1896 – 1908: Sir Henry Howard

1908 – 1910: Sir George Buchanan

1910 – 1917: The Honourable Sir Alan Johnstone

1917 – 1919: Sir Walter Townley

1919 – 1921: Sir Ronald Graham

1921 – 1926: Sir Charles Marling

1926 – 1928: The Earl Granville

1928 – 1933: The Honourable Sir Odo Russell

1933 – 1938: Sir Hubert Montgomery

1938 – 1940 & 1945 – 1948: Sir Neville Bland, in The Hague then with the Netherlands Government in England during the war and then again in The Hague

1948 – 1952: Sir Philip Nichols

1952 – 1954: Sir Nevile Butler

1954 – 1960: Sir Paul Mason

1960 – 1964: Sir Andrew Noble

1964 – 1970: Sir Peter Garran

1970 – 1972: Sir Edward Tomkins

1972 – 1977: Sir John Barnes

1977 – 1979: Sir Richard Sykes

1979 – 1981: Sir John Lang Taylor

1981 – 1984: Sir Philip Robert Mansfield

1984 – 1988: Sir John William Denys Margetson

1988 – 1993: Sir Michael Romilly Heald Jenkins

1993 – 1996: Sir David Miers

1996 – 2001: Dame Rosemary Spencer

2001 – 2005: Sir Colin Budd

2005 - 2009: Mr Lyn Parker

2009: Mr Paul Arkwright