I am sure that those members of this list who have read "Pembroke People" will be sad to learn of the sad death its author - Richard Rose - on Monday 16th December. Although not a Pembrokeshire man himself he became fascinated by the partly encrypted diary of Matthew Campbell, Customs Officer of Pembroke, which he had found on a London antiques market stall. Over a number of years he worked on compiling a vast amount of information on the people who lived Pembroke and Pembroke Dock between 1800 and 1837 which most of us have found invaluable in our researches. Even with a computer, sorting all the information collected from such extensive sources was a mammoth task entailing many visits to Pembrokeshire, as well as the Carmarthenshire RO, the NLW and many other archive collections, from his home in London. His contribution to the history of Pembrokeshire will remain as a standard work and he will always be remembered as a scholar and a gentleman. With fond remembrance Joy

That is sad news Joy. Sorry to hear that. I didn't know him, but have had a look at the book and have seen his messages on this list. Regards Sandra -----Original Message----- From: dyfed-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:dyfed-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Joy Sent: 17 December 2013 15:04 To: dyfed@rootsweb.com Subject: [Dyfed] Richard Rose I am sure that those members of this list who have read "Pembroke People" will be sad to learn of the sad death its author - Richard Rose - on Monday 16th December. Although not a Pembrokeshire man himself he became fascinated by the partly encrypted diary of Matthew Campbell, Customs Officer of Pembroke, which he had found on a London antiques market stall. Over a number of years he worked on compiling a vast amount of information on the people who lived Pembroke and Pembroke Dock between 1800 and 1837 which most of us have found invaluable in our researches. Even with a computer, sorting all the information collected from such extensive sources was a mammoth task entailing many visits to Pembrokeshire, as well as the Carmarthenshire RO, the NLW and many other archive collections, from his home in London. His contribution to the history of Pembrokeshire will remain as a standard work and he will always be remembered as a scholar and a gentleman. With fond remembrance Joy ================================ Dyfed list REVISED resources http://home.clara.net/daibevan/DyfedML.html [Dec2012] ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DYFED-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message