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# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Popplewell, Matthew James

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​POPPLEWELL. (Commander, 1813. f-p., 16; h-p., 35.)
Matthew James Popplewell is son of the late Mr, Thos. Popplewell, Master R.N. (1793).
This officer entered the Navy, 2 May, 1796, as a Volunteer, on board the Flora 36, Capt. Robt. Gambier Middleton, in which ship he served on the Lisbon and Cadiz stations until Oct. 1799. In July, 1801, he re-embarked on board the Goliath 74, Capt. Wm. Essington, whom, in April, 1802, being at the time in the West Indies, he followed as Midshipman into the Sans Pareil 80. He next, in Sept. of the latter year, joined L’Oiseau, Capt. John Phillips, lying at Plymouth; and, after serving for two years on the Mediterranean, Baltic, and Home stations in the William store-ship and Orestes 14, both commanded by Capt. Thos. Brown, and Royal Sovereign 100, Capt.Sir Harry Burrard Neale, was successively, in Jan. and Oct. 1805, nominated Sub-Lieutenant of the Safeguard, Lieut.- Commander Robt. Balfour, and Raven brig, Capt. Thos. Brown. On 22 Jan. 1806 he was promoted to the full rank of Lieutenant. In the course of the same year he was appointed (to the Aeolus 32, Capt. Lord Wm. FitzRoy, and Glory 98, commanded by the late Vice-Admiral Wm. Albany Otway, under whom, from Jan. 1808 until officially advanced to his present rank 6 Nov. 181S, we find him filling the post of Flag-Lieutenant in the Lively 38, Ganges 74, Barfleur 98, Gladiator 50, Monarch 74, Caesar 80 (the two latter forming part of the Walcheren expeditionary force). Gladiator again, Thisbe 28, and Adamant 50, on the Lisbon, Portsmouth, and Leith stations. During that period, besides having brought the Venteur home from Flushing, he was at times intrusted with the command, on the coast of Norway, of the Clio, Nightingale, and Sarpedon. Since the date last mentioned he has been on half-pay.
Commander Popplewell is married and has issue.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Spelman, Sir Henry

Spelman, Sir Henry (1564?-1641). -- Historian and antiquary, b. at Congham, Norfolk, studied at Camb., and entered Lincoln's Inn. He wrote valuable works on legal and ecclesiastical antiquities, including History of Sacrilege (pub. 1698), Glossarium Archæologicum (1626 and 1664), a glossary of obsolete law-terms, A History of the English Councils (1639), and Tenures by Knight-service (1641). His writings have furnished valuable material for subsequent historians. He sat in Parliament and on various commissions, and in recompense of his labours was voted a grant of £300.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Spence, Joseph

Spence, Joseph (1699-1768). -- Anecdotist, b. at Kingsclere, Hants, and ed. at Winchester and Oxf., he entered the Church, and held various preferments, including a prebend at Durham, and was Prof. of Poetry at Oxf. He wrote an Essay on Pope's Odyssey, which gained for him the friendship of the poet, of whose conversation he made notes, collecting likewise anecdotes of him and of other celebrities which were pub. in 1820, and are of great value, inasmuch as they preserve much matter illustrative of the literary history of the 18th century which would otherwise have been lost.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Sprague, Charles

Sprague, Charles (1791-1875). -- Poet, b. at Boston, Mass., had some reputation as a writer of prize poems, odes, and domestic poems. To the first class belong Curiosity and Shakespeare Ode, and to the latter, The Family Meeting and I see Thee Still, an elegy on his sister.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Spencer, Herbert

Spencer, Herbert (1820-1903). -- Philosopher, b. at Derby, the s. of a teacher, from whom, and from his uncle, mentioned below, he received most of his education. His immediate family circle was strongly Dissenting in its theological atmosphere, his f., originally a Methodist, having become a Quaker, while his mother remained a Wesleyan. At 13 he was sent to the care of his uncle, Thomas S., a clergyman, near Bath, but a Radical and anti-corn-law agitator. Declining a Univ. career he became a school assistant, but shortly after accepted a situation under the engineer of the London and Birmingham railway, in which he remained until the great railway crisis of 1846 threw him out of employment. Previous to this he had begun to write political articles in the Nonconformist; he now resolved to devote himself to journalism, and in 1848 was appointed sub-ed. of the Economist. Thereafter he became more and more absorbed in the consideration of the problems of sociology and the development of the doctrine of evolution as applied page 353thereto, gradually leading up to the completion of a system of philosophy which was the work of his life. His fundamental proposition is that society, like the individual, is an organism subject to evolution, and the scope of this idea is gradually expanded so as to embrace in its sweep the whole range of cognisible phenomena. Among the books which he pub. in exposition of his views may be mentioned Social Statics (1850), Principles of Psychology (1855), First Principles (1862), Principles of Biology (1867), Data of Ethics (1879), Principles of Sociology (1877), Political Institutions (1882), and Man versus the State (1884). His works have been translated into most European languages -- some of them into Chinese and Japanese. The most characteristic qualities of S. as a thinker are his powers of generalisation and analysis. He left an autobiography, in which he subjects his own personality to analysis with singular detachment of mind.
Life by David Duncan, LL.D., Life by A.J. Thompson. See also Outlines of Cosmic Philosophy, Fiske (1874), and books on S. and his philosophy by Hudson (1894), White (1897), and Macpherson (1890).
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Spencer, William Robert

