The Admission Register of the Manchester School

THE

ADMISSION REOISTaEROF THE

MANCHESTER SCHOOL

W I T H S O M E NO T I C E S O F T HE M O R E

D I S T I NG U I S H E D S C HO LAR S .

EDITED

BY THE REV. JEREMIAH FINCH SMITH, M.A .,

RECTOR OF ALDRIDGE, STAFFORDSHIRE,

AND RURAL DEAN.

VOL . III.

FROM MAY AD . 1807TO SEPTEMBER AD . 1837.

PRINTED FOR THE CHETHAM C IETY.

M.DCCC.LXXIV.hi s?

INTRODU CT ION

TO VOL . 111.

N pla cin g this third volume of the REGISTER OF MANCHESTER SCHOOL in the ha nds of the m embers of the

Chetham society, a n d of o thers interested in the school, in

whose fa vour the counci l of the society kindly rela xed the

rule which ,usua lly, l im its its publ ica t ions to its m embers, I

ha ve to express my r eg ret tha t so m a ny names should

a ppea r unno ted. It ha s n ot been found much ea sier to

collect inform a tion , a s m odern days were a ppr oa ched, tha n

i t wa s in the ca se of the p receding vo lumes. Still , reg a rd

in g the three volumes a s on e work, somethin g ha s been

done towa rds g iving a history ofthe school, in these n o tices

ofthe schola rs, during the spa ce ofm ore tha n on e hundred

yea rs. Sufficient, certa inly, ha s been done to Showhowfa rfrom cor rect wa s the ung ra cious rem a rk ventured upon by

the m a ster of Ba llio l co lleg e, Oxford, on a recen t publicocca sionfi‘é when he sa id, tha t Ma nchester schoo l wa s com

pa r a tivelyunknown twen ty yea rs a g o. If Dr . J owett ha d

possessed a ny knowledg e of the n ames of g en tlemen who

On the 2sth October 1871 a g ran d ban quet wa s g iven by thetrustees to celebrate the open in g of the n ewschool, the ea r l ofDerbypresidin g .

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were educa ted a t the school, he m ig ht ha ve easily ca lled to

m ind (to take insta nces from on e p rofession a lone), those

of three schola r s occupying , in the ea rlier pa r t of the pr e

sen t century, a n d simulta n eously,a s hea ds of colleg es, the

same p osit ion which he himself n owholds in the universityof Oxford

, whose cha ra cters, a tta inm ents a n d usefulness

g a ined for them m ore tha n a n ephem era l r eputa tion .

ale

Ma nchester schoo l is, I believe, doing exceeding ly we llunder its presen t g rea tly enla rg ed system , a n dwi th itsm a ny

a dditiona l a dva nta g es ; but it rem a ins yet to be pro ved

whether i t will do compa ra tively m ore tha n the ol d scho o l

did, with its l im ited numbers, e ither in distinction g a ined a t

the universit ies by its scho la rs, or in their conscientious a n d

successful discha rg e of duty in the va r ious ca lling s of a fte r

l ife. Al l who love the old school , a n d a re g ra teful for wha tthey themselves owe to it, will hea r tily unite in the sincerestWish for its future a n d perm a nen t success. On e toa st a t

the a nn ive rsa ry m eeting s of g entlemen educa ted there

plea sura ble m eeting s which n own o long er exist a lwayswa s “Florea t Scho la Ma n cun ien sis.

In the introduction to the first vo lume, the n on - existence

of a ny reg ister p revious to 1730 wa s refe rred to. In Mr .

Whatton ’

s History of the S chool, p . 34 , i t is sa id, on the

authority ofHol l inworth’

s Ma n cun ien sis, tha t the lists of

Cyr il Jackson ,D .D ., still called the g reat dea n ofChr ist chur ch.

Thomas Win stan ley , D .D .,pr in cipa l of S . Alba n hall ; C amden

professor ofan cien t history,a n d Laudia n professor ofArabic.

Frodsham Hodson,D .D ., pr in cipa l of Brasen ose colleg e ; can on of

Christ church, a n d reg ius professor ofdivin ity.

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schola rs, triennia lly del ivered to the wa rden ofMa nchesterco lleg e, a n d deposited in the vest ry, were seized in the t ime

of the C omm onwea lth a n d proba bly destroyed. But wha tha s becom e of the reg ister of nam es for the seventy yea rs

between the Restora t ion a n d the yea r 1730 ? Is i t n ot desi

r a ble tha t ca reful sea rch should be m a de for i t am on g a ny

old documents in the custody of the wa rden a n d fellows,or in a ny o ther likely qua rter ? Possibly, it m aybe found.

In the sam e intr oduction the discontinua nce of the list of

exhibitioners from the school fr om 1758 to 1776 wa s re

m a rked upon . It m ay be tha t the list has n ot been lost ,but tha t the exhibit ions were discontinued, in order to provide for the cost of bui lding the n ewschool, thoug h the

am ount reserved would seem to be much beyond wha t wa sr equired. The list is resumed from 1777, when the n ewschool wa s comp leted.

Once m ore, I ha ve to tha nk a l l who ha ve so k indly

a ssisted me with inform a tion Wherever i t wa s in their

p ower to do so, a n d especia lly, a s before, the Presiden t a n d

Vice-Presiden t of the CHETHAM SOC IETY. If the am oun t

of cor respondence ha s been r a the r Oppressive, it ha s a lso

broug ht with it a n ample rewa rd in the kind interest shownin the success of the under takin g , in the oft repea ted test i

m ony of la sting affection for the m em ory of my fa ther , a n d

in the ha ppy renewa l, in so m a ny insta nces, ofa cqua inta nce

beg un in ea rly days, interrup ted for yea rs, but n ever for

g o tten. The friendships of boyhood will often outlive the

cha n g es a n d cha nces of a len g thened life . In a ddit ion to

the notes which a re m a rked by the in itia ls of the contr i

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butors, I am boun d g ra tefully to a ckn owledg e the willin ga ssista nce g iven to mewith the P r eston n ames in a l l the

three volumes by a va lued a n d a tta ched pup il of my fa ther ,RICHARD NEWSHAM, Esq.

If hea lth a n d time perm it, I am n otwithout hope tha t I

m ay be a ble , a t some future day, to put for th, under the

a uspices of the Chetham society, some sim ila r n o tices of

disting uished m en educa ted a t the sch ool previously to the

commencemen t of these v olumes, a swe ll a s of the m a sters

of the schoo l from its founda tion . In the presen t vo lum e

will be found notices, m ore or less comp lete , of a l l the

m a sters connected with the schoo l fr om I 807to I 837.Anya dditions to the presen t volume, a n d a nycor rections,will be very a ccepta ble.

J , F. S.

A ldr idg e Rectory,

25l b Februa ry I 874.

For the Noteswithin br a ckets, a n d with in itial sig n a tur es, theEditor is in debted to their r espective con tr ibutor s0. repr esen ts J AMES CROS SLEY , Esq ,

the Pr esiden t ofthe Chetham Society.

R . the Rev. E. R. RAINES,M.A .

,Vicar ofMiln row,

a n d

Hon orary C an on ofMa n chester C a thedral,Vice -Presiden t.

W H. A . WILLIAMHARRISON AINSWORTH,Esq.

T B . THOMAS BAKER,Esq ,

Ma n chester .

T. O’. the Rev. THOMAS CORSER,M.A., Rector ofStan d.

T. H. Mr . THOMAS HU GHES, Chester .

R . L . the Rev. RICHARD LOXHAM,M.A.

, of Gr eat Lever Ha ll,n ear Bolton - l e—Moor s.

T. GEORGE THORLEY,Esq ,

Man chester.TV.W

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. the Rev.WILLIAMWHITELEGGE,M.A.,Hon orary C an on

ofMa n chester C athedra l .

CORRIGENDA.

Seven teen th lin e, for son r ea d n ephew.

Eig hteen th lin e, for 1842 r ea d

Fifth lin e from bottom , for Br ittle r ea d Brettle.Ten th lin e, for Lema n r ea d Lam a n .

La st lin e, for Steua r t r ea d Stua r t.D ied, on the 13th D ecember 1873, in his 67thyea r , the rev.

Solomon Sm ith,A.M:

, m in or ca n on of the Ely ca thedr a la n d vica r of S . Ma ry’s for for ty yea rs.

Eleven th lin e,Seven teen th lin e

,

Sixteen th lin e , for John r ea d Thoma s.Third lin e, d ele comm a a fter Stoke.Thirteen th lin e, for Smith r ea d Smyth.The n ote to the n ames of John a n d Edwa rd Foul kes should be

en closed within bra ckets a n d ma rked T. B .

Fifteen th lin e, after pa g e 26 1 in ser tHen ry An drew.

ifor dea n r ea d dea con .

THE HIGH MASTER'

S HOUSE.

TAKEN DOWN IN 1835.

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soon a fter his en terin g in to r esiden ce ther e , da ted 2 1st July 1807,whichhappen s to ha ve been pr eser ved , tog ether witha g r oun d p la n of

the prem ises, showin g tha t con sider a ble a lter a tion s a n d improvem en tswer e effected by the trustees on the dea thofMr . Lawson , con ta in s thefoll owin g pa ssa g e It is n ow a n a dm ir able house , a n d n ever did Iexpect to be the occupier of on e so g ood. Obser ve , I say n ow

,for it

wa s a n Aug ea n sta ble a s to filth,throughwhichI thought, when I fir st

sawit, tha t itwould be n ecessa ry to tur n the n eighbour in g r iver Irke ,in order to clea n se it. It wa s

,too

,in its p la n so un couth, tha t it

seem ed a labyr in th; in its in con ven ien ces so un a ccoun table , that Isha ll n ever cea se to won der how a n y fee lin g a n d r a tion a l crea tur eshould ha ve so lon g a cquiesced in them . But a n en tir e r evolution ,

a n d tha t in a g rea t mea sur e p la n n ed by myself, ha s taken place .

”

It is r efr eshin g to thin k of tha t a n cien t str e am,even in my ea r ly

days n on e of the br ightest or swiftest in its cour se , a s on ce capable of

clea n sin g or sweeten in g a n y thin g !J EREMIAH SMITH

,son of Jerem iah a n d An n Sm ith, wa s bor n at

the sm a ll town of Brewood,in Stafi

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or dshire , on the 2 2 n d July 1771 ,a n d ba ptized a t the pa r ishchur ch on the 23rd Aug ust followin g . Hisprog en itor s, lea din g tr a desmen in the town

,ha d been for m a n y g en e

r a tion s sm a ll propr ietor s un der the Giffa rds of Chillin g ton ,a n d his

g ra n dfa ther wa s the own er of a g ood fr eehold house a n d la n d , wher ehe r esided. His g rea t - g ran dfa ther occupied a la r g e ha lf- timber edhouse , still ca lled the Rookery, whichwa s his own fr eehold pr oper ty .

The hea d m a stership of Brewood school,a flour ishin g school wher e

m a n y of the pr in cipa l g en try of Staffordshire sen t their son s,wa s

held from 1780 to 179 1 by Geor g e C roft, D .D .,form er ly fellow of

Un iver sity colleg e , Oxford, vica r ofAr n cliffe in Yorkshir e,a n d Ramp

ton lectur er for the yea r 1786 , a g ood cla ssica l schola r a n d lin g uist,un der whom Mr . Sm ithr eceived his educa tion

,pr eviously to en ter in g

in 1790 Her tford colleg e , Oxford (n owm er g ed in Ma g da len ha ll),when ce he r emoved, on g a in in g on e of the exhibition s, to C orpusChr isti colleg e , then un der the presiden cy of D r . John C ooke . At

Oxfor d he wa s on terms of in tim a te a cqua in ta n ce with his con tempor a r ies the la te bishops Phillpotts, C opl eston e a n d Ma n t

,a n d his

fr ien dship with the two form er wa s con tin ued in a fter life . Mr .

Sm ith pa ssed his un iversity exam in a tion s befor e the first list of

hon ours wa s published , g r a dua tin g B .A. on the 4th Ma r ch 1794,a n d M.A. on the a 6thMay 1797. He wa s orda in ed dea con by D r .

Jam es C ornwa ll is, bishop of Lichfie l d a n d C oven try , at Eccleshallchur ch on IsthJun e 1794 , a n d pr iest by D r . Richa rd Hurd

,bishop of

Wor cester , himself a n a tive of the pa r ishof Br ewood a n d ther e educa ted

,a t Hartlebury chape l on S. Ma tthew’

s day 1795. His fir stcur a cy wa s tha t ofEdg ba ston ,

n ea r B irm in gham ,a n d his first scho

lasti c appoin tmen t wa s a s a ssistan t to the secon d master of kin g Ed

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wa rd’s school in tha t town . Neither of these he r eta in ed lon g . Theformer he soon excha n g ed for tha t of S. Ma ry ’

s chapel, Moseley (ofwhich cha pel D r . W . F . Hook

,n ow dea n of Chichester , wa s subse

quen tly in cumben t) , a n d on the promotion of the secon d m a ster , ther ev. John C ooke

,M.A to the hea d m a stership of kin g Edwa rd

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school, Mr . Sm ithwa s in 1798 appoin ted secon d m a ster . This office hefilled un ti l his n om in a tion to Ma n chester . On the 7th July 18 10 he

g r a dua ted B .D ., a n d on the 15th of Ja n ua ry in the followin g yea rtook the deg ree ofdoctor in divin ity . D r . Sm ithfilled the highm a ster ’

s

cha ir for thir ty yea r s, a n d dur in g the same per iod held , successively,

the curacy of S. Ma rk’

s chapel , Cheetham Hill , S. Geor g e’

s chapel,

C a r r in g ton ,a n d Holy Tr in ity

,Sa lford . He wa s pr esen ted by the trus

tees to the in cumben cy of S. Peter ’s chur ch,Ma n chester , in 18 13, a n d

by D r . G .H.Law,bishop ofChester , to the r ectory ofS. An n

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s in 18 2 2 .

The form er he r esig n ed in 18 25, when he wa s succeeded by the rev .

N. Germon,M.A .

,then his a ssista n t m a ster

, a n d a fterwa r ds the highm a ster of the school. Bishop B lomfie l d appoin ted him to on e of thefour p rea cher s’ pla ces in the coun ty of La n ca ster (called kin g

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s pr eacherships) , vaca n t by the dea th of the r ev. Nichola s Rig bye Ba ldwin ,

M.A.,his n om in a tion bea r in g da te the 2 2n d D ecember 18 24. To this

office, foun ded a n d en dowed by queen Elizabetha n d abolished by the

Whig g over n m en t in 1845, wa s a tta ched a n an n ua l stipen d of fiftypoun ds

,a n d the r ight to pr ea cha t a n y pla ce within a n d throughout

the coun ty ofLa n ca ster,a n d especiall y in those chur ches a n d chapels

wher e for pr ea chin g it m ay n ot be otherwise pr ovided .

”The office , I

believe , wa s r eg a r ded a s a sin ecure . D r . Sm ith r esig n ed the highm a ster ship of the school in October 1837, a n d a t the sam e time a lsothe r ectory of S. An n

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s chur ch; a n d,except tha t he held the sma ll

v ica r a g e of Gr eat Wilbr aham ,n ea r C ambr idg e (of whichhis wife

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rela tives wer e pa tron s, a n d to whichhe ha d been presen ted inun til 1847, lived to the time ofhis deathin pr iva te life , pa r tly a t Lea

m in g ton ,a n d pa r tly a t his n a tive pla ce , Br ewood . He wa s the mea n s

of a g ood vica r a g e house bein g built at Gr ea t Wilbr aham ,a n d on e of

the la test objects in whichhe took a li vely in ter est wa s the buildin g of

a n addition a l chur ch a t Bishopswood, in the exten sive pa r ish of Bre

wood ,towa rdswhichhe g ave the liber a l offer in g of5OO l . He lived to

see the chur ch con secr a ted in 1851 , but wa s too il l to be presen t a tthe ceremon y. Dur in g his la st four yea r s the on ce clea r a n d vig orousin te llect whichha d so distin g uished him thr ough life wa s in some de

g r ee over clouded , a n d the bodily in firm ities of ol d a g e crept upon him .

Min ister ed to in his declin in g yea rs with a ffection a te a n d un cea sm g

a tten tion ,often r ecur r in g in thought to the days p a ssed a t Ma n chester

a n d in the school,always in ter ested in the success ofhis form er pup i ls,

a n d especially happy in the highhon ours r ecen tly g a in ed by hi s twoyoun g est son s a t Oxford, he died a tBr ewood on S.Thoma s’s day, 1854 ,

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ag ed 84 yea r s, a n d wa s buried in the fam ily vault in Brewood chur chya r d ou the 27thD ecember . On his g r a ve is a mon um en t of cor r ectecclesia stica l desig n .

D r . Smith’

s cha r a cter a shighm a ster of the school , a n d a s a cler g ym a n

,stood very high. The followin g pa g es will Showhis success a s a

tea cher in the highhon ours g a in ed by his pupils in the un iversities,a n d in va r ious posts of distin ction occupied by them in a fter life . So

n umer ous a n d so va r ied a re the ir liter a ry production s, tha t he wa sfon d

,in after yea rs, of r eferr in g to them a s formin g a little libr ary in

them selves. In him were combin ed, in a n un usual deg r ee , soun dschola rship

,refin ed ta ste , a n d amen i ty of m a n n ers. Pr ompt a n d de

oisive in a l l ca ses wher e pr omptn ess a n d decision wer e ca lled for , hewa switha l so g en tle a n d cour teous, tha t the m ost tim id boyfelt he wa ssure to ha ve a fr ien d in “the Doctor ,

”if he took pa in s to deser ve it.

On his r esig n a tion of the highm a ster ship a sp len did pr esen t of pla tewa s m a de to him by his former pupil s, a n xious to r ecor d their g r a teful sen se ofhis abilities a s a schola r

,a n d his kin dn ess a s a fr ien d ,”

a t the an n iver sa ry festiva l on the 4thOctober 1837, a n d his p receptor ia l cha r a cter wa s r efer r ed to by the r ev. J . H. Ma r sden

,B .D .

,la te

Disn ey professor of C la ssica l An tiquities in the Un iversity of C am

br idg e , a n d n owca n on ofMa n chester,on e ofhis most distin g uished

a n d attached schola r s, in the followin g terms

It ha s been often r em a rked , a n d is g en er a lly believed , tha t the severe a n d con tin ueda pplica tion which is n ecessa ry to form the schola r , is a pt to g en er a te a n a uster itya n d r epulsiven ess ofm a n n er ,

- tha t in the same per son the cha r a cters of the schola ra n d the g en tlem a n a r e seldom to b e foun d u n ited . But the schola r s ofMa n chesterschool have ha d the g ood for tun e to kn owtha t this rule is n otwithout its exception .

They have ha d d a il y presen ted to their eyes a proof tha t eleg a n ce a n d erud ition m aysom etimes g o tog ether , a n d tha t even the schoolm a ster m ay be d istin g uished am on gother g en tlem en by a n ir resistible courteousn ess ofm a n n er . An d this is by n o m ea n s

a l l ; for n either the orn am en ta l n or the useful pa r ts of educa tion a r e wor th m uchun less bui lt upon a sure foun da tion , a n d the on ly sure foun da tion is tha t of pietya n d vir tue. U pon this foun d a tion we were a lways ta ug ht to build . We were ca r efully tr a in ed to emula te those br ig ht examples which ca st a lustre over the a n n a ls ofour school. We were taught to fea r God a n d hon our the kin g .

From amon g m a n y testimon ies born e to their la te m a ster ’s wor th,cal led for th by the a n n oun cemen t ofhis dea th

,I ven tur e to extr a ct

the followin g por tion of a letter fr om the la te r ev.Edwa r d Greswe l l,

B .D ., vice-presiden t of C orpus Chr isti colleg e , Oxford , SOwell kn own

a s a classica l scholar a n d theolog ia n ofhighr epute :

In speakin g ofm e a s on e ofthe m ost a tta ched of your la te fa ther ’s pupils,I kn ow

tha t you ha ve on ly don e justice to my feelin g s. I have n o doubt tha t amon g hisn um erous pupil s few, very few,

with their person a l exper ien ce of such a m a ster , a n dof the m a n y cla im s which he ha d on their a tta chm en t, ca n have been wa n tin g intheir feelin g towa rds him whilst livin g , or will cea se to cher ish a n a lmost fili a l r ever en ce

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a n d r espect for his memory n owtha t he is dea d . But there wa s som ethin gpecul ia r In my own ca se, wh ich ha s a lways m a de me con scious ofa g rea ter weig ht of

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oblig a tion towa rds him tha n a n y ofthe r est, com in g n ot m erely from the substa n tia la n d la stin g a dva n ta g es der ived in common with m a n y mor e from our tuition un derhim a t the Gr amm a r school

,Ma n chester , but from my a fter cour se in life , in shapin g

a n d m a rkin g out which your la te fa ther , n ext to the D ivin e Pr oviden ce , wa s thepr in cipa l a g en t . I am boun d to a ckn owledg e (a n d I do so with g r a titude) tha t Iowe to him my pr esen t pla ce in Oxford , a n d wha tsoever m ea n s a n d opportun ities ofuseful employm en t it ha s afforded m e ; for he wa s the per son who d ir ected m e to

Corpus,a n d withoutwhom I m ay truly sayI should n ever have been here a t pr esen t .

I have every r ea son , therefor e , to be g r a teful to him , a n d to bless GOD tha t I everbecam e a cqua in ted with him .

At the tim e ofmy fa ther’

s a ppoin tm en t to the office ofhighmaster ,a n d for som e yea rs a fter

,the Sa in ts’ days of the Chur chwere kept a s

holydays. I do n ot kn owthe exact da te when this old custom wa sbroken through. The school beg a n ,

all the yea r through, a t seveno’clock in the m or n in g ; a n d so r em a rkable wa s his pun ctuality , tha tpeople livin g in the same street used to say they a lways kn ewwhatthe exa ct tim e wa s by seein g him pa ss by on hisway to the school . Iha ve often hea rd him say tha t he con sidered the hour a n d a ha lf’sworkbefor e breakfa st, besides tr a in in g the boys in habits of ea r ly r isin g ,wor th double the time in a n y other pa r t of the day. Musis a mica

Aur or a . This a ssemblin g of the schola rs before br eakfa st wa s, Ib

ffl ieve

,discon tin ued imm edia tely a fter my fa ther

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s r esig n ation of his

0 cc .

As a cler g yman D r . Sm ithwould be classed withthose who a r e n owkn own a s m oder a te high- chur chmen

,pr eachin g to his con g r e g a tion the

distin ctive doctr in esoftheEn g lishchur ch, a dm in ister in g the Sa cr am en tsa n d other rites ofthe Chur chwithdue r everen ce

,a n d in la ter yea r soften

expr essin g his r eg ret tha t closer a tten tion ha d n ot been mor e g en er a llypa id to the plain dir ection s ofthe P r ayer B ook . He sympa thizedwiththe r eviva l con sequen t upon the Oxfor d m ovem en t of 1833, but n ot

without fear lest youn g a n d en thusia stic m in ds shoul d exceed the

limits pr escr ibed by the En g lish chur ch. In his days chor a l ser vicesucha s m ay n owbe foun d even in m a n y a well- or der ed vi lla g e chur chwa s n ot the fa shion ,

but,witha full

,r ich

,a n d well m odula ted voice ,he

wa s n ot un a dm ir ed a s a prea cher,a n d his clea r , distin ct, un affected ,

a n d in tellig en t r ea din g of the pr ayer s a n d other offices of the Chur ch

did n ot fa il to kin dle devotion in the hea r ts of the wor shippers. Con

scien tious in his con viction s both upon theolog ica l a n d politica l subjects, he ever en ter ta in ed cha r itable feelin g s towa r ds those who differ edfrom him ,

a n d could g ive others cr edit for con scien tiousn ess a n d zeal .Som e of his most in tim a te a cqua in ta n ces in priva te life wer e foun d inthe oldest ofthe n on con form ist fam ilies in the town a n d n eighbourhoodofMa n chester .

From the con g r eg a tion of S . An n’

s chur ch he received a costlypr esen t of pla te when he r esig n ed the r ectory .

D r . Sm ithwa s for m a n y years on e of the seven cler ical trustees of


Bury g ramm a r school a n d from the trustees ofBolton g r amm a r schoolhe received in 1833 a pr esen t oftwo silver sa lver s,withthis in scr iption

To

The Revd J EREMIAH SMITH , D .D .,

fr om theTrustees of the Gramm a r School

in Bolton ,

In r emembr a n ce ofhis kin d services,a n d a s a testimon y of their r eg a r d

for his hig h cha ra cter a n d wor th .A .D . 1 833.

The ser vices r en dered wer e , I believe , those of examin er of ca n dida tesfor the m a stership of the school

,on more than on e occa sion .

In politics he wa s a n adheren t, through life , of the tory pa r ty, a n d ,of cour se

,a m ember of the Ma n chester Pitt club . Soon after com in g

to Ma n chester,he wa s elected a m ember of the then very exclusive

club,m eetin g at the Mosley- street a ssembly rooms. In 18 1 2 he a cted

a s chapla in to the highsher iff of the coun ty, who, on the expir a tion of

his year ofoffice, presen ted his chap lain witha very eleg an t Silver cup ,

bearin g this in scr iption :

Edwa rd Gr ea ves, Esq ,

Hig h Sher ifffor the Coun ty Pa la tin e of La n ca ster

,

Pr esen ts this Cup to hisChapla in

,

The Revd J EREMIAH SMITH, D .D .,

Hea d Ma ster of the Fr ee Gr amm a r School, Ma n chester,

Who in the m em or a ble yea r 18 12,

delivered thr ee m ost excellen ta n d im pressive di scour ses a t

the three Assizes held a t La n ca ster .

May GOD preserveHis Majesty the Kin gDuke of La n ca ster .

In the tumultuous year s 18 19 a n d 1831 he took a prom in en t par ton the side of l awa n d order ; in the former year g ivin g eviden ce a t

York , when H.Hun t wa s tr ied on the char g e ofhigh tr eason : in thela tter join in g some few of the lea din g inhabita n ts of the town in

petition in g a g a in st the Reform bill , dr ea din g , am on g other evils, ther ecurr en ce of a g itation a n d r iot a s likely to a tten d upon election s in ala r g e town like Man chester . He wa s also a stron g oppon en t of theRoma n C a tholic Em a n cipation Act. On this much disputed questiona ser ies of letters

,a ddr essed to him ,

a n d dated from Sm edley hall, in18 13, were published by his fr ien d Mr . William D a vid Eva n s

,the

st ipen di a ry m a g istr a te of Man chester (afterwards kn ighted a s the r e


corder of Bombay) , who wa s a s stron g a n advocate for the r emova lof the leg a l disabilities affectin g the Roman ca tholics a n d Protesta n tdissen ter s. On these subjects, i n a fter years

,he r ejoiced to fin d his

expecta tion s un fulfilled.D r . Smith published n othin g excep t a sermon

"pr eached befor e theNor thWor cester volun teer s, to whom he wa s cha pla in ,

a t Tewkesbury,on 1 2thMay 1805. The title is A Vin dica tion of D efen sive Wa r

,a n d

of the Mi l ita ry P r ofession . 8vo. Birm in gham .

He m a r r ied a t Kin g’

s Nor ton chur ch,Wor cester shire

,on the 27th

July 18 1 1,Felicia , third da ughter ofWilliam An der ton , esq.

,ofMose

l eyWake Green , in tha t pa r ish, bywhom he ha d eight childr en , on e of

whom died in in fa n cy in 18 14. His son s a r e : 1 . Jer em iahFin chSm ith,

M.A .,r ector ofAldr idg e , Staffor dshir e , a n d rura l dea n

,bor n 1st July

18 15, m a r r ied 8thMay 1847, ElizabethAn n e,on ly daughter of the

la te C lem en t In g leby, esq.,ofKin g

’

sHea thhouse,Moseley

,n ea r Bir

m in gham . 2 .Will iam An der ton Sm ith,A.M.,bor n 5thSeptember 18 16

,

m a r r ied 10thJuly 1845, Ma ry,youn g est daughter ofthe la te sir Thomas

Boulden Thompson ,ba r t .

,Ha rtsbour n e m an or pla ce , Her ts. 3. Jam es

Hicks Sm ith, born 1 1th Jun e 18 2 2, ba rr ister - at- l aw, ofLin coln

’

s In n .

4. Isa a c Gr eg ory Smith, M .A.,r ector ofTedston e D elam ere , Herefor d

shire,form er ly fellowof Br a sen ose colleg e , Oxfor d , Her tford schola r

1846 , Ir ela n d schola r 1847, bor n 2 1st November 18 26,m a r r ied 27th

Ja n ua ry 1859 , Ag n es Aug usta , eldest daughter of the r ev. G. W.

Mur r ay, M.A.,r ector of Ha n dswor th, n ea r Birm in gham ,

a n d g r a n d

daughter of m ajor -

g en er a l sir Wil liam D oug la s, K.C .B . 5. JohnGeor g e Sm ith, M.A.

,ba r r ister - a t- l aw

,of the In n er Temple

,bor n 16th

Ma r ch 18 29 , m a r r ied 1 2th Aug ust 18 6 9 , Am elia Sophia,youn g est

da ughter of Cha r les F. D a rwa l l , esq.,ofWalsa ll . Al l his son s were

a dm itted to Ma n chester school, but the thr ee elder a lon e educatedther e ; the two youn g er bein g afterwa rds sen t to Rug by, un der D r .

Ar n old. Ofhis two daughters, the youn g er Felicia,bor n 18th Jun e

18 18,m a r r ied 3othSeptember 1845, the r ev. Georg e Benjami n San d

ford,

in cumben t of Chur ch Min shull , Cheshir e , who died a t

Southpor t on the 10thD ecember 1852 . The elder,Rebecca

,bor n 7th

Jun e 1 8 1 2,is un m a rr ied. D r . Smith’

swidowdied at Br ewood on the2 6thAug ust 18 6 1 , a g ed 77, a n d is there bur ied .

A n otice of D r . Smith a ppea r ed in the Ma n chester Cour ier a t thetim e ofhis death

,a n d in the Gen tlema n

’

s Mag a z in e of the followin gea r .yThere Is a n en g r a vin g of the por trait of D r . SmithIn the History of

the Foun da tion s ofMa n chester vol . iI. p . 2 88 , 4to, 1831 . It is dedica ted to John Gr ea ves, esq.

,

“a liber a l p a trori of the fin e a r ts,

”a n d is

en g r a ved by Wooln oth from a m in ia ture by G. Ha r g r ea ves ; a n d inpossession of the fam ily is a la rg e oil pa i n tin g by C olm a n

,of Bir

m in gham ,a n excellen t liken ess.


THE REV . JOHH DAB BEY ,who ha d for upwar ds of forty years been

Mr . Lawson ’

s colleag ue , a s secon d m a ster,con tin ued to hold that office

un til his deathon the 31st Aug ust 1808 . For the fir st tim e in twen tyfive yea r shis n ame is missed in the r e cor ds of the a n n iversary m eetin gof the year pr e cedin g , bein g the year ofMr . Lawson ’

s dea th. He

r esided in a house whichstood on the n orth-ea stern side of the top of

Mil l brow, whi chwa s appropr ia ted by the trustees a s a residen ce for

the secon d m aster,where Mr .El sda le l ived for som e years, a n d afte r

wards on e of the a ssistan t m aste r s, the rev. John John son ,who died

there fr om cholera in 1834 a n d he is still r emember ed a s r idi n g in , on

a stout black pon y,from Gorton , ofwhichhe wa s in cumben t , in lon g

blueworsted hose re a chin g up tohis thighs,withspurs a n d a lar g ewig .

[Mn D a rbeywas of C orpus Chr isti colleg e , Oxford, B A . 1760 ,M.A .

176 2 , a n d was a ppoin ted usher of the school on the r ecommen dation of

D r . Ra n dolph in 1764. On the dea th ofMr . Lawson Mr . D a rbeydeclin ed the office ofhea d m a ster , owin g to his adva n ced a g e a n d thepre carious sta te ofhi s health. He died on the 31stMay in the yearfoll owi n g the dea thofhi s old fr ien d a n d colleag ue . Mr . B a rbey wa sa t on e time in cum ben t ofHollinwood

,a n d the r ev . R. W. Hay,

vica rofRochda le ,

a n d chai rm a n of the Salford quar ter session s,wa s his cu

rate , an d , n otwithsta n din g his eccen tr icities,always en te rtain ed a hi gh

r eg ard for the lea rn in g a n d m er its ofhis ol d in cum ben t. In November 1832 Mr . Hay travelled fr om Ackworth

,ofwhich pa r ishhe wa s

r ector , to p ay a m a rk of respe ct to the m em ory ofMr . D a rb ey,by

a tten di n g the fun er al of his da ughter , Mr s. C otes, of Liverpool,in

Ma n chester colleg ia te chur ch. BA ] The presiden t of C orpus Chr isticolleg e , Oxford , n om in a ted a shis successor the r ev. Robin son El sda le ,Lin coln shir e schola r of tha t colleg e ,

whose deg r ee of B A . bears da te1 2thJun e 1805, an d ofALA. I st February 1809 .

ROB INSON EL SDALE,bor n 26thMa r ch 1783,

was the secon d son of

Robin son Elsda l e of Surfieet,co. Lin col n

,a n d his wife An n Gibbin s

ofthe sam e place , whom he m ar r ied on 3I st Mar ch 1779 . His fa ther,

after some ser vice in the r oyal n a vy, en tered the m er cha n t ser vice,a n d

comm an ded a n East In di am a n . He di ed in October 1783,shortly

a fte r the birthofhis secon d son . Bothson swere brought up by theirmother , a n d educa ted a t Uppin gham school . The elder , Samue lEl sda l e , g ra dua tin g a t Lin coln colleg e , Oxford , a n d takin g holy orders,becam e vi ca r of Moul ton ,

in Lin coln shire,for whose son see Reg ister

an n o 18 26 .

Mr . Elsda l e held the office of secon d ma ster dur in g the per iod ofD r . Smith’

s highm a stership , a n d , on the r esig n ation of the latte r ,wa sn omin a ted by D r . Bryd g es

,the patron , as his successor ; whereupon

he proceeded to take his deg rees of B .D . a n d D .D on the 7thJul y1338 . He di d n ot preside lon g over the school, fail in g hea lthn ecessita ti n ghis retirem en t in 1840 . Like the highmaste r he combin edwith


IO MANCHESTER SCHOOL REGISTER.

the Log of a P r iva teer’

s ma n,a hun dr ed yea r s ag o. (NewMon thly

Mag zin e, pa rt ii .,While on the subject ofDr .Elsda le , m ay I b e permitted to m en tion

tha t I possess a little volume (Ta les of the Ma r tyr s) g iven m e,yea r s

a g o, by my wor thy preceptor , in whichhe ha s pla ced the followin gIn scr iptl on

This little book, wr itten by his n iece, A.Elsda l e , wa s g iven by Dr . Elsda l e toWilliam Ha r r ison Ai n swor th a s a very tr iflin g m emor ia l (14 11771106 vmun usculum l evissimum 6667101! dBwpov) ofsin cere a n d wa rm r eg a r d .

Ex iguum m a g n i mon um en tum et pig n us am oris. Virg .

Sun t ea pa rva quidem , sed sin t tibi g ra ta pr ecamur .

Hostia pa rva Deo, sit modo sa n cta,pla cet.

Do tibi don a , da r en turAur ea , sor s a n im o si foret aequa m eo.

F r ee Gr amma r School , Ma n chester,

Sep t. z1st, 1838 . W. H. A ]

[The en g raved por tr a it in the Foun da tion s ofMa n chester,taken from

the m in iature by G.Har g rea ves, affords a fa ithful liken ess ofD r . Sm ith.

He possessed in a very highdeg r ee two m ost impor ta n t qualifica tion sfor a preceptor— r efin ed cla ssica l ta ste a n d tha t un err in g in stin ctwithr eg a rd to the capacities of boys which

,like the ol d divin in g r od, ha s

frequen tly the effect of brin g in g tr ea sures to light which, but for thatfaculty

,m ight ha ve r em a in ed en tirely la ten t a n d un productive . He

wa s too a n d boys a r e a l l the better for seein g sucha n example beforethem —~ a fin ished g en tleman in m a n n ers a n d a ppea r a n ce : who tha tever con versed withhim ca n for g et his bla n d cour tesy , his plea sa n tsm ile

,a n d hism ild yet pen etr a tin g a n d in tellectua l g la n ce ? The fol low

in g sketchby the very distin g uished pupil , whose commun ica tion pr ecedes this, ofthe school a n d itshigha n d secon d master when D r . Sm itha n d Mr . Elsda le

,who appea r in it a s D r . Lon sda le a n dMr . C an e

,he ld

those situation s,thoughperhaps it will n ot be n ewto m a n y of our

r ea der s, is too spir ited a n d lifelike a delin ea tion to b e om itted in sucha work a s the pr esen t :I ca n n ot saymuch in pra ise ofthe a r chitectur a l beauty ofthe school ; for , iftruth

must b e spoken , it wa s exceedin g ly ug ly ; a n d,thoug h a very ol d foun d a tion , the

buildin g wa s compa r a tively m oder n , a n d did n ot d a te ba ck , from the per iod ofwhichI wr ite , m or e tha n twen ty or thir ty yea r s. It wa s r a ised on a hig h sa n dston e ba n kover lookin g the little r iver In k, n ot fa r from its con fluen cewith the Ater a n d viewedon this side, in con n exion with the old a n d em brown ed wa lls a djoin in g it, its appea ra n ce wa s n ot un pictur esque,— certa in ly m or e plea sin g tha n when seen fr om thecrowded a n d n oisy thoroug hfa r e bywhich it wa s appr oa ched . It wa s a la r g e, d in gy,a n d smoke -beg r imed br ick build in g ,with copin g s ofston e , a n d ha d so m a n ywin dowstha t it looked like a la n tern . In fron t , between the a n g les of the poin ted r oof, wa spla ced a ston e effig y of the bir d ofwisdom ,

which seem ed to g a ze down a t uswithits g rea t g og g le eyes a swe pa ssed by

,a s if mutter in g , “En ter this a ca dem ic a bode

over which I preside, a n d welcome, but you’ll n ever com e out a s clever a s I.” Wha t

the school wa n ted in a n tiquity wa s supplied by a ven er able pile con tiguous to it,which , in remote tim es, ha d been pa r t of the coll eg ia te esta blishm en t of the Oldchurch of C otton bor ough; but, in the r eig n of J am es I., fa llin g in to the ha n ds of a

wea lthy a n d mun ificen t m er cha n t of the pla ce,itwa s by him devoted to the foun da

t ion ofa hospita l for the m a in ten a n ce a n d educa tion ofa cer ta in n umber ofpoor la ds,

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a n d to the crea tion , for publ ic use a n d ben efit, ofa la r g e a n d a dm ir able libr arywithinitswa lls. Thiswa s the B lue-Coa t hospita l a n d libr a ry, for which Cotton boroughha sr ea son to b e g r a teful .Adjoin in g our m odern iron .r a il s wa s a ven erable ston e g a teway, with a n a rched

en tr a n ce open in g upon the broa d playg roun d of the B lue-Coa t hospita l, whi ch a s fa rsurpa ssed a n ythin g we possessed , a s its colleg e-like ha lls a n d r efector ies exceeded our

form a l school in beauty ; while the bla n k bla ck wa lls of a n other pa r t ofthe structure,com posed of a ston e so soft a n d fr iable tha t it seem ed to absorb every pa r ticle of

smoke tha t a pproa ched it , form ed a little cour t in fron t of our door of en tr a n ce , a n dthe flig ht of ston e steps con ductin g to it . The school wa s d ivided in to two r oom s,

ea ch occupyin g a whole floor , a n d the lower school , in those days a very con fin ed,

d ir ty- look in g pla ce , utter ly unwor thy of such a n establishmen t, wa s r ea ched by a

flig ht ofsteps descen din g from the little cour t I have descr ibed . But happily I kn ewn othin g , from per son a l exper ien ce , of this d a rk a n d disma l hole

,be in g in troduced a t

on ce to the upper school , which , if it ha d n o other m er it , wa s a iry a n d spa ciousen oug h . There wer e four firepla ces a n d four tables, those a t either extr em ity bein ga ssig n ed to the hea d m a ster a n d the secon d m a ster

,a n d the others to the two ushers.

Ea ch m a ster ha d two cla sses, so tha t there were eig ht in a ll . The wa lls wer e whitewa shed , a n d , like the fla t roof, without a n y decor a tion wha tever , un less the oak

wa in scotin g a t the ba ck of the boys’ ben ches, which sur roun ded the whole schoolr oom , ca n be so con sidered . These ben ches, the desks in fron t of them , a n d the pa nel s behin d , were of the ha rdest oak ; a n d it wa s well they were so

,for theyha d to

r esist the r ava g es of a thousa n d kn ives. In some pla ces they were fur ther securedwith clamps of iron . Everybody cut his n ame on the desks or wa in scot, like theca ptives in sta te p r ison s in the olden tim e , a n d am on g st these m emen toes I supposeI have somewher e left m in e . I kn owtha t while on ce ca rvin g it on the lea ds of theColleg ia te church I n ea r ly ca rved off my forefin g er . The pla ce wa s n ot so light a sm ig ht be con ceived from the multitude ofwin dows, for they were n ever clea n ed , a n dthe pa n es of g la sswer e yellowa n d a lmost tawn y from the r eeky a tmospher e .

On en ter in g the school , the buzz of so m a n y ton g ues wa s prodig ious, a n d a lmosttook away the power of thoug ht or study but a fter a whi le on e g ot used to it , a n dthe n oise d id n ot affect you in the lea st. When the d in rose to too hig h a pitch,loud cr ies of Silen ce , you boys!

”would b e hea r d , a ccompa n ied by the r a ppin g of a

ca n e on the ta ble , or the drea dful soun ds of a pun ishm en t would pr oduce a pa r tia llull ; a n d then m i g ht b e hea rd the deep son orous voice of the a r chi -dida sculus, D r .

Lon sda le , mouthin g out a pa ssa g e from ZEschylus or Ar istopha n es,rumblin g away

like d ista n t thun der , or the sha rp hig h -pitched voice of the hyp o-did a sculus

,Mr .

Ca n e . We beg a n the day’

swork betim es, a n d pr ayers were rea d both a t m or n a n d

a t even tide. On wi n ter even in g s, when the school wa s lighted up by tapers, thetwin klin g light ofwhich fell upon the boys a s they kn elt a t pr ayer , while n o soun dwa s hea rd but tha t proceed in g from the r ea der of the devotion a l exercises, I used tothin k the scen e str ikin g en oug h . But it wa s g on e in a momen t. No soon er werepr ayers over , tha n everybody seized hishat a n d books ; boxeswere ha stily clapped -to ;

taper s extin g uished ; the hurr ied tr amplin g ofdepa r ted footsteps succeeded—a n d a l l

va n ished like a dream .

The r ev. Abel Ca n e, un der whose ca re I wa s fir st pla ced , wa s a soun d, cla ssica lschola r , but a severe d isciplin a r ia n . He wa s on e of those who believe tha t a kn owledg e of La tin a n d Gr eek ca n b e dr iven in to a boy, a n d tha t his capa city m ay be

sha rpen ed by frequen t pun ishm en t . U n der this im pr ession hewa s con sta n tly thr a shin g us. In his dr awer he ha d sever a l ca n es ofva r ious len g ths, a n d ofva r ious deg r eesof thickn ess, tied with ta chin g -en d to pr even t them from splittin g , a n d for a l l thesehe foun d employm en t . Whil e ca llin g us r oun d for pun ishm en t he got a s r ed in theg ill s a s a turkey -cock , a n d occa sion a lly rose up to g ive g r ea ter effect to the blows.Som e boyswer e so fr ig hten ed tha t they couldn

’t lea r n thei r ta sks a t a l l , a n d other sso reckless ofthe pun ishm en t which they kn ewmust en sue,whether or n ot, tha t they

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in ten tion a lly n eg lected them . I have seen boyswith“blood blisters, a s they ca lledthem

, on their ha n ds, a n d others wi th wea ls on their ba cks, but I do n ot r ecollecttha t the ca stig a tion did them a n y g ood, but the very r everse . But our preceptor ha dother in g en ious m odes of tor ture . He would m ake us sta n d in the m iddle of the

school for a whole day, a n d even lon g er— som etimes on on e leg— a n d the effect of

ba la n cin g in this posture, with a hea vy diction a ry in ha n d , a n d a Vir g il un der thea rm

,wa s ludicrous en ough , thoug h r a ther perplexin g . It must n ot be im a g in ed tha t

I escaped the ca n e . I ha d en oug h of it, a n d to spa r e, both on shoulders a n d ha n ds.Notwithsta n d in g our drea d ofhim ,

we used to play Mr . Ca n e a g rea t m a n y tr icks.We n otched his ca n es so tha t they split when he used them ; put g ra vel in to the keyhole ofhis drawer ; m in g led soot with his in k ; threw fulm in a tin g ba lls un der hisfeet ; a n d even m edita ted blowin g him up with g un powder . An a dven turous youthessayed the effect ofa bur n in g -

g la ss on his ea r , but wa s in sta n tly detected , a n d ca lledr oun d for pun ishm en t. An other tried to throwthe r ays from a bit of lookin g -

g la ssin to his eye , a n d sha red the sam e fa te . With al l his d isciplin e, ifour drea ded m a sterwer e ca lled out of school for a fewm in utes, the g rea test rowwould commen ce. Theboys sittin g a t either en d of the form woul d pla ce their feet a g a in st the edg e of thedesks

, a n d squeeze up those between them so un m er ciful ly tha t they roa red a g a in .

Books, volleys ofpea s from tin ca ses, a n d other m issiles, wer e d ischa rg ed a t the occupa n ts of the opposite form s ; a n d the m iser able fellows in the m iddle of the schoolbecam e m a rks for their com r a des, a n d r etur n ed the a g g ression in the best way theycould . These d isturba n ceswere, of course, witn essed by the ushers, but they r a relym en tion ed them ; a n d Dr . Lon sda le wa s too fa r off to hea r wha t wa s g oin g on

, a n d Idon

’t thin k he a ltog ether approved ofthe secon d m a ster ’s sever ity. To a n ewboy, itwa s d rea dful to hea r Mr . Ca n e cry out to som e offen der , Come r oun d , you stew-em

p id a ss-s-s hissin g like a serpen t a s he utter ed the fin a l word of scor n ; dr ea dfultowitn ess thewr ithin g s ofthe victim a she un derwen t ca stig a tion ; still m or e dr ea d

ful to hea r thewords a ddressed to himself,in ten sified a s they were by the fur ious

looks tha t a ccompa n i ed them . In som e ca ses, Mr . Ca n e drove a l l the capa city theboys possessed out oftheir hea ds. There wa s on e poor little fellow, Dever eux Frog g ,whose wits coul d n ever be stimula ted . Poor Devereux !howI pitied him a n d tr iedto help him , a n d cr ammed him—but itwa s ofn o use. When we wen t up he wa s so

fr ig hten ed tha t al l wen t out ofhis hea d, a n d the da ily drubbin g en sued . An d therewer e others like him . Mr . Ca n e wa s a fr esh -complexion ed m a n

,with g ood fea tur es,

a n d a ha n dsom e a quilin e n ose ; he wa s scrupulously n ea t in his a ttire, a n d wor e a

lon g g oldwa tch-cha in ,with la r g e sea ls,which he twir led a boutwhen wa lkin g , or whenexcited a n d he ha d a ha bit of thi n kin g a loud . Wha t str a n g e con tr a di ction s ofchar a cter some person s offer ! Out of school, Mr . Ca n e wa s very am ia ble a n d g ood

temper ed , fon d of music,a n d cul tiva ted a ta ste for poetry. I ha ted him cord ia lly

then ; but I lea rn t to like him a fterwa rds, a n d n owI lam en t in him the lost fr ien d.Dr . Lon sda le’s pla n of tuition wa s very d iffer en t from tha t ofMr . Ca n e. Hiswa s

the sua viter in modo, r a ther tha n the for titer in r e. He a spir ed to m ake his pupilsg en tlemen a s well a s g ood schola r s. He n ever used the ca n e , but hi s r ebuke wa sg rea tly dreaded , a n d his quiet, sa rca stic r em a rks on a m ispron un cia tion or a vul g a r ismeffectua lly preven ted their r epetition . D ig n ified in ma n n er a n d depor tm en t

, a n d everpr eservin g a n a ir of g r ave cour tesy , it would have been impossible to take a libertywith him , a n d itwa s n ever a ttempted . Dr . Lon sda le wa s a spa re m a n

,with la rg e

thoug htful fea tur es, a n d a fin e expa n sive forehea d , powdered a t the top. He lookedlike a bishop , a n d oug ht to have been on e. His voice wa s peculia r ly solem n

, a n d itwa s quite a trea t to hea r him r ea d prayers. U n der him the boys beg a n to g ive themselves the a irs ofyoun g m en ,

wore well-cut coa ts a n d well-fittin g boots, were verypa r ticul a r a bout their n eck-cloths a n d about the fa shion of their hair , a n d, a bove a l l

,

wore g loves r efin emen ts n ever dreamed of in the lower forms, where, sooth to say,we were sad sloven s. (L ife a n d Adven tures of Mervyn C l itheroe, by W.Harr isonAmsworth

,1851, 8vo.) a ]


Dur in g the highm a ster ship of D r . Sm ith the n ames of the schola rswere en ter ed in a separ ate book , en titled A Reg ister of the Schola r softhe Fr ee Gramm a r School in Man chester. The sam e book con ta in sa lso a list of the sen ior schola rswho took par t in the public speechesfrom 18 1 1 to 1830 , a n d a list of the boys in the sever a l classes of theschool

,a n n ually

,from 18 1 1 to 1837. There is a pen cil- n ote on the

first pa g e , in my father’

s ha n dwr itin g , to this effect : “The n umberDr . S. foun d in the upper a n d m iddle schools tog ether wa s

1807E N R Y a n d John,son s of John Boutflower

,surgeon

, J uly

Salford,Lan c .

John John son Boutflower , the fa ther of these brothers, ofwhom the youn g er isstill livin g , wa s on e ofthe son s ofthe r ev. John Boutflower , vica r ofSeamer n ea r

Sca rboroug h (sever a l ofwhose son swer e educa ted for the med ica l profession ) ,a n d m a r r ied a Miss Cr ewe, he him self settlin g in Sa lfor d, a n d succeedin g D r.John D r in kwa ter

,for whose two distin g uished son s see Reg ister , vol . i . pp. 182 ,

200,a n d vol . ii. p . 2 83.

Hen ry Crewe Boutflower,the elder of these brothers, wa s born on the 25thOcto

ber 1796 . Whil st a t the school he d istin guished himsel f especia lly a s a La tinschola r , a n d m a n y ofhis exerciseswere preserved by my fa ther , showin g m uchfa cility in composition , a n d corr ectn ess a n d eleg a n ce of style . He took pa r tin the public speeches from 18 12 to 18 15. Nom in a ted to a school exhibition ,

he en ter ed S . J ohn ’

s colleg e, Cambr idg e, in 1 8 15, a n d in the followin g yea rg a in ed the Hulsea n theolog ica l pr ize, open to a n y m ember of the un iver sityun der the deg r ee of A.M. He passed the exam in a tion for the A.B . deg ree

in 18 19, g a in in g the sixth pla ce am on g the sen ior optim es, a n d proceeded A.M.

in 182 2 . He wa s orda in ed dea con a s cur a te to a r chdea con Spoon er , r ectorofElmdon

,n ea r B irm in g ham ,

on the 15th Apr il 182 1 , a n d pr iest on the 31st

Ma r ch 182 2 . It is rem a rkable tha t he should have succeeded to this r ectory in1857, which he held un til his dea th. He ha d been , on lea vin g Cambr idg e, tutorto the son s ofMr . Lil l in g ston ofElmdon ha ll

,a r ela tive ofa r chdea con Spoon er ,

a n d thoug h he received, throug h their in fluen ce a n d tha t of lord Ca lthorpe, on eor two offers of g ood pr eferm en t whi lst a t Bury, he declin ed them ,

on a ccoun tof a con stitution a l m a la dy from which he suffered much a t tim eswhen in the

coun try, the a sthm a but kn owin g Elmdon well from his form er con n ection withthe pla ce , a n d havin g ha d g ood hea lth ther e, he a ccepted it when the offer wa sur g ed upon him . On the 6thMay 1823he wa s elected to the hea d m a stershipof Bury school, La n ca shire, a n d in 1832 wa s presen ted by the rector to the

perpetua l cur a cy of S. J ohn ’

s chur ch in tha t town . He held a lso the oflice

of cha pla in to viscoun t Str a tha lla n . He died on the 4th Jun e 1 863, a g ed

66, whilst on a visit to his ol d pupil a n d frien d the rev. Will iam Bur bury,

a t West Felton vica ra g e, Sa lop , a fter a very shor t illn ess, a n d wa s bur ied a t

I4 MANCHESTER SCHOOL REGISTER .

Elmdon : There is in the chur chya r d a hea dston e over his g ra ve of verycorrect ecclesia stical desig n . Mr . H. C . Boutflower wa s much beloved a t

Bury, dur in g his lon g a n d officia l con n ection with tha t town ,

both in publica n d pr iva te life, a n d is g ra teful ly rem embered a s a n a ble a n d con scien tiouscler g ym a n

,a s a g ood prea cher , a n d a s a firm a n d sin cere fr ien d . From ea r ly

boyhood the ton e of his m in d wa s deeply r elig ious, a n d little pa ssa g es inLa tin wr itten in dia r ieswhich he ha s left, a n d da tin g from schoolboy days, whichI have been perm itted to see, bea r testimon y to ha bits of str ict self-exam in a tiona n d to g r ea t wa tchful n ess over himself, with a n ever in crea sin g desire to do hiswork m ore efficien tly, a n d to becom e in a l l the r ela tion s oflife ,whether a s schola r ,sun day-school tea cher , schoolm a ster

,clerg ym a n

, or fa ther , both in life a n d

con versa tion , a n example offa ithfuln ess in the pa th ofChr istia n duty. Resp ice

fin emwa s a m ottowhi ch he seems n ever to ha ve for g otten from childhood to hisla test day. It wa s n o lig ht or thoughtless m in d which could write down wordslike theseThroug h the k in d n ess ofmybest a n d dea rest fr ien ds I am en abled , if GOD be

willin g , to followtha t ca llin g which I have ever a n xiously desired . Whilst I n owen joy the a dva n ta g es ofa liber a l educa tion ,

a n d possess so m a n y opportun ities ofimprovem en t, a n d per ceive the a dva n ta g es a n d exper ien ce the plea sures r esultin gfrom liter a ry pur suits, 0 m ayI, by the a ssista n ce ofthe Author ofa l l kn owledg e ,so a pply my ea r un to wisdom a n d myhea r t un to un der sta n din g , tha t I m ay fullypr epa re myself in youth for the solemn un der takin g of in structin g others in a g e ,

a n d tha t I m ay n owsowin the spr in g of life ’

seedswhich sha ll br in g for th fruita hun dredfold . (2 8thOctoberMr .H.C .Boutflower ,whowas a n occa sion a l a tten d a n t a t the a n n iver sa ry m eetin g s

of the ol d schola rs between the yea rs 1 8 19 a n d 1837, wa s the sen ior stewa r d in18 29, a n d al so took tha t pla ce in 1827a s locum ten en s for J oseph Ablett, esq.

(for whom see Reg ister , vol . ii . p . He m a rr ied , a t Ashbur n e in Derbyshir e ,on the 2 1st J un e 18 23, his cousin Ha r r iet, da ug hter of Hen r i John son Boutflower , of the hon . Ea st In dia compa n y’s service

,bywhom he ha d two son s a n d

four daughters. His elder son , W illiam He n ry, wa s sur g eon in the hon . Ea stIn d ia compa n y’s service

,a n d died Ofsun stroke on the m a r ch to join his r eg im en t

a t Hyder aba d. His other son,John

,wa s sur g eon in the Cape m oun ted r ifles

,

a n d d ied sudden ly of disea se of the hea r t whilst tr avellin g . His daug hters a re,

( 1) Ha rr iet,who m a rr iedMr .Rober tWa lsh, n owr esiden t n ea r Ca rd iff (2) Ka te,m a rr ied toMr .Ha lsa ll Seg a r , a Liverpool m er cha n t (3) Ma r ia n n e, who died onthe voya g e to join her husba n d,Mr .D avid Ma cror ie

,in Austr a lia ; a n d (4) Sophy,

wife ofMr . Fr eder ick Rim ba l l, a n d r esiden t in NewZ ea la n d .

The title ofthe essay r eferred to above, which g a in ed the Hulsea n prize in 18 17, isThe doctr in e of the Aton emen t a g r eea ble to Rea son

,a n d it wa s published a t

Cambr idg e, 8vo, 18 17. Mr.B outflower published by r equest, a Sermon p r ea chedin S. J ohn

’

s Chame l , Bury, on the 9thJ uly 1837, bein g the d ay of the bur ia l ofKin g Wi l l ia m I 8vo. He a lso

,I believe, published other sermon s.

[The rev .H. C. Boutflower ’s leisure time ha d been employed dur in g severa l yea rs

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in collectin g m a ter ia ls for a history of the par ish ofBury, a n d thesewere leftby him in MS . His collection swer e ofa m iscella n eous a n d discursive cha r a cter ,a n d embr a ced the history ofthe m oder n r a ther tha n of the a n cien t pa r ish, a n dwould probably ha ve been con sider a bly a bridg ed or con den sed ha d the am iablewr iter revised them for the press. R.]Mr . John Boutflower , the youn g er of the two schola r s her e en ter ed, wa s born on

the 1stNovember 1797. [He pur sued his la ter studies in the scien ce ofmedicin ea t theMa n chester in firm a ry, S . Geor g e

’

s hospita l, Lon don ,Edin bur g h un iversity,a n d Pa r is. In the yea r 18 16 he becam e a m ember ofthe Roya l colleg e ofsurg eon s,a n d in the sam e yea r wa s a dm itted a licen tia te ofthe Society ofapotheca r ies

,bein g

on e ofthe first m en who pa ssed the exam in a tion requir ed by tha t body. In 1843

he wa s a ppoin ted a n hon or a ry fellowof the Colleg e of surg eon s. Sin ce his a d

m ission a s a surg eon he ha s held the appoin tmen ts ofhouse sur g eon to the Roya lin firma ry, sur g eon to the Sa lford un ion , to the Public school, a n d to the Sa lforda n d Pen dleton roya l hospita l a n d d ispen sa ry. T. a ] He is n owthe sen ior

sur g eon to the la tter in stitution , a n d is a lso surg eon to the Stra n g eways schoolfor orpha n s. Very r ecen tly a public m eetin g ha s been held for the pur pose of

providin g a suitable test imon ia l toMr . J ohn Boutflower , in a ckn owledg m en t ofhis lon g public services, a n d a s a m a rk ofthe hig h esteem in which he is held byhis fell owtown smen . His por tr a it, pa in ted byMr . Mea sham , a loca l a r tist ofm er it

,is to be pla ced in on e of the public in stitution s of the town

,a ccompa n ied

with a pr esen t ofpla te to him self. He fr equen tly a tten ded the a n n iversa ry m eetin g s, a n d served the office of jun ior stewa r d in 1830 . He is a widower , withtwo d aughters a n d three son s. Of the la tter two have en tered in to the sam e

pr ofession a s their fa ther .

180

George, son of Thom as Sm i th,cotto n m erchan t

,Man chester

,La n e. August7 3.

John,son of John Ashworth

,deceased

,m altster, Halifax .

Charles Birch, Jam esHen ry , a n d J oseph, son s of Jam esWoolley, Septemb , 8 ,

ban ker,Birm in gham

These schola r s,with the five imm edia tely followin g in the Reg ister , a ccompa n iedmy fa ther when he resig n ed the secon d ma stership of B irm in g ham school

,on

his a ppoin tmen t to Ma n chester .These three brothers wer e son s of JamesWool ley, esq.

,of Ickn iel d house, B ir

m in gham ,who wa s a pa rtn er in the ba n kin g house of Coa l es

, Wooll ey a n d

Gordon ,in B a r tholomewsqua r e , B irm in gham ,

a n d a lso in the firm ofWooll eya n d Sa r g a n t, sword m a n ufa ctur er s to the boa rd ofOrdn a n ce a n d to thehon .Ea stIn dia compa n y, a n d who filled the ofii ce ofhigh sher iffofWa rwickshi r e in 18 15.

Hewa s twice m a r r ied,his fir stwife, a d aug hter , I believe, ofJosephWhite , M.D .,

a n oculist ofsome fam e in B irm in g ham ,dyin g in 18 14. For his secon d wife he

m ar r ied , on the 14th Ma r ch 18 16 ,Ma ryAn n e, da ughter ofJ. Iddi n s, esq., timberm er cha n t, ofSummerfiel d house, B irm in gham . Mr .Woolley died a t Summ erfield

house , at the a g e of 83, on the 1 1th September 1835, havin g outlived a l l his children . Hewa s a n in tima te fr ien d ofmy fa ther , a n d a very beautiful m in ia ture


of the la tter , pa in ted by D . C .En g l ehea rt in 1806, n owin my possession , wa s

taken a t the expen se ofMr .Woolley. The ba n k in which he wa s pa r tn er wa ssubsequen tly kn own un der the n am es ofWoolley, Gordon a n d Moil l iet ; Moilliet, Sm ith a n d Pea rson ; a n d Moill iet a n d son s a n d wa s r ecen tly tr a n sferr edto Lloyds’ ba n kin g compa n y, Birm in gham .

In the Gen tlema n’

sMag a zin e Ifin d the followin g n otices ofmem bers ofthis fam il y18 14, Februa ry 2 . Died a t Ickn ield house, in his 26thyea r , Richa rdWoolley,

esq., eldest son ofJam esWoolley,esq.

, ba n ker , B ir min gham .

”

18 16 , Jun e. D ied a t Fa lmouth, just a fter la n din g fr om Gibra lta r,Jam es

Hen ry Wooll ey, esq., secon d son of Jam es Wool ley, Ickn ield house,

n ea r B irm in g ham .

”

Cha r les B ir ch Woolley wa s ofOr iel colleg e, Oxford, g ra dua tin g B .A. on the 17thJun e 18 13 ; M.A. on the 25thMay 18 15.

George,son ofWilliam An derton , factor, Moseley Wake Green ,Worcestershire .

Geor g e An der ton wa s the youn g est of the ten children ofWill iam An der ton a n d

hiswife Rebecca , secon d daughter of Greg ory Hicks, esq.,hig h

.

ba il iff of Bir

min gham in 1768, a n d sister toWill iam Hicks, esq., ofMa n uel ha ll, in the coun tyofWor cester , hig h ba iliff in 178 1 a n d justice of the pea ce for the coun ties of

Wor cester a n d Wa rwick, a n d g rea t-g ra n ddaughter ofWill iam Hicks (a bra n chof the Hicks’ of Campden in the coun ty ofGloucester ) , the first of the fam ily,I believe, who settled in B irm in g ham in the ea r ly pa r t of the seven teen thcen tury. His fa ther wa s the hea d of the firm ofWil l iam An der ton a n d son s,

m er cha n ts a n d fa ctors, en g a g ed in the B irm in gham br a ss tr a de, a n d resided a t

Moseley Wake g r een n ea r tha t town , a t a n excellen t housewhich he bui lt on a n

esta te ofwhich he was the purcha ser .This schola r , bor n on the 4th Jun e 1792 , on leavin g school en tered in to a

mer cha n t’s office at Liverpool, a n d a fterwa rds becam e pa rtn er in the firm of

D ixon a n d An derton of tha t port. He wa s n ot prosperous a s a mer cha n t, butsucceeded on the dea th ofhis eld est br other , Isa a c An der ton , esq. (who died on

the 6th Ja n ua ry a s join t heir wi th two survivin g sisters, to the Wa keGreen esta te, where he died un m a rr ied on the l 1thMa r ch 1854, a g ed 62 . His

sister Felicia , the third daughter ofWilliam An der ton , wa s the wife of Dr .

Jer em iah Sm ith . Al l the brother s of this schola r a r e d ea d , s.p .,a n d the two

survivin g sisters, Rebecca a n d An n e, a re n owr esiden t a t Wake g reen , a n d have

r ecen tly, at their own cost, erected a beautiful spire to the church a t Kin g’

s

Hea th in the p a r ish of Moseley, to the build in g a n d en dowm en t ofwhich theyha d previously been very liber a l con tr ibutors. There is in Moseley church aha n dsom e mur a l m on umen t to the fa ther of thi s schola r , who died on the 5th

November 1833, hiswife havin g pr edecea sed him in 18 15, a n d his own n am e

a ppea rs on a n other mon umen t , on which a re r ecorded the n ames ofthe decea sedm em bers of the family. On e brother of this schola r , the r ev. John An derton ,who was M .A. ofWadham col leg e, Oxford , a n d pla ced in

“

the secon d class of


MANCHESTER SCHOOL REGISTER.

g eon s, a n d a d istin g uished surg eon in his n a tive town . On leavin g school hea tten ded the pr a ctice of the Gen er a l hospita l , B irm in gham , a n d of the Westm in ster hospita l, Lon don , con tin uin g his stud ies un der J oshua Br ookes, the

g r ea t a n a tom ist, J ohn Hun ter a n d others,wa s a dm itted a m ember of the Roya l

colleg e of sur g eon s, a n d on the 15th J un e 18 13wa s elected house sur g eon to

the fir st- n am ed in stitution . In September 1820 he resig n ed the office , a n d thedeg r ee to which his services wer e a pprecia ted will be best un der stood when itis r ecor ded tha t the g over n ors of the hospita l voted 3O l . to be expen ded in a

piece of pla te presen ted to him “in testim on y of their sen se ofhis m er itor iousa n d exempla ry discha r g e of the a r duous duties of house sur g eon dur in g sevenyea rs.” In Ma r ch 1823Mr . J ukeswa s elected on e of the sur g eon s of the hos

p ita l , on the occa sion of a va ca n cy , a n d r eta in ed the ofli ce un til 1 843, a per iodoftwen ty yea rs

,when impa ir ed hea lth, a n d the on er ous duties ofpr iva te pr a ctice

compelled him to r etir e from it. He died on the 9thOctober in the followin gyea r , a t the a g e of52 , a fter a lon g a n d pa in ful illn ess, a g g r a va ted if n ot causedby in jury r eceived whi lst dr essin g a very b a d ca se of a pa tien t a t the hospita l .He wa s bur ied a t the B irm in gham g en era l cem etery, where ther e is a m on umen twith a n in scr iption r eferr in g to him in term s of pr a ise, both a s r eg a r ds hi s

profession a l a n d pr iva te life. At the time of his dea th a shor t n otice ofhi s

ca reer a ppea red in the B irm in gham pa pers. He deservedly en joyed a high pla cein the estim a tion ofhis profession a l brethr en a s a soun d m a ster in surg ery, a n dfewever possessed in a la rg er deg r ee the con fiden ce of their pa tien ts. He occasion a l ly con tr ibuted papers to m edica l periodica ls, a n d published in 1842 , withillustr a t ion s

,A C a se of C a r cin oma tous Str ictur e of the Rectum . As a n oper a tor

he wa s most successful, especia lly in ca ses ofstr a n g ula ted her n ia , a n d l ithotomy.Mr . Jukes ma r r ied on the 7th Apr il 18 25 Sa r ah , on ly d aug hter of Mr . Jam es

Mered ith of B irm in gham , a n d left two son s a n d on e da ug hter . His elder son ,

Al fred Mer ed ith,is a solicitor a t Austr a lia ; the youn g er , JosephHorder n , M .A.

ofWa dham colleg e , Oxford, is in holy orders. His da ug hter , Sa r ah , m a rr ied

Mr . Cha r lesH. Al len ofStoke Newin g ton ,a n d a uthor of A Visit to

Queen sl a n d a n d her Goldfie lds,very recen tly published , Lon don , Chapm a n a n d

Ha ll .This schola r wa s un cle to the la te J.Beete Jukes, esq.

,A.M.

, &c.,professor

of g eology in the Roya l colleg e of scien ce , a n d author of severa l va luable workson g eolog y, a n d d ir ector of the Geog r a phica l survey depa r tm en t in Ir ela n d , whodied in Dublin on the 2 9thJ ul y 1869 .

The fa ther ofthis schola r d ied on the l oth October 182 2, a g ed 66 , a n d hiswidow

Eliz abeth, d aug hter ofWilliam Ma n sfield, of Bushbury hill, Sta ffordshir e , towhom he wa s m a rr ied in Februa ry 1782 , lived to the a g e of 80 , dyin g on the 9thJun e 1839 .

J ohn Jaques, son of J ohn Wedge,yeom an

,Bickenhill, Warwick

shire .

The fa ther ofthis schola r wa s, I believe , stewa rd to lord Aylesford a t Pa ckin g ton .


This schola r,his eldest son

,born in 1795, whowa s the hea d schola r a t the public

speech d ay in~

18 12,wen t from the school to S . J ohn ’

s colleg e , Cambr idg e , wher ehe is sa id to have g a in ed pr izes for both La tin a n d En g lish verses, but d id n ot

g ra dua te, feelin g some con scien tious difficulty about takin g the r equisite oa ths.He wa s m a r r ied , r esid in g a t Richm on d in Sur rey, but d ied a tHa stin g s, wherehe wa s bur ied in 1836 . His son

,J ohn J aquesWedg e , who g r a dua ted A.B . of

S. J ohn ’

s colleg e, Cam br idg e, in 1845, is n ow in holy order s,a n d r esides a t

Kn ightlowhill , n ea r Coven try . The r ev. Cha r lesWedg e , A.M. ofCa ius colleg e,Cambr idg e , who wa s a sen ior Optim e in 1804, n owrector of Bur roug h g reen ,

n ea r Newm a rket,is first cousin to this schola r .

William,son of Edward Whiteleg g , g en t ,

Northen, Cheshire .

[William Acton Okel l Whitel eg g , bor n on the 25thOctober 1794, wa s the on lyson ofMr . Edwa rd Whi tel eg g of Nor then den ,

by Fr a n ces, daug hter ofMr .

Samuel Okel l,ofAshton -upon -Mer sey

, a g en tlem a n of in dep en den t m ea n s. Be

sides this son ,there wa s a da ughter , Ma ry An n e

,m a r ried to Mr . J ames Cookson ,

a sur g eon of la rg e pr a ctice in Ma ccl esfiel d a n d the n eig hbourhood , who, for hissecon d wife, m a rr ied Miss Roe

,belon g in g to a well~kn own fam ily of tha t town .

After lea vin g school this schola r wa s a r ticled to Messrs. Lin g a rd a n d Va ugha n ,solicitor s, Stockpor t. He ha d n o g rea t love for his profession , a n d n ever la idhim self out for succeed in g in it. It wa shis m isfor tun e, m oreover , on en ter in glife , to ha ve too m uch m on ey, a s he con ceived , to m akework a n ecessity ; a n d itis n owon der therefore tha t a t a n ea r ly period b e a ba n don ed his office. He wa sa g rea t fa vour itewith his n umer ous fr ien ds, amon g whom b e reckon ed sir Geor g eB a ck

,the a r ctic voya g er , n owlivin g . In m in d a n d m a n n er hewa s thoroug hly a

g en tlem a n ; his ta steswer e liter a ry a n d his abilities g ood . In poli tics he wa s astron g Tory, a n d a n un fa ilin g a tten da n t a t the Pitt club d in n er s a n d other cong en ia l m eetin g s. It is to b e fea red tha t he ha d n o g rea t a dm in istr a tive ta len t, ifwe a re to judg e by the way in which he m a n a g ed his own property, which l ay a t

Ashton a n d Ker r idg e. This seem ed to m elt away by deg rees. It wa s n otwhollywa sted upon him self, but he wa s impruden tly g en erous, a n d he la boured un derthe m isfortun e of n ot bein g a ble to say No when he ought to have don e so.

U ltima tely he ha d little or n othin g left, a n d he wa s compelled to perform a

cir cle, a n d in a subordin a te capa city to ta ke to his ol d pr ofession , for which heha d n o ta ste, a n d he en ded his days a s a pa id clerk in the very office in which heha d commen ced his ca r eer , a n d where , ha ppily, he m et to the la st with g r ea tsym pa thy a n d kin d n ess. He ma r r ied two cousin s fir st, Ma ry

,daug hter ofMr

J am esHorseley Rockl ifi’

e ; a n d secon dly, Ma ry An n e, daughter ofMr . Thom a s

Rockliffe . She is still livi n g . He d ied a bout the yea r 1848, a n d wa s bur ied a t

S . Peter ’s, Stockport . He ha d on ly on e son , who g rewup to m a n hood, a n d

died in Jersey. W'

. W.]

William , son of Thom as Halstead, attorn ey, C rumpsa l , Lan c .[This scholar wa s or ig in a lly in busin ess in Ma n chester , but a fterwa rdswen t in to

October 12.


his fa ther ’s profession , a n d when the firm ofHa lstea d a n d Ain swor th wa s dissolved

,in 1823, join ed his fa ther, un der the firm ofHa lstea ds a n dWebster . This

di d n ot con tin ue lon g , a n d Mr . William Ha lstea d subsequen tly pr a ctised byhim self a s a solicitor in Ma n chester for some yea rs, but ultima tely r etir ed fromthe pr ofession ,

a n d is n owlivin g a t Gra n g e, n ea r Ca r tm ell. 61]

Thom as Herbert, son of r ev. preben dary Maddock, Chester.The eldest son ofthe r ev.Thoma sMa ddock , pr eben da ry ofChester (forwhom see Re

g isl er , vol . ii . pp . 23, a n d hiswife Emm a An n , da ug hter ofRokeby Scott, esq.,a n d descen ded m a tern a lly from sir Thom a sHerber t, ba r t., the fa ithful a tten da n ton ki n g Char les I. a t his execution . He wa s bor n in 1792 . His n ame occur sam on g the exhibition ers of the school a t B r a sen ose colleg e, Oxford, in 18 10 a n d

18 11,but he left the un iversity in the followin g yea r , havin g r eceived a n a ppoin t

m en t a s wr iter in the service of the hon . Ea st In d ia compa n y, on the 14thFebrua ry 1 8 12 . Whil st studen t a t Ha ileybury colleg e he highl y d istin g uishedhim self, r eceivin g pr izes ofbooks in his first a n d secon d termsfor his a tta in m en tsin cla ssics, in l aw, in history, in Persia n , a n d in En g lish composition ; pa ssin ghis exam in a tion with g rea t credit in other depa r tmen ts : a n d in his fourth termg a in in g meda lsfor composition , cla ssics, politica l econ omy a n d l aw, tog ether witha pr ize for m a thema tics. On the 17th Decem ber 18 13 he wa s thus r epor ted bythe comm ittee ofthe colleg e“Mr . Ma ddock, on e of the sen ior studen ts, rea d a n essay in En g lish , ofhis

own composition , on the reig n a n d cha ra cter of queen Elizabeth, in which tha t

g en tlema n d isplayed ta len ts a n d a cquir emen tsofa super ior descr iption,a n dwhich

obta in ed for him the decided comm en da tion ofthe committee .

”

He la n ded in In dia in 18 14, a n d in 18 17r eceived his fir st a ppoin tm en t a s a ssista n tto the m a g istr a te a t Bun del cun d , a n d to the super in ten den t ofpoli tica l affa irs a ttha t sta tion . After servin g in va r ious politica l capa cities from 182 2 to 1831 in

the Nerbudda terri tor ies, he became Residen t a t Luckn owin 1831. Oude, ofwhich Luckn owwa s the capita l, wa s then a n in depen den t kin g dom , a n d the

Re siden t wa s amba ssa dor to the kin g ofOude. From pr esen ts a n d perquisitesthis a ppoin tm en twa s con sider ed on e ofthe most lucr a tive in the g ift ofthe Ea stIn dia compa n y. Mr .Ma ddockwa s in En g la n d dur in g 1834

—5, r eturn ed to In di a

in 1836,wa s specia l comm ission er forMoorsheda b a d in 1837, his duties, judicia la n d fin a n cia l , bein g to try a ppea ls a g a in st the decision s ofdeputy collectors, a n dwa s a ppoin ted secreta ry.to the In d ia n g over n m en t in the leg isla tive, judi cia l a n dr even ue depa r tmen ts, from 1838 to 1843. Havin g been kn ighted in 1844, hewa s,in 1845, prom oted to the very importa n t a n d r espon sible office ofdeputy-g overn orofBen g a l , a n d presiden t ofthe coun cil ofIn dia ,which he held till 1849 , occupyin gthe g over n men t houses a t Ca lcutta a n d Ba rr a ckpore dur in g the absen ce of the

g overn or -

g en er a l , lord Ha r din g e, in the Upper provin ces. Shor tly a fterwa rdshe r eturn ed to En g la n d with a civil service pen sion , a n d wa s elected in J uly1852 a s a con serva tive bur g ess in pa r liamen t for the city of Rochester . He

took pa r t in the deba tes which a tten ded the pa ssin g of the In dia bill throug h


the house ofcommon s in 1853, objectin g to it in some r espects, but n ot con testi n g the third rea din g . He a dvoca ted the a dm ission ofn a tives in to the proposedleg isla tive coun cil. When lord Pa lm erston d issolved pa r liam en t on the Chin esequestion , in Ma r ch 1857, he r etir ed from the r epresen ta tion of Rochester , a n d

fr om public life, a n d is n owr esiden t in the n eig hbourhood ofLon don . Sir T .

H. Ma ddock wa s presen t a t the a n n iver sa ry m eetin g of the ol d schola r s in 1834.

S amuel,son of Samuel White, j oin er, Man chester, Lan c .

Joseph,son of Jam es Seddon , tailor, Man chester, Lan c .

Thom as,son of John Sum n er

,publican

,Man chester

,Lan c .

Samuel , son of William Pass, publican , Man chester, Lan c.Peter

,son of Peter Gen da l l

,warehousem an , Man chester, La n e .

Edward,son of John B in gham

,chan dler

,Man chester

,Lan c.

William,son of William Burton

,baker

,Man chester

,Lan c .

Michael,son of the late Charles Calvert, Man chester,

“

Lan c.Micha el Pen n Ca lver t, the youn g est of the eig ht chi ldren ofMr . Cha r les Ca lver t,

a g en t to the duke ofNorfolk, a n d r esid in g a t Glossop ha ll in the summ er,a n d

dur in g the win ter in a house which he built in Oldham str eet, Ma n chester ,wa s bor n on the 17th J a n ua ry 1798 a t GloSSOp ,

five mon ths a fter his fa ther ’sdea th, an d befor e the r emova l of the fam ily to Ma n chester . He pr a ctised a s a n

a rtist in Ma n chester in the ea r ly pa r t ofhis life, but r etired from profession a llife some yea rs a g o, a n d is n owr esiden t a t Dudley cotta g e, Lower B roug hton .

He m a r r ied in 1835 Sa r ah , d aug hter ofMr . J oseph B a rker,m er cha n t

,ofMa n

chester , who d ied in 1854, lea vin g two son s a n d four daug hters.The fam ily of Ca lver t is of the Rom a n ca tholic fa ith

,a n d cla ims descen t from

a youn g er br other of Cha r les Ca lver t, fir st l or d B a ltimor e , a n d g overn or of

Maryla n d in Am er ica . Two brother s ofthis schola r were a dm itted to the school ,whose n am es occur in vol . ii. ofthe Reg ister , Fr eder ick a n d Geor g e, ofthe la tterofwhom ther e is a shor t n otice , see pp . 2 36—7. For the form er see Add en d a to

this volum e . The eldest brother,Cha r les, bor n on the 23rd September 1785,

wa s n ot a t the school, but wa s sen t to a boa rd in g school a t Pr escot , kept byMr .

Ta tlock, a n d a fter toMr .Ra ce’s school in Pr in cess str eet, Ma n chester . In ea r lylife he wa s pa rtn er , a s a cotton m er cha n t, in the firm ofGibson a n d Ca lver t, inCr omford cour t, but wa s un for tun a te. The r em a in der ofhis life wa s devotedto a study of the fin e a r ts, a n d he a cquired som e pr ovin cia l celebr ity a s a la n dsca pe pa in ter , a n d r eceived the Heywood g old m eda l a t the Ma n chester Roya lin stitution for the best la n dscape pa in ted within for ty m iles of the town ,

a n d

subsequen tly the silver m eda l for a wa ter -colour dr awin g exhibited a t the sam e

pla ce. In the declin e of life he r etir ed to Bown ess in Westmorla n d , wher e hed ied on the 25th Februa ry 1854, a g ed 69 , a n d is bur ied in the churchya r d .

There is in the Ar t J owrn a l , n ewser ies, vol . iv. p. 150, a shor t mem oir ofMr .

Cha rles Ca lver t .


The fa ther of this schola r died in Jun e 1797, a t the a g e of43, a n d is buried a t S .Ma ry’s chur ch ; hi swidow,Elizabeth, survivin g to the g r ea t a g e of90 , dyin g inMa n chester on the 27th Februa ry 1842 . Their eldest daug hter , Ma ry

,n ow

r esiden t in Ea ton pla ce, B elg ra via , m a r ried J ohn Ra pha el, esq.,a n d by the dea th

offour r ich ba chelor brothers- in - l awthe sum of 800,000 l . is con cen tr a ted in her

fam ily, her secon d daug hter , Ag n es, bein g n owcoun tess ofMexboroug h.

Thom as, son of the late Jam es Burn , Man chester, Lan c.Thom as

,son of John Robin son ,

attorn ey,Man chester

,La n e .

William , son of the late Jam es Upton , Man chester, Lan c .Joseph

,son of William Rideout, m erchan t , Man chester, Lan c.

Edwa rd,son of George Cam pbell, shopkeeper, Salford, Lan c.

Jon athan,son of Thom as Sm ith, m erchan t

,Man chester

, Lan c .John

,son of John Hen ry Perkin s

,bookkeeper

,Man chester

,Lan c .

Sam uel,son of John Varley, drysalter, Man chester, Lan c.

For his brothers Thom a s a n d John see Reg ister , vol . ii . p . 193.

Samuel Va r ley,like his brother Thom a s

, chose a sea -fa r in g life, a n d cam e al so to

a n un tim ely en d , but d ifferen t ver sion s a re g iven of the cause ofhis dea th on e

sta tin g tha t he d ied ofyellowfever on his r eturn from J am a ica, a t the a g e of 2 2

a n other tha t he wa s supposed to ha ve been devoured by wild bea stswith othersofa wa ter in g pa r ty sen t on a n isla n d .

Charles, son of George Falkn er, cotton spin n er,Man chester

,La n e .

Richard,son of John Holliwell

,victualler

,Man chester

,Lan c .

William ,son of William S igley

, pain ter, Man chester, Lan c .Lewis

,son of Jacob Nathan ,

watchm aker,Man chester

,Lan c.

Edward,son of Fran cis Dale, lam plighter,Man chester, Lan c .

William,son of John Marslan d, bookkeeper, Man chester, Lan c .

John,son of JosiahTwyford , watchm aker, Man chester, La n e.

For his brother William see Reg ister , vol . ii. p . 246 .

George,son of Thom as Hodges

,bookkeeper

,Man chester, Lan c .

David,son of Jam es Horden

,fustian cutter,Man chester, La n e.

3. Thom as a n d William ,son s of the r ev. Dan iel Birkett

,vicar

,Leigh,

Lan c .The rev. D a n iel B irkett wa s presen ted by lord Lilford , in 1800

, to the vi ca r a g e ofLeig h , then a plea sa n t rura l pa rish , but n owwith a popula tion n ot fa r shor t of

He m a rr ied, in 1790, Eliza beth Arrowsm ith, widowofHen ry Ar row~

sm ith , esq., of Peel ha ll, Astley, in the pa r ish of Leig h , a n d on ly d aug hter of

Thom a s Smith , esq., of Chaddock ha ll, a n opulen t m a n ufa cturer , a n d in the

MANCHESTER SCHOOL REGISTER . 23

a n n oun cem en t of the m a rr ia g e in the Gen tl em a n’

sMa g a zin e, she is descr ibed a s

havin g “a for tun e of 20,000 l .

” Of her first m a r r ia g e there were two survivin gchildren ,

Samuel , on e of the corps of volun teer cava lry of tha t d ay, a n d Alice,who m a r r ied Elia s Cha dwick, esq.

, of Swin ton,by whom she ha d a fam ily of

five childr en . The r ev. D a n iel B irkett d ied on the 31st October 182 1,a n d his

widowon the 4thApr il 1840 , a t the a g e of 85. Theywere both bur ied a t Leigh .Thom a s B irkett , his elder son , bor n on the 14th Februa ry 1792 , on lea vin g schoolwen t in to the well -kn own office of Sta n istr eet a n d Eden

,solicitors, of Liverpool .

Havin g n o g r ea t likin g for l aw,b e, with the help ofhis br other , cha n g ed his

studies, with a v iewto en ter in g in to holy order s, a n d wa s ord a in ed a s a liter a tea t Chester . By refer en ce to the Reg ister , vol . i . p . 173, it will b e seen tha t hebecam e in cumben t ofAstley cha pel , but his n om in a tion m etwith such oppositionfrom the in habita n ts, who cla im ed to elect their own m in ister , tha t he n eeded

the protection of the m ili ta ry in the d ischa r g e ofhis duties. Thiswa s a sourceofm uch un ha ppin ess a n d expen sive litig a tion tohim ,

a n d , thoug h he establishedhis r ight to the b en efice by decision s of the highest cour ts of l aw

, he foun d itn ecessa ry to r esig n for the pea ce of the pla ce, en cour a g ed too by hopes of p referm en t held out by the bishop of Chester (D r . J . B . Sum n er) , which , however ,wer e n ever r eal ised . He subsequen tly held the perpetua l cur a cy ofPe nwor tham

,

a n d wa s,in 1831, presen ted by the dea n a n d chapter ofWin dsor to the vica r a g e

of South Tawton (in both in sta n ces succeed in g his brothe r Willia m) , wherehe d ied on the 24th October 1856 , s.p .

, g rea tly beloved by his pa r ishion er s.There is a hea dston e over his g r ave in the chur chya rd . He m a rr ied Ma r g a ret ,d aug hter of the r ev.W illiam Mun te n , r ector ofDun ker ton , n ea r Ba th, whosem a ter n a l un cle wa s the rev. W. D a r n ell, B .D . (a cotem por a ry a n d fr ien d ofmyfa ther a t Corpus colleg e , Oxfor d) , who succeeded the la te bishop Phillpotts inthe r ich r ectory ofSta n hope.Thom a s Birkett wa s a clever am a teur a r tist , a n d m a n y por tr a its taken by him in

oils a r e to be foun d both in the Nor th a n d West of En g la n d . A r em a rka blein sta n ce occurr ed ofhis im ita tive fa culty whilst in the office a t Liverpool befor er eferred to. A copy wa s wa n ted of a n ol d d iscoloured Russia n docum en t .Thoug h ig n or a n t of the la n g ua g e, he so exa ctly im ita ted the letters

,tha t by

discolour in g the paper he pa ssed his copyfor the or ig in a l, a n d when he disclosedthe fa ct ,Mr . Sta n istr eet r em a rked tha t it wa s a d a n g erous g ift. He wa s a m a n

ofsom e poetica l ta len t a n d ofcultiva ted ta ste,with g ood comm a n d ofthe En g lish

la n g ua g e , a n d g rea t fa cility in composition ,especia lly epistola ry. He wa s

, too,

well a cqua in ted with the style of the g rea t m a sters of pa in tin g , a n cien t a n dm oder n .

William Birkett, bor n on the 27thNovember 1793, who took pa r t in the publicspeeches in 18 1 1

, wa s n om in a ted to a school exhibition in tha t yea r , a n d a d

m itted to B r a sen ose colleg e, Oxford , wher e he g r a dua ted B .A. on the 14thNovember 18 14, havin g g a in ed a secon d cla ss i n L iter isHuma n ior ibus a t the

precedin g Micha elm a s exam in a tion , a n d M.A. on the 2 8thMay 18 17. He

24 “CHESTEB SCHOOL BEGISTER.

M m m flflm ia n a hi bfiioa in xxxs. He stood ia r a fel lot ship a t

Em ba m w his m fiefla r w.w.m m m wthe hm om of a fir g d a s ax the m m m " ba n g ed-acted. D r . F.

Hodm tke lfilfip l of the wm m 'fi m for fl r .m Bmu tha fime d his l a f in n for d in xtxg m d oi a ed hin g fiom lor d Gm

r ith a mlmy of xoc l a yw m fl a pa sn g e by m of tb e fin g’s ships fir

M EW d his ldgh op inm of his am l m . The

to the p erpetna l m a q om wtham bywl ofi Bam 111 1824 11:

of thc g r a t p lm a l ists of thzt dzy, t h0 hé d d s5 tb£ vflm ble m d oq of

m od to the qméfi cn r e of the ag rim ltun l pa r ish of Ha d ep to the

r a tot hifli be mm u pmfided by a d of pfi m m k m the da th

of du n Hoba rt in xSfi. d m in xsz S,ha d p rwen ta l him to on e of tbe

he resi g n ed in to the hz n ds of the biéhwaf the tfiocese so m a s tbe dm hof

M a m m . B irkett to the recta ry om thcote in 1837, : va-

y refim d

ton . Hm he m a reém m w m m in fip , hmi n g b em the

m of a g ood t im a g e house bei n g buflt. I m m te e . B irkett ha e

in 1839 m d pu t of 184p , fir i n g in the ol d vimm gq fl i d i m n ot m n chbefia

b etwem Shm bury a n d C ln n thStr etta n t t the fiy in whichI m ade myfir st

fiom my fnture hamc ; m d tha e m a tmdifion tha twthin g i n the shspe of

dwin g his md omhip of the pa r ishom t Ha selq ,hm restored flm chm th,

He mn r ied , on the 4th§ovember Ma ry, fom thd aug hter ofSam n el Hon 'och ,

M a ster , a n d for eig ht sum pa r l iamen tsM . for Preston . Of thr ee son s,



the clima te of In dia had ma de such in roa ds upon his con stitution tha t he diedin Lon don , a victim to fever, on the 2 8thofJuly 1835. He wa s bur ied a tWa r

r in gton , in the fam ily vaul t.John , the secon d son

,whowa s bor n on the 17thMay 1797, took par t in the public

speeches in 18 11—12 , a n d havin g r eceived in Ja n ua ry 18 13 a n appoin tm en t a swr iter to the hon . Ea st In dia compa n y, wen t from the school to the coll eg e a t

Ha ileybury, where he g a in ed two pr izes in Hin dosta n ee, a n d wa s otherwise distin guished by hi s in dustry a n d tal en ts. He sa iled to In d ia on the 3r d Apr il18 15, a n d la n ded a t Ma dr a s on the 27thAug ust. In 18 19 hewa s m a de a ssista n tto the ma g istr a te a n d collector a t Ta n jor e, wa s a fterwa rds for som e tim e un

a tta ched, but becam e in 1833 the a ctin g r esiden t a t Ta n jor e, a n d in the n ext yea rcollector a n d m a g istra te a tGun toor . From 1834 to 1847he held the sam e officesa t Ma dura . This pla ce wa s g rea tly in debted to his en er g y a n d vig il a n ce, a n d

hig her pr a ise ca n n ot be g iven tha n the fa ct tha t hewa s desig n a ted by the imb abita n ts oftha t distr ict a s the just,”a n d the fa ther ofthe people. He r etur n edto En g la n d in 1847, a n d d ied in Lon don on the 17thJun e 1850, a n d wa s bur ieda t Ken sa l g r een cemetery.

In the Ma dr a s Sp ecta tor of the 8thApr il 1847there a ppea r ed a letter from a

Ma dur a cor respon den t, descr ibin g the g rea t r eg ret caused by his depa rtur e fromthe scen e ofso m a n y yea rs’ labours, dur in g which he ha d proved him self a real

fr ien d a n d fa ther to the people, a n d to the g over n men t a most upr ig ht , zeal ousa n d ta len ted serva n t. The people of tha t pla ce erected by public subscr iptionto his memory a ha n dsom ely orn amen ted lamp post, havin g four lig hts, a n d

r a ised on a g r a n ite pla tform a n d ba se, a n d bea r in g on its fa ces the foll owm gin scription in Tamil a n d En g lish

To

John B la ckbur n s, esq.,

Prin cipa l Coll ector a n d Ma g istr a te of Ma duraFr om 1834 to 1847,

by

A g r a teful people.

In the Ma dr a s Sp ecta tor of the 27th April of the sam e year , a lea din g a rticler efer r in g to a n a ddresswhich ha d been presen ted to Mr . John B l a ckbur n e bythe in habita n ts ofMa dur a , on his leavin g for En g la n d, speaks ofhim in the

followin g term s

“We have n ot for a lon g tim e perused a n y documen t which has g iven us

g rea ter plea sur e, or in the ten or ofwhi ch we mor e cordia lly a g r ee, tha n the

tra n sla tion elsewher e fur n ished by our Ma dur a corr espon den t ofa n a ddress p re

sen ted to John Bl a ckburn e, esq., on the occa sion ofhis prospective r etirem en tfrom tha t collectora te , by the n a tive in habitan ts of its capita l. It is highlyg ra tifyin g to observe tha t on e ofthe public serva n tsha s don e so much towin forhimself respect a n d g r a titude amon g the people, a n d tha t they a g a in a r e sowa rmin their apprecia tion a n d a ckn owledg men t ofhis m erits. Mr . Bl a ckbur n e is so


well kn own a s on e ofthe very best a n d most va luable a n d con scien tious civilia n sin the service ofLea denha l l street, tha t itwould be superfluous in us to en la rg eupon hiswor th. He ha s, like m a n y other g ood m en a n d useful serva n ts, ha dthe m isfor tun e to meet with unwor thy r etur n s for his devotion to the cause ofben evolen ce, a n d the in ter ests of the public

,but he en joys the con sola tion of

kn owin g tha t the con duct of the author ities here, a n d of the cour t of directors,ha s been viewedwith disg ust a n d a n g er by a l lwhose g ood Opin ion isworth ha vin g .

We wish tha t m ore of the public serva n ts left behin d in this coun try ar em embr a n ce sim ila r to tha t whi ch wil l lon g outliveMr . B l a ckburn e .

”

In 1 829—30, Mr . John Bla ckbur n e retur n ed to In dia , from his fur loug h, overlan d .

Thiswa s then a n a dven turous choice to m ake, surroun dedwith difficulties, a n d

by n o m ea n s free from r isk ofper son a l sa fety. At tha t time there wa s n o Penin sula r a n d Or ien ta l compa n y

,n o tra n sit compa n y throug hEgypt. Tr aveller s

ha d to hire their own serva n ts a n d cam els, a n d to cha rter a vessel from Suez toBombay. A letter ofMr . John B l a ckburn e to his fam ily a t home ha s been pr eserved , describin g his tr avels ba ck to In dia , a n d I wish tha t it ha d been possibleto tr a n sfer to these pa g es the whole of this lon g a n d excellen tly-wr itten letter ,more especia lly on a ccoun t of a n exped ition whi ch he m a de

,when in Egyp t, to

the Pyr am ids, delin ea ted by a m a ster ha n d . The followin g extra ct , showin ghowa n En g lishma n

’

s cour a g eous presen ce ofm in d saved him a n d his compa n ionfr om slavery, ifn ot from destruction

,will be r ea d with in terest

At Cosseir”

a seapor t on the west side of the Red sea we foun d twoAra b vesselswith la r g e lettin o sa ils (dhows) laden with the pa sha

’

s g ra in , r ea dyfor sea . We en g a g ed a pa ssa g e, a n d on the 1st ofSeptember a ctua lly foun d our

selves un der sa il. We crossed to the ea ster n side ofthe Red sea , a n d a n chorin gea ch n ight we r ea ched Djedda on the 9th. No squa r e-r ig g ed vessels here, a n d

n on e ha d there been for som e time ; but they buoyed us up with fa lse hopes offin d in g them a t Mocha . Fool tha t I wa s for n ot turn in g ba ck in to Egypt ! Ikn ewtheir hopeswerewithout foun da tion , a n d I suffered myself to be per sua dedby my compa n ion

’

s ig n or a n ce a n d im pa tien ce . We hired a muchwa (openun decked boa t) with ten m en

,a n d sa iled a t day

-br eak on the 12th, a s quicklya s those slowpeople could provide food , fir in g a n d wa ter . Our capta in di d hisduty, keepin g his course a g a in st bafflin g win ds, a n d n ever a n chorin g exceptwhere even pr esumption a n d im pa tien ce would a dmit the n ecessity. The dewswere most dea dly, a n d a m a twa s but a poor protection ,

a n d I did n ot escape asevere a tta ck of fever , a n d it wa s the 19th befor e we r ea ched Mocha . The la stvessel boun d for the Ea st ha d sa iled fifteen days previously. I wa s n owtoo fa ra dva n ced to g o ba ck in to Eg ypt. The idea of a four mon ths’ deten tion a tMocha ,amon g people fam ed for their ha tred ofthe Christia n ,

wa s hor r ible. We a ccordin g ly hir ed the la r g est vessel r ema in in g in the por t to ca rry us to Bombay. Itwa s a bhugul owwith fifteen men , a n d, a s I a fterwa r ds foun d from exper ien ce,but little fit for such a voya g e a t such a sea son . She wa s forty yea r s ol d ; her

capta in,a good relig ious m a n but feeble

,wa s absolutely in capable of m a n a g in g

his vessel , a n d, wha t was much worse, had n ot the coura g e to ma n a g e his crew,


whowere in solen t, mutin ous a n d cowa rdl y, equa lly timid in tim e ofda n g er , a n d

impa tien t un der pr iva tion a n d suffer in g . We sa iled on the 23rd of Septem ber,

a n d, a lmost on the very outset ofour voya g e , wer e fa vour ed with a specimen of

their subsequen t con duct for , on r ea chin g the str a ights ofBab -el -Ma n deb—by

in terpreta tion the g a tes ofdea th, they sudden ly cam e to a n chor, a n d spite of

myr emon str a n ces a n d r evilin g s, theywould n otm ake up their m in ds to proceed forfull twen ty-four hours; a n d then a wa ve da shin g over the vessel, two ofthe pr in cipa lm en ofthe crewfell on their kn ees a n d beg a n to mutter pr ayers. Ha vin g pa ssedthe dr ea ded g a teway, without a sha dowofd ifficulty, they con g r a tul a ted us uponour sa fety, a n d shook ha n dswith ea ch other . After a tedious, cowa rdly , coa stin g voya g e, g oin g in to every port they could,we a t len g th m a de a proper la titudeto leave the coa st for Bombay. The di abolica l cowa rdice a n d ig n ora n ce of thecapta in proved our ba n e. When within four or five days’ sa il of the In dia nshor e, the cr ew g ot it in to their hea ds tha t we were dr iftin g in to the Pa cificocea n ,

though the sa ilin g ma ster wa s ofa differen t Opin ion . The cr ewwer e mutin ous in sisted upon puttin g ba ck for the Ar abia n shore, a n d a t la st succeededin in tim ida tin g the sa ili n g m a ster . Then we put ba ck. They g ot n ew fea rsin to their hea ds, a n d wa n ted to steer for Socotr a on the coa st ofAfr ica . Here

the busin ess became ser ious, quite a m a tter of life a n d dea th . I r emon stra tedfor cibly ; obta in ed n o r edress ; rushed in to the cabin for my pistols, a n d wa sfol lowed by my com pa n ion ,

a n d wa s run n in g forwa rd tha t I m ig ht n ot m issmym a n

, the most power ful in the ship, a n d the r in g lea der , when the ma n

a t the helm g ot m e fa st by the l eg , a n d the capta in ’

s son , a youn g l a d , poin tedto the compa ss tha t we were a g a in in our cour se for Ar a b ia . When we a t la stm a de the coa st the crewhad on ly on e day’s provision s left, a n d tha t of da tesa lon e, on which they ha d n owsubsisted for ma n y days. At la st we r ea chedthis por t”—Musca t, from when ce the letter wa s wr itten . we g ot a boa ta n d wen t a shore ; en g a g ed a pa ssa g e in a n other bhug ulowto Bombay, a n d re

tur n in g slept on boa rd . The n ext m orn in g we g ot a boa t, a n d puttin g our thin g sin to it by help of the sa ilor s, the cowa rdly mutin eer forba de the m en to assist,a n d sa id he would n ot a llowus to quit the vessel till the ca pta in ,

who wa sa shor e, cam e ba ck. I dressed a s quick a s I could ; put my pistols quietly in tomy pocket, a n d, takin g a cloth b a g in myha n d, I put it myself in to the ca n oe,the sa ilors sta n di n g by, n ot d a r in g to a ssist a n d equa lly unwillin g to oppose.My compa n ion br oug ht a n other box , a n d , a ssistin g ea ch other , we n owg ot ourha n dful ofg oods in to the ca n oe,whilst the mutin eer stood on the poop ca llin g outto the sa ilin g m a ster to pr even t our depa r tur e. The sa ilin g m a ster , however , hadthe g ood sen se to stay below, a n d he da red n ot oppose ushimself. Wil l you creditit ? When we were in the ca n oe

,pushin g off, the cr ewhad the impuden ce to

a sk for a pr esen t, which they con sidered them selves en titled to for the suffer in g sthey ha d en dured in our cause ! I am wr itin g to you from on boa rd the n ewbhugulow,

in expecta tion ofsa ilin g every hour ; but it is blowin g a g a le ofwin doutside the ha rbour

,a n d I shal l n ot be sorry to stay till to-m orrow. a ccused

m e ofselfishn ess in en joyin g the plea sur es oftravellin g by myself. Tell her tha t


sin ce the 11thAugust, a cha ir , a table, or a b ed , ha ve n ever met my sight tha twith the exception ofa week or ten days, in the whole of the in terven in g tim e

till n ow, a boa t or a sma ll vessel ha s been my on ly habita tion , the lar g est ofwhich did n ot a fford a cabin of m ore tha n four a n d a ha lffeet hig h . Then forfood : whilst on the Nile I fa r e sumptuously. I have boug ht a s m a n y a s eightyeg g s for a pia stre, va lue threepen ce ha lfpen n y En g li sh. Crossin g the va llev ofC osseir , my mor n in g a n d even in g m ea l wa s a cup of coffee a n d a biscuit ; mydin n er , biscuit, wa ter a n d a n on ion . Fr om Cosseir to Djedda

,a n d then ce to

Mocha , my m orn in g a n d even in g m ea ls a s before, a n d in va r ia bly a fowl boiledin to poor broth. At Mocha I g ot r id ofmy r a sca lly Greek, a n d excha n g ed mybiscuit for hot oa t cakes, a n d my boiled fowl for curry a n d r ice ; but, a n ticipa tin g a voya g e of less tha n on e m on th

,I ha d on ly provided for two a n d a ha lf

mon ths. Con sequen tly I ha ve often g on e to bed mor e hun g ry tha n when I g otup but these a r e slight evils. Spirits or win e I have n ot ta sted sin ce I left theNile ; a n d then ce, till I r ea ched Mocha , it wa s scar cely dr in kable, a n d I wa sa fterwa rdsm a n y dayswith sca rce a n yto dr in k. Deba rred

,by my con fin em en t, of

exercise, I should n ot ha ve da r ed to in dulg e my a ppetite if I ha d ha d the mea n s.

Ask ifshe would have liked to have been the compa n ion ofmy voya g e.

”

A postscr ipt to the letter speaks oftheir sa fe a r r iva l a t Bomba yI have left my fr ien d a t Bombay in g ood h a n ds, yet I am a fr a id for his life,

so little ha s he been a ble to en dur e the pr iva tion swe ha ve metwith. I am verya n xious about him . Rich win es a n d violen t exer cise a re m a kin g m e a differen tm a n .

”

For the ir brother Thom a s see Reg ister , a n n o 182 2 .

For pa rticula r s ofthe l in ea g e ofthis a n cien t fam ily see Norfolk, x. a n d x i. Col l eg e

of Arms.

John,son of John Edwin Biscoe, gen t., Buckin ghamshire.

The fa ther ofthis schola r wa s the secon d son ofVin cen t J ohn B iscoe, esq., ofHook

wood , Sur r ey, by his secon d wife, Ben ig n a , sister ofHen ry Shifi'n er , esq., M.P.,

a n d r esided a t Aston Abbots n ea r Aylesbury . He m a rr ied Elizabeth, daug hterofT . B . B ra dshaw

, esq., ofHolbrooke , Derbyshire, by whom he ha d two son s.

John Vin cen t Biscoe, his elder son , wa s a dm itted in 18 10 to Ha ileybury coll eg e,a n d ea rly in 18 12 obta in ed a n om in a tion to In dia . He a rr ived a t Ca lcutta on

the 6thAugust in the la tter yea r , a n d on the 23rd Jun e 18 14 r eceived his firstappoin tmen t

,a s a ssista n t to the m a g istr a te ofBhaug ulpore . Fr om 18 16 to the

close of 18 18 he wa s sta tion ed a t Goruckpor e, first a s r eg istra r a n d n ext a sm a g istra te. He subsequen tly a cted a s join t m a g istr a te a t Azim ghur , a s judg ea n d m a g istra te a t B eerbhoom ,

a n d d ied a t Pur n eeahon the 23rd J uly 1826,a s

the a ctin g m a g istr a te of tha t distr ict (see Gen er a l Reg ister of the hon . Ea st

I n dia comp a ny’

s civi l ser va n ts on the B en g a l esta bl ishmen t,1790 to

The youn g er son ,T. P. B . B iscoe, was a lso in the Ben g a l civil service.

John ,son of Nem iahGerrard

,publican

,Man chester

,La n e. Ma rch


3. Will iam , son of Jam esWatson , cotton spin n er, Man chester, La n e.3 William ,

son of Joseph Tim perley, yarn merchan t, Man chester,La n e.

William,son of the rev. Samuel White, Bolton , La n e.

This schola r , born on the 8thJun e 1793, wa s n om in a ted to a school exhibition in1 8 1 1

,in which yea r he took pa rt on the public speech-day, a n d proceeded to S .

John ’

s colleg e, Cambridg e, wher e he g r a dua ted A.B . 18 15, bein g sixteen th sen i oroptim e, a n d A.M. 18 18 , a n d wa s elected fellowof the colleg e. Havin g held fora shor t time the post of a ssista n t m a ster ofthe Gramma r schools a t Bun tin g forda n d Bury S . Edmun d ’s, he wa s a ppoin ted, in 18 18

, to the hea d m a ster ship ofthe Sheffield school, wher e he wa s h ighl y apprecia ted a s a tutor . Owin g to theill n ess ofhis pr edecessor the schoolwa s in a n eg lected sta te, but he soon r a ised

its char a cter a n d in crea sed the n umber of its schola rs, som e ofwhom d istinguished themselves a t Cam br idg e, a n d speak g ra teful ly of his a tten tion a n d

kin d n ess. The sm a lln ess of the hea d m a ster ’s stipen d, combin ed with som e

fa lse cha r g es ofsever ity, a r e sa id to have in duced him to seek a n other post, a n din September 1830 he wa s elected to the hea dship ofWolverhampton g r amm a r

school, which he held un til his dea th. His secon d school does n ot seem to haveprospered sowell a shis first, a n d the n umber ofhis schola rswa s sm a ll. A storyis curr en t tha t on e ofhis pupils, stil l r esiden t in tha t town ,

when question ed a s

a boy a s to his pla ce in his cla ss, wa swon t to reply tha t he wa s the secon d boy,but the hon or of this position quickly disappea r ed when fur ther question ed a s to

the n umber in the cla ss, a n d hewa s oblig ed to con fess tha t there were on ly two.The school is situa ted, like tha t ofMa n chester , in the worst pa r t of the town .

He m a rried on the 24thJun e 1823 Eliza , youn g est d aughter of the rev. SamuelDewe, M.A., m a ster of Bun tin g ford g ramm a r school

,in C am b r idg shire, by

whom he ha d sever a l children . Of six son s, two hold the r a n k ofm ajor in theIn dia n a rmy, a n d three a re in Holy order s. His eldest son , Willi am Ameers

Whi te, former ly hea d m a ster of the Peterboroug h ca thedra l g r amm a r school,is

n owrector ofNor thboroug h n ea r Ma rket Deepin g , Nor thampton shir e.Mr .White , who did n ot hold a n y cler ica l office besides his school, either a t Sheffield or Wolverhampton , died on the 23rd Februa ry 1855, in his 62n d yea r , a n dis bur ied in Wolverhampton cem etery, where ther e is a m on um en t, simplyr ecordin g tha t he held the m a stership of the school dur in g twen ty -four year s,with a text from Holy Scr iptur e

, Ga l . vi. 14. Hiswife d ied in 1867.

Jon athan a n d Edmun d,son s of Edmun d

_

Howor th,Bury

,La n e .

The fa ther ofthese brothers, born in 1764, m a rr ied Elizabeth, daug hter ofEdmun dPeel , esq., eldest brother of sir Rober t Peel, ba r t., a n d wa s the jun ior pa rtn er inthe house ofPeel (the fir st sir Rober t Peel, Ya tes, Ha lliwell a n d Hawor th,ofBury. He subsequen tly lived a t Sa le lodg e, Cheshire, wher e he d ied in 1855,

a t the g rea t a g e of 9 1. He wa s the eldest son of Jon a tha n Hawor th ofMa n

chester , m er cha n t, whose sister Elizabeth m a r ried Rober t Peel, fa ther of the

fir st ba ron et.


Jon a tha n Hawor th, whowen t out a s a mercha n t to Leghorn , di ed in 1825, un m a r

r ied, a t his fa ther’s house, a t Smedley n ea r Ma n chester , a n dwa s bur ied in the

fam il y vault a t S . John ’

s church , Ma n chester .Edmun d Hawor th, bor n in 1797, is stil l livin g , r esiden t a t Churchda l e house, Bakewell, a n d justice ofthe pea ce for the coun ty OfChester . Byhis first wife,whomhe m a rr ied in 1822

, Eliz a , d aug hter Of capta in Wa lla ce, R.N.,he ha d a n on ly

chi ld,Edmun d Wa lla ce Hawor th , who d ied youn g . His secon d wife, towhom

he wa s m a rr ied in 1868,isHar r iet Dorothea, widowof the r ev. John Cha rn ock,

a n d daug hter of the la te vice-adm ir a l sir R. T. Ricketts, ba r t. [His youn g estbrother , Rober t Peel, m a r r ied a n d ha d issue. R .]

[Of the sisters of these schola rs, (1) Ma ry , m a rr iedWilliam Goodl a d OfMa n chester ,sur g eon ; (2) Susa n n a , m a rr ied the rev.Fr ederick Peel,M.A., rector ofWillin gham , in the coun ty ofLin coln , brother ofHen ryWilliam Peel, esq.

, ofAyl esmere

house, in the coun ty of Gloucester ; (3) Elizabeth, died un m arr ied ; (4) Cha rlotte, d ied un m a rr ied ; (5) Alice, m a rr ied the r ev. Oswa ld Serjea n t,M.A., ca n onresiden t ofMa n chester . R ]

Richard,son of the r ev. Richard Hood

,Bury

, La n e .

The fa ther ofthis schola r , who is descr ibed in the Ma n chester D ir ectory of 182 2

a s A .B . a n d head ma ster of Bury g r amm a r school, wa s a lso perpetua l cur a te ofHeywood in tha t pa r ish, from 1803to 1822 . Hewa s by bir th a n Ir ishm a n . [Hewa s presen ted on the 24thOctober 1823 to the dea n ery ofKilm a cdua gh, in the

d iocese ofKila la , whi ch is on e of the mi n or Irish sees n owun ited to the a r chiepiscopa l see of Tuam . He d ied on the 20thNovember 1836 , a g ed 67, a n d wa sbur ied a t Gor t, in the coun ty of Galway. He wa s distin g uished by his hig hscien tific a tta in men ts, but n ot residin g a t Heywood , wa s n ot very popula r withthe people ther e. R .]

Richa rd , his eldest son , bor n on the 7thMay 1794, the schola r here r ecorded, isr em embered a s a quiet, studi ous boy, a n d died of con sum ption on the 16th December 1809, a n d is bur ied a t S. John ’

s, Bury. There is a ston e in the chur chyard to his memory, r ecordin g his abilities a n d extra ordin ary a tta in m en ts, hispiety a n d affection to his pa ren ts, his p a tien ce a n d meek resig n a tion .

”

Two brothers ofthis schola r , but n ot educa ted a t the school, were distin g uished a s

n ava l officers, a n d cut Offin ea r ly life. Their history m ay be lea rn t from the fol

lowin g in scr iption taken from a mon umen t in S . John ’

s chur ch, BurySa cr ed to the m em ory of

Lieuten a n ts Rober t a n d Georg e Hood, R.N.

Son s ofthe Rev. Richa rd Hood, LL.D ., ofthis town .

The former ofwhom while en g a g ed in theover la n d Ar ctic Expedition , un der thecomm a n d ofCapta in Fr a n klin , R.N.

a fter havin g with un shaken for tit ude en duredun pa r a l leled d a n g ers a n d priva tion s,

a n d by his skill a n d scien ce


essen tia lly con tributed to the utility ofthe en terprise,wa s a ssa ssin a ted by a n Ir aqua s, Oct. 2 0, 182 1.

Thus term in a tin g a t the ea rly a g e offour a n d twen tya shor t but br illian t ca r eer ,

distin g uished by va r ious ta len ts a n d stea dy determin a tion ,

Whichwa s r apidl y open in g a pa th to the hig hest hon ours ofhis profession .

The la tter un der Capta in Owen ,R.N.

em ployed a lso in the cause of scien ce on the easter ncoa st ofAfr ica , perished by a fever Februa ry 6 , 1823,

bein g a lso 24 yea rs ofa g e.Ifhis serviceswere less distin g uished ,

or his fa te a ttr a cted less publ ic sympa thy,tha n tha t ofhis lamen ted brother ,

he requir ed on ly a m ore promin en t situa tionfor the d isplay ofhi s un common ta len ts a n d a cquir emen ts.

As a tribute ofsin cere r espectfor

the m er it of their fellowtown smen ,

This mon um en t wa s erectedby

some ofthe In ha bita n ts of Bury.

John , son of Richard Fletcher, m erchan t, Man chester, Lan c.John

,son of Jam esMiln e

,m erchan t

,Man chester

,La n e.

William Hen ry,son of JosephCrowther, bookbin der, Man chester,

La n e.

Septem 12. Thom as,son of George Corser, ban ker, Whitchurch.

This scholar , the thir d son of Georg e Corser , esq.,ofWhitchur ch , a n d his wife

Ma r tha , daughter a n d coheiress ofRa n da ll Phythia n , g en t., of the Hig her ha ll,Edg e, Cheshire , wa s born a tWhitchurch , a n d r eceived the ea r ly pa r t ofhis educa tion a t the g ramm a r school ofhis n a tive pla ce , ofwhich his fa therwa s a feofi

’

ee,

a n d for m a n y yea rs the much r espected tr ea surer .The fam ily ofCorser , a s appea r s from the r eg isters ofPr ees a n d other documen ts,were lon g sea ted in Da r la ston in tha t pa r ish on their patr imon ia l proper ty, bein gr esiden t there so far ba ck a s the r eig n of queen El iz a beth . From Whitchurchschool Thoma s Corser wa s r em oved to Ma n chester , a n d r esided for four year s inthe hig h m a ster ’s house, when ce he wa s a dm itted a comm on er ofB a ll iol colleg e ,Oxford, in May 18 12

, takin g with him on e ofthe school exhibition s. B a lliol colleg ewa s a t tha t time un der the m a stership ofDr . J ohn Pa rson s

,a fterwa r ds bishop

of Peterboroug h, a n d un der the a ble tutor ship of Dr . Richa rd Jen kyn s, a fterwar ds m aster , a n d dea n ofWel ls, whose lon g tutor ia l la bour s con tr ibuted so

m uch to the hig h sta n din g a n d r eputa tion ofthe colleg e. Mr . Corser g r a dua tedB .A. on the 3rdMay 18 15, a n d M.A. on the 2 8thMay 18 18 . It wa s durin g his



a s a flog g er wa s still very r ife, secon d on ly to tha t of the immor ta l Busby, the

g rey ma r e bein g a n existin g eviden ce of the fa ct, - a n d the well-kn own story ofhis flog g in g the whole school roun d before br eakfa st on e mor n in g , when un a bleto detect the g uilty culpr it, wa s a m a tter ofr ecen t history a n d he speaks ofthed ir ect con tra st shown in the m ild a n d g en tler rule ofhis am iable successor . The

on ly time dur in g Mr . C orser’

s four yea r s’ r esiden ce a t the school when D r . Sm ithwa s ever kn own to have used the ca n e, wa s on e solita ry in sta n ce, when itwa seviden t to a l l tha t it occa sion ed more pa in to the m a ster tha n to the pupil a n d

the sta r tlin g effect of the pun ishm en t upon the schoolwa s lon g a fterwa r ds r em embered .

As on e Ofthe or ig in a l projector s of the Chetham society, presen t a t the m eetin g in1843when it wa s first established , a n d on e of the coun cil down to this d ay, Mr .

Cor ser ha s ta ken a wa rm in terest in its publica tion s, a n d the society is in debtedto him for severa l Of its volum es.

Amon g other improvem en ts in the Church which have been m a de of la te yea r s,Mr . Corser r em a rks with tha n kfuln ess, tha t bishops n owha ve the con scien ce toor da in ca n di d a tes for the m in istry in their own d ioceses. When r a ilways wer e

yet un kn own ,he wa s ca lled up from the n or ther n pa r t ofthe coun ty ofSa lop to

B irm in g ham , where he ha d to stay in order to a tten d the exam in a tion of D r . E .

Outr am (see Reg ister , vol . ii. pp. 8 1—8 the bishop’s chapla in , a n d from then ceto tr avel on to Lon don for his or din a tion ,

which took pla ce in the chapel n ea r toHill str eet, B erkeley squa re, wher e the bishop wa s then residin g . Al l thiswa sa tten ded with g rea t expen se a n d much in con ven ien ce to the ca n dida tes, a n d ha dto be g on e throug h a g a in in the followin g yea r in the sam e way when the t im e

a r r ived for ordin a tion to the pr iesthood . La ter days tha n those ofMr . Corser’

s

ordin a tion bea r witn ess to the same a buse, a n d on e m ig ht a lmost say cruelty.The la te bishop Sum n er , ofChester , held a ca n on ry a t Durham ,

a n d oblig ed hisca n dida tes to g o to tha t city, where they lived for sever a l days a t hotelswhilstun der exam in a tion , a n d then orda in ed them a t the ca thed ra l there in stea d ofa t

Chester . So la te a s 1839 the editor ha d to tr a vel from a n extrem e pa r t ofShropshire to Lon don , a n d stay m a n y days a t a n hotel, in or der to b e exam in ed a n d

orda in ed pr iest by Dr . J. Bowstea d, bishop of Lichfiel d . The exp en ce wa s a

very heavy tax on a cur a te’s stipen d ofthose days.[Of the four works ed ited by Mr . Corser for the Chetham society

,Chester

’s Tr i

umph (vol . Iter L a n ca str en se (vol . vi i ) , Robin son’

s Gol den Mir r our (vol .Col l ecta n ea An g lo

-Poetica (vols. l ii . lv. lxi . the most impor ta n ta r e the Iter L a n ca str en se a n d the Col lecta n ea A n g lo

-Poetica . The first is a verycur ious a n d in ter estin g a ccoun t by Richa rd James the schola r a n d poet

,in verse,

ofhis visit to La n ca shir e in 1636, excellen tly illustr a ted by the ed itor ’s r esea r cha n d dilig en ce ; a n d the secon d , which ha s exten ded to four volum es a lrea dy,a fifth bein g in prepa r a tion , is a n a lphabetica l a ccoun t, with extr a cts fromea ch a uthor a n d biog r a phica l a n d bibliog raphica l n otices, of the editor ’s mostcurious, r a re a n d va luable collection of ea r ly En g lish poetry . It must ever be


a m a tter of r eg ret tha t, a s the fifth volume will sca r cely fin ish the letter D,

a n d a s the excellen t editor ’s a dva n ced a g e a n d infirm itieswill probably in ter ferewith his fur ther prog r ess, these volum es, whi ch a very competen t judg e, the rev.

A. Grosa rt, ha s pron oun ced (In troduction to Joseph Fletcher ’s Works) to be am odel for works of their kin d , a n d which un ite the uti le with the dulce in so

em in en t a deg r ee, will r em a in on ly a s a specimen of wha t m ig ht, ha d tim ea n d Oppor tun ity been a llowed , have been a ccomplished un der other cir cumsta n ces by the ed itor . Could the work have been completed on the sca le on

which it ha s been beg un ,itwould un doubtedly ha ve ta ken the lea d in En g lish

poetica l bibliog r aphy. The very fin e collection wh ich ha s formed the ba sis of

th iswork , a n d which wa s the r esult ofthe un tir in g persevera n ce, com bin ed withexcellen t ta ste a n d judgm en t, of ha lf a cen tury , has a lrea dy been pa r tly disposedofa t Messrs. Sotheby’s a uction room s in Lon don , Mr . Corser , thoug h his men ta lfa culties

,to the g rea t sa tisfa ction ofhis fr ien ds, a r e a s vig orous a s ever , bein g

un a ble, in con sequen ce ofhis bod ily infirm ities, to a va il him self ofhis libr a ry a sin previous yea rs. Five portion s of this collection , r ich in a n extraordin a rydeg ree in works pr in ted by Caxton a n d his imm edia te successors, in emblemliter a tur e , in books on a n g lin g a n d in ea r ly En g lish poetry , un ique books a n d

m a n uscr ipts, were sold in J uly 186 8,in Ma r ch a n d Aug ust 1869, a n d in Feb

rua ry a n d J uly 1870. The sa les occupied twen ty days, a n d ,were sufficien t spa ceafforded , m a n y cur ious a n ecdotes m ig ht b e g iven of the profits which have beenre a lised, in n umerous in sta n ces, from a r ticles pur cha sed by Mr . Corser a t the

well -kn own sa les of the Fr eelin g , Heber , Ma inwa r in g , Jolley, Br ig ht a n d otherfamous collection s, or which were secur ed for him from m ore obscur e depositories by his in tellig en t Lon don ca ter ers a n d

,amon g them in pa r ticula r , by

on e whose n am e ca n n ever be men tion ed without hon or , who ha d n o equa l a n dha s left n o successor , Thom a s Rodd . Two m ore por tion s ofMr . Corser ’alibra ry ha ve yet to b e disposed of, a n d when the en tire collection ha s beend isper sed it a ppea rs proba ble tha t it will, a ltog ether , ha ve taken up closeupon thir ty days in sellin g , a n d will have produced a la r g er sum tha n a n y

sin g le libr a ry ha s r ea lised in this coun try for a lon g ser ies of yea rs. No

book collector , ther efore, n or lover of books, ca n pa ss by the quiet a n d

un preten d in g pa rson a g e house a t Sta n d , in which this n oble collection ha sbeen deposited , without lookin g a t itwith peculia r in terest, a n d if he have beenfor tun a te en oug h to ha ve been pr esen t a t on e of those most plea sa n t symposia ,when thewor thy host ha s en terta in ed the coun cil ofthe Chetham society or a n y

pa r ty of liter a ry fr ien ds, a n d in which som e ofhis r a r ities have been exh ibited,he will view it with a l l the a ddition a l ha lo der ived from a ssocia tion s of the

m ost g r a tifyin g kin d . Nor ca n it b e for g otten tha t the propr ietor’

s un stin tin gliber a lity ha s a lwa ys pla ced a t the service ofhis fr ien ds a n d the liter a ry publicthe choicest a n d most va luable of the tr ea sur es in his possession , a n d tha t, ina ccor da n ce with the g ood ol d motto of Grolier , tha t of C am er a et a mieorum

mig ht, with every justice, be in scr ibed upon his books. Mr . Corser ha s likewise


been a m ember of the coun cil of the Spen ser society sin ce its form a tion , a n dhis a dvice a n d a ssista n ce, with the free commun ica tion of the r a r ities in his collection , have been of the g rea test use in the repr in tswhich have been hither toissued. To on e of them ,

Z epher i a , a cur ious collection ofson n ets, the author ofwhich ha s n ot yet been d iscover ed , orig in a lly published in 1594, he ha s pr efixedan i n troduction . It r ema in s to a dd tha t Mr . Corser becam e a fellowof the

Society of a n tiqua r ies in 1850, a n d is a m ember of the Camden a n d Sur tees,a shewa s a lso ofthe Percy a n d Sha kespea r e societies dur in g their c on tin ua n ce,a n d is n owon e of the Oldest, if n ot the oldest, m ember of the Ma n chestercler ica l book club, a va luable loca l society, to which referen ce ha s been m a de

in the n otice ofthe r ev. Joshua Lin g a rd , see Reg ister , vol . 11. p. 106 . Q ]

Thom as,son of Jam esHolt, dyer, Man chester.

October 11. William ,son of John Hull, M .D .

, Man chester.Dr . John Hull, the fa ther ofthis schola r , bor n 3othSeptem ber 176 1, wa sthe eldestofthe three son sofJohn Hull, sur g eon , ofPoulton -l e-Fylde,who ma rr ied Gr a ce,widowofRog er Freckleton ,

vica r ofBispham n ea r La n ca ster , a n d wa s educa teda t the Gramm a r school of his n a tive pla ce. After servin g a n appr en ticesh ipwith Mr . La n ca ster , sur g eon , a t B la ckburn ,

he wen t to Lon don in Ma r ch 1782 ,a n d ha vin g worked hisway throug h the usua l course ofmedical educa tion , re

tur n ed to B la ckburn a n d en tered in to pa r tn ership with Mr .La n ca ster , whom heeven tua lly succeeded, a n d held the chief pr a ctice in Bla ckburn a n d its n eig hbourhood . He left tha t pla ce in 1796 , takin g up his r esiden ce in Ma n chester . Not

lon g a fterwa rdshe took, a t Leyden , the deg ree of doctor in physio, a n d in 18 19

wa s m a de a licen tia te of the Colleg e of physicia n s, Lon don . Hewa s for ma n yyea rs physicia n to the Lyin g -in hospita l, a n d con sultin g physicia n to the Eyehospita l , Ma n chester , a n d a t the tim e when his son , her e r ecorded , en ter ed theschool , r esided in Bra zen n ose street, a n d a fterwa rds in Mosley street. He retir edfrom his profession to his n a tive town in 1838. He wa s a very distin g uishedbota n ist, a n d author ofEl emen ts of B ota ny, in 2 vols., 12mo, R. a n d

W . Dea n , Ma n chester , 1800, with en g r a vin g s, which , thoug h the paper is b a d,a re very clea r , m in ute, a n d a ccur a te ; a n d of The B r itishF lor a ; or a Sg ste

ma tic A r r a n g emen t of B r itishPl a n ts, 2 vols., sm a ll 8vo, S .Russell, Ma n chester ;a secon d edition ofwhich wa s published in 1808. D r . Hullwa s a lso on e ofthe

secreta r ies ofthe Ma n chester Litera ry a n d Philosophica l society. He m a rr ied in

September 179 1 Sa rah, secon d daug hter ofWilli am Win sta n ley, esq.,ofWood

cock ha ll, by whom he ha d two son s a n d two daug hters. His daug hter s diedyoun g . Dr .Hull died a t the house ofhis elder son , in Lon don , on the 17thMa r ch 1843, a g ed 8 1. In the chur chya rd of Poulton -le -Fylde a r e three tombston es, a n d on thewa ll of the south a isle of the chur ch a re thr ee tablets, to theHul l family. D r .Hull a n d hi swife (who died on the 9thMa r ch 1842 , a g ed76)a r e both bur ied there. On the tablet to the m emory ofDr .Hull it is r ecordedtha t “his pun ctua lity, kin dn ess, a n d cheerful con fiden ce, his rea dy judgmen t indetectin g the causesofdisease, a n d his pra ctica l skill in removin g them ,

tog ether


with his va r ious medica l a n d bota n ica l publica tion s, brought’

him wea lth a n d

hon or , a n d en la r g ed the sphere ofhis usefuln ess, while a n in cr easin g fa ith in thelove a n d power ofhis Saviour cher ished a n d m a tured his hopes of a betterwor ldto com e. [A fewwords may be a dded

, a s, when the schola r ha sm a de him selfkn own a s a n a uthor , a n a tura l cur iosity is felt a s to his fa ther , a n d , by the lapseoftime, n am eswhich wer e on ce householdwords a re r a pidl y pa ssin g to Oblivion .

