Not to be pedantic or anything, but I noticed this:
This should be “…an original member…”
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The problem here is that the full string has three optional attributes which have an effect on whether it should be “a” or “an”.
AFAIK it is not possible to realise this without breaking i18n, is/was {additional:an|a} {additional} {original} {eponymous} member of is probably already the best effort in this regard, it makes the article display correctly dependent on the “additional” attribute at least.
The only alternative I can see would be to use is/was a/an {additional} {original} {eponymous} member of, but this sucks in most cases where it would display as “is/was a/an member of” 
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