The Lord's Taverners is the UK's leading youth cricket and
disability sports
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charity. Its charitable objective is to empower and positively impact the lives of young people facing the challenges of inequality.'.
It was founded in 1950 by a group of actors and BBC employees, led by founding Chairman and member No.1
Martin Boddey
Albert Martin Boddey (16 April 1907 – 24 October 1975) was a British film and television actor.
He was a founder member of the Lord's Taverners charity. Boddey started acting when he was nearly 40, often portraying irritable authority fig ...
, with others including
John Mills
Sir John Mills (born Lewis Ernest Watts Mills; 22 February 190823 April 2005) was an English actor who appeared in more than 120 films in a career spanning seven decades. He excelled on camera as an appealing British everyman who often portray ...
,
Jack Hawkins
John Edward Hawkins, CBE (14 September 1910 β 18 July 1973) was an English actor who worked on stage and in film from the 1930s until the 1970s. One of the most popular British film stars of the 1950s, he was known for his portrayal of mili ...
,
John Snagge
John Derrick Mordaunt Snagge (8 May 190425 March 1996) was a British newsreader and commentator on BBC Radio.
Life
Born in Chelsea, London, he was educated at Winchester College and Pembroke College, Oxford, where he obtained a degree in la ...
,
Roy Plomley
Francis Roy Plomley, ( ; 20 January 1914 β 28 May 1985) was an English radio broadcaster, producer, playwright and novelist. He is best remembered for devising the BBC Radio series ''Desert Island Discs'', which he hosted from its inception i ...
,
Gordon Crier
Gordon Crier (1912 β 16 September 1984) was a Scottish radio and television producer and writer.
His early successes included ''Band Waggon'', the first comedy show designed for radio, broadcast by the BBC from 1938 to 1940, co-produced by Crier ...
, and
Brian Johnston
Brian Alexander Johnston (24 June 1912 β 5 January 1994), nicknamed Johnners, was a British cricket commentator, author, and television presenter. He was most prominently associated with the BBC during a career which lasted from 1946 until h ...
. They used to enjoy watching cricket from the Lord's Tavern pub in St John's Wood Road, close by
Lord's Cricket Ground
Lord's Cricket Ground, commonly known as Lord's, is a cricket venue in St John's Wood, London. Named after its founder, Thomas Lord, it is owned by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and is the home of Middlesex County Cricket Club, the England and ...
.
Their headquarters are located in London, with the support of over 50 regions.
The Lord's Taverners also benefits from the fundraising activities of Regional Committees and its 5,000 members, many of them work in sport and entertainment. The list includes
Sir Michael Parkinson
Sir Michael Parkinson (born 28 March 1935) is an English broadcaster, journalist and author. He presented his television talk show '' Parkinson'' from 1971 to 1982 and from 1998 to 2007, as well as other talk shows and programmes both in the U ...
,
Sir Alastair Cook
Sir Alastair Nathan Cook (born 25 December 1984) is an English cricketer who plays for Essex County Cricket Club, and played for England cricket team, England in all international formats from 2006 to 2018. A former captain (cricket), captain ...
,
Sir Andrew Strauss
Sir Andrew John Strauss (born 2 March 1977) is an English cricket administrator and former player, formerly the Director of Cricket for the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). He played county cricket for Middlesex, and captained the Engla ...
,
Greg James
Gregory James Alan Milward (born 17 December 1985) is an English radio and television presenter, comedian and author. He is the host of BBC Radio 1's breakfast show, co-presenter on the cricket podcast '' Tailenders'' alongside Felix White and ...
,
Miles Jupp
Miles Hugh Barrett Jupp (born 8 September 1979) is an English actor, singer, and comedian. He began his career as a stand-up comedian before playing the role of the inventor Archie in the children's television series ''Balamory''. He also played ...
,
Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson,
Jonathan Agnew
Jonathan Philip Agnew, (born 4 April 1960) is an English cricket broadcaster and a former professional cricketer. He was born in Macclesfield, Cheshire, and educated at Uppingham School. He is nicknamed "Aggers", and, less commonly, "Spiro" β ...
and
Mike Gatting
Michael William Gatting (born 6 June 1957) is an English former cricketer, who played first-class cricket for Middlesex (1975β1998; captain 1983β1997) and for England from 1977 to 1995, captaining the national side in twenty-three Test ma ...
