Algernon William Warren (1821 - 1883)

Born 18 Feb 1821 in Camarthen, Camartheshire, Wales

Ancestors

Husband of Cecil (Thomas) Warren — married about 3 Apr 1850 in Clifton, Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Died 15 Apr 1883 at age 62 in Clifton, Bristol, England, United Kingdom

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Born 18 Feb 1821, Carmarthen, Carmearthensire, Wales, the son of Thomas Warren and Nancy Kingston. Baptised 16 Mar 1821, Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom^{[1] [2]}

Married Cecil Thomas, 3 Apr 1850, Portland-street chapel, Kingsdown, Bristol, England. ^{[3][4] [5]} After their marriage they resided in Bristol, where they had nine children together. ^[6][7][8]

Algernon was in business with his father as a wholesale Druggist . He was also director of the Bristol Port and Channel Dock Company ^[9]. Public Spirited, he was a Town Councillor for Bristol for the ward of Redcliffe ^[10], 1858 - 1861, and 1863 – 1871^[11][12]. He sat on many committees including the School Board, The Poor Corporation, The Chamber of Commerce, & The Nonconformist’s Society. President of the Cambrian Society, the Caledonian Society and President of the Anchor society ^[13] He was also a J.P.^[14]. He campaigned for the abolition of Capital Punishment. ^[15]

Died 15 Apr 1883, Clifton, Bristol, England, aged 62 years. ^{[16] [17] [18] [19]} Buried Arnos Vale Cemetery. ^{[20] [21]}

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1. ↑ England & Wales Non-Conformist Births and Baptisms, London, England; Archive reference: TNA/RG/5/167; Piece description Parchment certificate nos: 1001-1200; Denomination Wesleyan Methodist
   William Algernoon, son of Thos Warren, of the County of the Borough of Carmarthen, & Nancy his Wife was Born 18 February 1821 & Baptised 16th March 1821 by me, Jonathon Turner.
2. ↑ The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; General Register Office: Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths Surrendered to the Non-Parochial Registers Commissions of 1837 and 1857; Class Number: RG 4; Piece Number: 4677
   No: 1049; Algernon William the son of Thomas Warren of …. In the parish of …. In the Borough of Carmarthen and Nancy his wife, who was the daughter of John and Jane Kingston was born at Carmarthen the Eighteenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty one at whose birth were present John Williams, Surgeon and Mary Jones and was also solemnly baptised with water, in the name of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, on the sixteenth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty one at Carmarthen by Johnathan Turner. Registered this seventeenth of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty one by me, Thomas Blanchard, Registrar.
3. ↑ https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl
   Marriages Jun 1850; Warren, Algernon William; Spouse: Thomas, Cecil: District: Clifton: Vol: 11; Page: 379
4. ↑ https://newspapers.library.wales/view/4347099/4347102/22/
   The Welshman, 5 Apr 1850
   MARRIED. On the 3d inst., at Portland Chapel, Bristol, by the Rev. Dr. Etheredge, Algernon William, son of Thomas Warren, Esq of this town, to Cecil, youngest daughter of Thomas Thomas, Esq., Kingsdown, Bristol.
5. ↑ https://newspapers.library.wales/view/3089715/3089718/27/
   The Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian Glamorgan Monmouth and Brecon Gazette, 6 Apr 1850
   MARRIAGES. March 3, at Portland-street chapel, Kingsdown, by Dr. Etheridge, Mr. Algernon W. Warren, of Bristol, to Miss Cecil Thomas, youngest daughter of Thos. Thomas, Esq., of Kingsdown Parade, Bristol.
