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WILLIAM MOLYNEUX, F.C.S., F.R. HIST. S. 
(1880-1881). 
Born at Newnham, in Oxfordshire, May 22nd, 1824, he came to 
Burton from Stafford, in 1861 as mining engineer to the Marquis of 
Anglesey (Manor Office). A geologist of great ability, he quickly 
obtained a very complete knowledge of the geology of the town and 
district. 
Together with Mr. C. U. Tripp the head master of the Grammar 
School, he first suggested the formation of this Society and called 
the inaugural Meeting in 1876, drawing up the rules which were 
then adopted. He was one of the first elected Vice-Presidents and 
gave the Society much valuable advice and assistance. 
He read interesting papers on :—— 
“The Old Bridge of Burton-on-Trent.” 
“The Geology of the District round Burton-on-Trent.” 
“The Geological Features of the Trent Valley.” 
“A brief notice of the Pre-Norman history of Repton in Derbyshire.” 
He also led excursions to Moira, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Repton, 
Bardon Hill and Bosworth Field, giving most interesting historical 
accounts of these places. 
He published a very complete history of Burton, now unfortun- 
ately out of print, and will ever be remembered by Burtonians as 
having first drawn attention to the necessity of a flood embankment 
and suggested the scheme eventually carried out by Alderman 
Canning, which has so admirably protected the town. 
He died at Durban, South Africa, October 24th, 1882, aged 58. 
CORNELIUS O’SULLIVAN, F.R.S., F.I.C., F.C.S. 
(1882-1883). 
Born at Bandon in the South of Ireland in 1842, he studied at 
the Royal College of Chemistry under Professor Hoffman, and at the 
