Modern English biography, volume 1 (of 4), A-HBoase, Frederic
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Modern English biography, volume 1 (of 4), A-H
Boase, Frederic
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BERRI, AMY D’ARTOIS, Duchesse de (_dau. of Rev. Joseph Brown of
Maidstone, Kent who d. 8 April 1824 aged 77 by Mary Anne Deacon
who d. 10 March 1806 aged 59_). _b._ Maidstone 8 April 1783 _m._
at the Catholic church King st. Portman sq. London 1806, Charles
Ferdinand d’Artois Duc de Berri son of Comte d’Artois afterwards
Charles x, he was _b._ 24 Jany. 1778 and was assassinated by
Louvel on the steps of the Opera house Paris 13 Feb. 1820, the
marriage was annulled by Louis xviii in 1815. _d._ Château de la
Contrie, commune de Couffé, Loire-Inférieure France 7 May 1876.
_Les secrets des Bourbons par C. Nauroy_ (1882) 5–62; _Bingham’s
Marriages of the Bonapartes ii_, 198–200 (1881).
BERRIDGE, JAMES SAMUEL. _b._ 1806; Educ. at the Charter House and
Trin. hall Cam.; pres. of legislative council St. Christopher
1846, puisne judge Court of Queen’s Bench and Common Pleas 1847,
chairman of Board of Health 1860, postmaster 1860, pres. of
legislative assembly 1870; pres. of St. Christopher April 1872 to
death; member of executive council of Leeward Islands 1872. _d._
Limekiln, St. Kitts 5 Nov. 1885.
BERRY, JAMES MIDDLETON. Librarian to the Queen 1839 to death. _d._
Manchester 25 Oct. 1875 aged 72.
BERRY, AGNES (_younger dau. of Robert Berry of London, merchant who
d. 18 May 1817_). _b._ Kirkbridge, Yorkshire 29 May 1764;
travelled on the Continent with her sister Mary 1783–85 and 1802.
_d._ 8 Curzon st. London 29 Jany. 1852. _Extracts from the
Journals of Miss Berry, edited by Lady T. Lewis_, 2 _ed. vol._ 1
(1866), _portrait_.
BERRY, ALEXANDER. _b._ Fifeshire 30 Nov. 1781; member of legislative
council of New South Wales 1829; member of the upper house
1856–61. _d._ Sydney 17 Sep. 1873.
BERRY, REV. CHARLES (_3 son of Rev. John Berry, Independent minister
at Romsey, Hants who d. about 1821_). _b._ Romsey 10 Nov. 1783;
ed. at Homerton college; Unitarian minister of the Great meeting
Leicester 1803–59; kept a school at Leicester 1808–38, had many
distinguished pupils; one of founders of Leicester literary and
philosophical society and of Leicester town museum; author of _The
duty of national thanksgiving_ 1812; _Funeral sermon for Queen
Caroline_ 1821; _Remarks on Popery_ 1851. _d._ Olive Mount,
Wavertree, Liverpool 4 May 1877. _Remembrance of Rev. C. Berry by
J. C._ (_James Clephan_) 1877.
BERRY, REV. CORNELIUS (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ Romsey 23
July 1788; ed. at Homerton college; Independent minister at Ware,
Herts 1 Oct. 1809 to 30 Sep. 1810, at Hatfield Heath, Essex 31
March 1811 to death; ordained 9 Oct. 1811. _d._ 5 Mathon place,
Richmond road, Barnsbury, London 8 Sep. 1864. _Biographical sketch
of the Rev. C. Berry by John Hayden_ 1865.
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