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memory of the deceased, who for many years had maintained 

 a very high character as a minister and a man. Mr Knight 

 became a member of the Club, April 16, 1833 ; and officiated 

 as President in 1839. His anniversary address, delivered at 

 Milfield, 18th September, is the only communication from 

 him in our archives. His presence is noted at one or other 

 of the Club's meetings for several years, when the attendance 

 was very sparse, compared with recent gatherings. 



Dr Henry Fawcus. At Flodden Lodge, 15th May, 1872, 

 Henry R. Fawcus, M.D., fifth son of the late George Fawcus, 

 of Dunstan Steads, Embleton, aged 32. He became a 

 member of the Club, June 29, 1863. 



T. C. Jerdon. At Upper Norwood, London, on the 12th 

 June, 1872, Thomas Caver hill Jerdon, late Surgeon-Major 

 in the Madras Medical Service, eldest son of the late Archi- 

 bald Jerdon, Esq., of Bonjedward, Roxburghshire. Mr 

 Jerdon, like Dr Baird, in his student life, was an active 

 member of the Edinburgh Plinian Society — a society, it is 

 believed, in which the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club was 

 foreshadowed ; and he became, therefore, on his return from 

 India, most appropriately associated with the Club: having 

 been nominated a member at the Cockburnspath meeting, 

 27th July, 1871, which he attended; but his unexpected 

 demise has cut short what might still have proved a useful 

 scientific career. Of this distinguished naturalist, Sir 

 Walter Elliot has agreed to favour us with a Memoir. His 

 name is commemorated in Jerdonia, a genus of Cyrtandracese, 

 containing a single species, a native of India, a small herba- 

 ceous, stemless plant. Our lamented friend, Rev. S. Hislop, 

 also a native of the Borders, dedicated to Mr Jerdon a fossil 

 species of Cy therea ( C. Jerdoni) discovered at Nagpur, and 

 described and figured in the " Proceedings of the Geological 

 Society of London," June 15, 1859. 



William Gray, Esq. William Gray, Esq., of East 

 Bolton, a member of many years standing of the Club, died 

 on the 27th June, 1872. Mr Gray was born 1796, and was 

 the eldest son of the late Right Reverend Robert Gray, 

 Bishop of Bristol, and was educated at Eton and Christ 

 Church, Oxford. He was brother of the late Bishop of Cape 

 Town. He was one of the oldest members of the Athenaeum 

 Club, London 5 and J. P. and Deputy Lieutenant for the 

 county of Northumberland. Mr Gray was elected a member 

 of the Club, July 24th, 1850. Rarely being able to attend 

 the meetings, he yet took great interest in its publications. 



J. H. 



