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Past Masters

2022

Christopher John Robinson

2020-21

Dr Carrie Mary Heaven Herbert MBE

2019

His Honour Peter John Luther Beaumont CBE KC

2018

Dr Timothy Charles Osborn-Jones

2017

Colin Marten Llewellyn Evans

2016

George William Herbert Clarke

2015

Janek Charles Welch Wichtowski

2014

Richard James Herbert

2013

Christopher John Robinson

2012

George Adam Traill

2011

Christopher Charles Fisher

2010

John William Gordon Prynne

2009

John Michael Pocock

2008

John Pedder

2007

Richard Simon Randolph

2006 Peter Reginald Welch Roberts

2005

The Hon Michael John Francis Donaldson

2004

Martin Welch Roberts

2003

Master Nicolas William Bragge

2002

Richard David Regan

2001

David Barnes

2000

The Hon Richard Jeremy Ian Mais

1999

Colin Marten Llewellyn Evans

1998

Peter Watts

1997

Christopher Jeremy Osborn-Jones

1996

John Alexander Llewellyn Evans

1995

Sir James Butler

1994

Christopher Valleton Mere Latham

1993

Peter Reginald Welch Roberts

1992

Richard Embleton Smith

1991

Geoffrey William Walker

1990

Richard Anthony Everest

1989

Ian Alexander Scott

1988

William John Herbert

1987

William Gordon Prynne

1986

Charles James de Courcy Scott

1985

Denys Randolph

1984

Ian Strickland Ball

1983

Alexander Welby Deakin

1982

Philip John Morlock

1981

George Ian Haslam Traill

1980

William Anthony Clarke

1979

Ald. Sir Alan Towers Traill

Lord Mayor 1984. Master 1979. Sir Alan Traill followed his father, the late George Traill (Master 1955), into the insurance industry. Since leaving Lloyds in 2000 he has been an insurance consultant, arbitrator, mediator and expert witness. He is also a Past Master of the Musicians Company and his special interest is assisting with the development of musicians and their all round education. He is currently Chairman of the Governors of The Yehudi Menuhin School, and a Member of the LSO Education Committee.
1978

Percy Henry Watts

1977

Patrick Bernard Burke

1976 Norman Wilson Iorns

1974-5

Canon Douglas Webster

1973

Anthony David Allen Kelly

1972

Edward Buchanan Young

1971

Eric Lawrence Northover

1970 Roland Francis Champness

1969

Norman Wilson Iorns

1968

Al. The Rt. Hon. Lord Mais of Walbrook

Lord Mayor 1972-3. Master 1968. Lord Mais was a civil engineer and, following distinguished military service during the Second World War, became Chairman of Peachey Property Corporation. He was responsible for redeveloping Craythorne House in Newgate Street when it had been acquired by the Company. He was also a liveryman of the Paviors’ Company and founder member of the World Traders’ Company.
1967

John Marten Llewellyn Evans

1966

Kenneth St. John Beaumont

1965

Ernest Gordon Welch Roberts

1964

Joseph Wilfred Pocock

1963

Walter Edward James McDonnell

1962

Charles Victor Jacobs

1961

Arthur Charles Jeffkins

1960

Dennis Charles Corfield Roberts

1959

George Vert Thomson

1958

Alan Lile Llewellyn Evans

1957

Bertram Humphreys Jones

1956

Herbert Sutton Syrett

1955

George Traill

1954

Howard George Potts

1953

Kenneth Percival Strohmenger

1952

Robert McVitie Weston

1951

The Rt. Hon. Sir John Beaumont

1950

Dudley Pocock

1949

Leslie Gordon Welch

1948

Richard Donald Scott Cheesewright (Died 18.9.48)

1947

Kenneth Macdonald Beaumont

1946

Cyril Howard Welch

1945

Cuthbert Gerald Welch

1944

Samuel Horace Rexford Welch

1943

Percy Laurence Pocock

1941-2

Walter Joel

1940

Sydney Elsdon Pocock

1939

Arthur Jeffkins

1938

Thomas James Herbert

1937

Percy Tennyson Perkins

1936

Sir Horace Louis Petit Boot

1935

William Alfred Herbert

1935

The Court

The Court examining the work of their apprentices, 16th January 1935
1934

Herbert Charles Welch

1933

George Herbert

1932

John Paynter Hamilton

1931

Henry Graves

1930

Arthur Elliot Rhodes

1929

Alfred Squire

1928

Francis Weston

1926-7

Atwood Thorne

1925

James Arthur Gregory Beaumont

1924

Thomas Henry McLean

1923

Sir Thomas Cato Worsfold, Bart.

