Year 1996InscriptionsChairman
Senior Custodian Junior Custodian
Honorary Clerk
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 1997InscriptionsChairman
Senior Custodian Junior Custodian
Honorary Clerk
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 1998InscriptionsChairman
Senior Custodian Junior Custodian
Honorary Clerk
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 1999InscriptionsChairman
Senior Custodian Junior Custodian
Honorary Clerk
The Ancient Earldom of Wessex revived on the marriage of Prince Edward.J L C DribbellE Brian Chappell FRSA
Miss Rachel Whittaker JP
Peter Darvall
First world circumnavigation by hot air balloon.

Year 2000InscriptionsChairman
Senior Custodian Junior Custodian
Honorary Clerk
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 2001InscriptionsChairmanSenior Custodian
Junior Custodian
Honorary Clerk
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 2002InscriptionsChairmanSenior Custodian
Junior Custodian
Honorary Clerk
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 2003InscriptionsChairmanSenior Custodian
Junior Custodian
Honorary Clerk
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 2004InscriptionsChairmanSenior Custodian
Junior Custodian
Honorary Clerk
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
The American Satellite Spirit, sends direct photographs of the surface of the Moon.
English victory in the Rugby World Cup.

Year 2005InscriptionsChairmanSenior Custodian
Junior Custodian
Honorary Clerk
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
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 2006InscriptionsChairmanSenior Custodian
Junior Custodian
Honorary Clerk
Her Majesty The Queen joined with the country in celebration of her 80th birthday.
Geoffrey King
Councillor Robert Davis
Peter Darvall

John Stephenson
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 2007InscriptionsChairmanSenior Custodian Junior Custodian Honorary Clerk
NO SMOKING in public places enshrined in UK LawGeoffrey King
Peter Darvall
David Powell
John Stephenson

Year 2008InscriptionsChairmanSenior Custodian Junior Custodian Honorary Clerk
Barack Obama elected as the 44th and first black president of the United StatesGeoffrey King
David Powell
Richard Grossman
John Stephenson
Team GB wins 47 medals in Beijing Olympics including 19 gold
International banking crisis leads to unprecedented intervention by all major powers.

Year 2009InscriptionsChairmanSenior Custodian Junior Custodian Honorary Clerk
Law Lords leaves Parliament for new Supreme CourtGeoffrey King
Richard Grossman
Hon Alderman Anne Mallinson
John Stephenson
Mr Speaker resigns amid MP's expenses scandal
Financial Crisis deepens. Banks around the world receive State aid.

Year 2010InscriptionsChairmanSenior Custodian Junior Custodian Honorary Clerk
First official Papal visit to Great Britain by Pope Benedict XVIGeoffrey King
Hon Alderman Anne Mallinson
Alan Kinsey
John Stephenson
Ash cloud from Icelandic volcano disrupts European aviation
Coalition Government formed by Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties.

Year 2011InscriptionsChairmanSenior Custodian Junior Custodian Honorary Clerk
HRH Prince William marries Miss Catherine Middleton in Westminster AbbeyGeoffrey King
Alan Kinsey
Sir Peter Rogers
John Stephenson
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 2012InscriptionsChairmanSenior CustodianJunior Custodian Honorary Clerk
NASA successfully lands robot explorer on Mars David Powell
Sir Peter Rogers
Major General David Burden
John Stephenson
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 2013InscriptionsChairman
Senior Custodian
Junior Custodian
Honorary Clerk
Prince George of Cambridge is born on 22nd JulyDavid Powell
Major General David Burden
Jenny Bianco
John Stephenson
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 2014InscriptionsChairmanSenior Custodian Junior Custodian Honorary Clerk

Scotland rejects independence in referendum. The UK remains unitedDavid Powell
Jenny Bianco DLSir Bob ReidJohn Stephenson
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 2015InscriptionsChairmanSenior Custodian Junior Custodian Honorary Clerk
On 9 September 2015, 63 years, seven months and two days after her accession, Queen Elizabeth II becomes our longest-reigning monarchDavid Powell
Sir Bob Reid
Martin Low
John Stephenson
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 2016InscriptionsChairmanSenior Custodian Junior Custodian Honorary Clerk
A UK referendum results in a vote to leave the European UnionDavid Powell
Martin Low
David Weeks
Annie Walker
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 2017InscriptionsChairmanSenior Custodian Junior Custodian Honorary Clerk
HRH the Duke of Edinburgh retires after 70 years of public serviceDavid Powell
David Weeks
John Stephenson
Annie Walker
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 2018InscriptionsChairmanSenior Custodian Junior Custodian Honorary Clerk
Worldwide reprisals against Russia after fatal nerve agent attack in SalisburyDavid Powell
John Stephenson
David Aspinwall
Annie Walker
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 2019InscriptionsChairmanSenior Custodian Junior Custodian Honorary Clerk
Supreme Court unanimously overrules Government's unlawful exercise of Royal Prerogative in proroguing ParliamentDavid Powell
David Aspinwall
Frances Blois
Annie Walker
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 2020InscriptionsChairmanSenior Custodian Junior Custodian Honorary Clerk
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 deathsDavid Powell
Frances Blois
Alan Kraven
Annie Walker
United Kingdom leaves the European Union on 31st January 2020

Year 2021InscriptionsChairmanSenior CustodianJunior Custodian Honorary Clerk
HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, husband of Queen Elizabeth II and the longest serving consort to an English monarch, dies aged 99David Powell
Frances Blois
Alan Kraven
Annie Walker
The United Kingdom successfully organises the mass vaccination against COVID-19
The international coalition abandons Afghanistan to the Taliban after 20 years

Year 2022InscriptionsChairmanSenior CustodianJunior Custodian Honorary Clerk
The State Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II was held in Westminster Abbey, the first there since 1760.David PowellAlan KravenRoger Westbrook CMGAnnie 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 2023InscriptionsChairmanSenior CustodianJunior Custodian Honorary Clerk
King Charles III and Queen Camilla Crowned on 6 May in Westminster AbbeyDavid PowellRoger Westbrook CMGMrs Catherine LongworthAnnie Walker
Sweden and Finland become full members of NATO
Armed Hamas incursions into Israel provoked an humanitarian crisis and war