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ROGER LOFTHOUSE, RS.T. 

 Born Dec. 23rd, 1845; Died July 14th, 1901. 



Roger L of thou se was bom at Horsehouse, Coverdale, Yorkshire 

 In 1845, and having been educated at Middlesbrough, to which 

 "town he came in early life, he received his professional training in 

 ■a local architect's oifice, and in 1875 commenced practice on his 

 own account as an architect and surveyor at Middlesbrough. 



He was one of the Ecclesiastical Surveyors for the Diocese of 

 York, a Fellow of the Surveyors' Institution, and a Member of 

 the Ecclesiastical Surveyors' Association. 



He was connected Avith various local societies, including tlie 

 Cleveland Institution of Engineers, the Yorksliire Archaeological 

 Society, the Yorkshire Parish Register Society, the Cleveland 

 Literary and Philosophical Society, of which for some time he 

 was a member of the Council, and the Cleveland Naturalists' Field 

 Club, of which he was a member from the formation, and in the 

 work of which for some years he took a very active part. During 

 the whole period of the Club's existence he held the position of 

 member of the Committee and Vice-President, and for the year 

 1892 he acted as President. At the time of his decease he was 

 a Vice-President, and Secretary of the Archaeology Sectional 

 Committee. He was a regular contributor to the Proceedings, 

 one of the principal papers contributed by him being an 

 "Account of the Remains of Norman Architecture in Cleveland 

 ■Churches." 



During the whole of his life he was an ardent student of 

 Nature, taking an interest in all sections of nature study, and for 

 a number of years keeping a diary of notable features of interest, 

 as to habits, distribution, unusual occurrences, &c., more especially 

 with reference to birds and bird life, of which he was always a 

 keen observer, frequently sending notes thereon to " The Field," 

 "Naturalist," and other papers, one of his more noteworthy papers 

 being on " The River Tees, its Marshes and their Fauna," published 

 in the "Naturalist" in 1887. 



He also took a deep interest in certain forms of art, having 

 painted a good deal both in oil and water colour. Some years 

 ago he made a series of drawings for Canon Atkinson's History of 

 Cleveland, many of which are engraved in the volume published. 

 He also did a considerable amount of etching on copper and 

 lithographic work. He was one of the founders of the Cleveland 

 Sketching Club and a frequent exhibitor at its meetings in the 

 -early part of its existence. 



