380 Memoir of Archibald Oamphell Swinton. 



Berwickshire Naturalists' Club. — Became a meinber in 1861 ; elected 



President for the year 1872. 

 EUem Fishing- Club. — Admitted member in 1838 ; Preses in the years 



1858, 1859, and 1860. 

 Member of the Board of Manufactures, Scotland, for nearly twenty 



years ; resi<i-niiig January 1888. 

 Director, Bank of Scotland, 1864-1888. 

 Connection with University' Court, Edinburgh (see Minute, 21st 



November 1887.) Professor of Civil Law, 1842-1862; and since 



then as Assessor to two successive Rectors for six years — as 



Chancellor's Assessor for five years, and as a Member of the 



Court of Curators for six years. 

 "Long and intiinate relation" with the Highland and Agricultural 



Society of Scotland— Convener of Committee of District Shows — 



Director, Member of Council on Agriculture Education — and also 



of Veterinary and other Committees. 



It would seem, from his journals of his travels abroad, that 

 for some of his earlier years he was not in strong health ; but 

 still he must have had a vigorous constitution, for he died in 

 his 78th year. Down to 1883, when he had passed the age 

 of 70, apparently his activity and strength had known no 

 diminution. In that year he had a sudden seizure, which, 

 next morning, medical men pronounced to be of a paralytic 

 nature. It was not severe. I saw him the year after, and 

 found him in very good spirits, and regaining his power of 

 locomotion. He continued to improve till 1886, when, 

 unfortunately, he met with a severe carriage accident, in which 

 his coachman was killed, and he himself so injured that he 

 never recovered his power of locomotion. He remained, 

 however, fully alive to all that was going on round him, 

 taking great interest both in the past and in the present. 

 The end came unexpectedly, and he died on the 27th of 

 November of last year. 



So ends my tale. It has been a mournful, but, to me, a 

 very pleasant task, to recall the life of one with whom I was 

 so intimate, and with whom, although we differed on almost 

 all public questions, I retained the most friendly, amicable, 

 and confidential relations to the end. He was a friend worth 

 cultivating, for he took an interest in everything that was 

 intelligent and refined ; a master himself of most intellectual 



