CALCRAFT, William. b. Baddow near Chelmsford 1800; a shoemaker; watchman in Reid’s brewery in Liquorpond st. Gray’s Inn road, London; butler to a gentleman at Greenwich; executioner to City of London 4 April 1829 to 25 May 1874 when he retired on pension of 25/– a week; hanged Greenacre 1837, Courvoisier 1840, Good 1842, Tawell 1845, Mr. and Mrs. Manning and Rush 1849, Dove 1856, Catherine Wilson 1862, the 5 Flowery Land pirates and Muller 1864; lived in Poole st. New North road, Hoxton 1854 to death, where he d. 13 Dec. 1879. Life of Wm. Calcraft the celebrated hangman 1880, portrait; Daily Telegraph 17 Dec. 1879 p. 5, col. 1.
CALCUTT, Francis Macnamara. b. Limerick 1819; M.P. for co. Clare 16 April 1857 to 23 April 1859 and 13 April 1860 to death. d. 16 July 1863.
CALDCLEUGH, Alexander. Author of Travels in South America 2 vols. 1825; F.R.S. 10 March 1831. d. Valparaiso, Chili 11 Jany. 1858.
CALDECOTT, Randolph (son of Mr. Caldecott of Chester, accountant). b. Chester 22 March 1846; clerk in a bank at Whitchurch, Shropshire, afterwards at Manchester; began drawing for London Society and other periodicals 1872; a popular book illustrator 1876 to death; published John Gilpin 1878; The house that Jack built 1878 and 14 other childrens books; contributed illustrations to the Graphic; member of Institute of Painters in water colours Feb. 1882, exhibited there, at Grosvenor gallery and the R.A. d. St. Augustine, Florida 12 Feb. 1886. R. Caldecott a personal memoir of his early art career by H. Blackburn 1886, portrait; G.M. xxiv, 629–35 (1880); International Mag. Oct. 1885 pp. 100–3; The Queen almanack 1887, portrait.
CALDECOURT, William Henry. b. Blisworth, Northamptonshire 28 Sep. 1802; played his first cricket match at Lord’s 16–18 July 1821; a hard hitter and a splendid field; a practice bowler to Marylebone club 1818 to death; brought out more gentlemen cricketers from Harrow and Cambridge than any other professional; umpire in the best matches many seasons; kept a cricket bat shop many years at 14 Townsend road, St. John’s Wood, London where he d. 21 June 1857.
CALDER, Sir Henry Roddam, 5 Baronet. b. 15 March 1790; succeeded 3 Feb. 1792. d. Muirtoun, Elginshire 13 Aug. 1868.
CALDER, James Tait. b. Castletown, Caithness about 1794; ed. at Univ. of Edin.; parish teacher at Canisbay, Wicklow; author of Sketches from John O’Groats in prose and verse 1842; The soldier’s bride 1846 a volume of poems; Sketch of the civil and traditional history of Caithness 1861. d. Elwickbank, Shapinshay, one of the Orkney islands 15 Jany. 1864.
CALDERBANK, Very Rev. Leonard (son of Richard Calderbank of Standish near Wigan). b. Standish 3 June 1809; ed. at Ampleforth college, Yorkshire and Prior park near Bath; ordained priest at Rome 11 Nov. 1832; vice pres. of Prior park and professor of theology at St. Paul’s college 1849–50; missionary rector of St. Peter’s, Gloucester 9 Oct. 1850 to death; canon of Clifton 28 June 1852 to death. d. Gloucester 25 June 1864. Tablet 9 July 1864 p. 439, col. 1.
CALDICOTT, Rev. Thomas Ford. b. Buckby, Northamptonshire 1803; emigrated to Canada 1824; Baptist pastor at Hamilton, Madison, co. New York 1831, at Lockport, N.Y. Boston and Brooklyn successively; pastor of Baptist church, Bond st. Toronto 1860 to death; wrote much for periodical religious press; author of H. Corcoran, an authentic narrative of her conversion from Romanism 1853. d. Toronto 9 July 1869.
CALDWELL, George (son of Ralph Caldwell of Hilborough hall, Norfolk, who d. 5 Jany. 1831 aged 53). Author of many articles on sporting in The Field and Bell’s Life in London, under pseudonym of Childers and in New York Spirit of the times, under that of Censor, d. Ramsgate 5 March 1863 aged 56. Sporting Review xlix, 463–4 (1863).
