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Downton on the County Council for six years. He was a Liberal and 
Nonconformist. 
Obit. notice, Devizes Gazette, Dec. Ist, 1898. 
Julia Hannah Webb Spicer, widow of the late Major Spicer, of 
Spye Park, died at Whetham, where she resided, Dec. 13th, 1898, aged 75. 
She was the daughter of the Rev. Edmund Probyn, Rector of Longhope and 
Abben Hall, Gloucestershire. Buried at Chittoe. She was of a most kind 
and charitable disposition. 
Obit. Notice, Devizes Gazette, Dec. 15th, 1898. 
Nathaniel Fletcher Barton, M.A., Oxon. J.P. for Wilts. Son 
of Nathaniel Barton, of Corsley House. Born August 26th, 1849; died at 
Weymouth, January 5th, 1899, aged 49. Buried at Weymouth. He 
formerly resided at Corsley, was Secretary of the South and West Wilts 
Hunt, and was well known in the Warminster neighbourhood. Of late years 
he had resided at Weymouth, where he was well known in various public 
capacities and greatly respected. He was Captain of the Rowing Club, 
Chairman of the Conservative Club, and very much identified with the 
interests of railway men. 
Obit. notice, Devizes Gazette, Jan. 12th, 1899. 
r. E. N. Carless, died suddenly, Jan. 25th, 1899. He had a large 
practice in and around Devizes, and held a number of medical appointments 
in the borough and county. 
Obit. notice, Devizes Gazette, Jan. 26th, 1899. 
Rev. William Dawson Ridley. Scholar of Clare Coll., Cambridge, 
 B.A., 1882; M.A., 1885. Deacon, 1883 Priest, 1884, by Archbishop of 
York. Curate of St.. Andrew, Sharrow, Sheffield, 1883—88. Rector of 
Orcheston St. Mary, 1888 to 1898 when he resigned. 
Obit. notice, Salisbury Diocesan Gazette, April, 1899. 
John Codrington, son of William Codrington, of Wroughton, died at 
Stockbridge, Guyra, New South Wales, June 21st, 1898, aged 68. He was 
Master of the South Wilts Foxhounds, at first in conjunction with his uncle, 
Capt. Wyndham, in 1867, and after the latter’s death he hunted them alone. 
Devizes Gazette, Aug. 11th, 1898. 
Horatio Coron Dowager Lady Methuen, died 
- March 3rd, 1899, aged 75. Buried at Corsham. Daughter of Rev. John 
a Sanford, of Nynehead, ane Married the 2nd Lord Methuen, 1844. 
Obit. notice, Devizes Gazette, March 9th, 1899. 
Charles Maggs, born July 24th, 1849; died Nov. 2nd, 1898. For 
‘many years he carried on an extensive rope and twine manufactory, at 
_ Melksham, but of late years he had left that business to his sons and acted 
as Managing Director of the Wiltshire United Dairy Company. A thorough 
