Sir Charles Lock Eastlake was once a director of the National Gallery.
Sir Charles Lock Eastlake PRA (17 November 1793  24 December 1865) was an English painter, gallery director, collector and writer of the early 19th century. Elected President of the Royal Academy and knighted in 1850, he became a notable figure in the British art establishment, being appointed the first President of the Photographic Society in 1853 and, in 1855, the first Director of the National Gallery. 
