Reverend Edwin Iredale Watkin, D.D. (1839-1916) was born in Sydney and spent his early life in New Zealand before coming to Australia . He began his Wesleyan ministry in 1859. He was a leading member of the Royal Geographical Society of Victoria. He had a winning personality and was held in high regard and affection by the communities in worked in. The plaque appears to be from the double-seated buggy the Rev E.I.Watkin was presented with together with an inscribed silver teapot, a set of gold studs and a gold pencil case on his leaving the Geelong East Methodist Circuit.Small silver plaque with an inscription and six holes around the edge."Presented TO THE REV. E.I. Watkin. AS A TOKEN OF ESTEEM AND AFFECTION BY HIS FRIENDS ON THE OCCASION OF HIS LEAVING THE Geelong East Circuit April 6th 1875"geelong east methodist circuit, yarra street wesleyan church, rev edwin iredale watkin (1839-1916)