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ACLAND, Sir Peregrine Fuller Palmer, 2 Baronet, b. 10 Nov. 1789; succeeded 23 Feb. 1831. d. Fairfield, Bridgwater 25 Oct. 1871.

ACLAND, Sir Thomas Dyke, 10 Baronet ( 1 son of Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 9 baronet, who d. 17 May 1794, by Henrietta Anne only dau. of Sir Richard Hoare, baronet, she d. 2 Sep. 1841 ). b. London 29 March 1787; ed. at Harrow and Ch. Ch. Ox., B.A. 1808, M.A. 1814, D.C.L. 1831; one of the founders of Grillion’s club 1812, which met at Grillion’s hotel, 7 Albemarle st. London; M.P. Devon (tory) 17 Oct. 1812–10 June 1818 and 18 March 1820–23 April 1831; M.P. for North Devon 29 July 1837–21 March 1857; head of religious party in House of Commons; F.G.S. 1818, F.R.G.S. 1830, F.R.S. 20 June 1839. ( m. 7 April 1808 Lydia Elizabeth only dau. of Henry Hoare of Fleet st. London, banker, she d. 23 June 1856 aged 69). d. Killerton, Broad Clyst, Devon 22 July 1871. J. B. Sweet’s Life of Henry Hoare 1870; I.L.N. lix , 99, 116, 121, 362 (1871) pt. Grillion’s Club by P. G. E. privately printed 1880 pt.

Note.—His personalty was sworn under £70,000; a statue of him by E. B. Stephens, A.R.A., was erected on Northernhay, Exeter 1861.

ACTON, Eliza ( eld. dau. of John Acton of Hastings, brewer ). b. Battle, Sussex 17 April 1799; published Poems 500 copies 1826, 2 ed. 1827; lived some time in France; at Tunbridge 1837; at Hampstead; author of The voice of the North, a poem 1842; Modern Cookery in all its branches 1845, 6 ed. 1855; The English bread book 1857. d. Snowdon house, John st. Hampstead 13 Feb. 1859.

ACTON, Marianne Lady Acton ( elder dau. of general Joseph Edward Acton ). b. 1782. m. 1796 by dispensation of the Pope, her uncle Sir John Francis Edward Acton, 6 baronet, prime minister of Naples several years, he was b. 1736 and d. 12 Aug. 1811. d. Buckland 18 March 1873.

ACTON, William. b. 1789; sheriff of Wicklow 1820; M.P. for co. Wicklow (conserv.) 17 July 1841–27 April 1848. d. Westaston Rathdrum, co. Wicklow 10 April 1854.

ACTON, William, b. Shillingstone rectory 15 Sep. 1814; placed under care of Dr. Mant in London 1830; articled pupil of Charles Wheeler, (Apothecary to St. Bartholomew’s hospital) 1830–35; Externe at female venereal hospital Paris; Secretary of the Parisian medical society 1839; returned to London Oct. 1840; M.R.C.S. June 1840; practised in George st. Hanover square 1840–43; removed to 46 Queen Anne st. Cavendish square March 1843; surgeon to Islington dispensary; author of A practical treatise on diseases of the urinary and generative organs 1841, 3 ed. 1860; Prostitution considered in its moral, social and sanitary aspects in London and other large cities 1857, 2 ed. 1870. d. 17 Harley st. London 7 Dec. 1875. Medical Circular i , 11–12 (1852).

ADAIR, Sir Robert ( son of Robert Adair, sergeant surgeon to George III, who d. 16 March 1790, by Caroline Keppel, 1737–69 elder dau. of Wm. Anne 3 Earl of Albemarle ). b. London 24 May 1763; ed. at Westminster and Univ. of Gottingen; called to the bar at L.I. 27 April 1785; M.P. Appleby, (whig) 18 June 1799–29 June 1802, for Camelford 7 July 1802–29 Sep. 1812; minister to court of Vienna 7 May 1806–14 May 1807; minister to Constantinople 5 July 1808, and ambassador 14 April 1809; sent on a special mission to the Low Countries 1831–35; P.C. 23 July 1828; G.C.B. 3 Aug. 1831 for negotiating peace between Great Britain and Ottoman Porte in 1809; author of Historical memoir of a mission to court of Vienna in 1806 with a selection from despatches , 1844; The negotiations for the peace of the Dardanelles in 1808–1809 , 2 vols. 1845. ( m. 1805 Angélique Gabrielle dau. of Marquess d’Hazincourt). d. 11 Chesterfield st. Mayfair, London 3 Oct. 1855. G.M., xliv , 535 (1855); Lord John Russell’s Memorials of C. J. Fox, vol. ii, appendix .

Note.—At his death he was the senior knight of the order of the Bath, and the last survivor of those who were knights before its enlargement in 1814.

