Dictionary of National Biography Volume 28 ebook
Dictionary of National Biography Volume 28 ebook

Dictionary of National Biography Volume 28. Sir Sidney Lee

Dictionary of National Biography Volume 28
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Author: Sir Sidney Lee
Page Count: 332 pages
Published Date: 15 May 2012
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
Publication Country: Miami Fl, United States
Language: English
Type: eBook
ISBN: 9781235933011
File size: 15 Mb
File Name: Dictionary.of.National.Biography.Volume.28.pdf
Download Link: Dictionary of National Biography Volume 28
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1891 Excerpt: ...this office in 1811, he went back to the Peninsula. Shortly afterwards' he received from the commander-in-chief the appointment of physician to the London dis-( trict, which he held until the establishment was broken up by the peace of 1815. He died at Hanwell on 21 Oct, 1850, aged 81, and 'was buried in the family vault of his wife, the last descendant of the mathematician, Dr. John Wallis' (Gent. Mag. 1850, pt. ii. 676; Notesan/l Queries, 6thser.x. 346). Munk's Coll. of Phys. 1878, iii. 63-4; Dublin Graduates, 1591-1868, p. 287. i. G. HUME, TOBIAS (d. 1645), soldier and musician, was a soldier of fortune, and spent much of his life in the service of Sweden. In 1605 he published 'The First Part of Ayres, French, Pollish, and others, ' with a dedication to William Herbert, third earl of Pembroke, in which he says, 'My life hath been a soldier and my idleness addicted to music.' His favourite instrument seems to have been the viol-da-gamba. In 1607 he published 'Captain Hume's Musicnll Humors, ' dedicated to Anne of Denmark, which contains curious attempts at programme-music. The British Museum possesses a copy of this work, with an autograph inscription praying the queen 'to heare this musick by mee; hauinge excellent instruments to performe itt, ' and both this and the former work are described by Dr. Himbault (Bibliotheca Madrigaliana, London, 1847, pp. 21, 25. In the Record Office (Cal. State Papers, Dom. Chas. I. vol. clxxix. No. 7) is an undated petition from Hume, asking leave for himself and 120 men to proceed to Mickle Bury (? Mecklenburg) land, whither he had been sent by the king of Sweden. He states that he had served in many foreign countries. At Christmas 1629 he entered Charterhouse as a poor brother. His mind seems to have given way, for in July

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