The Society Today
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
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)