List of Presidents

Below is a list of the Presidents of the Rotary Club of Bedford from our Charter in 1923 up to date. Also, noted is their year of service and number indicating the order in which they joined the Club. Current members of our Club are in bold

The Presidents	Date	No.
C.F. FARRER	1923-24	5
A.MORRISON	1924-25	9
L.M. HAWKINS	1925-26	29
W. NICHOLS	1926-27	10
H.W.LIDDLE	1927-28	43
J.A. WHITCHURCH	1928-29	21
H.S. MANNING	1929-30	*16
G.P. ALLEN	1930-31	1
F. WILSON	1931-32	34
J.B. HANSFORD	1932-33	53
S.B. MORLING	1933-34	8
H.L. PEACOCK	1934-35	32
H.R. NEATE	1935-36	63
C.R.B. TINGEY	1936-37	46
G.H. WELLS	1937-38	13
B.C. SHORTEN	1938-39	93
A.W. RAMSEY MURRAY	1939-40	104
F.W. SMART	1940-41	97
A. EDNIE	1941-42	41
J. WYNN WILLIAMS	1942-43	119
F.D. DIEMER	1943-44	95
C.H. BLAKEWAY	1944-45	89
C.G. WELCH	1945-46	57
R. TURNER	1946-47	132
H.J. WELLER	1947-48	91
J.A. CANVIN	1948-49	69
B.D. COOPER	1949-50	79
J.A. ORMEROD	1950-51	**125
F. JEWELL HARRISON	1951-52	115
G.M. INSKIP	1952-53	109
R.O. WATSON	1953-54	140
P. BUCHER	1954-55	145
S.A. SWIFT	1955-56	166
K. ROWELL	1956-57	150
D. JOHNSTON	1957-58	128
E.C. WALKER	1958-59	142
C.H.ELFORD	1959-60	136
L.W. PRICE	1960-61	195
F.J. HALL	1961-62	196
D.F. WELLS	1962-63	194
W.N.H. SILKSTONE	1963-64	193
A.G.B. MARTIN	1964-65	***177
E.H.L. STONEBANKS	1965-66	189
A.R. LAING	1966-67	223
E.K. UDY	1967-68	200
H.T. INSKIP	1968-69	224
A.H. RANDALL	1969-70	238
G. COCKINGS	1970-71	237
P.G. HARTLEY	1971-72	233
R.H. WORBOYS	1972-73	225
E.T. RICHARDSON	1973-74	232
R.O. WATSON	1974-75	****217
R.C. JONES	1975-76	250
K. JOHNSON	1976-77	256
R.W. GARNER	1977-78	252
M.H. WORMALD	1978-79	261
W.D.PHILLIPS	1979-80	258
G.H. MITCHELL	1980-81	257
E.D.M. PEACOCK	1981-82	259
M.A. ROGERS	1982-83	262
G.M. BATES	1983-84	279
C.V. FRASER	1984-85	266
B.E. HOWARD	1985-86	267
P.A. JANSSEN	1986-87	289
D.R. PALMER	1987-88	245
G.E. BURTON	1988-89	306
J.W. ELVEN	1989-90	292
R.F.K. CORDER	1990-91	326
C.S. OSBORN	1991-92	316
R.E. HARDING	1992-93	312
W. ANDERSON	1993-94	248
V.F. PHILLIPS	1994-95	318
K.D. LAZENBY	1995-96	331
D.W. HALES	1996-97	310
R. PANTON	1997-98	375
J.R. CARRIER	1998-99	362
B.E. WOODS	1999-00	325
R.O.H. GASKELL	2000-01	*****393
B.E. BATES	2001-02	369
P.J. WALDEN	2002-03	400
B. LANZ	2003-04	405
A.D. SEMARK	2004-05	404
H.F.J. FOWLER	2005-06	394
I. R. FLACK	2006-07	410
A. J. Ormerod	2007 - 08	275

Past and Current 1070 District Officers (most senior jobs)
* District Chairman	1931-32
** District Treasurer	1955
*** District Governor	1971
**** District Governor	1979
***** Assistant Governor	2007

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Hon. Secretaries
W. PAIGE STUART	1922-24	12
G.H WELLS	1924-37	13
A.T. WESTON	1937-38	134
H.S. MANNING	1938-45	16
D. JOHNSTON	1945-54	128
E.C. LAIN	1954-57	178
A.G.B. MARTIN	1957-62	177
E.K. UDY	1962-66	200
L.J.T. MARSH	1966-71	209
R.J. ELAM	1971-76	231
D.A. PAYNE	1976-81	274
J.W. ELVEN	1981-84	292
F.J. LAMING	1984-89	321
V.F. PHILLIPS	1989-90	318
F.J. LAMING	1990-91	321
R.C. WILKINSON	1991-94	374
J.M. RICHARDSON	1994-96	351
E.C. L. ALLEN	1996-01	391
A.W. BROWN	2001-04	313
M.C. ROCK	2004-	397

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Hon. Treasurers
A.M DUDENEY	1922-24	4
A.G OLDFIELD	1924-38	22
T.J BELL	1938-47	131
S.J. HAGUE	1947-56	81
E. LUCAS	1956-67	169
F.A. DAY	1967-71	249
A.H RANDALL	1971-90	338
K.D. LAZENBY	1990-94	331
C.S. OSBORN	1994-96	316
V.F. PHILLIPS	1996-99	318
A.D. SEMARK	1999-03	404
R. PANTON	2003-	375