Presidents of the Annual Foundation Appeal (from 1815) 1815 His Royal Highness The Duke of Kent 1816 His Royal Highness The Duke of Kent 1817 His Royal Highness The Duke of Sussex 1818 Not Known 1819 Sir Thomas Turton 1820 Thomas Wilson MP 1821 His Royal Highness The Duke of Sussex 1822 His Royal Highness The Duke of York 1823 His Royal Highness The Duke of York 1824 His Royal Highness The Duke of York 1825 Lord Mayor of the City of London, William Venables 1826 Lord Mayor of the City of London, Anthony Brown 1827 FM His Grace The Duke of Wellington, KG 1828 The Right Hon. Lord Calthorpe 1829 FM His Grace The Duke of Wellington, KG 1830 The Right Hon. Lord Calthorpe 1831 The Right Hon. Lord Calthorpe 1832 The Right Hon. Lord Henley 1833 The Right Hon. Viscount Morpeth 1834 FM His Grace the Duke of Wellington, KG 1835 George Byng, MP 1836 The Right Hon. The Earl of Strafford 1837 FM His Grace the Duke of Wellington, KG 1838 His Royal Highness The Duke of Cambridge, KG 1839 The Right Hon. The Earl of Eldon 1840 His Royal Highness The Duke of Cambridge, KG 1841 His Royal Highness The Duke of Cambridge, KG 1842 FM His Grace The Duke of Wellington, KG 1843 The Right Hon. The Earl of Shaftesbury, KG 1844 Colonel T. Wood, MP 1845 The Right Hon. Lord Ebury 1846 The Right Hon. Lord John Russell, MP 1847 His Grace The Duke of Cleveland 1848 James Capel 1
1849 Thomas Baring 1850 The Right Hon Viscount Hardinge, GCB 1851 Henry Hoare 1852 Thomson Hankey 1853 The Right Hon. The Earl of Harrowby, KG 1854 William Kirby 1855 His Grace The Duke of Wellington, KG 1856 His Royal Highness The Duke of Cambridge, KG 1857 The Most Hon. Marquis of Westminster 1858 The Right Hon. The Earl of Verulam 1859 The Right Hon. Sir John Pakington, Bart, MP 1860 The Hon. Vice-Chancellor, Sir William Page Wood 1861 Thomson Hankey 1862 William Cubitt, MP 1863 His Royal Highness The Duke of Cambridge, KG 1864 Thomson Hankey 1865 Sir Fitzroy Kelly 1866 His Grace the Duke of Wellington, KG 1867 J.T. Coleridge (The Right Hon. Lord Coleridge) 1868 Colonel Wilkinson 1869 R.N. Fowler, MP (Sir R.N. Fowlet, Bart.) 1870 The Right Hon. G.J. Göschen, MP (Viscount Göschen) 1871 His Royal Highness The Duke of Cambridge, KG 1872 The Right Hon. The Lord Mayor, Sir S.J. Gibbons, Bart, MP 1873 Sir Sydney Waterlow, Bart, MP 1874 Stephen Williams, Esq 1875 Arthur R. Capel 1876 John Derby Allcroft 1877 Philip Twells, MP 1878 Octavius E. Coope, MP 1879 John Kemp Welch 1880 Edward J. Layton 1881 Baron Henry de Worms (Lord Pirbright) 1882 The Right Hon. Lord Hillingdon 1883 Lord George Hamilton, MP 1884 The Right Hon. The Lord Mayor, Sir R.N. Fowler, Bart., MP 1885 Benjamin Louis Cohen, MP (Sir Benjamin L. Cohen, Bart) 1886 William Trotter 1887 His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, KG (His Majesty King Edward VII) 1888 Henry Hucks Gibbs (The Lord Aldenham) 1889 The Lord Knutsford, GCMG 1890 Thomas Lynn Bristowe, MP 1891 Sir J.C. Dimsdale, Bart. 2
1892 Leopold de Rothschild 1893 His Royal Highness The Duke of Connaught, KG 1894 Arthur R. Capel 1895 The Hon W.F.D. Smith, MP (The Viscount Hambleden) 1896 Edward Bousfield 1897 The Earl of Verulam 1898 The Hon. Alban Gibbs, MP (The Lord Aldenham) 1899 Charles E. Keyser, JP 1900 John K.J. Hichens 1901 The Lord Hillingdon 1902 His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales (His Majesty King George V) 1903 Sir Frederick Wills, Bart, MP 1904 J.C. Parkinson, DL, JP 1905 The Hon Walter Rothschild, MP (The Lord Rothschild) 1906 The Lord