Encouraging the use of natural stone.

The Court of Assistants (or ‘Court’ as it is usually known) is established by Royal Charter to assist the Master and Wardens (the Officers) in running the affairs of the Company.  The role of the Court is to determine the Company’s Mission, Supporting Objectives and other policies and is the ultimate authority for any Company issue.  It will delegate the identification of Company Tasks and the detailed running of the Company’s affairs to subordinate committees.

The Officers are elected at Common Hall (essentially the AGM of the Company) in June each year, in a vote conducted in accordance with the Company’s Standing Orders and Executive Rules.

Volunteers sit on committees such as Finance, Craft & Training, Communications, Membership Development, Fundraising and Social Committees.  All committees report to the Court. There are also two independent charities the Trustees of which are members of the Company.

Founder of the Naisbitt King Group, a fund management house, headquartered in the City of London. Alastair originally qualified as a solicitor and practiced with Baker & McKenzie in London and in Asia. He moved into venture capital/private equity with NewMedia Spark (now Spark Venture Management) and then, with a small investor group, took control of Galahad Capital PLC where he was Managing Director. He then founded Glendevon King Limited, a fund management company, and Eredene Capital PLC, an AIM-quoted investment company specialising in Indian Infrastructure projects prior to starting Naisbitt King Group. Alastair also has an MSc in Finance from London Business School. He has represented his home Ward of Queenhithe in the City of London first as a member of Common Council then as Alderman, continuously since 1999.

Among his charitable involvements, he is Vice Chairman of Breast Cancer Haven.

His interests are boxing and mountain climbing.  Alastair was also Aldermanic Sheriff for the year 2022-23.

Peter Blincow holds separate honours degrees in Law and History of Art, a Master’s Degree in Construction Management and a number of other Diplomas and Certificates by examination.  He was also a member of a number of Professional Bodies by examination, including being Fellows of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.  In addition, he was published as a Barrister and is a member of The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn.  He trained at two international Surveying Practices.  Upon leaving the second firm, Peter commenced practicing, as a Chartered Surveyor, on his own account on 1 October 1988 and that continued through to 31 October 2019.  He never practiced at the Bar as a Barrister, but became involved in Alternative Dispute Resolution within the Construction Industry.

Peter has been a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors for the whole of his career.  He was involved with the Young Surveyors rising to be Treasurer of the Junior Organisation – some 33,000 Members under the age of 33.  In due course, he became Honorary Secretary of Central London Branch of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (6,500 Members) – a post he held for 5 years.  A work commitment prevented him becoming Chairman of the Branch.  The intervening commitment was an Appointment to resolve two difficult Trade Packages for the construction of the Extension to the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.  That commitment continued for 2 years because one Trade Package became a complex dispute which resulted in an Arbitration.

The Extension to the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre hosted the Handover Ceremony of the Colony of Hong Kong at midnight on 1 July 1997.  That Ceremony formally transferred authority for the Colony from the United Kingdom to the People’s Republic of China.

In the very early 1990s Peter became a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Chartered Surveyors having been granted the Freedom of the City of London.  Subsequently, he joined the Worshipful Company of Masons in 2013.

Peter’s interests include paintings, architecture, reading, wine, cooking, fishing, shooting and skiing.

Peter lives in Central London.

His career spans 30 years in financial services technology at major Investment banking firms including Merrill Lynch, JPMorgan and Royal Bank of Scotland. Over his career he has worked in infrastructure, software development and organisational leadership before his current role in digital leadership. As the Chief Digital Officer at Nomura he leads a team of 180 staff globally who develop electronic trading platforms for Fixed Income and FX and develop pricing models for financial products.

With his digital team, Matthew works on exploratory work around AI, data and analytics and blockchain technology looking for solutions that create value in finance.

His experience spans all asset classes and divisions of Wholesale banking, and extends from front office trading systems to back-end settlement and financial accounting platforms. He is best known in the industry as one of the early pioneers in electronic trading systems, in the mid-90s he led the development of the very first market making and automated trading platforms and was a key participant in the electronification of global stock exchanges.

He holds a Batchelor of engineering degree with honours, is a Fellow of the British Computer Society, a Liveryman of the City of London Information Technologists Company, a Governor of a major independent school and a participant in a number of senior Industry forums. He is married with three children.

