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crowning it with a dome. His name is also identified in the public mind 
as the designer of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery and Museum of 
Antiquities, Queen Street. The palace reared by the late Marquis of Bute 
at Mountstuart may be cited as the most important example of the 
abilities of the architect in this branch of his art Other architectural works 
of note were executed by Sir Rowand during his long professional career. 
In connection with church architecture, Sir Rowand Anderson was 
frequently consulted regarding schemes for the restoration of ancient 
buildings ; and it was he who carried out the restoration of Dunblane 
Cathedral, the Chapel of King’s College, Aberdeen, Borthwick Parish 
Church, and Culross Abbey. He was employed by the late Marquis of 
Lothian to devise measures for the preservation of Jedburgh Abbey, and 
these were renewed previous to this ancient religious house being handed 
over to the Ancient Monuments Commission. 
A scheme with which he was intimately associated, and in connection 
with which he did lasting work for his profession and for the arts and 
crafts of the city, was the founding of the College of Applied Art, which 
had its headquarters in the Royal Institution, Mound, and was under the 
aegis of the Board of Manufactures. In the formation of the Edinburgh 
College of Art Sir Rowand also took much interest. He was elected an 
Associate of the Royal Scottish Academy in 1876, but resigned in 1883 on 
a question as to the architectural status of Members of the Academy. 
During the Presidentship of Sir George Reid, Sir Rowand Anderson in 
1896 was elected an Honorary Member of the Academy, and the feud was 
in that way peacefully ended. In 1902 he received the honour of knight- 
hood. It may be mentioned that he rendered good service to this Society 
during the transference from the Royal Institution to our present building. 
He was a man of wide sympathies, and despite a certain reserve in 
temperament, had a large circle of friends. He was elected a Fellow of 
the Society in 1883, and died at his residence in Colinton on the 1st June 
1921, at the age of 87. 
Beck, Hon. Sir J. Henrxcus Meiring, Kt., M.D., J.P., M.R.C.P.E., M.L.A., 
son of the late C. Beck, J.P. of Worcester (Cape), was born at Worcester 
(Cape Province) in 1855. He was educated at Worcester Public School. 
South African College, University of Edinburgh, Berlin, and Vienna; 
was one of the delegates from the Cape of Good Hope to the South 
African National Convention, and was a Member of Council of the Univer- 
sity of the Cape of Good Hope from 1888-1912. For a period he filled the 
position of President of the Cape Medical Council. From 1916 he was 
