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folk; called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1831 ; one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, 1858-78; d. at Harefield House, near Uxbridge.

Byrn, M. Lafayette. David Rattle- head. An American author.

Byrne, Mrs. Charlotte (Dacre). about 1783-. Rosa Matilda. An Eng- lish poet.

Byrne, Mrs. Fanny. His Widow. An Irish lady; widow of Miles Byrne, an Irish exile of 1798.

Byrne, May. A Cape Colonist. An English writer.

Byrne, Oliver. E. B. Revilo. An English mathematician and engineer; "Inventor of the Art and Science of Dual Arithmetic."

Byrne, Mrs. William Pitt. The

Writer behind the Grille An English art- ist and art-critic; daughter of Hans Busk, of Great Cumberland Place. She wrote at an early age for many of the periodicals of the day, but always anony- mously. Many of her works have been illustrated by her own pencil.

Byrom, John, 1691-1763. John Shadow An English poet; b. at Ker- sall, near Manchester.

Byron, George Gordon Noel, Lord, 1788-1824. Abbe*; Harold; Horace Hornem ; A Noble Author ; A Noble Loi d. A celebrated Scottish poet; b. about thirty miles from Aberdeen ; d. at Misso- longhi, Greece.

Byron, Miss Medora Gordon. A Modern Antique. An English novel- ist.

Cabanel, Daniel, Esq. A Quondam Oxonian and Carthusian. An English poet and lawyer, of Lincoln's Inn.

Cabell, Mrs. Julia (Mayo). The Old- est Inhabitant. An American lady, of Lynchburg, Va.

Caglengano, Marchese d 7. Maurice Mauris. An Italian, of Nice.

Cahill, Frank. John Ago; Mark Conway ; Maria Simpson; An Old Lady ; Lieut. Wainwright Villiers, U S.N. ; George Washington Makewright. An American journalist.

Camot, Antoine, about 1757-1830. A. C.; Ant. C. A French priest and writer ; was imprisoned during the Eeign of Terror, and escaped death only through a confusion of names.

Cairon, Jules, 1827-. Jules Noriac. A French author; b. at Limoges; was at first a Feuilletonist in the old "Fi- garo"; then in some sheets edited by himself as the "Soleil," "Nouvelles," etc. He was Director of the "Theatre des VarieteV' and of the "Bouffes-Pa- risiens," 1862-70.

Calamy, Adam. A Consistent Protes- tant. An English attorney; eon of Dr. Edmund Calamy.

Calder, John, D.D., 1733-1815. An- notator. A Scottish divine, and miscel- laneous writer; b. at Aberdeen, and educ. at the Univ. there. He for some time had charge of a congregation at Alnwick, Northumberland, and thence removed to London to succeed Dr. Price in the afternoon service, Jewry Lane,

London; after the dissolution of this society, Dr. Oalder retired to Hammer- smith, where he devoted himself ciueliy to literary labor ; d at Paddington.

Calder, Rev. Robert, 1658-. #. C A Scottish Epis. clergyman ; refused to ac- knowledge William and Mary, and was deprived of his curacy ; in 1689 he was imprisoned for eleven months in the Edinburgh jail for exercising his min- istry.

Oalderon de la Barca, Madame Frances Erskine (IngHs). Attache 1 " ;

Mme C de la B. A Scottish

lady; passed her earlier years in Nor- mandy, with her mother and sisters came to the United States, and estab- lished a school in Boston. In 1888 she married Don Calderon de la Barca, the Spanish minister at Washington, and went with him to Mexico. In 1873 et seq. she resided in Spain, and received a pension.

Caldwell, Sir James, 3d Bart. A Military Officer, J. C. An Irish gentle- man, of Castle Caldwell, Co. Fermanah. He was created a Count of Milan in the Holy Koman Empire.

CaldweU, Joseph, D.D, 1778-1835. Carlton. An eminent American scholar; b, at Leamington, N.J. ; New Jersey Coll, 1791 ; Prof, in the Univ of North Carolina, 1790-1804; and President, from 1804 till his death, at Chapel Hill, N C.

Calef, John, 1725-1812. J. C., Esq., a Volunteer. An American loyalist. After the American Revolution he