.
History
The charity was formed in the week after the West Indies'
victory
The term victory (from Latin ''victoria'') originally applied to warfare, and denotes success achieved in personal Duel, combat, after military operations in general or, by extension, in any competition. Success in a military campaign constitu ...
over England in the second Test Match at Lord's in 1950.
Initially, money raised each year was given to the
National Playing Fields Association
Fields in Trust, is a British charity set up in 1925 as the National Playing Fields Association (NPFA), by Brigadier-General Reginald Kentish and the Duke of York, later King George VI, who was the first president, which protects parks and green s ...
(now known as
Fields in Trust
Fields in Trust, is a British charity set up in 1925 as the National Playing Fields Association (NPFA), by Brigadier-General Reginald Kentish and the Duke of York, later King George VI, who was the first president, which protects parks and green s ...
whom the Taverners still support) on the recommendation of
The Duke of Edinburgh, Patron and 'Twelfth Man' of The Lord's Taverners.
The existence of the Lord's Taverners and the involvement of early members can be broadly summarised by the following:
''"We've all got professional and sporting interests in common. So why not start a club, based at the beloved old tavern here. We can talk about our work and watch the cricket. And we can try to put a few bob back into the game at the same time."''
Since its inception, the Lord's Taverners has developed into a membership charity. For the first fifteen years, the
NPFA was the sole beneficiary of the Lord's Taverners, with the money all going to cricket projects, mostly for the installation of artificial pitches.
By the time of the first annual dinner in September 1951, the Lord's Taverners had developed a membership programme - mirrored in much of the charity's activities today. Within the first year, the membership included
Laurence Olivier
Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier (; 22 May 1907 β 11 July 1989) was an English actor and director who, along with his contemporaries Ralph Richardson and John Gielgud, was one of a trio of male actors who dominated the Theatre of the U ...
,
Jack Hawkins
John Edward Hawkins, CBE (14 September 1910 β 18 July 1973) was an English actor who worked on stage and in film from the 1930s until the 1970s. One of the most popular British film stars of the 1950s, he was known for his portrayal of mili ...
,
Trevor Howard
Trevor Wallace Howard-Smith (29 September 1913 β 7 January 1988) was an English stage, film, and television actor. After varied work in the theatre, he achieved star status with his role in the film ''Brief Encounter'' (1945), followed by ''T ...
,
Tommy Trinder
Thomas Edward Trinder CBE (24 March 1909 β 10 July 1989) was an English stage, screen and radio comedian whose catchphrase was "You lucky people!". Described by cultural historian Matthew Sweet as "a cocky, front-of-cloth variety turn", he was ...
and
Richard Attenborough
Richard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough, (; 29 August 192324 August 2014) was an English actor, filmmaker, and entrepreneur. He was the president of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and the British Academy of Film and Televisio ...
from the acting world, alongside
John Arlott
Leslie Thomas John Arlott, OBE (25 February 1914 β 14 December 1991) was an English journalist, author and cricket commentator for the BBC's ''Test Match Special''. He was also a poet and wine connoisseur. With his poetic phraseology, he bec ...
,
Brian Johnston
Brian Alexander Johnston (24 June 1912 β 5 January 1994), nicknamed Johnners, was a British cricket commentator, author, and television presenter. He was most prominently associated with the BBC during a career which lasted from 1946 until h ...
,
FR Brown,
AER Gilligan,
RC Roberston-Glasgow,
Rex Alston
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** King of Rome (Latin: Rex Romae), chief magistrate of the Roman Kingdom
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and
Sir Pelham Warner
Sir Pelham Francis Warner, (2 October 1873 β 30 January 1963), affectionately and better known as Plum Warner or "the Grand Old Man" of English cricket, was a Test cricketer and cricket administrator.
He was knighted for services to sport in ...
from cricket. The mix of business and cricket continues to transcend the core of the charity membership, whilst other sports such as golf are now well represented.
