William C. Copperthwaite
| William C. Copperthwaite MRCS | |||||||||||
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| Born | 1809 | ||||||||||
| Died | 1890 | ||||||||||
| Residence | New Malton, Yorkshire | ||||||||||
| Occupation | medical | ||||||||||
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William O. in 1867.07.15, list Aug 1 1869
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Born 18th May 1809, died Sunday 6th April 1890 at his residence Beech Grove, in Middlecave, Malton. Funeral Wednesday 9th April 1890. Interred in family vault in St. Leonard’s churchyard. Up to 1854 he was chairman of the Malton and Driffield Railway Company, and when it was absorbed into the North eastern Railway Company he joined the directorate until January 1889 when he resigned due to ill-health. He succeeded William Allen as steward over Earl Fitzwilliam’s estate at Malton, residing during that time at The Lodge. Was educated for the medical profession but did not practice. He was instrumental in forming the volunteer corps in late 1859 and was appointed its first captain, resigning in 1873. He was chairman of both the Local Board of Health and of the Board of Guardians. He was a Past master of the Camalodunum Lodge or freemasons, and P.P.G.S.W. of North and East Yorkshire, whilst in Bengal Arch Masonry he was P.R. of the King Edwn Chapter. Left one son, Mr. Harold Copperthwaite, engineer for the southern district of the North Eastern Railway Company.
Large funeral procession headed by Malton police, then Malton Brass Band, the Volunteers, Malton Fire Brigade, members and officers of the local Board of Health and Board of Guardians, professional men and tradesmen of the town, the general public followed by members of the Camalodunum Lodge of Freemasons. Next came the hearse, mourning coaches and private carriages, followed by the chief mourners including Mr. Harold Copperthwaite, Mrs. Dew, Mr. Dunning, Miss Copperthwaite, Mr. R. And Mrs. Copperthwaite, Mr. A. Copperthwaite, Miss Earle, Dr. Colby, J.P., Dr. Jones, the servants and other friends. Others present included Hon. H.W. Fitzwilliam, M.P., Mr. Gervase Markham (Lord Fitzwilliam’s agent), Mr. T. Preston J.P., Mr. W.H. Rose, J.P., and Mrs. Rose, several gentlemen representing the North-Eastern Railway Company, including Mr. H. Tennant ( general manager), Mr. C.N. Wilkinson (secretary) and others, Mr. R. Pearson and M.A. St. Clair Carnegy (representing the York Union Bank); the secretary, vice-presidents and committee of the Malton Literary Institute, members of the Malton Naturalists’ Society, several old servants on Earl Fitwilliam’s Malton Estate. Mr. Fitch, of Malton, was the undertaker.
York Herald, 7 April 1890
Leeds Mercury, 10 April 1890
