Obituaries: Sir Reginald Thomas Tower, K.C.M.G., C.V.O., F.S.A. Surgeon-Captain K. H. Jones, R.N.(Ret.)

( 184 ) SIR REGINALD THOMAS TOWER, K.C.M.G., C.V.O., F.S.A. SIR REGINALD TOWER, President of the Kent .Archaeological Society since 1937, died at his home, Memories, Ash-next- Sandwich, on January 21st, 1939, at the age of seventyeight. His long and distinguished career in the Diplomatic Service took him successively to Constantinople, Madrid, Copenhagen, Berlin, Washington, Pekin, Bangkok, Munich and Stuttgart, Mexico and Buenos Aires. On returning from Argentina in 1919, after the close of the Great War, he became temporary Administrator of Danzig and afterwards High Commissioner of the League of Nations at Danzig. FoUowing rethement from his diplomatic career, Sh Reginald Tower joined the Kent Archaeological Society, in 1921. Five years later he was elected to a seat on the Council of the Society, and on the resignation of the Presidency by the late Lord Conway, he was unanimously appointed his successor, in AprU, 1937. During his term of office as President, Tower took a notable interest in aU the Society's activities, including excursion and business meetings. His unassuming manner and geniality, coupled with his diplomatic quahties and a reserve of firmness, fitted him weU for guiding the destinies of the Society at General and CouncU Meetings, and he wiU be remembered with admiration and affection by those who came most into contact with him. His harmonious cooperation with the Executive of the Society was constant, and markedly helpful. Two articles from the pen of Sh Reginald Tower wUl be found in Archceologia Cantiana, for 1927 and 1928. He also wrote the obituary notice of Dr. Kenneth Jones, which appears below. He was elected a EeUow of the Society of .Antiquaries in 1938. OBITUARIES. 185 During the last months of his Hfe Tower's health was fraU, and a few weeks before his death he was ordered complete rest. The hopes entertained for his recovery unhapphy faded graduaUy away. TaU, bearded, and distinguished in appearance, Sh Reginald Tower was affectionately described by one of his best-known colleagues on the Council of the Society as reminding him of one of " our EHzabethan ancestors ". The aptness of this description wiU be readily recognized. E.R.H. SURGEON-CAPTAIN JONES, R.N.(Ret.). SURGEON-CAPTAIN KENNETH HURLSTONE JONES, who died on November 15th, aged sixty-five, had been a member of the Kent .Archaeological Council since 1923. His efficiency and zeal were ever at the disposal of his coUeagues. And it was not only in archaeology that Captain Jones was preeminently useful. After a varied and distinguished career in the Royal Navy, extending over twenty-seven years, he rethed to make his home at St. Stephens, Canterbury. He became local correspondent of the Royal Society for the Protection of Bhds ; a member of the East Kent Natural History and Scientific Society, and of the Canterbury Archaeological Society ; Corps Superintendent of the St. John Ambulance Brigade ; Chairman of the Canterbury Branch of the National Lifeboat Institution ; a FeUow of the Society of Antiquaries. These among many other activities fiUed his last years. His loss wiU be severely felt, and the geniality with which he devoted himself to useful service wUl be long remembered among his friends in Kent. R.T.T. With these words the President fitly epitomizes some of the varied and useful activities of our late member. It only remains to say that to many not archaeologists he was a dehghtful friend and ever ready to help them in theh own special interests with his enthusiasm and advice. EDITOR, A.C. 17