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Honorary Fellows list

The membership class of Honorary Fellows was known as Honorary Members from 1871-1965. From 1966 it became Honorary Fellows. 

This table shows Honorary Members and Honorary Fellows of the Institution from 1873. The names and post-nominal letters appear below as detailed in the Roll of Honorary Fellows and Faraday Medallists (where recorded). Some Honorary Fellows of the IERE, IMfgE and the IIE have also been included.

§ Present Honorary Fellow elected under the category of Bye-law 8(b)
* Denotes Honorary Fellow of the IERE
† Denotes Honorary Fellow of the IMfgE
+ Denotes Honorary Fellow of the IIE
2023 Stephanie McGovern BSc HonFREng FCGI
2023 Maurice Poole DipEE MBA
2022 Ruth Amos
2022 Yvonne Baker OBE
2022 Fred Mills BSc
2022 Sir Patrick Stewart OBE
2021 Grace Baxter BSc
2021 Sir George Buckley FREng DSc PhD
2021 Margaret Graham BEng MSc
2021 Keith McCosh Marshall OBE BSc FCGI
2021 Stephen Metcalfe MP
2021 Carol Vorderman MBE MA
2020 Professor Herzl Aharoni BSc MSc DiplIng DSc
2020 Ms June Angelides
2020 Dr Christopher J Bruce BSc MSc EdD
2020 Ms Kimberly Bryant
2020 Professor Mark E Dean
2020 Dr Hannah Fry BSc PhD
2020 Professor Stephanie Haywood MA PhD
2020 Professor Askwar Hilonga BSc MSc MPH PhD
2020 Mrs Virginia Hodge BSc MSc
2020 Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE MSc DSc
2020 Major Timothy Peake CMG BSc
2020 Mr Mark Rober
2020 Eur Ing Savvas Savvides DipEE MBA
2020 Professor Will Stewart FREng
2020 Professor Eleanor Stride BEng PhD
2020 Dr Eben Upton CBE FREng
2020 Professor Bernard L Weiss FREng DSc
2020 Ms Sophie Wilson CBE FRS FREng
2019 Professor Jim Al-Khalili OBE FRS
2019 Eur Ing R Gordon Dixon BSc
2019 Dame Ann Dowling OM DBE FREng FRS
2018 Mr Trevor Grimshaw BA
2018 Dame Judith Hackitt DBE FREng
2018 Professor Zhenya Liu FREng
2017 Professor Polina Bayvel CBE FRS FREng DSc(Hon) PhD
2017 Dr Dolores Byrne OBE MBA PhD
2017 Dr Hermann Hauser KBE CBE FRS FREng PhD
2017 will.i.am
2016 Professor Isobel Pollock-Hulf OBE
2016 Mr George O’Neill BSc MSc
2015 Professor Steve Cowley FRS FREng
2015 Air Vice Marshal J B Main CB OBE FREng
2015 Professor Dame Julia King DBE FREng
2014 Professor John Monk BSc(Eng) PhD
2014 Sir John Parker GBE FREng
2013 Dame Sue Ion DBE FREng
2013 Mr T V Ramachandran
2013 The Earl of Selborne GBE FRS DL
2012 Professor Alf Adams FRS
2012 Dr N F Chin BSc MSc PhD
2012 Dr Irwin Mark Jacobs
2011 Professor Sir John O’Reilly DSc FREng FLSW
2011 Mme Li Mofang
2011 Mr John A Armitt CBE FREng
2010 Professor Kel Fidler FREng BSc PhD HonDSc HonDUniv HonDCL
2010 Reverend Stuart Poole BSc(Eng) DLC MSc
2010 Professor Sir Michael Brady FRS FREng
