1748 Lord Baltimore ; William Hogarth 3 i 



Royal in 1742. The Copley Medal of the Royal Society 

 was awarded to him in 1748 for his discovery of the 

 nutation of the earth's axis. Not living in London he never 

 became a member of the Club, but he often dined there as 

 a guest. 



Lord Baltimore, who came to the Club on 30th June, 

 was an interesting guest, inasmuch as he had himself 

 personally governed for a year (1732-3) his Colony of Mary- 

 land. He was an Elder Brother of the Trinity House 

 and Surveyor General of the Duchy of Cornwall at the 

 time of his death. Another of the visitors at the same 

 dinner was likewise connected with the western colonies- 

 Sir William Young, first baronet, who was Governor of 

 Dominica. 



Welbore Ellis, who also appears in the list of guests, was 

 frequently welcomed to the table of the Club in subse- 

 quent years. Educated at Westminster School and Christ 

 Church, Oxford, he had seven years before this date 

 entered the House of Commons as Member for Cricklade. 

 He took an active part in parliamentary politics, was 

 created Baron Mendip in 1794, and died in 1802 in his 

 Sgth year. 



Among the visitors in the month of December the name 

 of " Mr. Hogarth " occurs twice. There is no indication 

 of who he was. But it is allowable to believe that this 

 was the great artist who was then rising rapidly to the full 

 height of his reputation as a painter and satirist of the 

 highest order. He painted the admirable portrait of Martin 

 Folkes, already referred to, and he may have come on the 

 special invitation of the President. 



It has always been the practice of the Royal Society 

 Club to entertain strangers of distinction from abroad who 

 visit London, especially those who have any scientific 

 reputation. Among the foreigners invited to the Club- 

 dinners in 1748 two or three of note can be recognised. 

 Jean Jallabert, appointed to a Chair of experimental physics 

 specially created for him in 1737 at Geneva, had travelled 

 extensively over western Europe, including England, where 



