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RefNoMC/23/4
AltRefNo08004
LevelItem
TitleLetter from W. D. Barber, Secretary to the Board of Visitors, Hydrographic Department, Admiralty, Whitehall, London, to The Right [Honourable] Lord Rayleigh, Terling Place, Witham, Esex
CreatorBarber; W. D (fl 1908); Secretary to the Board of Visitors, Hydrographics Department, Admiralty
Date26 November 1908
DescriptionReminding of a vacancy on the Board of Visitors of the Royal Observatory at Greenwich due to the death of the Earl of Rosse. According to terms of the Royal Warrant, the appointment of another Fellow to fill the vacancy is the responsibility of the President, therefore requests for the President to inform of the selected individual.
FormatTypescript
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA296Parsons; Laurence (1840 - 1908); 4th Earl of Rosse1840 - 1908
NA6090Strutt; John William (1842 - 1919); 3rd Baron Rayleigh; experimental and mathematical physicist1842 - 1919
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