Burnett Tracy Preston biographies A-D

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Wilfrid Francis Anderton, J.P., Haighton, near Preston; youngest son of James Francis Anderton and Mary, daughter of James Sidgreaves, of Inglewhite Lodge, Goosnargh; born at Haighton, October 25th, 1844; educated at Stonyhurst College. Justice of the Peace for the County of Lancaster; Chairman of the Visiting Committee of H.M.Prison, Preston; Vice-Chairman of the Preston Rural District Council; Chairman of the Haighton Parish Council. Married, firstly, in 1870, Mildred Walburga, daughter of the late Henry Tempest, brother of Sir Charles R. Tempest, Bart., of Broughton, Yorkshire; she died in 1876, leaving two sons, Angilbert Wilfrid, Evan Gerard, and one daughter, Mildred Mary; secondly, Mary Louisa Frances, only daughter of the late Joseph Francis Tempest, brother of the above; by whom he has issue two sons, Dunstan Francis, Cuthbert Francis, and two daughters, Elfrith Mary Frances, and Winefride.

Frederick Baynes, D.L., J.P., Samlesbury Old Hall, near Preston; son of John Baynes, D.L., J.P., of Blackburn; born at Blackburn, February, 1848; educated at Rugby and St. John’s College, Cambridge. Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Lancaster; Mayor of Blackburn, 1897; High Sheriff of Lancashire for 1900; Director of the L N.W. Railway Company. Married Anna Adelaide, daughter of the late Thomas Simpson, J.P., of Foxhillbank, and has issue two sons and two daughters.

William Blackhurst, Grimsargh Cottage, Grimsargh, near Preston; son of William Blackhurst, of Preston, solicitor; born at Preston, July 1st, 1826; educated at Preston Grammar School. Admitted solicitor in 1851; practising at Preston, Blackpool, and Garstang; took over the business of his father and brother in 1852; Solicitor to the Preston and District Licensed Victuallers’ Association. Married, December 14th, 1846, Mary Ann, daughter of the late Thomas Sinfield, and has had issue eleven children; his sixth son, Alfred, who is in partnership with him, was admitted a solicitor in 1894.

Thomas Blane, Craigmuir, 199, Hornby Road, Blackpool; son of Edward Blane, of Manchester; born at Manchester, June 3rd, 1851; has been a resident in Blackpool since 1858; educated at the Grammar School, Preston. Member of the firm of Blane and Riding, chartered accountants, Blackpool; has been associated with all the pioneer companies that have led to the development of Blackpool, amongst which are the North Pier Company, the Central Pier Company, the Claremont Park Company, the Winter Gardens Company, and the Steamboats Company, etc. Married Mary, daughter of the late S. Bailey, of Manchester.

Robert Charles Brown, 27, Winckley Square, Preston; son of Robert Brown, F.R.C.S. Eng.; born at 27, Winckley Square, Preston, October 2nd, 1836; educated at Preston Grammar School, King’s College, London, Edinburgh and Dublin; M.R.C.P. Lond., M.B. Lond., F.R.C.S. Eng. Associate of King’s College, London; twice President of the Lancashire and Cheshire branch of the British Medical Association; ex-President of the Preston Scientific Society, Preston Medico-Ethical Society, and Fylde Medico-Ethical Society; Trustee of Goosnargh Hospital; Esquire of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem; Consulting Medical Officer (late Hon. Medical Officer), Preston and County of Lancaster Queen Victoria Royal Infirmary; Consulting Physician, Harris’ Orphanage and Royal Cross School for the Deaf and Dumb; examining Medica Officer, Lancashire County Constabulary, Certifying Surgeon under the Factory Act; Medical Officer to the London and North-Western, and Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Companies; late Senior Resident Medical Officer and Hon. Medical Officer, Preston Dispensary; formerly House Surgeon General Lying-in Hospital, Lambeth.

The Right Rev. Francis James Chavasse, D.D., The Palace, Abercromby Square, Liverpool; son of Thomas Chavasse, F.R.C.S., of Wylde Green House, Sutton Coldfield; born at Sutton Coldfield, September 27th, 1846; educated at Christ Church, Oxford; B.A., 1869, 1st Class Law and History; M.A., 1872; D.D., 1900. Ordained Deacon, 1870; Priest, 1871; Curate of St. Paul’s, Preston, 1870-73; Vicar of St. Paul’s, Upper Holloway, 1873-78; Rector of St. Peter-le Bailey, 1878-89; Examining Chaplain, Exeter, 1885-1900; Select Preacher at Oxford, 1888-89 and 1901-02, and at Cambridge, 1893 and 1902; Lecturer in Pastoral Theology at Cambridge, 1898-1900; Principal of Wycliffe Hall House, 1889-1900; Lord Bishop of Liverpool, 1900. Married Edith, youngest daughter of Canon Maude, Vicar of Chirk.

James Clarke, Broughton Park. Preston. Head of the firm of Clarke, Son and Walsh, of Preston and Blackpool; Solicitor. Notary Public and Perpetual Commissioner; Clerk to the Guardians of the Preston Poor Law Union and to the Preston Rural District Council.

