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GRAY, Paul. b. Dublin; came to London 1863 aged 21; etched the large cartoons for new series of Fun 1863; supplied the illustrations to Kingsley’s Hereward the Wake 1866; connected as an artist with London Journal, London Society, etc.; illustrated Ghosts’ wives 1867 and Idyllic pictures 1867. d. Brighton 14 Nov. 1866 aged 24. bur. R.C. cemetery, Kensal green 17 Nov. Daily Telegraph 19 Nov. 1866 p. 5.

GRAY, Peter. b. Aberdeen 1807?; educ. Aberdeen univ.; studied mathematics and life contingencies; hon. mem. Institution of Actuaries; F.R. Astronom. Soc.; F.R. Micros. Soc.; consulting actuary to Railway accident mutual assurance soc. 1874; author of Tables and Formulæ for the computation of life contingencies 1849; Tables for the formation of logarithms and anti-logarithms to 12 places 1865, another ed. 1876; with H. A. Smith and W. Orchard Assurance and annuity table on the Carlisle rate of mortality 1851. d. 20 St. Augustine road, Camden sq. London 17 Jany. 1887. Journ. of Instit. of Actuaries, xxvi, pt. i, 301–2, 406; Walford’s Insurance Cyclopædia, v, 540–41 (1878).

GRAY, Right Rev. Robert (7 son of Dr. Robert Gray, bishop of Bristol, d. 28 Sep. 1834 aged 70). b. Bishopwearmouth rectory, Durham 3 Oct. 1809; ed. at Univ. coll. Ox., B.A. 1831, M.A. 1834, created D.D. 1847; P.C. of Whitworth, Durham 1834; V. of Stockton on Tees, collated 30 Sep. 1845; hon. canon of Durham cath., collated 3 Oct. 1846; the first bishop of Capetown 28 June 1847 to death; consecrated 29 June 1847; resigned his bishopric in order to have the diocese divided into three parts 23 Nov. 1853; bishop of Cape Town and metropolitan of South Africa 6 Dec. 1853; deprived Rev. W. Long of Mowbray of his license for not attending a synod 1861, privy council reversed the sentence 1863; deposed J. W. Colenso, bishop of Natal for heresy 1863, privy council reversed the sentence 1865; author of Journal of a visitation tour in Cape Town 1850; Journal of a visitation of the diocese of Natal 1864; Journal of a visitation of eastern portion of diocese of Capetown 1866 and other books. d. Capetown 1 Sep. 1872. bur. Claremont ch. yard 3 Sep. Life of R. Gray, bishop of Capetown 2 vols. (1876); Graphic, vi, 370, 372 (1872), portrait.

GRAY, Robert (son of Archibald Gray, merchant). b. Dunbar, co. Haddington 15 Aug. 1825; clerk City of Glasgow bank 1845, agent of branch St. Vincent st., Glasgow 1871, inspector of branches to 1874; superintendent of branches, Bank of Scotland 1874, cashier Edinb. 1882 to death; a great student of ornithology; a founder of Nat. Hist. soc. of Glasgow 1851, treasurer 1854–6, sec. 1858–71; F.R.S. Edin. 1875, vice president 1882; sec. Royal Physical soc. Edin. 1877 which he reformed. (m. 8 April 1856 Elizabeth dau. of Thomas Anderson of Girvan, she made extensive geological collections and aided her husband in his ornithological pursuits); author of The Birds of the West of Scotland 1871. d. Bank of Scotland house, Edinburgh 18 Feb. 1887.

GRAY, Venerable Robert. Lindsay scholar of Hatfield hall, Durham, B.A. 1856, M.A. and B.D. 1864, D.D. 1871; C. of Leverbridge, Lancs. 1856–8; head master of gram. schs. at Simonstown and Georgetown, S. Africa 1858–63; head master of high sch. and inspector of schs. of St. Helena 1864–68; archdeacon of Pieter-Maritzburg 1868; dean of Pieter-Maritzburg 1869–70; chaplain of Martley union, Worcs. 1878–84; V. of Toller Porcorum, Dorset 1884 to death. d. Toller Porcorum about 15 Oct. 1887 in 56 year. Times 18 Oct. 1887 p. 6; Guardian 19 Oct. 1887 p. 1568.

GRAY, Rev. Robert Henry (eld. son of Robert Gray of Brompton). Matric. from Ch. Ch. Oxf. 13 May 1836 aged 18, student 1836–48, B.A. 1840, M.A. 1842; C. of Knowsley, Lancs. 1846–50; V. of Kirkby, Liverpool 1850–77; hon. canon of Chester cath. 1867; R. of Wolsingham, Durham 1877 to death; author of Inspiration of Holy Scripture 1859; On the difficulties of the first chapter of Genesis 1860 and other books. d. Wolsingham 19 May 1885 aged 67.

