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The Somerset Archaeological
and Natural History Society

SANHS


 

Historical Presidents and Officers of the Society

 

Presidents

1849                           Sir Walter Trevelyan, Bart
1850                           Rev. E.B. Portman, Earl of Cavan, F.H. Dickinson, Right Hon. & Right Rev. Baron Auckland
1851                           T.T. Knyfton
1852                           W.H.P. Gore-Langton
1853                           Wm Pinney
1854                           Right Hon. H. Labouchere
1855                           Sir Walter Trevelyan, Bart
1856                           Wm Stradling
1857                           Right Hon. Lord Talbot de Malahide
1858/59                      Hon. P.P. Bouverie
1859/60                      F.H. Dickinson
1860/61                      Ralph Neville Grenville
1861/62                      Edward Ayshford Sanford
1862/65                      F.H. Dickinson
1865/66                      R.H. Paget
1866/67                      R.T. Combe
1867/68                      Sir Edward Strachey, Bart
1868/69                      Sir A. Acland Hood, Bart
1869/70                      Wm Long
1870/71                      Sir William C. Medlycott, Bart
1871/72                      Edward A. Freeman
1872/73                      W.A. Sanford
1873/74                      Right Hon. & Right Rev. Lord Arthur Hervey
1874/75                      H. Danby Seymour
1875/76                      Right Hon. Earl of Cork and Orrery
1876/77                      Jerom Murch
1877/78                      Right Hon. & Right Rev. Bishop Clifford
1878/80                      Rev. Canon Meade
1880/81                      E.A. Freeman
1881/82                      E.H. Elton
1882/83                      C.I. Elton
1883/84                      W.E. Surtees
1884/86                      Right Hon. Lord Carlingford
1886/87                      John Batten
1887/88                      Sir Geo. Wm Edwards
1888/89                      Right Hon. & Right Rev. Lord Arthur Hervey
1889/90                      Geo. Fownes Luttrell
1890/91                      Henry Hobhouse
1891/92                      Colonel Hoskins
1892/93                      W.A. Sanford
1893/94                      Right Hon. Lord Hylton
1894/95                      E.R. Cely Trevilian
1895/96                      Henry Duncan Skrine
1896/97                      J.K.D. Wingfield Digby
1897/99                      E.J. Stanley
1899/1900                   Right Hon. Sir Edward Fry
1900/01                      Sir T.C.D. Acland, Bart
1901/02                      Right Rev. Dr Forrest Browne
1902/03                      Very Rev. T.W. Jex-Blake
1903/04                      Francis J. Fry
1904/05                      T.H.M. Bailward
1905/06                      Lieut.-Col. J.R. Bramble
1906/07                      George Fownes Luttrell
1907/08                      A. Fownes Somerville
1908/09                      Most Noble The Marquess of Bath
1909/10                      Right Rev. G.W. Kennion
1910/11                      Rev. E.H. Bates Harbin
1911/12                      Lord Hylton
1912/13                      Professor W. Boyd Dawkins
1913/14                      Right Hon. Henry Hobhouse
1914/16                      Right Hon. Earl Waldegrave
1916/18                      Very Rev. J. Armitage Robinson
1918/19                      Professor F.J. Haverfield
1919/20                      Henry Balfour
1920/21                      A. Hamilton Thompson
1921/22                      Sir Hercules Read
1922/23                      Professor Sir William Boyd Dawkins
1923/24                      Lieut.-Col. The Hon. Aubrey Herbert
1924/25                      Professor W.J. Sollas
1925/26                      Major M.F. Cely Trevilian
1926/27                      R. Neville Grenville
1927/28                      Colonel J. Wm Gifford
1929/30                      Ernest E. Baker
1930/31                      Right Hon. Sir Matthew Nathan
1931/32                      William Wyndham
1932/33                      Sir Charles R. Peers
1933/34                      Arthur F. Somerville
1934/35                      William Wyndham
1935/36                      Sir Archibald Langman
1936/37                      Right Rev. St.J.B. Wynne-Willson
1937/38                      Hon. T.H. Watson
1938/39                      Colonel W.O. Gibbs
1939/40                      Mrs Edward Clive
1940/42                      Right Rev. Abbot E. Horne
1942/43                      Right Rev. Francis Underhill
1943/45                      Very Rev. R.H. Malden
1945/46                      Sir William Savage
1946/47                      Right Hon. Earl Waldegrave
1947/48                      Colonel J.A. Garton
1948/49                      Right Hon. Lord Hylton
1949/50                      Sir Arthur Hobhouse
1950/51                      Sir Cyril Fox
1951/52                      H.St.G. Gray
1952/53                      J.E. Barton
1953/54                      F.C. Eeles
1954/55                      A.W. Vivian-Neal
1955/56                      C.E. Burnell
1956/58                      Mrs J.B. Clark
1958/59                      W. Leighton
1959/60                      Sir Frank Stenton
1960/61                      Dr E.B. Ford
1961/62                      Major-General R. Evans
1962/63                      C.A.R. Radford
1963/64                      Sir Arthur Elton, Bart
1964/65                      Mrs C.W.H. Rawlins
1965/66                      H.F. Scott-Stokes
1966/67                      E.G. Neal
1967/68                      R.S. Simms
1968/69                      E.L. Kelting
1969/70                      Dom Aelred Watkin
1970/71                      Right Hon. Earl Waldegrave
1971/72                      L.V. Grinsell
1972/73                      T.J. Hunt
1973/74                      S.C. Morland
1974/75                      W.J. Wedlake
1975/76                      Dr J.M. Coles
1976/77                      Professor E.K. Tratman
1977/78                      Mrs O.M. Hallam
1978/79                      Professor P.A. Rahtz
1979/80                      L.C. Hayward
1980/81                      A.L. Wedlake
1981/82                      Commander E.H.D. Williams
1982/83                      Dr P.C. Davey
1983/84                      Captain R.G.B. Roe, R.N.
1984/85                      Professor Glyn Daniel
1985/86                      Right Rev. John Bickersteth
1986/87                      R.A. Atthill
1987/88                      Dr Francis Rose
1988/89                      D.M.M. Shorrocks
1989/90                      Professor B.W. Cunliffe
1990/91                      J.H. Bettey
1991/92                      J.G. Keylock
1992/93                      H. Eardley-Wilmot
1993/94                      Very Rev. Dom Philip Jebb
1994/95                      Mrs B.J. Coles
1995/96                      Derek Briggs
1996/97                      Mrs Madge Langdon
1997/98                      Professor Nicholas Orme
1998/99                      Max Hebditch
1999/2000                   Right Rev. James Thompson
2000/01                      Dr Robert W. Dunning
2001/02                      Lord Rees Mogg
2002/03                      Mrs Pat Hill-Cottingham
2003/05                      Professor Mick Aston
2005/06                      Dr Philip Radford
2006/07                      Mark McDermott
2007/08                      Dr Oliver Rackham
2008/09                      Gerard Leighton
2009/10                      David Bromwich

