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Inn. B.A. Camb., 1844. M.A. 1847. Fellow of Peterhouse, 1844. 
Deacon, 1846. Priest (Rochester), 1847. Curate of Sawbridgeworth, 
1847—49; Gt. Baddow, Essex, 1849—51 ; Incumbent of East Grafton, 
Wilts, 1851—55 ; Vicar of Great Bedwyn, 1855—74; Rector of Col- 
lingbourne Ducis, 1875 until his death ; Canon or Prebendary of Sarum, 
1878, J.P. for Wilts. A scholar and an earnest parish priest, widely 
respected in the three Wiltshire parishes in which he spent forty-five 
years of his life. The nave of the Church of Collingbourne Ducis was 
restored in 1877 through his efforts, the chancel having been previously 
re-built. by his predecessor—Mr. Lukis. Obit. notices, Devizes Gazette, 
Aug. 27th; Salisbury Journal, Aug. 22nd ; Salisbury Diocesan Gazette, 
Sept., 1896. 
Rey. John Edward Wilson. Died Sept. 20th, 1896. Em. Col. Camb. B.A. 
1855; M.A., 1865; deacon, 1856; priest, 1857. Curate of Hunslet, 
Leeds, 1856—57; Rochdale, 1857—61; Holy Trinity, Knightsbridge, 
1861—67 and 1868—79; St. James’s, Marylebone, 1867—68; Head- 
master Chelsea Grammar School, 1871—83; Vicar of East Kennett, 
1884 until his death. 
Mrs. Gambier Parry. Died May 24th, 1896, aged 69. Daughter of Francis 
Lear, Dean of Salisbury. Born Oct. 28th, 1826. Married, 1851, Thomas 
Gambier Parry, of Highnam Court, Gloucester. An In memoriam notice 
in Gloucestershire Chronicle, reprinted in Guardian, June 3rd, 1896. 
Ven. Herbert Maundrell, first Archdeacon of Nagasaki and Southern 
Japan. Died Nov. 3rd, 1896, at Winchester, aged 57. Of a yeoman family 
well known in the Calne neighbourhood, he was educated at the C.M.S. 
College, Islington, 1860—63 ; ordained as Missionary of C.M.S. in Mauritius 
and Madagascar, 1863—73 ; after this for a short time Curate of St. John’s 
Chapel, Devonshire Hill, 1874; then went to Japan as C.M.S. Missionary 
and Chaplain of Nagasaki, 1875 ; Archdeacon of 8. Japan, 1886, Author 
and editor, Revision of Occasional Services and Ordinal of Malagasy 
Pr. Book, Mauritius, 1873, Kinsuto-Shogai-Reki-shi: or “ Life of 
Christ,” Nagasaki, 1884, and Sei Sho Ryakushi: or “ Epitome of Old 
Testament History” in Japanese. Obit. notices, Times, Nov. 5th; 
Standard, Nov. 6th, 1896. 
Alfred Blake. Born at Steeple Ashton, Aug. 10th, 1814. Occupied a farm 
in that neighbourhood until 1853, when he went to Chitterne All Saints, 
and retired from business in 1877, living at Codford St. Peter until his 
death. Widely known and much regretted in the Warminster district, 
where he had acted as Chairman of the Board of Guardians for more than 
twenty years. Obit. notice, Devizes Gazette, July 16th, 1896. 
Wadham Locke. Died May 22nd, 1896, aged 93. Buried at Seend. Eldest 
son of Wadham Locke, of Rowdeford House, M.P. for Devizes, 1832. He 
did not, however, inherit the Rowdeford property, which went to his younger 
