Recognition of the Public Services of Dr Southwood Smith.

At a Meeting held at the residence of the Earl of Shaftesbury on the 7th of May 1856

It was resolved

That this Meeting, deeply impressed with the untiring and successful labours of Dr Southwood Smith in the cause of social amelioration, and specially recognising the value of these labours in the great cause of

Sanitary Improvement,

are anxious to tender him some mark of their personal esteem. That accordingly a bust of Dr Southwood Smith be executed in marble, and presented to some suitable institution, as an enduring memorial of his eminent services in the promotion of the Public Health.

The following is a List of the Subscribers:—

Viscount Palmerston, K.G., G.C.B., First Lord of the Treasury.

The Earl of Carlisle, K.G., Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

The Earl of Harrowby, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.

The Marquis of Lansdowne, K.G.

The Marquis of Normanby, K.G., G.C.B., Ambassador at Florence.

The Right Honourable W. F. Cowper, M.P., President of the Board of Health.

Thomas Graham, Esq., F.R.S., Master of the Mint.

The Duke of Buccleuch.

The Duke of Newcastle.

The Earl of Ellesmere.

The Earl Fortescue, K.G.

The Earl of St Germans.

The Earl of Harrington.

The Earl of Shaftesbury.

The Lord Bishop of London.

The Lord Bishop of St Asaph.

The Lord Bishop of Ripon.

The Lord Brougham and Vaux.

The Viscount Ebrington, M.P.

The Viscount Goderich, M.P.

The Lord Robert Grosvenor, M.P.

The Lord Claude Hamilton, M.P.

The Lord Stanley of Bickerstaffe, M.P.

The Honourable A. Kinnaird, M.P.

Sir Edward Borough, Bart.

Sir E. N. Buxton, Bart.

The Rev. Sir H. Dukinfield, Bart.

Sir John Easthope, Bart.

Sir Ralph Howard, Bart.

Sir Samuel Morton Peto, Bart.

Sir John Ramsden, Bart.

Sir Erskine Perry, Q.C., M.P.

The Lord Mayor.

The Dean of Ely.

Henry Austin, Esq.

B. G. Babington, Esq., M.D.

Thomas Baker, Esq.

Joseph Bateman, Esq., LL.D.

John Batten, Esq.

G. Beaman, Esq., M.D.

Thomas Bell, Esq., F.R.S.

Joseph Brotherton, Esq., M.P.

Alexander Browne, Esq., M.D.

A. Collyer, Esq.

The Rev. J. Cumming, D.D.

The Rev. R. S. Daniell, M.A.

Charles Dickens, Esq.

John Dillon, Esq.

William Farr, Esq., M.D.

Arthur Farre, Esq., M.D.

John Finlaison, Esq.

C. Gatliff, Esq.

F. D. Goldsmid, Esq.

R. D. Grainger, Esq., F.R.S.

Samuel Gurney, Esq.

J. F. Hart, Esq.

A. Hassall, Esq., M.D.

James Heywood, Esq., M.P.

Rowland Hill, Esq.

M. D. Hill, Esq., Q.C.

F. Hill, Esq.

A. Hill, Esq.

E. Hill, Esq.

Gurney Hoare, Esq.

P. H. Holland, Esq.

T. Jones Howell, Esq.

The Rev. Charles Hume, M.A.

R. W. Kennard, Esq.

Duncan M'Laren, Esq.

J. Leslie, Esq.

Waller Lewis, Esq., M.B., F.G.S.

C. Z. Macaulay, Esq.

J. J. Mechi, Esq.

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

Gavin Milroy, Esq., M.D.

James Morrison, Esq.

Professor Owen, F.R.S.

Tucker Radford, Esq., M.D.

Robert Rawlinson, Esq.

J. A. Roebuck, Esq., M.P.

W. Rogers, Esq.

S. S. Scriven, Esq.

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

J. J. Smith, Esq.

James Startin, Esq.

John Sutherland, Esq., M.D.

Thomas Thornely, Esq., M.P.

John Thwaites, Esq.

J. W. Tottie, Esq.

Thomas Tooke, Esq., F.R.S.

E. Westall, Esq.

It will be seen that a very large number of the names on this list are those of men who had personally worked with my grandfather or had watched and helped as labourers in the Sanitary cause from the beginning.—G. L.