AGAR, HONOURABLE AND VENERABLE JAMES (_3 son of Most Rev. Charles Agar, 1 Earl of Normanton_). _b._ 10 July 1781; ed. at Westminster and at Ch. Ch. Ox.; preb. of Timothan in St. Patrick’s cathedral, Dublin 16 Nov. 1805; R. of St. Nicholas without, Dublin 1806; R. of Caningallen, Leitrim 1809; archdeacon of Kilmore 1810 to death. (_m._ 7 July 1829 Louisa youngest dau. of Samuel Thompson of Greenmount, co. Antrim). _d._ 6 Sep. 1866. AGER, JOSEPH (_son of Joseph Ager of London, apothecary_). _b._ London; entered at Pembroke coll. Ox. 1 April 1800 aged 18, Ossulston scholar; B.A. 1803, M.A. 1807, M.B. 1807, M.D. 1810; fellow of his college; F.R.C.P. 30 Sep. 1811, Gulstonian lecturer 1812, and Censor 1815, 1825 and 1835; delivered the Materia Medica lectures 1827–28: F.R. Med. and Chir. soc. 1814; assistant phys. to Marylebone infirmary many years; greatly assisted Robert Hooper, M.D. in the formation of his pathological museum. _d._ 85 Great Portland st. London 17 July 1857 in 77 year. AGLIO, AGOSTINO. _b._ Cremona 15 Dec. 1777; painter at Rome 1797; went to England, Dec. 1803; painted scenery at the Opera house, London 1804, and at Drury Lane theatre 1806; largely employed in decoration of country mansions in England and Ireland; decorated Pantheon in Oxford st. 1811; ceiling of R.C. chapel in Moorfields 1819 where he also executed the altarpiece; produced many easel pictures about 1820; exhibited 22 pictures at British Institution, 8 at the Suffolk st. gallery 1825–56, and 13 at the R.A. 1830–46; painted 2 portraits of the Queen; decorated the Olympic theatre, which was reopened 26 Dec. 1849; published _Mexican Antiquities_ _9 vols._ 1830–48; drew many works in lithography. _d._ 87 Beresford st. Walworth 30 Jany. 1857. _bur._ Highgate cemetery. AGLIONBY, HENRY AGLIONBY. _b._ 28 Dec. 1790; M.P. for Cockermouth (lib.) 12 Dec. 1832 to death. _d._ The manor house, Caterham, Surrey 31 July 1854. _I.L.N. vi_, 184 (1845) _portrait_. AGNESI, LOUIS FERDINAND LEOPOLD, stage name of L. F. L. Agniez. _b._ Erpent, Belgium 17 July 1833; ed. at the Conservatoire, Brussels; a baritone singer of the first rank; member of Italian opera company at Drury Lane; sang at the fifth triennial Handel festival at Crystal palace 19–26 June 1874. _d._ 56 Loudoun road, Hampstead 2 Feb. 1875.