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Bob Knightley is our new Chairman

At the Society’s Annual General Meeting held on Saturday 21 st September it was announced that our Chairman David Weaver was stepping down from the role after 16 years. He was thanked for the many years of service that he has given to WFHS.

During his period of office he oversaw our move to the Resource Centre where our library, stock of our publications and our research facilities are based. He along with Cy Cutler and Barbara Fuller were appointed Vice-Presidents of the Society.

Sadly our two other Vice-Presidents, John Hurley and Glenys Bettley have both recently died. Jerry King has rejoined the Executive Committee. He was the Chairman from 2005 to 2008.

Bob Knightley was elected as our new Chairman at the Executive Committee meeting held on September 24 th . Bob joined WFHS in 2016 when he and his wife Lindsey moved to Devizes. Neither of them have Wiltshire ancestors but they have been actively researching their genealogy since the mid 1980s.  Bob joined the Executive Committee in 2019 and has been Chairman of the Finance Committee for the last 3 years. He also deals with orders for our publications.

The Society’s Annual Report and Accounts for the year ending 31March 2024 were presented at the AGM. The report can be found in the Member’s Area of this website.

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