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298 BYE-GONES. Mar. 4, 1896. his 72nd year, was the son of John Thomas Lloyd, Esq., of Stone House, Shrewsbury, and Harriet Butler, daughter of Samuel Butler, D.D., Head Master of Shrewsbury School, and afterwards Bishop of Lichfield. The Archdeacon was edu¬ cated at Shrewsbury School, proceeding thence to St. John's College, Cambridge, where he gradu¬ ated B.A. in 1846. and took his M.A. three years later. He was ordained deacon in 1848, and priest in 1849, and his first curacy was that of Lilleshall. In 1851 he was appointed Yicar of Meole Brace, which office he held until 1854, when he was ap¬ pointed Vicar and Ordinary of St. Mary's, Shrewsbury, as well as Town Preacher to the Borough, offices which he resigned in 1888, after thirty-four years of zealous and laborious dutv. For a year (1876-77) he held the chaplainship of Berwick: and from 1869 to 1886 he acted as Sec¬ retary of the Archidiaconal Conference until his appointment as Archdeacon in succession to the Ten. John Allen. In his official capacity as Archdeacon Mr Lloyd paid especial attention to the fabrics in his archdeaconry, and. in more than one case, his archaeological knowledge and judg¬ ment was of the greatest value. In 1870. Mr Llovd became Prebendarv of Freeford in Lich¬ field Cathedral, in 1873 Eural Dean of Shrews¬ bury, and in 1886 he succeeded Archdeacon Allen in the proctorship for the Shrewsbury portion of the diocese of Lichfield. In 1888 he accepted the living of Edgmond, and though he did not appear so much in public as before, he took a great in¬ terest in public affairs. He held manv offices, including the chaplainship of the Shropshire Rifle Volunteers, and he was the first Chairman of the Shrewsburv School Board, a trustee of the muni¬ cipal charities, a trustee of Allatt's School, and Chairman of the Ooverning Body at the school at which he was educated, a member of the Free Library Committee, and a member of the Shrop¬ shire Archaeological Soeietv. The Archdeacon married, in 1849. Sophia Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev P. S. Wilkinson, of Mount Oswald, Dur¬ ham, and had "five children, all of whom survive him. The only son, Mr John Bucknall Llovd. went to America some years ago: the eldest daughter married the Rev R, M. Tillard, late Rector of Rodington ; another is married to Mr Adams (Bath), and two daughters remained with their father. The funeral took place on Saturday, the remains being interred in Shrewsburv Cemetery. %hz 'gah Juhit Jenkins, (ggq., xrf ^hniUozs. In the death of Mr John Jenkins, of Penygreen, near Llanidloes, Motgo.neryshire has lost a well- known public man, and Llanidloes an old and respected inhabitant. Although for some time the deceased gentleman has relinquished his more public offices, and has devoted himself to literature, his death came quite unexpectedly to relatives and friends and universal regret was expressed on Saturday morning, February 22, when the news spread that Mr Jenkins had been found dead in bed. The previous morning found him hale, hearty and jovial, and, following his invariable custom, he paid a visit to the working men's institute to scan the morning paioers. At midday he was seized with weakness of the heart and flatulency, and on returning home the services of his mec'ical attendant, Dr Vaughan-Owen, were obtained. After temporary relief had been administered, Mr Jenkins rallied somewhat and was able to walk upstairs with his usual briskness, and apparently without much effort. About two o'clock on the Saturday morning he asked those in attendance on him to retire, as he felt better, which they did. When the maid entered the room at ten o'clock she found Mr Jenkins dead. Dr Vaughan-Owen made an external examination of the body and came to the conclusion that death had taken place more than two hours earlier, from syncope. Mr Jenkins was the second and youngest son of Mr Edw. Jenkins, flannel manufacturer, Llan¬ idloes, and was born in November, 1821. After being educated at Shrewsbury, and by private tuition, he was articled, when sixteen years of age, to Mr John Owen, solicitor, Newtown. In 1842 _ he was admitted and then settled in Llanidloes, where he practised for many years with conspicuous success. Early in his career the young lawyer became impressed with the necessity for a reform of legal procedure, and contributed to the " Eclectic Review," papers on Law Reform and Loca"l Courts. In 1845 he published a pamph¬ let on " Law Reform," which obtained the ap¬ proval of Lord Brougham, who proposed him a member of the Law Amendment Society, in which he advocated principles almost identical with the County Courts Act. On the passing of the first. Act in 1846 he was offered and accepted a registrar- ship of County Courts, including that of Aberyst¬ wyth, a position he filled up to the time of his death. He was active in establishing elementary schools in connection with the British and Foreign Schools Society, in the course of which he saw the impossibility of providing for the elementary in¬ struction of the whole population by voluntary effort, and as far back as 1848 he published a small book on "National Educatiou," advocating a measure nearly identical with the Elementary Education Act of 1870. After the passing of the Bankruptcy Act of 1869, he was appointed to exercise the judicial and administrative powers in bank ruptcv over portions of Cardigan¬ shire, Montgomeryshire, and Merionethshire, and in 1884 he was appointed a District Registrar of the High Court of Justice. He held the Registrarship of the Aberystwyth Court, as we have said, up to the time of his death, and was one of the few surviving regis¬ trars appointed under the County Court Act of 1846, a period of fifty years. In 1882 his nephew, Mr Joseph Davies, was appointed joint- registrar with him. Mr Jenkins was also author of "The Laws relating to Re¬ ligious Liberty" (1880), and "The Laws con- cerning Religious Worship," and "Mortmain and Charitable Uses " (1885). In 1873 he edited an interesting work entitled "Poetry of Wales," which contained English translations of some of