BELMORE, GEORGE, stage name of George Belmore Garstin. Made his début in London at Marylebone theatre 26 Dec. 1856 as Bokes in _The Creole_; acted at Princess’s and Drury Lane theatres; played Nat Gosling in Boucicault’s drama _Flying Scud_ at Holborn theatre more than 200 nights from 6 Oct. 1866; acted in the provinces and at Adelphi theatre where he played Newman Noggs in _Nicholas Nickleby_ 20 March 1875 to July 1875; acted in New York Aug. to Oct. 1875. (_m._ 16 April 1862 Alice Maude dau. of Wm. Cooke proprietor of Astley’s Amphitheatre). _d._ New York 15 Nov. 1875 aged 47. _Entr’acte 27 Nov. 1875, portrait._ BELOE, CHARLES (_2 son of Rev. Wm. Beloe 1756–1817, Prebendary of St. Paul’s_). A clerk in the London Twopenny post office; sec. to the Alfred club. _d._ Reading 23 Oct. 1855 aged 69. BELPER, EDWARD STRUTT, 1 Baron (_only son of Wm. Strutt of St. Helen’s house Derby, manufacturer 1756–1830_). _b._ Derby 26 Oct. 1801; ed. at Trin. coll. Cam.; B.A. 1823, M.A. 1826, L.L.D. 1862; M.P. for Derby 1830–1848 when unseated for bribery; M.P. for Arundel 1851–1852 and for Nottingham 1852–1856; chief comr. of railways 29 Aug. 1846 to March 1848; P.C. 30 Oct. 1846; sheriff of Notts. 1850; chancellor of Duchy of Lancaster 30 Dec. 1852 to 21 June 1854; chairman of Notts. quarter sessions 1855; created Baron Belper of Belper, county Derby 29 Aug. 1856; lord lieutenant of Notts. 6 Dec. 1864; pres. of Univ. coll. London 29 July 1871. _d._ 75 Eaton square, London 30 June 1880. BELSHES, JOHN MURRAY. Captain 59 Foot 4 Sep 1812 to 25 May 1816 when placed on h.p.; L.G. 12 Nov. 1862. _d._ Inverary 12 Jany. 1863. _P.R. Drummond’s Perthshire in bygone days_ (1879) 81–85. BELSON, GEORGE JOHN. Second lieutenant R.A. 29 Sep. 1804; lieut. col. 23 Nov. 1841 to 7 April 1842 when he retired on full pay; L.G. 27 Feb. 1866. _d._ Woolwich 22 April 1868 aged 80. BELT, THOMAS (_son of Mr. Belt of Newcastle, seedsman_). _b._ Newcastle 1832; member of Natural history society of Northumberland June 1850; went to Australia 1852; a mining engineer in London 1860; travelled all over Asia and America; superintendent of Nova Scotian gold company’s mines in Nova Scotia 1863–65; examined the quartz rocks of North Wales; superintendent of the Chontales Gold mining company in Nicaragua 1868–72; travelled in Russia 1873–76; F.G.S.; author of _Mineral veins, an enquiry into their origin_ 1861; _The naturalist in Nicaragua_ 1874; _The glacial period in North America_. _d._ Denver, Colorado 21 Sep. 1878 in 46 year. _Natural history transactions of Northumberland vii_, 235–40 (1880).