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TextCUMING, Richard.
b.
London 20 March 1777; one of first members of Aurelian Soc. 1801 afterwards known as Entomological Soc. of London; member of Lambeth Chemical Soc. established 1801; invented the Phantasmagoria 1801 which was shown by Philipstal at Lyceum theatre 1802; made purchases from all celebrated collections of curiosities and natural history which were sold 1806–70; Assoc. British Archæol. Soc. 1858; translated greater part of Cuvier’s Règne Animal to which Edward Pidgeon’s name is attached.
d.
63 Kennington park road, London 15 Feb. 1870.
bur.
Norwood cemetery 22 Feb.
Journal of British Archæol. Assoc. xxvii
, 542–4 (1871).
CUMMING, Sir Henry John.
b.
1772; cornet 11 light dragoons 12 May 1790, lieut.-col. 17 Feb. 1803 to 20 Jany. 1837; present at every engagement in the Peninsula except siege of Badajoz; col. 12 lancers 20 Jany. 1837 to death; general 9 Nov. 1846; K.C.H. 13 March 1833.
d.
15 Upper Grosvenor st. London 28 Nov. 1856.
CUMMING, Rev. James.
b.
St. James’s, Westminster 23 Oct. 1777; ed. at Trin. coll. Cam., 10 wrangler 1801, B.A. 1801, M.A. 1804, fellow of his college 1803–15; professor of chemistry in Univ. of Cam. 1815 to death; made important modifications and simplifications of electric methods; pres. of Cambridge Philosophical Soc.; F.R.S. 4 Jany. 1816, F.G.S. 1816; R. of North Runcton, Norfolk 1819 to death; author of
A manual of Electro-Dynamics
1827.
d.
North Runcton 10 Nov. 1861.
CUMMING, Rev. John.
b.
parish of Fintray, Aberdeenshire 10 Nov. 1807; ed. at Aberdeen gr. sch. and univ.; M.A. 1827; licensed to preach by Aberdeen presbytery 3 May 1832; minister of National Scottish church, Crown court, Covent Garden, London 18 Aug. 1832 to 21 July 1879, church was rebuilt at cost of £5000, 1847–8; a prominent controversialist; opposed the Free church of Scotland in many pamphlets and lectures; took part in the Maynooth controversy 1845; became widely known by his writings on the interpretations of prophecy; lectured against Bishop Colenso 1863; his letters to the
Times
signed a ‘Beemaster’ attracted much notice and were the basis of a work called
Beekeeping
1864; his admirers raised a sum of £3000 for him 1879 which bought an annuity of £300; author of
Lectures for the times, or an exposition of Tridentine and Tractarian Popery
1844;
Is Christianity from God? a manual of Christian evidence
1847,
11 ed.
1871;
Apocalyptic Sketches 3 series
1848–50;
Prophetic studies, or lectures on the book of Daniel
1850;
Signs of the times, or present, past and future
1854;
The great tribulation, or things coming on the earth
1859;
Popular lectures on the Essays and Reviews
1861;
The Millenial rest, or the world as it will be
1862;
Moses right and Bishop Colenso wrong
1863;
Driftwood, seawood and fallen leaves 2 vols.
1863, and more than 90 other books.
d.
Chiswick 5 July 1881.
In memoriam Rev. John Cumming, D.D, printed for private distribution n.d.
;
Rev. C. M. Davies’s Unorthodox London
(1873) 201–17;
Westminster Review n.s. viii
, 436–62 (1855);
Essays by George Eliot
(1884) 145–99;
Illust. news of the world iii
(1859),
portrait
;
Graphic xxiv
, 149 (1881),
portrait
.
CUMMING, Rev. Joseph George (
2 son of Joseph Notsall Cumming of Mattock
).
b.
Matlock 15 Feb. 1812; ed. at Oakham gr. sch. and Em. coll. Cam., B.A. 1834, M.A. 1837; C. of North Runcton, Norfolk 1835–38; vice principal of King William’s college, Isle of Man 1841–55; master of Lichfield gr. sch. 1855–58; warden and professor of classical literature and geology in Queen’s college, Birmingham 1858–62; R. of Mellis, Suffolk 1862–67; V. of St. John’s, Bethnal Green, London 1867 to death; F.G.S. 1846; author of
The Isle of Man, its history, physical, ecclesiastical, civil and legendary
1848;
A chronology of ancient, sacred and profane history
1853;
The great Stanley, or James VIIth Earl of Derby
1867.
d.
