152 OBITUARY NOTICE.— ROBERT GEORGE BOLAM 



a small but select collection of local antiquities. For many 

 years he had been a member of the Architectural and 

 Archaeological Society of Durham and Northumberland, and 

 of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He 

 became a life member of the Royal Agricultural Society 

 and the Highland Society in 1866, and, as representing 

 the estates under his charge, he had served upon the 

 Tweed Commission for more than twenty years, during 

 which time he had also been an active member of its 

 Police Committee. 



His library contained a rare and valuable collection of 

 local histories and works of reference, and with the contents 

 of his volumes he was intimately acquainted. When par- 

 ticular information was required upon any special point, he 

 was seldom at a loss to know where to turn for it, and no 

 trouble was ever spared to make certain that his information 

 was correct before he would venture to quote it. He was 

 a Churchman, and in politics a staunch Conservative, who 

 had often done yeoman service in the interests of the party 

 at election times. " Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do 

 it with thy might," was an axiom which he sought to carry 

 out throu;;h life, and, with his retirement from the scenes 

 of his labour, Northumberland mourns a son whose loss 

 has left her distinctly poorer. 