CALDWELL, Henry (youngest son of Charles Andrew Caldwell of New Grange, co. Meath 1785–1859). b. 24 Feb. 1815; entered navy 22 April 1828; captain 12 Aug. 1853; captain of Duke of Wellington 131 guns 19 Feb. 1855 to 1857; captain of the Asia 16 Feb. 1864 to 9 April 1866; aide de camp to the Queen 2 April 1866 to death; commodore Cape of Good Hope station 9 April 1866 to 3 Sep. 1867; C.B. 4 Feb. 1856. d. Leamington 7 April 1868.
CALDWELL, Sir Henry John, 6 Baronet. b. 22 Oct. 1801; succeeded his father as 6 baronet and as Count of Milan in the Holy Roman empire 22 Oct. 1842. d. Marlborough buildings, Bath 13 Oct. 1858.
CALDWELL, Hugh. Entered Bengal army 10 Sep. 1806; major 49 Bengal N.I. 27 May 1830 to 9 Aug. 1836 when he retired; lived at Rome 1836 to death. d. Palazzo Titoni, Via Rassella, Rome 21 Feb. 1882 aged 96. Times 27 Feb. 1882 p. 5, col. 5 and p. 7, col. 3.
CALDWELL, James H. b. Manchester 1793; made his début in America at Charleston as Belcour in The West Indian Nov. 1816; opened St. Charles theatre New Orleans 30 Nov. 1835; last appeared 14 Jany. 1843 as Vapid in The Dramatist; introduced gas in New Orleans 1834 and in many other southern cities. d. New York 11 Sep. 1863.
CALDWELL, Sir James Lillyman (son of Arthur Caldwell, major Bengal engineers). b. Greenwich 1770; 2 lieut. Madras engineers 27 July 1789; colonel commandant 1 May 1824 to death; general 20 June 1854; served at first siege of Seringapatam 6 Feb. 1792 and at second siege and capture 4 May 1799; C.B. 4 June 1815, K.C.B. 10 March 1837, G.C.B. 25 Aug. 1848. d. Beachlands, Ryde, Isle of Wight 28 June 1863. H. M. Vibart’s Madras Engineers ii, pp. iii-vi, (1883), portrait.
CALDWELL, James Stamford (only son of James Caldwell, recorder of Newcastle under Lyme who d. 16 Jany. 1838 aged 78). Educ. at St. John’s coll. Cam., B.A. 1808, M.A. 1811; barrister L.I. 11 Feb. 1813; author of A treatise on the law of arbitration 1817, 2 ed. 1825; A digest of the laws relating to the poor 1821; Results of reading 1843. d. Linley wood near Newcastle under Lyme 18 Nov. 1858 aged 72.
CALDWELL, John. Opened a room for dancing at 83 Dean st. Soho, London 1840; removed to 19, 20 and 21 Dean st. 1845, which he rebuilt 1850; lessee of Royalty theatre; lessee of Surrey gardens. d. Starcross, Devon 16 May 1880. bur. Kensal Green cemetery, London 24 May.
CALEDON, James Dupré Alexander, 3 Earl of (only child of Dupré Alexander, 2 Earl of Caledon 1777–1839). b. London 27 July 1812; ensign Coldstream guards 31 May 1833, lieut. 1839–46, when he retired from army; M.P. for co. Tyrone 7 Aug. 1837 to 8 April 1839 when he succeeded; an Irish representative peer 10 May 1841 to death; colonel of Tyrone militia. d. 5 Carlton house terrace, London 30 June 1855. Waagen’s Galleries of art (1857) 147–52; G.M. xliv, 193–4 (1855).
CALEY, Henry Francis. Entered Bengal army 1820; col. 64 Bengal N.I. 7 Nov. 1854 to death; M.G. 18 March 1856. d. Rawul Pindee, Punjab, India 21 Dec. 1866.
CALKIN, James, b. London 1786; one of earliest members and directors of Philharmonic Society; organist of Regent square chapel, Gray’s Inn road, London 1824; a successful teacher of music; his compositions include an overture and symphony for orchestra, string quartets and much pianoforte music. d. 12 Oakley sq. Camden Town, London 1862.
CALL, Sir William Berkeley, 3 Baronet. b. Whiteford house near Callington, Cornwall 10 May 1815; partner in banking house of Call, Marten and Co. Old Bond st. London; succeeded 3 Dec. 1851; special deputy warden of the Stannaries 1852; sheriff of Cornwall 1856. d. 25 Old Bond st. London 22 Dec. 1864.
CALL, Sir William Pratt, 2 Baronet. b. 28 Sep. 1781; succeeded 1 March 1801; sheriff of Cornwall 1807; partner in banking house of Call, Marten and Co. d. Whiteford house near Callington 3 Dec. 1851.
