IRONSIDE, Adelaide Eliza (dau. of James Ironside, accountant, d. Sydney 20 July 1866 aged 63). b. Sydney 17 Nov. 1831; studied in Rome 1856–7; painted ‘The marriage in Cana of Galilee’ and ‘The pilgrim of art’ shown at Great exhibition, London 1862; also painted ‘The presentation of the Magi to the infant Jesus,’ which with 2 other subjects was sent to Australia; sent fugitive poems signed A. E. I. to the colonial press. d. Rome 15 April 1867. Heaton’s Australian Dict. of Dates (1879) 100.
IRTON, Samuel (eld. son of Edmund Lamplugh Irton of Irton hall, Ravenglass, Cumberland, d. 1820). b. Irton hall 29 Sep. 1796; ed. at Shrewsbury and St. John’s coll. Cam.; M.P. western div. of Cumberland 1833–47 and 1852–7. d. 10 July 1866.
IRVINE, Alexander (son of a farmer). b. Daviot, Aberdeenshire 1793; ed. at Marischal coll. Aberdeen; schoolmaster at Albury, Surrey, in London, at Bristol and at Guildford; kept a school at Chelsea from 1851; connected with Irvingite ch. White Notley, Essex; a botanist in the neighbourhood of London; edited The Phytologist 6 vols. 1855–63; F.B.S.; author of The London Flora 1838, new ed. 1846; Illustrated handbook of British plants 1858; Botanists’ Chronicle 17 numbers 1865; Introduction to the science of botany 1858. d. Upper Manor st. Chelsea 13 May 1873. Journal of Botany (1873) p. 222; Gardeners’ Chronicle (1873) 1017.
IRVINE, Alexander Forbes (eld. son of Alexander Forbes Irvine 1777–1861). b. 18 Feb. 1818; ed. at univs. of Aberdeen and Edinburgh; called to Scotch bar 1843; clerk to the justiciary court; convener of the county of Aberdeen 1862; sheriff of Argyll 1874–91; F.R.S.E. 1874, a vice pres. 1884–5. d. Drum castle, Aberdeenshire 4 April 1892.
IRVINE, Hans. Educ. at Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1826, M.A. and M.B. 1833; F.R.C.S. Ireland 1837, president; lecturer on anatomy and surgery, medical school, Marlborough st.; hon. sec. royal zoological soc. of Dublin. d. University club, Dublin 1 March 1882.
IRVINE, James (eld. son of John Irvine of Meadowburn, Menmuir, Forfarshire). b. 1833; studied at Edinb. acad.; portrait painter at Arbroath and then at Montrose, one of best portrait painters in Scotland, also a landscape painter. d. Brunswick cottage, Hillside, Montrose 17 March 1889. Dundee Advertiser 18 March 1889.
IRVINE, James Pearson (3 son of Dr. James Pearson Irvine). b. Galgate, Lancaster, March 1842; ed. at Univ. coll. London; B.A. London 1862, B. Sc. 1864, M.B. 1870, M.D. 1871; L.R.C.P. Edin. 1864; M.R.C.P. Lond. 1874, F.R.C.P. 1879; in practice at Liverpool 1864–74 and in London 1874 to death; assist. physician Charing Cross hospital 1874 and lecturer on botany, lecturer on forensic medicine, demonstrator of morbid anatomy and subdean of the medical school; a frequent contributor to medical journals; author of Tales of a father 1860; Relapse of typhoid fever especially with reference to the temperature 1880. d. 3 Mansfield st. Portland place, London 15 Oct. 1880. Medical Times, ii 606 (1880); Proc. of Med. and Chir. soc. ix 48 (1882).
IRVING, Christopher. b. Dalton, Dumfriesshire; schoolmaster; LL.D.; author of A catechism of astronomy, 6 ed. 1819; A catechism of general geography 1820, 12 ed. 1867; A catechism of Roman history 1821; Elements of permanent and field fortifications 1828; An outline of the kingdom of nature 1841 and upwards of 20 other school books. d. Lea, Gloucestershire 27 Feb. 1856.
IRVING, David (4 son of Janetus Irving d. April 1815). b. Langholm, Dumfriesshire 5 Dec. 1778; ed. at univ. of Edin., M.A. 1801; LL.D. of univ. of Aberdeen 1813; D.C.L. of Göttingen 1837; principal librarian of Faculty of Advocates, Edin. June 1820, resigned Dec. 1848; author of The elements of English composition 1801, 11 ed. 1841; The lives of the Scottish poets 2 vols. 1804, 2 ed. 1810; Memoirs of the life and writings of George Buchanan 1807, 2 ed. 1817; Observations on the study of civil law 1815, several editions; The history of Scottish poetry 1861; edited works for the Bannatyne and the Maitland clubs 1821–32; contributed to seventh ed. of Encyclopædia Britannica 27 biographical memoirs and some articles on law; left 7000 vols. of books. d. 6 Meadow place, Edinb. 10 May 1860. D. Irving’s Scottish poetry (1861), with Memoir by D. Laing pp. xi–xxiv; Gent. Mag. viii 645, ix 320–1 (1860).
IRVING, George. b. 1774; second lieut. royal Irish artillery 16 Dec. 1793, captain 1 July 1794 to 1 April 1801 when he retired on full pay, the corps being amalgamated with the R.A.; general 16 Dec. 1856. d. Balmae, Kirkcudbrightshire 22 Nov. 1864.