OBITUARY NOTICES. 



John W. Walton, f.g.s., f.l.s. 



In recalling the work of our late dear friend and Hon. Secretary, we may refer to the 

 founding of the Society in 1868. His father, Mr. G. C. Walton, f.l.s. came first to 

 Sandgate and afterwards to Folkestone as a Dentist, and was a member at an early date. 

 He read his first paper on a collection of wild flowers, in 1881, was elected to the Committee 

 in 1882, and Chairman in 1891. He gave a series of lectures on a wide range of subjects 

 brought out a list of local plants and flowers, and was President from 1905 till his death. 



John attended the Harvey Grammar School in 1889 and was always top of the class. 

 His geological and botanical researches took him all over the country with his camera 

 and collecting satchel. He was a good organist and pianist and very active in spite of 

 progressive disability which would have discouraged most people. 



As a member of the Society, except when away at Edinburgh, etc., he assisted his 

 father and was elected to the Committee in 1914, becoming Hon. Secretary from 1923 

 to 1948, and Hon. Treasurer 1924 to 1935. He initiated, edited, and financed the Hand- 

 book of 1925, he organised many excellent excursions, and secured a succession of eminent 

 lecturers, reviving the Society after the difficult War years. He was also Curator of the 

 Museum for some time and rearranged and extended the exhibits. 



Many of us recall his genial nature and ready response to enquiries, and his fine 

 collection of books, papers, photographs and specimens. We also wholeheartedly 

 recognise the good work of Mrs. Walton, without which many of John's activities would 

 have been impossible, as well as her own active leadership in the Society, which we hope 

 will continue for many years. 



J. L. Dunk. 



Edward Dillon Bostock, f.r.e.s. 



A member of this Society died in February 1953, at his home in Pelham Gardens at 

 the age of 87. 



He came to Folkestone from Stone in Staff"ordshire in 1935 and was one of the original 

 members of our Entomological Section. He was as well known as a philatelist as an 

 entomologist and his fine collection of stamps was referred to in the Folkestone Herald of 

 February 25th. His equally fine collection of butterflies and moths included many rarities, 

 and is to be sold by auction in London in the near future. Especially famous was his 

 series of 90 British Large Coppers, a series which was unequalled in any other private 

 collection. He generously presented a large number of moths to the Folkestone Museum. 



His active days of collecting were spent mainly in Staffordshire, but in 1948 and again 

 in 1949, when the Section made expeditions to the Warren, he astonished us by his activity 

 in descending from the Royal Oak to Sea level and making the steep climb back again. 



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