Dr . Hull a cquir ed a la r g e for tun e by the exercise of the medica l profession inMa n chester , a t a tim e when he ha d a s competitor s some very able a n d em in en tm en . In a ddition to the works r eferr ed to, he wa s en g a g ed in a con trover sywith Mr . Simm on s, surg eon of Ma n chester , a s to the Caesa r ia n Oper a tion , a n d

the tr a cts published a r e still wor th exam in in g , even without r eferen ce to them a in poin t in dispute , on a ccoun t of the wit a n d cur ious r eadi n g wh ich theyd isplay. Dr .Hul l ha d collected a n exten sive l ibr a ry in n a tur a l history , m edi

cin e a n d g en er a l liter a ture, which wa s disposed of by auction in Ma n chester in1838. C .]

His eldest son ,WilliamWin sta n ley,wa s born on the 15th Ma r ch 1794, a n d en teredBra sen ose colleg e, Oxford, with a school exhibition in 18 1 1

,havin g taken pa r t in

the public speeches of tha t yea r . He g a in ed a pla ce in the first cla ss in Liter isHuma n ior ibus a t the Micha elma s term examin a tion in 18 14, a n d wa s a fterwa rdselected a fe llowof B ra sen ose colleg e. His deg rees bea r da te, B .A. 9th Jun e18 15; M.A. 10thOctober 18 17. On leavin g Oxford he a pplied himself to thestudy of the l aw, a n d wa s ca lled to the cha n cery b a r , a s a m ember ofLin coln ’

s

in n,in 1820

, but r etired from profession a l life in 1846 sin ce which time he ha sresided in the coun try

,a n d is n owlivin g a t the Kn owle n ear Belper , Derbysh ire.

Mr .W .W .Hull took a n a ctive pa r t, a s a laym a n ,in the d iscussion of question s

affectin g the En g lish chur ch whichwer e so m uch deba ted about for ty yea rs a g o,a s is eviden ced by the followin g publica tion s ( 1) An en quiry con cer n in g the

mea n s a n d exp edien cy of p rop osin g a n d ma kin g a ny cha n g es in the C a n on s, Ar

ticl es, a n d In'

turgy, or i n a ny of the l aws afiectin g the in ter ests of the Chur chofEn g l a n d , 8vo, Oxford a n d Lon don , 182 8 (2) A sta temen t of some r ea son sfor

con ti n uin g to Pr otesta n ts the whole Leg isl a tur e of Gr ea t B r ita in a n d I r el a n d ,

8vo, Oxfor d a n d Lon don , 18 29 3) The D isuse of the Atha n a sia n Cr eed a dvi

sa ble i n the p r esen t sta te of the un ited Chur ch of En g l a n d a n d I r el a n d, 8vo,

Oxford a n d Lon don , 1831 ; (4) Thoug hts on Reform,8vo, Lon don , 1832 ; (5)

Rema r ks in ten ded to shewhowfar D r .Ha mp den may ha ve been misun der stood

or misr ep r esen ted dur in g the p r esen t con tr oversy a t Oxford, 8vo, Lon don ,1836

(6) Observa tion s on a Petition d iscussed i n the House of Lor ds on 2 6thMay

1840 , 8vo, Lon don ,1840 (thiswa swr itten by this schola r a n d his brother John ,

a n d bea rs both n am es on the title -pa g e) . He published a lso P r ayer s a n d Hymn s

for Househol d use in 1833, ofwhich a secon d edition wa s issued in 1852 .

He m a rr ied on the 27thDecember 18 20 Fr a n ces, daug hter of Ben jam in Wilson ,esq., ofAr dwick, by whom he ha d five childre n , ofwhom two a r e livin g : Ja n e,who m a rr ied lieuten a n t-colon el Westropp of the In dia n a rmy ; a n d John Winsta n ley Hull, M.A.

,vica r ofNor th Muskham, Nottin ghamshire . Hiswife died


a tTickwood n ea rWen lock, on the 2 2n d Ma r ch 1849, a n d wa s bur ied at Poulton .

Mr .Hull ha s sin ce twice m a r r ied.

Mr .W.W.Hull a tten ded sever a l of the a n n iversa ry m eetin g s of the old schola rs,a n d wa s a ppoin ted the sen ior stewa rd in 1823. He wa s n ot presen t, his pla cebein g supplied byMr .William Simm on s but he took the vice-cha ir n ext yea r ,a s locum ten en s for John Gr eaves, esq.

For his brother John see Reg ister , a n n o 18 12 .

Richard,son of the la te John Bowker

, cotton m erchant, Liverpool .William Hen ry, son of the r ev. Charles Prescott

,rector of Stock

port.This schola r (youn g est son ofthe r ev. Cha r les Prescot, B .D ., form er ly fellowof S .Ca ther in e’s ha l l, Cambridg e, a n d g r a n dson of the rev. Ken r ick Pr escot, D .D .,

m a ster oftha t ha ll from 1741—7 born in 1799 , took pa r t in the public speechesof the school from 18 12 to 18 17. He then en ter ed B r a sen ose colleg e, havin gbeen n om in a ted to on e ofthe school exhi bition s, a n d succeeded in February 18 2 1to a n Hulm ia n exhibition . He g r a dua ted B .A. on the 13thJun e 182 1

, havi n gbeen pla ced in the third cla ss i n L it.Hum . a t the Ea ster pr ecedin g , a n d M.A. on

the 2 1stMay 18 23. Havin g ta ken holy orders he served the cura cy of Stoke,n ea r Chester , a n d a fterwa rds wa s a ssista n t cur a te a t S . C la ve’s, Chester . In

1835 he wen t to r eside a t B ra dshaw ha ll, n ea r Chea dle, (which he in her itedthroug h his m other

,a descen da n t ofthe Kelsa l ls of B ra dshaw, whose pedig r ee

m ay b e seen in Orm erod’

s Cheshir e, vol . i ii. p . 323) officia tin g a t Ha n dfor thchapel in tha t pa r ish , where he d ied in November 1842 , a g ed 42 .

Mr .W.H.Pr escot,whose n am e a ppea rs amon g the ol d schola rs a t their a n n iversa rym eetin g s fr om 18 19 to 18 25, m a r r ied in 18 27a daug hter ofMr . John Ya te of

Chester,by whom he ha d on e son , Oldfield K . Pr escot, M.A.

, ofBra sen ose col

leg e , n owvica r ofAlder ton , Wilts, a n d five d aughters.The eldest brother of this schola r is the presen t ven er able r ector of Stockpor t,Cha r les Ken r ick Prescot, M.A. of Br a sen ose col leg e 18 10

,havin g ha d cha r g e of

tha t pa r ish for fifty yea rs.

Georg e Robin son , son of John Tya s, bookkeeper, Man chester.Joseph

,son of John Hopps, bookseller, Man chester .

[J ohn HOpp or Hopps, the fa ther , wa s a n or ig in a l. I wa s told by the la te F. R.

Atkin son , solicitor , tha t Mr .Hopp would close his shop for six weeks in the

summ erwhile he took a holiday on the Con tin en t a n d on cewhen hewa s il l , hekept his shop closed , a n d affixed to the shutters the followin g n otice in wr itin g :

I , J ohn H0pp ,

Ca n ’t come to my shOp ,

Because I, John H0pp , am il l

But I,John H0pp ,

Will com e to my shopWhen I, John H0pp , g etwell. C . S . S .]


1809Isaac

,son of John Tyas

,bookkeeper, Man chester. Februa ry 6 .

Thom as,son of the late William Pearson

,butcher

,Man chester.

Jam es,son of Thom as Hulm e

,pawn broker

,Man chester

This schola r is,I thin k

, the la te J amesHilton Hul me,who pr a ctised a s a n a ttorn eyin Ma n chester for for ty yea r s

,a n d whose n am e a ppea rs in theMa n chester D ir ec

tory for 1865 a s pa r tn er in the firm ofHul me a n d Foyster , solicitors, the deputystewa rd a n d r eg istr a r ofthe cour t ofpr oba te for the hun dred ofSa lford .

Mr . J am esH.Hulm e, who occa sion a lly a tten ded the a n n iversa ry m eetin g s of theol d schola r s, wa s twi ce m a r r ied , a n d d ied a t Cliff house , n ea r B a slow, Derbyshir e,on the 5thNovember 1869 , wher e hiswidown owr esides.

The fa ther ofMr . J . H. Hulme is sa id to ha ve been a n in n keeper in Sa lford, a n dther e m ay be a n error in the descr iption of the fa ther here g iven . There is n o

other “J a mes, son ofThom a s Hulme to b e foun d in the Reg ister .

An other son ,Thom a s

,wa s educa ted a t the school, whose n am e does n ot occur in

the Reg ister . He became a surg eon , pr a ctised in Sa lford for som e yea rs, a n d

died a t Southpor t.Robert

,son of Jam es Norm a n sel l

, bookkeeper, Manchester.Nen am ,

son of John Brown , publican , Man chester.Jon athan ,

son of Jon athan Mallalieu, tradesm an , Man chester.Hen ry, son of Robert Leigh, 000per , Salford .Martin ,

son ofMartin Clayton , watchm aker, Man chester.For his brother Japhet see below.

Joseph, son of Georg e Nabb, attorn ey , Col lyhurst, Man chester.For his fa ther a n d others ofthe fam ily, see Reg ister , vol . 11.

Edward , son of JosephBoardm an ,plumber, Man chester.

John,son of Robert Agn ew, physician ,

Man chester.D r . Rober t Ag n ew, who r esided in Picca d illy, Ma n chester , wa s on e of the m edica lcomm ittee ofthe lyin g -in hospita l . His son ’

s n am e a ppears in the list ofpubli cspeakers in 18 16.

Robert,son of Robert Frith, dyer, Broughton .

Peter, son of James Hordern,fustian cutter

,Man chester.

Edward,son of Thom as Davis

,flour dealer

,Man chester.

S amuel,son of Richard John son

,excisem an

,Manchester.

Joseph, son of Jam es Sm ethurst,bookkeeper

,Man chester.

Edmun d, son of the late Edmun d Turn er, Man chester.David

, son of the late John Williams,Salford .

William,son of John Hayes

,bookkeeper, Manchester.


John,son of John Lord, in n keeper, Wigan .

This scholar , bor n in 1796 , becam e a solicitor in g ood pr a ctice, residin g a t Sta n ~

d ish ha ll , n ea r Wig a n , a n d takin g a prom in en t pa r t in loca l politics a n d otherm a tters con n ected with his n a tive town . He was seven times elected m a yor ofWig a n between the yea r s 1831 a n d 1848 . Dur in g thi r ty -four yea r s he wa s am ember ofthe La n ca shir e yeom a n ry corps, twen ty yea r s ofwhich hewa s capta inofthe Wig a n tr00p of tha t reg imen t. He a fterwa rds left the town a n d r esideda t Elm ley pa rk , n ea r Per shor e, Wor cestershir e, which b e r en ted from la dyPakin g ton , where he d ied sudden ly ofhea r t d isea se on the 17thNovem ber 1863,

a g ed 67. He wa s bur ied in the fam ily vault in the chur chya rd ofWig a n . His

n am e occurs a s presen t a t the a n n iversa ry m eetin g ofol d schola rs in 1835.

John Lord m a r r ied in 1820 An n e, d aug hter ofMr . Rober t Pickup of B la ckburn ,

n owlivin g a t Chelten ham . His son , John Pickup Lord, esq., resides a t Ha llow

pa rk, n ea r Worcester .

George, son of George Lister, grocer, Halifax , Yorkshire.Jam es, son ofDavid Cooper, Silversm ith, Man chester.Fran cis Marcellus, son of Fran cis Marcellus Hodson

,tradesman

,

Man chester.Thom as, son of Thom asWood, wa rehousem an , Salford .John

,son of Robert Hutchin son , join er, Man chester.

Thom as,son of Ja cob Booth, labourer, Man chester.

Thom as,son of JosephNa din

,deputy con stable

,Man chester.

[Na din , the fa ther , wa s sen t to Ma n chester fr om Bowstr eet, Lon don , a n d wa son e of the m ost efficien t serva n ts of the boroughreeve a n d Con stables ofMa n

chester . He wa s a n a ctive m a n a t Peter loo in 18 19 . R .]

6 . William,son of the late John Ston ehouse, m erchant

,Manchester.

John Ston ehouse a ppea r s in the Ma n chester a n d S a lfor d D ir ectory of 1797a s a

ha t ma n ufa ctur er in Oldham street, with a pr iva te house in Lever ’s r ow. He

wa s on e ofthe chur chwa r den s ofMa n chester i n 1796.His son , William Brocklehurst Ston ehouse, took pa r t in the public speeches in

18 1 1 , a n d in the followin g yea r en ter ed B ra sen ose colleg e, Oxford , ta kin g withhim on e of the school exhibition s. He g ra dua ted B .A. on the 24thFebrua ry18 16 (but n ot in hon our s) , M.A. on the 14th J a n ua ry 18 19 , a n d D .C.L . on the

1 1th Apr il 1845. He wa s or da in ed a s cur a te to D r . H. V. Bayley, vica r of

Messin gham (a fterwa rds a r chdea con of Stow) , with whom he con tin ued till1 8 2 2

,when hewa s pr esen ted by the a r chbishop ofYork to the vica ra g e ofOwston

in Lin coln shir e, where he r esided till his dea th in 1862 . Dur in g his in cumben cy the pa r ish chur ch wa s r estored a n d beautified, a n a tion a l school buil t, a n da n ewchur ch erected a tWest Butterwick (whi chwa s then ma de a n ecclesia stica ld istrict) a haml et five mi les dista n t from the mother church, where a sma ll cha



cords of the a n n iversa ry m eetin g of ol d schola rs in 1830 , a n d he wa s n om i

n ated vice-presiden t for 1847, but n ot presen t on the la tter occa sion . In 1850,

he appea rs in the D ir ectory a s a commission a g en t, un der the firm of Claytona n d Gla dston e, a n d a s r esiden t a t Pen dleton .

Peter, son of Jam es Barrow, writin g m aster, Man chester .

[Peter Ba rrowstud ied the medica l profession un der the elder Mr . Ra n some, sur

g eon of Ma n chester , a n d en ter ed in to pr a ctice himself in tha t capa city a bout1820 ; but a fter som e yea rswa s compell ed by il l hea lth, to r etire from the a ctivepursui t ofhis profession . He however , a fter a n in terva l r e-commen ced pr a ctice ,a n d con tin ued to followit till his dea th, which occur red a fter a shor t illn ess, onthe 31st July 1851. His in term en t took pla ce a t Cross street chapel. In

a ddition to the r espectable r a n k which he held a s a m edica l pr a ctition er , Mr .

B a rrowwa s a most useful promoter of the l iter a ry a n d scien tific in stitution s ofMa n chester , a n d its Na tur a l History museum , amon g st other s, wa s la r g elyin debted to his kn owledg e a n d exer tion s. His va lua ble libr a ry wa s sold byMessrs. Fisher in September 1851. C ]

6. Richard Burdett,son of William Hen ry Worthin gton

,esq., Che

shire.R. B .Wor th in g ton , thir d son ofWilliam Hen ry Wor thin g ton , esq., ofSa n diwayba n k , in the coun ty ofChester , the r epr esen ta tive of a n ol d La n ca shire a n d Che

shir e fam il y (towhich belon g ed J ohn Wor thin g ton ,D .D ., m a ster ofJesus colleg e.

Cambr idg e, 1650—60, a n a lum n us ofthe school,whose D ia ry a n d Cor r esp on den ce ,

vol . i ., a n d vol . ii. pa r t i ., edited by the presiden t of the Cha tham society,

form vols.xiii . a n d xxxvi. ofthe Chetham ser ies) , took pa r t on the publ ic speechday in 18 13

- 16, a n d in the la tter yea r wa s a ppoin ted a n exhibition er . He g r a

dua ted B .A. ofS . Ma ry ha ll , Oxford , on the 12thD ecember 1820,a n d m a rr ied

whilst a t Oxfor d Miss Ma ry B r a z ier . He took holy or ders, a n d d ied a t Guer nsey on the 9thNovember 1837. A sister of this schola r ma r r ied Mr . WilliamSla ter , solicitor , ofMa n chester .

6 ,Thomas, son of John Sm ith, cotton - twist m anufacturer, Man ches

ter .

Jam es, son of the late Gerrard Ban cks, station er, Man chester.William ,

son of Job Lawson ,coachm an

,Ardwick

,Man chester.

Ma rch 7. Robert, son of Robert Hutchin son , j oin er, Man chester.Edward, son of Richard Walker, fustian m erchant

,Man chester.

Will iam ,son ofWilliam Poole

,footman

,Sal ford.

John ,son of Edmun d Taylor

, surgeon ,Salford.

The fa ther wa s the famous“Oldfield la n e doctor”?Robert, son of Samuel Hole, farm er, Nottin gham shire.

Edward, son of Dan iel Lyn ch, druggist, Man chester.


William ,son ofWilliam S imm on s

,surgeon

,Man chester.

William Simmon s, whose fa ther wa s on e ofthe sur g eon s to the Ma n chester infirm a ry, wa s in the hig h ma ster ’s depa rtm en t durin g five yea rs, takin g pa r t in thepublic speech d ay from 18 1 1 to 18 15. In the la st-men tion ed yea r he wa s n om i

n a ted to a school exhibition , a n d a dm itted to B ra sen ose coll eg e , Oxford, wherehe g a in ed a pla ce in the fir st cla ss in Lit.Hum. a t the Ea ster examin a tion , 18 19.His deg rees d a te B .A. 2 n d Jun e 1 8 19 ; M.A,

17thMay 18 23. He wa s electeda fellowofthe colleg e , but r esig n ed hi s fellowship on d ecidin g n ot to take holyorders ; a n d wa s ca lled to the b a r , a s a m ember ofthe In n er Temple, on the 9thFebrua ry 1 8 27. W illiam Simmon s wa s pr esiden t of the jubil ee m eetin g in1831, when ther e wa s a n un usua lly la r g e a tten da n ce of ol d schola rs ; a n d his

n ame appea rs a s havin g been pr esen t on m a n y other occa sion s a n d for the la sttime in 1 836 . He d ied on the 3rd Apr il in the followin g yea r .

Ma n y ofWilliam Simm on s’

s school exer cises in La tin wer e pr eserved by my fa ther ,either tr a n sla tion s from An a cr eon , or from En g lish poets. The followin g ,whi cha ppea rs to b e a tr a n sla tion of the first twelve lin es of D r . William Broome

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s

poem on a Rose Bud , beg in n i n g “Queen of fr a g ra n ce, lovely Rose, m ay be

g iven a s a specim en

J am , Rosa , purpureum felix osten de decorem ,

Atque tuo spir et vertice dul cis odorAmpl ius haud ca n o tellus vestitur am ictu,

Nee la tet hyb ern o squa lida n ube d iesRursus a dest Z ephyrus molli g ra tissimusa ura,Et vir id is la te 00p ia vestithumum

U n d ique bl a n dison o mul cen tur ca rm in e ram i ,Dul cis et opta ti n un cia ver is a dest .

En ! rursum stil l a n t n octur n is roribusherbae,Gra tus ethum ecta t n ubibus im ber a g ros.

Bur sum n a scen ti trudun t se g ramin e fiores,Sylvaque n uta n tes explicit a lta com a s.

Glor ia fior iferi lon g é pulcherr ima ru risTe, Rosa , quae ta n tae te ten uer e m orae P

Adsis, et va r iis or n a s quum fior ibus hor tum ,

Mollia p erfun dat con scius or a rubor .An d these

D ie m ihi, quis felix ? quis vitae tempora ducit,Nec mor tis cupidus, n ec fer a fa ta timen s ?

D a r espon sa , sen ex, iterum iterumque p eten ti,D a r espon sa , sen ex , et tua d icta sequa r

Nam quoties felix fier i vehemen ter aveb am ,

Deceptus toties, heu ! m iser a n dus er am .

D esin e p lura loqui . Virtutem quaere ; n efa n d iSemper temn e vias ; a tque bea tus eris.


John and William , son s of John Blair, m anufacturer, Ardwick,Man chester.

The fa ther lived a t the Polyg on , Ardwick . The youn g er of these br others tookholy orders, I believe, probably a s a litera te . His n am e is n ot foun d am on g the

g ra dua tes ofOxford or Cambr idg e.

6 ,

Elijah, son of Hollan d Hoole, shoem aker, Man chester.This schola r , bor n on the 3r d Februa ry 1798 , the secon d son , on lea vin g theg r amma r school in 1 8 13, bein g r equired to a ssist his fa ther , who ha d a la rg efam ily, in his busin ess a t home, pursued his studies pr iva tely i n Gr eek a n d

Hebrew, a n d in 18 18 became a pr oba tion er for theWesleya n m in istry, r eceivin gin the followin g yea r his a ppoin tm en t a s a m ission a ry to In d ia . He a r r ived a t

Ma d ra s in 1 820,havin g on the voya g e suffered shipwr eck, losin g his libr a ry a n d

outfit. After eig ht yea r s’r esiden ce in In dia his hea lth beg a n to fa il, a n d he

r etur n ed to En g la n d, a n d wa s for severa l yea r s super in ten den t of schools in Irela n d . Subsequen tly he becam e a ssista n t secreta ry to the Wesleya n mi ssion s inLon don a n d holds a t the presen t tim e the a ppoin tmen t of g en er a l secr eta ry tothe Wesleya n m ission a ry society, to which he wa s n om in a ted in 1836 . Elij a hHoole ha s the deg r ee of D .D . fr om Victor ia colleg e, Cobour g , Ca n a da , a n d is

a lsoHe m a rr ied in 1835Eliza beth , third daug hter ofMr . Cha r les Chubb, pa ten t lock

a n d sa fe m a n ufa ctur er , of Lon don . His eldest son ,Cha r les Holla n d Hoole,

M.A.,is a sen ior studen t ofChr ist chur ch , Oxfor d ; a n d his secon d son , Elij a h

Hoole, is a n a r chitect a n d civil en g in eer i n Lon don .

D r .Hoole, in a ddition to a r ticles supplied to the J our n a l of the Roya l Asia tic

Society, a n d to the L on don Qua r ter ly Review,a ssisted in the r evision of the

tr a n sla tion of the Holy Scriptures in to Tam il , a n d is a uthor of the fol lowin gpubl ica tion s1 . Nydn a

‘Pdttug a l . Ta mil Hymn s. Ma dr a s, 18 25. pp.72 .

2 . Person a l Na r r a tive of a Mission to the South of I n d ia , fr om 1820—2 8 .Lon don , Lon gm a n . pp . 32 2 .

3, Ma dr a s, Mysor e , a n d the Southof I n dia . Lon don , 1844. pp . 442.

4. The Yea r B ook ofMission s. Lon don , 1847. pp . 443.5. D ier eisa n i Ta mi l Puttag am . The L a dy

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s Ta mi l B ook,withAn g lo

-Tam i l

Gr a mma r a n d Voca bul a ry. Lon don a n d Ma d ra s, 1860 . pp. 148 .6 . Og l ethorp e a n d the Wesleys i n Amer ica . Lon don , 1863.

7. Byr om a n d the Wesl eys. [An a r ticle r epr in ted from the Wesleya n Method ist

Ma g a zin e.] Lon don , Nichols, 1864.

s. Cort, son of John Huthersa l , schoolm aster, Man chester.The fa ther of this schola r kept a flour ishin g school for m a n y yea rs a t Ardwickg reen ,

a n dwa swell kn own throug hout La n ca shir e a s the a uthor ofa n useful workon a rithm etic

, a n d wa s a va lued frien d of the g rea t philosopher , John D a lton .

His son , CortHuthersa l , took part in the public speeches in 18 12 - 14, a n d a fter


wa rds en tered S . John ’

s colleg e, Cambr idg e , where he g r adua ted A.B . 18 18,

a n d A.M. 182 1 . Hewa s d istin g uished throug h life by g r ea t or der a n d n ea tn ess,

a swell in his public duties a n d exer cises a s in the a rra n g emen t ofhis affa irs,a n d by his kn owledg e a n d skill in cla ssica l music. After his or d in a tion heserved a s cur a te in the pa r ish of D idsbury, a t S . Ma ry’s chur ch , Ma n chester ,a n d fin a lly a t Al l Sa in ts’ chur ch, Leam in g ton . He r etir ed from public dutya bout 1837, still residin g a t Leam in g ton , wher e he d ied on the 14th September 1859 , leavin g on e on ly child , who m a r r ied the r ev. J . Ham ilton D avies,for m a n y yea r s pa st, a n d a t the presen t tim e, cur a te ofLeam in g ton .

Mr . Cor t Huther sa l , cousin to two schola r s n amed Cor t,his cotempor a r ies of

the school, wa s the author of a n in g en ious a n d useful Syn ap sis of the va r ious

Admin istr a tion sfor the g over n men t of En g l a n d ,fr om the yea r 1756 to 1842 .

Lon don , Lon g ma n , 1842 . Folio.

John,son of JosephGould, fustian m an ufacturer, Man chester.

[John Gould wa s bor n a t Ar dwick on the 7thMa r ch 1797. About 1820 he wa s inbusin ess in Ma n chester a s on e ofthe firm ofWoodcroft a n d Gould . Afterwa rdshe join ed Mr . Sl a g g , but r etir ed som e yea rs befor e his dea th . He d ied in July1863, a n d wa s in terred a t St. John ’

s’

,Lon g sig ht. He wa s a m ember of the

U n ion club, a n d ofother Ma n chester societies ofa n older d a te in which the g oodsocia l feelin g of times g on e by wa s still con tin ued a n d preserved . C .]

John,son of the r ev. Robert Cort, Kirkby, Lan cashire .

John Cor t, born on the z i et Jun e 1795, the elder ofthe two son s ofthe r ev.Rober tCor t, wa s a dilig en t studen t a t school, g ivin g prom ise ofd istin ction in a fter life.In 18 14 a n d 18 15he a ppea r s amon g the public speakers. He pr a ctised a s a n

a ttor n ey in Liverpool, a n d wa s a m a n of r efin ed ta ste, collectin g with skill a n dj udgm en t m a n y va luable pa in tin g s a n d r a re en g r a vin g s, a n d a liber a l pa tron of

a r tists a n d sculptors. Alwa ys ofa feeble con stitution , a n d often suffer in g fromthe a tta cks of d isea se, he died on the 1st Octoher 1844, a n d wa s bur ied inKirkby chur chya rd , a g ed 48 yea r s.

The fa ther of this schola r wa s bor n a t Arkholm e,n ea r La n ca ster , a n d en ter ed on

his duties a s m in ister ofKirkby, in the pa r ish ofWa lton -ou-the -hill, n ea r Liverpool

,on the 12th D ecem ber 1793. He is spoken of a s a g ood cla ssic, ofhig h

m en ta l power , a n d a s a well -kn own a n d esteemed tutor dur in g m a n y yea rs. He

held the pa stora l cha r g e ofKirkby for the lon g per iod offifty-six yea rs, ca techisin gthe children publicly in chur ch, a n d showin g a l l g ood fidelity a s a pa r ish pr iest ,a n d wa s m uch a n d wor thily r espected by his pa r ishion er s a n d n eig hbour s.M in ister in g a t the bur ia l ofa pa r ishion er in J a n ua ry 1850, he caug ht cold , a n din a fewd ays his illn ess pr oved fa ta l, a n d he wa s bur ied in Kirkby chur chya rdon the 23rd Ja n ua ry, in the 8 8thyea r of his a g e . There is a m a rble tablet tohis m em ory in the n ewchur ch er ected ther e. His m em ory is still fra g r a n t inLiverpool a n d its n eighbourhood, a s a plea sin g specimen ofthe p ious, labor iousa n d fa ithful cler gym a n in a n a g e n owpassed awa y.“


The in scription on the tablet simply r ecordshisn am e, a g e a n d dea th ; a n d the likepar ticul a rs rela tin g to hi s son John .

William,son of Robert Blackm ore, cotton m erchan t

,Manchester.

Berkeley Buckin gham Smythe, son of the late colon el SmytheStafford

,Wigtown

,S cotlan d.

Hollan d Hoole, son of Hollan d Hoole, shoem aker, Man chester.Holla n d Hoole,

.

eldest son ofHolla n d a n d Sa r a h Hoole, wa s bor n in An coa ts la n e,Ma n chester , on the 9thMa r ch 1796 . His fa ther

,a n a lm ost self-educa ted m a n

,

wa s a Wesleya n loca l pr ea cher a n d cla ss lea der . His son wa s ofa delica te constitution a n d n ervous sen sibility, a n d un a ble to Cope with the r oug hn ess of theboys in the lower depa r tm en ts ofthe school, a n d his fa ther in 18 1 1 r emoved himfrom the school, a t his own urg en t r equest. He then en ter ed in to the employofMessrs.Philips in their coun tin g -house in B r idg e street,wher e he distin g uishedhimself by his pun ctua lity a n d ca reful a tten tion to his duties. Plea sed with hisprom isin g a bilities, Messrs. Phil ips tra n sferr ed him ,

a fter the expira tion oftwoyea rs, to the coun tin g -house ofthe Sa lford cotton m ills, un der thefirm ofPhi lipsa n d Lee, bywhom he wa s tr ea ted with un fa il in g kin d n ess, a n d his m er it fullya pprecia ted. He r eta in ed a full sha re of their con fiden ce a n d r espect a fter Mr .

Lee’s dea th in 1826,a n d when , in 1831 sir Geor g e Philips (a fterwa rds ofWes

ton , in the coun ty ofWa rwick) r etir ed from the busin ess ofthe m ill, Mr .Hoolewith three other g en tlemen ca rr ied it on till 1842 , when the con tin ued depr eesion ofthe cotton tr a de l ed to the closure of the mill a n d a di ssolution of the

firm , with a n en tire loss of the proper ty a ccumulated dur in g thir ty yea r s of

a ctive busin ess life. Throug hout these happy a n d successful yea rsMr .Hoole’etim e a n d ta len tswer e liber a lly used for the ben efit ofhis fellowtown sm en . In

ea r ly life hewa s a staun ch tory. We fin d him in 1833 a ctin g a s over seer ofthepoor , a n d opposin g the m ea sures of fa ctory am en dm en t then a g ita ted , a n d on

sever a l occa sion s appea r in g befor e pa r liam en ta ry comm ittees on the question upto the yea r 1836. Believin g tha t lord Ashley’s bill, then brought forwa rd,wa sun just to con scien tious a n d con sidera te m asters, he wrote a pamphlet on the

subjectwhich displays con sider a ble a bility, a n d ten ded to defea t lord Ashl ey’smea sur e, which even tua lly becam e a clause in a n other bill broug ht forwa rd bythe g over n m en t . As a tory he took a n a ctive pa r t in the excitin g con test forthe bor oug h ofSa lford in 1837, when Mr .William Ga r n ettwa s defea ted by twovotes ; Mr . B rother ton , a lthoug h petition ed a g a in st, r eta in in g his sea t a fter a

p a r liamen ta ry in vestig a tion .

The r apid spr ea d of free tra de Opin i on s on m a tters con n ected with comm er ce ap

pea rs a t this time to have broug ht a bout a complete cha n g e in Mr .Hoole’e conviction s, a n d we fin d him hen cefortha ctin g hea r tily with those whom he hadpreviously opposed, a n d con ten din g for the shor ten in g of the hour s of fa ctorylabour , for the better paymen t ofthe oper a tives, a n d for the r epea l of the dutieson rawcotton a n d on corn . In 1838 he was vice-cha irma n of the Ma n chester


cham ber of comm er ce, a ssocia tin g with Messrs. Georg eWilson ,Richard Cobden ,Thom as B az l ey a n d other s

,in the prom otion ofmea sureswhich they believed to

b e for the prosperity of their town a n d coun try, a n d a dvoca tin g the sam e a t

public meetin g s with ea r n estn ess a n d sin cer ity. He ,con tin ued to b e vice

presiden t of the chamber of commer ce till 1843, when he was c a lled to thepr esiden t’s cha ir .

In 1 841 he wa s chosen boroughreeve ofSa lford , his yea r ofoffice bein g on e of tr a dedepression , br ea d r iots a n d d istr ess. Boroughr ecves, un like m ayors, n ot bein gm a g istr a tes ex qfii cio, wer e bur den ed wi th respon sibility without a uthor ity butby kin dn ess a n d sympa thy with the poor , a n d firmn ess in the m a in ten a n ce ofthe l aw,

he pr eserved toler able order .

In r elig ious profession he wa s a Wesleya n Methodist, a n d prea ched occa sion a llybut fr ee from a n y hostil ity to the Chur ch of En g la n d , a n d often a tten d in gher services, m ore pa rticul a r ly dur in g the yea r ofhis office a s boroughreeve ofSa lford . In busin ess life he wa s a n example ofupr ig htn ess, d ilig en ce a n d g ood

breedin g ; a n d in the r ela tion s ofpr iva te life r em a rkable for useful n ess a n d g oodcomm on sen se.

He m a rr ied in 18 27Ca tha r in e, four th d aug hter ofMr . Thoma s Ir ela n d ofNewtonHea th . The loss ofhis pr oper ty ser iously a ffected hi s hea lth, a n d his delica tecon stitution , susta in ed by a buoya n t spir it to the la st, sa n k with seem in g sud

den n ess,a n d he died on the 3rd December 1844, in his for ty-n in th yea r , leavin g

a widowa n d n in e children tota lly un provided for . He wa s bur ied a t the ceme

tery a djoin in g the Wesleya n m eetin g house, Cheetham Hill . His frien ds a n d

fellow town smen , in r espect for his cha r a cter , r a ised by subscr iption a sum of

n ea r ly 1000 l . for their ben efit, in a dd ition to m a n y pr iva te g ifts a n d kin dn esses.His on ly son , a prom isin g youth , is supposed to ha ve per ished a t sea , a s the p a s

sen g er ship, in which he took his depa r ture from En g la n d to Austra lia in 1856,

ha s n ot sin ce been hea rd of.

To Miss Ca tha rin e Hoole, da ug hter of this schola r , a n d pr in cipa l of the la dies’

colleg e, B r ampton g rove, Sm edley la n e,I am in debted for m a n y of the fa cts

compr ised in this n otice ofher fa ther .

John,son of JosephLee

,lan d surveyor

,Redbrook, Flin tshire.

Mr . Joseph Lee, the fa ther of this schola r , wa s a la n d a g en t, a n d a m a g istr a te of

the coun ty ofFlin t, a n d m a r ried Theodosia Pa r son s, a g r a n ddaug hter ofMa tthewHen ry, the comm en ta tor on the Holy Scr ip turesfJohn, the secon d son of twelve childr en , bor n on the r othApr il 1796 , r ecited a t

the publi c speech d ay of 18 12, a pa ssa g e from The B ourg eois Gen ti lhomme of

Molier e. After leavin g school he Spen t al l his days in Whitchurch, where hepra ctised a s a n a ttor n ey, bein g the sen ior pa r tn er in the firm ofLee a n d Brookes,

a n d en joyin g in a hig h deg ree the respect of his fellowtown smen . More especia l ly ishe r em embered for the deep in ter estwhich he took in m a tters r ela tin g tothe Chur ch, a n d for hi s liber a l g ifts to r elig ious a n d char itable objects, un iformlydevotin g a lar g e por tion ofhis in come, for the la st for ty years ofhis life, to the


buildin g a n d r estora tion ofchur ches, a n d to cha r itable in stitution s for the relief ofthe poor a n d a fflicted , a swell a s to them or e str ictly relig ious Societies. In a n oticewhich a ppea red in a pr ovin cia l paper a t the tim e ofhis dea th, it is r ecorded tha t“dur in g the day of his bur ia l a l l busin ess pr em iseswere pa r tia lly closed . The

n ame ofJ oh n Lee ha s for n ea r ly ha lf a cen tury been a household word amon gus in con n ection with a l l g ood works a n d labour s of love , both in pa rochia lduties a n d the m ore exten ded sphere of the Lord

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s vin eya rd. We deeply feeltha t a n y eulog ium here would sca r cely do justice to the m emory ofon e so b e

loved a n d revered in this pa r ish. The commun ity a t la r g e will m iss a suppor tera n d ben efa ctor of a l l tha t wa s lovely a n d of g ood r epor t, tha t wa s estim able inobject, or wor thy a n d n eedful ofhis kin d a n d rea dy help.”

Mr. John Lee m a r r ied in 18 23 Ma ry An n e, daug hter of capta in Samuel Moore

Lawr en ce, by whom he ha d ten children , ofwhom two died in in fa n cy. He d ied

on the 7thJ uly 1868,a t the a g e of72 , a n d is buried in the quiet cha pel-ya rd of

Whitewell n ea r Whitchur ch, in a fam ily vault. At his own r equest, a simplehea dston e wa s pla ced a t his g ra ve, r ecordin g on ly his n ame

,a g e, a n d d a te of

depa r tur e. His eldest son , the r ev. John Lee, M.A.,is n owvica r of Tilstock,

n ea r Whitchur ch.He edited Se lectR ema in s ofPhi l ip Hen ry,MA .,former ly studen t of Chr ist Chur ch,Oxfor d , a n d Ma tthewHen ry, a uthor of a n exp osition of the B ible to whicha r e

a dded g olden sayin g s ofMa tthewHen ry. Lon don , Nisb et. 1839 . 16mo. The

first pa r t of this li ttle book con sists of selection s from dia r ies of Philip Hen ry,

a n d from a m a n uscr ipt common pla ce book kept by him a n d his son Ma tthew.

He a lso ed ited A n Exp osition withp r a ctica l observa tion s up on thefir st e levenchap ter s of the B ook of Gen esis, by PhilipHen ry. Lon don ,Nisbet. 1839. 16mo ;

a n d wa s often puttin g in to pr in t leaflets of a dvice, pr ayers, &c., a n d replies tocon scien tious d issen terswhowoul d n ot p ay chur ch r a tes.

The n am e ofJohn Lee occurs amon g the old schola rsa ssembled at their a n n iver

sa ry m eetin g of 18 19 .

The r ev. Philip Hen ry Lee, M.A former ly fellowof Bra sen ose colleg e, a n d n owr ector ofStoke B ruer n e

,Northampton shire, is brother to this schola r .

Hen ry,son of ElijahCobham ,

esq.,St. Asaph

,Flin tshire .

The fa ther appea rs to ha ve resided at Liverpool pr eviously to this da te, for in ther eg ister ofbaptisms a t S .Asaph ther e is a n en try ofthe public r eception in to theChur ch oftwo son s of Elij ah Cobham a n d Eliz a beth hiswife, ofB ryn polyn , butla te of Liverpool,” on the 10th Ja n ua ry 18 10 : the children havin g been p r iva tely baptized in 1806 a n d 1808 .

The n am e of this schola r , a n elder son , occurs amon g the public speakers in theyea rs 18 1 1 a n d 18 12 .

There is n o tra ce ofthe family to be obta in ed a t S . Asaph.

John,son of John Widdowson , deceased, Northwich, Cheshire .

John Widdowson , the fa ther , wa s a sa lt propr ietor , a n d died on the 3rd Ma r ch1803. He ha d three children .



life, a fter obta in in g hig h classica l distin ction in the exam in a tion for his deg r ee a t

Oxford in 1835.

Lord Cor nwa llis, whose dom estic chapla in he wa s, a fterwa rds p resen ted Mr . Clayton to the r ectory of Boug hton Ma lherbe , in Ken t ; a n d proba bly to the sam e

in fluen ce he wa s in debted for the pr eben da l sta ll ofWeeford, in the ca thedr a l ofLichfield

,towhich he wa s pr esen ted by bishop Cor nwa llis in 18 23. He d ied a t

Boug hton Ma lherbe on the 14thDecem ber 1842 , a t the a g e of48 , a n d is bur ieda t Lin ton

,where , in the chur chya rd , ther e is a ston e to his m em ory, r ecord in g

his n ame , preferm en ts, a g e a n d d a te ofdea th. He m a r r ied MissEliz abeth C umm in g ofMa tlock , who wa s left a widowwith n in e child ren ,

ofwhom four a r e

n owlivin g . She died a tWa rwick , in Queen sla n d , in September 1869 .

John Fer ria r,son of the late r ev. John Nichol, Northumberlan d .

This schola r wa s proba bly r ela ted to D r . J ohn Ferr ia r,a t this tim e r eside n t in

Ma n chester, a n d sen ior physicia n to the infirm a ry.

John Hately,son of Richa rd Hawkes

,iron m aster

,Dudley.

Charles,son of Thom as Kaye , attorn ey, Bolton ,

Lan cashire .

John,William a n d Robert

,son s of William Thom pson

,silk m er

chan t,Lan caster.

John , the eldest son , bor n on the 4thFebrua ry 1795, wen t to the West In d ies fora shor t tim e

,a n d a fter his r eturn wa s dr own ed in Scotla n d . William ,

bor n on

the i7thMay 1796 , join ed his fa ther in the sil k tra de , a n d d ied in the pr imeof life on the 19thJuly 1838 , a g ed 42 . Whilst a t school, both brother s a ppea ramon g the public speaker s : J ohn in 18 1 1 W illiam in 18 12

,r ecitin g a pa ssa g e

from Moliere. Of Rober t there is n o r ecord in the pa r ish reg ister ofLa n ca ster .He wen t to the West In d ies, a n d died there soon a fter his a r r iva l .

On the fla g ston e, which cover s the fam ily vault in side the pa r ish church , it isr ecorded tha t their fa ther d ied a t the a g e of 85, on the 24th Ja n ua ry 1843,

a n d their mother,Ca tha r in e

,on the 7thD ecember 1830 , a g ed 70 .

JosephNadin,son of JosephNadin

,deputy con stable

,Man chester.

Hen ry , son of Thom as Ollier, surgeon , Man chester.Hen ry Ollier took pa r t in the public speeches in 18 14- 16

,bein g a t the hea d ofthe

school in the la st m en tion ed yea r . He succeeded his fa ther , on his dea th, a s

m edica l officer ofthe NewB a iley pr ison ; a n d m a r r ied a Miss Tebbutt, bywhomhe ha d a la r g e fam ily . In 18 29 he wa s vice-pr esiden t of the a n n iversa rym eetin g , a s collea g ue to the rev. H. C . Boutflower , a n d a fr equen t a tten d an ton other occa sion s.

7 James,son of the late AndrewHawarden

,pattern drawer, Ma n

chester.7. Felix , son of Richard Walker, fustian m aker, Manchester.


18 10 .

Joseph, son of John Nash, prin ter, Gloucestershire . Februa ry7.J ohn Na sh , a t this tim e ( 18 10) r esided a t Newn ham in Gloucestershire.For the elder son , Seba stia n , see Reg ister , vol . ii. pp. 153—4.

Joseph Na sh, jun ior to his brother by mor e tha n 20 yea r s, wen t to In dia , towa rdsthe en d of 18 12 , when a bout 16 yea rs of a g e , a n d join ed the zud ba tta lion of

the 7thr eg im en t of n a tive in fa n try,a n d served the hon . Ea st In dia n g overn

m en t for the lon g per iod of 57yea rs. He r etir ed from a ctive service, whenbr ig a d ier -

g en er a l comma n din g a t Ag ra , in 1856, previously to the In dia nmutin y.

The followin g extr a ct fr om the D e lhi Ga zette of J a n ua ry 8th,1870 , furn ishes a

m in ute a ccoun t of the services of this g a lla n t officer dur in g the lon g per iod of

43 yea rs.“The la te Gen er a l Na sh ha d served some yea rs beyon d ha lf a cen tury in In dia ;

a n d wha t cha n g es the per iod in which his ca r eer wa s run ha swroug ht in In d iawe n eed n ot set down here. En ter in g the service of the Ea st In dia Com pa n yso fa r ba ck a s 1 8 12

,in 1869 he a tta in ed the r a n k of Lieuten a n t Gen er a l. On

la n d in g in In d ia he wa s posted to the 2 n d B a tta lion ofthe 7thReg im en t of theB en g a l Na tive In fa n try, a n d shor tly a fter join ed the Army proceed in g a g a in stthe Nep a ul ese un der comm a n d of Sir D a vid Ochter l on y, takin g pa r ta t the captur e ofthe For t ofMa loun a n d other stron g holds. In 18 15 he wa stra n sferred to the I st B a tta lion of the 2 2n d N. I., the n proceed in g to join the

Na g pore subsid ia ry for ce un der Major Gen er a l Sir J .W . Ad ams, a n d

wa s presen t a t the storm a n d ca pture of 3 B a tter ies on the 17th, a n d the storma n d captur e ofthe city ofNa g por e on the 24thof December in tha t yea r . He

wa s a ppoin ted to the Pion eer r eg im en t for his services on this occa sion . In

1 8 19 he comm a n ded a compa n y of Pion eers a t the sieg e a n d captur e of Asseerg hur in the Decca n ,

un der the comm a n d ofMajor Gen er a l Sir J ohn Ma lcolm ,

a n d received specia l m en tion in the D ivision orders pr omulg a ted on

the br eak in g up ofthe for ce . In 18 23 he wa s presen t un der the comm a n d of

Major Gen er a l Sir Alexa n der Kn ox,

a t the sieg e a n d captur e ofLambain Rajpoota n a .

“Gen er a l Na sh obta in ed his Ca pta in cy in 18 29 in the 43rd N. I ., in to which

corps the I st B a tta lion ofthe 2 2 n d N. I.,ha d previously m er g ed . Ten yea rs la ter

,

i n 1839 , he en ter ed with his corps upon those stirr in g even tswhich form in pa r tthe br ig htest a n d in pa r t the bla ckest pa g es in the history ofBr itish In d ia . He

join ed the Army of the In dus a s B a g g a g e Ma ster of the B en g a l D ivision of the

Army in succession to Ca pta in Colin Tr oup wa s presen t on the 3rd J uly a t

the first a ssault a n d captur e of Ghuzn ee un der Lord Kea n e ; from Ghuzn ee he

proceeded with the force to Cabul , a n d wa s a ppoin ted Comm a n der ofthe Kin g’

s

Gua r d a n d Super in ten den t ofpr ison ers. Pr omoted to his Major ity in 184 1, wefin d tha t in tha t a n d the followin g even tful yea r his services wer e g rea t a n dcon sta n t. In comm a n d of the 43rd N. I.he took p a r t in va r ious affa irs un derGen er a l Sir William Nott a t Ca n d aha r , in cludin g the a tta ck upon a n d repulse


from the B r itish ca n ton m en t, a n d the secon d captur e of Ghuzn ee. In the

form er busin esshe wa swoun ded slig htly. In September of tha t yea r the 43rdN. I. un der his comm a n d

,a ssisted by a D eta chm en t of Cava lry a n d a B r ig a de

of g un s, while form in g the Rea r Gua rd to Ge n er a l Nott’s Army,while p ro

ceedin g from B en ce Baydon to Ma id en , m et a n a tta ck by a n d r epulsed withsever e l ess a for ce of 8000 m en

, hor se a n d fe et. This ser vice elicited the p er

son a l tha n ks ofthe Gen er a l. The 43rd Na tive In fa n try , still un der the comma n dofMajor Na sh , join ed in the a ssault a n d captur e of the g a r r ison ed town of Is

ta l iff; his service here wa s a ckn owledg ed in the despa tches of Major Gen er a lSir J.McC a skil l , K.C .B . Throug hout the Afg ha n wa r the 43rd served withGen er a l Nott’s for ce , pr in cipa lly un der the comm a n d ofMajor Na sh , a n d wa s

,

for its d istin g uished services, con stituted a Lig ht In fa n try Reg imen t on r etur nto In dia

,r eceivin g a m eda l in scr ibed Ca n daha r , Ghuz n ee , Cabul .

“In 1843, the 43r d N.L. I ., stil l comm a n ded by Major Na sh ,wa s pr esen t un der

Lord Goug h a t Maha r ajpor c in the Gwa lior Ter r itory, a n d a dded the B ron ze

sta r to its decor a tion ; — its comm a n der r eceivin g a Lieuten a n t Colon elcy bybrevet. Two yea r s la ter , in 1845, the Corps join ed the Arm y of the Sutl edg eun der Lord Goug h wa s pr esen t a t Sobr a on ,

wher e it lost in k illed a n dwoun ded106 m en ,

in clud in g officer s. Major Na sh,who ha d a cha rg er shot un der him ,

r eceived the or der ofthe B a th . Subsequen tly the 43rd N. L . I . un der Lieutena n t Colon el Na sh , C .B .

, g ar r ison ed Lahore . In 1848 Lieuten a n t Colon el Na shwa s n om in a ted to the comm a n d ofthe 7zud N. I . then servin g befor e Mool ta n .

He comm a n ded the Left Cen tr e Colum n of a tta ck on the 27th D ecember of

tha t yea r a n d wa s severely woun ded. The la st the public kn owofthe subjectofour n otice wa s a s B r ig a dier Gen er a l Comm a n din g a t Ag r a just pr evious tothe m utin y.

Gen er a l Na sh wa s decor a ted with the In sig n ia ofthe B a th , the In dia Meda l(Nep aul , Na g por e, Aseerg urh) , a n d Meda ls for Ghuzn ee, Affgha n ista n (Ca n daha r , Ghuzn ee, Ca bul ) Maha r ajpor c , (Gwa lior) the Sutl edg e Campa ig n a n d

Mool ta n . The Durr a n ee order of the 3rd Cla ss ha d been con fer red upon him ,

but wa s n ot r eceived owin g to the a ssa ssin a tion ofthe Kin g .

”

In r ecog n ition of g en er a l Na sh’s lon g a n d d istin g uished services, the duke ofC am

br idg e pr esen ted him with a comm ission for his eldest son in H.M. a rmy ; a n d

the hon . Cour t of d ir ector s of the Ea st In dia compa n y with two ca detships inthe B en g a l a rmy for his two youn g er son s. His four daug hter s a re m a rr ied

on e bein g the wife ofm ajor -

g en er a l Bur n ey, ofthe B en g a l a rm y.Gen er a l Na sh lived , dur in g the la ter yea r s ofhis life , on his esta te a tDeb r a , a t the

foot of the Hima laya hills, where he died on n ew yea r ’

s day, 1870 , in his75thyea r .

To lieuten a n t - colon el J. W. Br istowe , deputy comm ission er a t Jhelum , in the

Punjaub , who m a r r ied a g r a n dd aug hter of Seba stia n Na sh , the br other of thisschola r , I am in debted for the in form a tion g iven r espectin g both brothers.

Charles, son of John Wheeler, newspaper prin ter, Man chester.


For some a ccoun t ofthe fam ily ofWheeler see Reg ister , vol . 11. p . 19 1.[Mr . Cha r les Wheeler wa s for some tim e , a fter lea vin g school , employed in theChr on icle office by his fa ther . He subsequen tly wen t to Win chester , where hem a r r ied , a n d settled a s a pr in ter . I kn ewhim well when in Ma n chester

,a n d

a lways en ter ta in ed a hig h opin ion ofhis m en ta l power s. Ha d his life been ex

ten ded (for he d ied a t a n ea r ly a g e) a n d due oppor tun ities been afforded, I thin khe m ight ha ve d istin g uished him self a s a n a uthor . Some of the pa pers whichhe wr ote a n d which were pr in ted in differ en t per iodica ls a re very fa ir eviden cesofhis capa city. C .]

Nathan iel,

“son of Jam esMiln er

,tradesm an

,Patricroft, Lan cashire .

Nathan iel Den n is, son of Nathan iel Miln er, Moor, Cheshire .John son ,

son of Robert Parker, attorn ey, Bury, Lan cashire.For his elder brother , Rober t, see Reg ister , vol . u . p. 235.

John son Pa rker pr a ctised a s a n a ttor n ey a t Heywood , n ea r Bury ; a hig hly r esp ectable a n d am iable m a n

,a n d d ied , un m a r r ied, ea r ly in life .

George Brook , son of John B in gham ,chan dler

,Man chester.

John,son of John E lliott

,cotton m erchan t

,Man chester.

The n ame of this schola r a ppea rs a t the hea d of the public speakers on the

speech d ay of 18 14. He d ied , I believe , whilst a t school.

Robert,son of Robert Duck, agent to the Sun fire office, Ma n

chester.The fa ther wa s on e ofthe chur chwa r den s ofMa n chester in 1820

,a n d d ied on the

17th Aug ust 1831, a g ed 64. His son , Rober t,succeeded him a s a g en t to the Sun

fire ofli ce. He m a r r ied a Lin coln shire la dy, Miss Pea cock, by whom he ha dchildren , a n d d ied a t Alder ley Edg e, where he is bur ied , on the l othNovemb er 1852 , a g ed 55.

For his brother , R icha r d, see Reg ister , a n n o 18 12 .

John,son of the late Ra lphAddison ,

CheadleNorris

,son of John S a tterfiel d , lin en draper, Man chester.

Norr is Sa tterfiel d , brother toMr . Joshua Sa tterfiel d , n owlivin g a t Alderley Edg e,suffered fr om a sever e a tta ck ofsm a ll-pox whil st a t school, a n d did n ot con tin uether e la ter tha n 1 8 15. He a fterwa rds e n ter ed the service ofa mercha n t a t Rotterd am ,

where he r em a in ed som e yea r s, a n d wa s then compelled by fa ilin g hea lthto r etur n to En g la n d . He even tua lly died ofcon sumption in May 182 6

,a n d wa s

bur ied in the Colleg ia te church .

John Watson,son ofWatson Sm ith, hatter, Den ton , Lan cashire.

William,son ofWil liam Eccles, a ttorn ey, Man chester.

The fa ther wa s a pa r tn er in the well -kn own firm of Sha rpe, Eccles a n d C r ir ie, (see


Reg ister , vol . 11. p. 6 ofwhom the la st,who survived hispa rtn ers a n d ha d r etiredfrom busin ess for m a n y yea rs, died in Lon don this mon th (Ma r ch 1871) a t the

a g e of 82 . Mr . Eccles the fa ther resided, a t this tim e, in Quay str eet, inwhich wer e som e ofthe best pr iva te dwell in g houses in the town , a n d a fterwa r dsa t Hope. He ha d two d aug hters, both ofwhom m a r r ied

, a n d on e son . The

son , I believe, held a comm ission in the a rmy.

Charles,son of John Robin son

,pain ter

,Salford .

William,son ~ ofGeorge B lun dston e

,excisem an

,S alford .

The n am e of this schola r appea rs in the Ma n chester a n d S a lfor d D ir ectory, of

1 8 2 1- 2 2, a s a surg eon , his fa ther bein g a t the sam e time the collector to the in

firm a ry. In 18 29 a n d 1830 I fin d his n am e a t the m eetin g ofthe ol d schola rs.

George , son of Laughlan d Gray, bookkeeper, Salford .Ben j am in

,son of John Kn ight, tradesm an , Man chester.

Hen ry, son ofWilliam Howarth, bath- keeper,Man chester.

After spen d in g n ea r ly ten yea rs in the school, a n d five i n the depa r tm en t of thehig h m a ster , dur in g which his n am e a ppea r s in the list ofpublic speakers, bein gin 18 19 a t the hea d of the school

,Hen ry Howa r th en tered S . John ’

s coll eg e ,Cam br idg e , havin g been n om in a ted to on e of the school exhibition s. He

g r a dua ted A.R. in 18 23 (the yea r befor e the esta blishmen t Of the cla ssica l tr ipos) ,when he wa s pla ced thir d in the list Of sen ior optim es, a n d A.M. in 18 2 6 .

Havin g been elected to a fellowship a t S . J ohn ’

s colleg e , he succeeded in 1833

to the r ectory ofMepper sha ll in Bedfordshir e, a n d in the followi n g yea r g r a duated B .D . He wa s elected Hulsea n lecturer or Chr istia n pr ea cher in the un iversity ofCambr idg e in 1835, a n d r e -elected in 1 836 . In 1845 he wa s pr esen tedby Dr . Blomfield , bishop ofLon don , to the val uable a n d impor ta n t r ectory Of

S . Geor g e’

s, Ha n over squa re , a t tha t t im e the g rea t chur ch for fa shion a ble wedd in g s in the hig her r a n ks. Mr . Howa r th is a lso a rur a l dea n in the d iocese of

Lon don ,a n d on e ofH. M. chapla in s, to which Office he wa s a ppoin ted in 1 855.

Mr .Howa r th ha s frequen tly a tten ded the a n n iversa ry m eetin g s ofthe ol d schola r s,a n d wa s the pr esiden t of the yea r 1838 . His portr a it is in the old school .

The followin g is a list ofhis publica tion s1 . The a bidin g obl ig a tion of the mor a l Laws of Moses

,sta ted a n d infor ced i n

thr ee Sermon s, p r ea ched befor e the Un iver sity of Ca mbr idg e in Ma r ch 1831 .

Cambr idg e , 1832 . 8vo.

2 . The Trutha n d obl ig a tion of Revea l ed Re l ig ion , con sider ed with refer en ce

to p r eva i l i n g Op in ion s. Eig ht D iscour ses p r ea ched befor e the Un iversity ofC a mbr idg e i n 1835 a t the L ectur efoun ded by the Rev. J ohn Hulse

,A .M. C am

br idg e , D eighton , 1836 . Sm . 8vo.

3. J esus ofNa z a r eth, the Chr ist of God . Eig ht D iscourses p r ea ched befor e

the Un iver sity of Ca mbr idg e in 1836 a t the L ectur e foun ded by the Rev. J ohn

Hulse,A .M. Cam br idg e , Deighton ,

1 837. Sm . 8vo.


4. The Liturg y a s it is,i l lustr a ted i n a Ser ies ofp r a ctica l Sermon s. Lon don ,

J. W. Pa rker,1843. 12m o.

5. Var ious Sermon s on sp ecia l occa sion s, e .g . : On the g r ea t Exhibition of1851 the Cr imea n Wa r ; the I n dia n Mutiny : the dea th.of Pr in ce A lber t ; the

d ea thof Lor d Iy n dhurst, (fa , &c.

Mr . Howa r th m a r r ied , in 1842 , the eldest daug hter ofthe r ev. J.H. B . Moun ta in ,

D .D ., pr eben da ry of Lin coln , r ector of Bl onham ,

Bedfordshire, a n d vica r of

Hemel Hem pstea d , Herts, a n d g r a n ddaug hter of bishop Moun ta in , the firstbishop of Quebec. She d ied in the ea rly pa rt of 186 2

,lea vin g five daug hters

a n d two son s.

J ohn,son ofWilliam Davies, deceased, traveller, Salford .

John,son of Fr an klan d Coates, brewer, Salford

For his brother s Cha r les a n d Richa r d , see Reg ister , vol . 11. pp. 231, 234.

John,son of John Blun del , skewer-m aker, Man chester.

Sam uel Eaton , son of Samuel Edge, attorn ey, Rusholm e,Man

chester.For men tion of the fa ther of this schola r , whose office wa s n ear S . An n ’

s squa re,

a n d his la ter r esiden ce a t Cheetham Hill, see vol . ii. p . 18 8. He r esided dur in gthe la tter yea rs ofhis life a t Leam in g ton . His on ly child , the schola r here en tered ,took pa r t in the public speeches in 18 16—18 . He d ied a t Ram sg a te a bouttwen ty yea rs a g o, un m a r r ied .

[He wa s educa ted , I believe, for the b a r but n ever pr a ctised , his fa ther leavin g hima ha n dsom e fortun e . His con stitution wa s n ot vig orous, a n d he d ied a twha t isg en er a lly con sidered a n ea r ly a g e . He wa s a thoroug h Con serva tive , a n d whenpa r ty politics r a n hig h I well r em ember bein g witn ess to a m ost fier ce a n d a t the

sam e tim e m ost am usin g d iscussion between him a n d a n equa lly thoroug h Whig ,Mr . D aven por t of C a pesthor n ,

in the r a ilway tr a in to Liverpool, on the Edinburg hReview

,Ma caulay, who ha d just come out

, a n d the tOp ics of the d ay, in

which I played,I fea r

,the m ischi evous pa r t of a ddin g fuel to the str ife of ton g ues,

n either of the com ba ta n ts bein g a t a l l a cqua in ted with the other . It wouldhave form ed a n a dm ir a ble scen e for a dr am a . Mr .Ea ton' Edg e, wa swell r ea d inliter a tur e, possessed a g r eea ble con versa tion a l powers, a n d wa s much liked in thecircle ofhis fr ien ds. C .]

Jam es,son of John Hulm e

,fustian cutter

,Man chester.

William ,son of Thom as C a rpen ter, hatm aker, Man chester.

Alexan der, son of Alexan der Eg el som e,tradesm an , Man chester.

Jon athan,son ofMathewBrign all , sizer, Ma n chester.

Hen ry a n d Thom as, son s of Thom asHewitt, attorn ey, Man chester.For his brothers, John a n d William , see a n n o 18 1 1 a n d 18 15. Schola rs of this

n am e appea r in Reg ister , vol i .


18 10

Ma rch 10. William ,son OfJohn Spen cer, publican ,

Man chester.John

,J am es a n d Richard Ford

,son s of ForthNorth

,esq.,

RydalMoun t

,Ken dal

,Westm orelan d .

John North becam e a n a ttor n ey, a n d pa r tn er in the firm ofNor th a n d Or red , a n dpr a ctised a t Liverpool for for ty yea rs. He wa s for m a n y yea rs the chief solicitor of the Liverpool Corpor a tion a n d De ck Trust. He ha s r etired from p ro

fession a l life, a n d lives in the n eig hbourhood of tha t town .

J am esNor th,a fter pa ssin g seven yea rs un der the hig h m a ster , in which he took

pa r t in the public speeches ofthe sen ior schola rs,wa s a dm i tted a comm on er of

Br a sen ose colleg e , Oxford , i n 18 2 2 , a n d g r a dua ted B .A. on the 25thMay 18 25,

a n d M.A. 16thApr il 1 8 2 8 . He wa s a lso on e ofHulm e’s exhibition er s. He is

n owin cumben t ofS . Ca tha r in e’s chur ch, Liverpool, which a ppoin tmen t he ha sheld sin ce 1 834.

Richa r d Ford Nor th wa s for m a n y yea rs en g a g ed in commer ce a t Liverpool a n din Spa in ,

a n d is n ow r esiden t a t Norwood , n ea r Lon don . His pr a isewor thyeffor ts in the course ofeduca tion wer e n oticed some yea rs a g o in a n a r ticle in theQua r ter ly Review. He m a r r ied a Spa n ish la dy a t Ca d iz .

Hen ry a n d Thom as,son s of Richard Travis

,Silversm ith

, Ma n

chester.George, son of JosephBurgess, salesm an ,

Man chester.J ohn

,son of John Thom pson ,

can al broker,Man chester.

Thom as,son of Robert Rider, m an ufacturer, Man chester.

Char les,son of Ferdin an d Swin g l ey, butcher, Man chester.

April 14. Charles, son of John Carrin gton ,tim ber m erchan t

,Man chester.

un e 8 . Martin,son of T im othy In gle , bookkeeper, Man chester.

George Frederick, son of John Bury, tim ber m erchan t,Salford .

Sever a l m em ber s ofthis fam ily a ppea r a s boroughreeves ofSa lfor d .

The dea th of John Bury, esq., of Run cor n a n d of S a lford, is r ecorded in the

Gen tl ema n’

s Ma g a z in e on the 2 8thDecem ber 18 17, a g ed 55. He wa s probablyfa ther of this schola r .

Georg e Freder ick Bury, the schola r her e en ter ed,becam e a solicitor in Ma n chester .

He wa s vice-pr esiden t of the a n n iver sa r y m eetin g in 1 823, a s l ocum ten en s for

Thom a sHeywood , esq. His n am e does n ot occur la ter tha n 1 826 .

[Mr . G. F . Bury wa s r apidly a tta in in g to em in en ce a s a solicitor , a n d to a hig hposition in society , when his prom isin g ca r eer wa s cut shor t by a deplor a ble a n dfa ta l a cciden t . In tra vellin g to Lon don by the m a il the hor ses took fr ig ht, a n d,thoug h a n in side pa ssen g er , he wa s kil led in the collision which followed . In

Ma n chester , wher e he wa s much r espected , the even t produced a deep sen sa tiona t the tim e. C .]

John,son of John Broome

,calico m erchan t, Man chester.



a re still m a n y ofthe n am e. In 1694 John Buckley , of Gra sscroft in Sa dd lewor th, “bein g ol d a n d in firm m a de hiswill, which wa s proved a t Chester in1702 . He left on e d aughter a n d four son s. The thir d son , J oseph , wa s g r a n dfa ther to Joseph Buckley OfAshton -un der -Lyn e, who m a rr ied Ma ry Og den ,

a n d

with thr ee d aug hters left a lso thr ee son s—John , Joseph a n d Rober t : J oseph ,who d ied un m a r r ied ; Rober t the fa ther of these two schola rs n oticed a bove ;a n d J ohn , the eldest, who m a r r ied Ma ry

,d aughter ofWilliam Norr is ofMa n

chester a n d Hea ton Norr is,a n d sister to Jam esNor r is, esq.

, thewell remember edcha irm a n , for m a n y yea rs, ofthe Ma n chester Qua r ter session s, the elder ofwhosetwo son s, Joseph, m a r r ied Jea n ,

daug hter ofFra zer Sm ith , ofStrom n ess, O rkn ey ,a n d left four son s a n d four daug hters, a l l m a rr ied, a n d n ow livin g . The la stn am ed J oseph Buckley lived a t the Crescen t , Sa lford , a n d a fterwa r ds a t Ordsa llhill

, a n d wa s boroughreeve in 18 17. He left Ma n chester a t the close of 18 25,

a n d spen t the r ema in der ofhis d ays in D evon shire, dyin g a t Tor quay on the

7thAug ust 1858 .

Tohis eldest son , the r ev. Joseph Buckley, A.M.,n ow r ector of Sopworth , Wilts,

a n d brother to the r ev. W. E. Buckley, M.A.,r ector of Midd leton Chen ey,

n ea r Ba n bury (see Reg ister , vol . i i. p. I am in debted for the pa r ticula r s

g iven i n this little sketch ofthe fa m ily history .

3. Thom as, son of An drewTom lin , drysalter, Man chester.I fin d this schola r ’s n am e sig n ed n ext to the preced in g on the same occa sion in

18 24, a n d on tha t occa sion on ly.

Jam es,son of r ev. Jam es Furn iva l

,Acton

,Cheshire .

Jam es Fur n iva l , whose n am e occur s a t the m eetin g of the Old schola rs in 1 8 27,

g r a dua ted ofQueen’

s colleg e, Cambr idg e , A .B . 1 8 2 2 , A.M. 18 2 6 a n d , a fter ta kin gholy or ders, held successively the cur a cies of U pton -ou-Sever n , Wor cester shir e ,a n d D aven ham , C heshir e , a n d the perpetua l cur a cy of S . Helen ’

s, La n ca shire .

In 1843he became vica r of B roa dclyst, D evon , a n d in 1855 perpetua l cur a te of

Escot, in the pa r ish of Ottery S . Ma ry,which he resig n ed in 1869, a n d is n ow

livin g a t Torquay. His on ly son , J ames Furn iva l , M.A.,Oxon ., is n owr ector

ofTocken ham , Wilts.Mr Furn iva l ha s published som e pamphlets a n d sermon s on con troversia l subjects,

a n d amon g them on e in 1845, On the d a n g er ous ten den cy of Chur chUn ion s, a n da n other in 1859 , with a pr efa ce, On theEter n ity of Pun ishmen t.

S amuel a n d George , son s of George Mather, muslin m an ufacturer,Stockport .

Thomas, son OfGerald Ban cks,station er, Man chester.

The fa ther wa s a bookseller in S . An n ’

s squa re . After his dea th , his widowm a r

r ied a Mr . Lam ber t, a n d with her son ,

J am es (see a n te p . ca r r ied on the

busin ess. She is still r em embered a s a r a ther stron g -m in ded wom a n , str en uousin the expr ession ofher Opin ion s. In those d ays, when n ewspa perswere sca r ce


a n d expen sive,a n d restaura n ts well supplied with the da ily papers un kn own

luxur ies, the booksellers’ shopswere the cen tre of a ttr a ction for a little politica lg ossip ; a n d her vehem en t con versa tion ,

un m odified by a n y con cea lm en t ofherTory bia s, must have been hig hly amusin g her son Jam es, to her sa d vexa tion ,be in g a n ea rn est suppor ter of the Liber a l side. She a fterwa r ds removed toWhiteha ven , wher e James B a n cks d ied a t her house , in Apr il 1841, a t the a g e

of44. He wa s a ta ll fin e look in g m a n , of g en er ous d isposition , fon d ofmusic, a

g ood Fr en ch schola r , a n d g en er a lly well r ea d .

The n am e ofThom a s B a n cks Often occur s a s pr esen t a t the a n n iver sa ry m eetin g sof the ol d schola rs, but n ot la ter tha n 1830 . He wa s a lso a bookseller

, a n d ,

like other s ofthe fam ily, a m a n ofsom e a r tistic ta ste in dayswhen a rt wa s lesskn own a n d va lued tha n it is n ow. He ha d a lso som e musica l ta len t . Hewa stwice m a r r ied

, a n d d ied, two yea rs a fter his secon d m a rr ia g e, a t his house inHig her B roughton , on the 24thApr il 1 834, a n d wa s bur ied a t S . Peter ’s chur ch,Ma n chester . His son , Ger a r d B a n cks, A.B ., of S . Peter

’

s colleg e, Cambr idg e,1855, is n owvica r of Cobham

,Sur r ey.

Jam es Hibbert,son ofWilliam Wa n k lyn , m erchan t

,Man chester.

For som e men tion ofthe fa ther of this schola r , who wa s pa r tn er with Mr . J am es

Hibber t, a n d on e of the chur chwa r den s Of Ma n chester in 1808, see n otice Of

the la tter, R eg ister , vol . i . p . 199 .

Jam esHibber t Wa n klyn ,the eldest son

,bor n on the 4thAug ust 1797,wa s a Br a zi

lia n m er cha n t, a n d in 1850 r esided a t the Cr escen t, Sa lfor d . He served the officeofchur chwa rden ofMa n chester in 18 2 8 , a n d took pa r t in the m a n a g emen t Of theMa n chester in firm a ry, a n d other public cha r ities, a n d wa s on e of the or ig in a ltrustees a n d pa tron s ofS . Luke’s chur ch, Cheetham Hill , a s well a s a m a g i

str a te ofthe coun ty. He m a rr ied,in 18 23 or 4, Ma rg a ret B r a dshaw, a n d left

sur vivin g issue, on e son , Hibber t Wa n klyn ,n ow vica r of Deopham ,

Norfolk.Mr . J .H.Wa n klyn died on the 18th October 1 870 , in his 74th yea r , ha vin gr esided with his son dur in g the la st two yea rs ofhis life.

Edward,son of Jam esMol in eux, m erchan t, Man chester.

John Bradshaw, son ofWilliam Wa n klyn , m erchan t, Man chester.Of this schola r the secon d son ,

the followin g n otice, wr itten by the pr esiden tof the Chetham society, a ppea red in the Ma n chester Cour ier a t the tim e ofhis

dea th“Mr . J. B .Wa n klyn wa s the son ofMr . Will iam Wa n klyn ,

who with Mr .

James Hibbert a n d Mr . John B r a dshaw, form ed the or ig in a l pa r tn ers in the

well-kn own comm er cia l house ofHibber t , Wa n klyn , a n d B r a dshaw, a n d wa sborn in 1 800 . Of Mr . Jam esHibber t a n d the cr ea tion of the firm a n a ccoun twill be foun d in the Ma n chester School Reg ister (Chetham ser ies) , vol . i . p . 199 .

Mr . J . B . Wa n klyn a lso r ece ived his educa tion un der D r . Sm ith a t the same

school. On lea vin g it he wa s pla ced in busin ess, a n d wa s for m a n y yea r s a m osta ctive a n d en er g etic pa rtn er in the firm referr ed to

,a t the sam e time takin g a

60 MANCHESTER SCHOOL REGISTER .

lea din g a n d a lways a decided pa r t in the politica l a n d m un icipa l affa irs ofMa n

chester . He wa s a ppoin ted on e of the two con sta bles of the town in 1826

boroughreeve of Sa lford in 18 29 , a n d sen ior chur chwa r den Of Ma n chester in1835. Be in g a thoroug h Con serva tive , a n d a n a tta ched m ember of the Chur chofEn g la n d, he en g a g ed with g rea t spir it in the va r ious coun ty a n d boroug h contestswhich took pla ce soon a fter the pa ssin g of the Reform bill, a n d pa r ticula r lyin those in whichMr .William Ga r n ett, Mr . John Thom a s Hope, a n d sir Geor g eMurr ay were ca n di da tes. Wa rm a n d r a ther impulsive in his feelin g s, fra n k a n doutspoken in his in ter cour se with a l l , som ewha t irr itable, yet ever pla ca ble, ther ewa s a lways so much tha t wa s kin d , ben evolen t, a n d g en ia l in his cha r a cter , tha twhen he r etir ed from busin ess, a bout the yea r 1847, takin g up his r esiden ce,first a t Ha l eca t, in Wither sla ck, a n d subsequen tly a t Bour n em outh , thoug h heleft behin d him , a lon g with m a n y a tta ched fr ien ds, m a n y a lso who ha d beenpla ced in stron g Opposition , a n d som etim es ha d even com e in to fier ce collisionwith him on impor ta n t subj ects, yet most a ssur edl y amon g tha t n umber therecould n ot on e be foun d who cher ished a n un kin d feelin g towa rds him . His un

fa ilin g spir its, a r ch humour , a n d exten sive fun d of in form a tion ,un ited with very

quick a n d a ccur a te powers ofobserva tion ,con tr ibuted to m a ke him a delightful

compa n ion , a n d those who r em ember the plea sa n t hosp ita lities of the Cr escen ta n d Wea ste, well kn owhow a g reea bly a n d with wha t un stin tin g liber a lity hecould a ppea r in the cha r a cter ofhost. In n a tur a l scen ery a n d the sim ple en joym en t ofa g a rden fewperhaps ha ve ever exper ien ced more exqu isite pl ea sure. Totr a vel with him wa s a t on ce a pr ivileg e a n d a tr ea t. Nothin g tha t could be seen

escaped him ,and the waywa s m a de shor t by a run n in g comm en ta ry ofthe m ost

a g r eea ble kin d . He wa s a lea din g m ember ofthe two societieswh ich m ig ht besa id , when existin g , to compr ise the e

’

l ite of Ma n chester the billia rd -room in

Mosley -street, a n d the Broug hton Ar cher s’ club a n d ma in ta in in g a very hig h

socia l position in his n a tive town , he ha d la r g e in fluen ce, which he un iform lyexer ted ben eficia lly a n d well. Of the Chetham society hewa s on e ofthe or ig in a lprom oters, a n d wa s presen t a t the pr iva te din n er (a t No. 6

,Booth-str eet, Picca

dil ly) when it wa s or ig in a lly set in motion in the ea r ly pa r t of 1843. Thoug hremoved from Ma n chester in the la tter pa r t ofhis life, he still took deep in terestin every thin g tha t was con n ected with its people or its pr og r ess, a n d whenocca sion a lly he cam e a g a in amon g st his Ol d fr ien dshis a ppea ra n ce, a s wa s a ptlyobserved by on e of them , wa s like a g leam ofsun shin e. It wa s truly amusin gto see him in som e public thoroug hfa re in the m idst of the a ssocia tes of form er

d ays, stren uously en deavour in g to keep up con versa tion with ha lf a dozen of thema t on ce. Time is n owr apidly thin n in g those ofthe ol d fam ilia r fa ces ofhis

n a tive city who cam e in with the pr esen t cen tury. Amon g st them it m ay be

sa id with truth a n d justice, a n d without oversteppin g the lim its of hon estpa n egyr ic, tha t itwill be very lon g before the g r a ve will close over the rema in sofa wor thier m a n or a better Christia n tha n John Bra dshawWa n klyn .

”

To the precedin g sketch of life a n d cha ra cter it m ay be a dded, tha t this schola r


wa s bor n on the 29thMa r ch 1800,a n d tha t he m a r r ied on the 3othMay 18 22

,

Ja n e, d aug hter ofMr . Sm ith Wilson OfKen da l , by whom he ha d eleven children ,six son s a n d five d aug hters, ofwhom a l l , sa ve on e son , survived him . She died

very sudden ly on the 25th Aug ust 1844, a g ed 42 , a t his then r esiden ce in the

Crescen t,Sa lford

,a n d wa s bur ied a t S . John ’

s chur ch, Ma n chester . Her dea thwa s a g r ea t blowto Mr . Wa n klyn , a n d , thoughhe survived her for so m a n yyea r s, he n ever r ecovered fr om it . In 1 858 he took up his r esiden ce a t Bour n e

m outh,where his secon d son , the r ev. James Hibber t Wa n klyn , M.A., ha d

settled, a n d d ied there on the 17th September 1870 , in his71st yea r , a n d wa sbur ied there . After his d ea th the body of his wife wa s r em oved from Ma n

chester , a t the wish ofthe fam ily, a n d pla ced by his side in S .Peter’

s churchya rd ,a t Bour n em outh . A pla in cross

,with simple in scr iption , a n d a n a ppropr ia te

text from Holy Scr iptur e, m a rks ea ch g r ave.

Four ofMr . J. B .Wa n klyn’

s son swere a dm itted to the school, but la ter tha n theyea r 1837.

John a n d William , son s ofWilliam Walker, woollen m an ufacturer,Bury .

John Wa lker (whose elder br other , R icha rd, wa s the first MP . for the boroug h Of

Bury) , born on the 14th J uly 1796 , becam e a cotton spin n er a n d m a n ufa cturer inBury

,in which busin esshe is still en g a g ed, a n d r esides a t Irwell house , n ea r tha t

town . He ha s occa sion a lly a ppea red am on g his form er schoolfellows a t theira n n iversa ry m eetin g s. He m a r r ied Ca tha r in e

,d aughter ofMr . Sam uel Holker ,

woollen m a n ufa cturer,of Bury, a n d ha s thr ee son s a n d on e daug hter ; his

eldest son ,John Russell

,M.A.

, of Oxfor d who obta in ed a pla ce in the secon dcla ss in Lit. Hum . in 1859 , bein g n ew in cumben t of Rin g ley, on e of the rur a ldea n s ofMa n chester

,a n d exam in in g cha pla in to the b ishop ofChichester .

W illiam Wa lker , bor n on the 2 9thNovember 1798 , lived a s a m er cha n t a t Ma ltafor seven yea rs, a n d a fterwa rds for thr ee yea rs a t Per n am buco, in South Amer ica ,a n d tr avelled over the U n ited Sta tes, a s well a s through sever a l coun tr ies of

Europe . Return in g hom e,he ca r r ied on the busin ess ofa m er cha n t, a n d m a r r ied

J udith, daughter ofMr . William C a lrow ofWa lton lodg e, n ea r Pr eston , a n d

left , a t his decea se on the 18th J a n ua ry 1864, two da ug hter s, the youn g er of

whom ,Elea n or , m a r r ied m ajor Wilkie ofthe 2 9th r eg imen t of in fa n try, a n d on e

son , William Ormerod Wa lker,n owofSummer la n ds, n ea r Bury.

Thom as Makin , son of Jam es Fisher,furrier

,Man chester.

This n am e occurs very fr equen tly a t the a n n iver sa ry m eetin g s of the old schola rs.He wa s a well-kn own a n d hig hly r especta ble a uction eer a n d va luer

,in Ma n ches

ter , a n d successful in his profession , havin g previously fa iled a s a cotton spin n er .He d ied on the 9thJuly 1862

, a n d wa s bur ied a t S . Thom a s’

s chur ch, Hea tonNorr is.

John,son of John Kelsall, lin en m erchant, Manchester .


S idn ey,son of George Fletcher, cotton m erchan t

,Man chester.

Samuel,son of Thom as Haslam

,fustian m an ufacturer

,Chesham

,

Bury.S am uel Holker Ha slam wen t out a s a m idshipm a n un der capta in (a fterwa rds a dm ir a lsir) PhippsHor n by, but subsequen tly left the n a vy

, a n d join ed his fa ther in thecotton tr a de. On r etir in g fr om busin ess, soon a fter his fa ther ’s dea th

, he

r em oved to Gr een side, n ea r Miln thorpe, Westmor ela n d,wher e he r esided m ore

tha n twen ty yea rs, m akin g him self useful a s a m a g istr a te, a n d dyin g there inhis 6oth yea r , on the 13thApr il 1856 , wa s buried in Heversham chur chya rd

,

wher e ther e is a tombston e over his g r a ve. He m a rr ied Miss Ma ry Ha r rison ,

but left n o children .

Mr . S . H. Ha slam ,who is sa id to have been a fa ir lin g uist, ofsom e poetica l ta len t,

a g ood bota n ist, a n d fon d of scien tific pursuits,wa s presiden t of the a n n ua l

m eetin g ofthe Ol d schola rs i n 1830 .

William,son of John Higgin ,

gen t ., Lan caster.John Hig g in , fa ther ofthis schola r, held the impor ta n t post of g overn or of La nca ster ca stle for fifty yea r s, bein g a ppoin ted in 1783 a n d r esig n in g in 1833, a n d

succeeded his fa ther who held the sam e office. In La n ca ster ol d pa r ish chur chther e is a m on um en t withthe followin g i n scr iption“Sa cr ed to the m emory of John Hig g in ofWoodhey, n ea r Bury, g en tl em a n

,

on ly son ofJ am es Hig g in ofTottin g ton ,a n d g rea t g r a n dson of J ohn Hig g in the

la st oftha t n am e a tEther sa l l House, Ma r sden , La n ca shire , four teen yea r s g overn or ofLa n ca ster Ca stle , who d ied D ecember 2 9th 1785, a g ed 48 yea rs. An d of

Ma ry, hiswife , daug hter ofthe Rev. S amuelHoon e , who d ied Aug ust 1oth1786 ,a g ed 51 yea r s. Also of J ohn Hig g in , of Green field , on ly son of the a bove, 50yea r s Gover n or of La n ca ster Ca stle , Capta in a n d Adjuta n t of La n ca ster Volun

teer Militia in 1798 , who d ied J a n ua ry 1 1th 1847, a g ed 85yea r s. Al so ofMa ry,his wife, d aughter of Rober t Housm a n

,Of Lun e B a n k, Sker ton , who died

November 5th 1 8 23, a g ed 66 yea r s.”

This schola r , the fourth son , wa s bor n on the 27th Septem ber 1793, a n d baptizeda t the pa rish chur ch ofLa n ca ster on the 15th May 1794. He took pa r t in the

public speech days ofthe school from 18 1 1 to 18 13, a n d proceeded , with on e of

the exhibition s to Tr in ity colleg e, Cambr idg e, g r a dua tin g A .R. in 18 17,when he

g a in ed the 13thpla ce am on g the wr a n g ler s a t the public exam in a tion .

Shor tly a fter takin g his deg ree he became cur a te of Clifton , wher e he r em a in ed

un til 18 20,when he wa s appoin ted by the g over n m en t to the cha pla in cy of the

Richmon d Gen er a l Pen iten tia ry , r ecen tly esta blished in Dublin , a n d to his judicion s a n d a ble d ischa r g e ofhis duties a s chapla in

, dur in g the eig ht yea r s in whichhe held tha t Ofii ce, m ay b e a ttr ibuted, in g rea t m ea sur e , his subsequen t prom otion s. The followin g letter , da ted 1 1thJa n ua ry 1 8 20

, in which he a n n oun cesthis a ppoin tmen t to his form er ma ster

,bea r s plea sin g testimon y to his r ecol l ec

tion s ofMa n chester school


In beg g in g your a ccepta n ce ofthe a ccompa n yin g volum es,I am awa re how

very in a dequa tely they exp ress the lively feelin g s I sha ll ever en ter ta in of the

ben efits r ece ived un der your tuition .

Humble, however , a s is thi s testim on y ofg r a titude a n d esteem , it affor ds me

a n Oppor tun ity of a ckn owledg in g the m a n y Oblig a tion s un der which your kin dn essha s pla ced m e . You wil l be g la d to hea r tha t I am appoin ted cha pla in of

the Richmon d Pen iten tia ry in Dublin ,a situa tion of ha n dsome emolum en t

, a n d ,

I trust, of g rea t usefuln ess.”

The per iod ofhi s a ppoin tm en t to this chapla in cy says the Lon don der ry Sentin e l

,in a n otice which a ppea red in tha t pa per a t the tim e ofhis dea th

, wa s a

r em a rka ble on e in the socia l a n d relig ious con dition ofIr ela n d . The g r ea t politica lstrug g le, which en ded in Rom a n Ca tholic em a n cipa tion

,wa s d a ily in crea sin g in

for ce , a n d the a dvoca tes a n d Oppon en ts of the m ovemen t wer e becomin g con

tin ua l lym or e em bitter ed a g a in st ea ch other . Within the Chur ch itself therewer e thr ee well defin ed pa r ties : a la rg e pa r ty, Opposed to a n y devia tion fromthe Ol d lifeless r outin e of sca n ty observa n ce ; a sm a ll chur ch pa r ty

, in som e

r espects the pr edecessors of those who a fterwa rds l ed the hig h -chur ch m ovemen tin En g la n d, con sistin g of a fewa ble men , like Jebb , Elr in g ton a n d Ma g ee, whowere ben t on in fusin g life a n d vig our in to the specia l system ofthe Chur ch a n d

sepa r a ted from these two by a wider in terva l tha n a n ywhich n owd ivides theChurch in Irela n d , a third pa r ty, con sistin g ofthe ea r liest a dher en ts of the g r ea tEva n g elica l movem en t in this coun try .” W ith so much soun d pr a ctica l j udgm en t wa shis con duct , a s chapla in , m a rked , tha t he a t on ce won the a pprova l ofMr . O

’

C on n ell , who publicly complim en ted him on his ca n dour a n d fa ir n ess, a n dofa r chbishop Ma g ee, a stron g oppon en t ofthe Rom a n Ca tholic cla ims. In 1 828

he wa s a ppoin ted r ector of Roscr ea , a n d vica r -

g en er a l of Killa loe, a n d took thedeg r ee ofM.A.

, a s a m ember of Tr in ity colleg e , Dublin , in 1835. He becamedea n of Lim er ick in 1844, a n d five yea rs la ter wa s con secr a ted bishop Of tha tsee, on the dea th of D r . Edmon d Kn ox , when he took the deg ree ofD .D .

, a n d

wa s tr a n sla ted to D erry in 1853, wher e he di ed sudden ly on the 12thJuly 1867,a g ed 73. He wa s a ppoin ted a com m ission er of n a tion a l educa tion in 1853, a n d

a n ecclesia stica l comm ission er for Ir ela n d in 1 866 .

As a bishop D r .Hig g in ca r r ied with him the g ood opin ion a n d esteem of m en of

widely d iffer en t con vict ion s on politica l a n d r elig ious subjects. He wa s a liber a lin politics

,a n d a wa rm suppor ter of the n a tion a l educa tion system ,

a n d con

sequen tly Opposed, in both r espects, to m a n y of the cler g y a n d la ity of his

di ocese ; but his con sisten t m a in ten a n ce of his Opin ion s a n d eviden t sin cer ity ofpurpose, join ed to much kin dn ess a n d wa rm th ofhea r t, preven ted tha t Oppositionfrom ever a ssum in g a n y fea ture of hostility. In a l l the public n ewspa per s of

Derry or g a n s ofthe Rom a n Ca tholic a n d Pr esbyter ia n bod ies a swell a s of theIr ish Chur ch there a ppea r ed, a t the a n n oun cem en t ofhis dea th , a n estim a te Ofhis cha r a cter a n d episcopa l labours, a n d a l l

,without exception , speak in the

hig hest terms ofpr a ise ofhis hon esty ofpurpose, devotedn ess to the duties ofhis

MANCHESTER scn oon REGISTER.

hig h office, a n d k in d a n d con cilia tory dem ea n our towa rds a l l men . If som ewha timpulsive

,he wa s ever g en erous a n d for g ivin g , a n d too a ffection a te in disposition

to ha rbour a n y r esen tm en t a n d, if occa sion a lly ha sty , his soun d judgm en t soonr eg a in ed its a scen da n cy. He ha s g on e from amon g us,

”says the Lon don der ry

S en tin e l ,“hon our ed a n d beloved a s a fa ther in God ; a n d lon g will his clerg y

cher ish the m emory ofhis kin dn ess a n d coun sel. He ha s left his D iocese in a

hig her sta te ofefficien cy tha n it perhaps ever a tta in ed ; a n d perma n en t m emor ies

ofhis Episcopa te m ay be foun d i n the con secr a tion of m a n y n ewchur ches, inthe en la r g em en t ofm or e, a n d in the r estor a tion of the Ca thedr a l, a s well a s inthe g en er a lly in cr ea sed vig our ofthe Chur ch in the D iocese.

“He wa s sin g ul a rly popula r ,

”says the Roma n C a thol ic paper , am on g the en tir e commun ity

a liber a l a n d en lig hten ed a dvoca te ofm a n y prog r essive m ea sur es, a n d a g en tlem a n who

,while he in va r ia bly a sser ted his own viewswith vig our a n d in depen

den ce, a ppr ecia ted the sam e hon esty of purpose in a politica l a n d , we m ig ht

a dd,a r elig ious Oppon en t. Of fewca n it b e sa id, tha t they spen t m or e tim e in

the service Of God a n d for the g ood of their fell ow crea tur es tha n the pr ela tewho ha s been so sudden ly ca lled away from am on g st us to the r eg ret of a l l

who a dm ir e Chr istia n excell en ce a n d mor a l virtue .

”To these testim on ies m ay

be a dded tha t of the Pr esbyter ia n Journ a l He wa s g en erous, a n d a lmostchiva lrous, but witha l studiously un osten ta tious, in his cha r ities. We haver ea son to believe tha t he secr etly pa id In sur a n ces upon Life An n uities for m a n ypoor cur a tes : a n d fr equen tly a uthor ized profession a l m en

,in whom he ha d con

fiden ce,to dr awupon him for a n y am oun t which they mig ht thin k n ecessa ry for

the relief ofrea l d istr ess am on g the deservin g cla sses. He wa s kn own to say,

tha t he r eg a r ded hisEcclesia stica l In com e a s a Trust Fun d comm itted to him byGod, a n d tha t, a fter supplyin g person a l a n d domestic n ecessities, he felt boun dto dedica te the a va ilable surplus to objects ofChr istia n phil a n trOphy.

He m ar r ied in 18 20, a t the Colleg ia te chur ch of Ma n chester , Ma ry, youn g est

daug hter of Thom a s Chippen da l l , esq., of B la ckbur n , by whom he ha s left,

survivin g him ,thr ee son s a n d thr ee d aug hters, viz . Sa r a h Ja n e, m a rr ied to the

r ev. T. Wa lker , r ector of Tam la g ht O’

C r il ly William , m a rr ied to Miss Hin dMa ry, m a rr ied to the r ev. M . Rodwell , rector of High Laver , Essex ; An n a ,m a r r ied to the rev.W. Edwa rds, r ector of Clon l eig h , in the coun ty ofDon eg a lThom a s Chipp en da l l ; a n d Wa lter , la te capta in of the 18thr oya l Ir ish r eg imen tof foot. An other d aug hter , Isa bella ,who m a rr ied the r ev. Ar thur W. Edwa rds,n owdea n of Cork, d ied in 1849 .

The b ishop is buried in a vault in the ca thedra l ya rd n ea r the ea ster n en d. On a

sa r copha g us ofpolished Aberdeen m a rble is the followin g in scr iptionH.S.E.Gul ielmusHig g in , S.T.P. D er en sis etRafoten sisEp iscOpus. Vixit a n

n os LX III, men ses Ix ,dies xv. Decessit in pa ce

,Iv Id . Jul ii, a n n o MDOCOLXVII .”

On the slope on both side of the top ofthe tomb a r e,in a lto r elief, a r ecumben t

m itr e, a n d a broken croz ier .A beautiful sta in ed -

g la ss win dowha s been pla ced in the cha n cel of the ca thedra l



Thom as, son of Thom as B lore, farm er,Upper Haddon , Derbyshire .

His n ame appea rs am on g the public speaker s in 1 8 1 1. He m a r r ied , a n d ha s beendea d som e yea rs ; a n d the U pper Ha ddon bra n ch of the B lor e fam ily is n owextin ct. The n am e is common in tha t pa r t ofDerbyshir e .

Charles,son of RalphPrin ce

,lin en draper, Man chester.

Se p tcmb 19 . Hen ry , son of Samuel Sm ith, dyer, Salford .Novcm . 5. Richard Whitfield

,son of Richard John son Daven try Ashworth,

esq., Strawberry Hill, n ear Man chester.

Mr . R . J. D.Ashwor th m a r r ied Miss An n e Ma ca ulay,a n d ha d six son s, ofwhom

three wer e educa ted a t Ma n chester school. R icha r d Whitfield , the eldest , wa sa dm itted to Br a sen ose college, Oxford , but d id n ot take a n y deg ree . He d ied a t

Chelten ham on the 23r d May 18 23, a n d is ther e bur ied .

The fa ther a n d mother of this schola r a r e both bur ied a t Lightcl ifl’

e n ea r Ha lifax ,where he ha d proper ty.There is in the churchya rd a n iron - r a iled en closure , with ston e r ecor din g his dea th

on the 5thAug ust 182 8,a g ed 56 , a n d her dea th on the 8th July 1863, a t the

a g e of 82 .

[The fa ther wa s a ba r rister in con sider a ble pr a ctice in Ma n chester , a n d is a lsor em embered a s on e ofits ear ly fin e-a r t collectors. There is a n etch in g ofhi m bythe la te William For d

,which con veys a g ood idea ofthe m a n . 0]

For the two other son s, Thom a s Al fred a n d Per cy Ma caulay, see Reg ister , a n n is

18 14 a n d 18 26 .

An n e Ashwor th, sister to these schola r s

,m a r ried the r ev. Hug h Stowell, M.A.

,

form er ly rector of Chr ist chur ch , Sa lfor d , a n d hon ora ry ca n on of Chester ca thedr a l .

T . Close,son OfJohn Close

,m erchan t

,Man chester.

The fa ther of th is schola r wa s the secon d son of John Close, who ca rr ied on

exten sive m a n ufa ctur in g a n d dye works a t Leeds. To the elder son , Thom a s,

ther e is a m on um en ta l t ablet in the pa r ish chur ch of Leeds, r ecordin g his services a s a dj uta n t in the Leeds r eg im en t of volun teer s. J ohn Close settled inMa n chester a s a m er cha n t, a n d r esided a t this da te in Kin g street. He a lsotook pa r t in the volun teer m ovem en t ofhis d ay, bein g capta in of the g r en a dier

compa n y Ofcolon el Ackers’ r eg im en t ofMa n chester volun teers. His n am e occursin Mr .Ha r la n d ’s very in terestin g a ccoun t of the r ise a n d fa ll of the Ma n chestera ssembly room s a n d billia rd club (see Chetham society

’

s publica tion s, vol .a s on e of the first twen ty or ig in a l m embers. He m a r r ied Ma ry

,daug hter a n d

sole heir ofMr . Ma tthewRyl a n ce, m er cha n t, ofLiverpool a n d Wig a n .

Thom a s Close, bor n on the 12thFebrua ry 1796 , the schola r here recorded , r eceivedhis ea r ly educa tion a t the pr iva te school of the r ev. J . Hodg son , a t Form by,La n ca shir e, a n d, on leavin g Ma n chester school , wa s pla ced in the coun tin g houseofMessrs. Jam es Fin la y a n d com pa n y

,m er cha n ts a t Gla sg ow, a n d subsequen tly


in his fa ther ’s busin ess a t Ma n chester , in ca rryin g on which,however

,he wa s

n ot successful . In 182 0,18 2 1 a n d 1824, he wa s presen t a t the a n n iversa ry

m eetin g of the ol d schola rs.He m a rr ied

,in 18 27, Ellen , d aug hter a n d sole heir of J am es Sm ith, esq.

, ofAberdeen shire , who settled in Nottin g ham a s a n a g en t a n d m er cha n t. Mr . T . Closeha s sin ce r esided in tha t town , un con n ected with a n y m er ca n tile busin ess, buttak in g a n a ctive pa r t both in loca l a n d g en er a l politics on the liber a l side . He

wa s elected a m ember of the r eform ed town coun cil ofNottin g ham , a t its firsta ssem bly, a n d a t on ce pla ced in the m a g istr a cy Of the boroug h a n d subsequen tly

,

by the duke ofNewca stle , then lor d - lieuten a n t , in the comm ission of the pea cefor the coun ty. He wa s a lso on e of the or ig in a l m ember s of the Lon don r eformclub . Retir in g from public politica l life when , wha t he con sidered , the vita ln a tion a l question s ha d been settled , he ha s sin ce devoted himself to the m or e

tr a n quil en joym en ts of liter a ry study,his leisur e hours bein g occupied by

a rchaeolog ica l r esea rches, m or e especia lly in the depa r tmen ts of her a ldry a n d

fam ily history. He becam e a m em ber of sever a l loca l a n tiqua r ia n societies,a n d wa s subsequen tly elected F.S.A. of Lon don . In a dd ition to m a n y il lum in a ted ped ig rees of roya l, n oble a n d illustr ious houses

,he dr ew up ela bor a te

ped ig rees of the Ta ttersha ll a n d Wake fam ilies,with her a ld ic illustr a tion s, tha t

of the la tter fam ily bein g beautifully illum in a ted in chr om e -lithog r aphy. Thesetwo ped ig rees a re published in the J our n a ls of the Lin col n D iocesa n A r chitec

tur a l Society,vols. iv. a n d vi ., which con ta in a lso a r chdea con Tr ollope’s histor ies

of these fam ilies. He a lso pr in ted,in 1866

,a sm a ll pamphlet (pp . 18) en titled

S . Ma ry’

s Chur ch,Nottin g ha m ,

its p r oba ble A r chitect a n d B en efa ctor s, con

ta in in g a n a ccoun t of the chur ch, g ivin g his r ea son s for the con j ecture tha tWilliam ofWykeham wa s the a r chitect of its beautiful n ave a n d tr a n septs, a n d

pr ovin g the d a te of their er ection by the corr ected descr iption of the her a ld icwin dow m en tion ed in Thoroton

’

s History ef Notti n g ha mshir e. ApprOp ria te

orn am en ta tion ha s been supplied by him to m a n y a rchitectur a l works, both inthe town a n d coun ty. Mor e r ecen tly he ha s desig n ed a ser ies of coa ts of a rm s,

which a r e n owin course of execution , for the n ewbr idg e over the Tr en t a t Nottin gham ,

illustra tive ofsom e ofthe pr in cipa l histor ica l even tswhi ch con n ect thetown a n d br idg e with the g en er a l history ofthe coun try . Mr . T . Close ha s a lsoen dea vour ed to a id the ta ste for music in the town where he ha s so lon g r esidedby pr iva te con cer ts, a n d ha s taken a n a ctive pa r t in the m a n a g em en t Of loca lcha r ities.Mr . T . Close wa s auditor for m a n y yea r s of the South Wester n r a ilway, a n d

a fterwa rds a d ir ector ofsever a l for eig n r a ilways. AS a m em ber ofthe n ewboa r dof the Grea t Luxembour g compa n y, he a ided in its extr ica tion from its ea r lyd ifficulties ; a n d the “Histor ica l Accoun t Of the Gr ea t Luxembour g Ca pita l,g iven in 1 854, in the first repor t of the n ewboa r d , wa swr itten by him . Whenthe lin e wa s Open ed to Ar lon , the la te k in g Leopold con ferr ed upon him a n d his

collea g ues hi s order of Leopold, a s a m a rk ofhis a pproba tion Of the g rea t ser


vice which ha d been ren der ed to the kin g dom ofBel g ium by the con struction of

the r a ilway.It m ay be a dded tha t his youn g er br other Jam es, who wa s n ot educa ted a t the

Gramm a r school , settled a s a m er cha n t a t Naples, a n d died a t An tibes,in the

south ofFr a n ce , on the 19thD ecember 1865, a t the a g e of66 . Mr . J am es Close ,a fter tak in g up his r esiden ce a t Na ples

,became the ba n k er a n d pr iva te fr ien d

of kin g Ferdin a n d II .,who bestowed upon him the kn ig htly order ofFerdin a n d .

After tha t mon a r ch’s fa ll, he boug ht a n esta te a t the town of An tibes, wher e hebuilt a la rg e villa , a n d then cefor th m a de tha t pla ce his hom e. Dur in g the

rem a in der ofhis life he occupied his tim e in forwa rdin g the in terests of scien ce,a rt a n d liter a tur e, in his n ewly -a dopted hom e , a n d g r ea tly en dea red him self toits in ha bita n ts, who owed m uch in the way of loca l improvem en t to his en erg ya n d a bility.

J am es Close wa s twice m a r r ied : first to Hen r ietta , eldest daug hter ofMr .Hen ryGa skell, solicitor , ofWig a n ,

by whom he ha d on e child , Hen ry Ga skell Close,

esq.,ba r r ister , ofthe Midd le Temple,who m a rr ied a d aug hter ofsir Ha rry Ma in

wa r in g , ba r t . ; a n d secon dly to An n e, daug hter ofMr . Samuel Brooks, ba n ker ,OfMa n chester

,by whom he ha d eig ht childr en .

For a youn g er brother , Freder ick , see R eg ister , a n n o 18 18.

George,son of George Gould

,fustian m an ufacturer, Ma n chester.

Geor g e Gould wa s n om in a ted to a school exhibition in 1 8 17, a n d g r a dua ted of

U n iversity colleg e, Oxford , B .A. on the 24thMay 182 1, havin g been pla ced in

the third cla ss ofhon ours in L it. Hum ; a n d M.A. on the 17th J un e 1 824. He

is n owvica r ofCropwell B ishop , in Notts, havin g previously held the vica r a g es ofAp esthorpe a n d Hen don -cum -U pton

,in the same coun ty

,both ofwhich he r e

sig n ed .

His n am e a ppea r s amon g the sen ior schola r s a t the public speeches in 18 13—17,

a n d a t som e of the a n n iversa ry m eetin g s imm edia tely followin g the la tter yea r .

Nathan iel,son of John LeighPhilips

,han dkerchief m aker

,Ma n

chester.Na tha n iel Geor g e Philips, bor n on the ethJun e 1795, the third son ofJohn Leig hPhilips, esq.

,ofMa yfiel d

,lieuten a n t - colon el of the first r eg im en t ofMa n chester

a n d Sa lford volun teer s, a n d g r a n dson of John Philips, esq., of Ba n k ha l l (see

Reg ister , vol . i . pp . 17, took pa r t in the public speech d ay of the yea r s1 8 1 1 -13. He studied m ed icin e for som e time a t Ed in bur gh, but n ever pr a ctiseda s a physicia n . Whilst there he ea r ly d istin g uished himself by his love ofmusica n d pa in tin g : in the form er a cquirin g excellen ce a s a n am a teur ; in the la tter a sa profession a l la n dscape pa in ter . He wen t to Ita ly in 1 8 24, for fur ther cultiva tion ofhis favour ite pur suits, residin g a t Rome for thr ee yea rs, a n d becom in ga cqua in ted with the lea din g ecclesia stics

,by whom his societywa smuch soug ht ;

a n d in so hig h r eputa tion wa she held for his pa in tin g s a n d dr awin g s of Ita lia nscen ery , tha t he ha d the hon our of bein g chosen a member ofS . Luke’s a cademy


on the 23rd Ma r ch 1825, on the va ca n cy occa sion ed by the then recen t dea th ofFuseli ; a d istin ction r a r ely con fer r ed on a n En g lishm a n . The la te sir W illiamAlla n , pr esiden t of the R .A.

,a n d the la te sir Cha r les Ea stlake , wer e amon g his

in tim a te fr ien ds with the la tter he stud ied an d tr a velled tog ether in Ita ly. L ikehis fa ther he wa s a g r ea t pa tr on of the fin e a r ts

, spen d in g , whilst in Ita ly, consider ab l e sums of m on ey with tha t object. He d ied , un m a r r ied , soon a fter hisr etur n to En g la n d , on the I st Aug ust 1831, a g ed 31, a n d wa s buried a t Childwa ll

,n ea r Liverpool.

He published in folio, Views in L a n ca shir e a n d Cheshir e of ol d Ha l ls a n d C a stl es,

i n ten ded a s I l lustr a tion s to the Coun tyHistor ies,fr om p ictur es byN. G .Phi l ip s.

Liverpool , N. G. Philips, Cha tham street , 18 2 2—24. Ther e wer e , I believe, on l ysix pa r ts issued , con ta in in g in a l l twen ty-five views some ofwhichwhere etchedby him self from his own pa in tin g s, a n d a r e very g ood specimen s of the a r t. Ihave a copy on In dia paper , proofs, g iven to m e by the r ev. Gilber t H. Philips,M.A.

,n ephewof this schola r , a n d vica r of Brodsworth , n ea r D on ca ster , who

kin dly pr esen ted a n other copy to the school libra ry. The or ig in a l copper -pla tesa

r

e in his possession .

Joseph, son of the rev. John Newton,Didsbury .

This schola r ’s n am e is foun d amon g those who were selected to take pa r t in thea n n ua l public r ecita tion s of the yea rs 18 12—14, a n d a t som e of the a n n iversa rym eetin g s in a fter yea rs. He g r a dua ted a t S . John ’

s colleg e, Cam br idg e, A.B .

18 18,A.M. 18 22 . He took holy or ders, a n d d ied on the t i thApr il 1832 , a g ed

35, a n d his n am e is r ecorded on a m on umen t in D idsbury chapel , er ected to them emory ofhis fa ther, who wa s both pa tron a n d in cumben t of the cha pel, inwhich he officia ted for fifteen yea r s, a n d d ied on the 16th September 1 807, in the46thyea r ofhis a g e . The son survived his mother less tha n threeweeks.

Joseph, son of Richard Hodg kin son ,steward

,Leigh.

The fa ther wa s stewa rd to lord Lilfor d . The son wa s am on g the public speakersin 18 12 a n d 18 13, a n d en ter ed B r a sen ose colleg e, Oxford , in the n ext yea r witha school exhibition , succeed in g to on e ofHul me

’

s exhibition s in 18 16 . At the

public exam in a tion s in Micha elm a s Of the la st-n am ed yea r , he wa s pla ced in thesecon d cl a ss ofhon our s in L it.Hum . Havin g g r a dua ted B .A. on 5thDecember18 16 , a n d M.A. on the 2 n d J un e 18 19 , he wa s presen ted in 182 1 by lord Lilfordto the vica r a g e ofLeig h, a n d died on the 9th July 18 26

,a g ed 30 . Ther e is a

m on umen t to his m em ory in Leig h chur ch. He wa s, I believe, for some timeon e ofthe a ssista n t m a sters in the school.

Jam es a n d George,son s of George Case, m erchan t, Liverpool.

For their fa ther see Reg ister , vol . i . pp . 8 2 , 232 vol . 11. p . 274. The bra ss to hismemory in Pr escot chur ch wa s desig n ed by Pug in . He is erron eously sta ted , inn otices ofother schola r s of the same n am e, which Occur in vol . a s their brother . He wa s of a differen t fam ily.These brotherswere the third a n d four th son s ofGeor g e Ca se, esq. James Ca se


wa s a ppoin ted to a school exhibition in 18 14, a n d in 1 8 17to a n Hulmia n ex

hibition . He g r a dua ted a t B ra sen ose colleg e, Oxford , B .A. on the 2 8thMay

18 17, M.A. on the 2othOctober 18 19 . He took holy Order s, a n d wa s for som e

yea rs in cumben t of S . Georg e’

s church, Liverpool, a s coa djutor to the r ev. J on

a tha n B rooks, a fterwa rds a r chdea con of Liverpool, but wa s compelled to r esig nhis pr eferm en t throug h the fa ilure ofhis sig ht. He subsequen tly r esided for

m a n y yea rs a tWa lton -ou-the-Hill , n ea r Liverpool , a g ood a n d am iable m a n,a n d

d ied ther e a t Hether lowcotta g e , on the 17th May 1855, a g ed 59 , a n d wa s bur ieda t the p a r ish chur ch , wher e there is a m on umen t to him . He wa s un m a rr ied .

His brother , Geor g e Greg son Ca se, becam e a m er cha n t in Liverpool, a n d r esided

with his fa ther a tWa lton pr iory, wher e he died of choler a on the 7thSeptemb er 1832 , un m a r r ied , a n d is bur ied a tWa lton -ou-the -H-ill .

An elder brother ofthese schola rs,who wa s educa ted a t the C ha r ter House school,John Dea n e Ca se , wa s for m a n y yea r s trea sur er to the Liverpool corpor a tion ,

a n d a m a g istr a te of the coun ty of Chester . He died on the 1 1thApr il 1859 ,a g ed 73.

The youn g est Sister of these schola rs is n owlivin g in the Pr in ce’

s pa rk, L iverpool .

Frederick A .,son of John Dawson ,

m ercha n t,Liverpool .

For m ajor Rober t D awson , elder brother to this schola r , seeReg ister , vol . 11. p . 2 1 1.Fr eder ick Ackers D awson , bor n on the 7thJ a n ua ry 1797, a ppea r s am on g the public speakers in 1 8 1 1—13. He wa s n om in a ted to a school exhib ition i n 18 14, a n d

proceeded to B r a sen ose colleg e , Oxfor d , where he g a in ed a pla ce in the secon dcla ss in L it. Hum . a t the Ea ster exam in a tion of 1 8 18

, havin g succeeded to on e

ofHulm e’

s exhibition s in the pr eced in g yea r . His deg rees bea r da te a s followsB .A. 2 zud Apr il 18 18 , M.A. 12 thApr il 18 20. He tr a velled on the Con tin en t ,a n d on his r etur n took holy orders a n d becam e cur a te ofB iceste r , Oxfor dshir e ,in 182 9 . In 1835he wa s the successful ca n d ida te for a n Ea st In dia cha pla in cy,pr esen ted to the un iversity of Oxford for public competition by the duke of

Wellin g ton ,then cha n cellor ofthe un iver sity. The pa r ishion ers ofB icester p r e

sen ted him with a p iece ofpla te, bea r in g a suitable in scr iption,in token of their

esteem ,on his g oin g to In dia . After hi s r etur n to E n g la n d , he wa s presen ted

by Edwa r d Loveden ,esq.

,in 1853, to the r ectory of Buscot

,in the coun ty of

B erks, wher e he is still r esiden t. He is a widower , with two d aug hters, ha vin gm a r r ied Hen r ietta , d a ug hter of capta in Samuel Boileau, a direct descen da n t ofthe a n cien t fam ily ofthe ba ron s Boilea u, ofCa steln a u in Fr a n ce.

Fran cis a n d John , son s of John Ford, esq.,Abbey Field

,Cheshire .

For their fa ther see Reg ister , vol . 11. pp. 92 -

97.

Fr a n cis John son,a n d J ohn ,

were the secon d a n d third son s. Their elder br other ,Cha r les In g r am ,

wa s educa ted a t Eton a n d Worcester colleg e, Oxford .

Fr a n cis J ohn son Fordewa s born on z 1stAug ust 1798 . He r esided a t Llwyn gwer n ,

in Mon tg om eryshire, a n d wa s a m a g istra te a n d deputy -lieuten a n t of tha t coun tya n d a lso for the coun ties ofChester a n d Mer ion eth. He m a rr ied Ca rolin e, four th


d aug hter ofW. Min shull, esq., a n d died on the 14th Aug ust 186 1 , leavin g issueon e son

, John Ra n dle Min shull,who holds a comm ission in the 8th r eg im en t of

foot. He wa s bur ied a t Ma chyn lleth .John Forde

,bor n 23r d Februa ry 1800

,wa s a lieuten a n t in the 2 n d Cheshire yeo

m a n ry ca va lry, a n d a fterwa rds a n en sig n in the 69th r eg im en t of foot. He

died a t Ma dr a s on the 10thOctober 1 825.

Robert a n d Gaun t Ewer, son s of Jam es Ewer,esq.

,B ryn m a dir .

Both these schola rs have been dea d m a n y yea r s. The elder took pa r t in the publicspeeches in 1 8 13, r ecitin g a n extr a ct from a ct iii . of La Métr om a n ie of Piron .

He r esided a t Holywell , n ea r which town his fa ther ’s housewa s situa te, a n d di edthere . The youn g er son wen t a broa d . The fam ily , I believe , were n ot prosperous, a n d the n ame is n owextin ct in the n eig hbourhood .

George,son of the Rev. Ed . Smyth, Man chester.

In the Ma n chester a n d Sa lford D ir ectory of 1797, the r ev. Edwa rd Smyth is descr ibed a s m in ister of S . Clemen t’s chur ch, Ardwick ; a n d in subsequen t D ir ector ies

, a s propr ietor a n d cur a te , a n d r esiden t a t C hor lton ha ll . He wa s,I am

in form ed, a son of D r . Ar thur Smythe,a r chbishop of Dublin

,who preceded

a r chbishop Ma g ee . He cam e to Ma n chester , a n d built S . Clem en t’s church in1793, a n d S . Luke

’

s in 1 804. The a dvowson of S . Clem en t’s he sold to trusteesin 1 8 17, when the r ev.William Nun n wa s n om in a ted a s the m in ister . In the

Jun e n um ber of the Chr istia n Observer ( 18 16) a ppea red this a dver tisem en tTwo Chur ches to b e sold in Ma n chester ; a n d

,if n ot sold , a Cur a te wa n ted .

Address, post pa id , Rev.E. Smyth , Chor lton Ha ll,Ma n chester . Is n ot Chor l

ton ha ll n owS .Luke’s r ectory (Chor lton -ou-Medlock) , which house a djoin ed theol d S . Luke ’s chur ch ?

In 18 17, Mr . Smyth wa s seized with pa r a lysis, a n d died in 1825. He is bur ied inon e cor n er of the old S . Luke’s chur ch bur ia l-g roun d , with six ofhis child ren ;a n d in the n ewS . Luke’s chur ch ther e is the tablet to his mem ory,which wa s inthe ol d chur ch . The followin g is a copy ofthe eulog istic in scr iption“This Ta blet, the tr ibute of affection , ven er a tion , a n d r espect is sa cr ed to the

m emoryofthe Rev.Edwa r d Smyth , the Foun der ofthisCha pel , a n d ofS . C lemen t’sChur ch, Ma n chester . A n oble in teg rity, a vig orous, hig hly g ifted m in d, wa rma n d g en erous affection s, were the soil in which the seed ofD ivin e Gra ce producedin him the fruits of r ig hteousn ess. Led in ea rly m a n hood to the kn owledg e of

his GOD a n d Saviour he r ejected wor ldly hon our a n d a dva n ta g e for the CrossofChr ist , in whom a lon e he trusted for sa lva tion

,a n d by whom

,i n the duties of

his sa cr ed fun ction ,he wa s m a de em in en tly successful a s a n in strum en t to the

Glory OfGOD ,a n d of g ood to m a n . After devotin g n ea r ly ha lf a cen tury to the

zea lous a n d com bin ed d ischa r g e ofhis pa stora l, sa cr ed , a n d domestic duties, hisspir it en tered in to its rest, on the 6 th day ofFebrua ry, 1 825, a n d in the 76 th yea rofhis a g e .

”

His son , Geor g e Ar thur , was amon g the public speakers in 18 19 a n d 1820,a n d wa s

Ma rch

Ap r il


m a tr icul a ted on the 2 8thNovember 18 2 1, a t the a g e of 18, a s a m ember of S .

Edmun d ha ll, Oxford , a n d is descr ibed a s the secon d son . He g a in ed a pla ce inthe third cla ss of hon ours, in L it. Hum , a t the public examin a tion of Micha elm a s 1825.

John ,son of John Hardm an ,

drysalter, Man chester.For his brother , Joseph Tippin g , see Reg ister , a n n o 18 17.

6 ,Charles, son of Charles Ben n ett, cotton m erchan t

,Man chester.

6 ,An tonio

,son of Alexan der Getty, in n keeper, Man chester.

John,son ofWilliam Ford, bookseller, Man chester.

For n otice ofthe fa ther , a n d a shor t r eferen ce to the son ,see vol . 11. pp.79—8 1.

John Ford ca rr ied on the busin ess of a lithog r a pher in a ddition to tha t of bookseller .

Robert,son of Robert Schofiel d, cotton m erchan t

,Manchester.

John a n d Edward,son s of Ed. Foulkes, attorn ey, Man chester.

John,son of Thom as Hewitt

,attorn ey

,Man chester.

An a ttor n ey still pr a ctisin g in Ma n chester , a n d r esiden t a t Pen dleton .

Thom as,son of Thom asWebster

,j oin er

,Man chester.

Edward,son of John Samuel Sm ith, dyer, Man chester.

The fa ther ha d works a t Gaythor n , but wa s n ot very successful in busin ess.

John,son of the late John Sn elham ,

tradesm an,Manchester.

William John ,son of Thom as Gilbert

,gen tlem an

, Hen ley-uponTham es

,Oxfordshire .

Brother to Ashurst Tur n er Gilber t, b ishop of Chichester , for whom see Reg ister ,

vol . ii. pp . 2 2 1—24.

William J ohn Gilber t g r a dua ted of Bra sen ose colleg e, Oxfor d , B .A. on the 9th

May 18 18,M.A. e4thMay 1820 . He wa s a n Hulm ia n exhibition er

,took holy

order s, a n d d ied a t Ma ids’ Mor eton , in Bucks , (ofwhich hi s m a ter n a l g r a n d

fa ther wa s r ector , a n d others ofthe fam ily a fter him ) on the g rd Ma r ch 1 832 , a t

the a g e of 36 . He m a r r ied a t Chelten ham ,i n 18 2 2

, Amelia An n e, youn g estd aug hter ofthe r ev.H. Qua rtl ey, M.A.

,r ector ofWicken , a n d v ica r ofWolver

ton , Nor thampton shir e ,who d ied som e yea r s a g o, leavin g a son a n d daug hter n owlivin g . Ther e is a m on um en t to this schola r in Ma ids’ Mor eton chur ch.

4. John , son of Jon athan S carth, liquor m erchan t,Man chester.

4. Edwin a n d Hen ry, son s of George Burgess, woollen draper, Manchester.

5. William ,son of Christopher Wedderburn ,

tailor,Man chester.

5. John , son ofWilliam Leigh, corn m erchant,Man chester.



An effusion upon Cr eam ,a n d a desider a tum in En g lish Poetry, in whi ch he

devoted con sider a ble spa ce to a n exa m in a tion of this poem ,r eg a r din g it a s on e

of specia l excellen ce in its cla ss, a n d r efers to its a ppea r a n ce in the Ma n chester

Ex a min er a n d Times a s a cha rm in g effusion ofa n im a l spir its,”a n d hopes tha t“Hor a ce ”oftha t paper wil l cultiva te the g ift which he possesses.”

Mr . Pea cock ha s occa sion a lly a ppea red am on g his former schoolfellows a t their a n

n iver sa ry meetin g s.

John , son of John Norris, book -keeper,Man chester.

George, son ofWilliam Fish, book -keeper,Man chester.

August 2 . Thom as,son of Nathan iel Heywood

,ban ker

,Man chester .

Thom a s Heywood , third son ofNa tha n iel Heywood , esq., on e of the firm ofHey

wood B r other s a n d C c ., ba n ker s, St. An n ’s squa r e

,who m a r r ied An n e , d aug hter

ofD r . Thom a s Per civa l, F .R.S. (for whom see R eg ister , vol . i . pp. 42 tookpa r t in the public speech day of 1 8 12 . His n am e occurs very fr equen tly a t thea n n iver sa ry m eetin g s of the ol d schola rs, a n d he wa s vice-pr esiden t in 182 3, a s

coll ea gue toW.W .Hull,esq.

,but wa s n ot pr esen t owin g , doubtless, to the fa ct

tha t on the 2 n d October in tha t yea r he m a r ried Ma ry Eliz abeth , daug hter of

John B a r ton , esq., ofSwin ton , a n d ofSa xby , Lin coln shire . He r esided for m a n y

yea rs a tHope En d , n ea r Ledbury, Herefordshir e , a n esta te which he pur cha sed ,a n d served the office of hig h sher iff of tha t coun ty in 1 840 , a n d wa s J.P. a n d

D .L. At this pla ce he d ied on the 2 0thNovem ber 1866,in his7othyea r . He

left on e son a n d two daug hter s his e lder da ug hter havin g m a rr ied,in 1846 , her

cousin , the presen t sir T. Per civa l Heywood, ba r t., of Dove Leys, Ashbour n e,D erbyshir e, the eldest son of sir B en jam in Heywood

,ba r t.

The followin g n otice of this schola r , thr oug h life a n a tta ched pupil a n d fr ien d of

my fa ther , a ppea r ed a t the tim e of his dea th in the Ma n chester Gua r di a n

The decea se of this g en tlem a n , lon g a r espected r esiden t of this city , a n d a scionof a n hon our able fam ily, seem s to ca ll for m or e tha n a b a r e r ecord of the fa ct .Mr . Thom a sHeywood wa s, we believe , the thir d son of the la te Mr . Na tha n ielHeywood, ofMa n chester

,ba n ker , a n d con sequen tly a youn g er br other of the la te

sir Ben j am in Heywood , ba r t., thoug h sen ior toMr . R icha rd Heywood , of B a th,a n d Mr . Jam es Heywood , &c., who a re

,we believe, his on ly survivin g

brother s. The decea sed g en tlem a n wa s bor n September 3rd 1797, a n d r ecen tlycompleted his 69thyea r . His dea th wa s som ewha t sudden , followin g upon a n

a tta ck ofwhoopin g coug h, a lways ser ious a t such a n a dva n ced a g e . His r ema in swer e in ter red a t the n eig hbour in g chur ch of Wellin g ton Hea th. In ea r ly lifeMr . Thom a sHeywood wa s a mem ber ofthe ol d Ma n chester ba n kin g firm ,

whosebusin essha s sin ce devolved on four ofhis n ephews. Shor tly a fter the d ea th of

his un cle, Mr . Ben j am in Ar thur Heywood , in 18 2 8, he r etir ed fr om the ba n k ,

a n d pur cha sed Hope En d , wher e he r esided till his dea th . While in this n eig hb ourhood, he r esided in Swin ton pa rk

,wher e he a ccumula ted a la r g e a n d va lu

able libra ry,r ich in loca l works. In the yea r 18 2 6 he filled the office of boroug h


r eeve of Sa lford . He wa s a fellow of the Society of a n tiqua r ies. From the

fr ien dship of the la te r ev. J oseph Hun ter , which b e lon g en joyed , he probablyder ived som e ofhis a n tiqua r ia n a n d liter a ry ta stes. Som e yea r s a g o he pr in ted ,for pr iva te cir cula tion

,The Ea r ls of D erhy, a n d the Ver se Wr iters a n d Poets of

the Sixteen tha n d Seven teen th Cen tur ies,whichwa s a fterwa rds ( 1853) r e -pr in ted ,with a lter a tion s a n d a dd ition s, for the Chetham society

, a s the fir st volume ofThe Sta n ley P ap ers. He a lso pr in ted for pr iva te cir cula tion , The Most

P l ea sa n t Son g of L a dy B essy, the Eld est d a ug hter of Ki n g Edwa r d the Four th,with n otes, a n d a ded ica tion to his frien d, the la te r ev. J oseph Hun ter . Thisha s sin ce been twice re -pr in ted by Mr . J. O . Ha lliwell, in the Per cy society’sser ies a n d in the Pa l a tin e An tholog y. He took g r ea t in terest in the Chetham

society, a tten ded its first m eetin g , filled a n efficien t pla ce on its coun cil till‘

his

dea th, a n d con tr ibuted exten sively to its publica tion s. Besides thework a lrea dyn oticed, he ed ited for the society The Nor r is Pap ers, vol . ix The Moor e Ren ta l ,

vol . x ii .; The D ia ry of the R ev. Hen ry Newcome, vol . xv111 C a rdin a l A l len’

s

D efen ce of Sir Wi l l ia m Sta n l ey’

s Sur r en der of D even ter, vol . xxv .; a n d a n a ble

paper , exten d in g to 84 pa g es, in The Chetham Miscel l a n ies, vol . iii . (vol . lvii .)He ca r r ied on a l l his litera ry pursuits to the la st . He wa s in tim a tely versed ing en er a l, fam ily, a n d loca l liter a tur e in its va r ious br a n ches ; ha d pa id g rea t a tten tion to the history a n d prog r ess ofla n g ua g e, a n d to d ia lectica l peculi a ritiesa n d wa s, in shor t, a m a n ofeleg a n t m in d a n d ofvery exten sive a cquiremen ts.”

[In the report of the coun cil of the Chetham society, presen ted a t the a n n ua lm eetin g on the 18th Ma r ch 1 867, the loss of their much r espected collea g uewa s r eferred to in the followin g term s

“The coun cil have g r ea t r eg ret ina dver tin g to the loss which their body a n d the society have susta in ed by thedea th ofMr . Thom a sHeywood, ofHope En d , dur in g the la st yea r . From the

comm en cem en t of the Chetham society he ha d taken a wa rm in terest in its proceed in g s a n d success. To the la tter he con tr ibuted in n o slig ht deg ree by theva r ious works in the Chetham ser ies in which he so efficien tly per form ed the

duties of editor . For this office he wa s in deed em in en tly a dapted . The r a n g e

ofhis in form a tion wa s so exten sive , a n d he ha d the power of pr esen tin g the

r esults ofhis r ea d in g a n d observa tion in so lucid , con den sed a n d a ttra ctive a

form tha t the in troduction s to the works edited by him will a lways be r efer redtowith un d im in ished plea sure. To be a ble to i n fuse life a n d spir it in tom a ter ia lswhich a r e the a cquisition ofor ig in a l r esea r ch is on e ofthe highest mer its of the

histor ica l a n tiqua ry,a n d to this m eritMr . Thoma s Heywood could un doubtedly

l ay cla im . It is therefore g r ea tly to be lam en ted tha t he d id n ot devote a por tionof his leisur e to the production of a work of la r g er exten t on some on e of the

m a n y subjectswhich en g a g ed his a tten tion , a n d which m ig ht ha ve afi‘

orded in a

g rea ter deg r ee tha n sca tter ed specimen s, however eleg a n t, lea r n ed , or sa tisfa ctory,ca n do, a just idea of the a cquir em en ts a n d capa city of a very a ble a n d a ecomp l ished con tr ibutor to the g r ea t common fun d of histor ica l litera ture a n d

philolog y .”


