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# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Martin, George Bohun

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​MARTIN, C.B., K.S.L., K.S.A., K.R.G. (Captain, 1828. f-p., 21; h-p., 14.)
George Bohun Martin is third and youngest son of the late Henry Martin, Esq., of Colston Basset, Notts, a Magistrate for the co., M.P. for Kinsale, and one of the Masters in Chancery, by Maria Elizabeth, daughter of Fras. Edmunds, Esq., of Worsborough, co. York. He is nephew of the late Sir Geo. Martin, G.C.B., G.C.M.G., Admiral of the Fleet.
This officer entered the Royal Naval College, 3 April, 1812; and_ embarked, 11 April, 1815, as Midshipman, on board the Impregnable 98, Capt. Sam. Campbell Rowley, bearing the flag of Sir Josias Rowley in the Mediterranean; where, in the following Oct., he removed to the Spartan 38, Capt. Phipps Hornby. Quitting that ship in July, 1816, he next, until the receipt of his first commission, dated 17 March, 1821, served on the Channel, Mediterranean, and Cork stations, in the Madagascar and Maeander frigates, both commanded by Capt. Sir Jas. Alex. Gordon, Ganymede 26, Capts. Wm. M‘Culloch and Hon. Robt. Cavendish Spencer, Wasp sloop, Capt. Wm. Woolridge, Hyperion 42, Capt. Thos. Searle, Newcastle 60, Capt. Arthur Fanshawe, Cadmus and Brisk sloops, each under the orders of Capt. Jas. Montagu, Spencer 74, flagship of Sir Josias Rowley, and, as Acting-Lieutenant, in the Sappho sloop, Capt. Jas. Hanway Plumridge. On the date of his official promotion, as above, Mr. Martin was nominated Flag-Lieutenant, in the Queen Charlotte 100, to Admiral Sir Jas. Hawkins Whitshed, Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth. Obtaining a second promotal commission in consequence, 24 April, 1824, he assumed command, 17 April, 1827, of the Musquito 10, and, returning to the Mediterranean, was afforded an opportunity of sharing, 20 Oct. following, in the battle of Navarin. His conduct on that occasion procured him the honours above indicated, and was the cause of his being advanced (as soon as he had served the necessary time as Commander) to Post-rank, 19 April, 1828. His next appointments were, 17 April, 1833, and 31 Oct. 1835, to the Volage 28, and Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir Josias Rowley, both in the Mediterranean, whence he returned in the autumn of 1837. He has been in command, since 4 Nov. 1844, of the Eagle 50; in which ship he at first conveyed Rear-Admiral Sam. Hood Inglefield to the south-east coast of America, was then employed in North America and the West Indies, and is now engaged in the performance of a particular service.
​Capt. Martin married Isabella Harriett, daughter of Vice-Admiral Sir Thos. Briggs, G.C.M.G., by whom he has issue. Agents – Messrs. Chard.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Marten, Francis

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​MARTEN. (Lieutenant, 1844.)
Francis Marten, born in 1814, is eldest son of the late Geo. Sulivan Marten, Esq., of Marshals Wick near St. Alban’s, Herts, by his second wife, Charlotte, daughter of Col. Tucker. He is half-brother of the present Geo. Robt. Marten, Esq., of Marshals Wick, a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant for co. Herts.
This officer passed his examination 28 Aug. 1837; and between 1840 and his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant 20 Nov. 1844, was employed as Mate in the Ferret 10, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Sidney "^l^homas, and Siren 16, Capt. Wm. Smith, on the African and East India stations. His appointments have since been – 18 Dec. 1844, to the Persian 16, Capt. Henry Coryton, from which vessel, fitting at Devonport, he was shortly afterwards superseded – and 16 Aug. 1845, to the President 50, now flagship of Rear-Admiral Jas. Rich. Dacres at the Cape of Good Hope.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Martin, Alexander

