LIST OF BENEFACTORS TO THE BRITISH MUSEUM 

 (NATURAL HISTORY) FROM WHOM DONA- 

 TIONS OF MAGNITUDE HAVE BEEN RE- 

 CEIVED. 



1753. Sir Hans Sloane, Bart.* (By bequest.) 

 Collections of Natural History. 



1756-59. Pitt and Smart Lethieullier, Esqs. 

 Specimens of Natural History. 



1764. Mathew Duane, Esq. 

 Minerals. 



1766. His Majesty King George III. 



Natural Productions, collected by Edward Wortley 

 Montagu, Esq. 



1772-1878. The Royal Society. 



A large collection of Natural Curiosities. 



1784. Dr. Peter Camper. 



Jaw of Gigantic Chalk Reptile, from Maestricht, 

 Holland : Mosasaurus Hoffmani, Cuvier . 



1784. Charles, 4th Duke of Rutland, K.G. 



Plesiosaurus rugosus (Owen), from the Lower Lias, 

 Leicester. 



1799. The Reverend Clayton Mordaunt Cracherode. 



(By bequest.) 

 Miscellaneous Minerals, &c. 



1800. Sir William Hamilton, K.B., F.R.S. 



A collection of the Volcanic Agglomerates of Monte 

 Somma, and of Lavas from Vesuvius. 



* Sir Hans Sloane may be acknowledged as a Benefactor and almost as a founder, 

 because, although payment was made for the Sloane collection, the payment was 

 intentionally fixed in amount considerably under the value. 



