Robert C Schenck, US Army general and diplomat charging into the fray Boys from Artemid

Boys from Artemid

Pope's Villa

Charles James Fox in the centre

when they elect citizens to be their representatives on the Court of Common Council

Pierre-Simon Laplace was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1789

Robert C Schenck, US Army general and diplomat charging into the fray Boys from ArtemidRobert C Schenck, US Army general and diplomat, 1874. Schenck (1809 1890) was a general in the Union Army in the American Civil War. In 1871 he was appointed US Minister to the United Kingdom by President Ulysses S Grant. At a reception for Queen Victoria in Somerset, Schenck was persuaded to write down his rules for the game of poker. The game rapidly became popular in Britain, where it was known as Schenck Poker.