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Past Presidents

The President of the Institution of Civil Engineers represents and promotes the institution and the civil engineering profession in the UK and around the world.

Some of the world's greatest and most distinguished civil engineers have held the post of President of ICE, including:

  • Robert Stephenson, who, together with his father George, was one of the pioneers of railway
  • Joseph Bazalgette, who created central London's first sewer system, saving thousands from cholera
  • William Halcrow, who, during WW2, designed deep air raid shelters and helped devise the 'bouncing bomb' made famous in The Dam Busters.

The first President of ICE was Thomas Telford, who served from 1820 until his death in 1834. He was awarded the office for life in recognition of his services to civil engineering.

Now ICE has a different president each year, with a new incumbent elected annually.

Immediate Past-President

Current President

Past Presidents

1 Thomas Telford, FRS March 1820 September 1834
2 James Walker, FRS January 1835 January 1845
3 Sir John Rennie, FRS January 1845 January 1848
4 Joshua Field, FRS January 1848 December 1849
5 Sir William Cubitt, FRS December 1849 December 1851
6 James Meadows Rendel, FRS December 1851 December 1853
7 James Simpson December 1853 December 1855
8 Robert Stephenson, FRS, MP December 1855 December 1857
9 Joseph Locke, FRS, MP December 1857 December 1859
10 George Parker Bidder December 1859 December 1861
11 Sir John Hawkshaw, FRS December 1861 December 1863
12 John Robinson McClean, CB, FRS, MP December 1863 December 1865
13 Sir John Fowler, KCMG, Bt, LlD December 1865 December 1867
14 Sir Charles Hutton Gregory, KCMG December 1867 December 1869
15 Charles Blacker Vignoles, FRS December 1869 December 1871
16 Thomas Hawksley, FRS December 1871 December 1873
17 Thomas Elliott Harrison December 1873 December 1875
18 George Robert Stephenson December 1875 December 1877
19 John Frederic La Trobe Bateman, FRS December 1877 December 1879
20 William Henry Barlow, FRS December 1879 December 1880
21 James Abernethy December 1880 December 1881
22 Lord Armstrong, CB, LlD, DCL, MAI, FRS December 1881 December 1882
23 Sir James William Brunlees December 1882 December 1883
24 Sir Joseph William Bazalgette, CB December 1883 December 1884
25 Sir Frederick Joseph Bramwell, Bt, DCL, LlD, FRS December 1884 May 1886
26 Edward Woods May 1886 June 1887
27 Sir George Barclay Bruce June 1887 May 1889
28 Sir John Coode, KCMG May 1889 May 1891
29 Sir George Berkley, KCMG May 1891 May 1892
30 Harrison Hayter May 1892 May 1893
31 Alfred Giles, MP May 1893 May 1894
32 Sir Robert Rawlinson, KCB May 1894 May 1895
33 Sir Benjamin Baker, KCB, KCMG, DSc, LlD, MAI, FRS May 1895 June 1896
34 Sir John Wolfe Barry, KCB, LlD, FRS June 1896 April 1898
35 Sir William Henry Preece, KCB, FRS April 1898 November 1899
36 Sir Douglas Fox November 1899 01 November 1900
37 James Mansergh, FRS November 1890 01 November 1901
38 Charles Hawksley 01 November 1901 01 November 1902
39 John Clarke Hawkshaw, MA 01 November 1902 01 November 1903
40 Sir William Henry White, KCB, DSc, LlD, DEng, FRS 01 November 1903 01 November 1904
41 Sir Guilford Lindsey Molesworth, KCIE 01 November 1904 01 November 1905
42 Sir Alexander Richardson Binnie 01 November 1905 01 November 1906
43 Sir Alexander Blackie William Kennedy, LlD, DEng, FRS 01 November 1906 01 November 1907
44 Sir William Matthews, KCMG 01 November 1907 01 November 1908
45 Sir James Charles Inglis 01 November 1908 01 November 1910
46 Sir Alexander Siemens 01 November 1910 01 November 1911
47 William Cawthorne Unwin, BSc, LlD, FRS 01 November 1911 01 November 1912
