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- Walter Williams Basset was a lieutenant in the Royal Navy.
1891 British Census of Watermouth Castle, Berrynabour, Devonshire
Charles H. Bassett - 58 - Male - Head - St. Dary, Cornwall - Local Justice of the Peace
Harriett - 61 - Female - Wife - Ilfacombe, Devonshire - Living on her means
Walter B. - 27 - Male - Son - Atherington, Devonshire - Retired Naval Officer
Ellen C.C. - 28 - Female - Daughter-in-law - Bideford, Devonshire
and 12 servants
Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers
Volume 172, Part 2, 1908
WALTER BASSETT BASSET, who died at Watermouth Castle, Ilfracombe, on the
27th May, 1907, was formerly a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, and at one time
served on board H.M.S. " Bacchante." Being in ill-health, in 1886 he
resigned his Commission in the Navy, and subsequently adopted the profession
of engineering, for which he was fitted both by inclination and aptitude.
After 3 years' work with Messrs. Maudslay, Sons and Field, he was elected a
director of the company in 1890, and in the following year, on the death of
Mr. Richard Sennett, he became Managing Director. His name will be perhaps
chiefly remembered in connection with the erection of great wheels " for
amusement purposes, especially those at Earl's Court, Blackpool, Paris and
Vienna. In 1899, on the dissolution of the business of Messrs. Maudslay,
Sons and Field, he founded the Basset Screw and Nut Company at Houdeng,
Belgium, designing and erecting for the purpose works covering 3 acres, and
he acted as Director of the Company until his death.
Mr. Basset was elected an Associate Member of The Institution on the 4th
February, 1896, and was transferred to the class of Members on the 2nd
February, 1904.
Weekly Mail
Wales
June 1, 1907
Death of Lieutenant Basset
Designer of the Great Wheel Succumbs to Cancer
The death is announced at Watermouth Castle, near Ilfracombe, of Lieutenant Walter Basset, the maker of the Great Wheel, which was only recently taken down at Earlā??s Court. Lieutenant Basset before taking up engineering was in the Navy, and was on the Bacchante at the same time as the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Clarence. Deceased succumbed to cancer of the tongue, for which terrible malady he underwent a painful operation a few weeks ago.
(The Great Wheel is presently known as an amusement park ride - Ferris Wheel)
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Bassett Family Association Database
1863 - 1907 (43 years)