6. ↑ Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1851. Class: HO107; Piece: 1955; Folio: 53; Page: 14; GSU roll: 87355
   St Augustine, Bristol, England
   Algernon W Warren; Head; male; Married; 30, abt 1821; Wholesale Druggist & Merchant; St Peters, Carmarthenshire, Wales
   Cecil Warren; Wife; Female; Married; 32, abt 1819; llangedock, Carmarthenshire, Waled
   Cecil A Warren; Daughter; Female; 2 Mo, abt 1851; Westbury, Bristol
   Eliza Bellamy; Servant; Female; Widow; 32, abt 1819; Monthly Nurse; Westbury, Bristol
   Jane Eartmead; Servant; Female; Single; 24, abt 1827; House Servant; Actalinvill, Golucestershire
   Elizabeth Eames; Servant; Female; single; 20, abt 1831; Nursemaid; Wilitson, Somerset
   Civil Parish: Westbury on Trym; County/Island: Gloucestershire; Country: England; Registration District: Clifton; Sub-registration District: Westbury; ED, institution, or vessel: 1b; Household Schedule Number: 43; Piece: 1955; Folio: 53; Page Number: 14
7. ↑ Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1861. Class: RG 9; Piece: 1724; Folio: 52; Page: 4; GSU roll: 542857
   Clifton, Britol, England
   Algernon W Warren; Head; Male; Married; 40, abt 1821; Wolesale Druggist; St. Peters, Carmarthenshire
   Cecil Warren; Wife; Female; Married; 42, abt 1829; Llangdock, Carmarthenshire
   Cecil A Warren; Daughter; Female; 10, abt 1851; Scholrar; Westbury, Bristol
   Thomas H Warren; Son; Male; 7, abt 1854; Scholrar; Westbury, Bristol
   Algernon Warren Daughter; 5, abt 1856; Scholrar; Westbury, Bristol
   Edward P Warren Daughter; 4, abt 1857; Scholrar; Westbury, Bristol
   Mary B Warren Daughter; 3, abt 1858; St Augustine, Bristol
   Anna L Warren Daughter; 2, abt 1859; St Augustine, Bristol
   Edith B Warren Daughter; 10 mths, abt 1860; St Augustine, Bristol
   Jane Cole; Servant; Female; Single; 30, abt 1831; Cook; Sortworth, Gloster
   Levinia Notham; Female; Single; 25, abt 1836; Nurse; Bridgewater
   Ann Gibbon; Female; Single; 28, abt 1833; Housemaid; St Clares, Carmathen
   Elizabeth Thompson; Female; Single; 21, abt 1840; Nursemaid; Bristol
   Civil parish: Bristol St Augustine; Ecclesiastical parish: Brandon Hill St George; Town: Bristol; County/Island: Gloucestershire; Country: England; Registration district: Bristol; Sub-registration district: St Augustine; ED, institution, or vessel: 19; Household schedule number: 18; Piece: 1724; Folio: 52; Page number: 4
8. ↑ Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1871. The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1871 England Census; Class: RG10; Piece: 2544; Folio: 65; Page: 13; GSU roll: 835258
   Clifton, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
   Algernon W Warren; Head; Male; Married; 50, abt 1821; Merchant & Wholesale Druggist; Carmarthenshire Wales
   Cecile Warren; Wife; Female; Married; 52, abt 1819; Wife of above: Llangdock, Carmarthenshire, Wales
   Cecile A Warren; Daughter; Female; Single; 20, abt 1851; Daughter of above; Bristol
   Thos H Warren; Son; Male; Single; 17, abt 1854; Student; Bristol
   Algernon Warren; Son; Male; Single; 15, abt 1856; Student; Bristol
   Edward P Warren; Son; Male; Single; 14, abt 1857; Student; Bristol
   Mary D Warren; Daughter; Female; Single; 13, abt 1858; Student; Bristol
   Anna L Warren; Daughter; Female; Single; 12, abt 1859; Student; Bristol
   Edith B Warren; Daughter; Female; Single; 10, abt 1861; Student; Bristol
   Ann Jenkins; Servant; Female; 26, abt 1845; Servant, General; Radyr, Glamoganshire
   Elizabeth Witt; Servant; Female; 19, abt 1852; Servant, General; Beistue
   Martha Coward; Servant; Female; 17, abt 1854; Servant, General; Southam, Warwickshire
   Civil parish: Clifton; Ecclesiastical parish: Emanuel; Town: Bristol; County/Island: Gloucestershire; Country: England; Registration district: Clifton; Sub-registration district: Clifton; ED, institution, or vessel: 19; Household schedule number: 60; Piece: 2544; Folio: 65; Page number:13
9. ↑ "BRISTOL PORT AND CHANNEL DOCK COMPANY." Bristol Mercury, 1 Mar. 1883. British Library Newspapers.
