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History of the Society of 'Dilettanti 195-
he gained a powerful ally within the Society by the
election of Mr. Frederic Leighton, afterwards
President of the Royal Academy, who as Lord
Leighton passed away but two years ago, to the
universal sorrow of his countrymen. Leighton's
brilliant artistic and social accomplishments, his
enthusiasm for classical traditions and classical ideals,
made him naturally a leading figure in the councils
and at the board of the Dilettanti, until in his latter
yearsthe constantly increasing pressure of engagements
made his appearances more rare. Occupying the chair
at one of the last of these, at the time when Sir
Charles Newton had just been made K.C.B. on his
retirement from the British Museum, Leighton paid a
characteristic compliment to his old friend by spe-
cially coupling his name (contrary to all regulation
and precedent) with one of the standing toasts of the
Society,' Grecian Taste and Roman Spirit.' Other
members elected during the same period (1860-88)
who were professionally connected with the practice
of art or the direction of art collections were
Mr. James Fergusson, the learned traveller, architect,
and historian of architecture; Sir F. W. Burton,
Director of the National Gallery, who was appointed
Painter to the Society when Leighton elected to
become its Sculptor; and Mr. Sidney Colvin.
During the same period there came in, from the Art coihc-
ranks of art amateurs and collectors, the late Earl tors and
Somers, the late Earl of Warwick, Mr. Brinsley t^ars''
Mar lay, Sir Coutts Lindsay, Mr. Reginald Choi- gentry, &c.;
mondeley, Mr. George Howard (now Earl of Carlisle), Bar and
Lord Powerscourt, Mr. Stewart Hodgson, and Bench'
Mr. Cyril Flower (now Lord Battersea) j from those
of country gentry and politicians, Sir Matthew
White Ridley, M.P., father of the present
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he gained a powerful ally within the Society by the
election of Mr. Frederic Leighton, afterwards
President of the Royal Academy, who as Lord
Leighton passed away but two years ago, to the
universal sorrow of his countrymen. Leighton's
brilliant artistic and social accomplishments, his
enthusiasm for classical traditions and classical ideals,
made him naturally a leading figure in the councils
and at the board of the Dilettanti, until in his latter
yearsthe constantly increasing pressure of engagements
made his appearances more rare. Occupying the chair
at one of the last of these, at the time when Sir
Charles Newton had just been made K.C.B. on his
retirement from the British Museum, Leighton paid a
characteristic compliment to his old friend by spe-
cially coupling his name (contrary to all regulation
and precedent) with one of the standing toasts of the
Society,' Grecian Taste and Roman Spirit.' Other
members elected during the same period (1860-88)
who were professionally connected with the practice
of art or the direction of art collections were
Mr. James Fergusson, the learned traveller, architect,
and historian of architecture; Sir F. W. Burton,
Director of the National Gallery, who was appointed
Painter to the Society when Leighton elected to
become its Sculptor; and Mr. Sidney Colvin.
During the same period there came in, from the Art coihc-
ranks of art amateurs and collectors, the late Earl tors and
Somers, the late Earl of Warwick, Mr. Brinsley t^ars''
Mar lay, Sir Coutts Lindsay, Mr. Reginald Choi- gentry, &c.;
mondeley, Mr. George Howard (now Earl of Carlisle), Bar and
Lord Powerscourt, Mr. Stewart Hodgson, and Bench'
Mr. Cyril Flower (now Lord Battersea) j from those
of country gentry and politicians, Sir Matthew
White Ridley, M.P., father of the present
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