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CAMPBELL, Alexander (eld. son of Thomas Campbell of Ballymena, co. Antrim, schoolmaster 1763–1854). b. near Ballymena 12 Sep. 1788; ed. at Glasgow univ. 1808–9; went to United States 1809; joined the Baptists 1812; organised a separate body under name of Disciples of Christ, more commonly known as Campbellites 1827; founded a college at Bethany 21 Oct. 1841; author of numerous religious books; edited “Christian Baptist” 7 vols. 1823–9, succeeded by the Millenial harbinger. d. Bethany, west Virginia 4 March 1866. Richardson’s Memoirs 2 vols. 1871, portrait; Rice’s Campbellism its rise and progress 1850.

CAMPBELL, Sir Alexander, 2 Baronet. b. 15 June 1819; succeeded 2 April 1842; a sergeant at arms in Her Majesty’s Household 1851 to death. d. 16 Ridgeway place, Wimbledon 11 Dec. 1880.

CAMPBELL, Alexander Cameron (eld. son of lieut. gen. Alexander Campbell of Monzie, co. Argyle who d. 24 Feb. 1832). b. 30 Dec. 1811; officer in 32 foot and 15 hussars 1828–32; M.P. for co. Argyle 9 July 1841 to Aug. 1843; brought in a “Bill to regulate the exercise of church patronage in Scotland” 14 April 1842; laid foundation of the John Knox memorial church Edinburgh 18 May 1846; a great promoter of interests of Free Church of Scotland. d. Markham house, Leamington 5 Jany. 1869. bur. in St. Mary’s church Warwick. J. A. Wylie’s Disruption Worthies (1881) 125–30.

CAMPBELL, Alexander Duncan. Writer Madras civil service 1807; sec. to Board of revenue 1817; third puisne judge of Sudder Fougdarry, Adawlut 1838, second puisne judge 1840, first puisne judge 1842, resigned the service 6 May 1842; author of A grammar of the Teloogoo language 1816; A dictionary of the Teloogoo language 1821, 2 ed. 1848. d. 23 April 1857.

CAMPBELL, Andrew Voullaire, stage name of Andrew Leonard Voullaire. b. London 29 Sep. 1789; gave imitations at Sanspareil theatre 1808; acted at Sadler’s Wells theatre 1814–38; acted at Astley’s and City of London theatres; acting manager at Royal Grecian saloon to 1851; a pensioner in Royal dramatic college, Woking 1859 to death; wrote many dramas and addresses. d. Royal dramatic college, Woking 2 July 1870. Actors by daylight i, 113 (1838), portrait.

CAMPBELL, Sir Angus, 2 Baronet. b. Surrey 19 Aug. 1827; entered navy 10 Dec. 1840; lieut. 4 Dec. 1849; placed on h.p. Oct. 1856; succeeded 18 Oct. 1860. d. Dunstaffnage, Argyleshire 13 Aug. 1863.

CAMPBELL, Sir Archibald Islay, 3 Baronet. b. Garscube near Glasgow 16 May 1825; ed. at Eton and Ch. Ch. Ox.; succeeded 23 July 1846; M.P. for Argyleshire 6 June 1851 to 21 March 1857; lieut. col. of 1 Lanarkshire rifle corps 1860. d. Garscube 11 Sep. 1866.

CAMPBELL, Rev. Augustus. b. London 4 April 1786; ed. at Trin. coll. Cam., B.A. 1807, M.A. 1812; R. of Liverpool 1829 to death; V. of Childwall near Liverpool 1829 to death; author of The rights of the English clergy asserted and the probable amount of the incomes estimated 1822, 2 ed. 1823; Two papers on church music read before the Liverpool Ecclesiastical music society 1854. d. Childwall vicarage 16 May 1870.

CAMPBELL, Charles Stuart. Lieutenant 26 foot 14 Dec. 1797; lieut. col. 1 foot 24 Jany. 1829 to 27 Oct. 1831 when placed on h.p.; C.B. 26 Sep. 1831; M.G. 20 June 1854. d. Reading 30 Aug. 1854.

CAMPBELL, Colin Minton. b. Liverpool 27 Aug. 1827; member of Society of Arts 1860; invented a new method of producing durable mural paintings by fictile vitrifaction described in a paper read before Society of Arts 14 Dec. 1870; head of firm of Minton and Co. of Stoke upon Trent, manufacturers of china; sheriff of Staffs. 1869; M.P. for North Staffs. 10 Feb. 1874 to 24 March 1880. d. Woodseat, Uttoxeter, Staffs. 7 Feb. 1885. Bronze statue of him by T. Brock unveiled at Stoke upon Trent 1 Jany. 1887.

