Governance: Council and Management Board
The Folklore Society Ltd is a Company Limited by Guarantee with Charitable Status, Company No. 03685496, Registered Charity No. 1074552
Folklore Enterprises Ltd is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Folklore Society Ltd, Company No. 03935903, VAT Reg. No. 752616137
The Folklore Society Council (2026-2027)
- Dr Catherine Bannister
- Prof. Matthew Cheeseman
- Dr David Clarke
- Dr Paul Cowdell (Associate Editor of Folklore)
- Prof. Stuart Dunn
- Ms Holly Elsdon
- Dr Helen Frisby (Honorary Secretary)
- Mr Jeremy Harte (President 2026-2029)
- Dr Jessica Hemming (Editor of Folklore)
- Prof. David Hopkin (Vice-President, 2026-2029)
- Dr Ceri Houlbrook (Editor of FLS News)
- Ms Sophia Kingshill (Honorary Treasurer)
- Mr Nicolas Le Bigre
- Mr Ross MacFarlane
- Mr Mark Norman
- Dr Sophie Parkes Nield
- Dr ‘Doc’ Rowe
- Dr Kate Smith (Participation Officer)
- Dr Juliette Wood
- Dr Francis Young
Trustees of The Folklore Society
- President: Mr Jeremy Harte
- Vice President: Prof. David Hopkin
- Honorary Secretary: Dr Helen Frisby
- Honorary Treasurer: Ms Sophia Kingshill
- Participation Officer: Dr Kate Smith
Directors of Folklore Enterprises Ltd
- Ms Sophia Kingshill
- Dr Helen Frisby
Publications and Administration
- Editor, Folklore: Dr Jessica Hemming
- Assistant Editor, Folklore: Dr Antone Minard
- Associate Editor, Folklore: Dr Paul Cowdell
- Editor, FLS News: Dr Ceri Houlbrook
- Reviews Editors, Folklore: Dr Sophie Parkes-Nield and Dr Claire Collins
- Librarian: Dr Caroline Oates
- Office Manager: Dr Claire Collins
- Assistant Administrator: Mr Ross MacFarlane
Legal Advisor
lan Murdie, LL.B, Barrister, Nucleus Legal Advice, 298 Old Brompton Road, London SW5 9JF.
Accountants
Azets, Globe House, Sittingbourne Road, Maidstone, Kent, ME19 3EN
Past Presidents of The Folklore Society
- 1878-79 James Grimston, 2nd Earl of Verulam
- 1880-85 Frederick Lygon, 6th Earl Beauchamp
- 1885-88 George Byng, 3rd Earl of Strafford
- 1888-92 Andrew Lang
- 1892-95 Laurence Gomme
- 1895-97 Edward Clodd
- 1897-99 Alfred Nutt
- 1899-1901 Edwin Hartland
- 1901-03 Edward Brabrook
- 1903-04 Frederick York Powell
- 1904-07 W H D Rouse
- 1907-09 Moses Gaster
- 1909-11 Charlotte Burne
- 1911-13 William Crooke
- 1913-18 Robert Ranulph Marett
- 1918-20 Alfred Cort Haddon
- 1920-22 W H R Rivers
- 1922-24 Henry Balfour
- 1924-26 J L Myers
- 1926-28 A R Wright
- 1928-30 R M Dawkins
- 1930-32 E O James
- 1932-35 H J Rose
- 1935-37 S H Hooke
- 1937-39 Mary MacLeod Banks
- 1939-43 John Henry Hutton
- 1943-45 L F Newman
- 1945-47 FitzRoy Somerset, 4th Baron Raglan
- 1947-48 H J Fleure
- 1948-51 Walter Leo Hildburgh
- 1951-53 Arthur Allan Gomme
- 1953-55 Margaret Murray
- 1955 T W Bagshawe
- 1956 (No president)
- 1956-59 Sona Rosa Burstein
- 1959-61 Sir Arthur Waugh
- 1961-63 Mary Williams
- 1963-64 Peter Opie
- 1964-67 Douglas Kennedy
- 1967-70 Katharine Briggs
- 1970-73 Stewart Sanderson
- 1973-76 Hilda Ellis Davidson
- 1976-79 J R Porter
- 1979-82 W M S Russell
- 1982-84 Carmen Blacker
- 1984-87 Venetia Newall
- 1987-90 John Widdowson
- 1990-93 Roy Judge
- 1993-96 Jacqueline Simpson
- 1996-99 Juliette Wood
- 1999-2002 W. F. H. Nicolaisen
- 2002-05 Marion Bowman
- 2005-08 W. F. Ryan
- 2008-11 Eddie Cass
- 2011-14 Robert McDowall
- 2014-17 James H. Grayson
- 2017-20 Patricia Lysaght
- 2020-23 Owen Davies
- 2023-26: David Hopkin
- 2026- (current): Jeremy Harte