JERMYN, George Bitton (eld. son of Peter Jermyn of Halesworth, Suffolk, solicitor 1767–97). b. Halesworth 2 Nov. 1789; ed. at Ipswich gr. sch., at Norwich and Caius coll. Camb., removed to Trinity hall 1813; LLB. 1814, LLD. 1826; C. of Hawkedon, Suffolk 1814–17; C. of Littleport, Isle of Ely 1817–20; C. of Swaffham Prior near Newmarket 1820; compiled a history of his own family, 700 pages folio; made collections for a genealogical history of Suffolk, now in the museum Bury St. Edmunds. d. island of Maddelena, Sardinia 2 March 1857. Nichols’s Herald and Genealogist, v 441–3 (1870).

JERMYN, James (3 son of Robert Jermyn, collector of customs at Southwold, Suffolk). Barrister; collector of pier dues at Southwold; author of The Halesworth Review from 14 Sep. to 14 Oct. 1808. Halesworth 1808, anon., and 6 other anonymous works; also of Prospectus and specimen of an English gradus and dictionary of ideas 1848, he left 128 MS. volumes of materials for this work, the labour of 30 years, which were acquired by Wm. Aldis Wright about 1867; Book of English epithets, literal and figurative 1849. d. Reydon, Southwold, Suffolk 1852. Notes and Queries 7 Ser. ii 368, 475 (1886), iii 55 (1887).

JERNINGHAM, Arthur William (2 son of Wm. Charles Jerningham 1770–1820, officer in Austrian army). b. 22 Feb. 1807; ed. Stonyhurst 1818–23; entered R.N. 13 June 1823; engaged training the coast guard in gunnery 1847–52; commander R. naval coast volunteers, Ireland 1854–7; commander Plymouth gunnery ship 1857–62; captain 18 Sep. 1851, retired 1 July 1864; retired admiral 26 Sep. 1878; author of Remarks on the means of conveying the fire of ships’ broadsides 1851. d. 11 Heather bank, Bournemouth 24 Nov. 1889. Times 27 Nov. 1889 p. 7; Gillow’s English Catholics, iii 623–4 (1887).

JERNINGHAM, Charles William Edward (eld. son of Edward Jerningham 1774–1822, barrister). b. 27 Nov. 1805; ed. Stonyhurst; barrister I.T. 12 Feb. 1830; a frequent contributor to Dolman’s Magazine; author of A letter to the vicar apostolic of Great Britain upon the regulations by the holy see, with respect to mixed marriages 1843. d. 26 Feb. 1854. Gillow’s English Catholics, iii 624–5 (1887).

JERNINGHAM, George Sulyarde Stafford (3 son of 8 baron Stafford 1771–1851). b. Haughley park, Norfolk 17 Feb. 1806; entered foreign office 1825; envoy extraord. and min. plenipo. to king of Wurtemberg 20 May 1854, to king of Sweden and Norway 11 Nov. 1859 to 11 Sep. 1872 when retired on a pension; C.B. 13 July 1872. d. 18 Nov. 1874.

JERNINGHAM, William George Stafford (brother of preceding). b. Cossey hall, Norwich 15 July 1812; attached to mission at Munich 20 Jany. 1834; chargé d’ affaires and consul general Peru 1 Dec. 1857, minister resident and consul general there 12 Dec. 1872 to death. d. Southampton 16 July 1874.

JERRAM, Charles (son of Charles Jerram, farmer, d. 1807). b. Blidworth in Sherwood forest 17 Jany. 1770; assistant at a unitarian school at Highgate 1790; entered Magd. coll. Camb. 1793; B.A. 1797, M.A. 1800; C. of Long Sutton, Lincs. 1797–1805; C. of Chobham, Surrey 1805–10; V. of Chobham 1810–34; took private pupils 1797–1822; P.C. of St. John’s, Bedford row, London 1824–6; R. of Witney, Oxfordshire 3 April 1834 to death; a very well known member of the evangelical sch.; author of Letters on the atonement 1804; Conversations on infant baptism 1819, 3 ed. 1838; A treatise on the atonement 1828; Secession from the church of England considered in a letter 1836. d. Witney 20 June 1853. J. Jerram’s Memoirs of rev. C. Jerram (1855), portrait.

JERRAM, Jane E. (dau. of Mr. Holme). (m. William Jerram of Derby, then of Bannell’s farm, Etwall, Derby); managed the dairy and other farm affairs; known by the name of The Pale Star; author of My three aunts 1838; My father’s house; The pearly gates; Simple stories 1841; The children’s own story book, 3 ed. 1843; living near Derby 1873. S. T. Hall’s Biog. sketches (1873) 296–7.

JERRARD, George Birch (son of Joseph Jerrard, major general, d. 23 Nov. 1858 aged 85). Published Mathematical researches. Bristol 1832–5; An essay on the resolution of equations 1858. d. Long Stratton rectory, Norfolk 23 Nov. 1863.

JERROLD, Douglas William (only son of Samuel Jerrold, manager of Sheerness theatre, d. Jany. 1820). b. Greek st. Soho, London 3 Jany. 1803; ed. at Sheerness; served on board H.M.S. Namur guardship 1813–15; apprenticed to Gabriel Sidney of Northumberland st. Strand, printer 1816; produced More frightened than hurt, at Sadler’s Wells theatre 30 April 1821; wrote pieces for the Coburg theatre 1825; wrote Black-eyed Susan or all in the Downs, best nautical drama ever written, produced at Surrey theatre 8 June 1829 for which he received £70 from Elliston, it ran 300 nights; wrote The mutiny at the Nore, played at Pavilion, Coburg and Queen’s theatres 1830; joint manager with W. J. Hammond of Strand theatre 1 May 1836 to 17 Sep. 1836; wrote the Bubbles of the day, Covent Garden 25 Feb. 1842; The prisoner of war, Drury Lane 8 Feb. 1842; started the Illuminated Mag. 1843; wrote Time works wonders, which ran at the Haymarket from 26 April 1845 for about 90 nights; edited Douglas Jerrold’s Shilling Magazine 7 vols. 1845–8; editor and chief proprietor of Douglas Jerrold’s Weekly newspaper 1846, it became the Weekly News; contributed to Punch from No. 2, 24 July 1841 to death; edited Lloyd’s Weekly Newspaper 1852 to death; founded The Mulberries 1824, The Whittington at 37 Arundel st. Strand 1846, it ceased 1873, The Museum 1847 and other literary clubs; author of Men of character 3 vols. 1838; Punch’s Letters to his son 1843; The story of a feather 1844; Punch’s Complete letter writer 1845; Mrs. Caudle’s curtain lectures 1846; The chronicles of Clovernook 1845; A man made of money 1849; Heads of the people 1852; The writings of D. Jerrold 8 vols. 1854 and 4 vols. 1863–4. d. Kilburn priory, St. John’s Wood, London 8 June 1857. bur. Norwood cemetery 15 June, portrait by Sir Daniel Macnee in National portrait gallery. W. B. Jerrold’s Life of D. Jerrold (1859), portrait; G. Hodder’s Memories of my time (1870) 4–58, 108–20, 126–39; Illust. Rev. iii 673–81 (1872), portrait; R. H. Horne’s New spirit of the age, i 291–304 (1844); Quarterly Mag. of Oddfellows, i 198–208 (1858); E. Yates’ Recollections, i 291–4, ii 351 (1884).

JERROLD, Evelyn Douglas (son of the succeeding). b. about 1850; correspondent in Paris of a London daily paper; translated From Paris to Cayenne. By C. Delescluze 1872; edited with S. Jerrold At home in Paris. By W. B. Jerrold 1884. d. St. John’s road, Highgate hill 16 May 1885.

