Copy letter from [William] Spottiswoode, President of the Royal Society; to the Secretary of the Treasury Informs the Treasury that Lieu-General Richard Strachey, R.E. FRS has been elected as Chairman of the Meteorological Council, to replace the late Prof. Henry [John Stephen] Smith. States a Committee will be sent up to discuss the nomination. [See MS/427/266] 17 February 1883