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The Worshipful Company of Clockmakers Past Masters since 1631 1631 David Ramsey (named in the Charter) 1700 Charles Gretton 1800 Matthew Dutton 1632 David Ramsey (sworn 22nd October) 1701 William Speakman 1801 William Plumley 1633 David Ramsey, represented by his Deputy, Henry Archer 1702 Joseph Windmills 1802 Edward Gibson 1634 Sampson Shelton 1703 Thomas Tompion 1803 Timothy Chisman 1635 John Willow 1704 Robert Webster 1804 William Pearce 1636 Elias Allen 1705 Benjamin Graves 1805 William Robins 1638 John Smith 1706 John Finch 1806 Francis S Perigal Jnr 1639 Sampson Shelton 1707 John Pepys 1807 Samuel Taylor 1640 John Charleton 1708 Daniel Quare 1808 Thomas Dolley 1641 John Harris 1709 George Etherington 1809 William Robson 1642 Richard Masterson 1710 Thomas Taylor 1810 Paul Philip Barraud 1643 John Harris 1711 Thomas Gibbs 1811 Paul Philip Barraud 1644 John Harris 1712 John Shaw 1812 Harry Potter (died) 1645 Edward East 1713 Sir George Mettins (Lord Mayor 1724–1725) 1813 Isaac Rogers 1646 Simon Hackett 1714 John Barrow 1814 William Robins 1647 Simon Hackett 1715 Thomas Feilder 1815 John Thwaites 1648 Robert Grinkin 1716 William Jaques 1816 William Robson 1649 Robert Grinkin 1717 Nathaniel Chamberlain 1817 John Roger Arnold 1650 Simon Bartram 1718 Thomas Windmills 1818 William Robson 1651 Simon Bartram 1719 Edward Crouch 1819 John Thwaites 1652 Edward East 1720 James Markwick 1820 John Thwaites 1653 John Nicasius 1721 Martin Jackson 1821 Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy 1654 Robert Grinkin 1722 George Graham 1822 John Jackson Jnr 1655 John Nicasius 1723 John Berry 1823 Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy 1656 Thomas Holland 1724 Joseph Williamson (died) 1824 Isaac Rogers 1657 Benjamin Hill 1725 Peter Wise 1825 Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy 1658 Benjamin Hill 1726 Langley Bradley 1826 John Jackson 1659 Simon Hackett 1727 Cornelius Herbert 1827 Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy 1660 John Pennock 1728 James Drury 1828 Richard Ganthany 1661 John Coxeter 1729 Richard Vick 1829 Richard Ganthany 1662 John Coxeter 1730 Thomas Stones 1830 William Harris 1663 John Pennock 1731 John Marsden 1831 William Harris 1664 Henry Child 1732 William Bertram (died) 1832 William Harris 1665 Jeremy Gregory 1733 William Tomlinson 1833 John Sharp 1666 Jeremy Gregory 1734 Edward Faulkner 1834 Edward Ellicott 1667 Jeremy Gregory 1735 Hugh Richards 1835 Edward Ellicott (died) 1668 Thomas Taylor 1736 James Snelling 1835 John Sharp 1669 Thomas Taylor 1737 Thomas Wrightson 1836 William James Frodsham 1670 Thomas Claxton 1738 John Maberly 1837 William James Frodsham 1671 Nicholas Coxeter 1739 John Pepys 1838 John Grant 1672 Samuel Home 1740 William Sherwood 1839 John Grant 1673 Samuel Home 1741 John Stafford 1840 William Gravell 1674 Jeffery Bailey 1742 Thomas Hughes 1841 William Gravell 1675 Jeffery Bailey 1743 David Hubert 1842 Joseph Fenn 1676 Jeremy Gregory 1744 John Hiorne 1843 Joseph Fenn 1677 Nicholas Coxeter 1745 Joshua Appleby 1844 Richard Pinfold Ganthaed (died) 1678 Ralph Almond 1746 Mathew Skinner 1845 George Atkins 1679 Samuel Vernon 1747 Nathaniel Delander 1846 John Grant 1680 Walter Hayes 1748 Samuel Whichcote 1847 Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy 1681 John Brown 1749 William Scafe 1848 Francis Bryant Adams 1682 Richard Ames (died) 1750 Henry