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Royal College of Physicians of London
By JOSEPH FRANK PAYNE, M.D.
Fellow and Havveian Librarian to the College
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PREFACE.
This short history, prepared at the request of the College
Club, is chiefly founded upon the Minute Books of the Club,
so far as they have been preserved. These records are, as
will appear from the history, meagre, and have been at certain
times very carelessly kept, while some complete volumes
have been entirely lost. Still, the earlier volumes sometimes
give us, almost by accident, little details which reveal some-
thing of the social life of the period, the customs of eating and
drinking, the subjects in which members of the Club felt
sufficient interest to bet upon them, and so forth. The later
Minutes, though, as a rule, more carefully kept than the earlier,
are more colourless, and, generally speaking, record little
which would convey to posterity any notion of the habits or
social life of members of the Club at the time.
The present members would, I think, be interested in
looking at the old Minute Books. The earlier volumes are
much handsomer in appearance than the later, being good
specimens of contemporary bookbinding. Formerly it was
the rule that the boxes containincj the Minute Books and the
Photograph Book should be brought down to every meeting
of the Club, and I remember, when I was Treasurer, incurring
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a censure for having on one occasion failed to bring them.
The increasing bulk of the property of the Club would now
make it difficult to enforce this rule, but it certainly seems
desirable that the books should be shown to the Club from
time to time.
The main part of this sketch — that is, the History of the
Club — is of course founded upon the Minute Books, but the
tabular statement giving particulars of the lives of members is
necessarily drawn from other sources. For Fellows admitted up
to 1825 Dr. Munk's Roll is our authority, but after that year
it fails us. We have then to depend upon obituary notices in
the Medical Journals and other periodicals, or in works of
reference. Such notices, even when they are lengthy, some-
times manage to omit or state vaguely the precise details of
which we are in search — such, for instance, as the actual date
of death. Hence these researches have sometimes involved
a good deal of trouble and an expenditure of time which could
not be controlled by any fixed limit. As it is, I am afraid
these biographical details may appear bald and meagre ; but
to have given much more, for so large a number of members,
would obviously have been impossible ; or, if possible, would
have greatly increased the cost of the volume.
The chief interest of such a record as this lies, not in the
details, but in the perspective ; less in the individual lives than
in their succession — a succession so continuous, and changing
so imperceptibly, that at no point would it be possible to draw
a line of demarcation between the old and the new. As it was
of old, so it is to-day, and so it always shall be.
PREFACE Vll.
Owing to the length of time this little work has been in
hand, a few changes not mentioned in the text have occurred.
It was intended that the History of the Club should close with
the year 1907, comprising 153 members; but afterwards it
seemed well to include the two last-elected members, which
raised the number to 155.
Since the list of members was printed we have lost our
centenarian Emeritus Registrar, Sir Henry Pitman, who died
on November 6, 1908, a few months after the completion of
his hundredth year. Happily no other deaths have occurred
since the list was in type.
I have succeeded in finding the residence of every member
of the Club, but it should be remembered that in old days
streets were not numbered. Again, physicians both in old
and recent times have often changed their address ; but I have
not thought it necessary to mention every house in which
members have lived.
In an Appendix I have given a few documents of interest
taken from books in the possession of the Club, other than the
Minute Books.
. In conclusion I would offer my best thanks to Dr. Liveing,
Emeritus Registrar of the College, for having very kindly read
the proof sheets and for his valuable advice ; and to Dr.
Norman Moore, Treasurer, for giving me access to the records
of the Club.
I have endeavoured, as faithfully as possible, to discharge
the task which I undertook at the request of the Club,
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and, with apologies both for the imperfection of the work
and for the delay in producing it, now offer, in a brotherly
spirit, to the present members of the College Club these
records of its past.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
PAGE
Chapter I. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... i
Origin of the Club; earliest records; Minutes of the Club;
laws. The first meetings ; the original members ; place of
meeting ; dinners and wines.
Chapter II ... ... ... 24
The old College Club ; union of the two Clubs.
Chapter III. ... ... ... ... 29
The Social College Club ; its laws and regulations ; its bets.
Chapter IV.... ... ... ... ... 39
The College Club, 1815 to 1844. Rules for electing new mem-
bers. Sir Lucas Pepys, the hero of the Club ; a dinner
given to him. Wines drunk by the Club ; introduction of
turtle.
^^rl Af Xil<i\Va**« ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 4_7
The College Club, 1844 to 1882. Succession of Presidents of
the College. Resolutions recorded in the Minute Book.
Death of Dr. Paris, President ; Dr. Mayo ; Sir Thomas
Watson; Sir J. Alderson ; Sir G. Burrows; Sir Risdon
Bennett ; Sir William Jenner. Presentation of gold snuff-
box, photograph-album, leopard's-skuU inkstand.
Chapter VI.... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 63
The College Club, 1882 to 1897. Last bet recorded in the Minutes.
Medical Bulletins. Over-charges at the Burlington Hotel.
Death of Sir G. Burrows. Election of Sir Andrew Clark;
his death. Ballots without result. Election of Dr. Wilks.
H.R.H. the Prince of Wales dines with the Club ; his
election as Honorary Fellow of the College of Physicians.
Move to the Bristol Hotel.
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Chapter VII. 93
The College Club, 1898 to 1907. Foundation of Honours Me-
morial Fund, and purchase of a piece of plate. Dr. Payne
asked to compile a. history of the Club. Move to Hotel
Continental and afterwards to Coburg Hotel. New Draft
of rules. Presentation of plate by Sir Hermann Weber.
Congratulations to Sir Henry Pitman ; his death.
Chapter VIII. ... ... ... 112
The College Club, 1909 to 1926. The period of the Great War
and after.
List of Members of the Club from the Beginning ... i-xxxvi^
APPENDIX.
Rules as finally modified, January 27, 1908 ... ... xxxvii
Letters from the Correspondence Book ... ... ... xxxviii
Dinner Bills, Menus, &c. ... ... ... ... ... ... xlv
Property of the Club ... ... .. Hi
INDEX. liii
LIST OF PORTRAITS.
PAGE
1. Sir Lucas Pepys, Bart Frontispiece
From an engraving.
2. Sir George Baker, Bart. ... ... ... ... ••• '•• 12
From a painting by O. Huiuphrey, in the College.
3. Dr. Cadogan ... ... ... ... ••• ••• ••• ••• 23
From a painting by R. E. Pine, in the College.
ERRATA.
Page 7, line 8, fov Pelham read Relhan.
.. lo. .. 14. .. ^51 M 155-
,, 25, Note, ,, 1799 ,, 1802.
Pages 49-61, headline, for 1872 read 1882.
THE COLLEGE CLUB.
CHAPTER I.
The earliest records of the College Club date from the
year 1764, the fourth year of the reign of George III. In
order to understand the professional and social relations of the
club it may be well to glance for a moment at the position of
clubs in society at that time. It was an age of clubs ; but for
the most part they did not resemble those august institutions,
housed in stately mansions, which now present themselves to
our minds when we speak of a London club. This class of
clubs, with houses of their own, were beginning to come into
existence at the beginning of George the Third's reign, when
Arthur's, Brooks's, and Boodle's were founded as rivals of the
still older White's. But in general what was understood by a
club was what was defined by Samuel Johnson, the central
literary figure of the age, and himself the prince of clubmen,
as " an assembly of good fellows meeting under certain
conditions." Johnson afterwards further emphasized his
definition by inventing for a suitable member of such an
assembly the epithet "clubbable," a word which defies, as it
does not need, definition.
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One of the conditions of a club thus defined generally was
that it should meet at a tavern. This was the case with most
of the clubs which Johnson himself founded or belonged to.
The earliest was the " Ivy Lane" club, of modest pretensions ;
the latest, founded by Johnson in almost the last year of his
life, was the " Essex Head " club, the rules of which were that
each member present should spend at least sixpence and leave
one penny for the waiter. The "Boar's Head" club and
"The Queen's Arms" club, the names of which explain
themselves, were also originated by Johnson. But above all
there was the famous Literary Society, founded by Sir Joshua
Reynolds and supported by Johnson, which I believe still
survives, and, in tacit criticism of modern rivals, still calls itself
" The Club."
I trust I may be pardoned this little digression. It is
difficult, in speaking of club life in the eighteenth century, to
keep the honoured name of Johnson out of the story ; more
especially as several members of our own College Club were
among his intimate friends. There were of course many other
similar assemblies, which played an important part in the social
life of the period, as indeed, though less strikingly, they do
even now. The Royal Society club deserves a passing
mention. It was natural, then, that the Fellows of the College
of Physicians should prove their title to good fellowship by
establishing a club of their own. That of which we have
authentic records was not indeed the first of its kind. We
have evidence of the existence of an older College Club, but
its earliest surviving records date only from the year 1799,
THE ARCHIVES OF THE CLUB 3
thirty-five years later, and we have no materials for its earlier
history. What is known of its relations to the newer College
Club, and the ultimate fusion of the two, will be told later.
THE ARCHIVES OF THE CLUB.
Before proceeding to the actual history of the Club, it may
be well to give a list of the minute books belong-ine to the Club,
now in existence (January, 1907), which provide the materials
for our history.
(i) An octavo volume in a handsome red morocco binding,
much damaged (but lately carefully repaired). On the front
cover is a label with the words, "The Colleee Club." On
the back cover is a label reversed with the words " Wednes-
day's Club Book," as if it had been originally intended
to begin at that end of the volume, where, however, no
entries are found. This book contains the first list of members,
and the first rules of the Club. It runs from December 31, 1764,
to December 28, 1779.
(2) A similar book bound in red morocco, in fine condition.
It is lettered on the front cover, "College Club, the last
Tuesday in every month." On the back cover is the motto
''Sit perpetual Begins May 28, 1792, ends December 26,
1803.
(3) A small shabby account book in red leather, containing
members of the "Old College Club," from January 4, 1802, to
November 25, 1805. It gives six lists of names only, with
short statements of accounts.
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(4) A laro-e quarto book bound in Russia leather, with a
lock. It contains the members of "The Social College Club,"
from February 23, 1810, to May 6, 1820, the whole period of
that club's separate existence.
(5) A small octavo book in red leather, lettered " College
Club, MDCCCXV. Minutes." Begins November 24, 1814,
ends May 27, 1844. This book contains a short account
of the history of the older and the newer College Clubs from
books now lost. The minutes are those of the united club
formed by fusion in 1804.
(6) A book in red leather lettered "College Club, 1844,
Minutes." Begins January 25, 1844, ends February 27, 1882.
(7) A similar book. Begins January 2,0, 1882, and is still
in use.
The above are all the actual minute books of the Club, but
we have in addition the following : —
(8) A red leather book, lettered "College Club
MDCCCXV. Accounts." It contains the accounts of the
Club from 181 5 to 1890.
(9) A small quarto book for signatures of the members
present at each meeting. Begins May 25, 1874, and is still
in use. This appears to be the earliest book of the kind.
(10) An octavo account book. Begins January 26, 1891.
Still in use.
(11) A letter book. Begins August 30, 1879.
(12) A banker's pass book in old vellum. Herries, Far-
quhar, &c., and Co., to Dr. Henry Bence Jones. Begins
April I, 1862, ends December 31, 1901.
LAWS OF THE CLUB 5
(13) A pass book for the separate "Honours" account,
with Lloyd's Bank, Limited, Begins February 13, 1900.
(14) A new pass book for general account with Lloyd's
Bank, Limited. Begins January i, 1902, and is still in use.
It appears that two of the old minute books are lost, viz.,
one from 1779 to 1792, which was already missing in 1814;
and one from 1804 to 1814, which was in existence in 1814,
but has since disappeared. Probably, therefore, the names of
some members who belonged to the Club within the two
periods above indicated may have been lost altogether, and
there is no means of recovering them.
Since the records of the earliest College Club are wanting,
it seems best to begin with the oldest minutes in our posses-
sion, and give the history of the Club so far as it is there
recorded.
This book contains, as already mentioned, an account of
the formation of a new club, with the original rules and a list
of the original members. The name given to it is " The
College Club " ; it is not anywhere called the Junior or the
New College Club, or anything of that sort, and there is
nothing to suggest the existence of any older club of the
same kind.
The Rules, which I will give in full, are written on the
first leaf.
LAWS OF THE CLUB.
(i) That no man can be proposed as a member of the Club
who is not a Fellow or candidate of the College of Physicians.
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(2) That every candidate be proposed a month before the
ballot, and that one black ball exclude him.
(3) That the Club meet on the last Tuesday in every
month.
(4) That no man be balloted for unless eight members
be present.
(5) That the dinner be at 5s. a head.
(6) That every absent member shall forfeit half-a-crown
for the use of the Club, exclusive of the usual ordinary of 5s.
a head.
[This law is crossed out.]
{7) That the President of the College of Physicians, for
the time being, be a member of this Club, without forfeiture
for absence.
[This law is also crossed out, and has the note, " Expunged
by order of the Society, November 25th, 1766. A. Askew,
Prest."]
(8) That the bill be sent up precisely at seven o'clock.
(9) That the sixth law be repealed, and that every
member, whether present or absent, be obliged to pay ten
shillings and sixpence into the hands of the Treasurer every
Club day.
(10) The Treasurer, for the time being, shall call for
arrears, and make up the deficiencies once in six months.
[Below this is the note: "October 27, 1767, Dr. Tyson
was elected Treasurer."]
THE FIRST MEETING 7
THE FIRST MEETING.
The first minute of a meeting of the Club is dated Decem-
ber 31, 1764.
Present : Eleven members, namely : —
Dr. Askew. Dr. Blanshard.
Dr. Baker. Dr. Warren.
Dr. Thomas. Dr. Wintringham.
Dr. Cadogan. Dr. Pelham.
Dr. Tyson. Dr. Brooke.
Dr. Barry.
The first striking fact about this list is the comparative
vouth of the members. Dr. Askew had been a Fellow of the
College eleven years, the next two seven, the fourth six, the fifth
three. Of the others two were of three years' standing, two
of two years', and the last two were Fellows of the current
year, 1764. Their ages ran from 30 to 45, with the exception
of three, who were over 50. Only one (Barry) was over 60.
But all were, earlier or later. Censors, two holding that office
at the time. This confirms the belief that there was already
in existence an older club which included senior Fellows of
the College. Another fact pointing in the same direction is
that the President of the College is not mentioned. The
President at that time was Dr. Battle, author of a treatise on
Madness, a man, it is said, of eccentric manners. He appears
to have made the most of the privilege of absence granted him
by Rule VII., for his name never occurs. He was President
of the College for only one year. The next President of the
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College was the well-known witty and eccentric Sir William
Browne, who dined with the Club, April 30, 1765, but was not
present at any other meeting, and does not appear to have been
actually a member. Perhaps it was his continued absence
which induced the Club to expunge its original rule making the
President a member, as was done November 25, 1766. No
President of the College was actually a member of the Club
till Dr. Lawrence, whose name first appears May 26, 1772,
though he had been President since 1767. Why five years of
his presidency elapsed before he joined the Club we cannot tell,
since he was not, like the two Presidents already mentioned,
eccentric and unpopular, but universally respected. Dr. Law-
rence did not attend for many years ; his name appears for
the last time as absent on December 28, 1773, and in a list of
members of the Club his name is crossed out, with the note
" Not to be sent to," so that he belonged to the Club for less
than two years. The eminent Dr. Pitcairn, who succeeded
Lawrence as President of the College, and was elected
President for ten years, does not appear to have joined the
Club. His successor in the presidency. Sir George Baker,
one of the most eminent of all Presidents of the College, was
an original member of the Club, and continued to attend after
he was President.
It is clear from what has been said that the President of
the College had no official status in the Club, a member being
chosen President for each meeting.
Although the Club in its early days represented a junior
element in the College, it held a far from unimportant position
THE FIRST MEETING 9
in relation to the larger body, whether we consider its numbers
or the eminence of its members.
The College of Physicians, towards the end of the eighteenth
century, was a very small body. In 1764 it was even smaller
than it had been some years before, and it continued to
decline for some years later. The number of Fellows in 1764
was forty-nine, and there were no candidates. Of these, four-
teen lived in the country, so that there were only thirty-five
Fellows resident in London. In 1774 the number of Fellows
was forty-six, of whom only thirty-one lived in London. In
1784 there were forty-two Fellows, of whom only twenty-four
lived in London. In 1794 there were twenty-eight Fellows in
London.
The numbers did not materially increase till the beginning
of the next century. In 18 14 there were seventy-two Fellows,
and in 1824 eighty-six.
It is evident the College was suffering from, and seriously
weakened by, the condition which Aristotle said was the cause
of the ruin of Sparta — fewness of men. In the meantime the
Licentiates were a large and increasing body, and included
some distinguished men, such as William Hunter; but with rare
exceptions, they were for ever debarred from the Fellowship,
and had no more weight in the College than the Licentiates of
to-day.
The explanation of this state of things is not far to seek.
The Fellowship was confined to graduates of Oxford and
Cambridge, and as these Universities took but a languid
interest in medicine, and required a very long course, from ten
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to twenty years, for the full degree of Doctor of Medicine, they
could furnish only a small contingent to the medical profession.
Indeed, it seems surprising that the numbers of the College
could be kept up.
At all events, the College Club, of about a dozen members,
formed nearly a third of the College ; and if the older Club was
of equal size, and its members were distinct, the majority of
the Fellows miorht have belonged to one or other of the two
societies. We see, then, that the Club must have exerted an
incomparably greater influence in the College than any club of
to-day can hope to do.
THE ORIGINAL FELLOWS.
Space will not permit of more than a very short mention
of most of the names on a roll of 153, which is the number of
members of the Club from the beginning. I therefore propose
to give the few necessary details about them in a tabular form.
But the eleven original members seem to deserve some special
notice, and so I will say a few words about each.
The senior of the group was Anthony Askew, a Westmore-
land man, educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, now
(1764) in his forty-second year, Censor of the College for the
third time, a Fellow since 1753, a Fellow of the Royal Society,
and Physician to St. Bartholomew's Hospital. Askew was a
brilliant representative of the eighteenth-century physician, and
might be called (with some difference of stature) a middle-
Georgian Mead. He seems to have made the chief physician
of Queen x\nne's days, who cherished him like a son, his
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THE ORIGINAL FELLOWS II
great exemplar. He followed the track of his predecessor by-
studying at Leyden, where he appears to have paid more atten-
tion to Classics than to medicine, bringing out, even at that
early age, a specimen of his projected, but never executed,
magmtm opus, a new edition of yEschylus. He made the grand
tour, as Mead had done, with ample means, and extended his
travels as far as Athens and Constantinople. On his return
journey through Paris he received the great distinction of being
elected a member of the French " Academie des Belles-Lettres."
Settling in London, Askew carried out the Meadian tradition
of hospitality, and, being himself a scholar of repute, made his
house more especially the resort of scholars and men of learn-
ing. He also followed his great exemplar in becoming an
ardent collector, particularly of books. He was one of the
first of the great English book-collectors, and justly enrolled
among the heroes of Dibdin. His appetite for brown Greek
manuscripts, first editions, and tall copies was insatiable,
though controlled by a fastidious taste. In all the gossip
relating to Askew, we cannot find a word about medicine.
Whether he had a large practice it is difficult to say, but he
never wrote a word on the subject or did anything to promote
medical science. If not a great physician, he was a striking
and brilliant figure among the physicians of his day. Let us
remember that he gave a fine bust of Mead to the College, and
was third in the eminent succession that carried the Gold-
headed Cane.
Such a man as Askew, with his social prestige and elegant
manners, must have been an ideal member of the Club. We
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may picture him scrupulously dressed, with his lace ruffles
drooping over the gold-headed cane, with his bow, his smile,
his Latin quotations, a central figure of the new Society.
He seems, however, to have been pretty often absent while a
member. He was last present in June, 1769, but his name
does not disappear from the list till February, 177 i.
The great Bibliotheca Askeviana was dispersed after his
death, the sale of the printed books alone occupying twenty
days. Some of its treasures may still be traced in well-known
public libraries, but I am not sure that any have found their
way into the College Library.*
The second name on the list is that of Dr. Baker, afterwards
Sir George, a physician so eminent and well known it will not
be necessary to speak of him at length. A Devonshire man,
educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge, he was now
(1764) 42 years of age and Censor of the College for the second
time, having been seven years a Fellow. Twenty-one years
later he was elected President and re-elected, with one year's
interval, for ten years.
* It may perhaps be of some interest to mention the prices of some of
the most remarkable books. The highest price, ;^85, was given for two
works of Boccaccio, printed at Ferrara, 1475 ; the next highest price, £b\,
was that of Durandi Rationale, a foHo, printed by Fust at Mainz, 1459,
Ed. pvinceps in membrana, exemplar pnlcherrimmn, of which the price to-day
might come to one thousand or more. There was a Caxton, " Cicero on
Old Age and Friendship," which sold for thirteen guineas. The Editio
pvinceps of Homer, 1488 (a copy of which is in the College library), brought
/"17, but the first edition of Hippocrates not more than 17s. 6d. Gilbert's
Treatise De Magnete, one of the greatest monuments of English science,
sold for eighteenpence, now priced by the booksellers at ^20.
SIR GEORGE BAKER.
THE ORIGINAL FELLOWS I
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Sir George Baker's discovery that the colic prevalent among
the cider drinkers of his native county, Devon, was caused by
lead-poisoning has given him a place in the history of medicine.
His other writings were not important, but greatly admired for
the elegance of their Latin style ; " eloquence worthy of the
Ciceronian age," says Sir Henry Halford. His learning and
judgment made him a high consulting authority with the
profession as well as the public, and he held more than one
Court appointment. A great physician, complete in all parts,
^eres atque rotundus, eminent in every aspect which the medical
character can present to the world.
Baker was a member of the Club thirty-one years, and a very
constant attendant. For twelve years his name appears in the
books as Dr. Baker, but when in 1776 he was made a baronet,
there is no record of his having been fined, either in turtle or
in plate, as the modern custom is. Sir George Baker is men-
tioned for the last time November 30, 1795. He lived in
Jermyn Street, close to the haunts of the Club, and under the
shadow of St. James's Church, where he was laid to rest in the
87th year of his age, June 15, 1809.
Dr. Thomas, of Old Burlington Street, afterwards Sir Noah
Thomas, whose name comes third on the list, was a Cambridge
Johnian, about 44 years old in 1764, and for seven years a
Fellow of the College. He had been Censor three years before
and filled the same office three times afterwards. As physician
to King George HI. he received the honour of knighthood in
1775. He died May 17, 1792. The date of his retiring from
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the Club is not recorded. Since there is nothing more of a
public character to be related about Sir Noah, let these words
of his friend, Dr. Cadogan, stand for his epitaph : — " Vw bonus
et eruditus, amicus certus, ingenio acuto et suavitate morum
beatus^
William Cadogan, whose name is fourth on the list, was
born in London and took the degree of B.A. at Oriel College,
Oxford. He afterwards studied and graduated M.D. at
Leyden, 1737. Eighteen years later he went back to Oxford
and took his M.D. to qualify for the Fellowship of the College.
He was now (1764) over 50, and a Fellow for six years. He
was the Harveian Orator of the year, and gave the same oration
a second time when over 80. He had been Censor the year
after his election, filled the same office three times subsequently,
and was made an Elect in 1781.
Cadogan was for several years physician to the Army. On
settling in London he laid himself out especially to be a
children's doctor, and wrote a little book on the management of
children, which is said to have procured him the appointment
of physician to the Foundling Hospital.
But he became famous especially by his " Dissertation on
the Gout," written in English, which became very popular in
that gouty age, and went through eleven editions, though it
called forth a good deal of controversy in professional circles.
Dr. Johnson, no bad judge of medical books, spoke highly of
it, especially eulogising its advocacy of temperance. There
were indeed rumours that Dr. Cadogan did not justify his
THE ORIGINAL FELLOWS 1 5
precepts by his own practice, but Boswell, who knew him well,
says there was no foundation for the scandal. Certainly the
wine-bills of the College Club would show that at all events
on those occasions he could not have indulged to excess.
Cadogan had strong opinions about certain wines which will be
mentioned later.
He says " wine undoubtedly produces nine in ten of all the
gouts in the world." But if a man adopts a proper regimen,
"he may safely indulge once a week, or perhaps twice, with a
pint of wine for the sake of good humour and good company, if
they cannot be enjoyed without it. For I would not be such a
churl as to forbid, or even damp, one of the greatest joys of
human life."
Cadogan must have been a member of the College Club for
a good many years, but there is no record of the date of his
retirement. It must, however, have been before 1792. He
died at his house in George Street, Hanover Square, February
26, 1797, aged S6.
Richard Tyson, of Oriel College, Oxford, was in 1764
about 35 years old, a Fellow of the College for three years
and Censor in 1763, as well as three times subsequently, also
Registrar for six years and ultimately an Elect. He was
physician to St. Bartholomew's Hospital. He is also memor-
able as the great nephew of the celebrated seventeenth-century
anatomist, Edward Tyson, whose portrait he presented to the
College. He was not an author.
Dr. Tyson was a frequent attendant at the Club, and was
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elected treasurer, October 27, 1767, an office which he ap-
parently held for some years. He died suddenly August 9,
1784, and for all I know was a member of the Club till his
death, but the records are defective.
Sir Edward Barry, born 1696, was far the oldest of the
original members. He was a Dublin man, and practising there
became President of the King and Queen's College of
Physicians, and Professor of Physic in the University of that
city. Afterwards receiving a M.D. degree at Oxford by in-
corporation, he was elected Fellow of the College in 1762, and
Censor in 1763. After some years' practice in London he was
made a baronet in 1775, and died in the next year.
Sir Edward Barry was a member of the Club for four years
only, his name being omitted in the minutes of August 29,
1769.
Dr. Wilkinson Blanshard, born at York, was in 1764 forty
years old. He was a Cambridge man, of Queens' College, and
Fellow of our College since 1762, being Censor in 1765, and
Harveian Orator in 1766. He was physician to St. George's
Hospital, but apparently not otherwise distinguished in medicine.
Dr. Blanshard was a frequent attendant at the Club till his
death, which occurred on January 5, 1770.
Dr. Richard Warren, whose name comes next on the list,
is well known as one of the most eminent physicians of his
time, and his life has been so fully written in the " Lives of
British Physicians," and "The Gold-headed Cane," as well as
THE ORIGINAL FELLOWS 1 7
in Dr. Munk's " Roll," that we need not say much about him.
A Suffolk man by birth, he was a distinguished scholar at
Jesus College, Cambridge, both in mathematics and classics.
He is the first physician recorded in these annals who was a
Fellow of his College.
In 1764 he was only 1,3 years of age, having been elected
Fellow of the College the year before (when already Physician
in Ordinary to the King), Censor of the year, and Gulstonian
lecturer. He was twice again Censor, also Harveian orator,
and ultimately an elect. He was Physician, in succession, to
Middlesex and to St. George's Hospitals.
How, partly by interest, but chiefly by genuine ability and
a singular faculty of pleasing, Warren quickly rose to the
head of the profession, how he accumulated an immense
fortune, and died at the height of his fame — all this is told
in the books of which I have spoken.
Warren, notwithstanding his many engagements, attended
the College Club frequently, and was faithful till his death,
which occurred June 22, 1797, the name being omitted at
the following November meeting.
If nothing else were known about Warren but his portrait
by Gainsborough, his memory would be preserved and his
personality revealed to us by that splendid work, the most
precious artistic treasure of our College. Graceful, easy,
debonair, the figure has none of that pomp and stiffness with
which the great men of Queen Anne's time used to pose for
their portraits ; yet, at the same time, there is a touch of the
grand air, as of a man who counted for something in the
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world. So, at least, I venture to interpret the imag-e which
the art of Gainsborough has bequeathed to posterity. We
can well believe that such a man was the ornament and delight
of the College Club.
Sir Clifton Wintringham was born at York, 1710, the son
of Dr. Clifton Wintringham, an eminent physician of that
city. He took his degree of M.B. at Trinity College, Cam-
bridge, in 1734, and his M.D. 1749. Entering the medical
service of the Army, he became Physician to the Duke of
Cumberland, and Physician General to the Army. In 1762
he was made Physician in Ordinary to George III., in the
following year was admitted Fellow of the College, and in
1 764 became an original member of the College Club. He
was created a Baronet in 1774, and died January 10, 1794,
at his house in the Upper Mall, Hammersmith, being then
83 years of age. A monument was erected to him by his
widow in Westminster Abbey. Wintringham was a man of
high attainments and eminent skill in his profession, also of
great moral worth and amiable disposition. Haller calls him
" vir acuti ingenii, iatro-7nathematicus et experimeiitis usus
at que ratiocinioy
As an editor Wintringham undertook the pious task of
bringing out the medical works of his father in two volumes,
1752, and also published a new edition of Mead's " Monita
et Praecepta Medica," with notes and illustrations of his own.
His original works are mentioned by Dr. Munk.
We can well believe that Sir Clifton Wintring-ham was
an honoured and beloved member of the College Club.
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Dr. Anthony Relhan, an Irish physician, must have been a
very able and a very popular man ; for, after first gaining and then
losing the highest professional position in Dublin, he had an
honourable and successful career in England. He was educated
at Trinity College, Dublin, and at Leyden, but returning to
his own University graduated M.D. 1743. Joining the King
and Queen's College of Physicians, he became President 1755,
and occupied a distinguished position among Dublin physicians.
But all this prosperity was wrecked by one misjudged and
unfortunate step, that of prescribing James's powder, a useful
preparation enough, but one which Dr. James, its author, had
put outside the pale of legitimate medicine by patenting it,
and even, says Dr. Munk, by falsifying the specification.
The physicians of Dublin condemned and resented this prac-
tice, refusing- to meet Dr. Relhan in consultation. Find-
ing his practice gone and his prosperity shattered, Dr-
Relhan resolved to leave Dublin, and acting, according to
Dr. Munk, on the advice of Dr. James, came over to England.
There happened to be an opening at Brighthelmstone, through
the death of Dr. Richard Russell, an excellent Oxford physi-
cian, the apostle of sea-bathing, and one of the founders of
the popularity of modern Brighton. In that popular resort
Dr. Relhan accordingly settled and practised with great success.
He afterwards removed to London, but seems to have passed
part of the year at Brighton. The fact that he was elected
Fellow of the College in 1764, and in the same year a
member of the College Club, shows that his earlier errors
were condoned. I cannot say anything about Dr. Relhan's
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practice in London, but he held several honourable offices
in the College, and died in October, 1776.
There is not much to say about Dr. Thomas Brooke, the
last of the original members. He was, like Relhan, a Dublin
man, M.D. of Trinity College, June 10, 1753, and afterwards
incorporated at Oxford. He was elected Fellow of the College
in 1764, and member of the College Club in the same year.
Dr. Brooke was physician to Westminster Hospital 1757 to
1764, and also physician to St. Luke's Hospital. He died
in August, 1 78 1. These are the particulars given by Dr.
Munk, and I am unable to add anything to them.
As it would be obviously impossible to give similar notices
of all later members of the Club, I will leave the rest to be
included in the tabular list.
In the meantime it will be interesting to record some entries
from the first minute book showing the history and habits of
the Club in its early years.
It should be said that the minutes of the Club, especially for
the first ten years, are extremely meagre, containing only the
names of those dining and those absejit, with the amount of the
bill. There is never any record of ballots or other business, and
the additions to and removals from the Club can only be ascer-
tained by comparing the lists. In two places of the first volume
the addresses of members are given.
The second meeting of the Club was on January 29, 1765,
when the same names occur as at the first meeting, but Sir
C. Wintringham and Dr. Warren are marked as absent, and
had to pay 7s. 6d. each for their dinner. Dr. Askew was the
PLACE OF MEETING 2 1
president, and at this time it appears to have been customary
to choose a fresh president for each meeting.
At the third meeting, February 26, 1765, one new name
appears, that of Dr. Adee, Censor, but there is no record of a
ballot. No new member was elected till nearly two years later,
when Dr. Petit's name appears for the first time, making the
number thirteen. On January 26, 1768, Dr. Turton's name
appears, making fourteen. The number remained the same
till August 29, 1769, when the name of Dr. Berry disappears,
making the Club thirteen in number. It was reduced to twelve
between December 26, 1769, and January 30, 1770, by the
loss of Dr. Blanshard. The name of Dr. Healde first appears
May 29, 1770, and that of Dr. Schomberg, January, 28, 1772.
