Chairs and Presidents of our predecessor organisations
The College existed in several different forms prior to becoming the RCPsych. Here are their Presidents and Chairs.
The Association of Medical Officers of Asylums and Hospitals for the Insane
There was no permanent Presidency before 1854. A Chairman was elected for each meeting and sometimes for each session and these are listed below. There were no meetings in the years that are not listed.
1841 ¨C Andrew Blake, Nottingham General Asylum

1842 ¨C ED de Vitr¨¦, Lancaster Asylum

1843 ¨C John Conolly, Hanwell Asylum; AJ Sutherland, St Luke¡¯s Hospital and Alexander Morison, London

1844 ¨C J Thurnam, The Retreat and J Alderson, York Asylum

1847 ¨C FT Wintle, Warneford Hospital and William Ley, Littlemore Asylum

1851 ¨C John Conolly, Hanwell Asylum

1852 ¨C FT Wintle, Warneford Hospital

1854 ¨C AJ Sutherland, St Luke¡¯s Hospital, London

1855 ¨C J Thurnam, Wilts County Asylum, Devizes

1856 ¨C J Hitchman, Derby County Asylum

1857 ¨C Forbes Winslow, Sussex House, Hammersmith

1858 ¨C John Conolly, Hanwell

1859 ¨C Charles Hastings, Worcester
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1860 ¨C JC Bucknill, Devon County Asylum, Exeter

1861 ¨C Joseph Lalor, Richmond Asylum, Dublin

1862 ¨C John Kirkman, Suffolk County Asylum, Melton

1863 ¨C David Skae, Royal Asylum, Edinburgh

1864 ¨C Henry Monro, Brooke House, Clapton

1865 ¨C William Wood, Kensington House

Presidents of the Medico-Psychological Association
1866 ¨C WAF Browne, Commissioner in Lunacy for Scotland; formerly Crichton Royal, Dumfries

1867 ¨C CA Lockhart Robertson, Sussex County Asylum, Haywards Heath

1868 ¨C WHO Sankey, Sandywell Park, Cheltenham

1869 ¨C T Laycock, Edinburgh University

1870 ¨C Robert Boyd, Somerset County Asylum, Wells

1871 ¨C Henry Maudsley, The Lawn, Hanwell

1872 ¨C James Coxe, Commissioner in Lunacy for Scotland

1873 ¨C Harrington Tuke, The Manor House, Chiswick

1874 ¨C TL Rogers, Rainhill Asylum

1875 ¨C JF Duncan, Dublin

1876 ¨C WH Parsey, Warwick County Asylum

1877 ¨C G Fielding Blandford, London

1878 ¨C J Crichton-Browne, Lord Chancellor¡¯s Visitor in Lunacy, formerly West Riding Asylum, Wakefield

1879 ¨C JA Lush, Fisherton House, Salisbury

1880 ¨C GW Mould, Royal Asylum, Cheadle

1881 ¨C D Hack Tuke, London

1882 ¨C WT Gairdner, Glasgow University
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1883 ¨C W Orange, State Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Broadmoor

1884 ¨C Henry Rayner, Hanwell Asylum

1885 ¨C JA Eames, District Asylum, Cork

1886 ¨C Geo H Savage, Bethlem Royal Hospital

1887 ¨C Frederick Needham, Barnwood House, Gloucester

1888 ¨C Thomas Clouston, Royal Asylum, Edinburgh

1889 ¨C H Hayes Newington, Ticehurst House

1890 ¨C David Yellowlees, Royal Asylum, Glasgow

1891 ¨C EB Whitcombe, City Asylum, Birmingham

1892 ¨C Robert Baker, The Retreat, York

1893 ¨C J Murray Lindsay, Derby County Asylum

1894 ¨C Conolly Norman, Richmond Asylum, Dublin

1895 ¨C David Nicolson, State Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Broadmoor

