AMCOTTS, VINCENT AMCOTTS CRACROFT (1 child of Weston Cracroft of Cracroft hall, Lincoln 1815-83). b. Hackthorn, Lincoln 8 Feb. 1845; educ. Eton, where he edited The Phoenix, conducted by present Etonians, 5 numbers 1860 or 1861; matric. from Balliol coll. Oxford 26 Jany. 1863, B.A. 1867; student I.T. 1867; author of The statue bride, operetta, and Lalla Rookh, extravaganza, both produced at Gallery of illustration, London 19 June 1868; Adonis vanquished, comedy; The love tests, operetta 1870; Ariadne, Fair Helen and Lurline extravaganzas; Poisoned, farce; part author of Pentheus; manager of Olympic theatre, London. d. 26 Nov. 1881. Foster's Alumni Oxoniensis i 21 (1887); Adams's Dict. of the drama i 50 (1904).

AMER, WILLIAM. b. 1810; law bookseller and publisher in partnership with Reuben Thomas Davis at 57 Carey st. Chancery lane, London 1849-54, alone at 58 Carey st. 1854 to death. d. 49 Loraine road, north London 21 Sept. 1879. Solicitors' Journal 27 Sept. 1879 p. 911. AMES, LIONEL (1 child of Levi Ames of The Hyde, St. Albans 1778-1846). b. 13 July 1809; educ. Eton; cornet 17 lancers 3 Oct. 1826, captain 4 March 1836, sold out 4 Sept. 1840; lieut. col. Hertford militia 12 Oct. 1852 to 2 Dec. 1854; sheriff of Beds. 1866. d. 43 Lowndes sq. London 20 Feb. 1873. Walford's County Families (1872) 18; Times 24 Feb. 1873 p. 1.

AMHERST, WILLIAM PITT AMHERST, 2 Earl (3 son of 1 earl Amherst 1773-1857). b. 65 Lower Grosvenor st. London 3 Sept. 1805; educ. Westminster and Ch. Ch. Oxf., B.A. 1828; styled viscount Holmesdale 1826-57; captain West Kent militia 22 Jany. 1829; captain West Kent yeomanry 17 Feb. 1831; M.P. for East Grinstead 31 July 1830 to 3 Dec. 1832; succeeded his father 13 March 1857; pres. of Kent archæological society Nov. 1866. d. Montreal, Sevenoaks, Kent 26 March 1886. Times 27 March 1886 p. 12. AMORY, SAMUEL. b. 1783; attorney at 53 Old Broad st. London 1810, at 59 Old Broad 1812-5, at 52 Lothbury 1815; partner with John Coles at 52 Lothbury 1817-20, at 25 Throgmorton st. 1820-39; partner with Isaac Sewell and Samuel Moores 1839-43; practised alone at 25 Throgmorton st. 1843 to death; member of committee of manage. ment of Law institution, Chancery lane, London under deed of settlement 16 Feb. 1827, and re-elected under first charter of incorporation 22 Dec. 1831; an original member of council of Incorporated law society

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of the United Kingdom 24 June 1845, resigned 1854. d. at residence of John Heathcoat, Botham house, Tiverton 17 Nov. 1857. G.M. Jany. 1858 p. 113.

AMOS, SHELDON (4 son of Andrew Amos of St. Ibbs, Hitchin, Herts. 1791-1860, professor of law, Camb. univ. 1848-60). b. 1 June 1835; educ. Charterhouse 1848-53 and Clare coll. Camb., B.A. 1859, M.A. 1862; barrister I.T. 11 June 1862, tutor in jurisprudence, civil law and international law 1872-5; professor of jurisprudence Univ. coll. London 7 Aug. 1869 to Oct. 1878 and to Council of legal education Dec. 1872 to Dec. 1875; wrote much in Westminster Review; lectured at Working men's college, London; examiner in constitutional law and history of England for LL.B. in univ. of London 1872-77; practised in Egypt 1881-83; English judge of native court of appeal in Egypt 1883 to death; author of Difference of sex as a topic of jurisprudence and legislation 1870; A systematic view of the science of jurisprudence 1872; An English code, its difficulties and the modes of overcoming them 1873; Primer of the English constitution and government 1873, 4 ed. 1883; The science of law 1874, 2 ed. 1874; A comparative survey of laws in force for the prohibition, regulation and licensing of vice in England and other countries 1877; Fifty years of the English constitution (1830-80) 1880; The science of politics 1883 and 9 other books; edited Manning's Commentaries on the law of nations 1875. d. Ramleh, near Alexandria 3 Jany. 1886. Remembrances of Sheldon Amos, by a few friends (1889), privately printed at Leeds; Law Times 9 Jany. 1886 p. 175.

