370 Wilts Obituary. 
Henry St. John, 5th Viscount Bolingbroke, and 6th 
Viscount St. John, died Nov. 7th, 1899, aged 79. Buried at 
Lydiard Tregoze. Born 1820. Succeeded to the title in 1851. He took 
no part whatever in public affairs, either in the county or out of it. 
Lodge states that he married in 1869 a daughter of Mr. G. W. Medex, 
and that she died in 1885, leaving two sons —Henry Mildmay and Charles 
Reginald. It is, however, understood that this marriage was void, and 
that he married secretly in 1893, Mary Emily Elizabeth Howard, of 
Lydiard Tregoze, by whom he leaves a son, The Honble. Vernon Henry 
St. John, who succeeds to the title. Obit. notices, Daily Telegraph, Nov. 
9th; Devizes Gazette, Nov. 9th; Swindon Advertiser, quoted by Devizes 
Gazette, Nov. 16th and Dee. 14th; Daily Mail, Nov. 13th, 1899. 
William David Wilkes, of Salisbury, died Oct. 29th, 1899, aged 74. 
Buried at Bemerton. He was House Surgeon to the Salisbury Infirmary 
from 1849 to 1855, and afterwards Surgeon, and Consulting Surgeon to 
the institution until his death. He was a warm supporter of the Salisbury 
Museum. Obit. notice, Wilts County Mirror, November 8rd, 1899. 
Rev. Edward Kingston. Born at Oporto, 1828. Died Nov., 1899. 
Buried at Melksham. Caius Coll., Cambridge, B.A., 1853; M.A., 1856. 
Deacon, 1855; priest, 1856. Curate of Bexley, Kent, 1855—57; Embleton, 
Northumberland, 1857—60; Handley, Dorset, 1860—61; Framfield, 
Sussex, 1862—67 ; Boughton-Malherbe, Kent, 1867—78. Rector of Great 
Chalfield, Wilts, 1878 until his death. Obit. notice, Salisbury Dioc. 
Gazette, Dec., 1899. 
Rev. Nicolo Walke, died Oct. 1st, 1899, aged 65. Buried at Redlynch. 
Wore. Coll., Oxon, b.A., 1861; deacon, 1863: priest, 1865 (Exeter). 
Curate of Ringmore, Devon, 1863—65; St. Peter’s, Plymouth, 1865—67 ; 
Falmouth, 1867—70; Rowde, Wilts, 1871—72. Vicar of Redlynch, 
Wilts, 1872 until his death. Obit. notice, Salisbury Dioc. Gazette, Nov., 
1899. 
Rev. Alfred Earle, died at Salisbury, July 2nd, 1899. Buried at 
Fovant. Magd. Coll., Oxon, B.A. 1865; M.A., 1866. Deacon, 1865 ; 
priest, 1866 (Chichester). Curate of Eridge, Sussex, 1866. Chaplain to 
H.M.S. Favourite, 1867. Curate of Charlwood, 1868—70; Assington, 
1871—72; Thornby, Northants., 1873; Fovant, 1873—90. Rector of 
Fovant, Wilts, 1890—1898, when he resigned. Obit. notice, Salisbury 
Dioc. Gazette, Aug., 1899. 
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