The 1917 publication Lancashire Biographies Rolls of Honour contains, as its title makes clear, a number of short biographies of Lancashire worthies, together with the rolls of honour for a number of the county’s colleges and schools. It is not clear what crieria were used to select the biographical entries, but all chosen would appear to be affluent. There are no women.
Below are the entries for the biographies of those with a connection to Preston.
ASCROFT, Sir William, Kt., J.P., Solicitor.
Overleigh House, Preston, and The Wyke, Grasmere. Office: 35, Winckley Square, Preston. ‘Phone: Overleigh House 579; The Wyke 7 Grasmere; 35, Winckley Square 197. Born: August 24th, 1832, at Preston; son of Robert Ascroft and Isabella (nee Noble) Ascroft, of Preston. Educated: Preston Grammar School. Married: May 27th, 1858, to Christiana (died August i8th, 1907), daughter of Charles Walker and Christiana (nee Fawell), of Whitley Lower, West Riding of Yorkshire, and has issue two sons and four daughters: Robert Walker Ascroft, M.A., B.C.L., J.P.; William Fawell Ascroft, M.A.; Emily Isabella (wife of Edmund Dickson); Florence (wife of Herbert Walter Glover); Gertrude Grace (wife of George Hugh Whitehead); Emma Christiana. Profession: Solicitor. Appointments: J. P., County Borough of Preston, 1882, County of Westmorland, 1888. Recreation: Reading; travelling in Lake District. Clubs: Winckley Club, Preston; and Westmorland County Club, Kendal.
ASCROFT, Robert Walker, B.C.L., Solicitor and Coroner. 4, East Cliff, Preston. Born: June 25th, i860, at Preston; son of Sir William Ascroft, Kt., and Christiana Ascroft, Overleigh House, Preston. Educated: Chfton College; Oriel College, Oxford, M.A., B.C.L. Married: October 19th, 1901, at Kew Parish Church, to Josephine, daughter of the late Rd. Threlfall, of Hollowforth, Lancashire. Profession: Solicitor and Coroner. Appointments: J.P., 1906; Coroner for Manor of Walton-le-Dale. Travelled: Many pleasant jaunts abroad. Recreations: Shooting, fishing, tennis, motoring and cycling. Club: Winckley.
ASCROFT, William Fawell, M.A., Solicitor. Gleadale, Longridge, Preston, and 35, Winckley Square, Preston. Born: October 1st, 1876, at Preston, Lancs.; younger son of Sir Wiliam Ascroft, of Preston, Kt., and the late Christiana Ascroft. Educated: Rugby School and Corpus Christi College, Oxford, M.A. Married: April 19th, 1906, at Middlesbrough, to Eve Mary, third daughter of the late John Thomas Belk, J.P., of Middlesbrough, and has issue two daughters: Eve Christiana, born October 31st, 1908; and Mary Isobel, born August 31st, 1912. Recreations: Various. Club: Winckley. Is Railway Transport Officer, now in France.
BARTON, William Bright, Curator, Preston Art Gallery, etc. Glengorse, New Longton, near Preston. Office: Harris Free Public Library, Preston. Born: October i6th, 1849, at Bradford-on-Avon; youngest son of William and Eizabeth Barton (nee Bright), both of whom died at Calne, in Wiltshire, 1872-1873. Educated: Bradford-on-Avon and National Art Training School (now the Royal College of Art, London). Married: 1887, to Caroline, youngest daughter of the Rev. T. Evans, of Carmarthen, and has issue one son: Walter Jermy Bright Barton (Lieut., R.N.). Occupation: Director for Art and Curator of the Preston Municipal Art Gallery and Museum (incorporated with the Harris Free Public Library). Travelled: France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, and other countries of Europe.
BIRLEY, Charles Fair, Lord of the Manor of Woodplumpton. Bartle Hall, Preston. Born: 1889, at Wrea Green; eldest son of Charles Addison Birley, J. P., of Bartle Hall, Lancs, (died 1908), and Gertrude Emily, eldest daughter of Thomas Fair, of West wood, Lytham. Educated: Winchester and Christ Church, Oxford. Recreation: Hunting. Note: 2nd Lieut., Duke of Lancaster’s Yeomanry from 1910; gazetted Capt., August, 1914; attached 9th Hodson’s Horse, I.E.F., since April, 1915. On Active Service (1916). Lord of the Manor of Woodplumpton.
BUTLER, James, J.P., Director of Limited Company. Wood Nook, St. Anne’s-on-Sea, Lancs. Born: November 1st, 1844, at son of Paul and Lucy Butler, of 15, Bairstow Street, Preston. Married: July 5th, 1876, at Stretford Church, near Manchester, to Sarah EUzabeth, second daughter of George Winstanley, of Old Trafford, Manchester (died November 14th, 1907), and has issue one son and two daughters. Appointments: J.P. for County Palatine of Lancaster, since December, 1905; Director of Kay Street Cotton Spinning and Manufacturing Co., Ltd., of Preston, and of Jones, Butler Co., Ltd., Brook Mill, Kirkham. Travelled: Continent of Europe, U.S. of America, Canada. Note: Land owner, Preston
CHAVASSE, Right Rev. Francis James, D.D., Bishop of Liverpool. The Palace, 19, Abercromby Square, Liverpool. Born: September 27th, fifth son of the late Thomas Chavasse, F.R.C.S., of Wylde Green House, Sutton Coldfield, and Miriam Sarah, daughter of James Wylde, of St, John’s Wood, N,W, Educated: Corpus Christi College, Oxford; B.A., 1869; M.A., 1872; D.D., 1900. Deacon, 1870; Priest, 1871. Married: September 27th, 1881, to Edith Jane, younger daughter of Canon Maude, Vicar of Chirk, 1889; Appointments: Curate of St. Paul’s, Preston, 1870-1873; Vicar of St. Paul’s, Upper Holloway, 1873-1878; Rector of St. Peter-le-Bailey, Oxford, 1878 Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Exeter, 1885-1900; Select Preacher at Oxford, 1888-1889, 1901-1902, and at Cambridge, 1893-1902; Principal of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, 1889-1900; Lecturer in Pastoral Theology at Cambridge, 1898; Consecrated by the late Archbishop of York (The Right Hon. and Most Reverend William Dalrymple Maclagan, P.C, D.D., D.CL.), in 1900, Bishop of Liverpool. Capt. Noel Godfrey Chavasse, M.C., M.B. (son), has been awarded the V,C.
