Worshipful Company of Clockmakers

The Newgate Street Clock was the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers' 375th Anniversary Gift to The City of London.

The Worshipful Company of Clockmakers is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London. The Clockmakers were formed by a Royal Charter in 1631. Originally, no person was allowed to sell clocks unless they were a member of the Company. However, such requirements have since been relaxed and later removed. The Company now exists as a charitable institution, as do a majority of Livery Companies.

The Company library and museum was previously housed in the London Guildhall Library. The collection includes John Harrison's clock H5. In 2015 the collection will be rehoused in the Science Museum in London.

The Clockmakers' Company ranks sixty-first in the order of precedence for Livery Companies. Its motto is Tempus Rerum Imperator, Latin for Time is the commander of (all) things.

Masters

Those who have been Master of the Company include the following:^[1]

• 1631, David Ramsay
• 1636, Elias Allen
• 1645, 1652 Edward East
• 1703, Thomas Tompion
• 1708, Daniel Quare
• 1817, John Roger Arnold
• 1821, 1823, 1825, 1827, 1847 Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy
• 1855, 1862 Charles Frodsham
• 1902, 1914 William Henry Mahoney Christie
• 1922, 1931 Sir Frank Watson Dyson
• 1946 Lord Iliffe of Yattendon
• 1949, 1954 Sir Harold Spencer Jones
• 1959, Viscount Falmouth
• 1960, Lord Harris
• 1969, Sir Richard van der Riet Woolley
• 1974, Sir Frank Chalton Francis
• 1976, Sir Hugh Wontner
• 1980, George Daniels
• 1986, Viscount Falmouth
• 1989, Lord Murton of Lindisfarne
• 2000, Alexander Boksenberg
• 2001, Sir George White, Bt
• 2002, Michael Monro Smith
• 2003, Christopher John Hurrion
• 2004, Philip John Willoughby
• 2005, Mrs Diana Muriel Uff
• 2006, Maj Gen David Anthony Somerset Pennefather CB OBE
• 2007, David John Poole FBHI
• 2008, Dr Michael David Sanderson PhD
• 2009, Cdr Peter John Linstead-Smith OBE RN
• 2010, Howard Carl Newman FBHI
• 2011, Andrew Charles Henry Crisford
• 2012, Mark Westcombe Elliott FCA
• 2013, Prof Paul Eugene Marcus Jarrett FRCS
• 2014, Jonathan Daniel Betts MBE FSA FBHI

Gallery

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  Elias Allen

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  Thomas Tompion

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  John Arnold

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  Charles Frodsham

Interesting facts

The company's motto, "Tempus Rerum Imperator" ("Time of Emperor/Time is the commander of (all) things") has been adopted by the Google Web Accelerator project. It is shown in the "About Google Web Accelerator" page.

See also

• British Horological Institute
• Clockmakers' Museum

References

1. ↑ Masters since 1631, The Worshipful Company of Clockmakers website, accessed 06/02/2011

External links

• The Clockmakers' Company

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