St. John’s vicarage, Bethnal Green 21 Sep. 1868.
Reg. and mag. of biog. i
, 219–20 (1869).
CUMMING, William.
b.
about 1822; M.R.C.S. 1844, L.S.A. 1847; a surgeon in London; the pioneer of modern ophthalmology; the first to demonstrate that rays of light falling on the human retina might be reflected back to the eye of an observer, this important fact was communicated by him to the Medico-Chirurgical Soc. of London, June 1846 in a paper
On a luminous appearance of the human eye
.
d.
15 Warkworth terrace, Commercial road, London 5 June 1855 aged 33.
CUMMING-BRUCE, Charles Lennox (
2 son of Sir Alexander Penrose Cumming-Gordon 1 baronet, who d. 10 Feb. 1806
).
b.
20 Feb. 1790; ed. at Winchester and C.C. coll. Ox., M.A. 1810; M.P. for Inverness district of burghs 17 May 1833 to 17 July 1837, for Elgin and Nairnshire 25 April 1840 to 11 Nov. 1868; joint sec. of board of control Feb. to Dec. 1852; assumed additional surname of Bruce on his marriage 1820.
d.
Broom hall near Dunfermline 1 Jany. 1875.
CUMMING-GORDON, Roualeyn George Gordon (
2 son of the succeeding
).
b.
Altyre, co. Elgin 15 March 1820; ed. at Eton; cornet Madras cavalry 1838–40; ensign royal Newfoundland companies 3 Nov. 1843; ensign Cape Mounted rifles 23 Feb. 1844 to 22 July 1845 when he sold out; hunted in interior of South Africa 1845–50; exhibited his trophies at Great Exhibition 1851; lectured in London and the provinces 1855–58; kept a museum of his trophies at Fort Augustus on the Caledonian canal 1858 to death; author of
Five years of a hunter’s life in the far interior of South Africa 2 vols.
1850 which had an immense success;
The lion hunter of South Africa
1856.
d.
Fort Augustus 24 March 1866.
I.L.N. xx
, 512 (1852),
portrait
.
CUMMING-GORDON, Sir William Gordon, 2 Baronet.
b.
Altyre 20 July 1787; succeeded his father 10 Feb. 1806; M.P. for Elgin district of burghs 23 May 1831 to 3 Dec. 1832.
d.
Altyre 23 Nov. 1854.
CUNARD, Sir Edward, 2 Baronet (
son of the succeeding
).
b.
Halifax, Nova Scotia 1 Jany. 1816; agent of Cunard line of steamers at New York 1835–65; head of firm of Cunard, Burns and Mac Iver 1865 to death.
d.
suddenly at New York 6 April 1869, personalty sworn under £300,000, 5 June 1869.
CUNARD, Sir Samuel, 1 Baronet (
son of Abraham Cunard of Philadelphia, mechanic
).
b.
Halifax, Nova Scotia 21 Nov. 1787; a merchant at Halifax; established with George Burns of Glasgow and David Mac Iver of Liverpool the British and North American Royal mail steam packet company 1838; contracted with the government 4 May 1839 for conveyance of the mails between Liverpool and Halifax, Boston and Quebec for 7 years at £60,000 per annum, the first voyage across the Atlantic was made by the Britannia 4–18 July 1840; F.R.G.S. 1846; created baronet 9 March 1859.
d.
26 Prince’s gardens, Kensington, London 28 April 1865, personalty sworn under £350,000, 27 May.
W. S. Lindsay’s Merchant Shipping iv
, 178–86, 217–20, 226–50 (1876);
Fortunes made in business ii
, 325–71 (1884);
London Society xxxviii
, 33–47 (1880).
CUNDY, Thomas (
eld. son of Thomas Cundy of London, architect 1765–1825
).
b.
1790; an architect in London; surveyor to Earl Grosvenor’s London estates Dec. 1825 to death; erected Holy Trinity, Paddington, St. Paul’s, Knightsbridge, and other churches in west end of London.
d.
Bromley, Kent 15 July 1867.
CUNINGHAM, Alexander (
2 son of Charles Cuningham of Newholm, Lanarkshire
).
b.
Edinburgh 1805; ed. at high school and univ. of Edin.; a writer to the signet 1827; joint sec. with his father to comrs. of northern lighthouses 1842, sec. 1846–75; fellow of royal Scottish society of arts before whom he read many papers on subjects connected with lighthouse service.
d.
Palmerston place, Edinburgh 16 June 1883.
