Modern English biography, volume 2 (of 4), I-Q·by Frederic Boase

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Tailors, Moses 749,
Nicoll 1148,
Nugee 1186,
Place 1552,
Poole 1582.
Talkers, Great, Luttrell 537,
Morley 975.
Tasmania, Hobart Town magnetic observatory 163.
Taste and smell, a person with no sense of 776.
Taverns, Anti Gallican 351,
Garrick’s head 351,
London coffee house 361.
Talford, Sir Thomas N., d. 1854, judge, his dramas 166.
Tawell, John, murderer, executed 28 March 1845 182.
Tea dealer, Moffatt 911.
Teachers, first training college for 163.
Teck, Mary, b. 1833, duchess of, taught the piano by Mangold 718.
Telegraphs, Anglo-American telegraph co. 572,
Atlantic cable 1114,
Dover and Calais 1114,
break drum and cone 1114,
first use for capturing a murderer 182,
underground introduced 1148,
wire rope for 1114.
Telescopes, See also Observatories,
grinding specula 214, 310,
reflecting telescopes 310,
specula 310.
Telpherage, automatic transport of goods by electricity 76.
Temperance, Anti Bacchus 1369,
dining room established 477,
first teetotal pledge 452,
Preston temperance advocate 452,
the league of the cross 722.
Temperance advocates, Lamb 283,
Logan 477,
Lucas 524,
M’Gavin 600,
Mathew 791,
Mitchell 903,
Morley 977,
Morris 981,
Mudge 1015,
Murphy 1038,
O’Neill 1246,
Parsons 1369,
Pollard 1572,
Priestman 1643.
Tennis player, Ponsonby 1579.
Tennyson, Alfred, d. 1892, baron, poet, dedication of The Princess 534,
his sister 534,
Flights of Phædo in reply to Maud 226,
poems set to music 343,
verses to E. Lear 343.
Ternnograph, a levelling machine, invention of 144.
Thackeray, William Makepeace, d. 1863, novelist, battle of Limerick 1201,
caricatures G. P. R. James 49,
on Letts’ diaries 401,
his friend 1642.
Theatres, booking agents, Mitchell 904
and Nimmo 1152,
general theatrical fund founded 546,
first opera burlesque 1059,
limelight introduced 755,
no fee system first established 815,
religious services in 977,
theatrical publisher 275,
theatrical portraits 275,
transformation scenes originated 755,
vampire traps first used 1553.
Theatres and other places of Amusement, See also Actors and Music halls.
Adelaide gallery, opened 318,
closed 1449,
Jacobs conjurer at 44.
Adelphi theatre, musical director 836.
Agricultural hall promenade concerts 233.
Alexandra theatre opened 1432.
Alexandra palace, lessees 146.
Alhambra, Marian the giantess 736.
Anatomical museums 148, 158.
Argyle subscription rooms, conductor 318,
opposition to the licence 545,
singer at 147.
Astley’s theatre, manager 922.
Avenue theatre built 1366.
Bower saloon opened 1509.
Britannia theatre opened 298.
Chinese gallery, Hyde park corner 1509.
City of London theatre, lessee 922,
manager 356,
opening night 386,
torn down 356.
Coburg theatre, manager 922.
Colosseum, garden 613,
manager 686,
panorama of London 1360.
Court theatre, lessee 450.
Covent Garden theatre, Barnett fires at Miss Kelly 182,
built 834,
burnt down 155,
conductor 599,
Holland’s circus at 1203,
Israelites in Egypt, an opera suppressed 274,
Lenten oratorios 351,
lessees 186, 680,
musical directors 836, 938,
opera litigation 262,
Rivier’s promenade concerts 793,
scene painters 755, 967.
Cremorne gardens, fatal balloon ascent 314,
musical director 745.
Criterion theatre built 1577.
Dando’s quartet 473.
Drury Lane theatre, A run of luck produced £25,000 1485,
ballet mistress 501,
Jullien’s concerts 155.
Lenten oratorios 351,
lessees 155, 351,
managers 680, 922,
modeller of the masks 174,
musical conductor 155,
patentee 506,
poetical address at the opening 909,
queen’s state visit 1360,
scene painters 47, 755.
Edinburgh theatre royal,
burnt 497,
lessee 395,
manager 459.