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​MARTIN. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 19; h-p., 33.)
Alexander Martin entered the Navy, in June, 1795, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Triumph 74, Capts. Sir Erasmus Gower and Wm. Essington, under the latter of whom he fought in the action off Camperdown 11 Oct. 1797. In Jan. 1799 he removed to the Formidable 98, Capts. Jas. Hawkins Whitshed, Edw. Thornbrough, and Rich. Grindall; and in that ship he served in the Channel, Mediterranean, and West Indies until Sept 1802 – towards the close of the period in the capacity of Midshipman. Rejoining Capt. Grindall, in 1803, on board the Prince 98, he was for upwards of three years employed with him in the Channel and off the Port of Cadiz, and was afforded an opportunity of sharing in the battle of Trafalgar 21 Oct. 1805. After an attachment of some months to the Glory 98, Capt. Wm. Albany Otway, and Prince 98, flagship of Rear-Admiral John Child Purvis, both stationed off Cadiz, he was nominated, about Dec. 1807, Acting-Lieutenant of the Terrible 74, Capt. Lord Henry Paulet, part of the force employed in the Mediterranean, where, in Feb. 1810, he joined, in a similar capacity, the Alacrity 18, Capt. Nesbit Palmer. In May, 1811, that vessel was unfortunately captured by the enemy, a catastrophe, however, Mr. Martin escaped, from the circumstance of his being at the time absent in charge of a Greek prize. He was confirmed a Lieutenant 29 Oct. in the same year; and was lastly, from 2 of the ensuing month until 18 Jan. 1815, employed on the Leith station in the Nightingale 16, Capt. Christopher Nixon.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Underwood, Francis Henry

​Underwood, Francis Henry (1825-1894).—Critic and biographer, b. in Massachusetts, was American Consul at Glasgow and Leith. He wrote Hand-books of English Literature, Builders of American Literature, etc., some novels, Lord of Himself, Man Proposes, and Dr. Gray's Quest, and biographies of Lowell, Longfellow, and Whittier
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Urquhart, Sir Thomas

​Urquhart, Sir Thomas (1611-1660).—Eccentric writer and translator, was ed. at King's Coll., Aberdeen, after leaving which he travelled in France, Spain, and Italy. He was bitterly opposed to the Covenanters, and fought against them at Turriff in 1639. His later life was passed between Scotland, England (where he was for some time a prisoner in the Tower), and the Continent, where he lived, 1642-45. A man of considerable ability and learning, his vanity and eccentricity verged upon insanity, and he is said to have d. from the effects of an uncontrollable fit of joyful laughter on hearing news of the Restoration. Among his extravagances was a genealogy of his family traced through his f. to Adam, and through his mother to Eve, he himself being the 153rd in descent. He pub. Trissotetras, a work on trigonometry (1645), an invective against the Presbyterians (1652), a scheme for a universal language, Logopandecteision (1653), and a partial translation of Rabelais (1653), a further portion being pub. in 1693. In the last he was assisted by Peter Anthony Motteux, a Frenchman who had established himself in England, who continued the work.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Ussher, James

​Ussher, James (1581-1656).—Divine and scholar, b. in Dublin, the s. of a lawyer there, and ed. at Trinity Coll., took orders, and became Chancellor of St. Patrick's, Dublin, 1605, and Prof. of Divinity, 1607-21. On the Irish clergy, in 1715, deciding to assert themselves as an independent church, U. had the main hand in drawing up the constitution, certain features of which led to the suspicion of his being in favour of Puritanism. To defend himself he went in 1619 to England, and had a conference with the King (James I.), in which he so completely succeeded that he was in 1621 made Bishop of Meath, and four years later Archbishop of Armagh. He constantly used his influence in favour of reform, and endeavoured to introduce such modifications of Episcopacy as would conciliate and comprehend the Presbyterians. During the troubles which led to the Civil War U. maintained the unlawfulness of taking up arms against the King. The Rebellion in Ireland in 1641 drove him away, and he settled first at Oxf., but ultimately at the house of Lady Peterborough at Reigate, where he d. in 1656. His works dealt chiefly with ecclesiastical antiquities and chronology, his magnum opus being Annales, a chronology of the world from the creation to the dispersion of the Jews in the reign of Vespasian, a work which gained him great reputation on the Continent as well as at home. The date of the creation was fixed as 4004 B.C., which was long universally received. It has, of course, been altogether superseded, alike by the discovery of ancient records, and by geology.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Vanbrugh, Sir John

​Vanbrugh, Sir John (1664-1726).—Dramatist and architect, b. in London of Flemish descent, was in France from 1683 to 1685, studying architecture, for which he had early shown a taste. ​The next year he got a commission in the army, and in 1690 he was a prisoner first at Vincennes and then in the Bastille. In 1696 he began his dramatic career with The Relapse, which had great success. Æsop followed in 1697, and The Provoked Wife in the same year. The latter was severely handled by Jeremy Collier (q.v.) in his Short View, etc., which produced a vindication by the author. In addition to these he wrote or collaborated in various other plays. His leading features as a dramatist are the naturalness of his dialogue and his lively humour. Like all his contemporaries he is frequently extremely gross. He obtained great fame as an architect, as well as a dramatist. Among his most famous designs are Castle Howard, Blenheim Palace, and Dalkeith Palace. He was knighted by George I., was controller of the Royal works, and succeeded Wren as architect to Greenwich Hospital. In addition to the plays above mentioned V. wrote The Confederacy and The Country House. He was a handsome and jovial person, and highly popular in society.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Udall, Nicolas

