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H IS G RACE T HE L ORD A RCHBISHOP OF C ANTERBURY

H IS G RACE T HE D UKE OF B EDFORD, K.G.

 President of the Zoological Society 

H IS G RACE T HE D UKE OF D EVONSHIRE, K.G.

Chancellor of the University of Cambridge

H IS G RACE T HE D UKE OF R UTLAND, K.G.

H IS G RACE T HE D UKE OF P ORTLAND, K.G.

H IS G RACE T HE D UKE OF A RGYLL, K.T.

T HE R T. H ON. T HE E ARL OF R OSEBERY, K.G., K.T.

T HE R T. H ON. T HE E ARL OF C OVENTRY

President of the Royal Agricultural Society

T HE R T. H ON. T HE V ISCOUNT D ILLON

Late President of the Society of Antiquaries

T HE R T. H ON. T HE L ORD L ISTER

Late President of the Royal Society

T HE R T. H ON. T HE L ORD A LVERSTONE, G.C.M.G.

 Lord Chief Justice 

T HE H ON. W ALTER R OTHSCHILD, M.P.

S IR F REDERICK P OLLOCK, B ART. , LL.D., F.S.A., ETC.

S IR J OHN E VANS, K.C.B., D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S., ETC.

S IR E DWARD M AUNDE T HOMPSON, K.C.B., D.C.L., LL.D., F.S.A., ETC.

 Director of the British Museum 

S IR C LEMENTS R. M ARKHAM, K.C.B., F.R.S., F.S.A.

President of the Royal Geographical Society

S IR H ENRY C. M AXWELL- L YTE, K.C.B., M.A., F.S.A., ETC.

 Keeper of the Public Records 

S IR J OS. H OOKER, G.C.S.I., M.D., D.C.I., F.R.S., F.S.A., ETC.

S IR A RCHIBALD G EIKIE, LL.D., F.R.S., ETC.

R EV. J. C HARLES C OX, LL.D., F.S.A., ETC.

L IONEL C UST, M.V.O., M.A., F.S.A., ETC.

C HARLES H. F IRTH, M.A., LL.D.

 Regius Professor of Modern History, Oxford 

A LBERT C.L.G. G UNTHER, M.A., M.D., F.R.S., P H .D.

 Late President of the Linnean Society 

F. H AVERFIELD, M.A., LL.D., F.S.A.

C OL. D UNCAN A. J OHNSTON, C.B., R.E.

 Late Director General of the Ordnance Survey 

P ROF. E. R AY L ANKESTER, M.A., F.R.S., ETC.

 Director of the Natural History Museum, South Kensington 

R EGINALD L. P OOLE, M.A.

 University Lecturer in Diplomatic, Oxford 

J. H ORACE R OUND, M.A., LL.D.

W ALTER R YE.

W. H. S T. J OHN H OPE, M.A.

 Assistant Secretary of the Society of Antiquaries 

Among the original members of the Council were:

T HE LATE M ARQUESS OF S ALISBURY

T HE LATE D R. M ANDELL C REIGHTON, B ISHOP OF L ONDON

T HE LATE D R. S TUBBS, B ISHOP OF O XFORD

T HE L ATE L ORD A CTON

T HE L ATE S IR W ILLIAM F LOWER

T HE L ATE P ROFESSOR F. Y ORK P OWELL

T HE LATE C OL. S IR J. F ARQUHARSON, K.C.B.

The of the Counties of England is a National Historic Survey which, under the direction of a large staff comprising the foremost students in science, history, and archoælogy, is designed to record the history of every county of England in detail. This work was, by gracious permission, dedicated to Her late Majesty Queen Victoria, who gave it her own name. It is the endeavour of all who are associated with the undertaking to make it a worthy and permanent monument to her memory.

Rich as every county of England is in materials for local history, there has hitherto been no attempt made to bring all these materials together into a coherent form.

Although from the seventeenth century down to quite recent times numerous county histories have been issued, they are very unequal in merit; the best of them are very rare and costly; most of them are imperfect, and many are now out of date. Moreover they were the work of one or two isolated scholars, who, however scholarly, could not possibly deal adequately with all the varied subjects which go to the making of a county history.