- John Galsworthy – 1921 – 1932
- H.G. Wells – 1933 – 1936
- J.B. Priestley – 1937
- Henry W. Nevinson – 1938
- Storm Jameson – 1939 – 1944
- Sir Desmond Macarthy – 1945 – 1950
- Veronica Wedgwood -1951 – 1957
- Richard Church – 1958
- Alan Pryce-Jones – 1959 – 1961
- Rosamond Lehmann CBE – 1962 – 1966
- L.P. Hartley CBE – 1967 – 1970
- Sir V.S. Pritchett CBE – 1971 – 1975
- Kathleen Nott – 1975
- Stephen Spender CBE – 1976 – 1977
- Lettice Cooper CBE – 1977 – 1978
- Francis King CBE – 1979 – 1985
- Michael Holroyd CBE – 1986 – 1987
- Lady Antonia Fraser CBE – 1988 – 1990
- Ronald Harwood CBE – 1990 – 1993
- Josephine Pullein-Thompson MBE – 1994 – 1997
- Lady Rachel Billington – 1998 – 2000
- Victoria Glendinning CBE – 2001 – 2003
- Alastair Niven OBE – 2004 – 2007
- Lisa Appignanesi – 2008 – 2010
Originally posted with the url: www.englishpen.org/aboutenglishpen/pastpresidentsofenglishpen/
