Dictionary of National Biography, 1904 errata/Volume 1
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N.B.— f.e. stands for from end and l.l. for last line
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| 11 | i | 5 f.e. | Abbot, George (1562-1633): for Early in 1614 read In March 1611-12 |
| 4-3 f.e. | for Burton-upon-Trent read Lichfield | ||
| 20 | ii | 17 | Abbot, George (1603-1648): for 1648 read 1649 |
| 39 | after training insert He was M.P. for Tamworth from 1645 till his death | ||
| 3 f.e. | for 2 Feb. 1648 read 2 Feb. 1648-9 | ||
| 21 | ii | 20 | Abbot, Sir Maurice: for on his return read in his absence in July 1615 |
| 23 | ii | 12 | for 10 Jan. 1641-2 read late in 1642 |
| 13 | after buried insert on 7 Dec. 1642 | ||
| 29 | for in the Long Parliament read in both the Short and the Long Parliaments | ||
| 30 | i | 37 | Abbott, Edwin: for 12 May 1882 read 27 May 1882, and was buried at Kensal Green |
| 30 | ii | 37 | Abbott, Thomas Eastoe: add to list of works 'Resignation, a poem on the death of Princess Charlotte,' Hull, 1817 |
| 35 | ii | 11 f.e. | Abell, William: for 1687 read 1636 |
| 36 | i | 31-34 | for Ten years later . . . . alderman read In the same year he resigned his office of alderman. Ten years later Abell was again imprisoned |
| 38 | ii | 29 | Abercromby, Alexander (1745-1795): after Alexander insert Lord Abercromby |
| 5 f.e. | omit courtesy | ||
| 39 | i | 15 f.e. | Abercromby, Alexander (1784-1853): before in 1817 insert in the whig interest |
| 40 | ii | 30 | Abercromby, David: omit Curiously enough and for so read So |
| 34 | for by him read in which his name occurs | ||
| 41 | i | 3-4 | Abercromby, James, 1st Baron Dunfermline: for On the accession . . . . 1827 read On the accession of Canning to power in 1827 |
| 15-17 | for he was put forward . . . . Manners Sutton read his claims for the speakership were considered by his party in 1883, but Edward John Littleton, afterwards Baron Hatherton [q. v.], was chosen to oppose Charles Manners-Sutton [q. v.], who was elected. | ||
| 27 | for 310 read 306 | ||
| 37-38 | omit received a pension of 4,000l. a year, and | ||
| 42 | i | 16 f.e. | Abercromby, Sir John: for 1814 read 1815 |
| 43 | i | 23 f.e. | Abercromby, Patrick: for 1716 read 1715 |
| 44 | i | 23-25 | Abercromby, Sir Ralph: for The war with France . . . . no hesitation read The war with France recalled him to military life. He had been made major-general in 1787, and in 1793 he had no hesitation |
| 28 | omit promoted major-general and | ||
| 45 | i | 35 | after Scotland add He held the governorship of Forts Augustus and George from 1798 till his death |
| 46 | ii | 3-2 f.e. | Abercromby, Robert (1534-1613): for and to die . . . . faith read but she died (1619) without professing the catholic faith
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| 47 | i | 25 f.e. | Abercromby, Sir Robert: for in 1781 read in April 1782 |
| 16 f.e. | after Mysore add He was promoted major-general in the same year | ||
| 48 | i | 29-30 | Abernethy, John (1680-1740): for Coleraine . . . . Ulster read Brigh, Co. Tyrone |
| 55 | i | 22 f.e. | Abney, Sir Thomas (1640-1722): for that office on read that office. On |
| 21 f.e. | for Louis XIV. read Louis XIV, | ||
| 13 f.e. | after London add He was a whig and an unsuccessful candidate for London in 1702 | ||
| ii | 12 f.e. | Abney, Sir Thomas (d. 1750): after became insert K.C. and attorney-general for the duchy of Lancaster in 1733, steward of the Marshalsea Court in 1736 | |