GRAY, Thomas (son of a schoolmaster at Westminster). Clerk in marine department of board of trade at 30s. a week 1851, permanent assist. sec. 1867 to death; auditor of Mersey dock estate; especially clever in surveying steamships; author of Rule of the road 1867; Diggles, a legend of the Victoria Docks, By Arthur de Cripp Elgate i.e. T. Gray 1868; Under the red ensign, or going to sea 1878; Fifty years of legislation in relation to the shipping trade and the safety of ships and seamen 1887; C.B. 1885. d. Rokesby house, 23 St. Michael’s road, Stockwell, Surrey 15 March 1890 aged 58. Times 18 March 1890 p. 5; I.L.N. 29 March 1890 p. 390, portrait.

GREAM, George Thompson (son of Rev. Robert Gream, R. of Rotherfield, Sussex, d. 1856). M.R.C.S. Eng. 1836; M.D. King’s coll. Aberdeen 1850; M.R.C.P. Lond. 1859, F.R.C.P. 1867; F.K.Q.C.P. Ireland 1867; physician accoucheur to Princess of Wales 13 Jany. 1864; on the retirement of Sir C. Locock became the leading west-end practitioner in midwifery; author of Remarks on diet of children 1847; Remarks on the employment of anæsthetic agents in midwifery 1848. d. The Drive, Hove, Brighton 20 July 1888 aged 76. Lancet 28 July 1888 p. 189.

GREATHED, Sir Edward Harris (eld. son of Edward Harris Greathed of Uddens near Wimborne, Dorset, d. 1 Dec. 1840 aged 63). b. South Audley st. London 8 June 1812; ed. at Westminster 1825–9; ensign 8 foot 22 June 1832, lieut. col. 26 June 1858 to 28 Oct. 1859 when placed on h.p.; served in India 1846–59, commanded eastern district of England 1872–7; col. 108 foot 28 Jany. 1880 to death; general 1 July 1880; C.B. 1 Jany. 1858, K.C.B. 28 March 1865. d. Uddens 19 Nov. 1881. Robertson’s Memorial of Sir E. H. Greathed (1885), portrait.

GREATHED, William Wilberforce Harris (brother of the preceding). b. Paris 21 Dec. 1826; 2 lieut. Bengal Engineers 9 Dec. 1844, lieut. col. 1 July 1867; served during Indian mutiny 1857–8; assistant military sec. Horse Guards 1861–65; chief engineer 2 class D.P. works 7 Oct. 1870; constructed Agra canal from the Jumna, and Lower Ganges canal 1873; general 7 July 1868; C.B. 1860. d. London 29 Dec. 1878. bur. Hampreston ch. Dorset 4 Jany. 1879. Memorial of life of W. W. H. Greathed (1879), portrait.

GREATHEED, Rev. Samuel Stephenson. Educ. at Trin. coll. Cam., scholar, fellow 1837; 4th wrangler 1835; B.A. 1835, M.A. 1838; C. of West Drayton, Middlesex 1840; R. of Corringham, Essex 1862 to death; composer of The sequential book of church music 1849; Enoch’s Prophecy 1854 an oratorio; The English Gradual 1871 and several other works in sacred music. d. Corringham 19 Jany. 1887 in 74 year.

GREATOREX, Henry Wellington (son of Thomas Greatorex 1758–1831, organist of Westminster Abbey). b. Burton-on-Trent 1816; ed. by his father; went to New York 1839, teacher of music there and organist of Calvary church; organist at St. Paul’s chapel, New York; did much to advance the standard of sacred music; published A collection of psalms and hymn tunes, chants, anthems, and sentences, Boston 1851. d. Charleston, South Carolina, Sep. 1858.

GREAVES, Charles (eld. son of Charles Greaves d. 1829). b. Amwell, Herts. 19 Oct. 1816; articled to J. M. Rendel, civil engineer, Plymouth 1831–7; was in India 1842–7 when he made a survey for the Great Western railway of Bengal; engineer of East London waterworks 1851–75, in Oct. 1872 was presented with £1000 for his services in carrying out improved filter beds, pumping engines, etc. at cost of one million; engineer at Westminster chambers, Victoria st. London 1875–78; M.I.C.E. 2 May 1848; F.G.S.; F.R. Meteorol. soc. 1851, president 1879; had a meteorological observatory Surrey st. London 1878–83. d. Sunhill, Clevedon 4 Nov. 1883. Min. of proc. of Instit. of C.E. lxxvi, 355–59 (1884).

