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# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Henry, Matthew

​Henry, Matthew (1662-1714).—Commentator, s. of Philip H., a learned Nonconformist divine, was b. in Flintshire. He was originally destined for the law, and studied at Gray's Inn, but turned his mind to theology, and, in 1687, became minister of a Nonconformist church at Chester. Here he remained until 1712, when he went to take the oversight of a congregation at Hackney, where he d. two years later. He wrote many religious works, but is chiefly remembered by his Exposition of the Old and New Testaments which he did not live to complete beyond the Acts. The comment on the Epistles was, however, furnished after his death by 13 Nonconformist divines. Though long superseded from a critical point of view, the work still maintains its place as a book of practical religion, being distinguished by great freshness and ingenuity of thought, and pointed and vigorous expression.
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# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Henry, Robert

​Henry, Robert (1718-1790).—Historian, b. at St. Ninians, Stirlingshire, entered the Church of Scotland, becoming one of the ministers of Edin. He wrote the History of Great Britain on a New Plan (1771-93), in 6 vols., covering the period from the Roman invasion until the reign of Henry VIII. The novelty consisted in dividing the subjects into different heads, civil history, military, social, and so on, and following out each of them separately. The work was mainly a compilation, having no critical qualities, and is now of little value. Notwithstanding the persistent and ferocious attacks of Dr. Gilbert Stewart (q.v.), it had a great success, and brought the author over £3000, and a government pension of £100.
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# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Heber, Reginald

​Heber, Reginald (1783-1826).—Poet, s. of the Rector of Malpas, a man of family and wealth, and half-brother of Richard H., the famous book-collector, was ed. at Oxf., where he gained the Newdigate prize for his poem, Palestine, and was elected in 1805 Fellow of All Souls. After travelling in Germany and Russia, he took orders in 1807, and became Rector of the family living of Hodnet. In 1822, after two refusals, he accepted the Bishopric of Calcutta, an office in which he showed great zeal and capacity. He d. of apoplexy in his bath at Trichinopoly in 1826. In addition to Palestine he wrote Europe, a poem having reference specially to the Peninsular War, and left various fragments, including an Oriental romance based on the story of Bluebeard. H.'s reputation now rests mainly on his hymns, of which several, e.g., From Greenland's Icy Mountains, Brightest and Best of the Sons of the Morning, and Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, are sung wherever the English language is known. He also wrote a Life of Jeremy Taylor (1822). H. was a scholar and wit as well as a devoted Christian and Churchman.
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# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Helps, Sir Arthur

​Helps, Sir Arthur (1813-1875).—Essayist and historian, was b. at Streatham, Surrey, and ed. at Eton and Camb. After leaving the Univ. he was private sec. to various public men, and in 1841, his circumstances rendering him independent of employment, he retired to Bishop's Waltham, and devoted himself for 20 years to ​study and writing. Appointed, in 1860, Clerk to the Privy Council, he became known to, and a favourite of, Queen Victoria, who entrusted him with the task of editing the Speeches and Addresses of the Prince Consort (1862), and her own book, Leaves from the Journal of our Life in the Highlands (1868). Of his own publications the first was Thoughts in the Cloister and the Crowd (1835), a series of aphorisms, and there followed, among others, Essays written in the Intervals of Business (1841), Friends in Council, 4 series (1847-59), Realmah (1869), and Conversations on War and General Culture (1871). In history H. wrote The Conquerors of the New World (1848-52), and The Spanish Conquests in America, 4 vols. (1855-61). He also wrote a Life of Thos. Brassey, and, as the demand for his historical works fell off, he repub. parts of them as individual biographies of Las Casas, Columbus, Pizarro, and Cortez. He also tried the drama, but without success. His essays are his most successful work, containing as they do the thoughts and opinions of a shrewd, experienced, and highly cultivated man, written in what Ruskin called "beautiful quiet English." They have not, however, any exceptional depth or originality.
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# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Hemans, Felicia Dorothea