AMPHLETT, JAMES. b. near Stafford 1775; educ. Brewood gr. sch; a printer in Hanley 1817-28; edited The Staffordshire advertiser, The Rifleman newspaper, North Staffordshire mercury and Pottery and Newcastle advertiser from 1 Jany. 1812, The Pottery gazette 1822-8, Lichfield Mercury 1834, Shrewsbury journal about 1845-54; author of War offerings, a collection of songs, Stafford 1803; Invasion: a descriptive and satirical poem 1804; Ned Bentley, 3 vols. 1808, a novel. d. Abbey foregate, Shrewsbury 19 July 1860. Simms's Bibliotheca Staffordiensis (1894) 15.

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Madras artillery 1821, lieut. col. 15 May 1851, col. commandant 28 Nov. 1854 to death. d. St. Thomas's Mount, Madras 31 Aug. 1860. G.M. Nov. 1860 p. 560.

AMYATT, AUGUSTUS. b. 1794; master of the Conock harriers, Wiltshire many years. d. Bath 26 Sept. 1857. G.M. Nov. 1857 p. 571. ANCONA, JOSEPH SUPINO (1 son of Leon Ancona). b. London 4 Sept. 1819; educ. Eton; an architect in London 1846-9; an auctioneer 1849-54; surveyor and auctioneer at 8 John st. Adelphi 1854-81; F.R.A.S. 10 March 1854; author of Hints for the valuation of ecclesiastical and other property: whether held in fee, on life, or other limited interest, or in reversion 1850; exhibited 3 designs at R.A. 1846-56. d. 170 Selhurst road, South Norwood 16 July 1900. Monthly notices of royal astronom. soc. lxi 182 (1901).

ANDERDON, WILLIAM HENRY (1 son of John Lavicount Anderdon of London, West India merchant 1792-1874). b. 17 New st. Spring gardens, London 26 Dec. 1816; educ. King's coll. London and Balliol coll. Oxford; scholar of Univ. coll. 1837-43; B.A. 1839, M.A. 1842; C. of Withyan, Kent 1845; C. of Reigate, Surrey 1845-6; V. of St. Margaret's with Knighton, Leicester 1846-50; received into R.C. church at Paris 23 Nov. 1850; ordained priest at Oscott 1853; lectured at Ushaw on elocution and rhetoric; dean of the Catholic univ. in Dublin 1858-63; sec. to his uncle, H. E. Manning, abp. of Westminster 1865-8; a missionary to America 1868–70; D.D. Rome 1869; joined Society of Jesus. 1874; gave missions and retreats in various parts of the country many years; taught elocution to the novices at Manresa house, Roehampton; author of The end of the year and of all things: six sermons 1847; Antoine de Bonneval a story of the Fronde 1857 anon.; The adventures of Owen Evans, Esq., surgeon's mate, left ashore in 1739 on a desolate island. By W.H.A. 1862, 8 ed. 1884; Afternoons with the saints 1863, 9 ed. 1884; In the snow: tales of Mount St. Bernard 1866, 9 ed. 1884; Fasti Apostolici: a chronology of the years between the ascension of our Lord and the martyrdom of SS. Peter and Paul 1882; Evenings with the saints 1883 and about 12 other books. d. Manresa house, Roehampton 28 July 1890. Merry England, Nov. 1890 pp. 1-25, 110-31 prt. ; Men of the time (1887) 32.