JERROLD, William Blanchard (eld. son of Douglas W. Jerrold 1803–57). b. London 23 Dec. 1826; ed. at Brompton gr. sch. and at Boulogne; wrote in Douglas Jerrold’s Weekly Newspaper 1846; wrote papers on The literature of the poor, in Daily News 1846; described the Paris exhibition of 1855 for Daily News, Illustrated London News and Athenæum; spent half of each year in Paris 1855 to death; edited Lloyd’s Weekly London News 8 June 1857 to death; wrote Cool as a cucumber, farce produced at Lyceum theatre 24 March 1851, Beau Brummell the king of Calais, Lyceum 11 April 1859, Chatterbox drama, St. James’s 30 Nov. 1859 and Cupid in waiting, comedy, Royalty 17 July 1871; founded English branch of the International literary association; edited under name of Fin-Bec, Knife and Fork 8 numbers 1871 and new series 7 numbers 1872; author of Two lives, a novel 2 vols. 1862; A book for the beach 2 vols. 1863; At home in Paris 1864, several editions; The children of Lutetia 2 vols. 1864; London a pilgrimage, illustrated by Gustave Doré 1872; The life of Napoleon III. 4 vols. 1874–82; The life of G. Cruikshank 2 vols. 1882. d. 27 Victoria st. Westminster 10 March 1884. bur. Norwood cemetery 13 March. G. Hodder’s Memories of my time (1870) 394–418; J. Hatton’s Journalistic London (1882) 196 portrait; Illustrated Review, v 267–73 (1873), portrait; Graphic, xxix 368 (1884), portrait.

JERSEY, George Child-Villiers, 5 Earl of (elder son of 4 Earl of Jersey 1735–1805). b. Middleton park near Bicester 19 Aug. 1773; styled viscount Villiers 1773 to 1805 when he succeeded; ed. at Harrow and St. John’s coll. Camb., M.A. 1794, D.C.L. Oxf. 1810; took name of Child before Villiers 1 Dec. 1819; lord chamberlain of the household 15 July to 22 Nov. 1830 and 15 Dec. 1834 to 18 April 1835; P.C. 19 July 1830; G.C.H. 1834; master of the horse 1841–6 and 1 March to 28 Dec. 1852; won the One thousand guineas and the Oaks with Cobweb 1824, the Derby with Middleton 1825, with Mameluke 1827 and with Bay Middleton 1836. d. 38 Berkeley sq. London 3 Oct. 1859. bur. Middleton Stoney. Waagen’s Galleries of art (1857) 269–74; New Sporting Mag., x 302 (1836), portrait; Sporting Times 21 Feb. 1885 pp. 5–6; J. E. Doyle’s Official baronage, ii 261 (1886), portrait.

JERSEY, George Augustus Frederick Child-Villiers, 6 Earl of (eld. son of the preceding). b. 38 Berkeley sq. London 4 April 1808; styled viscount Villiers 1808–59 when he succeeded; ed. at Eton and Ch. Ch. Oxf., B.A. 1830, M.A. 1837; lieut. Oxfordshire yeomanry 16 June 1829, major 5 May 1855 to death; M.P. Rochester 1830–1, Minehead 1831–2, Honiton 1832–5, Weymouth 1837–41, Cirencester 1844–52; contested Cirencester 1852. d. Royal Crescent hotel, Brighton 24 Oct. 1859. bur. Middleton Stoney.

JERSEY, Sarah Sophia Child-Villiers, Countess of (eld. dau. of 10 earl of Westmoreland 1759–1841). b. 4 March 1785; heiress of Robert Child of Osterley park d. 1819; a ruler of society from 1815 to 1855; one of the leading lady patronesses of Almacks many years, and a professional beauty; popularly known as Queen Sarah; the head of Childs’s bank, London 1819 to death; had a scene with lord Durham at the drawing room 24 Feb. 1831; (m. at Gretna Green 23 May 1804 George Villiers 5 earl of Jersey 1773–1859). d. 38 Berkeley sq. London 26 Jany. 1867. bur. in family vault in church of Middleton Stoney 2 Feb., personalty sworn under £300,000, 1 June 1867. C. C. F. Greville’s Memoirs, i 12–13, ii 64, 119, 126 (1874); Burke’s Portrait gallery, ii 45 (1833), portrait.

JERVIS, George F. b. England 1784; appeared at Park theatre, New York as Vanderdecken in The Flying Dutchman 1825; appeared at Arch st. theatre, Philadelphia 1 Sep. 1826 as Marshal Beaumont in The French Spy. d. Philadelphia 25 March 1851.

JERVIS, George Ritso. b. Madras 8 Oct. 1794; ed. at Marlow, Woolwich and Addiscombe; ensign Bombay engineers 8 June 1811, col. 16 Aug. 1843 to death; founded the Engineers’ Institution in India 1823; held chief command of engineer corps 9 years; active coadjutor of Mountstuart Elphinstone in spreading education in India; A.I.C.E. 1841; edited The works of Hāfiz 1828; translated into Maratha, Lord Brougham’s Preliminary treatise on the objects, advantages and pleasures of science 1829. d. Boulogne 14 Oct. 1851. Min. of proc. of instit. of C.E., xi 106–109 (1852).

JERVIS, Henry. b. 1797; ensign 84 foot 19 Dec. 1811; captain 72 foot 1826, major 27 Sep. 1842 to 8 March 1850; lieut. col. provisional battalion at Chatham 8 March 1850 to 17 May 1864; col. 94 foot 8 March 1872 to death; general 1 Oct. 1877. d. 11 Bloomsbury sq. London 5 Feb. 1879.

JERVIS, Sir John (2 son of Thomas Jervis, chief justice of Chester, d. 6 Aug. 1838 aged 69). b. 12 Jany. 1802; ed. at Westminster and Trin. coll. Camb.; barrister M.T. 6 Feb. 1824, bencher 1837–50; leader of North Wales and Chester circuit; M.P. Chester 1832–50; granted a patent of precedence 1837; solicitor general 4 July 1846; attorney general 7 July 1846 to 15 July 1850; knighted at Buckingham palace 1 Aug. 1846; the acts 11 & 12 Vict. cc. 42, 43, 44, referring to justices of the peace are known as Jervis’s acts; serjeant at law 16 July 1850; chief justice of common pleas 16 July 1850 to death; P.C. 14 Aug. 1850; an originator of The Jurist weekly paper 14 Jany. 1837 and a principal contributor to it; pres. of commission for inquiring into system of pleading in common law courts 13 May 1850; edited Archbold’s Summary of the law relative to pleading and evidence in criminal cases, 4 ed. 1831, also the 5, 6, 7 and 8 eds.; author of A practical treatise on the office and duties of coroners 1829, 5 ed. 1888; author with Edward Young of Reports of cases in the courts of exchequer and exchequer chamber 3 vols. 1828–30; with C. Crompton of Reports of cases in the courts of exchequer and exchequer chamber 2 vols. 1832–3. d. 47 Eaton sq. London 1 Nov. 1856. Law Mag. and Review, ii 302–7 (1857).

JERVIS, Thomas Best (2 son of John Jervis of H.E.I.C.S.) b. Jaffnapatam, Ceylon 2 Aug. 1796; ed. Addiscombe; learnt Hindustani and Mahratta; ensign Bombay Engineers 1 June 1813; surveyed South Concan 1820; superintendent engineer Bombay presidency May 1835–9 and of Northern provinces 1839–41; retired from H.E.I.C. service 31 Dec. 1841; established a private lithographic press for printing maps of India, etc. 1843; produced with rapidity map of Russia for Crimean expedition 1854; the originator of the Topographical and statistical depot of the war office, of which he was the first director March 1855; conducted first topographical corps and surveyed the Euphrates valley, etc. F.R.S. 15 March 1838, F.L.S., F.G.S., F.R.A.S.; edited C. A. A. von Huegel’s Travels in Kashmir 1845; author of Geographical and statistical memoir of the Konkun. Calcutta 1840; India in relation to Great Britain, its future administration 1853. d. 9 Adelphi ter. Strand, London 3 April 1857. Quarterly Journal of Geol. Soc. xiv pp. liv–lx (1858); English Cyclop. Suppl. (1872) 719.

