List of Rangers F.C. chairmen

Rangers F.C. is a football club based in Glasgow, Scotland, that competes in the Scottish Professional Football League. Since its founding in 1872, the club has had more than ten different presidents (prior to incorporation) and nineteen chairmen.

History

The club has been privately owned by stakeholders, in the form of a limited liability company before becoming a publicly owned company trading on the PLUS and AIM stock exchanges respectively. The board of directors are appointed to oversee the corporate operations of the company that owns the club with the chairman being considered as the most senior and high-profile corporate figures. In Rangers history the chairman has generally been the prominent executive on the board, although this has begun to change with the appointment of CEOs which led to some chairmen being appointed in a non-executive capacity.

From December 2012 to March 2015, the directors of the company that owns Rangers F.C., The Rangers Football Club Limited (TRFCL), were appointed to what was then known as the "football board". This football board was separate and distinct from the Plc board of Rangers International Football Club Plc (RIFC), which is the holding company of TRFCL. During this period, references were made to both the football board and Plc board and the situation effectively saw the club with two chairmen, however, since the departure of Sandy Easdale in 2015, the "football board" terminology has ceased leaving the Plc chair as the definitive Chairman.

Between June and December 2012, before flotation on the AIM stock exchange and the subsequent formation of RIFC, the chairman of TRFCL was de jure the chairman of Rangers Football Club.

List of presidents

Below is the presidential history of Rangers F.C., from 1874 until incorporation sixteen years later.

Name From To
Scotland William McBeath 1874 [1] 1875
Scotland Unknown 1875 1876
Scotland James McBlane Watt 1876 1877
Scotland Unknown 1877 1881
Scotland Archibald Harkness 1881 November 1882
Scotland George Goudie November 1882 May 1883
Scotland Tom Vallance May 1883 1889 [2]
Scotland Unknown 1899 1890
Scotland James Watson 1890 1891
Scotland Dugald Mackenzie 1891 1896
Scotland John Robertson Gow 1896 1898
Scotland James Henderson 1898 1 June 1899

List of chairmen

Below is the official chairmen history of Rangers F.C., from the incorporation of the club in 1899, until the present day.

t/a Rangers F.C. Ltd (1899) and Rangers F.C. Plc (2000)

Name From To Tenure
Scotland James Henderson 1 June 1899 10 May 1912 12 years, 344 days
Scotland Sir John Ure Primrose 1912 July 1923 11 years
Scotland William Craig July 1923 20 November 1923[1] 142 days
Scotland Joseph Buchanan November 1923 October 1932 9 years
Scotland Duncan Graham 1932 January 1934[1] 2 years
Scotland James Bowie January 1934[1] 12 June 1947[1] 13 years
Scotland W. Rodgers Simpson 27 June 1947[1] April 1949[1] 1 year, 307 days
Scotland John Wilson April 1949[1] 12 February 1963 [3] 13 years, 288 days
Scotland John Lawrence 12 February 1963 19 June 1973[1] 10 years, 127 days
Scotland Matt Taylor 19 June 1973[1] September, 1975 2 years
Scotland Rae Simpson September, 1975 10 January 1984[2] 8 years, 131 days
Scotland John Paton 10 January 1984 11 November 1986 2 years, 305 days
Scotland David Holmes 11 November 1986[1] 2 June 1989[1] 2 years, 203 days
Scotland David Murray 2 June 1989[1] 5 July 2002[3] 13 years, 33 days
Scotland John McClelland 5 July 2002[3] 1 September 2004[4] 2 years, 58 days
Scotland David Murray 1 September 2004[4][5] 24 August 2009[6] 4 years, 357 days
Scotland Alastair Johnston 24 August 2009[6] 24 May 2011[7] 1 year, 273 days
Scotland Craig Whyte 24 May 2011[8] 14 February 2012[9] 266 days
c/o Duff & Phelps 14 February 2012[9] 14 June 2012[10] 121 days

t/a Rangers F.C. Ltd (2012)

Name From To Tenure
Scotland Malcolm Murray 14 June 2012[10] 18 December 2012 187 days
n/a 18 December 2012 13 December 2013 360 days
Scotland Sandy Easdale 13 December 2013[11] 11 March 2015[12] 1 year, 88 days

t/a Rangers International F.C. Plc (2012)

