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WILTS OBITUABY. 



Rt. Rev. William Awdry, D.D., Died Jan. 4th, 1910. Buried 

 Winchester Cemetery. Born Jan. 24th, 1842. Fourth son of Sir 

 John Wither Awdry, Kni, of Notton House, and his second wife, 

 Frances, sixth daughter of Dr. Carr, first Bishop of Bombay, t Educated 

 Winchester College, 1855, Ball. College, Oxon. BA. |B65, M.A. 1867. g 

 Hon. D.D., 1895. Deacon, 1866 ; priest, 1867 (Oxon). Curate (ftSt, 

 Peter's-in-the-East, Oxford, 1866 — 68. Fellow and Lecturer ofj jgg en's 

 College, Oxon, 1866—68. Second Master of Winchester Coll., 186.^—72, 

 Headmaster of St. John's College, Hurstpierpoint, 1873—79. -. .Preb. of 

 Chichester, 1877. Besidientary Canon of Chichester and Principal of 

 Theological Coll., 1879—86. Vicar of Amport, Hants, 1886-96." First 

 Suffragan Bishop of Southampton, 1895 — 6. First Bishop of. Osaka, 

 Japan, 1896—7. Bishop of South Tokyo, 1898—1908, when he was ■ 

 compelled by illness to resign. He married, 1868, Frances Emily, d. of 

 Dr. Moberly, afterwards Bishop of Salisbury. The later years of his 

 life were wholly given to the cause of the " Nippon Sei Ko Kwai," the 

 Church in Japan, which he did much to advance. A good Wykeamist, a 

 good Wiltshireman, and a good missionary. 



A long and very appreciative obituary notice in The Times was re- 

 printed in the Wiltshire Gazette, Jan. 6th. Another long In Memoriam 

 notice in the Guardian, Jan. 7th, 1910, in which paper also appears an 

 article " On Suffering," dictated by Bishop Awdry fromliis death-bed. 



Rev. Charles Hill Awdry, diecl at Chipping Sodbury, February 

 9th, 1910, aged 84. Buried at Yate (Gloucs.) Born 1825. Queen's 

 Coll., Oxon, B.A., 1846 ; M.A, 1849. Deacon 1848, priest 1849. Curate 

 of Alderton and Littleton Drew, 1849—50 ; Christian Malford, 1850— 54 ; 

 Vicar of Seagry, 1854 — 78 ; Chaplain of Hartham Chapel, 1880 — 95 ; 

 Rector of West Kington, 1896 until his death. Hon. Canon of Bristol, 

 1887. Assistant Dioc. Inspector of Schools, 1875, and Full Inspector, 

 1877 — 1895. During his residence at Seagry he took pupils. A great 

 supporter of religious education. A man of the kindliest humour, 

 widely known and much beloved. He had thirteen children. His 

 widow, three sons, and nine daughters survive him. 

 Obit, notices, Wiltshire Times, Wiltshire Gazette. 



Col. Sir John Williams Wallington, K C B died March 



23rd, 1910, aged 88. Only son of John Wallington, of Dursley, Gloucs. 

 Born March 16th, 1822. Educated at Harrow. Obtained commission 

 in 83rd Regiment in 1839, exchanged to the 4th Light Dragoons in 

 1847, and retired, with rank of captain in 1852, when he joined the 

 North Gloucestershire Militia as major, and in two years obtained the 

 command. He retired in 1884. His service in the militia was recog 

 nized by the bestowal of the C.B. in 1881, and K.C.B. in 1898. 



