AUSTEN, Sir Francis William (4 son of Rev. George Austen R. of Steventon, Hants). b. Steventon 23 April 1774; captain R.N. 13 May 1800; served in action off St. Domingo 1805, for which he received thanks of houses of parliament; colonel R.M. 27 May 1825; commander in chief on north American and West Indian station 27 Dec. 1844 to 12 Jany. 1848; admiral 1 Aug. 1848; R.A. of United Kingdom 5 June 1862; V.A. of U.K. 11 Dec. 1862; admiral of the fleet 27 April 1863 to death; C.B. 4 June 1815, K.C.B. 28 Feb. 1837, G.C.B. 18 May 1860. d. Portsdown lodge, Portsmouth 10 Aug. 1865.
AUSTEN, Sir Henry Edmund (only son of Robert Austen of Shalford, Surrey who d. 3 Nov. 1797). b. Shalford 20 May 1785; ed. at Harrow and Oriel coll. Ox., M.A. 1807; sheriff of Surrey 1810; a gentleman of the Privy Chamber 26 Jany. 1832 to death; knighted by the king at St. James’s Palace 22 Feb. 1832. d. 2 Suffolk place Cheltenham 1 Dec. 1871.
AUSTEN, Rev. John Thomas. Ed. at St. John’s coll. Cam.; senior Wr. and senior Smith’s prizeman 1817; B.A. 1817, M.A. 1820, B.D. 1827; fellow of his college 1817; V. of Aldworth, Berks 1832–48; R. of West Wickham, Kent 1848 to death; hon. canon of Canterbury cathedral 1873. d. West Wickham rectory 10 June 1876 aged 82.
AUSTEN, Rev. Robert (only son of Venerable Robert Austen 1723–92, archdeacon of Cork). Treasurer of Cloyne 24 July 1810 to 10 June 1833 when he resigned. d. Southsea, Hants 4 Nov. 1854 in 83 year.
AUSTEN, Thomas. Lieut. col. of 60 regiment of foot 20 June 1805 to 1817; M.P. for West Kent 1845–47. d. Kippington, Sevenoaks 23 July 1859 aged 84.
AUSTIN, Alfred. b. 1805; assistant poor law comr. 1843–1854; sec. to Office of Works 1854–1868; C.B. 11 Oct. 1869. d. 67 Queen’s gardens, Bayswater 19 May 1884 in 79 year.
AUSTIN, Charles (2 son of Jonathan Austin of Creeting Mill, Suffolk, government contractor). b. 26 March 1799; ed. at Bury St. Edmund’s gr. sch. and Jesus coll. Cam., B.A. 1824, M.A. 1827; pupil of Sir Wm. Follett; barrister M.T. 25 May 1827; bencher 1841; Q.C. 1841; practised chiefly before committees of Houses of Parliament where he was the leading counsel; retired with a large fortune 1848; high steward of Ipswich; chairman of quarter sessions for East Suffolk. (m. 10 June 1856 Harriet Jane elder dau. of Ralph Mitford Preston Ingilby). d. Brandeston hall, Wickham Market 21 Dec. 1874. Personalty sworn under £140,000 19 Feb. 1875. J. S. Mill’s Autobiography (1873) 76–79; Fortnightly Review xxiii, 321–38 (1875); Public men of Ipswich (1875) 90–96.
AUSTIN, Sir Horatio Thomas. Entered navy 8 April 1813; took part in Parry’s second Arctic expedition 1824–1825; commanded Salamander one of first steamers in the navy 1832–34; captain 28 June 1838; served in the Syrian war 1839–1843; commanded a squadron in search of Sir John Franklin 1850–1851; superintendent of Deptford dockyard 18 Oct. 1854 to 28 Nov. 1857; admiral superintendent of Malta dockyard 6 April 1863 to 26 Nov. 1864; V.A. 20 Oct. 1864; C.B. 18 Dec. 1840, K.C.B. 28 March 1865. (m. 8 Nov. 1831 Anne Eliza only dau. of Thomas Hawkins of Pennance, Creed, Cornwall and widow of Rev. J. Rawlinson, she d. 7 July 1876). d. Leinster gardens, London 16 Nov. 1865 in 65 year. O’Byrne’s Naval biography (1861) 30.
Note.—Austin channel between Byam Martin and Bathurst Isles and Cape Austin on the west coast of Cornwallis Isle are named after him.
AUSTIN, John (eld son of Jonathan Austin of Creeting Mill, Suffolk). b. 3 March 1790; in the army 1806–11 when he sold out; served in Sicily; barrister I.T. 5 June 1818; gave up practice 1825; professor of jurisprudence in Univ. of London 1826, lectured there 1828 to June 1832; member of Criminal law commission 1833; delivered a course of lectures on jurisprudence at Inner Temple 1834; went to Malta as Royal Comr. to inquire into grievances of which the natives complained 1836; lived in Paris 1844–48 and at Weybridge, Surrey 1849 to death; corresponding member of moral and political class of French Institute; author of The province of jurisprudence determined 1832, 2 ed. 1861; A plea for the Constitution 1859. (m. 1820 Sarah Taylor.) d. Weybridge 17 Dec. 1859. Dict. of national biography ii, 265–68 (1885).