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ANTIQUARIES
Document signed by eight antiquaries, 1 page folio, 22 February 1827 (small repair). Proposing John Rouse for membership of the Royal Society of Antiquaries.
The signatories are:
 Thomas Crofton Croker
(1798-1854, Irish antiquary)
  Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick
(1783-1848, antiquary)
 Sir Thomas Lawrence
(1769-1830, President of the Royal Academy
 Sir William Beechey
(1753-1839, painter, RA)
 Henry William Beechey
(d. 1870?, painter & explorer)
 Sir George Nayler
(1764?-1831, Garter King-of-arms
 Thomas Joseph Pettigrew
(1791-1865, surgeon & antiquary)
 Robert Lemon
(1799-1835, archivist).
[No: 7356]


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