_portrait_; _How I won the Victoria cross_ (1860). _By T. H.
Kavanagh_, _portrait_; _The Verdict. By T. H. Kavanagh. Lucknow_
(1877).
KAY, ALEXANDER. _b._ 1816; member of faculty of procurators,
Glasgow; member of Glasgow Shakspeare club, instituted 1838;
director of the Glasgow Athenæum; a contributor to Tait’s Mag.,
London Journal, Glasgow Tales of the borders, West of Scotland
Mag., and Dramatic Rev.; dramatised Dickens’ Christmas Carol;
wrote poetical introduction to Tam O’Shanter, a pantomime
at Adelphi theatre, Glasgow, which ran 82 nights; author of
Florine, a dramatic poem in ten scenes 1858. _d._ 1860. _monu._
to his memory in Sighthill cemet. _Inglis’ Dramatic writers_
(1868) 69.
KAY, JOSEPH (3 son of Robert Kay 1768–1834). _b._ Ordsall
cottage, Salford, Manchester 27 Feb. 1821; ed. at Trin. coll.
Camb.; travelling bachelor of the Univ. 1845; B.A. 1845, M.A.
1849; wrote in the Manchester Examiner on Free trade in land;
barrister I.T. 5 May 1848, bencher 31 May 1870 to death; judge
of Salford Hundred court of record, June 1862 to death; Q.C.
22 June 1869; solicitor general of county palatine of Durham
15 Feb. 1872 to death; contested Salford 1874 and 1877; author
of The education of the poor in England and Europe 1846; The
social condition of the people in England and Europe 2 vols.
1850; The condition and education of poor children in English
and in German towns 1853; The law relating to shipmasters and
seamen 2 vols. 1875. _d._ Fredley near Dorking, Surrey 9 Oct.