| 60 | ii | 8 | Acland, Sir John: for (d. 1613) read (d. 1620) |
| 15 f.e. | for in 1613 read 14 Feb. 1619-20. (Will dated 9 Feb. 1619-20, proved 4 July 1620) | ||
| 61 | ii | 6 | Acland, John D.: for minority read ministry |
| 62 | i | 7 | for 31 Oct. 1778 read 2 Nov. 1778 |
| 62 | i | 40 | Acland, Sir Thomas D.: for Grillon's Club read Grillion's Club |
| 63 | i | 32 | Acland, Sir Wroth P.: for in 1816 read on 8 March 1816 |
| 69 | i | 43 | Acworth, George: after year add he was M.P. for Hindon in 1563 |
| 69 | ii | 12-9 f.e. | Adair, James: for From 1780 . . . Ferrars read From 1775 to 1780 he was whig M.P. for Cockermouth, and from 1793 until his death for Higham Ferrers. |
| 2 f.e. | for As king's serjeant he read He became king's serjeant in 1782, and | ||
| 70 | i | 22 | omit prime |
| 23 | for Ferrars read Ferrers | ||
| 72 | ii | 35 | Adair, Patrick: for 1563 read 1663 |
| 73 | i | 31 | for 4th ser. read 1st ser. |
| 73 | ii | 12 | Adair, Sir Robert: after 1845 insert In 1828 he was made a privy councillor. |
| 16-18 | omit For his services . . . order | ||
| 18-21 | for His successful mission . . . and the grant read He was appointed G.C.B. (civil) in 1831, and the success of his mission was further rewarded by the grant | ||
| 85 | i | 34 | Adam, Sir Charles: for January read August |
| 35 | after M.P. insert for Kinross in 1831-2 and | ||
| 39 | before from insert in Nov.-Dec. 1834 | ||
| 86 | i | 14-13 f.e. | Adam, Sir Frederick: omit and . . . K.C.M.G. |
| 13 f.e. | for in 1824 read in 1821 | ||
| 88 | i | 24 f.e. | Adam, Robert: The journal referred to was by James Adam [q. v.], not by Robert Adam, and relates to a tour in Italy during 1760-1 (cf. Library of Fine Arts, vol. ii. No. 9, Oct. 1831) |
| 90 | i | 27-28 | Adam, William: for the general election read a bye-election after the general election |
| 91 | i | 22-19 f.e. | for (who was now attorney-general . . . Cornwall) read (who had become solicitor-general to the Prince of Wales in 1802, attorney-general in 1805, and keeper of the great seal of the duchy of . . . Cornwall in 1806) |
| 17 f.e. | for for the county of Kinross read for both the counties of Kinross and Kincardine, but he sat for the latter | ||
| 96 | ii | 16 f.e. | Adams, George: after and insert was transferred to that |
| 13 f.e. | omit resigned . . . and | ||
| 98 | ii | 1 | Adams, John (1662-1720): after never printed insert He was vice-chancellor of Cambridge University 1712-3 |
| 101 | i | 31 | Adams, Sarah F.: for 1827 read 1829 |
| 102 | ii | 17 f.e. | Adams, Sir Thomas: for 1667 read 1668 |
| 103 | i | 4 | after offices insert He was M.P. for London in 1654 and 1656 |
| 26 | for 1667 read 1667-8 | ||
| 106 | ii | 31 | Adams, William (1706-1789): before In 1755 insert He was made prebendary of Lichfield in 1747, prebendary of Llandaff in 1749, and also precentor in the latter cathedral in 1750 |
| 36 | omit afterwards | ||
| 37 | after Llandaff insert in 1777 | ||
| for the prebendal house read his prebendal house
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| 108 | i | 9-11 | Adams, William (1814-1848): omit There is . . . century |
| 108 | i | 7-6 f.e. | Adams, William (1772-1851): for a descendant read of the family |
| 111 | ii | 22 | Adamson, John: for Quillanan read Quillinan |
| 115 | i | 39 | Adamson, Patrick: for Anglicanæ read Scoticanæ |
| 116 | i | 13 | Addington, Anthony: for commoner read scholar |
| 14 | after school add 1758 | ||
