Historical Presidents and Officers of the Society
Presidents
1849 Sir Walter Trevelyan, Bart
1850 Rev. E.B. Portman, Earl of Cavan, F.H. Dickinson, Right Hon. & Right Rev. Baron Auckland
1851 T.T. Knyfton
1852 W.H.P. Gore-Langton
1853 Wm Pinney
1854 Right Hon. H. Labouchere
1855 Sir Walter Trevelyan, Bart
1856 Wm Stradling
1857 Right Hon. Lord Talbot de Malahide
1858/59 Hon. P.P. Bouverie
1859/60 F.H. Dickinson
1860/61 Ralph Neville Grenville
1861/62 Edward Ayshford Sanford
1862/65 F.H. Dickinson
1865/66 R.H. Paget
1866/67 R.T. Combe
1867/68 Sir Edward Strachey, Bart
1868/69 Sir A. Acland Hood, Bart
1869/70 Wm Long
1870/71 Sir William C. Medlycott, Bart
1871/72 Edward A. Freeman
1872/73 W.A. Sanford
1873/74 Right Hon. & Right Rev. Lord Arthur Hervey
1874/75 H. Danby Seymour
1875/76 Right Hon. Earl of Cork and Orrery
1876/77 Jerom Murch
1877/78 Right Hon. & Right Rev. Bishop Clifford
1878/80 Rev. Canon Meade
1880/81 E.A. Freeman
1881/82 E.H. Elton
1882/83 C.I. Elton
1883/84 W.E. Surtees
1884/86 Right Hon. Lord Carlingford
1886/87 John Batten
1887/88 Sir Geo. Wm Edwards
1888/89 Right Hon. & Right Rev. Lord Arthur Hervey
1889/90 Geo. Fownes Luttrell
1890/91 Henry Hobhouse
1891/92 Colonel Hoskins
1892/93 W.A. Sanford
1893/94 Right Hon. Lord Hylton
1894/95 E.R. Cely Trevilian
1895/96 Henry Duncan Skrine
1896/97 J.K.D. Wingfield Digby
1897/99 E.J. Stanley
1899/1900 Right Hon. Sir Edward Fry
1900/01 Sir T.C.D. Acland, Bart
1901/02 Right Rev. Dr Forrest Browne
1902/03 Very Rev. T.W. Jex-Blake
1903/04 Francis J. Fry
1904/05 T.H.M. Bailward
1905/06 Lieut.-Col. J.R. Bramble
1906/07 George Fownes Luttrell
1907/08 A. Fownes Somerville
1908/09 Most Noble The Marquess of Bath
1909/10 Right Rev. G.W. Kennion
1910/11 Rev. E.H. Bates Harbin
1911/12 Lord Hylton
1912/13 Professor W. Boyd Dawkins
1913/14 Right Hon. Henry Hobhouse
1914/16 Right Hon. Earl Waldegrave
1916/18 Very Rev. J. Armitage Robinson
1918/19 Professor F.J. Haverfield
1919/20 Henry Balfour
1920/21 A. Hamilton Thompson
1921/22 Sir Hercules Read
1922/23 Professor Sir William Boyd Dawkins
1923/24 Lieut.-Col. The Hon. Aubrey Herbert
1924/25 Professor W.J. Sollas
1925/26 Major M.F. Cely Trevilian
1926/27 R. Neville Grenville
1927/28 Colonel J. Wm Gifford
1929/30 Ernest E. Baker
1930/31 Right Hon. Sir Matthew Nathan
1931/32 William Wyndham
1932/33 Sir Charles R. Peers
1933/34 Arthur F. Somerville
1934/35 William Wyndham
1935/36 Sir Archibald Langman
1936/37 Right Rev. St.J.B. Wynne-Willson
1937/38 Hon. T.H. Watson
1938/39 Colonel W.O. Gibbs
1939/40 Mrs Edward Clive
1940/42 Right Rev. Abbot E. Horne
1942/43 Right Rev. Francis Underhill
1943/45 Very Rev. R.H. Malden
1945/46 Sir William Savage
1946/47 Right Hon. Earl Waldegrave
1947/48 Colonel J.A. Garton
1948/49 Right Hon. Lord Hylton
1949/50 Sir Arthur Hobhouse
1950/51 Sir Cyril Fox
1951/52 H.St.G. Gray
1952/53 J.E. Barton
1953/54 F.C. Eeles
1954/55 A.W. Vivian-Neal
1955/56 C.E. Burnell
1956/58 Mrs J.B. Clark
1958/59 W. Leighton
1959/60 Sir Frank Stenton
1960/61 Dr E.B. Ford
1961/62 Major-General R. Evans
1962/63 C.A.R. Radford
1963/64 Sir Arthur Elton, Bart
1964/65 Mrs C.W.H. Rawlins
1965/66 H.F. Scott-Stokes
1966/67 E.G. Neal
1967/68 R.S. Simms
1968/69 E.L. Kelting
1969/70 Dom Aelred Watkin
1970/71 Right Hon. Earl Waldegrave
1971/72 L.V. Grinsell
1972/73 T.J. Hunt
1973/74 S.C. Morland
1974/75 W.J. Wedlake
1975/76 Dr J.M. Coles
1976/77 Professor E.K. Tratman
1977/78 Mrs O.M. Hallam
1978/79 Professor P.A. Rahtz
1979/80 L.C. Hayward
1980/81 A.L. Wedlake
1981/82 Commander E.H.D. Williams
1982/83 Dr P.C. Davey
1983/84 Captain R.G.B. Roe, R.N.
