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# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Smith, Mrs. Charlotte

Smith, Mrs. Charlotte (TURNER) (1749-1806). -- Was m. at 15 to a West Indian merchant, who by a series of misfortunes and imprudences was reduced from affluence to poverty. She had in her youth shown considerable promise as a poetess, and in her misfortunes she was able to maintain herself and her family by her pen. In addition to a poem, Beachy Head, and sonnets, she wrote several novels of more than usual merit, including Emmeline (1788), and, her best work, The Old English Manor House.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Smollett, Tobias George

Smollett, Tobias George (1721-1771). -- Novelist, 2nd s. of Archibald S., of Dalquhurn, Dumbartonshire, and ed. at Glasgow, proceeded to London in 1739 with the view of having a tragedy, The Regicide, put on the stage, in which, however, he failed. In this disappointment he took service as surgeon's mate on one of the vessels of the Carthagena expedition, 1741, an experience which he turned to account in his novels. On his return he settled in London, and endeavoured to acquire practice as a physician, but was not very successful, and having discovered where his talent lay, he thenceforth devoted himself to literature. Roderick Random appeared in 1748, The History of an Atom (1749), Peregrine Pickle in 1751, Ferdinand, Count Fathom in 1753, Sir Lancelot Greaves in 1766, and Humphrey Clinker, generally considered his best novel, in 1770. Besides these works, however, he translated Voltaire, wrote a History of England in continuation of Hume's, an Ode to Independence, travels and satires, and contributed to various periodicals. He was repeatedly involved in acrimonious controversy, and on one occasion fined and imprisoned for a libel, which, with various private misfortunes, embittered his life, and he d. disappointed and worn out near Leghorn. Had he lived four years longer he would have succeeded to his grandfather's estate of Bonhill. The novels of S. display great narrative power, and he has a remarkable comic vein of a broad type, which enables him to present ludicrous scenes and circumstances with great effect. There is, however, a strong infusion of coarseness in his treatment of his subjects.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Appendix of Living Writers/Werner, Alice

See also Alice Werner on Wikipedia.
​Werner, Alice (1859).—Miscellaneous writer. A Time and Times (poems) (1886), O'Driscoll's Weird (1892), The Humour of Italy (1892), The Humour of Holland (1893), The Captain of the Locusts (1899), Chapinga's White Man (1901), Native Races of British Central Africa (1906).
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Appendix of Living Writers/Wharton, Edith (Jones)

See also Edith Wharton on Wikipedia.
​Wharton, Edith (Jones) (1862).—American novelist. The Great Inclination (1889), A Gift from the Grave, Crucial Instances (1901), The Valley of Decision (1902), Sanctuary (1903), Italian Backgrounds (1905), The House of Mirth (1905), Madame de Treymes (1907), The Fruit of the Tree (1907).
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Appendix of Living Writers/Whibley, Charles

See also Charles Whibley on Wikipedia.
​Whibley, Charles.—Critic and reviewer. A Book of Scoundrels, Studies in Frankness, The Pageantry of Life, Thackeray (1903), William Pitt (1906).
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Appendix of Living Writers/Whyte, Alexander, D.D.

See also Alexander Whyte on Wikipedia.
​Whyte, Alexander, D.D. (1837).—Characters and Characteristics of William Law (1893), Application of Jacob Behmen (1895), Bunyan Characters (3 vols.), Samuel Rutherford and some of his Correspondents (1894), Lancelot Andrewes and his Private Devotions, Father John (1898), An Appreciation of Browne's "Religio Medici," etc.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Appendix of Living Writers/Weyman, Stanley John

See also Stanley J. Weyman on Wikipedia.
​Weyman, Stanley John (1855).—Novelist. The House of the Wolf (1890), Francis Cludde (1891), A Gentleman of France (1893), Under the Red Robe (1894), My Lady Rotha (1894), The Red Cockade (1895), The Man in Black (1896), Shrewsbury (1897), The Castle Inn (1898), Sophia (1900), The Long Night (1903), The Abbess of Vlaye (1904), Starvecrow Farm (1905), Laid up in Lavender (1907), The Wild Geese (1908), etc.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Appendix of Living Writers/Whishaw, Fred

