Gallery of 19th Century members

	John Bannister Woolwich
	William Bannister Woolwich
	W. Henry Booth Bethnal Green Rang in the record peal of 15,840 Kent T.B.Major at Bethnal Green on 27th Apr. 1868.
	William Burkin Master 1894-6
	Ezra Carter Bocking, Essex Worked as a river pilot and was one of the original members of the St Paul's Cathedral band.
	William T. Cockerill Secretary 1892 - 1937 Born in 1860 in Frodingham, Yorkshire, he came to London as a school teacher and eventually became Headmaster of Holy Trinity School near Vauxhall Bridge. He learned to ring at St Mary's Lambeth and St John's, Waterloo.
	William Cooter Shadwell Master 1857. Secretary 1849/50. Leading conductor who conducted the first peal of Stedman Triples on handbells at the Whittington & Cat, Bethnal Green on 21st Jan. 1854. He rang in the 1st peal of Stedman Cinques in hand as well as the record peal of 15,840 Kent T.B.Major at Bethnal Green on 27th Apr. 1868. He took part in the opening ringing at St Paul's Cathedral.
	Rev'd C. D. P. Davies Notable composer.
	Francis E. Dawe Master 1888-20, 91-93 Rang in the 11,111 at Fulham and was the first Secretary of the Central Council of Church Bell Ringers.
	George Dorrington Tottenham Master 1877 Took part in the opening ringing at St Paul's Cathedral.
	James Dwight Stepney Master 1850 & 1858 Born in 1816, a wheelwright by trade. Joined the College Youths in 1847. A notable heavy bell ringer who rang the tenor to the record length of 8580 Stedman Cinques at Cornhill on 27th Apr. 1861. He also rang in the first peals of Stedman Triples (21st Jan. 1854 by the ASCY) and Cinques (20th Feb 1854 by the St James' Society) on handbells. Took part in the opening ringing at St Paul's Cathedral.
	Rev'd Henry T. Ellacombe, M.A., F.A.S. Clyst St George, Devon
	Henry E. Elliott Baltimore, U.S.
	George E. Ferris Bow, Middx Rang in the first peal of Stedman Caters in hand (at Spitalfields (later found to be false), and the first handbell peals of Stedman Triples and Cinques. He stood in the 8580 peal at Cornhill and took part in the opening ringing at St Paul's Cathedral.
	Sir Henry Bartle Frere, K.C.B., K.C.G.S.J. Born on 29th March, 1815, one of 14 children of Edward Frere. He was the grandson of John Frer, MP for Norwich, and his uncle was John Hookham Frere, British Ambassador to Portugal & Junta Spain during the Peninsula Wars. Another uncle was William Frer, Master of Downing College, Cambridge. Bartle Frere entered the Bombay Civil Service in 1834 and by 1862 had become the confidential adviser to the Governor of Bombay. In 1872 he was sent to Zanzibar to negotiate the suppression of the slave trade, and to this day there is a village near Mombasa named Freretown after him. In 1876 he was made GCB and a baronet, and in 1877 became Governor of the Cape and First High Commissioner of South Africa, and was involved in the Zulu wars of 1879. He died on 29th May, 1884 and is buried in St Paul's Cathedral
	William E. Garrard Master 1922
	Edwin Gibbs Master 1882 Rang in the 11,111 at Fulham and the first peal at St Mary-le-Bow.
	William Greenleaf Hackney Master 1875, 1883 He took part in the record peal of 11,111 Stedman Caters at Fulham on 8th Dec. 1883.
	James Robert Haworth City of London Master 1851 Joined the College Youths in 1839, being a pupil of George Stockham at St Clement Danes. rang in the first peal of Treble Bob Royal, on 1st Oct. 1840 at Holy Trinity, Newington as well as the record peal of 8580 Stedman Cinques at Cornhill on 27th April, 1861. He was a paid instructor for the Dundee band for 3 months in 1873 and kept meticulous ringing records giving us the best picture of the College Youths and ringing at the time.
	E. Langdon Bethnal Green
	Edward G. Lansdell Southwark Master 1860 Joined the Ancient Society in 1840 from the Junior Society. Rang in the first peal of Treble Bob Major at St James', Bermondsey on 30th Dec. 1841. He worked in the Hop Markets.
	Henry Haley Bethnal Green The son of Henry William Haley. He took part in the opening ringing at St Paul's Cathedral.
