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 |