JERVIS, William Henley (2 son of Hugh Nicholas Pearson, dean of Salisbury, d. 1856 aged 79). b. Oxford 29 June 1813; ed. at Mitcham, Harrow and Ch. Ch. Oxf., B.A. 1835, M.A. 1838; R. of St. Nicholas, Guildford 1837–56; preb. of collegiate church of Heytesbury, Wilts. 1844 to death; lived in France 1856–62; assumed surname of Jervis in lieu of Pearson by r.l. 22 May 1865; author of The student’s France 1862, 2 ed. 1884; The Gallican church, a history of the church of France from the concordat of Bologna to the revolution 2 vols. 1872; The Gallican church and the revolution 1882. d. 28 Holland park, London 27 Jany. 1883. bur. in Sonning churchyard.

JERVIS-WHITE-JERVIS, Henry (3 son of sir Henry Meredyth Jervis-White-Jervis, 2 baronet 1793–1869). b. 15 March 1825; ed. at Harrow and R.M. academy, Woolwich; 2 lieut. R.A. Dec. 1844, lieut. col. 30 Dec. 1867 to 24 Dec. 1870 when he retired; contested Harwich 1857; M.P. for Harwich 18 March 1859 to 24 March 1880; author of History of Corfu and of the Ionian islands 1852; Manual of field operations, for officers in the army 1852; The rifle-musket, a treatise on the Enfield-Pritchett-rifle 1854; Ireland under British rule 1868. d. Felixstowe, Suffolk 22 Sep. 1881.

JERVIS-WHITE-JERVIS, Marian (3 dau. of Wm. Campbell of Fairfield, Ayrshire). (m. 16 Dec. 1818 Sir Henry Meredyth Jervis-White-Jervis, 2 baronet, commander R.N. b. 1793, d. 1869); edited Paintings and celebrated painters 2 vols. 1854; author of Gleanings, poems. Paris 1840; Tales of the boyhood of great painters 1853. d. Blackgang, Isle of Wight 8 March 1861. Reg. and Mag. of Biography, May 1869 p. 390.

JERVISE, Andrew (son of Andrew Jarvis, coachman and soldier). b. Brechin, Forfarshire 28 July 1820; a compositor at Brechin 1833 and at Edinburgh 1837–41; a student in painting Edinb. 1842; a teacher of drawing at Brechin 1846; sold 20 of his pictures at Brechin 1847 for £75; examiner of registers under Registration act of 1854, from 1 Jany. 1856 to death at £200 a year; author of The history and traditions of the land of the Lindsays 1853, 2 ed. 1882; Memorials of Angus and the Mearns 1861, 2 ed. 2 vols. 1885; Epitaphs and inscriptions from burial grounds and old buildings in the north-east of Scotland 2 vols. 1875–9. d. Brechin 12 April 1878. A. Jervise’s Epitaphs, vol. ii (1879), Memoir pp. ix–lxx.

JERVOIS, William. b. 1784; ensign 89 foot 7 April 1804; captain 53 foot 26 Dec. 1822 to 17 Sep. 1823 when placed on h.p.; colonel 76 foot 10 May 1853 to death; general 3 Aug. 1860; K.H. 1835. d. Portland place, Bath 5 Nov. 1862.

JERVOISE, Sir Jervoise Clarke Clarke-, 2 Baronet (son of rev. sir S. Clarke-Jervoise d. 1852). b. Kensington 28 April 1804; M.P. South Hants. 1857–68. d. Idsworth park, Horndean, Hants. 1 April 1889.

JERWOOD, James (son of Mr. Jerwood of Poughill, Devon, blacksmith). Usher at Honiton gr. sch.; ed. at St. John’s coll. Camb., B.A. 1831, M.A. 1842; barrister M.T. 10 June 1836; assistant tithe commissioner for Devon; recorder of South Molton 7 Feb. 1860 to death; practised at Exeter to death; published A lecture on the new planet Neptune and its discovery 1849; A dissertation on the rights to the sea shore and to the soil and beds of tidal harbours 1850. d. 1 Bedford circus, Exeter 19 Jany. 1877. Solicitors’ Journal, xxi 282 (1877).

JESSE, Edward (3 son of rev. Wm. Jesse, V. of Hutton-Cranswick, Yorkshire 1738–1814). b. Hutton-Cranswick parsonage 14 Jany. 1780; clerk in the San Domingo office 1798; private sec. to lord Dartmouth president of board of control 1801; comr. of hackney coaches 1815–31 when office abolished; gentleman of the Ewery at Windsor castle 1821–31 when office abolished; deputy surveyor of woods and forests 1822–31; author of Gleanings in natural history 1 Ser. 1832, 2 Ser. 1834, 3 Ser. 1835; Scenes and tales of country life 1844, 5 ed. 1853; Anecdotes of dogs 1846, 2 ed. 1858; Favourite haunts and rural studies 1847; Lectures on natural history 1861, 2 ed. 1863. d. 16 Belgrave place, Brighton 28 March 1868, bust placed in the Pavilion, Brighton 1865. Sylvanus Redivivus. By M. Houstoun (1889) 1 et seq., portrait; F. Ross’s Celebrities of the Yorkshire Wolds (1878) 88–9.

JESSE, John (elder son of John Jesse 1759–1817). b. Manchester 6 Jany. 1801; sheriff of co. Denbigh 1856; F.L.S. 21 Jany. 1823; F.R.S. 5 May 1842, F.R.A.S. d. Llanbedr hall near Ruthin, Denbigh 23 Sep. 1863.

JESSE, John Heneage (only son of Edward Jesse 1780–1868). b. 1815; ed. at Eton 1820–6; clerk in secretary’s department of the admiralty, Whitehall, London 1830–67; published Memoirs of the court of England during the reign of the Stuarts 4 vols. 1840, new ed. 1855 and 1857; Memoirs of the court of England from the revolution in 1688 to the death of George the Second 3 vols. 1843; George Selwyn and his contemporaries 4 vols. 1843–44; Memoirs of the Pretenders and their adherents 2 vols. 1845; Literary and historical memorials of London 2 vols. 1847; London and its celebrities 2 vols. 1850; Memoirs of King Richard the 3rd and some of his contemporaries 1862; Memoirs of the life and reign of king George the third 3 vols. 1867. d. the Albany, Piccadilly, London 7 July 1874. Sylvanus Redivivus. By M. Houston (1889) p. 24 et seq.

JESSE, William (only son of W. Jesse, V. of Margarelting, Essex). b. 27 March 1809; ensign 59 foot 9 April 1825; lieut. 46 foot 24 July 1835; captain 75 foot 26 Aug. 1837 to 6 April 1838 when placed on h.p.; sold out 1844; translator of H. de Crignelle’s Le Morvan, its wild sports, vineyards and forests 1851; J. P. Ferrier’s Caravan journeys and wanderings in Persia 1856; J. P. Ferrier’s History of the Afghans 1858; author of Notes of a half-pay in search of health, or Russia, Circassia and the Crimea 2 vols. 1841; The life of George Brummell, esq. 2 vols. 1844, new ed. 1854, new ed. 2 vols. 1885; Russia and the war 1854; resided at Maisonette, Ingatestone near Chelmsford. d. 1871.

