He became president of the Royal Society in 1703 & was reelected annually until his death in 1727
... fraught with complications- "On 30 November 1703...at the annual elections to 
.... the Mint in 1699 where he became responsible for testing the weight of coins... [DOC] [TLE] Example Essays: Isaac Newton Mathematics Royal Society [PAR] In 1703 he was elected president of the Royal Society,and in 1705 he was 
knighted ... president of the Royal Society and was re-elected each year until his 
death.