   BRISTOL PORT AND CHANNEL DOCK COMPANY. The half yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at the offices, Royal Insurance Buildings, Corn-street, Mr. Charles Nash, the chairman of the board of directors, presiding over a moderate attendance. …. He (Mr. Nash) was sorry to say that Mr. Algernon Warren was anxious to be relieved from the office of director, and his colleagues very much regretted his leaving.
10. ↑ "Nominations for the Forthcoming Elections." Western Daily Press, 31 Oct. 1862, p. 2. British Library Newspapers.
    "Nominations for the Forthcoming Elections Redcliff – Mr. Algernon William Warren, Great George’s Street, St. Augustine’s, Bristol."
11. ↑ "Sir Morton Peto and the English Capitalists." Western Daily Press, 7 Oct. 1865, p. 2. British Library Newspapers.
    “THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS – The following gentlemen retire on the first of November as members of the Town Council, their terms of office expiring on that day …Redcliff: Mr Algernon William Warren, St Augustine”
12. ↑ "Municipal Elections." Western Daily Press, 2 Nov. 1865, p. 3. British Library Newspapers.
    “MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS – BRISTOL
    There were no contests for the election of Town Councillors in any of the wards yesterday. The following gentlemen, therefore were re-elected: - …Algernon William Warren.”
13. ↑ "Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries." Bristol Mercury, 16 Apr. 1883. British Library Newspapers.
    “DEATH OF MR ALGERNON W. WARREN, J.P.
    There are, we are sure, very few citizens of Bristol who will not participate in the grief with which we record the death yesterday morning, under comparatively sudden circumstances, of one of the best known and most useful of our public men, Mr Algernon W. Warren. Not very many days have elapsed since the deceased gentleman appeared amongst the speakers at the annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, and, contrary to his usage for some years past, he also accepted an invitation to and was present at the banquet of that association at the Grand Hotel. Still more recently he appeared in the city in the discharge of his public duties, sitting on Wednesday as one of the magistrates at the Police-court. He had been in delicate health for a long time past, suffering from a chronic bronchial affection which necessitated his being very watchful over himself. In the early part of the past week, he felt rather worse than usual, but not considering himself unwell enough to lie by, and making it a rule never to shrink any public duty when he was able to perform it, he officiated In the way already mentioned. On returning from the Police-court to his home in the evening he felt a good deal exhausted, and it was deemed prudent to call for medical assistance, and Dr Prichard and is son (Mr A W Prichard) were summoned, and attended him. We are told that neither his family not his medical … considered that he was in any immediate danger. At between five and six o’clock yesterday morning, however, Mrs Warren thought that his breathing was more feeble than usual, and, a feeling of alarm being … in her mind, messengers were despatched to require Dr Prichard’s attendance. Unhappily the arrest of death was too near to be resisted, and Mr Warren duly afterwards breathed his last. Mr Warren (who as the head of the old established firm od A. W. and J. Warren, wholesale chemists) was, we believe, a Welshman by birth – at any rate, he took a deep interest in Welsh matters, and served as president of the Cambrian Society, and he was a man of more than usual ability, and of a singular straightforwardness and honesty of purpose. IN commercial matters he belonged to the party of progress, and his death will be a real loss to the Liberal Party, of which he was through life an attached as a leading member, and in connection with which he is 18… served as president of the Anchor Society. Mr Warren served the city of the Municipal chamber, as well as on the magisterial bench, having sat in the Council of Redcliff ward from 1858 to 1861, and again from 1863 to 1871, and at the time of his death he was one o the representatives of the North St. Phillip’s and having been returned by that constituency at the last election in 1880. He had been in the commission of the peace rather over eight years. It will be seen from the announcement of our obituary column that Mr Warren had hardly passed the prime of life.”
