| 1898-1903 |
Sir E Montague Nelson |
| 1904-1931 |
Ald S Flavel |
| 1932-1936 |
Ald C H Southorn |
| 1937-1943 |
W V P Hexter |
| 1944 |
A D Matthews |
| 1945-1946 |
Sir Thomas Southorn |
| 1947 |
D L H Mercer |
| 1948 |
Dr A P Gibbons |
| 1949 |
Sir Kenneth W Barlee |
| 1950 |
O P Arton |
| 1951 |
L W Taylor |
| 1952 |
Col W H Hammond |
| 1953 |
Col W L Bain |
| 1954 |
A G K Brown |
| 1955 |
Dr N C Lendon |
| 1956 |
J A Graves |
| 1957 |
G W Mann |
| 1958 |
Brig R T Cooke |
| 1959 |
R R Evans |
| 1960 |
L G Taffs |
| 1961 |
L Jones |
| 1962 |
S Jennings |
| 1963 |
A H Dawkes |
| 1964 |
Rev H E Cullis |
| 1965 |
J K Hacking |
| 1966 |
Prof G E G Catlin |
| 1967 |
P Shiner |
| 1968 |
C C Wintle |
| 1969 |
The Rt Hon F W Mulley MP |
| 1970 |
Air Vice-Marshal P C Cleaver |
| 1971 |
H Whetter |
| 1972 |
P A Treadaway |
| 1973 |
W E Moughton |
| 1974 |
D G Palmer |
| 1975 |
H T Wheeler |
| 1976 |
T R Allen |
| 1977 |
D S V Castle |
| 1978 |
R T Pebody |
| 1979 |
J A Pritchard |
| 1980 |
A J Everton |
| 1981 |
J M A Marshall |
| 1982 |
Air Vice-Marshal D F Bates |
| 1983 |
H Greenway MP |
| 1984 |
A R Billington |
| 1985 |
G G Morris |
| 1986 |
M J Cotton |
| 1987 |
W J Camkin |
| 1988 |
E Hope |
| 1989 |
D H Balfry |
| 1990 |
R T J Holl-Allen |
| 1991 |
B P Hayward |
| 1992 |
Brig M J F Stephens |
| 1993 |
Air Cdre C J Cruickshanks |
| 1994 |
T F Horn |
| 1995 |
A S Hacking QC |
| 1996 |
D E Hanson |
| 1997 |
Capt I Thorpe RN |
| 1998 |
P H E Bailey |
| 1999 |
T C Bellamy |
| 2000 |
D R Foskett QC |
| 2001 |
N J Robinson |
| 2002 |
P F Ramage |
| 2003 |
D M Phillips |
| 2004 |
T G Flynn |
| 2005 |
R Dixon |
| 2006 |
C R Mason CBE |
| 2007 |
A N Crockert |
| 2008 |
D B Stevens |
| 2009 |
J P Cavanagh QC |
| 2010 |
J C Meredith |
| 2011 |
C Mather |
| 2012 |
G E Neath CBE |
| 2013 |
Maj Gen M Huntley CB |
| 2014 |
The Hon Sir David Foskett |
| 2015 |
M L Harwood BEM |
| 2016 |
N W Brown OBE |
| 2017 |
J Marcus |
| 2018 |
Col J K Mahan |
| 2019 |
A F Keeling QC |
| 2020 |
Prof Peter Varnish OBE |
| 2021 |
P E Baird |
| 2022 |
Prof Peter Varnish OBE |
| 2023 |
J S Button |
| 2024 |
J P Cook OBE |
