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    Barrow Town Hall.
   Officially Opened July 1887.
  Also in view
    Cavendish Statue.
  Erected 1885
                                Henry Schneider.
             Henry William Schneider, third Mayor of Barrow,
                 he held office for three years from 1875 -1878.
             
                It was fully expected that Henry Schneider be
                elected to succeed Sir Ramsden as second mayor
                of Barrow.
               Schneider declined the offer due to personal reasons.






                         Sir James Ramsden.
  Barrow's first Mayor, holding office for five
  years, from 1867 - 1872.
  He chose the motto on the Barrow coat of arm.
                              Semper Sursum
  He was Knighted by Queen Victoria in 1872.
   Lord Fredrick Charles Cavendish 
Lord Cavendish, was the second son of the 7th Duke of      
Devonshire. 
He took great interest in and was a benefactor of Barrow,     
particularly the steel works, and  the Barrow School Board
of  which he was chairman.
Lord Cavendish entered Parliament in 1865 where he held   
office as prime minister Gladstone's  private secretary.
Gladstone came to admire and trust him, so much that he  
appointed him Chief Secretary of Ireland.
On May 6th 1882, the day following his arrival in Dublin, 
Lord Cavendish was walking in Phoenix Park with his  
colleague Thomas Burke when Burke was attacked and 
stabbed to death.
Tragically Lord Cavendish was also killed whilst trying to 
defend his friend.

This page was last updated on: February 8, 2005

  Josiah Timmis Smith.
Second Mayor of Barrow, who held office
for three years. 1872 - 1875.
Josiah Smith was a mechanical engineer, in the late 1850's he was responsible for the design and construction of the ironworks which was probably the finest and most modern in the country at the time.
PastandPresent.html
This is Chirstian Boyde in May 1948, aged 87years. Placing her flowers on the statue of Lord Cavendish.
Christian was so touched by Lord Cavendish's murder, she vowed to pay tribute to his memory each year of her life on the date of his assassination.