PRAED, WILLIAM MACKWORTH (eld. son of William Mackworth Praed,
serjeant-at-law 1756–1835). _b._ 24 May 1797; educ. Eton
1811–14; at St. John’s coll. Camb., B.A. 1819, M.A. 1822;
barrister L.I. 17 May 1822; recorder of Barnstaple, Bideford and
South Molton June 1836 to death; judge of county courts, circuit
59 (South Devon) March 1847 to death; chairman of Devon quarter
sessions. _d._ at the London inn, Exeter 25 Sept. 1857.
PRAEGER, FERDINAND CHRISTIAN WILHELM (son of Henry Aloysius
Praeger, violinist and composer). _b._ Leipsic 22 Jany. 1815;
a student of the violoncello and of the piano at Lubeck to
1831; a teacher at the Hague 1831, and in London from 1834;
an overture by him was given by the New Philharmonic Soc.
conducted by Hector Berlioz 1852; his pianoforte trio was played
at the first concert of the London orchestra; naturalised
in England 19 Oct. 1854; performed at important concerts in
London, Paris, and Leipsic; English correspondent of Neue
Zeitschrift für Musik; he translated E. Naumann’s The history
of music 1862; author of Wagner as I knew him 1892; edited F.
Beyer’s Elementary instruction book for the piano 1854, and
H. Rosellen’s Instruction book for the piano 1854; among his
pupils were Madame de Pachman, Herr Schönberger, and Albert
Jeffery; lectured before the Society of Arts on The fusion
of the romantic and classical schools of music; he was the
composer of Morceau brilliant pour le pianoforte, a quatre
mains 1848; Elfenmärchen, a fairy tale for the piano 1852; Le
Buisson pour piano 1858; Airs sung by the Christy minstrels
1860, six numbers; Old English airs 1860, six numbers; Francesca
di Rimini, meditation pour piano 1874; 48 Tonstück für das
Pianoforte 1880; Manfred prelude symphonique 1881; Sonata in
G for piano and violoncello 1883; Six mélodies pour violin
et piano 1889; Three sonatinas for the pianoforte 1889; Two
quartets for two violins, violoncello and piano 1891; his name
is attached to upwards of 100 pieces 1842–91, published in
London, Dover, Brighton, and Leipsic. _d._ 23 Brackenbury road,
Hammersmith, London 2 Sept. 1891. _Biograph iv_ 242 (1880);
_I.L.N. 12 Sept. 1891 p._ 334 _portrait_; _The Times 3 Sept.
1891 p._ 7.
PRALL, RICHARD. _b._ 1832; passed as a solicitor 1854, of the
firm of Nickinson, Prall, and Nickinson at Rochester, Brompton,
Stroud, and Gillingham; town clerk of Rochester 1870 to death;
official receiver in bankruptcy for Kent; clerk to Rochester
school board and to the Medway conservancy board. _d._ Hillside,
Frindsbury, Rochester 20 Oct. 1895.
PRATT, ANNE (2 dau. of Robert Pratt of Strood, Kent, grocer).
_b._ Strood 5 Dec. 1806; educ. Eastgate house school, Rochester;
studied botany under Dr. Dods; formed an extensive herbarium and
made sketches of the specimens, which formed illustrations for
her books; author of The field, the garden, and the woodland. By
a Lady 1838, 3 ed. 1847; Flowers and their associations 1840,
2 ed. 1846; The excellent woman as described in the Book of
Proverbs 1846, anon.; Wild flowers, 2 vols. 1852, 2 ed. 1892;
Our native songsters 1852; The flowering plants and ferns of
Great Britain, 5 vols. 1855, 3 ed. 1873; The ferns of Great
Britain and their allies 1855, 2 ed. 1871; Haunts of the wild
flowers 1863; edited By daylight, a translation of Ottilie
Wildermuth’s Im tageslicht 1865; _m._ 4 Dec. 1866 John Pearless
of East Grinstead, Sussex. _d._ Rylett road, Shepherd’s Bush,
London 27 July 1893. _Journal of botany_ (1894) 205–7; _Women’s
Penny paper 9 Nov. 1889 p._ 25 _portrait_.
PRATT, CHARLES COMPTON. _b._ 1790; 2 lieut. R.M. 14 Oct. 1805,
colonel 19 April 1854 to 20 June 1855, when he retired on full
pay as major general. _d._ Vicars close, Wells, Somerset 16 June
1871.
PRATT, FREDERICK THOMAS (3 son of John Pratt of Lambeth,
Surrey). _b._ 1799; scholar of Trin. coll. Camb. 1820, B.A.
1821, M.A. 1825; incorporated at St. John’s coll. Oxf. 8 Dec.
1836; B.C.L. 1836, D.C.L. 1837; advocate at Doctor’s Commons 2
Nov. 1837, stewart 1840–2, librarian 1842–4, treasurer 1847–50;
author of The law relating to ship lights and signals at sea