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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BERRY, MARY (_sister of Agnes Berry_). _b._ Kirkbridge, Yorkshire 16
March 1763; travelled on the Continent 1783–85 and 1802; became
acquainted with Horace Walpole 1788 who left her at his death 2
March 1797 sum of £4000 and house called Little Strawberry Hill;
engaged to General O’Hara 1796; edited _The works of Horace
Walpole 5 vols._ 1798 on which her father’s name appears as
editor; author of _Fashionable Friends_, a comedy in 5 acts
produced at Drury Lane theatre 22 April 1802; _A comparative view
of the social condition of England and France_ 1828; _Social life
in England and France from the French revolution in 1789 to that
of July 1830_ [_anon._] 1831. _d._ 8 Curzon st. London at midnight
20 Nov. 1852. _H. Martineau’s Biographical sketches, 4 ed._ (1876)
293–98; _Extracts from the Journals of Miss Berry, edited by Lady
T. Lewis, 2 ed. 3 vols._ 1866, 3 _portraits_; _I.L.N. xxi_, 517
(1852), _portrait_.
BERRY, WILLIAM. Writing clerk to Registrar of College of arms
1793–1809; lived in Guernsey some years then at Doddington place,
Kennington, Surrey; author of _Introduction to heraldry_ 1810;
_History of the island of Guernsey_ 1815; _Genealogica antiqua or
mythological and classical fables_ 1816; _Encyclopædia heraldica 4
vols._ 1828; _Pedigrees of the families in the County of Kent_
1830, _Sussex_ 1830, _Hampshire_ 1833, _Berkshire, Buckinghamshire
and Surrey_ 1837, _Essex_ 1839, _Hertfordshire_ 1842, the 3 last
of these books were produced by means of lithography. _d._ Spencer
place, Brixton 2 July 1851 in 77 year. _G.M. xcix_; _pt._ 2,
99–101 (1829), _c, pt._ 2, 409–16 (1830), _xxxviii_, 101 (1852).
BERTINI, HENRI JÉRÔME. _b._ London 28 Oct. 1798; celebrated pianist,
excelled in phrasing and execution; gave concerts in the
Netherlands 1811; made a professional tour through England and
Scotland; settled in Paris 1821, retired about 1855; composed
nearly 200 pieces of music. _d._ Meylan near Grenoble 1 Oct. 1876.
BERWICK, RICHARD NOEL NOEL HILL, 5 Baron. _b._ Betton, Shropshire 21
Nov. 1800; succeeded 28 Sep. 1848. _d._ Cronkhill near Shrewsbury
12 April 1861.
BERWICK, WILLIAM NOEL NOEL HILL, 6 Baron. _b._ 6 July 1802; ensign 3
Foot 13 Nov. 1817; major 69 Foot 4 Dec. 1835 to 30 Oct. 1840 when
placed on h.p.; colonel 20 June 1854; succeeded 12 April 1861.
_d._ Attingham hall near Shrewsbury 24 Nov. 1882.
BERWICK, EDWARD. Called to Irish bar 1832; pres. of Queen’s college
Galway 1845 to death. _d._ Queen’s college, Galway 7 March 1877.
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