1889.
OLIVER, RICHARD SILVER (1 son of Robert S. Oliver of Darrington,
Ferrybridge, Yorkshire, _d._ 1842). Educ. Eton; cornet royal
horse guards 29 July 1830, captain 16 Dec. 1836, sold out 25
June 1844; hunted at Melton, Bicester and Northampton; settled
at Bolton Percy, Yorkshire; a supporter of the Bramham Moor
hounds; a coachman and a good shot. _d._ Bolton lodge Feb. 1889.
_Baily’s Mag. li_ 208–9 (1889).
OLIVER, SAMUEL. _b._ 1801; V. of Calverton, near Nottingham 1826
to death; author of Emma Whiteford, or death in the bosom of the
church 1852; War and its probable consequences as foreshadowed
in holy scripture 1855; Village lectures on some controverted
articles of Catholic faith. _d._ in a cottage in Calverton
village Sept. 1874. _bur._ 1 Oct.
OLIVER, THOMAS. _b._ about 1776; founded with George Boyd, firm
of Oliver and Boyd, publishers, Edinburgh 1806, retired in 1843
after George Boyd’s death. _d._ Newington lodge, Edinburgh 26
April 1853.
OLIVER, THOMAS. _b._ Breadlow, Bucks. June 1789; employed
by Mr. Baker of Millbank, London, gardener; fought and beat
Kimber a stone-mason at Tothill Fields, Westminster 1811;
always known afterwards as the Chelsea gardener; beat George
Cooper at Moulsey Hurst, Surrey 15 May 1813, and Edward Painter
at Shepperton Range, Middlesex 17 May 1814; landlord of the
Duke’s Head 31 Peter st. Westminster 1814; fought Jack Carter
at Gretna Green for 100 guineas a side 4 Oct. 1816, when he
was badly beaten in 32 rounds lasting 46 minutes; beaten by
Wm. Neat at Rickmansworth, Herts. 10 July 1818 in 28 rounds
lasting one hour; beat Kendrick the black 28 May 1819; beaten
by Daniel Donnelly, the Irish champion 21 July 1819 at Crawley
Hurst, Sussex for 100 guineas a side; beat Tom Shelton at
Sawbridgeworth, Herts. 13 Jany. 1820; beaten by Edward Painter
at North Walsham, Norfolk 17 July 1820; beaten by Tom Spring at
Hayes, Middlesex 20 Feb. 1821 for 100 guineas a side 25 rounds
in 55 minutes; beaten by T. Hickman 12 June 1821 at Blindow
Heath, Surrey for £100 a side; beaten by Wm. Abbott at Moulsey
Hurst 6 Nov. 1821, 33 rounds in 54 minutes; commissary of the
ring, taking charge of the ropes and stakes; beat Benjamin Burn
at Hampton, Middlesex 28 Jany. 1834; a fruiterer and greengrocer
in Pimlico and Chelsea. _d._ London June 1864. _H. D. Miles’s
Pugilistica ii_ 89–103 (1880) _portrait_; _The Fancy. By An
Operator i_ 609–16 (1826) _portrait_; _Boxiana ii_ 954 (1818),
_iii_ 262 (1825) _portrait_, _iv_ 233 _etc._; _Hannan’s British
boxing_, _part_ 2, _pp._ 43–6.
OLIVER, THOMAS. _b._ 1790; entered Bengal army 1803; lieut. 6
Bengal N.I. 18 May 1805, captain 16 Nov. 1818; major 3 N.I. 13
July 1827; lieut. col. of 3 N.I 3 July 1832 to 1838, and of
12 N.I. 1838 to 10 April 1843; col. of 37 N.I. 13 March 1844
to 1869; general 19 June 1866. _d._ 43 Duke street, Grosvenor
square, London 22 April 1872.
OLIVER, THOMAS (son of a farmer and maltster). _b._ Angmering,
Sussex; a stable boy to his uncle, Mr. Page of Epsom; rode
light weights for lord Mountcharles; sold horses at fairs
for Mr. Farrell of Liverpool; became a steeple chase rider;
rode Harlequin at Clifton and won; won the Great Dunchurch
steeplechase on Foreigner; a partner with Mr. Curlewis; in
Northampton gaol for debt; landlord of The Star at Leamington;
won the Great Liverpool on Jerry; a steeple chaser trainer at
Prestbury; brought out Charles Boyce and Robert James. _Sporting
Review xli_ 249–54 (1859).
OLIVER, WILLIAM. _b._ about 1804; landscape painter, chiefly in
water-colours; member of the New society (now royal institute)
of painters in water-colours 1834; exhibited 29 pictures at
R.A., 54 at B.I., and 36 at Suffolk st. 1829–53; published
Scenery of the Pyrenees, lithographed by G. Barnand, T. S. Boys,
Carl Hughe and others 1843. _d._ Langley Mill house, Halstead,
Essex 2 Nov. 1853.
OLLENDORFF, HEINRICK GODEFROY, OR HERMANN GERSCHAL. _b._
Rewitsch, Posen, Prussia about 1802; professor of the German
language and literature; resided in 1843 at 23 Titchbourne st.
Westminster; his system of acquiring a language was founded on
the principle, that each question contained nearly the answer
required to be returned; Capt. Basil Hall recommended this
system to the English; naturalised in England 20 Dec. 1850;
author of A new method of learning to read, write and speak
a language in six months, adapted to the German, two parts
1838–41; A new method of learning to read, etc., adapted to
the French 1843, 9 ed. 1861; A new method of learning to read,
etc., applied to the Italian 1846, 5 ed. 1865; Nouvelle méthode
pour apprendre à lire, à écrire et à parler une language en
six mois, appliquée à l’Anglais, Paris 1848, 6 ed. 1856; A new
method of learning to read, etc., adapted to the Spanish 1858;