DIED. SILVER.--7th March, from a relapse after congestion of the lungs, Stephen William Silver, of Letcombe Manor, Wantage, Berks, and 3, York-gate, Regent's-park, in his 86th year. No flowers, by request. (London Daily New, 10 Mar 1905, p1)
Mr Stephen William Silver, a well-known Berkshire man, who died at his residence, Letcombe Manor, Wantage, was for many years the head of the well-known Australasian firm of S.W. Silver and Co., of Cornhill. During the fifties of the last century, and long after the firm did an enormous official and private business with Australia, and the late Mr Silver's reminiscences of these busy times were always of the highest interest. Mr Silver was an enthusiastic book-collector, and his fine library of over 5,000 volumes at his town house, 3, York Gate, is one of the most comprehensive of its kind in private hands. The library is specially noteworthy for books on general geography, science and economics, for voyages and travels, and for the very many early productions of the Colonial press which it contains. Mr Silver was a Fellow of the Linnean and other societies, and was largely interested in an extensive industry at Silvertown, which was named after him. (Berkshire Chronicle, 18 Mar 1905, p3)
DIED. SILVER.--7th March, from a relapse after congestion of the lungs, Stephen William Silver, of Letcombe Manor, Wantage, Berks, and 3, York-gate, Regent's-park, in his 86th year. No flowers, by request. (London Daily New, 10 Mar 1905, p1)
Mr Stephen William Silver, a well-known Berkshire man, who died at his residence, Letcombe Manor, Wantage, was for many years the head of the well-known Australasian firm of S.W. Silver and Co., of Cornhill. During the fifties of the last century, and long after the firm did an enormous official and private business with Australia, and the late Mr Silver's reminiscences of these busy times were always of the highest interest. Mr Silver was an enthusiastic book-collector, and his fine library of over 5,000 volumes at his town house, 3, York Gate, is one of the most comprehensive of its kind in private hands. The library is specially noteworthy for books on general geography, science and economics, for voyages and travels, and for the very many early productions of the Colonial press which it contains. Mr Silver was a Fellow of the Linnean and other societies, and was largely interested in an extensive industry at Silvertown, which was named after him. (Berkshire Chronicle, 18 Mar 1905, p3)
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Mrs Frances Silver Hockin
1813–1893
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Alexander Frederick Silver
1814–1820
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Ann Silver Foord
1815–1884
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Mrs Elizabeth Smyth "Bessie" Silver Chute
1817–1862
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Rev Frederick Silver
1821–1884
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Marianne Nine Silver
1823–1849
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COL Hugh Adams Silver
1825–1912
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Walter Finch Silver
1827–1847
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Rev Edgar Silver
1829–1905
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Jessie Silver
1831–1892
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Septimus Silver
1833–1854
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