Sir Joseph Banks Society Magazine - Autumn-Winter 2016

SJiroseph Autumn/Winter 2016 Banks SocietyMagazineSir Joseph Banks Society involvedin major Lincolnshire projectAnew Heritage Lottery Fund supported project now aims people connect with wildlife and some of Lincolnshire’s rarest plants. to inspire young people to develop botanical skills like plant Such a special archive can provide lotsbecome the botanists of the future, identification, wildlife recording and of information about climate change,helping to safeguard and improve the careful collection of important plant genetics and nature conservation.our understanding of plants and the specimens. However, with no proper storageenvironment. facilities available in Lincolnshire the Lincolnshire has very few botanists collection is now at serious risk of Pioneered by Lincolnshire and without people to further the deterioration. Fortunately, as part ofNaturalists’ Union, Lincolnshire study of plants, many important the lottery funded project the NaturalWildlife Trust, the Sir Joseph Banks species might be lost, along with an History Museum in London will nowSociety and the Natural History important scientific outlook on our look after the collection, securing itMuseum, the project is called environment. safely in facilities designed specifically‘Lincolnshire Plants – Past and Future’. The project will also fund the continued on page 2 A development grant of £21,400 creation of a contemporary collectionfrom the Heritage Lottery Fund of Lincolnshire plant specimens, Inside this Issue(HLF) has already been secured to inspired by a collection created by Sirbegin setting up the project. Once Joseph Banks, an eighteenth century • Dinner at the Bishop’s Palacethis development phase is complete, Lincolnshire naturalist who famouslya larger grant of £473,100 has been voyaged around the world with • Botanising Banks a lifetime ofearmarked by HLF for a three year Captain Cook. This will compliment Endeavourproject. an older collection currently preserved by Lincolnshire Naturalists’ • Final axe comes down on This larger grant will partly be Union. Over the last 150 years the Joseph Banks Conservatoryused for a range of lifelong learning Lincolnshire Naturalists’ Union hasevents and public engagement, a been compiling a huge collection of • ‘My Greatest and best friend’:key aspect of which is to help young over 9000 plant specimens, including Flinders and Banks • ‘My Greatest and best friend’: Flinders and Banks. Gillian Dooley, Flinders University • Anna Agnarsdottir Lecture – Banks in Iceland and the North Atlantic • Society attends Gravity Fields Festival • Lincolnshire Bull… Wild flower meadow • Society shows off unique collection of pressed plants • Diary Dates

Dinner at the Bishop’s PalaceOn October 8th last, the Society held its annual dinner at the to keep moving the event around the would welcome member feedback on Bishop’s Palace in Lincoln. county. Louth has been discussed but this and any suggestions would be veryRingrose Law kindly sponsored the venues have not yet been agreed. We welcome.dinner, and as has become customarythe High Sheriff of Lincolnshire was Life President David Robinson OBE. presents Sir Joseph Banks at Revesby book to Dr Gillian Dooleyour guest of honour, the current HighSheriff is Mrs G J A Hughes DL. Members and guests enjoyed a3-course dinner, however prior tothat during the reception guests wereable to see the latest plans for a newconservatory which at that time wasplanned for the Lawn in Lincoln. AlsoAustralian born, Gregg Chapman – TheDidgeridoo Man – entertained guestswith his incredible didgeridoo playingwhich, considering the theme of theevening was Australian fitted in verywell. Life President David Robinson OBE.presents Sir Joseph Banks at Revesbybook to Dr Gillian Dooley. The Bishop’s Palace was a superbvenue with spectacular views over thecity of Lincoln to the south and the hugevista of the Cathedral from the north.Members and guests also enjoyed acollection of floral watercolours whichwere painted by Ann Flinders during theearly 19th century. This was especiallyrelevant in terms of our guest speakerDr Gillian Dooley of Flinders Universityin Adelaide, Australia who gave theafter dinner talk on none other thanMatthew Flinders and his relationshipto Joseph Banks. Gillian also gave alecture in the afternoon in Lincoln,both of these talks are