1998.1358 Full transcript TO THE ELECTORS OF THE HORSHAM OR NORTH-WESTERN DIVISION OF SUSSEX _________________________ GENTLEMEN, I thank you very sincerely and very humbly for returning me to-day for the third time as your Member, and that without a contest. Very humbly I say, for heavy responsibility will rest upon every member of this new Parliament, which will have to deal with questions of the gravest moment, and of the deepest concern tio the future welfare, if not to the very existence of our Empire. The settlement in the immediate future of those countries now or lately in arms against us, to bring to them not only peace but goodwill among men, and to enable our foes to appreciate the true freedom which exists under the British flag is no light undertaking; and the wise application to our Army system of the lessons taught us in that war is another task which may try our system of Parliamentary Government in no common degree. I am glad to know from some of the names which appear on the nomination papers which I handed in to-day that the great constituency which has given me a share in this most honourable but most responsible duty looks far beyond the petty pitfalls of mere party politics; and while not forgetting those domestic questions and local interests which rightly have a claim upon me, I shall make the welfare of our country my chief concern, and seeking to build upon the best and surest foundation, I shall endeavour as your representative to discharge in some measure that debt of gratitude which we owe to our soldiers, our people and our colonies, who in the time of need have rallied to their country’s flag in a manner which has been the admiration of the civilised world, and will be the priceless inheritance of those who come after us. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your obliged and faithful servant, J. H. JOHNSTONE Bignor Park, October 3rd, 1900 _________________________________________________________________________________ T H E N O M I N A T I O N P A P E R S FOLLOWING ARE A COMPLETE LIST OF THE NOMINATION PAPERS, 43 IN ALL:- No. 1 NOMINATION (HORSHAM) Proposer, Edward Ingram Bostock, Seconder, Henry Padwick, Assentors: A. C. Oddie, G. H. Barnes, F. L. H. Lyon, James Marley, II. P Thorpe, Herbert Agate, N. M. MacLeod, A. Jupp. No. 2 NOMINATION (PETWORTH) Proposer, Herbert Edward Watson, Petworth, Seconder, Herbert Edward Jones, Petworth, Assentors: J. C. W. Bell, J. w. Stedman, M. Milton, H. J. Sutton, H. Whitcomb, W. H. Maybank, William Sutton, Alfred A. Knight. NO. 3 NOMINATION (HORSHAM) Proposer, William Lintott, Horsham. Seconder, Robert Hunt. Assentors: G. Dendy, W. D. Baker, Edward Smith, Henry Agate, g. F. King, C. J. King, W. S. Russell, E. H. Hewlins. NO. 4 NOMINATION (MIDHURST) Proposer, William Haslam, Easebourne, Midhurst. Seconder, Rev. J. K. Copmmin, Easebourne, Midhurst. Assentors: B. S. A. Challen, Albert e. Peters, H. R. Rudkin, James Ford, C. O. Goeden, C. Goble, Charles S. Stedman, James Hersey. NO. 5 NOMINATION (CRAWLEY AND IFIELD) Proposer, John Goddard, The Elms, Ifield. Seconder, Henry Hobson Finch, Goffs Hill, Ifield. Assentors: Archie E. Tayolor, William Caffin, Charles BN, Knox, James