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Monthly Council , May 2, 1894. 
Committee that Sir John Thorold be 
suggested to the General Meeting as 
President of the Society for the ensu- 
ing year. The Secretary had reported 
that he had received the following 
nomination under Bye-law 23 for the 
vacancy on the Council caused by the 
retirement of the Duke of Portland : — 
Mr. H. P. Ryland, of Moxhull Hall, 
Erdington, Birmingham. Nominated 
by Mr. Bowen-Jones and Mr. Charles 
Howard. 
Nomination of President for 
1894 - 95 . 
Earl Cathcart said he had now to 
approach a delicate subject — viz., the 
consideration of their nomination to 
the General Meeting of the President 
of the Society for the ensuing year. 
He could not go further without 
saying how delighted they all had 
been to serve under the distinguished 
command of their President for this 
year (the Duke of Devonshire), and 
how grateful they all were for the 
interest he had taken in their pro- 
ceedings. It had been the duty of 
the Committee of Selection to give 
their best consideration to the 
question of the Presidency in succes- 
sion to his Grace, and they had 
happily come to the conclusion, 
without the least hesitation, to 
propose the name of his friend Sir 
John Thorold as President for the 
next year. (Loud cheers.) Sir John 
Thorold was known outside to the 
whole agricultural world as a 
thoroughly practical man. Probably 
no man in his position — no great 
landowner in England — had met 
agricultural stress and disaster with 
more courage than Sir John Thorold. 
As regards the proceedings of their 
own Society, he had only to mention 
to them what Sir John Thorold had 
done to commend this nomination to 
the members of the Society. It 
might be totally unnecessary to do so, 
but it was only right and fair that 
conspicuous services should be ac- 
knowledged. On December 7, 1881, 
he (Lord Cathcart) had the pleasure 
of proposing the formal resolution 
electing Sir John Thorold as a 
member of the Council, and that 
resolution had been seconded by Sir 
Nigel Kingscote. Sir John was now 
one of the twelve Vice-Presidents of 
the Society, having been elected to 
that position on June 5, 1889. He 
was a member of their Finance, 
Journal, Chemical, Botanical, Veteri- 
nary, Implement, and Dairy Com- 
mittees. He had acted as Steward of 
Implements from 1884 to 1886, as 
Steward of Dairying from 1886 to 
1888, as Supplementary Steward at 
Windsor in 1889, and as Steward of 
Finance at Chester last year. Thus 
it would be seen that Sir John had 
done service for the Society in almost 
every capacity during the twelve and 
a-half years that he had sat upon 
the Council. He had been an active 
member of the Dairy Committee 
practically since its foundation, and, 
indeed, was one of the first to direct 
the special attention of the Society 
to subjects connected with dairying. 
He had been Chairman of the Veteri- 
nary Committee for the last eight 
years, and had also rendered valuable 
services to the Journal, Chemical, 
Botanical, and Implement Commit- 
tees, and last, but not least, to the 
Finance Committee. The Committee 
appointed at his instance in 1887, 
and known to all of them as Sir 
John Thorold’s Committee, went tho- 
roughly into the whole question of the 
Society’s administration, and, as the 
result of its labours, most important 
and beneficial reforms were carried 
into effect. Indeed, he (Lord Cathcart) 
regarded Sir John as the Joseph Hume 
of their Society. Sir John had always 
been most diligent in attending their 
monthly meetings, and had been 
invariably helpful in their delibera- 
tions on all the details of the 
Society’s work ; and he had therefore 
the greatest pleasure in proposing 
his nomination to the General 
Meeting for the Presidency next year. 
(Cheers.) 
Sir Nigel Kingscote had great 
gratification in seconding the resolu- 
tion. He heartily re-echoed every 
word Lord Cathcart had said. 
The resolution having been put 
from the Chair, and carried unani- 
mously, Sir John Thorold said he 
had to thank Lord Cathcart for the 
much too flattering account of his 
services which he had been kind 
enough to give. He could only say 
