Robert Lloyd Patterson

Sir Robert Lloyd Patterson (1836–1906) was an Irish naturalist and linen merchant.

Biography

Patterson was the second son of the naturalist Robert Patterson F.R.S.[1]

He wrote several zoological papers in the Irish Naturalist and the Report and Proceedings of the Belfast Natural History and Philosophical Society and a book titled The Birds, Fishes and Cetacea of Belfast Lough (1880).

In August 1902, he was awarded a knighthood for services to the Belfast Chamber of Commerce.[2]

On his death Patterson bequeathed his art collection to the Belfast Corporation. It is now in the Ulster Museum.

Family

Robert Patterson and Robert Lloyd Praeger were his nephews; Rosamond Praeger was his neice.[3]

Arms

Coat of arms of Robert Lloyd Patterson
Notes
Confirmed 30 March 1901 by Sir Arthur Vicars, Ulster King of Arms.[4]
Crest
On a wreath of the colours a pelican in her piety vulning herself Proper gorged with a collar dancettee Azure.
Escutcheon
Argent on a fess dancettee Azure thre fleurs de lis of the field on a canton Gules a lion rampant reguardant Or.
Motto
Murus Aeneus Conscientia Saua

References

  1. ↑ "Natural History: Brian Maye on Pioneering Zoologist Robert Patterson". Irish Times. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2026.
  2. ↑ "Ireland". The Times. No. 36845. London. 13 August 1902. p. 5.
  3. ↑ "Robert Patterson, F.L.S., M.R.I.A. 1863-1931". JStor. The Irish Naturalists’ Journal, Vol. 4, number 1, pp. 19–20. January 1932. Retrieved 26 July 2026.
  4. ↑ "Grants and Confirmations of Arms, Vol. J". National Library of Ireland. p. 193. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  • Foster, J. W. and Chesney, H. C. G (eds.), 1977. Nature in Ireland: A Scientific and Cultural History. Lilliput Press. ISBN 0-7735-1817-7.
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