2.--Died at Tunbridge Wells, the Very Rev. Edward Meyrick Goulburn, D.D.,
formerly Dean of Norwich, aged 79. Born in London on February 11th,
1818, he was a son of Mr. Serjeant Goulburn, Q.C., and was educated at
Eton, whence he proceeded to Balliol College, Oxford, where he obtained
his B.A. degree in 1839. In 1842 he was admitted into deacon's orders by
Dr. Bagot, Bishop of Oxford, and in the same year was ordained priest. A
Fellow of Merton College, Dr. Goulburn was, on the elevation of Dr. Tait
to the deanery of Carlisle in 1849, appointed to the head-mastership of
Rugby School. He resigned the post in 1858, and became minister of
Quebec Chapel, St. Marylebone. In 1859 he was nominated by the Bishop of
London to St. John's, Paddington, and was appointed prebendary of St.
Paul's Cathedral. Upon the deanery of Norwich becoming vacant in 1866 by
the death of the Hon. and Very Rev. Dean Pellew, who had held it since
1828, Dr. Goulburn was appointed thereto. He was the author of several
theological works. A learned antiquary, he succeeded Sir John Boileau,
F.S.A. (who died in 1869), as president of the Norfolk and Norwich
Archaeological Society. He did much for the restoration of Norwich
Cathedral, and expended upon the work from his own private means the sum
of 10,000, and raised the further amount of 4,000. In conjunction with
Precentor Symonds, Dean Goulburn wrote the greater portion of the
valuable work "The Ancient Sculptures in the Roof of Norwich Cathedral";
and in 1876 published a life of Herbert de Losinga. One of his last
works was the "Life of Dean Burgon." Dean Goulburn was also the author
of the "Book of Rugby School."
24.--The Queen's birthday was observed at Norwich by a military review on
Mousehold Heath. The 7th Dragoon Guards, the depot company of the
Norfolk Regiment, the 3rd Battalion Norfolk Regiment (Militia), and the
Artillery and Rifle Volunteers took part.