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- Arthur Humphrys was awarded the Mathematical Examinatiion prize at the Cheltenham Grammar School annual meeting ( prizegiving) as reported in the Chelthenham Looker On of 24 June 1854.
From the Cheltenham Looker On of June 8 1861, p.371
Married. June 6th at the Parish Church, by the Rev JF Fienn, Incumbent of christ Church, Arthur Humphrys of Manchester, Solicitor, son of George Humphrys, Esq, of Suffolk House, to Jane Isabella, daughter of William Bacon, Esq, of 4 Osborne Villas, Cheltenham.
From the Cheltenham Looker On of May 21, 1864.
May 7th at Ashville Seedley, near Manchester, the wife of Arthur Humphrys Esq, of a son.
From the Manchester Weekly Times, July 8, 1871:
Manchester County Court - At the Manchester County Court yesterday, Mr JA Russell QC, judge, heard an applicatiion in the matter of Arthur Humnphrys, solicitor, Manchester, a bankrupt, of some interest to the legal profession. Mr Jordan, barrister, appeared for Mr WB Coltman, barrister, London, who presented a proof for £250, for work and labour done in reference to Mr Humphrys' estate. The amount, which was not in dispute, had been charged by Mr Coltman while acting as conveyancer in Mr Humphrys' estate. Mr Page, solictor representing the trustee, objected to the admission of the proof on the ground that the consideration expressed in it was for work and labour done for the debtor. He took the objection on the ground that a barrister's profession being an honorary one, he cold not recover. His Honour was of the opinion that if Mr Coltman could prove that Mr Humphrys received fees from his clients for whom work had been done by Mr Coltman he might tender a proof for money had and received by the debtor. He refused to admit the proof. Mr Page intimated that there were other grounds upon which the present objection was raised.
He died at Pendleton, near Clitheroe, Lancs. (According to AFW Humphrys, his nephew). Death certificate says he died at Formby, Lancs. The informant was George W Humphrys, of Leak, Staffordshire (his brother). He and Jane were living at South Bank, Pendleton, in 1866, according to GHH's birth certificate.) Formby is near the coast - had he gone there to get well? The name Darnell Holme suggests a family connection through his wife, Jane. whose grandmother was Lucy Darnell. According to his death certificate, Arthur died of Albummuria, Fistula of Ano, vomiting and exhaustion. He was only 37, but his death certificate gives his occupation as Retired Solicitor. ( One conjectures that he had been ill for a while, which would also concur with the relatively small legacy he left. - see below).
(6 Jan1999) From The UK Probate Index 1853 - 57 of Wills proved at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury
Arthur Humphrys (Effects under £200) died 21 October 1874 at Darnell Holme, formerly of Bank House, Congleton, in the County of Cheshire but late of Darnell Holme, Formby in the County of Lancashire, gentleman. Will proved by Jane Isabella Humphrys (24 February 1875) of West Bank, Pendleton near Manchester, Lancs, widow, the Relict, the sole Executrix.
There is no other detail on his Will.
Arthur was involved in a fraud case in Mrch 1868 as reported in the LIverpool Mercury "Alleged Fraudulent Representation by Directors". James Bennett, an estate agent residing at Levenshulme near Manchester, took a case against Arthur , Henry Cooke, Simpson Matthew Hood, Wiliam Barlow and Jacob Goodier, the directors of a joint-stock company called the Loom Improvement Co Ltd in which he claimed that they made false representations to him to induce him to become a shareholder and he had lost the money he put in (£500).
Samuel Lewis, in his Topographical Dictionary of England, 1845 (available on microfiche in the National Library) says : (page 526)
PENDLETON, a township in the parish of WHALLEY, union of CLITHEROE, higher division of the hundred of BLACKBURN, N. division of the county of Lancashire, 2 1/2 miles (S.S.E.) from Clitheroe.
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Barker - Humphrys Family Tree
1837 - 1874 (37 years)
