The University of Leeds Ladies' Club
Past Presidents
Although the presidential term ran according to the academic year rather than the calendar year only from the start of the 1939/40 session, the terms of office have been listed by academic year for ease of reference.
List of Presidents of the University of Leeds Ladies’ Club
Although the presidential term ran according to the academic year rather than the calendar year only from the start of the 1939/40 session, the terms of office have been listed by academic year for ease of reference. Where known the ladies’ first names have been given: otherwise the names appear as they did in the documentation.
1924/25 - 1927/28 Mrs Helena Baillie
1928/29 – 1929/30 Mrs Marion Priestley
1930/31 - 1931/32 Mrs R Grist
1932/33 - 1933/34 Mrs Dorothy Usher
1934/35 - 1936/37 Mrs K Whidddington
1937/38 Mrs Gladys King
1938/39 - 1940/41 Mrs K Turbeville
1941/42 - 1942/43 Mrs Marion Priestley
1943/44 - 1944/45 Dr Clara Stewart
1945/46 - 1946/47 Mrs Evelyn Smith
1947/48 - 1948/49 Mrs Dorothy Spaul
1949/50 - 1950/51 Mrs Esther Challenger
1951/52 - 1952/53 Mrs Hilda Shimmin
1953/54 - 1954/55 Mrs Dorothy Tunbridge
1955/56 - 1956/57 Miss Brenda Carey
1957/58 - 1958/59 Mrs Dorothy Orton
1959/60 - 1960/61 Mrs Mary Pyrah
1961/62 - 1962/63 Mrs Jessie Bibby
1963/64 - 1964/65 Mrs Betty Loach
1965/66 - 1966/67 Mrs Mary Roberts
1967/68 - 1968/69 Mrs Edna Williamson
Start of one year term of office
1969/70 Mrs Betty Henson
1970/71 Mrs Kathleen (Kitty) Spiers
1971/72 Mrs Mary Whewell
1972/73 Mrs Margaret Belton
1973/74 Mrs Lillian Agar
1974/75 Mrs Ida Cork
1975/76 Mrs Kate Lythgoe
1976/77 Mrs Lilias Byrn
1977/78 Mrs Mary Wood
1978/79 Mrs Joan Brown
1979/80 Mrs Edith Clark
1980/81 Mrs Marjorie Sledge
1981/82 Mrs Sybille Cole
1982/83 Mrs Barbara Dugdale
1983/84 Mrs Jill Dilks
1984/85 Mrs Muriel Hope
1985/86 Mrs Kirsten Greenwood
1986/87 Mrs Mary Forster
1987/88 Mrs Freda Hullin
1988/89 Mrs Eunice Soul
1989/90 Mrs Marjorie Robinson
1990/91 Mrs Eileen Ellis
1991/92 Mrs Joan Macdonald
1992/93 Mrs Brenda Reynolds
1993/94 Mrs Margaret Bradbury
1994/95 Mrs Margaret Williams
1995/96 Mrs Margaret Hartley
1996/97 Mrs Jayne Buckler
1997/98 Mrs Joan Rose
1998/99 Mrs Gwynneth Owen
1999/2000 Miss Maureen Ross
2000/01 Mrs Jayne Buckler
2001/02 Mrs Mary Donovan
2002/03 Mrs Juliet Sleeman
2003/04 Miss Jillian Rennie
2004/05 Mrs Mary Lance
2005/06 Mrs Janet Sunderland
2006/07 Mrs Elizabeth Gibbs
2007/08 Mrs Siân Batchelder
2008/09 Mrs Mary Henderson
2009/10 Mrs Gillian Roche
2010/11 Mrs Gill Moore
2011/12 Mrs Gill Lydon
2012/13 Mrs Gillie Andrews
2013/14 Mrs Moira Wallace
2014/15 Mrs Moira Wallace
2015/16 Mrs Carole Tabbron
2016/17 Mrs Carole Tabbron
2017/18 Mrs Gillian Roche
2018/19 Dr Diana Wetherill
2019/20 Mrs Moira Wallace
2020/21 Mrs Moira Wallace
2021/22 Mrs Carole Tabbron
2022/23 Mrs Carole Tabbron