3-047-042 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Sheriff Perkins, 1872. Engraving from a photograph by Ghémar, of Brussels. 'Mr. [Frederick] Perkins is a native of Southampton, where he was long resident, and has been five times Mayor of that town, being elected in 1859, 1861, 1862, 1868, and 1869. He is forty-six years of age. He married a daughter of Mr. J. R. Croskey, late American Consul at Southampton. While holding the office of Mayor he twice had the honour of entertaining the Prince and Princess of Wales. He presented to the Bishop's Waltham Infirmary a statue of the late Prince Consort, which was unveiled by Princess Helena, accompanied by Princess Louise. As an acknowledgment of the public spirit and liberality which Mr. Perkins had displayed, especially in connection with the festivities of the Bath and West of England Agricultural Society's show in 1868, the town presented him with a dessert service'. From "Illustrated London News", 1872.