Thomas Ratsey Maskew (1818-1893)

Thomas Ratsey Maskew was born at Keyhaven, Milford, Hampshire, England on September 7, 1818 the third of five sons to Thomas Maskew and Elizabeth Ratsey. Educated at Sherborne, Dorset, he was admitted to Trinity College, Cambridge on July 5, 1837 and transferred to Sidney College, Cambridge on May 11, 1840, where he graduated in 1842.

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John Baverstock Knight (1785-1859)

The following obituary of John Baverstock Knight is taken from The Gentleman’s Magazine, Volume VII, 1859 and is a reprint of the original which appeared in the Dorset County Chronicle.

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