Note.—He is described under name of Cyril Gordon in Haskett Smith’s novel For God and humanity, a romance of Mount Carmel, 3 vols. 1891, the dedication is inscribed ‘To the memory of my beloved friend Laurence Oliphant.’
OLIPHANT, Thomas (son of Ebenezer Oliphant of Condie, Strathearn, Perthshire). b. Condie 25 Dec. 1799; educ. Winchester; member of the stock exchange, London a short time; member of the Madrigal society 1830, adapted for the use of its members English words to Italian madrigals, honorary secretary of the society many years, president 1871; sang as a bass vocalist in the chorus at the Handel festival, Westminster Abbey 1834; engaged cataloguing the music at British museum some years; wrote English versions of Beethoven’s Fidelio and the Mount of Olives, and the words for many songs; author of Comments of a chorus singer at the royal musical festival in Westminster abbey. By Solomon Sackbut 1834; A brief account of the Madrigal society 1835; A short account of madrigals 1836; La musa madrigalesia 1837; In C. E. Pascoe’s Everyday life in our public schools 1881 he wrote the section Life among the Oppidans, Eton pp. 37–62; edited and arranged Catches and rounds by Old Composers 1835; Ditties of the olden time 1835; Ten favourite madrigals 1836; German songs adapted to English words, two series, Nos. 1 to 40, 1838–49; Six ancient part songs for five voices 1845; Six English songs 1847; Select German and English vocal duets 1849; Phœbe and Corydon by W. Croft 1853; National and popular ballads 1863; his name is attached to upwards of 70 pieces, chiefly of arranged music 1835–73. d. Great Marlborough st. London 9 March 1873, his collection of ancient music sold by Puttick and Simpson April 24–6.
OLIPHANT, William. b. Edinburgh 14 Jany. 1807; bookseller as Wm. Oliphant & co. 7 South Bridge, Edinburgh 1831 to death. d. 21 Buccleuch place, Edinb. 13 Nov. 1860. Bookseller Dec. 1860 p. 908.
OLIVEIRA, Benjamin (3 son of Dominick Oliveira of Madeira, then of London, merchant, naturalised by R.L. 30 Aug. 1811, and d. 1846). b. England 24 June 1806; contested Reading 8 Jany. 1835; M.P. Pontefract 8 July 1852 to 20 March 1857; F.R.S. 4 June 1835; revived the Star club 1830, president 1831 to death, in 1855 sir F. G. Moon the lord mayor conferred on the club a charter constituting it The Star club of London; author of Wine duties reduction, committee proceedings 1861; A few observations on the works of the isthmus of Suez canal 1863; A visit to the Spanish camp in Morocco during the late war 1863. d. 8 Upper Hyde Park st. London 28 Sept. 1865. Memorials of Star club of London (1860) memoir and portrait; G. M. xix 658 (1865); I.L.N. xxii 277, 278 (1853) portrait.
OLIVER, Emma Sophia (dau. of W. Eburne of Rathbone place, London, coachbuilder). b. 15 Aug. 1819; exhibited 34 landscapes at R.A., 19 at B.I. and 35 at Suffolk st. 1842–74; member of New society of painters in water-colours 1849; m. 1840 Wm. Oliver landscape painter 1804–53; m. (2) about 1856 John Sedgwick of Watford, Herts, solicitor, b. 1812, d. 23 Oct. 1882. She d. Brewery house, Great Berkhamstead 15 March 1885. Clayton’s English female artists ii 227–30 (1876).
OLIVER, George. b. Newington, Butts, Surrey 9 Feb. 1781; educ. Sedgley park, Staffs. and Stonyhurst college 11 years; ordained at Durham May 1806; served the mission of the society of Jesus at St. Nicholas, Exeter Oct. 1807 to 6 Oct. 1851, but never became a member of the society; hon. member of Historical society of Boston 30 March 1843; created D.D. by Pope Gregory XVI 15 Sept. 1844; provost of the chapter of Plymouth 1852–7; author of Historic collections relating to the monasteries in Devon 1820; The history of Exeter 1821, 2 ed. 1861; Ecclesiastical antiquities in Devon, 3 vols. 1840–2; Collections towards illustrating the biography of the Scotch, English and Irish members of the society of Jesus 1838, 2 ed. 1845; Merrye Englaunde or the golden daies of goode queene Besse 1841, anon.; Monasticon diœcesis Exoniensis, a collection of records illustrating conventual, collegiate and eleemosynary foundations in the counties of Cornwall and Devon and a supplement 1846, additional supplement 1854; Collections illustrative of the history of the Catholic religion in the counties of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset, Wilts. and Gloucester 1857; Lives of the bishops of Exeter and a history of the cathedral 1861. d. St. Nicholas priory, Exeter 23 March 1861. bur. near the high altar in the chapel 2 April. T. N. Brushfield’s Bibliography of the rev. G. Oliver (1885) portrait; Boase and Courtney’s Bibl. Cornub. i 410 (1874); G.M. x 575–7 (1861).