The dates when other original members left the Club may be
seen in the tabular list.
PLACE OF MEETING.
It is interesting to know where the Club dined. In the
earlier minutes this is not explicitly stated, but as on January
29, 1 771, it was resolved that the Club meet no more at the
St. Alban's Tavern, we must assume that this was the original
place of meeting. This old and well-known tavern appears
to have given its name to a still surviving medical club, the
St. Alban's.
The next place of meeting was the Star and Garter Tavern
in Pall Mall; but on June 29, 1773, it was resolved that the
Club should meet next time at the Star and Garter Tavern,
Bond Street. Whether this was the same tavern at a new
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address or a different one, I do not know. However, the Club
remained there less than a year, for on March 29, 1774, it was
resolved that "all arrears and everything due from the Club
paid up to the Master of the House, this Club shall meet next
time at the Thatched House Tavern, St. James's Street.'
This well known hostelry, afterwards converted into a club, of
which the landlord at that time was Mr. Willis, received our
Club for a good many years. The later places of meeting will
be mentioned afterwards.
THE DINNERS.
After the move to the Thatched House, we find for the
first time the dinner bills inserted in full, and I transcribe the
first bill, that for January 25, 1774.
Dinners
Claret
Madeira
Best Hock ...
Old Port
Bottled Beer
Strong Beer...
Orange and Lemon
Apples
Waxlights ...
Coffee and Tea
Waiters
Cham pain
i 2
15
0
0
10
0
0
4
0
0
8
0
0
7
6
0
I
0
0
I
0
0
0
6
0
I
6
0
4
0
0
7
0
A
19
6
0
5
0
• •
0
9
0
£b 13 6
WILLIAM CADOGAN,
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On this occasion seven members dined and four were absent,
but all were charged five shillings a head for dinner. The seven
men who dined drank five bottles of wine between them,
beside beer. It will be observed that claret was the most
expensive wine, and Madeira, the equivalent of modern sherry,
the cheapest. " Champain " comes at the end, as if it were an
extra. At each of the two following dinners, three bottles of
"champain" were drunk, costing 27s. It would appear that
some members of the Club objected to the introduction of this
wine, for on November 28, 1775, there is a notice of alteration
of date for the next meeting, followed by the note "N.B.
Champaign to be considered," in the vigorous black handwriting
of Dr. Tyson. There is no record of the discussion, but the
partisans of "champain" must have triumphed, for the entries of
that wine still continue. There were, however, some malcon-
tents, as three years afterwards, in November, 1778, the entry
of the bill is followed by this terse and emphatic note : —
"■Damn Champaign, W. Cadogan!'
As Dr. Cadogan was the great gout doctor of the age, his
objection to champaign was perhaps dietetic, and if so,
certainly disinterested. He had at least one supporter, for
just a year later the unmistakable fist of Dr. Tyson scrawled,
with some lack of originality, " Damn Champaign, R. Tyson,
Treasurer!'' With these characteristic protests I close my
notice of the first minute book.
CHAPTER II.
Union of the two Clubs.
In the last chapter an account was given of the earliest
Minute Book in the possession of the Club, with the earliest
history of the Club recorded therein, and the list of its earliest
members. I have now to speak of some of the later Minute
Books, and especially of one of them which contains some
information regarding a still earlier College Club than that
already spoken of.
At the beginning of the Minute Book dated 1815 and
ending 1844, is a statement, written presumably in 18 15, but
without any indication of authorship, which gives an account
of the origin of the Club.
I transcribe it entire as follows : —
Extracts from former books relative to the
College Club.
"Two clubs consisting of Fellows of the College of
Physicians had existed for a great number of years under the
respective titles of the ' Old College Club,' and the ' Junior
College Club.' Both of them had for some years previous to
1804 met at the Thatched House Tavern, St. James's Street
and the greater part of the members of each belonged also
UNION OF THE TWO CLUBS
25
to the other. It appears from the Tavern Books that the
two met separately for the last time on the first and last
Monday (respectively) of the month of January, 1804, after
which time an union took place between them, and they have
since continued to meet at the Thatched House on the last
Monday in eight months of the year.
Of the Old College Club two books remain*, in which are
inserted the names of the members occasionally present, their
subscriptions and the Tavern accounts from January, 1799.
From that time it has been held at the Thatched House, and
the following is the order of the names entered therein, with
the dates of their entrance upon and omission from the list
as well as I can collect them."
First Mention.
January, 1779.
Sir George Baker, Bart.
Dr. Reynolds.
Dr. Hervey
Sir Lucas Pepys, Bart.
Dr. Latham.
Dr. Ainslie.
Dr. Monro.
Dr. Carmichael Smyth
Dr. Gisborne.
Dr. Heberden.
Dr. Robertson
Dr. Pitcairn
Dr. Budd.
Dr. WilUs.
Omission.
January 7, 1802.
June, 1803.
November, 1804.
May, 1805.
January 7, 1801.
* Now one only, from January, 1799, to May, 1805.
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First Mention. Omission.
January 7, 1803. Sir F. Milman, Bart.
November, 1804. Dr. Vaughan (afterwards Halford).
Dr. Pemberton.
Dr. Baillie.
Dr. Mayo May, 1805.
May, 1805. Dr. Ash.
This list then gives the composition of the old College
Club from the beginning of 1799, till the date of its fusion
with the "Junior Club." But it does not of course show
when each member first belonged to the club.
The only other entry worth extracting from this Minute
Book is the list of Treasurers since 1803. Sir F. Milman was
elected April 7, 1803 ; Dr. Baillie, July 12, 1803 ; Dr. E. Ash,
April 29, 1805 ; Dr. Maton, May 27, 1805. The last named
must have been Treasurer of the United Club which started
in 1805.
The annalist goes on : —
"Of the Junior College Club there are also two books
remaining. One of these begins December 31, 1764, and
ends December 28, 1779. The other begins May 28, 1792,
and ends December 26, 1803. These contain occasional
resolutions of the Club, as well as the names of the members
present, and their subscriptions. These names, with the date
of their first entry or election, and, where it can be found, that
also of their omission or resignation arranged as in the former
instance are as follows,"
Then follows the list of original members of the Junior
Club which I gave in the last chapter, and also the names of
UNION OF THE TWO CLUBS 27
those subsequently elected. The order is as follows: 1765,
Dr. Adee ; 1766, Petit; 1768, Turton ; 1770, Healde ; 1772,
Schomberg, Lawrence; 1774, Wright; 1775, Pepys (Sir
Lucas) ; 1776, Burges ; 1777, Milman (Sir Frances).
After 1777 there was a regrettable gap in the Annals till
1792. Evidently a minute book, which would have been the
second, has been lost. It was missing about 1792, for in the
beginning of the third minute book (1792) the Treasurers give
an acknowledgement for the first book, the second not being
mentioned.
We do not, then, catch sight of the club again till May 28,
1792, when we find the following eight members dining.
(They did not of course compose the whole club, but the
absentees are not named).
Sir G. Baker, Bart., Drs. Gisborne, Robertson (afterwards
Barclay), Budd, Austin, Hervey, Ash, Mayo. In fifteen years
all the old members are gone except the veteran Sir George
Baker, who retired three years later. The members elected
in subsequent years before the fusion of the clubs were as
follows : —
In 1793, Dr. T. Monro; 1795, Drs. Vaughan (afterwards
Halford), Paggen-Mayo, Ainslie ; 1798, Pemberton ; 1800,
Heberden ; 1801, Hervey; 1803, Reynolds, Latham, Car-
michael-Smyth, Willis.
In the above list of the "Junior" Club from 1792 all but
two were also members of the "Old" Club, and in the list
of the "Old" Club from 1799 given before, all but two were
members of the " Junior " Club at one time or another ; so that
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there seemed to be no reason why the two clubs should be
kept distinct. The new or united Club was formed out of
the members of the two lists, from the " Old " and the
" Junior " Clubs respectively which have been given above,
deducting those who had ceased to belong to one or the other
club before 1805. These omissions I find to be five in the
one case and four in the other, leaving the number of each
club at fifteen. By the fusion of these two fifteens the new
club was formed, but the curious result was that the sum of
these two numbers was still fifteen, owing to the large number
in each list who were identical, and to one or two retirements.
As stated in our old Minute Book : —
" Since the union of the two clubs a book commences
November 25, 1805. It then consisted, as it still continues
to do, of fifteen members, whose names stand as follows : —
November 25, 1805, Sir Lucas Pepys, Bart., Dr. Reynolds,
Dr. Budd, Sir F. Milman, Bart, Drs. Robertson- Barclay,
Latham, Baillie, Monro, Vaughan (Halford), Ainslie, Pem-
berton, Heberden, Willis, Ash, Maton.
The further history of the United Club is written in the
Minute Books before mentioned, and will be considered later.
But as the club became afterwards further augmented by fusion
with another similar club it seems better to speak of this union
before entering on the history of the club as ultimately
composed.
CHAPTER III.
The Social College Club.
The Social College Club was founded in 1810. Whether
its name was meant to imply a criticism of the existing College
Club as not being social enough does not appear. There is
nothing in the regulations which would make it different in this
respect from the older Club. But some features in the minutes
seem to show that there was a very cordial, perhaps a jovial,
spirit, among the members of this Club. In the first place they
attended with remarkable regularity. For three years from the
foundation of the Club the full number appear to have been
present at every dinner, till on one occasion two members (out
of sixteen) were absent, and after this the record of punctuality
was not quite unbroken. Another significant feature is the
keen interest which this Club showed in the subject of bets,
which seem to have been frequently made, and were very
carefully recorded. All this seems to show that a jovial temper
prevailed, more so, perhaps, than in the older Club, which had
an official character and tended towards seniority.
However this may have been, we may proceed to examine
the records of the Social Club as contained in a large and
handsome quarto minute-book, which, moreover, is furnished
with a lock. This gives it a more private character than the
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older minute books, which are Httle more than account books,
and were left in the custody of the tavern keeper.
From this book, which begins in 1810, I will now trans-
scribe the laws of the Club.
Laws and Regulations, 181 6.
(i) Seven meetings in the year, in the months of Novem-
ber, December, January, February, March, April, May.
(2) Members to be proposed and seconded at one meeting,
and elected at the following. The election to be by ballot,
and one black ball to exclude.
(3) Every member proposed shall be ballotted and elected
previous to any communication being made to him.
(4) This Club to be called the Social College Club and to
consist of fifteen members.
(5) That the chair shall be taken in rotation according to
the standing in College, and that the President of the day,
when a vacancy is declared, shall nominate a Fellow to be
ballotted for.
(6) That dinner be on table at half after five, and tea and
coffee ordered at eight o'clock.
(7) A non-attending President to be fined a botde of
champagne.
(8) Claret to the Club on promotion or marriage.
(9) Odds in wine to be allowed as in other bets.
(10) That a supernumerary member be allowed.
(11) That honorary members be allowed.
(12) Resolved that the meetings of the Club be held on
the first Saturday in the month.
THE SOCIAL COLLEGE CLUB 3 1
It is curious that it is not explicitly stated that the Club
shall consist of Fellows of the College, though this is implied
in Law 5.
At the beginning of the book is inserted a printed Cata-
logue of the Fellows of the College, in which are marked the
original members and those afterwards elected.
Those marked as Original Members : —
Drs. Pemberton. C. Gower, Jas. Haworth, C. Price, G. G.
Currey, Thos. Turner, C. D. Nevinson, Pelham Warren,
Clement Hue, Thomas Young, H. J. Cholmeley, R. Simmons.
Those marked as Elected Members : —
Drs. G. P. Morris, 1811 ; R. Powell, 181 7; R. D. Willis,
181 1 ; James Franck, 1813 ; R. Bree, 18 10; H. J. Cholmeley,
(resigned, 18 16, re-elected, 18 19) ; Sir T, C. Morgan, 1810 ;
Dr. A. Bain, 18 16; Drs. J. Tattersall, 18 17; T. Dunn, 1816;
E. T. Monro, 1817; G. L. Tuthill, 1818 ; P. M. Latham,
1818.
There is one omission in the list of original members. Dr.
Satterley, who dined at the first meeting and was the first
Treasurer of the Club. He held this office till his death in
18 1 5, and was only twice absent from the dinners. Dr. Currey
was chosen Treasurer in his place and held office for the
remainder of the Club's separate existence.
The general character of the members of this Club was
much the .same as what prevailed in the senior Club. The
members were, on the whole, rather young, their senior. Dr.
Pemberton^ having been fourteen years a Fellow, but most of
them had been Censors, and all the rest, with one exception.
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attained to that dignity within a few years. Indeed, like its
older rival, the Social Club was chiefly composed of officials.
The first meeting of this Club was held at Willis's Tavern,
February 23, 18 10, when ten members were present. It is
recorded that they subscribed one guinea each, and that the
cost of the dinner was £"] 15s. , waiters los. 6d., book 2s. 6d.,
making ^8 8s. No particulars of the wines are given, nor
are there any other smaller details. At this meeting two new
members, Drs. Fellows and Morgan, were elected ; but the
former (afterwards Sir James Fellows) did not take up his
election.
At the next meeting all the fourteen members were present ;
and when the full number of fifteen was made up all attended,
which was the case at nearly every meeting for three years,
the number never falling below fourteen. The minutes of
the Club during this time gave the names of the members pre-
sent and of those elected, but furnish no other particulars of
interest except the records of bets, which are sufficiently
curious to deserve separate mention.
It now remains to be told how the Social College Club
became fused with the older Club.
On Apidl I, 1820, Dr. T. Young " proposed a union of this
with the Senior College Club, of which he was Treasurer, in
consequence of there being several members who belong to
both Clubs."
It was agreed that the question should be decided by ballot
at the next meeting.
May 6, 1820, it was decided unanimously by ballot that
this and the Senior College Club should be united.
THE SOCIAL COLLEGE CLUB 33
Mr. Willis was informed that the meetings of the Club
would be discontinued, and he was directed to summon the
individual members to the next meeting" of the Senior Colleoe
Club, viz., Monday, May 29. The minutes of this Club
naturally end here.
The members of the Social College Club at the time of the
union (including honorary members) were : Drs. Pemberton,
Willis, Franck, Morris, Powell, Warren, Currey, Gower,
Young, Turner, Nevinson, Tattersall, Latham, Price, Bree,
Chambers and Sir G. Tuthill. Of these, all except the last
seven, were already members of the Senior Club also, so that
no further election was necessary.
The Senior College Club, on its side, had also been making
preparations for union. On March 25, 1820, it was resolved
that the members of the Social College Club be invited to form
a junction with this Club. To facilitate this junction all the
members of the Social Club who did not already belong to the
Senior Club, were elected members (one member, for some
reason, was not elected till a month later). Everything was
thus put in trim for the proposal made by Dr. Young to the
Social Club a few days afterwards. The united Clubs met for
the first time on May 29, 1820, when it was resolved "That
the Club shall in future consist of eig^hteen members, and that
no vacancies shall be filled up while the numbers are greater
than eighteen."
This implies that the members of the united Clubs num-
bered at that time more than eighteen. On December 22
of the same year it is recorded that all the members of the
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Club were present, an unusual circumstance with the older
Club
Here terminates the story, I am afraid a rather tedious
story, of the fusion with the main line of succession in our Club
of that important tributary the Social College Club. This
Club, as we have seen, had an independent existence for ten
years, and included many worthy members, but hardly, I think,
anyone of great eminence except the illustrious Thomas Young.
Young must be regarded as one of those three men of first-rate
scientific genius whom we may be proud of as having been
Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians; for I think this
title fairly belongs to Gilbert, Harvey and Young, and perhaps
to no one else.
Bets of the Social College Club.
We now pass to a lighter matter, the custom which was
especially honoured by the Social Club of recording bets
between its members, and was less common, though not
unknown, in the older Club. Many clubs have kept a book
for recording bets, and the custom was, till not very long
ago, if it is not still, retained in some of the College Common
Rooms of Oxford and Cambridge. Not, indeed, that those
learned bodies, any more than our own Club, would coun-
tenance frivolous wagers of a sporting or gambling tendency.
No ! they only recorded such differences of judgment as might
arise between sober and judicious men who had enough of
the sporting instinct to be willing to back their opinions. The
Club was judge of the bets, and the result was not to enrich one
BETS OF THE SOCIAL COLLEGE CLUB 35
man's pocket at the expense of another ; but the wine in
which the loser paid his stake was for the general benefit of
the Club.
The subjects of the bets were, as will be seen, very varied,
but mostly referred to political events. There was, however,
one peculiar form of wager which cannot be regarded exactly
as a bet. It was called " Priority of Happiness." That is,
two bachelor members of the Club were pitted against one
another on the understanding that the one who married first
should pay up. At the third meeting of the Club the wager of
the Priority of Happiness was set up between Dr. Hue and
Dr. Morgan, the happy man to pay half a dozen of claret.
The same wager was set in November between Dr. Satterley
and Dr. Simmons. The results of these competitions are not
recorded, and apparently the supply of bachelor members in
the Club was not large enough to make it possible to play the
game often.
The first regular bets are recorded on January 29, 181 2.
First. — Warren against Haworth, that the elects are not
in their official capacity responsible to the College. Five
bottles of Champagne.
Second. — Haworth against Currey, that there will not
be war with America within six months. One bottle of
champagne.
Third. — Young against Morris, that if there is not war
within six months there will not be within twelve. One bottle
of champagne. Haworth will give more than one bottle if
there is (war).
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Warren will pay one bottle more when these bets (not
including the first) are decided.
The decision as to these bets was given by the Club on
January 27, 181 3. Previous to the decision Dr. Warren (who
must have been a charming man to bet with) agreed that he
would pay the first bet whether he won or not. The decision
was in favour of Warren, against Haworth. The second bet
was decided against Haworth, " who gave two additional
bottles according to his promise — Warren to pay one bottle
of champagne — those bets being now decided.*
On November 26, 18 12, there were three more bets.
Simmons bets Gower three bottles of burgundy to one, barring
the bottle (?) that Bonaparte is not on this 26th day of
November, dead. Price against Pemberton made the same
bet, but in Hermitage.
The decision with regard to these bets on January 27,
1813, was that Gower, Simmons, Pemberton and Price should
each pay one bottle of champagne. It is certainly not always
easy to see on what principle these bets were decided. At the
next meeting, February 24, Price bet Currey that Dantzic is
not taken on this day. This bet was at the next meeting given
against Dr. Currey.
At the same meeting were some bets on subjects not
easily understood, relating to a- proposition made by the ' Com-
mittee of Apothecaries' to the College of Physicians, the point
being whether the College was required to communicate with
*War had, in fact, been declared by America against England in June,
1812.
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the College of Surgeons and the Society of Apothecaries.
The decision on this bet is not recorded. Bets continue to
be made about the campaigns which were being carried on on
the Continent, showing how imperfect was the knowledge in
England respecting these operations. Thus on March 31,
1813, Dr. Price bet Dr. Franck that the Stattholder was not
acknowledged in Holland by this day month. As a matter of
fact, the Prince of Orange was not proclaimed Stattholder at
Amsterdam till December i of that year, so Dr. Price must
have won his bet.
On April 28 there were several bets relating to the great
struggle Bonaparte was then making against Prussia, Russia
and Austria, which was, of course, followed with intense
interest in E no-land. One was that the Russians will be
down over the Vistula in a month unless the Austrians join the
French ; another that the Austrians will not join the French
before November ; another that the French do not cross the
Oder in this campaign.
History informs us that the French did cross the Oder and
occupied Berlin on February 21. It seems strange that so
important an event was not known in London more than two
months after it happened. Also, the Austrians never did join
the French, but declared war against them on August 15, 18 13.
Notwithstanding, or, perhaps, in consequence of, the uncer-
tainty of their knowledge, the members of the Club continued
to back their opinions as to what would happen. On Decem-
ber 29, 1 81 3, there was a bet that peace would be signed
between England and France before the Harveian Oration
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in October, 1814. This was easily won, for the Treaty of
Paris was concluded on May 30, 18 14. On February 23,
1 8 14, there was a bet that the Allies would be in possession
of Paris before the next meeting of the Club ; and this was
very nearly won, for the occupation of Paris took place on
March 3 1 .
This may conclude the account of the betting transactions
of the Social College Club. It should only be said that at the
end of their Minute Book is a list of the bets paid, either in
wine, or its equivalent in money, to the Club, from which it
appears that a bottle of champagne was valued at sixteen
shillings.
CHAPTER IV.
The College Club: 1815 to 1844.
The Minute Book commencing January 30, 181 5, contains
few entries of much interest. The names of those dining at
each meeting are carefully recorded, and during part of this
period the price of the dinner, but very little about the wines or
other details. The resigfnations of members and the election
of their successors appear from time to time, but the deaths of
members are not, as a rule, noted.
At the beofinnino- of the book are " some extracts from
former books relative to the College Club," which have already
been given,
1 select some few entries relating to changes in the rules
and other matters. Near the beginning of the book, at
page 1 1, is recorded a resolution of the Club passed November
24, 1 8 14, as follows :
''Resolved : That the Treasurer of this Club preserve in his
book of accompts a list of the Fellows of the College of
Physicians, And that in future, whenever a vacancy occurs in
the Club, each of the Members present shall put the name of
the person whom he would wish to be ballotted for into a Hat.
And that the Person in whose name there shall appear a
majority of the Club present shall be proposed for the Ballot
on the next Club Day,"
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This rule was interpreted later by a resolution passed
February 22, 1819, as follows:
"That the resolution on pag-e 11 should be understood
to mean, not the majority of members present, but the majority
of votes collected."
In accordance with this rule, a list of Fellows of the College
was written at the beginning of the book, and was kept filled
up till about 1848. By this time there must have been printed
lists accessible.
The first meeting recorded in this book was on January 30,
181 5, when eight members were present, and the bill amounted
tO;^ii 13s. This may be taken as about the average cost,
though it was sometimes higher, especially when small numbers
dined. On one occasion, when only four members dined, the
bill came to ^10 12s.
March 27, 181 5. — Dr. Heberden resigned and was invited
to continue as an honorary member. This is the first notice
I find of a retiring member receiving this honour ; but after-
wards it seems to have been pretty generally done, though not
as a matter of course.
April 24, 18 1 5. — The rule, still in force, about the succession
of Treasurers was passed : " That the junior member at the
time of the election of a new one shall continue to hold the
office of Treasurer until the second Meeting after such election,
and then deliver up the Books to his successor."
The relations of Sir Henry Halford to the Club at this
time are interesting. He had been a member since 1795
(Junior Club), but since 18 15 had attended very irregularly.
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being present only nine times in four years. At length he sent
in his resignation on January 25, 1819, which was accepted,
but there is no record of his being made an honorary member.
In the next year, on September 20, he was elected President of
the College, in succession to Dr. Latham. Accordingly, at a
meeting of the Club on December 22, 1820, when all the
eighteen members were present, it was proposed from the
Chair by Sir Lucas Pepys, and carried unanimously by
acclamation, that Sir Henry Halford, President of the College,
be invited to become a member of the Club. Sir Henry
accepted the invitation, and was afterwards most assiduous in
his attendance, his name being rarely absent till June 26, 1843,
when it appears for the last time. He died on March 9, 1844,
and his place was filled at the April meeting of the Club by the
election of Dr. Page, of St. George's Hospital.
Sir Henry Halford was thus a member of the Club (with
two years' interval) for forty-eight years. It is needless to
dwell upon the great services which he rendered to the College,
but his long connection with our Club, and the high value which
he evidently attached to his membership, deserve recognition.
Although in his middle period he was slack in his attendance,
from the time when he was elected President of the College
and readmitted to the Club he rarely missed presiding over its
meetings till the last year of his life. Considering the multi-
farious engagements, official and unofficial, which during this
busiest period of his life must have claimed his attention, his
fidelity to the Club is not less admirable in its way than his
loyalty and devotion to the College of Physicians.
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The brilliant President was not, however, in a clubbable
sense, the hero of our Society. That honour belonors to Sir
Lucas Pepys, of whom, as his life is less known, a few words
may be said.
Lucas Pepys was born in London, May 26, 1742, the son of
William Pepys, a banker, who belonged to the family that had
produced the immortal diarist, Samuel Pepys. On his mother's
side he was grandson of Dr. Alexander Russell, whose name is
well known in connection with Brighton. An Eton and Christ
Church man, he studied medicine at Edinburgh, and returned
to take his medical degree at Oxford. Settling in London, with
good private means, he proceeded with unvarying success along
the path of honour, as hospital physician, society physician,
and Court physician, being ultimately physician in ordinary to
George IIL, and a baronet. In our College he held various
offices, and was President from 1804 to 18 10. His first wife
was Countess of Rothes in her own right ; his second a
daughter of Dr. Anthony Askew, a name well known to us.*
* Some information about Sir Lucas Pepys may be found in a recent
work, " A Later Pepys: the Correspondence of Sir William Waller Pepys,
Baronet, Master in Chancery, edited by Alice C. C. Gaussen," two volumes,
1904. Sir William Pepys was the elder brother of Sir Lucas, a barrister,
who was as successful in his profession as his brother in medicine, becoming
a Master in Chancery and a baronet. Sir William was very popular in
society, especially in literary circles and with the " Bas bleu," being
regarded as an excellent " converser." The book contains an interesting
series of letters from Lucas when on his Grand Tour (1767-8) to his
brother. He mentions with pride a visit at Padua to the "old famous
Morgagni, by far the most celebrated and first-rate author and practitioner
in physic" ; and speaks of "the great hospital at Genoa, with 1,200 beds,
twice as big and infinitely better kept than the largest and best in London."
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What brought Sir Lucas Pepys' name most prominently
before the public was his connection with the Army Medical
Service. He was appointed Physician-General to the Army,
and as such President of the Army Medical Board, which
consisted beside himself of the Surgeon-General and the In-
spector-General. This appointment gave him very extensive
patronage, since the Physician-General had to appoint all
the physicians to the Army, who were at that time quite
distinct from the surgeons. Sir Lucas secured the appoint-
ment of competent men by requiring that they should all be
Fellows or Licentiates of the College of Physicians. Perhaps
this arrangement did not commend itself to all physicians who
were outside the College ; but at all events Sir Lucas went
on administering the Army Medical Service in a gentlemanly,
if somewhat exclusive, spirit for fifteen years. Then came a
terrible disaster for which the Army Medical Board certainly
could not escape responsibility — the Walcheren expedition,
in 1807. A British army, landed on an unhealthy island,
suffered an enormous mortality from disease. This being very
naturally regarded as a matter belonging to the Army Medical
Department, Sir Lucas Pepys, as Physician-General, was
ordered to proceed to Walcheren and investigate it. "This,"
says Dr. Munk, "in an evil hour, he declined to do, thus
losing the opportunity of performing a great public service,
and having ultimately to retire."*
* The Government sent out instead Dr. McGrigor, a Peninsular
veteran, honoured by WeUington, who was made Director-General of the
Army Medical Department in 1815, and became Fellow of the College in
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However, what concerns us most about Sir Lucas Pepys
is his loner connection with the College Club, He was elected
a member of the Club before he was even a Candidate of
the College, on April 26, 1774, being- not admitted Candidate
till September 30 of the same year, and dined in the follow-
ing January, and at other meetings of the Club, before he was
elected Fellow on September 30, 1775. He was admitted
earlier in point of standing than any other member recorded
in the Minutes. Whether this unequalled precocity fore-
shadowed his future unique distinction as a member of the
Club I will not say, but Sir Lucas's connection with the Club
lasted longer and was more constant than that of any other
man on our Roll.
In 1825, when he had been a member fifty years, it was
noticed that he had been only once absent from the meetings
during that long period, and it was unanimously resolved that
a dinner be ordered at the Thatched House in commemoration
of so rare an event, and that Sir Lucas be respectfully invited
thereto. This dinner was accordingly given on January 13,
the following members being present : Sir Henry Halford,
Bart, President ; Sir Lucas Pepys, Bart. ; Dr. Monro, Dr.
1825. He directed the Medical Department with immense energy and
success for thirty-four years, on a different principle, as regards patronage,
from that of Sir Lucas Pepys, giving the higher posts to men who
had served as regimental surgeons. He also introduced the system of
Medical Reports, and impressed upon the Army Medical Service the
scientific character which it has since retained. Sir James McGrigor was
elected a member of the College Club in 1835, but declined the honour on
the ground that he was living in the country.
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Morris, Dr. Maton, Dr. Turner, Dr. Warren, Dr. Bree, Dr.
Young, Dr. E. T. Monro, Sir G. Tuthill, Dr. Macmichael,
Dr. P. M. Latham, Dr. Chambers, Dr. J. Bright.
This distinguished compHment did not lead to any slack-
ness in Sir Lucas's devotion to the Club, for he was present
at every meeting till his resignation on January 25, 1830, only
six months before his death, fifty-six years from his election,
or fifty-five from the time when he first dined. The Club at
first declined to accept his resignation, wishing him to remain
as an extraordinary member, but when he again expressed
his wish to retire he was unanimously elected an honorary
member. Thus he was in reality an active member of the
Club for fifty-five years, with only one absence.
The membership of this hero of the Club covered nearly
two generations as commonly reckoned, and the colleagues
whom he saw pass before his eyes represented a complete
transition from the eighteenth to the nineteenth century ; from
rufiles and wigs and velvet coats to the white tie and black
dress suit. As a new member he would have sat down with
men whose names have become historical, like Sir George
Baker and Dr. Cadogan. In his later days he had around
him some who came down to our own times; as Dr. John
Bright, whom the present writer recollects, and who died
in 1870, and Dr. P. M. Latham, known to several of our
members, who lived till 1875.
It is natural to speculate what there was in Sir Lucas
Pepys's character to account for his unique regularity as a
Club member. We are told that he was a very small man,
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but "a person of great firmness and determination, somewhat
dictatorial in his bearing, and formed to command." These
qualities are traceable in his portrait, from which, I think, we
may also infer that he was a man of order and system, and
perhaps methodical habits would explain a great deal. Also
a man so eminently clubbable cannot have been wanting in
geniality and good fellowship.
He must, in addition, have enjoyed, during his long life,
remarkably good health, and those who look for perfect con-
ditions of health only in the country may note that Sir
Lucas was a Londoner born and bred.
In the Pepys memoirs we find Sir Lucas described as "a
man of sound judgment and an elegant scholar, possessing
a most classic and cultivated mind," but on occasions he could
be "resolutely and profoundly silent." Probably he was not,
like his brother, a great talker, or more would be said about his
social qualities. He contributed nothing to medical or general
literature. Whether he was a specially able physician it is
impossible to say, but he was certainly very successful in
practice. Apparently his strength lay in active life and ad-
ministration rather than in science. He had two sons, who
died without issue, and one daughter, who married the eleventh
Earl of Devon, whose family are the only lineal descendants of
Sir Lucas Pepys.
There is not much else to record about the Club in this
period.
As showing the gradual change in the popularity of different
wines, we may note that on March 17, 18 17, it was resolved
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that a bottle of burgundy should be put upon the table instead of
a botde of hermitage, but on January 27, 1822, it was ordered
that champagne and hermitage be not ordinarily upon the
table. This is the latest resolution about wines. On April 28,
181 7, it was resolved that ice should in future form part of
the dessert.
The first reference to drinking the King's health is a
resolution on January 27, 1822, that "The King" be a
standing toast and the only health drunk by the Club.
On May 27, 1833, a proposal to make the hour of dinner
later than six o'clock was discussed, and it was resolved to
meet at six o'clock in the four months from November to
February, and at half-past six from March to June.
On March 28, 1836, it was resolved to increase the Club
to twenty members ; the number was limited to sixteen on
March 30, 1840, but again raised to twenty on November 30
of the same year.
In the Minutes of this period we find occasional references
to the Harveian orators. When the orator was a member of
the Club he was toasted, and those not living in London
were invited as guests of the Club. In 1843 Dr. King, of
Brighton, and in 1844 Dr. Ogle, Regius Professor of Medicine
at Oxford, the Harveian orators of those years, were invited,
and dined with the Club.
