| Administrative History | When a candidate was successfully elected as a Fellow of the Society, they were subject to an initial admission fee and thereafter an annual subscription. Fellows who lived within a 20 mile radius of London were referred to as 'Residents' and paid a joining fee of six guineas with a three guinea annual subscription. 'Non Residents', that is those British members who lived outside of London initially paid only a one off 10 guinea joining fee. At a Special General Meeting, 15 June 1859, all newly created Fellows after that date paid a uniform 6 guineas to join but Non Residents were subject to a reduced annual fee of £1 11s 6d. Another Special General Meeting on 1 March 1862 saw the Resident and Non Resident status abolished, with all Fellows paying a 6 guinea joining fee and an annual subscription of 2 guineas. However those Fellows who joined before 1862 were subject to the original agreements they had signed.
Compounding Fellows were those members who either paid a number of years' subscriptions or all of their fees upfront. Honorary Members, later Foreign Members and Foreign Correspondents paid no fees of any kind. Members of Royalty were also exempt. |