List of officers of the Royal Academy of Arts


This is a list of the officers of the Royal Academy of Arts.

Presidents (PRA)

Keepers

Other posts

SecretaryServed
Francis Milner Newton, RA10 Dec 1768 – 10 Dec 1788
John Inigo Richards, RA10 Dec 1788 – 2 Mar 1810
Henry Howard, RA11 Feb 1811 – 20 Jan 1847
John Prescott Knight, RA23 Nov 1847 – 10 Jul 1873
Frederick A. Eaton10 Jul 1873 – 10 Sep 1913
Walter Lamb2 Dec 1913 – 31 Dec 1951
Humphrey Brooke1 Jan 1952 – 12 Jul 1968
Sidney C. Hutchison1 Oct 1968 – 31 Mar 1982
Piers Rodgers1 Apr 1982 – 30 Sep 1996
David Gordon1 Oct 1996 – 31 Jul 2002
Lawton Fitt21 Oct 2002 – 24 Mar 2005
MaryAnne Stevens1 Apr 2005 – 1 Sep 2007
Charles Saumarez Smith, Secretary & Chief Executive1 Sep 2007 – December 2018
Axel Rüger, Secretary & Chief ExecutiveJune 2019 - present