BENEFACTORS OF THE SOCIETY 195 



1709. February 23. Dame Mary Sadleir, Relict of Dr. William Croone. 

 Founded the Croonian lecture (sec pp. 176,217) by bequest of 'One Fifth of 

 the Clear Rent of a house at the corner of Lambeth Hill \ for that purpose. 



1710. March 17. Lord Halifax. 100. 



1710. December 14. Dr. Hans Sloane, Secretary R.S. J 10<>. 



1710. December 14. Alexander Pitfield, Treasurer H.S. r 100. 



1711. May 30. R. Balle. ^50. 

 1711. June 26. T. Isted. ^50. 



1711. June 26. Sir David Hamilton. oO. 



1712. April 8. Richard Waller. ^100. Waller built the 'Repository' 

 for the Society at a cost of ^400 and accepted ,300 as payment in full, 

 on condition that he should be registered as a benefactor. 



1716. July 5. Francis Aston. Bequest of an estate at Mablethorpe, in 

 Lincolnshire, consisting of 55 acres, 2 roods, and 2 perches, and ' half the 

 overplus of his estate above Debts and Legacies ', realizing ,445 0$. 7d. 



1717. June 20. Sir Godfrey Copley, Bart. ^100 in trust for the Royal 

 Society, 'to be laid out in experiments, or otherwise, for the benefit 

 thereof, as they shall direct and appoint."* The will was dated October 14, 

 1704, and proved in the Prerogative Court, April 11, 1709 ; first applied 

 to the purchase of a medal in 1736 (see pp. 174, 210). 



1717. October 24. S. Hill. 50. 



1717. October 24. Thomas Paget, D.D. Bequest of two houses in Coleman 



Street, worth about ^100 per annum. 

 1719. October 26. Robert Keck. Bequest of ^500 to the Society ' to 



support their forreign correspondence '. 

 1741. December 16. Martin Folkes. 100, as a present to the Society 4 to 



assist them in the present low state of their Revenue '. 

 1754. November 14. Samuel Hickman. Bequest of ,100. 

 1754. November 21. Martin Folkes. Bequest of <200 in money and a 



portrait of Sir Francis Bacon. 



1769. February 2. Robert Smith, D.D. Bequest of ^?100. 

 1775. Henry Baker. Bequest of ,100, the interest to be applied for an 



oration or discourse in Natural History or Experimental Philosophy (see 



Bakerian Lecture, pp. 174, 224). 

 1786. July 27. Earl Stanhope. Bequest of <500. 

 1796. May 5. William Benson Earle. Bequest of '210 ' for the purchase 



of Books for the Society's Library \ 

 1796. November 24. Count Rumford. Gift of ^1,000 Stock to found the 



Rumford Medals (see pp. 183, 212). 

 1828. December 11. William Hyde Wollaston, M.D. Gift of ,2,000 



3 per cent. Consols, to be called the Donation Fund, the dividends to be 



applied in promoting experimental researches (see p. 177). 

 1828. December 11. Davies Gilbert. Gift of .1,000 to the Donation Fund. 



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