Alverstone, GCMG 1907 Alfred Joseph Waley 1908 The Viscount Esher, GCVO, KCB 1909 Sir Edward Cooper, Bart. 1910 Kenneth Mathieson 1911 D.J. Morgan, JP 1912 Frank Debenham, JP 1913 His Royal Highness Prince Arthur of Connaught, KG 1914 Sir Robert Balfour, Bart. 1915 Arthur P. Blathwayt 1916 Sydney C. Bristowe 1917 Kenneth Mathieson 1918 Sir Robert Balfour, Bart. 1919 Sir Richard V. Vassar Smith, Bart. 1920 Sir Edward Cooper, Bart. 1921 The Viscount Burnham, CH 1922 His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, KG (His Royal Highness The Duke of Windsor) 1923 Sir Archibald H. Campbell 1924 Sir John Ashley Mullens 1925 J.W. Beaumont Pease (The Lord Wardington) 1926 The Lord Forres 1927 General The Hon. Sir Herbert A. Lawrence, GCB 1928 The Hon. Gilbert Johnstone 1929 Lionel de Rothschild 1930 F.C. Goodenough 1931 Arthur Acland, OBE, MC, TD 1932 Lord May, KBE (The Lord Mayor of Weybridge) 1933 Edward L. Gosling 1934 The Hon. Rupert E. Beckett 3
1935 Owen Hugh Smith 1936 His Royal Highness The Duke of York, KG (His Majesty King George VI) 1937 Sir Edward Peacock, GCVO 1938 The Earl of Bessborough, PC, GCMG 1939 Edwin Fisher 1940-41 The Lord Plender, GBE The Hon Sir Jasper Ridley, KCVO Sir William McLintock 1942 The Marchioness of Willingdon, CI., GBE 1943 The Lord Bicester 1944 Colin F. Campbell (The Lord Colgrain) 1945 The Hon. Gilbert Johnstone 1946 Sir Edward Peacock, GCVO 1947 Sir William Goodenough, Bart, DL 1948 Sir Patrick Ashley Cooper 1949 Francis M.G. Glyn (Sir Francis Glyn, KCMG) 1950 The Lord Cohen, PC 1951 Robert Vere Buxton, DSO 1952 The Earl of Verulam 1953 Douglas Fairbanks, KBE, DSC 1954 Admiral of the Fleet, Sir John H.D. Cunningham, GCB, MVO 1955 Lt-Col. John H. Courage 1956 Marshal of the Royal Air Force, Sir John C. Slessor, GCB, DSO, MC 1957 Sir Eric Mieville, GCIE, KCVO, CSI, CMG 1958 The Marquess of Salisbury, KG, PC 1959 Sir John Braithwaite 1960 The Viscount Hambleden 1961 The Viscount Stuart of Findhorn, CH, MVO, MC 1962 Sir Sydney Littlewood 1963 The Marquess Douro, MVO, OBE, MC, (The Duke of Wellington) 1964 Sir Wilfred Vernon 1965 The Duke of Devonshire, MC 1966 Sir Anthony Grover 1967 Sir James Waterlow, Bart., CBE, TD 1969 Sir Antony Hornby 1970 Sir William Mullens, DSO, TD, DL 1971 The Earl of Verulam 1972 John F. Prideaux, OBE (Sir John Prideaux, OBE) 1974 Sir Martin Wilkinson 1975 John Glyn, CBE (The Lord Wolverton) 1976 F.J.R. Coleridge, TD, MA 1977 Maurice Buxton 1978 David Acland 4
1979 The Lord Lloyd of Kilgerran, CBE, QC, JP 1980 P.H. Byam-Cook 1981 The Earl of Verulam 1982 Air Commodore The Hon. Sir Peter Vanneck, CBE, CB, AFC, AE, MEP 1983 Daniel Meinertzhagen 1984 John R. Henderson, CVO, OBE 1985 Sir Jasper Hollom, KBE 1986 John Robertson 1987 Edgar Palamountain 1988 The Rt Hon The Lord Crickhowell 1989 George Nissen CBE 1990 George Nissen CBE 1991 The Viscount Bridgeman 1992 The Viscount Bridgeman 1993 The Duke of Devonshire, PC, MC 1994 Sir David Money-Coutts, KCVO 1995 Rodney Galpin 1996 The Hon. Nicholas Assheton CVO 1997 Brian Winterflood 1998 Sir John Riddell, Bart. 1999 Patrick Mitford-Slade, OBE 2000 The Hon. Kevin Pakenham 2001 Timothy Guinness 2002 Graham Ross Russell 2003 Sir John Kemp-Welch 2004 Sir David Howard, Bart. 2005 Christopher Holdsworth Hunt 2006 Ian Plenderleith, CBE 2007 Julian Tregoning 2008 Patrick Mitford-Slade, OBE 2009 Sir Brian Jenkins, GBE 2010 Hugh Priestley 2011 Jonathan Davie 2012 Peter Barton DL 2013 Mark Loveday 2014 Lord Howard of Penrith 2015 Michael Kirkwood 5