PAYNE, Charles. b. 1815; in service of Mr. Errington 1830–5; whipper-in of the Bedfordshire pack 1835–45; first whipper-in and kennel huntsman of the Pytchley 1845, and huntsman 1849–65; huntsman of Wynnstay hunt 1865–83. d. 30 Dec. 1893. bur. Overton, Flintshire 4 Jany. 1894. Sporting Review xliv 14 (1860); Baily’s Mag. Feb. 1894 pp. 135–6.
PAYNE, Frederick (younger son of W. H. S. Payne 1804–78). b. Jany. 1841; first appeared in pantomime of the Forty thieves at Sadler’s Wells Dec. 1854; played harlequin at Covent Garden theatre about 1863–73; played harlequin also in the opening of E. L. Blanchard’s pantomime Cinderella at Crystal palace 22 Dec. 1874; his mind became affected while playing in pantomine The yellow dwarf at Alexandra palace Jany. or Feb. 1877. d. 3 Alexandra road, Finsbury park, London 27 Feb. 1880. bur. Highgate cemet. 2 March. Era 29 Feb. 1880 p. 6.
PAYNE, Gallway Byng. Second lieut. R.M. 17 May 1831, lieut. col. 11 Aug. 1858, col. 22 May 1862; col. commandant 5 Nov. 1864 to 12 June 1865, when he retired on full pay as major general. d. Torquay 19 May 1870.
PAYNE, George (only son of George Payne of Sulby hall, Northamptonshire, who was shot in a duel 6 Sept. 1810). b. 3 April 1803; educ. Eton 1816–22; matric. from Ch. Ch. Oxf. 12 April 1823; came into £17,000 a year and a sum of about £300,000 in 1824, spent this and two other large fortunes in a few years; sheriff of Northamptonshire 1826; master of the Pytchley hounds 1835–8 and 1844–8; owner of racehorses 1824 to death; his first partner on the turf was Edward Bouverie, whose colours were all black, Payne’s were all white, they amalgamated them and originated the famous magpie jacket; partner afterwards with Charles C. F. Greville; lost £33,000 when Jerry won the St. Leger 1824; won the One thousand guineas with Clementine 1847, and the Cesarewitch with Glauca; a witness against baron de Ros in the card cheating case 10 Feb. 1837. d. 10 Queen st. Mayfair, London 2 Sept. 1878. bur. Kensal Green cemet. 6 Sept. Nethercote’s Pytchley Hunt (1888) 4, 99, 117–48 portrait; Rice’s British turf ii 296–388 (1879) portrait; Famous racing men. By Thormanby (1882) 113–20 portrait; Baily’s Mag. i 183–6 (1860) portrait, xli 148–53 (1883); Westminster Papers x 139 (1878) portrait; Racing in Badminton library (1886) 75, 198, 204–5; Illust. sp. and dr. news iv 475, 496 (1876) portrait; Sporting Times 8 May 1875 pp. 305, 308 portrait.
PAYNE, Henry Edward (1 son of W. H. Payne 1804–78). b. 1831; first appeared as Moth in Midsummer night’s dream, Lyceum 184–; played with his father in the provinces; acted in the openings of pantomimes in London and then took part of harlequin, being a noted dancer; harlequin in Little Red riding hood, Covent Garden Dec. 1858; clown at Covent Garden 1860–73 and 1878; acted Charles the wrestler in As you like it at Haymarket 9 Oct. 1871; clown in Cinderella at Crystal palace 22 Dec. 1874; clown at Drury Lane 1881–91 and 1893. d. Norfolk house 322 Camden road, London 27 Sept. 1895. bur. Highgate cemet. 2 Oct., left £5,858 16 6. Black and white 30 Dec. 1893 p. 832, 2 portraits; Illust. sporting news v 808 (1866) portrait; Illust. sp. and dr. news xx 432 (1884) portrait; St. James’s Budget 4 Oct. 1895 p. 33 portrait; Era 28 Sept., 5 Oct., 24 Nov. 1895; E. L. Blanchard’s Life (1891) 214, 403, 721.
PAYNE, John. Officer in charge of H.M. Indian mails 31 years; his grandfather René Payne was the founder of the banking house of Smith, Payne and Smiths’, London 1759. d. Dove’s Nest, Margate 17 Dec. 1893.
