PATERSON, JOSEPH. _b._ 1775; ensign 28 foot 17 May 1779;
captain 77 foot 7 May 1807; major York chasseurs 29 Sept. 1814,
placed on h.p. 14 Dec. 1819; lieut.-col. on h.p. 31 Dec. 1825;
lieut.-col. rifle brigade 1 Jany. 1838 to 6 Feb. 1839, when
placed on h.p.; colonel commandant of 60 rifles 14 April 1857 to
death; a cavalry volunteer in Irish rebellion 1798; served in
Egypt 1801, in the Peninsula 1811–14, also in the West Indies
and Canada; L.G. 26 Aug. 1858. _d._ at the residence of his
niece Lower Baggot st. Dublin 31 March 1863.
PATERSON, NATHANIEL (eld. son of Walter Paterson,
stone-engraver). _b._ parish of Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire 1787;
educ. univ. of Edinb.; church of Scotland minister of Galashiels
1821–33; minister of St. Andrew’s parish church, Glasgow
1833–43; minister of free St. Andrew’s, Glasgow 1844 to death;
moderator of the free church assembly 1850; author of The Manse
Garden 1836, 9th thousand 1860. _d._ Glasgow 25 April 1871.
_Letters to his family by Nathaniel Paterson, D.D., with memoir
by Rev. Alexander Anderson_ (1874).
PATERSON, NOEL HUNTINGDON (son of John Paterson, commander
R.N., of Calcutta and Camberwell, London). _b._ London 14 June
1844; educ. Merchant Taylor’s sch. 1853–63; exhibitioner of
Lincoln coll. Oxf. 1863, resigned to take Stuart exhibition at
St. John’s coll. 1863; B.A. 1867, M.A. 1872; barrister M.T.
17 Nov. 1869; went south eastern circuit; published A manual
of the usages of the stock exchange 1870; edited Woolrych’s
Metropolitan building acts, 2 ed. 1877; assisted in editing
Wharton’s Law lexicon, 6 ed. 1876. _killed_ by an accident on
the Lyskamm, near Zermatt 6 Sept. 1877. _bur._ at Zermatt 10
Sept. _Law Times lxiii_ 353 (1877).
PATERSON, THOMAS (son of Robert Paterson of Plewlands,
Ayrshire). _b._ 1780; 2 lieut. R.A. 1 Dec. 1795, col. commandant
15 Aug. 1850 to death; served in Canada and West Indies
1796–1804, in expedition to Copenhagen 1807, and in Walcheren
expedition 1809; superintendent of royal military repository at
Woolwich 1836–46; L.G. 30 June 1854. _d._ Woolwich 13 June 1856.
PATERSON, THOMAS (son of a cabinet maker in London). _b._ Elgin
1828; a cabinet maker and wood carver in London; a political
economist; member of council of Women’s protective and provident
league 1874; hon. sec. Clerkenwell Working men’s club 1863;
hon. sec. of Working men’s club and Institute union 1866,
vice-chairman of the council; member of council of Workmen’s
Peace association to death; with Auberon Herbert and J. W.
Probyn organised the Workmen’s international exhibition at
Agricultural hall, London 1870; much engaged in endeavouring to
improve the education and prosperity of the working classes.
_d._ 2 Queen sq. place, Bloomsbury, London 15 Oct. 1882. _bur._
Paddington cemet. Willesden 19 Oct. _T. Paterson’s A new method
of mental science_ (1886) _memoir pp. i–viii_; _The women’s
union journal Nov. 1882 pp._ 89–90.
PATERSON, THOMAS VARLEY. _b._ 1811; author and journalist in
England and America; author of How to get money quickly or
thirty ways of making a fortune 1868; The art of living or good
advice for the young and old 1875. _d._ 35 Harrison st. Gray’s
Inn road, London 2 Feb. 1880.
PATERSON, WILLIAM (son of a market gardener). _b._ Shepherd’s
Loan, Dundee; assisted in his father’s business; experimented
in raising new varieties of potatoes from 1853; produced the
new varieties known as Paterson’s Seedlings, which since 1860
have been extensively cultivated, not only in the United
Kingdom but also on the Continent, in America and Australasia;
awarded silver medal of Manchester and Liverpool agricultural
society and gold medal of Highland and agricultural society of
Scotland; received medal of the Erfurt society and their diploma
of honour. _d._ 3 Jany. 1870. _W. Norrie’s Dundee celebrities_
(1873) 352.
PATESHALL, EVAN (youngest son of David Thomas of Welfield,
Radnor). _b._ 21 Dec. 1817; educ. Shrewsbury and King’s coll.
London; M.P. Hereford 1874–8; _m._ 1842 Anne Elizabeth, only
child of William Pateshall of Hereford, and assumed name of
Pateshall 1855. _d._ Allensmore court, Hereford 9 April 1885.
PATEY, CHARLES GEORGE EDWARD (son of Charles Patey, commander
R.N.). _b._ 1811; entered navy 20 Jany. 1824, commander 4 Nov.
1840; commanded the Resistance troopship March 1842 to 18
May 1846; captain 18 May 1846; organized the emigration from
Liverpool to Australia 1851 and was head emigration officer at
Liverpool to 1852 when he received a testimonial; captain of
the Amphion at Sheerness Dec. 1852 to 1853; emigration officer
at Plymouth 1855–7; superintendent of the packet service at
Southampton 1857–64; administrator at Lagos 1866, at the Gambia
Oct. 1866; governor of St. Helena 6 Dec. 1869, retired on
abolition of the office 1873; C.M.G. 8 May 1874; retired admiral
1 Aug. 1877. _d._ Newton St. Loe, near Bath 25 March 1881.
_I.L.N. xxii_ 181 (1853), _view of testimonial plate_.
PATEY, CHARLES HENRY BENNET (son of preceding). _b._ 1844;
clerk in secretary’s office, Post office, London 1863; actively
employed in purchasing the telegraphic lines from the railway
companies 1868 etc.; assist. sec. to post office 1877; third
sec. 1882; conducted negotiations for taking over telephones
from private companies 1881; re-organised the department on