Teulon, gilbert Gardner, Thomas Bartley, John Leach, Jun., Charles James Ockenden. PULBOROUGH Proposer, Ernest George Foot, Pulborough Seconder, Edmund George King, Pulborough Assentors: L. N. Cordebn, H. Stilwell, A. T. Albery (Horsham), A. Knight, T. Cameron, G. F. Marsh (Horsham), S. Killick, C. S. Child. IFIELD Proposer, George Arthur Trist, Prestwood Cottage, Ifield. Seconder, Thomas Wakefield Binyon, Ifield Rectory. Assentors: James Ede, John Lock, Charles Trill, W. Warren, F. Penfold, Stephen Warren, John King, Albert King. MIDHURST Proposer, John Mullins, Midhurst. Seconder, Robert Colgate Holman, North Street, Midhurst. Assentors: S. M. Campbell, C. H. Bowyer, G. Roynon, Frederick Allin, John Fish, Arthur Farley, B. W. Lewis, A. H. Gillham. SELHAM Proposer, Reginald Garton Wilbberforce, Lavington House, Petworth Seconder, Arthur Drury, Graffham. Assentors: Charles Lucas, Lodsworth, F. A. Duck, A. J. Blaker, W. P. M. Dennett, Rowley Lascelles, Eli Smith, W. Bridger, W. Cresswell. HORSHAM Proposer, Charles Rowland, 43 East Street, Horsham. Seconder, James Bolton, 77, Park-street, Horsham. Assentors: William Hull, C. O. Hancock, Thomas Kent, G. Rowland, W. H. Fawn, J. F. Botting, W. Reading (Manningsheath), Charles Nightingale. PETWORTH Proposer, Baker Teddy Austen, Petworth. Seconder, William David Morgan, Petworth. Assentors: Frank Rogers, G. Steggles, William Moyer, John Pollard, George Thomas Suter, M. E. Pearson, S. E. Letchford, F. G. Otway. HORSHAM Proposer, Moses Brooks, St. Leonards-road, Horsham. Seconder, Henry Lindfield, St. Leonard’s-road, Horsham. Assentors: Frederick Dewdney, J. Masters, F. Langridge, Frederick Stoner, J. Bishop, J. Seagrave, Frederick Scrase, James Foreman. PETWORTH Proposer, Henry Eager, Petworth. Seconder, Henry Green, Petworth. Assentors: Charles Bishop, Abel Nevatt, Charles Older, James Woods, James Cooper, Harry Paris, Charles Bishop, jun., John C. Gallop. ROFFEY Proposer, J. F. Cole, Rusper-road, Seconder, Charles Bailey, Star Inn, Roffey. Assentors: W. H. Boyd, George Burstow, James Soper, W. Liley, George Lane, Robert Daubney, Habby Langley, O. Budgeon. BILLINGSHURST Proposer, Robert Morris, Five Oaks, Billingshurst. Seconder, Wiliam Henry Bubert, High-street, Billingshurst. Assentors: Harry Towse, W. H. Puttock, James Balchin, Edward Ireland, J. Luxford, A. D. Dale, Jesse Steere, Walter Joyes. BURY Proposer, John Edward Sale, Bury. Seconder, Thomas Anthony Morris, Bury. Assentors: Vernon Wethered, James Muggeridge, George Ruff, Charles Kilhams, George Parlett, Arthur John Giles, Thomas Barnard, Henry Henly. KIRDFORD Proposer, Osborne Barwell, Barkfold, Kirdford. Seconder, Erskine Alexander Birrell, Kirdford Vicarage. Assentors: Eli Thayre, Henry Wadey, Charles Randall, Alfred Reed, Walter Brooke, Percy Ford, John Marshall, Austin Ireland. COWFOLD Proposer, Herbert Addington Rigg, Wallhurst, Cowfold. Seconder, Alfred James Baker, Cowfold. Assentors: W. H. Gravely, T. G. Fowler, W. C. Fowler, W. T. Duke, M. Humphrey, A. Hedgecock, E. Stoner, E. Skinner. COCKING Proposer, Charles Turner, Didling, Midhurst. Seconder, Gilbert Eames, Linch, Benton, Midhurst. Assentors: L. Knight, f,. W. J. Tier, H. Richards, Daniel