Chairs and Presidents of our predecessor organisations

There was no permanent Presidency before 1854. A Chairman was elected for each meeting and sometimes for each session and these are listed below. There were no meetings in the years that are not listed.

1841 – Andrew Blake, Nottingham General Asylum

1842 – ED de Vitré, Lancaster Asylum

1843 – John Conolly, Hanwell Asylum; AJ Sutherland, St Luke’s Hospital and Alexander Morison, London

1844 – J Thurnam, The Retreat and J Alderson, York Asylum

1847 – FT Wintle, Warneford Hospital and William Ley, Littlemore Asylum

1851 – John Conolly, Hanwell Asylum

1852 – FT Wintle, Warneford Hospital

1854 – AJ Sutherland, St Luke’s Hospital, London

1855 – J Thurnam, Wilts County Asylum, Devizes

1856 – J Hitchman, Derby County Asylum

1857 – Forbes Winslow, Sussex House, Hammersmith

1858 – John Conolly, Hanwell

1859 – Charles Hastings, Worcester

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1860 – JC Bucknill, Devon County Asylum, Exeter

1861 – Joseph Lalor, Richmond Asylum, Dublin

1862 – John Kirkman, Suffolk County Asylum, Melton

1863 – David Skae, Royal Asylum, Edinburgh

1864 – Henry Monro, Brooke House, Clapton

1865 – William Wood, Kensington House

1866 – WAF Browne, Commissioner in Lunacy for Scotland; formerly Crichton Royal, Dumfries

1867 – CA Lockhart Robertson, Sussex County Asylum, Haywards Heath

1868 – WHO Sankey, Sandywell Park, Cheltenham

1869 – T Laycock, Edinburgh University

1870 – Robert Boyd, Somerset County Asylum, Wells

1871 – Henry Maudsley, The Lawn, Hanwell

1872 – James Coxe, Commissioner in Lunacy for Scotland

1873 – Harrington Tuke, The Manor House, Chiswick

1874 – TL Rogers, Rainhill Asylum

1875 – JF Duncan, Dublin

1876 – WH Parsey, Warwick County Asylum

1877 – G Fielding Blandford, London

1878 – J Crichton-Browne, Lord Chancellor’s Visitor in Lunacy, formerly West Riding Asylum, Wakefield

1879 – JA Lush, Fisherton House, Salisbury

1880 – GW Mould, Royal Asylum, Cheadle

1881 – D Hack Tuke, London

1882 – WT Gairdner, Glasgow University

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1883 – W Orange, State Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Broadmoor

1884 – Henry Rayner, Hanwell Asylum

1885 – JA Eames, District Asylum, Cork

1886 – Geo H Savage, Bethlem Royal Hospital

1887 – Frederick Needham, Barnwood House, Gloucester

1888 – Thomas Clouston, Royal Asylum, Edinburgh

1889 – H Hayes Newington, Ticehurst House

1890 – David Yellowlees, Royal Asylum, Glasgow

1891 – EB Whitcombe, City Asylum, Birmingham

1892 – Robert Baker, The Retreat, York

1893 – J Murray Lindsay, Derby County Asylum

1894 – Conolly Norman, Richmond Asylum, Dublin

1895 – David Nicolson, State Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Broadmoor 