CLARKE, Rev. Charles Maurice, M.A. (Cantab.), Rector. St. James’ Rectory, Moss Side, Manchester. Born: January 8th, 1865, at Southport, Lancs.; son of Venerable Archdeacon B. S. Clarke (deceased). Educated: Giggleswick Grammar School; Trinity College, Cambridge M.A., 1890. Married: 1894, at Christ Church, Southport, to Emmeline Den Duyts, of Liverpool, and has issue one son: Charles Maurice Strettell Clarke. Appointment: Rector of St. James’, Moss Side, Manchester. Notes: Formerly Member of the Preston Education Committee; formerly Vicar of O.T.C.; Christ Church, Preston; Local Representative (Manchester) of Inns of Court his son, C. M. S. Clarke, an undergraduate of Queens’ College, Cambridge, is in the East Lancs. Field Ambulance (R.A.M.C)
COCKSHUTT, Joseph. “Westella,” Lytham. Office: 2, Chapel Street, Preston. Born August 15th, 1875, at Preston; son of Joshua Cockshutt, of the Colonnade, Preston, Lancs., and Margaret, second daughter of Nicholas and Helen Hayes, of Brownedge House, near Preston (deceased). Educated: Ampleforth Abbey, York, and privately. Married: October 15th, 1902, to Florence, eldest daughter of the late Richard Bond, formerly of Anderton Manor, near Bolton, and has issue four sons and two daughters: Philip Bond, born April 13th, 1904; Mary Josephine, born March 31st, 1905; Herman Joseph Bond, born March 29th, 1907; Florence Joan Bond, born December 5th, 1909; Denis Bond, born September 15th, 1913; and Richard Bond, born June 25th, 1915. Appointments: Lord of the Manor of Anderton; ex-Chairman and ex-Councillor of Lytham; ex-J.P. for Lancs.; Chairman of Bond, Brown and Bond, Ltd., and Director of the Grimford Mills Co., Ltd.; Director of Nobletts, Ltd., Liverpool; Chairman, The Anderton Weaving Co., Ltd.; Solicitor, practising at Preston and Lytham, Lancs. Travelled: Continent of Europe. Recreation: Yachting. Clubs: Yacht, Lytham; County, Preston; Conservative, Lytham, Lancs.; Constitutional, London. Rear-Commodore, Lytham Yacht Club. Note: Member of the Local Tribunal at Lytham.
COPLAND, Montague Bigg, J.P., Cotton Spinner. Whitehall, St. Annes-on-Sea. ‘Phone: No. 15. Born: 1845, at Chelmsford; second son of Henry Copland, of Broomfield, Essex. Educated: Vale Academy, Ramsgate. Married: 1881, to Florence Ehzabeth, second daughter of G. F. Hinshelwood, of Manchester, and has issue two sons and one daughter. Occupation: Cotton Spinner. Appointments: J.P. for Lancs., 1913; Preston Borough Bench, 1886. Clubs: Winckley, Preston; Brasenose, Manchester. Note: Eldest son a Sub-Lieut., R.N.V.R.; second son a 2nd Lieut., R.F.A. (T.F.)
COTMAN, Leonard, B.A. (Oxon), Solicitor and Clerk to Justices. Sunny Bank, Fulwood, near Preston; 8, Lune Street, Preston. Born: May 2nd, 1869, at Preston; son of Frederick Cotman, of Norwich, and Maria Wells, of Hemel Hempstead, Herts. Educated: B.A. (Oxon). Married: June 7th, 1906, at Servite Church, London, to Maria Pia Linati, daughter of the late Colonel and Madame Linati, and grand-daughter of the late Colonel Henry Caldwell Streatfeild, 87th R.I.F., and has issue, three sons: Antony Streatfeild Cotman, born July 24th, 1907; Richard Digby Sell Cotman, born December 26th, 1910; Humphrey Caldwell Cotman, born August 4th, 1913. Profession: Solicitor and Clerk to Justices. Appointments: Magistrates’ Clerk, P.S.D. of Walton-le-Dale; Clerk to the Committee of Visitors, Whittingham Asylum, Lancs. Travelled: France, Italy, etc. Recreations: Golf, and has rowed for College at Henley. Clubs: Winckley Club, Preston O.U.M.U., Oxford. Note: Descendant of John Sell Cotman, Artist of the Norwich School, whose works are in National Gallery and Print Room of British Museum.
CROMPTON, Alderman Samuel, Retired Railway Manager. Granada House, Powis Road, Preston, Lancs. Born: May 31st, 1852, at Preston; son of Daniel Crompton, of Accrington, and Catherine Crompton, of Accrington, formerly of Bolton. Educated: Peel Park Academy, Accrington. Married: 1876, to Sehna, daughter of John and Mary Riley, of Accrington, and has issue two sons and one daughter: Samuel Bertram, born 1879; Harry Grundy, born 1880; Catherine Mary, born 1893. Occupation: Railway Manager (retired). Appointments: Chairman of Tram ways and Town Cleansing Committees; Councillor of Borough of Preston, 1901; Alderman, April, 1915. Travelled: Continent, Canada (Quebec to Vancouver Island), America, Mexico. Recreations: Golf, bowling, shooting, fishing, bilhards, etc. Clubs: Conservative, Ashton-on-Ribble Social, Bowling, and Golf. Notes: Descendant of Samuel Crompton, inventor of the spinning mule. Is engaged entirely in voluntary public work. His only daughter is a Red Cross nurse. Has two sons, one with the Minister of Munitions, at Whitehall, the other a pharmacist.
