Dictionary of National Biography, 1904 errata/Volume 1

Dictionary of National Biography

ERRATA IN VOLUME I

ABBADIE—ANNE

N.B.— f.e. stands for from end and l.l. for last line

Page	Col.	Line
11	i	5 f.e.	Abbot, George (1562-1633): for Early in 1614 read In March 1611-12
		4-3 f.e.	for Burton-upon-Trent read Lichfield
20	ii	17	Abbot, George (1603-1648): for 1648 read 1649
		39	after training insert He was M.P. for Tamworth from 1645 till his death
		3 f.e.	for 2 Feb. 1648 read 2 Feb. 1648-9
21	ii	20	Abbot, Sir Maurice: for on his return read in his absence in July 1615
23	ii	12	for 10 Jan. 1641-2 read late in 1642
		13	after buried insert on 7 Dec. 1642
		29	for in the Long Parliament read in both the Short and the Long Parliaments
30	i	37	Abbott, Edwin: for 12 May 1882 read 27 May 1882, and was buried at Kensal Green
30	ii	37	Abbott, Thomas Eastoe: add to list of works 'Resignation, a poem on the death of Princess Charlotte,' Hull, 1817
35	ii	11 f.e.	Abell, William: for 1687 read 1636
36	i	31-34	for Ten years later . . . . alderman read In the same year he resigned his office of alderman. Ten years later Abell was again imprisoned
38	ii	29	Abercromby, Alexander (1745-1795): after Alexander insert Lord Abercromby
		5 f.e.	omit courtesy
39	i	15 f.e.	Abercromby, Alexander (1784-1853): before in 1817 insert in the whig interest
40	ii	30	Abercromby, David: omit Curiously enough and for so read So
		34	for by him read in which his name occurs
41	i	3-4	Abercromby, James, 1st Baron Dunfermline: for On the accession . . . . 1827 read On the accession of Canning to power in 1827
		15-17	for he was put forward . . . . Manners Sutton read his claims for the speakership were considered by his party in 1883, but Edward John Littleton, afterwards Baron Hatherton [q. v.], was chosen to oppose Charles Manners-Sutton [q. v.], who was elected.
		27	for 310 read 306
		37-38	omit received a pension of 4,000l. a year, and
42	i	16 f.e.	Abercromby, Sir John: for 1814 read 1815
43	i	23 f.e.	Abercromby, Patrick: for 1716 read 1715
44	i	23-25	Abercromby, Sir Ralph: for The war with France . . . . no hesitation read The war with France recalled him to military life. He had been made major-general in 1787, and in 1793 he had no hesitation
		28	omit promoted major-general and
45	i	35	after Scotland add He held the governorship of Forts Augustus and George from 1798 till his death
46	ii	3-2 f.e.	Abercromby, Robert (1534-1613): for and to die . . . . faith read but she died (1619) without professing the catholic faith
47	i	25 f.e.	Abercromby, Sir Robert: for in 1781 read in April 1782
		16 f.e.	after Mysore add He was promoted major-general in the same year
48	i	29-30	Abernethy, John (1680-1740): for Coleraine . . . . Ulster read Brigh, Co. Tyrone
55	i	22 f.e.	Abney, Sir Thomas (1640-1722): for that office on read that office. On
		21 f.e.	for Louis XIV. read Louis XIV,
		13 f.e.	after London add He was a whig and an unsuccessful candidate for London in 1702
	ii	12 f.e.	Abney, Sir Thomas (d. 1750): after became insert K.C. and attorney-general for the duchy of Lancaster in 1733, steward of the Marshalsea Court in 1736
60	ii	8	Acland, Sir John: for (d. 1613) read (d. 1620)
		15 f.e.	for in 1613 read 14 Feb. 1619-20. (Will dated 9 Feb. 1619-20, proved 4 July 1620)
61	ii	6	Acland, John D.: for minority read ministry
62	i	7	for 31 Oct. 1778 read 2 Nov. 1778
62	i	40	Acland, Sir Thomas D.: for Grillon's Club read Grillion's Club
63	i	32	Acland, Sir Wroth P.: for in 1816 read on 8 March 1816
69	i	43	Acworth, George: after year add he was M.P. for Hindon in 1563
69	ii	12-9 f.e.	Adair, James: for From 1780 . . . Ferrars read From 1775 to 1780 he was whig M.P. for Cockermouth, and from 1793 until his death for Higham Ferrers.
