MARTIN, Sir James Ranald (son of rev. Donald Martin of Kilmuir, Isle of Skye). b. Kilmuir 1793; studied at St. George’s hospital, London 1813–7; M.R.C.S. 1817, F.R.C.S. 1843; surgeon Bengal army 1817; surgeon to governor-general’s body-guard 1821; served in first Burmese war; practised at Calcutta from 1826, presidency surgeon 1830, retired 20 May 1840; practised in Grosvenor st. London 1840; physician to council of India 1859 to death; inspector general of army hospitals; F.R.S. 1845; C.B. 25 April 1860; knighted at St. James’s palace 20 June 1860; author of Notes on the medical topography of Calcutta. Calcutta 1837, A brief topographical and historical notice of Calcutta. Privately printed 1847; author with James Johnson of The influence of tropical climates on European constitutions 1841, 8 ed. 1861. d. 37 Upper Brook st. London 27 Nov. 1874. Medical Circular, iv 101–105 (1854), portrait; Barker’s Photographs of medical men (1865), portrait; Medical times, ii 647–8 (1874); I.L.N. lxv 547, 551, 552 (1874), portrait; Graphic, x 586, 600 (1874), portrait.
MARTIN, John (son of Fenwick Martin, fencing master). b. Haydon Bridge near Hexham, Northumberland 19 July 1789; a painter on china and glass in London 1806; historical and landscape painter; exhibited pictures at the R.A. from 1812; historical painter to Princess Charlotte and Prince Leopold 1817; his finest work Belshazzar’s Feast obtained premium of £200 at British Institution 1821, the picture was repeated on glass and exhibited as a transparency in the Strand; an original member of Soc. of British Artists 1824; exhibited The fall of Nineveh at Brussels 1833 which was bought by Belgian government; member of Belgian academy and knight of order of Leopold; many of his works were engraved, some by himself; received sum of £2000 for his illustrations to Milton’s Paradise Lost; his three large pictures of the Apocalypse were exhibited after his death at the Hall of Commerce, 52 Threadneedle st. city of London, and at chief cities in England. d. Douglas, Isle of Man 17 Feb. 1854. Redgrave’s Century of painters, ii 424–37 (1866); W. C. Monkhouse’s Masterpieces of English art (1869) 120–6.
Note.—His eldest daughter Isabella Mary materially assisted her brother-in-law Joseph Bonomi the curator of the Soane museum, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, in his official duties during the later years of his life, she died 23 March 1880.
MARTIN, John (son of John Martin of 112 Mount st. Grosvenor sq. London, d. 1836). b. 16 Sep. 1791; bookseller at 13 Old Compton st. Soho 1811–15, at 23 Holles st. Cavendish sq. 1815–6, at 46 New Bond st. 1816–9; partner with John Rodwell at 46 New Bond st. 1819–26, retired 1826; secretary to the Artists’ Benevolent fund 1833–45; librarian to duke of Bedford at Woburn abbey, Bedfordshire 1836 to death; F.S.A. and F.L.S.; edited Gray’s Bard 1837 and Gray’s Elegy 1839 and 1854; author of Bibliographical catalogue of books privately printed 1834, 2 ed. 1854; History and description of Woburn and its abbey 1845; Enquiry into the authority for a statement in Echard’s History of England regarding William, lord Russel. Privately printed 1852, published 1856. d. Froxfield near Woburn 30 Dec. 1855. bur. in Eversholt churchyard. G.M. xlv 317 (1856).
MARTIN, John. b. 1789; physician in city of London some years; laid down meteorological charts representing the varying aspects of months, seasons and years from daily observation; edited An account of the natives of the Tonga Islands in the South Pacific ocean, with an original grammar and vocabulary of their language. Compiled and arranged from the extensive communications of Mr. William Mariner several years resident in those islands 2 vols. 1817, 2 ed. 1818 reprinted as vol. xiii of Constable’s Miscellany. d. Lisbon 8 July 1869.
MARTIN, John. b. near Kennington church, London 10 July 1796; a baker by trade, always called by the reporters the Master of the Rolls; fought and beat George Oliver 18 July 1813; beat Jack Scroggins £100 a side, 65 rounds in 2 hours at Moulsey Hurst 18 Dec. 1818; beaten by Jack Randall at Crawley Downs 4 May 1819; beaten by Randall again £300 a side at same place 11 Sep. 1821; beaten by Edward Turner 100 guineas a side, 40 rounds in 67 minutes at Wallingham common 26 Oct. 1819; beat Jack Strong otherwise Cabbage 100 guineas a side, 75 rounds in 72 minutes at Farnham Royal, Bucks. 28 March 1820; beat Edward Turner £100 a side, 60 rounds in 78 minutes at Crawley 5 June 1821; beaten by Samuel Evans £100 a side, 16 rounds in 71 minutes at Knowl Hill, Berkshire 4 Nov. 1828; won 9 out of 14 fights; landlord of the Crown at Croydon many years; kept the Horns tavern at Kennington, London; retired first to St. Albans and afterwards to Devonshire; became a total abstainer and vegetarian. d. 1871 or 14 Aug. 1868. H. D. Miles’s Pugilistica, i 395–41 (1880), portrait; The Fancy. By An Operator, i 201–5 (1826), portrait.
MARTIN, John (2 child of Samuel Martin of Longhorne, parish of Donoughmore, co. Down). b. Longhorne 8 Sep. 1812; ed. at Newry and Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1834; a member of the Repeal Association, expelled having joined the secession of the Young Ireland party; contributed to The United Irishman newspaper; issued The Irish Felon, successor to The United Irishman 24 June 1848 to 22 July 1848, surrendered to the police 8 July 1848, tried for treason-felony and sentenced to 10 years transportation 19 Aug. 1848, arrived in Van Diemen’s Land Nov. 1849, granted a conditional pardon 1854, resided in Paris Oct. 1854 to June 1856 when granted an unconditional pardon; returned to Ireland 1858, established with The O’Donoghue the short-lived National League; contested co. Longford, Dec. 1869; joined the Home government association for Ireland, May 1870; M.P. for co. Meath, Jany. 1871 to death; known in Ireland as Honest John Martin; paid secretary to Home Rule league, hon. sec. 1874. d. Dromalane house near Newry 29 March 1875. P. A. Sillard’s Life and letters of John Martin (1893).
MARTIN, John (eld. son of John Martin of Overbury court, Worcs. 1774–1832). b. 2 Feb. 1805; member of firm of Martins & Co. bankers 68 Lombard st. London; M.P. for Tewkesbury 1832–5 and 1837–59; contested Tewkesbury 6 Jany. 1835. d. the Upper hall, Ledbury 7 March 1880.
MARTIN, John (2 son of rev. Samuel Martin, V. of Warsop, Notts.) b. 10 Oct. 1807; ed. at Rugby; solicitor in Lincoln’s Inn, London 1830 to death; founded a national school in Baldwin’s gardens, Holborn; an active member of the Church Association; promoter of great ecclesiastical suit of Martin v. Mackonochie 1867–76, always refused to take any steps to obtain imprisonment of the defendant; chairman of committee of Colonial and Continental church society. d. 9 Montagu place, Russell sq. London 16 May 1885.
MARTIN, John (son of Francis Martin of Davieland, dean of faculty of procurators in Paisley). b. 23 July 1811; a writer to the signet in Edinburgh 6 March 1834; principal clerk of session 1880 to death. d. 19 Chester st. Edinburgh 26 March 1893.