48 Sir Robert Elliott-Cooper, KCB 01 November 1912 01 November 1913
49 Anthony George Lyster, MEng 01 November 1913 01 November 1914
50 Benjamin Hall Blyth, MA 01 November 1914 01 November 1915
51 Alexander Ross 01 November 1915 01 November 1916
52 Sir Maurice Fitzmaurice, CMG, MA, MAI, LlD, FRS 01 November 1916 01 November 1917
53 Harry Edward Jones 01 November 1917 01 November 1918
54 Sir John Audley Frederick Aspinall, DEng 01 November 1918 01 November 1919
55 Sir John Purser Griffith, MAI 01 November 1919 01 November 1920
56 John Alexander Brodie, MEng 01 November 1920 01 November 1921
57 William Barton Worthington, DSc 01 November 1921 01 November 1922
58 William Henry Maw, LlD 01 November 1922 01 November 1923
59 Sir Charles Langbridge Morgan, CBE, DEng 01 November 1923 01 November 1924
60 Sir Basil Mott, Bt, CB, FRS 01 November 1924 01 November 1925
61 Sir William Henry Ellis, GBE, DEng 01 November 1925 01 November 1926
62 Sir Frederick Palmer, KCMG, CIE 01 November 1926 01 November 1927
63 Ernest Frederic Crosbie Trench, CBE, MA, BAI 01 November 1927 01 November 1928
64 Sir Brodie Haldane Henderson, KCMG, CIE 01 November 1928 01 November 1929
65 William Wylie Grierson 01 November 1929 01 November 1930
66 Sir George William Humphreys, KBE 01 November 1930 01 November 1931
67 Sir Cyril Reginald Sutton Kirkpatrick 01 November 1931 01 November 1932
68 Sir Murdoch MacDonald, KCMG, CB, MP 01 November 1932 01 November 1933
69 Sir Henry Percy Maybury, GBE, KCMG, CB 01 November 1933 01 November 1934
70 Sir Richard Augustine Studdert Redmayne, KCB, MSc 01 November 1934 01 November 1935
71 John Duncan Watson 01 November 1935 01 November 1936
72 Brigadier-General Sir Alexander Gibb, GBE, CB, LlD, FRS 01 November 1936 01 November 1937
73 Sydney Bryan Donkin 01 November 1937 01 November 1938
74 William James Eames Binnie, MA 01 November 1938 01 November 1939
75 Sir Clement Daniel Maggs Hindley, KCIE, MA 01 November 1939 01 November 1940
76 Sir Leopold Halliday Savile, KCB 01 November 1940 01 November 1941
77 Professor Sir Charles Edward Inglis, OBE, MA, LlD, FRS 01 November 1941 01 November 1942
78 Sir John Edward Thornycroft, KBE 01 November 1942 01 November 1943
79 Sir David Anderson, LlD, BSc 01 November 1943 01 November 1944
80 Francis Ernest Wentworth-Shields, OBE 01 November 1944 01 November 1945
81 Sir Thomas Pierson Frank 01 November 1945 01 November 1946
82 Sir William Thompson Halcrow 01 November 1946 01 November 1947
83 Sir Roger Gaskell Heatherington, CB, OBE, MA 01 November 1947 01 November 1948
84 Sir Jonathan Roberts Davidson 01 November 1948 01 November 1949
85 Vernon Alec Murray Robertson, CBE, MC 01 November 1949 01 November 1950
86 Sir William Henry Glanville, CB, CBE, DSc (Eng), PhD, FRS 01 November 1950 01 November 1951
87 Sir Allan Stephen Quartermaine, CBE, MC, BSc (Eng) 01 November 1951 01 November 1952
88 Henry Francis Cronin, CBE, MC, BSc (Eng) 01 November 1952 01 November 1953
89 Wilfred Philip Shepherd-Barron, MC, TD, LlD 01 November 1953 01 November 1954
90 David Mowat Watson, BSc 01 November 1954 01 November 1955
91 William Kelly Wallace, CBE, DSc 01 November 1955 01 November 1956
92 Harold John Frederick Gourley, MEng 01 November 1956 01 January 1957
93 Sir Frederick Arthur Whitaker, KCB, DEng 01 January 1957 01 November 1958
94 Professor Alfred John Sutton Pippard, MBE, DSc, LlD, FRS 01 November 1958 01 November 1959
95 Arthur Clifford Hartley, CBE, BSc (Eng) 01 November 1959 01 February 1960
96 Sir Herbert John Baptista Manzoni, CBE 01 February 1960 01 November 1961
97 Sir George Matthew McNaughton, CB, BSc (Eng) 01 November 1961 01 November 1962
98 Reginald William Mountain, BSc (Eng) 01 November 1962 01 November 1963
99 Sir Harold John Boyer Harding, DSc, BSc (Eng), FEng 01 November 1963 01 November 1964
