Appointments can be renewed with the Prime Minister’s approval, but trustees can only serve for a maximum of 10 years.
[4] In a 2018 letter to The Guardian, chair of the trustees Richard Lambert stated that the Elgin Marbles should remain in the museum and opposed their repatriation to the Greek government.
[6] This rose to 50 by the mid-1800s, including the addition of a trustee appointed by the Crown (British Museum Act 1832) and one representative each from the Towneley, Elgin, and Knight families.
[7] The British Museum Act 1963 reduced the number of trustees to the current 25 and set the time-limit on appointments.
Given the large number of ex-officio and family representatives, this list will only include those trustees who are notable for their work with regard to the British Museum.