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‘Rampyndene’ in the High Street, Burwash, where he passed 
the latter years of his life. He became deeply attached to his 
adopted county, and was an enthusiastic student and col¬ 
lector of old Wealden ironwork, a fine collection of specimens 
being presented by him to the Hastings Museum, of which 
he was an enthusiastic supporter, as well as being an active 
member of the Hastings and St. Leonards Natural History 
Society. As a sportsman he retained his keenness almost 
to the end, and dearly loved to bring back a basket of trout 
or a few brace of wild pheasants from the lonely streams or 
deep woodlands of Dallington Forest. He possessed a fair 
library, though his chief interest in books lay in works 
relating to exploration and travel, and of these he presented 
many a scarce volume to the Geographical Society, of which 
he was so many years a Fellow. In East Sussex he was 
respected and beloved by all who knew him, and Avas con¬ 
sulted on many a subject by his friends and neighbours. 
He was a most courteous and painstaking correspondent 
and a kindly critic, but, like his great contemporary— 
Newton—he bad an intense horror and dislike of inaccurate 
statement or unverified reference. 
Perhaps one of the most striking traits of a remarkable 
character was the deep interest and enthusiasm which he 
always displayed in any matter on which he was engaged, 
and it is no exaggeration to say that it gave him as much 
pleasure to record the nesting of the Snipe in the parishes 
of Burwash and Etchingham in 1914 *, as it did to obtain the 
eggs of the Sanderling (Tringa arenaria) in Grinnell-land in 
1876. 
The writer of this notice was privileged to know him 
well and to esteem him greatly. 
Colonel Feilden was one of the oldest surviving members 
of the B. 0. U., having been elected so long ago as 1873. His 
military decorations comprise the C.B. (1900) and medals 
with clasps for the Indian Mutiny (1857-8), the China War 
(1860), and the Boer War (1900-1). W. H. M. 
* “ Snipe and Redshank nesting in Sussex.” Hastings & E. Sussex 
Nat. vol. ii. p. 193. 
