The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1873-04-08 00:00:00

DEATH OF MIL ALDERMAN TIZILED.

On Friday mediae SA, at his reddens, Fieteria
Tessa, Weymouth, exOred Hr. J. Tigard. of coo-
potion of the loop, egad 47 ream
desessed seatietnan was well-keown throarb-
out this and the asighboertag mention and hi' lees
will be deeply felt He was the son of Mr. Joseph
Third, coal =iceboat, of Hlgh-otrest, Weeutestbe
hinwelf well-known as a consistent Liberal, au
Upholder at the Liberal =de at • time when 'Abets'.
Polities were very generally oonsidered barley, OM
wiles in Weymouth espeoislly these who adopted
thorn were threatened with nein of chair prolmots la
Ida Young Kr. John 'lizard was artieled to Mr. B.
Philips, of fit Thomas-street, whose ones wore on the
very mow promises ae Messrs. Tigard and Oilorge's are
1.0. r. Above 90 years ago, after oomelsting kM Sets
with Mr. Phillips. Mr. Tlaard himself messed allows
a• • masher at High-street, but for sem eassidershie
time his mastic= was sot much, " Lawyer Phillips'
absorbing a very large amount of the busies.. In •
few yews' time, Kr. Tisard removed from High-street
to Bt. Thomas-skeet, and opened °Mom on the
prosier • where the Inland Remese °floss now WNW,
and smother removal brought his to the plias where be
bad first studied the law. Retook Of Liberal Me
of politico' from the very Inn, and we ham beard that
the first £96 or no reogived from haieshrZesslan
was applied to the exposes of • m
test. Bat loro was then &Jested thoegh sapeortati by
the In 6,enos and votes of the sea-captains and sellers
employed by his father, as well as by the Irises* of
his fellow-sandidate, Hr. D. /Load. For wasibie
deceased land politician, the late Mr. J. A.
Devenish, was almost all.powerful on the %mein&
skis. Hr. Tigard did not relinquish the struck but
In 1850 he was Warned to the Town Council, art has
esetinued a member, with use latermissim, ever slash
A year or twe after his election he married Mks
lidridga, of Dorchester, end six massed daughtere, see
other baying died, share their mother's loss For slay
year. he has be.. an °Soar in the lith D.ll-F. having
bseci meseadvely Badge, Lientseast, and Combs* sad
the latter post he filled at the time of his death. It is
not too moolo to say that very 'Tipsily owing to the
exertion of Oaptatr Tigard was it that the corps
inereased to its present len In wits of consider-
able diffloultiet, and In this position be aspired mob
esteem and reaps= that the *arm will long preserve his
Dame nearest to their hearts. In 1868 ha was =acted
Kays of the borough, aid as brilliantly did he fill the
duties of that offline, thee he was twice re-eleMed,sed only
retired when sumeeded bylele friend aid papll,ll6. hider-
man Howard. Among the treats of his Kayoralty may be
sectioned the review of the Dorset battalion satedsoor,
whoa Sr. Tigard not only bad the whole town handsomely
decorated, himself supply's( decorations whore they
were deficient, but he also mast handsomely entertained
the oilers at his own hoses, the men dials( by public
subeariptlou in the Mugs. We may just sarictlon that
be had made partial arrangements for the ground
at Lodraoor this lese, is bore of having the hetteliee
reviewed here again. Thee there wee the providing of
New Gardens for Weymouth by means of the splendid
present of Gt. Eiteobsesoo, EN., of the Wags, and Mr.
Third wee greatly instrusental in harlot them laid
out properly and made worthy of the Mora. In those
gardees took place the greed Magnet to the Greet
Western director; Ike., In Win of inducted them to
adopt Weymouth as • great Manned Kalil part Ho
had many years been a =amber of the Weymouth sad
Poetised Beicerner Company. As to the great quentiou
of the day for Woymosth—that of drainage, Yr.
Tigard was at the list opposel to any very expensive
stem* ; but he favoured a plan, we believe of Kr.
Hs ekaisy'sso that dada, his raiworaltreot • dndn was
laid without his whim the borough surveyor if it were
laid aosording to the plan. He also favoured the
=Mow for the molosure sad reelamatioo of the Bach.
water. On the death of Kr. Alderman Pothemr7, by
whole side be had fought the great Market Houle
schema, he was Moses Aldenage in lila room. Elk
action in later times, when as etroft • majority has
pronounced I. favour of being guided by Sir John
°node, Whoa In the memory of our reader.. !melee
munielpal for tuitional politics, Kr. Tisiord's Paine hag
hem accuisteat throughout. Liberal ellldaded ham
always hat hie support, and Col. Freestare, and H.
idwards, Seq., will ever be remembered as among the
made= of friends to Weymouth, whom Kr. Mord
bee helped to place in the poultice at ILP. By his
death the Liberal Asociation lass a see valuable
President, and, we feel estreks, Kr. Edwards a Kamm
Mend. As a Presaman, Kr. Tigard was mash
lsesersd, for two year. following he was elected W.N.
ddo Weymouth Lodge. He was • straightforward
ma., about whose meaning them waa no mistake; bat
withal kindly, sad very emu tempered. He was
tly robest health; bat about sem on eo'olook
apparently
of Sunday weak was seised • with • fit ef
messing sad a sawlike sensation la the throat. He
was attended by his brother Dr. Third, and by Dr.
Smith, and ones or twine appeared to Improve; but ea
Thursday night be fell into an uneossaions Mate, sad
thm ocintherted with • few very short intervals until Ids
death, which °marred about 10 us Frklay night, la
the presence of Dr. Timid, his brother, Lloyd. O. 11.
Tigard, his aide= son, Mi.. H. Tigard, Kn. Fawn, and
Kr. Norge.
Oa the sad nem becoming known next day, ariaei
.re
hoisted baNmuist high oa the obarsh, ths 0
and many other pieWc points, and • very large ssabor
of tradesmen put up shutters, so there were l d
mourning from sad to sad of every attest-
The fusersl has been eatrasted to Kegs% Hallett
and Boa, of Si. Karymtreet The body I. °offload Is
• shall, covering which will be • Iced eaten, and an
outer arie of pealed oak, with massive mountings,
the brain imeription plats bearing the following:
Jose Timm,
Did Awn 011,. LIM
Aged 07 yews.
The interment is fixed to take plies at &dipole, on
Thanday morning, Is • sash oonstraoted shoal 18
nientbs sloes for the reception of the remain. of a
such-loved daughter. It woe the wieh of the late
Mr. Mari, very definitely expressed, that the lateral
should he private. But it is understood that the Tern
Council seating oa Thursday morning will be adjourned
till the ineheaaholy aeremouy is over, and doubt's=
many of the Corporation, of the Bide Corps, and
private Meads will attend.