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# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Taylor, Tom

Taylor, Tom (1817-1880). -- Dramatist, b. at Sunderland, ed. at Glasgow and Camb., and was Prof. of English Literature in London Univ. from 1845-47. In 1846 he was called to the Bar, and from 1854-71 he was Sec. to the Local Government Board. He was the author of about 100 dramatic pieces, original and adapted, including Still Waters run Deep, The Overland Route, and Joan of Arc. He was likewise a large contributor to Punch, of which he was ed. 1874-80, and he ed. the autobiographies of Haydon and Leslie, the painters, and wrote Life and Times of Sir Joshua Reynolds.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Tennant, William

Tennant, William (1784-1848). -- Poet and scholar, a cripple from his birth, was b. at Anstruther (commonly called Anster) in Fife. As a youth he was clerk to his brother, a corn-merchant, but devoted his leisure to the study of languages, and the literature of various countries. In 1813 he became parish schoolmaster of Lasswade, near Edinburgh, thereafter classical master at Dollar Academy, and in 1835 Prof. of Oriental Languages at St. Andrews. In 1812 he pub. Anster Fair, a mock-heroic poem, in ottava rima, full of fancy and humour, which at once brought him reputation. In later life he produced two tragedies, Cardinal Beaton and John Baliol, and two poems, The Thane of Fife and Papistry Stormed. He also issued a Syriac and Chaldee Grammar.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Taylor, William

Taylor, William (1765-1836). -- Translator, etc., s. of a merchant, travelled on the Continent, learned German, and became an enthusiastic student of German literature, which he was one of the first to introduce to his fellow-countrymen. His articles on the subject were coll. and pub. as Historic Survey of German Poetry (1828-30). He translated Bürger's Lenore, Lessing's Nathan, and Goethe's Iphigenia. He also wrote Tales of Yore (1810) and English Synonyms Described (1813)page 375.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Temple, Sir William

Temple, Sir William (1628-1699). -- Statesman and essayist, s. of Sir John T., Master of the Rolls in Ireland, was b. in London, and ed. at Camb. He travelled on the Continent, was for some time a member of the Irish Parliament, employed on various diplomatic missions, and negotiated the marriage of the Prince of Orange and the Princess Mary. On his return he was much consulted by Charles II., but disapproving of the courses adopted, retired to his house at Sheen, which he afterwards left and purchased Moor Park, where Swift was for a time his sec. He took no part in the Revolution, but acquiesced in the new régime, and was offered, but refused, the Secretaryship of State. His works consist for the most part of short essays coll. under the title of Miscellanea, but longer pieces are Observations upon the United Provinces, and Essay on the Original and Nature of Government. Apart from their immediate interest they mark a transition to the simpler, more concise, and more carefully arranged sentences of modern composition.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Collier, Edward (b)