ADAIR, Sir Robert Shafto, 1 Baronet ( eld. son of W. Adair of Ballymena, co. Antrim 1754–1844, by Camilla dau. of Robert Shafto of Benwell, Northumberland, she d. 18 Nov. 1787 ). b. 26 June 1786; created Baronet 2 Aug. 1838; sheriff of Suffolk 1846; F.S.A. 16 May 1861. ( m. (1) 17 Sep. 1810 Elizabeth Maria dau. of Rev. James Strode of Berkhampstead, Herts, she d. 1 Sep. 1853. m. (2) 3 Oct. 1854 Jane Anne eld dau. of Rev. Townley Clarkson, V. of Hinxton, Cambs, she d. 18 March 1873). d. Flixton hall, Suffolk 24 Feb. 1869.

ADAM, Sir Charles ( eld. son of Wm. Adam 1751–1839, lord chief comr. of jury court of Scotland by Eleanora Elphinstone 1749–1800 2 dau. of Charles, 10 baron Elphinstone ). b. Brighton 6 Oct. 1780; entered navy 15 Dec. 1790; captain 12 June 1799; captain of Invincible, 74 guns 1811–1813; of Royal Sovereign yacht 15 Dec. 1814–7 Feb. 1816, and 20 July 1821–27 May 1825; R.A. 27 May 1825, V.A. 10 Jany. 1837; commander in chief, North America and West Indies 17 Aug. 1841–May 1845, when placed on half pay; admiral 8 June 1848; M.P. Kinrossshire (lib.) 20 May 1831–3 Dec. 1832; M.P. for Clackmannan and Kinross 24 Dec. 1832–23 June 1841; Lord Lieut. of Kinross 1 April 1839 to death; 1st naval Lord of Admiralty 25 April 1835–8 Sep. 1841, and 24 July 1846–20 July 1847; one of elder brethren of Trinity House 1839–41; Governor of Greenwich hospital 10 July 1847 to death; K.C.B. 10 Aug. 1835. ( m. 4 Oct. 1822 Elizabeth dau. of Patrick Brydone of Lennell, F.R.S., she d. 1871). d. Greenwich hospital 16 Sep. 1853, bur. there 21 Sep.

ADAM, Sir Frederick ( younger son of above named Wm. Adam 1751–1839 ). b. 1781; ed. at Woolwich; ensign 26 foot 4 Nov. 1795; lieut. col. 5 garrison battalion Aug. 1804 to 5 Jany 1805; lieut. col. 21 foot 5 Jany 1805 to 4 June 1814; served in Sicily 1806–11; Aide de camp to Prince Regent 8 Feb. 1811; commanded a brigade in Spain 1813; the third British brigade at Waterloo 1815; and a division at Malta 1817–22; K.C.B. 22 June 1815; G.C.B. 20 June 1840; G.C.M.G. 27 Dec. 1821; invested at Corfu 15 Jany. 1822; grand master; lord high commissioner of Ionian islands 7 April 1824–8 Sep. 1832; P.C. 29 June 1831; governor of Madras 25 Oct. 1832–4 March 1837. ( m. (1) at Corfu 23 June 1820 Diamantino Pallatiano, she d. at Rome 1 June 1844. m. (2) at Kensington 24 July 1851, Ann Lindsay dau. of John Maberly). d. at Greenwich railway station 17 Aug. 1853. Siborne’s War in France and Belgium 1848; Napier’s Peninsular War, book xx, chapter 4 and book xxi, chapter 2 .

ADAM, James, b. Paisley 1809; worked at the loom; went to London 1834; edited the Aberdeen Herald 1834 to death; author of The knowledge qualification : a plan for the reciprocal extension of education and the franchise 1837. d. Old Aberdeen 10 Nov. 1862.

ADAM, William Patrick ( elder son of Admiral Sir Charles Adam, Governor of Greenwich Hospital ). b. 14 Sep. 1823; ed. at Rugby and Trin. coll. Cam., B.A. 1846; called to bar at Inner Temple 4 May 1849; went home circuit; Sec. to Baron Elphinstone, Governor of Bombay Dec. 1853–Sep. 1858; M.P. for Clackmannanshire and Kinrossshire (lib.) 2 May 1859–Oct. 1880; a Lord of the Treasury April 1865–July 1866, and Dec. 1868–Aug. 1873; first Commissioner of Works and Buildings, and Paymaster General 11 Aug. 1873–Feb. 1874, and April 1880–Nov. 1880; P.C. 9 Aug. 1873; governor of Madras 11 Oct. 1880 to death; whip of liberal party April 1874–April 1880; left for India 27 Nov. 1880. ( m. 23 Feb. 1856 Emily Eliza dau. of Sir Wm. Wyllie, K.C.B., she was raised to rank of a baronet’s wife 22 May 1882). d. Ootacamund, Madras 24 May 1881. bur. there 26 May. Fraser’s Mag. civ , 113–22 (1881); Graphic xxiii , 589 (1881) pt. ; I.L.N. lxxvii , 564 (1880) pt.