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ORIGINAL APPOINTMENT AND SUCCESSION 



OF 



TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS 



OF 



THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



TRUSTEES. 



Fifty; viz. 25 by Office, 1 by the Appointment of the Crown, 

 9 by Family Appointment, and 15 Elected. 



BY OFFICE. 

 25. 



Three Principal Trustees. 



Offices. Names. 1879. 



The Archbishop of Canterbury . . . Archibald Campbell Tait, 



D.D. 



The Lord Chancellor . . . . . Hugh McCalmont, Earl 



Cairns. 



The Speaker of the House of Commons . The Right Hon. Henry Bou- 



verie William Brand. 



And Twenty-two others. 



The Lord President of the Council , . Charles Henry, Duke of 



Richmond and Gordon, 

 K.G. 



The First Lord of the Treasury . . . Benjamin, Earl of Beacons- 

 field, K.G. 



The Lord Privy Seal Algernon George, Duke of 



Northu mberlan d . 



The First Lord of the Admiralty . . The Right Hon. William 



Henry Smith, M.P. 

 The Lord Steward ..... Frederick, Earl Beauchamp. 



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