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Loud Amherst of Hackney (1835-1909). — William Amhurst 

 Tyssen-Amherst, first Lord Amherst of Hackney, was the son of 

 Mr. "William George Tyssen Tyssen-Amherst, of Didlington (Norfolk), 

 by Mary, daughter of Mr. Andrew Fountaine, of Narford Hall, 

 Norfolk. He was born in 1835, and was educated at Eton and 

 Christ Church, Oxford. He married in 1856 Margaret Susan, a 

 Lady of Justice of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, only child 

 of Admiral Robert Mitford, of Hunmanby Hall (Yorkshire), and 

 of Mitford Castle (Northumberland). He died on January 18th, 

 1909. 



Lord Amherst was a great collector of rare and interesting books 

 and manuscripts, tapestries, antique furniture, and other works of 

 art. He travelled a great deal in the East, and was almost as 

 famous for his collection of Egyptian antiquities as for his china 

 and books. 



Henry Albert Mangles (1834-1908). — Henry Albert Mangles,. 

 of Littleworth Cross, near Farnham, died on the 5th of February, 

 1908, aged 74. After a most distinguished career in India, where 

 he was Accountant-General of Bengal, Madras, Bombay, and Burma, 

 and at one time Comptroller-General, he returned home and was- 

 elected a Fellow of our Society in 1890. 



Though he did not contribute to the publications of the Society,. 

 he was very much attached to geology and a keen collector of 

 flint-implements. He was well known at the Geologists' Association 

 as a frequent attendant at the long Excursions. He twice acted as. 

 Director on the occasion of excursions to Farnham, and on each 

 occasion invited the members to his house, where he exhibited a 

 series of implements from the Farnham Gravel. 



Mr. Mangles was well known to horticulturists as a most 

 successful grower of Himalayan Rhododendrons, and on more than 

 one occasion received awards from the Royal Horticultural Society. 



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