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or Avbo identified himself so thoroughly ivith those questions of local importance in Avhich tbe interests of the two bodies were mutually concerned . He brought to the discussion of every question a fund of sound common sense , aided by the resources of a highly cultii-ated intellect , and never failed to elucidate satisfactorily the bearings of the matter in hand , and to present them most clearly to other minds . Although , to a casual observer , there might appear in his demeanour a degree of hauteur , it was dissipated on a more intimate acquaintance , and no one was more accessible or more courteous to all grades of societthan the late
y Principal of Brasenose College . Through his instrumentality , in a great measure , the question of rating the colleges , which has agitated the Unii-ersity and city for so many years , has been brought to its present satisfactory position , and it is an additional matter of regret that he has not been spared to see the successful consummation of a subject , the settlement of which he regarded as a means of cementing and consolidating a kindly feeling between the two bodies . That appeared to be his ruling principle through life , and for that he has devoted pursuing that object Avith untiring zeal and energy . It is for these
many years , reasons that , great as his loss is in the University , it is far greater and will be more severely felt throughout the city , ivhile the county will have also to deplore the loss of one of her most useful , active , and intelligent magistrates . Dr . Harington was in his fifty-third year , and has left a AvidoAv , his second wife , and four children , the eldest of whom is at present at Christ Church . "
BRO . JOHN FORTUNE . DIED at his residence , No . 2 , President-street , GosAvell-road , on the 21 st Nov ., 1853 , Bro . John Fortune , aged seventy-eight years . He Avas a builder by profession , and from early life engaged as clerk of \ A * orks at many large mansions in various parts of . the country , particularly — Compton ' s , Esq ., Manor House , near Lyndhurst , Hants ; Lord Somers ' , Eastnor Castle , Ledbury , Herefordshire ; Lord Gray ' s , Kinforn Castle , near Perth ; West Hackney Church , near London .
But his principal sphere of action was at the excavation for and entire erection of the General Post-office , Saint Martin ' s-le-Grand , London . His name , with other principal officers , is engraven on the foundation-stone of that edifice , which was laid under the north column supporting the porch , and with his OAvn hand he laid the first brick . After the completion of the building , he ivas appointed resident clerk of the Avorks , which position he maintained upivards of twenty-six years . The folloAving is an extract from the Morning Advertiser of the 22 nd , and Civil Service Gazelleof the 26 th Nov . inst . hihly creditable to his memoryviz . : —
, , g , " Death of the architect to the General Post-office . —We have to announce the death of Mi-. John Fortune , for many years architect to the General Post-office , who expired at his residence , King-square , Goswell-street , yesterday morning , after an illness of three weeks' duration . The deceased , who AA'as far advanced in years , attended his duties to the last , and was actively engaged in expediting the alterations now in progress in Saint Martin ' s-le-Grand . He Avas much esteemed by the various Postmasters-General under whom he served , and is regretted by the ivhole ofthe officials on the establishment . " In the neighbourhood in Avhich
he had so long resided he rendered himself essentially useful in the office of churchwarden to the district of Saint Barnabas , King-square . His opinions and advice on public matters ivere received Avith reverence , and generally adopted . Long will he be remembered with respect by his felloAv-parishioners . He was initiated into Freemasonry in the Robert Burn ' s Lodge , No . 27 , in October , 1821 , and discharged therein the several offices , especially that of Master , for which he ivas acknoivledged by the Brethren presenting him ivith a Past Master ' s Jewel and CollarHe subscribed to the Loduntil his decease . He
. ge received the Royal Arch Degree in the Chapter of Prudence , No . 12 , and there passed through the several offices to the satisfaction of the Companions , ivhich was testified by receiidng their thanks inscribed on vellum , and framed and glazed , the folloAving being a copy -. — "Prudence Chapter of Royal Arch Masons , No . 12 , 22 nd December , 1835 . —At
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Obituary.
or Avbo identified himself so thoroughly ivith those questions of local importance in Avhich tbe interests of the two bodies were mutually concerned . He brought to the discussion of every question a fund of sound common sense , aided by the resources of a highly cultii-ated intellect , and never failed to elucidate satisfactorily the bearings of the matter in hand , and to present them most clearly to other minds . Although , to a casual observer , there might appear in his demeanour a degree of hauteur , it was dissipated on a more intimate acquaintance , and no one was more accessible or more courteous to all grades of societthan the late
y Principal of Brasenose College . Through his instrumentality , in a great measure , the question of rating the colleges , which has agitated the Unii-ersity and city for so many years , has been brought to its present satisfactory position , and it is an additional matter of regret that he has not been spared to see the successful consummation of a subject , the settlement of which he regarded as a means of cementing and consolidating a kindly feeling between the two bodies . That appeared to be his ruling principle through life , and for that he has devoted pursuing that object Avith untiring zeal and energy . It is for these
many years , reasons that , great as his loss is in the University , it is far greater and will be more severely felt throughout the city , ivhile the county will have also to deplore the loss of one of her most useful , active , and intelligent magistrates . Dr . Harington was in his fifty-third year , and has left a AvidoAv , his second wife , and four children , the eldest of whom is at present at Christ Church . "
BRO . JOHN FORTUNE . DIED at his residence , No . 2 , President-street , GosAvell-road , on the 21 st Nov ., 1853 , Bro . John Fortune , aged seventy-eight years . He Avas a builder by profession , and from early life engaged as clerk of \ A * orks at many large mansions in various parts of . the country , particularly — Compton ' s , Esq ., Manor House , near Lyndhurst , Hants ; Lord Somers ' , Eastnor Castle , Ledbury , Herefordshire ; Lord Gray ' s , Kinforn Castle , near Perth ; West Hackney Church , near London .
But his principal sphere of action was at the excavation for and entire erection of the General Post-office , Saint Martin ' s-le-Grand , London . His name , with other principal officers , is engraven on the foundation-stone of that edifice , which was laid under the north column supporting the porch , and with his OAvn hand he laid the first brick . After the completion of the building , he ivas appointed resident clerk of the Avorks , which position he maintained upivards of twenty-six years . The folloAving is an extract from the Morning Advertiser of the 22 nd , and Civil Service Gazelleof the 26 th Nov . inst . hihly creditable to his memoryviz . : —
, , g , " Death of the architect to the General Post-office . —We have to announce the death of Mi-. John Fortune , for many years architect to the General Post-office , who expired at his residence , King-square , Goswell-street , yesterday morning , after an illness of three weeks' duration . The deceased , who AA'as far advanced in years , attended his duties to the last , and was actively engaged in expediting the alterations now in progress in Saint Martin ' s-le-Grand . He Avas much esteemed by the various Postmasters-General under whom he served , and is regretted by the ivhole ofthe officials on the establishment . " In the neighbourhood in Avhich
he had so long resided he rendered himself essentially useful in the office of churchwarden to the district of Saint Barnabas , King-square . His opinions and advice on public matters ivere received Avith reverence , and generally adopted . Long will he be remembered with respect by his felloAv-parishioners . He was initiated into Freemasonry in the Robert Burn ' s Lodge , No . 27 , in October , 1821 , and discharged therein the several offices , especially that of Master , for which he ivas acknoivledged by the Brethren presenting him ivith a Past Master ' s Jewel and CollarHe subscribed to the Loduntil his decease . He
. ge received the Royal Arch Degree in the Chapter of Prudence , No . 12 , and there passed through the several offices to the satisfaction of the Companions , ivhich was testified by receiidng their thanks inscribed on vellum , and framed and glazed , the folloAving being a copy -. — "Prudence Chapter of Royal Arch Masons , No . 12 , 22 nd December , 1835 . —At