PEARSON, Alfred. b. 1834; a comedian; ruptured himself while taking a high jump as Miles in the Colleen Bawn at theatre royal, Oldham, Dec. 1868, on his benefit night. d. Oldham 29 Dec. 1868. bur. Green cross cemet. 31 Dec. The Era 3 Jany. 1869 p. 14.
PEARSON, Charles (son of Thomas Pearson, merchant). b. London 1794; educ. Eastbourne, Sussex; admitted solicitor 1816; solicitor to the Irish society 1839 to death; city solicitor 1839 to death; solicitor to city comrs. of sewers July 1859 to death; M.P. Lambeth 31 July 1847 to July 1850; the original promoter of Metropolitan underground railway 1859; author of The subject of an address, a brief history of the corporation of London as an asylum of English freedom in past ages 1844; Are the citizens of London to have better gas 1849; An address on the Fleet valley improvements 1852; City improvements 1853; A letter in favour of the Metropolitan railway and city station 1859. d. Oxford lodge, West hill, Wandsworth 14 Sept. 1862. Law Times xxxvii 577, 590 (1862).
PEARSON, Charles Buchanan (eld. son of Hugh Nicholas Pearson 1767–1856). b. Elmdon, Warwickshire 1807; educ. Oriel coll. Oxf., B.A. 1828, M.A. 1831; prebendary of Salisbury 7 Nov. 1832 to death; R. of Knebworth, Herts. 17 Nov. 1838, resigned Oct. 1874, rebuilt the chancel of the church at his own cost 1853; contributed a paper on Hymns and hymnwriters to Oxford essays for 1858; author of Latin translation of English hymns 1862; Sequences from the Sarum missal, with English translations 1871; A lost chapter in the history of Bath, Bath 1877. d. 2 Catherine place, Bath 7 Jany. 1881.
PEARSON, Charles Henry (4 son of rev. John Norman Pearson 1787–1865). b. 12 Barnsbury place, Islington, London 7 Sept. 1830; educ. Rugby 1843–6, and King’s college, London 1847–9; matric. from Oriel coll. Oxf. 14 June 1849; scholar of Exeter coll. 1850–3; B.A. 1853, M.A. 1856; president of the Union debating society; fellow of Oriel coll. 1854–73; lecturer on English literature at King’s college, London 1855, and professor of modern history 1855–65; edited the National Review 1863; lectured on modern history at Trin. coll. Camb. 1869–71; a sheep farmer in South Australia 1871–3; lecturer on history at univ. of Melbourne 1874–5; head master of the Ladies’ Presbyterian college 1875–7; reported on the state of education in Victoria 1878, for which he received a fee of £1,000; member for Castlemaine of the legislative assembly 1878–83, and for the East Bourke boroughs 1883–92; a minister in the Berry administration 3 Aug. 1880 to 9 July 1881; minister of education 18 Feb. 1886 to Nov. 1890, introduced many changes into the system of education; returned to England 1891; permanent secretary to the agent general of Victoria 3 Jany. 1892 to death; hon. LL.D. St. Andrew’s; author of Russia by a recent traveller 1859; The early and middle ages of England 1861; History of England during the early and middle ages, 2 vols. 1867; Historical maps of England during the first thirteen centuries 1870; English history in the fourteenth century 1873; National life and character: a forecast 1893; edited W. H. Blaauw’s The baron’s war 1871; edited with H. A. Strong D. Junii Juvenalis, Satiræ xiii 1887, 2 ed. 1892; m. 6 Dec. 1872 Edith Lucille, dau. of Philip Butler of Tickford abbey, Bucks., she was granted civil list pension of £100, 16 May 1895; he d. at residence of lady Pearson 75 Onslow sq. London 29 May 1894. bur. Brompton cemet. 2 June. Westminster Gazette 1 June 1894 p. 4 portrait.
PEARSON, Sir Edwin (son of John Pearson, F.R.S. of Yorkshire). b. 1802; educ. Trin. coll. Camb., B.A. 1825, M.A. 1828; F.R.S. 5 Dec. 1833; lieutenant of the yeomen of the guard 13 Feb. 1836, resigned April 1842; knighted at St. James’s palace 4 May 1836; vice-president of the French Institut d’Afrique. d. Rozel, Sunnyside, Wimbledon 18 April 1883.
