Deaths in the 1890s

Octave Terrillon

1844–1895 (age 51)

Cimetière de Montmartre - Division 21

Octave Roch Simon Terrillon (17 May 1844, Oigny-sur-Seine – 22 December 1895, Paris) was a French physician and surgeo...

Gustave Levy

1819–1894 (age 75)

Cimetière de Montmartre - Division 3

Gustave Levy was a pioneering photographer whose work documented 19th-century French life.

Eugène Bernain

1822–1897 (age 75)

cimetière Saint-Léon d'Anglet

Louis Paul Perrain

1838–1896 (age 58)

cemetery of Javarzay

Louis Paul Perrain was a 19th-century figure whose life spanned from 1838 to 1896.

Frederic Leighton

1830–1896 (age 66)

London

Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton, (3 December 1830 – 25 January 1896), known as Sir Frederic Leighton between 18...

Walter Chambers

1824–1893 (age 69)

Wales

Walter Chambers DD (17 December 1824 – 21 December 1893) was the second Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak from 1868 to 1881...

William Sharp

1805–1896 (age 91)

Wales

William Sharp (1805–1896) was an English surgeon and physician.

Edward Frankland

1825–1899 (age 74)

England

Sir Edward Frankland, (18 January 1825 – 9 August 1899) was an English chemist.

Mattie Lee Price

1869–1899 (age 30)

England

Mattie Lee Price (1869–1899) of Bartow County, Georgia, United States, was just 14 when she became the second of the G...

Algernon Percy, 6th Duke of Northumberland

1810–1899 (age 89)

Westminster Abbey

Algernon George Percy, 6th Duke of Northumberland, (20 May 1810 – 2 January 1899), styled Lord Lovaine between 1830 a...

Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton

1831–1891 (age 60)

Hertfordshire

Edward Robert Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton, (8 November 1831 – 24 November 1891), was a British statesman...

William Ewart Gladstone

1809–1898 (age 89)

Westminster Abbey

William Ewart Gladstone ( GLAD-stuhn; 29 December 1809 – 19 May 1898) was a British statesman and Liberal politician, ...

Alfred Tennyson

1809–1892 (age 83)

Westminster Abbey

Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (; 6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was an English poet.

James Hack Tuke

1819–1896 (age 77)

Hitchin

James Hack Tuke was a businessperson and philanthropist whose commercial success was matched by his commitment to social...

Marianne North

1830–1890 (age 60)

Gloucestershire

Marianne North (24 October 1830 – 30 August 1890) was an English biologist and botanical artist, known for her plant a...

Samuel Plimsoll

1824–1898 (age 74)

Kent

Samuel Plimsoll (10 February 1824 – 3 June 1898) was a British politician and social reformer, now best remembered for...

Hugh Owen Thomas

1834–1891 (age 57)

Liverpool

Hugh Owen Thomas (23 August 1834 – 6 January 1891) was a Welsh orthopaedic surgeon.

Elizabeth Charles

1828–1896 (age 68)

Hampstead

Elizabeth Rundle Charles (2 January 1828 – 28 March 1896) was an English writer.

Walter Hawken Tregellas

1831–1894 (age 63)

Kent

Walter Hawken Tregellas (10 July 1831 – 28 May 1894) was a British writer of historical, biographical and other works.

James Cappie

1829–1899 (age 70)

Edinburgh

James Cappie was a Scottish writer whose literary work contributed to the vibrant intellectual and cultural life of nine...

Thomas Lobb

1811–1894 (age 83)

Cornwall

Thomas Lobb (1817–1894) was a British botanist and, along with his older brother, William Lobb, collected plants for t...

John Askham

1825–1894 (age 69)

Northamptonshire

John Askham (1825–1894) was an English working class poet who published five volumes of poetry.

Richard William Enraght

1837–1898 (age 61)

Norfolk

Richard William Enraght (23 February 1837 – 21 September 1898) was an Irish-born Church of England priest of the late...

Thomas Cook

1808–1892 (age 84)

Leicester

Thomas Cook was a British businessman who founded the world's first travel agency and pioneered the concept of organized...

Edward Benson

1829–1896 (age 67)

Canterbury Cathedral

Edward White Benson (14 July 1829 – 11 October 1896) was archbishop of Canterbury from 1883 until his death.

