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II. Table showing the Names of Members of the British Association who have served on the Council in former years.

Aberdeen, Earl of, LL.D., K.G., K.T.,

F.R.S. (deed).

Acland, Sir Thomas D., Bart., M.A., D.C.L.,
F.R.S.

Acland, Professor H. W., M.D., F.R.S.
Adams, Prof. J. Couch, M.A., D.C.L., F.R.S.
Adamson, John, Esq., F.L.S.

Ainslie, Rev. Gilbert, D.D., Master of Pem-
broke Hall, Cambridge.

Airy, G. B.,M.A., D.C.L., F.R.S., Astronomer
Royal.

Alison, Professor W. P.,M.D.,F.R.S.E.(decd).
Allen, W. J. C., Esq.

Anderson, Prof. Thomas, M.D.

Ansted, Professor D. T., M.A., F.R.S.
Argyll, George Douglas, Duke of, F.R.S.

L&E.

Arnott, Neil, M.D., F.R.S.

Ashburton, William Bingham, Lord, D.C.L.
Atkinson, Rt. Hon. R., Lord Mayor of Dublin.
Babbage, Charles, Esq., M.A., F.R.S.
Babington, Professor C. C., M.A., F.R.S.
Baily, Francis, Esq., F.R.S. (deceased).
Baines, Rt. Hon. M. T., M.A., M.P. (dec).
Baker, Thomas Barwick Lloyd, Esq.
Balfour, Professor John H., M.D., F.R.S.
Barker, George, Esq., F.R.S. (deceased).
Beamish, Richard, Esq., F.R.S.
Beechey, Rear-Admiral, F.R.S. (deceased).
Bell, Professor Thomas, V.P.L.S., F.R.S.
Bengough, George, Esq.

Bentham, George, Esq., Pres.L.S.

Biddell, George Arthur, Esq.
Bigge, Charles, Esq.

Blakiston, Peyton, M.D., F.R.S.
Boileau, Sir John P., Bart., F.R.S.

Boyle, Rt. Hon. D., Lord Justice-Gen'. (dec).
Brady, The Rt. Hon. Maziere, M.R.I.A., Lord

Chancellor of Ireland.
Brand, William, Esq.
Breadalbane, John, Marquis of, K.T., F.R.S.
Brewster, Sir David, K.H., D.C.L., LL.D.,
F.R.S. L. & E., Principal of the Uni-
versity of Edinburgh.

Brisbane, General Sir Thomas M., Bart.,

K.C.B., G.C.H., D.C.L., F.R.S. (deed).
Brodie, Sir B. C., Bart., D.C.L., V.P.R.S.
Brooke, Charles, B.A., F.R.S.

Brown, Robert, D.C.L., F.R.S. (deceased).
Brunel, Sir M. I., F.R.S. (deceased).
Buckland, Very Rev. William, D.D., F.R.S.,

Dean of Westminster (deceased).
Bute, John, Marquis of, K.T. (deceased).
Carlisle, George Will. Fred., Earl of, F.R.S.
Carson, Rev. Joseph, F.T.C.D.
Cathcart, Lt.-Gen., Earl of, K.C.B., F.R.S.E.
(deceased).

Chalmers, Rev. T., D.D. (deceased).
Chance, James, Esq.
Chester, John Graham, D.D., Lord Bishop of.
Christie, Professor S. H., M.A., F.R.S.
Clare, Peter, Esq., F.R.A.S. (deceased).
Clark, Rev. Prof., M.D., F.R.S. (Cambridge.)

Clark, Henry, M.D.
Clark, G. T., Esq.

Clear, William, Esq. (deceased).

Clerke, Major S., K.H., R.E., F.R.S. (decd).
Clift, William, Esq., F.R.S. (deceased).
Close, Very Rev. F., M.A., Dean of Carlisle.
Cobbold, John Chevalier, Esq., M.P.
Colquhoun, J. C., Esq., M.P. (deceased).
Conybeare, Very Rev. W. D., Dean of Llan-
daff (deceased).
Cooper, Sir Henry, M.D.

Corrie, John, Esq., F.R.S. (deceased).
Crum, Walter, Esq., F.R.S.

Currie, William Wallace, Esq. (deceased).
Dalton, John, D.C.L., F.R.S. (deceased).
Daniell, Professor J. F., F.R.S. (deceased).
Darbishire, R. D., B.A., F.G.S.
Dartmouth, William, Earl of, D.C.L., F.R.S.
Darwin, Charles, Esq., M.A., F.R.S.
Daubeny, Prof. C. G. B., M.D.,LL.D., F.R.S.
Dela Beche, Sir H. T., C.B., F.R.S., Director-

Gen. Geol. Surv. United Kingdom (dec).
De la Rue, Warren, Ph.D., F.R.S.
Derby, Earl of, D.C.L., Chancellor of the
University of Oxford.

