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(1841)
The Royal Kalendar lists patrons, governors and officers of a number of English literary and scientific institutions, all based in London: the Mathematical Society; British Museum; National Gallery of Pictures; Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce; Royal Academy of Arts; the Highland Society of London; the Linnean Society; Horticultural Society of London; Royal Asiatic Society; Geological Society; Royal Astronomical Society; Royal Medico-Botanical Society of London; Zoological Society; Royal Institution; British Institution for Promoting the Fine Arts; London Institution; Russell Institution; London Mechanics' Institution; City of London Literary and Scientific Institution; Marylebone Literary and Scientific Institution; Royal Society of Literature; Royal Academy of Music; Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge; Royal Geographical Society; Statistical Society of London; Camden Society for the Publication of Early Historical and Literary Remains; Atheneaum, Pall Mall; United Service Institution; Royal Botanic Society of London; the Royal Institute of British Architects; and the Institution of Civil Engineers. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Insolvents
(1841)
Insolvency notices for England and Wales: insolvency often caused people to restart their lives elsewhere, so these are an important source for lost links | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Insolvents
(1841)
Insolvency notices for England and Wales: insolvency often caused people to restart their lives elsewhere, so these are an important source for lost links | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| London aldermen, councillors, officers and officials
(1841)
The Royal Kalendar lists the mayor and aldermen of the city of London, annotated with ward, year of election, and address; deputies and common-council men of the city, by ward, with the names of their respective livery companies; the city officers; officials of the Irish Society; Commissioners of Sewers, Lamps and Pavements; the Royal Exchange and Gresham Trust Committee; Gresham College; City of London School; the Commissioners of the Lieutenancy for the London; magistrates and clerks of the London police offices; and officials of the Honourable Artillery Company; and commissioners and officials of the Office of the Metropolitan Roads north of the Thames. Then, gathered together until the title of Miscellaneous Institutions, are the Metropolitan Commissioners in Lunacy; the Scottish Corporation for the Relief of Natives of Scotland who have acquired no Parochial Settlement; Morden College for Decayed Merchants; the Alfred Society; the Travellers' Society; the Grand Lodge of Freemasons of England; Royal Freemasons School; Royal Masonic Institution; Society of Ancient Britons; Royal Humane Society; Mile End Philanthropic Society; Society for the Relief of Distressed Widows; City of London General Pension Society; Society for the Discharge and Relief of Persons Imprisoned for Small Debts; Friendly Female Society for Relieving Poor, Infirm and Aged Widows and Single Women, of Good Character, who have Seen Better Days; Society of Friends of Foreigners in Distress; London Female Penitentiary; Patriotic Fund; Corporation of the Refuge for the Destitute; Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders; Guardian Society for the Preservation of Public Morals; Society for the Suppression of Mendicity; Medical Benevolent Society; British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society; and the General Cemetery Company. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Mathematics students at Cambridge University
(1841)
Tripos lists or examination results for the year, arranged by class (Wranglers, Senior Optimes and Junior Optimes), and within each class in order of score in the examination (the names of candidates with equal scores are bracketed together, with the word 'AEq.'). Each student's surname and college is given: this list was printed in 1890, and was annotated with asterisks to show which students had subsequently become fellows of the university; and with footnotes showing those who became headmasters, &c., elsewhere. Winners of Dr Smith's Mathematical Prizes are marked (1) senior, (2) for junior. The Greek letter alpha is affixed to the names of those students who had gained first class results in the Classical Tripos; beta to those entered in the second class; and gamma to those entered in the third class. These lists are particularly useful in identifying for an individual the fellow-students who will have attended lectures with him; and, where from the college, are likely to have been even more closely associated by having been under the same supervisor. (The sample scan is from the start of the Mathematics Tripos list for 1770) | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Members of the Royal Agricultural Society of England
(1841)
The Royal Agricultural Society of England was founded in 1840 and rapidly attracted a wide membership of agriculturists. This list of members who joined between 1840 and 1841 was printed in the second volume of the society's journal. It gives each member's name in full (surname first), town residence (if any), and country residence.
