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This article privides a list of all full members (académicos de número), past and present, of the Real Academia Española

Real Academia Española

The Royal Spanish Academy is the official royal institution responsible for regulating the Spanish language. It is based in Madrid, Spain, but is affiliated with national language academies in twenty-one other hispanophone nations through the Association of Spanish Language Academies...

, the Spanish language

Spanish language

Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...

 regulator institution, as of July 1, 2006. Each member is elected for life by the rest of the academicians from among prestigious Spanish-language authors. Each academician has a seat assigned, labelled with a letter of the Spanish alphabet (distinguishing upper case and lower case).

A seat

• Juan Manuel Fernández Pacheco
  Juan Manuel Fernández Pacheco
  Juan Manuel María de la Aurora Fernández Pacheco Acuña Girón y Portocarrero, grandee of Spain, 8th Duke of Escalona, 8th Marquis of Villena, 12th Count of San Esteban de Gormaz and 8th Count of Xiquena , was a Spanish aristocrat, politician and academician.He was the son of Diego López Pacheco, 7th...
  
  , marquis of Villena, fundador and first director of the Academy, 1713-1725.
• Tomás Pascual de Azpeitia, 1726-1750.
• José Abreu
  José Abreu
  Antonio José Alvarez de Abreu , Marquis de la Regalía by King Philip V of Spain on 8 July 1738, the son of Sergeant Domingo Alvarez Hernandez and Maria Yañez Abreu, studied Latin and Philosophy at the Augustines Convent of La Laguna of Tenerife and graduated at the University of Salamanca being a...
  
  , marquis of la Regalía, 1750-1775.
• Antonio Tavira y Almazán
  Antonio Tavira y Almazán
  Antonio Tavira y Almazán, . A member of the Royal Spanish Academy from 1775 to 1807. Notorious archeologist of visigothic remains, near Cabezo del Griego, described since then as Segobriga...
  
  , 1775-1807.
• Eugenio de la Peña, 1807-1813.
• Eugenio de Tapia, 1814-1860.
• Severo Catalina del Amo, 1860-1871.
• Agustín Pascual, 1871-1884.
• Luis Pidal
  Luis Pidal
  Luis Pidal may refer to*Luis Menéndez Pidal , Spanish artist, a Belgian cargo ship in service 1918-25...
  
  , marquis of Pidal, 1884-1913.
• Juan Menéndez Pidal, 1914-1915.
• Mariano de Cavia, 1920. He did not hold office..
• Adolfo Bonilla y San Martín, 1921-1926.
• Vicente García de Diego, 1926-1978.
• Manuel Seco Reymundo, since 1980

B seat

• Juan Ferreras
  Juan Ferreras
  Juan de Ferreras y García , Spanish priest who became one of the founder members of the Royal Spanish Academy in 1713 under King Philip V of Spain....
  
  , founder academician, 1713-1735.
• Jacinto de Mendoza, 1735-1747.
• García de Montoya, 1747-1759.
• Juan Trigueros, 1759-1777.
• Vicente Gutiérrez de los Ríos, 1777-1779.
• Francisco Capilla, 1779-1780.
• Manuel Uriarte de la Hoz, 1780-1798.
• Joaquín Juan Flores, 1798-1812.
• Juan Meléndez Valdés
  Juan Meléndez Valdés
  Juan Meléndez Valdés was a Spanish neoclassical poet.-Biography:He was born at Ribera del Fresno, in what is now the province of Badajoz. Destined by his parents for the priesthood, he graduated in law at Salamanca, where he became indoctrinated with the ideas of the French philosophical school...
  
  , 1812-1814.
• Agustín de Silva, duke of Híjar, 1814-1817.
• José de Bucareli, 1817-1830.
• Eugenio de Guzmán, count of Montijo, 1833-1834.
• Manuel Bretón de los Herreros
  Manuel Bretón de los Herreros
  Manuel Bretón de los Herreros was a Spanish dramatist, educated at Madrid. Enlisting on 24 May 1812, he served against the French in Valencia and Catalonia, and retired with the rank of corporal on 8 March 1822...
  
  , 1840-1873.
• Eduardo Saavedra, 1878-1912.
• Ricardo León y Román, 1915-1943.
• Narciso Alonso Cortés, 1946-1972.
• Emilio Alarcos Llorach, 1973-1998.
• Fernando Fernán Gómez
  Fernando Fernán Gómez
  Fernando Fernán-Gómez was a Spanish actor and director. He was born in Lima, Peru as his mother, Spanish actress Carola Fernán-Gómez, was making a tour of Latin America. Inheriting his surname as a stage name, he moved to Spain in 1924.After the Spanish Civil War he began a study of Law but...
  
  , 2000-2007, actor
• José Luis Borau
  José Luis Borau
  José Luis Borau Moradell is a Spanish producer, screenwriter, writer, and film director. He has acted in some films.He won Goya Award as Best Director in 2000 for Leo....
  
  , since 2008.

C seat

• Gabriel Álvarez de Toledo
  Gabriel Álvarez de Toledo
  Gabriel Alvarez de Toledo y Pellicer , , Founder Member of the Royal Spanish Academy in 1713, Secretary of the King of Spain and a Knight of the Military Order of Alcantara...
  
  , founder academician, 1713-1714.
• Alonso Rodríguez Castañón, 1714-1725.
• Andrés Fernández Pacheco, marquis of Villena, 1725-1746.
• Francisco Antonio de Angulo, 1746-1775.
• Manuel de Lardizábal y Uribe
  Manuel de Lardizábal y Uribe
  Manuel Miguel de Lardizábal y Uribe was a Mexican penologist who was an academician of the Real Academia Española de la Lengua from 1775 to 1820...
  
  , 1775-1814.
• Francisco Martínez de la Rosa, 1820-1862.
• Luis González Bravo, 1863-1871.
• Antonio Benavides, 1872-1884.
• Cristino Martos, 1893. He didn’t hold office..
• Miguel Colmeiro, 1893-1901.
• José María Asensio
  José María Asensio
  José María Asensio was a Spanish historian, journalist, biographer and writer....
  
  , 1904-1905.
• Antonio Fernández Grilo, 1906. He didn’t hold office..
• Juan Vázquez de Mella
  Juan Vázquez de Mella
  Juan Vázquez de Mella y Fanjul was a Spanish scholar and politician, closely associated with the Spanish legitimist and traditionalist movement known as Carlism.-Career:...
  
  , 1928. He didn’t hold office..
• Ramón Pérez de Ayala
  Ramón Pérez de Ayala
  Ramón Pérez de Ayala was a Spanish writer. He was the Spanish ambassador to England and voluntarily exiled himself to South America because of the Spanish Civil War .-Background:...
  
  , 1962. He didn’t hold office..
• Luis Rosales Camacho, 1964-1992.
• Luis Goytisolo Gay, since 1995.

