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Monthly  Council , February  2,  1910. 
The  President  was  sure  they  would  have  all  heard,  with  the  greatest 
regret,  of  the  death,  since  the  last  meeting,  of  their  old  friend  Mr.  Garrett 
Taylor,  who  had  for  many  years  been  connected  with  the  Society,  having 
served  on  the  Council  from  1889  to  1905.  Although  he  had  not  been  on  the 
governing  body  for  the  last  few  years,  his  interest  in  the  Society  was  main- 
tained to  the  end.  He  (the  President)  believed  Mr.  Taylor’s  last  public  appearance 
was  at  a meeting  held  in  October  to  consider  the  question  of  inviting  the 
Society  to  hold  their  Show  in  Norwich  in  1911.  At  that  meeting  Mr.  Taylor 
was  appointed  one  of  the  local  Hon.  Secretaries,  a position  he  also  held  in 
connection  with  the  Show  held  at  Norwich  in  1886. 
The  Report  of  the  Committee  of  Selection  having  been  received  and 
adopted,  the  Duke  of  Devonshire  read  a letter  from  Sir  Dighton  Probyn 
to  Mr.  Fellowes,  informing  the  Council  that  His  Majesty  the  King1  had 
been  graciously  pleased  to  accept  the  Presidency  of  the  Society  for  the  year 
1911,  when  the  Show  would  be  held  at  Norwich.  It  afforded  His  Grace  the 
utmost  gratification  to  announce  that  His  Majesty  the  King  had  been 
graciously  pleased  to  signify  his  acceptance  of  the  office  of  President  of  the 
Society  during  the  year  1911,  when  the  Show  would  be  held  in  the  county 
in  which  His  Majesty’s  home  had  been  for  so  many  years.  As  Members  of 
Council  would  be  aware,  the  Society  owed  a deep  debt  of  gratitude  to  the 
King  for  the  very  great  interest  His  Majesty  had  always  shown  in  the 
welfare  of  the  Society  and  the  important  industry  which  it  represented. 
He,  therefore,  begged  to  move  that  the  following  resolution  be  entered  upon 
the  minutes,  and  that  the  President  be  requested,  on  behalf  of  the  Council, 
to  convey  to  His  Majesty  the  expression  of  their  grateful  appreciation  of  the 
honour  thus  conferred  by  His  Majesty  upon  the  Society  : — 
“ His  Majesty  the  King  having  been  graciously  pleased  to  signify  His  Majesty’s 
acceptance  of  the  office  of  President  of  the  Royal  Agricultural  Society  of  England 
for  the  year  1**11,  when  the  Society's  Show  will  be  h Id  at  Norwich, 
“ Res  'Ived : That  His  Majesty’s  gracious  intention  be  reported  to  the  next  Annual 
General  Meetiug  of  the  Members  of  the  Society,  and  that  the  Right  Hon.  Ailwyn  E. 
Fellowes,  of  Honingham  Hall,  Norwich,  be  appointed  Acting-President  during  the 
year  of  His  Majesty’s  presidency.” 
Mr.  Bowen-Jones,  as  the  oldest  Member  of  the  Council,  desired  to  ex- 
press his  deep  sense  of  the  honour  which  had  been  afforded  him  in  being 
allowed  to  second  the  motion  moved  by  the  Duke  of  Devonshire.  The  signal 
honour  which  His  Majesty  the  King  had  conferred  upon  the  Society  was  a 
further  proof  of  the  interest  His  Majesty  had  always  shown  in  the  welfare 
of  the  Society,  and  would  be  received  by  Members,  and  all  others  connected 
with  the  agriculture  of  this  country,  with  feelings  of  the  deepest  gratitude. 
He  was  sure  the  Council  would  approve  the  suggestion  of  the  Duke  of 
Devonshire  that  the  President  should  convey  to  His  Majesty,  on  behalf  of 
the  Council,  their  sense  of  the  great  honour  conferred  upon  the  Society, 
which,  he  ventured  to  say,  would  be  universally  recognised. 
The  President,  in  submitting  the  resolution,  said  he  desired  to  express 
the  gratification  it  would  afford  him  to  carry  out  the  wish  of  the  Council 
that  he  should  convey  to  His  Majesty  their  grateful  thanks  for  the  honour 
His  Majesty  had  conferred  upon  the  Society. 
The  Right  Hon.  Ailwyn  E.  Fellowes  said  he  was  very  sensible  of  the 
honour  His  Majesty  the  King  had  done  him  in  naming  him  as  His  Majesty’s 
Deputy,  and  he  could  assure  the  Council  that  he  would  do  everything  that 
was  required  of  him  to  the  best  of  his  ability. 
Deputations  from  the  authorities  of  York  and  Doncaster,  in  support  of 
invitations  extended  to  the  Society  for  the  holding  of  the  Show  of  1912, 
were  received  by  the  Council.  The  President,  in  thanking  the  deputations 
for  the  invitations  extended  to  the  Society  by  the  Corporations  of  York  and 
1 The  above  reference  is  to  His  late  Majesty  King  Edward  VH.  His  Majesty  King 
George  V.  subsequently  honoured  the  Society  by  accepting  the  Presidency  for  1911 
(see  page  xxv). 
