338 Mr. Robert Embleton's Obituary Notices. 



own pencil, from living specimens, leave nothing to be de- 

 sired ; the botanical part, however, is capable of great im- 

 provement. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edin- 

 burgh, and also of the Linnsean Society ; and of many other 

 natural history societies. In 1839 the University of Dur- 

 ham conferred the degree of M.A. upon him, honoris causa. 

 He was, at one period, one of the most regular attendants at 

 the meetings of the club ; but, after the death of our lamented 

 founder, he seldom came ; his last appearance was at Belford 

 in 1864. The first appearance of any impairment of his facul- 

 ties was his loss of hearing ; and up to within a few weeks 

 of his death, which occurred on the 27th of March, 1867, he 

 continued to take some interest in his favourite pursuits. He 

 gradually sank without pain, the bodily functions outliving 

 the mental. His remains rest in Bamburgh churchyard. 



WILLIAM CHURCH, ESQ., 



In recording the death of William Church, Esq., of Bells 

 Hill, in this county, and a nephew of Mr. Selby's, the club 

 have to mourn the loss of one of its younger members. He 

 became a member of our club in 1860, and had not at the 

 time of his premature and most unexpected death contributed 

 anything to our Transactions. He was by profession a 

 barrister, and regularly attended the Northern Circuit. He 

 died in London, on the 14th of April, 1867, in the 37th year 

 of his age. 



GEORGE SELBY, ESQ., CAPTAIN R.N. 



At the meeting of our club, in June last, I noticed the 

 death of two of the members of our club, viz., Mr. Selby of 

 Twizell House, and of his nephew, Mr. Church, barrister, of 

 Bells Hill ; and I have now to record that in this short period 

 the club have to regret the loss of another member of the 

 same family in the person of Captain Selby, R.N., brother 

 and uncle to the above. Captain Selby was born at Aln- 

 wick, on the 5th of November, 1789, and Avas the second son 

 of George Selby, Esq., of Beal and Twizell House. He re- 

 ceived his education at Durham school, at the same time as 

 his brother ; and he entered the navy on the 6th of January, 

 1804, as third class volunteer, on board the Cerherus, 32, 

 Captain William Selby. In March, 1805, he was rated as a 

 midshipman, and served for some time on the Guernsey sta- 

 tion, under the flag of Sir James Saumerez ; from this he 

 went to the West Indies, where on the night of the 2nd of 