2009 Professor J E Midwinter OBE FREng FRS PhD DSc
2009 Mme Deng Nan
2009 Sir C K Chow
2008 Sir David Brown FREng
2008 Mr Ratan N Tata
2007 Mr Richard Lampman
2007 Sir Terry Matthews OBE FREng PEng
2006 Professor M J H Sterling FREng
2006 The Rt Hon Tony Benn +
2006 Brigadier R W A Lonsdale +
2006 Mr P F Wason +
2005 Professor Meng Hwa Er PPA BEng PhD PEng
2005 Sir Peter Gershon CBE FREng MA HonDTech
2005 Mrs L C A Wright +
2004 Dr I D Nussey OBE FREng MA PhD
2004 Sir Peter Williams CBE FRS FREng MA PhD
2003 Lord Sainsbury of Turville
2003 Dr R Hawley CBE DSc FRSE FREng +
2003 J W Prentice +
2003 Dr M Sanderson +
2003 The Rt Hon Lord Trefgarne PC +
2002 Sir David Davies CBE FRS FREng †
2002 N R Narayana Murthy BE MTech †
2001 D G Jefferies CBE FREng †
2001 Dr R K Saxby BEng DEng †
2001 Mrs A Bailey +
2000 Dr John Williams OBE FREng BSc(Eng) †
2000 Sir Alan Rudge CBE FREng FRS †
2000 Mr S Gillibrand CBE +
2000 Mr J Golding OBE +
1999 Professor C W Davidson BSc PhD †
1999 Dr B W Manley CBE DIC FCGI FEng HonDSc †
1998 Dr T Berners-Lee OBE †
1998 Mr M N John BSc FEng †
1998 Mr G J Lomer CBE MA FEng †
1998 Mr B Brook-Partridge +
1998 Dr A F L Deeson +
1998 Mr P S Dhillon +
1998 Mr E Greenwood +
1998 Mr D Guy +
1998 Dr J John +
1998 The Rt Hon The Baroness Platt of Writtle +
1998 Mr V A Tester +
1997 Dr J Porteous DL BSc DSc DEng FEng †
1997 Professor K Simonyi MS PhD DSc †
1997 Mr A Gingell +
1996 Professor A N Broers BA PhD FRS FEng †
1996 Sir John Fairclough BSc(Tech) FEng †
1996 Mr A J Kenward MBE BSc +
1995 Dr T B McCrirrick CBE FEng †
1995 Professor G R Slemon PhD DSc(Eng) †
1995 Mr I M Barnes +
1994 Professor Sir Eric Ash CBE FEng FRS †
1994 Dato’Ir Yee Cheong Lee DPMP KMN BE †
1994 Professor M H Carpentier †
1994 Mr A R Duff +
1994 Miss P L Hodges OBE +
1994 Mr A G Smith +
1993 Professor Peter Clarricoats PhD DSc(Eng) FRS FEng †
1993 Professor E R Laithwaite PhD DSc FIC †
1992 Professor John C West CBE DSc FEng †
1992 Professor J Podoski MBE DSc †
1992 Dr N W Bertenshaw BSc DTech HonDSc
1992 Mr C Evans +
1992 Mr F H MacKay MA +
1992 Mr P J O'Brien +
1992 Mr M Rucklidge +
1991 The Rt Hon The Lord Tombs of Brailes BSc DSc FEng †
1991 Admiral Sir Lindsay Bryson KCB DSc(Eng) FRS FEng †
1991 Sir Anthony Gill FEng †
1991 Sir John Parnaby CBE BSc PhD DTech FEng †
1991 Mr R L Aston +
1991 Sir Kenneth Eaton GBE KCB FREng +
1991 Mr J Lyons +
1991 Mr G R C McDowell CBE BSc
1990 Sir William Barlow FEng †
1990 Sir Godfrey Hounsfield CBE FRS †
1990 Professor J H Westcott DSc(Eng) PhD DIC FRS FEng †
1989 Sir James Redmond FEng †
1989 Sir Samuel Curran BSc MA PhD DSc FEng FRSE FRS †
1989 Ronald Maxwell Webb †
1989 Mr C W Dennay +
1989 Mr G M Hutchinson +
