R.H.A. royal horse artillery. r.l. royal licence. R.M. royal marines. R.N. royal navy. R.S.A. Royal Scottish academician. S.C.L. student of civil laws. sch. school. sec. secretary. soc. society. S.P.C.K. society for propagation of Christian Knowledge. S.P.G. society for propagation of the Gospel. sq. square. st. street. T.R. theatre royal. Trans. Transactions. U.K. United Kingdom. U.S. United States. V. vicar. V.A. vice admiral. V.C. Victoria cross. V.P. vice president. Ven. venerable. Vict. Victoria. W.S. writer to the signet. A ABBEY, JOHN. _b._ Whilton, Northants 22 Dec. 1785; employed by James David and then by Hugh Russell organ-builders London; worked for Sebastian Erard in Paris 1826; an organ-builder in Paris; built choir organs for cathedrals of Rheims, Nantes, Versailles, and Evreux, large organs for cathedrals of Rochelle, Rennes, Viviers, Tulle, Bayeux and Amiens, many organs for South America, and an organ for the opera-house in Rue Lepelletier, Paris, destroyed by fire with the house, 28 Nov. 1873; introduced into French organs English mechanism, and the bellows invented by Alexander Cumming. _d._ Versailles 19 Feb. 1859. ABBISS, JAMES. _b._ Wallsworth near Hitchin in Herts 3 June 1812; tea-dealer in Gracechurch st. London 1835; chairman of City of London Union 1857 to death; alderman for ward of Bridge 1859–67; sheriff of London 1860–61. _d._ The Shrubbery, Chase Side, Enfield 7 July 1882. _bur._ Edmonton ch. yard 11 July. ABBISS, REV. JOHN (_son of John Abbiss of Wandsworth, Surrey_). _b._ 12 July 1789; matric. Trin. Coll. Ox. 10 Oct. 1810, B.A. 1814, M.A. 1817; R. of St. Bartholomew the Great, city of London 1819 to death. _d._ 41 Myddelton sq. Clerkenwell 8 July 1883. _bur._ Stoke d’Abernon near Leatherhead 13 July.