RNWA Presidents
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Presidents
(There were, over the years, Presidents of other devolved areas that had a significant RNWA presence. These are not included in this summary, which lists the Presidents of the full RNWA only)
| 1887 – W C Gunn | |
| 1888 – F Ballantyne | 1936 FA Sweeney |
| 1889 – H T Derry | 1936 JH Pollard |
| 1890 – J A Sheeny | 1937 TG Johnson |
| 1891-1893 – E C Payne | 1938-1940 C Brownjohn |
| 1894-1898 – H Pointing | 1941-1943 JE Bird |
| 1899-1902 – E L A Munn | 1944-1946 AF Brown |
| 1903 – T Trowern | 1947-1949 JE Bird |
| 1904 – B F Burden | 1950 LG Jenner |
| 1904 – H Collier | 1951-1955 JV Watson |
| 1905 – A S Part | 1956 AJ Sansom |
| 1906-1907 – L M Poe | 1957-1959 PD Brannen |
| 1908-1910 – A W Creal | 1960-1962 IW Baker |
| 1911-1912 – Lloyd-Evans | 1963-1964 P North |
| 1913 – E J Heal | 1965-1966 RA Muir |
| 1914-1916 – A G Webley | 1967-1969 IW Baker |
| 1917-1918 – D Thompson | 1970-1972 RC Morse |
| 1910 – 1922 – J E Lane | 1973 BE Haynes |
| 1923-1924- D Thompson | 1974 NA Davies |
| 1925-1926 – S E Massey | 1975 DJ Turner |
| 1927 – R Thompson | 1976-1977 DL Stevenson |
| 1928 – W O Martin | 1978-1979 TJ Crowe |
| 1929 – A Tibbel | 1980-1990 B Emmence |
| 1930 – J Kinnear | 1990-1991 R Carter |
| 1931 – F G Panhurst | 1992 R Muir |
| 1932 – S Bates | 1993 G Kershaw |
| 1933- M H Boone | 1993-1996 B Emmence |
| 1934 – W F Fuller | 1996-2000 J Stych |
| 1935 RV Leonard | 2001- Current CE Hughes |
In the RNWA’s 137 year history (1887-2024) there have been 57 Presidential “periods”, with 3 persons having held the position twice.
The current President (at 2024) – Colin E Hughes – has held the appointment since 2001, and is therefore the longest serving President of the Association, and by some considerable distance!