DUNKERLEY, Chorlton, Solicitor. Kirkham; 46, Lune Street, Preston. Born: December 9th, 1876, at Kirkham; Blackburn; son of Jesse and Eleanor Dunkerley, of Kirkham. Educated: Lancing College. Profession: Solicitor. Travelled: Switzerland and Channel Islands. Recreations: Tennis, golf, shooting, billiards, chess. Club: Political.
FINCH, Rev. Thomas Ross. Penwortham Hall, Preston. Born: 1838, at Staines; son of Charles Finch, of Staines, and Emma Ross. Educated: Highgate Grammar School Exhibitioner and Gold Medallist; Scholar and Hody Exhibitioner of 1875; Wadham College, M.A. (Oxon). Married: 1865, to Caroline M. (died 1911), daughter of the late William Marshall, of Penwortham Hall, Lancs., and has issue three sons and one daughter. Profession: Rector of Stafford, 1869 Vicar of Dorrington, Salop, 1877-1890. Recreation: Rowing; won Oxford University Sculls, i860; rowed twice in Trial Eights; Treasurer O.U.B.C. Club: Winckley. Preston. Note: Eldest son, Herbert Marshall, educated at Winchester; joined Royal Berkshire Regt., 1886; served through Boer War; promoted Brevet-Major, three medals and two clasps; wounded in action at Ypres, November 2nd, 1914; promoted to Lieut.-Colonel and killed in action at Fromelles, May 9th, 1915.
GATTY, Victor Herbert, J.P., F.R.G.S., Company Director. Whiteholme, near Preston, Lancs.; Bannister Hall Works, Preston. June 2nd, 1864, at Elmfield Hall, Accrington, Lancs.; son of Frederick Albert Gatty, of Elmfield Hall, Accrington, and Mary Anne, daughter of Joseph Wharton, of Harrogate, and Sarah, daughter of John Chapman, of Bradford, Yorks. Educated: Harrow School. Married: September 2nd, 1896, at Parish Church, Blackburn, to Mary, daughter of John Lewis, of Beard wood Bank, Blackburn, and Elizabeth, daughter of Miles Alston, of Ribchester, and has issue one daughter and one son: Winifred Mary, born July 15th, 1900; John Frederic Victor, born July 5th, 1906. Occupation: Company Director. Appointments: J.P. for Lancs., 1903; Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society; Member of the County Licensing Committee, and Council of the Harris Orphanage; Squadron Commander, National Motor Volunteers. Publications: Papers relating to mountains and mountaineering. Travelled: The Alps, Pyrenees, Corsica, Norway, Spitzbergen. Recreations: Alpine climbing, shooting, riding, walking. Clubs: Whiteholme; Alpine; Climbers; Lancashire County Cricket; Winckley, Preston. Notes: Owns land round Whiteholme; is a Director of F. A. Gatty and Co., Ltd., who are concerned in bleaching, dyeing, and the production of khaki materials, which are largely used by our Indian Army and in most tropical countries.
HALL, Rev. David Alston, M.A. (Cantab.), Vicar of Foulridge, Golne. Foulridge Vicarage, near Colne, Lancs. Born: January 21st, 1871, at Bury, Lancs.; son of Edwin Franklin Hall, of Elton, Bury, Lancs., and Mary Elizabeth Hall (nee Alston), of “Innellan,” Whitefield, Lancs. Educated: Late Exhibitioner of St. Catharine’s College, Cambridge; B.A., 1899; M.A., 1903. Married: July 27th, 1910, to Elsie Honora, daughter of Oliver Leak, Solicitor, of Barnoldswick, York, and Laura Emma Leak (nee Harrison), of The Hollies, Runcorn, Cheshire, and has issue two daughters: Enid Katharine Alston, born July 29th, 1911; Freda Monica Alston, born January 21st, 1913. Appointments: Vicar of Foulridge, Colne, Lancs., since 1905; formerly Curate of St. Paul’s, Preston, Lancs., 1899-1902, and Christ Church, Colne, Lancs., 1902-1905. Travelled: Continent, several times. Recreations: Cycling and King); gardening. Notes: Founder of the Parish of Foulridge; Hon. Ruridecanal Secretary for Church of England Waifs and Strays Society (Patron, H.M. the Member of Colne and District Rifle Club, also of Local Recruiting and Distress Committees; Vice-President of local St. John Ambulance Association.
HAMILTON, Alderman John Crook, J.P. 8, Stanley Terrace, Preston. Born: February 6th, 1846, at Stanley Terrace, Preston; fourth son of John and Ann Hamilton, of Stanley Terrace, Preston. Educated: Denmark Hill Grammar School. Married: March 22nd, 1908, to Fannie Emily, second daughter of George Peacock and Sarah Ann Batten, of Liverpool, and has issue one son and two daughters: John Crook, born July 1st, 1909; Iris, born February 29th, 1912; Henrietta 1891; Beatrice, born May 12th, 1914. Occupation: Draper. Appointments: Chairman, The Newcastle and Gateshead Water Co.; Alderman, J.P. of County of Lancaster and Borough of Preston; Alderman of Local Council, Chairman of the Harris Free Public Library and Museum and the Water Committees. Recreations: Music and Art. Club: National Liberal.