D seat

• Andrés González Barcia, founder academician, 1713-1743.
• Antonio Ventura de Prado, 1743-1754.
• Fernando Magallón, 1754-1781.
• Enrique Ramos, 1781-1797.
• Martín Fernández de Navarrete
  Martín Fernández de Navarrete
  Martín Fernández de Navarrete y Ximénez de Tejada , was a Spanish sailor and historian who rediscovered Las Casas' abstract of the log Christopher Columbus made on his first voyage.- Early life and career :...
  
  , 1797-1844.
• Manuel López Cepero, 1847-1858.
• Pedro Felipe Monlau, 1859-1871.
• Emilio Castelar, 1880-1899.
• Jacinto Octavio Picón, 1900-1923.
• José Francos Rodríguez, 1924-1931.
• Niceto Alcalá-Zamora
  Niceto Alcalá-Zamora
  Niceto Alcalá-Zamora y Torres was a Spanish lawyer and politician who served, briefly, as the first premier minister of the Second Spanish Republic, and then — from 1931 to 1936—as its president....
  
  , 1931-1949.
• Melchor Fernández Almagro, 1951-1966.
• Alonso Zamora Vicente, 1967-2006.
• Darío Villanueva Prieto, since 2006.

E seat

• Juan Interián de Ayala, founder academician, 1713-1730.
• Casimiro Ustáriz, 1730-1751.
• Ignacio de Luzán, 1751-1754.
• Javier de Aguirre, marquis of Montehermoso, 1754-1763.
• Pedro Rodríguez de Campomanes, 1763-1802.
• Antonio Ranz Romanillos, 1802-1830.
• José del Castillo y Ayensa, 1830-1861.
• Ramón de Campoamor, 1861-1901.
• José Ortega Munilla, 1902-1922.
• Joaquín Álvarez Quintero
  Serafin Alvarez Quintero
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  , 1925-1944.
• Juan Ignacio Luca de Tena
  Juan Ignacio Luca de Tena
  Don Juan Ignacio Luca de Tena y García de Torres, 2nd Marquis of Luca de Tena was a Spanish journalist and playwright. His son was the journalist Guillermo Luca de Tena.- External links :*...
  
  , marquis of Luca de Tena, 1946-1975.
• Gonzalo Torrente Ballester
  Gonzalo Torrente Ballester
  Gonzalo Torrente Ballester was a Spanish Galician writer in Spanish language. He was born in Serantes, Ferrol, Galicia, and received his first education there, subsequently attending the universities of Santiago de Compostela and Oviedo.Although primarily a novelist, he also published journalism,...
  
  , 1977-1998.
• Carmen Iglesias, since 2002.

F seat

• Bartolomé Alcázar, Societatis Iesu http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartolome_de_Alcazar|link, founder academician, 1713-1721.
• Lorenzo Folch de Cardona, 1724-1731.
• Carlos de la Reguera, 1731-1742.
• Agustín de Montiano y Luyando
  Agustín de Montiano y Luyando
  Agustín Gabriel de Montiano y Luyando was a Spanish dramatist whose work is linked to Neoclassicism...
  
  , 1742-1764.
• Felipe Samaniego, 1764-1796.
• Manuel Valbuena, 1796-1821.
• Cándido Beltrán de Caicedo, 1822-1826.
• José Musso y Valiente, 1831-1838.
• Ventura de la Vega, 1845-1865.
• Cayetano Fernández, 1871-1901.
• Juan Antonio Cavestany, 1902-1924.
• Eduardo Gómez de Baquero, 1925-1929.
• Ignacio Bolívar
  Ignacio Bolívar
  Ignacio Bolívar y Urrutia was a Spanish naturalist and entomologist, and one of the founding fathers of Spanish entomology...
  
  , 1931-1944.
• Emilio Fernández Galiano, 1948-1953.
• Julio Rey Pastor
  Julio Rey Pastor
  Julio Rey Pastor was a Spanish mathematician and historian of science.Rey Pastor earned his doctorate from Complutense University of Madrid in 1909, under supervision of Eduardo Torroja Caballé...
  
  , 1953-1962.
• Manuel Halcón Villalón-Daoiz, marquis of Villar de Tajo, 1962-1989.
• José Luis Sampedro Sáez, since 1991, economist and writer

G seat

• José Casani, founder academician, 1713-1750.
• José Carrasco
  José Carrasco
  José Carlos Carrasco Távara is a Peruvian politician and a Congressman representing Piura for the 2006-2011 term. Carrasco belongs to the Peruvian Aprista Party.-External links:*...
  
  , 1750-1768.
• Tomás Antonio Sánchez
  Tomás Antonio Sánchez
  Tomás Antonio Sánchez de Uribe , was a controversial ecclesiastic and the first editor of several basic texts of Spanish Medieval Literature, including the Cantar del Mio Cid. He served as Royal Librarian....
  
  , 1768-1802.
• José Antonio Conde
  José Antonio Conde
  José Antonio Conde y García was a Spanish Orientalist and historian. His Anacreon obtained him a post in the royal library in 1795. He also published several paraphrases of Greek classics. These were followed in 1799 by an edition of the Arabic text of Muhammad al-Idrisi's Description of Spain,...
  
  , 1802-1814. He changed to N seat in 1818.
• Juan Pérez Villamil, 1814-1824.
• Vicente González Arnao, 1831-1845.
• Patricio de la Escosura
  Patricio de la Escosura
  Patricio de la Escosura Morrogh was a Spanish politician, journalist, playwright and author associated with the Romantic school....
  
  , 1847-1878.
• Emilio Alcalá Galiano, count of Casa-Valencia, 1879-1914.
• Pedro de Novo y Colson, 1915-1931.
• Eduardo Marquina
  Eduardo Marquina
  Eduardo Marquina was a Spanish playwright and poet associated with the Catalan Modernist school.His En Flandes se ha puesto el Sol " was awarded the Royal Spanish Academy's award for historical drama....
  
  , 1931-1946.
• José María de Cossío y Martínez Fortún, 1948-1977.
• Manuel Díez Alegría, 1980-1987.
• José María de Areilza y Martínez-Rodas, count of Motrico, 1987-1998.
• José Hierro
  José Hierro
  José Hierro del Real , sometimes colloquially called Pepe Hierro, was a Spanish poet. He belongs to the so-called postwar generation, within the rootless and existential poetry streams. He wrote for both Espadaña and Garcilaso magazines...
  
  , 2002. He didn’t hold office..
• José Manuel Sánchez Ron, since 2003.

H seat

• Antonio Dongo Barnuevo, founder academician, 1713-1722.
• Juan Isidro Fajardo, 1723-1726.
• Pedro Serrano Varona, 1727-1738.
• Pedro González
  Pedro Gonzalez
  Pedro Gonzalez may refer to:*Pedro González de Lara, Spanish noble and statesman*Pedro González de Mendoza , Spanish cardinal and statesman*Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, U.S...
  
