Storeys of Old.

Board of Guardians with a sympathy born of full knowledge of their difficulties and hardships. He was first elected in April, 1877, and secured re-election at the close of each triennium until the general election necessitated by the Local Government Act of 1894, when he was defeated by Mrs. Barrow in John O'Gaunt Ward. At that election ladies made their first appearance on the Board in the persons of Mrs. Barrow, the late Mrs. Broughton, of Morecambe, and Miss Willis, of Carnforth, who is still a member. Mr. I. H. Storey, who had been for several years a representative of St. Anne's Ward, was defeated at the same election. So valuable had been Mr. Storey's services to the Board that his colleagues exercised the right of co-opting members vested in them under the Act by electing him annually, and in 1898 he was elected vice-chairman after the death of Ald. Rev. C. T. Royds. In 1899 he brought forward a scheme, which had the merit of being dictated by much commonsense and humaneness, for the erection of cottage homes for married couples. The scheme provided for thirty houses, between the Wyresdale Road entrance and the main building, and the cost was estimated at about £7,000. As a remedy for relieving the congestion in the "house" the scheme had its merits, but it was never more heard of. In many ways, particularly by his engineering knowledge, Mr. Storey rendered unique service to the ratepayers, and his retirement in 1901 was a distinct loss to them.

"More congenial, however, was the work which devolved upon him as a trustee of local charities. He joined the trust in July, 1881, and in January, 1899, was elected chairman in place of his brother, Sir Thomas Storey, who had held the position for many years, and he remained chairman up to the time of his death. Other philanthropic work that claimed his attention was that with the Royal Albert Institution. He became a member of the Central Committee in December, 1886, and in July, 1899, was elected vice-chairman of the House Committee. For many years also he was a trustee of Ripley School, and among other offices of a public character that he filled were those of county magistrate, for which he qualified in February, 1891; a member of the Visiting Committee of Lancaster Prison; Port Commission from 1881 to 1896; and Income Tax Commissioner. He was also a Freemason, W.M. of the Lodge of Fortitude in 1869, and the oldest P.M. in Lancaster, if not in the province.

"Mr. Storey's religious sympathies were with the Church of England. As a boy, with his brothers he attended St. Anne's Sunday School, and when Christ Church was erected in 1857, there began an interest that extended over half a century. For 47 years he held the office of Vicar's Warden, and as long as health permitted was rarely absent from his post. Financially his help was always at the disposal of the church. His gifts have been manifold, both to the church, the schools, and other parochial objects, and one of the features of the biennial sale of work was a stall furnished with tea from his plantations in Ceylon. In September, 1903, he placed a window in the church in memory of his son, the late Mr. T. E. Storey, who died in 1894, and in celebration of the Jubilee in 1907 he surpassed all previous benefactions by erecting a chapel on the south side of the chancel in memory of his wife. The windows in the chapel were filled with stained glass by Mr.