14. ↑ Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1881. Class: RG11; Piece: 2482; Folio: 71; Page: 5; GSU roll: 1341597
    4 Lansfield Villas, Clifton, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
    Algernon W. Warren; Head; Male; Married; 60, abt 1821; Magistrate, Town Councillor, Merchant Drugs Drysalter Oils &C; Carmarthenshire, Wales
    Cecil Warren; Female; Married; 62, abt 1819; Llange Dock
    Cecil A. Warren; Daughter; Female; Single; 30, abt 1851; Bristol
    Algernon Warren; Son; Male; Single; 25, abt 1856; Merchant Drugs Drysalter Oils &C; Bristol
    Mary D. Warren; Daughter; Female; Single; 23, abt 1858; Bristol
    Anna L. Warren; Daughter; Female; Single; 22, abt 1859; Student Somervill Hall, Oxford; Bristol
    Edith B. Warren; Daughter; Female; Single; 20, abt 1861; Bristol
    Lucy E. Latcham; Servant; Female; Single; 25, abt 1856; Cook, Domestic; Wedmore, somerset
    Mary E. Rogers; Servant; Female; Single; 27, abt 2854; Parlour maid, Domestic; Bristol
    Elizabeth Shore; Servant; Female; Single; 25, abt 1856; Housemaid, Domestic; Bruton, Somerset
    Civil Parish: Clifton; County/Island: Gloucestershire; Country: England; Registration District: Barton Regis; ED, institution, or vessel: 21; Piece: 2482; Folio: 71; Page Number: 5
15. ↑ "Advertisements & Notices." Bristol Mercury, 6 Nov. 1847. British Library Newspapers.
    “ABOLITION OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT, At a PUBLIC MEETING, held in the LARGE-ROOM, BROADMEAD, Bristol on WEDNESDAY, THE 3RD OF November, 1847, JOHN KERLE HABERFIELD, esq., in the Chair, the following Resolutions were unanimously passed, viz:- Moved by the Right Hon. Lord NUGENT, seconded by GEORGE THOMAS, Esq., 1st. That the Punishment of Death is indefensible alike on the ground of true policy, morality, and Christianity, and ought to be immediately abolished.
    Moved by Mr. CHARLES GILPIN, seconded by the Rev. J.P. HAM, 2ND. That the following Petition to the House of Commons be adopted by this Meeting, and intrusted to the Members of the City for presentation, with a request that they well support its prayer.
    PETITION. To the Honourable the Commons of Great Britain and Ireland, in the Parliament assembled. The Undersigned Inhabitants of the City of Bristol and its Vicinity, respectfully showeth – That, in the opinion of your Petitioners, the Punishment of Death is opposed to the spirit of Christianity; that it does not answer its won design; that its effects are demoralising; that it sometimes involves the destruction of the Innocent by judicial process, and at others favours the escape of the Guilty – thus promoting the crimes it was intended to repress. Your Petitioners, therefore pray that some other punishment, befitting a Civilised and Christian State, may be provided in its stead, &c.