1984/85 Professor Glyn Daniel
1985/86 Right Rev. John Bickersteth
1986/87 R.A. Atthill
1987/88 Dr Francis Rose
1988/89 D.M.M. Shorrocks
1989/90 Professor B.W. Cunliffe
1990/91 J.H. Bettey
1991/92 J.G. Keylock
1992/93 H. Eardley-Wilmot
1993/94 Very Rev. Dom Philip Jebb
1994/95 Mrs B.J. Coles
1995/96 Derek Briggs
1996/97 Mrs Madge Langdon
1997/98 Professor Nicholas Orme
1998/99 Max Hebditch
1999/2000 Right Rev. James Thompson
2000/01 Dr Robert W. Dunning
2001/02 Lord Rees Mogg
2002/03 Mrs Pat Hill-Cottingham
2003/05 Professor Mick Aston
2005/06 Dr Philip Radford
2006/07 Mark McDermott
2007/08 Dr Oliver Rackham
2008/09 Gerard Leighton
2009/10 David Bromwich
2010/11 Professor Stephen Rippon
2011/12 Brian Murless
2012/13 John Bebbington
2013/14 Jerry Sampson
2014/15 Peter Ellis
2015/16 Bob Croft
2016/2017 Anne Crawford
2017/2018 Pat Wolseley
2018/2019 Julian Orbach
2019/2020 Lady Gass MA
2020/2021 David Dawson
2021/2022 David Dawson
2022/2023 Nigel Pearce
General Secretaries
1849/50 Rev. T.P. Dymock
1851 Rev. F. Warre, C.E. Giles, William Baker
1852/53 Rev. F. Warre, Rev. W.R. Crotch, William Baker
1854/56 Rev. F. Warre, Rev. W.R. Crotch, Rev. W.A. Jones
1857 Rev. F. Warre, Rev. W.A. Jones
1858/64 Rev F. Warre, Rev. W.A. Jones, W.F. Elliot
1866 Rev F. Brown, Rev. W.A. Jones, W.F. Elliot
1867 R.G. Badcock, Rev. W.A. Jones, W.A. Sanford, J.H. Pring
1868/69 Rev. W.A. Jones, J.H. Pring, W.A. Sanford
1870/73 Rev. W.A. Jones, J.H. Pring
1873/75 Rev. W. Hunt, O.W. Malet
1875/80 Rev. W. Hunt, O.W. Malet, C.J. Turner
1880/86 O.W. Malet, C.J. Turner, E. Green
1886 O.W. Malet, C.J. Turner
1887/91 O.W. Malet, C.J. Turner, Rev. J.A. Bennett
1891/93 C.J. Turner, F.T. Elworthy, Lieut.-Col. J.R. Bramble
1893/96 F.T. Elworthy, Lieut.-Col. J.R. Bramble
1896/1900 Lieut.-Col. J.R. Bramble, Rev. F.W. Weaver
1900/05 Lieut.-Col. J.R. Bramble, Rev. F.W. Weaver, C. Tite
1905/09 Rev. F.W. Weaver, Rev. E.H. Bates, C. Tite
1909/11 Rev. F.W. Weaver, Rev. E.H. Bates Harbin, C. Tite
Hon. General Secretaries
1911/18 Rev. F.W. Weaver, Rev. E.H. Bates Harbin, C. Tite
1918/20 Rev. F.W. Weaver, C. Tite
1920/22 C. Tite, H. Symonds
Hon. Secretaries
1922/26 C. Tite, H. Symonds
1926/28 C. Tite
1928/33 C. Tite, R.L. Meade-King
1933/36 A.W. Vivian-Neal, Dr R.L. Meade-King
1937/38 A.W. Vivian-Neal
1938/40 A.W. Vivian-Neal, Major F.M.E. Kennedy
1940/45 Major F.M.E. Kennedy
1945/50 Rev. Preb. G.W. Saunders, I. Fitzroy H. Jones
1950/51 Rev. Preb. G.W. Saunders, I. Fitzroy H. Jones, Major-General R. Evans
1951/52 I. Fitzroy H. Jones, T.J. Hunt
1952/54 H.S.L. Dewar, T.J. Hunt, R.M. Williams
1954/59 T.J. Hunt, R.M. Williams
1959/60 T.J. Hunt, R.M. Williams, Sir R. de Z. Hall
1960/62 T.J. Hunt, E.L. Kelting, Sir R. de Z. Hall
1962/68 E.L. Kelting, Sir R. de Z. Hall
1968/69 Sir R. de Z. Hall
