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neighbourhood as a leading and successful agriculturalist, a Conservative, 

 and guardian. He occupied Wormwood Farm, in Box, and afterwards 

 Hazelbury, in the same parish, until he retired from business and went 

 to live at Middle Hill. 



Obit, notice, Devizes Gazette, Oct. 29th, 1903. 



Hannah Archer, widow of David Archer, J. P. and D.L., of Kingsdown 

 House, Stratton St. Margaret, died Nov. 15th, 1903, aged 91. Buried 

 at Down Ampney. Mrs. Archer was well known and greatly respected 

 in the Swindon neighbourhood. On her 90th birthday the parishioners 

 of Stratton presented her with a testimonial in which they said "We 

 desire to offer our most sincere and affectionate congratulations and to 

 express our gratitude and admiration for all the good work you have 

 done in the parish and county." The Times said that to her is largely 

 due the official adoption of the system of boarding out pauper children. 

 In 1861 she issued a pamphlet advocating this plan, and recommending 

 many of the reforms which have since been carried into effect, and in 

 1870, in the absence of Miss Preusser, who was working on the same 

 lines in the North of England, she headed the first deputation of ladies 

 ever received by a Government department in England. Largely as a 

 result of her efforts three hundred certified committees of ladies are now 

 at work in England superintending the boarding out of children from 

 the workhouses. 



Obit, notices, Times and other daily papers ; Devizes Gazette, Nov. 

 19th ; Guardian, Nov. 25th ; Wilts County Mirror, Nov. 20th, 1903. 



Charles Cotes, of Sa, Gloucester Place, London, W., and of Wing, 

 Bucks., died Nov. 22nd, 1903, aged 57. Buried at Wing. Son of Eev. 

 Charles Grey Cotes (of the Shropshire family of Cotes, of Woodcote), 

 Bector of Stanton St. Quentin. Born there Sept. 6th, 1846. Educated 

 at Eton and Trin. Coll., Oxon. Lived at Kington Langley for 

 many years, after which he removed to London. He married in 

 1876 Lady Edith Pleydell Bouverie, d. of the fourth Earl of Badnor. 

 He was called to the bar, but did not practise, and became a 

 prominent member of the Stock Exchange, being a partner in the firm 

 of Steer, Lawford, & Co. A keen sportsman, a member of the Beaufort 

 Hunt in former years, and of late years hunting in the Vale of 

 Aylesbury. His spare time, however, was chiefly given to charitable 

 work. He was a trustee of the Evelina Children's Hospital, and 

 for years the business affairs of the London Hospital had been 

 largely in his hands. He was an earnest supporter of the working boys 

 holiday camping out movement, and took part in organising the camps 

 on Hayling Island. Nor were his interests confined to charitable objects. 

 It was mainly owing to him and to his own gift of i"10,000 that the 

 necessary ^£27,500 was forthcoming from a few city houses to meet the 

 Treasury grant of like amount for the purchase of the three Great 

 Longford Castle pictures for the National Gallery, Holbein's "Am- 

 bassadors," "Admiral Pulido Pareja," by Velasquez, and the " Italian 



