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THE anniversary dinner of the Royal Society was held on the evening of St. Andrew's Day at the H7ocirc;tel Métropole. It was more largely attended than any previous anniversary dinner, covers being laid for about 230. The chair was occupied by the President, Lord Kelvin. On his right were Mr. Shaw-Lefevre, M.P., Sir James Paget, the Italian Ambassador, Prof. Raoult (medallist), Sir H. Roscoe, M.P., Sir James Lister, Lord Justice Lindley, Sir B. Samuelson, Sir A. Moncrieff, Sir U. Kay -Shuttleworth, M. P., Sir C. E. Bernard, the Dean of St. Paul's, Mr. John Hutton, and Sir H. Acland. On the left of the chair were Mr. Arthur Acland, M.P., Prof. Huxley, Mr. James Bryce, M. P., the Swedish Minister, Lord Ashbourne, Sir G. Stokes, the Treasurer of the Society (Sir John Evans), Mr. Alma Tadema, Sir R. E. Welby, Mr. Herbert Gardner, M.P., Sir Godfrey Lushington, Mr. Bryant, and Dr. Mackenzie. The vice-chairs were occupied by Sir B. Baker, Prof. Roberts-Austen, lord Rayleigh, Prof. M. Foster, Sir A. Geikie, Mr. Norman Lockyer, Dr. Pye-Smith, Prof. Vines, and Mr. Rix (assistant secretary) The first toasts were “The Queen and the Prince and Princess of Wales,” and “Her Majesty's Ministers and the Members of the Legislature.”
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The Anniversary Dinner of the Royal Society. Nature 47, 134–136 (1892). https://doi.org/10.1038/047134a0
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