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Fellows of the Royal Society who are or were Freemasons, listed alphabetically his father’s work in collecting items of natural history after the latter returned finally to England, 1831, again bringing many more specimens of flora and fauna with him. John Reeves is especially remembered by those that specialize in natural history drawings for his commissioning of native artists to draw plants and other species of flora and fauna as supporting data he had oBtained whilst studying them, in Canton and Macau, which were later deposited at the Royal Horticultural Socy. More than 300 species of fish were covered in a series of drawings, thereby giving ichthyologists a great deal of fresh detail about local species of fish. On his return, he settled in Clapham and enjoyed participating in the work of the Horticultural Socy, being frequently consulted by other naturalists about Chinese examples. Died in Old Town, Clapham. Initiated, 28 Oct 1812, Esquire, of 18 Duke Street, Westminster, L. of Antiquity No. 2, London, resigning 1815, presumably because he was by then firmly ensconced in China. Reynolds, Henry Revell, FRCP [30 Sep 1774], FRS [17 May 1781] (26 Sep 1745–22 Oct 1811), physician. Born at Laxtron, Nottinghamshire, 1 month after his father, John Reynolds, died, and brought up by his maternal great-uncle, Henry Revell, of Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. Educ at Beverley Grammar School and matric, 17 Mar 1763, Lincoln Coll, Oxford. After Henry Revell’s death, migrated to Trinity Coll, Cambridge, and, after further study at Edinburgh, graduated MB (Cantab) 1768, MD (Cantab) 1773. first practised in Guildford but in 1772 settled in London, living at Lamb’s Conduit Street. One of the Censors, RCP, 6 times between 1774–92 and its Registrar 1781–83; Goulstonian Lecturer, 1775, Harveian Orator 1776; Physician to Middlesex Hospital 13 Jul 1773, resigning 1777, and to St Thomas’ Hospital 1777, resigning 1783, because of his expanding private practice. Challenged to a duel by Richard Kentish (c.1730–1792), a ‘turbulent licentiate’, but by order of the King’s Bench he was restrained from carrying this out. Attended George III, 1788 and became Physician-Extraordinary to the King, 1797, and Physician-in-Ordinary, 1806. Married, Apr 1770, Elizabeth Wilson, 2 of their grandchildren being John Russell Reynolds and Henry Robert Reynolds. Died at his home, Bedford Square, and bur at St James’s Cemetery, Hampstead Road. Joined 3 London Ls.: 1772, Royal L. No. 8, now Royal Alpha L. No. 16, London, WM 1776; date not yet ascertained, L. of Emulation No. 324, now No. 21, WM, 1777; 18 Apr 1777, [G]Stwds’ L. No. 60, now unnumbered, being excluded 1779. [G]Stwd, 18 Apr 1777, representing his mother L. Richardson, Benjamin Ward, MD, FRCP, FRS [6 Jun 1867], later [11 Aug 1893] Sir Benjamin Richardson (31 Oct 1828–21 Nov 1896), physician and temperance campaigner. Respected specialist in the field of anaesthetics who preferred not to be associated with any one medical school. His election to the Royal Society was supported by medical men from many different London hospitals. Pres, Medical Socy of London, 1868. Advocated sanitary reform and in 1875 delivered in Brighton a celebrated address ‘in which he told of what a city should be if sanitary science were advanced in a proper manner’. Probably best known to his contemporaries for his teetotalism and leadership of the Temperance movement. WM, 1867, St Andrew’s L. No. 231; WM, 1885, L. of King Solomon No. 2029. 