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NATURE 



{July 12, 1883 



FUNERAL OF MR. SPOTTISWOODE 



THE faneral of the late President of the Royal Society 

 on Thursday last was impressive and solemn, and 

 was a fitting end to the life that had passed away. 



We take from the Times the following account of the 

 general arrangements of the funeral : — 



A large number of those who were present assembled 

 in the Jerusalem Chamber, which the Dean had kindly 

 placed at the disposal of the family. Those who by 

 courtesy were styled pall-bearers met here— Dr. Evans, 

 Vice-President and Treasurer of the Royal Society, the 

 Marquis of Salisbury (Chancellor of the University of 

 Oxford), Earl Granville (Chancellor of the University of 

 London), Mr. Childers, Sir W. Siemens, the Duke of 

 Northumberland, Sir Frederick Leighton, P.R.A., the 

 Master of the Stationers' Company, Lord Aberdare, Sir 

 John Lubbock, Mr. E. J. Stone, Sir Bartle Frere, Prof. 

 Flower, Sir W. Armstrong, and, representing depart- 

 ments in the firms with which the name of Spottiswoode 

 is connected, Mr. Shinn, Mr. Millwood, Mr. Carey, 

 Mr. White, Mr. Howe, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Hamilton, 

 and Mr. Straker. Others, who went first to the 

 Jerusalem Chamber, were the Archbishop of York, the 

 Bishop of Lincoln, Mr. Mundella, M.P., Mr. Shaw- 

 Lefevre, M.P., the Dean of Christ Church, the Master 

 of Balliol ( Prof. Jowett), the Archdeacon of Maidstone, 

 Sir Frederick Bramwell, Sir Richard Cross, M.P., Mr. 

 Warren De La Rue, Sir Frederick Evans, Sir Joseph 

 Fayrer, Sir James Caird, Lord Claud Hamilton, the 

 Hon. George Brodrick (Warden of Merton), Mr. W. H. 

 Smith, M.P., Mr. W. E. Forster, M.P., Sir Charles 

 Dilke, General Sir H. Rawlinson, Sir James Paget, Mr. 

 Irving, Prof. Huxley, Sir Joseph Hooker, Mr. Lecky, Sir 

 Richard Temple, and Mr. J. Norman Lockyer. Some 

 again, among whom were Lord O'Hagan, Sir Walter 

 Stirling, Sir Henry Barkly, Sir James Cockle, the Dean 

 of Wells, Mr. Philip Magnus, Director of the City and 

 Guilds of London Institute, Mr. Trueman Wood, Secre- 

 tary, and Mr. Wheatley, Assistant Secretary of the Society 

 of Arts, Mr. Symons, F.R.S., of the Meteorological 

 Society, and Sir John Kennaway, M.P., at once took 

 their places in the choir or south transept, the seats in 

 the north transept being reserved for employe's of Messrs. 

 Eyre and Spottiswoode and Messrs. Spottiswoode and 

 Co. 



Besides those who have already been named, the list 

 of mourners invited to attend in the Jerusalem Chamber 

 included the following gentlemen, of whom nearly all 

 were present : — 



Mr. Andrew Cockerell (representing his Royal Highness the 

 Prince of Wales), the Lord Mayor, Mr. Gladstone, the Ameri- 

 can Minister, Count D'Aunay, Count Munster, the Lord Chan- 

 cellor, the Earl of Northbrook, the Duke of Argyll, the Duke 

 of Buccleuch, the Earl of Derby, the Earl of Ducie, the Earl of 

 Dufferin, Earl Sydney, Sir Stafford Northcote, M.P., Lord 

 Sherhrooke, Earl Spencer, Sir Frederick Abel, C.B., Capt. 

 Abney, R.E., Prof. Acland, M.D., Prof. J. Adams, LL.D., 

 Prof. W. Adams, M.A., Sir George Airy, K.C. B., Prof. All- 

 man, M.D., Prof. C. Babingt.m, M.A., Mr. lohn Ball, M.A., 

 Mr. P. W. Barlow, F.G.S., the Earl of Rosse, Lord Chelms- 

 ford, Lord Eustace Cecil, Lord Lawrence, Lord Reay, the 

 Marquis of Hartington, M.P., Lord Kayleigh, Lord Colin 

 Campbell, Lord Carlingford, the Earl of Kimberley, Earl Am- 

 herst, Lord Houghton, the Bishop of London, the Dean of St. 

