_Edgbastonia_, _iv_ 21–3 (1884).
JOHNSTONE, HENRY JAMES WOLFENDEN (eld. son of James Johnstone
1777–1845, physician extraordinary to William IV. 1830). _b._
1808; ed. at Westminster sch. and St. George’s hosp. where he
became house surgeon and teacher of anatomy; M.R.C.S. 1834,
F.R.C.S. 1843; edited with his father The Medico-Chirurgical
Review; had a large practice, retired through bad health 1848;
resided in France 1848–50; presumed to be author of a series
of letters in The Times beginning 20 Dec. 1851, exposing and
condemning Louis Napoleon’s imperial designs; author of Clinical
observations on diseases of the genito-urinary organs 1851. _d._
High view, St. Lawrence, Ramsgate 19 Oct. 1889.
JOHNSTONE, JAMES (brother of Edward Johnstone 1804–81). _b._
Edgbaston hall near Birmingham 12 April 1806; ed. at Trin. coll.
Camb., M.B. 1828, M.L. 1830, M.D. 1832; F.R.C.P. 1834; studied
in Edin., Paris and London; professor of materia medica and
therapeutics at Queen’s college, Birmingham 1841 to death; phys.
to the general hospital 1841 to death; pres. of British Medical
Association, Sep. 1865; author of A therapeutic arrangement and
syllabus of materia medica 1835; A discourse on the phenomena of
sensation as connected with the mental, physical and instructive
faculties of man 1841. _d._ Leamington 11 May 1869. _Langford’s
Modern Birmingham_, _ii_ 333–7, 492 (1877).
JOHNSTONE, JAMES (son of James Johnstone a messenger of court of
bankruptcy, _d._ 1865 aged 79). _b._ Charles st. Old st. London
26 June 1815; a messenger of bankruptcy court, Basinghall st.
1842–61; head of firm of Johnstone, Cooper, Wintle & Co. of 3
Coleman st. buildings, accountants 1861 to death; bought the
Morning Herald and Standard newspapers from Charles Baldwin
for £16,500 in 1857, issued the Standard as a morning paper 29
June 1857 at price of 2 pence, reduced price to 1 penny 4 Feb.
1858; started the Evening Herald 29 June 1857 which ceased 27
May 1865; the Morning Herald ceased 31 Dec. 1869; discontinued
evening issue of the Standard 29 June 1857, but revived it
11 June 1860, appeared in a new form 1 Jany. 1870, sometimes
circulated 100,000 copies; paid off all his liabilities and
became sole proprietor of Standard 1870. _d._ Hooley house,
Coulsdon, Surrey 21 Oct. 1878. _J. Hatton’s Journalistic London_
(1882) 146–54, _portrait_; _Vanity Fair 14 Feb. 1874 p._ 81,
_portrait_; _Bourne’s English Newspapers_, _ii_ 226, 239–41,
336–7 (1887).
JOHNSTONE, JAMES (eld. son of James Raymond Johnstone of Alva,
Stirlingshire). _b._ Overton, Rutland 4 July 1801; ed. at Rugby
and univ. of Edin.; admitted advocate at Scotch bar 1824; M.P.
for Clackmannan and Kinross 1851–57. _d._ 24 Feb. 1888.
JOHNSTONE, JOHN BEER. _b._ Dublin 12 March 1803; an actor in
Ireland, the provinces and London; never had more than £2 a
week up to 1882; at Princess’s theatre under Wilson Barrett
1882; presented with a testimonial and £60 by 200 actors on
his eightieth birthday 12 March 1883; author of upwards of 200
dramas for which he received on an average about £5; he sold
an extravaganza and a farce to David W. Osbaldiston for 15/-;
his chief printed dramas are The Drunkard’s children. Pavilion
theatre July 1848; The gipsy farmer or Jack and Jack’s brother.
Surrey theatre March 1849; Gale Breezely or the tale of a tar.
Surrey 1853; Ben Bolt. Surrey 28 March 1854; The sailor of
France. Surrey 28 Nov. 1854; Tufelhausen or the lawyer’s legend.
