Presidents, 1823 to the present

1823-1831 Rev William Venables Vernon FRS FGS

1831-1857 Charles William Fitzwilliam, Viscount Milton
from 1833 Earl Fitzwilliam KG FRS FSA

1858-1864 George William Frederick Howard
Earl of Carlisle KG FRS

1865-1890 Dr William Thomson FRS FGS
Archbishop of York

1892-1906 Sir Charles William Strickland Bart FGS

1906-1913 Dr Tempest Anderson FGS FRGS FLS

1914-1933 William Herbert St Quintin FZS

1934-1947 Charles William Slingsby Duncombe
Earl of Feversham DSO

1948-1953 Lawrence Roger Lumley
Earl of Scarborough KG GCSI GCIE GCVO

1954-1968 Sir Herbert Edward Read MC DSO

1969-1984 George Anthony Geoffrey Howard
Baron Howard of Henderskelfe

1985-1999 Professor Michael Mark Woolfson
FRS FRAS CPhys FInstP

1999-2013 Dr Peter Vincent Addyman
CBE FSA MIFA

2013-2016 Professor Jim Matthew
CPhys FInstP CRAeS

2018-2022 Professor Sir John Holman
CChem, FRSC, FBSA

2023-     Professor Deborah Smith, OBE DSc PhD