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# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Munro, Matthew

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​MUNRO. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 29.)
Matthew Munro was born in 1795.
This officer entered the Navy, 29 March, 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Resistance 38, Capt. Chas. Adam, employed in the Channel, off the coast of Portugal, and in the Mediterranean. Following Capt. Adam, as Midshipman, in April, 1810, into the Invincible 74, he joined in a series of very active co-operations with the patriots on the coast of Catalonia, where he assisted at the defence of Tarragona in May and June, 1811, and served with the boats at the reduction, in June, 1813, after a siege of five days, of the fort of St. Philippe, in the ​Col de Balaguer, near Tortosa, armed with 12 pieces of ordnance, including 2 10-inch mortars and 2 howitzers, with a garrison of 101 officers and men. From Oct. 1809 to May, 1811, Mr. Munro, we may observe, had been allowed to serve on board the Colossus 74, Capt. Thos. Alexander. On finally leaving the Invincible, in Jan. 1814, he became attached as a Supernumerary to the Salvador del Mundo, Capt. Robt. Hall, lying at Plymouth, and next, in the course of the same year, as Master’s Mate, to the Leander 50, Capt. Sir Geo. Ralph Collier, on the North American station. In Aug. 1815 he took up a commission dated 4 of the preceding March; and he was subsequently, 4 July and 17 Oct. 1816, appointed to the Impregnable 104 and Leander again, the latter bearing the flag of Sir David Milne at Halifax. While in the Impregnable he commanded a gun-boat. No. 1, at the bombardment of Algiers. He was superseded from the Leander 19 June, 1818, and has since been on half-pay.
Lieut. Munro married, in Feb. 1822, Philadelphia Jane Caroline, eldest daughter of the late Lieut.-General Monro, of Edmondsham House, Dorset, by whom he has issue a daughter. Agents ¦ – Hallett and Robinson.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Murray, Alexander

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​MURRAY. (Commander, 1840. f-p., 23; h-p., 5.)
Alexander Murray entered the Navy, 26 March, 1819, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Cherokee 10, Capt. Theobald Jones; and in the course of the same year sailed, as Midshipman of the Leander 60, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood, for the East Indies; where, in Aug. 1822, he joined the Sophie 18, Capts. Geo. French, Geo. Fred. Ryves, and Edw. Blanckley. Uniting, in 1824, in the hostilities against Ava, he found frequent opportunity of distinction, and was present, in the course of that year, at the occupation of Pegu and the capture and defence of Rangoon. He also, in 1825, served in the Sophie’s boats when the British advanced up the River Irawady; and he came into contact with the enemy at Panlang, Donoobew, and Meaday, In Feb. 1826 he returned to England, as Mate, in the Liffey 50, Commodore Coe. After he had further served in that capacity on the Mediterranean and Home stations in the Asia 84, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Codrington, Gloucester 74, Capts. Joshua Sydney Horton and Henry Stuart, Ferret 10, Capt. Thos. Hastings, and Asia again, bearing the flag of Sir Pulteney Malcolm, he was promoted, 6 July, 1829, to a Lieutenancy in the Mastiff surveying-vessel, Capt. Rich. Copeland, whom he followed, early in 1830, into the Meteor. He came home in Dec. 1831, and was next appointed – 2 Dec. 1834, to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Thos. Hastings – 20 July, 1835, as Gunnery-Lieutenant, to the Russell 74, Capt. Sir Wm. Henry Dillon, off Lisbon – and, 11 Feb. 1837, in a similar capacity, to the Princess Charlotte 104, bearing the flag of Hon. Sir Robt. Stopford, again in the Mediterranean. For his services during the campaign in Syria, including the capture of St. Jean d’Acre, he was promoted to the rank of Commander 4 Nov. 1840. When off Beyrout, in the preceding Sept., he had been sent on shore, with a flag-of-truce and a letter addressed by Sir R. Stopford and the French Rear-Admiral Baudiera, to ​Soliman Pasha. He obtained an appointment, 26 Dec. 1840, to the Hydra steamer, on the North America and West India station, whence he returned to England and was paid off about Aug. 1842; and since 13 March, 1846, he has been in command of the Favorite 14, on the coast of Africa. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Wale, George Henry