1896 – William Julius Mickle, Grove Hall, Bow

1897 – Thomas W McDowall, Northumberland Asylum, Morpeth

1898 – AR Urquhart, James Murray’s Royal Asylum, Perth

1899 – JB Spence, Burntwood Asylum, Lichfield

1900 – Fletcher Beach, London, formerly Darenth Institution, Dartford

1901 – Oscar T Woods, District Asylum, Cork

1902 – J Wiglesworth, Rainhill Asylum

1903 – Ernest W White, City of London Asylum, Stone

1904 – R Percy Smith, London

1905 – T Outterson Wood, London

1906 – Robert Armstrong-Jones, Claybury Asylum, Essex

1907 – PW MacDonald, Dorchester County Asylum

1908 – CA Mercier, Flower House, Catford

1909 – W Bevan Lewis, West Riding Asylum, Wakefield

1910 – Sir John Macpherson, Commissioner in Lunacy for Scotland

1911 – Wm R Dawson, Inspector of Lunatic Asylums, Dublin

1912 – J Greig Soutar, Barnwood House, Gloucester

1913 – James Chambers, The Priory, Roehampton

1914–1918 – David G. Thomson, Norfolk County Asylum, Thorpe

1918 – John Keay, Bangour Village 1919 Bedford Pierce, The Retreat, York

1920 – William F Menzies, Cheddleton Mental Hospital, Leek

1921 – Sir Hubert Bond, Commissioner, Board of Control; formerly Long Grove Asylum

1922 – GM Robertson, Royal Mental Hospital, Edinburgh

1923 – Edwin Goodall, Cardiff City Mental Hospital

1924 – Michael J Nolan, Downpatrick Asylum

1925 – Sir Frederick W Mott, Birmingham University

1926 – John R Lord, Horton Hospital, Epsom

1927 – Hamilton Marr, Commissioner, General Board of Control for Scotland

1928 – J Shaw Bolton, West Riding Mental Hospital, Wakefield

1929 – Nathan Raw, Lord Chancellor’s Visitor in Lunacy

1930 – T Saxty Good, Oxford Mental Hospital, Littlemore

1931 – RR Leeper, St Patrick’s Hospital, Dublin

1932 – RB Campbell, Stirling District Mental Hospital, Larbert

1933 – Frank Douglas Turner, Royal Eastern Counties Institution, Colchester

1934 – Daniel F Rambaut, St Andrew’s Hospital, Northampton

1935 – Reginald Worth, Springfield Mental Hospital, London

1936 – M Abdy Collins, Canterbury; formerly Kent County Mental Hospital, Chartham

1937 – Douglas McRae, Glengall Hospital, Ayr

1938 – John Rutherford Gilmour, Scalebor Park, Burley-in-Wharfedale, Yorkshire

1939 – A Helen A Boyle, Lady Chichester Hospital, Hove, Sussex

1940–1944 – Thomas Chivers Graves, Rubery Hill Hospital, Birmingham

1944–1945 – AAW Petrie, Banstead Hospital

1946 – Sir David Henderson, Royal Mental Hospital, Edinburgh

1947 – W Gordon Masefield, Eastbourne; formerly Brentwood Mental Hospital

1948 – W Rees Thomas, Senior Commissioner, Board of Control

1949 – J Ivison Russell, Clifton Hospital, York

1950 – KK Drury, Carlton Hayes Hospital, Leicester

1951 – PK McCowan, Crichton Royal, Dumfries

1952 – Thomas Tennent, St Andrew’s Hospital, Northampton

1953 – GWTH Fleming, Barnwood House, Gloucester

1954 – Noel G Harris, St Luke’s-Woodside, London

1955 – John Dunne, Grangegorman Hospital, Dublin

1956 – T Percy Rees, Warlingham Park Hospital, Surrey

1957 – RW Armstrong, Littlemore Hospital, Oxford

1958 – LC Cook, Bexley Hospital, Dartford Heath, Kent

1959 – Angus MacNiven, Glasgow Royal Mental Hospital, Gartnavel

1960 – Alexander Walk, Cane Hill Hospital, Coulsden, Surrey

1961 – William McCartan, Northern Ireland; formerly St Francis and Hurstwood Park Hospitals, Haywards Heath, Sussex

1962 – Isabel GH Wilson, former Senior Commissioner, Board of Control

1963 – Desmond Curran, St George’s Hospital, London

1964 – Ian Skottowe Winchester; formerly The Warneford Hospital, Oxford

1965 – T Ferguson Rodger, University of Glasgow

1966 – Erwin Stengel, University of Sheffield

1967 – HV Dicks, Tavistock Clinic, London

1968 – Francis Pilkington, Moorhaven Hospital, Ivybridge, South Devon

1969–1971 – Martin Cuthbert, St Luke’s Hospital, Middlesbrough