Wilts Obituary. Ill 



Deacon, 1853 ; priest, 1854, Oxford. He held curacies at Holt (Wilts), 

 Devizes, Burbage, Benson (Oxon), Leytonstone (Essex), 1872 — 73, and 

 became Vicar of Christ Church, Bradford-on-Avon, 1873, holding the 

 living until his death. He married, first, the daughter of Archdeacon 

 Thomas Stanton, Vicar of Burbage, and secondly, the daughter of Mr. 

 T. Nelson Foster, of Gloucester and Cheltenham, who survives him. 

 He was a most generous giver to all parish purposes, and more especially 

 to the extension of the schools and the adornment of the Church. 



Obit, notices, Wi/tshire Times, Feb. 4th ; Devises Gazette, Feb. 9th ; 

 Saliiburij Diocesan Gazette, March, 1905. 



William Wyudham Codringtou, of Wroughton House, 



Swindon, died Feb. 2nd, 1905, aged 79. Formerly in 17th Lancers. 

 J. P. for Wilts. 



Rev. Matthew Robert Edmeades, died January 1st, 1905, 



aged 63. Buried at Great Bedwyn. Educated at Harrow and Trin. 

 Coll., Oxon. B.A. 1864; M.A., 1869. Deacon, 1965; priest, 1866 

 (Salisbury). Curate of Ramsbury, 1865 — 70; Tower Hardres (Kent), 

 1870—74. Vicar of Great Bedwyn, 1874 until his death. 

 Obit, notice, Salisbury Diocesan Gazette. 



Rev. Edward BetenSOU Edg^ell, died Dec. 6th, 1904, aged 85. 

 Buried at Bromham. Born May 25th, 1819, s. of Rev. Edward Edgell, 

 of East Hill, Rodden, Frome. B.A., Ball. Coll., Oxon, 1840; M.A., 1865. 

 Deacon, Ely, 1842; priest, Sarum, 1843. Curate of Huish Chumpflower 

 (Som.), 1842-43; of Bromham, 1843— 57. Rector of Bromham, 1857 

 until his death. J. P. for Wilts. He married Hester, d. of John Capel, 

 of Stroud, who died in 1896, and leaves a son and two daughters, one 

 daughter — Mrs. Walker — having predeceased him. A respected clergy- 

 man of the old-fashioned type. For many years Bromham Rectory 

 was famous for the beauty of its flowers. 



Obit, notice, Devizes Gazette, Dec. 8th, 1904. 



George Best, 5th Baron Wynford, died in London, Oct. 27th, 



1904, aged 65. Buried at Charlton, near Donhead St. Mary. Born at 

 Abbots Ann, Andover, Dec. 14th, 1838, son of Rev. the Hon. Samuel 

 Best and his wife Emma, d. of Lt.-Col. Charles Duke, of Lake. Educated 

 at Rugby and Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. Joined Royal 

 Artillery, 1858. Married, 1870, Edith, d. of Matthew H. Marsh, some- 

 time M.P. for Salisbury, Captain in Royal Horse Artillery, 1871 ; 

 major, 1879; retired 1883, when he settled in Wiltshire at Charlton 

 House, near Donhead St. Mary. He took a prominent place in county 

 business, having been elected an alderman in 1887, and was chairman 

 of the Agricultural Education Committee of the county at the time of 

 his death. He was a vice-president and member of the council of the 

 Bath and West and Southern Counties Society, and took an active part 



