Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire

Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire
Formation 20 June 1848
Type Historical society
Registration no. 224825
Legal status Charity
Purpose Historical study and research
Headquarters Liverpool, United Kingdom
Location
Region served
Lancashire, Cheshire, Merseyside and Greater Manchester
Official language
English
President
 Dr Arline Wilson
Editor
 Dr Bertie Dockerill
Website www.hslc.org.uk

The Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire is a historical society and registered charity. It was founded on 20 June 1848 for the purpose of 'collecting, preserving, arranging and publishing such Historical Documents, Antiquities … Specimens of Ancient and Medieval Art, etc. as are connected with the Counties Palatine of Lancaster and Chester…'[1]

Activities

The society organises lectures and other events, and has also amassed an extensive collection of materials and publications relating to the history and antiquities of both counties. The society became a registered charity (No. 224825) in 1964.[2]

Presidents

  • 1848–54 Rt Hon. Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere
  • 1854–55 Rt Hon. Charles William Molyneux, 3rd Earl of Sefton
  • 1855–63 General Hon. Sir Edward Cust
  • 1863–66 Rt Hon. William Ewart Gladstone
  • 1866–69 Joseph Mayer
  • 1869–75 Rev. Canon Abraham Hume
  • 1875–79 Very Rev. John Saul Howson
  • 1879–85 Thomas Glazebrook Rylands
  • 1885–89 Rt Rev. Dr William Stubbs
  • 1889–1903 Rt Rev. Francis John Jayne
  • 1903–08 Rt Hon. Frederick Arthur Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby
  • 1908–36 Rt Hon. Edward George Villiers Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby
  • 1936–62 William Fergusson Irvine
  • 1963–64 Bertram Baron Benjamin Benas
  • 1964–65 John Joseph Bagley
  • 1965–66 W. G. H. Jones
  • 1966–69 Joan Beck
  • 1969–72 Maurice Marples Schofield
  • 1972–75 Thomas Lloyd-Jones
  • 1975–78 Neville Carrick
  • 1978–81 Brian Collins Redwood
  • 1981–84 Dr Michael J. Power
  • 1984–87 Joan Beck
  • 1987–90 Dr Jennifer I. Kermode
  • 1990–93 Sylvia A. Harrop
  • 1993–96 Prof. Paul E. H. Hair
  • 1996–99 Dr Colin B. Phillips
  • 1999–2003 F. Ian Dunn
  • 2003–06 Dr Suzanne Schwarz
  • 2006–09 Janet E. Hollinshead
  • 2009–12 Dr Nicholas J. White
  • 2012–15 Prof. John C. Belchem
  • 2015–16 Dr Paul J. Sillitoe
  • 2016–present Dr Arline Wilson

Transactions editors

  • 1911–28 John Brownbill
  • 1928–35 Eric Hardwicke Rideout
  • 1935–38 Rev. Dr William Wingfield Longford
  • 1938–45 Francis Arthur Bailey
  • 1945–48 Rev. Charles Frank Russell
  • 1948–50 Dr Frederick Threlfall Wainwright
  • 1950–68 John Joseph Bagley
  • 1961–68 Dr James Murphy
  • 1967–71 K. B. Drake
  • 1970–79 Dr Michael J. Power
  • 1971–75 Dr P. J. Buckland
  • 1973–90 Dr Jennifer I. Kermode
  • 1979–99 Dr Colin B. Phillips
  • 1990–2002 Dr Christopher P. Lewis
  • 1996–2001 Dr Sylvia A. Harrop
  • 1996–present Prof. John C. Belchem
  • 1999–2006 Dr G. J. Milne
  • 2001–06 John Tiernan
  • 2002–07 Dr Suzanne Schwarz
  • 2003–06 Dr P. Dalton
  • 2006–11 Prof. Peter G. I. Gaunt
  • 2011–15 Dr Andy J. Gritt
  • 2016 Dr Alan Crosby
  • 2017–present Dr Bertie Dockerill

Secretaries

  • 1848–51 Henry C. Pidgeon
  • 1848–64 Rev. Dr Abraham Hume
  • 1864–67 Nicholas Waterhouse
  • 1867–77 Dr David Buxton
  • 1877–84 Charles T. Gatty
  • 1884–88 Edward W. M. Hance
  • 1884–1903 Richard Duncan Radcliffe
  • 1903–10 William Fergusson Irvine
  • 1910–14 Frank Charles Beazley
  • 1914–28 Dr Philip Nelson
  • 1928–39 Samuel Saxon Barton
  • 1939–43 Frederick George Blair
  • 1943–44 Arthur Cecil Wardle
  • 1944–45 Dr Walter Alison Phillips
  • 1944–51 Francis Arthur Bailey
  • 1951–58 Dr George Chandler
  • 1958–59 H. A. Taylor
  • 1959–66 Joan Beck
  • 1966–70 Patricia R. Pleasance
  • 1970–83 P. J. Andrews
  • 1983–89 Janet E. Hollinshead
  • 1989–92 G. M. Wyatt
  • 1992–present Roger C. Hull

Treasurers

  • 1848–60 Thomas Avison
  • 1860–67 William Burke
  • 1867–85 John G. Jacob
  • 1886–98 Henry Douglas Eshelby
  • 1898–1905 William E. Gregson
  • 1905–11 Frank Charles Beazley
  • 1911–22 S. W. Phipps
  • 1922–26 Percy Culverwell Brown
  • 1926–28 H. K. Hardwick Cox
  • 1928–39 William J. Holgate
  • 1939–45 Dr Walter Alison Phillips
  • 1945–67 W. G. H. Jones
  • 1965–72 Charles R. Ambler
  • 1967–72 A. W. Andrews
  • 1972–81 Robert Bromley
  • 1981–87 Roy George Dottie
  • 1987–89 G. J. Wilson
  • 1989–2000 Janet E. Hollinshead
  • 2000–07 C. F. Foster
  • 2007–16 Dr Arline Wilson
  • 2016-present Catherine Nunn

See also

References

  1. ↑ Benas, B., The Centenary of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire: A Retrospect, Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, 100 (1948).
  2. ↑ "Charity Commission of England and Wales". Charity Commission of England and Wales. 11 December 2015. Retrieved 2015-12-11.
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