| 1991 | L J Weaver CBE |
| 1990 | L J Weaver CBE |
| 1989 | F Turner FEng |
| 1988 | Dr J Parnaby CBE FEng |
| 1987 | M R Hoffman |
| 1986 | A K Gill FEng |
| 1985 | Sir Alan Veale FEng |
| 1984 | Professor M G Farley |
| 1983 | A R Houseman CBE |
| 1982 | Sir Robert Telford CBE DL |
| 1981 | Dr R L Lickley |
| 1980 | Dr Howard Hicks |
| 1979 | Sir Sydney Bacon CB |
| 1978 | J E Reeve |
| 1977 | Dr H Peter Jost CBE |
| 1976 | Dr G S Brosnan |
| 1975 | Dr G S Brosnan |
| 1974 | Brian P Smith |
| 1973 | Ronald G Hooker |
| 1972 | B C Harrison CBE |
| 1971 | B C Harrison CBE |
| 1970 | A L Stuchbery CBE |
| 1969 | A L Stuchbery CBE |
| 1968 | Sir Eric Mensforth |
| 1967 | Sir Eric Mensforth |
| 1966 | R H S Turner |
| 1965 | R H S Turner |
| 1964 | R Ratcliffe CB MBE |
| 1963 | R Ratcliffe CB MBE |
| 1962 | Harold Burke |
| 1961 | Harold Burke |
| 1960 | G Ronald Pryor |
| 1959 | G Ronald Pryor |
| 1958 | The Rt Hon The Earl of Halsbury |
| 1957 | The Rt Hon The Earl of Halsbury |
| 1956 | E W Hancock |
| 1955 | Sir Leonard Lord KBE |
| 1954 | Sir Walter Puckey |
| 1953 | Sir Walter Puckey |
| 1952 | Sir Cecil Weir KCMG KBE MC DL |
| 1951 | Major-General K C Appleyard CBE DL |
| 1950 | Major-General K C Appleyard CBE DL |
| 1949 | Herbert Schofield |
| 1948 | Herbert Schofield |
| 1947 | Norman Rowbotham CBE |
| 1946 | Norman Rowbotham CBE |
| 1945 | Sir Robert McLean |
| 1944 | Sir Robert McLean |
| 1943 | Sir Ernest Lemon |
| 1942 | Sir Ernest Lemon |
| 1941 | Sir George Bailey |
| 1940 | Sir George Bailey |
| 1939 | Sir George Bailey |
| 1938 | The Rt Hon Lord Nuffield |
| 1937 | The Rt Hon Lord Nuffield |
| 1936 | The Rt Hon Lord Sempill AFC |
| 1935 | The Rt Hon Lord Sempill AFC |
| 1934 | Sir Walter Kent |
| 1933 | Sir Walter Kent |
| 1932 | Sir Herbert Austin |
| 1931 | Sir Herbert Austin |
| 1930 | Tom Thorneycroft |
| 1929 | Tom Thorneycroft |
| 1928 | Sir Alfred Herbert KBE |
| 1927 | Sir Alfred Herbert KBE |
| 1926 | R H Hutchison |
| 1925 | R H Hutchison |
| 1924 | W L Fisher |
| 1923 | J D Scaife |
| 1922 | Max Lawrence |
| 1921 | Max Lawrence |
