PORTER, Frank Thorpe (youngest son of Wm. Porter of Willmount, near Rathfarnham, co. Dublin 1757–1841). b. 19 Dec. 1801; educ. Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1823, M.A. 1832; barrister in Ireland 1827; went the Leinster circuit 1827–40; magistrate at the head office of the Dublin police 1840–60; author of An act to consolidate the laws relating to the presentment of public monies by grand juries in Ireland 1840; Gleanings and reminiscences, 2 ed. 1875. d. 15 Upper Merrion st. Dublin 24 Nov. 1882. Irish law times 2 Dec. 1882 p. 589.
PORTER, Sir George Hornidge, 1 Baronet (only son of Wm. Henry Porter, surgeon 1790–1861). b. 15 Kildare st. Dublin 24 Nov. 1822; educ. Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1845, M.B. 1848, M.D. 1865, M.S. 1873; at Meath hospital, Dublin, surgeon 1849; F. and L.R.C.S.I. 1844, member of council, president 1868–9; surgeon to Simpson’s hospital 1866; consulting surgeon to the Coombe hospital 1861, to St. Mark’s Ophthalmic hospital 1876, to National children’s hospital 1876, and to Stevens’ hospital 1881; surgeon in ordinary to the queen in Ireland 6 Dec. 1869 to death; sheriff of Wexford 1887; knighted at Windsor castle 19 July 1883; one of the most skilful operators in Ireland; had a large and lucrative practice; purchased an estate in Wexford; hon. LL.D. Glasgow 1888; with E. Hamilton and H. Ormsby examined the bodies of lord Frederick Cavendish and T. H. Burke who were murdered in the Phœnix park 6 May 1882; created a baronet June 1889; regius professor of surgery univ. of Dublin 1891 to death; contributed many papers to Dublin Journal of medical science. d. 3 Merrion sq. north, Dublin 16 June 1895. L. H. Ormsby’s History of Meath hospital (1888) 209–11, 391 portrait; C. A. Cameron’s Royal college of surgeons, Ireland (1886) 44, 229, 394, 749; I.L.N. 22 June 1895 p. 766 portrait.
PORTER, George Richardson. b. London 29 June 1793; agent at Martin’s lane, Cannon st. London 1813–5; merchant at 23 Finch lane, Cornhill 1815–7; wine merchant at 1 Old Broad st. 1817–31; superintendent of statistical department of board of trade 1832, head of the office 1834; senior member of railway department of board of trade 1840, joint secretary of board of trade 6 Aug. 1847 to death; a founder of the Statistical society 1834, treasurer 1841 to death; F.R.S. 18 Jany. 1838, member of council 1847–8; author of The progress of the nation in its social and economical relations, 3 vols. 1836–43, 3 ed. 1851; The nature and properties of the sugar cane, 2 ed. 1843; The tropical agriculturalist 1833; A manual of statistics in sir J. F. W. Herschel’s Manual of scientific enquiry (1849) pp. 465–88. d. Tunbridge Wells 3 Sept. 1852, portrait in rooms of Statistical society, Adelphi terrace, London. G.M. Oct. 1852 pp. 427–9; I.L.N. 11 Sept. 1852 p. 202.
PORTER, Henry Edward. b. 1801; cornet 9 lancers 3 July 1817, major 4 Oct. 1831 to 1 Feb. 1833, when placed on h.p.; general 5 Sept. 1869. d. Hambury fort, Honiton 8 April 1871.
PORTER, John. b. 1771; surgeon R.N. 1798; M.D. St. Andrews; medical superintendent of the convict hulks, Portsmouth harbour 29 years; a founder of the Portsmouth and Portsea literary philosophical society. d. Portsea 3 March 1855. Medical directory 1856 p. 748.
