The Club
The majority of the City’s 25 wards have their own Ward Clubs.
Our Club was founded in 1909 by Sir Thomas Vansittart Bowater Bt, Lord Mayor 1913/14 and for many years a Member of Parliament for the City of London. Historically the Club’s objectives lay in protecting the ward’s interests and enabling members to meet their elected representatives in the City of London Corporation. The ward’s current councillors are Alderwoman Martha Grekos and eight Common Councillors. Electors must live or pay rates in the Ward or represent an active business within the Ward area.
The Club arranges about seven or eight functions each year. Recent visits have included those to the Royal Opera House, Bank of England, Mansion House, Houses of Parliament, Somerset House, Spencer House, the V & A Museum, Old Bailey, London Transport Museum, British Library, London Eye, Vinopolis, Tate Gallery at Bankside, Museum of Garden History, Bridewell Theatre and newly restored Sadlers Wells Theatre.
Membership of the Ward Club is open to anyone with a connection with the Ward or interested in City affairs and heritage. The Club’s activities are now mainly centred around social gatherings including informative talks, theatre trips, wide-ranging visits to places of interest, an annual dinner normally held in one of the City’s Livery Halls, an occasional lunch in Guildhall and an annual Carol Service in the Wren Church of St. Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe located in the Ward.
OFFICERS 2024-2025
| President | Alderwoman Martha Grekos |
| Vice President | Deputy Bethany Coombs CC |
| Chair | Jackie Williams |
| Deputy Chair | Rene De Silva |
| Hon Treasurer | John Latham |
| Hon Secretary | George Godfrey |
| Social Secretary | Kevin Doran |
| Public Relations Officer | Graham Packham |
| Emeriti | |
| President Emeritus | Ian D Luder |
| Vice President Emerita | Catherine McGuinness CBE |
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
| Members of the Court of Common Council | Sue Farrington CC
Leyla Ostovar CC Tana Adkin CC |
| Co-opted Member | The Venerable Luke Miller Rector St Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe |
| Official Committee Members | Virginia Hopson (4th year)
Navtam Gosai (3rd year) Cliona O’Tuama (2nd year) |
| Elected Members | Michael Tickner (6th year)
Tony Gunn (5th year) Debra Witt (2nd year) John Griffiths (1st year) Henrika Priest (1st year) |