When Mr . Thom a s Heywood tra n sfer red his residen ce fr om Swin ton to HopeEn d

,his very cur ious a n d in ter estin g coll ection ofbooks, tra cts, MSS. rel a tin g to

La n cashire,wa s disper sed by public a uction . The sa le took pla ce a t the

Excha n g e , Ma n chester , on the 2 2 n d a n d 23rd Apr il , 1835, a n d a r eferen ce to

the ca ta log ue wil l shewwha t a n a rden t a n d in defa tig a ble collector he ha d been ,a n d wha t in terest he took in the m a ter ia ls for the history of the coun ty. He

observed to m e, a t the m eetin g when the Chetham society wa s formed, tha t ha d

he a n ticipa te d such a movem en t the col lection shoul d ha ve been kept tog ether .A la r g e proportion ofthe tra cts a n d col lecta n ea ,was, however , secur ed for or ha s

sin ce been tra n sferred to the Chetham libra ry. Mir .Heywood’s g en era l libr a ry,which wa s exten sive a n d va luable, wa s sold a fte r his dea th by Messrs. Ca pes a n d

Dun n a t Ma n chester , in November 1868 . It was r ich in va rious depa r tmen tsa n d pa r ticula r ly in the m emoir s con n ected with Fren ch History, a bra n ch of

li ter a tu re in’

which, amon g st m a n y others, Mr . Heywood wa s deeply versed .

It shoul d n ot b e un m en tion ed tha t he possessed, in a n em in en t deg ree, theta l en t of a n a g reea ble letter wr iter , a n d wer e a m em or ia l ofhim con templa tedwhi ch

,

m ig ht a t on ce con vey a n imp ression of the va r iety a n d exten t of hisin form a tion , the a ctivity of his m in d, his cr itica l power s n ot less tha n hisam iable person a l qua lities, it could n ot b e better a ccom plished tha n by a

se lection from his epistola ry corr espon den ce . In poli tics Mr . Heywood wa s a

con serva tive, a n d hewas a n a tta ched m em ber ofthe Chur ch ofEn g la n d . C ]

Jam es, son of J am es Green,rector of Rillin gton ,

Yorkshire .For his fa ther , see Reg is ter , vol . ii. pp. 56—57. This son , the eldest, di ed a t the

ag e of 17, a n d wa s buried a t Nor th Gr imston e . He wa s am on g the sen i or schol ars a t the speech d ay in 18 15.

Thom as, son of JosephGreen ,m anufacturer

,Man chester.

James,son of Jabez Bosley

,cotton m erchan t, Man chester.

Robert, son of Jabez Bosley, cotton m erchan t, Man chester.Humphrey, son of Thom as Jackson ,

calico prin ter, Man chester.Humphrey Jackson , a fter ta kin g pa r t in the public speeches fr om 18 15 to 18 19 ,

n omin a ted to a school exhibition in 18 19 , a n d g r a dua ted a t S . J ohn ’

s colleg e,Cambr idg e, A .B . 1823, A .H. 1826

, S.T.B . 1833. He wa s elected fellowofthe

colleg e, a n d succeeded to the rec tory ofHolt, in Nor folk, in 1837, wher e he diedon the 19thJun e 1853.

He is bur ied in the chur chya r d,where ther e is a tomb with a shor t in scr iption

r ecordin g tha t he held the ben efice for fifteen yea rs, a n d tha t hewas, a t his dea th,in his 53rd yea r . There is a lso in the east wal l of the chur ch a m emoria l windowwith a like in scr iption .

He m arr ied a Miss Rippin g a ll , the daug hter of a n eig hbour in g cler gym a n , wholived on his own proper ty without a n y cleri ca l char g e, by whom he ha d fourdaug hter s a n d on e son . Two daug hters a r e dea d, hiswidowis n owresiden t in


Norwich . Mr . Ja ckson is r em embered a s a n am iable m a n a n d a pa in s-takin gpa r ish pr iest. Whilst r esiden t a t Cam bridg e he wa s, for som e tim e

,cura te of

the n eig hbour in g pa r ish ofGrea tWilbr aham , ofwhich myfa ther wa s then vica r .

Joseph a n d Hen ry, son s of Thom as Leem in g, m achin e m aker,Salford .

Yates, son of Jacob Ridley, m erchan t,Lan caster.

This schola r g ra dua ted a t S . Peter ’s coll eg e, Cam br idg e , A.B . 18 20, A.M. 1823.

I am told tha t he beg a n life a s a m edica l m a n , a fterwa r ds took order s, a n d m a r r ied

the widowof the r ev. Thom a s Cla rkson , r ector a n d pa tron ofHeysham ,n ea r

La n ca ster ,whom he con sequen tly succeeded a s r ector .In the cha n cel ofHeysham chur ch there is a mon umen t to his m emory, whichre cords his dea th on the 4thFebrua ry 1838 , a t the a g e of 4 1. On the sam e

m on um en t a re in scr ibed a lso the n ames ofMr . Cla rkson ,hi s predecessor , a n d of

J a n e,wife of both the rector s.

Jon as, son of George Lan cashire, m an ufacturer, Man chester.William ,

son of John Lon sdale , excisem an ,Man chester.

Edmun d,son of Martin Southern ,

publican,Man chester.

Thom as J am es Haydock, son of the late colon el Boardman , of theScotchGreys.

For hi s fa ther , see Reg ister , vol . i . p. 130.

William a n d Edward,son s of the rev.William Greswel l , Den ton ,

n earMan chester.The rev.William Pa rr Gr eswel l , fa ther of these schola r s, wa s for the lon g per iod

of sixty - three yea rs in cumben t of D en ton, succeed in g the r ev.W illiam J a ckson

(for whom see Reg ister , vol . i . pp . 8 , 2 2 2 , a n d vol . ii . p . a n d ha d seven son s,

ofwhom five , in clud in g the a bove - n amed, hig hly distin g uished themselves a t

Oxford . He wa s in debted to the fir st ea r l ofWilton (see Reg ister , vol . i.pp.72—74) to whose son he wa s tutor , for his a ppoin tmen t to this cha pelry. OfMr . Greswel l , who m a de ea r ly typog r a phy on e ofhis specia l stud ies, there is a n

a ccoun t in Booker ’s History of the An cien t Chap el of D en ton , in the Chetham

society’s publica tion s, vol . xxxvii. He resig n ed his pa stor a l cha rg e in 1 853,whenun a ble a n y lon g er to d ischa rg e the duties con n ected with it, a n d d ied on the 12th

Ja n uary, in the followin g yea r , a t the a g e of89.

On a bra ss ta blet on the n or th side of Den ton chur ch a n a ddition a l church wa sbuilt in 1853, m a in ly through the exer tion s of the r ev. Richa rd Gr eswel l , M.A.

,

form er ly fellow a n d tutor ofWor cester colleg e , Oxford, to which, a swell a s tothe erection of n ewschools, the Gr eswel l fam ily con tr ibuted la r g ely there isthe followin g in scr iption to the m emory of the fa ther a n d mother of theseschola rs, a n d other s rela ted to them ,

who a re buried a t Den ton


Pa tr i et Ma tr iGul ielmo Par r et An n ee Greswel l

Pa truo Ga rton o Greswel lMa terteree Sa ree Heem er

Thom ae Heemer Viduee et Reli ctaeFr a tr ibus

Thomee Heemer Ca rolo et Fr a n cisco Ha g ueSoror ibus

S a ree Major i et Sa r ee Min or iquorum quidquid m or ta le er a t

vel in tr a pa r ietes sa cr ee hujus eedicul eevel extr a a pud vicin um ceemeter ium

in futur am Resur rection is Imm orta l ita tem

p ro comm un i Chr istia n orum sp e a c fiducia

compositum dudum et con s0pitum

n un c cum m a xime quiescit

Fr a tres, Nepotes, Fili i Super stitesGul ielmus, Edva rdus, Rica rdus et Clemen sAm or ie observa n tiee desider ii a c p ieta tistot n om in ibus deb itee haud imm emores

ha n c tab el l amsa n ctissim ee eidem et ca r issim ee

om n ium a c sin g ulorum m emor iesd ica n dum et p on en dum cur averun t

An n o Sa lutisMDCCCLXVII.William a n d Edwa rd Greswel l , the secon d a n d thir d son s, took pa r t in the public

speech d ays from 1 8 12 to 18 15, a n d were both a dm itted to Br a sen ose colleg e,Edwa rd bein g a ppoin ted to on e ofthe school exhibition s in 18 15.

William succeeded to a n Hulm ia n exhibition in 18 17, a n d g r a dua ted B .A. on the

2 2n d Ja n ua ry 18 18 , g a in in g a pla ce in the first cla ss in L it.Hum . a t the Micha elm a s preced in g . He wa s a fterwa rds elected a fellowof B a lliol colleg e, a n d g r adueted M.A. on the 27thApr il 18 20 . He wa s n ever en g a g ed in the tuition of

the colleg e, but succeeded to the r ectory of Kilve, n ea r B r idg ewa ter , in 1837,wher e he is n owlivin g , havin g pr eviously been cur a te ofD isley, in Cheshir e. He

m a r r ied in 1838 , Ma ry An n , d aug hter of Mr . Hen ry Ha r r ison of Chea dl e,Cheshir e , by his wife Ma ry An n , eldest d aug hter ofMr . Rober t Buckley ofMa n chester , a n d sister to Rober t a n d Joseph Buckley, for whom see a n te

,

pp. 57—58 . Mr . W . Gr eswel l ha s three son s a n d seven daug hters. He

published A p op ul a r viewof the cor r esp on den cy between the Mosa ic Ritua l a n d

the fa cts a n d doctr in es of the Chr isti a n Rel ig ion , in n in e D iscourses. Oxfor d ,R ivin g ton , 1834. 8vo. An d a lso A Commen ta ry on the Or der of the B ur ia l ofthe D ea d con sider ed a s a ma n ua l of D octr in e a n d Con sol a tion to Chr istia n s.

Oxford, Pa rker , 1836 . 2 vols. 8vo.


Edwa rd Greswel l , bor n 3rd Aug ust 1797,wa s m a tr icul a ted a t Br a sen ose col leg e on5thApr il 1 8 15, a n d , in the cour se ofthe sam e yea r , wa s elected to a schola r shipa t this colleg e. This schola r ship b e reta in ed on ly for a very shor t tim e

, havin gbeen elected , ea r ly in the yea r 1 8 16

,to the L a n ca shir e schola rship a t Corpus

Chr isti colleg e. In the Ea ster Term of 18 18, he wa s exam in ed for the B .A. de

g ree, a n d wa s pla ced in the first cla ss, both in cla ssics a n d m a them a tics. It willb e observed tha t both br other s ca r r ied off the hig hest hon our s a t the publi c exam in a tion s befor e they ha d r esided lon g en oug h a t the un iversity to take thedeg ree ofB .A. Edwa rd Greswel l took the deg ree ofB .A. on the zud Decem ber18 19 , M.A . on the 1othOctober 18 2 2

,B .D . 17thMa r ch 1 836 . On the 15th

Ma rch 1823, he wa s a dm itted proba tion a ry fellowof the colleg e, wa s orda in eddea con in 18 25, a n d pr iest in 1 826

,by D r . Edwa rd Leg g e, bishop of Oxford

,

a n d held the office of colleg e tutor for a bout twelve yea rs, from the yea r 18 2 2 to

the yea r 1 834. In Booker’

s History of the An cien t Chap e l of D en ton,it is

sta ted , tha t, on the dea th ofDr . Thom a sEdwa rd Br idg es in 1843, he wa s electedto the hea dship of the colleg e , but declin ed to a ccept it

,fea r in g lest the dut ies

ofthe office should in terfer e with the peculia r stud ies to which he ha d g iven lon ga n d close a tten tion . But this is n ot cor r ect. Mr .Edwa r d Gr eswel l wa s n ot soelected ; thoug h his stud ious ha bits of life would proba bly ha ve pr even ted hisa ccepta n ce of such a n office ha d he been elected . He wa s vice -presiden t for thela st twelve yea rs ofhis life ; a n d d ied in his rooms in colleg e on the 2 9thJ un e1869 , in his7g rd yea r , a n d wa s bur ied in the colleg e C loisters.

With the exception of the closin g yea r s ofhis fa ther’

s life, when he felt it his dutyto r eside very frequen tly a t Den ton , in or der tha t he m ig ht be able to a tten dupon him , Mr .E. Greswel l ’s residen ce a t the un iver sitywa s on e ofun in terrupteda n d systema tic study. His life, in other poin ts of viewuneven tful, is, in a cer

ta in sen se, r epr esen ted in his wr itin g s ; a n d the subjoin ed en umer a tion ofhis

published works proves a t on ce howg rea t his in dustry, a n d how exten sive hisfield of study, even to the en d ofhis life . It is sim ply sufii cien t to a dd tha this very n um erous a n d very lea r n ed publica tion s a r e held in the highest r eputeby schola rs a n d theolog ia n s, a swell on the con tin en t a s a t home.

The followin g workswere pr in ted a t the expen se of the deleg a tes of the un l versityofOxford

1 . D isser ta tion s up on the Pr in cip les a n d Ar r a n g emen t of a Ha rmony of the

Gosp els. Oxford , a t the U n iver sity press,1830 . 3 vols. 8vc .

2 . Supp lemen ta ry D isser ta tion s on the sa me. Oxford , a t the U n iversity press,1834. 1 vol . 8vc .

3. Ha rmon i a Eva n g e l ica , sive qua tuor Eva n g e l ia a tque Actus Ap ostolorum,

Gr eece, p r o temp or is et r erum ser ie in p a r tes sex d istr ibuti . Oxon i i, e Typog r aphic Academ ico, 1831 . Ed itio quin ta

,1855. 1 vol . 8vc .

4. Pr ol eg omen a a d Ha rmon ia m Eva n g e l ica m sive de p r im a r i i s n on n ul l is a d

Chr on ol og ia m Eva n g e l ica m sp ecta n tibus, D isser ta tion es qua tuor . Oxon ii , e Ty

pog r aphic Aca dem ico, 1840. 1 vol . 8vo.


5. Fa sti Tempor is Ca thol ici a n d Or ig in es Ka len da r ice. History of the Pr i

m itive Ca len d a r . Pa r t 1 . (History of the Pr im itive C a l en da r a mon g the Eg yptia n s, the Chin ese

,a n d the Hin dus.) Oxford, a t the U n iversity press, 1852 .

4 vols. 8vc .

6 . Gen er a l Ta bl es of the Ea sti C a thol ici,or Fa sti temp orisp erp etui , fr om

4004 to 2000 . Oxford,a t the U n iver sity press, 1852 . 1 vol . 4to.

7. Supp lemen ta ry Ta bles a n d I n tr oduction to the Ta bl es of the F a sti C a thol ici,boththe Gen er a l a n d the Supp lemen ta ry. Oxfor d , a t the U n iver sity press, 1852 .

1 vol . 8vo.

8 . Or ig in es Ka len da r ice I ta l icce . History of the Pr imitive C a len da r . Pa r t 2 .

(Nun din a l C a len da r ofA n cien t I ta ly, Nun di n a l C a len da r of Romulus, C a l en da r

ofNuma Pomp i l ius, C a l en da r of the D ecemvir s,Ir r eg ul a r Roma n Ca l en d a r

,a n d

J ul ia n Cor r ection . Oxford , a t the U n iversity pr ess, 1854. 4 vols. 8vc .

9 . Or ig in es Ka l en da r iaeHe l l en icce . History of the Pr im itive C a l en d a r . Pa r t 3.

(History of the P r imitive C a l en da r a mon g the Gr eeks, befor e a n d after the L e

g isl a tion of Solon .) Oxford , a t the U n iversity press. 6 vols. 8vo.

The four th a n d la st pa r t of the History of the P r imitive C a l en d a r wa s in ten ded tocomprehen d certa in miscella n eous ca len da rs (ofwhich there a r e very m a n y)which could n ot

, con ven ien tly , b e tre a ted ofun der a n yon e ofthe thr ee d ivision sm en tion ed a bove. This pa r t ofhis m ag n um Op us (for which the a uthor had col

l ected a l l the n ecessa ry m a ter ia ls) ha s been left by him in complete.Wha t is much to b e r eg r etted is, tha t a still mor e im por ta n t work—a complete

system of B ible chr on olog y— towhich , in deed , a l l his other chron olog ica l r esea rcheswere m ea n t to b e subservien t, ha s a lso been left by him in a n un fin ishedsta te .

The followin g works a re by the sam e author10 . A n exp osition ofthe Pa r a bles a n d of other p a r ts of the Gosp els. Oxfor d ,

Pr in ted by S . Collin gwood , pr in ter to the U n iversity, for J. G. a n d F. Rivin gton , 1834

—5. 6 vols. 8vo.

1 1. The Thr ee Witn esses a n d the Thr eef'

ol d Cor d ; bein g the Testimony of the

Na tur a l Mea sur es of Time,of the Pr imitive Civi l C a l en d a r , a n d of A n ted i luvia n

a n d Postdiluvia n Tr a dition , on the p r in cip a l question s of F a ct in S a cr ed a n d

Pr ofa n e An tiquity. Oxford , Pa rker , 186 2 . 1 vol . 8v0.

12 . The objection s to the Histor ica l Cha r a cter of the Pen ta teuch, in Pa r t I . ofD r . C ol en so

’

s Pen ta teuch a n d B oole of J oshua ,”

con sidered a n d shown to be

unfoun ded . Lon don , B ivin g ton s, 1863. 1 vol . 8vc .

13. J oa n n isMil ton i Fa bu l a , S a mson Ag on istes et Comus Gr eece’

. I n terp r e

ta tus estEdva r dus Gr eswe l l , S .T.B . Col l . C .C . ap ud Oxon . Socius. Oxon n ,

excudeb a t S. Collin gwood , Aca dem ies Typog r aphus, 1832 . 1 vol . 8vo.

I have a lso a copy of bishop Ken ’

s Thr ee Hym n s, for Morn in g , Even in g a n d Midn ig ht, tr a n sla ted in to Gr eek Iambics, a n d presen ted by Mr . E. Gr eswel l to myfa ther , which a ppea rs to have been prin ted for pr iva te circula tion in 1831. He

was a lso the author ofa very beautiful Hym n ofPr a ise, in En g lish, con sistin g of



it exhibits, without feelin g a n ima ted by som e spa rk of tha t un daun ted a r dour ,which in his ca se ultim a tely g a ve bir th to the Fa sti He l len ici a n d Rom a n i ? C ]This n otice would b e in com plete without some m en tion ofMr . Gr eswel l ’s other

son s. Thom a s, the eldest, wa s m a ster of the school a t Chetham’s hospita l , a n d

is dea d . Richa r d,the four th, obta in ed a pla ce in the first cla ss both in cla ssics

a n d m a them a tics a t Oxford in 18 2 2,wa s for som e yea r s fellow a n d tutor of

Worcester colleg e, public exam in er in m a them a tics in 18 26,a n d in cla ssics in

1839 a n d 1840 , a n d is still r esiden t in Oxford . He m a r r ied a Miss Arm itr idin g ,a n d ha s two d aug hters. Cha r les, the fifth,wa s a sur g eon ,

a n d is dea d . Fr a n cisHa g ue, the sixth, wa s Hulm ia n exhibition er a n d fellowof B ra sen ose colleg e ,ha vin g taken a secon d cla ss in L it. Hum. in 18 2 6

, a n d is dea d . Clem en t, theyoun g est, who succeeded his brother Edwa rd a s the L a n ca shir e schola r of

Corpus, g a in ed a pla ce in the first cla ss in L it. Hum. in 18 27, wa s elected a

fellowofOr iel, a n d is n owr ector ofTor twor th, in Gloucestershire. He m a rr ied

Eliz a bethKa rsl ake, of a n ol d Nor th D evon fam ily , a n d sister to Mr . E. K.

Ka rsl ake , Q .C ., a n d to sir John Kerslake, la te a ttor n ey-g en er a l, a n d ha s a

n um erous fam ily .

Leigh, son of John S in gleton ,watchm aker

,Man chester.

Oc tober 4. Richard , son of Richard Potter, b rewer, Pen dleton .

The fa ther ofthis schola r wa s bor n in Westm orela n d , a n d descen ded from on e ofthe

m idd le-cla ss fam ilies oftha t coun ty, a n d wa s m a r r ied a t B a kewell, in D erbyshire,on the 3othNovember 1797. His eldest son , the schola r here r ecorded , wa s bor nin Ma n chester on the 2 n d Ja n ua ry 1799 , in the str eet n owca lled Todd street, butthen ca lled, a n d for m a n y yea rs a fter

,Toa d la n e. The fa ther wa s a t tha t tim e a

cor n a n d flour m er cha n t, but shor tly a fterwa rds g ave up tha t tra de to hisp a r tn erMr . J am es B a r r a tt, (for whose son

,J ames, see R eg ister , a n n o 18 23) a n d becam e

a pa r tn er in the firm ofFray, Hole a n d Potter,brewery , Stra n g eways. In th is

busin ess he r ea lised con sider a ble pr oper ty, which wa s subsequen tly lost ; butdur in g his d ays ofprosper ity he ha d thr ee son s g ra dua tes of the U n iversity ofCam br idg e, two ofwhom obta in ed foun da tion fellowships in their colleg es.These three, with others ofhis ten son s, r eceived the pr in cipa l pa r t of theircla ssica l educa tion a t Ma n chester school, a n d their n ames will b e foun d a t la terin terva ls in the Reg ister , when their fa ther r esided a t Sm edley ha ll

,Cheetham

Hill , towhich he r em oved in 1 8 13.

His son R icha rd wa s rem oved from the school befor e he en ter ed the higher depa r tm en t

,a t a bout 16 yea rs of a g e, in order to e n ter in to the Ma n chester tr a de.

He wa s for som e yea rs en g a g ed in va r ious br a n ches of m er ca n tile life, but n otwith success a n d dur in g this in terva l a l l his sp a r e tim ewa s devoted to sc ien tificstudy, m or e especia lly to tha t of Optics, a n d to chem istry, un der the. la te D r .

D a lton ,so fa r a s con n ected with optics. He wa s thus e n abled , by h imself, to

con struct in ea rly life a powerful r eflectin g telescope of the Newton ia n form .

U n prosperous in mer ca n tile l ife, his thoug hts were tur n ed to Cambr idg e, a s a


pla ce where he could pursue his fa vour ite studies with hopes of future success ;a n d ea r ly in 1834 he comm en ced , un der a pr iva te tutor , to ca r ry on his

cla ssica l educa tion,a n d prepa red him self to en ter Queen

’

s colleg e, Cam br idg e,towa rds the close oftha t yea r . He obta in ed a schola r sh i p a t tha t colleg e a t his

first exam in a tion,a n d a t the fin a l exam in a tion for the A.B . deg ree in 1838 , wa s

pla ced sixth amon g the wr a n g lers. In J a n ua ry of the followin g yea r:he wa selected a foun d a tion fellowof the colleg e, succeedin g to the m ed ica l fellowshipthen va ca n t

,his in ten tion bein g to study m ed icin e. He va ca ted his fellowship

by m a r r ia g e ea r ly in 1843, ha vin g g r a dua ted A.M. in 1841, bein g then licen tia teofthe Roya l colleg e ofphysicia n s. This pr ofession ,

however , he ha s n ot followedin pra ctice

,but ha s devoted him self to p rofession a l tea chin g ofn a tur a l philoso

phy,m a thema tica l a n d exper imen ta l, for which his previous studies a n d ea rly

in clin a tion qua lify him .

Mr . Potter lectured , a s professor ofn a tura l philosophy a n d a stron omy, in U n iversity colleg e, Lon don , fr om October 1841 to Apr il 1843 ; a t the open i n g of the

U n iver sity of Kin g’

s colleg e, Toron to, Ca n a da west, from J un e 1843 to Aug ust1844 ; a n d

,bein g in duced by a n en dowm en t of the professor ship to r etur n

to Lon don , in U n ive rsity colleg e , Lon don , from October 1844 to July 1 865.

At this la tter da te he r etir ed , with a pen sion , a n d r eceived from the sen a tethe title of Emer itus professor of the colleg e, a n d ha s sin ce resided a t C am

br idg e.

His first publica tion wa s a paper on m eta llic m ir rors, which a ppea r ed , a t sir Da vidB r ewster ’s r equest, i n his Scien tific J our n a l , No. 6

, vol . iii . for 1830 ; a n d he

ha s fr equen tly con tr ibuted pa pers, dur in g a per iod of m ore tha n 30 yea r s, totha t publica tion ,

a fterwa rds kn own un der the titles of The Lon don a n d Edinburg hJ our n a l of Scien ce a n d Philosophica l Ma g a z in e, a n d The L on don

,Ed in

burg ha n d D ubl i n J our n a l of Scien ce a n d Phi losophica lMa g a zin e ; e.g .on“Theo

r etica l a n d pr a ctica l optics ; the heig ht of the “Auror a Boreal is ;” on the“Specific hea ts ofbodies on

“Hyd rodyn amics on the “Theory ofsoun don the “Expa n sion s of liquids, va pours, a n d g a ses by in cr ea se of tempera ture

,

&c. &c.

At the first m eetin g ofthe B r itish a ssocia tion for the promotion of scien ce , helda t York in 1831, when sir D a vid B rewster wa s presiden t, Mr . Potter r ea d thr eepa pers, which a re published in the r epor ts of tha t yea r . At the n ext m eetin g a t

Oxford , in 1832, when D r . D a lton r eceived his hon or a ry deg ree of D .C .L. in

the thea tr e, he r ea d two papers, of which a b tr a cts a re g iven in the pr in tedr epor ts ; a n d a t Cambr idg e, in 1833, he r ea d three papers, which a r e publishedin the society’s P r oceedin g s of tha t yea r . It wa s through the a tten tion g iven tothese pa pers tha t the author wa s in duced to p repa re him self for a dm ission to theU n iversity . Other pa pers by this schola r on va r ious scien tific subjects m ayb e

foun d in the Pr oceed ing s of the Cam br idg e Philosophica l society, from 1836 to

1870 a n d in the C a mbr idg eMa thema tica l J our n a l .

His published sepa ra te trea tises a re the followin g


1. An e l emen ta ry Trea tise on Mecha n ics. Taylor a n dWa lton , Lon don , 1846.Four th edition , 1859 .

2 . A n el emen ta ry Tr ea tise on Geometr ica l Op tics. First pa rt. Taylor a n dWal ton , 1847. Thi rd ed ition 1 865.

3. The secon d p a r t, a n d hig her Tr ea tise on Geometr ica l Op tics. Taylor ,Wa lton a n dMaber ly, 1851.

4. An exp er imen ta l Tr ea tise on Physica l Op tics. Wa lton a n dMab erly, 1856.

5. An e l emen ta ry Tr ea tise on Hydr osta tics. Bell a n d D a l dy, 1859 .

6 . A m a thema tica l Tr ea tise on Physica l Op tics. Bell a n d Da l dy, 1859 .

Mr . Potter ha s n owin ha n d a hig her trea tise on hydrosta tics a n d hydrodyn amics.He m a r r ied on the 1 1th Apr il 1843, a t S . Pa n cr a s church, Lon don , Ma ry An n ,d aughter ofmajor Pil kin g ton , of U r n ey, in Kin g

’s coun ty, Ir ela n d , descen ded

from the ol d La n ca shire fam ily ofPilkin g ton , ofRivin g ton . She di ed a t C am

br idg e, s.p ., on the 16thApr il 1871 , a g ed 53.[Mr . Richa rd Potter , the fa ther , a fter r etir in g from busin ess resided ' a t Gisborn epa rk,where he devoted himself to fa rm in g a n d floricul ture. He wa s a wor thya n d excellen t ma n a n d took a very a ctive sha r e, dur in g his r esiden ce i n Ma n

chester , in a l l its va r ious public improvem en ts. He wa s highly r espected by a l lwho kn ewhim, a n d a s a n ear ly fr ien d I cher ish his memory. a ]

John,son of Thom a s B lase; ha tter, Jam aica.

Richard,son of John Foster

,architect

,Liverpool .

The fa ther wa s a r chitect ofm a n y of the public buildin g s in Liverpool . His son ,

Richa rd ,wa s n ot of a n y profession , r esided chiefly on the con tin en t, a n d died a t

Liverpool on the 8th Jun e 1859, a g ed 62 , a n dwa sburied a tKen sa l Gr een cemetery.

David,son ofWilliam Osb a l diston

,m erchan t

,Man chester.

Robert,son ofWilliam Caun ce

,schoolm aster

,West Orton .

John,son ofWilliam Sm ith

,firem an

,Baguley

,Cheshire.

Novem 23. John,son ofWilliam Makin son

,m an ufacturer, Man chester.

He wa s, I believe, a schoolma ster in Ma n chester , a n d d ied som e yea rs a g o.

William Mun n in gs, son ofWootton Burton ShawThom as, attorney,Chesterfield.

He g r adua ted ofDown in g col leg e, Cambr idg e, A.B . 1831.

Hen ry, son of Jam es Pen n y,vicar of Preston .

For his fa ther , who ha d on ly two son s, ofwhom Hen ry wa s the youn g er , see

Reg ister , vol . i. p. 145. Hen ry Pen n y served his clerkshi p with Messrs. GrimShawa n d Pal mer , solicitor s, Pr eston . He subsequen tly wen t out to In dia , a n dd ied there ma n y years a g o. The elder son , Edmun d Hen r y,wasM.A. ofBr a se

n ose colleg e, Oxfor d , on e ofthe a ssista n t m asters of the Cha r ter House school ,a n d r ector ofGrea t Stambridg e, n ea r Rochford, Essex. The fam ily have lon gpa ssed away from Preston .



but for the la st 40 yea rs has r esided a t Ystra d , a n esta te which he pur cha sedn ea r D en big h, a ctin g a s a m a g istr a te for the coun ty, a n d ha s been for m a n yyea rs cha irm a n of the Qua r ter session s. He is a lso a deputy -lieuten a n t , a n d in1851 served the oflice ofhig h-sher iffofthe coun ty. He is a lso in the commissionof the pea ce for Flin tshir e. The ped ig r ee ofthe fam ily m ay be seen in Burke’sL a n ded Gen try, 4thedition , 1863.

Richard, son of Richard Newsham,ban ker, Preston .

Richa rd Newsham , sen ior , wa s on e of the firm ofPedders, Newsham , Lomax a n dDen ison

,of the well-kn own old ba n k, Pr eston , n owd iscon tin ued . He wa s bor n

on the 3rd Ma rch 1754, a n d m a r r ied, on the 9th Ja n ua ry 1787, Ma rg a r e t,

youn g est d aug hter of Peter Hopwood of Pr eston , g oldsm ith . He wa s a lderm a n

, a n d four times m ayor of tha t boroug h , in the yea r s 1807, 1 8 13, 1 8 18,a n d

1 8 24, a n d died a t Aven ham house, Pr eston , on the 16thJun e 1843, in his 9oth

yea r .

His son , Richa rd , bor n on the 16th May 1798 , youn g er , but even tua lly on lysurvivin g son (his elder brother J am es, who wa s a lso pa r tn er in the Prestonol d ba n k, ha vin g decea sed in his fa ther

’

s lifetim e, lea vin g a n on ly d aug hter ,

Ma rg a r et, who m a r r ied Edmun d Fr a n cis fl’

a r r in g ton ,ba r r ister - a t-l aw

, secon dson of a dmir a l William fi

’

a r r i n g ton ofWoodva le, in the Isle ofWig ht, of theol d La n ca shire fam ily of tha t n am e , see Reg ister , vol . i . pp . 69 , on leavin gschool , wher e he took p a r t in the public speeches in 18 13 a n d 18 14, en teredthe office ofMessrs. Rawstor n e a n d Wilson , solicitors, of Pr eston ,

with whomhe a fterwa rds becam e pa r tn er . He r elin quished his profession m a n y yea rsa g o, a n d sin ce 1842 ha s been a n a ctive ma g istr a te, a n d subsequen tly deputylieuten a n t of the coun ty.

4. Wil liam ,son ofWilliam Glaister

, vicar of Kirby Fleetham ,York

shire.To the fa ther of this schola r ther e is the followin g in scr iption on a mon um en t inthe cha n cel ofKirkby Fleetham chur ch

In m emory ofThe Rever en d William Gla ister1 111 yea rs Vica r of this Pa r ish .Fa ithful in his Min ister ia l DutiesFirm in his Fr ien dshipsPruden t in his C oun selsB en evolen t a n d B en eficen t.

He lived in the affection ofhis Pa r ishion ers,

a n d in the esteem ofa l l who kn ewhim.

a n d d ied Ma r ch 3rd a s) .MDCCCXLIV.in the eig htieth year ofhis a g e

in the Fa ith a n d Hope ofa n Humble Christia n .


Hiswife, Elizabeth , pr edecea sed him on the 2n d Ma r ch 18 25, a g ed 65.

William Gla ister , the eldest offour child re n , a n d born on the 4th J un e 1795, wa si n the hig h m a ster ’s depa r tm en t for th ree yea rs, 18 12—18 14, takin g pa r t a n n ua llyin the public speeches ofthe sen ior schola rs. He g a in ed . a schola r ship a t U n i

ver sity colleg e , Oxford , a n d a pla ce in the secon d cla ss ofhon our s in L it. Hum .

a t the Micha elm a s exam in a tion of 18 17, a n d wa s subsequen tly elected fellow.

He held the offices of tutor a n d dea n for som e yea rs, a n d is still r emem bered for

the k in dn ess, sym pa thy a n d con sider a tion which he showed towa rds the youn g erm ember s ofhis colleg e . In 1 837he succeeded to the colleg e l ivin g of B eckley

,

in Sussex, wher e he d ied on the 4th J un e 186 1, a g ed 66 . He wa s a ppoin ted

rur a l dea n by the la te bishop of Chichester , D r . Gilber t , a n d wa s throug hlife a n i n tim a te frien d of the la te D r . Plum ptr e , m a ster of U n iver sity colleg e.He wa s a lso cha pla in to the duke of Leeds

,who wa s i n tim a te with his fa ther ,

a n d whose r esiden ce, Hor n by ca stle , is n ea r to Kirkby Fleetham .

He m a r r ied , in 1838 , Eliz a beth , youn g est daug hter of the la te r ev. Joseph Bur r ill,r ector ofB roug hton Suln ey, Notts.

, by whom he ha d two son s a n d two d aughters. His elder son , W illiam ,

M.A. ofhis fa ther ’s colleg e, took hon ours, g a in in ga pla ce in the first cla ss in l awa n d m oder n history in 1865, a n d is n owcur a te ofSouthwell , Notts. His youn g er son is in the m edica l profession .

William Gla ister wa s thor oug hly a Yorkshir e m a n a horse wa s his g rea t del ighta n d he would often spea k, in a fter yea rs, of the thr ill of plea sure with which heclosed his Ar istotle , a fter his la st lecture a t the e n d of term in Oxford

, a n d wa soffby the ea r liest coa ch, a fter a ha sty g ood bye to the youn g m en , to ha ve a

r ide with the Beda le houn ds. Then ,too , there were the Studley m oors, a n d the

Swa le trout, a n d a n umer ous cir cle of r ela tives a n d fr ien ds ; a n d a l l these ha dto be left fa r behin d, when he m ig ra ted , with his br ide, to his colleg e - livin g inthe south. The sam e br ig ht a n d g en ia l spir it a ccompa n ied him ther e , a n d for

25 yea r she wa s the beloved pa stor of the pa r ish, for m a n y yea rs cha irm a n of

the boa rd ofg ua rdia n s, a n d a n a ctive m a g istr a te ofthe coun ty.

Robert, son of JosephGleave , bookseller, Man chester.Joseph, son of the late Jam es Grierson

,architect, Man chester.

Thom as,son of Pe ter Wa lthall

,attorn ey

,Newcastle -un der-Lyn e.

For the fa ther of this schola r , see Reg ister , vol . ii. p. 47; a n d for his un cle,

Richa r d , p . 73.

I fin d this schola r ’s n am e amon g the public speaker s in 18 12 a n d 18 13.

Jam es,son of Jam es Duckworth, tradesm an , Salford .

Richard, son ofthe r ev. Richard Hutchin sWhitelock,postm aster

,

Man chester.The fa ther ofthi s schola r , who derived his secon d chr istia n n ame from his un cle

,

Richa r d Hutchin s, D .D ., r ector of Lin coln colleg e, Oxford, to which he wa s a

g r ea t ben efa ctor a this dea th ,wa s a schola r of the same colleg e, a n d g ra dua ted


M.A. 1796. He wa s som e time vicar of Skillin g ton in Lin coln shire, a n d per

p etua l cura te of Chor lton , a n d a lso held the r espon sible a n d lucr a tive, but inhis ca se a n om a lous, ofl‘i ce ofpostma ster ofMa n chester . He m a r ried a t Pur ley

,

on the 19th Septem ber 1800, Fr a n ces, daug hter of T. J . Storer

,e sq.

, ofPur leypa rk, n ea r Rea din g , (who m a r r ied Eliz a beth, d aug hter of the first ba ron Ca rysfor t

, a n d sister to the first ea r l of Ca rysfor t) by whom he ha d twelve childr en .

Six ofhis eig ht son s a ppea r in this r eg ister of a dmission s to Ma n chester school.He died in 1833, hiswife ha vin g pr edecea sed him in 18 2 1.

Richa rd, the eldest son ,

wa s born a t Fa r thin g hoe, in Nor tham pton shire in 1803,

ofwhich pa r ish his fa ther wa s then cur a te , a n d en ter ed Lin coln colleg e a t the

close of 182 2 , a n d wa s elected on e of lord Crewe’s exhibition er s in the followin gyea r . He g r a dua ted B .A. on the 25thMay 1826

, M.A. on the 10thJun e 182 9 .

He wa s orda in ed dea con a n d pr iest by D r. John Kaye , bishop of Lin coln , a n dpresen ted in Ja n ua ry 1831, by the r ev. W . R. Hay, vica r of Rochda le

, to the

perpetua l cur a cy ofSa ddlewor th in the coun ty ofYork, which became a distin ctvica r a g e un der the provision s of The Rochda le Vica r a g e ActMr .Wh itelock ,who ha s a cted a s a m a g istr a te of the West Ridin g sin ce 1837, a n dof the coun ty of La n ca ster sin ce 1843, a n d been r e-elected cha irma n of the

Sa ddlewor th Boa rd of g ua rd ia n s, a n n ua lly, sin ce its forma tion in 1853, m a r ried

Mary, daug hter ofJohn Elliott, esq., ofRochda le, but ha s n o issue. He is n ow

residen t a t Sa ddlewor th .

John,son ofWilliam Lown des, fustian m anufacturer, Man chester.

RalphNewton,son of Ra lphBroadben t, publ ican , Man chester.

Hen ry, son of Robert Schofield, m anufacturer, Ardwick.Edward

,son of George Whitfield, distiller, Lon don.

William,Son ofWil liam Leckie, in suran ce broker, London .

John,son of the late John Alsop, cotton m anufacturer, Shippenbottom

,Lan cashire .

John , son of the late John Clough, attorn ey, Manchester.For his fa ther see Reg ister , vol . 11. p.75, a n d for Jam es Cloug h, his un cle, p. 105.

John Cloug hwa s born on the 2 1st Aug ust 180 1. On leavin g school a t the closeof 18 16 , he served a clerkship for five years with a solicitor in Ma n chester , a n don its completion pa ssed on e yea r in a con veya n cin g ba r r ister

’

s ofli ce in Gray’sIn n , Lon don , a n d wa s a dm itted a s a n a ttor n ey-a t- l awin Tr in ity term 1823. He

wa s subsequen tly a dmitted a s a solicitor , a n d pra cticed for som e time in pa rtn ership withMr . G. Lyon un der the

‘firm of Cloug h a n d Lyon . On the d isso

lution oftha t pa r tn ership he ca r r ied on busin ess by him self un til October 1870 ,when declin in g hea lth compelled him to r etire from pr a ctice. Mr . John Cloug hhas fr equen tly a tten ded the a n n iversa ry m eetin g s of the old schola rs, a n d wa svice-presiden t a t the Jubilee m eetin g in 1831 a s collea g ue to Mr . WilliamSimmon s.

For his on l y brother, Char les Cloug h, see Reg ister , a n n o 18 18.



cura cy of Croston ,La n ca shir e ; in 18 29 becam e cur a te of La n ca ster ; a n d in

1 835was pr esen ted to the vica r a g e ofPoulton -l e -Fylde . ByD r . J . P . Lee, la tebishop of Ma n chester , he wa s a ppoin ted to a n hon or a ry ca n on ry in tha t ca thedra l , to the office ofrur a l dea n , a n d to tha t ofhis exam in in g cha pla in . In 1863

he wa s prom oted to the va luable r ectory ofEa g l esfiel d , D urham ,where he is n owr esiden t.Mr . John Hull is the author ofa Ma n ua l for a Sun day School Tea cher , which ison the list of the publica tion s of the Society for promotin g Chr istia n kn owledg e ; a n d a lso, con join tly with his brother William , of Obser va tion s on a

Petition for the r evision of the Liturgy, 1840 .

5. Jam es,son of Thom as Ol dmea dowGill

,m erchan t

,Manchester.

The fa ther resided a t the Crescen t, Sa lford , a n d wa s for m a n y yea rs on e ofthe

deputy tr ea surer s of the Ma n chester in firm a ry.

[Jam es Gill, the schola r , wa s born on 2oth Ja n ua ry 1802 . On leavin g the Ma n

chester g r amm a r school, wher e he boa rded with the r ev. Robin son El sd a l e,he

wa s a r ticled in October 18 19 to William Ser g ea n t, esq., of the firm of Ser g ea n t

a n d Miln e, solicitors. He wa s a dm itted a s a n a ttor n ey a n d solicitor in Hila ryterm 18 2 8 . He join ed Mr . John Owen , solicitor , in Apr il 1833, a n d upon hisdea th in Ma r ch 1856 succeeded him a s clerk to the comm ission er s ofin com e a n d

a ssessed ta xes for the division of Ma n chester . He m a rr ied a t the Coll eg ia techurch, 23rd May 1838, Elizabeth Ha r r iett, d aug hter of Joseph Ra dford ,of Ma n chester , iron foun der . He is still livin g a n d in pr a ctice in Ma n

chester . C ]I fin d the n ame of James Gill amon g the schola rs presen t a t the a n n iversary m eetin g in 1851 .

5 Baron , son of Richard Sm alley, con stable, Man chester.Richa rd Sm a lley a ppea r s in the D ir ector ies a s the con ductor of the specia l con stables in S . Peter ’s d istr ict.This schola r , of a n old Ma n chester fam ily, con n ected by in terma rr ia g e with thoseof Key, Cleg g , a n d B a ron , wa s a n on ly child, in her ited som e little pr oper ty ,m ar ried, a n d r esided in the Isle ofMa n . His mother

,who cla imed to be, on

her mother ’s side, g r ea t g ra n d -daug hter of sir W illiam Wa ller , the Pa r l iam en

ta ry g en er a l, m a rr ied for her secon d husba n d a Methodist m in ister n amed Morse ,

a n d a fter his dea th r etur n ed to Ma n chester,where she died a t a g rea t a g e. Her

sister , Ma ry, m a r r ied Mr . Cha r les Howa rd , a n d wa s m other of Richa rd Ba ronHowa rd ,M.D .

, ofMa n chester , on e ofthe physicia n s ofthe roya l infirma ry, whodi ed a t a n ea r ly a g e in 1848.

Walter,son of John Wakefield, cotton m erchan t, Man chester.

Thom as,son of John Pickford

,publican

,Man chester.

Thom as,son of Jam es Bryden

,book-keeper, Man chester.

HughAn thon y, son of the r ev . R . H.Whitelock , Man chester.Hug h An thon y Whitelock, the secon d son , left the school in 18 19 , a n d wen t to


Jama ica a t the la tter en d of 1820, where he died on the 14th September 1869 ,

leavin g a widowwith six son s a n d two daughters.Dur in g this lon g residen ce in the isla n d , he rose to position s ofthe hi g hest hon our .He becam e a m a g istr a te for the distr icts ofWestmor ela n d a n d Ha n over a t a n

ea r ly a g e, a n d held the impor ta n t office of Custos Rotulorum ofHa n over fortwen ty -on e yea rs. After servin g in every g r a da tion in the m ilitia for ce, hebecame colon el of the Cor nwa l l r eg im en t of horse in 1854. He wa s electedm ember ofthe a ssembly in 1838, a n d m ember of the leg isla tive coun cil in 1856 ,

a n d , a t the tim e ofhis dea th, ha d been a m ember of the leg isla tur e for n ea r lythir ty yea rs. He wa s a ppoin ted a m ember ofher m ajesty’s pr ivy coun cil in1 86 1

, a n d a t the same tim e wa s comm ission ed , a s a m ember ofthe executivecomm ittee, a s fin a n cia l m in ister .Mr . H. A. Whitelock r eceived

, a t separ a te times, two services of pla te, a n d,

within a fewyea r s ofhis dea th,a pur se of 300 g uin ea s with a n a ddr ess from

a l l cla sses of Jama ica , in a ckn owled g emen t ofhi s lon g a n d va r ied services tothe isla n d .

Jam es, son of John Clegg, m an ufacturer, Man chester.John

,son of the late John Royle

,cotton m an ufacturer

,Man chester.

Robert,son of the rev. Robert Cort

,Kirkby

,n ear Liverpool .

Robert Cort, the youn g er son (for his elder brother , John , see a n te, p . wa s

bor n on the 18thJa n ua ry 1797. He is spoken of, l ike his brother , a s a dilig en t a n d successful schola r , win n in g the a pproba tion a n d r eg a rd ofhis in struc

tors ; a n d they who kn ewhim well predicted a br ig ht a n d d istin gui shed futurefor the youn g studen t. These hopes, which wer e a lso the hopes ofhi s rever edfa ther , wer e soon a n d pa in fully quen ched . Shortly a fter his ord in a tion in 1 82 2

he wa s seized with a sudden a n d fa tal ill n ess. He wa s bur ied in Kirkby chur chya rd , a n d the ha n d of the fa ther wrote the followin g in scr iption for the ston ewhich covered the r em a in s ofa son for whom he n ever cea sed to m ourn

M. S .Rober ti Cor t

,Clor ici,

qui xxv‘° .ZEta tis a n n o

postquam m ulta et a n im o et corpore p erpessus era t,morbo l etha l i cor reptus d iscessitxvi a .Ka l . J a n .MDCCCXXIII .

Ader a n t huicm ira quaedam dilig en tia in studiis

et sa cr a rum p reecipué Litter a rum amor

Pieta sque praecl a ra .

’A1ro7\e

’

n rer a 1EaBBa 'r toyubs 743M143T08 9 660.

Richard, son of Robert Duck, agent to the Sun Fire office, Manchester.

For his brother , Rober t, see a n te,p . 53.


Richa rd Gelson Duck, whose n ame a ppea rs a s takin g pa r t on the public speechd ay ofthe yea rs 18 1 8—20

, on leavin g the school proceeded to Cambr idg e, a n d

g ra dua ted ofS . J ohn ’

s colleg e , A.B . 18 24, A.M. 1827. He wa s a ba rr ister , a n da comm i ssm n er in ba n kr uptcy, a n d followin g a successful course of pr a ctice,when a sever e illn ess a tta cked him ,

from which he n ever r ecover ed, a n d he di ed

a t Southpor t on the 20thof September 1852 , a n d wa s bur ied a t Within g ton ,n ea r Ma n chester .

He m a rr ied Sa rah,youn g est daug hter ofMr . Joseph Sa tterfield ofArdwick.

Mr . R. G. Duck occa sion a lly a tten ded the a n n iversa ry m eetin g s ofthe ol d schola rs,a n d wa s vice-pr esiden t in 1835, a s collea g ue to the r ev. J .H. Ma rsden , A.M.

William ,son of the late William Fisher

,cotton m an ufacturer,

Walton,n ear Preston .

Will iam Fisher , on leavin g school, pa ssed som e yea rs in Preston , Lon don a n d

Ma n chester , in ten din g to en ter in to m erca n tile busin ess, but ha vin g a stron gdesire to take holy or ders, he wen t to Oxfor d in 18 25, a n d wa s a dm itted toS.Edmun d ha ll a s a g en tlema n comm on er , a n d took hi s B .A. deg ree on the 7thMay 18 29 . He wa s orda in ed by the bishop of Lichfiel d in the same yea r to thecur a cy ofChesterfield , a n d in 1831 wa s a ppoin ted cur a te i n the populous pa r ishofS . Peter

,Derby, wher e he r em a in ed for 18 yea rs. In 1849 he wa s pr esen ted

by William Eva n s, esq., ofAllestree, to the vica ra g e of Perwick

, a n d perpetua lcur a cy ofAlsop - le-D a le, both n ea r to Ashbourn e in Derbyshire, which he heldun til his dea th on the 2 8thSeptember 1863, a g ed 67.

Mr . Fisher wa s much r espected a s a con scien tious cler g ym a n , a n d a s a m a n of

g rea t en erg y a n d persever a n ce, whose hea r t wa s in his work. He wa s in strum en ta l in pr ovidin g la r g e da ily schools for the pa r ish of S . Peter in D erby,a n d a fterwa rds sui ta ble schools for the sma ll b en efice which he held . He con

tin n ed his m in ister ia l duties to within a for tn ig ht of his dea th, dyin g of n o

pa r ticula r disea se, but ofsudden fa ilur e ofboth m in d a n d body, the r esul t ofm a n yyea rs un cea sin g labours. Ther e is a n in scr iption on the tombston e over hisg r a ve in Perwick chur chya rd .

5. Robert, son of the r ev. Robert Bullock,Bolton .

The fa ther wa s the in cumben t of Al l Sa in ts’ chur ch , Bolton -l e-Moors, a n d wasbur ied in the chur chyar d on the 17th Aug ust 18 24, a g ed 60 .

His son Rober t wa s am on g the public spea kers from 18 14 to 18 17, held on e of

the school exhibition s, a n d g r a dua ted A.B . of S . J ohn ’

s colleg e, Cam br idg e in18 2 2 . He succeeded to his fa ther ’s ben efice, a n d died ea r ly in July 1828 ,

a g ed 30.

An other son , Samuel, wa s bur ied there on the 23rd May 18 24, a g ed 24.

The fa ther published a book on g eog ra phy, en titled Geog r aphy ep itomized, or a

Comp a n ion to the Atl a s, 4to, Wig a n 18 10 .

Henry, son of the late Christopher Marriott,cotton merchant,

Manchester .



wa s applied to the erection ofa Mission chapel in S . Ma r tin ’

s distr ict, ded ica tedto S . Jam es-the-Less, with the in ten tion ofca r ryin g out a pr in ciple a n d pra cticethen n ew in Liverpool , freedom ofworship to a l l people. This cha pel, a fterm a n y d ifficulties a s to its con secra tion ,

wa s a t len g th en dowed by pr iva te mun ificen ce a n d the Ecclesia stica l comm ission ers, a n d bein g en la r g ed so a s to a ccommo

d a te 750 worshipper s, is m a de the cen tr e ofa sepa r a te distr ict. Mr .Wray wa sthe first in Liverpool to restor e the use of the a n cien t ecclesiastica l vestm en ts,wh ich a re n owused a lso a t the chur ches of S. Jam es-the -Less a n d S . Ma r g a r et,a swell a s a t S . Ma r tin ’

s. He a lso established a sisterhood ofholy women , whodedi ca ted them selves by a life vowto works ofcha r ity.Mr .Wr a y ha s published The sup p r ession of a ny p or tion of the Tr uthin the work

ofEduca tion unjustifia bl e, a serm on ,1843 ; C a thol ic Rea son sfor r ejectin g the

moder n p r eten sion s a n d doctr in es of the Chur ch of Rome,1 846 ; C a thol ic Tr a

d ition or a r ever en cefor a n tiquity the l ea d in g p ri n cip les of the Reforma tion , a

sermon ,1850 Four Yea rs of Pa stor a l Wor k

, a m emoir of the r ev. E . J . R .

Hug hes, cur a te of Run cton Holm e, Nor folk , 1854 The S ca n d a l of p ermitted

Her esy ; Reve l a tion a Rea l ity ; Sisterhoods on their tr ia l , or P r otesta n tism,

which Cr ime a n d Choler a in L iverp ool , 1 866 The r el ig ious p r in cip les ofS isterhoods A sister

’

s l ove ; The min istry of Chr ist’

s Pr iesthood a n d sa cr ificea n d other sermon s a n d tr a cts.Mr .Wr ay m a r r ied in 1836 , Ma ry Ja n e , eldest daug hter of Mil es Ba r ton , esq.

, of

Liverpool. He ha s three d aug hters a n d on e son . His eldest daug hter m a rr ied

the r ev.W . H. B liss,M.A. ; the secon d the rev. Al l en Pa g e Moor , A.M.

, la tevice-wa rden of S . Aug ustin e

’s colleg e, Ca n terbury . His son

, Cecil Lin dsay,m a rr ied Con sta n ce, daug hter ofJohn Arden Cleg g , esq.

, ofLiverpool.

John,son ofJosephSlater, brushm aker, Man chester.

Hen ry J oseph, son of Thom as Saul, wool m erchan t,Man chester.

Edward Ficker, son of Thom as Saul , wool m erchan t,Ma n

chester.Corn elius

,son ofWilliam Hughes, bricklayer, Man chester .

William Roper,son of Ben j am in Goul son ,

surg eon , Pen dleton .

Jam es Richard, son of Jam es Grimshaw,fustian -m a n

,Salford .

John,son of the late John Edm on dson ,

drysalter,Manchester.

William,son of the late William Edge

,attorn ey

,Manchester.

For the fa ther of this schola r see Reg ister , vol . i . p. 70 . In the Ma n chester a n d

S a lfor d D ir ectory of 18 1 1,the fa ther is descr ibed a s livin g in Kin g street,with

a n ofli ce in S . An n e’s chur chya rd.

October 8. William ,son of the r ev. Thom as Arm istead

,Backford

,Cheshire.

The fa ther ofthis schola r wa s a ppoin ted r ector ofS . Ma r tin ’s, Chester , on the 2 1st

September 1795, a n d r eta in ed this sm a ll b en efice un til October 1806,ofli cia tin g

a lso dur in g g rea ter pa r t of tha t per iod a s cura te ofHoly Tr in ity. In April


1803he wa s presen ted by the bishop ofChester to the r ectory ofBa ckfor d , n ea rtha t city , which he held tillhis dea th on the 1 1th ofSeptem ber , 18 27, a t the a g e

of57yea rs. He wa s a lso vica r of Cockerham ,n ea r La n ca ster , where he d ied .

There is a mon um en t to him in this chur ch,on which a l so i s r ecor ded the dea th

ofhiswife , J a n e , on the 27thofNovember , 1838 , a g ed 67yea rs.William Arm itstea d, the son , wa s born a t Chester on the 2 1st May, a n d baptized

a t Holy Tr in ity chur ch on the z oth J uly 1796 . His ea r ly school d ays werespen t pa r tly a t the Kin g

’

s school, Chester , a n d a t Ruthin,bein g r em oved from

the la tter in 1 8 1 1,a n d sen t to Ma n chester with his schoolfellow, W illiam

Ha r r ison ,whose n am e occurs n ext in the Reg ister . He took pa r t in the public

speeches in 18 14- 16 . He g r a dua ted of B r a sen ose colleg e, B .A. on the 16th

Ma r ch 1 8 20,M.A. on the 4thJun e 1823, a n d havin g ta ken holy order s, held in

succession the cur a cies of S . John ’

s,Chester , Cockerham , a n d West Kirby ,

Cheshir e .He d ied a t B r ig hton on the 12thMa r ch 1863, a n d is bur ied in the cem etery,Chester . Mr . Rober t Arm itstea d , brother to this schola r , a n d a n a ttor n ey,r esides a t Dun sca r , n ea r Bolton -l e-Moors.

William,son of John Harrison ,

iron m erchant, Chester.[The secon d son of a lderm a n J ohn Ha r r ison , iron m er cha n t, of Chester , a n d

Eliza beth his W ife , on ly daug hter of a lderm a n Gabr iel Smith, who wa s sher iffof tha t city in 1767, a n d m ayor in 1779 .

The Ha r rison s ofChester a r e n owthe sole r epr esen ta tives of the a n cien t yeom a n

fam ily ofHa rr ison ofAldford in tha t coun ty, in which pa r ish a n d vicin ity theywer e sea ted pr ior to the esta blishm en t of pa rochia l r eg ister s. The fam ily wa sfor m a n y yea r s con n ected with the old corpor a tion ofChester .William Ha rr ison , the Ma n chester schola r ,wa s bor n in the Abbey squa r e , Chester ,

a n d baptized a t Chester ca thedra l on the 2 8th October 1798 . He wa s ea r lypla ced in the Kin g

’

s school of tha t city, which wa s then un der the hea d m a stership ofthe r ev. G. H. La rden , who ha d for his secon d m a ster the r ev. Thom a s

Cr a n e, a cla ssica l schola r a n d loca l a n tiqua ry ofhig h sta n d in g . Then ce he wa sshor tly a fter r emoved to the Gr amm a r school ofRuthin , un der the r ev. Edwa rdJon es, his school a ssocia te there a n d a lso a t Chester bein g William Arm itstea d ,

son ofthe rector ofB a ckford . The two boys r emoved tog ether to Ma n chesterin 18 12 , a n d the fr ien dship form ed dur in g six yea rs of school life con tin uedun impa ired to the dea th ofArm itstea d in 1863. On leavin g Ma n chester schoolWilliam Ha r r ison en tered the busin ess establishm en t ofthe family a t Chester ,in due tim e succeeded to his fa ther ’s position there, a n d fin a lly r etired in topr iva te life in 1845.

'He wa s a g ood cla ssic, 9. g rea t r ea der , a n d a m a n of

super ior a tta in m en ts. He wa s pa r ticula r ly fon d of dr awin g , the rudimen ts ofwhi ch he ha d a cquired a t Ruthin from the celebr a ted Pugh, a uthor a n d a r tist ofC a mbr ia D ep icta , who wa s a t tha t time d r awin g m a ster of Ruthin school.This ea r ly ta ste for a r the a ssiduously cultiva ted a s a n am a teur , a n d his 00pies,in oils

,of some of the works of the ol d masters evin ced con siderable ta len ts.


He d ied , un m a r r ied, a t his r esiden ce, Dee B a n k,Chester in 1865, a n dwa sburied

in the cemetery ofthe city . T.

1812.

Novem . 6. Thom as, son of Thom as Hin de, m erchan t,Liverpool .

Thom a sHin de, bor n in Ja n ua ry 1799 , wa s a t D r . Pulford’

s school in Liverpoolbefor e his a dm ission to Ma n chester . His n am e occur s in the lists of publicspea kers fr om 18 13 to 18 17, a n d a s ha vin g g r a dua ted a t J esus colleg e, C ambr idg e , A.B . 18 2 2 , A.M. 1826 . He wa s a n exhibition er ofthe school. He wa sorda in ed to the cura cy of Cockerham , n ea r La n ca ster , a n d in 18 24 becam e

cura te to the r ev. J am es J. Horn by, r ector ofWinwick, La n ca shire, a n d wa ssubsequen tly a ppoin ted by Mr . Leg h of Lym e to the m a stership of the

Gr amm a r school in the pa r ish , which he is sa id to ha ve r a ised to a g ood

position ,a n d to have r eceived ther e the son s of m a n y of the La n ca shir e

g en try. Thr oug h fa ilin g hea lth he r esig n ed the m a ster ship in 1851, a n d

took a house a t Havr e,in Fr a n ce, with the d ouble obj ect of educa tin g his

la r g e fam ily in la n g ua g es, a n d ofta kin g pr iva te pupils ; but on a r rivin g ther e inJun e he took the lowfever , comm on to n ewcom ers, a n d died in July followin g .

A brother ofthis schola r , Richa rd Hin de, esq., is n owr esiden t a t La n ca ster.

John,son ofWilliam Dun stan , govern or of the NewBailey

,Sal

ford.John Dun sta n wa s a ppoin ted the first g overn or of the Coun ty house ofcorrectionfor Cheshire, when erected a t Kn utsford in 1 8 19 . Havin g held this post forn ea rly four yea r s, the Cheshir e m a g istr a tes elected h1m , on the 1st July 182 2

,

to the m or e on erous office of g overn or of the Coun ty pr ison a t Chester , thenva ca n t by the dea th ofMr . J ohn Edwa rd Hudson . In a ccorda n ce with thecustom of la te yea r s, this office wa s a ssocia ted in his per son with the a n cien ttitle ofcon sta ble ofChester ca stle, which he held , like his pr edecessor s, un der apa ten t from the cr own . He held the office for the lon g spa ce of 43 yea rs,dur in g which m a n y improvemen ts wer e m a de in the a r r a n g em en t a n d m a n a g e

men t ofthe pr ison ers. He ha s been twice m a r r ied , his first wife, Miss ElizabethIllidg e , of Ma n chester , died a t Chester ca stle on the 2 2 n d Ap ril 1857, a n d

sever a l ofhis son s a ppea r am on g the schola r s ofMa n chester school in l a ter yea rs.He r esig n ed his posts a t Chester ca stle on the zud Ja n ua ry 1865, with a pen sionof400i . a yea r , a n d is still r esiden t a t Chester .

Hen ry,son of Hen ry Nield


,Man chester.

Frederic a n d Alfred,

son s of John Ford , esq., Abbey field,

Cheshire .The four th a n d fifth son s ofcolon el Forde .

Fr eder ick Forde wa s born on the 2 0th Jun e 180 1,a n d baptized a t Sa n dba ch.

He g r a dua ted a t Tr in ity colleg e , Cambr idg e , A.B . 1825, A.M. 1831, a n d wa sorda in ed dea con a n d pr iest by Dr . C . J. Blomfield, bishop of Chester , in 18 27a n d 182 8 . In the C ler ica l D ir ectory of 1836, he appea rs a s r ector of Chur ch



A.M. 1833. He succeeded his fa ther a s perpetua l cur a te ofB a slow, Derbyshir e ,in a n d held the sam e till his dea th , on the 2 1st D ecem ber 1852 , a g ed

64 yea rs. He held a lso, for the sam e per iod , the a djoin in g chapelry of B eeley.Ther e is a m on um en t to him in the cha pel a t B a slow, on which is r ecorded tha tdur in g the la st yea r s of his in cum ben cy hewa s perm itted to effect the restor a

tion ofthe chur ch .”

George S eal,son of JosephLister

,lin en draper, Halifax.

This schola r is, I thin k , Geor g e Tea le Lister , form er ly a n a ttor n ey in pra ctice a t

Cleckhea ton,n ea r Norma n ton , Yorkshir e , there bein g a m istake in his secon d

chr istia n n ame a s her e en ter ed in the Reg ister .

He d ied a bout thir ty yea r s a g o, a n d is still r em ember ed a t Cleckhea ton a s a n a tiveofHa lifa x, thoug h he wa s n ot bur ied a t the form er pl a ce .

He m a rr ied a sister ofthe la te Cha r les Kn owles, esq., of the Midd le temple, b a r

r ister -a t- l aw.

Richard Sm ith, son ofWilliam Kay, cotton m erchan t,Man chester.

John,son of John William s

,muslin m an ufacturer

,Man chester.

Thom as,son of Edward Wilson

,liquor m erchant

,Nottin gham .

William,son ofWilliam Speakm an

,yeom an

,Til desley, Leigh.

He d ied a bout thir ty yea r s a g o, a n d wa s bur ied a t Leig h.

John,son of John Atkin son

,liquor m erchan t

,Man chester (a ged

Thom as Bagn all,son of Edward Collier

,liquor m erchan t

, Ma n

chesterAfter m ore tha n six yea rs pa ssed in the school, this schola r wa s fur ther educa tedfor the leg a l profession , a n d a ppea rs in the L awL ist of 18 2 9 am on g the a ttor

n eys of Ma n chester . Sin ce the yea r 1 833 he ha s pr a ctised a s a n a ttor n ey inthe town of Liverpool, wher e he is n ow r esiden t. I fin d the n am e in the r e

cords ofthe a n n iversa ry m eetin g s ofthe ol d schola r s in 1831 a n d 1832 .

Charles, son of William Craven,gen t ., Weaste

,n ear Man chester

This schola r , the eldest survivin g son , wa s bor n on the 15th Ja n ua ry 1797, a n dtook pa r t in the public speech day of 18 13 a n d 18 14, a n d en tered S. J ohn ’

s col

leg e , C ambr idg e , wher e he g r a dua ted A.B . in 18 19 , bein g pla ced four teen th ofthe wr a n g ler s of tha t yea r , a n d A.M. in 1824. He wa s orda in ed to the cur a cyof Leig hton B uzza rd

, B edfor dshire,in 18 20

,a n d in Novem ber 18 2 1 wa s a p

poin ted to the m a ster ship of the g r amm a r school a t Alford , Lin coln shire . In

1825 he wen t to In dia , a s the sen ior professor of B ishop’s colleg e, C a lcutta ,wher e he r em a in ed four yea r s. On his r eturn to En g la n d , he wa s a ppoin ted tothe lectur eship of S . Philip’s chur ch, Birm in g ham ; in 1837to the in cumben cy


of S . Peter ’s chur ch in tha t town ; a n d in 1847, by the lord cha n cellor , to ther ectory ofSpexha ll

,n ea r Ha lesworth, Suffolk , where he is n owlivin g .

Mr . Cr a ven m a r r ied on the i5thFebrua ry 1825, the eldest daug hter of J. AudleyLee, esq.

, of Moun t Ver n on , Liverpool, a n d ha s thr ee son s a n d thr ee daug hter ssurvivin g . His eldest son ,

Cha r les Audley Assheton , A.M., ofS . Peter ’s colleg e,Cam br idg e , is cha pla in to H.M. for ces. An other son , Lawren ce Cr aven , n owa

ba rr ister , wa s a fellowofTr in ity colleg e , Cambr idg e, ha vin g g a in ed the Bell un iversity schola r ship

,a fir st cla ss in the cla ssica l tr ipos, a swell a s a pla ce amon g

the se n ior optim es in 1853, a n d the cha n cellor’s (sen ior s) cla ssica l m eda l.

Mr . Cr a ven is the a uthor of the followi n g serm on s : The p r esen t sta te a n dfutur e

p r osp ects of Chr istia n ity. 1 830 . The p r oviden tia l p r eserva tion of our most

g r a cious Queen fr om the l a te tr a itorous a ttemp t up on her life. 1842 . Chur ch

Exten sion . 1843.

John,son of colon el J ohn Hargreaves, Orm erod, Burn ley

The on ly son , bor n on the 10thJ a n ua ry 1804, ofJ ohn Ha rg r eaves, esq., hig h sher ifi'

ofthe coun ty in 18 25, a n d lieuten a n t - colon el ofthe g r d roya l La n ca shire m ilitia,

who m a r r ied Cha r lotte An n e, sole d aug hter a n d heir ess ofLawr en ce Orm erod of

Orm er od, esq.

, the r epresen ta tive of a fam ily lon g r esiden t ther e. The son d iedwhilst a t Oxfor d , in 18 24, a g ed 20 . SeeWilson ’

sMiscel l a n ies (Chetham society’spublica tion s, vol . p . 2 15, n ote .

J am es,son of the late captain Jam es Fil ewood , Man chester (1

Joseph,son of Joseph Fieldin g, calico prin ter, C a tter a l , Garstan g

The fa ther wa s a pa r tn er in exten sive pr in t works a n d fa iled m a n y yea r s a g o. The

son,I am told

,did n ot r ise in the wor ld , a n d is dea d . Of Hen ry Field in g , esq.

,

D .L ., a n d sen ior pa r tn er in the pr in t works, there a ppea r ed a shor t la uda tory

n otice a t the time ofhis dea th , 9thOctober 18 16,in his 6othyea r , in the Gen tle

m a n’

sMa g a z i n e .

Peter,son of Samuel Mottram ,

brewer, SalfordThom as

,son of Sm ithWilson , hosier, Ken dal August 9 .

This schola r wa s brother to the wife ofMr . J . B .Wa n klyn ,see a n te

, p. 6 1 .

Richard,son of John B irley, cotton spin n er

,Man chester

The fa ther of this schola r , who r esided a t this time in Spr in g Ga r den s, wa s theeldest son ofRicha r d B ir ley ofB la ckbur n ,

who m a r r ied Alice , daug hter ofHug hHor n by, esq., of Kirkham , a n d wa s brother to Hug h Horn by B ir ley, esq.

, J .P.

a n d D .L .,who lived in Mosley street, a n d a fterwa rds a t B room house, Eccles,

a n d to J oseph B ir ley, esq., D .L .,who lived a t Ford B a n k ; hon our a ble n am es

lon g con n ected with Ma n chester , a n d usefully prom in en t on public occa sion s.His eldest son , Richa rd, bor n on the 15th Ma r ch 180 1, m a r r ied on the l othMa r ch

1825, Ma ry An n ,daug hter ofJ ohn Ha rdm a n

, esq.,ofMa n chester , who m a rried


MissMa ry Tippin g . (See Reg ister , vol . 11. p . He wen t out to Ca n a da , settl ed ther e , a n d d ied on the 3rd Novem ber 1845, le avin g survivin g issue, on eson a n d two d a ug hter s. A youn g er brother of this schola r , the r ev. WilliamB ir ley, wa s som etim e perpetua l cur a te of Chorlton -cum -Ha rdy

,a n d on e of

H. M . in spectors ofschools.

Aaron,son of Christopher Wether a l l

,butcher, Salford

Jam es,son of John Thorn ley

, surgeon , Man chesterHe served his a ppr en ticeship with his fa ther , pa ssed the examin a tion a t Apothe

ca r ies’ ha ll in 18 29, a n d pr a ctised a s a sur g eon a t Newton Hea th to the time of

his dea th, g rd September 1847. He left a widowa n d eig ht children .

Edward,son of the late John Bate

,m erchan t, Etruria, N . C .

This n ame occurs amon g those pr esen t a t the a n n iversa ry m eetin g of 184 1.

Thom as,son of the late Thom asMiln e, attorn ey, Man chester

For his fa ther , who d ied in 18 10, see Reg ister , vol . i . p . 1 84, a n d vol . ii. p . 2 84.Thom a s Jon es Miln e, who is n ow livin g a t Ca r lisle, wa s ca lled to the b a r , by thehon . society ofLin coln ’

s in n , but ha s n ever pr a ctised.

Ben j am in,son of John Clegg

,m an ufacturer, Man chester

Thom as,son ofWilliam Hale, hatter, Man chester

Joseph,son of JosephGleave

,prin ter

,Man chester

Samuel,son of the late John Royle, m erchan t

,Man chester

Hugh, son of JosiahTwyford, corn dealer, Man chester (12)

He succeeded his fa ther a s stewa rd ofthe school m ills. See Reg ister , vol . 11. p. 246 .

Samuel,son of Thom as C a sh

,sawyer, Man chester

Thom as, son of JosiahTwyford, corn dealer, Man chesterThom as son of Thom as Budd

,paper m an ufacturer, Man chester

Thomas, son of Thom as Lun ey, locksm ith, Man chesterOctober 21. Edward , son of Jam esWatkin s

,esq.

,n ear Bolton

The fa ther of this schola r lived a t Grea t Lever , n ea r Bolton , wa s a m a g istr a te ofthe coun ty of La n ca ster

,a n d m ajor in the Bolton loca l m ilitia . The son ,

Edwa rd Ma l ebon e W a tkin s, bor n on the zud April 180 1, wa s a t Bolton g r am

m a r school befor e his a dm ission to Ma n chester , a n d subsequen tly en tered a

m er cha n t’s ofli ce in Lon don . He died a t his fa ther ’s house, ofcon sumption , onthe 12thFebrua ry 1826

,in his 25thyea r .

James, son of Ham let Ben t

,cotton m erchan t , Mytholm ,

Yorkshire

D ied zud October 1832 , a t Bowlin g ha ll, n ea r Bra dford, a g ed 6 8 , Hamlet Ben t ,esq.

”Gen t.Ma g .



year s,took pa r t in the public speeches from 18 20 to 18 23, wa s then a dmitted

to B r a sen ose colleg e, Oxfor d , with a school exhibition , a n d g r a dua ted B .A. on

19thOctober 1 8 26 ; M.A. on the 18 th Jun e 18 29 . Ea r ly in 18 26 he wa s n om in a ted to on e of Hulm e

’

s exhibition s. Ha vin g ta ken holy or der s, he wa s a p

poin ted by the ea r l of Stam ford a n d Wa r r in g ton to the perpetua l cura cy of

Ca r r in g ton , Cheshire, which he n owholds, bein g a lso r ur a l dea n . Mr . Her on ,

who is a lso a feoffee of Chetham’

s hospita l , wa s pr esiden t a t the a n n iversa rym eetin g of old schola rs in 1837, when D r . Sm ith r eceived a costly pr esen t ofpla te from his pupil s, on r esig n in g the office of hig h m a ster .

For his youn g er brother , Ha rry, see Reg ister , a n n o 1 8 2 2 .

William a n d John,son s of Ben j am in Rawson

,vitriol m erchan t

,

Darley hall,n ear Bolton , Lan cashire (12 a n d I I ).

For their fa ther , see Reg ister , vol . i . p. 155.

Richard,son of the late Richard Germ an ,

coal m erchan t,Pember

ton,n ear Wigan

,Lan cashire

Richard,son of R. Seed

,farm er, Kirby, Lan cashire

He died ea r ly in life. The fam ily left Kirkby m a n y yea rs a g o.

John,son of the late William Broadhurst, calico m an ufacturer ,Man chester

Ma rch 2-9. Thom as, son of John Wheeler, prin ter of theMa n chester Chr on icle,

For his un cle Jam es, see Reg ister , vol . ii. p. 19 1 a n d for his br other Cha r les, seea n te

, PP: 52 , 53

Thom a s Wheeler took pa r t on the public speech d ay of_1 820 . Ha vin g pr a ctised

for some tim e a s a n a ttor n ey in Ma n chester,he stud ied for the hig her br a n ch of

the profession ,a n d wa s ca lled to the b a r , a s a m em ber ofthe M idd le temple

, on

the 16thJa n ua ry 1846 , a n d r eceived the deg ree of LL .B . a s a mem ber of S .John ’

s colleg e, Cam br idg e, in 1853, a n d ofLL .D . in 1857.Thom a sWheeler , whose n am e a ppea r s frequen tly in the r ecor ds ofthe a n n iversa ryfestiva ls, a n d a s the sen ior stewa rd in 1856 , is n ow serjea n t - a t-l aw

,a n d on e of

the j udg es of the coun ty cour ts ofLa n ca shire . He ha s published a Tr a n sl a tionof the Foun d a tion Cha r ter of the Col l eg e of Chr ist i n Ma n chester

,1 847, 8vo,

a n d,it is believed , other loca l pamphlets.

William ,son ofWilliam Wa n klyn ,

m erchan t,Man chester

For his brothers, Jam esHibber t a n d John Br a dshaw, see a n te,p . 59 .

William Wa n klyn , the third son, bor n on the 7thJuly 1 805, becam e a silk ma n u

fa ctur er , a n d r esided a l l his life in the boroug h of Sa lford , ofwhich he wa sboroughreeve, a n d a t the tim e of his dea th on e of the a lderm en . He took a na ctive pa r t in loca l politics, in the stirr in g timeswhich pr eceded a n d followed thefirst par liam en ta ry r eform bill, bein g a con serva tive in his Opin ion s, a n d wa s a

MANCHESTER S’

CHOOL REGISTER.

m a n much a n d deservedly r espected . He died on the 17th Apr il 1858 , ha vin gm a rr ied Ma ry

, d aug hter ofMr . Na tha n Kn ig ht of Pen d leton , by whom he lefttwo son s a n d two da ughters, a n d wa s bur ied in the chur chya r d ofEccles. He

occa sion a lly a tten ded the a n n iver sa ry m eetin g s, a n d wa s jun ior stewa rd in 1846 ,

a s coll ea g ue to the r ev. Rober t Horn by,M.A.

William,son ofWilliam Gleave, cotton m erchan t, Man chester (1 Feb rlieii’y 29 .

This schola r ’s n am e appea r s amon g the public speakers in 18 16—18 20, a n d I fin d

the sam e am on g the g en tlem en common er s a t Br a sen ose colleg e, Oxford, in theyea r s imm ed ia tely followin g but he does n ot appea r to ha ve g r a dua ted .

Oswald, son of Robert Fielden , justice of the peace, Didsbury August to.

For his fa ther , see R eg ister , vol . i . p . 173.

His youn g est son ,Oswa ld , a ppea r s am on g the public spea ker s ofthe school in 18 14.

He wa s a n Hulm ia n exhibition er a t B r a sen ose colleg e , Oxfor d , where he g r a dua ted B .A. on the 13th May 18 18 , a n d M.A. on the 27thJa n ua ry 1831 . Mr .

Fielden wa s orda in ed dea con a n d pr iest in the d iocese of Lichfield , a n d wa s forsom e time cur a te in sole cha r g e of the pa r ish ofWeston -un der -Liza r d, n ea r

Shiffn a l , to the r ectory ofwhich he wa s pr esen ted by the la te ea r l of B r a dfordin 1833. This ben efice Mr . Fielden r esig n ed in 1859 , a n d is n ow r esiden t a tLea sin g ham , in Lin coln shir e . He m a r r ied his cousin , An n a Ma r ia , youn g erd aug hter of the r ev. John Peplos Mosley, A.M.

,r ector ofRolleston , Stafford

shi r e.

Robert a n d William,son s of Dr. Agn ew,

Man chester (12 a n d I I ).For a n elder brother

,J ohn

, see a n te,p . 39 .

John , son of Jam es Gee, ha t m an ufacturer, Hollinwood, Lan cashire

He wa s the eldest son , a n d, a t his fa ther ’s dea th , becam e a p a r tn er in the firm ,

un der the n am e of J am es Gee a n d son s, which wa s on e of the la r g est a n d bestkn own i n the tr a de . He d ied a t his r esiden ce , Lime house, Hollinwood , inMa r ch 1830, from the effects of cold taken whilst tr avellin g , a n d wa s buried inthe fam ily va ult, in Oldham pa r ish chur ch .

JosephDun kerley,son of Jam es Cocks, surgeon ,

OldhamRichard

,son of Robert Wilson

,publican

,Man chester

Alfred a n d Charles, son s of William Clegg, cotton m an ufacturer,Oldham (14 a n d

Hen ry,son of the r ev. Richard Whitelock, Cheetham Hill

Hen ry Hutchin s,the thir d son ,

bor n in Ma r ch 1807 (a n elder br other , Thom a s

Hen ry,havin g d ied in 18 15, a t the a g e of ten yea r s) , wen t in 1 8 2 1 to In dia

,a s

m idshipm a n , to join the Bombay m a r in e service, a fterwa rds desig n a ted the In d ia nn avy

,a n d wa s a ppoin ted to the survey ship a n d when he r etur n ed to En g la n d


in 1836 , for the r ecovery ofhis hea lth , wa s holdin g the impor ta n t a n d respon

sible office ofa ssista n t to the super in ten den t ofthe In dia n n avy, r ea r -a dmir a l sirCha r les Ma lcolm , to which he ha d been a ppoin ted in 1833. He d ied on boa rdthe vessel con veyin g him to Suez , on the 2 6thOctober 1836 , a t the a g e of 2 9 ,

havin g ea r n ed the r eputa tion of a n a ble officer , who would , ha d he lived , haver isen to still hig her d istin ction . He wa s i n En g la n d in 1831, a n d presen t a t thea n n iversa ry m eetin g ofthe ol d schola r s in tha t year .

Robert,son of the rev. Robert Littler, curate of S an dbach

,

CheshireThe fa ther of this schola r is descr ibed in the C l er ica l Guide of 18 17, a s perpetua lcura te ofGoostree , in the pa r ish ofSa n dba ch .

His elder son , Rober t, bor n on the 2 8th October 1800, a fter takin g pa r t in the

public speeches in 18 15—17, wa s n om in a ted to a school exhibition in the followin g yea r , a n d g ra dua ted of B r a sen ose colleg e, Oxfor d, B .A. 13th Jun e 182 1

M.A. 31st Ja n ua ry 1824. He wa s a ppoin ted a n Hulmia n exhibition er in 1820.

Ha vin g taken holy ordershe held the cur a cy of Stockpor t for some l ittle time,a n d wa s pr esen ted by the r ector to the perpetua l cur a cy of Ma rple , in tha tpa r ish . In the C l er ica l D ir ectory of 1836 , he a ppea r s a s perpetua l cur a te ofCha dkirk, a n d of Poyn ton

,havin g been pr esen ted to the former in 1826

, a n d to

the la tter , by la dy Ve rn on , in 1832 . He r ebuilt the chur ch a t Poyn ton in 1859 ,

ha vin g pr eviously pr ovided spa cious schools for the use of the pa r ish,a n d d ied

a t Poyn ton on the 23rd Jun e 1864. Ther e is a rur a l tablet to his memory inthe church . Mr . Litl er , who wa s chapla in to the ea r l ofWin ter ton ,

ha vin gsucceeded his fa ther in tha t office, m a rr ied Ma ry, da ug hter of J oseph Bellot,esq.

,by whom he ha d four childr en . His son , J oseph Bellot Litl er, M.A.

,

n owvica r ofLla n trissen t, Mon m outhshire, wa s a dmitted to the school in 1844.

I fin d his n ame in the r ecords of som e ofthe a n n iversa ry meetin g s.

Edward a n d John ,son s of Robert Hughes, pain ter, Manchester

(1 1 a n d

Jam esHen ry,son of Jam esHolden , cotton merchan t, Manchester

William,son of Jam es Murray

,con fection er

,Man chester

William,son of Thom asWhitelock

,m aster porter, Man chester

Edward,son of John Shawcross, attorn ey

’s clerk

,Man chester

Richard,son of W illiam Ston ehewer , cotton m erchan t

,Ma n

chester (1Frederick William

,son of William Fazakerley, publican , Man

chesterRichard , son of John Smethurst, muslin m anufacturer, Salford (1


MANCHESTER SCHOOL'

REGISTER .

by ma rr ia g e, Mr .Rober t Ell is Cun l iffe , a n d a fterwa r ds pr a ctised a s a n a ttor n eyin Ma n chester ; first a s pa r tn er in the firm ofRa dford a n d Lea f

, a n d a fterwa rdsin pa r tn ership with his brother Ar thur , a s“Hen ry a n d Ar thur Lea f.” He wa sn ever m a rried, a n d died on the 17th Ja n ua ry 1837, a n d wa s bur ied a t S. Philip’schur ch, Sa lford .

John , son of Thom asPickford, post -m aster, Chapel - l e -Frith,Der

byshire

This schola r , the on ly son ,wa s born a t Chapel -en—l e -Fr ith, on the 2 6thJun e 1799,

a n d on leavin g school wa s a r ticled to a Liverpool firm of solicitor s. He subse

quen tly pr a ctised for m a n y yea r s a t Con g leton a s a solicitor , with much success,a n d wa s con n ected with the corpor a tion of tha t boroug h , bein g for som e yea rson e of the a lderm en , a n d servin g the office ofm ayor in 1840 a n d 1845. He

m a r r ied on the 3r st Decem ber 1829 , Helen ,d aug hter of J. D ra keford , esq.

,by

whom he ha d two son s a n d two da ughters. His e ldest son , John , M.A. of

Queen ’

s colleg e, Oxfor d, is n owvica r ofNewton -on -Rawcl ifi’

e, in the coun ty of

Y ork : the youn g er , Cha r les Cor n elius, became a solicitor in Ma ccl esfiel d , a n d

died on the 25thJa n ua ry 1870 . His elder a n d survivin g daug hter m a rr ied in

1856 Chr istopher Alston ,esq.

Mr . John Pickfor d d ied on the 19th Ja n ua ry 1867, in his 6 8th yea r , a n d wa s inter red in a va ult in S . Peter ’s churchya rd , Con g leton .

Marm a duke, son of Thom as Vavasour, esq., Rochdale , La n e.[Ma rm a duke, seven th a n d youn g est son ofThom a sHippon Va va sour , esq.

, of the

Butts, Rochda le, by hiswife Pen elope, da ug hter ofEdmun d Sm ith ofRochda le,m ercha n t, wa s born in the yea r 1798 . R .]

He g r a dua ted B .A. of B r a sen ose colleg e, Oxford, on the 2 n d Jun e 1820,bein g

pla ced in the secon d cla ss in Int .Hum . a t the prev iousEa ster exam in a tion , a n d

M.A. on the 3othMay 18 2 2, a n d wa s on e ofHulm e

’s exhib ition er s. He wa s

orda in ed dea con a n d pr iest by D r . Hen ry Ryder , bishop ofGloucester , a n d pre

sen ted by the m a r quis ofHa stin g s in 3833 to the vica r a g e ofAshby-de- l a -Z ouch,

Leicester , a n d of Sm isby in Derbyshir e, both ofwhich b en efices he n owholds.He is on e of the rur a l dea n s in the diocese of Peterboroug h, a n d a n hon or a ryca n on of tha t ca thedr a l.

[He m a r r ied , on the 19th May 18 26, a t Stoke Severn ,

Ma ry An n, daughter of

the r ev. J . F. S . F. St. John , M.A.,r ector of Stowe a n d preben d a ry ofWor

oester , a n d ha d issue thr ee d aug hter s a n d coheirs, ofwhom Pen elope , the eldest,wa s the wife of the r ev. J ohn Morewood Gr esley, M.A., r ector of Over a n d

Nether -Sca le, in the coun ty of Leicester , the descen d a n t of sir Thom a s Greel ey,

the secon d ba ron et, of Dr akelowa n d Nethersea l e ha ll. Mr . Va va sour wa s dom estic cha pla in to Richa rd secon d duke of Buckin gham a n d Cha n dos. R .]

John,son of Thom asWoodcock, ban ker, Wig an , Lan cashire

He took part in the public speeches of 18 16,a n d succeeded his fa ther a s sen ior


pa rtn er in the Wig a n ba n k. He wa s in the comm ission of the Pea ce for bothboroug h a n d coun ty, a n d wa s elected m ayor ofWig a n i n 1832 33. He died a t

hi s r esiden ce, the Elms n ea rWig a n , on the 3rd Decem ber 1865, a t the a g e of65.

Hen ry,son of the late rev. C. John son , fellowof the old church,Man chester (14)

For his fa ther see Reg ister , vol . i . p. 170 . [Edwa rd Hen ry, fourth son , in holyorders, m a r r ied a t Cla pham ,

26th Aug ust 1834, Ma ry , daug hter of the rev.

Thom a s Scott ofClapham house . Mr . John son wa s sometime vica r ofPolin g inSussex, a n d is n owpreben da ry ofChichester ca thedr a l. R .]

Will iam,son of the r ev. Thom as Fal con er

,Bath

,Somerset I

For a n otice ofhis fa ther , the rev. Thom a s Fa lcon er , M.A.,M.D .

, see Reg ister ,

vol . ii. p . 1 14—1 19 .

Will iam Fa lcon er , the eldest son , wa s a dmi tted a comm on er of Or iel coll eg e, Oxford

,ofwhich D r.Edwa rd Copleston (a fterwa rds bishop ofLl a n dafi

'

)wa s then p rovost, on the 1othDecember 18 19 ; a n d a t the Micha elm a s exam in a tion in 1823wa spla ced in the secon d division of the secon d cl ass in Lit. Hum , a n d in the firstcla ss in D is.Ma th. et Phys. His deg r ees d a te a s follows ; B .A. zud December1 823 M.A. 25thOctober 1827. He wa s elected a fellowof Exeter colleg e onthe 3othJun e 18 27, a n d a ppoin ted on e of the exam in er s for the m a them a tica lschola r ship in 1832 , a n d m a thema tica l exam in er for the B .A. deg r ee in 1832

—33,

a n d 1836—37—38 . He wa s presen ted by the colleg e to the r ectory of Bushey,

Her ts, in 1839 (havin g been orda in ed dea con a n d pr iest in 1837a n d

which ben eficehe holds a t the presen t time, bein g a lso a m a g istra te ofthe coun tyofHertford a n d the liber ty of S . Alba n .

He is, in con jun ction withMr.H. C.Ham ilton , the tr a n sla tor of The g eog ra phyof Str a bo,” in Bohn

’

s C l a ssica l Libr a ry, 3 vols., 1857 the la st eleven booksbein g his por tion ofthe work.

Robert,son ofWilliam Neilson ,

m erchan t, LiverpoolIn the yea rs 1 8 15 a n d 18 16 Rober t Neilson took pa r t in the public speeches. He

ha s for som e yea rs resided a t Ha lewood, n ea r Liver pool, a n d is a m a g istr a te of

the coun ty, a n d cha irma n ofthe visitin g j ust ices of tha t division ofthe county.

Christopher, son of JosephTodd, ha t-lin in g- cutter, Man chester, Ma rch 19.

His n am e a ppea r s frequen tly in the records of the a n n iversary meetin g s, a n d a s

vice-pr esiden t in 1832 .

John,son of John Barber. clerk to the Old Q uay

chesterThomas

,son of John Hickson ,


In theMa n chester a nd Sa lford D ir ectory of 1865I fin d Thoma sHig son , a ttorn ey,


clerk to the city m a g istr a tes a n d the sam e n am e occurs amon g the ol d schola rspresen t a t the a n n iversa ry festiva l in 1829 .

Ma rbhl sz g . John , son of J. William son , ag en t to the Royal Exchan ge Fire

office,Man chester (10)

He became pa r tn er with his fa ther (who held the office ofa g en t to the Roya l Excha n g e Fire office for the lon g per iod offifty-six yea rs, a n d wa s con ductor of S.Stephen ’

s Sun day school, Sa lford , for forty -two yea rs, a n d whose n am e a ppea rsin the Reg ister , vol . ii. p . a n d died a t the ea rly a g e of 2 1.

29. James, son of Samuel Mottram ,brewer

,Salford

29. John ,son of John Wheeler, editor of the Chron icle, Man chester

For his brothers Cha r les a n d Thom a s, see a n te pp. 52 , 10 2 .

Hewa s editor for some tim e of a B olton n ewspaper , a n d a fterwa rdswen t to London .

30. Thom asWilliam ,son of Thom as Barrow

,esq.

, Ordsa l , SalfordSever a l of the fam ily of B a rrow served the office of boroughr eeve of Sa lfor d inthe eighteen th cen tury . Ordsa ll ha ll wa s former ly the proper ty of the Rad

clyfi'

es.

30. Edward,son of William Wa n klyn , cotton merchan t

,Manchester

For his brothers Jam esH. a n d John B . see a n te,p .59, a n d for William ,

p . 102 .Edwa rd Wa n klyn took pa r t in the public speech day of 18 24, a n d wa s a dmitted a

common er ofBr a sen ose colleg e, Oxford , wher e he g r a dua ted B .A. on the 6th

Ma r ch 1829 , a n d a fterwa rds studied for the b a r . He m a r r ied his cousin , Ma ryJa n e, daug hter ofMr . J ohn Br a dshawofWea ste, n ea r Ma n chester , a n d ha s

on e son a n d two daug hters. Mr . Edwa rd Wa n klyn , who wa s presen t a t thea n n iver sa ry festiva l of 1830 , is a director of the Grea t Wester n r a ilwa y, a n dn owr esiden t in Lon don .

William,son of William Tate

,agen t to the Phoen ix Fire office

,

Man chester (10)There is a n otice ofthe fa ther of this schola r in Reg ister , vol . 11. p . 1 12 .William Jam es Ta te, the elder son , born on the 6thApr il 1805, succeeded hisfa ther a s a g en t to the Phoen ix fire office, which office he n owholds. He servedthe office of con stable of Ma n chester in the yea rs 1844 a n d 1845, un der the oldr eg ime

,bein g the la st a ppoin tmen t. His n ame occurs occa sion a lly amon g the

ol d schola rs a t the a n n iversa ry m eetin g s, a n d a s vice- cha irma n in 1844, a s col

lea g ue to the rev.H.Ethelston e. Mr . Ta te m a rr ied, on the 19th Ja n ua ry 1 843,

Emma , secon d daug hter ofMr . John Pooley ofHulme, a n d is n owresiden t a tDunham Massey, n ea r Ma n chester.



tra te ofthe coun ty, m a r r ied Dorothy An n e, the youn g est da ug hter of Edwa rdGorst, esq.

, ofPr eston , a n d ha s issue thr ee son s a n d two da ug hter s.Mr .Hul ton ,

who ha s been on e of the coun cil of the Chetham society sin ce 1848 ,

edited for the society, The Coucher B ook,or Cha r tul a ry of Wha l l ey A bbey,

in

4 vols. ; a n d a lso, in 1 vol ., D ocumen ts r e l a tin g to the Pr iory of Penwor tham ,

a n d other p ossession s in L a n ca shir e of the Abbey ofEvesha m .

He a lso published A Tr ea tise on the L awof Con viction s, with the sta tutes a n d

forms app l ica ble to summa ry con viction s befor e J ustices of the Pea ce, 12m o.

Lon don 1835.

Hen ry,son of the r ev. John Robin son

,D .D .

,Raven ston e Dale ,

Westm orelan dThe fa ther ofthis schola r wa s a uthor ofa well-kn own a n d useful Theol og ica l , B ibl ica l , a n d Ecc lesia stica l D iction a ry, ofA r chce log ia Gr eeca ,

a n d ofsever a l h istor ica l works wa s elected a m ember ofthe Fr en ch in stitute, a n d promoted by thebishop ofCa r lisle to the r ector ies ofClibur n a n d Clifton . He d ied a t the la tterpla ce on the 4thDecember 1840, a g ed 66, a n d wa s buried in the cha n cel of the

His elder son , Hen ry, took holy orders, bein g orda in ed pr iest in 18 25 by D r,

Samuel Gooden ough, bishop of Ca r lisle. He becam e m a ster of the g ramm a r

school a t Bampton in Westmor ela n d , a n d perpetua l cur a te of Ma r tin da le intha t pa r ish. He wa s m a r r ied a n d left issue n ow dea d , a n d died in July 1830 ,

a g ed 30 , a n d wa s in ter red in the cha n cel of Ra ven ston e-d a le chur ch, ofwhich

his fa ther wa s then vica r . The youn g er son , Rober t, is n owvica r ofMa llersta n g ,in the pa r ish of Kirkby Stephen , Westmorela n d .

John,son of John Cosgrave, farm er

, n ear Castlegar, Ire lan dJohn

,son of William Laven der

,agen t to the water works

, Ma n

chesterLawren ce a n d Richard

,son s of Robert Yates

,drysalter

,Ma n

chester (1 1 a n d

Thom as,son ofWilliam Steven son

,farm er, Stretford

Thoma s,th ird son ofWil l iam Steven son , g en t., U rmston , a djoin in g Stretford , who

fa rm ed his own esta te, a n d of Ma r ia his wife, d aug h ter ofWilliam Coulbor n ,

m ercha n t, Liverpool, wa s bor n on the 10thDecember 1806,a n d baptiz ed a t S .

Stephen ’s chur ch, Sa lford , on the 7thJa n ua ry 1807. He died a t the ea r ly a g eof 18, on the 17thApr il 1825, a n d wa s buried a t Flixton , the pa r ish church ofU rmston .

Mr . John Steven son , of the firm of Steven son a n d Lycett, attorn ies, Ma n chester ,is a brother ofthis schola r .

25. William Thom as, son of William B a tt,bookkeeper, Manchester


18 15John

,son of Ben jam i n Booth

, warper, Man chester Septem . 25.

Christopher, son ofChristopher Blaise,drysalter , Man chester (1

Edward, son of George In g l esen t, hatter, Man chester (10)Jam es, son of Hen ry Driver

,grocer, Man chester

Hugh, son of the r ev. Hen ry Foster,curate of Wood Plum pton

( I7)The fa ther wa s perpetua l cur a te ofWood Plumpton , in the pa r ish ofS . Micha el’s

on -Wyre, La n ca shire, to the yea r 1836 . The son ,on lea vin g school, becam e a ssis

ta n t in Ma ccl esfiel d school,a n d a fterwa rds en ter ed S . B ees colleg e, but d id n ot

even tua lly take holy orders. He ma r ried a la dy n amed Sm ith, a n d kept a boa rd in gschool for som e yea r s, but r etir ed m a n y yea rs befor e his dea th . He ha d som e

loca l r eputa tion for cla ssica l a tta in men ts. Hewa s bur ied a tWood Plumpton on

the 29thSeptember 1870 ,a g ed 72 .

Thom as,son ofWilliam Newberry

,silk man ufacturer

,Man chester October z .

Thom as a n d John ,son s of John Greenwood, cotton m erchan t ,

Man chester (9 a n d

Thom a sGreenwood ,whowa s en g a g ed in the Ma n chester tra de, r esided a tPol efiel d ,

Pr estwich. Hewa s vicep residen t a t the a n n iver sa ry m eetin g of 1836 a s collea g ueto the r ev. J. Streyn sham Ma ster a n d a g a in in 1842 a s locum ten en s for Mr .

T . Seddon Scholes.

Jam es,son of Alexan der Gordon

,tradesm an , Man chester

An drewa n d Thom as,son s of Gavin Ham ilton

,surgeon ,

Man chester (1 1 a n d

The fa ther ofthese schola rs held office a s on e ofthe hon ora ry sur g eon s ofthe Roya lin firm a ry from 1790 to 18 26 . He wa s or ig in a lly a n a rmy sur g eon , a n d cam e to

Ma n chester with his r eg im en t, the queen ’

s bays,a n d a fterwa r ds settled there. He

m a rr ied,on the 2 8thMay 1799, MissWa rd

,a n d d ied a t Ma n chester on the 25th

Aug ust 18 29 , a n d wa s bur ied a t S . J ohn ’

s chur ch . An drewHamilton , bor n inOctober 1803, wen t out to the West In dies a t the ear ly a g e of 16

,a n d d ied a t

J am a ica offever in the m on th of October 18 23. Thoma s Perrott Ham ilton isn owresiden t a t Ram sa y, Isle ofMa n , a widower a n d without issue.

18 16Jam es Kershaw, son of Benjam i n Barlow

,ha t m an ufacturer

,Februa ry l .

Rochdale (14)[The secon d son . He d ied

, un m a rr ied , some fewyea rs a g o, havin g pr eviously r etiredfrom busin ess. R .]

Frederick , son of JosephHutton , surgeon , Sta leybridg e


Lee,son of the late r ev. Peter Halsted

,rector of Grappenhall ,

CheshireFor his fa ther see Reg ister , vol . i . p . 18 1.Leg h Domvil l e Ha lstea d , on lea vin g school, wa s a r ticled to Messrs. Nicholls a n d

Wor thin g ton , solicitors, Altr i n cham ,Cheshir e . He subsequen tly en tered the

Ea st In dia com pa n y’s service,a n d d ied in In dia about the yea r 1835.

George Best,son of the r ev. Thom as Brown , Tideswell, Derby

shireHis fa ther wa s for m a n y yea r s m a ster

“of the free g ramm a r school, Tideswell, a n d

wa s colla ted to the vica r a g e of tha t pa r ish by the dea n a n d cha pter of Lichfiel don the 3rd October 1796 . He held tha t ben efice for for ty yea r s, dyin g on the

2 2n d November 1836 , in the 8 zud yea r ofhis a g e . He wa s a con tr ibutor to theNa utica l A lm a n a ch', havin g for m a n y yea rs supplied the m a them a tica l ca lculation s for tha t jour n a l.

Geor g e B est Br own wa s baptized on the 2 3d Februa ry 1797, a n d g r a dua ted A.B . a t

Cla r e ha ll, Cam br idg e, in 182 2 . Ha vin g ta ken holy orders in 18 26 he officia teda s cur a te for his fa ther . He d ied a tHul m e, Ma n chester , on the z l stApr il 1871 ,a n d wa s bur ied a tWormhill, a sm a ll villa g e n ea r Tideswell. He left four son sa n d thr ee da ug hters.

John Partin gton , son of the late John Aston,liquor m erchant

,

Man chesterThis schola r , son of John Aston a n d hiswife Alice

, d aug hter of John Pa r tin g ton ,liquor m er cha n t , wa s bor n on the 9th November 1805, a n d on leavin g schoolwa s a r ticled , in 18 2 2

, toMr .William Claug hton , a n a ttor n ey in Ma n chester of

hig h r eputa tion ,who d ied in the followin g yea r , a n d shor tly befor e his dea th

wa s tra n sfer red a s a n a r ticled clerk toMr . Thom a s Ain swor th, a n d a g a in tr a n sferr ed, on his decea se, to his pa r tn er , Mr . J am es Crossley, the pr esen t pr esiden tofthe Chetham society. Mr . Aston wa s a dm itted a s a n a ttor n ey a n d solicitor inEa ster term 182 8, a n d in the followin g yea r becam e pa r tn er in the firm ofKay,Ba r lowa n d Aston (see Reg ister , vol . ii. p. Mr .Kay r etired in 1842 , a n d

the pa r tn er ship between Mr . B a r lowa n d Mr . Aston wa s dissolved a t the en d of

1854, a fter whichMr . Aston wa s join ed by his son , a n d the firm ofAston a n d

son still con tin ues.Mr . Aston a cted for m a n y yea r s a s secr eta ry, a n d on e of the solicitor s to the trustees of the will (for educa tion a l pur poses) , of Mr . J ohn Owen s, m er cha n t,foun der of the Owen ’

s colleg e. The secr eta ryship he r esig n ed in 1867, but a tthe r equest of the trustees con tin ued to be their solicitor , a n d a ccepted the

office of their hon ora r v secreta ry. The colleg e ha s r ecen tly been exten ded , a n dits g overn ors in corpor a ted by successive a cts of pa r liam en t ( 1870 a n d 1871)un der “the title of “The Owen ’

s Colleg e,”

of which Mr . Aston ha s beena ppoin ted solicitor a n d secr eta ry : the coun cil in their r epor t to the cour t of



ber 1833MissMa rg a ret For ster ,who possessed some la n ded proper ty a tReddishin the p a rish ofLymm . He died on the 25thDecember 1 842 , but hiswidowisstill livin g .

O

. A son of this schola r , Thom as Grun dy, is a n a ttorn ey, n owp ra ctiein g in Ma n chester .

J ohn,son of JosephScholfield

,collector

,Stockport

Edward , son of the r ev. C . W. Ethelston,fellow of the old

church 10)For the fa ther a n d un cle ofthis schol a r see Reg ister , vol . 11. pp.4 a n d. 35.

Edwa rds Ethelston , the eldest son by the secon d wife,born 9thAug ust 1805, took

p a r t in the public speech day of 182 1—2 3, a n d g r a dua ted A.B . of Pembroke colleg e Cambr idg e, 1830. He subsequen tly studied for the m ed ica l pr ofession

,a n d

wa s a member ofthe Roya l coll eg e of surg eon s. In the D ir ector ies of 1840-

45,

he a ppea rs a s residen t in Ma n chester . He died a bout six yea r s a g o.

George,son of the late George Burgess, calico prin ter, Bristol

Jam es,son of Edmun d Taylor

,surgeon

,O ldfield Lan e

For his brother s, Georg e a n d John , see Reg ister , vol . 11. p. 2 30 , a n d sup r a p . 42 .

The fa ther wa s the eccen tr ic Ol dfiel d -la n e doctor, ofwhom it is sa id tha t, keen

a s he wa s a fter mon ey, he would n ever g et up from his d in n er ta ble, to whichm ea l he devoted three hour s, to serve a n y on e . His son James is sa id to ha vebeen on the turf, a n d to ha ve d ied som e yea rs a g o.

John,son of John Bradshaw, m erchan t, Man chester

The fa ther ofthis schola r wa s pa r tn er in the well-kn own firm ofHibber t,Wa n klyn

a n d B r a dshaw(for a n a ccoun t ofwhich see Reg ister , vol . i . pp . 199 , Mr .

Hibber t bein g his brother -in -l aw.

John Br a dshaw, jun ior , wa s the eldest son , a n d m a r ried, in 1838 , Ma ry Ja n e, theeldest daug hter ofMr .Georg eHole, cotton spin n er ofMa n chester a n d ofPen dleton . Mr . Bra dshawleft Ma n chester in 1844, a n d is n owr esidi n g a t Kn owle ,n ea r Guildford , Sur rey. His son s, John a n d Ar thur , represen t the ol d firm ,

a n d in the ol d pla ce, Ar tillery street .Mr . John Bra dshaw’

s n ame a ppea rs amon g those presen t a t the a n n iversa ry m eetin gof 1830.

8° George,'

son of the late Mr. Barton,surgeon ,

ManchesterThis scholar is, I believe, the r ev. Geor g e Ba r ton , whose dea th is r ecor ded in the

Gen tlema n’sMa g a zin e a s fol lows

D ied, a g ed 33, on the 12thSeptember , 1840, a t his r esiden ce in the Min sterya rd, Lin coln , the rev. Georg e B a rton ,M.A.

A scholar of this n ame took pa r t amon g the sen ior schola rs in the public speechesof 1823 a n d 1824 ; a n d I fin d the same n am e amon g the g r a dua tes a t B r a sen osecol leg e, Oxford, a s B .A.

'

on the 7thFebrua ry 18 28, a n d M.A. on the 13th Jun e1832 ; a n d, with the la tter deg ree a tta ched

,in the records of the a n n i versa ry

festiva l in 1835.


Charles Frederick Augustus, son of William Ron deau, attorney, Apr ii8 ’6

9 .

Man chesterLawren ce, son of Thom as Harris, m erchan t, An coats Crescent ,

Man chesterDan iel

,son of John Horn by, m erchan t

,B lackburn

The eldest son , a n d g r a n dson of Hug h Hor n by, esq., ofKirkham , a n d bor n on the

2 3rd J un e 1 800 . His n am e occur s amon g the sen ior schola r s a t the speech daysof 18 16 a n d 18 17. He m a r r ied his cousin Fr a n ces, four th daug hter of J ohnB ir ley, esq.

, ofLiverpool, a n d a fter his fa ther ’s dea th r esided a t Ra ikes ha ll, n ea rBla ckpool . He wa s m ajor in on e of the La n ca shir e reg im en ts of m ilitia , a n d

d ied a bout 1863, a n d wa s bur ied a t S . John ’

s chur ch, B la ckburn .

Richard,son of He n ry Berry

,silk m erchan t

,Liverpool (16) August 3.

Richa rd Spa r lin g B er ry a ppea rs am on g the public spea kers in 1 8 16—17. He g ra

dueted B .A. ofQueen’

s colleg e, Oxford , on the 17thMay 18 2 1,a n d M.A. on the

2 0thMay 18 24. He resided for some yea rs a t Bolton lodg e , in the pa r ish of

B olton - l e -Sa n ds, n ea r La n ca ster , wher e he d ied on the 2 9thJ a n ua ry 1838 .

He wa s the youn g er son of a successful tr a desm a n in Liverpool , who, ha vin gam a ssed a con sider able for tun e, retir ed , a n d lived a n d d ied a t Bolton -lo-Sa n ds.The elder son (towhom , a swell a s to his fa ther a n d mother

,there is a tombston e

in the chur chya rd) ha vin g d ied youn g , the schola r her e recor ded became the solehe ir .I r em ember visitin g Mr . B erry a t Bolton lodg e in the summer of 1833, when on a

visit to the En g lish lakeswith my fa ther , a n d kn ew somethin g of his n ot un

rom a n tic history, the deta ils of which ha ve been kin dly fur n ished to m e by on ewell a cqua in tedwitha l l the pa r ticula rs. In the pa r ish church ofBolton -lo-Sa n dsis a mura l ta blet to his memory, bea r in g this in scr iption :

U n suited by con stitution to public pursuits, for which by his ta len ts a n d

a tta in m en ts he wa s em in en tly qua lified , his lim ited per iod of life wa s en g a g ed

in objects con g en ia l to cla ssic ta ste , in a cts of public g ood, a n d ofexten sive priva teben evolen ce.

His effor tswere ever a n xiously d ir ected to

the prom otion of order , Piety a n d Vir tue,n o less by his in fluen ce tha n example.

In the pr im e of life a n d a t the en d ofXL yea rsIn the plen itude ofhis usefuln ess

He wa s ca lled awaythe XXIXth day ofJ a n ua ry MDOCCXXXVIII.

By n on e were his qua lities mor e fully estim a tedtha n by his rela tion a n d heirJ ohn Wa lm sley, esq.

,

Who pla ced to his memory this m emoria l .


His cha ra cter , a s pourtrayed in the m on um en ta l in scr iption , m ay be som ewha ttoo hig hly coloured, but he ha d m a n y g ood qua lities. He wa s a pa tron of the

fin e a r ts, a n d, ha d his life been spa r ed , he m ig ht ha ve don e much g ood in his

g en er a tion . The terms of the in scr iption r em in d on e ofwha t Goldsm ith’sC itizen of the Wor l d says

,letter x11 : When a per son is bur ied , the n ext ca r e is

to m ake his epita ph they a r e g en er a lly r eckon ed best which fla tter most. Suchr ela tion s, ther efor e, a s ha ve r eceived m ost ben efit from the defun ct, discha r g ethe ir frien dly office, a n d g en er a lly fla tter in proportion to their joy.

”

Mr .Wa lm sleywa shis heir - a t- l aw,butMr . B er ry d id n ot in ten d to make him his

heir . Byhiswill , d a ted on the 5thOctober 1837, he bequea thed a l l his r en ts,i n ter est of m on ey, &c. to a la dy whom he ha d seen a t Oxford a n d a dm ir ed ,

thoug h he ha d n ever spoken toher , for li fe ; a n d , a fter her dea th to g o to Cha r les,the secon d son ofWilliam Spa r lin g , esq.

, ofPetton pa rk , Sa lop. Mr . B erry ha dn ot succeeded in obta in in g a n in troduction to this la dywhen , some yea rs afterhe ha d left Oxford , he sawin a n ewspaper a n otice ofher m a rr ia g e to a cler g ym a n in Norfolk. A frien d who cha n ced to ca ll upon him a t the time, fin d in ghim with the paper in his ha n d, a n d suffer in g un der much distr ess, in vited him to

take a wa lk a n d en dea vour ed to cheer him up. Havin g r ea ched the t0p of a hil lin hi s g roun ds,he expr essed him self a n outca st ofsociety, a n d sa id “I’ll be bur iedhere.

” Accordin g to this stra n g e determ in a tion , he caused a sa r copha g us tob e pr epa r ed a n d pla ced upon this spot ; a n d hiswill , m a de shor tly a fter , com

m en ced with this cla use I especia lly desir e tha t my r em a in s m ay b e in terr edupon the hill ca lled the Hawkshea d , a n d in the pr ecise loca lity n owoccupiedby the tom bston e pr epa red by m e for my g ra ve . An d ifthe in viola bility of thisg r a ve ca n n ot otherwise b e secured , I hereby a uthor ize my executor s to con veythe Hawkshea d to the pa r ish of Bolton -l e -Sa n ds a s a cemetery for ever .” Mr .

B er ry wa s well a cqua in ted with the l aw, ha vin g kept terms in Lon don , but ,str a n g e a s it may seem ,

he ha d n ot sig n ed hiswill befor e three witn esses, thenr equired to pa ss the r ea l esta te ; but he ha d pr epa r ed a fa ir copy in his ownha n dwr itin g , a n d sig n ed it thus “In ca se of a cciden t I sig n this my wil l .R . SPABLING BERRY.” It plea sed God to ca ll him away sudden ly. On the

2 9thJa n ua ry 1838 he broke a blood vessel, a n d died a fewm in utes a fter . The

executor s, on a ccoun t of the difficulties surr oun d in g the ca se , thr ewthe a dmin i .

str ation in to cha n cery ; a n d itwa sdecr eed tha t by thewill,whichwa sma de pr eviousto the a lter a tion of the l aw ofwills

, the r ea l esta te amoun tin g to 2 000 l . per

a n n um , should pa ss to the heir -a t- l aw; d ir ectly con tr a ry to the wishes of the

testa tor ,whoha d a lwaysdecla r ed tha the should n ot in her it them . The person a lty,con sider ably r educed by the costs of a dm in istr a tion in cha n cery, but stillamoun tin g to about 600 l . per a n n um ,

wa s d ecr eed to p a ss to the la dy on whom ,

a s before m en tion ed , Mr .B er ry ha d fixed his affection s ; a n d whom , even a fterher marr ia g e, he ha d determ in ed to m ake the object ofhis boun ty. She ha s

been some time dea d ; a n d ca pta in Cha r les Spar lin g n owen joys the bequest.The will con ta in ed a lso cha r itable leg a cies of 500l . ea ch to four town ships in


1 18 MANCHESTER son oon REGISTER.

B l a ckwood ’s Ma g a zin e for April 1833, a s ha vin g g iven va luable eviden ce before

a comm ittee ofthe house of lords in 18 18, on sir Rober t Peel’s fa ctory bil l) , on

lea vin g school became a pupil ofMr . Joseph Jord a n , sur g eon , a n d wa s a dm itteda m ember ofthe Roya l colleg e ofsurg eon s, En g la n d , in 18 2 8 . He wa s throug hli fe employed in a ctive service,

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a n d with much distin ction , a s a sur g eon in ther oyal n a vy .

In 1831 he wa s a ppoin ted a ssista n t sur g eon to H. M. 81001) Ha rr ier , a n d g a lla n tlytook pa r t in sever a l boa t a tta cks upon pira tes in the str a its ofMa la cca . Whenthis ship wa s pa id off in 1835, he pa ssed the Roya l colleg e of surg eon s a secon d

tim e,for promotion to the r a n k offull sur g eon in the r oya l n a vy ; a n d in October

oftha t yea r wa s appoin ted toH.M. br ig Leveret, a n d served in it on the coa st ofAfr ica , in the pr even tion of the sla ve tra de, un til September 1839 . B esides

takin g excellen t medica l ca r e of the crew,so a s to br in g ba ck to En g la n d the

whole ofthe Europea n por tion , he a ssisted in the captur e, by boa r d in g , of the

pir a tica l sla ve br ig D iog en es, ca rryin g a cr ewoffifty m en, a n d ha d cha rg e ofthe

woun ded pr ison ers un til tr a n sferr ed to the hospita l a tMozambique. In Novemb er followin g he becam e sur g eon to the wa r steamer Firefly , which took out

g en er a l Ma ister a s g over n or oftheWest In dia isla n ds, on which coa st he serveda bout thr ee yea rs. In Apr il 1843he join ed the Wolf, a s surg eon , on the coa stofChi n a , servin g there two or three yea r s. In 1849 he received the very r esponsible a ppoin tm en t of surg eon -super in ten den t to H. M. con vict ship Ha verin gta kin g out thr ee hun dred a n d sixty-five m en to Syd n ey. The duties ofth is oflicewer e such a s r equired g r ea t judgm en t a n d firm n ess, g ivin g him en tir e comm a n d

ofthe ship, with secret order s a n d power to flog a n ym a n ; or , in extrem e n eces

sity, to order the g ua rd to shoot a n ym a n . But this power wa s n ot ca ll ed in toa ction , n or d id he lose m ore tha n two m en by sickn ess on the voya g e. In No

vemb er 1854 he join ed H. M. fla g ship B r ita n n ia , vice-a dmir a l D un da s com

m a n din g the fleet in the B la ck sea , a n d wa s sen t by the a dm ir a l to take cha r g eof the sick a t the n ava l hospita l of Ther a pia on the Bosphorus, a s on e of the

chief hospita l surg eon s, a n d left for En g la n d in Ma rch 1855, in cha r g e ofin va lids.Whilst servin g in the West In dies he ha d two a tta cks of yellowfever , a n d m ig hthave r etired from further service , but he pr efer red r etur n i n g to duty. He

r eceived hig h testimon ia ls from his comm a n di n g officers in his va r ious posts of

duty ; a n d died in Jun e 1857, a n d was bur ied in the chur chya rd of Poyn ton ,

Cheshir e.Thom a s B ell ot devoted m uch ofhis leisure tim e to the prosecution of the cla ssica l

studies beg un a t Ma n chester school ; a n d,in a ddition to La tin a n d Gr eek , ha d

some a cqua in ta n ce with the Hebr ew a n d Or ien ta l la n g ua g es. He published a

tr a n sla tion of the Aphor isms of Hipp ocr a tes, a n d of Ga l en on the Ha n d a n d

a lso a work en titled B ellot’s Sa n scr it D er iva tion ofEn g l ishWords. He wa s a n

hon or a ry m ember of the Geolog ica l a n d Na tur a l History societies, a n d correspon din g

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member of the B ota n ica l society of Ma n chester hon or a ry member ofthe Philosophic society of Sydn ey ; a n d wa s elected a n hon ora ry fellowof the


Roya l colleg e ofsurg eon s, Lon don ,whilst servin g in Chin a . He a r r a n g ed a ccord

in g to each dyn a sty two collection s ofChin ese coin s, on e ofwhich he presen tedto the Na tura l History society ofMa n chester a n d collected a lso m a n y a n cien tChin ese bron zes, som e from the isla n d ofPooto, a n d a libr a ry ofChin ese works.

For his brother , William Hen ry B ellot, see Reg ister , a n n o 18 20 .

A sister ofthis schola r m a r r ied the r ev.N.Germon,M.A.

,for m a n y yea rs a ssista n t

a n d a fterwa rds hig h m a ster ofthe school, for a n otice ofwhom see a n n o 1 82 2 .

18 16

Thom as Morton,son of Matthew Gosli n g

,Si lk m an ufacturer

,October 22.

Man chester (10)He took pa r t in the public speeches of 1823

—24 ; a n d, ha vin g been a ppoin ted to a

school exhibition inuthe la tter yea r , wa s a dm itted to B r a sen ose colleg e , Oxford,

where he wa s elected a schola r on the Somer set foun d a tion , a n d g ra dua ted B .A.

on the 17th December 18 2 8, a n d M.A. 30th J un e 1831 . He wa s a lso on e of

Hulm e’

s exhibition ers, a n d succeeded to the in cumben cy ofNewChur ch in Pend l e, in Wha lley, in 1848, which is in the g ift ofHulme

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s trustees, a n d d ied ther ea t the a g e of59 , on the 1othJ un e 1 865, a n d is there bur ied. I fin d his n ame

am on g the sen ior schola r s a t the speech d a ys of 1823 a n d 1824, a n d a s a n occasion a l a tten da n t a t the a n n iver sa ry meetin g s in the ea r ly pa r t ofhis life .

Jam es,son of Thom asHarrop

,cotton m erchan t

,Man chester

Thom as, son of Thom asWhitel eg g , farm er, Man chesterJam es

,son of Jam es Pollitt, cotton m erchan t

,Man chester

Jam es Pollitt,the son ,

wa s broug ht up to the Ma n chester tr a de : but havin g m ore

in clin a tion for the fin e a r ts tha n m er ca n tile pur suits, turn ed his a tten tion solelyto the form er , a n d became a fa ir pa in ter . He m a r ried a youn g la dy of som e

proper ty, a n d his fa ther m a rr ied her mother . He ha s been dea d som e yea rs.

James,son of Samuel Sim ister

,broker

,Man chester

John,son of John C ropper, m an ufacturer, Man chester

Thom as Coats,son of the late rev. Robert Can e, Southwell , Not D ecemb .10.

tin gham shire

The r ev. Rober t Ca n e was fellowof S . J ohn ’s colleg e , Cam br idg e, a n d con n ected

with Southwell a s a m in or ca n on of the m in ster . He d ied on the 6th Ja n ua ry1 80 2 .

His son appea rs amon g the public speaker s in 18 17—19 , a n d g ra dua ted a t S. John ’s

colleg e , C ambr idg e , A.B . in 18 23, bein g pla ced third am on g the jun ior Optim es

of tha t yea r ; a n d A.M. in 182 8 . He wa s orda in ed dea con a n d pr iest in 1 824

by D r . Edwa rd V. Ha r cour t, a r chbishop of York ; a n d m a rr ied , on the 1 8thMay 18 26

,Ma ry d aug hter ofJ ohn B r ittle, esq.

, ofThur g a r ton , Notts, a n d ha s

ten children livin g . He ha s been for m a n y yea r s perpetua l cur a te ofKirklin g tona n d Ha lloug hton , Notts. Mr . Ca n e wa s presen t a t the a n n iversa ry m eetin g of

ol d schola rs in 1 837, when D r . Sm ith r eceived from his form er pupils a splen didtestimon ia l oftheir r eg a rd.


Edward, son ofCharles Greetham ,m erchan t , Liverpool

Thi s schola r , shor tly befor e the tim e when he would ha ve g on e to the un iversity,d ied a t school from typhus fever . He ha d taken pa r t on the public speech dayofthe yea rs 18 17- 19. He is spoken of by on e ofhis survivin g cla ss fellows inthe followin g terms He wa s on e of the most a ttr a ctive a n d promisin g of the

schola rs. I have often wished tha t som ethin g could ha ve been r etr ieved ofhis

cha ra cter a n d ta len ts. A con tin uous tr a n sla tion ofHom er in to En g lish ver se inlieuofthe ordin a ry exer cises, I r em ember ca llin g for th very hig h en com ium fromthe hig h m a ster . He wa s a boa rder a t the house ofMr .Elsda l e.”

Samuel, son of Thom as Bagn all, gen t., Hatton , Lan cashireHa tton is in the ol d cha pelry ofDa resbury, a n d in the pa r ish ofRun corn , a n d in

Cheshir e. Sam uel B a g n a ll, the youn g est, a n d n owon ly survivin g , son ofThoma sBa g n a ll,who possessed Ha tton throug h his wife, Miss Fr eem a n

,a rrived a t the

hea d ofthe school, a n d hi s n ame a ppea rs on the list ofpublic speakers dur in gfour yea rs, 18 17- 20 . He wa s a ppoin ted to a school exhibition , a n d elected a

Somer set schola r a t Bra sen ose colleg e, Oxford , in 18 2 1 ; but in the followin g yearm ig r a ted to Cambr idg e, a n d , a s a m ember ofDown in g colleg e , g r a dua ted A.B . in

1825, a n d A.M. in 18 29. He wa s orda in ed to the cura cy ofAston by Sutton,

a n d succeeded to the in cumben cy in 1826 a n d in 1844 r esig n ed the sam e,bein g

presen ted by bishop Sum n er to the n eig hbour in g perpetua l cur a cy ofWestonPoin t, in the pa r ish ofRun corn ,

wher e he is n owr esiden t.He m a r r ied on the 23rd Aug ust 1842 , miss Eliz abeth An n e Don a ld of Ca r lisle,(who d ied on the 19thDecember 1868) a n d ha s issue on e son , Samuel Freem a n

B a g n a ll .

There is some a ccoun t ofthe fami ly ofBa g n a ll in Sleig h’s History of the An cien t

P a r ishq eek, 8vo, 1862 .

William,son of Thom as Tattersall, grocer, Man chester

Samuel,son of Robert Fa l lowes, book-keeper

,Man chester

Jam es,son ofWilliam Harwood Fol l iott, gen t ., Chester

Jam es Fol l iott, eldest son ofW. H. Fol l iott, esq., who m a r r ied Ka therin e, on lysurvivin g daughter a n d he ir ess ofthe la te John Bur scoe, esq., ofSta peley house,Na n twich

,a n d d ied a t Chester in 1831, a g ed 70 , wa s bor n in 1799 , a n d a ppea rs

am on g the sen ior schola rs a t the public speech day in 18 17—18 . He g r a dua tedB .A. ofPembroke colleg e, Oxford, on the 22n d Novem ber 182 2

, a n d M.A. on

the 9thJun e 1825 a n d wa s orda in ed dea con a n d pr iest by the bishop ofChester .He m a rr ied Ma ry An n e Eliz abeth, daug hter ofthe la te r ev. En och Clem en tson ,vica r ofChur ch Min shull, Cheshi re, a n d ha d issue on e son , James, born in 1836,

who died in 1870 s.p .

