Person Auldjo; John (1805 - 1886); explorer and alpinist Auldjo John explorer and alpinist 1805 - 1886 Male Montreal, Canada 1805 Rue des Alpes, Geneva, Switzerland 06 May 1886 Burial: Chatelaine cemetery, Geneva

Isle of Mull (1840); Noel House, Kensington, London (1840)

Engraver; author Geology Education: Attwood's School, Hammersmith; pensioner at Trinity College, Cambridge, but did not take a degree Career: Admitted to Lincoln's Inn (1827); one of the earliest climbers to ascend Mont Blanc 91827); moved to Naples, climbed Mount Vesuvius (1831; travelled to Greece and Turkey (1833); lived in Geneva at the end of his life, with his wife and two daughters, where he became acting British Consul (1870-1871) and unpaid consul (1872-1886) Freemason, initiated 25 October 1826 at Lodge of Antiquity No 2 London Memberships: FGS; FSS; FRGS; Corresponding Fellow, Societa Reale Borbonico; Corresponding Fellow, Accademia Pontaneana, Naples Married in 1860 Caroline Hayden Hammet in Paris, had 2 daughters, born 1861 and 1865 Fellow 07/05/1840 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB 'Freemasons and the Royal Society: Alphabetical List of Fellows of the Royal Society who were also Masons' Library and Museum of Freemqasonry, 2010, page 5-6 Notes: Listed as defaulter on PL 1861 ©The Royal Society International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 'Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont Blanc on the 8th and 9th August 1827' (London: Longman, 1828); Sketches of Vesuvius with short accounts of its principle eruptions from the commencement of the Christian era to the present time' (Naples, 1832) 1805 - 6 May 1886 NA7049 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 17/03/2026 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes e60a84f6-7daf-4250-8811-9af2edf7099f