ALLIOTT, REV. RICHARD (_son of Rev. Richard Alliott, pastor of congregational church in Castle Gate, Nottingham_). _b._ 1 Sep 1804; ed. at Homerton college and Glasgow univ.; LLD. 1840; assistant minister to his father 1828; co-pastor with him 1830–40; ordained Jany. 1830; pastor of same church 1840; of church in York road, Lambeth, London 1843–49; pres. of Western college, Plymouth 1849–57; pres. of Cheshunt college 1857; chairman of Congregational union of England and Wales 1858; professor of dogmatic and general theology and philosophy at Spring Hill college, Birmingham, Sep. 1860 to death; pastor of church at Acock’s Green near Birmingham 1860 to death; author of _Psychology and Theology_ 1854. _d._ Acock’s Green 20 Dec. 1863. ALLMAN, THOMAS. Bookseller in Princes st. Hanover sq. 1817; at Holborn hill 1830–59, when he retired. _d._ 2 Clifton villas, Maida hill, London 3 Dec. 1870 aged 78. ALLOCK, JON JUNIM. _b._ China; brought to England by Andrew Ducrow the equestrian about 1819; a great attraction at Astley’s, London as a Chinese juggler; travelled with Ducrow all over Europe and America; fell from a horse and broke his thigh about 1841; lived at Glasgow about 1845 to death. _d._ Glasgow 9 Aug. 1859 aged nearly 80. ALLOM, THOMAS. _b._ London 13 March 1804; articled to Francis Goodwin, architect; furnished the drawings for many illustrated works published by Virtue & Co. and Heath and Co.; exhibited drawings at the R.A.; made for Sir Charles Barry the drawings of new Houses of Parliament which were presented to Nicholas Czar of Russia. _d._ 1 Lonsdale road, Barnes, Surrey 21 Oct. 1872. ALLSOP, THOMAS. _b._ Stainsborough hall near Wirksworth, Derbyshire 10 April 1795; a stockbroker in London; the favourite disciple of Samuel Taylor Coleridge; great friend of Charles Lamb, Robert Owen and other eminent men; author of _Letters, conversations and recollections of S. T. Coleridge, 2 vols._ 1836; _California and its gold mines in 1852–3_. _d._ Exmouth, Devon 12 April 1880. _bur._ Woking cemetery 17 April. _Dictionary of national biography i_, 337–39 (1885). ALMOND, EMMA (_dau. of Mr. Romer_). _b._ 1814; first appeared on stage at Covent Garden 16 Oct. 1830 as Donna Clara in _The Duenna_; the original Zerlina in Auber’s opera _Fra Diavolo_ at C.G. 3 Nov. 1831; original singer of title parts in Barnett’s _Mountain Sylph_ and _Fair Rosamond_; chief singer at English opera house; sang at Westminster Abbey festival 1834; sang at Drury Lane 1836; manager of the Surrey theatre 1852, where she brought out a series of operas in English. (_m._ 1836 George Almond of Bond st. hatter, he _d._ Nov. 1863). _d._ Clifton terrace, Margate 14 April 1868. _bur._ Brompton cemetery 21 April. _Actors by daylight ii_, 57 (1839), _portrait_.