See also Fred Whishaw on Wikipedia.
​Whishaw, Fred.—Novelist. The Emperor's Englishman, Out of Doors in Tsarland, Boris the Bear-Hunter, The Romance of the Woods, Harold the Norseman (1896), The White Witch (1897), A Race for Life (1898), The Diamond of Evil (1902), A Splendid Impostor (1903), The Great Green God (1906), The Secret Syndicate (1907), A Village Temptress (1909).
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Appendix of Living Writers/White, William Hale

See also Hale White on Wikipedia.
​White, William Hale (c. 1830).—Novelist, etc. The Autobiography of Mark Rutherford (1885), Mark Rutherford's ​Deliverance (1885), The Revolution in Tanner's Lane (1887), Miriam's Schooling (1890), Catherine Furze (1889), Clara Hopgood (1896), translated Spinoza's Ethics, Pages from a Journal (1900).
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Appendix of Living Writers/Whiteing, Richard

See also Richard Whiteing on Wikipedia.
​Whiteing, Richard (1840).—Novelist, etc. The Democracy (1876), No. 5 John Street (1899), The Yellow Van (1903), Ring in the New (1906), All Moonshine (1907).
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Appendix of Living Writers/Whitney, Adeline Dutton (Train)

​Whitney, Adeline Dutton (Train) (1824).—American novelist. Faith Gartney's Girlhood, The Gayworthys, Hitherto, Leslie Goldthwaite, Real Folks, Homespun Yarns; poems, Pansies, Daffodils, Holy Tides, Bird Talk, etc.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Appendix of Living Writers/Wicksteed, Rev. Philip Henry

See also Philip Wicksteed on Wikipedia.
​Wicksteed, Rev. Philip Henry (1844).—Writer on Dante, political economy, etc. Translation of the Bible for Young People (1882), Alphabet of Economic Science (1888), Henrik Ibsen (1892), Dante, Six Sermons (1895), Trans.: De Witte's Select Essays on Dante (with C.M. Laurence) (1898), Trans.: Dante's Paradiso (1899), Dante and Del Virgilio (with E.G. Gardner) (1901), Studies in Theology (with J.E. Carpenter) (1903), Further Translations of Dante's Convivio (1903), Early Lives of Dante (1904), Dante's Latin Works (1904), etc.
# A History of the Military Transactions of the British Nation in Indostan/Volume 2/Errata

ERRATA.
Page 37, line 8, dele Agerow, son of Ballerow.
 93, 20, for Murzafabeg, read Murzafa Khan.
 112, 6, for sahab, read saheb.
# A History of the Military Transactions of the British Nation in Indostan/Volume 2/Directions for the placing and reference of the Maps

* Directions for the placing and reference of the Maps.
* Section the First.
* The Countries of Indostan, East of Delhi, by Major James Rennell, to face the Title Page
* Plan of Calcutta, 1756, Page 61.
* Calcutta as in 1756, Page 71.
* The Countries of Coromandel, from the Coleroon to Cape Comorin, Page 105.
* Bengal and Bahar, Page 119.
* Territory of Calcutta, 1757, Page 134.
* Trinomalee, Page 247.
* Thiagar, Page 248.
* Elevation of a Polygar's Fort, in the northern provinces, Page 255.
* Vizagapatam, in 1758, Page 261.
* Fort St. David, with the French attack, 1758. Page 307.
* Tanjore, reduced from an exact survey, Page 323.
* View of Tanjore, Page 329.
* Section the Second.
* The Carnatic, from the Penar to the Coleroon, with the Western Mountains, and Part of Mysore, to face the Title Page
* Madrass, part of the Black Town, and the adjacent ground to the s. and w. with the French attack, from Dec. 12, 1758, to Feb. 17, 1759, Page 385.
* Plan of the fronts of Fort St. George, attacked by Mr. Lally, from the 14th of Dec. 1758, to the 16th of Feb. 1759, with part of the Black Town, Page 460.
* Palam Cotah, near Tinivelly, Page 467.
* Masulipatam, Page 480.
* Valdore and Vandivash, to face Page 517; but Valdore refers to 627.
* Carangoly, Page 545.
* Chittapet, Page 591.
* Arcot Fort and Chilambarum, to face 593; but Chilambarum refers to Page 630.
* View of the Forts on the hills of Veloor, Page 603.
* Permacoil, Page 606.
* Karical, Page 617.
* Pondicherry, Page 645.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Louis, William

