ANSTRUTHER, PHILIP. _b._ 12 Sep. 1807; served in China 1841; a prisoner there 6 months; served in Punjab and Kaffir wars; major Madras artillery 1853–58; M.G. 4 Nov. 1858; C.B. 24 Dec. 1842. _d._ Pitcorthie near Fife 18 Feb. 1884.
ANSTRUTHER, PHILIP ROBERT. _b._ 30 June 1841; ensign 94 foot 31 Dec. 1858; lieut. col. 7 Aug. 1880 to death. _d._ Transvaal of wounds received in action 26 Dec. 1880. _I.L.N. lxxviii_, 205 (1881) _portrait_.
ANSTRUTHER, SIR RALPH ABERCROMBIE, 4 baronet. _b._ Grosvenor place, London 1 March 1804; succeeded 2 Aug. 1818; rector of univ. of St. Andrews 1859. _d._ Balcaskie, Fifeshire 18 Oct. 1863.
ANSTRUTHER, SIR WYNDHAM CARMICHAEL, 4 Baronet. _b._ Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London 6 March 1793; succeeded Nov. 1831. _d._ Boulogne 10 Sep. 1869.
ANTHONY, CHARLES. Founded the Hereford Times 1832; mayor of Hereford 6 times. _d._ The Elms, Hereford 5 Feb. 1885 in 82 year.
ANTRIM, HUGH SEYMOUR MACDONNELL, 4 Earl of. _b._ Portman square, London 7 Aug. 1812; succeeded 26 Oct. 1835. _d._ Glenarm castle, Larne, co. Antrim 18 July 1855.
ANTRIM, MARK MACDONNELL, 5 Earl of. _b._ Portman square, London 3 April 1814; established his claim as an Irish peer 15 July 1858; captain R.N. 1 July 1864. _d._ Glenarm castle 19 Dec. 1869.
ANTROBUS, SIR EDMUND, 2 Baronet. _b._ St. Martin’s in the Fields London 17 May 1792; succeeded 6 Feb. 1826. _d._ 146 Piccadilly 4 May 1870.
NOTE.—His personalty was sworn under £300,000 25 June 1870.
ANTROBUS, GIBBS CRAWFURD. _b._ 27 May 1793; sec. of legation to the United States of America 18 June 1816, at Turin 8 Feb. 1823, and at court of the two Sicilies 1 Oct. 1824 to May 1826; M.P. for Aldborough, Yorkshire 1820–26 and for Plympton, Devon 1826–32. _d._ Eaton hall, Congleton 21 May 1861.
APLIN, JOHN GUISE ROGERS. _b._ 7 Nov. 1819; ensign 28 foot 7 Oct. 1837; lieut. col. 48 foot 23 Nov. 1860 to 12 Nov. 1870 when placed on h.p.; L.G. 1 July 1881. _d._ 10 Edith road, West Kensington, London 10 April 1883.
APPERLEY, WILLIAM WYNNE (_son of Charles James Apperley 1778–1843, author of sporting works under pseudonym of Nimrod_). Cornet Bengal cavalry 1823; in charge of Poosah stud in Behar 1840–43 and 1845–52; superintended central division of stud department in Bengal 1854–55; major 3 European light cavalry 1854–61; remount agent at Cape of Good Hope 1857–60; left the service Dec. 1861. _d._ Morben near Machynlleth, Montgomeryshire 25 April 1870 aged 62. _Baily’s Mag. xviii_, 253–55 (1870).
APPLEBY, JOHN FREDERICK (_son of John Appleby of Soberton, Hants, farmer_). _b._ 18 Nov. 1795; captain R.N. 29 Jany. 1838; retired admiral 10 Sep. 1869. _d._ Blackbrook lodge, Fareham 3 Feb. 1878.
APPLEGATH, AUGUSTUS (_son of Augustus Joseph Applegath, captain of H.E.I. Co.’s ship Europa_). _b._ parish of St. Dunstan, Stepney 17 June 1788; a printer in Nelson sq. Blackfriars road; constructed machines for printing bank notes 1818; erected a printing office in Duke st. Stamford st.; invented the composition ball and roller, and the steam printing press; the first book printed by steam was Waterton’s Wanderings; invented with Edward Cowper the four-cylinder machine, and erected it at the Times office 1827; patented vertical machine 1846; erected one at Times office, May 1848, which produced 10,000 impressions per hour; invented a machine for printing 6 colours at once; took out 18 patents for improvements in letterpress and silk printing; established large silk and print works at Crayford, and printing works at Dartford. _d._ Dartford 9 Feb. 1871. _Bohn’s Pictorial handbook of London_ (1854) 76–86; _N. and Q. 4 series iii_, 485 (1869) _vii_, 153 (1871); _Dartford Chronicle 25 Feb. 1871, p._ 3, _col._ 1.
NOTE.—In the year 1818 Messrs. Applegath and Cowper constructed machines for the Bank of England to print in several colours in perfect register designs for the prevention of forgery; some millions of £1 notes were printed by them in the Bank, but were never issued, in consequence of the resumption of cash payment 1 May 1821.
APPLETON, CHARLES EDWARD CUTTS BIRCHALL (_son of Rev. Robert Appleton, Head master of Reading school who d. 5 Feb. 1875 aged 73_). _b._ Reading 16 March 1841; Tunbridge fellow of St. John’s coll. Ox. 1864 to death; B.A. 1863, D.C.L. 1871; studied at Heidelberg and Berlin; lecturer in philosophy at his college Oct. 1867; lived at Hampstead 1872–77; founded _The Academy_ monthly literary paper 9 Oct. 1869, edited it to his death; took an active share in agitation that resulted in passing of Universities act 1877; wrote in the _Theological_, _Fortnightly_ and _Contemporary Review_s; edited _Essays on the endowment of research_ 1876. _d._ Luxor, Upper Egypt 1 Feb. 1879. _Dr. Appleton his life and literary relics, by J. H. Appleton and A. H. Sayce_ 1881, _portrait_.