		2 f.e.	for As king's serjeant he read He became king's serjeant in 1782, and
70	i	22	omit prime
		23	for Ferrars read Ferrers
72	ii	35	Adair, Patrick: for 1563 read 1663
73	i	31	for 4th ser. read 1st ser.
73	ii	12	Adair, Sir Robert: after 1845 insert In 1828 he was made a privy councillor.
		16-18	omit For his services . . . order
		18-21	for His successful mission . . . and the grant read He was appointed G.C.B. (civil) in 1831, and the success of his mission was further rewarded by the grant
85	i	34	Adam, Sir Charles: for January read August
		35	after M.P. insert for Kinross in 1831-2 and
		39	before from insert in Nov.-Dec. 1834
86	i	14-13 f.e.	Adam, Sir Frederick: omit and . . . K.C.M.G.
		13 f.e.	for in 1824 read in 1821
88	i	24 f.e.	Adam, Robert: The journal referred to was by James Adam [q. v.], not by Robert Adam, and relates to a tour in Italy during 1760-1 (cf. Library of Fine Arts, vol. ii. No. 9, Oct. 1831)
90	i	27-28	Adam, William: for the general election read a bye-election after the general election
91	i	22-19 f.e.	for (who was now attorney-general . . . Cornwall) read (who had become solicitor-general to the Prince of Wales in 1802, attorney-general in 1805, and keeper of the great seal of the duchy of . . . Cornwall in 1806)
		17 f.e.	for for the county of Kinross read for both the counties of Kinross and Kincardine, but he sat for the latter
96	ii	16 f.e.	Adams, George: after and insert was transferred to that
		13 f.e.	omit resigned . . . and
98	ii	1	Adams, John (1662-1720): after never printed insert He was vice-chancellor of Cambridge University 1712-3
101	i	31	Adams, Sarah F.: for 1827 read 1829
102	ii	17 f.e.	Adams, Sir Thomas: for 1667 read 1668
103	i	4	after offices insert He was M.P. for London in 1654 and 1656
		26	for 1667 read 1667-8
106	ii	31	Adams, William (1706-1789): before In 1755 insert He was made prebendary of Lichfield in 1747, prebendary of Llandaff in 1749, and also precentor in the latter cathedral in 1750
		36	omit afterwards
		37	after Llandaff insert in 1777
			for the prebendal house read his prebendal house
108	i	9-11	Adams, William (1814-1848): omit There is . . . century
108	i	7-6 f.e.	Adams, William (1772-1851): for a descendant read of the family
111	ii	22	Adamson, John: for Quillanan read Quillinan
115	i	39	Adamson, Patrick: for Anglicanæ read Scoticanæ
116	i	13	Addington, Anthony: for commoner read scholar
		14	after school add 1758
117	i	8 f.e.	Addington, Henry, 1st Viscount Sidmouth: for 1783 read 1784
119	ii	23 f.e.	after ally insert He was at first lord privy seal, becoming afterwards lord president of the council
120	ii	7 f.e.	for 1833 read 1836
121	i	6	after person insert He was high steward of Westminster from 1813 till his death
122	i	27	Addison, John: for 1753 read 1793
124	ii	28	Addison, Joseph: after friends insert From 1704 to 1708 he was a commissioner of appeals and for 1706 read 1705
		32	for 1707 read 1706
		34	for Elector of Hanover read Electoral Prince, afterwards George II
125	ii	45	after speaking insert He was M.P. for Cavan borough in the Irish parliament 1709-1713
132	i	5 f.e.	Addison, Lancelot: for afterwards read in 1678
135	ii	15	Adela: for Poitou read Ponthieux
136	ii	34	Adelaide, Queen Dowager: for Lord Melbourne's read Lord Grey's
137	ii	9 f.e.	Adeliza of Louvain: omit ? after 1151
138	i	8-7 f.e.	for 23 March . . . . and read 24 March 1151 (Ann. of Margam) and
140	ii	20 f.e.	Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Cambridge: for 1842 read 1825
142	i	4-3 f.e.	Adolphus, John L.: for received . . . . attorney-general read became solicitor-general
		2 f.e.	after Durham insert 1855
155	i	4 f.e.	Ælfred, King: for 871 read 878
164	i	12 f.e.	Ælfric, called Bata: omit (or the bat)
