JUKES, Joseph Beete (only son of John Jukes of Birmingham, manufacturer, who d. 1819). b. Summerhill near Birmingham 10 October 1811; ed. at Wolverhampton and Birmingham gr. schs. and St. John’s coll. Camb., B.A. 1836; geological surveyor of Newfoundland 1839–40; naturalist to expedition for surveying coast of Australia, Torres Strait and New Guinea 1842–6; member of the English geological survey 1 Oct. 1846 to 1850; director of the Irish survey Nov. 1850 to 1870; lecturer on geology at R. coll. of science, Dublin 1854; member of commission to enquire into the resources of the coal fields 1860; wrote upwards of 50 papers on geology in scientific journals; author of Excursions in and about Newfoundland 2 vols. 1842; Narrative of the voyage of H.M.S. Fly 2 vols. 1847; A sketch of the physical structure of Australia 1850; The student’s manual of geology 1857, 3 ed. 1872; injured his brain by a fall and d. Upper Leeson st. Dublin 29 July 1869. bur. Selley Oak near Birmingham. Letters of J. B. Jukes (1871), portrait; Quarterly Journ. Geol. Soc. xxvi 32–4 (1870).
JUKES, Robert Boswell. Ed. at C.C. coll. Camb., B.A. 1838; chaplain to Leopold I. king of the Belgians; consular chaplain at Ostend 1846–75; Raine lecturer St. Michael’s Cornhill, London 1875 to death. d. in St. Michael’s ch. a few minutes after finishing his sermon 9 July 1882. Guardian 12 July 1882 p. 964.
JULIAN, Charles Saint. Chief justice of Fiji 1871–4; author of Notes on the latent resources of Polynesia. Sydney 1851; The international status of Fiji and the political rights of British subjects residing in the Fijian archipelago 1872; with Edward Kennedy Silvester, The productions, industry and resources of New South Wales 1853. d. Vadratan, New Zealand 26 Dec. 1874.
JULIAN, William Robert (son of William Julian d. 25 Jany. 1872 aged 74). b. 1827; connected with Masks and Faces entertainment; an entertainer on the music hall stage; dramatic and musical agent at 34 Wellington st. Strand 1864–70, at 29 Bow st. Covent Garden 1870–4, at 75 Berwick st. Soho 1875 to death. d. 4 April 1886. bur. Woking cemet. 11 April. Era 10 April 1886 p. 7.
JULLIEN or JULIEN, Louis George Antoine Jules (son of M. Jullien, conductor of band of the Garde Nationale). b. Sisteron, Basses Alpes 23 Aug. 1812; a piccolo player in band of the Garde Nationale; played violin solos in concerts in Italy 1834; served in French navy and army for short periods; studied at the Conservatoire, Paris under J. H. Halevy 1833–6; founder and conductor of concerts in the Jardin Turc, Paris 1836 which for a time were a great success; director of Bals d’Opera, Paris; rented and opened the Hotel of the Duke of Parma in the Chaussée d’Antin as a casino, soon closed by the police; published a programme in which he turned the government into ridicule, fled to England to escape imprisonment 1838; conducted dance music at Drury Lane 1838 and then became chief conductor there for the first time Nov. 1838; conductor of concerts d’hiver 1841 and of concerts de societé 1842, before one shilling audiences; his winter seasons of concerts at Drury lane lasted 1842–59; much noticed in Punch where he was called The Great Mons.; opened at Drury Lane 6 Dec. 1847 with Lucia di Lammermoor; bankrupt 19 April 1848, awarded first class certificate; gave out-door promenade concerts at Surrey gardens 1849; kept a depot for sale of dance music at 214 Regent st. 1845–58 and the royal conservatory of music at 45 King st. Golden sq. 1846–58; produced his own opera Pietro il Grande at Covent Garden 17 Aug. 1852, played 4 times; in U.S. America, July 1853 to June 1854; opened New Music hall, Surrey gardens 15 July 1856, gardens closed 1857 when he lost £6000; the whole of his engraved and manuscript music burnt in Covent Garden 5 March 1856; gave his concerts d’adieu, his twentieth season at the Lyceum 1858; in prison at Clichy, France 4 months May-Aug. 1859; composer of British army quadrilles and 150 pieces of music; the first to familiarize the masses with the works of Mozart, Beethoven and Mendelssohn; placed in a lunatic asylum 10 March 1860, wounded himself with a knife. d. Neuilly, Paris 14 March 1860. Dramatic and musical review, i 5 (1842), portrait; The drawing room portrait gallery of eminent personages 4 series (1860), portrait; G.M. viii 632–4 (1860); I.L.N. iii 348, 413 (1843) portrait, ix 289 (1846) view of concert; You have heard of them by Q. (1854) 283–92; Reynolds’ Miscellany, xi 181 (1854), portrait, xvii 344 (1857), portrait; Belgravia, xli 285–96 (1880); Putnam’s Monthly Mag. ii 423–33 (1853).
