A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



Benefactors of the town were Oliver Heywood, 

 1825-92,"° and Herbert Philips, 1834-1905.'" 



The list of noteworthy natives of the parish is a 

 long one, and, as might be expected, many of the 

 more famous have found their opportunities outside 

 its bounds. The names "' include Thomas Sorocold, 

 1591-1617, author oi Sufplkations o/Saints ;"^ John 

 Booker, 1601-67, ^ notorious astrologer;"' Samuel 

 Bolton, D.D., 1607-54, * Puritan divine, born in 

 Manchester ; "° John Worthington, D.D., 1618-71, 

 master of Jesus College, Cambridge, during the Com- 

 monwealth period ; '" John Chorlton, Presbyterian 

 divine, 1666— 1705;"' Henry Gore, who died in 

 1733, a mathematician ; James Heywood, author, 

 1 68 7-1 72 2 ;'*' Thomas Falkner, S.J., 1706-84, 

 author of an account of Patagonia ; '** Robert Thyer, 

 born in 1709, was Chetham Librarian from 1732 

 till his death in 1 78 1 ; '*' Thomas Patten, a divine, 

 1714-90 ;'*° Samuel Ogden, D.D., 1716-78, Wood- 

 wardian professor at Cambridge ; "' Charles White, 

 M.D., 1728-1813, an eminent surgeon ; '*' John 

 Whitaker, 1 73 5-1 808, a fanciful antiquary, who 

 published two volumes of a History of Manchester ; '*' 

 Thomas Barritt, 1 743— 1 820, saddler and antiquary ; '^° 

 George Hibbert, merchant and collector, 1757— 

 1837 ; ''' John Hampson, miscellaneous writer, 

 1760-1817 ;''* William Green, 1760-1823, the 

 Lake artist ; "' John Hadden Hindley, oriental 

 scholar, 1765-1827; '** Daniel Orme, portrait painter, 

 c. 1766-1832;"' Joseph Entwisle, the 'boy 

 preacher,' 1 767-1 841 ; "° James Crowther, botanist, 

 1 768-1 847;'" John Allen, D.D., 1 770-1 845, 

 Bishop of Ely ; "' William Ford, bookseller and biblio- 

 grapher, 1 771-1832 ; "' James Townley, a Wesleyan 

 divine, 1 774-1 833 ; ^™ Charles Hulbert, miscellane- 

 ous writer, 1778-1857;'" Jabez Bunting, D.D., 



1779-1858, another celebrated Wesleyan minister;'"' 

 Samuel Clegg, gas engineer, 1781-1861 ;"" Samuel 

 Hibbert, M.D., 1 782-1 848, who wrote a history of 

 the Manchester Foundations ; in 1 8 3 7 he assumed the 

 additional surname of Ware;™* Edward Hobson, 

 botanist, 1782-1830;"'^ George Ormerod, 1785- 

 1873, the historian of Cheshire ;""" Benjamin Raw- 

 linson Faulkner, portrait painter, 1 787-1 849;™' 

 Francis Russell Hall, D.D., theological writer, 1788- 

 1866 ;'"= John Briggs, b. 1778, Bishop of Trachis, 

 Vicar Apostolic of the northern district, 1836, and 

 Bishop of Beverley 1850-60, died 1 861 ;'"' James 

 Heywood Markland, 1 788-1 864, antiquary;'"" 

 Thomas Wright, philanthropist, 1 789-1 875 ;'" John 

 Blackwall, zoologist, 1 790-1 881 ;'" John Owens, 

 1 790-1 846, founder of Owens College;'" James 

 Daniel Burton, Methodist preacher, 1791-1817;"* 

 David William Paynter, author of tragedies, 1791— 

 1823 ;'" William Pearman, vocalist, 1792-1824 (?);'" 

 Sir Thomas Phillipps, baronet, 1792— 1872, a great 

 collector of books and manuscripts ; '" Edward Bury, 

 engineer, 1 794-1 858 ;'" Charles H. Timperley, 

 printer and author, 1 794-1 846 ;"' Samuel Robinson, 

 Persian scholar, 1794—1884;"° Nathaniel George 

 Philips, artist, 1 795-1 831 ;'" Thomas Heywood, 

 1797— 1866, who edited several volumes for the 

 Chetham Society, &c. ; '" Alfred Ollivant, D.D., 

 1798-1882, who was appointed to the bishopric of 

 LlandafFin 1847 ;"^ Elijah Hoole, orientalist, 1798- 

 1872;"'' Richard Potter, scientific writer, 1799- 

 1886;'" John Stanley Gregson, 1800-37 ;"« Sir 

 Edwin Chadwick, Poor Law Commissioner and mis- 

 cellaneous writer, was born at Longsight in 1800, 

 he died in 1890;'" Frank Stone, painter, 1800— 

 59;"° Henry Liverseege, 1803-29, an artist;'" 

 Mary Amelia Warner, actress, 1804-54 ;'™ William 



^'6 He was a native of Pendleton. A 

 statue of him has been erected in Albert 

 Square. 



^77 He was born at Heybridge, in Staf- 

 fordshire. 



^^s These were nearly all natives of the 

 township as well as of the parish. 



