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Officers of the Society since 1837

Presidents : 1837 - 2007

Earl of Fitzwilliam
Marquis of Ripon
P. F. Kendall
A. Harker
R. H. Tiddeman
D. Forsyth
Sir W. Garforth
G. W. Lamplugh
J. J. Burton
E. J. Garwood
J. W. Stather
A. Gilligan
T. Sheppard
C. W. Fennell
W. G. Fearnsides
W. P. Winter
E. J. Garwood
W. S. Bisat
R. G. S. Hudson
R. G. Carruthers
W. H. Wilcockson
H. C. Versey
W. B. R. King
F. M. Trotter
W. Anderson
G. H. Mitchell
W. N. Edwards
Sir K. C. Dunham
J. E. Hemingway
G. S. Gowing
L. F. Penny
P.E. Kent
A. W. Woodland
Dorothy H. Rayner
L. R. Moore
M. R. House
W. H. C. Ramsbottom
J. Dossor
G. A. L. Johnson
J. W. Neale
A. E. Currall
D. B. Smith
A. A. Wilson
A. C. Dunham
B. Young
P. R. Ineson
C. T. Scrutton
D. W. Holliday
M. Romano
D. Millward
P. F. Rawson
J.H. Powell

M.A. Whyte

1837 - 1858
1859 - 1909
1910 - 1911
1912 - 1913
1914 - 1915
1916 - 1918
1919 - 1920
1921 - 1922
1923 - 1924
1925 - 1926
1927 - 1928
1929 - 1930
1931 - 1932
1933 - 1934
1935 - 1936
1937
1938
1939 - 1940
1941 - 1942
1943 - 1944
1945 - 1946
1947 - 1948
1949 - 1950
1951 - 1952
1953 - 1954
1955 - 1956
1957
1958 - 1959
1960 - 1961
1962
1963 - 1964
1965 - 1966
1967 - 1968
1969 - 1970
1971 - 1972
1973 - 1974
1975 - 1976
1977 - 1978
1979 - 1980
1981 - 1982
1983 - 1984
1985 - 1986
1987 - 1988
1989 - 1990
1991 - 1992
1993 - 1994
1995 - 1996
1997 - 1998
1999 - 2000
2001 - 2002
2003 - 2004
2004 - 2006
2006 -

Secretaries

General Secretaries

Secretaries & Treasurers

J. W. Davis
Rev. W. Lower Carter
J. H. Howarth
Rev. W. Lower Carter & C. Johns
C. Johns & E. Hawksworth
C. Johns
A. Gilligan
H. E. Wroot
H. C. Versey
J. A. Dell
S. G. Lee
J. E. Hemmingway
G. de Boer
G. A. L. Johnson
D. A. C. Mills
B. Waugh
A. V. Hodgson
J.M. Nunwick
M.A. Whyte
A.C. Benfield
W. J. Varker
T. Morse

1876 - 1893
1894 - 1906
1907
1908 - 1910
1911
1912 - 1913
1914 - 1917
1918 - 1927
1928 - 1938
1939 - 1942
1943 - 1944
1945 - 1956
1957 - 1961
1962 - 1967
1968 - 1970
1971 - 1973
1974 - 1979
1980 - 1987
1988 - 1989
1990 - 1993
1994 - 1997
1997 - 

T. Wilson
J. T. Clay
Rev. W. Thorp
W. S. Ward
L. C. Miall

1837 - 1841
1842 - 1843
1844 - 1853
1854 - 1870
1871 - 1875

Assistant Secretaries

Post revived 1966 - put in abeyance 1987

H. Denny
J. Crowther

D. A. C. Mills
B. Waugh
P. T. Warren
A. V. Hodgson
D. J. M. Rowe
J. M. Nunwick
W. J. Varker
M. A. Whyte

1845 - 1870
1875 - 1881

1966-  1967
1968 - 1970
1971
1972 - 1973
1974 - 1977
1978 - 1979
1980 - 1984
1985 - 1987

Secretaries for the Programme Committee

Secretaries for Field Meetings

A. C. Benfield
N. J. Riley
M. H. Pedley
P. B. Wignall
J. P. Rowe
R. Twitchett
P. B. Wignall
C. Nichol

1988 - 1989
1990 - 1991
1992
1993 - 1996
1997 - 1998
1999 - 2000
2001 - 2004
2005 -

From 1945 until 1987, arrangements for field meetings were made by the General Secretary and their assistants, and thereafter by the Secretary to the Programme Committee.

