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t was considered by us a great success.=
e his busy work in London, William, Rosetta and the children were frequent visitors to Stratford
ng many family celebrations and of course the opening of the Memorial Theatre in 1879. They also
much time with Rosetta9s Smyth relations in Buckinghamshire. The children enjoyed spending holidays
eir uncles and aunts and cousins. The family regularly went up to Glen Cassley, where on one summer
July 1884, William is reported to have caught seventy-two trout.
m was a Fellow of the Linnean Society and from 1883 to 1885 he was President of the Royal
pological Institute. He was also a member of the British Association. He was elected an Honorary
er of the Academy of Science in New York, also of the Zoological Society of Amsterdam and of the
al Society of Naturalists in Moscow. William was appointed as a Trustee of Sir John Soanes Museum.
s Vice President of the Marine Biological Association. William and Rosetta were members of the
ne Society, one of Britain9s oldest national conservation groups. It was formed in 1885 and its aim was to
rage the collection of birds and plants, and instead to encourage observation of birds, plants and pleasant
Perhaps this meant that William was gradually changing his mind about hunting and shooting. He
sed his concern at the extinction of some birds due to being killed during nesting times in the pursuit of
ng feathers for ladies9 hats. William also presented an essay on how some fashions and cultural practices
the world were causing pain, suffering and illness, and published this in a book