General Secretaries

1849/50                      Rev. T.P. Dymock
1851                           Rev. F. Warre, C.E. Giles, William Baker
1852/53                      Rev. F. Warre, Rev. W.R. Crotch, William Baker
1854/56                      Rev. F. Warre, Rev. W.R. Crotch, Rev. W.A. Jones
1857                           Rev. F. Warre, Rev. W.A. Jones
1858/64                      Rev F. Warre, Rev. W.A. Jones, W.F. Elliot
1866                           Rev F. Brown, Rev. W.A. Jones, W.F. Elliot
1867                           R.G. Badcock, Rev. W.A. Jones, W.A. Sanford, J.H. Pring
1868/69                       Rev. W.A. Jones, J.H. Pring, W.A. Sanford
1870/73                       Rev. W.A. Jones, J.H. Pring
1873/75                       Rev. W. Hunt, O.W. Malet
1875/80                       Rev. W. Hunt, O.W. Malet, C.J. Turner
1880/86                       O.W. Malet, C.J. Turner, E. Green
1886                           O.W. Malet, C.J. Turner
1887/91                       O.W. Malet, C.J. Turner, Rev. J.A. Bennett
1891/93                       C.J. Turner, F.T. Elworthy, Lieut.-Col. J.R. Bramble
1893/96                       F.T. Elworthy, Lieut.-Col. J.R. Bramble
1896/1900                    Lieut.-Col. J.R. Bramble, Rev. F.W. Weaver
1900/05                       Lieut.-Col. J.R. Bramble, Rev. F.W. Weaver, C. Tite
1905/09                       Rev. F.W. Weaver, Rev. E.H. Bates, C. Tite
1909/11                       Rev. F.W. Weaver, Rev. E.H. Bates Harbin, C. Tite

Hon. General Secretaries

1911/18                       Rev. F.W. Weaver, Rev. E.H. Bates Harbin, C. Tite
1918/20                       Rev. F.W. Weaver, C. Tite
1920/22                       C. Tite, H. Symonds

