Thomas Gainsborough

Wooded landscape with wagon in a glade; accompanied
by a man with a pitchfork and a man on horseback. 1760-65 Black chalk and watercolour, heightened with white

Honorary Officers and Executive Committee

The Walpole Society is a registered charity (registration number 270280) and is governed by a set of Rules adopted at the Annual General Meeting held on 17 September 1997. Members of the Executive Committee, whose members are the trustees of the charity, are elected for a term of five years. The Honorary Officers serve five years and are available for immediate re-election.
The Honorary Officers and members of the Executive Committee are:

President: Sir Nicholas Goodison F.B.A., F.S.A.

Honorary Vice-Presidents:
Graham Reynolds, C.V.O., O.B.E., F.B.A.

Officers and Executive Committee

Chairman: Simon Jervis, F.S.A.

Editor: Jacob Simon, M.A., F.S.A.

Hon. Treasurer: Charles Sebag-Montefiore, F.C.A., F.S.A.

Executive Committee:
Stephen Clarke, F.S.A.
Dr Tarnya Cooper F.S.A.
Robert Harding, F.S.A.
Charles Hind, F.S.A.
Dr Susan Jenkins F.S.A.
Dr Martin Postle F.S.A.
Dr Kim Sloan F.S.A.
Judy Rudoe F.S.A.

Membership Secretary: Paul Celerier


Please refer to the "Contact us" section of this website to contact the officers and membership secretary named above.

Consultative Committee

The Consultative Committee does not meet as a body, but its members give the Society the benefit of their advice in the area of their respective expert knowledge. The following are members of the Consultative Committee:

David Alexander
Professor David Bindman (University College, London)
Dr Stephen Deuchar (The Art Fund)
Dr Teri Edelstein
Professor Eric Fernie
Antony Griffiths
John Harris
Professor Luke Herrmann
Patrick McCaughey
Professor Ronald Paulson (John Hopkins University)
Dr Edward Nygren
Professor Marcia Pointon (University of Manchester)
The Hon. Lady Roberts (Royal Library, Windsor Castle)
Duncan Robinson (Magdalene College, Cambridge University)
Dr Charles Saumarez-Smith (Royal Academy)
Professor Allen Staley
Philip Ward-Jackson (Conway Library, Courtauld Institute of Art)
Stephen Wildman (The Ruskin Library, Lancaster University)