Devonshire, William, Duke of, M.A., D.C.L.,
F.R.S.

Dickinson, Joseph, M.D., F.R.S.

Dillwyn, Lewis W., Esq., F.R.S. (deceased).
Donkin, Professor W. F., M.A., F.R.S.
Drinkwater, J. E., Esq. (deceased).
Ducie, The Earl of, F.R.S.

Dunraven, The Earl of, F.R.S.

Egerton, Sir P. de M. Grey, Bart., M.P.,
F.R.S.

Eliot, Lord, M.P.

Ellesmere, Francis, Earl of, F.G.S. (decd).
Enniskillen, William, Earl of, D.C.L., F.R.S.
Estcourt, T. G. B., D.C.L. (deceased).
Fairbairn, William, LL.D., C.E., F.R.S.
Faraday, Professor, D.C.L., F.R.S.
FitzRoy, Rear-Admiral, F.R.S.

Fitzwilliam, The Earl, D.C.L., F.R.S. (decd).
Fleming, W., M.D.

Fletcher, Bell, M.D.
Foote, Lundy E., Esq.

Forbes, Charles, Esq. (deceased).

Forbes, Prof. Edward, F.R.S. (deceased).
Forbes, Prof. J. D., LL.D., F.R.S.,Sec. R.Ś.E.,
Principal of the University of St. An-
drews.

Fox, Robert Were, Esq., F.R.S.
Frost, Charles, F.S.A.
Fuller, Professor, M.A.
Galton, Francis, F.R.S., F.G.S.
Gassiot, John P., Esq., F.R.S.

Gilbert, Davies, D.C.L., F.R.S. (deceased).
Gladstone, J. H., Ph.D., F.R.S.
Gourlie, William, Esq. (deceased).
Graham, T., M.A., D.C.L., F.R.S., Master of
the Mint.

Gray, John E., Esq., Ph.D., F.R.S.
Gray, Jonathan, Esq. (deceased).

Gray, William, Esq., F.G.S.
Green, Prof. Joseph Henry, D.C.L., F.R.S.
Greenough, G. B., Esq., F.R.S. (deceased).
Griffith, George, M.A., F.C.S.

Griffith, Sir R. Griffith, Bt., LL.D., M.R.I.A.
Grove, W. R., Esq., M.A., F.R.S.

Hallam, Henry, Esq., M.A., F.R.S. (dec). Hamilton, W. J., Esq., F.R.S., For. Sec. G.S. Hamilton, Sir Wm. R., LL.D., Astronomer

Royal of Ireland, M.R.I.A., F.R.A.S. Hancock, W. Neilson, LL.D.

Harcourt, Rev. Wm. Vernon, M.A., F.R.S.
Hardwicke, Charles Philip, Earl of, F.R.S.
Harford, J. S., D.C L., F.R.S.
Harris, Sir W. Snow, F.R.S.
Harrowby, The Earl of, F.R.S.
Hatfeild, William, Esq., F.G.S. (deceased).
Henry, W. C., M.D., F.R.S.

Henry, Rev. P. S., D.D., President of Queen's
College, Belfast.

Henslow, Rev. Professor, M.A., F.L.S. (dec). Herbert, Hon. and Very Rev. Wm., LL.D., F.L.S., Dean of Manchester (decd). Herschel, Sir John F.W., Bart., M.A., D.C.L.,

F.R.S.

Heywood, Sir Benjamin, Bart., F.R.S.
Heywood, James, Esq., F.R.S.

Hill, Rev. Edward, M.A., F.G.S.

Hincks, Rev. Edward, D.D., M.R.I.A.
Hincks, Rev. Thomas, B.A.

Hinds, S., D.D., late Lord Bishop of Norwich (deceased).

Hodgkin, Thomas, M.D.

Hodgkinson, Professor Eaton, F.R.S. (decd).
Hodgson, Joseph, Esq., F.R.S.

Hooker, Sir William J., LL.D., F.R.S.
Hope, Rev. F. W., M.A., F.R.S.
Hopkins, William, Esq., M.A., LL.D., F.R.S.
Horner, Leonard, Esq., F.R.S., Pres. G.S.
Hovenden, V. F., Esq., M.A.
Hugall, J. W., Esq.

