Account of the families of Boase or Bowes

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part in the collection of the census of the former colony in
1857, he ahout 1866 opened a store of his own in Pall
Mall, Sandhurst, where he still continues, and has built him-
self a residence in the vicinity of the town. He m. 1867
Jane Millar and has issue.
(d) Frederic Boase fourth son of J. J. A. Boase was b.
at Lariggan, near Penzance, 7 Oct. 1843, and bapt. at S.
Mary's 1? Nov. by the Rev. E. Shuttleworth. He was
educated at the Penzance Grammar School 1855-57, at
Bromsgrove Grammar School, Worcestershire, under the
Rev. J. D. Collis, D.D.,Aug. 1857, to Dec. 1859 and at Probus
under the Rev. Samuel Stead 1860-61. Being articled to
Messrs. Rodd and Cornish, Solicitors, Penzance, 24 Dec.
1861, he passed his intermediate examination in London
Nov. 1864, and his final examination Jan. 1867, and was
admitted an attorney and solicitor 30 Jan. 1867. Since that
time he has followed his profession in Exmouth and in
London,
Charles W. Boase.
Charles William Boase, third son of Henry Boase,
was b. No. 6 Knightsbridge, London, 8 June 1804, and pri-
vately baptised by the rev. John Townshend, 26 July,
removed to Penzance with his father in 1810, aDd was edu-
cated at the Helston Grammar School under Rev. William
Stabback. After this he went to France and resided for some
time at St. Pol de Leon and obtained a fair knowledge of tho
French language. On his return he proceeded to Portsmouth
where he studied in order to qualify himself for becoming an
engineer, but after a time abandoning this intention he
with the view of learning Scotch banking entered the
Dundee New Bank, in 1821 and after passing through
various grades of service, on the retirement of Mr. William
Roberts, who went to Glasgow, became manager of the
Union Bank, and died 14 Apl. 1832, was appointed manager
of the bank. In 1837 he was invited to take the manage-
ment of the Dundee Bank, and this proposal led to the
amalgamation on the 31 Jan. 1838 of the Dundee New Bank
with the Dundee Banking Co., established in 1763, Mr.
C. W. Boase assuming the management on the 13 March
under the title of Cashier. In 1840 the Directors to relieve
themselves of some of their duties appointed Mr. C. W.
Boase manager ; and his brother, Mr. G. C. Boase, became
cashier. This position he held till Feb. 1864, when the
Dundee Bank was merged in the Royal Bank of Scotland,
but he still continued to manage the business till 21 Dec.
1867, when he retired on a pension. On the 10 Jan. 1851
he was presented by the Directors with the sum of two
hundred guineas '• in consideration of his valuable and
efficient services for the past thirteen years." And on the
9 Mch. 1857 he was presented with £300 "in token of
their satisfaction at the result of the past year's business."
Shortly after he came to Dundee he took a deep interest
in promoting the establishment of the Watt Destitution, and
in 1 824 the year when it was called into existence he was
elected Secretary and Treasurer which appointments he held
until 1828. He arranged the museum of the Institution,
occasionally delivered lectures to its members and until its
dissolution was one of its warmest supporters.
In 1842 when the town of Dundee became bankrupt, C.
W. Boase was one of the trustees elected by the creditors.
At one period he was a director of the Public Seminaries, and
he also took part in the discussion relative to the improve-
ments of the harbour, his financial knowledge of the business
of the town rendering his opinion of considerable value.
In 1836 Mr. Boase became " a believer in the restoration
of Apostles to the Church," and one of a small company of
like faith worshipping in a room in Whitehall Close under
the care of the Rev. G. Crosbie. Soon after he at his own
cost erected an elegant little chapel in Bell street to which,
the congregation removed, and continued there until 30
Nov. 1867 when the present church in Constitution road
was opened for service. " Mr. Boase was ordained to the
Priesthood in Oct. 1836 and to the Episcopate in Aug. 1851,
and after his retirement from business in 1867 had charge of
the Evangelistic work throughout Scotland, in consequence
of which he removed in Nov. 1870 to Drummond-place,
Edinburgh." As a preacher he had a popular style and a
happy knack of making himself perfectly understood, so that
on occasions when it was announced that he was going to
preach many of the outside public attended the church. He
originally resided in Meadow Place, Dundee, having a
country house at Newport in Fife, but about 1859
went to reside at Balgay House, Dundee. With the
intention of providing illustrations of the Scriptures for the
members of his own congregation and others, he employed
Mr. John Alexander and other artists to make for him
copies of many of the most celebrated paintings of the old
masters existing in foreign collections ; for the proper exhi-
bition of these paintings he built a special gallery at the
rear of his house in Meadow Place, and with the hope of
encouraging a taste for art in Dundee, these paintings were
on more than one occasion lent for public exhibition. One
of these pictures, a copy of Leonardo da Vinci's great paint-
ing of the Last Supper he presented in 1870 to the Albert
Institute, Dundee, the others were removed to Edinburgh,
and the collection has now been dispersed.
As an author he has published several works on con-
troversial theology, for which see Bibl. Cornub. i. 28,
but the publication by which he will be chiefly
remembered is entitled " A Century of Banking in Dun-
dee," a mass of facts and figures extending over nearly four
hundred pages, and affording most useful information to
all persons interested in banking statistics. C. W. Boase
died rather suddenly on Friday the 7th June 1872, while
staying at Albury, Surrey, " attending a Council of Minis-
ters of the Catholic Apostolic Church :" his remains were
interred in the burial ground of the parish church on the 12
June. He m. 9 Dec. 1832 at Dundee Helen, fifth dau.
of William and Alison Lindsay, and had issue seven child-
ren ; of these we propose to speak of two (a) Edward (b)
Clement.
(a) Edward Boase, second son of C. W. Boase, was b.
Dundee 16 Dec. 1841, educated at Gothic House, Rotting-
dean (Mr. Arthur Orlebar's), and at Glcnalmond College,
Perthshire He entered the 93rd Sutherland High-
landers in 1860, purchasing his Ensignship 21 Dec.
1860, and his Lieutenancy 10 July 1863. He served in
India for some y ears, and after his return, namely in the
commencement of 1868, sold out his commission. Soon
after retiring from the army he entered into partnership
with Messrs. Robert and Henry Small and his cousin W. L.
Boase, under the names of Messrs. Small and Boase, Hemp
spinners, twine makers, and manufacturers, having pi aces of
business at Rockwell Works. Dundee and Hawkslaw Works,
Leven. On the death of Mr. Henry Small in 1869 Mr.
Robert Small retired from the firm, and the business was
continued by Edward Boase and W. L. Boase under the
same title of Small and Boase, until 1 Dec. 1875. At that
date they sold the Rockwell Factory and business to W. L
Boase. Shortly after, they took a partner, Mr. George
Shann ; and Edward Boase, W. L. Boase, and George Shann
carry on at Leven the business of Hemp Spinners under the
name of Small and Boase. He m. 31 Oct. 1871 Emilia only
dau. of the late John Bell, solicitor, Dundee.
(b) Clement Boase, third son of C. W. Boase, was b.
Dundee 13 May 1846, and educated at Glenalmond College,
Perthshire. In May 1864 he entered the Dundee Bank and
served as an apprentice until about the end of 1867, when
he determined to devote himself to the ministry ; accord-
ingly in 1870 he was admitted to the Deaconship in the