Spencer, William Robert (1769-1834). -- Poet, ed. at Harrow and Oxf., belonged to the Whig set of Fox and Sheridan. He wrote graceful vers de societé, made translations from Bürger, and is best remembered by his well-known ballad of Gelert. After a life of extravagance he d. in poverty in Paris.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon (1834-1892). -- B. at Kelvedon, Essex, left the Independents and joined the Baptist communion and became, at the age of 20, pastor of New Park Street Chapel, London, where he attained an unprecedented popularity. In 1859 the Metropolitan Tabernacle was erected for him. He was a decided Calvinist in his theological views, and was strongly opposed to modern critical movements. He possessed in an eminent degree two of the great requisites of effective oratory, a magnificent voice and a command of pure idiomatic Saxon English. His sermons, composed and pub. weekly, had an enormous circulation, and were regularly translated into several languages. In addition to his pastoral labours he superintended an almshouse, a pastor's coll., and an orphanage; and he was likewise a voluminous author, publishing, page 356in addition to his sermons, numerous works, including The Treasury of David (a commentary on the Psalms).
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Spottiswood, John

Spottiswood, John (1565-1639). -- Historian, s. of John S., minister of Midcalder and Superintendent of Lothian. Entering the Church he gained the favour of James VI., and was his chief instrument in his endeavours to restore Episcopal church-government in Scotland. He became Archbishop successively of Glasgow and St. Andrews, and in 1635 Lord Chancellor of Scotland. On the rising caused by the introduction of the service-book, he had to flee from Scotland, and was excommunicated by the General Assembly (1638). He wrote a History of the Church and State of Scotland, pub. 1655. It is, of course, written from the Episcopalian standpoint, as Calderwood's is from the Presbyterian.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Sprat, Thomas

Sprat, Thomas (1635-1713). -- Divine and writer of memoirs, b. at Beaminster, Dorset, ed. at Oxf., was a mathematician, and one of the group of scientific men among whom the Royal Society, of which he was one of the first members and the historian, had its origin. He wrote a Life of his friend Cowley the poet, and an account of Young's plot for the restoration of James II. His History of the Royal Society is his principal work, but he also wrote poems, and had a high reputation as a preacher. His literary style gives him a distinguished place among English writers. He held various, high preferments, and d. Bishop of Rochester.
# A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Stanhope, Philip Henry, 5th Earl Stanhope

Stanhope, Philip Henry, 5th Earl Stanhope (1805-1875). -- Historian, was b. at Walmer, and ed. at Oxf. He sat in the House of Commons for Wootton Bassett and Hertford, held some minor official appointments under Peel, and identified himself with many useful measures, specially in regard to literature and art. His writings, which are all remarkable for industrious collection of facts, careful and impartial sifting and weighing of evidence, and a clear, sober, and agreeable style, include History of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Versailles (1836-63), and histories of the War of the Spanish Succession (1832), and of the Reign of Queen Anne (1870), besides Lives of the younger Pitt (1861) and of Lord 'Chesterfield. As an author he is best known as Viscount Mahon.
# A Selection of Hymns, Used in the Parish Church, and the Church of the Holy Trinity, Ulverston/Hymn 66

HYMN 66.
Light of those whose weary dwelling Borders on the shades of death! Rise on us, Thyself revealing, Rise and chase the clouds beneath.
Thou of life and light Creator! On our deepest darkness rise; Scatter all the night of nature Pour the day upon our eyes.
Still we wait for Thine appearing; Life and joy Thy beams impart; Chasing all our fears, and cheering Ev'ry meek and contrite heart.
By Thine all sufficient merit Ev'ry burden'd soul release; By the shining of Thy spirit Guide us into perfect peace.
# A Selection of Hymns, Used in the Parish Church, and the Church of the Holy Trinity, Ulverston/Hymn 6