178a Diet. Nat. Biog. 



175 He was son of a John Booker or 

 Bowker ; Diet. Nat. Biog. ; Baines, Lana. 

 (ed. 1836), ii, 367. 



ISO Diet. Nat. Biog. ; Lanes, and Ches. 

 Antiq. Soc. vi, 67. He was master of 

 Christ's College, Cambridge, 1651-54. 



"1 Diet. Nat. Biog. ; Pal. Note Bk. i, 

 X28 ; Local Glean. Lanes, and Ches. i, 199, 

 208 ; ii, 5. His Diary, &c. have been 

 printed by the Chetham Society. Though 

 deposed from the mastership in 1660, he 

 conformed to the restored ecclesiastical 

 establishment, and was beneficed in Lin- 

 colnshire. 



182 Diet. Nat. Biog. ise ibij. 



18'' Ibid. ; Gillow, Bibl. Diet. Engl. 

 Cath. ii, 224. He was a convert, and 

 laboured in the famous Jesuit settlements 

 in Paraguay, being expelled in 1768 by 

 the Spanish government. He joined the 

 English province and died at Plowden in 

 Shropshire. 



185 Diet. Nat. Biog. ™ Ibid. 



187 See Diet. Nat. Biog. ; Baines, Lanes. 

 i, 408. 



188 Diet. Nat. Biog. ; Baines, op. cit. i, 

 409. He was one of the founders of the 

 Manchester Lying-in Hospital, and effected 

 a revolution in the practice of midwifery. 

 The Town Hall (now the Reference 

 Library) was built on the site of his house. 



189 See Diet. Nat. Biog. ; Baines, Lanes. 

 i, 410 ; bibliography in Pal. Note Bk, i, 77, 



1'" Diet, Nat. Biog, His collections 

 may be seen in the Chetham Library. 



191 Ibid. 193 Ibid. 



198 Diet. Nat. Biog, ; Lanes, and Ches. 

 Antiq. Soe. xiv, 101. 



1" Diet. Nat. Biog. "5 Ibid. 



196 Ibid. 197 Ibid. 



198 Manei, Seh. Keg. (Chet. Soc), ii, 



43-7- 



199 Ibid. ; Diet, Nat, Biog, 



2»» Ibid. Ml Ibid. 



2»a Ibid. 203 Ibid. 



no* Ibid. Pal, Note Bk. i, 37; Procter, 

 Maneh, Streets, 189. His Correspondence 

 was published in 1882, and contains much 

 information about old Manchester. John 

 Palmer, architect, who died at Chorlton 

 in 1846, also took part in the composition 

 of Maneh. Foundations ; Gillow, op. cit. 

 V, 238. 



™6 Diet. Nat. Biog. 



acs Ibid. ; Maneh. Guard. N. and Q, 

 no. 1024 i and the biography prefixed to 

 T. Helsby'a edition of his Cheshire, He 

 edited Ciml War Tracts for the Chetham 

 Society, and printed a volume of pedigrees 

 called Parentalia, 



207 Diet. Nat. Biog. 



208 Ibid. 



2''9 Ibid, ; Gillow, op. cit. i, 295. An 

 earlier vicar apostolic (1775-80), William 

 Walton, is said to have been a native of 

 Manchester. 



210 Diet. Nat. Biog. 



''i^ Ibid. He was interested in reforma- 

 tories and the reclamation of discharged 

 prisoners. 212 Ibid. 



186 



213 Diet. Nat. Biog, ; notice in Otvens 

 Coll, Mag. 1878. The original seat of 

 the college was in Quay Street. The 

 idea of it is said to be due to another 

 native of the town, George Faulkner, 

 1790-1862 ; Diet. Nat. Biog. 



2" Diet, Nat, Biog. 



2" Ibid. 216 Ibid. 



217 Ibid. He was created a baronet in 

 1821. He established a printing press at 

 his residence, Middle Hill, Worcester- 

 shire, issuing pedigrees, &c. ; afterwards 

 he removed to Cheltenham. 



218 Diet. Nat. Biog. 219 Ibid. 



220 Ibid. He was a cotton manufac- 

 turer. He bequeathed his library to 

 Owens College. 221 ibij. 



222 Diet. Nat. Biog, j Maneh. Sci, Reg. 

 (Chet. Soc), iii, 74. In Diet. Nat. Biog. 

 is also a notice of his elder brother the 

 banker. Sir Benjamin Heywood, first 

 baronet, 1793-1865. 



228 Diet. Nat. Biog. He was Regius 

 Professor of Divinity at Cambridge, 1843- 

 9. At Llandaff he restored the cathedral. 

 He was one of the Old Testament re- 

 visers. 



22» Diet. Nat, Biog. ; he was at one time 

 a Wesleyan missionary in India. 



225 Ibid. 



226 Author of Gimcraekiana ; Maneh. 

 Guard. N. and Q. no. 41, 689. 



227 Diet. Nat, Biog, 



228 Ibid. He was father of Marcus 

 Stone, R.A. 



229 See Diet, Nat. Biog.; Procter, Maneh. 

 Streets, 150-62. 



280 Diet. Nat. Biog. ; her maiden name 

 was Huddart. 



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