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​COLLIER. (Commander, 1845. f-p., 29: h-p., 11.)
Edward Collier, born 25 Dec. 1793, is brother of Lieut. Jas. Collier, R.N., who was mortally wounded when boarding a Spanish prison-ship at Cadiz, in May, 1810.
This officer entered the Navy, 3 April, 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Téméraire 98, Capt. Sir Chas. Hamilton, lying in Portsmouth Harbour, and, on 6 May, 1808, became Midshipman of the Neptune 98, Capt. Sir Thos. Williams, on the West India station. Removing next to the Belleisle 74, Capts. Wm. Chas. Fahie and Geo. Cockburn, he assisted at the reduction of Martinique, in Feb. 1809, and also in the ensuing expedition to Walcheren. From Oct. 1809, until Aug. 1815, Mr. Collier further served on board the Euryalus 36, Capts. Hon. Geo. Heneage Lawrence Dundas and Chas. Napier, and during that period was actively employed in the Mediterranean, North America, and Channel. In Aug. 1814, he assisted in the operations against Alexandria, and on one occasion, while in command of the ship’s barge, was attacked by Commodore Rodgers, and lost 7 men in killed and wounded. For his conduct in subsequently boarding a sloop off Havre de Grace, Mr. Collier was promoted, 28 Feb. 1815, to the rank of Lieutenant. His after-appointments appear to have been – 8 Sept. 1818, to the Hyperion 36, Capt. Thos. Searle, whom he ultimately accompanied to South America – 5 March, 1825, to the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary Lieutenant of the same ship, then commanded by Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye – 30 April, 1827, to the Windsor Castle 74, Capt. Edw. Durnford King, employed at Lisbon during the evacuation of the British army – 3 Oct. 1828, as First, to the Ranger 28, Capt. Wm. Walpole, lying at Chatham – 8 Jan. 1829, in a similar capacity, to the Galatea 42, Capt. C. Napier, engaged on various Particular Services – 10 July, 1832, and 11 Sept. 1839, to the successive command of the Goldfinch and Lyra, Falmouth packets – and, 31 Oct. 1843, again as Senior Lieutenant, to the Caledonia, flag-ship at Devonport of Sir David Milne. Since his last promotion, 1 May, 1845, Commander Collier has been on half-pay.
He married, 20 Jan. 1816, Isabella Mary, second daughter of the late Capt. John Montgomery, of the 15th Foot, and has had issue four children.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Collins, Edward

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​COLLINS. (Commander, 1814. f-p., 16; h-p., 37.)
Edward Collins entered the Navy, 16 March, 1794, as Midshipman, on board the Ganges 74, Capts. Wm. Truscott, Lancelot Skynner, Fras. Laforey, and Robt. M‘Douall; under the first of whom he was wounded, while assisting at the capture, 30 Oct. following, of the French 24-gun ship Le Jacobin. On his return from the West Indies in May, 1797, where he had served on shore at the reduction of Ste. Lucie, he cruized for three years on the Home station in the Révolutionnaire 38, Capts. Fras. Cole and Thos. Twysden. He then, for a few months, joined, as a Supernumerary, the Cambridge 80, flag-ship at Plymouth of Sir Thos. Pasley; and after an equally brief servitude in the Agincourt 64, bearing the flag at Newfoundland of Sir Chas. Morice Pole, was confirmed a Lieutenant, 1 Dec. 1800, in the Concorde 36, Capt. Robt. Barton. Having been paid off early in 1802, Mr. Collins was next appointed, 3 May, 1803, to the Phoenix 36, Capt. Thos. Baker, on the coast of Spain; subsequently to which he served, from 20 Feb. 1805 to 16 May, 1806, as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Thos. Graves, in the Foudroyant 80. He again officiated in a similar capacity under Sir Edw. Buller, in the Résolue, at Portsmouth, from 30 Nov. 1809, to 1 Nov. 1813; and assuming, in Jan. 1814, the like post on board the Porcupine 22, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Chas. Vinicombe Penrose, took a conspicuous part in the various operations then in progress on the north coast of Spain. He further held the acting command in the Gironde, for a short time, of the Martial sloop; and was officially promoted to the rank he now holds 15 June 1814. Since that period Commander Collins has been on half-pay.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Collins, Francis

