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Succession, 



*1869 The Eight Eev. Samuel Wilberforce, 

 D.D., Lord Bishop of Oxford (Bishop 



of Winchester) .... v. The Very Eev. Henry Hart 



Milman, D.D., Dean of 

 St. Paul's. 



(Two vacancies) 



OFFICERS, 

 1. 



SUCCESSION. 



Principal Librarians. 

 1756 Gowin Knight, M.D. 



1772 Matthew Maty, M.D. 



1776 Charles Morton, M.D 



1799 Joseph Planta, Esq. E.E.S. . 



1827 Henry Ellis, Esq. F.E.S. (Sir Henry 



Ellis, K.H.) 



1856 Antonio Panizzi, Esq. (Sir Anthony 



Panizzi, K.C.B.) .... 

 1866 John Winter Jones, Esq. . 



v. Gowin Knight, deceased. 

 v. Matthew Maty, deceased. 

 v. Charles Morton, deceased. 



v. Joseph Planta, deceased. 



v. Henry Ellis, retired. 

 v. Antonio Panizzi, retired. 



Secretaries. 

 1787 Edward Whitaker Gray, M.D. 



1806 Edward Bray, Esq. . . . v. E. W. Gray, resigned. 



1814 Henry Ellis, Esq v. E. Bray, deceased. 



1828 Rev. Josiah Forshall . v. H. Ellis, promoted. 



1849 The duties of this office were united with those of Principal Librarian. 



Superintendent of the Departments of Natural History. 

 1856 Eichard Owen, Esq. 