​Hemans, Felicia Dorothea (Browne) (1793-1835).—Poetess, dau. of a Liverpool merchant, who, owing to reverses, retired to North Wales. While yet little more than a child she pub. her first poems, the reception of which was not encouraging. In the same year, 1808, a further publication appeared which drew a letter from Shelley. Her first important work, The Domestic Affections, appeared in 1812, in which year she was m. to Captain Hemans, an Irish officer. The union, however, was not a happy one, and her husband practically deserted her and her five sons in 1818. Her literary activity was continued during the whole of her short life, and her works include, The Vespers of Palermo, a drama, which was not successful, The Forest Sanctuary (1826), her best poem, Records of Woman, Lays of Leisure Hours, Songs of the Affections, Hymns for Childhood, and Thoughts during Sickness (1834), her last effort. In 1829 she visited Scotland, where she was the guest of Scott, who held her in affectionate regard. She also enjoyed the friendship of Wordsworth. Always somewhat delicate, her health latterly entirely gave way, and she d. of a decline in 1835. Her shorter pieces enjoyed much popularity, and still, owing to their grace and tenderness, retain a certain place, but her long poems are lacking in energy and depth, and are forgotten.
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# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Henry of Huntingdon

​Henry of Huntingdon (1084-1155).—Historian, was Archdeacon of Huntingdon from 1109. His Historia Anglorum (History of the English) comes down to 1154. He also wrote a treatise, De Contemptu Mundi (on Contempt of the World).
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# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Hearne, Thomas

​Hearne, Thomas (1678-1735).—Antiquary, b. at White Waltham, Berkshire, and ed. at Oxf., where in 1712 he became second keeper of the Bodleian Library. A strong Jacobite, he was deprived of his post in 1716, and afterwards he refused, on political grounds, the chief librarianship. He pub. a large number of antiquarian works, including Reliquiæ Bodleianæ (1703), and ed. of Leland's Itinerary and Collectanea, Camden's Annals, and Fordun's Scotochronicon. Some of his own collections were pub. posthumously.
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# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Henry VIII.

​Henry VIII. (1491-1547).—Besides writing songs including The King's Ballad, was a learned controversialist, and contended against Luther in Assertio Septem Sacramentorum (Defence of the Seven Sacraments), a treatise which gained for him the title of Defender of the Faith.
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# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Foreman, Richard

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​FOREMAN. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9; h-p., 32.)
Richard Foreman entered the Navy, 13 Dec. 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Minotaur 74, Capt. Chas. John Moore Mansfield, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Wm. Essington, whom he accompanied in the expedition to Copenhagen in Aug. 1807. On 1 Dec. following he became Midshipman of the Brunswick 74, Capt. Thos. Graves, in the Baltic, and he subsequently served, from 1809 until Jan. 1815, in the Owen Glendower 36, Capts. Wm. Selby and Edw. Henry A’Court, flag-ship afterwards of Sir Sam. Hood in the East Indies, Cornwallis 74, Capt. Stephen Thos. Digby, Slaney 20, and Tamar 24, both commanded by Capt. Chas. Sothehy, and Boyne 98, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland. He then officiated for upwards of two months as Acting-Lieutenant of the Insolent 14, Capt. Wm. Kelly, on the Irish station, and, after a further servitude of six months in the Mediterranean, as Master’s Mate of the Boyne, flag-ship of Lord Exmouth, was promoted to his present rank by commission dated 3 March, 1815.
For the last 25 years Lieut. Foreman has been confined in a lunatic asylum.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Forbes, Frederick Edwyn

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​FORBES. (Lieutenant, 1843. f-p., 14; h-p., 0.)
Frederick Edwyn Forbes, born 3 April, 1819, is second surviving son of Retired-Capt. John Forbes, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 14 Aug. 1833; passed his examination 5 Jan. 1839; and served, as Mate, in the West Indies, South America, and the East Indies, on board the Skipjack schooner, Lieut.-Commander Augustus Chas. May, Champion 18, Capt. Rich. Byron, North Star 26, Capt. Sir Jas. Everard Home, and Cornwallis 72, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker. Since his promotion, which took place 29 Aug. 1843, his appointments have been – 7 Sept. 1843 and 2 July, 1844, to the Serpent 16, Capt. Wm. Nevill, and Wolf 18, Capts. Geo. Evan Davis and Jas. Alex. Gordon, both in the East Indies – and, 19 Oct. 1846, to the Penelope steam-frigate, bearing the broad pendant of Sir Chas. Hotham on the coast of Africa, where he is at present serving.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Forbes, Henry