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​COLLINS. (Lieut., 1828. f-p., 33; h-p., 2.)
Francis Collins was born, 5 Aug. 1795, in co. Dublin.
This officer entered the Navy, 19 Jan. 1812, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Furieuse 36, Capt. Wm. Mounsey, in which ship he shortly afterwards sailed with convoy for the Mediterranean; where, besides assisting at the blockade of Toulon and the conquest of the island of Ponza, he served in the boats at the capture, 4 Oct. 1813, with a loss to the British of 12 men killed and wounded, of a large convoy, protected by the galling fire of two gun-vessels and several batteries in the harbour of Marinelo; and on that occasion was awarded the rating of Midshipman, and placed in charge of one of the prizes. He also, we believe, witnessed the capture of Via Reggio, and the unsuccessful attack on Leghorn; was at the occupation of Santa Maria, and of the enemy’s other forts in the Gulf of Spezia; and assisted at the reduction of Genoa and its dependencies in March and April, 1814. When afterwards in America, Mr. Collins successively cruized in Penobscot Bay with a tender under his orders, but, falling ultimately into the hands of the enemy, was detained, a prisoner en parole until the termination of hostilities. He then rejoined the Furieuse, and, returning home, was paid off in June, 1815. We next find him serving, as Midshipman and Master’s Mate, on board the Spencer 74, Cambrian 40, Doterel 16, and Hope 10, and, having passed his examination 4 March, 1818, employed, from 3 Oct. in that year until 7 Nov. 1823, in the Severn 40, and Ramillies 74, on the Home station. Until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 22 Sept. 1828, he appears to have been further employed as Mate, chiefly in the Mediterranean, of the Weasel 18, Britannia 120, Ramillies again, and Rattlesnake and Alacrity sloops. After an additional servitude in the Pelican 18, and Hyperion Coast Blockade ship, Mr. Collins obtained, 4 April, 1831, his present appointment in the Coast Guard.
He married, 17 Nov. 1834, Hannah, second daughter of Henry Wm. Baylee, Esq., of Larne, co. Antrim, and has issue three sons and as many daughters.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Collins, William

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​COLLINS. (Retired Commander, 1843. f-p., 19; h-p., 34.)
William Collins, born in April, 1782, lost his grandfather and brother both in the Army.
This officer entered the Navy, 13 Dec. 1794, as a Volunteer, on board the Ariadne 20, Capts. Robt. Gambier Middleton, Robt. Plampin, H. Ball, Jas. Bradby, and Patrick Campbell; under whose successive command he continued to serve, latterly as Midshipman, until paid off in June, 1802. During that period he witnessed one of Hotham’s actions in 1795 – was at the landing, in 1796, of the troops at Ste. Lucie – and aided in the capture of several privateers and other vessels. While afterwards serving, from June, 1803, to Nov. 1804, on board the Bloodhound 10, Lieut.-Commander Henry Richardson, he assisted, in 1804, at the bombardment of Havre de Grace, and was repeatedly in conflict with the Boulogne flotilla. Having passed his examination 4 Sept. 1805, Mr. Collins was promoted, on leaving the Bloodhound, to an Acting-Sub-Lieutenancy in the Earnest gun-brig, Lieut.Commander Rich. Templar, and, in consideration of his subsequent services off Ostend, and in the rivers Elbe and Weser, was made a full Lieutenant 12 June, 1807, and appointed, a few days afterwards, to the Royalist 18, Capt. John Maxwell; during his two years’ servitude in which vessel he contributed to the capture, in the Downs, of one Danish and two French privateers. Assuming command, 10 May, 1809, of the Mary hired cutter, of 8 guns, he made several prizes, beat off on one occasion two of the enemy’s privateers, and for the general importance of his services, especially for his promptitude in communicating to Admiral Young the intelligence of the French fleet having descended the Scheldt as far as Flushing, received the thanks of that gallant officer in the presence of the assembled Captains of the squadron. The Mary having been placed out of commission 24 April, 1812, Mr. Collins was next, as First-Lieutenant, appointed, 20 Sept. 1813, to the Daphne 20, Capt. Jas. Green, in which he beheld the evacuation of Danzig. He was finally paid off 14 Sept. 1815; and awarded his present rank 6 April, 1843.
In 1801 and 1804, Commander Collins, then in the Ariadne and Bloodhound, was twice compelled to enter the Hospital at North Yarmouth, in consequence of severe injuries received in the execution of his duty. He married, 20 June, 1807, Mrs. Eleanor Skee, daughter of Mr. Thomas Sherrid, Pilot, of North Yarmouth.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Collier, George Baring Browne

