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Modern English biography, volume 2 (of 4), I-Q · Boase, Frederic

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JOY, THOMAS MUSGRAVE (only son of Thomas Joy). _b._ Boughton-Monchelsea, Kent 1812; pupil of Samuel Drummond, A.R.A.; exhibited 67 pictures at R.A., 82 at B.I. and 50 at Suffolk st. 1831–67; painted subject pictures and portraits of the prince of Wales and princess Royal 1841–3, sir Charles Napier and duke of Cambridge; his best picture Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme was in R.A. 1853; painted a picture of the Meeting of the subscribers to Tattersall’s before the races 1864; his pictures were sold at Christie’s on the Ascot settling day after his death. _d._ of bronchitis, 32 St. George’s sq. Pimlico, London 7 April 1866. _Art Journal_, _Aug. 1866 p._ 240.

JOY, WILLIAM (brother of John Cantiloe Joy 1806–66). _b._ Yarmouth 1803; employed by government as draughtsman at Portsmouth about 1832; always worked with his brother on the same pictures; exhibited 2 sea pieces at R.A., 2 at B.I. and 3 at Suffolk st. 1823–45. _d._ Chichester 1867.

JOYCE, FRANK (son of Pierce Joyce of Merview, Galway, _d._ 1883). Agent for marquess of Clanricarde, resigned and brought an action against his employer for libel; well known sportsman in Galway; resided at Tallyho, Loughrea; upset in a jaunting car and _d._ at Loughrea from a wound in his head May 1890. _Times 9 May 1890 p._ 10.

JOYCE, JAMES GERALD (eld. son of Harry Gandy Joyce). _b._ Clonmel, Ireland 1819; ed. Magd. hall, Oxf., B.A. 1846; V. of Burford with Fullbrook 1850–5; R. of Strathfieldsaye, Hants. 1855 to death; F.S.A. 1 June 1865; took much interest in the excavations at Silchester and contributed papers on the discoveries made there 1865 etc.; author of Can the liturgy be used to attach the people to the church? 1869; The Fairford windows. A monograph. Published by the Arundel society 1872, the letter press and the drawings on wood, stone and paper were all by him. _d._ Strathfieldsaye rectory 28 June 1878. _Proc. Soc. Antiq. London_, _viii_ 106–8 (1881).

JOYCE, JAMES WAYLAND (eld. son of rev. James Joyce of Henley, Oxon). _b._ 1812; ed. Ch. Ch. Oxf., student 1828–44; B.A. 1832, M.A. 1835; R. of Burford (3rd portion), Salop 1843 to death; proctor of diocese of Hereford 1852–80; preb. of Hereford 1868 to death; author of England’s sacred synods 1855; Ecclesia vindicata: a treatise on appeals in matters spiritual 1862; The civil power in its relation to the church 1869; On the courts of final appeal as proposed by the commissioners on ecclesiastical courts 1884; Acts of the church 1531. 1885; The church her own reformer 1886. _d._ Burford 16 Nov. 1887. _The Hereford Journal 26 Nov. 1887 p._ 4.

JOYCE, ROBERT DWYER. _b._ in co. Limerick, Sep. 1836; ed. Queen’s univ. Dublin; professor of English literature in college of R.C. univ. Dublin; surgeon in Dublin to 1866; went to U.S. America and resided at Boston till his death; member of R. Irish acad.; author of Ballads, romances and songs. Dublin 1861; Legends of the war in Ireland. Boston 1868; Fireside stories of Ireland 1871; Ballads of Irish chivalry, songs and poems. Boston 1875; Deirdrè [A poem by R.D.J.] 1876; Blanid, a poem. Boston 1879; The squire of Castleton. _d._ Dublin 23 Oct. 1883.

