JOSIAS CHRISTOPHER 

 GAMBLE. 



During the last half century no name has 

 been more constantly prominent amongst the 

 public men of St. Helens than that of Gamble. 

 Six times it has been associated with the 

 mayoralty of the borough, five in the person 

 of Colonel Gamble, and once in that of his 

 eldest son ; and in the present year his son- 

 in-law bears the honours of that position. 



When, in the year 1868, St. Helens was 

 incorporated, Colonel Gamble was chosen its 

 first mayor, as for nearly a quarter of a 

 century before that time he had, with 

 indefatigable zeal, given his services to the 

 town as a member of the Board of Commis- 

 sioners ; indeed, he was one of those who 

 were instrumental in obtaining the first Local 

 Improvement Act. 



Very few towns in England have attained 

 a position, in connection with the Volunteer 

 movement, so distinguished as St. Helens, 

 and this success is very largely owing to the 



