3-078-022 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The late Dr. Rowland Morris Fawcett, M.D., 1890. Engraving from a photograph by Messrs. Blanchard and Lunn. 'The town of Cambridge has lost one of its most esteemed public men by the death of Dr. Rowland Morris Fawcett, at a great age, for he was born in 1803, son of a clergyman at Carlisle. Settling in Cambridge as a medical practitioner, he had for many years the largest practice in the town. He took an active part in local affairs, was a member of the Corporation, and filled the office of Mayor in 1843. He was senior Justice of the Peace for the borough, and within the last few weeks attended the Bench. He was also a Deputy Lieutenant for the county. Besides being one of the Corporation, he did good service to the town as a member of the Cambridge Improvement Commission, until its abolition last year; and it was chiefly owing to his exertions that the large assembly room at the Guildhall was built. He was a trustee of the borough charities, and one of the trustees of the savings-bank. The charitable institutions of the town lose by his death a generous friend'. From "Illustrated London News", 1890.