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​WALE. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
George Henry Wale, while belonging to the Dido 18, Capt. Hon. Henry Keppel, served in a native-built boat armed with a brass 6-pounder and 2 swivels, and manned with 18 officers, seamen, and marines, under the command of Lieut. Jas. Hunt, at the destruction, 21 May, 1843, off Point Datou, on the coast of Borneo, of one, and the defeat of the other, of two piratical proas, each carrying about 2 guns and 50 men, by whom the British had been attacked. He passed his examination 2 July, 1842; was nominated, in 1845, Mate of the Cyclops steam-frigate, Capt. Wm. Fred. Lapidge, on the south-east coast of America; and on the occasion of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 10 March, 1846, was appointed to the Ferret 8, Capt. Geo. Sprigg, fitting for the coast of Africa. He removed, 6 Nov. following, to the Rosamond steam-sloop of 287 horse-power, Capt. John Foote, on the Cape of Good Hope station; where he has been serving, since 16 March, 1848, in the Nimrod 18, Capt. Thos. Belgrave.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Walker, George (a)

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​WALKER. (Retired Commander, 1834. f-p., 16; h-p., 35.)
George Walker entered the Navy, in 1796, as Midshipman, on board the Apollo frigate, Capt. John Manley, with whom, after serving on the coast of Ireland and in the North Sea, he removed, in 1799, to the Mars 74. In that ship, which bore the flag of Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley, he continued employed in the Channel during the remainder of the war. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 29 April, 1802. His subsequent appointments were, on the Home and occasionally on the Lisbon stations – 29 June, 1802, and 15 Jan. 1805, to the Hazard and Sylph sloops, Capts. R. J. Neve and Wm. Goate – 11 Jan. and 2 Aug. 1806, to the Zealand 64, flag-ship of Admiral Rowley (at the Nore), and Colossus 74, Capt. Jas. Nicoll Morris – 14 Aug. 1807, to the Quebec 32, Capt. Hon. Geo. Poulett – 22 Oct. 1810 (he had quitted the Quebec in the preceding Jan.), to the Pallas 32, Capt. Geo. Paris Monke, under whom he was wrecked 18 Dec. following, off St. Abb’s Head – 11 Feb. 1811, for a short time, to the Princess Charlotte 38, Capt. Geo. Tobin – in March, 1812, and March, 1813, to the Stirling Castle and Rippon 74’s – and 3 Nov. 1813 (a few weeks after ill health had obliged him to leave the Stirling Castle), to the Magicienne 36, Capt. Hon. Wm. Gordon. While belonging to the Pallas he commanded her boats, 13 Dec. 1810, at the capture in the Cove of Siveraag, on the coast of Norway, of two Danish cutter-privateers, one mounting four, the other two guns. He was paid off from the Magicienne 20 July, 1814; and was invested with his present rank 25 March, 1834. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Walker, Henry (b)

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​WALKER. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., 11; h-p., 31.)
Henry Walker (b) entered the Navy, 1 March, 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Téméraire 98, Capts. Elias Harvey and John Larmour; and in the following Oct. was present at the battle of Trafalgar. In the early part of 1806 he joined the Anson 40, Capt. Chas. Lydiard, lying at Spithead, and, in the capacity of Midshipman, the Africa 64, Capts. Isaac Wolley, Henry Wm. Bayntun, and John Barrett. In the latter ship he witnessed the unsuccessful attack made by Lieut.-General Whitelocke on Buenos Ayres in July, 1807. From Feb. 1808 until Feb. 1813 he was employed on the Brazilian, Home, and North American stations in the President 38 and Bedford and Canada 74’s, all commanded by Capt. Adam Mackenzie, Christian VII. 80, Capt. Geo. Chas. Mackenzie, and Impregnable 98 and San Domingo 74, flag-ships of Admirals Wm. Young and Sir John Borlase Warren. He was then, 26 Feb. 1813, placed in command, with the rank of Acting-Lieutenant, of the Cuttle schooner, also on the American station; where from 8 March following until 26 Aug. 1815 he served as Acting-Lieutenant and Lieutenant (commission dated 28 May, 1813) in the Mohawk sloop, Capts. Hon. Henry Dilkes Byng and Henry Litchfield, and Dragon 74, Capt. Robt. Barrie. He has since been on half-pay. Agents – Collier and Snee.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Walford, William