JESSEL, Sir George (youngest son of Zadok Aaron Jessel of 1 Savile row, London, diamond merchant, d. 1865). b. London 13 Feb. 1824; ed. at Kew and Univ. coll. London, fellow 1846; B.A. London 1843, M.A. 1844, a senator 1862 to death, vice chancellor 26 May 1880 to death; barrister L.I. 4 May 1847, bencher 19 April 1865 to death, treasurer 1883; leading junior in the Rolls court; Q.C. 30 March 1865; M.P. for Dover 1868–73; solicitor general 10 Nov. 1871 to 30 Aug. 1873 when he made about £20,000 a year; knighted at Osborne 21 Feb. 1872; master of the Rolls 30 Aug. 1873 to 1 Nov. 1875, being the first Jewish judge; a judge of high court of judicature, chancery division 1 Nov. 1875 to 27 Aug. 1881; member of court of appeal 1 Nov. 1875 to death; P.C. 30 Aug. 1873; a comr. of patents 1873 to death; F.R.S. 25 Nov. 1880; sat in court 16 March 1883. d. 10 Hyde park gardens, London 21 March 1883. bur. Willesden cemet. 23 March, bust by W. R. Ingram outside lord chief justice’s court in courts of justice, unveiled by lord chancellor 28 Nov. 1888. A generation of judges (1886) 171–82; Analysis and digest of the decisions of Sir G. Jessel. By A. P. Peter (1883); Times 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 30 March 1883; I.L.N. lix 483, 484 (1871) portrait, lxxxii 317 (1883) portrait.

JESSOP, John. b. 1779; ensign 44 foot 1798; captain 15 June 1804 to 1 June 1821 when placed on half pay; served through Peninsular war; major in the army 4 June 1814; C.B. 22 June 1815. d. Butterley hall, Derbyshire 13 Sep. 1869 aged 90.

JESSOP, Thomas (son of Wm. Jessop of Sheffield, steel smelter). b. Sheffield 31 Jany. 1804; iron and steel manufacturer with his father and brothers at Sheffield 1830, the business became one of the largest in England, was left sole surviving partner 1871; converted business into a limited liability co. at Brightside works, Sheffield 1875, chairman of the co. 1875 to death; works stood on 27 acres of ground; built and furnished at cost of £30,000 the Jessop hospital for women 1878; mayor and master cutler of Sheffield 1863; president Sheffield Birthday club. d. Endcliffe grange, Sheffield 30 Nov. 1887. bur. Eccleshall ch. 3 Dec.; gross value of personal estate in England sworn at £656,449. Sheffield Independent 1 Dec. 1887 p. 2, 5 Dec. p. 2.

JESSOP, William Henry Bowlestone (eld. son of James Jessop of Crayford, Kent). Ed. at St. John’s coll. Camb., B.A. 1854, M.A. 1857; published A complete decimal system of money and measures 1855; author of Flindersland and Sturtland, or the inside and outside of Australia 2 vols. 1862. d. Doreh, Papua 3 Feb. 1862. G.M. xix 652 (1865).

JESTON, Thomas Ward. b. Royal gram. sch. Henley-on-Thames 3 July 1790; studied at Guy’s hospital; assistant surgeon second battalion of 36 foot 9 Sep. 1813 to 1814 when battalion disbanded; served in the Peninsula and France 1813–14, medals for 4 battles; surgeon in practice at Henley 1817, retired 1883; invented improved method of collecting juice of opium poppy 1823; mayor of Henley 5 times 1834–81. d. Henley 17 July 1886. Midland Medical Miscellany 1 Dec. 1883 pp. 353–5, portrait.

JEUNE, Francis (eld. son of Francis Jeune of Jersey). b. St. Brelade, Jersey 22 May 1806; ed. at St. Servan’s coll. Rennes and Pemb. coll. Oxf., B.A. 1827, M.A. 1830, B.C.L. and D.C.L. 1834; scholar of his coll. 1822, fellow 1830–7, tutor 1830–4, master 22 Dec. 1843 to Jany. 1864, admitted master 26 Dec. 1843, the validity of his election to the mastership was afterwards disputed; master King Edward’s sch. Birmingham 1834–8; dean of Jersey and R. of St. Heliers 1838–44; Victoria college, St. Heliers, was built on a plan recommended by him; canon of Gloucester 1843–64; V. of Taynton, Gloucs. 1843–64; comr. for inquiring into state of univ. and colleges of Oxford 31 Aug. 1850, wrote greater part of the report; member of hebdomadal council 1854–64; vice chancellor of univ. of Oxf. 1858–9; dean of Lincoln 18 Jany. 1864; bishop of Peterborough 21 May 1864 to death, consecrated 29 June; author of Was Christ crucified for you? a sermon 1863, 3 ed. 1864. d. Whitby 21 Aug. 1868. bur. Peterborough cath. yard 28 Aug. Guardian 26 Aug. 1868 p. 956, 2 Sep. p. 979; Times 22 Aug. 1868 p. 7; I.L.N. 28 May 1864 p. 512, portrait.

JEVONS, William. b. Staffordshire 1794; Unitarian minister; author of Systematic morality 1827; Elements of astronomy 1828 and other books. d. Liverpool 1873.

JEVONS, William Stanley (9 child of Thomas Jevons, iron merchant at Liverpool). b. 14 Alfred st. Liverpool 1 Sep. 1835; ed. at univ. coll. London, fellow 1864; M.A. univ. of London 1862; LLD. Edinb. 1876; assayer to the Sydney mint, N.S.W. 1854–9; tutor at Owen’s college, Manchester 1863; professor of logic, mental and moral philosophy and Cobden lecturer in political economy, Owen’s coll. Manchester, May 1866 to Oct. 1876; professor of political economy at univ. coll. London 1876–80; F.R.S. 6 June 1872; lived at 2 The Chestnuts, West Heath road, Hampstead 1876 to death; author of Remarks on the Australian gold fields 1859; Pure logic or the logic of quality apart from quantity 1864; Value of gold 1863; The coal question 1865, 2 ed. 1866; The principles of science, a treatise on logic 2 vols. 1874, 2 ed. 1877; Money and the mechanism of exchange 1875; Primer of political economy 1878; Investigations in currency and finance 1884; drowned when bathing at Galley Hill, Belverhythe near Hastings 13 Aug. 1882. bur. Hampstead cemetery 18 Aug. Letters of W. S. Jevons ed. by his wife (1886), portrait; Proc. of Royal Soc. xxxv, pp. i–xi (1883); Baines’s Hampstead (1890) 369–70; Biograph, v 426 (1881).

JEWELL, Jacob. Owner of the largest travelling bazaar; a tenant under Wm. Holland at North Woolwich gardens about 15 years; the only Israelite itinerant showman travelling the English and continental fairs for over 60 years. d. Sep. 1884. bur. Jewish cemetery, West Ham.

JEWERS, Richard Francis. Entered navy June 1803; severely wounded in a fire ship in Aix roads, April 1809; retired commander 7 Aug. 1861; had a grant from Patriotic soc.; naval knight of Windsor 21 Jany. 1846, governor of the naval knights 7 May 1860 to death. d. Traver’s college, Windsor castle 14 Nov. 1872.

JEWISON, Christopher. b. 1785; L.S.A. 1836, M.R.C.S. 1844; coroner for liberty of honour of Pontefract 1817 to death. d. Rothwell, Leeds 5 March 1870.

JEWITT, Arthur (eld. son of Arthur Jewitt, cutler). b. Sheffield 7 March 1772; apprentice to his father as a cutler 1786–93; master of schools at Sheffield 1793, at Chesterfield 1794 and at Kimberworth 1814–18; resided at Duffield near Derby 1818–38; author of The history of Lincoln 1810; The history of Buxton 1811; The Northern star, or Yorkshire magazine 3 vols. 1817–18; The Sylph, or Lady’s magazine for Yorkshire 1818; The handbook of practical perspective 1840; Handbook of geometry 1842. d. Headington near Oxford 7 March 1852. William Smith’s Old Yorkshire (1883) 147–51, portrait.

