Musgrave, William, Sir, 1735-1800

found: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online, viewed 8 November 2017(Musgrave, Sir William (1735-1800); sixth baronet; administrator, print collector, and antiquary; born on 8 October 1735 at Hayton Castle, Cumberland; entered the Middle Temple on 7 April 1753; called to the bar on 5 May 1758; appointed a bencher of the Middle Temple on 22 June 1789 and reader in autumn 1796; appointed one of the nine commissioners of the customs for England on 15 March 1763; on 15 July 1785 he took office as one of the five members of the new commission for auditing the public accounts; on 17 March 1774 he was elected fellow of the Royal Society, at the end of 1778 he was elected to its council and in spring 1780 appointed one of the society's vice-presidents; on 9 July 1778 he was elected a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and on 24 April 1786 he was elected to its council for three years, serving as vice-president during that period; in 1783 he was appointed a trustee of the British Museum; Musgrave was best known during his lifetime as one of the foremost collectors of engraved British portrait prints; he died on 3 January 1800 probably at his house in Park Place, St James's)