CALLAGHAN, Jeremiah Thomas Fitzgerald. b. about 1830; ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin; called to Irish bar, Jany. 1854; acting consul general at Labuan 27 May 1861; governor of Labuan 10 April 1862 to Nov. 1866; administrator of government of Gambia 10 May 1871; governor of Falkland islands 18 May 1876; governor of the Bahamas 11 Sep. 1880 to death; C.M.G. 30 May 1877. d. New York 9 July 1881.
CALLAGHAN, Thomas. b. Dublin 18 Sep. 1816; ed. at Trin. coll. Dub., B.A. 1836; called to the Irish bar 1839; emigrated to New South Wales 1840; crown prosecutor 1841; chairman of quarter sessions, Dec. 1844; a district court judge 1859 to death, held his first court at Yass 19 July 1859; published Acts and ordinances of New South Wales with notes and index 3 vols. 1844–52. d. Braidwood, N.S.W. 28 Nov. 1863. Heads of the people i, 161 (1847), portrait.
CALLCOTT, Maria. Author of Home among strangers a tale 2 vols. 1848; The singers alphabet 1849; The power of meekness 1853; The two firesides a tale of 90 years ago 1859. (m. Wm. Hutchins Callcott 1807–82). d. 1 Campden house road, Kensington 19 Aug. 1881 aged 73.
CALLCOTT, William. b. Kensington near London 1800; violinist in orchestra of King’s theatre (now Her Majesty’s), Pall Mall; repetiteur for the ballet there; musical director of Adelphi, Olympic and Astley’s Amphitheatre where he composed for Andrew Ducrow music for his representation of “The Grecian Statues”; his musical compositions for pantomimes and melodramas were the best since those of Wm. Henry Ware. d. Gravesend 6 Nov. 1878.
CALLCOTT, William Hutchins (son of John Wall Callcott, musical composer 1766–1821). b. Kensington, London 1807; member of Royal society of musicians 4 July 1830; organist of Ely place chapel; his arrangements and transcriptions for the piano amount to many hundred pieces; author of The child’s own singing book 1843; A few facts on the life of Handel 1859. d. 1 Campden house road, Kensington 5 Aug. 1882.
CALLENDER, George William. b. Clifton 24 June 1830; student of St. Bartholomew’s hospital 1849, registrar 1854, assistant surgeon 1861, surgeon 1871 to death, lecturer on anatomy 1865, lecturer on surgery 1873; surgical editor of St. Bartholomew’s hospital reports 1865–74; M.R.C.S. 1852, F.R.C.S. 1855, F.R.S. 8 June 1871; sec. of Clinical Soc. 1867–70, pres. 1877–9; author of Anatomy of the parts concerned in femoral rupture 1863 and of many papers in Transactions of Medical Chirurgical, Clinical and Pathological Societies. d. on board the Gallia on his way home from Australia 20 Oct. 1879. bur. Norwood cemetery 29 Oct. St. Bartholomew’s hospital reports xv, pp. xli-xlvii, (1879); Proc. of Med. and Chir. Soc. viii, 480–2 (1880).
CALLENDER, William Romaine (eld. son of Wm. Romaine Callender of Manchester who d. 1872). b. Manchester 2 June 1825; cotton spinner and merchant at Bolton and Manchester; member of Manchester school board 24 Nov. 1870, vice chairman Dec. 1870 to death; M.P. for Manchester 7 Feb. 1874 to death; F.S.A. 2 June 1859; author of Education statistics of Manchester 1852; The commercial crisis of 1857 its causes and results 1858. d. Eversfield place, St. Leonard’s on Sea 22 Jany. 1876. Graphic xiii, 182, 188 (1876), portrait.
CALLOW, John. b. London 19 July 1822; studied art in Paris 1835–44; a landscape painter in water colours; professor of drawing in royal military academy at Addiscombe, July 1855 to 1861; sub.-professor of drawing at Woolwich 1861; a teacher in London; several of his studies have since his death been printed in colours as a series of progressive lessons in art of water-colour painting; exhibited 7 pictures at R.A., 9 at B.I. and 2 at Suffolk st. gallery 1844–67. d. Lewisham near London 25 April 1878.
CALTHORPE, George Gough-Calthorpe, 3 Baron. b. 22 June 1787; succeeded his brother as 3 Baron 5 June 1807. d. Lyons Sep. 1851.