GREAVES, Charles Sprengel (eld. son of Will. Greaves of Mayfield, Staffs. M.D. 1771–1848). b. 18 July 1801; ed. at Rugby and Queen’s coll. Ox., B.A. 1823, M.A. 1825; barrister L.I. 22 Nov. 1827, bencher 15 April 1850; Q.C. 28 Feb. 1850; one of secs. to criminal law commission 1878; author of The proper time for the publication of Banns 1867; A review of the statutes, rubrics and canons relating to vestments 1867; edited Sir W. O. Russell’s Treatise on crimes and misdemeanours 2 vols., 3 ed. 1843, 3 vols. 4 ed. 1865. d. 11 Blandford sq. London 3 June 1881.

GREAVES, Edward. b. 21 Sep. 1803; a banker at Warwick; mayor of Warwick 1840; M.P. for Warwick 1852–65 and 1868–74. d. Avonside, Barford, Warwickshire 6 July 1879.

GREAVES, Henley George (son of Geo. Greaves d. 1860). b. 9 Oct. 1818; master of the Cottesmore hounds 1847–52, of the Essex 1853–58, of the Warwickshire 1858–61, of the Vale of White Horse 1861–63, of the old Berkshire 1863. d. Winslow, Bucks. 14 Aug. 1872.

GREAVES, Richard. Lieut. 7 foot 16 July 1812; major 34 foot 1828 to 21 Jany. 1837 when placed on h.p.; col. of 40 foot 15 Dec. 1851 to death; general 25 Oct. 1871. d. 69 Chester sq. London 22 May 1872 aged 79.

GREEN, Rev. Aaron Levy (youngest son of Levy Green). b. Middlesex st. Aldgate, London, Aug. 1821; ed. at Talmud Torah sch.; minister of the Bristol congregation May 1838 to 1851; second reader of Greek synagogue, Duke st. Aldgate, March 1851; minister of old Portland st. branch synagogue 1855; hon. sec. to Jews’ coll. Finsbury sq. 1852; a founder of Jewish assoc. for diffusion of religious knowledge 1860; a founder of Anglo Jewish assoc. 1871; a scholar in many languages; author of pamphlets; a writer in The Jewish Chronicle under name of Nemo 1853–83; seized with apoplexy in Cornhill, and on being taken to St. Bartholomew’s hospital was found to be dead 11 March 1883. Jewish Chronicle 16 March 1883 pp. 9–13.

GREEN, Sir Andrew Pellatt. Entered navy 14 April 1793; in the Harrier sloop at capture of Coxhaven 1813, and as a volunteer at Gluckstadt 1814; captain 12 April 1814, placed on h.p. 1820; naval A.D.C. to William iv. 1837 and to Victoria 1841; V.A. on h.p. 31 Jany. 1856; K.H. 1818, K.C.H. 24 Aug. 1832. d. 9 James st. Buckingham gate, London 26 Dec. 1858 aged 81.

GREEN, Benjamin Richard (son of James Green, portrait painter 1771–1834). b. London 1808; studied in R. Academy sch. and painted figures and landscapes; memb. Instit. of painters in water colours 1834; teacher of drawing and a lecturer; exhibited 40 works at R.A. and 38 at Suffolk st. 1832–62; sec. of Artists’ Annuity Fund; author of A numismatic atlas of ancient history 1829; A series of heads after the Antique 1836; A guide to pictorial perspective 1851. d. London 5 Oct. 1876.

GREEN, Bevis Ellerby. Apprenticed to Mr. Hurst of Longman’s 1807, a partner 1824 to June 1865 when he retired; was only remaining partner of the old firm of Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, publishers Paternoster row. d. 5 Kensington palace gardens 24 Jany. 1869 aged 75, will proved March 1869 personalty under £200,000.

GREEN, Charles (son of Thomas Green, fruiterer d. 1850). b. 92 Goswell road, London 31 Jany. 1785; fruiterer with his father; made first balloon ascent from Green park, London 19 July 1821 using carburetted hydrogen gas; went up on the back of a pony 16 Aug. 1828; constructed Great Nassau balloon for Vauxhall gardens 1836; went in the Nassau from London to Nassau, Germany 7–8 Nov. 1836; ascended with Robert Cocking 24 July 1837 when Cocking in coming down in a parachute was killed; ascended to height of 5–1/4 miles 10 Sep. 1838; farewell and last of 527 voyages, at Vauxhall 13 Sep. 1852; invented the guide rope to regulate ascent and descent of balloon. d. Ariel villa, 51 Tufnell park road, Holloway, London 26 March 1870. Mason’s Aeronautica (1838) 1–98, portrait; Turnor’s Astra Castra (1865) 129 etc., 2 portraits; I.L.N. 16 April 1870 p. 401, portrait.

