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Founded in 1836


Presidents of the Society

John Lee1836 - 39
Edward Hawkins1839 - 41
H.H. Wilson1841 - 43
Lord Albert Conyngham1843 - 45
H.H. Wilson1845 - 47
W.D. Haggard1847 - 49
Edward Hawkins1849 - 51
The Lord Londesborough
(Formerly Lord Albert Conyngham, President 1843-45)
1851 - 55
W.S.W. Vaux1855 - 74
Sir John Evans1874 - 1908
Sir Henry H. Howarth1908 - 14
Sir Arthur Evans1914 - 19
Sir Charles Oman1919 - 30
Percy Webb1930 - 35
Sir George MacDonald1935 - 36
Percy Webb1936 - 37
E.A. Sydenham1937 - 42
Harold Mattingly1942 - 48
C. Humphrey V. Sutherland1948 - 53
Michael Grant1953 - 56
Christopher E. Blunt1956 - 61
Philip Grierson1961 - 66
Derek F. Allen1966 - 70
Colin M. Kraay1970 - 74
Robert A.G. Carson1974 - 79
David G. Sellwood1979 - 84
John P.C. Kent1984 - 89
Theodore V. Buttrey1989 - 94
D. Michael Metcalf1994 - 99
Harold B. Mattingly1999 - 2004
Joe Cribb2005 - 09
Nicholas Mayhew2009 - present

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