164	ii	13 sqq. f.e.	Ælfric, Grammaticus: The suggested identification of Ælfric the grammarian with Ælfric, archbishop of York, is confuted in Dr. E. Dietrich's elaborate account of the former in Niedner's 'Zeitschrift für Historische Theologie,' 1855, xxv., pp. 487-594, and 1856, xxvi., pp. 163-256. Cf. Ælfric's 'Lives of Saints,' ed. by Prof. Skeat, Early Engl. Text Soc., 1881-1900
166	i	9	for St. George read St. Gregory
166	ii	38	Ælfric (d. 1051): For the use of puttock in the sense of kite cf. Shakespeare's '2 Hen. VI,' Act iii. Scene 2, lines 191-3
171	ii	26	Affleck, Sir Edmund: after blue insert He was M.P. for Colchester from 1782 till his death, and was a supporter of Pitt
176	ii	41	Aglionby, Edward: after 1544 insert He was M.P. for Carlisle 1552-3
178	i	13 f.e.	Agnew, Sir Andrew (1793-1849): for Kinsale read Kingsale
		2 f.e.	after former' insert In 1837 he was conservative M.P. for the Wigton boroughs and after third election insert for Wigtonshire
180	ii	39	Agutter, William: after Agutter insert who had leanings towards the doctrines of Swedenborg
181	ii	2 f.e.	Aidan: for Dalraida read Dalriada, and so through article
184	ii	17	Aikin, Arthur: omit at his brother's house
188	i	14	Ainger, Thomas: for 1861 read on 19 Feb. 1859
		15	omit honorary
188	i	27	Ainslie, George Robert: for general read lieutenant-general
		10 f.e.	for in 1813 read in June of the same year
		l.l.	after promoted insert in 1813
	ii	2	after employment insert He became lieutenant-general in 1825
189	i	24	Ainslie, Sir Robert: for 1804 read 1812
190	i	15 f.e.	Ainslie, Robert: after Dunse insert Berwickshire
		14 f.e.	after father insert Robert Ainslie (1734-1795) and after Douglas insert Sir Whitelaw Ainslie [q. v.] was his brother
	ii	20	after 1838 insert He and his brother Whitelaw married sisters, the daughters of Col. James Cuninghame, of Balbougie, Fifeshire.
190	ii	24-5	Ainslie, Whitelaw:for Whitelaw (fl. 1788-1835) read Sir Whitelaw (1767-1837)
		26	before was insert was brother of Robert Ainslie (1766-1838, q. v.]. Born on 17 Feb. 1767 at Dunse, Berwickshire, he
		6 f.e.	after wife insert He was knighted 10 June 1835, and died 29 April 1837. He married a daughter of Col. James Cuninghame, of Balbougie, Fifeshire. His widow died 17 March 1840, leaving an only child, Jane Catherine, who married James C. Grant-Duff. Ainslie Douglas Grant-Duff, the second son of this marriage, assumed, in 1866, the surname of Ainslie
191	i	26-46	Ainsworth, Henry: for was according to the Lancashire historians . . . . a graduate read was son of Thomas Ainsworth, yeoman of Swanton Morley, Norfolk, where he was baptised. He was admitted to Caius College, Cambridge, 15 Dec. 1587, and resided there as a scholar for four years (Caius College Register). Roger Williams writes with small justification:
196	ii	28	Ainsworth, Robert: for in one volume read in two volumes
		42	for the Rev. B. W. B. Beatson read the Rev. B. W. Beatson
199	i	28	Aio (d. 974): Note The only authority for the existence of Aio is the spurious 'history' of Ingulf, abbot of Croyland
200	ii	19	Airay, Henry: after twin brothers insert Airay became prebendary of Canterbury in 1609
202	i	9 f.e.	Airey, Sir George: for in 1812 read in the same year, became lieutenant-general 4 June 1811
		7 f.e.	for in the same year read in 1812
		4 f.e.	omit was promoted . . . 1821
		l.l.	for in 1833 read on 15 Feb. 1833
202	ii	33-34	Airey, Richard, Lord Airey: for deputy adjutant-general read assistant adjutant-general from 1847 to 1851
		35	after headquarters insert 1851-3
206	i	3 f.e.	before 7th regiment insert 17th regiment from 1860 to 1868 and of the
	ii	4	for commission appointed in 1879 read committee appointed in 1879 by the commander-in-chief with the approval of the secretary of state for war
		6	for commission read committee
206	ii	l.l.	Aitkin, John: add He died at Edinburgh on 22 Sept. 1790 (Gent. Mag. 1790, ii. 866)
210	i	33	Akenside, Mark: after Christ's Hospital insert and to St. Thomas's Hospital
	ii	32-33	omit 'An Epistle . . 1744.
