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- Sheffield Daily Telegraph, Tuesday, 28 September 1880
Funeral of The Late Mr. William Bass
The remains of Mr. William Bass, brother to the senior member for Derby, took place at Duffield yesterday. A large number of the inhabitants assembled in the churchyard to pay their last respects to the memory of the deceased, who had only recently gone to live amongst them. mr. Hamar bass, M.P. for Tramworth, represented his father, Mr. M.T. Bass, M.P., who as well as Mr. Arthur Bass, M.P., was unable to be repsent in consequence of a recent accident. The mourners also include Mr. Roger Bass, Mr. T.W. Evans, M.P., Mrs. J.F. Cheetham, M.P., & c., The funeral service was read by the Rev. F.W. Moore, Vicar of Duffield, and as the coffin was being lowered into the grave a wreath of immortelles was put upon it by Dr. Hoskins. The undertakers were Messrs. Thurman and Makin, of Derby, and Mr. Borrey, of the same town, supplied th horses. The funeral was, in accordance with the request of the deceased?s family, quite private.
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Bassett Family Association Database
1801 - 1880 (79 years)