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MCU Presidents		MCU Secretaries
1898	Rev. Professor George Henslow Rev. George Henslow on Natural Selection
		1899	Rev. William Frederick Cobb (later Geikie-Cobb)
		1900	Rev. William Manning
1902	Rev. Dr William Douglas Morrison
1908	Sir Charles Thomas Dyke Acland
1915	Professor Percy Gardner
		1916	Rev. Cavendish Moxon [note 1]
		1920	Mr Philip Henry Bagenal
1923	Very Rev. Hastings Rashdall	1923	Rev. John Henry Bentley
1924	Very Rev. William Ralph Inge [some publications]
		1927	Rev. Thomas John Wood
1934	Very Rev. Walter Robert Matthews
1937	Sir Cyril Norwood
		1942	The Rev. Robert Gladstone Griffith
1947	Sir Henry Self
		1950	Rev. Thomas John Wood
		1954	Rev. Clifford Oswald Rhodes
1958	Rt. Rev. John Leonard Wilson
		1960	Rev. Frank Edward Compton
1966	Very Rev. Edward Frederick Carpenter [picture]
		[note 2]
1990	Rt. Rev. Peter Selby
		1991	Rev. Nicholas Paul Henderson
1997	Rt. Rev. John Saxbee
		2002	Rev. Jonathan Clatworthy

Notes:

1) Moxon had previously acted as Assistant Secretary to Manning. Miss Dora Nussey and Rev. J. M. Jeakes acted with Moxon as Hon. Assistant Secretaries. Later Mr. Llewelyn Preece took the place of Jeakes

2) The period from 1960 to 1991 is a little unclear:

In 1984 Rev. F.E. Compton was Membership Secretary, Rev. Peter Croft was General Secretary and Rev. John Gutteridge was Conference Secretary.

The Rev. Richard Truss succeeded Peter Croft in about 1987.

Edward Compton continued as membership secretary until this was handed over to Philip Harratt.

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