Record

RefNoMC/2/209
LevelItem
TitleRequisition for a Special General Meeting of the Royal Society
Date21 May 1836
DescriptionCalling for the President and Council of the Society to convene a special general meeting to discuss and decide on the need to expunge from the Journal Books parts of its minutes deemed 'informal and invalid'. The requisition is signed by Augustus Bozzi Granville, [John Ayrton] Paris, [William Richard] Hamilton, [William Martin] Leake, Gore Ouseley, [Joseph] Sabine, and is further supported by [Samuel Daniel] Broughton, Benjamin Oliveira, [Henry] Earle, John Knowles, [Andrew] Baird, Marshall Hall, [Thomas Joseph] Pettigrew, and James Copland.
Signed at 16 Grafton Street, Berkely Square.

[Resolution unanimously rejected by Council on 8 June 1836.]
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedRecordCMP/1/61
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7466Granville; Augustus Bozzi (1783 - 1872)1783 - 1872
NA5446Paris; John Ayrton (1785 - 1856)1785 - 1856
NA5805Hamilton; William Richard (1777 - 1859); diplomat1777 - 1859
NA7445Leake; William Martin (1777 - 1860)1777 - 1860
NA5666Ouseley; Sir; Gore (1770 - 1844)1770 - 1844
NA3055Sabine; Joseph (1770 - 1837)1770 - 1837
NA5925Broughton; Samuel Daniel (1787 - 1837)1787 - 1837
NA1440Oliveira; Benjamin (c 1807 - 1865)c 1807 - 1865
NA7485Earle; Henry (1789 - 1838)1789 - 1838
NA5434Knowles; John (1781 - 1841)1781 - 1841
NA7514Baird; Andrew (1757 - 1843)1757 - 1843
NA7503Pettigrew; Thomas Joseph (1791 - 1865)1791 - 1865
NA2532Copland; James (1791 - 1870)1791 - 1870
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