LORD BRASSEY'S FATHER.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1614, 20 July 1887, Page 4

LORD BRASSEY'S FATHER.

"Old L'vafpool" conttlbutes the following to tbe " Melbourne Age" :— li early life Lord Brassey'a father was a younj? man with lotß of energy, a gond charaoter, ond no money. He was m «he ensplcy of Mr Wardell, the Chester banker. Being of a pushing tarn « f mind^hesaw his way fo entry on small contracts, bo he started ac a contractor, with some assistance from Mr Wa:d He Dank. At last he aspired to large under taking*, and he put m for and got a very large railway contrsct, but far be food ha means. In his despair In bethought himself of Mr Wardell'a baak, and, waiting on the old backer, laid before him lirequirements, and asked for a large edvance. to anable^him to buy the neo3asary plant. ' Bat, air, I hava no security to iffer you. 1 'Yes, you have, the bes*, a good character ; you shall have the money.' Young Braasey got tbe contrac , and carried It oot with great profit. He became a levhthan contractor, and prodigiously rich Years after a rannur went abroad thut Wardeli'a bank wa> ehaky. Mr Brassey, as soon ai he heard it, weit speeding to Chester, and to his old nmtt r, the old banker, whom he found m d.spalr, hia bank tottering, said, 1 Me Wardell, I have jast heard the bad news, and have conn to jour relief at once. What sum do you n quire V 'Oh, an awful sum.' he uttered hopelessly, •What sum? Name it, It was several hundreds of thousands, ' Yo§ shall have it.' ' Bat I have no security to offar.' •Yea, you have, the beßt, a good character,' Wardell waß Btattled at hearing his own words re-echoed after so many years. Tho two men rose and clasped hands, but spoke not. In the presence of that power which makes all great hearts kin their; were too fuU to speak. The bank was saved. I heard this from a connection of cay ovrn, Sit William Jackson, once a partner of Mr Brassey's, tbe firm being Brassey, Batte, Peto, and Jackson."