Dictionary of National Biography, 1904 errata/Volume 5
Appearance
N.B.— f.e. stands for from end and l.l. for last line
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6 | ii | 5 l.l. | Bickerton, Sir Richard : for vice-admiral read rear-admiral |
7 | ii | 6 | for vice-admiral read rear-admiral of the white |
15 | after Rochester add for which he was returned in 1790 | ||
8 | i | 10 f.e. | Bickerton, Sir Richard H. : after 1830 insert He was tory M.P. for Poole from 1807 to 1812 |
9 | i | 20 | Bickley, Thomas : after Dorsetshire insert prebendary of Lincoln from 1571 to 1586 |
21 | after Stafford insert in 1567 | ||
22 | after Cathedral insert in 1560 | ||
23 | after Oxford insert in 1569 | ||
25 | after Jan. insert 1585-6 | ||
17 f.e. | for in 1596 read on 30 April 1596 | ||
13 | ii | 25 | Bidder, George P. : after career insert He was president of the Institute of Civil Engineers 1860-2 |
13 | 28 f.e. | Biddle, John : for a tailor read Edward Biddle, tailor or woollen-draper | |
17 | i | 14 f.e. | Biddulph, Sir Thomas M. : after queen insert He was receiver-general of the duchy of Cornwall from 1866 till his death, and of the duchy of Lancaster from 1873 |
20 | ii | 29-31 | Bigland, John : omit at Aldbrough . . . authorities |
21 | i | 23 f.e. | after 1820 insert 17. 'Memoirs written by himself,' Doncaster, 1830 |
21 | 10 f.e. | Bigland, Ralph: after Somerset insert herald 1759 | |
22 | i | 15 | Bigod, Sir Francis : for for Grace read of Grace |
31 | ii | 6 | Billing, Sir Thomas : for was recorder in 1451 read was made common serjeant 15 Oct. 1442 and recorder 21 Sept. 1450 |
35 | i | 29 | Billingsley, John the elder : omit Posthumously appeared |
33 | after 1690 insert usually ascribed to him, is by his son John | ||
35 | ii | 24 f.e. | Billingsley, John the younger : for He does not . . . anything read He published a number of religious tracts |
36 | ii | 18 | Billingsley, Nicholas : for Belshanger read Betteshanger |
37 | i | 4-5 | for Lantmartine read Leintwardine |
ii | 11 f.e. | for non-jurist read non-juror | |
43 | ii | 10 | Bilney, Thomas : for sacramentaries read sacramentarians |
45 | ii | 27-28 | Bindley, James : for succeeded . . . John as read became |
31 | after years insert (His brother John was secretary and afterwards commissioner of the board of excise) | ||
46 | ii | 15 | Bindon, Francis: after Artists insert Nichols's 'Literary Illustrations,' vol. v. 384-6
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47 | ii | 39 | Bingham, Sir George R.: after esteem insert He became major-general in August 1819 and colonel 2nd battalion rifle brigade in June 1831 |
48 | ii | 11 | Bingham, Joseph: fur 1768 read 1668 |
49 | i | 12 | for Elmore read Colmer |
63 | ii | 13 f.e. | Birch, John (1616-1691): after Leominster insert (1646). He was excluded by Pride's Purge in 1648 and was re-elected in 1654-6 and 1658-9 |
64 | i | 8 f.e. | for 1671 read 1661 |
7 f.e. | for Penrhyn read Penryn and after and insert in 1678-9, 1680-1, 1688-9, and 1689-90 | ||
68 | i | 20 | Birch, Samuel: for 1840 read December 1839 |
70 | i | 26 f.e. | Birch, William: for (d. 1794?) read (1755-1834) |
24 f.e. | for about 1760 read 9 April 1755 | ||
4-3 f.e. | for the date . . . uncertain read He died at Philadelphia 7 Aug. 1834. His MS. journal is in the possession of Mr. Charles H. Hart of Philadelphia | ||
71 | ii | 18 | Birckbek, Simon: for 1634 read 1635 |
72 | i | 29 | Bird, Charles S.: far Bell read Bird |
10 f.e. | after 67 insert on 9 Nov. 1862 | ||
82 | ii | 19 | Birkenhead, Sir John: omit and probably his knighthood |
29 | after requests insert He was knighted 14 Nov. 1662 | ||
88 | i | 17 | Birnston, for Birnston read Birnstan, and for Byrnston read BYRNSTAN |