JUNG, Sir Salar. b. 1829; dewan or prime minister of Hydrabad 1853, when he made great reform in the management of the state; remained faithful at the time of the mutiny 1857; one of the regents of Hydrabad 1866; visited England 1876, D.C.L. Oxf. 21 June 1876; presented to the queen at Windsor 29 June 1876; voted freedom of city of London 29 June 1876, admitted 25 July 1876; G.C.S.I. 31 May 1870. d. Hydrabad 8 Feb. 1883. To-day, July 1883; Times 10 Feb. 1883 p. 5, 11 Feb. p. 8, 12 Feb. p. 5.
JUNG, Sir Salar. b. 1863; prime minister of Hydrabad to 1887; visited England in the Jubilee year 1887 when he resided in the house of lord Howard, Rutland gate, London; author of two papers entitled Europe revisited in Nineteenth Century, Aug. and Oct. 1887; K.C.I.E. 15 Feb. 1887. d. Hydrabad 7 July 1889. Times 8 July 1889 p. 5, 9 July p. 5, 15 July p. 5.
JUNNER, Robert Gordon. b. Edinburgh 1841; barrister M.T. 17 Nov. 1865; went Midland circuit, attended Birmingham sessions, and lord mayor’s court, London; author of The practice before the railway commissioners 1874. d. Portobello near Edinburgh 27 Aug. 1874.
JUPP, Edward Basil (son of Richard Webb Jupp). b. 1 Jany. 1812; admitted solicitor 1836; partner with his father 1836–44, with Richard Samuel Jupp 1844–48, practised alone 1848 to death; joint clerk with his father to the Carpenters’ company 1843–52, and clerk 1852 to death; collected works of Thomas Bewick, which were sold by auction at Christie’s Feb. 1878; author of An historical account of the worshipful company of carpenters of the City of London 1848, 2 ed. 1887; Genealogical memoranda relating to R. Wyatt of Hall place, Shackleford 1870. d. 4 Paragon, Blackheath, Kent 30 May 1877.
JUPP, Henry (son of C. Jupp a cricketer). b. Dorking, Surrey 19 Nov. 1841; a brickmaker; played his first match at Lords 16–18 May 1864; played in the Surrey Eleven 1864–81; one of the best batsmen in England, also a good field; made 216 runs in one innings in match Players of the South v. Gentlemen of the South 25 Sep. 1865; scored 1557 runs in 1866; played in Australia 1874; landlord of Sun inn, Dorking about 1867–75, of Horns tavern, Lower Norwood 1875–8, of Onslow Arms, Cranleigh, Surrey 1878. d. Bermondsey, London 8 April 1889. Baily’s Mag. xxvi 403 (1875), portrait; Grace’s Cricket (1891) 331–2; Illust. sporting and dramatic news, i 568, 570 (1874), portrait.