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| Officials of the East India Company, in England and in India
(1841)
The Royal Kalendar lists the directors and officials of the East India Company, together with the India Establishments, the coucils and staff in Madras and Bombay, officers of the East India College at Hertford, and the company's Military Seminary at Addiscombe. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Petitioning Creditors and Solicitors
(1841)
Principal creditors petitioning to force a bankruptcy (but often close relatives of the bankrupt helping to protect his assets): and solicitors | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Taxmen in England and Wales
(1841)
The Royal Kalendar lists officials of the Custom House in Thames Street, including the collectors and comptrollers at each of the outports (Aberystwyth, Aldborough, Arundel, Barnstaple, Beaumaris, Berwick, Bideford, Blakeney & Clay, Boston, Bridgwater, Bridlington, Bridport, Bristol, Cardiff. Cardigan, Carlisle, Chepstow, Chester, Chichester, Colchester, Cowes, Dartmouth, Deal, Dover, Exeter, Falmouth, Faversham, Fleetwood, Fowey, Gloucester, Goole, Grimsby, Gweek (in Cornwall), Harwich, Hull, Ipswich, Isle of Man, Llanelly, Lancaster, Liverpool, Lyme (Regis), (King's) Lynn, Milford, Maldon, Newcastle (on Tyne), Newhaven, Newport, Padstow, Penzance, Plymouth, Poole, Portsmouth, Ramsgate, Rochester, Rye, St Ives, Scarborough, Scilly, Shoreham, Southampton, Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, Southwold, Stockton, Sunderland, Swansea, Truro, Wells, Weymouth, Wisbech, Whitby, Whitehaven, Woodbridge and Yarmouth), the Excise Office in Broad Street, and the Office of Stamps and Taxes in Somerset Place, including assistants, clerks and housekeepers. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
|  Persons of standing recommending London police recruits
(1830-1842)
The Metropolitan Police Register of Joiners (MEPO 333/4) lists policemen joining the force through to 31 December 1842 (to warrant number 19892). The register is alphabetical, in so far as the recruits are listed chronologically grouped under first letter of surname. It is evidently a continuation of a similar earlier register, not closed until its alphabetical sections were filled: consequently, there are no entries in this register for the initial letters N, O, Q, U, V, X, Y or Z; and the sections of this register start at different dates - A 18 April 1840 (warrant number 16894); B 11 December 1830 (5570); C 7 September 1830 (4988); D 27 May 1833 (8445); E 15 December 1838 (14476); F 30 March 1832 (7372); G 1 December 1835 (11,184); H 25 April 1832 (7457); I and J 13 February 1837 (12449); K 2 January 1838 (13457); L 3 October 1834 (9905); M 15 November 1832 (7999); P 4 October 1831 (6869); R 4 September 1837 (13021); S 30 March 1835 (10366); T 6 April 1840 (16829); W 30 December 1833 (9096). The register gives Date of Appointment, Name, Number of Warrant, Cause of Removal from Force (resigned, dismissed, promoted or died), and Date of Removal. Those recruits not formerly in the police, the army, or some government department, were required to provide (normally) at least two letters of recommendation from persons of standing, and details of these are entered on the facing pages: the names in these are indexed here (the police recruits are indexed separately and not included here). Recruits transferred from other forces or rejoining the force did not normally need recommendations - in the latter case, former warrant numbers are given - but some recommendations are from police inspectors, even other constables. Recruits coming from the army sometimes have general military certificates of good conduct, but most often have a letter from their former commanding officer; recruits recommended by government departments (most often the Home Office) similarly have letters from the head of department. But the great majority of the names and addresses in these pages are of respectable citizens having some sort of personal acquaintance with the recruit. Where more than two recommendations were provided, the clerk would only record one or two, with the words 'and others'. Tradesmen are sometimes identified as such by their occupations; there are some gentry. Although the great bulk of these names are from London and the home counties, a scattering are from further afield throughout Britain and Ireland. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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