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which he occupied at the time of his death. The various 
offices which he filled cover a continuous period of 41 years, 
a record of service which will be difficult to equal. Valuable 
as his services in the positions named undoubtedly were, his 
most:enduring work may be said to have been in connection 
with the Society’s Museum. He had watched over it from 
its very small beginnirgs, and seen it grow by means of pur- 
chases and gifts (of which he himself was responsible for many) 
to its present gratifying extent. For fifteen years, he was 
the sole curator, and during the past four years, jointly with 
another member. Ornitholegy was his favourite subject, 
and it was only natural that this bias should be reflected in 
the collections of which he had charge. Antiquarian subjects, 
especially such as had a bearing on the past history of his 
native town, likewise appealed to him. Both his own private 
museum and that of the Society gradually became enriched 
by objects illustrative of this particular study. It may be 
said with truth that the Society’s Museum is his memorial. 
He was the senior member of the firm of J. Barraclough 
and Sons, the Union Foundry, which was founded in 1848 
by his father. 
He was also a Freemason, being a member of the local 
Lodge “ Friendly.”’ 
For some time, he had been in failing health, and on the 
16th September he had a seizure at Summer Lane Station, 
Barnsley, from which he failed to recover, passing away on 
the 25th September, in his 63rd year, and was interred on 
the 27th in the local cemetery. In addition to the family 
mourners and other friends, all the workmen from the Union 
Foundry attended, and also representatives of the Barnsley 
Naturalist and Scientific Society, and the Lodge of Freemasons. 
He leaves a widow and three children, two sons and a daughter. 
We regret to say that his second son, 2nd Lieutenant W. 
Barraclough, has since died of wounds received in France. 
BENJAMIN TURNER. 
Benjamin Turner was a native of Armley, and after quali- 
fying as an architect and surveyor, came to Barnsley, eventu- 
ally becoming a partner in the firm of Wade and Turner which 
was founded in 1868. Though by no means what is called 
a public man, his keen interest in Church matters allied him 
with St. George’s Church, of which it is not too much to say, 
that in a very real sense, he was a pillar. Regular in attend- 
ance, and assiduous in his duty as a Churchwarden, a position 
he had held continuously for twelve years,-his loss will be 
a great one to the Church of his choice. 
Equally devoted to the Barnsley Naturalist and Scientific 
Society, he was elected President in 1889, being the 11th in 
1916 Dec. 1. 
ZAG 