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​WALFORD. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 13; h-p., 32.)
William Walford entered the Navy, 14 Dec. 1802, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Calcutta 50, armée en flûte, Capt. Dan. Woodriff. On his return from a voyage to New South Wales, he removed as Midshipman, in Oct. 1804, to the Bellerophon 74, Capts. John Loring, John Cooke, and Edw. Rotherham; under the second-named of whom, after cruizing in the Channel, he fought at Trafalgar 21 Oct. 1805. He continued employed in the Bellerophon in the Mediterranean until Aug. 1807; and on then joining the Bedford 74, Capts. Jas. Walker and Adam Mackenzie, he sailed in escort of the Royal Family of Portugal for the Brazils, where he was received, in Aug. 1809, on board the Foudroyant 80, flag-ship of Hon. Michael de Courcy. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 1 June, 1810 and was subsequently appointed – 19 Dec. following, to the Hyacinth 18, Capt. John Carter, also on the South American station – 26 Aug. 1811, to the Skylark 16, Capt. Jas. Boxer – 11 Aug. 1812, to the Forester sloop, Capt. Alex. Kennedy, off Gottenborg – and 5 June, 1813, 5 Dec. 1814, and 6 April, 1815, to the Goliath 74, Boyne 98, and Bellerophon 74, employed (they were each commanded by Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland) on the coast of North America, at Cork, and in the Bay of Biscay. While serving in the Skylark (in which vessel he was wrecked near Boulogne 3 May, 1812) he assisted, in company with the Locust gun-brig, at the capture of one, carrying 4 guns and 60 men, and the destruction of another, of a flotilla of 12 gun-vessels, under a heavy fire of four hours from the enemy’s batteries and musketry near Calais 10 Nov. 1811. The Forester he left from ill health in March, 1813. He was Senior of the Bellerophon when Napoleon Buonaparte surrendered to that ship off Rochefort 15 July, 1815. He was placed on half-pay in Sept. of the same year, and has not been since afloat.
Lieut. Walford married Margaret Catherine, eldest daughter of Geo. Fred. Meadows, Esq., and niece of the present Daniel Chas. Meadows, Esq., of Witnesham Hall and Great Bealings, co. Suffolk. Agent – J. Hinxman.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Walker, Baldwin Wake

