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' . V . THE LATE BRO . SIR W . W . WYNN , BART ., M . P . IT is difficult to understand how * it is that the death of one man should cause such an extraordinary display of emotion as was "witnessed in North Wales last week , except upon the supposition that Sir Watkin Williams
Wynn , the object of the people ' s mourning , really reigned in their hearts . His birth was the signal for an outburst of enthusiasm , his marriage created great excitement , ancl his death is mourned as if a father in Israel had
departed . In his life Sir Watkin displayed all the qualities of a prince , and although a strictly party man in politics , his generosity was never bounded by the narrowness of parties or of creeds . The representatives of the two
political bodies vied with each other m bearing testimony to our deceased brother's excellent qualities , the Liberal organ just showing its party teeth , but not sufficiently to spoil the praise it was impelled to bestow . We are told
by the Shropshire Post , the organ of the party to which Sir Watkin belonged , that it " would require the compendium of an extraordinary catalogue of kind and beneficent acts
. . . to show tho good that had been brought abont with his co-operation and at his instigation . " " Within the family circle Sir Watkin was regarded with the love and affection of all ; outside he was looked upon as a
public benefactor , and such he was . Pew people in North
Wales escaped the reach of his beneficence . His tenantry knew and appreciated his word as a landlord ; the rich appreciated his genial presence and sound sense ; the poor appreciated his kind-hearted and liberal generosity . " All
the circumstances bear witness to the truth of this picture . Mansion and cottage , church aud chapel , in singular unanimity , felt the blow when Sir Watkin died . Those who know how extreme and bitter are the political
dissenters of Wales , will estimate their testimony as to the
worth of the deceased . Their better nature was touched , and with all the generosity and pride of the native Cymri , they yielded full and unstinted praise . If anything were wanted to show the depth of feeling that had been aroused
it was shown at the funeral , which took place at Llangedwyn on Friday last . As early as five o ' clock in the morning two thousand people assembled in Wynnstay Park , and the number was considerably increased by six
o ' clock , when the hearse was sent on its journey through the long avenue of stately trees , the branches and leaves of which formed a grand canopy . The sides of the road were lined with members of the Volunteer Batt . Royal
Welsh Fusiliers , and by people of all classes . Throughout the whole route there was the same manifestation of interest and mourning . The hearse was literally covered with beautiful wreaths , and among those who contributed these
emblems of respect and immortality were the Lodges Fitzalan , 1432 , Oswestry , and Square and Compasses , 1336 , Wrexham . There was a very large gathering of
the brethren at tho funeral to pay a tribute of respect to their deceased Grand Master of the Provincial Grand Lodge of North Wales and Shropshire , among whom were Bros . Sir Offley Wakeman , Bart , D . P . G . C .,
Rowland G . Yenables 611 , P . G . S . W ., Rees Buckly Williames 991 , P . G . J . W ., Rev . Robert Jackson 1896 P . G . C ., Rev . John Lewis 1509 , P . G . C , J . P . White 262 P . G . T ., W . H . Spaull 1124 P . G . Secretary , Dr . E . Robinson 998 P . A . G . S ., John Kitto 1582 P . G . S . B ., W . Putman 611 P . G . J . D ., W . J . Lovegrove 1988 , 1509 P . G S . of Works , W . H . Foulkes 1674 P . G . D . of 0 ., Dr . F . H . V . Grosholz 1583 P . G . A . D . of C , A . T . Akeroycl 1432 P . G . O ., W . Sirams 1621 P . G . P ., C . K . Benson 1336 P . A . G . P ., v " . 0 . L . Crump 117 , Treasurer to the Charity Association , P . G . Steward , T . A . Forster 1594 P . G Stew ., J . Maclardy
1432 P . G . Stew ., R . Lewis 117 Auditor . The following Masters were present : —Bros . T . C . Roylell 7 , R . A . Craig 2 G 2 , W . Morton 611 , John Owen 998 , G . P . Rayner 1113 , L - E . Woolston 1120 , G . J . Morgan 1124 , J . Perry-Jones 1143 , J . F . Edisburv 1336 , Samuel Morris 1369 , J . H .