100 Sir Robert Meredydd Wynne-Edwards, CBE, DSO, MC, DSc, MA 01 November 1964 01 November 1965
101 James Arthur Banks, CVO, OBE, FRSE 01 November 1965 01 November 1966
102 Sir Ralph Freeman, CVO, CBE, MA, FEng 01 November 1966 01 November 1967
103 Sir Hubert Shirley-Smith, CBE, BSc(Eng) 01 November 1967 01 November 1968
104 John Holmes Jellett, OBE, DSc, MA 01 November 1968 01 November 1969
105 Angus Anderson Fulton, CBE, BSc, LlD, FRSE 01 November 1969 01 November 1970
106 Sir Thomas Angus Lyall Paton, CMG, DSc (Eng), BSc (Eng), FRS, FEng 01 November 1970 01 November 1971
107 George Ambler Wilson, CBE, MEng 01 November 1971 01 November 1972
108 Roger Le Geyt Hetherington, CBE, MA, FEng 01 November 1972 01 November 1973
109 Sir Kirby Laing, MA, FEng, JP, DL 01 November 1973 01 November 1974
110 Sir William G Harris KBE, CB, MA, DSc(Eng), FEng 01 November 1974 01 November 1975
111 Sir Norman Rowntree BSc(Eng), DSc, FEng 01 November 1975 01 November 1976
112 John Walter Baxter CBE, BSc(Eng), FEng 01 November 1976 01 November 1977
113 Sir Alan Muir Wood MA, DSc, FRS, FEng 01 November 1977 01 November 1978
114 Professor Reginald Charles Coates PhD, BSc(Eng), FEng 01 November 1978 01 November 1979
115 William George Nicholson Geddes CBE, BSc, FEng 01 November 1979 01 November 1980
116 Peter Arthur Cox BSc(Eng), FCGI, FEng 01 November 1980 01 November 1981
117 Ian McDonald Campbell CVO, BSc(Eng), FEng 01 November 1981 01 November 1982
118 John Vernon Bartlett CBE, MA, FREng 01 November 1982 01 November 1983
119 James Anthony Gaffney CBE, BSc(Eng), DSc, FREng 01 November 1983 01 November 1984
120 John Anthony Derrington CBE, BSc(Eng), DIC, FREng 01 November 1984 01 November 1985
121 Donald Arthur David Reeve CBE, BSc, FREng 01 November 1985 01 November 1986
122 David Gwilym Morris Roberts CBE, MA, FREng 01 November 1986 01 November 1987
123 Sir William Francis CBE LLD FREng 01 November 1987 01 November 1988
124 Alastair Craig Paterson CBE, DSc, BSc(Eng), FREng 01 November 1988 01 November 1989
125 Professor Peter Frank Stott CBE, MA, FREng 01 November 1989 01 November 1990
126 Professor Roy Thomas Severn, CBE, DSc, PhD, FREng 01 November 1990 01 November 1991
127 Robin Lee Wilson, CBE, BSc(Eng), FREng 01 November 1991 01 November 1992
128 Michael Norman Tizard Cottell, OBE, FREng 01 November 1992 01 November 1993
129 Stuart Norman Mustow, CBE, BSc, FREng 01 November 1993 01 November 1994
130 Dr Edmund Cadbury Hambly, MA, FREng 01 November 1994 01 March 1995
131 Professor Tony Melville Ridley, CBE, PhD, FREng 01 March 1995 01 November 1996
132 David F Green, FREng 01 November 1996 01 November 1997
133 Sir Alan Cockshaw, BSc, Hon DEng, Hon DSc, FREng 01 November 1997 01 November 1998
134 Roger Norman Sainsbury, MA, FREng, Hon IFASCE 01 November 1998 01 November 1999
135 Professor George Fleming, BSc, PhD, FRSE, FREng, FASCE 01 November 1999 01 November 2000
136 Sir Joseph Dwyer, FREng, CEng, FCIOB 01 November 2000 01 November 2001
137 Mark Whitby, BSc(Eng), FREng, FIStructE, Hon FRIBA 01 November 2001 01 November 2002
138 Professor Adrian Long, PhD, DSc, FREng, FIStructE, FIEI, FIAE, FICT, FACI 01 November 2002 01 November 2003
139 Douglas Oakervee, OBE, FREng, CEng, FICE, FHKIE 01 November 2003 01 November 2004
140 Dr Colin John Clinton, BSc(Hons), Hon DScEng, CEng, FICE, FInstCES, FIHT 01 November 2004 01 November 2005
141 Gordon Grier Thomson Masterton, BA, MSc, DIC, FREng, FICE, FIStructE, FIES 01 November 2005 01 November 2006
142 Quentin John Leiper, CEng, CEnv, FICE 01 November 2006 01 November 2007
143 David Orr, MSc, CEng, CEnv, FICE, FIAE, FIEI, FIHT 01 November 2007 incumbent
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