List of chairmen of the Kennel Club
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This is a list of chairmen of The Kennel Club, starting from the club's founding in 1873. The Kennel Club dates from the first organised dog show in UK on the 28/29 June 1859, following this in 1870 it was decided that a governing body was required to govern such shows. Sewallis Shirley called together a meeting of the National Dog Club Committee on 4 April 1873, where the Kennel Club was founded.[1] Shirley was named as the first Chairman, and would go on to become the President of the society in 1899.[2]
Chairmen
| No. | Image | Name | Took office | Left office | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Sewallis Shirley | 4 April 1873 | 1899 | [2] |
| 2 |  |
J. Sidney Turner | 1899 | 1920 | |
| 3 | Mark Beaufoy | March 1920 | 10 November 1922 | [3] | |
| 4 |  |
Francis Redmond | 1922 | 3 February 1925 | [4] |
| 5 | William L. McCandlish | 3 February 1925 | 19 March 1935 | [5] | |
| 6 | George D. Howlett | 19 March 1935 | 1937 | [6] | |
| 7 | Arthur Croxton Smith | 1937 | 1948 | ||
| 8 | John Allan Cecil Cecil-Wright | 1948 | 1973 | ||
| 9 | Sir Richard Glyn, 9th Baronet | 1973 | December 1976 | [7] | |
| 10 | Leonard Pagliero | December 1976 | 7 July 1981 | [8] | |
| 11 | John Arnott MacDougall | 7 July 1981 | 1996 | ||
| 12 | J. P. C. "Peter" James | November 1996 | 11 June 2002 | [9] | |
| 13 | Ronnie Irving | 11 June 2002 | 7 June 2011 | [10] | |
| 14 | Steve Dean | 7 June 2011 | 2 June 2015 | [11] | |
| 15 | Simon Luxmoore | 2 June 2015 | Incumbent | [12] | |