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​FORBES. (Captain, 1819. f-p., 18; h-p., 30.)
Henry Forbes is youngest son of Gen. Gordon Forbes, of Ham, co. Surrey.
This officer entered the Navy, 26 June, 1799, as a Volunteer, on board the Cambrian 40, Capts. Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge and Geo. Henry Towry; and, in Oct. 1802, became Midshipman of the Phoebe 56, Capt. Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel. In 1804 he appears to have been wounded in the Mediterranean, at the cutting out of a man-of-war brig; after which he bore a part in the battle of Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805, and officiated as Acting-Lieutenant of the Donegal 74, Capt. Pulteney Malcolm, in the action off St. Domingo, 6 Feb. 1806. Being confirmed to the latter ship by commission dated 9 April, 1806, Mr. Forbes, in 1808, escorted Sir Arthur Wellesley’s army from Cork to Portugal; and, in the early part of 1809, besides assisting at the destruction of three frigates under the batteries of Sable d’Olonne, was present at the discomfiture of the French shipping in Basque Roads. In the course of 1810-11 he joined the Nymphe 36, Capt. Edw. Sneyd Clay, Inconstant and Crescent frigates, both commanded by Capt. John Quilliam, and Victory 100, bearing the flag of Sir Jas. Saumarez. Attaining the rank of Commander 1 Feb. 1812, he was afterwards appointed, on the Channel, East India, Halifax, and Mediterranean stations – 23 March, 1814, to the Martial 12 – 1 Dec. 1814, to the Challenger 16 – 1 May, 1816, to the Zebra 18 – 4 Feb. 1818, to the Grasshopper 18 and, 24 May, 1819, to the Larne 18. Capt. Forbes, who assumed Post-rank on 7 Dec. in the latter year, was next invested with the command, 14 Nov. 1841, of the Pique 36; from which ship, stationed in the West Indies, he was superseded 1 Aug. 1842. He accepted the Retirement 1 Oct. 1846.
Capt. Forbes, in 1804, was presented with a grant from the Patriotic Fund, in consideration of the wound we have above noticed. At present he is Commissioner of Pilotage at Shoreham. He married, 28 Sept. 1822, Jane, eldest sister of the present Sir Jas. Everard Home, Bart., Capt. R.N. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Forbes, John

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​FORBES. (Ret. Capt., 1844. f-p.„ 19; h-p., 34.)
John Forbes, born 15 March, 1780, at Aberdeen, is son of the late Geo. Forbes, Esq., a merchant of that city, by Jane, daughter of Lumsden, of Alford and Cromar, co. Aberdeen; and brother of the late Capt. David Forbes, E.I.Co.’s Service, Governor of Ternate.
This officer entered the Navy, 6 Feb. 1794, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Minotaur 74, Capt. Thos. Louis, in which ship,, bearing successively the flags of Admirals Macbride, Waldegrave, Colpoys, and Lord Keith, he served the whole of his time, and was present at the reduction of Ste. Lucie in 1796, the battle of the Nile in 1798, and in divers operations on the coast of Italy, including the capture of Naples, Genoa, &c. Being confirmed to a Lieutenancy, 25 Dec. 1800, in the Florentine 36, Capt. John Broughton, he assisted at the landing of the troops in Egypt in 1801, and for that service was presented with the Turkish gold medal. From May, 1803, until March, 1806, Mr. Forbes continued to be employed with Captain, afterwards Rear-Admiral Louis, in the Conqueror 74, Leopard 50, and Canopus 80, the last two years as his Flag-Lieutenant; during which period he commanded a squadron of boats in the celebrated Catamaran expedition against the Boulogne flotilla in 1804, was on board the Canopus in the action off St. Domingo 6 Feb. 1806, and came into collision with the batteries at Cadiz. After cruizing for a short period in the Channel, as First of the Acasta 40, Capt. Rich. Dalling Dunn, he removed, in that capacity, to the Royal George 100, bearing the flag of Sir John Thos. Duckworth, under whom he was wounded in the head and body at the passage of the Dardanelles in Feb. 1807. With the latter officer Mr. Forbes afterwards served, until promoted to the rank of Commander, 17 March, 1812, in the San Josef 110, and, for some time as Acting-Captain, in the Antelope 50 – the last two years at Newfoundland, where he officiated as Surrogate and Justice of the Peace. Capt. Forbes’ last appointments were, 16 Dec. 1812, 6 Dec. 1813, and 12 April, 1814, to the Havock 10, Erebus 18, and Harrier of similar force, on the Baltic and Home stations. In the Erebus he conveyed Lord Castlereagb and Count Pozzo di Borgo to Helvoetsluys; and in the Harrier he took part in the grand review at Spithead. He left the latter vessel in July, 1814, and assumed the rank he now holds 26 March, 1844.
Capt. Forbes, who has received a gratuity from the Patriotic Fund in consideration of his wounds, is a member of the Royal Astronomical and Agricultural Societies, and a Magistrate and Deputy Lieutenant for Berkshire. He married, 22 July, 1814, Letitia Mary, daughter of the late Geo. White, Esq., of Newington House, co. Oxford, and of the Isle of Thanet, by whom he has had issue four eons and three daughters. Of the former, James William, the eldest, died a Lieutenant in the 13th Foot, 29 Jan. 1839. The third, Frederick Edwyn, is a Lieutenant R.N.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Foreman, John Samuel

