KNOTT, Robert Rowe. b. 1796; ed. St. John’s coll. Camb., B.A. 1819, M.A. 1824; lecturer at Rye and head master Rye gram. sch. 1822–35; C. and lecturer at St. Peter-upon-Cornhill, London 1835–38; V. of Helidan, Northants. 1838–49; chaplain of Donative of Tarrant Crawford, Dorset 1849–65; chaplain of West London union 1865–70; author of The new aid to memory. Parts 1 and 2 By A Cambridge M.A., Part 3 by the rev. R. R. Knight 1839–42, 2 ed. 1841–42; Part 1 Events of the history of England, and Part 2 Events of the history of Rome, were separately printed 1845 and 1846. d. Bayswater, London 11 Jany. 1879.

KNOWLES, Charles James (2 son of James Knowles of Greenhead, Yorkshire). b. Greenhead 1798; barrister M.T. 7 Nov. 1823, bencher 1841 to death; Q.C. 6 July 1841; attorney general for Duchy of Lancaster, Feb. 1846 to 1861. d. Hurst Green, Sussex 12 Feb. 1867.

KNOWLES, Edward. b. Gravesend; captain of the Northfleet 895 tons, emigrant ship which was run down about two miles off Dungeness on her way from London to Hobart Town by the Spanish steamer Murillo 22 Jany. 1873, when only 85 persons were saved out of 412 passengers and crew; m. 4 Dec. 1872 Frederica Louisa Markham, she was granted civil list pension of £50 1 March 1873; he went down in the Northfleet 22 Jany. 1873. Annual Register (1873) 9–15.

KNOWLES, Emma Marian Maude (dau. of Mr. Elphinstone). b. London about 1808; pupil of James Sheridan Knowles the actor; first appeared in America 26 Aug. 1834 at Arch st. theatre, Philadelphia as Juliet; returned to England 1836; played in William Tell, The Hunchback and several other of J. S. Knowles’s plays at T.R. Dublin from 4 April 1836; played at Glasgow 1837 and 1838; played Meeta in J. S. Knowles’s drama The Maid of Mariendorpt at Haymarket theatre, London 9 Oct. 1838; (m. 1842 J. S. Knowles the dramatist); left all her husband’s manuscripts to Mary Knowles Rice. She d. 29 North bank, Regent’s park, London 10 May 1888. R. B. Knowles’s Life of J. S. Knowles (1872) 133; F. Harvey’s Genealogical table of the families of ... Knowles (1875).

KNOWLES, Sir Francis Charles, 3 Baronet (only son of admiral sir Charles Henry Knowles, 2 baronet 1754–1831). b. 10 June 1802; ed. Trin. coll. Camb., 22 wrangler and B.A. 1825, M.A. 1828; F.R.S. 4 March 1830; F.S.A.; barrister L.I. 28 Jany. 1834; gained Telford prize 1872 for an intricate mathematical problem; author of History of the Shaftesbury election 1830; The supplement to the reform act of 1832, a proposal for the extension of the representation 1864. d. 50 York st. Portman sq. London 19 March 1892. bur. cemetery of St. Nicholas, Guildford 25 March. The Daily Graphic 24 March 1892 p. 9, portrait.

KNOWLES, James Sheridan (only son of James Knowles the lexicographer 1759–1840). b. Anne st. Cork 12 May 1784; removed with his parents to London 1793; wrote the Welsh Harper, one of the popular ballads of the day 1798; ensign in 2nd regiment of Tower Hamlets militia 25 Jany. 1805 to 25 July 1806; M.D. Aberdeen 1806; vaccinator of Jennerian Soc. Salisbury sq. London 1806; first appeared on the stage at Crow st. theatre, Dublin 1808; acted in Cherry’s company at Waterford and Swansea 1809–11; taught elocution at Mrs. Chapman’s school, Belfast 1813–5; kept a school at Glasgow 1817–29; partner with Mr. Northhouse in the Free Press newspaper, Glasgow 1821–4; first appeared in London at Covent Garden 5 April 1832 as Master Walter in The Hunchback, made his début in U.S. of A. 29 Sep. 1834 in the same part; lectured at various places on rhetoric, &c.; granted civil list pension of £200, 14 July 1848; converted and became a Baptist preacher June 1853, drew large audiences to Exeter Hall; his best known plays were Cains Gracchus produced at Belfast 13 Feb. 1815, Virginius at Glasgow 1819 and at Covent Garden 17 May 1820, The Hunchback at Covent Garden 5 April 1832, The Wife at Covent Garden 24 April 1833 in which he played Julian St. Pierre, The Love Chase at Haymarket 10 Oct. 1837, Woman’s Wit or love’s disguises at Covent Garden 23 May 1838; author of The Magdalen and other tales 1832; The life of Edmund Kean, Esq. tragedian 1833; George Lovell, a novel 3 vols. 1846; Fortescue, a novel 3 vols. 1847; The Rock of Rome or the arch-heresy 1849; The Idol demolished by its own priest 1851; The Gospel attributed to Matthew is the record of the whole original apostlehood 1855. d. Higher terrace, Torquay 30 Nov. 1862. bur. necropolis, Glasgow 5 Dec. Life of J. S. Knowles. By R. B. Knowles (1872), portrait; Genealogical table of the families of ... Knowles. By F. Harvey (1875); W. Marston’s Our Recent Actors, ii 122–38 (1888); Traits of Character. By A Contemporary, ii 131–58 (1860); James Grant’s Portraits of public characters, ii 251–61 (1841); J. E. Ritchie’s London Pulpit, 2 ed. (1858) 141–7; W. Bates’s Maclise portrait gallery (1883) 397–402, portrait; R. H. Horne’s New spirit of the age, ii 85–90 (1844); G. Hodder’s Memories of my time (1870) 170–5; Cumberland’s British Theatre, vol. xlii, portrait; Men of the time (1857) 428–31.