| 117 | i | 8 f.e. | Addington, Henry, 1st Viscount Sidmouth: for 1783 read 1784 |
| 119 | ii | 23 f.e. | after ally insert He was at first lord privy seal, becoming afterwards lord president of the council |
| 120 | ii | 7 f.e. | for 1833 read 1836 |
| 121 | i | 6 | after person insert He was high steward of Westminster from 1813 till his death |
| 122 | i | 27 | Addison, John: for 1753 read 1793 |
| 124 | ii | 28 | Addison, Joseph: after friends insert From 1704 to 1708 he was a commissioner of appeals and for 1706 read 1705 |
| 32 | for 1707 read 1706 | ||
| 34 | for Elector of Hanover read Electoral Prince, afterwards George II | ||
| 125 | ii | 45 | after speaking insert He was M.P. for Cavan borough in the Irish parliament 1709-1713 |
| 132 | i | 5 f.e. | Addison, Lancelot: for afterwards read in 1678 |
| 135 | ii | 15 | Adela: for Poitou read Ponthieux |
| 136 | ii | 34 | Adelaide, Queen Dowager: for Lord Melbourne's read Lord Grey's |
| 137 | ii | 9 f.e. | Adeliza of Louvain: omit ? after 1151 |
| 138 | i | 8-7 f.e. | for 23 March . . . . and read 24 March 1151 (Ann. of Margam) and |
| 140 | ii | 20 f.e. | Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Cambridge: for 1842 read 1825 |
| 142 | i | 4-3 f.e. | Adolphus, John L.: for received . . . . attorney-general read became solicitor-general |
| 2 f.e. | after Durham insert 1855 | ||
| 155 | i | 4 f.e. | Ælfred, King: for 871 read 878 |
| 164 | i | 12 f.e. | Ælfric, called Bata: omit (or the bat) |
| 164 | ii | 13 sqq. f.e. | Ælfric, Grammaticus: The suggested identification of Ælfric the grammarian with Ælfric, archbishop of York, is confuted in Dr. E. Dietrich's elaborate account of the former in Niedner's 'Zeitschrift für Historische Theologie,' 1855, xxv., pp. 487-594, and 1856, xxvi., pp. 163-256. Cf. Ælfric's 'Lives of Saints,' ed. by Prof. Skeat, Early Engl. Text Soc., 1881-1900 |
| 166 | i | 9 | for St. George read St. Gregory |
| 166 | ii | 38 | Ælfric (d. 1051): For the use of puttock in the sense of kite cf. Shakespeare's '2 Hen. VI,' Act iii. Scene 2, lines 191-3 |
| 171 | ii | 26 | Affleck, Sir Edmund: after blue insert He was M.P. for Colchester from 1782 till his death, and was a supporter of Pitt |
| 176 | ii | 41 | Aglionby, Edward: after 1544 insert He was M.P. for Carlisle 1552-3 |
| 178 | i | 13 f.e. | Agnew, Sir Andrew (1793-1849): for Kinsale read Kingsale |
| 2 f.e. | after former' insert In 1837 he was conservative M.P. for the Wigton boroughs and after third election insert for Wigtonshire | ||
| 180 | ii | 39 | Agutter, William: after Agutter insert who had leanings towards the doctrines of Swedenborg |
| 181 | ii | 2 f.e. | Aidan: for Dalraida read Dalriada, and so through article |
| 184 | ii | 17 | Aikin, Arthur: omit at his brother's house |
| 188 | i | 14 | Ainger, Thomas: for 1861 read on 19 Feb. 1859 |
| 15 | omit honorary | ||
| 188 | i | 27 | Ainslie, George Robert: for general read lieutenant-general |
| 10 f.e. | for in 1813 read in June of the same year | ||
| l.l. | after promoted insert in 1813 | ||
| ii | 2 | after employment insert He became lieutenant-general in 1825 | |
| 189 | i | 24 | Ainslie, Sir Robert: for 1804 read 1812 |
| 190 | i | 15 f.e. | Ainslie, Robert: after Dunse insert Berwickshire |
| 14 f.e. | after father insert Robert Ainslie (1734-1795) and after Douglas insert Sir Whitelaw Ainslie [q. v.] was his brother | ||
| ii | 20 | after 1838 insert He and his brother Whitelaw married sisters, the daughters of Col. James Cuninghame, of Balbougie, Fifeshire.