Austen Henry Layard

1817–1894 (age 77)

Dorset

Sir Austen Henry Layard (; 5 March 1817 – 5 July 1894) was an English Assyriologist, traveller, cuneiformist, art his...

James Piers St Aubyn

1815–1895 (age 80)

Cornwall

James Piers St Aubyn (6 April 1815 – 8 May 1895), often referred to as J P St Aubyn, was an English architect of the V...

John Oakley

1834–1890 (age 56)

Chislehurst

John Oakley (28 October 1834 – 10 June 1890) was Dean of Carlisle and then Manchester in the last quarter of the 19th ...

Charles U. Aitchison

1832–1896 (age 64)

Wolvercote Cemetery

Sir Charles Umpherston Aitchison (20 May 1832 – 18 February 1896) was a Scottish colonial administrator who was Lieut...

Catherine Booth

1829–1890 (age 61)

Abney Park Cemetery

Catherine Booth (née Mumford, 17 January 1829 – 4 October 1890) was co-founder of The Salvation Army, along with her ...

Mary Anne Hardy

1824–1891 (age 67)

Willesden

Mary Anne, Lady Hardy (née MacDowell; c.

D. A. Aird

1848–1893 (age 45)

Camden Town

John Henry Newman

1801–1890 (age 89)

West Midlands

John Henry Newman (21 February 1801 – 11 August 1890) was an English Catholic theologian, academic, philosopher, hist...

Robert St Clair-Erskine, 4th Earl of Rosslyn

1833–1890 (age 57)

Rosslyn Chapel

Robert Francis St Clair-Erskine, 4th Earl of Rosslyn (2 March 1833 – 6 September 1890), styled Lord Loughborough from ...

Edward Waters

d. 1890

Chester

A compassionate Chester physician remembered for steadfast care.

William Jones

1826–1899 (age 73)

Sunderland

Frederick Hugh Sherston Roberts

1872–1899 (age 27)

St. Paul's Cathedral

Frederick Hugh Sherston Roberts (8 January 1872 – 17 December 1899) was a British Army officer and recipient of the Vi...

George Grey

1812–1898 (age 86)

St. Paul's Cathedral

Sir George Grey, KCB (14 April 1812 – 19 September 1898) was a British soldier, explorer, colonial administrator and w...

John Everett Millais

1829–1896 (age 67)

St. Paul's Cathedral

Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Baronet ( MIL-ay; 8 June 1829 – 13 August 1896) was an English painter and illustrator w...

Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala

1810–1890 (age 80)

St. Paul's Cathedral

Field Marshal Robert Cornelis Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala, (6 December 1810 – 14 January 1890) was a British ...

Henry Allon

1818–1892 (age 74)

Abney Park Cemetery

A devoted spiritual leader whose warmth steadied the congregation at Abney Park.

Isabella Banks

1821–1897 (age 76)

Abney Park Cemetery

Isabella Banks (née Varley; 25 March 1821 – 4 May 1897), also known as Mrs G.

Shirley Hibberd

1825–1890 (age 65)

Abney Park Cemetery

James Shirley Hibberd (1825 – 16 November 1890) was one of the most popular and successful gardening writers of the Vi...

Talbot Baines Reed

1852–1893 (age 41)

Abney Park Cemetery

Talbot Baines Reed (3 April 1852 – 28 November 1893) was an English writer of boys' fiction who established a genre of...

Charles Dent Bell

1818–1898 (age 80)

Cheltenham

A gracious Cheltenham gentleman remembered for steady local service.

Isabella Stephana Stevenson

1843–1890 (age 47)

Cheltenham

Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair

1818–1898 (age 80)

St Andrews

Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair (1 May 1818 – 29 May 1898) was a British scientist and Liberal politician who was P...

Frederick Poynder

1816–1899 (age 83)

Bedford

Sir William Gray

1823–1898 (age 75)

Hartlepool

A Hartlepool leader remembered for nurturing its maritime and civic life.

Edward Edwards

1816–1897 (age 81)

Aberystwyth

Edward Edwards (1816 – 16 September 1897), also known by his bardic name of "Pencerdd Ceredigion", was a Welsh musicia...