KNOWLES, John. b. Manchester 1810; stage coach proprietor; succeeded his father in the coal and marble trade; proprietor of a corn and flour mill at Nuneaton; lessee of the old theatre royal, Manchester 29 Nov. 1842 to 1844; built the new theatre royal, Peter st. Manchester, opened 29 Sep. 1845, lessee until 1875, his representations have never been surpassed in the provinces; formed a fine collection of works of art. d. The Lawn, Rugby 18 Feb. 1880.

KNOWLES, John. b. Bow, London 1823; emigrated 1841 and was in service of New Zealand Co. 1841–44; in business in New Zealand 1853; under sec. public works department New Zealand 1871–83; edited Wellington Independent for 9 years, the Wanganui Chronicle, and the New Zealand Spectator; own correspondent of the London Times 1864–69; founder and first sec. of Wellington mechanics’ institution 1842; author of The Canterbury settlement of New Zealand a field for emigration 1851. d. Wellington 3 Dec. 1891.

KNOWLES, Richard Brinsley (son of J. S. Knowles the dramatist 1784–1862). b. Glasgow 17 Jany. 1820; clerk in general register office 7 and 8 Somerset place, London 1838–41; barrister M.T. 26 May 1843; edited Joe Miller the Younger 2 vols. 1845; Mephistopheles 16 numbers 1845–6; produced The Maiden Aunt, a comedy at Haymarket theatre 19 Nov. 1845; joined Church of Rome 1849; edited The Catholic Standard 1849; Illustrated London Magazine 5 vols. 1853–5; a writer on the Standard 1857–60, afterwards on the Morning Post; edited Chronicles of John of Oxenedes. Rolls Series 1859; engaged under royal commission on historical manuscripts 1871 to death; author of The life of James Sheridan Knowles 1872, 25 copies only privately printed. d. 29 North Bank, Regent’s park, London 28 Jany. 1882. W. Bates’s Maclise portrait gallery (1883) 402.

KNOWLES, Thomas (son of John Knowles of Ince near Wigan). b. Ince 30 May 1824; a collier boy at a pit in Ince 1833 where his father was an overman; partner with John Pearson in a colliery at Ince; chairman of the Pearson and Knowles Coal and Iron co.; member of Wigan town council 1863–73, mayor of Wigan 1864 and 1865; M.P. for Wigan 3 Feb. 1874 to death; one of royal comrs. to inquire into working of factory and workshops acts 25 March 1875, their report is dated 10 Feb. 1876; pres. of Mining association of Great Britain 13 Feb. 1878. d. Darnhall hall, Winsford, Cheshire 3 Dec. 1883.

KNOX, Alexander Andrew (2 son of George Knox of Jamaica, landed proprietor). b. London 5 Feb. 1818; ed. at Tiverton and Trin. coll. Camb., scholar, third in the classical tripos and second chancellor’s medallist 1844; B.A. 1844, M.A. 1847; barrister L.I. 23 Nov. 1847; wrote leading articles for The Times 1846–60; magistrate at Worship st. police court London 17 Aug. 1860, at Marlborough st. 1862–78; wrote articles in Edinburgh Review, Blackwood’s Mag. and other periodicals; author of The new playground, or wanderings in Algeria 1881, 2 ed. 1882. d. 125 Victoria st. Westminster 5 Oct. 1891. Temple Bar, April 1892 pp. 495–517.

KNOX, Brownlow William (3 son of Thomas Knox, captain 1 foot guards). b. 1806; ensign 3 foot guards 13 Aug. 1825; captain Scots fusilier guards 15 Nov. 1839, sold out 2 Oct. 1846; major Bucks. yeomanry cavalry 5 April 1853, lieut. col. 27 May 1862 to Jany. 1869; M.P. for Marlow 3 Aug. 1847 to 11 Nov. 1868. d. 28 Wilton crescent, London 14 March 1873.

KNOX, Edmund Sexton Pery (2 son of 1 earl of Ranfurly 1754–1840). b. 21 July 1787; entered navy Nov. 1799; captain 28 Feb. 1812; flag capt. in the Eurotas 38 guns in 1814 and then on h.p. to death; R.A. 1 Oct. 1846; retired admiral 7 Nov. 1860. d. Dover 24 March 1867.

KNOX, Henry Barry (2 son of George Knox, M.P. for univ. of Dublin, d. 13 June 1827). b. 7 Oct. 1807; ed. Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1828, M.A. 1832; R. of Hadleigh, Suffolk and co-dean of Bocking 1841 to death. d. Hadleigh 24 Aug. 1869.

KNOX, James. b. 1807; accountant; a publisher in Edinburgh; started and edited The Torch, a journal of literature, science and the arts, 22 numbers Edinburgh 3 Jany. to 30 May 1846; contributed to Tait’s Magazine; Scottish editor of Daily News 3 years. d. Bathfield, North Leith 5 June 1869.

KNOX, John Henry (brother of E. S. P. Knox 1787–1867). b. 26 July 1788; weigh-master of butter to 1830 when granted pension of £1076 15s. on abolition of the office; M.P. Newry 1826–32; author of Norman Hamilton, or the shadow of destiny 1860; The Ocean Pilgrim’s jottings 1870; The critic-vampyre 1870. d. Chislehurst, Kent 27 Aug. 1872. I.L.N. lxi 263 (1872).

KNOX, Lawrence Edward (1 son of Arthur Edward Knox of Trotton, Sussex, b. 1808). b. Kemp Town, Brighton 7 Nov. 1836; ensign 63 foot 25 Aug. 1854, lieut. 11 Dec. 1854, placed on h.p. with rank of captain 15 Jany. 1857, sold out 1858; founded The Irish Times 1859 which became the leading paper in Ireland; major 2nd royal Tower Hamlets militia 24 March 1866 to 20 Aug. 1870; M.P. for borough of Sligo 20 Nov. 1868, unseated on petition 19 Feb. 1869, Sligo disfranchised 1870; F.R.S. Dublin. d. 53 Fitzwilliam sq. Dublin 24 Jany. 1873. I.L.N. lxii 115 (1873).