Elephant and Castle theatre, lessees 823, 1352.
English opera house, Wellington st. erected 765.
Fitzroy theatre, manager 815.
Garrick theatre, Leman street, burnt down 1483.
German Reed’s Entertainment 1365.
Globe theatre, built 1366,
lessee 930.
Gough street private theatre, which became Havelock hall 1682.
Haymarket theatre, musical director 836.
Her Majesty’s theatre, decorated 107,
Excelsior ballet at 1307,
lessee 784,
manager 528,
Mario appears 736,
musical conductor 528,
pas de quatre at 528,
scene painter 755.
Highbury Barn, musical director 745.
Holborn theatre, built 1366,
first opened 149,
lessees 47, 1368,
manager 149,
stage manager 1368.
Horns’ tavern, Jacobs the conjurer at 44.
Imperial theatre, lessee 450.
Javasu, Princess of, exhibition of 64.
Julia Pastrana, exhibition of 1377.
Laurent’s casino, opened and closed 318.
Lyceum theatre, built 1480,
Jullien’s concerts at 155,
lessee 171,
manager 794,
musical conductors 711, 938,
opera buffa introduced 904,
Penley’s nine nights’ season 817.
Marks and his little men 737.
Marylebone theatre, manager 356.
Miss Kelly’s theatre, built 183.
New Royalty theatre, lessee 1237.
North Woolwich gardens, conductor of music 212.
Olympic theatre, lessees 150, 794,
manager 348,
musical director 351, 711,
scene painter 47.
Olympic arena, i.e. Lambeth baths, opened 355.
Panharmonium at King’s Cross, performance at 68.
Pantheon, Oxford street, Italian opera at 1184.
Pantheon, Catherine street 1510.
Park theatre, lessees 1360.
Parkinson’s museum 1355.
Pavilion theatre, lessee 1608,
manager 356.
Polygraphic hall, Jacobs conjurer at 44.
Polytechnic, chairman 1289,
institute 1189,
lecturers at 225.
Poses plastiques at Garrick’s head 351.
Prince of Wales theatre, Tottenham street, London, acting manager 47,
scene painters 47,
Wilton management 47.
Prince of Wales theatre, Liverpool, lessee 150.
Princess’s theatre, acting manager 25,
lessee 165, 686,
manager 938,
musical conductor 472.
Queen’s theatre, Dublin, lessee 149.
Queen’s theatre, Long Acre, proscenium, painter of 943,
musical conductor 711,
scene painter 381,
stage manager 1363.
Rawstorne street, Islington, a private theatre 356.
Regency theatre, Westminster, manager 921.
Richardson’s Show, an actor in 876,
proprietors 356,
finally dispersed 356,
at Agricultural hall 1352.
Rosherville gardens, master of the ceremonies 1086,
owner 126.
Royal Amphitheatre, Holborn, opened 574.
Royal Mews, Charing Cross, pictures exhibited 297.
Sadler’s Wells, directors 844,
lessees 1490,
manager 149,
musical director 938,
scene painter 47.
St. James’ theatre, built 1480,
French plays and operas at 904.
San Pareil theatre, opened 348.
San Souce theatre, Herr Von Joel at 101.
Saville house, Leicester sq., assaults of arms at 31.
Standard theatre, manager 356.
Strand theatre, acting manager 1368,
directress 25,
lessee 182,
living marionettes 793,
manager 88,
Mark Lemon’s first play 386,
musical directors 351, 938.
Surrey theatre, musical conductor 121,
scene painter 755.
Surrey gardens, book about 167,
Jullien’s concerts 155.
Tottenham street theatre, lessee 351.
Vaudeville theatre, lessee 930.
Vauxhall gardens, account of 1372,
manager 922.
Victoria theatre, lessees 110, 1483,
scene painter 47.
Wilson street private theatre for students 1682.
Woolwich gardens under W. Holland 97.
Theatrical managers, See also Actors,
Charman 574,
Gye 262,
Johnson 356,
Knowles 260,
Lee 356,
Lewis 418,
Liston 445,
Lyster 553,
M’Collam 574,
Macfarren 598,
Maddox 686,
Mapleson 730,
Murray 1056,
Nash 1083,
Newcombe 1117,
Osbaldiston 356,
Parry 1366,
Ratcliffe 1483,
Richardson 356,
Robertson 451.
