Thomas Love Peacock, an English author, born in Weymouth, Oct. 18,1785, died in London, Jan. 23,1866. He entered the East India house in 1818, and was examiner of India correspondence from 1836 till March, 1856, when he retired on a pension. He was a friend of Charles Lamb and Shelley, and was Shelley's executor. In 1804 he published "The Monks of St. Mark," followed by "Palmyra and other Poems" (1806), "Genius of the Thames," a poem (1810), and "The Philosophy of Melancholy," a poem (1812), none of which attracted particular attention. In 1816 his first novel, "Headlong Hall," won immediate favor; it has been repeatedly republished. This was followed by " Melincourt" (1817), and " Nightmare Abbey" (1818). His most ambitious poem, " Rhododaphne" (1818), was followed by the tales "Maid Marian" (1822), "Misfortunes of Elphin" (1829), "Crotchet Castle" (1831), and " Gryll Grange " (1861). In 1862 he published "AElia Leelia Crispio." His "Collected Works," in three volumes, were published in London in 1875, edited by Henry Cole, with a preface by Lord Houghton, and a biographical notice by his granddaughter Edith Nicolls.