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xii. PREFACE
opportunity settled in the country, and occupied his leisure
with fruit-growing and the rearing
of bees. In this latter
pursuit he exhibited vast enthusiasm : bees almost rivalled
his first special collection of books
shire horses as a hobby ;
consisted of old editions of works on bee culture ; he
became a noted bee-master, and for several years acted
as secretary of the local Bee Keepers' Association. At the
same time his literary bent of mind was manifested in
the gradual acquirement of a good library, the special
feature of which consisted of a
and historical works relating
to
collection
Liverpool.
of antiquarian
In 1899 the attraction of large gardens attached to
Yewdale House, Huyton, then in the market, induced him
to purchase this residence and ; here, during a few months,
he passed perhaps the most enjoyable period of his life.
Early in the spring following the insidious malady which
attacked him was scarcely diagnosed, when, after but two
or three days' confinement to his room, he died with great
suddenness. At Anfield Cemetery, Liverpool, his interment
took place in the presence of a large concourse of
personal friends and representatives of public and commercial
associations.*
* " His loss at the early age of fifty-six years will be felt by a very wide circle of
friends as well as business acquaintances in Liverpool and elsewhere, for wherever he
was known he was respected and esteemed. He was a man of great force of character, a
fine type of a self-made English man of business. Only those whose privilege it was to
know him intimately had any knowledge of the many fine traits in his character or
suspicion of his many charitable acts. He was one of the best secretaries the Liverpool
Corn Trade Guild ever elected to that post of honour, and was instrumental in raising
that institution to its present high state of prosperity and usefulness. He was chairman
of several business undertakings, which, greatly owing to the zeal displayed by him,
prospered exceedingly ; but doubtless he will best be remembered by his fine work upon
the History of Corn — Milling." Corn Trade News, May 8, 1900.