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WILTS OBITUARY. 



Lt. -Col. David Archer, of Lushill House, died November, 1912, 

 aged 76. Buried at Castle Eaton. Born 1836, s. of John Archer, of 

 Lushill, joined the 62nd or Wiltshire Regiment, at 17. On leaving the 

 army he joined the Wiltshire Militia, retiring in 1879 with the rank of 

 Lt.-Colonel. He married, first, Sept. 21st, 1865, Margaret d. of John 

 Ormrod, of Ralliwell Lodge, Lanes., by whom he had one son, 

 who was drowned at the age of 18. He married, secondly, 1899, Maud, 

 d. of Edward Hanbury, formerly of Eastrop Grange, Highworth. On 

 the death of his uncle, David Archer, in 1895, he inherited the Kingsdown 

 House property, and in 1898, on the death of his father, the Castle 

 Eaton estate, of which he farmed 1500 acres. As J. P. for Wilts and 

 Gloucestershire he was for some years chairman of the Cricklade and 

 Fairford benches. He was also for some years a member of the Wilts 

 County Council. He was a strong Unionist and churchman, and last 

 year added a chancel to Upper Stratton Church. His nephew, Capt. 

 A. T. S. Alderson, Royal Artillery, succeeds him in the estates. The 

 funeral was largely attended, the coffin being conveyed on one of the 

 estate waggons, attended by men in smock frocks. 



Obit, notice, Wilts and Gloucester Standard, reprinted in Wiltshire 

 Gazette, Nov. 28th, 1912. 



Canon Henry Rudge Hayward, died at Bournemouth Dec. 7th, 

 1912, aged 81. Fellow of Pemb. Coll., Oxen, B.A., 1853 ; M.A., 1856. 

 Deacon 1855, priest 1856 (Oxon). Curate of Lamborne (Berks), 1855—62 ; 

 Great Marlow, 1862—64 ; Rector of Lydiard Millicent, 1864—81 ; Vicar 

 of Cirencester, 1881—1908; Proctor in Convocation, 1873 — 83; Arch- 

 deacon of Cirencester, 1882 — 1908; Residentiary Canon of Gloucester, 

 1898 until his death. He married, 1864, Isabella Elizabeth, d. of Pev. 

 E. H. Bucknall-Estcourt, Rector of Eckington (Derby). 



Sir Charles Henry Stuart Rich, F.S.A., fourth barcnet 



of Shirley (Hants), died January 2nd, 1912. Buried at Holy Trinity 

 Churchyard, Calne. Born March 7th, 1859, eldest s. of third baronet, 

 Sir Charles Henry John and Harriet Theodosia, d. and coheir of John 

 Stuart Sullivan. Succeeded to the baronetcy when 7 years old. Edu- 

 cated at Harrow and Jesus Coll., Camb. Married, 1881, Fanny, d. of 

 Rev. Joseph Page, of Little Bromley, Essex. J.P. for Wilts, 1904. The 

 baronetcy dates from 1791, and now passes to Almeric Edmund Frederic 

 Rich, his cousin, the grandson of the second baronet. Sir Charles 

 bought Devizes Castle from the late Mr. Leach, who built the existing 

 castellated house on the site of the Castle. Sir Charles spent much i 

 money on alterations to the house, but only lived there for the last nine * 

 years. He leaves a widow and one daughter. He was the founder , 

 of the " Standing Council of the Baronetage." He took no part in 

 public matters or in the life of Devizes. 



Obit, notice, Wiltshire Gazette, Jan. 2nd, 1913. 



