Ryde Pier Company Stock Certificate

Share certificates of the Honourable Somerset John Gough Calsthorpe of Woodlands Saint Helens, Isle of Wight, Colonel in the Army for £25 share in the Ryde Pier Company under the Ryde Pier Tramways Act 1865, The Ryde Pier Railways Act 1867 and the Ryde Pier Railway Extension Act 1870, entered by William Edward Ratcliffe, Clerk to the Company and signed by Edward Carter, Director. Hand written note on the reverse detailing the change of share to Edward Dickenson Featon of Southsea on 5th May 1874, again signed by William Edward Ratcliffe.