Mrs. John Brinsmead.

At the venerable age of ninety-three Mrs. John Brinsmead died at her husband's house, 16, Albert Road, Regent's Park, in the early hours of Monday morning. The pathetic side of Mrs. Brinsmead's demise consists of the fact that her husband, who is himself in his ninety-fifth year, was at the moment of his wife's death in another part of the house so dangerously ill that the family decided not to let him know what had happened, fearful that the blow would have a fatal effect. Our representative was informed at the house on Wednesday that Mr. Brinsmead was in a state of unconsciousness, and that he was only kept alive by frequent infinitesimal injections of strychnine, designed to maintain the vital actions of the heart. In the autumn of last year St. Pancras Gazette readers will remember Mr. and Mrs. Brinsmead celebrated the seventieth anniversary of their wedding, when one of the staff described the proceedings, the aged couple's reception, etc. in picturesque detail. Unfortunately, about a month ago, on the 23rd of November, Mr. and Mrs. Brinsmead suffered a sad loss through the death of their son, Mr. Edgar Brinsmead, who had done so much to help in building up his father's firm, before it was formed into a limited company.

The funeral of Mrs. Brinsmead took place yesterday at the Old Cemetery, Highgate, and was preceded by a numerously attended service at St. Mark's, Regent's Park. The utmost quietude and privacy was observed in taking the remains from the house, lest by any mischance Mr. Brinsmead should know that his partner for seventy long and happy years was being conveyed to her last resting place.

The family was represented by Messrs. Sydney, Horace, Herbert, John, Max, and Cecil Brinsmead, Mr. H. Billinghurst, Mr. T. Brinsmead, Mr. C. Pendle, Mr. E. Goddard, and Mr. B. Olley. The following heads of departments from the Kentish Town factory of John Brinsmead and Sons, Ltd., followed: Messrs. Hathaway, Abbot, Allen, Quinn, F. Dick, Kenton, Allum, Skelton, Craven, Mill, Palmer, Heal, Taylor, and Dalstenne. Mr. Edmund Barnes, D.L., and Mrs. Barnes, General Lyster and several Regent's Park neighbours occupied seats in the crowded church. The Rev. Maurice Bell, M.A., Vicar of St. Mark's officiated, and the choir sang the prescribed hymns with beautiful impressiveness. The coffin was covered with choice flowers from the family, and the other wreaths were so numerous that a separate coach was required to convey them to the cemetery, where the Rev. Maurice Bell read the closing passages of the Burial Service. There were upwards of 200 employees of the firm in church.

From the St. Pancras Gazette January 3rd, 1908