Promoting medico-legal knowledge in all its aspects
1901–1905 Sir W J Collins KCVO MD
1905–1908 The Hon Mr Justice Walton
1908–1912 Sir John Tweedy LLD FRCS
1912–1913 The Rt Hon Earl Russell
1913–1915 Prof Harvey Littlejohn FRSE
1915–1918 The Rt Hon Sir Samuel Evans GCB LLD
1918–1919 Fred J Smith MD
1919–1920 R Henslowe Wellington MRCS LRCP
1920–1927 The Rt Hon Lord Atkin
1927–1928 Sir William Willcox KCIE CB CMG MD FRCP
1928–1933 The Rt Hon Lord Riddell
1933–1935 Sir Bernard Spilsbury FRCP
1935–1937 C Ainsworth Mitchell DSc FRIC
1937–1939 The Rt Hon Mr Justice Humphreys
1939–1942 G Roche Lynch OBE MB BS FRIC
1942–1945 Sir Roland Burrows KC MA LLD
1945–1947 Sir Norwood East MD FRCP
1947–1949 His Honour Judge WG Earengey QC LLD
1949–1951 Prof Dame A Louise McIlroy DBE MD LLD DSc FRCS FRCOG
1951–1953 The Hon Mr Justice Slade
1953–1955 Dr J C M Matheson CBE DSO MB ChB
1955–1957 William Latey CBE QC
1957–1959 Dr Letitia Fairfield CBE MD DPH
1959–1961 His Honour Judge Henry Elam MA
1961–1963 Prof Keith Simpson CBE MA MD FRCP FRCPath DMJ
1963–1965 Sir Joseph Simpson KBE
1965–1967 Prof R Donald Teare MA MD LLD FRCP FRCPath DMJ
1967–1969 Master B A Harwood QC MA
1969–1971 Dr Gavin Thurston CBE FRCP FRCGP DCH DMJ
1971–1973 Master Sir W Russell Lawrence QC MA LLB
1973–1975 Dr Julius Grant MSc PhD FRIC
1975–1977 Sir Norman Skelhorn KBE QC
1977–1979 Dr Roy Goulding MD BSc FRCP
1979–1981 Leonard Caplan QC
1981–1983 Dr John Leahy Taylor MB BS DMJ MRCGP
1983–1985 His Honour Paul Layton MA
1985–1986 Prof Hugh Johnson FRCPath
1986–1988 His Honour Judge John Baker QC
1988–1990 Dr John Burton CBE MB BS FFARCS
1990–1992 Her Honour Judge Suzanne Norwood
1992–1994 Dr John Wall MB BS DObstRCOG
1994–1996 His Honour Judge Arthur Mildon QC
1996–1998 Dr Kathleen Allsopp MB BS
1998–2000 Alec Samuels JP
2000–2002 Dr Roy Palmer LLB FFFLM MB BS
2002–2004 Miss Eleanor F Platt QC
2004–2006 Dr Neville Davis MBE FFFLM FFOM FRCGP FACBS
2006–2008 Mr Bertie Leigh FRCPCH FRGOG ad eundem
2008–2010 Dr Robin Moffat MRCS LRCP FRCGP FFFLM D.Obst.RCOG.
2010–2012 Elizabeth Pygott MA
2012–2014 Dr Martin Mansell MD FRCP
2014–2016 Linda Lee, Solicitor
2016–2018 Daniel Haines BDS FFFLM
2018-2020 Sir Robert Francis QC
2020-2022 Professor Harry Zeitlin BSc, MPhil, MB,BS, FRCP, FRCPsych