HARRIS, Arthur Lea, Solicitor, Hon. Secretary, Boy Scouts. Sion Hill, Ribbleton, near Preston; 15, Winckley Street, Preston. Born: May 2nd, 1886, at Blackburn; son of the Rev. Seymour Frederick Harris and Mary Elinor Harris, of Cotleigh Rectory, Honiton, Devon. Educated: Marl borough College. Married: At St. Andrew’s, Ashton-on-Ribble, to Winifred Margaret, daughter of the late Dr. John Arminson, and has issue one daughter: Mary Elinor Joyce, born April 11th, 1913. Profession: Solicitor. Recreations: Golf, gardening, amateur theatricals. Club: Old Marlburian. Note: Interested in Boy Scout Movement, and for over three years Hon. Secretary of the Preston Association.
HENN, Right Rev. Henry, D.D., Bishop Suffragan of Burnley. Reedley Lodge, Burnley, Lancs. Born: 1858, at Greystones, Co. Wicklow, son of Thomas Rice Henn, K.C., D.L., Recorder of Galway, of Paradise, Co. Clare, Ireland, and Jane Isabella, daughter of the Right Hon. Francis Blackburne, Lord Chancellor of Ireland. Educated: Sherborne School and Trinity Hall, Cambridge (Scholar and First Class Classics, 1881); student of Lincoln’s Inn, 1882. Married: November 1st, 1905, at London, to Francis Helen, daughter of the Right Hon. Lord Collins of Kensington. Appointments: Fellow, Trinity Hall, Cambridge, 1881; Dean, 1888; Bursar and Lecturer till 1895; Ordained Deacon and Curate of Preston, 1886, Priest, Vicar of St. Paul’s, Preston, 1895; Vicar of Bolton and Rural Dean, 1902; Chaplain of Bolton Union Workhouse, 1903, and South Lancs. Artillery Volunteers; D.D., 1909, and consecrated in York Minster Bishop of Burnley. Travelled: France, Algiers, Italy, Germany, Denmark, Holland, Belgium, Norway, Sweden. Recreations: Fishing, sailing, cycling. Clubs: Cambridge University Cruising and Old Rectory, Manchester. Note: Was first Commodore of Cambridge University Cruising Club.
JENKINS, James Travis, Barrister-at-Law, D.Sc, D.Ph. 16, Waltons Parade, Preston, Lancs. Born: 1876, at Bristol. Educated: Doctor of Science (Wales); Bachelor of Science (London), with First Class Honours in Zoology; Doctor of Philosophy (Kiel). Profession: Barrister-at-Law, Gray’s Inn.
JOHNSON, John Richard, Solicitor. 137, Hornby Road, Blackpool. Born: December 14th, 1876, at Blackpool; son of John James and Elizabeth Frances Johnson, of 4, Ribblesdale Place, Preston. Educated: Rossall School. Married: August 20th, 1902, to Ellen, sixth daughter of the late John Charles and Elizabeth Ann Ambler, of Preston, and has issue one son, John Ambler, born September 1st, 1903. Profession: Solicitor. Member of the firm of Finch, Johnson and Co., of 18, Fox Street, Preston; Old Bank Chambers, Talbot Square, Blackpool; and Town-gate, Leyland. (London Agents: Rawle, Johnstone and Co.) Also Director of the Athenaeum (Blackpool) Ltd. Travelled: France, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, the Azores, Canary Isles, Madeira, etc. Recreation: General. Clubs: Athenaeum, Blackpool; Wainwright Conservative; Blackpool North Shore Golf.
JOLLY, Lieut.-Colonel, Thomas Riley (O.C. West Lancs. National Reserve) Harris Orphanage, Fulwood; Office: Harris Institute, Preston, ‘Phones: Fulwood, 21; Preston, 293. Born: February 23rd, 1849, at Wrea Green, Kirkham, Lancs.; only son of John and Jane Jolly. Educated: Kirkham Grammar School; Fellow, Chartered Institute of Secretaries (F.C.I.S.); Fellow, London Chartered Accountants (F.L.C.A.). Married: September 19th, 1872, to Catherine, daughter of Richard and Mary Parkinson, of Longridge, and has issue two daughters: Jane Mary and Ethel. Appointment: Member and Auditor of the Preston Scientific Society since its formation. Recreations: Drill and cricket. Club: Conservative, Preston. Masonic Lodges: 113 Unanimity, Preston; 1146, Stanley of Preston, Preston; Past Prov. Grand Treasurer, West Lancs. Career: In the Office of the Treasurer to the County Palatine of Lancs. for twenty-five years; was Accountant on leaving in 1888 to take up the duties as Governor of the Harris Orphan age, a position which he still retains; Principal and Secretary to the Harris Institute, Victoria Technical School and School of Domestic Science, and Secretary to the Homes for the Blind for North and East Lancs., having held the latter appointments for over forty years; Commanding Officer of the West Lancs. National Reserve, No. 3 District, and Military Representative, Society; Preston Sub-Area; President of the United Service Club, Preston; Head for the Amounderness Hundred of the Discharged Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Aid Chairman of the North of England Union of Institutions, Societies, and Agencies for the Blind, which comprises the six Northern Counties; Hon. Treasurer National Union Domestic Sciences; Past Chairman of the Union of Lancs, and Cheshire Institutes; Member of the Governing Body Association of Technical Institutions, and Member of the Advisory Committee (St. Dunstan’s) dealing with Soldiers and Sailors who lose their eyesight during the present campaign; served forty years in 5th Royal Lancs. Field Artillery Volunteers, retiring with the rank of Lieut.-Col.; V.D. Decoration and Long Service Medal.
LEIGH, John, J.P. Westleigh, Lea, near Preston. ‘Phone: 41 Ashton-on-Ribble. Born: 1851, at Preston; son of Adam Leigh, of Preston. Married: 1899, to Ethel A., daughter of F. Dale Banister, C.E., J.P., of Stonehouse, Forest Row, Sussex. Appointment: J.P. for Lancs., 1906.
