DIRECTORY. ] . 5

,V EST ~I 0RLAND COUNTY CO UNCIL.

Local Government Act, 1888, 51 & 52 Vie. e. 41.

Under the above .Act, the county of \Vestmorland, after The coroners for the county are elected by the County the 1St of April, 1889, became, for the purposes of Go uncil, and the clerk of the peace appuinted by that Act, an administrative county (sec. 46), such joint committee, and may be removed by them governed by a County Council, consisting of chair­ (sec. 83-2). man, aldermen and councillors, elected in manner The clerk of the peace for the county is clerk of the prescribed by the .Act (sec. 2). county Council (sec. 83-1). The chairman, by virtue of his office, is justice of the peace for the county, without qualification (sec.46). The administrative business of the County (Which would, The police for the OQunty is under the control of a if this Act had not been passed, have been trans­ standing joint committee o~ the Quarter Sessions acted by the justices) is transacted by the Connty and the County Council, appointed as therein men- Council. tioned (sec. 9). 1 Meet at Town hall, , , On the 12th day of ::\Iarch, 1897, and the first l"ridays in the months of June, September and December at LIS p.m.

CHAIRMAN-Alderman James Cropper D.L., J.P. Eller Green, Kendal. VICE-CHAIRMAN-COuncillor Francis Markham D.L., J.P. ~lorland, Penrith.

Aldermen. Retire in 1898. Retire in 1901. Thomas Baron esq. Castle Park terrace, Kendal Thomas Bird esq. YaIlwath hall, Penrith Capt. Thomas Chamley J.P. Warcop house, PenriLh William Dillworth Crewdson esq. J.P. Relme 10. Kendal James Gandy Gandy esq. D.L., J.P. Heaves, Kendal James Cropper esq. D.L., J.P. Eller green, Kendal Gilbert Gilkes esq. Lynnside, Kendal John :Nanson esq. J.P. Boroughgate, Appleby Wm. Graham esq. D.L., J.P. Edengrove, Bolton, Penrith Frederick Punchard esq. Anthony Metcalfe-Gibson esq. J.P. Coldbeck, Ravens- John Rigg esq. Applegarth, Windermere thorpe, William Thompson esq. D.L., J.P. Moresdale hall, Kendal Jacob Wakefield esq. D.L., J.P. Sedgwick house, Kendal.

COUNCILLORS. • Electoral Division. Name. Electoral Division. Name. .. Frank Maude Taylor Jones esq. Borough (Kirkland)... CoEn Somervell esq. Tenterfield, J.P. Lesketh how, Ambleside Kendal Appleby:- Borough (Longpool)... James Harrison esq. Sand Area Urban John Sewell Rigg esq. Elm bank, house, Kendal Bongate, Appleby Borough (Sandes) .... John Jowitt Wilson esq. Fayre­ Rural Robert Atkinson esq. Low barn, stowe, Sunnyside, Kendal Appleby Borough (Serpentine) John Watson esq. Kent ter. Kendal Applethwaite ., ,. Arthur Brook Dunlop esq. The Kirkby Stephen Gerard Elyetson Thompson esq. Howe, Troutbeck, Wmdermere Stobars hall, Kirkby Stephen Askbam ThomasHudson esq.Whale,Askhm. Kirkby Lonsdale Wilham Smith Paget-Tomlinson Penrith esq. J. P. The Biggins, Kirkby Beetham John Crayston Webster esq. Beet- Lonsdale ham hall, Milnthorpe Long Marton Edmund Thompson esq. LP. Long Rowness George Henry Pattinson esq. Elim Marton, Appleby bank, Bowness-on-Windermere Lunesdale Lord Henry Cavendish-Bentinck~ Brough John Bailey Walton esq. Braugh, :M.P., D.L., J.P., Underley hall, Kirkby Stephen Kirkby Lonsdale Burneslde Charles James Cropper esq. D.L., Levens Capt. JosceEne FitzroyBagot M.P., J. P. Tolson hall, Kendal D.L.,J.P. Levens hall,Milnthorpe Burton Thomas Atkinson Cornthwaite esq. Mallerstang Richard Beauville Thompson esq. Clawthorpe hall, Burton Stobars halJ, Kirkby Stephen Clifwn Lord Brougham & Vaux D.L., J.P. Milnthorpe John Holme esq. J.P. Owlet Ash, Brougham hall, Penrith :r.lilnthorpe Crooklands John Wakefield Weston esq. J.P. Morland Francis Markham esq. D. L., J.P. Enyeat, Endmoor, Kendal Morland, Penrith Crosby Ravensworth .... Henry Holme esq. Harberwain, Orton \Villiam Atkinson csq. Gisgill, Crasby R.avensworth, Shap Orton, Tebay Crosthwaite Thomas Atkinsoll Argles esq. D.L., Patterdale William Hugh Parkin esq. D.L., J. P. Eversley, ~1ilnthorpe J.P. Ravencragg, Pooley Bridge, Grasmere John Robinson esq. Hirch hill, Penrith Elterwater, Ambleside Ravenstonedale John Fothergill esq. Brownber, Grayrigg Samuel Wood esq. Sunn~,bank, Ravenstonedale,Kirkby Stephen Grayrigg, Kendal Shap Gerald O'Dwyer Briggs esq.Raven- Hutwn George Procter esq. Low Bleaze side, Wreay, farm, Old Button, Kendal Staveley Thomas Heck esq. Low Fairbank, Kendal :- Staveley, Kendal Borough (Allhallows ) John John Thomas esg. Newnham Temple Sowerby Anthony Dobson esq. Williamsgill, cottage, Aynam road, Kendal Temple Sowerby Borough (Castle Park) Titus Wilson esq. Aynam lodge, Underbarrow _ Arthur Fothergill esq. ~ewlands, Kendal Natland, Kelldal Borough (Central) .... Matthew Derome esq. 4 Aire­ Warcop Joseph Robinson Watson esq. J.P. thwaite, Kendal Wheatsheaf ho. Warcop, Penrith Boro' (Kendal green) Thomas Thwaites esq. I Woodlea, Windermere George Hale Puckle esq. D. L., l.P. Kendal Nine Oaks, Windermere