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neglect of which led to his rather sudden death, which took place ou 

 the 13th of March, 1872, being his sixty-ninth birthday. He was 

 elected an Associate of this Society on the 5th of June, 1838. 



Sir Oswald Moslet, Bart., D.C.L., formerly M.P. for North Staf- 

 fordshire, was the eldest son of Oswald Mosley, Esq., of Bolesworth 

 Castle, in the county of Chester. Sir John Parker Mosley, the father 

 of Mr. Oswald Mosley, was created a Baronet in 1781. Mr. Oswald 

 Mosley died in his father's lifetime, and Sir Oswald Mosley, upon the 

 death of Sir John, in 1798, succeeded to the title as second Baronet. 

 Sir Oswald Mosley was much devoted to horticulture, and was at one 

 time an active member of the Council of the Eoyal Horticultural 

 Society. 



Sir Oswald died at his seat, Rolleston Hall, on the 25th of May, 

 1871, in his 87th year. He was elected a FeUow of this Society on 

 the 16th of November, 1841. 



Sir Roderick Iiipet MuRCHisoif, Bart., K.C.B,, LL.D., D.C.L., 

 F.R.S., &c., was the eldest son of the late Mr, Kenneth Murchison, 

 of Tarradale, in Eossshire, North Britain. His mother was Barbara, 

 eldest daughter of the late Mr. Kenneth Mackenzie, of Pairburn, in 

 the same county, and sister of the late Sir Alexander Mackenzie, 

 Bart., of Pairburn. He was born at his father's home in the High- 

 lands, Pebmary 19, 1792, and received his early education as a boy 

 at the grammar school attached to the Cathedral of Durham. Thence, 

 in due course, having made up his mind to foUow the military pro- 

 fession, he was removed to the Royal Military College at Great 

 Marlow. Having studied for a few months at the University of 

 Edinburgh, he obtained a commission in the Army in 1807, and, 

 joining his regiment the following year, served in the 36th Foot 

 with the Army in Spain and Portugal under Lord "Wellington, after- 

 wards on the Staff of his uncle. General Sir Alexander Mackenzie, 

 and, lastly, as captain in the 6th Dragoons. He took an active part 

 ia several of the most important battles in the war, and earned the 

 reputation of a brave and able officer. He carried the colours of his 

 regiment at the battle of Vimiera, and afterwards accompanied the 

 Army in its advance to Madrid and its junction with the force under 

 Sir John Moore, and shared in the dangers and retreat at Corunna. 

 At the end of the war his active mind needed employment, and he 

 began to turn his attention in earnest to the pursuit of geological 

 studies. His first contribution to science was a paper read by him 

 before the Geological Society in 1825 on "The Geological Formation 

 of the North-west Extremity of Sussex and the adjoining parts of 



