Letter from James Dewar, Royal Institution of Great Britain, London, to [Joseph] Larmor Dewar gives his opinion on the election processes for Fellowship of the Royal Society. He has always attempted to uphold the claims of older men. With the growth of science in England it would be better for the reputation of the Society if younger men had to wait longer and to work in order to achive an F.R.S. Under [Michael] Foster it became a custom to send letters on the claims of special men to the President and Secretary and to allow these to be read in Council. Dewar is bittely opposed to such devices, thinking that Council members are competent to judge candidates for themselves. Dewar has proposed many candidates but has not canvassed on their behalf. He would go further than Larmor and remove all young biologists, physicists and chemists, listing those he thinks should be noted for consideration. 19 February 1908