List of Lord Mayors of London - Definition and Overview

Lord Mayors of London:

before 1300

• 1189-1211 Henry Fitzailwyn
• 1212-1214 Roger Fitzalan
• 1215 Serlo le Mercer
• 1215 William Hardel
• 1216 James Alderman
• 1217 Salomon de Basing
• 1218-1221 Serlo le Mercer
• 1222-1226 Richard Renger
• 1227-1231 Roger le Duke
• 1231-1237 Andrew Buckerel
• 1238 Richard Renger
• 1239 William Joynier
• 1240 Gerard Bat
• 1240 Reginald de Bungheye
• 1241-1243 Ralph Ashwy
• 1244/45 Michael Tovy
• 1246 John Gisors
• 1246 Peter Fitzalan
• 1247/48 Michael Tovy
• 1249 Roger Fitzroger
• 1250 John Norman
• 1251 Adam de Basing
• 1252 John Tulesan
• 1253 Nicholas Bat
• 1254-1257 Ralph Hardel
• 1258 William Fitzrichard
• 1259 John Gisors
• 1259/1260 William Fitzrichard
• 1261-1265 Thomas Fitzthomas
• 1265 Hugh Fitzotho
• 1265 John Walerand
• 1265 John de La Linde
• 1266 William Fitzrichard
• 1267 Alan La Zuche
• 1268 Thomas de Lppegrave
• 1268 Stephen de Eddeworth
• 1269 Hugh Fitzotho
• 1270 John Adrien
• 1271/72 Walter Hervey
• 1273 Henry le Waleys
• 1274-1280 Gregory de Rokesley
• 1281 Henry le Waleys
• 1284 Gregory de Rokesley
• 1285 Ralph de Sandwich
• 1289 John le Breton
• 1289-1292 Ralph de Sandwich
• 1293-1297 John le Breton
• 1298 Henry le Waleys
• 1299-1300 Elias Russell

14th century

• 1301-1307 John le Blund
• 1308 Nicholas de Farndone
• 1309 Thomas Romeyn
• 1310 Richer de Refham
• 1311/12 John de Gisors
• 1313 Nicholas de Farndone
• 1314 John de Gisors
• 1315 Stephen de Abyndon
• 1316/18 John de Wengrave
• 1319 Hamo de Chigwell
• 1320 Nicholas de Farndone
• 1321 Robert de Kendale
• 1321/22 Hamo de Chigwell
• 1323 Nicholas de Farndone
• 1323 Hamo de Chigwell
• 1326 Richard de Betoyne
• 1327 Hamo de Chigwell
• 1328 John de Grantham
• 1329 Simon Swanlond
• 1330/31 John de Pulteney
• 1332 John de Prestone
• 1333 John de Pulteney
• 1334/45 Reginald de Conduit
• 1336 John de Pulteney
• 1337/38 Henry Darci
• 1339/40 Andrew Aubrey
• 1341 John de Oxenford
• 1342 Simon Frauncis
• 1343/44 John Hamond
• 1345 Richard le Lacer
• 1346 Geoffrey de Wichingham
• 1347 Thomas Leggy
• 1348 John Lovekyn
• 1349 Walter Turke
• 1350 Richard de Kislingbury
• 1351 Andrew Aubrey
• 1352/53 Adam Fraunceys
• 1354 Thomas Leggy
• 1355 Simon Frauncis
• 1356 Henry Picard
• 1357 John de Stodeye
• 1358 John Lovekyn (second term)
• 1359 Simon Dolseley
• 1360 John Wroth
• 1361 John Pecche
• 1362 Stephen Cavendisshe
• 1363 John Nott
• 1364/65 Adam de Bury
• 1366 John Lovekyn (third term)
• 1367 James Andreu
• 1368 Simon de Mordone
• 1369 John de Chichester
• 1370/71 John Bernes
• 1372 John Pyel
• 1373 Adam de Bury
• 1374 William Watworth
• 1375 John Warde
• 1376 Adam Stable
• 1377 Nicholas Brembre
• 1378 John Philipot
• 1379 John Hadle
• 1380 William Walworth
• 1381-1382 John de Northampton
• 1383-1385 Sir Nicholas Brembre
• 1386 Nicholas Exton
• 1388 Sir Nicholas Twyford
• 1389 William Venour
• 1390 Adam Bamme
• 1391 John Heende
• 1392 Sir Edward Dalyngrigge
• 1392 Sir Baldwin Radyngton
• 1392 William Staundon
• 1393 John Hadle
• 1394 John Fresshe
• 1395 William More
• 1396 Adam Bamme
• 1397 Richard Whittington
• 1398 Drew Barentyn
• 1399 Thomas Knolles
• 1400 John Fraunceys

