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Wilts Obituary. 



Wilts, J.P. for Hants. Succeeded his father as baronet, 1899. Repre- 

 sented Salisbury as a Conservative M.P. 1886 — 97. Served as captain 

 in 15th Battalion of Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa, 1900 — 02, and 

 was mentioned in despatches. Acted as chief Press Censor in Johannes- 

 burg 1902. Married, Nov. 1st, 1888, Edith Maud, only daughter of Sir 

 Edward Lawson, Bart., of Hall Barn, Beaconsfield, by whom he leaves 

 one son, Edward Henry Westrow Hulse, born 1889. The Wilts County 

 Mirror, June 5th, 1903, has a long obituary notice and also an 

 In memoriam notice by H. C. Richards :— " Edward Hulse was a true 

 friend, a devoted member, a keen politician, an excellent sportsman, 

 and Salisbury will never be able to re-call one who, whilst he was her 

 member, sought more persistently to remember what he could and 

 would do for her sons and daughters." 

 Obit, notice, Standard, June 1st, 1903. 



Cornwallis Wykeham-Martin. Died April 28th, 1903, aged 



69. Buried at Purton. Son of Charles Wykeham-Martin, of Leeds 

 Castle, Kent, and Lady Jemima Isabella, d. of James, 5th Earl 

 . Cornwallis. Born June 18th, 1833. Educated at Eton. Joined the navy 

 1846, and served in the Baltic during the Crimean War. He retired 

 from the navy in 1861, and some six years later took up his residence at 

 Purton. He served for some years on the County Council, and was 

 regular in his attendance as a magistrate on the Swindon, Wootton 

 Bassett, and Cricklade benches. He was a strong Conservative and 

 churchman. He leaves two sons, Charles Allen and Robert Fiennes, 

 and six daughters, Mrs. Leigh Pemberton, Mrs. H. Pollock, Mrs. Henry 

 Clutterbuck, and the Misses Theodora, Catherine and Sybil Wykeham- 

 Martin. He identified himself much with all Purton matters, and was 

 much liked and respected. 



Obit, notices, Devizes Gazette, April 30th ; North Wilts Herald, May 

 1st and 8th, 1903. 



Lt.-CoL John Frederick Everett, of the close, Salisbury, 



died, aged 69, May 14th, 1903. Buried at Sutton Veny. Eldest son 

 of Joseph Everett, D.L., of Greenhill House, Sutton Veny, and Alice, 

 d. of Rev. Robert Rolfe, Rector of Saham Toney (Norfolk). Born at 

 Heytesbury, Oct. 17th, 1834. Educated at Winchester. Ensign 13th 

 Foot, 1853 ; Lieut. 1855. Served in the Crimea and Indian Mutiny. 

 Captain 25th Regt. 1860. Resigned 1865. Married, 1863, Mary Florence, 

 2nd d. of Rev. Henry Fowle, of Chute Lodge, Wilts. He succeeded his 

 father in the Greenhill and Upton Lovel estates, 1865, and for some years 

 hunted the South and West Wilts Hounds. He held the command of 

 the 1st Wilts Rifle Volunteers from 1866 to 1885, and of late years had 

 taken great interest in the Salisbury Church Lads' Brigade, of which he 

 was commanding officer. A J.P. for the county, and active in his 

 magisterial duties, a Conservative, and a staunch supporter of all Church 

 work, his loss will be much felt in the Salisbury neighbourhood. The 

 Greenhill estate was sold in 1898, and most of the Upton Lovel property 