ANDERSON, SIR ALEXANDER (son of rev. Wm. Anderson, minister of Strichen, Aberdeenshire 1785-1806, d. 17 July 1806 aged 48). b. Strichen 10 June 1802; ed. at Strichen parish sch., Marischal coll. and Univ. of Aberdeen; advocate at Aberdeen 1817; lord provost of Aberdeen 1859-66; knighted at Aberdeen after inauguration of memorial

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statue to Prince Consort there 17 Oct. 1863. d. 14 Union ter. Aberdeen 11 April 1887. A.R. (1863) 153; Law Times 30 April 1887 p. 479; I.L.N. 24 Oct. 1863 p. 414. ANDERSON, ANDREW (1 son of James A. Anderson of Carlung, manager of the Union bank). b. 24 Oct. 1817; educ. Glasgow univ., M.D. 1839; entered Faculty of phys. and surgeons, Glasgow 1840, pres. 1868 to death; assistant surgeon to Eye infirmary, Glasgow 1844, then surgeon; professor of physiology in Andersons college, Glasgow 1840-6, professor of practice of medicine there 1846-63; examiner for medical degrees in Glasgow univ. 1868 to death; author of Observations on typhus; submitted to the faculty of physicians and surgeons of Glasgow 1840; On the postfebrile ophthalmites 1845; Heads of lectures on the practice of medicine, for the use of students. Part I. General diseases 1861. d. 2 Woodside crescent, Glasgow 28 Jany. 1870. Duncan's Memorials of the faculty of phys. and surgeons of Glasgow (1896) 289; Addison's Glasgow graduates (1898) 17. ANDERSON, ARTHUR (3 son of Arthur Anderson of Dee Bank, Aberdeenshire). b. 1814; educ. Aberdeen and Edinb. univs., M.A. Aberdeen, M.D. Edinb. 1835; M.R.C.S. 1834; assistant surgeon in the army 16 Oct. 1835; surgeon second battalion rifle brigade 16 Dec. 1845 to 3 March 1854; surgeon of the first class 3 March 1854; deputy inspector general 31 Dec. 1858; inspector general at Malta 28 Jany. 1862, placed on h p. 4 Sept. 1867; served in the Crimean war 1854 to 13 June 1855; principal medical officer of fourth division at battles of Balaklava and Inkerman; present at capture of Canton Dec. 1857; knight of Legion of honour; C.B. 13 March 1867; granted distinguished service reward 8 April 1879; F.R.S. Edinb. 1886; F.S.A. Scotland. d.Sunnybrae, Pitlochry, Perthshire 26 April 1896. Boyle's Rifle brigade century (1905) 192; Times 30 April 1896 p. 10.

ANDERSON, CHARLES (son of Wm. Anderson of Old Steyne, Brighton). b. 108 Piccadilly, London 1827; educ. King's coll. London and Caius coll. Camb., B.A. 1854, M.A. 1864; ordained deacon 1854 and priest 1855; C. of St. Paul's, Brighton 1864-70; C. of St. Anne's, Soho, London 1870-4; V. of St. John the Evangelist, Limehouse, London 5 March 1874 to death; edited Church thought and church work 1874; author of Words and works in a London parish 1873; The curate of Shyre: a record of parish reform 1874, 2 ed. 1875; New readings of old parables 1876,

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new ed. 1882; All things pertaining to life: illustration of 2 Peter i 5-7, 1879. d. St. John's vicarage, Limehouse 26 March 1893. John Venn's Gonville and Caius college ii 292 (1898); Guardian 12 April 1893 p. 567.

