Richard Palin Sheriff of Chester 1831/1832

Quite some time ago I had posted an article about a William Palin’s letter to the editor regarding Grosvenor Bridge.

 I have just found another letter to the editor regarding the same thing but with much more “Palin” information in it.  This letter was printed in the Chester Chronicle July 24, 1937

 

In the first letter he states that he is the grandson of Lt William Palin that led the procession across the newly opened Grosvenor Bridge.    In the letter above he gives his address of 53 Hoole Lane.  The letter was printed in the 1937 paper and we can find in the 1939 registry that William is still at the same address.

 53 Hoole Lane, Chester, Chester C.B., Cheshire

William A        Palin    10 Oct 1874    Male    Civil Cook Royal Air Force    Married

Sarah E            Palin    14 Oct 1877    Female   Newsagent    Married          

The record for this person is officially closed.

 

William Anthony Palin’s ancestry is shown below.

 

In the above letter he writes “They were entertained by the Mayor and Sheriff (my great uncle John Palin - not Richard Palin as stated in the last pageant as Richard did not belong to the city).  John Palin kept a grocery shop by the "Chronicle" office.  Richard was a partner in the Dee Mills.”

William Anthony Palin was great right in stating that his great uncle John had a shop and his great uncle Richard was partner in Dee Mills.   He was not right though in stating the Sherriff at the time was John and not Richard.  Everything that I can find lists Richard as the Sherriff of Chester in 1831/1832.

 British History web site  and see as well the Sheriff of Chester site.

 Even though Richard Palin 1802-1880 was involved with Dee Mill he was indeed living in Chester until at least 1841.  In the 1841 census he was living in the St Mary’s on the Hill division. 

 We also find a mention about Richard being the sheriff that was found in the Reades of Blackhill published in 1908

 

There are also numerous newspaper clipping that name the sheriff of Chester as Richard Palin.

 A real fun newspaper article was found in the Liverpool Mercury October 28, 1831

 

Finally I do want to mention the PS that was in the original letter lectured (pictured above)  which states “PS - I have a pair of silver spurs, silver feathers from a busby, a plan of proposed bridge done by my uncle, three hand pointed jugs with Wm. Palin, Highfield House, Curzon Park 1849, also photographs, paintings etc.

If anyone has the above mentioned items – PLEASE, PLEASE take a picture and share it with me!

 

If you want to see William Anthony Palin the tree you can find him here.

 

If you want to see the Richard Palin that was sheriff of Chester in 1831/1832 click here.