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Gypsy Lore Society officers

In addition to the major offices listed below, many GLS members served the Society as Assistant Secretary, Sub Editor, Assistant Editor or on the Editorial Board.

Presidents

  • 1888-1892 Mr C.G. Leland
  • 1907-1908 David MacRitchie
  • 1908-1909 Henry Thomas Crofton
  • 1909-1910 Theodore Watts-Dunton
  • 1910-1911 The Marquis Adriano Colocci
  • 1911-1912 Arthur Thesleff
  • 1912-1913 Geheimrat Prof. Ernst Kuhn
  • 1913-1914 Helen (Lady Arthur) Grosvenor
  • 1914-1915 Principal Sir Donald MacAlister
  • 1915-1916 John Sampson
  • 1922-1927 William Ferguson
  • 1927-1930 Sir George Grierson
  • 1927-1930 Elizabeth Robins Pennell
  • 1933-1936 Prof. Dr. Eugene Pittard
  • 1937-1961 Augustus John
  • 1962-1973 Prof. Walter Starkie

Vice-President

  • 1888-1892 Mr H.T. Crofton

Honorary Secretary

  • 1888-1892 David MacRitchie
  • 1907-1914 R.A. Scott Macfie
  • 1914-1916 Rev. F.G. Ackerley
  • 1922-1932 T.W. Thompson
  • 1933-1973 D.E. Yates

Honorary Treasurer

  • 1922-1928 Fred Shaw
  • 1929-1973 H.J. Francis

Editor of the JGLS

  • 1888-1892 David MacRitchie (and F.H. Groome)
  • 1907-1914 R.A. Scott Macfie
  • 1922-1930 E.O. Winstedt
  • 1931-1932 T.W. Thompson
  • 1933-1935 [R.A. Macfie]
  • 1936-1954 The Rev. F.G. Ackerley
  • 1955-1973 D.E. Yates