[2]In 1830 the Society abolished its office of Director and expelled John Frost because of his unpopular, presumptuous conduct and displays of vanity.
[1] It was during the presidency of the Earl of Stanhope (1829–1837) that Frost was expelled from the society (1830) for arrogant behaviour.
Mathematician Charles Babbage (1791–1871), the 'father of computing', wrote scathingly of the incident in 1830 as symptomatic of the decline of science in England and observed that the society seemed more interested in recruiting the aristocracy of Europe.
[3]The Transactions of the Royal Medico-Botanical Society of London were issued in three parts covering three intervals: 1821 to 1829; 1832 to 1833; and 1834 to 1837.
[2][4] The 4th Earl Stanhope was one of the main supporters of the Society, and it ceased to exist soon after his death in 1855.