Heritage » Past Masters
Cuthbert Wilkinson, first Master of the Guild
Masters of the Guild are appointed each year during the Guild's Annual General Meeting in March. In his or her leadership role and duties, the Master also sets the theme for the selection of events for the Guild's programme.
| 2006 | Mrs Barbara P Newman, CBE CC |
| 2005 | Mr Leslie V Lewis, FIMF |
| 2004 | Alderman Richard D Agutter |
| 2003 | Raymond G Holl, MBE CEng MIEE MCMI |
| 2002 | The Lady Moorea Black, MBE JP |
| 2001 | David M B Irving, FHCIMA |
| 2000 | Joseph C F B Byllam-Barnes, FCIB FFA FRSA CC |
| 1999 | Terry Nemko, JP FCA |
| 1998 | Norman S Munday, AIWSc |
| 1997 | Sir Anthony Grant |
| 1996 | Vice Admiral Sir Peter Buchanan, KBE |
| 1995 | Alderman Clive H Martin, OBE TD DL (Lord Mayor 1999-2000) |
| 1994 | Sir Colin Cole, KCB KCVO TD CC |
| 1993 | Sir Clifford Chetwood, HonFICE FCIOB HonFCGI |
| 1992 | Derek L Kemp, CC |
| 1991 | Rex S Johnson, DiplArch FCIArb FRIBA |
| 1990 | Dr John T Breen, MB MRGCP DRCOG |
| 1989 | Clifford J Newbold, DiplArch FRIBA FCIArb |
| 1988 | Donald du Parc Braham |
| 1987 | General Sir Peter Whiteley, GCB OBE DL |
| 1986 | H W S Horlock, MA Deputy |
| 1985 | Bernard L Morgan, CBE JP FCIOB Deputy |
| 1984 | Alderman Sir Peter Gadsden, GBE MA DSc FEng (Lord Mayor 1979-80) |
| 1983 | David J Eldridge |
| 1982 | Henry Duckworth, JP FRSH Deputy |
| 1981 | John E Harvey |
| 1980 | Dr P L Hogg, PhD Msc(Econ) BCom |
| 1979 | Sir Anthony Grant, MP |
| 1978 | Kenneth A Honey, FSVA FRSH |
| 1977 | Harold Gould, OBE JP FCA |
| 1976 | Douglas F Dunstan, FCII |
| 1975 | Deputy Charles R Coward, JP FCIS |
| 1974 | W Arthur Hodgkinson, JP |
| 1973 | S T Willcox, CEng FIMechE |
| 1972 | The Rt Hon Lord Crook, KStJ JP |
| 1971 | Deputy C F W Dyer, OStJ ERD FCIS |
| 1970 | Sir Stanley Morton, FCIS PPIArb |
| 1969 | C H F Fairweather, JP FIOB CC |
| 1968 | Albert E Chandler |
| 1967 | Douglas F Dunstan, FCII |
| 1966 | Roy R Stuart |
| 1965 | Sir Harold Webbe, CBE DL MP |
| Frederick W Utting, CC (from June) | |
| 1964 | Frederick W Utting, CC |
| 1963 | Ronald Ward, FRIBA PPIArb FRSH |
| 1962 | Stanley A Phillips |
| 1961 | Charles De Ryck |
| 1960 | Sir Sidney J Fox, FRICS CC |
| 1959 | Sir David Floyd Ewin, MVO OBE KStJ MA Deputy |
| 1958 | Deputy Percy T Lovely |
| 1957 | Sir Denis H Truscott, GBE TD (Lord Mayor 1957-58) |
| 1956 | Major Stanley W Wells, MBE |
| 1955 | Deputy H J E Stinson, MC MA LLB |
| 1954 | Lieut-Col C G Surtees-Shill, CC |
| 1953 | Captain Julien F C Bennett, DL |
| 1952 | Major B W Shilson, OBE |
| 1951 | Alderman Sir Frederick Tidbury Beer |
| 1950 | John Crighton |
| 1949 | Alderman Sir Frank Alexander, Bt (Lord Mayor 1944-45) |
| 1948 | Henry C Bound, CC |
| 1947 | The Rt Hon Sir William Jordan, PC KCMG |
| 1946 | George F Frizell |
| Arthur L R Harris, ARPS (from Sept) | |
| 1945 | Arthur L R Harris, ARPS |
| 1944 | Deputy Frederick Youldon |
| 1943 | Walter Rose, MBE FCIS CC |
| 1942 | Arthur E Howard |
| 1941 | James J Gibaud |
| 1940 | T J McManis, JP CC |
| 1939 | Capt Francis C J Read, FSI |
| 1938 | John Joy, JP CC |
| 1937 | A Ernest Watts, FCA CC |
| 1936 | Major Francis H Millman, OBE |
| 1935 | Capt M Campbell-Johnston, MP |
| 1934 | H J Eldridge, FSAA |
| 1933 | H Holton Sturges, FCA CC |
| 1932 | Lieut-Col Sir Hugh Turnbull, KVCO KBE JP |
| 1931 | The Rt Hon Sir Herbert Nield, KC JP MP |
| 1930 | C G H Wittich |
| 1929 | Sir Richard Sennett, CC |
| 1928 | Charles A Suffield |
| 1927 | Oscar C Berry, CC |
| 1926 | Colonel Vickers Dunfee, CBE JP Deputy |
| 1925 | Major Richard Rigg, OBE TD JP |
| 1924 | Sir Gervais Rentoul, KC MP |
| 1923 | Sir Lulham Pound, Bt JP |
| 1922 | T W Hewitt, CC |
| 1921 | Francis Sully |
| 1920 | Sir Edward Wilshaw, KCMG DL JP |
| 1919 | Henry Harrill |
| 1918 | W J Trice |
| 1917 | Alfred Lockett |
| 1916 | Deputy J R Brough |
| 1915 | Harry S A Foy, CC |
| 1914 | H Elliot Sparks, CC |
| 1913 | Alderman George Briggs |
| 1912 | Emile Chatrian |
| 1911 | Sir Thomas Brooke-Hitchins, CC |
| 1910 | H Brodie Self |
| 1909 | Cuthbert Wilkinson, CC |