CUNINGHAM, David. Entered Bombay army 1816; brigadier in command at Aden 18 Sep. 1848 to 9 Jany. 1851; col. 1 Bombay light cavalry 19 Oct. 1849 to death; M.G. 28 Nov. 1854.
d.
Cluny house near Dunkeld 4 Sep. 1861 aged 59.
CUNINGHAM, John (
eld. son of John Cuningham of Port Glasgow, merchant
).
b.
Port Glasgow 1782; admitted advocate at Scotch bar 1807; deputy to Lord Advocate Jeffery, Dec. 1830; sheriff of Morayshire 1831; solicitor general for Scotland 22 April 1835; judge of supreme court with courtesy title of Lord Cuningham 9 Feb. 1837 to May 1853 when he resigned.
d.
23 Moray place, Edinburgh 26 Oct. 1854.
Crombie’s Modern Athenians
(1882), 47–48,
portrait
.
CUNLIFFE, Sir Robert Henry, 4 Baronet (
2 son of Sir Foster Cunliffe, 2 baronet 1755–1834
).
b.
Chester 22 April 1785; entered Bengal army 1798; major 1 Bengal N.I. 17 Oct. 1818; col. 4 Bengal N.I. 30 May 1828 to death; knighted by patent 16 Sep. 1829; succeeded 15 June 1834; C.B. 28 July 1838; general 13 Oct. 1857.
d.
Acton park near Wrexham, Denbighshire 10 Sep. 1859.
CUNNINGHAM, Francis (
youngest son of Allan Cunningham the poet 1784–1842
).
b.
1820; ensign 23 Madras light infantry 1838; field engineer at defence of Jellalabad; Mysore comr. at Bangalore 1850–61; retired with rank of lieut.-col. 31 Dec. 1861; published an edition of Marlowe 1870, of Massinger 1871, and of Ben. Jonson 1871; a frequent contributor to
Saturday Review
.
d.
18 Clarendon road, South Kensington, London 3 Dec. 1875.
CUNNINGHAM, Rev. John William.
b.
London 3 Jany. 1780; ed. at St. John’s coll. Cam., 5 wrangler 1802, B.A. 1802, M.A. 1805, fellow of his college; C. of Ripley, Surrey 1802; C. of Clapham to 1811; a prominent member of the evangelical party; edited
Christian Observer
1850–58; V. of Harrow 1811 to death; author of
World without souls
1805,
6 ed.
1816;
The Velvet Cushion
1814,
10 ed.
1816;
Sancho or the Proverbialist
1817, anon. and other books.
d.
Harrow 30 Sep. 1861.
CUNNINGHAM, Joseph Davey (
eld. son of Allan Cunningham the poet 1784–1842
).
b.
Lambeth 9 June 1812; ed. at Addiscombe and Chatham; sailed for India, Feb. 1834; 2 lieut. Bengal engineers, captain 13 Nov. 1849 to death; lived among the Sikhs as political assistant to col. Wade and other officers 1837–45; political agent at Bhopal 7 March 1846 to 26 Oct. 1849; author of
History of the Sikhs
1849.
d.
suddenly near Umballa, Punjab 28 Feb. 1851.
J. D. Cunningham’s History of the Sikhs
(1849),
preface
.
CUNNINGHAM, Peter (
brother of the preceding
).
b.
Pimlico, London 7 April 1816; ed. at Christ’s hospital; clerk in Audit office 1834, chief clerk 1854–60; art critic of
Pictorial Times
; treasurer of Shakespeare Society; author of
Songs of England and Scotland
1835;
The handbook of Westminster Abbey
1842;
The life of Inigo Jones
1848;
The handbook of London 2 vols.
1849,
2 ed.
1850;
The story of Nell Gwynn
1852; edited many books.
d.
Ureulam road, St. Albans 18 May 1869.
G. Hodder’s Memories of my time
(1870) 384–93;
I.L.N. xxviii
, 205, 206 (1856),
portrait
.
CUNNINGHAM, Peter Miller (
5 son of John Cunningham of Dalswinton near Dumfries, farmer
).
b.
Dalswinton, Nov. 1789; ed. at Univ. of Edin.; assistant surgeon in royal navy 10 Dec. 1810, surgeon 28 Jany. 1814; surgeon superintendent of convict ships, left the sea May 1841; published
Two years in New South Wales 2 vols.
1827;
On the motions of the earth and on the conceptions, growth and decay of man
1834;
Hints for Australian emigrants
1841.
d.
Greenwich 6 March 1864.
Rev. D. Hogg’s Life of Allan Cunningham
(1875) 12–14, 360–8.