		38	after 1766 add 'An epistle to the Rev. Mr. Warburton occasioned by his treatment of the Author of the "Pleasures of Imagination,"' 1744, sometimes assigned to Akenside, is by his friend Jeremiah Dyson [q. v.]
212	ii	21-2	Alabaster, William: omit was made . . . Cathedral,
		22-3	for Tharfield read Therfield
214	i	15 f.e.	Alan of Lynn: for (fl. 1424?) read (d. 1421)
		7 f.e.	add Blomfield, Norfolk, viii. 525-6
215	i	l.l.	Alan of Tewkesbury: add Epistolæ Cantuarienses, ed. Stubbs, Rolls Series, pp. xl-lviii.
216	i	26	Aland, Sir John F.: after 1716 insert He became K.C. in 1714
		29	after the king insert He was whig M.P. for Midhurst from 1715 until he became a judge
216	ii	22	Albany, Countess of: for Louisa read Louisa Maximiliana Carolina Emanuel
217	ii	16	after her death insert on 29 Jan. 1824
221	ii	26	Albert, Prince: for (16 Feb.) read (10 Feb.)
228	i	25	for 19 April read 10 April
230	i	19	for (14 Dec.) read (14 Sept.)
234	ii	18	Albini, William de: for the preceding read William de Albini (Brito) d. 1155-6 [q. v.]
235	ii	11 f.e.	Alchin, William T.: after London insert in 1845
236	i	26	Alcock, John: for 1462 read 1471
		15 f.e.	for 1474 read 1475
237	ii	22	Alcock, Nathan: for Wirrel read Wirral
238	i	20	Alcock, Simon: for (d. 1459?) read (d. 1458)
238	i	4 f.e.	Alcock, Thomas: for (d. 1563) read (d. 1564)
241	ii	21 f.e.	Alder, Joshua: for Easter-Eve read 7 Apr.
243	i	17 f.e.	Alderson, Sir James: for Dr. Lee, a dissenting minister read the Rev. George Lee, Unitarian minister.
		15 f.e.	for clerk to a wine merchant read clerk in the army commissariat
243	ii	5 f.e.	Alderson, John: for 1758 read 1757
		3 f.e.	after born insert 4 June 1757
244	i	13-12 f.e.	omit and several . . . . Exercises'
251	i	17 f.e.	Aldrich, Henry: after college insert He was vice-chancellor of Oxford in 1692
252	ii	18	Aldrich, Robert: for 1536 read 1534
253	i	35	Aldridge, William: for Treveca read Trevecca
256	i	17	Alesius, Alexander: after a book add viz. the 'Loci Theologici'
		19-23	omit (The book . . . . a year later)
264	ii	1	Alexander III: for 1285 read 1286
265	i	10-11	omit who . . . . household
266	i	36	for Lewis read Lewes
	ii	23 f.e.	for 1284-5 read 1284
		15 f.e.	for 16 Mar. 1285 read 16 Mar. 1285-6
271	i	9 f.e.	Alexander of Hales: for an archdeaconry read the archdeaconry of Coventry
	ii	18	for in 1245 read on 21 Aug. 1245 (Le Neve)
282	i	41	Alford, Henry: for in 1871 read 7 Jan. 1871
287	i	15 f.e.	Alison, Archibald: for (Mrs. Gerald) read the wife of Col. John Gerard, son of Gilbert Gerard [q. v.] and adjutant-general to Lord Lake in India
289	ii	28	Alison, Sir Archibald: for Cutlar Ferguson read Cutlar Fergusson
		32	for 1851 read 1850
294	ii	5 f.e.	Allan, George: for 1812 read 1813-1818
300	ii	19 f.e.	Alleine, Joseph: for Charles Sanford read Charles Stanford
303	i	13	Allen, Bennet: for Calvert, George read Calvert, Frederick
305	ii	4-5	Allen, John (1476-1534): for even . . . . till 1515 read at least as early as 1503, when he became prebendary of Lincoln, till 1515
308	i	28	Allen, John (1660?-1741): after patented insert in 1729
310	i	44	Allen, John (1771-1843): after his death insert He was auditor of the duchy of Lancaster from 1841 till his death
311	ii	16 f.e.	Allen, Ralph: for Coventry, Lichfield read Coventry and Lichfield
