Deaths in the 1890s

Isaac Pitman

1813–1897 (age 84)

Bath Abbey

Sir Isaac Pitman (4 January 1813 – 22 January 1897) was an English publisher and teacher of the English language who d...

Thomas Claughton

1808–1892 (age 84)

St Albans Cathedral

Thomas Legh Claughton (6 November 1808 – 25 July 1892) was a British academic, poet, and clergyman.

James Atlay

1817–1894 (age 77)

Hereford Cathedral

James Atlay (3 July 1817 – 24 December 1894) was an English churchman, Bishop of Hereford from 1868 to 1894.

Frederick Nathaniel Fiennes Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes

1836–1896 (age 60)

Windsor

Frederick Nathaniel Fiennes Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes was a 19th-century English gentleman associated with Windsor.

George Arthur Fripp

1813–1896 (age 83)

Highgate Cemetery

George Arthur Fripp's luminous watercolours captured the rapture of the English countryside for a generation of admirers...

George Bell

1814–1890 (age 76)

Highgate Cemetery

George Bell (12 October 1814 – 27 November 1890) was an English publisher.

George Alexander Osborne

1806–1893 (age 87)

Highgate Cemetery

George Alexander Osborne (24 September 1806 – 16 November 1893) was an Irish composer and pianist.

George Wallis

1811–1891 (age 80)

Highgate Cemetery

George Wallis (8 June 1811 – 24 October 1891) was an English artist, art educator, and museum curator.

James Caird

1816–1892 (age 76)

Highgate Cemetery

Sir James Caird (10 July 1816 – 9 February 1892) was a Scottish agriculturist, agricultural writer and politician.

Harrison Hayter

1825–1898 (age 73)

Highgate Cemetery

Harrison Hayter (10 April 1825 – 5 May 1898) was a British engineer, participating in many significant railway constru...

Henry Eaton, 1st Baron Cheylesmore

1816–1891 (age 75)

Highgate Cemetery

Henry William Eaton, 1st Baron Cheylesmore (13 March 1816 – 2 October 1891) was a British businessman, Conservative po...

Henry Graves

1806–1892 (age 86)

Highgate Cemetery

Henry Graves was a 19th-century English publisher whose career significantly influenced the dissemination of literature ...

Henry John Wale

1827–1892 (age 65)

Highgate Cemetery

Henry John Wale (1827 – 14 March 1892 in London) was an English author, soldier and church minister.

Hubert Ashton Holden

1822–1896 (age 74)

Highgate Cemetery

Hubert Ashton Holden was a 19th-century English translator whose scholarly work bridged linguistic and cultural divides.

Hugh Matheson

1821–1898 (age 77)

Highgate Cemetery

Hugh Mackay Matheson (23 April 1821 – 8 February 1898) was a Scottish industrialist, businessman and minister who was ...

Richard Henry Major

1818–1891 (age 73)

Highgate Cemetery

Richard Henry Major (October 3, 1818 – June 25, 1891) was a geographer and map librarian who curated the map collectio...

William Henry Monk

1823–1899 (age 76)

Highgate Cemetery

William Henry Monk (16 March 1823 – 1 March 1889) was an English organist, Anglican church musician, and music editor ...

James Webb

1835–1895 (age 60)

Highgate Cemetery

James Webb (1835–1895) was a British painter specialising in marine views and landscapes.

John Tiplady Carrodus

1836–1895 (age 59)

Highgate Cemetery

John Tiplady Carrodus inspired violinists through his virtuosity and his tireless advocacy for the instrument.

Edward Plumptre

1821–1891 (age 70)

Wells Cathedral

Edward Hayes Plumptre (6 August 1821 – 1 February 1891) was an English divine and scholar born in London.

Arthur Charles Hervey

1808–1894 (age 86)

Wells Cathedral

Lord Arthur Charles Hervey (20 August 1808 – 9 June 1894) was an English bishop who served as Bishop of Bath and Wells...

William Gilbert

1804–1890 (age 86)

Salisbury Cathedral

William Gilbert (20 May 1804 – 3 January 1890) was an English writer and Royal Navy surgeon.

George Selwyn Marryat

1840–1896 (age 56)

Salisbury Cathedral

George Selwyn Marryat (20 June 1840 – 14 February 1896) was a country gentleman and British angler most noted for his ...

Edmund Venables

1819–1895 (age 76)

Lincoln Cathedral

Edmund Venables (5 July 1819 in Queenhithe, London – 5 March 1895 in Lincoln) was an English cleric and antiquarian.

Henry Francis Blanford

1834–1893 (age 59)

Highgate Cemetery

Henry Francis Blanford (sometimes spelt Blandford) (3 June 1834 – 23 January 1893) was a British meteorologist and pal...