-Parsons 1432 , T . L . Evans 1488 , John Ginders 1575 , J
Jones 1584 , H . A . Steer 1674 . Each Mason carried a sprig of acacia , which he dropped on the grave as he passed . The scene at the little church and at the grave was most
solemn and affecting . Mixed with the relatives of the deceased were peers and peasants , members of the House of Commons and ministers of many faiths . No fewer than a hundred vehicles found their way to Llangedwyn on the
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occasion of the funeral , and certainly the present generation have never witnessed such a sight as they saw in the village on Friday last . The occasion was a sa . d one , but the
experience was a grand and noble one . The best side of human nature was presented ; the simple faith of the people found exemplification in the breasts of the highest , and all combined to pay tribute to honest worth . Wynnstay has had some rather remarkable inhabitants , of whom we do not desire to speak until we come to the
time when the present family became its masters . The direct ancestors of the deceased ' s family bore the name of Williams , and the father of the first baronet of thafc name
was Canon of Bangor . His son was a barrister , and while on his Welsh circuit is said to have danced with the daughter of Walter Kyffin , Esq ., of Glasgoed , Llansilin , whose heart he captivated , and to whose hand he aspired .
When he approached the father of the maiden he asked his would-be son-in-law , " What have you ? " The ready
reply was , " I have , sir , a tongue and a gown . " Williams got his bride , and prospered amazingly . He was Speaker in the House of Commons in the time of
Charles IL , and Solicitor General under James II ., when
he was made a knight , and afterwards a baronet . While Speaker he incurred a heavy money fine for performing what was little more than an executive act , and as one of the leading counsel for the King against the Seven
Bishops , he incurred no little public odium . Sir Thomas Powys was Attorney General , but the brunt of the great forensic fight rested on the shoulders of Sir William Williams , who displayed some fine qualities of mind , and a good deal of temper . The second Sir William married into the Wynn family of Gwydyr , of ancient and kingly
descent , and his son became the first Sir Watkin Williams Wynn , of Wynnstay . This baronet was the type of his successor . Smollett said he was " brave , open , and hospitable , " and his career proved it . The second Sir
Watkin married a daughter of the Duke of Beaufort , but early become a widower . When he came of age a banquet took place in Wynnstay Park , at which were 15 , 000 guests . " Three coaches full of cooks were sent from
London for the occasion , says the Annual Uegis / er Sir Watkin married a second time , the daughter of the Right Hon . George Grenville , Prime Minister , ancl his subsequent life was devoted to the encouragement of art ,
music , and the drama . He was fond of masquerades , and on one occasion Lelie says , " The jolly Sir Watkin produced great effect at a masquerade in the Pantheon , by riding in as St . David , mounted on a Welsh goat . " It is
said that he " established a Freemasons' Lodge at Wynnstay , and some of the furniture then used in it is now possessed by St . Oswald's Lodge of Odd Fellows , Oswestry . " This "Jolly Sir Watkin , " died in 1789 at the early age
of forty-one , much beloved . The third Sir Watkin " doted on the military . " He founded a regiment of yeomen , called the " Ancient British Fencibles , " who did good service in quelling the rebellion iu Ireland . They were called '' Sir
VVatkin ' s Lambs" and "Bloody Britons , " and when the strains of the Welsh air , " Sir VVatkin's Delight , " caught the Irish car it roused them to fury . This baronet encouraged the Lancastrian method of teaching , and gave a
building at Wexham " sufficiently large enough to educate 500 poor children .... besides subscribing very handsomely towards the support of the Institutions . " In 1814 he equipped another regiment for foreign service , bufc was
too late for the battle of Toulouse . His reception on his return was enthusiastic , and he was presented with a silver vase " weighing 1 , 500 oz ., costing 19 s 6 d per oz ., measuring 3 ft . 2 in . by 2 ft . 4 iu . across , and containing 14 gallons . "
In 1817 Sir Watkin married Lady Henrietta Olive , who became the mother of the late baronet . His father died in 1840 , when a demonstration similar to that of Friday week took place , The late Bro . Sir W . W . Wynn's successor is
his nephew , who is only twenty-four years of age . He is said to have " a very genial disposition , " aud to have " won the hearts of all with whom he has come in contact . " He has a rich inheritance , and richer than thafc the record of the good deeds of his noble-hearted predecessor .
BRO . W . W . MOXHAY .
On the 13 th instant , afc Reading , Bro . William Watkinson Moxhay , P . M . 414 , P . P . G . S . W . Berks and Bucks . Bro . Moxhay , who entered theLodge of Union , 411 , on 13 th February 1854 , was well known and highly
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Obituary.
