9.--Died, at Merton Rectory, the Rev. George Crabbe, B.A. He was a son
of the eldest brother of the celebrated poet Crabbe, and was born at
Pucklechurch, Somerset, in 1819. Educated at Bury St. Edmund's School,
and at Queen's College, Cambridge, he was presented to the living of
Merton by Lord Walsingham, father of the present peer. Mr. Crabbe
married his cousin, the third daughter of the Rev. George Crabbe, younger
son of the poet. During the last two or three years of his life he was
engaged in examining and arranging the family documents at Merton Hall,
and the result of his researches was published in 1883 by direction of
the Committee of the Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, under
the title of "Robert de Grey, Recusant." This was followed by Part I. of
"A Report on the Muniments of Merton Hall, Norfolk," published in the
"Norfolk Antiquarian Miscellany," edited by Walter Rye. Part II. was
nearly completed at the time of his death.
11.--Great heat was experienced on this date. "The heat registered in
the shade was 90 degrees at Eaton, and 95 in Park Lane, Norwich." A
violent thunderstorm occurred on the 12th.
13.--Died suddenly, at Brighton railway station, the Duke of Wellington.
Born February 3rd, 1807, he succeeded his illustrious father, the
greatest of British generals, on September 14th, 1852. As Lord Douro he
was elected Conservative member for Aldeburgh in 1830, and retained his
seat until 1831. In 1837 he was returned for Norwich, and continued to
sit until July, 1852, a few months previous to the death of his father.
During the life of Sir Samuel Bignold, with whom he was on terms of the
closest intimacy, the Duke of Wellington was a frequent visitor to
Norwich, the last occasion being in 1874, when he joined in the
celebration of the venerable knight's 83rd birthday, on October 13th, and
on the following evening accompanied him to the annual dinner of the
Eldon Club.
21.--Died suddenly, at Cranmer Hall, Sir Willoughby Jones, Bart., aged
63. He was the second son of Major-General Sir John Thomas Jones,
K.C.B., _aide-de-camp_ to the Queen (who was created a baronet in 1831),
by Catherine Maria, daughter of Mr. Effingham Laurence, of New York.
Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he took a wrangler's degree
in 1843, he entered for the Bar, but his future career was decided by the
death of his brother, Sir Laurence Jones, who, having held the baronetcy
for only two years, was murdered by brigands whilst on a tour in Turkey,
in November, 1845. Sir Willoughby, on succeeding to the baronetcy,
devoted himself to the pursuits and duties of a country gentleman. He
was for nearly thirty years Chairman of the Norfolk Court of Quarter
Sessions, chairman of the Norwich centre of the Cambridge Local
Examinations, and a member of the Archaeological Society and of the
Naturalists' Society. He also took great interest in the Volunteer
movement, and in its early days was captain of the 10th Company of
Norfolk Rifles. Sir Willoughby served the office of High Sheriff in
1851, and married in 1856 his cousin, Emily, daughter of Mr. Henry Taylor
Jones, of Chatham, by whom he left three sons and four daughters. In
early life he was a Conservative, and as such sat for Cheltenham in
1847-48; but he afterwards changed his principles, and in 1865, as a
Liberal, unsuccessfully contested West Norfolk.
25.--Mr. Edward Terry commenced a three nights' engagement at Norwich
Theatre, as Captain Ginger ("Weak Woman"). His other impersonations were
Chevalier Walkinshaw ("The Rocket"), Kerry ("Kerry, or Night and
Morning"), and Paul Pry.
26.--A long and heated discussion took place at a meeting of the Norwich
Town Council on a motion for adopting a recommendation by the Libraries
Committee "that the reading room at the Free Library be opened on Sundays
from 3 o'clock until 9 p.m., from Michaelmas to Christmas next, by way of
experiment." A strong protest was handed in on behalf of the clergy of
the city, and the motion was defeated by 21 votes against 12.