Page:A Compendium of Irish Biography.djvu/318

LOG Logan, James, a statesman, secretary to William Perm, was born at Lurgan, 20th October 1674. His parents were members of the Society of Friends. Although apprenticed to a Dublin linen-draper, he appears to have received a good classical and mathematical education, and to have acquired a knowledge of modern languages not common at the period. The War of 1689-'91 obliged him to follow his parents, first to Edinburgh, and then to London and Bristol. He appears to have been engaged in teaching for some years. In 1698 he was trading between Dublin and Bristol, when his co-religionist William Penn, who had heard of his abilities, induced him to accompany him to Pennsylvania as his secretary. The passage occupied three months, from September to December 1699. In 1701 Penn returned to England, leaving Logan, then but twenty-six years of age, virtually in sole charge of his interests. As Penn wrote: "I have left thee in an uncommon trust, with a singular dependence on thy justice and care, which I expect thou wilt faithfully employ in advancing my honest interest." The judgment of the proprietor of Pennsylvania was not mistaken. Logan displayed the greatest capacity for business, the most statesman-like qualities, and the sincerest loyalty, not only to William Penn, but after his death to his widow and children. He served many years for a stipend of about ₤100 per annum; yet he was Chief-Justice of the State, Provincial Secretary, and Commissioner of Property, and for nearly two years governed the province as President of the Council. The difficulties of his position were at times very great — what between the jealousies of parties, the conflicting interests between the Quakers and other bodies, the dissolute character of Penn's eldest son, and the necessity for forwarding sums to England to relieve Penn's monetary difficulties. Logan's treatment of the Indians was singularly wise and considerate, and they ever regarded him as their best friend. He visited England in 1710, where he successfully vindicated himself from charges brought against him by a faction in the assembly. James Logan did not retire from public life until about 1747. Thence-forward, living in dignified leisure at Stenton, near Germantown, he devoted himself to literature, translated Cicero, and penned those scientific papers which will be found appended to his Memoirs. Some of his works were printed by his friend Benjamin Franklin. He died at Stenton, 31st October 1751, aged 77, and was interred in Friends' burial-ground, Arch-street, Philadelphia. He bequeathed his valuable classical library to the city of Philadelphia, Logan is described as "tall and well-proportioned, with a graceful yet grave demeanour. He had a good complexion, and was quite florid, even in old age; nor did his hair, which was brown, turn grey in the decline of life, nor his eyes require spectacles." His son, William, who survived until 1801, was for many years in the Governor's Council; and his grandson, George Logan, M.D., was a United States senator and a distinguished philanthropist.

Lombard, Peter, Archbishop of Armagh, was born in Waterford about 1560. He studied at Westminster and Oxford, took his degree at Louvain, and was made Provost of the Cathedral Church of Cambray. He was consecrated Archbishop of Armagh by Paul V., and died in Rome in 1625. He was the author of ''De Regno Hibernioe Commentarius'', and other Latin works.

Lover, Samuel, "poet, novelist, dramatist, painter, etcher, and composer," was born in Dublin, 24th February 1797. He was the eldest son of a member of the Stock Exchange. He was a delicate and sensitive child, possessing, however, "life's first good — a good mother." Almost before he could reach the keyboard of a piano, he exhibited extraordinary aptitude for music and composition. The scenes of bloodshed and violence, consequent on the military government of Ireland after the Union, left an indelible impression on his mind. At thirteen he entered his father's office, all his leisure being spent in drawing, music, and theatrical entertainments, a course that was strongly objected to by his father, who considered that the lad's whole energies should be devoted to money-making. At eighteen the differences between father and son culminated, and young Lover went out into the world to make his own way. Three years he spent in obscurity, living as best he could, probably on slender donations from his mother. He studied painting and music, largely assisted by the friendship of Comerford, then amongst the first portrait painters of the day. Lover's delicate and finished miniatures soon attracted attention at the annual exhibitions of the Hibernian Academy, and won for him the patronage of the Marquis Wellesley, the Duke of Leinster, Lord Cloncurry, and other leaders in Dublin society. At the same period he commenced contributing to the Dublin magazines some of his inimitable tales and legends. His personal qualities, his talents as a story-teller, and the drollery and pathos he was enabled to throw into a na- 294