KNOX, Richard (son of John Knox of Dublin). b. 28 May 1812; ed. at Eton; cornet 4 light dragoons 28 June 1831; lieut. 15 hussars 2 Sep. 1836, major 8 Dec. 1854 to 19 Feb. 1858; raised the 18th hussars at Leeds 1858, lieut.-col. of the regiment 19 Feb. 1858, served with it in England 1858–64, in Madras 1864–73, placed on h.p. 14 June 1873; M.G. 23 July 1876; granted good service pension 11 March 1878; placed on retired list with hon. rank of L.G. 1 July 1881; col. 20 hussars 21 Aug. 1883 to 11 June 1891; col. 18 hussars 11 June 1891 to death. d. Strathdurn, Cheltenham 3 Jany. 1892.

KNOX, Robert. Sub-edited Morning Herald many years, edited it 1846–58; registrar of mixed commission at Cape of Good Hope 1858 to death. d. Cape of Good Hope 6 March 1859.

KNOX, Robert (5 son of Robert Knox, mathematical master at Heriot’s hospital, Edinburgh d. 1812). b. Edinburgh 4 Sep. 1791; lost sight of his left eye from small-pox; ed. at high school Edinb., dux and gold medallist 1810; studied at univ. of Edinb., M.D. 1814; assistant surgeon in the army 1815, sent to Cape of Good Hope with 72nd foot April 1817, returned to England on h.p. 25 Dec. 1820, remained on h.p. to 1832; F.R.C.S. Edinb. 1825, conservator of museum of comparative anatomy and pathology 1825–31; anatomical lecturer in Edinb. 1825–41, in 1828–9 his students numbered 504, they presented him with a gold vase 11 April 1829; purchased bodies from the resurrectionists Burke and Hare 1828; lectured on The Races of Men and other subjects at Newcastle, Manchester and other towns 1846–52; pathological anatomist to Cancer hospital at Brompton, London, Oct. 1856 to death; practised at Hackney 1856 to death; author of The Edinburgh Dissector 1837, anon.; The races of men 1850, with supplement 1862; A manual of artistic anatomy 1852; A manual of human anatomy 1853; Fish and fishing in the lone glens of Scotland 1854; Man, his structure and physiology popularly explained 1857. d. 9 Lambe terrace, Hackney, London 20 Dec. 1862. bur. Woking cemet. 29 Dec. H. Lonsdale’s Life of R. Knox (1870), 2 portraits; Life of Sir R. Christison, vol. 1 (1885) passim; J. F. Clarke’s Autobiographical recollections of medical profession (1874) 420–33.

KNOX, Robert (3 son of Hugh Knox, a ruling elder of parish of Urney, co. Tyrone). b. Clady, parish of Urney 1815; ed. at Glasgow univ., M.A. 1837; ordained by presbytery of Strabane, April 1840; minister of Linenhall st. ch. Belfast 1843 to death; started and edited the Irish Presbyterian, monthly periodical; D.D. Univ. of Schenectady, U.S. 1863; a founder of Sabbath school society for Ireland; an early promoter of the Presbyterian alliance; author of The crisis, plain truths and stern facts for earnest men 1868. d. Belfast 16 Aug. 1883.

KNOX, Thomas Francis (eld. son of John Henry Knox 1788–1872, M.P.) b. 24 Dec. 1822; ed. at Trin. coll. Camb., B.A. 1845; received into Church of Rome at Northampton 16 Nov. 1845; admitted a member of the congregation of the Oratory 1848, founded with F. W. Faber the London Oratory 1849, superior of it 1865 to death; created D.D. by Pius IX. 1875; author of Life of the Blessed Henry Suso, by himself, translated from the German 1865; When does the Church speak infallibly? or the nature and scope of the Church’s teaching office 1867, 2 ed. 1870, translated into German and Italian; The last survivor of the ancient English hierarchy, T. Goldwell, bishop of St. Asaph. By T. F. K. 1876. d. the Oratory, Brompton road, South Kensington 20 March 1882. J. E. Bowden’s Life of F. W. Faber (1869) 238, 363, 424.

KNOX, Sir Thomas George (son of rev. James Spencer Knox 1789–1862, R. of Maghera, co. Derry). b. 11 Jany. 1824; ensign 65 foot 17 April 1840; lieut. 98 foot 7 Oct. 1842 to Dec. 1848 when he sold out; served with Siamese army 1851–57; consul at Bankok 30 Nov. 1864; consul general in Siam 18 July 1868, agent and consul general 8 Feb. 1875, retired on a pension of £1026, 26 Nov. 1879; K.C.M.G. 12 April 1880. d. Eaux Chaudes, Pyrenees 29 July 1887.

KNOX, Vicesimus (1 son of rev. Vicesimus Knox 1752–1821, master of Tunbridge school). b. 1779; barrister I.T. 3 Feb. 1804, bencher 1848 to death; deputy recorder of Saffron Walden, recorder 1837 to death. d. 25 Jany. 1855.

KNOX-GORE, Sir Charles James, 2 Baronet (eld. son of the succeeding). b. Ballina house, co. Mayo 20 Sep. 1831; ed. at Eton and Trin. coll. Dublin; ensign 27 foot 16 May 1851; lieut. 66 foot 27 Jany. 1854, captain 8 June 1855, sold out 30 April 1851; lieut.-col. Sligo artillery militia 3 May 1861, hon. col. 14 June 1876 to death. d. 22 Dec. 1890.

KNOX-GORE, Sir Francis Arthur, 1 Baronet (eld. son of James Knox of Broadlands park, co. Mayo 1774–1818, who assumed additional name of Gore 1813). b. 23 June 1803; ed. at Eton and Trin. coll. Dublin; lord lieut. of Sligo 1831–71; sheriff of Sligo 1840; col. of Sligo militia 27 Jany. 1847 to death; created baronet 5 Dec. 1868. d. Dublin 21 May 1873.