APPLEYARD, GEORGE. Of Westbourne place, Eaton square, London; many years secretary and librarian to the Earls Spencer. _d._ Walmer 30 Aug. 1855.
APPOLD, JOHN GEORGE (_son of Christian Appold of Wilson st. Finsbury, London, fur skin dyer, who was naturalized by 45 George iii, cap. 83_). _b._ Wilson st. 14 April 1800; a fur skin dyer there 1822; a manager of the London Institution 1844; invented Centrifugal rotary pump which was a prominent feature in International Exhibitions of 1851 and 1862; invented a break used in laying first Atlantic cable 1857; A.I.C.E. May 1850; F.R.S. 2 June 1853. _d._ Clifton Down hotel, Clifton 31 Aug. 1865. _Proc. of Royal society xv_, 1–6 (1867); _Minutes of proc. of instit. of C.E. xxv_, 523–25 (1866).
APTHORP, EAST. Entered Madras army 1820; commandant at Hyderabad 18 March 1859 to 18 April 1860; retired M.G. 31 Dec. 1861; C.B. 16 Nov. 1858. _d._ Amherst lodge, Tunbridge Wells 3 March 1875 aged 69.
ARBUCKLE, BENJAMIN HUTCHESON VAUGHAN. _b._ 1788; captain R.A. 1825–46; L.G. 24 Aug. 1866. _d._ Little Heath, Old Charlton 11 Oct. 1874.
ARBUTHNOT, SIR ALEXANDER DUNDAS Young (_only son of Robert Arbuthnot, lieut. col. 31 foot, who d. 10 July 1796_). _b._ 1796; captain R.N. 1824–46 when he retired on h.p.; gentleman of Privy Chamber 2 Nov. 1824 to death; col. commandant of depôt at Santander, Spain 26 Oct. 1835; led forlorn hope at storming of Irun; brigadier general in service of Queen of Spain 1838; knighted by Queen Victoria at St. James’s palace 25 June 1859; retired admiral 30 Nov. 1863; lord prior of English language of Knights of Malta 16 July 1860 to death. (_m._ 25 May 1827 Catherine Maria 3 dau. of Rev. Charles Eustace of Robertstown co. Kildare). _d._ Shenton hall, Nuneaton, Leics. 8 May 1871.
ARBUTHNOT, CHARLES GEORGE JAMES (_eld. son of Right Hon. Charles Arbuthnot of Woodford house, Thrapstone, who d. 18 Aug. 1850 aged 82_). _b._ 1801; ed. at Westminster; ensign grenadier guards 26 Dec. 1816; lieut. col. of 72 foot 25 Sep. 1826; of 90 foot 17 May 1831, and of 72 foot 23 Feb. 1838 to 14 April 1843, when placed on h.p.; col. of 89 foot 9 July 1857, and of 91 foot 4 July 1864 to death; general 25 Nov. 1864; M.P. for Tregony 1831–32. _d._ Folkestone 21 Oct. 1870.
ARBUTHNOT, GEORGE. _b._ 1802; clerk in the Treasury 1820 to death; private secretary to 6 successive secretaries of the Treasury; private sec. to Sir Robert Peel when prime minister Feb. 1843; and to Sir Charles Wood when chancellor of the exchequer July 1846; auditor of the civil list 1850 to death. _d._ Surbiton, Surrey 28 July 1865. _Dictionary of national biography ii_, 61 (1885).
ARBUTHNOT, GEORGE BINGHAM. Lieut. col. 8 Madras light cavalry 1 Feb. 1856 to 31 Dec. 1861; retired M.G. 31 Dec. 1861. _d._ Bath 30 May 1867 aged 63.
ARBUTHNOT, SIR ROBERT (_4 son of John Arbuthnot of Rockfleet castle co. Mayo_). _b._ 1773; captain Coldstream guards 25 July 1814 to 19 July 1821, when placed on h.p.; L.G. 23 Nov. 1841; col. 76 foot 31 May 1843 to death; K.C.B. 2 Jan. 1815, K.T.S. (_m._ Harriot only child of Wm. Vesey of Farmill, Ireland, she _d._ 5 Dec. 1861). _d._ Bonchurch, Isle of Wight 6 May 1853. _Household Words v_, 519 (1852).
ARBUTHNOT, SIR ROBERT KEITH, 2 Baronet. _b._ Edinburgh 9 Sep. 1801; in Bombay civil service 1819–47; succeeded 18 Sep. 1829. _d._ Florence 4 March 1873.
ARBUTHNOT, WILLIAM URQUHART (_5 son of Sir Wm. Arbuthnot, 1 Bart. 1766–1829_). _b._ 24 March 1807; ed. at high sch. Edin. and Haileybury college; in the Madras civil service 1826–46; member of firm of Arbuthnot and Co. Madras 1846; returned to England 1858; member of Indian council 21 Sep. 1858 to death; chairman of its finance committee. (_m._ 2 June 1834 Eliza only dau. of Gen. Sir Henry George Andrew Taylor, G.C.B.) _d._ Eaton place, London 11 Dec. 1874. _Graphic xi_, 68 (1875), _portrait_.