    Moved by Mr. S.T.HALL, seconded by the Rev. G.H.DAVIS. 3rd. That the following Gentlemen constitute a Committee to take charge of the Petition, and to obtain Signatures; and to promote as occasion may offer, the Abolition of the Punishment of Death:- (Along with 13 others) Algernon Warren
16. ↑ https://newspapers.library.wales/view/3515556/3515559/83/
    South Wales Daily News, Monday, 16 Apr 1883
    DEATH OF MR ALGERNON WARREN, OF BRISTOL. On Sunday, Mr Algernon Warren, one of the leading citizens of Bristol, died after a few days' illness. The deceased, who was 62 years old, was born at Carmarthen, where his family were well known, his father having been a resident there and a prominent member of the Wesleyan Methodist connexion. He was at one time a foreign missionary, and then started in business as a druggist. Mr Algernon Warren carried on a similar wholesale business in Bristol for some years. He was a magistrate and member of the town council, and sat on the bench on Wednesday last. He married a sister of Mr Christopher Thomas, and leaves a widow and six children, one of them, Mr Thomas Herbert Warren, a fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford. Deceased was a large shareholder in the Taff Vale Railway Company, and in variably took an active part at their meetings. He had been president of the Bristol Cambrian Society and the Caledonian Society. On Sunday morning, his brother-in-law, Mr. Charles Thomas, director of the Midland Railway Company, was telegraphed for at Southerdown, near Bridgend, where he had only gone the previous day. He arrived in Bristol on Sunday evening
17. ↑ "News." Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette, 19 Apr. 1883, p. 5. British Library Newspapers.
    Deaths: Mr. Algernon William Warren, a well known inhabitant of Bristol, and a member of the Town Council, has just died at his residence, Lanesfield, Downside-road, Clifton, at the age of 62.”
18. ↑ "Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries." Western Daily Press, 17 Apr. 1883, p. 5. British Library Newspapers.
    THE DEATH Of MR ALGERNON WARREN At the Bristol police court yesterday references was made to the lamented death of Mr A W Warren, which took place on Sunday. Mr George. Wills said: The magistrates cannot allow the business of the court to commence without expressing, their deep grief at the loss they have sustained in the death of their excellent colleague, Mr Algernon Warren. He has been taken almost suddenly from us, and although he has been an invalid for some years there was nothing in his state which caused any anxiety as to his immediate dissolution. We have lost a most valuable colleague, a man of the highest integrity and the clearest views, and I am sure all connected with the business of this court will agree with us and sympathise with us in the very great loss we have sustained. Mr Gore, the magistrates' clerk, endorsed the words of regret expressed by Mr Wills, and said he would convey the sympathy of the magistrates to Mr Warren’s family. The late Mr Algernon Warren leaves three sons and three daughters, the second son, Mr Algernon Warren having been for many years associated with his father as a partner in the business.
19. ↑ https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/#wills
    WARREN Algernon William. Personal Estate £21,605 5s. 29 May. The Will of Algernon William Warren late of 4 Downside-road Clifton and of 23 and 24 Redcliff-street both in the City of Bristol Wholesale Druggist who died 15 April 1883 at 4 Downside-road was proved at Bristol by Thomas Herbert Warren of Magdalen College in the City of Oxford Fellow and tutor of Magdalen College and Algernon Warren of 23 and 24 Redcliff-street Wholesale Druggist the Sons two of the Executors.
20. ↑ "FUNERAL OF MR. ALGERNON WARREN." Bristol Mercury, 20 Apr. 1883. British Library Newspapers.
