THE REV. JOHN HAWELL, M.A., F.6.8. 



Born April 3rd., 1855. Died at Keswick, June 21st, 1904. 



In attempting to write a short sketch of the late Editor of 

 The Proceedings of the Cleveland Naturalists' Field Club we do 

 so with profound regret at the loss of such a brilliant member, 

 who was always ready to help it on in every possible way. He 

 loomed large in the history of tbe Society over which he exercised 

 a predominating influence The stream of life from which he 

 flowed was one that has added strength and honour to the English 

 nation for many generations, but which now is running dry like 

 the old Squirearchy. His father was what is known in the lake 

 district as a "Statesman," or " Estatesman," — a class from 

 which Darwin himself was descended ; his ancestors appearing 

 to have been substantial yeomen in the Northern borders of 

 Lincolnshire. We are indebted to Mrs. Hawell for the following 

 notes on her late husband's life and work. 



" Rev. John Hawell, M. A., the Vicarage, Ingleby Greenhow, 

 son of the late Isaac Hawell, of Croft House, Greystoke Gill, 

 Cumberland, born at Lonscale, near Keswick, April 3rd, 1855 ; 

 educated at the Grammar Schools of Blencowe and St. Bees, 

 Cumberland, and Queen's College, Oxford, Third Class Natural 

 Science, 1878; B.A., 1878, M.A., 1882. Ordained by Dr. 

 Thompson, Archbishop of York ; Deacon, 1878 ; Priest, 1879 ; 

 Vicar of Ingleby Greenhow, 1880 ; formerly Assistant Curate of 

 All Saints, Pontefract, 1878-1879 ; Chaplain of the Proprietary 

 Church at Easby-in-Cleveland from 1899-1904 ; Fellow of the 

 Geological Society of London, 1898 ; Chairman of the Ingleby 

 Greenhow Parish Council, Member of the Councils of the 

 Yorkshire Geological and Polytechnic Society, The Yorkshire 

 Naturalists' Union and the Yorkshire Parish Register Society, 

 Hon. Local Secretary for the National Society, the Church 

 Defence Committee, the Curate's Augmentation Fund, the 

 Diocesan Education Society, and the Church Society for the 

 Promotion of Kindness to Animals, President of the Cleveland 

 Naturalists' Field Club, Author of various geological papers 

 printed in the Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society, &c, 



