Alderley Edge Cemetery

For those who haven’t seen/visited our cemetery, leave the village along Rileys Lane, pass over the bypass and shortly thereafter the entrance is on the right; there’s a lodge.

I am simply curious about the following:

Buried in the cemetery is Sir Anthony Marshall Kt., the first Lord Mayor of Manchester.
He was the last Mayor and the first Lord Mayor. He served as Mayor1892 - 1893 and then was knighted in 1894 (I think I’ve got the dates correct!) and did 1 year as Lord Mayor.
He was knighted by Queen Victoria at the opening of the Manchester Ship Canal.
He is buried, along with his wife Lady Mary Marshall.
There is a bust of him somewhere in Manchester Town Hall I am told.

His dates are 1825 - 1911 (86 years)  and hers are 1844 - 1928 (84 years). Knighted at age 69?

Can you help?
Why is he in the A.E. cemetery? Did he simply retire to A.E.? Or was he a local chap made good?

What was he before becoming Mayor/Lord Mayor, to cause him to become Mayor?

Was his wife a lady because he was knighted, or was she a Lady in her own right? i.e. did he marry ‘above’ his social state?

Was the fact that his wife was nigh on 20 years younger than him just a Victorian’thing’, or was there a previous wife?

Whar did he do between ceasing to be Lord Mayor (1894) and passing away (1911) ? and was whatever it was, in A.E.?

Did he live locally ever?

Any local descendents?

There is a painting in the Town Hall displayed on the BBC web site. I am hopefully pasting in a link to it here.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/sir-anthony-marshall-206538

More interest at the cemetery:
1. The founder and an early Headmaster, of Rileys School are there.
2. RMS Falaba…look it up.

Went to cemetery yesterday to visit my parents grave so googled RMS Falaba before I went.
My Aunt and I found the grave of Jasper Lees who died on the ship which was torpedoed by a German submarine in 1915. Interesting story, I presume that the others mentioned on the stone were his parents and possibly a brother although they seemed to be from Surrey.

Next to it was the memorial to the founder and a headmaster at the Ryleys School on Ryleys Lane - thats Ryleys with a y Duncan, not an i.

Hi Dina,

1. I wonder if Mr. Lees was a local man; anyone know? He was in the armed forces at the time of his death.

2. The three gentlemen remembered on the Ryleys memorial were:
W.R. Williams (1844-1921)
Llewellyn Stanley Williams (1869-1917)
Dilwyn Gerald Williams (died 1915…WW1?)
(Dilwyn was remembered by ‘Old Ryleysians’).

So a Welsh connection for ‘The Ryleys’ ?

Can the School Archvist clarify? Or anyone else?

Duncan Herald - Sir Anthony Marshall and his second wife Mary lived at “Brookdale” A.E. In 1901 and his profession was a Textile Merchant.  His first wife was Margaret Scott (they had 1 child) they married in 1851 and lived in Chorlton-on-Medlock where his first wife died in 1888.  The 1891 Census shows him living in Chorlton with his second wife Mary.  The 1901/1911 Census shows them living in A.E.  He was Knighted by Queen Victoria when she came to Manchester.

Duncan Herald - Sir Anthony Marshall and his second wife Mary lived at “Brookdale” A.E. In 1901 and his profession was a Textile Merchant.  His first wife was Margaret Scott (they had 1 child) they married in 1851 and lived in Chorlton-on-Medlock where his first wife died in 1888.  The 1891 Census shows him living in Chorlton with his second wife Mary.  The 1901/1911 Census shows them living in A.E.  He was Knighted by Queen Victoria when she came to Manchester.