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' . V . THE LATE BRO . SIR W . W . WYNN , BART ., M . P . IT is difficult to understand how * it is that the death of one man should cause such an extraordinary display of emotion as was "witnessed in North Wales last week , except upon the supposition that Sir Watkin Williams
Wynn , the object of the people ' s mourning , really reigned in their hearts . His birth was the signal for an outburst of enthusiasm , his marriage created great excitement , ancl his death is mourned as if a father in Israel had
departed . In his life Sir Watkin displayed all the qualities of a prince , and although a strictly party man in politics , his generosity was never bounded by the narrowness of parties or of creeds . The representatives of the two
political bodies vied with each other m bearing testimony to our deceased brother's excellent qualities , the Liberal organ just showing its party teeth , but not sufficiently to spoil the praise it was impelled to bestow . We are told
by the Shropshire Post , the organ of the party to which Sir Watkin belonged , that it " would require the compendium of an extraordinary catalogue of kind and beneficent acts
. . . to show tho good that had been brought abont with his co-operation and at his instigation . " " Within the family circle Sir Watkin was regarded with the love and affection of all ; outside he was looked upon as a
public benefactor , and such he was . Pew people in North
Wales escaped the reach of his beneficence . His tenantry knew and appreciated his word as a landlord ; the rich appreciated his genial presence and sound sense ; the poor appreciated his kind-hearted and liberal generosity . " All
the circumstances bear witness to the truth of this picture . Mansion and cottage , church aud chapel , in singular unanimity , felt the blow when Sir Watkin died . Those who know how extreme and bitter are the political
dissenters of Wales , will estimate their testimony as to the
worth of the deceased . Their better nature was touched , and with all the generosity and pride of the native Cymri , they yielded full and unstinted praise . If anything were wanted to show the depth of feeling that had been aroused
it was shown at the funeral , which took place at Llangedwyn on Friday last . As early as five o ' clock in the morning two thousand people assembled in Wynnstay Park , and the number was considerably increased by six
o ' clock , when the hearse was sent on its journey through the long avenue of stately trees , the branches and leaves of which formed a grand canopy . The sides of the road were lined with members of the Volunteer Batt . Royal
Welsh Fusiliers , and by people of all classes . Throughout the whole route there was the same manifestation of interest and mourning . The hearse was literally covered with beautiful wreaths , and among those who contributed these
emblems of respect and immortality were the Lodges Fitzalan , 1432 , Oswestry , and Square and Compasses , 1336 , Wrexham . There was a very large gathering of
the brethren at tho funeral to pay a tribute of respect to their deceased Grand Master of the Provincial Grand Lodge of North Wales and Shropshire , among whom were Bros . Sir Offley Wakeman , Bart , D . P . G . C .,
Rowland G . Yenables 611 , P . G . S . W ., Rees Buckly Williames 991 , P . G . J . W ., Rev . Robert Jackson 1896 P . G . C ., Rev . John Lewis 1509 , P . G . C , J . P . White 262 P . G . T ., W . H . Spaull 1124 P . G . Secretary , Dr . E . Robinson 998 P . A . G . S ., John Kitto 1582 P . G . S . B ., W . Putman 611 P . G . J . D ., W . J . Lovegrove 1988 , 1509 P . G S . of Works , W . H . Foulkes 1674 P . G . D . of 0 ., Dr . F . H . V . Grosholz 1583 P . G . A . D . of C , A . T . Akeroycl 1432 P . G . O ., W . Sirams 1621 P . G . P ., C . K . Benson 1336 P . A . G . P ., v " . 0 . L . Crump 117 , Treasurer to the Charity Association , P . G . Steward , T . A . Forster 1594 P . G Stew ., J . Maclardy
1432 P . G . Stew ., R . Lewis 117 Auditor . The following Masters were present : —Bros . T . C . Roylell 7 , R . A . Craig 2 G 2 , W . Morton 611 , John Owen 998 , G . P . Rayner 1113 , L - E . Woolston 1120 , G . J . Morgan 1124 , J . Perry-Jones 1143 , J . F . Edisburv 1336 , Samuel Morris 1369 , J . H .