CUNNINGHAM, Rev. William (
eld. son of Charles Cunningham of Hamilton, Lanarkshire, merchant, who d. 1811
).
b.
Hamilton 2 Oct. 1805; ed. at Dunse and Univ. of Edin. 1820–28; assistant minister of Middle church, Greenock 15 Oct. 1830; minister of Trinity college church, Edin. Jany. 1834; D.D. Princeton college, New Jersey 1842; professor of theology in New college, Edin. 1843, professor of church history there 1845 to death, principal June 1847 to death; the ablest defender of Calvinism of his time; edited
British and Foreign Evangelical Review
Oct. 1855 to Oct. 1860; moderator of general assembly 19 May 1859 to death; the sum of £7000 was presented to him 1859; author of
The reformers and the theology of the Reformation
1862;
Historical theology, a review of the principal doctrinal discussions in the Christian church from the Apostolic age
1863,
2 ed.
1864;
Discussion on church principles, Popish, Erastian, Presbyterian
1863.
d.
Edinburgh 14 Dec. 1861.
Life of W. Cunningham by R. Rainy and J. Mackenzie
1871,
portrait
;
Wylie’s Disruption Worthies
(1881) 193–200,
portrait
;
Sermons from 1828 to 1860 by the late W. Cunningham, edited by Rev. J. J. Bonar
1872.
CUNYNGHAME, Sir Arthur Augustus Thurlow (
3 son of Sir David Cunynghame, 5 baronet 1769–1854
).
b.
2 Aug. 1812; 2 lieut. royal rifles 2 Nov. 1830; lieut.-col. 13 foot 3 Nov. 1846; captain Grenadier guards 1 Dec. 1846; lieut.-col. 20 foot 27 April 1849; lieut.-col. 27 foot 2 April 1852 to 16 Dec. 1853 when placed on h.p.; assistant quartermaster general of first division in the Crimea 1854–55; commanded a division of Turkish contingent May 1855; col. of 36 foot 2 Dec. 1868 to 2 Feb. 1876; commanded forces in South Africa 5 Nov. 1873 to 1 March 1878; col. commandant of first battalion royal rifles 2 Feb. 1876 to death; lieut. governor of Cape of Good Hope 5 March 1877 to 1878; general 1 Oct. 1877, placed on retired list 1 July 1881; C.B. 5 July 1855, K.C.B. 2 June 1869, G.C.B. 13 June 1878; author of
An Aide-de-camp’s recollections of service in China 2 vols.
1844;
A glimpse at the Great Western republic
1851;
Travels in the Eastern Caucasus
1872;
My command in South Africa
1879.
d.
on board ship at Aden on his way home from India 10 March 1884.
I.L.N. lxxii
, 273 (1878),
portrait
.
CUPPAGE, Sir Burke (
son of lieut. gen. Wm. Cuppage, who d. 7 Jany. 1848 aged 87
).
b.
Charlton, Kent 1794; 2 lieut. R.A. 17 Dec. 1812; commanded R.A. in south western district 1857–63; col. commandant 2 Feb. 1868 to death; governor of Jersey 23 Oct. 1863 to 1 Oct. 1868; K.C.B. 29 May 1875.
d.
4 Cranley place, Onslow sq. London 19 April 1877.
CURETON, Rev. William (
2 son of Wm. Cureton of Westbury, Shropshire
).
b.
Westbury 1808; ed. at Newport and Ch. Ch. Ox., B.A. 1830, M.A. 1833, B.D. and D.D. 1858; chaplain of his college 1831–38; C. of Oddington, Oxon. 1831; sub librarian of Bodleian library, Oxford 1834–37; assistant keeper of MSS. in British Museum 1837–50; F.R.S. 25 Jany. 1838; select preacher at Ox. 1840; chaplain in ord. to the Queen 18 June 1847; canon of Westminster and R. of St. Margaret’s, Westminster 5 Dec. 1849 to death; corresponding member of French Institute 1855, foreign associate 1860; crown trustee of British Museum 1859; chairman of committee of Oriental translation fund 1863; author of
Vindiciæ Ignatianæ, the writings of St. Ignatius vindicated from heresy
1846;
Corpus Ignatianum
1849;
Spicilegium Syriacum with an English translation
1855;
Remains of an ancient recension of the Gospels in Syriac
1858.
d.
Westbury 17 June 1864.
The church of England photographic portrait gallery
,
part 21
(1859),
portrait
;
G.M. xvii
, 520–23 (1864);
I.L.N. xxiv
, 400 (1854)
portrait
.