CAMPBELL, David. b. Glasgow 24 Sep. 1813; resident superintendent engineer of Coloba Press company, Bombay 1843–57; engineer at Liverpool and Glasgow 1872 to death; improved machinery for pressing goods and brought out several inventions in connection with screw and side lever presses. d. Glasgow 11 May 1882.

CAMPBELL, Donald. b. 1778; entered navy 4 June 1791; Captain 1 Aug. 1811; inspecting commander coast guard 1822–32; R.A. 1 Oct. 1846. d. Barbrech house, Craignish, Argyleshire 16 Dec. 1856.

CAMPBELL, Sir Donald, 3 Baronet. b. Innestore, Argyleshire 5 Oct. 1829; succeeded 13 Aug. 1863. d. Aix les Bains, France 8 June 1879.

CAMPBELL, Dugald John Philip. Entered Madras army 1846; captain 7 Madras N.I. 29 Jany. 1861 to 1 Feb. 1871 when he retired; City Marshal 17 July 1873 to death. d. Mansion house, London 23 Dec. 1885 aged 57.

CAMPBELL, Rev. Duncan R. b. Scotland; pastor of Baptist church at Georgetown, Kentucky; pres. of Georgetown college 1849 to death. d. Covington, Kentucky 11 Aug. 1865 aged about 63.

CAMPBELL, Sir Edward Fitzgerald, 2 Baronet. b. Cadogan terrace, London 25 Oct. 1822; second lieut. Rifle Corps 2 July 1841; major 9 Sep. 1858 to 12 Jany. 1867; succeeded 27 Jany. 1849. d. West Grinstead lodge, Horsham 23 Nov. 1882.

CAMPBELL, Frederick (7 son of John Campbell 1730–90). b. 1780; second lieut. R.A. 12 Jany. 1797, garrison quartermaster at Woolwich 1810–28; commanded R.A. in Jamaica 1833–7 and in Canada 1838–47; superintendent of royal military repository Woolwich 1847–52; col. commandant of 6 battalion of R.A. 10 March 1852 to death; general 25 Sep. 1859. d. Woolwich 4 April 1866. A memorial history of the Campbells of Melfort by M. O. C. (1882) 18, 26, portrait.

CAMPBELL, Sir George (brother of 1 Baron Campbell 1779–1861). b. Cupar, March 1778; assistant surgeon in service of H.E.I. Co. to 1823; knighted Jany. 1833 in consideration of his active services in preserving the peace during period of Reform bill. d. Edenwood near Cupar 20 May 1854.

CAMPBELL, Sir George, 4 Baronet. b. 27 April 1829; ed. at Eton and Glasgow colleges; captain 1 dragoons 1848–57; succeeded 11 Sep. 1866. d. Malta 17 Feb. 1874.

CAMPBELL, George. Ensign 52 foot 13 March 1835, lieut. col. 27 May 1853 to 31 Jany. 1860; inspecting field officer 1860–5; L.G. 8 March 1875; colonel 85 foot 19 Oct. 1875 to death; C.B. 1 Jany. 1858; granted service reward 15 Jany. 1858. d. 31 Albemarle st. Piccadilly, London 22 Dec. 1876.

CAMPBELL, George. b. 1804; second lieut. Bengal artillery 6 June 1823, colonel commandant 10 May 1874 to 1 Oct. 1877 when placed on retired list; general 21 July 1874; C.B. 13 March 1867. d. 1 Byng place, Gordon sq. London 25 April 1882. bur. Inverneil, co. Argyle 2 May.

CAMPBELL, George Pryse (younger son of 1 baron Cawdor who d. 1 June 1821). b. 1793; entered navy 7 April 1803, captain 27 Jany. 1821, retired 1 Oct. 1846; retired R.A. 8 March 1852; groom of the chamber to Wm. iv, 24 Feb. 1831; M.P. for Nairnshire 1820–6 and 1830–1. d. South Audley st. London 12 Jany. 1858.

CAMPBELL, Sir Henry Frederick (son of lieut. col. Alexander Campbell who d. Nov. 1785). b. 10 July 1769; ensign 1 foot guards 20 Sep. 1786, third major 21 Oct. 1813 to 25 July 1814; commanded second brigade of guards in Portugal Dec. 1808 to 1809 and April 1811 to 1812; commanded first division of army at siege of Ciudad Rodrigo, battle of Salamanca and siege of castle of Burgos 1812; colonel 88 foot 16 Jany. 1824 and of 25 foot 20 Oct. 1831 to death; general 10 Jany. 1837; prothonotary of Palace court Westminster 1792 to 1849 when court was abolished; M.P. for Nairn and Cromarty 1796 to 1802 and 1806–7; K.C.B. 2 Jany. 1815; G.C.H. 1818. d. 8 Lowndes sq. Belgravia, London 2 Sep. 1856.

