BEGBIE, JAMES, _b._ Edinburgh 18 Dec. 1799; ed. at high school and Univ. of Edin.; M.D. 1821; F.R.C.S. Edin. 1822; F.R.C.P. Edin. 1847, pres. 1854–50; pres. of Medico Chirurgical Society 1850–52; one of Her Majesty’s physicians in ordinary in Scotland 6 June 1853; author of _Contributions to practical medicine_ 1862, and of many papers in medical journals. _d._ 10 Charlotte sq. Edinburgh 26 Aug. 1869. _Proc. of Royal Society of Edin. vii_, 2–6 (1872). BEGBIE, JAMES WARBURTON (_2 son of the preceding_). _b._ 19 Nov. 1826; ed. at Edinburgh academy and univ., M.D. 1847, LLD. Aug. 1875; pres. of Royal Medical Society 1847–49; practised at Edinburgh 1852; F.R.C.P. Edin. 1852; phys. to the Cholera hospital 1854; phys. to Royal Infirmary 1855–65, lectured on practice of physic there 10 winter sessions 1855–65; had the largest consulting physician’s practice in Scotland 1869 to death; author of _A handy book of medical information and advice by a physician_ 1860, _2 ed._ 1872; wrote 13 articles in _J. R. Reynolds’s System of medicine 3 vols._ 1871 and many reviews and notices in _Edinburgh Medical Journal_. _d._ 16 Great Stuart st. Edinburgh 25 Feb. 1876. _Selections from the works of the late J. W. Begbie, edited by Dyce Duckworth, The New Sydenham Society London_ 1882, _portrait_. BEGG, REV. JAMES. _b._ Manse of New Monkland, Lanarkshire 31 Oct. 1808; ed. at Univ. of Glasgow, M.A.; licensed as a preacher June 1829; minister at Maxwelltown, Dumfries 18 May 1830; minister of Middle parish church Paisley 1831, and of Liberton near Edin. 25 June 1835 to 5 July 1843 when he was declared no longer a minister having joined in the Free Secession; minister of Newington Free church near Edin. 1843 to death; sent by his church to Canada on public duty 1844–45; moderator of Free general assembly 18 May 1865; a sum of £4,600 was presented to him by his friends 1875; author of _Are you prepared to die_ 1845; _How to promote and preserve the beauty of Edinburgh_ 1849; _A handbook of Popery_ 1852; _The art of preaching_ 1863. _d._ George sq. Edinburgh 29 Sep. 1883. _Memoirs by Professor Thomas Smith_ (1885); _John Smith’s Our Scottish clergy, 3 series_ (1851) 127–33. BEHAN, THOMAS LAWRENCE. Connected with the _Hampshire Independent_; on the staff of the _Observer_ and other London newspapers; editor, manager, and publisher of the _London Gazette_ 1 Oct 1854 to death, _d._ Southampton 27 Aug. 1860 aged 66.