CURIE, Paul Francis. M.D. Aberdeen 1815; member of Gallican Society; co-editor of
Archives de la médecine homœopathique 1836–37
; author of
Principles of Homœopathy
1837;
Annals of the London homœopathic dispensary
1844;
A treatise on cholera, English and Asiatic
1849;
Domestic practice of homœopathy
1850.
d.
17 Hanover sq. London 5 Oct. 1853.
CURLING, Henry. Ensign 25 foot 25 Oct. 1827 to 20 Aug. 1829 when placed on h.p.; lieut. 91 foot 6 Jany. 1832 to 30 Dec. 1834 when placed on h.p.; retired 1854; author of
The soldier of fortune 3 vols.
1843;
John of England, a romance 3 vols.
1846;
Shakespeare the poet, the lover, the actor 3 vols.
1848;
Nonpareil House 3 vols.
1855;
Recollections of the mess table and the stage
1855;
Camp club in the Crimea
1856;
Edith Frankheart or the baronet’s daughter 3 vols.
1857;
The Self divorced or the school for wives 2 vols.
1861;
Geraldine Maynard 3 vols.
1864 and 12 other books.
d.
Weardale villas, Earl’s court terrace, Kensington, London 10 Feb. 1864.
CURLING, Thomas Blizard (
3 son of Daniel Curling, F.S.A. who d. 1824
).
b.
London, Jany. 1811; M.R.C.S. 1832, F.R.C.S. 1843, mem. of council 1864, pres. 1873; assistant surgeon to London hospital 1834, lecturer on surgery 1846, surgeon 1849 to Aug. 1869; F.R.S. 6 June 1850; pres. of Royal Med. and Chir. Soc. 1871; retired from practice 1879; author of
Treatise on Tetanus
1836;
Observations on diseases of the Rectum
1851,
4 ed.
1876;
Treatise on diseases of the Testis
1873,
4 ed.
1878.
d.
Cannes 4 March 1888.
Medical Circular iii
, 439 (1853),
portrait
;
Barker’s Photographs
(1865)
pp.
131–32,
portrait
.
CURRAN, William Henry (
son of John Philpot Curran 1750–1817, master of the Rolls in Ireland
). Called to bar in Ireland 1816; insolvency comr. in Ireland; bencher of King’s Inns, Dublin 1848; author of
Life of John Philpot Curran 2 vols.
1819;
Sketches of the Irish bar, with essays 2 vols.
1855.
d.
9 Fitzwilliam place, Dublin 25 Aug. 1858 in 69 year.
CURRER, Frances Mary Richardson (
only child of Rev. Henry Richardson 1758–84, R. of Thornton in Craven, who took name of Currer, June 1784
).
b.
Eshton hall near Skipton on Craven 3 March 1785; the greatest female book collector in Europe, principal part of her library of 20,000 vols. was sold at Sotheby’s for nearly £6000, Aug. 1862; privately printed
Catalogue of the library of Miss Currer at Eshton hall by Robert Triphook
1820,
2 ed. by C. J. Stewart
1833;
Extracts from the literary and scientific correspondence of Richard Richardson, M.D., F.R.S. of Bierley, Yorkshire
1835.
d.
Eshton hall 28 April 1861.
Nichols’s Illustrations i
, 225–52 (1817);
T. F. Dibdin’s Reminiscences of a literary life ii
, 949–57 (1836);
T. F. Dibdin’s Bibliographical tour ii
, 1081–90 (1838).
CURREY, Frederick (
son of Benjamin Currey, clerk of the Parliaments
).
b.
Norwood, Surrey 19 Aug. 1819; ed. at Eton and Trin. coll. Cam., B.A. 1841, M.A. 1844; barrister L.I. 7 May 1844; F.L.S., sec. 1860–80, vice pres. and treasurer 1880 to death; F.R.S. 3 June 1858, member of council; his collection of fungi is now in the Kew Herbarium, the genus of fungi, Curreya, was founded by Saccardo as a momento of Currey; edited
The natural history review
1861
etc.
; translated Hofmeister’s
On the germination of the higher Cryptogamia
1862; edited C. D. Badham’s
Esculent funguses
1863.
d.
2 Vanbrugh park road, Blackheath 8 Sep. 1881.
Journal of botany n.s. x
, 310–12 (1881).
CURREY, Rev. George (
son of Rev. James Currey, preacher of the Charterhouse, London
).
b.