G. H. Mitchell
E. Hepworth
A. Charlesworth
W. Davies

1935 - 1938
1939
1940 - 1941
1942 - 1944

Treasurers
General Treasurers Assistant Treasurers
J. Bigg
W. Cash
J. H. Howarth
W. Simpson
J. E. Wilson
J. W. Sutcliffe
W. P. Winter
W. H. Wilcockson
W. L. Whittle
L. Carr
J. J. Priestley
A. E. Currall
A. A. Wilson
A. C. Dunham
D. H. Land
J. G. O. Smart
L. B. Eagle
P. R. Ineson
M. G. Allderidge
W. Watts
1876 - 1882
1883 - 1901
1902 - 1906
1907 - 1911
1912 - 1919
1920 - 1922
1923 - 1929
1930 - 1938
1939 - 1944
1945 - 1948
1949 - 1957
1958 - 1962
1963 - 1968
1969
1970 - 1976
1977 - 1983
1984 - 1987
1988 - 1991
1992 - 2004
2005 -
Office started in 1966 and put in abeyance December 1987
J. G. O. Smart
D. V. Frost
J. Hudson
L. Jones
J. Pattison
J. G. O. Smart
P. Stainthorpe
1973 - 1976
1976 - 1978
1979 - 1980
1981
1982 - 1984
1985
1986 - 1987
Editors: Proceedings
Before 1877 the name Editor was not recorded, neither in the Society's Minutes nor in the Proceedings.  It would appear that the editorial duties were carried out by the Secretaries, without acknowledgement.
J. W. Davis
Rev. W. Lower Carter & W. Cash
Rev. W. Lower Carter & A. R. Dwerryhouse
Rev. W. Lower Carter
H. E. Wroot
H. E. Wroot & H. C. Versey
H. E. Wroot
H. E. Wroot & D. A. Wray
R. G. S. Hudson
W. Anderson
P. C. Sylvester-Bradley
G. de Boer
P.C. Sylvester-Bradley
D. H. Rayner & T. Whitworth
D. H. Rayner & P. D. Lamming
B. J. Taylor & P. D. Lamming
R. S. Arthurton & P. D. Lamming
P. T. Warren & P. D. Lamming
D. W. Holliday & P. D. Lamming
P. F. Rawson & A. G. Fraser
P. F. Rawson & P. W. Scott
P. W. Scott & J. R. Senior
J. R. Senior & R. W. O'B. Knox
R. W. O'B. Knox
R. W. O'B. Knox & I. C. Burgess
D. Millward & I. C. Burgess
N. Aitkenhead & I. C. Burgess
D. W. Holliday & N. Aitkenhead
S. G. Molyneux & D. W. Holliday
S.G. Molyneux
1877 - 1893
1894 - 1906
1907
1908 - 1917
1918 - 1923
1924
1925 - 1929
1930 - 1934
1935 - 1946
1947 - 1952
1953 - 1955
1956
1957
1958 - 1960
1960 - 1968
1969 - 1971
1971
1972
1972 - 1974
1975 - 1977
1978 - 1980
1981
1982 - 1983
1984 - 1988
1989 - 1990
1991 - 1995
1996 - 1999
2000 - 2002
2003 - 2006
2006 -
Editor: Circular
P.Kabrna
K.Park
1993 - 2003
2003 -
Editor: Web
P. Kabrna
P.J. Boylan
1997 - 2003
2003 -

Last updated: 5th December 2006 by Patrick Boylan, Web Editor: P.Boylan@city.ac.uk