i.e. Mark Keogh 1692.
• Rivolti, Felix, i.e. William Mitchell 908.
• Swanborough, Henry Valentine, i.e. H. V. Smith 546.
• Tom Dot, General, i.e. Tom Pleon 1558.
• Tremaine, Annie, i.e. Annie Creelman 503.
• Turner, Miss, i.e. A. C. Lyons 548.
• Two Macs, The, i.e. Frank Hilton and J. P. Macnally 567.
• Two Macs, The, i.e. Joseph Maccabe and others 567.
• Veovide, i.e. Daniel Latham 311.
• Whitlock, W. W., i.e. William Penna 1450.
• Young Spaniard, i.e. Michael R. Lacy 274.
• Zuchilli, Miss, i.e. Rebecca Isaacs 25.
• Aczani in Phrygia, ruins of discovered 888.
• Adelaide, Queen, d. 1849, her physician 75,
• her solicitor general 848.
• Admiralty, first lords, Melville 839,
• Minto 899,
• Northbrook 1175,
• Northumberland 1177.
• Adulteration of food, legislation concerning the 1599.
• Advertisement agent, Mitchell 902.
• Aeronautics, See also Balloons,
• ascent in a thunder storm 30,
• ascents on backs of animals 1568,
• Powell lost at sea 1610,
• Poitevin’s ascents 1568,
• voyage from Vauxhall to Nassau 784.
• Aeronauts, Adams, 314,
• Jackson 30,
• Latour 314,
• Lythgoe 551.
• Africa, lake Ngami discovered 1273,
• lake Nyassa expedition to 113,
• lake Tchad surveyed 1282,
• Soudan railway 60,
• Zambesi discovered 1273,
• Zambesi, first missionaries to 322.
• African explorers, Barttlot 56,
• Beecroft 59,
• Jameson 56,
• Kerr 210,
• Hannington 617,
• Laird 280,
• Lander 280,
• Livingstone, C. 452, 1273,
• Livingstone, D. 453,
• Lucas 524,
• M’Call 568,
• Macdonnell 589,
• Mackay 617,
• Mackenzie 624,
• Mc William 682,
• Nelson 1103,
• Oates 1195,
• Oswald 1273,
• Overweg 1282,
• Plowden 1560.
• Agriculturalists, Jaffray 46,
• Mahony 696.
• Agriculture, agricultural implement makers 810,
• ammonia absorbed in the soil 862,
• Parkes’ system of draining land 1354,
• reaping machine first used 1678.
• Albany, Leopold, Duke of, d. 1884, his friend and adviser 194.
• Albert, d. 1861, prince consort, Albert memorial coll. Framlingham 211,
• bust of 135,
• death predicted 989,
• epitome in verse of his life 109,
• his librarian 814,
• painting of the landing of 251,
• portrait of 1373,
• statues of 500, 983,
• taught his military duties 257.
• Albert Edward, b. 1841, prince of Wales, at Exeter college 428,
• at Glasgow 530,
• at Salisbury 533,
• attorney general to 233, 465,
• bust of 15,
• chancellor of his duchy 233,
• Freya’s gift, a masque on his marriage 1296,
• friend 61,
• guards ball to 1183,
• his tailor 1583,
• lord warden of the Stannaries 1596,
• march for his christening 718,
• opens Mersey tunnel 24,
• prince of Wales’ cantata 1288,
• receiver general of his duchy 257,
• sermon on his birth 905,
• steward of his Norfolk manors 63,
• surgeon in Egypt and Palestine 898,
• treasurer 257.
• Alchemist, Papaffy 1329.
• Alderney, breakwater made 38.
• Algoa bay colony organised 963.
• Alice Gray, a song 832.
• Alkali, manufacture founded 1062,
• works 499.
• Allen, R., dramatist 165.
• Allotment grounds for labourers, originator of the system 169.
• Almacks, lady patronesses of 90, 176,
• quadrilles introduced 1327.
• Almanacks, comic 815, 816,
• Zadkiel’s 988.
• Alpine climbers, Pelham 1439,
• Pratt 1621.
