CALLENDER, William Romaine (eld. son of Wm. Romaine Callender of Manchester who d. 1872). b. Manchester 2 June 1825; cotton spinner and merchant at Bolton and Manchester; member of Manchester school board 24 Nov. 1870, vice chairman Dec. 1870 to death; M.P. for Manchester 7 Feb. 1874 to death; F.S.A. 2 June 1859; author of Education statistics of Manchester 1852; The commercial crisis of 1857 its causes and results 1858. d. Eversfield place, St. Leonard’s on Sea 22 Jany. 1876. Graphic xiii, 182, 188 (1876), portrait.
CALLOW, John. b. London 19 July 1822; studied art in Paris 1835–44; a landscape painter in water colours; professor of drawing in royal military academy at Addiscombe, July 1855 to 1861; sub.-professor of drawing at Woolwich 1861; a teacher in London; several of his studies have since his death been printed in colours as a series of progressive lessons in art of water-colour painting; exhibited 7 pictures at R.A., 9 at B.I. and 2 at Suffolk st. gallery 1844–67. d. Lewisham near London 25 April 1878.
CALTHORPE, George Gough-Calthorpe, 3 Baron. b. 22 June 1787; succeeded his brother as 3 Baron 5 June 1807. d. Lyons Sep. 1851.
CALTHORPE, Frederick Gough, 4 Baron (3 son of 1 Baron Calthorpe 1749–98). b. London 14 June 1790; ed. at Ch. Ch. Ox.; M.P. for Hindon, Wilts. 1818–26, for Bramber, Sussex 1826–31; a metropolitan comr. in lunacy; assumed name of Gough in lieu of Calthorpe 14 May 1845; sheriff of Staffs. 1848; succeeded Sep. 1851; gave to town of Birmingham, Calthorpe park opened 15 April 1857. d. Elvetham park, Winchfield, Hants. 2 May 1868.
CALVERLEY, Charles Stuart (younger son of Rev. Henry Blayds 1794–1874, V. of South Stoke near Bath 1839–74). b. Martley, Worcs. 23 Dec. 1831; ed. at Harrow and Balliol coll. Ox.; scholar 25 Nov. 1850; chancellor’s prizeman 1851; migrated to Christ’s coll. Cam. Oct. 1852, Craven scholar 1854; B.A. 1856, M.A. 1859; fellow of his coll. 1858–63; prepared examination paper on Dickens’s Pickwick Papers at Cam. Dec. 1857; barrister I.T. 1 May 1865; resumed 1852 old family name of Calverley which his grandfather had changed to Blayds 1807; author of Verses and translations 1862; Translations into English and Latin 1866; Theocritus translated into English verse 1869; Fly leaves 1872. d. 17 Devonshire terrace, Hyde park, London 17 Feb. 1884. C. S. Calverley’s Literary remains 1885, portrait; Fortnightly Review xxxv, 736–53 (1884); J. Payn’s Some literary recollections (1884) 180–3; Temple Bar, Jany. 1887.
CALVERT, Caroline Louisa Waring (youngest dau. of James Atkinson, principal clerk in Colonial secretary’s office, Sydney N.S.W.) b. Oldbury, Argyle county N.S.W. 25 Feb. 1834; author of Gertrude the emigrant, a tale of colonial life by an Australian lady 1857; Cowanda the veteran’s grant 1859; wrote many articles in Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney Mail and Town and country journal; collected many specimens of plants, the genus Atkinsonia was named after her also the species Epacris Calvertiana. (m. 1870 James Snowden Calvert 1825–74). d. Sutton Forest N.S.W. 28 April 1872. G. B. Barton’s Literature of N.S.W. (1866) 111–2.
CALVERT, Charles (eld. son of Charles Calvert of Glossop hall, Derbyshire, agent for Duke of Norfolk 1754–97). b. Glossop hall 23 Sep. 1785; cotton merchant in Manchester, landscape painter there; a founder of Manchester Royal Institution 1823, Heywood gold and silver medallist. d. Bowness, Westmoreland 26 Feb. 1852. Art Journal (1852) 150.
CALVERT, Charles Alexander. b. London 28 Feb. 1828; ed. at King’s college school; articled to a solicitor; acted in the provinces 1852–5; first appeared in London at Surrey theatre, Sep. 1855 as Leonardo Gonzago in The Wife; stage manager and principal actor at T.R. Manchester 1859; manager of Prince’s theatre, Manchester 1864 to Jany. 1875; produced a series of Shakespearian revivals which eclipsed all previous representations on provincial stage 1864–74; went to New York, Jany. 1875 when he reproduced play of Henry the fifth at Booth’s theatre; returned to England 1876; produced Henry viii at T.R. Manchester 1877; head of a travelling company. d. at private asylum, Sussex house, Hammersmith 12 June 1879. bur. Brooklands cemetery near Sale, Cheshire 18 June. Illust. sporting and dr. news v, 609, 614 (1876), portrait, xi, 351, 353 (1879), portrait.
CALVERT, Edward (son of Roland Calvert of Appledore, Devon who d. 1811 or 1812). b. Appledore 20 Sep. 1799; midshipman R.N.; landscape painter in London 1825; exhibited 5 pictures at the R.A. 1825–36; produced many woodcuts and plates, privately printed by himself at Brixton and Paddington. d. Hackney 14 July 1883. Athenæum ii, 218, 250 (1883); Gilchrist’s Life of W. Blake (1880) i, 343, 407.
CALVERT, Edwin. A dwarf 36 inches in height (3 inches less than Tom Thumb), weighing only 24½ pounds; clever violinist and dancer, and mimic of birds and animals. d. Skipton, Yorkshire July or Aug. 1859 aged 17.