Madgwick, S. Bartlett, G. Bartlett, J. Redman, Richard Sharman. RUSPER Proposer, Roger Edgeworth, the Rectory, Rusper. Seconder, Reuben Barbey, Puck’s Croft, Rusper. Assentors: W. Pocock, P. Streeter, W. Martin, W. Winchester, H. G. Thome, C. Alloway, Wm. Mitchell, Chas Martin. LOWER BEEDING Proposer, Frederick William Longman, Beedcote, Lower Beeding. Seconder, William Russell, Crab Tree. Assentors: E. Stenning, H. E. Wigmore, W. Edwards, P. Gillson, Joseph Martin, H. Humphrey, William Nye, William J. Mitchell. RUDGWICK Proposer, Benjamin Joseph Drury, The Vicarage, Rudgwick. Seconder, Frank Boxall, Church Hill House, Rudgwick. Assentors: F. Barker, William Tate, D. A. Jackson, C. Sendall, E. C. Cowdery, A. E. Merry, W. Page, Edwin Stanford. SHIPLEY Proposer, Edward Stanley Arkle, The Vicarage, Shipley. Seconder, William Thomas Bacon Assentors: H. Summersell, William Hobbs, F. F. W. Summersell, James Watts, E. W. Good, W. Merritt, James Greenfield, E. Thompson. SLINFOLD Proposer, Harold Child, Slinfold. Seconder, George Laurie Fogo, Slinfold. Assentors: J. C. West, F. Wadey, H. Garton, W. Herrington, W. Grinsted, W. Brown, H. Holloway, W. J. Wood. ITCHINGFIELD Proposer, Edward Holin Hawes, Hook, Itchingfield. Seconder, John Moses, The Vicarage, Itchingfield. Assentors: C. Cooper, W. H. Gentle, William J. Burdfield, S. Killick, S. W. Harman, W. Stovell, E. Joyce, A. Ward. WARNHAM Proposer, Henry Harben, Knight, Warnham Lodge. Seconder, Richard Bowcott, the Vicarage, Warnham. Assentors: W. Massie, George Oyston, Thomas Mann, Felix Edwards, Walter Botting, H. J. Osbourn, J. Taylor, W. Street. WEST GRINSTEAD Proposer, James Rolls Hoare, West Grinstead Park. Seconder, Reginal Bridges Knatchbull-Hugesson, West Grinstead. Assentors: S. Stevens, J. M. Cazenove, A. Greenfield, Stephen Tidy, E. Ambrose, W. H. Sherlock, George Mitchell, David Harding. FITTLEWORTH Proposer, Richard Mounteney Jephson, Fittleworth House, Fittleworth. Seconder, Henry Frederick Debede, Brookdean, Pulborough. Assentors: R. Picknell, J. Conner, Charles Wild, Henry King, Stanley Hart, Thomas Steen, George Taylor, James Hunt. DUNCTON Proposer, Frank Turner, Duncton, Petworth. Seconder, George Mason, Duncton. Assentors: Joseph Robinson, James Connor, Henry Court, Joseph Connor, Anthony Connor, Albert E. Gooden, David Denn, Richard Knight. NORTHCHAPEL Proposer, John Gibbons Edgar, Stag Park, Petworth. Seconder, Aubrey Joseph Odell Paine, Lurgashall, Petworth. Assentors: William goble, George Court, Oliver Heather, Charles short, Thomas Standing, Arthur Philip McLachlan, Edwin Warren, Thomas Keen. PETWORTH Proposer, Julius Loten Knight, Petworth. Seconder, John Bartholomew Nevatt, Petworth. Assentors: Andrew Caldecott, Thomas Greenfield, Henry Meeten, William Gumbrill, George Edwin Chad, Walter Barnes, J. J. Towec. ROGATE Proposer, Charles Thomas Lane, Dangstein, Petersfield. Seconder, Lieut.-Col. Charles John Wyndham, Heathfield, Midhurst. Assentors: K. Chandler, S. W. Varndell, R. Bridger, W. Baker, G. W. Frisby, H. Todman, P. C. Taylor, N. Marshall. WISBOROUGH GREEN Proposer, George Hugh Wyndham, K.C.M.G., C.B. Rogate Lodge, Reigate. Seconder, Rev. J. Francis Ashton, Trotton