Presidents of the Royal Agricultural Society

Presidents 

Agricultural Society of NSW / Royal Agricultural Society of NSW

Agriculture was so central to the development of the colony of NSW that many leaders of the RAS have inevitably also been prominent figures in the broader history of the nation. Active and multi-talented, the list of past presidents and councillors includes players at the forefront of their times across a diverse range of interests.

1822-1822    Sir John Jamison  (1776-1844)
1824–1836    Sir John Jamison  (1776–1844)
1822–1824    Barron Field  (1786–1846)
1857–1861    Sir William Denison  (1804–1871)
1861–1862    David Johnston  (1798–1863)
1862–1863    George Cox  (1795–1868)
1863–1864    Thomas Sutcliffe Mort  (1816–1878)
1864–1865    Edward Cox  (1805–1868)
1865–1867    Thomas Icely  (1797–1874)
1867-1867    James Macarthur  (1798–1867)
1867–1868    Sir Edward Deas Thomson  (1800–1879)
1868–1871    Sir William Macarthur  (1800–1882)
1871–1872    Earl of Belmore, Somerset Lowry-Corry  (1835–1913)
1872–1879    Sir Hercules Robinson  (1824–1897)
1879–1881    Lord Augustus Loftus  (1817–1904)
1881–1882    Walter Lamb  (1825–1906)
1882–1884    W.W. Richardson  (1832–1924)
1884–1891    Sir John Robertson  (1816–1891)
1891-1891    Sydney Burdekin  (1839–1899)
1891–1907    Sir John See  (1845–1907)
1907–1915    Sir Francis Suttor  (1839–1915)
1915–1941    Sir Samuel Hordern  (1876–1956)
1941–1943    Sir Archibald Howie  (1879–1943)
1944–1954    Sir Colin Sinclair  (1876–1956)
1954–1960    Samuel Hordern  (1909–1960)
1960–1965    Edmund Strathmore (Strath) Playfair  (1894–1965)
1965–1969    Sir Philip Charley  (1893–1976)
1969–1979    Sir Vincent Fairfax  (1919–1993)
1979–1988    Norman Seymour (Jim) Davidson  (1916–2000)
1988–1995    Roy Trevor (Trevor) Schmidt  (1928–2014)
1995–2004    Arthur Bragg    
2004–2008    Robert Vickery    
2008–2014    Glenn Dudley    
2014–2020    Robert Ryan    
2020–2023    Michael Millner    
2023-            John Bennett OAM