Bets continue to be recorded, though less frequently than
in the Social Club, there being only eight in twenty years.
The stake was always one bottle of champagne, the subjects
generally moral or personal ; but once there was a question
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of a quotation from Terence, and another time Dr. Young
won against Dr. Warren about the spelHng of a Greek word.
In 1844 there was a wager about wineglasses, Dr. Roupell
betting Dr. Farre "that the old deep champagne glasses
formerly used by the Club are more capacious than the new
shallow glasses introduced to-day," but Dr. Roupell lost. This
seems to date the first introduction of a style of wineglass
which has now again gone out of fashion.
In 1 82 1 there was a bet between Dr. Currey and Dr.
Young about the rule of the Junior College Club that
members give claret to the Club on marriage or promotion.
Possibly this may have led to some revival of the practice.
There is very rarely any mention of fines or presents to
the Club from members who received any public honours or
married.
On November 28, 1836, "Dr. Chambers being appointed
Physician to Her Majesty the Queen [Adelaide], promises a
Turtle Feast to the Club, in lieu of champaigne, which has now
become the ordinary beverage of the Club. Mr. Willis reports
that the Turtle will not be in season till May."
On January 25, 1841, Dr. Turner, on his marriage,
promises a turtle feast to the Club. The occasions on which
the Club feasted on turtle thus provided are duly recorded.
With these notes the annals of this period of the Club
may close.
CHAPTER V.
The College Club, 1844- 1872.
The annals of the Club durin^ the period now to
be considered present few matters of interest beyond the
names of those present at each dinner and the notices of
resio^nations and new elections. The deaths of members are
seldom recorded. Some variety was given to this period as
compared with that which formed the subject of the last
chapter by the fact that there was now a succession of Presi-
dents, following the unbroken rule, for twenty-four years, of
Sir Henry Halford. Dr. Ayrton Paris, who was elected
President on Sir H. Halford's death in 1844, held office for
thirteen years, till 1857. After this the usual period for tenure
of the Presidential office was, as it is now, five years, some-
times less, very rarely more. The succession, after Dr. Paris,
was Dr. Mayo 1857, Sir Thomas Watson 1862, Sir James
Alderson 1867, Sir George Burrows 1871, Sir Janies Risdon
Bennett 1876, Sir William Jenner 1881. As the President
of the College was now ex-officio President of the Club,
this, of course, gave sonie variety to the meetings.
Since the minutes of this period present few matters of
special interest, the best plan seems to be merely to record
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in chronological order the various resolutions as to its pro-
cedure and other matters passed by the Club, which are
collected, though very imperfectly, in the Minute Book,
beginning 1844.
Resolutions Recorded in the Minute Book,
1844-1882.
November 25, 1844. — It was resolved that the December
meeting of the Club be done away with, and that in lieu of
it a meeting be held in July.
At this meeting it was noted that no less than seventeen
members dined, which had not occurred since the November
meeting in 1834, and of those members present at the earlier
meeting eleven were present in 1844. This fact shows that
the numbers generally were small ; indeed, about this time
there were occasionally only nine or ten present.
May 26, 1845. — It was resolved that the dinner should
take place on June 25, the day of the Harveian oration, and
that the Harveian orator. Dr. Daubeny, of Oxford, should
be invited to honour the Club with his company. Dr. Daubeny
accordingly dined with the Club as a visitor on that day.
Febfiiary 23, 1846. — It was resolved that seven should be
the hour of meetino- for the future.
yuiie 26, 1848. — It was resolved that there should be
a dinner in July instead of December, as decided in 1844;
but the question seems to have been still unsettled, for a
resolution in identical terms was passed again in November,
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1850; and in 1854 a formal resolution was passed that there
should be no December meeting that year ; while even as late
as 1859, and occasionally afterwards, there was no July meet-
ing, while the December meeting was not regularly held.
November 29, 1852. — The frequently-recurring question of
the numbers of the Club was raised, and it was resolved that
it was desirable that the Club be increased in number, but
should be limited to twenty-four members.
October 29, 1855. — The question was again raised, and after
some blackballing a compromise was effected, and it was deter-
mined that the Club should propose two Fellows for the ballot,
upon the understanding that the number of the Club should
not at present be increased.
It may be remarked that the numbers of the Fellows of
the College were rapidly increasing in the middle of the last
century. In 1846 there were more than one hundred and
fifty Fellows.
November 28, 1853. — We find the resolution, "That mulled
claret be adopted, according to ancient custom, at the Novem-
ber meeting." This beverage is referred to on other occasions,
and was sometimes drunk at other winter meetings beside that
in November.
January 27, 1857. — One of the rare references to the
death of a member. The Club drank in silence to the memory
of the late Dr. Paris, President of the College. Dr. Paris
seems to have been a popular President, as he was re-elected
every year until his death. He was distinguished for his
knowledge of chemistry, in which, though he did not himself
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nKikt: any original discovery, he kept well abreast oi those
who did. This knowledge gave him the key to a large part
of pharmacology, the subject in which he was most eminent.
His lectures on Materia Meclica were the most numerously
frequented lectures ever known in the College, and his " Phar-
macologia " was for many years the accepted authority on its
subject, though, by that inexorable law of Nature which
places text-books among the ephemeral species of literature,
it has now faded away from the memory of our profession_
His biography of Sir Humphry Davy is of more permanent
value. An anonymous little book of popular science, " Philo-
sophy in Sport made Science in Earnest," had a great success,
and was by no means out of date when its author died. It
delighted the childhood of some who are living now.
Dr. Paris was succeeded as President of the College by
Dr. Thomas Mayo, of whom a few words may be said. Dr.
Munk, in the Roll of the College, has told us of Dr. Mayo's
distinguished University career, and of his reputation for
scholarship and learning. A member of the family, the Rev.
Canon Mayo, has brought out an interesting book, entitled
"History of the Mayo and Elton Families" (in the College
library), from which further details about the President may
be obtained. We get a glimpse of him in 1835, the year in
which he moved from Tunbridge Wells to London, and was
elected member of the College Club. Robert Druitt, author
of the once popular " Surgeon's Vade Mecum,'' says : " At
Middlesex Hospital, in 1835, I found Dr. Thomas Mayo
diligent in going round with Dr. Watson and the other phy-
THE COLLEGE CLUB: 1 844 TO 18/2 53
sicians in their visits to the wards. His character at that
time was pithily expressed by a student, who said that he
looked like a man who read Aretaeus. In fact, he inspired
respect by the depth and solidity of his attainments. He was
affected with a sort of nervous twitching of the eyes, which
deprived him of the appearance of ease and fluency as a
speaker ; yet he spoke readily and well, though with some
apparent effort, and was always listened to with attention."
What are the external signs of a reader of Aretceus is a
question which must be left to private judgment to decide.
Another equally authentic account of Dr. Mayo exhibits him
in a different light, for it records that the President might
be met smokinor a cioar in the Strand. He must have been
a mixed character, combining erudition with simplicity. Dr.
Mayo wrote several books and papers on Psychology and
Insanity, which seem to be now forgotten ; and I think anyone
who takes the trouble to look them up will probably agree
that though able in their way, they do not show any genius
or originality. His brother, Herbert Mayo, was a man of
more original mind but of unstable character. He attained
great eminence as a physiologist, and after some vicissitudes
of fortune died in Germany.
This may be the right place to mention that Dr. Paggen
Mayo (No. 32) was of the same family as Thomas Mayo,
but not very nearly related.
January 25, 1858. — It was resolved "That Fellows of
the Collecje not resident in London be eligible for election as
honorary members of the Club." 7\v() h'ellows, ]i\ iiig in
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Oxford and Cambridge respectively, were accordingly nomi-
nated for ballot at the next meetins:. But no ballot is
recorded.
November 2g, 1858. — The plan was revived, and it was
resolved that Dr. Bond and Dr. Acland be nominated for
ballot at the next meeting. But the result of the ballot is
not given, and the subject seems to have been dropped.
March 26, i860. — Dr. Guy Babington presented to the
Club an Indian snuff-box of carved ivory, with a gold lining
made of two-guinea pieces, received as fees by his father
(Dr. William Babington). This is the box still used at every
meetino- of the Club.
June 24, 1 86 1. — The Messrs. Willis having given notice
of their intention to discontinue their present business at the
Thatched House, a Committee v/as appointed to make
enquiries as to where the Club could meet in future. They
recommended the next meeting of the Club, in October, should
take place at the Clarendon. The Club dined at the same
hotel in November, when the Committee was reappointed to
provide a dinner for the Club at the January meeting. There
is no record of the Committee's decision ; nor is there any
record as to where the Club met till November, 1866, when it
is found to be dininQ- at the Burlinoton ; it is noted on the
Minutes that the manager of that hotel required an extra
charge of two shillings per head for the dinner. When the
Club began to meet at the Burlington does not appear ; but
that was the place of meeting for many years. The name
of the hotel, however, is not recorded on the Minutes till
lono- after.
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In 1862 Dr. Mayo was succeeded as President by Sir
Thomas Watson. Tliis distinguished physician stood, in his
time, indisputably at the head of the profession in London ;
but as he was well known to many of us, it is not necessary to
dwell upon his career. He will be chiefly remembered by his
" Lectures," which, if it were not a text-book, might become
a medical classic. When we turn over the pages to enjoy
Watson's lucid wisdom, and admire his style, it may be of
some interest to know how they were composed. The late
Sir Charles Newton, of the British Museum, an accomplished
scholar, once told the present writer that Sir Thomas, who was
an intimate friend of his, had described to him his method of
composition as follows : He made careful notes for his lectures,
but trusted to extempore delivery for the words. Afterwards,
the same evening, he wrote down from memory as nearly as
he could recollect what he had actually said ; and this, with
revision, was the copy for the printed book. The impres-
sion we get from reading the lectures, I think, confirms this
account, as they have a colloquial and unpremeditated style
which could hardly have been the outcome of assiduous
burning of the midnight oil.
March 31, 1862. — It was resolved that a ballot be taken
on the question of the present Regius Professors at Oxford
and Cambridge being balloted for as Honorary Members.
There is no record to show whether the ballot took place or
what was the result (the minutes being often very carelessly
kept), and the question does not come up again till November 25,
1872, when it was resolved "That the Regius Professors of
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Physic of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge shall be
ex-officio eligible as Honorary Members of the Club." It was
further agreed " That in accordance with the above resolution
the present Regius Professors of Physic of Oxford and Cam-
bridge be balloted for at the next meeting as Honorary
Members of the Club.'
The result of the ballot is not recorded, though there is
a pencil note on the subject in shorthand which I cannot
decipher. We may conclude, therefore, that the result was
negative.
At the same meeting Dr. Arthur Farre promised to present
a Ballot Box to the Club. Previously, it would appear, votes
had been put into a hat.
May 26, 1862. — Two resolutions were passed: (1) That
two black balls shall be required to exclude a candidate ; (2)
that no ballot for members be held unless twelve members be
present.
No business of permanent interest was transacted in the
years 1863 and 1864.
February 27, 1865. — "Dr. John Jackson, who had been
elected only the year before, and was then Treasurer, made
a proposition to the Club that it would be desirable to possess
a photographic likeness of each member of the Club, and that,
if this proposition was generally accepted, he would have great
pleasure in presenting to the Club a book and box for their
preservation." This is the photograph book still in use.
April 24, 1865. — It was agreed that during the summer
months the Club should meet at 7.30 instead of 7 o'clock.
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May 29, 1865. — It was ag-reed that the next meeting- of
the Club should take place on Tuesday, June 27, being the
day of the Harveian oration ; and that the Harveian orator,
Dr. Acland, should be invited to dine as the euest of the Club.
Dr. Acland accepted the invitation, but ultimately sent his
excuses, having to visit Lord Fortescue at Epsom. At the
June meeting the President intimated the death of one of the
oldest and most valued members of the Club, Dr. Southey,
who had been thirty-six years a member. " A thorough
gentleman and a most worthy man."
June 26, 1866 (Tuesday). — This being the clay of the
Harveian oration, Dr. Paget, the Harveian orator, dined by
invitation, as a guest of the Club.
November 26, 1866. — It was resolved that the number of
the Club be increased from eighteen to twenty-two.
In 1867 Sir James Alderson was elected President of the
College. He was the son of John Alderson, an eminent
physician at Hull, and the brother of a great lawyer, Baron
Alderson, whose daughter was well known as Marchioness of
Salisbury ; so that he came of an able and distinguished family.
After some years' practice at Hull, in succession to his father,
he came up to London, already with a considerable reputation ;
and a few years later, on the foundation of St. Mary's Hospital,
was chosen the first physician and entrusted with the selection
of the rest of the medical staff. Dr. Alderson came late in
life to the Presidential chair, which he occupied only four years.
It is understood that he was disappointed at not being re-
elected ; but it should be remembered that at that time he was
in his seventy-seventh year. He died at the age of 'i'] ,
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February 25, 1S67. — It was resolved that when more than
one member should be balloted for, priority of ballot should
always be given to the member who had received most votes
when elected \i.e., nominated].
In the years 1868 and 1869 there was no business of
permanent interest.
March 28, 1870. — It was resolved that in future the
nomination of the Fellows of the College to fill vacancies in the
Club shall take place only in the month of October, and the
ballot in the month of November following ; and that the
Treasurer of the Club shall sio-nifv on the card of invitation in
October the number of vacancies existing-.
In 1 87 1 Dr. George Burrows was elected President of the
College in place of Sir James Alderson, and three years after-
wards was created a baronet. Sir Georg^e Burrows was so
well known to many members of the Club that it is hardly
necessary to recall his strong character, his impressive manner,
and the dignity with which he filled the office of President.
May 29, 1 87 1. — A discussion arose as to a subject which
is mentioned on another occasion in the minutes. " The
question having arisen as to what the punishment should be
for any member of the Club who gave a dinner party on the
Club day and invited members of the Club to partake of it ;
It was resolved unanimously that it should be referred to the
absent Treasurer to determine what, in such case, the fine
should be."
The absent Treasurer was Dr. Monro, who appears him-
self to have been the culprit guilty of giving a rival dinner
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party on the Club day. At the next meeting Dr. Monro gave
turtle to the Club, which was apparently the fine imposed
bv himself.
April 2^], 1874. — It was resolved that for the future each
member of the Club present at the dinner be requested to sign
his name in a book provided for that purpose.
This resolution, therefore, dates the introduction of the
siofnature-book now in use.
Bets Between Members of the Club,
April 6, 1875. — A resolution was passed respecting bets
made in the Club, which is a good opportunity for saying some-
thing about the continuance of this practice. Members still
occasionally made bets, but less frequently than in the early
days of the Club. The subjects were chiefly differences of
opinion between members, sometimes political prophecies.
For instance, on February 26, 1855, Dr. Babington bet Dr.
Nairne a haunch of venison "that the Emperor of the French
will have started for the Crimea within nine weeks." Of
course, Dr. Babington lost, and on June 25 the Club dined off
his haunch of venison. On May 29, 1865, Dr. Page proposed
to back the field in the coming Derby against two favourites
backed by Dr. Owen Rees. The result is not recorded. The
stake in the 'fifties was often a haunch of venison, later it was
*' Turtle to the Club." Bets in wine seem to have eone out.
It was also the custom for members to offer to provide turtle
for the Club on various occasions, such as receiving a Court
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appointment or other distinction ; and some members put for-
ward other pretexts when asking permission to pay this com-
pHment to the Club. So many and various were the reasons
that for some years the Club must have had turtle at nearly
every dinner, and thanks were duly voted to the donors,
April 26, 1875. — The following resolution was passed for
the reo"ulation of bets : " That with a view to encourage the
social character of the Club, all future bets may be made in
the sum of one guinea, the loser to pay the money to the
Treasurer for the benefit of the Club."
The effect of this rule seems to have been the opposite
of what was intended. Far from encouraging the social
character of the Club, the result was that no more bets were
made, or, at least, none are recorded in the minute-book now
under consideration. Those members w^ho received public
honours, &c., were still in the habit of offering turtle to the
Club.
October 25, 1875. — " It was resolved that the resolution of
November, 1866, be confirmed, and that steps be taken to
increase the number of the Club to twentv-two."
In 1875 Dr. Risdon Bennett succeeded Sir George
Burrows as President of the College, and was afterwards
knighted. He was the first graduate of Edinburgh to become
President, and the only President since 1634 who was not
a graduate of Oxford or Cambridge. He was a good linguist
and possessed a greater store of reading and scholarship than
perhaps he generally got credit for. His talent for business
made him, in the opinion of the College officers, one of the
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most efficient Presidents the College has known. Sir Risdon
Bennett was so well known to many members of the Club
that it is not necessary to do more than record the general
esteem and respect in which he was held.
March 26, 1877. — It was resolved to take steps to com-
plete the series of photographic portraits of members, and
that any member failing to send in his portrait for the album
should be fined turtle for the Club.
May 28, 1877. — A question having arisen as to the words
of the Grace to be said before and after dinner, Dr. Francis
Hawkins, as the senior member of the Club (save one not
then present), affirmed that the words delivered to him when
elected were : Before dinner — Benedictus benedicat ; after
dinner — Benedicto benedicatur.
Nove7nber 26, 1877. — It was resolved that each new
Treasurer shall undertake the duties of his office after he has
been a member of the Club for one year.
Januaiy 26, 1880. — Sir Joseph Fayrer asked permission
to present to the Club an inkstand made of the wood of
Diospyros Kurzii, a rare wood from the Andaman Islands,
with a leopard's skull brought by him from the Nepaul Terai,
when with H.R.H. the Prince of Wales in India in 1875-76,
mounted in gold from gold Mohurs of the East India Com-
pany, and of Morshedabad.
This is the leopard's skull well known to members of the
Club, though the original use of the base as an inkstand
seems to be forgotten.
April 25, 1 881. — A curious complication occurred. Sir
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William Jenner was elected President of the College, and as
such ought to be President of the College Club. But he was
not a member of the Club, having been elected in 1867 and
resigned in 1870. It was accordingly determined to suspend
pro Iiac vice the rules for nomination and election of members
and proceed at once to nomination. Sir William and another
Fellow were thereupon nominated for ballot at the next meet-
ing, when the President was unanimously elected a member
of the Club. He presided at the next meeting on June 27,
but was not afterwards a very constant attendant at the Club ;
when unable to attend he seldom failed to send his apologies.
He was re-elected President of the College till 1888, a proof
of the esteem in which he was held by the Fellows.
The fame of Sir William Jenner would hardly be increased
by any eulogy in these notes ; but all who remember him must
agree that during his term of office the presidential chair was
the seat of a strong man.
Novembei' 28, 1881. — It was resolved that the chairman
at every election should not merely state that any gentleman
balloted for was not elected, but for the guidance of members
of the Club at their nominations, should state the number of
black balls by which any proposed Fellow was rejected.
These notes may terminate the annals of the Club for this
period.
CHAPTER VI.
1882-1897.
The annals of the Club during this period are as scanty
as those in early times. The Minutes give the names of those
members dining, and also generally the names of those absent,
which had not always been the custom. The gifts of turtle
to the Club and alterations in the rules are almost the only
other matters recorded. Notices of motions to alter the Rules
are rather frequent ; but we need only mention those which
were actually proposed and voted upon.
February 27, 1882. — Dr. Barclay proposed that one more
day in the year should be devoted to the question of election
of new members to fill up the vacancies of the Club, and
supported his motion upon the financial advantage derived
from a full Club of twenty-two members. The motion met
with some opposition, and it was the opinion of many that
even were there more elections in the year many junior
as well as senior Fellows would still be rejected. An amend-
ment was proposed by Sir Risdon Bennett that tor every
vacancy there should be three nominations. This was carried
nem. con.
The Club seems at this time to have been rather anxious
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about completing its numbers, but in fact it had twenty-one
members out of a possible twenty-two, of whom thirteen were
present and eight absent at this meeting.
March 27, 1882. Burlington Hotel. — On this day was
made the last bet recorded in the annals of the Club. Dr.
Southey bet Dr. Martin that he would give Dr. Martin in
writing, within twenty-four hours, a derivation for the word
" etiolation " that should be satisfactory to the Club. At the
next meeting, April 24, the Club expressed themselves by a
yiajority dissatisfied with the explanation given by Dr. Southey
of the word "etiolation." Dr. Martin expressed his wish to
supply turtle at the next dinner. Dr. Southey will provide
turtle at the following dinner. What Dr. Southey's deriva-
tion was is not recorded.
October 30, 1882. Burlington Hotel — Notice having been
given, the nomination of new members was proceeded with,
when Dr. Fincham, Dr. Reynolds, and Dr. Moxon were
nominated for ballot.
November 27, 1882. Burlington Hotel. — Dr. Southey
(Treasurer) read a letter of regret expressed by Sir W.
Jenner at his inability through illness to be present at the
dinner, also one from Dr. Munk tenderincj his resig-nation.
Dr. Southey was instructed to answer Dr. Munk, acknow-
ledging the receipt of his letter.
A ballot then took place for the proposed members nomi-
nated at the last meeting, but no one was elected.
January 29, 1883. — Dr. Southey made his statement of
the financial condition of the Club, which showed a balance
THE COLLEGE CLUB: 1882 TO 1897 ^5
of ^14 i8s. 2d,, viz., balance from last year £2 2s. 6d. ; from
present year £\2 15s. 8d. Dr. Andrew will, according to
custom, undertake the office of Treasurer.
April 30, 1883. Burlington Hotel. — Sir J. Risdon
Bennett's motion, of which notice had been given on
February 26, 1883, "That the rule for the ballot being held
only once a year should be suspended, and that existing
vacancies should be balloted for at the next meeting," was
carried.
The followinof fifteen Fellows were nominated for election
at the next ballot : —
Dr. Fincham. Dr. Wadham.
Dr. King Chambers. Dr. Pavy.
Dr. Priestley. Dr. Buchanan.
Dr. W. Wood. Dr. Julius Pollock.
Dr. Church. Dr. Duckworth.
Dr. Cheadle. Dr. Stevenson.
Dr. Matthews Duncan. Dr. Ord.
Dr. Garrod.
May 28, 1883. — Of the names nominated at the last
meeting, two, viz.. Dr. Garrod and Dr. Church, were elected.
As this was the first occasion on which so large a number
of names were submitted for ballot it seemed interesting to
record them, but at future ballots I do not intend to record
the names of candidates not elected.
We see that one of the two elected was our honoured
member, now Sir William Church, lately President of the
College, who is, therefore, the senior active member of the
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Club now living, though Sir Hermann Weber, as an Honorary-
Member, has priority.
June 25, 1883, — It was resolved that as the annual
subscription to the Club is payable at the January meeting,
new members elected at any other than the November meeting
shall pay, for their first subscription, the number of guineas
corresponding to that of the remaining dinners of the financial
year in the course of which they have been elected.
October 29, 1883. — Sir Henry Pitman, having received the
honour of Knighthood, provided turtle for the Club, and his
health was duly drunk.
There being two vacancies in the Club, six Fellows of
the College were nominated for ballot at the next meeting,
but at the November meetingr all failed to be elected.
Medical Bulletins.
At this meeting a resolution was passed condemning the
character of the medical bulletins often issued respecting the
illnesses of distinguished patients, as follows : —
'* It was unanimously resolved that a protest be entered
upon the Minutes against the practice of violating the sanctity
of the sick-room by publishing details of the ailments under
which a patient may be suffering, as in the instance of the
present Archbishop of Canterbury ; and the Club unanimously
accepted the offer of the President to draw up such a protest
for signature by the Fellows of the College."*
* I do not know whether the intention of bringing forward a protest
to be signed by Fellows of the College was ever carried out. The
Registrar has kindly searched the Minutes of the College, but found no
reference to the matter.
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On this occasion eighteen members out of twenty-one
dined — an unusually large proportion.
January 28, 1884. Burlington Hotel. — The Treasurer
made his financial statement, showing that there was a balance
in hand of ^3 17s. 2d., and stating that he thought a subscrip-
tion of ^8 8s. would probably be sufficient.
There being three vacancies, nine Fellows of the College
were nominated for the ballot at the next meeting.
February 25, 1884. — The Fellows nominated at the last
meeting were balloted for, but only one. Dr. Fincham, was
elected.
The Minutes for this year present nothing of interest till
we come to
October 24, 1884. — Notice having been duly given the
nomination of fresh members was proceeded with, and twenty-
two Fellows were nominated by ballot. After some discussion
it was decided that the whole of those nominated might come
on for election in the order given, which was determined
partly by the number of votes given to each, and secondly,
in cases of equality, by the order of the candidates in the
College list.
At this meeting, Dr. Andrew resigning the office of
Treasurer, the property of the Club was given over by him
to his successor, Dr. Church.
November 24, 1884. — Dr. Herbert Davies announced his
resignation, by which the number of vacancies was increased
to four, and it was decided that all these vacancies should be
filled up, if possible, from the list of candidates nominated
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at the October meeting. As a result of the ballot, Dr. Duck-
worth, Dr. Brodie, and Dr. William Ogle were elected. The
last named found himself unable to accept the honour of
election to the Club.
January 26, 1885. — The Treasurer, Dr. Church, made
his statement of accounts. The Club began the financial
year with an apparent debt of ^17 4s. lod. to the Treasurer,
but as two subscriptions for 1884 were still in arrear the
real debt was only 8s. lod., and the Treasurer thought that
a subscription of ^8 8s. would probably be sufficient.
Febrtmry 23, 1885. Bitrlington Hotel. — The Treasurer
brought to the notice of the Club that since February, 1883,
the Burlington Hotel Co. had been overcharging the Club,
charging for a minimum number of sixteen instead of a
minimum of fourteen. The Treasurer was directed to see
the manag-er of the Burling-ton Hotel Co. and endeavour
to recover the money, and to draw up a fresh agreement with
the Company. Thirteen members dined, seven were absent.
March 30, 1885. Burlington Hotel. — The Treasurer in-
formed the Club that, in accordance with the instructions given
him at the last meeting, he had made a fresh agreement with
the Burlington Hotel Co., and that the charges should be
as follows : —
Fourteen should be the minimum number.
Dinner and dessert, 14s. 6d. per head.
Tea and coffee, is. 6d. per head.
Attendance, is. per head.
Lights, I OS. ; Fires in season, 5s.
Snuff, 3d. ; newspaper, id.
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£6 was allowed by the Burlington Hotel Co. for the
overcharges during the last two years.
April 27, 1885. Burlington Hotel. — After dinner, at the
suggestion of the Chairman, a note expressing the regrets
of the Club at the absence of the President, and at the cause,
was sent to Sir William Jenner; and the Club heard with
much concern that the President was too ill to receive their
note this evening.
May 25, 1885. — The Treasurer announced to the Club
that he had received a message from the President requesting
him to thank the Club for the note and enquiry sent at the
last meeting, and added his regrets that he could not be
present to-night, as he did not return to town till to-morrow.
June 29, 1885. — Seventeen members were present, in-
cluding Sir George Burrows, as Honorary Member, and four
were absent.
October 26, 1885. — The Club were regaled with a haunch
of red-deer venison, presented by Sir Joseph Fayrer.
After dinner the nomination of fresh members to fill two
vacancies was proceeded with, and twenty names were proposed.
It is not necessary to give the names, but it is noticeable that
two of those nominated were afterwards Presidents of the
College.
November 30, 1885. — There was an attendance of sixteen
members. After dinner the ballot was taken for the candidates
for election nominated at the October meetino-. None of the
candidates nominated were elected.
January 25, 1886. Burlington Hotel. — The Club was
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regaled with a haunch of venison presented by Sir William
Jenner, President.
The Treasurer made his statement of accounts, The Club
began its financial year with a deficit of 8s. lod., and the
subscription of £2> 8s. had proved sufficient, leaving a balance
in hand to the credit of the Club of ;^i is. 7d. The
Treasurer thought the usual subscription of £^ 8s. would
again be sufficient.
Dr. Church resigning his office of Treasurer, the property
of the Club was given over by him to his successor, Dr.
Brodie.
February 22, 1886. Burlington Hotel. — There was no
business. The President was absent from this and from all
the meetings up to November. The Minutes of the meetings
before October record no matters of interest.
October 25, 1886. — The nomination of fresh members was
proceeded with, and six names (including those of the two
future Presidents formerly alluded to) were nominated for
ballot at the next meeting'.
November 29, 1886. Burlington Hotel. — Seventeen
members were present, three absent. The ballot was taken
for the election of two members out of the six candidates
nominated at the last meeting, when Dr. Priestley was
elected, the other vacancy not being filled up.
January 31, 1887. — The Treasurer made his financial
statement. The Club began its year with a balance in hand
of ;^i IS. 7d,, and the subscription of ^8 8s. had proved
sufficient, leaving a balance in favour of the Club of
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£(i I2S. lod. The Treasurer asked for a subscription of
£Z 8s. for the coming year,
February 28, 1887. — The President, Sir William Jenner,
was in the chair. The Minutes of this meeting; and those of
the March and April meetings record no matters of interest.
May 30, 1887. The Club heard with feelings of the
deepest regret of the death of Dr. Wilson Fox, and the
Treasurer was directed to convey the sincere condolences
of the members of the Club to Mrs. Wilson Fox on her
and their great loss.
October 31, 1887. — The nomination of fresh members to
fill four vacancies was proceeded with, and twelve candidates
were nominated for ballot at the next meeting.
November 28, 1887. — A ballot was taken for the election
of four new members from the candidates nominated at the
October meeting, and the following were elected : Dr.
Whipham, Dr. James Pollock, Dr. Edward Liveing.
It being the anniversary of Sir George Burrows's birthday,
it was unanimously resolved to offer him the best congratula-
tions of the Club, and the following resolution was sent to
him by the Treasurer : —
" The members of the College Club desire to offer their
heartiest congratulations to Sir George Burrows, who was
for many years President of the Club, on the completion of
his 86th year, together with their best wishes for his future
health and comfort."
January t^o, 1888. — A letter was read from the President
regretting his inability to be present. The Treasurer reported
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the deaths of Sir George Burrows and Dr. Arthur Farre,
both Honorary Members of the Club. It was resolved that
a letter of condolence be sent to the family of the late Sir
G. Burrows.
The Treasurer made his financial statement. The Club
began the year with a balance of £6 12s. lod. The subscrip-
tion of ^8 8s. had proved sufficient, leaving a balance in
favour of the Club of ^4 i8s. 5d. The Treasurer asked for
the usual subscription of ^8 8s. for the ensuing year.
The retiring Treasurer, Dr. Brodie, handed over the
property of the Club to Dr. Priestley.
February ij, 1888. — Seventeen members dined ; threewere
absent. The Treasurer announced that the following letter,
written by Sir Risdon Bennett, had been sent to the family of
the late Sir George Burrows, in accordance with a resolution
of the Club passed at its last meeting : —
"The College Club beg respectfully to assure the family
of their lately deceased member Sir George Burrows, Bart.,
of their sincere sympathy with them in the loss which they
have been called to sustain, and to give expression to the high
estimation in which he was ever held, both as one of their
oldest associates and as a distinguished and honoured member
of their profession."
Sir Frederick Abernethy Burrows, Bart., replied as
follows : —
" To George Brodie, Esq., Treasurer of the College Club.
" My Dear Sir, — I received your letter of the 4th inst.
Copies of resolutions from a good many bodies, sympathizing
THE COLLEGE CLUB: 1 882 TO 1 897 73
with my father's family on the occasion of his death, have,
as you will believe, reached my hands. None, however, really
represent the feelings of a compact body of friends more than
that contained in your letter, I believe. From my earliest
boyhood I have known that my father much enjoyed the
meetings of the College Club, and, excepting during the last
ten years of his life, he rarely missed one of your gatherings.
"It is a pleasure to receive the record of the regret of
a number of friends, more so than formal resolutions which
are almost a matter of course on the death of a President or
Ex-President of this or that Society. Please thank the
members of the College Club for the kind expression of their
feeling, and
" Believe me, yours very faithfully,
" Fred. Abernethy Burrows.
"21, Montagu Square ^ JV.,
''July 6, 1888."
The above letters were directed to be placed on the Minutes.
March 26, 1888. Burlington Hotel. — Seventeen members
present; four absent. In the absence of the President, the
chair was taken by Dr. Monro.
