Book," "Life of Bishop Mant," &c., &c. Resigned his archdeaconry 1855. Died 1859. 31 Lancelot Shadwell, Esq., Barrister-at-Law. Nominated by Nobody, March 8.-Last appearance at the Club, January 18, 1814. An eminent Conveyancer; father of Sir L. Shadwell, Vice-Chancellor.-See below, No. 38. 1802. 32 The Right Rev. John Skinner, Bishop of Aberdeen. Being a guest, was elected an Honorary Member, 33 The Right Rev. William Van Mildert, D.D., Bishop of Durham. Nominated by Nobody, November 29.—Last appearance at the Club, May 29, 1826. Rector of Farningham, and St. Mary-le-Bow. Preacher of Lincoln's Inn, Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford, 1818, and Dean of St. Paul's. Bishop of Llandaff, 1819, and finally of Durham in 1826. Died 1836. Author of Boyle and Bampton Lectures, and of two volumes of Sermons preached at Lincoln's Inn. Editor of Waterland's Works, &c. Having had his own lot among the poorer clergy, he was the more to be honoured for the meekness, discretion, and liberality with which he administered the revenues and maintained the rank of the last Prince Palatine Bishop of Durham. 34 George Frere, Esq. 1803. Nominated by Nobody, December 17.-Last appearance at the Club, February 11, 1850. Of Lincoln's Inn and Twyford House, Herts. He was the third son of John Frere, Esq., M.P., of Roydon Hall, in Norfolk, and Bedington, in Surrey, and of Jane, only daughter of John Hookham, merchant. Mr. G. Frere was educated at Felstead, in Essex, and became afterwards a Solicitor, distinguished by the high principle with which he laboured in his profession during a period of forty years. He died at his house in Bedfordsquare, April, 1854, aged eighty. 35 William Frere, Esq. Nominated by Nobody, December 17.-Last ap pearance at the Club, May 29, 1821. Fourth son of J. Frere, Esq., M.P. Educated at Eton, and at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he obtained the highest academical distinctions. He made choice of the bar as his profession, and in 1809 was created Serjeant-at-Law. He subsequently became Master of Downing College, a situation which enabled him to give full scope to a liberal and generous disposition, and which he adorned by his scholarship, talents, and virtues. He died May, 1836, at the age of sixty. 36 James Powell, Esq., Jun. Nominated by Nobody, December 17.-Last appearance at the Club, November 29, 1809. -Died August, 1846. 37 John Gunning, Esq. Nominated by Nobody, December 17.-Last appearance at the Club, November 29, 1811. 1804. 38 Sir Lancelot Shadwell, Knt., Vice-Chancellor of England. Nominated by Nobody, November 29.-Last appearance at the Club, May 29, 1812. Born May 3, 1779. Educated at Eton and St. John's College, Cambridge, where he obtained a fellowship and other honours. He was called to the bar in 1803, and was appointed a King's Counsel in 1821. In 1826 he entered Parliament; he retained his seat but for one year, at the close of which he was made Vice-Chancellor of England. In 1835 he filled the office of a Commissioner of the Great Seal, and again a few weeks before his death, which took place August 10, 1851, at the age of seventy-one. 1805. 39 John Latham, Esq., M.D. Nominated by Nobody, May 29.-Last appearance at the Club, February 27, 1818. Born December 29, 1761. Educated at Manchester Grammar School, and Brasenose, Oxford. M.D. October 10, 1788. He afterwards pursued his studies at St. Bartholomew's Hospital. He married in 1784, and after passing some years at Manchester and Oxford, was admitted (in 1789) Fellow of the College of Physicians. He was elected Physician to the Middlesex Hospital not long afterwards, and in the year 1792 to St. Bartholomew's. In 1795 he was appointed Physician Extraordinary to the Prince of Wales. In 1814 Dr. Latham was elected President of the College of Physicians. was also the founder of the Medical Benevolent Society, and the author of some professional treatises. He retired from London in 1829, and died April 20, 1843, in his eighty-second year. 40 James Cumming, Esq. He Nominated by Nobody, May 29.-Last appearance at the Club, February 21, 1825. 41 The Rev. Thomas Bowdler. Nominated by Nobody, May 29.-Chaplain, 1851. Son of John Bowdler, Esq. See above, No. 2. Born March 13, 1780, and educated at Hyde Abbey School, and St. John's, Cambridge. He took his degree with honours in 1803, and was then ordained to the cure of Leyton, Essex. He was afterwards incumbent of Hopton Wafers, Ash, and Ridley, and of Addington. In 1834 he became incumbent of the new district church at Sydenham. At this time he also held the chaplaincy of St. Katharine's Hospital, an employment which seems to have been peculiarly congenial to him. In 1846 he became Secretary to the Church Building Society, having been induced to settle in London on account of his children's health. He was also presented to a non-residentiary prebend at St. Paul's. His latter years were saddened by severe domestic losses, and from the time of the death of his wife in 1854, he visibly declined, and after a short and not very painful illness, he died November 12, 1856. He was of a modest and gentle disposition, full of sympathy for the sufferings of others, whether in body or mind, and always ready to relieve them to the utmost of his power. As Secretary to the Church Building Society, he found ample room for the exercise of his Christian virtues and graces,-rejoicing, as he used to say, to be "a door-keeper in the House of the Lord." He published several volumes of Sermons, and edited in part the Greek of Bishop Andrewes' Devotions. He was also the compiler of a volume of Family Prayer. 42 John Bowdler, Esq., Jun. Nominated by Nobody, May 29.-Died 1815. Brother of the preceding. A young barrister of singular promise. 1806. 43 The Right Honourable William Admiral Lord Radstock. Nominated by Nobody, March 4.-Last appear ance at the Club, November 30, 1807.-Died August 20, 1825. 1810. 44 The Very Rev. Gerard Andrewes, D.D., Dean of Canterbury. Elected November 29.-Last appearance at the Club, February 20, 1814. Vide Memoirs, p. 115. Picca He was for many years Rector of St. James', dilly; and by his powerful preaching, and the unaffected simplicity of his character, exercised great influence. 45 The Very Rev. Robert Hodgson, D.D., Dean of Carlisle. Elected November 29.-Last appearance at the A nephew of Mrs. Porteus. He was of St. Peter's College, Cambridge. M.A. 1798; D.D. 1816. Rector of St. George's, Hanover-square, 1803; Chaplain in ordinary to the King, and vicar of Hillingdon, 1810. In 1816 or 1820 he was made Dean of Chester, and was subsequently promoted to the deanery of Carlisle. In 1832 he was made Sub-almoner to the King. He was the editor of Bishop Porteus' works, and author of a Life of that Prelate. He died October 10, 1844. See Memoirs, p. 116. 46 The Rev. Harry Powell, Rector of East Horndon, Essex. Elected November 29.-Last appearance at the |