JAMES MUSPRATT 99 



He died when he was 93 years of age at 

 his home, Seaforth Hall, near Liverpool, on 

 Tuesday, 4th May, 1886, and was buried in 

 the Parish Churchyard of Walton. 



In him there passed away from the stage of 

 life a remarkable man who had acted many 

 parts. Physically and mentally he was robust. 

 We have seen how his strong constitution bore 

 him through the dangers and hardships of 

 his youth, and enabled him to battle bravely 

 through his stormy business career. Strength 

 was his great trait, ein kraftiger Mann he 

 signalised himself by strength of body, by 

 strength of intellect, by strength of purpose, 

 and not un frequently by strength of ex- 

 pression. He was a man of strong emotions 

 as well as deep convictions. He was a 

 character long to be remembered, bold, 

 daring, impetuous, self-willed, and restless; 

 a man to cherish as a friend, to dread as a 

 foe. He believed in progress, realised that 

 " knowledge was power " ; was ever ready 

 to utilize talent and invention ; literature was 

 his delight, and men of letters his boon 

 associates and companions ; the mark he left 

 upon the trade, which he did so much to 

 found and to build up, was not that of an 

 inventor, he will not be remembered as an 



