Worshipful Company of Clockmakers

One of the Livery Companies of the City of London and is ranked at #.

Its motto is Tempus Rerum Imperator, (Time is the commander of (all) things).

1631 The Clockmakers were formed by a Royal Charter

The Company library and museum is housed in the London Guildhall Library. The collection includes John Harrison's clock H5.

Those who have been Master of the Company include the following:


 * 1631 David Ramsay
 * 1636 Elias Allen
 * 1645, 1652 Edward East
 * 1703 Thomas Tompion
 * 1708 Daniel Quare
 * 1817 John Roger Arnold
 * 1821, 1823, 1825, 1827, 1847 Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy
 * 1855, 1862 Charles Frodsham
 * 1902, 1914 William Henry Mahoney Christie
 * 1922, 1931 Sir Frank Watson Dyson
 * 1946 Lord Iliffe of Yattendon
 * 1949, 1954 Sir Harold Spencer Jones
 * 1959 Viscount Falmouth
 * 1960 Lord Harris
 * 1969 Sir Richard van der Riet Woolley
 * 1974 Sir Frank Chalton Francis
 * 1976 Sir Hugh Wontner
 * 1980 George Daniels
 * 1986 Viscount Falmouth
 * 1989 Lord Murton of Lindisfarne
 * 2000 Alexander Boksenberg

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