Year 1996 | Inscriptions | Chairman | Senior Custodian | Junior Custodian | Honorary Clerk |
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The marriage of the Prince and Princess of Wales, sadly, was dissolved. | J L C Dribell | Lady Olive Norton MBE | Geoffrey King | Raymond Layard | |
Joyous welcome for President Nelson Mandela of South Africa |
Year 1997 | Inscriptions | Chairman | Senior Custodian | Junior Custodian | Honorary Clerk |
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1st May Labour landslide victory at General Election. | J L C Dribell | Geoffrey King FRICS | T Andrew Stevens FRICS | Peter Darvall | |
31st Aug. 7th Sept. Unprecedented popular grief at tragic death of Diana, Princess of Wales. Silent crowds viewed cortege route to Westminster Abbey. |
Year 1998 | Inscriptions | Chairman | Senior Custodian | Junior Custodian | Honorary Clerk |
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20 Nov 1997 HM The Queen and HRH The prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh celebrate their Golden Wedding Anniversary in Westminster Abbey. | J L C Dribell | T Andrew Stevens FRICS | E Brian Chappell FRSA | Peter Darvall | |
10 April 1998. Good Friday Agreement offers hope for peace in Northern Ireland. | |||||
Spring 1998 Referenda presage Assemblies for Scotland and Wales |
Year 1999 | Inscriptions | Chairman | Senior Custodian | Junior Custodian | Honorary Clerk |
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The Ancient Earldom of Wessex revived on the marriage of Prince Edward. | J L C Dribbell | E Brian Chappell FRSA | Miss Rachel Whittaker JP | Peter Darvall | |
First world circumnavigation by hot air balloon. |
Year 2000 | Inscriptions | Chairman | Senior Custodian | Junior Custodian | Honorary Clerk |
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4 Aug.2000 100th birthday of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother joyously celebrated. | J L C Dribell | Miss Rachel Whittaker MBE | JP Rear Admiral Kenneth Snow CB | Peter Darvall | |
2000 The London Eye dominates the Westminster skyline |
Year 2001 | Inscriptions | Chairman | Senior Custodian | Junior Custodian | Honorary Clerk |
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11 Sept 2001 The Queen and Nation mourn victims of terrorist attacks on New York and Washington. | Geoffrey King | Rear Admiral Kenneth Snow CB | Raymond Layard | Peter Darvall | |
Foot and Mouth devastates large areas in England, Scotland and Wales |
Year 2002 | Inscriptions | Chairman | Senior Custodian | Junior Custodian | Honorary Clerk |
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The Golden Jubilee of Her Majesty The Queen was celebrated joyously. | Geoffrey King | Raymond Layard | Rodney Brooke CBE | Peter Darvall | |
Her Majesty, The Queen Mother dies peacefully aged 101. | |||||
The new Hungerford Foot Bridge was opened |
Year 2003 | Inscriptions | Chairman | Senior Custodian | Junior Custodian | Honorary Clerk |
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The Mayor of London instituted a £5 daily Congestion Charge" on Motorists entering an area of Central London. | Geoffrey King | Rodney Brooke CBE | Dr Cyril Nemeth JP | Peter Darvall | |
FEB. Controversy continues long after UK and USA liberation of Iraq from its dictator Saddam Hussein. | |||||
First time UK recorded temperatures exceed 100? at Brogdale Kent. |
Year 2004 | Inscriptions | Chairman | Senior Custodian | Junior Custodian | Honorary Clerk |
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HRH The Princess Alice The Duchess of Gloucester, dies at 102 becomes the oldest known member of the Royal Family ever. | Geoffrey King | Councillor Dr. Cyril Nemeth JP | Councillor Alan Bradley | Peter Darvall |
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The American Satellite Spirit, sends direct photographs of the surface of the Moon. | |||||
English victory in the Rugby World Cup. |
Year 2005 | Inscriptions | Chairman | Senior Custodian | Junior Custodian | Honorary Clerk |
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26 Dec 2004 A Massive Tsunami devastated large parts of Asia, killing hundred of thousands. | Geoffrey King | Councillor Alan Bradley | Councillor Robert Davis | John Stephenson |
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9th April 2005 HRH The Prince of Wales married Mrs Camilla Parker Bowles in Windsor. | |||||
5th May 2005 Rt Hon Tony Blair became the first Labour Prime Minister to win a third consecutive term. |
Year 2006 | Inscriptions | Chairman | Senior Custodian | Junior Custodian | Honorary Clerk |
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Her Majesty The Queen joined with the country in celebration of her 80th birthday. | Geoffrey King | Councillor Robert Davis | Peter Darvall | John Stephenson |
