Chapter VI: Appendix

ON November the 11th, 1858, at the General Meeting of the Shropshire and North Wales Natural History and Antiquarian Society, held at the Museum, Shrewsbury, the President, Beriah Botfield, Esq., M.P., proposed that excavations should be commenced at Wroxeter. He had written to the Duke of Cleveland, and obtained his Grace’s consent to do so. He also made the very liberal offer to give fifty guineas towards the expenses, provided that fifty other gentlemen could be found willing to subscribe one guinea each. A Committee was formed, consisting of the following noblemen and gentlemen to carry on the work:—

The Right Hon. the Earl of Powis, Powis Castle

Beriah Botfield, Esq., M.P., F.R.S., Decker Hill

R. A. Slaney, Esq., M.P., Walford Manor

Rev. B. H. Kennedy, D.D., Shrewsbury

Rev. E. Egremont, Wroxeter

Rev. R. W. Eyton, Ruyton, Shiffnal

Rev. H. M. Scarth, Bathwick

Samuel Ashdown, Esq., Uppington

W. H. Bayley, Esq., Shrewsbury

William F. F. Foulkes, Esq., Stanley Place, Chester

Henry Johnson, Esq., M.D., Hon. Sec., Shrewsbury

George Stanton, Esq., Shrewsbury

Albert Way, Esq., Worham Manor

Samuel Wood, Esq., Shrewsbury

Thomas Wright, Esq., F.S.A., Brompton

A Metropolitan Committee has since been thought desirable, and held its first meeting August 3rd. It consists of the following distinguished noblemen and gentlemen:—

The Right Hon. Earl Stanhope, President of the Royal Society of
Antiquaries

The Right Hon. Viscount Hill, Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire

The Right Hon. Lord Braybrooke

The Right Hon. Lord Talbot de Malahide

The Right Hon. Lord Lindsay

The Right Hon. Lord Newport, M.P.

The Right Hon. the Lord Chief Baron

Beriah Botfield, Esq., M.P.

The Hon. Rowland C. Hill, M.P.

R. Monckton Milnes, Esq., M.P.

C. Octavius S. Morgan, Esq., M.P.

H. Danby Seymour, Esq., M.P.

W. Tite, Esq., M.P.