bust by E. H. Baily 1845. _Musical Keepsake_ (1834), _portrait_.
KICKHAM, CHARLES JOSEPH (son of a shopkeeper). _b._ Mullinahone,
co. Tipperary 1826; sight and hearing damaged by an explosion
of gunpowder; took part in young Ireland movement 1848; became
a Fenian about 1860; one of the triumvirate appointed by James
Stephens to govern projected Irish republic 1865; one of the
editors of “Irish people” newspaper, which was suppressed 15
Sep. 1865; arrested 11 Nov. 1865, tried for treason felony,
sentenced to 14 years imprisonment, served nearly 4 years;
contested Tipperary as the national candidate 23 Feb. 1870,
Denis Heron, Q.C. declared elected by 4 votes on scrutiny 26
Feb. 1870; author of Sally Cavanagh or the untenanted graves,
a tale 1869, written in prison; Poems, sketches and narratives
illustrative of Irish life 1870; Knocknagow or the homes of
Tipperary 1879, a novel; For the old land, a tale of twenty
years ago 1886, another ed. 1887. _d._ Blackrock near Dublin 21
Aug. 1882. _C. J. Kickham’s Sally Cavanagh_ (1869), _portrait_;
_J. H. McCarthy’s Ireland since the union_ (1887) 183, 187, 188,
307–308; _Sir C. G. Duffy’s Four years of Irish history_ (1883)
658–59.
KIDD, JOHN (son of John Kidd, captain of a merchant ship).
_b._ London 10 Sep. 1775; ed. at Westminster and Ch. Ch. Oxf.,
student 1793, B.A. 1797, M.A. 1800, M.B. 1801, M.D. 1804;
studied at Guy’s hospital 1797–1801; chemical lecturer at
Oxf. 1801, Aldrich’s professor of chemistry 1803–22, reader
in anatomy on Dr. Lee’s foundation 1816, regius professor of
physic 1822–51; physician to Radcliffe infirmary 1808–26;
Radcliffe librarian 1834 to death; candidate of R.C.P. 31 March
1817, a fellow 16 March 1818, Harveian orator 1836; F.R.S. 28
March 1822; F.L.S. 1835; author of Outlines of mineralogy 2
vols. Oxford 1809; On the adaptation of external nature to the
physical condition of man (The Second Bridgewater treatise)
1833, 6 ed. 1852; Observations on medical reform 1841. _d._ 37
St. Giles’s street, Oxford 17 Sep. 1851. _Munk’s Roll of royal
college of physicians_, _iii_ 178 (1878).
KIDD, JOSEPH BARTHOLOMEW. _b._ 1808; an original associate of
Royal Scottish Academy 1826, an academician 1829–38; taught
drawing at Greenwich from 1838; chiefly painted scenery of
Scotland; painted a portrait of the Queen for Royal hospital
schools, Greenwich; illustrated The miscellany of natural
history, by sir T. D. Lauder 1833. _d._ 24 Egerton road,
Greenwich 7 May 1889.
KIDD, WILLIAM. _b._ Edinburgh about 1790; exhibited 33 pictures
at R.A., 68 at B.I. and 88 at Suffolk st. 1817–53; many of his
pictures were engraved; hon. member of Royal Scottish academy
1849; had a pension from Royal Academy; made 12 original
paintings in illustration of Poems of Robert Burns which were
engraved 1832. _d._ London 24 Dec. 1863.
KIDD, WILLIAM. _b._ 1803; apprenticed to Baldwin, Craddock and
Joy, booksellers, London; bookseller at Chandos st., at Regent
st. to 1859 when he sold his business; published London Journal
24 numbers May to Oct. 1835 dealing with natural history; Kidd’s
Own Journal 1852–4 re-issued in 5 vols.; built a fine aviary
in the New road, Hammersmith, which was burnt down; delivered
many lectures in the country from 1859; author of Kidd’s New
guide to the lions of London 1832; Kidd’s Picturesque steam-boat
companion to Herne Bay 1832; Kidd’s Picturesque pocket companion
to Dover 1835. _d._ 3 Talbot villas, New road, Hammersmith 7
Jany. 1867.
KIDD, WILLIAM JOHN (son of W. H. Kidd, captain E.I.C.S.). _b._
1808 or 1809; ed. at St. Bees; C. of St. Anne, Manchester
1834–36; P.C. of St. Matthew, Manchester 1836–41; R. of
Didsbury, Lancs. 1841 to death; author of Reflections on
unitarianism. Manchester 1835; The Sunday question considered
in the light of holy scripture 1856; Bible class notes on the
epistle to the Hebrews 1857; _killed_ at Didsbury railway
station 17 Dec. 1880.
KIDSTONE, WILLIAM (son of rev. William Kidstone, secession
minister, Stowe, co. Edinburgh). _b._ Stowe 9 Sep. 1768; ed.
at Stirling gram. sch. and Edinb. univ.; presbyterian minister
of East Campbell st. chapel, Glasgow 18 Oct. 1791 to 1838; the
first to establish Bible classes; chief originator of Friendly
Clerical Soc. in Glasgow 1793; president Glasgow missionary
soc.; clerk of the synod in presbytery of Glasgow 1795–1836; an
original member of Evangelical Alliance; D.D. _d._ Ibroxholm,
Glasgow 23 Oct. 1852. _J. Kerr and J. Macfarlane’s Christian Old
age, the life of W. Kidstone_ (1852); _J. Smith’s Our Scottish
clergy_ (1848) 369–77.