featured later inthis magazine. Trustees are already thinking of nextyears annual dinner and are mindedcontinued from page 1 young people with nature and improve in plant identification, it will also find our knowledge of Lincolnshire’s a new role for threatened traditionalfor the protection of plant specimens. natural history. We need new botanists skills, ensuring that a group of botanistsThe Natural History Museum will to help us understand the impact of are trained in the collection, preparationalso professionally catalogue and climate change and to champion the and mounting of specimens.document the specimens, unlocking a knowledge we can gain about ourtreasure trove of vital environmental environment from studying plants. Once catalogued the contemporaryinformation. These plant collections plant specimens will be kept at thewill allow scientists to study changes “Once our past and present plant Natural History Museum in Londonin our environment over the last three collections are catalogued and stored and at the Joseph Banks Centre incenturies, dramatically improving by the Natural History Museum we will Horncastle. Information from bothour understanding of the natural have a huge resource to help botanists the past and contemporary collectionshistory of Lincolnshire and informing and scientists better understand our will be available online as part offuture environmental decisions. The environment.” Volunteers will be the Natural History Museum’s digitalUniversity of Lincoln hopes to study vital to the Lincolnshire Plants project. botanical collection of plant specimens.the genetics of the specimens once Creating a present day collection of Society chairman Paul Scott said thisthey have been catalogued. plant specimens will require people to incredible project is the culmination visit all parts of Greater Lincolnshire of 2 years’ hard work by the partners. Chris Manning, Chair of the Project under guidance from the Lincolnshire The Society is thrilled by the prospectSteering Board and from Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust. This citizen-science of the new herbarium being based inNaturalists’ Union, said: “This project project will not only train volunteers Horncastle.is a wonderful opportunity to inspire2 Sir Joseph Banks Society Newsletter

BotanisingBanks a lifetimeof EndeavourThis was the title of the Sir Joseph Banks President’s Lecture held at Spalding Gentlemens Society on George Fussey – Spalding Gentlemens Society November 4th 2016. Society friend and stalwartGeorge Fussey delivered the lecture. George is Curator connections and friends made in these exclusive halls wereof Eton College Natural History Museum and former to prove useful in Banks later career and life. One perhapsHead of Biology at Eton, he is currently responsible for is tempted to say that some things never change, howevercareer education. More importantly as far as the Society Sir Joseph was to use those connections to achieve greatis concerned is George’s lifelong interest in Joseph Banks things for which he did not seek recognition.particularly as Banks was as a former pupil of the school. Society chairman Paul Scott gave a vote of thanks on This is the second time that George has delivered this behalf of the Society and also thanked the Spalding Gentlemen for hosting the evening.lecture in the county. Members may recall that he gavethe talk at our last annual lecture in Lincoln. Trusteesthought that a repeat but in the south of the county wasappropriate. This proved to be the right decision with thelecture being just about full. George gave us some fascinating insights to JosephBanks early life at both Harrow and Eton schools followedby his University years. These formative years and theFinal axe comes down onJoseph Banks Conservatory Arecent meeting with Lincoln City Council planning of this and also provide a community/ been denied a fantastic community department finally dashed tourist asset for the city. Planners cited asset with enhanced educational,our hopes of being able to build a Historic England as the reason for recreation and children’s play areas, asnew conservatory on the Lawn site rejection and stated that they would well as community gardens  to enjoy. in Lincoln. This was despite elected not approve further loss of green space.members approving in principle our They also felt that the planned facility