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​COLLIER. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
George Baring Browne Collier is eldest son of Capt. H. T. B. Collier, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 8 Aug. 1832; passed his examination 6 Sept. 1837; served latterly, as Mate, on board the Camperdown 104, flag-ship at the Nore of Sir Henry Digby, and Alfred 60, Commodore John Brett Purvis, fitting at Sheerness for the South American station; and, on 7 Feb. 1842, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. He continued to serve in the Alfred until the close of 1844; joined next, 12 April, 1845, the Queen 110, Capt. Sir Baldwin Wake Walker, one of an experimental squadron employed under the orders of Rear-Admirals Hyde Parker and Sir Sam. Pym; and on 7 Nov. following removed to the St. Vincent 120, bearing then the broad pendant of Sir Fras. Augustus Collier, and now the flag of Sir Chas. Ogle, under whom he is officiating as SignalLieutenant.
Lieut. Collier married, 18 Feb. 1846, Stepney, youngest daughter of the late Joseph Gulston, Esq., of Derwydd, co. Caermarthen, and of Grosvenor-square. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Collier, Henry Theodosius Browne

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​COLLIER. (Captain, 1822. f-p., 13; h-p., 34.)
Henry Theodosius Browne Collier is third son of the late Vice-Admiral Sir Geo. Collier, K.T.; and brother of Rear-Admiral Sir Fras, Augustus Collier, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 28 April, 1800, as a Vol., on board the Brilliant 28, Capt. Hon. Chas. Paget, and in Oct. following accompanied the armament sent against Ferrol under the orders of Sir John Borlase Warren. From May, 1801, to May, 1806, he next served, generally with Capt. Paget, although at times under Capts. Geo. Mundy and Edw. Durnford King, in the Hydra 38, Endymion 44, and Egyptienne 50; and, being almost invariably employed during that period on the Home and Mediterranean stations, was in attendance on Geo. III. at Weymouth, and assisted, as Midshipman, at the capture of La Bacchante and La Colombe corvettes of 18 and 16 guns, L’Adour store-ship, and Le Général Moreau, privateer, of 16 guns. After further serving at the passage of the Dardanells on board the Canopus 80, flag-ship of Sir Thos. Louis, he obtained, 3 June, 1807, a Lieutenancy in the Banterer 22, Capt. Alex. Sheppard, part of the force employed in the ensuing expedition against Copenhagen. Removing, 5 Nov. in the same year, to the Amelia 38, Capt. Hon. Fred. Paul Irby, Mr. Collier witnessed, in the course of 1809, the Hon. Robt. Stopford’s destruction of three French frigates under the batteries of Sable d’Olonne, and the subsequent capture of La Mouche, corvette, of 16, and La Rejouie, national brig, of 8 guns; after which he joined, 2 Feb. 1811, the Leda 36, Capt. Geo. Sayer; and was First of that ship at the reduction of Java. Until April, 1812, he next served on board the Minden 74, Capt. Edw. Wallis Hoare, and Barracouta sloop, Capt. Norton. He was then appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Madras Hospital; and, on 30 June, 1812, obtained the acting command of the Hesper sloop, from which he invalided a short time previously to his official promotion, which took place 24 Oct. in the same year. He afterwards commanded, for a few months in 1814-15, the Crocus, at the Nore; and was further appointed – 26 March, 1819, to the Falmouth 20, on the Cork station, which vessel he left, in ​consequence of ill health, 9 Sept. 1820 – and, 21 May, 1822, to the Espiègle 18, employed at the Cape of Good Hope. Capt. Collier, who had been on half-pay since his attainment of Post-rank, 26 Dec. 1822, accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846.
He married, 26 June, 1816, Harriet, daughter of Robt. Nicholas, Esq., of Ashton Keynes, co. Wilts, and first-cousin, maternally, of the present Sir Robt. Russell Frankland, Bart., as also of Rear-Admiral Wm. Bowles, and of Capts. E. A. and C. C. Frankland, R.N. His son, George Baring Browne, is a Lieutenant R.N. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Collinson, Richard

