His charities were extensive, and his integrity unblemished. Vide Memoirs, pp. 115. 125. 141, 142. 3 Lord Chief Baron Richards. President. Original Member.-Last appearance at the Club, 1819. Baron of the Exchequer, 1814; Lord Chief Baron, 1817. Died 1823. Vide Memoirs, p. 125. 4 Sir James Allan Park, Knt. President. Original Member.-Honorary Member, 1835.- Judge of the Common Pleas, January, 1816; D.C.L., 1834. Author of the present Memoir of William SteSee pp. 115 and 125 of that work. vens. As a lawyer he was quick in his perception, eloquent in his address, and as a judge upright and impartial; his virtues in private life were such as to make him highly esteemed and beloved. Much of his time and talents were devoted to the promotion of religious knowledge, especially to the support of the Scotch Church. He died December 8, 1838. 5 The Rev. Jonathan Boucher. Original Member.-Last appearance at the Club, Born in Cumberland 1738. Went to Virginia at the age of sixteen, and served in the Church of that province, and afterwards in Maryland, till he was ejected at the Revolution. He afterwards became Vicar of Epsom, where he died May, 1804. (For particulars of his life, vide Memoirs, pp. 24. 131-139.) 6 The Rev. William Horne. Original Member.-Last appearance at the Club, 7 The Rev. Francis Randolph, D.D. Original Member.-Last appearance at the Club, 8 The Rev. John Prince. Chaplain. Original Member.-Last appearance at the Club, May 29, 1833.-Died 1833. See Memoirs, pp. 46. 144. He was Chaplain to the Magdalen Hospital. 9 John Gifford, Esq. Original Member.-Last appearance at the Club, Many years an efficient police magistrate for Middlesex. 10 The Ven. John James Watson, D.D., Archdeacon of St. Alban's. Original Member.-Last appearance at the Club, Educated at Charterhouse and University College; M.A. 1793, B.D. and D.D. 1808. Curate to Rev. J. Boucher at Epsom. Presented to the rectory of Hackney (which he held for forty years) in 1799, to Digswell in 1811. Archdeacon of St. Alban's in 1816, and Prebendary of Brondesbury in St. Paul's Cathedral in 1825. He died at Hackney, June 9, 1839, in his seventy-second year. The following inscription is engraved on a monumental tablet in Hackney Church :— SOLI DEO GLORIA. To the Memory of JOHN JAMES WATSON, D.D., Archdeacon of St. Alban's and Rector of Hackney. He died on the 9th June, 1839, in the seventy-second year of his age. His Parishioners, in grateful remembrance of the With which during forty years he watched over them As one that must give account, embodying in his living example The Faith and Graces which he inculcated in his teaching, Thus perpetuating the spontaneous expressions of With which all classes followed to his last resting-place He effected a division of the single Vicarage of Hackney into Three Rectories, And, instead of one Parish Church, he left as monuments Of the pious zeal which animated both Pastor and flock, Four Consecrated Houses of Prayer, And provision for two others since erected and dedicated To the service of God. 11 Joshua Watson, Esq. Original Member.-Honorary Member, 1839.- Joshua Watson was born in London on May 9th, 1771, being Ascension Day, and in his youth was in habits of intimacy with the late Bishop Horne, the Rev. William Jones, of Nayland, with W. Stevens, Esq., and Rev. H. H. Norris. He married in 1797, Mary Sikes, sister of Rev. Thomas Sikes of Guilsborough, and in 1800 was admitted among the original members of "Nobody's Club." In 1814 he relinquished a lucrative business, and devoted himself in mind, body, and estate to the service of Religion and the Church. In 1811 he was appointed the first Treasurer of the National Society; in 1817, Treasurer of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge; and he was also Treasurer of the Additional Curates' Aid Fund. He was officially connected with the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, and one of the founders of the Incorporated Church Building Society. He was also one of Her Majesty's Commissioners for Building Churches, and took an active part in the foundation of King's College, London. As Treasurer of the Clergy Orphan Schools, he was the person through whom the munificent benefactions of Dr. Warneford were transmitted to that charity, in reliance on his judgment, and in pursuance of his recommendation. During many years he took a lively interest in the welfare of the Colonial Church, and was on intimate terms with many of its Bishops. His exemplary prudence and never-failing charity made his society to be much sought after, and his counsels to be highly valued. Few English laymen were ever better qualified to form a just opinion concerning the doctrine and practice of the English Church than Mr. Watson; few more fully understood her mind, or realized her spirit, and manifested her temper, in their lives. He died at Clapton, Hackney, on January 30th, 1855, in the eighty-fourth year of his age. 12 George Dunning, Esq. Original Member.-Last appearance at the Club, A barrister of eminence on the Western Circuit. Member of the corps of Light Horse Volunteers, acting gratuitously, with happy effects, at the time of the French Revolution. For more particulars concerning him, vide Memoirs, pp. 128–131. 13 The Rev. Henry Handley Norris. Chaplain. Original Member.-Chaplain, 1833.-Last appearance at the Club, June 20, 1850. He was of a family resident in South Hackney, and having inherited his father's house and property in that parish, he took holy orders, and for about forty years ministered to those around him, first as the assistant and afterwards as the brother rector of his friend and relative, John James Watson. He won for himself an honoured name by his unflinching steadfastness in sound principles, and was beloved for his warmth of sympathy and the zealous ardour of his friendship. He was on intimate terms with many members of this Club, and held frequent and earnest counsel with such friends as Bishops Middleton, Inglis, Hobart, Broughton, and Coleridge. He was instrumental in the formation of the National Society, and to the end of his life took a lively interest in its welfare, and in the maintenance of the principles on which its Charter was framed. In his own parish, his character and ministrations obtained for him great personal influence, and he left behind him a monument of his pious zeal in the erection of a new Parish Church, which was completed shortly before his death, and where the following inscription is engraven on a tablet erected to his memory :— |