​Udall, Nicolas (1505-1556).—Dramatist and scholar, b. in Hampshire, and ed. at Oxf. In 1534 he became headmaster of Eton, from which he was dismissed for misconduct, 1541. In 1537 he became Vicar of Braintree, in 1551 of Calborne, Isle of Wight, and in 1554 headmaster of Westminster School. He translated part of the Apophthegms of Erasmus, and assisted in making the English version of his Paraphrase of the New Testament. Other translations were Peter Martyr's Discourse on the Eucharist and Thomas Gemini's Anatomia, but he is best remembered by Ralph Roister Doister (1553?), the first English comedy, a rude but lively piece.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Vaughan, Henry

​Vaughan, Henry (1622-1695). Poet, b. in the parish of Llansaintffraed, Brecknock, and as a native of the land of the ancient Siilures, called himself "Silurist." He was at Jesus Coll., Oxf., studied law in London, but finally settled as a physician at Brecon and Newton-by-Usk. In his youth he was a decided Royalist and, along with his twin brother Thomas, was imprisoned. His first book was Poems, with the Tenth Satire of Juvenal Englished. It appeared in 1646. Olor Iscanus (the Swan of Usk), a collection of poems and translations, was surreptitiously pub. in 1651. About this time he had a serious illness which led to deep spiritual impressions, and hereafter his writings were almost entirely religious. Silex Scintillans (Sparks from the Flint), his best known work, consists of short poems full of deep religious feeling, fine fancy, and exquisite felicities of expression, mixed with a good deal that is quaint and artificial. It contains "The Retreat," a poem of about 30 lines which manifestly suggested to Wordsworth his Ode on the Intimations of Immortality, and "Beyond the Veil," one of the finest meditative poems in the language. Flores Solitudinis (Flowers of Solitude) and The Mount of Olives are devout meditations in prose. The two brothers were joint authors of Thalia Rediviva: the Pastimes and Diversions of a Country Muse (1678), a collection of translations and original poems.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Vaughan, Robert

​Vaughan, Robert (1795-1868). A minister of the Conregationalist communion, Prof. of History in London Univ., 1830-43, and Pres. of the Independent Coll., Manchester, 1843-57. He founded, and for a time ed. the British Quarterly. He wrote, among various other works, A History of England under the Stuarts, Revolutions of History, and a Life of Wycliffe.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Underdown, Thomas

​Underdown, Thomas (fl. 1566-1587).—Translator. He translated the Æthiopian History of Heliodorus 1566; also from Ovid.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Usk, Thomas

​Usk, Thomas (d. 1388).—Poet, b. in London, was sec. to John of Northampton, the Wyclifite Lord Mayor of London, whom he betrayed to save himself, in which, however, he failed, being executed in 1388. During his imprisonment, which lasted from 1384 until his death, he composed The Testament of Love, a didactic poem long attributed to Chaucer.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Veitch, John

​Veitch, John (1829-1894). Philosophic and miscellaneous writer, b. at Peebles, ed. at Univ. and New Coll., Edin., was assistant to Sir Wm. Hamilton (q.v.), 1856-60, Prof. of Logic at St. Andrews, 1860-64, and Glasgow, 1864-94. He was a voluminous and accomplished writer, his works including Lives of Dugald Stewart (1857) and Sir W. Hamilton (1869), Tweed and other Poems (1875), History and Poetry of the Scottish Border (1877), Feeling for Nature in Scottish ​Poetry (1887), Merlin and other Poems (1889), Border Essays (1896), and Dualism and Monism (1895).
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Croft, William (2)

From volume 1 of the work.
​Croft, William, s. William, of Nether Eatington, co. Warwick, gent. Christ Church, matric. 9 July, 1713, aged 30; D. Mus. 9 July, 1713, organist and composer to King George, a gent. extraordinary of the Chapel Royal 1700, and organist of St. Anne's, Westminster, 1700, joint organist of the Chapel Royal 1704, full organist 1707, master of the children of the Chapel Royal, etc., and instrument keeper and organist of St. Peter's Church, Westminster, 1708, died at Bath on Monday, 14 Aug., 1729, buried in Westminster Abbey. See Chester's Westminster Abbey, 321; & Rawlinson, i. 262.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Crofte, Francis