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​COLLINSON, C.B. (Captain, 1842.)
Richard Collinson entered the Navy 2 Dec. 1823; passed his examination in 1831; obtained his first commission 23 March, 1835; was appointed, 28 Sept. following, to the Sulphur surveying-vessel, Capts. Fred. Wm. Beechey and Edw. Belcher, and, 16 June, 1838, to the President 52, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Chas. Bayne Hodgson Ross, both in South America; and, on 24 Jan. 1840, joined the Wellesley 72, Capt. Thos. Maitland, bearing the broad pendant, subsequently, of Sir Jas. John Gordon Bremer, Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies. During the operations against Canton, in March, 1841, he was officially praised for his very skilful and highly-meritorious exertions in piloting the Modeste 18, Capt. Harry Eyres, to an excellent and effective position without 600 yards of the last fort protecting the approaches to the city; and he obtained every favourable consideration, also, for his useful eflrorts in next sounding, conjointly with Lieut. Henry Kellett and Mr. Rich. Browne, Master of the Calliope, and conducting several men-of-war safely to an anchorage off Canton itself. At the capture, in May following, of the whole line of defences, extending about two miles from the British factory, Mr. Collinson was further active in getting the ships into their respective positions. He likewise, on 26 Aug., having assumed command of the Bentinck brig, of 10 guns, evinced his skill in sounding the Channel ahead of the station occupied by the Wellesley in the attack on the island of Golongsoo, and in then gallantly anchoring within the entrance of the Bay. In Oct. of the same year we find Mr. Collinson assisting at the recapture of Chusan and the storming of the fortified heights and citadel of Chinghae. The Admiralty having promoted him, 18 June, 1841, to the rank of Commander, and appointed him, 19 Feb. 1842, to the Plover surveying-vessel, he subsequently, on the night preceding the capture of Chapoo, 18 May ensuing – prior, however, to his actual removal to the Plover – sounded, thoroughly and eflectively, between the anchorage of the ships and the shore; and, cooperating again with Commander Kellett, was engaged, during the months of June and July, in surveying the channel before Woosung preparatory to the attack on its batteries – also in the hostilities against Shanghae – and in commendably overcoming all the difficulties in the navigation of the Yang-tse-Kiang during the advance of the British on the city of Chin-Kiang-Foo. Capt. Collinson, who continued in the Plovek until 1846, was promoted for his services to Post-rank 23 Dec. 1842, and nominated a C.B. the day following.
* ↑ Vide Gaz. 1841, pp. 1503-5.
* ↑ Vide Gaz. 1841, p. 2505.
* ↑ Vide Gaz. 1842, p. 82.
* ↑ Vide Gaz. 1841, pp. 394, 396.
* ↑ Vide Gaz. 1841, p. 3692.
* ↑ Vide Gaz. 1842, pp. 3383, 3397, 3402.
* ↑ Vide Gaz. 1842, p. 3821.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Oliver, Robert

