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coming down, through the Italian and Flemish and Dutch schools, to 
modern times, a collection, not of masterpieces, but of original pictures, 
sufficient to give some idea of the different styles of art. This, like the 
larger museum, was open to the public free of charge, and was the outcome 
of his idea that country people, as well as those in towns, should have 
opportunities given them of intellectual cultivation. Both the museum 
and King John’s House are in a very isolated position—many miles from 
any town or railway, yet numbers of people visited them every year. 
But better known than either of these were the beautiful little pleasure 
grounds which the General formed and kept up entirely for the use of 
the public at Larmer Tree—also in the same neighbourhood. Here in > 
summer there were special facilities for tea parties and games of all sorts, 
and at certain times sports were held—whilst the General’s own band, 
composed of employés on the estate, played there on certain days and 
always on Sunday afternoons. As to the expediency of this Sunday — 
opening opinions differed somewhat sharply—but as to its popularity 
there could be no doubt—thousands of people literally come there in the 
course of the summer. All these institutions could only be kept up at a 
very large expense—and it was sometimes whispered that the outlying — 
portions of the property felt themslves neglected for the good of Rushmore } 
and its neighbourhood. If they really suffered they suffered at least 
in an admirable cause. 
His reputation was shown by his appointment as Inspector of Ancient 
Monuments under the Act of 1882, but he found that practically the Act. 
was of little use, and that he had no power todo anything. At the 
meetings of the British Association he was for twenty years a constant 
attendant, and he served on committees on the following subjects: Science 
lectures and organisation—Anthropological notes and queries for the use of 
travellers—Anthropometric committee—Exploration of caves near Tenby 
—Exploring caves in Borneo—Excavations at Mount Stewart, Ireland— 
Obtaining photographs of the typical races in Great Britain—Investigation 
of Loughton Camp, Epping Forest—Defining the facial characteristics of 
the races in Great Britain—Corresponding societies committee—Procuring 
photographs of Egyptian pictures and sculptures—Investigating the effects 
of different occupations and employments on physical development of the 
human body—Ethnographical survey of the United Kingdom—The lake 
village at Glastonbury. 
He was President of the Salisbury and Dorchester Meetings of the 
Archeological Institute, 1887 and 1897; was an Hon. Associate of the 
Anthropological Societies of France, Italy, and America, and was 
President of our own Society for four years, 1890—93. 
Obituary notices appeared in The Daily Telegraph, May 5th; Morning 
Post, May 5th; Standard, May 7th; The Times, reprinted in the Devizes 
Gazette, May 10th; Salisbury Times, May 11th; Wilts County Mirror, 
May 11th; Salisbury Journal, with article, May 12th; M.A.P., May 
12th; Literature, May 12th; Atheneum, May 12th, 1900. 
