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and president of all the literary and scientific 

 institutions of the time in fcngston-upon-Hull. 

 All these were men of considerable local repute. 



Second generation. 15 males and 12 females, 

 of whom 5 males and 1 female deserve especial 

 mention: (l) Sir Edward Hall Alderson, Baron 

 of the Exchequer, who was the first man of his 

 year at Cambridge, both in mathematics and 

 classics, being senior wrangler and senior classical 

 medallist, a distinction barely equalled in the 

 long annals of university achievement ; (2) 

 Robert Woodhouse, also a senior wrangler, Luca- 

 sian and Plumian Professor of Astronomy at 

 Cambridge ; (3) the Rev. Samuel H. Alderson, 

 third wrangler, and tutor of Caius College ; (4) 

 Sir James Alderson, M.D., F.R.S. (sixth wrangler), 

 for four years President of the Royal College of 

 Physicians; (5) Colonel Ralph Alderson, R.E., a 

 distinguished officer, and one of the first govern- 

 ment commissioners of railways ; (l) Mrs. Amelia 

 Opie, the novelist. 



Third generation. I have not sufficient infor- 

 mation, although I know that it includes man 

 persons of ability, among whom is Major H. 