Mr . Fol l iott is n ow residen t a t Stapeley house, a n d a n a ctin g ma g istra te for thecoun ty ofChester , butwithout a n ypa rochia l cha r g e . Heha s frequen tly a tten dedthe a n n iversa ry festiva ls, a n d wa s presiden t in 1853.



was a g ood on e, he ha d the a dva n ta g e, a ben efit which Thom a s de Quin cy ha da va iled himselfofbefor e him , ofthe ol d Excha n g e cir cula tin g libr a ry, n owbrokenup a n d d ispersed , in which there wa s a n ample ifn ot select table pr ovided withdishes ofa l l sorts, from Ama dis of Ga ul a n d Pa lmer in of En g l a n d to B rya n t

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Mytholog y, a n d Cudworth’s I n te l lectua l System . On leavin g the fr ee g r amm a r

school he wa s pla ced by his fa ther with Mr . Al exa n der Kay, a n able a n d ex

p er ien ced solicitor , a fterwa rds m ayor of Ma n chester , witha viewto his succeedin g to the well - esta blished busin ess which his fa ther ca r r ied on in pa r tn ershipwith his son

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s ea r ly a n d in tim a te fr ien d , the pr esen t presiden t of the Chethamsociety. Mr . Thoma s Ain swor th, the fa ther , to whose en er g y a n d public spir itthe im provem en ts in Ma n chester were m a ter ia lly in debted , d ied a t a compa r atively speakin g ea r ly a g e in 18 24. His son ,William Ha r r ison ,

wen t throug h ther eg ula r leg a l cur r iculum , a n d from Mr . Kay’s office in Ma n chester proceeded toMr . Ja cob Phil l ips

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s chamber s in Kin g’

sB en chwa lks to be perfected in the hig hermyster ies of con veya n cin g . Here he copied preceden ts, a n d we have a foliovolume in which his la bours a r e embodied , but the rule in Shelley’s ca se a n d

Fea r n e’

s con tin g en t r em a in ders ha d n o cha rms for him . His a spira tion s wereof a n other kin d— to g ive n ewa ssocia tion s to the n am e of Ain swor th un con

n ected with Law,Ma thema tics or Lexicog r a phy—in shor t to en ter upon a

litera ry ca reer ; a n d to kn owa n d b e kn own by the lea d in g a uthors of the d ay,

excha n g in g Ma n chester with a l l its prospects for the g rea t m etropolis. In

this r esolve hewa s con firmed by m a r ryin g (October 18 26 ) An n Fr a n ces, thebeautiful daug hte r ofMr . J ohn Eber s ofOl d Bon d str eet, the lessee ofthe Oper ahouse, whose Lon don con n ection swere la r g e a n d exten sive ; a n d he a ccord in g lybecame settled in the m idst of the world of letter s a n d fa shion . For som e timehe ca r r ied on the busin ess ofa publisher , a n d sever a lworks of in ter est a n d va luem ay be foun d with his n am e a tta ched ; but this, a fter g ivin g it a fa ir a n d fulltr ia l

,he thoug ht fit for wise r ea son s to d iscon tin ue ; ha vin g , however , a cquir ed a n

exper ien ce from his publishin g Oper a tion s which wa s a fterwa rds un doubtedlyben eficia l to him . Dur in g a l l this per iod

,—a t school while g oin g throug h his

profession a l educa tion i n Ma n chester a n d Lon don ,a n d the yea r s which imm e

d ia telyfollowed,—he devoted the g rea ter pa r t ofhis leisure to con tributin g , some

tim es solely, sometimeswith a fr ien dly collabor a teur , to va r ious per iod ica ls ; comm en cin g with Ar l iss

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s little but eleg a n tly - illustr a ted m a g a zin e, a n d proceed in gonwa rd to those ofla r g er size a n d g r ea ter pr eten sion s. But, leavin g these p rola sion s, a swell a s the sepa r a te works i n poetry a n d prose, ofwha t we m ay stylethe pr ae-Rookwoodia n Era , to b e in dica ted a n d en um era ted by his future biogr a pher , a n d biog r a phy ha s n othin g m or e in terestin g tha n the exam in a tion of the

ea r ly works of successful wr iters, we m ust come to the production which firstg ave Mr . Ain swor th a solid footin g a s a n author . Thiswa s the str ikin g , a n d inm a n y r espects un equa l, story ofRoohwood

,but in wh ich wa s con ta in ed wha t

wa s a t on ce a ckn owledg ed to be a m a sterpiece ofdescriptive power ; we n eed n ot

a dd tha t we r efer to Turpin ’

s celebr a ted r ide to York, which a t on ce delig htin g

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the youn g a n d the ol d , establ ished the wr iter a s a fa vourite ofthe rea din g public.Rootwood wa s followed by C r ichton which susta in ed , if it d id n ot in cr ea se, ther eputa tion Mr . Ain swor th ha d a cquired . Most of the works wh ich succeededappea red or ig in a lly in a ser ia l form either i n B en tley

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sMisce l l a ny, A in swor th’

s

Ma g a z in e, the Sun day Times, or in m on thly n umber s, a n d were a fterwa rds col

looted in to volumes. The fir st ofthese wa s the won der fully popula r a n d muchca lum n ia ted J a ck Shepp a rd ,which , a dm ir ably illustra ted by Geor g e Cruiksha n k,wa s un iver sa lly r ea d ; a n d

,‘by its extr a ordin a ry success, ca lled for th a tta cks

on a l l sides, a n d a spir it which, to lovers of fa ir pl a y, looked very m uch likepersecution . On this subject, we ca n n ot do better tha n r efer to Lema n Bla ncha rd ’s very sen sible r em a rks in hisMemoir . The storm which J a ck Shepp a r dha d evoked wa s in a g rea t m ea sure a ppea sed by the Tower of Lon don , whichdea lswith a hig her cla ss of crim in a ls, a n d must a lways be pla ced amon g st thebest, if it be n ot in deed the best, ofthe a uthor ’s histor ica l n ovels. Dur in g thela st thir ty yea r s it ha s cer ta in ly lost n on e ofi ts or ig in a l popula r ity. Its g r ea tsuccess g a ve occa sion to a la rg e din n er , which we well r em ember , i n which werepr esen t, byMr.Ain sworth

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s i n vita tion , the lea din g authors, cr itics, a r tists a n d publ isher s of Lon don ,

a n d a t which serjea n t (a fterwa rds) judg e Ta lfourd presided .We doubt much whether , amon g st the m a n y sim ila r celebra tion s which havesin ce occur red in Lon don , there ha s been a n ywhich wen t offm ore br illia n tly, orwith which the a uthor , in complim en t ofwhom the g a ther in g took pla ce , ha dbetter r ea son to b e sa tisfied . The n a rrow lim its of this n otice n ecessa r ily p reven t mor e tha n a simple en umer a tion of the titles ofthe n ovelswhich Mr . Ain s

wor th’s crea tive power a n d extraord in a ry fer til ity have produced, from the d a teofthe Tower of Lon don (1840) to the presen t time . On e ofthem we must n ot,however , om it to sin g le out from the r est Mer vyn C l ither o a s it g ivesm a n yg ra phic sketches ofthe fr ien ds a n d scen eswi th which he wa s fam ilia r in boyhood .

An other , The L a n ca shir e Witches, ded ica ted to his ol d fr ien d , the pr esiden t ofthe Chetham society, in which, with g rea t a rtistic skill, he ha s worked upthe m a ter ia ls con ta in ed in two works in the Chetham ser ies of very difl’

er en t

cha r a cter , Pott’

s D iscovery a n d Nicol a s Assheton ’s J our n a l , will a lways have a

peculia r in terest a s a powerful a n d strikin g delin ea tion of the g r a n d superstitionofhis n a tive coun ty. Nor should it b e om itted tha t to the very plea sin g story,the F l itchof B a con , we owe, un der the a uspices ofMr . Ain swor th, the tem

p or a ry r eviva l ofon e of the m ost cur ious a n d in terestin g of the ol d customs of

En g la n d , the g ivin g ofthe flitcha t Grea t Dun m ow. We proceed to the listRoohwood . Ovin g dea n Gr a n g e, 1860 .

C r i chton . Con sta ble ofthe Tower , 186 1 .J a ck Shepp a r d . Lord Mayor ofLon don , 186 2 .

Tower ofLon don . C a r din a l Pole,1863.

Guy Fawkes, 184 1 . J ohn L awthe P r ojector , 1864.Old St. Pa ul

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s, 1 841. The Sp a n ishMa tch,or Cha r l es

The Miser ’s D a ug hter , 1842 . Steua rt in Ma dr id,1865.


Win dsor C a stl e, 1843. Myddl eton Pomfr et, 1865.

St. J ames’

s, or the Cour t of Queen The Con sta ble de B our bon , 1866.

A n n e . Ol d Cour t, 1867.

L a n ca shir e Witches, 1848 . The SouthSea Bubbl e, 1868 .

Sta r Chamber,1854. Hi l a ry St. Ives, 1869 .

F l itchof B a con,1854. Ta l bot Ha r l a n d , 1870 .

Sp en dthr ift, 1856 . Tower Hi l l , 1871.Mervyn C l ithero, 1857. B oscobel , 1872 .

Tha t in so lon g a ser ies,a n d dea lin g with scen es a n d per iods a n d subjects so diver

sified,Mr . Ain swor th should still have reta in ed his hold upon public fa vour ,

a s is sufficien tly eviden ced by the con tin ua lly r epea ted impression s ofhis worksboth her e, on the con tin en t, in Amer ica a n d our colon ia l depen de n cies, a n d thetra n sla tion s of them in to m ost of the la n g ua g es ofEurope, is a n am ple prooftha t he possesses those ster lin g qua lities, a s a wr iter offiction , which will en sureperm a n en ce to his n am e a s a n a uthor . To con tin ue to plea se the public bysuccessive production s dur in g a per iod of n ea r ly for ty yea r s is a distin ction a o

cor ded to few.

We m ust n ot for g et to n otice the collection ofMr . Ain swor th’s ba lla ds, publishedin 1855, whi ch m akes us r eg r et tha t he ha s n ot con tin ued to cultiva te a speciesof composition for which he seem s to have a peculia r ta len t . Nor ca n we pa ssby The Comba t of the Thir tyfr om a n old B r eton l ay of the 14th Cen tury, 1859 ,

SW ,a most spir ited a n d excellen t version which we should be g la d to see in a n

illustr ated form ,which is a l l tha t is n eeded to g ive it a n exten sive popul a r ity.

Mr . John Forster , in the first volum e of his L ife of Cha r l es D icken s, ha s r efer redwith eviden t plea sur e to the kin dly in ter course which existed between the fa rfam ed Boz

,himself, a n dMr .Ain sworth in the days g on e by. We believe there isn o

on e con n ectedwith liter a ture,whoha s been broughtwithin the ra n g e ofthe g en ia lsympa thy, the con sidera te feelin g , a n d hea r ty a n d libera l hospita lity of the sub

j cet of this n otice, whowill n ot ha ve equa l plea sur e in lookin g ba ck to the

occa sion swhen they m et. We a re sure ther e a r e n o r em in iscen ces tha t dwellm ore a g reeably on our m in ds tha n ofthe d ayswhen Ken sa l m a n or house, on theHa r rowroa d, wher eMr . Ain swor th resided for m a n y yea rs, wa s a cen tr a l poin tfor liter a ry m en ; a n d when , a fter sittin g un der a n a dm ira ble host a n d en joyin gthe con versa tion ofm en whom itwa s a lways a delig ht to m eet, the g uests wereseren a ded on those fin e summer even in g s a s they wen t homewa rds by the n ighting a leswhich ha d n ot then deserted tha t pa r t of the suburbs of Lon don . FromKen sa l m a n or house Mr . Ain swor th r emoved to Br ig hton , a n d then ce to Tunbr idg e Wells, but n owr esideswithhis eldest daughter a t Hurst-pierpoin t. Heha s likewise a r esiden ce a t Reig a te.Mr . Ain swor th is a wi dower , hiswife An n e Fra n ces havin g died on the 6thMa r ch

1838 , leavin g three daug hters n owlivin g : 1 Fa n n y ; 2 Em ily Ma ry 3 B la n che,m a rr ied to capta in Swa n son

,Roya l a r tillery. His mother , Mrs. An n e Ain s

wor th , who in her ited a l l the busin ess ta len ts ofher fa ther , the rev.R.Ha rr ison ,



On e Micha el Ferr ebee g r a dua ted M.A. of Chr ist chur ch , Oxford, in 1828 . For

som e a ccoun t ofhis fam ily see Reg ister , vol . ii. p.76, [a n d Wi l ls ofthe Wrig leyfam ily a n d n otices of the Ferrebees in ca n on Ra in es’s L a n e.MSS., vol . xxvii,pp. 254- 6. B .]

John , son of the rev.William Marsden,Wigan

The fa ther ofth is scholar , who wa s ofB ra sen ose colleg e, Oxford , B .D .,wa s a t this

tim e, cur a te of S. Geor g e’

s cha pel, then the on ly chapel in the town of

Wig a n , besides the ol d pa r ish chur ch . He became in 1837vica r of Eccles,

where he died in 186 1, in his g 1st yea r . He ha d a la rg e fam ily, a n d three ofhis

son swer e educa ted a t Ma n chester school .John Howa rd Ma rsden , the eldest son ,wa sfor six yea r s un der the imm edia te tui tion

ofthe hig h m a ster , takin g pa r t in the public speeches in the yea r s 18 1 8—2 2,bein g

the hea d schola r. in the la st yea r . He wa s a n exhibition er from the school to S .J ohn ’

s colleg e , Cambr idg e,when he wa s elected a schola r in the Somerset foun dation . At the exam in a tion for the deg ree ofA.B . in 18 2 6

,hewa s pla ced n in th am on g

the sen ior optimes, a n d n in th in the fir st cla ss of the cla ssica l tr ipos, havin g in1823been elected sen ior Bell’s schola r . In 1829 he g a in ed the Sea ton ia n pr ize ,the subject ofthe poem bein g Thefin din g ofMoses. His deg r ees da te a s followsA.B . 18 2 6, A.M. 1829 , S.T.B . 1 836 . He wa s elected Hul sea n lecturer in 1843

a n d 1844; a n d in 1851 to the D isn ey professorship of Ar chaeolog y, bein g thefirst a ppoin tmen t. I n 1840 he wa s pr esen ted by the m a sters a n d fellows ofS .John ’

s to the r ectory ofGrea t Oakley,where he is n ow r esiden t, a n d held , for

som e yea rs,the office of rura l dea n ofHa rwich . Ha vin g been elected ca n on

r esiden tia ry ofMa n chester in 1858, he becam e rur a l dea n ofthe dea n ery ofEccles,a n d wa s on e ofthe cha pla in s of Dr . J . Pr in ce Lee, fir st bishop ofMa n chester .He ha s la tely resig n ed his ca n on ry.Mr . Ma rsden , who is a member of the Roya l society of Liter a tur e, a n d fellow of

the Roya l Geog r a phica l society, a n d a lso on e of the coun cil of the Chethamsociety, m a r r ied in 1840 Ca rolin e, elder da ug hter of the rev. W. Moor e, D .D .

,

pr eben da ry ofLin coln , a n d g ra n d -daug hter of the r ev. Maurice John son , D .D .,

ofAyn scoughfee ha ll, Lin coln shire. He ha s thr ee son s : William ,A.M. of S .

John ’

s colleg e“

,ca pta in in the 8 2 n d r eg im en t ; Ma ur ice Howa r d

,A.M. of S .

John ’s colleg e, la tely a ppoin ted clerk in orders ofMa n chester ca thedr a l ; Reg i

n a ld Godfr ey,M.A. ofMer ton colleg e, Oxford , a n d of the In n er temple, ba rr ister - a t-l aw.

In a ddition to va r ious a r ticles i n r eviews,Mr . Ma rsden is author of the followin g

publi ca tion s1 . The F in din g qfMoses. A Seaton ia n pr ize poem,

1829. Cambr idg e, zud

edition , 1830.

2 . Sun dry Sermon sp rea ched a t Ma n chester ca thedr a l , Colchester , a n d Cam

br idg e, 1835-

45.

3. Phi lomorus. A brief exam in a tion ofthe La tin poems ofsir Thom as More.

Lon don,1842 .

MANCHESTER SCHOOL REGISTER. I 27

4. An exa min a tion of cer ta in p a ssag es in our L ORD’

S con versa tion withNicodemus. B ein g the Hulsea n lectures for 1843. Lon don ,

1844.

5. The evilswhichha ve r esulted a t va r ious timesfr om a m isapp r ehen sion ofour LORD

’

S mir a cl es. B ein g the Hulsea n lectures for 1844. Lon don , 1845.

6 . A L etter to the Editor of the Times. Lon don ,1845.

7. History of the Gen tl emen’

s society a t Sp a l ding . Lon don ,1849.

8 . Col leg e L ife i n the r eig n of J a mes the Fir st. Lon don , 1851 .

9 . Two i n tr oductory l ectur es on Ar chaeol og y. Cam br id g e , 1852 .

I O . L etter to the Cha n ce l lor of the Un iver sity of C a mbr idg e , on the p ur cha se ofthe Gr eek coin s a n d col l ection s ofL ieuten a n t Colon el W.Ma rtin L eeke

,F .R .S. (fife .

Cambr idg e , 1864.

1 1. Memoir of the life a n d wr itin g s qf'

Lieuten a n t Colon el W.Ma r tin Leeke ,

F.R .S . (90. Cambr idg e , 1 864.An d

,for pr iva te cir cula tion

,

12 . The S a cr ed Tr ee ; a Ta le of Hin dosta n . Lon don , 1840 .

13. Fa sciculus. 8vo, 1869 . An amusin g coll ection of his poetica l pieces of

a li g hter kin d.Mr . Ma rsden , a n occa sion a l a tten d a n t a t the a n n iversa ry meetin g s of the ol d

schola rs, wa s presiden t of tha t held in 1835.

John ,son of Fran cis Nicholson ,

m altster,Salford

Joseph,son of JosephMoore

,wha rfin g er , Man chester

George , son of Robert Ashley, grocer, Man chester ( 1 1)John

,son ofWilliam Hudson

,calico m an ufacturer,Ma n chester (1o).

John,son of John Walker, drysalter, Man chester

[The fa ther of this schola r , whose full n am e wa s J ohn GoldieWa lker , was a n a tiveof Dum friesshire, when ce he cam e to a n d settled in Ma n chester , where for "

m a n y yea rs he ca r r ied on a n exten sive busin ess a s d rysa lter a n d in d ig o m er cha n t,

in pa r tn ership, i n the first in sta n ce with Mr . Alexa n der Bower , a n d a fterwa rds,a n d up to the time ofhis dea th in 1 835, with Mr .W. B .Wa tkin s

, a n a lderm a n ,

a n d i n 1846 m ayor ofMa n chester .

After com pletin g his educa tion ,the son took his pla ce, but a s a sleepin g pa r tn er , in

the busin esswithMr . a lderma n Wa tkin s, a n d con tin ued to r esidewith hism othera t B room e house , his fa ther ’s r esiden ce but, on her cha n g in g her a bode to C l ifi

’

ha ll in Wa rwickshir e, he left Ma n chester , visitin g it a fterwa rds on ly occa sion a lly.Havin g n o fixed occupa tion ,

a Lon don life ha d a lways g rea t cha rmsfor him , a n d

for m ore tha n twen ty-five yea rs he m a de the m etropolishis pr in cipa l r esiden ce.He wa s simulta n eously a m ember ofthe Con serva tive, the U n ion a n d the Ca r ltonclubs, a t on e ofwhich, his fr ien ds who kn ewhis ha bits a n d his times of visitin g them ,

m ig ht a lways fin d him dur in g the Lon don sea son (a n d when n ot

visitin g Br ig hton , Ryde , in the ya chtin g sea son , a n d other favour ite r esorts) ,a ttired in the la test fa shion , a n d with a l l the ca re a n d a tten tion of himself a n d


his va let to brin g him up to his own sta n da rd of a well-dr essed ma n . Hisdisposition a n d ha b its wer e essen tia lly socia l, a n d his excellen t con stitutione n a bled him for yea rs to en joy a l l the am en ities a n d hospita lities a s well ofhi s clubs a s ofhis own frien ds both in Lon don a n d elsewher e. Con tin ua lly seena t the oper a , the bota n ica l a n d other exhibition s a n d public pla ces of fa shion a bler esor t, hewa s the em bodim en t ofthe better g r a de of a m a n a bout town ”withn o hin dr a n ce to his en joyin g the roun d of plea sur a ble excitem en ts a n d the

peculia r life which Lon don , un der such con dition s, a bun da n tly affords. The

a cquisition of kn owledg e a n d exper ien ce f rom m en a n d m a n n ers wer e m ore

con g en ia l to his habits a n d feelin g s tha n a r eferen ce to books, a n d for this hisva r ied club life a n d con tin ua l mi xin g with the wor ld a n d society afi

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orded him

am ple oppor tun ities. He wa s a cqua in ted with a l l the n oted cha r a cters a n d m en

ofm a rk movin g in the west-en d ofLon don a n d the pa rks ; a n d his well-kn ownshor t butwell -form ed fig ur e, ofa n her cul ea n m ould on a sm a ll sca le, his flor idcom plexion , a n d his a ttire bor der in g upon the extreme of fa shion , r en der ed hisown appea ra n ce rem a rkable

,a n d m ig ht be sa id to pla ce him amon g the celebr ities

who a re foun d , in the sea son , in the west-en d of Lon don . An habitué ofhis

three clubs he becam e con versa n t with a ll tha t wa s g en era lly r epor ted a n d ta lkeda bout there, a n d in the west-en d a swell, r ela tin g to politics, the lea ders ofpa r tiesa n d their m ovem en ts a n d cha n g es, a s a lso the sta rs ofthe oper a a n d the thea tres,the estim a tion in which they were held by the cr itics, a n d a l l the lig hter g ossipofthe west-en d . These qua lities m a de Jock Wa lker , a n am e by which he wa sfam ili a r ly kn own , a n a g reeable a n d en ter ta in in g compa n ion to his m a n y fr ien dsin Ma n chester , with whom he kept up a close, socia l a n d fr ien dl y in ter courseboth in Ma n chester a n d in Lon don , a n d towhom , on their visits there, he wa sa lways r ea dy to devote him self, to excha n g e hospita lities, a n d to g ive them the

la test n ews ofthe clubs a n d the town .

The club a n d town life which he ha d l ed for so m a n y yea rs cea sed (except to a

very lim ited exten t) on his m a rr ia g e, a bout the yea r 1850 , to a M iss Gum in gBen son , the daughter of a g en tlema n r esidi n g n ea r B r istol, a n d the n iece ofMr .

C umi n g , a g en tlem a n of for tun e, distin g uished for his r a re collection s in n a tura lhi story , obta in ed in a voya g e a lmost roun d the wor ld in his own ya cht.

He ha d from his youth a stron g n a tur a l ten den cy to b e stout, which he wa s verydesirous of coun tera ctin g , a n d for this purpose, with g rea t determin a tion a n d

persevera n ce , wa lked, for sever a l weeks tog ether , in the pa rks from twelve tofifteen m iles per day, a n d this, with ca re a s to diet , kept him within modera teboun ds. As yea r s a dva n ced, however , his in clin a tion for fa tigui n g exercised im in ished , a n d be a dopted the Ba n tin g system, a n d ca r r ied it to a n excesswhichthe professor him selfwould sca rcely ha ve coun ten a n ced ; havin g , by a r ig ida dheren ce to the system prescr ibed in r eferen ce to diet a n d exer cise, d im in ishedin weig ht over sixty poun ds in four m on ths. This produced so much debilitytha t he wa s oblig ed to a ba n don the r eg imen , a n d the con sequen ce wa s tha t hiscon stitution a l ten den cy retur n ed to a n exten t tha t, n otwithsta n din g his moder a



the time ofhis r emova l to Oxford .

‘ Whilst a t school he shewed much poeticalta len t, a n d verseswr itten by him , on cla ssica l educa tion ,” a n d on the tercen

ten a ry ofthe Foun d a tion ofthe school in were preserved by the hea dm a ster amon g other school exercises. Ha vin g been appoin ted to a school exhibition he wa s a dm itted to B ra sen ose colleg e, a n d g a in ed on e of the Somer setschola rships. In 182 2 he wa s elected Cra ven schola r , a n d a t the fin a l examin ation in Micha elma s 1825wa s pla ced in the third cla ss in Lit.Hum“, bein g a p

poin ted to,on e ofHulme’s exhibition s in the same yea r . His deg rees bea r da te ,

B .A. on the 17th December 18 25,M.A. on the 2 8thMay 182 8 . He wa s electeda fellow of the colleg e, a n d succeeded to the r ectory ofWa ppin g , Lon don , thenin the g ift of the colleg e, in 1833, where he d ied on the 13th Aug ust 1852 ,

a g ed 48 yea rs. There is a mura l tablet to his m emory in the chur ch, “erectedby m ember s ofhis sor rowm g flock a n d other fr ien ds.”

He published D iscourses on va r ious subjects, d el iver ed to con g r eg a tion s i n the

Ea ster n D istr icts of L on don , to which a r e a dded two Sermon s p r ea ched befor e

the Un iversity of Oxfor d . 12m o, Lon don , Ha tcha rds, 1839 .

See Reg ister , vol . ii. p . 150 (n ote to Edwa rd Lees) , a n d sup r a , p . 49 (n ote to JohnWiddowson ) .

Thom as,son of Thom as Pugh

,draper, Man chester

Frederick, son of John Close, m erchan t,Man chester

Freder ick, the youn g est son , on leavin g school en tered the a rmy , a n d wa s a l ieuten

a n t i a the 86 th r eg imen t of i n fa n try . He wa s foun d d rown ed on the 26th

Februa ry 18 26,in the r iver Suir , n ea r Clon m el, a n d wa s g en er a lly supposed to

ha ve been murdered from m otives ofjea lousy. With him perished MissQuibb , aquaker ess, r em a rka ble for her beauty, whose body wa s a lso foun d in the r iverSuir , n ot fa r from his. He wa s on ly 2 2 yea rs of a g e, a n d a n officer of muchprom ise, a n d esteem ed in his r eg im en t .

In B en tl ey’

s Misce l l a ny,Aug ust 1860

,No. 274, un der the title ofthe Clon m el

tr a g edy, a r e g iven the pa rticula r s ofth is sa d story. The n a rra tive wa s wr ittenby a brother officer , a n d is g en era lly corr ect.

For his elder brother , Thoma s, see a n te,pp. 66—68 .

William,son of the late William Edge

,attorn ey

,Man chester

For other schola r s ofthis fam ily, see Reg ister , vol . i.

The fa ther wa s brother toMr . Samuel Edg e (for referen ce to whom see Reg ister ,

vol . ii . p . This son becam e a n a ttor n ey, a n d d ied in Ma n chester ma n yyea r s a g o.

Hen ry,son of Thom as Mainwarin g

,shoem aker

,Man chester

William Wilbraham,son of the r ev. William John son ,

Man chester

The fa ther of this schola r wa s in cumben t of S . Geor g e’

s chur ch, then ca lled S .Geor g e

’

s in the fields,a n d lived in Oldham street. He wa s presen ted in 18 26 to


the vica r a g e ofMottr am -in -Lon g den da le, Cheshire , by the bishop of'Chester ,

where he d ied on the 2 n d D ecember 1840 , in his 72n d yea r . A tablet to hism em ory wa s pla ced in the cha n cel of the chur ch , a t the cost of sever a l ofhispa r ishion ers, a s a token oftheir hig h estim a tion ofhis cha ra cter , a n d the in scr iption speaks ofhim a s a n a ble Theolog ia n a n d en erg etic Prea cher , d ilig en t a n dcon scien tious in the d ischa r g e of his Pa rochia l duties.” In the n or th a isle a

m em or ia l win dow,executed by Ha rdma n of B irm in g ham , ha s been pla ced in

r ecen t yea rs, to the m em ory ofhis pa ren ts a n d a sister who d ied youn g , by hisson , the schola r here r ecor ded, who left a t his dea th a bequest of r oo l . for tha tpurpose . The subject in troduced is in ten ded to illustr a te , in three ccm p a r t

m en ts, the apostolica l succession .

W.W . J ohn son took pa r t in the public speech day of 18 24—25, a n d wa s a dm itted ,

with a school exhibition , to B r a sen ose colleg e, Oxford , succeed in g to a n Hulm ia n

exhibition in 18 2 8 . He g ra dua ted B .A. on the 14th May 18 29 , havin g beenpla ced in the first cla ss in the D iscip l in isMa th. et Phys. a t the Ea ster exam in ation , a n d M.A. on the 23rd Jun e 1 831 . He took holy or ders, a n d wa s for som e

yea r s on e ofthe m in or ca n on s ofMa n chester ca thedr a l . His n ame occur s veryfrequen tly a t the a n n iversa ry festiva ls, a n d he wa s vice -presiden t in 1 837, a s

collea g ue to the r ev. Georg e Heron , M.A. He d ied un ma rr ied on the 9thbrua ry 1864, a g ed 56, a n d is bur ied a t Mottr am .

Thom as Gilbert, son of Thom as Ain sworth, attorn ey, Man chester

[Thom a s Gilber t, br other ofWilliam Ha rr ison a n d youn g est son ofMr . Thoma sAin swor th

,wa s bor n on the 4thOctober 1806 . Hewa s n am ed a fter his fa ther ’s

fr ien d , Mr . Gilber t Win ter . After lea vin g school he a cquir ed a school exhib ition a n d m a tr icula ted a t S . J ohn ’

s colleg e , Cam br idg e , but n ever g r a dua ted.

Atta cked by br a in fever , while r ea di n g ha rd , he wa s compelled for som e timeto a bsta in from a l l m en ta l labour , a n d d id n ot r etur n to the un iversity. In ea r lyyouth he ha d m etwith a sever e fa ll, causin g fr a cture of the skull ; a n d , thoug hhe a ppa ren tly r ecover ed from the effects of this direful a cciden t, ir repa r a ble m ischiefwa s don e . At a subsequen t da te, when pr osecutin g his stud ies with thesame a rdour a s heretofor e , he ha d a r ecur r en ce of the a tta ck with a g g ra va tedsymptom s. A very prom isin g ca reer wa s thus cut shor t.Thom a s Gilber t Ain swor thwa s or ig in a lly desig n ed for holy or ders, but on quittin gCam br idg e , a s a bove m en tion ed, he a tten ded Mr . Turn er ’s lectures i n Ma n chester ,with the in ten tion ofa doptin g the medica l profession but itm aybe doubtedwhether he would ever have pr a ctised . Hishabitswere stud ious a n d retired

,a n d

it is probable he would ha ve devoted him self to lettersha d his hea lth perm itted .

His per son a l a ppea r a n ce wa s em in en tly pr epossessin g , a n d a peculia r in ter estwa s impa r ted to his fea tur es by the m ela n choly expression ofhis fin e da rk eyes.His m a n n er wa s r eserved a n d som ewha t haug hty , but he wa s ea sy en oug h withthose he liked . Possessin g con sider able con versa tion a l powers, he wa s fon d


of argumen t. Tha t he m ust ha ve d istin g uished himsel f, ha d n ot his in tellectbecome un happily clouded , is the con viction of those who kn ewhim in tim a telya n d loved him . On e, amon g his m ost cherished frien ds, a n d who kn ewhiscapa city

, the pr esiden t ofthe Chetham society, a lways en ter ta in ed this Opin ion .

Thom a s Gilber t Ain swor th ha s left n othin g—a t lea st , n othin g ca n b e discoveredamon g his papers—bywhich his un question able abilities ca n b e proper ly estim a ted . On quittin g the Ma n chester school, he wr ote som e va ledictory lin es,which he presen ted to doctor Sm ith, by whom they wer e preserved. The doctorthoug ht highl y of them his cr itica l judgmen t bein g , n o doubt, in fluen ced bypa r tia lity for a fa vour ite pupil.

Va le to the Ma n chester Fr ee Gr a mm a r School .

Stretched on the pla in wher e va lour ba de him r oam ,

The dyin g Ar g ive tur n ed his eyes to hom e

His g la z in g eyes, thoug h dimm ed by dea th 8 chill ha n d,

In stin ctive wa n dered to his n a tive la n dOfa l l his ea r ly yea rs the much loved spot ,Dea r e

’en in dea th—thoug h d ista n t un for g ot .

An d lives ther e on e so void ofNa ture’s g r a ce ,Alike in differen t to ea ch cha n g e ofpla ce,Who kn ows n o spot fr om which hewoul d n ot par t

,

By fon d remembr a n ce wedded to the hea r t,Which joy - per cha n ce, even g r ief, ha s ren dered dea r ,An d cla im s, when left, a tr ibuta ry tea r ?Who dea d to feelin g , n or to Na ture true,U n moved , un m elted , takeshi s la st a dieuTo you with fon der thoug hts my bosom tur n s,To you, un quen ched , the flam e ofm emory burn s,Boun d by a thousa n d recollection s fa st

,

The lin g er in g , fon d remem br a n ce of the pa st.To you I look , dea r wa lls, a s on e who lea vesHis hom e

, a n d hopeless ofr etur n in g , g r ieves,An d va in l y str ives the bitter pa in to quell,Tha t wrin g s his hea r t while biddi n g hom e fa rewell !’Twa s here to ca tch the g lowofcla ssic lor e,The mon umen ts ofm in d I pon dered o

’

er

Hun g o’

er the tr ea sures ofthe Gr ecia n pa g e,Electr a ’s g r iefs, Orestes

’ fren z ied r a g e ;

Or’m id the trophies of a la ter d ay

Ma rked with delig ht Rome’s in tellectua l r ay.Fa r ewell ! a lon g fa rewell ! to a l l behi n dFon d thoug hts I leave, a n d wishes ever kin dBut chief to him my g r a teful tha n ks a re due,Who g a ve my powers a ssista n ce a s they g rew;



Ma son did n ot reside con sta n tly on his b en efice, but spen t much tim e in tra vellin g a broad, a n d d ied in

'

J un e 1867, a t Eg er in Bohem ia,s.p . He m a rr ied

Helen , d aug hter ofHen ry ShawLefevre, esq., a n d n iece of lord Eversley

,form

erly speaker of the House of comm on s ; a n d his sister m a r ried the r ev. Hen ryPa r rHam ilton ,

A.M., n owd ea n ofSa lisbury. In the Lon don Gua r d ia n Ofthe 24th

Februa ry 1869 a ppea r ed the followin g pa ra g r aph The bishop ofRipon con se

cr a ted the cha pel ofS . Ma ry Ma g d a len e, Ripon , on Tuesday week. This sa cr ededifice

,which is from the desig n ofMr . Crossla n d, ha s been erected throug h the

l iber a lity ofthe widowof the la te r ev. G.Ma son , ofCopt Hewick ha ll,in fulfil

m en t ofher husba n d’s in ten tion s.”

Oswald,son Ofthe r ev. Streyn sham Master, Croston

He wa s drown ed wh ilst a t school ,when ba thin g in the r iver Irwell, n ea r B roug hton .

His n am e occurs am on g the sen ior schola rs a t the public speeches in 18 18 .

Ke nworthy , son OfEdward Thom son,solicitor

,Man chester

He wa s the eldest son , a n d served pa r t ofhis tim e a s a r ticled clerk to Mr . C lul ow,

solicitor a n d town cle rk ofMa ccl esfiel d,a n d wa s subseque n tly a ssig n ed to Mr .

Edwa rd B rown of Oldham ,in which town he r esided un til his dea th, a n d ha d

con siderable pr a ctice, a n d wa s p a r ticula r ly clever a s a n a dvoca te. He d ied on

the 17th September 1835, a g ed 31 .

Fran cis,son of the late William Powell

,warehousem an

,Ma n

chester ( 1 1)George a n d Samuel , son s of the late John Bailey, solicitor, Ma n

chester ( I I a n d

Sep temb . 28 . Richard,son OfThomasWhiteley, cabin et ma ker, Man chester (13)

John a n d George,son s of George Lin gs

,con troller

,Man chester

(10 a n d

John L in g s d ied in 18 29 , a g ed 2 1, a n d his brother Geor g e in 1846, a g ed 40 .

Their fa ther d ied i n 1847, a t the a g e of72 , a n d ther e is the followin g in scription on

the cover of the fon t in the ca thed ra l of Ma n chester , g iven by public sub scr iption ,

which r efers to his useful services“To the g lory of GOD this Fon t Cover is g iven in r em em bra n ce of Geor g e

Lin g s, who fa ithfully d ischa r g ed , for thir ty yea rs, his trust a s Com ptroller to theChur chwa rden s a n d Overseers ofMa n chester . He cea sed from his labours, Oct.2 3, 1847. Not un to us, 0,

LORD, but un to Thy Nam e, g ive Glory .

’

28. John , son of George Pratt, hosier, Man chester28 . George, son OfGeorge Pratt, hosier, Man chester28. James

,son OfGavin Hamilton , surgeon , Man chester

Jam es Hamilton ,born on the 27thApril 1807, died a t Ma n chester on the 3oth


Aug ust 1826 . Two sisters of this schola r m a r r ied in to the fam ily ofBellhouseofMa n chester . For two elder brothers see sup r a p. 1 1 I .

Frederick , son of the late John William s,iron foun der

,Man ches sep tiixi.

8

28 .

ter

Jam es, son OfIsaac B lan d,forem an

,Man chester

Thom as, son of the r ev. Thom as Swetten ham,.Pen dleton

The fa ther wa s r ector Of Swetten ham ,n ea r Con g leton , a n d the son , who is n ow

livin g , became a m ajor in the a rmy.

Edward,son ofWilliam Bran thwa ite

,shopkeeper, Man chester

Jam es,son of John Chorlton

,en g in eer, Ardwick , Man chester

John ,son OfThom as Thorley

,publican

,Man chester

Thom as,son OfJon athan Lees, shopkeeper, Man chester

Thom as, son of the late John William son,dyer

,Man chester

Thom as,son Ofthe lateWill iam Irelan d

,publican

,Man chester (1

Jam es,son of Isaa c Hodgson ,

grocer,Man chester

John,son of t‘erdin a n do S outham

,flour dealer

,Man chester

Matthew,son OfWilliam Tattersall

, g en t., Man chesterGeorge

,son OfChristopher Wedderburn , tailor, Man chester

Thom as,son of Thom as Topp

,ag en t, Man chester

John a n d Edward,'

son s of Christopher Wild,collector

,Man ches

ter (13 a n d

Thom as, son of Thom as Greenwood, Spin n er, Man chesterJam es

,son of RobertMofl

'

a tt,warehousem an

,Man chester

John ,son OfWilliam Chorlton

,pain ter

,Man chester

John,son of Jam es Jackson

,hairdresser

,Man chester

Edward,son of John Benn ett

,potter

,Man chester

Thom as,son Of Jam es Fitton

, warehousem an , Ma n chesterGeorg e Edward , son of Martin Clayton , watchm aker, Man chester

I

For his b rhtliseh, J a pheth, see a n te, p . 4 1 .

Hen ry son Ofthe late John Kay, bookkeeper, Man chesterHen ry

,son OfGeorg e Ol l iva n t, cotton dealer, Man chester I

Hen ry Vin cen t Ol l iva n t, youn g er b rother of Mr . G. B . Ol l iva n t, m ercha n t, of

Ma n chester , n ow r esid in g a t Sa le, died a t the ea rly a g e of_

16. He wa s firstcousin to Alfred Ol l iva n t, D .D .

, n owlord b ishop ofLl a n dafl‘

.


Jabez,son of Luke Newton

,bookbin der

,Man chester (1

Ern est Hilton , son Of Richard Cheetn am,pattern drawer

, Ma n

chesterJohn

,son OfWilliam Hen shaw

,bookkeeper

,Man chester

William ,son ofWilliam Ron deau,


John,son of John Thom pson

,attorn ey

,Man chester

George, son ofWilliam Hobson , auction eer, Man chesterEdward, son of John Slack, prin ter, Man chester

Novcm o 28. Edward,son of S amuel S ims

,station er, Bath

Edwa r d Simm s, the eldest son ofSam uel a n d Ma r ia n n e Simms,wa s bor n a tBa th on

the 8 thMay 1 803, a n d is brother toMr . Cha r les S . S imms ofMa n chester , the publ isher of the Chetham society. His n ame a ppea rs amon g the sen ior schola r s a t

the speech d ays of 18 20—2 2,a n d in 18 23hewa s n om in a ted to a school exhibition .

He wa s elected to a bible clerkship a t Wa dham colleg e, Oxford , a n d pla ced , a tthe Micha elm a s exam in a tion 1 8 2 6

,in the secon d cla ss in L it. H

'

um., two ofhis

collea g ues in the sam e cl a ss bein g the p resen t b ishop ofW in chester , a n d bishopTrower . He took the d eg ree of B .A. on the 18th D ecember 18 26

, M.A. on

the 2 n d July 182 9 , a n d wa s orda in ed dea con in 1836 , a n d pr iest in 1837, byD r . Ca rr , bishop OfWorcester , to the cur a cy of Dudley, a n d published in thela tter yea r D ud l ey Ca stl e , i ts History, A n tiquities, a n d loca l cha r a cter istics

br iefly descr ibed . pp. 34, 12m0. Mr . S imm s,whose time ha s been spen t pa r tly

in pr iva te tuition , a n d pa r tly in pa stor a l work, a fter hold in g sever a l cur a cies,wa s presen ted in 1869 to the sm a ll vica r a g e of Escot, in the pa r ish Of Ottery S .Ma ry, Devon , where he is n ow r esiden t. Whilst a t school he d istin g uishedhim self by his poetica l ta len ts, a n d som e ofhis exercises in verse wer e preservedby my fa ther . He is the a uthor Of Sta n za s to the memory of Sir Wa l ter Scott,

a n d of a l l the paper s a n d poem s sig n ed E. S . which a ppea r ed in the B a th a n d

B r istol Ma g a z in e, Of which twelve qua r ter ly n umbers wer e published from1832—34 a n d two works in D r . Hook’s devotion a l libr a ry a r e by him

1 . Holy Thoug hts a n d Pr ayers : 2 . D evout Musi n g s on the B ook of Psa lms.

Mr . Simm s m a r r ied , on the 2md September 1856 , Sa r a h Eliza beth, on ly d aughter of Thom a s Hutton , esq., of B a lham hill, Surrey, a n d hasissue on e son a n d

four daug hter s.

Robert, son ofThom as Luckm an , solicitor,Man chester

For m a n y yea rs he wa s a collector for the Ma n chester corpor a tion , a n d , a fter a'

chequered yea r or two, becam e overseer OfSa lford, which office he held un til hisd ecea se in 1863. He is spoken ofa s possessin g some bota n ica l kn owledg e.

George,son OfGeorge Brown

,m an ufa cturer, Man chester (15)

Joseph, son Ofthe rev. John Stephen s, Man chesterThis schola r I believe to be Joseph Rayn er Stephen s, son ofJohn Stephen swho ap



Edwa rd William Thompson served his a r ticleswith his elder brother , a n d had a

g ood pr a ctice a s a n a ttorn ey a t Glossop , bein g reg istr a r of the Coun ty cour ts ofCon g leton a n d Glossop, a n d deputy coron er of Glossop. He wa s a lso clerk tothe m a g istra tes of tha t division , a n d to two tur n pike trusts. He d ied on the

9thMay 1853, a g ed 45.

John ,son of David Evan s, surgeon , Belper

The fa ther of this schola r died a t Belper on the 20thNovem ber 1862 .

His eldest son , John Ha r r ison Eva n s (brother to Geor g e F. Eva n s, M.D ., ofCa iuscolleg e , Cambr idg e, a wr a n g ler of 1832 , con sultin g physicia n to the B irm in gham

g en era l hospita l, a n d to the rev. Thom a s S . Eva n s,A.M.,

who g a in ed the Por sonpr ize a t Cambr idg e in 1838 , n owprofessor of Gr eek in the un iversity of Dur

ham , a n d ca n on r esiden tia ry of the ca thedr a l) , wa s in the hig h m a ster ’s depa r tm en t for five yea rs, ta kin g pa r t in the public speeches from 1 8 20 to 18 245 bein ga t the hea d ofthe school in the la st yea r , a n d proceedin g to Ca mbr id g e with on eof the school exhibition s, when he wa s elected a schola r of S . John ’

s on the SO

merset foun da tion . In 182 8 he took the deg ree ofA.B ., g a in in g the thir d pla ce

amon g the wr a n g ler s, a n d the ten th pla ce in the first cla ss Ofthe cla ssica l tr ipos,a n d proceeded A.M. in 1831. He wa s orda in ed dea con a n d pr iest in 1833 a n d

1834. Havin g been elected fellowofthe colleg e , he wa s for som e yea r s employeda s tutor , a n d filled the ofii ce of sen ior m odera tor a t the public exam in a tion s Of1 835, a n d Of sen ior exam in er in 1836 . In 1837he wa s jun ior proctor . In the

followin g yea r he wa s elected to the hea d m a stership of Sedberg h school , Yorkshire, ofwhich the m a ster a n d fellows of S . John ’

s coll eg e a re the pa tron s, a n d

con ducted the sam e with much distin ction till towa rds the en d of 186 1,when he

wa s oblig ed by b a d hea lth to r esig n the post ; a n d ha s sin ce resided a t B elper .He m a r ried a t Dufiield, Derbyshire, on the 19th J uly 1838 , Ka te, youn g estdaug hter ofthe la te Leon a rd Picker in g , esq., ofWin terbourn e Abba s, Dorset,by whom he ha s two son s a n d two daug hter s.Mr . Eva n s published Thefir st thr ee section s of Newton

’s P r in cip ia , withp a r ts of

the n in tha n d eleven thsection s, Cambr idg e, Deig hton s, which ha s la tely r ea cheda fifth edi tion .

Robert,son of John Horn by, m erchant, B lackburnThe secon d son . (For his elder brother , D a n iel, see a n te, p . 1Rober t Hor n by, bor n on the 2othJ un e 1804, took pa r t twice in the public speeches,

a n d g ra dua ted a t Down in g colleg e, Cambr idg e, A.B . 182 9, A.M. 1833. He tookholy order s, a n d wa s for five yea r s cur a te to Dr . Ain g er , r ector ofNor then den ,Cheshir e, a fterwa rds in cumben t ofWa lton - l e-D a le

,in the pa r ish ofB la ckburn

,

a n d sin ce 1853 vica r of B ayston hill, Shrewsbury, wher e he is n owr esiden t,bein g a lso a m a g istra te of the coun ty. He m a r r ied on the 2 2 n d Jun e 1830 ,

Ma r ia Leyla n d, youn g est d aug hter of the la te sir William Fielden , ba r t., a n d ha sa la rg e fam ily. A youn g er brother of this schola r , William Hen ry Hor n by, ison e ofthe pr esen t r epresen ta tives in pa r liamen t for the boroug h ofB la ckburn .


Hen ry,son Of the late William Batem an , cotton m erchant, Man Febifiiy g .chester

I fin d this n am e amon g the sen ior schola rs takin g p a r t in the public speeches of1 8 19 . In 18 17, the fa ther wa s r esiden t a t the Polyg on , Ardwick ; a n d a fterwa rds, a s I am told , wen t to live in Derbyshir e a t a n esta tewhi ch he pur cha sed .

Samuel, son of Samuel Field, win e m erchan t,Man chester Ma rch 19.

Thom as,son Ofthe late Richard Zouch, arm y agen t, Rochdale

[Thom a s Zouch wa s g odson a n d kin sm a n ofthe r ev. D r . D r ake, vica r ofRochd a le,who sen t him to Ma n chester school. His fa ther , Richa rd Zouch, wa s brother ofthe r ev. Cha r les Z ouch, in cumben t ofSa ddlewor th (179 2 a n d n ephewof

Dr . Thom a s Z ouch, preben d a ry of Durham (who r efused the bishopr ick ofC a rlisle when offered to him by Mr . Pitt) , a n d of Hen ry Z ouch, vica r ofSa n da l,n ea r Wakefield , a n d r ector ofTa n kersley. Their sister An n ,

d aug hter ofthe r ev.

Cha r les Z ouch , vica r ofSa n da l, co. York, m a r r ied the rev. sir William Lowtherba r t., vica r of Swillin g ton , a n d pr eben da ry of York, the fa ther ofsir WilliamLowther , ba r t., whowa s crea ted ear l ofLon sda le in 1807, a n d who d ied in 1844.

Thom a s Zouch , the schola r here r ecorded, is sa id to have g on e to In dia , when cehe r etur n ed with som e m ili ta ry r a n k . R.]Thoma s Zouch took pa r t in the public speech day of 1820 .

John,son ofWilliam Hobson ,

auction eer,Man chester (12)

William,son of John Tarr

, warehousem an , Man chester ( 1Joseph

,son ofthe late William Irelan d

,Man chester

Arthur,son of the late George Burgess, draper, Man chester

Thom as, son of Charles Rickards, cotton m erchan t, Man chesterThom a s B roome Ricka r ds, bor n on the 6thJun e 18 10

,wa s for some yea rs a cottonbroker a t Mobile a n d NewOr lea n s, a n d , dyin g on the 5thJun e 1854,wa s bur ieda t the Episcopa l chur ch of S . Geor g e, in the city ofSchen ecta dy, d iocese ofNewYork, U . S., on the d ay a fter his dea th, bein g his birthday. He m a r r ied a MissSherwood, who survives him , s.p .

For his brother , Cha r lesH. Ricka rds, see a n n o 1820.

William , son of William Boudler, comm ission agent, Man chester Apr il

William,

son Of William Spence, surgeon- apothecary, Bedale,Yorkshire

Will iam Spen ce , born on the 14thD ecember 1807, a ppea r s amon g the sen ior

schola rs on the speech days 1 824—7. He wa s m a tr icula ted a t Lin coln colleg e,Oxford

,ea rly in 1826

, with the viewof en ter in g in to r esiden ce in October followin g ; but in the m ea nwhile wa s persua ded by frien ds to choose Cambr idg e a s

his un iversity, a n d wa s a dm itted to S . John ’

s colleg e with on e of the school ex


hibition s in 1827, a n d soon a fterwa r ds elected a Somerset schola r . The choicewa s un for tun a te, for , ha vin g n o ta ste for m a them a tics, he fa iled to d istin g uishhimself a t the fin a l exam in a tion ,

which , ha d he g on e to Oxfor d , he m ig hthave don e. The d isa ppoin tmen t wa s a la stin g on e. After g r a dua tin g A.R.

in 1833, he r eturn ed to Ma n chester , takin g pr iva te pupils, a n d , on the dea thofthe r ev. J ohn J ohn son in 1834, wa s a ppoin ted by my fa ther to succeed him a s

on e of the a ssista n t m a ster s. This post he r esig n ed a bout 1842 a n d , withthea ssista n ce of the r ev. Thom a s Ben tley , then in cumben t of S . Ma tthew’

s, com

m en ced pr epa ra tion for takin g holy or ders, his or ig in a l object, but on e which ,from con scien tious motives, he ha d lon g put a side. In July 1844 , he wa s

ord a in ed by the bishop of Chester , a t Durham , to the cur a cy of D a lton - in -Fur

n ess, ofwhich the r ev . J . T .Kirkba n k ,wa s then vica r , a n d devoted him self mosti n defa tig ably to pa stor al work, a n d wa s pr esen ted by his vica r to the perpetua lcura cy ofWa l n ey, in tha t pa r ish, in 1846 ; but it wa s n ot perm itted him to

en ter in to a ctua l possession Of a perm a n en t hom e , towhich he looked forwa rd so

hopefully. Dur in g the tim e his house wa s bein g pr epa red for him ,he ca ug ht a

severe cold whilst officia tin g a t a fun era l for his la te vica r , which term in a ted inl owfever , fr om the effects ofwh ich he d ied , a fter three weeks’ illn ess, on the

18thMay 1846 , a g ed 38 , a n d wa s bur ied on the 23rd , a t D a lton -in -Fur n ess.

He ha d m a r r ied a Miss Raby ofMa n chester , who subsequen tly becam e wife tohis successor in the cura cy, the r ev. J . M. Mor g a n , n owvica r ofthe pa r ish .

Hiram,son Of John Harlow, warehousem an , Man chester

Jam es,son of John Roberts

,warehousem an ,

Man chesterSamuel

,son of Samuel Batem an , warehousem an , Man chester

Jam es Batem an ,son of William Thorpe, cotton m erchan t

, Ma n

chester (1The fa ther of this schola r came from York, a n d m a rr ied Elizabeth , the eldestd aug hter ofMr . Jam es B a tem a n , who wa s a bout this tim e livin g a t Islin g tonhouse, S a lford , a n d who a fterwa rds r esided a t Kn yper sl ey ha ll, in the n or thernpa r t ofthe coun ty ofStafi’

ord , where he d ied in 1824, a n d wa s succeeded by hisson John , who lived there to the time of his dea th in 1858 , a highly r espectedcoun try g en tlem a n .

Jam es Ba tem a n Thorpe, whose n ame occurs frequen tly a t the a n n ua l meetin g s of

the ol d schola r s, a n d n owr esiden t a t Victor ia pa rk, Ma n chester , wa s for m a n yyea rs a ctively en g a g ed in busin ess a s a cotton spin n er . He is a widower , wit-htwo son s.

Joseph,son of the late Samuel Russell

,printer

,Man chester

For some men tion of the fa ther , see Reg ister , vol . 11. pp. 251- 3 (n ote to Thoma sSowl er) .

His son J oseph, born on the 23rd Aug ust 1805, becam e a sur g eon , r esided in

D ea n sg ate, a n d ma rr ied, on the r 1thFebrua ry 182 8, An n e, on ly child ofMr .



John,son of John Livesey, warehousem an , Ardwick

John Livesey, bor n on the 17th May 1803, wa s n omin a ted to a school exhibitionin 1823,his n am e a ppea r in g am on g the sen ior schola rs a t the public speech daysof 1820-

3, a n d g r a dua ted a t S. John ’s colleg e , Cambr idg e, A.B . 18 27, A.M.

1830 . Soon after t akin g his first deg ree he wa s orda in ed dea con to the cur a cyofTr in ity church , Cambr idg e, ofwh ich the well-kn own Cha r les Sim eon wa s theni n cumben t , a n d in 18 2 8 wa s ord a in ed pr iest. In the yea r 1831 hewa s a ppoin tedby Dr . T. Sutton , vica r ofSheffi eld , to the in cum ben cy ofS. Philip’s chur ch intha t town , a n d held the same for the lon g per iod of 39 yea rs, dyin g on the 1 1th

Aug ust 1 870. At the time ofhis dea thther e a ppea r ed in the Sheffield papers abr ief n otice ofhis ca r eer , in which it is sta ted tha t “a this own cost he provided thebur ia l g roun d a tWa rdsen d , with a viewto en ha n cin g the va lue of the ben efice

for his successor s,” a n d tha t he wa s m a in ly in strume n ta l i n br in g in g a bout thed ivision of Sheffield in to va r ious ecclesia stica l d istr icts or pa r ishes. He heldfrom the yea r 1 836 the office of m ilita ry chapla in a t Sheffield, a n d wa s thea uthor ofva r ious sermon s a n d pamphlets.

Robert,son ofAlexan der Eg l eson , gen t ., Man chester

William,son of Alexan der Eg l eson , gen t., Man chester

For two elder brothers ofthese schola rs, John a n d Alexa n der , see Reg ister , vol . 11°

p . 237, a n d a n te,p . 55.

I n the D ir ectory of 18 2 1—2,Alexa n der Eg l esom e a ppea rs a s the propr ietor ofa n

a ca demy in Ma n chester . He a fterwa rds en ter ed in to tra de, a n d d ied a t the a g e

of 27, on the 16th Ja n ua ry 18 2 9. Al l the brother s d ied ea r ly in life ofcon sum ption . Rober t d ied on the sth Ma r ch 18 2 8

,a g ed 19 , a n d William on the 6th

September 182 8,a g ed 18 . They were a l l un m a rr ied

,a n d bur ied , with their

fa ther , in Ardwick chur chya r d .

Peter, son of George Kilgour, m erchan t, Lon donJohn

,son of John Carlisle, timber m erchan t , Man chester

Charles Frederick, son of William An thon y, m anufacturer, Ma n

chesterIn the Ma n chester a n d Sa lford D ir ector ies for m a n y yea rs pa st, this schola r a ppea rs

a s a tea cher ofm usic. His n am e a ppea rs i n the r ecords ofthe 83rd a n n iversa ryfestiva l , tha t of 1 864, the la st of these socia l meetin g s.

October 4.Dan iel, son of John Sm ith, m an ufacturer, Newton Heath

4. Job,son of Job D ickin , corn dealer, Man chester (IO).

Edward, son of Edward Appleton , bleacher, Sm edley

4. Matthias, son of the late Matthias Morgan , solicitor, Man chester

4. John , son of Alexander Gordon, bookkeeper, Manchester (I I ).


This schola r I believe to be John Cor son Gordon , whowa s a fterwar ds a sur g eon inMa n chester . His n ame is fr equen tly foun d am on g the ol d schola rs a ssembled a tthe a n n iversa ry m eetin g s. He wa s a t on e time in g ood pr a ctice , but, becom in ga ddicted to in tem per a te ha bits, lost his position in society, fell in to pover ty,a n d died m iser a bly a bout 1850. In la ter yea r s he pr a ctised a t Hulm e . Hewa sm a r r ied a n d left a fam ily ; a n d three ofhis daug hters have been taken by theEa st Gr in stea d sister s in to their in stitution .

Samuel,son of John Sm ith

,m an ufacturer

,Newton Heath

Oliver Holt, son ofWilliam Redfern ,solicitor

,Rochdale (I

[He en ter ed in to the sam e profession a s his fa ther,a n d wa s a cciden ta lly drown ed

whilst steppin g on boa rd a vessel a t Liverpool boun d for a foreig n por t. He

wa s un m a r r ied . R .]

John ,son of the late John Vern on

,en sig n 53rd, Man chester

John Ven ables Ver n on , on leavin g school , wa s destin ed for the m ed ica l profession ,

a n d a tten ded the a n a tom ica l lectures g iven by Mr . Jorda n in Moun t str eet m ed i

ca l school but subsequen tly tur n ed his a tten tion to en g r a vin g for ca lico pr in ter s,a n d becam e the sen ior pa r tn er in the firm of Ver n on , Ma rcha n ton a n d Edg e ,a n d ca rried on the busin ess, for upwa rds of thir ty yea r s

,un til his dea th on the

7thJ a n ua ry 1 863. He studied chem istry un d er D r . D a lton , a n d throug houthis life ca rr ied on tha t study in con n ection with ca lico pr in tin g a n d bein g fon dof scien tific pur suits, wa s in strum en ta l in establishin g ;

the V ictor ia g a llery forthe prom otion of scien ce , un der the la te W illiam Stur g eon ,

the electr icia n ; butowin g to the little ta ste for scien ce a t tha t tim e, the scheme proved a fa ilure a n dwa s a ba n don ed. He m a rr ied An n e, da ug hter ofMr . J ohn B a r n es, m a n ufa ctur er

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Ma n chester , a n d left on e son , Georg e Ven ables Ver n on , &c.,pa r tn er in

the firm ofB a zl ey a n d Vern on , cotton spin n ers.

John,son of the late John Aym er

,m erchan t

,Jam aica (12)

Thom as, son of Alexan der Lyn n ,saddler

,Man chester

Richard, son of John Thompson ,ropem aker, Man chester

Of this schola r there appea r ed , a t the time ofhis decea se , the followin g n otice inthe colum n s ofthe Ma n chester Cour ier“The la te Richa rd Thompson , esq.

,M.A. On Tuesday la st

,there pa ssed

away a quiet m ember ofour comm un ity, in mem ory ofwhom we feel con str a in edto say a pa r tin g wor d . The wor ld is too apt to pay its tr ibute to those whohave been con spicuous for their wea lth, or who have kept them selves before thepublic by n oisy deba te or who, if their object ha s been g ood , have determ in edtha t the g ood which they have don e sha ll b e fully kn own

,if n ot exa g g er a ted .

We cla im a tr ibute of r espect from those whose a pprova l is wor th havin g , inbeha lf ofthe fewwho do g ood from the hig hest m otives, who a re un osten ta tiousin their a cts, a n d who work on thr oug h life , un der a r elig ious impression tha tm a n is born to work. Amon g these we believe we m ay fa ir ly r eckon the

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la tesecon d m a ster of the Ma n chester g ramm a r school, Mr . Thompson . In this


a n cien t in stitution he r eceived his educa tion from his ea r liest days, comm en cin gin the lowest d epa r tm en t ofa l l , a n d g r a dua lly movin g upwa rds, un til he becam e

capta in of the school. About the yea r 1830 he en tered a t B r a zen ose colleg e ,a n d in the Ea ster term of 1834 he wa s pla ced in the first cla ss in cla ssics, a nhon our which B ra zen ose ha d n ot r eceived fr om a n y other studen t for eig ht orn in e pr evious exam in a tion s, the la st havin g been obtain ed in the yea r 18 2 9.

By wha t we m ay ven ture to term som ethin g m ore tha n a n a ct of in discr etion inthese his youthful days, he fa iled to secure the fellowship which seemed so

n a tur a lly to b e his due, a n d he cam e ba ck to his n a tive town with the ca lmdetermin a tion to ea rn his livel ihood by ha rd work. He wa s a ppoin ted er e lon gto a n a ssista n t m a ster ship in his old school, a n d , subsequen tly, when the ofii ce ofsecon d m a ster became va ca n t, he wa s p romoted to it by the pa tr on

, the pr esiden t ofCorpus Chr isti colleg e , Oxford . In these officeshe la boured for a qua r terof a cen tury or m or e , seldom a bsen t from his post , ea r n in g the r espect ofhiscollea g ues, the love ofhis pupils, a n d the g r a titude of their pa r en ts. Wha t tootherswould b e leisure hourswer e still to him hours ofwork. He wa s m uchsoug ht a fter a s a pr iva te tutor , a n d this

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circum sta n ce g ave him little tim e for the

ordin a ry plea sures ofsocia l life. He d id n ot seek to m ake m a n y fr ien ds, but his

g ood qua lities ofhea d a n d hea r t wer e well-kn own to a few. Ther e a r e scor es a n dhun dreds ofm en in this busy city, in the un iversities, a n d sca tter ed throug h thepa r ishes ofthe coun try , who will r eg r et their form er m a ster ’s decea se, a n d whowill a t on ce ca ll up the r em embr a n ce ofm a n y kin dn esses don e by him to them ,

a n d ofm a n y blessin g s der ived from his tea chin g . The ol d school will wa it lon gbefor e it produces a better schola r a n d a m or e efficien t m a ster .”

Richa rd Thom pson took pa r t in the public speeches from 1827- 2 9 , a n d,ha vin g

been appoin ted to a school exhibition ,wa s elected to a Somerset schola rship a t

Br a sen ose colleg e, succeed in g to on e ofHulme’

s exhibition s in 1833. His n am e

is foun d a t a l l the a n n iver sa ry m eetin g s of the ol d schola rs from 1838 to 186 I .

He d ied on the 2 8thJ a n ua ry 186 2 , a g ed 51, a n d wa s bur ied a t Heysham chur ch ,Morecam be b ay, La n ca shir e .

Thom as,son of Thom as Barker, m an ufacturer, Oldham

Aug ustus Sm ith, son ofJosephSm ith,m erchan t

,Man chester (I I ).

The fa ther of this schola r wa s, I believe , a t on e tim e a d issen tin g tea cher , a n d , in1 8 20

, r esided a t Str a n g eways ha ll (lon g the sea t of the Reyn olds fam ily, a fterwa rds ba r on s Ducie) , r ecen tly pulled down the site ofwhich is n owoccupiedby the n ewAssiz e cour ts.

Aug ustus Smith wa s a cotton m er cha n t in Ma n chester , in pa r tn ership with hisb rother Jun ius, a n d in the D ir ectory of 1845 a ppea r s a s r esiden t a t CheethamHill. He subsequen tly left Ma n chester , a n d wa s

,n ot lon g a g o, livin g a t Fl ex

ford house, n ea r Guildford .

7. Jun ius, son of JosephSmith, m erchan t

,Man chester

Jun ius Smith, brother to the precedin g schola r , lived, a fter his fa ther ’s dea th , a t



thr ee son s, a n d on e d aug hter , who m a rr ied P. O .Wethered , esq.,M.P. for Gr ea t

Ma r low. Two ofhis son s a re officers in the a rmy .1820

Februa ry 12. John , son of Thom as Olli er, surgeon , Man chesterFor a n elder son , Hen ry, see sup r a ,

p . 50.

John , the ten th a n d youn g est child, wa s a chem ist, a n d som e yea rs a g o r esiden t a tBirken hea d

,Cheshir e.

Ma rch Solom on,son of John Sm ith, m an ufacturer, Bedford

B edford,the r esiden ce ofthe fa ther ofthis schola r , does n ot m ea n thewell-en dowed

coun ty town of tha t n am e,but B edford in the p a r ish ofLeig h, n ea r Ma n chester .

Mr . J ohn Sm ith wa s a coun try cotton m a n ufa cturer , with a wa r ehouse a t the

bottom ofMa rket str eet,wher e he a tten ded , a swa s the custom , on Tuesdays a n dSa turd ays, the m a rket d ays.This schola r , born in 1 807, whose educa tion , pr evious to g oin g to Cambr idg e,wa s wholly der ived from Ma n chester school

,is a n in sta n ce ofwha t m ay be

a ccom plished by in dustry. En ter in g in the third cla ss of the lower school in18 19 , he r a pid ly worked his way up to the hig h m a ster ’s depa r tmen t in 18 24,

a ccomplishin g the curr iculum of the school in r a ther m or e tha n ha lf the usua ltime , a n d, a fter takin g pa r t in the public speech d ays of 1824

—25, proceeded toS . John ’

s colleg e, Ca mbr idg e, a s a siz a r , a n d a t the en d of thr ee years’ r esiden cewa s elected to a schola rship, the siza r s of S . John ’

s bein g a t t ha t day excludedfrom sittin g a t the exam in a tion for schola r ships. At the la st exam in a tion , p r evious to the A.B . d eg r ee, he g a in ed the twen ty- third pla ce amon g the wra n g lersa n d a third cla ss in the cla ssica l tr ipos. His deg rees bea r da te, A.B . 1829 , A.M.

1832 . Mr . Sm ith, a fter takin g his first deg r ee, wen t in to Sussex a s pr iva te tutorto the son ofg en er a l Cosmo Gordon

,a n d , r etur n in g to colleg e in I 833,wa s elected

a fellowon the Pla tt foun da tion , a n d soon a fter appoin ted to the hea d m a stershipofthe Ca thedr a l g ramm a r school a tEly. Ha vin g been orda in ed dea n a n d pr iestin 1833, he wa s elected to a m in or ca n on ry a tEly, a n d a t the close of the sam e

yea r succeeded to the perpetua l cur a cy of S . Ma ry’s,in tha t city, whereupon he

r esig n ed the cha r g e of the school . Mr . Sm ith (for men tion of whom see

Reg ister , vol . i i. p. 46 , n ote to D r . Joseph Al len ) is still r esiden t a t Ely,hold in g the two sm a ll p ieces ofpr eferm en t before m en tion ed .

He m a r ried in 1836 first, B a rba ra An n e, the eldest d aug hter ofRober t Robson , esq.,

of Exn in g lodg e, n ea r Newm a rket, who d ied in 1839 , leavin g on e son , Ken elmHen ry Smith , n owcur a te to his fa ther a n d chapla in to the prison a n d workhousea tEly a n d secon dly, in 1859, Ma ry, four th d aug hter of Joseph Lit tle, esq.

, of

Ely, but 9 . p .Mr . Smith published , in 1849, a sermon

, prea ched on the d ay of public tha n ksg i vin g for the a ba temen t of the choler a in the chur ch ofS . Ma ry, Ely, en titledNa tion a l Visita tion s GOD

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S Messen g er s un to the Peop l e. 8vo, pp. 2 2 , Ely.

Apr il 20. George, son of JosephArm itage, tradesm an , HuddersfieldThe fa ther of this schola r , who ha d fifteen children , ofwhom twelve marr ied, a n d


ha ve issue, boug ht in 1820 the Miln sbr idg e proper ty, still held by the famil y,a n d on the d ea th ofhiswife in 1854 r etir ed from busin ess to B irkby lodg e, n ea rHudder sfield,where he d ied on the 17th August 1860, bein g J.P . a n d D .L. He

wa s succeeded by his eldest son Geor g e, the schola r here r ecorded, a n d the hea dofthe firm ofArm ita g e Brothers, mercha n ts, Huddersfield, con n ected with theAustr a lia n wool tr a de.Geor g e Armita g e , bor n on the 24thSeptember 1806

, wa s,with his two brothers, aboa rder a t Mr . El sd a l e’s house, a n d wa s for thr ee yea rs a t the school. He

m a r r ied , on the 24thAug ust 1830 , Ca rolin e J a n e, eldest daug hter ofMr . J am es

Dowker , ofNor th D a lton , Ea st Rid in g , a n d ha s issue seven children . He re

sides a tMil n sbr idg e house, is a m a g istr a te a n d D .L. oftheWest r id in g , a n d a lsoofthe boroug h ofHudder sfield .

For his brothers, Joseph Taylor a n d John , see Reg ister , a n n is 182 1 a n d 18 27.

William,son of JosephHardy

,sawm aker, Man chester

The fa ther wa s a n iron mon g er a n d sawm aker in Por tla n d street. This son becam e

a cotton m er cha n t in Ma n chester , a n d his n am e occurs very frequen tly am on g

the ol d schola r s pr esen t a t the a n n iversa ry m eetin g s, but n ot la ter tha n 1845.

In 1840 he wa s vice -pr esiden t, a s collea g ue to Dr . R. F. Ain swor th. He ha s

been dea d m a n y yea rs.

Richard,son of Peter San dford

,prin ter

,Ma n chester

Thom as,son of John Wille n

,writin g m aster, Man chester

Edward,son ofWilliam Howard , shoem aker, Man chester (11)

Thom as,son of John Mitchell , fustian m an ufacturer, Man chester

William,son of John William Gaulter, drug gist, Man chester

Lam plugh,son of the rev. L . Hird , LowMoor, Bradford, York August

shireFor his fa ther see Reg ister , vol . ii. p . 9 8 . I n the n ote tohis n ame there is a n error .

He wa s brother , n ot n ephew, to the r ig ht hon our a ble William W ickham , M.P.

The two son s, ofwhom this schola r , bor n 27thJun e 1807, wa s the youn g er , resum ed , on their fa ther

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s dea th,the ol d n ame ofWickham, which he ha d cha n g ed

for tha t ofHird .

Mr . Lamplug h W.Wickham , n owresiden t a t Chesn ut g rove , n ea r Ta dca ster , ha sbeen for m a n y yea rs a n a ctive pa r tn er in the LowMoor iron works, a n d a m a g istra te a n d deputy-lieuten a n t of the West r id in g of Yorkshire. He m a r r ied , on

the 8th July 1 834, Fr a n ces, d aug hter of colon el William Ha le, of Acomb , n ea r

York, by whom he ha s on e son a n d secon dly, on the 24thAug ust 1848 , Ma ry ,daughter of Geor g e Ston e, esq.

, of B liswor th ha ll, Nor thampton shire, a n d ha sissue two son s a n d on e daug hter .

George Hobson ,son of G . Cole Bain bridge

,gen t ., Liverpool


George Robertson ,son of the r ev. T.W. Edwards, Aldford

The fa ther of this schola r , bor n on the 2 9thOctober 1773, m a rr ied,on the 2 1st

May 179 8, Ma ry An n , d aug hter ofMr . Geor g e Rober tson of Edin burg h, a n dwa s or da in ed to the cur a cy ofAlford in 1798 , in stituted to the r ectory in 1832 ,

a n d d ied ther e on the 4th of J uly 1842 . There a re in the chur ch tablets to

his m emory, a n d to sever a l ofhis childr en .

Geor g e Rober tson , the secon d son , wa s bor n on the 25thJuly 1807. In 1825he

a ppea rs a t the hea d of the school, havin g , in the two pr ecedin g yea rs, takenpa r t in the public speech d ay. He wa s a dm itted a common er in B r a sen ose

colleg e, Oxford , with on e of the school exhibition s, a n d g ra dua ted B .A. 1 1thFebrua ry 1830 . Havin g been orda in ed dea n a n d pr iest in 1830 a n d 1831,

by D r . Ca r ey, bishop of S . Asaph, to the cur a cy of S . Ma r tin ,n ea r Chirk ,

Sa lop , a n d a fter holdin g other cur a cies in tha t d iocese,Mr . Rober tson

becam e cur a te to his fa ther , a n d for som e yea rs officia ted a lso a t Ea tonha ll, a s chapla in to the first m a rquis of Westm in ster , un til the dea th of

hi s fa ther in 1843. He then un der took the sole cha r g e of sever a l pa r ishes,in cludin g tha t ofB r a n dsby, n ea r York , from 1846 to 1852 , a n d wa s pr esen teda t the close of 1 854, by sir V. R . Corbet, ba r t., to the vica ra g e of Shawbury,n ea r Shr ewsbury , where he is n owr esiden t .Mr . Edwa rds m a r r ied , on the 27thFebrua ry 1851 , the sixth daug hter of g en era lGra ham Stirlin g , of Duchray a n d Auchyl e, who resided a t Red n e ck house, n ea rStir lin g , but is s. p.

W . Hen ry , son of T . Bellott, surgeon , Man chesterFor his elder brother , see a n te

,pp. 1 17—1 19 .

W ill iam Hen ry B ellot wa s born on the l othMa r ch 18 1 1 , a n d baptized a t S . Peter’schur ch

,Ma n chester , on the 25thApr il followin g . In 1827he took pa r t in the

public speech day, a n d on lea vin g school becam e a m ed ica l pupil of his un cle ,Mr . Joseph B ellot, of Stockpor t, con sultin g sur g eon to the in firm a ry of tha ttown , whowa s in ea r ly life a sur g eon ofthe roya l n avy. Mr .W. H. B ellot subsequen tly wa s a pupil of the Ma n chester roya l infirm a ry, a n d ofMr . J orda n

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school ofa n a tomy, a n d pursued his studies fur ther a t the Lon don un iver sity a n dWestmin ster hospita l, a n d a t the hospita ls of Pa r is. In 1 833, on pa ssin g thecolleg e of surg eon s, he became pa r tn er with his un cle, a n d even tua lly succeededto his pr a ctice, holdin g for m a n y yea r s the office ofm ed ica l officer to the m ilita ryhospita l, a n d ofhon or a ry oper a tin g surg eon to the Stockpor t infirma ry,which her esig n ed in 1 859.

In 1852 he wa s a ppoin ted by the la te m a r quis ofWestmin ster sur g eon to the firstr eg imen t of roya l Cheshir e m ilitia , a n d in the same yea r wa s m ad e a n hon or a ryfellowof the r oya l colleg e of surg eon s, E n g la n d . In 1860 he pa ssed the roya lcolleg e of physicia n s

,Edin bur g h, a n d a lso became MD . of the un iversity of

Er la n g e n , in B a va ria,his La tin thesis for his deg ree bein g “de P n eumon ia .

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Mr . B ellot ha s con tr ibuted pa pers to the Medica l Times a n d Ga zette, a n d



where he is n owr esiden t . He m a r r ied , in 1830, Ma ry, d a ug hter ofMr .Bea rdoe,

his fa ther ’s pa r tn er , a n d ha s three son s a n d three d aug hters. His eldest son ,

Geor g e F . Grun dy, M.A., n ow hea d m a ster of Risley g r amma r school,D erby

shire, wa s a dmitted to the school dur in g the high m a stership ofMr . Germon .

Am on g other sm a ller publica tion s, Mr . Grun dy is the author ofA Sermon on the

Thir ty-n in e Ar ticles

, p r ea ched befor e the Un iver sity of Oxfor d , 1843 A Shor t

Tr ea tise on Ep iscop a cy a n d the Thr ee Orders of the Min istry, 1853 ; a n d An

Exp osition of the Chur ch C a techism,1842.

Thom as,son of JosephRadford

,Man chester

Thom a s Cha r les Ra dford , the schola r her e r ecorded , left the school a t the en d of18 23, a n d sin ce 1836 ha s r esided , a s a chem ist a n d d rug g ist, a t Ferry-B r idg e,Yorkshire .

Malcolm,son ofW. Lofty

,m ajor s5thfoot , Surin am

Joshua,son of E . Westhead

,tradesm an

,Man chester

Joshua Procter , eldest son ofMr . Edwa rd Westhea d (who, with his pa r tn er Mr .

JamesWood , fa ther ofPeter Wood , M.D ., formerly on e ofthe physicia n s oftheMa n chester roya l in firm a ry,wa s a sm a llwa r e a n d fr in g e m a n ufa ctur er) ,wa s bor non the 15th Apr il 1807in Faulkn er str eet, a n d received pa r t ofhis educa tion a t

Ma n chester school , a n d pa r t a t Con g leton un der the r ev. Edwa r d Wilson . He

wa s a t a n ea r ly a g e a ssocia ted with his fa ther in busin ess, a n d , when a rr ived a t

2 1 yea r s of a g e, becam e a pa r tn er in the firm ,which ha s taken for yea r s pa st a

lea d in g position amon g the m a n y impor ta n t a n d opulen t m er ca n tile houses of

Ma n chester . His n a me wil l be lon g r em embered for the very a ctive pa r t whichhe took in promotin g the ea r lier r a ilways. Shor tly a fter the open in g of the

Ma n chester a n d Liverpool lin e, a n d when the success of that un der takin g ha dbecome a r ecog n ized fa ct, he, in con jun ction with others, p romoted the lin e fromMa n chester to B irm in gham d irect , a n d wa s elected cha irm a n of the boa r d of

d ir ectors ; a n d in 1 847, soon a fter the am a lg ama tion ofthe Lon don a n d Birm

in g ham , the Tr en t Va lley,the Gra n d J un ction a n d the Ma n chester a n d Birm

in g ham ,then cefor th en titled the Lon don a n d Nor th Wester n Ra ilway C c .

,he

wa s presen tedwith a testimon ia l, con sistin g of a service of pla te of the va lue of

z,4ool ., by the sha reholders of the Ma n chester a n d B irm in g ham r a ilway, in

r ecog n ition of his services. The pr esen ta tion wa s m a de a t a public ba n quet,a t which Mr . Geor g e Steven son , the fa ther of r a ilways, wa s pr esen t, a n d a o

kn owledg ed the d ebt ofg r a titude which he owed to such m en a s the recipien t oftha t testim on ia l in br in g in g to the fron t his (Mr . Steven son

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s) or ig in a l idea s ofthe a dva n ta g es a n d im por ta n ce of locomotive commun ica tion to this coun trya n d to the whole civilized wor ld .

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In 1846 Mr . Westhea d r emoved from Ma n chester to Lea ca stle, n ea r Wolverl ey, Wor cestershire, a n d in 1847wa s in vited to r epresen t the boroug h of

Kn a r esboroug h in p a r liam en t, a n d wa s elected a s a libera l . In the con testedelection for 1852 he wa s a g a in chosen , but a l l three ca n dida tes, a t the close of

the poll, ha d received a n equa l n umber of votes, a n d Mr .Westhea d retired in


fa vour ofMr . J. D . D en t . In the ea rly pa r t of 1850 he a ssumed, by roya llicen se

,the n am e a n d a rm s ofhi s m a tern a l un cle,Mr . John B rown (fr om whom

he in her ited the Lea ca stle esta te) , to be used before tha t ofWesthea d .

His tim e a n d a tten tion wer e stil l devoted to the in ter ests ofthe Lon don a n d Nor thWester n r a ilwa y, a n d in 1 853, when the cha irm a n ship wa s va ca ted by the r etirem en t ofMr . G . Ca rr Glyn , n owlor d Wolver ton , Mr .Westhea d wa s in vited tosucceed him ,

his collea g ues in the dir ection r ecog n iz in g his peculia r qua lifica tion sfor a n office which r equir ed much ca lm judgmen t , the power of r econ cilin gcon flictin g in terests, a n d the ta ct a n d cour tesy n eeded to secure ha rmon y

,a n d to

d isa rm a n ta g on istic in fluen ces. He felt him self un able to a ccept the offer , butin 186 1 he a ccepted the vice -cha irm a n ship, then va ca ted by the m a rquis of

Cha n dos, a n d held tha t office to the ea r ly p a r t of 1 870 .

In 1 857, a t the g en er a l election caused by lor d Pa lm erston’

s a ccepta n ce of office,

Mr . B rown Westhea d wa s elected , a s a liber a l, to r epr esen t the city ofYork, a n din 1859 wa s r e-elected . At the g en er a l election of 1 865he wa s un successful inthe con test which took pla ce, but r eceived from his form er con stituen ts a va lua ble testim on ia l ofpla te , in a ppr ecia tion ofhis pa st services, towhich m a n y ofhispolitica l oppon en ts con tr ibuted . At the election of186 8 he wa s in vited to comeforwa rd a g a in for York , thoug h he ha d a lrea dy issued a n a dd ress a s a ca n dida tefor Ea st Wor cestershir e, a n d a cceptin g the in vita tion wa s elected . Thr oug hfa ilin g hea lth he wa s compelled in the ea r ly pa r t of 1870 to r esig n both his sea tin pa r liam en t a n d his office a s vice - cha irm a n ofthe Lon don a n d Nor th Wester nRa ilway C o. He is still the sen ior pa r tn er in the firm ofJ . P.Westhea d a n d C o.

Mr . Br own Westhea d , who is a sta un ch m ember of the Wesleya n body, m a rr ied ,

in 18 2 8,B etsy, thir d d aug hter ofMr . G. R . Chappell

,a fterwa rds a n a lderm a n

of Ma n chester a n d J .P a n d ha s issue thr ee son s a n d two daug hters. His

eldest son , lieuten a n t -00101101 G. E. B rown Westhea d , of the 31st r eg im en t,

who d ied a t Ma lver n Wells,a g ed 42 , on the 8thFebrua ry 1 872 , distin g uished

him self in the Cr im ea , a n d his other son s, Ma r cus a n d Thom a s C .,ha ve

taken a n a ctive pa r t in the volun teer m ovem en t ofr ecen t yea rs. His d aug hterm a rr ied

,in 1855, the pr esen t lord Kin g sa l e, the prem ier ba ron ofIrela n d .

Robert , son of J osephTim perley, agen t , Ma n chesterNathan iel S ., son of William Ridin g, veterin ary surgeon 1st dra October 10 ,

goon guards

John,son of John Hardy

,bleacher

,Stockport (12)

George , son of Peter Whitehead, shoem aker, Man chesterThom as

,son of W. Ackers

,superin ten dent of m ails, Man chester

(13)Charles, son of the late C . Rhodes, g en t ., Kn utsford , CheshireCha r lesTyldesley, son ofCha r lesWilliam a n d Ma ry An n e Rhodes, baptized on the22 n d day of J a n ua ry Pa r . Reg .

The family removed from Kn utsford ma n y yea rs a g o.


Jam es,son of Jam es Jackson , farm er

,Man chester

George,son of Thom asWhitlow

,publican ,

Man chesterRichard

,son ofThom asKn owles

,post office clerk, Man chester

Ben j am in , son of J osephB ird, publican , Man chester (14)Hen ry

,son ofWilliam Thorpe , cotton trader, Man chester

William Hen ry Thorpe (forwhose brother , Jam esB a tem a n Thorpe, see a n te, p .comm en ced busin ess in 1830 a s a comm ission m er cha n t a n d ship own er , a n d ca r

r ied on the same for n ea r ly for ty yea rs. He is n ow r esiden t a t Victor ia pa rk,Ma n chester , a n d un m a r r ied . It is very excusa ble p ride for a m a n to be a ble tosay, tha t he ha s a lways kept his en g a g em en ts to the m in ute, a n d especia lly so

when , a s in the pr esen t in sta n ce, he ca n a ttr ibute this la ud able pun ctua lity tothe fa ct ofthe ea r ly hours a twhich the school comm en ced in the olden d ays.

Fredk .,son of Ben j am in Sm ith

,cotton m erchan t

,Salford

This schola r , brother to J ohn Ben j am in Sm ith, n ow( 1872) a n d for m a n y yea rs pa stM.P. for Stockpor t, wen t out to Cha r leston a bout 1826 , a s a cotton m er cha n t,a n d ther e m a r r ied a daug hter of D r .Ma cB r ide . He subsequen tly r etur n ed toEn g la n d , a n d died of con sum ption a t Tor quay, in 1838 . His two elder son s,

Fr eder ick James a n d Geor g e, a re n ow livin g a t Cha r leston , a n d the youn g er ,Ben jam in John , is rector ofAlker ton ,

n ea r B a n bury.The fa ther of this schola r lived a t Ordsa ll cotta g e , Reg en t roa d , a n d wa s brothertoMr . Joseph Sm ith , ofStr a n g eways ha ll, for whose son s, Aug ustus a n d Jun ius,see sup r a , p . 144.

Charles,son of Charles Rickards

,m erchan t

,Man chester

Cha r lesRicka rds, the fa ther of this schola r , came to Ma n chester a t the close ofthela st cen tury

,from Upton -upon -Sever n

, Wor cestershir e, a n d established him selfa s a cotton spin n er in Sa lford . He took a n a ctive pa r t in its loca l m a n a g em en t ,a n d d ischa r g ed the duties of a lm ost every hon or a ry public office there. Whena youn g m a n he wa s a tta cked with pa r a lysis, a n d thus beca me un a ble to a tten dto his busin ess, which con sequen tly d id n ot prosper in the en d . He d ied on the6thMa r ch 1831, a g ed 47, a n d wa s bur ied a t S . Stephen ’

s, Sa lford . Hiswife,whom he m a rr ied 1st December 1808 , wa s Fra n ces, d aug hter ofThom a s B roome

ofS a n dba ch, g en tlem a n , on e of a n ol d fam ily in tha t pa r ish. Their son

,Cha r les

H.,is n owthe own er of a freehold esta te there,which ha s been in the possession

ofhis m a ter n a l a n cestors for n ea r ly 300 yea r s. Of this fam ily wa s D r . B r oom e,

who a ssisted Pope in the tr a n sla tion ofthe Odyssey, a n d who likewise con tr ibutedsever a l papers to the Sp ecta tor . She d ied on the 5th Aug ust 1860 , in her 77thyea r

, a n d wa s bur ied a t Sa n dba ch, the pla ce ofher husba n d ’

s in term en t bein gthen closed .

Cha r lesHilditchRicka rdswas born on the 5thFebrua ry 18 12 . Before a tta in in ghis m ajor ity he ha d established himself in the paper tr a de. From a bout 1 841

to the presen t time, 1872 , the la rg er por tion ofhis time has been devoted to the



their educa tion a t on e ofthe un iversities, but who have yet successful l y pur suedtheir studies in the la r g e pr a ctica l school of the wor ld . They m ay n ot havea dor n ed a colleg e list by bein g wra n g lers or first-cla ssmen

,but they have taken

hig h hon ours in life n ot less to be esteemed because they a re n ot sym bolised bytwo or thr ee mystic letters ofthe a lphabet. Amon g these m ayfa irly b e r eckon edthe subject of this n otice.Mr . Ricka rds served the office of stewa rd in 1849 , a n d wa s a frequen t a tten da n t a tthe school a n n iversa ry d in n ers. He ha s n ever m a r ried .

In the A r t J our n a l ofNovember 1871 , un der the hea d of“Visits to Priva te Ga ller ies,” ther e is a n in terestin g descr iption ofMr . Ricka rds’ collection of pa in tin g s, con sistin g exclusively of the works of on e a r tist

,G. F .Wa tts, R .A., a n d

twen ty-six in n um ber . Proba bly n owher e could b e foun d so m a n y examples ofthe g en ius of on e livin g pa in ter ; a n d in this in sta n ce a n a rtist of g r ea t mer itha s m etwith a wor thy pa tron . Thou g h a ba chelor , it is clea r from the cha r a cterof the collection , tha tMr . Ricka rds is n ot in sen sible to the cha rms of fema lebeauty .

Thom as, son of John Timperley, gen t., Man chesterJohn

,son of John Adam thwa ite , brewer, S alford

Gideon,son of George Draper, en g raver, Man chester

Edward, son of John Adam thwa ite , brewer, SalfordJohn

,son of John Hatton ,

publica n , S alfordJoseph

,son of JosephMeron e

,carver a n d gilder, Man chester

William,son ofThom as Chadwick , weaver, Rusholm e

Thom as,son ofJohn Taylor, timber m erchan t , S alford

Thoma s Fr eder ick Taylor , bor n i7thDecem ber 18 10,wa s a r ticled in Apr il 18 29

toMr . John Redhea d, solicitor , of Ma n chester (for whom see Reg ister , vol . i i.p . a n d , on his decea se in 1831, wa s tr a n sfer red to Mr . Richa rd Mea dowcroft ofMa n chester

, a n d subsequen tly, in 1834, toMr .Hen ry Ga skell ofWig a n ,towhose busin ess he succeeded . Mr .Taylor ha sfor m a n y yea rs been in pr a cticein Wig a n , a n d served the office of un dersher iff for the coun ty of La n ca ster in1867, a n d is clerk to the coun ty m a g istra tes.

John,son of John Higgin s

,cotton m an ufacturer, Man chester

John,son of John Dawson ,

publican,Man chester (1

George, son of Edward Chew, attorn ey, Man chesterHe died ea r ly in life.

J ohn,son of Samuel Brierley, prin ter, Broughton

Oswald , son of Job Dickin ,corn dealer, Man chester (I4).

William ,son of the late Mr. Wilde

,Stockport


Edward, son of John Stephen s, brewer, ChesterThis schola r I believe to b e Edwa rds Stephen s, who wa s elected in 1845,

ha vin g received a t Leyden the deg ree ofMD . in 1827, a n d of D .C . a t B erlin ,

in 18 2 8 . The n am e occurs very fr equen tly am on g the'

ol d schola rs presen t a tthe a n n iversa ry m eetin g s between 182 9 a n d 1842 , a n d in the L a n cet of 2 8th

Nevember 1 863 (he died on the 14th September pr ecedin g ) there appea red a

n otice ofhis pr ofession a l ca reer , ofwhich the followin g is a n a br idg men tOn leavin g school, he wa s a ppr en ticed to his un cle, Mr . Jorda n , sen ior surg eonto the Ma n chester in firm a ry [ 1863] a n d foun der ofMoun t str eet school of a n atomy. D r . Stephen swa s r em a rka ble for his very a ccur a te a n d exten sive kn owledg e of a n a tomy , especia lly of the br a in a n d n ervous system . In 1825 he

pa ssed his exam in a tion a t the society of a potheca r ies, a n d in the followin g yea rthe r oya l colleg e of surg eon s. He then proceeded to Pa r is for fur ther study ,a n d then ce to Leyden , wher e he rem a in ed a con sider a ble time

, a n d obta in ed thedeg ree of doctor ofm edicin e. He then proceeded to B er lin ,

a n d pa ssed the exam in a tion of doctor in surg ery, a d iplom a r a rely obta in ed by En g lishmen . On

his r etur n to En g la n d , he wa s a ppoin ted dem on str a tor ofa n a tomy a t theMoun tstreet schools. He held this a ppoin tm en t un til Mr . J orda n r etir ed from his

duties a s a n a tom ica l tea cher , a n d the school wa s broken up . Shor tly a fterwa rdsD r . Stephen s became on e ofthe surg eon s to the Ma n chester a n d Sa lford lyin g -in

hosp ita l, his con n ection withwhich he m a in ta in ed for thir ty-thr ee yea rs, hold in gfor m a n y yea r s befor e his dea th the position ofon e ofthe con sultin g surg eon s totha t cha r ity. In 1 834 he ha d the office of dem on stra tor offered to him a t the

Pin e str eet school,Ma n chester , a n d the cha ir of lecturer on p a tholog y, both of

which he held dur in g the lon g per iod ofsixteen yea r s.”

Richard,son of the r ev. R. Ta rbutt

,Morton

,Derbyshire

The fa ther , Richa rd Bur r owTurbutt, wa s r ector of Mor ton , a n d this schola r , hison ly son

,took pa rt in the public speeches a t the school in 18 2 1- 23, wa s n om in a

ted to a school exhibition in 18 23, a n d g r a dua ted B .A. of B r a sen ose colleg e ,Oxford, on the 1st Februa ry 18 27. He took holy orders, a n d died a t Morton in182 8, a g ed 24 year s.

Robert, son of Robert Chadwick,fustian m an ufacturer

,Ma n

chesterRober t Oldham Chadwi ck, the eldest son of Rober t Cha dwick of Lower Byrom

str eet (for m a n y yea r s chur chwa rden ofS. J ohn ’

s, who died in 1844, a g ed

a n d g ra n dson of John Cha dwick,tim ber m er cha n t, of Ma n chester

,wa s born in

1809 , a n d died sudden ly in 1835, a t the a g e of 2 6 .

Robert, son of John Prin ce, calico prin ter, Man chesterJohn

,son of John Pr in ce

,calico prin ter

,Man chester

These brotherswen t to Am er ica in 1827with the r est of the fam ily, a n d wer e forsome yea rs con n ected with the Merr im a c C o’s pr in tin g establishmen t, a n d a fter

1820

October 22.


wa rds in pa r tn ership a s m a n ufa cturer s of chem ica ls. J ohn d ied i n 1862, a n d

Rober t, havin g r etir ed from busin ess in 1865, is n owlivin g a t Lon don der ry .

John Freer, son of John F . Proud, surgeon extraordin ary to theduke of Gloucester

,Wolverham pton

He held a comm ission in a n in fa n try r eg im en t, a n d d ied a broa d about 1830 .

Joseph, son of JosephFrith, cotton spin n er,Man chester

Hum phrey, son of Thom as Joseph Trafford,esq.

,Trafford park

,

La n e .

Hum phr ey, the eldest son of sir Thoma s Joseph de Tr afford , ba r t . (so cr ea ted inAug ust 1 bor n on the 1stMay I 80 8

,wa s a boa r der in the hig h m a ster ’s house ,

but did n ot r em a in lon g a t the school . He succeeded his fa ther in Novem ber1852 , a n d is n ew r esiden t a t Tr affor d pa rk.

The a n cien t a n d kn ig htly fam ily of Tr afford , sea ted a t Tr affor d pr eviously to the

Norma n con quest, ha s preserved , from tim e imm em or ia l, a n un br oken m a le descen t . Sever a l of the fam ily wer e feofi‘ees of the school in the sixteen th a n d

seven teen th cen tur ies.

George, son of Thom as Hilditch, calen derer, Man chesterWilliam

,son of Benj am in Kirk, cotton spin n er

,Man chester

The fa ther wa s pa r tn er in the firm of B ir ley a n d Kirk,Chor lton m ill s, Chor lton

upon -Medlock, a n d a fterwa rds in tha t ofKirk a n d Son , Sta l eyb r idg e. The son ,

William Reid Kirk , wen t with his fa ther to Sta l eyb r idg e .

Llewellyn ,son of the late William Wyn n e , attorn ey, Mold , Flin t

shireThis schola r is a n a ttorn ey n owpr a ctisin g in Lon don , a dmitted Micha elm a s 18 29 .

Richard,son of the rev. Richard Hewitt, Lever, La n e .

The fa ther of this schola r , a n a tive of Bur ton -on -Tren t, wa s of B r a sen ose colleg e,Oxford , B .A. 1796, M.A. 1799, B . a n d D .D . 1824. He wa s orda in ed in the yea rofhis first deg ree to the cur a cy ofBolton -l e-Moor s, a n d , a t the da te ofhis secon d

,

wa s pr efer r ed by vica r B a n croft (for whom see Reg ister , vol . i . p. 103) to the

perpetua l cur a cy ofLittle Lever , bein g the secon d in cumben t ; her e he r ema in edfor the lon g per iod offorty -two yea r s. He a lso held the sm a ll r ectory ofWesthorpe , n ea r Stowm a rket, in Suffolk, ofwhich he wa s pa tron , a n d whither heis sa id to ha ve r etir ed a fter r esig n in g his cha r g e a t Little Lever

, dyin g in thespr in g of 1852 , a t the a dva n ced a g e of 82 yea rs.

He is descr ibed by thosewho r em ember him a s a n excellen t prea cher , a schola r , a n da kin d-hea rted g en ia l m a n . Dur in g his r esiden ce a t Little Lever , he kept schoola t the ol d pa rson a g e, a n d amon g his pupilswere sever a l futur e n ota bili ties of

Bolton , who do n ot a ppea r to have en ter ta in ed very fa vour able r ecol lection s of

their tr ea tm en t, so fa r a s r ela tes to the ma n a g em en t of the cuisin e , for which we



who is sa id to have been a g ood Persia n a n d Ar abic schola r a n d to have travelledin Ar a bia for m a n y m on ths a s a n a tive of tha t coun try

,a fter his r etur n to En g

la n d r esided a t Pen rhos, Mon tg omeryshire , where he d ied on the 9th Februa ry1855 a n d is ther e bur ied. Hewa s twice m a rr ied a n d left issue by both hiswives.

182 1

Ma rch 26 Charles, son of the rev. R.H. Whitelock,Manchester

Cha r les Rober t , the fifth son, bor n in 18 1 1

, wa s employed in the Ea st In dia com

p a n y’

s service from 182 8 to 186 2, when he a ccepted the bon us offer ed , in a dd i

tion to pen sion ,on the am a lg am a tion ofthe In dia n a rmywith tha t ofthe crown .

For m a n y yea rs he held politica l a ppoin tmen ts —fir st, a s a ssista n t~r esiden t in

Scin de un der colon el, a fterwa rds sir Hen ry Pot tin g er , ba r t., a n d secon dly ,a s a n a ssista n t un der m ajor , a fterwa r ds sir J am es Outr am ,

ba r t ., a n d for n ea r lyseven yea rs immed ia tely pr eced in g his r etir em en t from the service discha rg edthe duties of politica l a g en t in the Mahee Ka n ta . Cha r les Whitelock held a lsova r ious staff a ppoin tm en ts in the m ilita ry br a n ch ofthe service, thoug h , str a n g eto say, his r eg imen t

, the 1 1th Na tive in fa n try, Bombay, ha s n ever been en g a g ed

with a n en emy sin ce it wa s r a ised . He r etired with the r a n k of lieuten a n tcolon el, a n d is n ow livin g a t Belle Ha tch pa rk, n ear Hen ley-on -Tham es

,

ha vin g m a r r ied An n ie, d aug hter of An thon y G. Storer , esq., of Pur ley pa rk ,

Berks. He is s.p .

Lewis,son of Thom as Sutcliffe, fustian cutter, Man chester (1

J ohn,son of Jam es Burlin g , garden er, Rusholm e

Edward,son of JosephMoore, corn dealer, Man chester

This schola r ha s held for m ore tha n thir ty yea r s a r espon sible position in the ba n kofMessrs. Cun liffe B rooks a n d Co.

, Ma n chester .

John,son of David Law, publican , Man chester ( 1

Robert W.N.,son of Nowell Stott , m an ufacturer, Pen dleton

Richard,son of John Burn


,Man chester (1

John,son of Charles Buchan , porter, Man chester

Horatio,son of JosephSm ith, cotton m erchan t

,Ma n cheste r

He wa s in pa r tn ership with his brother Jam es (for whom see sup r a , p. 144) a s a

cotton m er cha n t,a n d died, some yea rsa g o, un m a rr ied . For some yea rs he wa s

on e ofthe hon or a ry secreta r ies ofthe Ma n chester Sta tistica l society.

George,son of John Harrison ,

gentlem an , Man chester (1 I ).John

,son of Lawren ce Hin dle, surgeon , Blackburn

Edwin ,son of the r ev. C .W .Ethel ston ,

Man chesterThe four th a n d youn g est son . He held a comm ission a s lieuten a n t in the s4th

r eg im en t of foot,a n d is dea d .

John son of Samuel Kaye,attorn ey

,S alford

The family ofKay have lon g been con n ected with Ma n chester . J ohn Kay of


Chesham ,n ea r Bury

, served his clerkship in the office ofHug h Pa rr , solicitor ,of Ma n chester , m a r r ied Eliz abeth Ga skell of Clifton ,Mr . Pa r r

’

s n iece, a n d suc

ceeded to the office in 1736 . He d ied in 176 8 , leavin g two son s, John a n d

D a n iel (for whom see Reg ister , vol . i . pp . 66 , John succeeded his fa ther a s

a solicitor , a n d dyin g s.p . in 1 80 1 wa s succeeded by Samuel Kay, his n ephew(the son ofDa n iel ,who ha d settled in B olton ) ,who becam e the leg a l a dviser a n d

stewa rd to the lord ofthe m a n or , a con n exion which con tin ued un til his dea th ,a n d in which he wa s succeeded by his son Sam uel

,n owa solicitor in Ma n chester

a n d r eg istr a r ofthe Coun ty cour t , a n d brother to the schola r here recorded .J ohn Kay, the a lum n us of 18 2 1 , d ied in 1827, in his 19th yea r .

Nathan , son of Thom as Slater, in n keeper, Man chesterGeorge , son of David Yates, sm allware m an ufacturer, Man chester

(14)Fran cis, son of the late Thom as Redhead, attorn ey, Man chester August 6 .

( I I ).For the fa ther of this schola r , a n d his un cles J ohn a n d Edwa rd, see Reg ister , vol .

ii. pp . 192 , 194.

This son , a n d the brother who follows n ext, wer e with a sister , Eliz abeth LiveseyRedhead , the on ly childr en ofMr . John Redhea d, a n d a l l d ied un m a r r ied .

Hollan d, son of the late Thom as Redhead , attorn ey, Man chester

The n ame ofThom a s Holl a n d Redhea d a ppea rs occa sion a lly in the records of the

a n n iversa ry m eetin g s, a n d a s on e of the stewa rds in 1839. In the D ir ectory of

1850 he appea rs a s a comm ission a g en t.

Stephen , son of Stephen Bellott, g en tlem an , Chapel - en - lo-Frith

Stephen Bellot, the fa ther , of Brook house, in the pa r ish of Chapel -en -l e-Fr ith,held l a n ded property of some exten t, a n d the schola r her e r ecorded wa s his on lyson . The fa ther d ied immed ia tely a fter his son

’

s lea vin g school a n d havin g n oocca sion for busin ess, a n d takin g g rea t plea sure in field spor ts, the son settleddown on the esta te ofhis a n cestor s, a n d en g a g ed h imself to a la dy a t Stockpor t,towhom hewa s to b e m a rr ied on a tta in in g his m ajor ity. A fewd ays previouslyhe wa s ba thin g with some fr ien ds in the Cha pel -en - lo-Fr ith r eservoir

,a n d

,from

som e un a ccoun table cause, sa n k in deep wa ter , a n d, thoug h every effor twa sm a de

to sa ve him,wa s drown ed . Twen ty g r ey horsesha d been en g a g ed from La cy’s

sta bles of Ma n chester for the m a rr i a g e on the followin g Tuesda y, in stea d of

which, m our n in g coa ches a n d hea r se with twen ty bla ck horseswere substitutedfor the fun er a l on the very d ay when the br id a l ceremon y wa s to ha ve takenpla ce.

The proper ty is n owin possession of An thon y Bellot Ja ckson , esq., whose fa ther


m a r ried the daughter ofMr An thon y Bellot of Moss side, Ma n chester (brotherto the fa ther of Thoma s a n d W illiam Hen ry B ellot, for whom see sup r a , p p.

1 17, who wa s heir - a t- l awto the above n amed schola r .

There is in the chur chya rd of Chapel-en - l e -Fr ith a ston e tom b over the g r a vewhere he is bur ied, havin g on the n or th side som e verses r efer r in g tohis un tim elyen d , which a r e supposed to ha ve been in scr ibed a t the desir e of the youn g la dytowhom he wa s about to be m a r r ied .

William,son of Thom as Slater

,in n keeper, Man chester

Richard,son of JosephRadford

,iron m on ger

,Man chester (9)

An a ttor n ey n ewpra ctisin g in Ma n chester . He wa s on e of the stewa rds a t the

a n n iversa ry m eetin g of 1851.

Daven port, son of Thom as Goodm an,gen tlem an

,Chapel - en - lo

FrithThis fam ily is ofWelsh or ig in ,

lin ea lly descen ded from Edwa rd Goodm a n ofNa n tg lyn in the coun ty ofDen big h, hig h sher iff in 152 8 , whose secon d son ,

Ga br iel,

wa s dea n ofWestm in ster from 156 1 to 160 1, (see Sta n ley

’

s Westm in ster , pp.455 a n d whose g ra n dson , Godfrey, wa s bishop of Gloucester from 16 25 to

1640 . Cha r les his (Edwa rd’

s) g rea t-g r a n dson ,bein g a roya list in the tim e of

Cha r les I., wa s oblig ed to secr ete himself un til the dea th of Cromwell, when hecommen ced busin ess in Lon don , m a r r ied, a n d d ied ther e in 1672 , leavin g fouryoun g childr en , ofwhom John ,

the eldest, cam e in to Derbyshire in 1690 , settlin gthere , a n d died in 1744, from whom sprun g this, the Derbyshire bra n ch of the

fam ily. His g rea t -g r a n dson , Thoma s,fa ther of this schola r , who m a rr ied Miss

Ca tha r in e Ea ton ofPa rson a g e Gr een ,in the pa r ish ofWilm slow, Cheshir e, wa s

a lieuten a n t in lord Wilton ’

s reg im en t ofRoya l La n ca shire volun teers, a n d

served four yea rswith the reg im en t in Irela n d , a n d wa s a m em ber ofthe Ma n

chester Pitt club.D a ven por t Goodm a n , his son ,

bor n on the 2 8thApr il 1806 , wa s in ten ded for holyorders, but con tin ued b a d hea lth pr even ted this in ten tion bein g ca rr ied in toeffect. He m a rr ied, on the 24thDecember 1833, Elizabeth, on ly child ofMr .

John Moult ofMellor , D erbyshir e, a n d settled a t the fam ily hom e, Eccles house,

Chapel-en - l o-Fr ith, where he is still livin g , havin g on e son, Thom a s, a lso

educa ted a t the school , a n d two d aug hters.

6 George,son of Thom as Goodm an , gen tlem an , Chapel - en - le -Frith

Geor g e Goodm a n ,bor n on the 20thJun e 1809 , a fter lea vin g school becam e a pupil

a t the Ma n chester in firm a ry, a n d en ter ed in to pra ctice a s a surg eon a t Ash

ford , in the coun ty of D erby. He m a r r ied,‘

on the 2 1st Ma r ch 1837, Ra chel,

on ly daughter of the Rev. B . B rown , in cumben t of Ashford a n d Ta dd in g ton ,a n d d ied on the 18thDecember 1838 , a g ed 31 yea rs, a son bein g born to him

three d ays a fter his dea th ,who n owresides in Lon don .



1821

October 1. Jam es, son OfJam es Tarr,bookkeeper

,Man chester (1

Rober t, son of John Wrigley, grocer, Man chesterWilliam

,son ofMicahFurn ess

,Silversm ith

,Man chester

Thom as,son OfJohn Gretton

,attorn ey

,Ma n chester

John ,son of John Addison , excisem an , Man chester

Novcm . 12. Richard,son of the rev.William Marsden

,Man chester

For his brother , John Howa rd , see sup r a , p . 1 2 6 .

Richa rd Ma rsden wa s house sur g eon a t the Ma n chester Roya l infirm a ry, a n d died

in the autumn of 1834 when just on the poin t of settlin g in his profession . Ifin d his n am e amon g the Ol d schola rs a ssembled a t the a n n iversa ry m eetin g s of1831

—32 .

Joseph, son of JosephHardy, iron m on ger , Man chesterFor his brother

, William , see sup r a , p . 147.

23. Edward, son OfRichard Bin dloss, cotton m an ufacturerThis schola r g r a dua ted a t Ma g da len colleg e , Cambr idg e, A.R. 1834, A.M. 1838 .

He took holy orders, a n d in the yea r 1844 held the cur a cy ofWoodford , Essex.He ha s n owbeen for m a n y yea r s chapla in to the B r itish r esiden ts a t Ar cha n g el,Russia . He m a r r ied a Russia n la dy.

I C HOLA S Germon , the youn g est of the eleven children Of

Nicholas Germon , g en t ., of Leig u ,in the par ish ofMor eton

Hampstea d, D evon,who mar r ied Miss Susa n n ah Medla n d of a

highly r espectable fam ily in the par ish of Hen n ock, in the samecoun ty, wa s born on the 23rd February 1799 . His fa ther wa s theown er of con sider a ble lan ded pr operty , whichha d been in the possession Of the fam ily for some g en er a tion s, a n d at his decea se in 18 14left to this son a sm all freehold estate in the par ish of Cha g ford .

His son wa s educa ted at C r editon school , un der the r ev. Nichola sLightfoot , B .A. (fa ther of the r ev. J . P . Lightfoot, D .D .

,r ector of

Exeter colleg e , Oxford , a n d con n ected by mar r iag e withthe Germ on

fam ily) , a n d'

a t Or iel colleg e , Oxfor d , where he g r adua ted B .A . on the27th Jun e 18 2 1

,ha vin g been placed in the secon d division of the

secon d cla ss in L it. Hum . at the exam in a tion ofthe pr ecedin g Ea ster ;a n d proceededM.A. on the 14thJa n uary 18 25. Hewa s r ecommen dedby the pr ovost of Or iel, D r . C ep l eston e , for the post ofhighm a ster ’sassista n t in Man chester school

,r esided for som e tim e in the house of

the latter,a n dwa s or da in ed deacon by D r . G.H.Law

,bishop ofChester ,

on the cur a cy of S. Peter ’s chur chin 18 2 2,a n d pr iest in the followin g

yea r . When D r . Sm ithresig n ed the in cumben cy of S. Peter ’s chur chin 18 25,Mr . Germon wa s se lected by the trustees a s his successor out


of man y can dida tes, a n d holds this appoin tm en t at the presen t tim e .

The con g r eg ation Of S. Peter ’s have , in va rious ways, m arked theira tta chm en t to their pastor , a n d in 1834 presen ted him witha valua bleg ift ofsilver pla te .

Mr . Germon held the post of highm a ster ’s a ssista n t from 18 2 2 to

1840 , when he succeeded to the secon d ma ster ship vaca ted by the p rom otion of the r ev. J. W. Richa rds to the high m a stership , vice D r .

Elsda l e who r esig n ed a fter a br ief rule of thr ee years. Mr . Richa rdsr esig n ed in 1842 , when Mr . Germ on succeeded to the high m a ster

’

s

cha ir , whichhe occupied un til Michaelmas 1859 , a n d then closed acon n ection withthe school whichha d exten ded over the lon g per iod of

thir ty- seven yea rs. At the a n n iversa ry meetin g ofold schola rs in 1859he wa s pr esen ted with

'

a n e leg a n t service Of pla te by his former pupils,

a n d a n in ter estin g a ccoun t of the presen ta tion appea r ed in the Ma n

chester Cour ier ofthe 1sthOctober of tha t yea r . A lon g list m ight b eg iven Of schola r s educa ted un der Mr . Germon

,who ha ve highly dis

tin g uished themselves a t the Un iversities, a n d in the va r ied wa lks of

a n d who a r e n ewoccupyin g posts of usefuln ess with g rea t cr editto their form er m a ster a n d to the Ol d school ; * but the r oll of theirn am es a n d distin ction s

,so fa r a s r elates to the period of his office a s

highm a ster,must b e left to some futur e editor of the School Reg ister .

He who ha s ha d the pleasurable ta sk Of i llustr atin g the Reg ister thusfa r

,would m erely wishn ewto place on perm an en t r ecord—wha t every

former pupil ofMr . Germon would a like cla im to expr ess—his g r a tefulsen se of the un fa ilin g p a tien ce a n d kin dn ess whichm a rked his valued

It is somewha t r ema rkable howm a n y of them a r e a t this time occupyin g importa n t posts in public schools ; am on g whom m ay be m en tion edPerk in s, Geor g e , M.A. B r a sen ose colleg e, Oxford , secofm cla ss in cla ssics, a n d

third in m a them a tics, 1846 . Secon d m a ster ofMa n chester school .B a ckhouse, J ohn H.

,M.A. B ra sen ose colleg e, Oxfor d , secon d cla ss in cla ssics, a n d

first in m a them a tics, 1 848 . Secon d m a ster ofFelsted g ramm a r school , Essex .Grun dy , Georg e F.

,M.A., schola r a n d Colquitt cler ica l exhibition er of B r a sen ose

colleg e, Oxford , double hon ora ry fourth cla ss in 1852 . Hea d m a ster ofLichfiel dg r amm a r school.Big g , C ha r les, M.A.

, schola r ofCorpus, a n d a fterwa r ds a sen ior studen t of Christchurch

,Oxford ; Hertford schola r 1860 ; Ga isford pr iz e (Gr eek pr ose) 186 1 ;

Eller ton theolog ica l pr ize 1864 ; first cla ss in cla ssics 186 2 . Hea d m a ster Of

B r ig hton colleg e .Taylor , R.W.

,A.M.

,fellowof S . John ’

s col leg e , Cambr idg e, eig hteen th wr a n g lera n d fifth in fir st cla ss of cla ssica l tripos, 1860. Assista n t m a ster of Rug byschool .Keelin g , William H., M.A.Wa dham colleg e, Oxford , Hebr ewexhibition er , secon dcla ss i n cla ssics

,186 2 . Hea d m a ster OfB r a d for d school .

Ma rsha ll, J a mesM., schola r Of Tr in ity colleg e, a n d a fterwa rds fellowofBr a sen ose

colleg e, Oxford , first class in cla ssics, 186 1 . Secon d m a ster ofDulwich colleg e .

Wood , Joseph, M.A.,exhibition er of B a lliol colleg e, a n d a fterwa r ds fellowof S.

J ohn ’

s colleg e, Oxford, first cla ss in cla ssics, 1865. Pr in cipa l of Leam in g toncolleg e .


teachin g , the g en ia l fr ien dlin ess of la ter yea rs,a n d the affection ate

in terl

est ever shown in a l l that con cer n ed the welfar e of his forme rpup1 s.

Mr . Germon m a r r ied on the 23r d Jun e 1 8 27, Mar ia n n e , eldestdaughter ofMr . Thomas Bellot , sur g eon ,

ofMan chester , a n d sister of

Thom a s a n d Wil liam Hen ry Bellot (for whom see Reg ister , vol . iii .pp . 1 17—19 , a n d 148 bywhom he ha d two son s a n d two daughter s.

On e daughter died in in fa n cy. For his elder son,Nichola s Medla n d

,

see R eg ister'

a n n o 1836 . His youn g er son,Richa r d Cha r les Hen ry ,

a lso educated at the school, is capta in in the 9thr eg imen t of in fa n try.He took a first cla ss cer tificate a t Hythe

, wa s appoin ted in structor ofm usketry, a n d ser vedwithhis r eg imen t in the C r imea. His sur vivin gdaughter , Susa n Ja n e , mar r ied the r ev. Char les Freder ick Gore

,M.A .

,

a n d vicar ofEden br idg e , Ken t , in which pa rishMr . Germon is n ewresidin g .

A little space m ay also be justly cla imed here for a br ief n otice of

the r ev. John John son,who held the office of secon d master ’s assista n t

for seven teen yea rs, a n d whose un tim ely dea th from choler a, when

Ma n chester wa s visited with tha t fa ta l epidem ic, ca lled for th muchpubl ic sympathy. He died a t the a g e of40 ,

on the c oth September1834, a n d wa s bur ied at Chr ist chur ch, Salford , havin g mar r ied Ellen ,

daughter ofMr . John Jen k in son Of tha t town ,by whom he left on e

son a n d seven daughters. A con sider a ble sum wa s subscr ibed locallyfor the ben efit ofhiswidowa n d childr en .

The followin g n otice ofMr . John son appea red in the Gen tlema n’

s

Mag a z in e at the tim e ofhis dea th:“This m er itor ious in dividual wa s a

n ative OfD a lston,n ear C ar lisle . His paren ts were n atives Of Ir ela n d ,

a n d ha d n othin g but the pr oceeds of their l abour wher ewith to br in gup a fam ily of several childr en . When a boy he wa s sen t to thevillag e school a t D alston ,

where he m a de r apid prog ress both in theclassics a n d m a them a tics. He wa s in the habit ofworkin g hard a s a

r eaper dur in g the ha rvest sea son s, a n d withwhat he could spa re fromhis ea r n in g s he wa s en abled to keep him self a t school for some timelon g er . He afterwa rds con tr ived to g et in to Mr . Saul’s well-kn owna ca demy a t Green row, wher e by tha t g en tleman

’

s kin dn ess he wa ssoon r a ised to be a n assistan t, a n d some time afterwa rds Obta in ed a

situa tion in the Man chester g rammar school , a n d wa s adm itted toholy or der s. [He wa s curate of Tr in ity chur ch, Salford.] He wa sun cea sin g in his atten tion to his ag ed mother , who is still livin g atD alston

,a n d m ost kin d to his brothers a n d sisters. He left a la rg e

family of little children .

Former boa rder s in Mr . John son ’

s house—he occupied wha t ha d



1822

Februa r . 4. Edward,son of Thom as Heath, shoe warehousem an , Na n twwh,

Cheshire4. William Thom as, son of William Thom as Heslop, attorn ey, Ma n

chesterHe wa s in the hig h m a ster ’s depa rtm en t in 1824, a n d took pa r t on the public

speech d ay.

Ma rch 4. Samuel, son of Samuel Bower,m an ufacturer

, NewMills, Derbyshire

John Moseley,son of William Sm ith

,m an ufacturer

,Stockport

,

CheshireRichard , son Of William Turn er

,fustian m an ufacturer, Ma n

chesterI fin d this n am e amon g the sen ior schola rs takin g pa r t on the public speechday of 1825—26 , a n d a s n omin a ted to a school exhibition in the la tter yea r . He

does n ot a ppea r to have g r a dua ted a t either u n iversity,but his n ame occur s

am on g the old schola rs a ssembled a t the a n n iversa ry m eetin g s of 1836—37.

Samuel Hen ry,son of S amuel Bayley

,ban ker

,Man chester

Mon tague,son of Mr. Hawtrey, Lim erick

Thi s schola r a n d the two followin g of the same n am e were brothers, son s of the

r ev. John Hawtr ey a n d g ra n dson s ofStephen Hawtr ey, esq., r ecorder ofExeter .

Of their fa ther , who died on the 17thDecember 1853, a biog r a phica l sketch m ay

b e foun d in the Win dsor Emp r ess of the 24thD ecem ber . In ea rly life he helda comm ission in the 4thd r a g oon s, m a rr ied in 1804 the eldest daug hter of lieut.colon el Wa tson , who lost his life in the Ir ish r ebellion of 179 8 , a n d, bein g a

youn g m a n of deep devotion a l feelin g s, g a ve much tim e to the r elig ious tea chin gof the soldiers ofhis r eg imen t. After eleven yea rs in the a rmy, he left it, determ in ed to devote him self in future to the work of the m in istry . His wish wa sto take holy or ders in the Chur ch OfEn g la n d, but, fa ilin g in this object, hej oin ed the Wesleya n s, towa r dswhomhis ea r liest r elig ious imp r ession sha d beena ttr a cted . After som e yea rs of a ctive m in istra tion s in the Wesleya n con n ection ,Mr .W ilberfor ce a n d other s exer ted themselves to procure ordin a tion for him inthe Chur ch of En g la n d , a n d he wa s orda in ed in 1832 by D r . Hen ry Ryder ,bishop of Lichfiel d a n d Coven try , a n d wa s a t the tim e ofhis dea th r ector of

Kin g ston -Seymour , Somer set. He d ied a t the r esiden ce ofhis son , a tWin dsor ,the r ev. Stephen Hawtrey, in his 73rd year , a n d wa s ca r r ied to his g r a ve bysoldiers ofthe household br ig a de, a t their own request, g r a teful ly a ckn owledg in gthe kin d in terest taken in their spir itua l welfa r e by him dur in g his tempor a ryr esiden ce a tWin dsor . Hewa s cousin to the r ev. Dr .Hawtrey, provost ofEtoncol leg e, whose fam ily ha s been con n ected with Eton for upwa rds of300 yea rs.

Mon ta g ue John Greg g Hawtrey took pa r t in the public speeches of the yea r s


1822—24, a n d g ra dua ted a t Tr in ity colleg e, Cambr idg e, A.R. 1829 (when he wa spla ced third am on g the sen ior optim es a n d secon d in the secon d cla ss of the

cla ssica l tr ipos) , a n d A.M. 1832 . Hewa s orda in ed dea con a n d priest by D r .

Sum n er,bishop ofChester , in 1833

—34. In 1841 hewas pr esen ted to the rectory

ofRimpton ,n ea r Sherbor n e , wher e he is n ewr esiden t, bein g a lso a preben da ry

ofWells ca thedra l a n d rur a l dea n . He holds the office Of chapla in to the ea r lofShr ewsbury a n d Ta lbot. From 1848 to 1857he held the r ectory of ChiltonCauteles, Somer set.

He is the a uthor of the followin g publica tion s1 . Sp on sor sfor the Poor . 1840 .

2 . Ea r n est a ddr ess to NewZ ea l a n d Colon ists,with refer en ce to their in ter

cour se withthe Na tiue’

I n ha bita n ts.

3. J ustice to NewZ ea l a n d . 1860. An d a r ticles in the n ewed ition ofKitto’s

Cyclop cedia .

Stephen Thom as,son ofMr. Hawtrey

,Wexford ( 13)

He g r a dua ted a t Tr in ity col leg e, Cambr idg e , A.B . 1832 , g a in in g the eleven th pla ceamon g the wra n g lers oftha t yea r , a n d A.M. 1835. In the la tter yea r he wa sorda in ed dea con a n d pr iest. He is n owthe hea d m a them a tica l m a ster of Eton ,

havin g held the a ssista n t m a stership for som e yea r s previously. Fr om 1844 to

1851 he wa s perpetua l cur a te ofHoly Tr in ity chur ch, Win dsorHe ha s published A n a r r a tive Essay on a L iber a l Educa tion .

Edward,son of Mr. Hawtrey, Wexford

He died of con sum ption in the Isle ofWig ht a t the ea rly ag e of 19, in the firstyea r ofhis r esiden ce a t Tr in ity coll eg e , Cambr idg e .

Thom as,son of Isaac Bl a ckbur n e

,esq.

,Warrin gton August

For his brothers, Wa lter a n d John ,see sup r a , pp. 25, 29 .

Thom a s B l a ckbur n e , a fter takin g pa r t amon g the sen ior schola rs in the publicspeeches of 18 24

—25, wa s a dmitted a common er of Br a sen ose colleg e, Oxfor d,wher e he g ra dua ted B .A. on the 29thApr il 1830 , a n d M.A. on the 2 1st Feb

rua ry 1833. He held the cur a cy ofClotha ll, Her ts, from 1 833 to 1851 , when hewa s presen ted by the m a r quis of Sa lisbury to the r ectory of Byg r ave in the

sam e coun ty, a n d succeeded to the r ectory ofClotha ll, un der the sam e pa tron a g e,in 1858, where he is n ewr esiden t , bein g a lso on e of the rur a l dea n s of the d iecese ofRochester . He is un m a rr ied .

William,son of Jam es Worsley, m an ufacturer, Lowton

He a ppea rs amon g the sen ior schola rs on the speech d ays of 18 25—2 6 , a n d a s a n

exhibition er of the school to Ma g da len ha ll, Oxford , where he g ra dua ted B .A

on the z 1st October 1830 , havin g been pla ced in the third cla ss in L it.Hum. a t

the Ea ster exam in a tion s of the pr eced in g yea r . He wa s orda in ed by Dr . Sumn er , bishop of Chester , in 1830

—31, to the cur a cy of Coln e, La n ca shire, a n d in

1832 wa s presen ted to the in cumben cy of Norbury, in the pa r ish of Stockpor t,

18 22

August


a n d holds the same a t the presen t tim e. His n am e occurs a t the a n n iversa rymeetin g s of 182 8, 1837, 1838 .

5. Harry, son of Gen eral Heron,Moor, Cheshire (13)

The youn g er son . For his elder brother , Georg e , see sup r a , p . 10 1.Ha rry Heron held a comm ission in the 9thin fa n try. He is n ewr esiden t a tMa n

l ey ha ll, n ea r Frodsham ,Cheshire .

Edward S amuel,son OfJohn Horridge , bleacher, Bolton

[Mr . John Horr idg e, the fa ther , wa s a n a tive Of Bolton , a n d on e of the ea r liesta n d m ost successfully en g a g ed in the cog n a te in dustr ies of tha t loca lity —theprin tin g , blea chin g , a n d fin ishin g of“Ma n chester g oods.” A cen tury a g o, a nem in en tly pictur esque situa tion a t the con fluen ce of the Bolton streams, the

C roa l a n d Ton g e, in Gr ea t Lever , the pr oper ty ofsir Hen ry Br idg em a n , a t a pla ceca lled The Ra ikes

, wa s devoted to these a voca tion s ; a n d in the yea r 1794 Mr .

Hor r idg e lea sed the pr em ises descr ibed a s ca pita l pr in tin g works, blea chin gg roun ds, collier ies, &c .

, a n d con verted the fa rm house a t their summ it in to a

sm a ll m a n sion of r esiden ce. Some yea r s subsequen tly, he pur cha sed a n d oc

cupied An der ton ha l l, n ea r Chor ley, where he seems to have con formed to the

pur suits ofthe coun try g en tlem en of the period, keepin g a pa ck of houn ds, a n dfa rm in g the surroun d in g g lebe the la te Mr . Peter Ain swor th a fterwa rds of

Sm ithel l s ha ll, a n d M.P. for Bolton , ca r ryin g on the whitster ’s busin ess in the

loca lity a bove m en tion ed . To thisMr . Horr idg e r etur n ed,fin din g the ha rvests

to be r ea ped on Ma n chester ’cha n g e mor e plen tiful a n d oft r ecurren t tha n

quaejubea n t tellur i in fin der e sulcos,

a n d in his ten ure, a n d tha t ofhis eldest son ,Mr. Thomas Gardn er Horridg e ,

they have r em a in ed ever sin ce.Mr .Hor r idg e, sen ior , wa s twice m a r r ied : first , to MissAn n Fowler , of Bolton - le

Moors, bywhom he ha d on e son ; secon dly, in 179 1, to Miss Ga rdn er , of Ga r

sta n g , who br oug ht him ten ch ildr en .

Edwa r d Samuel Hor ridg e, the schola r here r ecorded , wa s the four th son a n d

youn g est child ofthe a bove, a n d bor n on the 16thApr il 1807. He left La n cashirewhen very youn g , a n d settled in Wa rwickshir e , when he en g a g ed in busin ess a t Stra tford-on -Avon for a shor t time. For the la st twen ty yea r s her esided a t Chelten ham ,

for the sa ke of the hun tin g , to which he wa s a completedevotee . He m a rried Ma r g a ret, d aug hter of James Cross, esq.

, ofMor tfiel d ,Little Bolton , a n d ha s two son s, on e pra ctisin g a s a physicia n

,the other la tely a

ca pta in in the 32n d r eg imen t of foot, a n d on e daug hter , m a r r ied to ca pta inHa rvey, of the 9thr eg imen t. An der ton ha ll is n owthe proper ty of this g en tlem a n

,who, when the chur ch of Grea t Lever (to which his brother wa s a liber a l

con tr ibutor) wa s con secra ted in 1851, presen ted the silver pla te for the holycommun ion . R .L .] ‘

a

Mr . E. S .Horr idg e d ied a t Chelten ham on the 14th July 1872 , in his 66thyea r.



It m ay be a dded tha t he was a plea sa n t compa n ion , of kin dl y a n d g en ia l disposition , a n d fewof the ol d schola rswer e more cer ta in to be foun d a t the a n n iver

sa ry festivities. He wa s the sen ior stewa rd in 1843.

He di ed a t Southpor t, whither he ha d g on e for the ben efit ofhis hea lth , on therothDecember 1852 , in his 42n d yea r , a n d is there bur ied . He m a r r ied a t

B rewood , on the 3oth September 1845, Felicia , youn g er d aughter ofDr . Sm ith,

former ly hig h ma ster ofthe Ma n chester school, by whom he left four daug htersa n d on e son who is n owa n un der g ra dua te a t Br a sen ose colleg e, Oxford .

His publica tion s a reI . A Letter to the hon . a n d r ev. Georg e Sp en cer on the subject of his con ver

sion to Roma n ism . 1840 .

2 . A D ivin e Commission n ecessa ry to the Min ister of Rel ig ion . A Sermon .

1840 .

3. Question s a n d An swers on the Chu r ch C a techism.

4. The D octr in e of Reg en er a tion con sider ed . 1843.

5. A vin d ica tion of the Chur chofEng l a n d fr om the cha rg es br oug ht a g a in st

her i n the Chr istia n’

s Pen nyMa g a zin e. 1847.6 . AMa n ua l of D evotion i n ten ded p r in cip a l lyfor Sun day Schol a rs. 1848 .

7. An a ttemp t to i l lustr a te the Chron ology of the Old Testamen t by a refer en ce

to the yea r of J ubi lee . 1852 .

8 . A Chr on olog ica l Ta ble of the History of the Old Testa men t. 1852 .

Al l published by Messrs. Rivin g ton , Lon don .

William Sa n dford, elder survivin g brother ofthis schola r , died a t B a th on the 10th

Apr il 1871, where their sister , Elizabeth, is still livin g .

William Rayn er, son of George William Wood , hatter, Rusholm e

In the first g en er a l election a fter the pa ssin g ofthe Reform bill of1832 ,Mr . G.W.

Wood, whowa s the son of a di ssen tin g min ister a t York, wa s elected , with lordMolyn eux , to represen t the souther n d ivision ofthe coun ty ofStaffor d , a s a sup

por ter of theWhig g over n m en t of tha t day. He sat for on e pa r liam en t on ly,a n d died on the 3rd October 1843.

His on ly son , the schola r , bor n on the 26thAug ust 18 11 , is n owr esiden t a t Sin g leton lodg e, n ea r Ma n chester , a m a g istra te of the coun ty a n d D .L.

,ha vin g m a r

r ied in 1841, Sa ra h J a n e, da ug hter ofJam esMcCon n el l,esq., ofMa n chester , a n d

ha s issue on e son .

Thom as,son ofThom as Mellor, a gen t, Man chester (I4) .

Thom a s Mellor , a frequen t a tten da n t a t the a n n iversa ry m eetin g s of the old

schola rs, a n d on e of the stewa rds in 1851, wa s a dm itted a m ember ofthe Roya lcoll eg e ofsurg eon s in 1834, a n d fell owin 1852 , a n d n owholds the office of sur

g eon to the Fem a le pen iten tia ry, a n d Hen shaw’

s Blin d asylum,Ma n chester .

