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
Her Excellency the Honourable Dr Jeannette Young AC PSM 01/11/2021 to current
His Excellency the Honourable Paul de Jersey AC 29/07/2014 to 01/11/2021
The Honourable Penelope Anne Wensley AC 29/07/2008 - 29/07/2014
The Honourable Dame Quentin Alice Louise Bryce AC CVO 29/07/2003 - 29/07/2008
Major General the Honourable Peter Maurice Arnison AC CVO 29/07/1997 - 29/07/2003
The Honourable Mary Marguerite Leneen Forde AC 29/07/1992 - 29/07/1997
The Honourable Sir Walter Benjamin Campbell AC 22/07/1985 - 29/07/1992
Commodore the Honourable Sir James Maxwell Ramsay KCMG KCVO CBE DSC 22/04/1977 - 21/07/1985
Air Marshall the Honourable Sir Colin Thomas Hannah KCMG KCVO KBE CB 21/03/1972 - 20/03/1977
The Honourable Sir Alan James Mansfield KCMG KCVO 21/03/1966 - 21/03/1972
Colonel the Honourable Sir Henry Abel Smith KCMG KCVO DSO 18/03/1958 - 18/03/1966
Lieutenant-General the Honourable Sir John Dudley Lavarack KCMG KCVO KBE CB DSO 01/10/1946 - 04/12/1957
Colonel the Honourable Sir Leslie Orme Wilson GCMG GCSI GCIE DSO 13/06/1932 - 23/04/1946
Lieutenant-General the Honourable Sir Thomas Herbert John Chapman Goodwin KCB CMG DSO 13/06/1927 - 07/04/1932
The Right Honourable Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Matthew Nathan GCMG 03/12/1920 - 17/09/1925
Major the Honourable Sir Hamilton John Goold-Adams GCMG CB 15/03/1915 - 03/02/1920
The Honourable Sir William MacGregor GCMG CB 02/12/1909 - 16/07/1914