  , 1738-1758.
• Juan Chindurza, 1758-1763.
• Miguel Pérez Pastor, 1763-1763.
• Bernardo de Iriarte, 1763-1814.
• José Munárriz, 1814-1830.
• Alberto Lista, 1833-1848.
• José Zorrilla. He didn’t hold office and his seat was considered vacant. He was nominated again for L seat in 1885.
• Fermín de la Puente y Apezechea, 1850-1875.
• Pedro Antonio de Alarcón, 1877-1881.
• Francisco Asenjo Barbieri
  Francisco Asenjo Barbieri
  Francisco Asenjo Barbieri was a well-known composer of the popular Spanish opera form, zarzuela. His works include: El barberillo de Lavapiés, Jugar con fuego, Pan y toros, Don Quijote, Los diamantes de la corona, and El Diablo en el poder.He was born and died in Madrid, appropriately, since the...
  
  , 1892-1894.
• Segismundo Moret y Prendergast, 1894-1913. He didn’t hold office..
• Serafín Álvarez Quintero
  Serafin Alvarez Quintero
  right|thumb|Serafín Álvarez QuinteroSerafín Álvarez Quintero and Joaquín Álvarez Quintero were Spanish dramatists....
  
  , 1920-1938.
• Federico García Sanchiz, 1941-1964.
• Martín de Riquer Morera, count of Casa Dávalos, since 1965.

I seat

• Francisco Pizarro
  Francisco Pizarro
  Francisco Pizarro González, Marquess was a Spanish conquistador, conqueror of the Incan Empire, and founder of Lima, the modern-day capital of the Republic of Peru.-Early life:...
  
  , marquis of San Juan, 1713-1736.
• José Torrero y Marzo, 1736-1763.
• Gaspar de Montoya, 1763-1801.
• Francisco Patricio Berguizas, 1801-1810.
• Diego Clemencín
  Diego Clemencín
  Diego Clemencín was a Spanish scholar and politician. Born at Murcia he was educated at the Colegio de San Fulgencio. Abandoning his intention of taking Holy Orders, he found employment at Madrid in 1788 as tutor to the sons of the countess-duchess de Benavente, and devoted himself to the study of...
  
  , 1814-1834.
• Jerónimo del Campo, 1839-1861.
• Juan Valera, 1862-1905.
• Santiago Ramón y Cajal
  Santiago Ramón y Cajal
  Santiago Ramón y Cajal ForMemRS was a Spanish pathologist, histologist, neuroscientist, and Nobel laureate. His pioneering investigations of the microscopic structure of the brain were original: he is considered by many to be the father of modern neuroscience...
  
  , 1934. He didn’t hold office..
• Blas Cabrera y Felipe
  Blas Cabrera Felipe
  Blas Cabrera y Felipe was a Spanish physicist.-Biography:Cabrera received his baccalaureate in La Laguna . He then moved to Madrid where he began studying law, following family tradition. He met at that time Santiago Ramón y Cajal, who convinced him to abandon law and study science...
  
  , 1936-1945.
• Gerardo Diego Cendoya, 1948-1987.
• Claudio Rodríguez García, 1992-1999.
• Luis Mateo Díez, since 2001.

J seat

• José de Solís y Gante, duke of Montellano, 1713-1763.
• Vicente de Vera, duke of la Roca, 1763-1813.
• Manuel José Quintana
  Manuel José Quintana
  Manuel José Quintana y Lorenzo , was a Spanish poet and man of letters. He was born at Madrid. After completing his studies at Salamanca he was called to the bar....
  
  , 1814-1857.
• Leopoldo Augusto de Cueto, marquis of Valmar, 1858-1901.
• Juan José Herranz y Gonzalo, count of Reparaz, 1902-1912.
• Augusto González Besada, 1916-1919.
• Julio Casares Sánchez, 1921-1964.
• Luis Ceballos Fernández de Córdoba, 1965-1967.
• Antonio Tovar Llorente, 1968-1985.
• Francisco Morales Nieva, since 1990.

K seat

• Vincencio Squarzafigo Centurión y Arriola, 1713-1737.
• Francisco Manuel de Mata Linares, 1737-1780.
• Juan Pablo de Aragón y Azlor, duke of Villahermosa, 1780-1790.
• Antonio Porlier, marquis of Bajamar, 1790-1813.
• José Vargas Ponce, 1814-1821.
• Juan Bautista Arriaza
  Juan Bautista Arriaza
  Juan Bautista Arriaza was a Spanish poet and writer....
  
  , 1829-1837.
• Mariano Roca de Togores y Carrasco, marquis of Molins, 1841-1889.
• Francisco Silvela, 1893-1905.
• Cristóbal Pérez Pastor, 1908. He didn’t hold office..
• Andrés Mellado y Fernández, 1909-1913.
• Francisco Fernández de Bethencourt, 1914-1916.
• Juan Armada y Losada
  Juan Armada y Losada
  Juan Armada y Losada was a Spanish politician....
  
  , marquis of Figueroa, 1918-1932.
• Gregorio Marañón
  Gregorio Marañón
  Gregorio Marañón y Posadillo was a Spanish physician, scientist, historian, writer and philosopher. He married Dolores Moya in 1911, they had four children ....
  
  , 1934-1960, medical doctor and historian
• Samuel Gili Gaya, 1961-1976.
• Miguel Mihura Santos, 1977, playwright. He didn’t hold office.
• Carmen Conde Abellán
  Carmen Conde Abellán
  Carmen Conde Abellán was a Spanish poet, narrative writer and teacher. In 1931 she founded the first Popular University of Cartagena, along with her husband Antonio Oliver Belmás...
  
  , 1979-1996.
• Ana María Matute
  Ana María Matute
  Ana María Matute is an internationally acclaimed Spanish author. She is one of the strongest voices from the posguerra, or period immediately following the Spanish Civil War...
  
  , since 1998, writer

L seat

• Adrián Conink, 1713-1728.
• Diego Suárez de Figueroa, 1728-1743.
• Manuel Villegas y Oyarvide, 1743-1746.
• Francisco de la Huerta y Vega, 1746-1752.
• Pedro de Guzmán, duke of Medinasidonia, 1752-1779.
• José Guevara Vasconcelos, 1779-1804.
• Vicente González Arnao, 1804. He changed to G seat in 1831.
• José Gabriel de Silva Bazán, marquis of Santa Cruz, 1814-1839.
• Bernardino Fernández de Velasco, 14th Duke of Frías
  Bernardino Fernández de Velasco, 14th Duke of Frías
  Don Bernardino Fernández de Velasco-Pacheco y Benavides, 14th Duke of Frías, Grandee of Spain, KOGF was a Spanish noble, politician, diplomat and writer who served in 1838 as Prime Minister of Spain...
  
