Aspects of Kentish Local History

Archaeologia Cantiana -  Vol. 1  1858   page xxxiii

INAUGURAL MEETING of the Kent Archaeological Society

 

To the Members of the Kent Archaeological Society, the history of its origin and early progress must necessarily be a subject of interest. We cannot, therefore, commence our first Volume better than by recording, step by step, the annals of the Association, from the day when its first promoters assembled at Mereworth, until its organization was completed at the Inaugural Meeting of April last.    On the 19th of September, 1857, the Viscount and Viscountess Falmouth invited a few friends to Mereworth Castle, for the purpose of laying the foundation of an Archaeological Society for the county of Kent.    That party consisted of the following Noblemen and Gentlemen:—         The Viscount FALMOUTH, in the Chair.         The Marquess CAMDEN, K.G.         The Earl AMHERST.         The Honourable and Reverend Sir F. J. STAPLETON, Bart.         CHARLES WYKEHAM MARTIN, Esq., M.P.         JAMES WHATMAN, Esq., M.P.         EDWARD HUSSEY, Esq.         GEORGE WARDS NORMAN, Esq.         Rev. MIDDLETON ONSLOW, Rural Dean.         Rev. WILLIAM JOHN MOORE BRABAZON.         Rev. LAMBERT

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