15th century

• 1401 John Shadworth
• 1402 John Walcote
• 1403 William Askham
• 1404 John Heende Second Term
• 1405 John Wodecok
• 1406 Richard Whittington
• 1407 William Staundon
• 1408 Drugo Barentyn
• 1409 Richard Merlawe
• 1410 Thomas Knolles
• 1411 Robert Chichele
• 1412 William Walderne
• 1413 William Crowmere
• 1414 Thomas Fauconer
• 1415 Nicholas Wotton
• 1416 Henry Barton
• 1417 Richard Merlawe
• 1418 William Sevenoke
• 1419 Richard Whittington
• 1420 William Cauntbrigge
• 1421 Robert Chichele
• 1422 William Walderne
• 1423 William Crowmere
• 1424 John Michell
• 1425 John Coventre
• 1426 John Reynwell
• 1427 John Gedney
• 1428 Henry Barton
• 1429 William Estfeld
• 1430 Nicholas Wotton
• 1431 John Welles
• 1432 John Perneys
• 1433 John Brokle
• 1434 Robert Otele
• 1435 Henry Frowyk
• 1436 John Michell
• 1437 William Estfeld
• 1438 Stephen Broun
• 1439 Robert Large
• 1440 John Paddesle
• 1441 Robert Clopton
• 1442 John Hatherle
• 1443 Thomas Catworth
• 1444 Henry Frowyk
• 1445 Simon Eyre
• 1446 John Olney
• 1447 John Gedney
• 1448 Stephen Broun
• 1449 Thomas Chalton
• 1450 Nicholas Wyfold
• 1451 William Gregory
• 1452 Geoffrey Feldynge
• 1453 John Norman
• 1454 Stephen Forster
• 1455 William Marowe
• 1456 Thomas Canynges
• 1457 Geoffrey Boleyn
• 1458 Thomas Scott
• 1459 William Hulyn
• 1460 Richard Lee
• 1461 Hugh Wiche
• 1462 Thomas Cooke
• 1463 Matthew Philip
• 1464 Ralph Josselyn
• 1465 Ralph Verney
• 1466 John Yonge
• 1467 Thomas Oulegrave
• 1468 William Taillour
• 1469 Richard Lee
• 1470 John Stockton
• 1471 William Edward
• 1472 Sir William Hampton
• 1473 John Tate
• 1474 Robert Drope
• 1475 Robert Bassett
• 1476 Sir Ralph Josselyn
• 1477 Humphrey Hayford
• 1478 Richard Gardyner
• 1479 Sir Bartholomew James
• 1480 John Browne
• 1481 William Haryot
• 1482 Edmund Shaa
• 1483 Robert Billesdon
• 1484 Thomas Hill
• 1485 Sir William Stokker
• 1485 John Warde
• 1485 Sir Hugh Bryce
• 1486 Henry Colet
• 1487 William Horne
• 1488 Robert Tate
• 1489 William White
• 1490 John Mathewe
• 1491 Hugh Clopton
• 1492 William Martin
• 1493 Ralp Astry
• 1494 Richard Chawry
• 1495 Sir Henry Colet
• 1496 John Tate
• 1497 William Purchase
• 1498 Sir John Percyvale
• 1499 Nicholas Ailwyn
• 1500 William Remyngton

