Former postholders of the AHS
AHS President
1956–1984: Lord Harris
1985–1993: Sir Nicholas Goodison
1993–2014: Sir Arnold Wolfendale
2014–2015: Lisa Jardine
2015–present: Patricia Fara
AHS Vice-President
1961–1965: Frank Knowles-Brown
1965–1969: H. Alan Lloyd
1970–1987: Humphrey Quill
1971–1975: Cyril Beeson
1971–1991: Cecil (Sam) Clutton
1977–1990: Frank Ward
1985–1992: Percy Dawson
1985–1997: Charles Drover
1987–1990: Duncan Belcher
1991–1999: Tom Robinson
1993–1998: Charles Aked
1996–2017: Michael Hurst
1996–2007: Michael Smith
1997–2015: Charles Allix
1997–2021: Rodney Law
2004–2004: Rita Shenton
2018–present: Alan Treherne
2022–present: David Thompson
AHS Chair
1953–1961: Frank Knowles-Brown
1961–1970: Theodore Camerer Cuss
1970–1985: Charles Drover
1985–1991: Tom Robinson
1991–1996: Michael Smith
1996–2003: Rita Shenton
2003–2010: Ken Shenton
2010–2015: David Thompson
2015–present: James Nye
AHS Vice-Chair
1955–1970: Charles Drover
1970–1977: Frank Ward
1977–1987: Duncan Belcher
1993–1996: Rita Shenton
2010–2013: Andrew King
2015–present: Jonathan Betts
AHS Secretary
1953–1956: Lily Hudson
1956–1959: Alan Soper
1959–1971: John Stevens
1971–1986: Geoffrey Clarke
1986–1987: Susan Hodgson
1987–1988: Ronald Glazebrook
1988–1990: Margaret Janes
1990–1996: Maria Collins
1996–2000: Pauline Hossbach
2000–2018: Wendy Barr
2018–present: Helen Chapman
Editor of Antiquarian Horology
1956–1959: Percy Dawson
1959–1960: Cyril Beeson
1960–1962: Cecil (Sam) Clutton
1962–1968: Tom Robinson
1968–1972: Eric Street
1972–1975: Ted Trundell
1975–1978: Tom Robinson
1978–1986: John Plowman
1986–1992: David Penney
1992–1998: Denys Vaughan
1998–2009: Jeff Darken
2009–present: Peter de Clercq
AHS Librarian
1953–1960: Robert Foulkes
1960–1965: John Tyler
1965–1970: Eric Bunt
1970–1974: Charles Aked
1974–1980: Eric Bunt
1980–1985: Tom Robinson
1985–1988: Francis Wadsworth
1988–1994: Alan Treherne
1994–1997: John Leopold
1997–2011: Arthur Mitchell
2011–2020: Edward Powell
2020–present: Jonathan Betts
Fellow of the AHS
1955–1956: Courtenay Ilbert
1997–1998: Charles Drover
2003–2015: Charles Allix
2003–2018: Lawrance Hurst
2003–2017: Michael Hurst
2003–2021: Rodney Law
2003–2012: John Tyler
2006–2010: John Leopold
2007–2008: Michael Smith
2010–2015: Ken Shenton
2011–2012: Jeff Darken
2014–2020: Sir Arnold Wolfendale
2015–present: David Thompson
2020–present: Alan Treherne