te Lord Londesborough). That
recently-deceased nobleman was one of Mr. Croker's most attached friends,
and opposite his Lordship's pew in Grimston church, Yorkshire, a neat
marble tablet was erected bearing the following inscription: "In memory
of Thomas Crofton Croker, Esq., the amiable and accomplished author of
the 'Fairy Legends of Ireland,' and other works, Literary and
Antiquarian. This tablet is erected by his friend Lord Londesborough,
1855."

To enumerate all the societies and institutions of which Crofton Croker
was a member, honorary or otherwise, would in these pages be superfluous;
but one society shall be here especially mentioned as originating with
Mr. Croker and a few members of the Society of Antiquaries. In 1828 a
club was established, composed of a select few F.S.A.'s, in consequence
of an excursion during the summer to the site, which, in the time of the
Romans, had been occupied by the city of Noviomagus. In a field at
Keston, near Bromley Common in Kent, Mr. Croker had learned that the
remains of a Roman building were apparent above the grass, and it was to
ascertain this fact that the excursion was undertaken. An excavation was
made, and a few fragments of Roman pottery and a stone coffin were
discovered. From this circumstance the club was called the Noviomagian
Society. Mr. Croker was elected its president, and although most of the
original members had died off, he continued in that office until within a
very few months of his death. There are amongst them at the present time
many highly-valued friends of their late president, who succeed in
keeping up their meetings in the true Noviomagian spirit. Long may they
be spared to assemble together, occasionally introducing fresh life to
the little society, that its pleasant gatherings may not be allowed to
die out! A portrait of Mr. Croker was painted a few years before his
death by Mr. Stephen Pearce (the artist of the 'Arctic Council'). It is
a characteristic and an admirable likeness. The next best is that in
Maclise's well-known picture of 'All Hallow Eve' (exhibited in the Royal
Academy in 1833), on which Lover, in describing the engraving, has
remarked: "And who is that standing behind them?--he seems 'far more
genteel' than the rest of the company. Why, 'tis Crofton Croker, or, as
he is familiarly called amongst his friends, 'The honourable member for
fairy-land.' There you are, Crofty, my boy! with your note-book in your
hand;