  , 1839-1851.
• José Caveda, 1852-1882.
• José Zorrilla, 1885-1893.
• Ceferino González, 1894. He didn’t hold office..
• Cipriano Muñoz y Manzano
  Cipriano Muñoz y Manzano
  Cipriano Muñoz y Manzano was a Spanish diplomat and academic who served as a deputy to the Spanish Congress and published notable works on linguistics, philology, and art history.-Biography:...
  
  , count of la Viñaza, 1895-1933.
• Ramiro de Maeztu
  Ramiro de Maeztu
  Ramiro de Maeztu y Whitney was a Spanish political theorist, journalist, literary critic, occasional diplomat and member of the Generation of '98....
  
  , 1935-1936.
• Eugenio Montes, 1978-1982.
• Juan Rof Carballo, 1984-1994.
• Mario Vargas Llosa
  Mario Vargas Llosa
  Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa, 1st Marquis of Vargas Llosa is a Peruvian-Spanish writer, politician, journalist, essayist, and Nobel Prize laureate. Vargas Llosa is one of Latin America's most significant novelists and essayists, and one of the leading authors of his generation...
  
  , since 1996.

M seat

• Juan de Villademoros Rico y Castrillón, 1713-1723.
• Miguel Perea, 1724-1747.
• Antonio Gaspar de Pinedo, 1747-1756.
• Jerónimo Puig, 1756-1763.
• Pedro Francisco de Luján y Silva, duke of Almodóvar, 1763-1794.
• Juan Crisóstomo Ramírez Alamanzón, 1794-1814.
• José Duaso, 1814-1849.
• Javier de Quinto, count of Quinto, 1850-1860.
• Francisco Cutanda, 1861-1875.
• Tomás de Corral y Oña, marquis of San Gregorio, 1879-1882.
• Marcelino Aragón y Azlor, duke of Villahermosa, 1884-1888.
• Francisco Commelerán, 1890-1919.
• Emilio Gutiérrez-Gamero y Romate, 1920-1936.
• Salvador de Madariaga
  Salvador de Madariaga
  Salvador de Madariaga y Rojo was a Spanish diplomat, writer, historian and pacifist. He had two daughters....
  
  , 1976-1978.
• Carlos Bousoño Prieto, since 1980.

N seat

• Vicente Bacallar
  Vicente Bacallar
  Vicente Bacallar y Sanna, Marquis of Saint Philip and Viscount of Fuentehermosa, in Italian Vincenzo Bacallar...
  
  , marquis of San Felipe, founder academician 1713-1726.
• Francisco Antonio Zapata, 1726-1754.
• José de Rada y Aguirre, 1754-1760.
• Vicente García de la Huerta, 1760-1787.
• Pío Ignacio Lamo y Palacios, count of Castañeda, 1787-1818.
• José Antonio Conde
  José Antonio Conde
  José Antonio Conde y García was a Spanish Orientalist and historian. His Anacreon obtained him a post in the royal library in 1795. He also published several paraphrases of Greek classics. These were followed in 1799 by an edition of the Arabic text of Muhammad al-Idrisi's Description of Spain,...
  
  , 1818-1820.
• Ramón Cabrera
  Ramón Cabrera
  Ramon Cabrera y Griñó was a Carlist general of Spain.He was born at Tortosa, province of Tarragona, Spain. As his family had in their gift two chaplaincies, young Cabrera was sent to the seminary of Tortosa, where he made himself conspicuous as an unruly pupil, ever mixed up in disturbances and...
  
  , 1820-1833.
• Eusebio María del Valle, 1836-1867.
• Frutos Saavedra Meneses, 1868. He didn’t hold office.
• Salustiano de Olózaga, 1871-1873.
• León Galindo y de Vera, 1875-1889.
• Benito Pérez Galdós
  Benito Pérez Galdós
  Benito Pérez Galdós was a Spanish realist novelist. Considered second only to Cervantes in stature, he was the leading Spanish realist novelist....
  
  , 1897-1920.
• Leonardo Torres Quevedo, 1920-1936.
• Manuel Machado y Ruiz
  Manuel Machado y Ruiz
  Manuel Machado y Ruiz was a Spanish poet and a prominent member of the Generation of 98....
  
  , 1936-1947.
• Francisco Javier Sánchez Cantón, 1949-1971.
• Torcuato Luca de Tena Brunet, marquis of Luca de Tena, 1973-1999.
• Guillermo Rojo, since 2001.

O seat

• Gonzalo Machado, 1714-1732.
• Diego de Villegas y Saavedra Quevedo, 1733-1751.
• José de Carvajal y Lancáster
  José de Carvajal y Lancáster
  José de Carvajal y Lancáster was a Spanish statesman.He was son of the duke of Linares and his mother was descendant of Jorge de Lancastre, a natural son of King John II of Portugal. After graduating at the University of Salamanca, he was appointed oidor of the Chancillería of Valladolid and...
  
  , 1751-1774.
• Fernando de Silva, 12th Duke of Alba
  Fernando de Silva, 12th Duke of Alba
  Fernando de Silva Mendoza y Toledo, 12th Duke of Alba, Grandee of Spain , was a Spanish politician and general.-Biography:...
  
  , 1774-1776.
• José Bazán de Silva y Sarmiento, marquis of Santa Cruz, 1776-1802.
• Manuel Abella, 1802-1817.
• Ramón Chimioni, 1817-1818.
• Agustín García de Arrieta, 1818-1835.
• Juan González Cabo-Reluz, 1841-1858.
• Manuel Tamayo y Baus
  Manuel Tamayo y Baus
  Manuel Tamayo y Baus was a Spanish dramatist.He was born at Madrid, into a family connected with the theatre, his mother being the eminent actress Joaquina Baus. It is interesting to note that she appeared as Geneviève de Brabant in an arrangement from the French made by Tamayo when he was in his...
  
  , 1859-1898.
• Emilio Ferrari, 1905-1907, poet
• Melchor de Palau, 1908-1910.
• Julián Ribera y Tarragó, 1912-1934.
• Salvador Bermúdez de Castro y O'Lawlor, marquis of Lema, 1935-1945.
• Félix de Llanos y Torriglia, 1945-1949.
• Vicente Aleixandre
  Vicente Aleixandre
  Vicente Pío Marcelino Cirilo Aleixandre y Merlo was a Spanish poet who was born in Seville. Aleixandre was a Nobel Prize laureate for Literature in 1977. He was part of the Generation of '27. He died in Madrid in 1984....
  
