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father, Dr. George Ormerod, was the learned author of " The 

 History of Cheshire," and Henry Mere Ormerod was the fourth, 

 and last survivor, of his seven sons. 



He was born in London, on the loth of January, 1816. 

 He was a pupil of Dr. Arnold's, at Rugby, where he met among 

 his schoolfellows many who became men of mark in after years. 

 Upon leaving school he embraced the profession of the law, 

 and through the circumstance of his being articled to a firm of 

 Manchester solicitors, he became a resident, and to the close of 

 his life he identified himself with the scientific, artistic, and 

 literary life of the district. For many years he acted as the 

 Society's solicitor, and in that capacity was instrumental in 

 effecting its incorporation : some of the older members will 

 recall the precision, in every detail, with which its various stages 

 were carried through, Mr. Ormerod being almost pedantic in the 

 strict observance of all that was necessary legally, as well in the 

 council as in the general meetings of the members. 



Mr. Ormerod was at one time president of the Manchester 

 Geological Society, and, prior to his death, was the last surviving 

 founder of that society. He also gave considerable time to the 

 affairs of the Royal Institution, in Mosley Street ; he was its 

 honorary secretary for several years, and was its president at the 

 time when it passed into the hands of the corporation of the city. 

 He was a fine man physically, and he attended to his professional 

 duties until the close of his life. He had a great fund of humour, 

 which, though subdued, was effective and good-natured; his 

 stories of a bygone generation and of the men he had met 

 throughout his long life making him a most enjoyable companion. 



C. B. 



Richard Marsden Pankhurst, who joined the Society 

 on February 23, 1892, was the only son of Mr. F. H. Pankhuist, 

 a well-known auctioneer in Manchester. He was educated at 

 the Manchester Grammar School, and at the Owens College, 

 which he entered in 1855, taking the courses of study arranged 

 for the University of London, and graduating B.A. in 1858, and 



