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==Presidents== [[File:Entrance Hall of the London Library.jpg|thumb|upright|Entrance Hall of the London Library with bust of President [[Thomas Carlyle]], 1907]] The office of President of the Library has been held by the following:<ref name="McIntyre 2006, p. 43"/> *[[George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon|4th Earl of Clarendon]], 1841β1870 *[[Thomas Carlyle]], 1870β1881 *[[Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton]], 1881β1885 *[[Alfred, Lord Tennyson]], 1885β1892 *Sir [[Leslie Stephen]], 1892β1904 *[[Arthur Balfour|1st Earl of Balfour]], 1904β1930 *[[H. A. L. Fisher]], 1930β1940 *[[Giles Fox-Strangways, 6th Earl of Ilchester|6th Earl of Ilchester]], 1940β1952 *[[T. S. Eliot]], 1952β1965 *[[Kenneth Clark|Lord Clark]], 1965β1980 *[[Noel Annan, Baron Annan|Lord Annan]], 1980β1996 *[[John Grigg]], 1996β2001 *Sir [[Tom Stoppard]], 2002β2017 *Sir [[Tim Rice]], 2017β2022 *[[Helena Bonham Carter]], 2022β<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-11-16 |title=Helena Bonham Carter becomes London Library's first female president |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-63638380 |access-date=2022-11-16}}</ref> Vice-presidents have included [[George Lyttelton, 4th Baron Lyttelton|Lord Lyttelton]], Sir [[Isaiah Berlin]], Sir [[Rupert Hart-Davis]], [[Baron Kenyon|Lord Kenyon]], [[Baron Rayne|Lord Rayne]], Hon. Sir [[Steven Runciman]], Dame [[Veronica Wedgwood]], Dame [[Rebecca West]], [[Paul Boateng]], Lady [[Antonia Fraser]], Caroline Michel, [[Jeremy Paxman]], [[Alexandra Shulman]] and [[Josie Rourke]]. Trustees have included [[Philip Ziegler]], [[Correlli Barnett]], [[Bamber Gascoigne]], [[Lewis Golden]], [[John Gross]], [[Duff Hart-Davis]], [[Charles Johnston (diplomat)|Sir Charles Johnston]], Sir [[Oliver Millar]], [[Anthony Quinton, Baron Quinton|Anthony Quinton]], [[Christopher Sinclair-Stevenson]], and [[Claire Tomalin]].
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