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Bush, Solon Wanton. S. W. B. An American clergyman; Brown Univ., 1845 ; Cambridge Divinity School, 1848 ; pastor of society in Needliam, Mass., 1879-85 et seq. ; resident in Boston.

Bush, William. Unicus ; Prometheus. An American writer of the day, of Chi- cagoC?).

Busk, George, F.R.S., 1808-86. Paul Cypher, An Englisli surgeon and natu- ralist; for some years examiner in com- parative anatomy and zoology to the Univ. of London ; d. in that city.

Busk, H. W. A Senior Member of the Company.

Butler, Alban, 1711-73. A Gentle- man. An English hagiographer ; at an €arly age he was sent to a scliool in Lancashire, and when eight years old transferred to the English school at Douay ; was ordained priest in 1735 ; ■was president of the English Coll. at Saint-Onier, 1756('?)-73, where he died.

Butler, Benjamin Franklin, 1795- 1838. Marcus. An American lawyer; b. at Kinderhook Landing, N.Y, ; studied law with Martin Van Buren, and be- <.'ame his partner at Albany in 1817 ; held many important state and national offices during his life ; d. in Paris, Prance.

Butler, George H., 1840-86. HaiTi/ y^fua. An American journalist; d, at Wnsliington.

Butler, William Francis. An Old Soldier. An English oflBcer ; an ■ensign of the 69th (the South Lincoln- shire) Regiment of Foot ; appointed in ISiJS.

Butterworth, James, 1771-1837. Pmd Bobbin, Esq., of Alt, near Oldham, Manchester ; Paul Bobbin, Gouzin German of the famous Tim Bobbin of merry memory ; A Person concerned in Trade. An Eng- lish topographer of Manchester ; b. in the parish of Ashton-under-Lyne ; was .sent to school under Mr. John Taylor, of Alt; after many years spent in tuition

lie acted for some years as postmaster of Oldham.

Butts, Robert, D.D., 1684-1748. The Lord Bishop of Norwich. An eminent English divine; son of Rev. William Butts, rector of Hartest, in Suffolk; educ. at Cambridge ; Bishop of Norwich, 1733; of Ely, 1738; d. at Ely-house, llolborn, 1747-48.

Buxton, Harry John Wilmot. An Oxonian. An English clergyman ; educ. at London and Oxford ; vicar of St. Giles-in-the-wood, 1878-87.

Byers, Samuel Hawkins Marshall. An American Resident. An American dramatist and writer of the day.

Byles, Mather, D.l)., 1707-88. Celoiza. An American clergyman ; b. in Boston ; Harv. Coll., 1725; pastor of the Hollis Street Church, Boston, 1733-76; spent the rest of his life in retirement, and d. in his native town(7).

Byng, George, Admiral, Viscount Torrington, 1663-1733. A— I B—g. An English admiral ; eldest son of John, of Kent ; entered the navy in 1678 ; became admiral of the fleet in 1717-18 ; first lord of the admiralty, 1727-33.

Byrd, L. Ella. Beryl Carr. An American writer of the day.

Byrne, Chailes A. The Town Crier.

Byrne, Mrs. William Pitt. An Old Man.

See " I. and P.," First Series, p. 376.

Byron, George Gordon Noel, Lord Byron, 1788-1824. Maddolo ; Somebody.

See " I. and P.," First Series, p. 376.

Byron, James M., -1827. Her Hus- band. An English Wesleyan minister, husband of Mrs. Eliza Byron, who was b. at Helston, 1767 ; d. at Shepton-Mal- let, 1803.

Byron, John, 1723-86. Foulweather .Tack. An English naval officer ; second son of William, 4th Lord Byron ; in 1740 lie was a midshipman to the Wager Store Ship; in 1778 became vice-admiral; he was the grandfather of the poet.

Cabet, ^tienne, 1788-1856. Francis Adams. A French adventurer; b. at Dijon; became a lawyer and a journal- ist; was the founder of the sect of Com- munists, known as the " Icarians" ; sought to establish a colony of them in Texas,

afterwards in Illinois; d. at St. Louis, Mo.

Cabinet BaUad. O T. Ballad.

Cadell, Mrs. Alexander. Sydney Dunbar. An English novelist of the day.

Csesar, Julius P. A Layman of the