  , 1950-1984, poet
• Pere Gimferrer Torrens, since 1985, poet

P seat

• Jerónimo Pardo, 1714-1740.
• Alonso Verdugo de Castilla
  Alonso Verdugo de Castilla
  Alonso Verdugo de Castilla was a Spanish count.He became the 3rd Count of Torrepalma after around 1721, on the death of his father the Pedro Verdugo, 2nd Count of Torrepalma, from Seville, a Knight of the Order of Alcantara since 1668, who had married in Seville on 6 January 1685 Isabel de...
  
  , count of Torrepalma, 1740-1767.
• Ignacio de Hermosilla, 1767-1802.
• Casimiro Flórez Canseco, 1802-1816.
• Agustín José Mestre, 1817-1836.
• Antonio Gil y Zárate
  Antonio Gil y Zárate
  Antonio Gil y Zárate was a Spanish dramatist and pedagogue whose work is associated with Romanticism. The mineral Zaratite was named after him....
  
  , 1841-1861.
• Antonio García Gutiérrez
  Antonio García Gutiérrez
  Antonio García Gutiérrez was a Spanish Romantic dramatist.After having studied medicine in his native town, he moved to Madrid in 1833 and earned a meager living by translating plays of Eugène Scribe and Alexandre Dumas, père...
  
  , 1862-1884.
• Miguel Mir, 1886-1912.
• Juan Navarro Reverter, 1914-1924.
• José Martínez Ruiz
  José Martínez Ruiz
  José Augusto Trinidad Martínez Ruíz, also known as Azorín , was a Spanish writer and literary critic.-Early life and education:Martínez Ruiz was born in Monovar, Alicante in 1873...
  
  , 1924-1967.
• Guillermo Díaz-Plaja Contestí, 1967-1984.
• Julio Caro Baroja
  Julio Caro Baroja
  Julio Caro Baroja was a world-renowned Basque Spanish anthropologist, historian, linguist and essayist. He was known for his special interest in Basque culture, history and society. Of Basque ancestry, he was the nephew of the renowned writer Pio Baroja; and his brother, painter, writer and...
  
  , 1986-1995, anthropologist
• Ángel González Muñiz, 1997-2008, poet

Q seat

• Mercurio Antonio López Pacheco
  Mercurio Antonio López Pacheco
  Don Mercurio Antonio López Pacheco y Portugal Acuña Manrique Silva Girón y Portocarrero, twice Grandee of Spain, 9th Duke of Escalona, 9th Marquis of Villena, 15th Count of Castañeda, 11th Count of San Esteban de Gormaz and 9th Count of Xiquena , was a Spanish aristocrat and academician.He was the...
  
  , marquis of Villena, 1714-1738.
• Juan López Pacheco
  Juan López Pacheco
  Don Juan Pablo Francisco López Pacheco y Moscoso Acuña Manrique Silva Girón y Portocarrero, Grandee of Spain, Duke of Escalona and Lord of Garganta la Olla . Member of the Royal Spanish Academy since 10th June 1738, aged 22, becoming the 4th Director of the Royal Spanish Academy in 1746...
  
  , marquis of Villena, 1739-1751.
• Martín de Ulloa, 1751-1787.
• Antonio Porcel, 1787-1832.
• Juan Nicasio Gallego
  Juan Nicasio Gallego
  Juan Nicasio Gallego was a Spanish priest and poet; born in Zamora, Spain, 14 December 1777, he died in Madrid, 9 January 1853.He received his training at Salamanca; entering into Holy orders, he soon went to Madrid, where he was given a post in the royal palace, being made director of the royal...
  
  , 1833-1853.
• Antonio Ferrer del Río, 1853-1872.
• Antonio Arnao, 1873-1889.
• Francisco Fernández y González, 1894-1917.
• Fidel Fita, 1918. He didn’t hold office..
• Javier Ugarte, 1918-1919.
• Manuel Linares Rivas, 1921-1938.
• Rafael Estrada y Arnáiz, 1945-1956.
• Camilo José Cela y Trulock, marquis of Iria Flavia, 1957-2002, novelist
• Carlos Castilla del Pino, since 2004, neurologist, psychiatrist, essayist

R seat

• Juan Curiel, 1714-1775.
• Antonio Mateos Murillo, 1775-1791.
• Ramón Cabrera
  Ramón Cabrera
  Ramon Cabrera y Griñó was a Carlist general of Spain.He was born at Tortosa, province of Tarragona, Spain. As his family had in their gift two chaplaincies, young Cabrera was sent to the seminary of Tortosa, where he made himself conspicuous as an unruly pupil, ever mixed up in disturbances and...
  
  , 1791. He changed to N seat in 1820.
• José Miguel de Carvajal y Vargas Manrique de Lara, duke of San Carlos, 1814-1828.
• Javier de Burgos
  Javier de Burgos
  Francisco Javier de Burgos y del Olmo was a Spanish jurist, politician, journalist, and translator.-Early life and career:...
  
  , 1830-1848.
• Juan Donoso Cortés
  Juan Donoso Cortés
  Juan Donoso Cortés, marqués de Valdegamas , Spanish author, political theorist, and diplomat, was born at Valle de la Serena...
  
  , marquis of Valdegamas, 1848-1853.
• Rafael María Baralt
  Rafael María Baralt
  Rafael María Baralt y Pérez was a Venezuelan diplomat, writer and historian. He was the first Latin American to occupy a chair at the Real Academia Española...
  
  , 1853-1860.
• Tomás Rodríguez y Díaz Rubí, 1860-1890.
• Antonio María Fabié, 1891-1899.
• Ángel María Dacarrete, 1904. He didn’t hold office..
• José Canalejas y Méndez, 1912. He didn’t hold office..
• Enrique Aguilera y Gamboa, marquis of Cerralbo, 1922. He didn’t hold office..
• Juan Gualberto López-Valdemoro y de Quesada, count of las Navas, 1924-1935.
• Enrique Díez-Canedo, 1935-1944.
• Luis Martínez Kleiser, 1944-1971.
• Fernando Lázaro Carreter
  Fernando Lázaro Carreter
  Fernando Lázaro Carreter was a Spanish linguist, journalist and literary critic who worked to improve the way the Spanish language is spoken and written, who penned the hugely popular 1997 book El Dardo en la Palabra , a collection of articles he wrote on linguistic gaffes in the media...
  
  , 1972-2004.
• Javier Marías
  Javier Marías
  Javier Marías is a Spanish novelist. He is also a translator and columnist.-Life:Javier Marías was born in Madrid. His father was the philosopher Julián Marías, who was briefly imprisoned and then banned from teaching for opposing Franco...
  
  , elected in 2006, took office in 2008.

S seat

• Luis Curiel, 1714-1724.
• Tomás de Montes y Corral, 1724-1744.
• Tiburcio de Aguirre Salcedo, 1744-1767.
• José Vela, 1767-1800.
• Francisco Martínez Marina
  Francisco Martínez Marina
  Francisco Xavier Martinez Marina was a noted Spanish jurist, historian and priest.Born in Oviedo, capital city of the Principality of Asturias in northern Spain, he was director of the Real Academia de la Historia, an institution dedicated to the study of Spain's political, civilian,...
  