James,son of John Noble, spin ner, Manchester


18 22

Michael , son of Richard Potter, brewer, Smedley August 5.

The sixth son , a n d born on the 12thNovember 1808 . He took pa r t in the publicspeech day of 182 6 . On leavin g school he wa s a r ticled toMr . Robert

_

Kershaw,solicitor , Ma n chester , with whom he completed his clerkship, a n d wa s a dmitteda n a ttorn ey ofthe courts ofcomm on l aw,

a n d a solicitor in cha n cery in 1832 , a n d

is n owpr a ctisin g in Ma n chester , the sen ior pa r tn er in the firm of Potter a n d

Kn ig ht, havin g m a rr ied on the 2 9thMay 1839 , An n , su rvivin g daug hter ofMr .

Rober t Ha r r ison , form erly pa r tn er with his fa ther . She died s.p . on the 16thNovember 1866 .

For his elder brothers, Richa rd a n d William ,see a n te , pp . 82 , 14 1 .

Fran cis,son of Robert D a rbishire , agen t, Bolton

The fa ther wa s clerk to the Ma n chester , Bolton a n d Bury Ca n a l compa n y , a n dresided a t a pla ce ca lled the Folds, in Little Bolton . He ha d thr ee son s, of

whom Fr a n cis becam e a n a ttor n ey, a n d d ied a t Bolton on the 25th Aug ust1833, a g ed 26 .

John,son of Thom as Sedgwick , cabin et m aker, Prescot

He is sa id to ha ve been a r em a rkably clever boy a n d destin ed for holy orders, butd ied of con sumption on the 19thJa n ua ry 18 27, a g ed I7.

J ohn,son of John Fieldin g

,cotton m erchan t

,Man chester

John , son ofWilliam Heslop,attorn ey

,Man chester

Robert,son of Robert Middleton , roper, Salford Septem . 4

John Houn sfield , son of John B . Houn sfield, m an ufacturer,Ma n Oc tober 9.

chester (12)This schola r , J ohn B ra ilsford Houn sfield, en tered the a rmy in ea r ly life, a n d wen twith his reg imen t to In d ia . He ther e m a rr ied

,a n d ha s been for m a n y yea rs

residen t a t B en g a lor e.

William , son of the late Thom as Ashworth, publican , Man chester

Thom as son of the late Thom as Ashworth,publican ,

Man chester

William,son of the late Ben j am in Gaskell

,m an ufacturer

,Brough

ton

He wa s a n a ttorn ey in Ma n chester,pa r tn er in the firm of Ga skell a n d Bullock,

a n d wen t to Austr a lia a bout the yea r 1842 , a n d then ce to Hon g Kon g , wher e hebecam e Queen

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s proctor. He cam e ba ck to En g la n d , a n d for som e tim e r e

sided a tHamm ersm ith. Retur n in g to Hon g Kon g to look a fter property whichhe possessed , he died there some fewyea rs a g o.

For his brother , Thoma s Fra n cis, see Reg ister , a n n o 1825.


Thom as, son of Robert Pritchard, umbrella m aker, Cheetham (ISamuel , son of John Ham pson , clerk, Man chesterRobert, son of John Rothwell, m aker -up, Lon gsightLion el, son of RalphWin der, glazier, Stran gewaysTitus, son of Titus Adam son ,

bookkeeper, Man chesterArn old, son of George Hughes, m erchan t, BombayJoseph, son ofJohn Allwood, fustian cutter, Man chesterJohn ,

son ofWilliam Thor n icroft,porter , Newton

a William Hen ry, son of John Fullarton ,

agen t, S alfordFor m a n y yea rs en g a g ed a s a mercha n t in the South Am erica n tra de.

9. John Alexan der,son of John Fullarton ,

agen t, SalfordHe m a r r ied Miss Hollin gwor th, of Ardwick, a n d wa s for m a n y yea rs la r g ely eng a g ed in the iron tr a de. Ha vin g retired from busin ess, he is n owresiden t a tBowdon ,

in Cheshire .

William ,son of John Fallows, pub lican ,

Man chester (1John , son ofWilliam Casson , gen tlem an ,

Salford (1Robert, son of Elisha Dicken s, m an ufacturer, Man chesterRichard , son of Edward Baxter, m erchan t, Man chesterThis schola r wa s cal led to the ba r on the g rd May 1839 , a n d is a ba rr ister on

n orthern circuit.

William Hen ry,son of Peter Duer, clothes dealer, Manchester

J ohn , son of Thom as Goodm an , gen tlem an , SalfordJohn Goodm a n

,bor n on the 5thJun e 1809, the youn g est son ofMr . Thom a s Good

m a n, ofEccles house, Cha pel -en -l e-Fr ith, who in 18 23 occupied a lso a house in

Picca dilly, Ma n chester , on leavin g the school beg a n his medica l educa tion a t the

Ma n chester in firm a ry, a tten din g lectures a t the Ma n chester school of a n a tomy.He pa ssed the exam in a tion a t the Apotheca r ies’ ha ll, Lon don ,

on the 4thNcv

ember 1830, becam e a m ember ofthe Roya l colleg e ofsur g eon s on the 6thJa n ua ry1832 , a n d obta in ed the diplom a ofthe Roya l colleg e ofphysicia n s on the 9thD e

cemb er 1849 . The deg r ee ofMD . wa s conferred upon him by the colleg e of

Er la n g en , in B a va r ia , on a ccoun t ofhiswork on The n er vous or ig in ofa l l disea se,in i 856 . He esta blished a g ood pra ctice in Ma n chester from 1832 to 1852 , bein gsuccessful in the trea tm en t of choler a , when the town wa s visited with tha tpestilen ce. Fa ilin g hea lth oblig ed him to retire from Ma n chester , a n d he

removed to Southpor t where he n owlives, still followin g his profession there.John Goodma n m a r ried , on the I st May 1836, Ma ry, secon d daug hter ofMr .

R. O .Middleton , ofSa lford, a n dhis son Char lesRowla n d, n owM.D ., ofAberdeen ,

wa s subsequen tly educa ted a t the school.



of ma n y m iles to its outlet in the Mersey a t Run corn ,wa s little less tha n a n

open sewer , a n d by its offen sive exha la tion s a sour ce of g r ea t d iscom for t , a likein jurious to hea lth a n d proper ty. He wa s elected in 1854, a n d ha s

n owretir ed fr om the profession , r esidin g a t Ford house, Prestbury, Cheshire.He wa s the jun ior stewa rd ofthe a n n iversa ry meetin g of 1850, a n d pr esen t onother occa sion s.

1823Februa ry 5. John ,son of John Benn et

,chin a m an ufacturer

,Manchester

John , the secon d son , is descr ibed in the Ma n chester a n d Sa lfor d D ir ectory of

1845 a s a sur g eon a n d r eg istr a r of births a n d dea ths in the An coa ts distr ict.He d ied in the November of tha t yea r , a n d wa s bur ied in Pr estwich chur chya rd .

Robert,son of John Ben n et, chin a m an ufacturer, Man chester

Rober t William Ben n ett, the third son , pr a ctised for m a n y yea r s a s a solicitor inMa n chester , a t first in pa r tn ership with his br other Edwa r d , a n d a fterwa rds on

his own a ccoun t, a n d a lso a t Altr in cham a n d Kn utsford . He d ied on the 2 2 n d

Aug ust 1869 , a t the a g e of56 , ha vin g m a rr ied on the zud Aug ust 1845, Helen ,

d aug hter ofMr . Robert Ga r rod ofIpswich, a n d sister to A. B . Ga rrod,M.D ., of

Lon don,by whom he ha d on e son , Ga rrod Ben n ett, n owa pa r tn er in his fa ther ’s

office.

A n otice ofhim appea r ed in the L awTimes of the 1 1th December 1 869 , in whichhe is sa id to ha ve taken a pr om in en t pa r t in public m a tters con n ected with MidCheshir e a n d with Ma n chester . To him especia lly wa s the town ofAltr in chama n d the n eig hbour in g d istr ict in debted for a n a bun d a n t supply ofg ood wa ter a t

a m oder a te cost , by the esta blishm en t of the Nor thCheshir e Wa ter compa n y in1 85758 , a n d, a s the solicitor employed by the compa n y , he wa s in strumen ta l inthe esta blishmen t of the Cheshire Midla n d ra ilway of 1859

-6 1, of the W est

Cheshire r a ilway 186 1 -6 2,a n d of the Ma ccl esfield a n d Wa r rin g ton r a ilway of

1864- 65.

For the eldest brother , Edwa rd, see a n te,p . 135, a n d Adde n da to this volum e.

5. John , son of Jerry Pen dlebury, cotton dealer, S alfordThe fa ther ’s chr istia n n ame wa s, I am told, Ger a rd, a n d is wron g ly en ter ed here .

He d ied in 1838 , a n d is buried with some ofhi s children in Dea n churchya rd,

n ea r Bolton ; others ofthe same n ame wer e con n ected with Little Hulton a n d

Tyldesley. His son , the schola r her e reg istered,wa sr ecen tly livin g a t Pen dleton ,

un m a rr ied .

5. Hen ry , son ofWilliam Ward, registra r, ChesterMr . Wil liam Wa rd wa s for m a n y yea rs deputy reg istr a r ofthe d iocese ofChester .He wa s on e of the la st m en whowore a pig ta il, a n d when he d iscon tin ued thisquestion a ble or n am en t in 1830 , wh ilst a ccom pa n yin g the bishop of Chesteron a v isit a t the hig h ma ster

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s house, I r emember the followin g imp romp tum akin g its appea ra n ce


While some in thi s even tful hourFor the Reform B ill r a il,I mourn n ot for the loss oftha tBut for the la st pig ta il.

Relic of times n owg on e, in whichDid better thin g s preva il !

As proof ofIn n ova tion ’s power

I mourn the la st pig ta il.

When B ishops la id a side the wigLest Ra dica ls a ssa il,Still to myselfwith joy I sa id ,Ther e yet is on e pig ta il.

Nowtha t is g on e my hopes a r e flown ,My hea rt beg in s to fa il ;Wha t in stitution lon g sha ll sta n dAfter the la st pig ta il ?

His son Hen ry died m a n y yea rs a g o.

Halliday,son of the late r ev. JosephD ickyn , Liverpool

1 806,Ma r ch 2 . Ma rr ied the Rev. Joseph M.Dickyn ,

B .A., ofDodleston ,

Cheshire,to MissHa lliday, daug hter ofJ.Ha lliday, esq.

,ofRose pla ce.

”Gen t.Mag .

Ha lliday D ickyn’

s n am e a ppea rs amon g those who took pa r t in the public speechesfrom 1825 to 1827. He wa s a n exhibition er ofthe school to Br a sen ose colleg e.Oxford

,a n d in Ja n ua ry 1831 succeeded to a n Hul m ia n exhibition . He g ra dua

ted B .A. on the 9thDecember 1830, havin g been pla ced in the third cla ss in L it.Hum. a t the public exam in a tion ofthe Micha elm as precedin g . He d ied in theyea r 1831 .

John,son of Peter Dumvile

,attorn ey, Ardwick

He wa s educa ted for the l aw,a n d pr a ctised for som e yea rs a t Ma lpa s, in Cheshire .

He is m a rr ied a n d n owr esiden t a t Fer n s, coun ty Wexford , Irela n d .

Robert Nodes,son of Mr.Newton , m ethodist preacher

,Man ches

ter

Died on the 10thJa n ua ry 1864, a tMiddleboroug h -upon -Tees, a fter a shor t illn ess,a t the r esiden ce ofhis brother -in -l aw

,Rober t Gill, esq.

, Rober t Nodes Newton ,eldest son ofthe la te r ev. Rober t NodesNewton , D .D .

, Wesleya n m in ister , a g ed52 yea r s.”

He wa s a lin en m a n ufa cturer a t Ba rn sley, a n d amon g the first in the west ofYorkshire to a dopt the fla x ha n dloom to steam m a chin ery. He ma rr ied a MissC ooker ofB a r n sley. His brother , Fr a n cis John Newton , is n owrector ofShell ey, n ea r On g a r , Essex. He is sa id to have had tastes str a n g ely a t va ria n ce with


the surroun din g s ofhis outwa rd life - the r oa r a n d bustle ofm a chin ery—a n d

amon g st others g rea t love ofmusic, a n d r em a rkable powers ofexecution .

Ther e is a life ofMrs. Newton , who wa s a da ug hter of ca pta in Nodes, publishedin 1867by her daug hter , but ther e is n o m en tion of this son till his illn ess a n ddea th. He depa r ted in pen iten ce a n d hope a n d wa s bur ied in the cem etery a tMiddlesboroug h. A simple cross ma rks his la st r estin g pla ce. Si quid bon in oscis, dic: si n on , ta ce.

”See pp. 194—6 .

Jessop, son of Hen ry Hul ton , esq.,Preston

For his elder brothers, Hen ry William a n d William Adam , see sup r a , p . 109.Jessop Geor g e de B la ckburn Hulton on leavin g school took his deg ree ofMD . a t

Edin bur g h, a n d obta in ed a n a ppoin tmen t in the Ea st In dia com pa n y’s service a tBom bay. In 1836 he a ccompa n ied the surveyin g br ig Pa lin urus a s the surg eonof the vessel. In com pa n y with Mr . Crutten den

, son of the la te r ector of

Alder ley, D r .Hulton proceeded in to the in ter ior from Mocha to Sa n aa , wher ehe wa s a tta cked with dysen tery , a n d thoug h he r a llied so a s to be a ble tor etur n ba ck to the vessel lyin g a t Mocha , he died from fever a n d a r etur n ofthe

disea se shor tly a fter r ea chin g the ship. There is, I believe , a prin ted n a r r a tiveof the jour n ey by Mr . Crutten den . Dr . Hulton on mor e tha n on e occa sionr eceived the tha n ks ofthe In dia n g over nm en t for hi s commun ica tion s r espectin gthe Ar a bia n coa st.

Cam pbell,son of Hen ry Hulton , esq., Preston

Cam pbell B a ssett Ar thur Gr ey Hulton , the fourth son , wa s born a t Ba l l ahick in

the Isle ofMa n on the g r d May 18 13. After eig ht yea rs spen t in the school ,five ofwhich were in the hig h m a ster ’s depa r tmen t, dur in g which he took pa r ton the public speech da ys, he proceeded to Bra sen ose colleg e, Oxford , with on e

ofthe school exhibition s, wa s elected a schola r on the Som erset foun da tion,a n d

a ppoin ted Hulm ia n exhibition er in Ja n ua ry 1834. At the public exam in a tion sin Ea ster 1835he wa s pla ced i n the secon d cla ss in Lit. R um , a n d g a in ed theEller ton theolog ica l pr ize in 1837, the subject ofwhich wa s “The m ission of

John the B a ptist.” His deg r ees bea r da te B .A. on the 6 thJun e 1835, M.A. on

the 2 8thJun e 1838 . He wa s orda in ed dea con a n d pr iest to the cur a cy of S .Ma ry’s

,Ma n chester , in 1839 a n d 1840 ; wa s Chetham

’s libra r ia n fr om 1839 to

1845; a n d a fterwa r ds held for some tim e the in cumben cy of S . Paul’s chur ch.On the 27thMa r ch 1845he m a rr ied Sa r ah Stokes, daug hter of Samuel Fletcher ,esq.

, ofB roomfiel d , a n d succeeded to the rectory of Ember ton , n ea r Newpor tPa g n ell, Bucks , in 1860

, where he is n owr esiden t,havin g previously held the

cur a cy ofthe pa r ish.Mr . C.Hulton , whowas sen ior stewa rd a t the a n n iversary festiva l in 1847, publ ished in 1854, Lon don , C ol lin g r idg e, pp. 174, A ca techetica l help to bishop B ut

l er’

s A n a logy.

James, son of JamesMorris, hatter, Manchester


1823August


a n d in tim a te fr ien d in a fter life, a n d a distin g uished member of the sam e pro

fession , tha t he should n ot ha ve come forwar d m ore pr om in en tly a s a m edica lwr iter , for he wa s a m a n ofmost cultiva ted m in d, thoroug hly devoted to hiswork, a n d in a l l r espects a n cour a n t with the scien tific prog ress of the d ay.

He possessed in a n em in en t deg ree the con fiden ce ofhis n um erous p a tien ts,a n d hi s Opin ion wa s la r g ely soug ht by his br ethr en in the n eighbour in g town s.

”

Mr . A.W. Dumvil le was twice m a r r ied , first to his cousin , Miss Gl ea da l l ofHa lifax , who died in childbir th , lea vin g on e daughter n ow residen t in Southpor t,a n d secon dly to a daug hter ofthe la te James Lees, esq.

,a wea lthy cotton spin n er

ofOldham , who surviveshim ,but s.p .

Mr . Dumvil le d ied on the 8th J uly 1871, a t the a g e of58, a n d wa s bur ied on the

13th a t S. Saviour ’s chur ch, Chor lton -upon -Medlock .

William,son ofWilliam Hun t, wool m an ufacturer, Rochdale (14)

His n ame occur s amon g the sen ior schola rs a t the public speech days of 182 6 a n d

1827, a n d a s a n exhibition er ofthe school in the la tter yea r . He wa s elected toa schola rship a t S . John ’

s colleg e , Cambr idg e, but I do n otfin d his n am e am on g

the g r a dua tes. I thin k he d ied ea r ly in life.

Henry , son of William Braybrooke,barrack-m aster

,Manchester

(13)Jam es

,son of William Braybrooke

,barrack-m aster, Man chester

Robert,son ofGeorge Hall, publican , Man chester

William,son of Maj or Roberts, artillery, Man chester

Walter,son ofWalter Ben tley, shoesel ler , Man chester

[The eldest son ofWa lter H. B en tley, who wa s a dea ler in boots a n d shoes a t

a well -fr equen ted shop in S. Ma ry’s g a te. The fa ther , a n a tive of Staffor d ,r eceived the n am e of Hor ton from his g odfa ther , a m a n of som e celebr itythere a n d of whose por tr a it, published in lithog raphy, I possess a copy.This r a ther eccen tr ic but in g en ious m a n mig ht occupy a n iche in the templeof n eg lected biog r a phies. On e in ciden t in his life, cur iously en oug h , m ay

serve for a n exam ple. When the well-kn own elepha n t , Clun y, wen t m a d a n d

wa s shot on Exeter ’cha n g e,

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B en tl ey pur cha sed the r em a in s of the n oble bea sta n d exhibited the skeleton befor e the public ofhi s a dopted town , tog ether withthe m a n ipula ted a n a tom ies of a deer , some other cr ea ture, a fr og a n d a mouse,for compa n ion s’ sake. But the idea , however or ig in a l, proved n ot pecul ia r lylocupl etive ; a l l the sam e, Ben tley n ever lea rn ed the leg itima te lesson it shouldhave taug ht him , tha t there

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s n othin g like lea ther .”

I do n ot kn owwha t becam e ofWa lter Ben tley, or of two other son s, James a n d

Cha r les, who, in a fter yea rs, received par t of their educa tion a t Ma n chesterschool . R .L .]


Arthur,son of John Borron

,gen tlem an , Warrin gton Aug iii

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5.

For his fa ther , John Ar thur Borron , see Reg ister , vol . ii.p . 120,where this son is

r eferr ed to.

Ar thur , the eldest son , took pa r t in the public speeches'

of 1825 a n d 1826, a n d

g r a dua ted A.B . of Tr in ity colleg e, Cambr idg e, 1831. He wa s in ten ded for theb a r , but I thin k n ever ca lled, a n d, when his fa ther ’s emba r r a ssmen ts a rose ,

d eterm in ed to g o out to Am erica , a n d there he is n owpra ctisin g a s a medica lm a n .

Hen ry,son of the late rev.William Crofts

,NorthGrim ston e

The r ev.William Crofts, B .D .,n ea r ly twen ty yea rs vica r ofNor th Gr imston , died

on the 2 8thAug ust 1 8 14, a g ed 6 1 yea rs.His son ,

Hen ry, bor n on the 18thApr il 1809, on e of sever a l childr en , took pa r t onthe public speech d ays of 1825 a n d 1 8 26

, wa s a ppoin ted to a school exhibition ,a n d elected schola r ofU n iversity colleg e, Oxfor d , in 18 27, wher e he g r a dua tedB .A. on the i 8thNovember 1 830 . He becam e rector of the first mediety of

Lin ton , n ea r Skipton ,Yorkshire, in 1833, a n d m a r r ied on the 16 th October

1855, Miss Eliz abeth Som ervel l , a n d d ied s.p . a t Mun ich on the 23rd Apr il 1857,a g ed 48. His dea th wa s very sudden , a n d he ha d lon g suffer ed from hea r td isea se a n d r esig n ed his ben efice som e fewyea rs before his dea th. He took a na ctive pa r t in the erection of a n ewschool a t Gra ssin g ton in the pa r ish of

Lin ton ,a n d of a n ewchur ch a t Hebden his pa r ishion er s g r a tefully recog n isin g

his efforts on their beha lf. The presen t rector of Lin ton says “He wa s mycc -r ector for some yea rs, a n d I foun d him a very con scien tious a n d upr ig ht m a n .

He ha d a cur a te dur in g the g r ea test pa r t ofhis in cum ben cy, a s he wa s verydelica te a n d feeble, n ot havin g stren g th for work.

” He wa s bur ied a t Mun ich,a n d his widowpla ced a m on umen t over hi s g r ave with a cross in a lto r el ieve .

There is a lso a m emor ia l br a ss on the n or th wa ll of the cha n cel of Lin tonchur ch, erected by his brothers a n d sisters. He wa s a g ood lin g uist, a clevera r tist, a n d a con sisten t a n d humble chr istia n .

Hen ry Croftswa s n ephewto the r ev. W . Ca rr , B .D ., the ven era ble in cumben t ofBolton a bbey for the lon g per iod offifty-four yea rs, who died ther e on the

25thJuly 1843, a g ed 80 . He in her ited con sider able proper ty from his un cle,a n d himself died in testa te.

Jerem iahFin ch, son of the r ev. Jerem iahSm ith, D .D .,high m as

ter ofMan chester school and rector of St.An n e ’s Church,Man chester (8)

See p .7.This schola r , the eldest son ,

took pa r t on the public speech days of 1829 a n d 1830 ,

wa s n omin a ted to a school exhibition , a n d elected a Som erset schola r ofBra se

n ose colleg e, Oxford , in 1833, a ppoin ted a n Hulm ia n exhibition er in 1836,

a n d g ra dua ted B .A. on the 1st December 1837, a n d M.A. on the 14th


November 1839 . He was pla ced i n the third cla ss in Lit. Hum. a t the

Micha elm a s exam in a tion of 1837. Ha vin g been orda in ed d ea con 1839 , a n d

pr iest 1840 to the cura cy of Smethcote, Sa lop (see p . a n d a fter holdin g the cur a cy of S . James

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s, Ha n dswor th, n ea r Birm in gham ,1840

Grea t Wilbr aham ,Cam b ., 1844

—45, Ilfr a com be a n d S. Ma ry Chur ch, Devon ,

1845—48 , he wa s presen ted to the r ectory of Aldr idg e, Stafl

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ordshir e, in May

1849 , a n d a ppoin ted by Dr . Lon sda l e, la te bishop of Lichfiel d, to be rur a ldea n of the dea n ery of Wa lsa ll in 1862 . Durin g his in cumben cy the

pa r ish church ha s been r estor ed a n d g rea tly en la rg ed, a n d en r iched witheleven sta in ed g la ss win dows, chiefly from the m a n ufa ctory of Messrs.Wa r d

a n d Hug hes of Lon don ; the ea st wi n dow of the cha n cel bein g con sider edon e of the best specim en s of m odern sta in ed g la ss in the coun ty. Thr een ew schools, in a ddition to the r ebuild in g of the boys

’en dowed g r amm a r

school, have a lso been built dur in g the sam e per iod .

He published in 1850 , A p l a in sta teme n t of the doctr in e of the Chur chofEn g l a n d

on HolyB ap tism ,withp r oofsfr om Scr ip tur e, Lon don , Ma sters; a n d som e tr a cts

on theweekly ofl'

ertory, 850.

He was pr esiden t ofthe a n n iversa ry festiva l of 1842 .

William ,son ofWilliam Hassall

,publican

,Man chester

Richard,son of Richard Stan field

,cotton spin n er

, Ashton -un der

lyn eSamuel, son of Richard Fletcher, publican , OldhamJohn

,son of the rev.Wilson Rigg , Worsley

The fa ther wa s perpetua l cur a te of Ellen brook, in the pa r ish of Eccles, from 18 19

to 1 854, which he va ca ted for the in cumben cy of the n ewchur ch a t Gra n g e inCa r tm el, dyin g ther e in 1857. He ha d a r ema rka ble esca pe from bein g drown edin crossin g La n ca ster sa n ds.

His son ,John , some yea rs a fter leavin g school, wa s en tered a t New In n ha ll,

Oxford, a n d g r a dua ted B .A. on the 17th November 1842 , M.A. on the 7thJun e1843. He took holy orders a n d wa s cur a te ofHog hton , in the pa rish ofLeyla n d , a n d in 1848 wa s pr esen ted to the perpetua l cura cy ofNewMills, i n thep a r ish of Glossop , Derbyshir e, wher e he d ied in November 1860

, a n d is therebur ied. The pa r ishion ers immedia tely a fter his dea th put up two memor ia lwin dows in the chur ch .

Edward, son of the rev.William Marsden , ManchesterThe youn g est son . For his elder brothers, see sup r a , pp. 126 , 162 .In 1835he was n om in a ted to a school exhibition a n d en tered S . John ’

s colleg e,Cambr idg e, g ra dua tin g A.B . 1839, A.M. 1842 . He ha s held the perpetua lcura cy ofAston -by

-Sutton , in the pa r ish ofRun cor n , sin ce

William,son ofWilliam Gibbon , lin en draper, Ashton


182 ;October 18 .


George , son of the rev. Cecil Wray,Man chester

For his elder brother , Cecil, see sup r a , p . 93.Geor g e, the secon d son , took pa r t in the public speech day of 18 29 .

For m a n y yea rs pa st he ha s r esided in Lon don a n d pr a ctised a s a solicitor,havin g

been a dm itted to the leg a l profession in Micha elma s 1838 . He wrote a p amph

l et a g a in st the leg a liz in g of m a r r ia g e with a decea sed wife’s sister a bout twen tyyea rs a g o,which wa s fa vour ably n oticed in the Chr istia n Remembr a n cer .

Thom as Addl in g ton , son of Marshal William s, esq.,Man chester

William,son of Richard Dean

,m erchan t

,Liverpool

Jam es, son of Jam es C outts,officer

,Ma n chester

Frederic,son of Georg e Scholes, ban ker, Prestwich

He pr a ctised a s a solicitor in Ma n chester , a n d d ied on the i 2thNovember 1849,

a g ed 39 . He wa s pr esen t a t the jubilee meetin g of the ol d schola r s in 1831, a n d

in 1837when the presen ta tion ofpla te wa s m a de to Dr .

’ Sm ith .

John,son of John Ban cks

,physician , Man chester

John B a n cks wa s amon g the sen ior schola r s a t the speech days of 1827- 29, a n d

his n am e a ppea r s a s a school exhibition er in 18 29 , but I fin d n o r ecor d ofhis

havin g g r a dua ted a t either un iversity. He is n owl ivin g , I believe, in Irela n d .

Hen ry, son of John Pooley, cotton m an ufacturer, Hulm e

Hen ry Pooley wa s en g a g ed in the cotton tr a de a n d wen t to NewOr lea n s, when cehe r etur n ed home il l a n d d ied a t C or n brook in 182 8

,a n d wa s bur ied a t S . John ’

s

chur ch .

Edward,son of John Pooley , cotton m an ufacturer, Hulme

He wa s a cotton sp in n er a t Hulm e , wher e he took g rea t in ter est in the Sun da yschool, a n d ha d a con sider a ble sha re in establishin g a Worki n g Men

’s in stitute.

He d ied a ba chelor very sudden ly a t Da lkeith on the 2 9th Septem ber 1847, a g ed

39 , a n d wa s brought for in term en t to S . J ohn ’

s chur ch, Ma n chester .

Horatio, son of John Pickford, publican , Man chesterWilliam

,son of the r ev. Thom as Edwards

, Aldford, CheshireWilliam Gamul Edwa rds join ed the 38thr eg im en t of in fa n try a s en sig n in the ea r lypa r t of 18 2 8 , a n d soon a fter sa iled with the reg im en t to Ca lcutta , a n d r em a in ed

in In dia five yea r s, r etir in g from the a rmy a fter twen ty yea rs service. He m a r

r ied on the g 1stMa r ch 1839 , Ma ry, secon d daug hter of Rober t Ma in , esq., of

the firm of Ma in , Reid a n d Co., Southwa rk, who died s.p . in Ma r ch 1 866 .

Capta in Edwa rds, who wa s for som e yea rs on e of the dir ector s of the Mid-Ken tr a ilway, is n owresiden t a t the Ceda r s, Brom ley , Ken t.

For his elder brother , Geor g e Robertson , see a n te,p. 148 .

Arthur, son of Edward Rigby, gentlem an ,Swin ton


He g r a duated B .A. of Br a sen ose colleg e, Oxford , on the 1st December 1837,a n d died m a n y yea rs a g o.

Hen ry J ohn , son of Thom as Garn ett, corn dealer, Nan twichFor n otice ofthe Ga r n ett fam ily, see Reg ister , vol . ii. p. 16 2 .

Thom a s Ga r n ett, fa ther of this schola r , wa s n ot a corn dea ler , n or in a n y busin ess,but ofin depen den t m ea n s. Hewa s twice m a r r ied, a n d by his firstwife, MissHa r

wood,wa s fa ther to An n a Ma r ia , wife ofthe la teMr . Serjea n t Cla rke, judg e ofthe

coun ty courts ofStafi’

ordshire (see vol . ii. p . Byhis secon dwife Miss Braba n d

,he ha d this son , who served his clerkship with Mr .Mousel ey, a ttor n ey, of

Derby, a n d d ied in ea r ly life, un m a r r ied , a n d on e daughter ,who a lso di ed youn g .

Robert Bover,son of the r ev. Edward Hin chcl ifl'

e,Warrin gton

In the C l er ica l Guide of 18 17the r ev. Edwa rd Hin chl ifl’

e a ppea rs a svica r ofActon ,a n d r ector of B a r thom ley , Cheshire . He m a r r ied An n e, d a ughter of ca pta inJ ohn Bover , R.N., who r esided for m a n y yea rs a t a n d in the n eig hbourhood of

Wa rr in g ton . Hen ce his fa ther wa s descr ibed in the Reg ister a s ofWa r r in g ton ,

wher e he wa s tem por a r ily stayin g .This son becam e a n a ttor n ey , havin g been a r ticled to his un cle’s firm

,B ever a n d

Nicholson , a tWa r r in g ton ,a n d pr a ctised a t Na n twich a n d elsewhere. In 1851

he is descr ibed in the L awL ist a s ofChester .The g r a n dfa ther of thi s schola r wa s John Hin chl ifl'

e, D .D ., m a ster of Tr in ity col

leg e, Cambr idg e , a n d bishop of Peterbor ough, who m a rr ied a sister of the firstlord Cr ewe (see Reg ister , vol . i . pp . 54,

Richard,son of Richard Ham pson ,

cotton dealer,Man chester

In 18 25 this schola r a ppea rs am on g those who took pa r t in the public speeches,a n d amon g the old schola rs a t the a n n iversa ry m eetin g s of 1836 a n d 1837.

Joseph,son of JosephDun n in g ton , fa rm er

,Thicketthall,Yorks: (I

From the school,a fter about thr ee yea rs in the hig h m a ster ’s depa r tm en t, J oseph

Dun n in g ton ,whowa s bor n on the 17thJ uly 1807, a n d took the n am e ofJeffer sonon the dea th ofhis un cle, J ohn Dun n in g ton J efferson ,

esq., ofThorg a n by ha ll,wa s

a dm itted to S . John ’

s colleg e , Cam br idge , elected a schola r,a n d g r a dua ted A.B .

in 1830 , g a in in g the thirty -four th pla ce am on g the m a n y wr a n g lers of tha tyea r , a n d A.M. in 1833. He wa s ord a in ed dea con a n d pr iest in 1831 a n d 1832 ,

a n d ha s held the sm a ll vica ra g e of Thor g a n by, n ea r York,of which he is

pa tron ,for forty yea rs, bein g a lso on e ofthe pr eben da r ies ofYork ca thedr a l.

Mr . J . D . Jcfl’

erson , who resid es a t Thicket pr iory, in the pa r ish of Thorg a n by,m a rr ied , 011 the 23r d May 1839 , the daug hter of lieuten a n t -g en er a l sir H. M.

Va va sour , ba r t. He ha s published a Sermon on the L iturgy, 1840 ; Sermon on

Fa mi ly Worship ,1841 ; Sermon on the dea thof two i nfa n ts, 1847 S ermon a t

the Con secr a tion of S .Ma ry’

s chur ch,El l er ton , 1 848 , &c. 850.

Charles Lucas,son ofW. Lucas Reay, surgeon , Liverpool 13)

In the yea rs 1825—27he took pa r t in the public speech days, a n d wa s a fterwa rds


a dmitted a s a common er to Queen’s colleg e, Oxford , where he g a in ed a n exhi

bitiou a n d g r a dua ted B .A. on the 13th Februa ry 1834, havin g a t the pr ecedin gM icha elma s exam in a tion been pla ced in the thi rd cla ss in L it.Hum . Havin gta ken holy order s he wa s pr esen ted i n 1838 to the vica r a g e of Swa n bour n e

,

Bucks , which he r esig n ed in 1842 , a n d sa iled for NewZ ea la n d a s a m ission a ry,un der the auspices ofthe Chur ch Mission a ry society. He wa s pla ced a t Nelson ,a n d died there on the 31st Ma r ch 1848, a g ed 37. On e sister of this schola rm a rr ied in Ja n ua ry 1841 the r ev. K. M. Pug he, B .A.

, cur a te of'

S. Ma rtin ’

s-in

the -Fields, Liverpool.

William ,son of the r ev. John Haughton , Middleton

Will iam , the thir d son (for his brother , Geor g e Dun ba r , see a n te,p. born in

18 10,wa s for three yea r s a t the g r amm a r school, Ashbour n e

,before his a dm ission

to Ma n chester , a n d wa s r emoved to Middleton school in 1 8 27. He wa s a dm ittedto Pembroke colleg e, Oxford, in 182 9, a n d from then ce elected to a schola rshipa t B r a sen ose . Ha vin g been orda in ed dea con in 1835, a n d pr iest in 1836 , by Dr .J. B . Sum n er

, bishop of Chester , he wa s presen ted by lord B a thur st to thevica ra g e ofPotter sbury, Nor tham pton shir e, in 1839 , a n d in 1842 by lor d cha ncel lor Lyn dhurst to the r ectory of South Wooton , n ea r Kin g

’

s Lyn n, Norfolk,

which he r esig n ed in 1 869 on bein g presen ted by the pr esen t bishop ofNorwichto the vica r a g e ofB a r ton -Tur f-with-Ir stea d .

Mr .W.Haug hton , who ma rr ied in Aug ust 1841 , Ca ther in e, daug hter of the rev.

William Gun n , r ector ofSloley in Nor folk, a n d ofGor l ston in Suffolk, author ofC a r ton en sia , a n d other works on a rt, a n d by whom he ha s on e son , WilliamHog hton Ha ughton ,

is the a uthor of pam phlets on Tithe,n a tion a l p r op er ty,

Ma cin tosh, 186 8 D ir ect ta x a tion , Ta xes a n d Rep r esen ta tion s, Stua r t a n d Allen .

Some ofMr . Haug hton’

s proposa ls would b e sta r tlin g to Ma n chester politica lecon om ists.’

In his pam phlet on D ir ect ta xa tion , he proposes to tax g r a in ,which

from un iver sa l da ily con sumption he r eg a rds a s the lea st oppr essive vehicle of

taxa tion . This system to b e worked by m ea n s ofa householder ’s g ra in , flour a n dbrea d compa n y,with a capita l of5l . a house, pa id by la n d lords for the perpetua len dowmen t of their houseswith a 5l . sha r e ea ch , the ten a n t payin g to his la n dlord the in ter est on the 5l . (4s. 4d . a yea r) in his r en t for the hir e of the sha r e ,by which paym en t he would becom e a bon d fide sha r eholder in the compa n y.The d ir ectors—elected by the householders—a r e to pur cha se a l l g r a in g rown inthe U n i ted Kin g dom a t pr ices fixed by pa r liamen t, a n d a ll foreig n g r a in by contr a ctswith m er cha n ts. The compa n y to g ua r a n tee to B r itish g rowers such fixedprices fr om yea r to yea r a s to en a ble them to br in g in to cultiva tion a l l wa stela n ds a s the best m ea n s ofr educin g pauper ism,

a n d la r g ely in crea sin g the supplyof g ra in a n d mea t in this coun try . His pamphlet on Un limited Ma nhood Suf

fr a g e a dvoca tes ma n y ofthe poin ts for which r eform ers ofea r lier d ays a g ita ted inva in ,

e.g . the r epr esen ta tion of every pr ofession a n d tr a de, ca llin g , a n d occu

petion in the U n ited Kin g dom , a ccordi n g to n umbers a n d in come, by pa idr epresen ta tives ; a n d tha t on Tithe

,n a tion a l p r op er ty, ma in ta in s tha t tithes



Edward,son of RalphClayton

,bleacher, Preston

William,son of Thom as Hargraves, calico prin ter, Blackburn

For the fa ther of this schola r , see Reg ister , vol . ii . p . 2 27, a n d Adden d a to thisvolum e.

William , his seven th son , wa s educa ted pa rtly a t Ma n chester a n d pa r tly in Germ a n y

, a fterwa rds r esidin g for two yea rs a t Cambr idg e. He m a rr ied, in 1839 ,

Alice, daughter ofJam esMellor,esq.

, ofLiverpool, m er cha n t, a n d ha s issue on ed aug hter , ma r r ied to T. F.Leese , esq.

, ofPr eston . He a cted for som e yea r s a s a

m a g istr a te of the coun ty of La n ca ster , a n d took a n a ctive pa r t a s on e ofthe

coun cil ofthe An ti -Corn Lawlea g ue, bein g a n in tim a te fr ien d of the la te Mr .

Richa rd Cobden .

Mr . Will iam Ha rg rea ves is n ow r esiden t a t a house ca lled Sen d -Holm e,n ea r

Wokin g , which he builtwithin sig ht ofthe Surr ey down s.

Septemb . 13. William An derton,son of the r ev. Jerem iah Sm ith, D .D .

,high

m aster of Man chester school,a n d rector of S t. Ann e’s

church,Man chester

The secon d son , see sup r a , p. 7.In 1 8 29 a n d 1830 he took pa rt in the public speeches, wa s a ppoin ted to a school

exhibition , a n d elected in 1834 to a Som er set scholar ship a t S . John ’

s colleg e ,Cambridg e . He took the deg ee ofA.B . in 1838 , a n d ofA.M. in 184 1, a n d wa sorda in ed by Dr . Allen ,

bishop ofEly, to the cur a cy of Gr ea t Wilbr aham ,n ea r

Cam br idg e, ofwhich his fa ther wa s vica r . At the time ofhis dea th the followin g shor t n otice ofhis ca r eer a ppea red in the Ma n chester Cour ier

“We have very r ecen tly r ecorded in our obitua ry the n am e ofon e belon g in g toa family still r em em ber ed by m a n y in this n eig hbourhood . The Rev.William And er ton Sm ith

,A.M.,who died la tely a tBa th , secon d son ofthe la te Rev. Jer em ia h

Smith, D .D .,hea d m a ster ofMa n chester school, a n d r ector of St . An n ’

s,in this

city, wa s a n a lumn us of our Gr amm a r school, a n d of St . John ’

s colleg e, C ambr idg e, a n d wa s for m a n y yea rs—in deed un til in capa cita ted by illn ess—a z ea lousa n d devoted serva n t ofGod in the work of the m in istry ; fir st a t Grea t Wil b r aham ,

a sma ll fam ily livin g in Cam br idg eshir e ; n ext a t Alton Ba r n es, in Wilts ,

the scen e of the la te Ar chdea con Ha r e’

s pa stor a l labour s ; a n d la st a s chapla into the Min er a l Wa ter hospita l a t Ba th. In ea ch successive Sphere of m in ister ia l duty he won the hea r ts of those e n trusted to his ca r e. Therewa s in him a

truly Chr istia n ten der n ess a n d hom elin ess of feelin g , which peculia r ly fitted himto sympa thi se with his poor er br ethren ,

a n d en dea r ed him to a l l , a s a t hom e so

in the p a r ish or the hospita l. He wa s a true-hea r ted En g lishchurchma n , oftheHig h Chur ch school, a n d a n eleg a n t La tin schola r , pa r ticula r ly ha ppy in the

com position of La tin verse a n d epig ram . He m a rr ied , in 1845, Ma ry, theyoun g est d aug hter of the la te Vice-Admir a l Sir Thom a s Boul den Thompson ,B a rt , ofHa rtsbour n e Ma n or -pla ce, Her ts, on e of Lord Nelson ’

s d istin g uishedcapta in s. He ha s left a widowwith five survivin g childr en , the eldest a lieuten a n t


in the Roya l n avy, to mour n the. losswhich they have susta in ed, cheered, however , a n d con soled by the pa tien ce a n d for titude with whichhe bor e a lon g illn essocca sion ed by a shock r eceived in a r a ilway collision about four yea rs a g o. He

wa s in his 55thyea r , a n d is buried a t Cha r lcombe, n ea r Ba th .”

He d ied a t B a th on the 27thOctober 1870 , a g ed 54.

Som e fewofhis school exer ciseswere preserved by myfa ther , from on e ofwhich thefollowin g ver ses m ay be g iven a s a specim en ofhis powers. The poem con sistsofn in eteen sta n z a s, the subject is“Leon ida s,”a n d the da te ofthe exer cise 1834

Fa cun da vir g o, C a sta l iae poten s,C ui g r a ta sem per ca rm in a , quae ferun tRes Ma r tis, aspires ca n en tiCa l liope, movea sque plectra .

Sedis Pel a sg ae limin a PersicusIn tre

’

i ra t hostis, fun era g en tibusSi voeis el a tae g r aven turJussa sequi , min itatus ipsis.Terrore diro caeter a Gr asciaSta tim stupescit. Spar ta a n imosior

Est ausa p en den tem tyr a n n um

Pectore sustin uisse firm o.

a at

Den sos in hostes p rosiluit feroxSpa r tes pha la n g is dux, veluti ruitD e mon te con vul sum supremo,Impete p r aecipita n te, sa xum .

Firmé tyra n n o con seruit m a n umLetha l e telum ut pector a tr aji cit,In terque m a cta ta s cohor tesProcubuit m or ibun dus heros.

Bustumque sur g it, cui n ota vocibusIstis ten etur Dic La cedaemon i

Nosjussa cur a n tes in a rm is

Pr o pa tr ia‘. petn se m or tem .

”

Nor wa she un distin g uished a s a wr iter ofEn g lish verse, a s m aybe g a thered fromhis sha r e in the followin g ver ses. It is n ecessa ry to in ser t both the sets ofsta n za sin order to expla in the a llusion s in the secon d , which on ly a re by this scholar

JOHNNIE’

S GRAVE,IN LANDSDOWN CEMETERY, BATH. (185

We r a is’

d n o mon um en ta l g r aveston e ther e,Nor pla n ted yews, n or a n y tree tha t weeps,

Nor ca rv’

d our g r ief in sa cred verses,wher eOur John n ie sleeps.


We d id n ot n oteour J ohn n ie’s birthday then ,Or n am e his pa ren ts’ n am es, or oug ht beside

We d id n ot even m en tion where or whenOur John n ie died .

But in bla ck letters, simply cha r a cter ’d ,U pon a ma rble tablet , white a n d sm a ll,We g r a ved on e fon d , familia r, pr eciousword,

An d tha t is a l l .

Tha tword is,“John n ie . An d , a roun d his tom b,A. little spa ce we pla n ted g a rden -wise,Tha t flow’

r s m ay sweetly bud a n d sweetly bloomWher e John n ie lies.

An d here we com e a n d sit, a n d ta lk for hoursOf him whom Jesus took, a s Jesus g a ve ;

An d trim the g r a ss, a n d tra in the pla n ts a n d flow’rs

On John n ie’s g r ave.

An d n owwe sca r cely m our n we seldom weepYea

,r a ther joy beca use on Jesus’ brea st

We kn owour John n ie sa fely lies a sleep,In per fect r est.

God g ive us a l l in Chr ist like slumber sweet !An d g r a n t tha t soon on the etern a l shore,We m ay a t God’s r ig ht ha n d our John n ie m eet

To pa r t n o m ore ! J. J. D.

JOHNNIE AND MAMMA.

IN LANDSDOWN CEMETERY.

On ce more the Bell ! on ce more the open Gr a ve !She pa ssed awa y, like a br ig ht fa llin g sta r !True ea rthly Love ha s n own o power to save

John n ie’sMamm a .

Yet truer Love ha s summ on ed her awa y,To r e-un ite her to her B a by-boy,

In ha ppier hom es, which a r e without decayWithout a lloy.

Nowin on e quiet r estin g -pla ce they l ie“Mamma a n d J ohn n ie —still to m emory dea rSweet, yet myster ious, to the pa ssers by

These words appea r !


.MANCHESTER SCHOOL REGISTER.

Samuel,son of Jam esWood , dyer, Pen dleton

John ,son of Kin der Wood, surg eon , Man chester (1

Mr . Kin der Wood ha d a hig h r eputa tion a s a n a ccoucheur , a n d his dea th wa sr eg a rded a s a public loss. His son , John , succeeded him in pr a ctice

,r esid

in g in the old house in Kin g street , a n d holdin g the office of sur g eon to the

Lyin g -in hospita l. When he r etired from tha t office he wa s pr esen ted withtwo silver sa lver S

‘ in a ckn owledgm en t of his efficien t services. He left Ma n

chester to reside in Lon don ,wher e he ma r r ied Fr a n ces Delia Fa n shawe

‘

in 1837,by whom he ha d a son a n d daug hter . The la tter d ied in ea r ly life , a n d his son

is n owin NewYork. John Wood d ied in 1842 , a n d is bur ied a t S. John ’

sWood .

rs. George, son ofWilliam McC lure, fustian m an ufacturer, Tyldesley

Nowr esiden t a t Cheetham , Ma n chester .

13.Jam es

,son of John Prin ce

,dyer

,Man cheste r

13. Brown low, son of m ajor Roberts, artillery, Man chesterMajor Robertswa s for some yea rs in comm a n d of the a r tillery sta tion ed a t Ma n

chester . He ha d thr ee son s a t the schoolwhom Iwell rem ember , but I have fa iledto tra ce them in a fter 'yea rs.

Thom as, son of Richard Rowe , in n keeper, Man chesterCharles

,Son of John Prin ce

,dyer

,Man chester

William ,son of Robert Davies, tallowchan dler, Man chester ( 1

Hen ry,son ofThom as Ker , join er, Man chester

Frederic, son of John Cram er,musical instrum ent m aker, Ma n

chester (1John

,son of John Platt

,schoolm aster

,Man chester

Thom as,son of Thom as S in g leton , cabin et m aker, Man chester (12 .

Jam es,son of Jam es Ha rrison

, schoolm aster, Man chesterJohn

,son of Ben j am in Wheeldon

,upholsterer, Man chester

Robert,son of Thom as B a rge

,ca lico prin ter

,Broughton

He wa s bor n in 18 10, a n d wa s for som e yea r s in p a r tn ership with his brothers a s

ca lico pr in ters, un der thefirm ofThom a sB a r g e, jun r ., a n d brother s. He m a r r ied in

1 845, MissMor t, ofGr een heys, colla ter a lly descen ded fr om the La n ca shire fam ilyofMort, ofthe D am house, Astley. His fa ther a n d un clewer e established , som e

tim e before the comm en cem en t of the pr esen t cen tury, a s ca lico pr in ters a t the

B roug hton prin t works, un der the firm of John a n d Thom a s B a rg e, a n d theirpr in tsha d a fa vour able r eputa tion in the m a rkets ofthe d ay.

Rober t B a rg e died in 1864, leavin g a n on ly son , Rober t Hen ry, who is n owcom

m ercia l ly en g a g ed in Ma n chester . Hiswidowis still livin g .


John,son of the l ate Robert Un sworth

,bleacher

,Chorley (1

William,son of the late LeesWalkden ,

pawn broker,Salford

John ,son of Thom as C ooke, cotton m an ufacturer, Pen dleton J

He wa s for som e yea r s in Mexico, a n d on his r etur n hom e m a rr ied , a n d d ied s.p .

on the 8thApr il 1 866 , a n d is bur ied in the cem etery a t Torquay.

Hen ry Charles,son of m ajor Roberts

,artillery , Man chester

John Edward,son of John Brittle

, g en tlem an , Liverpool Februa ry 1.Hen ry

,son of John Town en d , calico prin ter, Man chester

He g r a dua ted A.B . of S . J ohn ’

s colleg e , Cam br idg e , a n d took holy or ders. For

som e yea rs he wa s cur a te in sole cha r g e of a p a r ish n ea r Leam in g ton , a n d in1 846 wa s pr esen ted to the r ectory of Lifton , n ea r La un ceston

,where he died

very sudden ly on the 4thFebrua ry 1863.

Frederic Hen ry,son of Hen ry Richard Wood

,form erly of the local

m ilitia,n owm agistrate of Ripon

John,son of J ohn Dan iel

,C ooper

,Wig an

J ohn D a n iel a ppea rs amon g the sen ior schola r s a t the speech day of 182 6 . He

wa s elected schola r ofS . J ohn ’

s col l eg e , C am b r idg e , a n d g r a dua ted A.B . in 1 833,

havin g in the pr eced in g yea r g a in ed the secon d pla ce am on g the sen ior Optimes.

He wa s presen ted by the ea r l ofCa r d ig a n to the vica r a g e ofEa st Ar dsley, n ea rW akefield , in 1843, ha vin g been orda in ed dea con i n 1833, a n d pr iest in 1834,

a n d havin g held cur a cies in the d ioceses ofExeter a n d Peterboroug h . He helda lso the ofii ce ofhon or a ry libra r ia n to the la te ea r ls of Ca rdig a n a n d Win chelseafrom 1 84 1 to 1 843.

Mr . D a n iel ha s published , A Fa r ewe l l Sermon p r ea ched a t S . Sen n en a n d S .L eva n,

Cor nwa l l , 1838 , Rivin g ton s ; Chur chr a tes,witha p l a n for their extin ction , 1863;va r ious sermon s a n d other con tr ibution s to liter a ry works.

Thom as,son of John Yardley, en am el box m aker, Wedn esbury (14)

Ellam Fox, son of Thom asWhitem an , chem ist , &c., Wigan

Jon athan,

son of Thom as Harg reaves, calico prin ter, Oak -hill,n ear Accrin g ton

Jon a tha n , the sixth son ,becam e pa r tn er with his br others, John a n d Robert, in

the exten sive pr in tin g works established by their fa ther a t Broa d Oak , n ea r

Accr in g ton , a n d con tin ued in the busin ess un til the close of the firm . He thenwen t to r eside a t Cufi’n el l s, in the NewForest, havin g m a r ried a d aug hter ofD r .

Ha r la n d ofAshbur n e , Derbyshir e. He died a t Rome on the 2 1st J a n ua ry 1863,

leavin g his widowwith on e son a n d two daughter s, a n d his body wa s broug htto En g la n d a n d in ter red a t Lyn dhur st, in the NewFor est.There is a very bea utiful ca n opied tomb in Lyn dhur st chur ch, desig n ed by Mr .

Street, a n d erected to his mem ory by hiswidow, bea r in g a short in scr iption .


Joseph, son of John Irelan d

,dyer, Cheetham

He took pa r t in the public speeches of 18 29 a n d 1830, a n d i n the la tter year wa sn om in a ted to a school exhibition a n d en tered a s a siz a r a t S . John ’

s colleg e,Cam br idg e. Whilst a n un derg r a dua te his fa ther d ied , a n d he r emoved his n am e

from the books ofthe colleg e a n d r etur n ed to Ma n chester i n order to ca rry onhis fa ther ’s busin ess. He would proba bly have d istin g uished him self a t C ambr idg e ha d he r em a in ed to take his deg r ees, forwhilst a t school he showed muchta len t a s a m a them a ticia n . He m a r r ied a Miss Adshea d , a n d in 1 841 wen t outto Ca lcutta a s m a them a tica l m a ster of the Hin doo colleg e in tha t town ,

a n d in

1 842 wa s appoin ted pr in cip a l of the Hin doo colleg e a t Da cca . Both these col

leg es a re un der the Ea st In d ia com pa n y a n d n ot con n ected with the Society forthe propa g a tion ofthe g ospel, a n d

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a l l in struction n ot purely secula r is forbiddenin them . J oseph Irela n d becam e a victim to in tem per a n ce , a n d d ied in October1844, leavin g hiswife a n d two son s tota lly un pr ovided for . Throug h the exer

tion s ofthe la te a r chdea con a n d Mr s.D ea l try a bout 250 l .were col lected for them ,

a n d the widow’

s pa ssa g e to Lon don pa id a n d the lug g a g e pla ced on boa rd the“Nor thumber la n d,”when she un expected ly m a r r ied Mr . Rober t H. Ha lford,hea d m a ster of the Hin doo col leg e, Ca lcutta . On e of the children d ied a fewdays a fter the m a r r ia g e, a n d the ba la n ce of the m on ey subscr ibed wa s in vestedfor the ben efit ofthe survivin g child , J oseph Adshea d Irela n d , who died in thecour se ofthe yea r . By the a r chdea con ’

s desire the m on ey wa s then pa id over toMr . a n d Mrs. Ha lford by my brother , Mr . James H. Sm ith, then r esiden t inCa lcutta

, who ha d kin dly in ter ested him self in providin g for the childr en of a

form er schoolfellow.

William Den n is,son of H. 8 . Den n is

,drysalter

, SalfordHe wa s in the hig h m a ster ’s depa r tm en t for three or four yea r s, a n d n om in a ted to

a school exhibition in 1833, a n d , I thin k, wa s en tered a t S . John ’

s col leg e , C ambr idg e, but di d n ot g r a dua te. I r emember som e beautifully wr itten Hebrewexer cises, in which la n g ua g e he ha d m a de con sider a ble prog resswhilst a t school,bein g publicly shown to D r . Ca lver t , the wa r den of the Colleg ia te church, a n dthe visitor of the school, a n d to the trustees who were presen t a t the publicspeech day of 1 830.

William,son ofMichael Kelly, cotton a n d twist broker, Ardwick

William ,son of Charles Rickards, cotton Spin n er, Oldfield lan e

For his elder brother s, Thom a s a n d Char lesHild itch, see sup r a , pp. 139 a n d 152—4.

William Hen ry Ricka rds, born on the 16thOctober 18 15, m a rr ied in 1843, Ellen ,d aug hter ofMr .Jer em iah Royle, ofLea f squa re, Pen d leton (forwhom see Reg ister ,

vol . ii. p. who m a r r ied a Miss Ja ckson ofHulm e,whose fam ily former ly

own ed con sider able proper ty ther e, still r em embered a s J a ckson ’

s fa rm , but n owcompletely covered with buildin g s. She died in 1860

,a n d Mr .W.H. Ricka rds



for Ca r lowa t the period of the U n ion in 1800 . He wa s twice ma r r ied,a n d by

his secon d wife ha d two son s, ofwhom the schola r her e recordedwa s the youn g er .

In Burke’s L a n ded Gen try, ed ition 1863, ther e is n o men tion of this son byn am e .

John William,son of John Harde n

,gen tlem an

,Br a thayhall , West

m orelan d (15)B ra thay ha ll, beautifully situa ted a t the hea d oflakeW in derm er e, wa s occupied bythe fa ther of this schola r

,who m a r r ied Jessie, secon d daughter of Rober t Allen ,

esq., ba n ker , ofEd in bur g h , by whom he ha d three son s a n d two daug hters, for

m a n y yea r s. He d ied in 1847.The schola r her e r ecorded , the youn g est son ,

a n d bor n on the 1 i thDecember 1809 ,

wa s a boa rder a t Mr . El sda l e’s house , a n d d id n ot lon g r em a in a t the school .From Ma n chester he wen t to Ed in bur g h un iver sity, a n d then ce to a m er cha n t’sofii ee but followin g the ben t ofhis ea r ly wishes, en tered a s a studen t a t the In n ertemple , a n d wa s ca lled to the b a r in Micha elm a s term 1835. He shor tly a fterwa rds settled in Liverpool, a n d in 184 1 wa s a ppoin ted by lord D en m a n a s a

r evisin g ba r r ister on the Nor thern cir cuit . Sin ce 1847he ha s held the office ofjudg e of Coun ty cour ts, cir cuit 7, a n d is n ow r esiden t a t Ross cotta g e , RockFerry, n ea r B irken hea d, bein g a m a g istr a te for the coun ties ofChester a n d La nca ster .

Mr . J ohn William Ha rden , who wa s pr esiden t of the a n n iversa ry m eetin g of the

ol d schola r s in 1852 , m a r r ied , on the 27thApr il 1837, An g elin a , secon d da ug hterof sir J ohn S . P. S a lisbury, kn t., of B ryn bel l a , coun ty of Flin t (the a doptedson ofMrs. Thr a le -P iozz i see her L ife by Haywa r d, who d ied on the

13th Apr il 1872 , lea vin g four son s a n d four daug hters.The secon d brother of this schola r , m or e tha n thir ty yea rs vica r of Con dover ,Sa lop, died dur in g the presen t yea r . His elder sister is the wife of the bishopof Sydn ey

,a n d his youn g er the wife of the r ev. John Clay, vica r of Stapen hill,

n ea r Bur ton -on -Tr en t.

John,son of Thom asWebster, gen tlem an ,

Thorp Arch,Yorkshire

(15)John Moss, son of John Kirkm an ,

m erchan t,Cheetham Hill

John Moss Kirkm a n , born in 1 8 1 1, on lea vin g school served hisfive yea r s a pp ren

ticeship with the la te d istin g uished surg eon Mr . J. A. Ra n som e ofMa n chester ,a n d a fterwa r ds stud ied in Ed in bur g h, Lon don a n d Pa r is, ta kin g the usua l d iplom a s of the colleg es of surg eon s. In 1837he settled a t Ardwick Gr een ,

a n d

con tin ued there i n a ctive pr iva te pr a ctice for thi r ty yea r s, havin g a lso for fifteenyea rs the cha r g e ofthe pa r ish a s sur g eon un der the poor l aw, a n d bein g a ctivelyen g a g ed dur in g the choler a epidem ic of 1847. He m a rr ied in 1 835, a t S . J ohn

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chur ch,Ma n chester , An n e , elder daughter ofMr . Rober t Ha rr ison , ofWa ter

street, a pa r tn er in the ol d firm ofRothwell a n d Ha rr ison , dyers (whose youn g er

MANCHESTER SCHOOL REGISTER

daug hter , Eliz a , wa s the fir st wife ofMr . William Jam es Ta te, for whom see

sup r a , p . by whom he ha s on e son ,a civil en g in eer , a n d on e daug hter .

From 1860 to 1872 , when he r esig n ed, Mr . Kirkm a n held the office ofsur g eon tothe 33rd reg ime n t , or 2 n d Ma n chester r ifle volun teer s.

Edward Coppock, son of Georg e Woollam ,agen t to the Coun ty

fire office,Man chester

He is sa id to ha ve g on e a broa d m a n y yea r s a g o, a n d to ha ve died there soon a fterfr om a n a tta ck ofyellowfever .

Frederick,son of John Lin gard

,agen t to the Old Q uay com pan y

, October

Ma n chesterFor his fa ther , whose Chr istia n n ame wa s Thoma s n ot John , see Reg ister , vol . ii .

p .Fr eder ick, the fifth a n d youn g est son , bor n in 18 1 1

,wa s a t school in dus

tr ion s a n d am ia ble, a n d i n a fter life wa s hig hly d istin g uished for his m usica la tta in m en ts. His ea r ly dea th wa s n oticed in the Gen tl ema n

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s Ma g a zi n e,

a n d the followin g extr a ct from a biog r a phica l sketch which then a ppea r edin tha t per iodica l g ives us a l l tha t ca n b e desir ed to perpetua te his m emoryam on g the d istin g uished a lumn i ofMa n chester school“He belon g ed to a fam ily in La n ca shire of kn own wor th a n d r espectability ,

His fa ther wa s for n ea rly thir ty yea r s the pr in cipa l a g en t of the Mersey a n d

Irwell Na vig a tion com pa n y . Freder ick Lin g a r d wa s destin ed for the pr ofessionofthe l aw, but he very ea r ly evin ced a sin g ula r a ptitude for m usic, a n d a cquir eda kn owledg e oftha t scien ce a lmost in tuitively , for he r eceived sca r cely a n y a ssista n ce from m a ster s. He m a n ifested such a decided fon dn ess for this n oble a rt,

a n d especia lly for church m usic, tha t his pa r en ts, thoug h r elucta n tly, a llowed

him to followthe ben t ofhis own m in d . About the yea r 1835he com peted for ,a n d a ccepted the situa tion of a LayVica r of the Durham C a thedr a l Choir , solon g justly celebra ted for m usica l pr oficien cy, if it b e n ot a ctua lly p re -em in en tamon g the Ca thedr a l Choirs ofEn g la n d . In tha t situa tion he r em a in ed to theclose ofhis life . He ha d previously, for a per iod of two yea rs, filled the officeofOrg a n ist a n d Choirm a ster in S . Geor g e

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s Chur ch , Hulm e , ofwhich his b rother

,the Rev. J oshua Lin g a rd ,M.A.

,wa s then In cumben t , a lea r n ed a n d zea lous

Cler gym a n , str ict a n d con scien tious in d a ys of la xity in his own con form ity tothe d isciplin e of the En g lish Chur ch . Mr . Freder ick Lin g a rd pr oved a m ostva lua ble a cquisition to the Choir ofDurham ,

n ot on ly on a ccoun t ofhis musica lg en ius a n d a tta in m en ts, which wer e ofthe hig hest order , a n d were ever devotedwith pr a isewor thy zea l a n d a ssiduity tothe prom otion ofEcclesia stica l musica cause which he ha d much a t hea r t. His book ofA n tip hon a l Cha n ts, whichhe published about 1843, con ta in s cha n ts in the Ecclesia stica l style ofPa lestr in aa n d B ird, for the Psa lter a s order ed a t mor n in g a n d even in g pr ayer ; a n d the

con ten tswere composed a n d a r r a n g ed by himself, with a n a ccompa n imen t for


org a n or pia n ofor te. This bold a n d successful un der takin g , whichwa s con ceiveda n d executed in the true feelin g a n d spir it of the ol d a uthor s of our churchmusic, broug ht him con sider a ble r eputa tion . Yet his ambition a im ed n o fa r thertha n to con tribute to the r estor a tion

,a s a g en er a l pr a ctice , of a n tiphon a l

cha n tin g , in stea d of the fam ilia r a n d m iser able vulg a r isms of psa lm s“don e

i n to En g lish metr e. He a lso published A ser ies of A n thems a ppropr ia ted to

a l l the Fea sts tha t a re to be observed in the Chur ch ofEn g la n d thr oug hout theyea r , the m usic bein g a dapted from the sa cred works of Hayd n , Moza r t,B eethoven , &c., a n d a rr a n g ed in score with a ccompa n im en ts. He a lso wrotem a n y a n them s a n d other Ecclesia stica l com position s. His cha n ts a n d a n themswer e fr equen tly selected for Durham Ca thedr a l. Al l these his works testifytha t he deserved well of the Chur ch , a n d they m a de his ca r eer hon our able a n d

full of hope. He wrote a lso sever a l son g s, duets a n d other composition s in

secula r music,som e ofwhich were published a n d a r e very plea sin g . Al l his

composition s, ecclesia stica l a n d secula r,m a n ifest the hig h order ofhis musica l

m in d . He wa s, in shor t, n ot on ly a very fin e perform er,but likewise a soun d

musicia n , a n d possessed a m a tured ta ste in music. His g ood educa tion , g en era la cquir em en ts a n d g en tlema n ly con duct a n d demea n our , r en dered him a t on ce a nin structive a n d a g r eeable com pa n ion ; whilst his estim a ble cha r a cter a n d am ia bledisposition r ipen ed in to fr ien dship those feelin g s of r espect a n d a dm ir a tionwhich his musica l a ccomplishm en ts n ever fa iled to a ttr a ct from person s of

ta ste a n d r efin em en t. An d , a bove a l l , he wa s g ra ced with a r a re hum ility.”

Freder ick Lin g a rd, who m a r r iedElea n or , widowof Ca r r ick, esq.

, d ied s.p . a ftera fewd ays’ illn ess a t Durham on the 4th J uly 1847, a g ed 36, a n d wa s bur iedin S. Giles’s chur chya rd, Durham .

His work ofAn tiphon a l Cha n tsfor the Psa lter , publi shed by J. A. Novel lo, wa shig hly spoken of in The Chr istia n R emembr a n cer

,The Chur ch of En g l a n d

Qua r ter ly, The B r itishMag a zin e, a n d other periodica l r eviews

George Leopold, son of George Taylor, solicitor, Bowdon a n dMa n

chesterPercy

,son of R.Ashworth

,esq.

,barrister- a t- l aw

,Man chester ( I

The youn g est son . For his eldest brothers see sup r a , pp . 66 , 10 1.Per cy Ma caulay Ashwor th took pa r t in the publi c speeches of 182 6 a n d 1827, a n dwa s a dm itted a common er ofWa dham col leg e, Oxford , where he g r a dua ted B .A.

on the 7thNovember 1833, ha vin g g a in ed the Newd ig a te pr ize for En g lish ver sein 1831, the subject ofwhich wa s The Suttees. He becam e a ba rr ister

,a n d died

a t Chester in 1842 , a n d wa s bur ied a t S . John ’

s chur ch .

Joseph,son of William Taylor

,timber m ercha n t

,Whalley, Che

shireAfter four yea r s pa ssed in the hig h m a ster ’s depa r tmen t, dur in g which his n ame a ppea r s am on g the sen ior schola r s in the public speech days, a n d a s the hea d ofthe



After passin g the usua l m ed ica l exam in a tion s, he obta in ed a n appoin tmen t inthe service ofthe Ea st In d ia compa n y, a n d a fter servin g twen ty yea r s in In d iar etir ed with a pen sion . He is n owr esiden t in Lon don a n d un m a r r ied .

Richard,son of Robert Gardin er

,m an ufacturer

,Man chester

The sur n ame is en ter ed wron g ly in this in sta n ce . Rober t Ga r d n er , the fa ther , hecam e very r ich , a n d d ied a t Cha seley ha ll

,n ea r Ma n chester . D r . Wha teley,

a r chb ishop ofDublin,wa s his g uest when he came to the Ma n chester soir ée in

October 1846 . His son Richa r d completed his educa tion a t the Cha r ter -house ,a n d a tWa dham colleg e, Oxfor d .

He wa s elected M.P . for Leicester , a s a liber a l , in Aug ust 1847, a n d r e - electedin J uly 1852 , havi n g been defea ted a t the g en er a l election in 1849 ; a n d wa sthe a uthor of som e politica l pam phlets, &e .

He m a r r ied in 1850 the on ly d aug hter of coun t de Ma n delsloh , m in ister plen ipo~

ten tia ry from Wurtembur g , a n d d ied on the 4thJun e 1856 , lea vin g two daughters.

Edwin Ja ckson , son of Edward Ke n t , gen tlem an ,Na n twich

The fa ther of this schola r , who wa s a deputy - lieuten a n t of Cheshire , wa s the

youn g est ofthe four childr en of the r ev . Rog er Ken t, vica r of Chur ch -Min shull,a n d ofWeten ha l l , Cheshir e , a n d m a r r ied on the 25th Apr il 1 8 1 1 , Pen elope ,on ly child of J oseph J a ckson ,

esq., of Na n twich , by whom he ha d eleven son s

a n d thr ee da ughters, ofwhom five on ly n owsurvive.

Edwin J a ckson ,the eldest son ,

bor n a t Na n twich on the 31st October 18 12,wa s

,

with his two br others, a boa rder in the house of Mr . Elsda l e . On leavin gschool he wa s a r ticled to Mr . J ohn ShawLeig h , a ttor n ey, of Liverpool , a n d

a dm itted a s a ttorn ey a n d solicitor a n d n ota ry public in 1837, a n d ha s been insuccessful pr a ctice in Liverpool from tha t tim e to the pr esen t. He m a r r i ed , a t

Trin ity chur ch , C hester , on the 19thMay 1847, Gr a ce An n e , eldest d aughter of

John Bushby Gibson ,esq.

, la te of the 5a n d r eg im en t,by whom he ha s n in e

children .

Rog er, son of Edward Ke n t,gen tlem an

,Nan twich (12)

Rog er Ken t, bor n a t Na n twich on the a 4thMa rch 1 8 14, wa s a dm itted from the

school a s a comm on er to B r a sen ose colleg e, Oxfor d , wher e he g r a dua ted B .A. on

the 2 6thJ a n ua ry 1837. He wa s orda in ed to the cur a cy ofPen n y B r idg e , n ea rU lver ston

,a n d in 1839 wa s pr esen ted by Mr . Leg h , ofLym e, to the in cumben cy

ofD isley , Cheshir e, which he r esig n ed in 1845. After hold in g va r ious cha r g eshe wa s a ppoin ted in 1853 to the perpetua l cur a cy of Bur ley D am in the pa r ishofActon

,by viscoun t Com berm er e

,who m a de him his dom estic chapla in . Ther e

he d ied un m a r r ied on the 27thSeptem ber 1865, a g ed 51 , a n d wa s in terr ed in thecem etery , Chester . An in scr iption on a ta blet in Bur ley D am cha pel spea ks of“the simplicity ofhis cha r a cter , his lovin g spir it, a n d cheerful piety.

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William Atkin son ,son of Robert Gardin er

,m an ufacturer, Ma n

chesterFrom Ma n chester school he wen t to the Cha r ter house, a n d afterwa rds to Germa n y ,in order to becom e well a cqua in ted with the Germ a n la n g ua g e. He a fterwa r dswen t to ta ke cha r g e of proper ty which his fa ther ha d in V a n Diem a n

’s La n d,

a n d d ied there in 1855, leavin g two d aug hter s.

Rob in son,son of SamuelElsda l e

,clerk

,Moulton

,Lin coln shire

This schola r (whose fa ther wa s br other to the r ev. R . El sd a l e,a t this tim e secon d

m a ster of Ma n chester school , a n d form er ly fellow of Lin coln colleg e , Oxford ,a n d m a ster ofMoulton free g r amm a r school—n ot v ica r ofMoulton a s sta ted a t

p . 8— a n d d ied on the 13th J uly on lea vin g school became a studen t a tS . Thom a s

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s hospita l , Lon don ,a n d a fter takin g the usua l sur g ica l d eg r ees

pr a ctised for n ea r ly thirty yea r s a s a surg eon in Moulton , dy in g ther e on the

25thJ a n ua ry 1867, a g ed 55. He left a widow a n d six children . There is a

tom b in the chur chya rd , with a n in scr iption to his m em ory, a n d in the chur ch

a ta blet to his fa ther ’s m emory.

Richard,son of John Collier , publican , Man chester

Charles, son of Charles Gle a da l l , farm er,South

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Kirby, Yorkshire

( I I ).Cha r les Glea da l l , who wa s the son of a g en tlem a n fa rm in g his own esta te

,becam e

a n a ttorn ey a n d pr a ctised for some yea r s a t Ha lifax, bein g a lso deputy- coron erfor tha t d istr ict . Fr om ea r ly life he wa s a ffected with rheum a tic g out, a n d wa scompelled in 1854, by con tin ued ill hea lth, to aba n don his profession a n d to

r eside a t his coun try house a t South Kirby . He d ied a t NewBr ig hton ,Cheshire ,

whither he ha d g on e for cha n g e of a ir,on the 3rd Apr il 1865, a g ed 50 , a n d wa s

bur ied on the 8th Apr il a t South Kirby chur ch. He is spoken of a s a n upr ig hta n d hon our able m a n in a l l the r ela tion s of life , a n d a s a pa tien t a n d cheer fulsufferer un der lon g a n d pa in ful il ln ess, bein g for the la st four yea r s ofhis lifeun a ble to wa lk a n d sca r cely a ble to use his ha n ds. He m a r r ied in 1838 , Eliz abeth

, the n in th daug hter ofMr . J ohn Ha l l il ey, m ercha n t , of the Ma n or house,D ewsbury

,but s.p . Miss Elizabeth Gl ea da l l , sister

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to this schola r ,wa s the firstwife ofAr thur William Dum vil l e , her cousin ,

for whom see sup r a ,p. 177, who

died on the bir th ofher first chil d .

Thom as,son of Jam es Hyde

,m usician

,Man chester

John,son of Samuel Br iddon , cor n dealer , Man chester I

Robin son Tun stall,son of the r ev. Robin son Elsda le

,secon d m a s

ter of the Man chester free gramm ar schoo lThe eldest son , see sup r a , p . 9 .

On lea vin g school hewa s a r ticled to Messrs. Den ison a n d Co., solicitors, ofMa n


chester , a n d subsequen tly becam e pa r tn er i n the firm ofHun ts a n d Elsda l e ,a fterwa rdsElsd a l e a n d Byrn , in Whiteha ll pla ce, Lon don . Mr . R . T.El sda l e is

still r esiden t in Lon don ,un m a r r ied , but ha s r etir ed from his profession .

Rowlan d,son of Thom as Hiles, fiour dealer, Man chester

William,son of Ben j am in Him sworth

,garde n er

,Man chester

Edward,son of John Tarr

,porter

,Man chester

Thom asWilliam,son of Thom as Thornhill, coachm an , Man ches

ter

David,son of David Davies, bookseller, Man chester

William,son of the late Lawren ce Carn s

,in n keeper

,Man chester

Luke,son ofWilliam Hes10p

,attorn ey

,Man chester

August 5. Arthur,son of William White l eg g , librarian of the Portico, Ma n

chesterThe fa ther , besides bein g libr a r ia n a t the Por tico, wa s m in ister of the U n ita r ia nm eetin g house a t Pla tt, n ea r Ma n chester . His son , Ben j am in Ar thurWhitel eg g e ,becam e a studen t

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a t the un iver sity of Gla sg ow,a n d wa s bein g educa ted for a n

U n ita r ia n m in ister . He cam e hom e for the Chr istm a s va ca tion,caug ht sca r le t

fever , a n d d ied on the 5thJ a n ua ry 1836 , a g ed 20 .

5. Hen ry, son of the late John Harrison , m an ufacturer, Man chester

5. Thom as, son of Richard Potter, Sm edley hall,gentlem an

For his brother s, Richa r d , Wil liam , Micha el a n d Samuel, see sup r a , pp . 82 , 141,

Thom a s Potter em ig r a ted a n d is n ow livin g a t Ca n terbury, n ea r Sydn ey, NewSouth Wa les. He is m a r ried a n d ha s a son Thom a s a n d three daug hter s.

Frederick , son of John Gardin er, bookseller, SalfordEdward

,son ofC adm an Thorley, m achin e m aker, Man chester

Richard,son of Richard Marsh, esq.

,Westleigh

This schola r , a n d his brother William Ra n ica r , for whom see Reg ister , a n n o 182 8,

wer e the on ly son s ofRicha rd Nichola s Ma rsh, esq., J .P.

, ofWestleigh ha ll , n ea rWig a n (who d ied in by his secon d wife , Eliz abeth Ma til d a , widowofthe

r ev. Peter Ha lsted , r ector ofGr appen ha ll , Cheshire (see Reg ister , vol . ii. p .Richa r d Ma r sh , the eldest son , on lea vin g the school wa s a r ticled toMr . C rir ie , of

the firm of Eccles, C r ir ie a n d Sla ter , sol icitors, of Ma n chester , a n d is n owinpr a ctice a s a solicitor a tWig a n , hold in g the office of clerk to the m a g istr a tes,a n d other public offices

,a n d r esid in g a tWestleig h ha ll. He m a r ried in 1842 ,



Robert , son of Thom as Sowl er , bookseller, Man chesterFor a n otice ofhis fa ther , see Reg ister , vol . 11. pp. 251- 254 .

Of this schola r the foll owin g n otice appea r ed in the Ma n chester Cour ier at the

tim e ofhis dea th, which occurred on the a 3r d Apr il 1 871“In our obitua ry in yesterda y’s Cour ier itwa sour sa d a n d pa in ful ta sk to ha ve tor ecord the dea th ofRobert S . Sowl er , esq., Q .C .

, who for a very la r g e por tion of

his lifewa s in tim a tely con n ected with this jour n a l. Byhis decea se the con serva tive pa r tyha s lost on e ofitswa rmest a n d m ost con sisten t suppor ter s a n d expon en ts, a n d the Church on e ofthe most fa ithful ofher son s. The la te Mr . Sowl erwa s born on September 19th, 18 15, a n dwa s the eldest son ofThom a s Sowl er , esq.

,

the foun der of the Ma n chester Cour ier,a n d who wa s himself from stron g con

viction a thoroug h Chur ch-a n d -kin g m a n . Mr . Sowl er , Q .C .,r eceived the g rea ter

pa r t ofhis educa tion a t the Ma n chester free g r amm a r school a t the time whenthe r ev. Jer em iah Smith, D .D .

, occupied the cha ir ofhi g h m a ster . He wa s forsom e tim e a tta ched to the office ofhis fa ther ’s n ewspaper

,but ha vin g a stron g

in cli n a tion for the pur suit of the l aw, he en ter ed a t the Middle temple [in Micha elma s term ,

18 a n d wa s ca l led .to the b a r a t Micha elm a s term ,1842 . Mr .

Sowl er , electin g to pr a ctise in his n a tive city, join ed the Nor ther n circuit, a n d a t

the same time un der took the ed itorship of the Cour ier,then a weekly jour n a l .

Pr ior to a n d a t this tim e politica l feelin g r a n very hig h , a n d g r ea t excitem en tpr eva iled on the va r ious topics of the day. Mr . Sowl er havin g n a tura lly a fin evoice, hig h log ica l tr a in i n g , a r ea dy wit, a n d the g ift ofmuch n a tur a l eloquen ce

,

soon took a prom in en t position in the va r ious con serva tive m eetin g s tha t wereheld in a n d a roun d Ma n chester . At the sam e time, from his kin dl y a n d thor oug hly hon our able feelin g s, he a lways ca refully a voided a n ythin g a pproa chin gto a person a l a tta ck on his Oppon en ts. B ein g held in m uch estim a tion for hisva luable qua lities a n d his powers a s a n or a tor , his a id wa s ea g er ly soug ht by a n dr ea dily a ccorded to his fellow-workers .n the con serva tive cause. At a lmost a l lthe g rea t g a ther in g s ofthe pa r ty his presen ce wa s in vited, a n d m ore pa r ticula r lyd id he devote him self to the in stitution a n d developm en t of the n umerousopera tive con serva tive a n d con stitution a l societies, which a t tha t tim e were firstform ed a t his sug g estion , a n d which then proved , a n d have subsequen tly beenfoun d , so va luable to the cause. In fa ct , to a ddress the workin g m en wa s aplea sur e to him up to the la test per iod ofhis a ppea rin g a t public m eetin g s. Hissever a l pr in ted a ddr esses to the oper a tives ha d a lso a t the tim e a very exten dedcir cula tion , a n d exer cised n o little in fluen ce in a ssistin g to in itia te a n d developthe m ovemen t which l ed to pla cin g the r ein s ofoffice in the ha n ds ofthe la te sir

Rober t Peel, with so la rg e a m ajor ity a t his ba ck, in the yea r 1841, previously tothe repea l ofthe cor n laws. To serve the con stitution a l cause Mr . Sowl er con

sidered n o trouble too g rea t . For n ea r ly twen ty-eig ht yea rs he con tin ued towr ite the prin cipa l editor ia l a r ticles in theMa n chester Cour ier , a n d wa s conn ected with the paper un til 1867, when his profession a l en g a g emen ts a s a ba r rister dema n ded the whole ofhis tim e.

“Mr .Sowler m etwith much success a tthe ba r a t a n ea r lier period than isusua lly


the g ood fortun e of jun ior a dvocates. His ta ct in his treatm en t of the casesen trusted to him a n d the a bil ity he displayed , soon g a in ed for him a n in crea sin ga n d lucra tive pr a ctice. As a n a dvoca te hewa s ea r n est a n d.eloquen t, a n d to thesequa lities, com bin ed with a soun d a n d r ea dy judgmen t, m ay be a ttr ibuted ther esults which r ewa rded his exer tion s ; a n d on m or e tha n on e occa sion the p resid in g judg es complim en ted him upon the mode in which he con ducted hi sbusin ess. At the summ er a ssizes in 1 858 he wa s ca lled within the b a r ofthe

coun ty pa la tin e of La n ca ster , a n d in Jul y 1866 wa s m a de full queen ’

s coun sel ,a n d wa s presen ted a t the levée held by the pr in ce ofWa les for her m ajesty inthe ea r ly pa r t of 1867. At the specia l a ssize, held in this city in October 1 867,he wa s on e ofthe coun sel for the prosecution in the Fen ia n tr ia ls. For sever a lyea r she a cted a s judg e for the Sa l ford coun ty cour t cir cuit, a s deputy for thela te Mr . Temple, Q .C ., a n d m or e r ecen tly the whole of the duties were un derta ken by him . To his g rea t a n xiety to per form those duties so a s n ot to in con

ven ien ce the suitors, his dea th m ay in som e mea sure ifn ot m a in ly be a ttr ibuted .About twelve mon ths a g o he m etwith a ser ious a cciden t, a n d before his str en g thwa s fully r e- esta blished he r esumed the office he ha d un dertaken , a n d it wa s a t

the close ofon e ofthe sittin g s tha t he succumbed to the disea sewhich even tua llyproved fa ta l .“In pr iva te life Mr. Sowler ’s g en ia l a n d kin dly disposition wa s ever a ppa ren t.

Possessed ofcon sider able con versa tion a l powers, a n in exhaustible fun d of a n ecdote a n d a shrewd sen se of humour , his compa n y wa s a lways m ost wa rm lywelcomed

,whilst to serve his fr ien ds n o trouble or exer tion wer e too g rea t to be

un dertaken by him .

Mr . Sowl er m a r r ied his cousin , Fra n cesSowl er , on Februa ry 3rd, 1845,who isleft to mour n his loss. They ha d n o fam ily. Of la te yea rs the decea sed g en tlem a n had pa ssed such leisur e time a she ha d a t comm a n d a this r esiden ce, SawreyKn otts, Win derm ere, a n d wa s la rg ely in strumen ta l in the erection of a chur chin the imm edi a te vicin ity . His dea th occurr ed on Sun day even in g la st a tCla rkshill, Sta n d , n ea r Ma n chester , the r esiden ce ofhis sister -in - l aw, Mrs.Ma c

ken z ie, wher e he wa s stayin g a t the tim e of his illn ess, which wa s of threemon ths’ dur a tion .

”

Mr . Rober t Sca rr Sowl er wa s a m a n ofg r ea t in dustry. In a ddition to his editoria llabour s a s con n ected for so m a n y yea rswith the Ma n chester Couri er , hewa s theeditor of va rious a r ticleswhich a ppea r ed in B l a clcwood ’s, Fr a ser ’s, the D ubl in

Un iversity, a n d the Mon thly m a g a z in es. Those on the An ti-corn l awlea g ue, in1842 a n d 1843, a ttr a cted much n otice. Amon g other production s ofhis pen

m ay be en um er a ted“An im a l Ma g n etism a n d “Neurhypn otism . Two a rticles in the Mon thly

Ma g a zin e in 1844. a n d 1 845“The LawofMa r ria g e . In the same m a g a zin e 1842 . Ag a in st lord Fr a n cis

Eg er ton’

s b il l for leg a liz in g m a rr ia g e with a decea sed wife’

s sister.The a r ticle Ma n chester ” in McCul loch’s Geog r aphica l , Sta tistica l ,

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a n d

Histor ica l D iction a ry, 2 vols., Lon don 1846 .


An d the followin g leg a l worksRema rks on the L awr e l a tin g to Combin a tion s. 1854.

C r im in a l J ustice : obser va tion s on thr ee bi l ls befor e P a r l iamen t. 1855.

Imp r ison men tfor D ebt. Why should it be a bolished 1860 .

The NewB a n krup tcy B i l l . A letter to the sol icitor -

g en er a l . 1860 .

B a n krup tcy a n d I n sokven cy Reform . 186 1 .

Roug hNotes on the B a n kr up tcy a n d I n solven cy B i l ls. 186 1 .

He a lso put for th An Assize Sermon,prin ted for priva te circula tion . 1851.

Mr . R . S . Sowl er wa s a frequen t a tten da n t a t the a n n iver sa ry m eetin g sform er schola r s, a n d the jun ior stewa rd in the yea r 1853.

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29. William Vin er,son ofWilliam John s

,physician

,Man chester (I

29 Thom as, son ofWilliam John s, physician, Man chester29. John Hall, son ofEdward Smyth, ban ker, Manchester

The fa ther wa s, I believe, a t th is tim e the m a n a g er ofthe Bra n ch ba n k of En g la n da t Ma n chester .

Hen ry Murray, son ofWilliam Scott,deceased , Edin burgh

Hen ry Murr ay Scott , son ofWilliam Scott, esq.,r eceiver -

g en er al of custom s in the

Isle ofMa n , wa s a tWestm in ster school in ea r ly life , a n d r em oved in con sequen ceofb a d hea lth. After a sojour n in Cheshire for som e mon thshe became con va

l escen t a n d wa s pla ced a t Ma n chester school . He wa s distin g uished for hisproficien cy in cla ssica l litera tur e a n d La tin verse , a n d m a n y of his juven ilepoetica l a ttempts in the ver n a cula r ton g ue were n ot without mer it. He ha d

been in ten ded for holy orders, but his in clin a tion s lea din g him to the choice of am ilita ry life, he obta in ed a comm ission in the 83rd r eg imen t. He died a t the

ea r ly a g e of2 2 , on the 3r d October 1832 , a n d was bur ied a t Kirk Br a dda n,n ea r

Doug la s, in the Isle ofMa n . He wa s n ea rly rela ted to the house ofAthol, hism other (who had ma rr ied for her secon d husba n d Dr .Hibber t Wa re, the authorof vols. i . a n d ii. in the History of the Foun da tion s i n Ma n chester ) , bein g a

d aug hter of lord Hen r y Murr ay, a n d n iece ofJohn , the four th duke ofAthol.

John,son ofJohn Wood

,esq.

,Ha dfiel d, Derbyshire

The on l y son of John Wood , of Thor n cl ifl‘

e ha ll, in the coun ty ofChester , esq.,

who m a r r ied the daug hter of Thoma s Ha dfiel d, esq., a n d bor n in 18 15. On

leavin g school towa rds the en d of 1832 he wa s a r ticled to Mr . B ra cken bury,solicitor , ofMa n chester , a n d subsequen tly studied with the viewofpra ctisin g a t

the b a r . Mr .Wood is n owresiden t a t Ar den ,n ea r Stockpor t, a n d is a n a ctin g

m a g istr a te ofthe coun ties ofChester , Derby a n d La n ca ster , a n d un ma rr ied .

6 . Hen ry,son of the late Richard John son , coal m aster, St.Helen s

6 . Hen ry,son of John Run corn

,cotton Spin n er, Salford

6 . Richard, son of Richard Edleston ,attorney

,Nan twich

The fa ther d ied on the 1st October 1839 .



a common er ofBra sen ose colleg e, Oxford, a n d died before takin g his deg ree on

the 26th November 1838 , a g ed 23 yea r s. There is a m ura l tablet to hism em ory a n d tha t ofothers ofthe fam ily in the n or th a isle ofB la ckley chur ch .

Hen ry, son of Edward Powell, surgeon,Man chester (8)

Frederick, son of John Pooley, cotton spin n er, Hulme

He beg a n life a s a cotton spin n er , then wen t to Ceylon wher e he rema in ed twoyea rs a s a cofl

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ee pla n ter , a n d subsequen tlywa s in duced to g o to the g old d ig g in g sin Austr a lia,where, a fter some fewm on ths

,he died in 1853 a ba chelor , a g ed 39 .

Arthur,son of John Pooley, cotton spin n er

,Hulm e

He wa s a cotton spin n er , a n d d ied un m a rr ied a t C orn brook in 1853, a g ed 38 , a n d

wa s bur ied a t S . John ’

s chur ch , Ma n chester .

Ralph,son of Jam es Ain sworth, surgeon

,Man chester

The on l y son ofJ am es Ain swor th , for m a n y yea rs on e of the surg eon s oftheMa n

chester roya l infirm a ry, for whom see Reg ister , vol . ii . pp . 20 2—204.

Ra lph Fawsett Ain swor th on lea vin g school studied for the same profession of

which his fa ther wa s so distin g uised a m ember , a n d took the deg ree ofMD . a t

B er lin in 18 He becam e a m ember of the Roya l colleg e of sur g eon s, En gla n d , in 1837, a n d in 1839 a fe llowofthe Roya l colleg e ofphysicia n s, Edin bur g h.D r . Ain swor th, who ha s held va rious a ppoin tm en ts con n ected with the m edica lin stitution s ofMa n chester , a swell a s tha t oflectur er a t the Pin e street school ofm ed icin e, is n owthe sen ior physicia n to the Ma n chester r oya l in firm a ry. He

frequen tly a tten ded the a n n iversa ry m eetin g s of the ol d schola rs, a n d wa s presiden t oftha t held in 1840 . [He ha s resided for m a n y yea rs a t C l ifl'poin t

,Lower

Broug hton , where his choice libr a ry a n d exquisite or chids, ofwhich beautifultr ibe he ha s been on e of the most successful cultiva tors, a re a lways a g r ea tsour ce ofen joym en t to his visitors a n d fr ien ds. C .]

John ,.

son of John Ben n et, surgeon , Chapel - en - l e -FrithThe fa ther of this schola r wa s surg eon to lord W ilton

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s r eg imen t of r oya l La n cashir e volun teer s, a n d a fter the reg im en t wa s d isba n ded comm en ced pr a ctice a t

Stodha r t lodg e, Chapel-en -l e-Fr ith,a n d wa svery successful both in a lucra tive a n d

profession a l poin t of view. His son John , elected m ember of the Roya l colleg eofsur g eon s, Lon don , in 1837, ha s succeeded him a t the sam e pla ce, a n d with thesam e g ood r esul ts. He m a r r ied a Miss Ga skell ofLiverpool, a g reat-n iece ofther ev.Thom a s Ga skell , for whom see Reg ister , vol . ii . p. 53, by whom he ha s on eson .

6 . Edward, son of John Ben n et, surgeon , Chapel - en - le -FrithEdwa rd Ben n ett, the youn g er brother , who r eceived the d eg r ee ofMD . a t the

un iversity of S. An drew’

s in 1839, a n d becam e a n extr a licen tia te of the Roya lcolleg e of physicia n s, Lon don , in 1840, wa s for some time in pra ctice a tMa c

cl esfiel d, holdin g public appoin tm en ts con n ected with the town . He is n owinpr a ctice a tNewBr ighton , n ea r Liverpool, is ma rried , a n d has severa l children .


182

Isaac, son of Abraham Fran kli n , jeweller, Man chester Feb ruaZy to.

Isa a c Abr a ham Fr a n klin , elected m ember of the Roya l colleg e of sur g eon s, En gla n d , 1 835, is n owin pr a ctice a s a sur g eon in Ma n chester . Mr .Fr a n klin spea kswith g r a titude of the kin dn ess shown to him by Mr . John son , on e of the a ssista n t m a sters, for whom see sup ra , p . 164, in on e ofwhose cla sseshe wa s pla ced .Bein g ofthe Hebr ewfa ith, he wa s un able to a tten d the school on Sa turdays

, a n d

Mr . J ohn son , seein g him to b e a pa in stakin g boy, spon ta n eously offer ed to supplythe lost lesson s a t his house on the even in g s of tha t day, a n d did so, so lon g a s

Fr a n klin r em a in ed with him ,r efusin g a n y fee or rem un er a tion . He speaks a lso

ofthe g en tlem a n ly feelin g ofthe sen ior boys, who, fin d in g tha the wa s persecutedby som e ofhis school fellows on a ccoun t of his r elig ion , took him un der theirprotection ,

a n d effectua lly put a stop to the il l -trea tm en t which he ha d for some

tim e pa tien tly en dur ed.Mr .Fr a n k lin ha s a lso broug ht ba ck to my r ecollection howthe g r amm a r schoolboyswer e frequen tly g ettin g in to broils with those who worked a t the fa ctor iesa n d a t a rope wa lk n ot fa r from the Irk. These r ea ched their clima x on e even tful day, when a r eg ula r pitched ba ttle en sued between the two con ten din g a rm ies.The affa ir ha d been r eg ula r ly or g a n ized, sticks a n d wooden swords provided, a n da d ay fixed for the fig ht. The field of the en g a g emen t wa s the site n owoccu

pied by the La n ca shire a n d Yorkshire r a ilwa y sta tion , n ea r to the Irk . B lowsof n o ten der kin d were excha n g ed, a n d r esul ted in ser ious in jury to m a n y onboth sides. The m a sters took the m a tter up , a n d put a stop to a n y fur ther encoun ters.

Jam es, son of Jam es Boys,exciseman ,

Man chesterJoseph, son of Jam es Boys, excisem an ,

Man chesterHen ry

,son of Hen ry Roberts, clerk ofworks, Salford

Joseph,son

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ofWilliam An son , bookkeeper, Man chesterCharles

,son of William Hen ry Hayward

,cl erk to the church

warden sWilliam ,

son of JosephGan t , shoem aker, Man chesterJohn

,son of the r ev. John C larke, Man chester

Charles,son of Samue l Buckley , g a s- pipe m aker, Chorlton

Hen ry,son of CharlesHeywood, silk m an ufacturer, Man chester

John,son of Richard Roe, horse dealer, Man chester

John,son of John Wood , coachproprietor, Man chester

William,son of Thom as Hollin s, m erchan t , Cheetham Hill Ma rch 26.

This schola r a n d his elder brother Thom a s,whose n am e comes n ext in the Reg ister ,

a n d a youn g er brother , Micha el D a in try (see a n n o wer e son s of Thom a s

Hollin s, mer cha n t, who m a r r ied Sa r ah,eldest daug hter ofWilliam Cleg g , of

Westwood house, Oldham , a n d sister of Alfred a n d Char les Cleg g , for whom


see sup r a , p . 103, a n d Adden da to this volum e. He wa s the on ly son ofSamue lHollin s, of Shelton ha ll, Ha n ley, in the coun ty of Stafford

,who m a rr ied a

d aug hter ofMicha el D a in try, ba n ker , ofRode, n ea r Ma cclesfiel d , for men tion of

whom see Reg ister , vol . i . p . 1 86 . Samuel Hollin s, whose e lder brother s wereba n ker s a t Newca stle-un der -Lym e, wa s a la r g e m a n ufa ctur er of ea r thenwa r e a t

Ha n l ey, a n d the firstwho in troduced chin a wa re in to the Stafl

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ordshir e potter ies.He ha d five d aug hter s, ofwhom the third m a r ried the la te well -kn own Mr .

Herber t Min ton, ofStoke-upon -Tr en t, but s.p .

William Hollin s, born on the 14th May 18 13,wa s for m a n y yea rs en g a g ed in Ma n

chester a s a comm ission m er cha n t. He is n owout of busin ess, a n d r esides a t

Bowdon , Cheshire .

Ma rb18

1

2726 . Thom as

,son of Thom as Hollin s

,m erchan t

,Cheetham Hill

Thom a s Hollin swa s bor n on the 13th D ecember 18 1 1. He wa s educa ted for them ed ica l profession , a n d wa s a pupil of the la te Mr .W. R .Wha tton ,

but n everpr a ctised in con sequen ce of b a d hea lth . He d ied , un ma rr ied , in Ma r ch 1854.

John,son of John Walker, corn dealer, Man chester

Edward, son of the late Thom as Lees,cotton m erchan t

,Ma n

chesterWilliam , son of John Caistor, esq.

,Man chester

The fa ther iswron g ly descr ibed a s esquire. He wa s,I believe

,a m iller , ca rryin g

on his tr a de a t the upper m ill in Lon g Millg a te, n ea r Scotla n d br idg e, whichcr osses the r iver Irk .

William Ya tes Ca istor became a n a ttorn ey , a n d wa s the sen ior pa r tn er in the firmof Ca istor a n d Fa r nworth, Pr in cess street, Ma n chester . He a fterwa rdswen t toWestm in ster , wher e he pr a ctised a s a pa r liamen ta ry a g en t, pr in cipa lly in r a ilwaybusin ess

,in pa r tn ersh ip with Mr. Jam es Wheeler . I n the l aw list of 1863 he

a ppea rs a g a in amon g the‘Ma n chester solicitors. He wa s twice m a rr ied ; his

secon d wife bein g a sister ofMr . Serjea n t Wheeler (for whom see sup r a , p .who g ave him ,

I believe , the office of r eg istr a r of the Sa lford hun dred court ofr ecord , ofwhich cour tMr .Wheeler wa s judg e. Mr . Ca istor died soon a fter .

Hen ry, son of Hen ry Gough,agen t

,Ashton

Hen ry Goug h, son of Hen ry a n d Ag n es Goug h , former ly of Ma n chester , a n d

n ephewof Cha r les Goug h of Ma n chester , who per ished on the m oun ta in Hel

vel lyn in the spr in g -

of the yea r 1805, so bea utifully d escribed in ver se by sir

Wa lter Scott, wa s born a t Ki rkby Stephen , Westm or ela n d,on the l othApr il

18 12 . Whilst a t school he took pa r t in the public speech d ays of 1829 a n d

1830 . At the close of the la tter yea r he wa s elected to a schola rship on the ol d

foun da tion ofQueen’

s coll eg e, Oxfor d , when he g r a dua ted B .A. on the 4thJ un e1834 (havin g been pla ced in the fir st cla ss in m a them a tica l a n d in the thirdcla ss in cla ssica l hon ours a t the pr evious Ea ster exam in a tion ) a n d M.A. on

the 1sth Ja n ua ry 1838. He r eceived from the colleg e a pr esen t of books in



For hi s elder brothers see sup r a , p . 198 .Joseph Ja ckson , the third son , born a t Na n twich on the a 3rd May 18 15, d ied a fter

a lon g illn ess a t the a g e of 19 , on the 10thSeptem ber 1834. He wa s bur ied a t

S . Ma ry’s, Edg e hill , Liverpool .

George, son of George Dean ,publican

,Dea n sg ate

The fa ther kept the Bush in n ,in Dea n sg a te, wher e the a n n iversa ry din n ers of the

old schola rs were held a t on e tim e . About 1 840 he wen t in to the lea thertr a de un der the n ame ofGeorg e Dea n a n d C c .

,but

,I thin k

, wa s n ot successful.

Jo'

hn,son of JosephArm itage

,m erchan t

,Mills-bridge

,Hudders

fieldFor his brothers, Geor g e a n d Joseph Taylor , see sup r a , pp. 146 , 16 1.

John Armita g e, bor n in 18 17, wa s thr ee yea r s a t the school. He m a r r ied Ha rr iet ,daug hter ofMr . Thom a s C a l row, Bury, a n d ha d issue three childr en . He held acomm ission durin g ten yea r s a s ca pta in in the Secon d West York yeom a n rycava lry, a n d subsequen tly r esided a t Forest hill, Lon don , where he d ied on the

9thSeptember 1867, a g ed 50 .

An other brother , J am es, the youn g est , wa s shot down by the n a tives in ambusha n d a fterwa rds ba rba rously mur der ed on the Wa ika to r iver , NewZ ea la n d , onthe 7th Septem ber 1863. He

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wa s r esiden t police m a g istr a te, a n d servin g in a

volun teer r eg im en t a t the t im e ofthe r ebellion .

John,son of Robert Forsyth

,excisem an

, Harpurhey (14)Charles

,son of Thom as Pickford

,carrier

,Man chester

The fa ther wa s the hea d of the well-kn own firm of Pickford a n d C c ., ca r r ier s,a n d died in 1846 , a n d wa s bur ied a t Chelten ham . He ha d four son s. Cha r lesHampden

, the thir d a n d n ow eldest survivin g son , wa s for a shor t tim e

en g a g ed in busin ess with his fa ther , a n d a bout 1840 we n t to In d ia a s pa r tn er in a mer cha n t’s house a t Ca lcutta , wher e he r esided m a n y yea r s a n d m a r r iedin J un e 1 852 , a n d ha s eig ht childr en . Sin ce 1860 he ha s been in En g la n d ,thoug h con n ected with the same busin ess, a n d is n owr esiden t a t the Firs, Ol dCha r lton , Ken t.

Robert,son of James Leech

,auction eer, Man chester

The fa ther of this schola r wa s educa ted a t the school, but his n ame is n ot foun d inthe Reg ister , thoug h others ofthe fam ily a r e ther e . He wa s a woollen dyer a n dserved the office ofboroughr eeve ofSa lford in 1 82 2

,a n d a frequen t a tten da n t a t

the m eetin g s ofthe ol d schola rs. He lived beyon d his mea n s, a n d subsequen tlypra ctised a s a n a uction eer .

Robert,son of Samuel Shaw, m ajor in the Ben gal artillery

In the seven th volume of B l a ckwood ’

s Ma g a z in e (Apr il 18 20) will be foun dSta n za s wr itten upon Rober t, the son of Ca pta in S . Shaw, of the roya l a r tillery, n owa r esiden t in the Ea st In dies, a child 5yea rs of a g e.

” After leavin g


the g ramm a r school Rober t Shaw, it is sa id, en tered the same service a s his

fa ther , a n d a tta in ed r a n k in it. It is n ot kn own whether he is still livin g .

Charles,son of Charles Fletcher, cotton spin n er

,Man chester Aughgf

q1.

John,son of Thom as Sharp

,iron m on g er, Rusholm e

Hen ry,son of Thom as Newcom e

,rector of Shen ley, Hertford

shireTher e is a very amusin g n otice of the Newcom e fam ily in the in troduction to thefirst volum e ofThe Autobiog r ap hy of Hen ryNewcome

,MA . (vol . xxvi. Chetham

society’s publica tion s) , wr itten by the fa ther of this schola r , who wa s a lin ea ldescen d a n t of the first m in ister of the Pr esbyter ia n m eetin g house in Crossstreet, Ma n chester , a n d the possessor of the D ia ry a n d Autobiog r aphy ofhis

a n cestor , ed ited by Mr . Thoma sHeywood a n d D r . Pa rkin son .

His son ,Hen ry J ustin ia n ,

on e of a n umerous fam ily, g r a dua ted B .A. ofTr in itycol leg e, Oxford , on the 9thNovem ber 1837, a n d wa s orda in ed dea con in 1838

by D r .Mon k,bishop ofGloucester a n d Br istol, a n d pr iest in 1841 by D r . Kaye,

bishop of Lin coln . He succeeded his fa ther , who d ied in 1849, a s r ector of

Shen ley , a n d holds tha t ben efice a t the presen t time , bein g the n i n th in d irectcon tin uous lin e ofben eficed clerks from the Reform a tion to the pr esen t tim e

”in

the Newcom e fam ily. (See in troduction to The Autobiog r aphy, p. xx .)

Joseph,son ofJosephArmstron g

,cotton m erchan t

,Man chester

J oseph Armstron g , n owr esiden t in Liverpool, is a cotton broker a n d m ember of

the town coun cil for the Excha n g e wa rd. The n am e occurs twice in the

r ecords ofthe a n n iversa ry meetin g s.

Thom as,son of the late Ben j am in Chaffers

,corn m erchant

,Liver

poolHe took pa rt in the public speeches from 18 27 to 1830, a n d wa s elected a

Somer set schola r of B r a sen ose colleg e, Oxfor d, g oin g in to residen ce towa rdsthe close of 1831. He ha d pr eviously been a competitor for the La n ca shireschola r ship a t Corpus Chr isti colleg e , when the successful ca n d ida te wa s JohnWilson , a fterwa rds secon d m a ster of Ma n chester school

,whom he surpa ssed in

hon ours a t the fin a l exam in a tion in the schools. He wa s n om in a ted to a n Hul .m ia n exhibition in 1 834, a n d pla ced in the first cla ss in Lit. Hum . a t the Ea sterexam in a tion of the n ext yea r ; on e ofhis five collea g ues in the sam e hon ourbein g Edwa rd Ca rdwell ofB a l liol, n owsecreta ry ofsta te for the wa r depa r tmen t.His deg r ees bea r da te a s follows : B .A. on the a7thMay 1 835, M.A. on the 17thMay 1837. Ha vin g been elected to a fellowship, a n d havin g ha d for som e l ittletime cha r g e ofS. Jchh’a church , B ethn a l Gr een , Lon don , he r eturn ed to Oxfordon bein g a ppoin ted tutor . Here he served the office of jun ior proctor in 1846 ,

of public examin er in 1854 a n d 1856, a n d held the vice-pr in cip a lship of the


colleg e from 1844 to 1858. He d ied on the 6thJ un e 1860,a g ed 47, a tMa rte n ,

whither he r etired on leavin g Oxfor d , a n d ofwhich his frien d, the r ev . J ohn

D a r cey (for whose fa ther see R eg ister , vol . i i. p . wa s in cum ben t, a n d is

ther e bur ied . A simple g r a veston e m a rks the pla ce wher e he r ests.Thoma s Chafi

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ers wa s a m a n of br ill ia n t ta len ts a n d r ea dy wit, a n d in his ea r lierofficia l days d id the colleg e g ood service a s tutor a n d vice -pr in cipa l. He wouldproba bly have r isen to a yet higher position , ha d he been ,

wha t n ot a l l m en a re ,

m a ster ofhimself. To his Oxford fr ien ds he wa s the m odel ofhospita lity. He

occa sion a lly join ed his ol d school fellows a t the a n n iversa ry festiva ls, a n d wa s

a ppoin ted presiden t for the yea r 1841 . The la st occa sion on which he wa spresen t wa s the yea r 1858 , when ther e wa s a la r g e a ssem bly of g r a dua tes a n d

other form er schola rs to m eet Dr . Gilber t, the la te ven er a ble b isl i op ofChichester ,for whom see R eg ister , vol . ii. p. 2 2 1 .

Edward , son of the late Edward Ball , builder, PrescotHe wa s a dm itted to B r a sen ose colleg e , Oxford , with a school exhibition a n d electedto a Somer set schola rship in 1831, a n d wa s n om in a ted to a n Hulm ia n exhibitionin October 1834. At the Ea ster exam in a tion of 1 835he wa s pla ced in the thir dcla ss in L it.Hum . Thoug h a n a tive of the fa voured pa r ish ofPr escot he wa sn ot elected to a fellowship .

Charles George,son of Ralph Maxey Rhodes, ban ker

’s clerk

,

Man chesterFor his fa ther see Reg ister , vol . 11. p . 207.Bor n on the 4thJun e 18 18 . He con tin ued a t the school for sever a l yea r s, bein gin the hig h m a ster ’s depa r tm en t for a con sider a ble tim e befor e lea vin g . Aftera lon g con n ection with the old ba n k in g firm ofW illiam J on es

,Loyd a n d Co .

,

a n d Loyd , En twisle a n d C o., Ma n chester , he is n owthe m a n a g er of the Wig a n

br a n ch of the Ma n chester a n d Liverpool d istr ict ba n k , in which the ba n k of

Loyd, En twisle a n d Co.wa s m er g ed in 1863. Mr . C . Rhodes,whowa s m a r r ied

on the 10thApr il 1858 a n d ha s seven childr en , ha s occa sion a lly a tten ded the

m eetin g s of the ol d schola r s, a n d is n ot un kn own a s the a uthor of va r iousa r ticles on r elig ious, politica l a n d socia l subjects which ha ve fr om time to tim e

a ppea r ed in the publica tion s of the d ay, a s well a s of som e plea sin g poetry ;on e of the la test specim en s ofhis poetica l powers bein g som e verses to them em ory ofhis former m a ster , D r .El sda l e.

Thom as,son of Samuel Hollan d, win e m erchan t , Man chester

Thom as Charles, son of David Davies, bookseller, Man chesterGeorge, son ofWilliam Owen , bookkeeper, Man chester (1 1)Richard

,son of the late Richard Richm on d, gen tlem an , Man chester

For his elder brother , see sup r a , p. 173.

He became pa r tn er in the firm of David Scott , Richm on d a n d C c ., mercha n ts,



John,son of John Law, a ttorn ey, Man chester

For his fa ther see Reg ister , vol . 11. p . 187.John Hen ry, the eldest son by the first wife, ha s been for m a n y yea rs in pr a ctice

a s a n a ttor n ey in Ma n chester , a n d former ly lived a t U rmston lodg e, n ea r Stretford , takin g in ter est in a g r icultur a l a ffa irs ; but sin ce the dea th of his sisterE l iz a (see Reg ister , vol . 11. p. on the 16thMa r ch 1872 , ha s r esided pa r tly a tWoodwel l , Silverda le, in the lake d istr ict, a n d pa r tly a t Ma n chester .Mr . J . H. Law.a n occa sion a l a tten da n t a t the m eetin g s ofthe old schola r s, m a r r ied

a t the pa r ish chur ch, Pr eston , on the zud Aug ust 1837, Ma ry, on ly da ug hter of

Miles Clayton , of Ma n chester , m ercha n t, by whom he ha d three daug hters( 1) Ma ry Clayton , who m a rr ied a t Bowdon , on the 27thMa r ch 1864, Rober tKibble Hervey

,ofthe Midd le temple

, esq., (for whose r ela tive , Thom a s Kibble

Hervey, see Adden da to this volum e) ; Ed ith Eliza beth,who m a r r ied on

the 16thJ uly 186 2 the r ev . J ohn Edm un d Booth ,M.A .,rector ofChor lton -cum

Ha r dy (for whom see Reg ister a n n o a n d d ied on the 27thFebr ua ry 1872(3) Bea tr ice, who m a r r ied a t Ma n chester ca thedr a l , on the 13th May 1 868

,

Hen ry , on ly son of Hen ry Ha rd in g , esq., g over n or of the B r itish colon y of

Nevis, West In d ies.

Frederick , son of Hen ry Hulton , esq.,Preston

Fr eder ick Bl ethyn Copley, the youn g est son ,on lea vin g the school in 1834, wa s

a rticled toMr . Cha r les B uck, a ttor n ey, ofPreston , a n d in 1840 wa s a dmi tted a n

a ttor n ey, en ter in g a s a pa r tn er in the

,

firm ofCross a n d For rest,ofPr eston . Mr .

Crosswa s fa ther ofRicha rd Assheton Cross,M.P., a n d d ied som e t ime before Mr .

Hulton join ed the firm . In 1845 he cam e to Ma n chester,a n d sin ce 1847ha s

held the office ofr eg istr a r to the S a lford coun ty cour t a n d clerk to the justices ofthe Newba iley pr ison , a swell a s other officia l leg a l a ppoin tm en ts.Mr . F. Hulton who is un m a r r ied , a n d r esiden t a t Wha lley view, Wha lley Ra n g e ,n ea r Ma n chester , published in 1841 a sm a ll book en titled The p r a ctice of the

Coun ty Cour ts of L a n ca shir e, an d wa s jun ior stewa rd of the a n n iversa ry festiva lof 1852 .

John,son ofW

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alter Ben tley, shoem aker, Man chesterFrederick, son ofWilliam C ooke

,esq.

,Nan twich

Freder ick Hilton Cooke, whose fa ther m a r r ied Miss Eliza Edleston , wa s fir stcousin to the four schola rs n am ed Ed leston a dmitted to the school from Na n twich .‘ He wa s a sleepin g pa r tn er in a prin tin g ink m a n ufa ctory a t Liverpool

,

but r esided a t Ivy cotta g e, Chur ch -Min shull Chesh ire . Like his cousin s he wa svery fon d of field spor ts. He m a rr ied a la dy n am ed Fa ulkn er , a n d di ed on

the 18th D ecember 1857, a g ed 41, s.p ., a n d wa s bur ied a t Chu rch -Min shull .

Ther e is a mon umen t to him ther e.

John,son of m ajor Shuttleworth, Ha thersa g , Derbyshire

J ohn Spen cer Ashton , the secon d son of m ajor A. Shuttlewor th, R.A.,is n ow


r esiden t a t Ha thersa g e , n ea r Shefli el d , ha vin g succeeded to the esta te in 1838,

a n d a m a g istr a te a n d deputy - l ieuten a n t of the coun ty of Derby. He wa s of

Mer ton colleg e , Oxfor d , but did n ot g r a dua te, a n d m a r r ied first, in 1842 ,

Ma r ia , eldest d aug hter of the r ev. Hen ry Wr ig ht, of Mottr am ,Cheshir e, a n d

secon d , in 1845, Em ily, elder d aug hter of Bolton Peel, esq., ofDosthill lodg e,

Wa rwickshire.

William,son of m ajor Shuttleworth

,Ha thersa g , Derbyshire

William Shuttlewor th wa s subsequen tly a t Repton school , a n d destin ed for a

m ilita ry life, but died a t Tor quay on the 2 3rd September 1831, in his l g thyea r .

Richard,son of the late Thom as Lees, cotton m erchan t

,Ma n

chesterWilliam

,son of Peter Nicholson

,attorn ey

,Warrin gton

The elder son , a n d born on the 12th Februa ry 18 16 . He a ppea rs amon g the

sen ior schola r s a t the public speeches of 1 8 29 a n d 1830 , a n d wa s a dm itted a s a n

a ttorn ey in 1838 . On the cr ea tion of the coun ty cour ts in 1847he wa sa ppoin ted r eg istr a r of the cour ts ofWa rr in g ton a n d Run corn , a n d holds tha toffice a t the pr esen t tim e . From 1843he held a comm ission in the 3rd Roya lLa n ca shire m il itia , r etir in g from tha t service in 1870 with the r a n k ofm ajor .Mr . Nicholson a very frequen t a tten d a n t in former year s a t the a n n iversa rym eetin g s ofthe old schola rs, a n d vice -presiden t oftha t held in 1842 join ed thechurch ofRome som e yea rs a g o, a n d m a rr ied on the 16thJ ul y 1 850 Con sta n ceFerr er s, d aug hter ofGeor g e Picker in g , esq.

, ofChester ,who m a rr ied Ma g da len e,secon d d aug hter ofEdwa r d Fer r er s, esq.

, ofB a ddesley Clin ton ,i n the coun ty of

Wa rwick, a n d ha s six childr en . For some yea rs Mr . Nicholson r esided a t

Hog hton terr a ce, Southport, but is n owlivin g a t Thelwa ll Lea , n ea r Wa rr in g

ton , his brother J ames, a solicitor a t Wa r r in g ton a n d occupyin g the

a dj a cen t m a n sion , Thelwa ll ha ll.

Peter,son of the late Thom as Harrison , com b m aker, Hale, La n

ca shire (IThis schola r wa s n ephew of the r ev. Ham let Ha r rison

,B .D .

, former ly fellowof

B r a sen ose colleg e , Oxford , r ector of the first por tion of Pon tesbury, Sa lop, a n dfor som e yea rs hea d m a ster of the g ramma r school a t B r ewood , Stafl

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ordshir e,

a n d cousin ofthe r ev.William Ha r r ison ,M.A.

,n owofPon tesbury.

Peter Ha rr ison becam e a sur g eon a n d pr a ctised in Lon don ,wher e he

.died a t a n

ea r ly a g e leavin g a widow a n d two daug hter s, both m a rr ied , I am told, tom edica l m en .

Samuel,son of the late Thom as Elgood, farm er

,C ran sford

,Suf

folkGeorge

,son of George Kaye , coachproprietor, Man chester

William,son of Thom asAyres Phillips, brewer, Pen dleton


He became a civil en g in eer a n d wa s e n g a g ed a t the Roya l polytechn ic in stitution ,Lon don , a n d super in ten ded som e oftheworkin g m odels a n d lectur ed upon them .

His hea lth fa iled a n d he r esig n ed his situa tion . He wen t to Rug by to esta blishg a sworks there , but his hea lth becom in g worse he r em oved to J er sey wher e hed ied on the z 2ud September 1854. His body wa s broug ht to En g la n d a n d he

wa s bur ied a t Ken sa l l Gr een cem etery,Lon don .

Arthur Bedford , son of Robert Charles Or l eb a r , esq., Husborn eCrawley

,Bedfordshire

This schola r , the secon d son ofRober t Cha r les Or l eb a r , esq., ofHusbor n e Cr awley ,a n d g r a n dson of Richa rd Or l eb a r , esq.

,of Hinwick house , both in the coun ty

of B edfor d , wa s bor n on the 1 1th J un e 18 10, a n d a dm itted from the school a s

a comm on er to S . J ohn ’

s colleg e, Oxford , a n d elected to a n open schola rshipon the 4thMay 1830 a t Lin coln colleg e, wher e he g a in ed a pla ce i n the firstcla ss in m a them a tics, a n d in the thir d cla ss in cla ssica l hon our s a t the publicexam in a tion for the B .A. deg r ee, a t Micha elm a s 1832 , tak in g tha t deg ree on

the 2 2n d Novem ber . He g ra dua ted M.A. on the 17th November 1842 .

Mr . Or l eb a r,who wen t out to In d ia , a n d wa s for som e yea rs professor of

a stron omy a t the Elphin ston e colleg e , Bombay, but in con sequen ce of illn essoblig ed to r esig n , m a r r ied his cousin , Eliza Ha n n ah, four th da ug hter ofRicha rdOr l eb a r

,esq., ofHinwick house , a n d ha d issue . (See Burke

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s L a n d ed Gen try,

186 He subsequen tly wen t to Austr a lia , wher e he wa s g over n m en t in spectorof schools

,a n d d ied a t Melbour n e on the 1 l th Jun e 1866

,a g ed 56 , his wife

havin g d ied ther e ten yea r s pr eviously . He is bur ied in the cem etery a t S .Kild a , n ea r Melbour n e. He is the author of a book e n titled Or l eba r ’s Course ofMa thema tics.

James Pen dleton,son of Hen ry Bellott

,calico prin ter

,Ma n

chesterJames Pen dleton a n d Stephen Bellott were first cousin s to Thoma s a n d Willi amHen ry B ellot , for whom see sup r a , pp. 1 17, 148 .

The two bra n ches ofthe fam ily spell their n am e d ifferen tly.

S tephen,son of Hen ry Bellott

,calico prin ter

,Man chester

Now a sm a llwa re m a n ufa cturer in Ma n chester , a n d residen t a t Ha ll fa rm,Da vy

hulm e,n ea r Flix ton .

Samuel Charles, son of J ohn Webster,gen tlem an , Gargrave, York

shireAugust Thom as

,son of Joseph Todd, esquire

,West Newton “

,Cumber

lan dThe fa ther ofthis schola r iswron g ly descr ibed a s esquire. His son Thom a s, ba p

tized on the 14thMa rch 18 13, “son ofJ oseph a n d Eliz a beth Todd ,Westn ewton ,

Yeoma n (see Pa r ishReg ister ), took pa r t in the public speeches of 182 9 a n d



B ra sen ose colleg e, Oxford, a t the close of 1833, a n d g r a dua ted B .A. on the 17thMay 1837, havin g been pla ced in the four th cla ss in L it. Hum . a t the precedin gEa ster examin a tion , a n d M.A. on the 1othJ un e 1840 . Hewa s or da in ed dea con(1839 ) a n d pr iest (1840) to the cur a cy ofWr en bury, Cheshire, a n d in the fol

lowin g yea r promoted to the perpetua l cur a cy ofThorn es, n ea r Wa kefield,which

he held for five yea rs. In 1847he wa s pr esen ted by D r .Hook , v ica r of Leeds,

to the in cumben cy of S. Luke’s in tha t town , a n d in 1851 by the sam e pa tronto the perpetua l cura cy of B ram ley, n ea r Leeds. This he resig n ed in 1859 in

con sequen ce of con tin ued b a d hea lth , suffer in g from epileptic fits, a n d wen tto reside a t Birken hea d , where he d ied , a t the a g e of48 , on the 25th J un e 1863,

a n d wa s bur ied in the churchya rd of Bebin g ton , lea vin g a widow a n d eig htchildren . There is a ston e cross over his g r a ve . He r eceived a very g ra tifyin ga ddress from hi s pa r ishion er s a tB r am ley on his resig n a tion ofthe ben efice.

Mr. Dixon , who m a rr ied on the 31st J uly 1839 Eliz a , four th da ughter of Mr .

John Livin g ston , m er cha n t, of Liverpool, published a sm a ll volum e of Sermon s

p r ea ched a t S . Luke’

s chur ch,L eeds

,12m o, 1 851, Slocombe, Leeds. His b ro

ther,Thom a s Georg e Dixon , M.D .,

is n owr esiden t a t Moss C l ifl'

e,Northwich ,

Cheshire .

John,son of James San diford

,liquor m erchan t

,Man chester

Thomas, son of John Sta n sfiel d, m an ufacturer, Un derban k, Yorkshire

Charles,son of John Kenworthy, carrier, Man chester

Jam es Bowm an , son of Robert Hall, plumber, Tideswell, Derbyshire

Dan iel, son of John Thackeray, cotton Spi n n er, Man cheste rWilliam Ra n ica r

,son of Richard Marsh, esq., Leigh (1

For his elder brother see sup r a , p . 200 .

The youn g er son ,a ba chelor , is n owr esiden t a t Ather ton pa rk, n ea r Leig h.

John,son of John Webster

,excisem an , Cheetham , Man chester

D ecember Charles John ,son of Richard Thelwel l , Silversm ith, Man chester

(10)Nowa clock a n d wa tch m a ker a n d silversmith in Oxford street, Ma n chester .

An drew, son of Abraham Paton , agen t to the Water works, Ma n

chesterMichael D a in try, son of Thom as Hol lin s, m erchant, Man chester

Micha el Da in try, the third son a n d born on the 2 zud Ma r ch 18 15, on leavin gthe school in 1833 became a pupil ofthe la teMr .W . R.Wha tton , a n d obta in ed


his d iploma a s sur g eon in 1838 . In the same year his un cle, Mr . Herber tMin ton (who built a n d en dowed a bea utiful chur ch a t Ha r tshill , in the pa r ishof Stoke , the in terior ofwhichwa s destroyed by fire in took him in topa r tn er ship a s a m a n ufa cturer of chin a a n d ea r thenwa r e, a t Stoke-upon -Tren t.In 1840 they established , un der the firm of Min ton , Holl i n s a n d C o., the en

caustic tile a n d m osa ic m a n ufa ctory which ha s sin ce a tta in ed such g r ea t celeb r ity, a n d ofwhichMr . M. D . Hollin s is n ow the sole propr ietor , havin g ha dthe en tire m a n a g em en t of the m a n ufa ctur in g depa r tm en t in both firms forupwa r ds of thir ty yea rs.Mr . M. D . Hollin s

,who m a rr ied Eliza , eldest daug hter of Thom as Ma cken zie ,

M.D ., ofNewca stle-un der -Lym e

, is n ow r esiden t a t Whitm or e ha ll, Sta ffordshire, a m a g istr a te a n d deputy -lieuten a n t of the coun ty, a n d lieuten a n t-colon elofthe first Stafford ba tta lion ofr ifle volun teers.

Hen ry Moss, son ofWilliam Reever, g en tlem an , Pen dleton

John , son of Samuel Cooke, timber m erchan t,Salford

Will iam,son of John Swain

,clothier

,Man chester

Will iam,son of John Mol in eux

,l amp m an ufacturer

,Man chester

Jam es, son ofWalterHorton Ben tley, shoe dealer, Man chesterCharles

,son of Walter Horton Ben tley

,shoe deale r

,Man chester

Cha rles, the youn g est son , d ied a t Mon te Video, S.A., towa rds the close of 1846 .

For n otice ofhis fa ther see sup r a , p . 178 .

John,son of Thom as Jon es, calen derer, Man chester

Fran cis,son of Fran cis Cooper

,overseer

,Man chester

Alexan der, son of John Dix, brewer, Salford (1 1)The n ame ofAlexa n der Mil ls Dix appea rs am on g those presen t a t the a n n iversa rymeetin g of 1850 , a n d in 1864 he wa s residen t a t Grove house, Ha n ley, Staffordshire, a n d propr ietor of the Shelton brewery. (See Stafl

‘ordshire D ir ectory,

William,son of Jam es Eastwood , brewer, S alford

James, son of Jam es Leech, auction eer, Man chesterThi s schola r ha s been dea d m a n y yea rs.

Matthew,son of Philip Tan n er, iron foun der, Man chester

William,son of Alexan der Wilkin son , letterpress prin ter, Salford

(13)Richard

,son of Samuel William son

,keeper of the Portico

,Man

chester (1

2 20 MANCHESTER SCHOOL REGI STER .

William,son of Samuel Williamson

,keeper of the Portico

,Ma n

chesterThom asHeartley, son of JosephGreen ,

m ilkm an,Man chester

Alfred, son of Thom as Lockyer, j oin er, Ardwick (1Robert, son of Robert Firth, ship ag en t , ArdwickJam es

,son of Thom as Tun b i idg e , in n keeper, Man chester

Edmun d, son of John Hope , e n graver, S alfordStrethil l

,son ofSamuel C ooke

,tim ber m erchan t , Man chester ( to)

William ,son of John B l a ckbur n e

,builder

,Man chester

George Hen ry,son ofRobertMcGil l

,pawn broker, Man chester

Geor g e Hen ry McGil l pa ssed throug h the whole of the school, fr om Mr . D a lla s’

depa r tm en t to the sen ior cla ss of the hig h m a ster . He wa s appoin ted to on e of

the school exhib ition s, elected a Som erset schola r a t Br a sen ose colleg e, Oxford ,

in Micha elma s 1 837, a n d g r a dua ted B .A. on the 2 1st May 184 1, a n d M.A. on

the 15th May Ha vin g served the cura cy of S . Thom a s’

s, Stockpor t, towh ich he wa s orda in ed de a con a n d pr iest in 1 841—2 , by D r . Sum n er

,bishop of

Chester , a n d tha t ofEda le in D erbyshire in 1843—5 (where he m a rr ied a d aug hter

ofMr . John Cham pion in tha t pla ce) a n d ofHilg ay, Nor folk, for on e yea r , hewa s presen ted by lord cha n cellor Lyn dhur st to the vica r a g e ofStoke Ferry

,in

the la tter coun ty , wher e he r ebuilt the chur ch, a n d took a n a ctive pa r t in the

proceedin g s of the Nor folk a r chaeolog ica l society . By Br a sen ose colleg e he wa spr esen ted in 1854 to the perpetua l cur a cy of Chr ist church, in the pa r ish of S .Geor g e

-in -the-Ea st, Lon don , which he held un til 186 8 , when , on the pa tron a g eof the m a rquis ofWestm in ster , he succeeded to the r ectory of Ba n g or Mon a

chorum ,in the coun ty ofFlin t. Here he ha s r estor ed the cha n cel of the chur ch

,

a n d r ebuilt the r ectory house, the por ch ofwhich bea rs the followi n g hospita blein scr iption , Utin am ver is ha n c a m icis imp l ea m .

