ADAMS, WILLIAM. Member of firm of Hamilton, Adams & Co. publishers. _d._ The Limes, Clapham road 23 Feb. 1872 aged 75.
ADAMS, WILLIAM BRIDGES. _b._ London 1797; a carriage builder in Long Acre; travelled over great part of Europe and America; pupil of John Farey civil engineer; invented the fish-joint for railway rails 1847, this joint is still universally used on railways; made many valuable improvements in rolling stock; manufactured railway plant at works at Bow, London but failed; patented improvements in carriages, in ship propulsion, guns and wood carving; took out no less than 32 patents; author of _English pleasure carriages_ 1837; _Railways and permanest way_ 1854; _Roads and Rails_ 1862, and of very many articles in scientific and technical periodicals; wrote several political pamphlets under the pseudonym of Junius Redivivus. (_m._ 1834 Sarah dau. of Benjamin Flower of Great Harlow, Essex, she was _b._ 22 Feb. 1805, wrote many poems and hymns, and _d._ Aug. 1848). _d._ Broadstairs 23 July 1872. _bur._ at St. Peters. _Engineering 26 July 1872 p._ 63.
ADAMS, WILLIAM DACRES. _b._ 16 Dec. 1775; confidential sec. to William Pitt during his last administration May 1804 to Feb. 1806; a comr. of woods and forests 31 July 1810 to 23 Aug. 1834. _d._ Sydenham 8 June 1862.
ADAMS, WILLIAM HENRY (_second son of Thomas Adams of Norman Cross, Hunts, by Anna Maria dau. of W. Fair of Romsey, Hants_). _b._ Norman Cross 1809; compositor in a printing office in London; manager of _Lincolnshire Herald_ at Boston 1834; law reporter for the _Morning Herald_; barrister M.T. 24 Nov. 1843; went northern circuit; Auditor of the Poor law accounts for Lincoln, Nottingham and Rutland districts 1856; M.P. for Boston (lib. conserv.) 27 March 1857 to 23 April 1859; mayor of Boston twice; Recorder of Derby 10 Jan. 1859; Attorney General for colony of Hong Kong 19 April 1859; Mem. of legislative council there 2 Feb. 1860 and Chief Justice 5 July 1860. (_m._ (1) 1832 Anne dau. of Thomas Walford. _m._ (2) 1 June 1864 Ellen Williams eld. dau. of Edward Cobb of Kensington). _d._ Plas Llyssyn, Carno, Montgomeryshire 29 Aug. 1865. _bur._ Carno 6 Sep. _I.L.N. xxxvii_, 467 (1860) _portrait_.
ADAMS, WILLIAM HENRY. _b._ Malta; captain 36 foot 3 July 1840 to 7 June 1844, when placed on half pay; professor of fortification at R.M. college, Sandhurst 1845–70. _d._ Athenæum st. Plymouth 20 Dec. 1883 aged 79.
ADAMS, WILLIAM JAMES. _b._ London 1809; articled to a solicitor; London agent for Bradshaw’s railway map about 1838; published Bradshaw’s railway guide for the proprietors at 170 Fleet St. 1841–43 and at 59 Fleet st. 1843 to death; the 1st number is dated Dec. 1841, and consisted of about 38 pages; the continental Bradshaw was started 1847. _d._ 59 Fleet st. London 21 Dec. 1873. _Athenæum 27 Dec. 1873_; _17 Jany 1874, and 24 Jany 1874_.
ADAMS, WILLIAM PITT. _b._ 11 Dec. 1804; chargé d’affaires and consul general to republic of Peru 30 Nov. 1842 to death. _d._ Lima 1 Sep. 1852.
ADAMSON, REV. HENRY THOMAS; ed. at St. John’s coll. Cam., B.D. 1864; V. of Benthall Salop 1871–77; chaplain at Turin 1877–78; at Nervi 1880; author of _The analogy of the faith_ 1869; _The truth as it is in Jesus_ 1878; _The three sevens_ 1880; _The Millenium_ 1882. _d._ Lyons 29 May 1882 in 66 year.
ADAMSON, JOHN (_3 son of Cuthbert Adamson, lieut. R.N. by his 2 wife Mary dau. of John Huthwaite of Seaton Delaval near Newcastle_). _b._ High st. Gateshead 13 Sep. 1787; ed. at Newcastle gr. sch.; articled to Thomas Davidson of Newcastle, attorney; practised at Newcastle 1808 to death; undersheriff there 1811–36; sec. to Newcastle and Carlisle railway company 1829 to death; member of Literary and philosophical society of Newcastle 1811, one of its secretaries 1825 to death; treasurer and sec. of “The Antiquarian society of Newcastle” 11 Feb. 1813 to death; one of the 4 founders of Typographical society of Newcastle; K.C. and K.T.S. of Portugal; F.L.S. 1823, F.S.A., F.R.G.S. 1830; author of _Memoirs of life and writings of Luis de Camoens_ 1820, 2 _vols_; _Lusitania illustrata notices of the history of Portugal, 2 parts 1842–46_. (_m._ 3 Dec. 1812 Elizabeth dau. of Samuel Huthwaite of Seaton Delaval, she _d._ 5 July 1855). _d._ 9 Victoria terrace Jesmond road, Newcastle 27 Sep. 1855. _bur._ Jesmond cemetery 1 Oct. _Dibdin’s Northern tour i_, 369–91 (1838); _Martin’s Catalogue of privately printed books_ 1834, 419–40.