1969/74 E.L. Kelting, Sir R. de Z. Hall
1974/75 E.L. Kelting, G. Thomson
1976/79 Dr P.C. Davey
1979/81 F. Hawtin
1981/86 J.V. Carrington
1986/89 J. Reynolds
1989/90 C.E.J. Langdon
1990/95 B.W. Watkin
1995/2001 Dr I.J.B. Sinclair
2001/06 A.J.M. Findlater
2006/08 B. Lane
2009/13 G Middleton
2013/14 A F Butcher
2014/15 Peter Jessop
2015/2016 Andrew Butcher
2016/2019 VACANT
2019 Tom Winsborough
2019/2022 VACANT
Treasurers
1849/59 H. & R.G. Badcock
1860 H., R.G. & H.J. Badcock
1861/71 H., R.G., H.J. & D. Badcock
1872/76 H., H.J. & D. Badcock
1876/89 H. & H.J. Badcock
1889/1909 H.J. Badcock
Hon. Treasurers
1909/23 H.J. Badcock, R.C. Boyle
1923/25 H.J. Badcock, G.F. Ireland
1925/30 G.F. Ireland
1930/45 F.L. England
1945/55 J.L. Sheldon
1955/71 H.H. Adamson
1971/74 R.G.K. Evens
1974/81 L.A. Haldane
1981/95 H.W. Bond
1995/97 G.W. Coker
1997/2003 K.A. Jackson
2003/06 T. Bedford
2006/09 R. Kergozou
2009/12 D Dawson
2012/14 R Cloke
2014/15 D Atkinson
2015/2017 Mary Claridge
2017/2019 David Victor
Hon. Editors
1925/30 Dom Ethelbert Horne
1930/49 A.W. Vivian-Neal
1949/55 A.K. Hudson
1955/58 A.H. Turner
1958/70 I.I. Jeffries
1970/74 Mrs P.A. Langmaid
1974/79 M.B. McDermott
1979/86 Dr R.W. Dunning
1986/91 J.C. Pentney, Mrs J.P.M. Pentney
1991/97 T.W. Mayberry
1997/2001 M. McGarvie
2001/2013 P. Ellis
2013/2019 M Siraut
Chairmen of Council
1918/24 Rev. Dr S.J.M. Price
1924/26 Arthur E. Eastwood
1928/40 Dom Ethelbert Horne
1940/51 A.W. Vivian-Neal
1951/58 Major-General R. Evans
1958/62 A.W. Vivian-Neal
1962/72 T.J. Hunt
1972/73 E.L. Kelting
1973/76 T.J. Hunt
1976/79 S.C. Morland
1979/83 D. Denton-Cox
1983/84 R.J.E. Bush
1984/88 Rev. B.W. Kirk
1988/92 Lady Gass
1992/97 Dr A.P. Radford
1997/2000 Dr R.W. Dunning
2000/04 Hilary Binding
2004/06 Dr Pat Hill-Cottingham
Chairmen
2006/08 Dr Pat Hill-Cottingham
2008/12 Christopher Sidaway
2012/13 Vacant
2013/14 W (Bill) H J Kelly
2014/15 T Winsborough
2015/2018 Stephen Parker
2018/2021 Christine Jessop
2021/2023 Christopher Chanter
Vice-Chairmen
1975/79 I.P. Collis
1979/83 R.J.E. Bush
1983/84 Rev. B.W. Kirk
1984/88 Lady Gass
1988/92 Mrs U. Halliday
1992/94 Lady Gass
1994/95 Mrs R.P. Flower-Smith
1995/97 Dr R.W. Dunning
1997/2000 Hilary Binding
2000/04 Tom W. Mayberry
2004/07 Hilary Binding
2007/08 Christopher Sidaway
2008/12 N Pearce
2012/13 C Sidaway
2013/14 G Middleton
2014/15 R Leamon
2015/2016 VACANT
2016/2019 Martin Davidson
2019/2020 VACANT
2020/2023 Lizzie Induni
Curators
1851/57 B. Baker
1858/59 E. Parfitt
1860 F.R. Clarke
1861/73 W. Bidgood
Assistant Secretary and Curator
1873/1901 W. Bidgood
Assistant Secretary, Curator and Librarian
1901/49 H.St.G. Gray
Secretary, Keeper and Librarian
1949/52 W.A. Seaby
1953/58 R.C. Sansome
Secretary and Librarian
1958/70 C.A. Cookson
1970/72 L.A. Haldane
1972/76 H.L.M. Patten