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LIST OF PRESIDENTS AND DATES OF OFFICE
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Surname
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First name(s) or initials, and title
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Dates of Presidency
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ABNEY
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W. de W.
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1893–95
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ADAMS
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John Couch
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1851–53, 1874–76
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AIRY
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Sir George Biddell
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1835–37, 1849–51, 1853–55, 1863–64
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BAILY
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Francis
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1825–27, 1833–35, 1837–39, 1843–45
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BALL
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Sir Robert S.
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1897–99
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BELL BURNELL
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Susan Jocelyn
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2002–04
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BISHOP
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George
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1857–59
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BLACKWELL
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D.E.
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1973–75
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BRINKLEY
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Bishop
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1831–33
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CAYLEY
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Arthur
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1872–74
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CHAPMAN
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Sydney
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1941–43
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CHRISTIE
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W.H.M.
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1888–90
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COLEBROOK
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H.T.
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1823–25
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COMMON
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A.A.
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1895–97
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COOK
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A.H.
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1977–79
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COWLING
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T.G.
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1965–67
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CROMMELIN
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A.C.D.
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1929–31
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DARWIN
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Sir George
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1899–1900
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DAVIES
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R. D.
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1987–89
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| DAVIES |
Roger |
2010–12 |
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DE LA RUE
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Warren
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1864–66
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DINGLE
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H.
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1951–53
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DREYER
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J.L.E.
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1923–25
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DUNKIN
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Edwin
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1884–86
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DYSON
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F.W.
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1911–13
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EDDINGTON
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Sir Arthur
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1921–23
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| FABIAN |
Andrew |
2008–10 |
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FOWLER
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Alfred
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1919–21
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GILL
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Sir David
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1909–11
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GLAISHER
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J.W.L.
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1886–88, 1901–03
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GREAVES
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W.M.H.
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1947–49
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HERSCHEL
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Sir William
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1821–23
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HERSCHEL
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Sir John Frederick William
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1827–29, 1839–41, 1847–49
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HIDE
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R.
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1983–85
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HILL
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E.H.
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1913–15
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HIND
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J.R.
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1880–82
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HOYLE
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Sir Fred
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1971–73
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HUGGINS
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Sir William
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1876–78
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JACKSON
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J.
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1953–55
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JEANS
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Sir James H.
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1925–27
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JEFFRIES
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Sir Harold
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1955–57
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JOHNSON
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Manuel J.
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1855–57
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JORDAN
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C
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1994–96
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KNOBEL
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E.B.
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1892–93, 1900–01
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KNOX-SHAW
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H.
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1931–33
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LASSELL
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William
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1870–72
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LEE
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Dr. John
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1861–63
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LINDSAY
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Lord
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1878–80
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LONGAIR
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M. S.
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1996–98
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LOVELL
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Sir Bernard
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1969–71
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LYNDEN-BELL
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D.
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1985–87
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MacCREA
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Sir William Hunter
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1961–63
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MACMAHON
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P.A.
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1917–19
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MAIN
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Rev. Robert
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1859–61
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MANNERS
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Adm. R.H.
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1868–70
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MAW
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W.H.
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1905–07
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MILNE
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E.A.
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1943–45
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NEWALL
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H.F.
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1907–09
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PHILLIPS
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Rev. Theodore E.B.
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1927–29
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PLASKETT
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H.H.
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1945–47
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PLUMMER
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H.C.
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1939–41
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POUNDS
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K. A.
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1990–92
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PRITCHARD
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Rev. Charles
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1866–68
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REDMAN
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R.O.
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1959–61
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REES
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Sir M.
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1992–94
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REYNOLDS
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J.H.
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1935–37
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| ROWAN- ROBINSON |
M. |
2006–08
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SADLER
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Donald H.
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1967–69
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SAMPSON
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R.A.
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1915–17
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SEATON
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M.J.
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1979–81
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SMART
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W.M
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1949–51
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SMITH
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F. Graham
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1975–77
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SMYTH
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Captain W.H.
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1845–47
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SOUTH
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Sir James
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1829–31
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| SOUTHWOOD |
David |
2012– |
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SPENCER JONES
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H.
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1937–39
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STEAVENSON
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W.H.
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1957–59
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STONE
|
E.J.
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1882–84
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STRATTON
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F.J.M.
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1933–35
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TAYLER
|
R. J.
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1989–90
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TENNANT
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J.F.
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1890–92
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TURNER
|
H.H.
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1903–05
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WEISS
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N. O.
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2000–02
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WHALER
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Kathryn A.
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2004–06
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WILLIAMS
|
D. A.
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1998–2000
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WOLFENDALE
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Arnold W.
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1981–83
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WOOLLEY
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Sir Richard
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1963–65
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WROTTESLEY
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Lord
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1841–43
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