431 Richardson, Richard, MD (Leyden), FRS [20 Mar 1712] (6 Sep 1663–21 Apr 1741), botanist. After a period at Univ of Oxford and Gray’s Inn, may have been in practice with his son at Alnwick; travelled extensively in Great Britain in search of rare botanical specimens and greatly enlarged the list of Br plants. Member: 1723 and 1725 of L. No. 41, at Dick’s Coffee House, Strand, London; L. No. 92, at the King’s Arms, Ludgate Street, London; and, possibly, L. in Alnwick, in existence before 1717. 433 Rivers, William Hales Rivers, FRS [7 May 1908] (12 Mar 1864–4 Jun 1922), psychologist and anthropologist. Born in Kent, educ at Tonbridge School, Univ. of London and St Bartholomew’s Hospital, the youngest medical graduate, aged 22, in the history of the hospital to that time. Univ lecturer in psychology at Cambridge, 1897, and later Dir of the Psychology Lab there, the first of its kind in Britain. Joined the Torres Straits expedition and later, during the First World War, commissioned as a Capt in the Royal Army Medical Corps and posted to Craiglockart Hospital, near Edinburgh, where he helped to treat shell-shocked soldiers. Amongst those in his care was the writer Siegfried Sassoon. A fictionalized version of their encounter is included in the award-winning book by Pat Barker. Initiated, 27 Feb 1909, aged 44, Physiologist, St John’s Coll, Cambridge, passed 15 May 1909 and raised 30 Oct 1909, Alma Mater L. No. 1492, Cambridge, remaining a member until his death. Roberts, Col Roger Elliot, FRS [4 Jun 1801] (c.1753–9 Aug 1831), formerly of Berkeley Square, then of Upper Grosvenor Street. In the service of the HEIC, ‘well versed in oriental literature and in several branches of science’. 434 Elected to the Committee of the RS Dining Club, Jun 1805, with, inter alia, Edward Adolphus Seymour, 11 th Duke of Somerset, FRS [9 Mar 1797] (1775–1855). 435 Author of numerous books. 433 Clarke (2), 300. 98
Fellows of the Royal Society who are or were Freemasons, listed alphabetically Initiated, 23 Feb 1804, Somerset House L. No. 2, now Royal Somerset House and Inverness L. No. 4, London. Robertson, John, FRS [17 Dec 1741] (1712–11 Dec 1776), mathematican. Published 1739 a Complete Treatise of Mensuration (2 nd edn, 1748) and 1747 Mathematical Instruments, which reached a 4 th edn, 1778; Asst Feb 1747 to James Hodgson (1672–1755) at the Royal Mathematical School at Christ’s Hospital, London, with an annual salary of £40. His Elements of Navigation . . . with a Treatise on Marine Fortifications (2 vols, 1754) dedicated to Christ’s Hospital became a popular work, and had 7 editions in fifty years. Resigned 1755 to become Head of the Royal Naval Academy, Portsmouth, but forced out by petty squabbles, he returned to London; early 1768 became Clerk, Librarian and Keeper of the Repository to the RS and lived in the Socy’s house in Crane Ct, off Fleet Street. Made a corrected catalogue of the Norfolk Library, sorted the Flamsteed papers and generally improved the Socy’s Library and its archives. Published between 1750 and 1772 9 papers in Philosophical Transactions on mathematical and allied topics. When he died leaving a widow and 8 children, the Socy offered support to her and 1 son. Member, 1730, unnamed L. No. 41, then meeting at Vine, High Holborn, London. Robinson, George Frederick Samuel, 3 rd Earl de Grey and 2 nd Earl of Ripon [Earl de Grey and Ripon], FRS [24 May 1860], later [11 Dec 1869] KG, then [23 Jun 1871] 1 st Marquess of Ripon, afterwards [8 Jun 1880] GCSI, CIE (24 Oct 1827–9 Jul 1909), born at 10 Downing Street, London, only son of Frederick (John) Robinson, 1 st Viscount Goderich and 1 st Earl of Ripon (1782–1859), Prime Minster from 31 Aug 1827 until Arthur, 1 st Duke of Wellington, KG [qv, below] formed his Govt, 22 Jan 1828. MP, Hull, 1852–1853, Huddersfield, 1853–1857 and West Riding of Yorkshire, 1857–1859. Became 2 nd Earl of Ripon on the death, 28 Jan 1859, of his father and 