OBITUARY OF ADELA WATSON (1861-1922)

Excerpt from the Lynn Advertiser, Wisbech Constitutional Gazette and Norfolk & Cambridge Herald (Dated 1^st December 1922)

THE LATE MRS. HARDY

The funeral of Mrs. Adela Hardy, of Meldrith Lodge, who died at the Nursing Home, Portland Street, Lynn, after a short illness was on Friday, 17^th November. After a service at St. Edmund’s church, the vicar (Rev. W.D.B. Curry) officiating, the remains were interred in the churchyard of Old Hunstanton. Mrs. Hardy was a daughter of Mr. Peter Watson, schoolmaster and astronomer, of Byculla, India. After serving through the Mutiny, Mr. Watson retuned to England 56 years ago, and took up residence at Eaglescliffe, Durham. The late Mrs. Hardy often spoke of her voyage from India in a sailing vessel which often took over 200 days to make the passage. Her husband, Mr. W. Hardy L.D.S., was a well-known figure in Hunstanton, he having been for several years a member of the Urban District Council, of which he was chairman for a time. Mrs. Hardy was a grand-daughter of Admiral Collier. In Hunstanton much sympathy is felt with the family in their sorrow. The principal mourners at the funeral were messers J.J.F. and H. Fleming (sons), Mrs. Woods (sister), Mr. T.Q. Bowett, Mrs. Hart and Mrs. J.S. Witley. A  number of townspeople attended the service at the church.