Lonsdale, we now apply without reserve both to the five groups of our North Devon section, and to the fossiliferous slates of Cornwall. The later years of Lonsdale's life were spent in retirement, and he died at Bristol on 11 November 1871. Notes References Attribution: 1794 births 1871 deaths People from Bath, Somerset King's Own Royal Regiment officers British Army personnel of the Napoleonic Wars English geologists British palaeontologists Wollaston Medal winners