Thermantidote for cooling houses 72.
Thermometer for deep sea soundings 885.
Thorndon reformatory, Suffolk, established 211.
Thrale, Hester Maria, d. 1857, viscountess Keith 176.
Throat doctors, Mackensie 630,
Moore 948.
Tichborne, Roger or Thomas Castro or Arthur Orton, Kenealey conducting the case 193,
his counsel Mac Mahon 661,
his friend Onslow 1248,
his judges 838.
Ticket of leave men, meeting of 816.
Tiger, encounter with a, 60.
Tiger, A, the first servant so called 351.
Timber merchant 707.
Toptree heath model farm Essex 829.
Tobacco manufacturer, Mitchell 906.
Tom and Jerry, or life in London a drama 922.
Torpey, James diamond robber 530.
Tower of London, keeper of the regalia 1550.
Toxophilites 1667.
Trade Board of, See Board of Trade.
Trade union congress the first 1601.
Trafalgar, battle of, the signal officer at 1374.
Traitors, Lafontaine 276,
Lemaitre 383,
Macmanus 661,
Martin 770,
Meagher 826,
Meany 828,
Mitchel 900,
O’Brien 1201,
O’Conner 1205,
O’Donoghue 1214,
O’Gorman 1223,
O’Mahony 1243,
O’Reilly 1253.
Trapeze performers, Leotard 392,
Olmar 1242.
Travellers, Man 714,
Monroe 926,
Palgrave 1311.
Travelling in a van 556.
Treasury, first lord See also Prime ministers,
Iddesleigh 3, 1176.
Trollope, Anthony, d. 1882, novelist, The Eustace diamonds 848.
Trotter, Captain 1452.
Truro, Cornwall, cathedral, Pullan’s design for 1666.
Turf Commissioner, Perry 1470.
Turkey red dyers 791.
Turner, Joseph M. W., d. 1851, painter, his Liber studiorum 1681,
Johns’ pictures sold as Turner’s 102.

Umbrella, manufacturer 975.
Uranite, nature of 1510.

Vaccination introduced 81.
Vansittart, Henrietta a patentee 513.
Vaulter, Madigan 688.
Vegetarians 234.
Ventriloquists, Jacobs 44,
Love 503.
Victoria Cross given to Kavanagh 162,
Leith 382,
Mc Masters 662,
Macpherson 675,
Malone 713,
Moore 949,
Peel 1435,
Percy 1463.
Victoria, Queen, b. 1819, assaulted by lieut. Pate 1337,
attacked in Tomahawk cartoons 967,
carpet presented to, 1331,
coroner of queen household 724,
drawing masters 343, 381,
duke and duchess of Kent 205,
empress of India 553,
fired at by Edward Oxford on Constitution hill 1297,
greyhound master M’Grath, sent for her to see 532,
keeper of her privy purse 1579,
monthly nurse 431,
inspects the ox Black Prince 575,
keeper of her crown jewels 475,
G. Jackson exhibits feats of dexterity before her 31,
Jackson choir performs before her 40,
marshall of court ceremonies 551,
mask on occasion of her marriage 199,
More Leaves translated into Gaelic 622,
Myers’ circus performs before her 1065,
Neild leaves her half a million 1094,
physician accoucheur 472,
portraits 217, 293, 1360, 1373,
reported attempt to murder 365,
Sir B. Peckham-Micklethwait rendered a service to 1429,
Jennings the sole survivor of priests at her coronation 83,
state visit to Drury lane 1360,
statues and busts of 135, 500,
sub almoner 73,
taught singing by Lablache 272,
taught to etch 293,
theatricals at Windsor 165,
trumpeter to the queen 1348,
vaccinated by T. J. Pettigrew 1484,
visits Birmingham 777,
visits Ireland 549, 1504,
visits Jersey 347,
visits Tillyfour farm, Aberdeenshire 575,
writings translated into Welsh 134.
Victoria regia introduced 1177.
Villikins and his Dinah, a song 815.
Violin maker 200.
Violinists, Lacy 274,
Lucas 522,
Mapleson 730,
Paganini 1409.
Violoncellists, Lindley 435,
Munck 1388,
Pettit 1486,
Phillips 1513.