Matthew was a candidate for the Corporation of London Common Council in 2017 in Dowgate ward, and he still maintains a strong interest and involvement in City politics.

His personal hobbies include motor racing as a participant driving across the UK and Europe, shooting and amateur astronomy.

 

1600-1821

Year	Firstname	Surname
1620	James	Gilder
1621	John	Dowse
1622	Henry	Parkins
1623	William	Warde
1624	Richard	Middleton
1625	Thomas	Turpin
1626	William	Wilson
1627	Thomas	Jordan
1628	John	Hince
1629	Gilbert	Arnold
1630	Richard	Midlleton
1631	Richard	Midlleton
1632	Richard	Chilton
1633	Nicholas	Stone
1634	Nicholas	Stone
1635	Edmund	Kinsman
1636	Thomas	Priestman
1637	Francis	French
1638	Hugh	Jones
1639	John	Gardiner
1640	William	Smith
1641	John	Shuttleworth
1642	Richard	Llewellyn
1643	Thomas	Moore
1644	William	Dorbar
1645	Thomas	Stanley
1646	John	Young
1647	Richard	Bancks
1648	John	Collis
1649	Henry	Wilson
1650	Edward	Marshall
1651	Thomas	Richardson
1652	Richard	Mildmay
1653	Humfrey	Moyer
1654	Roger	Lewes
1655	Henry	Wilson
1656	Thomas	Jordaine
1657	John	Younge
1658	Benjamin	Richardson
1659	John	Parker
1660	Thomas	Stanton
1661	Thomas	Moore
1662	Richard	Herenden
1663	Clement	Cole
1664	Thomas	Shorthose
1665	Stephen	Switzer
1666	George	Dowswell
1667	John	Shuttleworth
1668	Thomas	Shadbolt
1669	Henry	Banckes
1670	Joshua	Marshall
1671	James	Bryan
1672	James	Masters
1673	Thomas	Cartwright
1674	Richard	Cooke
1675	Thomas	Place
1676	Thomas	Berrowe
1677	Mr.	Marshall
1678	Mr.	Bumpsted
1679	Mr.	Noble
1680	Abraham	Storey
1681	Thomas	Wise
1682	Nicholas	Young
1683	Henry	Wilson
1684	Abraham	Storey
1685	Abraham	Storey
1686	John	Shorthose
1687	John	Martin
1688	William	Stanton
1689	William	Stanton
1690	John	Thompson
1691	Christopher	Kempster
1692	Edward	Mitchell
1693	William	Stanborough
1694	Thomas	Cartwright d1702 aged 85
1695	John	Young
1696	Edward	Strong
1697	John	Clarke
1698	Thomas	Wise
1699	Thomas	Hill
1700	Christopher	Kempster
1701	Ephraim	Beacham
1702	Thomas	Craven
1703	William	Wise
1704	William	Collins
1705	William	Kempster
1706	John	Walker
1707	William	Collins
1708	William	Woodman
1709	Thomas	Stainer
1710	Thomas	Cartwright II (Son)
1711	James	Hardy
1712	Richard	Garbutt
1713	Richard	Crutcher
1714	Thomas	Slemaker
1715	James	Padget
1716	Edward	Buckingham
1717	William	Holland
1718	Edward	Strong Jr
1719	Capt. Edward	Stanton
1720	Barth.	Woolfe
1721	Capt Thomas	Cartwright
1722	Charles	Gardiner
1723	John	Gilbert
1724	John	Cooper
1725	Christopher	Cass
1726	Capt. Samuel	Saunders
1727	Thomas	Dunn
1728	Robert	Kidwell
1729	Richard	Lissiman Jr
1730	Joshua	Channing
1731	John	Stanley
1732	James	Watts
1733	Robert	Taylor
1734	Christopher	Horsenaile
1735	Thomas	Iden
1736	Martin	Wardell
1737	Oliver	Kidwell
1738	Edward	Townsend
1739	Samuel	Warrall
1740	Richard	Charlton
1741	Walter	Lee
1742	Andrew	Jelf
1743	David	Shrimpton
1744	James	Crofts
1745	Thomas	Scott
1746	Thomas	Bull
1747	Richard	Bowles
1748	Joshua	Fletcher
1749	Edward	Anderson
1750	James	Wardell
1751	John	Bell
1752	Benjamin	Hunt
1753	Walter	Lee
1754	Charles	Easton
1755	Alexander	Rouchead
1756	Charles	Clavey
1757	John	David
	Mr. Deputy	Horsenaile
1758	William	Walker
1759	William	Dellar
1760	John	Davall
1761	Samuel	Gainsborough
1762	Joseph	Renleside
1763	George	Mercer
1764	William	Richards
1765	Samuel	Steemson
1766	William	Annis
1767	Moses	Wayte
1768	John	Dueffell
1769	Ralph	Hotchkin
1770	Henry	Gregory
1771	Thomas	Stevens
1772	James	Wardell
1773	Thomas	Gayfere
1774	John	Scott
1775	John	Dixon
1776	John	Rawlinson
1777	William	Gates
1778	John	Richards
1779	Richard	Tunks
1780	John	Wynne
1781	Thomas	Beard
1782	Richard	Buddle
1783	Thomas	Burnell
1784	John	Devall
1785	Richard	Jones
1786	William	Bailey
1787	Mr.	Harper
1788	John	Walter
1789	Thomas	Green
1790	George	Gwilt
1791	John	Hinchcliff
1792	Thomas	Waller
1793	George	Prince
1794	George	Prince
1795	George	Scott
1796	Henry	Scrimshaw
1797	Andrew	Nicoll
1798	John	Prince
1799	Henry	Gregory
1800	James	Perry
1801	John	Dueffell
1802	Thomas	Swithin
1803	George	Whitlock
1804	Thomas	Burnell Jn
1805	Samuel	Ireland
1806	Thomas	Wood
1807	John	Green
1808	Peter	Holloway
1809	Benjamin	Marshall
1810	John	Codogan
1811	John	Richards
1812	John	Malcott
1813	Thomas	Piper
1814	Joseph	Meymott
1815	Henry	Burnell
1816	William	Cadogan
1817	Thomas	Grundy
1818	William	Henshall
1819	William	Dixon
1820	Martin	Stukely
1821	John	Moginie

