| 1847 - 1853 | Edwin Lees, F.L.S., F.G.S. |
| 1853 - 1857 | The Rev. Canon E. H. Craddock, D.D. |
| 1857 - 1860 | Edward Holland, M.P. |
| 1860 - 1861 | The Rev. Canon A. H. Winnington Ingram, M.A., F.G.S |
| 1861 - 1863 | The Very Rev. Dean D. Melville, D.D. |
| 1863 - 1865 | The Hon. and Rev. Canon W. H. Lyttelton, M.A. |
| 1865 - 1868 | The Ven. Archdeacon W. Lea, M.A. |
| 1868 - 1870 | R. S. Bartlett, J.P. |
| 1870 - 1871 | The Rev. Canon W. W. Douglas, M.A. |
| 1871 - 1872 | The Rev. R. P. Turner, M.A. |
| 1872 - 1874 | G. G. Brown |
| 1874 - 1875 | The Rev. J. H. Whitely, M.A. |
| 1875 - 1876 | W. Weaver Jones |
| 1876 - 1879 | John Amphlett, M.A. |
| 1879 - 1881 | The Rev. J. H. Thompson |
| 1881 - 1883 | John Fraser, M.D. |
| 1883 - 1885 | The Rev. Eustace Robinson |
| 1885 - 1886 | The Rev. R. Thirsfield, M.A. |
| 1886 - 1891 | Frederick Fitch, M.D. |
| 1891 - 1894 | Horace Pearce, F.L.S., F.G.S. |
| 1894 - 1898 | John Rose, M.D. |
| 1898 - 1902 | The Rev. C. E. Ranken, M.A. |
| 1902 - 1906 | Carleton Rea, M.A., B.C.L. |
| 1906 - 1909 | F. T. Spackman, F.G.S. |
| 1909 - 1912 | The Bishop of Worcester, The Right Rev. Huyshe Yeatman-Biggs, D.D., F.S.A |
| 1912 - 1915 | The Rev. Canon E. R. Dowdeswell, M.A. |
| 1915 - 1919 | John Humphreys, F.S.A., F.L.S, F.G.S. |
| 1919 - 1922 | F. Ronald Jeffery |
| 1922 - 1925 | W. Wickham King, M.Sc., F.G.S. |
| 1925 - 1928 | R. C. Gaut, M.Sc., N.D.A. |
| 1928 - 1931 | C. C. Duncan, F.R.I.C., F.C.S., F.R.M.S. |
| 1931 - 1934 | Mrs. C. Urquhart Stuart, F.L.S. |
| 1934 - 1938 | Carleton Rea, M.A., B.C.L. |
| 1938 - 1946 | C. C. Duncan, F.R.I.C., F.C.S., F.R.M.S. |
| 1946 | Carleton Rea, M.A., B.C.L. (Died, 24th June) |
| 1946 - 1955 | L. Richardson, F.R.S.E., P.A.Inst.W.E., F.G.S. |
| 1955 - 1958 | E. J. Wenham, B.Sc., F.R.Met.S. |
| 1958 - 1959 | F. M. Day, M.A. |
| 1959 - 1960 | A. J. Harthan |
| 1960 - 1961 | F. Fincher, F.R.E.S. |
| 1961 - 1997 | Mrs. M. Palmer-Smith, M.B.O.U. |
| 1998 - | A. M. Pettigrew |