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Personal Details of Alfred Milsom

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Born:
Died:	22/05/1852
Buried:	26/05/1852

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Burial Register

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Memorial Details

	From top of headstone: Sacred to the memory of Alfred Milson/ who departed this life/ May 22nd 1852/ aged (remainder unreadable)

Name on Memorial	Alfred Milsom
Date of death	22/05/1852
Age
Gender	Male

Memorial Type	Headstone
Construction Material	Sandstone
Condition of memorial	Engraved letters, poor
Pattison Location Code	PM(3)

Cemetery accounts

This information is taken from the accounts ledgers of the Newbury Cemetery Company that originally ran and maintained the cemetery.
The Ledgers are held at the Berkshire Records Office.

Name at death	Alfred Milsom
Date of burial	26/05/1852
Whence brought	Newbury
Where & how buried	Unconsecrated Ground - Common Interment
By whom buried	Rev'd. J.P. Fairbourn
Account Entry	Book 1 - Page 8

Accounts Entry for Alfred Milsom
© Newbury Town Council
Reproduced with kind permission

Newspaper Cuttings

The articles below have been transcribed from newspapers and magezines.

“The Newbury Borough Police 1836 - 1875”

Source:	Richard Godfrey
Article date:	17/06/2024
Copyright:
Transciption:	In his book “The Newbury Borough Police 1836 - 1875” the late author, Richard Godfrey, tells us:- 1. Report of the Watch Sub-Committee of 16th February, 1836:- Your committee would therefore recommend that a Chief Constable be appointed …. To fill such a situation as this, because of his qualifications for the duties he will have to fulfil your committee would recommend Alfred MILSOME, and by way of pay your committee would further recommend that 15/- a week and a plain blue coat, waistcoat and hat yearly to be provided by the council, should be allowed him. Page 106 2. The Chief Constable, Alfred Milsom, passed away on 22nd of May 1852, and his death appears to have been very sudden and unexpected. Page 35
	This obituary entry is awaiting verification.

Police,—The death of Mr. Alfred Milsome

Source:	Berkshire Chronicle
Article date:	29/05/1852
Copyright:
Transciption:	Saturday 29 May 1852 Berkshire Chronicle Police,—The death of Mr. Alfred Milsome, the late superintendent of police for the borough of Newbury, has created a vacancy which has already brought forward several candidates to fill the office. It is not our present purpose to notice or particularise the claims or qualifications of the different candidates, but we feel it a duty we owe the deceased, who filled the office from the time of the passing of the Improvement Act in 1825, to the time of his decease on the 22nd inst., to observe that he was a man eminently qualified for his office, and that he discharged the duties thereof in a manner to give universal satisfaction ; —zealous without being officious— firm without unnecessary severity; he was feared by evil-doers, and universally respected by his fellow-townsmen, who always felt that matters, however delicate or important, might be safely entrusted to his care.
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copy of Alfred Milson's Orders, etc. as Chief Constable.
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Biographical Information

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Alfred Milson

The grave stone reads;_

STMO

Alfred Milsom

who departed this life
May 22nd 1852

Aged..?

The remainder is unreadable

He was appointed Chief Constable of the Newbury Borough Police on 1^st March 1836 having been formerly a patrolman for at least 10 years.

1829-31 He was Bellman and Beadle.

In 1830 he was Law Enforcement Officer during the Agricultural Riots where the local yeomanry were supplemented by a troop of the Grenadier Guards from London and rioters captured in searches in the village around Newbury were taken to Reading to be tried in January 1831.

In September 1842 he had almost alone faced a mob protesting about the enclosure of Eastfield and Westfield, in Newbury.

He died suddenly and unexpectedly on May 22 1852. June 1852, newbury , 2c, 137

Baptised at Lacock, Wilts. 20 May 1792 s/o Charles Milsom. He was therefore 60 and two days at his death.

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