ANDERSON, CHARLES HENRY (youngest son of rev. Richard Anderson of the Grange, Bedale, Yorkshire 1792-1884). b. Burnston vicarage, Yorkshire 22 April 1838; exhibitioner of Inner temple 1866, barrister I.T. 26 Jany. 1867; lecturer on common law at Incorporated law society 1867-9; Q.C. 13 July 1885; contested counties of Elgin and Nairn 1 Dec. 1885; M.P. for Elgin and Nairn 7 July 1886 to death; author of A digest of the principles and practice of common law, conveyancing, equity, bankruptcy, and criminal law, 2 vols. 1865, new ed. 1867. d. Johannesburg 25 Aug. 1889. Law Times 14 Sept. 1889 p. 338.

ANDERSON, SIR CHARLES HENRY JOHN, 9 Baronet (elder son of rev. sir Charles John Anderson, 8 baronet 1767-1846, preb. of Lincoln cath. 1812-46). b. Lea hall, near Gainsborough 25 Nov. 1804; educ. Oriel coll. Oxf., B.A. 1826, M.A. 1829; admitted M.A. at Camb. 1854; succeeded his father 24 March 1846; sheriff of Lincolnshire 1851; · restored many churches in Lincolnshire; chairman of Gainsborough petty sessions many years; contributed many papers to Royal archæological institute, Lincolnshire architectural society and other societies; author of Ancient models: or hints on church building 1841; The Swedish brothers: a tale 1845 anon., 2 ed. 1850; A short guide to the county of Lincoln 1847, new ed. 1880; An eight weeks' journal in Norway in 1852. 1853. d. Lea hall, near Gainsborough 8 Oct. 1891. Guardian 21 Oct. 1891 p. 1709; I.L.N. 17 Oct. 1891 pp. 498, 518.

ANDERSON, DAVID (1 son of Archibald Anderson, captain H.E.I.C.S.) b. Hans place, Chelsea 10 Feb. 1814; ed. at Edinburgh academy and Exeter coll. Oxf., open scholar 10 June 1833; B.A. 1836, M.A. 1838, D.D. 1849; ordained deacon and priest 1837; C. of St. George's, Everton, near Liverpool 1837-41; C. of St. Bees 1841-7; vice-principal of St. Bees college 1841-7; P.C. of All Saints, Derby 1848-9; bishop of Rupert's Land, May 1849, resigned 1864, consecrated in Canterbury cath. 19 May 1849; laid first stone of Exeter college chapel 25 Nov. 1856; P.C. of Ch. Ch. Clifton 1864-81; chancellor of St. Paul's cath. 22 Oct. 1866 to death;

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author of Notes on the flood at the Red River in 1852. 1853, 2 ed. 1873; Journal of a visit to Moose and Albany 1854; The net in the bay a journal by the Bishop of Rupert's Land 1854, 2 ed. 1873; Papamas: or the chief's address 1857. d. the parsonage, Victoria sq. Clifton 5 Nov. 1885. Stock's Church missionary society iii 238 prt.,835 (1899); Men of the time (1884) 33; Boase's Registrum collegii Exoniensis, new ed. (1894) clv 219. ANDERSON, DAVID JOHN. b. 14 Oct. 1837; dramatic critic of The Sportsman 1874-9 and of Bell's Life in London 1879-82; on the staff of The daily telegraph many years; taught journalism at the London school of journalism 222 Strand, London 1887-97; wrote on theatrical subjects in The theatre and All the year round. d. 124 Queen's road, Richmond 5 Nov. 1900, a memorial marble medallion tablet by A. Toft placed in Richmond cemet. March 1902. Adams's Dict. of the drama i 54 (1904); Morning Post 24 March 1902 p. 6.

ANDERSON, EDWARD RICHARD. b. 1805; solicitor at York 1827 to death; alderman of York to death, lord mayor 1857. d. the Mount, York 3 Dec. 1862. G.M. Jany. 1863 p. 131.

ANDERSON, ELLEN MARY (5 dau. of rev. Mason Anderson, R. of Sherrington, Wiltshire 1831 to his death 1873). b. Sherrington 1835 or 1836; educ. Casterton school; deaconess in charge of St. Michael's home for friendless girls at Salisbury 2 Feb. 1882 to death, where about 660 girls passed through. d. St. Michael's home, Endless st. Salisbury 14 Aug. 1900. bur. Sherrington churchyard. Guardian 22 Aug. 1900 p. 1162.

