xl 
Monthly Council, March 5, 1890. 
own members were included in this 
honorary list, viz., the Duke of Devon- 
shire, the Duke of Richmond, and 
Sir Thomas Acland, and one of its 
honorary officers, Professor Simonds, 
besides a member of the original 
Committee. Sir Harry Verney, the 
" Father " of the Society, who was now 
the only survivor of the band of 
eminent men who gathered together 
on May 9, 1838, to found the English 
Agricultural Society. In submitting 
his motion to the favourable and 
unanimous approval of the Council, 
he would only add that at present 
there were upon the Society's books 
177 Governors and 10.752 Members, 
making a total number of 10,929 sub- 
scribers, which, allowing for the con- 
siderable reductions from the nominal 
list which were made last autumn 
in consequence of the absence of ad- 
dresses, tea., was by far the largest 
number which the Society had ever 
had at any period of its history. 
(Hear, hear.) 
The motion was then put from the 
chair, and carried unanimously. 
Surviving Subscribers of the English 
Agricultural Society who were on 
the Books when the Charter was 
granted on March 26, 1840. 
Date of joiuiug 
the Society. 
VebJIHY, Rt. Hem. Sir Harry, 
Bart May 10, 1838 
Devonshire, Duke of, K G. . May 12, 1838 
OBEY, Earl, K.G. . . . May 12, 1838 
Winmar Leigh, Lord . . . Mav 12, 1838 
Hcssell, Lord C, J. F. . May 26, 1838 
Acland, Et. Hon. Sir T. Dvke, 
Bart May 29, 1838 
Bigg, Thomas .... June 6, 1838 
SrARKS, William . . . June 6, 1838 
Hllse, Col. Sir Edward, Bait, . June 13, 1838 
Saundeiis, T. B June 13, 1838 
Richmond and Gordon, Duke 
of, K.G June 20, 1838 
Lovelace, Earl of . . June 26. 183S 
Dickinson-, F. II. June 27, 1S3S 
Baillie, W. H untir . . . Julv 18, 1838 
Simonds, Prof. J. B. . . .July 25, 1838 
Macclesfield, Earl of . .Aug. 8,1838 
Wood, James .... Aug. 8, 1838 
Glutton, John .... Dec. 15, 1838 
Calvert, Frederick, Q.C. . . Feb. 13, 1839 
Ellmax, Robert 11. . . . Feb. 13, 1839 
Holfoud, R. S Feb. 13, 1839 
Neajie, Frederick . . . Feb. 13, 1839 
Pinney, Col. William . . Mar. 13, 1839 
North, Rt. Hon. Col. J. S. . Hay 8, 1839 
Druce, Joseph . . . .May 13,1839 
Stiiattox, J. Locke . . . May 13, 1839 
Monck, J. Bligh . . . .May 23,1839 
MoitRELL, F. J May 29, 1839 
Simonds, W. Barrow. , . June 19, 1839 
Smith, Henry .... June 19, 1839 
ICemble, Thomas 
Batten, John . 
Kemble, Horatio 
Hodd, F. . 
Greaves, William 
Essex, Earl of . 
Evans, Isaac Pearson 
Glover, John 
Houblon, R. Archer . 
Ogilvy, Sir John, Bart. 
Fletcheh, John P. . 
DBSWITT, R. Daw trey 
Date of joining 
the Society. 
• July 10, 1839 
. July 16, 1839 
. July 16, 1839 
. July 16, 1839 
. Dec. 4, 1839 
. Dec. 11, 1839 
. Dec. 11, 1839 
. Jan. in, 1840 
. Jan. 10, 1840 
. Feb. 5, 1840 
. Feb. 19, 1840 
. Mar. 11, 1840 
The following is a copy of the 
letter addressed by the President on 
behalf of the Council to the noblemen 
and gentlemen elected as Foundation 
Life Governors : — 
12 Hanover Square, Loudon. W. 
March 5. 189U. 
Sir, — As the Council Meeting 
held to-day was the last held in the 
first half-century of the Society's 
corporate existence, the Council 
resolved b} r an unanimous vote to 
elect as Foundation Life Gover- 
nors of the Society all the sur- 
viving subscribers to the original 
English Agricultural Society who 
were on its books when the Charter 
was granted to it on March 26, 1840. 
and who have been connected with 
the Royal Agricultural Society ever 
since. 
As your name appears in the list 
of Original Members, I have tlie 
pleasure to acquaint you with 
your election to-day as one of its 
Foundation Life Governors; 
and I am happy in being the 
medium of expressing to you t he con- 
gratulations of the Council on your 
long association with the Society, 
and their hopes that you may he 
spared for many years to exercise 
the privileges of a Life Governor. 
Believe me. yours faithfully, 
(Signed) MoRETON, President. 
Medallion of the Third Earl 
Spencer. ' 
The President said he had alas 
the pleasure to announce that Mr. 
Leonard C. Wyon, the Society's 
Medallist, and son of the equally 
eminent Mr. William Wyon, R.A . 
had, in view of the approaching com- 
pletion of the Society's fiftieth year, 
most kindly presented to it the 
original model of the founder of the 
Society, Lord Spencer, which Mr. W. 
Wyon took at Althorp in the year 
