FREMANTLE, Sir Charles - British Association Member - 1884
Sir Charles Fremantle was the Deputy Master of the Royal Mint in London, England, and went on the tour with a colleague, Sir William Chandler Roberts, Professor of metallurgy at the Royal School of Mines in London.
KINAHAN, George Henry - British Association Member - 1884
George Henry Kinahan (1829-1908) was a distinguished Irish geologist and the District Surveyor for the Irish Branch of the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom.
LAURIE, Major General John Wimburn - Travelled with the British Association in 1884
Major General Laurie (1835-1912) attended the Montreal meeting of the British Association and presented a paper on the agricultural resources of Nova Scotia.
LONGSTAFF, George Blundell - British Association Member - 1884
George Blundell Longstaff (1849-1921) was a noted entomologist, author and a member of the British Association delegation that visited the Farm on Sept 23 1884.
LOUIS, David Alexander - British Association Member
David Alexander Louis (1856-1915) was born in London, England, and was educated at the Royal School of Mines.
PEGLER, Alfred - British Association Member - 1884
Alfred Pegler, was a well-known Southampton jeweller and British Liberal politician. He also served as a Justice of the Peace.
POLWHELE, Thomas Roxburgh - British Association Member
Thomas Roxburgh Polwhele (1831 - 1909), a geologist who studied at Cambridge, joined the British Geological Survey in 1857 and became president of the Geological Society of Cornwall in 1896 and 1897.
RIVARD, Sévère - Local Secretary - British Association Conference, Montreal - 1884
One of five local secretaries for the British Association Conference, and a former mayor of Montreal, Rivard acted as a local secretary for the 1884 BA meeting in Montreal.
SCLATER - Philip Lutley - British Association Member - 1884
Philip Lutley Sclater (1829-1913), born in Hampshire, England, was a lawyer, but primarily a zoologist, and served over 30 years as secretary of the Zoological Society of London.
SCOTT, Robert Henry - British Association Member - 1884
r. Robert H. Scott (1833-1916), was born in Dublin, Ireland, and was founder of Valentia Observatory and first Director of the British Meteorological Office (1867-1900).
SELWYN, Dr. Alfred - British Association Member - 1884
Alfred Selwyn was the Director of the Geological Survey of Canada from 1869-1894.
SOLLAS, William Johnson - British Association Member - 1884
A visitor from Dublin, Ireland, William Johnson Sollas was a professor of geology at Trinity College,Dublin.
TRAILL, William A. - British Association Member - 1884
Among the 1884 British Association Visitors was Irish engineer William Atcheson Traill (1844-1933) - "the inventor of the electric tramway".
WINWOOD, Rev. Henry Hoyte - British Association Member - 1884
Rev Winwood (1830-1920) was a well-respected amateur geologist who was associated with W. Boyd Dawkins, Register Entry #125.
Members of the British Association held their Annual Convention in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1884.
On Sept. 6th they, along with some family members and a few others, left Sarnia, Ontario and headed into the Canadian West. While the total number of people in the party was 117, only about 30 of them signed the Bell Farm Visitors Register.
The party stopped at the Bell Farm on September 14 while travelling on a special CPR train from Winnipeg to the Rockies. The train included seven sleeping cars.
The entries that follow are presented in alphabetical order.
Several lists exist detailing who went on the Wesrern Tour, One of these lists identifies the following members:
Lawrence Parsons, the 4th Earl of Rosse, Sir Richard Temple, Major General Laurie, Dr. Ashe, The Bishop of Ontario, Prof. J.P. Sheldon, Prof. Fream, Prof. B. Dawkins, Dr. Royle, Dr. W. P. Cheadle, Prof. H. Shaw, E.B. Elliott, Miss Winch, C. Calder, W.M. Beauford, A.S. Reid, G. Johnson, V. Kinaham, J. Symes, Professor J. Macoun, M. Rivard, G. Slater, R.C. Pilling, T. Hare, S. Bourne, A. Robertson, R.S. Broker, R.M. Barrington, A. Kinnear, H.M. Muller, E. Frankland, C.C. Prance, W.H. Pallows, M. Blair, A.W. Scott, H. Marsh, S.S. Turner, Prof. Macadam, G. Chatterton, G.P. Hughes, Miss Stalker, H.T. Menwell, A.W. Bennett, J.A.W. Oliver, W.A. Blackhouse, C.C. Leach, R.C. Brown, J. Cameron, C. Swanford, M.C. Clark, R.G. Brook, W.J. Sollas, Rev. H.H. Winwood, J. Robbins, Rev. H. A. Pickard, E.F. King, D.A Louis, W.H. Leach, J.H. Handle, Rev. H. Swanzy, F.H. Stockwell, Dr. McNab, Edgbert de Hamel, J. Bourdas, R.A. Robinson, H. Bowerman, H. Dubois, W. Hurst, A.D. Ottwell, S.E. Donson, S.W. Blowman, J. Frewson, C. Lawrie, T.H. Thomas, W.H. Merritt, J.F. Taylor, C.H. Kelmand, S. McIntyre, A. Desjardines, G.H. Longstaff, W.H. Leach, W. Unwin, W.S. Fellow, E. Withers, S.F. Harmer, Mrs. McIlrie, F.W. Harmer, C.A. Hirshfelder, Dr. A.C. Maybury, O. Jones, M. Brown, E. Fransworth, T.W. Newman, A. Traile, W. Brownshard, W. Topley, J.D. Crawford, J.W. Leahby, B. Williamson, W. Whitaker, Rev. Canon Ellegood, E.W. Jollas, R. Hazzard, W. Anderson, Mrs. Anderson, George and Jasper Anderson, Grace and William Anderson, F. Fargeau, F. Cummings, M. Argue, C.M. Pitman, A. Tate, Rev. H. Jones. (Mr. Alexander Begg, General Immigration Agent for the CPR in London, England, was also with the party.) Dr. Thorburn and Miss Thorburn of Toronto were also on the trip.
At least one male member (Robert G. Brook) had a camera along and took photos; while artist Thomas H. Thomas, who accompanied the tour, made illustrations for "The Graphic" newspaper - including a sketch at the Bell Farm.
SOURCES:
https://archive.org/stream/cihm_12442#page/n9/mode/2up - "British Association: Report of their Visit to the Canadian North-West" by R.L. Richardson, Winnipeg, 1884.
https://archive.org/stream/cihm_17071#page/n29/mode/2up - passenger list pg 13
Robert Brook, England - personal communication.
https://archive.org/stream/cihm_09228#page/n45/mode/2up Bell Farm visit by Alfred Pegler includes a great description of his hotel stay at Indian Head: 36,37-39,50,52,60 and 83
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