Letter from [James Thomas] Walker, Kew Observatory, Richmond, to the Secretary of the Royal Society 'Sir The Kew Committee at their last meeting on Friday last instructed me to submit to the President and Council of the Royal Society a request that they would nominate Staff Commander [Ettrick William] Creak RN in place of the late Captain Sir F Evans K.C.B. I am, Sir, Your obedient servant J.T.Walker Chairman' [For reply, see related records.] 18 November 1886