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The historic role of the Lord Chancellor presiding over the House of Lords was brought to an end and Baroness Hayman was elected the first Lord Speaker |
Year 2007 | Inscriptions | Chairman | Senior Custodian | Junior Custodian | Honorary Clerk |
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NO SMOKING in public places enshrined in UK Law | Geoffrey King | Peter Darvall | David Powell | John Stephenson |
Year 2008 | Inscriptions | Chairman | Senior Custodian | Junior Custodian | Honorary Clerk |
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Barack Obama elected as the 44th and first black president of the United States | Geoffrey King | David Powell | Richard Grossman | John Stephenson |
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Team GB wins 47 medals in Beijing Olympics including 19 gold | |||||
International banking crisis leads to unprecedented intervention by all major powers. | |||||
Year 2009 | Inscriptions | Chairman | Senior Custodian | Junior Custodian | Honorary Clerk |
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Law Lords leaves Parliament for new Supreme Court | Geoffrey King | Richard Grossman | Hon Alderman Anne Mallinson | John Stephenson |
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Mr Speaker resigns amid MP's expenses scandal | |||||
Financial Crisis deepens. Banks around the world receive State aid. |
Year 2010 | Inscriptions | Chairman | Senior Custodian | Junior Custodian | Honorary Clerk |
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First official Papal visit to Great Britain by Pope Benedict XVI | Geoffrey King | Hon Alderman Anne Mallinson | Alan Kinsey | John Stephenson |
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Ash cloud from Icelandic volcano disrupts European aviation | |||||
Coalition Government formed by Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties. | |||||
Year 2011 | Inscriptions | Chairman | Senior Custodian | Junior Custodian | Honorary Clerk |
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HRH Prince William marries Miss Catherine Middleton in Westminster Abbey | Geoffrey King | Alan Kinsey | Sir Peter Rogers | John Stephenson |
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Alternative Voting Referendum fails, "First Past the Post" continues... | |||||
The News of the World newspaper ceases publication after 168 years, as a result of the "phone hacking scandal | |||||
Arab uprisings result in overthrow of despots, and the killing of Gaddafi of Lybia |
Year 2012 | Inscriptions | Chairman | Senior Custodian | Junior Custodian | Honorary Clerk |
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NASA successfully lands robot explorer on Mars | David Powell | Sir Peter Rogers | Major General David Burden | John Stephenson |
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Aung San Sui Kyi, Myanmar (Burma)'s pro democracy leader, is released after years of house arrest and re-enters politics, collecting her Nobel Peace Price and addressing both Houses of Parliament in Westminster Hall. | |||||
Bradley Wiggins ( whose childhood home was in Maida Vale) is the first British winner of the Tour de France. | |||||
Andy Murray wins the US Open, the first British winner of a Grand Slam tennis tournament since 1936. |
Year 2013 | Inscriptions | Chairman | Senior Custodian | Junior Custodian | Honorary Clerk |
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Prince George of Cambridge is born on 22nd July | David Powell | Major General David Burden | Jenny Bianco | John Stephenson |
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The Marriage (Same Sex Couples ) Bill becomes law | |||||
NASA announces that Voyager 1 has entered interstellar space; its launch was recorded by the Society in 1977 |
Year 2014 | Inscriptions | Chairman | Senior Custodian | Junior Custodian | Honorary Clerk |
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Scotland rejects independence in referendum. The UK remains united | David Powell | Jenny Bianco DL | Sir Bob Reid | John Stephenson |
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Unrest in Ukraine leads to Russia annexing Crimea and 298 lives lost when a Malaysian airliner is shot down | |||||
Ceramic poppies fill the moat of the Tower of London to honour the dead of World War I | |||||
Allan Bradley retires after a record of 36 years as a ward councillor on Westminster City Council (1978 - 2014) | David Powell | ||||
Year 2015 | Inscriptions | Chairman | Senior Custodian | Junior Custodian | Honorary Clerk |
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On 9 September 2015, 63 years, seven months and two days after her accession, Queen Elizabeth II becomes our longest-reigning monarch | David Powell | Sir Bob Reid | Martin Low | John Stephenson |