CAMPBELL, Ivie. b. Dalgig, Ayrshire about 1798; ed. at Univ. of Glasgow; a great courser 1849–65, his dog Canaradzo brought him about £1,500 in the slips and at the stud; bred cattle, horses and sheep extensively at Dalgig; gained Highland and Agricultural Society’s gold medal 1833. d. 21 Nov. 1867. Saddle and sirloin by the Druid (1870) 7–12; Field and fern by the Druid (1865) 249–66.

CAMPBELL, James. Ensign 91 foot 17 Sep. 1803; major 79 foot 3 June 1819 to 10 July 1824; lieut. col. 95 foot 27 Sep. 1831 to 11 Nov. 1851; served in Irish rebellion 1798–9, expedition to Hanover 1805 and to Walcheren 1809; K.H. 1836; M.G. 11 Nov. 1851. d. London 18 Nov. 1853 aged 67.

CAMPBELL, James. Ensign 51 foot 12 June 1799, lieut. col. 12 July 1831 to 26 June 1838 when placed on h.p.; inspecting field officer of Coventry recruiting district Dec. 1846; M.G. 20 June 1854; K.H. 1835. d. Brislington 8 May 1856.

CAMPBELL, James. Barrister L.I. 8 Feb. 1821, bencher 1851; Q.C. July 1851; charity comr. for England and Wales 6 Nov. 1855 to death. d. 10 York place, Portman sq. London 2 March 1866.

CAMPBELL, Sir James (son of James Campbell of Perth). b. Inchanoch, Port of Monteith, Perthshire 3 June 1790; warehouseman at Glasgow; lord provost of Glasgow 1840–3; knighted at St. James’s palace 13 April 1842 after presenting an address on birth of Prince of Wales. d. Stracathrow house, Brechin, Forfarshire 10 Sep. 1876.

CAMPBELL, Rev. James Robertson. b. Glasgow 1814; ed. at Univ. of Glasgow, M.A. 1835, D.D. 1861; pastor of Congregational church Montrose 1835, of church in Albany st. Edinburgh 1844, of Horton lane ch. Bradford 1 July 1855 to 14 Oct. 1883; chairman of Congregational Union of England and Wales 1867; edited Ralph Wardlaw’s Systematic theology 1856; author of The form of sound words, A handbook of the principles of Holy Scripture 1858; found dead in his bed at Cliffe house, Baildon near Bradford 1 Dec. 1884. Congregational year book (1886) 152–5.

CAMPBELL, Sir John, 7 Baronet (only child of Sir John Campbell, 6 baronet 1767–1834). b. 27 Nov. 1807; admitted advocate at Scottish bar 1831; succeeded 7 Nov. 1834; lieutenant governor of island of St. Vincent 9 June 1845 to death. d. Kingstown, St. Vincent 18 Jany. 1853.

CAMPBELL, Sir John, 2 Baronet (younger son of Sir Archibald Campbell, 1 baronet 1769–1843). b. 14 April 1806: ensign 38 foot 25 Nov. 1821, lieut. col. 7 Aug. 1840 to 21 Feb. 1854; succeeded his father 6 Oct. 1843; commanded 2 brigade of 3 division in Crimea 21 Feb. 1854; held temporary command of fourth division Nov. 1854 to 7 June 1855; M.G. 12 Dec. 1854; gazetted K.C.B. 5 July 1855; killed in attack upon the Redan 18 June 1855. I.L.N. xxvii, 373 (1855), portrait.

CAMPBELL, Sir John (son of Wm. Campbell, comr. of navy board). b. Chatham dockyard 1780; ed. at Harrow; cornet 7 hussars 1800; lieut. col. Portugese cavalry 1809; col. of fourth Portugese cavalry; organised Portugese forces 1814–20; knighted 9 March 1815; lieut. col. 75 foot 9 Aug. 1821 to 23 Sep. 1824 when he sold out; espoused cause of Dom Miguel who created him L.G.; K.T.S. 14 June 1815, K.C.T.S. 5 Oct. 1825. d. 51 Charles st. Berkeley sq. London 19 Dec. 1863. G.M. xvi, 389–90 (1864).