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​FOREMAN. (Capt., 1841. f-p., 23; h-p., 10.)
John Samuel Foreman was born 27 Aug. 1798, and died in 1845.
This officer entered the Navy, 12 Aug. 1812, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Monmouth 64, bearing the flag in the Downs of Sir Thos. Foley, and, in 1813, became Midshipman of the Vigo 74, flag-ship of Sir Jas. Nicoll Morris on the Baltic station. From 1814 until May, 1827, he served on various stations, the last few years as Mate, in the Benbow 74, Capt. Rich. Harrison Pearson, Leonidas 38, Capt. Wm. King, Hebrus 36, Capt. Edm. Palmer, Perseus and Tamar frigates, both commanded by Capt. Thos. Rich. Toker, Bulwark 74, flag-ship of Sir John Gore, Superb 74, bearing the broad pendant of Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy, Ocean 80, Capts. M‘Kenzie and Hardyman, and Warspite, Boadicea, and Java, all flag-ships of Rear-Admiral Wm. Hall Gage. He then became Acting-Lieutenant of the Atholl 28, Capt. Jas. Arth. Murray, and, being confirmed by commission, dated 6 Oct. 1827, was next appointed, 29 Nov. 1828, and 7 Dec. 1832, to the Champion 18, Capts. Geo. Scott and Fras. Vero Cotton, and Vernon 50, flag-ship of Sir Geo. Cockburn, both on the North America and West India station. On 26 Dec. 1833 he there obtained command of the Arachne 16, from which sloop he removed, 29 April, 1834, to the Wasp 16. Being paid off 27 April, 1837, Capt. Foreman, whose Post-commission bore date 23 Nov. 1841, remained thenceforward unemployed.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Forbes, James Hodder

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​FORBES. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 9; h-p., 31.)
James Hodder Forbes is nephew of Capt. Edw. Hodder, R.N. (1814), who died in the early part of 1829. Another uncle was a Captain in the Army.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Jan. 1807, as Midshipman, on board the Agincourt 64, Capt. Henry Hill, and after an intermediate servitude in that ship, the Warspite 74, Capt. Hon. Henry Blackwood, and Inflexible 64, Capt. Thos. Brown, chiefly on the Home station, became Master’s Mate, in 1809, of the Owen Glendower 36, Capts. Wm. Selby, Edw. Henry A’Court, and Brian Hodgson. During the five years of his continuance in that frigate, Mr. Forbes assisted at the capture of the island of Anholt in May, 1809; was in frequent skirmishes with the Danish and Russian gun-boats in the Baltic; took a prize on one occasion to Oporto; and, independently of escorting a Convoy to and from the Cape of Good Hope, conveyed Sir Sam. Hood to Madras. On his return home, in 1814, on board the Cornwallis 74, Capt. Stephen Thos. Digby, he immediately joined the Impregnable 98, bearing the flag of H.R.H. the Duke of Clarence;. and, on the occasion of the grand naval review at Spithead, he received from his Captain, Chas. Adam, a high testimonial of his meritorious conduct. Not long after that event (the Impregnable being at the time at the mouth of the Garonne) Mr. Forbes’ health sustained a very severe shock in consequence of his intrepid exertions in descending into the water at midnight for the purpose of rescuing a boat’s crew belonging to H.M.S. Bedford, all but one of whom were, through his instrumentality, happily saved. For this service he had the satisfaction of receiving the public ​thanks of the Bedford’s commander, Capt. Jas. Walker. He afterwards, in the Vengeur 74, Capt. Tristram Robt. Ricketts, attended the expedition to New Orleans, and, while engaged in the operations against it, was for nine weeks exposed, day and night, in an open boat. During that period he assisted in storming and destroying the guns of a very strong fort on the banks of the Mississippi; and he also, by the capture of an American schooner laden with supplies, which he had the good fortune to accomplish while in command of the Vengeur’s barge, materially hastened the surrender of Fort Bowyer, near the entrance of Mobile Bay, Ever since the paying off of the Vengeur, in Aug. 181.5, Mr. Forbes, owing to the severe hardships he underwent in the service, has been more or less affected with derangement of mind, and he is now confined in Haslar Hospital.
He is married, and has issue.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Forbes, Thomas George

