Director and Principal Librarian of The British Museum (1898)
- 1898–1909 Sir Edward Maunde Thompson, GCB
- 1909–1931 Sir Frederic George Kenyon, GBE, KCB, TD
- 1931–1936 Sir George Francis Hill, KCB
- 1936–1950 Sir John Forsdyke, KCB
- 1950–1959 Sir Thomas Downing Kendrick, KCB
- 1959–1969 Sir Frank Francis, KCB
- 1969–1974 John Wolfenden, CBE
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