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The Cheshire Pitt Club

Succeeding the Northwich Pitt Club, founded 1814

Stewards


Warden
R.J. Taylor

Deputy Warden
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Recorder
S.J.V. Eardley

Deputy Recorder
G. Carter

Almoner
G.A. Lee

Deputy Almoner
T.J. Turvey

Bursar
R.J. Leonard

Deputy Bursar
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Archivist
C.G. Fifield

Deputy Archivist
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Chaplain
Rev A.J. Brown

The Governance of the Pitt Club is vested in the Cabinet comprising Stewards elected at the AGM. In addition to the elected Stewards, there are Honorary Stewards who are ex-officio members of the cabinet, firstly a former warden becomes styled Warden Emeritus* and secondly a Chaplain is appointed by the Cabinet.

Past Stewards

Warden
1932
Col. O. Moseley Leigh TD

1935
H.R. Armitage

1936
Sir Peter Rylands

1939
J.L.S. Steel

1945
Col. Fenwick-Palmer CBE DL

1949
Cdr. Dixon OBE RN

1950
J.C. Patterson

1955
T.C. Locker

1964
D.G. Fildes

1986
J.F. Simpson OBE TD

1990
J.H. Howatt

1996
T.G.J. Brightmore *

2003
His Hon. Judge F.D. Owen TD

2008
J.G. Fifield *

2016
R.J. Taylor

Chaplain
1932
Rev. G.S. Payne

1951
Rev. J.M. Lloyd

1964
Canon W.N. Digby Thomas

1970
Canon E. Hartley Barnes

1983
Canon Emeritus W.S. Walker

1996
Canon Emeritus J. Vaughn Griffith

1998
Canon Emeritus L.R. Skipper

2009
Rev. A.J. Brown

Recorder
1932
Rev. R.B. Paterson-Morgan CBE

1965
A.S. Irvine

1975
J.R. Angelbeck DSC

1979
J.H. Howatt

1987
G.L. Culey

1993
A.J. Dickinson

2003
P.S. Kay

2009
R.J. Taylor

2016
S.P.E. Fletcher

2023
S.J.V. Eardley

Deputy Recorder
2016
P.R. Crudge

2022
S.J.V. Eardley

2023
G. Carter

Almoner
1932
J.K. Batty

1946
Capt. D. Fryer

1969
J.M Parkes

1976
Cdr. C.G. Crill RN

1997
D.O. Hagon

2009
Dr. P.J.M. Marchant

2016
G.A. Lee

Deputy Almoner
2016
T.J. Turvey

Bursar
1969
R. Greaves

1990
F.H. Appleby

2003
C.B. Denton

2010
C.F. Button

2018
R.J. Leonard

Deputy Bursar
2017 - 18
R.J. Leonard

Deputy Warden
1965
Dr. R. Guest-Gornall

1965
Capt. A.D. Paterson

1970
Lord Woolley of Hatton CBE

1987
M. Dutton MBE TD

1987
J.H. Howatt

1990
J. Mather TD

1994
T.G.J. Brightmore

1997
Cdr. C.G. Crill RN

1997
J.H. Howatt

1998
District Judge R. Hoffman

2000
His Hon. Judge F.D. Owen TD

2000
D.J. Claxton LVO TD

2010
C.B. Denton

Archivist
1979
Dr. R. Guest-Gornall

1987
J.B. Lewis

2004
D.R. Peake

2008
C.G. Fifield

Deputy Archivist
2016 - 17
R.J. Leonard

2020 - 22
S.J.V. Eardley

First Steward
1966
D.R. Debes

1966
Major B. Nicholls TD

1974
J.F. Simpson OBE TD

1987
J.B. Lewis

1997
Dr. P.J.M. Marchant

1997
G.W. Norval

1999
P.S. Kay

Usher
1932
F. Jones

1988
J. Fellows

1995
P. Wallace

2003
K. Langford

2012
C. Caroe