BELL, Robert (youngest son of John Bell of Cork). b. Cork 16 Jany. 1800; ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin where he originated the Dublin Historical Society; settled in London 1828; edited the Atlas weekly paper many years, the Monthly Chronicle and the Home News a monthly journal; author of History of Russia 3 vols. 1838; Lives of the English poets 2 vols. 1839; Wayside pictures through France, Belgium and Holland 1849, 2 ed. 1858; Hearts and altars 3 vols. 1852; The ladder of gold 3 vols. 1856; The annotated edition of the English poets 24 vols. 1854–57, and of 3 five-act comedies, Marriage 1842; Mothers and daughters 1843, 2 ed. 1845 and Temper 1847. d. 14 York st., Portman sq. London 12 April 1867.
BELL, Venerable Robert. Ordained 1831; Inc. of Tipperary 1866 to death; archdeacon of Cashel 1872 to death; canon of St. Patrick’s cathedral, Dublin. d. rectory Tipperary 10 Jany. 1883 in 75 year.
BELL, Robert Charles. b. Edinburgh 1806; Engraved a series of Scottish views and a number of vignette portraits, also many plates for the Royal Scottish Association; his largest and most important work was an engraving of Sir William Allan’s Battle of Preston Pans which he completed in 1872; several of his best plates appeared in the Art Journal 1850–72. d. Edinburgh 5 Sep. 1872. Art Journal (1872) 284.
BELL, Sir Sydney Smith (9 son of Wm. Bell, of London, banker). b. 1805; ed. at Univs. of Edin. and Glasgow; barrister I.T. 3 May 1839; puisne judge at Cape of Good Hope 7 Feb. 1851, and first puisne judge May 1858; chief justice of supreme court and pres. of legislative council of Cape of Good Hope 16 Dec. 1868 to 1879; knighted by patent 9 Oct. 1869; author of Cases decided in the House of Lords on appeal from the courts of Scotland 7 vols. 1843–52; Colonial administration of Great Britain 1859. d. 42 Kensington park road, London 13 Sep. 1879.
BELL, Thomas (son of Richard Bell of Newcastle). b. Newcastle 16 Dec. 1785; land valuer and surveyor; an antiquary, assisted the local topographical authors in their works especially Rev. John Hodgson in his History of Northumberland 6 vols. 1827–40; one of the founders of Newcastle Literary and Philosophical Society and of Society of antiquaries of Newcastle 1813. d. Newcastle 30 April 1860.
BELL, Thomas (only son of Thomas Bell of Poole, Dorset, surgeon). b. Poole 11 Oct. 1792; studied at Guys and St. Thomas’s hospitals; M.R.C.S. 1815, F.R.C.S. 1844, F.L.S. 1815, pres. 1853–61; dental surgeon to Guy’s hospital 1817–61 where he lectured on comparative anatomy; F.R.S. 10 Jany. 1828, junior secretary 1848–53; professor of Zoology at King’s college London 1836 to death; pres. of the Ray Society 1843–59; purchased in 1866 from the grandnieces of Gilbert White The Wakes, Selborne where he lived to his death; author of Monograph of Testudinata, parts 1–8, 1832–37, folio; History of British quadrupeds 1837, 2 ed. 1874; History of British reptiles 1839; History of British Stalk-eyed Crustacea 1853; edited White’s Natural history of Selborne 2 vols. 1877. d. The Wakes, Selborne 13 March 1880. Nature xxi, 473, 499 (1880).
BELL, Sir William (son of Wm. Bell of Ripon, Yorkshire). b. 1788; ed. at Woolwich; 2 lieut. R.A. 23 Nov. 1804; served through Peninsular war; colonel R.A. 18 March 1852, colonel commandant 26 Dec. 1865 to death; general 31 Jany. 1872; K.C.B. 13 March 1867. d. South lodge, Ripon 28 March 1873.
BELLAIRS, Rev. Henry (3 son of Abel Walford Bellairs of Uffington, Lincolnshire 1755–1839). b. 29 Aug. 1790; midshipman on board H.M.S. Spartiate; wounded twice at Trafalgar; cornet 15 Hussars 25 Nov. 1808; lieut. 26 May 1809 to 1811; ed. at St. Mary hall Ox., B.A. 1820, M.A. 1823; R. of Bedworth, Warws 1830; V. of Hunsingore, Yorkshire 1832 to death; hon. canon of Worcester Sep. 1853 to death. d. Paignton near Torquay 17 April 1872.
BELLAIRS, Sir William (younger brother of the preceding). b. Uffington 1793; cornet 15 Hussars 2 May 1811; captain 10 April 1817 to 10 Feb. 1820 when he sold out; exon of Yeomen of the Guard 19 Sep. 1837 to Dec. 1848; knighted by the Queen at St. James’s Palace 17 May 1848. (m. 1822 Cassandra dau. of Edmund Hooke of Mulbarton lodge, Norfolk, she d. 1876). d. London 2 Oct. 1863.
BELLAMY, George. b. Plymouth 15 Nov. 1773; surgeon’s mate R.N. Feb. 1793; surgeon 19 May 1795; surgeon to the Bellerophon 74 guns 1796–1800; served at battle of the Nile; placed on retired list 1817; M.R.C.P.; mayor of Plymouth 1811–12. d. Plymouth 10 Oct. 1863.