313	i	30	Allen, Thomas (1542-1632): for Peleusiensis read Pelusiensis
326	i	23-2 f.e.	Alley, William: for with the prebend of St. Pancras in that church read and to the prebend of St. Pancras in that church in 1559-60
329	i	33	Alleyn, Edward: for 1622 read 1623
330	i	19	Allibond, John: for St. Mary-le-Crypt read St. Mary-de-Crypt
		38	after 'Clerk's Register' insert in Bloxam's Register of Magdalen College, Oxford
332	ii	20 f.e.	Allin, Sir Thomas: for November 1670 read 15 Apr. 1671
		6 f.e.	for 1785 read 1685
358	ii	5-4 f.e.	Amherst, Jeffrey, Baron Amherst: for and made governor of Virginia read He was made governor of Virginia in Sept. 1768
359	i	20-22	for in 1780 colonel . . . . the 2nd Life Guards read in April 1779 colonel of the 2nd Horse Grenadiers, transferring him to the colonelcy of the 2nd Horse Guards in 1782
361	ii	7	Amherst, William P., Earl Amherst: add He was gazetted governor-general of Canada on 1 Apr. 1835, on the nomination of Peel, but a change of ministry followed immediately, and he did not take up the appointment
366	ii	l.l.	Amos, Andrew: after Brompton insert serving from 1847 to 1852 and for 1848 read in May 1849
367	ii	15 f.e.	after politics insert He died 18 Apr. 1860
369	i	9-10	Amyot, Thomas: for having become treasurer . . . 1823 read as treasurer of the latter society from 1823 to 1847
384	i	19	Anderson, John (fl. 1799): for T. Bursley read T. Bensley
		26-30	for His treatment of foliage . . . may be attributed read His treatment of foliage is seen to admirable advantage in the cuts in Bloomfield's 'Farmer's Boy.' The first edition of this work (1800) states that the 'ornaments' were engraved by Anderson. Nevertheless its cuts have long been erroneously ascribed to Bewick
401	ii	6 f.e.	Andrewes, Lancelot: before His insert From 1589 to 1609 he was prebendary of Southwell
402	i	7	after stall insert (1597-8)
	ii	13	after Essex insert He died 26 Sept. 1626
405	ii	22	Andrewes, Eusebius: for Holton read Hopton
421	ii	35	Anne of Bohemia: for duke of Bedford read earl of Bedford
423	i	13	Anne, Queen of Richard III: for seven years old read five years old
425	i	12-11 f.e.	Anne (Boleyn) (1507-1536): omit (though . . . descended)
		8-7 f.e.	for was afterwards made duke of Norfolk read had his father's dukedom restored to him
	ii	1-9	for It was Mary Boleyn . . . and being made, read Both sisters spent some of their early years in France. It would seem that Anne, then seven years old, accompanied her elder sister Mary, when she went thither in the suite of Henry VIII's sister Mary, who was married to Louis XII in 1514. Mary Boleyn was in England again in 1520, when she married William Carey; while Anne, who became
		11	for she remained there read she remained in France
		23-4	for Sir William Cary read William Carey
		9-8 f.e.	for Sir Piers Butler, son of the Earl of Ormond read the son of Sir Piers Butler, Earl of Ormond
432	ii	11 f.e.	Anne of Denmark: for Upslo read Opsloe
448	ii	31	Anne, Queen: after letter insert (the original is at Longleat)
450	i	35-6	omit [for further details . . . Gloucester]
455	i	14 f.e.	for flattered read fluttered
458	ii	17 f.e.	for Trimmel read Trimnel
466	ii	35-6	for Dr. Smallridge read Dr. Smalridge