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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE OF THE LATE MR. 

 WILFRED H. HUDLESTON, F.R.S., Vice-President 

 of the Victoria Institute. 



Wilfred H. Hudleston was tlie son of Dr. John Simpson, 

 who married Elizabeth Ward, heiress of the Hiidlestons of 

 ■Cumberland, and by letters patent assumed the name of 

 Hudleston in 1867. Wilfred, the eldest son, was born in 

 York on June 2nd, 1828. He received his early education at 

 St. Peter's School, York, and entered St. John's College, 

 Cambridge, where he graduated in 1850. In his last term in 

 Cambridge he attended the lectures of Professor Sedgwick, and 

 was much impressed by the manner and discourse of that 

 eminent geologist. On leaving Cambridge he passed a con- 

 siderable part of twelve years in travelling in Europe and 

 ]N"orth Africa. 



From 1862 Mr. Hudleston applied himself to studies in 

 natural science, attending the lectures of Playfair in Edinburgh, 

 and those of Hoffman, Franklin, and Valentine at the Royal 

 College of Chemistry in London, and his knowledge of geology 

 may be considered to have commenced under the tuition of 

 Professor John Morris, joining in excursions to places around 

 London calculated to interest the students of that science. 

 From this time geology became the prime subject of his 

 pursuits. In 1867, he was elected Fellow of the Geological 

 Society, and in 1892 he became its President. He had con- 

 tributed several papers on geological subjects. 



In 1891 Mr. Hudleston became a Member of the Yictoria 

 Institute ; and immediately after, was elected one of its Vice- 

 Presidents. Though he does not appear to have contributed 

 •original papers to its transactions, he evinced a warm interest 

 in its proceedings by attending the meetings and taking part in 

 the discussions. Mr. Hudleston's last appearance at the 

 meetings of the Society was on the evening of December 4th 

 last, when he took part in the discussion of Professor Hull's 

 paper on " Geneva and Chamounix as they were fifty years ago, 

 and as they are now." His interesting speech — corrected by 

 himself — appears along with the paper in the present volume. 

 The Members of the Insiitute will long regret the absence 

 from their midst of Mr. Hudleston's striking personality and line 

 intellectual countenance. 



E. H. 



