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Officers & Committees

The Company is governed by a Court consisting of a Master, a Senior and a Junior Warden who are elected from the Court and between twenty and twenty four Assistants. All members of the Court are elected from the Livery. The majority of the Court of Assistants must be engaged in the farming industry. Assistants, in descending order of time since passing the chair, shall become an Honorary Assistant in order to maintain the number of Assistants at or below 24.

The post of Senior Past Master is held by a Past Master.

The Clerk to the Company is responsible for carrying out the policies and instructions of the Court and for the efficient running of the Company involving the traditional work of a City Livery Company, servicing and attending Court Meetings and its principal Committees, organising Livery events and maintaining the Company's Administration and Accounts.

The following Honorary Officers of the Company are appointed annually by the Court:

  • The Honorary Solicitor
  • The Honorary Surveyor
  • The Master's Chaplain
  • The Honorary Archivist
  • Charity Co-Ordinator

There are three Company Stewards, appointed from amongst the Livery, to act as officials at Court and Livery lunches and also at social events.

The Company's Committees are as follows:

  • The Almoners Committee - charitable donations
  • The Education Committee - all charitable activities concerned with the advancement of agricultural education
  • The Finance Committee
  • The Henman, Brooks Apprentices and Jubilee Committee - travel awards to help students and young farmers gain practical experience overseas in agriculture, horticulture and associated careers
  • The Livery Liaison Committee - company events and the social programme
  • The Master's Co-ordinating Committee
  • The Nominations Committee

Officers for 2011/12

The Master  - P R Faulkner
The Senior Warden - J K Reynolds
The Junior Warden - Baroness Byford DBE DL
The Immediate Past Master - W F Balch
The Deputy Master - J F Thorpe OBE 
The Senior Past Master - A Q Hitchcock CBE
The Clerk - Colonel D E King OBE
The Master's Chaplain - The Revd Canon Dr Giles Fraser

Company Stewards

R T Halhead
I A Stockley
P D Strawson

The Court of Assistants

P R Faulkner - Master
J K Reynolds - Senior Warden
Baroness Byford DBE DL - Junior Warden
W F Balch - Immediate Past Master and Honorary Surveyor
C T Redman - Past Master
N J Fiske - Past Master and Archivist
The Lord Plumb of Coleshill DL - Past Master
Sir Graham Wilkinson Bt - Past Master
T A Copas - Past Master
J F Thorpe OBE - Deputy Master
J D Courtney - Past Master
P G Wynn
Miss R S N Carne
A G A Lane
J A Sayers
L H Hargreaves
T H Wheatley-Hubbard
A W D Pexton OBE
D J H Bolton
A J Alston
G J Shooter
W H Youngs
D J Bright

Honorary Assistants

A Q Hitchcock CBE - Senior Past Master
R S Borner OBE VRD - Senior Past Master Emeritus
M H Hinton JP - Past Master
D G Pearce - Past Master
T W Kemsely JP - Past Master
S F B Taylor - Past Master
A C Streeter DL - Past Master
R J Upton JP DL - Past Master
M C Foreman - Past Master
W M Cornish - Past Master
C F Pertwee DL - Past Master
R A Brooks - Past Master
HRH The Princess Royal KG KT GCVO - Past Master

Committee Lists 2011/12

Master's Co-ordinating Committee

P R Faulkner  - Master, Chairman
J K Reynolds - Senior Warden
Baroness Byford DBE DL - Junior Warden
W F Balch - Immediate Past Master
J D Courtney - Past Master
J F Thorpe OBE - Deputy Master, Chairman Nominations Committee
L H Hargreaves - Chairman Education Committee
J A Sayers - Chairman Finance Committee
W H Youngs - Chairman Livery Liaison Committee
A G A Lane - Chairman Henman, Brooks, Jubilee Committee
R T Halhead - Charity Co-ordinator

Finance Committee

J A Sayers - Chairman 
C T Redman - Past Master
Mrs S K Muddiman JP
G C H Smith - Honorary Solicitor
G W Allen
D J H Bolton
G J Shooter
A J Alston
G L Brogden
C S Cooper

Education Committee

L H Hargreaves - Chairman
M R Cooper - Vice-Chairman (until 11 Jan 2012)
C J French - Vice-Chairman (wef 12 Jan 2012)
A P Dyke - Vice-Chairman
Professor J D Leaver - Vice-Chairman
J D Courtney - Past Master
Mrs J Willows
J W Hodge
P G Wynn
D L Tinney
D J Bright
N R Padwick
S R Butcher
Miss R S N Carne

Livery Liaison Committee

W H Youngs - Chairman 
C F Pertwee DL - Past Master 
I A Stockley   
P D Strawson  
Miss B J Young   
A J Alston
G J Dodgson
Rear Adm R C Lane-Nott CB
T H Wheatley-Hubbard
T J Russ
H L Venters

Almoners Committee

R A Brooks -  Chairman, Past Master
A Q Hitchcock CBE - Senior Past Master
T A Copas - Past Master
Mrs S K Muddiman JP

Henman/Brooks Apprentices/Jubilee Committee

A G A Lane - Chairman
A J Dart
A W D Pexton OBE
Miss S M C Keene
T A H Streeter
Mrs K E R Hall
Mrs K J Mercer

Nominations Committee

J F Thorpe OBE - Chairman, Deputy Master
A Q Hitchcock CBE - Senior Past Master
R A Brooks - Past Master
C T Redman - Past Master
N J Fiske - Past Master
Sir Graham Wilkinson Bt - Past Master
T A Copas - Past Master
J D Courtney - Past Master
W F Balch - Immediate Past Master
P R Faulkner - Master

Company's Representatives on The Hall Board

Barones Byford DBE DL - Junior Warden
Sir Graham Wilkinson Bt - Past Master
D J H Bolton
Air Cdre S N Skinner

Charity Co-Ordinator

R T Halhead

Website and Newsletter Editor

J L Evans