ANNUAL ADDRESS 



TO THE 



COTTESWOLD NATURALISTS' FIELD CLUB 

 AT GLOUCESTER, MAY 5th, 1893 



BY 



W. C. LUCY, President 



Our x\nnual Meeting took place on Tuesday, April 26th, 

 at the School of Science and Art, Gloucester. 



The Accounts of the Hon. Sec, Mr J. H.Jones, shewing 

 a balance in hand of ^33 9s. yd., were duly passed and 

 the President, Vice-Presidents, the Hon. Secretary, and 

 the Hon. Treasurer were re-elected. 



The Field Meetings for the year were fixed : — 

 Woolhope - - - 23rd June 

 Bath - - - - 2 1st July 

 (Left open) - - - August 



Neighbourhood of Newent 15th Sept. 



The Members adjourned to the Bell Hotel to dine. 



It is with deep regret I have to refer to the death of an 

 old member of the Club — Mr John Hooke Taunton, 

 C.E., — which took place at Stroud on 31st January last. 

 I gather from an obituary notice in the local newspaper 

 that Mr Taunton was born at Totnes, Devon, in 182 1, 

 and his family had resided in the West of England as far 

 back as the reign of Henry the First. 



His great-grandfather, WiUiam Taunton, was Vicar of 

 Ipplepen, Devon, from 1723 to 1783, and his son Joseph 

 married Margaret, daughter of Mr Benjamin Babbage, of 



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