LUTHER

Robert . b. 1800; farmed 1000 acres under earl Powis at Acton to death; a judge of Here ford and Shropshire cattle; huntsman of the Union hunt for Mr. Frank Beddows from about 1830 to death; in his last hours he sent for some of his hounds to come to his bedside. d. Acton 7 Sep. 1862. Sporting Review , xlviii 412–13 (1862). LÜTHY, Robert (son of Victor Lüthy a veterinary surgeon, and one of a family of 21 children). b. Solothurn, Switzerland 24 Sep. 1840; draughtsman to R. and L. R. Bodmer, London 1862; in service of Hick, Hargreaves & Co. of Bolton 1864 to death; designed hydraulic cotton pre es and balanced valves 1863; experimented on cold air machines for freezing meat 1876, went to Australia in connection with the busine of shipping frozen meat 1883; member Instit. Mechanical engineers 1878. d. Bolton 3 July 1884. Proc. of instit. of mechanical engineers (1884) 403–4.