PAPAFFY, Nicholas. b. Hungary; alchemist; professed to have an invention by which he could convert base metals into silver; with bismuth, aluminium and other ingredients, a crucible and a furnace he manipulated, in the presence of Barnet, Cox, Cole, and co., and produced 10 pounds of silver; a company was formed to work the patent, with offices at 104 Leadenhall st. London, the inventor to receive £12 a week; having drawn £600 in advance and raised £10,000 on bills in the name of the company, he decamped 1860 and was not heard of afterwards. Bell and Redwood’s Progress of pharmacy (1880) 297.
PAPE, C. First clarionet in Crystal palace band 1855 to death. d. 11 St. Hugh road, Anerley, Surrey 7 Sept. 1874.
PAPINEAU, Louis Joseph (son of Joseph Papineau, notary 1752–1841). b. Montreal 7 Oct. 1786; educ. Quebec seminary; member for Kent of legislative assembly of Lower Canada 1809, member for West ward of city of Montreal 1811; called to the bar 1811; served in the militia in the American war 1812; speaker of the legislative assembly of Lower Canada 1815–37; denounced the government in violent speeches 1837; attended the meeting held at St. Charles 23 Oct. 1837, when armed rebellion was decided on; fled to the U.S. of America 1837; resided in Paris 1839–47; member of the Lower house of Canadian legislature 1847–54, was paid £4,500 arrears of salary as speaker. d. Montebello, Quebec 28 Sept. 1871. L. O. David’s Ls.-Jos. Papineau (1872) portrait; H. J. Morgan’s Sketches of Canadians (1862) 327–30; C. Lindsey’s Life of W. L. Mackenzie i 352 etc., ii 13 etc. (1862); S. Walpole’s History of England iii 413–35 (1880); Appleton’s American biography iv 642 (1888) portrait.
PAPWORTH, Edgar George (only son of Thomas Papworth of London, builder 1773–1814). b. 20 or 21 Aug. 1809; pupil of E. H. Baily, R.A.; student at the R.A. 15 Dec. 1826, silver medallist 1829 and 1831, and gold medallist 1833, travelling student 1834; exhibited a panorama of Rome at a gallery in Great Portland st. about 1844; published Original sculptural designs executed in Rome 1834–6, London 1840; exhibited 62 busts and statuettes at R.A., 1 at B.I., and 25 at Suffolk st. 1832–60; his best known works are Adam and Eve, The woman of Samaria, and The Moabitish maiden; executed Bunyan’s memorial tomb in Bunhill Fields; gained the third prize of £300 in the competition for the Wellington monument for St. Paul’s cathedral 1857. d. 90 Milton st. Dorset sq. London 26 Sept. 1866. bur. Highgate cemet.
PAPWORTH, George (3 son of John Papworth of London, builder 1750–99). b. 9 May 1781; exhibited 4 drawings at R.A. 1796–1803; an architect in Dublin 1812 to death; constructed the King’s bridge, Dublin 1822–7; designed two Roman Catholic churches in Dublin; built the Kilkenny lunatic asylum 1849, and the museum of Irish industry, Stephen’s Green, Dublin 1851; architect to the ecclesiastical comrs. for province of Connaught 1837–42; architect to Dublin and Drogheda railway and to the Royal bank, Dublin; member of royal Hibernian academy 1831, treasurer 1849; introduced into Ireland external decoration in architectural design especially in private houses. d. Dublin 14 March 1855.
PAPWORTH, John Woody (elder son of John Papworth, architect 1775–1847). b. 4 March 1820; secretary to the council of the government school of design, Somerset House, opened 1 June 1837; associate of Institute of British architects 1841, a fellow 1846; made designs for glass, pottery, terra cotta, paper hangings and other art manufactures; designed the carpet presented by 150 ladies to the queen, exhibited at great exhibition of 1851; designed the Albert Institution, Gravel Lane; exhibited 11 drawings at R.A. 1837–51; author of An alphabetical dictionary of coats of arms belonging to families in Great Britain and Ireland upon a new plan 1874; author with his brother, Wyatt A. Papworth, of Specimens of decoration in the Italian style, selected from the designs of Raffaello in the Vatican 1844; Museums, libraries, and picture galleries, their establishment, formation, arrangement, and architectural construction 1853; contributed papers to the Architectural Publication society. d. 13 Hart st. Bloomsbury sq. London 6 July 1870. bur. Highgate cemetery. Dict. of architecture vi p. 39 (1881); Builder 16 July 1870 pp. 559–60.
PAPWORTH, Thomas. Wrote poetry; author of Letter of recommendation, a romance of the Levant by Frank P. Worth, 2 vols. 1870. d. Smyrna Feb. 1871.
PAPWORTH, Wyatt Angelicus Van Sandau (brother of John Woody Papworth). b. London 23 Jany. 1822; employed by the comrs. of sewers for Westminster; assistant surveyor to the Alliance assurance company June 1866, sole surveyor, retired on a pension 1887, designed and erected a branch office at Ipswich; member of the clothworker’s company, junior and senior warden 1879–81, master 1889; founded the Architectural publication society for the production of detached essays and illustrations 1848; edited and compiled Dictionary of explanation and reference, brought out in parts May 1853 to April 1892, making 11 vols. at cost of nearly £10,000; F.R.I.B.A. 1860, member of council many years; curator of sir John Soane’s museum 13 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London Jany. 1893 to death, rewrote catalogue of the museum and brought out a new edition of the General description; edited Gwilt’s Encyclopædia of architecture, 2 ed. 1867, 3 ed. 1876 and 4 ed. 1889; author with his brother, J. W. Papworth, of Specimens of decoration in the Italian style 1844, and of Museums, libraries, and picture galleries 1853; author alone of J. B. Papworth, a brief record of his life and works 1879; Memoir of A. W. W. Morant 1881; The renaissance and Italian style of architecture in Great Britain 1883. d. the Soane museum, London 19 Aug. 1894. bur. Highgate cemet. 24 Aug.
PARADISE, John. b. 1812; editor of Lincoln Rutland and Stamford Mercury. d. 24 St. Mary st. Stamford 29 Jany. 1887.
PARDEY, John Quin. b. 17 Feb. 1796; ensign 66 foot 18 July 1811; ensign royal staff corps 22 Oct. 1811, lieut. 17 Dec. 1812; in Spain 1813 in connection with quartermaster general’s department, engaged in constructing the rope bridge at Alcantara; present at Vittoria, San Sebastian and Toulouse 1813–4; aided in restoring French bridges 1814; war medal and clasp; received Decoration du Lis 1819; captain 53 foot 9 July 1830; paymaster 12 Feb. 1836, placed on h.p. 1 May 1844; served at Gibraltar, Malta, and Ionian islands; adjutant of auxiliary forces 29 Jany. 1846 to 6 Aug. 1858. d. 12 Sion hill, Bath 17 March 1887.