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His kind and genial manner made him a general favourite with 

 rich and poor, and a testimonial to his worth is about to be raised 

 to his memory in his church of Lanteglos. 



He was born at Whitehaven November 28, 1818. Became a 

 scholar of Queen's College, Oxford, in 1838, and in 1842 was 

 ordained deacon and became curate of Owston-cum-Butterwick. 

 In 1845 was ordained priest, and became incumbent of Butter- 

 wick. In 1849 he removed to the vicarage of Erith, in Kent; 

 and in 1852 became rector of Lanteglos-cum- Advent, on the pre- 

 sentation of the Duke of Cornwall. (Attached to this living 

 is the valuable library left to it by Daniel Lombard). Mr. Wil- 

 kinson was chosen Rural Dean. On 24th January, 1858, he 

 preached the University sermon at Oxford. His popularity at 

 Camelford caused him to be elected a member of that ancient 

 municipal corporation, and he became an alderman in 1853, 

 mayor of Camelford, 1854, 1860, 1866, and 1873, and a magis- 

 trate for Cornwall, 1855. He married in 1850, Miss . Grertrude 

 Blanche Walpole, and died at Lanteglos, December, 3rd, 1876. 



Me. Samuel Hocking, C.E. — The late Mr. Samuel Hocking, 

 who, although a member of this Institution, contributed nothing 

 to our Journal, nevertheless was a Cornishman of note, and 

 claims some notice from me. He was born near Carn Brea on 6th 

 February, 1807, his parents being poor but most industrious. At 

 a very early age Samuel went underground, and worked with 

 his father in Dolcoath mine, and in some other mines in the 

 neighbourhood. He used to trace his success in life to his 

 mother's teaching, and to the judicious way she encouraged his 

 fondness for mechanics. 



The steadiness of the boy and his eagerness to learn attracted 

 the attention of Mr. John E,ule, and he took Hocking with him 

 to Mexico in 1824. Here he was much noticed by the late Col. 

 Colquhoun of the Royal Engineers, and it was mainly on the 

 advice of that gentlemen that Mr. Eule was induced to place 

 Hocking with Mr. Woolf, in 1828, after their return from Mexico, 

 to learn mechanical engineering. Under Mr. Woolf, with whom 

 he was a great f avoui-ite, he gained much practical knowledge of 

 the principles involved in using steam power. We next find him 

 in he fitting shop of the Cop^Der-house Company at Hayle, where 

 he remained some years. This Company supplied iron chains 

 for the Clifton Suspension Bridge ; and Hocking was chosen to 



