Metropolitan Sovereign Chapter no.1 Principal Officers

The following brethren have served this Chapter through the years

Sovereigns

1858 Joseph John Moody

1861 Edward Thomas Bradshaw

1863 Alexander  James Gibb

1864 Henry Wallace Lowry

1865 Henry Wallace Lowry

1866 George Lewis

1867 Robert Levick

1868 Maj. Alexander Kennedy Smith, MLA

1869 John James

1870 John James

1871 William Braithwaite

1872 Maj. Alfred Blannin

1873 Capt. Robert Patterson Negus

1874 Maj. Charles Roper Martin

1875 Joseph Cahill

1876 John Robertson

1877 John James

1878 Maj. Charles Roper Martin

1879 John James

1880 Henry Wallace Lowry

1881 George Frederick Martin

1882 George Gordon Ross

1883 Elisha Howard Mack

1884 Maj. Charles Roper Martin

1885 Lieut-Col. Henry Studholme Brownrigg

1886 William James Runting

1887 Lieut-Col. Henry Studholme Brownrigg

1888 James Vaughan Morgan

1889 Maj. Charles Roper Martin

1890 Capt. John Bannerman

1891 Thomas Walker Fowler

1892 George Sutherland Smith

1893 Henry Keate Hall

1894 Clarence Spencer Cope Hicks

1895 Thomas Lambert

1896 Rev. Dean Charles John Godby

1897 Henry Thomas Tompsitt

1898 Andrew Thomson

1899 George Hall

1900 Robert Oliver Thompson

1901 James Campbell Rennie

1902 Dr Edward William Linnell French

1903 Henry Arthur Harrison

1904 Dr Frederic Sidney Jermaine-Lulham

1905 Dr Walter Balls-Headley

1906 Col. George William Watson, VD

1907 George Fethers

1908 Alexander Kemp

1909 Sir Henry Weedon, Bart

1910 George Edwin Emery, CMG

1911 Thomas Mackenzie Kirkwood

1912 William Ernest Bagnall

1913 Llewellyn Rhun Davies-Griffith

1914 Edwin Rupert Hammett

1915 Colin Robertson Tulloh

1916 Arthur Thewlis

1917 Frederick Charles Martin

1918 Col. The Rev. Dr Albert Thomas Holden, CBE DD

1919 Adam George Dunlop

1920 George Lyell Marquand

1921 George Lyell Marquand

1922 John William Robertson

1923 George Herbert Broome

1924 Frederick Langley Dexter-Homan

1925 Robert Peter Dick

1926 Herbert Victor Mitchell

1927 Herbert Victor Mitchell

1928 Lieut.Col. Richard Ernest Trebilcock, MC

1929 William Callaghan

1930 Norman Colliver

1931 Harry Edward Sheppard Bird

1932 Rev. Joseph William Briggs

1933 Rev. William Clarke-Hudson

1935 Dr William George Herbert Tregear

1936 Victor Sydney Hollow

1937 Francis Edward Bellmaine

1938 James Banning Wardley

1939 William Shakespeare John Boyd Flaxman

1940 Alban Cyril Morley

1941 Sir William George Dismore Upjohn, OBE

1942 Joseph James Clarke

1943 Andrew Henry Jacob Edwin Heins

1944 Walter Kemp

1945 Reginald Herbert Wilkinson

1946 William Robinson Heley

1947 Samuel Joseph Wilson

1948 Dr Shirley Elliston Francis

1949 John Charles Farrin-Webb

1950 Frank Carl Urban

1951 Rev. Canon Walter George Thomas

1952 Herbert William Stewart

1953 Vernon Wilkinson

1954 Walter Edward Brockenshire

1955 Walter Joseph Haynes

1956 Mervyn Fairfield Fasham

1957 William Aspinall Houghton

1958 Arthur Edward Dowling

1959 Robert Coldstream

1960 William Cecil Sangster

1961 Dr Arthur Joseph Day

1962 Robert Mitchell Orr

1963 Leslie Wilfred Fletcher

1964 Raymond Henry Beers

1965 Herbert Robert Erl Grey

1966 Eric Vincent

1967 Christian Jacobsen

1968 James George Stevenson

1969 John Harris

1970 John Rawady

1971 John William Arthur Beardshall

1972 William Charles Picot

1973 Dr Lyall Longhurst Lovett

1974 Trevor Edward Leslie Minster

1975 Edward William Henry Mawby

1976 Johann Collin Hoffmann

1977 Alan Henri Nottle

1978 John Matthewson Mitchell

1979 Stanley Ronald Bouchier

1980 Lieut.-Col. Allan Edmund Bamford, ED

1981 William Robert Scott

1982 Cmdr Willem Jacob Hootsen, RNN (Retd)

1983 Dr Hubert Frederick Pascal-Murray

