ALEXANDER, SIR WILLIAM JOHN, 3 Baronet _b._ 1 April 1797; ed. at Trin. coll. Dub. and Trin. coll. Cam.; B.A. Dub. 1817, incorp. B.A. Cam. 1825, M.A. 1825; barrister M.T. 8 Feb. 1825; went Oxford circuit; Q.C. 10 July 1844; Bencher of his inn 1844; attorney general to Prince of Wales 24 June 1853; succeeded as 3 baronet 1 Dec. 1859; one of council of Prince of Wales 27 Jany. 1864. _d._ 22 St. James’s place, London 31 March 1873. _I.L.N. xlii_, 400 (1863) _portrait_.
ALEXANDER, REV. WILLIAM LINDSAY. _b._ Edinburgh 24 Aug. 1808; ed. at univs. of Edin. and St. Andrew’s; classical tutor in Lancashire college 1828; minister of Newington chapel, Liverpool 2 years; pastor of Augustine church, Edin.; principal of theological hall of Scottish congregational churches; member of Old Testament revision company 1870; author of the 3 articles _Moral philosophy, Scripture, and Theology in 8 ed. of Encyclopedia Britannica_; F.R.S. Edin. _d._ Pinkieburn near Edin. 20 Dec. 1884. _Our Scottish clergy, 2 series_ 1849, _pp._ 199–204.
ALFORD, REV. HENRY (_3 son of Rev. Samuel Alford, Dean of St. Burian, Cornwall, who d. 15 Aug. 1799_). _b._ Curry Rivell Vicarage 3 Dec. 1782; ed. at Crewkerne, Bridgwater and Tiverton schools; entered Wad. Coll. Ox. 1800; B.A. 1804, M.A. 1811; Fellow of his college; barrister I.T. 22 Nov. 1811; ordained at Quebec chapel, Lon. to curacy of Steeple Ashton, Wilts 13 June 1813; R. of Ampton, Suffolk 1826–42; R. of Winkfield 1833–35; R. of Aston Sandford, Bucks July 1836 to 1850. (_m._ (1) 20 Dec. 1809 Sarah Eliza 3 dau. of Thomas Bradley Paget of Tamworth, Staffs. banker. _m._ (2) 11 Aug. 1831 Susanna eld. dau. of Thomas Barber of Stukeley, Hunts). _d._ Tunbridge 22 Sep. 1852. _Memorial of Rev. Henry Alford by Henry Alford, B.D._ 1855.
ALFORD, VERY REV. HENRY (_only child of the preceding by his first wife_). _b._ 25 Alfred place Bedford sq. London 7 Oct. 1810; ed. at Charmouth in Dorset and Ilminster gr. school; matric. from Trin. coll. Cam. 13 Nov. 1828; scholar 1830, Bell scholar March 1831; 34 wrangler and 8 classic 1832; B.A. 1832, M.A. 1835, B.D. 1849, D.D. 1859; ordained at Exeter Cathedral to curacy of Ampton, Suffolk 27 Oct. 1833; fellow of his college 1 Oct. 1834; ordained priest at St. Margaret’s, Westminster 6 Nov. 1834; V. of Wymeswold Leics. 11 March 1835; Hulsean lecturer in Univ. of Cam. 1841–42; examiner in logic and moral philosophy in Univ. of London 1841–57; minister of Quebec chapel Portman sq. 1853; lived at 6 Upper Hamilton terrace, St. John’s Wood 26 Sep. 1853 to 19 June 1857; dean of Canterbury 18 March 1857 to death; one of the revisers of the New Testament; edited _Contemporary Review_ Dec. 1866; author of _Poems and poetical fragments_ 1831; _Chapters on the poets of Greece_ 1841; _Greek Testament_ _5 vols._ 1849–61, and 40 more volumes besides 104 articles in reviews. (_m._ 10 March 1835 Frances Oke dau. of Rev. Samuel Alford, P.C. of Muchelney, Somerset, she _d._ 18 Nov. 1878 aged 67). _d._ The Deanery, Canterbury 12 Jany. 1871. _bur._ churchyard of St. Martin’s, Canterbury 17 Jany. _Life of Henry Alford edited by his widow_ 1873, _portrait_; _Illustrated Review i_, 295–98, _portrait_; _I.L.N. xxvi_, 269 (1855), _lviii_, 67 (1871), _portrait_.
NOTE.—The statue erected to his memory in a niche of the west front of Canterbury Cathedral was unveiled 17 Oct. 1871.
ALFORD, STEPHEN SHUTE. M.R.C.S. 1843, F.R.C.S. 1858, L.S.A. 1844; hon. sec. to Society for promoting legislation for control and cure of habitual drunkards; author of _A few words on drink craving_; _Dipsomania its prevalence, causes and treatment_. _d._ 61 Haverstock hill, London 5 July 1881 aged 60.
ALICE MAUD MARY, Princess of the United kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (_3 child and 2 dau. of Queen Victoria_). _b._ Buckingham palace 25 April 1843. _m._ at Osborne 1 July 1862 Frederick Wm. Louis Charles afterwards Louis iv grand duke of Hesse-Darmstadt, he was _b._ 12 Sep. 1837; founded the Women’s Union for nursing the sick and wounded in war called after her name. _d._ the palace Darmstadt 14 Dec. 1878. _bur._ in the mausoleum at Rosenhohe near Darmstadt 18 Dec. _Alice grand duchess of Hesse, biographical sketch of_ 1884, _2 portraits_; _Martin’s Life of the Prince Consort v_, 252 (1880), _portrait_.