-Parsons 1432 , T . L . Evans 1488 , John Ginders 1575 , J
Jones 1584 , H . A . Steer 1674 . Each Mason carried a sprig of acacia , which he dropped on the grave as he passed . The scene at the little church and at the grave was most
solemn and affecting . Mixed with the relatives of the deceased were peers and peasants , members of the House of Commons and ministers of many faiths . No fewer than a hundred vehicles found their way to Llangedwyn on the
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occasion of the funeral , and certainly the present generation have never witnessed such a sight as they saw in the village on Friday last . The occasion was a sa . d one , but the
experience was a grand and noble one . The best side of human nature was presented ; the simple faith of the people found exemplification in the breasts of the highest , and all combined to pay tribute to honest worth . Wynnstay has had some rather remarkable inhabitants , of whom we do not desire to speak until we come to the
time when the present family became its masters . The direct ancestors of the deceased ' s family bore the name of Williams , and the father of the first baronet of thafc name
was Canon of Bangor . His son was a barrister , and while on his Welsh circuit is said to have danced with the daughter of Walter Kyffin , Esq ., of Glasgoed , Llansilin , whose heart he captivated , and to whose hand he aspired .
When he approached the father of the maiden he asked his would-be son-in-law , " What have you ? " The ready
reply was , " I have , sir , a tongue and a gown . " Williams got his bride , and prospered amazingly . He was Speaker in the House of Commons in the time of
Charles IL , and Solicitor General under James II ., when
he was made a knight , and afterwards a baronet . While Speaker he incurred a heavy money fine for performing what was little more than an executive act , and as one of the leading counsel for the King against the Seven
Bishops , he incurred no little public odium . Sir Thomas Powys was Attorney General , but the brunt of the great forensic fight rested on the shoulders of Sir William Williams , who displayed some fine qualities of mind , and a good deal of temper . The second Sir William married into the Wynn family of Gwydyr , of ancient and kingly
descent , and his son became the first Sir Watkin Williams Wynn , of Wynnstay . This baronet was the type of his successor . Smollett said he was " brave , open , and hospitable , " and his career proved it . The second Sir
Watkin married a daughter of the Duke of Beaufort , but early become a widower . When he came of age a banquet took place in Wynnstay Park , at which were 15 , 000 guests . " Three coaches full of cooks were sent from
London for the occasion , says the Annual Uegis / er Sir Watkin married a second time , the daughter of the Right Hon . George Grenville , Prime Minister , ancl his subsequent life was devoted to the encouragement of art ,
music , and the drama . He was fond of masquerades , and on one occasion Lelie says , " The jolly Sir Watkin produced great effect at a masquerade in the Pantheon , by riding in as St . David , mounted on a Welsh goat . " It is
said that he " established a Freemasons' Lodge at Wynnstay , and some of the furniture then used in it is now possessed by St . Oswald's Lodge of Odd Fellows , Oswestry . " This "Jolly Sir Watkin , " died in 1789 at the early age
of forty-one , much beloved . The third Sir Watkin " doted on the military . " He founded a regiment of yeomen , called the " Ancient British Fencibles , " who did good service in quelling the rebellion iu Ireland . They were called '' Sir
VVatkin ' s Lambs" and "Bloody Britons , " and when the strains of the Welsh air , " Sir VVatkin's Delight , " caught the Irish car it roused them to fury . This baronet encouraged the Lancastrian method of teaching , and gave a
building at Wexham " sufficiently large enough to educate 500 poor children .... besides subscribing very handsomely towards the support of the Institutions . " In 1814 he equipped another regiment for foreign service , bufc was
too late for the battle of Toulouse . His reception on his return was enthusiastic , and he was presented with a silver vase " weighing 1 , 500 oz ., costing 19 s 6 d per oz ., measuring 3 ft . 2 in . by 2 ft . 4 iu . across , and containing 14 gallons . "
In 1817 Sir Watkin married Lady Henrietta Olive , who became the mother of the late baronet . His father died in 1840 , when a demonstration similar to that of Friday week took place , The late Bro . Sir W . W . Wynn's successor is
his nephew , who is only twenty-four years of age . He is said to have " a very genial disposition , " aud to have " won the hearts of all with whom he has come in contact . " He has a rich inheritance , and richer than thafc the record of the good deeds of his noble-hearted predecessor .
BRO . W . W . MOXHAY .
On the 13 th instant , afc Reading , Bro . William Watkinson Moxhay , P . M . 414 , P . P . G . S . W . Berks and Bucks . Bro . Moxhay , who entered theLodge of Union , 411 , on 13 th February 1854 , was well known and highly