BENEDICT, SIR JULIUS (_2 son of M. Benedict of Stuttgart, banker_). _b._ Stuttgart 27 Nov. or 24 Dec. 1804; pupil of Hummel at Weimar and of Weber at Dresden; conductor at the Kärnthnerthor theatre Vienna 1823–25 and at the San Carlo and Fondo theatres Naples 1825–35; went to London 1835; conducted a series of Italian comic operas at Lyceum theatre 1836; conductor of English opera at Drury Lane 1838, where he produced _The gipsy’s warning_ 19 April 1838; _The brides of Venice_ 22 April 1844, and _The Crusaders_ 1846; travelled with Jenny Lind in the United States and Havannah and directed all her 122 concerts 1850–52; formed a choral society called The vocal association; conductor of Italian opera at Drury Lane and Her Majesty’s theatres 1859–60; conducted the Norwich Musical Festivals 1845–78 where he produced _Undine_ 1860, _Richard Cœur de Lion_ 1863 and _St. Cecilia_ 1866; conducted the Monday Popular Concerts; his best known opera _The Lily of Killarney_ was produced at Covent Garden 8 Feb. 1862; conductor of Liverpool Philharmonic society 9 April 1867 to Feb. 1879; wrote for Birmingham musical festivals _St. Peter_ 1870 and _Graziella_ 1873; knighted at Windsor Castle 24 March 1871. _d._ 2 Manchester sq. London 5 June 1885. _I.L.N. lviii_, 377 (1871), _portrait, lxvi_, 494 (1875), _portrait_; _Scribner’s Monthly xiii_, 480–84 (1877); _Graphic xxix_, 184 (1884), _portrait_. BENETT, JOHN (_2 son of Thomas Benett of Pyt house Tisbury, Wilts. who d. 16 May 1797 aged 68_). _b._ 20 May 1773; sheriff of Wilts. 1798; M.P. for Wilts. 19 July 1819 to 3 Dec. 1832 and for South Wilts. 17 Dec. 1832 to 1 July 1852; author of some essays on agricultural subjects. _d._ Pyt house 1 Oct. 1852. _G.M. xxxviii_, 636–37 (1852). BENHAM, JAMES ERLE. Ed. at St. Mary hall Ox.; student Middle Temple 20 Nov. 1875; author of _The student’s guide to the preliminary examination for attorneys and solicitors_ 1868; edited _The preliminary examination Journal_ 1871. _d._ Abercorn house, Baron’s court, Kensington, London 11 July 1885 aged 34. BENHAM, WILLIAM. Author of _English ballads for school reading_ 1862; _St. Matthew, authorised version_ 1862; _Epistles for the Christian year, with notes_ 1864; _Companion to the Lectionary_ 1873. _d._ 14 Arley hill, Bristol 16 Sep. 1885 aged 69. BENIOWSKI, BARTHOLOMEW. Educ. at Ecole d’etat major of Paris 1832–33; major in Polish army; attempted to revolutionise art of printing by use of short words cast into one such as, and, but, the; teacher of memory at the Royal Adelaide gallery, Strand, London 1842; took out patents for machinery for printing and composing type 1846, 47 and 49; author of _Phrenotypics_ 1842; _A French vocabulary_ 1843; _The Anti-absurd or phrenotypic alphabet and orthography_ 1844. _d._ 8 Bow st. Covent Garden 29 March 1867 aged 66.