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¦* ' MRS . CROOK . Died , Sunday , October 15 , Frances Crook , aged 78 years . Mrs . Crook was well known to the Metropolitan and many of the Provincial members of the Craft , as the worthy and indefatigable Matron of the Freemasons'Girls' School , over which Institution she presided for upwards of half a century , having been appointed Sub-Matron in 1802 , and Matron in 1807 , during which period she never slept a single night beyond the walls of the two buildings . For several years past , Mrs . Crook had been sinking rapidly " into the sere and yellow leaf ; " but up to the day
previously to her decease she showed no symptoms of approaching death . She was seized on Saturday , October 14 , with that fatal disease cholera , and rapidly sunk under its destructive influence . Her remains were interred on Thursday , Oct . 19 , at the Norwood Cemetery , being followed to their last resting-place by Bros . Beadon ( Vice-President of the Girls ' School ) , P . J . E . W . Barrett , Barnes , Mills , Patten , Robjmson Purdy , Rev . D . Shaboe , & c . & c , and thirty children , inmates of the Institution . The funeral service was read by the Rev . Bro . J . E . Cox , Grand Chaplain , Vicar of St . Helen ' s , Bishopsgate , London , as a mark of respect to the memory of the deceased .
BRO . H . STUART . We have the melancholy task of announcing the death of Bro . Henry Stuart , M . P ., P . J . G . W ., ( who held that office in the G . L . of England last year ) one of the members for the borough of Bedford , which took place very suddenly on Wednesday night , October 25 . On that evening he had attended the Stuart Lodge , No . 787 , at Bedford , which had been named after him , and left at his usual time for his residence . When he was in the act of alighting from his carriage , he was seized
with a convulsive fit , and died in ten minutes after he was carried into the house . He had for some time past been subject to fits of that nature , and had been under medical treatment . Bro . H . Stuart , who was born in 1804 , was grandson of the third Earl of Bute , being the second son of the late Archbishop Stuart , of Armagh , and Sophia , grand-daughter of the celebrated William Penn . He was first returned for the borough of Bedford , in the Conservative interest , in 1837 ,
but was unseated on petition , and Mr . Samuel Crawley took the seat until 1841 , when , after a close contest , Bro . Stuart was again returned . At the subsequent general election he was returned , with Sir Harry Verney , his old colleague Captain Polhill being rejected ; and at the last general election he was again returned , with Mr . Samuel Whitbread , Mr . Chisholm Anstey being the unsuccessful candidate .
BRO . CAPT . HENRY MONTOLIEU BOUVERIE . Killed at the battle of Inkermann , aged twenty-four , Capt . H . M . Bouverie , of the Coldstream Guards , only son of the late Lieut .-Gen . Sir H . F . Bouverie , G . C . B ., G . C . M . G ., and cousin of the Earl of Radnor . Capt . Bouverie was a member of the Lodge of Harmony , No . 317 , Richmond .
BRO . COL . L . D . MACKINNON . Killed at the battle of Inkermann , Bro . Col . L . D . Mackinnon , of the Coldstream Guards , youngest son of W . A . Mackinnon , Esq ., M . P ., leaving a bereaved widow and several children to lament his loss . Bro . Col . Macldrmon was a member of the Lodge of Harmony , No . 317 , Richmond , and was universally beloved by his Brethren .
BRO . EDWARD HARPER , P . G . SECRETARY . Died , November 12 th , Bro . Edward Harper , at an advanced age . Bro . Harper was initiated into Freemasonry in the G . M . Lodge , No . 1 , on November 3 rd , 1803 , and held the office of Assistant . Secretar y of the Athoi Masons , at the period of the Union , in the year 1813 , when he was appointed , in conjunction with Bro . W . H . White , Grand Secretary of the United Grand Lodge of England . He resigned-this office in the month of October , 1838 , since which period , to the day of his decease , he enjoyed a gratuity of £ 100 per annum from the funds of G . L .