GREEN, Christopher. b. near Wisbeach 1820; rode for Mr. Willoughby, Ben Land and Earl Poulett 1850; a trainer at Littleport, Isle of Ely, removed to Newmarket 1859; won the Grand National on Abd-el-Kader 1850 and on Half Caste 1859. d. Wisbeach 26 Feb. 1874. Illust. sporting and dramatic news, i, 61–2 (1874), portrait.

GREEN, Eliza S. Craven (dau. of Mr. Craven). b. Leeds 1803; lived for sometime in Isle of Man and in Manchester, then returned to Leeds; a contributor of poetry and prose sketches to the Phœnix 1828, Falcon 1831, both Manchester magazines, to the Odd-fellows’ Magazine 1841, Leeds Intelligencer 1816, La Follet 1846, Hogg’s Instructor and Chambers’s Journal; had a grant from queen’s privy purse; author of A legend of Mona, Douglas 1825; Sea weeds and heath flowers, Douglas 1858, 2 ed.; edited Flowers from the glen, By J. Waddington 1862. d. Meanwood st., Little London, Leeds 11 March 1866. Biographia Leodiensis (1867), Suppl. 610; W. Grainge’s Poets of Yorkshire, ii, 505.

GREEN, Frank William. Author of Cherry and fair star, burlesque at Surrey theatre 1874; Jack and the beanstalk, pantomime at Garrison theatre, Woolwich 1874; Jack the giant killer, pantomime Surrey theatre 1875; Cinderella, pantomime at Prince of Wales’ theatre, Birmingham 1877; also wrote Gulliver and the fair Persian, Lothair for Theatre royal, Liverpool, and Hop o’ my Thumb for T.R. Brighton. d. 5 Staple inn, Holborn, London 16 April 1884 aged 42.

GREEN, Rev. Henry (son of a paper maker). b. Penshurst, Kent 23 June 1801; educ. Glasgow univ., M.A. 1825; minister Presbyterian ch. Knutsford, Cheshire, Jany. 1827, resigned June 1872, also kept a school; one of founders of Holbein soc. 1868, member of council; a student of the early emblem writers; author of Sir I. Newton’s Views on Trinitarian doctrine 1856; The cat in chancery, Manchester 1858, anon.; Knutsford and its traditions 1859; edited 6 works for Holbein soc., and about 15 other books. d. Knutsford 9 Aug. 1873. Unitarian Herald 22 Aug. 1873.

GREEN, John (son of Mr. Green, agricultural implement maker). b. Newton Fell house, Nafferton, Northumberland 20 June 1787; partner with his father, when they removed to Corbridge; removed to Newcastle, architect there 1821; designed and executed the chain bridge over the Tyne at Scotswood 1831; built bridges over the Tees and the Ouse, the theatre and Grey column at Newcastle, the Durham monument on Pensher hill, and churches at Stockton and Middlesbrough; M.I.C.E. 1840. d. Newcastle 30 Sep. 1852. Minutes of proc. of Instit. of C.E. xiii, 138–40 (1854).

GREEN, John. Actor at old English opera house, London, and at Covent Garden; manager of the Cider Cellars in Maiden lane, Strand, London, and singer there; chairman and conductor of music at Evans’ hall 43 King st. Covent Garden 1842–4; manager and proprietor in succession to W. C. Evans (who d. 1855) of Evans’s hotel and music hall 1844 to 1865 when he sold it for £30,000 to a joint stock company which took possession 24 June 1865; gave evidence before committee on theatrical licences 1866; his theatrical portraits were sold at Christie’s 22 July 1871; always known as Paddy Green; author of Odds and Ends about Covent Garden 1866. d. 6 Farm st. May Fair, London 12 Dec. 1874 aged 73. House of Commons Papers, xvi, 200–204 (1866).

GREEN, Sir John. Vice consul at Nauplia 1 May 1835; agent and consul general for united principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia 12 Jany. 1867 to 16 Feb. 1874 when he retired on a pension; C.B. 25 Oct. 1865; knighted at Windsor Castle 7 July 1874. d. Marienbad 18 Sep. 1877 aged 69.

