Born in Preston.1

Christened in Chorley, Leyland.2

Father - John Eccles
Mother - Victoria Mary Luis

Recorded in census in Preston, Longton (Farington House).3

Recorded in census in Eastbourne (17 Victoria Place).4

In lodgings with Victoria Mary Luis Eccles, formerly Kay, née Fernandes

Attended the funeral in Bamber Bridge, St Saviour.5

Of William Eccles (1830-1892)

Educated Cambridge University, Trinity.6,7

Admitted.
Contemporary with :-
Henry Duncan Stanning (admitted 1900)
John Stanning (admitted 1896)
Joseph Edward Stanning (admitted 1898)

Research Note :-
Venn "Alumni Cantabrigienses" does not give a graduation date. According to an email from the Archivist at Trinity this is because it appears that he did not do so. In his opinion "he either failed completely or, more likely, he decided that he would not bother, using his time at Cambridge to make contacts and do plenty of horseracing."

Mentioned in Will.8

Of John Eccles (1831-1905)
Annotated as "my son William Ernest Luis Eccles"

Club Membership.12

Joined the Atheneaum Club - a Cambridge sporting club of aristocratic membership, in existence 1845-1938, with rooms in Trinity Street.
Cost - 10 shillings per term.

Won in Cambridge.10,11

University Challenge Whip.
A horse race organised by the Athenaeum Club of Cambridge.
Text from engraved plaque on frame :-
1901 - W.E.L.Eccles' .... Master Gautby

Recorded in census in Preston, Longton (Farington House).9

Won in Cambridge.10,11

University Challenge Whip.
A horse race organised by the Athenaeum Club of Cambridge.
Text from engraved plaque on frame :-
1902 - W.E.L.Eccles' .... Master Gautby

Won in Cambridge.10,11

University Challenge Whip.
A horse race organised by the Athenaeum Club of Cambridge.
Text from engraved plaque :-
1903 - W.E.L.Eccles' .... Master Gautby
Clause 5 of the Conditions (Rules) of the race states - "Any one winning the WHIP three years in succession may keep it, but must replace it by One of Equal Value."

Witness at wedding in Chorley, Leyland Parish Church.13

Of John Gilbert Luis Eccles & Hannah Mary Stanning

Mentioned in Codicil to Will.8

Of John Eccles (1831-1905)
First codicil

Mentioned in Codicil to Will.8

Of John Eccles (1831-1905)
Second codicil

Registered death in Preston.14

Of John Eccles

Resident in Preston, Longton (Farington House).14

Executor.15

Of the Will and Codicils of John Eccles (1831-1905)
Joint executor with :-
Victoria Mary Luis Eccles
John Gilbert Luis Eccles

Directories.16

Barrett's Directory of Preston & Fylde Districts - 1907.
Bamber Bridge
Eccles, Wm., Ernest, Cotton spinner (William Eccles & Sons); h. Farington House.
Cotton Spinners & Manufacturers
Eccles Wm & Sons - Withy Trees Mill. Tel 412 &  413

Occupation Director William Eccles Sons & Co, Cotton Manufacturers & farmer.17

Recorded in census in Southam (Westfield, Moreton Morrell).17

Head of household
Rooms x 12
Staff x 3

Married Florence Emily LOCKE in Westminster, Royal Bavarian Chapel.21,22

From Marriage Certificate :-
1) By certificate
2) Priest - Joseph Reardon & Registrar - Joseph R. Bond
3) Witnesses - Evelyn F Hargreaves, Mary Locke, J. B. Batten & V. M. L. Eccles
4) Groom - John Gilbert Luis Eccles, 32, Bachelor, Independant means, Hestfield, Moreton Morrell, Near Harwick
5) Father of the groom - John Eccles (deceased), Independant Means
6) Bride - Florence Emily Locke, 25, Spinster, 52 Jermyn Street, Piccadilly
7) Father of the bride - John Locke, Distiller

Birth of son Dennis Lynton Luis ECCLES in Hampstead.18,19

Death of Florence Emily LOCKE in Ireland, Dublin.20