230 Obituary Notices. 



And now, gentlemen, my only remaining duty is to pro- 

 pose for your approval my successor as President ; and I am 

 sure the nomination will be received with acclamation, when 

 I mention the name of the distinguished Professor of Botany 

 in the University of Edinburgh, Dr John Hutton Balfour. 



OBITUARY NOTICES. 



The Rev. William Procter, M.A. 



Williaru, the fourth child and third son of the Rev. William 

 Procter, vicar of Alnwick, and of Mary Aislabie, was born at 

 Bowes, in Yorkshire, 17th March, 1791. He was educated in 

 the Grammar School, at Alnwick, his father having been ap- 

 pointed master of that institution, July 9th, 1794, when his son 

 William was only three years old. Good scholarship was a 

 family accomplishment, and this Mr Procter evinced when he 

 proceeded to Cambridge. Mr Procter was a Fellow of St. 

 Catherine's Hall, and when he died was senior member of his 

 college. He took his degree of Bachelor of Arts (Senior Optime) 

 in 1813; Master of Arts 1816; ad eundem, Durham, 1854. He 

 was ordained Deacon by the Bishop of Durham, in 1816; and 

 Priest by the Bishop of Ely, in 1819. In 1824, he was appointed 

 Lectiirer of Berwick-on-Tweed, by the Hon. Mercer's Company, 

 London. He was licensed to the curacy of Norham, in 1829, the 

 Rev. W. Darnell, being Vicar ; and to the curacy of Alnwick, in 

 1833. He was presented to the living of Doddington in 1834, by 

 the Duke of Northumberland. In 1854, he was chosen Hon. 

 Canon of Durham ; and was Rural Dean of Bamburgh from 

 1862 to 1866. Mr Procter was much respected and beloved in 

 his parish and neighbourhood. Possessed of much mental 

 activity, he took a deep interest in all the leading subjects and 

 controversies of the day, and was constantly sending letters to the 

 newspapers and other periodicals to within a few weeks of his 

 death. Although latterly very infirm, his mind was clear to the 

 close. His last sermon was preached on the 1 7th November, 

 with his usual energy. He died at Doddington, on December 

 30th, 1876, aged 85. 



