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The early part of his life was spent partly in Ireland, 
where his father was stationed with his regiment, the 25th 
King’s Own Borderers, partly at the Cape of Good Hope, 
and in Devonshire, while later he spent some years in 
Canada. The city of D’Urban, Natal, had been founded on 
June 30, 1835, and named after Sir Benjamin D’Urban, the 
Governor of the Cape (1834-36). 
He returned to England in 1861, when he founded the 
Exeter Naturalists’ Club. In 1862, shortly after the death of 
the Prince Consort steps were taken to inaugurate a suitable 
memorial to his memory at Exeter, and a museum and school 
of art was decided upon. Some collections having been 
obtained by gift and bequest, Mr. D’Urban was appointed 
curator of them. The foundation stone of the Albert Memorial 
Museum was laid on October 30, 1865, but the first portion 
was not opened until August 1868, and it was not completed 
until August 1869. In April 1870 the Museum and its contents 
were handed over to the Town Council of the City of Exeter, 
and Mr. D’Urban continued in the office of Curator, Secretary, 
and Librarian, a free library in connection with the Museum 
having been resolved upon. In 1873 he relinquished the 
duties of Librarian, confining his attention exclusively to the 
care of the Museum, the collections by this time having 
increased in extent and importance. 
In 1863, Mr. D’Urban married the youngest daughter 
of the late Mr. Henry Porter, of Winslade, Essex. In 
1884, he resigned his connection with the Albert Memorial 
Museum, which had lasted for twenty-two years, and pro- 
ceeded with his wife and family to Santa Barbara, California, 
for a few years, returning to England in 1888, when he 
resided at Exmouth, Devon. In 1892, Mr. D’Urban 
and the Rev. Murray A. Mathew conjointly published The 
Birds of Devon. Mr. D’Urban has also from time to time 
contributed many notes on British birds and various animals 
to the Zoologist since 1853, and papers on other natural 
history subjects to Annals and Magazine of Natural History 
and other periodicals. He was a Member and Fellow of the 