1984 Lloyd Wilkinson Chanter

1985 Samuel Larkin McGarrigle

1986 Geoffrey Anthony Bowers

1987 William Keith Nevin

1988 John Brodie Richardson

1989 Justus Hugh Eberhard

1990 Keith Frederick Best

1991 Keith Frederick Best

1992 Russell-Graeme Gilbert

1993 Owen Dudley Hamilton Burton

1994 Robert Thomas Floyd

1995 Murray Gavin Cook Birch

1996 Clarke George Baini

1997 Norman Alexander Pritchard, RFD

1998 Robert Colquhoun

1999 Robert Colquhoun

2000 Robert Thomas Floyd

2001 Robert Thomas Floyd

2002 Robert Thomas Floyd

2003 John Anthony Baragwanath

2004 John Anthony Baragwanath

2005 Ibrahim Farfoud

2006 Ibrahim Farfoud

2007 John Anthony Baragwanath

2008 John Anthony Baragwanath

2009 Andrew Peter Charles La Terra

2010 Pasquale Siciliano

2011 Pasquale Siciliano

2012 Robert Paul Brennand

2013 Theofanes Tzafas

2014 Matteo Donato

2015 Domenic Alexander Donato

2016 Filippo Culcasi

2017 Duncan Stuart Russell McArthur

2018 Dr Christopher Scott Wallace

2019 Dr Christopher Scott Wallace

2020 Dr Christopher Scott Wallace (COVID hiatus)

2021 Richard Robertson Shelly (COVID hiatus)

2022 Richard Robertson Shelly

2023 Jeffrey Walter Casbourn Cripps

Recorders

1860 Charles Ernest Clarke

1865 William Henry Taaffe

1867 Henry Wallace Lowry

1880 Joseph Cahill

1892 Thomas Walker Fowler

1913 William Ernest Bagnall

1919 Arthur Thewlis

1932 William Stapley Harmer

1934 William Callaghan

1952 William Shakespeare John Boyd Flaxman

1958 Ian Robert Anderson

1961 William Shakespeare John Boyd Flaxman

1962 Victor Charles Stone

1967 Eric Vincent

1972 Robert Mitchell Orr

1973 Lieut.-Col. Allan Edmund Bamford, ED

1978 Hubert Tivnann Hall

1980 Eric Vincent

1987 Alan Henri Nottle

1997 Clarke George Baini

2008 Jeffrey Walter Casbourn Cripps

2012 Dr Christopher Scott Wallace

2023 Richard Robertson Shelly

Treasurers

1860 Laurence Cockburn

1861 Charles White

1865 William James Vance

1867 Henry Wallace Lowry

1891 John Robertson

1914 George Fethers

1921 Frederick Charles Martin

1942 Hugh Edward Kennedy

1952 John Charles Farrin-Webb

1956 Ian Robert Anderson

1958 Edward William Henry Mawby

1967 Ernest James Charlton

1970 James George Stevenson

1972 Edward William Henry Mawby

1974 Samuel Larkin McGarrigle

1974 William Charles Picot

1980 John Matthewson Mitchell

1984 James George Stevenson

1991 Geoffrey Maclean Waters

1997 Eric Vincent

1999 Camille Nahas

2007 Norman Alexander Pritchard, RFD

2011 John Anthony Baragwanath

2014 Robert Paul Brennand

Directors of Ceremonies

details of previous officers unknown to-date

1882 Richard Lawrence Malcolm

1883 William James Runting

1890 Thomas Livingston

1891 Edward Jervis

1893 Henry Thomas Tompsitt

1894 George Hall

1895 Robert Oliver Thompson

1897 Dr Edward William Linnell French

1899 Edward Nicholls

1900 Thomas Harris

1901 Alfred Webster

1904 Henry Arthur Harrison

1917 Arthur Thewlis

1919 William Ernest Bagnall

1927 George Lyell Marquand

1932 Robert Peter Dick

1938 Victor Sydney Hollow

1946 Andrew Henry Jacob Edwin Heins

1949 William Robinson Heley

1956 Alan Rowland Simpson

1957 Herbert William Stewart

1960 Vernon Wilkinson

1963 Arthur Edward Dowling

1967 Capt. Frederick Russell Williams

1971 William Cecil Sangster

1972 John Rawady

1974 Eric Vincent

1976 James George Stevenson

1978 Dr Lyall Longhurst Lovett

1979 Johann Collin Hoffmann

1984 Alan Henri Nottle

1987 Lieut.-Col. Allan Edmund Bamford, ED

1993 Justus Hugh Eberhard

1995 Geoffrey Anthony Bowers

2007 Tony Barkho

2008 Raymond Shearwood Phillips

2013 Pasquale Siciliano

2014 LTCOL Donald David Shearman (Ret'd), RFD

2021 Michael John Hyland