16th century

• 1501 Sir John Shaa
• 1502 Bartholomew Rede
• 1503 Sir William Capel
• 1504 John Wynger
• 1505 Thomas Kneseworth
• 1506 Sir Richard Haddon
• 1507 William Browne
• 1508 Sir Lawrence Aylmer
• 1508 Stephen Jenyns
• 1509 Thomas Bradbury
• 1510 Sir William Capel
• 1510 Henry Kebyll
• 1511 Roger Achleley
• 1512 William Copynger
• 1513 Sir Richard Haddon
• 1513 William Browne
• 1514 Sir John Tate
• 1514 George Monoux
• 1515 William Boteler
• 1516 John Rest
• 1517 Thomas Exmewe
• 1518 Thomas Mirfyn
• 1519 James Yarford
• 1520 John Brugge
• 1521 John Milborne
• 1522 John Mundy
• 1523 Thomas Baldry
• 1524 William Bayley
• 1525 John Aleyn
• 1526 Sir Thomas Semer
• 1527 James Spencer
• 1528 John Rudstone
• 1529 Ralph Dodmer
• 1530 Thomas Pargeter
• 1531 Nicholas Lambarde
• 1532 Stephen Pecocke
• 1533 Christopher Ascue
• 1534 Sir John Champneys
• 1535 Sir John Aleyn
• 1536 Ralph Warren
• 1537 Sir Richard Gresham
• 1538 William Forman
• 1539 Sir William Hollyes
• 1540 William Roche
• 1541 Michael Dormer
• 1542 John Cotes
• 1543 William Bowyer
• 1544 Sir Ralph Warren
• 1544 William Laxton
• 1545 Sir Martin Bowes
• 1546 Henry Huberthorn
• 1547 Sir John Gresham
• 1548 Henry Amcotts
• 1549 Sir Rowland Hill
• 1550 Andrew Judde
• 1551 Richard Dobbis
• 1552 George Barne
• 1553 Thomas Whyte
• 1554 John Lyon
• 1555 William Garrarde
• 1556 Thomas Offley
• 1557 Thomas Curtes
• 1558 Thomas Leigh
• 1559 William Hewet
• 1560 Sir William Chester
• 1561 William Harper
• 1562 Thomas Lodge
• 1563 John Whyte
• 1564 Richard Malorye
• 1565 Richard Champyon
• 1566 Christopher Draper
• 1567 Roger Martyn
• 1568 Thomas Rowe
• 1569 Alexander Avenon
• 1570 Rowland Heyward
• 1571 William Allen
• 1572 Lionel Duckett
• 1573 John Ryvers
• 1574 James Hawes
• 1575 Ambrose Nicholas
• 1576 John Langley
• 1577 Thomas Ramsay
• 1578 Richard Pype
• 1579 Nicholas Woodroffe
• 1580 John Branche
• 1581 James Harvye
• 1582 Thomas Blanke
• 1583 Edward Osborne
• 1584 Thomas Pullyson
• 1585 Wolstan Dixie
• 1586 George Barne
• 1587 George Bonde
• 1588 Martin Calthorp
• 1589 Richard Martin
• 1589 John Harte
• 1590 John Allot
• 1591 Sir Rowland Heyward
• 1591 William Webbe
• 1592 William Rowe
• 1593 Cuthbert Buckell
• 1594 Sir Richard Martin
• 1594 John Spencer
• 1595 Stephen Slanye
• 1596 Thomas Skinner
• 1596 Henry Billingsley
• 1597 Richard Saltonstall
• 1598 Stephen Soame
• 1599 Nicholas Mosley
• 1600 William Ryder

