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Obituaries & funerals, 1866

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Death of the Rev. Canon Stowell

Empire · Tuesday 2 January 1866 · page 3

The Rev. Canon Stowell, rector of Christ Church, Salford, died at one o'clock, on Sunday, October 8th, at his residence, Bar-hill, Bolton-road, Pendleton, in the sixty-sixth…

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Death-shriek of the Neapolitan Bourbon Dynasty

Empire · Thursday 4 January 1866 · page 3

It followed from the recognition of the kingdom of Italy by the queen of Spain that the diplomatic representation of the ex King of Naples at her Majesty's Court must cease, and, in scknowledging the receipt of…

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The Death of a Lady From Poisonig at Greenwich

Empire · Friday 5 January 1866 · page 8

Mr. C. J. Carttar, corroner for West Kent, Yesterday resumed, for the seventh time, and inquiry at the ashburnham Arms, Greenwich, itto the circumstances attending the death of Mrs. Elizabeth Reeve, aged…

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Obituary

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 January 1866 · page 5
Also in Empire

Hon. Francis Grimston, Dr. Barker, Justice Compton, Commissioner Fonblanque, Professor Lindley, Captain Mee, Lady Lewis, Lady Calthorpe, Mr. Rall, M.P., Mrs. Gaskell,…

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Death of Tom Sayers

Empire · Monday 22 January 1866 · page 3

We have to announce the death of this well-known pugilist, which took place on November 8, at his house in Camden-town. He was born at Brightoo in May, 1826; his career as a prize fighter extended over about…

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The Funeral of Lord Palmerston

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 January 1866 · page 3

IN compliance with the wishes of her Majesty, the remains of the late Lord Palmerston were deposited on Friday, October 27, in Westminster Abbey. An immense concourse of persons assembled in front of…

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The Funeral of Lord Palmerston

Sydney Mail · Saturday 27 January 1866 · page 5

IN compliance with the wishes ef her Majesty, the remains of the late Lord Palmerston were deposited on Friday, October 27, in Westminster Abbey. An immense concourse of persons assembled in front of…

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The Late Mr. Gordon. (From the London Daily News.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 January 1866 · page 8

DR. Miller, a physician of Glasgow, who lived thirteen years in Jamaica, writes to the Glasgow Morning Journal:—I could gather little information from the statements first published in the intelligence from…

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Funeral of Tomsayers. (From Bell's Life in London.)

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Chronicle · Saturday 27 January 1866 · page 4

Wednesday last was a memorable day in the annals of the Ring, and great as the outery has been for many years against pugilism and its professors, the scene that was witncssed on that eventful afternoon, when not only the…

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Death of Tom Sayers. (From the Sporting Life.)

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Chronicle · Saturday 27 January 1866 · page 4

"POOR TOM's a' cold!" within a brief space, Lords LYNDHURST and PALMERSTON, LERCH and HERRING the very cracks of their calling, have gone down, and now SAYERS the hero of so many fights, has joined the…

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London Limnings. (Written Expressly for the Sydney Morning Herald.) Lord Palmerston's Funeral

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 January 1866 · page 5

MACAULAY, in reference to the death of the Merry Monarch, writes:—"Tears were seen in many eyes; and it was remarked that there was scarcely a housemaid in London who had not contrived to procure…

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A Hau-hau Pa Taken, and Twelve Natives Killed. Death of Captain Hussey. (From the Hawke's Bay Herald, December 30.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 January 1866 · page 6

CAPTAIN BIGGS arrived, yesterday, overland from Wairoa, bringing news of hostilities having commenced; of the first of the enemy's fortifications having been carried by assault; and often of its defenders having been killed…

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Death of Mr. Henry O'brien of Yass

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 3 February 1866 · page 66

On Saturday morning last about two o'clock, Mr. Henry O'Brien, of Douro, departed this life at his residence, Douro, near Yass, deeply and deservedly lamented by all classes in the district…

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Funeral of Tom Sayers

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 10 February 1866 · page 82

The beautiful suburban cemetery of Highgate was on Wednesday the theatre of an exhibition, which for irredeemable blackguardism, brutal [?]evity, and barbaric ferocity, we are sure the…

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Obituary

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 February 1866 · page 5
Also in Empire

Sir Charles Eastlake, Captain Fowler, Hon. [?]rs. Wodehouse, Miss Talbot, Lady A. G. [?]aliburton, Dr. Barth (African explorer), Mr. [?]escott, Sir R. M. Bromley, Sir John…

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Obituary

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 February 1866 · page 102

Borth, the celebrated African Explorer ; Captain Fouke, Architect of South Kensington Museum…

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Belgium.—death of the King

Empire · Saturday 17 February 1866 · page 3

At a quarter of an hour before noon on Sunday, December 10, King Leopold died. This event was not, of course unexpected. Of late years the king had suffered severely from confirmed heart-disease as well as…

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Death of Leopold, King of the Belgians. [From Our City Correspondent.]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 February 1866 · page 7

AFTER a painful illness, Leopold, King of the Belgians, expired on Sunday morning, December 10th, in his seventysixth year. He was our Queen's last surviving uncle, and the last of his generation of the house of Saxe-Coburg…

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