List of officers of the Royal Academy of Arts explained

Officers of the Royal Academy of Arts

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

Presidents (PRA)

President	Served
Joshua Reynolds	1768–1792^[1]
Benjamin West	1792–1805
James Wyatt	1805–1806
Benjamin West	1806–1820
Thomas Lawrence	1820–1830
Martin Archer Shee	1830–1850
Charles Lock Eastlake	1850–1865
Francis Grant	1866–1878
Lord Leighton	1878–1896
John Everett Millais	February–August 1896
Edward Poynter	1896–1918
Aston Webb	1919–1924
Frank Dicksee	1924–1928
William Llewellyn	1928–1938
Edwin Lutyens	1938–1944
Alfred Munnings	1944–1949
Gerald Kelly	1949–1954
Albert Richardson	1954–1956
Charles Wheeler	1956–1966
Thomas Monnington	1966–1976
Hugh Casson	1976–1984
Roger de Grey	1984–1993
Philip Dowson	1993–1999
	1999–2004
Nicholas Grimshaw	2004–2011
Christopher Le Brun	2011–2019
Rebecca Salter	2019–present

Keepers

Keeper	Served
	10 Dec 1768 – 24 Jan 1783
	3 Mar 1783 – 24 Sep 1790
	24 Sep 1790 – 25 Nov 1803
	24 Dec 1804 – 16 Apr 1825
	9 Jun 1825 – 10 Dec 1827
	10 Dec 1827 – 30 Dec 1839
	3 Mar 1840 – 31 Dec 1850
	29 Mar 1851 – 6 May 1873
	10 Jul 1873 – 3 Aug 1887
	3 Aug 1887 – 30 Apr 1898
	29 Sep 1898 – 19 Mar 1911
	8 Dec 1911 – 1 Feb 1920
	18 Mar 1920 – 8 Nov 1926
	1 Oct 1927 – 31 Dec 1942
	19 Jan 1943 – 11 Dec 1945
	11 Dec 1945 – 31 Dec 1949
	22 Apr 1949 – 30 Jun 1964
	30 Jun 1964 – 30 Sep 1985
	1 Oct 1985 – 30 Sep 1986
	1 Oct 1986 – 30 Sep 1995
	1 Oct 1995 – 21 May 1998
	21 May 1998 – 28 Jul 2004
	28 Oct 2004 – 1 Oct 2011
	1 Oct 2011 – 31 Aug 2017
	1 Sep 2017 – 4 May 2020
	5 May 2020 – present

Treasurers

Treasurer	Served
	10 Dec 1768 – 8 Mar 1796
	2 Apr 1796 – 8 Jun 1820
	8 Jun 1820 – 18 Jul 1850
	18 Jul 1850 – 25 Mar 1861
	25 Mar 1861 – 26 Feb 1874
Edward Middleton Barry	26 Feb 1874 – 27 Jan 1880
	19 Nov 1880 – 18 Dec 1881
	8 Mar 1882 – 28 Mar 1882
	14 Jun 1882 – 17 Nov 1897
	17 Nov 1897 – 5 Dec 1901
	5 Dec 1901 – 8 May 1912
	8 May 1912 – 25 Apr 1919
	25 Apr 1919 – 5 Dec 1932
	5 Dec 1932 – 5 Dec 1940
	5 Dec 1940 – 24 Jun 1942
	3 Dec 1942 – 7 Dec 1954
	7 Dec 1954 – 10 Dec 1958
	10 Dec 1958 – 23 Sep 1962
	11 Dec 1962 – 31 Oct 1964
	8 Dec 1964 – 30 Dec 1964
	20 Jan 1965 – 6 Aug 1965
	7 Dec 1965 – 8 Dec 1970
	8 Dec 1970 – 20 Oct 1975
	9 Dec 1975 – 29 Apr 1976
	29 Apr 1976 – 31 Dec 1984
	1 Jan 1985 – 30 Sep 1995
	1 Oct 1995 – 28 Dec 1999
	30 Mar 2000 – 31 Aug 2014
	12 Mar 2014 – 19 Mar 2018
	19 Mar 2018 – present

