Those chairing the Annual Meeting of Subscribers:
- 1886, October 19 (Royal Asiatic Society, 22 Albemarle Street): Professor Charles T. Newton (The Earl of Carnarvon absent)
- 1887, July 6 ('Society of Athens') [First Annual Meeting]: the Earl of Carnarvon (Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert, Fourth Earl of Carnarvon)
- 1888, July 18 (Society of Antiquaries): Lord Herschell (Farrer Herschell, First Baron Herschell, Lord Chancellor)
- 1889, July 10 (The Society of Arts): the Earl of Carnarvon (Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert, Fourth Earl of Carnarvon)
- 1890, July 2 (Royal Asiatic Society, 22 Albemarle Street): Francis C. Penrose, former director (Lord Savile [John Savile, first Baron Savile of Rufford] absent)
- 1891, July 3 (Royal Asiatic Society, 22 Albemarle Street): Lord Justice Bowen (Charles Synge Christopher Bowen, Baron Bowen)
- 1892, July 7 (Royal Asiatic Society, 22 Albemarle Street): Lord Bute (John Patrick Crichton-Stuart, third marquess of Bute)
- 1893, July 19 (Society of Antiquaries): The Archbishop of Canterbury (Edward White Benson)
- 1894, July 11 (Asiatic Society, 22 Albemarle Street): Mr Bryce, MP (James Bryce, President of the Board of Trade, 1894-95)
- 1895, July 17 (Asiatic Society, 22 Albemarle Street): Lord Lingen, KCB (Ralph Robert Wheeler Lingen, Baron Lingen; former Permanent Secretary at the Treasury)
- 1896, July 13 (Asiatic Society, 22 Albemarle Street): The Rt Hon. John Morley, MP
- 1897, July 15 (Asiatic Society, 22 Albemarle Street): Sir Edward Poynter, PRA
- 1898, October 20 (Society of Antiquaries): The Lord Bishop of London (Mandell Creighton).
- 1899, October 30 (Society of Antiquaries): Sir William R. Anson, Bart., DCL, Warden of All Souls' College, and MP for Oxford University.
- 1900, October 30 (Society of Antiquaries): The Rt Hon. Herbert Henry Asquith, QC, MP
- 1901, October 24 (Society of Antiquaries): Sir Richard Jebb, MP
- 1902, October 14 (Society of Antiquaries): Dr Thomas Hodgkin
- 1903, October 23 (Royal Asiatic Society, 22 Albemarle Street): Professor Samuel Henry Butcher
- 1904, October 27 (Society of Antiquaries): Sir Robert Finlay, KC, MP, the Attorney-General
- 1905, October 24 (Society of Antiquaries): The Rt Revd George Forrest Browne, DD, Bishop of Bristol
- 1906, October 30 (Society of Antiquaries): The Earl of Halsbury (Hardinge Stanley Giffard, first earl of Halsbury)
- 1907, October 29 (Society of Antiquaries): Professor Percy Gardner
- 1908, October 27 (Society of Antiquaries): Lord Cromer (Evelyn Baring, First Earl Cromer)
- 1909, October 19 (Society of Antiquaries): Professor Gilbert Murray
- 1910, October 23 (Society of Antiquaries): Sir Cecil Harcourt-Smith, former Director
- 1911, November 7 (Society of Antiquaries): The Rt Revd the Dean of Westminster (Herbert Edward Ryle)
- 1912, October 29 (Society of Antiquaries): George A. Macmillan, chairman of the Managing Committee
- 1913, October 28 (Society of Antiquaries): Mr James Bryce, OM (President of the British Academy)
- 1914
- 1915, November 23 (Society of Antiquaries): George A. Macmillan, chairman of the Managing Committee
- 1916, November 28 (Society of Antiquaries): George A. Macmillan, chairman of the Managing Committee
- 1917, November 27 (Society of Antiquaries): George A. Macmillan, chairman of the Managing Committee
- 1918, November 26 Society of Antiquaries): George A. Macmillan, chairman of the Managing Committee