HYMN 6.
As through this wilderness I stray, Be Thou my Light, be Thou my way; No foes, no evil, need I fear, If Thou, my Lord, my God, art near.
When rising floods my soul o'erflow, When sinks my strength in waves of woe, Saviour, Thy timely aid impart, And raise my head and cheer my heart.
Teach me where'er Thy steps I see, Dauntless, untired, to follow Thee; O let Thy hand support me still, And lead me to Thy holy hill.
If rough and thorny be the way, My strength proportion to my day; Till toil and grief and pain shall cease, Where all is calm and joy and peace.
# A Selection of Hymns, Used in the Parish Church, and the Church of the Holy Trinity, Ulverston/Hymn 63

HYMN 63.
Lamb of God! that in the bosom Of the Father dwellest high, Deign to visit humble sinners, From Thy rest above the sky. ​God incarnate! leave Thy glory, Nor abhor the virgin's womb; Spread salvation like a river; Jesus, let Thy kingdom come.
Shepherds did you see him coming, Whilst you kept your flocks by night? Did you see his star in Heaven, Blaze with new-created light. Haste ye Magi, come and worship, See the orient star before! Bring your presents, gold and spices, Blest Arabia's balmy store.
All ye joyous host of Heaven Loudly speak the Saviour's praise, Saints and Angels in full chorus Your seraphic voices raise. Come, O come, you Hallelujahs, In wide echoing songs proelaim; Heav'n and earth with joy resounding, Praise the blest Redeemer's Name.
# A Selection of Hymns, Used in the Parish Church, and the Church of the Holy Trinity, Ulverston/Hymn 60

HYMN 60.
Jesus shall reign where'er the sun Does his successive journeys run; His kingdom stretch from shore to shore, Till moons shall wax and wane no more.
People and realms of ev'ry tongue Dwell on His love with sweetest song; And infant voices shall proclaim; Their early blessings on His Name.
Let ev'ry creature rise and bring His holiest off'rings to our King; Angels descend with songs again; And earth repeat the loud amen.
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heav'nly host, Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
# A Selection of Hymns, Used in the Parish Church, and the Church of the Holy Trinity, Ulverston/Hymn 67

HYMN 67.
Lord, dismiss us with Thy blessing, Fill our hearts with joy and peace; Let us all, Thy love possessing, Triumph in redeeming grace; O refresh us, Trav'ling through this wilderness.
​Thanks we give and adoration, For Thy gospel's joyful sound; May the fruits of Thy salvation In our hearts and lives abound; May Thy presence, With us evermore be found.
So, whene'er the signal's given, Us from earth to call away, Borne on Angels' wings to Heaven, Glad the summons to obey, May we ever, Reign with Christ in endless day.
# A Selection of Hymns, Used in the Parish Church, and the Church of the Holy Trinity, Ulverston/Hymn 61

HYMN 61.
Jesu, the very thought of Thee, With sweetness fills the breast; But sweeter far, Thy face to see, And in Thy presence rest.
Tongue never spake, ear never heard, Never from heart o'erflow'd, A dearer Name, a sweeter Word, Than Jesus, Son of God.
O hope of ev'ry contrite heart! To penitents how kind! ​To those who seek how good Thou art; But what to those who find;
Jesu, our only joy be Thou, As Thou our prize wilt be; Jesu, be Thou our glory now, And through eternity.
# A Selection of Hymns, Used in the Parish Church, and the Church of the Holy Trinity, Ulverston/Hymn 64

HYMN 64.
Let us with a gladsome mind Praise the Lord, for he is kind; For His mercies shall endure, Ever faithful, ever sure.
He, with all commanding might, Fill'd the new-made world with light; For His mercies shall endure, Ever faithful, ever sure.
​All things living He doth feed; His full hand supplies their need; For His mercies shall endure, Ever faithful, ever sure.
He hath with a pitious eye, Look'd upon our misery; For His mercies shall endure, Ever faithful, ever sure.
# A Selection of Hymns, Used in the Parish Church, and the Church of the Holy Trinity, Ulverston/Hymn 65

