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- Oxford University
Ralph Thurston Bassett, son of Richard Bassett of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire,
graduated 1869 from Christ Church College, Oxford, aged 18 in 1869.
Description: Morning Post 15 June 1878 Marriages:
On the 12th inst. at St. Marylebone Church Ralph Thurstan Bassett to Augusta Maria dau. of the late Captain C.F. Tyler & granddaughter of the late Admiral Sir G Tyler M.P.
Cardiff Times,5 December 1903
Late Mr. R.T. Bassett
Funeral at Llanbleddian
The funeral of Mr. Ralph Thurstan Bassett, D.L. J.P., of Crossways, Cowbridge, a former master of the Glamorgan Hunt, high sheriff of Glamorgan in 1895, and a member of the Glamorgan County Council since its formation, took place at Llanbleddian Church on Monday afternoon, and was of a semi-private character. The chief mourners were : Mr. Fred Morgan (son-in-law), Mr. Forestier-Walker, Captain J. G.R. Homfray, Colonel H.R. Homfray, and Mr. Harold Morgan. The coffin, of polished oak with massives bras furniture was covered with beautiful wreaths. On the coffin plate was the inscription;
Ralph Thurstan Bassett,
Died 26th Nov., 1903
Aged 65
A large gathering of gentry and members of the general public met the cortege at the churchyard. Among those present were Lord Tredegar, Col. Wyndham-Quin, M.P., the Mackintosh of Mackintosh, General Watson, Mr. J.I.D. Nichol, J.P., Mr. R. L. Knight, J.P., Captain Lionel Lindsay,, Mr. Iltyd B. Nicholl, J.P., Judge Gwilym Williams, Mr. Tudor Crawshay, J.P., Mr. E.H. Ebsworth, Mr. O. H . Jones, J.P., Fonmon; Mr. G.T. Clark, J.P., Talygarn; Mr. E. Lynch-Blosse, J.P., Jr. J.M. Randall, J.P., Col. Gaskell, Mr. L. G. Williams, Cardiff, solicitor to deceased; Mr. C.E. Edmondes, J.P., Mr. R. K., Prichard, J.P. Captain Prichard, J.P., Pwilywrach; Mr. F.W. Dunn, M.P., Mr. J.H. Brain, Mr. Tudor Owen, Ash Hall; Mr. G Bruce, Councillor J.W.
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Bassett Family Association Database
1851 - 1903 (52 years)