89 | ii | 10 | Biscoe, Richard: after George II insert He was prebendary of Ealdstreet in St. Paul's from 1736 till his death |
98 | ii | 20 f.e. | Bisse, Thomas: for John read Joseph |
103 | i | 34 | Bisset, William: for 5 June read 25 June |
105 | i | 14-13 f.e. | Blacader, Robert: for Sir Robert Blacader of Tulliallan by Elizabeth read Sir Robert Blacader of Blackader, co. Berwick. His brother, Sir Patrick Blacader or Blackader of Tulliallan, married Elizabeth |
12 f.e. | for He read Robert | ||
116 | ii | 22 f.e. | Blackader, Cuthbert: for Cuthbert read Cuthbert or more correctly Robert |
21-19 f.e. | for received . . . his success read belonged to the family of Blackader which owned the barony of that name in co. Berwick, as vassals of the Earls of March through the 14th century. Charters of full ownership were granted to Robert Blackader of Blackader on 20 Jan. 1426, and again on 4 July 1452 by James I and James II of Scotland respectively (Scottish Register of Great Seal). Robert Blackader, the grantee of 1452, seems to have been carelessly misnamed 'Cuthbert' in Crichton's 'Memoirs of John Blackadder the elder.' He achieved his success | ||
12 f.e. | for the kingdom read Scotland | ||
6 f.e. | for Cuthbert read Blackader | ||
122 | ii | 17 f.e. | Blackburn, Francis: for 1834 read April 1835 |
123 | i | 24 | for Lord Greene read Baron Greene |
125 | ii | 16-15 f.e. | Blacker, Valentine: for 1780?-1826 read 1778-1823 |
14 f.e. | before obtained insert born on 19 Oct. 1778 | ||
126 | i | 19 | for 1826 read 1823 |
128 | ii | 25 f.e. | Blacklock, Thomas: omit to Burns |
24 f.e. | for the poems read Burns's poems to George Lawrie, who sent it to Gavin Hamilton, who sent it to the poet. | ||
130 | ii | 15 f.e. | Blackmore, Sir Richard: foriol. read 8vo. |
134 | ii | 11 f.e. | Blackstone, Sir William: after 1761 insert In the same year he became K.C. |
150 | ii | 11-12 | Blackwood, Henry: for descended from a . . . was a brother read son of William Blackwpod and brother |
152 | ii | 5 | Blackwood, Sir Henry: for on 19 July 1821 read in May 1825 |
154 | ii | 18-17 f.e. | Bladen, Martin: omit with the great Duke of Marlborough |
13 f.e. | after lieut.-colonel insert He was colonel of the 40th foot 1709-10 | ||
4 f.e. | after Portsmouth insert Prom 1715 to 1727 he was M.P. for Bandon in the Irish house of commons | ||
155 | i | 8 f.e. | for 2nd series read 3rd series |
156 | ii | 20 f.e. | Blagge, Robert: for Gaze's read Gage's |
156 | ii | 8 f.e. | Blagrave, Daniel: for sat in parliament 3 Nov. 1640 read was elected to parliament 8 May 1648 |
7 f.e. | for five years later read three years before | ||
157 | i | 14-15 | for in the convention parliament of 1658 read in the parliaments of 1656 and 1658 |
159 | ii | 30 | Blague, Thomas: for 1591 read 1591-2 |
162 | i | 14 f.e. | Blair, Sir James H.: after the city insert He was made a baronet in 1786 |
165 | ii | 28 | Blair, Robert (1699-1746): for keep read bear |
166 | ii | 22-23 | Blair, Robert (1741-1811): for first division . . . of Session read Parliament Hall at Edinburgh |
169 | i | 8 f.e. | Blake, Charles: for 1716 read April 1715 |
171 | i | 15-16 | Blake, Robert: omit on the expulsion of Colonel Windham |
175 | i | 17 | for De With read De Witt |
183 | i | 17 f.e. | Blake, William (1757-1827): for 1813 read 1818 |
186 | i | 5 | Blakeney, Sir Edward: for 1776-83 read 1781-3 and 1790-1800 |
13 f.e. | for 1838 read 1836 and for 1 read 21 | ||
187 | i | 19 f.e. | Blakeney, William, Lord Blakeney: after him insert major-general 1745 and |
ii | 27 | after Abbey add He was M.P. for Kilmallock 1725-57 and colonel of the 27th foot 1737 till death. He was lieut.-governor of Plymouth 1746-8 | |