From volume 1 of the work.
​Crofte, Francis, s. William, of Todenham, co. Gloucester, gent. Hart Hall, matric. 16 May, 1634, aged 14, and again 9 Dec., 1636, B.A. 31 Oct., 1637; M.A. from Oriel Coll. 18 June, 1640, a chaplain of Merton College. See Ath., i., p. xvi.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Crofte, Thomas

From volume 1 of the work.
​Crofte, Thomas, fellow of New Coll. 1510-14, from Croftes in diocese of Hereford, B.A. (sup. 1 July) 1514.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Croft, Thomas (2)

From volume 1 of the work.
​Croft, Thomas, s. Richard, of Sutton, co. Gloucester, gent. New Coll., matric. 23 Sept., 1671, aged 18; B.A. 1675. See Foster's Index Ecclesiasticus & Earwaker, ii. 635-6.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Crofte, James (2)

From volume 1 of the work.
​Crofte, James, of Radnor, gent. Christ Church, matric. 15 July, 1619, aged 16.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Crofte, Richard

From volume 1 of the work.
​Crofte, Richard, o.s. Edward, of Sutton, co. Gloucester, gent. Wadham Coll., matric. 28 April, 1626, aged 14.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Crofte, William

From volume 1 of the work.
​Crofte, William, of co. Gloucester, gent. Balliol Coll., matric. 1 Dec., 1609, aged 17; of the Middle Temple 1611, as 2nd son of Richard, of Sutton, co. Gloucester, gent. See Foster's Inns of Court Reg.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Croft, William (1)

From volume 1 of the work.
​Croft, William, s. William, of Kingsbury, Somerset, pleb. Corpus Christi Coll., matric. 17 March, 1636-7, aged 20.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Crofte, Edward

From volume 1 of the work.
​Crofte, Edward, pleb. Balliol Coll., matric. 20 March, 1606-7, aged 16.
# Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714/Crofte, James (1)

From volume 1 of the work.
​Crofte, James, subscribed 16 April, 1613, B.A. from Christ Church 21 June, 1615.
# Ackermann’s Repository of Arts/Series 1/Volume 1/January 1809/Agricultural Report

AGRICULTURAL REPORT.
An agricultural report at this season, can neither embrace a great variety of objects, or those of much interest; and we are not disposed to supply the appetite of our readers with novelty at the expence of accuracy. The information we have collected from our correspondents, enables us to state, that the wheat crop does not rise to the flail so well as it generally does; but although it is not so defective in produce as was at first supposed, the price of that article has increased about six shillings per quarter, during the month of December. Oats have continued much the same, but the fen samples are light. There has been little variation in the price of barley. Beans and peas have been a defective crop, and will probably bring still greater prices when the demand for seed begins. The young wheats look very promising, and the ground is well covered; a considerable breadth has been sown this year, and the season has been generally so favourable, that little land has been left for spring wheat; upon early dry soils this plant is too luxuriant. Rye, cabbages, cole, and winter green crops in general, are very good, except turnips, which are represented, from different quarters, as generally deficient, and likely to disappoint those who depend upon this article for the spring; indeed, should the winter prove severe, sheep food will certainly be scarce. The operations usually carried on at this season of the year, are represented as proceeding with great spirit notwithstanding the high price of agricultural labour; indeed the present rent of land, as well as the price of its produce, contributes to urge the farmer to the best exertion of his knowledge and abilities. Whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing well, and the appearance of a farm will very soon discover whether the work is done slovenly or effectually. At the late fairs, cows and calves have generally sold well for lean cattle and store sheep the sales have been dull; fresh horses sell well. There is a great disproportion in the price of small pork and bacon hogs; the latter must necessarily continue to fetch great prices, if the farmer is to be reimbursed the expence of feeding them at the present prices of grain. It must likewise be remembered, that a want of the usual great ​supplies at this season of the year and the spring, from the distilleries, will sensibly affect the market for this article, and may probably encourage the farmer to consume his stained barley at home. Potatoes, although a deficient crop, prove very good; but the demand for this as well as other articles of grain and provision for the supply of our own troops and those of our allies in Spain, will probably exhaust our markets at an early season; and it is very probable this country alone can be depended upon for that purpose, a supply from the Mediterranean being uncertain, the ports of the Baltic shut against us, and the prospect of a removal of the American embargo distant and problematical.
# Ackermann’s Repository of Arts/Series 1/Volume 1/January 1809/Fashions for Ladies and Gentlemen