CALTHORPE, Frederick Gough, 4 Baron (3 son of 1 Baron Calthorpe 1749–98). b. London 14 June 1790; ed. at Ch. Ch. Ox.; M.P. for Hindon, Wilts. 1818–26, for Bramber, Sussex 1826–31; a metropolitan comr. in lunacy; assumed name of Gough in lieu of Calthorpe 14 May 1845; sheriff of Staffs. 1848; succeeded Sep. 1851; gave to town of Birmingham, Calthorpe park opened 15 April 1857. d. Elvetham park, Winchfield, Hants. 2 May 1868.
CALVERLEY, Charles Stuart (younger son of Rev. Henry Blayds 1794–1874, V. of South Stoke near Bath 1839–74). b. Martley, Worcs. 23 Dec. 1831; ed. at Harrow and Balliol coll. Ox.; scholar 25 Nov. 1850; chancellor’s prizeman 1851; migrated to Christ’s coll. Cam. Oct. 1852, Craven scholar 1854; B.A. 1856, M.A. 1859; fellow of his coll. 1858–63; prepared examination paper on Dickens’s Pickwick Papers at Cam. Dec. 1857; barrister I.T. 1 May 1865; resumed 1852 old family name of Calverley which his grandfather had changed to Blayds 1807; author of Verses and translations 1862; Translations into English and Latin 1866; Theocritus translated into English verse 1869; Fly leaves 1872. d. 17 Devonshire terrace, Hyde park, London 17 Feb. 1884. C. S. Calverley’s Literary remains 1885, portrait; Fortnightly Review xxxv, 736–53 (1884); J. Payn’s Some literary recollections (1884) 180–3; Temple Bar, Jany. 1887.
CALVERT, Caroline Louisa Waring (youngest dau. of James Atkinson, principal clerk in Colonial secretary’s office, Sydney N.S.W.) b. Oldbury, Argyle county N.S.W. 25 Feb. 1834; author of Gertrude the emigrant, a tale of colonial life by an Australian lady 1857; Cowanda the veteran’s grant 1859; wrote many articles in Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney Mail and Town and country journal; collected many specimens of plants, the genus Atkinsonia was named after her also the species Epacris Calvertiana. (m. 1870 James Snowden Calvert 1825–74). d. Sutton Forest N.S.W. 28 April 1872. G. B. Barton’s Literature of N.S.W. (1866) 111–2.
CALVERT, Charles (eld. son of Charles Calvert of Glossop hall, Derbyshire, agent for Duke of Norfolk 1754–97). b. Glossop hall 23 Sep. 1785; cotton merchant in Manchester, landscape painter there; a founder of Manchester Royal Institution 1823, Heywood gold and silver medallist. d. Bowness, Westmoreland 26 Feb. 1852. Art Journal (1852) 150.
CALVERT, Charles Alexander. b. London 28 Feb. 1828; ed. at King’s college school; articled to a solicitor; acted in the provinces 1852–5; first appeared in London at Surrey theatre, Sep. 1855 as Leonardo Gonzago in The Wife; stage manager and principal actor at T.R. Manchester 1859; manager of Prince’s theatre, Manchester 1864 to Jany. 1875; produced a series of Shakespearian revivals which eclipsed all previous representations on provincial stage 1864–74; went to New York, Jany. 1875 when he reproduced play of Henry the fifth at Booth’s theatre; returned to England 1876; produced Henry viii at T.R. Manchester 1877; head of a travelling company. d. at private asylum, Sussex house, Hammersmith 12 June 1879. bur. Brooklands cemetery near Sale, Cheshire 18 June. Illust. sporting and dr. news v, 609, 614 (1876), portrait, xi, 351, 353 (1879), portrait.
CALVERT, Edward (son of Roland Calvert of Appledore, Devon who d. 1811 or 1812). b. Appledore 20 Sep. 1799; midshipman R.N.; landscape painter in London 1825; exhibited 5 pictures at the R.A. 1825–36; produced many woodcuts and plates, privately printed by himself at Brixton and Paddington. d. Hackney 14 July 1883. Athenæum ii, 218, 250 (1883); Gilchrist’s Life of W. Blake (1880) i, 343, 407.
CALVERT, Edwin. A dwarf 36 inches in height (3 inches less than Tom Thumb), weighing only 24½ pounds; clever violinist and dancer, and mimic of birds and animals. d. Skipton, Yorkshire July or Aug. 1859 aged 17.
CALVERT, Felix. b. 16 Oct. 1790; ensign 52 foot 1 Oct. 1807; major 32 foot 11 May 1815; lieut. col. 72 foot 9 Aug. 1821 to 25 Sep. 1826 when placed on h.p.; colonel 90 foot 14 June 1853 to death; L.G. 20 June 1854; C.B. 19 July 1831. d. 30 Cavendish sq. London 3 March 1857.