Charterhouse sq. London 7 April 1816; ed. at Charterhouse and St. John’s coll. Cam., scholar 1834, Bell’s Univ. scholar 1835, 14 wrangler 1838, B.A. 1838, M.A. 1841, B.D. 1850, D.D. 1864; fellow of his college 1839, lecturer 1840, tutor 1844, Hulsean lecturer 1851 and 1852; preacher of the Charterhouse 1849–71, master 17 Jany. 1871 to death; preb. of St. Paul’s 1872; published
Hulsean Lectures
1851–52; edited
Tertulliani libri tres De Spectaculis
1854; author of
An English grammar
1856; a commentary on Ezekiel in the Speaker’s Commentary and Commentaries on Ecclesiastes and Revelations in the S.P.C.K. Commentary.
d.
The master’s lodge, Charterhouse 30 April 1885.
I.L.N. lxxxvi
, 583 (1885),
portrait
.
CURRIE, Augustus Arthur (
4 son of John Currie 1797–1873
).
b.
21 Jany. 1831; ensign 45 Bengal N.I. 20 Oct. 1849; major Bengal staff corps 1869, lieut.-col. 2 March 1875 to 31 Dec. 1880 when he retired on full pay with hon. rank of M.G.; C.B. 19 Nov. 1879.
d.
St. Leonard’s 23 May 1884.
CURRIE, Claud. Entered medical service of Madras army 1806; inspector general of hospitals 31 Jany. 1846, phys. general 19 Aug. 1846 to 31 Jany. 1851.
d.
3 Westbourne terrace, London 8 Aug. 1854 aged 65.
CURRIE, Sir Frederick, 1 Baronet (
3 son of Mark Currie of Cobham, Surrey
).
b.
3 Feb. 1799; ed. at Charterhouse and Haileybury; entered Bengal civil service 1817; judge of court of Sudder Adawlut of the north western provinces 1840–42; one of secs. of government of India 1842–49; chief sec. to Lord Hardinge during campaign of 1845–46; created baronet 11 Jany. 1847; a member of supreme council of India 1 April 1847 to 14 Jany. 1848, an ordinary member of council 12 March 1849 to 1853 when he retired on the annuity fund; a director of East India Co. April 1854, chairman 1857–58 being the last chairman; one of the 6 members of first council of sec. of state for India elected by the E.I. company; vice pres. of council of India 21 Sep. 1858.
d.
St. Leonard’s 10 Sep. 1875.
I.L.N. lxviii
, 295, 434 (1875).
CURRIE, Henry.
b.
Westminster 1798; ed. at Eton; member of firm of Glyn and Co. bankers, London; M.P. for Guildford 29 July 1847 to 1 July 1852.
d.
West Horsley place near Guildford 26 May 1873.
CURRIE, John.
b.
28 May 1797; M.P. for Hertford 30 April 1831 to 3 Dec. 1832.
d.
Queen’s sq. Bath 19 May 1873.
CURRIE, Mark John.
b.
London 21 June 1795; entered navy 29 April 1808; captain 23 Nov. 1841; V.A. on half pay 24 May 1867.
d.
Collington house, Thicket road, Anerley 1 May 1874.
CURRIE, Raikes.
b.
15 April 1801; member of firm of Glyn and Co. bankers, London; M.P. for Northampton 26 July 1837 to 21 March 1857.
d.
Minley manor, Farnborough, Hants. 16 Oct. 1881, personalty sworn under £280,000, 17 Dec. 1881.
CURRIE, Sir Walter.
b.
1819; commandant of armed mounted police at Cape of Good Hope 1855 to death; knighted by patent 24 May 1860.
d.
7 June 1872.
CURRY, Richard (
son of Thomas Curry of Gosport, Hants.
)
b.
1772; entered navy 22 March 1780; captain 7 Jany. 1802, R.A. 10 Jany. 1837, V.A. 9 Nov. 1846; admiral on h.p. 1 July 1851; C.B. 26 Sep. 1831.
d.
Stoke, Devonport 27 Dec. 1855.
CURSETJEE, Ardaseer.
b.
Bombay 6 Oct. 1808; in charge of shipbuilding yard at Mazagon 1828, assistant builder there 1833; introduced gas lighting into Bombay 1835, sewing machines, photography and electroplating; chief engineer at Bombay steam factory, July 1840 to July 1858 being the first Indian native placed over Europeans; A.I.C.E. 24 March 1840; F.R.S. 27 May 1841.
d.
Lowjee house, Marsh Gate, Richmond, Surrey 16 Nov. 1877.
