Faraday to James Ward   13 March 1824¹

21, ALBEMARLE-STREET, | March 13, 1824.

SIR,

By the direction of the Committee, I inclosed to you some time since a prospectus of the New Club for cultivators of science, letters, and art, which has now received the name of the Society. I am directed to inquire whether it is your wish to belong to this Club, and to inform you that, provided your assent is signified before the 31st of this month, your name will be placed on the list of original members.

I am also directed to enclose the names of the present members of the Society².

I have the honour to be, | Sir, | Your very obedient humble Servant, | M. Faraday

James Ward Esq

LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE CLUB

Abercrombie, Hon James

Aberdeen, [George Hamilton Gordon] Earl of, K.T. [1784-1860, DNB]

Alexander, James Esq.

Althorp, [John Charles Spencer] Viscount [1782-1845, DNB]

Amyot, Thomas, Esq. [1775-1850, DNB]

Arbuthnot, Right Hon. Charles [1767-1850, DNB]

Ashburnham, [George, 3rd] Earl of [1760-1830, CP]

Ashburnham, Hon. Percy

Ashley, Rev. Thomas

Ayrton, William Esq. [1777-1858, DNB]

Baillie, David Esq. [d.1861 age 74, RS MS BR, Gent.Mag. 1861, 11: 98]

Baily, Francis, Esq. [1774-1844, DSB]

Baring, Alexander, Esq. [1774-1848, DNB]

Bayley, John, Esq. [1763-1841, DNB]

Beaumont, Sir George, Bart. [1753-1827, DNB]

Bedford, [John Russell, 6th] Duke of [1766-1839. DNB]

Bell, John, Esq. [1764-1836, DNB]

Best, Sir William Draper [1767-1845, DNB]

Bexley, [Nicholas Vansittart] Lord [1766-1851, DNB]

Blake, William, Esq. [d.1852, age 78, RS MS BR]

Bland, Michael, Esq. [d.1851, age 74, Ann.Reg., 1851: 281]

Boddington, Samuel, Esq.

Bostock, John, M.D. [1773-1846, DNB]

Brande, William Thomas, Esq. [1788-1866, DSB]

Brodie, Benjamin Collins, Esq. [1783-1862, DNB]

Brooke, Captain [Arthur] De Capell [1791-1858, DNB]

Browne, Henry, Esq.

Buckland, Rev. William [1784-1856, DSB]

Butler, Rev. Dr. [1774-1853. DNB]

Caldcleugh, Alexander, Esq. [d.1858, B1]

Caley, John, Esq. [d.1834, DNB]

Callcott, Aug. Wall, Esq. [1779-1844, DNB]

Campbell, Thomas, Esq. [1777-1844, DNB]

Carlisle, [Samuel Goodenough] Lord Bishop of [1743-1827, DNB]

Carlisle, Nicholas, Esq. [1771-1847, DNB]

Carr, Rev. William Holwell [1758-1830, DNB]

Carr, Thomas William, Esq. [d.1829, RS MS BR]

Carrington, [Robert Smith] Lord [1752-1838, DNB]

Chalon, Alfred Edward, Esq. [1780-1860. DNB]

Chantrey, Francis [Legatt], Esq. [1781-1841, DNB]

Cockerell, Charles R[obert], Esq. [1788-1863, DNB]

Colby, Major Thomas [1748-1853, DNB]

Colebrooke, Sir James Edward, Bart. [1761-1838, DNB]

Colebrooke, Henry Thomas, Esq. [1765-1837, DNB]

Collins, William, Esq. [1788-1847, DNB]

Combe, Taylor, Esq. [1774-1826, DNB]

Cooke, John, M.D. [1756-1838, DNB]

Cooper, Sir Astley, Bart. [1768-1841, DNB]

Crichton, Sir Alexander [1763-1856, DNB]

Croker, John Wilson, Esq. [1780-1857, DNB]

Darnley, Earl

Davy, Sir Humphry, Bart. [1778-1829, DSB]

Dibdin, Rev. Thomas Frognall [1776-1847, DNB]

Dodd, Charles Edward, Esq.

