OF PETER CLARE, ESQ., F.R.A.S. 205 



impression in his favour, which occasionally arrested the 

 attention of strangers, and induced them to inquire for his 

 name. While in health he was uniformly cheerful. In the 

 social circle he was always entertaining, and not unfrequently 

 facetious, having a good memory and a large fund of humor- 

 ous anecdotes and amusing narratives at command. As a 

 natural consequence, his company was often sought and 

 always acceptable. 



Like his illustrious friend Dr. Dalton, he was brought up a 

 Quaker. To that denomination he adhered through life. 

 But he never unseasonably obtruded his religious opinions 

 upon others. In fact, he always comported himself with the 

 unaffected ease and urbanity of a real gentleman, continually 

 exemplifying in the mild and ** even tenor of his way" the 

 beautiful sentiment of old Geoffrey Chaucer, — "He who ever 

 intendeth to perform all kinds of gentle deeds, is the greatest 

 gentleman ; and he who will perform none of them — 



He is not gentle, be he duke or earl." 



Mr. Clare was never married ; and has left very few near 

 relations to mourn his loss. His last illness was long, but 

 not painful. The disease under which he finally sank is 

 believed to have been an affection of the heart. He died on 

 Monday, November 24th, 1851, in the seventy-first year of 

 his age, and was interred on the following Sunday morning in 

 the "Friends'" burying ground. Mount-street, Manchester. 

 His remains were followed to their last resting place by a 

 numerous body of his own denomination — by the President, 

 Council, and other members of the Literary and Philosophical 

 Society, and a large concourse of spectators. 



Peter Clare was in every sense a truly respectable and 

 much respected man, — an ornament to the connection in 

 which he moved, — and sincerely regretted by a wide circle 

 of acquaintances and friends. 



