110 Wilts Obituary. 



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Rev. Thomas Arthur Preston. Died February 7th, i905. 



Aged 71. Educated at City of London School and Em. Coll., Camb. 

 B.A. 1856; M.A. 1859. He was 20th Wrangler m 1856, and head 

 of the 1st division in Natural Science Tripos, 1857. Deacon, 1858 ; 

 priest, 1859, Sarum. Assistant Master at Marlborough College 1858 — 

 1885, being from 1873 — 1885 House master of " The Green.'' Rector of 

 Thurcaston, Leics., 1885 until his death. He probably did more for 

 natural history in Wiltshire than any other man of this generation. He 

 was the founder of the Marlborough College Natural History Society — 

 the first society of its kind to be founded in any public school, and the 

 model for those which afterwards came into existence in the other great 

 schools of England. The admirable museum of the college, too, owes 

 its existence to his enthusiasm. He was first and foremost a botanist, 

 but he was also an accomplished meteorologist, and had a considerable 

 acquaintance with many other branches of science, enjoying the friendship 

 of many of the leading naturalists of the day. He was for many years the 

 Local Secretary of our Society at Marlborough. His chief published works 

 were: — 



Flora of Marlborough, with notices of the Birds and a sketch of 

 the Geological Features of the Neighhourhood , cr. 8vo, London, 1863. 

 [This was also published in the Reports of the Marlborough College 

 Natural History Societi/.] 



The Howering Plants of Wilts tvith sketches of the Physical Geography 

 and Climate of the County, with a Map. Published by the Wiltshire 

 Archceological and Natural History Society, 1888, cloth, 8vo, pp. Ixix., 

 486. Price 16*. 



At the time of his death he was engaged in compiling a "Flora of 

 Leicestershire," which will be completed by other hands. A t Marlborough, 

 in furtherance of natural history studies, and for the good of the school 

 generally, and afterwards at Thurcaston, for the good of the parish, his 

 munificence was great. 



A long and most appreciative In Memoriam notice " by an old col- 

 league," is printed in The Marlburian, March 4th, 1905, pp. 17 — 19 ; and 

 reprinted in Marlborough Coll. Nat. Hist. Soc, No. 53. pp. 101 — 104. 

 Shorter notices in Marlborough Times, Feb. 11th ; Devizes Gazette, 

 Feb. 9th, 1905. 



Rev. RichardUmfraville Lambert, died January 28th, 1905- 



Buried at Christ Church, Bradford-on-Avon. Born September, 9th, 1829, 

 son of Richard Lambert, solicitor, of London, educated at Bury St. 

 Edmunds School and Trin. Coll., Cambs. B.A. 1852; M.A., 1855. 