17th century

• 1601 John Garrarde
• 1602 Robert Lee
• 1603 Sir Thomas Bennett
• 1604 Sir Thomas Lowe
• 1605 Sir Leonard Halliday
• 1606 Sir John Watts
• 1607 Sir Henry Rowe
• 1608 Sir Humphrey Weld
• 1609 Sir Thomas Cambell
• 1610 Sir William Craven
• 1611 Sir James Pemberton
• 1612 Sir John Swynnerton
• 1613 Sir Thomas Middleton
• 1614 Sir Thomas Hayes
• 1615 Sir John Jolles
• 1616 John Leman
• 1617 George Bolles
• 1618 Sir Sebastian Harvey
• 1619 Sir William Cokayne
• 1620 Sir Frances Jones
• 1621 Edward Barkham
• 1622 Peter Probie
• 1623 Martin Lumley
• 1624 John Gore
• 1625 Allan Cotton
• 1626 Cuthbert Hacket
• 1627 Hugh Hammersley
• 1628 Richard Deane
• 1629 James Cambell
• 1630 Sir Robert Ducye
• 1631 George Whitmore
• 1632 Nicholas Rainton
• 1633 Ralph Freeman
• 1634 Thomas Moulson
• 1634 Robert Parkhurst
• 1635 Christopher Clitherow
• 1636 Edward Bromfield
• 1637 Richard Ven
• 1638 Sir Morris Abbot
• 1639 Henry Garraway
• 1640 Edmund Wright
• 1641 Richard Gurney
• 1642 Isaac Penington
• 1643 Sir John Wollaston
• 1644 Thomas Atkyn
• 1645 Thomas Adams
• 1646 Sir John Gayer
• 1647 John Warner
• 1648 Abraham Reynardson
• 1649 Thomas Andrewes
• 1649 Thomas Foot
• 1650 Thomas Andrewes
• 1651 John Kendricke
• 1652 John Fowke
• 1653 Thomas Vyner
• 1654 Christopher Pack
• 1655 John Dethick
• 1656 Robert Tichborne
• 1657 Richard Chiverton
• 1658 Sir John Ireton
• 1659 Thomas Alleyn
• 1660 Sir Richard Browne
• 1661 Sir John Frederick
• 1662 Sir John Robinson
• 1663 Sir Anthony Bateman
• 1664 Sir John Lawrence
• 1665 Sir Thomas Bludworth
• 1666 Sir William Bolton
• 1667 Sir William Peake
• 1668 Sir William Turner
• 1669 Sir Samuel Starling
• 1670 Sir Richard Ford
• 1671 Sir George Waterman
• 1672 Sir Robert Hanson
• 1673 Sir William Hooker
• 1674 Sir Robert Vyner
• 1675 Sir Joseph Sheldon
• 1676 Sir Thomas Davies
• 1677 Sir Francis Chaplin
• 1678 Sir James Edwards
• 1679 Sir Robert Clayton
• 1680 Sir Patience Ward
• 1681 Sir John Moore
• 1682 Sir William Prichard
• 1683 Sir Henry Tulse
• 1684 Sir James Smyth
• 1685 Sir Robert Geffery
• 1686 Sir John Peake
• 1687 Sir John Shorter
• 1688 Sir John Eyles
• 1688 Sir John Chapman
• 1689/90 Thomas Pilkington
• 1691 Sir Thomas Stampe
• 1692 Sir John Fleet
• 1693 Sir William Ashurst
• 1694 Sir Thomas Lant
• 1695 Sir John Houblon
• 1696 Sir Edward Clarke
• 1697 Sir Humphrey Edwin
• 1698 Sir Francis Child
• 1699 Sir Richard Levett
• 1700 Sir Thomas Abney

18th century

• 1701 Sir William Gore
• 1702 Sir Samuel Dashwood
• 1703 Sir John Parsons
• 1704 Sir Chnen Buckingham
• 1705 Sir Thomas Rawlinson
• 1706 Sir Robert Bedingfeld
• 1707 Sir William Withers
• 1708 Sir Charles Duncombe
• 1709 Sir Samuel Garrard
• 1710 Sir Gilbert Heathcote
• 1711 Sir Robert Beachcroft
• 1712 Sir Richard Hoare
• 1713 Sir Samuel Stanier
• 1714 Sir William Humfreys
• 1715 Sir Charles Peers
• 1716 Sir James Bateman
• 1717 Sir William Lewen
• 1718 Sir John Ward
• 1719 Sir George Thorold
• 1720 Sir John Fryer
• 1721 Sir William Stewart
• 1722 Sir Gerard Conyers
• 1723 Sir Peter Delme
• 1724 Sir George Merttins
• 1725 Sir Francis Forbes
• 1726 Sir John Eyles
• 1727 Sir Edward Becher
• 1728 Sir Robert Baylis
• 1729 Sir Robert Brocas
• 1730 Humphrey Parsons
• 1731 Francis Child
• 1732 John Barber
• 1733 Sir William Billers
• 1734 Sir Edward Bellamy
• 1735 Sir John Williams
• 1736 Sir John Thompson
• 1737 Sir John Bamard
• 1738 Micajah Perry
• 1739 Sir John Salter
• 1740 Humphrey Parsons
• 1741 Daniel Lambert
• 1741 Sir Robert Godschall
• 1742 George Heathcote
• 1742 Robert Willimott
• 1743 Robert Westley
• 1744 Henry Marshall
• 1745 Richard Hoare
• 1746 William Benn
• 1747 Sir Robert Ladbroke
• 1748 Sir William Calvert
• 1749 Sir Samuel Pennant
• 1750 John Blachford
• 1750 Francis Cockayne
• 1751 Thomas Winterbottom
• 1752 Robert Alsop
• 1752 Crisp Gascoyne
• 1753 Edward Ironside
• 1753 Thomas Rawlinson
• 1754 Stephen T. Janssen
• 1755 Slingsby Bethell
• 1756 Marshe Dickinson
• 1757 Sir Charles Asgill
• 1758 Sir Richard Glyn
• 1759 Sir Thomas Chitty
• 1760 Sir Mathew Blakiston
• 1761 Sir Samuel Fludyer
• 1762 William Beckford
• 1763 William Bridgen
• 1764 Sir William Stephenson
• 1765 George Nelson
• 1766 Sir Robert Kite
• 1767 Thomas Harley
• 1768 Samuel Tumer
• 1769 William Beckford
• 1770 Barlow Trecothick
• 1770 Brass Crosby
• 1771 William Nash
• 1772 James Townsend
• 1773 Frederick Bull
• 1774 John Wilkes
• 1775 John Sawbridge
• 1776 Sir Thomas Hallifax
• 1777 Sir James Esdaile
• 1778 Samuel Plumbe
• 1779 Brackley Kennett
• 1780 Sir Watkin Lewes
• 1781 William Plomer
• 1782 Nathaniel Newnham
• 1783 Robert Peckham
• 1784 Richard Clark
• 1785 Thomas Wright
• 1786 Thomas Sainsbury
• 1787 John Burnell
• 1788 William Gill
• 1789 William Pickett
• 1790 John Boydell
• 1791 John Hopkins
• 1792 Sir James Sanderson
• 1793 Paul le Mesurier
• 1794 Thomas Skinner
• 1795 William Curtis
• 1796 Brook Watson
• 1797 John Anderson
• 1798 Sir Richard Glyn
• 1799 Harvey Christian Combe
• 1800 Sir William Staines

