18 REPORT OF 



munificent donation ^ which had been contributed towards the 

 erection of the new Museum ; a member who added to the 

 inheritance of fortune and rank, the habits of public business, 

 and the endowments of a liberal and cultivated mind. That 

 member was Lord Milton. He was able also to state that 

 Lord Milton would be ready to fill any office connected with 

 the Society, in which it might be thought that he could 

 render it any service ; and he had reason to believe that 

 such a manner of serving the public would be more congenial 

 to his Lordship's feelings, than any of the more bustling 

 employments of political life." 



The President having left the Chair, and the Hon. and 

 Rev. Henry Howard being called thereto, it was Moved 

 by Mr. Atkinson, Seconded by the Rev. D. R. Currer, 

 and voted unanimously, — 



That the thanks of the Society be given to the Rev. 

 William Vernon Harcourt, for the zealous and con- 

 stant attention with which, as President of the Institution, 

 he has so long watched over its progress, and fostered its 

 rising energies : and that the expression of their deep regret 

 for the loss of his future services in that office, is united 

 with sincere congratulations, that the high objects which 

 he laboured to accomplish have been so fully attained. 



Mr. Vernon Harcourt expressed his gratitude for 

 the confidence which had been reposed in him by the 



1 Earl Fitzwilliam's donation of 3002. 