CALVERT, Frederic Baltimore (brother of Charles Calvert 1785–1852). b. 10 April 1793; alternated leading parts with Edmund Kean, Macready and Vandenhoff; elocutionary lecturer at King’s college, Aberdeen 1829; lectured in England and America on literary subjects; master of English language and literature in Edinburgh academy about 1846; lecturer on elocution to free church colleges of Edin. and Glasgow; author of A defence of the acted drama in a letter to T. Best, Hull 1822; Principles of elocution by T. Ewing, revised and improved 1852, another ed. 1870; translated Cicero’s De Oratore 1870. d. 2 West Newington, Edin. 21 April 1877.
CALVERT, Frederick Crace (son of Colonel Calvert). b. London 14 Nov. 1819; lived in France 1836–46; démonstrateur de chimie appliquée under M. E. Chevreul the eminent chemist in Paris 1841–6; consulting chemist at Manchester 1846; professor of chemistry at Royal Instit. Manchester 1846; lecturer on chemistry at School of medicine in Pine st. Manchester; the first person in this country to manufacture phenic or carbolic acid in a pure state, its use as a disinfectant is due entirely to him, established large works at Manchester for its production 1865; F.R.S.; delivered 5 courses of ‘Cantor’ lectures at Society of Arts on applied chemistry; contributed largely to English and French scientific literature. d. Clayton vale house near Manchester 24 Oct. 1873. F. C. Culvert’s Dying and calico printing, 3 ed. (1878) ix-xiv; Journal of Society of arts xxi, 919 (1873).
CALVERT, George. b. Denholme Gate, Thornton, parish of Bradford 26 Dec. 1809; decorative painter at Huddersfield; portrait painter at Almondbury; author of Universal restoration, a poem in ten epochs 2 vols. 1861; Thoughts for thoughtful minds 1865; Redemption, a poem in ten epochs, 2 ed. 2 vols. 1875. d. Hall Bower near Castle hill, Almondbury 10 June 1878. C. A. Hulbert’s Supplementary annals of Almondbury (1885) 51–3.
CALVERT, Henry Hunter. Clerk in R.N. 1834–5; cancelliere to consulate at Erzeroom, Turkish Armenia 1837–55; acting consul at Alexandria 1859–60, 1864, 1868–9, 1870, 1872, 1876–7 and 1878–9; acting consul at Cairo 1860–2, at Jeddah 1864–5 and 1867. d. the Dardanelles 29 July 1882. I.L.N. lxxxi, 197 (1882), portrait.
CALVERT, James Snowden. b. on the Borders of Scotland 13 July 1825; went to New South Wales 1840; went with Ludwig Leichhardt in his expedition from Moreton Bay Settlement to Fort Essington on north coast of Australia which was reached 17 Dec. 1845 after a journey of 3000 miles extending over 15 months; awarded a silver medal at London International Exhibition 1862 for his collection of Australian paper making materials. d. at his residence near Sydney 22 or 29 July 1874.
CALVERT, John. b. Preston; mechanical and consulting engineer; founded Calvert’s Mechanic’s almanac and workshop companion 1873, edited it 1873 to death; author of Calvert’s Pocket wages table 1875; Calvert’s Mechanic’s and builder’s time book, 2 ed. 1876. d. Cornbrook, Manchester 6 July 1883 aged 47.
CALVERT, Michael. b. Knaresborough; baptised 2 Feb. 1770; a chemist at Knaresborough, churchwarden 1808 and 1809; author of An account of the Knaresborough Spaw, 2 ed. 1831; History of Knaresborough 1844. d. Knaresborough 3 Dec. 1862. Boyne’s Yorkshire library 1869 p. 142.
CALVERT, Rev. William. b. 1819; Educ. at Pemb. coll. Cam.; B.A. 1842, M.A. 1853; C. of Longdon, Worcs. 1842–6; minor canon of St. Paul’s cathedral 1848 to death; R. of St. Antholin’s, city of London 1849–58; V. of St. John the Baptist’s, Kentish Town, London 1858 to death; author of The wife’s manual, or prayers, thoughts and songs on several occasions of a matron’s life 1854, 4 ed. 1882; Pneuma or the wandering soul, a parable in rhyme and outline 1856. d. Ventnor, Isle of Wight 1 Feb. 1880.
