Close
Presidents
(Year when revealed to preside at the following year's dinner)
- 1954 Professor A. H. Smith
- 1955 Sir Ifor Evans
- 1956 Professor James Sutherland
- 1957 Professor George Kane
- 1958 Professor R. V. Jones
- 1959 Professor Terence Spencer
- 1960 Professor Bernard Wright
- 1961 Professor Arthur Brown
- 1962 Mr Joseph Scott
- 1963 Professor Frederick Norman
- 1964 Professor Sir Ronald Nyholm
- 1965 Professor Bruce Pattison
- 1966 Professor Peter Foote
- 1967 Professor Sir William Coldstream
- 1968 Professor Prakash Datta
- 1969 Mr E. Benedicz
- 1970 Mr R. B. Freeman
- 1971 Dr Cyril Dodd
- 1972 Professor Peter Rowe
- 1973 Professor Derrick James
- 1974 Professor Derrick James
- 1975 Professor Derrick James
- 1976 Mr U. Enegren
- 1977 Professor Sir David Wilson
- 1978 Professor John Dodgson
- 1979 Professor J. A. C. Thomas
- 1980 Mr Arthur Tattersall
- 1981 Professor Anthony Mathias
- 1982 Professor F. J. J. Cadwallader
- 1983 Mr Nigel Bromage
- 1984 Dr John Enticknap
- 1985 Sir Kenneth Christofas
- 1986 Mr Fred Gee
- 1987 Mr Bryan Bennett
- 1988 Dr Peter Verrill
- 1989 Professor Sir James Lighthill
- 1990 Professor Denys Fairweather
- 1991 Mr David Bowles
- 1992 Dr Alan Huggins
- 1993 Professor Bartolomeu dos Santos
- 1994 Dr Roderick Fisher
- 1995 Major-General Ian Baker
- 1996 Judge Bernard Hargrove QC
- 1997 Professor John Mullin
- 1998 Professor William Mead
- 1999 Dr Stephen Montgomery
- 2000 Professor Eric Brown
- 2001 Dr Anthony Smith
- 2002 Mr Negley Harte
- 2003 Lord McNally
- 2004 Mr Michael Freeman
- 2005 Mr Alexander Duma
- 2006 Mr Martin Butcher
- 2007 Professor John North
- 2008 Professor Kathleen Burk
- 2009 Professor John Callomon
- 2010 Professor Malcolm Grant
- 2011 H.E. Dr Francisco Seixas da Costa
- 2012 Dr Diana Manuel
- 2013 Professor John Foreman
- 2014 Professor Dmitri Vassiliev
- 2015 Ambassador Georgina Butler
- 2016 Professor David Bogle
- 2017 Professor Edgar Anderson
- 2018 Dr Winston Hutchinson
- 2019 Dr Toni Griffiths
- 2020-21 Sir David Bodey
- 2022 Ms Sue Cameron
- 2023 Dr Iain Mowbray
- 2024 Sir Paul Mahoney
Secretaries
- 1954 Mr Arthur Brown
- 1955 Professor George Kane
- 1956 Mr Kenneth J. Palmer
- 1957 Mr Charles Peake
- 1958 Mr Geoffrey Needham
- 1959 Mr Peter Goolden
- 1960 Mr Jeremy Warburg
- 1961 Mr John Chalker
- 1962 Mr Toni Petti
- 1963 Dr Macdonald Emslie
- 1964 Mr Peter Goolden
- 1965 Mr (later Sir) David Wilson
- 1966 Professor Randolph Quirk
- 1967 Professor Derrick James
- 1968-1977 Mr Arthur Tattersall
- 1978-1981 Mr Joseph Scott
- 1982-1987 Mr J. Murray Watson
- 1988-1993 Dr Anthony C. H. Smith
- 1994-2000 Mr Negley Harte
- 2001-2020 Mr Martin Butcher
- 2021- Mr Frank Penter
Keeper of the Archives
- 1984-2001 Professor Frank Carter
- 2002-2020 Dr Negley Harte
- 2021- Mr Martin Butcher
Keeper of the Cudgel
- 1988-2011 Professor James Graham-Campbell
- 2012- Professor David Bogle
Keeper of the Seals
- 2008-2020 Dr Negley Harte
- 2021- Mr Martin Butcher
Keeper of the Purse
- 1995-2000 Dr Anthony Smith
- 2001-2002 Dr Negley Harte
- 2002-2007 Dr Anthony Smith
- 2007- Dr Iain Mowbray
Assistant Keeper of the Purse
- 2024 Prof. Michael Munday
Living Memory
- Professor John Dodgson
- Mr Bryan Bennett
- Dr Negley Harte (from 2011)
Keeper of the Scholars
- 2007-2012 Dr Anthony Smith
- 2013-2022 Mr Frank Penter
- 2022- Mr Mike Kelly
Keeper of the Collected Orations
- 2005-2013 Mr Andrew Saffery
- 2013-2020 Mr Frank Penter
- 2021- Mr Martin Butcher
Elders and Awful Guardians
- Mrs Therese Bennett
- Professor David Bogle
- Professor Kathleen Burk
- Ambassador Georgina Butler
- Dr Toni Griffiths
- Dr Winston Hutchinson
- Dr Stephen Montgomery
- Mrs Fernanda dos Santos
- Dr Anthony Smith