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​LOUIS. (Captain, 1846. f-p., 15; h-p., 9.)
William Louis, born 21 May, 1810, is son of Rear-Admiral Sir John Louis, Bart.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 1 May, 1823, and embarked, 7 Dec. 1824, as a Volunteer, on board the Boadicea 46, Commodore Sir Jas. Brisbane, previously to accompanying whom into the Warspite 76 he took part in some of the operations connected with the Burmese war. On his return to England in 1827 he became for a short period Midshipman of the Victory 104, guard-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Hon. Geo. Elliot; after which, and until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 30 May, 1829, we find him employed on the African, Home, and West India stations, in the Primrose 18, Capt. Thos. Saville Griffinhoofe, Galatea 42, Capt. Sir Chas. Sullivan, Shannon 46, Capt. Benj. Clement, and Barham 50, commanded by his father as Flag-Captain to Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming. He continued to serve in the West Indies, until the close of 1832, in the Ranger 28, Capt. Wm. Walpole, Barham again. Grasshopper 18, Capts. Chas. Deare and John Elphinstone Erskine, Winchester 52, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Griffith Colpoys, and Hyacinth 18, Capt. Wm. Oldrey; and he was next appointed – 5 July, 1833, to the Revenge 78, Capts. Donald Hugh Mackay and Wm. Elliott, stationed off Lisbon and in the Mediterranean – and, 6 Jan. 1838 (after six months of half-pay), to the command of the Ceylon receiving-ship, as Flag-Lieutenant to his father at Malta. He was presented with a second promotal commission 28 June, 1838; appointed, 11 June, 1841, to the command (which he retained until June, 1843) of the Stromboli steam-vessel, in the Mediterranean; and advanced to his present rank 9 Nov. 1846.
Capt. Louis married, 11 July, 1843, Mary, daughter of J. Daniel, Esq., of Parson’s Green, co. Middlesex. Agent – Joseph Woodhead.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Loring, William

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​LORING. (Commander, 1841.)
William Loring is second son of Vice-Admiral Sir John Wentworth Loring, K.C.B., K.C.H.
This officer entered the Navy, in July, 1826, on board the Undaunted 46, employed on particular service; was afterwards stationed in the Mediterranean, at Home, and in the East Indies, in the Alligator 28, Britannia 120, Melville 74, and Wolf 18; obtained (having passed in 1832) his first commission 26 Feb. 1836; and from 22 of the following Nov. until promoted to his present rank, 27 Aug. 1841, was again employed in the Mediterranean, latterly as First-Lieutenant, in the Carysfort 26, Capt. Henry Byam Martin. He has been in command, since 5 Jan. 1846, of the Scout 14, on the East India station.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Loudon, William

