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Ernes, Thomas, -1707. T. E. An
English writer of the seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries.
Emlnson, E. A. E. A. E. An Eng- lish woman (?) ; a religious writer of the ■day.
Emmet, Robert, 1780-1803. Trebor. An eloquent Irish enthusiast ; b. in Cork ; a brother of 'rhomas Addis Emmet ; was one of the chiefs of the " United Irish- men"; in 1803 he put himself at the head of the rabble who murdered the chief-justice. Lord Kilwarden, for which offence he suffered a felon's death, and is commemorated by the poet Moore in two of his Irish melodies.
Emmons, Nathanael, D.D., 1745- 1840. A New England Pastor. An American clergyman ; b. at East Had- ■dam. Conn. ; Yale Coll., 1767 ; pastor at Wrentham (now Franklin), Mass., 1773- 1840, where he died.
Emory, John, D.D., 1789-1835. An ■Observer. An American Methodist di- vine ; b. at Spaniard's Neck, Queen Anne's Co., eastern shore of Maryland ; graduated at Washington Coll., 1805; served as a Methodist preacher in sev- eral places, 1810-35 ; in 1882 was elected bishop ; d. by an accident in Reister- town, near Baltimore, Md.
Enander, Johan Alfred. Joh. A. Edr. A Swedish journalist and author; editor-in-chief of " Hemlandet," pub- lished at Chicago, 111.
Enault, liouls. L. de Virmond.
See "I, and P.," First Series, p. 421.
Endean, James Russell. Dr. Free- man. An English political writer of the day.
Endicott, WUliam, Jr. W. E. An American financial writer and banker of Boston.
Engberg, A. G. A. G. E. A Swed- ish writer.
Engelen, A. W. Herman van Appel- tern. A Swedish novelist.
England. Heptarchus ; Lord Hep- tar chus.
English, Thomas Dunn, 1819-. John Donkey. An American writer ; b. in Philadelphia ; M.D. Univ. of Penn- sylvania, 1839 ; then studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1842 ; since 1859 he has practised medicine in New Jersey ; has devoted much time to liter- ary pursuits.
Epps, EUen. E. Elliott. An English "writer.
Ericsson, O. R. Reinhold Winter. A Swedish journalist and novelist.
Erie, Sir WlUlam (1793-1880), and
Lady Amelia. W. Sj- A. E. An Eng-
lish jurist ; b. at Fifehead Magdalen,
county Dorset; educ. at Winchester
School and New Coll., Oxford; called to
the bar in 1819; M.P. for the city of
Oxford, 1837-41; chief justice of the
Court of Common Pleas, 1859-66; in
1834 he married Amelia, eldest daughter
of the Kev. Dr. Williams, warden of New
College.
Ernst, H., Jr. Serius. Ersliine, Hon. Andrew. A*** E***. Erskine, C M. A Prisoner of War. An American soldier in the late civil war.
Erskine, John, 11th Earl of Marr, 1675-1732. Bobbing John. A Scottish nobleman ; b. at Alloa ; took an active part in the events of the period ; in 1720 went to Aix-la-Chapelle to reside for his health, and d. there.
Erskine, Rev. Ralph. A Minister of the Church of Scotland.
See " I. and P.," First Series, p. 422. Erskine, Walter Coningsby, 12th Earl of Kellie, 1810-72. One who was there in 1857-8. A Scottish peer; son of Hon. Henry David Erskine ; succeeded his cousin in 1866 ; educ. at Durham School and at the Univ. of Edinburgh ; entered the Bengal army, 1828, and re- tired as lieutenant-colonel, 1861 ; vice- lieutenant of Clackmannanshire.
Escott, Thomas Hay Sweet, 1844-. A Foreign Resident. An English journal- ist ; b. at Taunton ; educ. at Oxford ; adopted journalism as a profession when he went to London from Oxford in 1865, and has closely pursued it ever since; editor of the " Fortnightly Review," 1882-86.
Essex, Catherine Capell- Conings- by, Countess of, 1794-1882. Kittn Ste- phens. An English actress ; daughter of Edward Stephens, Esq., of Leadwell, Oxon. ; in 1838 married the 5th earl of Essex; b. and d. in London.
Este, Rev. Charles, 1763-1829. Moro- soph Este. An English clergyman ; chap- lain at the Chapel Royal, Whitehall; principal editor of "The World."
Etches, James M. Ash Wood.
Etheridge, Samuel. A Gentleman of Massachusetts. An American; per- haps for a short time a bookseller of Boston.
Eusden, Rev. Ivawrence. Mr. Eu n.
See " I. and P.," First Series, p. 422.
Eustaphieve, Alexis. Author of " the Resources of Russia."
See " I. and P.," First Series, p. 422.