1896 ¨C William Julius Mickle, Grove Hall, Bow

1897 ¨C Thomas W McDowall, Northumberland Asylum, Morpeth

1898 ¨C AR Urquhart, James Murray¡¯s Royal Asylum, Perth

1899 ¨C JB Spence, Burntwood Asylum, Lichfield

1900 ¨C Fletcher Beach, London, formerly Darenth Institution, Dartford

1901 ¨C Oscar T Woods, District Asylum, Cork

1902 ¨C J Wiglesworth, Rainhill Asylum

1903 ¨C Ernest W White, City of London Asylum, Stone

1904 ¨C R Percy Smith, London

1905 ¨C T Outterson Wood, London

1906 ¨C Robert Armstrong-Jones, Claybury Asylum, Essex

1907 ¨C PW MacDonald, Dorchester County Asylum

1908 ¨C CA Mercier, Flower House, Catford

1909 ¨C W Bevan Lewis, West Riding Asylum, Wakefield
1910 ¨C Sir John Macpherson, Commissioner in Lunacy for Scotland
1911 ¨C Wm R Dawson, Inspector of Lunatic Asylums, Dublin
1912 ¨C J Greig Soutar, Barnwood House, Gloucester
1913 ¨C James Chambers, The Priory, Roehampton
1914¨C1918 ¨C David G. Thomson, Norfolk County Asylum, Thorpe
1918 ¨C John Keay, Bangour Village 1919 Bedford Pierce, The Retreat, York
1920 ¨C William F Menzies, Cheddleton Mental Hospital, Leek
1921 ¨C Sir Hubert Bond, Commissioner, Board of Control; formerly Long Grove Asylum
1922 ¨C GM Robertson, Royal Mental Hospital, Edinburgh
1923 ¨C Edwin Goodall, Cardiff City Mental Hospital
1924 ¨C Michael J Nolan, Downpatrick Asylum
1925 ¨C Sir Frederick W Mott, Birmingham University
1926 ¨C John R Lord, Horton Hospital, Epsom
1927 ¨C Hamilton Marr, Commissioner, General Board of Control for Scotland
1928 ¨C J Shaw Bolton, West Riding Mental Hospital, Wakefield
1929 ¨C Nathan Raw, Lord Chancellor¡¯s Visitor in Lunacy
1930 ¨C T Saxty Good, Oxford Mental Hospital, Littlemore
1931 ¨C RR Leeper, St Patrick¡¯s Hospital, Dublin
1932 ¨C RB Campbell, Stirling District Mental Hospital, Larbert
1933 ¨C Frank Douglas Turner, Royal Eastern Counties Institution, Colchester
1934 ¨C Daniel F Rambaut, St Andrew¡¯s Hospital, Northampton
1935 ¨C Reginald Worth, Springfield Mental Hospital, London
1936 ¨C M Abdy Collins, Canterbury; formerly Kent County Mental Hospital, Chartham
1937 ¨C Douglas McRae, Glengall Hospital, Ayr
1938 ¨C John Rutherford Gilmour, Scalebor Park, Burley-in-Wharfedale, Yorkshire
1939 ¨C A Helen A Boyle, Lady Chichester Hospital, Hove, Sussex
1940¨C1944 ¨C Thomas Chivers Graves, Rubery Hill Hospital, Birmingham
1944¨C1945 ¨C AAW Petrie, Banstead Hospital
1946 ¨C Sir David Henderson, Royal Mental Hospital, Edinburgh
1947 ¨C W Gordon Masefield, Eastbourne; formerly Brentwood Mental Hospital
1948 ¨C W Rees Thomas, Senior Commissioner, Board of Control
1949 ¨C J Ivison Russell, Clifton Hospital, York
1950 ¨C KK Drury, Carlton Hayes Hospital, Leicester
1951 ¨C PK McCowan, Crichton Royal, Dumfries
1952 ¨C Thomas Tennent, St Andrew¡¯s Hospital, Northampton
1953 ¨C GWTH Fleming, Barnwood House, Gloucester
1954 ¨C Noel G Harris, St Luke¡¯s-Woodside, London
1955 ¨C John Dunne, Grangegorman Hospital, Dublin
1956 ¨C T Percy Rees, Warlingham Park Hospital, Surrey
1957 ¨C RW Armstrong, Littlemore Hospital, Oxford
1958 ¨C LC Cook, Bexley Hospital, Dartford Heath, Kent
1959 ¨C Angus MacNiven, Glasgow Royal Mental Hospital, Gartnavel
1960 ¨C Alexander Walk, Cane Hill Hospital, Coulsden, Surrey
1961 ¨C William McCartan, Northern Ireland; formerly St Francis and Hurstwood Park Hospitals, Haywards Heath, Sussex
1962 ¨C Isabel GH Wilson, former Senior Commissioner, Board of Control
1963 ¨C Desmond Curran, St George¡¯s Hospital, London
1964 ¨C Ian Skottowe Winchester; formerly The Warneford Hospital, Oxford
1965 ¨C T Ferguson Rodger, University of Glasgow
1966 ¨C Erwin Stengel, University of Sheffield
1967 ¨C HV Dicks, Tavistock Clinic, London
1968 ¨C Francis Pilkington, Moorhaven Hospital, Ivybridge, South Devon
1969¨C1971 ¨C Martin Cuthbert, St Luke¡¯s Hospital, Middlesbrough
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