A letter was read from the President, Sir William Jenner,
regretting his inability to be present ; and a letter was directed
to be sent to him regretting his absence, and expressing the
hope that in the future, as in the past, he would attend the
meetings of the Club as often as circumstances permitted.
It was determined, nem. con., "That the standing rule of
the Club limiting the election of new members to a particular
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meeting of the Club be suspended, and that the newly elected
President of the College, Sir Andrew Clark, be submitted to
the Club for election at the next meeting, notice of which shall
be given on the card convening the Club."
Sir Joseph Fayrer gave notice of a motion to be discussed
at the next meeting, as follows: "It is desirable that the
standing rule of the Club that every member shall be admitted
by ballot be reconsidered."
April 30, 1888. Burlington Hotel. — Seventeen members
present, including the retiring President, Sir William Jenner.
The chair was taken by Sir Risdon Bennett.
A ballot having been taken, Sir Andrew Clark, Bart.,
President of the Royal College of Physicians, was unanimously
elected a member of the Club.
Sir Joseph Fayrer's motion, of which notice had been given,
was not proceeded with.
May 28, 1888. Burlington Hotel — Sixteen members
present. The health of the new President, Sir Andrew Clark,
who occupied the chair, was proposed by Sir Risdon Bennett ;
and Sir Andrew Clark replied, thanking the members of the
Club for electing him.
June 25, 1888. — No business was transacted.
October 29, 1888. — Twelve members present. It was
intimated that the resignation of a member had been received,
though, by reason of the absence from the country of the
Treasurer, it had not been formally communicated to the Club.
It was agreed that when the formal announcement was made
a ballot should be taken at the next meeting to fill such
vacancy, and three names were proposed for election.
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November 26, 1888. — Seventeen members present; five
absent.
Letters of resignation were received from Dr. Robert
Martin and Sir Henry Pitman, who were both unanimously
elected Honorary Members.
A ballot then took place for the three Fellows nominated
at the last meeting, and Dr. Latham was elected a member
of the Club.
January 28, 1889. Bttrlington Hotel. — Sixteen members
present ; five absent.
The Treasurer made his financial statement. The Club
began the year with a balance in hand of ^4 t8s. 5d.
The subscription of ^8 8s. had proved insufficient, there being
a deficit of £^ is. 6d. The Treasurer therefore asked for
a subscription of £Z 13s. for the coming year, so as to clear
off all liabilities.
Dr. Priestley retired from the Treasurership, and the
property of the Club was directed to be handed over to Dr.
E. Liveing, who was elected Treasurer.
February 25, 1889. — Thirteen members present. There
was no business.
March 25, 1889. — Sixteen members present. There was
no business.
April 29, 1889. — Fifteen members present.
Dr. George Johnson regaled the Club with turtle on the
occasion of his appointment as Physician Extraordinary to the
Queen. The health of Dr. Johnson, with congratulations on
his appointment, was cordially drunk by the Club.
May 27, 1889. — Eighteen members present.
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A letter was read from Sir William Jenner, Bart., regretting
that as he had given up all evening visiting he could no longer
have the great pleasure of dining with the Club, and therefore
requesting that his name might be withdrawn from the list
of members.
Sir William Jenner was by general acclamation elected an
Honorary Member of the Club. The Treasurer was requested
to inform Sir William of this resolution, and to add that the
Club received his resignation with unanimous and deep regret,
but ventured to hope that occasions would still arise on which
it might be honoured with his presence.
And, further, that the Club had heard with much satisfaction
of the honour Her Majesty had been pleased to bestow on him,
by his promotion to be Grand Cross of the Bath, and begged
to offer him its best congratulations on the occasion.
The Treasurer announced with regret the death since the
last meeting of Dr. Owen Rees, an Honorary Member of the
Club.
June 24, 1889. — Sixteen members present. The Club
was regaled with turtle by Dr. Ouain on the occasion
of his appointment as Physician Extraordinary to the Queen.
Dr. Ouain's health was proposed by the President, and heartily
responded to by the Club.
October 28, 1889. — Thirteen members present. A letter
of resignation was read from Dr. Fincham, in which he
said : —
" I have always considered it a very great honour to have
been a member of so venerable and distinguished a social
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gathering, and I shall always look back to its meetings as to
some of the pleasantest hours I have ever spent."
The Treasurer was directed to assure Dr. Fincham that,
while accepting his resignation, the Club did so with great
regret.
An unpublished photographic portrait of himself was
received from Sir William Jenner to be placed in the Club
album, and was generally approved.
Notice having been previously given that there were three
vacancies to be filled, the nomination of new members of the
Club was proceeded with, and thirty-four candidates were
proposed ; of whom the nine who had received the largest
number of votes were, according to the rules, nominated for
ballot at the next meeting.
The old custom of recording- in the Minutes the cost of the
dinner was revived at this meeting, the amount of the bill
being stated to be ^19 7s. lod.
November 25, 1889. — Sixteen members present; three
absent.
The ballot was then taken to fill three vacancies out of
the nine candidates nominated at the last meeting. Dr. Russell
Reynolds only was elected.
Dr. Church's health was proposed on the occasion of his
election to represent the University of Oxford on the General
Medical Council, and was cordially drunk by the Club.
The dinner bill came to ^22 i8s. id,
Jantcary 2J, 1890. Burlington HoteL — Fourteen members
present.
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The Treasurer, Dr. Liveing, was detained at the Examina-
tion Hall by his duties as Registrar of the College, and his
place was filled by Dr. Priestley, who made a statement of
the accounts of the Club, which showed a deficiency of 8d.
The President, Sir A. Clark, at once handed is. to be placed
to the credit of the Club, thus converting the deficit into a
surplus of 4d.
A letter was read from Dr. Liveing resig^ning his office
of Treasurer, but offering to continue his duties if the Club
wished him to do so. The President, however, expressed
his opinion that Dr. Liveing's time was so fully occupied as
Registrar of the College that it would be a kindness to accept
his resignation. To this the Club assented, and Dr. Whipham
was appointed in his stead.
The bill came to ;^2 2 8s. lod.
February 2 /if, 1890. — Sixteen members present. The health
of Sir A. Garrod, who had recently been appointed Physician
Extraordinary to the Queen, and of Sir Dyce Duckworth,
who had been appointed Physician to the Prince of Wales,
was proposed and cordially drunk by the Club. On this as
on similar occasions the recipients of honours promised to
give turtle to the Club. It is not therefore necessary to
record this circumstance on every occasion.
The bill was ^23 los. yd.
March 31, 1890. — Eighteen members present. The bill
was ^26 2S. 9d.
April 2%, 1890. — Sixteen members present. Bill, ;^22 i8s.
June 2, 1890. (In place of May 26, which was Whit
Monday.) — Eighteen members present. Bill, ^23 i8s. 3d.
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June 30, 1890. — Fourteen members present. Bill,
;^2 2 OS. 9d.
Dr. Quain informed the Club that in consequence of the
Honorary Degree of LL.D. conferred upon him by the
University of Dublin, he proposed to give turtle to the Club
at the next meeting.
October 27, 1890. — Fifteen members present. Bill,
£2Z 9s. 4^.
The President mentioned that it had come to his know-
ledge that certain Fellows of the College were in the habit
of charging a fee of a fixed amount at the commencement
of the treatment of a patient, sufficient to cover all charges.
The President sought to obtain the opinion of the Club on
such conduct, and there appeared to be a general feeling
against it.
The Club then proceeded to the nomination of Fellows
for election at the next meeting to fill two vacancies. The
names of twenty candidates were proposed, and of these the
six who obtained the highest number of votes were nominated
for ballot at the next meeting.
November 24, 1890. — Sixteen members present.
The six candidates nominated at the last meeting were
submitted to ballot, but no election took place.
January 26, 1891. Burlington Hotel. — Seventeen members
present.
The health of Sir Richard Quain, who had recently been
created a Baronet, was drunk by the Club. A letter was read
from Dr. Andrew, resigning his membership of the Club. Dr.
Andrew was unanimously elected an Honorary Member.
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Sir Risdon Bennett gave notice that at the next meeting
he should propose that the law passed March 28, 1870, relating
to election by ballot, be suspended />ro hac vice, and in the
event of this motion being carried that nominations for the
three vacancies be at once proceeded with.
Dr. Whipham, the Treasurer, made his financial statement,
showing a deficit of ;^20 9s. for the year, and gave up his
ofiice to Dr. Reynolds. Dinner bill, ^24 iis. 7d.
February 23, 1891. — Thirteen members present. Bill,
^19 6s. lod.
Sir Risdon Bennett proposed the motion of which he had
given notice at the last meeting, which was carried. The
Club then proceeded to the nomination of candidates to be
balloted for at the next meeting, in order to fill three vacancies
in the Club. Eighteen Fellows were proposed, and accord-
ingly the nine who had received the largest number of votes
were nominated for ballot at the next meeting. It was decided
that as the last Monday in March would be Easter Monday,
the Club should meet on the Monday following Palm Sunday,
the day of the Presidential election.
Much regret was expressed by members of the Club at the
loss of a Minute Book (No. 9). Sir Richard Ouain gave
notice of a motion for the next meeting, "That the retiring
Treasurer shall hand over all properties of the Club to his
successor, and obtain a receipt that the contents existed in
accordance with the cataloijue."
March 23, 1891. — Sixteen members present. Bill, ^23
I OS. id. The ballot was taken to fill three vacancies, out of
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the nine candidates nominated at the last meeting, but only
one, Sir William Roberts, was elected.
It may be observed that all the eight gentlemen now
passed over were subsequently elected members of the Club.
Sir R. Quain proposed the motion of which he had given
notice, and it was carried. It was further resolved that the
books not in actual use at each meeting should be kept at the
Royal College of Physicians. The President offered to present
the Club with a new case for the books in actual use.
April 2"], 1 89 1. — Thirteen members dined. Bill ^20 2s. lod.
A letter was read from Sir Henry Pitman containing humorous
lines on the occasion of the marriages of Sir Caesar Hawkins
and of Dr. Thomas Mayo, the latter being [formerly] President
of the Royal College of Physicians, the former President of the
Royal College of Surgeons ; and also some humorous lines on
Dr. Brown-Sequard's lectures.
Dr. Priestley communicated some clever verses (not by
himself) on two Herveys ; Hervey of the " Meditations," and
Hervey of the " Sauce." These were ordered to be placed in
the Correspondence Book.
May 25, 1 89 1. — Seven members present. Bill ^17 is. lod.
So small a number had not been recorded for many years,
nor indeed at all since the numbers of the Club had been
increased. It may be observed that on several occasions the
Club sat down thirteen in number.
It was directed that a letter of condolence should be sent
to Mrs. Monro on the occasion of the death of her husband.
Dr. Monro, and the regret of the Club at the loss of one of
its oldest and most valued members.
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yune 29, 1 89 1. — Fourteen members present. Bill £ig
1 6s. id. It was directed that the sympathy of the Club should
be expressed to Miss Martin, on the death of her brother, Dr.
Martin, a highly-esteemed member of the Club.
October 26, 1891. — Seventeen members present. The Club
proceeded to the nomination of Fellows for ballot at the next
meeting to fill two vacancies. Eighteen candidates were
proposed, of whom the first six were chosen for ballot.
November 30, 1891. — Eleven members present. Bill ^19
5s. lod. The resignation of Sir Risdon Bennett was an-
nounced and received with much regret. He was elected an
honorary member.
A ballot was then taken to fill two vacancies out of the six
names proposed. Dr. Pye-Smith and Dr. Sturges were
elected.
January 25, 1892. Burlington Hotel, — Fifteen members
present. No business is recorded in the Minutes of this
meeting, nor in those of the February meeting.
March 28, 1892. — Thirteen members present. The
Treasurer called attention to the fact of a Resolution having
been passed on November 25, 1872, to the effect "That the
Regius Professors of Physic in the Universities of Oxford and
Cambridge shall, ex officio, be eligible as honorary members
of the Club." It was agreed that, in accordance with the
action then taken, the recently-appointed Regius Professor of
Physic in the University of Cambridge should be balloted for
at the next meeting of the Club.
April 25, 1892. — In accordance with the Resolution passed
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at the last meeting, a ballot was taken for the Regius
Professor of Physic in the University of Cambridge as an
honorary member of the Club, but the Professor was not
elected.
At the meetings of May 30 and June 27 there was no
business.
October 2,1, 1892. — Fifteen members present. Bill ^22 2s. 4d.
The Club proceeded to the nomination of Fellows to be
balloted for at the next meeting, there being one vacancy in
the Club. Twelve candidates were proposed, and the three
who had obtained the highest number of votes were nominated
for ballot.
The toast of " Health and Happiness" to Dr. Brodie, on
his approaching marriage, was proposed by the President and
cordially drunk by the Club.
November 28, 1892. — Sixteen members present. Bill
^23 5s. lod.
A ballot was taken for the three candidates nominated
at the last meeting, but no one was elected (these three
Fellows were, however, within a very few years, members
of the Club).
January 30, 1S93. Bjirlinglon Hotel. — Seventeen mem-
bers present. The Treasurer presented the Annual Accounts
and explained that, though there was a deficit on paper against
the Club of ^5 19s. 7d., there was really no such deficit.
On the contrary, the Bank Pass Book showed that there
was a balance in favour of the Club of £1 4s. iid. on
January 2, 1893.
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At the February meeting" there was no business.
March 20, 1893. — Twelve members present. The Trea-
surer was directed to write, in the name of the Club, a letter
of condolence to Dr. Whipham, expressing the sympathy of
the members with him on the loss of his wife.
April 24, 1893. — Eleven members present. The Club
expressed the sorrow that it felt for, and its sympathy with,
Sir William Roberts on the loss of his only son, and desired
that an expression of its feelings should be sent to him.
At the May meeting there was no business.
June 26, 1893. — Fourteen members present. Dr. Andrew
resigned his membership of the Club and was unanimously
elected an honorary member.
October 30, 1893. — Fourteen members present. Dr. Church,
who was acting as Treasurer, informed the Club that he had
been requested by Sir William Roberts to continue to act as
his deputy till the close of the year, Sir William having to
proceed to India as a member of the Opium Commission.
The resignation by Sir George Johnson of his membership
was received, and he was unanimously elected an honorary
member.
It being known that Sir Andrew Clark, President of the
College, was seriously ill, the Club drank to his better health,
and the Treasurer was directed to convey to Lady Clark the
sorrow the Club felt at Sir Andrew's illness.
The Club then proceeded to select nine names for ballot
at the next meeting to fill three vacancies. Twenty-six Fellows
received votes, and the nine who received most votes were
reserved for ballot.
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November 27, 1893. — Fifteen members present. Sir Andrew
Clark, President, having died on November 6, the Treasurer
was directed to write a letter to Lady Clark conveying the
sorrow of the Club at the death of the President and its
sympathy with Lady Clark in her affliction.
The Club then proceeded to ballot for the nine names
selected at the last meeting, but no one was elected. A
desultory conversation followed, the Club expressing great
dissatisfaction with the result of the ballot. It was proposed
that the three names which had the smallest number of black-
balls should be balloted for again at the next meeting of
the Club ; but an amendment was proposed and agreed to
that all the names balloted for at the present meeting should
be brought up again for ballot at the January meeting.
January 29, 1894. Burlington Hotel. — Sixteen members
present.
The Chair was taken by Dr. Russell Reynolds, recently
elected President of the College, in place of Sir Andrew
Clark, deceased.
The Treasurer made his financial statement, showing a
balance in favour of the Club of ^8 8s. 7d., and asking for
the customary subscription of eight guineas.
The nine candidates who had been balloted for, but not
elected, at the November meeting were then put up for
ballot again. Only two members were elected — Dr. John
Williams and Sir George Buchanan. Subsequently, a letter
was received from Sir George regretting that from the state
of his health he was unable to accept the invitation to join
the Club.
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Ap7dl 3, 1894. — A meeting was held on Thursday instead
of the last Monday in March, which was Easter Monday.
The attendance was small, in consequence of many members
being at the Medical Congress at Rome, only nine members
being present.
At the meeting on April 30, 1894, Sir William Roberts
resumed his duties as Treasurer on his return from India.
At the meetings on May 28 and June 25 no noteworthy
business was transacted.
October 29, 1894. — Fourteen members present. Bill
;!^20 2S. 7d.
In accordance with the Rules, the nomination of candi-
dates to fill three vacancies took place, and nine names were
selected for ballot.
November 26, 1894. — Fifteen members present. A ballot
was taken for the nine candidates nominated at the last meet-
ing, when Dr. Douglas Powell and Dr. Blandford were elected.
It was agreed to nominate for the two remaining vacancies
at the next January meeting, and to proceed to ballot at the
same meeting.
Sir William Roberts resigned the office of Treasurer to
Dr. Pye Smith.
January 28, 1895. Burlington Hotel. — Seventeen mem-
bers present. Bill £26 is. 4d.
The President, Sir Russell Reynolds, was congratulated
by the Club on his having received the honour of a Baronetcy,
and Sir John Williams was congratulated for the same reason.
In accordance with the resolution passed at the November
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meeting, it was proposed to proceed to nomination of candi-
dates and immediate ballot to fill the two remaining vacancies.
This was opposed by some members, and it was finally
resolved to proceed to ballot for those candidates who were
nominated at the October meeting, but not selected at the
following meeting. The result was that Dr. Frederick
Roberts was elected.
At the meetings from February to June, 1895, there was
no business.
October 28, 1895. — Seventeen members present.
Sir Alfred Garrod announced his resignation, and was
unanimously elected an honorary member.
The Club proceeded, according to the Rules, to the nomina-
tion of Fellows of the College to fill two vacancies. Twenty-
eight Fellows received votes, and the first six were nominated
for ballot at the next meeting.
November 26, 1895. — Fifteen members present.
The six names selected at the last meeting were submitted
to ballot. Dr. Cheadle and Dr. Dickinson were elected.
Subsequently Dr. Cheadle wrote much regretting his
inability to accept the invitation.
At the January meeting, 1896, there was no business recorded.
No meeting in February is recorded on the minutes.
March 30, 1896. — Fifteen members present.
Sir Russell Reynolds having ceased to be President of
the College (not having sought re-election), and therefore
being no longer President of the Club, the Club resolved that
a letter should be written to him, " expressing the great regret
SS, THE COLLEGE CLUB
of the Club that he feh compelled to resign his position as
President of the Club earlier than the Club could wish, and
that the Club hopes that he will often be present at their
meetings again."
April 2^], 1896. — Nineteen members present.
Dr. Wilks having been elected President of the College
(though not a member of the Club), the following resolution
was proposed and adopted : —
Dr. Wilks, having been (formerly) elected a Member of
the Club, though he was, from circumstances, unable to accept
the membership, and having now been elected President
of the College, be invited to become a Member of the Club.
May 18, 1896 (instead of May 25, which was Whit-
Monday). — Sixteen members present. Dr. Wilks took the
chair as President of the College and of the Club.
June 29, 1896. — It was resolved on the proposal of the
President that letters of condolence should be sent, in the name
of the Club, to the families of Sir Russell Reynolds and of Sir
George Johnson, who had died since the last meeting of the
Club.
October 26, 1896. — In accordance with the rules, three
Fellows were nominated for ballot at the next meeting to fill
one vacancy.
The Treasurer stated that there would be a deficit for the
year in the bank of about £2^ to ^30, and a call of ^i los.
per member would be required to meet it.
Nove77iber 30, 1896. — The three names selected at the last
meeting were submitted to ballot, but no one was elected.
THE COLLEGE CLUB: 1 882 TO 1 897 89
At this meeting was first introduced the subject of the
Prince of Wales being invited to dine as a guest of the Club.
Sir Dyce Duckworth suggested that next year, 1897, being
the sixtieth year of the Queen's reign, when it was intended to
celebrate her Diamond Jubilee, the Prince of Wales should
be invited to honour the Club by dining with them in the
course of the year. It was resolved that Sir Joseph Fayrer,
Sir Dyce Duckworth, and Sir John Williams be requested to
wait upon the Prince and ask his consent.
yanuary 25, 1897, Burlington Hotel. — Seventeen members
present.
A letter was read from Sir Dyce Duckworth stating that
the Prince of Wales had consented to honour the Club by
dining with its members in January or February.
The Club felt the great honour conferred upon them by
the Prince's consent to dine with them and it was resolved that
the dinner be held on any day convenient to the Prince.
Dr. Blandford was elected Treasurer.
On February 22, 1897, H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, having
graciously accepted the invitation to dinner to mark the
Diamond Jubilee of the Queen, honoured the Club by his
presence at the Burlington Hotel, attended by Major-General
Stanley Clarke.
After dinner His Royal Highness inspected the old books
and album of portraits belonging to the Club, and signed his
name in the book of attendances.
There were present at this dinner H.R.H. the Prince of
Wales, Major-General Stanley Clarke, Dr. Wilks, President,
90 THE COLLEGE CLUB
in the chair, Sir R. Quain, Sir J. Fayrer, Sir W. Roberts, Sir
Wm. Priestley, Sir John Williams, Sir Dyce Duckworth, Sir
R. D. Powell, Drs. Ogle, Southey, Church, Brodie, Pye Smith,
Whipham, Latham, Liveing, Dickinson, F. Roberts, and
Blandford.
Only two members were absent : Dr. Hermann Weber, who
was abroad, and Dr. Pollock, from illness.
Election of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales as Honorary
Fellow of the College.
This dinner led to a more important event, for on this
occasion His Royal Highness, in reply to Sir Joseph Fayrer,
signified his willingness to become an Honorary Fellow of the
College.
The subsequent proceedings are recorded in the following
extract from the Minutes of the College.
At the meeting of the College on April 29, 1897 (notice
having been given of his intention in a confidential circular to
the Fellows), the President proposed "That H.R.H. the
Prince of Wales be elected an Honorary Fellow of the
College." The motion was put by the President, and
the Prince was unanimously elected an Honorary Fellow
amid hearty acclamation.
The fact of his election was at once communicated to
His Royal Highness, and at the meeting on May 13 his
acceptance of the same was announced from the chair.
It was subsequendy arranged that the Prince should be
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formally admitted on July 19 at Marlborough House.
Accordingly, on that day the President, Sir Samuel Wilks ;
the Censors, Dr. Church, Dr. Cayley, Dr. Bastian, and Dr.
Payne ; the Treasurer, Sir Dyce Duckworth, and the Registrar,
Dr. Liveing, attended in their College robes, accompanied by
the Bedell, bearing the College insignia.
The Officers having been introduced to the Prince, His
Royal Highness was addressed by the President, who thanked
him in the name of the College for the honour he had done
them, and reminded him of the venerable Charter of their
foundation, which they owed to King Henry VHL, and of
the honourable consideration in which they had been held,
and the many favours they had received in the past from
Sovereigns and Princes of his house.
The Prince was then admitted, giving his faith in due
form to the President, and afterwards ratifying the same by
sisfninor his name in the book of sig^natures.
A gold-headed cane, modelled after those formerly carried
by physicians, was presented to the Prince, who graciously
accepted it, and expressed in courteous terms the pleasure it
gave him to become connected with so ancient and honourable
a corporation.
Meantime a suitable Diploma had been prepared, engrossed
on vellum, and illuminated with the College arms in colours,
and other decorations. This received the Collesfe Seal at
the Comitia on July 29, and was at once transmitted to His
Royal Highness.
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At the next meeting of the Club on March 29, great dis-
satisfaction was expressed by the members present with the
charges made by the Burlington Hotel for the festival dinner,
at which the Prince of Wales was present, which amounted to
five guineas a head.
At the next meeting, April 26, it was resolved that the
dinners for the ensuing season, commencing in October, should
be held at another hotel. In the end the Bristol Hotel,
Burlington Gardens, was chosen.
October 25, 1897. Bristol Hotel. — The Club nominated
Fellows to be submitted to ballot at the next meeting.
Thirteen Fellows received votes, and three were nominated.
November 29, 1897. Bristol Hotel. — A ballot was taken
for the three candidates nominated at the last meeting, and Sir
Wm. Broadbent was unanimously elected a member of the
Club.
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CHAPTER VII.
1898-1907.
In the year 1898 there was no business at the January and
February meetings.
March 28, 1898. Bristol Hotel. — The news of the death
of Sir Richard Quain was received with great regret, and the
Treasurer was requested to convey to his daughter the
assurance of the deep sympathy felt by the members of
the Club.
The question of members who had received some distinc-
tion providing turtle for the Club was discussed, and it was
resolved that in the future members who received such dis-
tinctions should be asked to contribute to the Club in a
different way, the following resolution being passed : " That
when a member of the Club receives promotion he shall pay
to the Treasurer the sum of ^5 towards a sum of ^25, which
shall be expended on a piece of plate. On this shall be
inscribed the names of the donors and the dates of their
promotion." This fund was afterwards known as the
" Honours Memorial Fund."
There was no business till the meeting of October 31,
when, according to the rules, a nomination of Fellows to fill
one vacancy took place. Thirteen names received votes, and
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the three highest were nominated for ballot at the next
meeting on November 28. The three names were then
submitted to ballot, but no one was elected.
January 30, 1899. Bristol Hotel. — Fifteen members
present.
Sir Hermann Weber having received the honour of knight-
hood, Sir R. Douglas Powell having been appointed Physician
in Ordinary to Her Majesty, and Dr. Pollock Physician
Extraordinary, the health of these three gentlemen was
cordially drunk.
The Treasurer, Dr. Blandford, made his financial statement,
showing that on January i, 1899, there was a balance in hand
of £2)"] 1 8s. 7d., while the balance for the previous year had
been ^23 6s. id. The dinners for the year cost ;!^i50 4s. 6d. ;
the subscriptions were ^164 17s. Dr. Dickinson was elected
Treasurer in succession to Dr. Blandford.
March 27, 1899. Bristol Hotel. — Twelve members
present.
Dr. Church having been that day (the Monday after Palm
Sunday) elected President of the College of Physicians,
received a cordial welcome as President of the Club.
April 2/^, 1899. — Eleven members present.
The news of the death of Sir William Roberts was received
with great regret, and the Treasurer was requested to convey
to his family the deep sympathy felt by members of the Club.
There was no other business till the October meetingr.
October 30, 1899. — Fourteen members present.
The Club proceeded to nominate Fellows for the three
THE COLLEGE CLUB I 1 898 TO I907 95
existing vacancies. Thirty-one Fellows received votes, of
whom twenty-two received more than one. The first nine
were nominated for ballot.
November 27, 1899. — Fourteen members present.
The death of Dr. Southey was announced, and the
Treasurer was instructed to write to Mrs. Southey expressing
the regrets and sympathy of the Club.
The ballot was then taken, and Dr. Payne, Dr. Vivian
Poore, and Dr. Frank were elected. Another name was
added, in case one of those elected should decline.
January 29, 1900. Bristol Hotel. — Fourteen members
present.
The Treasurer made his financial statement, showing that
(beside the Memorial Fund) a balance of ^57 is. 2d. remained
in his hands. The subscription was fixed at seven guineas.
With regard to the Memorial Fund, now amounting to ^26,
it was decided to let it accumulate for another year.
At the meeting on April 30, the death of Sir William
Priestley was announced, and the Treasurer was directed to
express to Lady Priestley the regrets and sympathy of the
Club.
Nothing of importance took place till the October meeting.
October 29, 1900. — Sixteen members present.
The nomination of Fellows to fill two vacancies was pro-
ceeded with. Votes were given for thirty-one, of whom
sixteen received more than one vote. The first six names
were reserved for ballot at the next meeting.
It was suggested by Dr. Latham that a history of the Club
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should be compiled from the existing' records. This was pro-
posed by Sir Joseph Fayrer, seconded by Dr. Latham, and
carried. It was added that the President should communicate
with Dr. Payne, conveying the desire of the Club that he
should undertake the work. This the President undertook
to do.
November 26, 1900. — Seventeen members present. The
resignation of Dr. J. W. Ogle was announced, and he was
elected an Honorary Member.
Dr. Payne stated his willingness to undertake the com-
pilation of a history of the Club from the existing records.
A ballot was then taken for the six candidates nominated
at the last meeting, with the result that Dr. Barlow and Dr.
Allchin were unanimously elected.
No dinner took place in January, 1901, on account of the
death of Queen Victoria.
February 25, 1901. — Bristol Hotel. — Thirteen members
present. The Treasurer made the Annual Statement of the
financial affairs of the College, showing them to be in a
satisfactory state. The particulars are recorded in the Account
Book.
The Treasurer having intimated his desire to be relieved
of his post. Dr. Payne was elected Treasurer for the ensuing
year.
There was no business at any other meeting in 1901 till
October.
October 2^, 1901. — Sir Joseph Fayrer wrote tendering his
resignation on the ground that he was necessarily absent
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from London during the winter months ; but it was unanimously
resolved that Sir Joseph be requested to withdraw his resigna-
tion, which he, being present, consented to do.
Sir Samuel Wilks also sent in his resignation on account of
his change of residence. The Club received Sir Samuel's
resignation with deep regret, and he was elected by acclama-
tion an Honorary Member.
The Treasurer informed the Club that Sir John Williams
being appointed a Crown Member of the General Medi-
cal Council had contributed five guineas to the Honours
Memorial Fund, which now amounted to over ^50, and sug-
gested that the time was come to buy a piece of plate in
accordance with the resolution of the Club on March 25,
1898. A Committee, consisting of the President, the Treas-
urer, and the Senior Member of the Club, Sir Joseph
Fayrer, was appointed to look out for some suitable table
ornament.
The nomination of Fellows to fill three vacancies in the
Club was then proceeded with.
Votes were given for thirty Fellows, of whom seven received
one vote only. The first nine names were reserved for ballot
at the next meeting.
November 25, 1901. — A ballot was taken for the nine
names chosen at the last meeting. Dr. Frederick Taylor only
was elected a member of the Club.
The President referred to the proposed purchase of a piece
of plate, and said the Committee desired to know whether
the Club would prefer an old piece of silver or one of
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modern workmanship, and whether it was thought that a
bowl or a cup with cover would be preferable.
The general feeling was in favour of a modern piece of
plate, and of a cup rather than a bowl.
January 27, 1902. — Bristol Hotel. — At this meeting only
nine members were present, and therefore, though some
pieces of plate were on the table for selection by the Club,
the decision was postponed till the next meeting.
The Treasurer submitted a financial statement showing a
balance of ^'j^) 14s. 7d. on the ordinary account, while the
Honours Memorial Fund amounted to ^52 5s. He asked for
a subscription of six guineas.
February 24, 1902. — Eleven members present. Two pieces
of plate, viz., a tall covered cup and a bowl, were submitted
to the Club, and the choice, by a majority, fell upon a large
silver " Monteith " punch-bowl, made by Messrs. Garrard, the
price of which was fifty guineas.
The Treasurer read a draft of some notes towards a
History of the Club.
April 7, 1902 (instead of March 31, being Easter Monday). —
A draft of an inscription to be placed on the new bowl was sub-
mitted by the Treasurer and approved by the Club as follows : —
" Dedicated to the perpetual use and enjoyment of the
College Club by some of its members who received public
honours in the years 1 899-1 901 : Sir R. Douglas Powell,
Bart., Sir Hermann Weber, M.D., James E. Pollock, M.D.,
P. H. Pye-Smith, M.D., Sir Thomas Barlow, Bart., Sir John
Williams, Bart,, Sir William S. Church, Bart., President of
the College.
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June 30, 1902. — It was unanimously resolved (on the
motion of the President), that a letter be sent to His Majesty
the King, offering him the loyal and respectful congratu-
lations of the College Club on his recovery from his severe
illness.
It was announced to the Club that Sir Henry Pitman,
Emeritus Registrar of the College, formerly a member of the
Club, would on the next day, July i, celebrate his 94th birth-
day, and it was resolved that a telegram conveying the cordial
congratulations of the Club should be sent to him in the name
of the members present.
The carrying out of these two resolutions was entrusted
to the President and the Treasurer.
October 27, 1902. — Fifteen members present. The Club
proceeded to the nomination of candidates to fill two vacancies.
Votes were given for eighteen Fellows, of whom the first six
were named for ballot at the next meeting.
November 24, 1902. — The six candidates nominated at the
last meeting were submitted to ballot. Dr. Savage only was
elected.