Unfortunately the Lawn complex is50 year lease agreement and also was too large despite it only being now entirely occupied by the privateafter lengthy discussions with the 10% larger than the old building. They sector and has the benefit of a largeCouncil regarding our proposals. had no appetite to support our plans additional car park. What remains is and help us make our case to Historic poorly maintained space which will We were particularly saddened by the England, who to our knowledge had still be useful for dog walkers. not been consulted.fact that we had supported the Council We have been asked to look at an To say we are disappointed is an alternative site in Lincoln but this is offto demolish the old conservatory and understatement, not simply for the fact the tourist track. Therefore the project that we have spent many thousands of would need to be even bigger andhad also assisted in helping to sell the pounds on this and countless hundreds become an end point destination in its of hours, but because local people have own right. Given this we will also lookidea of a larger car park on the site at other sites in Lincolnshire.on the understanding that the newconservatory would soften the impactwww.joseph-banks.org.uk 3

‘My Greatest and Best Fri Gillian Dooley, FlAccording to the Australian Museum website, ‘Joseph Banks has been honoured with many place names obscure name of Flinders may thus become a light by which throughout the South Pacific, including in Australia with even the illustrious character of Sir Joseph Banks may one daya group of islands (Sir Joseph Banks Group) in South Australia, receive an additional ray of glory: as a satellite of Jove I mayBanks Strait in Tasmania and suburbs in several Australian reflect back splendour to the gracious primary who, by shiningstates bear his name. He is also commemorated in the names of upon me, shall give lustre to my yet unradiated name.’several plants, most notably the Australian wildflower genusBanksia’s. Geoscience Australia lists 142 place names including When Flinders had the confidence, brashness, effrontery orthe surname Banks and its variants, including Banksia. I think whatever you like to call it to write to the most influential manit’s reasonable to assume that most of them were named, in the world of scientific investigation, the President of thedirectly or indirectly, after Sir Joseph. He has done quite well in Royal Society etc etc in 1800, to suggest that a ship to be sentthe commemoration stakes in Australia. out to New South Wales to circumnavigate the continent and resolve its mysteries, and to offer himself as the commander ofFlinders Stamp the expedition, he excused himself, somewhat jocularly (and surely disingenuously), for ‘any informality there may be in For Flinders, there are 223 features listed. Almost all of them thus addressing him, that almost constant employment abroad,would be named after Matthew Flinders, though he did name and an education among the unpolished inhabitants of theFlinders Island (the more westerly one, off the coast of South Lincolnshire fens, have prevented me from learning better.’Australia) after his brother Samuel – he never named anything Banks doesn’t seem to have been offended by this slight uponafter himself. Apart from Flinders University, there are the their shared county of origin, and promptly used his influencemassive Flinders Ranges in the mid north of South Australia, to have Flinders appointed to command the expedition to Terraand, confusingly, another Flinders Island in Bass Strait. There is Australis.Flinders Street, a major thoroughfare in Melbourne which givesits name to the Flinders Street Railway Station. Flinders Street is Flinders had first met Banks in 1793, when on his returnalso one of Adelaide’s main city streets - Flinders University’s city from Bligh’s breadfruit voyage on the Providence his shipmate,building is on the corner of Flinders Street and Victoria Square. botanist James Wiles, asked him to visit Banks twice on hisThere are 80 plants named after Banks, however, and only 17 behalf. The nineteen-year-old midshipman, according tospecies named Flindersia. As the Australian National Herbarium Kenneth Morgan in his new biography of Flinders, ‘wouldonline asserts, Sir Joseph’s ‘impact on the study of natural history have been well received, as someone who had sailed in thein both Britain and Australia cannot be overestimated.’ Providence.’ Morgan goes on, ‘Though he had virtually no contact with Banks for several years thereafter these initial If we turn the spotlight on South Australia, however, apart meetings with Banks proved crucial for Flinders’ later career’.from some streets here and there, Banks is commemorated only In fact, Morgan claims that ‘Banks’s greatest contribution toin the group of islands Flinders named after him, located in the Australian maritime exploration came with his support forSpencer Gulf, near Port Lincoln, and secondary denominations Flinders on his Investigator expedition and his subsequentlike Banksia Park, an Adelaide suburb – 25 places altogether, efforts on behalf of Flinders personally and to disseminate thecompared with 87 for Flinders. I suppose that’s only natural: voyage’s findings.’ He was ‘an indispensable go-between forFlinders visited us, landing on a beach just a few miles north of organizing maritime expeditions at a time when governmentmodern-day Adelaide, while Banks never came around to the found its administrative resources stretched’, because of the warsouth coast. with France. Flinders agreed, calling Banks ‘that distinguished patron of science and useful enterprise.’ (49) Flinders knew no In 1804, Flinders wrote to Banks from his detention on higher praise than ‘useful’. In a later letter, he drew attentionMauritius: ‘If adverse fortune does not oppose me, I will succeed; to their shared interest:and although I cannot rival the immortalized name of Cook, yetif persevering industry joined to what ability I may possess, can ‘Well knowing, Sir Joseph, how much you are interested in theaccomplish it, then I will secure the second place. The hitherto voyage, I take the liberty of speaking at length upon the subject; and if it meets your approbation I shall continue to mention the wants we may have, and the alterations that may be necessary, hoping, for your assistance in forwarding their accomplishment. In a few days I will send up lists of the extra things that to me appear necessary for us.’ Thanking Banks in February 1801 for his part in obtaining his commission as commander of the Investigator, Flinders wrote: ‘Panygeric (sic), or a long train of sentences of gratitude, would be unpleasant to a mind like that of sir Joseph Banks, I will therefore only add, that it shall be my endeavour to shew by my conduct and exertions that your good opinion has not been misplaced.’ A little later Banks had to defend Flinders against ‘many severe remarks’ from the Admiralty. When he was just about to leave on the Investigator voyage, after the Admiralty had insisted that he leave his new wife Ann behind in England, Flinders had some trouble when bringing the ship around from the Nore to4 Sir Joseph Banks Society Newsletter

iend’: Flinders and Bankslinders UniversityPortsmouth – a run of bad luck the Admiralty were inclined to degree of Gratitude,’ but protested at the ‘harsh rule whichattribute to his mismanagement. Flinders wrote a long letter to interdicts the Promotion of a Brave man, however well he hasBanks, carefully explaining every circumstance and defending fought, if the fortune of war has placed him in the hands of hishimself, finishing the letter thus: Enemies till his Enemies are Pleasd on their own mere motions to Restore his Liberty. Surely this Rule is more like a French one ‘That the admiralty have thrown blame upon me, and should than and English one.’ Other letters concerned the question ofhave represented to my greatest and best friend, that I had Flinders’ remuneration while writing the voyage – he was keptgotten the ship on shore, had let a prisoner escape, and three of on half pay, and estimated that it would therefore put himmy men run away, without adding the attendant circumstances, about £500 out of pocket to write the voyage – and the affairsis most mortifying and grievous to me; but it is impossible to of his brother Samuel and other members of the Investigator’sexpress so gratefully as I feel, the anxious concern with which company. Banks tried to help as much as possible, but even hisyou took the part of one who has not the least claim to such influence was not unlimited.generosity; but was I to enter upon this subject, I should writeto all eternity; I shall, therefore, only say, that with the highest In March 1811, Sir Joseph invited him to attend his Sundayrespect, gratitude, and esteem, I am, Sir Joseph your faithful and evening ‘conversations’ and the meetings of the Royal Society.obedient servant.’ It seems that Banks had been wondering why Flinders hadn’t been attending these: Flinders a few days earlier had recorded Flinders’ reasons for writing to Banks always came back to a conversation with Robert Brown where the subject had comethe same root cause, which he expressed in a letter from the up. In his private journal, Flinders writes, ‘I had indeed thoughtInvestigator off Timor in March 1803: ‘You have … many anxious it somewhat strange, that Sir Jos. had never invited me to thesewell-wishers, Sir Joseph, on board the Investigator; for besides conversations, as he had done in 1800 on my return from N.S.the gratitude which your attention and favour to many of us Wales; but as I do not wish to intrude myself into societies wherehas excited, we know of no one who after you will think at all I am not certain of being welcome, I did not chuse to go withoutof us or our labours; and truly we are somewhat ambitious of an invitation, or some hint that I was expected to go.’ This is sonotice from those whose attention confers both information typical of Flinders’ pride and sense of propriety.and credit.’ Flinders knew that Banks shared his passion forexploration and for the advancement of science and knowledge, Flinders ten shilling noteand he was a natural ally in promoting his endeavours. From this time on, Flinders attended Banks’ weekly gatherings, The wants and complaints did return in later correspondence, where he met many like-minded people and made many usefulof course, redoubled when poor Flinders was detained on connections. Their close association continued, and FlindersMauritius by the French colonial governor there, between was keen to return the many favours Banks had done himDecember 1803 and July 1810. Banks did what he could to help whenever he could. In July 1812 he arranged to get a book fromFlinders, by pleading his cause with the Admiralty and his French his French friends in Paris ‘which Sir J.B. wished to obtain. I amcolleagues and connections, but the obdurate General Decaen very glad to seize any opportunity of being useful to Sir Joseph,was not to be moved. Banks also corresponded sympathetically from his having done so much for me.’ Their only significantwith Flinders’ wife Ann and keeping her informed of his efforts disagreement was over the naming of Australia. Banks did noton Flinders’ behalf. In 1807 he wrote to her: give ‘Australia’ his imprimatur and consequently the voyage was named A Voyage to Terra Australis not ‘A Voyage to Australia’, ‘It Greives me to hear that Capt. Flinders, after having for which Flinders would have preferred. It wasn’t long, of course,so long supported with manly fortitude the very disgracefull before Flinders’ preference for the name Australia won out, astreatment he has met with from those Enemies to humanity, the it was adopted by Governor Macquarie in NSW – but FlindersFrench, has at last given way to oppression, & Sufferd his Spirits didn’t live long enough to enjoy this vindication. He died into Flag. I can not, however, have a doubt from the well Known July 1814, within days – possibly the day after – his Voyage wasEnergies of his mind that his Low Spirits are only a temporary published.Attack of depression, which will not be Lasting.’ It is clear that Flinders was not mistaken in regarding him as Finally released from detention on Mauritius in 1810, and back his ‘greatest and best friend.’in London, Flinders threw himself with all those ‘well knownenergies of his mind’ into the completion of his Voyage. Banks’town house in Soho Square was a hub of Flinders’ activity. Hevisited there every two or three days, borrowing books, butmore importantly consulting Sir Joseph about the writing of hisvoyage. Mr Yorke, the first Lord of the Admiralty, had appointedSir Joseph and Flinders, along with John Barrow, the secondsecretary to the Admiralty, as the committee to undertake thewriting of the Investigator’s voyage, so the three of them hadmuch business to take care of at this early stage of the project.But Flinders also frequently asked his advice about his ownaffairs, such as the vexed question of his promotion to PostCaptain. Banks had been advocating on Flinders’ behalf sincebefore his return: in a letter of October 1810 he wrote to JohnBarrow, ‘I am Gratefull for Mr Yorke’s kindness to Flinders as faras it goes, & Shall always feel for his kindness a proportionatewww.joseph-banks.org.uk 5

