Herbert James FORLONG
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Arthur H. FORLONG
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Harriett Alice Mary FORLONG
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Charles James Stewart BETHUNE|Rev.
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Charles was born 11 August 1838 at West Flamboro, Upper Canada. He
received an M.A. in 1861 from Trinity College, Toronto. Ordained priest i
n
1861 and then was curate until 1866 with his father at Cobourg. In 1866
,
appointed to the Credit Mission, Peel County, Ontario. From 1870 to
(1879+) he was Head Master at Trinity College School at Port Hope, whic
h
he built up in size and importance. He was a founder and officer of the
Entomology Society of Canada and editor of the Canadian Entomologist fr
om
1868-1873 and 1886-1898+ .He was a member of the Corporation of Univers
ity
of Trinity College, Toronto. He received an honorary degree, D.C.L., fr
om
Trinity College in 1883. In 1906, he was Head of the Entomology and
Zoology Department at the Ontario Agricultural College in Guelph.
On 21 April 1863, he married Alice Forlong. They had 5 children living
about 1890. Two of them: 12251 Arthur M. Bethune and 12252 Reginald A.
Bethune. Charles died 17 Apr 1932 in Toronto.
The distinguished subject of this sketch, was born at West Flamboro,
Ontario, on August 11th, 1838. He was the third son of the Right Rev.
Alexander Neil Bethune, second Bishop of Toronto, and Jane Eliza, eldes
t
daughter of the late Hon. James Crooks. The Bethune family trace its
lineage very far back in Scottish and French historical records. The fi
rst
of the name came to Scotland in the reign of Malcolm the Third, a
contemporary of William the Conqueror, in the eleventh century. Many me
n
famous in Scotch history belonged to the family, among whom may be
mentioned Cardinal Beaton (the name is frequently spelled and pronounce
d
in this way), one of Mary Queen of Scots "Four Marys," the Archbishop
Bethune, chaplain to a Highland regiment, who settled with his comrades i
n
the County of Glengarry, Ontario, towards the end of the last century. H
e
was father of the late Bishop of Toronto and Dean Bethune of Montreal, a
nd
grandfather of the subject of our sketch. Young Bethune was educated at
private schools at Cobourg and Upper Canada College. After leaving the
latter institution he entered Trinity College, Toronto, and graduated B
.A.
from there in 1859 with first class classical honours. He took his M.A. i
n
1861 and received the honorary degree of D.C.L. from his Alma mater in
1883, in recognition of his zealous and worthy services at Trinity Coll
ege
School. He was ordained deacon in 1861 and priest in 1862, by the late
Bishop Strachan of Toronto. He was curate until 1866 with his father, t
hen
Rector of Cobourg, with the exception of a short period spent in Englan
d
in 1863-4, when he was curate at Carlton, Near Selby, in Yorkshire. In
1866 he was appointed to the charge of the Credit Mission, in the Count
y
of Peel, Ontario: and since September, 1870, has been Head Master of
Trinity College School at Port Hope. From a very small beginning he has
raised up this school to be one of the widest known and most successful i
n
the Dominion. He has now a staff of eight assistant masters, about 140
pupils, and large and handsome buildings with extensive playgrounds. Ou
r
subject has given much of his attention to scientific pursuits, and he i
s
well known in the United States and Great Britain, as likewise in Canad
a,
as an entomologist. He was one of the founders of the Entomological
Society of Canada and its secretary-treasurer for seven years. He was
president of the same Society from 1870 to 1875, and has continued sinc
e
to be a member of its Council. He was entomological editor of the Canad
a
Farmer for nine years, and editor of the Canadian Entomologist from its
inception in 1868 to 1873. He was written a large number of papers on
Practical and Scientific Entomology in these and other publications, an
d
contributed repeatedly to the Annual Report on Insects presented to the
Legislature of Ontario. He is a fellow of the American Association for t
he
advancement of science and has attended its meetings at various places i
n
the United States; is a member of several Canadian scientific societies
and a corresponding member of scientific societies in New York,
Philadelphia, Boston, Buffalo, Davenport, Brooklyn, Halifax, and ~ othe
r
places. He is also a member of the Corporation of the University of
Trinity
College, Toronto, and of the council of the Bishop Strachan
School for Young Ladies, in Toronto. He was Honorary Clerical Secretary o
f
the Synod of the Diocese of Toronto from 1869 to 1871, and has been
repeatedly elected a representative of the diocese at the meeting of th
e
Provincial Synod in Montreal. He has frequently visited England and
travelled in the United States; he has also visited Paris, and has seen a
good deal of Scotland and Ireland. Our subject has always been a member o
f
the Church of England and associated with the "High Church" school of
thought. He married on April 21 st, 1863, Alice, second daughter of
Lieut-Colonel Forlong, K.H., of Toronto, late of Her Majesty's 43rd
Regiment of Light Infantry, and his wife Sophia, daughter of the Hon.
Henry John Boulton, of Holland House, Toronto. Colonel Forlong, when a
young man, took part in the battle of Waterloo, and was wounded during t
he
engagement. He carried the bullet, which could not be extracted, all th
e
rest of his life. He died at Gore Vale, Toronto, in 1859. Dr Bethune ha
s
five children living. An earnest and able worker for his church, a lear
ned
and deeply-skilled votary in a wide and important branch of science, an
d
at the same time the able administrator of a denominational school made
,
by his own exertions, the most important among junior institutions in
Canada. It has been given to few men whose names are written in this
volume to accomplish so much and to accomplish it so well.
Arthur M. BETHUNE
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Reginald A. BETHUNE
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Alexander Neil BETHUNE|Right Rev.
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Jane Eliza CROOKS
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Agnes Georgina FORLONG
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Charles A. FORLONG|Capt. (R. N.)
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