| 1922 – 1924 | A.E. Cowley |
| 1924 – 1925 | Falconer Madan |
| 1925 – 1927 | Percy Simpson |
| 1927 – 1928 | D. Nichol Smith |
| 1928 – 1931 | Strickland Gibson |
| 1931 – 1933 | R.W. Chapman |
| 1933 – 1936 | H.H.E. Craster |
| 1936 – 1937 | J.P.R. Lyell |
| 1937 – 1939 | G.R. Driver |
| 1939 | C.H. Wilkinson |
| 1939 – 1945 | Strickland Gibson (Acting President) |
| 1945 | H.H.E. Craster (Acting President) |
| 1946 – 1947 | Percy Simpson |
| 1947 – 1951 | R.W. Chapman |
| 1951 – 1952 | John Johnson (Acting President) |
| 1952 – 1956 | John Johnson |
| 1956 – 1962 | F.P. Wilson |
| 1962 – 1964 | R.W. Hunt |
| 1964 – 1968 | Neil Ker |
| 1968 – 1972 | John Sparrow |
| 1972 – 1976 | Simon Nowell-Smith |
| 1976 – 1980 | I.G. Philip |
| 1980 – 1984 | Paul Morgan |
| 1984 – 1988 | J.D. Fleeman |
| 1988 – 1992 | John Feather |
| 1992 – 1996 | Giles Barber |
| 1996 – 1999 | Penny Bulloch |
| 1999 – 2001 | Giles Barber |
| 2001 – 2005 | Nigel Palmer |
| 2005 – 2009 | M.L. Turner |
| 2009 – 2013 | Ronald Truman |
| 2013 – 2017 | Nigel Wilson |
| 2017 – 2022 | H.R. Woudhuysen |
| 2022 – | Adam Smyth |
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