Dictionary of national biography

Robarts - University Of Toronto, Leslie Stephen

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JNiiOF iORONTO IO-DADVDICTIONARY OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY TOM TYTLERDICTIONARY OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY EDITED BY SIDNEY LEE VOL. LVII. TOM TYTLER LONDON & WATERLOO PLACESMITH, ELDER, CO., 15 iSOQDA 18 .04 v.57LIST OF WBITEES IN THE FIFTY-SEVENTH VOLUME. E.A. A THE KEY. CANON AINGER. G. D. . . E. GORDON DUFF. E. D.G. A. A. . . G. A. AITKEN. . . . . ROBERT DUNLOP. ALGER. F. G. E. .J. G. A. . . J. G. . F. G. EDWARDS. A. J. ARCHBOLD. C. L. F. . .W. A. J. A. . W. C. LITTON FALKINER. C. H. F. . .W. A WALTER ARMSTRONG. C. H. FIRTH. Miss BATESON. W. G. D. F. THEM. B EEV. W. G. D. FLETCHER. E. B THE EEV. EONALD BAYNE. M. F. . . . PROFESSOR MICHAEL FOSTER, F.E.S.T. B THOMAS BAYNE. T. F. . . THE EEV. THOMAS FOWLER, D.D.,C. E. B. . . C. EAYMOND BEAZLEY. PRESIDENT OF CORPUS C. B PROFESSOR CECIL BENDALL. CHRISTI OXFORD.COLLEGE, L. .H. B. . THE EEV. CANON LEIGH BEN- E. G. . . . . EICHARD C.B.GARNETT, LL.D., NETT. A. G. . . . . THE EEV. ALEXANDER GORDON. G. C. B. . . THE LATE G. C. BOASE. E. E. G. . . E. E. GRAVES. T. G. B. . . THE EEV. PROFESSOR BONNEY, A. H-N.. . . ARTHUR PH.D.HARDEN, M.Sc.,F.E.S. C. A. H. . . C. ALEXANDER HARRIS. G. S. B. . . G. S. BOULGER. T. F. H. . . T. F. HENDERSON.T. B. B. . . T. B. BROWNING. W. A. S. H. PROFESSOR W. A. S. HEWINS. E. I. C.. . . E. IRVING CARLYLE. HUNT.W. H. . . . THE EEV. WILLIAMW. C-K. . . WILLIAM GARB. . . C. L. KINGSFORD.C. L. K.M. C-Y.. . . MILLER CHRISTY. J. K. L. . . PROFESSOR J. K. LAUGHTON. E. C-E. . . . SIR ERNEST CLARKE, F.S.A. LAW.T. G. L. . . T. G. A. M. C. . . Miss A. M. CLEKKE. . . Miss ELIZABETH LEE.E. L. . . T. C THOMPSON F.S.A.COOPER, L. . . . . SIDNEY LEE.S. J. S. C. . . . J. S. COTTON. E.E.E. M. L. . . COLONEL E. M. LLOYD,W. P. C. . . W. P. COURTNEY. J. E. L. . . J. E. LLOYD. L. C LIONEL F.S.A.GUST, MACDONAGH.M. MAcD . MICHAEL H. D HENRY DAVEY. . SHERIFF MACKAY.M. M.DC. CAMPBELL DODGSON.VI of Writers.List E. C. M. . . E. C. MARCHANT. J. M. E. . . J. M. EIGG. A. M-K.. . . SIR ALFRED G.C.M.G. T. S THOMAS SECCOMBE.MILNER, C. M COSMO MONKHOUSE. C. F. S. . . Miss C. FELL SMITH. N. M NORMAN M.D. G. W. S. . . THE EEV. G. W. D.D.MOORE, SPROTT, G. H. M. . . G. H. C.B. L. S LESLIE STEPHEN.MURRAY, E. N MRS. NEWMARCH. C. W. S. . . C. W. SUTTON. A. N ALBERT NICHOLSON. J. T-T. . . . JAMES TAIT. E. T. N. . . E. T. NICOLLE. D. LL. T. . D. LLEUFER THOMAS. G. LE G. N. . G. LE GRYS NORGATE. T. F. T. . . PROFESSOR T. F. TOUT. K. N Miss KATE E. F. T. . . E. F. TURNER. . J. A. TWEMLOW.D. J. O'D. . D. J. O'DONOGHUE. J. A. T. . F. M. O'D. . F. M. F.S.A. L. C. T. . . MRS. TYNDALL.O'DONOGHUE, F. E. M.D.A. P. . . A. F. POLLARD. A. E. U. . . A. URQUHART, . E.S. L.-P. . . . STANLEY LANE-POOLE. E. H. V. . COLONEL H. C.B.VETCH, E.E., B. P . CAPTAIN W.Miss BERTHA PORTER. W. W. W. W. WEBB, M.D., F.S.A.P. ...D'A. D'ARCY F.E.C.S.POWER, S. W STEPHEN WHEELER.E. L. E. . . MRS. EADFORD. . . B. B. WOODWARD.B. B. W.F. E FRASER EAE. W. . WARWICK F.S.A.W. WROTH,W. E. E. . . W. E. ERODES.DICTIONARY OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY Tom Tom TOM or JOHN NICHOLS without issue inTHOM, 1829. Other names under and was which he were the(1799-1838), impostor madman, Hon.passed Sydney on 1799 atlONov. St.Columb Count Mosesbaptised andMajor