Linnean Soc._ (1872–73) 32.
JERDON, THOMAS CAVERHILL (brother of the preceding). _b._ 1811;
ed. Edinb. univ.; assistant surgeon Madras army 11 Sep. 1835,
surgeon 4 light cavalry 12 July 1852 to 1861, surgeon 11 Madras
N.I. 23 March 1861 to 1862; the botanical genus Jerdonia was
called after him; author of Illustrations of Indian ornithology,
Madras 1847; The birds of India, Calcutta 2 vols. 1862–4; The
mammals of India 1867, 2 ed. 1874. _d._ Upper Norwood, Surrey 12
June 1872. _Medical Times and Gazette_, _i_ 745 (1872).
JEREMIE, JAMES AMIRAUX (son of James Jeremie, merchant). _b._
St. Peter’s port, Guernsey 12 April 1802; ed. Blundell’s sch.
Tiverton and Trin. coll. Camb.; B.A. 1824, M.A. 1827, B.D. 1850,
D.D. 1850, D.C.L. 1862; fellow of his coll. 1826–50; professor
of classical and general literature Haileybury 7 April 1830–50,
dean 1838–50; christian advocate in univ. of Camb. 1833–34;
exam. chap. to Dr. Kaye, bp. of Lincoln 1830; preb. of Lincoln
20 Dec. 1834 to 1845; R. of Winwick, Northants. 1843–8; subdean
and canon of Lincoln 1 July 1848 to July 1864; regius prof. of
divinity univ. of Camb. 16 Feb. 1850 to 30 Sep. 1870; R. of
Somersham, Hunts. 1850–70; dean of Lincoln 4 July 1864 to death;
author of The office and mission of St. John the Baptist 1823;
The doctrines of our Saviour in the four gospels in harmony with
St. Paul’s Epistles 1825; The last discourse of our Saviour in
reference to the divine origin of christianity 1833; a writer
in the Encyclopædia Metropolitana. _d._ the Deanery, Lincoln 11
June 1872. _bur._ Guernsey. _I.L.N. xxi_ 341 (1852) _portrait_,
_xxii_ 356 (1853) _portrait_, _lx_ 611, 625, 630 (1872)
_portrait_.
NOTE.--He gave to the University of Cambridge in 1870 the sum of £1000
to found two annual prizes for the encouragement of a critical study
of the lxx version of the Old Testament and such other Hellenistic
literature as may serve to illustrate the New Testament.
JERMYN, GEORGE BITTON (eld. son of Peter Jermyn of Halesworth,
Suffolk, solicitor 1767–97). _b._ Halesworth 2 Nov. 1789; ed.
at Ipswich gr. sch., at Norwich and Caius coll. Camb., removed
to Trinity hall 1813; LLB. 1814, LLD. 1826; C. of Hawkedon,
Suffolk 1814–17; C. of Littleport, Isle of Ely 1817–20; C. of
Swaffham Prior near Newmarket 1820; compiled a history of his
own family, 700 pages folio; made collections for a genealogical
history of Suffolk, now in the museum Bury St. Edmunds. _d._
island of Maddelena, Sardinia 2 March 1857. _Nichols’s Herald
and Genealogist_, _v_ 441–3 (1870).
JERMYN, JAMES (3 son of Robert Jermyn, collector of customs
at Southwold, Suffolk). Barrister; collector of pier dues at
Southwold; author of The Halesworth Review from 14 Sep. to
14 Oct. 1808. Halesworth 1808, anon., and 6 other anonymous
works; also of Prospectus and specimen of an English gradus and
dictionary of ideas 1848, he left 128 MS. volumes of materials
for this work, the labour of 30 years, which were acquired by
Wm. Aldis Wright about 1867; Book of English epithets, literal
and figurative 1849. _d._ Reydon, Southwold, Suffolk 1852.
_Notes and Queries 7 Ser. ii_ 368, 475 (1886), _iii_ 55 (1887).
JERNINGHAM, ARTHUR WILLIAM (2 son of Wm. Charles Jerningham
1770–1820, officer in Austrian army). _b._ 22 Feb. 1807; ed.
Stonyhurst 1818–23; entered R.N. 13 June 1823; engaged training
the coast guard in gunnery 1847–52; commander R. naval coast
volunteers, Ireland 1854–7; commander Plymouth gunnery ship
1857–62; captain 18 Sep. 1851, retired 1 July 1864; retired
admiral 26 Sep. 1878; author of Remarks on the means of
conveying the fire of ships’ broadsides 1851. _d._ 11 Heather
bank, Bournemouth 24 Nov. 1889. _Times 27 Nov. 1889 p._ 7;
_Gillow’s English Catholics_, _iii_ 623–4 (1887).
JERNINGHAM, CHARLES WILLIAM EDWARD (eld. son of Edward
Jerningham 1774–1822, barrister). _b._ 27 Nov. 1805; ed.
Stonyhurst; barrister I.T. 12 Feb. 1830; a frequent contributor
to Dolman’s Magazine; author of A letter to the vicar apostolic
of Great Britain upon the regulations by the holy see, with
respect to mixed marriages 1843. _d._ 26 Feb. 1854. _Gillow’s
English Catholics_, _iii_ 624–5 (1887).
JERNINGHAM, GEORGE SULYARDE STAFFORD (3 son of 8 baron Stafford
1771–1851). _b._ Haughley park, Norfolk 17 Feb. 1806; entered
foreign office 1825; envoy extraord. and min. plenipo. to king
of Wurtemberg 20 May 1854, to king of Sweden and Norway 11 Nov.
1859 to 11 Sep. 1872 when retired on a pension; C.B. 13 July