Min. of proc. of Instit. of C.E. li
, 271–4 (1878).
CURSHAM, Mary Ann. Resided at Sutton, Notts; author of
Emanuel Swedenborg and other poems by M. A. C.
;
Martin Luther a poem by M. A. C.
1828;
Norman Abbey a tale of Sherwood forest, by a Lady
1832;
Poems, sacred, dramatic and lyric
1833;
The infant’s decalogue or a metrical version of the ten commandments by M. A. C.
1836.
d.
1 North bank, Derby 17 Dec. 1881.
CURTEIS, Sir Thomas Isaac Horsley (
son of John Curteis of Norfolk
).
b.
1780; Exon of Yeomen of the Guard 31 May 1805 to May 1839; knighted at St. James’s palace 27 June 1833.
d.
Twyford, Norfolk 26 Dec. 1858.
CURTIS, Charles Berwick (
youngest son of Sir Wm. Curtis, 1 baronet 1752–1829
).
b.
Culland’s grove, Southgate 18 March 1795; ed. at Harrow; gunpowder manufacturer with Thomas Curtis and W. G. Harvey near Hounslow 1820–69; at time of his death the firm owned six factories in Middlesex, Kent, South Wales and Argyleshire; A.I.C.E. 1 March 1842; invented a self acting signal for railways 1842 which was used for some time.
d.
105 Eaton sq. London 26 Oct. 1876.
CURTIS, James Gray William. Entered Bengal army 1826; captain 37 Bengal N.I. 13 Jany. 1842 to 8 Dec. 1850; deputy assistant commissary general 27 March 1849 to 8 Dec. 1850; C.B. 9 June 1849; retired colonel 28 Nov. 1854.
d.
Oaklands, Shepherd’s Bush, London 16 Nov. 1870.
CURTIS, John.
b.
Norwich 3 Dec. 1791; F.L.S. 1822; made entomological tours in Scotland 1825, France 1829, Italy 1843, 1850 and 1851; entomological editor of
Gardener’s Mag.
1841–47; granted civil list pension of £100, 25 Nov. 1842 and another of £50, 19 April 1861; published
British entomology illustrated with 770 plates
,
16 vols.
which came out in numbers 1 Jany. 1824 to 1 Dec. 1839;
A guide to an arrangement of British insects
1829,
2 ed.
1837.
d.
Belitha villas, Barnsbury park, London 6 Oct. 1862.
Proc. of Linnæan Soc.
(1863) 35–41.
CURTIS, John Charles. Principal of the British and Foreign School society’s training college, Borough road, London many years before his death; author of
A School and college history of England
1860;
Chronological and genealogical tables of English history
1863;
An English grammar for schools
1876 and many other school books.
d.
24 Villa road, Brixton 10 May 1888 aged 61.
CURTIS, John Harrison. A dispenser in the navy and at Haslar hospital; lived at 18 Soho sq. London and advertised himself in the newspapers and by pamphlets as an aural surgeon 1815; founded Royal dispensary for diseases of the Ear, Carlisle st. Soho 1816; employed Hume Weatherhead and other persons to write his books; made £5000 a year for many years; had a tube from his consulting room to his waiting room by which he could hear what the patients said of themselves; always received his patients in full dress of time of George iv; gambled away his earnings at Junior United Service Club; retired to Isle of Man 1848 where he became insane; published
A treatise on the physiology and diseases of the ear
1817,
5 ed.
1831;
An essay on the deaf and dumb
1829;
A treatise on the physiology and diseases of the eye
1833;
Observations on the preservation of hearing and on hearing trumpets
1834,
11 ed.
1839;
On the Cephaloscope and its uses
1842;
Advice to the deaf
1841,
5 ed.
1845 and other works.
d.
in an asylum in the Isle of Man about 1860.
J. F. Clarke’s Autobiographical recollections of the medical profession
(1874) 358–73.
CURTIS, Sir Lucius, 2 Baronet (
son of admiral Sir Roger Curtis, K.C.B. 1 baronet 1746–1816
).
b.
3 June 1786; entered navy 2 June 1795; captain 22 Jany. 1806; R.A. 28 June 1838; admiral superintendent at Malta 8 March 1843 to 8 March 1848, admiral 9 July 1855; succeeded 14 Nov. 1816; C.B. 4 June 1815, K.C.B. 10 Nov. 1862.
d.
Portsdown hill near Portsmouth 14 Jany. 1869.
Reg. and Mag. of Biog. i
, 201, 355 (1869).
