The following have served as presidents of the British Numismatic Society since its inception in 1903.
# From To President Notes 1 1903 1908 P. W. P. Carlyon-Britton, DL, FSA 2 1909 1909 W. J. Andrew, FSA 3 1910 1914 P. W. P. Carlyon-Britton, DL, FSA 4 1915 1919 Lt Col H. W. Morrieson, RA, FSA 5 1920 1921 Frederick A. Walters, FSA Scottish architect (1849-1931) 6 1922 1922(until 22 June) J. Sanford Saltus 7 1922(from 28 June> 1922 Grant Richardson Francis, FSA (1868-1940) 8 1923 1925 Grant Richardson Francis, FSA 9 1926 1927 Major W. J. Freer, VD, DL, FSA 10 1928 1928(until 20 February) Major P. W. P. Carlyon-Britton, DL, FSA 11 1928(from 22 February) 1928 Lt Col H. W. Morrieson, RA, FSA 12 1929 1932 Lt Col H. W. Morrieson, RA, FSA 13 1933 1937 Vernon Bryan Crowther-Beynon, MBE, MA, FSA (1865-1941) 14 1938 1945 Herbert William Taffs, MBE 15 1946 1950 C. E. Blunt, OBE, FSA 16 1951 1954 Edgar Joseph Winstanley, LDS 17 1955 1963 Horace Herbert King, MA (1890-1976) 18 1959 1963 Derek F. Allen, BA, FBA, FSA (1910–1975) 19 1964 1965 Charles Wilson Peck, FPS, FSA pharmacist, (1901-1968) 20 1966 1970 Colin Stewart Sinclair Lyon, MA, FIA 21 1971 1975 Stuart Eborall Rigold, MA, FSA (1919-1980) 22 1976 1980 Peter Woodhead, FSA 23 1981 1983 John David Brand, MA, FCA (1931-1990) 24 1984 1988 Hugh E. Pagan, MA, FSA 25 1989 1993 Christopher Edgar Challis, BA, PhD, FSA, FR Hist S 26 1994 1998 Graham P. Dyer, BSc (Econ), DGA librarian and museum curator at The Royal Mint 27 1999 2003 David W Dykes, MA, PhD, FSA, FR Hist S director of the National Museum of Wales 28 2004 2008 M. A. S. Blackburn, MA, PhD, FSA, FRHistS 29 2008 2012 Robin John Eaglen, MA, LLM, PhD, FSA 30 2012 2016 Professor Roger Bland, MA, PhD, FSA 31 2017 2023 Kevin Clancy 322023incumbentElina Screenfirst female president
See also List of presidents of the Royal Numismatic Society
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