BELL, REV. JOHN. _b._ Snaith, Yorkshire; ed. at Douay, France;
ordained priest at Crook hall, co. Durham 23 Dec. 1794; prefect
general of Douay college Durham and professor of rhetoric and
poetry 1794–1817, the college was moved from Crook hall to Ushaw
1808; appointed to mission of Samlesbury near Preston 1817 and to
Kippax park Yorkshire 1828; author of _The wanderings of the human
intellect, or a new dictionary of sects_ 1814, _2 ed._ 1838. _d._
Selby 31 May 1854 aged 87.
BELL, JOHN. Lived in Abyssinia 1842 to death; general in army of Ras
Ali the ruler of Abyssinia 1848 who gave him the province of
Diddim; taken prisoner by Kasai 1853 who deposed Ali and took
title of Theodorus; minister and general in chief to Theodorus
1853 to death; killed in a battle fought against Garred at
Waldabba near the western bank of the Taccazy river 31 Oct. 1860
after he had himself killed Garred.
BELL, JOHN. _b._ Newcastle 1782; Bookseller at Newcastle; land
surveyor at Gateshead; one of founders of Society of antiquaries
of Newcastle on Tyne, treasurer 6 Feb. 1813; author of _Rhymes of
northern bards_ 1812; contributed to _Gent. Mag._ _d._ Bentinck
crescent, Newcastle 30 Oct. 1864.
BELL, JOHN. _b._ Ireland 1796; went to the United States 1810;
author of _On baths and mineral waters_ 1831; _Practical
dictionary of materia medica_ 1841; _On regimen and longevity_
1842; _Dietetical and medical hydrology_ 1850. _d._ Philadelphia
1872.
BELL, SIR JOHN (_son of David Bell of Bonytoun, Fifeshire_). _b._
Bonytoun 1 Jany. 1782; ensign 52 Foot 15 Aug. 1805; served in
Peninsular war; permanent assistant quartermaster general to 10
Nov. 1814; chief sec. of government at Cape of Good Hope 1828–41;
aide de camp to the sovereign 6 May 1831 to 23 Nov. 1841; lieut.
governor of Guernsey 24 Jany. 1848 to 30 June 1854; col. of 95
Foot 25 June 1850 and of 4 Foot 26 Dec. 1853 to death; general 15
June 1860; C.B. 4 June 1815, K.C.B. 6 April 1852, G.C.B. 18 May