Wimbledon Choral Society
Library : Past Senior Appointments in the Choir

President
1914 - 1919	Mr. Richardson Evans
1919 - 1931	Sir Joseph Hood MP
1931 - 1938	Lady Roney JP
1938 - 1944	No record of actual appointee but a committee meeting minute dated Dec. 1945 states the need of "a successor to Sir. Henry Wood" (died 1944)
1946 - 1958	Dr. Ralph Vaughan Williams OM
1958 - 1967	Mr. Paul Beard OBE FRAM
1967 - 1992	Sir Cyril Black DL JP MP
1994 - 1997	Dr. George Malcolm CBE
1997 -	Ian Partridge CBE
Musical Director
1914 - 1916	Dr. Coleman Young
1919 - 1928	Mr. Kenneth Brown
1928 - 1943	Mr. Norman Askew
1943 - 1948	Mr. Cyril Winn
1948 - 1962	Mr. George Shrive
1962 - 1965	Mr. Norman Askew
1965 - 1978	Mr. Michael Stumbles
1978 - 1979	Mr. Colin Nicholls (temporary)
1979 - 2009	Mr. Michael Ashcroft
2009 -	Mr. Neil Ferris
Chairman
1914 - 1919	Mr. T.W. Lulling
1919 - 1922	Mr. E. Brough Taylor
1922 - 1927	Mr. A. A. Drake
1927 - 1945	Captain. J. Baker
1945 - 1946	Major de Roemer
1946 - 1967	Counsellor Sir Cyril Black
1967 - 1976	Mr. A. Thompson
1976 - 1978	Mr. J. Machin
1978 - 1981	Mr. A. Thompson
1981 - 1989	Mr. N. White
1989 - 1994	Mrs. Joan Tagg
1994 - 1997	Mr. Peter Broughton
1997 -	Mr. Neil Dennis
Secretary
1914 - 1919	Miss M. Grant
1919 - 1953	Mr. J. D. Mackie
1953 - 1963	Mr. S. W. Mundon
1963 - 1967	Mr. H. E. Clapp
1967 - 1980	Mr. F. E. Ward
1980 - 1981	Mr. D. Stotesbury
1981 - 1985	Mrs. June Gilmore
1985 - 1996	Mr. Richard Simon
1996 - 1997	Mr. Neil Dennis
1997 - 2000	Mrs. Gil Magill
2000 -	Mrs. Deborah Raymond
Treasurer
1914 - 1919	Mr. E. Brough Taylor
1919 - 1921	Mr. H. Carter
1921 - 1927	Mr. Crimp
1927 - 1933	Mr. Halliday
1933 - 1939	Mr. D. C. Kennedy
1936 - 1951	Mr. McCathy
1951 - 1953	Mr. A. C. King
1953 - 1956	Mr. Cayless
1956 - 1963	Mr. Sutton
1963 - 1978	Mr. H. Crandell
1978 - 1983	Mr. Ron Trayhorn
1983 - 1986	Mr. Alistair Pirie
1986 - 1993	Mr. Ron Trayhorn
1993 - 1997	Mr. Victor Davies
1997 - 2002	Ms. Liz Holder
2002 -	Mr. John Bright

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