JOYCE, SAMUEL (3 son of James Joyce of Chapel st. Pentonville, London). _b._ 1817; barrister G.I. and M.T. 21 Jany. 1846; Q.C. 5 Feb. 1874; bencher of G.I. 1874 to death; author of Remarks on the operations of the county courts act 9 & 10 Vict. c. 95, with suggestions for amendment of practice of superior courts in personal actions 1850. _d._ 12 Endsleigh st. Tavistock sq. London 6 Jany. 1876. _bur._ in Highgate cemetery.

JOYCE, WILLIAM (2 son of James Joyce of Pentonville, London). Barrister I.T. 21 Nov. 1851 and of L.I. 14 Jany. 1860; resided 12 Endsleigh st. Tavistock sq.; author of The law and practice of injunctions in equity and at common law 2 vols. 1872; The doctrines and principles of the law of injunctions 1877; Proposals for an intellectual franchise. _d._ Thirlestane, Hampton hill 19 Oct. 1891.

JOYNER, HENRY BATSON (eld. son of Henry St. John Joyner). _b._ Northwick, Harrow 9 July 1839; resident engineer to Tunbridge Wells commissioners 1868–70; in service of Japanese government, constructing railways, making a trigonometrical survey and organising a department of meteorology 1870–7; engineer in chief of water supply and sewerage system of city of Sāo Paulo, Brazil 1877–84; A.I.C.E. 6 May 1879, M.I.C.E. 29 Nov. 1881; F.R.G.S.; author of The progress and ultimate results of meteorology, specially considered in reference to Japan 1876. _d._ England 23 Nov. 1884. _Min. of Proc. I.C.E. lxxix_ 370–1 (1885).

JUDD, WILLIAM HENRY. M.R.C.S. 1815, hon. F.R.C.S. 1844; assistant surgeon 3 foot guards 25 Feb. 1819, battalion surgeon 12 July 1827, surgeon major 22 July 1845 to 17 Feb. 1854 when placed on h.p.; the first advocate to claim justice for the army surgeon; he caused the abolition of the cross belts and the substitution of the present manner of carrying the cartouch box and ammunition; surgeon in ordinary to the Prince Consort; edited Part 4 of vol. i. of Transactions of the Royal Medico-Botanical Society 1839; author of A practical treatise on urethritis and syphilis 1836. _d._ 41 Maddox st. Regent st. London 7 or 10 Sep. 1868 aged 73.

JUDKIN, THOMAS JAMES. _b._ 1788; ed. Gonville and Caius coll. Camb., B.A. 1815, M.A. 1818; admitted ad eundem at Oxf. 1 Dec. 1842; P.C. of Somers chapel, Somers Town, London 1828–68; author of Twelve signs of the times; Church and home psalmody, being a collection of psalms from the old and new versions and original hymns 1831, 7 ed. 1851; Bygone moods, or hues of fancy and feeling from the spring to the autumn of life 1856. _d._ Reigate-heath 11 Sep. 1871.

JUKES, JOSEPH BEETE (only son of John Jukes of Birmingham, manufacturer, who _d._ 1819). _b._ Summerhill near Birmingham 10 October 1811; ed. at Wolverhampton and Birmingham gr. schs. and St. John’s coll. Camb., B.A. 1836; geological surveyor of Newfoundland 1839–40; naturalist to expedition for surveying coast of Australia, Torres Strait and New Guinea 1842–6; member of the English geological survey 1 Oct. 1846 to 1850; director of the Irish survey Nov. 1850 to 1870; lecturer on geology at R. coll. of science, Dublin 1854; member of commission to enquire into the resources of the coal fields 1860; wrote upwards of 50 papers on geology in scientific journals; author of Excursions in and about Newfoundland 2 vols. 1842; Narrative of the voyage of H.M.S. Fly 2 vols. 1847; A sketch of the physical structure of Australia 1850; The student’s manual of geology 1857, 3 ed. 1872; injured his brain by a fall and _d._ Upper Leeson st. Dublin 29 July 1869. _bur._ Selley Oak near Birmingham. _Letters of J. B. Jukes_ (1871), _portrait_; _Quarterly Journ. Geol. Soc. xxvi_ 32–4 (1870).