FASHIONS FOR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
plate 1.——walking dress.
A Polish bonnet and mantle of gold-coloured velvet, with an invisible hood trimmed with ermine; an antique collar fastened with a gold ornament in front, in form of a shell. Morning dress, white muslin Brussels spot, with a worked stomacher, and trimmed down the front and at the bottom; worked long hanging sleeves, twisted and fastened at the wristband with a small ornament, of the same form as that which fastens the mantle and cincture of the dress; sandals of gold-coloured cloth, laced with brown cords and tassels; York tan gloves.
evening full dress.
A white satin Spanish hat, with a diamond loop and Spanish plume; diamond earrings and necklace; the hair full, in ringlets; a white satin dress, full-trimmed with blue velvet, with a lace medicis round the back and shoulders; an antique stomacher ornamented with diamonds mounted in gold; white satin shoes with gold bows; white gloves and fan.
general observations.
Nacaratt royal purple and gold are the most prevailing colours for pelisses and mantles, which are made various materials, cloth, velvet, brocade, sarsenet, and satin, according to the fancy of the wearer. Head ornaments, Spanish hats, and caps decorated with feathers, flowers, pearls, or diamonds, according as the occasion requires. Morning dress, cloth, sarsenet, Brussels spotted muslin, trimmed with embroidery. Evening dress, satin, velvet, brocade, sarsenet, with gold or silver ornaments, and trimmings.
It is almost unnecessary to add, that the design and description of the ladies’ fashions in this month, are under the direction of Madame Lanchester, whose taste in the department of ladies’ dress and female ornaments, is so well known as to render any eulogium unnecessary.
fashions for gentlemen.
The prevailing colours are dark brown and bottle green. The coat for evening dress is cut rather long in the waist, and short in the skirts, double breasted, with pointed lappels, corresponding in length to the hip button; the lappels are padded to fall back with the collar, which is made pretty high and stitched narrow, the collar to fall back about an inch and half; deep pockets under the cross flaps; the cuffs round.
Walking Dress.
For N$^o$ 1 of Ackrmann’s Repository of Arts &$^c$ Pub. Jan$^y$ 1809: 101 Strand London.
N$^o$ 1
Evening Full Dress.
For N$^o$ 1 of Ackrmann’s Repository of Arts &$^c$ Pub. Jan$^y$ 1809: 101 Strand London.
​The morning dress is made in nearly the same manner, only the pockets are in the plaits of the skirt, and the cuffs are either round or with a flap and three buttons.
The buttons are either gilt basket, or moulds covered with cloth.
Waistcoats are made single breasted, with a small flap about two inches lower than the coal lappel. Breeches are not made so high by two or three inches as they were, and the knee-band extends almost to the calf of the leg, with four buttons at the knee; they are made very tight: and pantaloons are pretty generally ornamented up the sides with brade.
# Ackermann’s Repository of Arts/Series 1/Volume 1/January 1809/Description of a mourning Ring of William III

TO THE EDITOR OF THE REPOSITORY, &c.
I send you a drawing of a ring, supposed to be one that belonged to William III. and which is noticed in Rapin’s History of England. After giving an account of the king’s death, the historian thus continues: “As soon as the breath was out of his body, the Lords Lexington and Scarborough, who were then in waiting, ordered Roujat to take off from the king’s left arm a black ribbon, which tied next to his skin a gold ring, with some hair of the late queen Mary, which shewed the tender regard he had for her memory.” This ring is of pure gold, its breadth is ⅞ inch, and its length is ⅞ inch. Instead of a chrystal, it is covered with what is called a picture diamond, beautifully cut. This drawing is enlarged in the wood-cut, for the sake of shewing the device, of ​which the light parts are a very accurate representation: those parts which are shaded, represent the hair of queen Mary, which forms a dark ground for the workmanship: the black ribbon, by which if is fastened to the king’s arm, passes through two small loops at the back of the ring, the gold of which is almost worn through: the workmanship is very good, not to say elegant, for the period in which it was done. It has been many years in the possession of the ancestors of Thomas Street, Esq. of Hampstead, to whom it has descended, and who can trace it pretty satisfactorily thro’ his family connections up to Roujat, who was sergeant-surgeon to William III.