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CHAPTER VII
Secretary-
skip of
IV. R.
Hamilton.
Secretaryship ofW.l^. Hamilton—Reparation to Lord Elgin
—Correspondents abroad: the Hon. W. R. Spencer—
Sir W. Gell—Mr. Edward Dawkins—The Chevalier
Brondsted—The Bronzes of Siris—Subscription for
their purchase—Proposed continuation of 'Ionian
Antiquities'—Application from Mr. Penrose—Mr.
Penrose supported by the Society—'Investigations of
Athenian Architecture'—Latter years of Hamilton s
secretaryship—Members elected under his regime:
Shee^ Mountstuart Elphinstone, Hobhouse, &c.—East-
lake, \yan, Munro of Novar, &c.—Mr. Penrose,
Monckton Milnes, Watkiss Lloyd, Panisgi, Cockerell,
&c.—C. T. Newton: his correspondence from Syra
and Mitylene—The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus—•
Proposal from the Arundel Society—Dedications
of Cockerell's volumes.
IR THOMAS LAWRENCE died in 1830, and
was succeeded in the office of Secretary
to the Dilettanti by Mr. W. R. Hamilton,
the friend and former secretary to Lord Elgin.
Hamilton had served the State from 1809 to 1822
as Permanent Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs,
and from 1822 to 1825- had resided as Minister
at the Court of Naples. His share in the proceedings
which led up to the acquisition of the Elgin Marbles
by the nation has already been described. It is also
S^
Secretary-
skip of
IV. R.
Hamilton.
Secretaryship ofW.l^. Hamilton—Reparation to Lord Elgin
—Correspondents abroad: the Hon. W. R. Spencer—
Sir W. Gell—Mr. Edward Dawkins—The Chevalier
Brondsted—The Bronzes of Siris—Subscription for
their purchase—Proposed continuation of 'Ionian
Antiquities'—Application from Mr. Penrose—Mr.
Penrose supported by the Society—'Investigations of
Athenian Architecture'—Latter years of Hamilton s
secretaryship—Members elected under his regime:
Shee^ Mountstuart Elphinstone, Hobhouse, &c.—East-
lake, \yan, Munro of Novar, &c.—Mr. Penrose,
Monckton Milnes, Watkiss Lloyd, Panisgi, Cockerell,
&c.—C. T. Newton: his correspondence from Syra
and Mitylene—The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus—•
Proposal from the Arundel Society—Dedications
of Cockerell's volumes.
IR THOMAS LAWRENCE died in 1830, and
was succeeded in the office of Secretary
to the Dilettanti by Mr. W. R. Hamilton,
the friend and former secretary to Lord Elgin.
Hamilton had served the State from 1809 to 1822
as Permanent Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs,
and from 1822 to 1825- had resided as Minister
at the Court of Naples. His share in the proceedings
which led up to the acquisition of the Elgin Marbles
by the nation has already been described. It is also
S^