 Paul's, the Bishop of Truro, the Dean of Salisbury, Mr. W. J. 

 Farrar, Mr. W. H. Barlow, Mr. J. F. Bateman, F.G.S., Prof. 

 Beale, M.D., Mr. I. L. Bell, F.C.S., Sir J. R. Bennett, M.D., 

 Mr. George Bentham, F.L.S., Mr. BeresfordHope, M.P., 

 Sir Henry Bessemer, Mr. H. W. Blake, M.A., General Boileau, 

 F.R.A.S., the Rev. T. G. Bonney, M.A., Mr. W. Bowman, 

 LL.I)., Mr. T. L. Brunton, M.D., Mr. G. B. Buckton, F.G.S., 

 SirC. I. Bunbury, Lord Cardwell, F.G.S., Dr. W. B. Carpenter, 

 C.B., Mr. \V. Carruthers, V.P.L.S., Prof. Cayley, V.P.K.A.S., 

 Mr. Chamberlain, General Clark, R.A., Prof. R. B. Clifton, 

 M.A., the Earl of Crawford and Balcarres, Prof. W. Crookes, 



F.C.S., Mr. T. B. Curling, F.R.C.S., Prof. G. H. Darwin, 

 M.A., Prof. W. B. Dawkins, M.A., Prof. H. Debas, Ph.D., 

 Prof. J. Dewar, M.A., Prof. Duncan, M.B., Mr. Edwin Dukin, 

 F.R.A.S., Mr. W. T. Dyer, M.A., Sir W. Elliott, R.C.S.I., 

 Mr. A. J. Ellis, B.A., Mr. Arthur Farre, M.D., Mr. Fawcett, 

 M.P., Mr. James Fergusson, D.C.L., Prof. G. C. Foster, B.A., 

 Dr. M. Foster, Prof. E. Frankland, D.C.L., Capt. Douglas 

 Galton, C.B., Mr. Francis Galton, M.A., Dr. J. H. Gladstone, 

 Mr. J. Glaisher, F.R.A.S., Mr. R. Godwin Austen, F.G.S., 

 the Right Hon. J. G. Goschen, M.P., Lieut. -Col. J. Grant, 

 C.B., the Right Hon. Sir \V. H. Gregory, K.C.M.G., Sir W. 

 Grove, Sir W. Gull, Mr. Albert Gunther, M.A., Prof. F. 

 Guthrie, F.G.S., Mr. W. A. Guy, M.B., Sir W. V. Harcourt, 

 M.P., Mr. A. G. Harcourt, V. P. C.S., Sir John Hawkshaw, 

 Mr. Thomas Hawksley, M.I.C.E., Mr. R. B. Haywood, M.A., 

 Mr. P. G. Hewett, F.R.C.S., Mr. James Heywood, F.G.S., 

 Dr. T. A. Hirst, Prof. A. W. Hoffman, Ph.D., Mr. J. Hop- 

 kinson, M.A., Dr. W. Huggins, Mr. J. W. Hulke, F.R.C.S., 

 Prof. Humphrey, M.D., Dr. J. H. Jackson, Dr. I. G. Jeffreys, 

 Sir W. Jenner, K.C.B., Dr. J. C. Joule, Sir John and Lady 

 Kennaway, Admiral Sir Astley Cooper Key, K.C.B., Prof. Ray 

 Lankester, M.A., General Sir J. H. Lefroy, C.B., Mr. Joseph 

 Lister, F.R.C.S., Admiral Sir F. L. M'Clintock, Sir H. Sum- 

 ner Maine, LL.D., Prof. Marshall, V.P.K.C.S., Prof. N. 

 S. Maskelyne, M.A., Mr. C. W. Merrifield, Mr. Alfred 

 Newton, M.A., Prof. Odling, Mr. Daniel Oliver, F.L.S., 

 Prof. Owen, C.B., Dr. John Percy, Mr. W. H. Perkin, C.S., 

 Major-Gen. Pitt-Rivers, Sir Lyon Playfair, M.P., Dr. W. Pole, 

 Mr. W. H. Preece, C.E., Prof. J. Prestwich, M.A., the Rev. 

 Bartholomew Price, the Rev. Charles Pritchard, M.A., Dr. 

