William Bartleet Duffield

Name: Dictionary of National Biography, 1912 supplement
Author: William Bartleet Duffield

Dictionary of National Biography… (1912)

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“Dictionary of National Biography, 1912 supplement”, published in 1912, is a work by William Bartleet Duffield. It explores elements such as Selwin, Shand and Robinson.

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William Bartleet Duffield, Dictionary of National Biography… (1912)

“ In 1854 Robinson became a professional member of the Guild of Literature and Art, a society which was founded by Charles Dickens and his friends for the benefit of authors and artists. The guild failed to fulfil the aims of its founders, and Robinson with Frederick Clifford [q. v. Suppl. II] , as the last surviving trustees, arranged for its dissolution in 1897. In 1897 he was chairman of the Newspaper Press Fund dinner, and in 1898 of the Newspaper Society dinner; the former body represents journalists, and the latter proprietors. No other active journalist has filled the double office. ”

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“ SHAND, ALEXANDER INNES (1832–1907) , journalist and critic, born at Fettercairn, Kincardineshire, on 2 July 1832, was only child of William Shand of Arnhalt, Fettercairn, by his second wife, Christina (d. 1855) daughter of Alexander Innes of Pitmedden, Aberdeenshire. His father possessed a considerable estate in Demerara, but his income was greatly reduced on the abolition of slavery. The family then moved to Aberdeen, where Alexander, after being educated at Blair Lodge school, entered the university, graduating M.A. in 1852. ”

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“ In 1874 the conservatives were returned to power, and Selwin-Ibbetson became under-secretary to the home office after declining the chairmanship of ways and means. He proved a laborious and efficient administrator, but was perhaps too prone to deal with details which might have been left to subordinates. ”

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“ But although he wrote too rapidly and fluently to be concise or always accurate, his habit of constant travel, wide reading, good memory, and powers of observation made him a first-rate journalist. To 'The Times' he contributed biographies of, among others, Tennyson, Lord Beaconsfield, and Napoleon III (cf. Shand's 'Memories of The Times,' Cornhill Mag. April 1904) , as well as descriptive articles from abroad, from the west of Ireland and the highlands of Scotland, several series of which were collected for separate issue. ”

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William Bartleet Duffield, Dictionary of National Biography… (1912)

“ At the opening of the Franco-German-war he instructed his correspondents to telegraph descriptive details and not merely bare facts, and after the war was well in progress he secured with exemplary promptitude the services of Archibald Forbes [q. v. Suppl. I] , who long remained a valuable contributor. At the prompting of another correspondent, John Edwin Hilary Skinner [q. v.] , he started the 'French Peasants Relief Fund,' which reached a total of 20,000l. ”

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William Bartleet Duffield, Dictionary of National Biography… (1912)

“ Through life Lord Rookwood devoted himself to county business, frequently presiding at quarter sessions with efficiency and impartiality. He also did much work for hospitals and charities. A keen sportsman, he was master of the Essex hounds from 1879 to 1886. In March 1893 Essex men of all parties presented him with his portrait by (Sir) W. Q. Orchardson, R.A., which is now at Down Hall, Harlow, Essex ”

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William Bartleet Duffield, Dictionary of National Biography… (1912)

“ SELWIN-IBBETSON, Sir HENRY JOHN, first Baron Rookwood (1826–1902) , politician, born in London on 26 Sept. 1826, was only son of Sir John Thomas Ibbetson-Selwin, sixth baronet, by his wife Elizabeth, daughter of General John Leveson Gower, of Bill Hill, Berkshire His father had assumed the surname of Selwin on inheriting in 1825 the Selwin estates at Harlow, Essex. After education at home Henry was admitted a fellow-commoner at St. ”

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William Bartleet Duffield, Dictionary of National Biography… (1912)

“ When at home he engaged in sport and natural history on the estate of Major John Ramsay, a cousin, at Straloch in Aberdeenshire. In 1865 he was admitted to the Scottish bar and, marrying, settled in Edinburgh. ”

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