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href="/wiki/Prince_Augustus_Frederick,_Duke_of_Sussex" title="Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex">Prince Augustus Frederick</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_Parsons,_3rd_Earl_of_Rosse" title="William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse">William Parsons</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a><br />for <a href="/wiki/Northampton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Northampton (UK Parliament constituency)">Northampton</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1812–1820</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Spencer_Perceval" title="Spencer Perceval">Spencer Perceval</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sir_George_Robinson,_6th_Baronet" title="Sir George Robinson, 6th Baronet">George Robinson</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1790-01-02</span>)</span>2 January 1790</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">17 January 1851<span style="display:none">(1851-01-17)</span> (aged 61)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Resting place</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Castle_Ashby" title="Castle Ashby">Castle Ashby</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data">British</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Margaret Douglas-Maclean-Clephane</div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1815; died 1830)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">6, including <a href="/wiki/Charles_Compton,_3rd_Marquess_of_Northampton" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Compton, 3rd Marquess of Northampton">Charles</a>, <a href="/wiki/William_Compton,_4th_Marquess_of_Northampton" title="William Compton, 4th Marquess of Northampton">William</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Lord_Alwyne_Compton_(bishop)" title="Lord Alwyne Compton (bishop)">Alwyne</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Compton,_1st_Marquess_of_Northampton" title="Charles Compton, 1st Marquess of Northampton">Charles Compton, 1st Marquess of Northampton</a><br />Maria Smith</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Trinity_College,_Cambridge" title="Trinity College, Cambridge">Trinity College, Cambridge</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Spencer Joshua Alwyne Compton, 2nd Marquess of Northampton</b> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society" title="Fellow of the Royal Society">FRS</a></span> <span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Fellow_of_the_Geological_Society" class="mw-redirect" title="Fellow of the Geological Society">FGS</a></span></span> (2 January 1790 – 17 January 1851), known as <b>Lord Compton</b> from 1796 to 1812 and as <b>Earl Compton</b> from 1812 to 1828, was a British nobleman and patron of science and the arts. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life">Life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Spencer_Compton,_2nd_Marquess_of_Northampton&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The second son of the <a href="/wiki/Charles_Compton,_1st_Marquess_of_Northampton" title="Charles Compton, 1st Marquess of Northampton">9th Earl of Northampton</a> (later the First Marquess), Compton studied at <a href="/wiki/Trinity_College,_Cambridge" title="Trinity College, Cambridge">Trinity College, Cambridge</a>, receiving a <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Arts" title="Master of Arts">Master of Arts</a> degree in 1810.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1812, following the <a href="/wiki/Assassination_of_Spencer_Perceval" title="Assassination of Spencer Perceval">assassination of his cousin</a>, the prime minister <a href="/wiki/Spencer_Perceval" title="Spencer Perceval">Spencer Perceval</a>, Compton, by now Earl Compton as heir to the Marquessate, took his seat for <a href="/wiki/Northampton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Northampton (UK Parliament constituency)">Northampton</a> in the <a href="/wiki/British_House_of_Commons" class="mw-redirect" title="British House of Commons">House of Commons</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBoase1887_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBoase1887-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 24 July 1815, he married Margaret Maclean Clephane, eldest daughter of Major-general Douglas Maclean Clephane.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBoase1887_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBoase1887-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the Commons, Compton established a reputation as something of a maverick. Despite his family's strong <a href="/wiki/Tory" title="Tory">Tory</a> credentials, he often voted against the Tory government of the day. This led to his losing his seat in the general election of 1820. </p><p>After 1820 Compton took up residence in Italy, where his house became a centre of attraction, and exercised his influence in favour of many of the unfortunate victims of despotic authority both in Lombardy and in Naples. He returned to England in 1830, and became a prominent figure in political and cultural life. He supported the Reform Bill in the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords" title="House of Lords">House of Lords</a>, but became more engaged in promoting the arts and sciences.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBoase1887_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBoase1887-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1820–22 he was <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Geological_Society_of_London" class="mw-redirect" title="President of the Geological Society of London">president of the Geological Society of London</a>. He served as president of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Archaeological_Institute" title="Royal Archaeological Institute">Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland</a> (1845–46 and 1850–51), and in 1838 became president of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Society" title="Royal Society">Royal Society</a>, an office he held for ten years. He took a particular interest in <a href="/wiki/Geology" title="Geology">geology</a>, especially in <a href="/wiki/Fossils" class="mw-redirect" title="Fossils">fossils</a>, although he was not himself a scientist, but more of an interested amateur. The <a href="/wiki/Dinosaur" title="Dinosaur">dinosaur</a> species <i><a href="/wiki/Regnosaurus" title="Regnosaurus">Regnosaurus</a> northamptoni</i> was named after him. He resigned in 1848, due to his opposition to the Society's increasing professionalization. Compton was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the <a href="/wiki/American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences" title="American Academy of Arts and Sciences">American Academy of Arts and Sciences</a> in 1846.