194 | i | 22 | Blanchard, Samuel L.: for 1840 read 1804 |
14 f.e. | for M.P. read afterwards (from 1832) M.P. | ||
197 | i | 4 | Bland, Humphrey: after foot insert in 1737 |
5 | after dragoons insert in 1741 | ||
8 | after dragoons insert in 1743 | ||
17 | before In 1749 insert He was governor of Fort William 1743-52 | ||
5 f.e. | after Lord Stair insert was really sister of John Dalrymple, 5th Earl of Stair. Bland married her at Edinburgh 12 Jan. 1755. She | ||
199 | i | 3 f.e. | Bland, Miles: for 1868 read 1867 |
ii | 11-12 | for in 1868 read 27 Dec. 1867 | |
205 | ii | 22 f.e. | Blaquiere, John, Baron de Blaquiere: for until 1783 read 1773-83 |
20 f.e. | for Newtown read Newtownards | ||
206 | i | 12 f.e. | Blathwayt, William: for council in ordinary read privy council |
11-10 f.e. | for and clerk of the privy council read He was re-gazetted to the post at the opening of the next reign | ||
206 | ii | 3 f.e. | Blayney, Andrew T., Lord Blayney: after of the insert 91st regiment from 1761 to 1763, when it was disbanded, and colonel from 1766 of the |
208 | i | 2 | after military service insert He was M.P. for Old Sarum 1806-7 |
208 | i | 16 f.e. | Blayney, Benjamin: after He was insert in 1787 |
15 f.e. | omit in 1787 | ||
14 f.e. | omit in the same year was made | ||
210 | ii | 18 f.e. | Blencowe, Sir John: for king's bench read common pleas |
17-16 f.e. | omit and transferred from the common pleas | ||
6 f.e. | omit may then have | ||
212 | ii | 14 | Blenkiron, William: for Beverlace read Beverlac |
217 | i ii |
7 f.e. 6 |
Bligh, Edward: for Edward read Thomas |
8 | for 1715 insert holding the seat till his death sixty years later | ||
218 | i | 31 | Bligh, Richard: for son of read son by his wife Lucy Shuter of John Bligh, the cousin of |
20 f.e. | after years insert He married a daughter of his cousin. Admiral William Bligh | ||
219 | i | 3-4 | Bligh, Sir Richard R.: omit and a modified ministry |
219 | i | 15-17 | Bligh, William: for was born . . . the year 1753 read baptised at St. Andrew's church, Plymouth, on 4 Oct. 1754, was son of Francis and Jane Bligh. He was born |
20-25 | omit the son of Charles . . . Trigg Minor) | ||
ii | 17-19 | for obtained a schooner . . . survivors, he read took passage in the Vlydte packet and | |
20 | after 1790 insert Twelve of his companions, the survivors, followed in the Dutch fleet
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220 | i | 21 | Bligh, William: after wife insert Elizabeth Betham |
24-25 | for and three sons, one of whom, Bichard [q. v.] read A son-in-law and distant relative, Richard Bligh [q. v.] | ||
221 | i | 14 | Bliss, Nathaniel: for 1740 read 1724 |
224 | ii | 8 | Bloet, Robert: for leading read persuading and after the king insert (as they did |
9 | after 1123 insert after Bloet's death) | ||
228 | ii | 23 f.e. | Blomefield, Sir Thomas: after Foundry insert The last office he held till his death more than forty years later |
232 | ii | 1 | Blood, Holcroft: after brigadier-general insert From 1703 till his death he was colonel of the 17th foot |
235 | ii | 7 | Bloomfield, Benjamin, 1st Lord Bloomfield: before In 1815 read He was A.D.C. to the Prince Regent 1811-4 and was M.P. for Plymouth from 1812 to 1818 supporting the government of Lord Liverpool |
10-11 | omit receiver of . . . privy purse and | ||
18 | for 1824 read 1822 | ||
239 | i | 17-19 | Blore, Thomas: omit The latter borough . . . interest |
242 | i | 19 | Blount, Charles, Earl of Devonshire: for 1604 read 1603 |
245 | i | 8 f.e. | Blount, Sir Christopher: for On read In 1592 and on |
249 | ii | 2 | Blount, Mountjoy, Earl of Newport: for 1665 read 1666 |
