170 LIFE OF SIR JOHN LUBBOCK oh. 



The result appears to have come as a great 

 surprise. The other three candidates withdrew. 

 Mr. (later Sir) Michael Foster was his Chairman, 

 Sir G. J. Fitch, Sir F. (afterwards Lord) Herschell, 

 Dr. (afterwards Sir) S. Wilks, and Mr. F. J. 

 Wood were the Vice-Chairmen, and Mr. (after- 

 wards Sir) E. H. Busk, Secretary. 



The following circular, signed by more than 

 thirty of the principal graduates, was issued to 

 the Constituency, and resulted in the formation 

 of a Committee of over 800. It includes in a 

 brief statement the principal public acts of 

 Sir John's career up to this date : 



Dear Sir — You will doubtless have seen, from the 

 newspapers, that a vacancy in the representation of our 

 University in Parliament is imminent, owing to the 

 elevation of the Right Honourable Robert Lowe to the 

 Peerage, so that the University has again to select a 

 representative. In these circumstances we venture to 

 call your attention to the exceptionally high qualifica- 

 tions possessed by Sir John Lubbock, who has now for 

 many years past devoted a considerable portion of his 

 time to the service of our University, having for 14 

 years been member of the Senate, and for nearly eight 

 years Vice -Chancellor. If Sir John Lubbock became 

 the member for our University we should not necessarily 

 lose his services as our Vice-Chancellor, and should, by 

 returning him as our representative in Parliament, 

 confer a benefit upon Parliament and the country at 

 large. 



Sir John Lubbock combines in himself eminence in 

 many branches of knowledge and walks of life, and thus 

 may be said to represent, as few (if any) others could, 

 the different faculties which combine to form our 

 University. In addition to the valuable work which he 

 has done, and is doing, for us, we find that Sir John 

 Lubbock has in the City of London made himself a name, 

 not only as one of the greatest among the Bankers of 

 Lombard Street, but also as the introducer of the system 