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¦* ' MRS . CROOK . Died , Sunday , October 15 , Frances Crook , aged 78 years . Mrs . Crook was well known to the Metropolitan and many of the Provincial members of the Craft , as the worthy and indefatigable Matron of the Freemasons'Girls' School , over which Institution she presided for upwards of half a century , having been appointed Sub-Matron in 1802 , and Matron in 1807 , during which period she never slept a single night beyond the walls of the two buildings . For several years past , Mrs . Crook had been sinking rapidly " into the sere and yellow leaf ; " but up to the day
previously to her decease she showed no symptoms of approaching death . She was seized on Saturday , October 14 , with that fatal disease cholera , and rapidly sunk under its destructive influence . Her remains were interred on Thursday , Oct . 19 , at the Norwood Cemetery , being followed to their last resting-place by Bros . Beadon ( Vice-President of the Girls ' School ) , P . J . E . W . Barrett , Barnes , Mills , Patten , Robjmson Purdy , Rev . D . Shaboe , & c . & c , and thirty children , inmates of the Institution . The funeral service was read by the Rev . Bro . J . E . Cox , Grand Chaplain , Vicar of St . Helen ' s , Bishopsgate , London , as a mark of respect to the memory of the deceased .
BRO . H . STUART . We have the melancholy task of announcing the death of Bro . Henry Stuart , M . P ., P . J . G . W ., ( who held that office in the G . L . of England last year ) one of the members for the borough of Bedford , which took place very suddenly on Wednesday night , October 25 . On that evening he had attended the Stuart Lodge , No . 787 , at Bedford , which had been named after him , and left at his usual time for his residence . When he was in the act of alighting from his carriage , he was seized
with a convulsive fit , and died in ten minutes after he was carried into the house . He had for some time past been subject to fits of that nature , and had been under medical treatment . Bro . H . Stuart , who was born in 1804 , was grandson of the third Earl of Bute , being the second son of the late Archbishop Stuart , of Armagh , and Sophia , grand-daughter of the celebrated William Penn . He was first returned for the borough of Bedford , in the Conservative interest , in 1837 ,
but was unseated on petition , and Mr . Samuel Crawley took the seat until 1841 , when , after a close contest , Bro . Stuart was again returned . At the subsequent general election he was returned , with Sir Harry Verney , his old colleague Captain Polhill being rejected ; and at the last general election he was again returned , with Mr . Samuel Whitbread , Mr . Chisholm Anstey being the unsuccessful candidate .
BRO . CAPT . HENRY MONTOLIEU BOUVERIE . Killed at the battle of Inkermann , aged twenty-four , Capt . H . M . Bouverie , of the Coldstream Guards , only son of the late Lieut .-Gen . Sir H . F . Bouverie , G . C . B ., G . C . M . G ., and cousin of the Earl of Radnor . Capt . Bouverie was a member of the Lodge of Harmony , No . 317 , Richmond .
BRO . COL . L . D . MACKINNON . Killed at the battle of Inkermann , Bro . Col . L . D . Mackinnon , of the Coldstream Guards , youngest son of W . A . Mackinnon , Esq ., M . P ., leaving a bereaved widow and several children to lament his loss . Bro . Col . Macldrmon was a member of the Lodge of Harmony , No . 317 , Richmond , and was universally beloved by his Brethren .
BRO . EDWARD HARPER , P . G . SECRETARY . Died , November 12 th , Bro . Edward Harper , at an advanced age . Bro . Harper was initiated into Freemasonry in the G . M . Lodge , No . 1 , on November 3 rd , 1803 , and held the office of Assistant . Secretar y of the Athoi Masons , at the period of the Union , in the year 1813 , when he was appointed , in conjunction with Bro . W . H . White , Grand Secretary of the United Grand Lodge of England . He resigned-this office in the month of October , 1838 , since which period , to the day of his decease , he enjoyed a gratuity of £ 100 per annum from the funds of G . L .