List of officers of the Royal Academy of Arts

Officers of the Royal Academy of Arts
An early Summer Exhibition at the Academy's original home in Somerset House.

This is a list of the officers of the Royal Academy of Arts.

Presidents (PRA)
President Served
Joshua Reynolds1768–1792[1]
Benjamin West1792–1805
James Wyatt1805–1806
Benjamin West1806–1820
Thomas Lawrence1820–1830
Martin Archer Shee1830–1850
Charles Lock Eastlake1850–1865
Francis Grant1866–1878
Lord Leighton1878–1896
John Everett MillaisFebruary–August 1896
Edward Poynter1896–1918
Aston Webb1919–1924
Frank Dicksee1924–1928
William Llewellyn1928–1938
Edwin Lutyens1938–1944
Alfred Munnings1944–1949
Gerald Kelly1949–1954
Albert Richardson1954–1956
Charles Wheeler1956–1966
Thomas Monnington1966–1976
Hugh Casson1976–1984
Roger de Grey1984–1993[1]
Philip Dowson1993–1999
Phillip King1999–2004
Nicholas Grimshaw2004–2011
Christopher Le Brun2011–2019
Rebecca Salter2019–present

Keepers
Keeper Served
George Michael Moser10 Dec 1768 – 24 Jan 1783
Agostino Carlini3 Mar 1783 – 24 Sep 1790
Joseph Wilton24 Sep 1790 – 25 Nov 1803
Henry Fuseli24 Dec 1804 – 16 Apr 1825
Henry Thomson9 Jun 1825 – 10 Dec 1827
William Hilton10 Dec 1827 – 30 Dec 1839
George Jones3 Mar 1840 – 31 Dec 1850
Charles Landseer29 Mar 1851 – 6 May 1873
Frederick Richard Pickersgill10 Jul 1873 – 3 Aug 1887
Philip Hermogenes Calderon3 Aug 1887 – 30 Apr 1898
Ernest Crofts29 Sep 1898 – 19 Mar 1911
Andrew Carrick Gow8 Dec 1911 – 1 Feb 1920
Charles Sims18 Mar 1920 – 8 Nov 1926
Walter Westley Russell1 Oct 1927 – 31 Dec 1942
Gerald Kelly19 Jan 1943 – 11 Dec 1945
Philip Connard11 Dec 1945 – 31 Dec 1949
Henry Rushbury22 Apr 1949 – 30 Jun 1964
Peter Greenham30 Jun 1964 – 30 Sep 1985
Edward Middleditch1 Oct 1985 – 30 Sep 1986
Norman Adams1 Oct 1986 – 30 Sep 1995
Leonard McComb1 Oct 1995 – 21 May 1998
Brendan Neiland21 May 1998 – 28 Jul 2004
Maurice Cockrill28 Oct 2004 – 1 Oct 2011
Eileen Cooper1 Oct 2011 – 31 Aug 2017
Rebecca Salter1 Sep 2017 – 4 May 2020
Cathie Pilkington5 May 2020 – present

Treasurers
Treasurer Served
William Chambers10 Dec 1768 – 8 Mar 1796
John Yenn2 Apr 1796 – 8 Jun 1820
Robert Smirke8 Jun 1820 – 18 Jul 1850
Philip Hardwick18 Jul 1850 – 25 Mar 1861
Sydney Smirke25 Mar 1861 – 26 Feb 1874
Edward Middleton Barry26 Feb 1874 – 27 Jan 1880
George Edmund Street19 Nov 1880 – 18 Dec 1881
Richard Norman Shaw8 Mar 1882 – 28 Mar 1882
John Callcott Horsley14 Jun 1882 – 17 Nov 1897
Alfred Waterhouse17 Nov 1897 – 5 Dec 1901
Thomas Graham Jackson5 Dec 1901 – 8 May 1912
Aston Webb8 May 1912 – 25 Apr 1919
Frank Short25 Apr 1919 – 5 Dec 1932
Sydney Lee5 Dec 1932 – 5 Dec 1940
Edwin Cooper5 Dec 1940 – 24 Jun 1942
E. Vincent Harris3 Dec 1942 – 7 Dec 1954
Edward Maufe7 Dec 1954 – 10 Dec 1958
Louis de Soissons10 Dec 1958 – 23 Sep 1962
Basil Spence11 Dec 1962 – 31 Oct 1964
James Gunn8 Dec 1964 – 30 Dec 1964
Donald McMorran20 Jan 1965 – 6 Aug 1965
Marshall Sisson7 Dec 1965 – 8 Dec 1970
William Holford8 Dec 1970 – 20 Oct 1975
Hugh Casson9 Dec 1975 – 29 Apr 1976
Roger de Grey29 Apr 1976 – 31 Dec 1984
Philip Powell1 Jan 1985 – 30 Sep 1995
Michael Kenny1 Oct 1995 – 28 Dec 1999
Paul Huxley30 Mar 2000 – 31 Aug 2014
Chris Orr12 Mar 2014 – 19 Mar 2018
Chris Wilkinson19 Mar 2018 – present

