The Berkeley family gets a lesson in Cal spirit ("Go Bears!) in front of a portrait of their ancestor, George Berkeley. Left to right: Lily, Sean, Prue, Harriet, Marguerite. (Peg Skorpinski photos)
First-known visit by descendants of the Irish philospher who gave the campus and city their name. BERKELEY — The esteemed Irish philosopher George Berkeley, bishop of Cloyne, never had a chance to see the campus and city that bear his name. He died more than a century too soon for that. But on Thursday, the Berkeleys of Brisbane, Australia — father Sean, mother Marguerite, and daughters Harriet, Lily and Prue — made history by spending half a day exploring their ancestor's artifacts here. They are the only members of the bishop's family ever to have paid a visit to the campus, at least in living memory. And they, like the bishop, pronounce their name "Bar-klee." Sean Berkeley, who owns a wholesale book business, is a direct descendant of Bishop Berkeley's brother, Robert. How many generations removed? "He was my great-great-great- … I'm not sure.
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