ALISON, SIR ARCHIBALD, 1 Baronet (_younger son of Rev. Archibald Alison 1757–1839 prebendary of Sarum_). _b._ Kenley, Salop 29 Dec. 1792; ed. at Univ. of Edin.; advocate 8 Dec. 1814; advocate depute 1823–30; wrote his History of Europe 1 Jany. 1829 to 7 June 1842; sheriff of Lanarkshire Dec. 1834 to death; lived at Possil house near Glasgow 1835 to death; lord rector of Marischal college, Aberdeen March 1845, beating Macaulay by 48 votes; lord rector of Univ. of Glasgow 15 Jany. 1852; created baronet 25 June 1852; D.C.L. at Oxford July 1852; author of _History of Europe during the French revolution_, _10 vols._ 1833–42, _7 ed._ _20 vols._ 1847–48; in 1853 the book was stereotyped; _The military life of John Duke of Marlborough_ 1848, _2 ed._ _2 vols._ 1852. _d._ Possil house at 11.30 p._m._ 23 May 1867. _bur._ Dean cemetery, Edinburgh 30 May. _Some account of my life and writings by Sir A. Alison, edited by Lady Alison_, _2 vols._ 1883, _2 portraits_.
NOTE.—He is drawn by Disraeli in Coningsby as Mr. Wordy.
ALISON, CHARLES. Envoy extraord. and minister plenipo. at Tehran, Persia 7 April 1860; C.B. 28 Nov. 1860. _d._ Tehran 29 April 1872.
ALISON, SOMERVILLE SCOTT. _b._ Edin. 1812; M.D. Edin. 1833; M.R.C.P. 1844, F.R.C.P. 1859; practised at Tranent 1833–40, in London 1840 to death; author of _Inquiry into propagation of contagious poisons_ 1839; _Medication of the larynx and trachea_ 1853; _Morbid throat and pulmonary consumption_ 1869. _d._ 85 Park st. Grosvenor sq. 11 June 1877.
ALISON, WILLIAM PULTENEY (_elder son of Rev. Archibald Alison 1757–1839_). _b._ Boroughmuirhead near Edin. 1790; M.D. Edin. 1811; ascended Mont Blanc 1814; professor of medical jurisprudence in Univ. of Edin. 1820–22, of institutes of medicine 1822–42; and of practice of physic 1842–56; physician to the Queen in Scotland 3 Feb. 1847; hon. D.C.L. Oxford 1850; granted civil list pension of £100, 10 Nov. 1856; presided over meeting of British Medical Association at Edin. Aug. 1858; author of _Outlines of physiology_ 1831; _Outlines of pathology_ 1833; _Observations on the management of the poor in Scotland_ 1840, this book caused the appointment of the Board of Supervision under the act of 1845. (_m._ 11 Aug. 1832 Margaret dau. of James Gregory, M.D. of Edinburgh). _d._ Woodville, Colington, Edinburgh 22 Sep. 1859. _Edin. Medical Journal v_, 469–86 and 597–603 (1860).
ALLAN, ALEXANDER STEWART. _b._ 1822; employed in financial department, Bengal 1859–73; supplied many of the notes to the publications of the Grampian club; wrote many articles in _Notes and Queries_, signed A.S.A. _d._ Kincardine, Richmond, Surrey 20 Dec. 1881.
ALLAN, BRYCE. _b._ Greenock; founded at Liverpool a branch of the Allan shipping company with his brothers Alexander and James (who _d._ Skelmorlie 1 Sep. 1880 aged 71). _d._ 16 Holly road Fairfield, Liverpool 24 May 1874.
NOTE.—His personalty was sworn under £250,000 Sept. 1874.
ALLAN, SIR HUGH (_2 son of Alexander Allan, commander of ships trading between the Clyde and Montreal_). _b._ Saltcoats, Ayrshire 29 Sep. 1810; clerk in house of Wm. Kerr and Co. Montreal 1826–29; partner in firm of Millar and Edmonstone of Montreal, shipowners 1835; partner with Edmonstone 1 May 1839; established April 1856 a line of steamers from Montreal to Liverpool, called the Montreal Ocean steamship company, afterwards the Allan line; knighted by patent 24 July 1871. (_m._ 13 Sep. 1844 Matilda Caroline 2 dau. of John Smith of Montreal, she _d._ 11 June 1881 aged 63). _d._ 27 St. Andrew sq. Edinburgh 9 Dec. 1882. _bur._ Montreal 27 Dec. _H. J. Morgan’s Sketches of celebrated Canadians_ 1862, _pp._ 669–74; _W. S. Lindsay’s History of merchant shipping iv_, 260–64 (1876).
ALLAN, JAMES. Major 94 foot 20 July 1809 to 25 Dec. 1818, when placed on h. p. regiment being disbanded; served in Peninsular war 1810–14; lieut. col. 57 foot 20 March 1828 to 9 Nov. 1846; M.G. 9 Nov. 1846; col. 50 foot 11 Oct. 1852 to death; C.B. 19 July 1838. _d._ Cheltenham 17 Feb. 1853.
ALLAN, JAMES. _b._ Aberdeen; sec. to Peninsular steam navigation company when first formed 1837; this was first company which ran steamers to distant foreign ports, the Iberia first steamer despatched with Peninsular mails in Sep. 1837; the first sec. of Peninsular and Oriental company 1840; one of the 3 managing directors 1848 to death; A.I.C.E. 4 Dec. 1849. _d._ Camp’s hill, Lewisham near London 15 Sep. 1874 aged 63. _Minutes of proc. of Instit. of C.E. xxxix_, 283–85 (1875).