KNYVETT, Charles (eld. son of Charles Knyvett 1752–1822, glee and catch singer). b. 1773; a chorister of Westminster abbey; assisted his father in revival of the Vocal Concerts at Hanover sq. rooms 1801; organist of St. George’s, Hanover sq. 1802; gentleman of the chapel royal 1808; a teacher of the pianoforte and of thorough bass; published Six Airs harmonised for three and four voices 1815; A selection of psalm tunes as sung at the church of St. George, Hanover square 1823; Epitaph at Brading church yard set to music for three voices 1831. d. 2 Nov. 1852.

KNYVETT, Deborah (dau. of John Travis, fustian manufacturer). b. Shaw near Royton 1790; a handloom weaver at Shaw; sang in Shaw ch. choir; (m. as his second wife in 1826 the succeeding); apprentice to Thomas Greatorex in London 5 years; a soprano singer in oratorios and secular music, with a great knowledge of Handel’s music; sang at Concerts of Ancient music 1813, and at chief London concerts 1815–43 as well as at Birmingham 1847 etc. d. Hey cottage, Shaw 10 Feb. 1876. E. Butterworth’s Oldham (1856) 251; Victoria Mag. xxvi 375–76 (1876).

KNYVETT, William (3 son of Charles Knyvett 1752–1822). b. London 21 April 1779; ed. by his father, Samuel Webbe the glee composer and Signor Cimador; sang in the treble chorus at concerts of Ancient music 1788, principal alto 1795, conductor of the concerts 1832–40; a gentleman of the chapel royal 1797 and composer there 1802; lay vicar Westminster abbey; for 40 years he sang in London concerts and at provincial festivals; one of finest alto singers of his day; Callcott’s glee With sighs sweet rose, was composed for him; conductor of Birmingham festivals 1831–43; composer of My love is like the red, red rose 1803; The bells of St. Michael tower 1810; The Boatie rows 1810; and As it fell upon a day 1812; wrote anthems for coronations of George IV. and Victoria. d. Clarges house, Ryde, Isle of Wight 17 Nov. 1856.

KOE, John Herbert (2 son of John Heide Koe of City of London, merchant). b. 1783; student L.I. 17 Nov. 1804, barrister 22 Nov. 1810, bencher 18 Jany. 1842 to death, treasurer 11 Jany. 1860 to death; Q.C. Jany. 1842; a leading counsel in the Rolls court; judge of county courts, circuit No. 33, Hertfordshire and part of Beds., Bucks., Essex and Middlesex 13 March 1847 to death; editor with Samuel Miller of The law and practice in bankruptcy. By Basil Montagu and W. S. Ayrton 2 ed. 2 vols. 1844. d. 33 Gloucester place, Hyde park, London 3 Sep. 1860. Law Times, xxxv 304, 315, 322 (1860).

KOENIG, Herr. Played the cornet à piston at Jullien’s series of concerts at English opera house Nov. 1843; played at Surrey Zoological gardens 1849; was the finest cornet player of his time, the predecessor of Isaac Levy. d. Belleville near Paris, Dec. 1857. I.L.N. 25 Nov. 1843 p. 348, portrait.

KOLBE, Adolf Guillaume Herman, generally known as Herman Kolbe. b. near Göttingen 1818; professor in museum of economic geology 5 and 6 Craig’s Court, Charing Cross, London 1845–51; Davy medallist of Royal Society 1884 for researches in the isomerism of alcohols; author of A short text book of inorganic chemistry translated by T. S. Humpidge 1884, 2 ed. 1888, and of other works printed at Braunschweig and Leipzig. d. Leipzig 26 Nov. 1884.

KÖNIG, Charles Dietrich Eberhard. b. Brunswick 1774; ed. at Göttingen; came to England to arrange natural history collections belonging to queen Charlotte 1800; assistant to Jonas Dryander in charge of library and herbarium of sir Joseph Banks; assistant keeper of natural history department British museum 1807 and keeper 1813, in charge of mineralogical department to death; F.R.S. 18 Jany. 1810, foreign secretary; F.L.S.; K.H. 1831; edited with John Sims The Annals of Botany 1805–7; published first number of ‘Icones fossilium sectiles’ 1830; translated Tracts relating to botany 1805; An introduction to the study of cryptogamous plants by K. Sprengel 1807. d. of apoplexy, British Museum, London 29 Aug. 1851. G.M. xxxvi 435–36 (1851).

KORTRIGHT, Sir Charles Edward Keith (1 son of Cornelius Kortright of Hylands near Chelmsford). b. St. Croix, West Indies 25 Feb. 1813; ed. Copenhagen univ.; British consul at Carthagena, New Grenada 1844–57, acted as French consul 1851–6; consul for the state of Pennsylvania 1857–71 and for Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, etc. 1871–76; retired on a pension of £600, 8 Aug. 1878; knighted by patent 21 Oct. 1886. d. 2 Grosvenor crescent, London 19 May 1888.

KOTTAUN, Thomas. b. Bohemia 1827; member of Brighton town band 1861; connected with 1 Sussex rifle volunteer band about 1863–80; conductor of band playing on Chain pier, Brighton for many years. d. Park st. Brighton, Oct. 1885.

KOUR, Jenda, Maharanee of Lahore. A dancing girl; favourite of the maharajah Ranjeet Singh (b. 2 Nov. 1780, founder of the Sikh empire, d. Lahore 27 June 1839); murdered all the near relatives of Ranjeet Singh 1839 etc., and placed her own son Dhuleep Singh b. 1838 on the throne of the Punjaub 1848; declared war against the British 1845, Moodkee, Aliwal and Ferozeshah ended the first Sikh war March 1846, she was granted annuity of 1 lac and 50,000 rupees 16 Dec. 1846; taken prisoner after second Sikh war 1849; a pensioner of the English government. d. Abingdon house, Kensington at 6.15 a.m. 1 Aug. 1863. bur. privately without ceremony, Kensal Green cemetery. Daily Telegraph 5 Aug. 1863 p. 4; G.M. Sep. 1863 pp. 378–9; Spectator 8 Aug. 1863 p. 2335.

