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OBITUARY
Mr. William Moseley, Architect. — We mention with regret the death of Mr. William Moseley, which took place on the 29th ult., at 32, Cumberland-terrace, Regent's Park, in his eighty-third year. Mr. Moseley was appointed county surveyor of Middlesex in the year 1829. He held that office for twenty-five years, and during its tenure built the Female Ward of the House of Correction, rebuilt the House of Detention (formerly the New Prison), added wings to Hanwell Asylum, was the architect of the Surrey Lunatic Asylum at Wandsworth, and of the West Derby Asylum, Liverpool, and was appointed consulting architect to the Commissioners in Lunacy.
Whilst in partnership with his brother, Mr. Andrew Moseley, he built the Westminster Palace Hotel, the City Bank in Threadneedle-street, the City Bank in Bond-street, and many other mansions and buildings.
He was elected district surveyor of West Islington in 1853, and held this appointment till his death.
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