PORTER, John Scott (eld. son of Wm. Porter 1774–1843, presbyterian minister of Newtownlimavady, co. Derry 1799–1843). b. Newtownlimavady 31 Dec. 1801; licensed by Bangor presbytery Oct. 1825; minister of Carter lane chapel, Doctors’ commons, London 2 March 1826; kept a school with David Davidson at Rosoman house, Islington; minister of the first presbyterian church of Belfast 2 Feb. 1832; professor of theology to the association of Irish non-subscribing presbyterians 10 July 1838; professor of Hebrew and cognate languages, Belfast 6 July 1851; led a secession from the Antrim presbytery and founded 21 Feb. 1862 the northern presbytery of Antrim with the purpose of emphasising a recognition of Christ and of divine revelation; formed the Ulster unitarian Christian association Dec. 1876; edited the Bible Christian, Belfast 1830–6; author of Authentic report of the discussion of the unitarian controversy, Belfast 1834, 3 ed. 1834; Twelve lectures in illustration of Christian Unitarianism, Belfast 1841, 2 ed. London 1853; Principles of textual criticism with their application to the old and new testaments, &c. 1848; Servetus and Calvin, three lectures 1854; Bible revision, three lectures 1857; The national system and the national board 1864 anon. and 32 other books. d. Lennox Vale, Belfast 5 July 1880. Memorial of rev. John Scott Porter (1880); Nightingale’s Lancashire nonconformity iv 225 (1892); Historical sketch of first presbyterian congregation, Larne (1889) 20 et seq.
PORTER, Joshua Henry (eld. son of Joshua Porter of Dublin). b. 24 May 1831; L.R.C.S.I. 1852; assist. surgeon 97 foot 24 March 1854; served in the Crimea, medal and clasp; in India during mutiny 1857–8, mutiny medal and clasp; with the British ambulance in Franco German war 1870; hon. associate of soc. of St. John of Jerusalem; assist. professor of military surgery at Netley hospital 1873–8; in charge of field hospitals in Bengal 1879, with Sir Samuel Brownes’ division in the Kyber pass; deputy surgeon general of the Allahabad division 1879; with general Roberts’ force in the march to Cabul; author of The surgeon’s pocket-book, an essay on the best treatment of the wounded in war 1875, 4 ed. 1891. d. in the Sherpur camp Afghanistan 9 Jany. 1880; memorial brass in Netley hospital chapel. Lancet i 111, 224 (1880); S. H. Shadbolts’ Afghan campaigns (1882) 161–5 portrait; Medical Times 17 Jany. 1880 p. 79.
PORTER, Josias Leslie (youngest son of Wm. Porter of Carrowan parish of Burt, co. Donegal, farmer). b. 4 Oct. 1823; matric. in univ. of Glasgow 1839, B.A. 1841, M.A. 1842, LL.D. 1864; D.D. Edinb. 1864; studied theology in univ. of Edinb. and the New college 1842–4; licensed to preach by presbytery of Derry 20 Nov. 1844; minister of presbyterian chapel High Bridge, Newcastle 25 Feb. 1846 to 1849; a missionary of the Irish presbyterian church to the Jews in Syria Dec. 1849 to 1859; professor of biblical criticism in the presbyterian college Belfast July 1860 to 1878, and secretary of the college faculty 1867–78; moderator of the general assembly 1875; assistant comr. of board of intermediate education for Ireland 1878–9; president of Queen’s college, Belfast and member of senate of royal univ. of Ireland 1879 to death; D. lit. royal univ. of Ireland 1881; author of Five years in Damascus, 2 vols. 1855; A handbook for travellers in Syria and Palestine 1858, 3 ed. 1875; The Pentateuch and the Gospels 1864; The giant cities of Bashan and Syria’s holy places 1865; The life and times of Henry Cooke, D.D. 1871, 4 ed. 1877; Pew and study bible 1875; Galilee and the Jordan 1885; Jerusalem, Bethany and Bethlehem 1887; m. 1849 Margaret Rainey youngest dau. of rev. Dr. Henry Cooke of Belfast, she was granted civil list pension of £50, 29 May 1889. d. Belfast 16 March 1889. bur. Malone cemetery near Belfast, portrait in examination hall of Queen’s college Belfast.
PORTER, Sarah (dau. of Abraham Ricardo). b. 1791; m. about 1820 George Richardson Porter who d. 3 Sept. 1852; author of Conversations on arithmetic 1885, new ed. entitled National arithmetic 1852; On infant schools for the upper and middle classes 1838; The expediency and the means of elevating the profession of the educator in public estimation 1839. d. West Hill, Wandsworth London 13 Sept. 1862. G.M. Oct. 1862 p. 509.
PORTER, Seymour Teulon. b. London; minister at Darwin, Lancs. 1836–48; minister of West George st. congregational church, Glasgow 1848–9, when he had a disagreement with Dr. Robert Wardlaw; minister of the independent church, West Bath st. Glasgow 1849–73; author of Lectures on the ecclesiastical system of the independents 1856; Christian prophecy, lectures on the Revelation 1858; The specific object of sunday schools 1858; The last sermons in a forty-one years ministry, Glasgow 1873. Our Scottish clergy (1849) 117–22.