This is a list of fellows of the Royal Society elected in its 20th year, 1679. [1]
This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of the West Riding of Yorkshire.
This is a list of people who have served as Custos Rotulorum of Montgomeryshire.
Thomas Neale (1641–1699) was an English project-manager and politician who was also the first person to hold a position equivalent to postmaster-general of the North American colonies.
Robert Paston, 1st Earl of Yarmouth, FRS was an English scientist and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1660 and 1673 when he was created Viscount Yarmouth. He was created Earl of Yarmouth in 1679.
Charles Berkeley, 2nd Earl of Berkeley, KB, PC, FRS was a British nobleman and diplomat, known as Sir Charles Berkeley from 1661 to 1679 and styled Viscount Dursley from 1679 to 1698.
William Bridgeman FRS was a senior English civil servant and MP.
John Hervey was an English courtier and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1661 to 1679. He fought for the Royalist cause in the English Civil War.