Her Excellency the Honourable Dr Jeannette Young AC PSM, Governor of Queensland, opening the Centenary of the Abolition of the Legislative Council Symposium held in the old Queensland Legislative Council Chamber at Parliament House, Brisbane on Saturday 19 March 2022. It was a joint Symposium held by The Royal Historical Society of Queensland and the Parliament House Library.
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 AC 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 |