English sportsman in the western prairies 1861; he is depicted in C. J. Collins’s novel Sackville Chase 3 vols. 1863; he was the last person who wore the flat cocked hat known as the chapeau bras. d. Longfleet, Poole 23 Feb. 1881. My life and recollections by G. C. G. F. Berkeley 4 vols. 1865–66, portrait; Fraser’s Mag. xiv, 242–7 (1836), xv, 100–143 (1837); I.L.N. lxxviii, 253 (1881), portrait.
BERKELEY, Sir George Henry Frederick (elder son of Admiral Sir George Cranfield Berkeley, G.C.B. 1753–1818). b. 9 July 1785; cornet Royal horse guards 21 Jany. 1802; captain 3 Foot guards 22 Feb. 1821 to 16 Nov. 1826 when placed on h.p.; col. 81 Foot 15 Jany. 1844 and of 35 Foot 11 July 1845 to death; surveyor general of the ordnance 28 June to Dec. 1852; general 20 June 1854; M.P. for Devonport 7 July 1852 to death; K.C.B. 2 Jany. 1815. d. Richmond, Surrey 25 Sep. 1857.
BERKELEY, Robert James. Called to bar in Ireland 1830; Q.C. 9 Nov. 1852. d. 6 Trafalgar terrace, Monkstown, Ireland 31 Oct. 1873.
BERKELEY, Sackville Hamilton. Ensign 16 Foot 1 May 1800, captain 25 Dec. 1804 to 26 Feb. 1824 when placed on h.p.; deputy adjutant general in West Indies 20 June 1811 to 15 March 1827; col. of 75 Foot 16 Sep. 1845 and of 16 Foot 22 March 1858 to death; general 20 June 1854. d. 4 York terrace, Regent’s Park, London 12 Feb. 1863.
BERKLY, James John. b. Holloway near London 21 Oct. 1819; pupil of Robert Stephenson 1839; chief resident engineer of Great Indian Peninsula railway 1850–58; first 20 miles of the line from Bombay to Tanna were opened 16 April 1853 thus initiating the Indian railway system; comr. of Bombay municipal board 1857; member of senate of Bombay Univ. 1858; M.I.C.E. 4 Dec. 1855, Telford medallist 1860. d. Sydenham, Kent 25 Aug. 1862. Min. of Proc. of Instit. of C.E. xxii, 618–24 (1863).
BERNAL, Ralph (only son of Jacob Bernal of 7 Fitzroy square, London who d. 10 Nov. 1811). ed. at Christ’s coll. Cam., B.A. 1806, M.A. 1809; student L.I. 13 June 1804, barrister 8 Feb. 1810; M.P. for Lincoln 1818–20, for Rochester 1820–41 and 1847–52 and for Weymouth 1841–47; spent sum of £66,000 in election contests; chairman of committees of House of Commons 1830–50; pres. of British Archæological association 1853 to death; made a splendid collection of works of art from the Byzantine period to that of Louis Seize and of furniture and plate which was sold for £63,000 in a 32 day sale 1855. d. 93 Eaton sq. London 26 Aug. 1854. Annual Register (1855) 41–44; G.M. xlii, 628 (1854).
BERNAL OSBORNE, Ralph (eld. son of the preceding). b. 26 March 1808; ed. at the Charterhouse; matric. from Trin. coll. Cam. Oct. 1829; ensign 71 Foot 8 June 1830; captain 7 Foot 27 July 1838 to 1841 when he sold out; M.P. for Chipping Wycombe 1841–47, for Middlesex 1847–57, for Dover 1857–59, for Liskeard 1859–65, for Nottingham 1866–68 and for Waterford city 1870–74; took surname of Osborne in lieu of Bernal 19 Aug. 1844 but always known as R. Bernal Osborne; presided at banquet given to Lord Palmerston at Reform club 20 July 1850; secretary of the Admiralty Dec. 1852 to Feb. 1858; author of 2 poems called The chaunt of Achilles 1838 and A voice from Palace yard. d. Bestwood lodge near Nottingham 4 Jany. 1882. Bagenal’s Life of R. Bernal Osborne privately printed 1884; Temple Bar, lxxii, 34–49 (1884); Fortnightly Review xxxvi, 535–44 (1884); I.L.N. xiv, 397 (1849), portrait, lxxx, 61 (1882), portrait; Graphic xxv, 45 (1882), portrait.
BERNARD, Hermann. b. Uman or Human Poland 1785; a banker; went to England 1825; Hebrew teacher in Univ. of Cambridge 1830 to death; author of The creed and ethics of the Jews 1832; edited Guide of the Hebrew student 1839; author with Rev. P. H. Mason of An easy practical Hebrew grammar; in the title pages of all his works the name of Hedwig being that of a departed sister whom he wished to commemorate is joined to his own. d. Cambridge 15 Nov. 1857. The book of Job as expounded to his Cambridge pupils by the late H. H. Bernard edited by Frank Chance vol. i, (1864) lxxvii-ciii, (1864), portrait.