OLIVER, George (eld. son of Samuel Oliver, R. of Lambley, Notts.). b. Papplewick, Notts. 5 Nov. 1782; educ. Nottingham; second master of gr. sch. at Caistor, Lincs. 1803–9; head master of Great Grimsby gr. sch. 1809; C. of Grimsby 1814–32; V. of Clee, Lincs. 1815–35; V. of Scopwick, Lincs. 12 Oct. 1831 to death; P.C. of St. Peter’s, Wolverhampton 1834–46; created D.D. by archbishop of Canterbury 25 July 1835; R. of South Hyckham, Lincs. 1846 to death; deputy past grand master of masons for Lincolnshire 1832; author of The antiquities of freemasonry 1823 and 1843; The star in the east 1825, new ed. 1842; The monumental antiquities of Great Grimsby, Hull, 1825; The history and antiquities of the Town and minster of Beverley 1829; History of the Holy Trinity guild at Sleaford, Lincoln 1837; Historical landmarks and other evidences of freemasonry, 2 vols. 1845–6; The golden remains of the early masonic writers, 5 vols. 1847–50; The book of the lodge or officer’s manual 1849, 4 ed. 1879. d. Eastgate, Lincoln 3 March 1867, bur. in cemetery attached to St. Swithin’s church 7 March.
OLIVER, John (son of John Oliver, shopkeeper). b. Llanfynydd, Carmarthenshire 7 Nov. 1838; educ. Carmarthen sch. and at Carmarthen presbyterian college to 1859; Congregational minister and an occasional preacher in Welsh and English; author of Welsh poems on David, the prince of the Lord; The beauties of nature; The widow of Nain; The wreck of the Royal Charter and Myfyrdod; author of English poems on Life, and When I die. d. Llanfynydd 24 June 1866. Cerddi Cystudd edited by Henry Oliver (1867) portrait.
OLIVER, John. b. 1804; educ. Queen’s coll. Camb., B.A. 1843, M.A. 1847; V. of Warmington, near Oundle 1844–73; chaplain to King’s college hospital, London 1855–62; warden of the London diocesan penitentiary, Highgate 1862 to death, where he was very successful in the reformation of the poor girls. d. The Penitentiary, Highgate 10 July 1883. Guardian 11 July 1883 p. 1023.
OLIVER, Martha Cranmer (dau. of John Oliver, scene-painter). b. Salisbury 1834; appeared at Salisbury theatre 1840; first appeared in London at Marylebone theatre 1847; played at Lyceum 1849–55; always known as Pattie Oliver; acted Matilda in Married for money at Drury Lane 10 Oct. 1855, and Celia in As you like it 4 Sept. 1856; played in Talfourd’s burlesque of Atalanta at Haymarket 14 April 1857; leading actress at Strand theatre 1858–61, where she played Amy Robsart in Ye queen, ye earl and ye maiden 29 Dec. 1858, Pauline in Byron’s burlesque The lady of Lyons 14 June 1859, Lisetta in Talfourd’s burlesque Tell and the strike of the cantons 26 Dec. 1859, and the Prince in Byron’s burlesque Cinderella 26 Dec. 1860; the original Mary Meredith in Our American cousin at Haymarket 16 Nov. 1861; played Beautiful Haidee in Byron’s burlesque of that name at Princess’s 10 April 1863; lessee and manager of New Royalty theatre March 1866 to 30 April 1870; played Meg in H. T. Craven’s Meg’s Diversion 17 Oct. 1866; produced F. C. Burnand’s burlesque The latest edition of Black-eyed Susan, in which she played Susan 29 Nov. 1866, which ran 420 nights and was revived 3 March 1870; produced A. Halliday’s drama Daddy Gray 1 Feb. 1868, and his drama The loving cup 26 Nov. 1868; m. 26 Dec. 1876 Wm. Charles Phillips of Bond st. London, auctioneer; she d. 5 Grove end road, St. John’s Wood, London 20 Dec. 1880. The Players i 97–8 (1860) portrait.