CAMDEN, George Charles Pratt, 2 Marquis (only son of 1 Marquis Camden 1759–1840). b. Arlington st. Piccadilly, London 2 May 1799; ed. at Eton and Trin. coll. Cam., M.A. 1819, LLD. 1835; M.P. for Ludgershall, Wilts. 1821–6, for Bath 1826–30, and for Dunwich 1831–2; a lord of the Admiralty 19 Sep. 1828 to 15 July 1829; summoned to House of Lords in his father’s barony of Camden 8 Jany. 1835; succeeded as 2 Marquis 8 Oct. 1840; K.G. 19 Jany. 1846; lord lieut. of Brecknockshire 31 Oct. 1865; pres. of British archæological society, and of Kent archæological society. d. Bayham abbey, Sussex 6 Aug. 1866.
CAMDEN, John Charles Pratt, 3 Marquis. b. Belgrave sq. London 30 June 1840; ed. at Trin. coll. Cam., M.A. 1860; M.P. for Brecknock 27 Feb. 1866 to 6 Aug. 1866, when he succeeded. d. 96 Eaton sq. London 4 May 1872.
CAMERON, Alexander. Ensign 42 foot 24 Feb. 1842, lieut. col. 9 Oct. 1855 to death; C.B. 27 July 1858. d. Bareilly, Rohilcund, India 9 Aug. 1858 aged 43.
CAMERON, Rev. Charles. Educ. at Queen’s coll. Ox., B.A. 1831, M.A. 1834; Incumb. of St. James’s Dudley 1840–4; Incumb. of Worsley, Manchester 1844–53; Incumb. of donative of Oxhey Watford, Herts. 1853–6; P.C. of Ch. Ch. Longlane, Trusley Derbyshire 1860 to death; author of The tyranny of popery by an Eye Witness as seen in Italy 1853 and of various parochial sermons and addresses; edited The infallible way to contentment 1849; The British workman 1855–62. d. in Heckington church during divine service 2 Dec. 1861 aged 54.
CAMERON, Charles Duncan (son of Charles Cameron, captain 3 foot). Ensign 45 foot 12 June 1846 to July 1851; commanded Kaffir Irregulars sent from Natal to Cape Colony 1851–2; served on staff of Sir Fenwick Williams during Russian war 1854–6; consul in Abyssinia 30 June 1860, imprisoned by King Theodore 2 Jany. 1864 to 17 April 1866 when he was handed over to Hormuzd Rassam but reimprisoned with Rassam 12 July 1866, released 11 April 1868; returned to England 25 July 1868, retired on a pension of £350 per annum 7 Dec. 1868; F.R.G.S. Nov. 1858. d. Geneva 30 May 1870. C. R. Markham’s History of Abyssinian expedition 1869; H. M. Hozier’s Narrative of Abyssinian expedition 1869; Journal of Royal Geog. Soc. xli, 153 (1871).
CAMERON, Charles Hay (son of Charles Cameron, governor of Bahama Islands). b. 11 Feb. 1795; barrister L.I. 16 June 1820; a disciple of Jeremy Bentham; a charity comr., prepared a report on poor laws April 1833; member of law commission at Calcutta 1834; fourth member of supreme council of India 1843 to 1848; pres. of council of education for Bengal 1843–8; author of Two essays on the sublime and beautiful and on Duelling, privately printed 1835; Address to Parliament on the duties of Great Britain to India 1853. d. Ceylon 8 May 1880. Mackenzie’s History of the Camerons 1884.
CAMERON, Rev. Charles Richard (eld. son of Charles Cameron, M.D. of Worcester). b. 1781; ed. at Ch. Ch. Ox., B.A. 1800, M.A. 1803; P.C. of Donnington Wood, Salop 1806–50; P.C. of Wombridge, Salop 1808–56; R. of Swaby, Lincs. 1831 to death; author of The Antichrist of St. John, St. Paul’s man of sin and the Little Horn of Daniel identified in their application to the Papacy in its present aspect 1844; The doctrine of infant baptism briefly stated 1850; The beginning of the end 1854. d. Swaby rectory 10 Jany. 1865.
CAMERON, Donald. Piper to Sir J. J. R. Mackenzie of Scatwell, Rossshire 1833; piper to Seaforth of Dingwall, Rossshire 1848 to death; gained gold medal at Inverness 1849, and another at competition of 9 best pipers in Scotland 1850; gained annual champion medals given by Highland society of London at great northern meetings 1859 and 1867; composed Braham Castle, Lady Anne Mackenzie and other excellent airs; declined several offers to become Her Majesty’s piper. d. near Dingwall 7 Jany. 1868.
