Listed below are the chairmen of the company from Sir John Pender in 1872 to the present day. 1872 – 1896 Sir John Pender G.C.M.G. 1896 – 1900 The Marquis of Tweedale K.T. 1900 – 1917 Sir John Wolfe Barry K.C.B. 1917 – 1929 Sir John Denison Pender K.C.M.G., C.B.E. 1929 – 1932 Sir Basil P Blackett K.C.B., K.C.S.I. 1932 – 1936 John Cuthbert Denison-Pender (later Lord Pender) 1936 – 1947 Edward Wilshaw (later Sir Edward Wilshaw K.C.M.G) 1947 – 1951 Colonel Sir Arthur Stanley Angwin K.B.E., D.S.O., M.C., T.D. 1951 – 1956 Major General Leslie Nicholls (later Sir Leslie Nicholls K.C.M.G., C.B., C.B.E.) 1956 – 1962 Sir Godfrey Ince G.C.B., K.B.E. 1962 – 1967 Sir John Macpherson G.C.M.G. 1967 – 1970 Colonel Donald McMillan C.B., O.B.E. 1970 – 1976 H G Lillicrap 1976 – 1981 Edward Short (Lord Glenamara) 1981 – 1990 Eric Sharp 1990 – 1996 Lord Young of Graffam 1996 – 1998 Dr N Brian Smith CBE 1998 – 2003 Sir Ralph Robins 2003 – present Richard Lapthorne

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Cable & Wireless Family Tree Eastern Telegraph Company