KIERNAN, FRANCIS. _b._ Ireland 2 Oct. 1800; ed. at St.
Bartholomew’s hospital; held anatomy classes at his residence
Charterhouse sq., suppressed by the hospital 1825; M.R.C.S.
Nov. 1825, F.R.C.S. 1843, member of council 1850, member of
court of examiners 1862, V.P. 1864, gave his collections to the
Hunterian museum; made discoveries respecting the structure of
and circulation through the liver; F.R.S. 18 Dec. 1834, Copley
medal 1836; one of founders of univ. of London 1836, member of
the senate, examiner in anatomy and physiology 1840–61; made
a fine collection of engravings of sacred subjects; author of
Anatomical researches on the structure of the liver. _d._ 30
Manchester st. Manchester sq. London 31 Dec. 1874. _bur._ R.C.
cemet. Mortlake 4 Jany. 1875. _Medical Times_, _Jany. 1875 pp._
22–23, 52; _Nature 7 Jany. 1875 p._ 193.
KILBY, THOMAS (son of John Kilby of Leeds). _b._ York 1794;
matric. from Queen’s coll. Oxf. 20 March 1816 aged 21; C. of
Linton in Craven 1820; R. of Alverthorp to 1825; P.C. of St.
John’s, Wakefield 1825 to death; author of Scenery in the
vicinity of Wakefield with descriptive account 1843; Views
in Wakefield 1853; Sermons 1866. _d._ St. John’s parsonage,
Wakefield 5 Sep. 1868. _Wakefield Journal and Examiner 11 Sep.
1868 p._ 3.
KILLEN, _Thomas Young_ (son of Edward Killen, merchant). _b._
Ballymena, co. Antrim 30 Oct. 1826; ed. at Belfast college;
licensed to preach by presbytery of Carrickfergus 19 May
1848; minister of 3rd Ramelton, co. Donegal 25 Sep. 1850, of
Ballykelly, co. Londonderry 1857–62; took a leading part in
Ulster revival 1859; minister of Duncairn church, Belfast 26
Feb. 1862; moderator of Irish general assembly 1882; created
D.D. by presbyterian theological faculty 1883; edited The
Evangelical Witness, a monthly mag. 4 years; author of A
Sacramental Catechism. Belfast 1874. _d._ Duncairn manse, Antrim
road, Belfast 21 Oct. 1886.
KILLICK, HENRY. _b._ Crabtree near Horsham July 1837; a
carpenter at Brighton; scored 182 runs not out in the cricket
match Sussex _v._ 22 veterans and colts of Sussex, Sep. 1865;
kept wicket for Sussex; played his first match at Lords 9–10
July 1866; engaged on the Sussex county ground at Hove, Brighton
1873–4; fell down dead in Brighton 22 Nov. 1877.
KILMOREY, FRANCIS JACK NEEDHAM, 2 Earl of. _b._ 12 Dec. 1787;
M.P. for Newry 1819–26; styled viscount Newry and Morne 1822–32;
succeeded his father as 2 earl 30 Nov. 1832. _d._ Gordon
house, Isleworth, Middlesex 20 June 1880. _Some professional
recollections. By A former member of council of the Incorporated
Law Society_ (1883) 93–118.
KILNER, THOMAS. _b._ London 1777; a provincial actor; appeared
at Park theatre, New York 1815 and was always known as Old Tom
Kilner; lessee with Mr. Clarke of Federal st. theatre, Boston
1821, and appeared as sir Anthony Absolute, his wife playing
Lucy 28 Sep. 1821; his other chief characters were Polonius,
Squire Hawthorn and Capt. Copp; retired from the stage 1831.
_d._ on his farm, Wilmington, Dearborn county, Indiana 2 Jany.
1862.
KILPACK, THOMAS. _b._ 1794; proprietor of Gliddon’s divan 42
King st. Covent Garden (started by Arthur Gliddon, tobacconist
1825) 1828 or 1829 to death, where he had also a bowling alley;
much frequented by artists, authors and actors. _d._ 42 King st.
Covent Garden, London 10 Aug. 1874. _The Town_, _i_ 75 (1837).
NOTE.--His dau. Miss S. L. Kilpack exhibited 2 sea pictures at the
British Institution in 1867.
KILVERT, FRANCIS (eld. son of Francis Kilvert of Bath). _b._
Westgate st. Bath, Good Friday 1793; ed. at Hungerford, Bath
gr. sch. and Worc. coll. Oxf., B.A. 1819, M.A. 1824; assist.
master at Bath gr. sch.; C. of Claverton near Bath 1816; took
private pupils in Bath and Claverton; edited Literary remains
of Bishop Warburton 1841; published in vol. 14 of The works
of W. Warburton 1811, A selection from unpublished papers of
W. Warburton bishop of Gloucester; author of Pinacothecae
Historicae specimen 2 vols. 1848–50; Ralph Allan and Prior park
1857; Memoirs of the life and writings of Richard Hurd 1860;
Sermons preached at Christ Church, Bath 1827; Fourteen sermons
at St. Mary’s, Bathwick 1837. _d._ Claverton lodge, Bath 16 Sep.