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very wide ; and his gi^ts in charitable objects were large and 

 frequent, nor were they restricted to his own locality. 



EoBEPT Hudson was the son of tlie Rev. L. William Hudson, 

 and born in 1S02 at Clapham, Surrey. He was elected I'ellow 

 of our Society in 1S48, and F.E.S. in 1834. Although he was 

 actively engaged as a timber merchant, he found time to devote 

 to his duties at the Council of the Zoological Society, so that 

 a silver medal was aAvarded to him for his valuable services. He 

 died at Bournemouth February 9, 1883, aged 81. 



WiLT.iA'Nr Jameson was born at Leith in 1815, was educated 

 at tb.e High School, Edinburgh, and received his medical training 

 at the University, where his uncle, Prof. Eobert Jameson, filled 

 the chair of Natural History Irom 1804 to 1854. 



In August 1838 he was appointed to the Bengal Medical 

 Service, proceeded to Calcutta ; and soon after his ajrival he was 

 called upon to act as Curator of the Museum of the Asiatic 

 Society, a temporary dut^ which he discharged with great ability. 

 Shortly afterwards he was moved to Cawnpore, and then to 

 Amballa, at the latter place being Civil Surgeon in 1S41. In 

 1842 he was ap2:)ointed Superintendent of the Botanic Garden at 

 Saharuupore in place of Dr. Falconer, then seriously ill. Whilst 

 here he embarked upon his grand project (f tea-cultivation in 

 British India, under the aus])ices of Lord Dalhousie, Governor- 

 General ; and before his death he had the satisfaction of seeing 

 that culture one of the staple industries on the lower Himalaya. 

 In December 1S75 Mr. Jameson retired from his jiost at Saha- 

 ruupore to a small estate at Deyrah Doon ; and there he died 

 on 18tli March 1882, leaving a widow" and two sons. A full list 

 of Ills writings will be found in the Proc. Soc. Bot. Edinb. (1882). 



John Dillwtn Llewelyn, of Penllegare, was born 

 10th Ji.nuary, 1810, and died at his home at Wimbledon on 

 August 24, 1&S2, aged 72. He was the eldest sou of the late 

 Lewis West on Dillwyn (co-author with Dawson Turner of the 

 ' Lotiinist's Guide '), and was also one of the senior Fellows of the 

 Hoyal Society. His election into the Linnean Society took place 

 May 3, 1831. 



Matthew Moggeidqe was born July 16, 1803, and died in 

 London, July 14, 1882. He married on April 19, 1836, 

 Fanny, eldest daughter of Lewis AVeston Dillwyn, M.P. for 

 Glamorgan, well known for his works in various branches of 

 natural science, from whom in great measure Mr. Moggridge 

 derived his liking for biology, his other instructor being John 

 Dillwyn Llewelyn of Penllegare. 



He never closely devoted himself to study either botany or 

 zoology, but took great pleasure in collecting flowering plants, 

 especially during the many winters he passed at Mentone for the 