Surrey 24 March 1856; Pedrillo or a search for two fathers.
Marylebone theatre 16 Nov. 1857; Morley Ashton or a sea voyage
1866; Jack Long or a shot in the eye 1872. _d._ 25 April 1891.
_bur._ Brompton cemet. _The Era 17 March 1883 p._ 8.
JOHNSTONE, JOHN DOUGLAS. _b._ 1808; ensign 3 foot 15 Aug. 1827;
captain 33 foot 19 Oct. 1838, lieut. col. 9 March 1855 to 17
April 1860 when placed on retired full pay; M.G. 17 April 1860;
C.B. 27 July 1855. _d._ Dublin 19 Sep. 1863.
NOTE.--He and his son J. D. Johnstone were the first in the assault on
the Redan, where he lost his left arm.
JOHNSTONE, SIR JOHN VANDEN BEMPDE, 2 Baronet. _b._ Hackness hall
near Scarborough 28 Aug. 1799; ed. Rugby and Trin. coll. Camb.,
M.A. 1821; succeeded 14 July 1807; M.P. Yorkshire 1830–32; M.P.
Scarborough 1832–7 and 1841 to death; major Yorkshire hussars
22 April 1843, lieut. col. 6 April 1859 to 30 Aug. 1859; while
hunting in Northamptonshire broke a rib which entered his lungs
20 Feb., _d._ 34 Belgrave sq. London 25 Feb. 1869. _bur._ at
parish church, Hackness 3 March. _Reg. and mag. of Biog. i_ 294
(1869).
JOHNSTONE, MONTAGUE CHOLMELEY (3 son of James Raymond Johnstone
of Alva, co. Clackmannan 1768–1830). _b._ 2 March 1804; ensign
27 foot 27 Feb. 1823, lieut. col. 16 Nov. 1841 to 23 March 1849;
lieut. col. 87 foot 23 March 1849 to 26 Oct. 1858; col. 88 foot
10 Aug. 1864 to death; general 29 Dec. 1873. _d._ Baden Baden 22
Sep. 1874.
JOHNSTONE, WILLIAM (son of Mr. Johnstone, colliery manager to
Mr. Dixon of the Govan iron works, Lanarkshire). _b._ parish
of Old Monkland near Glasgow 1 July 1811; articled to David
Smith of Glasgow, C.E. 1826–33; engineer and general manager
of Glasgow and Ayr railway 1840, of Glasgow and South western
railway to 31 Dec. 1874, the former line gradually developed
into the latter; pres. of Institution of engineers in Scotland
1861–63, formed in 1857 chiefly by W. J. M. Rankine and himself;
M.I.C.E. 4 Dec. 1866. _d._ Glasgow 27 April 1877.
JOHNSTONE, WILLIAM BORTHWICK (son of John Johnstone, solicitor).
_b._ Edinb. 21 July 1804; in a lawyer’s office, Edinb.; attended
antique classes of Trustees academy 1840–2; exhibited at
Trustees academy exhibitions from 1836 to death; A.R. Scottish
Acad. 1840, member 1848, treasurer 1850; took his mother’s name
of Borthwick 1847; oil, water-colour and miniature painter;
his picture, A scene in Holyrood, 1855 is in National gallery
of Scotland; first principal curator of Nat. Gall. of Scotland
1858; his collections of arms, armour and pictures, sold by
Chapman, a 6 days’ sale; author of Catalogue of the National
gallery of Scotland 1859, 18 ed. 1868. _d._ 3 Gloucester place,
Edinb. 5 June 1868.
JOHNSTONE, SIR WILLIAM JAMES HOPE (2 son of sir Wm. Johnstone
Hope, G.C.B. 1766–1831). _b._ Haddingtonshire 28 July 1798;
entered navy 20 June 1811, captain 21 Oct. 1823, R.A. 22 April
1853, V.A. 4 Feb. 1858, admiral 24 Sep. 1863; commander in chief
on S.E. coast of America 1854–57; at Sheerness 28 June 1860 to
25 June 1863; R.A. of the United Kingdom 12 Feb. 1870, placed on
retired list April 1870; K.C.B. 10 Nov. 1862. _d._ 24 Albany st.