JEWITT, Llewellyn Frederick William (17 and youngest child of the preceding). b. Kimberworth near Rotherham, Yorkshire 24 Nov. 1816; went to London as a drawer and engraver 1838; illustrated Charles Knight’s publications, Pictorial Times, Illustrated London News, etc.; managed illustrations of Punch about 1848; chief librarian of Plymouth public library 1849–53; started the Derby Telegraph at Derby 1853, editor 1853–68; started The Reliquary 1860, editor 1860 to death; F.S.A. 27 Jany. 1853; formed a collection of china, sold 1871; granted civil list pension of £70, 16 June 1885; author of Rifle and volunteer rifle corps 1860; The Wedgwoods 1865; The life of William Hutton 1869; A history of Plymouth 1873; The ceramic art of Great Britain 2 vols. 1878, 2 ed. 1883; The life of Jacob Thompson 1882. d. the Hollies, Duffield, Derby 5 June 1886. bur. Winster 9 June. W. H. Goss’ Life of Llewellyn Jewitt (1889), portrait; Proc. Soc. of Antiq. xi 370–1 (1885–7); The Biograph, Feb. 1882 pp. 115–24.

JEWITT, Thomas Orlando Sheldon (brother of the preceding). b. Derbyshire 1799; wood engraver, illustrated with woodcuts Rev. A. G. Jewitt’s Wanderings of Memory 1815; while at Oxford 1838 &c. illustrated J. H. Parker’s architectural publications; employed as an artist by the Archæological Institute; had many pupils. d. 20 Clifton villas, Camden sq. London 30 May 1869.

JEWSBURY, Geraldine Endsor (dau. of Thomas Jewsbury of Manchester, merchant, d. 1840). b. Measham, Derbyshire 1812; her parents removed to Manchester 1818; great friend of Thomas Carlyle and his wife from 1841, many of Mrs. Carlyle’s letters are addressed to her, as are also Lady Theodore Martin’s Letters on Shakspere’s Female characters; lived in Chelsea 1854–66, at Sevenoaks, Kent 1866–80; granted civil list pension of £40, 19 June 1874; author of Zoe, the history of two lives 3 vols. 1845; The half-sisters 2 vols. 1848, three editions; Marian Withers 3 vols. 1851; The history of an adopted child 1853; Constance Herbert 3 vols. 1855; The sorrows of gentility 2 vols. 1856; Angelo or the pine forest 1856; Right or Wrong 2 vols. 1859. d. in a private hospital at Burwood place, Edgware road, London 23 Sep. 1880. bur. in Lady Morgan’s vault, Brompton cemet. J. Evans’ Lancashire authors (1850) 140–4.

JEWSON, Frederick Bowen. b. Edinburgh 26 July 1823, where he performed in public from 1828; studied at R. Acad. of music, London 1834, King’s scholar 1837, professor of pianoforte 1840–89; professor of music, St. Mary’s hall, Brighton; composer of Overtures for various dramas; Six grand studies for the piano 1869; Douze etudes melodiques et brillantes; Chanson d’ Amour for piano 1876; The mountain stream, caprice 1876. d. 21 Manchester st. Manchester sq. London 28 May 1891. Cazalet’s Royal academy of music (1854) 298.

JEX, Johnson (son of Wm. Jex, blacksmith). b. Billingford, Norfolk about 1778, a blacksmith there and at Letheringsett near Holt to 1822 when he commenced employing workmen; made a gold chronometer for sir Jacob Astley, with a detached escapement and compensating balance before he ever heard of the detached escapement; learnt French when about 60; invented a lathe by which he could cut the teeth of wheels mathematically correct into any number up to 2000 by means of a dividing plate; an iron and brass founder, a glass blower, a maker of mathematical instruments, barometers, thermometers, gun barrels, air guns, &c. d. Letheringsett, Norfolk 5 Jany. 1852. Norfolk News 17 Jany. 1852 p. 4; Athenæum 24 Jany. 1852 pp. 123–4; A. Young’s General view of Norfolk (1804) 73–4.

JEZREEL, Esther, name assumed by Clarissa Rogers (dau. of Edward Rogers, sawyer, New Brompton, Kent). b. 1860; a member of The New and latter house of Israel, made preaching tours in America 1878 and 1879; (m. 1879 James Jershom Jezreel 1840–85); succeeded her husband as head of the sect 1 March 1885 and was known as queen Esther the mother of Israel; issued The messenger of wisdom and Israel’s guide 1887, a monthly publication. d. the Woodlands, Gillingham, Rochester 30 June 1888.

JEZREEL, James Jershom, name assumed by James White, b. 1840; a private in 16 regt. at Chatham; joined The New house of Israel or Joanna Southcottians 15 Oct. 1875, dismissed 26 Dec.; founded The New and latter house of Israel 1875; in India with his regt. 1876, bought out, returned to England under the name of James Jershom Jezreel, claiming to have received a revelation contained in The Flying Scroll. (m. 1879 Clarissa Rogers i.e. Esther Jezreel 1860–88); erected a large temple on Chatham hill, New Brompton; had a numerous following who put their money into a common fund; published Extracts from the Flying Roll vol. i three parts 1879–81. d. the Woodlands, Gillingham, Rochester 1 March 1885. Pall Mall Gazette 6 March 1885 p. 12, 2 July 1888 p. 10; N. and Q. 29 Jany. 1887 p. 98.

JOBBINS, John Richard. Surveyor, mechanical draughtsman and lithographer at 3 Warwick court, Holborn, London about 1836 to death; invented method of etching with a brush upon stone and zinc; illustrated Journal of British Archæol. Assoc. with his new process many years; Assoc. B.A. Assoc. 1852; author with F. T. Dollman of An analysis of ancient domestic architecture in Great Britain 1860. d. Warwick court, Holborn, London 27 Feb. 1866.

JOBSON, Rev. Frederick James (son of John Jobson d. 1875 aged 88). b. Northwich, Cheshire 6 July 1812; Wesleyan minister at Patrington, Yorkshire 1834, at City road, London 1837–40, 1849–52 and 1861–4, at Spitalfields, London 1840–3, at Leeds, Manchester, Bradford and Huddersfield 1843–61; attended Australian conference at Sydney, Jany. 1861; book steward of W.M. organisation 1864 to death; elected pres. of the conference 5 Aug. 1869; author of Chapel and school architecture 1850; America and American methodism 1857; Perfect love for Christian believers 1864. d. 21 Highbury place, Holloway road, London 4 Jany. 1881. Life. By Rev. B. Gregory (1884), portrait; Evans’s Lancashire authors (1850) 136–40; I.L.N. 14 Aug. 1869 p. 165, portrait.

JOBSON, Robert. b. Sheffield 1 April 1817; an ironfounder near Dudley about 1840 to death; made a large portion of the castings for the Great exhibition of 1851 and for the Crystal palace at Sydenham; invented valuable improvements in mechanical engineering, including machinery for moulding. d. near Dudley 1 Aug. 1872.

JOCELYN, Robert (eld. son of 3 earl of Roden 1788–1870). b. Pall Mall, London 20 Feb. 1816; styled viscount Jocelyn 29 June 1820 to death; 2 lieut. rifle brigade 24 May 1833; lieut. 15 hussars 1839 to 19 June 1841 when he sold out; military sec. on staff of lord Saltoun in China 1842; contested Leeds 1841; M.P. King’s Lynn 10 Feb. 1842 to death; a sec. of board of control 17 Feb. 1845 to 6 July 1846; lieut. col. commandant of East Essex militia 25 Feb. 1853 to death; published Six months with the Chinese expedition 2 ed. 1841. d. Carlton gardens, London 12 Aug. 1854. bur. Sawbridgeworth, Herts.

