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supporter of London Univ. ; president of various learned 

 societies. 



1843, Cork. The Earl of EOSSB (1800-67), F.E.S. 

 [William Parsons, 3rd Earl, 1841] ; M.P., 1823-84 ; began 

 experiments for improvement of reflecting telescope, 1827 ; 

 completed great astronomical telescope at Parsonstown, 

 Ireland, 1845 ; president, Eoyal Soc., 1848-54 ; chancellor, 

 Dublin Univ., 1862. 



1844, York. Eev. George PEACOCK (1791-1858), F.E.S. ; 

 of Cambridge Univ. : lecturer in mathematics, Trinity Coll., 

 1815 ; Lowndean professor of astronomy, 1837-58 ; asso- 

 ciated with Herschel, Babbage, and others in introducing 

 analytical methods in mathematics ; dean of Ely, 1839-58. 



1845, Cambridge. Sir John Frederick William 

 HERSCHEL (1792-1871), Bart., 1838; F.E.S. ; fellow of 

 St. John's Coll., Cambridge, 1816 ; secretary, Eoyal Soc., 

 1824-27; president, Eoyal Astronomical Soc., 1827-32; 

 made important astronomical observations at Cape of 

 Good Hope, 1834-38 ; Eoyal Commission on Standards, 

 1838-43 ; lord rector, Aberdeen Univ., 1842 ; master of the 

 Mint, 1850-55. 



1846, Southampton. Sir Eoderick Impey MURCHISON 

 (1792-1871), Kt., 1846 ; K.C.B., 1863 ; Bart., 1866 ; F.E.S. ; 

 served in army, 1807-14, and saw action in Peninsular war, 

 etc. ; president, Geological Soc., 1831 ; Eoyal Geographical 

 Soc., 1843-58 ; director-general, Geological Survey, 1855. 



1847, Oxford. Sir Eobert Harry INGLIS (1786-1855), 

 Bart., 1820 ; F.E.S. ; M.P., 1824 seqq. (for Oxford Univ., 

 1829-54) ; P.C., 1854 ; opponent of parliamentary reform, 

 repeal of corn laws, etc. 



1848, Swansea. The Marquis of NORTHAMPTON (1790- 

 1851), F.E.S. [Spencer Joshua Alwyne Compton, 2nd 

 Marquis, 1828] ; M.P. (as Earl Compton), 1812-20 ; president, 

 Geological Soc., and of Eoyal Soc., 1838-48 ; whig ; writer 

 of verse. 



1849, Birmingham. Eev. Thomas Eomney EOBINSON 

 (1792-1882), F.E.S.; astronomer; deputy-professor of 

 natural philosophy, Trinity Coll., Dublin, 1814; director 