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​WALKER, K.C.B., K.L.H., K.R.G., K.I.C, K.S.A., K.R.E. (Captain, 1838.)
Sir Baldwin Wake Walker entered the Navy 5 July, 1812; and was made Lieutenant, 6 April, 1820, into the Nautilus 18, Capt. Isham Fleming Chapman, on the Jamaica station. He returned to England about the commencement of 1822; and was next appointed – 17 Jan. 1823, to the Brazen 26, Capt. Geo. Wickens Willes, in which vessel he was employed until the close of 1826 in South America and on the coast of Africa – 7 Sept. 1827 and 28 March, 1828, to the Rattlesnake 28 and Aetna bomb, Capts. Hon. Chas. Orlando Bridgeman and Stephen Lushington, both in the Mediterranean – 6 May, 1829, and 28 April, 1830, to the Asia 84 and Britannia 120, flag-ships of Sir Pulteney Malcolm, on the same station – and 27 Aug. 1831, as Senior, to the Barham 50, Capt. Hugh Pigot. While serving as First-Lieutenant In the Aetna he distinguished himself by the valuable assistance he afforded his Captain, Lushington, at the reduction, in Oct. 1828, of Morea Castle, the last hold of the Turks in the Peloponnesus. For his services he was created a Knight of the Legion of Honour of France; and of the Redeemer of Greece. He continued employed in the Barham on the Mediterranean station until the spring of 1834; and on 15 July in that year he was advanced to the rank of Commander. He served afterwards, from 1 Sept. 1836 until advanced to his present rank 24 Nov. 1838, as Second-Captain, again in the Mediterranean, on board the Vanguard 80, Capts. Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie and Sir Thos. Fellowes; and he held command, from 16 April until Oct. 1845, and from 23 April, 1846, until Aug. 1847, of the Queen 110 and Constance 50, the former bearing the flag of Sir John West at Devonport, the latter stationed in the Pacific. In 1848 he was appointed Surveyor of the Navy.
Capt. Walker was for some time a Rear and Vice-Admiral in the Turkish service; and for the conduct he displayed in command of the Ottoman naval forces during the operations on the coast of Syria, including the attack upon Beyrout and the bombardment of St. Jean d’Acre, he was nominated an Honorary Knight Commander of the Bath 12 Jan. 1841. He was made a Knight also of the Second Class of the Iron Crown of Austria, of the Second Class of St. Anne of Russia, and of the Second Class of the Red Eagle of Prussia. Sir Baldwin married, 9 Sept. 1B34, Mary Catherine Sinclair, only daughter of the late Commander John Worth, R.N. (1809), of Oakley House, Suffolk, and grand-daughter of the late Capt. Patrick Sinclair, R.N., of Duren, Caithness, N.B.
* ↑ Vide Gaz. 1828, p. 2202.
* ↑ Vide Gaz. 1840, pp. 2225-6, where his zealous, persevering, and active exertions are warmly praised by Admiral Sir Robt. Stopford.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Walker, Bethune James

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​WALKER. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 12; h-p., 35.)
Bethune James Walker entered the Navy, 1 Jan. 1800, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Stag 36; in which frigate and in the Jason 36 and London 98 he continued employed in the Channel under the command of Capts. Joseph Sydney Yorke, Hon. John Murray, and Geo. Murray, until May, 1802 – a great part of the time as Midshipman. From the latter date he did not again go afloat until 27 Jan. 1811. He then joined, in the capacity of Master’s Mate, the Ardent 64, Capt. Robt. Honyman, in the Baltic; and next, in Jan. 1812 and Dec. 1813, the Bulwark and Venerable 74’s, flag-ships of Rear-Admiral Philip Chas. Durham – the former stationed off Rochefort. During his passage, in the Venerable, to the West Indies, Mr. Walker assisted at the capture, 16 and 20 Jan. 1814, of the Alcmène and Iphigénie French frigates, of 44 guns each. At the taking of the Alcmène he distinguished himself among the boarders – that ship offering much resistance before her colours could be hauled down. On 1 Sept. following he was nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the Ister 36, Capt. John ​Cramer (now Coghill); he was officially promoted 24 April, 1815; and he was subsequently appointed 25 Sept. in the latter year, to the Eridanus 36, Capt. Wm. Paterson, stationed in the Channel, where he served until June, 1817 – 21 May, 1827, to the Astrea Falmouth packet, Capt. Wm. King – and 3 Dec. 1828, to the command of the Kingfisher brig, also employed as a packet on the Falmouth station. Since 1830, in the course of which year he left the vessel last mentioned, he has been on half-pay.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Walker, George (b)

