Masters of the Worshipful Company of Musicians
Including the year of their installation (between Michaelmas and mid-November).
Those marked with * are unconfirmed.
1519 John Clyn
1594 William Warren
1596 Robert Strachey
1603 Phillip London
1605 Tristram Waters
1633 Thomas Chamberlain
1634 Philip Pikeman
1637 Robert Gill
1648 Robert Gill *
1687? John Dyer
1693 Walter Holt
1695 Charles Pratten
1725 Thomas Eyre
1729 Richard Loyde
1736 Thomas Vincent *
1737 John Beckwith *
1738 Jonathan Key*
1739 Miles Nightingale *
1740 Henry Spencer *
1741 John Rayner *
1742 Samuel Story *
1743 George Courtness *
1744 Heneage Robinson *
1745 Richard Bosworth *
1746 John Nottingham *
1747 Edward Burton *
1748 George Hindmarsh *
1749 William O’Brien *
1750 Benjamin Cleeve *
1751 Jonathan Barnard *
1752 Man Griffith *
1753 Samuel Bosworth *
1754 Henry Pointer *
1755 Nathaniel Hill *
1756 Thomas Pattle *
1757 John Trotman *
1758 Robert Thirsk *
1759 John Henley *
1760 John Hutchinson *
1761 Richard Lewis *
1762 Heyland Bigger *
1763 Hinchley Phipps *
1764 Maurice Griffith *
1765 Henry Spencer
1766 William Jackson
1767 John Walker *
1768 Stephen Camm
1769 Gedaliah Gatfield
1770 Heneage Robinson *
1771 William Cooper Keating
1772 Thomas Ashton
1773 William Stagg
1774 Robert Sidall
1775 John Hardy
1776 Richard Clarke
1777 William Gibson
1778 John Salte
1779 Edward Williams
1780 Robert Holder
1781 William Garsed
1782 Thomas Weston
1783 Henry Evan
1784 William Chivers
1785 Isaac Holmes
1786 William Rix
1787 John Rutter
1788 Richard Ackerman
1789 John Crozier
1790 Ald. Sir Brook Watson
1791 Richard Humphreys
1792 Joseph Harrop
1793 Solomon Wadd
1794 William Moore
1795 Thomas Weston
1796 Jonathan Key
1797 Joseph Stede
1798 Thomas Ellis
1799 Joseph Cough
1800 William Huson
1801 Thomas Cross
1802 James Smith
1803 John Ashley
1804 Job Williams
1805 Thomas Fellows
1806 Thomas Ashby
1807 John Rutter
1808 William Moore
1810 Joseph Gough
1811 Thomas Wood
1811 John Axford
1812 Joseph Staines
1813 Joseph Green
1814 Job Williams
1815 John Axford
1816 Joseph Staines
1817 Joseph Green
1818 Joseph Delafons
1819 Alexander Glennie
1820 John Chaplin
1821 Richard Jones
1822 Thomas Bingham
1823 Alexander Glennie
1824 Joseph Todd
1825 William Suttaby
1826 Frederick William Collard
1827 Thomas Fellows
1828 Edward Batten
1829 John Joseph Skilbeck
1830 William Ward, M.P.
1831 Thomas Fellows jnr.
1832 John Strachan Glennie
1833 Henry Wadd
1833 Thrower Buckle Herring
1834 Giddes Mackenzie Simpson
1835 William Chaplin
1836 Robert Albron Fellows
1837 Thomas Herring
1838 Henry Patteson
1839 William Ward
1840 John Evans
1841 Edward Wiggins
1842 James Southby Bridge
1843 John Skilbeck
1844 James Wedderburn Simpson
1845 Frederick William Collard
1846 Frederick William Collard (re-elected)
1847 William Ward
1848 Thomas Fellowes
1849 Thrower Buckle Herring
1850 William Chaplin
1851 Thomas Herring
1852 Thomas Herring (re-elected)
1853 John Evans
1854 Edward Wiggins
1855 James Southby Bridge
1856 Joseph Skilbeck
1857 Robert Philip Jones
1858 John Wood
1859 Thomas Fellowes
1860 William Chaplin
1861 Thomas Herring
1862 James Southby Bridge
1863 John Evans
1864 Charles Lukey Collard
1865 Charles Lukey Collard (re-elected)
1866 John Hilditch Evans
1867 Robert Philip Jones
1868 John Peter Theobald
1869 John Barnwell Herring
1870 Thomas Prowett Jones
1871 Joseph Sidney Lescher
1872 George Wood
1873 William Costall May
1874 Henry Richard Frisby
1875 William Chappell
1876 John Henry Skilbeck
1877 William Stuartson Collard
1878 Walter Meacock Wilkinson
1879 Robert Betson Warrick
1880 John Hilditch Evans
1881 John Peter Theobald
1882 John Barnwell Herring
1883 Thomas Prowett Jones
1884 George Wood
1885 Henry Richard Frisby