KOZMIAN, Stanislas. b. in Grand duchy of Posen 21 April 1811; ed. at Warsaw; a political refugee in England during many years; author of Dziela dramatozne Szekspira Posen 1866, and other works published at Posen. d. Posen 23 April 1885.

KRASINSKI, Count Walerjan Skorobohaty. b. White Russia 1780; chief of department of ministry of public instruction in kingdom of Poland; established a Jewish college at Warsaw; introduced stereotyping into Poland; member of Polish diplomatic mission to England 1830–31; condemned to perpetual banishment; lived in London 1830–50, in Edinburgh 1850 to death; published Historical sketch of rise, progress and decline of the reformation in Poland 2 vols. 1838–40; Poland, its history, constitution, literature, manners, customs, etc. 1855 and 10 other works. d. Edinburgh 22 Dec. 1855. G.M. xiv 625 (1840), xlv 199 (1856).

KRAUSE, William Henry. b. island of St. Croix, West Indies 6 July 1796; ed. at Fulham and Richmond; ensign 51 foot 21 Oct. 1813, lieut. 1815, placed on h.p. 25 Dec. 1818, sold out 1824 or 1825; at battle of Waterloo; moral agent on Irish estates of Earl of Farnham to look after schools and moral and religious welfare of tenantry; entered at Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1830, M.A. 1838; C. of Cavan 1838–40; incumbent of Bethesda chapel, Dublin 1840 to death, where he became one of the best known evangelicals; author of Sermons preached in Bethesda chapel, Dublin 3 vols. 1853, Second series 2 vols. 1856–58; Sketches of nineteen discourses on the wiles of Satan 1872. d. Dublin 27 Feb. 1852. C. S. Stanford’s Memoir of W. H. Krause (1854), portrait.

KUPER, Sir Augustus Leopold (son of rev. Wm. Kuper, D.D., chaplain to queen Adelaide, d. 13 Warwick road, Upper Clapton 27 Nov. 1861). b. 16 Aug. 1809; entered navy 19 April 1823; assisted sir J. J. G. Bremer in forming settlement of Port Essington, North Australia 1839; captain 8 June 1841; captain of the Calliope during Chinese war 1841–3; R.A. of the Blue 29 July 1861; commander-in-chief China 8 Feb. 1862 to 17 Jany. 1865, co-operated with French and Dutch forces in Straits of Simonoseki, Japan 1864 and opened up the inland seas to all nations, for which he received legion of honour and military order of William of the Netherlands 1865; admiral 20 Oct. 1872; C.B. 21 Jany. 1842, K.C.B. 25 Feb. 1864, G.C.B. 2 June 1869. d. The Rock, South Brent near Totnes, Devon 29 Oct. 1885. I.L.N. xliv 189, 190 (1862), portrait.

KURTZ, Andrew George. Collector of works of art, his pictures included samples of Bonheur, Leighton, Tadema, Millais, Leslie, Faed and Linnell; his galleries often opened to the public at Grove house, Wavertree, Liverpool. d. Aberystwith 20 Sep. 1890. Athenæum 12 Sep. 1885 p., 27 Sep. 1890 p. 455.

KURZ, Sulpice. b. Munich about 1833; served in Dutch service in Java several years; curator of the herbarium, Calcutta 1864 to death; explored Burma, Pegu and Andaman islands; wrote many articles in Journal of Asiatic Society of Bengal and Journal of Botany; author of Forest flora of British Burma. Calcutta 2 vols. 1877; Report on the vegetation of the Andaman islands. Calcutta 1867. d. Pulo-Penang 15 Jany. 1878. Journal of Botany (1878) 127.

KYD, Arthur Anderson (4 son of David Kyd, jute manufacturer). b. Dundee 18 Nov. 1856; made trigonometrical survey of Galashiels 1879–80; surveyor to Kenilworth local board 1881–83; on staff of London Sanitary protection association 1884 to death; reported on Eton college, Royal Engineering college Cooper’s hill and other buildings; A.I.C.E. 5 Dec. 1882; sec. Clapham Congregational young men’s union. d. Clapham 11 Feb. 1886. Min. of proc. of instit. of C.E. lxxxiv 449–50 (1885–86).

KYLE, James Francis. b. Edinburgh 22 Sep. 1788; ed. at R.C. seminary of Aquhorties, Aberdeenshire, professor there 1808 to Jany. 1826 except 2 or 3 years; ordained priest 21 March 1812; priest in Glasgow 2 or 3 years; bishop of Germanicia in partibus and vicar apostolic of northern district of Scotland 13 Feb. 1827 to death, consecrated at Aberdeen 28 Sep. 1828; collected 30,000 letters and papers relating to ecclesiastical history of Scotland, now in the library at Buckie on the coast of Moray Firth; profoundly versed in history and literature of Scotland. d. Preshome in-the-Enzie, Banff 23 Feb. 1869. Reg. and Mag. of Biog. i 290 (1869).

KYLE, Samuel Moore. b. 1800 or 1801; archdeacon of St. Peter’s, Cork 6 July 1833; vicar general and chancellor of Cork and Ross 30 June 1837 to death; vicar general of Cloyne 1840; author of The ministration of private baptism. Cork 1853. d. 37 Upper Fitzwilliam st. Dublin 1 May 1890.

KYNASTON, Herbert (4 son of Roger Kynaston of Warwick). b. Warwick 23 Nov. 1809; ed. Westminster 1821–7 and Ch. Ch. Oxf., tutor and Greek reader 1836, B.A. 1831, M.A. 1833, B.D. and D.D. 1849; C. of Culham, Oxfordshire 1834–8; high master of St. Paul’s sch. London 22 June 1838 to Dec. 1876; select preacher of univ. of Oxf. 1842–43; R. of St. Nicholas-Cole-Abbey with St. Nicholas Olave, London 1850–66; preb. of St. Paul’s cath. July 1853 to death; contested chair of poetry at Oxford 1867; few scholars equalled him as a composer of Latin verse, he for long wrote annual compositions in praise of John Colet founder of St. Paul’s sch.; author of Miscellaneous poems 1841; Lays of the seven half centuries 1859; The number of the fish, a poem 1864; edited with a translation The glory of paradise, by Peter Damiani 1857. d. 31 Alfred place west, South Kensington, London 26 Oct. 1878. bur. Friern Barnet 2 Nov. Leisure Hour, March 1879 pp. 180–82.