    FUNERAL OF MR. ALGERNON WARREN. The funeral of. the late Mr. Algernon W. Warren: whose lamented death we noticed on Monday last, took place yesterday at Arne's Vale cemetery, and was attended by a thoroughly representative assemblage, aptly illustrative of the prominent part the deceased gentleman had for years taken in all great public movements of the city and the high appreciation of his sterling qualities and that patriotic spirit which led him to associate himself with any movement that had for its object the advancement of the city which he served with such unswerving fidelity. It has been said that those who knew him most intimately had the most regard for him, and could best understand his kindly nature, his keen sense of humour, and that bright play of fancy so strangely associated with his robust thought, and that sturdy strength with which he threw himself into the front of any struggle for what he deemed to be right. The Magistracy, the Chamber of Commerce, the Bristol Liberal Association, the City Council, the Nonconformists' Association of the city, and other religious denominations; his constituents in St. Philips, and other bodies were represented in the assemblage which gathered round his grave; while in the city. itself there were tokens that he who had just passed away was not with out honour in the place to whose interests he had so greatly devoted himself. The funeral carriages left, Lanesfield, Downside, Durdham-down, at 11 o'clock, and the private carriages of several friends followed them. In the first carriage were - The Rev. Arnold Thomas, the Rev, Urijah R. Thomas, and Mr. S. H. Leonard, Second carriage - Mr. Herbert Warren, Mr. Algernon Warren, Mr. Edward Warren (the sons of the deceased), and Mr. William Warren (a brother). Third carriage - Mr, Herbert Thomas, Mr, Robert Brodie, Mr. Charles Thomas, and Mr. Harry Thomas, Fourth carriage - Mr. Christopher James. Mr. Howard Thomas, Mr. John James, and Mr. G. H. Leonard. This was followed by the Mayor's carriage and others, At the cemetery were:-The Rev, J, Penny, the Rev. J, E, Judson (Clutton), the Rev. A. N. Blatchford; Messrs, S. Day Wills, J. Bartlett, and Mark Whitwill, representing the Bristol Nonconformist’s Association, of which Mr. Bartlett is hon. secretary, and of which deceased had for many years been a member. Amongst the magistrates were Messrs. E. S. Robinson, G. H. Leonard, Herbert Thomas, T. Wedmore, and F. J. Fry, with Mr. T. HolmesGore (magistrates' clerk), and Mr. J. F. Williams. The Chamber of Commerce was represented by its president (Mr. C. Felce Here), Mr. Henry Daniel, Mr. A. Levy, Mr. W. Lane, &c. Amongst others present were Dr. Lansdown, Mr. A. Britten, Mr. G. F, Powell. Mr. I C, Garton, Mr. E. Perry, Mr. T. Adams, Messrs. F. Y. Oaten, F. A. Aberson (Netherlands Consul), A. Pope, J. Newman, T. Crew, T. Grundy, 0. Lasbury, E. Wedmore, E. F. Laweg, W. Berry, James Stewart, J. Dibble, W. Lunt Carpenter, J. Gould, and T. Pakeman; and representing the establishment in Redcliff street were Messrs. R, Heynes and G. Quarrington, E. Atterbury, F. Angel, and C. Mahle, of the commercial staff; and Nelson, Hancock, Walsh, and all the employees. These joined in the long procession to the chapel, which was crowded. There the Rev, U. B. Thomas read the burial service in earnest tones and impressive manner, The Rev Arnold Thomas, following, said:- it is with one feeling and one desire that we meet today within the solemn shadow of death, a feeling of unfeigned sadness as it comes over us, that we have looked for the last time in this world upon the face of a trusted friend, and a desire to do honour to the memory of one who ought not speedily to be forgotten. It would offend judgment, and jar upon our sense of what is decorous if, at such an hour as this, if we were to give to the lips all the license that sorrow and affection seem to claim, and multiply the praises of him who lies now so silent in our midst. Moreover, another verdict than ours has already been pronounced upon. his character and life, “Behold, his witness is in heaven, and his record is on high," The Lord, the Righteous Judge, will say what must be said. And yet it may be permitted to us, and may I afford some relief to the burthened heart, to say what we feel as we remember today our brother of whom we have been bereft. We acknowledge his public spirit. We mourn him as a citizen, who devoted himself to the service of this ancient city, and whose knowledge of affairs, whose capacity for business, whose clearness of perceptions, whose force of utterance combined to make him a foremost man in our councils and our enterprises. How genuine, how constant was his concern for the public good. He loved his own home, but he believed it to a be his