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- The Table, April 11th, 1931
Obituary
The Requiem Mass for Hugh Fortescue Basset, whose death, on March 29, was recorded in last week's issue, was said by the Rev. Joseph Gerearts, at Westminster Cathedral, on Wednesday of last week. The celebrant was assisted at the altar by the late Captain Basset's two sons, both of whom (old Stonyhurst boys) are now members of the Society of Jesus. The Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the City of Westminster attended the service in state. Others present, besides the widow and children, included Mgr. Collins (representing the Cardinal Archbishop), Mgr. Canon Howlett, Administrator of the Cathedral, Colonel W. F. Basset (brother), Mrs. W. F. Basset, and the Marchesa Franchesca Patrizi (sisters-in-law), Miss E. B. Fortescue, the Marchese Bernardo Patrizi, Lord Treowen, Adele, Countess Cadogan, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Lindsay, Mrs. Moore, Miss Marjorie Dalrymple, Miss Wauchope, Mr. Last Smith, Mrs. W. Ritchie, Mrs. W. Howell, the Very Rev. Robert Steuart, S.J., the Very Rev. Geo. Gallagher, S.J., Major Thomas Jackson, Major V. Rogers, D.S.O., Capt. Basil Hunt, Dr. R. P. Starkie, Miss Lloyd, Major G. T. Williams, Mr. H. R. Cox and the staffs from both offices of the Union Motor Company. The Rev. Edward King, S.J., writes : In Catholic, civic and commercial life Capt. Hugh Fortescue Basset will be remembered for his deep religious principles and his incorruptible probity. He was born on June 3, 1881, the second son of Richard Thurston Basset, of Bonvilston, Glamorganshire, and was descended from William Basset, of Conquest days. On his mother's side he was connected with the Fortescues with the precious heritage of the Martyr, Blessed Adrian Fortescue. Captain Basset was educated at Marlborough, and served in the Boer War, and in the Highland Light Infantry. He was received into the Church in 1906, and married Mary Bessie, daughter of the late Captain B. J. Cooper, R.N., in 1907. Of the four children the two boys were educated at Stonyhurst, and both have since become members of the Society of Jesus. The two girls were brought up by the Society of the Sacred Heart, the elder of them having been professed in that Order a year ago. Captain Basset was the managing director of the Union Motor Car Company, to which service he was able to bring high technical skill, a devotion to the well-being of his employes and an unassailable uprightness in all transactions, a happy combination bred of his deep Catholic faith and his train ing as a British officer. In 1912 he was elected Councillor for the City of Westminster, and sat as Chairman on the Highways Committee and on the General Purposes Committee. In addition he was Justice of the Peace for the City of London, and an Alderman at the time of his death. During the Great War he served in the R.A.S.C., M.T. Section, and was mentioned in despatches.
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