Hon. Secretaries

1922/26                       C. Tite, H. Symonds
1926/28                       C. Tite
1928/33                       C. Tite, R.L. Meade-King
1933/36                       A.W. Vivian-Neal, Dr R.L. Meade-King
1937/38                       A.W. Vivian-Neal
1938/40                       A.W. Vivian-Neal, Major F.M.E. Kennedy
1940/45                       Major F.M.E. Kennedy
1945/50                       Rev. Preb. G.W. Saunders, I. Fitzroy H. Jones
1950/51                       Rev. Preb. G.W. Saunders, I. Fitzroy H. Jones, Major-General R. Evans
1951/52                       I. Fitzroy H. Jones, T.J. Hunt
1952/54                       H.S.L. Dewar, T.J. Hunt, R.M. Williams
1954/59                       T.J. Hunt, R.M. Williams
1959/60                       T.J. Hunt, R.M. Williams, Sir R. de Z. Hall
1960/62                       T.J. Hunt, E.L. Kelting, Sir R. de Z. Hall
1962/68                       E.L. Kelting, Sir R. de Z. Hall
1968/69                       Sir R. de Z. Hall
1969/74                       E.L. Kelting, Sir R. de Z. Hall
1974/75                       E.L. Kelting, G. Thomson
1976/79                       Dr P.C. Davey
1979/81                       F. Hawtin
1981/86                       J.V. Carrington
1986/89                       J. Reynolds
1989/90                       C.E.J. Langdon
1990/95                       B.W. Watkin
1995/2001                    Dr I.J.B. Sinclair
2001/06                       A.J.M. Findlater
2006/08                       B. Lane

Treasurers

1849/59                       H. & R.G. Badcock
1860                            H., R.G. & H.J. Badcock
1861/71                       H., R.G., H.J. & D. Badcock
1872/76                       H., H.J. & D. Badcock
1876/89                       H. & H.J. Badcock
1889/1909                    H.J. Badcock

Hon. Treasurers

1909/23                       H.J. Badcock, R.C. Boyle
1923/25                       H.J. Badcock, G.F. Ireland
1925/30                       G.F. Ireland
1930/45                       F.L. England
1945/55                       J.L. Sheldon
1955/71                       H.H. Adamson
1971/74                       R.G.K. Evens
1974/81                       L.A. Haldane
1981/95                       H.W. Bond
1995/97                       G.W. Coker
1997/2003                    K.A. Jackson
2003/06                       T. Bedford
2006/09                       R. Kergozou

Hon. Editors

1925/30                       Dom Ethelbert Horne
1930/49                       A.W. Vivian-Neal
1949/55                       A.K. Hudson
1955/58                       A.H. Turner
1958/70                       I.I. Jeffries
1970/74                       Mrs P.A. Langmaid
1974/79                       M.B. McDermott
1979/86                       Dr R.W. Dunning
1986/91                       J.C. Pentney, Mrs J.P.M. Pentney
1991/97                       T.W. Mayberry
1997/2001                    M. McGarvie
2001/                           P. Ellis

Chairmen of Council

1918/24                       Rev. Dr S.J.M. Price
1924/26                       Arthur E. Eastwood
1928/40                       Dom Ethelbert Horne
1940/51                       A.W. Vivian-Neal
1951/58                       Major-General R. Evans
1958/62                       A.W. Vivian-Neal
1962/72                       T.J. Hunt
1972/73                       E.L. Kelting
1973/76                       T.J. Hunt
1976/79                       S.C. Morland
1979/83                       D. Denton-Cox
1983/84                       R.J.E. Bush
1984/88                       Rev. B.W. Kirk
1988/92                       Lady Gass
1992/97                       Dr A.P. Radford
1997/2000                    Dr R.W. Dunning
2000/04                       Hilary Binding
2004/06                       Dr Pat Hill-Cottingham

Chairmen

2006/08                       Dr Pat Hill-Cottingham
2008/                          Christopher Sidaway

Vice-Chairmen

1975/79                       I.P. Collis
1979/83                       R.J.E. Bush
1983/84                       Rev. B.W. Kirk
1984/88                       Lady Gass
1988/92                       Mrs U. Halliday
1992/94                       Lady Gass
1994/95                       Mrs R.P. Flower-Smith
1995/97                       Dr R.W. Dunning
1997/2000                    Hilary Binding
2000/04                       Tom W. Mayberry
2004/07                       Hilary Binding
2007/08                       Christopher Sidaway

Curators

1851/57                        B. Baker
1858/59                        E. Parfitt
1860                             F.R. Clarke
1861/73                        W. Bidgood

Assistant Secretary and Curator

1873/1901                     W. Bidgood

Assistant Secretary, Curator and Librarian

1901/49                         H.St.G. Gray

Secretary, Keeper and Librarian

1949/52                         W.A. Seaby
1953/58                         R.C. Sansome

Secretary and Librarian

1958/70                         C.A. Cookson
1970/72                         L.A. Haldane
1972/76                         H.L.M. Patten