<sup id="cite_ref-AAAS_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AAAS-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He held the position of president of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Society_of_Literature" title="Royal Society of Literature">Royal Society of Literature</a> from 1849 until his death. </p><p>He died on 17 January 1851, and was buried at <a href="/wiki/Castle_Ashby" title="Castle Ashby">Castle Ashby</a> on 25 January.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBoase1887_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBoase1887-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family">Family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Spencer_Compton,_2nd_Marquess_of_Northampton&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 24 July 1815 Compton married Margaret Douglas-Maclean-Clephane, who was a poet admired by <a href="/wiki/Walter_Scott" title="Walter Scott">Sir Walter Scott</a> and <a href="/wiki/William_Wordsworth" title="William Wordsworth">William Wordsworth</a>, although her poetry was not published. The marriage was a happy one, producing six children. The couple lived in <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a> for ten years from 1820 to 1830. Compton succeeded his father as Marquess of Northampton in 1828. Following Lady Northampton's death in 1830, Northampton returned to England. Among their children were: </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Spencer_Compton,_2nd_Marquess_of_Northampton.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Spencer_Compton%2C_2nd_Marquess_of_Northampton.jpg/220px-Spencer_Compton%2C_2nd_Marquess_of_Northampton.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="319" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Spencer_Compton%2C_2nd_Marquess_of_Northampton.jpg/330px-Spencer_Compton%2C_2nd_Marquess_of_Northampton.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Spencer_Compton%2C_2nd_Marquess_of_Northampton.jpg/440px-Spencer_Compton%2C_2nd_Marquess_of_Northampton.jpg 2x" data-file-width="551" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption>Spencer Compton, 2nd Marquess of Northampton in 1844</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Compton,_3rd_Marquess_of_Northampton" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Compton, 3rd Marquess of Northampton">Charles Compton, 3rd Marquess of Northampton</a> (1816–1877)</li> <li>Lady Marianne Margaret Compton (1817–1888), later Lady <a href="/wiki/Marian_Alford" title="Marian Alford">Marian Alford</a></li> <li>Admiral <a href="/wiki/William_Compton,_4th_Marquess_of_Northampton" title="William Compton, 4th Marquess of Northampton">William Compton, 4th Marquess of Northampton</a> (1818–1897)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lord_Alwyne_Compton_(bishop)" title="Lord Alwyne Compton (bishop)">Lord Alwyne Compton</a> (1825–1906), successively <a href="/wiki/Dean_of_Worcester" title="Dean of Worcester">Dean of Worcester</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Ely" title="Bishop of Ely">Bishop of Ely</a></li> <li>Lady Margaret Compton, married <a href="/wiki/Frederick_Leveson-Gower_(Bodmin)" class="mw-redirect" title="Frederick Leveson-Gower (Bodmin)">Frederick Leveson-Gower</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Spencer_Compton,_2nd_Marquess_of_Northampton&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_Royal_Society" title="List of presidents of the Royal Society">List of presidents of the Royal Society</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Spencer_Compton,_2nd_Marquess_of_Northampton&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output 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University of Cambridge.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Compton%2C+Lord+Spencer+Joshua+Alwyne+%28CMTN808SJ%29&rft.btitle=A+Cambridge+Alumni+Database&rft.pub=University+of+Cambridge&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fvenn.lib.cam.ac.uk%2Fcgi-bin%2Fsearch-2018.pl%3Fsur%3D%26suro%3Dw%26fir%3D%26firo%3Dc%26cit%3D%26cito%3Dc%26c%3Dall%26z%3Dall%26tex%3DCMTN808SJ%26sye%3D%26eye%3D%26col%3Dall%26maxcount%3D50&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASpencer+Compton%2C+2nd+Marquess+of+Northampton" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBoase1887-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBoase1887_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBoase1887_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBoase1887_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBoase1887_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBoase1887">Boase 1887</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-AAAS-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-AAAS_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterC.pdf">"Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter C"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">13 September</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Book+of+Members%2C+1780%E2%80%932010%3A+Chapter+C&rft.pub=American+Academy+of+Arts+and+Sciences&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amacad.org%2Fpublications%2FBookofMembers%2FChapterC.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASpencer+Compton%2C+2nd+Marquess+of+Northampton" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <dl><dt>Attribution</dt></dl> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/18px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/24px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="410" data-file-height="430" /></span></span> This article incorporates text from a publication now in the <a href="/wiki/Public_domain" title="Public domain">public domain</a>: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBoase1887" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1"><a href="/wiki/George_Clement_Boase" title="George Clement Boase">Boase, George Clement</a> (1887). "<a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Compton,_Spencer_Joshua_Alwyne" class="extiw" title="s:Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Compton, Spencer Joshua Alwyne">Compton, Spencer Joshua Alwyne</a>". <i><a href="/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography" title="Dictionary of National Biography">Dictionary of National Biography</a></i>. 