Past Master David Mauleverer joined the then Guild in 1971 and became a Liveryman in 1975.  David's father had known Sir Alan Cobham who was a great inspiration to David in joining the Guild.  David later got to know Sir Alan's son, Michael, and David was instrumental in persuading Michael to assist in the purchase of Cobham House in the ‘90s, which became the Guild’s headquarters for the next 20 years.

Among other contributions, David served on the Company’s (then Guild) Technical and Aviation Safety Committee and represented the Company at the CAA before joining the Court and eventually becoming Master in 1991.  In that year, he succeeded in gaining permission for the Court to hold meetings in the Guildhall instead of the (then) offices on the Gray’s Inn Road, and also  managed to invite not one, but two Lord Mayors and two sets of Sheriffs to two functions during his year.  As Master, he oversaw the organising of an airshow for the Company at North Weald; a huge event (albeit one that was marred by extremely bad weather).  Both Concorde and a Vulcan overflew in formation, the only time that they flew together, and in spite of rain and low cloud on the day.  David had also invited the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs and flew them in and out of the airfield by private jet.   The Masters of many of the other livery companies and their wives/partners also attended the airshow and a sumptuous lunch.  The weather threatened the finances of the airshow and David had had to take the risk of underwriting any loss personally but, somehow, managed to persuade people/companies to insure against a loss and avoided financial disaster.

In his Master’s year, Mansion House was unavailable for the Trophies and Awards Banquet, so David booked Guildhall.  However, the corporation would only allow the function to take place in the Old Library as livery companies were not entitled to use the Great Hall unless it was for charity or a very special occasion.  So, when the Lord Mayor elect advised David that even he was unable to arrange for the use of the Great Hall, David went immediately to Guildhall and somehow managed to negotiate it himself.  On that occasion, David invited HRH The Duke of Kent, who he had introduced to the Guild, and invested him in the Livery in the Crypts before dinner.  A practice performed for new Liverymen every year since.

After retiring from British Airways, David stood for Sheriff of the City of London and became the first and only airline pilot to have been elected to that office.   He was admitted as Sheriff in 2001, just after the awful incidents in New York on 11 September.  He remains the only member of the Company to have stood as an Air Pilot and served as Sheriff.  (Sir Peter Vanneck did so as a Gunmaker).  During his year as Sheriff, David really put the Guild ‘on the map’ in the City; and the Company remains hugely respected to this day.  In 2005, David won a very convincing majority in a very heavily contested election for Alderman for the Ward of Walbrook.  Again, a first for an airline pilot and for someone in the name of the Air Pilots.

For over 50 years, David Mauleverer as promoted the Guild and Company, as a Liveryman, as Master, as Sheriff and as Alderman, in addition to promoting flying and aviation more generally, and is a very deserving recipient of the Sir Alan Cobham Memorial Award for services to the Company.

... of the Award of Merit

1959/60   E B Trubshaw Esq

1960/61   Wg Cdr C E F Arthur AFC

1961/62   awarded twice:
      C L Pashley Esq MBE AFC
      Gp Capt H A Purvis DFC AFC

1964/65   C A Nepean Bishop Esq

1965/66   Miss Sheila Scott

1966/67   C C H Dash Esq

1968 - 1970  not wardeded

1970/71   Mrs V Dowling

1971/72   E Day Esq

1973   not awarded

1973/74  awarded twice:
      Lt Col R Smith ERD
     Sir Frederick Tymms KCIE MC

1974/75  awarded twice:
       L A Wingfield Esq MC DFC
      Captain J E Futcher

1975/76   Captain R E Gillman DFC

1976/77   A P W Cane Esq

1977/78   J L B Cowan Esq

1979 - 1980   not awarded

1980/81   Captain Brian Powell

1981/82   Captain Jack Nicholl

1982/83   Robert Pooley Esq

1984   not awarded

1984/85   W T F Rossiter Esq

1986   not awarded

1986/87   Captain Charles A Owens LVO

1987/88   Captain John D Mackellar

1988/89   Cyril (Ray) Jeffs Esq OBE

1989/90   Captain Neville Grady

1991   not awarded

1991/92   Captain Maurice R Aries

1993 - 1994  not awarded

1994/95   Raymond Baxter Esq

1995/96   The late Ronald D Campbell Esq MBE

1996/97   Dr Michael Bagshaw

1997/98   Past Master Fred S Stringer

1998/99   Hugh O Field Esq

1999/2000   Captain Ray Heiniger

2000/01   Captain Clive E Elton

2001/02   Captain Jack G L Smith 

2002/03   Captain C L Hodgkinson

2003/04   Captain John B Robinson

2004/05   Captain John Mason

2005/06   Michael J A Glover

2006/07  Captain David Martin

2007/08   John W Kessey

2008/09  Captain Richard (Dick) Felix

2009/10  Captain Ian Frow

2011  not awarded

2011/12  John Stuart Burley Esq OBE FRAeS

2013  not awarded

2014  Ronald Price

2015  not awarded

... of the Sir Alan Cobham Memorial Award

2016   not awarded

2017  awarded twice:
      David C Curgenven
      Peter Adrian Bird

2018  awarded twice:
      Donna Farquhar
      Captain Barry Mitchell

2019  Ruth M Cundy

2020  Will Wright and Becky Kwo

2021  not awarded

2022  Past Master Captain Peter L Buggé 

2023  Reverend Dr Richard Waugh QSM

2024  David and Shirley Hasler