Dr. Payne expressed a wish to be relieved of the duties of
Treasurer, and Dr. Taylor, as the junior member of one year's
standing, was elected Treasurer.
January 26, 1903. ''Hotel Continental,''' Regent Street. —
Eighteen members present.
As the Bristol Hotel had been converted into a Club, it had
been necessary for the Treasurer to make new arrangements ;
and, after enquiries made, it had been agreed to hold the next
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dinner at the " Hotel Continental " as an experiment, it being
understood that the Club was not committed to dining there
permanently. The subject of a permanent meeting-place was
discussed after dinner, and some differences of opinion were
expressed, but ultimately it was resolved by a large majority
that the next meeting should be held at the " Continental "
without committing the Club to future arrangements.
The Treasurer made his financial statement showing a
balance to the credit of the Club of ^52 15s. jd. The
Honours Memorial Account had been entirely expended in
purchasing the bowl. The Treasurer thought a subscription
of six guineas would be sufficient.
Febi'uary 23, 1903. Hotel Continental. — The subject of
a permanent dining-place was again discussed, and the next
dinner was fixed at the same place ; but the Treasurer was
asked to obtain information as to possible arrangements at
Limmer's, or the Berkeley Hotel, or the Prince's Restaurant,
and report to the next meeting.
This subject was discussed at the March meeting and again
at the June meeting, when it was decided that the Club should
continue to dine at the same hotel till further notice.
April 27, 1903. — Eleven members present. Dr. Payne
read further notes towards a history of the Club, founded on
the old " Minute-books."
October 26, 1903. — Sixteen members present. Sir Joseph
Fayrer expressed a wish to resign his membership of the Club,
and letters of resignation were received from Sir John Williams
and Dr. Frank. They were all elected Honorary Members.
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The Club then proceeded to nominate twelve Fellows of
the College to fill four vacancies. Votes were given for forty-
nine names, of whom twenty-two received one vote only.
The first twelve were reserved for ballot.
November 30, 1903. — Fourteen members present. A ballot
was taken for the twelve candidates nominated at the last
meeting, with the result that Dr. Norman Moore, Dr. Buzzard,
Dr. Sharkey, and Dr. Green were elected.
The Treasurer, Dr. Taylor, expressed a wish to resign his
office, and Dr. Savage was elected in his place.
January 25, 1904. Hotel Continental. — Fifteen members
present. The Treasurer stated that the funds of the Club
showed a balance of £^\ ys. 2d. ; and he thought a subscrip-
tion of six guineas would be sufficient. The resio"nation of
Dr. Poore, on account of ill-health, was announced.
March 28, 1904, was the day for election of the President
of the College, when Sir William Church was re-elected, and
consequently no meeting of the College Club was held.
October 31, 1904. — The resignation of Dr. Whipham was
received, and he, as well as Dr. V. Poore, who had resigned
previously, was elected an Honorary Member.
The Club then proceeded to the nomination of Fellows
of the College to fill three vacancies. Votes were given for
forty-two names, of which twenty-three received only one vote.
The first nine were nominated for ballot at the next meeting.
November 28, 1904. — Seventeen members present.
The nine candidates nominated at the last meeting were
balloted for, but Dr. Osier, Regius Professor of Medicine,
Oxford, was the only one elected.
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The Club was in favour of continuing to dine at the Hotel
Continental, the general opinion being that " the hotel pro-
vided excellent dinners and good wine."
January 30, 1905. — Fourteen members present.
Dr. Dickinson sent in his resignation and was elected an
Honorary Member.
The subscription for the year was fixed at five guineas.
There was no dinner of the Club in April.
May 29, 1905. — Fifteen members present.
Sir R. Douglas Powell, having been elected President of
the College of Physicians, took the chair as President of the
Club. He contributed five guineas to the Honours Memorial
Fund.
June 26, 1905. — Eleven members present.
It was decided to make enquiries as to some other suitable
place for meeting, nearer to Cavendish Square and less
notorious as a supping place than the Continental.
October 30, 1905. ^-Fifteen members present.
Sir Hermann Weber sent in his resignation, and at the
same time offered to present to the Club some silver object for
the dinner-table. Sir Hermann's resignation was received
with regret, and he was elected an Honorary Member, his
proposed present being accepted with thanks.
It was agreed that the next meeting should be a trial dinner
at the Coburg Hotel, Carlos Place.
A nomination then took place of Fellows to fill three
vacancies in the Club. Votes were given for forty-one
Fellows, of whom the first nine were nominated.
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November 27, 1905. Coburg Hotel, Carlos Place. —
Eighteen members present, only one being absent. The
ballot was taken for the nine candidates nominated at the
last meeting. Dr. J. H. Bridges was the only one elected.
The new dining place afforded the great convenience of a
separate room for coffee and smoking after dinner, which had
not been provided at any of the hotels where the Club had
previously dined. It was resolved that a second experimental
dinner should be held at the same hotel in January before
arriving" at a final decision.
Januaiy 20, 1906. Coburg Hotel. — Seventeen members
present.
The Treasurer's accounts were submitted and accepted. Dr.
Savage resigned the office of Treasurer, and Dr. Sharkey was
elected in his place. The subscription was fixed at six guineas.
Some pieces of silver plate were submitted to the Club
with a view to selecting something as Sir Hermann Weber's
present to the Club ; but, none being approved, a Committee
consisting of Sir Dyce Duckworth, Dr. Sharkey, and Dr.
Savage, was appointed to select some pieces to be brought
before the Club at its next meeting.
A discussion took place on the Rules of the Club, which
rest upon various decisions of the Club at different times, and
have not since the foundation been collected in a definite form.
A Committee, consisting of the President, Dr. Brodie, Dr. F.
Taylor, and Dr. Sharkey, was appointed to consider the rules
and bring up a Report at the next meeting.
Febrtcary 26, 1906. — Twelve members present.
Some plate sent for inspection was examined, and two silver
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cups were chosen as Sir Hermann Weber's gift to the Club.
It was resolved that the cordial thanks of the Club should be
sent to the donor.
The draft of the Rules brought up by the Committee was
then considered and adopted, with slight modifications, as
follows : —
Rules.
(i) The Club shall consist of twenty-two ordinary members,
and a variable number of honorary members, who have formerly
been ordinary members.
(2) As a rule there shall be eight dining meetings in the
year, and they shall be held in January, February, March, April,
May, June, October, and November. The meetings shall be
at 7.30 on the last Monday of these months.
(3) The place of dining shall be decided by the votes of
the members.
(4) The special attention of the members shall be called on
the dinner notices to impending nominations and elections.
(5) At the meeting in October, the Club shall nominate by
ballot three Fellows of the College for each vacancy to be
filled. The ballot shall be taken from lists supplied by the
members present, each list to contain three times as many
names as there are vacancies.
(6) At the November meeting the election by ballot shall
take place, the Fellows previously nominated being balloted
for in order according to the number of votes each received.
At least twelve members must be present, and two black balls
shall exclude.
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(7) Each member on election is expected to contribute his
photograph to the Club album.
(8) At each dinner every member present shall sign his
name in the book provided for the purpose.
(9) The President of the Royal College of Physicians is,
for the time being, President of the Club, and shall take the
chair at the dinners, and in his absence the Senior Member of
the Club shall take his place.
(10) The Treasurer, who shall act as Honorary Secretary,
shall hold office for at least one year. Upon the resignation
of the Treasurer, the Junior Member of the Club, provided
that he has been a member for at least a year, shall be requested
to take the office. He shall be appointed at the January
meeting, but shall not act until the second succeeding dinner.
(11) At the meeting in January a statement of accounts for
the past year shall be submitted by the Treasurer, and the
subscription required for the current year shall be determined.
(12) When any member retires from the Club, the Club
shall have the power of electing him as Honorary Member.
Such Honorary Members shall have notice of the meetings
of the Club, and the option of dining with the Club, and shall
pay one guinea for each dinner they attend.
(13) Any member of the Club who shall be the recipient
of any honour or dignity conferred on him by the Crown, shall
be fined in the sum of five guineas. The fines so collected
shall accumulate till they reach a sum that shall, in the opinion
of the Club, be sufficient to invest in a piece of plate, on which
the names of those fined shall be engraved. The plate so
purchased shall remain the property of the Club.
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Dr. Payne read a partial account of the early history of the
Club, and it was unanimously resolved that he be requested
to prepare it for printing and private circulation among the
members.
March 26, 1906. — Sixteen members present.
The two silver cups presented by Sir Hermann Weber
were on the dinner-table. It was resolved that, in addition to
Sir Hermann Weber's own crest and motto, there should be
engraved upon the cups the arms of the Royal College of
Physicians, and the inscription ''Ex dono HeriJianni Weber"
MCMVI.
Ap^Hl T^o, 1906. — Thirteen members present.
The President, Sir R. Douglas Powell, presented a silver
inkstand to the Club, for which the cordial thanks of the Club
were given him.
Jzme 25, 1906. — Fifteen members present.
The death of Dr. J. H. Bridges, which had occurred since
the last meeting of the Club, was announced, and the President
was requested to convey to his family the deep regret and
sympathy of the Club.
October 29, 1906. — Eighteen members (one Honorary)
present.
The annual nomination of Fellows was held to fill three
vacancies. Out of forty-three for whom votes were given,
the first nine were reserved for ballot.
November 26, 1906. — Eighteen members present. The
ballot was taken for the nine F'ellows nominated at the October
meeting, Dr. Cayley and Dr. Ormerod being elected.
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Dr. Payne made a statement respecting the probable cost
of printing the History of the College Club which he had
undertaken to write, and it was unanimously resolved that the
members of the Club would pay the cost of printing and
producing the volume. The decision as to the style of binding
was deferred to a future meeting.
The Treasurer, Dr. Sharkey, informed the Club that as
the balance at the bank was very small, he was obliged to
make a demand upon them for two guineas each, which it
was agreed to pay.
January 28, 1907. Coburg Hotel. — Eighteen members
present. The Treasurer reported the financial condition of
the Club, and asked for a subscription of eight guineas for the
coming year, which was agreed to. Dr. Sharkey's year of
office as Treasurer having come to an end. Dr. Norman
Moore was appointed to succeed him.
There was no business at any of the early meetings in 1907.
Jime 24, 1907. Coburg Hotel. — Seventeen members
present. Sir Joseph Fayrer having died since the last meet-
ing, the Treasurer was desired to write to Lady Fayrer, and
express the regrets of the Club at the death of Sir Joseph
Fayrer, and their sympathy with her.
October 28, 1907. — Dr. F. T. Roberts and Dr. Brodie
wrote resigning their membership of the Club, and were both
elected Honorary Members.
The Club then proceeded to nominate Fellows for ballot
at the next meeting to fill three vacancies under Rule V. of the
new printed rules. Votes were given for thirty-three Fellows
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of whom the nine who received most votes were nominated
for ballot at the next meeting.
November 25, 1907. — Sixteen members present. A ballot
was taken for the nine Fellows nominated at the last meeting,
but no one was elected.
Some disappointment was expressed at this result, and Sir
William Church gave notice that at the next meeting he should
move to alter the latter part of Rule V. by which it was
required that each list of Fellows proposed for nomination by
the members present should necessarily contain three times as
many names as there were vacancies.
January 27, 1908. Coburg Hotel. — Fourteen members
present. The health of Sir William Allchin, on receiving
the honour of knighthood, was proposed and cordially drunk
by the Club.
Sir William Church proposed the motion of which he had
given notice, and it was unanimously carried in the following
terms : —
"That Rule V. of the Club rules run in future thus : —
"At the meeting in October the Club shall nominate by
ballot three Fellows of the College for each vacancy to be filled.
The ballot shall be taken from lists supplied by the members
present; no list to contain more than three names for each
vacancy."
At the four following meetings in 1908 no business was
transacted. At the April meeting only nine members were
present.
June 29, 1908. Thirteen members present, including one
Honorary Member, Dr. Roberts.
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The Treasurer was desired to write in the name of the
members present, and in that of the Club, to Sir Henry Pitman,
to congratulate him on attaining the age of one hundred years,
on July I, 1908. The Treasurer accordingly wrote the
following letter : —
" Dear Sir Henry Pitman : The following members of
the College Club [here follow the names], assembled at its
dinner, and speaking on their own behalf and on that of the
whole Club, congratulate you most warmly on your birthday
and on your attainment of the age of one hundred years.
They have desired me, as Treasurer of the Club, to convey
to you our cordial good wishes for your health and happiness,
and to assure you of the veneration and affectionate regard
which we all feel towards you.
" I am, dear Sir Henry Pitman,
" Coburg Hotel, " Yours most sincerely,
'' June 2(^, 1908. "Norman Moore."
Our honoured centenarian Fellow was not to live many
months after receiving these congratulations. He died on
November 6, 1908, the immediate cause of death being a slight
accident, but one so slight that its serious consequences showed
how nearly the vitality of the venerable patient had reached
its limit. His funeral at Enfield, on November 11, was
attended by the President and Officers of the College, with
some other Fellows.
Sir Henry Pitman is the only centenarian recorded in the
annals of the College.
October 26, 1908. — Sixteen members present. The Club
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proceeded to nominate, according to the amended Rule V.,
nine Fellows to be balloted for to fill three vacancies. Votes
were given for twenty-eight Fellows, of whom the first nine
were reserved for ballot at the next meeting.
November 30, 1908. — A ballot was taken for the nine
candidates nominated at the last meeting, with the result that
Dr. Champneys and Sir James Reid were elected members of
the Club.
Here ends for the present the history of the College Club,
a history extending over nearly a century and a half, and
containing some record of 155 Fellows of the College of
Physicians. Probably, indeed, it should contain some other
names which, owing to the imperfection of the earlier records,
have been lost. It is not merely a history of the Club, but in
some measure a contribution to the history of the College
itself.
Looking back upon this history, we cannot help recognizing,
through all the silent but ceaseless change of fashions and
beliefs, an essential unity. The earlier members of our Club
must have been, no doubt, in some respects very unlike our-
selves— unlike in their tastes, their habits, their ways of think-
ing. But in some more important matters we are, let us hope,
at one with them ; in esteeming above all price the corporate
unity of our College, in loyalty to the great body of which we
are members, and in remembering the noble injunction of
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Harvey, " to continue in mutual love and affection among
ourselves."
Looking forward, too, we may hope that in the coming
generations future members of the Club, differing from us, as
we differ from the men of old time, may not be wanting in the
sense of continuity, and in that spirit may study the records
of their past which is our present, as we do those of the years
which lie behind us.
Such thoughts as these, however imperfectly expressed
here, must occur to all of us. They are summed up in the
motto of the College Club,
"Sit perpetua."
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CHAPTER VIII.
1909-1926.
The history of the College Club, written by Dr. Payne,
closed with the year 1908, and in this chapter the narration of
the chief events in its history is continued to the year 1926.
October 25, 1909. Coburg Hotel. — Fifteen members present.
The resignation of Dr. Blandford was announced.
November 29, 1909. Cobiirg Hotel. — Seventeen members
present. The nine Fellows nominated at the last meeting were
balloted for, but not one was elected to any vacancy. It
was resolved to present to the King a suitably bound copy of
the History of the Club, and it was also resolved that all copies
of the History of the Club should be regarded as private docu-
ments, and that the contents should not in any way be made
public.
January 31, 19 10. Coburg Hotel — Sixteen members
present. It was reported that the cost of printing and binding
the History of the Club was £']\ i8s. yd. This amount
included the sum of ^5 5s. for binding in a superior manner
the copies presented to the King and Dr. Payne. Sir James
Reid, in succession to Dr. Norman Moore, was requested to
take the office of Treasurer. This he agreed to do.
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February 28, 19 10. CobtLrg Hotel. — Seventeen members
present. The copies of the History of the Club, which had
been specially bound for presentation to the King and Dr.
Payne, were inspected and met with cordial approval.
May, 19 10. Owing to the death of the King, who was
Honorary Fellow of the College, and who had once, when
Prince of Wales, dined with the Club, no dinner was held in
this month.
November 28, 19 10. Cobtirg Hotel. — Fourteen members
present. Of the twelve Fellows nominated at the last meeting.
Dr. H. B. Donkin and Dr. H. D, Rolleston were elected.
January t^o, 1911. Coburg Hotel. — Seventeen members
present. The price of the History of the Club was fixed at
^3 3s., and it was resolved that no one who is not a member
of the Club shall have the privilege of obtaining a copy.
Dr. Green resigned his membership.
March 27, 191 1. Coburg Hotel. — Eleven members present.
A piece of Plate valued at ^57 7s., including inscription, was
purchased with the funds accumulated from the fines paid by
members of the Club who had received Honours.
October 30, 191 1. Cobtu^g Hotel. — Fourteen members
present. The resignation of Dr. Cayley was received and he
was elected an honorary member.
Novernber 27, 191 1. Cobu7'g Hotel. — P^ourteen members
present. Of the Fellows nominated at the last meeting, Sir
James Goodhart, Dr. A. E. Garrod, Dr. Sidney Coupland,
and Dr. Mitchell Bruce were elected.
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November 25, 19 12. Coburg Hotel. — Seventeen members
present. A ballot was held for the Fellows nominated at the
last meeting, but no one was elected.
January 27, 19 13. Coburg Hotel. — Eighteen members
present. Sir James Reid resigned the post of Treasurer after
occupying it for three years, and Sir A, Garrod was elected in
his place, but on account of pressure of work in connection
with the International Congress Sir James Reid agreed to hold
the position for another year.
November 24, 191 3. Cobiug Hotel. — Sixteen members
present. Of the Fellows nominated for election at the last
meeting, Sir James Kingston Fowler was elected.
January 26, 19 14. Coburg Hotel. — Twenty members
present. Sir Francis Champneys proposed: "That at the
meeting for the nomination of fresh members, the result of the
first voting be used merely for the information of the voters, and
that when its results have been recorded a second voting shall
be held at the same meeting, which shall determine those for
whom the ballot shall be taken at the subsequent meeting. This
proposal was seconded by Sir Seymour Sharkey, and was
carried unanimously. It was further confirmed as a standing
order of the Club.
October, 19 14. The Period of the Great War, 19 14- 19 18.
— Under this date the following minute is found. " The out-
break of the Great War, at the beginning of August, 19 14,
caused a dislocation of all ordinary habits, and an almost
complete suspension of social engagements. In these grim and
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anxious times few people were in a mood for dining out,
and there is hardly a family in which some members are
not enoaged in the defence of the country by sea and land.
" In these circumstances it was thouoht well to ascertain
the wishes of the members of the Club as to the desirability
and fitness of suspending the dinners for the time being.
Accordingly, at the request of the President a circular letter
was sent out by the Secretary, and it was found that of
twenty-one members, sixteen were in favour of suspending the
dinners, three favoured their being held, and two were
neutral.
''Therefore it was decided that no dinner should be held
before (Christmas, at which time the wishes of the members
should be ascertained ao^ain. It was also decided that the
election of a member to fill the vacancy caused by the resig-
nation of Sir James Goodhart, who found himself unable to
attend the meetings, should be postponed for the present.
" After the Armistice, which was concluded on November
II, 1918, It was decided to resume the dinners of the Club,
which had been in abeyance for more than four years. Dr.
Moore had become President of the College and took the
initiative in the absence of the Treasurer, Sir Archibald
Garrod, who was still on service in Malta. Sir Frederick
Taylor was away on account of illness, Dr. Buzzard had died
since the last meeting, and Dr. Liveing was unable to
attend on account of health. Members of the Club had
helped in various ways in connection with the war. Sir
Humphry Rolleston served as Consulting Physician to the
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Navy throughout, with the rank of Surgeon-General, and
afterwards of Surgeon Rear-Admiral.
" During the war the members of the Club suffered many
ofrievous losses amongrst their sons. Dr. Norman Moore, Sir
William Church, Sir William Osier, Sir Frederick Taylor,
Sir Francis Champneys, Sir Humphry Rolleston and Sir A.
Garrod all lost sons, and the last-named his three sons."
November 2^, 191 8. Florence Restaurant. — Twelve mem-
bers present.
The first dinner after the war. Dr. Liveing and Dr.
Buzzard resigned from the Club on account of illness.
Ma7'ck 3 1, 19 19. F/orence Restaurant. — Twelve members
present.
Of those nominated for membership of the Club at the last
meeting, Dr. Newton Pitt, Dr. Pasteur and Dr. James Taylor
were elected. Sir James K. Prowler resigned,
April 28, 1 9 1 9. Imperial Restaurant. — Thirteen members
present.
Sir Humphry Rolleston assumed the duties of Treasurer.
Jamiajy, 1920. — As a mark of respect to the Memory
of Sir William Osier, who died on December 29, 1919, the
usual January dinner was postponed.
March 29, 1920. Burlington Hotel. — Thirteen members
present.
Dr. James Taylor assumed the duties of Treasurer.
November 2()^ 1920. Burlington Hotel. — Thirteen members
present.
Of the Fellows nominated at the last meeting, Dr, Turney
was elected.
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April 26, 192 1. Burlington Hotel. — Fourteen members
present. Of those nominated for membership at the previous
meeting, Dr. Arnold Chaplin was elected.
May 30, 1 92 1. B2irlington Hotel. — Sixteen members pre-
sent. Of those proposed for election at the last meeting, Sir
John Rose Bradford was elected.
Jtme 27, 192 1. — Biirlington Hotel. — Fifteen members pre-
sent. Sir Thomas Barlow and Dr. Pasteur announced their
resignations, and Sir Thomas Barlow was elected an honorary
member. Of those proposed for ballot at the previous meeting,
no one was elected.
fanuary 30, 1922. Burlington Hotel. — Fifteen members
present. Of the Fellows nominated for election at the last
meeting, Sir Wilmot Herringham and Dr. Raymond Crawfurd
were elected. At this dinner champagne was drunk for the
first time since the war.
February 27, 1922. — Burlington Hotel. — Fifteen members
present. Sir Charles Sherrington and Dr. H. Morley Fletcher
were elected.
March 27, 1922. Burlington Hotel. — Fifteen members
present. Since the war much discussion had taken place on
several occasions concerning the mode and time of hokling
the elections for vacancies in the Collesfe Club. At this meet-
ing; it was decided to revert to the old rule of holding- an
election once a year, but it was agreed that in future an
election could take place at any meeting provided a two-thirds
majority was in favour of the proposal.
October 30, 1922. Bu r I ing ton Hotel. — Seventeen mem-
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bers present. The President proposed the health of Dr.
Latham ^vho had attained his 90th year. Dr. Latham
responded.
November 27, 1922. — BiLrlington Hotel. — Sixteen members
present. Of those nominated for membership, Dr. Percy
Kidd was elected.
Jannary 29, 1923. Burlington Hotel. — Sixteen members
present. Dr. Turney assumed the duties of Treasurer. Sir
Charles Sherrinoton announced his resigrnation and was elected
an honorary member.
April 30, 1923. Burlington Hotel. — Seventeen members
present. Of those nominated for membership no one was
elected. It was decided to purchase an Old English silver
cup and cover as a memorial of the Great War.
Jjuie 25, 1923. Btirlington Hotel. — Fifteen members pre-
sent. Of those nominated for membership, Sir William Hale-
White and Dr. John Fawcett were elected.
November 26, 1923. Burlington Hotel. — Fourteen mem-
bers present. Of those nominated for membership. Sir Hector
Mackenzie and Dr. F. D. Drewitt were elected.
February 25, 1924. Burlington Hotel — Fifteen members
present. Dr. Sidney Phillips was elected a member, and Sir
William Church and Sir Dyce Duckworth, having resigned,
were elected honorary members.
June 30, 1924. Burlington Hotel. — Sixteen members pre-
sent. Dr. Henry Head was elected a member.
November 24, 1924. Burlington Hotel. — Sixteen mem-
bers present. Sij William Leishman was elected a member.
THE COLLEGE CLUB, 1909 TO I926 II9
May 25, 1925. BiLriington Hotel. — Fifteen members pre-
sent. Dr. H. Morley Fletcher was elected Treasurer of the
Club.
November 30, 1925. Burlington Hotel. — Thirteen mem-
bers present. Sir Frederick Mott, Sir David Bruce and Sir
Frederick Andrewes were elected members of the Club.
January 25, 1926. Burlington Hotel. — Fifteen Members
present. It was decided to present copies of the History of
the College Club to the Bodleian, the British Museum and to
o
the Cambridge University Libraries. (For former resolutions
concerning the disposal of copies of the History of the Club,
see under November 29, 1909, and January 30, 191 i.)
Fcbr2iary 26, 1926. Burlington Hotel. — Sixteen members
present. Dr. Starling was elected a member. Dr. Arnold
Chaplin was requested to continue the History of the College
Club to the present time, and this duty he accepted.
LIST OF
MEMBERS OF THE COLLEGE CLUB
1764 — 1909.
MEMBERS OF THE
1764-
No.
First
Entry
Name
Elected
Fellow
College Offices
I
Dec. 3
I, 1764
Askew, Anthony
1753
Cens., 1756, 61, 64, 66, 67
Harv., 1758
Registrar, 1767-74
2
»»
>>
Baker, Sir George,
Bart.
1757
Cens., 1761, 64, 74, 80 ...
Harv., 1761. Elect., 1780
President, 1785-90,92-3, 95
3
»
)>
Thomas, Sir Noah ...
1757
Cens., 1761, 66, 67, 81 ...
Gulst., 1759
4
if
>>
Cadogan, William ...
1758
Cens., 1759, 70, 75, 81 ...
Harv., 1764, 92
Elect., 1781
5
>>
)>
Tyson, Richard
1761
Cens., 1763, 68, 73, 76 ...
Registrar, 1774-80
Elect., 1782
6
>)
>>
Barry, Sir Edward,
Bart.
1762
Cens., 1763
7
)>
)>
Blanshard, Wilkin-
son
1762
Cens., 1765
Harv., 1766
8
>>
>>
Warren, Richard ...
1763
Cens., 1764, 76, 82
Gulst., 1764. Harv., 1768
Elect., 1784
9
>i
J5
WiNTRINGHAM, Sir
Clifton, Bart.
1763
Cens., 1770
10
1)
>>
Relhan, Anthony ...
1764
Cens., 1765, 71
Gulst., 1765
Harv., 1770
11.
COLLEGE CLUB.
1908.
Retirement or Decease
Uni-
versity
Hospital and other Appointments, and
Residence
Omitted, Feb. 26, 1771
Ob., Feb. 28, 1774
M.D.
Cantab.
Phys. to St. Bart.'s Hospital. Bibliotheca Aske-
viana.
Queen Square.
Omitted, Nov. 30, 1795
Ob., June 15, 1809
II
Phys. in Ordy. to King George IH. Essay
on the Colic of Devonshire and Poitou.
Jermyn Street.
Ob., May 17, 1792 ...
i>
Phys. to Lock Hospital ; Phys. in Ordy. to
King George HL
Old Burlington Street.
Ob., Feb. 26, 1797 ...
M.D.
Leyden
& Oxon.
Phys. to Foundling Hospital. Dissertation on
the Gout ; " Damn Champaign.''
St. Martin's Lane.
Ob., Aug. 9, 1784
M.D.
Oxon.
Phys. to St. Bart.'s Hospital. Great nephew
of Dr. Edward Tyson, the anatomist.
Queen Square.
Omitted, Aug. 29, 1769
Ob., March 27, 1776
M.D.
Leyden,
Dublin
&Oxon.
Pres. K. & Q. College Phys., Dublin ; Prof, of
Physic, Univ. Dublin ; Phys.-General to the
Forces in Ireland.
George Street, Hanover Square.
Ob., Jan. 5, 1770
M.D.
Cantab.
Phys. to St. George's Hospital.
St. James's Place.
Ob., June 22, 1797 ...
>>
Phys. Middlesex and St. George's Hospitals ;
Phys. in Ordy. to King George HI.
Sackville Street.
Omitted, Mar. 28, 1774
Ob., Jan. ID, 1794
>>
Phys. in Ordy. to King George HL
Dover Street.
Omitted, Mar. 28, 1774
Ob., Oct., 1776
M.D.
Dublin &
Cantab.
Pres. K. & Q. College Phys., Dublin.
Southampton Street, Covent Garden ; also
Brighton.
m.
MEMBERS OF THE
No.
First Entry
Name
Elected
Fellow
College Offices
II
Dec. 31, 1764
Brooke, Thomas ...
1764
Cens., 1766, 67, 72
12
June 24, 1765
(Elected Feb.
26, - )
Adee, Swithen
1763
Cens., 1764, 70 ...
Harv., 1769
Gulst., 1767
13
Nov. 25, 1766
Petit, John Lewis ...
1767
Cens., 1768, 74, 77
Gulst., 1768
14
Jan. 26, 1768
TuRTON, John
Cand.
1767,
F. Sept.
30, 1768
Cens., 1769, 75, 82, 88 ...
Elect., 1788
15
May 29, 1770
Healde, Thomas ...
1760
Cens., 1769, 71
Gulst., 1763. Harv., 1765
Croon., 1770, 84, 85, 86
Lum., 1786-89
16
Jan. 28, 1772
ScHOMBHRG, Isaac ...
1771
Lie. 1765
Cens., 1773, 78
17
May 26, 1772
Lawrence, Thomas...
1744
Cens., 1746, 52, 53, 57, 59
Gulst., 1744. Harv., 1748
Croon., 1 75 1. Luml., 1755
Reg., 1747-66. Elect., 1759
Cons., 1760, 61, 63
Pres., 1767-74
18
April 26, 1774
Wright, Richard ...
C. Mar.
28,1774,
F. 1775
Cens., 1775, 79, 83
IV.
COLLEGE CLUB. — Continued.
Retirement or Decease
Uni-
versity
Hospital and other Appointments, and
Residence
Ob.,
Aug., 1781
M.D.
Dublin
& Oxon.
Phys. Westminster and St. Luke's Hospitals.
Charles Street, St. James's Square.
Omi
Ob.,
tted. Mar. 26, 1771
Aug. 12, 1786
M.D.
Oxon.
F.R.S., F.S.A. Wrote Meadus, Poema. Grati
animi testimonium, 1755.
Great Russell Street.
Ob.,
May 27, 1780 ...
M.D.
Cantab.
Phys. St. George's Hospital, 1770-74; Phys.
St. Bart.'s Hospital, 1774.
Bloomsbury Square.
Omi
Ob.,
tted, Jan. 27, 1803
April 14, 1806
M.D.
Oxon.&
Leyden
F.R.S. ; Radchffe Travelling Fellow; Phys.
to the Queen's Household, 1771 ; Phys. in
Ordy. to the King, the Queen, and the Prince
of Wales.
Pall Mall.
Omitted, May 28, 1771
Ob., March 26, 1789
M.D.
Cantab
F.R.S. ; Gresham Professor of Physic ; Phys.
London Hospital
Fenchurch Buildings, Fenchurch Street.
Ob.
, May 4, 1780
M.D.
Cantab.
(by royal
mandate),
Leyden
Had a long contest with the College. Began
to practice without a licence, 1746; was "in-
terdicted" by the College, and not admitted
Licentiate till 1765.
Conduit Street.
Omitted, Jan. 25, 1774
Ob., June 6, 1783
M.D.
Oxon.
Anatomy Reader, Univ. Oxford, till 1750.
Wrote Vita Harveii in College Edition of
H.'s works, 1766, &c. Friend of Dr. John-
son.
Essex Street.
Ob.
, Oct. 14, 1786
M.D.
Cantab.
F.R.S. ; Phys. St. George's Hospital.
St. James's Street.
V.
MEMBERS OF THE
No.
First Entry
Name
Elected
Fellow
College Offices
19
April 26, 1774
(First dined,
Jan. 31, 1775)
Pepys, Sir Lucas,
Bart.
C. Sept.
30.i774>
F. Sept.
30. 1775
Cens., 1777, 82, 86, 96 ...
Treas., 1788-98
Elect., 1797
Pres., 1804-10
20
April 26, 1774
(First dined,
June 18, 1776)
BuRGES, John
C. Sept.
3o>i774.
F. Sept.
30,1775
Cens., 1876, 80, 85, 90, 94,
97
Elect., 1797
21
Aug. 27, 1776
(First dined,
Oct. 29, 1777)
MiLMAN, Sir Francis,
Bart.