CAMERON, Sir Duncan, 2 Baronet. b. 1770; succeeded Oct. 1828. d. Callart near Appin, Argyleshire 15 Jany. 1863.
CAMERON, George Poulett (son of Robert Cameron, commander R.N. who d. 22 Jany. 1807). b. 1805; entered Madras army 1821; joined expedition to Portugal organised by Don Pedro to recover throne for Queen Maria ii, 1832; sent on particular service to Persia, commanded garrison of Tabriz 1836–8; political agent at titular court of Nawab of Arcot 1842; K.T.S., K.L.S., C.B. 25 Aug. 1841; commandant of the Neilgherries hills 1856–8; present with Austrian army in Italian war 1859; author of Personal adventures in Georgia, Circassia and Russia, 2 vols. 1848; The romance of military life 1853. d. Cheltenham 12 Feb. 1882.
CAMERON, James. b. near Dunkeld 6 Jany. 1800; went to Madagascar 1826 where he taught the natives principal mechanical arts and industries; lived at Cape Town 1835–53 and 1854–63; lay missionary of London Missionary Society in Madagascar 1863 to death. d. Antananarivo, Madagascar 3 Oct. 1875. Cape Monthly Mag. xii, 169–79 (1876); Chronicle of London Missionary Soc, for 1876 pp. 21, 229–34.
CAMERON, John. Second lieut. R.E. 12 Dec. 1834, colonel 1 Jany. 1868 to death; L.G. 1 Oct. 1877; F.R.S. 4 June 1868; C.B. 14 June 1870; director of ordnance survey of Great Britain and Ireland, Aug. 1875 to death; edited Ordnance survey. Meteorological observations 1856. d. Ordnance house, Southampton 30 June 1878 aged 61.
CAMERON, John Alexander. b. Inverness; a bank clerk; contributed to Bombay Gazette, acting editor to 1878, special correspondent in Afghan war 1878; special correspondent of the London Standard in Afghan war 1879; crossed from Bombay to Natal on outbreak of Boer insurrection Dec. 1880; present at battles of Laing’s Nek and Ingogo Jany. 1881; taken prisoner at battle of Majuba Hill Feb. 1881; special correspondent of Standard in Egypt 1882–3 his description of bombardment of Alexandria was best sent home; accompanied British force in advance upon Tokar, witnessed battles of El Teb and Tamanieb; shot by Arabs near Metemneh in Sir H. Stewart’s desert march to Gubat on the Nile 18 Jany. 1885. London Figaro 9 Dec. 1882; Graphic xxiii, 437 (1881), portrait; I.L.N. lxxxvi, 146, 218 (1885), portrait; Standard 29 Jany. 1885 pp. 5–6.
CAMERON, Julia Margaret (3 dau. of James Pattle of Bengal civil service). b. Calcutta 11 June 1815; raised in Calcutta a large sum of money for relief of sufferers in Irish famine 1846; lived in England 1848–75; went to Ceylon 1875; began photographing 1865, took admirable portraits of many eminent persons, gained gold medals in America, Austria, Germany and England; exhibited large collection of her portraits and studies at the German gallery in Bond st. London March 1868; wrote many poems some of them in Macmillan’s Mag.; translated Burger’s Leonora 1847. (m. 1838 Charles Hay Cameron 1795–1880). d. Ceylon 26 Jany. 1879. Sir H. Taylor’s Autobiography ii, 48–55, 184–8.
CAMERON, Lucy Lyttelton (youngest child of Rev. George Butt 1741–95, V. of Stanford-on-Teme, Worcs.) b. Stanford-on-Teme 29 April 1781; ed. at Reading 1792–7; author of The two lambs 1827; Addresses to children on the Beatitudes 1828; The Caskets, 12 ed. 1833; The Berkshire shepherd, 6 ed. 1840 and many more childrens books. (m. 12 June 1806 Rev. Charles Richard Cameron 1781–1865). d. Swaby rectory 6 Sep. 1858. The life of Mrs. Cameron by Rev. G. T. Cameron, 2 ed. 1873, portrait.
CAMERON, Patrick. Entered Madras army 1802; colonel 1 Madras light cavalry 12 April 1843 to 1869; general 24 Oct. 1858. d. Gordonston, Inverness 8 Dec. 1871 aged 87.
