William Hollins
William Hollins (1815-1890) of Hollins, Siddon and Co and William Hollins and Co
1815 May 15th. Born at Mansfield the son of Henry Hollins and his wife Hannah Maria
c.1856 Birth of son William Walter Humphrey Hollins
c.1860 Birth of son John Angus Hollins
1861 Living at Vale House, Pleasley: William Hollins (age 45 born Mansfield), Merino Spinner. With his wife Letitia, sons William Walter Humphrey Hollins (age 5 born Pleasley Vale) and John Angus Hollins (infant born Pleasley Vale) and two daughters.[1]
c.1863 Birth of son William Hollins (married 1895 to Mary Sealy)
1871 Residing at 34 Portland Place London: William Hollins (age 55 born Mansfield), Retired from business. With his wife Letitia (age 45 born Ireland), sons William T. H. Hollins (age 15 born Mansfield), John Angus Hollins (age 10 born Mansfield) and William Hollins (age 8 born Mansfield). Also two daughters.[2]
1881 January 17th. Death of his son John Angus Hollins
1886 August 04th. Death of his eldest son William Walter Humphrey Hollins died in Colorado age 31 years. Buried at Laramie City, Wyoming.
1890 February 04th. Died in London, of 5 Queen's Gate Place, London. Probate to Letitia his widow and to William Hollins of Pleasley.
1890 'WILL OF MR HOLLINS, OF PLEASLEY. Probate of the will dated 13th June, 1871, with codicils made the January, 1873, 22nd September, 1873. 24th November, 1877, 11th June, 1879, 11th April, 1881, 11th January, 1882, 19th May, 1882, 18th August, 1886, and 25th August, 1886, of the late Mr. Wm. Hollins, of Pleasley, Derbyshire, who died on the 4th February last, has been proved by the executors (his wife, Mrs. Letitia Hollins, and his son, Mr. Wm. Hollins), by whom the value of the testator's personal estate has been sworn at £321,284 1s. 10d. The testator bequeaths to Mrs. Hollins £60,000 and his house Queen's Gate place, and devises to his son, Mr. William Hollins, the Pleasley estate. By his will he has made provision for the continuance of his interest in the partnership business of William Hollins and Co., carried on him with Mr. Charles Paget Moe, William Byerly Paget, and his nephews, Mr. Robert Arthur Hollins and Mr. Henry Ernest Hollins, but the business having been transferred to a limited company the testator bequeaths 54 shares of £10,000 each in William Hollins and Co. (Limited) to his son, Mr. William Hollins. He bequeaths £500 each to three nieces, £2,000 amongst three other nieces, and some other legacies, and leaves his residuary estate in trust in equal shares for all his children when 24 years of age.'[3]
1890 Obituary.[4]
The funeral of the late Mr. William Hollins, of Pleasley Vale, who died Tuesday last his London residence, Queen's Gate-place, after a long and painful illness, took place on Saturday. It was the desire of the deceased, and also of the family, that the proceedings should be as quiet and unostentatious as possible, but Mr. Hollins was so widely and deeply respected that the attendance the public was extremely large, including, as it did, visitors from all parts of the counties of Nottingham and Derby, with both which he was intimately connected. The body was interred in the family vault in the Churchyard, by the side the grave where lies his eldest son, William Walter Humphrey, who died in Colorado, 1886, and his second son, John Angus, who died in 1881. The grave was of plain brick and totally unornamented.
The remains were brought from London to Mansfield on Saturday morning. They were placed on a special car about midnight on Friday St. Pancras Station, London, and reached Mansfield shortly before seven o'clock, where the body lay till 10 o'clock, when was met by some of the members of the family and friends and taken in the hearse in which came from London to the home of the deceased, Pleasley Vale House. The body was in coffin of elm, inside a leaden case, and this was placed in a beautiful casket of oak set off with brass fittings. The plate on the breast bore the following simple inscription, "William Hollins. born 15th May, 1815 died 4th February, 1890." As the hearse passed through Mansfield on its way Pleasley was received with tokens of respect. The flag on the Town Hall was at half-mast, and in most of the houses along the route the blinds were drawn, and many of the places of business were closed. The same signs of mourning were displayed Mansfield Woodhouse, from the church of which a muffled peal was rung.....