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connected with the town of Trowbridge a prominent member ; in heart 

 and in manner most generous and genial ; and in the town and neigh- 

 bourhood popular and respected. 



Obit, notice, Devizes Gazette, May 15th. The Wiltshire Chronicle, 

 May 17th, 1902, has a page of obituary notices, and reminiscences by 

 Rev. Harry Sanders, Mr. Henry Blake, and others, with a portrait and 

 views of his residence Highfield, the Town Hall, &c. 



William Brown, of the church House, Potterne, died June 25th, 

 1901, aged 71. Buried at Potterne. Son of Mr. John Brown, of Monkton. 

 In 1854, in company with Mr. C. N. May, he commenced at the North 

 Wilts Foundry, Devizes, where they gradually built up the large foundry 

 business which in 1895 was transferred to a company as Brown & May, 

 Limited. He was elected to the Town Council of Devizes in 1860, and 

 was mayor in 1864 and 1881, and for thirty-five years he remained a 

 member of the council and took a large part in public affairs in the town. 

 From 1860 to 1873 he was an enthusiastic Volunteer, rising from sergeant 

 to captain. He leaves a widow, five sons, and four daughters. The 

 Museum is indebted to him for several valuable antiquities. A bluff, 

 cheery, hard-headed, and much respected Wiltshireman. 



Obit. notice, Devizes Gazette, June 27th, 1901. Eefers to an appreciative 

 notice, with portrait, in Implements and Machinery/ Revietc, April, 1896. 



Capt. William Davis. Died May Ist, 1902, aged 76. Buried at 

 the Cemetery, Weston-super-Mare. Youngest son of John Davis, of 

 Fisherton de la Mere, where he wa^ born. He held a commission in the 

 10th Hussars until 1851, when he retired on his marriage with Annica 

 Elizabeth, d. of James Bradford, of Swindon. He took a prominent part 

 in the Wai-minster Company of Wilts Volunteers, which for some time he 

 commanded. He had lived for many years at Clifton and Weston-super- 

 Mare. His wife, four sons, and four daughters survive him. 

 Obit woiice, '■Devizes Gazette, May 8th, 1902. 



Granville Richard Ryder, F.R.G.S. Died Aug. 3rd, 1901. 



Buried at Brookwood Cemetery. Born Sept. 22nd, 1833. Second son of Hon. 

 Granville Dudley Ryder and Lady Georgiana Augustus Somerset, third 

 daughter of sixth Duke of Beaufort. Married a daughter of Et. Hon. 

 Sir Robert Grant. Called to the bar at the Inner Temple, 1859. 

 Conservative candidate for Salisbury 1868 and 1869, he was returned in 

 1874, representing the city until 1880, when he retired. 

 Obit, notice, Wilts County Mirror, Aug. 9th, 1901. 



Lady Mary Eatherine Shaw, d. of Earl Nelson, and w. of 



Dr. Shaw, of Audlem, Cheshire, died Nov. 14th, 1901, aged 49. Buried 

 at Trafalgar. 

 Obit, notice, Devizes Gazette, Nov. 28th, 1901. 



