Selected list of past presidents Royal Geographical Society

statue of sir clements robert markham next entrance



frederick john robinson, 1st viscount goderich earl of ripon (1830–1833) (first president)
sir george murray (1833–1835)
sir roderick murchison (1843–1845,1851–1853,1856–1859 , 1862–1871)
sir henry creswicke rawlinson (1871–1873 , 1874–1876)
sir clements robert markham (1893–1905)
sir george taubman goldie (1905–1908)
major leonard darwin (1908–1911)
earl curzon of kedleston (1911–1914)
douglas freshfield (1914–1917)
colonel sir thomas hungerford holdich (1917–1919)
francis younghusband (1919–1922)
lawrence dundas, 2nd marquess of zetland (1922–≈1925)
david george hogarth (1925–1927)
charles close (1927–1930)
sir james wordie (1951–1954)
raymond priestley (1961–1963)
sir laurence dudley stamp (1963–1966)
edward shackleton, baron shackleton (1971–1974)
sir crispin tickell (1989–1993)
george jellicoe, 2nd earl jellicoe (1993–1997)
john palmer, 4th earl of selborne (1997–2000)
michael palin (2009–2012)
dame judith rees (2012–2015)
nicholas crane (2015–present)




^ people & staff royal geographical society. retrieved 24 june 2012
^ rgs president rgs president. retrieved 30 september 2015