JODRELL, Sir Richard Paul, 2 Baronet (eld. son of Richard Paul Jodrell, dramatist 1745–1831). b. Marylebone, London 26 June 1781; ed. at Eton and Magd. coll. Oxf., B.A. 1804, M.A. 1806; barrister L.I. 26 Nov. 1803; succeeded his maternal grand-uncle Sir John Lombe 27 May 1817; author of Carmina Selecta 1810; Dover, ancient and modern, a poem. Dover 1841. d. 64 Portland place, London 14 Jany. 1861.

JOEL, Julian Von. b. 5 May 1785; German jödler; first appeared in London as a siffleur or whistler of tunes on walking sticks at the Sans Souci, Leicester place, Leicester sq. about July 1829; performed at Vauxhall gardens 1830, in the provinces, and at the Cyder Cellars and Evans’s, Covent Garden; sold cigars at Evans’s 1852 to death; his name is often mentioned in the first vol. of Punch 1841, is found in Albert Smith’s The adventures of Mr. Ledbury 1844 and in Mark Lemon’s comedy The Ladies club. d. 22 July 1865. Illustrated sporting news, iv 421, 422 (1865), portrait; Era 30 July 1865 p. 10.

JOHN, William. b. Narberth, Pembrokeshire, July 1845; student in R. sch. of naval architecture and marine engineering 1864; draughtsman, Admiralty 1867–72; made the calculations for the first curves of stability for a ship ever produced 1868; pointed out the dangerous construction of the Captain 1870 and the Atalanta 18—; assist. chief surveyor Lloyd’s Register 1872–81; general manager Barrow ship building and engineering co. 1881–8, when he designed and built the City of Rome 1881 known as the Atlantic Greyhound, and La Normandie 1882 the largest French liner; naval architect 101 Leadenhall st. London 1888–90; contributed papers to Trans. Instit. naval architects 1874 etc.; author of The masting of vessels. A report to the Committee of Lloyd’s Register. d. Madrid 26 Dec. 1890. D. Pollock’s Modern ship-building (1884) 124–6 portrait.

JOHNES, Arthur James (only son of Edward Johnes, M.D. of Garthmyl Issa near Montgomery). b. 4 Feb. 1808; ed. at Oswestry gr. sch. and London univ. 1828–9; barrister L.I. 30 Jany. 1835; judge of county courts, circuit 28 (Anglesey, Carnarvon & Merioneth), 13 March 1847, resigned Dec. 1870; a great supporter of the established ch. in Wales; a promoter of Cambrian quarterly Mag. 1830 in which he wrote under signature of Maelog; author of An essay on the causes which have produced dissent from the established church in Wales 1831, 3 ed. 1870; Suggestions for a reform of the court of chancery 1834; Philological proofs of the original unity and recent origin of human race 1843; Should the law of imprisonment for debt be abolished or amended? 1868; Is credit an evil? 1869. d. Garthmyl Issa 23 July 1871. bur. Berriew ch. Law Times, li 245, 263 (1871).

JOHNES, John (only son of John Johnes of Dolancothy near Llandilo, Carmarthenshire, d. 12 Sep. 1815). b. Dolancothy 6 Feb. 1800; ed. at Carmarthen and Lampeter gr. schs., at Bath and Brasenose coll. Oxf., B.A. and M.A. 1829; barrister I.T. 18 Nov. 1831; judge of county courts, circuit 31 (Carmarthen, Cardigan and Pembroke), 13 March 1847, resigned Nov. 1861; recorder of Carmarthen, Dec. 1851 to Oct. 1872; chairman of Carmarthenshire quarter sessions 1853–72; shot by his butler at Caio, Carmarthenshire 19 Aug. 1876. Law Times, lxi 368 (1876).

JOHNS, Ambrose Bowden. b. Plymouth 1776; apprentice to Benjamin Robert Haydon, bookseller, Plymouth; bookseller at Plymouth; landscape painter, friend and fellow painter with J. M. W. Turner, some of his paintings have been sold as being by Turner; member of Plymouth soc. of artists and amateurs; exhibited 13 pictures at R.A., 3 at B.I. and 4 at Suffolk st. 1814–46; some of his paintings are in the earl of Morley’s collection at Saltram. d. Plymouth 10 Dec. 1858. Pycroft’s Art in Devonshire (1883) 77–81.

JOHNS, Charles Alexander (son of Henry Incledon Johns, banker, Devonport). b. Plymouth 31 Dec. 1811; F.L.S. 1836; ed. Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1841; chaplain National soc. training schs. Westminster 1842–4; head master Helston gram. sch. June 1843 to Dec. 1847; C. of Porthleven 1844–7; C. of Beenham, Berks. 1848–56; kept a school at Winton house, Winchester 1856 to death; first pres. Hampshire and Winchester scientific and lit. soc. 1870; author of A week at the Lizard 1848, 3 ed. 1874; Flowers of the field 2 vols. 1853; Birds’ nests. Anon. 1854, 2 ed. 1865; The governess. By A schoolmaster of twenty years standing 1855; Rambles about Paris 1859; British birds in their haunts 1862, 2 ed. 1879. d. Winton house, Winchester 28 June 1874.

JOHNS, Jasper Wilson (only son of Thomas Evan Johns of Cardiganshire). b. Dublin 1824; a civil engineer to 1854; captain commandant 3rd Montgomery rifle volunteers 14 Aug. 1860 to 11 Sep. 1865; partner in Bird & Co., iron merchants, London 1854; took an active part in promoting railways in Wales; contested Northallerton 1865 and 1868; M.P. North Eastern Warwickshire 1885–6; author of The Anglican cathedral church of St. James, Mount Zion, Jerusalem 1844. d. 16 Grenville place, Cromwell road, London 26 July 1889.

JOHNS, Richard (son of Wm. Johns, adjutant of Cornwall militia, d. 1834). b. Helston, Cornwall 5 Oct. 1805; 2 lieut. R.M. 1 Oct. 1825, captain 7 Aug. 1843 to death; author of Poems 1825; Legends and romances 3 vols. 1839; The schoolfellows or a by-way to fame 3 vols. 1841; The calendar of victory, a record of valour by sea and land 1855; The naval and military heroes of Great Britain 1860, another ed. of the previous work. d. Royal naval hospital, Stonehouse 6 Nov. 1851. G.M. xxxvi 671 (1851); Boase and Courtney’s Bibl Cornub. 277, 1248.

JOHNSON, Alexander Bryan. b. Gosport 29 May 1786; settled in Utica, N.Y., U.S. of America 1801; barrister; banker; author of The nature of value, capital, etc. New York 1813; The philosophy of human knowledge 1828; Physiology of the senses 1856; An encyclopædia of instruction 1857; Our monetary condition 1864. d. Utica 9 Sep. 1867. Appleton’s American Biog. iii 436 (1887).

JOHNSON, Charles. b. about 1793; M.R.C.S. Ireland 1815, F.R.C.S.I. 1818; F.K.Q.C.P.I. 1841; professor of midwifery in medical sch. of college of surgeons; founded with Henry Marsh an institution for diseases of children, in Pitt st. Dublin; master of the Lying in hospital, Dublin 1840; retired from practice 1864; author of Essays in Dublin hospital reports and in Cyclopædia of practical medicine. d. 24 Merrion sq. south, Dublin 19 June 1866.

JOHNSON, Charles. b. London 5 Oct. 1791; lecturer on botany 1819; professor of botany Guy’s hospital 1830–73; edited sir J. E. Smith’s English botany 2 ed. 1832; author of British poisonous plants 1856, 2 ed. 1861; with J. E. Sowerby The ferns of Great Britain 1855; The fern allies 1856; The grasses of Great Britain 1857–61. d. Camberwell 21 Sep. 1880. Journal of botany, xviii 351 (1880).

