GARDINER, William. b. Dundee 1809; in shop of George Robertson, hosier, Dundee 1824–44; collected and sold many thousands of botanical specimens; sold many vols. of dried plants illustrative of the British Flora; A.L.S.; author of Botanical rambles in Braemar, Dundee 1845; Twenty lessons on British mosses, 4 ed. Dundee 1849, 2nd series 1849; The Flora of Forfarshire 1848. d. Dundee 21 June 1852. W. Norrie’s Dundee Celebrities (1873) 139–144.
GARDINER, William (only son of Thomas Gardiner of Leicester, stocking manufacturer, who d. aged 93). b. Leicester 15 March 1770; assistant to Coltman of Leicester, hosiery warehouseman; member of Acad. of St. Cecilia at Rome; published Sacred Melodies 6 vols. 1812; The Music of Nature 1832; Music and Friends 3 vols. 1838–53; Sights in Italy 1847. d. Leicester 16 Nov. 1853. G.M. xli, 92–95 (1854); W. Gardiner’s Poems with life, by his daughter 1854; Notes and Queries 5 s. x, 169–71 (1878).
GARDNER, Alexander. b. Paisley; printer, bookseller and publisher there 1829 to death; wrote religious books; author of On lots, By G. A. Paisley 1851. d. Greenhill cottage, Paisley 25 Aug. 1875 aged 76.
GARDNER, Henry. Left by his will dated 24 July 1876 sum of £300,000 for benefit of the blind in England and Wales. d. 1 Westbourne terrace, Hyde park, London 9 January 1879.
GARDNER, John. One of the best low comedians of his day; acted at City of London theatre 1850. d. 14 Queen st. Hoxton sq. London 5 May 1851 aged 51. The Era 11 May 1851 p. 12.
GARDNER, John. b. Great Coggeshall, Essex 1804; apothecary in London 1829 to death, M.D. Giessen 1847; a founder of Royal college of chemistry 1844, sec. 1844–6; professor of chemistry and materia medica to General Apothecaries’ Co.; introduced into England podophyllin and many other American drugs; L.R.C.P. Edin. 1860; translated and edited Liebig’s Familiar Letters on Chemistry 1843, 2nd series 1844; author of Household Medicine 9 ed. 1878; Longevity 5 ed. 1878; Hymns for the sick and convalescent 2 ed. 1879. d. 29 Lansdowne crescent, Notting hill, London 14 Nov. 1880.
GARDNER, Martha. b. 1776. d. 85 Grove st. Liverpool 10 March 1881 aged 104 years and 5 months. Notes and Queries 6 s. iii, 486 (1881).
GARDNER, Richard. b. Manchester 1813; ed. at Manchester sch., Charterhouse and Wadham coll. Ox., B.A. 1838; M.P. for Leicester 30 July 1847 but election declared void; M.P. for Leicester 9 July 1852 to death; author of some political pamphlets. d. 100 Eaton square, London 4 June 1856 aged 43.
GARDNER, William. b. Ohio 1844; perfected the machine gun called after him 1876 which was introduced in the British service 1881; patented various improvements in fire-arms 1882–4; perfected an improved quick-firing cannon 1886. d. Henley lodge, St. Leonards-on-Sea 20 Jany. 1887.
GARDNER, William Henry (3 son of 1 Baron Gardiner 1742–1802). b. 6 Oct. 1774; 2 lieut. R.A. 18 Sep. 1793; col. commandant 1 April 1846 to death; general 20 June 1854. d. Bishopsteignton, Devon 15 Dec. 1856.