Shane. 83 
In 1 71 9, Sir Hans was eleded Prefident 
of the College of Phyficians, which ftatioa 
he held fixteen years, and during that time 
he gave lignal proofs of his zeal for the in- 
terefts of that body. 
On purchafing the manor of Chelfea, ht 
gave the fee fimple of the Botanical Garden 
to the Company of Apothecaries, on condi*. 
tions, which will more properly be fpeci- 
fied in a fubfequent part of this work. 
On the death of Sir Ifaac Newton, in 
1727, Sir jy^/^iSLOANE was advanced to the 
prelidency of the Royal Society of London^ 
the intereft of which no man had ever more 
uniformly promoted. He made the Society 
a prefent of 1 00 guineas, and a buft of the 
founder. King Charles II. Thus, in the 
zenith of profperity, he prefided, at the fame 
time, over the two moft illuftrious fcientific 
bodies in the kingdom : and, while he dif- 
charged the refpeftive duties of each ftation, 
with credit and honour, he alfo enjoyed the 
moll extenfive and dignified employment as 
a phyfician. He occupied thefe important 
flations from the year 171 9 to 1733, when 
he refigned the prefidency of the College 
pf Phyficians ; and, in 1740, at the agex:)f 
G 2 fourfcore^ 