JOHNSON, Cuthbert William (son of Wm. Johnson of the Coalbrookdale china works). b. Widmore house, Bromley, Kent 28 Sep. 1799; employed in his father’s salt works at Heybridge, Essex; barrister G.I. 8 June 1836; F.R.S. 10 March 1842; took part in agitation on Public Health acts 1848; chairman Croydon local board of health; published works with his bro. Geo. W. Johnson; author of The use of crushed bones as manure 1836, three editions; The life of sir Edward Coke 2 vols. 1837; The laws of bills of exchange, notes, cheques, etc. 1837, 2 ed. 1839; The farmer’s encyclopædia 1842, his best work; with W. Shaw The farmer’s almanac and calendar 1840; with J. Hare The annual register of agricultural implements 1843–45. d. Waldronhurst, Croydon 8 March 1878. John Donaldson’s Agricultural Biog. (1854) 127–8; Academy, i 233 (1878).

JOHNSON, Daniel James. b. 1831 or 1832; civil engineer in London; superintendent of Kensal Green cemetery 1857–73. d. 170 Hornington road, Burton on Trent 24 Oct. 1885.

JOHNSON, Sir Edward (2 son of John Johnson). b. Drumgavesy, Ireland 1785; educ. Edinb. and Glasgow, M.D. Edinb. 1815; M.R.C.S. Lond. 1807; hospital mate in army July 1807; assist. surgeon 28 regt. Nov. 1807 and served in Sweden and the Peninsula where he was severely wounded; surgeon 2 bat. 39 regt. 1815–16; a physician at Weymouth 1816, retired 1821; K.C.S. 1835, K.C.C.S. 1847; knighted at St. James’s palace 18 July 1838. d. Greenhill, Weymouth 10 Jany. 1862. Proc. of Med. and Chir. Soc. iv 84–6 (1864).

JOHNSON, Edward John (youngest son of rev. Henry Johnson of Bywell, Northumberland). b. 1795; entered R.N. 1 May 1807; commanded the ‘Britomart’ 10 guns 4 March 1829 to 1831 when he was paid off; surveyed the Faroe islands for the admiralty 1831 etc.; member of magnetic compass committee of the admiralty 1838 etc.; captain 27 Dec. 1838; superintendent of compass department of R.N. 14 March 1842 to death; F.R.S. 10 May 1836; author of Practical illustrations of the necessity of ascertaining the deviations of the compass 1847. d. 13 Oxford terrace, Hyde park, London 7 Feb. 1853.

JOHNSON, Eli (son of Mr. Johnson of George row, Northampton). b. Northampton 1850; a cabinet maker, Northampton; a wood carver; studied at South Kensington and under J. E. Boehm, R.A.; sculptor Hugh st. Eccleston sq. London; executed for Northampton marble bust of Charles Gilpin, M.P., and busts of J. B. Gough, Dr. Robert Moffat and Henry Vincent; exhibited 3 pieces of sculpture at R.A. 1878–80; author of The honest Irishman or a tour in the British isles 1879. d. 45 Victoria road, Northampton 14 Jany. 1881. Northampton Mercury 15 Jany. 1881 p. 8.

JOHNSON, Ellen. Factory girl; author of The lord of the castle, a fairy legend. London, Darton & Co. 1861, 8^o., 1/6. d. 1873.

JOHNSON, Francis. b. 1796; travelled in Italy and learnt Arabic from an Arab; professor of Sanscrit and Teloogoo at H.E.I.C. coll. Haileybury 1824 to 1845, of Sanscrit, Teloogoo and Bengali 1845 to Oct. 1855; author of The Sanskrit text of the first book of Hitopadésa 1840, 4 ed. 1864; Selections from the Mahábhárata 1842; A dictionary, Persian, Arabic and English 1852; The Gulistān of Sa’di 1863 in Persian. d. Hertford 29 Jany. 1876. bur. Great Amwell 4 Feb. Hertfordshire Mercury 12 Feb. 1876 p. 3.

JOHNSON, Frederick William. Ed. at Eton and Trin. coll. Camb., rowed stroke in the Cambridge boat when she won the Grand challenge cup at Henley 1851, also in the race against Oxford 1852; B.A. 1853, M.A. 1856; C. of St. Nicholas, Yarmouth 1854–8; C. of St. John’s, Yarmouth 1858 to death. d. Yarmouth, Dec. 1859.

JOHNSON, George. One of the chief promoters of the Doncaster races from 1847 and the chief means of largely increasing value of the prizes; chairman of Doncaster race committee; never betted more than a few crowns and that on St. Leger only; superintended building new stand on Doncaster course. d. Doncaster 4 Nov. 1855. Sporting Rev. (1855) 419–21.

JOHNSON, George Henry Sacheverell (son of rev. Henry Johnson). b. Keswick, Cumberland 1808; ed. at Queen’s coll. Oxf., Ireland scholar 1827, mathematical scholar 1831, double first 1829, B.A. 1829, M.A. 1833; fellow of his college 1829–55, Greek lecturer, chaplain and tutor 1842, bursar 1844, dean 1848; public examiner in the univ. 1834–50; F.R.S. 18 Jany. 1838; Savilian professor of astronomy 1839–42; White prof. of moral philosophy 1842–45; Whitehall preacher, Sep. 1852 to 1854; royal commissioner on univ. 1850 and parliamentary commissioner 1854; dean of Wells 27 March 1854 to death; V. of Wells 1855–70; author of Treatise on Optics 1836; Sermons preached in Wells cathedral 1857; author with C. J. Ellicott and F. C. Cook of The book of psalms: with a commentary 1880. d. Weston-super-Mare 4 Nov. 1881. bur. in the palm ch. yard, Wells cath. 10 Nov. Waagen’s Treasures of art, iii 112–20 (1854); Times 7 Nov. 1881 p. 9; Guardian 9 Nov. 1881 p. 1592.

JOHNSON, George William (brother of Cuthbert W. Johnson 1799–1878). b. Blackheath, Kent 4 Nov. 1802; in his father’s salt works; prepared Epsom salts from sea water; made experiments in gardening and in the manufacture of manures; barrister G.I. 8 June 1836; professor of moral and political economy in Hindoo coll. Calcutta 1839–42; edited in Calcutta the Englishman newspaper and government Gazette 1837–41; owner of the Fairfax MSS. published as the Fairfax Correspondence 4 vols. 1848–67; edited the Gardeners’ Almanack 1844–66; The Gardener’s Monthly Volume 12 vols. 1847; Cottage Gardener 1848, renamed Journal of horticulture 1851 when he edited it with R. Hogg to 1881; with his brother he printed An essay on the use of salt in agriculture 1821, 13 ed. 1838; Outlines of chemistry 1828; Paley’s Work 1839; author of A history of English gardening 1829; Memoirs of John Selden 1835; The stranger in India 1843; The principles of practical gardening 1845; A dictionary of gardening 1846; The British ferns 1857, 4 ed. 1861; with rev. W. W. Wingfield The poultry book 1853, 2 ed. 1856; with R. Hogg The wild flowers of Great Britain 1863. d. Waldronhurst, Croydon 29 Oct. 1886. Journal of horticulture, xiii 401–4, 424 (1887), portrait; Bookseller 6 Nov. 1886 p. 1181; Times 5 Nov. 1886 p. 6.

JOHNSON, Harry John. b. Birmingham 10 April 1826; was with sir C. Fellowes in Lycia 1840; studied under Samuel Lines, W. J. Müller and at the Clipstone st. acad. London; Assoc. Instit. Painters in W.C. 1868 and member 1870; exhibited 15 landscapes at R.A. 1859–80; some of his pictures are at South Kensington. d. 12 Loudoun road, St. John’s Wood, London 31 Dec. 1884.

