Officers: Chair of Council, 1945 to the present
Chairs of Council of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society
1946-1950 Sir Francis W. Terry J.P.
1950-1951 James Lindlow Brockbank M.A.
1951-1953 H. E. Harrowell O.B.E. J.P.
1954-1960 John Bowes Morrell LL.D. J.P.
1960-1965 George Anthony Henry Howard
(Baron Howard of Henderskelfe J.P.)
1965-1966 William Lee
1966-1982 Margery G. Willoughby M.A. J.P.
1982-1988 Lance C. G. Gilling BSc., M.I.Biol.
1988-2000 John Hampshire B.A.
2000-2005 Alan Owen BSc. MIEE.
2005-2010 Professor Jim Matthew CPhys FInstP CRAeS
2010-2015 Stephen Lusty B.A.
2015-2023 Catherine Brophy, B.A. MCILIP PGCE
2023- David Harbourne, BSc