Vol. I (ff. 168). Abel - Bentley.includes:f. 1 Sir Frederick Augustus Abel, Baronet; FRS: Letter to T. H. S. Escott from Sir Frederick Augustus Abel: 1883.f. 3 Francis Adams, solicitor, of Birmingham: Letter to T. H. S. Escott from Francis Adams:... Unspecified

Benjamin, J. P. (Judah Philip), 1811-1884

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Judah Philip Benjamin, QC (August 6, 1811 – May 6, 1884) was a lawyer and politician who was a United States Senator from Louisiana, a Cabinet officer of the Confederate States and, after his escape to the United Kingdom at the end of the American Civil War, an English barrister. Benjamin was the first Jew to hold a Cabinet position in North America and the first to be elected to the United States Senate who had not renounced his faith. Benjamin was born to Sephardic Jewish parents from Londo...

Baker, Samuel White, Sir, 1821-1893

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Samuel White Baker was born in London and educated in England and Germany. His father, a merchant with the West India Company, wanted his son to follow in his footsteps, but young Samuel chose instead the life of an adventurer. He founded an immigrant colony in Ceylon, published several books on hunting, supervised the construction of a railway connecting the Danube with the Black Sea, and bought a Hungarian slave girl in Bulgaria (whom he rechristened "Florence" and eventually married). She acc...

Barrington, George William, 7th Viscount Barrington

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Ardagh, John Charles, 1840-1907

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1859 joined the Royal Engineers; 1875 attached to the intelligence branch of the War Office; 1876 reported on the defence of Constantinople; 1878 attended the congress of Berlin as technical military delegate; 1879 member of the Bulgarian boundary commission; 1881 commissioner for the delimitation of the Turco-Greek frontier; 1882 special service, Egypt; 1884 head of intelligence department, Sudan Expedition; 1885 commandant of base, Nile Expedition; 1886 chief staff officer, Nile E...

Agg-Gardner, James Tynte

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Barrett, Wilson, actor-manager

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Beauclerk, William Amelius Aubrey de Vere, active 1870-1899, 10th Duke of St Albans

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Arnold, Sir Arthur, radical politician and writer

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Austin, Alfred, Poet Laureate

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Bell, George Charles, Reverend Canon of Sarum

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Barthelemy, H.

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Butterfield, Squire White, Sir, 1841-1926, Knight, actor-manager, stage name Squire Bancroft

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Husband of Marie Bancroft, née Wilton Epithet: actor-manager, stage name Squire Bancroft Title: Knight British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001085.0x0002ba ...

Bentley, George

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Epithet: of Richard Bentley and Son publishers British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000688.0x00037c ...

Beauclerk, Grace, 2nd wife of William 10th Duke of St Albans

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Batten, G H M

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Adams, Francis, 1796-1861

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Epithet: solicitor of Birmingham British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000757.0x000210 ...

Baker, Valentine, 1827-1887

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Epithet: Baker Pasha' British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000757.0x000216 ...

Forster, Hugh Oakeley Arnold-, 1855-1909, politician

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Hugh Oakeley Arnold was born in Dawlish, Devon on 19 August 1855 into an illustrious family. His late grandfather, Thomas Arnold, had been headmaster at Rugby; his uncles included the poet and critic, Matthew Arnold, and the literary scholar, Thomas Arnold; an aunt was the novelist Mary Ward (also known as Mrs Humphry Ward); and a cousin was the journalist W. T. Arnold. When he was just four months old he moved to India where his father, William Delafield Arnold, was Director of Pub...

Barry, William, active 1902-1905

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Balfour, Arthur James

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Arthur James Balfour was born on 25 July 1848 at Whittingehame, East Lothian. He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge. He began his political career in 1874 when he was elected Conservative Member of Parliament for Hertford, and between 1878 and 1880, acted as private secretary to his uncle, the Marquis of Salisbury, who was then secretary of state for foreign affairs. In 1885, Balfour was elected Member of Parliament for the eastern division of Manchester, a ...

Yorke, Alexander Grantham, 5th son of Charles groom-in-waiting to Queen Victoria 5th Earl of Hardwicke

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Epithet: 5th son of Charles groom-in-waiting to Queen Victoria 5th Earl of Hardwicke British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001149.0x000089 ...

Ayrton, Arthur S

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Bagwell, Richard, 1840-1918

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Epithet: Dean of Clogher British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000677.0x000067 ...

Abel, Frederick Augustus, Sir, 1826-1902

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One of the original students at the Royal College of Chemistry and became assistant to A. H. Hofmann (F. R. S. 1851); demonstrator of Chemistry at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London 1851, and lecturer on Chemistry at Royal Military Academy at Woolwich 1852; ordnance chemist at Woolwich, 1854, and chemist to War Department there, 1856; chief official authority on explosives and with James Dewar invented cordite 1889; Fellow of the Royal Society 1860; Royal Medal, 1877; president of Chemical Socie...

Arnold, Matthew, 1822-1888

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Matthew Arnold's reflective, urbane poetry and novels thoughtfully express the social issues and religious confusion of Victorian England. He worked as a school inspector, and his belief in liberal education is a theme in his poetry and essays. From the description of Matthew Arnold letters, 1875-1886. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 50209290 British poet. From the description of Letter to Mr. Williams [manuscript], n.y. March 21. (...

Arnold, Edwin, sir, 1832-1904

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British poet and journalist. From the description of Letter : London, 1879 May 17. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 316061222 From the description of Edwin Arnold letters and photographs, 1870-1903. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19105778 From the description of Letters, 1869-1900. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 31997523 From the description of In the palace of pain : an address delivered at St. Thomas's Hospital : [Lo...

Barrère, Pierre Eugène Camille, active 1868-1922, French diplomatist

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Ballantine, William, active 1827-1881, serjeant-at-law

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Allen, Grant

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Epithet: author, d1899 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000471.0x000344 Epithet: author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000813.0x0003d7 ...

Beaman, Ardern George Hulme, diplomat and journalist

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Epithet: diplomat and journalist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000757.0x00021a ...

Bateson, J.

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Baring, Thomas George, 1826-1904, 1st Earl of Northbrook, Viceroy of India

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1857-1858 Lord of the Admiralty; 1857–1866 MP for Falmouth and Penryn; 1859-1864 under-secretary, India Office; 1861 and 1868-1872 under-secretary, War Office; 1864-1866 under-secretary, Home Office; 1872-1876 viceroy of India; 1880-1885 first lord of the Admiralty. Epithet: Viceroy of India Title: 1st Earl of Northbrook British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000560.0x0003b5 ...