Past Masters of the Worshipful Company of Turners

1593 to date

Elected Annually on Ascension Day.

Prior to the grant of the Royal Charter in 1604, the Company was governed by two Wardens: 1593 - 1603 James Dagger, Thomas Gurnell and Robert Ratcliff.

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17th Century      
1610 James Dagger  
1655
Thomas Hall
1611 Thomas Gurnell  

1656

Thomas Hall
1612 Thomas Gurnell  

1657

Peter Cushing
1613 John Wallington  

1658

Peter Cushing
1614 John Wallington  

1659

John Stonehall
1615 John Rabould  

1660

John Stonehall
1616 John Rabould  

1661

Henry Edsall
1617 Richard Weaver  

1662

Henry Edsall
1618 John Peares  

1663

William Devonshire
1619 John Wallington  

1664

William Devonshire
1620 John Wallington  

1665

Ambrose Hawkes
1621 Leonard Gaskell  

1666

Ambrose Hawkes
1622 Leonard Gaskell  

1667

Robert Martyn
1623 Ralph Colbourne  

1668

Robert Martyn
1624 Ralph Colbourne  

1669

William Bowler
1625 Matthew King  

1670

William Bowler
1626 Matthew King  

1671

John Stonehall Jr
1627 Edward Jones  

1672

John Stonehall
1628 Edward Jones  

1673

Andrew Pope
1629 John French  

1674

Andrew Pope
1630 John French  

1675

William Truckstone
1631 John Snelling  

1676

William Truckstone
1632 John Snelling  

1677

Nicholas Andrews
1633 John Grace  

1678

Charles Cooke
1634 John Grace  

1679

Charles Cooke
1635 William Shaw  

1680

William Bannister
1636 William Shaw  

1681

Thomas Bristow
1637 John Frith  

1682

Thomas Bristow
1638 John Frith  

1683

William Shelley
1639 Robert Note  

1684

William Shelly
1640 Robert Note  

1685

William Bird

1641

William Beacham  

1686

William Bird

1642

William Beacham  

1687

William Whitehill

1643

Thomas Boggest  

1688

William Whitehill

1644

Thomas Boggest  

1689

John Talbutt

1645

William Touchin  

1690

Edward Bussey

1646

William Touchin  

1691

Edward Bussey

1647

John Wallington  

1692

Richard Acton

1648

John Wallington  

1693

Richard Acton

1649

Thomas Watkins  

1694

Andrew Phillips

1650

Thomas Watkins  

1695

Andrew Phillips

1651

Richard Bartlett  

1696

Edward Hannes

1652

Richard Bartlett  

1697

Edward Hannes

1653

John Buttrice  

1698

Matthew Page

1654

John Buttrice  

1699

Matthew Page

       
   

