INDEX of MEMBERS 1822-1855 (Last Revised 12/2019)
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YORKSHIRE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY: INDEX OF MEMBERS 1822-1855 (last revised 12/2019) New members were recorded in each YPS Annual Report. Current members were then listed in full in from 1824 to 1828, then in 1831, 1834, 1837, 1839, 1842, 1844, 1849, 1852 and 1855. The full lists follow the Annual Report for the previous year. NB: after 1828, full lists are not found in loose copies of Annual Reports held at the YPS Lodge, but only in the bound copies held there, in the YPS archives at the Borthwick Institute, and at York Explore Library and Archives. Columns 1 and 2 of this index give names, titles, honours , etc., as in the published lists (and occasionally from original minutes). Columns 3 and 6 have been supplied by the compiler of the index: biographical information from sources below and as shown. Column 4 gives the member’s address , i.e. city, town or parish from published lists with date of Annual Report, supplemented where known by compiler. Column 5 gives dates of membership , with year of first listing (with month added for 1822-23 only, from Committee minutes). G = year by which member has Gone from published lists (which unfortunately do not list members lost through death, removal or resignation), for example: G 1828 = no longer listed at March 1828; G 1831 = there in March 1828 but not at Apr 1831; G 1834 = there in Apr 1831 but not at Mar 1834, and so on. Sources and References – consult for fuller information about a member than is given in index: 1841C, 1851C: census of 1841, 1851, etc., for approximate year of birth (from given age) and occupations. Years alone in square brackets e.g. [1843] : York or Yorkshire directories of given year, for addresses. (NB: houses in many York streets have often since been re-numbered.) Ancestry.com, Findmypast.co.uk: subscription websites for genealogy and British Newspaper Archive. FreeBMD, YksBMD: Free Births, Marriages and Deaths, and Yorkshire Births, Marriages and Deaths – free genealogy websites. FreeBMD only gives age at death from 1866. AR – YPS Annual Report (followed by year). BJP: Barbara J Pyrah, The history of the Yorkshire Museum and its geological collections (York, 1988) Burke and BurkeLG: Burke’s Peerage, Baronetage & Companionage, and Burke’s Landed Gentry (various years) – York Explore CP : G E C[okayne], Complete Peerage (various editors, 13 vols, 1910-1940) – York Explore C1865 (etc) and F1840 : Anglican Clergy livings from J Foster, Index Ecclesiasticus (1840), and Crockford’s Clerical Directory 1865 (etc) – York Minster Library CU/OU Alumni – J Venn, Alumni Cantabrigienses and J Foster, Alumni Oxonienses : brief biographies of graduates – York Minster Library DNB : biographical essay in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - available online by subscription or in 60 vols at York Explore or York Minster Library. DR : David Rubinstein, The Nature of the World. The Yorkshire Philosophical Society from 1822 to 2000 (York, 2009). HM : Hugh Murray, ‘Philosophers in the cemetery’, in AR 1991, pp.62-72 P&P : A D Orange, Philosophers and Provincials. The Yorkshire Philosophical Society from 1822 to 1844 (YPS, York, 1973). PevsER, -NR, -WR Leach, -WR Harman : Nikolaus Pevsner, The Buildings of England, Yorkshire: York & East Riding (revised D Neave, 1995), North Riding (1966), and West Riding (Leeds, Bradford and the North, revised P Leach, 2009, and Sheffield and the South , revised R Harman, 2017) RCY 2-5: volumes of the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments: York (HMSO, London, 1972-81). YG – Yorkshire Gazette; YH – York Herald Principal abbreviations B – Born; D – Died; Bap – Baptised; Marr – Married; Bur – Buried; c. – circa / approx. Obit - Obituary to be found in AR + year/page, or newspaper given BA – British Association for the Advancement of Science, founded at York 1831 and returned to York 1844 (now British Science Association) CU – Cambridge University; OU – Oxford University; EU – Edinburgh University; U – eg Durham U, for other Universities LM – Lord Mayor of York (details from Wikipedia, supplied by York Mansion House) R – Rector; V – Vicar; PC – Perpetual Curate; C –Curate; Ch – incumbent of Chapelry; P – priest; RC – Roman Catholic. q.v. – quem vide , whom see / X ref; tbc – to be confirmed Y – York ; Yks – Yorkshire; YCem – York Cemetery; YM – Yorkshire Museum; YMin – York Minster; Preb YMin –Prebendary (Canon) of the Minster YPS – served the Society as an officer, as given, plus: sec – secretary; treas – treasurer; Pres – president; VP – vice-president; Cur – Honorary Curator, followed by subject, e.g. Cur Ent – curator of entomology. For dates , see separate listing of OFFICERS, PATRONS and TRUSTEES OF THE SOCIETY 1822 onwards ALS – Associate of the Linnean