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under the Head-Mastership of Dr. Drury, and continued at 

 Christcliurch, Oxford, where he graduated in 1828, taking his 

 Master's degree in 1847. Although his tastes, probably in great 

 measure derived from Dr. Drury, and natural disposition led him 

 to literary pursuits, and more especially perhaps to bibliography, 

 his position led him into political life, and in 1857 he was re- 

 turned for Ludlow in the Conservative interest. He was again 

 returned for the same borough in 1841 ; but at the general elec- 

 tion in 1847 he was defeated. He remained out of the House 

 till the retirement of Col. Percy Herbert again made an opening 

 for his re-entry ; and since that period he continued to represent 

 the borough, without intermission, up to his death in August 

 last. 



Mr. Botfield had acquired considerable reputation in literature, 

 both in this country and abroad, and was a liberal patron of science 

 in all its branches. He was regarded as one of the soundest 

 bibliographers in Europe, and, as such, published several works 

 that have deservedly attained extensive repute. Amongst these 

 may be mentioned ' An Account of the Catliedral Libraries in 

 England and Wales ' — a work of great interest and research ; 

 and which has been followed up by ' Notes on Private Libraries 

 of England, from the 9th to the 19th Centuries.' He also pub- 

 lished anonymously a ' Journal of a Tour through the Highlands 

 of Scotland during the Summer of 1829,' which contains several 

 notices on subjects connected with natural history, as on the 

 Herring Fishery, the Brora Coal-field, &c. He presented the 

 valuable British herbarium of his grandfather to the Linnean 

 Society. 



He devoted much of his time to, and spared no expense in, the 

 formation of a noble library at Norton Hall, which may be re- 

 garded as one of the finest private collections ever brought 

 together, and was so extensive even in 1839 as to have been 

 termed by Dr. Dibdin, at that time, " a pyramid of books." He 

 became a Fellow of the Society on the 2nd November, 1859. 



Johi Mussendine Camplin, M.D., M.R.C.S., died on the 3rd 

 November, 1863, aged 73. He was formerly a medical prac- 

 titioner, though latterly, I believe, retired from active practice. He 

 became a Fellow of the Linnean Society in 1844 ; and his only 

 published work with which I am acquainted is a short treatise on 

 Diabetes. 



TheBev. B.Baniel, M.A. {GlareRall, Cambridge), F.S.A. Sf G.S., 

 died suddenly, February 20, 1864, from disease of the heart, at 



