The Institute is one of the oldest IP organisations in the world, being founded in 1882 and incorporated by Royal Charter in 1891. Our Presidents used to serve a term of two years. This changed to a one-year presidency in 1923 and has remained this way ever since. Our President chairs Council and represents the Institute at important events and policy meetings domestically and overseas. The President is supported by a Vice-President who succeeds them at the end of their term, the Immediate Past President, and our Honorary Secretary. These are known as the Officers of the Institute.
John Henry Johnson (1882-84)
John Imray (1884-86)
William Carpmael (1886-88)
John Clayton Mewburn (1888-90)
Sir William Lloyd Wise (1890-97)
Charles Denton Abel (1897-99)
Edward Carpmael (1899-01)
Philip Middleton Justice (1901-03)
George Gatton Melhuish Hardingham (1903-05)
John Corry Fell (1905-07)
William Clark (1907-09)
Oliver Imray (1909-11)
Thomas Alfred Hearson (1911-13)
George Barker (1913-15)
John Ebenezer Bousfield (1915-17)
William John Tennant (1917-19)
Robert Bolton Ransford (1919-23)
Bertram Edward Dunbar Kilburn (1921-1923)
Harold Wade (1923-1924)
Reginald Haddan (1924-1925)
Hubert Alexander Gill (1925-26)(1939-40)
Arthur George Bloxam (1926-27)
John Edward Lloyd Barnes (1927-28)
Reginald William James (1928-29)
Arthur Woosnam (1929-30)
Griffith Brewer (1930-31)
Arthur Stuart Cachemaille (1931-32)
Frederick Gilbert Brettell (1932-33)
Gordon Melville Clark (1933-34)
Alfred Augustus Thornton (1934-35)
George Edward Folkes (1935-36)
Richard John Tugwood (1936-37)
Arthur Carpmael (1937-38)
William Henry Ballantyne (1938-39)
Henry Withers Kickweed Jennings (1940-42)
Walter Philip Williams (1942-43)
Ernest William Moss (1943-44)
William Warren Triggs (1944-45)(1949-50)
Evan Lovell Widdrington Byrne (1945-46)
Arthur Abbey (1946-47)
Harold Joseph Charles Forrester (1947-48)
Cecil Edward Every (1948-49)
John Oswald Farrer (1950-51)
Frederick Walter Rudolph Leistikow (1951-52)
Edward Buckmaster Robinson (1952-53)
William Ogilvy Duncan (1953-54)
Edward Williamson (1954-55)
Thomas Ballantyne Clerk (1955-56)
Eric Walter Eustace Micklethwait (1956-57)
James George Fife (1957-58)
Henri Georges Bouly (1958-59)
Harry Morgan Yeatman (1959-60)
John Richard Tugwood (1960-61)
Michael Hesketh-Prichard (1961-63)
John Clifford Holgate Ellis (1963-64)
Maurice Herbert Carpmael (1964-65)
Alan Wilmot Beeston (1965-66)
Charles William Morle (1966-67)
Walter John Charles Chapple (1967-68)
Cyril George Wickham (1968-69)
Peter Lloyd Bowtell (1969-70)
Owen Wynn Jaques (1970-71)
John Stephen Bushell (1971-72)
Walter Weston (1972-73)
Francis William Berthold Kittel (1973-74)
George Arthur Bloxam (1974-75)
Nicholas James Flower (1975-76)
John Melbourn Aubrey (1976-77)
Arthur Terence Ranson (1977-78)
Gordon Hawksley Edmunds (1978-79)
Richard Courtenay Petersen (1979-80)
Norman Waddleton (1980-81)
John Ulysses Neukom (1981-82)
John Henderson Dunlop (1982-83)
Bernard Fisher (1983-84)
Angus Henry Duncan (1984-85)
Peter Robin Broughton Lawrence (1985-86)
Keith Baynes Weatherald (1986-87)
Sidney David Votier (1987-88)
Richard John Gallafent (1988-89)
Philip Antony Smith (1989-90)
William Egerton Caro (1990-91)
Clifford Lees (1991-92)
William Robert Farwell (1992-93)
John Mackay Reid (1993-94)
John Douglas McCall (1994-95)
Richard Fennelly Fawcett (1995-96)
Andrew Charles Serjeant (1996-97)
Robert William Beckham (1997-98)
Tibor Zoltán Gold (1998-99)
Peter Geoffrey Mole (1999-00)
Edward Willoughby Brooke Lyndon-Stanford (2000-01)
Timothy Wace Roberts (2001-02)
John David Brown (2002-03)
Anna Marie Denholm (2003-04)
Thomas Bruce Alexander (2004-05)
Michael Robert Harrison (2005-06)
Barry William Treves (2006-07)
Robert Dale Weston (2007-08)
Dave William Bradley (2008-09)
John David Brown (2009-10)
Alasdair David Poore (2010-11)
Timothy Wace Roberts (2011-12)
Christopher Paul Mercer (2012-13)
Roger James Burt (2013-214)
Catriona Hammer (2014-15)
Andrea Brewster (2015-16)
Tony Rollins (2016-17)
Stephen Jones (2017-18)
Julia Anne Florence (2019)
Richard Douglas Mair (2020)
Alicia Claire Instone (2021)
Alasdair David Poore (2022)
Daniel Chew (2023)
Matt Dixon (2024)