3 rd Earl de Grey on the death, 14 Nov 1859, of his uncle, Thomas Philip Robinson, later [1803] Weddell, then [1833] De Grey, 2 nd Earl de Grey, KG (1781–1859), Ld-Lt of Ire, 1841–44, whereupon he became known as Earl de Grey and Ripon. PRGS 1859–60, Trustee, Natl Gallery; Hon Col, 1 st Vol Bn, Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regt) 1860; Under-Sec of State for War, Jun 1859–Jan 1861 and Jul 1861–63, Sec of State for War, Apr 1863–66, sworn of the Privy Council, 28 Apr 1863. High Steward of Hull 1863; Sec of State for India Feb–Jul 1866; Ld Pres of the Council, Dec 1868–Aug 1873. First Commr to Washington to settle the Alabama claims, Feb–May 1871; on his return created 1 st Marquess of Ripon, 23 Jun 1871. Ld-Lt, NR of Yorkshire, 19 Mar 1873–1906; Gov-Gen and Viceroy of India, 1880–1884. Created GCIE ex officio as GM thereof, 8 May 1880. First Ld of the Admlty, Feb–Aug 1886, Sec of State for the Colonies, 1892–95; received Freedom of the City of Dublin, 1898; Ld Privy Seal, 5 Dec 1905–8 Oct 1908. JP and DL WR, Yorkshire, and Lincolnshire; Mayor of Ripon 1895. Hon DCL (Oxon) 22 Jun 1870; Hon DCL (Bombay) 1884; Chanc, Univ of Leeds. Initiated, as Viscount Goderich, 17 May 1853, L. of Truth No. 763, now No. 521, Huddersfield, WM 1 Jun 1855. Joined 4 Ls.: 10 Jun 1857, Wakefield L. No. 495, Wakefield; 5 Jul 1859, Witham L. No. 374, now No. 297, Lincoln; elected, 1 May 1861, and joined, 2 Jul 1861, Royal Alpha L. No. 16, London, WM 1862, 1870 and 1874; and 11 Jun 1861, L. of Friendship No. 6, London. SGW, UGLE, 1856; ProvGM, Yorkshire, WR, 11 Feb 1861–74; DepGM, UGLE 1861–70; GM, UGLE 14 May 1870–1 Sep 1874. Exalted into RA Masonry, 4 Apr 1861, Chapter of Friendship No. 6, London; 2ndGP, SGCE Apr 1861–74. GSupt, Yorkshire, WR, 1864–70; 1stGP, SGCE, 14 May 1870–1 Sep 1874. Resigned, 1 Sep 1874, all his Masonic commitments, on becoming a Roman Catholic. Rogers, Joseph, FRS [15 Jun 1738] (c.1676–?1757). Member, L. at the Crown and Anchor, St Clement’s, Strand, London. Russell, John, 4 th Duke of Bedford, FRS [11 Mar 1742], later [22 Jun 1749] KG, PC (1710–1771), First Ld of the Admlty, Dec 1744 to Feb 1748; one of the Lds Justices of the Realm, May–Aug 1745; Ld-Lt: Bedfordshire, 28 May 1745–1771; and Devon 13 Apr 1751–1771. Elder Bro, Trinity House, 1745–71 and Master, 1756–60 and 1764–68. Col, 1745, Maj-Gen, 1755, Lt-Gen, 1759; Warden of New Forest, 12 Feb 1746–71; Pres, Foundling Hospital, 1747– 71. One of Prin Secs of State (Southern Dept), 13 Feb 1748–Jun 1751; Ld–Lt, Ire, 15 Dec 1756–Mar 1761; 436 acted as Ld High Const at Coronation of George III; Ld Privy Seal, 25 Nov 1761–22 Apr 1763; Ambassador to France, 4 Sep 1762–Jun 1763; Ld Pres of Council, 2 Nov 1763–Jul 1765; Chan, Univ of Dublin, 1765–71. Member, L. No. 28, which met at Queen’s Head, Cheap Street, Bath, formed 1724, erased 1736. 437 434 As set out in the recommendations for election to the RS in 1801 [R.W. Home, The Royal Socy and the Empire: The Colonial and Commonwealth Fellowship, Appendix 1 – Nominations to the RS before 1848 where significant Indian connections are claimed or known to have existed, 322]. 435 Sir Archibald Geikie, OM, KCB, FRS [1 Jun 1865; PRS 1908–13] (1835–1924), Annals of the RS Club: the record of a London dining club in the eighteenth & nineteenth centuries (Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1917), item 219). 436 GM of the Most Illustrious Order of St Patrick during his term of office. 437 4 other members of the L. were also FRSs: Charles Beauclerk, 1 st Duke of Saint Albans, KG (elected FRS 1722), Joseph Andrews (1726), Edward Harrington (1734) [Clarke (1), 117 and 118; Clarke (2), 305], and William Bristow (1742). 99
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