19th century

• 1801 Sir John Eamer
• 1802 Charles Price
• 1803 John Perring
• 1804 Peter Perchard
• 1805 James Shaw
• 1806 Sir William Leighton
• 1807 John Ansley
• 1808 Charles Flower
• 1809 Thomas Smith
• 1810 Joshua Smith
• 1811 Claudius Stephen Hunter
• 1812 George Scholey
• 1813 William Domville
• 1814 Samuel Birch
• 1815/16 Matthew Wood
• 1817 Christopher Smith
• 1818 John Atkins
• 1819 George Bridges
• 1820 John Thomas Thorp
• 1821 Christopher Magnay
• 1822 William Heygate
• 1823 Robert Waithman
• 1824 John Garratt
• 1825 William Venables
• 1826 Anthony Brown
• 1827 Matthias Prime Lucas
• 1828 William Thompson
• 1829 John Crowder
• 1830 John Key Serving 2 Years
• 1832 Sir Peter Laurie
• 1833 Charles Farebrother
• 1834 Henry Winchester
• 1835 William Taylor Copeland
• 1836 Thomas Kelly
• 1837 John Cowan
• 1838 Samuel Wilson
• 1839 Sir Chapman Marshall
• 1840 Thomas Johnson
• 1841 John Pirie
• 1842 John Humphrey
• 1843 William Magnay
• 1844 Michael Gibbs
• 1845 John Johnson
• 1846 Sir George Carroll
• 1847 John Kinnersley Hooper
• 1848 Sir James Duke
• 1849 Thomas Farncomb
• 1850 John Musgrove
• 1851 William Hunter
• 1852 Thomas Challis
• 1853 Thomas Sidney
• 1854 Francis G. Moon
• 1855 David Salomons
• 1856 Thomas Finnis
• 1857 Sir Robert Carden
• 1858 David Wire
• 1859 John Carter
• 1860/61 William Cubitt
• 1862 William Rose
• 1863 William Lawrence
• 1864 Warren Hale
• 1865 Benjamin Phillips
• 1866 Thomas Gabriel
• 1867 William Allen
• 1868 James Lawrence
• 1869 Robert Besley
• 1870 Thomas Dakin
• 1871 Sills Gibbons
• 1872 Sir Sydney Waterlow
• 1873 Andrew Lusk
• 1874 David Stone
• 1875 William Cotton
• 1876 Sir Thomas White
• 1877 Thomas Owden
• 1878 Sir Charles Whetham
• 1879 Sir Francis W. Truscott
• 1880 William McArthur
• 1881 John Ellis
• 1882 Henry Knight
• 1883 Robert Fowler
• 1884 George Nottage
• 1885 Robert Fowler Second Term
• 1885 John Staples
• 1886 Sir Reginald Hanson
• 1887 Polydore de Keyser
• 1888 James Whitehead
• 1889 Sir Henry Isaacs
• 1890 Joseph Savory
• 1891 David Evans
• 1892 Stuart Knill
• 1893 George Tyler
• 1894 Sir Joseph Renals
• 1895 Sir Walter Wilkin
• 1896 George Faudel-Phillips
• 1897 Lt. Col. Horatio Davies
• 1898 Sir John Moore
• 1899 Alfred Newton
• 1900 Frank Green