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href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">Parliament of the United Kingdom</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Spencer_Perceval" title="Spencer Perceval">Spencer Perceval</a><br /><a href="/wiki/William_Bateman,_1st_Baron_Bateman" class="mw-redirect" title="William Bateman, 1st Baron Bateman">William Hanbury Bateman</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Northampton_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Northampton (UK Parliament constituency)">Member of Parliament for Northampton</a> </b><br /><a href="/wiki/1812_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1812 United Kingdom general election">1812</a> – <a href="/wiki/1820_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1820 United Kingdom general election">1820</a> <br />With: <b> <a href="/wiki/William_Bateman,_1st_Baron_Bateman" class="mw-redirect" title="William Bateman, 1st Baron Bateman">William Hanbury Bateman</a> 1812–1818<br /><a href="/wiki/Sir_Edward_Kerrison,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir Edward Kerrison, 1st Baronet">Sir Edward Kerrison</a> 1818–1820 </b> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Sir_George_Robinson,_6th_Baronet" title="Sir George Robinson, 6th Baronet">Sir George Robinson</a><br /><a href="/wiki/William_Leader_Maberly" title="William Leader Maberly">William Leader Maberly</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ACE777;"><a href="/wiki/Peerage_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Peerage of the United Kingdom">Peerage of the United Kingdom</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Compton,_1st_Marquess_of_Northampton" title="Charles Compton, 1st Marquess of Northampton">Charles Compton</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Marquess_of_Northampton" title="Marquess of Northampton">Marquess of Northampton</a> </b><br /><i>2nd creation</i><br />1828–1851 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Douglas-Compton,_3rd_Marquess_of_Northampton" title="Charles Douglas-Compton, 3rd Marquess of Northampton">Charles Douglas-Compton</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid lightgreen">Professional and academic associations </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Prince_Augustus_Frederick,_Duke_of_Sussex" title="Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex">Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b>26th <a href="/wiki/Royal_Society" 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<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Montagu,_1st_Earl_of_Halifax" title="Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax">Charles Montagu</a> (1695)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Somers,_1st_Baron_Somers" title="John Somers, 1st Baron Somers">Lord Somers</a> (1698)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">18th century</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Newton" title="Isaac Newton">Isaac Newton</a> (1703)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hans_Sloane" title="Hans Sloane">Hans Sloane</a> (1727)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Martin_Folkes" title="Martin Folkes">Martin Folkes</a> (1741)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_Parker,_2nd_Earl_of_Macclesfield" title="George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield">Earl of Macclesfield</a> (1752)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_Douglas,_14th_Earl_of_Morton" title="James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton">Earl of Morton</a> (1764)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_Burrow" title="James Burrow">James Burrow</a> (1768)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_West_(antiquary)" title="James West (antiquary)">James West</a> (1768)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_Burrow" title="James Burrow">James Burrow</a> (1772)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Pringle_(physician)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Pringle (physician)">John Pringle</a> (1772)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Banks" title="Joseph Banks">Joseph Banks</a> (1778)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">19th century</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/William_Hyde_Wollaston" title="William Hyde Wollaston">William Hyde Wollaston</a> (1820)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Humphry_Davy" title="Humphry Davy">Humphry Davy</a> (1820)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Davies_Gilbert" title="Davies Gilbert">Davies Gilbert</a> (1827)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Prince_Augustus_Frederick,_Duke_of_Sussex" title="Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex">Duke of Sussex</a> (1830)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Marquess of Northampton</a> (1838)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/William_Parsons,_3rd_Earl_of_Rosse" title="William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse">Earl of Rosse</a> (1848)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Wrottesley,_2nd_Baron_Wrottesley" title="John Wrottesley, 2nd Baron Wrottesley">Lord Wrottesley</a> (1854)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sir_Benjamin_Collins_Brodie,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 1st Baronet">Benjamin Collins Brodie</a> (1858)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Sabine" title="Edward Sabine">Edward Sabine</a> (1861)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_Biddell_Airy" title="George Biddell Airy">George Biddell Airy</a> (1871)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Dalton_Hooker" title="Joseph Dalton Hooker">Joseph Dalton Hooker</a> (1873)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/William_Spottiswoode" title="William Spottiswoode">William Spottiswoode</a> (1878)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Henry_Huxley" title="Thomas Henry Huxley">Thomas Henry Huxley</a> (1883)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sir_George_Stokes,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet">George Gabriel Stokes</a> (1885)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lord_Kelvin" title="Lord Kelvin">Lord Kelvin</a> (1890)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Lister" title="Joseph Lister">Joseph