Poet. Alternative signature: “J. R. Eastwood.” Author of Poems for Little People and those of Larger Growth (1887, 1896) and Fireside Poems (1896). The Chambers’s Journal ledger entry for his unsigned poem, published on 2 October 1875, gives his name as
“J. R. Eastwood” and his address as Ruby House, Willaston, near Chester (NLS Dep 341/368).
Also lived at 138 Bedford Road, Rock Ferry, Cheshire. Biographical information: Reilly,
Late Victorian Poetry, p. 148. (AC, CC)