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​LOUDON. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 10; h-p., 23.)
William Loudon entered the Navy, 25 June, 1804, as a Volunteer, on board the Adamant 50, Capt. Geo. Burlton, stationed off Boulogne; where, and in the Baltic, he served, from the following Sept. until July, 1809, chiefly as Second-Master, in the Wrangler, Lieut.-Commanders Chas. Burlton and John Bentinck Pettet. After discharging for twelve months the duties of Master’s Mate in the Téméraire 98, Capts. Clay and Chamberlayne, he was successively appointed Acting-Lieutenant, in July, 1810, and Feb. and April, 1811, of the Hound bomb, Capt. John Williams, and Bulwark 74, and Standard 64, each commanded by Capt. Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming. During his attachment to those ships he co-operated in the defence of Cadiz and made a voyage to Lima. He was confirmed in his present rank 18 Aug. 1812; and was lastly, from July, 1813, to Oct. 1814, and from Jan. to July, 1815, employed in the Vengeur 74, commanded off Brest by Capts. Thos. Dundas and Tristram Robt. Ricketts, and Elizabeth 74, flag-ship at Gibraltar of Hon. C. E. Fleeming.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Shipley, James

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​SHIPLEY. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 13; h-p., 33.)
James Shipley entered the Navy, 17 Nov. 1801, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ariadne 20, Capt. Patrick Campbell, on the Home station; where he served, from Oct. 1802 until Aug. 1805, as Midshipman and Master’s Mate, in the Gannet 16, Capt. Edw. Bass; and where, in Sept. of the latter year, he joined the Captain 74, Capt. Geo. Hopewell Stephens. After he had been for two years and a half employed in the North Sea, Baltic, and Channel in the Quebec 32, Capts. Geo. M‘Kinley, Lord Viscount Falkland, and Hon. Geo. Poulett, Cruizer 18, Capt. Geo. Chas. Mackenzie, and Quebec again, Capts. Hon. G. Poulett and John Thicknesse, part of the time as Acting-Lieutenant, he became attached in that capacity, 18 Jan. and 13 Aug. 1809, to the Vulture 18, Capt. Martin White, and Phoenix 36, Capt. Zachary Mudge. He was nominated, 3 Jan. 1810, Acting-Master of the Albacore 18, Capt. Corbet Jas. D’Auvergne; was advanced to his present rank by commission dated 17 April in the same year; and was next, from 19 of that month until April, 1811, and from Oct. in the latter year until Sept. 1814, employed in the Baltic and on various parts of the Home station in the Ardent 64, Capt. Robt. Honyraan, and Princess Caroline 74, Capt. Hugh Downman. He has since been on half-pay.
Lieut. Shipley married, first, in June, 1819, Jemima, only child of Mr. Bradney, of Hilton, co. Salop; and secondly, in Oct. 1826, Harriet Sarah, only child of the Rev. Henry Ward, Rector of Havering Bower, co. Essex. By his former marriage he has issue two daughters.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Sheridan, John