  , 1800-1833.
• Marcial Antonio López, baron of La Joyosa, 1836-1857.
• Manuel Cañete
  Manuel Cañete
  Manuel Cañete was a Spanish journalist, literary critic and playwright whose work is linked to Romanticism.-External links:* for Poesias de don Rafael M.a de Mendive...
  
  , 1858-1891.
• Santiago de Liniers
  Santiago de Liniers
  Jacques de Liniers was a French officer in the Spanish military service, and a viceroy of the Spanish colonies of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata. He is more widely known by the Spanish form of his name, Santiago de Liniers...
  
  , count of Liniers, 1891-1908.
• José Alemany y Bolufer, 1909-1934.
• Wenceslao Fernández Flórez
  Wenceslao Fernández Flórez
  Wenceslao Fernández Flórez was a popular Spanish journalist and novelist of the early 20th century. Throughout his career, he retained an intense fondness for the land of his birth.- Early life and career :...
  
  , 1945-1964.
• Julián Marías
  Julián Marías
  Julián Marías Aguilera , was a Spanish philosopher. His History of Philosophy is widely accepted as the greatest work written in Spanish on the subject of the history of philosophy...
  
  , 1965-2005, philosopher and essayist
• Salvador Gutiérrez Ordóñez, since 2008.

T seat

• Jaime de Solís, 1714-1720.
• Pedro Manuel de Azevedo, 1721-1734.
• Lope Hurtado de Mendoza, 1734-1747.
• Ignacio de Ceballos, 1747-1784.
• José Miguel de Flores, 1784-1790.
• Pedro Téllez Girón, duke of Osuna, 1790-1808.
• Demetrio Ortiz, 1808-1845.
• Félix Torres Amat, 1847-1847.
• Jaime Balmes, 1848. He didn’t hold office..
• José Joaquín de Mora, 1848-1864.
• Antonio de los Ríos y Rosas
  Antonio de los Ríos y Rosas
  Antonio de los Ríos Rosas was a Spanish politician who was elected three times President of the Congress of Deputies....
  
  , 1871-1873.
• Gaspar Núñez de Arce
  Gaspar Núñez de Arce
  Gaspar Núñez de Arce was a Spanish poet, dramatist and statesman.He was born at Valladolid, where he was educated for the priesthood. He had no vocation for the ecclesiastical state, plunged into literature, and produced a play entitled Amor y Orgullo which was acted at Toledo in 1849...
  
  , 1873-1903.
• Eduardo de Hinojosa, 1904-1919.
• Manuel de Sandoval
  Manuel de Sandoval
  Manuel de Sandoval was a prominent military and the governor of Coahuila and Texas - Biography :Manuel de Sandoval was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico to end XVIIth century, but as with other Spanish governor of Texas the exact date of his birth is unknown. In 1707, he joined the army of Santa Fe...
  
  , 1920-1932.
• Miguel de Unamuno
  Miguel de Unamuno
  Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo was a Spanish essayist, novelist, poet, playwright and philosopher.-Biography:...
  
  , 1936. He didn’t hold office..
• Isidro Gomá y Tomás, archbishop of Toledo, 1940. He didn’t hold office..
• Manuel Gómez-Moreno, 1942-1970.
• Carlos Clavería Lizana, 1972-1974.
• Manuel Alvar López, 1975-2001.
• Arturo Pérez Reverte, since 2003, journalist and novelist

U seat

• Manuel de Fuentes, 1714-1716.
• José Montealegre y Andrade, marquis of Salas, 1720-1771.
• Benito Bails, 1777-1797.
• Juan de Sahagún de la Mata, count of El Carpio, 1797-1801.
• Nicasio Álvarez de Cienfuegos
  Nicasio Álvarez de Cienfuegos
  Nicasio Álvarez de Cienfuegos was a Spanish poet and publicist.He was born at Madrid, and studied with distinction at Salamanca, where he met the poet Melendez Valdés. His poems, published in 1798, mmediately attracted attention...
  
  , 1801-1809.
• Lorenzo de Carvajal, 1814-1830.
• Juan Pablo Pérez Caballero, 1830-1836.
• Mateo Seoane, 1841-1870.
• Manuel Silvela, 1871-1892.
• Francisco García Ayuso, 1894-1897.
• Isidoro Fernández-Flórez, 1898-1902.
• Antonio Maura y Montaner, 1903-1925.
• Leopoldo Eijo Garay, 1927-1963.
• Alfonso García Valdecasas y García Valdecasas, 1965-1993.
• Eduardo García de Enterría y Martínez-Carande
  Eduardo Garcia de Enterria y Martinez-Carande
  Eduardo García de Enterría y Martinez-Carande, born 1923 in Ramales , is a lawyer and member of the Spanish Council of State ....
  
  , since 1994.

V seat

• Manuel Villegas Piñateli
  Manuel Villegas Piñateli
  Manuel Villegas Piñateli was member of the Royal Spanish Academy from 1714 to 15 October 1752.Piñateli was a secretary at the Captaincy General of Galicia, secretary to King Charles II of Spain, and to King Philip V of Spain....
  
  , 1714-1752, publisher, (1736) of 2 vols., (History/Travels in Russia).
• Javier Arias Dávila y Centurión, count of Puñonrostro and marquis of Casasola, 1752-1783.
• Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos
  Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos
  Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos was an Asturian-born Spanish neoclassical statesman, author, philosopher and a major figure of the Age of Enlightenment in Spain.-Life:...
  
  , 1783-1811.
• Tomás González Carvajal, 1814-1833.
• Joaquín Ignacio Mencos y Manso de Zúñiga, count of Guenduláin, 1841-1882.
• Alejandro Pidal y Mon, 1883-1913.
• Miguel Echegaray, 1916-1927.
• Antonio Machado y Ruiz, 1939. He didn’t hold office..
• Emilio García Gómez
  Emilio García Gómez
  Emilio García Gómez, 1st Count of Alixares was a Spanish Arabist, literary historian and critic, whose talent as a poet enriched his many translations from Arabic.-Life:...
  
  , 1945-1995.
• Juan Luis Cebrián Echarri, since 1997, journalist

X seat

• Pedro Verdugo de Albornoz Ursúa
  Pedro Verdugo de Albornoz Ursúa
  Pedro Verdugo y Ursúa, 2nd Count of Torrepalma was a Spanish noble and academician.He was a knight of the Order of Alcantara since 1668, and on the death of his father Alonso Verdugo y Albornoz he became the second count of Torrepalma...
  