CAMIDGE, John (3 son of Mathew Camidge 1758–1844, organist of York minster). b. York 1790; Mus. Bac. Cam. 1812, Mus. Doc. 1819; Mus. Doc. Lambeth 1855; assistant organist of York minster, organist 15 Oct. 1842 to death; paralysed while playing the evening service 28 Nov. 1848, never played again; adapted much classical music for use in the Anglican service; published Cathedral music consisting of a service, anthems and 50 double chants; Six glees for 3 and 4 voices. d. Gray’s court, Chapter house st. York 21 Sep. 1859. Musical World 1 Oct. 1859, p. 634.
CAMMELL, Charles (son of George Cammell of Hull). b. Hull 8 Jany. 1810; steel and file manufacturer at Sheffield 1837, added manufacture of rails and railway material 1861, and of armour plates 1863; his business was converted into a limited liability company 1864, of which he was chairman to his death; acquired Yorkshire iron and steel works at Penistone 1865, and the Oaks colliery near Barnsley 1873; M.I.M.E. Oct. 1847. d. 7 South wick crescent, Hyde park, London 12 Jany. 1879, personalty sworn under £250,000, 8 March 1879. Iron and steel institute journal 1879, p. 615.
CAMOYS, Thomas Stonor, 3 Baron (eld. son of Thomas Stonor of Stonor near Henley-on-Thames 1766–1831). b. London 22 Oct. 1797; M.P. for Oxford 13 Dec. 1832 to March 1833, when unseated on petition; contested Oxfordshire 29 July 1837; sheriff of Oxfordshire 1835; summoned to House of Lords 14 Sep. 1839, when ancient barony of Camoys was called out of abeyance, having been dormant since 12 Aug. 1426; a lord in waiting on the Queen 1846–52, 1853–8, 1859–66 and 1868–74. d. Stonor 18 Jany. 1881. I.L.N. lxxviii, 125 (1881), portrait.
CAMPANA, A. Fabio. b. Bologna 1815; settled in London about 1850 as teacher of singing; composed 6 operas Caterina di Guisa 1838, Giulio d’Este 1841, Vannina d’Ornano 1842, Luisa di Francia 1844, Almina, produced in London 1860 and Esmeralda, produced at Covent Garden theatre London 14 June 1870; composed The little gipsy, The twilight hour, The scout and about 400 other drawing room songs. d. 15 Westbourne place, Eaton sq. London 1 Feb. 1882.
CAMPBELL, John Campbell, 1 Baron (younger son of Rev. George Campbell 1747–1824, minister of Cupar; Fifeshire). b. Springfield near Cupar 15 Sep. 1779; ed. at Cupar gr. sch. and Univ. of St. Andrews; reported in House of Commons and law courts for Morning Chronicle 1800–5; barrister L.I. 15 Nov. 1806, bencher 1827, treasurer 1834; leader of Oxford circuit 1824–7; K.C. 13 June 1827; chairman of real property commission 9 June 1828; M.P. for Stafford 1830–2, for Dudley 1832–4 and for Edinburgh 1834–41; solicitor general 23 Nov. 1832 to 22 Feb. 1834; knighted at St. James’s palace 3 Dec. 1832; attorney general 22 Feb. 1834 to Nov. 1834 and 30 April 1835 to 22 June 1841; lord chancellor of Ireland 22 June 1841 to Sep. 1841; created Baron Campbell of St. Andrews 30 June 1841; P.C. 22 June 1841; chancellor of Duchy of Lancaster 6 July 1846 to 6 March 1850; serjeant at law 5 March 1850; chief justice of Court of Queen’s Bench 6 March 1850 to 18 June 1859; tried Wm. Palmer the poisoner 14 to 27 May 1856; lord chancellor 18 June 1859 to death; he was the first peer ever made a serjeant at law and held the great seal at an older age than any previous lord chancellor; author of Reports of cases determined at Nisi Prius 4 vols. 1809–16; The lives of the lord chancellors 7 vols. 1846–7, 4 ed. 10 vols. 1856–7; The lives of the lord justices 3 vols. 1849–57; Lives of Lord Lyndhurst and Lord Brougham 1869. d. Stratheden lodge, Kensington, London 23 June 1861. bur. Jedburgh abbey 29 June. Life of Lord Campbell 2 vols. 1881, portrait; W. H. Bennet’s Select biographical sketches (1867) 153–76; Ballantine’s Some experiences i, 184–206 (1882); O. J. Burke’s Lord chancellors of Ireland (1879) 262–72; Proc. of Royal Soc. of Edin. iv, 484–91 (1862); Quarterly Review cli, 1–40 (1881); I.L.N. iv, 180 (1844), portrait, xvi, 173 (1850), portrait, xxxviii, 611 (1861), portrait; Law mag. and law rev. xi, 347–95 (1861).