Past Presidents – The Chain

The chain of office comprises links engraved with the names of presidents from incorporation in 1879 to 1931:

Name

Years of Office

Name

Years of Office

Henry Birks 1879-1880 George Lawrence Shackles 1902-1903
Edwin Laverack 1880-1881 Charles Ernest Gresham 1903-1904
Francis Lowe 1881-1882 Thomas Hart 1904-1905
Albert Kaye Rollit 1883-1884 Arthur Rollit 1905-1906
Charles Frederick Shackles 1884-1885 Thomas White Holdich 1906-1908
John Joseph Thornley 1885-1886 Harry Wray 1908-1909
Thomas Priestman 1886-1887 Edward William Forward 1909-1911
James Thomas Woodhouse 1997-1889 Thomas Catherick Jackson 1911-1913
Andrew Marvel Jackson 1889-1892 Edwin Arthur Laverack 1913-1919
Thomas Frederic Farrell 1892-1893 Francis Churchill Manley 1919-1920
Henry Casimir Lambert 1893-1894 William Joseph Stuart 1920-1922
Frederic Arthur Scott 1894-1895 Herbert Alfred Learoyd 1922-1925
John Travis-Cook 1895-1896 John Herbert Payne 1925-1927
Thomas Pearce 1897-1898 Harry Herbert Sanderson 1927-1928
Robert Henry Winter 1898-1899 Priestley Cooper 1928-1929
Herbert Woodhouse 1899-1900 M V Gosschalk 1929-1930
Thomas Lomas Locking 1900-1901 E C S Stow 1930-1931
James Dixon 1901-1902