1922

Edwin Hedley Williams

1921

Macdonald Beaumont

1920

Frederick Richard Cheesewright

1919

Percy Rogers Pocock

1918

Samuel Welch

1917

Charles George Beaumont

1916

William Coppard Beaumont

1915

Alfred James Thomas

1914

William Price Pepys

1913

George Pocock

1912

William Alfred Herbert

1911

Ald. Sir Walter Vaughan Morgan, Bart.

Lord Mayor 1905-6. Master 1911. Morgan was also a liveryman of the Loriners’ Company. The son of an old established family of wool staplers in Wales which had suffered reverses, he entered Christ’s Hospital at the age of nine. On leaving school he embarked on a career in banking and with his brothers founded the well-known firm of Morgan Brothers. He was elected Alderman for Cordwainer Ward in 1892 and had a distinguished civic career. He was noted for his generosity to charities and gave particularly long and valuable service to Christ’s Hospital where he held the position of Treasurer.
1910

Francis William Williams

1909

Alfred Pocock

1908

Edmund Walter Rushworth

1907

Charles Welch

1906

Charles James Scott

1905

James Beaumont Waller

1904

Benjamin Pratt

1903

Thomas Alfred Dunnage

1902

Algernon Graves

1901

Henry Ross Boot

1900

Edward Beaumont

1899

James Alfred Rhodes

1898

William Cumin Scott

1897

Henry William Ashmole

1896

Joseph Underwood Morton

1895

Robert Perkins

1894 Francis George Boot

1893 Ebenezer William Joseph Morton

1892 Joseph Morton

1890-1 Richard James Cheesewright

1889 Horace Charles Lloyd

1888 James Greer

(Charles Welch fined)

1887 Robert Greer

1886

Ebenezer Pocock

1885 Robert Balls Hughes

1884 Samuel Poynton Boot

1883 Richard Gore Lloyd

1882

Joseph Thorne

(George Tyler fined)

1881 John Parry Edkins

1880

Alfred Pocock

1879 William Adam Oldaker

1878 Thomas Gotch Pocock

1877 Henry Graves

(Henry Carnegie fined)

(James Beaumont fined)

1876 Ald. Sir Robert Walter Carden

1875

James Nairne Scott

Henry Graves

1874 John Llewellyn Evans

1873

Richard Tress

1872

William Adam Oldaker

1871

William Grenville Johnston

1870

Thomas Gotch Pocock

James Rhodes

1869

Frederick Smith

1868

Henry Graves

1866-7

William Anderson

(Richard James Rees fined)

1865 Ald. Sir Robert Walter Carden

1864

James Rhodes

1863

Thomas Dunnage

1862 George Frederick Garden

1861 William Liveing

1860 Joseph Fisher

1859

(John Pryor fined)

1859 Thomas Boot

1858 Thomas Hammant

1857

William Squire Pryor

1856 Richard Lloyd

1855 George Frederick Davis

1854 Robert Burra

1853

Ald. Sir Robert Walter Carden

1852

Charles Greer

Thomas Pocock

1851 Thomas Barnjum

(James Lee fined)

1850

Thomas Pocock

1849

William Hallett Hughes

1848 Peter Paterson

(William Scott fined)

1847 Thomas Boot

1846 Edward Stammers

(Sir John Hall fined)

1845 John Evans

1844 Henry Verinder

1843 Walter Allen Meriton

1842 Joseph Hoppe

1841 James Copous

1840 Thomas Higgs

1839 William Squire

1838 Zachariah Uwins

Underwood

1837 Henry Thomas

1836 Henry Verinder

(Thomas Johnston fined)