The first official cricket match in the history of the charity was played in August 1953 against Bishops Stortford CC, and
Denis Compton
Denis Charles Scott Compton (23 May 1918 β 23 April 1997) was an English multi-sportsman. As a cricketer he played in 78 Test matches and spent his whole cricket career with Middlesex. As a footballer, he played as a winger and spent most o ...
scored 36 in one over. Subsequently, celebrity cricket matches emerged and continue to be one of the core fundraising activities of the Taverners. The teams are a mixture of former Test and County cricketers together with stars of stage, screen and sound along with those from other sports. Under the stewardship of former Kent wicketkeeper
Derek Ufton
Derek Gilbert Ufton (31 May 1928 β 27 March 2021) was an English professional cricketer and footballer, and later a football manager. Playing professionally for Kent County Cricket Club as a wicket-keeper and Charlton Athletic Football Club, ...
, the Taverners hit their first Β£100,000 target in a season. Since then, and under his successor
John Price, the charity now exceeds this figure each year.
From 1972, under Secretary (and later Director) Captain Anthony Swainson RN, the charity's membership expanded through the newly created category of Friends of the Lord's Taverners, whilst the charity expanded geographically outwards from London, developing a series of regional bases. Thus the Taverners turned from a club to a "major charity".
There are now 50 regions, fundraising entities in their own right who collectively raise over Β£1m per year.
The membership change and geographical expansion were accompanied by the development of the Lord's Taverners charitable remit in 1975 (beyond support for the
NPFA) when money was first channelled towards providing recreation for young people with disabilities.
This new programme initially focused on the provision of the 'trademark' green minibuses which provide recreational opportunities for organisations looking after young people with special needs.
The 1,000th minibus was delivered at the climax of the 2012 cricket season;
2016 is the 40th Anniversary of this provision.
Alongside the provision of minibuses, a programme of providing sporting opportunities (now termed 'Sporting Chances') was developed.
Charitable Programmes
''"I salute the Taverners for what they have done, and are doing, and for their example to future generations" -'' Donald Bradman
Sir Donald George Bradman, (27 August 1908 β 25 February 2001), nicknamed "The Don", was an Australian international cricketer, widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time. Bradman's career Test batting average of 99.94 has bee ...
.
The way money is spent by the Lord's Taverners is constantly under review. The charity works closely with the
England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) who are the charity's principal advisers on how funds to youth cricket should be spent, as well as the
MCC, the English Schools Cricket Association and the
NPFA. Every year, the Lord's Taverners donates over Β£3 million to help young people of all abilities and backgrounds participate in sporting activities. In 2015 the Lord's Taverners provided 9.4 million 'sporting chances' for disadvantaged and disabled young people across all of its charitable programmes.
Community cricket
Wicketz- a cricket programme that aims to support young people in disadvantaged areas of the UK where clubs provide a safe, structured environment where for young people to enjoy the physical and social benefits of playing cricket while developing life skills.
Brian Johnston Memorial Trust- a trust fund set up in memory of the late broadcaster
Brian Johnston
Brian Alexander Johnston (24 June 1912 β 5 January 1994), nicknamed Johnners, was a British cricket commentator, author, and television presenter. He was most prominently associated with the BBC during a career which lasted from 1946 until h ...
. The trust supports the ECB spin bowling programme, visually impaired young cricketers, and provides scholarships for young male and female cricketers who are in genuine financial need.
Girls' Cricket- the Lady Taverners U13 and U15 indoor (schools) and outdoor (clubs) girls' cricket competitions have given over 110,000 girls the opportunity to enjoy competitive cricket providing a framework to play at an informal and more competitive level. Almost half of the current
England Women's Squad have developed through the competitions including
Heather Knight,
Anya Shrubsole
Anya Shrubsole (born 7 December 1991) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Berkshire, Southern Vipers and the Southern Brave. She played for England between 2008 and 2022, and has previously played domestic cricket for Somerset, ...
and
Sarah Taylor.
Awards- recognising cricketing achievement by young players. There are three awards for young people under the age of 18: The Centurions Award which recognises a batsman scoring their first hundred; The Five-Fer Award which recognises a player taking their first five-wicket haul; The Captain's Award for someone who has demonstrated great leadership over the course of a season.