JOHNSON, Henry. b. near London 1814; in employment of D. Appleton & Co. publishers, New York 20 years; partner with Robert Martin in the publication of serials, periodicals and illustrated books 1855, firm became Johnson, Fry & Co.; connected with Brooklyn real estate; identified with the boulevard running to Coney island. d. Gravesend, Long Island 27 Nov. 1872. American Annual Cyclop. for 1872 xii 634.

JOHNSON, Sir Henry Allen, 2 Baronet. b. Shelbourne, Nova Scotia 26 Sep. 1785; ed. Ch. Ch. Oxf., B.A. 1807, M.A. 1810; A.D.C. to Prince of Orange during Peninsular war; knight of the military order of Wilhelm of the Netherlands; succeeded 18 March 1835. d. Southland, Isle of Wight 27 June 1860.

JOHNSON, Sir Henry Franks Frederic, 3 Baronet (eld. child of preceding). b. Bath 5 Feb. 1819; ed. at Winchester and Sandhurst; 2 lieut. 5 foot 22 Nov. 1836, major 5 Oct. 1849 to 15 Jany. 1856 when placed on h.p.; D.Q.M.G. in the Mauritius 31 Dec. 1855 to 18 July 1862; D.A.G. in Jamaica 2 Nov. 1866 to 1 April 1869; commanded forces in Windward and Leeward islands 1869–70; col. on the staff in command at Jamaica 1870–3; sold out 1873. d. Avranche, Normandy 20 June 1883.

JOHNSON, Henry Isaac. b. Cambridge; ed. at Christ’s coll. Camb., 30th wrangler 1852, B.A. 1853, M.A. 1856; assistant master at Brighton college 1853–5; rector of Grey Institute, Port Elizabeth, Cape of Good Hope 1863–73; incumbent of Trinity ch. Port Elizabeth to 1873; espoused the cause of bishop Colenso, his church was the only one in Cape Colony that did not secede from the bishop’s rule; assistant master at Cheltenham college 1873–4; head master of Royal Institution school, Liverpool 1874–89. d. Penrhyn house, Ullet road, Liverpool 6 May 1892.

JOHNSON, James A. b. England 1820; choir master Holy Communion ch. New York 1846, solo tenor singer in oratorio music; compiled A tune book 1848; composer of The Offertory sentences set to music for four voices. New York 1862. d. Orange, New Jersey 1883. Appleton’s American Biog. iii 444 (1889).

JOHNSON, John. Ironfounder at 13 Lower Whitecross st. city of London 1826 to death; member of ward of Cripplegate without 1841 to death; sheriff of London 1836–7, alderman of Dowgate 1839–49, lord mayor 1845–6. d. Alfred terrace, Upper Holloway 12 Sep. 1858. I.L.N. vii 320 (1845) portrait, ix 125 (1846) portrait.

JOHNSON, John. b. 1801; studied in Italy 1836–40; built St. Saviour’s ch. Walmer 1846, Water colour gallery, Pall Mall; decorated H.M. theatre for Benjamin Lumley; built mansion for sir John Kelk at Tedworth, Wilts. 1878; with Mr. Meeson, Alexandra palace, which was burnt 9 June 1873; district surveyor East Hackney; a great fisherman; in 1866 he obtained the prize for the greatest weight of fish caught 550 lbs.; member of Piscatorial soc.; member of Thames angling preservation soc. and on the committee. d. 14 Buckingham st. Adelphi, London 28 Dec. 1878. The Builder (1874) 687–9, (1879) 53, 137; Fishing Gazette 3 Jany. 1879 p. 7.

JOHNSON, John James (3 son of William Johnson of The Pallant, Chichester, d. 1823). b. June 1812; ed. at Winchester; barrister M.T. 10 June 1836, bencher 5 May 1864 to death; recorder of Chichester, Aug. 1863 to death; Q.C. 13 Feb. 1864. d. 26 Gresham place, Belgrave sq. London 22 July 1890.

JOHNSON, John Mercer (son of a timber merchant). b. Liverpool 1818; ed. Northumberland county gram. sch. New Brunswick; barrister 1840; member of provincial legislature, postmaster general 1847, speaker of the house, and attorney general, solicitor general 1854; member of Quebec and London conferences which settled the confederation act of the Dominion of Canada 1864, 1867; member for Northumberland in Dominion parliament 1867. d. Northumberland, Canada 9 Nov. 1868. Appleton’s American Biog. iii 445 (1889).

JOHNSON, John Samuel Willes (eld. son of rev. Charles Johnson, preb. of Wells, d. 1841). b. South Stoke near Bath 3 July 1793; entered R.N. 1 Feb. 1807; commander 6 Feb. 1821, on h.p. from Aug. 1842; captain 9 Nov. 1846; served at capture of Algiers 1816 and in the first Chinese war 1841; M.P. for Montgomery district 4 May 1861 to death; author of The traveller’s guide through France, Italy and Switzerland 1828. d. Hannington hall, Highworth, Wiltshire 25 July 1863.

JOHNSON, Joseph. b. 1791; a brushmaker in or near Manchester; tried with Henry Hunt and 8 others at York assizes 16–27 March 1820 for conspiracy and unlawfully assembling in St. Peter’s Field, Manchester 16 Aug. 1819, sentenced to be imprisoned for one year in Lincoln castle 15 May 1820; author of A letter to H. Hunt esq. relating to certain accounts. Manchester 1822, 2 ed. 1822; A second letter to H. Hunt 1822. d. Sep. 1872 aged 81. Reports of State Trials, i 171–496 (1888).

JOHNSON, Manuel John (only son of John William Johnson of Macao, China). b. Macao 23 May 1835; ed. Addiscombe; lieut. H.E.I. Co.’s artillery at St. Helena 1821–32, where he erected the St. Helena observatory 1828; matric. from Magd. hall, Oxf. 1835, B.A. 1839, M.A. 1842; in charge of Radcliffe observatory, Oxf. 1839 to death; made observations of double stars and a catalogue of 6,317 circumpolar stars; adopted the photographic method of registering meteorological facts 1854; F.R.S. 5 June 1856; F.R.A.S., president 1857–8; made a collection of engravings, sold for £3,359 April 1860; author of A catalogue of 606 principal fixed stars in the Southern Hemisphere observed at the magnetical and meteorological observatory, St. Helena 1835; Astronomical observations made at the Radcliffe observatory, Oxford 1840–58. Oxford 1842 etc. d. The observatory, Oxford 28 Feb. 1859; Johnson prize instituted 1862 and given once in 4 years to astronomers. Proc. Royal Soc. x 21–4 (1860); Monthly Notices R.A. Soc. xix 169–70 (1859), xx 123–30 (1860); Mozley’s Reminiscences, ii 188–99 (1882).

JOHNSON, Paul. b. 1789; ed. St. John’s coll. Camb., B.A. 1811, M.A. 1814; R. of Sidestrand, Norfolk 1834–72; R. of Overstrand 1841–72; author of The fall of the Yarmouth suspension bridge, with reflections. Norwich 1845; The death of the prince imperial Louis Napoleon, a poem 1879; An epitome in verse of the life of the Prince Consort 1883. d. Kirmington, Ulceby, Lincs. 29 Oct. 1883.

JOHNSON, Percival Norton (only son of John Johnson, at one time the only commercial assayer in London). b. 1793; worked with his father; assayer and metallurgist at 79 Hatton garden, London about 1816; began and carried on manufacture of German silver, and introduced it to general use in England; invented several pottery colours, amongst them the rose-pink; the first person who refined and manufactured platinum upon a commercial scale; F.R.S. 30 April 1846; of firm of John Johnson & Sons, assayers of bullion, metals and minerals, 18A Basinghall st. London, assayers to the bank of England and the Mint. d. Stoke house near Dartmouth 1 June 1866. Quarterly Journal of geological soc. xxiii 39–41 (1867); Proc. of R.S. xvi 23–25 (1868).