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| 190 | ii | 24-5 | Ainslie, Whitelaw:for Whitelaw (fl. 1788-1835) read Sir Whitelaw (1767-1837) |
| 26 | before was insert was brother of Robert Ainslie (1766-1838, q. v.]. Born on 17 Feb. 1767 at Dunse, Berwickshire, he | ||
| 6 f.e. | after wife insert He was knighted 10 June 1835, and died 29 April 1837. He married a daughter of Col. James Cuninghame, of Balbougie, Fifeshire. His widow died 17 March 1840, leaving an only child, Jane Catherine, who married James C. Grant-Duff. Ainslie Douglas Grant-Duff, the second son of this marriage, assumed, in 1866, the surname of Ainslie | ||
| 191 | i | 26-46 | Ainsworth, Henry: for was according to the Lancashire historians . . . . a graduate read was son of Thomas Ainsworth, yeoman of Swanton Morley, Norfolk, where he was baptised. He was admitted to Caius College, Cambridge, 15 Dec. 1587, and resided there as a scholar for four years (Caius College Register). Roger Williams writes with small justification: |
| 196 | ii | 28 | Ainsworth, Robert: for in one volume read in two volumes |
| 42 | for the Rev. B. W. B. Beatson read the Rev. B. W. Beatson | ||
| 199 | i | 28 | Aio (d. 974): Note The only authority for the existence of Aio is the spurious 'history' of Ingulf, abbot of Croyland |
| 200 | ii | 19 | Airay, Henry: after twin brothers insert Airay became prebendary of Canterbury in 1609 |
| 202 | i | 9 f.e. | Airey, Sir George: for in 1812 read in the same year, became lieutenant-general 4 June 1811 |
| 7 f.e. | for in the same year read in 1812 | ||
| 4 f.e. | omit was promoted . . . 1821 | ||
| l.l. | for in 1833 read on 15 Feb. 1833 | ||
| 202 | ii | 33-34 | Airey, Richard, Lord Airey: for deputy adjutant-general read assistant adjutant-general from 1847 to 1851 |
| 35 | after headquarters insert 1851-3 | ||
| 206 | i | 3 f.e. | before 7th regiment insert 17th regiment from 1860 to 1868 and of the |
| ii | 4 | for commission appointed in 1879 read committee appointed in 1879 by the commander-in-chief with the approval of the secretary of state for war | |
| 6 | for commission read committee | ||
| 206 | ii | l.l. | Aitkin, John: add He died at Edinburgh on 22 Sept. 1790 (Gent. Mag. 1790, ii. 866) |
| 210 | i | 33 | Akenside, Mark: after Christ's Hospital insert and to St. Thomas's Hospital |
| ii | 32-33 | omit 'An Epistle . . 1744. | |
| 38 | after 1766 add 'An epistle to the Rev. Mr. Warburton occasioned by his treatment of the Author of the "Pleasures of Imagination,"' 1744, sometimes assigned to Akenside, is by his friend Jeremiah Dyson [q. v.] | ||
| 212 | ii | 21-2 | Alabaster, William: omit was made . . . Cathedral, |
| 22-3 | for Tharfield read Therfield | ||
| 214 | i | 15 f.e. | Alan of Lynn: for (fl. 1424?) read (d. 1421) |
| 7 f.e. | add Blomfield, Norfolk, viii. 525-6 | ||
| 215 | i | l.l. | Alan of Tewkesbury: add Epistolæ Cantuarienses, ed. Stubbs, Rolls Series, pp. xl-lviii. |
| 216 | i | 26 | Aland, Sir John F.: after 1716 insert He became K.C. in 1714 |
| 29 | after the king insert He was whig M.P. for Midhurst from 1715 until he became a judge | ||
| 216 | ii | 22 | Albany, Countess of: for Louisa read Louisa Maximiliana Carolina Emanuel |
| 217 | ii | 16 | after her death insert on 29 Jan. 1824 |
| 221 | ii | 26 | Albert, Prince: for (16 Feb.) read (10 Feb.) |
| 228 | i | 25 | for 19 April read 10 April |
| 230 | i | 19 | for (14 Dec.) read (14 Sept.) |
| 234 | ii | 18 | Albini, William de: for the preceding read William de Albini (Brito) d. 1155-6 [q. v.] |
| 235 | ii | 11 f.e. | Alchin, William T.: after London insert in 1845 |
| 236 | i | 26 | Alcock, John: for 1462 read 1471 |
| 15 f.e. | for 1474 read 1475 | ||
| 237 | ii | 22 | Alcock, Nathan: for Wirrel read Wirral |
| 238 | i | 20 | Alcock, Simon: for (d. 1459?) read (d. 1458) |
| 238 | i | 4 f.e. | Alcock, Thomas: for (d. 1563) read (d. 1564) |
| 241 | ii | 21 f.e. | Alder, Joshua: for Easter-Eve read 7 Apr.