Percy, Rothschild, Squire in Cornwall. His William Hefather, Tom,kept Thompson. himselfpersistently styled an inn called the Joiner's and was of andArms, sometimesknight Malta, ofking also a small farmer. His but thismother, Charity, Jerusalem, he seemsduring period whose maiden name was todied in the have made no assertion of a divine mis-Bray, lunatic John was educated sion. Theasylum. of allcounty Canterbury classespeople at Bellevue House and at were at once won over hisacademy, Penryn, handsome faceby Launceston underRichard From and his oriental andCope [q. v.] figure, strange garb, 1817 to 1820 he was clerk to F. hisC. which wasPaynter, apparent generosity, really a solicitor at St. Columb. after derivedfrom loans raisedout of his credulousand, acting as at for afew followers. At the election of De-innkeeper Wadebridge months, general he became clerk to Lubbock & wine cember 1832 he was nominated for Canter-Co., in whose he re- andmerchants, 375 votes butTruro, employ bury, actually polled ; mained until 1826. In that with the when for East Kent a fewyear, standing days assistance of his Catherine later he obtained four Inwife, Fisher, only supporters. of March 1833 he startedWilliam of to a at Canter-daughter Truro,Fulpitt paper 'whom he was married in and called The of whichFebruary 1821, bury, Lion,' eight who him numbers in alla handsome he set Thebrought fortune, appeared. contents, inTruro on hisown account as amaltster written arehimself,up by commonplace ap- and and to andbuilt himself a househop-dealer, peals political religious ignorance, in Street. Froman heshowed with some fictitious details.Pydar earlyage autobiographical a to and enthu- In of that he hadtendency political February year givenreligious in defence of some atsiasm. When on a visit to London in 1821 evidence smugglers he the founded on which he wasjoined Spencean by Rochester, subsequentlySociety, indicted for He swore that he hadThomas Aboutthe perjury.Spence [q. v.] beginning theof 1832 he is said tohavehadan witnessed the between revenueepileptic fit, fight and officers and offthe Goodwin Sandswas his as of unsound smugglersregarded by family when he wasmind. He from and is on a certain Sunday, proveddisappeared Cornwall, Canter-next heard to have been at church nearof at in 1832. presentCanterbury August At the Maidstone held inHisown of intermediate travels in the assizes,story bury. convicted and sentenced toLand is now as- he wasfictitious. HeHoly purely July, months' and sevensumed thename ofSirWilliam three years'imprisonmentPercyHoney- under medicalwood he was after-which However,Courtenay, by transportation. in thecertificate he waswards and claimed to be heir to the presently placedknown, Heath.lunatic atearldom of a title which had been asylum BanningDevon, county for fourrestored Here he remainedto the third Viscount years,conductingCourtenay He was evenwithin the He also himself propriety.previous year. (inconsis- the citi-a wild address toof Sir allowed to issueclaimed the Kentish estatestently) in November re-of 1835,Edward sixth who had died zens CanterburyHales, baronet, VOL. ** *LVII.Tom Tombes for the and a close is still calleda list of candidatescommending by Courtenay'sgate tall of finetown what is more Gate. Tomwas acouncil, man, presence,and, yet strange, and with a full and is said to have bornethese candidates a doctor beard,(including to the traditionaltwo this address as their a resemblanceministers) adopted striking In his who had of Christ. A ofown. 