 Qirnin, Sir A. C. Ramsay, LL.D., Prof. Osborne Reynolds, 

 Admiral Sir G. H. Richards, C.B., Mr. G. J. Romanes, M.A., 

 Prof H. Roscoe, B.A., Mr. Osbert Salvin, M.A., Prof. Sander- 

 son, Mr. P. L. Sclater, M.A., Mr. R. H. Scott, M.A., Mr. John 

 Simon, C.B., Mr. W. W. Smy.h, M.A., General W. J. Smythe, 

 Mr. H. C. Sorby, LL.D., Mr. H. T. Stainton, F.L.S., Prof. 

 Balfour Stewart, M.A., Prof. G. G. Stokes, M.A., General R. 

 Strachey, R.E., Prof. 1. J. Sylvester, M.A., Dr. Allen Thomson, 

 Sir \V. Thomson, LL.D., Mr. J. Todhunter, M.A., Prof. Tyn- 

 dall, Dr. A. W. Williamson, Mr. W. H. Pollock, Mr. E. 

 Bunbury, the Rev. B. Compton, Mr. Horace Davey, Q.C., 

 M.P., the Head Master of Rugby, the Provost of Eton, the 

 Head Master of Eton, the Hon. Ralph Dutton, the Hon. Robert 

 Butler, Mr. Osborne Morgan, M.P., the Bishop of Exeter, Sir 

 Louis Pelly, Sir Henry Thompson, Sir James Lacaita, Mr. J. 

 Boehm, Mr. A. Milman, Mr. W. Hasseltine, Mr. F. Pollock, 

 Mr. Pascoe Grenfell, Mr. T. Woolner, Mr. Lawrence T. Cave, 

 Mr. T. H. Gordon, the Rev. W. II. Milman, Mr. T. Chenery, 

 Mr. W. F. Burton, Mr. Douglas Freshfield, General Hutt, Dr. 

 W. Grey, Dr. Priestly, Prof. Bryce, M.P., Mr W. C. Cart- 

 wright, Sir Julian Gokismid, Sir Louis Malet, Sir Rutherford 

 Alcock, Sir Arthur Hobhouse, Sir Charles Mills, M.P., General 

 Sir M. M'Murdo, General Sir Patrick Grant, Sir Charles Tre- 

 velyan, Sir James Stephen, Sir Charles Bowen, Lord G. 

 Hamilton, M.P., the Recorder of London, Alderman Sir S. H. 

 Waterlow, M.P., the Wardens of the Stationer.-.' Company, Col. 

 Donnelly, Prof. Ruskin, Cardinal Manning, a deputation from 

 the Chemical Society, Mr. J. G. Dodson, M.P., Dr. Cumber- 

 batch, Dr. Gibbons, Mr. Robert Browning, Mr. E. Chinnery, 

 Mr. J. A. Froude, Sir R. Lingen, Mr. Herbert Spencer, the Dean 

 of Llandaff, Sir Harry Verney, M.P., Lord Wolseley, Mr. 

 Cyril Graham, Mr. Charles Eastlake, Mr. George Frere, 

 F.R.S., Mr. Talfourd Ely, Sir Thomas Pears, Prof. Leone 

 Levi, Prof. Max Midler, Mr. Frederick Verney, Mr. H. C. 

 Hughes, and Major Gordon. 



The body was borne from the house in Grosvenor Place 

 to the Abbey on an open funeral car drawn by four 

 horses. In the carriages immediately following the funeral 

 car were Mrs. Spottiswoode, Mr. Hugh Spottiswoode, 

 Mr. G. A. Spottiswoode, Mr. Cyril Spottiswoode, Mr. 

 Rate, Mrs. George Spottiswoode, Miss Spottiswoode, 

 Miss Augusta Spottiswoode, Mr. Arthur Brandreth, Mrs. 

 Brandreth (sister of Mr. Spottiswoode), Mr. and Mrs. G. 

 Noble Taylor, Mr. T. P. Beckwith, Miss Ellen Arbuth- 

 not, Miss Mabel Spottiswoode, Mr. Adrian Spottiswoode, 

 Mr. Norton Longman, Miss Longman, Miss Elizabeth 

 Spottiswoode, Mr. Eyre, Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Bray, Mr. 

 Frederick Arbuthnot, Miss Margaret and Master John 

 Arbuthnot, Mrs. Beckwith, Mr. Sydney Beckwith, Mrs. 