Hutton, Robert, Esq., F.G.S.

Hutton, William, Esq., F.G.S. (deceased). Ibbetson, Capt.L.L.Boscawen, K.R.E., F.G.S. Inglis, Sir R. H., Bart., D.C.L., M.P. (dec1). Inman, Thomas, M.D.

Jacobs, Bethel, Esq.

Jameson, Professor R., F.R.S. (deceased).
Jardine, Sir William, Bart., F.R.S.E.
Jeffreys, John Gwyn, Esq., F.R.S.
Jellett, Rev. Professor.

Jenyns, Rev. Leonard, F.L.S.

Jerrard, H. B., Esq.

Jeune, Rev. F., D.D., Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford.

Johnston, Right Hon. William, late Lord Provost of Edinburgh.

Johnston, Prof. J. F. W., M.A., F.R.S. (deceased).

Keleher, William, Esq. (deceased).

Kelland, Rev. Prof. P., M.A. F.R.S. L. & E. Kildare, The Marquis of.

Lankester, Edwin, M.D., F.R.S.

Lansdowne, Hen., Marquis of, D.C.L.,F.R.S. Larcom, Major, R.E., LL.D., F.R.S. Lardner, Rev. Dr. (deceased).

Lassell, William, Esq., F.R.S. L. & E.
Latham, R. G., M.D., F.R.S.

Lee, Very Rev. John, D.D., F.R.S.E., Principal of the University of Edinburgh (deceased).

Lee, Robert, M.D., F.R.S.

Lefevre, Right Hon. Charles Shaw, late
Speaker of the House of Commons.
Lemon, Sir Charles, Bart., F.R.S.
Liddell, Andrew, Esq. (deceased).
Liddell, Very Rev. H. G., D.D., Dean of
Christ Church, Oxford.

Lindley, Professor John, Ph.D., F.R.S.
Listowel, The Earl of.

Lloyd, Rev. B., D.D., Provost of Trin. Coll.,
Dublin (dead).

Lloyd, Rev. H., D.D., D.C.L., F.R.S. L. & E., M.R.I.A.

Londesborough, Lord, F.R.S. (deceased). Lubbock, Sir John W., Bart., M.A., F.R.S. Luby, Rev. Thomas.

Lyell, Sir Charles, M.A., LL.D., D.C.L., F.R.S.

MacCullagh, Prof., D.C.L., M.R.I.A. (deed). MacDonnell, Rev. R., D.D., M.R.I.A., Provost of Trinity College, Dublin.

Macfarlane, The Very Rev. Principal. (dec).
MacGee, William, M.D.

MacLeay, William Sharp, Esq., F.L.S.
MacNeill, Professor Sir John, F.R.S.
Malahide, The Lord Talbot de.

Malcolm, Vice-Ad. Sir Charles, K.C.B. (decd).
Maltby, Edward, D.D., F.R.S., late Lord
Bishop of Durham (deceased).
Manchester, J. P. Lee, D.D., Lord Bishop of
Marlborough, Duke of, D.C.L.
Marshall, J. G., Esq., M.A., F.G.S.

May, Charles, Esq., F.R.A.S. (deceased).
Meynell, Thomas, Esq., F.L.S.
Middleton, Sir William F. F., Bart.

Miller, Professor W. A., M.D., Treas. and
V.P.R.S.

Miller, Professor W. H., M.A., For. Sec.R.S.
Milnes, R. Monckton, Esq., D.C.L., M.P.
Moggridge, Matthew, Esq.
Moillet, J. D., Esq. (deceased).
Monteagle, Lord, F.R.S.
Moody, J. Sadleir, Esq.
Moody, T. H. C., Esq.
Moody, T. F., Esq.
Morley, The Earl of.

Moseley, Rev. Henry, M.A., F.R.S.

Mount-Edgecumbe, Ernest Augustus, Earl of.
Murchison, Sir Roderick I.,G.C. St.S., D.C.L.,
LL.D., F.R.S.
Neild, Alfred, Esq.

Neill, Patrick, M.D., F.R.S.E.
Nicol, D., M.D.

Nicol, Professor J., F.R.S.E., F.G.S.
Nicol, Rev. J. P., LL.D.

Northampton, Spencer Joshua Alwyne, Mar-
quis of, V.P.R.S. (deceased).
Northumberland, Hugh, Duke of, K.G.,M.A.,
F.R.S. (deceased).

Ormerod, G. W., Esq., M.A., F.G.S.
Orpen, Thomas Herbert, M.D. (deceased).

Open. John H., LL.D.