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18th Century      

1700

Richard Bullock  
1751
William Hoare

1701

Richard Bullock  
1752
Henry Short

1702

Benjamin Smith  
1753
Thomas Driver

1703

Benjamin Smith  
1754
John Hartwell

1704

Nicholas Brightwell  
1755
Samuel Newton

1705

Nicholas Brightwell  
1756
Robert Moline

1706

John Reeve  
1757
Charles Hoole

1707

John Reeve  
1758
Thomas Salter

1708

Robert Kingston  
1759
Thomas Fowell

1709

Robert Quantock  
1760
Samuel Seabrook

1710

John Rayment  
1761
Benjamin Silcock

1711

John Rayment  
1762
William Bruce

1712

Thomas Bowes  
1763
Nathaniel Tidd

1713

Thomas Bowes  
1764
Laurence Gyles

1714

Robert Owen  
1765
Abraham North

1715

Robert Owen  
1766
Samuel Meriton
1716
Thomas Sandell  
1767
John Chipperfield
1717
Thomas Sandell  
1768
Thomas Johnson
1718
William Waterman  
1769
William Moseley
1719
William Waterman  
1770
Philip Grafton
1720
Thomas Loveday  
1771
Benjamin Booth
1721
Thomas Loveday  
1772
Matthew Ebborne
1722
Richard Payne  
1773
John Macquestin
1723
Richard Payne  
1774
Edward Parsons
1724
Samuel Kingston  
1775
George Pyner
1725
Thomas Astill  
William Moore
1726
Thomas Astill  
1776
Joseph Boone
1727
Thomas Jordan  
1777
Joseph Cooper
1728
Thomas Jordan  
1778
Henry Williams
1729
Benjamin South  
1779
Joseph Jewson
1730
William White  
1780
John Leader
1731
Mark Bates  
1781
William Kersill
1732
Nathaniel Ford  
1782
Richard Potter
1733
John Oddy  
1783
Onesimus Ustonson
1734
Thomas Brightman  
1784
John Cover
1735
Edward Grafton  
1785
John Cooper
1736
William Loveday  
1786
Robert Davies
1737
William Loveday  
1787
Samuel Meriton
1738
John Payne  
1788
Thomas Johnson
1739
Thomas Stanesby  
1789
Herbert Homan
1740
Thomas Stanesby  
1790
Thomas Lermittee
1741
William Cann  
1791
Richard Grace
1742
Thomas Bayly  
1792
Freelove Johnson
1743
William Gage  
1793
John Macquiston
1744
Edward Speare  
1794
John Moffatt
1745
John Kent  
1795
Samuel Clanfield
1746
John Addison  
1796
Richard Hine
1747
Thomas Cooke  
1797
Fitsal White
1748
Joseph Daynes  
1798
Thomas Harper
1749
John Attleborough  
1799
William Pettit
1750
Philip Grafton      
     

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19th Century      
1800
John Jackson  
1851
Thomas Jennings Foord
1801
William Tarn  
1852
John Jones
1802
John Milner  
1853
Edward Harper
1803
John Burgon  
1854
Robert Plant
1804
William Hockaday  
1855
George Brough
1805
William Henry Potter  
1856
Thomas Rowley
1806
John Branton  
1857
Mark Fothergill
1807
Robert Coram  
1858
Thomas Jennings Foord
1808
George Litster  
1859
George William Killett Potter
1809
John Jackson Jr  
1860
John Perry Oldershaw
1810
William l'Anson  
1861
John Jones
1811
Abraham Young  
1862
James Cooper
1812
William Young  
William Harry Sadgrove
1813
Thomas Harper  
1863
Henry Young
1814
George Blogg  
1864
George Brough
1815
William Sadgrove  
1865
Mark Fothergill
1816
Abraham Young  
1866
John Perry Loveland
1817
John Robson  
1867
William Henry Sadgrove
1818
John Ustonson  
1868
Thomas Jennings Foord
1819
John Calvert  
1869
George William Killett Potter
1820
Richard Grace  
1870
William Isaac Dawson
1821
William Legge  
1871
Frederick Oldershaw Smithers
1822
Thomas Brough  
1872
Frederick Oldershaw Smithers
1823
Edward Harper  
1873
James Tennant
1824
Francis Brothers  
1874
Arthur William Sadgrove
1825
John Hodsoll  
1875
Edward Caffin
1826
Daniel Sherrott  
1876
Sclifford Christopherson
1827
John Carter  
1877
Richard Loveland Loveland
1828
Samuel Cheesewright  
1878
Charles Hutton Gregory
1829
Thomas Harper  
1879
John Jacob Holtzapffel
1830
William Legge  
1880
David William Greenhough
1831
Maximilian Kymer  
1881
Henry Collins
1832
Richard Ellis  
1882
Henry Young
1833
William Graves  
1883
Charles William Turner
1834
William T Hodsoll  
1884
Brackstone Baker
1835
Richard Cheesewright  
1885
Samuel Graham Bake
1836
James Lermitte  
1886
Edward Sydney
1837
George Brough  
1887
Dr Robert Turtle Pigott
1838
John Jackson Cuff  
1888
W Burdett Coutts MP
1839
Robert Plant  
1889
W Burdett Coutts MP
1840
William McGillivray  
1890
Charles Fielding
1841
John Henderson  
1891
William James Cotton
1842
Mark Fothergill  
1892
William James Cotton
1843
Samuel Cheesewright  
1893
William Brindley
1844
John Perry Oldershaw  
1894
Sie Douglas Fox
1845
Joseph Dodson  
1895
JohnClowes Bayley
1846
William Sadgrove  
1896
Alfred Henry Bevan
1847
William Howard Sadgrove  
1897
John T C Winkfield
1848
William Mars  
1898
William Rome
1849
Thomas Rowley  
1899
Henry Wallis Hunt
1850
George William Killett Potter      
     

