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succeeded to the business ; afterwards removing to Ingram Court, where he was in partnership with John William Gala- tin; d. in London.

Baldwyn, Edward. Trim.

See " I. and P.," First Series, p. 341.

Balestier, Charles Wolcott, 1861-. Crepin. An American journalist of the day ; b. in Rochester, N.Y. ; studied one year at Cornell.

Ball, Ed^rard. " Creation " Ball. An English poet ; author of " Creation," a now forgotten poera.

Ballantyne, James Robert, LL.D., -1864. J. B. B.

See " I. and P.," First Series, p. 341.

Ballard, J. A Protestant Churchman. An English religious writer.

Ballou, Rev. Adin. A Consistent Hestorationist.

See " I. and P.," First Series, p. 341.

Balzac, Honore de. Alfred Cou- drenx ; Alexandre de B. . . ; Henri B. ; Lord R'hoone.

See " I. and P.," First Series, p. 342.

Bancroft, George, 1800-. G. B. An American historian ; b. at Worcester, Mass. ; educ. at Harv. Univ., 1817; then spent some years in Germany; Ph.D. at Berlin, 1820; secretary of war under President Polk ; minister at Berlin, 1871- 74; has of late years resided chiefly at Washington.

Banfield, Thomas Charles. A Politi- cal Economist. An English writer of London.

Banim, Michael. Barnes O'Hara.

See " I. and P.," First Series, p. 342.

Banister, Thomas. T. B. Temple. An English writer.

Banks, George Nugent. An Under- graduate Pen ; An Eton Boij. An Eng- lish writer of the day ; of Cambridge TJniv.

Banks, John, 1709-51. A Gentleman of the Middle Temple.

See "I. and P.," First Series, p. 342.

Bannister, Saxe, 1790-1877. Phila- delphus ; UnAin/tnis. An English writer ; b. at Bidlington House, Steyniiig, Sus- sex; Queen's Coll., Oxf., 1813; was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn ; at- torney-general of New Siiutli Wales, 1823-20 ; became a. gentleman bedel of the Royal Coll. of Pliysicians about 1848 ; spent the closing years of his life at Thornton Lodge, Thornton Heath, the residence of his only child, Mrs. Wyndham, and d. there.

Barbauld, Anna Letitia. A Dis- senter.

See " I. and P.," First Series, p. 342.

Barbfe, Madame C. B. C. Barbier. A French writer.

Barber, xMary, 1690(?)-1757. Sap- phira. An Irisli poet, and friend of Swift; her poetic name at the deanery.

Barber, William. W. B. An Amer- ican writer.

Barclay, George. A Father. A Scottish minister of Irvine.

Barclay, Mrs. Sarah Matilda (Fry). His ]Vidoi.c. An English lady ; widow of Robert Barclay, first of Bristol, then of London, a Friend, or Quaker, whom she married in 1857.

Barham, Francis. F. B.

See " 1. and P.," First Series, p. 343.

Barham, Richard Harris Dalton, 1815-8t). His Son. An English author; b. in Westwell, Kent; edue. at St. Paul's School, and at Oxford, after which he settled at Lolworth, where he resided till 1863, when, for the sake of a warmer climate, he removed to Dawlish, and d. there.

Baring, Alexander, 1st Baron Ash- burton, 1774-1848. Sandij Baring. An English financier and statesman, second son of Sir Francis Baring ; was trained as a banker ; being sent to the United States on business of his father's house, he, in 1798, married Anne Louisa, eldest daughter of William Bingham, of Fhila- delpliia ; he became the head of his father's firm in 1810; M.P., 1806-35 ; was raised to the peerage in 1835 ; English commissioner to the United States, 1842; d. at Longleat, the seat of his grandson, the Marquis of Bath.

Barker, Edmund Henry. Vindex.

See " I. and P.," First Series, p. 343.

Barker, Joseph, 1806-75. A Man. An English author, preacher, and con- troversialist ; b. at Bramley, near Leeds ; in 1851 came to this country and soon settled in Nebraska ; but in 1860 returned to England ; about 1868 he came back to America, and d. at Omaha.

Barker, Thomas, 1722-1809. T. B., Gent. An English scientific and mis- cellaneous writer; b. and d. at Lyndon, Rutland ; was for many years an assidu- ous observer of meteorological phenom- ena, publishing the results in the " Phil- osophical Transactions " of the Royal Society.

Barker, William Burckhardt, 1810(?)-56. An English Prisoner in Rus- sia. An English orientalist ; b. at Alep- po ; was brought to England in 1819, and edue. there ; was for many years resident at Tarsus in an oflicial capacity; d. at Sinope, on the Black Sea.