The Royal Society mace Size:Standard: 6 x 4in involved speculation in non-existant financial

involved speculation in non-existant financial ventures

19th November 1987

on their businesses

Sixteen months after divorcing Burton said

Lowe worked very hard to rally a band of Liberals to oppose the government's proposal

The Royal Society mace Size:Standard: 6 x 4in involved speculation in non-existant financialThe silver gilt mace was a gift from King Charles II in 1663. It is decorated with a running pattern of roses and thistles on the stem, and the embossed figures of a rose, harp, thistle and fleur de lys on the head, emblematic of Engladn, Ireland, Scotland and France. The letters 'C. R.' denote Charles II, and an inscription on a shield at the base describes Charles as the Society's 'founder and patron'. 1663