ARDEN, Henry Thomas, the assumed name of Henry Thomas Arnold; author of Princess Charming, The belle of the Barley-mow, The armourer’s daughter, The right-fall heir and many other burlesques and extravaganzas. d. 25 Nov. 1876 aged 36.
ARDEN, Joseph (eld. son of Joseph Arden of Islington). b. 10 May 1799; ed. at Merchant Taylors; barrister G.I. 18 Nov. 1840, bencher 1 March 1875; principal of Cliffords Inn 5 Feb. 1855 to death; F.S.A. 10 June 1847; author of The orations of Hyperides for Lycophron and Euxenippus now first printed in facsimile with a short account of the discovery of the original manuscript at Western Thebes in Upper Egypt in 1847. Cambridge 1853. d. 1 Cliffords Inn 30 Jany. 1879.
ARGUIMBAU, Lawrence. Captain 1 foot 1809–16 when placed on h.p.; Col. 80 foot 30 April 1853 to death; L.G. 20 June 1854; C.B. 22 June 1815. d. Mahon, Minorca 18 Aug. 1854.
ARKWRIGHT, George. b. 20 Aug. 1807; barrister L.I. 22 Nov. 1833; M.P. for Leominster 1842 to death. d. 2D The Albany Piccadilly, London 5 Feb. 1856.
ARKWRIGHT, Henry. b. 16 Dec. 1837; captain 84 foot 18 April 1865 to death; killed by fall of an avalanche when ascending Mont Blanc 13 Oct. 1866.
ARKWRIGHT, Rev. Joseph. b. 9 Aug. 1791; ed. at Eton and Trin. coll. Cam., B.A. 1812; master of Essex foxhounds 1861 to death; built new kennels at Harlow; a celebrated horseman; one of largest farmers in Essex. d. 29 Feb. 1864. Personalty sworn under £400,000 April 1864.
ARKWRIGHT, Peter. b. 17 April 1784; sheriff of Derbyshire 1855. d. Willersley, Derbyshire 19 Sep. 1866. Personalty sworn under £800,000 Nov. 1866.
ARMENI, Sir Peter Braila. Greek envoy extraord. and min. plenipo. in London 24 April 1882 to death; G.C.M.G. 1882. d. 18 Queen’s gate terrace, South Kensington 15 Sep. 1884.
ARMISTEAD, Wilson. Author of A tribute for the Negro 1848; Select Miscellanies, 2 vols. 1851; The Anti-slavery pilot, 22 numbers 1855; Tales and legends of the English lakes and mountains, by Lorenzo Tuvar 1855. d. Virginia house, Leeds 18 Feb. 1868 aged 49. Joseph Smith’s Friends books i, 124–31 (1867); Annual Monitor for 1869 pp. 2–8.
ARMITAGE, Sir Elkanah (3 son of Elkanah Armitage of Newton, Lancs.) b. Failsworth Sep. 1794; a handloom weaver; founded firm of Armitage and Co. of London and Manchester, cotton spinners 1827, retired 1873; member of the first town council Manchester 1838; alderman 1841–65; mayor 1846–48; knighted by the Queen at Buckingham Palace 31 Jany. 1849 for his services during Chartist riots 1848; contested Salford March 1857; sheriff of county palatine of Lancaster 1866. d. Hope hall, Pendleton near Manchester 26 Nov. 1876. Graphic xiv, 592, 595 (1876), portrait.