Foreign Member of the Royal Society is an honourary postition within the Royal Society. It is a position at the same rank as a Fellow of the Royal Society to which scientists from outside the Commonwealth and Ireland may be elected. Someone elected a Foreign Member may use the abbreviation ForMemRS after their name. The premises of the Royal Society in London (first four properties only). ... The Fellowship of the Royal Society was founded in 1660. ... The Commonwealth of Nations, usually known as The Commonwealth, is an association of 53 independent sovereign states, almost all of which are former territories of the British Empire. ... It has been suggested that Apocopation be merged into this article or section. ...