Name
- Nares, George Strong, Admiral KCB, Arctic explorer1
- Oudemans, Jean Abraham Chrétien, astronomer1
- Parker, Joseph, correspondent of James Croll, fl 19th century1
- Pearson, Charles John, Lord Pearson 18961
- Petermann, August Heinrich, geographer1
- Petric, William Matthew Flinders, Knight 19231
- Prestwich, Joseph, FRS1
- Primrose, Archibald Philip, 5th Earl of Rosebery1
- Rainy, Rev Robert, Principal Edinburgh Free Church College1
- Ramsay, Andrew Crombie, geologist; Knight 18811
- Rankine, William John Macquorn, civil engineer1
- Robertson, George Croom, philosopher1
- Robinson, George Frederick Samuel, 1st Marquess of Ripon, politician, 1827-19091
- Rollit, Albert Kaye, MP1
- Romanes, George John, FRS, LLD1
- Skertchly, Sydney Barber Josiah, of the Geological Survey1
- Smyth, Charles Piazzi, Astronomer Royal for Scotland1
- Spratt, Thomas Abel Brimage, Vice-Admiral CB1
- Stewart, Balfour, Professor of Natural Philosophy at Manchester1
- Stirling, James Hutchison, LL.D1