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WILLIAM HERBERT ST. QUINTIN, J.P., D.L. 
(1851—1933). 
Yorkshire, and particularly Yorkshire naturalists, are 
much poorer by the passing of W. H. St. Quint in, on January 
21st , at Scampston Hall, where he was Lord of the Manor, 
and also of several surrounding Manors. He was a very 
fine type of Yorkshire gentleman, and belonged to one of 
the oldest settled families in Yorkshire : being in direct 
lineal descent from Sir Henry St. Quintin, whose name appears 
on the roll of Battle Abbey, and was a companion in arms 
with William the Conqueror. 1 
He was the oldest East Riding magistrate, being appointed 
in 1875 ; alderman of the East Riding County Council, and 
one of its original members ; a former Chairman of the 
East Riding Quarter Sessions, and acted as High Sheriff for 
Yorkshire in 1899. He was also Chairman of the Yorkshire 
Fisheries Board, and President of the Yorkshire Philosophical 
Society. 
But it is in Natural History that we know him best, and 
valued his immense knowledge ; always freely given to those 
who wished it. He joined the Yorkshire Naturalists’ Union in 
1890, was its President in 1909, and for thirty years was Chair- 
man of its Wild Birds’ and Eggs’ Protection Acts Committee, 
and a liberal supporter to its funds. From time to time he 
contributed valuable articles and notes to The Naturalist. 
He took up falconry in earnest in 1880, in conjunction with 
his life-long friend, Mr. E. G. B. Meade-Waldo (who were 
at Eton together). 
Eventually he gave it up in favour of aviculture, and 
what a delight it was to accompany him round his paddocks, 
ponds and aviaries, at Scampston ! 
He was an original member of the Avicultural Society, 
and in its early days contributed to its magazine. The 
Zoological Society of London, and also the London Parks, 
were much indebted to him, to both of which he had presented 
many valuable waterfowl, and other birds. I believe that 
he is the only one who has bred the Little Bustard, and he 
was the first to breed the Roller and the Tragopans. 
He was also a first-rate entomologist and botanist, 
specializing in Orchids — in fact, he was a good all-round field 
naturalist. 
He was laid to rest in the Churchyard at Harpham, near 
Driffield, on January 24th. He is survived by his widow and 
a married daughter. — H.B.B. 
l The Yorkshire Post, January 23rd, 1933. 
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