Patrons
- HRH Admiral The Duke of Edinburgh KG KT (Duke of Saxe-Coburg Gotha) 1893–1901
- HRH The Duke of York KG, Prince of Wales and His Majesty King George V 1893–1936
- HRH Air Commodore The Duke of Kent 1936–1942
- His Majesty King George VI 1943–1952
- HRH The Duke of Edinburgh KG, OM 1953-Present
Presidents
- The Rt Hon Earl Spencer KG 1893–1910
- The Rt Hon Lord George Hamilton GCSI 1911–1924
- Sir Frederick Kenyon GBE, KCB, TD, D Litt 1925–1947
- The Rt Hon Earl Stanhope KG, PC, DSO, MC 1948–1957
- The Rt Hon Lord Evershed MR 1958–1966
- The Rt Hon Lord Carrington KG, CH, GCMG, MC, PC 1967–1997
- Admiral of the Fleet Sir Benjamin Bathurst GCB, DL 1997-2014
- Vice Admiral Sir Adrian Johns, K.C.B., C.B.E., K.StJ, A.D.C 2014-Present
Hon Treasurers
- Sir Henry Yorke KCB 1893–1903
- Sir W Graham Greene 1904–1948
- Instructor Rear-Admiral Sir Arthur Hall KBE 1949–1959
- Bernard Pool CB CBE 1960–1971
- Lieutenant Commander P P R Dane RN 1972–1975
- H U A Lambert MA 1976–1984
- R J Sale 1985–1987
- C Swinson MA, FCA 1988–1993
- J V Tyler 1993–2007
- P Northcott MA 2007-Present
Hon Secretaries (Publications)
- Professor C Lloyd MA 1950–1952
- The Hon David Erskine MA 1973
- A. N. Ryan 1973–1980
General Editors
- A. N. Ryan MA, FRHist S 1981–93
- M.A. Simpson 1994–2000
- R. Morriss 2000-2014
- B. Jones 2014- Present
Hon Secretaries
- Sir John Knox Laughton RN, DLitt 1893–1912
- L. G. Carr Laughton 1913
- W. G. Perrin 1914–1931
- W. C. B. Tunstall 1932–1937
- Captain A. C. Dewar OBE, RN 1938–1943
- D. Bonner-Smith 1944–1948
- Professor C Lloyd MA 1949
- Commander (Sp) G E Walker RINVR 1950–1952
- Professor C Lloyd MA 1952–1962
- The Hon David Erskine MA 1963–1973
- E. F. Bunt 1973–1976
- N. A. M. Rodger FBA MA D.Phil FSA FrHistS 1976–1990
- A. J. McMillan BA, ACIB 1991–1996
- Professor A. D. Lambert MA, PhD, FRHistS 1996–2006
- R. H. A. Brodhurst 2006-2018
- A. P. Plumbly BA, MA, ACA 2018-present