“ Cates gave a large amount of time and attention to the affairs of the societies connected with his profession. He was for many years a member of council, and for four years vice-president of the Royal Institute of British Architects, secretary to the Society of British Archæology1, a vice-president in 1891 of the British Archæological Association, chairman of the board of examiners in architecture from 1890 to 1906, and hon. ”