BERNARD, Mountague (3 son of Charles Bernard of Eden, Jamaica). b. Tibberton Court, Gloucs. 28 Jany. 1820; ed. at Sherborne and Trin. coll. Ox., B.A. 1842, B.C.L. 1845, D.C.L. 1871; Vinerian scholar and fellow of his college; barrister L.I. 1 May 1846; Chichele professor of international law and diplomacy in Univ. of Oxford 1859 to 9 May 1874; assessor of the Chancellor’s Court, Oxford 1859 to Nov. 1871; sec. to royal commission on Cattle plague 1866; member of royal commissions on Naturalisation 1868, Fugitive slaves 1876 and Univ. of Ox. 1877; fellow of All Souls coll. Ox. 1870; curator of Taylor institution at Ox. 9 Feb. 1871; one of high comrs. for treating with the United States of America 16 Feb. 1871, signed treaty of Washington 8 May 1871; P.C. 29 June 1871, member of its Judicial committee 24 Nov. 1871; an original member of the Institut de droit international 1873, pres. at the Oxford meeting 1880; one of founders of Guardian newspaper 1846, wrote the weekly summary of events in it for some years. d. Overross, Ross, Herefordshire 2 Sep. 1882.
BERNARD, Thomas. b. Sep. 1816; sheriff of King’s county 1837 and lord lieutenant 5 Dec. 1867 to death; colonel of King’s county militia 23 March 1871 to death. d. Castle Bernard, Kinnetty, King’s county 13 Dec. 1882.
BERNARD, Sir Thomas Tyringham, 6 Baronet. b. Bolton st. Piccadilly London 15 Sep. 1791; ed. at Eton and Ch. Ch. Ox.; sheriff of Bucks. 1816; M.P. for Aylesbury 28 March 1857 to 6 July 1865; succeeded 22 Jany. 1876. d. Cadogan lodge, Carlyle sq. London 8 May 1883. I.L.N. lxxxii, 525 (1883), portrait.
BERNARD, William Bayle (son of John Bernard, English comedian 1756–1828). b. Pleasant st. Boston U.S. 27 Nov. 1809; came to England 1820; clerk in Army accounts office 1826–30 when office was abolished; wrote much dramatic and other criticism for the press; author of The freebooter’s bride 5 vols. 1828; Life of Samuel Lover 2 vols. 1874 and of 114 plays, best known being Rip Van Winkle 1832; The nervous man 1833; The man about town 1836; Marie Ducange 1837; His last legs 1839; The boarding school 1841; The round of wrong 1846. d. Brighton 5 Aug. 1875. The Era Almanac (1868) 17–18.
BERNARD, William Smyth (4 son of 1 Earl of Bandon 1755–1830). b. Castle Bernard, King’s County 14 Nov. 1792; sheriff of Cork 1820; M.P. for Bandon 15 Dec. 1832 to death. d. Queenstown 6 Feb. 1863.
BERNAYS, Adolphus. Professor of German language and literature at King’s College London 1831–63; F.R.G.S. 1858; author of German poetry for beginners 1836; German poetical anthology 1843; German historical anthology 1846 and 6 other school books. d. The rectory, Great Stanmore 22 Dec. 1864.
BERNAYS, Rev. Leopold John (eld. son of the preceding). b. 28 Dec. 1820; ed. at Merchant Taylors and St. John’s coll. Ox., B.A. 1843, M.A. 1846, fellow of his college; head master of Elstree school 1847–60; R. of Great Stanmore, Middlesex 1860 to death; author of Translation of Goethe’s Faust, part 2 and other poems 1839; Manual of family prayers and meditations 1845; The church in the schoolroom, 1851. d. The rectory, Great Stanmore 25 Oct. 1882.
BERNCASTLE, Julius. Educ. at Univ. of Paris and Guy’s hospital London; assistant colonial surgeon Van Diemen’s Land 1841–42; surgeon at Croydon, Surrey 1842–48; surgeon to Croydon union and infirmary 1842–48 when presented by medical profession with a purse of gold; practised in London 1851–54; an oculist and aurist at Sydney 1854 and at Melbourne 1867 to death; author of A voyage to China 2 vols. 1850; The revolt of the Bengal Sepoys 1857; The defenceless state of Sydney 1865; Australian snake bites; The use and abuse of tobacco [Two lectures] 1868. d. Greville place, Prahran, Victoria 30 June 1870 in 51 year.
BERNERS, Rev. Henry Wilson, 5 Baron. b. 1 Oct. 1762; R. of Alexton, Leics. 1814 to death; R. of Kirby-Cane, Norfolk 1820 to 1845; succeeded 25 March 1838. d. Kirby-Cane 26 Feb. 1851.
BERNERS, Henry William Wilson, 6 Baron. b. Kirby-Cane hall, Norfolk 23 Feb. 1797; ed. at Eton and Em. coll. Cam.; built Keythorpe hall, co. Leicester 1842; succeeded 26 Feb. 1851; pres. of Royal agricultural society 1859 and of Smithfield club 1860 and 1861; a successful breeder of sheep and shorthorns; a great hawker and hunter. d. Keythorpe hall 27 June 1871. Illust. news of the world ii, (1858), portrait; I.L.N. xxviii, 74 (1858), portrait.
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