23 f.e. | omit Don | ||
252 | i | 18 f.e. | Blount, Richard: for studied at Oxford, but read matriculated at Balliol College, Oxford, and became in 1583 a fellow of Trinity on the nomination of his aunt, Lady Paulet. He only held the fellowship three weeks and |
256 | ii | 9 | Blount, Sir Thomas P.: for 1679 read 1679-80 |
10 | for two read three | ||
258 | ii | 6-7 | Blount, Walter, 1st Baron Montjoy: for but at what date . . . ascertained read 23 April 1472 (Nicolas) |
14 f.e. | omit the governor, the Earl of Oxford | ||
264 | ii | 16 | Bloxham, John (d. 1387): after 1375 insert He was archdeacon of Winchester from 1382 till death |
275 | ii | 5 f.e. | Blunt, John J.: for 18 read 17 |
276 | i | 14-16 | Blyke, Richard: omit In 1764 . . . the journals |
277 | i | 15 f.e. | Blythe, Geoffrey (d. 1530): for May following read March 1496-7 |
278 | i | 33 | Blythe, John: for 1478 read 1477 |
34 | for Huntingdon read Stow, in 1478 archdeacon of Huntingdon, from 1482 to 1485 prebendary of Lincoln | ||
294 | i | 18 f.e. | Bodley, Laurence: for He was a read He was made prebendary of Wells in 1580, and a |
295 | i | 25 f.e. | Bodley, Sir Thomas: for In April of the next year however read He was elected M.P. for Portsmouth in the same year and for St. German's in 1586. In April 1585 |
296 | i | 11-13 | for Sir Thomas . . . accession read Bodley, who had been knighted on 18 April 1604 (Dugdale MS. B. f . 201, Bodl. Libr.) |
ii | 5 | for 1603 read 1602 | |
308 | i | 8 f.e. | Bogue, David: for the Rev. Dr. Grasomer read Benjamin Grosvenor, D.D. [q. v.] |
306 | ii | 15 f.e. | Bohun, Edmund: for 1784 read 1684 |
309 | ii | 20 | Bohun, Humphrey VIII de: for 1291 read 1301 |
310 | ii | 12 f.e. | Bohun, William de: after Gascony insert He was K.G. |
315 | i | 19 | Bokenham, Osbern: after place insert Horstmann has shown Bokenham to be author of 'Mappula Mundi,' a translation of Higden's 'Polychronicon' (cf. Englische Studien, 1886) |
322 | ii | 5 | Boleyn, Sir Thomas: before On 1 Sept. insert In May 1523 he was made K.G. |
323 | ii | 8 f.e. | Bolland, Sir William: for soon became read was from 1804 till his elevation to the bench in 1829 |
324 | i | 11 f.e. | Bollard, Nicholas: for two copies read at least five copies |
10 f.e. | before Cotton MS. insert Sloane MSS. 1 L 92, 122 f. 83b, 686 f. 41 | ||
327 | ii | 11-12 | Bolton, Edmund: for and he is probably the 'E. B.' read Edward Blount [q. v ] and not Bolton was the 'E. B.' |
331 | i | 33 | Bolton, Robert: for 1668 read 1668-9 |
335 | ii | 15 f.e. | Bonar, James: after excise insert in Scotland |
336 | ii | 30 | Bonar, John the younger: after excise insert in Scotland |
338 | ii | 19 f.e. | Bond, George: after 1786 insert and a king's serjeant in 1795 |
338 | ii | 10 f.e. | Bond, Henry J. H.: for Hales read Hayles |
339 | i | 20 | for 1 read 3 |
341 | i | 11 f.e. | Bond, Nicholas: for 1590 read 1589 and for 1591 read 1590 |
357 | ii | 17 f.e. | Bonner, Edmund: before In the spring insert From 1537 to 1539 he was prebendary of St. Paul's (Chiswick stall) |
363 | i | 9 | Bonnycastle, Sir Richard H.: for 1848 read 1847 |
19 f.e. | for in 1848 read on 3 Nov. 1847 at Kingston, Canada | ||
364 | ii | 4 f.e. | Bonville, Anthony: for Terrill read Terill |
368 | i | 25 f.e. | Booker, John: after value insert Booker's quaintly rhymed 'Dutch Fortune Teller' firstappeared in 1650; the first edition is excessively rare |
7-6 f.e. | omit The 'Dutch Fortune Teller' and | ||
4 f.e. | for are read is | ||
371 | i | 27 f.e. | Boorde, Andrew: for Parforatus read Perforatus |
380 | i | 2 f.e. | Booth, Henry, 1st Earl of Warrington: after Cheshire insert 1678-81 |
