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TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS 



OF 



THE BRITISH MUSEUM 



TRUSTEES. 



Forty-nine ; viz. 24 by Office, 1 by the Appointment of the 

 Crown, 9 by Family Appointment, and 1 5 Elected. 



BY OFFICE. 

 24. 



Three Principal Trustees. 



Offices. Names. 1886. 



The Archbishop of Canterbury . . . Edward White Benson, D.D. 

 The Lord Chancellor ..... Farrer, Lord Herschell. 

 The Speaker of the House of Commons . The Right Hon. Arthur 



Wellesley Peel. 



And Twenty -one others. 



The Lord President of the Council . . John Poyntz, Earl Spencer, 



K.G. 



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



Ewart Gladstone, M.P. 

 The Lord Privy Seal The Right Hon. William 



Ewart Gladstone, M.P. 

 The First Lord of the Admiralty . . . George Frederick Samuel, 



Marquis of Ripon, K.G. 

 The Lord Steward John Robert, Earl Sydney, 



G.C.B. 



The Lord Chamberlain .... Valentine Augustus, Earl of 



Kenmare, K.P. 



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