BOSWELL, Sir James, 2 Baronet (son of Sir Alexander Boswell, 1 Baronet b. 1775 and killed by James Stuart in a duel 26 March 1822). b. Dec. 1806. d. Auchinleck, Ayrshire 4 Nov. 1857.
BOSWORTH, Rev. Joseph. b. Derbyshire early in 1789; ed. at Repton gr. sch., Univ. of Aberdeen, and Trin. coll. Cam., B.A., M.A., and LLD. Aberdeen; B.D. at Cam. 1834, D.D. 1839; incorp. D.D. of Ch. Ch. Ox. 1858; V. of Horwood Parva, Bucks. 1817–29; chaplain at Amsterdam 1829–32 and at Rotterdam 1832–40; V. of Waith, Lincs. 1841–45 and 1848–58; R. of Water Stratford, Bucks. 1858–75; F.R.S. 4 June 1829; professor of Anglo Saxon in Univ. of Oxford 4 Nov. 1858 to death; made over to Univ. of Cam. by deed of gift in 1867 sum of £10,000 towards professorship of Anglo Saxon which was founded May 1878; author of The elements of Anglo-Saxon Grammar 1823, earliest English work of the kind; Anglo-Saxon dictionary 1838, 2 ed. 1882; Scandinavian literature 1839; A compendious dictionary of Anglo-Saxon 1848, 5 ed. 1882. d. 20 Beaumont St. Oxford 27 May 1876. Academy 3 and 10 June 1876; Times 29 May 1876, p. 10, col. 4.
BOTFIELD, Beriah (eld. son of Beriah Botfield of Norton hall, Northamptonshire 1768–1813). b. Earl’s Ditton, Salop. 5 March 1807; ed. at Harrow and Ch. Ch. Ox., B.A. 1828, M.A. 1847; sheriff of Northamptonshire 1831; M.P. for Ludlow 23 May 1840 to 23 July 1847 and 27 March 1857 to death; F.R.S. 17 Jany. 1839; F.S.A. 1839; a chevalier of order of Albert the Brave of Saxony; knight of order of Leopold of Belgium; member of Abbotsford, Bannatyne, Maitland, and Roxburgh clubs, and of Surtees Society, for all of which he edited books; set up a private printing-press at Norton hall, where he printed Journal of a tour through the Highlands of Scotland [anon.] 1830; Stemmata Botevilliana 1843; Bibliotheca Hearneiana 1848; published Notes on cathedral libraries of England 1849; Prefaces to first editions of Greek and Roman classics 1861. d. 5 Grosvenor sq. London 7 Aug. 1863. Stemmata Botevilliana (2 ed. 1858) 84–7, 156, App. 33, 479–96; G.M. xv, 645–7 (1863); Numismatic Chronicle iv, 17–18 (1864).
BOTT, Thomas. b. near Kidderminster 1829; a portrait painter at Birmingham; one of principal artists of the Royal Porcelain works Worcester 1852; gained many prizes at Worcester School of Art; obtained distinction for his work in Worcester enamel, at Paris Exhibition 1855 and London Exhibition 1862; one of his best works is now in South Kensington Museum. d. Worcester 13 Dec. 1870. Jewitt’s History of the Ceramic art in Great Britain (1883) 143–4 and 150.
BOTTRELL, William (son of Wm. Vingoe Bottrell of Raftra, St. Levan, Cornwall, farmer 1790–1876). b. Raftra 7 March 1816; learnt farming under his father; English master in the Seminary of Quebec, Canada Sep. 1847 to 1851; author of Traditions and hearthside stories of West Cornwall 1870, 2 series 1873; communicated upwards of 50 of the “Drolls” to Robert Hunt for his Popular romances of the west of England 2 vols. 1865. d. Dove st. St. Ives 27 Aug. 1881.
BOUCH, Sir Thomas (3 son of Wm. Bouch, captain in merchant service). b. Thursby, Cumberland 22 Feb. 1822; manager and engineer of Edinburgh and Northern railway 1849; made floating railways for goods trains over rivers Forth and Tay; constructed a number of remarkable bridges chiefly railway, in all of which he made use of the lattice girder; designed railway bridge over river Tay, completed 22 Sep. 1877, opened 31 May 1878, the central portion of this bridge fell into the river carrying with it an entire train and its load of about 70 passengers 28 Dec. 1879; designed railway bridge over river Forth begun 30 Sep. 1878, work was stopped after above accident; A.I.C.E. 3 Dec. 1850, M.I.C.E. 11 May 1858; presented with freedom of Dundee 31 May 1878; knighted at Windsor Castle 26 June 1879. d. Moffat, Dumfriesshire 30 Oct. 1880. Min. of Proc. of Instit. of C.E. lxiii, 301–308 (1881); I.L.N. lxxvii, 468 (1880), portrait.
BOUCHER, Rev. John (son of Mr. Boucher of Moneyrea, near Belfast, tenant-farmer). b. 1819; ed. at Belfast academy 1837–42; Unitarian minister at Southport 1842, at Glasgow to 1848 and at the New Gravel Pit chapel Hackney, London 1848–53 when he entered at St. John’s coll. Cam. to read for orders in Church of England, B.A. 1857; one of trustees of Dr. Williams’s library: a member of the presbyterian board; published a sermon on The present religious crisis 1850. d. Chesterton near Cambridge 12 March 1878. The Inquirer 23 March 1878 p. 190.
BOUCHIER, Rev. Barton (son of Rev. Jonathan Boucher 1738–1804, V. of Epsom, Surrey). b. 1794; ed. at Balliol coll. Ox., B.A. 1822, M.A. 1827; changed his name from Boucher to Bouchier; C. of Cheam, Surrey about 1832 to 1858; R. of Fonthill Bishops, Wilts. 1858 to death; author of Manna in the house or daily expositions of the Gospels 4 vols. 1852–58; Manna in the heart or daily comments on the book of Psalms 2 vols. 1855–56; My Parish 1856, second series 1857. d. Fonthill Bishops 20 Dec. 1865.
BOUDIER, Rev. John. Educ. at Sid. Sus. coll. Cam., B.A. 1809, M.A. 1813; V. of Warwick 1815–72; hon. canon of Worcester 1852 to death; author of Plain and practical sermons 1818; Attendance on daily public worship the Christian’s duty 1854; Congregational psalmody and church choirs 1857; The two holy sacraments of the Christian church necessary to salvation 1859. d. 7 Nov. 1874 aged 88.
BOUGH, Samuel (3 child of Mr. Bough of Carlisle, shoemaker). b. Carlisle 8 Jany. 1822; executed the illustrations to Jefferson’s History of Cumberland 2 vols. 1840–2; assistant scene painter in T.R. Manchester about 1845; exhibited pictures at Manchester Institute, where Heywood gold medal was awarded him; principal scene painter at T.R. Glasgow 1848; A.R.S.A. 1856, R.S.A. 10 Feb. 1875; a collection of his works was exhibited at Glasgow Institute 1880 and another at Edinburgh 1884. d. Edinburgh 19 Nov. 1878. Portfolio x, 114 (1878); Academy 30 Nov. 1878 and 5 July 1884.