Thomas Obadiah Clinning, J.P., Elm Grove, Birkdale, Southport; son of the late George Clinning, of Preston; born at Liverpool, September 18th, 1841; educated privately. Justice of the Peace for Lancashire and for the borough of Southport; formerly in the American produce trade at Liverpool, retiring in 1867; member of the Board of the Southport Convalescent Home; Vice-President Southport Infirmary; Hon. Treasurer of the Southport Provident Society and the Southport Savings Bank; member of the Birkdale and Southport Golf Clubs; for twenty-two years a member of the Birkdale Local Board and District Council; for twelve years a County Councillor, and six years Alderman of the Lancashire County Council; Vice-Chairman of the Southport, Birk dale and West Lancashire Water Board; formerly Chairman and now Vice-Chairman of the Ormskirk Board of Guardians, and a member for twenty years. Married Sarah Ellen, daughter of the late Thomas Bird, of Chorley, Lancashire; she died August 9th, 1899.

William Henry Cocker, J.P., Bloomfield, Blackpool; son of John Cocker, M.D., J.P.; born at Blackpool, in 1836; educated at Preston Grammar School; M.R.C.S.Eng. Justice of the Peace for the County of Lancaster, and for the borough of Blackpool; six times Mayor of Blackpool, and the only Freeman of the borough. Married Betsey, daughter of the late James Pilling, of Bridge Fold, Rochdale.

John James Cockshott, J.P., 24, Queen’s Road, Southport; son of the late Hargreaves Cockshott, of Preston, Lancashire; born at Preston; educated at Kirkham Grammar School. Articled to the firm of Buck and Dicksons, solicitors, of Preston, afterwards joining them, and practising for many years in Southport and Preston; dissolved partnership on June 30th, 1899, taking Southport practice himself, with his eldest son, George, B.A. Cantab, as partner, practising under the style of Buck, Cockshott and Cockshott : member of the Southport Town Council from 1880-83. retiring through pressure of business; Justice of the Peace for the borough; Hon. Solicitor to Southport Infirmary; member of the House of Laymen for the Province of York; Vice-President of the Voluntary Schools Association for the Diocese of Liverpool; Vice-Chairman of the Church of England Temperance Society for the Diocese of Liverpool. Married Jane, youngest daughter of the late George Kent, of Walton-le Dale, Preston.

Rev. Samuel Edward Collinson, Broughton Vicarage, Preston; son of Thomas Collinson; born at Alnwick, June 29th, 1852; educated at the Duke’s School, Alnwick, and Durham University; L.Th. Vicar of Broughton since 1886; formerly Curate of St. Alban’s, Leeds, and of the Parish Church, Preston.

Thomas Henry Crane, Florence Villa, Southport; son of the late Thomas Crane; born at Preston, October 18th, 1847; educated at All Saints’ School, Preston; chartered accountant; A.C.A., August 4th, 1880; F.C.A., March 1st, 1882; articled to Alderman Henry Davies, J.P., of Preston, in 1865. Appointed Secretary to the Accrington Gas and Waterworks Company, in 1868; Secretary to the Tawd Vale Colliery Company, Ltd., in 1872; commenced as an accountant on own account at Southport in 1875, and in 1883 entered into partnership with Alderman Henry Davies, of Preston; now practising under the style of Davies and Crane, of Preston and Southport; Managing Director of the Southport Brewery Company, Ltd.; Secretary to the Southport Baths Company, Ltd.; Auditor to the Prince of Wales’s Hotel Company, Ltd., the Scarisbrick Hotel Company, Ltd., the Southport Pier Company, Limited, and the Smedley Hydropathic Company, Ltd., Birkdale, etc.; was one of the Liquidators of the late Southport Pavilion and Winter Gardens Company, Ltd., and is now joint Receiver of the Southport Opera House and Winter Gardens, Ltd. Married Alice Wilson, third daughter of the late John Jackson Barlow, of Largs, Ayrshire, N.B.

Thomas Miller Crook, Stanley Grange, Samlesbury (Postal via Hoghton), near Preston; only son of John Miller and Elizabeth Crook; born at Blackburn, May 14th, I859; educated at Clitheroe Grammar School. Has a herd of well known pedigree shorthorn cattle, and has during the last twelve years taken first prizes at the Royal Agricultural Society‘s Exhibition, Great Yorkshire, Royal Lancashire, and other provincial shows; amongst the herd is the yearling bull, “Royal Recorder,” bought at His Majesty the King’s last spring sale, 1903; has also a very large collection of orchids, including a number of very rare specimens; restored St. Leonard’s-the-less Church, Samlesbury, 1901, and added a new tower and clock, a peal of bells being presented by Mrs. Crook; the original church existed in 1196,and was rebuilt by the Earl of Derby about 1559. Married Alice Wood, youngest daughter of William Barker, Netherleigh, Beeston, Notts.