PEARSON, Emma Maria (1 dau. of capt. Charles Pearson, R.N. of Great Yarmouth). Sent out as a volunteer by the Red Cross soc. under the auspices of the Order of St. John to nurse the sick at Sedan, at Paris, and at Orleans 1870; nursed the wounded in Servia 1877; had medals and decorations from Germany, France, and Servia; wrote for the St. James’ Mag. and other periodicals; author of From Rome to Mentana 1868; One love in a life, 3 vols. 1874; His little cousin, a tale, 3 vols. 1875; with Louisa Elizabeth Maclaughlin she wrote Our adventures during the war 1870; Under the red cross 1872; Service in Servia under the red cross 1877. d. Florence 3 June 1893, aged 65. Times 12 June 1893 p. 6.
PEARSON, Hugh (4 son of succeeding). b. 25 June 1817; educ. Balliol coll. Oxf., B.A. 1839, M.A. 1841; V. of Sonning, Berkshire 1841 to death, restored the church; rural dean of Henley-on-Thames 1864–74, and of Sonning 1874–6; chaplain to bishop of Manchester 1870; canon of St. George’s, Windsor 26 Feb. 1876; deputy clerk of the closet to the queen 2 Aug. 1881 to death; great friend of dean A. P. Stanley 1836–81, frequently went abroad with him; declined the deanery of Westminster 1881. d. Sonning vicarage 13 April 1882. bur. Sonning church 18 April. Times 19 April 1882 p. 12.
PEARSON, Hugh Nicholas (only son of Hugh Pearson of Lymington, Hants.). b. Lymington 1777; educ. St. John’s coll. Oxf., B.A. 1800, M.A. 1803, B. and D.D. 1821; proctor 1813; gained the prize of £500 offered by Claudius Buchanan for the best essay on Missions in Asia 1807, printed under title of A dissertation on the propagation of christianity in Asia, Oxford 1808; V. of St. Helen’s, Abingdon 1822–3; R. of Chiddingfold, Surrey 1826–31; R. of Guildford, St. Nicholas, Surrey 18 June 1832 to 1837, laid first stone of the new church 7 June 1836, finished Aug. 1837; dean of Salisbury 9 April 1823, resigned June 1846; domestic chaplain to George IV at Brighton 4 Feb. 1823 to 1830; author of Memoirs of the life and writings of the rev. Claudius Buchanan, 2 vols. Oxford 1827; Memoirs of the life of the rev. Christian Frederick Swartz, to which is prefixed a sketch of the history of Christianity in India, 2 vols, 1834, 3 ed. 1839. d. Sonning, Berkshire 17 Nov. 1856. W. H. Jones’s Fasti Sarisburiensis (1879) 325; Brayley’s Surrey i 355–60 (1850).
PEARSON, Sir John (son of rev. John Norman Pearson of Bower hall, Essex 1787–1865). b. 5 Aug. 1819; educ. Gonville and Caius coll. Camb., B.A. 1841, M.A. 1844; barrister L.I. 11 June 1844, bencher 11 Jany. 1867 to death, treasurer 1884–5; Q.C. 13 Dec. 1866; judge in chancery division of high court of justice 24 Oct. 1882 to death; knighted at Windsor Castle 30 Nov. 1882; member of councils of legal education and law reporting; author of The duty of laymen in the church of England 1856. d. 75 Onslow sq. South Kensington, London 13 May 1886. bur. Brompton cemetery. Law quarterly review ii 373–8 (1886); Law Times 22 May 1886 p. 69.
PEARSON, John Armitage. Educ. Guy’s and St. Thomas’s hospitals; L.S.A. 1825; M.R.C.S. 1826, F.R.C.S. 1856; surgeon of Woolton dispensary, Liverpool 25 years; surgeon of Devonshire hospital and Bath charity, Buxton to death; author of Reports of cases treated at the Buxton bath charity and Devonshire hospital 1861. d. St. Anne’s hotel, Buxton 6 June 1863. bur. St. John’s church 11 June.