  , count of Torrepalma, 1715-1720.
• Fernando de Bustillos y Azcona, 1721-1730.
• Manuel Pellicer de Velasco, 1730-1733.
• Blas Antonio de Nasarre, 1733-1751.
• José Velasco, 1751-1767.
• Juan de Aravaca, 1767-1786.
• Diego Antonio Rejón de Silva, 1786-1796.
• Joaquín Lorenzo Villanueva
  Joaquín Lorenzo Villanueva
  Joaquín Lorenzo Villanueva was a Spanish historian and writer....
  
  , 1796-1837.
• Jerónimo de la Escosura, 1844-1855.
• Aureliano Fernández-Guerra y Orbe
  Aureliano Fernández-Guerra
  Aureliano Fernández-Guerra y Orbe was a Spanish historian, epigrapher and antiquarian, also remembered as a poet and playwright. He became a member of the Real Academia Española from 1860 and served as its Archivist and Librarian from 1872....
  
  , 1860-1894.
• Eugenio Sellés y Ángel, marquis of Gerona, 1895-1926.
• Rafael Sánchez Mazas
  Rafael Sánchez Mazas
  Rafael Sánchez Mazas was a Spanish nationalist writer and a leader of the Falange, a right-wing political movement created in Spain before the Spanish Civil War....
  
  , 1966. He didn’t hold office..
• Antonio Rodríguez Moñino, 1968-1970.
• Antonio Buero Vallejo
  Antonio Buero Vallejo
  Antonio Buero Vallejo was a Spanish playwright considered the most important Spanish dramatist of the Spanish Civil War...
  
  , 1972-2000, playwright
• Francisco Brines, since 2006, poet

Z seat

• Pedro Scotti de Agóiz, 1715-1728.
• Miguel Gutiérrez de Valdivia, 1728-1747.
• Juan de Iriarte
  Juan de Iriarte
  Juan de Iriarte was a Spanish writer, French and English translator in the Royal Chancillery, Hellenist and latinist.-Biography:...
  
  , 1747-1771.
• Pedro de Silva y Sarmiento, 1771-1808.
• Francisco Antonio González, 1808-1833.
• José de la Revilla, 1839-1859.
• Cándido Nocedal, 1859-1885.
• Eduardo Benot, 1889-1907.
• José Rodríguez Carracido, 1908-1928.
• Agustín González de Amezúa y Mayo, 1929-1956.
• Agustín de Foxá y Torroba, count of Foxá, 1959. He didn’t hold office..
• Salvador Fernández Ramírez, 1960-1983.
• Francisco Ayala y García-Duarte
  Francisco Ayala (novelist)
  Francisco Ayala García-Duarte was a Spanish writer, the last representative of the Generation of '27.- Biography :...
  
  , since 1984.

a seat

• Juan de La Pezuela y Ceballos, count of Cheste, 1847-1906.
• Antonio Hernández y Fajarnés, 1909-1909.
• Leopoldo Cano y Masas
  Leopoldo Cano
  Leopoldo Cano y Masas was a Spanish soldier, poet and playwright associated with the Realist movement....
  
  , 1910-1934.
• Pío Baroja
  Pío Baroja
  Pío Baroja y Nessi was a Spanish Basque writer, one of the key novelists of the Generation of '98. He was a member of an illustrious family, his brother Ricardo was a painter, writer and engraver, and his nephew Julio Caro Baroja, son of his younger sister Carmen, was a well known...
  
  , 1935-1956.
• Juan Antonio de Zunzunegui y Loredo, 1960-1982.
• Elena Quiroga de Abarca, 1984-1995.
• Domingo Ynduráin Muñoz, 1997-2003.
• Pedro García Barreno, elected, he didn’t hold office yet.

b seat

• Joaquín Francisco Pacheco, 1847-1865.
• José de Selgas y Carrasco, 1874-1882.
• Víctor Balaguer
  Victor Balaguer
  Víctor Balaguer , Catalan Spanish politician and author, was born at Barcelona on 11 December 1824, and was educated at the university of his native city....
  
  , 1883-1901.
• Ramón Menéndez Pidal
  Ramón Menéndez Pidal
  Ramón Menéndez Pidal was a Spanish philologist and historian. He worked extensively on the history of the Spanish language and Spanish folklore and folk poetry. One of his main topics was the history and legend of The Cid....
  
  , 1902-1968.
• Vicente Enrique y Tarancón, 1970-1994.
• Eliseo Álvarez-Arenas Pacheco, 1996-2011.

c seat

• Ángel Saavedra
  Ángel de Saavedra, Duke of Rivas
  Don Ángel de Saavedra y Ramírez de Baquedano, 3rd Duke of Rivas , was a Spanish poet, dramatist and politician born in Córdoba...
  
  , duke of Rivas, 1847-1865.
• Antonio Cánovas del Castillo
  Antonio Cánovas del Castillo
  Antonio Cánovas del Castillo was a Spanish politician and historian known principally for his role in supporting the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy to the Spanish throne and for his death at the hands of an anarchist assassin, Michele Angiolillo.-Early career:Born in Málaga as the son of...
  
  , 1867-1897.
• Daniel de Cortázar, 1899-1927.
• Amalio Gimeno, count of Gimeno, 1927-1936.
• Pedro Sáinz Rodríguez
  Pedro Sainz Rodríguez
  Pedro Sainz Carlos Rodríguez was a Spanish writer, philologist, publisher and politician, an adviser to Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona and one of the main architects of the reign of Juan Carlos I of Spain and the Spanish transition to democracy...
  
  , 1979-1986.
• Manuel Fernández-Galiano Fernández, 1988. He didn’t hold office.
• Ricardo Gullón, 1990-1991.
• Víctor García de la Concha, since 1992.

d seat

• Agustín Durán
  Agustín Durán
  Agustín Durán , Spanish scholar, was born in Madrid, where his father was the court physician.Durán was sent to the seminary at Vergara, whence he returned learned in the traditions of Spanish romance. In 1817 he began the study of philosophy and law at the university of Seville, and in due course...
  
  , 1847-1862.
• Enrique Ramírez de Saavedra y de Cueto, duke of Rivas, 1863-1914.
• Miguel Asín Palacios, 1919-1944.
• Dámaso Alonso
  Dámaso Alonso
  Dámaso Alonso y Fernández de las Redondas was a Spanish poet, philologist and literary critic. Though a member of the Generation of '27, his best-known work dates from the 1940s onwards. -Early life and education:...
  
  , 1948-1990.
• Francisco Rodríguez Adrados, since 1991.

e seat

• Ramón de Mesonero Romanos
  Ramón de Mesonero Romanos
  Ramón de Mesonero Romanos , Spanish prose-writer, was born at Madrid.At an early age he became interested in the history and topography of his native city...
  
