UPDATED: February 9, 2012
Past Presidents
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1907 |
Montague Butler |
1908 |
Sir Arthur Acland |
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1909 |
George Saintsbury |
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1910 |
Viscount Morley of Blackburn |
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1911 |
A.C. Bradley |
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1912 |
Lady Ritchie |
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1913 |
The Earl of Balfour |
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1914 |
Sir Sidney Colvine |
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1915 |
W.P. Ker |
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1916 |
The Marquess of Crewe |
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1917 |
Sir Sidney Lee |
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1918 |
Herbert Asquith, The Earl of Oxford and Asquith |
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1919 |
C.H. Herford |
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1920 |
Lord Ernle |
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1922 |
Sir Edmund Gosse |
1923 |
Viscount Grey of Fallodon |
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1924 |
John Galsworthy |
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1925 |
The Marquess Curzon of Kedleston |
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1926 |
John Bailey |
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1927 |
Stanley Baldwin |
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1928 |
Sir Henry Newbolt |
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1929 |
Lord Hewart of Bury |
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1930 |
J.W. Mackail |
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1931 |
The Most. Rev. Lord Lang Archibishop of Canterbury |
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1932 |
Oliver Elton |
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1933 |
Lord Rennel of Rodd |
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1934 |
Laurence Binyon |
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1935 |
Viscount Sankey |
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1936 |
Ernest de Selincourt |
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1937 |
W.R. Inge |
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1938 |
Harley Granville-Barker |
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1939 |
The Most. Rev. William Temple, Archbishop of York |
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1940 |
Sir Edmund Chambers |
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1941 |
Viscount Samuel |
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1942 |
G.S. Gordon |
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1943 |
Sir Harold Nicholson |
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1944 |
Frederick S. Boas |
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1945 |
The Most Rev. Cyril F. Garbett, Archbishop of York |
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1946 |
Sir Arthur Bryant |
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1947 |
Sir Osbert Sitwell |
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1948 |
Sir Herbert Grierson |
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1949 |
L.S. Amery |
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1950 |
Sir Alan Herbert |
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1951 |
G.M. Trevelyan |
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1952 |
A.L. Rowse |
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1953 |
Lord Birkett of Ulverston |
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1954 |
Charles Morgan |
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1955 |
W.R. Matthews |
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1956 |
C.V. Wedgwood |
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1957 |
Sir Ernest Gowers |
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1958 |
E.M.W. Tilyard |
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1959 |
Sir Maurice Bowra |
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1960 |
The Most Rev. A.M. Ramsey |
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1961 |
Clemence Dane |
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1962 |
Sir Kenneth Clark |
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1963 |
Sir Sydney Roberts |
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1964 |
Lord Denning |
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1965 |
Richard Church |
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1966 |
Viscount Chandos |
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1967 |
Edmund Blunden |
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1968 |
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh |
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1969 |
Dame Rebecca West |
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1970 |
Sir Basil Blackwell |
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1971 |
Nevill Coghill |
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1972 |
Jo Grimond |
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1973 |
Lord David Cecil |
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1974 |
Sir John Hackett |
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1975 |
George Steiner |
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1976 |
John Murray |
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1977 |
Sir Victor Pritchett |
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1978 |
I.A. Richards |
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1979 |
Robert W. Burchfield |
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1980 |
John Sparrow |
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1981 |
Conor Cruise O'Brien |
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1982 |
Rachel Trickett |
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1983 |
Derek Brewer |
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1984 |
Sir William Rees-Mogg |
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1985 |
Bernard Levin |
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1986 |
F.T. Prince |
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1987-1988 |
Kenneth Miuir |
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1989-1991 |
Derek Brewer |
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1992-1994 |
Professor Martin Dodsworth |
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1995-1997 |
Professor Gordon Campbell |
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1998-2001 |
Roger Knight |
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2001-2004 |
Martin Blocksidge |
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2004-2007 |
Professor Elaine Treharne |
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2007-2010 |
Professor Peter J. Kitson |
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2010- |
Professor Maureen Moran |
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