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144 Wilts Obituary. 



Rev. Alston William Radcliffe, died Aug. 16tb, 1898, aged 

 88. Buried at North Newnton. B. N. C, Oxford, B.A., 1832; M.A., 

 1837. Deacon 1836, priest 1837, Diocese of Sarum. Rector of North 

 Newnton 1843 — 1894, when he resigned. Only son of Rev. George | 

 Radcliffe, D.D., Preb. of Salisbury, by his second wife, Catherine Elizabeth, J 

 d. of Capt. Brandreth, R.N. Married, 1846, Elizabeth, d. of Peter Awdry, 

 of Seend. Obit, notice, Devizes Gazette, Aug. 18th, 1898. 



Francis Richard Bradford, died Sept. nth, 1898. Buried at I 



Clyffe Pypard. Youngest son of James Bradford, solicitor, Swindon. Born 

 Jan. 15th, 1835. Ensign 1857, Lieutenant 1859, in 5th Northumberland 



Fusiliers. He served with the regiment in Mauritius until 1862, when I 



he left the army to take an appointment in the Government Civil Service | 



in the island. In 1868 he was appointed Registrar of the Supreme Court I 



at Penang, a position which he held for about ten years, retiring on a | 



pension. He married, 1862, Louise Emma, d. of L. C. Adolphe Lechelle, J 



Professor of Languages at the Royal College of Port Louis, Mauritius, I 



who survives him. Obit, notice and good process portrait in St. George" 1 s | 



Gazette, Oct. 31st, 1898. \ 



FranCiS William Northey, Capt., 36th (Worcestershire) Regiment 

 died at Cairo, Aug. 9th, 1898, aged 36. Buried at Box. Second son of 

 Lt.-Col. Northey, J.P., D.L., of Ashley Manor, Box. Bom Jan. 5th, 1862. 

 Obit. Notice, Devizes Gazette, Aug. 18th, 1898. 



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John Ashley Randell, died Sept. 8th, 1898, aged 75 years. Buried 

 in Devizes Cemetery. Son of George Randell, baker, of Devizes, after 1 

 working during his earlier years as a builder, he became an auctioneer, 

 surveyor, and architect, and established a well-known business in Devizes. 

 He carried out a great number of building operations in Devizes. He 

 has been largely identified with municipal life in the town since 1871. 

 He became an Alderman in 1890, and Mayor in 1891, and gave much 

 of his time to the superintendence of work done for the borough. He 

 was one of the pioneers of the Volunteer movement in 1859, and remained 

 an enthusiastic volunteer, attaining the rank of Major in the force. He 

 was a prominent Freemason, a Liberal, and a Baptist. For many years j 

 a Guardian, and acted as secretary for many charities and other organi- 

 sations in Devizes. A very prominent Devizes man, who lived a life of j, 

 manifold activity and died respected by all. One sou — Mr. A. J. Randell t 

 — and three daughters survive him. Long obit, notice, Devizes Gazette, 

 Sept. 15th, 1898. 



FardOe YateS, s. of Samuel Pardoe Yates, died Sept. 27th, 1898, aged 

 39. Buried at Wilton Cemetery. An Alderman of Wilton since 1893. 

 Mayor of Wilton in 1891-2. Alderman of the Wilts County Council 

 since 1889, and J.P. for Wilts, 1896. A strong Liberal and Noncon- 



