528 Obituary — Sir William Vernon Guise, Bart., F.G.8. 



Ten years later (1878) the writer of this notice had the pleasure 

 to accompany Mr. Lee to the Eifel district, where, being happily 

 ioined hy Prof. Ferdinand Eoemer, of Breslau, the historian of the 

 Devonian rocks of this region, a delightful fortnight was spent in 

 collecting the fossils of Gerolstein, Priim, and other localities. 



Mr. Lee contributed several important papers to the Geological 

 Magazine on points in Devonian geology which he had worked out ; 

 he was the original discoverer of many fossils described by the late 

 Mr. J. W. Salter, F.G.S. (as Homalonotus JoJiannis, etc.) 



He gave his most valuable and extensive collection, contained in 

 31 cabinets and comprising upwards of 21,000 specimens, to the 

 British Museum (Natural History), in 1885. This collection not 

 only embraces a large series of British fossils from all formations, 

 many of which have been figured and described, but a most valuable 

 and instructive collection from almost every important European 

 locality where fossils abound. 



Although his bodily powers began of late years to fail, his intellect 

 remained bright, especially on all matters of science, to the last, and 

 after he failed to write, he dictated and signed many letters, giving 

 clear and accurate scientific information to correspondents, and he was 

 full of plans and ideas for the furtherance of science up to the end. 



Mr. Lee was a Member of the British Association, a Fellow of 

 the Society of Antiquaries, and a Fellow of the Geological Society 

 of London. 



SIR WILLIAM VERNON GUISE, BART., F.L.S., F.G.S. 



Born 1816, Died 1887. 



Sir William Guise was the eldest son of the late Gen. Sir John 

 "Wright Guise, Bart., one of the most distinguished Peninsula officers, 

 by his marriage with Charlotte Diana, daughter of the late John 

 Yernon, Esq., of Clontarf Castle, County Dublin. He was born in 

 the year 1816, and succeeded to his father's title in 1865. He was 

 a Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant for Gloucestershire, and served 

 as High Sheriff of that county in 1872. He was also a retired 

 Lieutenant-Colonel of the Eoyal South Gloucestershire Militia. Sir 

 William married in 1844, Margaret Anna Maria, daughter of the 

 Rev. D. H. Lee-Warner, of Walsingham Abbey. He is succeeded 

 by his eldest surviving son, William Francis George, who was born 

 in 1851. 



Sir William Guise was elected a Fellow of the Geological Society 

 in 1841 ; and although not a founder, was for many years one of the 

 most active members of the Cotteswold Naturalists' Field Club. 

 Only last year he retired from the office of President, which he had 

 held for 28 years. He had a wide general knowledge of Geology, 

 Conchology, Botany, and Archasology, and there were few objects or 

 places of interest in Gloucestershire with which he was not acquainted : 

 thus he was eminently qualified to direct the Excursions of the Club, 

 while his hearty and genial manners contributed much to the enjoy- 

 ment of the meetings. Sir William Guise died on the 24th September, 

 at his residence, Elmore Court, near Gloucester. 