C. Sept.
30,1777.
F. Sept.
30, 1778
Cens., 1779, 84, 88, 94, 99
Elect., 1798
Pres., 1811-13
Croon., 1781. Harv., 1782
22
In Old Club be-
fore Jan., 1799,
Junior Club,
June 27, 1803
Reynolds, Henry
Revell
1774
Cens., 1774, 78,82, 84, 87,
Gulst., 1775 [92
Harv., 1776. Reg., 1781-83
Elect., 1791
23
Old Club before
Jan., 1799,
Jun. Club before
May 28, 1792
Hervey, James
1782
Cens., 1783, 87, 89, 95,
Harv., 1785. [1802, 09
Luml., 1789-1811
Reg., 1784-1814
Elect., 1809
24
Old Club before
Jan., 1799,
Jun. Club before
May, 1792
GiSBORNE, Thomas ...
C. 1758
F. 1759
Cens., 1760, 68, 71 , 75, 80, 83
Gulst., 1760. Elect., 1781
President, 1791, 94, 1796-
1803
25
Old Club before
Jan., 1799,
Jun. Club before
May, 1792
Robertson, Jas., after-
wards Barclay
1787
Cens., 1787, 92, 1800
Gulst., 1788. Harv., 1789
Croon., 1 79 1
Elect., 1800
26
Old Club before
Jan., 1799,
Jun. Club before
May, 1792
BuDD, Richard
1777
Cens., 1780,83,86,89,91,98
Gulst. and Harv., 1781
Treasurer, 1 799-1 814
Elected, 1797-1818
VI
COLLEGE CLUB.— Continued.
Retirement or Decease
Uni-
versity
Hospital and other Appointments, and
Residence
Res., Jan. 25, 1830 ...
Ob., June 17, 1830
M.D.
Oxon.
Phys. Middlesex Hospital ; Phys. in Ordy. to
the King ; Phys.-Gen. to the Army.
Wimpole Street ; Upper Brook Street.
Omitted, April 27, 1779
Ob., April 2, 1807
M.D.
Oxon.
Phys. St. George's Hospital, 1774- 1787. Left
collection of Materia Medica, placed in Coll.
Phys., 1809.
Mortimer Street, Cavendish Square.
Ob., June 24, 1821
>>
Radcliffe Travelling Fellow ; Phys., Middlesex
Hospital, 1777-9: Phys. in Ordy. to the King
and the Queen.
Bury Street, St. James's.
Died at Pinner Grove, Middlesex.
Ob., Oct. 22, i8ii
M.D.
Cantab.,
Oxon. &
Edin.
Phys. Middlesex Hospital, 1773-7 ; Phys. St.
Thomas's Hospital, 1777-83; Phys. in Ordy.
to the King.
Bedford Square.
Omitted, Old College,
June, 1803; ditto, Jun.
Club, Jan. 26, 1801.
Made Hon. Member.
Ob., 1824.
M.D.
Oxon.
Phys. Guy's Hospital.
Leicester Square ; Chandos Street,
Cavendish Square.
Ob., Feb. 24, 1806 ...
M.D.
Cantab.
Fellow, St. John's College, Cambridge, till his
death ; Phys. St. George's Hospital, 1757-
81 ; Phys. in Ordy. to the King. Left books
to the College.
Clifford Street, Burlington Gardens.
Omitted, Old Club,
May, 1805
Ob., 1827
M.D.
Oxon.
Radcliffe Travelling Fellow; F.R.S. ; Phys.
St. George's Hospital, 1785-1800 ; Phys.
Extr. to Princess of Wales.
Argyll Street.
Ob., Sept. 2, 1821
M.D.
Cantab.
Phys. St. Bartholomew's Hospital, 1780-1801 ;
Phys. Christ's Hospital.
Newbury, Berkshire ; Chatham Square ;
Craven Street.
vu.
MEMBERS OF THE
No.
First Entry
Name
Elected
Fellow
College Offices
27
Jun. Club before
May, 1792
Austin, William
1787
Cens., 1788
Gulst., 1790
28
Jun. Club before
May, 1792
Ash, John
1787
Cens., 1789, 93. Harv., 1790
Gulst., 1791. Croon., 1793
29
Jun. Club before
May, 1792
Old Club,
first entry,
Nov. 1804
Mayo, John
1789
Cens., 1790, 95, 97, 1804,
1808
Harv., 1795. Elect., 1807
30
April 29, 1793
Monro, Thomas
1791
Cens., 1792, 99, 1812
Harv., 1799. Elect., 181 1
31
Junior Club
June 29, 1795
Old Club,
Nov., 1804
Vaughan, Henry, after-
wards Halford, Sir
Henry, Bart.
1794
Cens., 1795, 1801, 15
Harv., 1800, 35
Elect., 1815
President, 1820-44
32
Junior Club
Nov. 30, 1795
Mayo, Paggen William
C. Sept.
30, i795>
F. 1796
Cens., 1797
Gulst., 1798. Harv., 1807
33
Junior Club
Dec. 28, 1795
AiNSLiE, Henry
1795
Cens., 1795, 1803, 10, 14, 18
Harv., 1802
Elect., 1818-28
34
Junior Club
Jan. 29, 1798
Pemberton, Christo-
pher Robert
1796
Cens., 1796, 1804, 181 1 ...
Gulst., 1797. Harv., 1806
vni.
COLLEGE CLUB.— Continued.
Retirement or Decease
Uni-
versity
Hospital and other Appointments, and
Residence
Ob., Jan. 21, 1793
M.D.
Oxon.
Phys. RadclifFe Infirmary, Oxford, 1783-6;
Phys. St. Bartholomew's Hospital, 1786-93.
Cecil Street, Strand.
Omitted, Nov. 26, 1798
Ob., June 18, 1798
J)
F.R.S. ; Phys. Birmingham General Hospital
till 1787 ; Founder of the " Eumehan Club."
New Bond St. ; Brompton Row, Knightsbridge.
Omitted, May, 1805 ...
Ob., 1818
)>
Fellow of Oriel ; Phys. FoundHng Hospital
and Middlesex Hospital.
Lamb's Conduit St. ; Queen Anne St.
Practised in summer at Tunbridge Wells.
Ob., May 14, 1833 ...
J)
Son of John Monro, F.R.C.P., father of E. T.
Monro, F.R.C.P. ; Phys. Bethlehem Hospital,
1792-1816. Friend and Patron of Turner, the
^^'^^^^- Adelphi Terrace.
Res., Jan. 25, 1819 ...
Re-elected, 1820
Ob., March 9, 1844
>j
F.R.S. ; Phys. Middlesex Hospital, 1793-1800;
changed name to Halford, 1809 ; Phys. Extr.
to King George HL, 1793 ; Phys. in Ordy.,
1812 ; Phys. in Ordy. to George IV., William
IV., and Queen Victoria. Founder of the
present College Buildings. ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^
Omitted, Dec. 29, 1800
Ob., July 6, 1836
5)
Fellow St. John's College; Phys. Middlesex
Hospital, 1793-1801.
Bolton Street, Piccadilly ; Doncaster.
Died at Bridlington, Yorks.
Res., Jan. 25, 1819
Ob., Oct. 26, 1834
M.D.
Cantab.
Senior Wrangler ; Fellow Pembroke College ;
Phys. Addenbrooke's Hospital, and after-
wards St. Thomas's Hospital, 1795- 1800.
Dover Street. Died at Hawkshead.
Res., Dec. 27, 1819 ...
Elected Hon. Member
Ob., July 31, 1822
j>
F.R.S. ; Fellow Caius College ; Phys. St.
George's Hospital, 1800-8; Phys. Extr. to
George III.
George Street, Hanover Square.
IX.
MEMBERS OF THE
No.
First Entry
Name
Elected
Fellow
College Offices
35
Junior Club
Dec. 29, 1800
Heberden, William
1796
Cens., 1799, 1808
Harv., i8og. Elect., 1823
36
Junior Club
Dec. 26, 1803
Latham, John
1789
Cens., 1790, 94, 1801-03-07
Gulst., 1793, Harv. 1794
Croon., 1795. Elect., 1806
President, 1813-19
37
Junior Club,
Dec. 26, 1803
Old Club before
.an., 1799
Smyth, James Car-
michael
1788
Cens., 1788, 93, 1801
Harv., 1793. Elect., 1802
38
Old Club before
Jan., 1799
Junior Club,
Dec. 26, 1803
Willis, Robert Dar-
ling
1798
Cens., 1800, 09
39
Nov. 25, 1805,
United
Ash, Edward
1799
Cens., 1802, II, 22
Gulst., 1801
40
Nov. 25, 1805,
United
Baillie, Matthew ...
1790
Cens., 1791-96
Gulst., 1794. Harv., 1798
Croon., 1796-97-98. Elect.,
1809
41
Nov. 25, 1805,
United
Maton, Wm. George
1802
Cens., 1804, 13, 24
Gulst., 1803
Treas., 1814-20
Harv., 1815. Elect., 1828
42
Dec. 30, 181 1
Roberts, Edward ...
1793
Cens., 1794, 1800, 05, 10, 13
Gulst., 1795. Harv., 1801
Croon., 1802-03-04
Elect., 1813
COLLEGE CLUB.— Continued.
Retirement or Decease
Uni-
versity
Hospital and other Appointments, and
Residence
Res., March 27, 1815...
Elected Hon. Member
Ob., Feb, 19, 1845
B.A.
Cantab.
M.D.
Oxon.
Fellow of St. John's College, Camb. ; Phys.
St. George's Hospital ; Phys. in Ordy. to
George HL and to the Queen. Son of
Wm. Heberden, author of the Commentaries.
Dover Street.
Res., June, 1824
Ob., April 20, 1843
M.D.
Oxon.
Phys. Radcliffe Infirmary ; Phys. Middlesex
Hospital, 1789-93 ; Phys. St. Bartholomew's
Hospital : Phys. Extr. to Prince of Wales
and to George IV. ; F.R.S.
Bedford Row ; Harley Street.
Omitted, Nov., 1804 ...
Ob., June 18, 1821
M.D.
Edin.
F.R.S. ; Phys. Middlesex Hospital ; Phys.
Extr. to King George HI. The J ail Distemper,
and Means of Destroying Contagion.
Charlotte Street, Bloom sbury ; Sunbury.
Res., Jan. 25, 1819 ...
Ob., May 23, 1821
M.D.
Cantab.
Fellow of Caius College. Son of Rev. Dr.
Willis, the Clerical Phys. of George III.
Tenterden Street, Hanover Square.
Res., Dec. 28, 1812 ...
Ob., March 29, 1829
M.D.
Oxon.
Radcliffe Travelling Fellow; F.R.S. ; Phys. Extr.
to King George HI. Nephewof Dr. JohnAsh.
Foley Place, Marylebone.
Ob., Sept. 23, 1823 ...
>>
Phys. St. George's Hospital ; Phys. Extr.
to George III. Nephew of John Hunter.
Benefactor of the College. Morbid Anatomy.
Great Windmill St. ; Grosvenor St.
R., Dec. 27, 1819
Ob., March 30, 1835
M
F.R.S.; Phys. Westminster Hospital; Phys.
Extr. to Queen Charlotte, Natural History.
Craven Street, Strand ; Spring Gardens.
R., March 25, 1820 ...
Ob., Nov. 21, 1846
M.D.
Cantab.
Phys. St. Bartholomew's Hospital, 1 794-1834.
Brother of the College Solicitor.
Serle St., Lincoln's Inn Fields; Bloomsbury.
Died at Croydon,
XI.
MEMBERS OF THE ;
No.
First Entry
Name
Elected
Fellow
College Offices
43
June 3, 1812
Franck, James
1803
Cens., 1805
Gulst., 1804
44
_ une 25, 1813
Morris, George Paulet
1795
Cens., 1802-09
Harv., 1803
45
Dec. 26, 1814
Powell, Richard
1796
Cens., 1798, 1807, 20,23...
Gulst., 1799. Harv., 1808
Luml., 181 1-22.
Elect., 1823
46
April 24, 1815
O.M., Social
Club
Warren, Pelham ...
1806
Cens., 1810
Harv., 1826.
Elect., 1829
47
Jan. 29, 1816
O.M., Social
Club
CuRREY, Geo. Gilbert
1805
Cens., 1806, 16
Croon., 1817, 18
Harv., 1822. Treas., 1820
48
March 29, 1819
Pegge, Sir Christopher
1796
Cens., 1817. Harv., 1805
49
May 31, 1819
O.M., Social
Club
GowER, Charles
1800
Cens., 1803, 12
Gulst., 1802.
Harv., 1814
50
May 31, 1819
O.M., Social
Club
Young, Thomas
1809
Cans., 1813, 23
Croon., 1822-23
51
March 29, 1819
Stone, Arthur Daniel
1795
Cens., 1797, 1806, 16, 19
Harv., 1804. Elect., 1818
52
March 29, 1819
O.M., Social
Club
Turner, Thomas
1805
Cens., 1807, 17, 27, 29 ...
Harv., 1822. Elect., 1829
Treas., 1822-45
ii
xu.
COLLEGE CLVB.— Continued.
Retirement or Decease
Uni-
versity
Hospital and other Appointments, and
Residence
R., Dec. i8, 1815
Ob., Jan. 27, 1843
M.D.
Cantab.
Army Phys. : Inspector General Hospitals.
Godfather to R. Eright's eldest son.
Charlotte Street, Bloomsbury ;
Paper Buildings, Temple.
R., Nov., 1825
Ob., Sept. 17, 1837
>)
Phys. Westminster Hospital.
Parliament Street.
Res., Nov., 1824
Ob., August 18, 1834
M.D.
Oxon.
Phys. St. Bartholomew's Hospital. Rahere's
Charter.
Essex Street, Strand.
Ob., Dec. 2, 1835
M.D.
Cantab.
Phys. St. George's Hospital. Son of Richard
Warren, M.D.
Lower Brook Street.
Ob., Dec. II, 1822 ...
M.D.
Oxon.
M.A.
Cantab.
Phys. St. Thomas's Hospital.
Broad Street Buildings ; Half Moon Street.
Res., Dec, 1821
Ob., August 3, 1822
M.D.
Oxon.
F.R.S.; Fellow of Oriel College; Phys. Rad-
cliffe Infirmary : Regius Professor Medicine,
Oxford. Oxford.
Res., Jan., 1822
Ob., April, 1822
)>
Phys. Middlesex Hospital.
Old Burlington Street.
Res., March, 1820
Ob., May 10, 1829
M.D.
Cantab.
& Got-
tingen
F.R.S. ; Phys. St. George's Hospital. Foreign
Secretary to Royal Society. Interference of
Light ; Egyptian Hieroglyphics.
Welbeck Street.
Res., April, 1819
Ob., August 12, 1824
M.D.
Oxon.
Phys. to Charterhouse.
Charterhouse Square.
Res., Jan. 28, 1856
Elected Hon. Member
Ob., March 10, 1865,
aged 93
M.D.
Cantab.
Phys. St. Thomas's Hospital ; Phys. Extr. to
Queen Adelaide.
Charlotte Street, Bedford Square.
xni.
MEMBERS OF THE
No.
First Entry
Name
Elected
Fellow
College Offices
53
March 25, 1820
Social Club,
1817
Tattersall, James...
1813
Cens., 1816, 27
Gulst., 1814
Harv., 1832
54
March 25, 1820
Social Club,
1818
TuTHiLL, Sir George
Leman
1817
Cens., 1819, 30
Gulst., 1818
55
March 25, 1820
Social Club
Chambers, William
Frederic
1819
Cens., 1822, 36
Elect., 1847
56
March 25, 1820
O.M., Social
Club
Price, Charles
1805
Cens., 1807
Harv., 1820
57
March 25, 1820
Social Club,
1818
Latham, Peter Mere
1818
Cens., 1820, 23, 37
Gulst., i8ig. Luml., 1827-
Harv., 1839 [28
58
Feb., 1820
O.M., Social
Club
Nevinson, Charles
Dalston
1806
Cens., 1809, 18
59
June, 1820
Bree, Robert
1807
Cens., 1810, 19, 30
Harv., 1827
Elect., 1830
60
1820
O.M., Social
Club
Hue, Clement
1808
Cens., 1812. Harv., 1829
Elect., 1835
Reg., 1815-24
61
Jan. 27, 1823
Macmichael, William
1818
Cens., 1820, 32
Reg., 1824-29
62
Dec. 29, 1823
Bright, John
1809
Cens., 1813, 22, 33, 40 ...
Harv., 1830
Elect., 1839
xiv.
COLLEGE CLVB.— Continued.
Retirement or Decease
Uni-
versity
Hospital and other Appointments, and
Residence
Res., Dec, 1839
Hon. Member
Ob., May 8, 1855
M.D.
Oxon.
Student, Christ Church ; Phys. Guy's Hospital.
St. Alban's Street, St. James's ;
afterwards Ealing.
Ob., April 7, 1835
M.D.
Cantab.
Phys. Westminster and Bethlehem Hospitals.
Pharmacopoeia, 1824 and 1836.
Soho Square ; Cavendish Square.
Res., Nov. 26, 1848 ...
Hon. Member
Ob., Dec. 17, 1855
>>
Phys. St. George's Hospital ; Phys. in Ordy.
to King William IV. and Queen Victoria.
Dover Street.
Hon. Member
Ob., Sept. 8, 1853
M.D.
Oxon.
Fellow Wadham College ; Phys. Middlesex
Hospital ; Phys. Extr. to King William IV.
Great Ormond Street and Brighton.
Res., Oct. 25, 1861 ...
Ob., July 20, 1875
jj
Phys. Middlesex and St. Bart.'s Hospitals.
Son of John Latham, M.D., President.
Clinical Medicine.
Gower Street. Died at Torquay.
Ob., Aug. 12, 1846 ...
M.D.
Cantab.
Phys. St. George's Hospital.
Montagu Sq. ; Somerset St., Portman Sq.
Ob., Oct. 6, 1839
M.D.
Oxon.
Phys. Northampton Infirmary, Leicester In-
firmary, and General Hospital, Birmingham
George Street, Hanover Square ;
Park Square, Regent's Park.
Res., June 27, 1853 ■••
Ob., June 23, 1861
j>
Phys. St. Bart.'s and Foundling Hospitals.
Guilford St. ; Bernard St., Russell Square.
Ob., Jan. 10, 1839
>>
Phys. in Ordy. to King William IV.; Rad-
cliffe Travelling Fellow; Phys. Middlesex
Hospital. Wrote The Gold-headed Cane.
Albany ; Ryder Street ; Maida Hill.
Res., Nov. 30, 1857 ...
Ob., Feb. I, 1870
>i
Phys. Westminster Hospital. Metropolitan
Commissioner in Lunacy.
Cleveland Row ; Manchester Square.
XV.
MEMBERS OF THE
No.
First Entry
Name
Elrcted
Fellow
College Offices
63
Nov. 29, 1824
Monro, Edward
Thomas
1816
Cens., i8ig, 29, 37
Harv., 1834. Elect., 1842
Treas., 1845-54
64
^une 25, 1829
SouTHEY, Henry Her-
bert
1823
Cens., 1826, 32, 49
Harv., 1847
Elect., 1848
65
Jan. 25, 1830
Paris, John Ayrton...
1814
Cens., 1817, 28, 36, 43 ...
Harv., 1833. Elect., 1839
Pres., 1844-56
66
^ an. 30, 1826
Hewett, Cornwallis
1824
••« ••• ■■• •••
67
April 26, 1830
Watson, Sir Thomas,
Bart.
1826
Cens., 1828, 37, 38
Gulst., 1827
Luml., 1830-31
Rep. Gen. Med. Council,
President, 1862-67 [1858
68
Jan. 27, 1834
Hawkins, Francis ...
1824
Cens., 1827. Gulst., 1826
Croon., 1827, 28, 29
Luml., 1833, 34, 40, 41
Harv., 1848. Reg., 1829-58
Elect., 1850-60
69
May 25, 1835
Mayo, Thomas
1819
Cens., 1835, 39, 50
Luml., 1839, 42
Harv., 1841. Croon., 1853
Elect., 1847
Pres., 1857-62
70
j> »
Warburton, John ...
1821
Cens., 1824
71
Nov. 25, 1839
RouPELL, George
Leith
1826
Cens., 1829, 37, 38
Croon., 1832
XVI.
COLLEGE CLUB.— Continued.
Retirement or Decease
Uni-
versity
Hospital and other Appointments, and
Residence
Res., Nov. 27, 1854 ••
Ob., Jan. 25, 1856
M.D.
Oxon.
Son of Thomas Monro, F.R.C.P. Physician,
Bethlehem Hospital.
Bedford Place ; Gower St. ; Bushey, Herts.
Ob., June 13, 1865
M.D.
Edin.
Phys. Middlesex Hospital ; Phys. in Ordy. to
King George IV. ; Hon. D. C.L.Oxford ;
Gresham Professor of Physic ; Met. Com-
missioner in Lunacy.
Queen Anne Street.
Ob., Dec. 24, 1856 ...
M.D.
Cantab.
F.R.S. ; Phys. Westminster Hospital ; Presi-
dent, Vaccination Board. Phavmacologia.
27, Dover Street ; also Penzance.
Res., Dec. 30, 1833 ...
Re-elected, Feb. 29,1836
Res., Nov. 25, 1839
Ob., Sept. 13, 1841
)>
Downing Professor of Physic, Cambridge ;
Phys. St. George's Hospital ; Phys. Extr. to
King William IV.
Berkeley Street.
Res., Oct., 1879
Hon. Member
Ob., Dec. II, 1882
M.D.
Cantab.
Hon. LL.D. Cantab. ; Hon. D.C.L. Oxon.; Phys.
Middlesex Hospital ; Prof. Medicine King's
College ; Phys. in Ordy. to Queen Victoria.
Practice of Physic.
15, Henrietta Street, Cavendish Square.
Res., Oct. 29, 1877 ...
Hon. Member
Ob. Dec, 13, 1877
M.D.
Oxon.
Phys. Middlesex Hospital ; Registrar of Gen.
Medical Council, 1858-76 ; Phys. to Duke of
Cambridge ; Phys. Queen's Household.
Great Ryder Street ; 18, Bolton Street.
Res., Nov. 24, 1862 ...
Hon Member
Ob., Jan. 13, 1871
M.D.
Oxon.
Fellow of Oriel; F.R.S. ; Phys. Marylebone In-
firmary. Son of John Mayo, M.D., F.R.C.P.
Pathology of the Human Mind ; " He looked like
a man who read Aretatis."
Tunbridge Wells ; 56, Wimpole Street.
Ob., June 2, 1845
M.D.
Cantab.
Phys. St. Luke's Hospital.
Clifford Street.
Ob., Sept. 29, 1854 ...
)5
Phys. St. Bartholomew's Hospital.
Typhus Fever. 15, Wei beck Street.
XVII
MEMBERS OF THE
No.
First Entry
Name
Elected
Fellow
College Offices
72
Dec. 18, 1837
Williams, Robert ...
1817
Cens., 1831
Elect., 1844
73
Dec. 28, 1840
Morgan, Sir Thomas
Charles
1810
...
74
Jan. 25, 1841
Nairne, Robert
1838
Cens., 1842-43, 48-49,53
IS
Dec. 27, 1841
Farre, Frederic John
1838
Cens., 1841-2, 54
Treasurer, 1869-83
76
Dec. 18, 1843
Burton, Henry
1832
Cens., 1838
77
April 29, 1844
Page, Wm. Emmanuel
1838
Cens., 1845-46, 55
Gulst., 1840
Harv., i860
78
Feb. 23, 1846
BuDD, George
1841
Cens., 1845-46, 51, 62
Gulst., 1843
Croon., 1847
79
Dec. 28, 1846
Bright, Richard ... 1832
Cens., 1836, 39
Gulst., 1833
Luml., 1837
80
Jan. 31, 1848
Burrows, Sir George,
Bart.
1832
Cens., 1839-40, 43, 46 ...
Croon., 1835-36
Gulst., 1834
Luml., 1843-44
President, 1871-75
XVlll.
COLLEGE CLUB.— Continued.
Retirement or Decease
Uni-
versity
Hospital and other Appointments, and
Residence
Res., 1841 I M.D.
Ob., Nov. 24, 1845 I Cantab.
Phys. St. Thomas's Hospital. Introduced
bromide of potassium.
Bedford Place, Russell Square.
Ob., Aug. 28, 1843
Phys. Lord Lieutenant (Viceroy) of Ireland.
William Street, Lowndes Sq., and Dublin.
Res., Oct. 28, 1861
Hon. Member
Ob., Nov. 5, 1886
Phys. St. George's Hospital.
44, Charles Street, Berkeley Square.
Res., Dec. 27, 1852 ...
Re-elected, Apl. 27, 1868
Res., Oct. 29, 1883
Ob., Nov. 10, 1886
Phys. St. Bartholomew's Hospital ; Charter-
house ; Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital.
35, New Bridge Street.
Res., Dec. 27, 1847
Ob., Aug., 1849
Phys. St. Thomas's Hospital. Tlie Blue Line.
41, Jermyn Street.
Ob., Jan. 2, 1868
M.D.
Oxon.
Faculty Student of Christ Church, Oxford ;
Phys. St. George's Hospital.
II, Queen Street.
Res., Feb. 25, 1867
Ob., Marcli 14, 1882
M.D.
Cantab.
F.R.S. ; Phys. King's College Hospital.
Diseases of the Liver.
20, Dover Street.
Ob., Dec. 16, 1858
M.D.
Edin.
F.R.S. ; Phys. Guy's Hospital ; Phys. Extr.
to Queen Victoria. Morbus Brightii.
II, Savile Row.
Res., Nov. 23, 1883
Hon. Member
Ob., Dec. 12, 1887
M.D.
Cantab.,
Hon.
D.C.L.
Oxon.,
Hon.
LL.D.
Cantab.
F.R.S. ; Phys. St. Bartholomew's Hospital.
Disorders of Cerebral Circulation.
45, Queen Anne St. ; 18, Cavendish Sq.
xix.
MEMBERS OF THE
No.
First Entry
Name
Elected
Fellow
College Offices
8i
Jan. 29, 1849
Babington, Benjamin
Guy
1832
Cens., 1840-41,44-45
Croon., 1841
82
Dec. 27, 1852
Alderson, Sir James
1830
Cens., 1848-56. Treasurer,
1855-67
Luml., 1852-53
Harv., 1854
President, 1867-71
83
>> >»
EAFFRESON, Henry ...
1839
Cans., 1849-50, 57
84
an. 30, 1854
Sutherland, Alex.
John
1840
Cens., 1847-49, 58-9
Croon., 1858
Harv., 1863
85
Nov. 29, 1854
Ferguson, Robert ...
Cens., 1844-45
86
March 31, 1856
Farre, Arthur
1843
Cens., 1861-62, 65
87
March 30,
1857 (?)
Black, Patrick
1845
Cens., 1855-56, 64-65
Croon., 1855
88
March 22, 1858
Holland, Sir Henry
1828
••• ••• ••• •••
89
Feb. 28, 1859
Pitman, Sir Henry
Alfred
1845
Cens., 1856-57
Registrar, 1858-89
Emerit. Regist., 1889
Rep. Gen. Med. Council,
1876-86
XX,
COLLEGE CLUB.— Continued.
Retirement or Decease
Uni-
versity
Hospital and other Appointments, and
Residence
6b., April 8, 1866
M.D.
Cantab.
F.R.S. ; Phys. Guy's Hospital. Epidemics of
the Middle Ages.
31, George Street, Hanover Square.
Res., Oct. 30, 1871
Ob., Sept. 13, 1882
M.D.
Oxon.
M.A.
Cantab.
Phys. St. Mary's Hospital ; previously Phys.
Hull General Infirmary ; Phys. Extr. to
Queen Victoria. Cholera at Hull.
36, Charles St., W. ; Berkeley Square.
Ob., Dec. 7, 1866
M.D.
Cantab.
Phys. St. Bartholomew's Hospital.
8, Finsbury Square.
Res., Jan. 25, 1864
Ob., Jan. 31, 1867
M.D.
Oxon.
F.R.S., Student Christ Church, Oxford; Phys.
St. Luke's Hospital. On Insanity.
6, Richmond Terrace.
Res., Jan. 26, 1863
Hon. Member
Ob., June 25, 1865
M.D.
Edin.
Phys. Extr. to Queen Victoria.
125, Park Street.
Res., Nov. 29, 1886 ...
Hon. Member
Ob., Dec. 7, 1887
M.D.
Cantab.
F.R.S. ; Phys. for Diseases of Women. King's
College Hospital ; Phys. Ace. to Queen
Victoria.
9, Queen Street.
Res., August, 1879 ...
Ob., Oct. 12, 1879
M.D.
Oxon.
Phys., St. Bartholomew's Hospital. On the
Spleen.
13, Bedford Square.
Ob., Oct. 27, 1873 •••
M.D.
Edin.,
D.C.L.
Oxon.
Phys. in Ordy. to Queen Victoria and to the
Prince Consort. Medical Notes and Reflec-
tions.
72, Brook Street.
Res., Nov., 1888
Hon. Member
One hundred years old,
July I, igo8
M.D.
Cantab.
Phys. St. George's Hospital.
28, Gordon Square; Enfield.
xxi.
MEMBERS OF THE
No.
First Entry
Name
Elected
Fellow
College Offices
90
Nov. 25, 1861
Jones, Henry Bence...
1849
Cens., 1857-58-67
Gulst., 1846. Croon., 1868
91
Oct. 27, 1S62
Barker, Thos. Alfred
1840
Cens., 1849-50, 53-54 ...
Luml., 1860-61
92
>> j>
Barlow, Geo. Hilaro
1842
Cens., 1850-51, 60-61
Gulst., 1844
93
Jan. 26, 1863
Rees, George Owen...
1844
Cens., 1852-53, 63-64
Croon., 1857-58
Harv., 1869. Gulst., 1845
94
March 28, 1864
Jackson, John
1859
••• ••• ••• »••
95
Jan. 29, 1866
Barclay, Andrew
Whyte
1851
Cens., 1868-69, 78
Luml., 1864
96
June 26, 1866
Ogle, John William
1855
Cens., 1873, 74, 84
Harv., 1880. Croon., 1869
Vice-President, 1886
97
Nov. 26, 1866
GUENEAU DE MuSSY,
Henri
1859
...
98
Jan. 28, 1867
Bennett, Sir James
Risdon
1846
Cens., 1857-58
Croon., 1863
President, 1876-80
99
March 25, 1867
Jenner, Sir William,
Bart., G.C.B.
1852
Cens., 1870-71, 80
Gulst., 1853. Harv., 1876
President, 1881-87
100
March 30, 1868
Monro, Henry
1848
Cens., 1861, 62, 63
xxu.
COLLEGE CLUB.— Continued.
Retirement or Decease
Uni-
versity
Hospital and other Appointments, and
Residence
Res., Oct. 26, 1868
Ob., April 20, 1873
M.D.
Cantab.
F.R.S. ; Phys. St. George's Hospital. Animal
Chemistry. 84, Brook Street.
Res., Nov. 24, 1879
Hon. Member
Ob., Oct. 19, 1891
M.D.
Cantab.
& Edin.
Phys. St. Thomas's Hospital.
27, Wimpole Street.
Ob., Oct. 13, 1866
M.D.
Cantab.
Phys. Guy's Hospital.
5, Union Street, South wark.
Res., June, 1887
Hon. Member
Ob., May, 1889
M.D.
Glas.
F.R.S. ; Phys. Guy's Hospital ; Phys. Ext. to
Queen Victoria.
Turhidas intuens aquas. 26, Albemarle Street.
Res., Nov., 1876
Hon. Member
Ob.. March 31, 1887
M.D.
Cantab.
Surg. Bengal Army; Phys. Med. Coll. Hosp.,
Calcutta.
28, George Street, and Hendon.
Ob., April 28, 1884
M.D.
Edin. &
Cantab.
Phys. St. George's Hospital. Medical Dia-
gnosis.
23A, Bruton Street, Berkeley Square.
Res., Nov. 26, 1900
Hon. Member
Ob., Aug. 8, 1905
M.D.
Oxon.
