CHAPTER VI 



PATRONS AND OFFICERS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY 

 SINCE ITS FOUNDATION 



PATRONS 



His Majesty Ki\c CUAKLKS II, Founder. 



JAMKS II, Fellow. 



GEORGE I, Patron. 



GEORGE II, Patron. 



GEORGE III, Patron. 



GEORGE IV, Patron. 



WILLIAM IV, Patron. 



Her Majesty QUEEN VICTORIA, Patron. 

 His Majesty KING EDWARD VII, Patron. 



GEORGE V, Patron. 



PRESIDENTS 



Tenure of Office. 

 William. Viscount Brouncker ....'.. Apr. 22, 1663-Nov. 30, 1677 



J<> (.-): ft. April 5, 1084. Adhered to Chas. I, and after the Restoration was 

 appointed by (lias. II Chancellor of the Queen Consort, and Keeper of her Great 

 ! (I <',<;:_>) ; O ne of the Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High 

 Admiral (1664), and Master of St. Catherine's Hospital (1681). Mathematician ; 

 the HiM to introduce continued fractions. 



Sir .Jos.-pli Williamson, Kt ....... Nov. 30, 1677-Nov. 30, 1680 



17'l. M.A., D.C.L. (Oxon.). Statesman and diplomatist. Keeper of 

 the state l'.,,,er Office (IOC,]); Editor (1665) of 'Oxford Gazette', afterwards 

 ' Ixiiidon (ia/ette'. Secretary of State (1674-8). Subsequently employed on 

 diplomatic mi ion-.. 



i.ristophrr Wn-n. Kt ........ Nov. 30, 1680-Nov. 30, 1682 



l-Vb. -'.->. 1722-8. M.A., D.C.L. (Oxon.), LL.l). (Camb.). 



Profe^or of Avtronomy at (iresliam College (1657). Savilian Professor of 



Astronomy at Oxford (ICG] 7;i). Discoverer in the fundamental principles of 



liidint: tlie la\v of reactioii. Arcliitect of St. Paul's Cathedral and 



i\ London Chmvhrs:. Prominent member of the circle which was incorporated 



.il Society. 



