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Fix this textAUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
Fix this textBY CHARLES BOHHEY
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Fix this textI was born on the 31st of October 1813, and lived for the first
Fix this texttwelve years of my life at Sandon, a little village near Stafford
Fix this textin the valley of the Trent, of which my father - the Rev. Geo. Bonney
Fix this textwas vicar. My mother was the youngest daughter of the Reverend
Fix this textJohn Knight - vicar of the adjoining parish of Millwich.
Fix this textI was the youngest of the family, and, living in a quiet
Fix this textvillage, four miles from any market town, I had no companions of my
Fix this textown age, and my chaldhood was spent in comparative solitude. The
Fix this textquietude of the village was only disturbed by the occasional passing
Fix this textof a stage Coach or travelling carriage; Sandon being situated on
Fix this textthe main road between Liverpool and London.
Fix this textAt an early age I developed a taste for mechanical employment
Fix this textand acquired some skill in doing ordinary repairs about the house, and
Fix this textat the turning lathe at which I used to work before I was ten years
Fix this textof age. This taste, which I inherited from my father, who was a skilled
Fix this textmechanic, has remained with me through life, mechanical employment
Fix this texthaving been one of the chief resources of my leisure time. Of my
Fix this textfather’s family I know but little, his father was a clergy-man
Fix this textin London. I remember hearing when a boy, that, having to preach
Fix this textbefore the Court just after the reconciliation of George II, with
Fix this textthe Prince of Wales, my grand-father unfortunately commenced the
Fix this textservice with "I will arise'' etc., and thereby gave great offence
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Fix this textMy father was educated at the Charterhouse and was a fellow
Fix this textof Jesus College, Cambridge. I do not know how many brothers and
Fix this textsisters he had, he was the youngest of the family, and, at the
Fix this textperiod of my earliest recollection he was the only member of the
Fix this textfamily left with the exception of a sister, the widow of Dr. Nevinson,
Fix this texta physician of some celebrity in London at one time. Two of my
Fix this textfather’s nephews were in the Church and both became archdeacons -
Fix this textThomas Bonney and Henry Kaye Bonney, the latter was the author of a
Fix this textLife of Jeremy Taylor and some other works. One of my father's
Fix this textbrothers - John Augustus Bonney is mentioned in Buckle’s History
Fix this textof Civilisation (Vol I. P. 488) as having been subjected to the
Fix this textvindictive persecutions carried on in the reign of George III. to
Fix this textsuppress free discussion. I am in possession of the medal which
Fix this textwas struck in commemoration of the acquittal of my uncle who was
Fix this texttried for high treason with Horne Tooke and others in 1794-. The
Fix this textJury brought in a verdict of - Not Guilty in opposition to the
Fix this textsumming up of the judge. This is said to have been the first
Fix this textinstance of a jury referring to take the dictum of a judge, and
Fix this textforms an era in the history of the liberty of the press.
Fix this textMy father was born in the year 1760 the same year that
Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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