DIRECTORY.. ] . 7

HERKS COUNTY UOt;NUIL

Looal Government Act, 1888, 51 & 52 Vict. c. 41.

Under the above Act, Berkshire (except the County The coroners for the county are elected by the County borough of Reading) is for the purposes of the Act, an Council, and the clerk of the peace appointed by such administrative county (sec. 46), governed by a County joint committee, and may be removed by them (sec. Council, consisting of chairman, 17 aldermen and 53 83-2 ). councillors. The clerk of the peace for the -county is also clerk of The chairman, by virtue of his office, is a justice of the County Council (sec. 83-1). the peace for the county, without qualification (sec. 46). The police for the county is now under the control of The administrative business of the county (which a. standing joint committee of the Quarter Sessions and would, if this Act had not been passed, have been trans­ the County Council, appointed as therein mentioned acted by the justices) is now transacted by the County (sec. g). Council. The full County Council meets at the Council chamber in the Assize Cour.ts, Reading, and the Committees at the County offices. Chairman, Sir Robert Gray Cornish Mowbray hart. Vice-Chairman, J ames Herbert Benyon.

ALDERMEN. Retire in March, 1916. Russell Hugh Wm. Olney lo. Furze Platt, Maidenhead Benyon James Herbert (Lord Lieut.), Englefield house, Van de Weyer Col. Victor William Bates J.P. New near Reading lodge, Winkfield, Windsor Gardner Ernest M.P., J.P. Spencers, Maidenhead Gull Sir William Cameron hart. Frilsham house, Retire in March, 1919. Yattendon, Newbury Ferard Charles Agaee M ..A., J.P. Winkfield manor,Ascot Loder-Symonds Capt. Frederick Cleave R.A. Hinton Latham Thomas, Bishop's court, Dorchester, Oxon tnanor, Faringdon Mansfield Edward Dillon, Luckley, Wokingham Loyd .dcrchie Kirkman K.C., J.P. Downs house, Hendred, Mount William Arthur M.P. Wasing Place, Reading Steventon Peters Ge01·ge Henry, Ouseley lodge, Old Windsor Mowbray Sir Robert Gray Cornish hart. D.L., J.P. War­ Slade George Frederick, Woodlea, Wood st. Wallingford ennes Wood, Mortimer Willes Col. George Shippen J.P. The Firs, Hungerford Preston Arthur Edwin, Whitefield, Abingdon Willink Henry George, Hillfields, Mortimer

CouNCJLLOns. Electoral Division. Names & Addresses. Electoral Division. Names & Addresses. Abingdon Borough :- Hurley ...... Basil GuyOswald 8mith,Shottesbrooke East ...... William Brewer, Hyde End lodge, park,'Maidenhead Shinfield, Reading Ilsley ...... John Joseph Eyston J.P. Hendred West ...... 'fhos. Skurray, Summ&field, Wootton house, l::lteventon road, Abingdon \ KintbUTy ...... Edmund Augustine Hanley, Forbury Abingdon Rural...... GeOTge Holbrow Morland, Ock Lea, gro'lle, Kintbury Abingdon Lam bourn ..... , ...... Rev. Reginald Bagnall M. A. 'rhe ...... Charles Edward Keyser D.L., J. P. Vicarage, Lambourn Aldermaston court, Readmg Maidenhead Borough:- Boxford ...... Oscar Welwyn Rayner, Chieveley Belmont ...... John Wesley Walker, 22 Craulurd manor, Newbury rise, Maidenhead Bradfield ...... Francis BateJ.P.Hatch ho. Boyn Hill ...... Edvrard Norkett, 6 All Saints' aYenue, Bray ...... Charles William Cox, The Orchards, Maidenhead Boyn Hill, Maidenhead Oldfield ...... Francis Wllliam Porter, Persimmon Burghfield ...... Job Lon•ley, Green farm, Burghfield, lawn, Hargra.ve -road, Maidenhead Reading St. Mary's ...... Richard Hope, 163 Grenfell road, Challow ...... Aaron Frogley, Rparsholt, Wantage Maidenhead Clewer ...... Edward C'ecil Durant, Clewer court, New bury Borough:- > * Windsor East ...... John Rankin J.P. Dalriada, Newbury Compton ...... George Lew1s Baker, White Wall North ...... Col. Gerald Craven Ricardo T.D., ,f.P. house, Compton, Newbury 'fhe Elms, Donnington, Newbury Cookham ...... Sir George Young bart. J.P. Formosa West ...... Edmund Parfitt,'fhe Mount, Newbury Place, Cookham Pangbourne ...... Ambrose Petrocokino, Flower's Hill, Cumnor ...... H. Tuer Shawcross, Yatscombe, Fox- Pangbourne combe Hill, Oxford Sandhurst ...... William Joseph Toye, Ryefield, Sand- Didcot ... - ...... ,. Francis John Kynaston Cross J.P· burst Aston 'firrold manor, Wallingford Shrivenbam ...... Thomas Sydney 'fayler, Idstone, Drayton ...... l<'rederick Ado! ph us Smith, Home Shrivenham farm, East Hendred, Steventon Speen ...... William WaltonJ.P. Donnington H,olt, Earley ...... Capt. !<'rank Rush by, Erleigh court, New bury Rearling Stanford ...... Henry Carwardine Chandler, Manor Easthampstead ...... Charles Barker Wilson, Lindnm, fa-rm, Hmton Waldrist, Faringdon Brocknell Snnninghill ...... J Percy Edward Crutchley J.P. Sunning• Faringdon ...... John Parker Loek"ood J.P. Broms- hill lodge, Ascot grove house, l<'aringdon Swallowfield ...... Henry Goddard, Shintield, Reading Hendred ...... Col. James Colebrooke Carter V. D., 'fhatcham ...... MaJor Charles 'fnrner J.P. Thatcham J.P. Orpwood, Ardington, Wantage house, Newbury Hungcrforo ...... Geur!!'e Edmund Platt, The Priory, 'fwyford ...... :\lajor H~nry lharles Bnlkeley D.S.O. Hungf'rford Lin IPn Hi!!, Wargrave