Our past

Our Past Masters

Every Master of the Company since its founding in 1946.

How the Company began

This century

2000 to today

2024 – 2025: W R T Crane
2023 – 2024: G L Brogden
2022 – 2023: R E Davies
2021 – 2022: Mrs K J Mercer
2020 – 2021: R T Whitlock
2019 – 2020: D J H Bolton
2018 – 2019: Miss R S N Carne
2017 – 2018: J A Sayers
2016 – 2017: P G Wynn
2015 – 2016: T H Wheatley-Hubbard
2014 – 2015: A J Alston
2013 – 2014: Baroness Byford DBE DL
2012 – 2013: J K Reynolds
2011 – 2012: P R Faulkner
2010 – 2011: W F Balch
2009 – 2010: J D Courtney
2008 – 2009: J F Thorpe OBE
2007 – 2008: T A Copas †
2006 – 2007: Sir Graham Wilkinson Bt
2005 – 2006: The Lord Plumb of Coleshill DL †
2004 – 2005: N J Fiske
2003 – 2004: P H Gibbons DL †
2002 – 2003: C T Redman
2001 – 2002: HRH The Princess Royal KG KT GCVO QSO
2000 – 2001: R A Brooks

The later years

1980 to 1999

1999 – 2000: J H Cossins CBE DL †
1998 – 1999: C F Pertwee DL
1997 – 1998: The Rt Hon Sir Richard Butler DL †
1996 – 1997: W M Cornish
1995 – 1996: J S Borner †
1994 – 1995: M C Foreman †
1993 – 1994: Mrs E R Wheatley-Hubbard OBE †
1992 – 1993: A J Tritton †
1991 – 1992: Sir Henry Nevile KCVO †
1990 – 1991: R J Upton JP DL
1988 – 1990: R M Older CBE DL †
1987 – 1988: S F B Taylor
1986 – 1987: T W Kemsley JP †
1985 – 1986: D G Pearce †
1984 – 1985: C T Muddiman †
1983 – 1984: K E Roberts OBE JP †
1982 – 1983: Major Sir Charles Graham Bt †
1981 – 1982: M H Hinton JP †
1980 – 1981: C G Metson OBE †

The early years

1946 to 1979

1979 – 1980: R J Harrison JP †
1978 – 1979: A Q Hitchcock CBE
1977 – 1978: M C Cheveley †
1976 – 1977: Sir Nigel Strutt TD DL †
1975 – 1976: Lt Col C A Brooks OBE TD DL †
1974 – 1975: B L Barker †
1973 – 1974: The Rt Hon The Earl of Lonsdale †
1972 – 1973: R S Borner OBE VRD
1971 – 1972: F H Garner †
1970 – 1971: W M Balch †
1969 – 1970: N R Whitwell JP †
1968 – 1969: H C H Graves OBE †
1967 – 1968: E Hitchcock †
1966 – 1967: W L Cardy †
1965 – 1966: P B Taylor TD JP DL †
1964 – 1965: H C Tinsley MBE †
1963 – 1964: E G Parsons CVO CBE †
1962 – 1963: The Rt Hon Lord Swaythling OBE †
1961 – 1962: S W Cheveley OBE †
1960 – 1961: The Rt Hon Lord Cronwell DSO MC JP †
1959 – 1960: F C Hawkes CBE †
1958 – 1959: Sir Thomas Neame †
1957 – 1958: F N Mathews MBE †
1956 – 1957: Sir Cleveland Fyfe CBE †
1955 – 1956: W J Cumber CBE †
1954 – 1955: V H Parker MBE †
1953 – 1954: Sir Richard W Haddon CBE †
1946 – 1953: The Rt Hon Lord Courthope MC DL †

† denotes deceased.