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philanthrophy in the border district of Hants and Wilts in which he lived, 

 he was greatly to the front. A devoted Churchmen himself, he gave 

 largely to Church objects. He was one of the founders of Eadley College, 

 near Oxford. The Wilts County Mirror, June 16th, 1899, says of him 

 " Sir Edward was not a great man, yet he will be known for his good 

 works in Wilts and Hants long after the memories of more distin- 

 guished men have passed away . . . He was a model landlord . . . 

 He abounded in Christian charity ... a noble and worthy 

 gentleman." Obit, notice, Devizes Gazette, June 15th, 1899. 



Charles Penruddocke, of Compton Chamber layne, 



died Oct. 30th, 1899, aged 71. Buried at Compton. Son of Charles 

 Penruddocke, barrister, of Bath. Educated at Eton and Christ Church, 

 Oxford. Called to the Bar, 1853. High Sheriff of Wilts, 1860. D.L. 

 and J. P. for Wilts. He was at one time Major in the 1st Wilts Volunteers, 

 and Captain in the Yeomanry. Married Flora Henrietta, d. of the late 

 i Walter Long, of Kood Ashton. He owned property at Baverstock, 

 Fifield (near Pewsey), and Bratton St. Maur, Somerset, in addition to 

 Compton Chamberlayne. He was for many years a regular attendant at 

 the Society's Annual Meetings, and has for some time been one of its 

 Vice-Presidents, having filled the post of President of the Wilton Meeting 

 ju of 1870 (when he entertained the Society at dinner at Compton), and at 

 Trowbridge, iu 1872. Beyond the performance of his magisterial duties 

 he took no very prominent part in county matters. 

 He was the author of the following : — 



Inaugural Address at Wilton, 1870, Wilts Arch. Mag., xiii., 1 — 12. 



Ditto at Trowbridge, 1871, Ibid, xiii., 288—304, 



Mistress Jane Lane, Ibid, xxvi., 1 — 38. 



The Ladies of Llangollen. Oblong illustrated pamphlet. Llangollen. 

 1897. 



Obit, notices, Salisbury Journal, Devizes Gazette, Nov. 9th, 1899. 



•Major Thomas Clark, J.F., D.L., died Sept. 8th, 1899, aged 79. 



One of the well-known firm of cloth-makers at Trowbridge, he was much 

 I identified with all public matters in the place. A Conservative and 



Churchman, he built the Church in which he worshipped. Obit. Notice, 

 ' Devizes Gazette, Sept. 14th, 1899. 



Major Frederick Spencer Schomberg - , died June 18th, 1899, 



aged 62. Buried at Seend. Eldest son of the late Mr. Schomberg, of 

 Seend. Joined 57th Eegiment in the Crimea ; took an active part in the 

 Maori War, in New Zealand. Retired with brevet rank of Major. 



Hon. St. John Paul Methnen, died June 17th, 1899, aged 79. 



Buried at Weston- Super-Mare Cemetery. Son of the first Baron Methuon 

 and Jane Dorothea, d. of Sir Henry Paulet St. JohnMildmay. Born at 

 Corsham Court, 1819. Married, 1854, Anne, d. of Rev. W. Sorgison, 

 Rector of Slaugham, Sussex. Obit. Notice. Devizes Gazette, ,June 22nd ? 

 1899. 



