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assistance and advice he has at all times rendered,
and his dignified conduct and impartial behaviour in
the Chair. And that this Vestry hereby tender to
Mr. Bonthron their warmest and best thanks for the
services which he has rendered to the Vestry and the
Parish, coupled with the sincere prayer that, although,
unfortunately, the Vestry are deprived of his services
as their Chairman, he will still allow his name to be
associated with theirs as a member of the Vestry and
that he may enjoy for many years to come a return
to health and strength and the enjoyment of a peaceful
and happy rest which he has so well earned and
merited.
It was further resolved, that this resolution be suitably
engrossed, sealed with the Corporate Seal of the
Vestry and presented to Mr, Bonthron as a slight
token of the respect and esteem in which he is held
by his fellow Parishioners.
T. Hensman Munsky,
Vestry Clerk.
H. F. Dickins,
Chairman, pro tern.
The foregoing resolution was duly presented, but a few
days afterwards, Mr. Bonthron passed away at his residence
at Putney Hill. No greater loss has been experienced by
the Vestry or the Parish in recent years in connection with
administrative work than that occasioned by the death of
so esteemed and respected a Parishioner as the late Mr.
John Bonthron. He became a member of the Vestry in
May, 1867, and for years past had acted as Chairman
in the absence of the Rector, and also as Chairman of
the Sanitary and St. James's Dwellings Committees. Mr.
Bonthron was a member of all the important Committees
of the Vestry, and a representative trustee from this