Request for counsel's opinion on the admission of women to the Fellowship, by Few and Company, on behalf of the Royal Society Case document to [William Otto Adolph Julius] Danckwerts KC and R J Parker, outlining the legal background surrounding the case of Hertha Aryton's candidature. [Ayrton was the first female candidate for Fellowship at the Royal Society.] Notes that no female has ever been a Fellow of the Royal Society, and although a bust of Mary Somerville stands in the Library there is no evidence that she was nominated for the Fellowship. Notes that the Statutes and the rules of the Royal Society always refer to Fellows or Candidates for Fellowship as 'he' or 'him'. 29 January 1902