Secretaries
Secretary Served Ref.
Francis Milner Newton10 Dec 1768 – 10 Dec 1788
John Inigo Richards10 Dec 1788 – 2 Mar 1810
Henry Howard11 Feb 1811 – 20 Jan 1847
John Prescott Knight23 Nov 1847 – 10 Jul 1873
Frederick A. Eaton10 Jul 1873 – 10 Sep 1913
Walter Lamb2 Dec 1913 – 31 Dec 1951
Humphrey Brooke1 Jan 1952 – 12 Jul 1968
Sidney C. Hutchison1 Oct 1968 – 31 Mar 1982 [2]
Piers Rodgers1 Apr 1982 – 30 Sep 1996
David Gordon1 Oct 1996 – 31 Jul 2002
Lawton Fitt21 Oct 2002 – 24 Mar 2005
MaryAnne Stevens1 Apr 2005 – 1 Sep 2007
Charles Saumarez Smith, Secretary & Chief Executive1 Sep 2007 – December 2018 [3]
Axel Rüger, Secretary & Chief ExecutiveJune 2019 – present

Honorary officers of the Royal Academy of Arts

Honorary Academician Extraordinary
Honorary Academician Extraordinary Elected Notes Ref.
Winston Churchill 1948 – 1965 [4]

Honorary Fellows
Honorary Fellow Elected Notes Ref.
David Attenborough 10 December 1992 [5]
Edward Fox 9 December 1993 [6]
Alan Bennett 18 May 2000 [7]
Pierre Rosenberg 18 May 2000 [8]
Quentin Blake 24 May 2001 [9]
Alfred Brendel 2009 [10]
A. S. Byatt 2009 [11]
Richard Cork 2011 [12]
Joseph Rykwert 2011 [13]
John Tusa 2011 [14]
Jeanette Winterson 2011 [15]
Svetlana Alpers 2014 [16]
Nicholas Hytner 2014 [17]
Peregrine Cavendish, 12th Duke of Devonshire 9 March 2016 [18]
Agnes Gund 9 March 2016 [19]
Marina Warner 19 March 2018 [20]
Tim Berners-Lee 10 December 2019 [21]
Zadie Smith 11 September 2020 [22]
Sarah Gilbert 14 December 2021 [23]
Hisham Matar 14 December 2021 [24]
Ngaire Woods 2022 [25]

Honorary Members
Honorary Member Position Elected Ref.
James Fenton Antiquarian of the Royal Academy 2002 – present [26]
Sidney C. Hutchison Antiquarian of the Royal Academy 1992 – 2000 [2]
Lucy Winkett Chaplain 2010 – present [27]
John Boardman Professor of Ancient History 1989 – present [28]
Mary Beard Professor of Ancient Literature 2013 – present [29]
Charles Saumarez Smith Professor of Architectural History 1 September 2019 – 31 August 2023 [3]
Dawn Adès Professor of History of Art 2008 – present [30]
Alan Moses Professor of Law 2006 – present [31]
Peter Ricketts Secretary of Foreign Correspondence 2018 – present [32]
Simon Robertson Honorary Corresponding Member 2008 – present [33]
Scott Mead Honorary Corresponding Member 2019 – present [34]

Honorary Members ex officio

An incomplete list of the ex officio members, by virtue of their holding of another office.

Honorary Member ex officio Elected Preferred media Notes Ref.
Dermod O'Brien President of the Royal Hibernian Academy 1911 – 1945 Painting [35]
Joyce W. Cairns President of the Royal Scottish Academy 2018 – present [36]
Derek Balmer President of the Royal West of England Academy 2003 – 2010 [37]

Honorary Archivists
Honorary Archivist Elected Notes Ref.
Sidney C. Hutchison 1982 – 2000 [2]

Honorary Curators
Honorary Curator Elected Notes Ref.
Stephen Farthing 1999 – present [38]
Donald Hamilton Fraser 1992 – 1999 [39]
Lawrence Gowing 1985 – 1991 [40]

Honorary Curators of Architecture
Honorary Curator Elected Notes Ref.
Adrian Forty

Honorary Curators of Prints and Drawings
Honorary Curator of Prints and Drawings Elected Notes Ref.
Andrew Wilton 2003 – present [41]

Honorary Surveyors
Honorary Surveyor Elected Notes Ref.
Roger Zogolovitch 2015 – present [42]

Professors of the Royal Academy Schools
Professor of Painting Served Notes Ref.
Lubaina Himid 2020 – present
Mali Morris 2019 – 2020
Chantal Joffe 2015 – 2019
Fiona Rae 2011 – 2015
Professor of Chemistry Served Notes Ref.
Bronwyn Ormsby 2019 – present
Eranda Professor of Drawing Served Notes Ref.
Alison Wilding 1 October 2018 – present
David Remfry 2016 – 19 March 2018
Michael Landy 2014 – 2016
Tracey Emin 2011 – 2013
Ian McKeever 2006 – 2011
Gary Hume 2004 – 2006
Peter Blake 2002 – 2004
Christopher Le Brun 2000 – 2002

The post was created in 2000, supported by the Eranda Rothschild Foundation.

Professor of Perspective Served Notes Ref.
Fiona Banner 2020 – present
Humphrey Ocean 2012 – 2020
J. M. W. Turner 1807 – 1837
Professor of Printmaking Served Notes Ref.
Norman Ackroyd 1999 – 2000
Professor of Sculpture Served Notes Ref.
Mike Nelson 2019 – present
Cathie Pilkington 2015 – 2019
Richard Wilson 2011 – 2015
David Mach 2000 – 2007
Bryan Kneale 1985 – 1989 Master of the Sculpture School 1982 – 1985

Residents
Poet-in-Residence Served
Pele Cox2 Sep 2011 – 2012

See also

References
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