ANDERSON, EUSTACE. b. 1819; lieut. 1st Middlesex or Victoria rifle corps 7 May 1864, major 24 Oct. 1871, hon. lieut. col. 24 March 1886, resigned 22 May 1886; a founder of Alpine club 1857; warden of Merchant Taylors company 1876-7 and 1878-9, master 1885-6. d. St. Leonard's, East Sheen, Mortlake 2 Dec. 1889. I.L.N. 14 Dec. 1889 p. 766. ANDERSON, FORTESCUE LENNOX MACDONALD (3 son of rev. James Lennox Macdonald Anderson of Brighton). b. 1832 or 1833; educ. Worcester coll. Oxf., B.A. 1856; ordained deacon 1857, priest 1858, both by bishop of Norwich; C. of Tilney, St. Lawrence, Norwich 1857-60; C. of Welney, Cambs. 1860-2; C. of St. Andrews, Aberdeen 1865-7; R. of St. Baldred, North Berwick,

ANDERSON, F. L. M. (Con.) Haddingtonshire 1867 to death; arrested while on a visit to Lithuania on suspicion of being implicated in the Polish insurrection and detained sometime in prison 1863; author of Seven months residence in Russian Poland in 1863. 1864. d. 30 Buckleigh road, Streatham common, London 17 June 1899. Times 20 June 1899 p. 1.

ANDERSON, GEORGE (2 son of Peter Anderson of Inverness, procurator before the court 1768-1823). b. 6 May 1802; educ. Inverness royal academy; studied at Edinb. univ. from 1818; partner with his brother, Peter Anderson, as solicitors at Inverness 1825-68; corresponding member of society of antiquaries of Scotland 23 Feb. 1824; F.R.S. Edinb. 6 Dec. 1824; contributed articles to the Inverness Courier more than 40 years; was the means of starting a society in Inverness for the promotion of science and literature, named the Northern Institution 1825, secretary 4 March 1825; author with Peter Anderson of Guide to the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, including Orkney and Zetland, descriptive of their scenery, statistics, antiquities and natural history 1834, 4 ed. 1863; resided at Clifton 1869 to death. d. 1 Polygon, Clifton 7 March 1878. An Inverness lawyer and his sons 1796-1878. By I. H. Anderson, Aberdeen (1900) prt.

ANDERSON, GEORGE (son of George Anderson of Luscar, Fifeshire). b. Liverpool 19 Nov. 1819; educ. Edinb. high sch. and St. Andrews univ.; a merchant at Glasgow; M.P. for Glasgow 18 Nov. 1868 to March 1885; major 4th Lanarkshire rifle volunteers 15 April 1863 to March 1874; deputy master of the Mint at Melbourne 13 March 1885, retired 30 April 1895; author of several pamphlets on National education, currency, arrestment of wages, &c. d. 4 Nov. 1896. Debrett's House of Commons (1885) 4.

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Cochrane Anderson 1792-1865, colonel R.A. 1854-8). b. 24 Dec. 1822; ensign Indian army 10 Dec. 1839; ensign 15 Bengal N.I. 29 Aug. 1840, captain 20 Sept. 1849, major 6 June 1862 to 12 Sept. 1866; lieut. col. Bengal infantry 12 Sept. 1866, colonel 12 Sept. 1878, placed on unemployed supernumerary list 24 Dec. 1884; general 17 Aug. 1890; served in Punjaub campaign 1848-9. d. 1 Thames View ter. Plumstead, Kent 23 Nov. 1895. bur. Eastbourne cemet. Times 26 Nov. 1895 p 6.

