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in 1899, not simply as a member, but as Chancellor of Queen’s University, 
Kingston, which high office he held uninterruptedly from 1880 till his 
death. 
It was hoped that he would be present on the occasion of the meeting 
at which the signal honour was bestowed by His Majesty the King on 
the Institute in permitting the prefixing of the word ‘Royal”’ to its 
title, but unhappily the infirmity of old age prevented, and instead he 
wrote a touching letter to the President, the reading of which was 
listened to with great interest, after which he was unanimously elected 
Honorary President and his two sons were declared members. 
One of the last evidences of his devotion to the Institute was the 
placing of a marble tablet on the wall of the Memorial Tower at Halifax 
erected at his instance commemorating the centenary of the establish- 
ment of Parliamentary Government in Nova Scotia, being an enlarge- 
ment of the crest of the Institute, which by the way was designed by 
him sixty-five years ago. The last years of his life were spent at his 
family seat, ‘‘Winterholme’’, Ottawa. Born at Kirkcaldy, “‘the lang 
toon o’ Fife’’, Scotland, on January 7, 1827, he died at Halifax, N.S., 
on July 22 of this year, having thus completed eighty-eight years and 
six months. His funeral at Ottawa was one of the most representative 
ever seen in the capital, all classes, including many from outside the city, 
thus manifesting the profound respect in which he was held. The 
Institute was represented by the President, Frank Arnoldi, K.C. 
His portrait in oils, painted by Mr. J. W. L. Forster, adorns the wall 
of the Institute building. In presenting it on November 5, 1892, Mr. 
Forster said, ‘‘There are not many ways in which I can directly advance 
the Scientific Departments of the Institute, but this task was undertaken 
with the hope that in some way it would serve to encourage and deepen 
the interest in the work you are doing. I was moved to the act also 
because in my humble opinion no one better deserves this recognition 
at your hands than the subject of the picture in view of his services in 
the past and present relationship to the Institute, and I was prompted 
to this by the knowledge that what is mortal of men will vanish from our 
sight, and there are men whose memory is worthy of being cherished. 
The hope is indulged in that this portrait will by this service be prized 
for generations to come.’’ In return for this graceful action Mr. Forster 
was made a Life Member. 
Tall and of commanding presence, Sir Sandford physically was 
emphatically a handsome man; intellectually, he was a giant; socially, 
he was a delightful companion; morally, he was without stain; religiously, 
he was a devout and reverent servant of the Most High. 
Multis alle bonis flebilis occidit. 
: G. K. 