Volunteers, a starter of the movement 1680,
first corps in England 956.

Waghorn, Thomas, d. 1850, lieutenant, assisted by Levicke 406.
Wales, Eisteddvodau held 1363,
cremation of Price the archdruid 1640,
fasting girl 43,
first free library 1638,
greatest preacher in Welsh 131,
musical societies established 890,
Sunday school examinations founded 135,
University college founded 1287,
Welsh airs 132.
Wales, Prince of, See Albert Edward, col. 1701.
Walking head downward 1242.
Wallah, The first competition 1681.
War, Secretaries at, Macaulay 562,
Palmerston 1325,
Vernon Smith 555.
War, Secretaries of State for, Lewis 413,
Newcastle 1117.
Ward, William, Baron, created Earl Dudley, d. 1885, and Her Majesty’s theatre 529.
Warming and ventilating, engineer for 1522,
with hot water pipes 1466.
Watches, single pin escapement 593,
spiral drill 593,
three leg gravity escapement 593,
watch makers 256, 593, 1553.
Water obtained from a fort in the sea 1066.
Waterloo, battle of in 1815, Kennedy’s plan of infantry formation 197,
Macdonell helps to shut the gates of Hougoumont 587,
medal for engraved 1547.
Warwick, Roman catholic church built 490.
Waugh, Edwin, d. 1890, author 180.
Weber, Karl Maria, d. 1826, musical composer, Der Freischutz produced in England 1506.
Webb, Matthew, drowned in crossing Niagara 1882, a swimmer 1402.
Weighing machines 1586.
Weights, standard weights ruined in fire at houses of parliament 886.
Welbeck abbey, Notts., the tunnels at 1595,
four millions spent on alterations at 1596.
Wellington, Arthur, d. 1852, duke of, allowed earl of Mornington ten pounds a week 979,
attempt to impeach him for R.C. emancipation bill 556,
his god son 410,
monument in St. Paul’s 1330.
Wesley, John, d. 1791, founder of Methodism, picture of his rescue from the fire 1342.
West Ham, near Bow, Middlesex, stipendiary magistrate, the first local appointed 1509.
West India islands, Liberian coffee introduced 7,
limes introduced 7.
Westmacott, Charles Molloy, editor of the Age, d. 1868, assaulted by C. Kemble 186.
Westminster, archbishop of 722.
Westminster abbey, burials in 330, 453,
deanery declined 1423,
portrait of Richard the second 854,
rings thrown into lord Palmerston’s grave 1327,
royal musical festival 1363.
Westminster Palace, bells in clock tower 50,
Big Ben in the clock tower 456,
houses of parliament burnt 886,
paintings of Wellington and Blucher, and The death of Nelson 659.
Westminster school, fagging at 709.
Weston-super-mare, Somerset, town-hall 322.
Wheels, cutting teeth of 99.
Whiskey, distillers of 56, 220.
Whist, Hollywood whist club 738,
laws of 818,
pound points 818,
solo whist 1333.
Whist players, Idle 4,
Lloyd 459,
Mayne 818,
Pole 1570.
Whistler, A 101.
Whittaker, James A., land owner, Kansas 135.
Whittlebury estate, Northamptonshire 473.
White cross movement 429.
Whyte, Mrs. Granville, claimed authorship of John Halifax 1024.
Wicklow, lord lieutenant 828.
William iv, d. 1837, king, diorama illustrating his coronation 755,
his historiographer 49,
physician to 1636,
statue 1154.
Williams, Frederick Henry, dean of Grahamstown, excommunicated 853.
Williams, Montague Stephen, d. 1892, police magistrate 171.
Willing, James, advertisement contractor, lessee of Alexandra palace 146.
Wills, £5,858, col. 1404.
£10,000, col. 1494.
£11,000, col. 1511.
£18,000, col. 171, 1031.
£22,464, col. 1377.
£23,000, col. 1176.
£25,000, col. 829, 1098.
£35,000, col. 165.
£37,824, col. 1183.
£40,000, col. 1503.
£40,630, col. 434.
£58,166, col. 1598.
£71,390, col. 1049.
£90,000, col. 148, 691.
£100,000, col. 905, 906, 1392.
£120,000, col. 1326, 1583, 1606.
