MCC Honorary Life membership recognises outstanding service to the club. It has been bestowed sparingly and, including visiting royalty, only 82 members have been honoured since the club's foundation in 1838.
Former MCC president David Meiklejohn is the club's most recent Life member, receiving his honour in August, 2012.
The complete list of those who have been afforded Honorary Life Membership in the club’s history is below:
Year Honorary Life Members
1861 D.S. Campbell
1861 G. Cavenagh
1875 R.C. Bagot
1878 T.J.D. Kelly
1879 W.H. Handfield
1881 HRH Prince Albert Victor of Wales
1881 HRH Prince George of Wales
1881 I.D. Walker
1882 E.A.L. Vieusseux
1883 Hon I.F.W. Bligh
1883 C.F.H. Leslie
1883 W.W. Read
1883 A.G. Steel
1883 C.T. Studd
1883 G.B. Studd
1883 E.F.S. Tylecote
1883 G.F. Vernon
1883 H.S. Barlow
1883 A.F. Robinson
1886 J. McLaughlin
1887 A.M. Ollivier
1887 F.D. White
1888 M.P. Bowden
1888 Rt Hon. Lord Hawke
1888 A.E. Newton
1888 T.C. O’Brien
1888 A.E. Stoddart
1895 F.G.J. Ford
1895 L.H. Gay
1895 H. Philipson
1895 A.C. MacLaren
1898 N.F. Druce
1898 J.R. Mason
1898 Prince Ranjitsinhji
1898 J. Travis
1901 Major T.F. Morkham
1901 R. Murchison
1901 C.H. Ross
1902 A.O. Jones
1902 H.G. Garnett
1902 G.L. Jessop
1902 C. McGahey
1902 C. Robson
1904 H. Trumble
1909 J. McC. Blackham
1910 Major B.J. Wardill
1920 HRH The Prince of Wales (King Edward VIII)
1921 Rt Hon Lord Forster GCMG
1922 W. Armstrong
1923 Sir Leo Cussen
1923 H.C.A. Harrison
1925 C. Forrester
1927 HRH The Duke of York (King George VI)
1931 V.S. Ransford
1934 Dr Ramsay Mailer OBE
1934 HRH The Duke of Gloucester
1937 Rt Hon Lord Somers KCMG DSO MC
1939 Dr W.C. McClelland CBE
1939 Sir Edward Mitchell KCMG KC
1939 C.W. Simmonds
1945 J.C. Blair
1945 H. Donahoo
1948 F.T. Krcrouse
1952 D.J. McClelland Sr
1954 HRH The Duke of Edinburgh
1959 H.I. Ebeling
1959 A.E. Chadwick MSM
1971 HRH The Prince of Wales
1971 D.T. Sutherland
1975 L.R. Armstrong
1976 E.K. Tolhurst
1981 K.E. Rigg MBE
1983 I.W. Johnson CBE
1987 Sir Bernard Callinan AC CBE DSO MC
1987 P.J. Beames
1991 C.L. Fairbairn OAM
1993 Donald Cordner
1998 J.R. Mitchell
2000 Dr Ian McDonald
2001 Dr John Lill OAM
2004 R.B. Church
2005 John Cain Jr.
2008 David C. Jones
2012 David E. Meiklejohn