Clii FLORA OP BERKSHIRE 



and magistrate, he had so long and faithfully served. He departed 

 , this life Dec. 29, 1837, in the 80th year of his age.* 



Dr. Mavor was twice married ; his second wife died at Warwick 

 as late as 1875. His eldest son matriculated at Wadham College in 

 Oxford in 1802, and a third son at Trinity College in 1848. A 

 daughter is still living at Warwick and has kindly given me some 

 information. Dr. Mavor gave a portion of the Communion plate 

 now used in Bladon Church. In the 'terrier' of the Kectorial pro- 

 perty, which was prepared by him and kept in the parish chest, is 

 the following note : — ' 1818, Feb. Planted a row of lime trees along 

 the eastern boundary of Bladon Church yard, which I hope will be 

 preserved as an ornament to the Church and as a memorial of my 

 connection with it. W. Mavor^' 

 Bkheno. James Ebenezer Bicheno was the son of the Rev. James Bicheno, 

 a Baptist Minister and Schoolmaster of Newbury in Berkshire, where 

 the son was born (1785) and educated. He became interested in 

 Natural History, especially Botany, contributing a large number of 

 plant-records to Dr.Mavor for the AgricuUure of Berkshire and to Sir James 

 Edward Smith for the English Flora, and joining the Linnean Society 

 in 1812. While residing at Newbury he published a work entitled 

 An Enquiry into the nature of Benevolence, chiefly with a view to elucidate the 

 princijjles of the Poor Laws. Lend. 1817. He married a Miss Lloyd, 

 a native of Newbury, in 1821, who died in childbirth within the year. 

 Having entered at the Middle Temple, he was called to the Bar in 

 1822, and joined the Oxford Circuit; but he apparently did little in 

 legal practice, his father being well off. In 1824 he was made Secre- 

 tary to the Linnean Society, and resided for some years at Netting 

 Hill. In 1829 he made an extensive tour in Ireland, which resulted 

 in the publication of a treatise entitled Ireland and its Economy, 8vo, 

 London, 1830. In 1832 he removed to Glamorganshire, where he 

 became engaged in some mining works ; but this speculation resulted 

 in such severe pecuniary loss that he was obliged to seek elsewhere 

 for some profitable employment. Through the influence of the 

 Marquis of Lansdowne he was appointed one of the Commissioners 

 for inqviiring into the expediency of introducing the Poor Laws into 

 Ireland, and in this capacity he was the author of an elaborate 

 separate Report, founded on the evidence that had been collected on 

 the subject. In 1842 he was appointed by Lord Stanley Colonial 

 Secretary of Tasmania, and he died at Hobart Town after a very short 

 illness in Feb. 1851. 



His published papers include his Observations on the Orchis militaris 

 of Linnaeus, which appeared in the Transactions of the Linnean Society, 



1 For further particulars see Allibone, Diet. ii. 1250 ; Walt. Bibl. Bat ii. 657 ; 

 Dictionary of National Biography, xxxvii. p. 108 ; and Marshall's Woodstock, &c. 



