THE STOREYS OF LANCASTER.
at Garstang. Mr. Thomas Escolme Storey, mining engineer, of 21 Willow Road,
Hampstead, N.W., resided in Lancaster between the years 1850 and 1860. Thence he
went to Wigan, where he qualified as a mining engineer. His niece, Mrs. Janet
Simpson, married Mr. William Simpson, alderman of the Corporation of Richmond,
Surrey, and Mayor of that borough 1909-10. Mr. Simpson was born at Preston, in
Lancashire, in 1855. His parents removed to Fleetwood, where he received his
education. He was in due course apprenticed to the printing business, and having
acquired a thorough knowledge of the various branches connected with the craft, he
made such headway that at the age of nineteen he was appointed editor of the
Blackpool Herald. At the age of twenty-three he removed South, and took
charge of the
Eastbourne Chronicle. We next hear of him as being in
partnership with Mr. Parsons, printer and publisher of the
Eastbourne Standard. In 1882 he married Janet, second daughter of Mr. John
Storey, four times Mayor of Garstang. Garstang received its charter of
incorporation as far back as the year 1314. Mr. John Storey was, we believe, the
last Mayor of Garstang. The charter of Garstang was destroyed by a fire which
occurred at the dwelling-house of Mr. Styth early in January, 1761, together with
many valuable books and MSS. (See
London Chronicle, 1761.) In the early
eighties Mr. Simpson removed to Richmond, acquiring a printing business in Sheen
Road, and in 1885 be started
The Richmond Herald. Mr. Simpson also commenced
what was known as the "Richmond House of Commons," which, in the March of 1884, was
composed of 241 Conservatives, 213 Liberals, 5 Home Rulers and 11 Independents. Mr.
Simpson held the onerous position of "Clerk of the House." In 1904 he was placed
upon the Commission of the Peace for the borough, and in the April of the said year
was elevated to the aldermanic bench. He was one of the founders of the Richmond
Tradesmen's Association and of the Saturday Evenings for the People. He is a
staunch Churchman and a well-known Freemason, a strong Conservative, and one of the
first members of the Richmond Habitation of the Primrose League. Mr. Simpson has
been the recipient of many tokens of esteem at time and time from his fellow
burgesses and brother Masons in Richmond. His name is identified with many public
improvements in Richmond, where his home has been for well nigh thirty years. Mr.
Simpson has been Mayor of Richmond two years in succession, viz.: 1910-11 and
1911-12. It is with regret we have to announce Mrs. Simpson's death, which took
place on the 27th February, 1912. (See Corollary Pedigree, Storeys of Garstang.)
The following parishes have been searched with the object of finding the marriage
register of William Storey and Mary Greenup.
Aldingham, Ambleside, Brathay, Burton (Westmorland), Caldbeck, Cartmel, Dacre,
Dearham (Quaker's Registry), Edinburgh, Finsthwaite, Grasmere, Heversham, Kendal,
Kirkoswald, Langdale, Lancaster, Old Hutton, Paisley, Penrith, Renwick, Seathwaite,
Staveley (Newby Bridge), Troutbeck, Ulpha, Ulverston, Urswick, Warton, Windermere
and Wigton.
Mr. Richard Storey, of Ulverston, very recently remarked that a search for the
same entry of marriage was made many years ago with the like result.
