ASTON, JOHN PARTINGTON (_son of John Aston of Manchester, liquor merchant_.) _b._ Manchester 9 Nov. 1805; ed. at Manchester gr. sch.; solicitor at Manchester 1829 to death; one of leading conveyancing and patent lawyers; solicitor and sec. of Owens college, Manchester; contributed prose and verse to periodicals; author with W. H. Ainsworth of _Sir John Chiverton_ 1826. _d._ Higher Broughton, Manchester 11 May 1882. _Admission register of Manchester school iii_, 112 (1874). ATHERLEY, MARK KER (_2 son of Arthur Atherley M.P. for Southampton who d. 21 Oct. 1844 aged 74_). Ensign 15 foot 28 Aug. 1823; lieut. col. 92 foot 23 Nov. 1849 to 5 June 1863 when placed on h.p.; commanded a brigade in the Crimea 4 Nov. 1855 to 13 March 1856; brigadier general Malta 1863–68; col. of 109 foot 14 Feb. 1873, of 93 foot 30 Jany. 1880 and of 92 foot 5 April 1880 to death; general 1 Oct. 1877. _d._ 11 March 1884 in 80 year. ATHERSTONE, EDWIN. _b._ Nottingham 17 April 1788; author of _The fall of Nineveh, a poem_, _2 vols._ 1828–68; _The Sea Kings in England, an historical romance_, _3 vols._ 1830; _The handwriting on the wall, a story 3 vols._ 1858; _Israel in Egypt_ 1861 a poem of nearly 20,000 lines; granted civil list pension of £75 Oct. 4 1858 and another of £25 Jany. 16 1860. _d._ 19 Macaulay buildings, Bath 29 Jany. 1872. ATHERTON, CHARLES (_3 son of Nathan Atherton of Calne, Wilts attorney_). _b._ Calne 1805; ed. at Queen’s coll. Cam.; 33 wrangler 1828, B.A. 1828; resident engineer of river Clyde 1832–34; manager of business of Claud Girdwood and Co. of Glasgow, ironfounders 1834–37; chief engineer at Woolwich dockyard 6 April 1847 to 31 Dec. 1848 and 8 Sep. 1851 to 26 July 1862; at Devonport dockyard 1 Jany. 1849 to 7 Sep. 1851; consulting engineer in London 1862–70; M.I.C.E. 19 Feb. 1828. _d._ Sandown, Isle of Wight 24 May 1875. _Min. of proc. of Instit. of C.E. xlii_, 252–55 (1875). ATHERTON, SIR WILLIAM (_only son of Rev. Wm. Atherton of Battle Bridge Middlesex, Wesleyan minister 1775–1850_). _b._ Glasgow October 1806; special pleader 1832–39; barrister I.T. 22 Nov. 1839, bencher 1851; went northern circuit of which he became leader; Q.C. July 1851; Q.C. for duchy of Lancaster 1851–60; M.P. for Durham 9 July 1852 to death; judge advocate of the fleet and counsel to the Admiralty 1854 to 16 Dec. 1859; solicitor general 16 Dec. 1859 and attorney general 4 July 1861 to Sep. 1863; knighted by the Queen at St. James’s palace 23 Feb. 1860. (_m._ 15 April, 1843 Agnes Mary younger dau. of Thomas James Hall, chief magistrate at Bow st. London, she _d._ 26 March 1866). _d._ 13 Westbourne terrace, Hyde Park 22 Jany. 1864.