1822 – Present

Year	Firstname	Surname
1822	Robert	Shout
1823	Geroge (sic)	Parminter
1824	Richard	Heale
1825	John	Rowden
1826	William	Storey
1827	John	Paulin
1828	John	Harkness
1829	William	Freeman
1830	Thomas	Burnell
1831	John	Richards
1832	John	Malcott
1833	Thomas	Piper
1834	Henry	Burnell
1835	George	Gwilt
1836	William	Cadogan
1837	John	Moginie
1838	John	Rowden
1839	William	Storey
1840	James	Richards
1841	Thomas	Piper Jn
1842	Martin	Stukely
1843	Philip	Flood Page
1844	John	Meriscoe Pearse
1845	Thomas	Burnell
1846	George	Gwilt
1847	John	Richards
1848	Henry	Nicholson
1849	William	Piper
1850	Alfred	Gwilt
1851	William	Freeman
1852	Thomas	Piper
1853	Henry	Burnell
1854	George	Gwilt
1855	John C.	Storey
1856	Henry	Nicholson
1857	John	Pearse
1858	Phillip	Page
1859	Henry	Burnell
1860	William (resigned)	Piper
	Henry	Burnell
1861	Joseph	Freeman
1862	Edward	Bull
1863	George	Wales
1864	Geo.	Burnell
1865	John	Freeman
1866	Henry	Robertson
1867	Wilson	Piper
1868	William	Piper
1869	Alfred	Gwilt
1870	Henry	Burnell
1871	Edward	Bull
1872	George	Wales
1873	John	Freeman
1874	Henry	Robertson
1875	Sir	Hawkshaw
1876	John	Greenwood
1877	Edward	Condor
1878	William	Piper
1879	Alfred	Gwilt
1880	Henry	Burnell
1881	Arthur	Baker
1882	The Hon. Gerald	Talbot
1883	John	Hunter
1884	Henry	Sarson
1885	Russel	Freeman
1886	John	Greenwood Jr
1887	Edward	Bayley
1888	Edward	Cozens-Smith
1889	John	Cox
1890	Henry	James
1891	Thomas	Wigglesworth
1892	E.S.	Stidolph
1893	L.J.	L.J. Williams
1894	Edward	Conder Jr
1895	Henry	Sarson
1896	Fredrick	Shadbolt
1897	Dr. Edwin	Freshfield
1898	Frederick	Cox
1899	Thomas	Peet
1900	Herbert	Moore
1901	Henry	Theobald
1902	George	Pocock
1903	William	Clarke
1904	Percy	Peet
1905	Alfred	Dodson
1906	Arthur	Donne
1907	Frederick	Dray
1908	William	Harry Rylands
1909	Sir Frederick	Alliston
1910	Alfred	Lister Blow
1911	F.T.	Shadbolt
1912	G.	Pocock
1913	A.S.	Dodson
1914	A.W.	Donne
1915	A.W.	Donne
1916	George Henry	Judd JP
1917	Frederick	Dray
1918	Frederick	Dray
1919	Robert	Hunter
1920	Sidney	Young
1921	John Francis	Greenwood
1922	Robert	Hunter
1923	Thomas	Deighton
