1828 W. H. Fitton; Viscount Goderich 295 



as the Treasurer's minute records, " dinner for six only 

 was provided ; but no member attended." 



Another of the fathers of English geology, William Henry 

 Fitton, dined with the Club this year on the invitation of 

 Captain Sabine. He was at that time forty-eight years of 

 age, had studied under Robert Jameson at Edinburgh, and 

 like so many of the students of that staunch Wernerian 

 had acquired a liking for geology. He gave up the medical 

 profession which he had followed for a few years, and hav- 

 ing married a wealthy lady devoted himself to geological 

 pursuits. He had much literary power, and contributed 

 .valuable articles to the early numbers of the Edinburgh 

 Review. He had already begun the elaborate original 

 researches into the Greensand of Southern England, which 

 is now classic in the history of English geology. He had 

 been elected into the Royal Society in 1815, and was this 

 year President of the Geological Society. Both Buckland 

 and Conybeare were again visitors to the Club. 



The " Mr. Wyattville " invited by Chantrey was probably 

 the architect and Royal Academician who this year became 

 Sir Jeffry Wyattville. He carried out extensive alterations 

 on Windsor Castle. 



Viscount Goderich, who dined with the Club on May ist 

 had passed an active life as a politician. He entered the 

 House of Commons as the Hon. Frederick John Robinson, 

 and filled various posts till he became Chancellor of the 

 Exchequer in 1822, and in 1827 was raised to the peerage. 

 In the House of Lords he continued his political career, 

 becoming for a short time Prime Minister. After the pass- 

 ing of the Reform Bill of 1832 he was created Earl of Ripon. 

 He had been elected into the Royal Society only a fortnight 

 before he dined with the Club. 



The visitors who had previously been guests included 

 Earl Brownlow, Sir Abraham Hume, Mr. Dillwyn, Sir John 

 Sinclair, John Edward Gray and Robert Brown. 



1829. At the Anniversary Meeting in 1829, held on June 

 4th, when the President and other twenty-two members were 

 present, the Treasurer made a statement regarding the 



