List of past Presidents

Complete list of all of the past Presidents of the Rotary Club of Newcastle upon Tyne since the Club was founded in 1915

Past Presidents:

1915-1918: Dr. M.T.Allison
1918-1919: Alderman R.H.Millican, J.P.
1919-1920: John T. Steel, J.P
1920-1921: Walter S. Rolls
1921-1922: Dr. J.T.Dunn, J.P
1922-1923: C. Leo Reid
1923-1924: H.E.Galloway, J.P. (Past President of R.I.B.I.)
1924-1925: Sir Arthur W. Lambert, M.C.,D.L.,J.P.
1925-1926:Maj-Gen Sir R.A.Kerr-Montgomery, KCMG;CB; DSO; JP
1926-1927: Ridley Warham, J.P.
1927-1928: Joseph Robinson, J.P.
1928-1929: Thomas D.Young,J.P (Past President of R.I.B.I.)
1929-1931: W.Deans Forster
1931-1932: R.F.Hindmarsh
1932-1933: Stanley Addison Smith
1933-1934: Sir William A.Souter
1934: John Leadbitter
1934-1936: S.Harrison Smith, J.P.
1936-1937: Richard Aughton
1937-1938: Alfred Gradon
1938-1939: L.C.P.Scaife
1939-1940 : Robert H.Rowell
1940-1941: David Adamson
1941: Harvey Dunford
1941-1943: Russell J.Storey, C.B.E., J.P.
1943-1944: Trevor Whitaker, J.P.
1944-1945: Mark C. Robson
1945-1946: George W. Pattinson, J.P.
1946-1947: Dr. Donald Ramage
1947-1948: James M. Philipson
1948-1949: Sir Walter Thompson, D.C.L., J.P.
1949-1950: George A. Davies
1950-1951: Norman Fawkes
1951-1952: Charles H. Brackenbury
1952-1953: W. Drydon Bell
1953-1954: James L. Moffett
1954-1955: W.R.Gledson, T.D
1955-1956: Arthur Wilson
1956-1957: J.T.V.Wiggans
1957-1958: L.G.Ridley
1958-1959: J. Clifford Byles
1959-1960: R.H.Dunford, T.D., J.P.
1960-1961: J.F.Jackson
1961-1962: Eric W. Arnott
1962-1963: Sydney Cott
1963-1964: E.C.L.Turner, D.S.O
1964-1965: J.R.Peacock
1965-1966: J. Philipson
1966-1967: W. Noble Steel

1967-1968: W. Sutcliffe, M.B.E.
1968-1969 : E. Wilkinson

1969-1970: W. Dixon
1970-1971: E. Mordue
1971-1972:H.W.Golding
1972-1973: J.H.H.Gillespie, O.B.E.
1973-1974: C.W.Martindale, M.B.E., T.D
1974-1975:S.W. Telfer
1975-1976: W.R.Farrer
1976-1977: J.B.Wearmouth
1977-1978: C.R.Clay, O.B.E.
1978-1979: R.Turley
1979-1980: H.A.Nicholson
1980-1981: P. Langley-Essen, J.P.
1981-1982: K. Bradley
1982-1983: A.A.Clarke
1983-1984: R M Higgins
1984-1985: J.L.Lambert
1985-1986: S. Hetherington
1986-1987: C. Stewart
1987-1988: M.H.Moon
1988-1989: D.R.Dobbin
1980-1990: A.C. Peters
1990-1991: R.W.Mordue, T.D., D.L.
1991-1992: G. E Whittaker
1992-1993: J. B. McNiven
1993-1994:J. D. Jeffery
1994-1995: E. Edwards
1995-1996: Marilyn Potts
1996-1997: W.W. Dunlop, O.B.E., Q.F.S.M
1997-1998: L. B. Cowan
1998-1999: J. Chamberlain
1999-2000: H. J. Robson
2000-2001: Hari M. Shukla, O.B.E., D.L., J.P.
2001-2002: Peter G. Firth
2002-2003: Revd. Bill Rigby
2003-2004: Peter Masterman
2004-2005: Christine Robinson
2005-2006: Ved Venayak M.B.E.
2006-2007: Syd Hetherington
2007-2008: Stephen B Bell
2008-2009: Michael Sehgal, M.B.E.
2010-2011: Peter Tracey

(Members whose names are in italics are deceased)

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