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OBITUARY. 
We rpgret to have to record the death of Mr. W. J. Goodwin, 
M.R.C.V.S., who died at his residence, at Hampton Court, on 
Saturday, July 17, in the seventy-first year of his age. Mr. Good¬ 
win had held in succession the office of veterinary surgeon to their 
late Majesties George IV and William IV, and, on the accession of 
Her Majesty the Queen, the appointment was continued. A few 
years since, however, he retired from all active duty in connection with 
this office. 
Mr. Goodwin was among those who took a leading part in obtain¬ 
ing the Charter of Incorporation of the veterinary profession, and was 
one of the first elected members of the Council in 1844, which office 
he continued to hold during a period of seventeen years. In 1853 
he was elected President of the College, and subsequently he held 
office as a Vice-President for a period of eight years, when failing 
health prevented his attendance at the Council Board. For a 
period of six years he was also a member of the Court of Ex¬ 
aminers. 
Few men took a greater interest in the welfare of the Royal College 
of Veterinary Surgeons than Mr. Goodwin. His numerous pre¬ 
sentations to the library and museum bear testimony to bis uniform 
liberality, and eyoked from the Council on many occasions their 
warmest thanks. 
On a recent occasion he urged upon the Council the great necessity 
there was that the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons should 
possess a building more fitted for its requirements than the present 
one. He justly obseryed that there were fe\y persons who understood 
the difference between the Royal Veterinary College and the Royal 
College of Veterinary Surgeons, and that if a suitable building could 
be obtained, with a good library and museum attached, it would do 
much towards a better recognition of the profession by the public. 
He further expressed his willingness to assist with other liberal mem¬ 
bers of the profession in proyiding funds for such a purpose. 
Mr. Goodwin was well known to the sporting world, and in his capa¬ 
city of veterinary surgeon to his late Majesty George IV he laid the 
foundation of the royal stud at Hampton Court paddocks. lie was a 
frequent contributor to the sporting periodicals, and also for many 
years a zealous supporter of the Veterinarian. 
In 1821 Mr. Goodwin had the honour of being enrolled, by the 
authority of His Majesty the Emperor Alexander I, a First-Class 
Member in Veterinary Medicine of the Royal College of Medicine 
of Ru ssia. The Diploma granted on that occasion bears date Nov. 
16th, 1821, and is now in the keeping of the Royal College of 
Veterinary Surgeons. Besides being a member of the veterinary 
profession, Mr. Goodwin was also a graduate of the Royal College 
of Surgeons. His Certificate of Examination as a Veterinary 
Surgeon is dated April 22ud, 1817. 
