The Annual , Obituary of the members of the Society of Friends in Great Britain and . n insatiable reader of biography,poetry, books on travel and political paid many visits to the Continent during theperiod 1859-1886, remaining abroad on one oc-casion for nearly twelve months. He found greatdelight in the beauties of Nature, and in the quietenjoyment of this healthy appetite, after fiftyyears of a strenuous business career, he passedthe latter part of his life chiefly on his beautifulestates of Witherslack, near Grange-over-Sands,in Westmorland, and of Credenhi
The Annual , Obituary of the members of the Society of Friends in Great Britain and . n insatiable reader of biography,poetry, books on travel and political paid many visits to the Continent during theperiod 1859-1886, remaining abroad on one oc-casion for nearly twelve months. He found greatdelight in the beauties of Nature, and in the quietenjoyment of this healthy appetite, after fiftyyears of a strenuous business career, he passedthe latter part of his life chiefly on his beautifulestates of Witherslack, near Grange-over-Sands,in Westmorland, and of Credenhill Park, nearHereford, his later years being entirely spent atthe latter place, where he passed away on Novem-ber 9th, 1915, and was laid to rest in the ParishChurchyard hard by the home he had chieflyoccupied since 1886. One of his sons writes :— I feel it to be a great privilege to have hadfor father and grandfather two essentially pure-minded, unselfish, tender-hearted and high-principled men. How difficult it is to liveworthy of these, and their great and lastingexample. His daughter writes :—. George Henry Emmott GEORGE HENRY EMMOTT 59 His religious views were very broad, andto the end of his life he read, each Sunday, one ormore sermons by Kings ley, Arnold or F. , and would repeat from memory hymnsand poems he had learnt as a boy . . He was,and is, greatly beloved and honoured by all whoknew him. Charlotte Edmundson ..72 13 7 1916 Howthf Co. Ell wood . 45 23 2 1916 Orayrigg, nr. Kendal. Wife of Thomas George Henry Emmott . 60 8 3 1916 Claughton, Birkenhead. Professor Enmaott was of Quaker parentage,and all his life intimately associated with theSociety of Friends, and although his failing healthin later years prevented him from attending manyMeetings, he took a great interest in all mattersaffecting the Society, and always remained a trueFriend. Born in 1855, he was the eldest son ofthe late Thomas and Hannah Emmott, of Brook-field,
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