Disability cricket
Table Cricket- played on a table tennis table, Table Cricket is an adaptive form of cricket enabling young people with physical and learning disabilities to take part in the sport with regional competitions culminating in a finals day every year at the Nursery Pavilion at Lord's Cricket Ground.
Disability Cricket Championships- the Lord's Taverners Disability Cricket Championships (LTDCC) is a regular year-round competition and coaching programme for 1,000 disabled young people across 16 London boroughs, supported by the Berkeley Foundation.
Grants programmes
Accessible Minibuses- providing accessible transport to schools and organisations (specially adapted minibuses) for young people with disabilities since 1976.
Wheelchair Sports- contributions to the development of junior wheelchair basketball, support for the U19 Boccia Championships, and the donation of sports wheelchairs to disabled young people.
Disability Play Spaces- providing grants for sensory rooms and equipment and outdoor play spaces for children with severe learning and physical disabilities, sensory impairment and autism.
Disability Cricket Resources- in partnership with the
ECB, investment has been made in a wide range of resources to give support amongst coaches within disability cricket.
Sports Kit Recycling
The Lord's Taverner
kit recycling programmeequips UK clubs and developing nations with kit donated by manufacturers, clubs and members of the public.
The Lady Taverners
The Lady Taverners owe their formation to
Baroness Thatcher
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher (; 13 October 19258 April 2013) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. She was the first female British prime ...
. Normally each Prime Minister had been made a member of the Lord's Taverners. As a result, the Honorary Lady Taverners were formed and in early 1980
David Evans MP invited
Baroness Thatcher
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher (; 13 October 19258 April 2013) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. She was the first female British prime ...
to become the first Honorary Lady Taverner.
Baroness Thatcher
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher (; 13 October 19258 April 2013) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. She was the first female British prime ...
became a Lady Taverner alongside twenty three other ladies, invited by then Lord's Taverners president Eric Morecambe. They were ladies who had helped at cricket matches and those who had organised a tombola at the President's Ball, including Ann Barrington, Anne Subba Row,
Baroness Heyhoe Flint, Marjorie Gover,
Judith Chalmers
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Early life
Chalmers was born in Gatley, Cheshire. Her ...
, Betty Surridge and Joan Morecambe.
In 1986 a committee was formed with Anne Subba Row as chairman, and events such as spring and autumn lunches followed. Following the only Honorary Lady Taverners annual general meeting, membership was opened to paying ladies and the first Lady Taverners were elected on 12 October 1987.
The Lady Taverners now have a membership of over 1,000 and draw members from the sporting, show business and corporate worlds.
Governance
The Lord's Taverners Presidents
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Sir John Mills
Sir John Mills (born Lewis Ernest Watts Mills; 22 February 190823 April 2005) was an English actor who appeared in more than 120 films in a career spanning seven decades. He excelled on camera as an appealing British everyman who often portray ...
(1950β1951)
*
John Snagge
John Derrick Mordaunt Snagge (8 May 190425 March 1996) was a British newsreader and commentator on BBC Radio.
Life
Born in Chelsea, London, he was educated at Winchester College and Pembroke College, Oxford, where he obtained a degree in la ...
(1952)
*
Martin Boddey
Albert Martin Boddey (16 April 1907 – 24 October 1975) was a British film and television actor.
He was a founder member of the Lord's Taverners charity. Boddey started acting when he was nearly 40, often portraying irritable authority fig ...
(1953)
*
Jack Hawkins
John Edward Hawkins, CBE (14 September 1910 β 18 July 1973) was an English actor who worked on stage and in film from the 1930s until the 1970s. One of the most popular British film stars of the 1950s, he was known for his portrayal of mili ...
(1954)
*
Major A Huskisson
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(1955)
*
Tommy Trinder
Thomas Edward Trinder CBE (24 March 1909 β 10 July 1989) was an English stage, screen and radio comedian whose catchphrase was "You lucky people!". Described by cultural historian Matthew Sweet as "a cocky, front-of-cloth variety turn", he was ...
(1956)
*
Stephen Mitchell (1957)
*
Sir John Barbirolli
Sir John Barbirolli ( Giovanni Battista Barbirolli; 2 December 189929 July 1970) was a British conductor and cellist. He is remembered above all as conductor of the HallΓ© Orchestra in Manchester, which he helped save from dissolution in 194 ...