KYNASTON, Sir John Roger, 3 Baronet. b. 2 July 1797; ed. Rugby and Ch. Ch. Oxf., B.A. 1820; capt. North Salop yeomanry cavalry 1831–50; succeeded 26 April 1839; sheriff of co. Montgomery 1842. d. Great Western hotel, Paddington, London 7 March 1866.

KYNASTON, Roger. b. London 5 Nov. 1805; ed. Eton; first played at Lord’s in Lord’s v. Eton 31 July 1823, played for 30 seasons; generally fielded long-stop; sec. Marylebone club 14 June 1842 to May 1858 and treasurer 1858–66. d. 43 Devonshire st. Portland place, London 21 June 1874. I.L.N. 24 Aug. 1844 p. 125, portrait.

KYNNERSLEY, Thomas Clement Sneyd- (2 son of Thomas Sneyd-Kynnersley of Loxley park, Staffs. 1774–1844). b. 23 July 1803; ed. at Rugby and St. John’s coll. Camb., B.A. 1825, M.A. 1828; barrister M.T. 20 June 1828; revising barrister on Oxford circuit 1832–55; commissioner of bankrupts for Stafford, Lichfield and Newcastle-under-Lyme to 12 Nov. 1842 when granted pension of £147 on abolition of the office; stipendiary magistrate Birmingham 5 April 1856 to Aug. 1888; chief founder of St. Martin’s shoe-black brigade, Birmingham 5 April 1858; much interested in criminal reform, prisoners’ aid societies and industrial schools; recorder of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Nov. 1858 to June 1887; edited J. T. Pratt’s Law of highways 9 ed. 1863, 10 ed. 1865, 11 ed. 1870; author of The law relating to dealers in old metals and marine store dealers 1862; The law relating to juvenile offenders 1862. d. Moon Green, Moseley, Birmingham 2 May 1892. The Biograph, March 1882 pp. 276–79.

KYNOCH, George (youngest son of John Kynoch of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire). b. Peterhead 22 Aug. 1834; clerk at Birmingham and Midland bank some years; founded the Lion ammunition works, Witton, Birmingham; partner with John Abraham 1873, partnership dissolved, business became a limited co. 6 July 1884, he received £60,000 in cash, £10,000 in fully paid preference shares and the whole of the £40,000 ordinary shares, managing director 1884–6, sold his interest in it 1887; pres. of Aston conservative association March 1885; M.P. Aston manor 3 July 1886 to death, absent from House of Commons 1889–90; gun manufacturer Lichfield road, Aston 1887–88; lived at Hamstead hall, Handsworth, Birmingham; went to South Africa, Nov. 1888; a general merchant Johannesburgh 1888; obtained special concessions from Transvaal government for arms and ammunition; invented a solid Martini cartridge used by the government. d. from internal cancer at Johannesburgh 28 Feb. 1891. Daily Graphic 3 March 1891 p. 9, portrait; London Figaro 7 March 1891 p. 9, portrait; Birmingham Weekly Post 7 March 1891.

KYTE, Ambrose. b. Tipperary 1822; went to Australia 1840; a merchant at Melbourne; retired with a large fortune 1857; offered £1000 towards expenses of exploring expedition to cross Australia from south to north Sep. 1858, this led to despatch of Burke and Wills’ expedition Aug. 1860; member for East Melbourne of legislative assembly 1861–6; a great philanthropist, gave many cheques for £1000 each from ‘A Merchant of Melbourne.’ d. Melbourne 1868.

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LABELLE, A. (son of a shoemaker). b. St. Roch, Quebec 1834; parish priest of St. Jerome; founder of national colonization in Canada and known as The Apostle of colonization; took the lead in raising men to oppose the Fenians 1868; promoted Canadian Pacific railway 1881; appointed a deputy commissioner of agriculture, his bishop refused his assent to his taking this office, but the Pope did not order him to give it up. d. Quebec 4 Jany. 1891.

LABLACHE, Fanny (dau. of Mr. Wilton). b. Scotland; acted in the provinces under stage name of Fanny Wyndham; studied at Royal Academy of Music, London 1836–7; made her début at Lyceum theatre 1836; sang at Her Majesty’s with success the contralto part in Rossini’s opera Donna del Lago; m. Frederick Lablache (1815–87) when she retired from the stage; taught singing; struck with a wave while bathing. d. Paris 23 Sep. 1877.

LABLACHE, Fanny Rose Louise (younger dau. of the succeeding). Author of Starlight stories told to bright eyes 1877; A wayside posy, gathered for girls 1878. d. 51 Albany st. Regent’s park, London 5 April 1885.

LABLACHE, Frederick (eld. son of the succeeding). b. 29 Aug. 1815; pupil of his father; sang in Italian opera at King’s theatre London 1835; sang at Manchester frequently with Mario, Grisi, &c.; played the part of Count Rodolpho to Jenny Lind’s Amina in La Sonnambula on her first visit to Manchester 28 Aug. 1847; sang in the operas Cosi fan tutte and Il Matrimonio Segreto at Her Majesty’s 1844 and 1846, sang there until 1852; taught music in London about 1865 to death. d. 51 Albany st. Regent’s park, London 30 Jany. 1887. Theatre, ix 173 (1887).