PAYNE, John Howard (son of William Payne, schoolmaster). b. New York 9 June 1791; in a counting house 1805; first appeared at Park theatre, New York as Young Norval 24 Feb. 1809; first appeared in London at Drury Lane theatre as Young Norval 4 June 1813; played in principal cities of Great Britain; edited The opera glass, for peeping into the microcosm of the fine arts and more especially of the drama, London, 26 numbers 2 Oct. 1826 to 24 March 1827; resided in London and Paris, where he wrote dramas, chiefly adaptations from the French; his tragedy of Brutus was produced at Drury Lane 3 Dec. 1818 with Edmund Kean as Brutus; The accusation at Drury Lane 1 Feb. 1816; his dramas, Ali Pacha 19 Oct. 1822; The two galley slaves 6 Nov. 1822, and Charles the Second 3 May 1824, all at Covent Garden; his name is attached to upwards of 50 dramas; his song of Home sweet home, sung by Miss Tree in his Clari or the Maid of Milan, produced at Covent Garden 2 May 1823, made him famous all over the world, more than 100,000 copies were sold in twelve months; a friend and correspondent of Coleridge and Charles Lamb; returned to U.S. of America 1832; had a benefit at the Park theatre, New York 29 Nov. 1832 producing 4,200 dollars; American consul at Tunis 1841–4, and May 1851 to death. d. Tunis 10 April 1852, memorial monument in St. George’s cemet. Tunis, his body was reinterred in Oak Hill cemet. Washington June 1883, where is monument, colossal bust in Prospect park, Brooklyn. C. H. Brairard’s John Howard Payne (1885); Memoirs of J. H. Payne, the American Roscius (1815) portrait; Appleton’s American biog. iv 68 (1888) portrait; The Theatre vi 211–6 (1885).
PAYNE, Joseph (son of Wm. Payne of St. Alphage, London). b. 13 Nov. 1797; matric. from St. Edmund’s hall, Oxf. 6 May 1818; barrister L.I. 14 June 1825; migrated to Middle Temple; deputy assistant judge of court of sessions for Middlesex May 1859 to death; author of Lines written to commemorate the opening of London bridge 1831; An Easter Monday ode 1837; with F. A. Carrington Reports of cases at nisi prius 1825; and with J. B. Moore Reports of cases in the common pleas and exchequer chambers 1828. d. Westhill, Highgate 29 March 1870. bur. Highgate cemetery, where is marble memorial 16 feet high erected by friends of ragged schools and temperance societies. Illust. Times 19 Nov. 1870 p. 333, view of memorial in Highgate cemetery; Lectures edited by J. F. Payne (1883) portrait; Christian cabinet illustrated almanac for 1860 pp. 37–8.
PAYNE, Joseph. b. Bury St. Edmunds 2 March 1808; assistant master in a school in New Kent road, London 1828, a believer in Joseph Jacotot’s style of teaching; with Mr. Fletcher kept the Denmark Hill grammar school 1828–45; kept the Mansion house school at Leatherhead with great success 1845–63; member of council of Social science association 1871; chairman of council of Philological society 1873–4; chairman of the central committee of the Women’s education union 1871–5; professor of education at the College of preceptors, London Dec. 1872 to death; author of A compendious exposition of professor Jacotot’s celebrated system of education 1830; C. F. Lhomond’s Universal instruction, Epitome historiæ sacræ, a Latin reading book on Jacotot’s system 1831; Select poetry for children 1839, 18 ed. 1874; Studies in English poetry 1845, 8 ed. 1881; Studies in English prose 1868, 2 ed. 1881; A visit to German schools 1876; The works of Joseph Payne, edited by his son Dr. J. F. Payne, 2 vols. 1883–92, two portraits. d. 4 Kildare gardens, Bayswater, London 30 April 1876, portrait in common room of college of preceptors. Educational Times 1 June 1876.
PAYNE, Louisa. First appeared theatre royal Birmingham; under Mrs. Nye Chart at Brighton theatre many years, where she was a favourite; acted in The world Drury Lane 31 July 1880, and played Maligna in E. L. Blanchard’s pantomime Mother Goose at Drury Lane 27 Dec. 1880; played Ursula in Much ado about nothing 11 Oct. 1882, and Bessy in Faust 19 Dec. 1885, at Lyceum. d. from cancer at Elm Bank, Malvern 11 April 1887.