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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 300/. 
