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Some Memorials Of The Globe Lodge, No.23, And Of The "Red Apron."
and of their admiration of that unceasing energy by which he succeeded in procuring the repeal of the Post-horse duties , and of the assessed tax on Postmasters' Carriages , October 10 , 1853 . " The presentation included a purse of 500 sovereigns , and
I am informed that a further testimonial , consisting of a handsome silver cigar-box and a considerable sum of money , was subsequently received , mainly from the post-masters of Scotland and Wales .
SHILLIBEERS OMNIBUS
. AJVew Carriage , on t / u fta-isUm Mode-, for tke . Conveyance , of Inside . Tafserwers fTom , XADJ ) W 6 T 0 X 7 o TJifHANE . £ 3 la . bU . s / ie < i , bv G . Miilliiicr . CoasJt . JiuiMer & v , Jr ? J 2 Bury StrtSiootnshirv-. Siju . nre .
Bro . Shillibeer appears to have been the pioneer , not only of omnibuses and cheap funerals , but of public recreation grounds also , for on the authority of a surviving member of his family we learn that by his untiring energy and public spirit , almost single handed , and at great expense , he obtained
50 acres of land in Hainault Forest as a recreation ground ( for ever ) for the inhabitants of Lambourne and Chigwell , in Essex .
PATENT FUNERAL CARRIAGE INVKNTEI 1 UY GKORGK SH 1 LL 1 RKER AND NAMED AFTER HIM .
He subsequently removed to Brighton , and for many years carried on the business of an undertaker in that town , dying there on the 21 st of August , 1866 , and was buried in Chigwell churchyard , Essex . For much of the foregoing information as well as for the accompanying prints of the first " Bus , " and Shillibeer ' s Patent
Funeral Carriage , we are greatlyiindebted to his only daughter , Mrs . Elizabeth Mary-Ann Wyman , who is now living fin Brighton in fairly good health , although in her 83 rd year . This lady was a passenger in her father ' s " Bus " on its first journey . Henry Ralph Willett , Esq ., joined the Lodge in 1816 ,
having been initiated in the Royal Somerset House Lodge the previous year . In the course of a long Masonic life he became a member of several other " Red Apron " Lodges .
He served as Grand Steward for his mother Lodge in 1816 , and was appointed Junior Grand Warden in 1823 . In 1854 he was appointed Prov . Grand Master for Dorset , his residence in that county being Merley House , near Wimborne Minster . He served the office of High Sheriff of Dorsetshire , and was reputed the best judge living of the productions of William Hogarth , his collection of originals by that artist being unequalled .
He died at his chambers in the Albany on the 9 th of December , 1857 . ( To be Continued ) .
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Some Memorials Of The Globe Lodge, No.23, And Of The "Red Apron."
and of their admiration of that unceasing energy by which he succeeded in procuring the repeal of the Post-horse duties , and of the assessed tax on Postmasters' Carriages , October 10 , 1853 . " The presentation included a purse of 500 sovereigns , and
I am informed that a further testimonial , consisting of a handsome silver cigar-box and a considerable sum of money , was subsequently received , mainly from the post-masters of Scotland and Wales .
SHILLIBEERS OMNIBUS
. AJVew Carriage , on t / u fta-isUm Mode-, for tke . Conveyance , of Inside . Tafserwers fTom , XADJ ) W 6 T 0 X 7 o TJifHANE . £ 3 la . bU . s / ie < i , bv G . Miilliiicr . CoasJt . JiuiMer & v , Jr ? J 2 Bury StrtSiootnshirv-. Siju . nre .
Bro . Shillibeer appears to have been the pioneer , not only of omnibuses and cheap funerals , but of public recreation grounds also , for on the authority of a surviving member of his family we learn that by his untiring energy and public spirit , almost single handed , and at great expense , he obtained
50 acres of land in Hainault Forest as a recreation ground ( for ever ) for the inhabitants of Lambourne and Chigwell , in Essex .
PATENT FUNERAL CARRIAGE INVKNTEI 1 UY GKORGK SH 1 LL 1 RKER AND NAMED AFTER HIM .
He subsequently removed to Brighton , and for many years carried on the business of an undertaker in that town , dying there on the 21 st of August , 1866 , and was buried in Chigwell churchyard , Essex . For much of the foregoing information as well as for the accompanying prints of the first " Bus , " and Shillibeer ' s Patent
Funeral Carriage , we are greatlyiindebted to his only daughter , Mrs . Elizabeth Mary-Ann Wyman , who is now living fin Brighton in fairly good health , although in her 83 rd year . This lady was a passenger in her father ' s " Bus " on its first journey . Henry Ralph Willett , Esq ., joined the Lodge in 1816 ,
having been initiated in the Royal Somerset House Lodge the previous year . In the course of a long Masonic life he became a member of several other " Red Apron " Lodges .
He served as Grand Steward for his mother Lodge in 1816 , and was appointed Junior Grand Warden in 1823 . In 1854 he was appointed Prov . Grand Master for Dorset , his residence in that county being Merley House , near Wimborne Minster . He served the office of High Sheriff of Dorsetshire , and was reputed the best judge living of the productions of William Hogarth , his collection of originals by that artist being unequalled .
He died at his chambers in the Albany on the 9 th of December , 1857 . ( To be Continued ) .