• Alum works 225.
• Alumina, silicate of, when decomposed made aluminous cake 1565.
• Aluminium bronze, invented 1463.
• America, United States of, Alabama built 280,
• sunk 288, 456,
• American bible union 647,
• an Americancitizen and also a British subject 1208,
• animal vaccination introduced 767,
• blockade runners to Southern States 24,
• Ericsson steamship sinks 248,
• fortnightly, weekly, and three times a fortnight lines of steamers 16,
• Great western steamer 280,
• first iron ship seen in 280,
• Indian corn sent to England 611,
• Inman line of steamers 16,
• New Cambria town founded 135,
• New Harmony model village 1291,
• Pinkerton’s preventive watch 1541,
• provision trade to Liverpool originated 611,
• rich men 902,
• Saratoga a summer resort 989,
• treaty of Washington 1175.
• America, U.S. of, Baltimore, Kelso orphan home founded 185,
• printer to the pope 1039.
• America, U.S. of, New York, attempt to introduce passion plays 991,
• Cremorne mission 564,
• helping hand mission 564,
• Jerry Mc Auley’s newspaper 564,
• Laura Keene’s theatres 174,
• Macready riots at Astor place theatre 680,
• Niblo’s gardens 1130,
• University, first honorary M.D. 757.
• Ammunition manufacturers 270.
• Anderson, Robert, a Cumberland poet 1469.
• Animals, wild, dealers in 60.
• Aniline industry, colours produced 726, 1139.
• Apothecary, Nussey 1189.
• Apple dumplings, lecture on 1038.
• Arabian Nights, The 296.
• Archers and archery clubs 1594,
• Pollock 1576.
• Archil extracted from seaweed 225.
• Archimedian screw applied to navigation 1042.
• Architects, I’Anson 1,
• Johnson, J. 107,
• Johnson, R. J. 109,
• Jones 128,
• Keane 167,
• Lamb 282,
• Lapidge 306,
• Little 448,
• Lockwood 470,
• Marrable 743,
• Murray 1046,
• Nesfield 1109,
• Newman 1123,
• Papworth, G. 1330,
• Papworth, J. W. 1331,
• Papworth, W. A. V. S. 1331,
• Peddie 1430,
• Peebles 1431,
• Picton 1526,
• Pink 1541,
• Playfair 1557,
• Poynter 1617,
• Pugin, A. W. N. 1664,
• Pugin, E. W. 1665.
• Architecture, revival of gothic 1582.
• Arctic explorers, Jago 46,
• Mc Clure 573,
• Mc Cormick 576,
• Macgahan 600,
• Moore 955,
• Nias 1130,
• Osborn 1265,
• Parry 1367,
• Pearse 1420,
• Pim 1538,
• Pullen 1667,
• Smith 498,
• north west passage discovered 573.
• Argentine republic, first English dramatic co. appearing there 311.
• Armagh, lord lieutenant 532.
• Arms and armour, collection in the Tower 1553,
• Johnstone collection 120,
• Meyrick collection 1553.
• Army, agents 244,
• Albuera, charge at 642,
• army works corps constituted 1401,
• Badajoz, the forlorn hope at 513,
• balloons and parachutes for use in 726,
• charge of light brigade 521, 1162,
• chill casting projectiles 1314,
• clothiers 133,
• cordite discovered 1159,
• cross belts abolished 154,
• eighteenth dragoons disbanded 1046,
• eighteenth hussars raised 263,
• Enfield rifle factory 471,
• field instruction at Chatham 1375,
• field marshals 392, 521, 1072, 1574,
• fifth dragoons disbanded for insubordination 481,
• guards’ ball to prince of Wales 1183,
• gunpowder, prismatic 1159,
• investigation into sickness of 756,
• lance, use of the 519,
• Lancaster carbine 287,
• left on field of battle forty eight hours 431,
• lieutenant in charge of an army 281,
• lieutenant sold all his possessions and gave proceeds to charities 1309,
• light steel mountain guns 897,
• Maclaren’s gymnasia 644,
• major receiving twenty four wounds 1149,
• mineral water establishments for 1540,
• museum of natural history at Fort Pitt, Chatham 610,
• non-pivot drill 84,
• plough boy becomes a captain 335,
• private becomes a lieutenant 658, 1028,
• privates become captain 713, 1131,
• private becomes a lieut.-col. 194,
• private becomes a major general 620,
• privates first mentioned in despatches 1075,
• Redan, the first assault on 119,
• rifle, Jacob’s 42,
• rifle, the Enfield-Pritchett 92,
• sensitive base percussion fuse 545,
• sergeant Lilley’s case 430,
• seventy times under fire 557,
• solid Martini cartridge 270,
• surgeons’ claims 153, 1020,
• topographical and statistical depôt originated 92,
• topographical corps, the first 92,
• valise which displaced the knapsack 1352.