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| 243 | i | 17 f.e. | Alderson, Sir James: for Dr. Lee, a dissenting minister read the Rev. George Lee, Unitarian minister. |
| 15 f.e. | for clerk to a wine merchant read clerk in the army commissariat | ||
| 243 | ii | 5 f.e. | Alderson, John: for 1758 read 1757 |
| 3 f.e. | after born insert 4 June 1757 | ||
| 244 | i | 13-12 f.e. | omit and several . . . . Exercises' |
| 251 | i | 17 f.e. | Aldrich, Henry: after college insert He was vice-chancellor of Oxford in 1692 |
| 252 | ii | 18 | Aldrich, Robert: for 1536 read 1534 |
| 253 | i | 35 | Aldridge, William: for Treveca read Trevecca |
| 256 | i | 17 | Alesius, Alexander: after a book add viz. the 'Loci Theologici' |
| 19-23 | omit (The book . . . . a year later) | ||
| 264 | ii | 1 | Alexander III: for 1285 read 1286 |
| 265 | i | 10-11 | omit who . . . . household |
| 266 | i | 36 | for Lewis read Lewes |
| ii | 23 f.e. | for 1284-5 read 1284 | |
| 15 f.e. | for 16 Mar. 1285 read 16 Mar. 1285-6 | ||
| 271 | i | 9 f.e. | Alexander of Hales: for an archdeaconry read the archdeaconry of Coventry |
| ii | 18 | for in 1245 read on 21 Aug. 1245 (Le Neve) | |
| 282 | i | 41 | Alford, Henry: for in 1871 read 7 Jan. 1871 |
| 287 | i | 15 f.e. | Alison, Archibald: for (Mrs. Gerald) read the wife of Col. John Gerard, son of Gilbert Gerard [q. v.] and adjutant-general to Lord Lake in India |
| 289 | ii | 28 | Alison, Sir Archibald: for Cutlar Ferguson read Cutlar Fergusson |
| 32 | for 1851 read 1850 | ||
| 294 | ii | 5 f.e. | Allan, George: for 1812 read 1813-1818 |
| 300 | ii | 19 f.e. | Alleine, Joseph: for Charles Sanford read Charles Stanford |
| 303 | i | 13 | Allen, Bennet: for Calvert, George read Calvert, Frederick |
| 305 | ii | 4-5 | Allen, John (1476-1534): for even . . . . till 1515 read at least as early as 1503, when he became prebendary of Lincoln, till 1515 |
| 308 | i | 28 | Allen, John (1660?-1741): after patented insert in 1729 |
| 310 | i | 44 | Allen, John (1771-1843): after his death insert He was auditor of the duchy of Lancaster from 1841 till his death |
| 311 | ii | 16 f.e. | Allen, Ralph: for Coventry, Lichfield read Coventry and Lichfield |
| 313 | i | 30 | Allen, Thomas (1542-1632): for Peleusiensis read Pelusiensis |
| 326 | i | 23-2 f.e. | Alley, William: for with the prebend of St. Pancras in that church read and to the prebend of St. Pancras in that church in 1559-60 |
| 329 | i | 33 | Alleyn, Edward: for 1622 read 1623 |
| 330 | i | 19 | Allibond, John: for St. Mary-le-Crypt read St. Mary-de-Crypt |
| 38 | after 'Clerk's Register' insert in Bloxam's Register of Magdalen College, Oxford | ||
| 332 | ii | 20 f.e. | Allin, Sir Thomas: for November 1670 read 15 Apr. 1671 |
| 6 f.e. | for 1785 read 1685 | ||
| 358 | ii | 5-4 f.e. | Amherst, Jeffrey, Baron Amherst: for and made governor of Virginia read He was made governor of Virginia in Sept. 1768 |
