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Rev James Thomas Chipperfield Chatto, died Feb. 2nd, 



1907, aged 51. Trin. Coll., Camb., B.A.., 1877, M.A. 1881. Deacon, 

 1878; priest, 1879 (York.). Curate of East Coatham, 1878— 81 ; Vicar 

 of Caundle Stourton (Dorset), 1880-86; Curate of St. Columb Major 

 (Corn.), 1884—85 ; Vicar of Rainsgill (Yorks), 1886—87 : St. Cuthbert's, 

 Thetford, 1888; Rector of Kirklinton (Cumb.), 1889—91; Vicar of East 

 Kennett, 1896—1900; Rector of Blunsdon St. Andrew, 1900 until his 

 death. 



Edwin SlOper, F.6.S., died Feb., 1905. Buried at Y'eovil. Son of 

 Edwin Sloper, of Devizes. Born at Horton (Wilts), 1840. Educated at 

 Corsham. He entered the service of the Wilts and Dorset Bank and 

 afterwards that of Stuckey's Bank, at Yeovil, Wiveliscombe, Ilminster, 

 and Taunton, where he remained twenty years, removing to London in 

 1892, where he acted as a director of various companies. He was a 

 prominent volunteer, and shot for the Elcho Shield. He also took a 

 prominent part in all sorts of institutions at Taunton, and was an active 

 supporter of the Somerset Archaeological Society and its museum. He 

 was also a member of a great number of associations and societies 

 connected with Somerset. 



Obit, notice, Somerset County Gazette^ quoted in Devizes Gazette, 

 Feb. 16th, 1905. 



Rev. G-eorge Windsor Tucker, died April i4th, i907. Trin. 



Coll.,Oxon, B.A. 1855, M.A. 1884. Deacon, 1857 ; priest, 18-59 (Chester). 

 Curate of Tattenhall (Chesh.), 1857— 58; Great Crosby (Lanes.), 1858 

 —62 ; E. Grinstead, 1862—64 ; Minister of Forest Row (Sussex), 1864— 

 74 ; Vicar of Malmesbury, 1874 until his death. Died unmarried. 



Thomas Awdry, died May 20th, 1907, aged 67. Buried at London 

 Road Cemetery, Salisbury. Born July 6th, 1840. Eldest son of the 

 late Sir John Wither Awdry, of Notton. Born in Poona. He was 

 engaged in the mercantile service for twenty years, and afterwards spent 

 many years in New Zealand, sheep farming. Of late years he had lived 

 at Salisbury, where he had been member of the Town Council since 

 1904. He took a most useful part in many city and county institutions. 

 He was a staunch churchman and Conservative. He patented several 

 inventions, among them an apparatus for tightening wire fences. 



Obit notices, Wilts County Mirror, May 24th ; Salisbury Journal, 

 May 25th ; Salisbury Diocesan Gazette, June, 1907. 



Rev. Joseph BOUVard, died June 9th. 1907, aged 56. Buried at 

 Devizes Cemetery. Born in Haute Savoie, joined missionaries of St. 

 Francis de Sales, 1871. Ordained priest 1877. Professor at College of 

 Giran-les-Bains. Took charge of the Roman Catholic Mission at Devizes, 

 1885, where he continued until his death. Much esteemed and respected. 

 Obit, notice, Devizes Gazette, June 13th, 1907. 