CURTIS, Matthew. Machine maker at Manchester, employing 1000 persons, his cotton machinery was sent all over the world; elected a member of the first town council of Manchester after the charter was granted in 1839; mayor of Manchester 1860–1 and 1875–6.
d.
Manchester 9 June 1887.
CURTIS, Samuel.
b.
Walworth, London 1779; nurseryman in Essex; proprietor of
Botanical Mag.
1801–46; F.L.S. 20 Nov. 1810; built a house called La Chaise at Rozel in Jersey, where he
d.
6 Jany. 1860.
Proc. of Linnæan Soc.
(1860)
p.
22.
CURTIS, Rev. Thomas.
b.
England about 1780; publisher in London; published the Encyclopædia Metropolitana 59 parts 1817–45; went to the United States 1829; pastor of Baptist church in Wentworth st. Charleston some years; established a young ladies school at Limestone Spring; a very powerful preacher.
d.
in a burning steamer on the Potomac river 1858.
CURTIS, Rev. Thomas F. (
son of the preceding
).
b.
England 26 Sep. 1815; pastor of a baptist church near Boston, U.S.; professor of theology in Lewisbury Univ. Panama to 1865; lived at Cambridge, Mass. 1867 to death; author of
Progress of Baptist principles in the last hundred years
1857;
The human element in the inspiration of the Sacred Scriptures
1867 in which he repudiated inspiration and authenticity of much of the Old Testament and part of the New.
d.
Cambridge 9 Aug. 1872.
CURTIS, William Frederick (
eld. child of Timothy Abraham Curtis 1786–1857, governor of Bank of England 1838
).
b.
4 May 1810; cornet 1 Bombay light cavalry 26 July 1833; deputy judge advocate general 17 July 1851 to 12 Jany. 1857; lieut.-col. 21 hussars 4 April 1860 to 4 March 1868 when placed on h.p.; placed on retired list 4 May 1880; L.G. 8 May 1881.
d.
Upper Norwood, Surrey 2 Sep. 1882.
CURWEN, Rev. John (
eld. son of Rev. Spedding Curwen 1790–1856, Independent minister
).
b.
Hurst house, Heckmondwike, Yorkshire 14 Nov. 1816; assistant pastor independent chapel, Basingstoke 1838; co-pastor at Stowmarket, Suffolk 1841; pastor at Plaistow, Essex 1844–64; invented the ‘Look and say’ method of learning to read 1839; advocated Tonic Sol-fa system of teaching music in a series of articles in
Independent Mag.
1842, lectured on the system 1853–56; started
The Tonic Sol-fa Reporter
1853; sided ardently with the North on outbreak of American civil war 1861, published various tracts on the subject and organised the first Freed slaves aid society in England; Euing lecturer at Anderson’s college, Glasgow 1866–1867; member of West Ham school board 1871–73; founded Tonic Sol-fa college at Forest Gate, Essex, incorporated 1875, opened 1879 where there is a portrait of him; author of
Singing for schools and congregations, a grammar of vocal music
1848;
Pupils’ manual of the Tonic Sol-fa method of singing
1852;
Peoples service of song
1863.
d.
Heaton house, Heaton Mersey, Lancs. 26 May 1880.
bur.
Ilford cemetery 3 June.
Memorials of John Curwen
(1882),
portrait
;
Grove’s Dict. of Music iv
, 144–50 (1884).
CURZON, Edward.
b.
9 Dec. 1789; entered navy 7 Nov. 1804; captain 8 Feb. 1823; captain of the Asia 84 guns 1826–28; retired V.A. 5 Jany. 1858; C.B. 18 Nov. 1827.
d.
St. Anne’s, Derby 7 March 1862.
CURZON, Edward Cecil (
younger son of the succeeding
).
b.
8 Nov. 1812; ed. at Harrow and Ch. Ch. Ox., B.A. 1834, M.A. 1840; barrister L.I. 7 May 1840; registrar of copyright of designs 1842–63; registrar of joint stock companies 1863–76.
d.
Scarsdale house, Wright’s lane, Kensington, London 12 Feb. 1885.
CURZON, Robert (
2 son of 1 Viscount Curzon 1733–1820
).
b.
13 Feb. 1774; ed. at Westminster and Ch. Ch. Ox., B.A. 1795; M.P. for Clitheroe, Lancs. 1 June 1796 to 23 April 1831.
d.
Parham park near Steyning, Sussex 14 May 1863.
CUSACK, James William (
3 son of Athanasius Cusack of Laragh house, c