Presidents of the Rugby Football Union since its formation, 26th January 1871

Name	Location	Date
A Rutter	Richmond	1871-72, 1872-73, 1873-74
F Stokes	Blackheath	1874-75
L J Maton	Wimbledon	1875-76
C D Heatley	Richmond	1876-77, 1877-78
A G Guillemard	West Kent	1878-79, 1879-80, 1880-81, 1881-82
J Maclaren	Manchester	1882-83, 1883-84
F I Currey	Malborough Nomads	1884-85, 1885-86
L Stokes	Blackheath	1886-87, 1887-88
A Budd	Blackheath	1888-89
H W Garnett	Yorkshire	1889-90
E T Gurton	Richmond	1890-91, 1891-92
W Cail	Northumberland	1892-93, 1893-94
R Walker	Manchester	1894-95, 1895-96
R W Whalley	Middlesex	1896-97, 1897-98
J W H Thorp	Cheshire	1898-99, 1899-1900
F H Fox	Somerset	1900-01, 1901-02
M Newsome	Yorkshire	1902-03, 1903-04
G Rowland Hill	Kent	1904-05, 1905-06, 1906-07
C A Crane	Midlands	1907-08, 1908-09
T C Pring	Devon	1909-10, 1910-11
A M Crook	Lancashire	1911-12, 1912-13
A Hartley	Yorkshire	1913-14, 1919-20
E Prescott	Middlesex	1920-21, 1921-22
R Henzell	Northumberland	1922-23
M F Waters	Surrey	1923-24
W S Donne	Somerset	1924-25
H E Ferens	Durham	1925-26
J Baxter	Cheshire	1926-27
Vice Admiral P Royds	Royal Navy	1927-28
V H Cartwright	South Africa	1928-29
W T Pearce	Gloucestershire	1929-30, 1930-31, 1931-32
A D Stoop	Central District	1932-33
R F Oakes	Yorkshire	1933-34
J Milnes	Lancashire	1934-35
J E Greenwood	Cambridge University	1935-36, 1936-37
Major General B A Hill	The Army	1937-38, 1938-39
G C Robinson	Northumberland	1939-40
J Daniell	Central District	1945-46, 1946-47
Colonel B C Hartley	The Army	1947-48
L G Brown	New South Wales	1948-49
E Watts Moses	Durham	1949-50
Sir Wavell Wakefield	Middlesex	1950-51
H Cleaver	Warwickshire	1951-52
P Holman	Cornwall	1952-53
J Brunton	Northumberland	1953-54
W C Ramsay	Middlesex	1954-55
L Clifford	Yorkshire	1955
W B Gibbs	Kent	1955-56
Surgeon Rear Admiral L B Osborne	Royal Navy	1956-57
A Marshall	East Midlands	1957-58
Wing Commander J Lawson	Royal Air Force	1958-59
J A Tallent	Central District	1959-60
A T Voyce	Gloucestershire	1960-61
Major General R G S Hobbs	The Army	1961-62
C H Gadney	Middlesex	1962-63
A G Butler	Oxfordshire	1963-64
Sir Lawrie Edwards	Nortumberland	1964-65
Air Marshall Sir Augustus Walker	Royal Air Force	1965-66
D H Harrison	Dorset & Wilts	1966-67
J R Locker	Lancashire	1967-68
J T W Berry	Leicestershire	1968-69
Dudley T Kemp	Hampshire	1969-70
Sir William Ramsay	Past President	1970-71
Dr T A Kemp	Cambridge University	1971-72
R M A Kingswell	Yorkshire	1972-73
M R Steele-Bodger	Central District	1973-74
K H Chapman	Middlesex	1974-75
G Tarn Bainbridge	Durham	1975-76
R E G Jeeps	Eastern Counties	1976-77
Sir Anthony Wharton	Notts, Lincs & Derby	1977-78
S R Couchman	Surrey	1978-79
A W Ramsay	Oxford University	1979-80
J MACG Kendall-Carpenter	RFSU	1980-81
D K Brooks	Surrey	1981-82
J V Smiths	Gloucestershire	1982-83
C R Jacobs	East Midlands	1983-84
A E Agar	Middlesex	1984-85
Brigadier D W Shuttleworth	The Army	1985-86
A A Grimsdell	Buckinghamshire & Central District	1986-87
J Burgess	Lancashire	1987-88
J R Simpson	Leicestershire	1988-89
D L Sanders	Central District	1989-90
Captain M A Pearey	Royal Navy	1990-91
Sir Peter Yarranton	Middlesex	1991-92
D D Serfontein	Northumberland	1992-93
I D S Beer	Cambridge University	1993-94
D H Easby	Berkshire	1994-95
W J Bishop	Cornwall	1995-96
J T Richardson	Warkwickshire	1996-97
P G Brook	Central District	1997-98
P C Trunkfield	Buckinghamshire	1998-99
J H Addison	Notts, Lincs & Derby	1999-2000
D P Rogers OBE	Privelage Member	2000-01
R S Manock	Yorkshire	2001-02
W G D Morgan	Students RFU	2002-03
R W Horner	Kent	2003-04
M S Phillips	Lancashire	2004-05
L C K Angel	Hampshire	2005-06
R A G Rogers	Sussex	2006-07
J Owen	Cumbria	2007-2010
R Appleby	Northumberland	2010-

F Baron		CEO 1998-2010
J Steele	Northampton	CEO 2010-2011

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Past Presidents of the RFU

Presidents of the Rugby Football Union since its formation, 26th January 1871