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  ROLAND 
  TRIMEjST, 
  1840-1916. 
  

  

  Eolajjd, 
  the 
  third 
  son 
  and 
  fourth 
  of 
  the 
  seven 
  children 
  of 
  Eichard 
  and 
  

   Marianne 
  Esther 
  Trimen, 
  was 
  born, 
  October 
  29, 
  1840, 
  at 
  3, 
  Park 
  Place 
  Villas, 
  

   Paddington. 
  Memories 
  of 
  his 
  father 
  and 
  of 
  his 
  own 
  childhood 
  were 
  supplied 
  

   by 
  Eoland 
  Trimen 
  to 
  Sir 
  William 
  Thiselton-Dyer 
  for 
  the 
  obituary 
  (1) 
  of 
  

   Henry 
  (1843-96), 
  the 
  youngest 
  of 
  the 
  five 
  brothers. 
  Eichard 
  Trimen, 
  whose 
  

   " 
  urbane 
  address 
  and 
  manners 
  of 
  the 
  old 
  school 
  " 
  are 
  recalled 
  by 
  Sir 
  William, 
  

   " 
  traced 
  his 
  ancestry 
  to 
  a 
  stock 
  which, 
  under 
  similar 
  names, 
  exists 
  both 
  in 
  

   Cornwall 
  and 
  Brittany." 
  He 
  was 
  " 
  a 
  great 
  lover 
  of 
  Nature, 
  and 
  an 
  excellent 
  

   observer 
  ; 
  he 
  possessed, 
  too, 
  a 
  keen 
  artistic 
  perception, 
  and 
  some 
  ability 
  in 
  

   execution. 
  The 
  two 
  younger 
  brothers 
  were 
  closely 
  associated 
  in 
  their 
  early 
  

   bringing 
  up. 
  They 
  derived 
  from 
  their 
  father, 
  both 
  by 
  inheritance 
  and 
  

   example, 
  an 
  early 
  delight 
  in 
  natural 
  objects. 
  He 
  continually 
  encouraged 
  

   them 
  in 
  their 
  attempts 
  to 
  form 
  collections 
  of 
  shells, 
  insects, 
  plants, 
  fossils, 
  

   etc., 
  often 
  accompanying 
  them 
  in 
  country 
  excursions, 
  and 
  pointing 
  out 
  

   interesting 
  animals 
  and 
  plants. 
  The 
  elder 
  brother 
  remembers 
  how, 
  when 
  it 
  

   became 
  necessary 
  to 
  restrict, 
  in 
  some 
  definite 
  direction, 
  accumulations 
  that 
  

   were 
  becoming 
  unmanageable, 
  it 
  was 
  solemnly 
  decided 
  that 
  Henry 
  was 
  to 
  

   occupy 
  himself 
  with 
  plants, 
  and 
  Eoland 
  with 
  insects." 
  In 
  spite 
  of 
  this 
  

   necessary 
  restriction 
  of 
  activity, 
  Eoland 
  always 
  retained 
  his 
  early 
  love 
  for 
  

   plants 
  and 
  Henry 
  for 
  animals. 
  

  

  The 
  family 
  belonged 
  to 
  the 
  " 
  Catholic 
  Apostolic 
  Church 
  " 
  which 
  has 
  its 
  

   Central 
  Church 
  in 
  Gordon 
  Square, 
  W.C., 
  Eichard 
  Trimen 
  holding 
  an 
  

   important 
  office 
  in 
  the 
  Community. 
  Their 
  mother 
  had 
  the 
  most 
  remarkable 
  

   knowledge 
  of 
  the 
  Bible 
  — 
  her 
  husband 
  used 
  to 
  call 
  her 
  his 
  " 
  walking 
  con- 
  

   cordance 
  " 
  — 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  very 
  probable 
  that 
  her 
  influence 
  was 
  largely 
  responsible 
  

   for 
  the 
  admirable 
  literary 
  style 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  brothers. 
  Sir 
  Bay 
  Lankester, 
  

   who 
  remembers 
  her 
  as 
  " 
  a 
  very 
  kind 
  and 
  charming 
  old 
  lady," 
  and 
  first 
  met 
  

   the 
  Trimen 
  family 
  at 
  Pelixstow 
  about 
  1859, 
  writes 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  " 
  Eoland 
  and 
  Henry 
  were 
  great 
  collectors 
  of 
  butterflies 
  and 
  moths 
  and 
  I 
  

   came 
  upon 
  them 
  through 
  a 
  butterfly-collecting 
  friend, 
  the 
  Eev. 
  Herbert 
  Bree. 
  

   They 
  taught 
  me 
  to 
  ' 
  set 
  ' 
  butterflies 
  and 
  to 
  1 
  sugar,' 
  and 
  I 
  enjoyed 
  the 
  sport, 
  

   but 
  did 
  not 
  keep 
  it 
  up. 
  They 
  were 
  perfect 
  adepts 
  at 
  it. 
  At 
  their 
  home 
  in 
  

   London, 
  in 
  Guilford 
  Street, 
  Eussell 
  Square, 
  they 
  had 
  a 
  beautiful 
  first-class 
  

   cabinet 
  and 
  splendid 
  collections 
  of 
  British 
  species. 
  It 
  was 
  at 
  their 
  house 
  I 
  

   first 
  met 
  Thiselton-Dyer 
  who 
  was 
  and 
  remained 
  always 
  a 
  very 
  intimate 
  

   friend 
  of 
  Henry 
  Trimen. 
  I, 
  too, 
  became 
  a 
  great 
  friend 
  of 
  Henry, 
  who 
  was 
  

   nearer 
  in 
  age 
  to 
  me 
  (a 
  year 
  or 
  two 
  older). 
  Eoland 
  was 
  regarded 
  by 
  us 
  as 
  very 
  

   clever 
  and 
  distinctly 
  older. 
  Both 
  he 
  and 
  Henry 
  were 
  full 
  of 
  fun 
  and 
  used 
  to 
  

   write 
  comic 
  plays 
  and 
  songs. 
  Henry 
  and 
  I 
  often 
  went 
  to 
  theatres 
  together 
  

   and 
  acted 
  in 
  private 
  theatricals 
  at 
  his 
  house 
  and 
  his 
  friends' 
  houses. 
  I 
  think 
  

   Eoland 
  must 
  have 
  gone 
  to 
  the 
  Cape 
  when 
  I 
  went 
  up 
  to 
  Oxford. 
  I 
  remember 
  

  

  