The Royal Albert Asylum, Lancaster : a training institution for the feeble-minded belonging to Lancashire, Yorkshire, Cheshire, Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham and Northumberland forty-first annual report.

  • Royal Albert Asylum (Lancaster, England)
Date:
1905
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Credit: The Royal Albert Asylum, Lancaster : a training institution for the feeble-minded belonging to Lancashire, Yorkshire, Cheshire, Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham and Northumberland forty-first annual report. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    31 The Committee deeply regret the death of the Honorary Engineer of the Asylum, Mr. James Mansergh, C.E., F.R.S., who held the post in question for the long period of 30 years, and who was also a generous contributor to the funds. During his last illness he gave touching proof of his sympathy in the work by sending a donation of ^25 to provide special entertainments for the patients. His firm (Messrs. James Mansergh and Sons, London) have consented to act as Honorary Engineers in succession to him. Messrs. Maxsted, Gibsons and Sturton have accepted the post of Honorary Solicitors to the Asylum in succession to Mr. T. Gibson, who has temporarily removed from Lancaster, and whose services in the capacity named have been greatly appreciated by the Committee. An excellent friend has been lost by the death of Dr. Bardsley, the Lord Bishop of Carlisle, who was an active and earnest supporter from his appointment as Chairman of the Cumberland County Committee in 1892, and who was also one of the Presidents of the Institution. The present Lord Bishop of Carlisle has most kindly accepted the Chairmanship of the County Committee, and has become a President of the Institution. The Lord Bishop of Liverpool has also consented to become a President. All connected with the Institution deeply lament the death of Lady Ashton, whose interest in the welfare of the Asylum was manifested in various ways, and whose presence at the Christmas entertainments and at other times will be greatly missed. Her solicitude for the happiness and welfare of the inmates was obvious, and her loss is much regretted. Her memory will always be associated with the generosity of Lord Ashton, to whose munificence the Institution owes the noble gift of ^15,000 for the erection of the Ashton Wing. To the Newspaper Press the Asylum continues to be indebted for valuable support. Admirable articles descriptive of the Institution have appeared in The Waterloo and Crosby Herald and The Liverpool Daily Post and Mercury, graphically recording the impressions of writers who visited the place for themselves and saw the different departments in actual work. The Committee renew their urgent appeal for pulpit advocacy of the cause of the Institution. Clergymen and Death of Lady Ashton. The Press. Pulpit Advocacy.