LEY, John Aquila, J.P., Guardian of the Poor. Mill House, Walton-le-Dale, Preston; and Walton Corn Mill. Telegrams Ley, Walton-le-Dale. ‘Phones: 138 Preston, 62 Ashton, 61 Leyland. Born: Oct. 24th, 1842, at Thurlby, Lincolnshire; son of Watson and Mary Aquila Ley. Married: October 24th, 1866, at Louth, Lincs., to Alicia Elen Elizabeth, eldest daughter of William Germain and Elizabeth Ann Little, of Waltham, near Grimsby. Appointments: J.P. for Lancs., 1913; Member of Preston Board of Guardians; on Recruiting Committee. Recreation: Bowls. Clubs Preston Reform and Ashton Social.
MILBURN, Dr. Thomas, Secretary of Agriculture, Lancashire County Council. Stafford House, Fulwood, Preston (‘Phone: No. 76), and County Offices, Preston (‘Phone: No. 1111). Born: April 22nd, 1874, at Dalton-in-Furness; eldest son of William and Margaret Milburn (British). Educated: Ph.D. (Halle, Germany); N.D.A., and N.D.D. (Royal Agricultural Society). Married: 1910, to Hagar Ibbotson, of Sheffield, and has issue one son and one daughter: Richard Bellingham and Margaret Ellen. Occupation: Secretary of Agriculture to the Lancs. County Council. Career: Was County Lecturer in Agriculture at the Midland Agricultural College, Kingston, Derby for six years. Publications: “Fungoid Diseases of Farm Crops,” and various pamphlets.
MILLER, Thomas Horrocks, Landowner. Preston; Singleton Park, Poulton-le-Fylde. Born: February 19th, 1846, at elder son of Thomas Miller, of Preston, and his wife Henrietta Sarah Pitt, of Gloucestershire. Educated: Harrow. Married: Twice —(i) Isabel Arnside, daughter of Thomas Bryne, of New Orleans, U.S.A., in 1869; (2) Issette, daughter of Thomas Pearson, of London, on September 6th, 1911. Clubs: Conservative, Royal Thames, and Royal Irish Yacht; Winckley, Preston. Landowner at Singleton. {Died: 2nd May, 1916.
MOON, James, Director, Prudential Assurance Co. Westwood, Bidston, Cheshire. Born: March 2nd, 1858, at Preston; second son of John and Susannah Moon. Educated: Southport. Married: April 6th, 1872, to Mary E. Clegg, and has issue two sons and three daughters: John, Norman, Eric, Mary, and Dorothy. Occupation: Director, Prudential Assurance Co., Bromboro Port Estate Co., Liverpool Garden Suburb. Ap 1915; Appointments: Liberal Candidate for Newton Division in 1895; Mayor of Birkenhead, 1913-1914, during their Majesties’ visit to Birkenhead; Treasurer of Birkenhead Volunteer Training Corps; Career: Joined the Staff of the Prudential Assurance Co. in 1875 in Manchester and was appointed Director in Associate of the Institute of Actuaries; Fellow of the Insurance Institute; has always taken an active interest in public life. Recreations: Shooting and golf. Clubs: Reform; Royal Automobile. Note: All three sons are serving in the Army: John, Lieut., R.F.A.; Norman, 13th Hussars, 2nd Lieut.; Eric, Lieut., R.E. (mentioned in despatches; served in the Dardanelles, wounded June 30th, awarded Croix de Guerre).
MURDOCH, Rev. Lawrence Spencer, M.A., Vicar of Christ Church, Pennington. Pennington Vicarage, Leigh. Born: September 1st, 1866, at Preston, son of the Rev. Edward Sloane Murdoch, M.A., and Wilhelmina Helen Murdoch, of Preston. Educated: Preston Grammar School; M.A., Trinity College, Dublin. Married: at Barton Church, Preston, to Louisa Matilda, daughter of the Rev. J. D. and Matilda Harrison, of Barton Vicarage, Preston, and has issue one son and one daughter: Hugh Cyril, born 1901; Louisa Helen, born 1905. Appointment: Vicar of Christ Church, Pennington, Leigh. Recreation: Cycling. Travelled: France, Belgium, Switzerland, North Italy. Masonic Lodge: Marquis of Lome, Leigh.
MUSPRATT, John Petty, B.A., Solicitor, Deputy Clerk of the Peace. Avenham Lodge, Preston (‘Phone: 344), and County Offices, Preston. Born: August 10th, 1857, at Dacca, India; third son of Henry and Rosalie Caroline Muspratt (British). Educated: Brighton College; Trinity Hall, Cambridge; B.A. Profession: Solicitor. Appointments: Deputy Clerk of the Peace for County of Lancaster; Deputy Clerk to the County Council. Recreations: Yachting and golf. Clubs: New Oxford and Cambridge; Winckley, Preston; Royal Windermere Yacht; Lytham and St. Annes Golf Preston Golf; London Athletic.
ORMEROD, Lieut.-Col. George M., Assistant Chief Constable of Lancashire. County Offices, Preston, Lancs. Born: February, 1879, at London; eldest son of J. A. Ormerod, M.D., F.R.C.P. Educated: Rugby School, Oxford University. Married: 1909, to Mildred Grace, younger daughter of Drewry Gifford Ottley, of Cartown House, Co. Leitrim, and has issue three sons: George Wareing Drewry, Patrick Johnson, and John Gifford. Appointments: Assistant Chief Constable of Lancs.; Lieut.-Col., R.F.A., 148th (County Palatine) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Clubs: United Service, Fly Fishers.
PARK, William Philip, J.P., Chairman, Preston Royal Infirmary. Whinny Clough, Ashton-on-Ribble. Born: 1840, at Preston; son of the late Philip Park, J.P., of Preston. Appointments: Chairman of the following: Preston Savings Bank, Preston Royal Infirmary, H.M. Prison, Preston, and Preston Licensing Committee; J.P. for Preston, 1872, for Lancs., 1875; Senior J.P. for Preston, and Chairman of County Licensing Committee.