CAMPBELL, Rev. John (son of Alexander Campbell of Kirremuir near Dundee, surgeon). b. Kirremuir 5 Oct. 1795; a blacksmith; ed. at Univs. of St. Andrews and Glasgow, D.D. St. Andrews 1841; Independent minister at Kilmarnock, Ayrshire Feb. 1827; minister of the Tabernacle Moorfields, London 1829 to Dec. 1865; contested Bible monopoly with Queen’s printer 1839, result being a great reduction in price of Bibles; presented with sum of £3,000, 17 Jany. 1865, contributed by 600 persons in all parts of the world; edited Christian Witness 1844–64, Christian penny magazine 1846–64, British Banner 1848–56, British Standard 1856–66, British Ensign 1858; author of Jethro 1839; Maritime discovery and Christian missions 1840; Pastoral visitation 1841; The martyr of Erromanga 1842; Life of David Nasmyth 1844; Wesleyan Methodism 1847; Popery, ancient and modern 1865. d. Manor house, St. John’s wood park, London 26 March 1867. Life by Rev. R. Ferguson and Rev. A. M. Brown (1867); Norrie’s Dundee Celebrities (1873) 283–8.

CAMPBELL, John. Ensign 44 foot 23 Jany. 1812; commanded Beauharnois district during rebellion in Canada 1838; col. of 97 foot 15 Dec. 1861 and of 92 foot 3 March 1869 to death; L.G. 4 July 1864. d. Lipson terrace, Plymouth 28 Dec. 1871 aged 73.

CAMPBELL, Sir John (eld. son of John Campbell of Lochend, Argyleshire 1771–1827). b. Kingsburgh, island of Skye 1802; ensign 91 foot 21 Jany. 1819; lieut. 41 Madras N.I. 5 April 1820; lieut. col. 45 Madras N.I. 1850 to 2 Jany. 1854; colonel 14 Madras N.I. 1860–9; general 21 March 1872; C.B. 24 Dec. 1842; K.C.S.I. 2 June 1869 for his services in suppression of human sacrifice among the Khonds of hill tracts of Orissa, Bengal; author of Personal narrative of 13 years service among the wild tribes of Khondistan 1864. d. 1 Hampton terrace, Edinburgh 21 April 1878. A memorial history of the Campbells of Melfort by M. O. C. (1882) 60–62.

CAMPBELL, John Archibald (eld. son of John Campbell of the Citadel, Leith). b. 1788; a writer to the Signet 1813; joint crown agent 1813–6; sheriff clerk of Midlothian 1843–59; helped to found some of the most thriving institutions in Edinburgh; F.R.S. Edin. 1837. d. 2 Albyn place, Edin. 7 Sep. 1866 in 78 year.

CAMPBELL, Sir John Eyton, 8 Baronet. b. 22 May 1809; succeeded April 1834. d. Gibraltar 9 Dec. 1853.

CAMPBELL, John Francis (son of Walter Frederick Campbell 1798–1855). b. 29 Dec. 1822; ed. at Eton and Univ. of Edin.; barrister I.T. 2 May 1851; private sec. to Lord privy seal 1853; assistant sec. to general board of health 1854; sec. to Lighthouse commission 1859; groom of Privy chamber 1861; sec. to Mines commission 1863; sec. to Coal commission 1866; groom in waiting in ordinary to Victoria 1874–80; invented sunshine recorder for indicating varying intensity of sun’s rays; author of Popular tales of the West Highlands orally collected 4 vols. 1860–2; Frost and fire 1865, new ed. 2 vols. 1867; Circular notes, tour round the world 2 vols. 1876; issued a series of Gaelic texts under title of Leabhair na Fenine 1872. d. Cannes 17 Feb. 1885. I.L.N. lxxxvi, 224, 294 (1885), portrait.

CAMPBELL, John Francis Glencairn. Ensign 91 foot 25 Oct. 1827, lieut. col. 14 April 1846 to 12 Nov. 1860; colonel 79 foot 12 July 1868 to death; L.G. 3 Feb. 1870; C.B. 6 March 1858. d. Jersey 20 Aug. 1870 aged 60.

CAMPBELL, Rev. John McLeod (eld. child of Rev. Donald Campbell 1758–1843, minister of Kilninver, Argyleshire). b. Ardnaddy house near Kilninver 4 May 1800; ed. at Univs. of Glasgow 1811–20 and Edinburgh; licensed as a preacher 1821; minister of parish of Row, Dumbartonshire 8 Sep. 1825 to Aug. 1831 when deposed by General Assembly on charge of holding and teaching doctrines on assurance of faith and atonement contrary to standards of the church; minister of Blackfriars st. chapel Glasgow 17 Sep. 1833 to April 1859; D.D. Glasgow April 1868; author of Sermons and lectures 1832; Christ the bread of life 1851, 2 ed. 1869; The nature of the Atonement 1856, 4 ed. 1873; Thoughts on revelation 1862. d. Acknashire, Rosneath 27 Feb. 1872. J. M. Campbell’s Reminiscences and reflections 1873; Memorials of J.M. Campbell edited by his son Rev. Donald Campbell 2 vols. 1877, portrait; Blackwood’s Mag. cxxii, 283–302 (1877).