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NASA’s New Horizons space probe orbits and photographs Pluto on 14 July 2015 | |||||
Thousands of migrants die in mass flight to Europe from war-torn countries in Middle East, Africa and Asia | |||||
OPEC forces oil price drop from $115 to $40 per barrel | |||||
Year 2016 | Inscriptions | Chairman | Senior Custodian | Junior Custodian | Honorary Clerk |
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A UK referendum results in a vote to leave the European Union | David Powell | Martin Low | David Weeks | Annie Walker |
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The Great Britain and Northern Ireland team comes second in the international medal table for both the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro | |||||
A newly formed charity, The Friends of the Past Overseers’ Society, awards its first grant to an apprentice in silver hand engraving |
Year 2017 | Inscriptions | Chairman | Senior Custodian | Junior Custodian | Honorary Clerk |
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HRH the Duke of Edinburgh retires after 70 years of public service | David Powell | David Weeks | John Stephenson | Annie Walker |
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National outrage over death toll in fire at Kensington apartment block Grenfell Tower | |||||
Record strength Caribbean hurricanes wreak havoc and raise climate change fears |
Year 2018 | Inscriptions | Chairman | Senior Custodian | Junior Custodian | Honorary Clerk |
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Worldwide reprisals against Russia after fatal nerve agent attack in Salisbury | David Powell | John Stephenson | David Aspinwall | Annie Walker |
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The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries open to acclaim in Westminster Abbey’s triforium | |||||
Alastair Cook retires as England’s highest runscorer and James Anderson is fast bowling’s leading wicket taker runscorer and James Anderson is fast |
Year 2019 | Inscriptions | Chairman | Senior Custodian | Junior Custodian | Honorary Clerk |
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Supreme Court unanimously overrules Government's unlawful exercise of Royal Prerogative in proroguing Parliament | David Powell | David Aspinwall | Frances Blois | Annie Walker |
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World-wide disruption caused by protests for immediate action to tackle climate change | |||||
Westminster Abbey celebrates 750th anniversary of rebuilding by Henry III | |||||
Political turmoil continues as nation remains divided over European Union withdrawal | |||||
Year 2020 | Inscriptions | Chairman | Senior Custodian | Junior Custodian | Honorary Clerk |
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Covid-19 pandemic, first identified in Wuhan, China, causes global lockdowns with 84 million cases and 1.9 million deaths worldwide by end of 2020. UK has 2.5 million cases and 74,000 deaths | David Powell | Frances Blois | Alan Kraven | Annie Walker |
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United Kingdom leaves the European Union on 31st January 2020 | |||||
Year 2021 | Inscriptions | Chairman | Senior Custodian | Junior Custodian | Honorary Clerk |
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HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, husband of Queen Elizabeth II and the longest serving consort to an English monarch, dies aged 99 | David Powell | Frances Blois | Alan Kraven | Annie Walker |
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The United Kingdom successfully organises the mass vaccination against COVID-19 | |||||
The international coalition abandons Afghanistan to the Taliban after 20 years | |||||
Year 2022 | Inscriptions | Chairman | Senior Custodian | Junior Custodian | Honorary Clerk |
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The State Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II was held in Westminster Abbey, the first there since 1760. | David Powell | Alan Kraven | Roger Westbrook CMG | Annie Walker | |
The England "Lionesses" win Euro 22 and boost the profile of Women's sport in the UK. | |||||
Russian invasion of Ukraine endangers supplies of energy to Europe and grain to the developing world. | |||||
Year 2023 | Inscriptions | Chairman | Senior Custodian | Junior Custodian | Honorary Clerk |
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King Charles III and Queen Camilla Crowned on 6 May in Westminster Abbey | David Powell | Roger Westbrook CMG | Mrs Catherine Longworth | Annie Walker | |
Sweden and Finland become full members of NATO | |||||
Armed Hamas incursions into Israel provoked an humanitarian crisis and war | |||||