Thomas Eagles
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Thomas Eagles was an English classical scholar.
Eagles was baptised in the parish of Temple Holy Cross, Bristol, 28 April 1746. He was descended on his father's side from a family which had resided in Temple parish for nearly two centuries; his mother, whose maiden name was Perkins, came from Monmouthshire, and he died seised of estates in that county which had belonged to his maternal ancestors for many hundred years. On 16 September 1757 he was entered at Winchester College
. At school he gave promise of becoming an excellent classic. The death of a nobleman, however, to whom he had looked for preferment, obliged him to give up all thoughts of making the church his profession, as his father desired.
Accordingly he left Winchester, 18 January 1762, and returned to Bristol, where he eventually prospered as a merchant. From 1809 until his death he was collecter of the customs at Bristol. He died at Clifton 28 October 1812. His wife, Charlotte Maria Tyndale, survived until 20 February 1814. He left a son, John
. His eldest daughter, Cæcilia, married 9 February 1796 to William Brame Elwyn, barrister-at-law and recorder of Deal, had died before her parents, 3 June 1811, aged 34. In 1811 Eagles was elected a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries
.
To the last Eagles cherished a love for the classics. He left a translation of part of Athenæus, which, under the title of ‘Collections from the Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Gods,’ was announced for publication in the ‘Gentleman's Magazine’ for January 1813. It never appeared, but by the care of his son ‘Selections’ from the first two books, with notes, were published anonymously in ‘Blackwood's Magazine’ for 1818 and 1819. Eagles contributed to a periodical essay which appeared on the fourth page of ‘Felix Farley's Bristol Journal,’ with the title of ‘The Crier.’ It came out first in 1785, nearly about the same time that the ‘Lounger’ was published at Edinburgh, and was perhaps the first attempt ever made in a provincial town to support a periodical essay.
After some interruptions it closed in 1802. In 1807 he attempted unsuccessfully to commence a series of papers to be called ‘The Ghost.’ He took a warm interest in the Rowley and Chatterton controversy, on which he left some dissertations. He was a Rowleian. He was a painter, but never exhibited his pictures, and was besides an accomplished musician. One of his many acts of quiet benevolence has been beautifully commemorated by his son in an essay, ‘The Beggar's Legacy,’ contributed to ‘Blackwood's Magazine’ in March 1855. A selection from his correspondence with a young acquaintance, R. D. Woodforde, begun in 1787 and closed in 1791, was published by the latter, 8vo, London, 1818.
Eagles was baptised in the parish of Temple Holy Cross, Bristol, 28 April 1746. He was descended on his father's side from a family which had resided in Temple parish for nearly two centuries; his mother, whose maiden name was Perkins, came from Monmouthshire, and he died seised of estates in that county which had belonged to his maternal ancestors for many hundred years. On 16 September 1757 he was entered at Winchester College
Winchester College
Winchester College is an independent school for boys in the British public school tradition, situated in Winchester, Hampshire, the former capital of England. It has existed in its present location for over 600 years and claims the longest unbroken history of any school in England...
. At school he gave promise of becoming an excellent classic. The death of a nobleman, however, to whom he had looked for preferment, obliged him to give up all thoughts of making the church his profession, as his father desired.
Accordingly he left Winchester, 18 January 1762, and returned to Bristol, where he eventually prospered as a merchant. From 1809 until his death he was collecter of the customs at Bristol. He died at Clifton 28 October 1812. His wife, Charlotte Maria Tyndale, survived until 20 February 1814. He left a son, John
John Eagles
John Eagles , was an English artist and author.Eagles was the son of Thomas Eagles, was born in the parish of St. Augustine, Bristol, in 1783, and baptised 8 November of that year. After receiving some preliminary training under the Rev. Samuel Seyer at Bristol, he was admitted a pupil of...
. His eldest daughter, Cæcilia, married 9 February 1796 to William Brame Elwyn, barrister-at-law and recorder of Deal, had died before her parents, 3 June 1811, aged 34. In 1811 Eagles was elected a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries
Society of Antiquaries
Society of Antiquaries can refer to:*Society of Antiquaries of London*Society of Antiquaries of Scotland*Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne*Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland...
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To the last Eagles cherished a love for the classics. He left a translation of part of Athenæus, which, under the title of ‘Collections from the Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Gods,’ was announced for publication in the ‘Gentleman's Magazine’ for January 1813. It never appeared, but by the care of his son ‘Selections’ from the first two books, with notes, were published anonymously in ‘Blackwood's Magazine’ for 1818 and 1819. Eagles contributed to a periodical essay which appeared on the fourth page of ‘Felix Farley's Bristol Journal,’ with the title of ‘The Crier.’ It came out first in 1785, nearly about the same time that the ‘Lounger’ was published at Edinburgh, and was perhaps the first attempt ever made in a provincial town to support a periodical essay.
After some interruptions it closed in 1802. In 1807 he attempted unsuccessfully to commence a series of papers to be called ‘The Ghost.’ He took a warm interest in the Rowley and Chatterton controversy, on which he left some dissertations. He was a Rowleian. He was a painter, but never exhibited his pictures, and was besides an accomplished musician. One of his many acts of quiet benevolence has been beautifully commemorated by his son in an essay, ‘The Beggar's Legacy,’ contributed to ‘Blackwood's Magazine’ in March 1855. A selection from his correspondence with a young acquaintance, R. D. Woodforde, begun in 1787 and closed in 1791, was published by the latter, 8vo, London, 1818.