CAMPBELL, Sir John Nicholl Robert, 2 Baronet (eld. child of Sir Robert Campbell, 1 baronet 1771–1858). b. Vizagapatam 25 May 1799; entered Madras army 1 Sep. 1818, captain 8 Dec. 1826; chargé d’ affaires in Persia to 1861; knighted at St. James’s palace 22 Dec. 1832; K.C.H. 1836; succeeded 28 Feb. 1858. d. Germany 11 May 1870.

CAMPBELL, Sir Louis Henry Dugald, 9 Baronet. b. 2 March 1844; succeeded 9 Dec. 1853. d. Kildalloig, co. Argyle 18 June 1875.

CAMPBELL, Patrick. b. 1779; lieut. col. R.A. 29 July 1825 to 11 Nov. 1836 when he retired on full pay; secretary of legation in Columbia 29 Dec. 1826; agent and consul general in Egypt 7 Jany. 1833 to 13 Aug. 1841 when he retired on a superannuation allowance; general 28 Nov. 1854. d. Rockstone place, Southampton 29 Aug. 1857.

CAMPBELL, Rev. Peter Colin. Principal of University of Aberdeen 1855 to death; author of The theory of ruling eldership or the position of the lay ruler in reformed churches examined 1866. d. Chanonry, Aberdeen 12 Dec. 1876.

CAMPBELL, Sir Robert, 1 Baronet (son of John Campbell of Ballyshannon, co. Donegal). b. Ballyshannon May 1771; a director of East India company 23 July 1817 to 1852; created baronet 30 Sep. 1831. d. 5 Argyle place, London 28 Feb. 1858.

CAMPBELL, Robert Calder (son of Rev. Pryce Campbell, minister of Ardeseir, Nairn). b. Scotland 1798; lieut. Madras army 2 Oct. 1818; served in Burmese war 1826–7; major 43 Madras N.I. 28 April 1836 to 1 Aug. 1839 when he retired; author under name of Calder Campbell of Lays from the East 1831; The palmer’s last lesson and other poems 1838; Rough recollections of rambles at home and abroad 3 vols. 1847; Winter nights, a novel 3 vols. 1850; The three trials of Loide, and other poems 1851; Episodes in the war life of a soldier 1857. d. University st. London 13 May 1857.

CAMPBELL, Thomas. b. Edinburgh 1 May 1790; apprenticed to a marble cutter; a sculptor in Rome 1818–30; executed many busts and portrait statues in bronze and marble; exhibited 38 works at Royal Academy 1827–57; lived in London 1834 to death; his chief works are statue of Princess Pauline Borghese at Chatsworth, statue of the Queen at Windsor, monuments of Sir W. Hoste in St. Paul’s cathedral and of Duchess of Buccleuch at Boughton. d. 16 Great Marlborough st. London 4 Feb. 1858.

CAMPBELL, Rev. Thomas Hewitt (son of Duncan Campbell of Upper Gloucester st. London, merchant). b. 7 July 1828; ed. at Merchant Taylors’ and St. John’s coll. Ox., junior Univ. math, scholar 1848, B.A. 1851, M.A. 1853; fellow of his college to 1862; under master at Charterhouse; head master of Wolverhampton gr. sch.; appointed principal of Otago college, New Zealand 1863; drowned off Port Chalmers, Otago 4 July 1863.

CAMPBELL, Walter Frederick. b. 10 April 1798; M.P. for Argyleshire 14 March 1822 to 3 Dec. 1832 and 13 Jany. 1835 to 23 June 1841; author of Life in Normandy 2 vols. 1863, published anonymously by his son John Francis Campbell. d. 8 Feb. 1855.

CAMPBELL, William. Cornet 2 Dragoon guards 6 Jany. 1832, lieut. col. 30 Jany. 1846 to death; C.B. 27 July 1858. d. Cawnpore 9 July 1858.

CAMPBELL, William (brother of Sir James Campbell 1790–1876). b. near Port of Monteith, Perthshire 1793; general warehouseman in Glasgow 1814; partner with his brother; active promoter of scheme for building 20 new Free churches in Glasgow and 200 additional churches in Scotland; member of Glasgow town council; proprietor of Tillichewan castle. d. 2 April 1864 in 71 year. J. A. Wylie’s Disruption Worthies (1881) 131–8.