(1958)
*
Sir Ian Jacob (1959)
*
The Duke of Edinburgh (1960β1961)
*
Sir Robert Menzies
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(1962)
*
Richard Hearne
Richard Lewis Hearne (30 January 1908 β 23 August 1979) was an English actor, comedian, producer and writer. He is best remembered for his stage and television character Mr Pastry.
Career
Hearne was born in Norwich, Norfolk, in 1908, the son ...
(1963)
*
John Snagge
John Derrick Mordaunt Snagge (8 May 190425 March 1996) was a British newsreader and commentator on BBC Radio.
Life
Born in Chelsea, London, he was educated at Winchester College and Pembroke College, Oxford, where he obtained a degree in la ...
(1964)
*
Sir Edward Lewis (1965)
*
Ronnie Waldman
Ronald Hartley Waldman (13 May 1914 – 10 March 1978) was a British radio presenter and television executive for the BBC.
Biography
Born in London, he was the eldest son of Michael Waldman OBE JP, a sometime Mayor of Hackney, and was educa ...
(1966)
*
Sir Harry Secombe
Sir Harold Donald Secombe (8 September 1921 β 11 April 2001) was a Welsh comedian, actor, singer and television presenter. Secombe was a member of the British radio comedy programme ''The Goon Show'' (1951β1960), playing many characters, m ...
(1967β1968)
*
Lord Luke of Pavenham (1969)
*
Brian Rix, Baron Rix
Brian Norman Roger Rix, Baron Rix, (27 January 1924 β 20 August 2016) was an English actor-manager, who produced a record-breaking sequence of long-running farces on the London stage, including ''Dry Rot'', '' Simple Spymen'' and ''One for ...
(1970)
*
Martin Boddey
Albert Martin Boddey (16 April 1907 – 24 October 1975) was a British film and television actor.
He was a founder member of the Lord's Taverners charity. Boddey started acting when he was nearly 40, often portraying irritable authority fig ...
(1971)
*
Victor Silvester
Victor Marlborough Silvester OBE (25 February 190014 August 1978) was an English dancer, writer, musician and bandleader from the British dance band era. He was a significant figure in the development of ballroom dance during the first hal ...
(1972)
*
Jimmy Edwards
James Keith O'Neill Edwards, DFC (23 March 19207 July 1988) was an English comedy writer and actor on radio and television, best known as Pa Glum in ''Take It from Here'' and as headmaster "Professor" James Edwards in ''Whack-O!''.
Early lif ...
(1973)
*
Alf Gover
Alfred Richard Gover (29 February 1908 β 7 October 2001) was an English Test cricketer. He was the mainstay of the Surrey bowling attack during the 1930s and played four Tests before and after the Second World War. He also founded and ran ...
(1974)
*
The Prince of Wales
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(1975β1976)
*
Eric Morecambe
John Eric Bartholomew, (14 May 1926 β 28 May 1984), known by his stage name Eric Morecambe, was an English comedian who together with Ernie Wise formed the double act Morecambe and Wise. The partnership lasted from 1941 until Morecambe's de ...
(1977β1979)
*
Sir Harry Secombe
Sir Harold Donald Secombe (8 September 1921 β 11 April 2001) was a Welsh comedian, actor, singer and television presenter. Secombe was a member of the British radio comedy programme ''The Goon Show'' (1951β1960), playing many characters, m ...
(1980β1981)
*
Ronnie Corbett
Ronald Balfour Corbett (4 December 1930 β 31 March 2016) was a Scottish actor, broadcaster, comedian and writer. He had a long association with Ronnie Barker in the BBC television comedy sketch show ''The Two Ronnies''. He achieved promine ...
(1982)
*
Sir Terry Wogan
Sir Michael Terence Wogan (; 3 August 1938 β 31 January 2016) was an Irish radio and television broadcaster who worked for the BBC in the UK for most of his career. Between 1993 and his semi-retirement in December 2009, his BBC Radio 2 week ...
