A list of all of our Past Masters dating back to our founding in 1946.

Mrs K J Mercer, Master of the Worshipful Company of Farmers 2021/22

2022 – 2023 R E Davies
2021 – 2022 Mrs K J Mercer
2020 – 2021 R T Whitlock
2019 – 2020 D J H Bolton
2018 – 2019 Miss R S N Carne
2017 – 2018 J A Sayers
2016 – 2017 P G Wynn
2015 – 2016 T H Wheatley-Hubbard
2014 – 2015 A J Alston
2013 – 2014 Baroness Byford DBE DL
2012 – 2013 J K Reynolds
2011 – 2012 P R Faulkner
2010 – 2011 W F Balch
2009 – 2010 J D Courtney
2008 – 2009 J F Thorpe OBE
2007 – 2008 T A Copas*
2006 – 2007 Sir Graham Wilkinson Bt
2005 – 2006 The Lord Plumb of Coleshill DL*
2004 – 2005 N J Fiske
2003 – 2004 P H Gibbons DL*
2002 – 2003 C T Redman
2001 – 2002 HRH The Princess Royal KG KT GCVO QSO
2000 – 2001 R A Brooks
1999 – 2000 J H Cossins CBE DL*
1998 – 1999 C F Pertwee DL

1997 – 1998 The Rt Hon Sir Richard Butler DL*
1996 – 1997 W M Cornish
1995 – 1996 J S Borner*
1994 – 1995 M C Foreman*
1993 – 1994 Mrs E R Wheatley-Hubbard OBE*
1992 – 1993 A J Tritton *
1991 – 1992 Sir Henry Nevile KCVO*
1990 – 1991 R J Upton JP DL
1988 – 1990 R M Older CBE DL*
1987 – 1988 S F B Taylor
1986 – 1987 T W Kemsley JP*
1985 – 1986 D G Pearce*
1984 – 1985 C T Muddiman*
1983 – 1984 K E Roberts OBE JP*
1982 – 1983 Major Sir Charles Graham Bt*
1981 – 1982 M H Hinton JP*
1980 – 1981 C G Metson OBE*
1979 – 1980 R J Harrison JP*1978 – 1979 A Q Hitchcock CBE
1977 – 1978 M C Cheveley*
1976 – 1977 Sir Nigel Strutt TD DL*
1975 – 1976 Lt Col C A Brooks OBE TD DL*
1974 – 1975 B L Barker*
1973 – 1974 The Rt Hon The Earl of Lonsdale*
1972 – 1973 R S Borner OBE VRD
1971 – 1972 F H Garner*
1970 – 1971 W M Balch*
1969 – 1970 N R Whitwell JP*
1968 – 1969 H C H Graves OBE*
1967 – 1968 E Hitchcock*
1966 – 1967 W L Cardy*
1965 – 1966 P B Taylor TD JP DL*
1964 – 1965 H C Tinsley MBE*
1963 – 1964 E G Parsons CVO CBE*
1962 – 1963 The Rt Hon Lord Swaythling OBE*
1961 – 1962 S W Cheveley OBE*
1960 – 1961 The Rt Hon Lord Cronwell DSO MC JP*
1959 – 1960 F C Hawkes CBE*
1958 – 1959 Sir Thomas Neame*
1957 – 1958 F N Mathews MBE*
1956 – 1957 Sir Cleveland Fyfe CBE*
1955 – 1956 W J Cumber CBE*
1954 – 1955 V H Parker MBE *
1953 – 1954 Sir Richard W Haddon CBE*
1946 – 1953 The Rt Hon Lord Courthope MC DL*

* Denotes deceased

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