ELSLEY, Charles Heneage (2 son of Rev. Heneage Elsley 1746–1833). b. 14 Aug. 1792; ed. at St. Peter’s coll. Cam., B.A. 1813, M.A. 1816; barrister M.T. 29 Jany. 1819; a comr. of bankrupts for Whitby, Scarborough and Northallerton; clerk of the peace for west riding of Yorkshire 1827 to death; recorder of Richmond, Yorkshire 1827 to death, of York 1834 to death, of Scarborough 1836 to death; judge of county courts March 1847–1854 when he resigned; author of Reports of Cases by Sir W. Blackstone, revised 1828; Essay on the relation between the English and French languages 1858. d. York 3 Aug. 1865.
ELT, Charles Henry. b. about 1805; a chartist; chairman of building act committee; member of Metropolitan Board of Works 1866 to death. d. 41 Gibson sq. Islington 20 May 1882.
ELTON, Sir Arthur Hallam, 7 Baronet (3 son of the succeeding). b. Belle Vue place, Clifton 19 April 1818; lieut. 14 foot 1840–41 when he sold out; sheriff of Somerset 1857; M.P. for Bath 28 March 1857 to 23 April 1859; author of Poems of past years 1856; Below the surface 3 vols. 1857; Herbert Chauncey, a novel 3 vols. 1860. d. Clevedon court near Bristol 14 Oct. 1883. I.L.N. xxx, 478 (1857), portrait.
ELTON, Sir Charles Abraham, 6 Baronet (eld. son of Rev. Sir Abraham Elton, 5 baronet 1755–1842). b. Bristol 31 Oct. 1778; ed. at Eton; ensign 4 foot Nov. 1796, captain 1799–1802 when placed on h.p.; captain 48 foot 1803–4; retired July 1825; lieut.-col. 2 Somerset militia; author of Poems 1804; Tales of romance with other poems 1810; The remains of Hesiod translated into English verse 1815; Specimen of the classic poets in a chronological series from Homer to Tryphiodorus translated into English verse 3 vols. 1814; A History of the Roman emperors 1825. d. at house of his son-in-law Rev. E. D. Tinling at Bath 1 June 1853.
ELTON, James Frederic (2 son of Roberts W. Elton, lieut. col. Bengal army). b. 3 Aug. 1840; entered Bengal army 1857; aide-de-camp to Sir Hugh Rose, commander in chief; captain 98 foot; served on staff of French army in Mexico 1866; vice consul at Zanzibar 15 Dec. 1874; consul for Portuguese possessions on east coast of Africa 8 March 1875 to death; F.R.G.S.; author of With the French in Mexico 1867. d. near Usekhe in Ugogo on an exploring expedition to Lake Nyassa 19 Dec. 1877. J. F. Elton’s Travels and researches among the lakes and mountains of Eastern and Central Africa 1879, portrait.
ELVEY, Stephen (eld. son of John Elvey of Canterbury). b. Canterbury, June 1805; lay clerk at Canterbury cathedral; Mus. Bac. Ox. 1831, Mus. Doc. 1838; organist of New coll. Ox. 1830 to death; organist of St. John’s coll. Ox. 1856 to death; deputy professor of music at Ox. to 1847; choragus in Univ. of Ox. 1848 to death; published The Oxford Psalm Book 1852; The Psalter printed for chanting upon a new principle 1856; The Canticles 1858. d. Oxford 6 Oct. 1860.
ELY, John Henry Loftus, 3 Marquis of (eld. son of 2 Marquis of Ely 1770–1845). b. Hill st. Berkeley sq. London 19 Jany. 1814; contested Gloucester 29 July 1841; M.P. for Woodstock 1 May 1845 to 26 Sep. 1845 when he succeeded. d. 63 Eaton place, London 15 July 1857.
EMDEN, William Samuel. Prompter at Covent Garden theatre under Madame Vestris 1839, subsequently acting manager; partner with F. Robson at Olympic theatre 1857–64; acting manager of St. James’s theatre; treasurer of Covent Garden theatrical fund 1869 to death; wrote The evil May Day, The head of the family, Lives labyrinth and The rear admiral, printed in Duncombe and Lacy’s plays. d. 18 Upper park road, Haverstock hill, London 4 Jany. 1872 aged 71.
EMERY, Samuel Anderson (son of John Emery, actor 1777–1822). b. Hyde st. Bloomsbury, London 10 Sep. 1817; first appeared on the stage at Fitzroy theatre, May 1834 as Dan in John Bull; played at Lyceum 1843 and 1844–47; stage manager at Surrey theatre 1848–9; played at Drury Lane 1850; the original Fouché in Tom Taylor’s Plot and Passion at Olympic 17 Oct. 1853; manager of Marylebone theatre 1857–58; first appeared in America 30 March 1863, at Barnum’s Old Museum, New York; returned to England, Sep. 1863; played at nearly all the west end theatres; played in Australia 1880–81. d. 3 King William st. Strand, London 19 July 1881. Tallis’s Drawing room table book (1851) 45–6, portrait; Theatre n.s. iii, 70–2 (1884); Theatrical Times ii, 57 (1847), portrait; Touchstone 13 July 1878 p. 3, portrait; Illust. sp. and dr. news, xv, 464 (1881), portrait.
EMMETT, Anthony. Educ. at Woolwich; 2 lieut. R.E. 16 Feb. 1808, col. 11 Nov. 1851 to 21 May 1855 when placed on retired full pay as M.G.; served in Peninsula 1809–12; held various commands at St. Helena 1815–21, at Bermuda and in the Mediterranean. d. Brighton 27 March 1872.