Lister</a> (1895)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">20th century</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/William_Huggins" title="William Huggins">William Huggins</a> (1900)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_William_Strutt,_3rd_Baron_Rayleigh" title="John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh">Lord Rayleigh</a> (1905)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Archibald_Geikie" title="Archibald Geikie">Archibald Geikie</a> (1908)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/William_Crookes" title="William Crookes">William Crookes</a> (1913)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/J._J._Thomson" title="J. J. Thomson">J. J. Thomson</a> (1915)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Scott_Sherrington" title="Charles Scott Sherrington">Charles Scott Sherrington</a> (1920)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Rutherford" title="Ernest Rutherford">Ernest Rutherford</a> (1925)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Gowland_Hopkins" title="Frederick Gowland Hopkins">Frederick Gowland Hopkins</a> (1930)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/William_Henry_Bragg" title="William Henry Bragg">William Henry Bragg</a> (1935)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Henry_Hallett_Dale" title="Henry Hallett Dale">Henry Hallett Dale</a> (1940)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Robinson_(organic_chemist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Robinson (organic chemist)">Robert Robinson</a> (1945)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Edgar_Adrian,_1st_Baron_Adrian" class="mw-redirect" title="Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian">Lord Adrian</a> (1950)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cyril_Norman_Hinshelwood" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyril Norman Hinshelwood">Cyril Norman Hinshelwood</a> (1955)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Howard_Florey" title="Howard Florey">Howard Florey</a> (1960)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Blackett" title="Patrick Blackett">Patrick Blackett</a> (1965)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alan_Lloyd_Hodgkin" class="mw-redirect" title="Alan Lloyd Hodgkin">Alan Lloyd Hodgkin</a> (1970)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alexander_R._Todd" class="mw-redirect" title="Alexander R. Todd">Lord Todd</a> (1975)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Huxley" title="Andrew Huxley">Andrew Huxley</a> (1980)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_Porter" title="George Porter">George Porter</a> (1985)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Atiyah" title="Michael Atiyah">Sir Michael Atiyah</a> (1990)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Aaron_Klug" title="Aaron Klug">Sir Aaron Klug</a> (1995)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">21st century</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robert_May,_Baron_May_of_Oxford" title="Robert May, Baron May of Oxford">Lord May</a> (2000)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Martin_Rees,_Baron_Rees_of_Ludlow" class="mw-redirect" title="Martin Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow">Lord Rees</a> (2005)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Nurse" title="Paul Nurse">Sir Paul Nurse</a> (2010)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Venki_Ramakrishnan" title="Venki Ramakrishnan">Venki Ramakrishnan</a> (2015)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Adrian_Smith_(statistician)" title="Adrian Smith (statistician)">Adrian Smith</a> (2020)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Presidents_of_the_Geological_Society_of_London" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#002b7a; 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color:white;">20th century</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jethro_Teall" title="Jethro Teall">Jethro Teall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Lapworth" title="Charles Lapworth">Charles Lapworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Edward_Marr" title="John Edward Marr">John Marr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archibald_Geikie" title="Archibald Geikie">Archibald Geikie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Johnson_Sollas" title="William Johnson Sollas">William Sollas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Whitehead_Watts" title="William Whitehead Watts">William Watts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aubrey_Strahan" title="Aubrey Strahan">Aubrey Strahan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Smith_Woodward" title="Arthur Smith Woodward">Arthur Smith Woodward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Harker" title="Alfred Harker">Alfred Harker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_William_Lamplugh" title="George William Lamplugh">George Lamplugh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Dixon_Oldham" title="Richard Dixon Oldham">Richard Oldham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Seward" title="Albert Seward">Albert Seward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_William_Evans_(geologist)" title="John William Evans (geologist)">John Evans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Arthur_Bather" title="Francis Arthur Bather">Francis Bather</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Walter_Gregory" title="John Walter Gregory">John Gregory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edmund_Johnston_Garwood" title="Edmund Johnston Garwood">Edmund Garwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Henry_Holland" title="Thomas Henry Holland">Thomas Holland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Frederick_Norman_Green" title="John Frederick Norman Green">John Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Owen_Thomas_Jones" title="Owen Thomas Jones">Owen Thomas Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Hurd_Swinnerton" title="Henry Hurd Swinnerton">Henry Hurd Swinnerton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Percy_George_Hamnall_Boswell" title="Percy George Hamnall Boswell">Percy Boswell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Leader_Hawkins" title="Herbert Leader Hawkins">Herbert Leader Hawkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_George_Fearnsides" title="William George Fearnsides">William Fearnsides</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._E._Trueman" title="A. 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