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HIGHAM, John Sharp, M.P., J.P., Head of Cotton Spinning Firm.*
Lancaster Road, Birkdale, Southport. Born : 1857, at Sabden, Lancs. ;
eldest son of the late Eli Higham, of Accrington. Married : To Polly, daughter
of
Sir William P. Hartley***, of Southport. Occupation : Head of the firm of
Highams, Ltd., Cotton Spinners, Accrington, Rochdale, and Manchester.
Appointments : J. P. for Accrington ; Mayor, 1898-1899, 1899-1900 ; M.P. (L.),
West Riding, Yorkshire (Sowerby Division), from 1904. Club : National Liberal.
HIGHAM, Alderman Thomas Edward, J.P., C.C.Bank House, Accrington, 'Phone : 2458 Higham, Accrington. Born :
1866, at Todmorden ; son of Eli and Selina Higham. Educated : Private
School. Married : 1893, to Lizzie Ashworth, daughter of Abraham Ashworth,
and has issue three children. Occupation : Cotton Spinner and Manufacturer.
Appointments : J. P., 1909, and C.C, Lancs. ; Alderman for Accrington.
Recreations : Music, shooting, fishing, golf. Notes : Co-opted Member, East
Lancs. Association Territorial Force ; on Munition Committee, East Lancs.
*
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sharp_Higham***Hartley's Jam!FOX, Michael John, Physician and Surgeon, J.P.Thornleigh, Blackburn Road, Accrington. 'Phone : No. 2792. Born :
1846, at St. Helens, Lancs. ; son of Edward and Maria Fox, of Ireland.
Married : 1872, to Elizabeth M. Riley, daughter of Henry and Ellen Riley,
and has issue two sons and five daughters :
Joseph, Gertrude, Agnes Mary,
Theresa, Clare, Henry, Bernadette, Profession : Physician and Surgeon
(consulting). Appointments : J. P. for Lancs., 1912 ; also J. P. for the
Borough of Accrington. Notes : Surgeon Lieut.-Col. Lancs. Volunteer
R.F.A. (retired), V.D. One son serving, Capt. in R.A.M.C.
MARSDEN, Major Frederick William, Physician and Surgeon.
Rookwood House. Burnley. Born : August 20th. 1865, at Moscow ; son
of the late William Henry and Alice Marsden, of Moscow, and Clitheroe,
Lancs. Educated : Stonyhurst College ; Edinburgh University and College
of Surgeons.
Married : October loth, 1894, at the Church of the Sacred
Heart, Accrington, to Gertrude Mary, daughter of Lieut. -Col. M. J. Fox, A.M.S.
(retired), Accrington, and has issue one son and one daughter: Winifred
Mary and Henry Alban. Profession : Physician and Surgeon. Appointments
: Major, Territorial Force Reserve, ist East Lanes. Brigade, R.F.A,
Club : Union. Notes : Raised and commanded a Battery of Volunteer and
Territorial Artillery from 1899 to 1912 ; gazetted 2nd Lieut., October 14th,
1896, 3rd L.V.A. ; August 4th, 1914, Major, Command 17th Battery, 2nd
East Lancs. Brigade R.F.A. (Manchester Artillery) ; October 27th, 1915,
attached R.A.M.C. (T.), and Command 3/3 East Lancs. Field Ambulance (T.)
;invalided, March 5th, 1916 ; resigned commission, with permission to retain
rank and wear prescribed uniform, R.F.A.