384 | ii | 10 | Booth, James (1806-1878): for 1843 read the institution closed its doors at Christmas 1841. He was ordained at Bristol and acted there as curate till he removed to Liverpool in 1843 |
14-15 | omit these lines | ||
389 | i | 1 | Booth, Peniston: before On 9 May 1722 insert He was prebendary of Lincoln 1719-1746 |
23 | Booth, Robert: after 1657 add He married Anne, daughter of Oswald Mosley of Ancoats, Manchester; she afterwards married Thomas Case [q. v.] | ||
390 | i | 29 | Booth, Thomas (fl. 1611): after 1609 insert He was prebendary of Lichfield 1615-7 |
391 | i | 1 | Booth, Sir William: for (fl. 1673-1689) read (d. 1703) |
34 | before In 1683 insert On 12 Nov. 1682 he was knighted (Le Neve's Knights) | ||
34 ib. | after the Grafton insert in February 1687-8 was made commissioner of the navy for 'general business.' | ||
36-39 | for February . . . the navy read October he was appointed comptroller of the store keeper's accounts at the navy | ||
40 | for his read any and after allegiance insert that he made to William III | ||
42 | after March insert 1688-9 | ||
5-4 f.e. | for No account . . . death read He died in February 1702-3 | ||
394 | i | 34 | Boreman, Robert: for in the winter of read on 15 Nov. |
395 | ii | 2 f.e. | Borgard, Albert: after 1839 insert Biographical Notes by Major Hime, reprinted from Proc. Royal Artillery Institute, No. 4, Volume xiii (with portrait) |
397 | i | 27 f.e. | Borlase, Edmund: for (fl. 1662) read (d. 1682) |
ii | 13-12 f.e. | for The date . . . mentioned read He was dead before 18 Feb. 1681-2 (Sloane MS. 1008, f. 49) | |
6 f.e. | for Stowe read Sloane | ||
398 | i | 7 | for Additional read Sloane |
8 f.e. | Borlase, Sir John: for (d. 1649) read (1576-1648) | ||
ii | 29-31 | for in the spring of 1649 . . . lately deceased read in the spring of 1648. He died in London 15 March 1647-8, and was buried in the church of Great St. Bartholomew | |
401 | i | 20 f.e. | Borough, Sir John: after Clarenceux insert He was M.P. for Horsham in three parliaments, 1624, 1625, 1626 |
407 | i | 1-2 | Borrow, George: for philologist read author |
409 | ii | 26 | Borthwick, Peter: for He sat for Evesham read He lost his seat for Evesham on petition in 1838, but was re-elected in 1841, and sat |
412 | i | 26 | Bosanquet, Charles: after the city insert He was sub-governor of the South Sea Company 1808-38 and governor 1838-50. From 1823 to 1836 he was chairman of the exchequer bill office |
ii | 33 | for Meyers's read L. C. Meyer's | |
413 | i | 14 | Bosanquet, Sir John B.: for 1814 read 1847 |
21 f.e. | after Company insert in 1814 | ||
20 f.e. | after England insert in 1819 | ||
417 | i | 11 | Boscawen, Edward: for 1741 read 1742 |
419 | ii | 23 f.e. | Boscawen, Edward, 1st Earl of Falmouth: after and insert was M.P. for Truro from 1807 until he |
420 | i | 19 f.e. | Boscawen, Hugh, 1st Viscount Falmouth: after death insert He was governor of St. Mawes from 1696 to 1710 and from 1714 till death |
428 | i | 16 | Boswell, Alexander, Lord Auchinleck: for 29 Dec. 1729 read 22 July 1727 |
30 | for 31 read 25 | ||
429 | ii | 28 | Boswell, Sir Alexander: for 1818 read 1816 |
432 | i | 19 f.e. | Boswell, James the elder: for 1765 read 1763 |
439 | ii | 7 21 |
Boswell, John: for 1756 read 1757 |
440 | i | 23 f.e. | Boswell, Sir William: after 1606 insert He was M.P. for Boston in 1624 and 1625 |
22 f.e. | for subsequently react had already and after service insert He was secretary to Lord Herbert of Cherbury, while ambassador in Paris, in 1620 | ||
21 f.e. | after and was insert subsequently | ||
441 | ii | 17 | Bosworth, Joseph: omit College |
446 | ii | 5 f.e. | Bott, Thomas: for Long read Longe |
447 | ii | 18 | for 28 Sept. read 19 Sept. |