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Clerks since 1631

The Clerks of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers.

1631 Thomas Copley, appointed by the Charter for life.
1636 Thomas Shelton
1651/2 Thomas Morgan
1659 Thomas Holland
1662 Thomas Goodwin
(Not recorded) Francis Speidell
1719 Benjamin Graves
1731 James Drury
1740 John Stafford
1740 John Lockyer
1760 Jasper Taylor
1770 Thomas Hughes
1785 Francis Atkins
1809 George Atkins
1842 Samuel Elliott Atkins
1879 Henry Charles Overall
1918 William John Somerset Pennefather
1946 William John Somerset Pennefather & Roland Cranstoun Pennefather
1955 Roland Cranstoun Pennefather
1980 Brian George Frow
1991 Peter Hurst Gibson
2005 Joseph William Henry Buxton

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Roger Smith FBHI

BHI Silver Medal awarded to Isle of Man based watchmaker Roger Smith. Roger explains his detailed finishing techniques in this video.

H M S Archer

Lt Michael Hutchinson RN, Commanding Officer of HMS Archer, has just sent us their latest newsletter. WCC mentioned on page 5.

Livery Company Profile Survey

Did you know? A recent survey shows that the 108 City of London Livery Companies, comprising 26,250 Liverymen, have affiliations to 153 schools and colleges, 65 churches, 216 regular and reserve units of the Armed Forces, and 101 cadet units. In 2010 they gave £41.85 million to charitable causes. The Mercers’ Company recently researched and compiled The 2011 Livery Profile Survey – click to see the full report (two pages).

Dr George Daniels CBE FBHI

A new book on the life and work of Dr George Daniels is being written by Michael Clerizo, and will be launched at The Basle Fair. Michael would welcome contributions, anecdotal or otherwise, from members of the Company. He can be contacted at Clerizo@aol.com.

HMS Protector

HMS Protector - with whom WCC is affiliated - sailed from Portsmouth on 28th November 2011 and is now on her way to Antarctica. Past Master Cdr Peter Linstead-Smith OBE RN and the Deputy Master, Howard Newman FBHI, visited HMS Protector on the 21st November to wish the Captain and the crew well and presented a bulkhead clock, to keep time in the Wardroom, as a gesture of goodwill from WCC. more » (© Ross Watton & Naval Broadsides)

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