HYMN 65.
Lo! He comes, with clouds descending, Once for favour'd sinners slain; Thousand thousand saints attending, Swell the triumph of His train. Hallelujah! God appears on earth to reign.
Ev'ry eye shall now behold Him, Rob'd in dreadful majesty; Those who set at nought and sold Him. Pierc'd and nail'd Him to the tree, Deeply wailing, Shall the true Messiah see.
Now redemption, long expected, See! in solemn pomp appear! All His saints by man rejected, Rise to meet Him in the air; Hallelujah! See the day of God appear.
​Yea, Amen! let all adore Thee, High on Thine eternal throne; Saviour, take the pow'r and glory; Claim the kingdom for Thine own; Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Come Lord come.
# A Selection of Hymns, Used in the Parish Church, and the Church of the Holy Trinity, Ulverston/Hymn 59

HYMN 59.
Jesus, I love Thy sacred Name, 'Tis music to mine ear! Fain would I sound it out so loud, That earth and Heav'n might hear.
All that my greatest thoughts can wish, In Thee doth richly meet; Not to mine eyes is light so dear, Nor friendship half so sweet.
Thy grace still dwells within my heart, And sheds its fragrance there; The noblest balm of all its wounds, The cordial of its care.
I'll speak the glories of Thy Name, With my last lab'ring breath! And, dying, glory in Thy love, The antidote of death.
# A Selection of Hymns, Used in the Parish Church, and the Church of the Holy Trinity, Ulverston/Hymn 62

HYMN 62.
Lamb of God, whose dying love Thus Thy saints recall to mind, Hear us, bless us from above; Let us all Thy mercy find.
Let Thy blood, to us applied, Ev'ry sinner's pardon seal; All in Thee be justified, Ev'ry soul Thy comfort feel.
By Thine agony of pain. By Thy precious blood, we pray,! Cleanse our hearts from every stain; Take our load of guilt away.
Burst our bonds and set us free; Bid our fear and sorrow cease; O remember Calvary! Saviour! bid us go in peace.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Lugg, William

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​LUGG. (Retired Commander, 1845. f-p., 22; h-p., 29.)
William Lugg was born 17 March, 1774.
This officer entered the Navy, 25 April, 1796, as Master’s Mate, on board the Star 18, Capts. Hon. John Colville and David Atkins. On his arrival in that ship at the Cape of Good Hope he was appointed, in June, 1797, Acting-Master of the Hope 14, Capt. Wm. Granger, in which capacity, and until his return to England in 1804, he continued to officiate, on the same station and in the East Indies, in the Rattlesnake 16, also commanded by Capt. Granger, and in the Sphynx 18, Capt. Thos. Alexander, Braave 40, Capts. Josias Rowley, Lord Augustus FitzRoy, and T. Alexander, Diomede 50, Capts. Hon. Chas. Elphinstone Fleeming and Sam. Mottley, and Tremendous 74, Capt. John Osborn. Joining next, in April, 1805, the Medusa frigate, Capt. Sir John Gore, he again sailed for the East Indies with the late Marquis Cornwallis; and on his passage out and home, although without the rating of Master’s Mate, he performed all the duties of Lieutenant, having confided to him the management of the chronometers and the lunar observations. Rejoining Sir John Gore (after a short attachment to the Hibernia 110, flag-ship off Ushant of Earl St. Vincent) in June, 1806, as Acting-Lieutenant, on board the Revenge 74, he was afforded an opportunity, on 25 of the following Sept., of witnessing the capture of four French frigates by a squadron under Sir Sam. Hood off Rochefort. He was confirmed a Lieutenant, 8 Nov. in the same year, in the Hyacinth 18, Capt. John Davie, stationed in the North Sea; and was subsequently appointed – 10 June, 1807, to the Bulwark 74, Capt. Hon. C. E. Fleeming, employed off Cadiz and in the Mediterranean, whence he invalided in March, 1809 – 4 Oct. and 1 Dec. following, to the Rapid 10, Capt. Mathew, and Namur 74, bearing the flags at the Nore of Vice-Admirals Hon. Sir Henry Edwin Stanhope and Thos. Wells – 6 Feb. 1811, to the Princess Caroline 74, Capt. Hugh Downman, under whom he escorted convoy to Madeira, and then cruized off Cherbourg until compelled by ill health to resign, 23 Jan. 1813 – and, 6 Aug. in the latter year, to the Queen 74, Capt. Lord Colville, which ship, on her return with the flag of Sir Fras. Laforey from the West Indies, he left in June, 1814. From Oct. 1835 until May, 1836, again, from March, 1838, until May, 1839, and from the following Oct. until Sept. 1843, Lieut. Lugg served as Agent for Transports afloat. He was the Senior Agent employed under Sir Wm. Parker during the campaign in China, where we find him landing the troops at Amoy and Chusan. He accepted his present rank 10 March, 1845.
From Oct. 1826 until May, 1831, Commander Lugg had charge of the hired packet Lady Wellington, under the control of the Post-office. He married in May, 1813, and has issue three sons and two daughters.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Lydiard, George William Charles