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​SHERIDAN. (Captain, 1815.)
John Sheridan entered the Navy, in 1795, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board La Juste 80, Capts. Hon. Thos. Pakenham and John Lawford, employed in the Channel, off Cadiz, and among the Western Islands. He served subsequently, on the Home station, as Midshipman and Master’s Mate, in the Royal Sovereign 100, flag-ship of Sir Alan Gardner and Sir Henry Harvey, and Dryad frigate, Capt. Chas. John Moore Mansfield; and on 21 Dec. 1801 he was made Lieutenant into the Woolwich 44, Capts. Bridges and Jennings, in which ship he made a voyage to the West Indies. His succeeding appointments were, to the Merlin sloop, Capt. Edw. Pelham Brenton, Thunderer 74, Capt. Wm. Bedford, Hibernia 110, flag-ship of Lord Gardner, Prince of Wales 98, Capt. Bedford, and Ville de Paris 110, Bellerophon 74, and Victory 100, bearing the flags of Lord Gardner, Hon. Alan Hyde Gardner, and Sir Jas. Saumarez. In those ships he was chiefly employed on the Home and Baltic stations. While attached, between Aug. 1803 and Jan. 1804, to the Merlin, he shared, as Senior Lieutenant, in several skirmishes with the enemy’s flotilla and land-batteries near Havre; and on one occasion he put off in the boats and set fire to the Shannon frigate, which had run on shore under the strong batteries of Tatihou island, near La Hogue. On 19 June, 1809, being then in the Bellerophon, commanded as a private ship by Capt. Sam. Warren, he served in her boats under the orders of Lieut. Robt. Pilch, and was mentioned for the very able assistance he afforded at the capture, on the coast of Finland, of three vessels and of one of four batteries by which they had been covered, mounting 4 24-pounders and garrisoned by 103 men – an exploit that elicited the acknowledgments of the Admiralty. He equally distinguished himself, 7 July following, at the brilliant capture, off Percola Point, of the six Russian gunboats mentioned in our history of the services of Capt. Chas. Allen. On the occasion of his promotion to the rank of Commander, 27 Nov. 1810, he was appointed for a few weeks to the Raleigh sloop. His next appointment was, 4 Oct. 1813, to the Terror bomb, in which vessel we find him engaged with the American batteries near Baltimore during the advance of the British army under Colonel Brook, 13 Aug. 1814, and assisting at the capture of St. Mary’s, the frontier town of the state of Georgia, 14 Jan. 1815. On 13 June in the latter year, at which time he had been acting for rather more than two months as Captain of the Levant 20, he was confirmed to Post-rank. He continued in the Levant, in the West Indies and on the Irish station, until 27 Nov. 1815; and on 1 Oct. 1846 he accepted the Retirement. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Sherwin, Thomas Cowper

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​SHERWIN. (Commander, 1825.)
Thomas Cowper Sherwin entered the Navy, in 1788, as Fst.-cl. Vol., ,on board the Myrmidon, in which vessel and in the Hyaena 24, the latter commanded by Capt. Wm. Aylmer, he served for about three years in the Channel. Joining next, in 1793, the Alligator, Capt. Wm, Appleby, he sailed in that ship for the West Indies, where, from 1794 until 1798, he served on board the Europa 50, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Ford, Sampson 64, Capt. Thos. Louis, Majestic and Swiftsure 74’s, flag-ships of Sir John Laforey and Sir Hugh Clobery Christian, Abergavenny 64, Capts. Smith and John Cochet, and Rattler sloop, Capt. Hall. In the Europa he assisted at the reduction of the French islands; he was made Lieutenant into the Abergavenny 22 July, 1796; and he acted as Commander of the Rattler in an attack made upon a fort at St. Domingo. Between May, 1799, and 1805, he served on the Home station in the America 64, Capt. John Smith (part of the force employed in the expedition to Holland), Warrior 74, Capt. Chas. Tyler, Princess of Orange 74, Capt. Chas. Cobb, Pylades sloop, Capt. Jas. Boorder, Swiftsure 74, Capt. Ferris, and Atlas 74, Capts. Wm. Hope and Sam. Pym. His next appointments were, to the command – 28 Oct. 1808 and (after 12 months of half-pay caused by ill health) 28 Aug. 1810, of the Flamer and Active, both in the Downs – 22 Oct. in the latter year, to the Nonpareil, in the Channel, where he served until 1812 – and, 26 March, 1814, and 4 June, 1817, for periods of 14 and 17 months, to the Sprightly and Starling, on the same station. In 1819 he was nominated an Inspecting-Commander of the Irish Coast Guard; and, on 27 May, 1825, as a reward for long and active services, he was promoted to his present rank.
In 1834 Commander Sherwin was appointed a Stipendiary Magistrate at the Cape of Good Hope; and, since 20 Nov. 1843, he has filled the post of Emigration Agent General for British Guiana. He is married and has issue. Agent – Joseph Woodhead.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Shewen, Daniel