Edinburgh 11 July 1878.
JOICEY, JOHN (4 son of George Joicey of Newcastle). _b._
Tynemouth 1816; apprenticed to his brother James Joicey,
colliery viewer 1838–41, partner in the firm to death; sheriff
of Durham 1878; M.P. North Durham April 1880 to death; A.I.C.E.
2 March 1875; erected and endowed Newton Hall church 1877;
gave sum of £12,000 to Museum of natural history society of
Northumberland and Durham 1881. _d._ Newton Hall, Stocksfield
on Tyne 15 Aug. 1881, personalty sworn £678,000, 28 Jany. 1882.
_Min. of Proc. of I.C.E._ _lxix_ 417–18 (1882).
JOLLIE, PATRICK. Oldest bookseller in the world. _d._ Leslie,
Fifeshire 3 Oct. 1885 aged 97.
JOLLIFFE, PETER WILLIAM. Ed. at St. John’s coll. Camb., B.A.
1789, M.A. 1792; P.C. of St. James, Poole, Dorset 4 May 1791
to death; the oldest incumbent in England. _d._ Parkstone near
Poole, March 1861 aged 95.
JOLLIFFE, THOMAS ROBERT (2 son of Thomas Samuel Jolliffe, M.P.)
_b._ 1780; ed. at Trin. coll. Camb., B.A. 1804, M.A. 1807;
R. of Babington near Frome 15 Feb. 1810 to death; author of
Letters from Palestine. Signed Th. R. J. 1819, 4 ed. 2 vols.
1854; Narrative of an excursion from Corfu to Smyrna 1827. _d._
Ammerdown park near Bath 15 June 1872.
JOLLIFFE, WILLIAM PETER (only son of Christopher Jolliffe of
Poole, Dorset). _b._ Poole 1812; barrister G.I. 30 June 1839,
bencher 1 March 1875 to death, treasurer 1881; standing counsel
to governors of Queen Anne’s bounty 1878 to death; member of
Council of legal education. _d._ Bournemouth 31 May 1887.
JOLLY, JOHN MARKS. _b._ 1790; travelled with Edmund Kean and
Sheridan Knowles as an actor and conductor of the orchestra;
conductor at Surrey theatre, London 1840–60; at various periods
connected with the bands of Her Majesty’s, Drury Lane and Covent
Garden; conductor and arranger of music at Oxford music hall
till June 1863; his opera Mabel produced at Covent Garden under
Madame Vestris’ management 1840; composer of the songs, Queen
of the starry night 1855, and Where are all the young men gone
1861; The Gipsy sisters, a duet 1858; Poor Jennie, solo and
quartett 1861. _d._ West sq. Southwark 1 July 1864. _Era 10 July
1864 p._ 11.
JOLY, HENRY EDWARD. Archdeacon of Killala to death; author of
Questions deducible from the Introductory lessons on the History
of religious worship of R. Whately 1849; Questions deducible
from the Introductory lessons on Christian evidences of R.
Whately 1849. _d._ Hollywood 3 June 1852.
JONAS, EDMUND JAMES. _b._ 1805; governor of Newgate 1859–74.
_d._ Turle road, Tollington park, London 30 Jany. 1879.
JONAS, ELIZABETH. _b._ St. George’s road, Southwark 1825; at
six years of age was a good musician; first appeared at Mr.
J. Field’s concert as a pianiste 1832; played in oratorios
at Drury Lane; scholar R. Academy 1836, King’s scholar 1838,
associate 1841, teacher of the piano there 1838–50; residing in
St. George’s road 1854. _Cazalet’s Hist. of R. Acad. of Music_
(1854) 299–302.
