Norfolk Annals, Vol. 2: A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth CenturyMackie, Charles
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Norfolk Annals, Vol. 2: A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century
Mackie, Charles
Norfolk (England) -- History
praying that Hardiment should be classed as a first-class misdemeanant.
APRIL.
4.—The Rev. Canon Greenwell, of Durham, “the well-known opener of the
Yorkshire wold tumuli,” who had been making scientific investigations at
Weeting, opened one of the peculiar mounds known as “Grimes’ Graves,” and
discovered therein “two primitive picks _in situ_, with a splendid ground
axe, the skeleton of a bird, a chalk bowl or lamp, and other curious
relics.”
18.—The Loveday Opera Company commenced an engagement at Norwich Theatre.
The celebrated pantomimists and dancers, the Paynes, and Mdlle. Esta,
appeared with the company.
20.—Died at Aigle, Switzerland, the Rev. W. Beal, LL.D., vicar of Brooke,
aged 54. Dr. Beal was the well-known originator of harvest festivals.
21.—Died at Holkham, the Countess of Leicester. Her ladyship was the
eldest daughter of Mr. Samuel Charles Whitbread, of Cardington,
Bedfordshire, and was married to the Earl of Leicester in 1843.
26.—The portrait of the Rev. John Gunn, F.G.S., painted by Capt. H. H.
Roberts, of Thorpe, was hung at the Norfolk and Norwich Museum, “in
acknowledgment of his munificent gift to the geological department of his
unrivalled collection of local mammalian remains.”
28.—The south aisle of Yarmouth parish church was opened. The Bishop of
Rochester and the Bishop of the Diocese were the preachers.
—Died, aged 84, William Gurney, compositor, of Norwich. He had been for
seventy years in continuous employment at the NORFOLK CHRONICLE Office.
30.—Died at his residence, Horsforth Hall, near Leeds, in his 74th year,
Mr. John Marshall, who was Sheriff of Norwich in 1834 and Mayor in 1838
and 1841. Mr. Marshall, who was an advanced Liberal, went to Leeds in
1843, and there took an active part in the affairs of that town. His
remains were interred at the Rosary burial-ground, Norwich.
MAY.
8.—Died at Cholmondeley Castle, Cheshire, George Horatio Cholmondeley,
second Marquis and Earl of Cholmondeley. He was the eldest son of George
James, the first Marquis, by his wife, Lady Georgina Charlotte Bertie,
second daughter of Peregrine, third Duke of Ancaster. Born January 16th,
1792, he married, first, on October 20th, 1812, Caroline, second daughter
of Lieut.-General Colin Campbell, who died in October, 1815; and
secondly, on May 11th, 1830, Lady Susan Caroline Somerset, fourth
daughter of Henry Charles, sixth Duke of Beaufort, by whom he was
survived. He succeeded to the marquisate on the death of his father, in
1827.
16.—Miss Heath, principal tragedienne of the Drury Lane, Haymarket, and
Princess’ Theatres, London, supported by Mr. Wilson Barrett, commenced an
engagement at Norwich Theatre, in “East Lynne,” “The Jealous Wife,” “The
Bond of Life,” and “Masks and Faces.” Mr. Wilson Barrett was described
as “a painstaking and conscientious actor.”
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