”A n ewschool -room ha s a lso

been built a t Eyton , within the pa r ish , a n d licen sed for D ivin e service, whichha s been the mea n s ofr escuin g from d issen t m a n y ofhis flock, a n d ofclosin g them eetin g house erected there.Dur in g his in cumben cy ofChr ist chur ch, S . Georg e

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s- in -the -Ea st, Mr .McGil l took

g r ea t in terest in the poor -r a te question , a s it affected the Lon don pa r ishes, desir in g tha t the whole of the m etropolis should be equa lly cha r g ed with the sup

por t of the poor , a n d wa s the a uthor of sever a l letter s which a ppea r ed in the

Times n ewspaper un der the sig n a tur e of“An Ea st En d In cumben t ; a n d the

r esult ha s been , tha t the whole ofthe sa la r ies ofthe officers, the educa tion of the

pauper children , the ca re ofthe lun a tics a n d those afli icted with fever a n d sm a ll

p ox—about on e - third ofthe whole cha r g e—ha s been equa lized. In r ecog n ition

ofhis per sever in g exer tion s, a n d of the success with which they were crown ed ,Mr . McGil l received a va luable pr esen t of pla te in 1867 from the Ea st -en d



on e ofthe propr ietor s oftheMa n chester Cour ier . For the la st three mon thsheha d n ot been quite well, a n d the dea th ofhis brother deeply affected him . Aboutthr eeweeks a g o he wen t to Lon don on busin ess, a n d ca ught cold on the way.

Whilst in Lon don he becam e so muchwor se tha t he ha d to m ake his visit shor terin con sequen ce, a n d r etur n to his r esiden ce a t Bowdon , wher e he wa s a tta ckedwith rheum a tic fever , un derwhich he sa n k on Thursday n ig ht [ 15thJun e 187a t the a g e of 51 yea rs.

Mr . J ohn Sowl er wa s the youn g est son ofMr . Sowl er , the foun der of the

Ma n chester Cour ier . He r eceived the g rea ter pa r t ofhis educa tion a t the Ma n

chester fr ee g r amm a r school dur in g the time tha t the rev. Jeremiah Sm ith, D .D .,

occupied the position ofhig h m a ster , a n d tha t g en tlem a n stron g ly ur g ed tha t heshould b e sen t from school to the un iversity of Oxford , but his fa ther , ha vin gother views for him , d id n ot a ccede to the r equest. From the time ofhis leavin gthe school he ha s been a ctively en g a g ed in the busin ess m a n a g em en t of the

Cour ier , to which dep a r tm en t he wa s ever a fter en tirely devoted , a n d for whichhis busin ess habits, stea d in ess of a pplica tion , a n d thoroug h kn owledg e of a l l the

deta ils of n ewspaper m a n a g emen t em in en tly fitted him . A firm suppor ter of

church a n d sta te - a con serva tive in the truest sen se oftheword—whilst takin gn o prom in en t pa r t in outwa r d politica l life he believed he wa s best secur in g thefur ther a n ce ofhis pr i n ciples a n d the ca use ofhis pa r ty by a id in g in the establ ishmen t of a con serva tive d a ily pa per which should r eflect the opin ion s of the

con serva tives of La n ca sh ir e—a ta sk to which he freely g a ve a l l his en erg ies.

Amon g st m en best qua lified to judg e, the a ctivity a n d ta ct he d isplayed in thiswork wer e a dmitted to ha ve sca r cely a n y equa l ; a n d his losswill b e severely felt ,n ot on ly by those with whom he wa s immed ia tely con n ected, but by the pa rtyto which he a tta ched him self.

In pr iva te life he wa s r etir in g ; his cha r ities we r e n umerous, but un osten tatious ; a n d he distr ibuted with a liber a l ha n d in a l l ca ses of r ea l distr esswhichwere brought before him . Mr . John Sowl er m a r r ied the secon d daug hter of

Mr .B evisE .Green , ofthe em in en t Lon don publishin g firm ofMessrs. Lon gm a n ,

B rown , Gr een a n d Lon gm a n s. Hiswife a n d two daughters survive him .

”

James, son of John Rowlan d , cloth in spector, Salford ( IRobert

,son of John Rowlan d

,clothin spector, Sa lford

William,son ofWilliam Grun dy , m an ufacturer, Chorlton

Estl in,son ofGeorgeWool am ,

silk m an ufacturer, Man chesterWilliam

,son ofWilliam Whitel eg g , clerk, Man chester

Brother , I believe, to Ar thur Whitel eg g e (for whom , see sup r a , p . a n d n owa n U n ita r ia n m in ister a t Cork , in Irela n d . He is descr ibed in the U n ita r ia na lm a n a c a sM.A. ofGla sg ow.

Thom as Cooper, son of JosephMakin son , comm ission agen t, Manchester


In the yea rs 1829 a n d 1830 he took pa r t a t the public speeches, r ecitin g in thela tter yea r a n extr a ct from Moliere. He wa s a dm itted a siz a r of S . John ’

s col

leg e, Cam br idg e , in 1832 , with a school exhibition , a n d g r a dua ted A.B . in 1835.

He wa s orda in ed to the cur a cy ofS . An n ’

s chur ch, Ma n chester , my fa ther bein ga t tha t time the r ector , a n d wen t out in 1839 to Sydn ey, on the r ecommen da

tion of the society for the propa g a tion of the g ospel , a n d wa s a ppoin ted to thecha r g e ofthe chur ch a t Mulg oa , a bout forty m iles from Sydn ey. In the a n xiousyea r s which followed the r eviva l of chur ch prin ciples throug h the publica tionofthe Oxford tr a cts, this schola r un ha ppily seceded to the chur ch ofRome , hischa n g e of fa ith br in g in g with it, besides loss of socia l position

, the tr ia l ofpover ty, for he ha d a n um er ous fam ily depen den t upon him a n d tha t un der verystr a iten ed circumsta n ces. In the a utumn of 1854 he came over to Europe a n dsuppor ted him self by tuition , r esidin g a t Lieg e in Belg ium . In 1855he wa sin duced a g a in to r etur n to Sydn ey, a n d ther e he r eceived the a ppoin tmen t ofsecr eta ry to the Rom a n Ca tholic a r chbishop of Sydn ey, which he holds a t thepr esen t tim e.

William David,son of John Law, solicitor, Crumpsall

He wa s drown ed whilst ba thin g in the r iver Irwell a t Ag ecr oft br idg e, on the 20th

J uly 1 832 , a g ed 17. See Reg ister , vol . ii . p. 18 8 .

John,son of Edward Marsh, esquire , Uphollan d

Hen ry, son of the late William Miln e, Man chesterThe fa ther of this schola r a n d his br other Edwa rd wer e pa r tn ers in the distillery

,

which wa s in the old a pple m a rket on the n or th side ofthe C olleg ia te churcha n d a djoin in g the play g roun d ofthe hig h-m a ster ’s r esiden ce, a n d they both d iedon the same d ay, May 3oth 1826

, a n d were bur ied tog ether a t Prestwich .Hen ry Mil n e, the schola r her e r ecorded , wa s a n exhibition er of the school a n d

elected to a Som erset schola r ship , g r a duatin g a t B r a sen ose colleg e, Oxford , B.A.

on the 2 n d J un e 1838 , a n d M.A. on the 10thJ un e 1840 , succeed in g to on e of

Hulm e’

s exhibition s in Ja n ua ry 1837. He wa s orda in ed dea con a n d pr iestin 1839 a n d 1840 by D r . C . R . Sum n er , bishop ofWin chester

,a s cura te of

Pr ivett in the pa r ish ofWest Meon ,Ha n ts, ofwhich D r . H. V . Bayley

, a r chdea con ofStow, wa s rector . In 1844 he became r ector ofHolm e Ha le

, Norfolk,wher e he is n owr esiden t , a n d ofwhich b en efice he is a lso the pa tron . He r e

stored the chur ch in 1870.

Hen ry Miln e m a r r ied on the 9th November 1842 Susa n , elder daughter of

Mr . Richa rd Gould , ofHOp e ‘

ha l l, Eccles, by whom he ha s livi n g thr ee son s a n d

four d aug hter s. His eldest son , Richa rd H. Miln e, havin g g ra dua ted a t B r a se

n ose colleg e, a n Hulm ia n exhibition er , is n ow cur a te of S . Ma ry B ishopshil l ,Sen ior , York. His secon d son is a n a r chitect in Lon don .

William,son of W illiam Willcock, gen tlem an , Regen t - road , Ma n

chester


1829Apr il William

,son ofWilliam Whitel eg g , gen tlem an ,

Northen,Cheshire

(Is)The fa ther of this schola r m a r r ied Ma ry, da ug hter ofMr . J . Cra g g , ofCa rr in g tonha ll, by whom he ha d thr ee son s a n d on e d aug hter . The schola r her e r ecordedwa s the secon d son ,

a n d is n owthe on ly survivin g m ember of the family. He

took pa r t in the public speeches of 1830 , wa s a ppoin ted to a school exh ibitionin 1834, a n d elected to a B r idg ema n exhibition a t Queen

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s colleg e , Oxfor d ,wher ehe g r a dua ted B .A. on the 1st D ecember 1837, a n d M.A. on the 6 thJ un e 1840 .

Hewa s orda in ed dea con a n d priest by Dr . J . B . Sum n er,bishop ofChester , to the

cur a cy ofS .Geor g e’

s- in -the -Field s, Ma n chester , in which labor ious cura cy, a n d intha t ofS . Ma rk’s, Cheetham Hill, he pa ssed the fir st five yea rs ofhis cler ica l life.On the dea th ofthe r ev. J oshua Lin g a rd , M.A., in 1842 (for n otice ofwhom see

Reg ister , vol . 11. p . he wa s selected by the wa rden a n d fellows ofthe Colleg ia te chur ch to take cha rg e of S . Georg e

’s,Hulm e

, on e of the la r g est churchesin Ma n chester , with a popula tion a tta ched to it of people , a n d held a lsothe office of chapla in to the cava lry ba rr a cks. S . Geor g e

’

swa s then the on lychurch in the town ship of Hulme, a n d Mr . Whitel eg g e the on ly cler gym a n .

The duties of this m ost labor ious cha r g e he fa ithfully a n d successfully discha r g ed for the lon g per iod of twen ty -n in e yea r s

, the la te bishop ofMa n chester(by n o m ea n s a fa vourer of those who a t tha t tim e wer e r eg a rded a s hig hchur chm en ) , r ecog n isin g his stea dy work of m a n y yea rs a n d his hig h cha r a cter ,by prom otin g him to the office of rur a l dea n , a n d

‘

to a n hon or a ry ca n on ryin Ma n chester ca thedra l . When Mr . Whitel eg g e r esig n ed the rectory of S.Geor g e

’

s in 1871 the popula tion ofHulme ha d in crea sed to ther ewer eten chur ches, besides sever a l m ission r ooms

,a n d a staff of cler g y in the sam e

a r ea exceedin g twen ty. In this m ost n ecessa ry expa n sion of the chur ch Mr .

Whitel eg g e took g rea t i n ter est , a n d the er ection of a t lea st on e chur ch wa s owin gto his own per son a l exer tion s. On e ofhis la test a cts, a s r ector , wa s to un der ta kesin g le-ha n ded

,z’

.e .without the a id ofa comm ittee , the er ection ofn ewschools forthe pa r ish ofS. Geor g e, the cost ofwhich , a pa r t from the site va lued a t 1200 l .,

amoun ted to 43oo l ., a n d ca pable of r eceivin g upwa rds of r 100 childr en . Theseschoolswer e form a lly open ed a n d m a de over to the pa r ish in Ea ster 1871 . At

a la r g e g a ther in g ofhis pa r ishion er s (more tha n 500 bein g presen t) , he r eceivedfrom them a very g r a tifyin g testim on ia l on r esig n in g the cha r g e of S . Geor g e

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s

pa r ish, in r ecog n ition ofhis lon g - con tin ued labours for the spir itua l welfa r e of

the pa r ish .Mr .Whitel eg g e m a r r ied , a t Ilfra combe in 1 849 , Ma ry, eldest da ug hter ofWilliamGoodl a d , esq.

, a well-kn own surg eon ofBury a n d Cheetham Hill,whosewifewa sMa ry, eldest daughter of Edmun d Hawor th , esq.

, ofBury (see sup r a , p .His n am e is foun d very fr equen tly amon g the ol d schola r s a ssem bled a t the a n n i

versa ry festiva ls, a n d hewa s the sen ior stewa rd in 1845. He is still r esiden t a tHulme .



George Sm ith, son of George Worthy, porter dealer, Man chester

Thom as,son of Isaac Taylor

,bookkeeper

,Man chester

William,son of John Ha dfiel d

,labourer

,Man chester

August John,son of Barten Fletcher Allen ,

corn m erchan t, PrestonHe died un m a r r ied on the 3rd Jun e 1836 , a g ed 2 0 .

Charles,son of JosiahDicken son

,surgeon , Croston

Jam es Bayley,son ofWilliam Morton

,ban ker , Chorlton

The fa ther her e descr ibed a s ba n ker wa s ca shier a t the ba n k ofMessrs. J on es, Loyda n d C o. The son became a n a ttor n ey a n d pr a ctised in Ma n chester , havin g a n

office in Kin g str eet, a n d r esided a t Chor lton -ou-Medlock . He ha s been dea dm a n y yea r s.

Owen Lloyd, son of Owen Lloyd William s,agen t

,Broughton

Thom as, son ofWilliam Chew, attorn ey, C ol lyhurstThis schola r is n owthe on ly survivin g son ofWilliam Chr istopher Chew, a suc

cessful pr a ctition er in the l awfor upwa rds of fifty yea r s, who d ied in Novem ber1 867, a g ed 80 . Thom a sHea th Chewwa s a dm itted a n a ttor n ey in Ea ster term

,

1846 , a n d ha s n owbeen in pr a ctice in Ma n chester for upwa rds of twen ty yea rs.His r esiden ce is Brook vil la , Alder ley Edg e .

George,son of George Southam ,

grocer, Man chesterThe fa ther would be mor e corr ectly descr ibed a s wholesa le g rocer a n d drysa lter .His son Geor g e wa s a dmitted m em ber ofthe Roya l colleg e ofsur g eon s, En g la n d ,in 1838 , a n d elected fellowin 1853. He is a t the pr esen t tim e on e ofthe sur g eon sof the Ma n chester r oya l infirma ry, a n d former ly wa s lecturer on surg ery a t the

School ofm edicin e, Ma n chester .Amon g other con tr ibution s he is the a uthor of the followin g paperswhich ha vea ppea red in the medica l journ a ls ofthe day

The n a tur e a n d tr ea tmen t of C a n cer . On Elepha n tia sis. Pop

Zitea l a n eur ism cured by d ig ita l comp r ession . C a ses of Ova r iotomy.

Sp on ta n eous Fr a ctur e of Ur in a ry Ca lcul i .

He is a lso presiden t of the coun cil of the Br itish m ed ica l a ssocia tion,m ember of

the coun cil ofthe Roya l colleg e ofsurg eon s, En g la n d, a n d professor ofsurg ery a tOwen s colleg e, Ma n chester .

William ,son ofWilliam Tait, agen t, Stran geways

The fa ther ’s n am e wa sWilliam Wa tson Ta it, a n d tha t of the son William AuthorTa it. The la tter wa s pla ced in a m er cha n t’swa r ehouse on lea vin g school, thenwent to Opor to, a n d a fter a time becam e a pa r tn er in the firm ofRawes a n d Ta it.Subsequen tly he car r ied on busin ess on his own a ccoun t , a n d d ied a t Opor to on

the 29thMa r ch 1865. His elder sister is the wife ofMr . Cawkwell,the m a n a g er

ofthe Lon dOn a n d Nor th Wester n r a ilway.


Robert,son o f Richard Edleston

,attorn ey

,Nantwich (1 I ). A322.

Rober t Chambers Edleston , the secon d son , bor n in Mar ch 18 18, pr a ctised a s a n

a ttor n ey in Na n twich, a n d m a r r ied a t S . Pa n cra s chur ch, Lon don , Miss B la ke

more , ofNewpor t, Sa10p , a n d ha d issue four daughters‘

a n d on e son , ofwhomon e daug hter is dea d . Rober t C . Edleston d ied on the 24thApril 1860, a g ed 42 ,a n d wa s bur ied in the fam ily vault a t Chur ch-Coppen ha l l, where ther e is a

mon umen t to him . Hiswidowdied in 1870 . He a tten ded the m eetin g ofol d

schola rs in 1852 , with his elder brother .

John,son of the late James Shawcross, auction eer, Man chester

He is n owa clerk in the Ma n chester a n d Liverpool d istr ict ba n k, Kin g street.

William , son of John Davies, attorn ey , LiverpoolSee vol . i. p . 206 .

JosephEdmun d,son of Edmun d Ham er

,cashier

,Man chester

Joh'

n,son ofWil liam Sm ith

,flour dealer, Man chester

Thom as,son of John Wrigley

,cotton spin n er, Oldham

J ohn , son of John Froggatt,gen tlem an ,

Chorlton - row, Manchester

Joseph,son of Richard Nuttall, overlooker, Oxford- road

Thomas, son of John Barn es,butcher a n d grazier

,Cumberlan d Octobe r 3.

William ,son of Robert Fayl e, en graver, Man chester

William,son of JosephHarris, publican , Cheetham Hill

Joseph,son of Thom as Hamm on d , umbrella m aker, Man chester

Edward,son of Richard Locke

,ha t m an ufacturer,Hulm e

Robert, son of John Fur n iful ], shopkeeper, S . An n’s square

Fran cis,son of Fran cis C larke , warehousem an , C ol lyhur st

Thom as,son of William Albiston ,

schoolm aster,Chorlton - row

Joseph, son of Thom as Holt, excise officer, SalfordBenjam in ,

son ofWilliam Suggett,publican

,Man chester (13)

Thom as, son of John C ockshot, m an ufacturer, Man chester 9)Robert

,son of the late Robert Garn er, hatter, Edin burgh (11)

John,son of the late John Lord

,bookkeeper

,Man chester (12)

Richard,son of Richard Sagar, farmer

,Yorkshire

1829October 3.


Alfred,son of CharlesFletcher, m an ufacturer, Hulm e

3 Thom as, son of John Piccope, clerk, Man chesterThom a s Cr a n m er , the eldest of the thr ee son s of the r ev. John Piccope, wen t outea r ly in life to Hon g Kon g , a n d r esided there a s a bill broker un til his dea th on

the 3rst J uly 186 1. He wa s un ma r r ied .

The r ev. John Piccop e , fa ther ofthis schola r , son ofGeor g e PiccOpe, ofMa n chester , who is descr ibed in the Ma n chester a n d S a lfor d D ir ectory of 1797, a s

“Flour Dea ler a n d Cotton Mer cha n t,”wa s a dmitted to Lin coln colleg e, Oxford ,on the 9th Jun e 18 13, a t the a g e of 25, a n d ther e g r a dua ted B .A. 1 8 17, M.A.

18 20 . He [m a r r ied a d a ug hter ofthe r ev. Cor n elius B ayley, D .D . (the foun der ,a n d pa tron for a term ofyea rs, of S . Jam es

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s chur ch , Ma n chester , a n d a d isting uished Hebr ewschola r) , a n d R .] wa s in 18 2 2 a ppoin ted to the in cumben cy of

S .Pa ul’s chur ch, Ma n chester ,whichhe held for m a n y yea rs. His Sun day schools,con ta in in g some thousa n ds ofschola rs, form ed a prom in en t fea tur e in the a n n ua lprocession in Whitsun week . He wa s a fterwa rds presen ted by the m a rquis of

Westm in ster to the vica ra g e ofFa rn don ,n ea r Chester

,wher e he d ied on the

.10th

September 1854, a n d wa s bur ied a t Prestwich chur ch . There is n o m on umen t tohim a t Fa rn don . [He is r em em ber ed in Ma n chester a s a m a n of respecta bleliter a ry a n d theolog ica l a tta in men ts, a d ilig en t pa r ish pr iest, a n eloquen t pr ea cher

,

a z ea lous prom oter of popula r educa tion ,a n d on e m uch esteemed by his con g re

g a tion . R .] [Mr . Piccop e wa s a lso a d ilig en t a n tiqua ry, a n d the three volum es

of L a n ca shir e Wi l ls, which were edited for the Chetham ser ies by his son , the

r ev. Geor g e Piccop e, wer e der ived fr om his tra n scr ipts. Q ]

3. John , son of John Hall, ha t m an ufacturer, Man chester

3 William ,son ofWilliam Harker, ban kers

’ clerk,Man chester

3

3

This schola r becam e con n ected , a s a n a ctor , with the Ma n chester thea tre roya l, a n dis spoken ofa s a very g ood com ic a ctor , especia lly a s a r epr esen ta tive ofScotchcha ra cter s ; his broa d , b ut n ever coa rse

,hum our m a de him a g rea t fa vour ite

with a la rg e cir cle offr ien ds. He is dea d .

William,son of the late Will iam Kilbee, beadle , Man chester

J ohn ,son of Thom as Phillips, publican ,

ChorltonFran cis

,son of Thom as Wrigley , butcher, S a lford

3. John ,son of the late John Hallas, dyer, Ardwick

3 William ,son of John Scott, coachproprie tor, Man chester

3. Jam es, son of Peter Mair, hackn ey coachm an ,Man chester

Ma rch;

3. Isaac, son of Thom as Stock, coal proprietor, Ashton - in -Ma ckerfield18 0

8 .John

,son of John Churton , physician , Warrin gton (I

For the fa ther , see Reg ister , vol . 11. p . 239 .

The son ha s been dea d m a n y yea rs.



in 1842. In the m edica l d irector ies of 1853 a n d 1866 he is descr ibed a s r esiden ta t Ham il ton squa r e , B irken hea d , a n d a s m ed ica l officer of the ly in g - in hospita l ,a n d g overn men t in spector ofem ig ra n ts from the por t ofL iverpool.

Dr .Scholfiel d , the on ly survivin g son ,m a r r ied , a t S .Luke ’s, Chelsea , in 1847, Myr a

Ca rolin e, on ly d aug hter ofJ am es Taylor , esq., ofthe H.E. I. C o.

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s civil service,

by whom he ha s two d aug hters a n d on e son , a n d is n ow livin g a t Na n t C r ibb a ,n ea rWelshpool, ha ving r etired from pr a ctice a t Birken hea d a bout six yea rs a g o.His fa ther died in 186 2

, a n d is bur ied a t Midd leton .

18 0

Ma rch’

3,Hen ry

,son of Thom as DIXOII

,corn m erchan t

,Preston

17. Jam es,son of J am es Gray, paper m an ufacturer, Man chester

17. John , son of John Wroe, calico m an ufacturer, Salford17. Thom as, son of Thom as Willmott, Win e m erchan t

,Man chester

(12)The fa ther wa s a win e a n d spir it m er cha n t in Sm ithy Door . The son

,I believe,

became a surg eon a n d is dea d .

Ben j am in,son of Samuel Barton

,surgeon

,Man chester

Ben j am in B a r ton , the eldest son ofMr . Sam uel B a r ton ,En g la n d, who

r esided in Mosley str eet, a n dwa sfor fifty yea rs on e ofthe sur g eon s to the eye in stitution , ha s been for thir ty yea r s r esiden t i n the city of Mexico a s a mer cha n t ,wher e he m a rr ied a Fren ch la dy, a n d ha s three childr en .

Mr . Samuel B a rton (cousin , I thin k , to the fa ther of Georg e B a r ton , see sup r a , p.1 14) possessed a va luable collection ofpa in tin g s by ol d m a ster s, m a n y ofwhichwer e exhibited a t the Ar t trea sur es exhibition held a t Ma n chester in 1857. He

ha d a lso a g ood libr a ry. He died a tWha lley Ra n g e, in Apr il 1871, a t the a g e

of 8 1.

August Morton Eden , son of the rev. Thom as Furn ess Wilson,Burley

hall,Yorkshire (13)

For his fa ther , see Reg ister , vol . 11. p . 65.

Mor ton Eden ,his secon d son , bor n on the 3othJun e 18 17, g ra dua ted a t Durham

un iversity, a n d wa s ord a in ed dea con in 1840, a n d pr iest in 1842 , by D r . Ver n onHa r cour t, a rchbishop ofYork . In 1847he wa s presen ted by the lord cha n cellorto the r ectory ofKirk Sa n da l, n ea r Don ca ster , ha vin g m a r r ied a t Liverpool , on

the 2 6 th Apr il 1843, Julia , youn g est da ug hter of the r ev. J am es Serjea n tson ,

r ector of Kirby Kn owle, Yorkshir e . He is dom estic chapla in to the ea r l ofAuckla n d .

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13. Thomas, son of John Bra n dwood, coal proprietor, B lackburnHe died some yea rs a g o. B oth brothers a r e bur ied in the chur chya r d ofHolyTr in ity, Over D a rwen , B la ckburn .

1 ; John,son ofWilliam Sharpe, cotton spinn er

,Man chester


John Edwin,son of the late Richard Coates, Man chester Aug i

g

sio

n .

John , son of John Ten n an t, ge n tlem an , O ttley, n ear LeedsThis schola r is cousin to Mor ton Eden W ilson (see p . his fa ther havin gm a rr ied for his first wife

,Rebecca , d aug hter of the r ev. Hen ry Wilson , vica r of

Otley, a n d sister to the r ev. T . F. Wilson ,ofBur ley ha ll .

John Rober t Ten n a n t, the on ly son by his first wife,is J .P . a n d D .L. of the West

r id in g of York, a n d r esides a t Cha pel house, n ea r Skipton . He m a r r ied hisfir st cousin , Fr a n ces Ma r y

, secon d d aug hter of Ma tthewWilson , esq., of

Eshton ha ll, Yorkshir e .

William,son ofEdward Preston

,silk m erchan t

,Man chester

Charles,son of Jam es Owen , solicitor, Man chester

The fa ther ha d a n office in Pr in cess street, then a s n owa fa vour ite street with leg a lg en tlem en . This son , a n d his brother Ar thur , d ied , I believe , whilst a t school .

Jam es Hicks,son of the r ev. J . Sm ith, D .D .

,high-m aster of the

free gramm ar school,a n d rector of S . An n e

’s,Man ches Octobe r 2.

te r

The third son , see sup r a , p . 7.At the a g e of 17he en tered the office ofOg ilvn il l a n der s a n d C c ., of Liverpool ,

a n d proceeded then ce to Bombay a n d Ca lcutta , bein g employed in the m er ca ntile house of Gil l a n ders, Arbuthn ot a n d C o. He m a de the voya g e to In d iaover la n d wi th on e of the first pa rtieswhi ch so m a de itsway a fter Mr .Weg hor nha d a r r a n g ed the m on thly tr a n sm ission of the overla n d ma il to B omba y. Aftera bout five yea rs spen t a t Ca lcutta he r etur n ed to En g la n d by the Ca pe , a n d

subsequen tly en tered a s a studen t a t Lin coln ’

s in n,a n d wa s ca lled to the ba r by

the hon or a ble society of the In n er temple a t Hila ry term 1852 , a n d wa s a t the

sam e tim e elected on the Oxford circuit .Mr . J am es H. Sm ith ha s a lways taken m uch in terest in Chur ch m a tter s, a n d inthe Ten Yea rs

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exp er ien ce i n S . Georg e’

s i n the Ea st, he is r efer red to a s“the

laym a n who volun teer ed his services a s secr eta ry in the tryin g tim es of the

choler a i n He wa s m a rr ied on the 27thJ uly 1869 a t S . Peter ’s chur ch,

Lon don docks, to Ma ry An n e D aw.

He wa s pr esiden t of the eig hty -third a n d la st a n n iversa ry m eetin g of old schola rsin 1 864. Sin ce tha t d a te the m eetin g ha s been d iscon tin ued .

He published in 1867, B r ewood : a Resume Histor ica l a n d Top og r aphica l in

1 86 8, Rem in iscen ces offor ty yea r s by a n Her ed ita ryHig h Chur chma n

,bein g a

ser ies of paper s repr in ted from The Ecc l esia stic ; in 1870 , B r ewood Chur ch

the tombs of the Gifi‘a r ds a n d in 1871, The Pa r ish i n History, a n d i n Chur ch

a n d Sta te , a ser ies r epr in ted from the Chur chReview, a n d favour a bly n oticed bysevera l of the Reviews. He a lso frequen tly con tr ibuted to the Gen tl ema n

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Ma g a zin e whilst un der the editor ship ofMr . Wa lford , a n d to sever a l Churchper iodica ls.


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octobe’r 2 . George, son of John Heaton

,cabin et m aker, Cheetham

William,son of John Makin

,bookkeeper

,Cheetham

Hen ry,son ofWilliam Harker

,ban ker’s clerk, Stran geways

B rother to William Ha rker , for whom see sup r a , p . 2 2 8 .

Hen ry Ha rker is sa id to ha ve been a clever a r tist a n d etcher , a n d settled a t Stock.por t a s a n en g ra ver to ca lico pr in ters. He d ied in ea r ly life .

John , son of Abraham Paton,ag e n t to the Water works

John,son of Robert McGil l

,pawn broker, An coa ts

For his elder brother , Georg e Hen ry,see sup r a , p . 2 20 .

J ohn McGil l , on leavin g school wen t in to busin ess a t Ma n chester , a n d a fterwa rds,withthe in ten tion of tak in g holy or der s, en ter ed S . B ees colleg e, Cumber la n d .

He wa s orda in ed dea con in 1 856 , a n d pr iest in 1857, by the bishop ofNorwich ,to the cur a cy ofWest D ereham ,

Nor folk, a n d in 1858 wa s pr esen ted by the lordcha n cellor to the vica r a g e ofStoke Fer ry, in the same coun ty

,where he is n ow

r esiden t a n d un m a r r ied .

William Norton,son of the r ev. J . PiC COpe, Man chester

William Nor ton , the secon d son ,wen t out to Chin a a s a m ercha n t

,a n d r etur n ed to

En g la n d in 1855. He d ied un m a r r ied on the 6 thFebrua ry 1 858 , just a s he wa sprepa r in g to r etur n to Chin a , a n d is bur ied a t Pr estwich . [Hewa s a n in tellig en ta n d p rom isin g youn g m a n

,a n d a br ig ht futur e wa s sudden ly clouded, a n d the

hopes ofhis fam ily b lig hted . R .]

John,son of Ben j am in B a n ks, traveller, Man chester

Jam es, son of Jam es Aspell,publican , Man chester

Jabez, son of the late Richard Bramhall , iron m on ger, Man chester

Hen ry,son of Jam es Owen ,

solicitor, Man chesterArthur

,son of Jam es Owen ,

solicitor,Man chester (8)

See n ote to Cha r les Owen , p . 231.

William,son ofWilliam Sudlow, organ ist, Man chester

The fa ther wa s or g a n ist of the Ca thedr a l chur ch , with a.music sh0p in Ha n g in g

d itch . His son W illiam wa s a n iron mon g er in the Ma rket pla ce, in pa r tn ershipwith Samuel Ber ry (whose fa ther wa s a well -kn own ha tm a n ufa cturer in Ca te a tonstr eet) who m a r r ied his sister .

Jam es, son of Samuel Shaw, m aj or in the East In dia serviceFor his elder brother , Rober t , see sup r a , p . 2 10 .

Richard,son of John Makin , m an ufacturer, Cheetham

Jarvis,son ofWilliam Roberts, excise officer, Salford,



Will iam Halstead Greenwood, son of John Buckley , cotton spin n er,

Todm ordenHe wa s a ppr en ticed toMr . Cooper , surg eon , B r a dfor d , a n d , a fter studyin g in Edinbur g h a n d Lon don , wa s a dm itted a m em ber of the Roya l colleg e of surg eon s,Lon don , in 1 838 , a n d licen tia te ofthe Society of a potheca r ies, Lon don ,

in 1839 ,

In the la tter yea r he comm en ced pr a ctice in Bra dford , wher e he is n owlivin g .

Robert, son of RobertWoodhall, farm er,Within g ton

John Highfield, son of Richard Descham ps Jon es, drysalter, Ma n

chester (14)Charles John

,son ofThom as Harlan d , M .D .

,Man chester

The fa ther is still livin g , a n d r esiden t in Sa lfor d . His son , Cha r les J ohn ,d ied

soon a fter lea vin g the school. An other son , Thoma s Dug da le Ha r la n d, A.M.,is

n owcur a te ofStr etford, n ea r Ma n chester .

April 16 . William,son of the late J osephRadford

,ironmon ger

,Man chester

(14)Brother to Richa rd Ra dford , for whom see sup r a , p . 160 , a n d a dden da .

Wil liam Ra dford, m ember of the in stitution of civil en g in eer s ofLon don ,is n ow

r esiden t a t Ma n chester , a s a civil en g in eer , a n d holds the a ppoin tmen t ofb ridg em a ster a n d coun ty br idg e surveyor of the hun dreds of Sa lford , Leyla n d a n d

Amoun der n ess,in the coun ty of La n ca ster . He wa s former ly en g a g ed in the

con struction of the Al ton a a n d Kiel r a ilwa y a s a ssista n t to the la te Mr . Geor g eWa tson Buck, a n d a fterwa rds a s en g in eer in chief of the Z eela n d r a ilway fromCopen ha g en to C orsoer , on the completion ofwhich he r eceived from the kin g of

D en ma rk the la r g e g old m eda l of the order of m er it. He ha s twice m a rr ied.Hisfir st wife wa s Aug usta , daughter ofWilliam Lewis, comm a n der R .N., a n d

his secon d , Mir iam Fr a n ces, daughter of Thom a s Wilson , of Altr in cham ,

surg eon . His n am e occur s in the r ecords ofthe a n n iversa ry meetin g s ofthe oldschola rs a s presen t in 1855.

John Finch, son of Gerard Cowell,cotton spin n er, Man chester

(14)Hewa s a ppr en ticed to a drug g ist on lea vin g school, but a fterwa rds becam e a com

m ission a g en t in Ma n chester . He d ied ea r ly ofcon sumption .

William Orlan do,son of Charles Markham , attorn ey, Northamp

ton

The family ofMa rkham ha s been settled in Nor thampton shire for ma n y g en er a tion s.This schola r , the third son ofa family ofn i n e children , wa sfor som e tim e a pupilofthe Aylesbury infirm a ry, a n d in 1836 wen t to Guy

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s hospita l , Lon don . Afterthree yea rsofstudy spen t in Edin bur g h, Pa r is a n d Heidelburgh, he took the deg reeofMD . a t the form er un iversity, obta in in g the gold meda l for his pr ize essay a t


the g r a dua tion oftha t yea r , On the surg ica l p r a ctice of Pa r is. He a fterwa rdssettled in Lon don ,wa selected fellowofthe Roya l colleg e ofphysicia n s in 1854, a n d

becam e physicia n to S . Ma ry’s hospita l a n d lecturer ofthe school , hon ora ry consultin g physicia n to the Gr ea t Western r a ilway providen t society , a n d physicia nto the Equity a n d Lawlife a ssur a n ce society. These appoin tmen ts Dr .Ma rkhamr esig n ed in 1866

,r elin quishin g a t the sam e time the prospect of a la r g e pr a ctice

a s a con sultin g physicia n , on bein g n om in a ted by the presiden t ofthe Poor -l awboa rd a s m etropolita n in spector a n d m ed ica l a dviser . He ha d n o soon er be

come m a ster ofthe work a n d g a in ed the con fiden ce of those hig h in a uthor ity,tha n his hea lth sudden ly a n d completely g ave way, the r esult ofoverwork form a n y yea rs, a n d he wa s oblig ed to resig n the office . Up to the pr esen t tim e he

ha s been un able to r esume the duties of a profession to which hewa s devotedlya tta ched

,a n d ofwhich he ha d become a distin guished m ember , a n d is n owr esi

den t a t 9 , Nig htin g a le la n e, Clapham .

D r . Ma rkham ha s been twice m a rr ied : first,in 1847, to his cousin , the daug hter

ofJ .W . Sm ith, esq., ofRa db rook , n ea r Shr ewsbury, who died on the birth of a

son ; a n d secon dly, in 1854, to a d aug hter of the la te professor Ham ilton of

Ed in bur g h, a n d n iece of the pr esen t dea n of Sa lisbury, by whom he ha s twochildren .

For six yea rs D r . Ma rkham wa s edi tor of the J our n a l of the B r itishMedica l

Associa tion , a weekly publica tion , a n d a very frequen t con tr ibutor to the va r iousm edica l a n d surg ica l r eviews of the day. When he r esig n ed the editorship oftheJ our n a l

, a very ha n dsome testimon ia l wa s pr esen ted to him by the pr ofessiona t a d in n er held a tWil l is’s room s, un der the presiden cy of sir Thom a sWa tson ,M.D . Am on g his publ ica tion s m ay b e m en tion ed

1 . Edi n bur g h g r a dua tion pr ize essay, On the surg ic a l p r a ctice ofPa r is, 1840 .

2 . Tr a n sla tion ofa Germ a n work , Shod a on Ausculta tion,1853.

3. Tr ea tise on D isea ses of the Hea r t, 1856 .

4. The Gul ston ia n lectur es,On Ven esection , deliver ed a t the Colleg e ofphysi

cia n s, 1864.

5. A n Essay on Vivisection , to which a pr ize wa s g iven by the Society for thepr even tion ofcruelty to a n im a ls.Those ofhis schoolfellows yet survivi n g who r em ember their am iable, g en tlema n ly

a n d prom isin g con discip ulus of yea r s lon g g on e by, wil l un i te in a n ea rn est hopetha t hea lth m ay be restor ed to on e whose profession a l ca reer ha s don e so muchhon our to the school which r ecords his n am e amon g her m a n y distin g uishedschola rs, m embers of the sam e hon our able profession .

George , son of the l ate Jam es Parkin,gen tlem an , Christleton Ap ril

83x

16.

He wa s a dm itted to Bra sen ose colleg e, Oxfor d , with a school exhibition , but didn ot g ra dua te, a n d ha s been dea d som e yea rs.

George Ellam,son of George Pa tchett , distiller, Col lyhurst


Anthon y John ,son of the r ev. John Han mer

,of Han m er

,Flin t

shireThi s schola r , the eldest son of the r ev. John Ha n m er , vica r ofHa n m er , in the

coun ty of Flin t, whowa s the third son of sir Thom a sHa n m er , ba r t ., a n d m a r

r ied Ca ther in e, da ug hter ofsir Thom a sWhychcote , ba r t., g r a dua ted a t S. J ohn ’

s

colleg e, Cambr idg e , 1840. He wa s orda in ed to the cura cy of Tiver ton , D evon ,

a n d a fterwa rds, I believe, join ed the chur ch ofRome.

George Ban croft, son of the late Jam es Within gton,Pen dleton

(15)The fam ily ofWithin g ton , sever a l m embers ofwhich were educa ted a t the school(see Reg ister , vols. i ., wa s lon g settled in Ma n chester . The g rea t -g r a n dfa ther of this schola r , John Within g ton , who m a r r ied a Miln e (a s d id a lso hisg ra n dson John , see Reg ister , vol . i . p . wa s a fishmon g er , a n d ca r r ied on

his busin ess by m ea n s ofpa ck-horses pr in cipa lly between Preston a n d Ma n chester .He ha d four son s : Richa rd , g ra n dfa ther of this schola r William , fa ther oftheschola r William (see Reg ister , vol . ii. p. John , who is sa id to have beeneduca ted a t the school, a n d who wa s drown ed in the Irwell throug h the icebreakin g ; a n d James, who left a n on ly survivin g daug hter , who m a r r ied a n d

settled in Lon don ,his on ly son , John , bein g drown ed a t sea . The fa ther of the

schola r here r ecor ded, was brother to John Within g ton (see Reg ister , vol . i . p.Thom a sWithin g ton (p. a n d Richa rd Within g ton (ih. vol . 11. p .

Hewa s the own er of the horse on which his brother Richa rd wa s r idin g whenthe la tter ha d so r em a rkable a n escape from sudden death . I am told tha t thememoria l referred to in the n otice ofRicha rd Within g ton , thoug h a t on e time

perha ps con templa ted , wa s n ever executed . Jam es Within g ton wa s born in

Dea n sg ate on the 9th Septem ber 1765, a n d soon a fter his bir th his fa ther ,Richa rd Within g ton , sen ior , whowa s a dyer , wen t to live in a n ol d house n ea r

wha t is n owSeedl ey roa d, Pen dleton ,where he d ied in 1784. His son Jam es

wa s, in ea r ly life, a dyer , but a fterwa rds a fustia n m a n ufa ctur er , with a wa rehouse in NewCa n n on street, a n d m a r ried Miss Ba n croft of Chea dle, by whomhe ha d n in e children , retir in g from busin ess befor e the birth of the schola r herer ecor ded , a n d dyin g a t Pen dleton on the 9thMay 1829 . Hiswidow, who diedso r ecen tly a s the 27th Februa ry 1868

,r esided in the sam e house for the lon g

period of six ty-two yea rs, which is n owoccupied by Mr . Cha r lesWithin g ton ,the youn g est sur vivin g brother ofthis schola r .

Geor g e B a n croft Within g ton (fir st cousin to Hen ry Within g ton , for whom see

Reg ister , vol . ii. p. on leavin g school, studied for the l aw, wa s a dmitteda n a ttorn ey in 1840 , a n d became pa r tn er with Mr .William Ca sson (who retiredfrom pr a ctice in a n d is n owthe sen ior pa r tn er in the firm ofWithin g ton ,Petty a n d Boutfiower , a n d r esiden t a t Broug hton . He ha s a fam ily offour son sa n d thr ee da ug hters.

8 . Samuel , son of SamuelWhitaker, Newchurch, near Rochdale



the n ame of Penwor tham , a fter the La n ca shire villa g e n ea r Preston . Here

Mr.Hor rockswas a fterwa rds bur ied , havin g died from the effects ofa n a cciden twhich he m etwith while explor in g the n orther n pa r t ofthe colon y. Mr . B a g

shawrem a in ed a t Penwor tham three yea rs, a n d wa s successful in build in g twochur ches a n d a pa rson a g e house. In Ja n ua ry 1853 he wa s appoin ted to the

cha r g e of S. John ’s chur ch in the city ofAdela ide, which he wa s compelled to

resig n in 1855, from the hea t of the clim a te, a n d wen t to NewZ ea la n d , wherehe r em a in ed un til the ea r ly pa rt of 1869 .

Whilst r esiden t a t NewZ ea la n d he wa s en g a g ed in m ission a ry a n d educa tion a lwork , bein g the first pr in cipa l ofNelson colleg e from 1856 to 1859, in cumben tofMotueka in the d iocese ofNelson from 1859 to 1863, a n d from tha t da te to thetim e ofhis r eturn to En g la n d in cumben t of Avon side, in the diocese ofChr istChur ch. Here he wa s the m ea n s of a school bein g built, a swell a s a g ood pa rson a g e house. In the syn odica l work ofthe dioceses ofNelson a n d Chr ist Churchhe took a n a ctive pa r t, bein g for some tim e secr eta ry of syn od , on e of the

Chur ch proper ty trustees, a n d a m ember of the sta n din g comm ittee. A r esolution of the la st session of the Nelson syn od i n 1863 expr esses r eg ret a t Mr .

B a g shaw’

s leavin g tha t diocese, in which dur in g eig ht yea rs he ha d m in isteredwith sig n a l ability, a n d with un iform a n d m a rked success, in ea ch ofthe sever a lspher es towhich he ha d been successively ca lled .

Mr . B a g shawr eturn ed to En g la n d in 1869 a fter twen ty-on e yea rs’ colon ia l work,havin g m a r ried a t Penwortham , South Austr a lia , Am elia , secon d daug hter of

Joseph Woodroffe, esq., by whom he ha s on e d aug hter , a n d is n owresiden t a t

the chapla in ’

s lodg e, Hawkston e, n ea r Shrewsbury, a s dom estic cha pla in to vis

coun t Hill . The pr iva te cha pel a tHawkston e wa s r estor ed a fewyea rs a g o, a t acost of4,000 l ., un der the super in ten den ce ofMr . (n owsir ) G. G. Scott

,a rchi tect.

Thom as,son of Thom as Brown , watchm aker, Man chester

Hen ry, son of the lateWilliam C reswell, attorn ey, Man chester (1For his fa ther , who died in 1827, see Reg ister , vol . ii. p . 12 1.

Thom as, son of JosephRylan ds, pawn broker, SalfordThom as

,son of Thom as Howard

,wa rehousem an

,Man chester

William,son of Thom as Briggs

,m achin e m aker

,Man chester

W ill iam ,son of An drewRalston , hardware m an ufacturer, Ma n

chester (1John

,son of John Battersby , publican ,

Man chesterWilliam

,son of JosephHurst , m achin e m aker, Man chester

William,son of John Hughes

,tailor, Salford

William,son of the rev.William Nunn , in cumbent of S . Clem en t’s,Man chester

The r ev.W.Nun n , A.M., fa ther of this schola r, who ma r ried Elizabeth Vaug ha n ,


ofKidwelly, Ca rm a r then shire, wa s a n a tive ofColchester , Essex, a n d for n ea r lytwen ty -three yea r s m in ister ofS . Clemen t’s church. He died on the 9thMa r ch1840 in his fifty-four th yea r . There is a mura l tablet to his m emory in the

chur ch, with a n eulog istic in scr iption . The con g reg a tion , at his dea th , a ided byothers, ra ised for his family , the la rg e sum of upwa rds ofz ,7ool ., to be in vestedfor their ben efit.

His eldest son , William , born in 182 1,wa s bein g educa ted a s a n en g in eer , a fter

leavin g school, a n d wa s d rown ed whilst ba thin g a t Rhyl, on the 17th Jul y1838, a n d bur ied a t the pa r ish chur ch ofRhuddla n .

Samuel,son of Maudesl ey, quarter m aster 8thhussars

Frederick , son of John Pickerin g, musician ,Man chester

He becam e a clerk in the ba n k ofLoyd , En twisle a n d C o., a n d is dea d.

Hen ry,son of John Pickerin g, musician , Man chester

Hen ry Will iam Picker in g is n ow livin g a t Chor lton -ou-Medlock, a n d , like hisfa ther , who ha d a music shop i n S. An n ’

s squa r e, a n d wa s or g a n ist ofS. An n’

s

chur ch,is a professor ofmusic.

James Richard , son of Richard Alsop, calico prin ter, Col lyhurst Septem. 7.

(15)This schola r a n d his brother William were the on l y son s. James Richa rd Alsopwa s bor n a t Bon ehil l , in the pa r ish of Tamwor th, Stafi

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ordshir e. Havin g beena dm itted to Br a sen ose colleg e , Oxford , with a school exhibition , he wa s in hisfirst term ofr esiden ce elected a Som erset schola r , a n d wa s a ppoin ted a.Hulm ia n

exhibition er in 1838. He g r a dua ted B .A. on the 24thApr il 1839 , when hewa spla ced in the four th cla ss (hon ora ry) in Lit.Hum. a t the Ea ster exam in a tion

,a n d

wa s orda in ed dea con in 1840 , a n d pr iest in 1841, by Dr . J.B . Sumn er , bishop ofChester , a s a ssista n t cura te ofWesthoug hton , La n ca shir e, to the perpetua l cur a cyofwhich he succeeded in the followin g yea r . Havin g ha d cha r g e oftha t pa r ishfor a qua r ter of a cen tury, he wa s promoted by Hulme

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s trustees in 1867to

the vica ra g e ofActon Trussell-with-Bedn a ll, n ea r Stafford, where he is n owresi

den t .In a ddition to a n a ble a n d va luable volume ofSermon s on F a itha n d Pr a ctice

,SW ,

Lon don ,1858, a n d A Tr a ct on the Restor a tion of the D ia con a te,Mr .Al sop is the

a uthor of sepa ra te sermon s, essays a n d r eviews, which have appea red in m ag a

z in es.

Wil liam ,son of Richard Alsop, calico prin ter, C ol lyhurst

Brother to the preced in g schola r , a n d bor n a t Bon ehil l . He died ea r ly in life.

John ,son of the late Robert Gray, m erchan t, Man chester Oc tober z l .

If this schola r is John Ha rdie Gray, whose n ame a ppea rs amon g the ol d schola rspresen t in 1838 a t the a n n ua l m eetin g , he became a studen t of the Pin e streetSchool ofmedicin e, a n d a fterwa rds obta in ed a n appoin tm en t to In dia .


1831

October 2 1. Thom as,son of Thom as Lawson

,warehousem an

,Manchester

D ecemb .!7. Thom as, son of JosephPratt, station er, Man chesterThomas

,son of Jam es Watts

,t ailor

,Man chester (1

Thomas, son of George Lin gs, comptroller to churchwarden s’ofii ce,

Man chester (IThom a s Lin g s, bor n in Stra n g eways in Februa ry 1820, n owholds the sam e officewhich his fa ther did , for m en tion ofwhom see sup r a , p. 134, a n d whom he suc

ceeded in 1847. His fa therwa sborn a t Chesterfield on the5thDecember 1775, a n dcam e to Ma n chester when a bout 14 yea r s of a g e. The office ofcomptroller to thechur chwa rden s a n d overseers, which he held for so lon g a per iod, wa s on e of

g rea t r espon sibility, a n d dur in g his officia l life m a n y importa n t cha n g es in thel aw closely afi

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ectin g the position a n d welfa r e of the town,e .g ., the first r eform

bill, the poor -l awbill, a n d the er ection ofMa n chester in to a corpora te boroug h ,took pla ce a n d he is still r em ember ed a s on e ofthe best public serva n ts tha t thetown ha s ever ha d. He m a r r ied Miss Sa r ah B rown in g ofMa n chester , by whomhe ha d a la r g e family , ofwhom the schola r her e r ecorded wa s the eig hth.Like his fa ther , Thom a s Lin g s ha s g a in ed the esteem a n d con fiden ce of thosewithwhom he ha s been for so m a n y yea rs officia lly con n ected, a s a n hon ourable a n d

vig ila n t public ofiicer . He r esides a t Beech house, Nor then den .

Jam es,son of William Shallcross

,m an ager of Guest’s factory

Man chesterGeorge

,son ofWilliam Hayes, fustian cutter, Man chester

Thom as, son of the late J ohn Davis, druggist , Manchester (1Charles

,son of the late John Price

,farm er, Man chester

Charles,son ofWilliam Hayes

,fustian cutter, Man chester

Robert,son of Jam esEdleston

,commission agent

,Man chester

This fam ily ofEdleston is n ot r ela ted to the schola r s oftha t n ame, n a tives ofNa n twich, for whom see sup r a .

William ,son of the late Richard Taylor

,secretary to calico prin ters

Man chester17. Charles, son of the late Jam es Han cock, coachm an , Man chester

(13)William Hen ry

,son of John Taylor

,wire -worker

,Man chester

He wa s elected a Somerset schola r ofS . John ’

s colleg e, Cambr idg e, where he g r adua ted A.B . in 1 845, a n d wa s orda in ed dea con in the same yea r by D r . Sum n er ,

bishop ofChester,a n d pr iest in 1846 . In 1852 he wa s a ppoin ted to the vica r a g e

ofChr ist chur ch , Forest bfDea n ,Gloucester shire, which is in the pa tron a g e of

the crown ,a n d which he n owholds.



in scr iption . He is spoken ofa s a ma n of most kin dly disposition , a n d r eg r ettedin the pa r ish. He d ied of ca n cer ofthe epig lottis, a fter a n a g on iz in g an d d is

tr essin g illn ess, suppor ted by a h0p e full ofimm or ta lity .Mr . G. J. Piccope wa s the editor ofthree volumes ofthe Chetham society’s publication s, the L a n ca shir e a n d Cheshir e Wi l ls a n d I n ven tor ies, a n d in the fifteen thr epor t ofthe coun cil r ea d a t the a n n ua l m eetin g ofthe society on the 1st Ma r ch1 858 , his dilig en ce a n d a ccura cy a s editor a re r efer r ed to with deserved pr a ise.

[He wa s a zea lous a n tiqua ry, a n in tellig en t chur chm a n , a plea sa n t comp a n ion ,

a n d a fa ir ‘

ecclesiolog ist. His va rious MS. collection s were presen ted by hisfam ily to the Chetham society. R .]

A sister ofthis schola r ,Mr s.Glover , is n owr esiden t a t Prestwich, n ea r Ma n chester .An other , J a n e Bayley , m a rr ied the r ev.Richa r d W . B a g ot, n owrector ofFon tstown , Kilda re, Irela n d ; a n d the youn g est, Adela ide Cha r lotte , m a r r ied a t Ra n

g oon ,B irm ah

,in 1865, lieuten a n t B . C ol dcl ough, a djuta n t ofthe 12 th r eg im en t

of in fa n try.1832Februa ry 6 . Hen ry, son of the late Jam es Earn , Man chester

The sur n am e, I thin k, should be en ter ed a sEa r l . See infr a , p . 244, “John , son

ofthe l a t-e Jam esEa r l .”

The elder brother died whilst a t school .

Charles,son of JosephGarside , surgeon ,

Man chesterCha r les B r ier ley , the on ly son ofJoseph Ga rside, sur g eon , a n d a d istin g uished or n ithol og ist, wa s bor n a t Ma n chester on the 6thApr il 18 18

, a n d pr oceeded from the

school, with a n exhibition , to B r a sen ose colleg e, Oxford , where he g a in ed on e of

the Som erset schola r ships, a n d wa s a fterwa r ds appoin ted a n Hulm ia n exhib i

tion er . Dur in g his un der -

g r a dua te cour se he g a in ed the colleg e pr ize forEn g lish a n d La tin essays. !At the public exam in a tion in Ea ster term 1841

he wa s pla ced in the third cl a ss in Lit. Hum,a n d g r a dua ted B .A. on the 2 8th

May 184 1, a n d M.A. on the 2 1st J un e 1844. He wa s ord a in ed dea con a n d pr iestto the cura cy of Tetbury in Gloucestershir e

,a n d subsequen tly wa s cur a te (tem

por a r ily) a t S .Ma ry’s,Rea din g . Then ce he wen t a s cur a te to the r ev.W . Dods

wor th , in cum ben t ofChr ist chur ch , Alba n y street, Reg en t’

s Pa rk , Lon don , a n dthen ce to Ma r g a ret str eet chapel, Ma ry lebon e, ofwhich the r ev.William U ptonRicha rds, la tely decea sed, who succeeded the r ev. Fr eder ick Oakel ey on the

secession of the la tter to Rome, wa s a t tha t time in cum ben t. At the time of

the Gorham ca se, Mr . Ga r side, with others, un happ ily lost fa ith in the En

g lish Chur ch— leavin g their m other in her hour of trouble— a n d j oin ed the

Rom a n schi sm,bein g r eceived in to the Roma n chur ch in Jun e 1850 , a n d wa s re

orda in ed pr iest in the ba silica of S . John La ter a n ,Rom e, by ca rd in a l Pa tr iz i , on

the 23rd Ja n ua ry 1855. Soon a fterwa rds he wa s a ppoin ted dom estic cha pla into the la te ea r l of Shrewsbury— the la st Roma n Ca tholic ea r l of tha t fam ily,with whom he rem a in ed un til tha t n oblem a n

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s dea th on the r othAug ust 1856 ,a ccompa n yin g his body from Lisbon , where he d ied , to En g la n d .

On his r eturn to En g la n d he wa s for five yea rs a tta ched to the Roma n Ca tholic


church a t Chelsea , a n d r emoved in 186 1 to the church ofS. Aloysius, Som erstown ,

where he ha s con tin ued to the pr esen t time.Mr .Ga rside is the a uthor ofsever a l publica tion s. Pr eviously to leavin g the En g lishChur ch he published a pamphlet on the Gorham ca se, en titled , The B a r ter ofFa ithfor Op in ion ,

Lon don ,Picker in g , 1850 a n d sin ce his secession

,in a dd ition

to fr equen t con tr ibution s to n ewspapers a n d reviews,1 . B r ief D iscour se on Sa cr ed Music

,i l lustr a tive of the Pa ssion of Chr ist.

Lon don , Bur n s, 1869 .

2 . D iscour ses on some of the Pa r a bles. Bur n s, 1869 . This volum e is veryhig hly spoken ofin the Chur chReview, both a s r eg a rds the style a n d the m a tterof its con ten ts, a swell a s for the r a rity ofa n y a llusion s ofa d istin ctively Rom a n

cha r a cter . It is ded ica ted to the la te Mr . serjea n t Bel l a sis, who m a rr ied the

on ly daug hter ofthe la te William Ga r n ett, esq., ofLa rk hill, who wa s twice a n

un successful ca n d id a te for the r epresen ta tion of the boroug h of Sa lford in pa rl iam en t. Mr . Bel l a sis became a Rom a n Ca tholic .3. The Pr ophet of C a rme l . A ser ies of pr a ctica l con sider a tion s upon the

history ofElia s in the Ol d Testam en t,with a supplemen ta ry d isserta tion . Ded i

ca ted to D r . J . H. Newm a n . Lon don , Bur n s, 1873.The fa ther ofth is schola r d ied in Lon don on the 2 1stMay 1868

,a n dwa sbur ied in

S . Ma ry’

s Rom a n Ca tholic cem etery, Ken sa l Green .

Thom as,son ofWilliam Bradley

,calico m an ufacturer

,Man chester

John,son of J am es Nicholson

,cotton spin n er

,Man chester

He proceeded to B r a sen ose colleg e, Oxford , with a school exhibition , a n d g r a

dua ted B .A. on the r i th J ul y 1840 .

John,son ofWilliam Daughtrey, carpet m an ufacturer, Man ches

ter

David,son of Thom as Lawson , warehousem an , Man chester

William,son of the late George C ooper, cotton m erchan t , Preston

He died in 1834 offever , a g ed 17, a n d wa s bur ied a t Tr in ity chur ch, Preston .

Edward,son of John Morris

,attorn ey , Man chester

This schola r left En g la n d for Austr a lia m a n y yea rs a g o, a n d is supposed to be l ivin g ther e n ow.

Georg e Fearn s, son of William Rayn er, grocer, MossleyThis schola r , the elder oftwo son s (the youn g er d ied ea r ly in life) , en tered S . John

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colleg e , Cam br idg e, in 1835, with a school exhibition , a n d wa s elected a Som er

set schola r , a n d ha s been con tin ua ll y r esiden t in colleg e to the pr esen t tim e. At

the examin a tion for the A.B . deg ree in 1839 he wa s pla ced fourth am on g the

wra n g lers, a n d proceeded A.M. in 1842 , a n d B .D . in 1849. Havin g been elected


fellow,he wa s for some time employed in the tuition ofthe colleg e, holdin g the

va r ious offices of Sa dl er ia n a n d Hebrew lectur er , a n d a ctin g a s dea n , libr a r ia na n d sa cr ist. In 1844 he wa s on e of the public exam in ers for the m a them a tica ltr ipos. He is n owon e ofthe sen ior fellows, a n d ha sfor m a n y yea rs held the officeofsen ior bursa r , a n d took the deg r ee ofD .D . in 1868 .

From 1845 to 1848 he wa s pa rochia l cha pla in ofHor n in g sey, in the a ppoin tmen tofthe colleg e, a n d from 1852 to 1855 held the vica r a g e of Madin g ley, ofwhichthe bishop ofEly is pa tron —both pa r ishes bein g very n ea r to Cambr idg e .

D r . Reyn er ha s occa sion a lly a tten ded the a n n iversa ry m eetin g s ofthe ol d scholar s,a n dwa s the presiden t oftha t held in 1855.

Joseph,son

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ofJosephJon es,cotton m an ufacturer

,Oldham

This schola r , the on ly child , m a rr ied on the 8th Februa ry 1843, a t the Colleg ia techur ch ofMiddleham ,

Yorkshir e, Em ily, d aug hter ofthe r ev.William Atthil l ,A.M.

, of B ra n deston ha ll, Nor folk, a n d preben da ry of Clog her , a n d is n owr esi

den t a t Abber ley ha ll, a fin e esta te la tely purcha sed by him ,n ea r Stourpor t ,

Wor cestershir e. He is justice of the pea ce for Wor cester shire, the West r idin gofYork, a n d La n ca shir e, a n d d eputy -lieuten a n t for the la tter coun ty. He wa spresen t a t the a n n iversa ry m eetin g ofol d schola rs in 1837. His on ly child , bor non the7thJa n ua ry 1844, d ied , to the g r ea t g r ief ofhis par en ts,when a t the hea dofHa r rowschool, on the 25thSeptember 186 2

,a g ed 18 .

Ma rch 26. Thom as Forsyth,son of Jam es Gray, paper m an ufacturer, Salford

(12)The youn g est ofthe four son s. For his secon d brother , Jam es, see sup r a , p. 230 .

Their fa ther , who m a r r ied a n Am er ica n la dy n am ed For syth, wa s in pa r tn ershipa s a paper m a n ufa cturer withMr . Livesey, ca r ryin g on his busin ess in the n eig hbourhood ofBol ton .

26. William ,son of Edward Chew

,attorn ey, Man chester

26. John,son of the late Jam es Earl

,cotton m erchan t

,Man chester

Joseph, son of JosephFer n yhough, m erchan t,Liverpool

Thom as Atkin son ,son of Jam es Reyn olds, calico prin ter, Ma n

chesterDan iel

,son of Dan iel “Newham

,gen tlem an ,

PrestonDa n iel Newham (whose brother , Wil l iam Leig hton Newham ,

A.M., form erly fellow of S . John ’

s colleg e, Cambr idg e, is n ow vica r of B a r row-on -Soa r , n ea r

Loug hboroug h) wa s the eldest son ofMr . D a n iel Newham ,who ha d for som e

yea r s a m il l a t Preston for spin n in g lin en ya rn . The son ma rr ied , in 1843,

Ma ry, daug hter of J. B luett, esq.,a dvoca te, D oug la s, Isle ofMa n . He a fter

wa rds en ter ed Emm a n uel colleg e, Cambr idg e, but did n ot g r a dua te, g oin g out

with bishop Perry to Melbourn e in 1847, where he became the first in cumben t



Ma n chester , join ed the firm in 1853. On the dea th oftheir fa ther , 27thAug ust1854, the fam ily became in volved in a cha n cery suit . Mr . J .H.Hampson is n owa ctin g a s a con veya n cin g clerk toMr . John Taylor , the coron er ofBolton , wherehe is r esiden t.

Jam es,son of Jam es Wood

,silk dyer

,Stran geways

Hen ry, son of the rev. C . D .Wray,fellowof the Col legiate church,

Man chesterHen ry Wr a y, the youn g est son ,

for whose brothers, Cecil a n d Geor g e, see sup r a ,

pp. 93, 182 , g r a dua ted a t Tr in ity colleg e, Cambridg e, A.B . 1846 ; A.M. 1849.

Havin g been orda in ed dea con ( 1846) a n d pr iest ( 1847) by D r . J . B . Sum n er,

bishop ofChester , to the cur a cy ofBurwa l dsl ey, Cheshire, he held the cur a cy ofKirkham

,La n ca shire , from 1848 to 1850 , a n d dur in g the n ext four yea r swa s

in cum ben t of S .An d rew’

s church, Ma n chester . In 1855he wa s elected p r ecentor ofEly ca thedr a l, a n d in 1858 to a sim ila r a ppoin tm en t a tWin chester , whichla tter office he holds a t the presen t time . He m a r r ied in 1851, a t Powick, inWorcestershire

,Ma delin e, eldest d a ughter of the r ev. William Vawdrey, r ector

ofHa rthill,Cheshire

,a n d ha s a n umerous fam ily . In a ddition to the in ter est

i n g m em oir of his fa ther , which b e edited in 1867, he is the a uthor ofa sm a llpam phlet en titled , Con g r eg a tion a l I n dep en den ts a n in quiryin to their Fa itha n d

P r a ctice. Lon don , Ma sters,1850.

John Hebdin,son of Robert Con stan tin e, design er on wood, Sal

fordOctober to. John Jam es

,son of the late John Conway, corn m erchan t

,Liver

poolHe wa s a ppoin ted to a school exhibition in 1836 , a n d a dm itted to Br a sen ose colleg e, Oxford . At the public exam in a tion in Micha elm a s term

,1839 , he wa s

pla ced in the third cla ss in Lit. Hum.,but does n ot a ppea r to have taken the

usua l B .A. deg ree . In the Oxfor d C a len da r of 1844 his n am e occurs am on g the

studen ts ofcivil l aw, a n d he wa s ca lled to the ba r in November of tha t yea r a s a

m ember of Lin coln ’

s i n n . His dea th wa s sudden, on the 18th October 1 863,

a n d wa s r ecorded in the followin g extr a ct from on e ofthe loca l papersOn Sun day m orn in g a m ela n choly a cciden t occurr ed a t theWoodside la n din g

sta g e to Mr . John J ames Conway, ba rr ister - at- l aw, who resided a t 6, Ver n on

pla ce , Conway str eet, Birken hea d , a n d who occupied cham bers in the Cla ren donrooms, Liverpool. Mr . Conway , it a ppea r s, r ea ched the Geor g e

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s la n din g sta g eon Sun day mor n in g a bout on e o’clock, just a s the steam er

‘Liverpool ’ wa s lea vin g for Woodside. The un for tun a te g en tlem a n , eviden tly a n xious n ot to b e d eta in ed a n hour on the Liverpool side, m a de a determ in ed effor t to g et on boa rdthe boa t, a n d thrust his hea d un der the cha in s in fron t of the sta g e. The

officer on duty,bein g apprehen sive tha t he would tumble in to the r iver

,en dea

voured to hold him ba ck, butMr . Conway leaped to the steamer , a n d with the


a ssista n ce ofon e ofthe firem en he wa s sa fely g ot on boa rd . He then wen t in toca bin un til the Liverpool ’ r ea ched the Woodside sta g e. The crewtook n o es

p ecia l n otice ofhim un til the g a n gway wa s bein g lower ed in to the steamer,when

he wa s observed sta n din g on the spon son aft of the pa ddle box , a s if a bout tojump upon the sta g e. On e ofthe cr ewca lled to him to wa it un til the g a n gwaywa s r ea dy , but disreg a rd in g the caution he leaped from the boa t , a n d in a ttempti n g to pa ss over the lowcha in swhich run in fron t ofthe sta g e a bout th r ee or

four feet from the edg e , he stum bled a n d fell ba ckwa rds in to the r iver betweenthe steamer a n d the sta g e . His fa ce wa s seen for a n in sta n t in the wa ter

, a n d

then he disappea r ed , havin g doubtless been ca rr ied un der the sta g e by the floodtide . Every exer tion wa s m a de by the crewofthe steam er a n d the men on the

la n din g sta g e to r escue him . L ifebuoyswere lower ed a t the spot wher e he fell,

la n ter n swer e pr ocur ed to throwlig ht upon the wa ter , a n d the steam er wen t upthe r iver some d ista n ce in sea r ch ofhim

,but a l l the efforts of the m en were un

successful . Dur in g the day pla ca r dswer e issued offer in g a r ewa rd of5l . for the

r ecovery ofthe body.Mr . Conway wa swell kn own am on g the leg a l profession i n Liverpool, a n dhad

a con sider able loca l pr a ctice . Occa sion a lly,durin g the absen ce of the r eg ula r

judg es, he presided in the coun ty cour ts in Liverpool a n d B irken hea d . He wa sa ba chelor a n d r esided with his sister . He wa s a bout for ty-five yea rs ofa g e.

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William,son of the late William Rig gott, draper, Dufii eld , Derbyshire

He wa s the on ly son ofWilliam a n d Ha r r iet Rig g ott, a n d a n exhibition er of the

school to S . John ’

s colleg e in 1837, wher e he g r a dua ted A.R. in 1 841, bein gpla ced twelfth am on g the wr a n g lers of tha t yea r . He d ied on the 6thSeptemb er 184 1 , a g ed There is in the churchya rd ofDuffiel d a mon um en t to thisschola r a circula r pi lla r ; on which a r e a lso in scr ibed the n am es of the threehusba n ds of the la te Mr s. Rig g ott, his m other .

Richard,son of Richard Rothwell, g en tlem an , Man chester

He d ied a t the ea r ly a g e of 17, a fter a shor t il ln ess, when a bout to obta in a com

m ission in the a rmy. A sister of this schola r m a r r ied the r ev. C . H. Bur ton ,

A.M.,n owvica r ofD in ton , n ea r Aylesbury .

Thom as Horn by, son of Hugh Horn by Birley, cotton Spin n e r,Man chester

The eldest son ofHug h Hor n by B ir ley, esq. (who m a r r ied Cicely, daughter ofThom a sHor n by

, esq.,of Kirkham ,

a n d wa s boroughreeve of Ma n chester ina n d bor n on the 16thJ un e 1 824. He m a r r ied, on the 8thMay 1852 , Fr a n cesSophia , daug hter ofW illiam Ha r ter , esq., ofHope ha ll, Eccles, a n d r esides a t

B roomhouse .

William ,son of JosephCartledge, Silversm ith, Sheffield

William Ashwor th Ca r tledg e, the on ly son , g ra dua ted A.B . of S. John ’

s colleg e,


Cambr idg e, in 1843, a n d A.M. 1847. Hewa s ord a in ed dea con ( 1843) a n d pr iest(1844) by Dr . J . B . Sumn er , bishop ofChester , to the cur a cy of B illin g e , n ea rWig a n , a n d held the r ectory of D a lby

,Yorkshire, fr om 1848 to 1856 . He is

n owr ector ofS . Paul ’s chur ch, York, towhi ch he wa s pr esen ted in 1856 .

Octo

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féfm ,Thom as

,son of JosephArrowsm ith

,iron foun der

,Man chester

Jam es,son of JosephArrowsm ith, iron foun de r, Man chester

D ecemb .18 Abraham ,son of John Wolfen den , en graver, Man cheste r

Richard,son of Richard Mottershaw

, g uard, Man chester (13Richard, son of John Potter, ban ker

’s clerk

,Man chester

William Jam es,son ofWilliam Read, tobaccon ist, Man chester

This,the eldest son , wa s in 1843 a ppoin ted a n exhibition er of the school, a n d a d

m itted to S . John ’

s colleg e, Cambr idg e, where he wa s elected schola r , a n d g r a

dua ted A.R. in 1847, bein g pla ced thir teen th am on g the sen ior optimes, a n d

n in th in the secon d cla ss ofthe cla ssica l tr ipos. He wa s or da in ed dea con in 1849

a n d pr iest in 1 851 , takin g his A.M. deg r ee in 1 850 . From 1850 to 1853he wa spr in cipa l of the Huddersfield Colleg ia te in stitute . At the pr esen t time he is

r ector ofS . Ma ry’s, An tig ua ,West In dies,cha pla in to the bishop

,a n d a r chdea con

ofAn tig ua . Mr . Rea d wa s former ly fellowof the Roya l a stron omica l society.He is m a r r ied a n d ha s a fam ily.

For the fa ther ofthis schola r see sup r a , p .73, a n d Adden d a .

Joseph,son of George Cowgill

,warehousem an , Man chester

Ben j am in,son of David Stock

,warehousem an ,

Man chesterThom as

,son of Thom as C ook

,shoem aker

,Man chester

William Frederick,son ofWilliam Mee

,corn dealer

,Man chester

William,son of John Pin der, excisem an , Man chester

Edward,son of Thom as Baxen de l l , agen t, Man chester

William,son ofWilliam Essex

,carrier

,Man chester

Thom as,son ofThom as B a xen de l l

,agen t

,Man chester

Samuel , son of Jam es C OOper , weaver, Man chesterElij ah, son of John Jam es

,spin n er, Man chester

James,son of Thom as Ken ley

,calen derer, Man chester

Jam es,son of Jam es C OOper , weaver, Man chester

Jon athan ,son of Jon athan Crowther

,Me thodist m in ister, Man

chesterJ on a tha n Crowther , the son

,wen t to sea , a n d ha s r isen to a position of r espect a

b il ity, an d wa s la tely ca pta in of a ship tr a d in g from Ma dr a s to other pa r ts ofIn dia . His fa ther , who is spoken of a s a fa ir schola r , wa s, a t the time ofhis



William Lee, son of W . W. Brookes, attorn ey, Whitchurch,Shropshire

The eldest son ofWilliam Wycherley B rookes, a n d n owa solicitor a tWhitchurch ,a dm itted to pra ctice in Ea ster term ,

1843. He m a r r ied Ma r ia Ruth , d aug hterofthe la te Jam esWil l a sey, esq.

, of Al ler ton ha ll , n ea r Liverpool, by whom heha s issue. He a n d his br other , whose n am e follows n ext in the Reg ister , did

n ot con tin ue more tha n thr ee yea rs a t the school.

John Hen ry,son ofW.W. Brookes, attorn ey, Whitchurch, ShrOp

shireHe received the la tter pa r t of his educa tion , before g oin g to Oxford , a t Kin g Edwa rd ’

s school, Birmi n gham , a n d g r a dua ted B .A. of B ra sen ose colleg e, Oxfor d(wher e he wa s elected a Somerset schola r) , on the zud May 1845, havin g beenpla ced in the third cla ss in Lit.Hum . a t the precedin g Ea ster exam in a tion

,a n d

M.A. on the 14th Ja n ua ry 1848 . He wa s elected fell ow, a n d succeeded in 1863,

on the dea th of the r ev. Joseph Burrows, B .D . (for whom see Reg ister , vol . ii.

p. to the rectory of Steeple Aston , Oxfordshire, wher e he is n owr esiden t,bein g a lso on e ofthe rur a l dea n s ofthe diocese. He m a rr ied Cha r lotte, daug hterofthe la te La n g ham Chr istie, esq.

, ofPr eston pa rk, Nor tham pton shire .

JosephHen ry, son of JosephLee, lan d agen t, Redbrook, Flin tshire

He is n owr esiden t a t Redb rook, a n d is, a shis fa ther wa s, a la n d a g ep t. He m a r

r ied Isabella,daug hter of the la te David Meldrum , esq.

, J.P., ofKin ca pl e ,

Fifeshire.

James,son of the late James Dakin

, m an ufacturer, Man chester

William ,son of John Dun stan

,keeper of Chester castle

For the fa ther , who held the a n cien t office ofcon sta ble ofChester ca stle—who doesn ot r em em ber Hug h de La cy, con stable of Chester , in sir Wa lter Scott’s Ta lesof the Crusa der s, ta le 1

, The Betrothed” see sup r a , p . 96 .Wil liam John Roe Dun sta n , born on the 27thDecember 18 19 , on leavin g school

studied for the leg a l profession , a n d wa s a dm i tted to pr a ctice a s a n a ttor n ey inTr in ity term

,1845. He is residen t a t Northwich, a n d wa s elected hea d coron er

for the Kn utsford division of Cheshire on the 24th Aug ust 184 1, a t a con

tested election , by a very la r g e m ajor ity.

Wil liam,son of John Herford

,Wi n e m erchan t, Man chester

Wil l iam Hen ry, four th son of John Herford , win e mer cha n t (who m a r ried for hi s

first wife Sa r ah, on ly daughter ofMr . Edwa rd Sm ith, of Birm in g ham ,n ota ry

publi c,whose fami ly wa s lon g con n ected with tha t town a n d wi th Pr esbyter ia n

d issen t) , is the youn g er brother ofMr . Edwa rd Her ford, coron er ofMa n chester ,


a n d the well -kn own cha irma n ofthe Na tion a l associa tion for promotin g the fr eedom ofwor ship. Leavin g the school in 1835, W.H.Herford becam e a divi n itystuden t a t Ma n chester colleg e, York, in 1837, a n d g r a dua ted at the un iversity ofLon don in Jun e 1841. After a bout thr ee yea rs spen t a broa d, chiefly a t Bon non the Rhin e, he became mi n ister of the Presbyter ia n con g reg a tion a t La n ca sterin October 1845, a n d in the followin g yea r tutor to the hon our able Ra lphMilba n ke , n owba ron Wen tworth, then un der the g ua r dia n ship of la dy Byron . In

1848 he r etur n ed to La n ca ster . He is n owm in ister a t the m eetin g house inU pper Brook street, Ma n chester .

A youn g er brother ofthis schola r , m ajor Ver n on Herford, wa s kill ed a t the takin gof a p ahin the la st NewZ ea la n d wa r. Others of the family ha ve g a in ed d istin ction in the a rmy.

John Edward, son ofEdwardNorris, cotton sp1n n er ,Ma n chester

The fa ther of this schola r wa s pa r tn er in the firm of Cleg g a n d Nor r is, a n d theirfac tory wa s in Lon g Millg a te. He lived , I thin k, a t wha t wa s g en era lly ca lledMrs. C lowes’s house, a t Hun t’s ba n k, n owthe site of the La n ca shire a n dlYork

shir e r a ilway sta tion . His son Hen ry (n ot John ) Edwa rd died on the 2 6th

December 186 2,un ma rr ied

,a n d is bur ied in the chur chya rd ofWa l ton -on -the

Hill, Liver pool.

John , son of the rev. R. Remin gton , chaplain to the Collegiatechurch

,Man chester

He is sa id to have join ed a ca va lry reg im en t, a n d to be dea d .

Frederick,son of Robert Ra n som e

,calico pr in ter, Man chester (1

Robert,son of Robert Hardin g, warehouse clerk, Man chester

Charles,son of the late John Batley, lin en draper, Beaum aris (8)

Thom as,son of George Savage , surgeon , Stretford, Lan cashire

His fa ther wa s a well-kn own surg eon , pr a ctisin g a t Stretford for for ty yea rs. He

d ied a t the villa g e of Urmston , n ea r Stretford , on the 1st rApr il 1 860 , where helived in retiremen t for some yea rs before his dea th , havin g becom e blin d, a n d

wa s bur ied a t Fl ixton .

His son Thom a s Woodwa rd wa s a day boa rder with Mr . Esdal e . When he leftschool he wa s a ppren ticed to Mr . Taylor , la n d surveyor , a t Ma n chester , a n d

a fterwa rds stud ied un der Mr . Buck, civil en g in eer , a n d wa s employed on severa llin es of r a ilway. He subsequen tly m a rr ied , a n d ca rried on a school a tWa r r in g

ton for eig ht yea r s, when he r emoved to Stockton Moun t n ea r tha t town , a n d

died there on the 17th Februa ry 1870, ha vin g just com pleted his fiftieth yea r ,a n d wa s bur ied a t Stockton Hea th church . Hiswidowis still residen t ther e .

John,son of John Scott

,coachdriver

,Preston

,Lan cashire

Bernard, son of Edward Lucas, drysalter, Man chester Ap ril 18 .


Thom as,son of Edward Lucas

,drysalter

,Man chester

Jam es,son of George Taylor

,cabin et m aker

,Man chester

Robert,son of Edward Lucas

,drysalter

,Man cheste r

Jam es,son of Edward Lon gton , m achin e m aker, Man chester

Hen ry,son of Ben j am in Bradley

,drysalter

,S alford (1

9 . Frederick,son of JosephPhilipps, lieuten an t 12thR. lan cers

Thom as,8011 of J osephPhilipps

,lieuten an t 12thR. lan cers

Lodge,son of Lodg e Prior, captain paym aster 12 thR. lan cers

The 12throya l la n cer s wer e a t this tim e sta tion ed in Ma n chester . Ca pta in Lodg eMaurice Mur r ay Pr ior wa s twice m a r r ied , a n d thiswa s his son byhis first wife .

He m a rr ied , secon dly, Letitia , on ly daughter ofJ . W. U n ett, esq., ofthe Wood

la n ds, B irm in gham , a n d sister to colon el Thom a s U n ett, who wa s killed a t the

Reda n in the takin g of Seba stopol (to whom a m on um en t wa s er ected in S.Philip’s chur chya rd , Birm in g ham , by his fellowtown smen ) , a n d to colon elWa lter U n ett, of the 3rd lig ht dr a g oon s.

John,son of Tim othy Glen n an

,hospital serjean t 12th R. lan cers)

John , son of John Dun stan ,govern or of Chester castle

J ohn Alexa n der Gordon Dun sta n , the secon d son ,r ema in ed a t the school lon g er

tha n his elder brother , a n d a bout the yea r 1840 r eceived a j un ior a ppoin tmen t inthe office ofthe then secr eta ry to the La n ca shire a n d Yorkshire Ra ilway C c .

,a n d

from tha t time,by his in dustry a n d in tellig en ce, improved his position un til

1849 , when the directors r a ised him to the post of a ssista n t to tha t ofsecr eta ry,which he con tin ued to fill un til his un timely dea th , on the 4th of Ma r ch 1855,

a g ed 31. He wa s hig hly thoug ht of by the d irectors of the compa n y , who, inr ecog n ition ofhis services, voted the sum of 1,500 l ., to be in vested for the ben efitofhiswidowa n d five youn g childr en .

Mr . John Dun sta n wa s presen t a t the a n n iversa ry m eetin g of 1 854.

August Charles Han son ,son of Georg e Sale, draper, Atherston e,Warwick

shireThe fifth son , a n d brother toWilliam Sa le, the hea d of the leg a l firm of S a le a n d

C c ., solicitors, Ma n chester . The fa ther ofthis schola r , thoug h a’ tr a desm a n ,wa s

a lin ea l descen d a n t ofthe fam ily ofSa le of B a r row-upon -Tr en t, Derbyshire , on eof con sider a ble a n tiquity i n the coun ty. Cha r les Ha n son Sa le wa s a n exhibi

tion er ofthe school, a Som erset schola r a t B ra sen ose colleg e, Oxford, a n d on e of

Hulme’s exhibition ers. He g r a dua ted B .A. on the 2 1stMay 1840 , M.A. on the

9thFebrua ry 1843, a n d held the sole cha rg e of the pa r ish of Newton Reg is,

Wa rwickshire , towhich he wa s orda in ed dea con a n d pr iest by D r .Hen ry Pepys,bishop ofWor cester , from 1842 to 1859 . He m a r r ied, in 1858, Ja n e, widowof



n ership with Mr. John Bury, a n d , on his retirin g , form ed the presen t firm of“Sud low a n d Hin de,

”wi th a br a n ch firm a t Altrin cham in con n ection withMr .Nicholls. Fr om his en ter in g in to busin ess til l his prostra tion , by a combin ation ofm a ladies un derwhichhis con stitution g ra dua lly sun k ,Mr . Sudl owdevotedhimself en erg etica l ly a n d un cea sin g ly to the m a n a g emen t ofa la r g e profession a lpractice, a n d byhis a bility, soun d sen se, hon our able con duct, a n d leg a l kn owledg e,a cquired the con fiden ce ofa l lwho en tr usted their in tereststohim , a n d m a in ta in ed ,a s he well deserved, a hig h position amon g st his brethr en of the l aw. In his

ha n ds were g en er a lly pla ced the impor ta n t r espon sibilities con n ected with theCon serva tive cause a t the r eg istr a tion s a n d election s for the souther n division of

La n ca shire a n d , a t the la te election , those of this boroug h , a n d it would ha vebeen d ifficul t in deed to fin d a ny on e in Whom the r equisites for the situa tion hewa s ca lled upon to fill were more

,ha ppily combin ed . His clea r , a cute a n d sys

tem a tic un dersta n din g sawa t ohce wha t it wa s n ecessa ry to do, a n d wha t wa sthe best way of doin g it ; a n d the eulogy whi ch the presen t wr iter on ce hea rdfrom a n excellen t judg e wa s by n o m ea n s un deserved—tha t ther e wa s n ot a

better election a g en t in the kin g dom . His m er its were well un derstood by thelea ders ofthe Con serva tive pa r ty, by whom he .wa s occa sion a lly con sulted, a n dwho ha d g rea t con fiden ce in the soun dn ess ofhis j udgm en t a n d the a ccur a cy ofhis in form a tion . He wa s, a s a thoroug h Con serva tive in pr in ciple, stron g ly a tta ched to the Church ofEn g la n d , a n d held himself boun d to serve those l ayoficeswhich a r e so in tim a tely con n ected with it, a n d a re so n ecessa ry for thed ecen cy of its m in istr a tion . He wa s on e of the chur chwa rden s of Ma n chesterdur in g the thr ee yea rs 186 1

,186 2

,a n d 1863; a n d in thela tter two stood the fir st

in the list. Am idst the occupa tion s a n d en g r ossin g ca lls ofhis profession he ha dn ot n eg lected those hum a n isin g i n fluen ces which ten d so m uch to sm ooth a n dsoften its r ig our , a n d , by the cultiva ted pursuitswhich they cher ish, to cheer a n d

br ig hten the close of a laborious life. He ha d r ea d exten sively, wa s well a oqua in ted with the g r ea t a uthors ofEn g la n d , a n d took a n in ter est in subjects of

liter a ry in vestig a tion . The history of this loca lity ha d a lways a ttr a ction s forhim,pa r ticula r ly the history a n d con n ection ofits cha r ities a n d foun da tion s. Ofthe Chetham Society he wa s a member a n d suppor ter from its comm en cemen t .Socia l, kin dly, g en ia l, a n d wa rm -hea r ted , it is sca r cely n ecessa ry to say tha t hepossessed a n exten sive circle of fr ien ds, by whom his losswill be deeply felt a n dr eg retted . In his own fam ily, by the m embers ofwhich he wa s fully a n d dulyestima ted , the depa rture of such a hea d a t tha t per iod in which a m a n is g en

er a l ly con sidered a s in the pr im e of life a n d vig our is a berea vem en t the exten tofwhich la n g ua g e ca n but imperfectly do justice to. After a lon g a n d pa in fulstrug g le,Mr . Sudlowexpired a this house, NewHolme,Wha lley Ra n g e, on Sunday la st.

The pr in cipa l por tion ofMr . Sudl ow’

s va luable a n d well -selected libr a ry wa s disposed of by Messrs. Hutchi n g s a n d Pilcher, by publ ic a uction ,

a t their r oom s,

on the 6tha n d 7thJuly 1871. Mr . Sudlowleft by hiswife, Alice, the daug hter


of John Ma cfa rla n e, esq., two son s, the eldest ofwhom is a pa rtn er in the con

tin ued firm ofHin de, Miln e a n d Sudlow, a n d thr ee daug hters.

Tim othy,son of the rev. J ohn Hun ton , Arm athwaite, Cumberlan d Au

’833gust 13.

( I4)D ied , 17Februa ry, 1838, a t Arm a thwa ite ca stle, n ea r Ca r lisle

, a g ed 51, the

r ev. John Raper Hun ton , for m a n y yea r s perpetual cur a te ofArm a thwa ite cha

pel , a n d dom estic chapla in to the dowa g er coun tess Pa ulet. His pa tern a l n amewa sRaper , a n d he took the n am e ofHun ton whilst a m ember of Tr in ity coll eg e,Cambr idg e, wher e he g ra dua ted A.M. in 18 19 . He wa s in stituted to Arm a

thwa ite in Gen t.Mag .

His secon d son ,Timothy , d ied in the Ea st In dies in - 1845.

Charles Gough, son of Charles F lin t, surgeon , Leek, Staffordshire

From the school he wen t to Kin g’s colleg e , Lon don , a n d then ce to Ma g da len e col

leg e, Cambr idg e,wher e he g r a dua ted A.B . in 1841, bein g pla ced eig hth am on g

the jun ior Optimes, a n d A.M. in 1844. Havin g taken holy orders, he becamecur a te of a par ish in Sussex, but, bein g a tta cked by con sumption , r eturn ed homea n d d ied a t Leek on the 31st Ja n ua ry 1849 , a t the a g e of31, un ma rr ied .

Edward, son of Thom asDean ,woollen draper, Preston , Lan cashire

This schola r did n ot proceed direct from the school to Cambr idg e, there bein gsome un cer ta in ty a s to his futur e course, but havin g decided on takin g holyorders he wa s a fterwa rds a dm itted to S . John ’

s colleg e , wher e he wa s electedschola r in 1839 , a n d g ra dua ted A.B . in 1840 , bein g pla ced sixth am on g the jun ioroptim es. He is n owperpetual cura te ofB a r lby, n ea r Selby, Yorkshi re, towhi chhe wa s presen ted in 1848 .

Robert,son of Edward Morelan d, bookseller, Man chester

Joseph, son of Georg e Taylor, cabin et m aker, S alford Sep temb .zs

Wil liam ,son of Jam es Edleston

,comm ission agen t

,Ma n chester

For his brother, Rober t, see sup r a , p . 240 .

Jam es, son of Thom as Philips, schoolm aster, Man chesterJam esG.,

son of Samuel Law, druggist, Man chesterJohn

,son ofW.Wainwright, m echan ic, Man chester

Joshua, son of Jam es Taylor,publican , Man chester

David,son of Jam es Rom e

,pawn broker, Man chester

Robert,son of Robert Man n , surgeon , Man chester

Rober t Ma n n ersMa n n , on leavin g school, wa s educa ted for the medica l profession


un der his fa ther.by whom he wa s taken in to pa r tn er ship in 1 847, a fter pa ssin gthe usua l exam in a tion s a t the Colleg e of sur g eon s a n d Apotheca r ies’ ha ll , London . Mr . R. M. Ma n n is n owr esiden t in Ma n chester , hold in g sever a l sur g ica la ppoin tmen ts, a n d wa s sur g eon for m a n y yea rs to S . Ma ry’s hospita l (obstetr ic) ,a n d is n owr eg im en ta l sur g eon to the 6thLa n ca shir e r ifle volun teers. He is the

con tr ibutor of som e a r ticles ofprofession a l in terest, which a ppea red in 1852 a n d

1853 in the Pr ovin cia l Medica l a n d Surg ic a l J our n a l . I fin d this schola r ’sn ame amon g those a ssembled a t the a n n iversa ry festiva l of 1856 .

Sam uel, son of Samuel Law,druggist, Man chester

Richard,son of Isaac Thom pson ,

butcher,Man chester

John ,son of Benjam in Olliver, m echan ic, Man chester

Robert,son of John Miller

,en graver, Man chester (1 I )

George,son of George Taylor, cabin et m aker, Salford

Hugh, son of John Kerr, coachbuilder, Man chesterThom as

,son of the late JosephC lul ey, pain ter, Man chester

Frederic, son of Jacob Lowry, bookm aker, Man chesterOctober 3' Thom as

, son of Georg e Freckleton ,M .D .

,Man chester (1 1)

He wen t to In d ia , a n d wa s, in 1844, a m erca n tile clerk with Messrs. Tur n er , Stopford a n d C o.

,in Ca lcutta . He a fterwa rds wen t to Ceylon

,a n d d ied , I believe ,

som e yea r s a g o. The r em a r r ia g e ofhiswidowon the 27thNovem ber 1866 wa s

a n n oun ced in the Gen t.Ma g ., N.S.,

Ma r ch 1867.

Dodg shon , son of Thom as Radford , attorn ey, Man chesterThi s schola r wa s son ofMr . Thom a s Leig h Ra dfor d, a ttor n ey, who died m a n yyea rs a g o, a n d n ot r ela ted to the fam ily ofthis n am e ofwhich so m a n y m ember sa r e foun d in the Reg ister ofthe school . The son d ied on the 31st Aug ust 1838 ,before en ter in g a n y busin ess or profession “

5. John Hen ry, son of the late Samuel Lereshe, agen t, Man chester

The fa ther ofthis schola r died on the 2 9thJa n ua ry 1830 .

J ohn Hen ry P. Ler esche,the eldest son ,

wa s ca lled to the b a r in Ja n ua ry 1847,a s a m em ber of the M iddle tem ple, a n d is n ow r esiden t a t Ma n chester , bein ga ssista n t ba r r ister to the r ecorder of the city. His mother wa s for som e yea r spr opr ietor of the Ma n chester Adver tiser , a n d of wha t used to be Wheeler ’sJII a n chester Chr on ic l e, to the pa g es ofwhich he wa s a n occa sion a l con tr ibutor .His n am e occursin the r ecords of the a n n iversa ry festiva ls.Mr . Leresche ha s twice m a r r ied . His first wife, to whom hewa s m a rr ied a t Sta nd ish in 1855, Ellen Ma r g a ret, on ly daug hter of Ad am Fitza dam ,

esq.,r ecorder

ofWig a n ,d ied shor tly a fter g ivin g bir th to a son who d id n ot live ; a n d by his

secon d wife, whom he m a r ried a t S . Bride’s chur ch , Liverpool , on the 24thJun e


Ma rch


Somerset schola r of Br a sen ose colleg e , Oxford, a n d g r a dua ted B .A. on the 2 n d

May 1844, a n d M.A. on the 2 2n d Apr il 1847. He wa s orda in ed in 1845 to the

cur a cy of S. John ’s, Ha n l ey, Staffor dshir e, which he held un til 1849 , when he

wa s pr esen ted to the vica r a g e ofWeston -upon -Tren t, n ea r Stafl’

ord,where he is

n owr esiden t. Mr . Pla n t ha s for m a n y yea rs been on e of the secr eta r ies of the

boa rd of educa tion for the a r chdea con ry of Sta fford , a n d ha s publishedI . Some rema rks on Min in g Acciden ts. Wr ights, Stafford.2 . P a r ochia l Sermon s. 1 vol . Moz ley

,Derby a n d Lon don .

He m a r r ied, in 1863, An toin ette Sa r ah, d aug hter ofMr . Cha r les Four d rin ier , form erly ofChell, Stafl

'

ordshir e.

Richard,son of Richa rd Jon es

,drysalter, Man chester

Mil ln er,son of Samuel Barton

,surgeon

,Man chester

For his elder brother B en j am in , see sup r a , p . 230 . Samuel Miln er , the secon d son ,

on lea vin g school in 1840 studied for the l aw, a n d wa s a dm itted to pr a ctice a s a

solicitor in 1846, a n d has for m a n y yea rs held the office of a ssista n t clerk to thejustices of the city of Ma n chester . He m a rr ied

.

Ca tha r in e, d aughter ofMr .

Rober t Town en d , worsted spin n er , of Ma n chester , a n d of Cullin gwor th n ea r

Bin g ley, Yorkshir e, by whom he ha s two son s a n d two daug hters, a n d is n owr esiden t at the Pr iory, Hig her B roug hton .

Thom as,son ofThom asMover l ey, Salford

John Dan iel,son of James Varley, Man chester (I I ).

George , son of Charles Harris, bookseller, Man chesterMr.Cha r lesPoul ett Ha r r is, the fa ther of this schola r ,wa s a secon d -ha n d bookseller ,havi n g a shOp in Cross street, n ea r S . An n e’s str eet. He wa s or ig in a lly in then a vy, where he ha d in terest a n d prospect of promotion ,

but left it from love ofcha n g e, a n d en ter ed the a rmy wher e he becam e lieuten a n t in the 6oth r ifles.After he g ave up his shop he r esided in Grosven or street, a n d, bein g a g ood

lin g uist, g ave lesson s in la n g ua g es, a n d subsequen tly removed to Rusholme,wherehewa s g en era lly kn own a s capta in Ha r r is

,a title g iven tohim owin g to his havin g

been both a n ava l a n d m ilita ry m a n . In theMa n chester a n d S a lfor d D ir ector iesof 1840 and 1845he will be foun d descr ibed a ccordin g to these cha n g es of p rofession a n d r esiden ce. He is still a live

, in hi s 82n d yea r , a n d r esides a tWhiteha l ln ea r B r istol.

Al l hisfive son swere a dm itted to the school . His eldest son , Richa rd Deoda tus,en tered the school a t the close of the yea r 1837, imm ed ia tely a fter my fa ther

’

s

r esig n a tion of the hig h ma stership, a n d therefor e his n am e does n ot a ppea r inthis volume ; but a s the elder brother of the two schola rs here r ecorded, a n d a s

on e of a d istin g uished family, he m ay fa irly cla im some n otice in these pa g es.He wa s n ot lon g en oug h in the school to become a ca n did a te for a n exhibition ,bein g a dm itted a s a foun da tion siza r to Tr in ity coll eg e, Cambr idg e, a t the en d of

1839 . He g r a dua ted A.B . in a n d wa s pla ced twen ty-fourth amon g the


wr a n g lers in tha t yea r ; a n d A.M. in 1852 . He held a ppoin tmen ts in the publicschoolsofSheffield a n d Bla ckhea th a n d a tHuddersfield col leg e ; a n dwa s orda in eddea con a n d pr iest in 1847to the cura cy of Lon g sig ht, Ma n chester . In 1858 he

becam e hea d m a ster of the hig h school, Hobar t Town , Ta sm a n ia , where he isn owlivin g , m a rr ied , a n d the fa ther ofa la r g e fam ily.

Georg e Poul ett, the secon d son , wa s a ppoin ted to a school exhibition in 1841, a n d

g ra dua ted A.R. a t Tr in ity colleg e, Cam br idg e , in when he wa s pla cedtwen ty-sixth am on g the sen ior optim es a n d ten th in the secon d cla ss in the

cla ssica l tr ipos, a n d A.M. in 1 854. He wa s ord a in ed dea con.

in 1845 a n d pr iestin 1847, a s cur a te of Kirkby S . Stephen , Westm or la n d ; a n d , havin g held thesecon d m a stership ofthe Coll eg ia te school, Leicester , from 1847to 1853, a n d the

hea d m a stership of Grove Pa rk school, Wrexham ,in 1854 a n d 1855 becam e in

the la tter yea r the hea d m a ster of the en dowed church school a t S . John ’

s,

Newfoun dla n d , which he held un til the close of 1864. He subsequen tly officia teda s chapla in a tMoscow, in 1865

- 66,a n d wa s for about two yea rs cur a te ofB a n g or

Mon a chorum ,in Flin tshir e. After a br ief con n ection with Ma lver n coll eg e a s a n

a ssista n t m a ster , he took'

the m a ster ship ofthe moder n depar tmen t in Richmon dg ramm a r school, Yorkshir e, which he holds a t the presen t tim e.

Mr . Georg e P . Ha r r is m a rr ied a t Br ig hton in 1854. Miss Ma r th a McC a rrol l , a n d

ha s four son s a n d on e d a ug hter . His eldest son is now, a n d ha s been for som e

time, hea d boy ofRichmon d school.

Edward,son of Isaac Faulkn er, gen t ., Within gton , Lan cashire (I

Edwa rd Cha n tler Fa ulkn er wa s a dmitted a n a ttor n ey in Ea ster term 1844, a n d is

n owi n the same profession,a n d residen t a t Ma n chester .

Philip Watson,

son of captain Braybrooke,Ceylon rifle corps

,

Man chesterFor two un cles of this schola r

,Stephen Hen ry a n d James B raybrooke, see sup r a ,

p. 178 , a n d Adden da to this volum e.

The fa ther ofthis schola r wa s Samuel, the third son ofmajor William B raybrooke ,ba rr a ck-m a ster of Ma n chester . He r eceived a comm ission in the Ceylon r iflesin 18 13, a n d m a r ried the d aughter of his comm a n d in g officer

,colon el D ela tre,

by whom he ha d a n umerous fam ily. He rose to b e colon el ofhi s r eg imen t , a n dis n owl ieuten a n t-g en era l a n d colon el of the 99thr eg imen t, a n d r esiden t in London . Three ofhis son s wer e a dm itted to Ma n chester school : Philip Wa tson ,

the schola r here recorded ,whowen t out to Ceylon , where he held a civil appoin tm en t, but n owr etired from service a n d livin g a t Leam in g ton William Lem on ,

the secon d son , who held a comm ission in the Ceylon r ifles a n d wa s killed a t the

ba ttle of the Alm a, fig htin g a s a volun teer ; a n d Cha rles Hen ry Stewa r t, n ow

r esiden t a t Bla ckbur n .

Som e fewwords m aybe a dded with pr opr iety respectin g the g ra n dfa ther of thi sschola r , who, both on a ccoun t of his lon g public service, a n d ma n y yea r s

’con

n ection with Ma n chester , iswor thy of perm a n en t n otice. Major William B r ay


brooke wa s bor n a t Timworth, in Suffolk, on the 8 th September 1760, a n d

join ed the 1st roya lswhen a m er e youth . In 1783he m a r r ied , a t Per th , Isabe lDow, a n d byher ha d seven son s a n d four d aughter s. He served with d istin ctionun der the duke ofYork in Fla n ders, a n d in 180 1

, on retir in g from a ctive service ,wa s a ppoin ted ba rr a ck-m a ster a t Ram sg a te, wher e he ha d the pa in ful duty ofr eceivin g the fever -str icken r ema in s of the a rmy tha t wa s sa cr ificed in the fa ta lWa lcher en expedition . He wa s promoted to the ba r r a ck -m a stership ofSheffield,a n d five yea r s la ter , in 18 19 , from then ce to Ma n chester . In 1838 he r etired on

a well-ea r n ed pen sion , a fter a m ilita ry service of over fifty-eig ht yea r s, a n d diedin 1852 , a t the g rea t a g e of 93, hiswife ha vin g predecea sed him in 1850 . Theywer e both bur ied in the chur chya rd ofS . Geor g e

’

s, Hulm e .

Of m ajor B rayb rooke’

s four d aughter s, the third , Sa r ah Isa bella , m a r r ied Mr .JohnSm ith, ofHulm e (for whom see Reg ister , sup r a ,

p . whose son ,John Stores

Sm ith, wa s a dm itted to the school a t a da te subsequen t to this volum e .

John Hen ry, son of William Jen kin son,cotton spin n er

,Salford

The fa ther ofthis schola r wa s brother to the wife ofthe r ev. John John son ,on e of

the a ssista n t m a sters (for n otice ofwhom see Reg ister , sup r a , p . on e of

whose d aug hters m a r ried a son of sir E. Arm ita g e, kn t., of Ma n chester .J ohn Hen ry Jen kin son did n ot r em a in lon g a t the school . After som e yea rs

spen t in the pr iva te school of the rev. J . Bell a t Heywood ha ll, Alder ley (whoseson is n owr ector ofAlderley) , he join ed his fa ther in the firm ofJ en kin son a n d

Bow, m a chin e brokers, B la ckfr ia rs, Ma n chester . He is n owa comm ission a g en t.

John,son of the late James Grim e

,surgeon

,Salford .

The fa ther ofthis schola r wa s a n a tive ofBolton , a n d commen ced pra ctice a t B la ckrod , n ea r Bolton , but removed to Sa lfor d in 18 17. He di ed in 1834, the yea r ofhis son

’

s a dm ission to the school,hiswife havin g predecea sed him in 182 9 . His

son J ohn wa s for m a n y yea rs a fter leavin g school in thewa rehouse of Messrs.

Ga rdn er a n d Atkin son , m ercha n ts, Ma n chester , a n d en g a g ed with a Liverpoolfirm in 1847to g o to V a lpa r a iso, a n d then ce to Lima . After thir teen yea r s r e

siden ce there, he r etur n ed hom e in broken hea lth in 1859 . Repea ted subsequen td isa ppoin tm en ts in busin ess pr eyed upon his m in d , a n d a fter a con fin em en t oftwo yea rs to his house he d ied un m a rr ied , on the 18th J a n ua ry 1869 , a n d wa sbur ied in Lisca rd chapelya rd, n ea r NewBr ig hton .

Aug usw Edward,son of the late Edward Pedder

,gen t ., Lan caster

The fa ther ofthis schola r , cousin to James Pedder (for whom see Reg ister , vol . 11.

p . died on the 26 thMay 1833, a n d wa s buried in Pr eston p a r ish chur chya rd.Edwa rd Pedder , the third but n oweldest survivin g son , wa s bor n a t Pr eston ,

a n d

a dmitted to Br a sen ose colleg e, Oxford , with a school exhibition in 1838 electeda Som erset schola r a n d Hulm ia n exhibition er , a n d g r a dua ted B .A. on the 6th

May 1842 , havin g been pla ced in the first cla ss in m a them a tica l , a n d in the



Am os,son of JosephDicken son ,

schoolm aster, Tarporley (1 1)4. Ben son William ,

son ofWilliam Clegg,m erchan t, Man chester (1 1)

4. Joseph,son of JosephHiggin ,

iron mon ger, Man chesterJam es

,son of Jam es Kin g

,publican ,

Man chester4. Thom as

,son of Thom as Graham

,music m aster

,Man chester ( I

4. Robert William,son of RobertWyn n e

,pain ter

,Ashbourn e , D er

byshire (IEdward

,son of Be n j am in Wild

,in n keeper, Man chester

Septem . u . John,son of JosephPratt , prin ter, Man chester

Fran cis,son of Georg e Marshall, dyer, Man chester

John,son of John Ryder

,broker

,Liverpool

Joseph,son of the la te William Ball

,Methodist m in ister, Ma n

chester (IJoseph La n ca ster B a ll is a Wesleya n m in ister , a n d n ow r esiden t in the isla n d of

Guer n sey .

William Hughes,son of the late Jam es Hilton

,packer

,Ma n

chesterWilliam

,son of Jam es Wa tmough, turn er, Man chester

Stephen,son ofJohn Corbett, accoun tan t, Man chester

Stephen,son of Samuel Sm ith, en graver, Man chester

Wil liam,son of John Thompson , ropem aker, Man chester

B rother to Richa r d Thompson ,for whom see sup r a , p . 143.

“Died , on the r 1thofJa n ua ry 1873, a t Sa le , Gipps’ la n d

,Austr a lia , Will iam

Wether ell, son of the la te John Thompson of this city a n d brother of the la teRicha rd Thompson , M.A.

, of the g r amma r school.”—Ma n chester CityNews,2 2 n d Ma r ch 1873.

Jon athan,son ofBen j am in Brown ,

brewer, S alfordJam es

,son of Thom as Chapels, join er, Man chester

Sydn ey,son of John Taylor, wire -worker

,Man chester (1

For his brother William Hen ry, see sup r a , p . 240 .

Sydn ey Taylor wa s for twen ty -five yea rs a pha rm a ceutica l chemist in Ma n chester ,a n d is n owm a n a g er ofthe B ra dford sewa g e works, Yorkshire. His son , Wa lterB . Taylor , ha s la tely been elected a Som erset schola r a t Br a sen ose colleg e, C xford , havin g previously g a in ed the Br a cken bury exhibition a t Ma n chester school .

John , son of John Lawton ,join er

,Man chester

Hen ry, son ofWilliam Walker, con fection er, Man chester


1834Wi lli am

,son of George Holden ,

en graver,Man chester Sep tem b .11.

Samuel,son of Samuel Foster

,m altster

,Man chester

Thom as, son of Thom as Horton ,guard

,Man chester

Jam es, son of Jam es Pollitt,ca l len derer , Man chester

Jam es,son of Georg e Vitty, carver a n d g ilder, Man chester

William,son of the late William son

,Man chester (1

Thom as,son of Thom as Leigh, publican ,

Man chesterJoshua

,son of the - r ev.William Nun n , in cumben t of S . C lem en t’s,Man chester (10)

For his elder brotherWilliam , see sup r a , p . 238 . Joshua Hen ry, the secon d son , is

n owresiden t a tMa n chester, followin g the profession ofa n a r chitect a n d surveyor .

Thom as,son ofWilliam Read

,tobaccon ist

,Man chester

Thom a s Rea d , the secon d son (for his elder brother Wil l i am James, see sup r a ,

p . became a n a ttorn ey, a n d d ied on the 2 2n d October 1851, a n d wa s bur iedin the cem etery ofol d S. Pa n cr a s, Lon don .

Samuel,son of John Newton , footm an ,

Man chester ( IO).Thom as

,son ofWilliam Gregory

, join er, Man chesterFrederic

,son of Wil liam Gardin er

,warehousem an

,Man chester

Fran cis,son ofWilliam Gardin er

,warehousem an

,Man chester

John,son of the r ev.William Nun n

,in cumben t of S . C lem en t’s,

Man chester (8)John Nm m

,the thir d son

,en tered the leg a l profession ,

a n d pr a ctised for som e tim e

a s a n a ttorn ey in Ma n chester , a n d subsequen tly a tHam ilton , Victor ia , in Austr al ia

,wher e he di ed on the i 4thMay 1872 , leavin g a wife, but n o issue.

Two other brother s were a dmitted to the school a t a d a te subsequen t to thisvolume, Philip a n d J oseph . The la tter is A.M. ofS . John ’

s colleg e, Cambr idg e,wher e he wa s pla ced a t the fin a l exam in a tion for the A.B . d eg ree in 1857amon g

the jun ior optimes, a n d in the secon d cla ss of the cla ssica l tr ipos, a n d is n ow

r ector of S . Thoma s’

s chur ch, Ardwick , Ma n chester .

J ohn,son of Robert Woodward, cheesefa ctor , Man chester (10)

Thom as,son ofWilliam Walker, con fection er, Man chester

Hen ry,son ofWilliam Walker

,attorn ey

,Man chester (1 I ).

John , son ofWilliam McC l in tock , gen tlem an , Lon don derry October 2 .

The fa ther ofthis schola r ,Wil liam Ker r McC l in tock , lived a tHampstea d ha ll , n ea rLon don derry

,J.P., a n d m a rr ied the eldest daug hter ofWilliam Ma cka y, esq.

, of

Lon don derry.John Ker r , the eldest offour son s, wa s a m a g istra te ofthe coun ties ofLon don der ry


a n d Don eg a l. He d ied un m a rr ied on the i 6thApril 1851, a g ed 30 , a n d is buriedin S. Columb’e ca thedr a l g r a veya rd, Lon don der ry.

William Kerr Macky, son of William McC l in tock, gen tlem an ,Lon don derry

William Kerr Ma ckay, the secon d son , stud ied for the ba r , but wa s n ever ca lled .

He wa s m a r r ied , a n d lived a t Greyston es in the pa r ish ofD elg a n y a n d coun ty ofWicklow; a n d wa s bur ied a t Delg a n y on the 4thMa r ch 1857, a g ed 35.

In the churchya rd of S . Columb ’e ca thedr a l, Lon don der ry , ther e is a hor izon ta ltombston e, on which is r ecorded the dea th ofthe fa ther of these schola r s on the

i7thJa n ua ry 1841, i n the 5zud yea r ofhis a g e , a swell a s tha t ofhis son JohnKerr , who is descr ibed a s

“his secon d son ,

”which does n ot a g ree with the ped ig ree g iven in Burke

’

s L a n ded Gen trg , edition 1863, n or with in forma tion obta in edfrom other sources.

Louis Hen ry, son of Louis Alexan dre JosephMorda cque, Fren chteacher

,Man chester (10)

The fa ther of this scholar wa s appoin ted Fr en ch m a ster when the a ddition a l schoolswere built in 1836 , in preferen ce to m on sieur Vember g ue, who wa s a Rom a n C a

thol ic, a n d who ha d been for m a n y yea rs Fr en ch tea cher to the boa rders a t the

hig h m a ster ’s house.LouisHen ry Morda cque, bor n on the 10thMay 1824, wa s a n exhibition er of the

school to Br a sen ose colleg e, Oxford , in 1 843, wher e he wa s elected Som ersetschola r , a n d g r a dua ted B .A. on the 3othMay 1846 , havin g been pla ced in thethir d cla ss in L it.Hum ; a t the pr eced in g Ea ster exam in a tion ,

a n d M.A. on the

8th Februa ry 1849 . He wa s a lso a n Hulm ia n exhibition er . Ha vin g beenorda in ed dea con in 1848 a n d pr iest in 1849 by Dr . J . P. Lee, bishop ofMa n

chester , he wa s presen ted in the la tter yea r by Hulm e’

s trustees to the perpetua lcur a cy ofHa slin g den , in the ol d pa r ish ofWha lley, a n d d ied there on the 3oth

Ja n ua ry 1870 .

He wa s m a rr ied, a n d left a widowa n d seven d aughters. He a cted a s a m a g istra te

in the n eig hbourhood . There is a m on umen t to him ,a n d to a daug hter who d ied

shortly before her fa ther a t the a g e of 16 , in the chur chya rd a tHa slin g den .

Hen ry, son of Hen ry Ha l lsworth,bookkeeper, Oldham

Hen ry, son of John Tarr, fustian m an ufacturer, Man chesterJoseph, son of JosephEwin g, assistan t surgeon (84thregim en t),

Man chesterJohn , son of Jam es Brem n er

,cotton spin n er

,Chorlton

The a g e of this schola r on en ter in g school wa s ten yea rs ol d, n ot twelve .

John Al exa n der , the third son ofJames Brem n er , cotton spin n er a n d mer cha n t, ofAspull , n ea r Wig a n , a n d of Ma n chester

,is a n oil mer cha n t in Ma n chester , a n d

resides a tHilton house, Prestwich . He has for m a n y yea rs taken a n a ctive pa r t in



Hen ry,son of Richard 'Potter , gen tlem an , Sm edley

Hen ry Potter , the ten th son a n d youn g est child , on leavin g school spen t a bout fifteenyea rs in a m er cha n t’s office in Liverpool, a n d i n 1855wen t to Lon don to m a n a g e

the busin ess of Messrs. John An drewa n d C o. ofHa rpurhey, a s the r epresen tative ofthe firm ther e . He m a rr ied , on the 27thMay 1857, Eliz abeth An n e,daughter ofthe la te Mr . John An drew, a n d still holds the sam e position in con

n ection with the m er ca n tile firm above m en tion ed,r esid in g a t Ba rn es Common ,

Surr ey. -He ha s n o childr en .

Foskett,son of Charles Savery

,solicitor, Bristol

Nowa solicitor a t B ristol, a dm itted to pra ctice in Tr in ity term,1842 .

Ma rch 6 . Jam es,son of John Naylor

,warehousem an

,Man chester

Edward,son of Sam uel Leresche , wa rehousem an ,

Man chesterThis, the secon d son , d ied a t the a g e of 19 .

Samuel, son of Samuel Bryan ,music m aster

,Man chester

Richard, son of Richard Wilson ,publican ,

Salford (IJam es Edward

,son of the late James Spen ser, m erchan t, Ma n

chesterWilliam ,

son of John Heath,stay m aker, Salford

William ,son of John Wood

,publican

,Man chester

30. Jam es,son of John Wilkin son , warehousem an , Man chester

Edmun d Am os, son of Am os Ogden , gen tlem an ,Man chester (1

Frederick, son of Am os Ogden,gen tlem an ,

Man chesterSamuel , son of Samuel Saxon , publican ,

Ma n chesterSamuel, son of Thom as Ashworth, m echan ic , Man chesterRobert, son of John Middleton ,

flour merchan t,Man chester (1

Thom as, son of Fran cis Cooper, overseer, Man chesterJohn , son of Thom as Graham ,

m usic m aster,Man chester (I I ).

Samuel, son of Jam es Sm ith,collector

,Man chester

Robert, son of John Hampson ,solicitor

,Man chester

Brother to J ohn H.Hampson , for whom see sup r a , p . 245. Rober t Ham pson wa sa r ticled a n d in ten ded for the l aw. He wen t off to Am er ica in Ma r ch 1843, a n d

died a t or n ea r to Mon trea l in the ear ly pa r t of 1853.

Charles,son of Charles Harris

,bookseller, Man chester

Cha r lesHa r r is, the secon d son , wa s oblig ed to leave school befor e his educa tion wa scompleted , owin g to delica te hea lth, a n d for m a n y yea rswa s chiefly en g a g ed a s

a n a ssista n t in va r ious pr iva te schools. In 1863he wen t to Cam br idg e, a n d wa selected schola r of Sidn ey Sussex colleg e, a n d took cla ssica l hon ours at the


exam in a tion for the A.B . deg r ee i n 1867, bein g four th in the third cla ss. He is

n owresiden t a t Clifton n ea r B ristol, a s a pr iva te schoolm a ster , a n d m a rr ied in

186 8 MissRebecca Peake ofCam br idg e .

James,son of Samuel Barton

,surgeon ,

Man chesterHe g r a dua ted A.R. of S. J ohn ’

s colleg e, Cambr idg e, in 1849 , a n d A.M. in 1852 ,

a n d wa s orda in ed dea con in 1851 by bishop Lon sd a le, ofLichfiel d , to the cur a cyof Burton -on -Tren t, a n d pr iest in 1852 . He subsequen tly held cur a cies a t

Bolton -l e-Moor s, a n d a t Crumpsa ll n ea r Ma n chester , a n d wa s pr esen ted in 1856

to the vica r a g e ofHa dley n ea r Wellin g ton ,Sa lop, by the bishop of Lichfield ,

where he is n owresiden t.He m a rr ied Ma ry , d aug hter ofMr . B en j am in Cleg g , ofCheetham Hill, a n d ha s twochildren .

Edward Stan ley,son of Edward Ben t , attorn ey, Man chester J un e

He succeeded his fa ther , who is still livin g , a s a n a ttor n ey, a n d is n owin pr a cticein Ma n chester , ha vin g form er ly been pa r tn er in the firm ofBen t a n d D ay, a ttor

n eys, Wa rr in g ton . He wa s a dm itted in Hila ry term ,1845.

William ,son of RalphWin der

, g en tleman ,Man chester

Wil liam Hen ry,son of JosephParker

,stiffen er

,Man chester

Joseph,son of the late Dan iel Olliver

,drugg ist, Man chester

Robert,son of the late John John son , carrier, Man chester August 3,

George,son of John Perkin s

,butler

,Salford

The g r a n dfa ther of this schola r , W illiam Perkin s,“

wa s a t on e tim e a well -to-do

Her efordshire fa rm er,livin g on his own property a t Micha elchur ch Eskl ey, but

wa s n ot prosperous, a n d subsequen tly became a ten a n t fa rmer in the sam e

coun ty. When fa r a dva n ced in yea rs he m a rr ied a secon d wife, a n d his sonJ ohn Perkin s, fa ther of this schola r , was born in the pa r ish of Abbey D ore,

n ea r Her efor d .Geor g e Perkin swa s a ppoin ted to a school exhibition ,

a n d a lso to a n Hulmia n ex

hib ition , a n d wa s elected a Som erset schola r a t Br a sen ose colleg e , Oxford , wher ehe g r a dua ted B .A. on the i 8thJun e 1846 , bein g pla ced a t the precedin g Ea sterexami n a tion in the secon d cl a ss in L it. Hum ,

a n d in the third cla ss in D is.Ma th. et Phys. He g r a dua ted M.A. on the i st Februa ry 1849 , a n d ha s n owbeen officia lly con n ected with Ma n chester school for the lon g per iod of twen tyfive yea rs, fir st a s on e of the a ssista n t m a sters, a n d a fterwa rds a s the secon dm a ster . Hewa s orda in ed in 1 848 to the cura cy ofS . John ’

s church, Broug hton .

He ha s published Ea r ly difiiculties in wr itin g L a tin . Lon don , Simpkin C c .,

1869 .

Mr .Perkin s spea kswith g r a teful remembra n ce ofthe kin dn ess ofthe la teMr .Wil

liam Ga r n ett, then r esidin g a t La rk hill, Sa lford , a n d hi s excellen t sister -in -l aw,Miss Ja n e Carson , still livin g , to whom he wa s in debted for his in troduction to

Ma n chester school, a n d to the subsequen t oppor tun ities of a n un iversity ca r eer .


The d istin ction which he g a in ed a t Oxford , a n d the a ble d ischa rg e ofhis dutiesa s on e ofthe m a ster s of the school, have fully justified the in terest which hiskin d pa tron s took in the youthful schola r .

William Hen ry,son of the late Hen ry Ryan

,schoolm aster, Sal

ford8 . James

,son of Jam es Elkin gton

,surgeon 17th lan cers, Ma n

chester (15)8. George, son of James Elkin gton

,surgeon 17th lan cers, Ma n

chesterThom as, son of Nehem iahLon g shaw, m erchan t, Pen dleburyHe wen t in 1843 to Hon g Kon g a s a m ercha n t, but on a ccoun t of hea lth r eturn edto E n g la n d in 1845. In 1851 he wen t out to Ti n n evelly in Ea st In dia , a s a

cotton pla n ter , but, hea lth a g a in fa ilin g , he wa s compelled to r eturn hom e, a n d

d ied on the voya g e, the day a fter pa ssin g S . Helen a , on the z i et Jun e 1852 . He

is spoken ofas a youn g m a n ofvery g ood a bilities, a n d of r em a rka ble musica lpowers.

8 . Edward Buckley,son of John Kenworthy, surgeon ,

Stran geways

John Charles,son of the late Abraham Bellot

,surgeon , Oldham

(13)The fa ther wa s a wel l-kn own sur g eon a t Oldham .

This schola r , whose on ly sister , Ma ry Ga tley , m a r r ied Mr .Hen ry Will iam Litler

(see Reg ister , sup r a , p. becam e a cotton sp in n er in Oldham , a n d d ied,

un m a rr ied , on the 3othOctober 1847, a g ed 25.

3. Charles Turn er, son of Charles S im pson , slate m erchan t,Lymm

(15)This schol a r

,the eldest son , whose fa ther resided a t Motley ba n k, Bowdon , Che

shire, wa s n om in a ted to a school exhibition in 1839 , a n d g ra dua ted a t S . John ’

s

colleg e , Cambridg e , A.B . 1842 , where he g a in ed the hon ours ofthe secon d pla ceamon g thewr a n g lers, a n d ofthe jun ior m a them a tica l pr ize . He wa s a fterwa rdselected a fellowofthe colleg e, a n d ca lled to the b a r a s a m ember ofLin col n ’s in non the 24th November 1 846 , a n d ha s lon g en joyed a n exten sive pr a ctice a t

the equity b a r . Mr . Simpson , who is coun sel to the post office, m a r r ied , first,Gayn or Eliz abeth, secon d daug hter of the la teMr . Rober t Wyn n eWilliam s, of

Lon don , bywhom he ha s three son s a n d on e da ughter a n d secon dly, Ma ry Cha rlotte Ma ir, the on ly d aughter of the la te Mr .Na ssa u Sen ior , m a ste r in cha n cerya n d professor ofpolitica l econ omy a t Oxford, bywhom he ha s on e d aug hter .

A brother ofth is schola r , Hen ry Sim pson , wa s elected on e of the physicia n s to theMa n chester r oya l in firm a ry in 1866 a n d a sister is the wife ofMr . J. Schofiel dMayson , cotton -spin n er , Ma n chester , a n d ofOak hill, Fa l lowfiel d, n ear tha t city



hea lth to ta ke a n y a ctive min ister ia l work. Mr . Stewa rt, who is n owr esiden t a tBirken head , Cheshire, m a rried in 1855Eliza , daughter of P. Leay, esq.

, of Solihull

, Wa rwi ckshire.

sepals?“Edward, son of Frederick Calder, m ethodist preacher, Man chester

(I4)He i s a solicitor in Bristol, ha vin g been a dmitted to pr a ct ice in Hila ry term ,

1845,

a n d is brother to the rev. Fr eder ick Ca lder , A.M. (seven teen thwr a n g ler i nwho ha s held the hea d m a stership ofChesterfield g ramm a r school sin ce 1846 .

MatthewBateson,son of Robert Wood

,m ethodist preacher, Ma n

chesterNowa solicitor in Ma n chester , havin g been a r ticled in 1838, when he left school ,to the la te Mr . Thom a s Potter

,whose pa r tn er he becam e in 1844 , a n d withwhom

he con tin ued till Mr . Potter ’s dea th in 1 864. Sin ce tha t time he ha s been in

p ra ctige a lon e, a n d is n owr esiden t a t Fa l lowfield house, n ea r Ma n chester .

Joseph,son of Fran cis Cooper, overseer, Man chester

J osiah, son of John Heaton , cabin et m aker, Man chesterWilliam

,son ofWilliam Hardm an

,tailor

,Man chester

Mark,son of Thom as Larmouth

,m echan ic

,S alford (12)

Boothroyde, son of William Fairclough, bookkeeper, SalfordJam es

,son of John B irch

,cotton m erchan t

,Ardwick

George,son of JosephPratt

,bookseller

,Man chester

Hen ry,son of William Willis

,m achin e m aker, Man chester (1

William,son of Jam es Grime

,surg eon ,

S alfordFor his elder brother , J ohn , see supr a , p . 2 60 .

Will iam Kay Gr ime left En g la n d in 1849 for Ca liforn ia , a n d then ce join ed his brother John a t Lima . Not pr osper in g there, a n d hea lth fa ilin g , hewen t to Iquique ,a sm a ll seapor t town in South Peru , a n d en g a g ed in the n itr a te of soda traffic .Here he wa s a tta cked with dysen tery

, a n d wa s r em oved for m ed ica l a dvice toVa lpa ra iso, a n d died there in the hospita l in March 1858, a n d is ther e bur ied .

Joseph,son of Jam es Grim e

,surgeon

,Salford

Joseph Geoffrey Gr im e join ed his brother William in Ca lifor n ia,a n d is supposed

to have d ied a t Sa n Fr a n cisco i n 1 850 from choler a . William Gr im e havin gocca sion to g o in la n d lefthis brother a t the hotel , a n d on his r etur n foun d th a t a l lin the hotel except three person sha d d ied of cholera , a n d could g et n o in form a tionr espectin g his brother, who ha s n ever been hea rd ofsin ce. Non e ofthe brother swa s ma rr ied.

24, William George, son of William Castell, pot m a ker, Manchester


Samuel,son of Samuel Perry

,m erchan t , Salford Sep th

g

n

ig£4

Ashton,son of Robert Ben n ett

,attorn ey , Man chester

Brother to William B a rker Ben n ett (see sup r a , p . a n d bor n a t Gor ton ha ll,n ea r Ma n chester , on the 12th Apr il 18 2 6 . He wa s former ly in busin ess a s a

m a n ufa ctur in g chem ist, a n d is n owresidin g a t Hyde lodg e , Ardwick, m a r r ied,a n d ha s ten children .

Fran cis,son of John Dun sta n

,keeper of Chester castle

Fr a n cis Powell Dun sta n , the third son ,en ter ed the Ea st In d ia n n a va l service, a n d

wa s even tua lly a ppoin ted m a ster a tten da n t, with the title of capta in , a t Moul

m ein . He obta in ed leave of a bsen ce on a ccoun t of sickn ess, a n d di ed on his

pa ssa g e to En g la n d in the yea r 1855.

Charles,son of Charles Cook

,n eedle m an ufacturer

, Athersa g e,Yorkshire

George Edwin,son of the r ev. G . Booth, Hin dley, Lan cashire

This en try is in cor r ect : it oug ht to have been J ohn Edmun d , son of the r ev.

Eben ezer Booth, perpetua l cura te ofS . Stephen ’

s, Sa lford . The fa ther , whowa s

B .A. of Queen ’s colleg e , Oxfor d , 18thJun e 1794, wa s pa tr on of S . Stephen ’

s

chur ch , ofwhich he becam e in cumben t in 1805, a n d died in Jun e 1845. He is

bur ied a t S . Stephen ’

s.

John Edmun d Boothwa s a n exhibition er ofthe school , a n d g r a dua ted a t Br a sen ose

colleg e , Oxford, B .A. on the 7thJun e 1843, a n dM.A. in 1851. Hewa s ord a in edd ea con in 1843 a n d pr iest in 1844, to the cura cy of S . Georg e

’

s,Hulm e, Ma n

chester , a n d i n the followin g yea r presen ted himself to the perpetua l cur a cy ofS . Stephen ’

s, Sa lford, on his fa ther’

s dea th. He is n owr ector of Chorlton -cum

Ha rdy, towhich hewa s pr esen ted in 1859 by the dea n a n d chapter ofMa n chester .Mr . Booth

,whowa s pr esiden t a t the a n n iversa ry festiva l in 1858 , m a r r ied

,fir st,

in September 1851, Eliza beth, on ly child of Fr eder ick S . Tun der,esq.

, of

S . Peter sburg h ; a n d secon dly, on the i 6thJ uly 186 2, Edith Eliz abeth, secon d

d aughter ofJ . H. Law,esq. (See sup r a , p.