• Art dealer, King 230.
• Artists’ models 548.
• Artificial flower maker 793.
• Ashton court estates, Somerset, trials concerning 1318.
• Assayer 109.
• Associations, See also Institutions and Societies,
• British Archæological first meeting 481,
• British Women’s temperance founded 524,
• Cabdrivers’ benevolent founded 1039,
• complete suffrage founded 1364,
• Devonshire founded 1680,
• drinking fountain, manager 354,
• economic, chairman 419,
• free and open church founded 814,
• London Baptist founded 421,
• London young women’s Christian association 240,
• magna charta founded 193,
• metropolitan conservative working men’s founded 814.
• Assyrian excavation explorer, Loftus 475.
• Astley, Sir Jacob, his gold chronometer 99.
• Astronomers, Lamont 283,
• Lawson 333,
• Mc Kim 637,
• Maclear 651,
• Main 697,
• Mann, H. 720,
• Mann, W. 720,
• Peill 1438,
• Perry, J. G. 1472,
• Perry, S. J. 1472,
• Pogson 1567,
• Pritchard 1648,
• Pullen 1666.
• Astronomy, astronomical instruments invented 142,
• observing chair invented 333,
• planets discovered 1567,
• Uranium system 310,
• Uranus, satellites of 310,
• the wedge photometer 1648.
• Atherstone, Edwin, d. 1872, poet 124.
• Attorneys general, Collier 925,
• Kelly 182,
• Lyndhurst 544,
• Pollock 1575.
• Auctioneers, Phillips 1237,
• Puttick 1679.
• Australia, Burke and Wills’ expedition 271,
• bush ranging suppressed 659,
• English team of cricketers 1577,
• the first K.C.B. invested in the colony 1623,
• first man of war passing through Torres straits 114,
• Gippsland discovered 663,
• meat, freezing of 536,
• merino wool industry established 560,
• squatter interested in forty stations 650,
• survey of 154,
• vine growing 561.
• Australia, New South Wales, Alpaca sheep imported 349,
• chief grain grower 1037,
• experiments on freezing meat 992,
• first bishop consecrated in the colony 1569,
• first Methodist minister 377,
• first newspaper in Sydney 727,
• governor general 444,
• Morgan the bushranger 964.
• Australia, North, Port Essington settlement formed 268.
• Australia, South, Adelaide laid out 979,
• R.C. cathedral at Adelaide 1037.
• Australia, Victoria, Ballarat rioters 19, 282,
• ballot, vote by 1145,
• bush rangers wearing armour 181,
• first public loan 1269,
• Garrick club, Melbourne opened 1051,
• Lola Montez horsewhips Seekamp 480,
• Melbourne, first bishop of 1470,
• murder of John Price 1637,
• Ormond college, Melbourne erected 1258,
• Royal society 557,
• Spiers and Pond, refreshment contractors 1577.
• Australian explorers, King 224,
• Landsborough 293,
• Mc Kinlay 637,
• Mackinnon 638,
• Macleay 652,
• Macmillan 662,
• Mitchell 907,
• Sturt 652.
• Austria, empress of, hunting in England and Ireland 868.
• Aylesford, countess of and the marquess of Blandford, afterward duke of Marlborough 741.