Anna Agnarsdottir Society attends Gravity FieldsLecture – Banks Festivalin Iceland and theNorth Atlantic On Sunday 25th attended. The keynote September speaker was Richard Barley, Director of Horticulture, Society trustees ‘People including their accompanied by Bindy Learning and Operations traditional dress and the food that they ate.’ Banks Barclay our guest from at Kew’s Royal Botanic made friends in Iceland, in particular Ólafur New Zealand attended the Gardens, Richard related Stephensen, then a district- governor and later he hugely successful Gravity Joseph Banks travels with became the only Icelander to be appointed to the post Fields Festival at Harlaxton Captain Cook on HMS of governor. Manor near Grantham. Endeavour, his role in Banks did not really take an active part in Icelandic affairs This 5-day science establishing Kew as the until 1807, when Denmark, following the disastrous extravaganza was originally worlds hub of botanical British bombardment of Copenhagen, entered into conceived to honour the science and collusion with an alliance with Napoleon. Consequently the British famous Lincolnshire scientist George III, and his legacy. Navy captured many of the ‘Iceland’ merchant Sir Isaac Newton, but this This was followed by ships sailing to and from Copenhagen with supplies. year other Lincolnshire a panel discussion which Banks then received a personal appeal for help worthies were also featured the Society was invited to from the Chief Justice of Iceland, Magnús Stephensen, including our hero Sir participate in, with the who was the son of Ólafur Stephensen. Magnús had Joseph Banks. stand in Chairman Paul Scott been among those captured by British men-of-war and It was a great pleasure to giving a reasonable account insisted that if the navigation between Iceland and see the lectures concerning of Bank’s early life and Denmark became impossible certain starvation would face Sir Joseph Banks so well influences in Lincolnshire. the Icelanders. Banks wentAnna Agnarsdottir immediately to the rescue. Westy Petræus, one of theWhen Banks came stranded Iceland merchants to view the ship in Leith where their ship the Resolution for was taken by the Royalthe second voyage, he was Navy, who along with two others was invited to comeseverely disappointed. The to London – Banks paid for the trip – in order that theyvessel was simply not large could plead their case before government. The ships wereenough to accommodate released and Icelanders were spared starvation, Bankshis entourage and he even suggested to the British Government that Iceland bepromptly demanded that annexed to become a British protectorate. Thus Banksmodifications be made. acted as a powerful protector and benefactor to IcelandWhen Cook declared that it during the Napoleonic wars.was unsafe the Resolutionwas restored to her originalstate.Though ‘disagreeablydisappointed’, he had towithdraw and as he wrotehimself he had alreadyassembled an impressivescientific party and it was ofprime necessity to engagethem in a new expedition.He wrote in his journal: ‘Isaw no place at all withinthe Compass of my time solikely to furnish me with anopportunity as Iceland.’Anna went on to describethe experiences of Bank’sand his team, includingdescribing the ascent ofHeckla which was the primeobjective of the expedition.Banks also documentedthe way of life of ordinaryIcelanders Richard Barley,Director of Horticulture, Kew Gardens6 Sir Joseph Banks Society Newsletter

Lincolnshire Bull…The Society has been donated, Sutton, a neighbouring village. paying spectators from February 1790 by a long standing member, an Tradition has it that Mr Gibbons , first at the Lyceum in the Strand and original engraving of this famous then briefly at the Duke of Gloucester’spainting by George Stubbs which can won the bull in a cockfight and that riding stables in Hyde Park. This royalnow be seen hanging in the newly is why the cockerel is included in interest in the ox earned it the titlerefurbished Joseph Banks information Stubbs painting. The gentleman in the ‘The Royal Lincolnshire Ox. A handbilland coffee room at the Centre. painting is Mr Gibbons. advertising the ox on show at the Lyceum stated: The Lincolnshire