NOTE.—His library which contained a probably unrivalled collection of books relating to Portugal was nearly entirely destroyed by fire 16 April 1849, the remainder was sold at Sotheby’s in London 22 May 1856.
ADCOCK, JAMES. _b._ Eton 1778; chorister in St. George’s chapel Windsor and Eton college chapel 1786; lay clerk in St. George’s chapel 1797 and in Eton college chapel 1799; member of choirs of Trinity, St John’s and King’s colleges Cambridge; master of the choristers of King’s college; published several of his glees and _The rudiments of singing, with about 30 solfeggi to assist persons wishing to sing at sight_. _d._ Union road, Cambridge 30 April 1860.
ADDAMS, JESSE (_son of Richard Addams of Rotherhithe, shipbuilder_). _b._ 1 Jany. 1786; ed. Merchant Taylor’s sch. 1793; at St. John’s coll. Ox. 1804; B.C.L. 1810, D.C.L. 1814; admitted a proctor at Doctors Commons 3 Nov. 1814; Q.C. Jany. 1858; author of “_Reports of cases argued and determined in the ecclesiastical courts at Doctors Commons and in the high court of delegates_,” _3 vols._ 1823–26. _d._ 224 Marylebone road, London 25 May 1871.
ADDERLEY, ARDEN, entered navy 4 June 1796; Captain 19 July 1814; went on half pay 1 Oct. 1846; retired admiral 16 June 1862. _d._ Hams lodge, Ryde, Isle of Wight 15 Jany 1864.
ADDINGTON, HENRY UNWIN (_2 son of John Hiley Addington, M.P., P.C. who d. 11 June 1818, by Mary dau. of Henry Unwin, she d. 3 Sep. 1833_). _b._ Blount’s Court near Henley on Thames 24 March 1790; ed. at Winchester; envoy extraord. and min. plenipo. at Madrid 10 Oct. 1829 to 2 Nov. 1833; permanent under secretary of state for foreign affairs 4 March 1842 to 9 April 1854; P.C. 15 April 1854; F.R.G.S. 1861 and member of council 1861–70. (_m._ 17 Nov. 1836 Eleanor Anne Bucknall eld. dau. of Thomas Grimston Bucknall Estcourt of Estcourt Gloucs, she _d._ 17 Oct. 1877). _d._ 78 Eaton place London 6 March 1870.
ADDIS, BERNARD. _b._ London 28 Feb. 1791; entered Society of Jesus at Hodder 14 Oct. 1817; ordained priest at Maynooth college 1 June 1822; procurator at Mount St. Mary’s college, Derbyshire 1852–59; assistant missioner at Skipton, Yorkshire 1863–73. _d._ the Novitiate, Manresa house, Roehampton, Surrey 1 Oct. 1879.
ADDISON, REV. BERKELEY (_son of Rev. Joseph Addison of Weymouth_); ed. at Reading gr. sch. and St. Peter’s coll. Cam., B.A. 1839, M.A. 1842; R. of Collyhurst, Manchester 1855–60; domestic chaplain to Earl Caithness 1856 to death; surrogate 1861; V. of Jesmond, Northumberland 1861 to death; member of Newcastle upon Tyne school board 25 Jan. 1871 and vice chairman; hon. canon of Durham 1877 to death. _d._ Jesmond vicarage 13 Jany. 1882 in 67 year.
ADDISON, CHARLES GREENSTREET (_youngest son of Wm. Dering Addison of Newark house, Maidstone_); barrister Inner Temple 10 June 1842; went home circuit; revising barrister for East Kent; author of _The history of the knights templars, the Temple church and the Temple_ 1842, _3 ed._ 1852; _A treatise on the law of contracts, 2 vols._ 1845–47, _8 ed._ 1883; _Wrongs and their remedies_ 1860, _5 ed._ 1879. (_m._ 19 Nov. 1848 Frances Octavia 8 dau. of James Wolfe Murray, Lord Cringletie). _d._ 29 Alfred place west, Thurloe square London 19 Feb. 1866.
ADDISON, EDWARD PHILLIPS, stage name of Edward Philip Haddy. _b._ Plymouth Dock (name changed to Devonport 1 Jany. 1824) 24 Feb. 1809; acted in the provinces; first appeared in London at Lyceum theatre 1 April 1839 in “Dark Events”; acted at Drury Lane, Olympic, Prince of Wales’s and Lyceum theatres; played Pickwick in Albery’s dramatic version of it at Lyceum theatre 23 Oct. 1871 to Nov. 1871; lessee of Doncaster theatre many years. _d._ Plymouth 16 April 1874. _bur._ there 19 April.
ADDISON, HENRY ROBERT. _b._ Calcutta; cornet 2 dragoon guards 12 July 1827; lieut. 15 March 1831 to 21 June 1833 when placed on half pay; began writing for the stage 1830; author of about 60 dramas and farces; lessee of Queen’s theatre London Aug. 1836–1837; wrote many songs and articles in monthly magazines; edited _Who’s Who 1849–50_; special correspondent of a morning paper at Paris exhibition 1867; deputy chairman of London steamboat company; author of about 12 novels and stories. _d._ Albion st. Hyde park, London 24 June 1876 aged 71. _Dublin Univ. Mag. xviii_, 505 (1841) _portrait_.