In an excerpt of a conversation about Joseph Bennett in 1822 between davecigar and RickyC, Ricky made the following comment about 'condition of service' linking the keeper of the lighthouse and master of the lifeboat being removed.
It's a long shot as it's a 7 year old post but where would RickyC have read that the 'condition of service' had been removed?
Thanks,
Dave Nbl
Hi Dave,
Many thanks for your prompt reply.
In 1809, it was a 'condition of service' that the Hoylake Lighthouse Keeper was also Coxswain of the Hoylake Lifeboat.
So Joseph Bennett would have filled both positions until he retired as Coxswain in 1822.
At this point, the 'condition of service' was removed, thus allowing Joseph Bennett to continue as Lighthouse Keeper until his death in 1828.
Unfortunately nobody knows who took over as Coxswain after Joseph Bennett's retirement in 1822. Thus Hoylake Lifeboat Station's list of Coxswains remains blank for the period 1822 to 1840.
RickyC.