Drury, Rev. Henry [Joseph Thomas] [1778-1841, DNB]

Dudley and Ward, [John William Ward, 4th] Viscount of [1781-1833, DNB]

Ducket[t], Sir George, Bart. [1777-1856, B1]

Elliot, John Lettsom, Esq. [1804-1898, B5]

Ellis, Hon. George Agar [1797-1833, DNB]

Evelyn, Captain George [1791-1829, RS MS BR]

Fitton, William Henry, M.D. [1780-1861, DNB]

Fortescue, Hon. George

Foster, Frederick, Esq.

Franklin, Captain John, R.N. [1786-1847, DNB]

Gage, [Henry Hall, 4th] Viscount [1791-1877, CP]

Gage, John, Esq. [1786-1842, DNB]

Gifford, [Robert] Lord [1779-1826, DNB]

Gilbert, Davies, Esq. [1767-1839, DNB]

Gillies, John, L.L.D. [1747-1836, DNB]

Goodall, Rev. Joseph, D.D. [1760-1840, DNB]

Gower, [George Granville Leveson-Gower] Earl [1758-1833, DNB]

Gower, Lord Francis Leveson

Granville, A[ugustus] B[ozzi], M.D. [1783-1872, DNB]

Greennough, George Bellas, Esq. [1778-1855, DSB]

Griffin, John, Esq.

Guillemard, John, Esq. [1764-1844, Lyons (1940)]

Gurney, Hudson, Esq. [1775-1864, DNB]

Halford, Sir Henry, Bart. [1766-1844, DNB]

Hallam, Henry, Esq. [1777-1858, DNB]

Hamilton, William Robert, Esq. [1777-1859, DNB]

Hatchett, Charles, Esq. [1765-1847, DSB]

Heber, Richard, Esq. [1773-1833, DNB]

Herschell, John Frederick, Esq. [1792-1871, DSB]

Hibbert, George, Esq. [1757-1837, DNB]

Hilton, William, Esq. [1786-1839, DNB]

Hobhouse, Sir Benjamin, Bart. [1757-1831, DNB]

Holland, Henry, M.D. [1788-1873, DNB]

Hope, Thomas, Esq. [1769-1831, DNB]

Howard, Hon. Rev. Henry [1795-1868, DNB]

Howard, Hon. Colonel Grenville

Hume, Sir Abraham, Bart. [1749-1838, DNB]

Inglis, Sir Robert Henry, Bart. [1786-1855, DNB]

Jekyll, Joseph, Esq. [1754-1837, DNB]

Johnstone, Sir Alexander [1775-1849, DNB]

Kater, Captain Henry [1777-1835, DSB]

King, [Peter] Lord [1776-1833, DNB]

King, Captain Philip, R.N. [1793-1856, DNB]

Knight, Richard Payne, Esq. [1750-1824, DNB]

Lambert, Alexander [sic] [Aylmer] Bourke, Esq. [1761-1842, DNB]

Lansdowne, [Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd] Marquess of [1780-1863, DNB]

Lawrence, Sir Thomas [1769-1830, DNB]

Leach, Right Hon. Sir John [1760-1834, DNB]

Leake, Lieut.-Colonel Wm. Martin [1777-1860, DNB]

Lister, Hon. Thomas

Liverpool, [Robert Banks Jenkinson] Earl of [1770-1828, DNB]

Locker, Edward Hawke, Esq. [1777-1849, DNB]

Long, Right Hon. Sir Charles, K.B. [1761-1838, DNB]

Long, Rev. William

Lonsdale, [William Lowther, 1st] Earl, K.G. [1757-1844, DNB]

Lovaine, Lord

Lowther, [William] Viscount [1787-1872, DNB]

Lyell, Charles, Esq. [1767-1849, DSB]

Lyon, Captain [George Francis] [1795-1832, DNB]

Mackintosh, Sir James [1765-1832, DNB]

Majendie, Ashurst, Esq. [1784-1867, B2]

Malcolm, Sir John, G.C.B. [1769-1833, DNB]

Malthus, Rev. T[homas] R[obert] [1766-1834, DNB]

Mansfield, [David William Murray, 3rd] Earl [1777-1840, RS MS BR]

Mansfield, John, Esq.

Markland, James Heyward, Esq. [1788-1864, DNB]

Miller, John, Esq.