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​FORBES. (Commander, 1842. f-p., 17; h-p., 8.)
Thomas George Forbes entered the Navy, 18 May, 1822, as a Volunteer, on board the Impregnable 104, Capt. Alex. Skene, guard-ship at Plymouth, where he removed, in Jan. 1823, to the Britannia 120, Capt. Wm. Henry Bruce. Between April, 1824, and the year 1829, when he passed his examination, he served,, on the South American. Home, and Mediterranean stations, in the Tweed 28, Capt. Fred. Hunn, Spartiate 76, flagship of Sir Geo. Eyre, Doris 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Hope Johnstone, Briton 46, Capt. Sir Murray Maxwell, Cadmus 10, Capt. Chas. Hallowell, Dartmouth 42, Capt. Thos. Felloweg, Zebra 18, Capt. Popham, and Kent 78, Capt. John Ferris Devonshire. During his attachment to the Dartmouth, Mr. Forbes was present in the battle of Navarin 20 Oct. 1827, and on that occasion was employed in the boats towing the fire-vessels dear of his own frigaite, and also of the, French ships Scipion and Sirène. After officiating for about 18 months as Mate of the Seringapatam 46, Capt. Hon. Wm. Waldegrave, on the South American station, he was there appointed Acting-Lieutenant, 20 Dec. 1830, of the Warspite 76, bearing the flag of Sir Thos. Baker, to which ship he was confirmed by commission dated 5 Jan. 1832. His succeeding appointments, we find were, on the same, and on the Home, Lisbon, and Mediterranean stations – 20 March, 1832, to the Lightning 18, Capt. Thos. Dickinson – 31 Oct. 1832. to the Malabar 74, Capts. Hon. Josceline Percy and Henry Shovell Marshamr – 28 March, 1836, to the Cornwallis 74, Capts. Robt. Worgan Geo. Festing and Sir Joshua Ricketts Rowley – and, 11 Feb. 1837, to the Princess Charlotte 104, bearing the flag of Sir Robt. Stopford. While in the latter ship, in 1840, Mr. Forbes witnessed the fall of Beyrout, was employed in erecting defences at D’Journi, and assisted at the bombardment of St. Jean d’Acre. He was paid off 30 July, 1841, and has not since been employed. His last promotion took place 10 Nov. 1842.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Forrest, James Rocheid

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​FORREST. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 9; h-p., 32.)
James Rocheid Forrest entered the Navy 1 Nov. 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Cruizer 18, Capts. Pringle Stoddart, Geo. Chas. Mackenzie, Thos. Wells, and Thos. Rich. Toker, in which vessel he served, on the Baltic station, latterly as Midshipman and Master’s Mate, until Nov. 1813. He was employed during that period with the in-shore squadron at the siege of Copenhagen in 1807 – assisted in escorting numerous convoys through the Belt – received the thanks of Sir Jas. Saumarez, in common with others, for some offensive operations ​against the enemy, voluntarily performed in a tender under the command of Lieut. John Pearse – conveyed in a crazy prize of only 10 tons burthen, and at great risk, important despatches relative to the Russian fleet from the Naze of Norway to Rear-Admiral Hope at Gottenborg, during the autumn of 1812, a service which ultimately led to his promotion – was frequently engaged with gun-boats and batteries – contributed to the capture of 69 armed and other vessels – and carried 10 prizes into British ports. After a further attachment of 10 months to the Penguin 18, Capt. T. R. Toker, Granicus 36, Capt. Wm. Furlong Wise, and Elizabeth 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Chas. Elphinstone Fleming, on the Home, North American,, and Mediterranean stations, Mr. Forrest was appointed Acting-Lieutenant, 31 Oct. 1814, of the Jasper 10, Capt. Thos. Carew. He was confirmed to the latter vessel 23 Dec. following, but was placed on half-pay 29 May, 1815, and has not since been afloat.
Lieut. Forrest, who, from July, 1834, to May, 1844, had been employed as Government Agent for Emigration at Leith, is now Government Agent for Emigration in Scotland.