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In 1662 William Brouncker 2nd Viscount Brounckner [aged 42] was appointed President of the Royal Society.
John Evelyn's Diary. 21st August 1662. I was admitted and then sworn one of the Council of the Royal Society, being nominated in his Majesty's [aged 32] original grant to be of this Council for the regulation of the Society, and making laws and statutes conducible to its establishment and progress, for which we now set apart every Wednesday morning till they were all finished. Lord Viscount Brouncker [aged 51] (that excellent mathematician) was also by his Majesty, our founder, nominated our first President. The King gave us the arms of England to be borne in a canton in our arms, and sent us a mace of silver gilt, of the same fashion and size as those carried before his Majesty, to be borne before our president on meeting days. It was brought by Sir Gilbert Talbot [aged 56], master of his Majesty's jewel house.
John Evelyn's Diary. 29th August 1662. The Council and Fellows of the Royal Society went in a body to Whitehall [Map], to acknowledge his Majesty's [aged 32] royal grace in granting our Charter, and vouchsafing to be himself our founder; when the President made an eloquent speech, to which his Majesty gave a gracious reply and we all kissed his hand. Next day we went in like manner with our address to my Lord Chancellor [aged 53], who had much promoted our patent: he received us with extraordinary favor. In the evening I went to the Queen-Mother's [aged 52] Court, and had much discourse with her.
John Evelyn's Diary. 4th March 1664. Came to dine with me the Earl of Lauderdale [aged 47], his Majesty's [aged 33] great favorite, and Secretary of Scotland; the Earl of Teviot [aged 38]; my Lord Viscount Brouncker [aged 53], President of the Royal Society; Dr. Wilkins [aged 50], Dean of Ripon; Sir Robert Murray [aged 56], and Mr. Hooke [aged 28], Curator to the Society.
In 1677 Joseph Williamson [aged 43] was appointed President of the Royal Society.
John Evelyn's Diary. 30th November 1677. Sir Joseph Williamson [aged 44], Principal Secretary of State, was chosen President of the Royal Society, after my Lord Viscount Brouncker [aged 57] had possessed the chair now sixteen years successively, and therefore now thought fit to CHANGE, that prescription might not prejudice.
John Evelyn's Diary. 4th December 1677. Being the first day of his [aged 44] taking the chair, he gave us a magnificent supper.
John Evelyn's Diary. 30th November 1680. The anniversary election at the Royal Society brought me to London, where was chosen President that excellent person and great philosopher, Mr. Robert Boyle [aged 53], who indeed ought to have been the very first; but neither his infirmity nor his modesty could now any longer excuse him. I desired I might for this year be left out of the Council, by reason my dwelling was in the country. The Society according to custom dined together.
John Evelyn's Diary. 30th November 1681. Sir Christopher Wren [aged 58] chosen President [of the Royal Society], Mr. Austine, Secretary, with Dr. Plot, the ingenious author of the "History of Oxfordshire". There was a most illustrious appearance.
The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.
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In 1682 John Hoskyns 2nd Baronet [aged 47] was elected President of the Royal Society.
John Evelyn's Diary. 30th November 1683. At the anniversary dinner of the Royal Society the King [aged 53] sent us two does. Sir Cyril Wych [aged 51] was elected President.
On 30th November 1683 Cyril Wyche [aged 51] was elected President of the Royal Society.
In 1686 John Vaughan 3rd Earl Carbery [aged 46] was appointed President of the Royal Society.
In 1689 Thomas Herbert 8th Earl Pembroke 5th Earl Montgomery [aged 33] was appointed President of the Royal Society.
John Evelyn's Diary. 1st December 1690. Having been chosen President of the Royal Society, I desired to decline it, and with great difficulty devolved the election on Sir Robert Southwell [aged 54], Secretary of State to King William in Ireland.
John Evelyn's Diary. 30th November 1693. Much importuned to take the office of President of the Royal Society, but I again declined it. Sir Robert Southwell [aged 57] was continued. We all dined at Pontac's as usual.
In 1698 John Somers 1st Baron Somers [aged 46] was elected President of the Royal Society.
John Evelyn's Diary. 7th December 1698. Being one of the Council of the Royal Society, I was named to be of the committee to wait on our new President [aged 47], the Lord Chancellor, our Secretary, Dr. Sloane, and Sir R. Southwell [aged 62], last Vice-President, carrying our book of statutes; the office of the President being read, his Lordship subscribed his name, and took the oaths according to our statutes as a Corporation for the improvement of natural knowledge. Then his Lordship made a short compliment concerning the honor the Society had done him, and how ready he would be to promote so noble a design, and come himself among us, as often as the attendance on the public would permit; and so we took our leave.
John Evelyn's Diary. 30th November 1700. At the Royal Society, Lord Somers [aged 49], the late Chancellor, was continued President.
In 1705 Isaac Newton [aged 62] served as President of the Royal Society. He served until 1727.
Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke
Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson.
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In 1768 James West [aged 64] was elected President of the Royal Society.
On 30th November 1778 Joseph Banks 1st Baronet [aged 35] was elected President of the Royal Society which position he held for forty-one years.
In 1830 Prince Augustus Frederick Hanover 1st Duke Sussex [aged 56] was elected President of the Royal Society.
1837. Thomas Phillips [aged 66]. Portrait of Prince Augustus Frederick Hanover 1st Duke Sussex [aged 63] sat in the chair of the President of the Royal Society.
In 1847 John Dalton Hooker [aged 29] was elected President of the Royal Society.
On 30th November 1861 Edward Sabine [aged 73] was elected President of the Royal Society which office he held until 30th November 1871.