ANDERSON, GEORGE SLIGO ALEXANDER. b. 14 March 1822; ensign Indian army 12 June 1838; ensign 18 Bombay N.I. 12 Dec. 1838, captain 17 Feb. 1852; major Bombay staff corps 18 Feb. 1861, lieut. col. 12 June 1864 to death; political agent in Kolhapore and Southern Mahratta country 11 June 1866 to 1877; placed on unemployed supernumerary list 1 July 1881; L.G. 7 Sept. 1884. d. Glenmorag, Dunoon 19 Sept. 1885. I.L.N. 3 Oct. 1885 p. 346.

ANDERSON, HENRY (son of Wm. Anderson of Udoll, Cromarty). b. Highwood Hill, parish of Hendon, Middlesex 13 Oct. 1803; educ. Harrow 1815-9; cricket tutor to Harrow Eleven 1829-42, the Eleven presented him with a Grecian vase and cover weighing above 100 ounces 29 July 1842; an East India broker in London short time; devoted himself to sporting pursuits; lived in a gipsy encamp ment some time; member of the M.C.C. and 13 other cricket clubs 1829-42; one of Hertfordshire Eleven several seasons; resided in Scotland from 1842 and at Dunster, Somerset about 1858 to death, started a cricket club at Dunster, captain of it to death. d. Dunster 18 Sept. 1873. Cricket scores and biographies i 106 (1862), xiv p. xx (1895); Welch's Harrow school register (1901) 61.

ANDERSON, SIR HENRY PERCY (1 son of rev. Robert Anderson of Brighton 1793-1843). b. Brighton 20 Feb. 1831; educ. Marlborough 1843-8 and Ch. Ch. Oxf., B.A. 1852, M.A. 1865; 2 lieut. royal Sussex artillery militia 9 March 1854 to Aug. 1855; clerk in Slave trade department of the F.O. 1852-4; clerk in the FO. 1 April 1854, a senior clerk 10 Oct. 1873; employed at Berlin negotiating Anglo-German agreement of 1 July 1890 relative to Africa and Heligoland; assistant under secretary of state for foreign affairs 1 Jany. 1894 to death; K.CM.G. 16 March 1885; K.C.B. 26 Aug. 1890. d. 53 Eaton sq. London 19 July 1896. Foreign office list (1897) 233; I.L.N. 5 July 1890 p. 8 prt., 25 July 1896 p. 102 prt.

ANDERSON, JAMES. b. Muthill, Perthshire 1804 or 1805; brought up as a miller; taught in a private school; a missionary at Largoward; licensed by presbytery of Dalkeith 4 Feb. 1830; minister of established church Cults, Fifeshire, Dec. 1838 to death; ordained 22 Feb. 1839; clerk of the presbytery 1842 to death; edited The family altar or a guide to devotion; author of A catechism on the sacraments of the old and new testaments 1851; The minister's directory: or forms for

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the administration of the sacraments and other rites and ordinances according to the use of the church of Scotland 1856, 2 ed. 1862; Light in darkness; or comfort to the sick and afflicted: being a series of meditations, prayers and portions of Scripture for those visited with bereavement and distress 1858. d. Cults. 30 Sept. 1863. Conolly's Biog. dict. (1866) 8; Hew Scott's Fasti, vol. ii part ii (1869) 486.

ANDERSON, JAMES (1 son of David Anderson of Bellfield, Edinburghshire, who d. 23 Nov. 1853 aged 78). b. Scotland 1802; educ. Edinb. high school and univ.; member of faculty of Scottish advocates 7 June 1828; student at Lincoln's inn 20 April 1835; barrister M.T. 7 June 1839, bencher 12 Jany. 1852, treasurer 1860-1, senior bencher 28 April 1880 to death; Q.C. 11 July 1851, contested Falkirk 14 July 1852 and Ayr burghs 23 Nov. 1868; mercantile law comr. 1 June 1853 to 1855; examiner to Inns of court 1864-72; member of council of legal education 1872-87; examiner in Court of chancery Nov. 1873 to Feb. 1876; an official referee of high court of justice Feb. 1876, resigned Oct. 1886; author of Appellate jurisdiction of the house of lords from the courts of Scotland 1860; author with George Deas of Cases decided in the court of session, jury court and the high court of justiciary, 5 vols. 1829-33. d. 25 Rectory grove, Clapham, London 22 June 1888. Law Times 7 July 1888 p. 181.

