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The Homes cit' the (ialtons, being the title-page to "The Gallon 

 Family, 1 ' an MS. history by Elizabeth Anne NVheler ("Sister 

 Messy'"), 1883 19 



Duddeston House, the home of the Samuel Gallons, father and son. 

 From a skelch by Emma Sophia Gallon in Ihe possession of 

 Mrs T. J. A. Sltiddy Ill 



Great Barr. The country home of Samuel Gallon, jun. (1785 

 1799). Favourite meeting place of the Lunar Society. From 

 the photograph of a water-colour drawing in Mrs Wheler's MS. 

 "The Gallon Family" 19 



(a) The Gallon- Farmer house, later the Gallon IJank, in Sleelhouse 



Lane, Birmingham, now a shop . . . . . . 5(1 



(4) Friends' Meeting House in Bull Street, Birmingham, where the 

 two Samuel Gallons with their wives attended and were ulti- 

 malely buried .......... 50 



Samuel Tertius Gallon (17831844). Father of Francis Gallon, 

 and husband of Violella Darwin. From a painting by Oakley 

 in 1838. "Tertius Gallon, who is a demi-seuii (Quaker in 

 religion, a demi-beau in dress, and loves wonders and varieties 

 in Science, and by profession a Whig.'' Letter from Dr Parr, 

 1812, describing his guests at dinner, Coke of Norfolk, p. 126 . 52 



Tertius Gallon, with his children Adele, Erasmus, Emma and 

 Bessie, 1837. From a silhouette by Edouard in the possession 

 of Mr Wheler Gallon at Claverdon . . . . . . 52 



Uncle and Aunts of Francis Gallon : 



(a) Theodore Gallon (17841810) 54 



(b) Adele Gallon, Mrs J. K. Boolh (17841809) . . 54 

 (<) Sophia Gallon, Mrs Charles .Hrewin (17821863) . . 51 

 (/) Mary Anne Gallon, Mrs Schimmelpenninck (1778 1856) . 54 



(a) Theodore Gallon, from a miniature ..... 54 



(b) Aclele Gallon, Mrs J. K. Booth, from a photograph . . 51 



Comparison of Charles Darwin, aged 51, and Francis Gallon, aged 



about 50, from photographs ....... 56 



Xangoro, King of the Ovampo, from the first edition of Francis 

 Gallon's Trojticii/ South Africa. In illustration of Francis 

 Gallon's sense of humour 



Francis Gallon, aged 8. From a silhouette in his mother's MS. 

 History of the Childhood of her sou, 1830 .... 



Facsimile of the first page of Violella Gallon's account of Ihe 

 Childhood of Francis Gallon, written in 18:10 



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