Our previous patron His Excellency the Honourable Paul de Jersey AC, Governor of Queensland, (centre) with the authors and RHSQ members at the launch of Lost Brisbane 2
OUR PATRON
The Governor of Queensland has been Patron since the foundation of the Society in 1913. The Society has on many occasions welcomed our Patron.
| Patron | Period | |
|---|---|---|
| 17 | Her Excellency the Honourable Dr Jeannette Young PSM | 01/11/2021 to current |
| 16 | His Excellency the Honourable Paul de Jersey AC | 29/07/2014 to 01/11/2021 |
| 15 | The Honourable Penelope Anne Wensley AC | 29/07/2008 - 29/07/2014 |
| 14 | The Honourable Dame Quentin Alice Louise Bryce AC CVO | 29/07/2003 - 29/07/2008 |
| 13 | Major General the Honourable Peter Maurice Arnison AC CVO | 29/07/1997 - 29/07/2003 |
| 12 | The Honourable Mary Marguerite Leneen Forde AC | 29/07/1992 - 29/07/1997 |
| 11 | The Honourable Sir Walter Benjamin Campbell AC | 22/07/1985 - 29/07/1992 |
| 10 | Commodore the Honourable Sir James Maxwell Ramsay KCMG KCVO CBE DSC | 22/04/1977 - 21/07/1985 |
| 9 | Air Marshall the Honourable Sir Colin Thomas Hannah KCMG KCVO KBE CB | 21/03/1972 - 20/03/1977 |
| 8 | The Honourable Sir Alan James Mansfield KCMG KCVO | 21/03/1966 - 21/03/1972 |
| 7 | Colonel the Honourable Sir Henry Abel Smith KCMG KCVO DSO | 18/03/1958 - 18/03/1966 |
| 6 | Lieutenant-General the Honourable Sir John Dudley Lavarack KCMG KCVO KBE CB DSO | 01/10/1946 - 04/12/1957 |
| 5 | Colonel the Honourable Sir Leslie Orme Wilson GCMG GCSI GCIE DSO | 13/06/1932 - 23/04/1946 |
| 4 | Lieutenant-General the Honourable Sir Thomas Herbert John Chapman Goodwin KCB CMG DSO | 13/06/1927 - 07/04/1932 |
| 3 | The Right Honourable Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Matthew Nathan GCMG | 03/12/1920 - 17/09/1925 |
| 2 | Major the Honourable Sir Hamilton John Goold-Adams GCMG CB | 15/03/1915 - 03/02/1920 |
| 1 | The Honourable Sir William MacGregor GCMG CB | 02/12/1909 - 16/07/1914 |