GREEN, John (son of John Green of Greenville, co. Kilkenny). b. 1815; lieut. 5 light dragoons; lieut. 4 dragoon guards; M.P. co. Kilkenny 1847–65. d. London 16 June 1883.

GREEN, John George. b. Buckden, Hunts.; gentleman usher to William iv. and Victoria 1832 to death; probably last surviving military officer who was on duty at Nelson’s funeral in St. Paul’s cathedral 9 Jany. 1806. d. in same room in which he was born at Buckden 5 Jany. 1882 aged 94.

GREEN, John Philip (only son of Rev. Henry Green). b. 1830; ed. at Univ. college, London, B.A. London 1849, LL.B. 1853; barrister M.T. 17 Nov. 1856; went to Bombay 1862; judge of high court of judicature Bombay 22 Feb. 1873 to 1881; lived at or near Naples 1881 to death; edited Bombay High Court Reports 1862–65, 1870. Killed by an earthquake at Casamicciola in the island of Ischia 28 July 1883.

GREEN, Rev. John Richard (elder son of Richard Green of St. Aldates, Oxford, parish clerk of St. Mary the Virgin, d. 1849). b. Oxford 12 Dec. 1837; educ. Magdalen coll. sch.; scholar of Jesus coll. 1853–60, B.A. 1860, M.A. 1862, hon. fellow 1877–83; LLD. Edin. 1878; C. of St. Barnabas, King’s sq. London 1860–3; C. of Holy Trinity, Hoxton 1863–6; P.C. of St. Philip, Stepney 1866–9; hon. librarian Lambeth palace 1869 to death; author of A Short history of the English people 1874, numerous editions; History of the English people 4 vols. 1877–80; The making of England 1881 and other books; edited History primers 6 vols. 1875–84; Literature primers 6 vols. 1875–9; Classical writers 7 vols. 1879–82. d. Mentone 7 March 1883. The conquest of England, finished by Mrs. Green (1883), portrait; Contemporary Review xliii, 732–46 (1883); Fortnightly Review xxxiii, 734–47 (1883); Macmillan’s Mag. May 1883 pp. 59–74.

GREEN, Jonathan. b. 1788; M.R.C.S. Eng. 7 Dec. 1810; M.D. Heidelberg 1834; F.R. Med. Chir. soc. 1835; surgeon R.N.; introduced and established fumigating baths 5 Bury st. St. James’, London 1823, removed to 40 Great Marlborough st. 1825, but the baths were not successful; author of The utility of fumigating baths 1823; A practical compendium of diseases of the skin 1835 and other books. d. in the Charterhouse, London 23 Feb. 1864.

GREEN, Joseph Henry (only son of Joseph Green, merchant d. 1833). b. London 1 Nov. 1791; M.R.C.S. 1815, member of council 1835, president 1849, 1858, delivered Hunterian orations 1840 and 1847; in practice at 22, then at 46 Lincoln’s inn fields 1815–36; surgeon St. Thomas’ hospital 1820–53, consulting surgeon 1853; gave sir Astley Cooper £1000 for half of his anatomical preparations 3 Aug. 1820; professor of anatomy R.C. Surgeons 1824, and Royal academy 1825–52; F.R.S. 1825; a great lithotomist, in 1827 he operated on 40 cases, with only one death; professor of surgery King’s coll. London 1830–6; resided Hadley, Middlesex 1836 to death; D.C.L. Oxf. 9 June 1853; the companion and friend of Coleridge; author of The dissector’s manual 1820; A manual of modern surgery 1828; Spiritual philosophy 2 vols. 1865 and other works. d. The Mount, Hadley 13 Dec. 1863. bur. Highgate cemetery. Spiritual Philosophy by J. H. Green, Memoir by J. Simon in i, pp. i-lx (1865), portrait; Waagen’s Treasures of Art ii, 458–61 (1854).

GREEN, Richard (son of George Green, partner in firm of Green, Wigram and Green, owners of a line of East India ships). b. Blackwall Dec. 1803; partner in his father’s business, which on G. Green’s death was dissolved; partner with his brother Henry Green, commenced a line of Australian ships 1850, and a line to China 1862; established a sailors’ home 1830 and instituted a course of navigation for his officers and men; chairman of committee of Thames marine officers training ship ‘Worcester.’ d. at his sister’s residence 7 Hanover ter. Regent’s park, London 17 Jany. 1863; left the site and a perpetual endowment for Sailors’ Home at Poplar; personalty sworn under £350,000 14 March 1863. I.L.N. Jany. 1863 pp. 120, 126, portrait; Times 20, 27 Jany. 11 Feb. 1863.

