Fellows of the Royal Society elected in 1857. [1] [2]
Charles Abbot, 1st Baron Colchester PC, FRS was a British barrister and statesman. He served as Speaker of the House of Commons between 1802 and 1817.
William Pole FRS FRSE MICE was an English engineer, astronomer, musician and an authority on Whist.
Thomas Wallace, 1st Baron Wallace, PC DCL FRSE was an English politician holding multiple key roles in the government.
John Peter Gandy, later John Peter Deering, was a British architect. He served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1847 to 1848.
Samuel Weller Singer (1783–1858) was an English author and scholar on the work of William Shakespeare. He is also now remembered as a pioneer historian of card games.
Thomas Dunham Whitaker (1759–1821) was an English clergyman and topographer.
Joseph Phillimore (1775–1855) was an English civil lawyer and politician, Regius Professor of Civil Law at Oxford from 1809.
Dr Alexander Tweedie FRS was a Scottish physician and writer.
William Skelton (1763–1848) was an English engraver.
Alexander Nicoll (1793–1828) was a Scottish orientalist, known for his bibliographical work. He became Regius Professor of Hebrew at Oxford in 1822.
John Haviland was a professor of medicine at Cambridge University's St John's College and a mainstay of the Cambridge Medical School through a difficult period.