Name From To Tenure
Scotland Malcolm Murray 7 December 2012 30 May 2013[13] 174 days
Scotland Walter Smith 30 May 2013[13] 5 August 2013[14] 67 days
n/a 5 August 2013 7 November 2013 183 days
England David Somers 7 November 2013[15][16] 2 March 2015[17] 1 year, 88 days
Scotland Paul Murray 6 March 2015[18] 22 May 2015[19] 77 days
Scotland Dave King 22 May 2015[19][20] 27 March 2020[21] 4 years, 310 days
Scotland Douglas Park 27 March 2020[21] 4 April 2023[22] 3 years, 8 days
Scotland John Bennett 4 April 2023[22] 14 September 2024[23] 1 year, 163 days
Scotland John Gilligan 14 September 2024[23] 16 December 2024[24] 93 days
Scotland Fraser Thornton 16 December 2024[24] 17 days

List of honorary positions

Name Position From To Tenure
Scotland John Ure Primrose Honorary President 1888 1912 24 years
Scotland John Lawrence Honorary President 19 June 1973 26 January 1977 3 years, 221 days
Scotland David Murray Honorary Chairman 4 July 2002[3] 1 September 2004[4] 2 years, 59 days
Scotland John Greig Honorary President 23 May 2015[25] 9 years, 224 days

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Bob Ferrier; Robert McElroy (2005). Rangers: The Complete Record. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-481-7.
  2. ^ "The Rise and Fall of the Ibrox three". Allan Campbell. The Herald. 12 February 1986. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  3. ^ a b c "Rangers chairman Murray quits". BBC Sport. BBC. 5 July 2002. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
  4. ^ a b c "Murray returns as chairman". BBC Sport. BBC. 27 August 2004. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
  5. ^ "Rangers to raise £57m". BBC Sport. BBC. 1 September 2004. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
  6. ^ a b "Murray relinquishes Rangers role". BBC Sport. BBC. 26 August 2009.
  7. ^ Lamont, Alasdair (24 May 2011). "Rangers remove chairman Alastair Johnston". BBC Sport. BBC.
  8. ^ Murray, Ewan (24 May 2011). "Rangers suspend directors Martin Bain and Donald McIntyre". The Guardian. London.
  9. ^ a b "Rangers Football Club enters administration". BBC News. BBC. 14 February 2012.
  10. ^ a b "Charles Green completes Rangers purchase despite Walter Smith bid". BBC News. BBC. 12 June 2012.
  11. ^ Lamont, Alasdair (13 December 2013). "Charles Green has no influence, says Sandy Easdale". BBC Sport. BBC.
  12. ^ "King group suspends trio from football board". BBC Sport. BBC. 10 March 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  13. ^ a b McLaughlin, Chris (30 May 2013). "Club chairman Walter Smith urges board 'unity'". BBC Sport. BBC.
  14. ^ McLaughlin, Chris (5 August 2013). "Walter Smith quits as chairman at Ibrox". BBC Sport. BBC.
  15. ^ "David Somers appointed chairman as AGM date is set". BBC Sport. BBC. 7 November 2013.
  16. ^ "Rangers make David Somers' chairman post permanent". BBC Sport. BBC. 22 November 2013.
  17. ^ McLaughlin, Chris (2 March 2015). "Rangers chairman David Somers steps down before EGM". BBC Sport. BBC.
  18. ^ McLaughlin, Chris (6 March 2015). "Dave King's consortium wins control of Rangers board room". BBC Sport. BBC.
  19. ^ a b "King Appointed Chairman". Rangers.co.uk. Rangers Football Club. 22 May 2015. Archived from the original on 26 May 2015.
  20. ^ "Dave King: New chairman expects to invest "more than £20m"". BBC Sport. BBC. 21 May 2015.
  21. ^ a b "Rangers: Dave King steps down after five years as chairman". BBC Sport. BBC. 27 March 2020.
  22. ^ a b "Rangers: Douglas Park stands down as club chairman". BBC Sport. BBC. 4 April 2023.
  23. ^ a b "Bennett steps down as Rangers chairman". BBC Sport. BBC. 14 September 2024.
  24. ^ a b "Thornton to begin Rangers chairman role on Monday". BBC Sport. BBC. 14 December 2024.
  25. ^ "Greig Named Honorary President". Rangers.co.uk. Rangers Football Club. 23 May 2015. Archived from the original on 26 May 2015.

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