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tened to with the greatest respect, indeed, there was probably no one among 

 the comparatively silent members whose influence in the House was greater. 

 He had, too, a great reputation among members of the Parliamentary Bar, 

 as a Chairman of Committees. 



The excellence of his local work was recognised by his Sovereign, when 

 in 1886, he was created a Baronet, and that of his national work, when in 

 1902, he was appointed a Privy Councillor. 



Nor was his usefulness confined to County Government and Parlia- 

 mentary duties. He was a Reformatory Manager, a Guardian, a District 

 Councillor and a Commissioner in Lunacy. In 1880, he was President of the 

 Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Association, and he delivered the 

 Inaugural Address at the Gloucester Meeting of the Royal Archaeological 

 Institute in 1890. On September 15, 1908, the Cotteswold Club visited 

 Lypiatt Park, and were shown round by Sir John. 



The County is fortunate in possessing two excellent portraits of him 

 —real works of Art — one of which, painted by Herkomer in 1887, hangs in 

 Judges' Lodgings, the other, perhaps even a better one, painted by Hugh 

 Riviere in 1908, is in the Council Chamber at the Shire Hall. His bust, by 

 Sir Goscombe John, was presented to Lady Dorington by his friends on the 

 County Council in 1909. 



F. A. HYETT 