Secretaries

Secretary	Served	Ref.
	10 Dec 1768 – 10 Dec 1788
	10 Dec 1788 – 2 Mar 1810
	11 Feb 1811 – 20 Jan 1847
	23 Nov 1847 – 10 Jul 1873
	10 Jul 1873 – 10 Sep 1913
	2 Dec 1913 – 31 Dec 1951
	1 Jan 1952 – 12 Jul 1968
	1 Oct 1968 – 31 Mar 1982	^[2]
	1 Apr 1982 – 30 Sep 1996
	1 Oct 1996 – 31 Jul 2002
	21 Oct 2002 – 24 Mar 2005
	1 Apr 2005 – 1 Sep 2007
Charles Saumarez Smith, Secretary & Chief Executive	1 Sep 2007 – December 2018	^[3]
Axel Rüger, Secretary & Chief Executive	June 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
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
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

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]

Other posts

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

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 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

External links

• Full list of Academicians RAs, Senior RAs, Honorary RAs, Honorary Fellows and Honorary Members

Notes and References

1. Book: Crystal, David . The Cambridge Factfinder . 1994 . Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press . Internet Archive . 978-0-521-46991-3 . 639 . Joshua Reynolds [...] Roger de Grey.
2. Web site: Sidney C. Hutchison Artist Royal Academy of Arts . https://web.archive.org/web/20230512153503/https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/sidney-c-hutchison . 12 May 2023 . Royal Academy of Arts.
3. Web site: Sir Charles Saumarez Smith Artist Royal Academy of Arts . https://web.archive.org/web/20230514181620/https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/charles-saumarez-smith . 14 May 2023 . Royal Academy of Arts.
4. Web site: Sir Winston Churchill Artist Royal Academy of Arts . https://web.archive.org/web/20230511213217/https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/winston-churchill . 11 May 2023 . Royal Academy of Arts.
5. Web site: Sir David Attenborough Artist Royal Academy of Arts . https://web.archive.org/web/20230510195328/https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/david-attenborough . 10 May 2023 . Royal Academy of Arts.
6. Web site: Edward Fox Artist Royal Academy of Arts . https://web.archive.org/web/20230514174616/https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/edward-fox . 14 May 2023 . Royal Academy of Arts.
7. Web site: Alan Bennett Artist Royal Academy of Arts . https://web.archive.org/web/20230514145615/https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/alan-bennett . 14 May 2023 . Royal Academy of Arts.
8. Web site: Pierre Rosenberg Artist Royal Academy of Arts . https://web.archive.org/web/20230514180018/https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/pierre-rosenberg . 14 May 2023 . Royal Academy of Arts.
9. Web site: Sir Quentin Blake Artist Royal Academy of Arts . https://web.archive.org/web/20230510195539/https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/quentin-blake . 10 May 2023 . Royal Academy of Arts.
10. Web site: Alfred Brendel Artist Royal Academy of Arts . https://web.archive.org/web/20230514150117/https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/alfred-brendel . 14 May 2023 . Royal Academy of Arts.
11. Web site: Dame Antonia S Byatt Artist Royal Academy of Arts . https://web.archive.org/web/20230514173715/https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/antonia-s-byatt . 14 May 2023 . Royal Academy of Arts.
12. Web site: Richard Cork Artist Royal Academy of Arts . https://web.archive.org/web/20230514173933/https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/richard-cork . 14 May 2023 . Royal Academy of Arts.
13. Web site: Professor Joseph Rykwert Artist Royal Academy of Arts . https://web.archive.org/web/20230514180302/https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/joseph-rykwert . 14 May 2023 . Royal Academy of Arts.
14. Web site: Sir John Tusa Artist Royal Academy of Arts . https://web.archive.org/web/20230514180620/https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/john-tusa . 14 May 2023 . Royal Academy of Arts.
15. Web site: Jeanette Winterson Artist Royal Academy of Arts . https://web.archive.org/web/20230514181020/https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/jeanette-winterson . 14 May 2023 . Royal Academy of Arts.
16. Web site: Svetlana Alpers Artist Royal Academy of Arts . https://web.archive.org/web/20230514145332/https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/svetlana-alpers . 14 May 2023 . Royal Academy of Arts.
17. Web site: Sir Nicholas Hytner Artist Royal Academy of Arts . https://web.archive.org/web/20230514175519/https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/nicholas-hytner . 14 May 2023 . Royal Academy of Arts.
18. Web site: Peregrine Cavendish, 12th Duke of Devonshire Artist Royal Academy of Arts . https://web.archive.org/web/20230514174306/https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/peregrine-cavendish-12th-duke-of-devonshire . 14 May 2023 . Royal Academy of Arts.
19. Web site: Agnes Gund Artist Royal Academy of Arts . https://web.archive.org/web/20230514175259/https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/agnes-gund . 14 May 2023 . Royal Academy of Arts.