Phys. St. George's Hospital. Wrote 160
Papers in Pathological Transactions,
13, Upper Brook Street.
Res., Nov. 27, 1871
Hon. Member
Ob., 1892
M.D.
Paris
Phys. to French Embassy.
4, Cavendish Place, W.
Res., Nov. 30, 1891
Hon. Member
Ob., Dec. 15, 1891
M.D.
Edin.
F.R.S. ; Phys. St. Thomas's Hospital.
15, Finsbury Square; Cavendish Square.
Res., March 28, 1870..
Re-elected, May 30, 1881
Res., May 27, 1889
Ob., Dec. II, 1898
Ob., May 18, 189 1
M.D.
Lond.,
Hon.
D.C.L.
Oxon.
M.D.
Oxon.
F.R.S.; Phys. University Coll. Hospital; Phys.
in Ord}'. to the Queen and the Prince of
Wales. Identity ov Non-identity of Typhus and
Typhoid Fevers.
63, Brook Street.
Phys. St. Luke's Hospital ; Painter of portraits
of the Monroes. Son of E. T. Monro (No. 63).
I 3, Cavendish Square.
XXIIl.
MEMBERS OF THE
No.
First Entry
Name
Elected
Fellow
College Offices
lOI
Jan. 25, 1869
Gull, Sir William,
Bart.
1848
Cens., 1859-61
Gulst., 1849
102
Jan. 31, 1870
Armstrong, Sir Alex.,
K.C.B.
i860
••• ••• •■• *••
103
Feb. 28, 1870
Logan, Sir T. Gal-
braith, K.C.B.
1867
••• ••• •■• •••
104
March 27, 1871
Paget, Sir George E.,
K.C.B.
1839
Harv., 1866
105
>> J)
SiEvEKiNG, Sir Ed-
ward Henry
1852
Cens., 1869, 70, 79, 81 ...
Croon., 1866. Harv. 1877
Vice-President, 1888
106
Nov. 27, 1871
MuNK, William
1854
Cens., 1871-72
Harv. Librarian, 1857-99
V.P., 1888
107
Feb. 23, 1874
Martin, Robert
1859
Cens., 1877-78
108
j> >>
Basham, Wm. Richard
1850
Cens., 1864-66
Croon., 1864
log
Nov. 29, 1875
Davies, Herbert
1850
Cens., 1865-66-74
no
Nov. 27, 1876
Johnson, George
1850
Cens., 1865-66 75
Gulst., 1852. Luml., 1877
Harv., 1882
xxiv.
COLLEGE CI.XJB.— Continued.
Retirement or Decease
Uni-
versity
Hospital and other Appointments, and
Residence
Res., April 30, 1877 ...
Ob., Jan. 29, 1890
M.D.
Lond.,
Hon.
D.C.L.
Oxon.
F.R.S. ; Phys. Guy's Hospital ; Phys. Extr. to
Queen Victoria ; Phys. to Prince of Wales.
A Cretinoid Condition in Women.
Finsbury Square ; 74, Brook Street.
Res., Jan. 29, 1883 •••
Ob., July 4, 1899
M.D.
Edin.
F.R.S. ; Director-General Med. Depart. Navy;
Hon. Phys. to Queen Victoria and Prince
of Wales. The N. W. Passage.
New Street, Spring Gardens.
Res., Jan. 25, 1875 ...
Ob., June II, 1896
M.D.
Glas.
Director-Gen. Med. Dep. Army; Hon. Phys. to
Queen Victoria. 40, Hyde Park Square.
Res., Jan. 26, 1874 •••
Hon. Member
Ob., Jan. 29, 1892
M.D.
Cantab.
Regius Professor of Physic, Cambridge.
Cambridge.
Res., 1881
Ob., Feb. 24, 1904
M.D.
Edin.,
Hon.
LL.D.
Edin.
Phys. St. Mary's Hospital ; Phys. in Ordy. to
Prince of Wales ; Phys. Extr. to King
Edward VH.
17, Manchester Square.
Res., Nov., 1882
Ob., Dec. 20, 1898
M.D.
Leyden
Phys. Small-pox and Vaccin. Hospital. Roll of
the Royal College of Physicians.
40, Finsbury Square.
Res., Nov., 1888
Hon. Member
Ob. May 13, 1891
M.D.
Cantab.
Phys. St. Bartholomew's Hospital.
6, Old Cavendish Street.
Ob., Oct. 16, 1877 ...
M.D.
Edin.
Phys. Westminster Hospital. On Dropsy.
17, Chester Street.
Res., Nov., 1884
Ob., Jan. 6, 1885
M.D.
Cantab.
Fellow Queen's College ; Phys. London Hos-
pital. On Diseases of Heart and Lungs.
23, Finsbury Square.
Res., Oct. 30, 1893 •••
Hon. Member
Ob., June 3, 1896
M.D.
Lond.
Phys. King's College Hospital. On Diseases of
Kidney.
II, Savile Row.
XXV.
MEMBERS OF THE
No.
First Entry
Name
Elected
Fellow
College Offices
] ri
Nov. 27, 1876
QuAiN, Sir Richard,
Bart.
1851
Cens., 1867-8, 77
Luml., 1872
Harv., 1S85
Vice-President, 1890
112
Nov. 26, 1877
Fayrer, Sir Joseph,
Bart., K.C.S.I.
1872
Croon., 1882
"3
Nov. 24, 1879
Fox, Wilson
1866
Cens., 1884-85
114
jj )>
SouTHEY, Reginald ...
1866
Gulst., 1867
115
5) JJ
Weber, Sir Hermann
1859
Cens., 1879, 80
Croon., 1885
116
Nov. 29, 1880
Andrew, James
1866
Cens., 1886-87
Harv., 1890. Luml., 1884
117
May 26, 1883
Garrod, Sir Alfred
Baring
1856
Cens., 1874, 75. 87
Goulst., 1557. Luml., 1883
Moxon Med., 1891
Vice-President, 1889
118
5> >J
Church, Sir William
Selby, Bart.,K.C.B.
1870
Cans., 1890, 91, 96
Harv., 1895
President, 1899-1904
119
Feb. 25, 1884
FiNCHAM, George T.
1855
Cens., 1872-73, 77, 83 ...
Vice-President, 1885
XXVI.
COLLEGE CLVB.—Contitmed.
Retirement or Decease
Uni-
Hospital and other Appointments, and
versity
Residence
Ob., March 13, i8g8 ...
M.D.
F.R.S. ; Phys. Hospital for Consumption,
Lond.,
Brompton ; Phys. Extr. to Queen Victoria.
LL.D.
A Dictionary of Medicine.
Edin.
67, Harley Street.
Res., Oct. 26, 1903 ...
M.D.,
F.R.S. ; Hon. Phys. to Queen and Prince of
Hon. Member
LL.D.
Wales; Phys. Extr. to King Edward VH.;
Ob., May 21, 1907
Edin. &
Pres. Indian Med. Board. Thanatophidia of
St. And.
India ; Recollections of my Life.
53, Wimpole Street.
Ob., May 3, 1887
M.D.
F.R.S.; Phys. University College Hospital;
Lond.
Phys. in Ordy. Queen Victoria. Diseases
of the Stomach.
67, Grosvenor Street.
Ob., Nov. 8, 1899 ...
M.D.
Phys. St. Bartholomew's Hospital.
Oxon.
6, Harley Street.
Res., Oct. 30, 1905 ...
M.D.
Phys. German Hospital. Prolongation of Life.
Bonn.
Presented plate to the Club.
10, Grosvenor Street.
Res., Jan. 26, 1891
M.D.
Hon. Fellow Wadham College; Physician St.
Hon. Member
Oxon.
Bartholomew's Hospital. Valvular Disease
Returned, June, 1891
of the Heart.
Res., June 26, 1893
Hon. Member
Ob., April 21, 1897
59, Russell Square.
Res., Oct. 28, 1895 ...
M.D.
Phys. King's College Hospital ; Phys. Extr.
Hon. Mem.
Ob., Dec. 28, 1907
Lond.
to Queen Victoria. On Gout.
II, Harley Street.
M.D.
Oxon.
Hon. Fellow University College ; Phys. St.
Bartholomew's Hospital.
130, Harley Street.
Res., Oct. 1889
Ob., June i, 1890
Phys. Westminster Hospital.
13, Belgrave Road.
XXVll.
MEMBERS OF THE
No.
First Entry
Name
Elected
Fellow
College Offices
120
Nov. 24, 1884
Duckworth, SirDyce
Bart.
1870
Cens., 1900-01-03...
Harv., 1898
Rep. Med. Coun. 1886-1901
Luml., 1896. Treas., 1884
121
Nov. 24, 1884
Brodie, George Bar- 1876
nard
...
122
Nov. 29, 1886
Priestley, Sir Wil-
liam Overend
1864
Cens., 1891-2
Luml., 1887
123
Nov. 28, 1887
Whipham, Thomas
Tillyer
1873
Cens., 1894-5, 1901
124
Nov. 28, 1887
Pollock, James Ed-
ward
1864
Cens., 1884, 85, 93
Harv. 1889
Croon., 1883
125
Nov. 28, 1887
LivEiNG, Edward ...
1874
Registrar, 1889 ...
126
April 30, 1888
Clark, Sir Andrew,
Bart.
1858
Cens. 1882-83
Croon, 1867. Luml., 1885
President, 1888-92
127
Nov. 26, 1888
Latham, Peter Wall-
work
1866
Cens., 1887, 88, 94
Croon., 1886. Harv., 1888
r28
Nov. 25, 1889
Reynolds, Sir Russell,
Bart.
1859
Luml., 1867
President, 1893-95
129
March 23, 1891
Roberts, Sir William
1865
Gulst., 1866
Luml., 1880
xxviu.
COLLEGE CLUB. — Continued.
Retirement or Decease
Uni-
versity
Hospital and other Appointments, and
Residence
•«• •■• •«• •••
M.D.,
LL.D.
Edin.
Phys. St. Bartholomew's Hospital. Treatise on
Gout.
28, Grosvenor Place.
Res., Oct. 28, 1907 ...
M.D.,
St.And.
Phys. Queen Charlotte's Hospital.
3, Carlos Place.
Ob., April II, 1900 ...
M.D.
LL.D.
Edin.
M.P. ; Phys. King's College Hospital ; Prof,
of Obstetrics.
17, Hertford Street.
...
M.D.
Oxon.
Phys. St. George's Hospital.
II, Grosvenor Street.
Res., Feb. 25, 1901 ...
Hon. Mem.
M.D.
Aberd.
Phys. Extraordy. Queen Victoria ; Phys. Con-
sumption Hospital, Brompton. Handbook of
Life Assurance.
52, Upper Brook Street.
...
M.D.
Cantab.
Fellow King's College, London ; Ass. Phys.
King's College Hospital. On Megrim.
52, Queen Anne Street.
Ob., Nov. 6, 1893
M.D.
Aberd.,
Hon.
LL.D.
Cantab.
Phys. London Hospital. Fibroid Phthisis.
16, Cavendish Square.
M.D.
Cantab.
Downing Prof. Med. Cambridge ; Physician
Addenbrooke's Hospital.
Cambridge.
Res., March 30, 1896...
Ob., May 29, 1896
M.D.
Lond.
Phys. University College Hospital. A System
Medicine.
38, Grosvenor Street.
Ob., April 16, 1899 ...
M.D.
Lond.
Phys. Manchester Royal Infirmary. On
Urinary and Renal Diseases.
3, Manchester Square.
XXIX.
MEMBERS OF THE
No.
First Entry
Name
Elected
Fellow
College Offices
130
Nov. 30, 1891
Pye - Smith, Philip
Henry
1870
Cens., 1894, 95. 99
Luml., 1892. Harv., 1894
Rep. Sen. Univ. Lond.
131
>> 5>
Sturges, Octavius ...
1870
...
132
Jan. 29, 1894
Williams, Sir John,
Bart., K.C.V.O.
1879
133
Nov. 26, 1894
Powell, Sir Richard
Douglas, Bart.,
K.C.V.O.
1873
Cens., 1898, 99, 1902
Luml., 1898
President, 1905
134
>> »>
Blandford, George
Fielding
1869
Luml., 1895
135
Jan. 28, 1895
Roberts, Frederick
Thomas
1877
Cens., 1902, 03
Luml., 1902
Harv., 1905
136
Nov. 26, 1895
Dickinson, William
Howship
1865
Cens., 1885, 86, 92
Croon., 1876. Luml., 1888
Harv., 1891
Curator Mus., 1888
137
April 27, 1896
WiLKS, Sir Samuel,
Bart.
1856
Cens., 1875, 76, 88
Harv., 1879
Vice-President, 1890
President, 1896-98
138
Nov. 29, 1897
Broadbent, Sir Wm.
Henry, Bt., K.C.V.O.
1869
Cens., 1888, 89, 95
Croon., 1887
Luml., 1891
XXX.
COLLEGE CLUB.— Cojjtinmd.
Reti
REMENT OK
. Decease
Uni-
versity
hospit.^l and other appointments, and
Residence
M.D.
Lond.
F.R.S. ; Phys. Guy's Hospital; Vice-Chanc,
Univ. Lond. Fagge and Pye-Smitlis Text-book
of Medicine.
56, Harley Street ; 48, Brook Street.
Ob.,
Nov. 3, I
894 ...
M.D.
Cantab.
Phys. Westminster Hospital.
85, Wimpole Street.
Res.
Hon
, Oct. 26,
. Member
1903 ...
M.D.
Lond.,
Hon.
LL.D.
Edin.&
Glas.
Obst. Phys. Univ. College Hospital ; Phys.
Accoucheur to Princess of Wales and the
Duchess of York.
63, Brook Street.
• • • > ■ •
7)
Phys. Middlesex Hospital ; Phys. in Ordy. to
Queen Victoria ; Phys. Extr. to King Edward
Vn. Diseases of the Litngs.
62, Wimpole Street.
...
...
...
M.D.
Oxon.
Lecturer on Psych. Medicine, St. George's
Hospital. Insanity.
48, Wimpole Street.
Res.
Hon
Oct. 28,
Member
1907 ...
M.D.
Lond.
Phys. Univ. College Hospital. A Handbook of
Medicine.
102, Harley Street.
Res.,
Hon
Jan. 30,
Member
1905 ...
M.D.
Cantab.
Hon. Fellow Cains Coll., Cambridge ; Phys.
St. George's Hospital. On Albiiminuria.
9, Chesterfield Street.
Res.,
Hon
Oct. 28,
Member
igoi ...
M.D.
Lond.
F.R.S. ; Phys. Guy's Hospital ; Phys. Extr.
to Queen Victoria. Lectures on Pathological
A natomy.
72, Grosvenor Street.
Res.
Ob.,
Oct. 30,
uly 10, I
1899 ...
907
) f
Phys. St. Mary's Hospital ; Phys. in Ordy. to
King Edward VH. and Prince of Wales.
84, Brook Street.
XXXI.
MEMBERS OF THE
No.
First Entry
Name
Elected
Fellow
College Offices
139
Nov. 27, 1899
Payne, Joseph Frank
1873
Cens., 1896, 97, 1905
Gulst., 1874. Harv., 1896
Luml., igoi.
Fitzpatrick, 1903-4
Harveian Librarian, 1899
140
>» j>
PooRE, George Vivian
1S77
Cens., 1901, 02
Harv., 1899. Milroy, 1899
Bradshaw, 1881
141
>> 5>
Frank, Philip
1871
••• ••• ••• •••
142
Nov. 26, 1900
Barlow, Sir Thomas,
Bart., K.C.V.O.
1880
Cens., 1905, 06 ...
Bradshaw, 1894
143
)> j>
Allchin, Sir William
Henry
1878
Cens., 1903, 04 ...
Harv., 1903
Bradshaw, 1891
Luml., 1905
Rep. Sen.Univ.Lond., 1902
144
Nov. 25, 1901
Taylor, Frederick ...
1879
Cens., 1904-5
Luml., 1904
Harv., 1907
Rep. Sen. Univ. Lond.,1907
145
Nov. 24, 1902
Savage, George Henry
1885
Luml., 1907
146
Nov. 30, 1903
Buzzard, Thomas ...
1873
•■• •*• ••• •••
147
>> >»
Green, Thos. Henry
1875
Cens., 1900, 01, 04
xxxu.
COLLEGE CLUB.— Continued.
Retirement or Decease
Res., Jan. 25, 1904
Ob., Nov. 23, 1904
Res., Oct. 26, 1903
Hon. Member
Uni-
versity
M.D.
Oxon.
M.D.
Lond.
M.D.
Berlin
Hospital and other Appointments, and
Residence
Phys. St. Thomas's Hospital; Hon. Fellow
Magdalen College, Oxford ; Radcliffe Travel-
ling Fellow. Thomas Sydenham.
78, Wimpole Street.
Phys. University College Hospital. Essays
on Rural Hygiene.
24A, Portland Place.
Army Medical Staff.
Cannes ; 3, Elvaston Place, London.
M.D.
Lond.
Phys. University College Hospital ; Phys.
Extr. to Queen Victoria ; Phys. to the
King's Household. Infantile Scurvy.
ID, Wimpole Street.
Phys. Westminster Hospital. A Manual of
Medicine.
5, Chandos Street, Cavendish Square.
Phys. Guy's Hospital. The Practice of Medicine.
20, Wimpole Street.
Phys. Bethlehem and Guy's Hospital. Manual
en Insanity.
26, Devonshire Place.
Fellow King's Coll., London ; Phys. Nat.
Hospital Epilepsy and Paralysis. Diseases
of Nervous System.
74, Grosvenor Street.
Phys. Charing Cross Hospital. Introduction iu
Jr'athology.
74, Wimpole Street.
xxxiii.
MEMBERS OF THE
No.
First Entry
Name
Elected
Fellow
College Offices
148
Nov. 30, 1903
Moore, Norman
1877
Cens., 1904-5, 1908
Brad., 1889
Fitzpatrick, 1905-6
Harv., 1 90 1
Rep. Gen. Med. Coun.,1901
149
>> )>
SHARKEY,Seymour John
1885
Gulst, 1886
Brad., 1906
150
Nov. 28, 1904
OsLER, William
1883
Gulst., 1885
Harv., 1906
^5^
Nov. 27, 1905
Bridges, John Henry
1867
Harv., 1892
1
152 Nov. 26, 1906
Cayley, William
1872
Cens., 1895-6, 1900
Croon., 1880
153
Ormerod, Joseph
Arderne
1885
Harv., 1908
Assistant-Registrar, 1908
Registrar, 1909
154 Nov. 30, 1908
1
1
Champneys, Francis
Henry
1882
Rep. Central Midwives'
Board
155
1
>> )>
Reid, Sir James, Bart.,
G.C.V.O., K.C.B.
1892
XXXIV.
COLLEGE CLUB.— Continued.
Retirement or Decease
Uni-
versity
Hospital and other Appointments, and
Residence
M.D.
Cantab.
Phys. St. Bartholomew's Hospital. Irish Texts
and Translations. Medical Biographies.
94, Gloucester Place.
M.D.
Oxen.
Phys. St. Thomas's Hospital ; Radcliflfe Travel-
ling Fellow, University of Oxford.
22, Harley Street.
M.D.
McGiM.
et Oxon.
LL.D.
Edin.
F.R.S. ; Regius Prof, of Medicine, University
of Oxford ; formerly Prof. Medicine Johns
Hopkins Univ., U.S.A. Principles and Prac-
tice. ' De Senectute.'
Oxford.
Ob., June 15, igo6
M.B.
Oxon.
Fellow Oriel College ; Medical Inspector Local
Government Board. Ed. Opus Majus of
Roger Bacon. Trans. Comte.
2, Park Place Gardens.
M.D.
Lond.
Fellow King's College, Lond. ; Phys. Middlesex
Hospital. Fevers.
27, Wimpole Street.
M.D.
Oxon.
Fellow Jesus College ; Phys. St. Bartholomew's
Hospital.
25, Upper Wimpole Street.
M.D.
Oxon.
Phys. Accoucheur St. Bart. Hosp. ; Chairman
Central Midwives' Board ; Radcliffe Travel-
ling Fellow Univ. Oxford.
42, Upper Brook Street.
M.D.
Aberd.
LL.D.
Glasg.
(Hon.)
Phys. in Ordy. to the King and to the Prince
of Wales.
72, Grosvenor Street.
xxxv.
MEMBERS OF THE
No.
First Entry
Name
Elected
Fellow
College Offices
156
Nov. 28, 1910
DoNKiN, Sir Horatio
Bryan
1880
Harv., 1910
^57
>> >>
RoLLESTONjSir Hum-
phry Davy, Bart.,
K.C.B.
1894
Cens., 1918-19, 1921
Gulst., 1895
Luml., 1919
President, 1922 ...
158
Nov. 27, 1911
GooDHART, Sir James
Frederick
1880
Brad., 1885
Harv., 1912
159
»> >>
CouPLAND, Sidney...
1880
Gulst., 1881
Harv., 1915
160
n 1)
Bruce, John Mitchell,
C.V.O.
1878
Cens., 1906-7, 1911
Luml., 1911
Harv., 1913
161
>> >)
Garrod, Sir Archi-
bald Edward,
K.C.M.G.
1891
Brad., 1900
Croon., 1908
162
Nov. 24, 1913
Fowler, Sir James
Kingston, K.C.V.O.,
C.M.G.
1886
Cens., 1908-9, 1913
163
Mar. 31, 1919
Pitt, George Newton,
O.B.E.
1889
Cens., 1914-5, 1918
Gulst., 1890
Brad., 1910
164
M >>
Pasteur, William,
C.B., C.M.G.
1891
Cens., 1915-16
Brad., 1908
165
>» 11
Taylor, James,
C.B.E.
1897
...
166
Nov. 29, 1920
TuRNEY, Horace
George, O.B.E.
1898
Cens., 1921-22
xxxvi.
COLLEGE CLUB.— Continued.
Retirement or Decease
Uni-
versity
Hospital and other Appointments, and
Residence
Res., 1925
Hon. Member
M.D.
Oxon.
Cons. Phys. Westminster Hospital ; Director of
Convict Prisons.
28, Hyde Park Street, W.2.
M.D.
Cantab.
Phys. in Ordy. to the King ; Regius Prof, of
Physic, Cambridge ; Emeritus Phys. St.
George's Hospital.
Southfield, Trumpington Road, Camb.
Res., 1914
Ob., 1916
M.D.
Aberd.
Phys. Guy's Hospital.
25, Portland Place, VV.i.
Res., 1924
Hon. Member
M.D.
Lond.
Cons. Phys. Middlesex Hospital ; late Com-
missioner Board of Control.
Wootton Ridge, Boar's Hill, Oxford.
...
M.D.
Loud.
Cons. Phys. Charing Cross Hospital.
23, Harley Street, W.i,
Res., 1920
Hon. Member
M.D.
Oxen.
F.R.S. ; Cons. Phys. St. Bartholomew's Hos-
pital ; Regius Prof, of Medicine University
of Oxford. Inborn Errors of Metabolism.
Oxford.
Res , 1919
M.D.
Cantab.
Cons. Phys. Middlesex Hospital ; Beit Schol.
Diseases of Lungs.
35, Clarges Street, W.i.
M.D.
Cantab.
Cons. Phys. Guy's Hospital ; late Fellow of
Clare College, Cambridge.
Southdene, Walton-on-Thames.
Res., 1921
M.D.
Lond.
Cons. Phys. Middlesex Hospital. Massive
Collapse of the Lung.
84, Warwick Park, Tunbridge Wells.
...
M.D.
Edin.
Cons. Phys. Hospital for Paralysed and Epi-
leptic, Queen Square.
49, Welbeck Street, W.i.
M.D.
Oxon.
Cons. Physician St. Thomas's Hospital.
7, Park Square West, N.W.i.
xxxvia.
MEMBERS OF THE
No.
First Entry
Name
Elected
Fellow
College Offices
167
Apr. 25, 1921
Chaplin, Arnold ...
1902
Harv. Librarian, 1918 ...
Fitzpatrick, 1917-18
Harv., 1922
168
May 30, 1 92 1
Bradford, Sir John
Rose, K.C.M.G.,
C.B., C.B.E.
1897
Cens., 1919-20, 1925
Gulst., 1898
Croon., 1904
Luml., 1920
Pres., 1926
169
Jan. 30, 1922
Herringham, Sir
Wilmot Parker,
K.C.M.G., C.B.
1889 Cens., 1914-ig
Rep. Sen. Univ. Lond.,
1920
170
1) ))
Crawford, Raymond
1901
Cens., 1918-ig, 1922
Fitzpatrick, 1911-12
Harv., 1919.
Registrar, 1925
171
Feb. 27, 1922
Sherrington, Sir
Charles Scott,
O.M., G.B.E.
1912
Oliver-Sharpey, 1909
Croon., 1913
172
i> 1)
Fletcher, Herbert
Mcrley
1900 Cens., 1922-23, 1926
173
Nov., 1922
Kidd, Percy
1885
Cens., 1911-12, 1913-14
Luml., 1912. Harv., 1918
174
June 25, 1923
Hale - White, Sir
William, K.B.E.
1888 1 Cens., 1912-13, 1916
Croon., 1S97
175
)) M
Fawcett, John
1902
Cens., 1920-21, 1923
Rep. Sen. Univ. Lond.,
1920
176
Nov. 26, 1923
Drewitt, Frederick
George Dawtrey
1888
**• ••• "■• ■'"
xxxvi&.
COLLEGE CLUB.— Continued.
Retirement or Decease
Uni-
versity
Hospital and other Appointments, and
Residence
Did not accept Election
M.D.
Cantab.
M.D.
Lond.
M.D.
Oxon.
M.D.
Oxon.
Cons. Phys. City of London Hospital, Diseases
of the Chest, Illness and Death of Napoleon.
Medicine in England during Reign of George III.
3, York Gate, Regent's Park, N.W.i.
F.R.S. ; Secretary, Royal Society, 1908-15;
Cons. Phys. University College Hospital.
8, Manchester Square, W.i.
Cons. Phys., St. Bartholomew's Hospital. A
Physician in France.
25A, Thurlow Road, N.W.3.
Phys. King's Coll. Hospital ; Fellow of King's
Coll., London. The King's Evil.
26, Chester Terrace, Regent's Park, N.W.i.
Res., 1923
Hon. Member
M.D.
Cantab.
President of the Royal Society : Waynflete
Prof, of Physiology, Oxford.
Physiological Laboratory, Oxford.
M.D.
Cantab.
Phys. St. Bartholomew's Hospital.
98, Harley Street, W.i.
M.D.
Oxon.
Cons, Phys. London Hospital.
22, Montagu Street, W.i,
M.D.
Lond.
Cons. Phys. Guy's Hospital.
38, Wimpole Street, W.i.
M.D.
Lond.
Phys. Guy's Hospital.
66, Wimpole Street, W.i.
M.D.
Oxon.
Cons. Phys. West London Hospital. Bombay
in Days of George IV. Romance of the Apothe-
caries' Garden at Chelsea.
14, Palace Gardens Terrace, W.8.
XXXVIC.
MEMBERS OF THE
No.
First Entry
Name
Elected
Fellow
College Offices
177
Nov, 26, 1925
Mackenzie, Sir Hec-
tor William Gavin
1892
Cens., 1916-17, 1920
Bradshaw, 1916
Lumleian, 1922
178
Feb. 25, 1924
Phillips, Sidney ...
1891
Cens., 1915-16
Treasurer, 1923
179
June 30, 1924
Head, Henry
1900
Goulstonian, 1901
Croonian, 191 1
180
Nov. 24, 1924
Leishman, Sir
W i H i a m B 0 0 g,
K.C.M.G., K.C.B.
1914
Dobell, 1920
181
Nov. 30, 1925
MoTT, Sir Frederick
Walker, K.B.E.
1892
Cens., 1917-18
Croon., 1900
Oliver-Sharpey, 1910
Harv., 1925
182
l» M
A N D R E W E s, Sir
Frederick William,
O.B.E.
1895
Dobell, 1906
Croon., 1910
Harv., 1920
183
1) )l
Bruce, Sir David,
K.C.B.
1911
Croon., 1915
184
Feb. 26, 1926
Starling, Ernest
Henry, C.M.G.
1897
Croon., 1905
Oliver-Sharpey, 1919
Harv., 1923
xxxwid.
COLLEGE CLUB— Continued.
Retirement or Decease
Uni-
versity
Hospital and other Appointments, and
Residence
M.D.
Cantab.
M.D.
London
Cons. Phys. St. Thomas's Hospital ; Fellow
of Emmanual College, Camb. Thyroid Gland.
34, Upper Brook Street, W.
Cons. Phys. St. Mary's Hospital; Phys. London
Lock Hospital
3, Upper Brook Street, W.
Res., 1925
Hon. Member.
M.D.
Cantab.
F R.S.; Cons. Phys. London Hospital. Studies
in Neurology.
52, Montagu Square, W.i.
M.B.
Glas.
F.R.S.; Director-General, Army Medical Ser-
vice.
War Office, S.W. i.
M.D.
Lond.
F.R.S. ; Phys., Charing Cross Hospital ;
Director of Path. Lab., Maudsley Hospital.
25, Nottingham Place, W. i.
M.D.
Oxon.
F.R.S. ; Prof, of Pathology, University of
London.
Windy Gap, Merton Lane, Highgate, N.6.
M.D.
Edin.
F.R.S. ; Major-General and Colonel Com-
mandant, A.M.S.
Lister Institute, S.W. i.
M.D.
Lond.
F.R.S. ; Foulerton Research Professor of Royal
Society; late Jodrell Professor of Physiology,
University of London.
23, Taviton Street, W.C. i.
xxxvi^.
APPENDIX.
I.— RULES OF THE COLLEGE CLUB, AS FINALLY MODIFIED,
JANUARY 27, 1908.
(i) The Club shall consist of twenty-two Ordinary Members, and
a variable number of Honorary Members, who have formerly been Ordinary
Members.
(2) As a rule there shall be eight dining meetings in the year, and they
shall be held in January, February, March, April, May, June, October,
and November. The meetings shall be at 7.30 on the last Monday of
these months.
(3) The place of dining shall be decided by the votes of the Members.
(4) The special attention of the Members shall be called on the dinner
notices to impending nominations and elections.
(5) At the meeting in October, the Club shall nominate by ballot three
Fellows of the College for each vacancy to be filled. The ballot shall be
taken from lists supplied by the Members present, no list to contain more
than three names for each vacancy.
(6) At the November meeting the election by ballot shall take place,
the Fellows previously nominated being balloted for in order according to
the number of votes each received. At least twelve Members must be
present, and two black balls shall exclude.
(7) Each Member on election is expected to contribute his photograph
to the Club album.
(8) At each dinner every Member present shall sign his name in the
book provided for the purpose.
(9) The President of the Royal College of Physicians is, for the time
being. President of the Club, and shall take the chair at the dinners, and in
his absence the Senior Member of the Club shall take his place.
XXXVlll. THE COLLEGE CLUB
(lo) The Treasurer, who shall also act as Honorary Secretary, shall
hold office for at least one year. Upon the resignation of the Treasurer,
the Junior Member of the Club, provided that he has been a Member for at
least a year, shall be requested to take the office. He shall be appointed
at the January meeting, but shall not act until the second succeeding dinner.
(ii) At the meeting in January a statement of accounts for the past
year shall be submitted by the Treasurer, and the ^subscription required for
the current year shall be determined.
(12) When any Member retires from the Club, the Club shall have the
power of electing him an Honorary Member. Such Honorary Members
shall have notice of the meetings of the Club, and the option of dining
with the Club, and shall pay one guinea for each dinner they attend.
(13) Any Member of the Club who shall be the recipient of any honour
or dignity conferred on him by the Crown, shall be fined in the sum of
five guineas. The fines so collected shall accumulate till they reach a sum
that shall, in the opinion of the Club, be sufficient to invest in a piece of
plate, on which the names of those fined shall be engraved. The plate
so purchased shall remain the property of the Club.
n.— LETTERS FROM THE CORRESPONDENCE BOOK.
(i) Sir William Gull to Dr. Quain (Treasurer).
74, Brook Street,
Grosvenor Square, W.,
April 30, 1877.