Ox was a Shorthorn It was 6 feet 4 inches tall and weighed 205 ½ stone-some 2,880 lbs. “This uncommon Animal was bredprize bull, bred at the village of Having grown to this enormous size in at GEDNEY, in the county of LINCOLN, Lincolnshire where his fame began to in November 1782, and fed (withoutGedney in Lincolnshire by John Bough spread by repute, the ox was taken to oil-cake) by Mr JOHN GIBBONS of London where it was put on show toin November 1782 and subsequentlyowned by John Gibbons of Long Long Sutton, in the said county: all judges agree, that he is much the LARGEST and FATTEST ever seen in England; being 19 hands high, and 3 feet 4 inches across the hips; his beef and tallow are computed to weigh 2800lb. He is so remarkably docile, that great numbers of Ladies view him every day.” Mr Gibbons commissioned Stubbs to paint the ox in March 1790 on the recommendation of Sir Joseph Banks, the President of the Royal Society, and a Lincolnshire landowner. Stubbs had previously been commissioned by Sir Joseph Banks to produce two unique paintings of a kangaroo and a dingo using the sketches, animal skins and descriptions brought back from the Endeavour voyage. Stubbs dedicated the painting to SirLincolnshire Ox Joseph Banks.Society shows of Paul Scott (left) from the Society is pictured showing the collection of 1,000 plantsthe new Seaward to Hilary McMaster and Steve FosterHerbariumduring HeritageOpen DaysThe popular Lincolnshire Heritage Open Days was the ideal opportunity for the Society to showcase its Herbarium at the Sir Joseph BanksCentre in Horncastle. The Seaward Herbarium was donated to the Societyby Professor Mark Seaward (a keen Society member)and is the result of a lifetime collecting plants aspart of his career as a Professor of EnvironmentalBiology at Bradford University. Paul Scott the Societyis pictured showing the collection of 1000 plants toHilary McMaster and Steve Foster.www.joseph-banks.org.uk 7

Diary Dates Happy BirthdaySunday, 12th February Birthday Party and performance Sir Joseph of The Revesby Play by Bishops’ Longsword of Lincoln in Horncastle We will celebrate Sir Joseph’s 274th birthday on Sunday Community Centre at 3.00pm February 12th 2017 at Horncastle Community Centre, Manor House Street, Horncastle starting at 3-0p.m.Wednesday, 17th May Annual Lecture at 7.30pm at St. There will be a birthday cake and a very special entertainment. Hugh’s Church Hall, Monks Road, Lincoln. Dr. Patrick Kaye on Joseph married Dorothea Hugessen in March 1779 and her “Sir Joseph Banks and Matthew first visit to Revesby was in the autumn. Part of the welcome Flinders R.N.”. Jointly with SLHA. was a special play performed by the villagers at the Abbey. The performers were called Plow - Boys or Morris–Dancers. OurSaturday, 9th September Heritage Open Days. William President gives details of the play in his book Sir Joseph Banks Marwood Exhibition, Sir Joseph at Revesby. It is very special and no doubt unique play in that the script still survives as does the cast and which villagers Banks Centre, Horncastle. took the parts.October (Date TBA) Annual Dinner Bishop’s Longsword of Lincoln have taken up the challenge to learn the play and will entertain party goers at the birthdayNovember (Date TBA) President’s Lecture celebrations. They are the only Lincolnshire English Longsword team. We are privileged for the opportunity to see their performance.Membership RenewalsThe 2016/17 membership renewals are due from April 1st 2016. Fees have remained unchanged. Full singlemembership £15.00. Couple £25.00. Organisation £30.00. Life £200. Membership includes, 2 lectures per year, annualdinner, 2 magazines per year, monthly email bulletin, visits and events and discount on Society publications. Society Patron: Sir David Attenborough Sir Joseph Banks Society Trustees Life President: David Robinson OBE Vice Chairman: Jean Shaftoe • Secretary: Paul Scott • Treasurer: Simon Sargeant FCMA,Miss Pearl Wheatley MBE, Lady Sally Bruce-Gardyne, Richard Locke Wheaton, Bob Wayne, Roland Freeman Sir Joseph Banks Centre Bridge Street, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, LN9 5HZ • Shop: 01507 526065 Email: [email protected] • Website: www.joseph-banks.org.uk Registered Charity Number: 1127728 Designed and Printed by DPS Digital (Lincs) Ltd 28 & 30 Handley Street, Sleaford, Lincs NG34 7TQ Tel: 01529 300452 www.dpsdigital.co.uk