1989 The Lord Mottistone +
1988 Professor T E Allibone CBE DSc FEng FIEE FRS †
1988 Sir George Macfarlane CB BSc LLD FEng FIEE †
1988 Francis Edgar Jones MBE DSc FEng FRS *
1988 Professor John Leonard Burbidge OBE †
1988 A R R Goldsmith VRD †
1988 Sir Denis Rooke CBE FRS FEng †
1988 Mr W S Churchill +
1988 Mr R T Sarich +
1987 HRH The Princess Royal GCVO  §
1987 Professor W E J Farvis CBE BSc BSc(Eng) FRSE †
1987 Sir Robert Telford CBE DL MA FEng †
1987 Professor Alexander Lamb Cullen OBE DSc(Eng) FEng FRS *
1987 Dr T B McCrirrick CBE FREng +
1986 E S Booth CBE MEng DTech FEng FRS †
1986 A H Young DFH †
1986 HRH The Duke of Kent KG GCMG GCVO ADC *
1986 Sir Francis Tombs FEng
1986 Professor J Brown CBE FREng +
1985 Professor John Flavell Coales CBE MA HonDEng FEng FRS †
1985 Sir Kenneth Corfield FEng
1985 Harry Edward Drew CB HonCGIA *
1984 The Rt Hon The Viscount Caldecote DSc MA FEng †
1984 Sir James Lighthill FRS †
1984 Sir Duncan McDonald CBE DSc BSc FHWC FEng FRSE †
1983 The Rt Hon Lord Nelson of Stafford MA HonDSc HonLLD FEng †
1983 C H Flurscheim BA FEng †
1983 Sir Ieuan Maddock CB OBE FEng FRS *
1983 Professor William Alexander Gambling PhD DSc FEng FRS *
1983 The Lord Gregson DL †
1983 The Lord Gregson FREng DL +
1982 Sir Robert Clayton CBE MA DSc(Eng) FEng †
1982 Geoffrey F Kennedy MA †
1982 Professor Reginald Victor Jones CB CBE FRS *
1982 Mr W G Bailey +
1982 Mr J Ferguson CBE FEng +
1982 Sir Alec Morris +
1982 Mr K F So +
1982 Mr G Timberlake +
1981 HRH The Prince of Wales KG KT GCB §
1981 J H H Merriman CB OBE FEng MSc FKC DSc †
1981 Sir John Hill BSc PhD †
1981 Professor Norman Alfred Dudley CBE †
1980 Sir Albert Mumford KBE BSc(Eng) FQMC †
1980 Professor M G Say PhD MSc FRSE †
1980 George Stephen Brosan CBE DFH TD PhD †
1980 Dennis Hamer Goss †
1980 Ronald George Hooker CBE FEng †
1980 Dr H Peter Jost CBE †
1979 Sir Eric Eastwood CBE DSc(Hon) PhD CEng FRS †
1979 Sir Hermann Bondi KCB FRAS FRS †
1979 Rt Hon Earl of Halsbury FRS FEng †
1979 Professor Franz Keonigsberger †
1979 Alan Gabriel Jones MBE †
1979 Lord Hesketh +
1978 C Lester Hogan BS MS MA PhD DSc DEng †
1978 C T Melling CBE MScTech †
1978 Professor G H Rawcliffe MA DSc DTech FRS †
1978 John Leslie Langham Thompson FEng *
1978 Graham Douglas Clifford CMG *
1978 Sir Eric Mensforth CBE DL FEng †
1978 Mr F Shaw FREng +
1977 J A Ratcliffe CB CBE MA FRS †
1977 Professor J S Forrest DSc MA FRS †
1977 Sir Walter Puckey †
1976 HRH The Duke of Kent CGMG GCVO ADC §
1976 P R R Aigrain †
1976 Anne G Shaw CBE †
1976 Major T Dodd
1975 Sir Brian Flowers FRS †
1975 Professor H B G Casimir PhD †
1975 Sir Arnold Hall FRS †
1975 HRH The Prince of Wales KG *
1975 Walter Frederick Woodford OBE †
