List of Worshipful Masters from 1733 to date.

AT SWALWELL

 

1733 Joseph Clark

1734 Edward Alport

1735 Kendrick Jones

1736 Joseph Clark

1737 William Dalton

1738 Michael Dalton

1739 Peter Rippon

1740 William Howden

1741 Edward Alport

1742 Thomas Dalton

1743 John Ellethorne (Dec’d )

          and John Hawden

1744 John Hawden

1745 John Lawther

1746 Michael Hawdon

1747 John Rayne

1748 William Gibson

1749 Thomas Liddle

1750 William Burdon

1751 John Gibson

1752 Edward Shield

1753 Ralph Dalton

1754 John Hebron

1755 William Harle

1756 Thomas Hodgson

1757 George Rea

1758 Cuthbert Beckwith

1759 Thomas Shield

1760 Thomas Smith

1761 George Heppell

1762 John Bode

1763 Thomas Reay

1764 – 1770

1771 T Chambers

1772

1773 Alexander Stewart

1774 – 1777

1778 Thomas Brown

1799

1780 David Richardson

1781 David Richardson

1782 William Potts

1783 Thomas Hudson

1784 William Lee

1785 Abram Shiel

1786 Edward Davison

1787 William Taylor

1788 Ralph Arthur

1789 John Taylor

1790 Henry Marshall

1791 Michael Gray

1792 John Taylor

1793 Michael Shield

1794 Thomas Smith

1795 Thomas Brown

1796 Richard Douglas

1797 Thomas Heppe

1798 Cuthbert Thompson

1799 Robert Davidson

1800 John Falconer

1801 William Brown

1802 William White

1803 Michael Spoor

1804 James Davison

1805 John Batty

1806 William Potter

1807 Thomas Ramsey

1808 William Wales

1809 Thomas Hall

1810 William Spence

1811 Matthew Pattison

1812 John Brown

1813 Edward Forster

1814 George Story

1815 John Forster

1816 Richard Turnbull

1817 Michael Spoor

1818 John Pearson

1819 John Scott

1820 Robert Marshall

1821 Edward Newbiggin

1822 Edward Newbiggin

1823 John Forster

1824 John Forster

1825 James Davison

1826 Thomas Hall

1827 Robert Reed

1828 William Howston

1829 William Howston

1830 Richard Beveridge

1831 Robert Watson

1832 John Billott

1833 John Forster

1834 William Howston

1835 William Rowe

1836 – 1837

1838 James Davison / Richard Bennett

1839 James Davison / Richard Bennett

1840 James Davison / Richard Bennett

1840 James Davison / Richard Bennett

1841 James Davison / Richard Bennett

1842 James Davison / Richard Bennett

1843 James Davison / Richard Bennett

 