LABLACHE, Luigi (son of Nicholas Lablache of Marseilles, merchant, by an Irish woman). b. Naples 6 Dec. 1794; his voice was a contralto before it broke, afterwards a bass with a compass of two octaves, was also a great actor; sang at San Carlo, Naples 1812 and La Scala, Milan 1817 and 1820–3; the opera of Elisa e Claudio was written for him by Saverio Mercadante 1821; sang at Venice 1823 and Vienna 1824–8; first appeared in London at King’s theatre 30 March 1830 as Geronimo in Cimarosa’s Il Matrimonio Segreto; sang annually in London 1830–57; remained at Her Majesty’s theatre in 1847 when all the rest of the company went to Covent Garden; taught singing to Queen Victoria; author of Complete method of singing. Boston U.S. 1851. d. Naples 23 Jany. 1858. bur. Maison Lafitte, Paris. Dramatic and musical Rev. iii 267, 377 (1844); I.L.N. i 124 (1842) portrait, ii 275 (1843) portrait; You have heard of them. By Q. [G. C. Rosenberg] (1854) 82–90.

LACON, Sir Edmund Henry Knowles, 3 Baronet. b. 14 Aug. 1807; ed. at Eton and Emmanuel coll. Camb., B.A. 1831, M.A. 1834; head of firm of Lacon, Youell & Co. bankers and brewers, Yarmouth; succeeded as 3 baronet 1839; M.P. Yarmouth 1852–57 and 1859–65; M.P. North Norfolk 1868–80; high steward of Yarmouth 1875; major East Norfolk militia 6 July 1839, lieut.-col. 31 Aug. 1859, hon. col. 9 April 1881 to death; lieut.-col. Norfolk artillery volunteers 2 Dec. 1864 to death. d. Ormesby near Yarmouth 6 Sep. 1888, value of his personalty declared at £382,473.

LACROIX, Alphonse François. b. Lignières, canton of Neuchatel 10 May 1799; a tutor at Amsterdam 1816; a missionary at Chinsurah near Calcutta, Feb. 1821 to 1827; became a British subject; a missionary at Calcutta 1827 to death; revised the Bengali scriptures and trained native preachers. d. Calcutta 8 July 1859. Mullens’s Brief memorials of Rev. A. F. Lacroix (1862), portrait; Missionary devotedness, a memoir (1860).

LACY, Benjamin. b. 1806; proprietor of Victoria music gallery, Manchester 1838 to death, this was the first real music hall in the country; owner of the Ordsall gardens, Manchester some time. d. Manchester, Dec. 1864.

LACY, Charles (son of James Lacy). b. Salisbury, Jany. 1795; ed. at All Souls’ coll. Oxf., bible clerk 1814–18; chaplain Ch. Ch. 1818–20; B.A. 1818, M.A. 1824; P.C. of Tring, Herts. 1819–39; R. of Althorpe, Lincoln 1837–39, the first living in gift of the crown after the Queen’s accession; R. of All Hallows on-the-wall, London 1839 to death; the oldest clergyman in the diocese of London. d. 25 Finsbury sq. London 17 May 1890. Pictorial World 29 May 1890 p. 697, portrait.

LACY, Frances (dau. of Mr. Dalton, actor, who d. 1825). b. London 1819; her stage name was Fanny Cooper; played at Reading theatre as Sophia in The Road to Ruin 1833; leading actress of Mrs. Thomas Robertson’s company in the Lincoln circuit 1837; first appeared in London at Haymarket 16 April 1838 as Lydia in The Love Chase; acted at Drury Lane Oct. 1839 to Feb. 1840, at Covent Garden winter seasons of 1840–3; played Helena in Midsummer Night’s Dream 16 Nov. 1840; acted at Sadler’s Wells 1844–7; played at Princess’s 1847 where she acted Cordelia to Macready’s King Lear; one of the best English actresses. (m. at St. Paul’s, Covent Garden 25 Jany. 1842 Thomas Hailes Lacy 1809–73). d. 89 Strand, London 21 April 1872. T. Marshall’s Lives of celebrated actors (1848) 199–222.

LACY, Harriette Deborah (dau. of Mr. Taylor a tradesman). b. London 1807; taught elocution by Mrs. Bartley; first appeared at Bath theatre as Julia in The Rivals 5 Nov. 1827, where she remained till 1830; made début in London at Covent Garden as Nina in The Carnival of Naples 30 Oct. 1830, then acted Rosalind, also Helen in the Hunchback; at Haymarket 1837, at Covent Garden 1838 when she played Lady Teazle; the original of the heroine in Jerrold’s Housekeeper, at Haymarket theatre July 1833; the best Ophelia of her day; retired 1845. (m. 1842 Walter Lacy, actor b. 1803). d. 38 Montpelier sq. Brompton, London 28 July 1874. Mrs. C. B. Wilson’s Our Actresses, ii 246–52 (1844); The Era 2 Aug. 1874 p. 12.

LACY, Jane (dau. of John Jackson of Sloane st. Chelsea, apothecary). b. 1776; first sang in London 25 April 1798. (m. 1800 Francesco Bianchi, Italian opera composer, b. 1752, d. 1810, she m. (2) 1812 the succeeding); one of the finest singers of Handel’s music; often sang at Windsor before George III.; sang in Calcutta 1818–26; retired about 1826 and then resided much abroad. d. Ealing, Middlesex 19 March 1858.

LACY, John William or William. b. about 1780; first sang at concerts in London about 1798; studied in Italy several years; sang frequently at the Lenten oratorio and other important concerts in London; sang at Willis’s rooms 1809 and at Hanover sq. rooms 1810; sang in Calcutta 1818–26; considered to be the most legitimate English bass singer; retired about 1826. d. Devonshire about 1865.

LACY, Michael Rophino (son of an Englishman by a Spanish mother). b. Bilbao, Spain 19 July 1795; made his début as a violinist at Bilbao 1801; ed. at Bordeaux 1802 and at Paris 1803; arrived in England Oct. 1805 and as a violinist was known as the Young Spaniard until May 1807; played light comedy parts in Edinburgh, Dublin and Glasgow about 1808–18; first violin and director of the Liverpool concerts 1818–20 and 1823–4; directed the ballets and composed music for Italian opera London 1820–3 and 1824 etc.; made the first English adaptations of the operas Semiramide 1829, William Tell 1830, Fra Diavolo 1831 and others; visited America, New Zealand and Australia; author of Love and reason; Doing for the best, and other dramas. d. Pentonville, London 20 Sep. 1867. Grove’s Dict. of music, ii 82–3 (1880).

