GADOC Chairmen

  • Lady Sackville-West

    1927 – 1929 (President)

  • Sir Compton Mackenzie

    1929 – 1939 (President)

  • Sir Ambrose Sherwill KBE MC

    1947 – 1961 (President)

  • Alastair Mackay

    1947 – 1954

  • Frederick Veale

    1954 – 1958

  • Reuben Dorey

    1958 – 1963

  • Joyce Cook MBE

    1963 – 1976

  • Ann Atkinson

    1976 – 1980 and 1993 – 1996

  • Timothy Hibbs

    1980 – 1983

  • Barbara Minta (Gradwell) MBE

    1983 – 1987 and 1996 – 1999

  • George Foote

    1987 – 1990

  • Hazel Rowe

    1990 – 1993

  • Gillian Jackson

    1999 – 2002

  • Jane Blower

    2002 – 2005

  • Bridget Carey

    2005 – 2008

  • Judy Moore

    2008 – 2011

  • Dennis Burns

    2011 – 2014 and 2017 – 2020

  • Lisa Johnston BEM

    2014 – 2017, 2020 – 2023 and 2025-

  • Martine Legg

    2023-2025