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 four different presidents (prior to incorporation) and nineteen chairmen. The club has been privately owned by stakeholders, in the form of a limited liability company but it is currently a publicly owned company trading on the AIM stock exchange. The board of directors are appointed to oversee the corporate operations of the company that owns the club with the chairman one of its most senior and high-profile figures. In Rangers history the chairman has generally been the main executive on the board, although this has begun to change with the appointment of CEOs.

Since December 2012, the company that owns Rangers, Rangers Football Club Limited, has itself been a subsidiary of Rangers International Football Club Plc. This has created a situation where the club has effectively two chairmen with Sandy Easdale the chair of the limited company (also known as the football board) and David Somers the chair of the Plc board.

List of presidents

Below is the presidential history of Rangers F.C., from 1890 until incorporation nine years later.

Name From To
Scotland James Watson 1890 1891
Scotland Dugald Mackenzie 1891 1896
Scotland John Robertson Gow 1896 1898
Scotland James Henderson 1898 27 May 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 27 May, 1899 1912 13 years
Scotland John Ure Primrose 1912 1923 11 years
Scotland William Craig June, 1923 November, 1923 >123 days
Scotland Joseph Buchanan 1923 1932 9 years
Scotland Duncan Graham 1932 January 1934 2 years
Scotland James Bowie January 1934 12 June 1947 13 years
Scotland William Simpson 27 June, 1947 1949 2 years
Scotland John Wilson 1949 February, 1963 14 years
Scotland John Lawrence February, 1963 19 June, 1973 10 years
Scotland Matt Taylor 19 June, 1973 September, 1975 2 years
Scotland Rae Simpson September, 1975 10 January, 1984[1]
Scotland John Paton 10 January, 1984 11 November, 1986 2 years, 305 days
Scotland David Holmes 11 November, 1986 2 June, 1989 2 years, 203 days
Scotland David Murray 2 June, 1989 5 July, 2002[2] 13 years, 33 days
Scotland John McClelland 5 July, 2002[2] 1 September, 2004[3] 2 years, 58 days
Scotland David Murray 1 September, 2004[3][4] 24 August, 2009[5] 4 years, 357 days
Scotland Alastair Johnston 24 August, 2009[5] 24 May, 2011[6] 1 year, 273 days
Scotland Craig Whyte 24 May, 2011 14 February, 2012[7] 266 days
c/o Duff & Phelps 14 February, 2012 14 June, 2012 121 days

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

Name From To Tenure
Scotland Malcolm Murray 14 June, 2012[8] 18 December, 2012 187 days
n/a 18 December, 2012 13 December, 2013 360 days
Scotland Sandy Easdale 13 December, 2013[9] 11 March, 2015[10] 1 year, 88 days
Scotland Paul Murray 11 March, 2015[10] 317 days

t/a Rangers International F.C. Plc

Name From To Tenure
Scotland Malcolm Murray 7 December, 2012 30 May, 2013[11] 174 days
Scotland Walter Smith 30 May, 2013[11] 5 August, 2013[12] 67 days
n/a 5 August, 2013 7 November, 2013 183 days
England David Somers 7 November, 2013[13][14] 2 March, 2015[15] 1 year, 88 days
Scotland Paul Murray 6 March, 2015[16] 22 May, 2015 77 days
Scotland Dave King 22 May, 2015[17] 245 days

List of honorary positions

Name Position From To Tenure
Scotland John Lawrence Honorary President 19 June 1973 1977
Scotland David Murray Honorary Chairman 4 July 2002[2] 1 September 2004[3] 2 years, 59 days
Scotland John Greig Honorary President 23 May, 2015[18] 244 days

References

  1. ↑ "The Rise and Fall of the Ibrox three". Allan Campbell (The Herald). 12 February 1986. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "Rangers chairman Murray quits". BBC (BBC Sport). 5 July 2002. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 "Murray returns as chairman". BBC (BBC Sport). 27 August 2004. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
  4. ↑ "Rangers to raise £57m". BBC (BBC Sport). 1 September 2004. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
  5. 1 2 "Murray relinquishes Rangers role". BBC (BBC Sport). 26 August 2009.
  6. ↑ "Rangers remove chairman Alastair Johnston". Alasdair Lamont (BBC Sport). 24 May 2011.
  7. ↑ "Rangers Football Club enters administration". BBC (BBC News). 14 February 2012.
  8. ↑ "Charles Green completes Rangers purchase despite Walter Smith bid". BBC News. 12 June 2012.
  9. ↑ "Charles Green has no influence, says Sandy Easdale". Alasdair Lamont. BBC Sport. 13 December 2013.
  10. 1 2 "Stuart McCall to be appointed manager until summer". BBC. BBC Sport. 11 March 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  11. 1 2 "Club chairman Walter Smith urges board 'unity'". Chris McLaughlin (BBC Sport). 30 May 2013.
  12. ↑ "Walter Smith quits as chairman at Ibrox". Chris McLaughlin (BBC Sport). 5 August 2013.
  13. ↑ "David Somers appointed chairman as AGM date is set". BBC Sport. 7 November 2013.
  14. ↑ "Rangers make David Somers' chairman post permanent". BBC Sport. 22 November 2013.
  15. ↑ "Rangers chairman David Somers steps down before EGM". Chris McLaughlin (BBC Sport). 2 March 2015.
  16. ↑ "Dave King's consortium wins control of Rangers board room". Chris McLaughlin (BBC Sport). 6 March 2015.
  17. ↑ "King Appointed Chairman". Rangers Football Club (Rangers.co.uk). 22 May 2015.
  18. ↑ "Greig Named Honorary President". Rangers Football Club (Rangers.co.uk). 23 May 2015.
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