Millington, John, Esq. [1779-1868, DNB]

Milman, Rev. H. Hart [1791-1868, DNB]

Moore, Daniel, Esq. [d.1828, age 69, RS MS BR]

Moore, Thomas, Esq. [1779-1852, DNB]

Morier, James, Esq. [c1780-1849, DNB]

Morely, [John Parker, 1st] Earl [1772-1840, DNB]

Murdoch, Thomas, Esq. [1758-c1846, RS MS BR]

Mulready, William, Esq. [1786-1863, DNB]

Nash, John, Esq. [1752-1835, DNB]

Nayler, Sir George [c1764-1831, DNB]

Nicholl, Right Hon. Sir John [1759-1838, DNB]

Ord, William, Esq.

Ormerod, George, Esq. [1785-1873, DNB]

Ottley, William Young, Esq. [1771-1836, DNB]

Palgrave, Francis, Esq. [1788-1861, DNB]

Palmerston, [Henry John Temple, 3rd] Viscount [1784-1865, DNB]

Paris, William Ayrton, M.D. [1785-1856, DNB]

Parker, Thomas Lister, Esq. [1779-1858, DNB]

Peel, Right Hon. Robert [1788-1850, DNB]

Pepys, William Hasledine, Esq. [1775-1856, DNB]

Petit, Louis Hayes, Esq. [d.1849, age 75, Ann.Reg., 1849: 285]

Phillips, Thomas, Esq. [1770-1845, DNB]

Prudhoe, [Algernon Percy] Lord [1792-1865, DNB]

Reinagle, R[amsay] R[ichard], Esq. [1775-1862, DNB]

Rennie, George, Esq. [1791-1866, DNB]

Rennie, John, Esq. [1794-1874, DNB]

Rogers, Samuel, Esq. [1763-1855, DNB]

Roget, Peter Mark, M.D. [1779-1869, DNB]

Rose, William Stewart, Esq. [1775-1843, DNB]

Russel[l], Lord John [1792-1878, DNB]

Russel[l], Jesse Watts, Esq. [1786-1875, B3]

Sabine, Captain Edward [1788-1883, DSB]

Sabine, Joseph, Esq. [1770-1837, DNB]

Scott, Sir Walter, Bart. [1771-1832, DNB]

Smirke, Robert Jun, Esq. [1781-1867, DNB]

Smith, James, Esq.

Sotheby, William, Esq. [1757-1833, DNB]

Sotheby, Captain

South, James, Esq. [1785-1867, DSB]

Spencer, [George John, 2nd] Earl, K.G. [1758-1834, DNB]

Spencer, Hon. William Robert [1769-1834, DNB]

Spencer, William, Esq.

Stanhope, Hon. Colonel James H.

Stanley, Sir John Thomas, Bart. [1766-1850, RS MS BR]

Stanley, Rev. Edward [1779-1849, DNB]

Staunton, Sir George, Bart. [1781-1859, DNB]

Stokes, Charles, Esq. [1784-1853, B6]

Stuart, Lord James

Talbot, A. Strageways Fox, Esq.

Traherne, Rev. John Montgomery [1788-1860, DNB]

Tucker, Henry, Esq.

Turner, Dawson, Esq. [1775-1858, DNB]

Utterson, Edward Vernon, Esq. [c1776-1856, DNB]

Walker, John, Esq.

Wall, [Charles] Baring, Esq. [1795-1853, B3]

Wardrop, James, Esq. [1782-1869, DNB]

Webb, Philip Barker, Esq. [1793-1854, DNB]

Wellington, [Arthur Wellesley, 1st] Duke of [1769-1852, DNB]

Westall, Richard, Esq. [1765-1836, DNB]

Westmacott, Richard, Esq. [1775-1856, DNB]

Wetherell, C[harles], Esq. [1770-1846, DNB]

Weyland, John Jun, Esq. [1774-1854, DNB]

Wilkie, David, Esq. [1785-1841, DNB]

Wilkins, William, Esq. [1778-1839, DNB]

Wortley, John Stuart, Esq. [1801-1855, RS MS BR]

Young, Thomas, M.D. [1773-1829, DSB]