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​SHEWEN. (Retired Commander, 1844.)
Daniel Shewen died 7 Dec. 1845.
This officer entered the Navy, 23 July, 1793, as Captain’s Servant, on board the Amphion 32, Capts. Herbert Sawyer and Robt. Warburton, employed at Newfoundland and on the Home station; where, in 1795, he rejoined Capt. Sawyer, as Midshipman (a rating he had previously attained) in the Nassau 64, flag-ship for some time of Admiral Sir Rich. Onslow; on removing with whom to the Monarch 74, commanded subsequently by Capt. Sam. Sutton, he fought in the action off Camperdown 11 Oct. 1797. Being on that occasion severely wounded, he was presented with a gratuity from the Patriotic Fund. After serving at Sheerness and in the Mediterranean, as Master’s Mate, in the Termagant and Hyaena, both under the orders of Capt. David Lloyd, he was made Lieutenant, 19 Aug. 1799, into the Camilla 20, lying at Spithead. Deducting an interval of a few months occasioned by the peace of Amiens, he was employed, between the following Oct. and 1806, on the Home station, in the Lily, Capt. Thos. Palmer, Russel 74, Capt. Herbert Sawyer, Braak, Capt. John MasonLewis, San Josef 110 and Prince of Wales 98, flag-ships of Sir Chas. Cotton and Sir Robt. Calder (the latter engaged in the action of 22 July, 1805), and Kent 74, Prince of Wales again, Malta 80, and Ville de Paris 110, bearing each the flag of Vice-Admiral Thornbrough; to whom he then became Flag-Lieutenant in the Royal Sovereign 100. In June, 1808, at which time he was serving in the Mediterranean, he invalided home on board the Superb 74, Capt. Sam. Jackson. His last appointment was, 28 Aug. 1834, to the Ordinary at Sheerness, in which he continued until Aug. 1837 – the last year with his name on the books of the Téméraire 98, Capt. Thos. Fortescue Kennedy. He was placed on the Senior List of Retired Commanders 22 Jan. 1844.
He married at Plymouth, 8 Oct. 1829, Miss Elizabeth Boulter. Agents – Pettet and Newton.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Shepherd, John (b)

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​SHEPHERD. (Capt., 1840. f-p., 22; h-p., 20.)
John Shepherd (b) entered the Navy, 20 Aug. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Audacious 74, Capt. John Lawford, with whom he continued employed in the Channel in the Impétueux 74 until Oct. 1806. Between Feb. 1807 and Sept. 1811 he served off Rochefort and on the coast of Ireland, as Midshipman and Master’s Mate, in the Eurydice, Druid, and Endymion frigates, all commanded by Capt. Sir Wm. Bolton. He then joined the Recruit sloop, Capt. Humphrey Fleming Senhouse, and Africa 64, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Herbert Sawyer, both on the Halifax station; where he was made Lieutenant, 2 Feb. 1813, into the Spartan 38, Capt. Edw. Pelham Brenton, and transferred, 10 July following, to the Acasta 40, Capt. Alex. Robt. Kerr. He left that ship in July, 1815; was next, in April, 1823, and Aug. 1825, appointed to the Rifleman 18, Capt. Jas. Montagu, and Druid 46, Capt. Sam. Chambers, on the North American and Jamaica stations; attained the rank of Commander 28 Aug. 1828; was nominated, 30 March, 1829, and (after eight months of half-pay) 7 April, 1831, Second-Captain of the Barham 50, bearing the flag of Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming in the West Indies, and Donegal 78, Capts. John Dick and Arthur Fanshawe, on the Mediterranean and Lisbon stations, where he served until Aug. 1833; and from 4 April, 1837, until posted, 26 Oct. 1840, commanded the Sparrowhawk 16, on the coast of North America and at the Cape of Good Hope. From 14 May until 7 Oct. 1846 he officiated as Captain, pro tem, of the St. Vincent 120, bearing the broad pendant of Sir Fras. Aug. Collier in the Channel; and since 4 Dec. 1847 he has been in command of the Inconstant 36, on the south-east coast of America.