Presidents of the Society

Presidents of the Society

The names of the Society's Presidents are listed on the honour boards in the American Tearoom on the ground floor of our building, and pictures of the Presidents are displayed on the walls. The following people have served as President:

1869-1878	Sir Daniel Cooper, Bt, GCMG
1878-1892	Frederick A. Philbrick, QC
1892-1896	Henry King-Tenison, 8th Earl of Kingston
1896-1910	H.R.H. the Duke of York (Prince of Wales; H.M. King George V)
1910-1913	James Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford, KT
1913-1917	Marcellus P. Castle, MVO, JP
1917-1923	Edward D. Bacon, MVO (KCVO 1932)
1923-1929	Thomas W. Hall
1929-1931	Walter D. Beckton
1931-1934	Robert B. Yardley
1934-1940	Sir John Wilson, Bt
1940-1946	John Hall Barron
1946-1949	Eric W. Mann
1949-1950	Sir John Wilson, Bt, CVO
1950-1953	Herbert W. Edmunds
1953-1956	Kenneth M. Beaumont, CBE, DSO
1956-1961	Ewart Gerrish, OBE
1961-1964	Henry R. Holmes
1964-1967	Benjamin Rogers-Tillstone
1967-1970	William A. Townsend
1970-1973	John Hubbard
1973-1975	Sidney E. Hands
1975-1977	Ronald A.G. Lee
1977-1979	George South, MBE
1979-1981	A. Ronald Butler
1981-1983	Leslie S. Wheeler
1983-1986	John B. Marriott, MVO (KCVO 1995)
1986-1988	John H. Levett
1988-1990	Patrick C. Pearson, VRD
1990-1992	Alan K. Huggins, MSc, PhD (MBE 1996)
1992-1994	Charles W. Goodwyn LLB (LVQ 2003)
1994-1996	Francis Kiddle
1996-1998	Jane Moubray
1998-2000	Barrie Jay
2000-2003	Gavin Fryer
2003-2005	David R. Beech (MBE 2012)
2005-2007	Christopher G. Harman
2007-2009	John Sacher, CBE
2009-2011	Alan N. Moorcroft
2011-2013	Brian J. Trotter
2013-2015	Christopher M.B. King
2015-2017	Frank L. Walton
2017-2019	Patrick V.M.J. Maselis
2019-2021	Richard C. Stock
2021-2023	Peter Cockburn
2023-2024	Michael J.Y. Roberts
2025-	Simon Richards

Honorary Presidents

In addition to the Presidents shown above, the Society has had Honorary Presidents during 2 periods of its history:

1890-1900	H.R.H. Duke Alfred of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (Duke of Edinburgh, KG)
1919-1936	H.R.H. the Prince of Wales (H.M. King Edward VIII)