CHAPTER XI 



PRESIDENTSHIPS OF THE EARL OF ROSSE, BARON 

 WROTTESLEY, AND SIR BENJAMIN COLLINS BRODIE 



1849-1861 



1849. At the Anniversary Meeting of the Club on 28th 

 June 1849 twenty-four members were present, with the 

 Earl of Rosse, President, in the chair. The expenditure in 

 the past year had amounted to 110 155. and there remained 

 in the Treasurer's hands a balance of 31 35. nd. The 

 contribution for the ensuing year was fixed at two pounds. 



The ranks of the Club were thinned this year by the 

 loss of some valuable members. The expected resignation 

 of the venerable Dr. Buckland, who since 1845 had been 

 Dean of Westminster, was now announced. Owing to the 

 mental collapse already referred to, he was compelled to 

 seek retirement, though he lived till 1856. The President 

 of the Royal Academy, Sir Martin Shee, likewise this year 

 resigned his place in the Club, on the ground of failing 

 health. 1 Sir John Barrow, now the Father of the Club, 

 who retained all his faculties, and was able to transact 

 business up to the forenoon of the last day of his life, died 

 quietly and suddenly while sitting at luncheon on 23rd 

 November 1848, in the eighty-fifth year of his age. Sir 

 Alexander Johnston, another old and most efficient member, 

 died on 6th March 1849. 



Five vacancies were announced, and on a ballot the 

 following candidates were elected. John Carnac Morris, 



1 He died next year. 