ANDERSON, JAMES. b. parish of Logie-Buchan, Aberdeenshire 1853; educ. Gordon hospital sch. Aberdeen and univ. of Aberdeen, gold medallist, Murray scholar and M.A. 1873, M.B. and C.M. 1877, demonstrator of anatomy 1877-9, M.D. 1879, examiner in physiology and natural history to death; physician in London 1881 to death; M.R.C.P. 1881, | F.R.C.P. 1887; demonstrator of anatomy at London hospital 1881, medical registrar, assistant phys. and lecturer on pathology; member of the conjoint examining board of the royal colleges of physicians and surgeons; assistant phys. at National hospital for the paralysed and epileptic, Queen sq. London, elected phys. to out-patients there about 21 Feb. 1893; joint editor of The ophthalmic review; author of Some ocular and nervous affections, in diabetes and allied conditions 1889, and of many articles on

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diseases, in medical journals. d. 41 Wimpole st. London 28 Feb. 1893. bur. Scotland. James Anderson's Notes on medical nursing from lectures given to the probationers at the London

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hospital. Edited by E. F. Lamport, with an introductory biographical notice by sir Andrew Clark, 2 ed. (1895); Medical mag. i 921-8 (1892-3); Times 2 March 1893 p. 10.

ANDERSON, SIR JAMES (5 son of John Anderson of Dumfries, bookseller). b. Dumfries 1824; educ. Dumfries academy; apprenticed as a compositor on the Dumfries Herald and Dumfries Courier 1838-40; entered mercantile marine under Messers. Brocklebank of Liverpool 1840, trading to India and South America 1840-49; entered Cunard company's service 1851 and commanded 14 different steamers belonging to that fleet in Mediterranean and Atlantic trades; commanded Great Eastern steamer while laying Atlantic telegraph 15 July to 19 Aug. 1865 and 30 June to 19 Sept. 1866; managing director of Eastern telegraph co. 1866 to death; knighted at Windsor castle 10 Nov. 1866; presented with freedom of Dumfries 14 Dec. 1866; F.G.S. 1870. d. 62 Queen's gate, South Kensington 7 May 1893. bur. Dumfries. Baines's Forty years at the post office i 334-7 (1895); Men of the time (1872) 24; Times 8 May 1893 p. 6, 10 May p. Times 25 Aug. 1866 p. 121 prt.; St. James's Budget 12 May 1893 p. 22 prt.

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shire 1811; came to London 1828; partner in firm of James Thomson and Co. ship and insurance brokers, which became Anderson, Thomson and Co. 1863 and Anderson, Anderson and Co. 1870; prominently connected with formation in 1878 of the Orient line of steamers to Australia, one of the managers to his retirement 1889. d. Frognal park, Hampstead 1 Sept. 1897. D. Pollock's Modern shipbuilding (1884) 36 prt.; I.L.N. 30 Oct. 1897 p. 622.

ANDERSON, JAMES ROBERTSON (son of John Symon Anderson, actor, who d. Upton Lea cottage, Slough 24 Aug. 1856 aged 72). b. Glasgow 8 May 1811; first appeared on the stage at T.R. Edinburgh as Cora's child in Pizarro 1813; articled to Dr. Webster of Edinb.; became a strolling player in west of Scotland 1823; played on the Nottingham circuit 1830 and at Newcastle 1832; first appeared in London at Covent Garden 30 Sept. 1837 as Florizel in The winter's tale; the original Sir Valentine de Grey in Knowles's Woman's wit 23 May 1838, Mauprat in Bulwer's Richelieu 7 March 1839, Fernando in Knowles's John of Procida, or the bride of Messina 12 Sept. 1840, and Charles Courtly in Boucicault's London assurance 4 March