£120,937, col. 561.
£130,000, col. 1115.
£136,000, col. 230.
£149,382, col. 1637.
£159,718, col. 690.
£170,000, col. 1326.
£171,000, col. 1137.
£180,000, col. 495.
£200,000, col. 180, 740, 1256.
£203,000, col. 24.
£215,000, col. 1577.
£244,092, col. 1597.
£250,000, col. 348, 555, 801, 834, 953, 1034, 1117, 1466, 1628.
£288,256, col. 1113.
£300,000, col. 90, 211, 403, 737, 807, 1310, 1433.
£344,000, col. 248.
£350,000, col. 142, 304, 741, 777, 911, 999, 1178, 1427.
£359,000, col. 133.
£360,489, col. 1427.
£382,473, col. 272.
£400,000, col. 482, 948, 1408, 1573.
£401,000, col. 286.
£464,000, col. 336.
£466,000, col. 317.
£500,000, col. 137, 285, 393, 767, 1177, 1426.
£520,560, col. 1483.
£535,000, col. 482.
£543,980, col. 373.
£560,563, col. 639.
£563,022, col. 458.
£589,000, col. 1307.
£600,000, col. 457, 737, 1057.
£647,000, col. 321.
£656,449, col. 95.
£678,000, col. 120.
£700,000, col. 40, 492, 572, 1168.
£719,116, col. 758.
£900,000, col. 334, 1595.
£1,000,000, col. 503, 626, 1105, 1449.
£1,069,669, col. 1416.
£1,163,286, col. 1429.
£1,200,000, col. 303, 891.
£1,500,000, col. 1596.
£2,100,000, col. 1282.
£2,500,000, col. 473.
£3,000,000, col. 473, 518, 987, 1200.
£3,121,931, col. 568.
Winchester, Hants, convent of Benedictines, 582.
Windows, duty on repealed 1263.
Windsor, houses removed from walls of the castle 1453,
naval knights at 97, 202,
new furniture designed for the castle 1664,
theatricals at the castle, 165, 171.
Wire walker, Oceana 1203.
Wiseman, Nicholas P. S., d. 1865, Cardinal, his paper The Telegraph 567.
Witty men, Kennedy 203,
Kirwan 247,
Murphy 1038,
Quin 1690.
Wombwell, George, theatrical lessee 150.
Women and the Land league 1358,
female doctor 251,
imprisoned in Ireland 1358,
in male attire 64.
Wood carving, carving by machinery 148,
wood carver 952,
draughtsman on wood 575.
Woods and Forests, first commissioners, Lincoln 1117,
Lowther 492.
Wool brokers, Goldsborough 909,
Mort 991.
Woollen cloth manufacturer 741.
Worcester, Laslett’s almshouses 310.
Worcestershire, lord lieutenant 551.
Wordsworth, William, d. 1850, poet, an acquaintance 1409,
his daughter Dorothy 1689,
his friend 110,
Jemima and Rotha Quillinan 1689.
Works and public buildings, commissioner, Hall 455.
Wrestlers, Atkinson 40,
Chapman 39,
Clattan 646,
Dubois 58,
Gordon 39,
Jackson 39,
Jameson 58,
Longmire 40, 490,
Mc Laughlan 646,
Nelson 39,
Nicol 39,
Selkirk 646,
Wilson 646,
Wright 58.
Writing, art of making a good pen 415,
teacher of 415.

Yachts and Yachting, Mystery the first iron yacht 1304,
Nottage cup 1183,
Nottage institute for sailors 1183.
Yachtsmen, Mc Mullen who sailed alone 664,
Muir 1019.
Yarmouth, Norfolk, fall of suspension bridge 109.
Yelverton, William Charles, 4 viscount Avonmore, d. 1883, his connection with Maria T. Longworth 491.
Yescombe, Rev. Morris of Bath, his wife libelled by W. S. Landor 292.
York, archbishops 689, 1060,
lord mayor 363,
race meetings revived 60.
Yorkshire, Paver’s manuscript collections 1400,
Selby estate sold 481.

Transcriber’s Notes:

1. Obvious printers’, punctuation and spelling errors have been corrected silently.

2. Some hyphenated and non-hyphenated versions of the same words have been retained as in the original.