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who was elected a Member of the Vestry in May, 1850; Chairman
of the General Purposes Committee, 1867-1881; Member
of the Assessment Committee, 1879-1882 ; Chairman of the
Vestry from June, 1881, to July, 1889 ; and representative
of the Vestry on the Metropolitan Board of Works
from December 16th, 1868, until that Board ceased to exist
in 1889. Mr. Rogers, in addition to the above, had held
many important offices in the Parish, and on the previous
Easter Tuesday had been appointed a Churchwarden of the
Parish.
On the motion of Mr. G. C. Whiteley (Chairman),
seconded by Mr. Richard Strong, L.C.C., it was unanimously
resolved that the Vestry receives with deep sorrow the
information of the death of Edward Dresser Rogers, Esq.,
and desires at once to place on record the great loss sustained
by the decease of so valued a colleague, who for
many years has been foremost in all parochial works,
Recognising and appreciating his great talent and energy,
this Vestry unanimously elected him as its representative
at the Metropolitan Board of Works, a post he filled with
zeal and fidelity. The various other positions of honour
to which, by the choice of his colleagues, he attained, were
occupied by him with marked ability. The Vestry now feel
it to be a duty to testify to the respect and esteem in which
he was held, and offers its sincere sympathy and condolence
to his Widow and family in their sad bereavement.