GREEN, Richard. b. Islington, March 1783; bookseller at Framlingham about 1824 to death; postmaster 1853 to death; author of The history of Framlingham 1834; The strangers’ guide to Framlingham 1853, 3 ed. 1878. d. Framlingham 8 June 1873.

GREEN, Robert. A baritone vocalist at Canterbury and Oxford music halls London, where he appeared in selections from Offenbach and other composers 1865 etc.; sang at the Alhambra. d. Clayton hospital, Wakefield 14 March 1882 from hydrophobia.

GREEN, Roger. b. Youghal, co. Cork 4 Nov. 1798; M.D. Edin., Aug. 1826; founded Youghal literary and scientific institution 1833. d. Youghal 4 Oct. 1851. Medical Directory 1852 pp. 661–2.

GREEN, Thomas Hiden. Kept cows and a milk shop in Cato st. Edgware road, London; betrayed Arthur Thistlewood and the 4 other conspirators to the government, they were arrested 23 Feb. 1820 and executed 1 May; changed his name from Hiden to Green; rewarded with a place in the stamping department Somerset house, and a retiring pension; murdered his landlord Louis Keyzor at Whitton near Hounslow 11 Oct. 1869, shot himself through the heart at 13 Keyzor place, Whitton same day aged 81. Times 14 Oct. 1869 p. 7.

GREEN, Thomas Hill (youngest son of Valentine Green, R. of Birkin, Yorkshire). b. Birkin 7 April 1836; educ. Rugby 1850–5 and Ball. coll. Oxf., B.A. 1859, M.A. 1862, fellow 1860–82, senior dean 1865, ethical lecturer and tutor 1869, dean 1871–72, classical tutor 1875, Whyte professor of moral philosophy 21 Dec. 1877 to death; assist. commissioner on middle class schools 1864–6; set up a coffee tavern in St. Clement’s, Oxford 1875; his character is described in Mrs. Ward’s Robert Elsmere 1888 under the name of Mr. Gray; edited The philosophical works of David Hume 1874. d. at house of H. P. Symonds, F.R.C.S., 35 Beaumont st. Oxford 26 March 1882. The works of T. H. Green (1888), memoir in iii, pp. xi-clxi, portrait; Macmillan’s Mag., May 1882 p. 87.

GREEN, Rev. Thomas Louis (5 son of John Green of Solihull, Warws.) b. Stourbridge, Worcs. 1799; ed. at Sedgley Park sch. and Oscott coll.; R.C. priest at Tixall, Staffs. 1830–46; chaplain at St. Mary’s priory, Princethorpe near Coventry 1848–58; chaplain to Lord Acton at Aldenham park near Bridgnorth 1860–82; created D.D. in Shrewsbury cath. 20 Oct. 1866; author of The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, The Catholic Church vindicated 2 vols. 1838–40 and 6 other books. d. Salter’s hall, Newport, Salop 27 Feb. 1883. Gillow’s English Catholics iii, 27–32 (1887).

GREENALL, Ven. Richard (4 son of Edward Greenall of Wilderspool near Warrington, Lancs. brewer and banker d. 20 Nov. 1835). b. 11 May 1806; educ. Brasen. coll. Ox., B.A. 1828, M.A. 1831; P.C. of Stretton, Cheshire 1831 to death; rural dean 1839 to death; hon. canon of Chester 1865 to death; archdeacon of Chester 26 Sep. 1866 to death; author of sermons. d. Wilton house, Northwick, Cheshire 27 Nov. 1867.

GREENE, John Baker Stafford (eld. son of John Alfred Greene, barrister of King’s inns, Dublin). b. 1833; B.A. and M.B. Trin. coll. Dublin 1853; M.R.C.S. Eng. 1853; assist. surgeon 1 foot 1854–56, served in Crimean campaign, present at Alma, Inkerman and Sebastopol; barrister of M.T. 7 June 1858; LL.B. London univ. 1859; a writer for periodicals; was with Sir Rich. M’Cormack’s ambulance during siege of Paris 1870; author of The Hebrew migration from Egypt 1879, 2 ed. 1883; Notes on Ireland 1886. d. suddenly 13 Clements’ inn, Strand, London 22 June 1888. Times 26 June 1888 p. 10.

GREENE, John Stock Turner (eld. son of Thomas Green of Bedford, Lancs.) b. 12 Dec. 1803; ed. at Pemb. coll. Camb.; barrister M.T. 27 Nov. 1829; judge of county courts circuit No. 10 (Lancashire) March 1847 to March 1872. d. Southworth house near Wigan 16 June 1874.