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​OLIVER, Kt. (Capt., 1834. f-p., 23; h-p., 24.)
Sir Robert Oliver is uncle of Lieut. Geo. Cleaveland, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 23 May, 1800, on board the Formidable 98, commanded by the late Sir Edw. Thornbrough, with whom he continued for eight years employed as Midshipman and Master’s Mate in the Maes 74, Galykheid 64, Ruby 64, Eagle and Kent 74’s, and Royal Sovereign 100, on the Home and Mediterranean stations, where, during the remainder of the war, he served (his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant took place 22 Feb. 1810) in the Ocean 98, flag-ship of Lord Collingwood, Espoir sloop, Capt. Robt. Mitford, Menelaus 38, Capt. Sir Peter Parker, Banterer sloop, Capt. Chas. Warde, and Glasgow 50, Capt. Hon. Henry Duncan. On 4 April, 1810, he commanded the boats of the Espoir, in unison with those of the Success 32, under Lieut. Geo. Rose Sartorius, and was particularly mentioned for his conduct at the destruction, under a heavy fire of great guns and musketry, of several vessels on the beach near Castiglione, on the coast of Calabria. He assisted soon afterwards at the destruction of an armed ship and three barks under the castle of Terracina. His appointments after he left the Glasgow were – 4 March, 1823, to the Isis 50, Capt. Gordon Thos. Falcon, lying at Chatham – 23 June following and 21 Aug. 1825, to the Spartiate 76 and Wellesley 74, flag-ships of Sir Geo. Eyre in South America – and, 30 April, 1827, to the Victory 104, Capt. Hon. Geo. Elliot, lying at Portsmouth. Obtaining a second promotal commission 29 Oct. 1827, he was successively invested with the command – 30 May, 1831, of the Asia 84, flag-ship off Lisbon of Rear-Admiral Wm. Parker – and, 9 June, 1832, and 6 Nov. 1833, of the Dee and Phoenix steamers. The Dee served with the North Sea squadron during the blockade of the Dutch ports, and afterwards conveyed Vice-Admiral Sir Pulteney Malcolm to Lisbon. The Phoenix attended Queen Adelaide to Rotterdam in the summer of 1834. On 28 Aug. in the latter year Capt. Oliver was advanced to Post-rank; and since 1837 he has been in discharge of the duties attached to the office of Superintendent of the Indian Navy. The honour of Knighthood was conferred on him 20 April, 1843, as a reward for services he had rendered during the war in China. Agents – Messrs. Ommanney.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Oliver, William Browne

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​OLIVER. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 26; h-p., 7.)
William Browne Oliver, born 12 March, 1802, is son of Commander Jas. Oliver, R.N.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College 1 Aug. 1814, and embarked, 21 June, 1817, as a Volunteer, on board the Tamar 26, Capts. Thos. Rich. Toker and Hon. John Gordon, attached to the force at Newfoundland. In Dec. 1819 he removed, as Midshipman, to the Redpole 10, Capts. Wm. Devereux Evance, Patrick Duff, Henry Hay, and Rich. Anderson, employed at first in the Channel and then in the Mediterranean; whence, in the summer of 1822, he returned to England in the Larne 20, Capt. Robt. Tait. After a servitude of four years in South America as a passed Midshipman and Mate in the Tartar 42, Capt. Thos. Brown, and Diamond 46, Capt. Lord Napier, he joined, in Dec. 1826, the Pyramus 42, Capt. Geo. Rose Sartorius, on the Channel station; and he was next, in Jan. 1828, appointed to the Terror bomb, Capt. David Hope. For his exertions in saving that vessel when shortly afterwards cast away on the coast of Portugal, and the great assistance he afforded throughout the laborious operations which took place before she was rendered fit to return to England, he was sent in the following summer to the Mediterranean on promotion in the Meteor bomb, also commanded by Capt. Hope (whose Memoir see). He was there made Lieutenant, 25 Aug. 1829, into the Erebus bomb, Capt. Philip Broke; and he was subsequently appointed – in July, 1830, as a Student, to the Royal Naval College at Portsmouth, where he remained one year – 11 Oct. 1832, to the Serpent 16, Capts. John Chas. Symonds, Mark Halpen Sweny, and Evan Nepean, of which sloop, stationed for upwards of three years in the West Indies, he was for a long time First-Lieutenant and twice Acting-Commander – and 3 April, 1837, to the command (as a reward for meritorious conduct) of the Fair Rosamond schooner of 2 guns, fitting for the coast of Africa. In the latter vessel, in which he continued until 1 Oct. 1840, Lieut. Oliver, who went through scenes of great mortality, was most active in his efforts in the cause of freedom, and captured not less than nine slavers. He was in consequence advanced to his present rank 23 Nov. 1841. Since 18 July, 1845, he has been employed as an Inspecting-Commander in the Coast Guard. We may add that he has thoroughly qualified himself in the art of steam navigation.