(1983β1984)
*
Sir David Frost
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(1985β1986)
*
Ronnie Corbett
Ronald Balfour Corbett (4 December 1930 β 31 March 2016) was a Scottish actor, broadcaster, comedian and writer. He had a long association with Ronnie Barker in the BBC television comedy sketch show ''The Two Ronnies''. He achieved promine ...
(1987)
*
Sir Tim Rice
Sir Timothy Miles Bindon Rice (born 10 November 1944) is an English lyricist and author. He is best known for his collaborations with Andrew Lloyd Webber, with whom he wrote, among other shows, ''Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'', ' ...
(1988β1990)
*
Leslie Crowther
Leslie Douglas Sargent Crowther, CBE (6 February 1933 β 29 September 1996) was an English comedian, actor, TV presenter, and game show host.
Biography
Crowther was born on Monday, 6 February, 1933 in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, son of ...
(1991β1992)
*
The Prince Edward (1993β1994)
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Colin Cowdrey, Baron Cowdrey of Tonbridge (1995β1997)
*
Nicholas Parsons
Christopher Nicholas Parsons (10 October 1923 β 28 January 2020) was an English actor, straight man and radio and television presenter. He was the long-running presenter of the comedy radio show '' Just a Minute'' and hosted the game show '' ...
(1998β1999)
*
Sir Tim Rice
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(2000)
*
Robert Powell
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(2001β2002)
*
Sir Richard Stilgoe (2003β2004)
*
Mike Gatting
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(2005β2007)
*
Bill Tidy (2007β2009)
*
Chris Tarrant
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(2009β2011)
*
Barry Norman
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Early life
Born at St Thomasβs Hospital ...
(2011-2012)
*
Chris Cowdrey (2012β2015)
*
Sir Michael Parkinson
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(2015β2018)
*
Sir Trevor McDonald
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McDonald was knighted in 1999 for his services to journalism.
Career ...
(2018β2020)
*
David Gower
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(2020βPresent)
In 2007
Sir Bobby Robson
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was to have succeeded
Mike Gatting
Michael William Gatting (born 6 June 1957) is an English former cricketer, who played first-class cricket for Middlesex (1975β1998; captain 1983β1997) and for England from 1977 to 1995, captaining the national side in twenty-three Test ma ...
as president, although was unable to do so due to his ill-health. The charity later praised Robson posthumously with a March 2010 formal dinner in aid of the
Sir Bobby Robson Foundation
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, in honour of "The best President we never had".
The Lord's Taverners Chairmen
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Martin Boddey
Albert Martin Boddey (16 April 1907 – 24 October 1975) was a British film and television actor.
He was a founder member of the Lord's Taverners charity. Boddey started acting when he was nearly 40, often portraying irritable authority fig ...
(1950β1952)
*
Michael Shepley
Arthur Michael Shepley-Smith (29 September 1907 – 28 September 1961), known professionally as Michael Shepley, was a British actor, appearing in theatre, film and some television between 1929 and 1961.
He was born in Plymouth, Devon. Shepl ...
(1953)
*
Stephen Mitchell (1954)
*
John Glyn-Jones
John Glyn-Jones (28 August 1908 β 21 January 1997) was a British stage, radio, television and film actor.
His father, William Glyn-Jones, was a Member of Parliament and he was educated at Bishop's Stortford College and Oxford University. He ...
(1955)
*
John Snagge
John Derrick Mordaunt Snagge (8 May 190425 March 1996) was a British newsreader and commentator on BBC Radio.
Life
Born in Chelsea, London, he was educated at Winchester College and Pembroke College, Oxford, where he obtained a degree in la ...
(1956)
*
Jack Payne (1958β1959)
*
Ronnie Waldman
Ronald Hartley Waldman (13 May 1914 – 10 March 1978) was a British radio presenter and television executive for the BBC.
Biography
Born in London, he was the eldest son of Michael Waldman OBE JP, a sometime Mayor of Hackney, and was educa ...
(1959)
*
John Snagge
John Derrick Mordaunt Snagge (8 May 190425 March 1996) was a British newsreader and commentator on BBC Radio.
Life
Born in Chelsea, London, he was educated at Winchester College and Pembroke College, Oxford, where he obtained a degree in la ...
