Previous Fellows have included British explorers Sir Richard Francis Burton, and Laurence Waddell, Officers of the British East India Company such as Sir Henry Rawlinson, Chief Justice of Ceylon Alexander Johnston, first Asian Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, and many more.
Notable past members have included celebrated explorers Sir Richard Francis Burton, and Laurence Waddell, prominent officials from the British East India Company like Sir Henry Rawlinson, Chief Justice of Ceylon Alexander Johnston, the first Asian Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, and a range of other distinguished figures.