FREEMASONS AND THE ROYAL SOCIETY Alphabetical List of ...

Fellows of the Royal Society who are or were Freemasons, listed alphabetically
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Waldegrave, James, 2 nd Earl Waldegrave, LLD (Cantab) [1749], FRS [14 Dec 1749], later [1752] PC, [30 Jun
1757] KG (4 Mar 1715–13 Apr 1763), eldest son of James Waldegrave, 1 st Earl Waldegrave, KG (c.1684–1741), a
Freemason.
Educ at Eton and succeeded to the titles 11 Apr 1741 on the death of his father. Ld of the Bedchamber 1743–52,
Ld Warden of the Stannaries 1751–62, Govr, 1752–56, to the TRH The Prince of Wales, later HM George III, and
Prince Edward, later Duke of York and Strathearn, KG [qv, above]. Became for a mere 5 days (8–12 Jun 1757) First
Ld of the Treasy, thus the briefest-serving Prime Minister in history; a Teller at the Exchequer, 1757–63.
Married, 15 May 1759, at her father’s house in Pall Mall, Maria Walpole (1736–1807), 2 nd illegitimate dau of The
Hon Edward Walpole, KB, PC (I), and Dorothy Clement, Spinster, and they had 3 daus. She married, 6 Sep 1766, at
her house in Pall Mall, HRH Prince William Henry, 1 st Duke of Gloucester, KG, RFRS [qv, above], and they had a
son and a dau. When he died of smallpox, and bur at Navestock, he was succeeded by his brother, John Waldegrave
(1718–1784), as 3 rd Earl of Waldegrave.
Initiated, as Viscount Chewton, 20 Sep 1735 at Hôtel Bussy, rue Bussy, Paris, at an Occasional L. held by Charles
Lennox, 2 nd Duke of Richmond, KG, and The Revd Dr John Theophilus Desaguliers, FRSs, PGMs, PGL, [qqv,
above], at which his father was present, together with Evelyn Pierrepont, 2 nd and last Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull,
KG, and 6 other brethren, including Pierre Clement, a Swiss pastor and his tutor, who were admitted into the Order. 543
Wallich, Nathaniel FRS [12 Mar 1829] (28 Jan 1785- 28 Apr 1854). Botanist
Born in Copenhagen. Appointed surgeon to the Danish East India interests at Serampore, near Calcutta in 1807.
Then the Danish “factory” was captured by the HEIC in 1808, he was appointed by the HEIC to assist William
Roxburgh at the Royal Botanic Garden in Calcutta. As Superintendent there from 1817 he collected, described and
drew botanical specimens. When invalided to England in 1828 he took 8000 specimens with him. Published several
books. Elected Fellow of the Linnaen Society in 1818 and later served as Vice President.
Joined Grand Master’s Lodge No 1 on 19 Apr 1847 from Lodge of Industry and Perseverance (now No 109) in
Calcutta but date of initiation unknown. He remained a member of Grand Master’s Lodge until his death.
Walsingham, Cdre The Hon Robert Boyle, RN, FRS [5 May 1778] (1736–Oct 1779), 5 th and youngest son of Henry
Boyle, 1 st Earl of Shannon, PC (c.1686–1764).
MP, Dungarvan, Knaresborough and Fowey, who assumed the name and Arms of Walsingham on the death,
1756, of his elder brother, Henry Boyle Walsingham.
Married, 17 Jul 1759, Charlotte Hanbury-Williams (†1790), 2 nd dau and coheir of Sir Charles Hanbury-Williams,
KB, and his wife, Frances, 2 nd dau and coheir of Thomas Coningsby, 1 st Earl Coningsby (†1728), and they had 1 son
and 1 dau.
Lost on board HMS Thunderer, a man of war, of which he was the Cdr, in a hurricane in the West Indies in Oct
1779. His only daughter, Charlotte Boyle, later FitzGerald-De-Ros (1769–1831), who married, 4 Aug 1791, Lord
Henry FitzGerald (1761–1829), 4 th son of James FitzGerald, 1 st Duke of Leinster (1722–1804), and his wife, Lady
Emilia Mary Lennox (1731–1814), 2 nd surviving daughter of Charles, 2 nd Duke of Richmond and Lennox, KG, FRS
[qv, above], became Baroness de Ros in her own right, 13 Jun 1806, the 20 th holder, after King George III granted her
petition for the Barony to be called out of abeyance in her favour.
Member, 1767, Old Horn L. No. 2, at Fleece, Tothill Street, Westminster, London, renamed Somerset House L.
1774, now Royal Somerset House and Inverness L. No. 4, WM 1768. First ProvGM: Kent, 1770–74; and Rutland,
1776–79.
Exalted into RA Masonry. 3rdGPrin, GChap, 1769–70; 2ndGPrin, GChap, 1771–72.
Walsingham L. No. 2148, Wilmington, near Dartford, Kent, warranted 30 Mar 1886, consecrated 29 May 1886,
was named after him.
His successor, Richard Bentinck Boyle, 9 th Earl of Shannon, FRSA (23 Oct 1924– ), was JGW, 1966–67;
ProvGM, Surrey, 8 Nov 1967–99; and in the RA, GSN, 1970–71. 544
Warburton, John, FRS [10 Apr 1834] (1793–2 Jun 1845), of Hackney, physician to St Luke’s Hospital.
Initiated 22 Jan 1816, Somerset House L. No. 2, now Royal Somerset House and Inverness L. No. 4, London.
Warren, Maj-Gen Sir Charles, KCMG, KJStJ, FRS [12 Jun 1884], later [14 Oct 1885] GCMG, [7 Jan 1888] KCB,
then [1897] Lt-Gen, afterwards [1904] Gen (7 Feb 1840–21 Jan 1927), distinguished soldier and archaeologist, born
at Bangor, Caernarvonshire, 2 nd son of Maj-Gen Sir Charles Warren (?–1855).
Educ at Bridgnorth Grammar School and Wem Grammar School, Shropshire, and attended Cheltenham Coll for 1
term, 1854, from where he went to the Royal Military Coll, Sandhurst, and then the Royal Military Academy,
Woolwich, 1855–57. Commissioned, 27 Dec 1857, 2 nd Lt, Royal Engineers.
543 Reported in The Whitehall Evening Post for 18–20 Sep 1735, as mentioned by Tunbridge, 97.
544 GSW, MMM, 1967; RAMGR, 1971; ProvGM, MMM, Surrey, 1971–81. 1stGCons, Gt Priory, Utd Orders, 1972. GCham, 1972, RCC.
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