Past Presidents
- 1843 Lord Albert Conyngham
- 1850 James Heywood, Esq.
- 1851 Sir Oswald Mosley, Bart.
- 1852 The Duke of Newcastle
- 1853 Ralph Bernal, Esq.
- 1855 The Earl of Perth and Melfort
- 1857 The Earl of Albemarle
- 1858 The Marquis of Ailesbury
- 1859 The Earl of Carnarvon
- 1860 Beriah Botfield, Esq.
- 1861 Sir H. Stafford Northcote, Bart., C.B.
- 1862 John Lee, Esq.
- 1863 R. Monkton Milnes, Esq.
- 1864 George Tomline, Esq.
- 1865 The Duke of Cleveland, K.G.
- 1866 The Rt Hon. the Lord Boston
- 1867 Sir Charles H. Rouse Boughton, Bart.
- 1868 The Earl Bathurst
- 1869 The Lord Lytton
- 1870 Chandos Wren Hoskyns, Esq.
- 1871 Sir William Coles Medlycott, Bart.
- 1872 The Earl of Dartmouth
- 1873 The Duke of Norfolk
- 1874 The Marquess of Hertford
- 1875 Kirkman D. Hudson, Esq.
- 1876 The Marquess of Hertford
- 1877 Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, Bart.
- 1878 The Earl of Hardwicke
- 1879 The Lord Waveney
- 1880 The Earl Nelson
- 1881 The Very Revd Lord Alwyne Compton
- 1882 The Duke of Somerset, K.G.
- 1883 The Earl of Granville, K.G.
- 1884 The Rt Revd the Lord Bishop of St Davids
- 1885 The Duke of Norfolk, K.G.
- 1886 The Rt Revd the Lord Bishop of Durham
- 1887 Sir J. Allanson Picton
- 1888 The the Marquess of Bute
- 1889 The Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham
- 1891 The Marquess of Ripon, K.G.
- 1894 The Earl of Northbrook,
- 1895 The Duke of Sutherland, K.G.
- 1896 Col. Sir Walter Wilkin
- 1897 The Lord Mostyn
- 1898 The Rt Revd the Lord Bishop of Peterborough
- 1899 Marquess of Granby
- 1901 Thomas Hodgkin, Esq.
- 1902 Lt-Col. Clifford Probyn
- 1903 R. E. Leader, Esq.
- 1905 M. J. Sutton, Esq.
- 1906 Charles E. Keyser, Esq.
- 1930 Francis Weston, Esq.
- 1938 A. H. Thompson, Esq.
- 1944 Miss Rose Graham
- 1951 Lawrence Tanner, Esq.
- 1957 John F. Nichols, Esq.
- 1960 Eric G. M. Fletcher, Esq.
- 1963 Sir David M. Wilson
- 1968 T. S. R. Boase, Esq., M.C.
- 1971 Professor D. E. Strong
- 1974 Cecil Farthing, Esq.
- 1977 Professor Peter Lasko
- 1980 Professor Peter Kidson
- 1983 Dr Richard D. H. Gem
- 1989 Laurence Keen, Esq.
- 2004 Dr Nicola Coldstream
- 2007 Peter Draper, Esq.
- 2010 Professor Lindy Grant
- 2013 Richard Halsey, Esq.
- 2017 Professor Sandy Heslop