There are beetles labelled ‘ex.coll Marriott’ in the general collection at Birmingham Museum. (MD 2/04)

Naturalist who lived all his life in Carlisle and had a special interest in Coleoptera, particularly ladybirds. Collected from 1904 mainly in Cumberland. He is recorded to have had some sort of breakdown in 1934 but was recovering in 1936. His first publication on beetles appears to have been ‘Coccinella 11 punctata ab. Lemani’ in ERJV., 35, 1923, p.57.

Born in Guernsey and trained as a solicitor. Stayed in Guernsey only intermittently, living at different times in the USA, Paris, Alderney, London, Devon, Hampshire and Cornwall. Awarded a bonze medal by the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Soc. for an essay on Cornish beetles. Also interested in botany and Hymenoptera. Died at Totnes. A collection of 5000 beetles made by Marquand is in the Guille-Alles Museum, Guernsey, originally in a 12 drawer cabinet and 20 store boxes, together with mss (4 pages). The collection may have been in the possession of W.A.Luff before his death in 1910.

Published ‘Observations on the Curculio trifolii or Clover weevil.... With additional remarks by Thomas Marsham’ in Trans.LSL., 6, 1802, pp.142-146. (MD 2/04)

A Colonel in the army who died ‘gloriously’ at Gallipoli. Mainly a Lepidopterist but Fowler (1912) records that he collected Paussidae in Burma. A collection of Lepidoptera alone was sold by Stevens on 20-21 June 1916. FESL 1887-1915. (MD 2/04)

Contributed Coleoptera to the collection at Sheffield Museum between 1971-72. (Information from Steve Garland). (MD 2/04)

Gave several collections of beetles to the RSM starting with 83 specimens from Aberdour in 1900 (1900-103). (MD 2/04)

Born in London the eldest son of Alexander Macleay (see above). Published Horae Entomologicae between 1819-1821 (some articles subsequently published separately eg. ‘Annulosa Javanica or an attempt to illustrate the natural affinities and analogies of the insects collected in Java by T.Horsfield. Coleoptera’, 1825. pp.50 and 2 plates), and some notes on insects in other publications including ‘Remarks on the devastation occasioned by Hylobius abietis in fir plantations’ (Zool. Journal, 1824-25, pp.444-448) and several notes in Trans.LSL.

Born in Scotland and emigrated to New South Wales in 1839. Member of the Legislative Assembly there from 1854-1874. Knighted in 1889. In 1874 he carried out a scientific expedition to New Guinea chiefly at his own expense. Much of his entomological work in Australia was based on Coleoptera on which he published many papers. Founder and first President of the Entomological Society of New South Wales and of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. There are twelve obituary and other notices in Gilbert (1977) p.240. (MD 2/04)

Born in county of Ross of an ancient Scottish family. His father was Provost of Wick and a Deputy Lieutenant of the county of Caithness. Took up various public positions including, in 1795, Chief Clerk in the Prisoners of War Office. In 1797 he was Head of the Correspondence Department of the Transport Board and in 1806 Secretary of the Board. In 1825 he was selected by Earl Bathurst to be Colonial Secretary to the Government of New South Wales and left for Australia. There he rose to become first Speaker of the Legislative Council, from which he retired in 1846.