1837 him,father, representations portraitAugust H. aat last learnt what had become of in watercolourshim, by Hitchcock,peti- painted inthe home John Rus- shows him easterntioned secretary (Lord Canterbury artist, likefor his backed a letter from dress and scimitar, looking somethingsell) release, by his former Edward Turner VIII. His earlier forms(a Henry impostureemployer, l a ballad entitled Thein the firm of Lubbock & the ofCo.), subject Knightpartner ' ' M.P. for Truro. A free was of Malta in Harrison Ainsworth's Rook-pardon granted in with an order that he should wood.'October, be delivered to his father. theUnfortunately [Contemporary newspapers, particularly he was handed over to one of his former Times and the Lion, ut on the ;supra Essay Francis of Character of Sir "W. Canterbury,supporters, George Fairbrook, Courtenay, 1838 Life and Adventures of SirW.near who shared his ; Courtenay,Canterbury, religious illustra-with andand is believed to have lent him Canterburiensis,by portraitdelusions, much materialtions, supplied bysums of The circumstances containinglarge money. of theTom 1838himself, Canterbury, ; Historyof his release rise to asubsequently gave the Rev. F.J.Eiots, by Thorpe,in Canterburydebate For some threeparliament. Tale of Years1888 A ; Canterbury Fifty Ago,'months he lived with and thenFrancis, from the Press,reprinted Canterbury containingto a farmhouse on themoved neighbouring of thenarratives survivorsby tragedy (1888); road between and Favers-high Canterbury and Cornub. i.Boase Bibl. 724-7 ;Courtney's Hereham. he to commu-began preach J. S. C.personal inquiries.] nistic and to assert that he wasdoctrines, the Messiah. He showed the on JOHN P-1676), baptiststigmata TOMBES, (1603 his hands and and to work was born of humble at feet, professed divine, parentage miracles. him to in 1602 or 1603.roundDisciples Worcestershire,gathered Bewdley, the number of more than a hundred, He He matriculated from Ox-Magdalen Hall, armed them with and 15. Hisledthemabout on 23 Jan. 1617-18,cudgels ford, aged the mounted on a white tutorwas WilliamPemble hiscountry side, horse, [q.v.] Among with a Hethe emblem of a lion. friends was John Gereeflag bearing college [q. v.] No breach of the oc- B.A. on 12 June 1621. Afterpeace, however, graduated curred until a warrant him in 1623 aswas issued Pemble's death he succeededagainst him on the of the catechism lecturer. His as acharge enticing away reputation labourers of a hisfarmer. When constables tutor was considerable; among pupils came to serve the Tom shot one of was John Wilkins Hewarrant, [q. v.] graduated the and andthe M.A. on 16 tookparty 1624, orders,cruelly mangled dying April man. This was in the of came into note as a Fromearly morning quickly preacher. 31 1838. That he was one of the lec-afternoon two com- about 1624 to 1630May of the 45th were marched turers of St. Martin Carfax. As aspanies regiment early out from to on thearrest him. 1627 he to have doubtsCanterbury subjectThey began found with his in of infant thehim, followers, lurking baptism. Leaving university Blean near Hern time atHill. He rushed in he was for a shortWood, 1630, preacher forward with a and shot an but in November was institutedpistol officer, Worcester, Lieutenant whereBoswell Bennett. I