Horne 1849 Francis Bryant Adams 1682 Benjamin Bell 1751 Nathaniel Style 1850 John Aldington Perry 1683 Richard Lyons 1752 Joseph Stephens 1851 John Aldington Perry 1684 Thomas Wheeler 1753 Henton Browne 1852 George Harker 1685 Richard Jarratt 1754 Jasper Taylor 1853 George Harker 1686 Edward Norris 1755 William Webster 1854 James Adams 1687 Thomas Taylor 1756 Francis Perigal 1855 Charles Frodsham 1689 Nathaniel Barrow 1757 Charles Cabrier 1856 John Carter, Alderman 1690 Henry Wynne 1758 Conyers Dunlop 1857 James Adams 1691 Henry Jones 1759 Devereux Bowley 1858 John Grant 1692 Nicasius Russell 1760 Stephen Goujon 1859 John Carter (Lord Mayor 1859–1860) 1693 William Knotsford 1761 Benjamin Sidey 1860 William Rowlands 1694 William Clements 1762 John Jones 1861 George William Adams 1695 Wither Cheney (excused) 1763 Anthony Benn (died) 1862 Charles Frodsham 1695 Walter Henshaw 1764 Samuel Whichcote 1863 Joseph Fenn 1696 John Sellar (excused) 1764 William Addis 1864 John Carter, Alderman 1696 Edward Stanton 1765 Thomas Hughes 1865 Francis Bryant Adams 1697 John Ebsworth 1766 Daniel Fenn 1866 John Garratt Curtis Addison 1698 Robert Williamson 1767 Peter Higgs 1867 William Rowlands (died) 1699 Robert Halstead 1768 Samuel Charrington (died) 1868 John Grant 1768 Charles Merry 1868 George William Adams 1769 Thomas Garle 1869 William Lawley 1770 James Brown 1870 George Moore 1771 Daniel Aveline (died) 1871 John Garratt Curtis Addison 1772 Eliezer Chater 1872 William Wing 1773 David Rivers 1873 Charles Wellborne 1774 William Rogerson 1874 William Lawley 1775 Francis Perigal 1875 George Moore 1776 Joseph Stephens 1876 James Scovell Adams 1777 William Howes 1877 Colonel Alexander Angus Croll 1778 Southern Payne 1878 William Parker 1779 William Plimley 1879 William Wing 1780 Francis Atkins 1879 William Parker 1781 Robert Poole 1880 William Wing 1782 Thomas Lea 1881 Charles Wellborne 1783 Nathaniel Sargeant 1882 Samuel Elliot Atkins, Deputy 1784 James Green 1883 James Scovell Adams 1785 Hilton Wray 1884 Saul Isaac 1786 Edward Tute 1885 Colonel Alexander Angus Croll 1787 Charles Howse 1886 Edward John Thompson 1788 James Richardson 1887 Herbert Jordan Adams 1789 Benjamin Sidey 1888 John Neate Dymond 1790 Richard Style 1889 Joseph Savory, Alderman 1791 Daniel Fenn 1890 Samuel Elliot Atkins, Deputy 1792 The Rev. Dr. Robert Hamilton 1891 Sir Joseph Savory, Bt 1793 Samuel Fenn 1892 Daniel Clarke 1794 William Rivers 1893 The Rev Henry Leonard Nelthrop 1795 Harry Potter 1894 The Rev Henry Leonard Nelthrop 1796 John Jackson 1895 Edward John Thompson 1797 John Ward 1896 Joseph Fenn 1798 Richard Duncombe 1897 Charles Edward Atkins 1799 John Marriott 1898 Herbert Jordan Adams 1899 John William Carter The Worshipful Company of Clockmakers Past Masters since 1631 1900 Joseph William Abbott 2000 Professor Alexander Boksenberg CBE, PhD, FRS 1901 Walter Daniel Cronin 2001 Sir George White, Bt. FSA 1902 William Henry Mahoney Christie KCB, FRS, Astronomer Royal 2002 Michael Monro Smith 1903 George William Atkins 2003 Christopher John Hurrion 1904 Joseph Fenn 2004 Philip John Willoughby 1905 William Henry Sainsbury Gilbert 2005 Diana Muriel Uff 1906 William Barnsdale 2006 Maj Gen David Anthony Somerset Pennefather, CB OBE 1907 Charles Thomas Harris, Deputy 2007 David John Poole FBHI 1908 James Scovell Adams 2008 Dr Michael David Sanderson 1909 Charles Edward Atkins 2009 Cdr Peter John Linstead-Smith, OBE, RN 1910 James