| 359 | i | 20-22 | for in 1780 colonel . . . . the 2nd Life Guards read in April 1779 colonel of the 2nd Horse Grenadiers, transferring him to the colonelcy of the 2nd Horse Guards in 1782 |
| 361 | ii | 7 | Amherst, William P., Earl Amherst: add He was gazetted governor-general of Canada on 1 Apr. 1835, on the nomination of Peel, but a change of ministry followed immediately, and he did not take up the appointment |
| 366 | ii | l.l. | Amos, Andrew: after Brompton insert serving from 1847 to 1852 and for 1848 read in May 1849 |
| 367 | ii | 15 f.e. | after politics insert He died 18 Apr. 1860 |
| 369 | i | 9-10 | Amyot, Thomas: for having become treasurer . . . 1823 read as treasurer of the latter society from 1823 to 1847 |
| 384 | i | 19 | Anderson, John (fl. 1799): for T. Bursley read T. Bensley |
| 26-30 | for His treatment of foliage . . . may be attributed read His treatment of foliage is seen to admirable advantage in the cuts in Bloomfield's 'Farmer's Boy.' The first edition of this work (1800) states that the 'ornaments' were engraved by Anderson. Nevertheless its cuts have long been erroneously ascribed to Bewick
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| 401 | ii | 6 f.e. | Andrewes, Lancelot: before His insert From 1589 to 1609 he was prebendary of Southwell |
| 402 | i | 7 | after stall insert (1597-8) |
| ii | 13 | after Essex insert He died 26 Sept. 1626 | |
| 405 | ii | 22 | Andrewes, Eusebius: for Holton read Hopton |
| 421 | ii | 35 | Anne of Bohemia: for duke of Bedford read earl of Bedford |
| 423 | i | 13 | Anne, Queen of Richard III: for seven years old read five years old |
| 425 | i | 12-11 f.e. | Anne (Boleyn) (1507-1536): omit (though . . . descended) |
| 8-7 f.e. | for was afterwards made duke of Norfolk read had his father's dukedom restored to him | ||
| ii | 1-9 | for It was Mary Boleyn . . . and being made, read Both sisters spent some of their early years in France. It would seem that Anne, then seven years old, accompanied her elder sister Mary, when she went thither in the suite of Henry VIII's sister Mary, who was married to Louis XII in 1514. Mary Boleyn was in England again in 1520, when she married William Carey; while Anne, who became | |
| 11 | for she remained there read she remained in France | ||
| 23-4 | for Sir William Cary read William Carey | ||
| 9-8 f.e. | for Sir Piers Butler, son of the Earl of Ormond read the son of Sir Piers Butler, Earl of Ormond | ||
| 432 | ii | 11 f.e. | Anne of Denmark: for Upslo read Opsloe |
| 448 | ii | 31 | Anne, Queen: after letter insert (the original is at Longleat) |
| 450 | i | 35-6 | omit [for further details . . . Gloucester] |
| 455 | i | 14 f.e. | for flattered read fluttered |
| 458 | ii | 17 f.e. | for Trimmel read Trimnel |
| 466 | ii | 35-6 | for Dr. Smallridge read Dr. Smalridge |