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OBITUARY NOTICE. 



EDWARD JAQUES, B.A. 



Born, September \2th, 1825 ; joined the Quekett Club on its founda- 

 tion in 1865; served on Committee, 1865-7/ first Honorary 

 Librarian, 1867-72; died, November 22nd, 1906. 



By the death of the late Mr. Jaques another gap is made in the 

 now rapidly diminishing list of the Club's founders. Of the 

 twelve gentlemen who, on June 14th, 1865, attended the meeting 

 held at 192, Piccadilly, in the office of Mr. Robert Hardwicke, 

 the publisher of Science Gossip, only two survive — viz. the 

 veteran microscopist, Dr. M. C. Oooke, and Mr. W. M. By water, 

 who was the first Honorary Secretary of the Club. At this 

 preliminary meeting Mr. Jaques moved the appointment of a 

 provisional committee of five gentlemen to report on the best 

 means of carrying out the object of the meeting, which, it appears 

 from the original minute-book, was "to establish a society of 

 amateur microscopists based on economic principles." He also 

 took part in the adjourned meeting, held on July 7th, 1865, in 

 the National Schoolroom at St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, which saw 

 the actual foundation of our Club; and on August 4th, 1865, he 

 was elected a member of the first Committee, subsequently 

 becoming the first Librarian. After his resignation of this office 

 in July, 1872, he does not appear to have taken any active part 

 in the management of the Club, but he was a frequent attendant 

 at the meetings until quite recent years. 



Edward Jaques was a son of the late John Jaques, a solicitor 

 of Ely Place, and after graduating at London University was 

 articled to one of his father's partners, and admitted a solicitor 

 in 1851. A few years later he entered the Civil Service as a 