JONES, AARON. _b._ Pennsylvania near Shrewsbury 3 March 1831;
fought Harry Orme at Frimley 18 Dec. 1849 when he lost after 40
rounds in 2¾ hours; beat Bob Wade at Edenbridge 24 Sep. 1850;
fought Orme again 10 May 1852 for £100 a side at Bourne Bridge
and Newmarket, police interfered, Jones refused to renew the
contest and so lost; beaten by Tom Paddock 18 July 1854 and
26 June 1855; fought Tom Sayers £100 a side, 62 rounds in 3
hours, Banks of the Medway, darkness came on, both men much
punished 6 Jany. 1857; beaten by Sayers £100 a side, 85 rounds
in 2 hours, Banks of the Medway 10 Feb. 1857; went to U.S. of
America, where he trained and seconded J. C. Heenan for his
fight with John Morrissey at Long Point, Canada 20 Oct. 1858;
entered Confederate army during the civil war, one of general
Beauregard’s aide-de-camps; fought Mike Mc Coole for 2000
dollars and the championship at Busenburk station, Ohio, when
Mc Coole won in 34 rounds lasting 26 minutes. _d._ Leavenworth,
Indiana 16 Feb. 1869, reported to have been poisoned. _H. D.
Miles’s Pugilistica_, _iii_ 253, 262, 283, 382, 419.
JONES, ALEXANDER (youngest son of 4 Viscount Ranelagh _d._
1797). _b._ 9 March 1778; entered navy 1790; wrecked among
Japanese islands 1797; saved H.M.S. Tartarus from destruction
after she had been abandoned at Ferrol 1800; captain 1 Aug.
1811; commander of Talbot sloop making many captures 1807–11;
admiral on half pay 1 Nov. 1860. _d._ Cheltenham 8 Jany. 1862.
JONES, ANNA MARIA. Author of The Gipsey, a romantic tale.
London, Chapple 2 vols., and other works of fiction. _d._ a
pauper 25 Jany. 1854.
JONES, AVONIA STANHOPE (dau. of George Jones, actor 1810–79).
_b._ 43 Barrow st. New York 12 July 1836; first appeared on the
stage at People’s theatre, Cincinnati 18 April 1856 as Parthenia
in Ingomar; played in Australia 1860–1; first appeared in London
at Drury Lane 5 Nov. 1861 as Medea; played at the Adelphi
1862–3; acted Lady Isabel in East Lynne at the Surrey 1864 and
Theodora in Watts Phillips’s drama Theodora, actress and empress
at same house 9 April 1866; played in the provinces and in
Dublin. (_m._ 1862 Gustavus Vaughan Brooke, actor 1818–66). _d._
of rapid consumption, 2 Bond st. New York 4 Oct. 1867. _bur._
Mount Auburn cemet. Boston. _Illust. sporting news_, _v_ 145
(1866), _portrait_.
JONES, BENJAMIN ORLANDO. Ensign 36 foot 29 May 1805; captain 12
foot 19 Sep. 1822 to 6 July 1826 when placed on half pay; col.
73 foot 15 Sep. 1860 to death; L.G. 12 Nov. 1862; K.H. 1837;
K.T.S. _d._ The Hafod, Abergavenny 16 Feb. 1865.
JONES, CHARLES CHADWICKE. _b._ 1800; barrister M.T. 25 June
1830; went the home circuit; practised at the Old Bailey;
serjeant at law 10 July 1844; author of Recollections of
royalty, from the death of William Rufus in 1100 to that of the
cardinal York in 1807, 2 vols. 1828. _d._ 18 Lambeth ter. London
7 July 1852 aged 52.
JONES, CHARLES HANDFIELD (son of J. Jones, captain R.N.) _b._
Liverpool 1 Oct. 1819; ed. at Rugby and Cath. hall, Camb., B.A.
1840, M.B. 1843; studied at St. George’s hosp. London; M.R.C.P.
1845, F.R.C.P. 1849, junior censor 1863–4, senior censor 1886,
vice pres. 1888; delivered Lumleian lectures on pathology of the
nervous system 1865; F.R.S. 6 June 1850; phys. to St. Mary’s
hosp. Paddington 1851; author of Pathological and clinical
observations respecting morbid conditions of the stomach 1855;
Clinical observations on functional nervous disorders 1864; with
E. H. Sieveking of A manual of pathological anatomy 1854, 2 ed.