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la 1849 he was appointed sub-professor of Zoology at the 

 Polytechnic Institute. 



He married in 1851 and has had one son, the present Colonel 

 Carlos Koma du Bocage, and his widow also survives him. 



In 1878 he was elected a deputy to the Portuguese Cortes, and 

 there displayed considerable parliamentary talent; in 1881 he v\ as 

 created a peer and joined the Upper House. 



In 1883 he took office as Minister of the Navy and Colonies, 

 and in 1884 became Minister for Poreign Affairs. He then with- 

 drew from politics and decided to devote his energies entirely to 

 science ; but when, in 1890, the dispute occurred between Grreat 

 Britain and Portugal regarding East African affairs, and Lord 

 Salisbury was compelled to send an ultimatum to the Portuguese 

 Government, he was requested by the King to resume the post of 

 Minister for Foreign Affairs, which post he filled with great success 

 during this critical period. After this he then retired finally from 

 public life, merely attending occasionally the meetings of the 

 Privy Council. 



He published many valuable works and papers on Zoology, and 

 was a contributor to the Annals of the Academy of Sciences of 

 Lisbon and to the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 

 Amongst his best known works are those on the Birds of 

 Portugal and the Azores, the Birds, Eeptiles, and some Mammals 

 of Western Africa, also on Portuguese !Fishes, especially the 

 Squalidae of the Portuguese coasts. 



Besides being a Councillor of State and member of the House 

 of Peers, he held the Grand Crosses of the Orders of Santiago, of 

 the Spanish Naval Order, and of the Austrian Order of Prancis 

 Joseph, besides being a Knight Commander of the Legion of 

 Honour and of the Order of Izabel la Catolica. 



Although his sight failed in the year 1896, he bore this trial 

 with the greatest resignation and continued to do much valuable 

 scientific work. The earlier part of his long life was passed in 

 stormy times, but, unlike many others, he emerged with a blame- 

 less reputation, and it was with great repugnance that he had 

 repeatedly to abandon his beloved scientific pursuits to undertake 

 many difficult political appointments. 



He was elected a Foreign Member of the Linnean Society in 

 1876. [A. W. Tail] 



Dr. EoBEET Baenes was elected a Fellow on the 18th June, 1896, 

 "when 78 years of age ; he died at Bernersmede, Eastbourne, on 

 Sunday, 12th May, 1907. Born in 1818, he spent his early school- 

 days in Bruges, and began his medical studies at University 

 College, London, after an apprenticeship to a Mr. Griffin, at 

 Norwich. He then became a student at St. George's Hospital, 

 and after qualifying for practice as a member of the Eoyal College 

 of Surgeons, London, he AAent to Paris in 1842, remaining a 