Alfred Keen 2010 Howard Carl Newman, FBHI 1911 Henry Dent Gardner 2011 Andrew Charles Henry Crisford, FSA 1912 Sir Joseph Savory, Bt. Alderman 2012 Mark Westcombe Elliott, FCA 1913 John William Carter 2013 Prof Paul Eugene Marcus Jarrett, FRCS 1914 Sir William Mahoney Christie, KCB, FRS, Astronomer Royal 2014 Jonathan Daniel Betts, MBE, FSA, FBHI 1915 Francis Bryant Adams 2015 Philip William Tennant Whyte, Hon FBHI 1916 The Rev. Harry Stovell Cronin 2016 Robert Michael Justice Stewart 1917 George William Atkins 2017 Roy Charles Harris, FBHI 1918 James Scovell Adams 2018 Andrew Lewis James, FRSA, Hon MBHI 1919 William James Barnsdale 2019 Jonathan Edward Hills 1920 Thomas Adolphus Bullock 2020 Joanna Migdal (Lady White) 1921 Thomas Adolphus Bullock 1922 Sir Frank Watson Dyson, FRS, Astronomer Royal 1923 Francis Bryant Adams 1924 William Richard Corke 1925 Henry Martin Gaydon 1926 Hugh Rotherham 1927 Percy Webster 1928 Charles Edward Atkins 1929 William John Lancelot Smith 1930 William James Barnsdale 1931 Sir Frank Watson Dyson, KBE, FRS, Astronomer Royal 1932 Sir Francis George Newbolt, KC 1933 Bernard Kettle 1934 Benjamin Thomas Greening 1935 James Hugh Rendell 1936 Hugh Rotherham 1937 Frank Mercer 1938 Sir Francis George Newbolt, KC 1939 Harold Alfred Christie, KC 1940 Ernest Edward Sharp 1941 Ernest Edward Sharp 1942 Major George Henry Mesban Vine, Deputy 1943 Major George Henry Mesban Vine, Deputy 1944 Cyril Frederick Johnston 1945 Cyril Frederick Johnston 1946 Lord Iliffe of Yattendon, GBE 1947 Frank Mercer 1948 Malcolm Robert Webster 1949 Sir Harold Spencer Jones, FRS, Astronomer Royal 1950 William Hamilton Shortt 1951 Major Gilbert Dennison 1952 Dennis William Barrett, CBE 1953 Sir William Valentine Ball, OBE 1954 Sir Harold Spencer Jones, FRS, Astronomer Royal 1955 William John Somerset Pennefather 1956 Leslie Cyril Sharp 1957 Roland Harold Buckland 1958 Michael Laurence Bateman 1959 The Viscount Falmouth 1960 The Lord Harris, CBE, MC 1961 Clement James Harman, Alderman 1962 Group Captain Frank Whitworth, QC 1963 Thomas Gurney Mercer 1964 Sir Clement James Harman, GBE (Lord Mayor 1963-64) 1965 Horace Westcombe Elliott 1966 Arthur Gilbert Dennison, AE 1967 Colonel Humphrey Quill, CBE, DSO, MVO, RM 1968 Gilbert Harold Samuel Edgar, CBE, (Sheriff 1963–64) 1969 Sir Richard van der Riet Woolley, OBE, FRS, Astronomer Royal 1970 Dennis William Barrett, CBE, DSc 1971 Group Captain Frank Whitworth, QC 1972 George Mesban Vine, CBE 1973 Cecil Clutton, CBE 1974 Sir Frank Chalton Francis, KCB 1975 Captain Richard Randolph Somerset Pennefather, RN 1976 Sir Hugh Wontner, GBE, CVO (Lord Mayor 1973-1974) 1977 Reginald Gowan Beloe, TD 1978 John Shephard Vine 1979 Eric William Hunter Christie 1980 George Daniels, CBE 1981 John Cottam Moss 1982 Frank Anthony Mercer 1983 Richard Westcombe Elliott, OBE 1984 Bernard George Lovell Jackman 1985 Sir Charles Irwin Ball, Bt. 1986 The Rt. Hon. The Viscount Falmouth 1987 Raymond Lionel Mellor 1988 Philip Mesban Vine, CBE PhD, DL 1989 The Rt. Hon. The Lord Murton of Lindisfarne, PC, OBE, TD 1990 Alan Wesley Henn 1991 Michael John Prince 1992 Christopher Lawson Clarke 1993 John Richard Cope 1994 John Nicholas Wilkins Smith 1995 Simon James Thornton 1996 Air Vice Marshal Peter Anthony Latham, CB, AFC 1997 Michael Frampton, TD 1998 Alderman Sir Michael Berry Savory, (Lord Mayor 2005) 1999 Dr Colin Lattimore, OBE.
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