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late Earl of Dunraven was an early and active member of this Institute, and for some years a member of its Council, he died at Great Malvern, in October, 1871.

Edwin Richard Wyndham Windham Quin, third Earl of Dunraven and Mount Earl (1822), Viscount Mount Earl (1816), Viscount Adare (1822), Baron Adare (1800), Irish honours; Baron Kenry (1866), and a Baronet (1781), Imperial honours; Knight of St. Patrick, Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Limerick, and a Commissioner of National Education in Ireland; was born at Adare Manor, co. Limerick, 19th May, 1812, the eldest son of Windham Henry, second Earl of Dunraven, by Caroline, daughter and sole heiress of Thomas Wyndham, of Dunraven Castle, in Glamorgan, and Clearwell Court, co. Gloucester. He was educated at Eton, and at Trinity College, Dublin, where he was a pupil of the late Sir Wm. Hamilton. While in Dublin, he resided for two years in the Observatory, and became a practised astronomical observer. His taste for that science led to an intimacy with Dr. Robinson, of Armagh, Lord Rosse, and Mr. Cooper, of Mackree; but his astronomical studies somewhat affected his eyesight, and were, in consequence, laid aside. In 1831, however, he became a fellow of the Astronomical Society, and not long before his death he attended, with much interest, the construction of the great telescope for the Melbourne Observatory.

Lord Dunraven was a man of very good abilities and remarkable industry, the fruits of which were apparent in the great variety of his attainments. He was conversant with both literature and science; exceedingly fond of several branches of natural history, and a good botanist and geologist. He was also an accomplished man; fond of the arts, and especially of music; a good converser, and very popular in