Augusta Webster

1837–1894 (age 57)

Highgate Cemetery

Augusta Webster (30 January 1837 – 5 September 1894) born in Poole, Dorset as Julia Augusta Davies, was an English poe...

Benjamin Pine

1809–1891 (age 82)

Highgate Cemetery

Sir Benjamin Chilley Campbell Pine (1809 – 25 February 1891) was at various times administrator of Natal, the Gold Coa...

Charles J. Phipps

1835–1897 (age 62)

Highgate Cemetery

Charles John Phipps (25 March 1835 – 25 May 1897) was an English architect known for more than forty theatres he desi...

Charles King Hall

1845–1895 (age 50)

Highgate Cemetery

Charles King Hall (1845–1895), often credited as King Hall, was an English composer and church organist in Victorian L...

Charles Tomlinson

1808–1897 (age 89)

Highgate Cemetery

Charles Tomlinson (27 November 1808 – 15 February 1897) was a British scientist who published papers on meteorology an...

David Kirkaldy

1820–1897 (age 77)

Highgate Cemetery

David Kirkaldy (1820–1897) was a Scottish engineer who pioneered the testing of materials as a service to engineers du...

Edward Lloyd

1815–1890 (age 75)

Highgate Cemetery

Edward Lloyd (16 February 1815 – 8 April 1890) was a British London-based publisher.

Margaret Bright Lucas

1818–1890 (age 72)

Highgate Cemetery

Margaret Bright Lucas (14 July 1818 – 4 February 1890) was a British temperance activist and suffragist.

Philip Vanderbyl

1827–1892 (age 65)

Highgate Cemetery

Philip Vanderbyl (28 April 1827 – 16 May 1892) was a qualified doctor, merchant and a Liberal politician.

Richard Trench, 4th Earl of Clancarty

1834–1891 (age 57)

Highgate Cemetery

Richard Somerset Le Poer Trench, 4th Earl of Clancarty, 3rd Marquess of Heusden (13 January 1834 – 29 May 1891), style...

Sir William Russell, 2nd Baronet

1822–1892 (age 70)

Highgate Cemetery

Lieutenant-General Sir William Russell, 2nd Baronet (5 April 1822 – 19 March 1892), was a British Army officer who se...

Basil Thomas Woodd

1815–1895 (age 80)

Knaresborough

Basil Thomas Woodd (7 July 1815 – 4 June 1895) was a Conservative Party politician.

William Ebenezer Grigsby

1847–1899 (age 52)

Highgate Cemetery

William Ebenezer Grigsby was a 19th-century resident of England.

Charles Boycott

1832–1897 (age 65)

Burgh St Peter

Captain Charles Cunningham Boycott (12 March 1832 – 19 June 1897) was an English land agent whose ostracism by his loc...

Mary Dickens

1838–1896 (age 58)

Highgate Cemetery

Mary "Mamie" Dickens (6 March 1838 – 23 July 1896) was the eldest daughter of the English novelist Charles Dickens and...

George Greville, 4th Earl of Warwick

1818–1893 (age 75)

Warwick

George Guy Greville, 4th Earl of Warwick, 4th Earl Brooke (28 March 1818 – 2 December 1893), styled Lord Brooke from 1...

Edward Bickersteth

1814–1892 (age 78)

Leamington Spa

Edward Bickersteth (23 October 1814 – 7 October 1892) was an Anglican priest in the 19th century.

James Taylor Hawksley

1838–1891 (age 53)

Tenby

James Taylor Hawksley kept the spirit of Tenby alive through steadfast local involvement.

Charles Vidler Cay

1823–1897 (age 74)

Leamington Spa

Charles Vidler Cay was a nineteenth-century resident of Leamington Spa.

Frederick Tennyson

1807–1898 (age 91)

Highgate Cemetery

Frederick Tennyson (5 June 1807 in Louth, Lincolnshire – 26 February 1898 in Kensington) was an English poet.

John Evan Hodgson

1831–1895 (age 64)

Highgate Cemetery

John Evan Hodgson (London 1 March 1831 – 1895) was a British painter.

Frederick Broome

1842–1896 (age 54)

Highgate Cemetery

Sir Frederick Napier Broome (18 November 1842 – 26 November 1896) was a colonial administrator in the British Empire,...

Albert Joseph Moore

1841–1893 (age 52)

Highgate Cemetery

Albert Joseph Moore (4 September 1841 – 25 September 1893) was an English painter, known for his depictions of languor...

Henry Courtney Selous

1803–1890 (age 87)

Highgate Cemetery

Henry Courtney Selous (b.

Joseph Wolf

1820–1899 (age 79)

Highgate Cemetery

Joseph Wolf (22 January 1820 – 20 April 1899) was a German artist who specialized in natural history illustration.