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​WALKER. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
George Walker was born 4 Feb. 1817.
This officer entered the Navy 5 Nov. 1830; passed his examination 25 Feb. 1837; and served as Mate of the Blonde 42, Capt. Thos. Bourchier, during the operations on the coast of China; where he assisted at the capture of Canton, Amoy, Chinghae, and Tsekee. As a reward for his conduct he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 8 Oct. 1841. His appointments have since been – 16 April, 1842, to the Cruizer 16, Capt. Joseph Pearse, in the East Indies – 5 Sept. 1843, six months after his return to England, to the Talbot 26, Capt. Sir Thos. Raikes Trigge Thompson, in which ship, stationed in the Pacific, he served for about three years and a-half – and 16 July, 1847, to the Amphitrite 24, Capt. Thos. Rodney Eden, under whom he has been since employed on the coast of Africa, and again in the Pacific. Agent – Joseph Woodhead.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Walker, Henry (a)

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​WALKER. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 14; h-p., 30.)
Henry Walker (a) entered the Navy 26 Sept. 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Gibraltar 80, Capt. Geo. Fred. Ryves, stationed in the Mediterranean. In July, 1804, he became Midshipman to the Bellerophon 74, Capts. John Loring, John Cooke, and Edw. Rotheram; in which ship, after serving at the blockade of Brest, Rochefort, and Cadiz, we find him participating, 21 Oct. 1805, in the glories of Trafalgar. On removing next to the Foudroyant 80, flag-ship of Sir John Borlase Warren, he was afforded an opportunity, 13 March, 1806, of witnessing the surrender (while in quest of a French squadron with Jerome Buonaparte on board) of the Marengo 80, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Linois and 40-gun frigate Belle Poule. In the following Dec. he joined Rear-Admiral Geo. Murray in the Polyphemus 64; and in July, 1807, having been lent to the Néréide 36, Capt. Peter Heywood, he took part in the unsuccessful attack upon Buenos Ayres. After again serving under the flag of Sir John B. Warren in the Swiftsure 74 and other ships on the Halifax station he was received, in Nov. 1808, on board the Cleopatra 32, Capt. Sam. John Pechell. On his arrival in her in the West Indies he contributed, 22 Jan. 1809, to the capture (the British ships Jason 32 and Hazard 18 in company) of the French 40-gun frigate La Topaze, after a very spirited action fought chiefly between the Cleopatra and the enemy; and in the following month he co-operated in the reduction of Martinique. In Oct. of the same year he joined, first the Penelope 36, Capt. John Dick, and next, as Acting-Lieutenant, the Atalante sloop, Capt. Fred. Hickey. On his return to England as Acting-Lieutenant in the former ship, to which he had gone back, he was officially promoted 3 Oct. 1810. He served afterwards, until Sept. 1817, on the Home, Baltic, North American, and Mediterranean stations, in the Courageux 74, Capt. Philip Wilkinson, Manilla 36, Capt. John Joyce, Tartarus 20, Capt. John Pasco, Cuttle schooner, commanded by himself (from 27 July, 1811, until 27 May, 1812), Julia, Capt. Hon. Valentine Gardner, Beaver, Capt. Edw. O’Brien Drury, Niobe 40, Commodore Edw. W. C. R. Owen, Menelaus 38, Capt. Edw. Dix, and Leander 50, Capts. Wm. Skipsey and Edw. Chetham. He has since been on half-pay. When in company, in the Menelaus, with a squadron under the present Sir Chas. Malcolm he aided, 18 July, 1815, in capturing, in the boats, an armed cutter, a praam-brig, and a gun-vessel, together with a convoy reposing under their protection in the harbour of Corrijou. He was slightly wounded in the Leander at the battle of Algiers 27 Aug. 1816.
* ↑ Protected by a small battery to the southward of Pointe- Noire, Guadeloupe.
* ↑ Vide Gaz. 1816, p. 1793.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Barbour, John