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​LYDIARD. (Captain, 1842.)
George William Charles Lydiard entered the Royal Naval College 22 Sept. 1815; and embarked, 17 Jan. 1818, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Queen Charlotte 100, Capt. Edm. Boger, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Thornbrough at Portsmouth; whence, after having been for a short time borne on the books of the Drake sloop, Capt. Henry Shiffner, he proceeded to the Mediterranean in the Spey 20, commanded at first by Capt. Jas. Kearney White, and next by Capts. Jas. Barnwell Tattnell and John Donaldson Boswall. In May, 1821, and Aug. 1822, being still on the station last named, he was there received in succession into the Rochfort 80, flag-ship of Sir Graham Moore, and Larne sloop, Capt. Robt. Tait. His appointments in the capacity of Lieutenant, a rank he attained 20 March, 1823, appear to have been – 2 Sept. 1824, to the Owen Glendower 42, Capt. Hood Hanway Christian, fitting for the Cape of Good Hope, whence he obtained leave to return – 18 Sept. 1829, to the Ganges 84, Capts. John Hayes, Edw. Stirling Dickson, and Geo. Burdett, again in the Mediterranean – 7 Nov. 1833, as Senior, after 20 months of half-pay, to the Blonde 46, Capt. Fras. Mason, fitting for South America – 7 Oct. 1834, to the acting-command of the Satellite 18, on the latter station – and, 19 Feb. 1835, again to the Blonde. He was promoted to the rank of Commander, on that ship being put out of commission, 5 Dec. 1837; and was lastly, from 31 July, 1838, until paid off at the close of 1841, employed as Second-Captain of the Donegal 78, and Britannia 120, flag-ships of Sir John Acworth Ommanney on the Lisbon and Mediterranean stations. He was posted 30 Aug. 1842.
# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Luscombe, Edward

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​LUSCOMBE. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 13; h-p., 30.)
Edward Luscombe, born 6 Aug. 1791, at Efford House, in the parish of Holbeton, Devon, is second son of the Rev. John B. Luscombe.
This officer entered the Navy, 12 Sept. 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hazard sloop, Capt. Robt. Jenner Neve, employed on the Home station, where he became Midshipman, in May, 1806, of the San Josef 110, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Cotton and Sir Jas. Saumarez, and, in June, 1807, joined the Prince of Wales 98, bearing the flag of Admiral Jas. Gambier. After sharing in the hostilities against Copenhagen, where he was frequently employed in the boats, he removed to the Implacable 74, Capt. Thos. Byam Martin, under whom we find him taking part, 26 Aug. 1808, in a gallant action of 20 minutes with the Russian 74-gun ship Sewolod, which was completely silenced, and in the end, with the assistance of the Centaur 74, flag-ship of Sir Sam. Hood, captured and burnt, in sight of the whole Russian fleet near Rogerswick, after a total loss to the enemy of 303 men, and to the Implacable, individually of 6 killed and 26 wounded. He continued in the same ship, participating intermediately in much boat-service in the Baltic, until 1810; in Feb. and April of which year he joined the Scipion 74, Capt. Chas. Philip Butler Bateman, and Victory 100, bearing the flag of Sir Jas. Saumarez. Attaining the rank of Lieutenant by virtue of a commission dated 3 Dec. 1810, he was next, from Jan. 1811 until March, 1815, employed in that capacity, on the Home and Mediterranean stations, in the Cadmus 10, Capt. Thos. Fife (in a boat belonging to which vessel he was severely frost-bitten on the coast of France), Leopard 50, Capts. Wm. Henry Dillon and Edw. Crofton, Horatio 38, Capt. W. H. Dillon, Namur 74, flag-ship of Sir Thos. Williams, and Granicus 36, Capt. Wm. Furlong Wise. His last appointments were, 13 April, 1818, and 20 Sept. 1819, to the Topaze 38, Capt. John Rich. Lumley, and Minden 74, flag-ship of Sir Rich. King, both on the East India station, whence he invalided in June, 1820.
Lieut. Luscombe married, 23 Nov. 1836, Emily, relict of Chas. Murly, Esq., Solicitor, and youngest daughter of Abraham Tucker, Esq.