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    HIS MAJESTY KING CHARLES III

    PATRON


    OFFICERS AND COUNCIL

    KNIGHT PRINCIPAL
    The Rt Hon Sir Gary Hickinbottom

    REGISTRAR
    The Rt Hon Sir Tony Baldry DL

    TREASURER
    Sir Pritpal Singh

    KNIGHT PRESIDENT
    Professor Sir Colin Berry

    KNIGHTS VICE-PRESIDENT
    The Rt Hon the Lord Lingfield Kt, DL
    Sir Jeremy Elwes CBE

    MEMBERS OF COUNCIL
    Sir Michael Hirst
    Sir Ben Kingsley (Overseas Member)
    Sir Mark Pepys FRS, FMedSci
    Sir Roger Fry CBE (Overseas Member)
    Sir Andrew Parmley
    Sir Mark Rowley QPM
    Sir Sam Everington
    Sir Christopher Greenwood GBE, CMG, QC

    PROVOST
    The Revd Canon Professor Peter Galloway LVO, OBE, KStJ, JP, PhD, DLitt, FSA, FRHistS

    GENEALOGIST
    Mr Robert Noel - Clarenceux King of Arms

    GENTLEMAN USHER
    Colonel Piers Storie-Pugh, OBE, TD, DL

    CLERK TO THE COUNCIL
    Philip Beddows Esq

    The former Prelate (Lord Chartres) with Sir Colin Berry
    The former Prelate (Lord Chartres) with Sir Colin Berry
    HRH The Duke of Gloucester with the ISKB Council
    HRH The Duke of Gloucester with the ISKB Council

    KNIGHTS PRINCIPAL

    2019 The Rt Hon Sir Gary Hickinbottom
    2012     Sir Colin Berry
    2006 Sir Robert Balchin DL (later Lord Lingfield)
    2000 Sir Richard Gaskell
    1995 Sir Conrad Swan KCVO Garter
    1983 Sir Colin Cole KCB KCVO TD Garter
    1962 Sir Anthony Wagner KCB KCVO Garter
    1957 The Hon. Sir George Bellew KCVO Garter
    1931 Sir Gerald Wollaston KCB KCVO Garter
    1931 Commander Sir Trevor Dawson Bt RN
    1923 The Rt. Hon. Sir William Bull MP
    1911 Sir Henry Pellatt CVO
    1908 The Hon. Sir Bargrave Deane

    REGISTRARS OF THE SOCIETY

    2023 The Rt Hon Sir Tony Baldry
    2017 Sir Michael Hirst
    2017     Sir Jeremy Elwes CBE
    2012     Sir Gavyn Arthur
    2006 Sir Paul Judge
    1998 Sir Robert Balchin DL
    1991 Sir Kenneth Newman GBE
    1986 Sir Roger Falk OBE
    1978 Sir Arthur Driver
    1960 Sir John Russell
    1944 Sir Thomas Lumley-Smith DSO
    1941 Sir Edwin Lutyens OM KCIE
    1939 Sir Malcolm Fraser Bt
    1921 Sir Park Goff Bt
    1920 Sir Harry North
    1907 Sir William Bull MP

    HONORARY TREASURERS OF THE IMPERIAL SOCIETY

    2023 Sir Pritpal Singh
    2017 Sir Clive Thompson
    2012     Sir Jeremy Elwes CBE
    2006 Sir Colin Berry
    1999 Sir Paul Judge
    1994 Sir Douglas Morpeth TD
    1986 Sir Peter Lane (later Lord Lane of Horsell)
    1969 Sir John Howard DL
    1961 Sir Reginald Blair Bt - Joint Hon Treasurer with Sir Richard Yeabsley
    1959 Sir Richard Yeabsley CBE - Joint Hon Treasurer with Sir Patrick Hannon
    1946 Sir William Shenton - Joint Hon Treasurer with Sir Patrick Hannon
    1944 Sir Patrick Hannon - Joint Hon Treasurer with Lord Plender
    1941 Sir Clement Hindley KCIE - Joint Hon Treasurer with Lord Plender
    1935 The Lord Plender - Joint Hon Treasurer with Sir Malcolm Fraser Bt
    1934 Sir Malcolm Fraser Bt - Joint Hon Treasurer with Sir Patrick Ford Bt
    1931 Sir Patrick Ford Bt & The Rt Hon Sir Harry Samuel - Joint Hon Treasurers
    1924 Sir Vansittart Bowater Bt
    1908 Sir Roper Parkington DL & Sir Clifton Robinson - Joint Hon Treasurers

    CLERKS OF THE IMPERIAL SOCIETY

    2024 Philip Beddows Esq
    2009 Colonel Simon Doughty
    2009-2020     Mrs Melanie Felton (Assistant to The Clerk)
    1999 Richard L Jenkins Esq LVO TD
    1984 Robert M Esden Esq MBE
    1983 Miss Mary Elliston*
    1975 Mrs E Reid*
    1971 Mrs Farrell*
    1959 Mrs Ivor Rodney*
    1934 Miss E Blackwell*
    1931 Miss E M Gill*
    1931 Miss Tyrwhitt*
    1928 George Bull Esq
    1926 Bryan L Brown Esq
    1920 Hubert Whelbourn Esq
    1910 Willoughby Bullock Esq

    *Assistants to the Registrar

    PRELATES OF THE IMPERIAL SOCIETY

    2018 The Rt Revd & Rt Hon Dame Sarah Mullally DBE, Lord Bishop of London
    1996     The Rt Revd & Rt Hon Richard Chartres DD DLITT FSA, Lord Bishop of London
    1992 The Rt Revd & Rt Hon David Hope BA DPHIL DD, Lord Bishop of London
    1986 The Rt Revd & Rt Hon Graham Leonard DD, Lord Bishop of London
    1974 The Rt Revd & Rt Hon G A Ellison DD, Lord Bishop of London
    1973 Vacant
    1968 The Rt Revd & Rt Hon R W Stopford CBE DD DCL, Lord Bishop of London

    PRELATES EMERITUS OF THE IMPERIAL SOCIETY

    2017 The Rt Revd & Rt Hon the Lord Chartres KCVO DD DLITT FSA

    DEANS OF THE IMPERIAL SOCIETY

    2022 The Very Revd Andrew Tremlett, Dean of St Paul's Cathedral
    2012 The Very Revd Dr David Ison, KCVO, Dean of St Paul's Cathedral
    2007 The Rt Revd Graeme Knowles, Dean of St Paul's Cathedral
    2005 The Very Revd Dr John Moses KCVO, Dean of St Paul's Cathedral

    PROVOSTS OF THE IMPERIAL SOCIETY

    2007 The Revd Canon Professor Peter Galloway LVO OBE JP FSA FRHistS

    GENEALOGISTS OF THE IMPERIAL SOCIETY

    2001 Robert Noel Esq., Norroy and Ulster King of Arms
    1977 Colin Cole Esq., MVO, Windsor Herald (later Sir Colin Cole KCB KCVO, Garter King of Arms)