He ha s published some sermon s pr ea ched on specia l occa sion s dur in g his m in istrya t S . Stephen ’

s a n d Chor lton .

John,son of John Man n in g , publican , Man chester (1

Augustus, son of Richard Lacy , gen tlem an , Seaton Down sJam es

,son of Jam es Bain es, publican , Preston

John,son of Hen ry Within gton ,

win e m erchan t , Pen dletonFor the fa ther of this schola r , who wa s a fterwa rds a sha rebroker , a n d lived inLea f squa r e, Pen dleton , a n d m a r r ied ci r ca 1820 Miss Ma ry Sm ith, daughter of

Mr . Samuel Sm ith ofMa n chester , bywhom he ha d six child ren,a n d died on the

i 8thJ un e 1 844,see Reg ister , vol . ii. pp . 239 , 269 .

J ohn , the eldest son , d ied un ma rr ied .


1836

Februa ry Frederi ck, son of Henry Wi thi n gton,Wi n e m erchan t

,Pen dleton

Fr ederick, the secon d son , m a rr ied MissWor r a ll,a n d died s.p .

John , son of Richard Webb,attorn ey

,Ma n chester

Richa rd Webb, a ttor n ey, a n d r eg istr a r of bir ths a n dO

dea ths,18 Brown

street.”—Ma n chester a n d Sa lfor d D ir ectory,1840 a n d 1845.

Charles, son ofWilliam Jam esWilson , surgeon,Man chester

The fa ther wa s on e of the surg eon s to the Ma n chester r oya l infirm a ry, a n d a n

em in en t oculist ; a n d r esided i n Mosley street.Cha r les Wilson wa s a n a ttor n ey, m a r r ied a daughter ofMr . John B r aham the

sin g er , a n d sister to lady Wa l deg r ave, wen t to Austr a lia , a n d died a t Melbour n ein 1863.

A sister of this schola r m a r r ied the r ev.E. B ir ch,A.M.

,n owvica r of Bla ckbur n

a n d hon or a ry ca n on ofMa n chester ca thedr a l .

Ma rch25. Isaac Gregory, son of the rev. Jerem iahSm ith, D .D .,highm aster

of the Free gramm ar school,Man chester

The four th son . (See sup r a , p .The two youn g er son s ofD r . Sm ith were removed fr om the school when he leftMa n chester , a n d a fter a shor t in terva l were pla ced a t Rug by school , un derDr . Arn old .

Isa a c Greg ory Sm ith g a in ed on e of the school exh ibition s a t Rug by, a n d wa selected to a n open schola rship a t Tr in i ty colleg e, Oxford , in 1845, a n d g r a dua tedB .A. on the 1st Decem ber 1848 , when he wa s pla ced in the secon d cla ss in L it.R um

, a n d M.A. in 1851 . He ha d previously ca r r ied off the two g r ea t un der

g ra dua te prizes, viz . theHer tford schola rship (see Reg ister , vol . ii. p . 148) in 1846 ,

a n d the Irela n d schola r ship in 1847. In 1851hewa s elected a fellowofB r a sen ose

coll eg e, Oxford , a n d succeeded D r . Cr a dock in 1854 in the r ectory of Tedston eDelam ere

,Her efordshire , when the la tter becam e pr in cipal ofBr a sen ose colleg e.

Her e he r estor ed the pa r ish church (see Reg ister , vol . 11. p. a n d wa sa ppoin ted by the presen t bishop of Hereford to a preben da l sta ll in the

ca thedr a l. He resig n ed the r ectory ofTedston e in 1872 , on bein g presen ted byla dy Emil y Foley to the vica ra g e of Gr ea t Ma lver n , Worcestershire. He wasB am pton lectur er a t Oxford for the presen t yea r

He ha s published the fol lowin g works1 . Fa itha n d Phi losophy: Essays on some ten den cies of the d ay. 8vo. Lon gm a n s.

2 . Fr a An g e l ica , a n d other shor t Poems. 12mo. Lon gma n s.

3. The L ife of our B lessed Sa viour . F r om the l a test Ha rmon ies. WithI n troduction a n d Notes. 2n d edit. Rivin g ton .

4. The S i lver B e l ls a n A l l eg ory. 2n d ed it.5. Cha r a cter istics ofChr isti a n Mor a l ity bei n g the B amp ton L ectur esp r ea ched

befor e the Un iver sity of Oxfor d in the yea r 1873. Pa rker,Oxford a n d Lon don .



John,son of John Kay

,publican

,Man chester

August 1. James,son of Jam es Collin ge, cotton spin n er

,Man chester

The n ame of the fa ther of this schola r,who m a rr ied Betsy, eldest daug hter of

John L s

es, esq., of Oldham , a n d widowof Joseph Wr ig ht, esq., of tha t town ,

a n d who wa s twice m ayor of Oldham ,a ppea rs in the Ma n chester a n d Sa lfor d

D ir ectory of1865a s a cotton spin n er, a n d a s a n a ctin g m a g istr a te ofthe hun dred

of Sa lford . He d ied in 1870.

His son Jam es, bor n in 1823, is n ow r esiden t a t Kin n er ton lodg e n ea r Chester ,m a r r ied, a n d

,a s a r ifle-m a n , ca rr ied off the cotton broker s’ pr ize of50 l ., a t the

coun ty r ifle m a tch a t Al tca r n ea r Liverpool in 186 1,a g a in st a l l com ers.

Hen ry,son of Thom as B lakemore

,ban ker, Newport

,Sa10p

The fa ther of this scholar wa s, I am told , a m er cer a n d dr aper , a n d wa s a ppoin tedthe m a n a g er ofa br a n ch ofthe Comm ercia l ba n k, which wa s Open ed in Newpor t,but d id n ot succeed , a n d a fter som e fewyea rswa s closed . He is bur ied in thecha n cel ofNewpor t chur ch, but there a r e n o mon um en ts to a n y of the fam ilyexcept his sister , wife ofMr . Joseph Adams n owlivin g in Newpor t, which is on

on e of thewa lls ofthe cha n cel.Hen ry B lakemor e

, the on ly son , whose on ly si’

ster,n owdea d, m a r r ied Mr . Rober t

Edleston (see sup r a , p . wa s a boa rder with Mr .Elsd a l e, a n d r em oved fromthe school, in con sequen ce ofdelica te hea lth, a t a n ea rly d a te. Hewa s form er lyen g a g ed in the Ma n chester tr a de, a s a m er cha n t a n d fustia n m a n ufa ctur er

,r etir in g

from busin ess in 1872 , a n d is n owr esiden t a t Southpor t. He m a rr ied , a t S .John ’

s

chur ch,Hig her B roug hton ,

in October 1856, Ma r ia Ja n e, daughter ofMr .Rober tJohn ston , sha r e broker , Ma n chester .

Richard Charles, son of John Germ on , gen tlem an , Moreton ,Devon

(I4)The fa ther of thi s schola r wa s elder br other to the r ev.N. Germon , a t this tim e

hig h m a ster ’s a ssista n t.Richa rd Cha rles Germon , the on ly son by a secon d m a r r ia g e , en ter ed the m ilita ry

service ofthe Ea st In dia compa n y on the 12thJun e 1839 , a n d join ed the 13th r eg imen t ofBen g a l n a tive in fa n try in Apr il 1840, a n d servedwith tha t r eg imen t in theBun dl ecun d campa ig n of 1842

—43un der br ig a d ier F.Youn g , becom in g lieuten a n t

on the 6th September 1842 . He served in the Punjaub campa ig n un der lor dGoug h in 1848

—49 , for which he r eceived a m eda l a n d on e b a r , a n d in the Sim tha l

in sur r ection of1855 56 . On the 2 8thFebrua ry in the yea r 1855hewa s prom otedto the r a n k of capta in . He comm a n ded a n in depen den t pa rty of n a tive tr00psa t the ac tion of Chinhut on the 3othJun e 1857, a n d wa s in the residen cy a tLuckn owdur in g the sieg e a t the time of the In dia n r ebellion , bein g pla ced bysir Hen ry Lawr en ce in comm a n d of the judicia l g a rr ison outpost, whi ch he helddur in g the br a ve defen ce of tha t city, a n d escaped , a s did hiswife, without bein gwoun ded , though r educed to g r ea t weakn ess, a n d suffer in g from tempora ry loss


of eyesight. Immedia tely a fter , on the 24th Ma r ch 1858, he obta in ed hism ajority, with a meda l a n d cla sp .. He comm a n ded the Ra n eeg a n g e depot fr omMay 1860 to Apr il 186 1 , the 23rd Punjaub pion eers from May to Novem ber186 1

, a n d wa s then tr a n sferr ed to the comm a n d of the r eg im en t of Luckn ow,the 16thn a tive in fa n try. He wa s m a de a lieuten a n t-colon el on the 12 thJun e1865, a n d is n owfull colon el, a n d residen t a t Gor tlee

,Dawl ish, Devon , form er ly

the pr oper ty ofhis un cle g en era l Truscott.He m a rr ied, a t S .John ’

s church , Ca lcutta , on the 2 1st October 1851, Ma r ia Vin cen t,daughter ofthe la te J.Ga r r a tt, esq.

,ofEly, but s.p . She published a n in terestin g

journ a l ofthe sieg e ofLuckn ow.

18 6

John , son of John Heathcote, factory in spector, Man chester Octobe’r L

Fran cis, son ofJohn Ridall, waiter, Man chester

Edward,son of Joseph Collier, en gin eer

,Bradford, Yorkshire

Edward , son of William Chamberlain,dye m an ufacturer, Man

chesterCharles, son of Thom as Phillips, gen tlem an , Pen dletonRobert, son of Samuel Br idden , corn dealer, S alfordThom as

,son of Dan iel Leary, publican , Man chester

The fa ther of this schola r iswron g ly en tered a s a publica n,whi ch is a cor rect de

scr iption of the fa ther of a n other schola r of this n ame, who wa s a dm itted in1837. (See p.Thom a sHumphreys Lin dsa y Lea ry wa s a n exhibition er ofthe school to Br a sen osecolleg e, Oxfor d ,where hewa s elected a Somer set schola r a n d D ivin ity exhibition er ,a n d g r a dua ted B .A. in 1853,M.A. a n d B .C .L. 1858 , a n d D .C .L . 1864. He wa sa ppoin ted to the hea d m a stership ofthe Colleg ia te school, Newry, coun ty Down ,

Ir ela n d, which he held from 1854 to 1858. In the la tter yea r he wa s orda in eddea con by D r . Lon sda le , bishop ofLichfiel d , a n d i n 1859 becam e hea d m a ster ofDerby g ramm a r school, which he r esig n ed in 1 865. The tea chin g ofthe schoolwa smuch im pr oved dur in g his term ofoffice, a n d the n um ber ofschola r s in crea sedg r ea tly till towa rds the close ofhis hea d m a stership.

He is the edi tor ofHomer’

sI l ia d a n d Her odotus in Wea l e’

s cla ssica l ser ies, 1857—59 ;L a tin Exer cises, Mozley , 1863 ; Va lpy

’

s L a tin D electus, Teg g , 1 865 ; besidesva r ious con tr ibution s to jour n a ls a n d r eviews. He wa s in 1872 ed itor of TheRock n ewspaper .

He wa s presen t a t the a n n iversa ry meetin g ofold schola rs in 1864.

John,son of Vern on Carlow, weaver, Man chester

William,son of Thom as Thistl ethwa ite, clerk, Man chester

William , son ofCha r lesBroadhurst, garden er, Lymm , Cheshire


John,son of George Hol ehouse

,baker

,Man chester

J am es,son ofFran cis Loon ey

,prin ter

,Man chester

Samuel, son of the late Robert Cun l ifie , a gen t, SalfordJohn

,son of Peter Hollan d

,overseer, Man chester

Thom as, son of An thon y Wild,ragm an

,Man chester

William,son of John Webster, surg eon , Man chester

Jam esWilliam ,son of Jam es Kerr, age n t, Salford (1 1)

Jam es,son of Thom as Brookes

,m an ufacturer, Man chester

Charles,son of the late David Parry

,portrait pain ter

,Man chester

(12)The fa ther ofthis schola r a ppea rs in the D ir ectory of 182 2 a sD .H. Pa rry, portra itpa in ter &c., NewB a iley str eet, Sa lford . In the D ir ectory of1806 is the n ame of

J oseph Pa rry, por tra it a n d sea -piece pa in ter , Al por t street, Ma n chester .

John,son of John Wilkin son

,sm ith

,Man chester

Thom as,son of the late Charles Fletcher, silk m an ufacturer, Ma n

chester (1Charles

,son of S im on Westn a g e B irks, silk m an ufacturer, Ma n

chesterWilliam Hen ry

,son of Sampson Middleton ,

gen tlem an , Sa lford

For his elder brother , see sup r a p. 2 13 a n d Adden d a to this volum e .

He a ssisted his brother in his busin ess a s a drysa lter , a n d afterwa rds join ed him a t

por t Eliza beth in Al g oa Bay, South Afr ica . After his brother ’s dea th he settleda t Durba n in Na ta l, a s a g rower ofcotton , sug a r a n d coffee, a n d ha s published a

pamphlet on the cultiva tion of coffee. At the tim e of the pa n ic som e year s a g ohe sold his fa rm , a n d is n ow en g a g ed in stor e-keepin g up the coun try. He

ma rr ied a n En g lish la dy,who died about two yea r s a g o, leavin g him eig ht children .

Frederick, son of John An derton ,calico prin ter, Ra tcl ifl

'

e (13)This schola r the eldest ofthe four son s ofMr . John An der ton ,

a n a tive of Ra dcliffe a n d n ow livin g a t Southpor t, a n d g ra n dson ofMr . John An der ton , whowa s in the service of the fir st sir Rober t Peel, ba r t ., a t Ra dcliffe, a n d who lived,a n d died in 1845, on his own proper ty, theElms, a t Pil kin g ton , where hiswidowr esided to the g rea t a g e of 92 , dyin g ther e in 1871 - on lea vin g schoolwa s employed with his fa ther a n d in the Ma n chester tr a de un til about 1850 .

He a fterwa rds wa s a r ticled a s a clerk to Mr . Rober t Crossla n d , a ttorn ey, of

Ra dcliffe, a n d wa s a dmi tted to pr a ctice in Hila ry term 1859.

Mr . Fr eder ick An der ton (whose un cle , the rev. J.H. An der ton , is the vica r of

Clitheroe) is n owr esiden t a t Bury , a n a ttorn ey,a n d a widower with on e child .



He wa s orda in ed dea con in 1852 , a n d priest in 1854, by D r . J. Gr aham , bishopof Chester , to the cur a cy ofFrodsham , wa s cur a te of Sta n d, n ea r Ma n chester ,from 1855 to 1858, a n d in the la tter yea r wa s pr esen ted to the vica ra g e ofStoke,Ma n devillewith Buckla n d, n ea r Aylesbury ,which he r esig n ed in 1872 . He is n owcura te in cha r g e ofAl l Sa in ts

’ church,Tuer street, Oxfor d roa d , Ma n chester .

Frederick,son of Jam es Partin gton , surg eon , Man chester

Freder ick Adolphus Pa r tin g ton d ied whilst travelli n g a broad, ea rly in life a n d unm a r r ied.

Samuel, son of Richard Wai nwright, schoolm aster, Hulm e

Charles,son of Samuel Br iddon , corn deale r, Man chester

John,son of John Ben est, hatter, Man chester

William,son of J ohn Wright, publican ,

Man chester (I I ) .Ralph

,son of JosephDarlin g ton ,

agen t,Wigan

He is n owin pr a ctice a t Wig a n a s a n a ttor n ey, havin g been a dmitted in Tr in ityterm 1845.

William , son of John Bagshaw, attorn ey, StretfordWilliam Hen ry B a g shawa n d his brothers Thom a s a n d John were n ot lon g a t the

school. William d ied in 1840 .

William,son of Peter Eckersley, lin en draper, Broughton

Thomas, son of John Bagshaw, attorn ey, StretfordThom a s Pitta rd Ba g shawwa s a dm itted a solicitor a n d pr a ctised for som e fewyea rsin Ma n chester in con jun ction withhis fa ther a n d youn g er brother John . He

a fterwa rds en ter ed himself a t the Middle tem ple with the viewof bein g ca lledto the b a r

,but d ied in 1 857, shor tly before tha t time a r r ived .

Jam es,son of George Heywood

,grocer

,Man chester (12)

William ,son of George Sha twel l


,Man ches

ter

Jam es,son of the late Edmun d Peck

,vitriol m aker, Man chester

Jam es,son of Ner Gardin er

,overseer of the poor, Man chester I

Thom as,son of Justice Southern , gen tlem an , Broughton (I

John Justice Southam (n ot Southern ) the fa ther of this schola r , wa s the youn g estbrother ofGeor g e Southam , for whose two son s, Geor g e a n d Cha r les, see sup r a ,

pp . 2 26,26 1.

Mr . Thom a s Southam is n owin pr a ctice a s a n a ttorn ey in Ma n chester , a dm itted inHila ry term 1851, a n d ha s the deg ree ofLL.D . from the un iversity ofGiessen inGerm a n y. He r esides a t B en tcl ifi

'

e, Eccles, a n d is a widower with on e son . He

wa s presen t amon g the ol d schola rs a t the a n n iversa ry meetin g of 1860.


John,son ofthe late Edward Pedder, esq.

,Lan caster J a n dfr

s

y

z

go.

J ohn Pedder , the seven th son ,bor n a t Plum tr ee ha ll, Hever sham , Westmorela n d ,

left the school for Durham un iversity colleg e in 1840 , wher e he g a in ed bishopMa l tby

’

s m a thema tica l pr ize in 1842 a n d 1845, a n d wa s pla ced in the first cla ssin m a them a tica l hon ours a t the exam in a tion for the B .A. deg r ee . He g ra dua tedB .A. in 1 845 a n d M.A in 1848 , a n d becam e fellowa n d tutor of U n iversity colleg e, a n d a fterwar ds pr in cipa l of b ishop Ha tfiel d

’

s ha ll from 1854 to 1859 , a n d

wa s orda in ed dea con in 1 847a n d pr iest in 1848 , by Dr . E. Ma ltby, bishop of

Durham . In 1859 he wa s pr esen ted by the dea n a n d chapter to the r ectbry of

Meldon , n ea r Newca stle -on -Tyn e, which he excha n g ed for the rectory ofNor thStoke

,n ea r B a th , in 1870 .

Mr . John Pedder m a rr ied,on the 2othJun e 186 1

,Ha rr iet, eldest daug hter of Dr.

Hen ry J en kyn s, ca n on ofDurham ca thed ra l, a n d brother to the la te D r .Richa rdJen kyn s, m a ster ofB a lliol colleg e , Oxford , a n d ha s six children .

Isaac,son of Isaac Faulkn er

,gen tlem an

,Man chester

Brother to E. C. Faulkn er, see sup r a , p. 259.

William,son of Jam esHedley

,calico prin ter

,Man chester

John Charles,son of Thom as Sum n er

,clerk , Post office, Man ches

ter

John Jackson,son of David Crossley, m altster, Man chester

Charles, son of Jam es Jowl e,brewer, Man chester

Cha r les Cha tter ton Joule, the eldest son , wa s for a shor t tim e in a timber mercha n t’s office a t Liverpool. He a fte rwa rdswen t to sea in the mer cha n t service,a n d fin a lly settled in Austra lia , wher e he is n owlivin g .

Ashton , son ofNer Gardin er, overseer of the poor, Man chester

John,son of the late Hen ry Walker

,timber m erchan t

,Man chester

(15)Thom a s

,son of the r ev. John Wilson

,Mitton , Yorkshire ( 16)

The fa ther ofthis schola r wa s twen ty-eight yea rs vica r ofMitton ,in the ol d pa r ish

ofWha lley, where he died hig hly esteem ed on the 24thAug ust 184 1, in his 6othyea r

,hiswife Ca tha r in e havin g predecea sed him in 18 2 8

,a t the a g e of37. There

is a tombston e, with in scr iption , over their g r ave in the churchya rd .

His son Thom a s, bor n on the 7thJa n ua ry 18 2 1, is youn g er brother to the la te rev.

John Wilson , B .D ., fel lowof Corpus Chr isti colleg e, Oxford , former ly secon dm a ster ofthe Ma n chester school (for r efer en ce to whom see sup r a , p. 2 1 whosucceeded in 1853 to the r ectory ofMeysey Hampton , Gloucestershir e ,which isin the g ift ofCorpus Chr isti colleg e, a n d died there in 186 8 .

Thom asWilson wen t from the school, in Ja n ua ry 1841, to S. Bees colleg e, a n d


wa s orda in ed dea con in 1843 a n d pr iest in 1844 by D r . J. B . Sumn er,bishop of

Chester , to the cur a cy of Royton , n ea r Oldham . In 1845he becam e the firstin cumben t of B ir ele, n ear Bury, in the pa r ish ofMiddl etou, where he is n owlivin g .

John,son of John Bagshaw, attorn ey, Stretford

He is n ow in pr a ctice a t Ma n chester a s a solicitor , havin g been a dm itted inMicha elm a s term 1849 . The fa ther , whowa s sol icitor , in con jun ction with Mr .

Steven son ,for the Ma n chester a n d Sheffield Ra ilway C o.,is dea d .

Robert,son of Robert Barker

,druggist

,Ma n chester

Richard , son of John Thom pson , liquor m erchan t, Man chesterRichard

,son of Jam es Duke

,j eweller, Man chester

Owen,son ofthe late Abraham Bellott, surgeon ,

OldhamFor his elder brother , John Cha rles, see sup r a , p. 2 68 .Owen Hen ry Bellot, the secon d son , wa s a cotton spin n er in Oldham , a n d died

un ma rried on the 9thSeptember 1864, a g ed 39 .

John Edmun d, son of John Hull, toym an ,Man chester

George Charles, son of Stephen T. N. C OOper , rule m aker,Ma n

chesterAugust 19 Richard, son ofWilliam Acton

,gen tlem an , Pen dleton

This schola r i s sa id to ha ve d ied when youn g . Chr ist chur ch , Sa lford, ofwhichthe rev.H. Stowell wa s the first in cum ben t, is built in Acton squa re.

Edward , son of William Stocks,wooll en m an ufacturer

,Hudders

fieldHe g ra dua ted A.B . of S . John ’

s colleg e, Cam br idg e, in 1846, bein g n in th amon g

the sen ior optimes oftha t yea r , a n d A.M. 1850 . He held the ofii ce of a n a ssista n t m a ster a t the Kin g

’

s school, Norwich, m a rr ied a Miss Brewer , a n d ha s beendea d, I believe, ten or twelve yea rs.

Jam es,son of Peter Beck , grocer, S alford

Frederick,son of John Dun stan ,

govern or of Chester castleFr eder ick Geor g e Dun sta n , the fourth son

,is r esiden t in Ma n chester , con n ected

with on e ofthe shippin g wa rehouses.

John,son of John Harrop, attorn ey, Sha rstown

Sha rston is n ea r Chea dle, Cheshi re. John Ha rr op,jun ior

,wa s bur ied a t Norbury

chur ch, n ea r Stockpor t, on the 2 6thMay 1856 , a t the a g e of29 .

John George,son ofrev. JeremiahSm ith

,D .D .,

highm asterThe fifth a n d youn g est son , see sup r a , p . 7.He was educa ted a t Rug by , un der D r .Ar n old a n d Dr . Ta it, a n d, g a in in g a n ex



Augustus,son of J ohn Hampden Sm ithers, m ercantile clerk

,

Rusholm e

George, son of John Heathcote, superin ten den t of factories, Manchester (I

Richard,son of Barten Fletcher Allen , land agen t, Preston (16)

For his elder brother , see sup r a , p . 2 26 .Richard Al l en wa s for som e tim e a t the Ma n chester roya l infirm a ry, a n d is n owinpr a ctice a s a surg eon in Preston , a n d con n ected with the 3rd r oya l La n ca shir em il i tia , havin g been el ected a m ember of the Roya l colleg e of surg eon s in En gla n d in 1846 .

Edward,son of John Barlow

,esq., Ardwick (13)

For his elder brother William , see sup r a , p. 169 .Edwa rd , the youn g est son , wa s a r ticled toMr. Chr istopher T. Cla rk, solicitor , ofLa n ca ster , a n d left him to study for the b a r a t Lin coln ’

s in n , but wa s n everca lled . He wa s capta in in the 6thr oya l La n ca shire m ili tia , a n d died a t Southpor t in 1858 , a n d wa s bur ied a t S . Luke’s

,Cheetham Hill. He m a r ried Miss

Bella s ofPa tricroft, a la dy ofproper ty.

Richard,son of John Man n in g, publican , Man chester

Thom as,son of John Etty, Win e m erchan t, Broughton ( IO)

An a ttor n ey in Liverpool, a dmitted to pra ctice in Hila ry term 1851.

John,son ofThom asHatton Wardleworth, surgeon , Pendleton (12)

Nowpra ctisin g a s a sur g eon in Bury, ha vin g taken his medica l deg rees a t Gla sg owa n d Edin bur g h in 1853 a n d 1859 .

An thon y, son of Samuel Ben n ett, bookkeeper, Man chesterAdolphus, son of Lobel Bern stein

,teacher ofGerm an , Man ches

ter

Hen ry,son of Thom as Lowe

,grocer, Oldham (I I ) .

Robert,son of Robert Lom as, corn factor, Cheetham ( I4).

George, son ofWilliam Gra trix, silk dyer, SalfordJohn ,

son of Charles Ambery,bookseller, Man chester

The fa ther , Cha r les Clayton Ambery, whoha d a sh0p in Ma rket street, died on the4thJ a n ua ry 1848 .

His son John wa s a ppoin ted a n exhibition er ofthe school to B ra sen ose colleg e,Oxford , when he wa s elected a Somerset schola r , a n d g r a dua ted B .A. on the

18thMay 1850 , bein g pla ced in the secon d cla ss in L it:Hum . a t the Easter exami n a tion of tha t yea r , a n d M.A. in 1853. He wa s some time a g o cla ssica lma ster a t the m odel g ramma r school, Toron to .


James,son of Jam es Kn ight

,accountan t

,Man chester

William,son ofWilliam C a thr a l l

,editor of the Ma n chester Times

John , son of John Wright, publican, Man chesterRobert

,son of John Martin

,m echanic

,Man chester

James, son of John Coghlan , surgeon ,86thregim en t in fantry Septem .

John,son of JosephJerom e

,officer

,86thregim en t in fan try

David , son of John Alexan der, brewer, Pendleton (10)D a vid Mitchell Al exa n der g r a dua ted a t B ra sen ose colleg e , Oxford , B .A. i n 1851

a n dM.A. in 1860, havin g g a in ed on e of the school exhibition s a n d a Som erset

schola rship a t the colleg e. He wa s pla ced in the third cla ss of hon ours in Lit.

Hum. a t the Ea ster exam in a tion of 1851, a n d orda in ed dea con in 1855a n d pr iestin 1857, by D r . J . P. Lee , bishop of Ma n chester . He held the in cum ben cy of

Oldham for some yea r s, a n d wa s promoted in 1864 by the r ector of S . Geor g e’

s,

Ha n over squa re, Lon don , to the perpetua l cura cy ofHa n over cha pel in tha tpa r ish, which he r esig n ed in 1870 .

D r . Jerem iahSmithr esig n ed the highm a stership of the school atMicha elm as 1837, ha vin g held the office for upwa rds of thir ty yea r s.

He pa ssed the r emain der ofhis life pa r tly at Leam in g ton a n d pa r tly a this n a tive p la ce , B rewood , Stafi

’

or dshir e,wher e he di ed on S. Thomas’s

day 1854, a g ed 84, a n d wa s bur ied ther e .

2 84 MANCHESTER SCHOOL REGISTER.

In this,a s in the pr ecedin g portion s of the Reg ister , the n am es of

sever a l schola rs ha ve been om itted ; a n d amon g them the followin g ought to ha ve been r ecorded.

Thom as Kibble Hervey.Thoug h in som e biog r a ph ica l n oticeswhich I ha ve seen of this a ccomplished poetther e is n o m en tion of his havin g r eceived a por tion ofhis ea rly educa tion a t

Ma n chester school, I d istin ctly r em ember to ha ve hea rd my fa ther say tha t hewa s

’

for a time on e of the schola r s, a n d I possess a copy ofthe first ed ition ofhis

first publica tion , Austr a l ia a n d other Poems,which he presen ted to my fa ther .

The volum e r eferred to is ded ica ted to his fa ther , J am esHervey, esq., a n d in the

Ma n chester a n d Sa lford D ir ector ies of 18 1 1,18 15 a n d 18 2 1

,I fin d “Jam es

Hervey, drysa lter , a n d a g en t to the Atla s Fire Office , 1 , Oldham street,with a

house a t Ardwick. Thiswoul d, doubtless, b e the fa ther ofthe schola r . Two of

his a un ts,

‘un m a r r ied la dies, wer e r esiden t a t Br ewood , Staffordshire, from a bout1 848 to 1853, in a house belon g in g to my fa ther .

Thoma s K .Hervey wa s a n un der g ra dua te of Tr in ity col leg e , Cambr idg e, but didn ot take a n y deg ree. He wa s in ten ded for the leg a l profession ,

but did n ot pur

sue it, the plea sur es of a liter a ry life havin g g r ea ter a ttra ct ion for him . He

m a rr ied , on the 17th October 1843, a t S . J am es’

s church , Picca dilly, Elea n or aLouisa (her self a n a uthor ess) , on l y daug hter of Geor g e Conwa y Mon ta g u, of

La ckham house, W ilts, a n d hiswife Ma r g a ret, d aug hter ofRicha rd Wil son of

Liverpool, a n d ha d on e son , Fr eder ic Rober t Jam esHervey, bor n a t Ea lin g on

the 1 1th Ma r ch 1845, a n d n owlivin g . He d ied on the 27thFebrua ry 1859 , a t

Ken tish Town , a n d wa s bur ied in Hig hg a te cemetery.

Mr . T. K.Hervey, whowa s a t on e tim e ed itor of the Athen ceum,is the a uthor of

the followin g works1 . Austr a l ia a n d other Poems. 12m o. Lon don . 1 824.

2 . The p oetica l SketchB ook,in clud in g a third edition ofAustr a l ia . 8vo. 18 2 9 .

3. Il lustr a tion s ofModer n Sculp tur e , a ser ies of en g r avin g s, with descr iptiveprose a n d illustr a tive poetry, by T. K .Hervey. Folio. 1832 .

Of this bea utiful a n d expen sive work I ha ve the first six pa r ts, form in g vol . i .Owi n g to ca uses a lluded to in the pr efa ce, Mr . Hervey, the or ig in a l p rojector ofthiswork

,ha d n o sha r e in the production ofpa r t iv. a n d a por tion ofpa r t

4 . The En g l ishHe l icon . 8vo. 1841 .

5. The B ook of Chr istma s.

He wa s a lso a fr equen t con tr ibutor to the pa g es of Fr ien dship’

s Of ferin g , the

L iter a ry Souven ir , a n d others of the a n n ua ls so popula r fifty yea rs a g o.

See Al l ibon e’

s D iction a ry ofEn g l ish a n d Amer ica n Authors, a n d The Poems ofT. K. Her vey, withMemoir , by Mrs. T. K . Hervey, published by Tickn or a n dField, Boston ,

U S .



He mar ried a t B la ckley, in 1839, Susa n , d aughter of Cha r les Nevill , esq., bywhom he ha d two son s a n d three d aug hters. His

'

elder son , W. H. Keelin g ,M.A. (see sup r a , p . is n owhea d m a ster of B r a dford g r amm a r school, a n d

his youn g er son , Cha r les Nevill Keelin g , A.M.,r ector of S. James’s, Col lyhurst,

Ma n chester .Mr .Keel in g is buried a t B la ckley, in a vault belon g in g to his wife

’

s fam ily, a n d

there is in the chur ch a sta in ed g la sswin dowto hi s memory, pla ced there a t the

cost of the pa rishi on ers, with a shor t in scription un dern ea th. The subj ect ofthe win dowis the life ofChr ist.

Thom as Seddon Scholes.Mr . Georg e Scholes, the fa ther , ca r r ied on the ba n k in C a n n on street, which wa sformer ly kn own un der the title of John Gr ea ves a n d CO. (see Reg ister , vol . ii.

p . a n d resided a t Hig h ba n k, Prestwich. His son Thoma s Seddon , whom a rr ied Miss Ha n n ah Gr eenwood of Pol efiel d, Prestwich, sister to Thoma sa n d J ohn Greenwood (for whom see sup r a , p. succeeded him in the

m a n a g em en t of the ba n k, which wa s then kn own a s tha t of Scholes a n d C o.,

un til its d iscon tin ua n ce in 1847. He wa s a m a g istr a te of the coun ty of La n

ca ster , a n d r esided a t.

Hig h ba n k, Prestwich. For m a n y yea rs pa st he ha s liveda t Leam in g ton . In 1843he wa s vice-presiden t a t the a n n iversa ry m eetin g ofold

schola rs (see Reg iste r , vol . 11. p. 1For his brother Frederick, see sup r a , p . 18 2 .

Alfred Joshua Wood .The fa ther of this schola r lived, I a m told , a t Moss cotta g e, Rusholm e. He ha d

been un prosperous in m er ca n tile a ffa irs, a n d hiswife, who wa s a n a tive of Gloucester , a n d a wom a n of en erg y a n d a bilities, exer ted her self to r escue the familyfrom the evils of

'pover ty by keepin g a school . This, the eldest, son wa s a d

m itted to the school in 18 19 , a n d a bout 18 2 1 his fa ther r eceived the a ppoin tm en t ofm a ster a t the B lue coa t corpor a tion school in Gloucester , which causedthe removal of the family to tha t town . Alfred J .Wood became a pupil a t S .Ba r tholom ew’

s hospita l, Lon don , a n d wa s a dmitted L.S.A. a n d M.R.C . Surg . in

1830 . In 1853hewa s elected fellowofthe R.C. Surg ., a n d took the deg ree ofMD .

a t S .An drew’

s un iversity in 1858 , a n d wa s surg eon to the Gloucester g en er a linfirm a ryfrom 1839 to 1858 , a n d to the Gloucester Ma g da len e a sylum from 1842

to 1858 . He resig n ed both these appoin tm en ts when he becam e resident superin ten den t of Ba r nwood house r eg istered hospita l for the in sa n e, which Office heholds a t the presen t time. Dr .Wood ha s ser ved the office of m ayor of the cityofGloucester, a n d is n owthe sen ior m a g istr a te ofthe borough .

His secon d brother , Cha r les Frederick B rya n Wood, M.A. ofPembroke colleg e,Oxford , where he g a in ed a pla ce in the third cla ss in L it.Hum. in 1829, is n owvica r of Pen m a rk, Glamor g a n shire ; a n d his third brother

,John Yorke Wood ,

is a sur g eon a t Chelten ham , a n d, like his eldest brother , skilful in the tr ea tmen tofdisea ses ofthe m in d .


Dan iel Dornin g.He wa s a dmitted L.S.A. in 1834 a n d M.R.C .Sur g . Lon don , in 1835, a n d settled a t

Swin ton . There he pr a ctised a s a sur g eon successful ly,un til his dea th , on the

sthJa n ua ry 186 8. Hewa s a plea sa n t a n d am iable m a n,a very frequen t a tten d

a n t a t the a n n iversa ry m eetin g s of the Ol d schola rs—bein g vice-presiden t in1858

- a n d is r em embered for the kin dn ess a n d con sider a tion which he showedfor thosewhose position in life wa s n ot tha t of a ffluen ce. His profession a l a n dg r a tuitous a id wa s a lways a t their service. He wa s hon or a ry sur g eon to the46th La n ca shire r oya l volun teer s (Eccles, Swin ton a n d Pen dlebury), a n d wa sbur ied wi th m ilita ryhon ours in Worsley churchya rd , a very la r g e a tten da n ce ofpeople of a l l r a n ks testifyin g to the respect in which he wa s held by the in habita n ts of the distr ict where he ha d pra ctised for upwa rds of thirty yea rs. In on e

of the Ma n chester papers of Ja n ua ry 1 1th 1868,there wa s a descriptive r ecord

ofhis buria l.He m a rr ied a daughter ofMr. Thom a s Lon g shaw, cotton spin n er a n d man ufa c

turer, ofPen dlebury , a n d left three son s a n d two daug hters.

ADDENDA .

Pa g e 13. Hen ry B ouzfi’ower .

He wa s for a shor t time, a fter ta kin g his A.B . deg ree, a ssista n t m a ster to the hig hm a ster ofthe school.

Pag e I5.- ] ohn Ashwor th

The fa ther ofthis schola r iswron g ly described a s ma ltster . The m ista ke is supposed to ha ve a r isen fr om the occupa tion of the house

,in which he lived, a fter his

d ecea se, by a r etired cor n m er cha n t a n d m a ltster.John Ha rvey Ashwor th, the youn g er of the two son s of John Ashwor th , esq.

(see Burke’s L a n ded Gen try, ed it. a n d n ephewofRicha rd John son Da ven tryAshwor th, esq.

,ba r r ister -a t-l aw, of Str awberry hill , n ea r Ma n chester , wa s born a t

Ella n d, in the West r id in g ofYork , in the yea r 1795. His fa ther , whowa s bur ieda t El la n d , di ed whilst this son wa s very youn g , a n d a t his dea th the son wen t tor eside with his un cle a n d g ua rdia n . Hewa s in the house ofthe hig h m a ster for sevenyea r s, took pa r t in the public speech day of 18 13, a n d in 18 14wa s en ter ed a s a com

mon er a t U n iversity colleg e, Oxford . In the followin g yea r he wa s elected a schola ron the foun da tion ofJohn Freston e , esq., who en dowed thr ee schola rships for n a tivesof Yorkshire. He g ra dua ted B .A. on the 2oth Februa ry 18 19 , a n d M.A. on the

17th November 1 825. In 18 19 he wa s orda in ed dea con , a n d in J uly followin g pr iestby letters dim issory from the bishop ofOxford , to en a ble him to sta n d for the on e

fell owship a t Ma g da len colleg e a ppropr ia ted to the n a tives of the coun ty ofYork.Fa ilin g ofhis election ther e, he wa s licen sed to the sole cha rg e of the sm a ll p a rishofHethe, n ea r Bicester , Oxfordshire, a n d in the followin g yea r became cura te of

S. Ma ry’s chur ch, Rochda le. He soon a fter r etir ed fr om a ctive clerica l duty, a n dfor som e yea rs r esided a t Berwick lodg e, n ea r Hen bury, Gloucestershire, a n d a fterwa rds a t Ea st Woodha y, in Ha n ts, wher e he pur cha sed a n esta te, a ctin g a s a m a

g istra te, a s cha irm a n of the boa rd of g uardia n s, a n d a s chapla in to the la te ea r l ofCa rn a rvon .

At the time ofthe Ir ish fam in e in 1845—46 he visited Ir ela n d, pen etr a tin g in to the

r emotest d istr icts ofthe south a n dwest, a n d wa s elected fellowofthe Hiber n ia n Geolog ica l society. At the r equest Of the la te ea r l ofDevon he thr ewhis n otes in to a

popul a r form , a n d in 1851 published the same un der the title of The S a xon in

I r el a n d,which in a shor t time pa ssed throug h thr ee ed ition s. U n der the in cum

ber ed esta tes’ a ct he pur cha sed the esta te of Doon a ca stle a n d Croy lodg e , with thesa lmon fishery of the B a llycroy r iver

, so a dmir ably pour tr ayed by Ma xwell in hisin terestin g work, The Wi ld Sp or ts of the West , a n d here Mr. Maxwel l r esided


2 90 ADDENDA .

Pag e 42 .- ja mes B a n e/ts.

For n otice ofhim see pa g e 58 , in the n ote to Thom a s B a n cks.

Pa g e 42 . Rober tHol e.

He d ied in 18 18, a g ed 2 0 .

Pa g e 44. El ijahHool e.

He died a tMyddel ton squar e, Lon don , on the i7thJun e 1872 , a g ed 74. At the

Wesleya n Methodist con feren ce , held in Aug ust followin g , hon our able men tion wa sma de ofDr . Hoole by sever a l ofthe lea din g m embers of tha t body.

Pa g e 49 . Wil l iam a n d Edwa rd Leaf.Will iam Lea f, the secon d son — ther e wa s a n elder brother John , whose n am e

does n ot appear in the R eg ister- wa s bor n on the 13th Ja n ua ry 1800

, a n d died on

the 1othJ uly 1 865, a n d is bur ied a t Lytham . He wa s a m er cha n t a n d visited m a n ypa r ts ofthe world in the way of commerce, but comm en ced busin ess in Sicily, en dedit ther e, a n d held the office of B r itish con sul a t Messin a . Retur n in g to Ma n chesterhe wa s for m a n y yea rs, a n d to the tim e ofhis dea th, a dir ector of the Ea st La n cashir e, a n d a fterwa r ds of the La n ca shire a n d Yorkshir e r a ilwa y

,a n d is spoken of a s a

ma n of super ior n a tur a l a bility,in form a tion a n d pr a ctica l usefuln ess. He m a r r ied ,

first , Miss Rose, sister of sir Geor g e Rose,

judg e in the cour t of ba n kruptcy,whose dea th wa s r ecen tly a n n oun ced , on the 3rd of Decem ber 1 873, a t the g rea t a g eof 9 2 , a n d secon dly his cousin , Miss Ja n e Fawdin g ton , a n d left issue by both m a r

r ia g es.

Edwa r d Lea f wa s bor n on the 2 9thMa rch 180 1,a n d died on the 1st Apr il 1846 .

He wa s a lso a Sicilia n m er cha n t,in con n ection with his brother William a n d with a n

un cle, who settled there befor e them . Edwa rd Lea f left Sicily a n d r etur n ed toMa n

chester before his brother, a n d wa s bur ied a t S. Philip ’s chur ch, Sa lford . He wa sn ever m a r ried .

A youn g er brother , Ar thur , bor n 15th July 1 806, wa s a solicitor , a n d in p a rtn er

ship with his brother Hen ry, whom he survived on ly on e yea r , dyin g un m a r ried on

the 31st J a n ua ry 1838 .

Pag e 50 .—josephNa o

’in .

He wa s pa r tn er with his brother Thomas a s a n a ttor n ey. Their office wa s inKin g street. His n am e does n ot a ppea r in the loca l Directories a fter the yea r 1845.

Pag e 52. Cha r l es Wheel er .

Cha r lesHen ry Wheeler wa s the eldest son , a n d born in December 1800. At a n

ea r ly a g e he showed hig h liter a ry ability. In Ma r ch 1 82 1 B la ckwood published , a n dr em un er a ted him for , a n a r ticle en titled “the Rev. Josia h Streamlet, bein g a sketchofa then celebr ity ofMa n chester , the r ev. Joshua B rookes. (See Reg ister , vol . i . pp .109 He wa s subsequen tly a con tr ibutor to the sam e m a g a zin e , a n d di ed a t

Win chester in 1833, leavin g two son s, who were both broug ht up to the leg a l profession a n d d ied in ea r ly m a n hood .

A youn g er brother , William , wa s a dmitted to the school, thoug h his n ame doesn ot appea r . He d ied a t the ag e of 14.

ADDENDA 2 9 1

Pa g e 53. Na tha n iel Mil n er .

[Na tha n iel Miln er wa s the sixth son ofMr . JamesMiln er ofMa n chester , subsequen tly ofPa tr icr oft, by Ma ry

,daug hter Of Thoma s Richa rdson , esq., of Pen dle

bury house, who filled the ofii ce of boroughr eeve for his n a tive town , a n d took acon spicuous pa r t in loca l a ffa irs. The g r a n dfa ther of the a bove wa s Na tha n ielMiln er of Acton Br idg e, Chesh ir e, a ma n of con sider able proper ty in tha t coun ty.He ha d six son s, a n d left a n esta te to ea ch , four havin g settled in Cheshire. The

other two becam e Ma n chester m er cha n ts : D a n iel, r esiden t a t Ardwick , who d ieda t Hambur g ; Jam es, who lived on his Pa tricroft pa tr imon y, a n d is, with hiswife,bur ied in the cha n cel ofEccles church .Na tha n iel Mil n er , the schola r

,en g a g ed in merca n tile pursuits durin g the ea rlier

pa r t ofhis life. He m a r r ied a n d ha d issue, a n d di ed a t La n ca ster on the 9th of

November 184 1, a n d wa s bur ied in Hul me chur chya rd . R. L .]

Pag e 53. Na tha n iel D en n isMil n er .This schola r , the on ly son a n d heir ofMr . Na tha n iel Miln er ofMoor , whowa s

the secon d son ofMr . Na tha n iel Miln er of Moor (the r epresen ta tive ofa fam ily ofyeom en r esiden t for some gen er a tion s a t Moor) , is fir st cousin to the pr ecedin gschola r . He m a rr ied on e ofthe two d aug hters ofMr . J ohn Miln er ofHa ll Gr een ,the eldest son ofMr . Na tha n iel Miln er ofMoor .

Na tha n iel Den n is Miln er is still l ivin g a t Moor, a n d, I believe , in g rea t affluen ce.

He ha s two son s a n d two daughter s, a n d a cts a s a m a g istra te for La n ca shire.

Pa g e 53. [Vor r is Sa tteiyi eldfiMr . J oshua Sa tterfield , r eferred to in the n ote on this schola r , d ied on the 7th

Aug ust 1872 , a t Alder ley Edg e, in his 8 2n d yea r .

Pag e 54. Hen ry Howa r th.

He served the office ofj un ior proctor a t C ambr idg e in 1832 .

Pag e 55. Sa muel Ea ton Edg e.The da te ofhis dea th is the 18th Februa ry 1860 .

Pa g e 55. Hen ry a n d Thoma s Hewitt.Hen ry Hope Hewitt died on the 7thMa rch 18 11

,a n d wa s buried in the church

ya rd ofRosthern e, Cheshir e .

Thom a s Hewitt becam e a n a ttorn ey, but retired from busin ess a fter som e fewyea r s

,a n d died a t Flin t, where he is bur ied , in J un e 1850 , a g ed 49 yea rs.

Pag e 6 2 . Sa muel Ha sl a m.

Hiswidowdied on the 5thApr il 1872 , a tWoodside, n ea r Miln thorpe, in her 74th

Pa g e R icha r d Whitfield Ashwor th.

He published a collection Ofpoem s, en titled Leisur e Hours. 8vo, pp .72 . BishopsStor tford, 1843.

29 2 ADDENDA .

Pa g e 6 8 . Na tha n iel Phil ip s.

On the fla t ston e of the g r ave belon g in g to the Philips’ fam ily a t Childwa ll a r er ecorded the dea ths ofthe eldest brother ofthis schola r , lieuten a n t J ohn Phili ps, R .N.,

a n d his secon d wife a n d two of their childr en , a s well a s tha t ofhis m other , “C ar ol in e

,r elict of the la te J ohn Leig h Philips, esq.

, ofMayfield, n ea r Ma n chester .”

His own dea th is r ecorded on the sam e ston e, a n d his a g e sta ted to be 34, so tha tther e appea rs to b e a m istake in the d a te a ssig n ed to his bir th .

Pa g e 69.— ] ose,ohHodghin son .

He m a rr ied a sister ofWilliam Simm on s (for whom see p. who a fterwa rdsm a rr ied, for her secon d husba n d , the r ev. Nichola sWilliam Gibson , A.M.

, former lyin cumben t of S . Thom a s

’s, Ardwick, a n d n ow ca n on r esiden tia ry of Ma n chester

ca thedr a l.

Pa g e 71 . Georg e Sm ith.

I am in debted to the r ev.William Rob in son ,cur a te ofS . Clemen t’s chur ch ,Ma n

chester , for m uch Of the in form a tion g iven in the n ote to this schola r ’s n am e, whoha s sin ce a dded the followi n g pa r ticula r s“In the L ife ofS a mue l B r a dbur n

,the Methodist Demosthen es, there is m en tion

m a de ofthe r ev. Edwa r d Smyth , a s follows“Pa g e 6 2 , 1776 . Hen ry Moore, a fterwa rds the fr ien d a n d biog r a pher ofWesley,

was un der r el ig ious con viction a bout this time, a n d he wen t to hea r the rev. Edwa rdSmyth , a n Ir ish cler g ym a n

,who ha d been published to prea ch in the Methodi st

chapel,Dublin .

“Pa g e 64. The r ev. Edwa rd Smyth,thoug h a n a r chbishop’s n ephew,

ha d beenexpelled from his cur a cy in the n or th of Irela n d , for the cr im e of be in g a Methodist.He becam e on e ofWesley’s pr ea cher s

, a n d caused con sidera ble excitemen t by hisea r n est a ttempts to persua de the pr ea chers a n d people to brea k off their con n exionwith the established chur ch.

On the 7thofJuly, Wesley held a con feren ce in Dublin , a twhich a bout twen ty

prea cherswer e presen t, when the question of sepa r a tion wa s fully con sidered , a n d itwa s a g reed to leave suchsubjects al on e, a n d to a tten d to their prop er work ofsa vin gsouls.A well -wr itten essay , ofcon sider able len g th, on the ben efit ofpublic schools,wr it

ten by this schola r in 18 19, wa s am on g the exer c ises preserved by the hig h m a ster .

Pag e 72 .—] ohn a n d Edwa r d Foulhes.

Edwa rd Foulkes, the fa ther , wa swell kn own a s a n a ttor n ey in Ma n chester . He

lived a t Eccles for the g rea ter pa r t ofhis life, but la tter ly in Cross la n e,wher e he d iedm or e tha n twen ty yea rs a g o. He m a r r ied Ma ry Fa lkn er , a n illeg itim a te da ug hter of

Thom a sFa lkn er Phillips, a Ma n chester m er cha n t, by whom he ha d two son s, the

schola r s her e r ecorded , John a n d Edwa rd Wa ller Foulkes. After l ivin g ten yea r swith hiswife they sepa r a ted, on the g roun d of in com pa tibility of tem per . He thenm a r r ied a secon d wife, a n d wa s tr ied for big amy a t the Mold a ssizes on the l otha n d

1 1th ofApril 1807. He con ducted his own defen cewith g r ea t skill, but hewas foun d


294 A DDENDA.

Verses on B r a sen ose A le,18 15.

Ye elvish Na ia ds, who delig ht to la veYour auburn tresses in the lambswool wa ve ,Who, like the b a g s of old, a hellish tr a in ,Riot on broomsticks o’er the studen t’s br a in ,

When the g la d wretch in a l e liba tion s deepHieshim to“tr icks tha t m ake the a n g elsweep,Give m e on e Bitia n tipple from your bowl,*

An d in the Necta r delug e flood my soul !

For n owthe muse, with r etrospective g a ze,Turn s to for g otten scen es

,to bye

-pa st days,An d , peer in g thro

’

the m ist of time, ca n tr a ceThe g r im g aun t sha dows of tha t m a tchl ess r a ceWhich erst ol d B r a sen ose, thr o’

the m id n ig ht damp,Fed with thy a l e their in tellectua l lam p.Yes, in tha t g old en a g e, ea ch cla ssic sotWor shipp

’

d in turn the volum e a n d the pot

This stored his m in d with scien ce a n d with a rt,Tha t ope’d the softer vir tues ofhis hea r tAn d when to soothe his ills the first m ight fa il ,Therewas a blessed a n odyn e in a l e .

An d ye, the pictured wor thies ofour ha ll,Whose a n tique form s these plea sin g dr eam s r eca ll,In bosomswa rm’

d like yours, is shown fullwellThe m a g ic in fluen ce Ofthe cella r spellAn d when for Br a sen ose a l e I r a ise my voice,Attest it, g r a cious Duchess, thr ifty Joyce.La st, but n ot lea st, amid the pa tron thron gWhose vir tues cla im the hon our s ofmy son g ,

Ha il, boun teous B etty !1whose un pictur’

d fam e

Sha ll live coeva l with ea ch prouder n am e

An d en vy’s sel f sha ll laud these g r a teful lin es,When the Scout tipples, a n d the Tutor din es ; 1When the first’s visa g e shows a deeper dye,An d rog uish devil swa n ton in his eye .

“Tum Bitiss ded it in crepita n s.1" Mrs. Eliz abeth Mor ley ofblessed m emory. She ha s n ot been deemed worthy of

a picture.I This a lludes to her leg a cies of a d in n er to the fellows,

'

a n d a jol l ification to theservan ts ofBr a sen ose Colleg e.

ADDENDA . 295

Then lon g m ay here the a l e-cha r g ed ta n ka rds shin e,

Lon g m ay the Hop-pla n t triumph o’er the Vin e !

Lon g m ay this r iva l ofPier ia’

s spr in gTo Fame

’

s br ig ht shrin e its blushin g vot’r ies brin g !

Lon g m ay it swell the cla sses ofour schools,A g lorious recipe for cur in g fools!

W. G.

Pa g e 84. john Smith.

This en try oug ht to be “John , son ofWilliam Sm ith , fa rmer . The r ecordermust ha ve been m isled by the pron un cia tion ofthe schola r .

William Smithwa s a sm a ll fa rmer in the pa r ish ofNorthen den , wher e it a butsupon B a g uley. His son John m a rr ied Sa ra h Isabella , third d aug hter ofm ajor Braybrooke . (See pp . 259

Pa g e 8 9. Wil l ia m Tha eher ay.

He wa s orda in ed dea con in 1823 a n d pr iest in 18 25, a s cur a te to his un cle, ther ev. C .D .Wr ay

,a t tha t tim e in cumben t of S . Thoma s

’

s, Ar dwick. In the discha rg eof his m in isteria l dutieshe took a sever e cold, which en ded in con sumption , a n d he

d ied, un m a rr ied, on the 9thDecember 1826

, a n d wa s bur ied in S .Ma ry’s chur chyard,Ma n chester . Hewa s the elder oftwo son s, his brother dyin g in in fa n cy.Mr .Wil liam Tha cker a y is spoken of a s a m a n of exempla ry char a cter , a n d a s

much beloved . Som e plea sin g verseswer e wr itten by the la te ca n on Stowell to hism emory a n d amon g school exer cises pr eserved by myfa ther there is a copy ofverseswhich appea r to have been in ser ted in the Ma n chester Chr on icl e a t the time ofhis

dea th, sig n ed J ohn B en t Thompson , but I do n ot fin d this n am e in the Reg ister .

A sister ofMr . Tha cker ay is still residen t a t the Crescen t , Sa lford .

Pa g e 10 1. Thoma s A lfr ed Ashwor th.

He published A P l a in D efen ce of Chur chRa tes, 12mo, Ma n chester , 1833.

Pag e 10 2 . Wil l iam a n d john R awson .

William Rawson wa s a capta in in the 8 2 n d r eg imen t, a n d died a t Ful l amore

ba r ra cks, Kin g s coun ty, Ir ela n d , on the 13thAug ust 1838 . In the pedig ree g iven inBurke

’

s La n ded Gen try (edition 1867) ther e is n o m en tion ofa son John .

“A sister of these schola rs, the la st of this g en er a tion a n d of the n am e ofRawson

(of this fam ily) wa s n ot lon g a g o r esiden t in Lon don .

Pa g e 103. Oswa ld F ielden .

He d ied on the 27thNovember 1872 , a t Lea sin g ham house, n ea r Slea ford , Lincol n shir e

,a g ed 75.

Pag e 103.—josephD unher ley Coehs.

Hewa s bur ied a t Oldham church, on the 4thNovember 1822 , a g ed 20.

296 ADDENDA .

Pag e 103.—A lfr ed a n d Cha r l es C l eg g .

Alfred Cleg g spen t the g rea ter pa r t ofhis life tra din g a s a m er cha n t a t Al eppo In

Syr ia , a n d d ied a tHig her B roug hton , Ma n chester , in J a n ua ry 1865.

Cha r les Cleg g a lsowen t a broa d , a n d for m a n y yea r s lived a t Mexico a n d NewOr lea n s, tra din g a s a m ercha n t . He died a t Liverpool in Ma r ch 1858 .

Pag e 107. Wil l ia m Fa lcon er .Died on 7thFebrua ry 1869 , a t St. Alessi, n ea r Pistoja , Isabella , wife of the r ev.

W. Fa lcon er ofBushey.” The Reg ister , Ma r ch 1869 .

Pag e 107. Thoma sHzehson .

This en try oug ht to b e Thom a s Hig son .

He wa s bor n on the 2 2 n d May 1804, a n d on lea vin g school wa s a r ticled to hisfa ther a n d a dm itted a n a ttor n ey i n Micha elma s term 18 26

, a n d ha s been in pr a cticein Ma n chester ever sin ce. I n 1839 , when Ma n chester wa s in corpor a ted a n d a com

m ission of the pea ce g r a n ted to it, Mr .Hig son wa s a ppoin ted the first clerk to thejustices, a n d his por tr a it, pa in ted a t their r equest, ha n g s in the m a g istr a tes

’room of

the n ewpolice a n d session s cour ts r ecen tly ope n ed .

Mr.Hig son , who r esides a t Redcl ifl'

e,Alder ley Edg e, m a r ried , first, on the 3oth

Aug ust 1836 , Ma r g a r et, eldest d aug hter ofMr . Samuel B a r ton, surg eon , ofMa n

chester (see p . 2 by whom he ha s two son s a n d on e da ug hter ; a n d secon dly, onthe 8th September 1 863, Louisa Ma ry

, eldest daug hter ofthe la te Fr a n cisRush , esq.,

ofDublin,bywhom he ha s on e son .

Pa g e 108 . - ] ohn Wheel er .

He wa s in ten ded for the m ed ica l pr ofession,but, a ba n don ed it for n ewspaper a n d

litera ry work. He d ied in Lon don in 1854.

Pag e 108. Wil l ia mja mes Ta te.He wa s twice m a rr ied . His first wife , ma r r ied on the 10th September 1835,

(whose elder sister m a r r ied John Moss Kirkm a n, see p . wa s Eliza , youn g er

d a ug hter ofMr . Rober t Ha r r ison ofWa ter street, Ma n chester , who di ed on the 5thOctober 1837, lea vin g on e son , W illiam Clowes Ta te, n owdea d . By his secon d wifehe has on e son a n d two d aug hters n owlivin g .

Pag e I 1 1. Thoma s Newter ry.

The fa ther wa s a m a n ufa cturer of silk sm a l lwa r es, ha t lin in g s a n d tr imm in g s, a n dn ephewofMr . Cha r lesNewberry, the foun der ofa firm successively kn own a s S am uelNewber ry a n d C o., Newberry, Hoyle a n d Newberry ; Hoyle a n d Newber ry ; a n d n owH. O . Newber ry a n d C O.

His son Thoma s, the scholar , g ra dua ted ofQueen’

s colleg e, Cambr idg e, A.B . 1826,

A.M. 1830 ; a n d ha vin g been orda in ed, became in 182 8 perpetua l cur a te of Shipleywith Hea ton , in the pa r ish ofB r adford, Yorkshire , a n d a fterwa rds r ector ofHin tonS . Geor g e , a n d r ector of Sea vin g ton S . Micha el, n ea r Ta un ton , Somersetshir e. He

d ied on the 3othMa r ch 186 1, in his 58thyea r , leavin g a widow, a son Freder ick, a n d


ADDENDA .

But still, thoug h they m ay dim the for ceOf r ecoll ection ’

s vivid g low,They ca n n ot quen ch the fruitful sour ceFrom which my g ra teful feelin g s flow.

3.

Fa rewell ! the g en tle ties, which fa stHa ve boun d my hea r t to thee a n d thin e,Must sever ; we m ust pa rt a t la st ;N0 m ore thy fr ien dly ba n d I join .

Aroun d thy dea r a n d ha llowedwa lls,0 ! lon g may spor t tha t joyous ba n d ,

By turn s obeyin g plea sur e’

s ca llsAn d str icter wisdom’

s m ild comma n d .

4.

For m e, where’

er my steps m ay g o,

Wha te’er my future fa te m ay be,

The curren t ofmy thoug hts sha ll flowW ith un d im in ished wa rm th to thee .

If n oisy ca r esmy hours em ploy,Or m in e be pea ceful solitude,

Alike my hea r t sha ll yield with joyThe tr ibute of its g r a titude. September 2 1 182 2 .

O domus a n tiqua quam bon o domin a r is domin o.

I sta n d a n d g a ze upon thee, a n cien t pile,Thou fir st fr ien d ofmy youth , thou best of fr ien ds!Thou kin d in structor , scen e ofea r ly joys!Is it then com e to this, to say Fa r ewell !Must I n o more seek mywell kn own recessFam il ia r a s a brother , where I sa teU pon the ca rved oak ben ch, n otched with n ames

Of in m a teswho like me have pa ssed away,

But left their fon d m emen to here behin d ?Dea r cha r a cters! some ha n ds tha t tra ced ye may be coldAn d dea d

, but those who l ive would n ot

Er a se ye from the world . An d must I hea rNo more the soun din g hum ,

the ha lf suppressed ,Ha lf uttered voices of the busy crowd ?An d sha ll I see n o more thy whiten ed wa llsThy pa n els dim with a g e the hun dred thin g sOn which my eye n owr ests, speakin g a s

’twereWith eloquen t silen ce to me ?

I soug ht thee youn g , a n d thou d idst pour in to

ADDENDA. 2 99

My ca reless, heedl ess ea r the bitter sweetOf kn owledg e, which I r elished n ot it pa ssedThen by m e like a summer ’s d ream ,

forg ot,U n thought ofon the m or n :—but tim e sta id n otEven for m e, a n d so he rolled on .

An d as I g r ew, I g ra sped a t more, mymin d

Wa s cha n g ed, a n d I did love thee a n d thy precepts.

An d ther ewas on e , whose m ild a n d g en tle sway,Whose kin d a tten tion ,

a n d whose m a n n ers bla n dEn dea red a l l to him,

—his deep m in d wa s storedWith erudition a n d with a n cien t lor eAn d with him I d id cull the hon eyed sweetsOf g on e a n tiquity a n d he wa s lovedWith cha sten ed reveren ce, for his g r a teful flockFor got the ma ster while they foun d the fr ien d.

a: u as as

I turn m e ba ck un to those happy daysWhen life ’s youn g flowerswere Open in g , purest, fa irest,An d plea sure beamed in hopes en twin in g r aysWith soft r eflected lustre. The br ig ht sunOf ha ppin ess shon e on m e , a n d the ha n d ,The fa iry ha n d ofjoy strewed the g ay pa thWith flowers. NowI tur n me forwa rd, a n dD isjoin ted , wren ched from thee, my pea ceful home,My ha ven ,

wher e myhOpes a n d ca res a l l cen tred,I seem a desola te, solita ry thin gMovin g amid the m ig hty stream of life .

Fa r ewell , then ,loved spot ! Fa rewell to thee,

Protector ofmy youth ! I sorrowin g pa r tWith the dea r scen e my hea r t has loved sowell.An d when in a fter times I look on theeAn d fin d the fa ces cha n g ed , the ten a n ts g on e ,But thou the sam e a swhen thou d idst ofer stShield me ben ea th thy fon d a n d cover in g win g ,I’ll thin k ofwha t thou wa st to m e .

Fa rewell,ol d fr ien d ofyouth ! a la st fa rewell !

When I forg et thee may I be for g otten . Aug ust 13, 182 2.

Pa g e I 25He d ied sudden ly a t Midd leton ha ll, on the 2 n d Apr il 1872 , fr om a n apoplectic

seizur e,which proved fa ta l before m ed ica l a ssista n ce could b e procured. He wa s a

m a g istra te for the coun ties ofWa rwick a n d Stafford, a ma n highly r espected a n d verypopula r in the n eig hbourhood where he lived .

300 ADDENDA .

Pa g e 131 . Thoma s Gilher t A in swor th.

In the Autumn of 1 82 8,in com pa n y with his brother , William Ha r r ison Ain s

wor th , Thom a s Gilber t m a de a r a pid tour through B elg ium a n d up the Rhin e . A

fewextra cts fr om his n ote book a ppea r in the followin g summ a ry of their tr avels.Tr a vellin g on the C’

on tin en t, for ty yea r s a g o, wa s n ot quite so ea sy a n d expe

ditious a s in these r a ilroa d days, but it wa s quite a s a g reea ble , a n d the two youn g m en

g rea tly en joyed their tr ip . It will be seen tha t they lost n o time on the roa d . Sta r tin g from Dover on Sa turday , Aug ust 3oth 1 82 8

,a fter a n un comm on ly fin e p a ssa g e,

they r ea ched Ca la is in the a fter n oon,d in ed a t D essin ’

s fam ous hotel, a n d set off a t

ten O’clock a t n ig ht by d ilig en ce for Dun k irk, a r r ivin g ther e a t four in the m or n in g .

After on ly a n hour ’s delay, they stepped on boa rd the Treckschn it for B rug es. Thiswa s a n ovel m ode of con veya n ce, but they pr efer r ed i t to the hot a n d d isa g reea bledili g en ce in which they ha d pa ssed the n ig ht . The qua in t a n d picturesque ol d cityof Brug es d elig hted them ,

but did n ot d eta in them lon g , a n d they wer e still betterplea sed with An twerp, where they fir st m a de their a cqua in ta n cewith the m a ster -pieceof Ruben s. Thom a s Gilber t Ain swor th, who wa s a lover of a rt, wa s lost in a dm ir ation of the Crucifixion of the in compa r a ble pa in ter

,a n d d ila tes upon the tr em en dous

expr ession of power displayed in the dyin g a g on y of the impen iten t thief. Whilea lludin g to the cha rm in g Cha teaux which he sawn ea r Mechlin

,this omin ous r em a rk

occurs, “B eg a n to exper ien ce a d izz in ess a n d pa in in the hea d , which I a ttr ibute tothe whir l a n d con sta n t excitem en t I ha ve g on e throug h sin ce I left En g la n d .

” WithB russelshe wa s en cha n ted

,a n d we fin d him jottin g down his n oteswhile sea ted on a

ben ch in a n a ven ue of the pa rk . N0 public prom en a de ca n b e m or e a g reea ble, a n din deed everythin g is plea sa n t a bout Brussels. The city ha s a livelier a spect tha n a n y

pla ce I ha ve yet seen the ta ble d ’hote a t the hotel de Fla n d re ,wher e we a r e stayin g ,isfirst-r a te, a n d the com pa n y extr em ely g ood . Visited the roya l pa la ce—a pa r tmen tssuperb—a n oble Rem br a n d t in the queen ’

s r oom s cha rm ed m e . D r ove to La chen,the

kin g’

s coun try r esiden ce , a n d wer e shown'

Na poleon ’

s ca bin et, a n d J osephin e’

s r oom s.

Apa r tm en ts in fer ior in splen dour to those of the pa la ce, but the g roun ds d elig htful .Reserved the ca thedr a l ofSt . Gudule for the even in g , a n d wer e con ducted over it by am on k

,who br oug ht to m i n d the fr ia r i n the Sen timen ta l J our n ey .’ Wa ter loo occupied pa r t of the n ext d ay. After surveyin g the ba ttle-fiel d , a scen din g the en ormousmoun d, a n d d in in g a t La Ha ye Sa in te , they sta r ted for Nam ur . Left Nam ur a t six

in the morn in g for Lieg e . Viewobscur ed by a den se fog tha t e n veloped the Meuse ,but la ter on the vapour clea r ed Off a n d the day becam e b r illia n tly fin e . Scen ery onthe ba n ks ofthe Meuse r em a rka bly picturesque. Very str ikin g is the situa tion ofthe

cha tea u de Choquier on the summ it of a lofty a n d pr ecipitous rock . At Lieg e a

g r a n d fete g oin g on in hon our ofGretry the com poser ,whowa s a n a tive ofthe p l a ce.”

Aix l a Chapelle wa s the n ext poin t,a n d then ce they proceeded by schn ell -post to

Colog n e. Alm ost smother ed by dust on the jour n ey, their fir st busin esswa s to seeka ba th in the Rhin e , a n d they foun d it n ea r the B r idg e of Boa ts. Colog n e, with itsn a r rowd ir ty streets, Offer ed fewa ttr a ction s, a n d they left it n ext m or n in g , withoutr eg ret , by the ea r ly boa t for Coblen z . At la st we a re on the Rhin e ; wha t a g lor ious


30 2 ADDENDA .

occur at Colog n e, we elected to g o ba ck by B russels. Our journ ey to Ca la iswa s a ocomplished in four days by d ilig en ce, in clud in g a ha lt a t B russels. Plea sa n t compa n ion s helped to beg uile the tedium ofthe jour n ey. At Dun kirk a pa in ful in ciden toccurr ed which im pr essed us both . We ha d moun ted to the top ofa lofty tower n ea rthe chur ch, whi ch comm a n ds a fin e view of the town , ha rbour a n d surroun din gcoun try, a n d wer e descen din g the win d in g steps, when a m a n

,eviden tly in a very ex

cited sta te, pushed violen tly pa st us, rousin g our a n g er . A fewm in utes a fterwa rdswe lea rn t tha t the poor wretch ha d thrown him self from the summ it of the tower ,a n d da shed outhis br a in s on the pavem en t . Pr eviously to comm ittin g this desper a tea cthe ha d taken Off his shoes a common superstition . I l a voit m a n g e

’

son bie n ,’

r em a rked a bysta n der , whowa s g a z in g a t the body. At Ca la is we wen t to D essin ’

s

hotel , of course, a n d I wa s for tun a te en oug h to be lodg ed in Ster n e’

s room. Nextdaywe crossed the cha n n el . Thus en ded our pleasa n t tour .”

Pa g e I33.—Georg eMa son .

Amon g the m a n y exer cises of this ta len ted schola r thoug ht wor thy ofpreserva tionby his m a ster , a n d still r em ember ed by some Of his cotem pora r ies, ther e is a tra n sla tion of the F i r st Olymp ic ofPin da r , which is too lon g for in ser tion here, but som e

fewsta n z a sm ay be g iven a s a specimen ofhis youthful,

powers a s a schola r a n d poet

Str ophe 1st.

Of a l l the blessin g s J ove ha th g ivenU n riva lled flows the crysta l spr in gAn d , like the bea con -fires tha t flin g

The ir g la re a thwa r t the m idn ig ht hea ven ,

O’

er every g em tha t cha rms the sig htShin es g old , pr eem in en tly br ig htAn d if, my soul, thy pr ide desireSome comba t wor thy of thy lyre,

Aswell, am id the bla ze of n oon ,

Thin e eye m ig ht seek som e g li tter in g sta r,Whose feebler a d ia n ce from a fa r

Mig ht quen ch the splen dour of the sun ,

As hope am id ea ch stor ied n ame

Tha t fill s the pa g e ofg lory’

s rollTo fin d a subject tha t m ig ht sham e

The bla ze ofPisa ’s festiva lWhen the soun d in g hym n they r a iseEchoin g with the Thun der er

’

s pr a ise,When their steps have tr a ced the road

To con quer in g Hiero’

s r ich a n d blest a bode.

An tistr ophe 1st.

O’

er Tr in a cr ia ’s fer tile pla in sHewith r ig hteous sceptre reig n s,

ADDENDA .

Blen din g in his soul a n d fa ceEvery vir tue

, every g r a ceSkilled to stea l upon the hea r tWith music’s soft a n d m eltin g a rt

When , stretch’

d a roun d, a festive thron g ,We r evel, with successive son g .

Ha ste then , a n d seize thy Dor ic lyr e !If them es like Pisa ’s pla in ofspeed ,An d glor ies ofthe victor steed

C a n touch its str in g swith fireWhere by the m a r g in ofAl phéus

’ tide,Scorn in g the spur , he r a n his r a ce ofpr ideFirst a t the g oa l, r eceived the r ich r ewa rd,An d bore it, brea thless, to his Syr a cusa n lord .

s at as as

A n tistr ophe 4th.

Lost in joy a n d g lor ious ea seNo ephem er a l laurels theseBut, soa r in g o

’

er the wa ste oftimeHig hest towhich m a n ca n climb !

Thus, my lyr e, tr ium pha n t n ow,Weave the wrea th for Hiero’

s brow,

The wr ea th ofDor ic son g , to g r a ceThe victor in the equestria n r a ce ;

An d well I kn owthy str in g swill n e’

er

B e tun ed to on e, whose pr in cely n am e

Shin es br ighter in the list offam e,

Or own s a dyn a sty m ore fa ir.These blessin g s, Hiero, the powers ofheavenTha t g ua r d thy wea lwith l iber a l ha n d have g iven ,An d soon , ifstill their beam s ben ig n a n t shin e,My prescien t eye foretells a br ig hter d ay is thin e .

Ep ode 4th.

Where on C ron ium’

s sun n y sideI r a ise the hym n thy deeds supply,When forem ost, in tha t hour ofpr ide,Across the pla in thy ca r sha ll fly

On m e in deed the muses showerTheir choicest g ifts, persua sive da rts,While others boa st a n obler powerAcquired by other , hig her a r ts.

But fa r above a l l m ea n er g ifts offa teShin es the proud dig n ity ofroya l sta te

O3

ADDENDA .

Such be thy doom b e m in e the humbler lotTo dwell with those, who on ce, like thee, ha ve wonThe wrea th of fam e tha t wr ea th I en vy n ot,While Greece r everes me a sher eldest son .

Pag e 135. Thoma s Swettenha m .

“D ied, 24th November 186 8, a t Cerr ig -

y-d rudi on r ectory, a g ed 83, the rev.

Thom a s Swetten ham Ea ton Swetten ham ,r ector of Swetten ham , Cheshir e .

”The

Reg ister , Ja n ua ry 1869.

Pag e I35. Edwa r d B en n ett.

This, the eldest, son becam e a n a ttor n ey in Ma n chester , a n d wa s for some tim e in

p a r tn er ship with his brother Rober t William , a n d a frequen t a tten da n t a t the a n n i

versa rym eetin g s of the ol d schola rs. He d ied in Decem ber 1 851, a n d is bur ied inPr estwich chur chya rd .

Pag e I36 . Edwa rd Simms.Mr . Cha r les Samuel Simm s, br other to this schola r , a n d the pr in ter of the pub

l ica tion s of the Chetham society a lmost from its comm en cem en t in 1844, died a t

Higher Broughton , Ma n chester,on the 27thFebrua ry 1872 , a g ed 63, a n d wa s bur ied

a t Kersa l Moor chur ch. In theMa n chester Cour ier ofthe 2 n d Ma rch 1872 , will b efoun d a very in ter estin g n otice ofhis life from the p en ofthe presiden t ofthe Chethamsociety : a n d in the r epor t r ea d a t the a n n ua l m eetin g of the coun cil on the 2 1st of

the same m on th the ser viceswhich he r en der ed to the society a re r efer red to in term s

ofhig hest comm en da tion .

Mr . Edwa rd Simm s ha s r ecen tly published The fir st six books of the I l ia d ofHomer , tr a n sl a ted i n to four teen syl l a bl e verse

,withp refa ce a n d n otes. Sta n ford ,

Lon don,1873 a n d in this publica tion r efers to the a ccur a cy ofhis brother Cha r les’s

tr a n sla tion ofthe first book (which the la tter published in the substa n ce a n d

fea tur es ofwhich he ha s r eta in ed in his own ed ition .

Ma n y of the poem s,which appea r in the B a th a n d B r istol Ma g a z in e a n d hea r

the in i tia ls of this schola r , were school exercises. Am on g them m ay be m en tion ed a

tr a n sla tion ofStr a da’

s Luscin iee ct F id icin is Cer ta men,to which a prelim in a ry essay

is prefixed in the Ma g a zin e . The verses on The Temple of Vesta of Tivoli”weresen t in for the Newdig a te pr ize a t Oxford , a n d thoug h n ot successful were rewa rdedby Dr . Tourn ay, the wa rden ofWa dham colleg e, with a g ift of m l . The followin gextr a cts from a school exer cise on Syr a cuse, a poem ofm ore tha n three hun dr ed lin es,n ot prin ted in the B a tha n d B r istol Ma g a zin e, a r e a fa ir specimen of the youthfulpowers of this schola r , on e of sever a l cotempor a ries rem a rkable for their poeticalta len ts

La n d ofpa st g lor ies who ca n look on theeNor kin dle a t the g a ze, fa ir Sicily !Who tr a ce the bla zon ed a n n a ls of thy fam e

Nor own the m a g ic ofthy dea thless n am e ?


ADDENDA .

For thee, blest home, where erst my youthful lyreCaug ht the first spa rklin g s ofpoetic son gThy kin dly in fluen ce fa n n ed the g en er ousfireTo thee its every g r a ce a n d power belon g .

For,n estled in thy br ea st, my m in d

’s youn g eye

Lea r n ed the fa ir pa g e ofvir tuous lore to sca n ,

An d tra ce, in a n n a ls ofbr ig ht yea r s g on e by,Those g lor ious a ctswhich di g n ify the m a n .

Thy coun sels ta ug ht me howto shun the ma ze

Of sin a n d dea th, by sl a vish m illion s trod ,An d humbly look , withFa ith

’

s un sullied g a ze,From ea r th a n d ea r thly feelin g s up to God .

Ma n sion ofpea ce ! per cha n ce in a fter yea r sThy shape may g lide som e g loomy thoug hts between ,

An d cha se awa y the bittern ess oftea rsBy fon d r em embra n ce ofwha t on ce ha d been .

Oft m ay I sit, when Twilig ht’s g en tle power ,

Stea lin g a lon g with steps ofpurple dye,Bea rs on itswin g the con secr a ted hourOf Even in g time, the hour ofMemory

An d picture for th upon the va ca n t a irEa ch well-kn own spot, which spr in g s upon

In vision ed beauty till the objects ther eSeem sta r tin g in to life, a n d a l l but true

Those g leamin g eyes, yet str a n g ers to d istress,

Those sm iles ofm ir th, tha t deck ea ch sta in lessThose busy form s ofthoug htless happin ess,Da n cin g in buoya n t r evelry , a s n ow

Or when , to duty ca l led, they take their sta n dAroun d the m a ster’s sea t, a n d con with ca r eTh’ a ppoin ted ta sk , or ra ise to Hea ven the ha n dIn supplica tin g g uise a t d a ily pr ayer

Al l these will live a g a in in Fa n cy’s g la n ce ,Wher e’er my feet m ay roam ,

wha tever climeReceive m e pa ssin g yea rswill but en ha n ceThe ir va lue, m ellowed by the ha n d of tim e .

Scen e ofmy br ig htest a n d my happiest hours,By fr ien dship ha llowed , ere the wor ld coul d br in g

Its blig htin g ca n ker on life’

s ten der flowers,Or stay the soul’swa rm gushin g s a t their sprin g .

ADDENDA .

Scen e ofmy festive youth ! in va in , in va inThe ton g ue would speak, the hea r t a lon e ca n tellWha t m in g led thoug hts of love, a n d hOpe , a n d pa in ,Lie cen ter ed in tha t on e fon d word, Fa rewell.”

Pag e 138 .—] ohn Ha r r ison Eva n s.

The followin g poem ha s been preserved a s a specim en ofhis La tin exercises

El isa .

J am saevieb a n t p r ael ia Min den aeD ir a p er cam pos, clamor et un d ique

Victor ie et vieti m ica n tesHor r ison us fer ieb at aur a s.

Quasi-en s ama tum con socium tor i,Pr o quo furen tem n on timet in g redi

Pug n am , per aer a ta sElisaIrruit impavide caterva s.

Ad n uda n a tum pector a pa rvulumPrem it ; capilli colla per a rduaSpa r si va g a n tur , dum pha l a n g a s

Lum in ibus ta citis p er er r at.

Queer it ma r itum n ee m etuit vola n sFa tum . Heu ! scel esto tr aji citur la tus

Plumbo, a tque com p l ecten s ten ellum

Ar ctiii s, exa n im is r ecumb it.

Certam en a trox desut un dique

Non aud iun tur cla ssica , n ec son iMisti velut Phoeb i fug a taNix r a d iis, abiere cun cti .

At p er ten ebres a sp icitur va g a n sForma , et fr equen ter vox son a t a n xiaElisa campis n om in a turSa xa vir i r eferun t quer ela s.

Va g itus in fa n tis n im ium citb

Percel l it aur es ; heu ! n im ium citb

Spon sae videt corpus cruen tumCorda m etu trepida n t viden tis.

C omp l exu am a tae m em br a diii ten etEt labr a l a br is da t sua fr ig idisFrustra ; n ig rum fa tum subivit

Uxor am a n s g en etr ixque ca sta .

307

30 8 A DDENDA.

The brother ofthis schola r , referred to in the n ote to his n ame, Georg e F. Eva n s,M.D ., died a this house in the Ha g ley r oa d, Edg ba ston , B irmin g ham , on the 31st

Aug ust 1873, a g ed 67.

Pag e 145. Ha r tEthelston .

He died a t Cheetham Hill on the 2 2 n d May 1872 , a g ed 64, a n d wa s bur ied a t S .Mark’s church, ofwhich he ha d been the beloved pa stor for the lon g per iod of for tytwo yea rs. An a ccoun t of his fun er a l a ppea r ed in the Ma n chester Cour ier ofMay

2 9th, a n d on the followin g day a shor t biog r a phica l n otice, from which I ha ve ex

tra cted the followin g words, the wr iter bein g the presiden t of the Chetham society ,to the truthfuln ess ofwhich a l l who kn ewhim will bea r their r ea dy testimon y

Fewmen ha ve been more g en era lly popula r in society tha n Mr .Ethel ston . He

ha d the un m istakeable stamp of a g en tlem a n in his a ppea r a n ce a n d m a n n ers, a n d

ther ewa s somethin g peculia r ly plea sin g in his con versa tion a n d a ddress. Possessin g

a r ich or ig in a l vein ofplayful hum our , which m ig ht be con sidered to b e a n her edita rypr oper ty, he a lways used it so a s to delig ht, but n ever so a s to woun d or to con duceto the a n n oya n ce ofthose who listen ed to him . From en vy, ha tred , m a lice , a n d un

c ha r itablen ess proba bly n om a n who ever lived wa smore en tir ely fr ee. As a cler gym a n ,

dur in g thewhole per iod ofhis lon g in cum ben cy of for ty-two yea rs, he a cquired a n d

deserved the love a n d r espect ofhis pa r ishion ers, a n d the un iversa l r eg ret which hislamen ted decea se ha s occa sion ed is a n ample proof howwell his cha r a cter a n d m er itswere un derstood. In g ivin g effect to our litur g ica l services, a n d p a r ticula r ly to thefin est of them a l l

, the bur ia l service, he wa s very successful. We h a ve been pr esen twhen it ha s been delivered by some g rea t lights a n d or n am en ts of the Chur ch , butwe n ever yet metwith a n y on ewho did m ore ample justice to it tha n Mr . Ethel ston .

Mr . Ethel ston wa s a m ember of the Chetham society, a n d wa s, with the exceptionwe believe ofMr . Corser , the oldest member of tha t excellen t a n d n owven er a blein stitution , the Ma n chester Cler ica l book society.”

Mr .H.Ethelston wa s a fr equen t a tten d a n t a t the a n n iversa ry festiva ls, a n d wa sthe presiden t of tha t held in 1844, a n d locum ten en s for Mr . Thoma s de Quin cey inthe sam e office in 1857.

Pag e 147. Georg e Hobson B a in br idg e.

He wa s a boa r der in the hig h m a ster ’shouse, a n d took part on the public speechday of 1825, r ecitin g Byrom

’

s well-kn own poem “the Disappoin ted Husba n d .

” Ihave n ot succeeded in tr a cin g him throug h a fter yea rs. The followin g r ecord r el a testo hi s m other

Died on the 18thOctober 182 2, Ja n e, wife of Geor g e Cole B a in br idg e, esq.

, of

Liverpool, a n d secon d d aug hter ofRicha rd Hobson , esq.,ofYork.” Gen t.Ma g .

Who am on g my fa ther’

s pupils wa s the a uthor of the followin g tr a n sla tion of

Byrom’

s poem above r efer red to I ca n n ot say, for the copy preserved ha s, un fortun ately, n o n ame to it, but the tr a n sla tion is n ot unwor thy of in sertion here a s a

school exercise .


310 ADDENDA .

Pag e 173. Ha l l iday D z’

ehyn .

He wa s the author of the followin g witty verses on Bra sen ose colleg e a le, on

Shrove Tuesday 1830Ni l sp issius i l ld

.Dum bibitwr , n il c la/rin s est dum m in g itur , iude

Con sta t quad multa sfceces in ven tr e r el in qui t.

(Quoted by Wa l te r Ha r r is, in hisA n i iqn il es of I r ol a n a’

,

from Hen ry ofAra un ches, a Norm a n poet.)Custom r equires tha t I should cha n tThe pr a ises of our cheer ,

But ca n I sin g when thus I am

A bea rer of the beer ?

Mon ks, they say, in a uld la n g syn e,Ha d in these wa lls a hom e ,

Who, thoug h boun d down by str ictest vows,Were a l l in clin ed to Roam.

Then wa s it meet a n d proper too,For som e r ig ht lustye fr ia r ,

Ne suitethit my dig n itye,I wot, who am a PR IOR

However , like a m a n I’ll tryTo sin g this son g ofm in e,

For’tis myway, when e

’

er I a i l ,

I a lway scor n towhin e .

Sin ce la st I sun g , a yea r ha th pa st,Full ofeven ts most str a n g e,

An d therefore n ot a g olden yea r ,Sin ce itwa s full ofcha n g e.

For pa pists n owca n ea t our loa ves,

An d hold r ig ht hig htheir hea d ;Yet bawlin g loud, a n d scramblin g too,Wa s cer ta in ly low-br ed .

Som e say the Chur ch is better for’t,

Som e say she’s g on e to r a ck ;An d clea r it is, the prea cher s ofWhiteha ll look very bl a ck.

The papers too swore tha t O’Con .

Ha toh’d trea son every b it

But could it be,when tha t the l aw

B ecla r’d he could n ot sit .7

The n am e oftheworthy butler ofthe col leg e, whowa s succeeded by his son , the

presen t butler .

ADDENDA.

York-min ster too ha d n ig h been burn tBy a m ost n aug hty sp a rk

Yet str a n g e it is a ,Ma r tin should

Be pun ished for a l a r lc.

The wor ld ’

s a sta g e,’our ba r d ha th sun g ,

The truth a l l men must feel ;For a l l our sp okesm en ,

lords a n d hn a ves,Make up on e common -wea l .

In our dom in ion s too, the loveOf letters n e’er ca n fa il,

For her e ea ch office is a p ost,An d every m a n a ma l e.

Our m in istry ca n n ot be b a d ,

Ther e must be wisdom in ’t ;He sur ely must g rowSa g e i n timeWho’

sMa ster ofthe Min t.’Twould seem they n othin g in the houseOf Common s do but ea t,

For when a m ea sur e they r eject ,They say it is n ot meet.

Howe ’er on this she m ay r ely,Old En g la n d , ocea n

’

s d aug hter ,She n e

’

er will fin d , in hour ofn eed ,On e ba ckwa r d to sup

-

p or t-her .

Th’ excise ofm a lt they n e’er will r a iseI trust , a n d tha t’s a cheerer ,

For every Br itish hea r twould whin e,To fin d his a l e m a de -dea r er .

Yet beer they tell us n owwill b e\Much chea per tha n befor eStill if they ta ke the duty off,I n dutywe dr in k m ore .

Autum n’

s the time for a le ; in proofOf this I will a dduce,Tha t in the Sprin g our butts of beerAr e n othin g but verjuice.

Of thi s our poets n ow-a -daysSwill ta n ka rds by the score,

For Little wer e but little wor th ,Un til he cr ied outMoor e.

31

312 ADDENDA.

A laurea te justly g ave the wreatheTo a l e in cla ssic l ay,

Buther e our PRIOR humbly praysThe p r ior p r a ise to

-day.

No common bever a g e tempts the eye,But fit in verse to shin e,

As g ood a s B ishop , sin ce i t isA B ever a g e d ivin e.

Delicious bever a g e !howoft

Thy vir tue is belied !An a chin g hea d who would n ot bea rTo b e a n Aken side

Our D ryden , n e’

er m ayhe be dry,

Our B owl es too n ever fa il,For 000p er m a kes us En g lish Butts,An d C r a bbe our bellies a i l .

Tha t hea then sa g e, I ween he wasAMor r a l l -hea ded Wig ht ,

For win e,tha t m akes us stag g er wron g ,

Ma de him a Sta gyr ite .

The son s ofWa les like fishes dr in k,An d Scotsm en like a Mul l ,

Their a l e is m ild a s m ilk in Cowes,In Op en soft a swool .

An d n owto chur ch a n d kin g a n d tra deWe

’ll dr in k in br imm ers full,As En g la n d

’

s sta ple tra de con sists(Ask Lyn dhurst) in her wool .

So pray ye n owexcuse my rhyme ,

An d ea ch un seem ly pun ,

For though I’

ve doubtlessp un ish’

d you,’Twa s on ly mea n t in fun .

An d pa rdon too my ha ltin g lin es,Like lam e m en without props,

For try my best I could but wr iteIn l imp in g verse ofhep s.

Thus havin g spun this l en g then’

d ya r n ,At len g th we

’ll m ake a ha lt,

An d ifyou’d r ig htly pr a ise our beerPray g et a little ma lt.


314 ADDENDA .

war ds settled on a sm a ll esta te in Nor thampton shire, ca lled Ba n croft Gra n g e, n ea r

Rushden , a n d amused him self with fa rm in g . He m a rr ied,a bout 1850 , MissMa ry

An n e Jon es. He subsequen tly sold his property n ea r Rushden ,a n d lived in succes

sion a tHa r rowWea ld , Sta n m or e comm on a n d Torquay. At the la tter pla ce he d ied .Hiswidowma rr ied the r ev. Richa rd J am es Colin g , r ector of Chillen den ,

n ea r Win gham ,Ken t.

Pag e 19 6.—Per cy Ashwor th.

The da te ofhis dea th is the 10thNovem ber 1844, a n d his a g e 34. There is a.

shor t in scr iption on his g r a veston e, in the chur chya rd ofS . J ohn ’

s chur ch, Chester .

Pag e 197. Cha r l es Fin chMa chen z ie.

The followin g a n n oun cem en t in the n ewsp a pers doubtless r efers to the widowof

this schola rD ied , on the 23rd December 1865, a t D erby, Isabella An n e

,r elict of lieuten a n t

ca pta in Cha r les Fin ch Ma cken z ie, on ly d aug hter ofthe la te r ev.Richa rd Burton a n d

Ha rr iet Mil l icen t Pidcocke, la te ofWa rslow,Sta ffor dshir e .

”

Pa g e 20 6. —john Ben n ett.He m a rr ied the youn g est daug hter ofMr . J am es Ga skell of Liverpool.

Pag e 206 . Edwa r d B en n ett.He ha s m a r r ied twice. His first wife wa s the d aug hter ofMr .Norbury

,livin g

n ea r Ma ccl esfiel d, a n d di ed m a n y yea r s a g o, leavin g sever a l children ; a n d his secon dwife is the eldest daug hter ofMr . Jam es Ga skell of Liverpool, a n d sister to the wifeofhis br other John .

Pa g e 2 13. Sa mpson Middl eton .

The life ofthis schola r , thoug h shor t in yea rs, wa s n otwithout in ciden t. Cleverin chem istry, he commen ced busin ess a s a drysa lter , a n d in p repa r in g chromes for

dyein g purposes. Not succeed in g in this, he determ in ed to tryhis for tun e in Austr a l ia a s br eeder ofsheep , a n d sa iled from Liverpool for Syd n ey . The vessel in whichhe sa iled wa swrecked in Ta ble b ay, on the coa st of South Afr ica , n ot fa r from Ca peTown

, when he lost a l l his proper ty , thoug h the pa ssen g ers a n d crewwere sa ved a n d

la n ded on Cape Town bea ch . The shor ewa s crowded with people who cam e down tosee thewr eck

, a n d am on g the rest a form er in tim a te fr ien d ofSam pson Middl eton ,whoha d g on e to South Afr ica in quest ofhea lth som e yea rs befor e . He a t on ce r ecog n isedhis shipwr ecked town sm a n , sorry fig ur e thoughhe wa s, m in us a l l clothes but shir ta n d trousers, took him hom e

,refreshed him ,

“g a ve brea d to the hun g ry a n d cover ed

the n a ked with a g a rm en t,” a n d procured for him the very n ext m or n in g the post ofm a n a g er to the South Afr ica n labora tory, which happen ed then to be va ca n t . Som e

yea rs la ter , with the a id of fr ien dswhom he ha d m a de in Ca pe Town , b e commen cedbusin ess a s a m er cha n t storekeeper a t Por t El izabeth, Al g oa b ay, in which he prospered, a n d became a n in fluen tia l m er cha n t a n d useful r espected member ofthe colon y.

ADDENDA. 315

He m a rr ied the daughter ofon e who had befr ien ded him ,a n d died in the yea r 1855,

a t the ea r ly a g e of38 , leavin g a widowa n d on e son .

For his youn g er br other , William Hen ry , see sup r a , p . 276 .

Pa g e 231.— ] ohn Ten n a n t.

D ied,on the 14th Aug ust 1830 , a t Otley, John Ten n a n t, esq.

, of Chapel house,n ea r Skipton ,

in the coun ty ofYork , a g ed 43.

Pa g e 236 . Georg e Ba n cr oft Within g ton .

He wa s presiden t ofthe Ma n chester Lawa ssocia tion in 186 8 .

Pa g e 244.— Wil l ia m Chew.

He wa s a r ticled to his fa ther , who d ied befor e the son ha d completed his tim e.He then left the study of l aw, a n d is n ewpa r tn erwith his cousin ,Mr . J ohn Hepwor thof Ma n chester , in a

“tr a de protection in stitution ,” a busin ess of som e m a g n itude,which ha s offices i n va r ious pa rts. Mr . W illiam Chew r esides a t Norma n lodg e,Shir ley, n ea r Southampton ,

ha s been twice m a rr ied , a n d ha s issue by both m a rr ia g es.

Pa g e 2 6 1 .

J on a tha n An drewwa s the sen ior churchwa rden ofMa n chester in the yea rs 182 2

a n d 1 8 23, a n d on e ofthe con stables in 1 8 19 .

Pa g e 2 69 . Georg e B roohes.

He m a r r ied Ma ry Eliz a beth , d a ughter ofcolon el Wyn ell MayowofBa th .

Pag e 2 69 . Georg e RozcthHowa r d .

He wa s cur a te ofAvon D a ssett, n ea r Leam in g ton , a n d m a r r ied a daughter of the

r ev. R . G. J eston , r ector ofthe pa r ish .

Pa g e 270.—Ma tthewB a teson Wood.

He wa s presiden t ofthe Ma n chester Lawa ssocia tion in 1870 .

Pag e 279 . Thoma s Wilson .

His brother J ohn died on the 27thOctober 1 86 8, in the 56thyea r ofhis a g e,

ha vin g been fifteen yea rs r ector of the pa r ish of Meysey Hampton , a n d is bur ied inthe south-ea st cor n er ofthe chur chya rd , where is a m on um en t with short in scr iption .

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fa mes Wea ther ley,Whose n a me is om itted in the Reg ister , appea rs f rom his a utobiog r aphy, n ow

existin g in m a n uscr ipt in the possession of the presiden t of the Chetham society, toha ve been a schola r in the yea rs 1803 a n d 1804. He becam e a well-kn own old bookseller , n ever very prosperous

, sometim es keepin g a sta ll a n d som etim es a shop ,a ccord in g to the sta te ofhis cir cum sta n ces, in differ en t pa r ts of Ma n chester . He

died in 1860, a t the a g e of66 or thereabouts, a n d his la st loca tion wa s a t the bottom

ofJohn D a lton str eet. From lon g exper ien ce he ha d a cquired a n in stin ctive kn owledg e of r a r e books, thoug h n o g rea t pr izes a ppea r to ha ve come in hisway, theC axton s, first Shakespea r es a n d Edition es p r in cip es fa llin g in to the ha n ds of othermore for tun a te or m ore en ter pr isin g dea lers in books. Stil l, but for his irreg ul a r itiesa n d ha bits ofdr in kin g , he m ig ht ha ve succeeded in pla cin g him self in com for ta blecir cumsta n ces, for he wa s popula r a mon g st book pur cha ser s a n d ha d m a n y Opportun ities ofm akin g his busin ess sufficien tly r emun er a tive to en able him to provide forol d a g e . He d ied however in a bject pover ty, leavin g little or n othin g behin d himexcept the autobiog r a phy before m en tion ed ; which is a very cur ious r ecord of his

pr og r ess throug h'life

,a n d con ta in s m uch a bout Ma n chester a n d his con tempor a r ies

which is by n o m ea n s unwor thy ofpr eserva tion . He ha d been a n a tten tive observerofwha t wa s goin g on in his n a tive pla ce, a n d his memory wa s very r eten tive to thela st . C .]

Sa muel B a mfor d.

This very r em a rka ble m a n,pr oba bly the hon estest ofa l l the lea ders in the politica l

a g ita tion , which caused for some yea rs such a la rm throughout La n ca shir e, a n d culm in a ted in the Ma n chester Peter loo m eetin g

”of 16th Aug ust 18 19 , r ecords in hi s

Ea r lyD ays tha the wa s a dm itted to the school , a n d m en tion s som e ofhis cla ss-fell ows,who a re to he foun d in the secon d volum e of the Reg ister . In pp .79—93 of his

Ea r ly D ayswill be seen a n am usin g a ccoun t ofhis a dm ission to the lower school , ofhis m a ster the r ev. Thoma s Ga skell, a n d ofhis holiday a fter n oon r am bles ami d the

then rura l scen es of Cheetwood , Ker sa ll, Crum psa ll a n d Broug hton . He n everr ea ched the upper school

,for his fa ther , to the son

’

s disa ppoin tm en t, ha d n owish forhim to lea rn La tin

,wh ich wa s held to b e ofuse on ly to doctor s, lawyer s a n d p a r

son s.” It were wron g for on e,whose motives a r e more fa ir ly judg ed a fter the lapse of

m a n y yea r s, to be pa ssed over without some perm a n en t n otice. Samuel Bamford , unlike otherswith whom he wa s con n ected politica lly, wa s n o a dvoca te for physica l for ce ,


318 A DDENDA TO von 11.

His un boun ded physica l en erg y, his in tellectua l power , a n d the impetuousn ess ofhi s

m ora l n a ture n owfoun d a con g en ia l spher e . He wr ote a n d spoke a n d or g a n ized incessa n tly. He m a r sha lled the Midd leton con tin g en t of the g r ea t a rmy ofr eformerswhich con cen tr a ted a t Peter loo on the m emor a ble 16thofAugust 18 19 , a n d m a r chedin to the field a t their hea d , his ba n n er bea r in g the m otto ‘U n ity a n d Stren g th .

’ His

a ccoun t ofthe prepa r a tion s for this g r ea t g a ther in g form s on e of the m ost g r a phicpor tion s ofhis Pa ssa g es i n the Life of a R a dica l . B am ford ’s exper ien ces ha d g rea tlyd ishea r te n ed him . The a ccess his prom in en t position ha d g iven him to the in n er a n d

pr iva te life ofHen ry Hun t especia lly, a n d ofother lea ders of the r eform pa r ty, ha dl ed him to form a m ost un fa vour a ble opin ion of their con sisten cy a n d cha ra cter .In deed hewa s a t little pa in s to con cea l his con tempt for the in sa tiable va n ity, the sel

fishn ess a n d hea r tlessn ess ofm or e tha n on e who, with the people’s n ame for ever on

the ir lips, ha d little ofhis own sim ple r ea d in ess to suffer on their beha lf, a n d to sa cr ifice life ’s dea rest trea sur es on the a lta r ofpr in ciple . After m a n y yea r s ofm on oton oustoil a n d n ot in con sider a ble pr iva tion s, a successful in terven tion on the pa r t of some

a dmir ers ofhis a bilities a n d sympa thisers with his wron g s, obta in ed for him in the

yea r 1852 a com for ta ble position a s m essen g er in Somerset house , Lon don . It wa sa l l but in n a me a sin ecure, the duties bein g m er ely n om in a l [with a sa la ry of a bout100 l . a yea r] . So fa r a s the n ecessities of life were con cer n ed , B am ford wa s n owinthe en joym en t ofla rg er m ea n s tha n he ha d ever before possessed .

But a shor t exper ien ce sa tisfied him tha t he wa s out ofhis n a tur a l spher e. He

cha fed un der the feelin g tha t he wa s r eceivin g m on ey for a very in a dequa te r etur n of

work ; he d id n ot like Lon don people or Lon don ways his hea r t wa s in La n ca shiream on g his own folk , a n d he thoug ht he could be m ore useful a n d ha ppy ther e tha n inthe un con g en ia l a tm ospher e of the g r ea t city. So

,n ot a little to the cha g r in of the

kin d fr ien ds who ha d secured for him tha t situa tion , he r esig n ed it , a n d prefer redm ore str a ighten ed r esourceswith the society ofol d n eig hbour s, to the m a ter ia l comfor ts ofa g over n m en t a ppoin tm en t, with a m in d discon ten ted a n d duties tha t wereirksom e to his ta ste.“From tha t time the poet-politicia n kn ewm a n y da rk a n d a n xious d ays, r elieved

by kin dly expr ession s of sym pa thy a n d the fla tter in g n otice a n d cor respon den ce of

sever a l em in e n t liter a ry m en ,am on g st whom Thom a s Ca r lyle wa s on e of the m ost

con sta n t. For the la st six or e ig ht yea r s a r eg ula r provision ha d been m a de for his

simple wa n ts by the g en er osity of a fewfr ien ds, whose n am es wer e stud iously keptcon cea led from the g r a teful a n d ven er able r ecipien t of their boun ty, D r . John Wa ttshavin g k in dly a cted a s their a lmon er a n d a g en t.“Bam for d ’

s litera ry production s a r e compr ised i n thr ee volum es ofa utobiog raphy,two ofdescr iptive Wa lks in South La n ca shire , a n d on e ofPoem s.

HisEa r ly D ays is a g r aphic a n d in terestin g a ccoun t ofhis life up to the per iodof ea rly m a n hood . It is wr itten with tr a n spa ren t hon esty, a n d with a fr a n kn esssom ewha t un usua l in a utobiog r a phy. His la tter book , Pa ssa g es i n the L ife of a

Ra d ica l, is in m a n y r espects a r ema rka ble litera ry effor t . For simple, stron g a n d .

a pprOp r ia te diction ,it will fa vour a bly compa r e with the best ofWilliam Cobbett

’

s

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wr itin g s, whilst it is perm ea ted with a g en ia l spir it for which the la tter a r e cer ta in lyn ot r em a rkable . It m et with wa rm comm en da tion from the chief lite r a ry cr itics, a n dwill r em a in a n in ter estin g a n d va lua ble con tr ibution to loca l pol itica l history. The

Wa lks in SouthL a n ca shir e a r e som ewha t desultory,but a boun d in happy illus

tr a tion s a n d a cute r em a rk . Of the Poem s,perha ps the best is the Pa ss of Dea th ,’

written on the dea th ofGeorg e Ca n n in g , a n d con ta in in g some sta n z a s of con sider abled ram a tic power . The ode To a S n owdr op’ is a n eleg a n t poem whilst, for g rotesquehumour , Tim Bobbin ’

s Gra ve will bea r compa r ison with som e of the com ic piecesofRobert Bur n s.Samuel B am ford wa s a fin e specimen of a n En g lish work in g ma n . Ta l l

,broa d

chested a n d burly in form , he ha d the a ir of comm a n d which fitted him , a lon g withhis g r ea t m en ta l en er g y, to b e a lea der ofhis fellows. Exper ien ce taug ht him l es

son s of m odera tion a n d wisdom , which, with the modesty of true m a n lin ess, hea ccepted , even a t the r isk ofa ppa r en t in con sisten cy . Tim e

,

’he says, ‘the am elior a torofa l l thin g s, ha s n ot pa ssed him without leavin g som e exper ien ce . The lesson s oftha t sever e ha n dm a id , m a k in g him better a cqua in ted with m a n kin d a n d him self

,ha ve

somewha t m a tur ed his judgmen t a n d in crea sed his cha r ity cha n g in g a lso, he hopesforthe better , som e ofhis views both ofm en a n d thin g s.

’ His best eulog ium is suppliedbyhis life a n d wr itin g s. He wa s hon est , br a ve -hea r ted , proud , a n d sen sitive som e

tim es to a fault. He m a in ta in ed a m a n ly a n d cour a g eous spir it even when the

world ’

s ha rd ha n d l aym ost heavily upon him . Ar den t,en thusia stic, a n d n otwithout

the p rovoca tion s of con scious in justice, he yet in va r ia bly den oun ced in un m ea sur edterm s the sug g estion s ofphysica l for ce, a n d n ever lost sig ht of the truth tha t a l l p erm a n en t r eform s r esult from m or a l sua sion a lon e. He did a g ood work in a d ifficulttim e a n d ea r n ed a n hon our a ble pla ce in the r a n ks ofpolitica l r eform . He kept burnin g the lamp of self- cultur e even in the g loom of a pr ison , a n d m a in ta in ed the in

stin cts ofa n a tur a lly g en erous n a ture un perver ted by oppr ession a n dwron g . The n am e

ofSamuel B am ford will ever deserve to be r eta in ed in the lon g a n d d istin g uished rollof La n ca shire Wor thies.’

Sam uel B am for d wa s bur ied in Middleton chur chya rd on the a fter n oon of the

2 0thApr il 1872 , with the hon our s of a public fun era l , ofwhich a very in ter estin gr epor t m ay be seen in the Ma n chester Gua rdia n ofApr il 2 2 n d, a n d a lso in the Ma n

chester Ex a min er .

His publica tion s a re1. Miscel l a n eous Poetry. By Samuel B am for d , wea ver , ofMiddleton , La n

ca shire, la tely impr ison ed in the ca stle of Lin coln . Lon don , F. Dolby, 2 99,

Str a n d . 18 2 1.—Three subsequen t edition s wer e published , but with a lteredtitles, in 1834, 1843, a n d 1864.

2 . P a ssa g es i n the L ife of a R a d ica l . By Sam uel Bam for d . 2 vols. 1840—44.

An other ed ition wa s issued a bout twelve yea r s a g o by Abel Heywood a n d Son ,

Ma n chester .3. Ea r ly D ays. 1 vol . Lon don , Simpkin a n d Ma rsha ll. 1 849.

- A secon d

edi tion a ppea red in 1859 . Ma n chester , John Heywood.

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4 . Wa lks in SouthL a n ca shir e . 2 vols.5. Ta lk 0 SeawthL a n lceshur or Tim B obbin , Tamma s a n

’Mea ryfettlt a n’

ma de g r ea d ly. BySamhul Beamfort. 1850. Pr in ted by J ohn Heywood ofHey

wood . In this volume B am ford professes to cor r ect the d ia lect in Tim Bobbin .

An other ed ition wa s published in 1854, by J ohn Russell Sm ith of Lon don , en

titled : The D ia lect of SouthL a n ca shir e or Tim B obbin’

s Tummus a n d Mea ry

r evised a n d cor r ected , withhis Rhymes a n d a n en l a rg ed a n d a men ded Glossa ry.

6 . L ife ofAmos Og den of Midd l eton ,1853.

-He wa s a loca l celebr ity, a n d

pri n cipa l p rom oter ofthe Mecha n ics’ in stitute a t Middleton .

D a vid Stott.

In the Ma n chester Histor ica l Recor der , ed it . 186 2 , p. 165, there is a br ief n oticeof this schol a r , but his n am e is m ispr in ted Hol t in stea d ofStott.He wa s bor n on the 1oth September 1779 , a n d the son of Thoma s Stott, fa rmer

a n d woollen m a n ufa cturer a t Rippon den ,n ea r Ha lifa x . His fa ther r emoved toMa n

chester a bout 1790 , a n d sen t his son to the g ramm a r school, where he r em a in ed three

yea rs, thoug h his n am e does n ot occur in the Reg ister .

He wa s from ea r ly m a n hood a zea lous prom oter of Sun day schools, a n d the

foun der of tha t which wa s con n ected with S . Pa ul’s chur ch , Ma n chester , which subsequen tly becam e, proba bly, the la r g est in En g la n d a n d form ed, in my ea r ly days,a n d to the presen t d ay, so imposin g a pa r t in the a n n ua l procession of Sun day schoolschola r s to the ca thedra l on Mon day in Whitsun week.He d ied on the 2 6thFebrua ry 1848 , a g ed 6 8

, a n d wa s bur ied in the chur chya rdofBowdon ,

Cheshire. There is a mon umen t to him , in which hiswork is thus comm em ora ted

He foun ded S . Paul ’s Sun day school , B en n ett street, in the yea r 180 1,a n d wa s

perm itted by the g oodn ess ofGOD to l abour in the m a n a g emen t of it un til the la stweek ofhis life. He wa s a lso the orig in a tor ofSick a n d Bur ia l societies in con n exionwith Sun day schools, a n d wa s a n oble exam ple ofwha t m ay b e effected by the in fluen ce ofChristia n pr in ciple, affection a n d per sever a n ce,when devoted to the service ofthe Sa viour .

His g en tlen ess a n d devotion a ptly fitted him for a Sun d ay school in structor .His ben evolen ce a n d d iscr etion en a bled him to foster this in stitution , equa lly em in en tfor its usefuln ess a n d success.“This tr ibute of affection is er ected in ven er a tion of his effor ts a n d example by

the visitors, tea chers a n d fr ien ds ofthe sa id school.”

In a n a rticle which a ppea r ed in the Mor n in g Chr on icl e in the year 1849 , on the

cotton metropolis,”in which m en tion wa s ma de ofthe or ig in a n d success ofthe Sund ay schools ofLa n ca shire, there is the followin g pa ssa g e : “On e ofthe most r en own edin the ca use is a n in defa tig a ble worker of the n ame ofStott. For ha lf a cen tury thi sg en tlem a n wa s the for emost champion ofthe La n ca shir e Sun day schools, a n d workedstea d ily on .

it 4“’X‘ The school towhich he pr in cipa lly devoted him self open ed with40 schola rs. Its a ver a g e n umber n owis slig htly over


32 2 ADDENDA TO VOL. 11.

Pag e 8. I/Vil l iam B a ttye.

[William , son of Jam es B a ttys, wa s born on the 4thMa r ch 1764, a n d died on

the 1 2 thFebrua ry 18 1 1 . His fa ther possessed proper ty in Picca dilly a n d a t Leven shulme. His eldest son , Thom a s

,wa s the author ofa n umber ofpamphlets a n d la rg er

works in r eferen ce to the ma n a g em en t of public affa ir s in Ma n chester , ofwhich themost impor ta n t wa s The Red B a si l B ook

,1797. He a tta ched hi s n am e a s author to

a l l of them . T.

Pa g e 8 . Sa muel Hen sha l l .

He wa s a public exam in er a t Oxford in 180 1.

Pag e 1 2 .—] ohn G. Lon sda l l .

His fa ther wa s licen sed a s cura te ofBir ch chapel by D r. Edmun d Keen e, bishop ofChester , on the l g thMa rch 176 2 ; ha vi n g been or da in ed dea con on the zud Ma rch1760, a n d pr iest on the 1st Jun e followin g , by D r . John Hum e

,bishop ofOxford .

Pa g e 17. Isa a c Bl a chtur n e.

His fa ther - in - l aw,Mr .Kerfoot, wa s a hig hly r especta ble solicitor ofWa r r in g ton ,

towhom Mr . (a fterwa r ds sir ) W.D .Eva n swa s a r ticled .

”See Mr . J am esNicholson ’

s

Memoirs of Sir IV. D .Eva n s. Kn t., Vice- cha n cel lor of the D uchy of La n ca ster , a n d

afterwa rds Recorder of B ombay. 1845.

Pag e 18 . Owen An thony Poole.

He wa s of the fam ily of Poole of C a en ést, n ea r B a rmouth, a n d becam e clerk ofthe pea ce for the coun ty ofCa r n a rvon . He wa s m uch r espected , a n dwa s succeeded inthe office by his n ephew, Richa rd An thon y Poole , whose eldest survivin g son , William Poole

,is the pr esen t clerk ofthe pea ce . Owen An thon y Poole died , un m a rr ied

,

a t his r esiden ce, Gorphwysfn , n ea r the Men a i br idg e .Pag e 18 . john Wa r d.

The fa ther of this schola r m a r r ied , on the 24thFebrua ry 1754, An n , daug hter of

William B a n croft, esq., ofMa n chester . His son John , the schola r here r ecorded ,wa s

a lieuten a n t in the 3rd West In dia r eg imen t, a n d died in 1794. He wa s first cousinto the la te Thom a sWa rd , esq ofNewca stle -un der -Lyn e (son ofMr . Thom a sWa rd

,

a lso a n a ttor n ey) , who d ied on the 3oth Jun e 1873, a t the g rea t a g e of93, in fullpossession ofhis fa culties, a n d whowa s un cle by ma r r ia g e to the wife ofthe editor .

Pag e 33. Edwa r d R ishton .

Died on the 3othJ a n ua ry 1869 , a tWin dsor , Cordelia ,widowofEdwa r d Rishton ,esq., ofElswick lodg e a n d Pr eston , La n ca shir e.” The Reg ister , Ma r ch 1869 .

Pa g e 40 . Sa muel Stephen son .

See Booker ’sHistory of Cha r lton Chap el , p. 309 . On e Samuel S tephen son cur a tethere in 180 1 .

Pag e 53. Thoma s Ga skel l .“D ied , ea r ly in 1836 , a t Pen dleton , in her 79th yea r , the widowof the rev.

Thom as Gaskell, in cumben t ofNewton Hea th.” Gen t.Ma g .

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Pag e 54. john Tipp in g .

He wa s a ba rr ister , a n d ofClaxby ha ll , in the coun ty ofLin coln .

Pa g e 54. Wil l ia m [ l l ingwor thHe is sa id to ha ve been a t Nottin gham g r amm a r school before his a dm ission to

Ma n chester . Hewa s a r ticled toMr . Stor er , solicitor , ofNottin g ham ; a n d is reputedto have ha d m ore a n tiqua r ia n kn owledg e ofhis coun try a n d its even ts tha n a n ym a n of

his day, a n d on e of fewwho could decipher the ol d r ecor ds, bein g employed by g o

ver n m en t a s their sta n d in g a dviser in a l l m a tters ofa n cien t r ecord . He r ecovered forg overn m en t g rea t possession s in the duchy of La n ca ster , a n d much of the a n cien trig hts belon g in g to the duchy ofCor nwa ll.

Pa g e 60. Tr afi rd Leigh.

His youn g er son , Hen ry Leig h Tr afford, esq.,stipen d ia rym a g istra te ofthe Sa lford

hun dred d ivision of La n ca shire a n d of the Ma n chester petty session s for n ea r lytwen ty-four yea rs

,d ied a t Corwen

,Nor thWa les, a g ed 60 , on the 313t Jul y 1869. He

m a r r ied , in 1842 , J a n e, d aughter of the r ev.F.W. Holme, r ector ofMeysey Hampton , Gloucestershire . (See p . 1 19 , foot n ote .)

Pa g e 64. Thoma s Rhodes.

D ied , on the 3rst October 1868, a t Lucer n e

,Switzerla n d , a fter a shortjl l n ess,

a g ed 18 yea rs, on ly survivin g child of the la te John Rhodes, esq., of Waverhil l ,

Ha n dswor th , Sta ffordshir e.

”

Pag e 65.— john Gr eenway.

See pp. 326 - 7infr a . I con clude tha t he wa s a n a ttor n ey .

Pag e 67. Cha r les P.Myddelton .

He publi shed a tr a ct en titled The Cup of S a lva tion , bein g the 1 16thPsa lm,a s

used i n the ser vice of chur chin g ofwomen . pp. 8 . Stockpor t, 18 12 .

Pag e 72.—fohn josephLister .

1764. On Thursday [Aug ust 9th] , wa s m a r r ied a t the Colleg ia te chur ch, Dymocke Lister , esq.

,a ca pta in in the Lin coln s m ilitia , to Miss Ba n croft, on ly daug hter

ofthe la te J oseph B a n croft decea sed , a most am iable youn g la dy,with a fortun e ofn ea r

30,000 l .” Ma n chester Mer cury.

1753. On Sa turday the 2 6 th [May] , d ied her e a fter a very shor t illn ess, Mr .

Joseph B a n croft, m ercha n t, a g en tlema n un iversa lly r eg r etted by a l l who ha d theplea sur e ofhis a cqua in ta n ce, or occa sion for his boun ty. His public a n d pr iva te cha

r ities a re too g rea t to be en um era ted but it m ay b e trul y sa id , tha t by the dea th ofthiswor thy g en tlem a n m a n kin d ha s lost on e ofits g r ea test orn am en ts, a n d vir tue on eofits br ig htest exam ples.

”I bid .

Mr . Joseph B a n croft wa s the or ig in a l foun der ofthe Ma n chester infirma ry.

Pag e 77. - R . a n d En twisle.Mr . Richa rd En twisle ma rr ied, on the 14th August 1794, Friederica Ma rg a retha

ADDENDA TO VOL. II .

Philipp in e, daug hter ofH. J. Bern ha rdt,ofGrumsta dt in Germa n y. His eldest son ,

Hen ry, born 5thSeptember 1795, d ied on the 9thMa r ch 1834, a g ed 39 . His dea thwa s ca used by a fa ll down som e steps

,by which his spin e wa s broken , a t Messin a in

Sicily. It is supposed tha t he wa s defen din g him self from ba n ditti. Jam es, the

secon d son ,bor n on the 8th J uly 1796 , m a r ried, a t NewYork, Sa ra h An n Ha rdm a n .

He wa s d rown ed in Lon g Isla n d b ay, Nor th Amer ica , on the i 4thNovember 18 23.

The d a te ofthe dea th ofhis third son, Richa rd (born 17thMay is the 16thAug ust 1831. His son William wa s born on the 3othSeptember 1808 .

Pa g e 78 .—Peter Heron .

His youn g er d aug hter , Ma ry Felicia , widowof John Smith B a r ry, esq., died a t

Leam in g ton on the 2 2n d Jul y 1869 .

Pag e 8 1. Edmun d Outr a m .

He wa s the sen ior proctor ofthe un iversity ofCambridg e in 1795.

The foll owin g amusin g letter from this schola r to his quon dam schoolfellow,John Ba g shaw, esq. (see Reg ister , p . ha s been kin dly pla ced in my ha n ds byW.H. G. B a g shawe, esq.

, ofFord ha llDea r sir ,“The p in es a re most excellen t, a n d the g ame will, I have n o doubt, a r r ive in

due tim e. I hope you will a ccept my best tha n ks for so ha n dsome a presen t a t the

sam e tim e, a s I have rea lly som e little con scien ce, I must r equest tha t, if you shouldever hon or m e in thisway a g a in , you will n ot be so extremely boun tiful. Nothin gwould g ive me g rea ter con cer n tha n a n a pprehen sion tha t you m ay di stress yourselfby so much g en erosity.“You a re r ig ht a s to the iden tity of the kn ig ht. He received his title from his

m ajesty on the thron e ; a n d a s I ha d the hon or of kissin g ha n ds n ext to him , a n d

con sequen tly stood close a t his heels when the sword wa s la id on his shoul der , Icon ceived tha t some spa rks ofhis hon or m ig ht have exten ded a s fa r a s m e. However , a syou seem to ha ve n o g r ea t ven er a tion for kn ig hthood , I sha ll n ot en dea vourto demon stra te on the pr in ciples of electr icity, or a n y other pr in ciples, tha t I am a

kn ig ht. You would have la ughed , I thin k, if you ha d seen us a t cour t, some of us

m ost un couthly fig ures, a syou maysuppose. However , tho’ma n y, I have n o doubt,

thoug ht tha t the kin g had a s m uch to fea r from us a s from the mob , str a n g e a s it

m ay seem , n ot on e of us tumbled over his majesty, or even over a n y of his lords.Thiswa s the more to be a pp rehen ded , a s the scen e wa s r ea lly a very m a g n ificen t on e,for it ha ppen ed to b e a very full levee d ay.I am n owin the full exer cise of my pr octor ia l fun ction s, a n d a s I have deter

m in ed n ever to m ake for cible en tra n ce in to a house without a n applica tion to the

civil power , I sha ll n ot trouble you with a n y quer ies respectin g the exten t of mya uthor ity. I tha n k you however , kin dl y, for the a ssista n ce which youwa s so g ood

as to offer .

Our Chr istma s combin a tion room open s on the 25th in st. Let me beg ofyou

to com e a n d spen d the twelve dayswith us, if your en g a g em en ts will a llow it. I


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On the opposite side a rewritten the“n ames of thosewho din edLord Gr ey de Wil ton .Sir Rd . Pepper Arden .

William Eg er ton , esq., Ta tton pa rk, Cheshi re.Colon el Dr in kwa ter , Ma n chester .W . Smith, esq.

, Stoke Newin g ton .

G. Mor ewood , esq.

Dr . La tham ,B edford row.

D r .Hawor th, Lin coln ’s-in n fields.

The r ev.Dr .Win sta n ley .The r ev. Geor g e Ha rper , M.A.

The r ev. J. Ra dcliffe , Ma n chester .Thos. Lowten , esq.

, Temple .Joseph Lowten , esq.

, Gra y’s in n .

W .Wa inwright, esq., Wa rbur ton , Cheshire.

T . In ce,esq.

, W irkswor th , Derbyshir e.John Gr eenway, ofDr onfiel d , esq.

,14 Essex street, Lon don .

Within g ton , esq.,Ma n chester .”

II Accompa n yin g the cir cula r wa s the followin g letter f rom Dr . La thamDr . La tham presen ts his complim en ts to Mr . Gr eenway, a n d is ha ppy in in

form in g him tha t the school m eetin g will be held a t the Freem a son s’ ta ver n in

Lin coln ’

s- in n fields on Tuesd ay Apr il 14th , a n d tha t d in n er will b e on ta ble exa ctly

a t 6 o’clock. The object of the m eetin g is to br in g tog ether severa l ol d fr ien dswho

were a ssocia ted in ea r ly life, a n d to p ay tha t tr ibute of r espect to a foun da tion un derwhi ch m a n y of them ha ve r ece ived a con siderable pa r t of tha t educa tion which ha sproved the m ea n s of their success a fterwa rds. If Mr . Gr eenway should kn owa ny

Ma n chester schola r who m ay n ot have r eceived in tim a tion ofthe m eetin g , Dr .La thamwill be pa r ticula rly oblig ed byhis commun i ca tin g it to such g en tlema n .

B edford r ow, Apr ilIII. The cir cula r a n d letter wer e a fterwa rds forwa rded byMr . Greenway to John

Ba g shaw, esq.,with the followin g letter

“Dea r sir ,

it a: at a: as a:

As your brother [the rev.W. B a g shaw,for whom see Reg ister , vol . 11. p . 10]

m ay r eceive some plea sur e fr om a perusa l of the en closed pr in ted letter , with then ames in ser ted upon it, I beg lea ve to sen d it to you.

“The esta blishm en t is a t presen t in its in fa n cy, but hope n ext yea r we sha ll ha vea much more n umer ous m eetin g .

Ther ewa s n o d istin ction a t ta bl e we wer e a l l schol a rs. After d rin kin g thehea lths of Lawson

,D a rby a n d the other m a ster s, school a n d schola r s, ea ch person

wa s to tell a school a n ecdote, which caused the a ftern oon to pa ss very plea sa n tlyin deed . I, bein g the on ly per son pr esen twho ha d been wholly throug h both schools,had the hon or of havin g my hea lth dra n k. The rev. Dr .Ha rper desired I would


sen d the en closed to your brother . The rea son ofhis kn owin g I wa s a cqua in ted withyou wa s, every person wa s to g ive in a s m a n y n ames a s he could (amon g my n um ber ,which wa s n um erous,wa s your brother ’s) in order to in cr ease the m eetin g n ext yea r .Mr . Eg er ton ofTa tton pa rk, fin din g I wa s a cqua in ted with colon el Ha dfiel d, sa id hewould be very g la d to see m e a t his house . I told lor d Gr ey deWilton ofJa ckson ’

s

bruta l con duct to m e, a n d Mr . Shawe’s kin d in terferen ce. Lord Gr ey sa id he ha d

a lways a g r ea t dislike for J a ckson .

“.I b eg to be m ost r espectfully rem embered to your brother a n d Mrs. B a g shaw,

a n d Mr . a n dMrs. Shaw. I r ema in,dea r sir ,

your very oblig ed a n d ob edt. serva n t,14 Essex str eet, JNO. GREENWAY, jun r .

25Apr il 1802 .

Pa g e 1 2 1. Wil l ia m C r esswel l .He becam e a n a ttor n ey, pra ctised in Ma n chester

, a n d died in 1827.

Pag e 1 23. Ill icha el Atkin son .

He wa s a n a ttor n ey, a n d town clerk ofLin coln . He a fterwa rds lost his proper tyby over pur cha ses of la n d , a n d ca rr ied on a sm a ll pr a ctice a tB a kewell (see LawList,18 2 where he died a bout twen ty-five yea rs a g o, a t a g rea t a g e. Hiswidowwa sstill livin g a t Lin coln n ot lon g a g o.

Pa g e 1 2 8 . Frodsha m Hodson .

D r . Wil liam Cleaver , bishop ofChester a n d pr in cipa l of Br asen ose colleg e, in hischa r g e to his clerg y in 1799 , thus r efers to the proba tion a ry exercise of this schola ra s a fellowofthe colleg e :“Nor sha ll we wa n t the pr a ise of ha vin g a bly defen ded on e of the most abstruse

doctr in es ofour relig ion ,whilstwe ha ve in our ha n ds a tr a ct upon the etern a l fil ia tionofthe Son ofGOD ; a tr a ct in which I kn own otwhether I should most comm en d

the exten t of ea rly profession a l erudition , the precision of a cultiva ted style, or the

perspicuous a r r a n g emen t ofa close a n d soun d a r g um en t.”

Pa g e 138 . Ma r tin Abbot.

A sister of this schola r , Sa r ah , d ied a t Ramsg a te on the 15th Ja n ua ry 1870, a t

the g rea t a g e of93.

Pag e 141.—] a mes D r a ke.

D ied on the 1 1thFebrua ry 1871, very sudden ly, the rev. Georg e James AsshetonDr ake, A.M.

Pag e 14 1.- Wil l iam I/Vithin g ton .

The.

fa ther of this schol a r wa s a son of John Within g ton , whowa s a fishmon g er ,a n d m a rr ied a Miln e . The son lived for m a n y yea rs n ea r Tideswell in Derbyshire,a n d died there in 1834. For a con n ected n otice of the va r ious schola rs of the

Within g ton fam ily, see Reg ister , vol . iii. p . 236, sub n omin e G. B.Withi n g ton .


Page 14 1. jer emiahRoyle.He wa s a m er chan t, r esided in Lea f squa r e, Pen dleton , a n d for ma n y yea rs

chur chwa rden ofwha t wa s then ca l led the Ol d chapel, Pen dleton . On e of his

daughtersm a rried Mr .E.B . Birks, sur g eon , whom she survived , dyin g a tDerby, onthe 13thMa r ch 1873. Mr . Jerem iah Roylewa s twice m a rr ied.

Pa g e 152 . Rober tPor ter .

D ied on the 14thJ a n ua ry 1869, at Hurst Tea n , Ma ry, widowof the r ev. Rober tPor ter , r ector ofDr aycot, a n d secon d d aug hter ofthe r ev.Hen ry Thoma s ofChur chLeig h, a l l i n the coun ty ofStafford , a g ed 83.