My Dear Quain, — I shall be glad if you will, at the meeting of the
Club to-night, or on any subsequent meeting which you may think more
fitting, express my wish to retire.
I have never been as free as I could have wished to avail myself of the
advantages of these social meetings, and of late I have been more hindered.
As there does not seem to me any probability of my being in the time
to come more frequently in my place, I feel I ought to make way for
someone who would occupy it better.
Do me the further kindness of expressing to the members of the Club
APPENDIX XXXIX.
my best wishes for them all, and give them the assurance of my readiness
to promote the objects for which the Club was formed, and which I conclude
to be amity and mutual support.
I am, my dear Quain,
Yours sincerely,
8 a.m. Monday. William W. Gull.
(2) From Sir Thomas Watson to the President of the College
Club (Sir J. Risdon Bennett).
Reigate Lodge,
Reigate, Surrey,
October 23, 1879.
My Dear President, — I have received the customary card admonishing
me "that the College Club will meet on the 27th inst., and stating that
there are three vacancies to be filled up. I am constrained to say there
must be four. I am no longer capable of joining a numerous dinner party.
My presence would be a penance rather than a pleasure to me. Hearing
nothing distinctly, I should be a bore to others and a Tantalus to myself.
Hac data pcena diu viventihus.
I need not say how much it grieves me thus to sever myself from the
company of Friends so valued, and many of them^'of long standing. I must
beg of you to express to them from me, as a member of the Club, my
benedictive and affectionate farewell.
Ever, my dear President,
Sincerely Yours,
Thomas Watson.
P.S. — If I am pecuniarily in default with the Treasurer, I should wish
to know to what amount, that I may at least discharge that obligation.
(3) Sir George Burrows to Dr. Andrew (Treasurer).
97, Marina, St. Leonard's-on-Sea,
November 23, 1883.
My Dear Andrew, — It is with much reluctance that I am compelled to
ask you to perform a duty for me in your official capacity as the Treasurer
of the College Club, and that is to announce my retirement from the Club.
For the past two years I have found that failing health, advancing age, and
other circumstances have prevented my attending the meetings of the Club,
and I have no right to suppose that my abihty to attend in future will be
xl. THE COLLEGE CLUB
improved ; and I do not wish to act the part of the dog in the manger, and,
unable to enjoy the pleasures of the social meetings myself, to debar some
other of the Fellows from occupying my place at the table.
I consider myself most fortunate in having for so many years enjoyed
the social advantages of mixing in the select circle of which the Club is
composed.
Wishing continued prosperity to the Club and the happiness of its
individual members.
Believe me, yours sincerely,
James Andrew, M.D., &c., &c., George Burrows.
Treasurer of the College Club.
(4) From Sir Andrew Clark to Dr. Priestley (Treasurer).
16, Cavendish Square, W.,
May 19, 1888.
My Dear Priestley, — I am gratefully sensible of the high honour of
being elected a member of the College Club ; and indeed, this was needed
fittingly to close, and formally to crown my election to the College Chair.
I beg that you will convey my warmest thanks to the Club ; and also
the expression of my hope that I may not be found unworthy of the dis-
tinguished company into which I am admitted.
Yours sincerely,
Andr. Clark.
(5) Sir William Jenner to Dr. Liveing (Treasurer).
63, Brook Street, Grosvenor Square,
June 5, i88g.
Dear Dr. Liveing, — Be so good as to convey to the members of the
College Club my thanks for the honour they have done me by electing me
an honorary member of the Club, and pray assure them that I greatly
value and appreciate their congratulations on the honor the Queen has
been graciously pleased to confer on me.
I am now feeling as well as ever, but I have determined to withdraw
from all ordinary private practice.
Believe me to be, dear Dr. Liveing,
Yours very faithfully,
William Jenner.
APPENDIX xli.
(6) From Dr. Russell Reynolds to Dr. Liveing (Treasurer).
33, Grosvenor Street, W.,
November 29, i88g.
Dear Dr. Liveing, — Pray accept my best thanks for your letter of this
day's date, informing me that I have been duly elected a Member of the
College Club, and for the kindly courteous manner in which you have been
so good as to convey the information.
I have the pleasure to enclose a cheque for eight guineas, being, as I
understand, the amount of the annual subscription ; and I quite expect to
be present at the next Club Dinner on January the 27th, 1890.
It is very interesting to me to know that my grandfather (Dr. Henry
Russell Reynolds) was a member of the Club. He died in 181 1, and so —
as you will imagine — my ' personal ' knowledge of him was slender ! — but
my reverence for his memory is great and I always feel as if I must have
seen him, probably from recalling my Father's vivid portraits of him when
he was a busy Physician in full work in London — 'Portraits in words,'
given to me when I was a boy, and which did no little to enhance the zeal
with which I entered the profession of which he had been so great an
ornament.
With kind regards,
Yours always truly,
Dr. Liveing. J. Russell Reynolds.
(7) Dr. [Sir Wm.] Church to Dr. Dickinson.
130, Harley Street, W.,
June 19, 1899.
Dear Dr. Dickinson, — Formerly the two tin boxes used to be taken
to each dinner of the Club, and the large box containing the photographic
album occasionally.
When I was Secretary and Treasurer I used to keep the old minute-
books and letter book, together with sundry other papers, in one box, and
the present minute-book, attendance book and snuff-box, &c., in another.
This [latter] I used to open necessarily for each dinner, and tlie other only
when someone wanted to look at the old minute-books.
The second volume of the minutes was missing then, and I rather think
the fourth also, but I do not feel quite certain as to this.
I do not think it would be more trouble taking the two boxes to the
xlii. THE COLLEGE CLUB
dinner than the one ; and if you adopted my plan the old books would run
very little risk of injury.
I think you had better ask what are the wishes of the Club at the next
dinner.
Your proposal seems to me a good and reasonable one.
I am, yours very truly,
W. S. Church.
What Dr. Dickinson's prosposal was does not appear.
The question of the custody of the minute-books had become a serious
one since the supposed loss of a minute-book (No. 9) in 1891 (page 80), but
first mentioned as missing in 1879. After looking into all the references
bearing on the matter, I have come to the conclusion that no minute-book
was really lost, or even found to be missing, on that occasion. The book
called No. 9 in the old list I believe to have been the shabby little account
book of the old College Club, No. 3 on my list on page 3. It was probably
passed over among the miscellaneous papers.
(8) Sir Henry Pitman to Sir Andrew Clark (President)
(Enclosing some verses).
Cranbrook, Byculla Park,
Enfield,
April 22, 1 89 1.
My Dear President, — In the year 1861 Thomas Mayo, M.D., was
President of the Royal College of Physicians of London, and Caesar Henry
Hawkins, Esq., was President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
In that same year both these gentlemen married for the second time, and
the event was the occasion of a epigram being written and sent to me
anonymously. I enclose you a copy of the epigram for the amusement of
the Club, some of whom may possibly remember the persons referred to.
I send you also some lines, also sent to me anonymously but by another
author, written at the time when Dr. Brown-Sequard delivered a lecture in
the College.
The letter enclosed has been sent to me, and will tell its own story.
I have acknowledged its receipt, and leave the matter in your hands.
Should you wish an interview with the gentleman, I will give him a note
of introduction, but not otherwise.
I believe I am progressing as favourably as I can, and shall hope to be
APPENDIX xliii.
with you at the College meeting on the 30th. My wife unites with me in
all kind messages to Lady Clark and yourself.
Believe me, yours faithfully,
Henry A. Pitman.
Epigram on the Two Presidents.
Two learned men resolved of late
On changing their conditions ;
^ This one of Surgeons President,
^ And that one of Physicians.
The M.D. gently urged his suit,
In fear to touch a wrong cord ;
The Surgeon, like his ancestor.
Just came and saw, and conquered.
Oh ! may good fortune ever crown
The M.D.'s osculations.
And Caesar find success attend
Caesarean operations.
Epigramma Latine redditum.
Ecce machaonidae medicse duo fulmina turbae,
Virgineo praebent libera coUa jugo ;
Alter, Thessalicas componere doctior herbas
Alter, dissecto corpore, portat opem.
Blanditiis Medicus tenues vix spirat amores,
Chirurgus, visa virgine, victor abit.
Sit tamen in dulci Medicus certamine victor,
Desint Caesareae beila cruenta manu.
On Brown-Sequard's Lecture.
The college sat, sedate and dumb,
That Brown-Sequard might tell 'em
His notions of the Cerebrum
And of the Cerebellum.
' Caesar Henry Hawkins. • Thomas Mayo, M.D.
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Our brain — as he makes out — is like
(so full is it of embers)
Explosives such as Dynamite
To paralyze our Members.
The lectures o'er, our President,
He thanks, and those attending
Who patient ears have to him lent
And then he makes this ending.
You've no doubt thought, as you've been taught,
Your faith in cells concise is,
But symptoms now must go for naught
So — fvonti nulla fides.
Sir Joseph Fayrer to Dr. Payne (Treasurer).
i6, Devonshire Street,
Portland Place, W.,
August 28, I go I.
Dear Dr. Payne,
I much regret that the time has arrived when I feel that I
ought to tender my resignation of membership of the College Club, a
position which I have occupied with the greatest benefit and satisfaction
to myself for many years.
Circumstances connected with health and enforced absence from London
during the winter, whereby my attendance at the Club dinners has been
much limited, convince me that I ought not to continue to occupy the
place I now hold when by so doing I exclude some one who would gladly
profit by my retirement.
I therefore beg of you to submit my resignation to the members of the
Club and with it an expression of gratitude for the courtesy which originally
prompted my election, and has throughout the period of my membership
rendered my association with the Club of a pleasant nature, so that I shall
always look back on it as one of the greatest advantages I have ever
enjoyed.
APPENDIX
xlv.
With kindest remembrance, and repeated thanks to all our colleagues,
and with all good wishes for the continued prosperity of the Club.
Believe me,
Yours very sincerely,
J. Fayrer.
P.S. — I do not wish my resignation to take effect until the end of the
current year. — J. F.
III.— DINNER BILLS, MENUS, &c.
I. Dinner Bill of Old
College Club.
1802, Jan. 4. Old College Club
To J. and W. Willis.
Bread and Beer
... •
... /"o 3 0
Dinners, 10 at 8/-
400
Champagne
0 13 0
Hermitage
0 10 6
Old Port (3) ...
0 12 0
Burton Ale
016
Madeira
076
Seltzer's Water
030
Strong Beers ...
007
Lemon, &c.
006
Cheese and Butter
030
Fruit
0 10 0
Tea and Coffee
076
Delivering Cards
010
Waiters
060
Wax Lights ...
060
Rfttflftd. W. Wii.r.is.
£^ 5 I
xlvi.
THE COLLEGE CLUB
1803, June 6.
Old College Club
To Jas. and Wm. Willis.
Bread and Beer
.. ;^o 4 0
Dinners
400
Madeira
080
Old Port (2)
090
Hermitage
Strong Beer and Ale ...
0 10 6
010
Cheese and Butter
040
New Cheese and Bs. ...
Fruit
0 10 0
Tea and Coffee
089
Delivering Cards
010
Wax Lights ...
Waiters...
060
Spruce
Schweppe's Water
016
020
Newspapers
Oranges
Hock (2)
006
I I 0
Burton Ale
016
Paid, J. Willis.
£2> 8 9
In the same book are several lists of subscriptions paid by members,
sometimes five, sometimes three or two guineas ; showing that there was
not an annual payment, but a variable amount collected as required.
The earliest separate Dinner Bills which I find date from 1857.
(Thatched House)
College Club, November 30, 1857.
Dinners (12)
• •
£^ 6
0
Old Port (2)
... ... 0 14
0
Claret (2)
I I
0
Madeira (i)
0 8
6
Champagne (3)
I II
6
Dessert
0 18
0
Waiters
0 12
0
Strong Beer
0 I
0
APPENDIX
xlvii.
Wax Lights ...
Ice for Wine ...
Postages
Newspapers
Sherry (3)
Tea and Coffee
Pale Ale
Soda
Seltzer ...
Mulled Claret (4)
£0
10
6
0
3
6
0
3
6
0
I
0
0
18
0
0
18
0
0
2
0
0
I
0
0
3
0
2
2
0
(On Mulled Claret, see page 51).
£\^ 14 6
MENUS.
The earliest menu which I find is of the year 1884. It is here printed
without any attempt to correct the French.
Burlington t)otel.
The College Club.
Menu.
Consomme a I'ltalienne.
Palestine.
Cabillaud, Sauce aux Huitres.
Filets de Merlans Frits.
Cotelettes de Pigeons a la Colbert.
Grenadins de Veau aux Epinards.
Selles des Moutons.
Poulets a la Bechamel.
Langue de Boeuf.
Beccassines et Perdreaux.
Minced Pies.
Plum Pudding.
Glace au Pain Noir.
Fondus aux Fromages.
Dessert.
George Cooke,
Manager.
November 2<\th, 1884.
xlviii. THE COLLEGE CLUB
Burlington IboteL
The College Club.
Menu.
Tortue Claire.
Tortue Liee.
Turbot, Sauce Hollandaise.
Whitebait.
Ris de Veau aux Epinards.
Caiiles Farcis a la Lucullus.
Sella de Mouton.
Chapon rotis.
Jambon de York.
Duckling.
Tarte de Groseille.
Gelee aux Fraises.
Glace au Mocha.
Dessert.
George Cooke,
Manager. May ^ist, 1886.
3BurUnaton llDoteU
The College Club.
Menu.
Consomme a la Chevreuse.
Creme a la Solferino.
Saumons, Sauce Hollandaise.
Blanchailles a la Diable.
Vol au vent de Ris d'Agneau.
Canetons a la Palestine.
Selle de Mouton.
Poulard a la Bechamel.
Jambon de York.
Pintade Pique Roti aux Cresson.
Meringue de Pomme.
Viennoise de Fruit.
Soufflee Glace aux Fraises.
Dessert.
G. CooKE, Manager. April 2nd, 1894.
APPENDIX
xlix.
The menu, on the occasion of the Prince of Wales dining with the Club,
may possess some interest.
College Club.
The
Carte de Vins.
Old ChabHs.
Milk Punch.
Madeira (1857).
Johannisberg (1862),
Perrier Jouet
(1874).
Amontillado.
Chateau Lafitte
(1875).
Martinez Port
(1865).
Boulestin's Cognac
(1810)
Kiimmel.
Cafe.
Hotel Bristol.
Huetres au Citron.
Tortue claire. Tortue liee.
Saumon de Christchurch.
Blanchailles.
Ris de Veau a la Montpensier.
Chaud-froid de Cailles a la St. James.
Selle de Mouton de Galles.
Selle d'Agneau de Sussex.
Petits Canetons rotis.
Petits Pois.
Asperges en Branches, Sauce Mousseline
Pouding a la Burlington.
Tarte aux Pommes.
Pailles au Parmesan.
Dessert.
Burlington Hotel,
February 22, 1897.
Ubc Bristol.
The College Club.
Memi.
Hors d'CEuvres Varies.
Consomme Croute au Pot.
Supreme de Sole a la Mornay.
Whitebait.
Selle de Behague Siberienne.
Caneton braise aux Petits pois Nouveaux.
Cailles de Vigne Roties.
Salade Romaine.
Asperges Sauce Mousseline.
Bombe Diplomate.
Petits Fours.
Toasts a la Royale.
Fruits.
Le 25 Avril, 1898.
THE COLLEGE CLUB
XTbe Bristol.
College Club Dinner.
Menu.
Consomme Princesse.
Creme a I'lmperiale.
Supremes de Turbot a I'Amiral.
Whitebait.
Poularde Braise a rAncieune.
Haunch of Venison a la Grand Veneur.
Faisan a la Broche.
Salade.
Chouxfleurs a. la Polonaise.
Biscuit Glace Tortoni.
Petits Fours.
Laitances sur Canapes a la Diable.
Fruits.
M
Le 29 Octobre, igoo.
June 24, igoi.
Le Bristol Hotel.
Bristol IRestaurant.
lya, Cork Street, London, W.
J. Lersundi, Manager.
College Club.
16 Couverts
...£o
16
0
16 Diners (12s.)
... g
12
0
16 Cafes
... 0
12
0
I Vino de Pasto
... 0
5
0
2 Marcobrunner (gs.) ...
... 0
18
0
i| Chateau Palmer Margaux, 1889
... 0
12
6
i^ Feurerheerd's Commendador (8s.) ..
... 0
12
6
7 Deutz and Gelderman Extra Sec 1892
(14s.) 4
18
0
1/2 Apollinaris (gd.)
2/2 Johannis (gd.) ...
Whisky
Cigars and Cigarettes
Cards and Postage
00000
5
I
3
14
3
3
6
0
6
6
£19
13
9
Price
5S.
per
bottle
>i
8s.
»>
»>
8s.
>>
))
gs.
>>
APPENDIX li.
The list of wines, with prices, may be of interest at some future time.
Bristol Ibotel.
List of Wines for the College Club, June 24, igoi.
Sherry ... Vino de Pasto ...
Port ... Feurerheerd's Commendador, 25
years Matured in Wood
Claret ... Chateau Palmer Margaux, Fully
Branded Vint. 1889
Hock ... Marcobrunner ...
Champagne Deutz and Geldermann Extra
Quality Gold Lack Extra
Sec. Vint. 1892 ,, 14s
The following bill gives the price of "Turtle" so often mentioned in
the Minutes.
Account for Turtle.
Thatch'd House,
St. James's Street,
Jtuie 29, 1857.
Dr. Nairne, M.D.
To Turtle for College Club Dinner, June 29, 1857 ... £:\. 4 o
This card gives the form in which Notices to members were at one
time sent.
Ballot.
The College Club
REQUESTS the HONOR OF
Dr. E. Liveing's
Company at Dinner on
Monday, the 25TH of November at
The Burlington Hotel,
J Past 7 o'clock.
Hi. THE COLLEGE CLUB
(I
(3
IV. Property of the Club.
Books.
Minute Book, 1764-1779, in morocco.
Minute Book, 1792-1803, in morocco.
Small Account Book, " Old College Club," 1802-1805. [No. 9 of
Old List.]
(4) Minute Book, "The Social College Club," 1810-1820, quarto, in
russia.
(5) Minute Book, College Club, 1814-1844, small octavo, in red leather.
(6) A similar book, 1844- 1882.
(7) A similar book, 1882-1907.
(8) A similar book, 1907, onwards.
(9) An Account Book, 1815-1890, red leather,
fio) A similar book, 1891, onwards.
11) Signature Book, 1874, onwards, quarto.
12) A Letter Book, 1879, onwards.
13) Banker's Pass Book, 1862-1901.
14) Pass Book for separate Honours Account, 1900.
15) New General Pass Book, begins 1902.
16) Photograph Album, presented by Dr. Jackson, February, 1865.
Plate and Miscellaneous Objects.
(i) A Silver Monteith Punch Bowl, bought with the Honours Memorial
Fund, February, 1902.
(2) Two Silver Cups, presented by Sir Hermann Weber, February, 1906.
(3) Silver Inkstand, presented by Sir R. Douglas Powell, Bt., April, 1906.
(4) Carved Ivory Indian Snuff Box, lined with gold derived from two-
guinea pieces, presented by Dr. Guy Babington, April, i860.
(5) Wooden Inkstand mounted with gold, and with a Leopard's Skull,
presented by Sir Joseph Fayrer, Bt., January, 1880.
(6) Ballot Box, presented by Dr. A. Farre, February, 1875.
(7) Two Old Japanned Deed Boxes, containing Minute Books, Papers, &c.
(8) A Leather Dispatch Box.
(9) An old Silk Purse containing 4s. 6d.
(10) A Letter Padlock.
INDEX.
N.B. — Tlie Roman uumcrah after a name refer to the tabular list of Members ;
the Arabic to other places wlierc the name occurs.
ACLAND, Sir Henry, 57
Adee, Swithcn, iv.
Ainslie, Henry, viii., 28
Alderson, Sir James, xx., 57
Allchin, Sir William Henry, xxxii., 96, 108
Andrew, James, xxvi., 84
Andrewes, Sir Frederick, xxxxui., 119
Armstrong, Sir Alexander, xxiv.
Ash, John, viii.
Ash, Edward, x., 28
Austin, William, viii.
Askew, Anthony, ii., 6, 7,10 ; hislibrary,12
BAniXGTOX, Benjamin Guy, xx., 54
Baillie, Matthew, x., 28
Baker, Sir George, ii., 7, 12
Ballot Box presented by Dr. Farre, 56
Barclay, James Robertson, s^^ Robertson
Barclay, Andrew White, xxii.
Barker, Thomas Alfred, xxii.
Barlow, George Hilaro, xxii.
Barlow, Sir Thomas, xxxii., 96, 117
Barry, Sir Edward, xx., 7, 16
Baltic, Dr., 7
Basham, William Richard, xxiv.
Bennett, Sir James Risdon, xxii., 60, 72,
82
Bets, 29, 34—38, 47, 48, 59, 64
Bibliothcca Askeviana, 12
Black, Patrick, xx.
Blandford, George Fielding, xxx., 86, 89,
94, 112
Blanchard, Wilkinson, ii., 7, 16
Bradford, Sir John Rose, xxxvift., 117
Bree, Robert, xiv.
Bridges, John Henry, xxxiv. ; death of,
106
Bright, Richard, xviii.
Bright, John, xiv.
Broadbcnt, Sir W^illiam Henry, xxx., 92
Brodie, George Bernard, xxviii., 68, 83
Brooke, Thomas, iv., 7, 20
Browne, Sir William, 8
Bristol Hotel, chosen as a dining-placxj,92
Bruce, Sir David, xxxvi^V., 119
Bruce, J. Mitchell, xxxvi., 113
Buchanan, Sir George, 85
Budd, George, xviii.
Budd, Richard, vi, 28
Burges, John, vi.
Burlington Hotel, 68 ; excessive charges,
92 ; left by the Club, 92
Burrows, Sir F. A., 72
Burrows, Sir George, xviii., 58, 71, 72 ;
letter from. Appendix xxxix.
Burton, Henry, xviii.
Buzzard, Thomas, xxxii., 115, 116
Cadogax, William, ii., 7, 14, 23
Cayley, William, xxxiv., 113
Chambers, William Frederic, xiv., 48
Champagne, 23, 47, 48
Champneys, Sir Francis Henry, xxxiv.,
110. 114, 116
Chaplin, Arnold, xxxvi^., 117, 119
Cheadle, W. B., 87
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THE COLLEGE CLUB
Church, Sir William, xxvi., 65, 11, 94,
116, 118 ; letter from, Appendix xli.
Clark, Sir Andrew, xxviii. ; election, 74 ;
illness, 84 ; death, 85
Clark, Sir Andrew, letter from. Appendix
xl.
Clubs in 18th century, 1
College of Physicians, its numbers in
18th century, 9
Coburg Hotel, 103
Continental, Hotel, 99
College Club, earliest records,! ; Archives,
3 ; earliest Rules, 5; first meeting,?;
original Fellows, 10; influence in the
College, 10 ; place of meeting, 21 ;
dinners, 29 ; union of two clubs, 24;
union with Social Club, 32
Coupland, Sidney, xxxvi., 113
Crawfurd, Raymond, xxxvi6., 117
Currey, George Gilbert, xii., 31, 33
Daubeny, Dr., 50
Davies, Herbert, xxiv.
Dickinson, William Howship, xxx., 87, 94
Dinner Bills, Menus, &c.. Appendix
Donkin, Sir Horatio Bryan, xxxvi., 113
Drewitt, F. Dawtrey, xxxvii., 118
Druitt, Robert, 52
Duckworth, Sir Dyce, xxviii., 68, 78, 89,
118
Farre, Arthur, xx.; presented Ballot
Box, 56 ; death, 72
Farre, Frederic John, xviii.
Fawcett, John, xxxvift., 118
Fayrer, Sir Joseph, xxvi. ; presented Ink-
stand, 61, 69, 89, 96 ; death of, 107;
letter from, Appendix xliv.
Ferguson, Robert, xx.
Fincham, George T., xxvi., 67, 76
Fletcher, H. Morley, xxxvii., 117, 119
Fowler, Sir James Kingston, xxxvi., 114,
116
Fox, Wilson, xxvi., 71
Franck, James, xii.
Frank, Philip, xxxii.
Gainsborough, his portrait of Warren,
17
Garrod, Sir Alfred, xxvi., 65, 78
Garrod, Sir Archibald, xxxvi., 113, 114,
115, 116
Gilbert, William, 34
Gisborne, Thomas, vi.
Goodhart, Sir James, xxxvi, 113, 115
Gower, Charles, xii.
Cxrace, said before and after dinner, the
words of, 61
Green, Thomas Henry, xxxii., 113
Gueneau de Mussy, Henri, xxii.
Gull, Sir William, xxiv. ; letter from.
Appendix xxxviii.
Hale- White, Sir William, xxxvift., 118
Halford, Sir Henry, viii., 28
Harveian Orators, 47, 50, 57
Harvey, 34
Hawkins, Francis, xvi.
Haworth, James, 31
Head, Henry, xxxvid, 118
Healde, Thomas, iv.
Heberden, William, x., 28
Herringham, Sir Wilmot, xxxvi/)., 117
Hervey, James, vi.
Hewitt, CornwaHis, xvi.
Holland, Sir Henry, xx.
Honorary Members, first mention of, 40;
non-resident Fellows ehgible as, 53,
55, 56
Honours Memorial Fund, 93, 113
Hue, Clement, xiv., 31
IaKSTaxd presented by Sir J. Fayrer, 61
Sir R. D.'Powell,
106
Jackson, John, xxii., 56
James's Powder, 19
Jeaffreson, Henry, xx.
Jenner, Sir William, xxii., 62, 69, 73, 76
11 ; letter from. Appendix xl.
Johnson, George, xxiv., 75, 84
INDEX
Iv
Johnson, Samuel, 1
Jones, Henry Bence, xxii.
KiDD, Percy, xxxvi6., 118
King Edward VII., congratulations to,
99; death of, 113
Latham, John, x., 28
Latham, Peter Mere, xiv.
Latham, Peter Walhvork, xxviii., 75, 118
Lawrence, Thomas, iv.
Leishman, Sir William B., xxwuL, 118
Letters from the Correspondence Book,
Appendix
Livcing, Edward, xxviii., 71, 78, 115, 116
Logan, Sir T. Galbraith, xxiv.
Mackexzie, Sir Hector, xxxvi(/., 118
Macmichael, William, xiv.
Martin, Robert, xxiv., 75, 82
Maton, William George, x., 28
Mayo, Herbert, 53
Mayo, John, viii.
Mayo, Paggen William, viii., 53
Mayo, Thomas, xvi., 52, 53, 81
McGrigor, Sir James, 43, note
Medical bulletins, 66
Meeting-places of the Club, 21, 22, 24,32,
33, 44, 54, 68, 93, 100, 102
Milman, Sir Francis, vi., 28
Minute Book lost, 80, Appendix xlii.
Monro, Edward Thomas, xvi.
Monro, Henry, xxii., 81
Monro, Thomas, viii., 28
Moore, Norman, xxxii., 107, 109, 112,
115, 116
Morgan, Sir Thomas Charles, xviii.
Morris, George Paulet, xii.
Mott, Sir Frederick, xxwid., 119
Mulled Claret, 51, Appendix xlvii.
Munk, William, xxiv., 64,
Nairn'e, Robert, xviii.. Appendix li.
Nevinson, Charles Dalston, xiv., 31, 33 I
Ogle, John William, xxii.
Ogle, W^illiam, 68
Old College Club, 24
Ormerod, Joseph Arderne, xxxiv.
Osier, Sir William, xxxiv., 101, 116
Page, William Emmanuel, xviii.
Paget, Sir George E., xxiv.
Paris, John Ayrton, xvi. ; his death, 51 ;
works, 52
Pasteur, William, xxxvi, 116, 117
Payne, Joseph Frank, xxxii., 95, 96, 112,
113
Pegge, Sir Christopher, xii.
Pembcrton, Christopher Robert, viii., 28,
31, 33
Pepys, Sir Lucas, vi., 28 ; hero of the
Club, 42 ; dinner to, 44
Petit, John Lewis, iv.
Phillips, Sidney, xxxvid., 118
Photograph Book presented, 56, 61
Pitcairn, Dr., 8
Pitman, Sir Henry, xx., 66, 81 ; cente-
narian, 109; letter from, with humor-
ous verses. Appendix xlii.
Pitt, George Newton, xxxvi, 116
Plate, bought with Honours Memorial
Fund, 97, 98, 113 ; given by Sir
Hermann Weber, 102, 104 ; list of,
sec Appendix Hi.
Pollock, James Edward, xxviii., 71, 94
Poore, George Vivian, xxxii., 95
Powell, Richard, xii., 31, 33
Powell, Sir Richard Douglas, xxx., 86,
94 ; elected President of the
College, 102; presented, silver ink-
stand, 106
Price, Charles, xiv., 31, 33
Priestley, Sir William Overend, xxviii.,
75, 78, 81, 95
Prince of Wales, dines with the Club, 89 ;
elected Honorary Fellow of the
College, 90 ; admitted, 91
Priority of Happiness, wager of, 35
Priority of the Club, Appendix lii.
Pyc-Smith, Philip Henry, xxx., 82.
Ivi
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QuAiN, Sir Richard, xxvi., 76, 79, 93
Rees, George Owen, xxii., 76
Regius Professors of Physic of Oxford
and Cambridge, 54, 55, 82
Reid, Sir James, xxxiv., 110, 112, 114
Relhan, Anthony, ii., 7, 19
Reynolds, Henry Revell, vi., 28
Reynolds, Sir Russell, xxviii., 77, 85, 86,
87, 88 ; letter from. Appendix xli.
Roberts, Edward, x.
Roberts, Frederick Thomas, xxx., 87
Roberts, Sir William, xxviii., 81, 84, 86,
94
Robertson, James, afterwards Barclay,
vi., 28
Rolleston, Sir Humphry Davy, xxxvi.,
113, 115, 116
Roupell, George Leith, 16
Rules, new draft of, 103 ; revised, 108,
Appendix xxxviii.
Satterley, Dr., 31
Savage, George Henry, xxxii.
Schomberg, Isaac, iv.
Sieveking, Sir Edward Henry, xxiv.
Sharkey, Seymour John, xxxiv., 114
Sherrington, Sir Charles, xxxvifc., 117, 118
Signature Book introduced, 59
Southey, Reginald, xxvi., 95
Social College Club, 29 ; laws and regu-
lations of, 30 ; union with older
Club, 32
Southey, Henry Herbert, xvi.
Smallest meeting recorded, 81
Smyth, James Carmichael, x.
Snuff-box, presented by Dr. Babington,
54
Starling, Ernest Henry, xxxvi^., 119
Stone, Arthur Daniel, xii.
Sturges, Octavius, xxx., 82
Sutherland, Alexander John, xx.
Tattersall, James, xiv., 31, 33
Taylor, Sir Frederick, xxxii., 115
Taylor, James, xxxvi., 116
Thomas, Sir Noah, ii., 7, 13
Turner, Thomas, xii., 31, 33
Turncy, Horace George, xxxvi.
Turtle, first mention of, 48 ;
Appendix Ii.
Turton, John, iv.
Tuthill, Sir George Leman, xiv.
Tyson, Richard, ii., 6, 7, 15, 23
116
118
last, 93,
31, 33
Vaughax, Henry,
Henry, viii., 28
see Halford, Sir
War, Period of the Great, 114
Warburton, John, xvi.
Warren, Pelham, xii., 31, 33
Warren, Richard, ii., 7, 16; his portrait, 17
Watson, Sir Thomas, xvi., 55 ; letter
from. Appendix xxxix.
Weber, Sir Hermann, xxvi., 94, 102, 106
Whipham, Thomas Tillyer, xxviii., 71, 84
Wilks, Sir Samuel, xxx., 88 ; resigned, 97
Williams, Robert, xviii.
Williams, Sir John, xxx., 85, 86, 89
Willis, Robert DarUng, x., 28, 33
Wineglasses, 48
Wines drunk by the Club, 23, 46, 48, 51 ;
Appendix
Wintringham, Sir Clifton, ii., 7, 18
Wright, Richard, iv.
YouxG, Thomas, xii., 32, 34
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