Diploma of Honorary Fellowship for Chen Ying-ko, dated 14 June 1946, again with pencil mark-ups.
Diploma of Honorary Fellowship, undated, with pencil annotation 'For fellows nominated in previous reign'. Probably used as a reference when the Society decided to resume the tradition of issuing diplomas to Honorary Fellows in the early 1960s.
Diploma of Honorary Fellowship for Professor M. C. Subhadradis Diskul (elected in 1985).
Diploma of Honorary Fellowship for Mr Hirad C. Chaudhuri, dated 29 March 1985.
This item contains multiple copies of a blank printed membership certificate. This appears to be the diploma sent to Foreign Members by the Society to mark their election during the reign of George IV. The certificate contains the following text in Latin:
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Q. F. F. Q. S.
SOCIETAS ad Literas Asiaticas in Britanniis excolendas sub auspicis potentissimi Regis GeorgII IV. feliciter instituta
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in Sociorum suorum Exterorum numerum adscribi voluit; consessu solenni Londini habito, die [space] 18 [space]
Quod sub Societatis sigillo testantur
Praeses.
Director.
Secretarius.
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One of the copies has the word 'GeorgII IV' crossed out and annotated 'Victoria' in pencil. Measures 45 cm (h) x 37.2 cm (w).
Two versions of a sample membership diploma, with the Society's address given as 60 Queen's Gardens.
A sample membership diploma, with the Society's address given as 14 Stephenson Way.
This series includes documents created by the Society's officers in the processes of managing the Society's membership and communicating with its members.
This sub-series includes documents created by the Society's officers to facilitate the administration of membership.
Letter from Sir E. D. Maclagan, Vice-President, to Mrs R. W. Frazer, Secretary and Librarian, enquiring numbers of members and figures of subscription rates since 1900 for the Committee’s reference, dated 13 February 1930.