Norfolk Annals, Vol. 2: A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth CenturyMackie, Charles
History
Norfolk Annals, Vol. 2: A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century
Mackie, Charles
Norfolk (England) -- History
7.—The Prince and Princess of Wales arrived at Sandringham, from
Coventry, accompanied by Prince Albert Victor and Prince George, and by
the Czarewitch of Russia, Prince Wolkonsky, Prince Bariatinsky, &c. It
was on this occasion that the new railway-station erected at Wolferton
was formally opened. On the 20th a grand county ball was given at
Sandringham.
9.—Mr. Edward Kerrison Harvey was elected Mayor, and Mr. John Youngs
appointed Sheriff of Norwich.
18.—Died in London, the Hon. George Sulyarde Stafford Jerningham, C.B.,
formerly Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Sweden, aged 69. He
was third son of the eighth Lord Stafford, and was born February 17th,
1806. Mr. Jerningham was attached to the embassies at St. Petersburg and
the Hague in 1826, was appointed an attaché at the Hague in 1832, and
Secretary of Legation in 1833, and was _chargé d’affaires_ there until
1836, when he was sent as secretary of legation to Turin, where he was
_chargé d’affaires_ in 1838. He subsequently filed similar offices at
Madrid and Paris.
DECEMBER.
2.—Died at his residence, St. Giles’ Street, Norwich, Sir William Foster,
Bart., aged 76. For half a century he had taken a prominent position in
Norwich in all matters connected with its municipal and charitable
institutions, and, as the head of one of the oldest legal firms in the
city, was greatly esteemed in his professional career. Under the old
Corporation he served the office of Sheriff in 1832, and in 1838 was
created a baronet. Sir William was elected Mayor of Norwich in 1844. In
politics he was a warm supporter of Liberal principles, and was for many
years the recognised leader of the old Whig school in Norwich. He was
succeeded by Capt. William Foster, formerly in the 11th Hussars.
6.—Died at Golding Street, Heigham, Norwich, Mrs. Winifred Johnson, aged
101 years.
9.—Died at 39, Chapel Street, Marylebone Road, London, Mr. Benjamin Bond
Cabbell, F.R.S., F.S.A., of Cromer Hall, in his 94th year. Educated at
Westminster and at Exeter College, Oxford, and called to the Bar in 1816,
he was a Bencher of the Middle Temple, a justice of the peace and
Deputy-Lieutenant for Middlesex and Norfolk, and Provincial Grand Master
of Freemasons in the latter county. In 1846 he was returned to the House
of Commons for St. Alban’s, and represented Boston from 1847 to 1857. On
purchasing the Cromer Hall estate, Mr. Bond Cabbell became identified
with Norfolk, presented to Cromer a fully-equipped lifeboat, and
contributed largely to the restoration of the parish church.
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