340 Mr. Robert Embleton's Obituary Notices. 



embued with a great love for natural history in general, he 

 did not prefer any particular department, nor did he contri- 

 bute any papers to the Transactions of the club. In the 

 month of November, 1866, he lost his beloved wife ; after 

 which he daily declined in health and spirits till the 23rd of 

 June last, when he most peacefully and calmly, in sure faith 

 and hope, resigned his spirit to God . 



EGBERT HOME, ESQ., SOLICITOR, BERWICK. 



Since the last meeting of our club, the loss of one, whose 

 kind and benevolent countenance will long linger in the 

 memory of those who enjoyed his friendship, we have all to 

 deplore. Mr. Home was born in Horncliife, on the 22nd of 

 June, 1792, and was educated at the parish school of Gatten- 

 side, near Melrose. At the age of fourteen he came to Ber- 

 wicli, and was entered as a law clerk, in the office of the late 

 William Willoughby, Esq., and after the expiration of his 

 indenture he became entitled to the freedom of the borough. 

 His attention to business, and the uprightness of his character, 

 soon gained the confidence of his master, who took him into 

 partnership, and thus laid the foundation for his future pro- 

 fessional eminence and success. Whilst completing his studies 

 in London, he became acquainted with Dr. Waugh, an emi- 

 nent divine, whose eldest daughter he afterwards married; 

 and who, for nearly forty years, proved herself worthy of the 

 love of such a man; she died very suddenly at Glasgow, 

 about two years ago, at the house of her son-in-law. Professor 

 Eadie. Their second daughter, who also survives, is married 

 to an Irish gentleman. Mr. Home was in conversation very 

 attractive ; he had read much, and you very soon perceived 

 how varied his studies must have been ; yet, this only served 

 to show more clearly the freshness of his humour and the 

 kindliness of his heart, and these qualities seemed to increase 

 in strength as years stole on. In every department of life 

 with which he was connected, the true philanthropist and 

 upright christian shone pre-eminently. One who had known 

 him from the time he came to Berwick to the day of his 

 death, writes me — " I never knew any man so near perfec- 

 tion as he was, and so well prepared for his change to a better 

 world." He held several civil appointments ; in 1842 he 

 was appointed superintendent registrar of deaths, marriages, 

 &c., clerk to the harbour commissioners in 1847, and town 

 clerk of the peace in 1849. On the 21st of September, 1865, 

 he was presented by public subscription with his portrait. 