PHILLIPS, Rev. Stanley William, M.A., Organising Secretary of C.M.S. 8. Broadgate, Preston. Born: 1886, at Leeds; son of the Rev. William Henry and Emma Maria Phillips, of Elvington Rectory, Yorks. Educated: St. Peter’s, York; Emmanuel College and Ridley Hall, Cambridge; M.A. Second Class Honours, Theological Tripos. Appointment: Organising Secretary of Church Missionary Society for Dioceses of Carlisle and North Manchester.
RAWSTORNE, Right Rev. Atherton Gwillym, M.A., D.D., Bishop of Whalley. Croston Rectory, Preston, and Balderstone Grange, Blackburn. Born: July 9th, 1855, at Hutton Hall, near Preston; son of Robert Atherton and Cecilia Rawstorne. Educated: Eton and Corpus Christi College, Oxford; D.D. Married: August 16th, 1888, only daughter of the Rev. G. W. Horton, Vicar of Wellow, Somerset, and has issue three sons and three daughters: Richard Atherton, George Streynsham, Robert Gwillym, Frances Marion, Jennet, and Margory Ella. Appointments: Bishop of Whalley, 1909; Rector of Croston, 1894; Rural Dean of Leyland, 1908; Member of Croston Urban District Council. Travelled: Australia, India, Canada, United States. Club: United University.
RAWSTORNE, Lawrence, M.A. Hutton Hall, near Preston. Born: 1842; eldest son of Col. Rawstorne, of Penwortham Priory, Lancs., D.L., J.P. Educated: Eton; M.A., Christ Church, Oxford. Married: 1871, to Edith, daughter of the late Sir Thomas Fermor-Hesketh, Fifth Baronet, M.P., and has issue two sons: Laurence (7th Hussars, died at Gibraltar on way back from South Africa), and Thomas Geoffrey (Major, Lancs. Hussars, serving in France). Appointments: D.L.; J.P. for Lancs.; served as Capt., 1st Royal Lancs. Militia, for ten years. Clubs: Carlton and Junior Carlton.
RIGBY, Thomas Elston, Town Councillor, Poor Law Guardian, Retired Silk Merchant. 3, St. Paul’s Square, Southport. Born: June 8th, 1852, at Preston; son of David and Hannah Rigby, of Preston. Educated: Grammar School. Married: June, 1877, at Preston, to Jane, daughter of John Tomlinson, of Preston, and has issue one son and two daughters: John Tomlinson, born December, 1879; Stella Marguerite, born December, 1892; and Doris Ogilvie, born March, 1894. Occupation: Retired Silk Merchant. Appointments Member of Southport Town Council, Ormskirk Board of Guardians; Freeman of Borough of Preston. Travelled: Many parts of Europe. Clubs: Neville and Duke Street.
RIGG, Dr. John, M.B., CM., Medical Missionary. Married: 91, Fishergate Hill, Preston (‘Phone: 484 Preston). Born: August nth, 1857, at Preston; son of John and Agnes Rigg (English). Educated Isherwood’s School and at Edinburgh University; M.B. and CM., 1884. October 21st, 1884, to Harriet Fawcett, daughter of James and Maria Fawcett, and has issue three sons and four daughters: Agnes Marjorie, John Eric, Robert Geoffrey, Mary Dorothy, Christine Margaret, Joan, Philip. Profession: General Practitioner of Medicine and Surgery. From 1888 to 1900 was a Medical Missionary in Kien Ning Fu, Fuh-Kien Province, China, under the Church Missionary Society. Appointments: Councillor, since 1901 (Preston Town Council); Vice-Chairman of Health Committee. Recreation: Reading. Publications: Some translations of medical works into Chinese. Club: Preston Conservative.
SIMPSON, Bernard, Director, Cotton Trade Insurance Association. Ivy Lodge, 61, Cambridge Road, Southport (‘Phone: 683 Southport), and Park Mills, Preston (‘Phone: 211 Preston). Born: March 3rd, 1867, at Catterall House, near Garstang; eldest son of Albert Simpson, J.P., of Burghill Grange, near Hereford, and the late Sarah Ann Simpson. Educated: Giggleswick Grammar School, Yorkshire, and Oliver’s Mount School, Scarborough. Married: June 7th, 1899, to Louise Blanche, fourth daughter of the late John Lewis and Lydia Potier, of Clapham, London, and has issue two sons Geoffrey Bernard Albert, born March 26th, 1906; and Denis Louis, born February 26th, 1912. Appointments: Managing Director of The Park Lane Twist Co., Ltd., Preston, of the Gregson Lane Mill Co., Ltd., Gregson Lane, near Preston; and a Director of the Cotton Trade Insurance Association, Ltd. Career: On leaving school went to the Hartford Mills, Preston, where he spent several years in learning the business of Cotton Spinning and Manufacturing, leaving in 1895 to fill the position of Managing Director of the Gregson Lane Mill Co., Ltd., near Preston, which he still holds. In 1903, on the retirement of his father from active business, he was appointed a Director of the Hartford Mills Co., Ltd., and acted as such up to the time these mills were sold in 1912. He has also filled the position of Managing Director of The Park Lane Twist Co., Ltd., Preston, since 1905, and sits as one of the Preston representatives on the Board of Directors of the Cotton Trade Insurance Association, Ltd. He is a Churchman; Sidesman and Warden at St. Thomas’ Church, Garstang; Sidesman at St. Thomas’ Church, Preston, and during the greater part of the eight years of his residence in Southport, has acted as Sidesman at Emmanuel Church in that town. Recreations: Shooting, tennis, motoring, photography. Clubs: Winckley, Preston; Conservative, Preston; Preston Golf; and a Member of the Automobile Association.
