Selborne Society

The Selborne Society was formed in November 1885 to "perpetuate the name and interests of Gilbert White, the Naturalist of Selborne". The object of the Society was the preservation of birds, plants and pleasant places.[1] Its founder was George Musgrave and his wife Theresa of Torquay in Devon who named it after Gilbert White's well-known book, The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne.[2] The society almost immediately amalgamated with the Plumage League which had been founded by the Reverend Francis Orpen Morris and Lady Mount Temple in the following month.[2] The full title of the Society was the Selborne Society for the Preservation of Birds, Plants and Pleasant Places while the campaigners against the use of birds for fashion formed the Plumage Section.[2] Official rules were adopted at an AGM on 26 January 1888, when Alfred, Lord Tennyson was appointed as president.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Hall, Rae; Pedley, Andrew. "The Selborne Society and Perivale Wood". The Selbourne Society. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Michael Blackmore (1985), The Selborne Society (PDF)

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