The following is a list of previous Presidents of the General Assembly, who are warmly thanked for their service.
| 2019- | Rev Celia Cartwright, BA |
| 2018-19 | Mrs Joan Cook |
| 2017-18 | Rev Charles VanDenBroeder, BSc |
| 2016-17 | Mrs Dorothy Hewerdine, MSc |
| 2015/16 | Rev John Clifford, BA, ThM, MSc |
| 2014-15 | Mrs Marion Baker, MBA |
| 2013-14 | Rev Bill Darlison, BA, MA |
| 2012-13 | Ms Lis Dyson-Jones, JP |
| 2011-12 | Rev Dr Ann Peart, BA, MA, PhD |
| 2010-11 | Mr Neville Kenyon |
| 2009-10 | Rev Bob Wightman |
| 2008-09 | Mrs Joyce Ashworth |
| 2007-08 | Rev Celia Midgley, BA |
| 2006-07 | Mr David Dawson, MA, GRSM |
| 2005-06 | Rev Brian Cockroft |
| 2004-05 | Mrs Dawn Buckle, MEd |
| 2003-04 | Rev Austin Fitzpatrick |
| 2002-03 | Mr Alan Ruston, BSc |
| 2001-02 | Rev John Midgley, BA, BD, MA, MEd |
| 2000-01 | Mrs Judith Crompton, JP |
| 1999-00 | Rev Keith Gilley, BA, MA |
| 1998-99 | Dr B Littlepage, MSc, MRCOG, FFPHMI |
| 1997-98 | Rev Clifford Reed, BA |
| 1996-97 | Dr Jane Williams, MB, BCh, BAO |
| 1995-96 | Rev Anne McClelland, BA |
| 1994-95 | Mr Michael Tomlin |
| 1993-94 | Rev James McClelland, MA |
| 1992-93 | Mrs Celia Kerr |
| 1991-92 | Rev Peter Hewis, BA |
| 1990-91 | Mrs Eila Forrester, BA |
| 1989-90 | Rev J Eric Jones, BA |
| 1988-89 | Mr Robert HE Inkson, BSc, FSS, FIS |
| 1987-88 | Rev Derek Smith |
| 1986-87 | Mrs Sheila Crosskey, MB, ChB |
| 1985-86 | Rev Sydney H Knight |
| 1984-85 | Mrs Helen M Nicholson, MBE |
| 1983-84 | Rev Arthur J Long, MA |
| 1982-83 | Mrs Eleanor Dixon |
| 1981-82 | Rev Eric Wild, BA |
| 1980-81 | Dr June Bell, MA, MB, BS, PhD |
| 1979-80 | Rev A Hilton Birtles, JP, BA |
| 1978-79 | Mr Geoffrey Head, BA |
| 1977-78 | Rev Dr Peter B Godfrey, BA, DD |
| 1976-77 | Mr George Morrison, MA |
| 1975-76 | Rev Evan David Davies |
| 1974-75 | Mrs Gwyneth J M Thomas, BSc |
| 1973-74 | Rev D Jacob Davies, BA |
| 1972-73 | Mr M Humphreys Winder, BA |
| 1971-72 | Rev H John McLachlan, MA, BD, DPhil |
| 1970-71 | Mr Arnold Graves, FCA, FCIS |
| 1969-70 | Rev C Gordon Bolam, MA, BD |
| 1968-69 | Mrs Amy Howarth, MA |
| 1967-68 | Rev Fred Kenworthy, MA, BD |
| 1966-67 | Mr T H Hollingsworth |
| 1965-66 | Rev E Shirvell Price, MA |
| 1964-65 | Mr Stanley J Kennett, BSc, PhD |
| 1963-64 | Rev Walter M Long |
| 1962-63 | Mr Kenneth M Street, MM |
| 1961-62 | Rev J Harry Smith |
| 1960-61 | Mr Arthur L Blake, OBE |
| 1959-60 | Rev Arthur W Vallance, BA |
| 1958-59 | Rt Hon J Chuter Ede, CH, JP, DL, MP |
| 1957-58 | Rev James Percival Chalk |
| 1956-57 | Mr C Herbert Pollard, CBE, FSAA |
| 1955-56 | Rev Frank A Bullock |
| 1954-55 | Mr Stanley R Butler, ACA |
| 1953-54 | Rev Herbert Crabtree |
| 1952-53 | Miss Dorothy Tarrant, MA, PhD |
| 1951-52 | Rev G Randall Jones, MA, BSc, BD |
| 1950-51 | Mr Harold B Moore |
| 1949-50 | Rev Fred Cottier |
| 1948-49 | Prof FJM Stratton, LLD, FRS |
| 1947-48 | Rev Lawrence Redfern, MA, BD |
| 1946-47 | Mr Harold Baily, MBE |
| 1945-46 | Rev Raymond V Holt, MA, BLitt |
| 1944-45 | Mr Alfred Pilling, OBE, JP |
| 1943-44 | Mr R H Mottram, JP, FRSL |
| 1942-43 | Rev H J Rossington, MA, BD |
| 1941-42 | Mr P M Oliver, CBE, BA |
| 1940-41 | Rev E Rosalind Lee, MA |
| 1939-40 | Mr J T Bibby |
| 1938-39 | Rev R F Rattray, MA, PhD |
| 1937-38 | Mr N Bishop Harman, MA, LLD |
| 1936-37 | Rev H McLachlan, MA, DD, LittD |
| 1935-36 | Mr George G Armstrong |
| 1934-35 | Mr Ronald P Jones, MA, FRIBA |
| 1932-34 | Rev Alfred Hall, MA, DD |
| 1931-32 | Mr J Harrop White, JP |
| 1929-31 | Mrs Sydney Martineau |
| 1929 | Rev Henry Gow, BA, BD (Nat Conf) |
| 1929 | Rev C J Street, MA, LLB (B&FUA) |