Charles B. Scutt 1842-1908

Notes [Father - yeoman.] [Taunton Courier, and Western Advertiser, Somerset Wednesday 01 January 1868 - Marriages. December 19, at the parish church St. Mary's, Bridport, the Rev. Melville Lee, rector, Charles, son of John Scutt, Esq., Preston, Weymouth, and Bessie, second daughter Gerard Samson, Esq., Bridport.] [C B S also County Magistrates for Dorchester Petty Sessional Division.] [Evening Telegraph - Monday 03 February 1908. Found Dead in a Field. Mr Charles Scutt, chairman of the Executive Committee, Dorset County Council, was this morning found dead in two feet of water in a field close by his home at Preston.] [C B S - 65yr. of Wyke Oliver, Preston, nr. Weymouth - farmer & Justice of the Peace, Dorset - d:Lodmoor, nr.Weymouth. To Charles Edwin Scutt (theatre manager), Alfred John Scutt & Edward Angus Scutt, (both farmers). The London Gazette [1909] Charles Scutt, Esquire, J.P., Deceased - Pursuant to the Statute, 22nd and 23rd Vict., c.35. All persons having any claims or demands against the estate of Charles Scutt, Esquire, deneased, late of "Wyke Oliver," Preston, near Weymouth, Dorset, J.P. (who died on the 2nd February 1908, and whose will was proved in the Blandford District Probate Registry, on the 27th August 1908, by Messrs. Charles Edwin Scutt. Alfred John Scutt, Edward Angus Scutt, Edward Barnaby Duke, and Henry Branson, the executors therein named, are required to send particulars, in writing, of such claims to us before the 1th February 1909, after which date the estate will be distributed, having regard only to those claims of which notice shall have been received, Dated this 5th day of January 1909. Lock, Reed & Lock, Dorchester, Dorset - Solicitors for the Executors.] [Friday 09 August 1918, Western Gazette, Somerset. Messrs. Henry Duke & Son are favoured with instructions to Offer the above Resourceful FreeHold Landed Estate for Said Auction, their Property Sale-room, Dorchester, on Saturday, August 24th, at 3.30 p.m. Lot 1. Watercombe Farm, about Acres, famous mixed holdings, memorable as the Home of the world-famed Watercombe breed of sheep, established and bred there with such success and service to the Down Sheep of this Country by the then Tenant, Mr. Thomas Homer Saunders who was followed by his son, Mr. Thomas Chapman Saunders; was succeeded the late Mr. Charles Scutt, whose son, Mr. A. J. is the present Tenant. The occupation of this notable Farm has, therefore, remained in two families of leading Dorset Agriculturists for upwards of 100 years.] [Hastings & St Leonards Observer, Saturday 08 February 1908. MR Scutt sen. We regret to record that Mr Scutt, the popular local Manager of the Hastings Theatre, has sustained a sudden bereavement by the death of his father Mr Scutt, sen., who lived near Weymouth, was Justice of the Peace for the county of Dorset, and vice-Chairman of the Guardians at Weymouth, was County Councillor and member of one of the oldest families in Dorsetshire. At the meeting the Theatre Directors, Thursday, a vote of was passed to Mr. Scutt.]