List of chairmen of the Kennel Club

This is a list of chairmen of The Kennel Club, starting from the club's founding in 1873. The Kennel Club dates from the first organised dog show in UK on the 28/29 June 1859, following this in 1870 it was decided that a governing body was required to govern such shows. Sewallis Shirley called together a meeting of the National Dog Club Committee on 4 April 1873, where the Kennel Club was founded.[1] Shirley was named as the first Chairman, and would go on to become the President of the society in 1899.[2]

Chairmen

No. Image Name Took office Left office Ref
1 Sewallis Shirley 4 April 1873 1899 [2]
2 J. Sidney Turner 1899 1920
3 Mark Beaufoy March 1920 10 November 1922 [3]
4 Francis Redmond 1922 3 February 1925 [4]
5 William L. McCandlish 3 February 1925 19 March 1935 [5]
6 George D. Howlett 19 March 1935 1937 [6]
7 Arthur Croxton Smith 1937 1948
8 John Allan Cecil Cecil-Wright 1948 1973
9 Sir Richard Glyn, 9th Baronet 1973 December 1976 [7]
10 Leonard Pagliero December 1976 7 July 1981 [8]
11 John Arnott MacDougall 7 July 1981 1996
12 J. P. C. "Peter" James November 1996 11 June 2002 [9]
13 Ronnie Irving 11 June 2002 7 June 2011 [10]
14 Steve Dean 7 June 2011 2 June 2015 [11]
15 Simon Luxmoore 2 June 2015 Incumbent [12]

References

Specific
  1. ^ "History of the Kennel Club". The Kennel Club. Archived from the original on 1 May 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2011.
  2. ^ a b Foss (2000): p. 55
  3. ^ Foss (2000): p. 58
  4. ^ Foss (2000): p. 59
  5. ^ Foss (2000): p. 61
  6. ^ Foss (2000): p. 62
  7. ^ Foss (2000): p. 64
  8. ^ Foss (2000): p. 65
  9. ^ "KC Chairman to step down". Our Dogs. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
  10. ^ "Irving Confirmed as KC Chairman". Our Dogs. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
  11. ^ "Steve Dean elected Chairman of the Kennel Club". The Kennel Club. 7 June 2011. Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
  12. ^ "Simon Luxmoore elected Chairman of the Kennel Club". The Kennel Club. 2 June 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
General
  • Foss, Valerie; et al. (2000). Treasures of the Kennel Club. London: The Kennel Club. ISBN 978-0-900890-14-7.