1834-5 John Wort

1833 Henry William Looker

1832 William Johnston

(Zachariah Uwins fined)

1831 James Johnston

1830 William Pryor

1829 Ald. Henry Winchester

(Walter Allen Meriton fined)

1828 William Hasledine Pepys

1827 Walter Allen Meriton

1826 Richard Rees

1825 William Squire

George Moses Thurkle

1824 Abraham Skynner

1823 William Ayres

1822

William Hasledine Pepys

1821 Richard Johnston

1820 Stephen Boyce

1819 Yeeling Underwood

1818 James Priest

1817 James Carden

1816 William Pryor

1815 Henry William Looker

1814 George Moses Thurkle

(John Beaumont fined)

1813 William Ayres

1812 John Greer

1811 Robert Loxham

1810 George Skelton

1809 James Dunnage

1808 Robert Taber

(Joseph Thomas Rolph fined)

1807 Charles Biggs

1806 John Dowling

1805 George Skelton

1804 Thomas Squire, Jun.

1803 John Gent

1802 Edward Parry

1801 John Foulds

1800 Charles Biggs

1799 Robert Huddy

1798 James Looker

1797 Robert Loxham

1796 George Jeffries

1795 Francis Thurkle

1794 Edward Dowling

1793 John Bennett

1792 William Pepys

1791 John Dunnage

1790 John Phipps

1788-9 Thomas Patrick

1787 Yeeling Charlwood

1786 John Copous

1785 James Beavan

1784 Robert Lepper

1783 James Looker

1782 James Scott

1781 John Bell

1780 Henry Allen

1779 John Bennett

1778 Thomas Copous

1777 John Beaumont

1776 Joseph Miller

1775 William Ayres

1774 Thomas Squire

1773 Peter Cargill

1772 Joseph Fisher

1771 Thomas Dealtry

1769-70 Joseph Hatton

1768 John Beaumont

1767 Joseph Bayzand

(George Watson fined)

1766 Francis Thurkle

1765 Thomas Reid

1764 Thomas Dunnage

1763 James Richardson

1762 Joseph Miller

1761 John Carman

1760 George Gibson

1759 John Chambers

1758 Edward Loxham

(John Baldwin excused)

1757 Robert Perry

1756 Thomas Cross

1755 James Cullum

1754 Thomas Crouch

1753 Joseph Hatton

1752 William Hardy

1751 William Collins

1750 John Bennett

1749 William John Andrews

1748 Charles Cotton

1747 George Fisher

1746 Thomas Geary

1745 Henry Collett

1744 Benjamin Cox

1743 Samuel Smyth

1742 William Loxham

1741 William Chambers

Edward Holden

1740 Thomas Yelloley

1739 William Falkener

1738 Thomas Bibb

1737 Jarvis (Gervase) Boswell

1736 Charles Cotton

1735 Thomas Alcroft

1734 Francis Hyde

1733 Amos White

1732 Thomas Home

1730-1 John Fisher

1729 John Bully

1728 Thomas Cox

1727 Richard Chapman

1726 Thomas Braugh

1725 Peter Spitzer

1724 John Bully

1723 Sir Richard Hopkins

1722 William Smith

1721 Charles Thompson

1720 Anthony Russell

1719 Guy Stone

1718 Edward Tompkins

1717 William Powell

1716 Edward Williams

1715 Job Worrall

1714 Richard Kay

1713 Richard Piggott

1712 Edward Patteson

1711 Joseph Shepherd

1710 Phillip Mist

1709 Thomas Powell

1708 John Merreden

1707 Anthony Ball

1706 Ephraim How

1705 Nicholas Levett

1704 Humphrey Bellamy

1703 Capt. John Frith

1702 John Woodcraft

1701 Richard Hopkins

1700 Clement Tookey

1699 Richard Geast

1698 Henry Benson

1697 Richard Wise

1696 William Mereden

1695 John Wilcox

1694 Abraham Smith

1693 John Godman

1692 John Kettlebuter

1691 Samuel James

1690 Thomas Tunn

1689 Anthony Clapham

1688 Daniel Wilson

1687 John Hawgood

1686 Francis Browne

1685 William Chiffinch

1684 Thomas Pennington

1683 Edward Faulkingham

1682 Adam Ball

1681 John Howes

1680 Robert Grymes

1679 Capt. Richard Blaney

1678 Simon Weaver

1677 Thomas Hooker

1676 Thomas Bradford

1675 William Paxton

(Capt. Thomas Powell fined)

