- Source: List of Ale Conners of London
Ale Conners of the City of London
Annually, during the Midsummer Common Hall, liverymen of the City of London elect four ale conners. An ale conner was originally appointed to examine the quality and measure of ale sold in the City of London, however the title is now a sinecure.
In 2007 Dr Christine Rigden, past Sheriff of the City of London became one of the four ale conners. She was the first woman appointed to the position in the City of London in the role's 700-year history.
= 20th century
=Information taken from the London Metropolitan Archives books ref. COL/CN/01/01/12 and COL/CN/01/01/13
1904-1908 Thomas Lovell, Henry Charles Lonsdale, Joseph Ponten, James Phillips
1909-1914 Joseph Ponten, Edward Filmer Barnes, Edward Hipwell, John Chorley
1915-1918 Joseph Ponten, Edward Hipwell, John Chorley, Benjamin Richard Aldridge
1919-1930 Edward Hipwell, John Chorley, Benjamin Richard Aldridge, Edward Kerry Cox
1931 Edward Hipwell, John Chorley, Edward Kerry Cox, Harry Stow
1932-1935 Edward Hipwell, Edward Kerry Cox, Harry Stow, William John Harvey
1936-1940 Edward Kerry Cox, Harry Stow, William John Harvey, Thomas Walker
1941-1946 Harry Stow, Esau Henry Groves, Thomas Walker, William Walter Lake
1947-1949 William Walter Lake, Esau Henry Groves, Thomas Walker, Frederick Philip Morris
1950-1962 William W. Lake, Frederick Philip Morris, George Walter Young Swanson, William Frost
1963-1971 William W. Lake, Frederick P. Morris, George W. Young Swanson, Thomas Joseph Jones
1972-1974 Frederick P. Morris, George W. Young Swanson, Thomas J. Jones, William Alfred Taylor
1975-1982 Frederick P. Morris, Thomas J. Jones, William Alfred Taylor, Cecil Patrick George Bennett
1983-1991 Thomas J. Jones, William A. Taylor, Cecil P. George Bennett, Grant Alexander Simmonds
1992 William A. Taylor, Cecil P. George Bennett, Grant A. Simmonds, Walter Philip Wright
1993-1995 Cecil P. George Bennett, Grant A. Simmonds, Walter Philip Wright, Alan Bennett Gray
1996 Alan Bennett Gray, Grant A. Simmonds, Walter Philip Wright, Terence Alfred North
1997 Walter Philip Wright, Grant A. Simmonds
1998 Walter Philip Wright, Grant A. Simmonds
1999 Walter Philip Wright, Grant A. Simmonds
= 21st century
=2000 Walter Philip Wright, Grant A. Simmonds
2001 Walter Philip Wright, Grant A. Simmonds
2002 Walter Philip Wright, Grant A. Simmonds
2003 Walter Philip Wright, Grant A. Simmonds
2004 Walter Philip Wright, Grant A. Simmonds
2005 Walter Philip Wright, Grant A. Simmonds
2006 Walter Philip Wright, Grant A. Simmonds
2007 Christine Holliday Rigden, Walter Philip Wright, Grant A. Simmonds
2008 Christine Holliday Rigden, Walter Philip Wright
2009 Christine Holliday Rigden
2010 Christine Holliday Rigden
2011 Christine Holliday Rigden
2012 Christine Holliday Rigden
2013 Christine Holliday Rigden
2014 Christine Holliday Rigden
2015 Christine Holliday Rigden
2016 Christine Holliday Rigden
2017 Christine Holliday Rigden
2018-2022 Jonathan Martin Averns, Dean Edward Fisher, Christine Holliday Rigden, Frederick Joseph Trowman
2023-2024 Jonathan Martin Averns, Lucy Beacon, Dean Edward Fisher, Christine Holliday Rigden