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1844 Richard Bennett

1845 Thomas Ismay Proctor

1846 John Etridge Wilkinson

1847 William Douglas

1848 John Potts

1849 Frederick P Ionn

1850 John Berkley

1851 Henry L Munroe

1852 Edward Dean Davis

1853 Edward Dean Davis

1854 William Morrow

1855 William Morrow

1856 Anthony Clapham

1857 Alfred Davis

1858 Anthony Clapham

1859 Charles J Bannister

1860 John Dobson

1861 William Bridon

1862 Robert Jos Banning M.D.

1863 Joshua Heaward

1864 William Bridon

1865 Benjamin Hugill

1866 James H Thompson

1867 Robert Jos Banning M.D.

1868 Jon Jenson

1869 John Stokoe

1870 Richard Bagnall Reed

1871 Robert Foreman Cook M.D.

1872 Robert Foreman Cook M.D.

1873 Andrew Harkness

1874 John Edward Robson

1875 Richard Gregory

1876 John Stevens

1877 David Sinclair

1878 Michael Corbitt

1879 Robert Whitfield

1880 John Wood

1881 John George Smith

1882 John George Smith

1883 John Moult

1884 William Garbutt

1885 Adamson Rhagg

1886 William Mark Pybus

1887 Edward Shewbrooks

1888 William Dalrymple

1889 William Brown

1890 William Fenwick Reeburn

1891 William Richards

1892 Mark Robinson Wright

1893 William James Jobson

1894 William Stafford

1895 Adam Dodds

1896 Hugh Jackson

1897 Alfred Simpson

1898 W C A Holzapfel

1899 Joseph Armstrong

1900 Joseph T Pragnell

1901 Thomas Douglas

1902 William Bowker M.A.

1903 William E Peacock M.D.

1904 Henry H Pitt

1905 Thomas H Armstrong

1906 Tom Walton Hilton

1907 Jas R Lightbown

1908 Robt Richardson

1909 John H Wright

1910 Geo Bellerby

1911 William T Harkness M.B.

1912 William Smith M.B.

1913 John A Cookson

1914 Cuthbert Laws

1915 Ralph Hall

1916 John James Howe

1917 Stephen Southern

1918 John Forster

1919 Joseph Tinn

1920 John Garside Lauder

1921 Peter Childs

1922 Ernest B Johnson

1923 William Hird Coates

1924 Matthew Pearson

1925 Thomas G Stafford

1926 Douglas G Craig

1927 Thomas Cowen

1928 Sydney J Greason

1929 George Sanderson

1930 John Wood

1931 Joseph H Armstrong

1932 Henry W Patton

1933

1934 Andrew C Kirkwood

1935 Thomas F Patterson

1936 Alexander J McGregor

1937 Mather H Hutchinson

1938 Robert Southern

1939 Jesse Ramsden

1940 Thomas L Corking

1941 Robert D Rogerson

1942 John Edward Mulcaster

1943 Thomas C U C G Hannal

1944 William C Richardson

1945 William R C Nicholson

1946 John George Moon

1947 John Stewart Dent

1948 Thomas Lewis Cowry

1949 William Edward Bell

1950 Thomas Edward Hewitt

1951 Arthur R Pearson

1952 William Patterson

1953 Andrew James Wilson

1954 Norman Rogerson

1955 John Grainger

1956 Frederick Grainger

1957 Alfred Dick

1958 Thomas Urwin Smith

1959 George Oliver Moon

1960 Thomas Nicholas Scott

1961 John Oliver

1962 William James Driver

1963 Alan Veitch

1964 William Ellerington Wilkie

1965 Thomas Edward Westgarth

1966 Harold Leslie Richardson

1967 Ronald Cowey

1968 James Wood Sloan

1969 Norman Grainger

1970 Harold Holbrook Button

1971 Herbert Duggan

1972 Peter Prentice Wilson

1973 Raymond Macaree

1974 Kenneth Oxley

1975 James Robert Crombie

1976 William Alan Waters

1977 William Heslop

1978 George Temple Elmslie

1979 William Higham

1980 Raynor Stowell Nicholson

1981 Albert Bilton Blanch

1982 Kenneth Robert Lyons

1983 James Edwin Brown

1984 Kenneth Dryden

1985 William Robertson

1986 James Ruddick Dodd

1987 Peter Colin Bowen

1988 John Thomas White

1989 Roger Heslop

1990 Geoffrey Dawson

1991 Johnson Willis

1992 Jack Gareth Davies

1993 Ronald A Forsyth

1994 Albert G Kelly

1995 Keith Robson

1996 Ian C Knighting

1997 Alan R White

1998 Grame Cowey

1999 Ronald A Forsyth

2000 Ian C Knighting

2001 John C Paxton

2002 Peter Colin Bowen

2003 Giles C Hunter

2004 Gordon Sloan

2005 Ian C Knighting

2006 John C Paxton

2007 Douglas R MacDonald

2008 Douglas R MacDonald

2009 Gordon Sloan

2010 James Lawson Hall

2011 Alan Davison

2012 John M Gordon

2013 Gordon Sloan

2014 John M Gordon

2015 Alan Davison

2016 Ian C Knighting

2017 Gordon Sloan

2018 Gordon Sloan

2019 Peter James Bolam

2020 Peter James Bolam

2021 Peter James Bolam

2022 Dr. Anthony T Richardson

2023 Ian C Knighting

2024 John M Gordon