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C. WARNE, ESQ., F.S.A. 



Since our last annual meeting the Club has sustained a 

 heavy loss in the death of Mr. WARNE, one of its most distin- 

 guished Honorary Members. It is felt that a memorial notice of 

 this great antiquary must of necessity form a feature in our next 

 volume. The honour of writing it has fallen on me. This honour 

 is one too gratifying to decline, yet one of which I cannot but feel 

 unworthy, considering that my personal acquaintance with Mr. 

 WARNE was, to my great regret, but small. However, thanks to 

 the kind and able help of his son, Mr. C. H. Warne, I hope to be 

 able to give a biographical sketch which shall be at least accurate. 



Mr. C. WARNE, youngest son of Mr. Joseph Kingston Warne, 

 was born at Moreton, Dorset, on July 6th, 1801. He was educated 

 at schools at Weymouth and Wimborne. The family originally 

 came from Ringwood, Hants. 



Soon after Mr. WARNE'S birth his parents removed to the fine 

 old manor house of Pokeswell. Here his father died in 1823 and 

 his mother in 1838. After her death Mr. WARNE moved to 

 Milborne St. Andrew's. About 1852 he left Dorset, but he kept 

 up a warm regard for the county and its people to the last day of 

 his life. At first he lived in London, but ill health induced him to 

 migrate to Ewell, Surrey. From this place he went to Brighton 

 for the sake of more bracing air, and at Brighton he spent the rest 

 of his life. He died there on Easter Monday, 1887. Calmly and 

 peacefully he yielded up his soul to God, who gave it, and died in 