Osier, Follett, Esq., F.R.S.
Owen, Professor Richd.,M.D.,D.C.L.,LL.D.,
F.R.S.

Oxford. Samuel Wilberforce, D.D., Lord
Bishop of F.R.S., F.G.S.

Palmerston, Viscount, K.G., G.C.B., M.P., F.R.S.

Peacock, Very Rev. G., D.D., Dean of Ely, F.R.S. (deceased).

Peel. Rt. Hon.Sir R., Bart.,M.P.,D.C.L.(dec). Pendarves, E. W., Esq., F.R.S. (deceased). Phillips, Professor John, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S. Pigott, The Rt. Hon. D. R., M.R.I.A., Lord

Chief Baron of the Exchequer in Ireland. Porter, G. R., Esq. (deceased).

Portlock, Major-General, R.E.,LL.D., F.R.S.
Powell, Rev. Professor, M.A., F.R.S. (decd).
Price, Rev. Professor, M.A., F.R.S.
Prichard, J. C., M.D., F.R.S. (deceased).
Ramsay, Professor William, M.A.
Ransome, George, Esq., F.L.S.

Reid, Maj.-Gen. Sir W., K.C.B., R.E., F.R.S. (deceased).

Rendlesham, Rt. Hon. Lord, M.P.
Rennie, George, Esq., F.R.S.
Rennie, Sir John, F.R.S.

Richardson, Sir John, C.B., M.D., LL.D.,
F.R.S.

Richmond, Duke of, K.G., F.R.S. (dec1).
Ripon, Earl of, F.R.G.S.

Ritchie, Rev. Prof., LL.D., F.R.S. (deed).
Robinson, Capt., R.A.
Robinson, Rev. J., D.D.

Robinson, Rev. T. R., D.D., F.R.S., F.R.A.S.
Robison, Sir John, Sec.R.S.Edin. (deceased).
Roche, James, Esq.

Roget, Peter Mark, M.D., F.R.S.
Rodleston, George, M.D., F.L.S.
Ronalds, Francis, F.R.S.

Roscoe, Professor H. E., B.A.

Rosebery, The Earl of, K.T., D.C.L., F.R.S.
Ross, Rear-Admiral Sir J. C., R.N., D.C.L.,
F.R.S. (deceased).

Rosse, Wm., Earl of, M.A., F.R.S., M.R.I.A.
Boyle, Prof. John F., M.D., F.R.S. (deed).
Russell, James, Esq. (deceased).
Russell, J. Scott, Esq., F.R.S.
Sabine, Major-General Edward, R.A., D.C.L.,

LL.D., President of the Royal Society.
Sanders, William, Esq., F.G.S.
Scoresby, Rev. W., D.D., F.R.S. (deceased).
Sedgwick, Rev. Prof. Adam, M.À., D.C.L.,
F.R.S.

Selby, Prideaux John, Esq., F.R.S.E.
Sharpey, Professor, M.D., Sec.R.S.
Sims, Dillwyn, Esq.

Smith, Lieut.-Colonel C. Hamilton, F.R.S. (deceased).

Smith, Prof. H. J. S., M.A., F.R.S.
Smith, James, F.R.S. L. & E.
Spence, William, Esq., F.R.S. (deceased).
Spottiswoode, W., M.A., F.R.S.
Stanley, Edward, D.D., F.R.S., late Lord
Bishop of Norwich (deceased).
Staunton, Sir G. T., Bt., M.P., D.C.L., F.R.S.
St. David's, C.Thirlwall, D.D., Lord Bishop of.
Stevelly, Professor John, LL.D.

Stokes, Professor G.G., M.A.,D.C.L., Sec. R.S.
Strang, John, Esq., LL.D.

Strickland, Hugh E., Esq., F.R.S. (deceased).
Sykes, Colonel W. H., M.P., F.R.S.
Symonds, B. P., D.D., Warden of Wadham
College, Oxford.

Talbot, W. H. Fox, Esq., M.A., F.R.S.
Tayler, Rev. John James, B.A.
Taylor, John, Esq., F.R.S.
Taylor, Richard, Esq., F.G.S.
Thompson, William, Esq., F.L.S.(deceased),
Thomson, A., Esq.

Thomson, Professor William, M.A., F.R.S.
Tindal, Captain, R.N. (deceased).

Tite, William, Esq., M.P., F.R.S.

Tod, James, Esq., F.R.S.E.

Tooke, Thomas, F.R.S. (deceased).
Traill, J. S., M.D. (deceased).

