Council and Officers, 1858
- President: The Marquess Camden, K.G.
- Vice-Presidents:
- His Grace The Archbishop of Canterbury
- The Lord Lieutenant, Viscount Sydney
- The Earl of Dartmouth
- The Earl Stanhope, Pres. S.A., D.C.L.
- The Earl of Abergavenny
- The Earl of Darnley
- The Earl Amherst
- The Viscount Falmouth
- The Viscount Hardinge
- The Lord Bishop of Rochester
- The Lord De L'Isle and Dudley
- The Lord Londesborough, K.C.H., F.R.S., F.S.A.
- The Lord Cranworth
- The Honourable J. M. Byng
- The Honourable Thomas E. Lloyd Mostyn, M.P.
- Sir E. C. Dering, Bart.
- Sir Norton J. Knatchbull, Bart., F.S.A.
- Sir Thomas Maryon Wilson, Bart.
- Sir Brook W. Bridges, Bart., M.P.
- The Very Rev. The Dean of Canterbury
- The Very Rev. The Dean of Rochester
- The Venerable The Archdeacon of Maidstone
- The Venerable The Archdeacon of Rochester
- William Deedes, Esq., M.P.
- Charles Wykeham Martin, Esq., M.P., F.S.A.
- James Whatman, Esq., M.P., F.R.S., F.S.A.
- Edward Knatchbull Hugessen, Esq., M.P.
- Alexander J. B. Beresford Hope, Esq., M.P., F.S.A.
- Major Scott, M.P.
- W. A. Mackinnon, Esq., M.P., M.A., F.R.S., F.S.A., F.G.S.
- J. A. Warre, Esq., M.P.
- Honorary Secretary: The Rev. Lambert B. Larking
- Assistant Secretary: Edward Pretty, Esq.
- G. B. Acworth, Esq.
- G. M. Arnold, Esq.
- Matthew Bell, Esq., F.G.S.
- John Bruce, Esq., V.P. A.S.
- Rev. W. J. Chesshyre
- W. Clayton, Esq.
- J. Crosby, Esq., F.S.A.
- J. Espinasse, Esq.
- E. Foss, Esq., F.S.A.
- J. J. Howard, Esq., F.S.A.
- E. Hussey, Esq.
- R. Hussey, Esq., F.S.A.
- Sir Walter James, Bart.
- H. B. Mackeson, Esq.
- C. Mercer, Esq.
- G. W. Norman, Esq.
- C. R. C. Petley, Esq.
- Rev. Beale Poste
- Rev. J. C. Robertson
- J. Rogers, Esq., F.R.S.
- T. Thurston, Esq.
- G. Wykeham, Esq.
- T. N. Wightwick, Esq.
- Rev. F. Wrench