Past officers

Please see below the past officers of Sylvan:

President

YearPresident
1868T. Yeo
1869Sir Thos. Finlay, Bart., J.P.
1870-92Charles Greville Prideaux, Q.C., F.R.A.S., Recorder of Bristol
1892-1901Sir George Sherston Baker
1902-03Washington Edmonds Haycock
1903-04Frederick Wood
1905-07Robert Manuel
1907-08Arthur Lucas
1908-09R. W. Granville Smith
1909-10William Irvine
1910-11Judge T. E. Haydon
1911-12J. Harwood Panting
1912-13F. J. Spranger
1913-14F. G. Price
1914-20Percy Burton
1920-21Barry O’Brien
1921-22Archibald Hair
1922-23Earnshaw Wake
1923-24T. Livingstone Baily
1924-25A. H. Sydney Woolf
1925-26R. Fielding Ould, M.D.
1926-27Rudolph Burney
1927-28H. C. Holder
1928-29Bertram W. Young
1929-30George Martin, L1.D.
1930-31E. E. Bluett
1931-32F. Humphrey Davy
1932-33R. H. Bloomfield
1933-34Raymond Oliver
1934-35J. H. Lewis
1935-36Captain J. W. Nicholas
1936-37S. J. Vos
1937-38M. R. Dell
1938-45C. A. Ward
1945-46L. F. Matthews
1946-47J. F. Mason
1947-48W. Miller
1948-49C. J. MacNamara
1949-50H. W. Lewis
1950-51A. G. Kidd
1951-52E. P. Meredith
1952-53G. A. Green
1953-54C. T. Southgate
1954-55J. H. M. Clark
1955-56L. G. Dunford
1956-57F. J. Murray
1957-59C. T. Southgate
1959-60E. M. Lambert
1960-61B. L. Trudgett
1961-62A. C. Gammon
1962-63W. B. Callaway
1963-64F. D. Copeland
1964-65F. G. Tarrant
1965-66M. Gaze
1966-67H. E. W. Hollobone
1967-68
1968-69W. A. Doody
1969-70Winifred Hyett
1970-71
1971-72
1972-73
1973-74
1974-75
1975-76
1976-77
1977-78
1978-79
1979-80
1980-81
1981-82
1982-83
1983-84
1984-85
1985-86
1986-87
1987-88
1988-89
1989-90
1990-91
1991-92
1992-93
1993-94Margaret Saville
1994-95
1995-96
1996-97
1997-98
1998-99
1999-2000Donald Leon Soon
2000-03Dorinda Harwood
2003-05Gwyn Redgers
2005-06Maureen Mahon
2006-07
2007-08
2008-15Donald Leon Soon
2015-18David Kerry
2018-Ross Hunter
Additional past presidents (years unknown)W.A. Doody
Nigel Kynoch Clark
Ken Melross
David D. Wedgwood
Winifred Hyett
Joan Hunter
Harry Heywood
The Lord Harmsworth
Margaret Saville
Frank Janus
Sidney A. Lee

 

Treasurer

YearTreasurer
1868-79Alfred Harmsworth
1870-71W. J. Smellie
1871-76Frank Debenham
1876-85Russell Gale
1885-96W. F. Baugham, C.B.
1896-1922Alfred C. W. Harmsworth, created Baronet 1903, Baron 1904 and Viscount Northcliffe 1917
1922-24Viscount Rothermere
1924-48Cecil B. Harmsworth, created Lord Harmsworth 1939
1948-49J. F. Mason
1949-51P. S. Vos
1951-56John Willcock
1956-62F. D. Copeland
1962-66L. G. Dunford
1966-69F. G. Tarrant OBE
1969-70W. G. R. Thom
1993-94Frank M. Janus
1997-2015Donald Leon Soon
2015-18Ross Hunter
2018-22Ina Negoita
2022-James Goodwin

 

Secretary

YearSecretary
1868-70Alfred Harmsworth
1870-76Washington E. Haycock
1876-88Washington E. Haycock and Robert Manuel (joint)
1888-89Robert Manuel
1889-94James De Nops
1894-96Walter Howard
1896-98Leicester Harmsworth (later Sir Leicester), W. L. McArthur (joint)
1898-1904J. T. Herbert
1904-05T. Livingstone Baily
1905-11Charles Gillett
1911-18B. W. Young
1918-21E. C. Williams
1921-25Edward Cecil
1925-26Raymond Oliver
1926-28Humphrey Davy
1928-31Captain J. Nicholas
1931-35E. K. Dell and A. Read
1935-37F. M. Newark and G. C. Brand (joint)
1937-46E. P. Meredith and W. Miller (joint)
1946-53E. P. Meredith and G. A. Gordon (joint)
1953-54D. Hastings Dasent and F. D. Copeland (joint)
1954-55F. D. Copeland and F. T. Bakker (joint)
1955-56F. T. Bakker and G. Lamming (joint)
1956-58G. Lamming
1958-60H. Heywood
1960-67Mrs. W. Hyett
1968-69Mrs Winifred Hyett
1969-70F.G. Tarrant OBE
1993-94Carlos van Amerongen
2000-03Maureen Mahon (minute secretary)
2003-04Dorinda Harwood
2004-06Donald Leon Soon