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Sheriff in 1893. He was essentially a keen practical business man. He 
married the only daughter of R. H. Alexander, Esq., of Corsham, and 
leaves three sons, Gabriel Prior, who succeeds him in the title, b. 1843, 
Remembrancer of the City of London since 1882; Frederick Hastings, 
of Prior Place, Camberley; and Sir John Tankarville Goldney, Chief 
Justice of Trinidad (knighted 1893). 
Obit. notice, Devizes Gazette, May 10th and 17th, 1900. 
Captain Henry Paton Rogers, 2nd Battalion Wiltshire 
Regiment. Died of enteric fever, at Bloemfontein, May 13th, 1900, 
aged 26. Born April 2nd, 1874. Son of Walter Lacy Rogers, barrister, 
‘and half-brother of F. Newman Rogers, of Rainscombe Park. He joined 
the Wiltshire Regiment as 2nd Leut., Oct. 10th, 1894; Lieutenant, 1896. 
Married, Dec. 11th, 1899, Josephine Kate, d. of Henry Edmonston 
Medlicott, of Sandfield, Potterne, and sailed for South Africa Dec. 19th. 
His appointment as captain, dated back to Feb. 24th, appeared in the 
papers after his death. The letters from the seat of war to the Devizes 
’ Gazette over the signature ‘“‘ Moonraker,” were by him. 
Obit. notice, Devizes Gazette, May 17th, 1900. 
J. H. Penruddocke. Died at Winkton, Hants, May 1900, aged 94. 
Born Aug. 6th, 1805. Second son of Capt. Thomas Penruddocke, 
8rd Foot Guards, and Grandson of Charles Penruddocke, of Compton 
Chamberlayne. Entered East India Company's service when 18 years 
old, served four years as midshipman on the Charles Grant, and obtained 
a commission on the same ship in 1833. In 1846 he went to Canada, 
where he spent several years hunting and trapping among the Indians 
in the backwoods. About 1854 he returned to England, and married 
 Blizabeth Heathcote, d. of William Heald Ludlow Bruges, of Seend, 
“ where for many years he lived. 
Obit. notice, Devizes Gazette, May 10th, 1900. 
John Leybourn Popham, late of the 67th Regiment. Died April 
_ 29th, aged 51. Buried at Hungerford. Son of the Rev. John Popham, 
late Vicar.of Chilton. 
yeorge Simpson. Born Aug. 27th, 1818. Died in London, April 
3 28th, 1900, aged 81. Buried in St. John’s Churchyard, Devizes. He 
was born at Salisbury, in the Halle of John Halle, where, in 1816, his 
- father had set up his printing press and published the first number of the 
z Gezette. In 1819 the business was transferred to Devizes, and after 
‘ leaving school in London he devoted himself to the business of the paper, 
; pend from that time until his retirement, in 1886, he was actively associated 
in the management of the Devizes Gazette, which chiefly owes to him the 
position that it occupies in the county. Mr. Simpson was twice Mayor 
; of Devizes, was a member of the Town Council for thirty-six years, and 
_ was prominent in all- public matters connected with the town, and 
