CALCRAFT, John Hales Montagu (eld. son of the preceding). b. 4 May 1831; entered navy March 1844; served in Crimean war; retired commander 25 Feb. 1862; M.P. for Wareham 13 July 1865 to death. d. Rempstone 1 Dec. 1868.
CALCRAFT, John William, stage name of John William Cole. Second lieut. 21 foot 16 July 1807, first lieut. 1809–17 when placed on h.p.; made his début at T.R. Dublin 23 Oct. 1824 as Joseph Surface in The school for scandal; lessee of T.R. Dublin 21 Aug. 1830 to 1851; secretary to Charles Kean; translated Memoirs of H. M. de Latude 1834; author of The bride of Lammermoor, a drama in 5 acts 1823; A defence of the stage 1839; The life of Charles Kean 2 vols. 1859, and of articles on the drama in Dublin Univ. Mag. d. Winchfield, Hants. 12 Feb. 1870 aged 77. History of T.R. Dublin (1870) 59, 61, 65, 83–130.
CALCRAFT, William. b. Baddow near Chelmsford 1800; a shoemaker; watchman in Reid’s brewery in Liquorpond st. Gray’s Inn road, London; butler to a gentleman at Greenwich; executioner to City of London 4 April 1829 to 25 May 1874 when he retired on pension of 25/- a week; hanged Greenacre 1837, Courvoisier 1840, Good 1842, Tawell 1845, Mr. and Mrs. Manning and Rush 1849, Dove 1856, Catherine Wilson 1862, the 5 Flowery Land pirates and Muller 1864; lived in Poole st. New North road, Hoxton 1854 to death, where he d. 13 Dec. 1879. Life of Wm. Calcraft the celebrated hangman 1880, portrait; Daily Telegraph 17 Dec. 1879 p. 5, col. 1.
CALCUTT, Francis Macnamara. b. Limerick 1819; M.P. for co. Clare 16 April 1857 to 23 April 1859 and 13 April 1860 to death. d. 16 July 1863.
CALDCLEUGH, Alexander. Author of Travels in South America 2 vols. 1825; F.R.S. 10 March 1831. d. Valparaiso, Chili 11 Jany. 1858.
CALDECOTT, Randolph (son of Mr. Caldecott of Chester, accountant). b. Chester 22 March 1846; clerk in a bank at Whitchurch, Shropshire, afterwards at Manchester; began drawing for London Society and other periodicals 1872; a popular book illustrator 1876 to death; published John Gilpin 1878; The house that Jack built 1878 and 14 other childrens books; contributed illustrations to the Graphic; member of Institute of Painters in water colours Feb. 1882, exhibited there, at Grosvenor gallery and the R.A. d. St. Augustine, Florida 12 Feb. 1886. R. Caldecott a personal memoir of his early art career by H. Blackburn 1886, portrait; G.M. xxiv, 629–35 (1880); International Mag. Oct. 1885 pp. 100–3; The Queen almanack 1887, portrait.
CALDECOURT, William Henry. b. Blisworth, Northamptonshire 28 Sep. 1802; played his first cricket match at Lord’s 16–18 July 1821; a hard hitter and a splendid field; a practice bowler to Marylebone club 1818 to death; brought out more gentlemen cricketers from Harrow and Cambridge than any other professional; umpire in the best matches many seasons; kept a cricket bat shop many years at 14 Townsend road, St. John’s Wood, London where he d. 21 June 1857.
CALDER, Sir Henry Roddam, 5 Baronet. b. 15 March 1790; succeeded 3 Feb. 1792. d. Muirtoun, Elginshire 13 Aug. 1868.
CALDER, James Tait. b. Castletown, Caithness about 1794; ed. at Univ. of Edin.; parish teacher at Canisbay, Wicklow; author of Sketches from John O’Groats in prose and verse 1842; The soldier’s bride 1846 a volume of poems; Sketch of the civil and traditional history of Caithness 1861. d. Elwickbank, Shapinshay, one of the Orkney islands 15 Jany. 1864.
CALDERBANK, Very Rev. Leonard (son of Richard Calderbank of Standish near Wigan). b. Standish 3 June 1809; ed. at Ampleforth college, Yorkshire and Prior park near Bath; ordained priest at Rome 11 Nov. 1832; vice pres. of Prior park and professor of theology at St. Paul’s college 1849–50; missionary rector of St. Peter’s, Gloucester 9 Oct. 1850 to death; canon of Clifton 28 June 1852 to death. d. Gloucester 25 June 1864. Tablet 9 July 1864 p. 439, col. 1.