Alfred the Gorilla
Alfred died on 10 March 1948. The press at the time speculated that ‘his pet hate got him in the end’, linking Alfred's dislike of aeroplanes with the passage of one over the zoo shortly before his death. The actual cause of his demise was tuberculosis which he contracted a year before and despite his keepers best efforts, he had been unable to recover. His death was mourned by many of the regular visitors to the zoo, some of whom were even inspired to compose poems in his honour.
Sir Alfred Rawlinson, 3rd Baronet
On 25 June 1890, Alfred married Margarette Kennard, the 6th daughter of William Bunce Greenfield DL. They had four children; twins Alfred Frederick and Honour Loiusa were born 23 August 1900, Honour died aged 12. They had a second daughter, Irene Margarette (died 1974) and a third, Mary, who died in infancy. Margarette died on 18 September 1907 aged about 49.