Principal Librarian of The British Museum (1756)
- 1756–1772 Gowin Knight
- 1772–1776 Matthew Maty
- 1776–1799 Charles Morton
- 1799–1827 Joseph Planta
- 1827–1856 Sir Henry Ellis
- 1856–1866 Anthony Panizzi
- 1866–1873 John Winter Jones
- 1873–1888 Sir Edward Augustus Bond, KCB
- 1888–1898 Sir Edward Maunde Thompson, GCB
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