Turner, Edward, M.D., F.R.S. (deceased).
Turner, Samuel, Esq., F.R.S., F.G.S. (dec).
Turner, Rev. W.

Tyndall, Professor John, F.R.S.

Vigors, N. A., D.C.L., F.L.S. (deceased).
Vivian, J. H., M.P., F.R.S. (deceased).
Walker, James, Esq., F.R.S.
Walker, Joseph N., Esq., F.G.S.

Walker, Rev. Professor Robert, M.A., F.R.S.
Warburton, Henry, Esq.,M.A., F.R.S.(dec1).
Ward, W. Sykes, Esq., F.C.S.
Washington, Captain, R.N., F.R.S.
Webster, Thomas, M.A., F.R.S.

West, William, Esq., F.R.S. (deceased).
Western, Thomas Burch, Esq.

Wharncliffe, John Stuart, Lord, F.R.S. (dec).
Wheatstone, Professor Charles, F.R.S.
Whewell, Rev. William, D.D., F.R.S., Master
of Trinity College, Cambridge.
White, John F., Esq.

Williams, Prof. Charles J. B., M.D., F.R.S.
Willis, Rev. Professor Robert, M.A., F.R.S.
Wills, William, Esq., F.G.S. (deceased).
Wilson, Thomas, Esq., M.A.

Wilson, Prof. W. P.

Winchester, John, Marquis of.

Woollcombe, Henry, Esq., F.S.A. (deceased).
Wrottesley, John, Lord, M.A., D.C.L., F.R.S.
Yarborough, The Earl of, D.C.L.

Yarrell, William, Esq., F.L.S. (deceased).
Yates, James, Esq., M.A., F.R.S.
Yates, J. B., Esq., F.S.A., F.R.G.S. (decd).

Rev. R. WILLIS, M.A., F.R.S., Jacksonian Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy
in the University of Cambridge.
VICE-PRESIDENTS ELECT.

The Very Rev. H. GOODWIN, D.D., Dean of Ely.
The Rev. W. WHEWELL, D.D., F.R.S., Master of
Trinity College, Cambridge.

The Rev. A. SEDGWICK, M.A., D.C.L., F.R.S.,
Woodwardian Professor of Geology in the Uni-
versity of Cambridge.

G. B. AIRY, Esq., M.A., D.C.L., F.R.S., Astronomer
Royal.

J.C. ADAMS, Esq., M.A., D.C.L., F.R.S., Pres.C.P.S.,
Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry
in the University of Cambridge.

G. G. STOKES, Esq., M.A., D.C.L., Sec. R.S.,Lucasian
Professor of Mathematics in the University of
Cambridge.

LOCAL SECRETARIES FOR THE MEETING AT CAMBRIDGE.

C. C. BABINGTON, Esq., M.A., F.R.S., F.L.S., Professor of Botany in the University of Cambridge.
G. D. LIVEING, Esq., M.A., F.C.S., Professor of Chemistry in the University of Cambridge.
The Rev. N. M. FERRERS, M.A., Gonville and Caius College.

LOCAL TREASURER FOR THE MEETING AT CAMBRIDGE.
The Rev. W. M. CAMPION, M.A., Queen's College.

The President and President Elect, the Vice-Presidents and Vice-Presidents Elect, the General and Assistant-General Secretaries, the General Treasurer, the Trustees, and the Presidents of former years, viz.-Rev. Professor Sedgwick. The Marquis of Lansdowne. The Duke of Devonshire. Rev. W. V. Harcourt. The Marquis of Breadalbane. Rev. W. Whewell, D.D. The Earl of Rosse. Sir John F. W. Herschel, Bart. Sir Roderick I. Murchison. The Rev. T. R. Robinson, D.D. Sir David Brewster. G. B. Airy, Esq., the Astronomer Royal. General Sabine. William Hopkins, Esq., LL.D. The Earl of Harrowby. The Duke of Argyll. Professor Daubeny, M.D. The Rev. H. Lloyd, D.D. Professor Owen, M.D., D.C.L. The Lord Wrottesley.

GENERAL SECRETARY.

WILLIAM HOPKINS, Esq., M.A., LL.D., F.R.S., F.G.S.

ASSISTANT CENERAL SECRETARY.

JOHN PHILLIPS, Esq., M.A., LL.D., F.R.S., F.G.S., Professor of Geology in the University of Oxford, Museum House, Oxford.

GENERAL TREASURER.

WILLIAM SPOTTISWOODE, Esq., M.A., F.R.S., F.G.S., F.R.A.S., 10 Chester Street,
Belgrave Square, London, S. W.

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