SIMPSON, Martyn, General Merchant. grams: ” Dalmore,” Blundellsands, near Liverpool, and 4, Richmond Buildings, 26, Chapel Street, Liverpool (‘Phone: 485 Crosby and 7018 Central; Tele Tootell, Liverpool). Born: January 21st, 1870, at Garstang, North Lancs.; second son of Albert and Sarah Anne Simpson (English). Educated Oliver’s Mount School, Scarborough. Married: September 2nd, 1896, to Helena Mary, daughter of George Hugh Leigh and Alice Tootell, and has issue two sons and one daughter: Hugh Martyn, Guy, and Alice Vera. Occupation: General Merchant. Appointments: Trustee of Preston Royal Infirmary; Special Constable, Member Blundellsands Auxiliary Force. Recreations Cricket, golf, lawn tennis, gardening; Member of various cricket, golf, and tennis clubs. Clubs: Winckley, Preston, and Preston Conservative
SINKER, Rev. John, Vicar of Lytham, and Rural Dean of the Fylde. The Vicarage, Lytham, Lancs. Born: December 21st, 1874, at Cambridge; son of the late Rev. Robert Sinker, D.D., of Trinity College, and his wife, Mary Annette, daughter of the late Rev. John Judge, Rector of Leighton. Educated: Cambridge. Married: May 16th, 1901, at Metheringham, near Lincoln, to Dora Blamire, second daughter of the late Lieut.-Col. Thomas Young, of Thackwood, Cumberland, and has issue one son and two daughters: Mary Christian, born April 2nd, 1902; Dora Christian, born December 16th, 1903; and John Blamire, born March 15th, 1906. Appointments: Vicar of Lytham, 1914; Rural Dean of the Fylde, 1915; Surrogate for Diocese of Manchester, 1913; formerly Curate of Raughton Head-with-Gatesgill, Cumberland, 1898-1900; Domestic Chaplain to the Bishop of Carlisle, 1899-1900; Curate of All Saints, Child’s Hill, London, 1900-1902; Senior Curate of Windermere, 1902-1905; Vicar of Burneside, 1905-1910; Vicar of St. George’s, Preston, 1910-1914; Chaplain to the 148th Brigade, R.F.A., County Palatine, 1914; Chaplain to Pioneers, 1915. Recreations: Motoring, tennis, carving, music. Publications: “Memoirs of Rev. Canon Stock, Rector of Windermere,” 1905; “Into the Church’s Service,” 1913; “The Prayer Book in the Pulpit,” 1915; “The War—its Deeds and Lessons,” 1916. Note: One of five clerical brothers. Father was Librarian of Trinity College, Cambridge, for thirty-six years.
SMITH, William Bernard Stanislaus, J.P., Barrister-at-Law, Member, Local Tribunal. Newsham House, Broughton, near Preston. Born: 1874, at Lancaster; only son of William Smith, of Newsham House (M.P., North Lonsdale, 1892 1895), and his wife, Ellen, daughter of Henry Verity. Educated: Ampleforth College, near York, and Lincoln College, Oxford. Married: 1902, to Florence Clara Ruby Jay, daughter of William Jay, and has issue one son and four daughters. Profession: Barrister-at-Law, Inner Temple. Appointments: J.P. for the County of Lancaster, 1915; Hon. Secretary, Broughton and District Rifle Club, and Boy Scouts’ Association; Member of No. 5 Local Area Education Committee; Commandant of Local Special Constables; Member of Local Tribunal for Preston Rural District Area. Publications: Editor, The Week’s Survey, 1902-1903; Editor, Canadian Life and Resources (Montreal), Clubs: County, Lancaster; Preston and County Catholic, 1905-1907, Preston.
THORP, Titus, J.P., F.C.A., Insurance Director. 11, Winckley Street, Preston. Born: 1855, at Preston; only son of Frederic Thorp, J.P., of Preston (British). Married: 1883, to Agnes Margaret, only daughter of Thomas Brayshaw, of Giggleswick, Yorks., and has issue one son and one daughter: Edgar Brayshaw (of Wellington College, and M.A. Trinity College, Cambridge, now serving as 2nd Lieut., 4th Batt., Prince of Wales’ North Staffordshire Regt.), and Mildred. Appointments: J.P. for: Lancs., 1912; Hon. Treasurer, Barton Convalescent Home for wounded soldiers; Member of Local Board of Directors for Manchester Royal Exchange Assurance Co. Recreation: Fly-fishing. Club: Winckley, Preston.
TOULMIN, Sir George, Director. Kt., M.P., J.P., Newspaper Managing Director. Prior’s Oak, Penwortham, Preston, Lancs. Born: March 17th, 1857, at Bolton, Lancs.; youngest son of the late Councillor Toulmin, J.P., of Preston, and his wife, Lydia. Educated: Preston Grammar School. Married: 1882, to Mary Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the late Alderman Edelston, and has issue two sons and two daughters: Ellen Muriel, Kathleen Fisher, Geoffrey Edelston, and Eric Humphrey. Appointments: Managing Director of the Preston Guardian and Lancashire Daily Post; J.P. for Lancs., and for County Borough of Preston; formerly Vice-Chairman of Preston Board of Guardians; was President of Newspaper Society, 1912-1913; Knighted, 1911. A Liberal; unsuccessfully contested Bury, 1900, but was returned later and has sat there since May 10th, 1902. Clubs: Reform, Eighty, National Liberal.
TRIMBLE, Major Charles Joseph, C.M.G., J.P., L.R.C.P. (Kt. of Grace, Order of St. John of Jerusalem). Louth House, Bamber Bridge, near Preston (‘Phone: 2 Bamber Bridge). Born: 1856, March 16th, at Castlebellingham; son of John Trimble, M.D., of Castle Bellingham, Co. Louth. Married: To Bessie, daughter of the late Robert Oram, of Bury, and has issue two daughters: Hester and Bessie Brereton. Appointments: Medical Officer of Health, Preston R.D.C. and Walton-le-Dale U.D.; J.P., for Lancs., 1903; County Alderman, Lancs. County Council, 1914; Lieut.-Col. Commanding (Hon. Col., 1906), 2nd West Lancs. Brigade, R.F.A., from 1905 to 1910; Deputy Commissioner, No. 4 District, St. John Ambulance Brigade; Major, R.A.M.C, St. John Ambulance Brigade Hospital, France, 1915-1916.
