Lawrence John Tremayne (1873-1959)
Tremayne played a prominent part in the LNHS for 60 years and was undoubtably one of its leading lights. He was born at Pimlico and practiced as a solicitor for 53 years at Charing Cross. He was an early member of the North London Natural History Society, later to become the LNHS. He served on the Council as Secretary, Treasurer and President at different times. He played a leading part in the formation of the Archaeology Section in 1917 and the Ramblers Section in 1926. His last major activity in the Society was in 1943 when he was appointed Chairman of the Council’s new Nature Reserves Investigation Sub-Committee. In 1950 at the age of 77 Tremayne retired to Brighton and gave up his participation in the Society’s affairs. He had rarely been off the Council. His extensive natural history records and books were left to the Society. He is remembered by friends as a strong-minded individualist with a clear legal mind and keen sense of humour.
L. J. Tremayne contributed two specimens to the gall collection.
For further information see his obituary in the London Naturalist