Secretaries
1799 Samuel Glasse1801 James Peter Auriol1811 John Lewis Guillemard1813 Thomas Harrison1824 John Lewis Guillemard1826 Edmund Robert Daniell1843 John Barlow1860 Henry Bence Jones1873 William Spottiswoode1879 Warren De La Rue1882 William Bowman1885 Frederick Joseph Bramwell1900 William Crookes1913 Alexander Siemens1915 Edmond Herbert Grove-Hills1922 Arthur Keith1926 Robert Robertson1929 Charles Edmund Stanley Phillips1945 Alexander Oliver Rankine1953 Stanley Robson1958 Harold Spencer Jones1960 Harry Edward Hopthrow1968 Maurice Arthur Thorold Rogers1973 James Stuart Porterfield1978 Henry John Valentine Tyrrell1984 Eric Albert Ash1988 Donald Charlton Bradley1993 Kenneth John Packer1998 Robin Jon Hawes Clark2004 Alan Maries
Treasurers
1799 Thomas Bernard1800 John Coxe Hippisley1801 Charles, 8th Lord Kinnaird1806 Scrope Bernard Morland1830 George Duckett1832 William Richard Hamilton1849 William Pole1865 William Spottiswoode1873 George Busk1886 Henry Pollock1889 James Crichton-Browne1926 Arthur Keith1929 Robert Robertson1946 Roland Edgar Slade1952 George Ingle Finch1952 Leslie Herbert Lampitt1955 Willard Edward Schall1966 William Wellclose Davis1971 Ernest Gordon Cox1976 David Paget Thomson1981 Stanley Paul Osmond1986 Rodney C. Wright1991 Granville John Cooper1996 Andrew John Osmond2006 Gwynneth Flower
Senior Administrative Officers
1800–1810 William Savage1810–1846 Joseph Fincher1848–1889 Benjamin Vincent1889–1928 Henry Young1928–1950 Thomas Martin1950–1951 Ralph Cory (acting)1952–1963 Dora Wesley Ashwin1963–1967 Walter Retlaw Westhead1967–1979 David John Miller1979–1989 Alan B Bouldstridge1989–1996 Dennis George Osborne1996–1999 Caroline Graham-Brown1999–2009 Alan Winter
Lecture and Laboratory Assistants (select list)
1801–1803 Friedrich Christian Accum1803–1813 William Payne1807–1812 Edmund Davy1813 Michael Faraday1815–1826 Michael Faraday1820–1825 William Bollaert1826–1832 Thomas John Pearsall1832–1866 Charles Anderson1866–1885 John Cottrell1881–1925 John William Edward Heath1881–1909 Robert N Lennox1887–1902 George Gordon1900–1950 William John Green1948–1986 William Albert Coates1950–1957 Leonard Walden1985–2004 Bipinchandra Hiralal Parmar1987–1997 Bryson Llewellyn Gore2004–2016 Andrew Marmery2017–present Fran Scott
Keepers of the Library, Collections etc
1803–1823 William Harris1823–1826 John Sturt1826–1835 Samuel Weller Singer1836–1849 William Mason1849–1889 Benjamin Vincent1889–1928 Henry Young1928–1950 Ralph Cory1950–1966 Kenneth Dennis C Vernon1966–1967 Oliver George Weatherhead Stallybrass1967–1973 Jeremy Weston1973–1997 Irena Maria McCabe1998–2019 Frank AJL James
Superintendents of the House
1806 William Harris1813 William Thomas Brande1821 Michael Faraday(acting)1826 Michael Faraday(assistant)1852 Michael Faraday1867 John Tyndall1887 James Dewar1923 William Henry Bragg1942 Henry Hallett Dale1946 Eric Keightley Rideal1950 Edward Neville da Costa Andrade
Directors
1965 William Lawrence Bragg1966 George, Baron Porter of Luddenham1986 David Phillips (acting)1986 John Meurig Thomas1991 Peter Day
Chairs of the Board of Trustees
1984 James Woodham Menter1985 David Paget Thomson1987 Henry John Valentine Tyrrell1989 Stanley Paul Osmond1992 Robert Wilson1993 Margaret Ann Boden1995 Eric Albert Ash1997 David John Giachardi1998 Winston Fletcher2008 David Arculus2009 Adrian de Ferranti2010 Sir Richard Sykes
Chief Executives
2009–2017 Chris Rofe
Presidents
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1799 George Finch, 9th Earl of Winchilsea
1813 George John, 2nd Earl Spencer
1825 Thomas Pelham, 2nd Earl of Chichester
1827 Edward Adolphus Seymour, 11th Duke of Somerset
1842 Algernon Percy, 4th Duke of Northumberland
1865 Henry Holland
1873 Algernon George Percy, 6th Duke of Northumberland
1899 Henry George Percy, 7th Duke of Northumberland
1918 Alan Ian Percy, 8th Duke of Northumberland
1930 Eustace Sutherland Campbell Percy, Baron Percy of Newcastle
1945 Robert John Strutt, 4th Baron Rayleigh
1948 John Theodore Cuthbert Moore-Brabazon, 1st Baron Brabazon of Tara
1963 Alexander Fleck, 1st Baron Fleck of Saltcoats
1968 William Wellclose Davis (acting)
1969 Harold Roxbee Cox, Baron Kings Norton of Wotton Underwood
1976 His Royal Highness Edward George Nicholas Paul Patrick, the Duke of Kent