SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
ESTHER FRANCIS THE BELOVED WIFE OF HENRY SMITH ESQUIRE
OF BANKFIELD WHO DIED SEPTEMBER 16TH 1860 AGED 28 YEARS

 

ALSO THE ABOVE NAMED
HENRY SMITH OF BANKFIELD
WHO DIED MAY 20TH 1881, AGED 50 YEARS

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
HARRY GORDON-SMITH, THE ONLY SON OF HENRY SMITH
BORN 5TH SEPTEMBER 1860 DIED 3RD AUGUST 1898

SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
RICHARD SMITH ESQUIRE, LATE OF BANKFIELD IN THIS PARISH
WHO DIED ON THE 2ND DAY OF NOVEMBER 1854,
AGED 65 YEARS.

ALSO OF RACHEL ANNE, WIDOW OF THE ABOVE,
WHO DIED ON THE 11TH DAY OF OCTOBER 1857
AGED 61 YEARS

DEATH OF CAPTAIN SMITH: - Our obituary column this week, records the removal by death of the head of one of the old families of the district, Captain Henry Smith, of Bankfield, Urswick, at the early age of 50 years. The deceased held a captain’s commission in the militia and was a Cheshire magistrate, his father being lord of the manor of Seacombe, and formerly owner of the Seacombe Ferry. Up to within the past few years, Captain Smith resided in Cheshire, and was chairman of the Wallasey Local Board. Since his return to Bankfield, the state of his health precluded the deceased gentleman from taking any active part in public affairs, but he was a kind landlord, compassionate to his poorer neighbours, and was held in great esteem by his friends. His remains were interred in the family vault in Urswick Churchyard, yesterday (Wednesday). Captain Smith leaves an only child, Mr. Henry Gordon Smith, now in his 21st year.

DEATH OF MR. H. GORDON-SMITH

We regret to announce the death of Mr. H. Gordon Smith, Late of Bankfield, Urswick, which occurred on Friday week at 15, Morpeth Mansions, Westminster, after a lingering illness. The deceased gentleman suffered from a complication of complaints brought on in the first instance by sleeping in a damp bed at Bury. Afterwards when regaining strength he went to Colwyn in Wales, where through a bad water supply he contracted blood poisoning. After a sojourn on the continent, he returned to London, where hemorrhage (sic) commenced, and this resulted in his death. Mr. Smith was of a very generous disposition, and possessed many hearty friends in this district, where his family have been known for many years. Mr. Smith greatly interested himself in the much vexed question of the Urswick water supply, and in order to meet the necessities of the occupiers of his property, he laid a private main at a cost of about £1200, the negotiations for the purchase of which by the Rural District Council are progressing satisfactorily up to the time of his death. The deceased has been removed at the early age of 38 years.

THE FUNERAL

In the presence of a large concourse of sorrowing friends, the mortal remains of the late Mr. Henry Gordon-Smith were laid to rest in the family vault in Urswick Parish Churchyard. The coffin, which was placed in a glass car, was conveyed by special train, leaving Euston at midnight, and arriving at Ulverston about 8-30 a.m. The funeral cortege, which left the Ulverston Railway Station at 10-30 a.m., consisted of the car containing the coffin, heavily laden with the choicest floral emblems, seven mourning coaches supplied from the Sun and County Hotels, and the private carriages of Mr. Myles Kennedy, J.P., and Mr. J. T. Newby-Wilson, J. P. The chief mourners were Colonel John Schneider, of London, Col. Baldwin, J.P., and Mr. R. Dawes, solicitor of Throgmorton-street, London. Among the general body of mourners we noticed Mr. Rutherford, solicitor, Liverpool; Mr. Myles Kennedy, J. P., Mr. J. T. Newby Wilson, J. P., Mr. James Hodgson, J. P., Mr. R. N. Todd-Newcomb, Mr. Dudley Wright, Mr. Scarlett, Storrs Hall, Major Machell, Mr. F. S. Ainslie, Mr. James Park, solicitor, Mr. James Park, junr., Mr. George Patrickson, Mr. Malachi Cranke, Mr. Wm. Cranke, Mr. R. Stables, Mr. John Atkinson, Mr. S. Grundy, Mr. Joseph Rawlinson, Mr. T. Coward, Mr. W. Brocklebank, Mr. Wm. Blamire, Mr. William Boulton, Mr. T. Braithwaite, Mr. John Smith, Alexandra-road, Mr. John Smith, the Ellers, Mr. T. Bradshaw, Mr. F. Whiteway, and Mr. R. Benson, of Ulverston; Mr. J. P. Brockbank, Mr. John Lowrie, Mr. James Cooper, Mr. John Croasdell, Mr. E. Holmes, Mr. S. S. Lord (Barrow), Mr. James fell, Mr. James Wilkinson, Mr. Robert Dobson, Mr. Mark Vickers, Mr. Joseph Stables, and Mr. J. Pattinson. The following representing old tenants and servants of the deceased, acted as bearers:- Messrs Sam Woods, Joseph Woods, Richard Woods, W. T. Jackson, Wm. Dixon, W. W. Wilkinson, and E. Pickthall.  The burial services were most impressively read by the Rev. R. B. Billinge, vicar of Urswick. The body was encased in a shell, placed in a lead coffin, the outer case being of English oak, mounted with gilt furniture. The plate bore the following inscription: - “Harry Gordon-Smith, born September 5th, 1860; died August 5th 1898.” Wreaths, etc., were sent by the following: - “A.G.S.”, Col. John Schneider, Col. Baldwin, Mr. Richard Dawes, Mr. R. N. Todd-Newcomb, Mr. James Park, Col. Sanderson, Mr. Harry Schneider, Mr. John Smith, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Smelt, Mr. J. Bridson Seatle, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Mayor, Mrs. P. H. Matthews, Mr. and Mrs. Warren, Mr. and Mrs. David Page, Bury, Mr. W. Dickinson, Lizzie Jackson, and the members of the Prince of Wales Lodge of Freemasons, Bury (of which the deceased was a P. M.), and Wm. and Alice Barleigh. The funeral arrangements were most satisfactorily carried out by Mr. Bangham (Bangham and Co., Buckingham Palace-road, London), and Mr. I. W. Jarvis, Ulverston.