Surrey County Cricket Club

Surrey County Cricket Club

Surrey County Cricket Club is one of the 18 professional county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Surrey. Its limited overs team is called the Surrey Lions...

 is one of eighteen county

County

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 teams in England

England

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 that play first-class cricket

First-class cricket

First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...

. Below is a complete list of those who have served as President of the club. The position is an unpaid honorary one, the President acting as a figurehead

Figurehead (metaphor)

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. Those chosen are distinguished supporters of the club from all walks of life, including politics, business and entertainment, as well as notable former Surrey players and officials. In recent years, Presidents have usually served a one or two year term. There have been 48 Presidents.

No.	Name	Years
1	W. Strahan	1844–1855
2	H. Marshall	1856–1866
3	Frederick Miller Frederick Miller (cricketer) Frederick Peel Miller was an English cricketer. He played in first-class matches from 1851 to 1868, primarily for Surrey, for whom he appeared from 1851 to 1867, captaining them from 1851 to 1857...	1867–1878
4	William Monson William Monson, 1st Viscount Oxenbridge William John Monson, 1st Viscount Oxenbridge PC , known as The Lord Monson between 1862 and 1886, was a British Liberal politician. He served as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard between 1880 and 1885 and in 1886 under William Ewart Gladstone.-Background:Monson was the son of William Monson, 6th...	1879–1894
5	Richard Webster Richard Webster, 1st Viscount Alverstone Richard Everard Webster, 1st Viscount Alverstone, GCMG, QC was a British barrister, politician and judge who served in many high political and judicial offices.-Background and education:...	1895–1915
6	Jeremiah Colman Sir Jeremiah Colman, 1st Baronet Sir Jeremiah Colman, 1st Baronet was a well-known industrialist who developed Colman's Mustard into an international concern.-Career:...	1916–1922
7	St John Brodrick St John Brodrick, 1st Earl of Midleton William St John Fremantle Brodrick, 1st Earl of Midleton, KP, PC , known as St John Brodrick until 1907 and as The Viscount Midleton between 1907 and 1920, was a British Conservative Party politician....	1923–1925
8	George Longman George Longman George Henry Longman was an English cricketer. Longman was a right-handed batsman who played occasionally as a wicketkeeper....	1926–1928
9	Henry Leveson-Gower	1929–1939
10	B.A. Glanvill	1940–1946
11	Harry Primrose	1947–1949
12	Walter Monckton Walter Monckton, 1st Viscount Monckton of Brenchley Walter Turner Monckton, 1st Viscount Monckton of Brenchley, GCVO, KCMG, MC, PC was a British politician.-Early years:...	1950–1952 1959–1964
13	Arthur Tedder Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder Marshal of the Royal Air Force Arthur William Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder, GCB was a senior British air force commander. During the First World War, he was a pilot and squadron commander in the Royal Flying Corps and he went on to serve as a senior officer in the Royal Air Force during the inter-war...	1953–1958
14	George Nugent George Nugent, Baron Nugent of Guildford George Richard Hodges Nugent, Baron Nugent of Guildford PC, JP , known as Sir George Nugent, 1st Baronet between 1960 and 1966, was a British Conservative politician.-Background:...	1965–1968
15	Caryl Thain	1969
16	Maurice Allom Maurice Allom Maurice James Carrick Allom was an English cricketer who played in five Tests from 1930 to 1931. Along with Peter Petherick and Damien Fleming, he is one of only three players to have taken a hat-trick on Test debut...	1970–1977
17	W.E. Gerrish	1978
18	George Edwards George Edwards (aviation) Sir George Robert Freeman Edwards, OM, CBE, FRS, DL , was a British aircraft designer and industrialist.Edwards was born in Highams Park, England...	1979
19	Alfred Gover	1980
20	Stuart Surridge Stuart Surridge Walter Stuart Surridge was a cricketer who played for Surrey. He was born at Herne Hill in south London, educated at Emanuel School, and died at Glossop in Derbyshire....	1981
21	Geoffrey Rimbault	1982
22	Michael Barton Michael Barton (cricketer) Michael Richard Barton was an English cricketer. A right-handed batsman, in a first-class career lasting from 1935 to 1955, he scored 5965 runs at 25.82, with 7 hundreds and a highest score of 192.He appeared for Oxford University from 1935 to 1937, winning a Blue in the latter two years...	1983
23	Alexander Durie	1984
25	Robert Carr Robert Carr Leonard Robert Carr, Baron Carr of Hadley, PC is a British Conservative politician.Robert Carr was educated at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge where he read Natural Sciences, graduating in 1938....	1985
26	Martin Turner Martin Turner Martin Turner is the bass guitarist, lead vocalist and a founding member of the rock band, Wishbone Ash.-Career:...	1986
27	Alec Bedser Alec Bedser Sir Alec Victor Bedser, CBE was a professional English cricketer. He was the chairman of selectors for the English national cricket team, and the president of Surrey County Cricket Club...	1987
28	Michael Sandberg	1988
29	Geoffrey Howard	1989
30	Eric Bedser Eric Bedser Eric Arthur Bedser was a cricket player for Surrey County Cricket Club. He was the elder identical twin brother of Sir Alec , widely regarded as one of England's top bowlers of the 20th century...	1990
31	Bernard Coleman	1991
32	William D. Wickson and Dennis Cox Dennis Cox Dennis Frank Cox was an English cricketer and cricket administrator. Cox was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Bermondsey, London....	1992
33	John Stocker	1993
34	John Poland	1994
35	Peter May Peter May -External links:* * at Cricket Archive*...	1995
36	Paul Getty Paul Getty Sir John Paul Getty KBE , born Eugene Paul Getty, was a wealthy American-born British philanthropist and book collector. He was the elder son of Jean Paul Getty, Sr...	1996
37	Betty Surridge	1997
38	Micky Stewart Micky Stewart Michael James Stewart OBE is an English former cricketer, coach and administrator. He was awarded the OBE in 1998 for services to cricket....	1998–99
39	John Major John Major Sir John Major, is a British Conservative politician, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1990–1997...	2000–01
40	Brian Downing	2002–03
41	Derek Newton	2004
42	Richard Stilgoe Richard Stilgoe Richard Henry Simpson Stilgoe OBE is a British songwriter, lyricist and musician. He is noted for clever wordplay as much as for his music....	2005
43	John Edrich John Edrich John Edrich, MBE is a former English cricketer, who played for Surrey and England. He earned a reputation as a dogged and fearless batsman, and his figures show that he was amongst the best players of his generation...	2006
44	Vic Dodds	2007
45	Roger Knight Roger Knight Roger David Verdon Knight OBE, MA, BA, DipEd is an English administrator, cricketer and schoolmaster. He was awarded the OBE in 2007...	2008
46	Mike Soper	2009
47	David Watts	2010
48	Roger Harman Roger Harman Roger Harman is a former English first class cricketer. He played with Surrey from 1961 until 1968 and also represented the International Cavaliers during this time....	2011