WHITLEY, Rev. William Thomas, M.A., LL.M., LL.D., Baptist Minister. 3, Stanley Terrace, Preston; and Baptist Church, Fishergate, Preston. Born: May 16th, i86r, at Mildmay, London; son of Thomas Whitley and Born: Emma Bradley (nee Rooke), (British). Educated: University College School; Melbourne; King’s College, Cambridge; Rawdon College, Leeds; Tutor, Queen’s College, M.A., Cambridge (Wrangler); LL.M., Cambridge; LL.D., Melbourne. Married: Twice—(1) 1889, to Alice Elizabeth Goodman (died 1894); (2) 1897, to Sarah Walker, daughter of Alderman John Walker, of Melbourne (died 1915), and has issue two sons and four daughters: Margaret Carey, John Theodore, Thomas Philip Goodman, Joyce, Nancy Cameron, and Ruth Jessie. Profession: Baptist Minister. Appointments: Principal, Baptist College of Victoria, 1891-1901; Editor, Southern Baptist, 1893-1899; Hon. Secretary, Victorian Baptist Foreign Missions (wintered in India, 1895-1896 inspecting); Associate Editor, Review and Expositor (Louisville, Ky.), since 1903; Hon. Secretary and Editor, Baptist Historical Society, since 1908; Member of Preston Education Committee, 1908-1915; Member of American Historical Association; Fellow of Royal Historical Society; Fellow of Senatus Academicus; Member of Executive, Baptist World Alliance, since 1905; London Rifle Brigade, Cadet, 1877; Cambridge University Rifle Volunteers, 1879-1883; Officiating Clergyman to Forces at Preston, 1907-1911. Publications: “Our Indian Trip,” 1896; “Witness of History to Baptist Principles,” 1897 (reprinted 1914); “Church, Ministry and Sacraments in the New Testament,” 1903; “Roman Catholic and Protestant Bibles ” (the Gould Prize Essay), 1905 (reprinted 1908); “Missionary Achievement,” the Gay Lectures at Louisville, 1908; “Studies in Modern Christendom,” 1910; “Baptists in North-West England,” 1913; Editor, ” Minutes of the General Baptist Assembly, 1654-1811,” 1909 (two vols.); ” Editor, Minutes of the Ford and Amersham Churches,” 1912; Editor, ” Works of John Smyth, 1603 1614,” 1915 (two vols.). Travelled: Five journeys in Canada and U.S. (studying schools, colleges, universities), Holland, Germany, and Sweden (two educational journeys), Australia (eleven years’ residence in Melbourne).
WHITTAKER, John, J.P. Shaw Hill, Chorley. Born: 1847, at Walton-le-Dale; second son of Thomas Whittaker, of Prospect Hill, Walton-le-Dale. Married: Twice—(1) 1880, to Margaret (died 1911), daughter of John Ashworth, of Turton, Lancs., and has issue one daughter: Margaret Evelyn; (2) 1915, to Constance Lilian, daughter of Estill Mason, of Knutsford, Cheshire, and has issue one daughter Diana Mary, born 1916. Appointments: J.P. for Lancs., 1883, and on Local War Committee. Clubs: Winckley, Preston; Junior Constitutional, London.
WILSON, Edward Thomas. 38, West Cliff, Preston. Born: October 30th, 1856; second son of the late Edward Wilson, of Broughton House, near Preston. Educated: Rossall School. Married: October 6th, 1887, at Llanddeiniol, Cardiganshire, to Mary Margaret, only child of the late Rev. John Wharburton Wharton, of Bath. Profession: Solicitor; member of Wilson, Wright and Davies, of Preston, Solicitors. Only son, Robert M., reported missing in Gallipoli (1915).
WILSON, Henry Francis, M.A., Solicitor, Clerk to Lancashire Lieutenancy. Broughton House, near Preston. Born: April 1st, 1855, at Preston; eldest son of Edward and Eliza Maria Wilson (English). Educated: Rossall School, and Trinity College, Oxford; Exhibitioner; M.A. Married: September I2th, 1905, to Ethel Margaret, fourth daughter of Edward Henry Chapman, of Cobrey Park, Ross-on-Wye. Occupation: Solicitor (Clerk to the Lancs. Lieutenancy).
WISEMAN, Rev. Alexander William, M.A., Vicar of Ashton-on-Ribble. Ashton Vicarage, Preston, Lancs. Born: May 12th, 1845, at Cambridge; son of Henry and Elizabeth Wiseman, of Cambridge. Educated: St. John’s College, Cambridge; M.A. Married: 1886, to Ellen Macnaughtan Humbert, daughter of Canon Humbert, Vicar of St. Bartholomew, Hyde, Winchester, and has issue one daughter, Edith Margaret. Appointments: Vicar of Ashton-on-Ribble, Preston.
WOODHOUSE, Robert, J.P., Director, Cotton Spinning Co. The Poplars, Walton-le-Dale, Preston. Born: 1836, at Walton-le-Dale; son of the late Peter Woodhouse. Education: Commercial. Married: 1857, to Mary Jane, daughter of James Threlfall, and has issue two sons and two daughters. Appointments: J.P. for Lancs., 1909; Director of Lostock Hail Spinning Co., Preston; Councillor, Urban District Council, Walton-le-Dale; Member of Preston Board of Guardians forty years, Chairman twenty-one years. Clubs: Preston Conservative (Chairman of Walton-le-Dale Conservative). Masonic Lodge: Concord, 343, Preston.