Mendelssohn were first performed in this country at Windsor castle by his command. _d._ at Windsor castle at 10.50 p._m._ 14 Dec. 1861. _The life of The Prince Consort by Theodore Martin 5 vols._ 1874–80, 5 _portraits_; _The early homes of Prince Albert by Alfred Rimmer_ 1883; _Medical Times and Gazette ii_, 638–42 (1861). ALCHIN, WILLIAM TURNER. _b._ St. Mary-at-Hill Billingsgate, London 1790; a solicitor at Winchester; compiled indexes to ecclesiastical registers of Winchester and Salisbury; librarian of Guildhall library, London 1845 to death; compiled indexes to the ancient records of the corporation of London; and calendar of the wills enrolled in the court of Hustings of London. _d._ Chelsea 3 Feb. 1865. ALCOCK, THOMAS SAINT LEGER. Major 95 foot 2 Feb. 1844 to 21 April 1846 when placed on half pay; lieut. colonel 1 or royal East Middlesex militia 30 Jany. 1851 to 21 July 1871; colonel 21 July 1871 to death. _d._ 22 Somerset st. Portman sq. 7 Aug. 1882. ALDBOROUGH, BENJAMIN O’NEALE STRATFORD, 6 Earl of. _b._ Dublin 10 June 1808; succeeded 4 Oct. 1849; took out 5 patents for Improvements in aerial navigation 1854–57. _d._ Alicante, Spain 19 Dec. 1875. ALDER, JOSHUA (_son of Mr. Alder of Newcastle, provision merchant who d. Nov. 1808_). _b._ Dean st. Newcastle 7 April 1792; ed. at Tanfield school; member of Literary and Philosophical society of Newcastle Feb. 1815; a provision merchant at Newcastle to 1840; collected the large museum of shells and zoophytes which with his library was presented by Sir Wm. Armstrong to Natural history society of Northumberland and Durham; this society founded in 1839 and the Tyneside Naturalists Field Club founded in 1846 owed very much to Alder, pres. of this club 1849; granted a civil list pension of £70 18 June 1863; author with Albany Hancock of the great monograph _On the British Nudibranchiate Mollusca_ 1845–55 (Ray, Society); wrote more than 50 papers all zoological in the chief natural history periodicals. _d._ Newcastle 21 Jany. 1867. _Natural history trans. of Northumberland and Durham i_, 324–37 (1867), _portrait_.