	Henry W. Haley Bethnal Green Master 1873 Born in 1819, he joined the Society of Royal Cumberland Youths in 1840, becoming Master in 1851 before resigning to join the ASCY in 1854. He rang in the first peal of Stedman Triples on handbells on 19th Dec. 1853 for the Cumberlands, although this peal was judged to be inadmissible owing to shifted bells, giving that honour to the ASCY a month later. He worked as a handbell tuner with John Warner & Sons Ltd. A leading composer and conductor, he conducted the first peal of Stedman Cinques in hand (20th Feb. 1854 for the St James' Society), the record peal of 8580 Stedman Cinques at Cornhill on 27th Apr. 1861, and the longest ever peal at that time, 15,840 Kent T.B.Major at Bethnal Green on 27th Apr. 1868. He took part in the opening ringing at St Paul's Cathedral.
	George Harrison Woolwich Secretary 1870/71
	John Murray Hayes Barking, Essex Master 1876 Born in 1841, he rang in the record peal of 15,840 Kent T.B.Major at Bethnal Green on 27th Apr. 1868 and the record peal of 11,111 Stedman Caters at Fulham on 8th Dec. 1883. He took part in the opening ringing at St Paul's Cathedral.
	Sir Arthur Percival Heywood Southwark Founder of the Central Council of Church Bell Ringers.
	Richard Hopkins Oxburgh, Norfolk Rang in the record peal of 15,840 Kent T.B.Major at Bethnal Green on 27th Apr. 1868.
	Edwin Horrex Ipswich Master 1869. Born in 1838. He rang in the record peal of 15,840 Kent T.B.Major at Bethnal Green on 27th Apr. 1868 and the record peal of 11,111 Stedman Caters at Fulham on 8th Dec. 1883. He took part in the opening ringing at St Paul's Cathedral.
	Henry Johnson Birmingham Prominent Birmingham ringer and founder of the St Marint's Guild. He is commemorated at a popular dinner every year in Birmingham.
	Walter Jones Stepney Master 1881 He took part in the opening ringing at St Paul's Cathedral.
	William Truss (left) and James Joyce William has his name on a peal board at St Paul's Cathedral. James Joyce was uncle to Samuel E. Joyce, a Past Master. (Photo thanks to Ann Still.)
	Thomas Langdon (Pictured here aged 15 in 1890) One of the St George's, Southwark band
	George Mash Southwark Master 1866, 1867 Took part in the opening ringing at St Paul's Cathedral. Rang in the record peal of 11,111 Stedman Caters at Fulham on 8th Dec. 1883.
	George T McLaughlin Master 1886 Taught to ring at St Stephen's, Rochester Row, Westminster. Rang in the first silent peal of Holt's Original in hand.
	John C. Mitchell Rang in the first silent peal of Holt's Original in hand.
	George Muskett City of London Master 1864. Secretary 1866/67, 1871 or 2 - 1887. Joined in 1856. Rang in the record peal of 8580 Stedman Cinques at Cornhill on 27th Apr. 1861. Took part in the opening ringing at St Paul's Cathedral.
	James Pettit Hackney Master 1872. Treasurer 1881 - 1901. Conductor of St Paul's Cathedral 1878 - 1911. Born in 1834, he was a silk hat maker. He rang in the record peal of 15,840 Kent T.B.Major at Bethnal Green on 27th Apr. 1868. He was the first conductor at St Paul's Cathedral, calling the 1st peal there on 10th Dec. 1881. He also called the record peal of 11,111 Stedman Caters at Fulham on 8th Dec. 1883.
	Rev'd J. J. Raven, B. D. Great Yarmouth
	Rev'd F. E. Robinson Drayton, Oxon Distinquished and prolific conductor of Stedman
	Jasper Whtifield Snowdon Ilkley
	William D. Smith Hackney Master 1903, 1904
	William Tanner Stepney Master 1880 Took part in the opening ringing at St Paul's Cathedral.
	H. R. Trelawney Harewood Park, Tavistock, Devon
	Charles A. W. Troyte Huntsham Court, North Devon
	J. E. Troyte, Christ Church, Oxford, 1875 Founder of the Oxford University Society of Change Ringers in 1872.
	William Truss (left) and James Joyce William has his name on a peal board at St Paul's Cathedral. James Joyce was uncle to Samuel E. Joyce, a Past Master. (Photo thanks to Ann Still.)
	Matthew Alfred Wood Bethnal Green Master 1859, 1859. Treasurer 1866/7, 1870/1, 1874/5 Born in 1826, he lived all his life in Bethnal Green. He was the grandson of Francis Wood, a descendent of one of the many Huguenots who fled to England from France. Francis was a notable ringer in the Cumberlands, and Matthew's father was also a ringer. He started life as a weaver and later in the hop market. He rang in the first peal of Stedman Triples in hand on 21st Jan. 1854 and Cinques (20th Feb 1854 by the St James' Society). He rang in the record length of 8580 Stedman Cinques at Cornhill on 27th Apr. 1861. and the record peal of 15,840 Kent T.B.Major at Bethnal Green on 27th Apr. 1868. He took part in the opening ringing at St Paul's Cathedral. He died in 1912 having rung 380 peals.