  , 1847-1882.
• José Echegaray
  José Echegaray
  José Echegaray y Eizaguirre was a Spanish civil engineer, mathematician, statesman, and one of the leading Spanish dramatists of the last quarter of the 19th century....
  
  , 1894-1916.
• Julio Burell, 1919. He didn’t hold office.
• Gabriel Maura y Gamazo, duke of Maura, 1920-1963.
• Julio Guillén Tato, 1963-1972.
• Miguel Delibes Setién, since 1975, novelist

f seat

• Antonio Alcalá Galiano, 1847-1865.
• Adelardo López de Ayala y Herrera
  Adelardo López de Ayala y Herrera
  Adelardo López de Ayala y Herrera , Spanish writer and politician, was born at Guadalcanal, Seville on 1 May 1828, and at a very early age began writing for the theatre of his native town. The titles of these juvenile performances, which were played by amateurs, were Salga por donde saliere, Me voy...
  
  , 1870-1879.
• Gabino Tejado, 1881-1891.
• Federico Balart, 1905. He didn’t hold office.
• Valentín Gómez, 1907-1907.
• Luis Coloma, 1908-1915.
• Wenceslao Ramírez de Villa-Urrutia, marquis of Villa-Urrutia, 1916-1933.
• Miguel Artigas, 1935-1947.
• Carlos Martínez de Campos, duke of La Torre, 1950-1975.
• Manuel de Terán Álvarez, 1977-1984.
• Jesús Aguirre y Ortiz de Zárate, duke of Alba, 1986-2001.
• Luis Ángel Rojo, since 2003, economist

g seat

• Pedro José Pidal, marquis of Pidal, 1847-1865.
• Antonio Aparisi y Guijarro, 1872. He didn’t hold office..
• José Godoy Alcántara, 1875. He didn’t hold office..
• Vicente Barrantes
  Vicente Barrantes
  Vicente Barrantes was a Spanish bibliophile, poet and writer....
  
  , 1876-1898.
• Raimundo Fernández Villaverde
  Raimundo Fernández Villaverde
  Don Raimundo Fernández-Villaverde y García del Rivero, iure uxoris Marquis of Pozo Rubio, was a Spanish statesman....
  
  , marquis of Pozo Rubio, 1902-1905.
• Francisco Rodríguez Marín, 1907-1943.
• Esteban Terradas Illa, 1946-1950.
• Julio Palacios Martínez, 1953-1970.
• Antonio Colino López, 1972-2008.

h seat

• Eugenio de Ochoa
  Eugenio de Ochoa
  Eugenio de Ochoa was a Spanish author, writer and translator.-References:*Richard Eugene Chandler and Kessel Schwartz. Louisiana State University Press, 1991. ISBN 9780807117354; pp. 337–338...
  
  , 1847-1872.
• Luis Fernández-Guerra y Orbe, 1873-1890.
• Manuel del Palacio, 1894-1906.
• Francisco Codera y Zaidín, 1910-1917.
• Carlos María Cortezo, 1918-1933.
• Tomás Navarro Tomás, 1935-1979.
• Emilio Lorenzo Criado, 1981-2002.
• José Manuel Blecua, since 2006.

i seat

• Antonio María Segovia, 1847-1874.
• Pedro de Madrazo y de Kuntz, 1881-1898.
• Emilio Cotarelo y Mori, 1900-1936.
• José María Pemán y Pemartín, 1939-1981.
• José García Nieto
  José García Nieto
  José García Nieto , is a Spanish poet and writer, winner of the Cervantes Prize and member, along with Gabriel Celaya, Blas de Otero and José Hierro, of the post-war generation of Spanish poets.- Biography :...
  
  , 1983-2001.
• Margarita Salas Falgueras, since 2003.

j seat

• Alejandro Oliván, 1847-1878.
• Mariano Catalina, 1881-1913.
• Manuel de Saralegui y Medina, 1914-1926.
• Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart Falcó Portocarrero y Osorio, duke of Berwick and of Alba, 1943-1953.
• Pedro Laín Entralgo
  Pedro Laín Entralgo
  Pedro Laín Entralgo was a Spanish medical researcher. He won the Prince of Asturias award in 1989 for Communication and Humanities.In 1964 he entered the Royal Academy of History...
  
  , 1954-2001.
• Álvaro Pombo y García de los Ríos, since 2004.

k seat

• Nicomedes Pastor Díaz, 1847-1863.
• Isaac Núñez de Arenas, 1863-1869.
• Francisco de Paula Canalejas, 1869-1883.
• José de Castro y Serrano, 1889-1896.
• José María de Pereda
  José María de Pereda
  José María de Pereda was one of the most distinguished of modern Spanish novelists....
  
  , 1897-1906.
• Armando Palacio Valdés
  Armando Palacio Valdés
  Armando Palacio Valdés was a Spanish novelist and critic.-Biography:Valdés was born at Entralgo in the province of Asturias on the October 4, 1853.His first writings were printed in the Revista Europea...
  
  , 1920-1938.
• Ángel González Palencia, 1940-1949.
• Rafael Lapesa Melgar
  Rafael Lapesa
  Rafael Lapesa Melgar was a Spanish philologist, a historian of language and of Spanish literature.-Biography:Born in Valencia, Spain, February 8, 1908, his family moved to Madrid when he was eight. By 1930 he had earned his professorship for his work on the medieval dialect of western Asturias...
  
  , 1954-2001.
• José Antonio Pascual, since 2002.

l seat

• Juan Eugenio Hartzenbusch
  Juan Eugenio Hartzenbusch
  Juan Eugenio Hartzenbusch , was a Spanish dramatist. He was the Director of the National Library of Spain until he retired in 1875.-Biography:...
  
  , 1847-1880.
• Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo
  Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo
  Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo was a Spanish scholar, historian and literary critic. Even though his main interest was the History of ideas, and Hispanic philology in general, he also cultivated poetry, translation and philosophy.He was born at Santander where he showed that he was an infant prodigy...
  
  , 1880-1912.
• Jacinto Benavente
  Jacinto Benavente
  Jacinto Benavente y Martínez was one of the foremost Spanish dramatists of the 20th century. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1922....
  
  , 1954. He didn’t hold office..
• Salvador González Anaya, 1948-1955.
• Joaquín Calvo-Sotelo, 1955-1993.
• Emilio Lledó Íñigo, since 1994.

m seat

• Rafael Alvarado Ballester, 1982-2001.
• Claudio Guillén
  Claudio Guillén
  Claudio Guillén , was a Spanish writer.-History:He was a son of the poet Jorge Guillén, with whom he left his country in 1939 to live in exile in the United States...
  
  , 2003-2007.
• José María Merino
  José María Merino
  José María Merino is a Spanish novelist born in A Coruña, Galicia on March 5, 1941. He is the father of two daughters, María and Ana, both of them university professors. He lived for several years in León and currently lives in Madrid...
  
  , since 2008.