CAMPBELL, William, b. Glasgow; came to Newcastle about Nov. 1877; landlord of Duke of Wellington public house High bridge, Newcastle; exhibited himself at Egyptian hall, London, d. Newcastle 26 May 1878.

Note.—He was 76 inches round the breast and weighed 52 stone.

CAMPBELL, William George. Barrister M.T. 29 Jany. 1836; comr. in lunacy 26 Nov. 1845 to 1878; hon. comr. in lunacy 1878 to death. d. 50 Ennismore gardens, London 13 June 1881 in 71 year.

CAMPERDOWN, Robert Dundas Duncan-Haldane, 1 Earl of (eld. son of Admiral Adam Duncan, 1 Viscount Duncan 1731–1804). b. 21 March 1785; succeeded as 2 Viscount 4 Aug. 1804; created Earl of Camperdown of Lundie, co. Forfar and Glenagles, co. Perth 12 Sep. 1831; K.T. 12 May 1848. d. 1 Wilton terrace, Belgrave sq. London 22 Dec. 1859.

CAMPERDOWN, Adam Duncan-Haldane, 2 Earl of (elder son of the preceding). b. Edinburgh 25 March 1812; ed. at Eton and Trin. coll. Cam., M.A. 1834; M.P. for Southampton 1837–41, for Bath 1841–52 for Forfarshire 1854 to 22 Dec. 1859 when he succeeded as 2 Earl; obtained repeal of the Window tax by 14 and 15 Vict. cap. 36, 24 July 1851 for which he was presented with freedom of Dundee Dec. 1851; a lord of the Treasury 8 March 1855 to March 1858. d. Weston, Warwickshire 30 Jany. 1867. Norrie’s Dundee Celebrities (1873) 280–1.

CAMPION, George B. b. 1796; an original member of New Society (now Royal Institute) of painters in water colours 1834 to which he contributed landscapes; many of his views have been published; landscape drawing master at Royal Military academy Woolwich 1 Dec. 1841 to death; author of The adventures of a chamois hunter and of some papers on German art in Art Journal. d. Munich 7 April 1870.

CANDLISH, Rev. Robert Smith (youngest child of James Candlish of Edinburgh, teacher of medicine who d. 29 April 1806 aged 46). b. Nicolson st. Edin. 23 March 1806; ed. at Glasgow college 1818–23; private tutor at Eton Dec. 1823; licensed by presbytery of Glasgow 6 Aug. 1828; assistant minister at St. Andrew’s Glasgow 1829, at Bonhill, Dumbartonshire 1831–3; minister of St. George’s Edin. 14 Aug. 1834; D.D. Princeton coll. New Jersey 1841; left Scotch kirk 18 May 1843; had leading share in organisation of Free church; minister of St. George’s free church Edin. 1846 to death; convener of education committee of Free church 1846; moderator of General Assembly 1861; principal of New college Edin. 1862; D.D. Edin. 1865; author of Contributions towards the exposition of the book of Genesis 3 vols. 1843–62; Scripture characters and miscellanies 1850, 4 ed. 1872; Life in a risen Saviour 1858, 3 ed. 1863; Reason and revelation 1859, 2 ed. 1864; The fatherhood of God 1865, 5 ed. 1870. d. Melville st. Edinburgh 19 Oct. 1873. Memorials by Wm. Wilson 1880, portrait; Life by J. L. Watson 1882, portrait; A. Beith’s Three weeks with Dr. Candlish, 2 ed. 1874; J. A. Wylie’s Disruption Worthies (1881) 139–46, portrait; Crombie’s Modern Athenians (1882), portrait; Graphic viii, 407, 412 (1873), portrait.

CANE, Robert, b. Kilkenny 1807; surgeon at Kilkenny 1832 to death; M.R.C.S. England 1841; F.R.C.S. Ireland 1844; M.D. Glasgow 1842; chief promoter of repeal movement at Kilkenny, mayor 1844 and 1849; originated Celtic Union a semi-political and semi-literary society 1853; edited the Celt, a magazine, first number appeared 1 Aug. 1857; author of The Williamite and Jacobite wars in Ireland 1859. d. William st. Kilkenny 17 Aug. 1858. Irish quarterly review viii, 1004–96 (1858).