1924	Henry	Grover
1925	Frederick	Dray
1926	Alfred	Page
1927	William	Pumfrey
1928	George	Emmerson
1929	Alfred	Whealler
1930	John	Kipling
1931	George	Emmerson
1932	Willougby	Bullock
1933	Edward	Richardson
1934	William	Thomas Osborne
1935	A.	Page
1936	Alderman Sir Harry	Twyford
1937	Sir Herbert	Morgan
1938	George	Reynolds
1939	John	Theobald
1940	John	Theobald
1941	Richard	Wyatt
1942	Charles	Pearcey
1943	John	Byram
1944	Henry	Sarson
1945	Arthur	Bennion
1946	George	Ridley
1947	Stanley	Phillips
1948	Charles	Shill
1949	Henry	Watlling OBE JP
1950	Claud	Dennis JP CC
1951	Evan	Rees
1952	Charles	Emmerson
1953	William	Woellwarth
1954	Hugh	Clowes
1955	Henry	Bell
1956	Andrew	Woodman CC
1957	Vincent	Richardson
1958	William	Parsons
1959	Hubert	Dennis MC CC
1960	Frederick	Friday
1961	Henry	Hubble
1962	Aubrey	Christlieb
1963	Gordon	Coates
1964	Sir Graham	Rowlandson MBE JP CC
1965	Sidney	Loweth
1966	Leslie	Gale MC
1967	Spencer	Rodgers
1968	Sir John	Rodgers Bart
1969	Frank	Webster
1970	Robert	Mansell
1971	Alan	Phillpotts
1972	Cyril	Thatcher
1973	Clifford	Culpin OBE
1974	Howard	Lobb CBE
1975	Rupert	Wood MVO
1976	John	Bentley
1977	Richard	McCarthy
1978	Howard	Greenacre
1979	Anthony	Woellwarth
1980	Robert	Nott TD DL
1981	Thomas	Hollister
1982	Alwyn	Waters CBE GM
1983	Gordon	Tait
1984	Colin	Jeffries MBE
1985	Harry	Turner
1986	Rex	Wisby
1987	Colin	Jeffries MBE
1988	Robert	Woodward
1989	Richard	Rowlandson OBE
1990	Charles	Woodward
1991	Graham	Gale
1992	John	Bysouth
1993	Robert	Waters
1994	Sydney	Mason
1995	Ralph	French OBE
1996	Barry	Woodman
1997	Patrick	Copland
1998	Neil	Barnes
1999	Basil	Rushton
2000	David	Ruffle
2001	Thomas	Ackland
2002	Peter	Johnson
2003	Gavin	Tait
2004	Michael	Peachey
2005	John	Wilson
2006	David	Beattie CMG
2007	Gerald	Everett
2008	Derek	Mottershead
2009	Adrian	Sarson
2010	Richard	Woodman-Bailey
2011	Derek	Sayer JP
2012	David	Blake JP
2013	John	Burton MBE
2014	Robert	Morrow
2015	William	Gloyn
2016	Nicholas	Payne TD
2017	Peter	Clark
2018	Andrew	Bowles
2019	Christopher	Radmore
2020	Christine	Rigden
2021	Martin	Low
2022	Alistair	Wood LVO MBE