A colonel. Numerous insects in the HDO acquired at various times including 137 Coleoptera from Porthcawl (1906). The Department also holds letters, diaries, etc. (Smith (1986) p. 163). Pedersen (2002) p.99, 133, 142, lists correspondence in the RESL including a letter from C.G.Nurse to C.J.Wainwright, 21 September 1930 ‘...I am glad to have other interests, sport, cards, & literature, besides entomology. Yerbury had none, hence his old age was not a happy one. He told me he wished he could step into a lethal chamber...’ (MD 12/04, 11/09)