1886 William Costall May
1887 William Chappell
1888 John Henry Skilbeck
1889 William Stuartson Collard
1890 Walter Meacock Wilkinson
1891 Robert Betson Warrick
1892 Professor John Frederick Bridge
1893 John Clementi Collard
1894 Sir John Stainer
1895 Henry Richard Frisby
1896 William Stuartson Collard
1897 Walter Meacock Wilkinson
1898 Sir John Frederick Bridge
1899 John Clementi Collard
1900 Sir John Stainer
1901 John Clementi Collard
1901 Charles Dennis Hoblyn
1902 Frank Harwood Lescher
1903 William Cordy Herring
1904 Charles Thomas Daniel Crews
1905 Edward Ernest Cooper
1906 Sir Homewood Crawford
1907 Charles Thomas Daniel Crews
1908 Sir George Wyatt Truscott (Lord Mayor)
1909 Thomas Lea Southgate
1910 Alfred Henry Littleton
1911 Arthur Frederick Hill
1912 William Palmer Fuller
1913 Clifford Blackburn Edgar
1914 Adrian Charles Chamier
1915 Charles Lukey Collard
1916 Sir George Wyatt Truscott, Bt.
1917 Alexander Burnett Brown
1918 Hugh Wyatt
1919 Sir Edward Ernest Cooper (Lord Mayor)
1920 Henry Thomas Cart de Lafontaine
1921 Sir William John Lancaster
1922 Henry Thomas Cart de Lafontaine
1923 William Henry Perry Leslie
1924 Edward Barclay Hoare
1925 Henry Dexter Truscott
1926 Herbert Sullivan
1927 George John Bennett
1928 Walter Willson Cobbett
1929 Victor Allcard
1930 Sir Ian Zachary Malcolm
1931 Henry Saxe Wyndham
1932 John Henry Iles
1933 Robert Kennerley Rumford
1934 The Rt Hon Viscount Astor
1935 Sir Ian Zachary Malcolm
1936 Alfred Joseph Waley
1937 Sir Hugh Percy Allen
1938 Alec Raven Briggs
1939 Sir Hugh Percy Allen
1939-44 The Rt Hon Sir Felix Cassel, Bt
1945 Sir Felix Victor Schuster, Bt.
1946 Arthur William Fitzsimmons
1947 William James Phillips
1948 Sir Stanley Marchant
1949 Victor Allcard
1949 Geoffrey Hawkes
1950 Hilary Chadwyck-Healey
1951 Sidney John Loeb
1952 William Graham Wallace
1953 Evelyn Henry Tschudi Broadwood
1954 Henry Frederick Bird Iles
1955 Cecil Winton Maudslay
1956 Sir Denis Truscott
1957 John Sebastian Morley
1958 Geoffrey Trevor Burnett-Brown
1959 Professor Herbert Howells
1960 Charles Evelyn Boosey
1961 Henry Willis
1962 Henry Alastair Fergusson Crewdson
1963 Alfred Robert Stock
1964 The Rt. Hon Viscount Astor
1965 Gerald Derek Lockett
1966 Stanley Rubinstein
1967 Sir John Dykes-Bower
1968 John Bird Iles
1969 David Jack Loeb
1970 Frank Joseph Wright
1970 Sir Denis Truscott
1971 Sir Jack Westrup
1972 Benjamin Angwin
1973 WS Lloyd Webber
1974 Sir Gilbert Inglefleld
1975 Sir Lennox Berkeley
1976 Nathan Abrahams
1977 Ronald William Mein Atkin
1978 Leonard John Digby Halcrow
1979 Antony Benno John Stanley Rubinstein
1980 John Edward Street
1981 Sir Andrew Carnwath
1982 Ronald Francis Walter Ficker
1983 Hubert Frank Winckler
1984 John Dennis Heddle Nash
1985 John Stewart Pownall Morley
1986 Sir Bernard Lovell
1987 William Richard Inge Crewdson
1988 Sir Vivian Dunn
1989 Malcolm James Hubble
1990 Jeffery Bannerman Lockett
1991 Henry Willis 4
1992 John Clive Iles
1993 Anthony Presgrave Pool
1994 Adrian Maurice Wolf Davis
1995 Francis Anthony Armstrong Carnwath
1996 Anthony Maxwell Burnett-Brown
1997 Frank Norman Fowler
1998 Professor Malcolm Troup
1999 Sir Alan Traill
2000 David Hill
2001 Gavin Barrett
2002 Nigel Tully
2003 Jonathan Rennert
2004 John Rubinstein
2005 Peter Fowler
2006 Dr Andreas Prindl, CBE
2007 Leslie East
2008 Petronella Burnett-Brown
2009 Maurice Summerfield
2010 Paul Campion
2011 Ald. Dr Andrew Parmley
2012 Professor John Morehen
2013 Sir Anthony Cleaver
2014 Kathleen Duncan, OBE
2015 Andrew Morris
2016 Sir Roger Gifford
2017 Lady Brewer
2018 Michael Lewin
2019 John Nichols
2020 John Nichols (re-elected)
2021 Rt Revd Graeme Knowles, CVO
2022 Jeff Kelly
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