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Since its early years, the Society has maintained the tradition of proposing foreigners of eminent attainments, rank or situation, or persons who have rendered distinguished service towards the attainment of the objects of the Society, to be an Honorary Member. The total number of Honorary Members was for many years limited to thirty according to the Rules of the Society. When a vacancy opened up, primarily due to death of members, the Council would propose and invite selected individuals to fill up the vacancy.

This sub-series contains correspondence regarding invitation of Honorary Membership as well as further correspondence between the Society and its Honorary Members. Most of the 19th-century correspondence did not survive in the archives.

In the Annual General Meeting on 12 May 1932, the Council passed a resolution that the Ambassador or Minister of every Oriental Power accredited to the Court of St. James' should be invited to become a Foreign Extraordinary Member of the Society, under the terms of Rule 10 of the Charter, which stipulated that ‘Foreign potentates or distinguished officials of Oriental Powers may be admitted by the Council to be Foreign Extraordinary Members’.

This sub-series contains the invitation letters sent to these individuals and further correspondence relating to the election of Foreign Extraordinary Members.

These certificates of recommendation are application forms submitted by candidates who were desirous of becoming a member of the Society, giving their personal details (name, occupation and address) and the names and addresses of the proposer and seconder. Printed on the reverse of the form is notes and rules relating to membership and subscriptions.

Sometimes a candidate’s form was filed with correspondence notifying their successful election and their 'Form A', signed by the member after their election to confirm that they agree to observe and comply with the membership rules, and that they will promote the interests and welfare of the Society.

Typed lists of membership applications to be tabled at Council meetings, where new members are elected. The lists would usually include the names of the candidate, the proposer and the seconder, and sometimes further biographical information of the candidates. Lists for some years don't seem to be complete.

Correspondence concerning, and drafts of papers read at, General Meetings. Lists of lecture dates for 1865 and 1868.

Correspondence and printed material concerning lectures, and a typescript of one lecture. The material is:

• Admittance ticket for a lecture by Sir Charles Eliot, 'The History and Monuments of Cambodia', 13 February 1912.
• Admittance ticket for a lecture by Professor Albert von le Coq, 'Journey and Results of the 4th Turfan Expedition', 18 October 1927.
• Admittance ticket for a lecture by Sir E. Denison Ross, 'The Contribution of Hungary to Central Asian Studies with special reference to Csoma de Koros', 12 June 1928.
• Admittance ticket for a lecture by Sir Aurel Stein, 'A Journey of Archaeological Expedition in South-Western Iran (1933-6)', 11 November 1937.
• Typescript of the lecture given by Professor Kochi Doi on Japanese Myth. The lecture was given on 9 December 1937. The typescript is annotated with a note from Doi to Colonel Hoysted, dated 28 January 1938. With the typescript is an admittance ticket for the lecture and a letter from Harold Powlett to Colonel Hoysted to return the typescript, dated 5 February 1938.
• An album containing correspondence and admittance tickets for lectures held between November 1932 and June 1940.
• Admittance tickets for lectures by Sir Richard O. Winstedt, 'Malaya and the Malays', 13 February 1941; and Dr. H. Buchtal, 'Indian Tales in Islamic Art', 4 March 1941.
• Admittance ticket for a lecture by Rev. E.R. Hughes, 'The Chinese Collection in the Bodleian Library', 10 April 1941.
• Admittance ticket for a lecture by Lord Samuel, 'The Hebrew University of Jerusalem', following the Anniversary meeting of 6 May 1941.
• Admittance ticket for a lecture by Mr Hsiao Ch'ien, 'Some Remarks on Contemporary Chinese Literature', 12 June 1941.
• Admittance ticket for a lecture by Mr K. de B. Codrington, 'Classical Contacts with Indian Art', 5 March 1943.
• Letter from H.W. Bailey to Sir Richard Winstedt to express his honour at being asked to lecture at the Society, handwritten, dated 23 December 1943.
• Letter from Menier Collin to Sir Richard Winstedt concerning his forthcoming lecture on 'The Ramayana as a work of Art', handwritten, dated 8 April 1944.
• Admittance ticket for a lecture by Bishop Stephen Neill, 'The beginnings of Tamil Literature' which would follow the presentation of the Triennial Gold Medal to Sir Richard Winstedt, 9 October 1947.
• Admittance ticket for a lecture by Professor Dr. Nihar Ranjan Ray, 'Fundamental Approaches to Indian Art', 24 January 1952, a joint lecture with the Royal India, Pakistan and Ceylon Society.
• Newspaper cutting of a short article entitled 'Royal Asiatic Society Lectures' in The Times, regarding the Society's new series of popular lectures, including those by Mr A. M. Blackman, Sir Denison Ross, Dr H. R. Hall and Mr Sidney Smith, 15 January 1926.
• Newspaper cutting of an article under the heading 'Evening Instruction' regarding the Society's new series of popular lectures, from The Englishman (Calcutta), 5 January 1926.

Correspondence and printed material concerned with lectures and General Meetings held at the Society between 1960-1969.

Meeting Cards, Admittance Tickets and Correspondence connected to Lectures and General Meetings held between 1970 and 1979.

Meeting Cards, Admittance Tickets and Correspondence connected to Lectures and General Meetings held between 1980 and 1989.

Meeting Cards, Notices of Lectures Series, and Notices of Change of lecture dates, and Correspondence connected to Lectures and General Meetings held between 1990 and 1999.