578 General Monthly Meeting [May 8, 



chemists of distinction. In order to gain a thorough knowledge of Scientific 

 Metallurgy he proceeded to Freiburg University, and later on to the French 

 School of Chemistry at Paris. His studies in Applied Chemistry were after- 

 wards diverted for the Bar, and he became a Bencher of Lincoln's Inn in 

 1867. He was a distinguished Counsel at the Parliamentary Bar, and later 

 on became a Member of the House of Commons, where he represented 

 Ayrshire for a period of twelve years. On retiring from professional practice 

 he again took up his early scientific studies, and published an original work 

 entitled "Introduction to Crystallography." 



During his twenty years' Membership of the Royal Institution, both as 

 Vice-President and :Manager, his scientific and forensic capabilities were of 

 great service in promoting the objects of the Institution. 



The Managers desire to express on behalf of the Members their sincere 

 sympathy with the family in their bereavement. 



Resolved, That the Managers of the Royal Institution of Great Britain 

 desire to place on record their sense of the great loss the Institution 

 has sustained by the death of Sir Alfred Bray Kempe, M.A.(Cambridge), 

 D.C.L. (Durham), F.R.S., Bencher of the Inner Temple, Chancellor of the 

 Dioceses of London, Southwell, St. Albans, Peterborough, Chichester and 

 Chelmsford, Secretary to the Royal Commission on Ecclesiastical Courts. 

 Sir Alfred Kempe's scientific work was recognised by his election to the 

 Royal Society in 1881. He became Treasurer in 1899, which office he held 

 till 1919. The author of many Mathematical Memoirs, some of which have 

 been recognised with much distinction. 



Sir Alfred Kempe was a Member of the Royal Institution for fifty years, 

 and always displayed a personal interest in the welfare of the Institution. As 

 Vice-President and Manager he rendered great assistance by his forensic and 

 legal knowledge in the settlement with Dr. Ludwig Mond of the Conveyance 

 and Deed of Trust of the Davy Faraday Research Laboratory of the Royal 

 Institution. 



The Managers desire to express on behalf of the Members their sincere 

 sympathy with Lady Kempe and the family in their bereavement. 



The Presents received since the last Meeting were laid on the 

 table, and the thanks of the Members returned for the same, viz. : — 



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