CANN, Abraham (son of Robert Cann of Colebrooke near Crediton, farmer). Baptized Colebrooke 2 Dec. 1794; wrestled with and defeated all the best wrestlers in Devonshire; beat James Warren at Eagle tavern, City road, London 21 Sep. 1826; wrestled with James Polkinghorne, champion of Cornwall for £200 a side at Tamar Green near Devonport 23 Oct. 1826 in presence of 12000 spectators when match was declared to be drawn; is the hero of H. Kingsley’s novel Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn 1859. d. Colebrooke 7 April 1864. Sporting Mag. lxvii, 165 (1826), lxix, 55, 215, 314, 344 (1827); London Mag. 1 Oct. 1826 pp. 160–3; Illust. sporting news iii, 100 (1864), 2 portraits, v, 197 (1866), portrait.

CANNING, Charles John Canning, 1 Earl (youngest child of George Canning 1770–1827, prime minister). b. Gloucester lodge, Brompton, London 14 Dec. 1812; ed. at Eton and Ch. Ch. Ox., B.A. 1833; M.P. for Warwick Aug. 1836 to 15 March 1837 when on death of his mother he became Viscount Canning; under sec. of state for foreign affairs 4 Sep. 1841 to 27 Jany. 1846; first comr. of woods and forests 2 March to 6 July 1846; P.C. 18 March 1846; postmaster general 5 Jany. 1853 to 4 July 1855; governor general of India 4 July 1855 to March 1862; the first viceroy of India 2 Aug. 1858; G.C.B. 31 March 1859; created Earl Canning 21 May 1859; ranger of Greenwich park 1860; the first grand master of order of Star of India 25 June 1861 to March 1862; K.G. 21 May 1862. d. Grosvenor sq. London 17 June 1862. bur. Westminster abbey 21 June. Eton portrait gallery (1876) 356–60; Men whom India has known (1874) 50–5; Nolan’s British empire in India ii, 706 (1860), portrait; Illust. news of the world viii, (1861), portrait; I.L.N. xxvii, 649 (1855), portrait, xli, 1, 8, 22 (1862), portrait.

CANNON, Edward St. Leger. b. 1803; entered navy 10 Nov. 1816; captain 9 Nov. 1846; captain of Centaur 6 guns 23 July 1851 to 29 July 1853; retired admiral 1 Aug. 1877. d. The Glen, Walmer, Kent 20 Nov. 1881.

CANNON, Richard, b. 1779; clerk at the Horse Guards 1 Jany. 1802; principal clerk in adjutant general’s office to Jany. 1854 when he retired on full pay of £800 a year; edited The historical records of the British army 66 vols. 1836–53, being records of all the regiments of cavalry (except Royal horse guards) and of 42 regiments of infantry. d. 30 Oct. 1865.

CANNON, Robert (son of Rev. D. Cannon, D.D.) b. 1811; entered Madras army 1826, captain 40 Madras N.I. 15 Jany. 1841 to 26 March 1846; raised 500 men in Devonshire for British auxiliary legion of Spain; major in 6th Scotch regiment 1835; lieut. col. in Auxiliary legion 5 May 1836 and in 9th regiment 26 May 1836; commanded 9th and 10th regiments, styled the Royal Irish 20 March 1837; granted license to accept cross of first class of order of St. Ferdinand 9 Oct. 1837 and of second class 1 March 1839; granted license to accept insignia of order of Charles the third 5 Feb. 1848; joined Turkish army at Shumlah as “Behram Pacha” early in 1854; took a division of Turkish army to Eupatoria Dec. 1854; present at bombardment of Sebastopol April 1855; hon. lieut. gen. (Ferik) in service of the Sultan 5 Dec. 1856. d. Folkestone 5 April 1882. I.L.N. xxviii, 405 (1856), portrait, lxxx, 396 (1882), portrait.

CANNON, Thomas, b. Eton 14 March 1790; a bargeman at Windsor; fought and beat Dolly Smith at Shirley Common near Windsor 6 May 1817; fought Joshua Hudson for £100 a side at Yateley, Hants. 23 June 1824 when Cannon won; fought Hudson again on Warwick race course for £500 a side 23 Nov. 1824 when Cannon won again; gamekeeper to “Pea-green” Hayne 1824; fought James Ward for £500 a side at Warwick 19 July 1825 when Ward won; appeared at Coburg theatre London Aug. 1825 in The fight at Warwick; fought Edward Neale for £100 a side at Warfield, Berks. 20 Feb. 1827 when Neale won; landlord of the Castle tavern, 16 Jermyn st. St. James’s, London 1828; a swan-watcher for Corporation of London at Strand-on-the-Green Chiswick, Middlesex; shot himself at Strand-on-the-Green 11 July 1858. H. D. Miles’s Pugilistica ii, 248–62 (1880), portrait.

CANTERBURY, Charles John Manners-Sutton, 2 Viscount (eld. son of 1 Viscount Canterbury 1780–1845). b. London 17 April 1812; succeeded 21 July 1845; comr. to inquire into local charges on shipping 1853. d. 13 Chesterfield st. London 13 Nov. 1869.

