Death of a Temperance Advocate

In 1866 a temperance advocate, Noah Wareham, was violently kicked to death outside his house in Montagu Street, Portsmouth. There was a preponderance of beer houses and brewers in the town at this time who, together with naval and garrison elements, did not take kindly to the thought of someone preaching abstinence. There was a national outcry and a book entitled, ‘The life and martyrdom of Noah Wareham (late of Portsmouth)’ was written the following year by Frederic Beck.