LACY, Richard John James. b. 1780; 2 lieut. R.A. 8 Aug. 1796. col. 23 June 1837 to 9 Nov. 1846; director general of field train department R.A. 1 Jany. 1849; col. commandant of 6th battalion 8 July 1851 to death; M.G. 9 Nov. 1846. d. royal arsenal, Woolwich 9 March 1852.

LACY, Richard Walter. b. 5 Oct. 1810; ensign 84 foot 23 March 1832; lieut. 56 foot 1837, lieut.-col. 16 May 1856 to 12 June 1869 when placed on h.p.; lieut.-col. brigade depôt 1 April 1873; L.G. 29 Sep. 1878; placed on retired list 5 Oct. 1880; hon. general 1 July 1881. d. Reichenhall, Bavaria 23 Sep. 1886.

LACY, Sara. b. 1822; played soubrette and character parts with Frederick Robson at Grecian theatre 1844–9; associated with Braham, Macready, Mrs. Nisbett and Mrs. Glover; as Mrs. Valentine Roberts wrote the words of On the broad bosom of the deep 1854; As I roved through the meadows in May, 1855; A stalwart lad is the blacksmith’s son 1860; Come sit old friend beneath the porch 1862; O give me back my happy home 1863 and the words of many other songs. (m. Valentine Roberts). d. 5 April 1881.

LACY, Thomas Edgar. b. 1803; ensign 72 foot 8 April 1825, captain 11 July 1834 to 8 Oct. 1847 when placed on h.p.; commandant of staff college Sandhurst 1 Jany. 1865 to 1 July 1870; L.G. 1 Oct. 1877. d. 18 Sussex place, Kensington 22 Feb. 1880.

LACY, Thomas Hailes. b. 1809; appeared at Olympic theatre, London as Lenoir in The Foundling of the Forest 7 April 1828; acted in the provinces; stage manager at Windsor theatre; manager of theatre royal Sheffield 1841; acted at Covent Garden 1842, at the Pavilion, Victoria and Sadler’s Wells 1844; played at Manchester 1844–5; active promoter of General theatrical fund instituted 16 Feb. 1839; theatrical publisher at 17 Wellington st. Strand, London 1849, removed to 89 Strand 1857, retired from business 1872; published Lacy’s Acting edition of plays, 99 volumes containing 1485 pieces 1848–73; author of 3 dramas, The Pickwickians 1837, The tower of London 1840 and The school for daughters 1843; (His wife was Frances Lacy 1819–72). d. Benhill st. Sutton, Surrey 1 Aug. 1873. I.L.N. lxii 279 (1873); Era 10 Aug. 1873 p. 11, 30 Nov. 1873 p. 7.

LADBROOKE, Henry (2 son of Robert Ladbrooke, landscape-painter 1768–1842). b. Norwich 20 April 1800; landscape-painter; exhibited 3 pictures at B.I. and 10 at Suffolk st. 1834–65. d. North Walsham 18 Nov. 1870.

LADBROOKE, John Berney (brother of the preceding). b. 1803; pupil of his uncle John Crome whom he excelled as a painter of woodland scenery; exhibited 3 pictures at R.A., 10 at B.I. and 35 at Suffolk st. 1821–72. d. Kett’s Castle cottage, Mousehold, Norwich 11 July 1879.

LADELL, Edward. b. 1821; a painter of fruit subjects; exhibited 19 pictures at R.A., 5 at B.I. and 2 at Suffolk st. 1856–80. d. Prospect park, Exeter 9 Nov. 1886.

LADEUIL, Leonard Morel-. b. 1820; sculptor at 13 Camden road, then of St. John’s Wood, London; chevalier de la légion d’honneur; exhibited at R.A. 1865; employed at Messrs. Elkington’s, Birmingham. d. Boulogne 15 March 1888.

LAFFAN, Sir Robert Michael (3 son of John Laffan of Skehana, co. Clare). b. 14 Aug. 1819; 2 lieut. R.E. 5 May 1837, col. 9 Feb. 1870 to 1 Oct. 1877; an inspector of railways under board of trade 1847–52; M.P. St. Ives, Cornwall 1852–7; deputy inspector general of fortifications at the war office 1855–9; commanded R.E. at Malta 1860–65, at Aldershot 1866–70 where the old Queen’s birthday parade has been renamed Laffan’s Plain in his memory, and at Gibraltar 1872–77; governor and commander-in-chief of Bermuda 9 Aug. 1877 to death; L.G. 1 July 1881; K.C.M.G. 30 May 1877. d. Mount Langton, Bermuda 22 March 1882. Proc. of Royal Geog. Soc. iv 314 (1882); Graphic, xxv 528 (1882), portrait.

LAFONTAINE, Sir Louis Hypolite; 1 Baronet (3 son of Antoine Menard Lafontaine, farmer 1772–1813). b. Boucherville, Lower Canada, Oct. 1807; ed. at Montreal coll. to 1822; called to Toronto bar; a leader of national movement in Canada; arrested on charge of high treason 4 Nov. 1838; went to England as a delegate from constitutional association of Lower Canada 1838; M.P. for North York, Upper Canada 1840–51; attorney general and member of Canadian executive council Sep. 1842 to 28 Nov. 1844 and March 1848 to Oct. 1851; chief justice of court of queen’s bench, Lower Canada 13 Aug. 1853 to death; baronet of the United Kingdom 28 Aug. 1854. d. Toronto, after an apoplectic fit in his court there, 24 Feb. 1864. bur. in R.C. cath. Toronto 29 Feb. L. O. David’s Sir Ls. H. Lafontaine. Montreal (1872), portrait.