History
Lieutenant-Commander Harold Ernest Perrin CBE (c. 1878–9 April 1948) was a British aviation pioneer. He was the secretary of the Royal Aero Club from 1903 to 1945, and in this capacity signed more than 20,000 private pilots' licences. He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1936.
He was known as ‘Harold the Hearty’, an early balloonist, brilliant organizer and superb raconteur who fostered and encouraged the members’ natural bent towards enthusiastic, determined and argumentative individuality in the battle against authority to establish the right to freedom in developing Britain’s remarkable lead in aviation
This trophy was presented in 1948 by Mrs D Perrin in memory of her husband, who was a founding member of the Society and its first Honorary Secretary from 1922 until 1947. Most interestingly, this silver trophy was originally know as the Motor Goblet and was presented to HE Perrin by the Automobile Golfing Society, before being re-purposed as the trophy it is today in 1948.
1948 | C.P.M. Hunting | 1949 | C.P.M. Hunting | 1950 | P.Q. Reiss |
1951 | K.D. Morgan | 1952 | J.A.T. Ryde | 1953 | Sir Walter Puckey |
1954 | Lord Brabazon of Tara | 1955 | C.S. Morice / R.L. Lickley | 1956 | L.G. Frise |
1957 | P.L.W. Morton | 1958 | D.P. Hepburn | 1959 | Freddie A. Laker |
1960 | K.D. Morgan | 1961 | John B. Waite | 1962 | Donald H.G. Steel |
1963 | R.L. Lickley | 1964 | Douglas R.S. Bader | 1965 | Donald H.G. Steel |
1966 | Donald H.G. Steel | 1967 | J. Cochrane | 1968 | Donald H.G. Steel |
1969 | R.T. Barnfield | 1970 | Donald H.G. Steel | 1971 | R.T. Barnfield |
1972 | A.R. Swanton | 1973 | A.R. Swanton | 1974 | M.T. Harding-Rolls |
1975 | P.O.V. Green | 1976 | M.O. Gribbin | 1977 | A.R. Swanton |
1978 | J.A. Corbishley | 1979 | W.J.L. Harries | 1980 | A.R. Swanton |
1981 | P.J. Barber | 1982 | M.T. Harding-Rolls | 1983 | W.J.L. Harries |
1984 | A.R. Swanton | 1985 | M. Vivian | 1986 | A.R. Swanton |
1987 | J.A. Corbishley | 1988 | Tony Casdagli | 1989 | J.A. Corbishley |
1990 | John A. Dearlove | 1991 | Jim McKenzie | 1992 | Tony Casdagli |
1993 | J.A. Corbishley | 1994 | John S. Hart | 1994 | John A. Dearlove |
1996 | John A. Dearlove | 1997 | Brian O. Walpole | 1998 | Sir Patrick Hine |
1999 | Bob J. Pearson | 2000 | Brian O. Walpole | 2001 | Bob J. Pearson |
2002 | Sir Michael Alcock | 2003 | Sir Michael Alcock | 2004 | Sir Michael Alcock |
2005 | Sir Patrick Hine | 2006 | Brian O. Walpole | 2007 | David A. Hobart |
2008 | John B.V. Collins | 2009 | Jeff Turner | 2010 | Jeff Turner |
2011 | Bob J. Pearson | 2012 | David A. Hobart | 2013 | Mike H. Shields |
2014 | Eddie Axten | 2015 | David H.W. Backhouse | 2016 | Anthony King |
2017 | David A. Hobart | 2018 | David A. Hobart | 2019 | David A. Hobart |
2020 | Not awarded | 2021 | David Maxwell | 2022 | David A. Hobart |
2023 | David Maxwell | 2024 | Tom Lyons |