​Barbour, John (1316?-1395).—Poet. Of B.'s youth nothing is certainly known, but it is believed that he was b. near Aberdeen, and studied at Oxford and Paris. He entered the Church, and rose to ecclesiastical preferment and Royal favour. He is known to have been Archdeacon of Aberdeen in 1357, when, and again in 1364, he went with some young scholars to Oxford, and he also held various civil offices in connection with the exchequer and the King's household. His principal poem, The Bruce, was in progress in 1376. It consists of 14,000 octosyllabic lines, and celebrates the praises of Robert the Bruce and James Douglas, the flowers of Scottish chivalry. This poem is almost the sole authority on the history it deals with, but is much more than a rhyming chronicle; it contains many fine descriptive passages, and sings the praises of freedom. Its style is somewhat bald and severe. Other poems ascribed to B. are The Legend of Troy, and Legends of the Saints, probably translations. B. devoted a perpetual annuity of 20 shillings, bestowed upon him by the King, to provide for a mass to be sung for himself and his parents, and this was duly done in the church of St. Machar until the Reformation.
The Bruce, edited by C. Innes for Spalding Club (1856), and for Early Engl. Text Soc. by W.W. Skeat, 1870-77; and for Scott. Text Soc. (1894); The Wallace and The Bruce re-studied, J.T.T. Brown, 1900; G. Neilson in Chambers' Cyc. Eng. Lit. (1903).
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Barclay, Robert

​Barclay, Robert (1648-1690).—Apologist of the Quakers, s. of Col. David B. of Ury, ed. at the Scots Coll. in Paris, of which his uncle was Rector, made such progress in study as to gain the admiration of his teachers, specially of his uncle, who offered to make him his heir if he would remain in France, and join the Roman Catholic Church. This he refused to do, and, returning to Scotland, he in 1667 adopted the principles of the Quakers as his f. had already done. Soon afterwards he began to write in ​defence of his sect, by pub. in 1670 Truth cleared of Calumnies, and a Catechism and Confession of Faith (1673). His great work, however, is his Apology for the Quakers, pub. in Latin in 1676, and translated into English in 1678. It is a weighty and learned work, written in a dignified style, and was eagerly read. It, however, failed to arrest the persecution to which the Quakers were exposed, and B. himself, on returning from the Continent, where he had gone with Foxe and Penn, was imprisoned, but soon regained his liberty, and was in the enjoyment of Court favour. He was one of the twelve Quakers who acquired East New Jersey, of which he was appointed nominal Governor. His latter years were spent at his estate of Ury, where he d. The essential view which B. maintained was, that Christians are illuminated by an inner light superseding even the Scriptures as the guide of life. His works have often been reprinted.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Barlow, Joel

​Barlow, Joel (1754-1812).—Poet, b. at Reading, Connecticut, served for a time as an army chaplain, and thereafter betook himself to law, and finally to commerce and diplomacy, in the former of which he made a fortune. He was much less successful as a poet than as a man of affairs. His writings include Vision of Columbus (1787), afterwards expanded into the Columbiad (1807), The Conspiracy of Kings (1792), and The Hasty Pudding (1796), a mock-heroic poem, his best work. These are generally pompous and dull. In 1811 he was app. ambassador to France, and met his death in Poland while journeying to meet Napoleon.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Barnes, Barnabe

​Barnes, Barnabe (1569?-1609).—Poet, s. of Dr. Richard B. Bishop, of Durham, was b. in Yorkshire, and studied at Oxford. He wrote Parthenophil, a collection of sonnets, madrigals, elegies, and odes, A Divine Centurie of Spirituall Sonnets, and The Devil's Charter, a tragedy. When at his best he showed a true poetic vein.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Barham, Richard Harris

​Barham, Richard Harris (1788-1845).—Novelist and humorous poet, s. of a country gentleman, was b. at Canterbury, ed. at St. Paul's School and Oxford, entered the church, held various incumbencies, and was Divinity Lecturer, and minor canon of St. Paul's. It is not, however, as a churchman that he is remembered, but as the author of the Ingoldsby Legends, a series of comic and serio-comic pieces in verse, sparkling with wit, and full of striking and often grotesque turns of expression, which appeared first in Bentley's Miscellany. He also wrote, in Blackwood's Magazine, a novel, My Cousin Nicholas.