Patrons

1897-1936

HM King George V (HM The Duke of York 1897-1901 then The Prince of Wales, 1901-1910)

1936-1936

HM King Edward VII

1936-1952

HM King George VI

1952 – 2022

HM Queen Elizabeth II

2024 – 

HM King Charles III

Presidents

1885-1909

James Carfrae Alston

1909-1919

Lord Guthrie

1919-1933

Colonel John A. Roxburgh

1933-1947

Earl of Home

1947-1963

Lord Maclay (Sir Joseph P. Maclay)

1963-1985

Earl of Elgin and Kincardine (Lord Bruce)

1985-1994

Viscount Thurso of Ulbster

1994-1998

The Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne

1998-2004

Judge R. Lockett

2004-2005

John Neil OBE

2005-2008

Reverend Professor Alan Main

2008-2011

Sir Kenneth Calman

2011-2020

Lord Griffiths of Burry Port

2021-

Dez Johnston

Secretaries

1885-1914

Sir William Alexander Smith

1914-1925

H. Arnold Wilson

1925-1954

G. Stanley Smith

1954-1965

Major General D.J. Wilson-Haffenden

1966-1974

Ian G. Neilson

1974-1987

Alfred Hudson

1987-1988

Gerald M. Walker

1988-2002

Sydney Jones

2002

Don McLaren

2003-2015

Steve Dickinson

2015

Andrew Johnston

2016-2019

William Stevenson

The position of Brigade Secretary has been discontinued since 2019

Chief Executive

2019-

Jonathan Eales

Treasurers

1885-1898

John Lammie

1898-1904

T.W. Cuthertson

1904-1905

David Laidlaw

1905-1910

James D. Robertson

1910-1915

H. Arnold Wilson

1915-1918

John A Roxburgh

1918-1925

Samuel Osborn

1925-1938

H. Arnold Wilson

1938-1962

The Marquess of Clydesdale

1962-1969

Sir Cyril Black

1970-1973

Sir Alfred Owen

1982-1987

Leonard Boyle

1989-1996

Charles Winter

1996-2001

John Young

2001-2004

Ron Dunning

2004-2009

John T.H. Williams

2009-2020

Clifford Bygrave

2020-

Stephen J. Mann