CANTERBURY, John Henry Thomas Manners-Sutton, 3 Viscount (brother of the preceding). b. Downing st. London 27 May 1814; ed. at Eton and Trin. coll. Cam., M.A. 1835; registrar of Faculty office 1841 to death; M.P. for town of Cambridge 1839–40 and 1841–7, for Newark-on-Trent 1847–57; under sec. of state for home department 3 Sep. 1841 to 5 July 1846; chairman of commission on harbour dues 1853–4; lieutenant governor of New Brunswick June 1854 to Oct. 1861; governor of Trinidad 6 Sep. 1864 to 24 April 1866; governor of Victoria 15 Aug. 1866 to 2 March 1873; K.C.B. 23 June 1866; G.C.M.G. 25 June 1873. d. 12 Queensberry place, South Kensington, London 24 June 1877. I.L.N. xxxv, 586 (1859). portrait, lxxxi, 19 (1877), portrait.

CANTRELL, Joseph Thomas (eld. son of Joseph Cantrell of King’s Newton near Derby). b. 1802; ed. at Repton gr. sch.; barrister L.I. 22 Nov. 1831; judge of Wirksworth and Staffordshire potteries court of requests; judge of county courts circuit 19, Derbyshire, March 1847 to death. d. King’s Newton 4 April 1862.

CAPE, James Matthew. b. 1796; edited British Press; worked on Mirror of Parliament, on Morning Chronicle, on Times nearly 26 years; an active leader of the old Reform party; author of many important anonymous contributions to London Journals. d. 61 Victoria road, Kentish Town, London 18 Jany. 1874.

CAPE, Rev. Jonathan. Educ. at Trin. coll. Cam., 5 wrangler 1816, B.A. 1816, M.A. 1819; professor of mathematics at Addiscombe college 1823–65; F.R.S. 3 June 1852; author of Mathematical tables 1838, 3 ed. 1860; A course of mathematics 2 vols. 1839–40, 2 ed. 1842–4. d. George st. Croydon 9 Sep. 1868 aged 75.

CAPE, Lawson (son of John Cape of Uldale, Cumberland). b. 6 Dec. 1807; ed. at St. Bartholomew’s hospital 1827; M.D. Edin. 1833; L.R.C.P. London 1835, F.R.C.P. 1857; phys. to Royal infirmary for children Waterloo bridge road 1836–46; asst. phys. to General lying-in hospital York road, Lambeth 1837, phys. 1844 to death; lecturer on midwifery at St. Thomas’ hospital 1837–48. d. 28 Curzon st. London 22 March 1877.

CAPE, William Timothy (eld. son of Wm. Cape of Ireby, Cumberland). b. Walworth, Surrey 25 Oct. 1806; ed. at Merchant Taylors’ school; went with his father to Van Diemen’s Land 1821; head master of Sydney public school July 1829; kept a private school in King st. Sydney 1830–5 when he transferred his pupils to Sydney college; head master of Sydney college 19 Jany. 1835 to 1842; kept another school in Sydney 1842–56; member for Wollombi of legislative assembly of N.S.W. 1859; fellow of St. Paul’s college Sydney; comr. of national education. d. Warwick st. Pimlico, London 14 June 1863. J. H. Heaton’s Australian dictionary of dates (1879) 33–5.

CAPEL, James. Clerk in office of Sir Edmund Antrobus and Co. of the Stock exchange London, partner in the firm; head of firm of James Capel and Co. stock brokers; chairman of board, of managers of stock exchange; chairman of committee of Spanish bondholders many years. d. 62 Westbourne terrace, London 18 Nov. 1872 aged 84.

CAPEL, Sir Thomas Bladen (youngest son of 4 Earl of Essex 1732–99). b. 25 Aug. 1776; entered navy 12 April 1792; signal lieut. to Lord Nelson at battle of the Nile; captain 27 Dec. 1798; commanded Royal George and Apollo yachts 1821–5; commander in chief of East India station 30 May 1834 to July 1837; admiral 28 April 1847; C.B. 4 June 1815; K.C.B. 20 Feb. 1832; G.C.B. 6 April 1852. d. 22 Rutland gate, Hyde park, London 4 March 1853.

CAPEL, Thomas Edward (brother of the preceding). b. 24 March 1770; ensign 1 foot guards 10 April 1793, captain 22 June 1803 to 4 June 1814; served in Flanders and the Peninsula; assistant adjutant general at Cadiz 1811; general 9 Nov. 1846. d. 14 Charles st. Berkeley sq. London 3 Feb. 1855.