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
Great Britain -- Biography -- Dictionaries
ALLEN, WILLIAM. _b._ Weymouth Nov. 1792; entered navy 2 Oct. 1805;
accompanied Richard Lander’s expedition up the river Niger 1832;
returned to England April 1834 being one of the nine survivors;
commanded steamer Wilberforce in expedition to Niger 1840–42;
captain 31 Jany. 1842, retired R.A. 12 April 1862; F.R.G.S. 1835,
F.R.S. 18 April 1844; author of _The narrative of expedition sent
to river Niger_ 1848; _The Dead Sea, a new route to India_ 1855;
exhibited landscape paintings at the R.A. 1828–47. _d._ Bank
house, Weymouth 23 Jany. 1864.
ALLEN, WILLIAM FERNELEY (_son of Wm. Houghton Allen of London,
publisher who d. 22 Jany. 1855 aged 67_). _b._ 31 Oct. 1816; a
publisher in London 1855 to death; sheriff 1857–58; alderman for
ward of Cheap 1858 to death, and Lord Mayor 1867–68. _d._ 13
Waterloo place, London 22 May 1877. _bur._ in family vault at
Sevenoaks, Kent 26 May. _I.L.N. li_, 517 (1867), _portrait_.
ALLEN, WILLIAM HENRY. Solicitor in London 1826 to death; principal
of Clifford’s Inn 13 May 1833 to death. _d._ 20 Oct. 1854 aged 71.
ALLEN, WILLIAM PHILIP. _b._ near town of Tipperary April 1848; a
carpenter in Cork, Dublin and Chester; helped to rescue Colonel
Kelly the Fenian from a prison van at Manchester 18 Sep. 1867; in
the mêlée, a police sergeant named Brett was killed; executed at
the old prison Manchester 23 Nov. 1867. _Speeches from the dock._
_Dublin_ 1868.
ALLEYNE, SIR REYNOLD ABEL, 2 Baronet. _b._ 10 June 1789; ed. at
Eton; succeeded his father 1801; member of council in Barbados 30
years; col. of 2 regiment of militia there. _d._ Burton under
Needwood 14 Feb. 1870.
ALLEYNE, SARAH FRANCES. _b._ Clifton 15 Oct. 1836; organised courses
of lectures for women; member of council of Clifton high school
for girls; sec. of Oxford local examination at Clifton; translated
E. Zeller’s _Plato and the older Academy_ 1876 and M. Duncker’s
_History of Greece_ 1883. _d._ London 16 Aug. 1884. _bur._ Redland
Green churchyard 21 Aug.
ALLIES, JABEZ (_2 son of Wm. Allies of Alfrick in Lusley co.
Worcester_). _b._ Alfrick 22 Oct. 1787; a solicitor in London;
author of _The causes of planetary motion_ 1838; _The antiquities
and folk lore of Worcestershire_ _2 ed._ 1852, the best work on
local field names ever published. _d._ Tivoli house, Cheltenham 29
Jany. 1856.
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