Worshipful Company of Clockmakers
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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 is housed in the London Guildhall Library. The collection includes John Harrison's clock H5.
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.
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[edit] 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
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Elias Allen
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Thomas Tompion
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John Arnold
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Charles Frodsham
[edit] Interesting facts
The company's motto, "Tempus Rerum Imperator" has been adopted by the Google Web Accelerator project. It is shown in the "About Google Web Accelerator" page.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Masters since 1631, The Worshipful Company of Clockmakers website, accessed 06/02/2011