1674 Thomas Dermer

1673 Henry Whittaker

1672 Thomas Birtwhistell

1671 Richard Hopkins

1670 Robert Rastrick

1669 Robert Saywell

1668 Capt. Edward Ball

1667 John Flampstead

1666 Jeremiah Greene

1665 Thomas Smyth

1664 Richard Tredwell

1663 Thomas Bywater

1662 William Carter

1661 William Fulwell

1660 Tobie Berrey

(John Partridge fined)

1659 Robert Carrington

1658 Ald. John Maniford

1657 Walter Gibbons

1656 Jacob Ash

1655 Thomas Hopkins

1654 Richard Batson

1653 Henry Beale

1652 George Sanders

(Richard Evans fined)

(Edward Warnett fined)

1651 Thomas Freeman

(Col. Lawrence Bromfield fined)

1650 Thomas Parsons

1649 Edmund King

1648 Percival Moore

1647 Thomas Cheshire

1646 Isaac Ash

(Richard Bates fined)

1645 William Tooley

1644 Robert Fowlzer

1643 Thomas Beedham

1642 Gabriel Partridge

1641 Thomas Hart

1640 William Cave

1639 Thomas Byewater

1638 Edward Hynson

1637 George Moore

1636 Joseph Rogers

1635 Thomas Taylor

1634 Francis Cob

1633 Francis Fulwell

1632 Adam Ward

1631 John Berrey

1630 Edmund Hutchenson

(John Partridge fined)

1629 Robert South

1628 Henry Withers

1627 Thomas Tuck

1625-6 William Davis

1622-4 George Harberd

1621 John Porter (By Order of Court of Aldermen)

(James Tackley fined)

1619-20 John Porter

1617-8 Miles Bancks

1615-6 Thomas Chessheire

1613-4 Henry Adams

1611-2 Reynold Greene

1609-10 Christopher Hatfield

1608 Oliver Pluckett

1606-7 Thomas Porter

1604-5 George Ellis

1602-3 Oliver Pluckett

1600-1 Henry Siddon

1599 Thomas Assher

1598 Thomas Asshott

1596-7 John Gardiner

1594-5 Thomas Greene

1592-3 Thomas Porter

1590-1 Richard Hawes

1588-9 Richard Mathew

1586-7 Richard Vale

1585 Richard Mathew

1584 Roger Knowlls

1576 Richard Atkinson

1572 John Lland

1571 Laurans Grene

1563-4 Laurans Grene

1559 John Craythorne

1558 John Leycester

1550-2 John Smyth

1548 Richard Carter

1547 Thomas Atkynson

1541 Joyn Ayland

1540 Hugh Holmes

1522 William Patrick

1498-9 Symon Newenton

(James Tackley fined)

1496-7 William Seton

1494-5 William Hartwell

1492-3 Symon Newenton

1490-1 William Vale

1488-9 William Hertwell

1486-7 William Vale

1484-5 William Seton

1482-3 Robert Pykmere

1480-1 William Vale

1478-9 William Seton

1476-7 Robert Pykmere

1474-5 John Dey

1472-3 Henry Penharger

1470-1 William Seton

1468-9 Robert Pykmere

1467 John Deye

1465 John Catour

1463-4 John Wakeman

1461-2 William Brynkill

1459-60 John Arnell

1457-8 John Catour

1455-6 Thomas Otehill

1453-4 William Brynkill

1451-2 Thomas Trille

1449-50 William Brown

1444-5 Thomas Trylle

1442-3 William Brown

1433 Richard Asser

1428 William Brown

1420 William Multone

1420 John Munt

1417 John Chadde

1416-7 Richard Wellom