2000 A M C Staniforth

1999 D T Young

1998 W K Gardener

1997 G H Kingsmill MM

1996 W S C Richards OBE

1995 J M Renshall CBE

1994 F B Harrison CBE

1993 Mrs B M Culverhouse

1992 F E Worsley OBE

1991 R G Wilkes CBE

1990 Sir Brian Jenkins GBE

1989 D B Shaw 

1988 The Hon Geoffrey Wilson CVO

1987 Sir John Grenside CBE

1986 D G Richards CBE

1985 Sir David Rowe-Ham GBE

1984 Sir Kenneth Cork GBE

1983 M R Harris

1982 P H Dobson DL

1981 A W John CBE

1980 J Holland CBE

1979 Sir Kenneth Sharp TD

1978 Sir Alan Hardcastle 

1977 Sir. Douglas Morpeth TD

1976 J M Keith TD