Presidents
The first President was appointed in 1922
- 1922-1925 Dame Sidney Browne, G.B.E., R.R.C.
- 1925-1927 Dame Sarah Swift, G.B.E., R.R.C.
- 1927-1929 Miss Annie W Gill, R.R.C.
- 1929-1930 Miss R Cox-Davies, C.B.E., R.R.C.
- 1930-1933 Miss M E Sparshott, C.B.E., R.R.C.
- 1933-1934 Mrs E MacGregor Rome, R.R.C.
- 1934-1935 Miss Rachel Cox-Davies, C.B.E., R.R.C.
- 1935-1937 Miss D S Coode, O.B.E.
- 1937-1938 Mrs E MacGregor Rome, R.R.C.
- 1938-1940 Miss B M Monk, C.B.E., R.R.C.
- 1940-1942 Miss M Jones, O.B.E., A.R.R.C.
- 1942-1944 Miss Emily E P MacManus, O.B.E.
- 1944-1946 Miss M F Hughes
- 1946-1948 Miss G V L Hillyers, O.B.E.
- 1948-1950 Dame Louisa Wilkinson, D.B.E., R.R.C.
- 1950-1952 Miss Lucy G. Duff-Grant, R.R.C.
- 1952-1954 Miss L J Ottley
- 1954-1956 Miss S C Bovill
- 1956-1958 Miss Gertrude M Godden, O.B.E.
- 1958-1960 Miss M J Marriott, O.B.E.
- 1960-1962 Miss M J Smyth, C.B.E.
- 1962-1963 Miss M J Marriott, O.B.E.
- 1963-1964 Miss M G Lawson, O.B.E.
- 1964-1966 Miss Florence N Udell, C.B.E.
- 1966-1967 Miss Theodora Turner, O.B.E.,. A.R.R.C.
- 1968-1972 Miss Mary Blakeley, O.B.E.
- 1972–1976 Dame Winifred E Prentice, D.B.E.
- 1976–1980 Eirlys M Rees, C.B.E.
- 1981-1982 Marian K E Morgan
- 1982-1987 Dame Sheila Quinn, DBE, FRCN
- 1988-1990 Miss Maude Storey, CBE, CStJ, FRCN
- 1990-1994 Professor Dame June Clark, DBE, FRCN
- 1994-1998 Professor Dame Betty Kershaw, DBE, FRCN
- 1999-2000 Mrs Christine Watson
- 2000-2002 Roswyn Hakesley-Brown
- 2002-2006 Slyvia Denton, OBE, FRCN
- 2006-2008 Maura Buchanan