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Wilts Obituary. 



John Leith VeitCh. Died September 4th, 1904, aged 49. Buried 

 at Plaitford. Began life as a master in a large preparatory school, was 

 for some years associated in the publication of Social Notes, and became 

 editor of the Salisbury and Winchester Journal in 1890, a post which 

 he held until his death. He was the author of many novels, publishing 

 his first — " King Lazarus " — under the pseudonym of " Leith Derwent" 

 in 1881. To this succeeded "Our Lady of Tears," " Circe's Lovers," 

 " A Daughter of Dives," " A Daughter of the Pyramids " (1890), and in 

 1904 " Cloud and Storm," an epitome of the reviews of which, published 

 in a number of papers, is given in Salisbury Journal, August 6th, 1904. 

 He left another book, "Felix Strange," completed at his death. In 

 1895 he published an election skit, " Interviews with the Immortals, or 

 Dickens Up to Date." He also wrote many articles in magazines, 

 amongst them " The Sayings of Sir Oracle," in Macmillan's Magazine, 

 October, 1904, and " The Humble Petition of John Smith," in a recent 

 number of The Reformer. 



Long obituary notice and sketch of his life, by C. F. C [azenove] , in 

 Salisbury Journal, September 10th, 1904. Short notices in Wilts County 

 Mirror, September 9th, 1904, and other local papers. 



Sir Augustus Frederick William Keppel Stephenson, 



K.C.B., K.C., of Bodenham House, Salisbury, died September 26th, 

 1904. Buried at Nunton. Born October 27th, 1827. Called to bar, 

 1852. Recorder of Bedford, &c, &c. C.B. 1883; K.C.B. 1885; Q.C. 

 1890. Director of Public Prosecutions and Solicitor to the Treasury. 



Obit, notices, Salisbury Journal, October 1st ; Wilts County Mirror, 

 October 7th, 1904. 



OctaviUS Robinson. Died August 26th, 1904. Buried at Downton. 

 Born March 28th, 1850, in Yorkshire, he purchased Redlynch House 

 some years ago, and had since resided there. A lawyer, a Conservative, 

 and a zealous churchman. J. P. for Wilts. 



Obit notice, Salisbury Journal, September 3rd, 1904. 



Sidney FaWCett. Died May 28th, 1904, aged 42. Buried in the 

 London Eoad Cemetery, Salisbury. Son of Alderman William Fawcett, 

 married, 1887, a daughter of J. W. Lovibond, of Lake House. A promi- 

 nent citizen of Salisbury. 



Obit, notices, Wilts County Mirror, June 3rd; Salisbury Journal, 

 June 4th, 1904. 



Edmund Rebbeck, of Lockeridge. Died March 14th, 1904, aged 49. 

 Buried at Overton. He weighed 31 stone 1 lb., and was supposed to 

 be the heaviest man in England. 



Long obit, notice, Marlborough Times, March, 1904. 



James NowlSOn Farham, of the Glebe Farm, Sutton Veney. 

 Died August 29th, 1904. Buried at Sutton Veney. Born February 6th, 



