The Clerk: is the executive officer of the Company and supported by the Assistant Clerk is responsible for all administrative matters deputed to him by the Court, its Committees and Advisory Panels. The Clerk is in attendance at all Committees.
Beadle: The Company does not currently have its own Beadle. Where necessary Beadles from other Companies are employed.
The Keeper of the Library and Collection: is responsible for the Company’s collection of books, clocks and watches which are currently housed in the Guildhall Library.
Honorary Librarian and Curator: a post held, by custom, by the Director of Libraries and Archives, at Guildhall, who is directly responsible to his own Chairman of the Library Committee of the Corporation. The City of London Corporation, by joint agreement, is responsible for housing the Clockmakers Collection and Library within Guildhall and for its security. In 2006 The Friends of the Clockmakers’ Museum was established as a Charity independent of the Company and The Museum and Educational Trust. Its aim is to raise funds for the care, maintenance and expansion of the Collection. Membership is open to anyone interested in horology.
The Keeper of the Silver:- an honorary post appointed by the Court and responsible for the Company’s Silver and Regalia.
The Master’s Chaplain:- The Reverend Hugh Bearn was appointed Master’s Chaplain in 2010. Hugh is a Freeman of the Clockmakers’ Company; an old Anselmian and former military chaplain; Vicar of St. Anne’s Parish Church, Tottington, and Chaplain to Her Majesty The Queen.
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