(1960β1961)
*
Leslie Frewin
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Families
* Clan Leslie, a Scottish clan with the motto "grip fast"
* Leslie (Russian nobility), a Russian noble family ...
(1962)
*
Roy Rich
Roy Rich (16 September 1911 β 24 March 1970) was a British broadcaster and film and theatre director.
Life and career
Rich was born in Plymouth, Devon, the son of a music hall comedian. Educated at Dulwich College, southeast London, Rich becam ...
(1963β1964)
*
A C L Bennett
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(1965β1966)
*
Ronnie Waldman
Ronald Hartley Waldman (13 May 1914 – 10 March 1978) was a British radio presenter and television executive for the BBC.
Biography
Born in London, he was the eldest son of Michael Waldman OBE JP, a sometime Mayor of Hackney, and was educa ...
(1967)
*
Jack Rayfield (1968β1969)
*
Ian Carmichael
Ian Gillett Carmichael, OBE (18 June 1920 β 5 February 2010) was an English actor who worked prolifically on stage, screen and radio in a career spanning 70 years. He found prominence in the films of the Boulting brothers, including ' ...
(1970β1971)
*
Mark Motho
Mark may refer to:
Currency
* Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark, the currency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
* East German mark, the currency of the German Democratic Republic
* Estonian mark, the currency of Estonia between 1918 and 1927
* Fi ...
(1972β1973)
* Peter Palmer (1974β1975)
*
John Josling
John is a common English name and surname:
* John (given name)
* John (surname)
John may also refer to:
New Testament
Works
* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
* First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John
* Second E ...
(1976β1977)
*
Chris Howland
Chris Howland (30 July 1928 β 29 November 2013)[Press release](_blank)
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(1978β1979)
*
Neil Durden-Smith (1980β1981)
*
David Evans (1982β1983)
*
John Bromley (1984β1985)
*
Mervyn Grubb (1986β1987)
*
Robin Moors
Robin may refer to:
Animals
* Australasian robins, red-breasted songbirds of the family Petroicidae
* Many members of the subfamily Saxicolinae (Old World chats), including:
**European robin (''Erithacus rubecula'')
** Bush-robin
**Forest r ...
(1988β1989)
*
Derek Ufton
Derek Gilbert Ufton (31 May 1928 β 27 March 2021) was an English professional cricketer and footballer, and later a football manager. Playing professionally for Kent County Cricket Club as a wicket-keeper and Charlton Athletic Football Club, ...
(1990β1991)
*
Brian Baldock (1992β1994)
*
Ken Lawrence
Ken Lawrence Instruments is a manufacturer of custom guitars and bass guitars founded by Ken Lawrence in 1986. Besides building instruments, Lawrence has also performed as a bassist both live and in recording sessions. Lawrence began building in ...
(1995β1996)
*
John Bromley (1997β1999)
* Roger Smith (2000β2001)
*
John Ayling (2002β2003)
*
Richard Groom (2004β2006)
* Jonathan Rice (2006β2008)
* John Hooper (2008β2010)
*
John Ayling (2010β2012)
*
Tom Rodwell (2012β2014)
* Roger Smith (2014β2016)
* Martin Smith (2016β2017)
* David Collier (2018β2020)
*
Tim Luckhurst
Timothy Colin Harvey Luckhurst (born 8 January 1963) is a British journalist and academic, currently principal of South College of Durham University and an associate pro-vice-chancellor. Between 2007 and 2019 he was professor of Journalism at t ...
(2020βPresent)
The Lady Taverners Presidents
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Joan Morecambe Joan may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Joan (given name), including a list of women, men and fictional characters
*:Joan of Arc, a French military heroine
* Joan (surname)
Weather events
*Tropical Storm Joan (disambiguation), multip ...
(1987-1992)
*
Judith Chalmers
Judith Rosemary Locke Chalmers (born 10 October 1935) is a British television presenter who is best known for presenting the travel programme '' Wish You Were Here...?'' from 1974 to 2003.
Early life
Chalmers was born in Gatley, Cheshire. Her ...
