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
ANDREWS, ALEXANDER. Author of _The eighteenth century_ 1856; _The
history of British journalism_, _2 vols._ 1859. _d._ Albion grove,
Stoke Newington 9 Nov. 1873 aged 50.
ANDREWS, AUGUSTUS. Entered Madras army 1793; col. of 27 N.I. 5 June
1829, of 42 N.I. 21 Feb. 1834, of 1 N.I. 5 Jany. 1837, of 8 N.I. 2
Oct. 1848, and of 39 N.I. 4 July 1856 to death; general 16 March
1855; C.B. 23 July 1823. _d._ Vellore, Bath 3 March 1858 aged 78.
ANDREWS, BIGGS. _b._ 1794; barrister M.T. 12 Nov. 1819; bencher 21
April 1837, treasurer 1846; K.C. 24 Feb. 1837; comr. of bankrupts
for Exeter district 16 Dec. 1858 to 31 Dec. 1869 when granted
£1,800 on abolition of his office. _d._ Heavitree house near
Exeter 28 April 1880 in 86 year.
ANDREWS, GEORGE. _b._ London 1798; made his début as Lothair in
_Adelgitha_ at Manchester 1819; first appeared in America Oct.
1827 as Bob Acres in _The Rivals_ at Federal st. theatre Boston;
acted in New York 1838, in Philadelphia 1842; left the stage and
managed old Chinese Buildings, New York as a ball room. _d._ New
York 7 April 1866.
ANDREWS, HARRY. _b._ Monmouthshire 28 May 1831; a pedestrian; won
the Four Miles champion cup at Bow; defeated the American Deer,
Whitmore, Deerfoot, and many others; managed running grounds at
Lillie Bridge and Surbiton. _d._ Cottage grove, Surbiton 7 March
1885.
ANDREWS, HENRY OGDEN (_youngest son of Charles Savery Andrews,
captain 24 foot_). _b._ St. John’s, Newfoundland 28 April 1808;
ed. at Stratford on Avon, and in Canada; called to Canadian bar;
Q.C. _d._ 37 Lansdowne crescent, Leamington 25 March 1884.
ANDREWS, JANE (_dau. of Mr. Constant_). _b._ 1817; vocal composer
and teacher. (_m._ John Holman Andrews). _d._ 60 Baker st. Portman
sq. London 29 March 1878.
ANDREWS, RICHARD (_son of Thomas Andrews of Bramdean, Hants,
wheelwright_). _b._ Bishop Sutton near Alresford 18 Dec 1798; a
coachmaker at Southampton 1 Oct. 1832 to death; sold more than 300
carriages for £22,000 in 1845; built state carriages for Mehemet
Ali and the Sultan; one of first members of Anti-Corn-law league;
sheriff of Southampton 1848, mayor 1849, 1850, 1851 and 31 May
1856 to Dec. 1856; contested Southampton Dec. 1856; gave a great
banquet to Louis Kossuth on his arrival in England 25 Oct. 1851.
_d._ Portland st. Southampton 28 March 1859. _I.L.N. xix_, 549
(1851), _xx_, 12 (1852), _portrait_.
ANDREWS, ROBERT. Colonel R.A. 20 June 1854 to 7 June 1856; M.G. 7
June 1856. _d._ Sunderland terrace, Westbourne park, London 1 Nov.
1863.
ANDREWS, ROBERT. Called to Irish bar 1825; Q.C. 7 Feb. 1849. _d._
1865.
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