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20th Century      
1900
Ald Thomas Boor Crosby  
1951
Alan Gordon Fagg
1901
Alfred Conyers Haycraft  
1952
George Duthy-James
1902
George William Holtzapffel  
1953
James B F Cowper
1903
Thomas Herbert E Foord  
1954
Cyril Turner
1904
Cecil Maitland Bevan  
1955
Peter H B Otway Smithers MP
1905
Robert Harvey Barton  
1956
Claude J W Mundy
1906
John James Hamilton  
1957
Charles Malcolm Vignoles
1907
Edward Terry  
1958
Ralph Lennox Herring
1908
John Thomas Ashby  
1959
Frederick G Coleman
1909
William David Bartlett  
1960
William Stewart McKim
1910
Henry Llewellyn Howell  
1961
Richard G Woodwark
1911
Sir William Henry Dunn  
1962
George W Hunt
1912
Felix C M Fighiera  
1963
James D I Cowper
1913
Felix C M Fighiera  
1964
Harold James Vennils
1914
Charles Wooley  
1965
Hugh M Lindley-Jones
1915
Harold Marigold Walker  
1966
Henry Randall Steward
1916
Thomas Estall  
1967
Leslie Thomas Sawney
1917
Charles Dugald Buckler  
1968
Philip Maurice Herring
1918
John Seagram Richardson  
1969
John K Newson-Smith
1919
John Elkan  
1970
Anthony Herbert Foord
1920
Walter Lindley-Jones  
1971
Herbert Ernest Senior
1921
John G Holtzapffel Budd  
1972
George Edwin Millson
1922
Henry Claude Walker  
Richard G Woodwark
1923
Henry Thomas McAuliffe  
1973
Frank Roberts
1924
Herbert Quallett Foord  
1974
Henry Morton
1925
Harold Edward Twentyman  
1975
Cecil D Lorimer Smith
1926
John Edward Kingsbury  
1976
David Leonard Smithers
1927
Matthew Thomson  
1977
William J F Benton
1928
John Todd  
1978
Felix Lewis Levy
1929
Gerald Westwood Potter  
1979
George C Farmer
1930
Hugh Shireff CC  
1980
Sir Brian Neill
1931
Sir Thomas Neill  
1981
Brian Walter Burnett
1932
Charles H Idsell-Carpenter  
1982
Maj Gen Sir Leslie Tyler
1933
Frank E Newson-Smith  
1983
Gordon Michael Reeves
1934
Erice Harrison North  
1984
John Egbert Borrett
1935
Charles H John Day  
1985
Sir David Pryke
1936
Sir Robert Gower  
1986
Anthony Talbot Reed
1937
Charles Victor Jacobs  
1987
Maj Gen Sir Leonard Atkinson
1938
Edgar Horace Mundy  
1988
George Archibald Todd
1939
Roland F Champness  
1989
Edward Ernest Field
1940
Arthur L Hetherington  
1990
Barrie Colin Johnston
1941
Francis Lindley-Jones  
1991
Michael Simmonds
1942
Henry Lesser  
1992
Edward William Sawney
1943
Sir Stanley Woodwark  
1993
Peter F W Venn
1944
William Howard Sadgrove  
1994
Andrew Charles Hamilton
1945
Ernest Chattock Farmer  

1995

Gordon McMillan Sloan
1946
Arthur Herbert Harding  
1996
John Nikolas Ciclitira
1947
Henry S Hutchins Wilding  
1997
Peter Francis Worlidge
1948
Leslie Frank Newman  
1998
Colin Peter John Field
1949
William R Hornby Steer  
1999
Dr John Morton Slater
1950
Fred H Cooper Christmas      
     

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21st Century

     
2000
Maj Gen Christopher Tyler  
2007
George Charles Kieffer
2001
Anthony Michael Sherred  
2008
Col Robert Lucas

2002

Noel Anthony Crooks-Meredith      
2003
Andrew Henry Mayer      

2004

Richard John Levy      
2005
Andrew Gordon Ciclitira      
2006
Frances Penrose Halson