GREENE, Richard Wilson (son of Sir Jonas Greene, recorder of Dublin d. 1828). b. Dublin 1792; ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin; called to bar in Ireland 1814; K.C. 13 July 1830; bencher of King’s Inns 1834; first sergeant 23 May 1835; solicitor general for Ireland Nov. 1842 to Dec. 1845; attorney general Jany. to July 1846; received a patent of precedence 1851; a baron of court of exchequer in Ireland 1852–61; P.C. Ireland 1846; author of A report of the King against W. O’Grady respecting office of clerk of the pleas 1816; A report of the trial of D. Waring for perjury 1817. d. 49 Stephens green, Dublin 23 March 1861.

GREENE, Thomas (eld. son of Thomas Greene of Slyne, Lancs. 1737–1810). b. 19 Jany. 1794; educ. Oriel coll. Ox., B.A. 1814, M.A. 1817; barrister G.I. 12 May 1819, but never practised, bencher 1838 to death; M.P. for Lancaster 1824–52 and 1853–7; chairman of committees of house of commons 17 Sep. 1841 to 1847; sheriff of Lancashire 1823. d. Whittington hall, Westmoreland 8 Aug. 1872.

GREENE, Thomas Webb (2 son of Thomas Webb Green of Lichfield d. 10 Jany. 1842). b. 1804; ed. at Repton gr. sch. and Trin. hall, Cam., LL.B. 1833, LL.M. 1859; barrister M.T. 23 Nov. 1832, bencher 1858; Q.C. Jany. 1858; leader in V.C. Stuart’s court 1868–75; member of council on law reporting 22 Feb. 1865, chairman to death. d. 9 Upper Wimpole st. London 14 Nov. 1875.

GREENHOW, Edward Headlam. b. North Shields 1814; practised with his father in North Shields and Tynemouth 1834–52; M.D. King’s coll. Aberdeen 1852; F.R.C.P. Lond. 1859, censor 1880–81, Croonian lecturer 1875; settled in London 1853; lecturer on public health at St. Thomas’ hospital 1855, the first appointment of the kind in England; physician Middlesex hospital 1870; a founder of Clinical soc. 1867, treasurer 1867–79, president 1879; F.R.S. 2 June 1870; retired to Reigate 1881; author of On diphtheria 1860; On Addison’s disease 1866; On bronchitis 1878 and other works. d. of syncope at Charing Cross railway station 22 Nov. 1888. Lancet 1 Dec. 1888 pp. 1104–6.

GREENING, Henry. b. Bromsgrove, Worcestershire 1809; articled to E. W. Oldaker of Pershore, solicitor; a special pleader about 1834; retired from practice 1880; author of A collection of forms of declarations 1837, 2 ed. 1852; edited Chitty’s Treatise on pleading, 7 ed. 3 vols. 1844. d. St. Leonards-on-Sea 31 July 1881 in 72 year. bur. Highgate cemetery.

GREENOUGH, George Bellas (son of George Bellas, proctor Doctors’ Commons, d. 12 July 1784). b. 18 Jany. 1778; ed. at Eton; took name of Greenough after his grandfather 179-; entered Pemb. coll. Cam. 1795, resided 9 terms; active member of Royal Institution 1801–7, sec. several years; M.P. for Gatton, Surrey 1807–12; chief founder of Geological society 1807, president 1811–18, 1833–35; F.L.S. 1811; president R. Geog. soc. 1839, 1840; author of A critical examination of the first principles of geology 1819; Memoirs of a geological map of England 1820; Addresses at meetings of Geological soc. 1834, 1835, 1840; published Geological map of England and Wales 1819; General sketch of physical and geological features of India, 9 sheets 1854; A physical and geological map of England and Wales 1865. d. Naples 2 Aug. 1855, bust in Geol. soc. apartments, bequeathed his books and maps to Geological and R. Geographical societies. Quarterly journal of Geological soc. xii, 26–34 (1856); Journ. R. Geogr. soc. xxv, p. lxxxviii.

GREENSTREET, John. Entered Bengal army 1795; colonel 60 Bengal N.I. 1 May 1824 to death; general 20 June 1854. d. Frenchay near Bristol 9 April 1856 aged 74.