20th century

• 1901 Sir Joseph Dimsdale
• 1902 Sir Marcus Samuel
• 1903 Sir James Ritchie
• 1904 John Pound
• 1905 Walter Morgan
• 1906 Sir William Treloar
• 1907 Sir John Bell
• 1908 Sir George Truscott
• 1909 Sir John Knill
• 1910 Sir Thomas V. Strong
• 1911 Sir Thomas B. Crosby
• 1912 Col. Sir David Burnett
• 1913 Sir Thomas V. Bowater
• 1914 Col. Sir Charles Johnston
• 1915 Col. Sir Charles Wakefield
• 1916 Sir William Dunn
• 1917 Charles Hanson
• 1918 Sir Horace Marshall
• 1919 Sir Edward Cooper
• 1920 James Roll
• 1921 Sir John Baddeley
• 1922 Edward C. Moore
• 1923 Col. Sir Louis Newton
• 1924 Sir Alfred Bower
• 1925 Sir William Pryke
• 1926 Sir George R. Blades
• 1927 Sir Charles Batho
• 1928 Sir John E. K. Studd
• 1929 Sir William Waterlow
• 1930 Sir William P. Neal
• 1931 Sir Maurice Jenks
• 1932 Sir Percy Greenaway
• 1933 Sir Charles Collett
• 1934 Sir Stephen Killik
• 1935 Sir Percy Vincent
• 1936 Sir George Broadbridge
• 1937 Sir Harry Twyford
• 1938 Maj. Sir Frank Bowater
• 1939 Sir William Coxen
• 1940 Sir George Wilkinson
• 1941 Lt. Col. Sir John Laurie
• 1942 Sir Samuel Joseph
• 1943 Sir Frank Newson-Smith
• 1944 Sir Frank Alexander
• 1945 Sir Charles Davis
• 1946 Sir Bracewell Smith
• 1947 Sir Frederick Wells
• 1948 Sir George Aylwen
• 1949 Sir Frederick Rowland
• 1950 Denys Lowson
• 1951 Sir Leslie Boyce
• 1952 Sir Rupert de La Bôre
• 1953 Sir Noel V. Bowater
• 1954 H. W. Seymour Howard
• 1955 Cuthbert L. Ackroyd
• 1956 Sir Cullum Welch
• 1957 Sir Denis Truscott
• 1958 Sir Harold Gillett
• 1959 Sir Edmund Stockdale
• 1960 Sir Bernard Waley-Cohen
• 1961 Sir Frederick Hoare
• 1962 Sir Ralph Perring
• 1963 Sir James Harman
• 1964 Sir James Miller
• 1965 Sir Lionel Denny
• 1966 Sir Robert Bellinger
• 1967 Sir Gilbert Inglefield
• 1968 Sir Charles Trinder
• 1969 Lt. Col. Sir Ian F. Bowater
• 1970 Sir Peter Studd
• 1971 Sir Edward Howard
• 1972 Lord Mais
• 1973 Sir Hugh Wontner
• 1974 Sir Murray Fox
• 1975 Lindsay Ring
• 1976 Sir Robin Gillett
• 1977 Sir Peter Vanneck
• 1978 Sir Kenneth Cork
• 1979 Sir Peter Gadsden
• 1980 Sir Ronald Gardner-Thorpe
• 1981 Sir Christopher Leaver
• 1982 Sir Anthony Jolliffe
• 1983 Dame Mary Donaldson
• 1984 Sir Alan Traill
• 1985 Sir Allan Davis
• 1986 Sir Duvid Rowe-Ham
• 1987 Sir Greville Spratt
• 1988 Sir Christopher Collett
• 1989 Sir Hugh Bridwell
• 1990 Sir Alexander Graham
• 1991 Sir Brian Jenkins
• 1992 Sir Francis McWilliams
• 1993 Sir Paul Newall
• 1994 Christopher Walford
• 1995 John Chalstrey
• 1996 Roger Cork
• 1997 Richard Nichols
• 1998 Lord Levene of Portsoken KBE
• 1999 Clive Martin OBE TD DL
• 2000 David Howarth Seymour Howard MA FSI

21st century

• 2001 James Michael Yorrick Oliver MSI (Dip) AHMR MCH Hon LLD
• 2002 Gavyn Farr Arthur MA
• 2003 Robert Finch
• 2004 Michael Berry Savory