BARBER, JONATHAN. Frame work knitter at Nottingham; leader of the infidels there, held public discussions with Rev. J. W. Brooks of Nottingham. _d._ Nottingham 17 Jany. 1859. _The apology for renouncing infidel opinions of Jonathan Barber_ 1859. BARBER, JONATHAN. _b._ England 1784; M.R.C.S.; practised in Scarborough and London; went to United States about 1820; taught elocution in Yale and Harvard Univs., became the best teacher in America; lectured on phrenology; went to Montreal 1836; resumed medical practice as a homœopath about 1845; professor of oratory in McGill univ. Montreal down to 1862; author of _The Elocutionist_ 1829; _A grammar of elocution_ 1830. _d._ near Montreal 11 May 1864. BARBER, MARY ANN SERRETT (_daughter of Thomas Barber_). Wrote many articles in the _Church of England Magazine_ and _Charlotte Elizabeth’s Christian lady’s magazine_; edited _Children’s Missionary magazine_ afterwards called _The Coral Missionary mag._ 1847 to death; author of _Redemption in Israel or narratives of conversions among the Jews_ 1844, _The sorrows of the streets_ 1855, _Castle Rag and its dependencies or the sins and sorrows of the poor_ 1858, _Du Bourg or the Mercuriale_ 1851 and many other books. _d._ 9 Sussex sq. Brighton 9 March 1864 aged 63. _Bread-winning or the Ledger and the Lute an Autobiography by M. A. S. Barber_ 1865. BARBER, WILLIAM HENRY. _b._ about 1807; clerk to Messrs. Scoones of Tonbridge, Kent, solicitors 1819–36; established Literary and Scientific institution there 1837; solicitor in London 1837; partner with Merrick Bircham; founded The legal discussion society, sec. and treasurer; founded with Lord Brougham and George Birkbeck, Adult instruction society; tried at Central Criminal Court April 1844 for uttering a will of one Anne Slack knowing same to be a forgery when sentenced to be transported for life; arrived at Norfolk Island 9 Nov. 1844; moved to Tasman’s Peninsula March 1847 on breaking up of Norfolk Island establishment; granted conditional pardon by royal warrant dated 12 Nov. 1846 and a free pardon 3 Nov. 1848; arrived in Paris May 1848 and in London Nov. 1848; applied for his annual certificate as a solicitor 31 Jany. 1849, certificate refused him 6 July 1850; petition for inquiry and redress presented to House of Commons 5 April 1852; granted a certificate 21 Nov. 1855; practised in London, ceased to practice 1862. _The case of Mr. W. H. Barber_, _8 ed._ 1853; _Central criminal court, minutes of evidence by H. Buckler xix_, 778–850 (1844); _I.L.N. iv_, 80, 249 (1844), 2 _portraits_.