Our Story
Incorporated in 1709 during the reign of Queen Anne but very active as the Guild of Fan Makers from at least the reign of Charles II, today’s Fan Makers’ Company is the youngest of the ‘old’ City Livery Companies being the last to receive a Royal Charter for nearly 300 years and becoming the 76th Livery Company in order of precedence. Those that have followed have usually been incorporated by the City alone.
The Company, like other Livery Companies, is one of those sturdy oaks rooted in the past but maintaining its strength through new ideas and adaptation, in our case to the exciting of the aerospace age and renewing it’s freshness year by year.
Becket Pageant at the Guildhall
The Becket Pageant for London Flier (2)
read moreHarry Day recipient of the Fan Makers CIBSE Bursary
Currently studying for his Degree Apprenticeship in Building Services with LSBU, Harry Day, Graduate Mechanical Engineer receives his Worshipful Company of Fan Makers CIBSE Bursary for 2022. As a leading committee member of the CIBSE Young Energy Performance Group,...
read moreAn Article by Past Master Dr Michael Smith FRAeS
Article from Past Master Dr Michael Smith
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The Fan Makers’ Company is honoured to have HRH The Duchess of Gloucester as our first Lady Liveryman. The Duchess is part of a long line of Royal Ladies associated with the Company. Granted its Royal Charter by Queen Anne in 1709, the Company received great encouragement from Queen Victoria as it struggled to fend off competition from foreign fan imports and further support from her fourth daughter, Princess Louise, herself an accomplished artist. HRH The Princess Royal was admitted as an Honorary Freeman in 1926 and HRH The Princess Alice, then Duchess of Gloucester, in 1948 followed by her daughter-in-law (today’s Duchess of Gloucester) in 1975.
Past Master John Allen Donates Speaker’s Lectern to the Worshipful Company of Fan Makers
In 2021 Past Master John Allen reached the Fiftieth Anniversary of his joining the Livery. To mark the occasion and to commemorate the contribution to the Company of his father James Allen who was Master in 1976 John commissioned the making of a splendid speaker’s...
read moreBeadle of the Worshipful Company of Fan Makers
Rod Brafield will be taking over as Beadle of the Worshipful Company of Fan Makers. He had a full career in the Metropolitan Police retiring as an Inspector in the Special Escort Group (Royalty Protection Command). He is a Licensed London Taxi Driver (Black Cab) and a...
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2021 Bruce Oldfield Designed Fan >>
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