2i6 Ancient Masters and Wardens. 



1885 The Right Hon. Lord 1887 Col. Robert Peter 



Halsbury.i Laurie, C.B., M.P.s 



1886 Cliaries Octavius 1888 Wilham Spencer 



Humphrey S.2 Watson, M.B., 



F.R.C.S. 



" It was further resolved unanimously, — That Past-Master Dodd be re- 

 quested to take the chair of the Company at all its meetings when present 

 during the temporary absence of the Master. 



" It was further resolved unanimously, — That this, together with the three 



foregoing resolutions, be engrossed on vellum, signed by the Master, and 



forthwith forwarded with an official letter by the Clerk of this Company 



to Past-Master Dodd. 



"Halsbury, 



"Master." 



1 The Right Hon. Hardinge Stanley Giffard, Baron 

 Halsbury of Halsbury, co. Devon, Lord High Chancellor 

 of England, M.A., was called to the Bar at the Inner 

 Temple, 1850, became Q.C. 1865, was Solicitor-General 

 from 1875 to 1880, and was appointed Lord High Chancellor 

 1885. He resigned February, 1886, and was re-appointed 

 in the following July. He represented Launceston from 

 1877 to June, 1885, when he was created Baron Halsbury. 

 His Lordship's portrait, by Mr. Cyrus Johnson, hangs in the 

 Hall. 



2 Was Clerk of the Company from 1862 to 1868, and 

 Solicitor from 1862 to 1878, when he resigned the retainer of 

 the Company to take his seat on the Court. 



2 Robert Peter Laurie was one of the earliest members of 

 the Volunteer Force, having joined it in August, 1859. Since 

 April, 1867, he has been Lieut.-Colonel Commandant of the 

 3rd London Volunteers. He was elected member for Canter- 

 bury in 1879 at a bye election. At the General Election in 

 1880 he was again returned for that city, but with the Hon. 

 A. E. Gathorne Hardy was unseated on petition. In 1885 he 

 contested the representation of Bath, and was only defeated 

 by nineteen votes. In 1886, however, he was returned for 

 that city by a large majority. In June, 1887, the Companion- 

 ship of the Bath was conferred upon him in recognition of 

 his services to .the Volunteer Force. He is a J. P. for Kent. 



