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sequence , bis native towh , he settled as a wool-spinner , first at Birmingham , then at Broomsgrove , and finally at Warwick . Here he successfully con- * ducted for many years the
worsted-spinning manufactory , established in 1796 , . under the firm of Parkes , Brookhousej and Cromptou ; and , having acquired a Competent fortune , in 1814 he withdrew from business , and passed in peaceful retirement the closiug years of a long , active , and eventful life .
He was a man of acute and vigorous understanding ; of warm and generous feelings ; of kind and obliging manners ; and , as the crowning excellence , of religious and virtuous principles and habits . Of his faults—for who is faultless ? — that which he had most occasion to
lament was , the too great irritability of his temper ; which , when strongly excited , too often caused the reius of selfgovernment to fall from his hands . But if wrong was done in the moment of heat , he . was ever eager and anxious , oil the first return of cooler reflection , to repair it .
His theological creed was that of Unitarian Christianity ; and he was zealously devoted to the iuteresis of the Christian society to which he more immediately belonged . Though not a member of the Established Church , yet he cultivated and highly-valued the esteem
and friendship of many who were so . His candour , indeed , was such as to annihilate all distinction of parties ; and to produce in his mind the same feelings of kind and respectful regard for the good and wise of other persuasions as for f ho . « e of his own .
In his political opinions he was a *' Liberal ; " and he was happy , above many of his early associates , in living long enough to witness the triumph of his principles , iu that spirit of reform and improvement which has lately displayed itself with such noble enthusiasm , and with so much promise of practical good throughout the nation . His last wishes for his country were " Reform !" as the only possible preventive of ruin .
1 hough he began to suffer much of late under the infirmities of age , yet he was never wholly inactive on any occasion which called for exertion . His ardent mind , and his inventive genius , were perpetually employed , almost to the
last , in devisiug or promoting schemes of usefulness for the benefit of his friends , his neighbours , and the town . He was the prompt adviser of the rich man in all his projects for improviug his house , his conservatories , his gardens , or his grounds . He was the invaluable friend
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of the poor man , not merely by adminis » teiing where he could to his wants ; bat still more by shewing him how to make the best use of his own ineans . To all ranks he was ever on the watch" fdr
opportunities of doing good ; and few persons iu a private station , it is believed , have ever retired from the £ Cen& of human existence , followed in a higher degree by the sincere and sorrowful rBgrets of all who knew him ; and of those most who knew him best / His last
illness was short . On Saturday morning he was walking about the market-platce , amused with the bustle of the scene , and delighted with the greetings' of his numerous acquaintances and well-wishers . About noon the same day , he was at ^ tacked with a grievous disorder , which baffled all the skill and care of his
medical attendants : and , on the following day , Sunday , a little before midnight , peacefully and hopefully , he expired . He was twice married . His first wife , and the only child he ever had , died in the West Indies . The second still survives him . W . F . May 17 , 183 J .
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Obituary . —Mr * William Fawckner . 49 $
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Mr . William Fawckner . At Sidmouth , on the 21 st of May , aged 82 , Mr . W . Fawckner , after an illness of one week . Though to pronounce empty pauegyrics be alike uncandid in the memorialist , and au offensive tribute to the bier of departed , worth , yet when a fellow-creature , eniineut for all those qualities which " -make the man , " is momentarily reduced from the full enjoyment of health to the pillow
of sickness , the bed of death , and a large circle of relatives and friends are called on to lament the unanticipated departure of an universally esteemed , intelligent , and excellent companion , the tear of sympathy not only may , but ought to be indulged . Such an individual was Mr . Fawckner . To him the expressive words of Armstroug may be applied in their fullest extent :
" Though old , he still retaiu'd His manly sense , and energy of mind-Virtuous and wise he was , but not severe ; He still remembered that he once was young . » ? * ? * Much had he read , Much more had seen $ he studied from the . life , And iu th * original perus'd mankind . "
The early years of this excellent man were employed iii the Newfoundland trade ; and during his many voyages to
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1831, page 499, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2599/page/67/
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