1974 W B Lewis CC CBE FRSC FRS PhD
1974 The Rt Hon Lord Penney of East Hendred OM KBE MA PhD DSc FRS
1974 A E Clifford †
1974 Arthur L Stuchbery CBE †
1974 Sir Cyril English +
1973 Sir Ben L Barnett KBE CB MC MA
1972 G S C Lucas OBE HonDTech FCGI CEng †
1972 The Rt Hon Lord Hailsham of St Marylebone §
1972 J H Winskill †
1972 D Lion-Cachet †
1972 Mr W B K Ellis BSc +
1971 Sir Vincent Z de Ferranti MC CEng †
1971 The Rt Hon Lord Hinton of Bankside KBE MA CEng FRS †
1971 Maurice Jules Henry Ponte DSc *
1971 Professor Dr Ing E h Walter Bruch *
1971 Professor Harold Monteagle Barlow PhD FRS *
1971 W Core †
1971 W Eccles †
1971 Eric Paton †
1971 Mr D J Hardcastle +
1970 Sir Hamish D MacLaren KBE CB DFC (and bar) LLD BSc CEng †
1970 W E Park †
1969 Sir Gordon Radley KCB CBE PhD †
1969 Harold Burke †
1968 The Rt Hon Lord Jackson of Burnley DSc DEng LLD FRS †
1968 Leslie Herbert Bedford CBE MA(Cantab) BSc(Eng) *
1968 James Morgan Steer †
1967 Sir Josiah Eccles CBE DSc †
1967 Professor Sir Bernard Lovell OBE FRS †
1967 Dr W A J Chapman †
1967 Dr Lillian M Gilbreth †
1966 Sir Harold Bishop CBE BSc(Eng) FCGI †
1966 William Edward Miller MA(Cantab) *
1965 Admiral of the Fleet The Earl Mountbatten of Burma KG PC GCB GCSI GCIE GCVO DSO †
1964 Percy Dunsheath CBE MA DSc(Eng) LLD †
1964 Sir Gordon Radley KCB CBE PhD *
1964 R H Arbuckle †
1964 Sir Bernard Lovell +
1963 The Rt Hon Lord Fleck of Saltcoats KBE DSc LLD FRS †
1963 Professor Eric Bailleul Moullin MA ScD LLD †
1963 E Percy Edwards †
1962 Sir John Hacking †
1961 The Rt Hon The Lord Nelson of Stafford LLD DIC †
1961 G Ronald Pryor †
1960 Richard Lankaster Hearn BASc LLD †
1960 Colonel Bruce Hamer Leeson CBE TD †
1959 Charles William Spiers JP FInstP FCGI †
1959 Eric Kirkham Cole CBE *
1959 Vladimir Kosma Zworykin DSc *
1958 Henry Thomas Young †
1957 Sir Noel Ashbridge BSc(Eng) †
1957 Brigadier-General Sir Harold Hartley GCVO CBE MC MA FRS †
1956 Colonel Sir Stanley Angwin KBE DSO MC TD DSc(Eng) †
1956 Professor George William Osborne Howe DSc LLD *
1956 H E Honer †
1955 HRH Prince Philip The Duke of Edinburgh KG PC KT GBE FRS †
1955 James Robert Beard CBE MSc †
1954 Ernest Leete †
1954 E W Hancock MBE †
1953 Sir Harry Railing DEng †
1953 Sir Noel Ashbridge BSc *
1953 Dr H Schofield CBE †
1952 Sir Edward Victor Appleton GBE KCB MA DSc LLD FRS †
1952 Sir Arthur Percy M Fleming CBE DEng †
1951 Philip Vassar Hunter CBE †
1951 HRH Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh KG KT PC FRS *
1951 J D Scaife †
1951 J A Hannay †
1950 Professor Edgar Walford Marchant DSc †
1950 J Finlay MBE †
1949 John Muir Donaldson MC †
1949 Hubert Leslie McMichael *
1949 F Grover †
1948 Colonel Sir Thomas F Purves OBE †