GREENWELL, Dorothy (only dau. of William Thomas Greenwell of Greenwell Ford, Durham 1777–1854). b. Greenwell Ford 6 Dec. 1821; known as Dora Greenwell; lived with her mother at Durham 1847–65, resided 12 Great College st. Westminster 1874; author of Poems 1848; Stories that might be true 1850; The patience of hope 1860, another ed. 1863; Songs of Salvation 1873; Lacordaire, a memoir 1867; Camera Obscura 1876 and 12 other works. d. 8 Alma road, Clifton 29 March 1882. W. Dorling’s Memoirs of D. Greenwell (1885).

GREENWOOD, George (2 son of Wm. Greenwood of Brookwood park, Hants., d. 1844 aged 80). b. 10 June 1799; ed. at Eton; cornet 2 life guards 1817, lieut. col. 1837 to 1840 when he retired; reduced weight of helmet from 8 lb. to 3 lb. 1840; the best breaker in of horses of his day; published Hints on horsemanship 1839, new ed. 1861, the best book on the subject ever done; The tree lifter 1844, 3 ed. 1876; Rain and rivers, or Hutton and Playfair against Lyell and all comers 1857, 2 ed. 1866. d. Brookwood park 3 Nov. 1875. River terraces (1877), with memoir, pp. ix-xv.

GREENWOOD, John (brother of the preceding). b. 24 July 1800; ed. at Eton and Jesus coll. Cam., B.A. 1822, M.A. 1825; barrister L.I. and M.T. 8 Feb. 1828; Q.C. Dec. 1848; bencher of M.T. 1848; recorder of Portsmouth 1847–8, of Devonport Dec. 1848–51; assist. solicitor to the Treasury 1851 to June 1866, solicitor June 1866 to death; author of The Law Journal, a digest of cases in the Law Journal and Reports 1823; The law of loan societies 1846. d. 53 Chester sq. London 12 Feb. 1871. I.L.N. lviii, 163, 315 (1871).

GREENWOOD, John (eld. son of Frederick Greenwood of Norton Conyers, Ripon). b. Ryshworth hall, Yorkshire 20 Feb. 1830; educ. Eton and Christ Church, Ox., B.A. 1851; M.P. for Ripon 1857–65. d. 7 Chandos st. Cavendish sq. London 21 Feb. 1874.

GREENWOOD, John Beswicke (eld. son of Abram Greenwood). b. 1796; ed. at Eton and Caius coll. Cam., B.A. 1818, M.A. 1821; barrister L.I. 22 Nov. 1821; police magistrate at Clerkenwell court, London 1837 to May 1847; chairman of West Riding quarter sessions; author of The early ecclesiastical history of Dewsbury 1859. d. Moor house, Dewsbury 9 Oct. 1879. I.L.N. x, 332 (1847), portrait.

GREENWOOD, Thomas. b. 1790; ed. at St. John’s coll. Cam., B.A. 1815, M.A. 1831; barrister G.I. 24 June 1817, bencher 1837 to death, treasurer 1841–2; fellow of Univ. of Durham, reader in history and polite literature there; author of Cathedra Petri, a survey of the papal supremacy 1843, another ed. 1856; Position and prospects of the churches of Great Britain and Ireland with reference to the establishment of a Roman Catholic hierarchy 1851. d. 14 Westbourne ter. Hyde Park, London 1 Nov. 1871.

GREENWOOD, Thomas. b. Gildersome near Leeds; a machine and tool maker Leeds 1833; manager for Sir Peter Fairbairn at Leeds to 1856; constructed machinery for manufacture of the Enfield rifle and other war stores 1854; partner with John Batley at Leeds 1856; established a small arms manufactory in Russia 1871; A.I.C.E. 4 Feb. 1860. d. Gipsy hill near the Crystal palace 9 Feb. 1873. bur. Woodhouse cemetery, Leeds. Minutes of proc. of Instit. of C.E. xxxviii, 311–13 (1874); Leeds Times 15 Feb. 1873 p. 5.

GREENWOOD, Thomas Longdon (son of Thomas Greenwood who painted scenery for Tom and Jerry at Olympic theatre). b. 1806; druggist Clerkenwell; partner with Robert Plunkett Honner as managers of Sadler’s wells 1839, acting manager May 1841, lessee 1842–44, partner there with Samuel Phelps 1844–60 when many Shakspeare’s dramas were produced; director of Astleys; acting manager of Princesses; as the elder of the Brothers Grinn supplied pantomimes to metropolitan theatres; writer of Jack Shepherd, an adaptation; Paul the Pilot; Is it the king?; the pantomime Harlequin Robin Hood at Sadler’s Wells 1844. d. Trinity sq. Brixton 10 May 1879. Michael Williams’ Some London theatres (1883) 17–29; Era 18 May 1879 p. 5.