;^6 PBocEEJ)l^'GS of the 



College, Manchester, he migrated to the Eoyal School of 

 Engineeruig at the Crystal Palace, becoming tutor and then 

 examiner. Following his profession as a civil engineer, he laid 

 down the first tramway in Manchester, and later, spent much time 

 in Brazil, surveying for railways, which gave rise to his ' Two 

 Tears in Brazil.' Although he liad travelled far and wide, India 

 was unvisited by him. Ultimately about 1SS8 he settled at 

 Godstone, and there spent much of his time, busied on his collec- 

 tions, those of Lepidoptera and Coleoptera being stated to be 

 exceptionally rich. 



He took a chill in the early part of the present year, which 

 developed into bronchitis, and proved fatal on the 6th March, 

 1909, at The Homestead, Godstone, and was buried at Outwood 

 Parish Church ; by a previously expressed wish of the deceased, 

 the coffin was borne on a farm waggon draped in purple. 



Mr. Dent was elected Fellow on the 2Dd April, 1885, and for 

 many j^ears was also a Fellow of the Eiitomological Societv. 



[B. D. J.] 



The Eight Honourable Wilbeaham Egerton was the son of 

 the 1st Baron Egerton of Tattou, born on 17th January, 1832, 

 succeeded as 2nd Baron in 1883, and ^^■as created 1st Earl Egerton 

 of Tattou and Viscount Salford in 1897. He was educated at 

 Eton and Oxford, and was M.P. for jS^orth Cheshire, 1858-68, and 

 Mid-Cheshire, 1868-83, when his father's death caused his removal 

 to the House of Peers. Attached to agriculture and fond of 

 experiments in that pursuit, he became a Fellow of this Society, 

 1st December, 1887, but his published works are on other and 

 diverse subjects. He died at Bordighera on the 16th March, 

 1909 ; twice married, he left but one daughter, now Lady Albemarle, 

 being succeeded to the Barony by his brother, the Hon. Alan de 

 Tatton ; the Earldom and the Viscounty lapsed on the death of 

 the first holder of those titles. [B. D. J.] 



Sir John Evans, K.C.B., was born at Britwell Court, Burnham, 

 Bucks, on the 17th JS'ovember, 1823. He was the son of the Eev. 

 Dr. Arthur Benoni Evans, Headmaster of the Grammar School at 

 Market Bosworth. He was educated under his father at Market 

 Bosworth, and then for a short time in Germany. In IS-IO at the 

 age of 17 he entered the Paper-making works at Nash 3Iills, 

 Hemel Hempstead, which had been founded by his mother's 

 brother, John Dickinson, and Xash Mills was his home until nearly 

 the end of his life. In time he became the senior member of the 

 firm, and he was for many years the President of the Paper Makers* 

 Association. 



He took an active part in the affairs of the County of Hertford, 

 was High Sherifi^in 1881, and for many years was the Chairman of 

 Quarter Sessions and of the County Council. 



His couneetion with the paper-making industry led to a careful 