Pa g e 16 2 . john j Garn ett.The r ev.William Ga r n ett, elder brother of this schola r , m a r ried, on the 16th

September 18 15, Elizabeth Sophia , daug hter of the la te J . B ishton , esq., of Kel sa l t

ha ll,Sa lop, who d ied on the 5thNovember 1869, a g ed 71, a n d is bur ied a t Acton

chur ch,Cheshire.

Pag e 164. john D r in kwa ter .His sister Eliz abeth, who m a rr ied Thom a sWilson Pa tten , esq.

, died a t 9 Lown dessquar e, Lon don , on the 5thJun e 1871, a g ed 92 .

Pa g e 165.—ja mes B oa rdma n ,

Some n otice ofhis br other William , r efer r ed to here, will be foun d in L a n ca shir ea n d Cheshir e Histor ica l Tr a n sa ction s

,vol . viii. pp. 71- 72 , a s havin g been first usher

a n d then m a ster ofWa rr in g ton Gramma r school , with which he wa s con n ected for a

per iod of twen ty yea rs from 1808 to 182 8. He ha d previously been secon d m a sterto Dr . Va l py a t Rea din g .

Pa g e 168 . Rober tjames Ta lbot.He wa s pr iva te secr eta ry to ea r l Grey dur in g his shor t a dm in istra ti on i n 1807.

He chiefly devoted him self to liter a ry pur suits,pa rticula r ly poetry, a n d tr a n sla ted

Wi l l iam Te l l from Schiller , a s well a s Goethe’s Fa ust, a n d wa s a con tributor toB l a ckwood ’sMa g a zin e.

Pa g e 178 . john Per civa l .He own ed

“

, a n d a t on e tim e r esided a t, Wa l thewhouse, n ea r Wig a n , a n d died

un ma rr ied .

Pag e 178 .—josephWa n ton .

In Run corn chur chya rd there is a ston ewith this in scriptionIn m em ory ofWilliam Ather ton Wa n ton , youn g est son ofthe rev.J. B .Wa n ton ,ofDoug la s, Isle ofMa n , who died Oct. 15, 1836, a g ed 24 yea rs.

Pag e 18 2 . Cha r les Por ter .

D ied, on the 1st October 1873, a t her residen ce, St. Leon a rd’

s,Exeter , Elea n or ,

widowofthe rev. Cha r les Porter , D .D ., a g ed 88 .



Pa g e 20 1. john I/Vzthin g ton .

He wa s wa shed overboa rd a n d d rown ed in the Atla n tic on his retur n voya g efrom Am er ica .

Pag e 205.— Hug h C a l veley.

[This schola r wa s born a t Hun tin g ton ,n ea r Chester , a n d wa s youn g er son of

'

Mr . J am es Ca lveley, la n d surveyor , of Chester a n d Hun tin g ton . The fa ther wa sa n excellen t dr aug htsm a n ; the m a ps a n d pla n s prepa red by him , bein g bea utifulspecim en s of ca lig ra phy a n d drawin g , a re still hig hly pr ized by their possessors. A

fin e cha r t of the pa r ish chur ch of S . J ohn , Chester , presen ted by Mr . Jam es C a l

veley, is still preserved in the vestry of tha t chur ch . Hugh C a lveley wa s bor non the 8th J uly 1783, a n d a fter bein g for som e yea rs un der the r ev. J . Riley of

Wa ver ton , a villa g e a dj a cen t to Hun tin g ton ,wa s r emoved to Ma n chester school .

Here he r ema in ed for four yea r s, the victim of ill hea lth : a n d on quittin g school,his delica te hea lth forbiddin g a l l employm en t, wa s sen t, un der cha r g e of a n elderbrother , to the West In dies

,r em a in in g i n the isla n d of S . Vin cen t for a bout

two yea rs. Retur n in g hom e,the ship in which he sa iled becam e the pr ize of a

Fren ch cruiz er , a n d b e, with the ca pta in a n d crew, were m a de pr ison er s of wa ra n d ta ken to Gua d a loupe . On his r elea se he retur n ed to En g la n d , a n d in 1803 ob

ta in ed a commission in the Roya l Cheshire m ilitia , then embodied for a ctive service.With this r eg im en t he served till the close of 18 15, a ctin g za s p aym a ster a n d,

thoug h a lways in d elica te hea lth, m a n a g ed to outlive a l l his brother ofli cers, a n d

to see his ol d r eg im en t re - embod ied a fter a la pse of m or e tha n for ty yea rs. Afterleavin g the m ilitia he l ed a r eti red life

, dyin g a t his r esiden ce in Wa terg a te str eet,Chester , a t the a g e of 86

, on the 2 8th Februa ry 186 8,a n d wa s bur ied a t the n ew

cem etery. T.E ]

Pag e 2 10 . S amuel Ha l l .

He seceded from the En g lish Chur ch in 1834, a n d settled a t Southpor t where a

Mr .Ha g ue of Liverpool built for him a sm a ll m eetin g house . After a while his popul a r itywa n ed , a n d he showed a d isposition to r etur n to the Church , but did n ot

m eet with en cour a g emen t from his diocesa n , D r .J .B . Sum n er . Dur in g his r esiden cein Lon don he is sa id to have been a frequen t a tten d a n t a t the da ily services in S .Pa ul’sca thedr a l. 'The dea th of his youn g est son , Ar thur Geor g e, of Fa r n l ie, Wid n es,La n ca shire, wa s recorded in the pa pers a s havin g occur red a t Gr ea t Ma lver n on the

1stD ecem ber 1873, a t the a g e of50 .

Pa g e 2 16 . Wil l ia m Ha r ter .

He d ied a t Hope, Eccles, on the 27thOctober 1872 , a g ed 8 1 .

Pag e 2 2 2. Ashhur st Tur n er Gilber t.He d ied a t Chichester on the 2 1st Februa ry 1870 , a t the a g e of 83, a fter a n epis

copa te oftwen ty-eig ht yea rs. His fun er a l sermon wa s prea ched in Chichester ca thedr a lon Sun day the 27thFebrua ry, by his examin in g chapla in , the r ev. H. B .WhitakerChur ton , vica r ofIcklesham a n d preben da ry ofChichester . In a brief n otice of the

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bishop , which appea r ed in the Times on the dayfoll owin g his dea th, a re thesewordsHe ha s left behin d him a n am e for un boun ded ben evolen ce, open -ha n ded hospita lity, a n d a devout a n d sta in less life.”

He published a Visita tion Cha rg e in 1848 .

Pa g e 2 24. Thoma s de Quin cey.

“D ied,r st Ma r ch 1872 , a tWeston Leig h, n ea r B a th, a g ed 8 1

, J a n e, survivin gd aug hter ofThom a s Quin cey , esq.

, ofMa n chester , a n d sister of Thom a s de Quin cey,esq.

, decea sed .

”

Pa g e 2 27. Thoma sHa rg r ea ves.

Hewa s a con tempor a ry ofthe first sir Rober t Peel a n d, like him ,foun ded a ca lico

pr in tin g establishm en t, which took a hig h posit ion in tha t bra n ch of in dustry. Hecom men ced busin ess a t Oaken shaw, n ea r Wha lley , but a t the commen cemen t of thepresen t cen tury r em oved to Accrin g ton , a n d er ected works on a n exten sive sca le inthe va lley ofBroa d Oak, in pa rtn ershipwithMr .Dug da le. He died on the 12thJ un e182 2

, in the pr im e of a life which m ayjustly b e sa id to have been m a rked by g rea ta n d hon oura ble en terpr ise. Accr in g ton ,

then a villa g e, a n d which ha s n owa popul a

tion of m ore tha n owes its r ise to the B roa d Oak pr in t works, which ha vee n joyed m ore tha n seven ty yea rs un in ter rupted prosper ity. On the dea th ofMr .

Ha r g r eaves, the workswere ca r r ied on by thr ee ofhis son s, J ohn ,Rober t a n d J on a

tha n . J ohn Ha r g reaves the eldest son,who m a r r ied , on the i 6thNovember 1831 ,

Gr a ce , daug hter of sir William B rown of Liverpool , wa s the la st to r etire from the

busin ess in 1852 , which then pa ssed in to the ha n ds of Messr s. Gr a fton a n d compa n ythe presen t propr ietors, a n d r esided on a n esta te which he pur cha sed a t B ea con sfiel d

in Buckin g ham shire,wher e he d ied on the 15thJ a n ua ry 1873. He wa s bur ied at

Chr ist church, Accr in g ton , a n d a lon g r epor t ofhis fun er a l, a lm ost a public on e,a ppea r ed in the loca l papers, with a br ief a n d in terestin g hi story of the well-kn ownprin tin g workswith which he wa s so lon g con n ected.Mr . Thom a sHa r g reaves, who m a r ried Ma r g a r et, daug hter of Ben jam in Wilson ,

esq.,of Ba xen den , wa s bur ied a t the pa r ish chur ch of Accrin g ton ,wher e there is a

mon um en ta l tablet bea r in g the followin g la uda tory in scription

Sa cred to the memoryof

THOMAS HARGREAVES, Esra ,

ofOak Hill in this Pa rish .

En dowed with stron g n a tur a l ta len ts,a n d possessin g a peculia r soun dn ess ofjudgmen t,

un ited witha n am iable sim plicity ofm a n n er s,

a n un iform ben evolen ce ofdisposition ,a n d a n hon our a ble in teg r ity ofcon duct,

he en joyed

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the esteem , the con fiden ce, a n d the affectionof a l l within the spher e ofhis a cqua in ta n ce

whilstby his a dvice, his in fluen ce, a n d his example

b e ren der ed him selfthe comm on Fr ien d a n d Ben efa ctor

ofthe n eig hbourhood in which he lived .

He closed a life ofpure un affected piety to GODa n d ofexten sive usefuln ess to Society

on the 12thday of J un e 18 2 2,

in the 5r st yea r ofhis a g e .

For his son sWilliam a n d Jon a tha n , see Reg ister , vol . iii . pp . 186 ,

Pa g e 2 27. —josephjohn son .

This schola r wa s on e of the pr in cipa l per son s en g a g ed in the politica l a g ita tionwhich pr eceded the Peter loo m eetin g a t Ma n chester on the 16th Aug ust 18 19 .

Exceptin g Hun t, he wa s perhaps in sta tion the m ost impor ta n t of the lea ders. He

wa s a m a n well-to-do in the wor ld,havin g a brush -shop a n d m a n ufa ctory in Shude

hil l, a n d a pr iva te house a t Crum psa ll, wher e he en ter ta in ed Hun t pr ior to the m eetin g from which they, with others, were r em oved to pr ison . For m a n y yea rs a fter hewa s kn own , a s,

I ca n well r em em ber , a s Ra d ica l John son but in the la tter pa r t ofhis life eschewed public pol itics

, a n d becam e,I believe, like sir Fra n cis Bur dett, a

tory in his opin ion s. His la st public a ct wa s the stren uous pa r t whichhe took inpromotin g the ca n d id a tur e ofCobbett a s a m em ber for Ma n chester , a fter the pa ssin gof the fir st r eform bill in 1832 .

For m a n y yea r s he r esided a t Northen den ,Cheshir e

,wher e he died on the 5th

Septem ber 1872 , a g ed 8 1 , a n d is bur ied in the chur chya rd . Hiswife , Ma rg a r et, d iedon the 3rd Februa ry 1 82 1

, a g ed 25yea rs, a fter g ivin g birth to a son , who died on

the 4thMay followi n g .

The followin g n otice of him a ppea red in the Ma n chester Gua r d i a n of the r oth

September 1872 , for which I am in debted toMr . D a vid Kelly ofStr etford . Thoughtakin g , a s m a n y will still believe, too len ien t a v iewofthe m otives a n d a ction s ofthechief politica l a g ita tors of the d ays r efer r ed to, the n otice is n ot un deservin g of a

pla ce in these pa g esOur list ofdea ths two days a g o compr ised the n am e ofon e who thoug h he ha d

outlived the r ecollection of m ost of his fellow-citizen s, wa s d istin g uished, a n d n ot

otherwise tha n hon oura bly, in his tim e. It is n ot desir a ble tha t veter a n s who ha vebor n e the brun t ofpolitica l con flict in their day should fa ll to r est en tir ely u n n oticed ,thoug h they m ay

—a n d,in deed , often must—ha ve lon g a g o cea sed to take a n a ctive pa rt

in public a ffa irs. On l y very fewpeople pr oba bly r ecog n ised in Mr . Joseph John son ,whose decea se a t the r ipe a g e of8 1 we r ecorded , a lea d in g fig ure in the demon str a tionso bruta lly r epressed by the Peter loo m a ssa cr e a n d a sha r er in the pen a lties a tta chedin 18 19 _

to the offen ce ofa ssemblin g to petition pa r liamen t for a r edress ofg r ieva n ces.



Mr . Morton wa s a n extr emely a cceptable a n d popular clerg yma n ; a n d durin g thela tter pa r t ofhis term of office, Mr . Ped ley bein g in capa cita ted, the ol d cha pel inB r in dle Hea th (which ha d been er ected for a dissen tin g m eetin g house by a blea chern amed Br ier ley, who in ten ded it for a son , who died youn g ) became a very ca rr ia g eroa d to heaven . As cura te of Pen d leton Mr .Mor ton published

1. B ap tisma l Vows : a Sermon p r ea ched May 3oth, 1824, a ddressed to the

youn g people oftha t town ship a fter con firm a t ion .

2 . A Fa r ewe l l Sermon , p r ea ched a t S . Thoma s’

s in 1825, a n d publ ished a t the

r equest ofthe con g reg a tion .

He a fterwa rds ca r ried on a la r g e pr iva te school a t Pen dleton un til his promotionto Chor lton chapel, wher e he wa s cut off in the m idst ofhis yea rs ofusefuln ess. A

sermon on his dea th wa s published by the r ev.W.Hun tin g ton , the pr esen t r ector of

S . J ohn ’

s, Ma n chester , in 1843. He left thr ee da ug hters, who a fter their fa ther ’sdea th en g a g ed in tuition . R . L .]

Pag e 233—ja mes Pa ulden .

[He succeeded his fa ther , a s a brewer, in Gr a vel la n e, Sa lfor d . The fa ther ,whoten a n ted for some time Fa ilswor th ha ll, wa s a pa tron of the tur f. B esides this sonhe left three daug hter s, two ofwhom m a rr ied . He m a r ried , for his secon d wife ,Eliza beth , eldest da ughter ofMr . Thom a s Loxham , of Sa lford , who with his wifewa s bur ied ben ea th the pulpit in Tr in ity chapel. R. L .]

Pa g e 233. Fr eder ick C a lver t.

Fr eder ick B a ltimor e Ca lver t wa s baptized on the 1 1thApr il 1795. From Ma n o

chester school he wen t to the Roma n C a tholic colleg e of Ol d Ha ll Gr een,Her tford

shire.In 1824 he published A D efen ce of the D r ama

, which ha d a n exten sive cir culation ,

a n d wa s rea d byMr . Fawcett to the m embers of the thea trica l fun d a t the ira n n ua l d in n er of tha t yea r , un der the pr esiden cy of the duke of York. In 1829 he

becam e elocution a ry lecturer ofKin g’

s colleg e, Aberdeen , a n d g ave lectur es on or a tory,poetry a n d other liter a ry subjects

,in the la rg er town s ofEn g la n d. He ha s been , in

succession , lecturer a t Kin g’

s colleg e , Aber deen , m a ster of the En g lish la n g ua g e a n d

liter a tur e a t the Edi n bur g h a ca demy, a n d elocution a ry lecturer to the n ewcolleg es ofEdin burg h a n d Gla sg ow, which la st ofli ce he holds a t the presen t time.He is the a uthor ofthe foll owin g publica tion s

1. L etter to the Very Rev. D ea n Ra msay, Ed in burg h, on the a r t qf r ea din ga n d p r ea chin g d istin ctly. Lon don , Rivin g ton s, 1869 . pp. 14.

2 . The D e Or a tore of C icer o tr a n sl a ted by F . B . C a lver t,MA .

, former lyMa ster of the En g l ishL a n g ua g e a n d Liter a tur e in theEdin burg hAca demy, a n d

Elocution a ry Lectur er a t the n ewCol leg es ofEdin burg h a n d G l a sg ow. Edinbur g h, Ed

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mon ston a n d Doug la s, 1878. Sm . 80, pp . 2 14.

He‘ma rr ied in 1 8 18 Miss Percy ofWhitby, who decea sed about eig ht yea rs a g o,

lea vin g him seven survivin g children , two son s a n d five daug hters. His elder son is

on e ofthe En g lish m asters in the Edin burg h hig h school, a n d the youn g er , Michael


Ta lbot Ca lver t, is a n a ctor of con sider able ta len t,ha vin g in October 1866 played

Ma cbethfor six successive n ig hts a t D rury La n e .

For his brother Geor g e see vol . ii. p. 236 a n d for Micha el see vol . iii. p. 2 1.

Pa g e 239 . Hen ry Within g ton .

On e ofthe six son s of J ohn W ithi n g ton , who m a r ried Alice Miln e (see vol . i. p .a n dwhowa s the eldest brother ofJ am esWithin g ton , fa ther of Geor g e Ba n croft

Within g ton , for whom see vol . iii. p. 236 .

Pa g e 24 1. john D a l l a s.

He wa s for som e time cur a te of B irch, a n d in 1843 succeeded Dr . John Mor tona s in cumben t ofChor lton -on -Medl ock.

Pa g e 2 46 . john Mover l ey.

He took holy orders a n d wa s cur a te ofHa lton , n ea r Run cor n ; a n d subsequen tlyvica r of Lidd in g ton , n ea r U ppin gham . On a tablet in Run corn chur ch ther e is thefoll owin g in scr iption :

“The Rev J oh n Mover l ey, M.A., vica r ofLidd in g ton , a n d la tein cum ben t ofHa lton in this pa r ish, who d ied 20thApr il 1834, in the 36th yea r of

his a g e .

” He is bur ied in the chur chya rd . I fin d am on g the Cambr idg e g r a dua testhe n ame ofJ ohn Mover l ey, ofQueen

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s colleg e , A.B . 1823, A.M. 18 26 .

Pa g e 246 . S id n ey Sm ith.

[Dur in g the schoolboy d ays of this schola r the school wa s hon our ed with a visitby the g a lla n t hero of Acr e, who wa s in tr oduced tohis little n am esake, with whomhe con ver sed for a shor t time

,a n d g a ve him som e excellen t a dvice. On leavin g the

school , sir Syd n ey Sm ith wa s g r eeted with m ost dea fen in g a n d prolon g ed cheers,which were still fur ther heig hten ed , when itwa s m ade kn own tha t he ha d procur edfor the school a whole holiday. T. C .]

ADDENDA TO VOL. I .

Pa g e 8 . Wil l ia m Tttlow.

He wa s cur a te ofPott cha pel , in the pa r ish ofPr estbury, Cheshire, some tim e p re

vious to the 25thMa r ch 1757, when he r esig n ed in fa vour of the r ev. Peter Mayer .

Pa g e 8 .—Wil l ia mja ckson .

Hewa s m a tr icula ted of B r a sen ose colleg e, Oxford, in Hila ry term 1745, a t the

a g e of 18 .

I am in debted toMr . John Owen ofMa n chester for the fol lowin g fa cts1714. May

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25. Ma r r ied Edwa rd Ja ckson a n d Alice Ma she.

”(Reg ister Ma n

chester Col leg ia te chur ch.)In the chur chya rd there is a ston e on which his dea th is r ecorded on the 13th

Apr il 1765, a g ed 77. On e son , Edwa rd , ba ptiz ed 2 8th J un e 1719 . Will i am , b a p

tized 13th December 1727. On a n other g ra veston e is the dea th ofEdwa rd Ja ckson ,jun .

,whowa s bur ied 27thSeptember 1793, a g ed 75. In hiswill he m akeshis brother , the r ev.William Ja ckson ofStockport, on e ofhis executor s.”

In Wheeler ’sMa n chester Chron icl e Will iam J a ckson ’

s dea th is thus a n n oun ced179 1. September 3. On Thur sday even in g d ied a t Stockpor t, supposed by the

sudden bur stin g of a blood vessel, the rev.Wi lliam Ja ckson ,M.A., cha pla in to the

ea r l ofHa rdwicke, on e ofthe kin g’

s pr ea chers ofthe coun ty of La n ca ster , a n d m in ister of Newton ,

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n ea r thi s town . He wa s a lso m in ister ofDen ton in this pa r ish, a n d

m a ster ofthe fr ee g r amm a r school in Stockpor t n ea r for ty yea r s. His m emory willb e lon g r evered by his survivin g fr ien ds, r ela tion s a n d hea rer s.”

He wa s a ppoin ted by the wa rden a n d fellows of Ma n chester Colleg ia te chur ch tothe perpetua l cur a cy of Newton Hea th on the 23rd Jul y 1789 , on the dea th of

Richa rd Milwa rd (for whom see Reg ister , p. a n d wa s him self succeeded a t D en

ton by the r ev. P.W. Gr eswel l .William Ja ckson appea rs amon g the schola rs presen t a t the a n n iversa ry m eetin g

0f 1789 .

Pag e 1 2 . R icha rd B l a cow.

He kept up his frien dshipwith his ol d schoolfellow, the rector ofStockpor t, in a fterlife. The ul tra whi g pr in ciples which both held were on e bon d of un ion . The

r ev. John Wa tson ofB ra sen ose colleg e, Oxford , g r a n dson of the r ector of Stockp or t ,g ave me

, some tim e a g o, the followin g amusin g letter ofthe Win dsor ca n on , in wh ichhe a ckn owledg es the r eceipt ofhis frien d

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s sermon ,Kin g s should obey the L aws



Pag e 25. Wil l ia m A l len .

Ell en Livesey wa shis secon d wife . His first wa s a daughter of Thomas Clowes,esq.

, ofHun t’

s ba n k.

Pa g es 26 a n d 2 24— Sa muel B ayley.

The m emoir of a r chdea con H. V. B ayley, r eferr ed to in the n ote to this n am e,

wa s wr itten by the r ev. Cha r lesW. Le B a s, A.M.,

- former ly pr in cipa l of the Ea stIn d ia colleg e, Ha ileybury.

Pag e 27. I/Vil l ia m B en tl ey.

“By the violen ce of the win d , sever a l chimn eys were blown down in diversepa r ts of this town s, a n d pla ces a dj a ce n t, pa rticul a r ly on e a t the house ofD r . Ben tley ,in Newton la n e, which bea t in the r oof upon the d octor , a n d un for tun a tely

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sha tter edhis l eg in so terr ible a m a n n er , tha t he la n g uished in g r ea t pa in un til Sa turday mor n

in g , when he expired .

”(Ha rrop

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sMer cury, 2 2 n d Ma rch,1

Pa g e 28 . Thoma s Fur n iva l .

Mr . John Owen g ives m e the followin g pa r ticula rs of this schola r“B aptized a t the Colleg ia te chur ch on the 8th Ja n ua ry 1737, o. s. He en ter ed

the a rm y, a n d wa s en sig n in the 41st r eg imen t foot, a n d r etired with full p ay a t the

en d ofthe Am er ica n wa r , a n d m a rr ied a la dy offor tun e i n Lon don . In 1789 he wa selected g over n or of the New B a iley pr ison , Sa lfor d a n d, on the dea th of his

wife in J un e 1793, m a r r ied , secon dly, Fr a n ces Ma ssey, widow. He died on the 2 2n d

Februa ry 1804, a g ed 6 6 , a n d wa s bur ied on the n or th side ofthe Colleg i a te chur chbut the ston e ha s sin ce di sa ppea r ed .

”

Pag e 29 . Reg in a ld Heber .

His secon d wife d ied on the 9thJun e 1834, a g ed 83.

Pa g e 31. john D a rwa l l .He published in 1775, 8vo, A Visita tion Sermon p r ea ched i n the p ar ishchur chof

Wa lsa l l a n d in 1789 , 8vo, A D iscourse on sp ir itua l imp rovemen tfrom afil iction .

He m a r r ied in 1766 MissWha teley, the authoress of Poems on sever a l occa sion s,

1764, 8vo ; ofwhich she published a n ewedition un der her m a rr ied n ame in 1774 ;2 vols. sm a l l 8vo, Wa lsa ll.

Pag e 31. Thoma s I/Vithn el l.

From the Act B ook of bishop Keen e (1752—7 a sma ll 4to volum e con ta i n in gthe ordin a tion s a n d in stitution s dur in g his episcopa te, pr eserved in the bishop

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s secreta r y’s office a t Chester

,it appea rs tha t on e ThomasWithn el l wa s or da in ed pr iest a t

Chester ca thedra l on the 2 6thJun e 1757.

Pa g e 35. —l lfil l ing ton Ma ssey.

His first wife wa sEliz abeth , da ug hter of Micha el Webb ofWa rmin ster , in the

coun ty ofWilts. For pedig ree see Burke’s L a n ded Gen try, ed. 1863.

ADDENDA TO VOL. I. 339

Pa g e 37. B a r tholomewBooth.In the Act B ook of bishop Keen e of Chester

,there is the followin g en try, which

proba bly r efers to this schola r : “B a r tholom ew Booth to.the m a stership of the

school a t D isley , Cheshir e, a n d to the cur a cy ofthe cha pel a t Ma rple.”

Pa g e 37. Rober t An dr ews.[J oseph An dr ews, the fa ther , m a r ried Ha n n ah , daug hter of Edwa rd Ken yon of

Bolton , a n d ha d a son Rober t, bor n on the 3othD ecember 1741. He m a rr ied , first,Ma ry, d aughter ofSamuel D a rbyshire

,who d ied s.p . a n d

, secon dly, Sa r ah , d aug hterofThoma s Cockshot ofMa rlow, in the coun ty ofYork

,who d ied on the 13th Aug ust1793. He succeeded to la r g e esta tes a t Rivin g ton , a n d wa s J .P . The ha ll a t Rivin gton a n d the Pike stood upon his proper ty. The own er of this esta te ha s a lways beenkn own in the d istr ict a s the squire .” T. B .]

His fa ther , son of Rog er Ma ssie, wa s baptiz ed a t S. Peter ’s chur ch, Chester , on

the 23rd Ma r ch 171 1, a n d wa s sher iffofChester in 1745.

Pa g e 42 . S amuel Ha l l .“Samuell Ha ll , a ttorn ey, Pa rson a g e. (Ma n chester a n d Sa lfor d D ir ectory,

Pa g e 52 . Thoma s Ga rd n er .

His fa ther wa s on e ofthe chur chwa rden s ofMa n chester in 1759 .

Pa g e 66 . —.Da n iel Kay.

[He m a rr ied Ma ry Ma n g ua l l , a n d ha d four childr en , Richa rd, Da n iel, Sa r ah a n d

Samuel ,whowa s a n a ttor n ey in Ma n chester a n d stewa r d to sir Oswa ld Mosley, ba r t.,then lord of the m a n or , a n d di ed on the 10thOctober 1854. His son Samuel isn owa n a ttorn ey in Ma n chester , a n d reg istr a r of the coun ty cour t.

The Chr istia n n ame ofhismother wa s Elizabeth. T. B .]

Pag e 67.—ja mesHa l l .

Is thi s schola r the person r eferred to in The Ma n chester Recorder , p . 138, whodied in 1843 in his 96thyea r ?

Pag e 71. Rober tRobin son .

His n ame a ppea rs in the r ecords ofthe a n n iversa ry m eetin g ofthe old schola rs in1784. He wa s probably a m a n ufa cturer , r esid in g in Kin g street.

Pa g e 72 . Cha r les Sn ow.

“Ma rr ied, 1767. 28 February. Cha r les Sn owofS . Thom as’

s, Chester , a n d Ma ry

Cleg g ofMa n chester , by licen se.” (Reg ister Ma n chester Col leg ia te chur ch.)

Pag e 84.— Ashwor th C legg[He wa s born in 1748 , a n d m a r ried Elizabeth Da rbyshir e, a n d died on the 13th

November 18 18, s.p . He wa s g r a n dson ofJ am es C leg g , M.D .

,who un ited the pro

fession ofm edi cin e with tha t of n on con form ist m in ister . James Cleg g prea ched a t

340 ADDENDA TO VOL . 1.

Chin ley, in the Peak, where he d ied on the 5thAug ust 1755. He wa s the a uthor of

A D iscour se occa sion ed by the sudden dea th of the Rev. J ohn Ashe,of Ashfor d in

the Pea k ; towhich is a dded, “A shor t a ccoun t ofthe life a n d cha r a cter of the Rev.

J ohn Ashe . Lon don ,pr in ted for J.Noon . 17 12mo. D escen d a n ts ofD r . Cleg g

in the fema le lin e a re still in the fam ilies of Pershouse , Sn ow, Gream e a n d Buck .

T. B .]

Pa g e 85. john a n d Thoma s Ga rside.

See Byr om’

s Rema in s,vol . ii . pp. 2

, 39 2 , a n d n ote.

Pa g e 9 2 .—ja mes Sta n l ey.

His son ,Edwa rd Sta n ley, died a t Grosven or squa re , Lon don , on the 8th Ma rch

1870, a g ed 79 .

Pag e 95. A r thur B oyer .

His fa ther wa s a n old in habita n t a n d a ttorn ey ofm a n y yea rs’ sta n din g a t Newca stle .

Pa g e 103. Thoma s B a n cr oft.“B aptized a t the Colleg ia te chur ch , Ma n chester , on the 25th Ja n ua ry 1756 ,

Thom a s, son ofThom a s B a n croft a n d Ma ry hiswi fe .”

He wa s elected Cr a ven schola r a t Oxford in 1780 , wa s orda in ed dea con on the

2 9thJ un e 1783, a n d a ppoin ted to Chester school in the same yea r.The followin g is the in scr iption on his g ra veston e a t BoltonHer e l ie in ter red , the mor ta l r ema i n s of Thom a s B a n croft, who depa r ted this

life on the 2 1stMay 1802,a g ed 80 .

“The Rev. Thom a s B a n cr oft, M.A., vica r of Bolton ,termin a ted a n a ctive , just

a n d truly Christia n life on the 5thd ay of Februa ry 1 8 1 1,a t the a g e of55. B lessed

a re the dea d whi ch die in the LORD,for they r est from their labours, a n d their works

do followthem .

Here r ests the body of Eliz a beth , r elict of the Rev. Thom a s B a n croft, vica r of

Bolton ,who depa rted this life, May 4th, 1846 , in the 84thyea r ofher a g e.

”

Pa g e 109.—joshua B r ookes.

See B amford’sEa r ly D ays, pp. 292—94, for a very cha ra cter istic a n ecdote of thisschola r .

I r em em ber hea r in g in my school -boy days the followin g story ofJoshua B rookes.Wha twould b e sa id ofa cler gyma n n ow, who should ven ture to in terfer e, a s d id the

r ev. chapla in a t the chr isten in g of a child ?Nam e this child , sa idMr . B rookes. Cha r lesEdwa rd, replied the Godpa ren ts.

Cha r les Edwa rd !” excla im ed the ir r itable cha pla in ; “I’ll have n on e of yourJa cobite n am es here . Georg e ! I baptize thee,

”&c .

Pag e 131. rid iles Fopp le.

Mr . John Owen , to whom I am in debted for sever a l extr a cts from the Reg ister Qf


342 ADDENDA TO VOL. I .

Pag e 155. Benja min R awson .

Very little seem s to be remembered r espectin g this family in the n eig hbourhoodofBolton .

This schola r , the on ly son , comm en ced busin ess in Bolton , in a sm a ll way, a t a

pla ce ca lled the Vitr iol houses, lon g sin ce demolished . He subsequen tly r emoved hisoper a tion s to Prestolee, a n d r a pidly am a ssed a for tun e, bein g a t the tim ewhen B a in espublished his coun ty D ir ectory a n d History,

in 1825, un en g a g ed in m a n ufa ctur in gpursuits, an d wa s residin g a t D a r ley ha ll, Fa r nwor th, which he built, tr avellin g toIta ly in order to procur e m a rbles for the em bellishmen t ofhis m a n sion .

He m a rr ied , in 1785, Elizabeth on ly survivin g child ofThom a s Plumbe, esq., who

died in 1807, bywhomheha d a n um er ous fam ily. See Reg ister , vol . iii . pp. 102, 295, fortwo ofhis son s. The on ly child ofhis son , Thom a s Rawson , esq.

, ofNidd ha ll, ma r

r ied the presen t viscoun tMoun tg a rr et. B en j am in Rawson died a this house in Ti ln eystreet, Pa rk la n e, Lon don , on the 31st May 1844, in his 87th yea r .

The Rawson s have a bur ia l pla ce in the pa r ish chur chya rd of Bolton -l e-Moors,

but the vaul t is empty, its occupa n ts havin g been r emoved to Nidd,wher e a hug e

m ausoleum for their r eception wa s erected in close con tig uity to the a n cien t chur ch .The works established by the Rawson s a t Prestol ee, belowD a r ley, where the

Bolton , Bury a n d Ma n chester ca n a ls form a jun ction , a n d the Bolton r ivers fa ll in tothe Irwel l, is n owthe most exten sive a lka li m a n ufa ctory in tha t pa rt of the coun try

Pa g e 16 2 .—.Roher t B a xter .

There is a g ra veston e in the ol d cha pel-ya r d, Stretford , with this in scr iption“The Rev. John Baxter , whowa s m in ister of this cha pel 19 yea r s, dy

’d August

6th 1766 , a g ed 6 1 yea rs.”

Pag e 168 . Rober t Newton .

D ied, on the 31st October 1869 , a t 104, Clapham roa d ,

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Lon don , a g ed 67, An n eElizabeth Sa chever ell , -widowofMicha el Ea ton Wilkin son , esq.

, a n d on ly daug hter ofthe la te lieut.-colon el Rober t Sa cheverell Newton of Bulwell ha ll, Notts.

Pag e 171. Thoma sHughes.

Eliz abeth Hug hes, sister to th is schola r , m a rr ied (a s his secon d wife) the rev.

Hen ry Newcome, A.M.,fellowa n d tutor ofQueen

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s colleg e, Cambr idg e (see Chetham society’s publica tion s, vol . xxvi, in troduction p . xvii) , whowa s fa ther ofThoma sNewcom e

,B .A., rector of Shen l ey, Hertfordshire , for whose son , Hen ry Justin ia n .

(See Reg ister , vol . iii. p. 2 1D r . Thom asHug hes held the r ectory of Shen ley for his brother -in -l aw, Thomas

Newcome,who succeeded to it in 180 1 on the r esig n a tion ofDr .Hug hes.

Pag e 178. Robert Ill il n e.

The da te ofhis m a rria g e in 1785 is Jun e 13th. He died on the 16thJun e 18 13,

a n d hiswidowon the 4thFebrua ry 1838 , a g ed 84.


Pa g e 18 2. john D r inhzva ter .

He died on the 16thJa n ua ry 1844, a g ed 8 1.

Pa g e 184.—] a mes Ga tl ij‘e.

Havin g fa llen in to pecun ia ry difficulties a s a n author,he published a n in tempera te

pamphlet in sel f-vin d ica tion , in which he reflects in n o m ea sured terms upon hisbrother the r ev. John Ga tl iffe

,a n d his diocesa n , Dr . G.H. Law. The title-pa g e of

this B r ochur e con veys som e n otion ofthe style ofthe con ten ts. It is Afirm a ttemp t

a t in vestig a tion , or the twin kl in g ef or t of a fa l l in g sta r to r el ieve the Cheshir e Ful l

Moon fr om those clouds,obscur ities a n d excr escen ces whichdep r ive a most va lua bl e

p a r t of the cr ea tion ofher ben eficen t L ig ht. It wa s published a t Ma n chester , for thea uthor , by T.Wilkin son ofRidg efiel d, 1820.

Pa g e 184. Thoma sMil n e.He wa s bor n on the 6th October 1764, a n d died on the 2oth Februa ry 18 10 .

There wa s a four thbrother , Richa rd , whose n am e is n ot foun d in the Reg ister , bor non the 2othJ uly 176 8 , who d ied, un m a r r ied , on the 18thAug ust 1841 . He is sa idto have been a t the school for a shor t tim e

,bein g r em oved because ofdeli ca te hea lth.

Ma n y yea rs of his life wer e spen t in Am er ica , but dur in g the la tter por tion he livedi n Lon don , wher e he d ied . He left a bequest of 12

,000 l . for the ben efit of poor

cler g ym en,n a tives of, or officia tin g in , the coun ty ofLa n ca ster .

Pa g e 185. Hen ryHodghin son .

186 1,October 27th. Died a t the Grove, Sidmouth, Sa r ah J a n etta , widowof

the rev.H. Hodg ki n son ,rector ofArb orfiel d , Berkshire, a n d on ly survivin g daug hter

ofCla udius Cr ig a n , D .D ., la te bishop ofSodor a n d Ma n , a g ed

Pa g e 203. Thoma s Aa’n utt.

His son d ied a t Ca deby r ectory, a g ed 70, on the 25thMay 1872 .

Pa g e 2 13. C a rr/ley.

Ther e is a tablet in Run corn chur ch with this in scr iptionSa cr ed to the memory of J am es Cawley , A.M., of Run cor n Hea th, who wa s

ca lled to his r est on the l et October 1847, set. 84, amidst the sorrowin g of a wholecommun ity.

Also ofEliz abeth, his am iable a n d beloved wife , whowa s r elea sed from a life ofm uch pa tien t sufferin g on the 2 n d Februa ry 18 17, set.46 .

Their r ema in s a r e in terr ed n ea r the south wa ll.”

PORTRAITS .

List of the Por traits pr esen ted to the School by the Editor . Thosem a rked aswere collected by D r . SMITH.

SCHOLARS .

JOHN BRADFORD , A.M., fellowof Pembroke ha ll, Cam bridg e. Chapla in to bishopRid ley a n d to kin g Edwa r d VI. Ma r tyr ed I st J uly 1556 . (Two p or tr a its.)

*RALPH BB IDEOAKE, D .D . Hig h m a ster 1638 . D ea n of S a lisbury 1667. B ishopof Chichester 1674. Trustee of the school 16 6 1. D ied 5th October 1678 ,a g ed 74. (A n I n d ia n - i n k d r awin g ofhis mon umen t a n d his efiig y a tWin dsor .)

WILLIAM CHADDERTON, D .D .,m a ster of Queen

’

s colleg e, Cambr idg e . B ishop of

Chester a n d wa rden of Ma n chester colleg e 1579. Bishop of Lin coln 1595

1608 . D ied 1 i thApril 160 8 .

* SAMUEL OGDEN, D .D .,fellow of S . John ’

s colleg e. Woodwa rdia n pr ofessor of

g eolog y, Cambridg e, 1764.

THOMAS PATTEN, D .D ., fellowofCorpus Christi colleg e , Oxford , a n d r ector ofChildr ey, B erks. D ied 1790 . (Photog r aphfr om a n oi l p a in tin g .)

*WILLIAM JACKSON, D .D ., of Chr ist church, Oxfor d . Reg ius professor of Greek1785. B ishop ofOxford 18 1 1. D ied 18 15.

CYRIL JACKSON, D .D . Dea n ofChr ist c hur ch , Oxford, 1783. Died 18 19 .

JOHN PORTER, D .D ., fellowa n d tutor of Tr in ity colleg e, Cam br idg e . Reg ius p ro

fessor ofHebr ew1790 . B ishop ofClog her 1796 . D ied 18 19 .

THOMAS WINSTANLEY'

,D .D . Cam den professor of a n cien t history, Oxford, 1790 .

Prin cipa l of S . Al ba n ha11 1797. La udia n professor of Ar abic 18 14. D ied18 23. (Photog r aphfr om a n oil p a in tin g .)“‘FRODSHAMHODSON, D .D . Pr in cipa l of B ra sen ose colleg e, Oxford, 18 19 . Ca n onofChr ist chur ch a n d r eg ius pr ofessor ofd ivin ity 18 20 . D ied 18 2 2 .

JOHN DEAN , D .D . Pr in cipa l of S . Ma ry ha ll, Oxford , 18 15. Died 18 23. (Photo

g r aphfr om a n oi l p a in tin g .)JOSEPH ALLEN

, D .D .,fellowofTr in ity colleg e , Cambridg e . Bishop OfB r istol 1834.

B ishop OfEly 1836. D ied 1 845.

WILLIAMHIGGIN,D .D . B ishop of Lim er ick 1849 . B ishop of D erry a n d Ra phoe

1853. D ied 1867. (Photog r aph)


PORTRAITS,ETC .

JOHN LATHAM, M.Dl , F.R .S. D ied (Two p or tr a its, on e i n his robes a s

p r esiden t of the Roya l col leg e ofp hysicia n s.)GEORGE LLOYD , esq.

, ba r r ister - a t- l aw. Died 1804.

NICHOLAS GRIMSHAW, esq.,m ayor ofPr eston .

THOMAS LOWTEN, esq.,ba r r ister - a t-l aw. Died 18 14.

THOMAS DE QUINCEY, esq. Died 1859.

WILLIAMHARRISON AINSWORTH,esq.

DAUNTESEY HULME, esq. D ied 1828 .

ROBERT THORPE, esq.

, surg eon ,Ma n chester . Died 1851.

Colon el JOHN DRINKWATER, a uthor of the S ieg e of Gibr a l ta r . D ied 1844.

(Photog r aphfr om a n oi l p a in tin g .)

II.

PORTRAITS OF PERSONS CONNECTED WITH THE SCHOOL .

HUGH OLDHAM, D .D ., b ishop ofExeter . Foun der of the school 1515. Died 25th

Jun e 1519 .

WILLIAM SMITH,D .D . B ishop of Lin coln 1495

- 1514. C o -foun der Of Bra sen osecol leg e , Oxford, 1509 . Died 2n d Ja n ua ry 1514 .

RICHARD FOK, D .D . B ishop ofWin chester 150 1- 2 8 . Foun der of Corpus Chr isti

colleg e, Oxford , I516 , a n d frien d ofbishop Oldham . D ied 14th September 152 8 .

JOHN RAINOLDS, D .D ., presiden t ofCorpus Chr isti colleg e, Oxford . Pa tron ofthe

school 1598 «1607.THOMAS RANDOLPH, D .D ., pr esiden t ofCorpus Christi colleg e, Oxford . Pa tron of

the school 1748 - 83.

* JOHN COOKE, D .D ., pr esiden t of Corpus Chr isti colleg e, Oxford . Pa tron of the

school 1783—1823JOHN DEE,M.A. Wa rden ofMa n chester colleg e 1595

—1608 . Visitor ofthe school .SAMUEL PEPLOE, D .D. B ishop of Chester 1726—52 , a n d wa rden of Ma n chester col

leg e 1718- 38 . Visitor ofthe school. D ied z I st Februa ry 1752 .

THOMAS CALVERT, D .D . Wa rden of Ma n chester colleg e 1823—40 . Visitor of the

school. D ied 4thJun e 1840, a g ed 65.

SARAH, dowa g er duchess of Som erset (wife of John Seymour , fourth duke of

Som erset) , the foun der of the schola rships a t B r a sen ose coll eg e , Oxford, a n dS . JOhn ’

s colleg e, Cambr idg e.MARGARET ofLa n ca ster , mother ofHen ry VII. The pa tron ess ofbishop Oldham .

ifSir GEORGE BOOTH, first lord D elam ere. T rustee ofthe school 166 1.HENRY BOOTH,

first ea rl ofWa r r in g ton . Trustee ofthe school 1676 .

WILBRAHAMEGERTON, esq.,M.P. Trustee ofthe school 18 16 .

Sir JOSEPH RAD CLIPEE, ba r t . Trustee ofthe school 1785. Died 18 19 .

‘l‘The R ight Houb l . DAVID LATOUCHE ,M.P. for Dublin . D ied 1805. (For his son

see Reg ister , vol . 11. p .CHARLES LAWSON, M.A. Hig h m a ster 17644 807.JEREMIAH SMITH, D .D . Hig h m aster 1807- 37.

PORTRAITS,ETC . 347

PORTRAITS OF PERSONS CONNECTED WITH MANCHESTEROR THENEIGHBOURHOOD .

HENRY NEWCOME, A.M., ejected from the Colleg ia te chur ch 1662 . Foun der of the

meetin g house in Cross street, Ma n chester. Died 1695.

JOHN BYROM, A.M., F.R.S. Died 1763. (Two p or tr a its) .JOSEPH FARINGTON, R .A., a r tist. Died 182 1. (Brother to William Fa r

in g ton ,see Reg ister , vol . i . p.

THOMAS PORTER,M.A.

,fifty yea rs cura te ofNor then den . D ied 1802 . The fa ther

ofD r . John Por ter , bishop ofClogher , a n d Hen ry Porter , A.M., for whom see

Reg ister , vol . i . pp. 117, 159 .

DORNING RASBOTHAM. Hig h sher iffofLa n ca shir e 1769 . Author of“Verses in ten dedto have been spoken a t the breakin g up of the school, Chr istma s (See

Reg ister , vol . i . p .3“ALEXANDER NOWELL , D .D . Dea n ofS. Pa ul’s 1560

- 160 1 . Foun der ofMiddletonschool 1572 , a n d ben efa ctor to Br a sen ose colleg e, Oxford . Died 13th Februa ry 160 1.

THOMAS BARRITT ofHa n g in g Ditch, a n tiqua r ia n . D ied 1820 . (See Reg ister , vol . 11.

p

Lord FRANCIS EGERTON, M.P., a fterwa rds ea r l ofEllesm er e. Died 186 2 .

JAMES STANLEY, seven th ea r l ofD erby. Pa tr on ofD r .Brideoake.

CHARLES STANLEY, eig hth ea r l ofDerby.JAMES STANLEY, ten th ea r l ofDerby.

OTHER ENGRAVINGS, &C .

The m on um en t ofSARAH,duchess ofSomerset.

The bur ia l pla ce ofWILLIAM SMITH ,D .D ., bishop ofLin coln .

The mon um en t ofHUGH OLDHAM, bishop ofExeter , in Exeter Ca thedra l. Fromthis dr awin g the en g r a vin g g iven in this volum e wa s taken .

asThe effig y ofHUGH OLDHAM,in Exeter ca thed ra l. (A d r awing .)

The shr in e ofRICHARD FOX, D .D ., bishop ofWi n chester .

The mon um en t ofdea n NOWELL.

The fron t ofBr a sen ose colleg e , Oxford.The fron t ofCorpus Chr isti col leg e, Oxford .

Two views illustra tin g colon el DRINKWATER’

S sieg e of Gibra lta r . (See Reg ister ,

vol . i . p .The m on umen t to GEORGE TRAVIS, A.M., a rchdea con of Chester—a n a lumn us of

the school with a meda llion por tra it by Nolleken s. (A photog r aph.)Ma lahide, Va n D iem a n

’

s La n d , the residen ce of the hon our ableWILLIAM TALBOT.

(See Reg ister , vol . ii. p.

348 P ORTRAITS ETC .

A letter , da ted 12th August 1740, to the r ev. JAMES PARR,M.A.,fellowa n d tutor of

Bra sen ose colleg e, Oxfor d, from JOHN COPPOCK, r espectin g his son Thoma s oftha t colleg e, who a fterwa rds join ed the in sur rection of 1745, a s cha pla in tothe Ma n chester reg imen t, a n d wa s executed a t Ca rl isle 18th October 1746 .Thom a s Coppock’s n am e is the first en ter ed in Reg ister , vol . i .

A map ofMa n chester in 1772. Reprin t in 1822 .


INDEX .

B a in es, Jam es f. Jam es, 271.B a ldwin , r ev . Nichola s R ig bye , 3.

B a l l,Edwa r d f.Edwa r d , 2 12 .

J osephL a n ca ster f.William ,26 2 .

*B a n gfor d , Sa muel , 316—20.B a n cks

, J a mes f. Ger r a rd , 42 , 2 90 .J ohn f. J ohn , 182 .Thoma s f. Ger a ld , 58- 9 .

TB a n cr oft, Thom a s, 340 .

B a n ks, J ohn f. B en j am in , 232 .

B a rber , John . f. J ohn ,107.

B a rg e , Rober t f. Thom a s, 190 .

B a rker, An thonyAur iol f. John , 97—8 .

Rober t f. Rober t, 2 80 .

Thom a s f. Thom a s, 144.

B a r low, Edwa rd f. John , 2 8 2 .

J a mes Ker shaw f. Ben jam in , 1 1 1 .

J ohn, 32 1.

IVi l l iam f. John , 169 .

B a r n es,Thom a s f. J ohn ,

2 27.B a r r a tt

, J a mes f. Jam es, 177.B a r row, JamesNewton f.Hen ry, 233.

Peter f. J ames, 42 .

Thoma s Wi l l iam f. Thom a s,108 .

B a r ton , B enjamin f. Samuel , 2 30 .

Georg e f. Samuel,1 14.

J a mes f. Samuel , 267.S a muelMi l n er f. Samuel , 258 .

Thom a s f. John ,193.

B a ssn ett, Richa rd f. Thoma s, 49 .

B a te, Edwa rd f. Joh n , 100 .

B a tema n,Hen ry f.William ,

139 .

Samuel f. Sam uel,140 .

B a tley, Cha r les f. John ,251 .

B a tt,William Thom a s f.William ,110 .

Ba ttersby , John f. Joh n , 238 .*B a ttye, Wi l l ia m f. J ames

, 32 2 .

B a xen del l , Edwa rd f. Thom a s,248 .

Thom a s f. Thom a s,248 .

B axter , Richa rd f. Edwa rd , 172 .

1' Rober t, 342 .B ayley, Samuel Hen ry f. Samuel , 166 .

1” S amuel , 338."

tB ea r d , Thom a s, 341.

Beck, Jam es f. Peter , 2 80 .

Beever , Hen ry Moss f.William ,2 19 .

B el lot, J ohn Cha r l es f. Abr aham ,

2 6 8 .

Owen Hen ry f. Abra ham ,2 80 .

Stephen f. Stephen ,159

- 60 .

Thom a s, 164.

Thoma s f. Thom a s, 1 17—19 , 164.—6

Wi l l iam Hen ry f. Thom a s, 148—9 ,

1 4.

B e l lott, J ames Pen d leton f.Hen ry, 2 16 .

3k

B el lott, Stephen f. Hen ry, 2 16 .

B en est, J ohn f. John ,

278 .

B en n et, B en j am in f.W illiam ,24 1.

B en n ett, An thon y f. Samuel, 2 8 2 .

Ashton f. Rober t, 271.Cha r les f. Cha r les, 72 .Edwa r d f. John

,135, 304.

Edwa r d f. J ohn ,206

, 314.

J ohn f. John , 174.

J ohn f. J ohn,206

, 314.

Rober t B a r ker f. Rober t, 241.Rober t Wi l l ia m f. J ohn , 174.

Thoma s Ra n d l e f. John ,2 69.

B en t,Edwa rd Sta n l ey f. Edwa rd , 2 67.J ames f. Ham let, 100—1 .

B en tley, Cha r l es f.W a lter Hor ton ,2 19 .

J am es f.Wa lter Hor ton ,2 19 .

John f.Wa lter Hor ton ,2 14.

Wa lter f.Wa lter Hor ton ,178.

1“ Wi l l ia m , 338.

B er n stein , Adolphus f. Lobel, 2 82 .

B er ry, Richa r d Sp a r l in g f. Hen ry ,1 15—17.

B in d loss,Edwa rd f. Richa rd , 162 .

Bin gham ,Edwa rd f. J ohn , 2 1 .

Georg e B rook f. John , 53.

Ma rk f. John ,129 .

B ir ch,Jam es f. John ,

270 .

B ir cha l l , J oseph f. John ,149 .

B ir d,Ad am Ya tes f. Geor g e Ryder , 17.Ben j am in f. Joseph , 152 .

B irkett,Thoma s f. D a n iel, 2 2—5.

Wi l l iam f. D a n iel, 2 2—5, 2 89 .

B irks,Cha r les f. Sim on Westn a g e, 276 .

B ir ley, R icha r d f. John , 99—100 .

Thoma sHor n by f. Hug h Hor n by,247.

B iscoe,J ohn Vin cen t f. John Edwin , 2 9 .

B issett, William f.Will iam ,193.

B la ck, John f. Rober t, 49 .

ifB l a ckbur n e, Isa a c, 322 .

J ohn f. Isa a c, 25—9 .

Thom a s f. Isa a c,167.

Wa lter f. Isa a c, 25-

9 .

W illiam f. J ohn ,2 20 .

B la ckm ore, Will iam f. Rober t, \46 .

B la ckshaw,John f. John ,

16 1 .

"

tB l a cow, Richa r d , 336 .

B l a i r , J ohn f. J ohn , 44.

Wi l l ia m f. John , 44.

B la ise,Chr istopher f. Chr istopher , 1 1 1.

B l a kemore, Hen ry f. Thom a s,274.

B la n d , Jam es f. Isa a c, 135.

B la se, John f. Thom a s, 84.

INDEX. 351

B lomfiel d, bishop, 3.

B lor e,Thoma s f. Thoma s

,66 .

B lun dell, J ohn f. John , 55.

B lun dston e, Wi l l iam f. Georg e , 54.

Boa rdm a n,Edwa rd f. Joseph, 39 .

J a m es, 328 .

J ohn f. Sam uel, 145.Thom a s J a mesHaydock f. colon el,

77Boden , Samuel f. Samuel, 193.Bon n er , Fr eder ick f. W illiam ,

18 1 .

TB ooth, B a r tholom ew, 339.

J ohn f. B en j am in ,1 1 1.

J ohn Edmun d f. Eben ezer , 271.Thom a s f. Ja cob , 40 .

B a r r on , Ar thur f. John Ar thur,179 .

Bosley, J am es f. J abez , 76 .

Rober t f. Ja bez , 76 .

Boudler, William f. William

,139 .

B outflower , Hen ry Cr ewe f. J ohnJ ohn son , 13

-15, 2 88 .

J ohn f. John J ohn son , 13—15.

Bower,Samuel f. Samuel, 166 .

B owker , Hen ryHi l l f. J ohn , 205- 6 .

Richa rd f. J ohn , 38 .TB oyer , A r thur , 340 .

B oys, Hen ry f. James, 2 13.

J ames f. James, 2 07.J oseph f. James, 207.

B r a dley, Hen ry f. B enjam in ,252 .

J ohn f. John ,125.

Thom a s f.W illia m ,243.

B r a dshaw, J ohn f. John , 1 14.

B r a g g , Wi l l ia m Nichola s f. Geor g e,2 6 1 .

B ramha ll,Jabez f. Richa rd , 232 .

B r a n dwood , Thoma s f. John , 230.

Wil l ia m f. J ohn , 2 29 .

B r a n thwa ite, Edwa rd f.W illiam ,135.

B r a ssey,Will iam Hen ry f.Thom a s,237.

B r aybr ooke, Hen ry f. William ,178 ,

313.

J ames f.W illiam ,178 , 313.

Phi l ip Wa tson f. Samuel, 259—60 .

B r em n er, J ohn A l exa n der f. J ames,

2 64-

5.

B r idden , Rober t f. Samuel, 275.Briddon ,

Cha r les f. Samuel, 278 .J ohn f. Samuel, 199 .

B r ier ley, John f. Sam uel, 154.

B r ig g s, J 01111 f.Wil liam ,12 9 . AISTOR,

Wi l l iam Ya tes f. John ,W illiam f. Thom a s, 2 38 . 208 .

B r ig n a ll, J on a tha n f.Ma thew, 55. C a l der , Edwa rd f. Fr eder ick, 270 .

Br ittle, John Edwa rd f. John , 19 1. * Ca lveley, Hug h, 330.

B r ittl eba n k , B enja min f.William ,105.

F r a n cis f.William ,105.

B roa dben t,Ra lph Newton f. Ra lph

,88 .

B roa dhurst, John f.William ,102 .

Wil liam '

f. Cha r les, 275.B rockleba n k, John f. John

,245.

B r ookes, Georg e f.William ,

2 69, 315.

J am es f. Thom a s, 276 .J ohn Hen ry f.Will iam Wycher ley,

250 .

Wil l ia m Lee f.William Wycherl ey, 250.

"

l' J oshua , 340.

B roome,John f. John , 56-7.

B r own , G. B est f. Thoma s, 1 12 .

Georg e f. Geor g e, 136.

J on a tha n f. Benjam in , 2 62 .

Nen am f. John , 39 .

Thoma s f. Thom a s, 238 .

B rown e, Geor g e f. J ohn ,157.

Rober t f. Thoma s,18 1 .

B rya n , Samuel f. Samuel, 266 .B ryden , Thom a s f. J am es, 90 .

B rydg es, D r .,8.

Bucha n ,John f. Cha r les, 158.

Buckley, Cha r les f. Samuel, 207.(or B ulkel ey) J oseph f. Rober t,

57- 8 .

(or B ulkel ey) Rober t f. Rober t,57—8

Thoma s f. Geor g e, 165.

Wi l l iam Ha lstea d Gr eenwood f.J ohn ,

234.

Budd , Thom a s f. Thom a s, 100.

TB udwor th, J oseph, 341B ul lock , Rober t f. Robert, 92 .Bur g ess, Ar thur f. Geor g e , 139 .

Edwin f. Geor g e, 72 .

Georg e f. Geor g e , 1 14Georg e f. J oseph, 56 .

Hen ry f. Geor g e , 72 .

PVi l l i am L a n ca ster f. Thoma s, 237.Bur lin g , J ohn f. J am es, 158 .

Bur n , Richa r d f. John , 158 .Thom a s f. Ja mes, 2 2 .

Burr ows,J ohn f. John ,

25.

Bur ton, William f.William ,

2 1 .

B ury, Georg e F r eder ick f. J ohn , 56 .

Butler , Georg e f. John ,233.

352 INDEX .

Ca lver t, Fr eder ick, 334.

Micha el Pen n f. Cha r les, 2 1—2 .Campbell

,Edwa rd f. Geor g e , 2 2 .

C a n e , Thom a s Coa ts f. Rober t, 1 19 .Ca r lisle, J ohn f. J ohn , 142 .

Ca r low, J ohn f. Ver n on ,275.

Gam e, William f. Lawr en ce , 2 00 .

Ca rpen ter, W illiam f. Thom a s, 55.

Ca r r in g ton ,Cha r les f. John , 56 .

C a r tl edg e, Wi l l ia m Ashwor th, f. Joseph, 247- 8 .

Ca r twr ig ht, Cha r les J ohn son f.Thom a s

Ever a rd,20 1 .

Ca se, Georg e Gr eg son f. Georg e, 69—70 .

J a mes f. Georg e , 69—70 .Ca sh, Sam uel f. Thom a s

,100 .

Ca sson, J ohn f.William ,

172 .

Ca stell ,William Geor g e f.W illiam ,270 .

C a thr a l l, W illiam f.William ,2 83.

Ca un ce , Rober t f.William ,84.

fC awley, J am es, 343.

Cawthor n , Thom a s f. Thom a s, 1 17.Cha dwick

, Rober tOldha m,f.Rober t

,I55.

W illiam f. Thom a s,154.

Chaf ers, Thom a s f. Ben jam in ,

2 1 1—12 .

Chamberla in,Edwa r

’

d f.William ,275.

Chapels,Jam es f. Thom a s

,2 62 .

Cha pm a n, William f. John

,2 13.

Cha r l ewood, Cha r l es B enja min f.Cha s.

B en j am in,89 .

*Cheek,Solomon

, 329 .

Cheetham , Ca rdwell f. James, 197.Cheetn am , Ern est Hilton f. Richa rd,

136 .

Chesshir e, J ohn Widdowson ; see Widd owson

,J ohn .

Chew, Georg e f. Edwa rd ,

154.

Thom a s Hea th f.William Chr istopher , 2 26 .

Wi l l ia m f. Edwa rd , 244, 315.Chor lton , James f. J ohn ,

135.

J ohn f.William ,135.

Chur ton, J ohn f. John ,

2 2 8 .

Cla rke , F ra n cis f. Fra n cis, 2 27.John f. John , 207.

C l ayton , Edwa r d f. Ra lph , 186 , 313.Georg e Edwa r d f. Ma r tin , 135.

J aphet f. Ma r tin , 41- 2 .

Ma r tin f. Ma r tin , 39 .Simeon f.Mica h, 49—50 .

Thoma s f. Ra lph,185, 313.

C l eg g , A lfr ed f.W illiam,103, 2 96 .

'

I' Ashwor th, 339 .

Ben j am in f. John ,'

100.

Cleg g , Ben son Will iam f.William ,262 .

Cha r les f.William ,103, 2 96 .

Jam es f. John , 9 1.

C l ose, Fr eder ick f. J ohn , 130 .

Thoma s f. John , 66 - 8 .

C loug h, Cha r l es f. J ohn,133.

J ohn f. John ,8 8.

C lul ey, Thom a s f. J oseph , 256 .

Coa tes, J ohn f. Fr a n kla n d , 55.

J ohn Edwin f. Richa rd , 231.Cobha m

, Hen ry f. Elij ah , 48 .C ochr a n e , J ohn f. John , 18 1 .

Cocks,J osephD un ker l ey f. Jam es

,103

2 95.

Cockshot, Thom a s f. John ,

'

2 27.Cog hla n ,

J ames f. John , 2 83.Cog swe l l , Nor r is f. J ob , 133.

Collier , Edwa rd f. J oseph , 275.

Richa r d f. J ohn ,199 .

Thoma s B a g n a l l f.Edwa rd, 98.Col l in g e, J a mes f. James

,274.

C amber,An dr ew f.An dr ew

,85.

Con sta n tin e,John Hebdin f. Rober t,

246 .

Conway, J ohn J a mes f. J ohn , 246—7.Cook , Cha r les f. Cha r les, 271.

John f.William ,2 17.

Samuel Ma n ley f. Samuel, 20 1.Thom a s f. Thom a s, 248 .

Cooke, F r eder ickHi l ton f.Wil l iam ,2 14.

Hen ry f. Thoma s, 2 29 .

r ev. J ohn , D .D . 1,2, 3.

John f. Samuel, 2 19 .

J ohn f. Thom a s,19 1 , 313

—14.

Str ethil l f. Samuel, 2 20 .

Cooper , Fr a n cis f. Fr a n cis, 2 19 .

Georg e Cha r les f. Stephen T. N.,

2 80 .

Jam es f. Da vid, 40 .

James f. Jam es,248 .

Joseph f. Fr a n cis, 270 .

S amuel f. Jam es, 248 .

Thom a s f. Fr a n cis, 2 66 .

Wi l l ia m f.,Geor g e, 243.

Coop s, J a m es see Acker s, J a mes.

C opl eston e, bishop , 2 , 16 2 .

Corbett,Stephen f. John , 26 2.

Cor nwa llis, bishop, 2 .

Corser,Thoma s f. Geor g e, 32—6 .

Cor t, J ohn f. Rober t, 45—6 .

Rober t f. Rober t, 9 1.Cosg r a ve, John f. John , 1 10 .

Coup l a n d , Thoma s J a ckson f. Peter , 109 .

Coutts, James f. James, 18 2 .


354 INDEX .

Ed leston , Richa rd Chamber s f.Richa rd ,2 04—5.Rober t f. James, 240 .

Rober t Chambers f. Richa rd , 2 27.Wi l l iam f. Jam es

,255.

Edm on dson ,John f. John , 94.

Edwa rds, Georg eRober tson f.T.W.,148 .

Wi l l ia m Gamul f. Thom a s, 18 2,

313.

Eg el some, Alexa n der f.Alexa n der, 55.

Eg l eson , Rober t f. Alexa n der , 142 .

Wi l l iam f. Al exa n der , 142 .

Elg ood , Samuel f. Thom a s, 2 15.

Elkin gton , Geor g e f. Jam es, 2 6 8 .

Jam es f. J ames,2 6 8.

Elliott , Ad am f. J ohn ,157.

J ohn f. John , 53.

EL SDALE,ROB INSON, D .D .,

8, 9 ,

10,16 3 secon d m a ster , 8 ; hig h m a s

ter , 9 ; his dea th , 9 .

capta in Robin son ,n otice of, 9 .

D a n iel Thom a s f.W illiam , 9 .

Hen ryElwyn f. Robin son , 9 , 2 25.

Robin son f. Samuel , 199 .

Robin son Tun sta l l f. Robin son , 9 ,199—200 .

Samuel,8 .

Samuel Geor g e, 9 .

ifEn twisle, J .

, 323.

R ., 32 3.

Essex, William f.William ,

248 .

Ethe lston, Edwa r ds f. C. W.

,1 14.

Edwin f. C.W .,158 .

Ha r t f. C .W.,145—6

, 308 .

Ethelston e, r ev. C .W .,1 .

Etty, Thoma s f. John , 2 8 2 .

Eva n s,J ohn Ha r r ison f. D avid , 138,

307- 8 .

Rober t Shea r in g f. Joseph, 16 1.

Thoma s f. Thom a s, 273.

William Da vid , 6 .

Ewer, Ga un t f. J am es, 71 .

Rober t f. J ames, 71 .

Ewin g , Joseph f. Joseph , 264.

FAGAN,

Joseph f. Lawren ce , 25.

Fa ir cloug h Boothroyde f. William , 270 .

F a l con er , Wi l l i am f.Thoma s, 107, 296 .

Fa lkn er , Cha r les f. Geor g e, 2 2 .

Fa l lowes, Sam uel f. Rober t, 12 0 .

Fa llows, William f. J ohn , 172 .

Fa ulk n er,Edwa rd Cha n tl er f. Isa‘

a c,259 .

Fa ulkn er , Isa a c f. Isa a c, 279 .Fawsitt, Thom a s f. Thom a s

,16 1 .

Fayl e , W illiam f. Rober t,2 27.

Fa z aker ley,Fr eder ickWilliam f.Wil l iam ,

104.

Fer n yhough, Joseph f. Joseph , 244.

Fer r ebee,Micha e l D own es Wr ig l ey f.

Micha el Wr ig ley , 125—6 .

Field , Sam uel f. Sam uel, 139 .

F ie lden,Oswa ld f. Rober t, 103, 295.

Field in g , J ohn f. John ,171 .

J oseph f. Joseph , 99 .

Fil ewood , J ames f. Jam es, 99 .

Fir th,Rober t f. Rober t, 2 20 .

Fish , Georg e f.W illiam , 74.

Fisher , Thoma sMa k in f. J am es, 6 1 .

Wi l l ia m f.William , 9 2 .

Fitton,Thom a s f. J am es, 135.

Fletcher, Alfred f. Cha r l es, 2 2 8 .

Cha r les f. Cha r les, 2 1 1.John f. Richa rd , 32 .

Samuel f. R icha r d , 180 .

Sidn ey f. Geor g e , 6 2 .

Thom a s f. Cha r les, 276 .F l in t

,Cha r l es Goug h f. Cha r les, 255.

Flood,Jam es f. J ames

,1 17.

Fol l iott, J ames f.William Ha rwood ,120 .

Forber , Edwa rd f. Thom a s,18 1.

For d, J ohn f.W illiam , 72 .

For de, A lfr ed f. J ohn , 96- 7.

Fr a n cis J ohn son f. J ohn, 70—1 .

Fr ed er ic f. John , 96—7.

J ohn f. John , 70—1.Forsyth

,John f. Rober t, 2 10 .

Foster , Hug h f.Hen ry, 1 1 1 .

Richa r d f. John , 84.

Sam uel f. Samuel, 2 63.

Foulkes,Edwa r d f.Ed ., 72 , 2 92 -

3.

J ohn f.Ed ., 72 , 29 2 -

3.

*F r a n ce,Isa a c, 333.

Fr a n k l in,Isa a c Abr aha m f. Abr aham ,

2 07.Fr eck l eton , Thoma s f. Geor g e , 256.Fr ith , Joseph f. J oseph , 156 .

Rober t f. Rober t, 39 .

Frog g a tt, John f. J ohn ,2 27.

Ful l a love, J ohn f. Jam es,249 .

Ful l a r ton , J ohn A l exa n der f. J ohn ,172 .

Wi l l ia m Hen ry f. John ,172 .

Fur n ess, William f. Micah , 16 2 .

Fur n ifull , Rober t f. J ohn , 2 27.Fur n iva l , J a mes f. Jam es, 58 .

T Thom a s, 338 .

INDEX. 355

ANT, William f. Joseph, 207.Ga rd in er , Ashton f. Ner , 279.Fr a n cis f.William ,

263.

Freder ic f.William ,2 63.

Freder ick f. J ohn ,200 .

J am es f. Ner , 278 .

Ga r d n er, Richa r d f. Rober t, 198 .

'

l‘ Thoma s

, 339 .

Wi l l ia m Atk in son f.Robert, 199 .

Ga r n er , Rober t f. Rober t, 2 27.Ga r n ett, Hen ry J ohn f. Thom a s

,183.

J ohn J ., 328 .

Ga r side,Cha r les B r ier l ey f. Joseph

,

242—3.

J ohn, 340 .

Thom a s, 340.

’*Ga skel l,Thom a s

, 322 .

Thoma s Fr a n cis f. Benjamin , 193.Wil l ia m f. B en jam in , 171 .

fGa tlifl’

e,J a m es

, 343.

Gaulter , William f. J ohn William ,147.

Gee, John f. J am es, 103.

Gen d a l l , Peter f. Peter , 2 1 .Germ a n ,

R icha r d f. Richa rd , 102 .

GERMON,REV. NI CHOLAS

, 3 ; a s

sista n t m a ster , 162 hig h m a ster , 163n otice of

,16 2—4 ; n am es ofa fewofhis

d istin g uished schola r s, 163 ; presen tation to, 163.

Nichol a s f. Richa rd Med la n d, 245.

Nichol as Med l a n d f. Nichola s,

Richa r d Cha r les f. John , 164,

Ger ra r d ,John f. Nem ia h, 2 9 .

Getty, An ton io f. Alexa n der , 72 .

G ibbon , W illiam f.W illiam ,180 .

Gibson, William f.W illiam , 73.

Giffa rd (ofChillin g ton ) , 1.*Gi lber t

, A shurst Tur n er , 330 .

Wi l l ia m J ohn f. Thom a s, 72 .

Gi l l , J a m es f. Thom a s Ol dm ea dow, 90.Gl a ister , Wi l l ia m f.William ,

86 -7.G l ea da l l , Cha r l es f. Cha r les, 199 . Sa mue l f. Samuel , 18 1.Gleave, J oseph f. J oseph , 100. Grun dy, Georg e D ocker f. Georg e,

Rober t f. Joseph , 87. 149—50 .

Wi l l ia m f.William ,103. Hen ry Wi l l es f. Geor g e, 265.

Glen n a n ,John f. Tim othy, 252 . Thoma s f. Thom a s, 1 13

—14.

Glover , Geor g e f. Jam es, 2 13. William f.William,2 2 2 .

Georg e, 329 .

'

l'Goa dsby, Thom a s, 341 . ADFIELD , Will iam f. John , 2 26 .

Goodm a n , D a venp or t f. Thom a s, 160 . Ha le, Thom a s f.William ,100 .

Georg e f. Thoma s, 160 . tHa l l , J am es, 339 .

James Bowma n f. Rober t, 2 18 .J ohn f. Thoma s, 172-

3.

Gordon ,James f. Alexa n der , 1 1 1.

J ohn Cor son f. Al exa n der , 142 - 3.

Sam uel f. Robert, 145.

Gore, r ev. Cha rles Freder ick, 164.

Gosl in g , Thoma s Mor ton f. Ma tthew,1 19 .

Goug h,’

Hen ry f.Hen ry, 208—9.Goul d

, Georg e f. Geor g e, 6 8.J ohn f. J oseph, 45.

Goul son , William Roper f. B en jamin ,94Gr aham

,John f. Thom as, 2 66

Thom a s f. Thom a s, 262 .

Gr a tr ix , Geor g e f.William ,2 82 .

William Hodg son f.William ,245.

Gr ay, Geor g e f. Laughl a n d , 54.J am es f. J am es, 230 .

J ohn f.Thom a s,129 .

J ohn Ha r die f. Rober t , 239 .

Thoma s Forsyth f. Jam es, 244.

Gr een , J a mes f. J ames, 76 .Thoma s f. J oseph, 76 .

Thom a sHea r tley f. Joseph, 2 20 .

if Wi l lia m, 32 1 .

Green ha lgh , Thom a s f. Thom a s,16 1.

Gr eenwood , J ohn f. J ohn ,1 1 1 .

Thoma s f. John ,1 1 1 .

Thom a s f. Thom a s, 135.

Gr eetha m ,Edwa r d f. Cha rles, 1 20 .

G r eg ory, Thom a s f. William ,2 63.

Greg son , J am es f. William , 18 1.

Gresty, J am es f. James, 16 1 .Greswe l l , r ev.Edwa r d , 4.

Edwa r d f.W illiam Pa rr , 77—8 2 .Wi l l ia m f.William Pa r r , 77—82 ,

2 9315Gretton ,

Thom a s f. J ohn ,16 2 .

Gr ierson ,J oseph f. J am es

,87.

Gr ime, J ohn f. James, 2 60.J osep hGeofi

'

r ey f. J am es, 270 .

Wi l l ia m Kay f. J ames, 270 .

Gr imshaw,James Rich ard f. Richa rd,

94

INDEX .

Ha ll, John f. J ohn , 2 2 8 .Rober t f. Georg e, 178 .S a muel , 330 .

1' S amue l , 339 .

Ha lla s, John f. John ,2 28 .

Ha l lswor th, Hen ry f. Hen ry, 264.

Ha lstea d , M l l iam f. Thom a s, 19—20 .

Ha lsted , L eg hD omvi l le f. Peter , 1 1 2 .

Ham er , Joseph Edmun d f. Edmun d ,2 27.

Ha mi lton, An drew f. Ga vin ,

1 1 1.

J a mes f. Gavin , 134—5.

Thoma s Per r ott f. Gavin , 1 1 1.Hammon d , Joseph f. Thom a s, 2 27.Ha mp son , J ohn Hen ry f. John ,

245—6 .Richa r d f. R icha rd , 183.

Rober t f. John , 266 .Samuel f. John ,

172 .Ha n cock

,Cha r les f. James, 240.

Ha nmer,An thony J ohn f. John , 236 .

Ha r den,J ohn Wi l l iam f. John , 194.

Ha rd in g , Robert f. Rober t, 251 .Ha rdma n , J ohn f. John , 72 .

J osephZipp ing f. John , 12 1.

William f.William ,270 .

Ha rdy, John f. J ohn , 151.

John f.William ,233.

J oseph f. J oseph, 16 2 .l Vi l l ia/m f. Joseph , 147.

Ha r g reave, H a n cis f. Hen ry, 245.Hen ry f. Hen ry, 245.

Ha rg r ea ves, J ohn f. John , 99 .

J on a tha n f. Thoma s, 19 1.Thom a s, 331.

Wi l l ia m f.Thom a s, 186 .

Ha rker , Hen ry f.William ,232 .

J ohn Pierp oin t f.Wil liam P.,249 .

Wi l l ia m f.William ,2 2 8 .

Ha r l a n d,Cha r les J ohn f. Thoma s, 2 34.

Ha r low, Hir am f. John , 140 .

Ha r r is, Cha r les f. Thom a s, 105.

Cha r l es f. Cha r lesPoulett, 2 66—7.Georg e Poul ett f. Cha r les Poul ett,

258-

9 .

Lawr en ce f. Thoma s, 1 15.

William f. Joseph, 2 27.Harrison

,Geor g e f. John , 158 .

Geor g e f. Rober t, 265.

Hen ry if. J ohn , 200 .

J ames f. Jam es, 190.

J am es f. Rober t, 265.John .f. John ,

16 1 .

Joseph f. J ohn , 2 0 1 .Peter f. Thoma s, 2 15.

Ha r rison , Samuel f. John , 16 1.Wi l l ia m f. John , 95—6 .

Ha rrop , J ames f. Thom a s,1 19 .

J ohn f. J ohn,2 80 .

*Han~ter

,Wi l l iam , 330 .

Ha sl am, Samue l Holk er f. Thom a s

,6 2

,

29 1 .

Ha ssa ll , Joseph f.Wil liam ,193.

William f.W illiam ,180.

Ha tton , J ohn f. John ,154.

Ha ug hton , Georg e D un ba r f. John ,165.

Hen ry Phi l ip f. John ,185.

Wi l l iam f. John ,184—5.

Hawa r den , Jam es f. An d rew, 50.

Hawkes, John f. Joseph , 157.J ohn Ha tely f. Richa rd, 50 .

Hawkesworth, J ames f. Joseph , 1 29 .

Hawor th,Edmun d f. Edmun d

, 30—1.

J on a tha n f.Edmun d , 30—1 .

Hawtr ey,Edwa r d f. John

,167.

Mon ta g ue J ohn Gr eg g f. J ohn ,166—7.Stephen Thoma s f. John , 167.

Hay, r ev. R.W.,8 .

Hayes, Cha r les f.W illiam ,240 .

Geor g e f.W illiam ,240.

William f. John , 39 .

Haywa rd,Cha rles f.W illiam Hen ry,

207.Hea p

,Geor g e f. Georg e, 2 25.

Jam es Goolden f.W illiam ,257.

Hea th, Ashton Ma r l er f. J am es, 93.

Edwa rd f. Thoma s, 166 .Will iam f. John ,

2 66 .

Hea thcote, Geor g e f. J ohn ,2 82 .

John f. John , 275.

Hea ton , Georg e f. John ,232 .

Josia h f. John ,270 .

fHeber , Reg i n a l d , 338 .

Hedley, Will iam f. Jam es, 279.Hen m a n

, William f. Jam es, 24 1.*Hen sha l l , Samuel , 32 2 .

Hen shaw,John f.William ,

136 .

Herfor d , Wi l l iam Hen ry f. John , 25025I .

Her on , Georg e f. Peter , 10 1- 2 .Ha r ry f. Peter

,168.

’l“ P eter , 324.

Hervey, Thom a s Kibble f. James, 2 84.

Hel p, J ohn f.W illi am ,171.

Luke f.W illiam ,2 00 .

Wi l l ia m Thoma s f.William Thom as, 166.


358 INDEX .

Hutchin son , Rober t f. Rober t , 42 .

Huthersa l , Cor t f. John , 44—5.

Hutton , Fr eder ick f. J oseph, 1 1 1 .

Hyde, Thom a s f. Jam es, 199 .

"

j’

LLINGWORTH,Wi l l ia m

, 323.

In g le , Ma r tin f. Timothy , 56.In g leby, Clem en t (ofMoseley) , 7.In g l esen t,Edwa r d f. Geor g e, 1 1 1.I r el a n d , J oseph f. J ohn

,192 .

J oseph f.William ,139 .

Thom a s f.William ,135.

Irk, the r iver , 2 .

Irvin g , William f.Wil liam , 129 .

Isherwood , Oswa ld f. Da n iel, 16 1 .

ACKSON,Cha r les f. Rog er , 205.

Humphr ey f. Thoma s, 76-7.

James f. J ames, 152 .

J ohn f. Jam es, 135.

Rog er f. Rog er , 2 05.

William f. J ohn,18 1.

f Wi l l iam, 336 .

J ames,Elijah f. J ohn ,

248 .

Jen kin son , J ohn (ofSa lfor d ), 164.

J ohn Hen ry f.W illiam,2 60 .

Jerom e , J ohn f. J oseph,2 83.

John s, Thoma s f.William ,204.

W ill iam Vin er f.W illiam,204.

J OHNSON, REV. J OHN, a ssista n t

m a ster,8 ; n otice of, 164-

5.

Edwa rdHen ry f. Croxton,107.

Hen ry f. Richa rd,204.

J oseph, 332 .

Rober t f. John,267.

Samuel f. Richa rd, 39 .

Wi l l ia m Wi lbr aham f.William ,

130—1 .

John ston ,William f. Rober t,2 13.

Jon es, J ohn f. John ,16 1.

J ohn f. Thom a s, 2 19 .

John Highfiel d f. R icha rd Deschamps, 2 34.

J oseph f. Joseph, 244.

Richa rd f. Richa rd, 258 .

J owin son , Peter f.W illiam Joyn son ,1 8 1 .

J oule, Cha r l es Cha tter ton f. Jam es,279 .

J oyn son , Peter see J owin son Peter .

Thoma s f.W illiam,185.

J ukes, A lfr ed f. John , 17—18 .’

l’ AY

,D a n iel 339 .K Hen l'y f. John , 135.

Kay, John f. John , 274.

J ohn f. Samuel, 158-

9 .

Richa rd Sm ith f.William, 9 8.

Kaye,Cha r les f. Thoma s, 50 .

Geor g e f. Geor g e , 2 15.

Keel in g , Wi l l ia m Rober t f.Will iam ,

2 85—6 .

Kelly, William f. Micha el , 192 .

Kelsa ll, J ohn f. John , 6 1 .

Ken ley, J am es f. Thom a s, 248.

Ke n t,Edwi n J a ckson f. Edwa rd , 19 8 .J osephJ a ckson f.Edwa r d , 209- 10 .

Rog er f.Edwa rd , 198 .Kenwor thy

,Cha r les f. John ,

2 18 .

Edwa rd Buckley f. J ohn ,26 8 .

Ker , Hen ry f. Thom a s, 190 .

Kerr,Hug h f. J ohn , 256 .

J amesWilliam f.W il liam ,276 .

Joseph f. John ,24 1.

Kilbee, W illiam f.Wil l iam ,2 2 8 .

Kilg our , Peter f. Geor g e, 142 .

Kin g ,'

J am es f. James, 2 62 .

Kirk ,Wi l l ia m Re id f. B en j am in ,

156 .

Kirkma n, J ohn Moss f. John ,

194—5.

Thom a s f. Ma tthew,129 .

Kn ig ht, B en jam in f. John , 54.

Jam es f. Jam es, 2 83.

Kn owles,Richa rd f. Thom a s, 152 .

Thom a s f. Thom a s,1 17.

William f. J ames,2 33.

ACY , Aug ustus f.Richa rd , 271 .

Lam b,J ohn f. J ohn

,2 6 1 .

La n ca shir e, Jon a s f. Geor g e , 77.La rm outh, Ma rk f. Thom a s, 270 .

La ve n der,John f.William , 1 10 .

Law,bishop

, 3, 16 2 .

D a vid f. D a vid,105.

Hen ry f. John , 26 1 .

Jam es G. f. Sam uel , 255.

John f. D avid , 158 .

J ohn Hen ry f. John , 2 14 .

Rober t D a l ton f. J ohn,2 6 1.

Samuel f. S amuel , 256 .

W illiam f. D a vid , 129 .

Wi l l ia m D a vid f. John , 2 23.

LA WS ON, CHARLES, hig h ma ster , 1,

2,8, 9 .

D a vid f. Thom a s,243.

Thom a s f. Thom a s,240 .

Thom a s f. Thom a s, 277.W illiam f. J ob , 42 .

L awton , J a mes f. James, 189, 313.

John f. John , 2 62 .

INDEX .

L eaf, Edwa r dHen ry

f.William , 49, 290 .

f.W illiam ,105

- 6 .

Wi l l ia m f.W illiam , 49 , 2 90 .

Lea ry , Thom a s f. J ohn , 277.Thoma s Humphr eys I/in dsay f.

D a n iel , 275.

Leck ie, William f. William,8 8 .

L ee,J ohn f. J oseph , 47—8 .

J osephHen ry f. J oseph,250 .

L eech, J ames f. Jam es, 2 19 .

Rober t f. J am es, 2 10 .

Leem in g , Hen ry f. Thom a s, 77.J oseph f. Thom a s

, 77.Lees, Edwa rd f. Thom a s

,2 0 8 .

Richa r d f. Thom a s, 2 15.

Thom a s f. J on a tha n,135.

Leeves, r ev .William , 9 .

Leig h, Cha r les f. J ohn , 2 65.

Hen ry f. Rober t, 39 .

J ohn f.William , 72 .

Thom a s f. Thom a s,263.

L er esche, Edwa rd f. Samuel, 2 66 .

J ohn P . f. Sam uel,256—7.

Lig htfoot, J . P.,D .D ., 16 2 .

r ev. Nichola s, 16 2 .

L in g a r d ,F r ed er ick f. Thom a s, 195 6 .

Li n g s, Georg e f. Geor g e , 134.J ohn f. Georg e , 134.

Thom a s f. Geor g e , 240 .

Lister , Geor g e f. Geor g e, 40 .

Georg e Sea l f. J oseph , 98 .

J ohn J oseph, 323.Litl er ,

Hen ry Wi l l ia mRober t f. Rober t

,104.

Livesey,J ohn f. J ohn , 142 .

Locke,Edwa r d f. Richa r d , 2 27.

L ockett,J oseph f. J oseph, 105.

Lockwood , Georg eHen ry f.Geor g e, 14 1 .Lockyer , Alfr edLofty

,Ma lcolm

Lom a s, Rober tL on g shaw,

Thoma sLon g ton , J am es

Lon gwor th, Alcides f. J am es, 1 17.Lon sda le

,William f. John

, 77.

ifLon sd a l l,J ohn G.

, 32 2 .

Loon ey, J am es f. Fr a n cis, 276 .

f. Thom a s, 2 20 .

f.W .,150.

f. Rober t , 2 8 2 .f.Nehem iah , 26 8 .

f.Edwa rd , 252 .

L or d , J ohn f. J ohn, 40 , 2 89 .

J ohn f. John ,2 27.

Lowe , Hen ry f. Thom a s, 2 82 .

Thoma s f. Thom a s,10 1 .

Lown des, J ohnLowry, Freder ickLuca s, Ber n a r d

f.William ,8 8 .

f. J a cob, 256 .f. Edwa rd

,251 .

f. Robert,2 2 9 .

Luca s, Rober tThom a s

Luckma n , Rober t

Lun ey, Thom a sLyn ch, Edwa rdLyn n , Thoma s

f.Edwa rd , 252 .f. Edwa rd , 252 .f.‘Thom a s, 136 .

f. Thom a s, 100 .

f. D a n iel, 42 .

f. Alexa n der, 143.

359

1’ A CA ULAY J .

, 341.M W.,

’

34 1 .

Ma cin tyr e,J ohn f. J ohn

,129 .

Ma cken z ie, Cha r les F in ch f. Cha rles,I 97, 314Mc C l in tock , J ohn Ker r f. WilliamKer r , 2 63-

4.

Wi l l iam Ker r Ma cky f.WilliamKer r , 264.

Mc C lur e,Georg e f.William ,

190.

McGi l l , Georg eHen ry f.Rober t, 2 20—1 .

J ohn f.Rober t, 2 32 .

McKen n a , John f. Cha r les, 16 1 .

Ma inwa r in g , Hen ry f. Thom a s, 130 .

Ma ir , J am es f. Peter , 2 2 8 .Majen die , bishop , 1 .

Ma ddock , Thoma sHer ber t f. Thoma s,2o~ 1

,2 89 .

Mak in ,Richa rd f. John ,

232 .

W il liam f. J ohn ,232 .

Ma k in son, J ohn f.W illiam ,

84 .

Thom a s Coop er f. J oseph, 2 2 2 -

3.

Ma lla lieu, J on a tha n f. J on a tha n , 39 .

Ma n n, Rober tMa n n ers f. Rober t, 255

256 .

Ma n n in g , J ohn f. J ohn , 271.Richa rd f. John 2 82 .

Ma n t,bishop , 2 .

Ma r kham,Wi l l iam Or l a n do f. Cha r les,

234—5

Ma r r iott, Hen ry f. Chr istopher, 9 2—3.

Ma rsd en,Edwa r d f. William ,

180 .

J ohn Howa r d f. W illiam , 1 26—7.J ohn Wi l l ia m f. J ohn , 169 .

r ev. J . H., 4.

Richa rd f.William ,16 2 .

Ma r sh , J ohn f.Edwa r d, 2 23.Richa r d f.Richa rd Nichola s, 200—1Wi l l ia m R a n ica r f. Richa rd , 2 18 .

Ma r sha l l , Cha r l es f. James, 200—1 .

Fr a n cis f. Geor g e , 2 6 2 .

Ma rsla n d , William f. J ohn,2 2 .

Ma r tin , Rober t f. J ohn ,2 83.

Ma son , Georg e f. Thom a s, 133—4, 302

304 .

fMa ssey,Mi l l in g ton , 338 .

1' Peter , 339 .

360 INDEX .

Ma ster , J ames Str eyn sha m f. Str eynsham ,

10 1.

Oswa ld f. Str eyn sham ,134.

Ma ther , Geor g e f.Georg e , 58 .Samuel f.Geor g e , 58 .

Maudesl ey, Samuel f. 239 .

Mayor , Hen ry B icker steth f. Rober t,257.Robert B ickersteth f.Rober t, 257.

Medhurst, Thom a s f. Thom a s, 18 1.

Mee,William Fr eder ick f.William ,248 .

Meek , Robert f. John ,2 13.

Mel lor , Thoma s f. Thom a s, 170 .

Mer edith, Cha r l es f. Geor g e, 1 29 .

Mer on e, Joseph f. Joseph , 154.

Middl eton,Rober t f. J ohn ,

2 66 .

Rober t f. Rober t, 171 , 309 .S a mp son f. Sampson ,

2 13, 314- 15.

Thoma s Rober t Oldham ,2 17.

Wi l l iam Hen ry f.Rober t Oldham ,

Wi l l ia m Hen ry f. Sam pson ,276 .

Mil l brow, the r esiden ce of the secon dm a ster s

,8,165.

Milla r , Thom a s f. Rober t, 2 13.Mil ler , Rober t f. John ,

256 .

M ills,Jam es f. Joseph

,241

Mil n e,Hen ry f.W illiam

,2 23.

J ohn f. James, 32 ."t Rober t

, 342 .

11 Thom a s, 343.

Thoma s J on es f. Thom a s,100 .

Mi l n er , Na tha n ie l f. Jam es, 53, 2 9 1.

Na tha n iel D en n is f. Na tha n iel, 53,29 1.

Mitchell,Thom a s f. John

,147.

Moffa tt,J am es f. Rober t , 135.

Molyn eux , Edwa rd f. Jam es, 59 .

W illiam f. John ,2 19 .

Moon, William (ofB r ig hton ) , 9 .

Moor e, Edwa rd f. J oseph, 158 .

Hen ry f.Hen ry,2 13.

Joseph f. J oseph,127.

Mor da cque, Louis Hen ry Louis Alexa n d re J oseph, 2 64.

Morel a n d , Rober t f. Edwa rd , 255.

Mor g a n , Ma tthi a s f. Ma tthia s,142 .

Mor r is, Edwa r d f. John,243.

J am es f. James,176 .

Mor ton, J a mes B ayley f.William ,

2 2 6 .

J ohn, 333.

Mottershaw, Richa rd f. Richa rd,248.

Mottr am , James f. Samuel, 108.

Peter f. Samuel, 99 .

Moult,Hen ryThor n eley f.Hen ry, 209 .

*Mover l ey, J ohn , 335.

Thoma s f. Thom a s, 73.Thom a s f. Thom a s, 258 .

Murr ay, r ev. G.W . (ofHa n dsworth) , 7.W ill iam f. Jam es, 104.

*Mydd el ton , Cha r l es P ., 323.

Myers, Georg e f. John , 16 1 .

NABB, J oseph f. Geor g e, 39 .

Na d in,John f. J oseph , 49.

J oseph f. Joseph , 50, 2 90 .

Thom a s f. J oseph, 40 , 2 89 .

Na sh,J oseph f. J ohn , 51

—2 .

Na tha n , J oseph f. Ja cob, 73.Lewis f. Ja cob , 2 2 .

Naylor,James f. J ohn ,

2 66 .

Nei ld , Thoma s f.Hen ry, 105.

Nei lson,D a n ie l f. William ,

141.

Rober t f.Wil liam ,107.

Newber ry, Thom a s f. William ,1 1 1

,

296-7.

Newcome, Hen ry J ustin ia n f. Thom a s,

2 1 1.

Newham,D a n iel

‘ f. Da n iel , 244—5.

Newsha m ,R icha r d f. Richa rd

,86 .

Newton ,J a bez f. Luke, 136 .

J oseph f. J ohn,69 .

f Rober t, 342 .

Rober t Nod es f. Rober t Nodes,175—6 .Samuel f. 'John , 2 63.

Nichol , J ohn Fer r ia r f. J ohn , 50 .

Nicholson ,John f. Fr a n cis, 1 27.

J ohn f. J a m es, 243.

Wi l l ia m f. Peter , 2 15.

Nield, Hen ry f.Hen ry , 96 .

Nixson ,Thom a s f.William ,

277.Noble, Jam es f. John , 170 .

Norm a n sel l , Rober t f. Jam es, 39 .

Nor r is, John f. John , 74.

J ohn Edwa rd f.Edwa rd,251.

Nor th, J a mes f. Ford , 56 .

J ohn f. Ford, 56 .

Richa rd For d f. Ford , 56 .Nott, g en er a l Hen ry , 9 .

Nun n , J ohn f. William , 263.

J oshua Hen ry f. William ,263.

Wi l l ia m f.William ,238—9 .

Nutta l l , J oseph f. Richa rd , 2 27.

GDEN,Edmun d f.Edmun d , 18 1.Edmun d Amos f.Amos, 2 66 .

Fr eder ick f. Amos,266.


INDEX .

P r escot, Wi l l ia m Hen ry f. Cha r les, 38 .

Pr eston , William f.Edwa rd , 231 .

Wil liam f. Thom a s,237.

Pr ice, Cha r les f. John ,240 .

Pr in ce , Cha r les f. J ohn ,190 .

C ha r les f. R a lph, 66 .

Jam es f. J ohn,190 .

J ohn f. J ohn , 155- 6 .

Rober t f. John , 155- 6 .

Pr ior , Lodg e f. Lodg e Maur ice Mur r ay,252 .

Pr itcha rd, Thom a s f. Rober t, 172.Pr oud , J ohn Fr eer f. J ohn F .

,156 .

Pug h, Thoma s f. Thom a s, 130 .

RADFORD , D odg shon f. Thoma s

Leig h , 256 .

J a mes f. Jam es, 145.

R icha r d f. Joseph , 160, 309 .

Thoma s Cha r les f. J oseph,150 .

Wi l l ia m f. J oseph , 234.

Ra lston , William f. An drew,238 .

Ra n dolph, D r ., 8 .

Ra n some , Freder ick f. Rober t, 251 .R a sbotham , D or n in g f. Peter , 125.

"

l'R awson

,B enjam in , 342 .

J ohn f.Benjam in , 102,295.

Wi l l i a m f. B en j am in,10 2

,2 95.

Rayn er , Georg e Fea r n s f.William ,243

244.

Rea d , Thoma s f.William ,2 63.

W i l l iam J a mes f.Wil liam ,248 .

Reay, Cha r l es Luca s f.W .Luca s, 183—4.

R edfer n , Ol iver Hol t f.W illiam, 143.

R edhea d , F r a n cis f. Thom a s,159 , 309.

Thoma s Hol l a n d f. Thoma s, 159 ,

Reed , Wi l l iam f. Georg e, 73, 293.

Remin g ton , J ohn f. R .,251 .

Richa rd f. R ., 249 .

Reyn olds, Thom a s Atkin son f. Jam es,

244 .

Rhod es, Cha r l es Georg e f.Ra lph Ma xey,2 12 .

Cha r les Tyld esl ey f. Cha r lesWilliam ,

151 .

J a mes f. Ra lph Ma xey,2 25.

Thoma s, 323.

RI CHARD S , REV. J .W.,hig h m a ster

,

16 3.

Richa rdson , Cha r les f. John,233.

Richmon d , R icha r d f. Richa rd , 2 12—13. AGAR,Richa rd f Richa rd, 227'

Thom a s Good ier f. Richa rd,173 Sa le

,Cha r l esHa n son f. Georg e,

174. 252—3.

R icka r ds, Cha r l es Hild itch f. Cha r les,

152—4.

Thoma s B r oome f. Cha r les, 139 .

Wil l ia m Hen ry f. Cha r les, 192—3.

Rida ll, Fr a n cis f. J ohn ,275.

Rideout, J oseph f. William ,2 2 .

R ider,Thom a s f. Rober t, 56 .

Rid in g , Na tha n iel S . f.W ill iam ,151 .

R id l ey, Ya tes f. Ja cob , 77.Rig by, A r thur f. Edwa rd

,18 2—3.

Edwa r d , 32 1 .

Rig g ,J ohn f.Wilson ,

1 80 .

R ig g ott, Wi l l iam f.W illiam ,247.

Rip l ey, Hen ry f. Hen ry,1 85.

*R ishton , Edwa r d , 32 2 .Rober ts, B r own l ow f. m ajor

,190 .

Hen ry f. Hen ry , 2 07.Hen ry Cha r les f. m ajor

,19 1.

J am es f. John,140 .

Ja rvis f.W illiam,2 32 .

William f. m ajor , 178 .

Robin son , Cha r les f. John , 54.

Hen ry f. John,1 10 .

Rober t, 339 .

Thom a s f. John ,22 .

Roe, John f. Richa rd , 207.Rome

,D a vid f. Jam es, 255.

Ron dea u,Cha r les Freder ick Aug ustus,

f.Will iam ,115.

William f. William ,136 .

Rothwell, Hen ry f. John ,16 1.

Richa rd f. Richa r d , 247.Rober t f. J ohn

,172 .

Rowe , Richa r d f. Richa r d,189 .

Thom a s f. Richa rd,190 .

Rowla n d , James f. J ohn,222 .

Rober t f. John,222 .

J e r emi ah,

‘

32 8 .

J ohn f. J ohn, 9 1.

Peter f. Peter , 273.

Samuel f. J ohn ,100 .

William f.William ,161 .

Run corn , Hen ry f. John , 204.

Russel l , J oseph f. Samuel, 140—1 .

Rya n, William Hen ry f. Hen ry

, 268 .

Ryder,John f. John

,262 .

John Broomfiel d f. Thom a s,125.

John Va rdon f. Thom a s, 125.

Ryla n ds, Thom a s f. Joseph,238 .

Ryley, Thom a s f.Richa r d,1 17.

INDEX .

Sampson ,Peter f. Samuel , 16 1.

Sa n dfor d , Georg e f.William,169

- 70.

r ev . Geor g e Ben jam in , 7.R icha rd f. Peter

,147.

Sa n d iford , J ohn f. J am es,2 18 .

S a tterjie ld , Nor r is f. J ohn , 53, 2 9 1.Saul

,164.

Edwa rd Ficker f. Thom a s, 94.

Hen ry J oseph f. Thom a s, 94.

Sa va g e, Thoma s Woodwa r d f. Geor g e,251 .

S a very,Foskett f. Cha r les, 266 .

Saxon ,Samuel f. Sam uel

,266 .

Sca r th, J ohn f. J on a tha n, 72 .

Schofiel d , Hen ry f. Robert, 88 .Rober t f. Rober t , 72 .

Schol es, F r eder ic f. Geor g e, 182 .

Thoma s Seddon f. Geor g e , 286 .

Scholfield , Hen ry D a n ie l f. J ames,

229-

30 .

J ohn f. Joseph, 1 14.

School, the, a n d its m a sters (sketch of) ,

10—12 .

Scott, Hen ryMur r ay f.William , 204.

J ohn f. J ohn , 251 .

Wil liam f. John,228 .

Seddon , J oseph f. J ames, 2 1 .Sedgwick , J ohn f. Thom a s, 171.Seed , Richa r d f. R .

,102 .

Sha llcross, J ames f. W illiam ,240 .

Sha rp, J ohn f. Thom a s, 2 1 1.

Sha rpe,John f.W ill iam , 230 .

Sha twel l , W illiam f. Geor g e, 278 .

Shaw,J a mes f. Samuel, 232 .

Rober t f. Samuel, 2 10 - 1 1 .

Shawcross, Edwa rd f. John , 104.

J ohn f. Jam es,227.

Shuttlewor th, J ohn Sp en cer Ashton f.A ., 2 14

- 15.

Wi l l ia m f. A., 2 15.

Sig ley, W illiam f.Wil l iam ,22 .

Sim ister,Jam es f. S amuel , 1 19 .

Simmon s, Wi l l iam f.William , 43.

Simp son , Cha r les Tur n er f. Cha r les, 268 .S imms, Cha r l es S . 304.

Edwa r d f. Samuel, 136, 304-7.

Sin g leton , Leig h f. J ohn , 82 .

Thoma s f. Thoma s, 190.

Sla ck,Edwa rd f. John , 136 .

Sla ter , J ohn f. Joseph, 94 .

Na tha n f. Thom a s, 159 .

W illiam f. Thom a s,160 .

Sma l ley, B a r on f. R icha rd, 90 .

Smethurst, Joseph f. James, 39 .

36 3

Smethurst, Richa rd f. John , 104.

SMITH,JEREMIAH,

D .D .,1,2 , 8 , 9,

10 , 13, 162, 2 83; chosen hig hm a ster , 1 ;his resig n a tion , 3 cha pla in to the highsher iff, 6 ; m ember of the Ma n chesterPitt club

,6 portr a its ofby Wooln oth

a n d other s, 7, 10 ; presen ta tion to, 4, 5,6 ; r eferen ce to his pr eceptor ia l cha ra cter , 4, 10 testimon y to hiswor th, 4 5dea th of, 3—4, 283 dea th

lofhiswidow,

7.Aug ustus f. J oseph, 144.

D a n iel f. J ohn , 142 .

Edwa r d f. John Sam uel, 72 .

Fr ed er ick f.B en j am in , 152 .

Geor g e f. Thom a s, 15.

Hen ry f. Joseph,193.

Hen ry f. Sam uel, 66 .

Hor a tio f. Joseph,158 .

Isa a c Gr eg ory f. Jerem iah, D .D .,

7, 272 .

J a mes Hicks f. Jeremiah, D .D .,

7231.

J er em i ahFin ch f. Jerem iah, D .D .,

7, 179 - 80 .

J ohn f. Samuel John , 73.J ohn f.William , 84, 2 95.

J ohn f.William ,227.

J ohn Georg e f. J erem iah, D .D .,

—1 .J ohn Moseley f.William ,

166 .

J ohn W a tson f.Wa tson , 53.

J on a tha n f. Thom as, 22 .

J oseph f. J oseph,189 .

J un ius f. J oseph, 144-

5.

Samuel f. J am es, 266 .

Samuel f. J ohn , 143.

Samue l f. Samuel Lee, 117.S id n ey, 335.

Solomon f. John , 146 .

Stephen f. Samuel,Thoma s f. John 42 .

Thom a s f. J oseph,193.

Wi l l iam An d er ton f. Jerem iah,D .D .

, 7, 186—9 , 313.Sm ithers

,Aug ustus f. John Hampden ,

2 8 2 .

Smyth (or Smythe) , Georg e Ar thur f.Edwa rd , 71—2 , 2 92 .

J ohn Ha l l f. Edwa rd, 204.

Sn elham , J ohn f. J ohn , 72 .

fSn ow, Char les, 339 .

Southam ,Cha r l es f. Geor g e, 26 1.

Georg e f. Georg e, 226 .

364 INDEX .

Southam,John f. Ferdin a n do, I35.

Thom a s ; see Souther n , Thoma s.

Souther n , Edmun d f. Ma r tin, 77.

Thom a s f. John Justice, 278 .

Sowl er , J ohn f. Thom a s, 22 1—2.

Rober t Sca r r f. Thoma s, 202—4.

Thom a s f. Thom a s, 22 1.

Sp ea km a n Wi l l iam f.Wil liam , 98 .

Sp en ce , J ohn f.William ,137.

Wi l l iam, f.William ,

139—40 .

Spen cer , D a vid f. Thom a s,193.

William f. John, 56 .

Spen ser,J am es Edwa rd f. James, 266 .

Spren t , J am es f. J ames, 129 .

Stafford , B erkeley Buckin g ham Smythe,f. Smythe, 46 .

Sta n field, Richa rd f. Richa rd, 180 .

'

l‘S l a n ley, J a m es

, 340 .

Sta n sfiel d , Thom a s f. John,2 18 .

Sta tham , S amue l f. J on a tha n ,141.

Stephen s, Edwa rds f. J oh n,I55.

J osephRayn er f. John , 136—7

*Stephen son , S a muel , 32 2 .

S teven son, Thom a s f.William

,110 .

Stewa r t, S a muel B r a dshaw f.William,

269- 70 .

Stock, Ben jam in f. D avid , 248 .Isa a c f. Thom a s, 228 .

Stocks, Edwa rd f.W illiam , 280 .

Ston e, Edwa r d f. Thom a s,233.

Ston ehewer , R icha rd f.William , 104.

Ston ehouse, William f. John,20 1.

W l l iam B r ock lehurst f. J ohn ,40—4 1.

*Stott, D a vid

, 320.

Rober t W.N. f.Nowell,158.

S tr eet, J am es f. Sam uel, 245.

Sud low, J ohn f. John

,253—5.

Wi l l iam f.William , 232 .

Sug g ett, B enjamin f.W illiam ,227.

Sum n er, J ohn Cha r les f. Thom a s

, 279 .

Thom a s f. J ohn , 2 1.

Sutcliffe, Lewi s f. Thom a s,158 .

Sutton , William f.William ,233.

Swa in , J ohn f. J ohn,105.

William f. J ohn , 2 19.Swettenham ,

Thom a s f. Thom a s, 135,304.

Swin g l ey, Cha r les f. Ferdin a n d, 56 .

AIT, TVi l l ia m Author f. WilliamWa tson

,226 .

"l‘Ta lbot, Rober t J ames, 328 .

Ta n n er , Ma tthew f. Philip, 2 19 .

Ta rr,Edwa rd f. J ohn , 200.Hen ry f. J ohn , 264.

Jam es f. Jam es,162 .

William f. J ohn,139 .

Ta te, Wi l l i a m J ames f.William,108

,

296 .

Ta tter sa ll, Ma tthew f.William , 135.

William f. Thom a s, 120 .

Taylor , Georg e f. Geor g e , 256 .

Geor g e Leopold f. Geor g e, 196 .

Hol l a n d f. John,193.

J a mes f.Edm un d , 1 14.Jam es f. Geor g e, 252 .

Joseph f. Geor g e, 255.

Joseph f.W illiam ,196—7.

J ohn f.Edmun d, 42 .

Joshua f. J am es,255.

Rober tMoul t f. J ohn , 18 1.Syd n ey f. Joh n

,262 .

Thom a s f. Isa a c, 226 .

Thoma s Fr ed er ick f. John,154.

William f. Allen , 16 1.

W illiam f. Richa rd , 240 .

Wi l l ia m Hen ry f. J oh n,240—1 .

Ten n a n t,J ohn Rober t f. John

,231,

315Tetlow, Abr aham f. John , 233.

Wi l l iam , 336 .

Tha cker ay, D a n iel f. John , 2 18 .

Wi l l ia m f. Thom a s,89, 295.

Wi l l ia m , 325.“The Lon don m eeti ng ofol d schol a rs, 325.

Thelwe l l , Cha r l es J ohn f. R icha rd, 2 18 .Hen ry f. Richa rd, 209 .

Thistl ethwa ite, William f. Thom a s, 275.Thoma s

, Wi l l iam Mun n in g s f.WoottonBur ton Shaw, 84.

Thomp son , Edwa r d Wil l ia m f. Edwa r d,137- 8 .Hen ry f. Alexa n der , 273.John f. John , 56 .

John f. J ohn , 136.

J ohn f.Will iam , 50 .

Richa rd f. Isa a c, 256 .R icha r d f. John

,143—4.

R icha rd f. J ohn , 280 .

Rober t f. W illiam , 50.

Samuel f. John , 129 .

sir Thoma s Boulden (ofHer ts), 7.Thoma s J am es f. James, 2 13.

William f. J ohn , 20 1.Wi l l ia m f.William , 50 .

Wi l l ia m Wether el l f. John , 262 .

Thom son ,John f. John , 157.


36 6 INDEX .

Wemyss, Edwa rd f. T. J 277.Westhea d

,J oshua P roctor f. Edwa rd ,

150—1.

Weston,Rober t f. Rober t, 2 13.

Wether a l l , Aa ron f. Chr istopher , IOO.

Wha lley , Cha rles Edwa rd Roscoe f.Chr istopher

,277.

Wheeldon , John f. B en jam in , 190.

Wheel er , Cha r l es f. John , 52

Hen ry f. Hen ry, 117, 297.J ohn f. John , 108 , 296 .

Thom a s f. John,102 .

Whita ker , S amuel f. S am uel, 236—7White, Samuel f. Samuel, 2 1.

Wi l l iam f. Samuel ,'

3o.

Whitehea d , Georg e f. Peter, 151.

S amuel f. John , 245.

Whitel eg g , Thom a s f. Thoma s,119 .

Wi l l iam Acton Okel l f. Edwa rd,

19 .

Whiteleg g e , B enjam in Ar thur f.W il 'liam ,

zoo .

Hen ry f. W illiam ,233.

Wi l l iam f.W illiam ,222 .

Wi l l i am f.W il liam,224—5.

Whiteley, Richa rd f. Thom a s, 134.

Whitelock , Cha r l esRober t f.R .H., 158

Fr a n cis f. R . H.,157—8 .

Hen ryHutchin s,f.Richa rd, 103—4.

Hug hA n thony f. R . H., 90—1.

Richa r d f. R icha rd Hutchin s, 87

Thom as Wi l l iam f. Richa rd, 1971 8 .9W illiam f. Thoma s, 104.

Whitema n,Ellam Fox f. Thom a s, 19 1.

Whitfield , Edwa rd f. Geor g e , 8 8 .

Whitlow, Geor g e f. Thom a s, 152 .

Whitwor th , Cha r les f. Rober t, 145.*Wickham,

L a mp lug h, 325. f. Hen ry RiWid dowson , J ohn f. John , 48 -

9Wild , Edwa rd f. B en j am in , 262Edwa rd f. Christopher , I35.

J ohn f. Chr istopher , 135.

Thoma s f.An thon y, 276 .Wilde,W illiam f. 154.

Wilkin son,James f. J ohn

, 266.

John f. John , 276 .

William f. Alexa n der , 219 .

W il l a n, Thom as f. John , 147.

W illcock,William f. William , 223.

Williams, D a vid f. John , 39 .

Fr eder ick f. J ohn,135.

John f. John , 98.

Williams, Owen Lloyd f. Owen Lloyd

,

226.

Thom a s Addl in g ton f. Ma rsha ],182 .

Wi l l ia mson,J ohn f. J 108 .

J ohn f. Simon , 249 .R icha rd f. Samuel, 2 19 .

Thom a s f. John , 135, 315.W illiam f. Samuel, 220 .

W illiam f. 263.

W illis, Hen ry f.William , 270 .

Wi l lm ott, Thom a s f. Thom a s, 230 .

Wil loug hby, J ames f. Joseph, 241.J oseph f. J oseph, 241.

Thom a s f. Joseph, 241.Wil shaw, Jam es f. J ohn

,233.

Wilson , Cha r les f.William J am es, 272 .

Mor ton Ed en . f.Thom a s Furn ess,230 .

Richa rd f. Richa rd,266 .

Richa rd f. Rober t, 103.Thom a s f. Edwa r d, 98 .

Thom a s f. J ohn , 279—80 , 315.

Thom a s f. Sm ith , 99 .

Wi l l iam f. Thoma s, 165.

Wilton,J ohn f. Rober t, 18 1.

Win der,Lion el f. Ra lph

,172 .

W illiam f. Ra lph,267.

Withi n g ton , Fr ed er ick f. Hen ry, 272 .

Georg e B a n cr oft f. J ames,236 ,

Hen ry, 335J ohn f. Hen ry, 271.J ohn , 330 .

J ohn , 341.

Wi l l iam, 327.

1'Withn el l , Thom a s, 338 .

Wolfen den , Abr aham f. John , 248.

Wood , A lfr ed J oshua , 2 86Freder ic Hen r y

cha rd , 19 1.James f. Jam es

, 246 .

J ohn f. John,204.

J ohn f. J ohn , 207.J ohn f. Kin der

,190 .

Ma tthewB a teson f. Rober t, 270,315.

Samuel f. James,190.

Thom a s f. Thom a s, 40

W illiam f. J ohn , 266 .

Wi l l iam Rayn er f.Georg eWilliam,

170 .

Wood awis, Cha r les f. Jon a tha n , 193.J am es f. Jon a tha n , 193.

INDEX .

Woodcock , J ohn f. Thom a s,106—7.

Woodha ll,Rober t f. Rober t

,234.

Wood iwis ; see Wood awis.Woodwa rd , J ohn f. Rober t

, 263.

Wool am,Estl in f. Georg e, 222 .

Wool l a m,Edwa rd Copp ock f. Geor g e,

195.

Wool l ey, Cha r l esB ir ch f. J am es, 15- 16 .

J ames f. J ames, 225.

J am esHen ry f. J am es, 15—16 .J oseph f. J am es

,15—16 .

Wor r a l,J am esNor ton f. Cha r les, 129 .

Wor sl ey, Wi l l ia m f. J am es, 167—8 .

Wor thin g ton , R icha rd Bur d ett f.W il

liam Hen ry, 42 .

Wor thy, Geor g e Sm ith f. Geor g e, 226 .

Wr ay, C ecil f. C ecil D a n iel, 9 3—4.

Georg e f. Cecil Da n iel, 18 2 .

367

Wr ay,Hen ry f. Cecil Da n ie]

,246 .

W r ight, J ohn f. J ohn,2 83.

W illiam f. John , 278 .

W r ig ley, Fr a n cis f. Thom a s, 228.

Rober t ' f. J ohn,162 .

Thom a s f. J ohn,227.

W roe , J ohn f. J ohn , 230 .

Wyn n e , L lewe l lyn f. W illiam , 156 .

Rober t W illiam f. Rober t,262 .

ARDLEY,Thom a s f. John , 19 1.

Y a tes, Geor g e f. Da vid

,159 .

Lawren ce f. Rober t, 110 .

Richa r d f. Rober t,110.

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Z INCKS, Hen ry, 329 .

J ohn, 329 .

Z ouch, Thom a s f.Richa rd , 139 .


2 INDEX TO MANCHESTER SCHOOL REGISTER.

Bri g hton , xom . 9. Cr a n sford , xciv. 215.B ristol, xciii. 114 ; xciv. 266. Croston , xciii . 101, 134 ; xciv. 226 .

Br om ley, Ken t, xciv. 182. C rumpsa l (C r omsa l) , xciii . 19, 181 ; xciv.Broughton , xciii . 39, 154, 171; xciv. 190, 223

,261.

226 , 278 , 282. C uffn el l s, Ha n ts, xciv. 191.B ryn b el l a , Flin t, xciv. 194.B ryn m a dir , xciii.71.Buxton , xciii. 49 xciv. 181.Bur g h Ha ll, xciv. 177.Bur ley D am,

.xciv.198,Ha ll

,xciv. 230.

Burroug h Gr een ,xciii . 19 .

Bur ton -on -Tr en t,xciv.194.

Bury, xcii i. 6 , 13, 14, 15, 30, 31, 53, 61,89 ; xciv. 185.St.Edmun ds, xciv. 201.

Ca lcutta , xciv. 182, 192.

Cam br id g e, xciii . 13, 19 ; xciv. 178 , 179,

Ca r leton Ha ll, Cumber la n d , xciv. 177.Ca r r in g ton ,

xciii . 3.Ca stleg a r , xciii . 110.Ceylon , xciv. 206 .Cha pel-en - l e-Frith, xciii. 106 , 159, 160;xciv. 206 .

Cha seley Ha ll, x civ. 198 .

Chea d le, xciii. 53,Staff. xciii . 89.

Cheetham , xciii. 145, 172, 177, 190, 192,

Hill, xciii . 3, 9 , 49 , 93, 103 ; xciv.

Cheetwood,xciv. 181.

Chesham , xciii . 62.

Chester , xciii . 20, 95, 120, 155, 161, 174 ; Fa lmouth, xciii . 16 .xciv. 194, 196 , 198 , 250, 252, 271, 280. Fli n t

,xciv. 194.

Chesterfie ld,xciii . 84.

Chichester , xciii . 3.Chillin g ton , xciii . 2.

Chor ley, xciv. 177, 191.Chor lton , xciii.9 ; xciv.181, 207, 226 , 228,264.

Row,xciv. 227.

upon -Med lock, xciv. 178 .Chur ch -Coppen ha ll, xciv. 205.

Min shul l, x cii i.7.Chr istleton , xciv. 235, 245.C ol lyhur st, xciii. 39 xciv. 227, 235, 239Con dover , xciv. 194. Ha dfiel d , xciv. 204.Con sta n tin ople , xciv, 181. Ha d ley, xcw. 197Coppen ha ll

,xciv. 257 Ha le , xcw.

0

215, 269.

C orn br ook, xciv. 206 . Ha lifa x , XC IV. 15, 40, 98 , 178 , 199.Coven try, xciii. 19. Ha n m er , xciv. 236 .

Da cca , xciv. 193.Da lkeith

,xciv. 182.

Da lston , xciii. 164.

Da rwen , Over ,» xciv. 229.

D ea n sg a te, xciv. 210.Den big h, xciii . 85.Den ton , xcii i . 53, 77D ewsbury, xciv. 199 .Didsbury , xcii i. 69 , 103.Disley, xciv. 198 .Down ham Ma rket, xciv. 197.Dublin , xciii. 18 .

Duckin fleld , xciv. 197Dudley

,xciii . 50.

Dufli el d , xciv. 247Durham ,

xciv. 195, 196 .

Ea st Ar dsley, xciv. 191.Eccles, xciv. 180.

Ecclesha ll , xciii. 2.Ed in bur g h , xciv. 194, 201, 204, 227.Eg ba ston ,

xcii i .2.

El in don ,xcii i. 13.

Ella n d , xciv. 288 .

Ell en brook, Eccles, xciv. 180.Erdin g ton ,

xciii . 17.Etrur ia , N. C .

, xciii. 100.Exeter , xciv. 191, 201.

Ga r g ra ve, xciv. 216 .

Gawswor th, xcii i . 129 .Gla sg ow, xciv . 200.Goosetr ey, xciv. 229.Gor l ston - in -Sufiol k, xciv. 184.

Gorton ,xciv . 185.

Gra n g e-in -Ca r tm el , xciv. 180.

Gra ppen ha ll, xciii. 112 xciv. 200.

Gr ea tW ilbr a ham , xciii . 3 xciv.180, 186 .

Gr eenheys, xciv. 190, 233.

INDEx To MANCHESTER SCHOOL REGI STER. 3

Ha n dswor th , xciii .7 xciv. 180. Lon g sig ht, xciii . 172.

Ha n se Town s, xciv. 197 Lym e,xciv. 198 .

Ha rpurhey, xciv. 210. Lymm , xciii . 113 ; xciv. 177, 268 , 275.

Ha r tlebury, xciii . 2. Lyn dhurst , xciv. 191.Ha rtsbour n e , xciii. 7.Ha stin g s, xciii. 19 .Ha thersa g , xciv. 214, 215.Ha tton , xciii. 120.Hecm on dwike

,xciv. 201.

Hen ley-upon -Tham es, xciii .72.

Hin d ley,‘xciv. 271.

Hog hton , xciv. 180.

Hollinwood , xciii. 8 , 103.Huddersfield, xciv. 146 , 210, 280.

Hulm e, xciii. 117 xciv. 182, 185,195, 206 , 227, 228 , 233, 278 .

Husbor n e, Cr awley, xciv. 216 .Ilfra combe, xciv. 180.

Jama ica , xci ii . 84, 143.

Ken d a l, xciii . 56 , 99 .Ken n in g ton , xciii. 9 .

Kidderm in ster , xciii. 17Kirk B r a dda n , Isle ofMa n , xciv.Kin g

’

s Hea th, xciii. 16 .Nor ton , xciii .7.

Kirby , xciii. 102.

Fleetham , xciii. 86 .Kirkby

,xciii. 45

, 91 ; xciv. 201.Kn utsford , xciii . 151, 213.

La n ca ster , xciii . 50, 62, 77 xciv. 180

Laun ceston ,xciv. 191.

Leamin g ton ,xciv. 191, 283.

Leeds,xciv. 233.

Leek, xciv. 255.Leven s, Westm or la n d , xciv. 201.Lever , xciii. 156 .

Leicester , xciv. 198 .Leig h, xciii. 22, 69 , 113, 162 xciv . 201,218 .

Litton , xciv. 191, 198 .Limer ick, xci ii . 166.Liver pool, xci i i. 8 , 38 , 69 , 70, 73, 84, 96 ,97, 105, 107, 115, 120, 129 , 141, 147,175; xciv. 182, 183, 184, 186 , 191, 194,201, 211, 213, 217, 227, 237, 244, 246 , 0

262, Na n twwh, xcm . 166 ; x01v. 183, 198, 204,Lon don , xciii. 9 , 17, 18 , 88 , 142, 167 205, 209 , 214, 273.xciv. 182

,185, 190, 194, 198 , 199, NewBr ig hton , xciv. 199.

200, 233. Newca stle-un der -Lyme, xcm . 17, 87.Lon don derr y, xciv . 264. Newchur ch, xciv. 236 .

Ma ccl esfiel d, xcm . 17, 19 .Ma n

, Isle of, xciii. 109 ; xciv. 233.Ma n chester , xciii . 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 , 8 , 15,22, 36 , 38 , 39 , 40,42

, 43, 44 , 45, 46 , 49 , 50, 51, 53, 54, 55,56

,58 , 59 , 61, 62, 66 , 68 ,71,72,73, 74,

76 , 82, 84, 87, 88 , 91, 92, 93, 94,96 , 103, 105

,

107, 108 , 109 , 110, 111, 115,117, 125, 127,131, 135, 136 , 137, 139 , 140,141, 142, 143, 144 , 145, 146 , 147, 148 ,149 , 150, 151, 152, 154, 155, 156 , 157,158 , 159 , 160, 161, 162, 166 , 169 , 170,171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176 ; xciv. 177,178 , 179 , 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185.186

,189 , 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195,

197, 198 , 199 , 200, 201, 202, 204, 205,206 , 207, 208 , 209 , 210, 211, 212, 213,

218,219 , 220, 221, 223,

230,231, 232, 234, 238 ,

239 , 240, 243, 245, 246 ,247, 248 , 249 , 250, 251, 252, 253, 255,256 , 257258 , 259 , 26 1, 262, 263, 264,265, 266 , 267, 268 , 269 , 270, 271, 272,273, 274, 275, 276 , 277, 278 , 279, 280,

Mexico,xciv. 191.

Midd leton , xciii. 165 xciv.184, 185, 229 ,317.il n sbr idg e, xcm . 161.

itton ,xciv . 279.

Mold , xciii. 145, 156 .Moor , xcii i. 53, 101, 168 .Mor eton ,

xciv. 245, 274.

Mor eton hampstead , xciv. 261.Mor ton ,

xciii. 155.

Moseley, xciii. 3, 7.Wa ke Gr een ,

xcm .7, 16.Mossley, xciv. 243.Mottram ,

xciv. 225.Moulton ,

xciii. 8 xciv. 199.Mytholm , xciii . 100.

4 INDEX To MANCHESTER SCH00L REGISTER .

NewMills, xciii. 166 .

Glossop , xciv. 180.

Newn ham ,xciii . 51.

NewOrlea n s, xciv. 182.Newpor t, xciv. 274.

Newton , xciii. 172.

Newton Hea th,xciii. 142, 143.

NewYork,xciv. 190.

NewZ ea la n d , xciv. 184.Nor tham pton , xciv. 234.

Nor then , xcii i. 19 xciv . 224.

Northen den ,xciv. 295.

Nor thwich , xciii . 48 .

Nottin g ham ,xci ii. 98 .

Oldham ,xciii . 103, 144 ; xciv. 178 , 180,

Ol d Trafi’

ord , xciv. 181.Orm erod , xcii i . 99 .

Orm skirk, xciii. 113 xciv. 201.

Osten d , xciii. 17.Ottley, xciv . 231.Oxen holm e. xciv . 201.Oxford , xciii. 9 , 16 , 18 ; xciv. 179 , 180,181, 183, 184, 185, 196 , 197, 199 , 206 .

Pa ckin g ton , xciii . 18 .

Pa r is,xciii. 117 xciv . 194.

Pa tr icroft, xciii . 53 xciv. 291.Pember ton , xciii. 102.

Pen dlebury, xciv. 268 .

Pen d leton ,xcii i. 82, 86 , 92, 94, 135, 158 ,

190, 191 xciv. 192, 201, 209 , 215, 219 ,229, 236 , 237, 271, 272, 275, 280, 282,

Pen n y B r idg e, xciv. 198 .

Peter boroug h, xciv. 191.Pocklin g ton ,

xciv . 217Potter sbury, Nor tha n ts, xciv. 184.

Poulton , xciv. 181.Pr escot, xciii. 149 , 161, 171 ; xciv. 212,277

Pr eston ,xciii . 84, 117, 165, 176 xciv.

185, 186 , 214, 226, 230, 243, 244, 251,255, 271, 282.

Pr estwich , xciv. 182, 205, 286.

Ra tcl ift'

e, xciv . 276 .

Raven ston e Da le, xc iii. 110.

Redb rook, xciii . 47 xciv. 250.Richmon d, xciii. 19 .

Rilli n g ton , xciii.76 .

Ripon , xciv. 191.

Rippon den,xciv. 320.

Rochda le, xciii . 8 , 106, 111, 133, 143, 161xciv. 178 , 18 1.

Rom e, xciv. 191.Rug by, xciii . 7.Rushbrooke, xciv . 201.Rusholm e, xciii . 55, 154, 158 , 170 ; xciv.

Sad dlewor th, xom . 165; xciv. 189 .

St. Asa ph,xciii. 48 .

St.Helen s,xciv. 204.

St. John ’sWood , xciv. 190.

Sa lfor d , xciii. 3, 8 , 13, 22, 39 , 40, 42, 49,54, 55, 56 , 66 , 73, 77, 87, 94, 96 , 99 ,100

,104, 108 , 114, 127, 129 , 152, 154,

158,171, 172, 174 ; xciv.181, 191, 192,

200, 201, 204, 222,237, 238 , 241,

246 , 249 , 252, 255, 256 , 258 , 260, 262,266 , 276, 280,

Sa10p , xci ii . 13.Sa n dba ch

,xcii i. 104 ; xciv. 257

Sa n diway-ba n k,xciii. 42

Sawr ey Kn otts,W in dermere, xciv. 203.Sca rboroug h, xciii . 13.Seamer , xciii . 13.

Sea ton Down s, xciv. 271.Sha r stown , xciv. 280.

Sheffield,xciv. 185, 247

Shen ley, xciv . 211.Shipp en bottom ,

xcm . 88 .

Sloley in Nor folk, xciv. 184.

Smed ley, xciii. 171 xciv . 177266 .

Ha ll , xciv. 200.

Sm ethcote, SaIOp , xciv. 180.

South Ki rby,xciv. 199 .

Southpor t, xciii.7 xciv. 178 .

Southwell , xci ii. 119Sta l eyb r id g e , xcii i. 111.Sta pen hill

,xciv. 194.

Stockpor t, xciii .38 ,58 , 114, 151, 154, 166xciv. 197Stoke Newin g ton ,

xcm . 18 .

Stra n g ewa ys, xciii. 172 ; xciv. 193, 226 ,232

,246 , 268 .

Str awberry Hill, x cm . 66 , 85.

Str etford , xc iii . 9 , 110 ; xciv. 237, 251,278 , 280.

Surfieet, xom . 8 .

Sur in am ,xciii. 150.

Swa n bourn e , Bucks, xciv. 184.Swin ton , xciv. 182, 287.


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