Other Officers of the Company
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 – 1986 |
| Geoffrey Farr, MBE, DL. | 1993 – 1994 |
| Nicholas Mellstrom, FRICS, FCIArb. | 1996 – 1997 |
| Commander Ian Wellesley-Harding, BA, RN. | 1999 – 2000 |
| Jonathan Rowley, MSc, FCA. | 2000 – 2001 |
| William Horsman. | 2001 – 2002 |
| David Bentata, MA. | 2002 – 2003 |
| Patrick Burgess, OBE, GCStJ, DL, MA. | 2003 – 2004 |
| Derek Bedford, LLB, MSc. | 2004 – 2005 |
| Mrs Susan Wood, MA. | 2009 – 2010 |
| John Ray, FCA. | 2010 – 2011 |
Past Masters
| Mrs Eda Rose Lawson | 2011 – 2012 |
| Simon Bartley, MSc, CEng, MICE | 2012 – 2013 |
| Edward Hutton, MA, FCA | 2013 – 2014 |
| Peter Simeons, FCA, FCT | 2014 – 2015 |
| 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 |
Assistants
Alderman Sir William Russell
Nicholas Lee, MA, ACA
Ms Anne Mannix, MA (Hons) LLM
Miss Emma Whitaker
Graeme Gordon, BSc, FCA
The Hon. Mrs Louisa Vincent, MBA
James de Bröe 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
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
Louisa Vincent
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