Society; FCPS – Fellow of the College of Physicians and Surgeons; FGS – Fellow of the Geological Society; FHS – Fellow of the Heraldry Society; FLS – Fellow of the Linnean Society; FRS – Fellow of the Royal Society (London); FRSE – Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh; FSA – Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries; MRIA – Member of the Royal Irish Academy; MWS – Member of the Wernerian Natural History Society, Edinburgh. ELECTED (SUBSCRIBING) MEMBERS OF YPS 1822-55 Surname First names/Title County Address Dates Notes Acton George Yks York 1851 c.1801-1893. Auctioneer. Agar John Yks York 1832 Related to/same as next? G 1842 Agar John Yks Brockfield [Hall, Warthill] 1855 c.1798-1871. House designed 1804 by Peter Atkinson snr for Benjamin Agar, his father. Related to previous? Agar Seth Yks York 1845 Probably D Mar Qtr 1848, Mr Seth Agar of Stonegate, aged 59 G 1849 (YG). Or June Qtr 1850, Seth Agar, Bootham sub-dist (tbc ) Alexander Edward Nelson, FSA Yks Halifax 1829 1797-1859. Solicitor. Son of next. Of Heath Field, nr Halifax, D G 1849 suddenly at Windermere (YH 1/10/1859). Alexander Lewis [Esq] Yks Halifax 1830 c.1774-1857. Solicitor. Father of previous and next. Late of G 1849 Hopwood Hall, Halifax, D nr Burnley, (YG 21/11/1857). Alexander Robert, FRS, FSA (1839) London London, 59 Cadogan Place 1830 c.1795-1843. OU. Queen’s Counsel, Northern circuit. Son of 1830, 13 Duke St, -1843 Lewis, above, and brother of Edward Nelson Alexander, above. Westminster 1839 Bro-in-law of Sir Thomas D Legard (q.v.). Obit YH 15/4/1843 Alexander William Henry Yks & York 1823, Ipswich 1827 on 1823/-- c.1800-D Ipswich 1863? ( tbc - FreeBMD). Probably Banker, Suff G 1855 Ipswich, whose relict Sophia died Ipswich 1865 (YH 2/12/1865). York connection unclear. Not apparently related to previous. Allen James Yks York 1828 1799-1867. Surgeon. Lecturer, Y Sch of Medicine. YPS Council. Congregational church deacon. Retired c.1861 to Dorking, Surrey (ill health): death YG, obit YH both 26/1/1867. Allen Oswald Yks York 1823/03 1767-1848. Surgeon, and apothecary for many years at York -1848 Dispensary, established 1788 in the Undercroft of the Merchant Adventurers Hall (features on audio-guide there). See article in AR 1963 p.10. YPS Council. Grandfather of Moore, Oswald A (q.v.) ( P&P ). Had houses built in Layerthorpe (RCY 4). Allen William Yks York [7 St Leonard’s Place, 1838 c.1803-1859. Teacher of dancing (1851C). 1843, 1851C] Allis Thomas [FLS 1864] Yks York 1830-39, Osbaldwick 1830 1788-1875. Medical superintendent and osteologist. Quaker. B 1842 on Tewkesbury, came to York 1823 as Supt of the Retreat till 1842, then to a private institution on outskirts. See article in AR 1929 pp.3-9. YPS Sec, VP, Council. Cur Ornithol and Comp Anat. (P&P ). Presented collection of British lepidoptera of his son, D 1870, to YM. Obit AR 1875 p.16. Papers at York Lib ( P&P p.70 ). Anderson Edward Richard Yks York [46 Stonegate, 1843] 1838 1805-1862. Attorney and alderman. LM 1848 & 1856. Elder brother of WC Anderson below. Obit YH 6/12/1862. Anderson Henry Yks York 1851 c.1826-. Solicitor – 1851/1861C: h 40 Monkgate ( tbc ) Anderson Robert Henry Yks York [18 High Petergate, 1829 c.1798-1859. Solicitor and Alderman. Examined for bankruptcy 1843] 1858 ( YG 24/4/1858). Anderson Robert William Yks York 1851 c.1803-. Woollen draper and tailor (1851C), tailor and draper employing 32 men (1861C). In partnership with Richard Evers (q.v.) Anderson William [Charles] Yks York 1852 c.1808-. Surgeon, JP. Brother of ER Anderson above, and father of Tempest Anderson. Anderton James Yks York 1844 G 1849 Andrews George Townsend Yks York, [32 Castlegate (1826), 1832 1804-1855. York architect. Not in DNB. Settled in York 1826 to [16 Micklegate, 1843], 3 -1855 build new prison within Castle for partner Peter Frederick Peckitt St (c.1850)] Robinson, completed 1836; built 31 Castlegate (now café/restaurant) as his office: blue plaque 2016. Buildings include Acomb church (1831-2), Yorkshire Insur Co Building, St Helen’s Sq, (1840, now Harkers), De Grey Rooms (1841-2), the Doric portico added to the Bar Convent (1844-5) and St John’s College, Lord Mayor’s Walk (1845-6). But best known as the architect for George Hudson ( q.v. ) incl first York station (1839-41), its hotel (1851-3), and York to Scarborough stations (1845). Sheriff of Y 1846/7 in George Hudson’s third mayoralty. Bur YCem (HM). See Bill Fawcett, Geo T Andrews of York, ‘Railway Architect’ (2011). Annakin Christopher Yks York 1850 c.1809-. Draper and tailor. Atcheson Henry A, Rev, MB, FCPS, London London, 16 Upper Seymour 1823/10 Joined when appointed as Corresp Sec to the YPS in London. V Corresponding Sec to the YPS St, Portman Square (1824 p.9) G 1849 Kingsbury, Middx ( from Clergy List 1859 ). Not in DNB. 29 Grosvenor Place. Atkinson Henry Yks York 1822/12 Son of James.