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bella Strutt, a lady of considerable fortune, and built 

 Hadzor, near Droitwich, a large house, with much 

 artistic taste. He enjoyed varied society, and made 

 Hadzor an important social centre. 



My uncle Howard was father to Sir Douglas 

 Galton, K.C.B. (1822-1899), an eminent authority on 

 engineering, sanitation, and much else. Sir Douglas 

 held a record position in the examination at 

 Woolwich for entry into the Royal Engineers, being 

 first in every subject (see Diet. Nat. Biog.\ Curi- 

 ously enough, though we cousins were both addicted 

 to science, and belonged alike to many scientific 

 societies, and were both Secretaries of the British 

 Association, our paths rarely crossed, except socially, 

 for we were interested in quite different branches 

 of science. 



My father's eldest sister, Mary Anne (1778-1856), 

 was a lady of some note as Mrs. Schimmelpenninck, 

 more briefly known to us by repute as "Aunt Skim." 

 A most unhappy feud separated her from all the 

 rest of the family. It is not my duty, and it would 

 certainly give me no pleasure, to enter into what 

 the older members of the family conceived to have 

 been frequent and mischievous misrepresentations. 

 I would rather dwell on the facts that she was highly 

 accomplished and handsome, and that she acquired 

 many fast friends, as shown in the Life of the Gurneys 

 of Earlham and in her own Memoirs. Also that 

 she lived in the reputation of much sterling piety 

 at Bristol, and that three of my own friends, of totally 

 different temperaments, who knew her well, and of 

 whom I inquired particularly, all spoke in pleasant 

 memory of her and her eccentric ways. They were 