JUKES, ROBERT BOSWELL. Ed. at C.C. coll. Camb., B.A. 1838; chaplain to Leopold I. king of the Belgians; consular chaplain at Ostend 1846–75; Raine lecturer St. Michael’s Cornhill, London 1875 to death. _d._ in St. Michael’s ch. a few minutes after finishing his sermon 9 July 1882. _Guardian 12 July 1882 p._ 964.

JULIAN, CHARLES SAINT. Chief justice of Fiji 1871–4; author of Notes on the latent resources of Polynesia. Sydney 1851; The international status of Fiji and the political rights of British subjects residing in the Fijian archipelago 1872; with Edward Kennedy Silvester, The productions, industry and resources of New South Wales 1853. _d._ Vadratan, New Zealand 26 Dec. 1874.

JULIAN, WILLIAM ROBERT (son of William Julian _d._ 25 Jany. 1872 aged 74). _b._ 1827; connected with Masks and Faces entertainment; an entertainer on the music hall stage; dramatic and musical agent at 34 Wellington st. Strand 1864–70, at 29 Bow st. Covent Garden 1870–4, at 75 Berwick st. Soho 1875 to death. _d._ 4 April 1886. _bur._ Woking cemet. 11 April. _Era 10 April 1886 p._ 7.

JULLIEN or JULIEN, LOUIS GEORGE ANTOINE JULES (son of M. Jullien, conductor of band of the Garde Nationale). _b._ Sisteron, Basses Alpes 23 Aug. 1812; a piccolo player in band of the Garde Nationale; played violin solos in concerts in Italy 1834; served in French navy and army for short periods; studied at the Conservatoire, Paris under J. H. Halevy 1833–6; founder and conductor of concerts in the Jardin Turc, Paris 1836 which for a time were a great success; director of Bals d’Opera, Paris; rented and opened the Hotel of the Duke of Parma in the Chaussée d’Antin as a casino, soon closed by the police; published a programme in which he turned the government into ridicule, fled to England to escape imprisonment 1838; conducted dance music at Drury Lane 1838 and then became chief conductor there for the first time Nov. 1838; conductor of concerts d’hiver 1841 and of concerts de societé 1842, before one shilling audiences; his winter seasons of concerts at Drury lane lasted 1842–59; much noticed in Punch where he was called The Great Mons.; opened at Drury Lane 6 Dec. 1847 with Lucia di Lammermoor; bankrupt 19 April 1848, awarded first class certificate; gave out-door promenade concerts at Surrey gardens 1849; kept a depot for sale of dance music at 214 Regent st. 1845–58 and the royal conservatory of music at 45 King st. Golden sq. 1846–58; produced his own opera Pietro il Grande at Covent Garden 17 Aug. 1852, played 4 times; in U.S. America, July 1853 to June 1854; opened New Music hall, Surrey gardens 15 July 1856, gardens closed 1857 when he lost £6000; the whole of his engraved and manuscript music burnt in Covent Garden 5 March 1856; gave his concerts d’adieu, his twentieth season at the Lyceum 1858; in prison at Clichy, France 4 months May-Aug. 1859; composer of British army quadrilles and 150 pieces of music; the first to familiarize the masses with the works of Mozart, Beethoven and Mendelssohn; placed in a lunatic asylum 10 March 1860, wounded himself with a knife. _d._ Neuilly, Paris 14 March 1860. _Dramatic and musical review_, _i_ 5 (1842), _portrait_; _The drawing room portrait gallery of eminent personages 4 series_ (1860), _portrait_; _G.M. viii_ 632–4 (1860); _I.L.N. iii_ 348, 413 (1843) _portrait_, _ix_ 289 (1846) _view of concert_; _You have heard of them by Q._ (1854) 283–92; _Reynolds’ Miscellany_, _xi_ 181 (1854), _portrait_, _xvii_ 344 (1857), _portrait_; _Belgravia_, _xli_ 285–96 (1880); _Putnam’s Monthly Mag. ii_ 423–33 (1853).

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