1948 Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Henry Dacres Cunningham GCB MVO †
1948 H A Hartley †
1947 Sir John Macfarlane Kennedy OBE †
1947 T Fraser CBE †
1947 Dr G Schlesinger †
1946 The Rt Hon The Earl Of Mount Edgcumbe TD †
1945 John Somerville Highfield †
1945 Sir Ernest Lemon OBE †
1944 Sir Ernest Thomas Fisk †
1944 Brigadier David Sarnoff *
1944 Sydney Alfred Hurren OBE MC *
1943 Sir Ernest Thomas Fisk *
1943 The Rt Hon Lord Hankey PC GCB GCMG GCVO FRS †
1942 General The Hon Andrew G L McNaughton CB CMG CH DSO MSc LLD DCL †
1942 Horace William Gambrell *
1942 James Nelson *
1942 Harrie John King *
1941 The Rt Hon Sir Andrew Rae Duncan GBE MA LLD †
1941 Yvonne Margaret Dyson Cooper *
1941 Sir Charles Craven OBE †
1940 Roger Thomas Smith BSc †
1940 Sir Louis Sterling DLit *
1939 Sir Archibald Page †
1938 Sir Frank Gill KCMG OBE †
1938 Rt Hon Viscount Nuffield CBE †
1937 Alexander Russell MA DSc LLD FRS †
1936 Sir John Francis Cleverton Snell GBE †
1936 Rt Hon Lord Semphill AFC †
1936 O Harmer †
1935 The Rt Hon Lord Hirst of Witton †
1935 Norman William McLachlan DSc *
1934 Dr René Thury †
1933 Llewelyn B Atkinson †
1933 Harry John Barton-Chapple *
1933 Sir Herbert Austin KBE †
1932 William Morris Mordey †
1931 Sir William Henry Bragg OM KBE MA DSc FRS †
1930 Sir Richard Tetley Glazebrook KCB KCVO DSc FRS †
1929 J M Neston †
1927 Thomas Alva Edison †
1926 His Excellency The Marchese Marconi GCVO DSc †
1926 Young Wright Pilkington Evans *
1925 Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti DSc FRS †
1924 Sir Oliver Lodge DSc FRS †
1924 Sir Alfred Herbert KBE †
1923 Colonel Rookes Evelyn B Crompton CB FRS †
1922 Professor Sir John Ambrose Fleming MA DS[c] FRS †
1921 The Rt Hon Lord Southborough PC GCB GCMG GCVO KCSI
1920 Professor André Blondel
1919 Professor Hendrick Lorentz
1918 Professor Arthur E Kennelly DSc
1917 Professor Augusto Righi
1916 Professor George Carey Foster LLD DSc FRS
1915 Maurice Leblanc
1914 Professor Eric Gerard
1913 Professor Alexander Graham Bell
1912 Charles Ernest Spagnoletti
1909 The Hon Sir Charles Algernon Parsons OM KCB FRS
1908 Oliver Heaviside FRS
1907 Sir Joseph John Thomson OM MA FRS
1904 Elihu Thomson DSc
1904 Major General Charles E Webber RE(retired) CB
1902 Professor Antonio Pacinotti
1901 Eleuthere E N Mascart
1900 Sir Joseph Wilson Swan DSc FRS
1899 The Rt Hon Lord Kelvin OM GCVO FRS
1898 Henry Wilde DSc DCL FRS
1897 Dr Heinrich von Stephen
1891 Jacob Brett
1884 Edward Davy MRCS
1881 Adolphe Cochery
1877 Sir William Fothergill Cooke
1876 Frank Ives Scudamore CB
1875 Samuel Carter
1873 Sir George Biddel Airy KCB FRS
1873 General Sir Edward Sabine RA KCB FRS
1873 Professor Wilhelm Weber FRS