The Court of Assistants

The Master of the day and the four Wardens report to the Court, comprising ten Assistants plus the Immediate Past Master and the nine other most recent Past Masters (PM’s) ‘past the chair’.  The Past Masters who are more than ten years ‘past the chair’, attend the Court meetings, as honorary members.

 

Honorary Members of Court

David Watling, BSc PhD.  1985-86

Geoffrey Farr, MBE, DL. 1993-94

Nicholas Mellstrom, FRICS, FCIArb. 1996-97

Comm. Ian Wellesley-Harding, BA, RN. 1999-00

Jonathan Rowley, MSc, FCA. 2000-01

William Horsman. 2001-02

David Bentata, MA. 2002-03

Patrick Burgess, OBE, GCStJ, DL, MA. 2003-04

Derek Bedford, LLB, MSc.  2004-05

Mrs Susan Wood, MA. 2009-10

John Ray, FCA. 2010-11

Mrs Eda Rose Lawson.  2011-12

Mr Anthony Phillips.  2012-2013

Simon Bartley, MSc, CEng, MICE.  2013-2014

Edward Hutton, MA, FCA.  2014-2015

Past Masters

 Peter Simeons, FCA, FCT.  2015 – 2016

 Jeremy Brassington, MA, FCA. 2016-2017

 The Hon Sir Nicholas Hilliard.  2017-2018

 Lady Yarrow, BA (Hons), PGCE.  2019-2021

 Nigel Macdonald, CA, FRSA.  2021-2022

 Neil Edwards, BSc (Est Man), MRICS.  2022-2023

 Lieutenant Colonel Simon Wilkinson, TD, DL.  2023-2024

 Jeremy Bedford.  2024-2025

Assistants

 Alderman Sir William Russell  

 Ms Anne Mannix, MA (Hons) LLM 

 Miss Emma Whitaker 

 Graeme Gordon, BSc, FCA

 The Hon. Mrs Louisa Vincent, MBA.  

 James de Broe Ferguson 

 Miss Rebecca Nelson, BA (Hons) 

 Ms Caroline Wood, BA (Hons) 

 Mark Williams, FCA

Pro-Tem Clerk

Emma Whitaker

 

Honorary Chaplain:

The Reverend Andrew Pritchard-Keens, BSc, PGCE

 

Almoners

Lieutenant Colonel Simon Wilkinson, TD, DL

Cdr Ian Wellesley-Harding, BA, RN (Assistant Almoner)

Emma
Whitaker (Assistant Almoner)

Stewards

Tim Downing, FNAEA, FICBA,MARLA

Tim Stocks LLB (Hons)

 

Honorary Steward

Dr Christopher Horsburgh, BSc, MSc, PhD

Treasurer

Mark Williams, FCA

 

Chair of Trustees of the Feltmakers Charitable
Foundation

Peter Simeons

 

Chair of the Charity Committee

Edward Winfield

 

Acting Chairman of the Livery Society

Tim Stocks

 

Chair of the Historical Committee

Susan Wood

 

Editor of the Feltmaker Magazine

Rebecca Nelson

 

Chair of Working Milliners

Nigel Macdonald

 

Feltmaker Design Award

Rachel Trevor Morgan