duty to go out into the world and to serve the State, and, when occasion demanded, to battle for the principal political, social, religions - which commended themselves to his understanding and his conscience. His was not the fugitive and cloistered virtue, unexercised and unbreathed, that never sallies out and meets her adversary. He was a brave man, an advocate of peace, yet with the fearless temper and the heroic spirit of the true soldier. He was a soldier, and he fought a I good light, and under the right general. It may be that the vigour and energy of his warfare had sometimes the appearance of severity, and it may be that there was a keen edge to his words when he spoke In the heat of debate, but who doubts, who ever doubted, his honesty, or the great kindness of his heart? Who does not honour him to-day for his independence, for his courage, and, not least, for his stubborn and noble integrity? For it is not the blessed memory of the just which we cherish of him? Commerce, as he viewed it, and in his relations with it, was something more and something better than money making. It was a public service, not a selfish scramble, and a service to be rendered with clean hands and a pure heart. There were things he would not do, there were things he could not do, being the man that he was. There were arts that others might practice if they would. It was not for him to stoop to them, and if he paid for his self-respect he was willing to pay. It was not necessary that he should amass a fortune; It was necessary a that he should avoid old crooked ways and all unscrupulous devices, The thing that was true he would say. The thing that was right he would do. He sought but duty's iron crown. By God's grace he would live and die, an honest man. But this was not all. Much might be said also by those who knew him best of his zeal for education, of his appreciation of all sound learning; of his love for the ancient tongues, of which he had no mean knowledge; of his cultivated taste, of his gift for verse, of his delight in all that was beautiful and rare, of his sincere and practical sympathy with whatever things were pure, and lovely, and of good report. He was a Puritan, but of Milton's school. Nor need we forbear to speak, even amid the solemnities of this hour, of his ready wit, his quick perception of life's manifold contrasts and incongruities, half ludicrous, half sorrowful. and his rich fund of humour, which was never course, but never tame. Upright, but not austere, grave but gay also, righteous as a Hebrew prophet, but gentle withal and tender hearted - this was our friend, as we think that we know him. But beyond all this, and accounting for very much of it, he had, as we rejoice to know, a simple and deeply-rooted faith in God as his Maker and his Saviour. He spoke little of that for which he cared for most, but those who lived in intimate fellowship with him knew well that he passed his days in the fear of God. A man among men, he was content to receive the kingdom of Heaven as a little child. Therefore, we bury his body in peace and in good hope, sorrowing, but not with the sorrow of despair, bewailing our loss, but giving thanks for his gain. And while we pray that the God of all comfort will he the strength and the refuge of the widow and the desolate children, whom we venture to assure of our most respectful and heartfelt sympathy, we bless also the name of the great Giver for the friend whom we have honoured, whom we have loved, whose memory will ever be fragrant to us, and whom we hope to greet again on some happier day and in some fairer world. At the grave the Rev. Arnold Thomas continued the impressive service, and the Rev, Urijah Thomas gave the concluding prayer and blessing. Nearly all present afterwards filed round the grave to pay a last tribute to one whom they so highly esteemed. The arrangements were in accordance with the changed mode now in vogue. For the old fashioned gloomy hearse was substituted a funeral car, the glazed sides of which allowed the coffin to be seen, and none of the coaches were black ones. The massive coffin was covered with wreaths of pure white fIowers, and at each end were chaplets of primroses. The funeral arrangements were carried out by Mr. Curnock, of the Triangle, Clifton.
21. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/239879324/algernon-william-warren
    Algernon William Warren; Birth: 18 Feb 1821, Carmarthenshire, Wales; Death: 15 Apr 1883 (aged 62), Clifton, Bristol Unitary Authority, Bristol, England; Burial: Arnos Vale Cemetery and Crematorium, Arnos Vale, Bristol Unitary Authority, Bristol, England; Memorial ID: 239879324; Son of Wesleyan minister Thomas Warren. Occupation on 1871 census listed as "Merchant Wholesale Druggist."