(1992-2001)
*
Rachael Heyhoe Flint
Rachael Heyhoe Flint, Baroness Heyhoe Flint, ( Heyhoe; 11 June 1939 β 18 January 2017) was an English women's cricket, cricketer, businesswoman and philanthropist. She was best known for being English national cricket captains, captain of En ...
(2001β2011)
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Angela Rippon
Angela May Rippon (born 12 October 1944)"Angela Rippon," ''Contemporary Authors Online'', Detroit: Gale, (2008) ''Gale Biography In Context'' is an English television journalist, newsreader, writer and presenter. Rippon presented radio and tele ...
(2011β2016)
*
Lesley Garrett
Lesley Garrett, Order of the British Empire, CBE (born 10 April 1955) is an English soprano singer, musician, broadcaster and media personality. She is noted for being at home in opera and "crossover music".
Early life
Garrett was born in the ...
(2016β2018)
*
Debbie McGee
Debra Ann McGee (born 31 October 1958) is an English television, radio and stage performer who is best known as the assistant and widow of magician Paul Daniels. McGee is a former ballet dancer and for three years was artistic director of her ...
(2018βpresent)
The Lady Taverners Chairmen
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Anne Subba Row
Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the Latin female given name Anna (name), Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah (given name), Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'. Related names include Annie (given name), ...
(1985β1986)
* Diana Thomas (1987β1988)
*
Maria Moult
Maria may refer to:
People
* Mary, mother of Jesus
* Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages
Place names Extraterrestrial
*170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877
*Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, da ...
(1989β1990)
*
Wendy Caller
Wendy is a given name now generally given to girls in English-speaking countries.
In Britain, Wendy appeared as a masculine name in a parish record in 1615. It was also used as a surname in Britain from at least the 17th century. Its popularity ...
(1991β1992)
* Laura Collins (1993β1994)
*
Lesley Balls Lesley is a placename, given name and surname, a variant of Leslie that can be male or female name and is ultimately an anglicization of a Scottish (Gaelic) placename.
Places
* Fort Lesley J. McNair, American army facility
* Lesley University, A ...
(1995β1996)
*
Chrissie Colbeck
Chrissie is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include:
* Chrissie Hynde (born 1951), American rock musician
* Chrissie Maher, founder of the Plain English Campaign
*Chrissie Swan (born 1973), Australian radio presenter
* Chrissie ...
(acting) (1997β1998)
*
Jean Ratcliff (1998β2000)
*
Judy Haggas
Judy is a short form of the name Judith.
Judy may refer to:
Places
* Judy, Kentucky, village in Montgomery County, United States
* Judy Woods, woodlands in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Animals
* Judy (dog) (1936β1950) ...
(2000β2002)
*
Dulcie Quinnell Dulcie is a feminine given name which may refer to:
People
* Dulcie Cooper (1903β1981), Australian actress
* Dulcie Deamer (1890β1972), Australian novelist, poet, journalist and actor
* Dulcie Foo Fat (born 1946), British-born Canadian lands ...
(2003β2004)
*
Annie Peacock
Annie may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Annie (given name), a given name and a list of people and fictional characters with the name
* Annie (actress) (born 1975), Indian actress
* Annie (singer) (born 1977), Norwegian singer
Th ...
(2004β2005)
*
Dame Maggie Smith
''Dame'' is an honorific title and the feminine form of address for the honour of damehood in many Christian chivalric orders, as well as the British honours system and those of several other Commonwealth realms, such as Australia and New Zeala ...
(2006β2008)
*
Denise Horne
Denise may refer to:
* Denise (given name), people with the given name ''Denise''
* Denise (computer chip), a video graphics chip from the Amiga computer
* "Denise" (song), a 1963 song by Randy & the Rainbows
* Denise, Mato Grosso, a municipalit ...
(2008β2010)
*
Sally Surridge
Sally may refer to:
People
*Sally (name), a list of notable people with the name
Military
*Sally (military), an attack by the defenders of a town or fortress under siege against a besieging force; see sally port
*Sally, the Allied reporting nam ...
(2010β2012)
*
Marilyn Fry (2012β2014)
* Carol Robinson (2014βPresent)
References
External links
*
* {{EW charity, 306054
Cricket culture
Charities based in London
1950 establishments in the United Kingdom