Our history Honorary life Presidents 1833–1850: William Kirby 1883–1893: John Obadiah Westwood 1933–1943: Edward Bagnall Poulton Presidents The following persons have been Presidents of the Royal Entomological Society: 1833 to 1934 1833–1834: John George Children 1835–1836: Frederick William Hope 1837–1838: James Francis Stephens 1839–1840: Frederick William Hope 1841–1842: William Wilson Saunders 1843–1844: George Newport 1845–1846: Frederick William Hope 1847–1848: William Spence 1849–1850: George Robert Waterhouse 1852–1853: John Obadiah Westwood 1853–1854: Edward Newman 1855–1856: John Curtis 1856–1857: William Wilson Saunders 1858–1859: John Edward Gray 1860–1861: John William Douglas 1862–1863: Frederick Smith 1864–1865: Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe 1866–1867: John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury 1868–1869: Henry Walter Bates 1870–1871: Alfred Russel Wallace 1874–1875: William Wilson Saunders 1878: Henry Walter Bates 1879–1880: John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury 1881–1882: Henry Tibbats Stainton 1883–1884: Joseph William Dunning 1885–1886: Robert McLachlan 1887–1888: David Sharp 1889–1890: Lord Thomas de Grey Walsingham 1891–1892: Frederick DuCane Godman 1893–1894: Henry John Elwes 1895–1896: Raphael Meldola 1897–1898: Roland Trimen 1899–1900: George Henry Verrall 1901–1902: William Weekes Fowler 1903–1904: Edward Bagnall Poulton 1905–1906: Frederick Merrifield 1907–1908: Charles Owen Waterhouse 1909–1910: Frederick Augustus Dixey 1911–1912: Francis David Morice 1913–1914: George Thomas Bethune-Baker 1915–1916: Nathaniel Charles Rothschild 1917–1918: Charles Joseph Gahan 1919–1920: James John Walker 1921–1922: Lionel Walter Rothschild 1923–1924: Edward Ernest Green 1927–1928: James Edward Collin 1929–1930: Karl Jordan 1931–1932: Harry Eltringham 1933–1934: Edward Bagnall Poulton 1934 to Present 1934–1935: Sheffield Airey Neave 1936–1937: Augustus Daniel Imms 1938–1939: John Claud Fortescue Fryer 1940–1941: Kenneth Gloyne Blair 1942–1943: Patrick Alfred Buxton 1943–1944: Edward Alfred Cockayne 1945–1946: Geoffrey Douglas Hale Carpenter 1947–1948: Carrington Bonsor Williams 1949–1950: Sir Vincent Brian Wigglesworth 1951–1952: Norman Denbigh Riley 1953–1954: Patrick Alfred Buxton 1955–1956: Wilfrid John Hall 1957–1958: Owain Westmacott Richards 1959–1960: Boris Petrovitch Uvarov 1961–1962: George Copley Varley 1963–1964: Sir Vincent Brian Wigglesworth 1965–1966: Eric Omar Pearson 1967–1968: John Stodart Kennedy 1969–1970: Howard Everest Hinton 1971–1972: Colin Gasking Butler 1973–1974: Anthony David Lees 1975–1976: Donald Livingston Gunn 1977–1978: John David Gillett 1979–1980: Reginald Charles Rainey 1981–1982: Helmut Fritz van Emden 1983–1984: Sir Thomas Richard Edmund Southwood 1985–1986: Trevor Lewis 1987–1988: Victor Frank Eastop 1989–1990: Jack P. Dempster 1991–1992: Sir Cyril Astley Clarke 1993–1994: Miriam Louisa Rothschild 1995–1996: Richard Lane 1997–1998: Walter M. Blaney 1999–2000: Roger L. Blackman 2001–2002: Michael Frederick Claridge 2002–2004: Christopher Peter Haines 2004–2006: Hugh David Loxdale 2006–2008: Jim Hardie 2008–2010: Linda M. Field 2010–2012: Stuart Edward Reynolds 2012–2014: Jeremy A. Thomas 2014–2016: John A. Pickett 2016–2018: Michael Hassell 2018–2020: Chris D. Thomas 2020–2022: Helen Roy 2022-2024 : Jane Hill 2024-2026: Jane Stout 2026- : Allan Watt Portraits of some of the RES Presidents, as stationed between 1833 to 1932 J. G. Children (1833-4) First president Rev W Kirby (Hon Life President 1833 – 50) William Wilson Saunders (1841-42) (1856-57) W. Spencer (1847-48) G. R. Waterhouse (1849-50) John Curtis (1855) J. E. Gray (1858-59) J. W. Douglas (1860-61) F. Smith (1862-63) H. W. Bates (1868-9) (1878) Alfred R. Wallace (1870-71) Sir Sidney Smith Saunders (1874-75) J. W. Dunning (1883-4) Robert Mclachlan (1885-86) David Sharp (1887-88) Lord Walsingham (1889-90) F. Du Cane Godman (1891-92) R. Meldola (1895-96) Ronald Trimen (1897-98) G. H. Verrall (1899-1900) W. W. Fowler (1901-02) Sir Edward Bagnall Poulton (1903-04, 1925-26, 1933) Frederick Augustus Dixey (1909-10) J. W. Tutt (1911) George Thomas Bethune- Baker (1913-14) Charles Rothschild (1915-16) Charles Joseph Gahan (1917-18) James J Walker (1919-20) Lord Rothschild (1921-22) Edward Ernest Green (1923-24) James Edward Collin (1927-28) Karl Jordan (1929-30) Harry Eltringham (1931-32) Portraits of some of the RES Presidents, as stationed between 1933 to Present Sheffield Airey Neave (1934-35) Augustus Daniel Imms (1936-37) J. C. F Fryer (1938-39) Kenneth Gloyne Blair (1940-41) Vincent Brian Wigglesworth (1949-50) (1963-64) Patrick Alfred Buxton (1942-43) (1953-54) Geoffrey Douglas Hale Carpenter (1945-46) Carrington Bonsor Williams (1947-48) Wilfrid J. Hall (1955-56) Owain Westmacott Richards (1957-58) Boris Petrovich Uvarov (1959-60) John S. Kennedy (1967-68) Howard Everest Hinton (1969-70) Colin Gasking Butler (1971-72) Anthony David Lees (1973-74) Donald Livingston Gunn (1975-76) John David Gillett (1977-78) Prof. Helmut Fritz van Emden (1981-82) Trevor Lewis (1985-86) Victor Frank Eastop (1987-88) John Pastrick Dempster (1989- 1990) Sir Cyril Astley Clarke (1991-1992) Dr. Hon. M. Rothschild (1993-4) Richard Paul Lane (1995-96) Walter McAllister Blaney (1997-98) Dr RL Blackman (1998-1999) Professor M. F. Claridge (2000-02) Professor C.P. Haines (2002-04) Dr Hugh Loxdale (2004-06) Prof. Jim Hardie 2007 – 2008 Professor Linda Field (2008–2010) Professor Stuart Reynolds (2010–2012) Professor Jeremy Thomas Professor John A. Pickett (2014–2016) Professor Michael Hassell (2016–2018) Professor Chris Thomas (2018–2020) Prof. Helen Roy (2020-2022) Prof. Jane Hill (2022-2024) Prof. Jane Stout (2024-2026) Dr Allan D. Watt (2026)