20. Web site: Marina Warner Artist Royal Academy of Arts . https://web.archive.org/web/20230514180804/https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/dame-marina-warner . 14 May 2023 . Royal Academy of Arts.
21. Web site: Sir Tim Berners-Lee Artist Royal Academy of Arts . https://web.archive.org/web/20230514145905/https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/sir-tim-berners-lee . 14 May 2023 . Royal Academy of Arts.
22. Web site: Zadie Smith Artist Royal Academy of Arts . https://web.archive.org/web/20230510195806/https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/zadie-smith . 10 May 2023 . Royal Academy of Arts.
23. Web site: Professor Sarah Gilbert Artist Royal Academy of Arts . https://web.archive.org/web/20230514174935/https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/dame-sarah-gilbert . 14 May 2023 . Royal Academy of Arts.
24. Web site: Hisham Matar Artist Royal Academy of Arts . https://web.archive.org/web/20230514175749/https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/hisham-matar . 14 May 2023 . Royal Academy of Arts.
25. Web site: Ngaire Woods Artist Royal Academy of Arts . https://web.archive.org/web/20230514181205/https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/ngaire-woods . 14 May 2023 . Royal Academy of Arts.
26. Web site: James Fenton Artist Royal Academy of Arts . https://web.archive.org/web/20230511221927/https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/james-fenton . 11 May 2023 . Royal Academy of Arts.
27. Web site: Revd Lucy Winkett Artist Royal Academy of Arts . https://web.archive.org/web/20230512144704/https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/lucy-winkett . 12 May 2023 . Royal Academy of Arts.
28. Web site: Sir John Boardman Artist Royal Academy of Arts . https://web.archive.org/web/20230511220647/https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/john-boardman . 11 May 2023 . Royal Academy of Arts.
29. Web site: Professor Dame Mary Beard Artist Royal Academy of Arts . https://web.archive.org/web/20230511221154/https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/mary-beard . 11 May 2023 . Royal Academy of Arts.
30. Web site: Professor Dawn Adès Artist Royal Academy of Arts . https://web.archive.org/web/20230512145137/https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/dawn-ades . 12 May 2023 . Royal Academy of Arts.
31. Web site: The Rt. Hon. Sir Alan Moses Artist Royal Academy of Arts . https://web.archive.org/web/20230512144520/https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/alan-moses . 12 May 2023 . Royal Academy of Arts.
32. Web site: Lord Ricketts Artist Royal Academy of Arts . https://web.archive.org/web/20230512144258/https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/lord-ricketts . 12 May 2023 . Royal Academy of Arts.
33. Web site: Sir Simon Robertson Artist Royal Academy of Arts . https://web.archive.org/web/20230512144113/https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/simon-robertson . 12 May 2023 . Royal Academy of Arts.
34. Web site: Scott Mead Artist Royal Academy of Arts . https://web.archive.org/web/20230512143829/https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/scott-mead . 12 May 2023 . Royal Academy of Arts.
35. Web site: Dermod O'Brien Artist Royal Academy of Arts . https://web.archive.org/web/20230511094224/https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/dermod-obrien . 11 May 2023 . Royal Academy of Arts.
36. Web site: Joyce W. Cairns Artist Royal Academy of Arts . https://web.archive.org/web/20230511214012/https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/joyce-w-cairns-p-r-s-a . 11 May 2023 . Royal Academy of Arts.
37. Web site: Derek Balmer Artist Royal Academy of Arts . https://web.archive.org/web/20230511214746/https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/derek-balmer . 11 May 2023 . Royal Academy of Arts.
38. Web site: Stephen Farthing Artist Royal Academy of Arts . https://web.archive.org/web/20230512152352/https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/stephen-farthing-ra . 12 May 2023 . Royal Academy of Arts.
39. Web site: Donald Hamilton Fraser Artist Royal Academy of Arts . https://web.archive.org/web/20230512154031/https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/donald-hamilton-fraser-ra . 12 May 2023 . Royal Academy of Arts.
40. Web site: Sir Lawrence Gowing Artist Royal Academy of Arts . https://web.archive.org/web/20230512155019/https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/lawrence-gowing-ra . 12 May 2023 . Royal Academy of Arts.
41. Web site: Andrew Wilton Artist Royal Academy of Arts . https://web.archive.org/web/20230512152102/https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/andrew-wilton . 12 May 2023 . Royal Academy of Arts.
42. Web site: Roger Zogolovitch Artist Royal Academy of Arts . https://web.archive.org/web/20230512151902/https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/roger-zogolovitch . 12 May 2023 . Royal Academy of Arts.