202 RECORD OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY 



Tenure of Office. 



Sir Hans Sloane, Bart Nov. 30, 1727-Nov. 30, 1741 



b. April 16, 1660 ; d. Jau. 11, 1753. Fellow of the Coll. Phys. (1687). Afterwards 

 accompanied Duke of Albemarle to Jamaica, where he collected natural history 

 specimens for fifteen months. Created a baronet by George I, an honour to 

 which no English physician had before attained. Physician-General to the 

 Army (1716). Pres. Coll. Phys. (1727). Secretary R.S. (1693-1712). Founder 

 of Botanic Garden, Chelsea (1721) : his museum of natural history and other 

 specimens purchased by Government (1754). There are twenty-four papers by 

 Sir Hans Sloane in the ' Philosophical Transactions '. 



Martin Folkes Nov. 30, 1741-Nov. 30, 1752 



b. Oct. 29, 1690; d. June 28, 1754. M.A. (Camb.), D.C.L. (Oxon.). Appointed 

 Vice-President of the Royal Society by Sir 1. Newton (1723). Pres. Soc. of 

 Antiquaries (1750). Contributed ten papers to the ' Philosophical Transactions '. 



George, Earl of Macclesfield Nov. 30, 1752-Mar. 17, 1764 



6. 1697 ; d. March 17, 1764. D.C.L. (Oxon.). Mathematician and Astronomer. In 

 1739 aided by James Bradley erected an Astronomical Observatory at Shirburn 

 Castle, Oxfordshire, with the finest instrumental equipment then existing. His 

 series of personal observations extended from June 4, 1740, to his death. He 

 was mainly instrumental in procuring the change of style in 1752, being virtually 

 the author of the ' Bill for Regulating the Commencement of the Year ', which 

 passed the Peers in 1751. He contributed papers to the ' Philosophical Trans- 

 actions '. 



James, Earl of Morton (Lord Aberdour) . . Nov. 30, 1764-Oct. 12, 1768 



6. 1702 ; d. Oct. 12, 1768. Astronomer. Instrumental in founding (1739) the 

 Philosophical (afterwards the Royal) Society of Edinburgh. Was one of the 

 Commissioners of Longitude, and took an active part in the preparations for 

 observing the Transit of Venus in 1769. One of the earliest Trustees of the 

 British Museum, and Keeper of the Records of Scotland. Contributed several 

 papers to the * Philosophical Transactions '. 



James (afterwards Sir James) Burrow . . . Oct. 27, 1768-Nov. 30, 1768 



b. Nov. 28, 1701 ; d. Nov. 5, 1782. Legal Reporter and Antiquary. Master of the 



Crown Office, and Senior Bencher of the Inner Temple. Contributed five papers 



on Earthquakes to the ' Philosophical Transactions '. He was elected to the 



chair only to serve until the ensuing anniversary. 



Elected a second time, July 2, 1772, to fill the chair till the following anniversary. 



James West Nov. 30, 1768-July 2, 1772 



l>. 1704 (?) ; d. July 2, 1772. Politician and Antiquary. M.A. Balliol Coll., Oxford. 

 iVI.P. for St. Albans (1741-68). Joint Secretary to the Treasury (1741-62). A 

 Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries (1727). ' Astronomy is indebted to Mr. West 

 for the preservation of several manuscript volumes and papers of Flamsteed's ' 

 (Weld, vol. ii, p. 50). 



Sir John Pringle, Bart Nov. 30, 1772-Nov. 30, 1778 



A. April 10, 1707 ; d. Jan. 18, 1782. Studied medicine at Leyden, and settled as 

 a physician in Edinburgh. M.D. (Leyden). Appointed (1734) Joint Professor 

 of Pneumatics [i. e. Metaphysics] and Moral Philosophy in Edinburgh. Physician 



