2.--The marriage of Lady Margaret Coke, sixth daughter of the Earl of
Leicester, with the Hon. H. Strutt, eldest son of Lord Belper, took place
at Holkham church.
5.--Died at his residence, Newmarket Road, Norwich, Mr. John Robison. He
was born in Norwich in November, 1809, was for many years a partner in
the firm of Grout and Co., and in 1868 served the office of Sheriff.
9.--Died in London, Lieut.-General Sir Archdale Wilson, G.C.B., Colonel
commandant Royal Artillery. Born in 1803, he was a son of the Rev.
George Wilson, of Kirby Cane (uncle of Lord Berners), by a daughter of
the Rev. C. Millard, Chancellor of Norwich. He entered the service of
the East India Company, and went through some of the earlier campaigns in
India. For his eminent services during the Indian Mutiny he received the
thanks of both Houses of Parliament, and was nominated in succession
Companion, Knight Commander, and Knight Grand Cross of the Most
Honourable Order of the Bath. General Wilson was granted a pension of
1,000 a year by the East India Company, and created a baronet. He was a
brother of Mr. Philip Wilson, a Lynn solicitor, with whom he resided for
some time after his return from India, and was succeeded in the baronetcy
by his nephew, Mr. Rowland Knyvett Wilson, Fellow of King's College,
Cambridge.
15.--Died at his residence, Unthank's Road, Norwich, Mr. John Briggs, who
for many years was connected with the firm of Messrs. Bullard and Sons.
Early in life Mr. Briggs married a sister-in-law of Mr. Richard Bullard,
and sailed for America, where he landed with only a few shillings in his
pocket. He offered his services as an assistant in a lithographic
establishment, and though practically unacquainted with the business
beyond a taste for drawing, he not only secured the appointment, but in a
short time acquired sufficient knowledge of the art to earn a fair
competence for himself. Amongst other work which subsequently came into
his hands was the drawing of plans for many of the streets and blocks of
buildings in Chicago, of which the chief part were destroyed in the great
fire. Mr. Briggs made several remunerative purchases of land in the
United States. Ill-health compelled him to return to England, and,
settling in Norwich, he joined his brother-in-law in the Anchor Brewery,
the success of which was greatly promoted by his active business habits.
19.--At a meeting of the Norwich Town Council, certain members expressed
strong disapproval of the action of the City Committee "in ordering the
destruction of the chapel of Thomas a Becket, one of the archaeological
gems of the city." Several members stated that they had never heard of
the place, and the Town Clerk informed the Council that the chapel was "a
vault at the back of the Dutch church," and had been converted into a
place of storage. The subject was discussed at a meeting of the Norfolk
and Norwich Archaeological Society, on the 20th, when Mr. Gunn referred
to the members of the Town Council as "a pachydermatous set," and Sir
Francis Boileau described them as "ruthless Goths."
25.--The Mayor and Sheriff of Norwich entertained, at St. Andrew's Hall,
1,600 of the aged poor of the city, in celebration of the Queen's
birthday.