Some ancestors who won things!

The following list of names is taken from a November 1879 issue of the Boy's Own Paper (UK). To learn more of this paper please read my excellent blog Leave the Dog Alone. The winners of an art competition were announced in this issue...today I publish the names (and in almost every case, basic addresses), of the winners in the Pen and Ink categories. Tune in tomorrow for more.

Albert G. Morrow (Belfast) - First Prize
no second prize!
Alfred C. Lovett (Addiscombe) - Third Prize

The following received certificates for Pen and Ink drawings
Ernest Benning (Great Portland Street, W London)
T.D. McKenzie (Lee, Kent)
Alfred C.C. Schmitz (Leeds) ...this guy ended up a famous(ish) painter
C.E. Pratt (Redland, nr Bristol)
Constance Emily Bushell (Teignmouth)
Henry Copeland Sillar (North Finchley, N. London)
Duncan Cameron (Inverness)
C.E. Buckeridge (Tunbridge Wells)

Please feel free to contact me or comment if you would like more information.