ARMSTRONG, WILLIAM. Called to Irish bar 1819; Q.C. 17 Aug. 1841;
chairman of quarter sessions co. Londonderry. _d._ 1866.
ARNEY, SIR GEORGE ALFRED (_6 son of Wm. Arney of The Close,
Salisbury_). _b._ Salisbury 3 Jany. 1806; ed. at Winchester and
Brasn. coll. Ox., B.A. 1832; barrister L.I. 5 May 1837; recorder
of Winchester Dec. 1856–1857; chief justice of New Zealand
1858–75; knighted by patent 18 July 1862. (_m._ 13 June 1833
Harriet dau. of Thomas Parr, captain R.N., she _d._ 18 April
1844). _d._ 17 Devonshire place, Portland place, London 7 April
1883.
ARNOLD, REV. CHARLES THOMAS. _b._ 26 Oct. 1817; ed. at Rugby and
Magd. hall, Ox., B.A. 1840, M.A. 1843; Assistant master at Rugby
1841–78. _d._ Rome 13 May 1878.
ARNOLD, REV. EDWARD PENROSE (_3 son of Rev. Thomas Arnold 1795–1842,
head master of Rugby_). _b._ 28 Oct. 1826; ed. at Rugby and Ball.
coll. Ox., B.A. 1848, M.A. 1851; Fellow of All Soul’s coll. Ox.
1852; assistant inspector of schools 15 April 1854; inspector
1866–77. _d._ Fox How, Ambleside 6 April 1878.
ARNOLD, JAMES ROBERTSON (_2 son of general Benedict Arnold
1741–1801_). _b._ New York 28 Aug. 1781; 2 Lieut. R.E. 29 Aug.
1798; served in the wars against France 1800–15; aide de camp to
the Sovereign 1830–41; col. R.E. 1837–41; L.G. 11 Nov. 1851; K.H.
1831; K.C. (_m._ 21 March 1807 Virginia 4 dau. of Bartlett
Goodrich of Saling Grove, Isle of Wight). _d._ Onslow sq. London
27 Dec. 1854. _I. N. Arnold’s Life of Benedict Arnold_ (1880)
407–17.
ARNOLD, REV. JOHN MÜEHLEISEN. _b._ Zell, Würtemberg 1817; C.M.S.
missionary in Abyssinia and India; Chap. to Bishop of Gibraltar;
Chap. to St. Mary’s hospital, Paddington 1852–61; founded Moslem
mission society in England 1859, hon. sec. 1860–65; C. of East
Ham, Essex 1861–65; Consular Chap. at Batavia 28 Oct. 1865,
resigned 6 Aug. 1870 but continued his services till 30 June 1871;
R. of St. Mary’s, Papendorf, Capetown, March 1876. _d._ Papendorf
9 Dec. 1881. _Guardian 29 March 1882 p._ 448, _vol._ 3.
ARNOLD, SAMUEL JAMES (_only son of Samuel Arnold 1740–1802, organist
and composer to George 3_). _b._ 1774; exhibited portraits at the
R.A. 1800–1806; brought out a musical play called Auld Robin Gray
at Haymarket theatre 1794; exhibited a panorama in Spring gardens;
member of “Sublime society of beefsteaks” 15 April 1809; opened
Lyceum theatre as an English opera house 26 June 1809; built new
theatre on same site and opened it as the English opera house 15
June 1816, it was burnt down 16 Feb. 1830, he rebuilt it and
opened it 14 July 1834; manager of Drury Lane theatre 1812–15;
author of _The Creole or haunted island 3 vols._ 1796; _The
shipwreck, a comic opera in 2 acts_ 1796; _Man and wife, comedy in
5 acts_ 1809, _8 ed._ 1809. (_m._ 18 May 1802 Matilda Catherine
younger dau. of Henry James Pye, poet laureate). _d._ Walton upon
Thames 16 Aug. 1852 in 78 year. _G.M. xxxviii_, 538 (1852).
ARNOLD, THOMAS JAMES (_eld. son of the preceding_). _b._ Downing st.
Westminster 1803; ed. at St. Paul’s school and univ. of Gottingen;
barrister L.I. 24 Nov. 1829; commissioner of bankruptcy at
Liverpool; stipendiary magistrate at Worship st. police court 27
Jany. 1847 and at Westminster police court Aug. 1851 to death;
member of Numismatic Society 1862; F.S.A. 1869; author of _A
treatise on the law relating to municipal corporations_ 1852, _3
ed._ 1883; _Anacreon in English_ 1869; _Faust, a tragedy
translated in the original metres_ 1877. _d._ 1 Greville place,
Kilburn priory 20 May 1877. _Numismatic Chronicle xvii_, 13–15
(1877).
ARNOLD, REV. THOMAS KERCHEVER (_eld. son of Thomas George Arnold of
Stamford, M.D._) _b._ 1800; ed. at Trin. coll. Camb.; B.A. 1821;
M.A. 1824; fellow of his college; R. of Lyndon, Rutland 1830 to
death; projected and edited _Churchman’s Quarterly magazine_ 1837,
_Churchman’s Monthly Companion_ 1844 and _Theological Critic_
1851; author of _Henry’s first Latin book_ 1839, _26 ed._ 1883;
_The first Greek book_ 1849, _new ed._ 1883; _The first Hebrew
book_ 1851, _7 ed._ 1883; _Anticleptic gradus ad Parnassum_ 1852
and many other educational books. _d._ Lyndon rectory 9 March