William Menelaus Memorial Lecturers
| 1927 | Sir William H BraggKBE FRS DSc |
| 1928 | H.C.H. Carpenter FRS MA PhD Hon DSc(Wales) |
| 1929 | W.H. Hatfield DSc FRS |
| 1930 | H.G.A. Hickling DSc FRS |
| 1931 | F.S. Sinnatt CB DSc |
| 1932 | J.W. Cobb CBE BSc FIC |
| 1933 | C.A. Edwards DSc FRS |
| 1934 | C.H. Desch DSc FRS |
| 1935 | W.T. David MA ScD DSc MInstCE |
| 1936 | B.P. Haigh MBE DSc MInstCE |
| 1937 | C.H. LanderCBE DSc MInstCE |
| 1938 | W.M. Thornton OBE DSc DEng |
| 1940 | Sir Arthur P.M. Bleming CBE DEng MSc(Tech) MIMechE MIEE |
| 1945 | Sir Lewis L. FermorOBE DSc FRS |
| 1946 | C.G. Morley MIEE |
| 1947 | Douglas Hay MC BSc MInstCE |
| 1948 | P.B. Moon MA PhD FRS |
| 1949 | W F Cartwright DL MIMinE |
| 1952 | W. Idris Jones CBE BSc PhD MIMinE MIChemE FRIC |
| 1954 | Sir William Halcrow MInstCE |
| 1957 | Sir Charles F. GoodeveOBE DSc FRS |
| 1960 | T.E. Allibone PhD DSc FRS MIEE |
| 1963 | Sir Willis Jackson DSc MIEE FRS |
| 1965 | Sir Humphrey Browne CBE MA MIMinE |
| 1967 | Sir William Penney KBE FRS MA PhD DSc |
| 1970 | Sir Paul Chambers KBE DB CIE |
| 1971 | Lord Pilkington |
| 1973 | Dr. K. Mallanby CBE DSc FIBiol |
| 1976 | Sir Kingsley Dunham FRS |
| 1977 | Sir Derek Ezra |
| 1979 | Dr. Walter Marshall CBE FRS |
| 1981 | Sir Joseph Pope DSc (Hon) LLtd FBIM CEng FIMechE |
| 1983 | Sir Peter Gadsden CBE MA DSc FEng |
| 1985 | Lord Caldecott |
| 1987 | Prof. J. Notting |
| 1989 | Colin Kirkland |
| 1991 | G. Adler OBE |
| 1993 | Dr. Hugh Scott-Russell CEng FSAIMM |
| 1995 | Sir Keith Stuart MA FRSA CBIM FCIT |
| 1997 | Sir Robert May FRS |
| 1999 | Dr. Elizabeth Haywood CIMgt FRSA |
| 2001 | Dr. David Grant CBE FREng |
| 2003 | Sir Peter Williams CBE FREng FRS |
| 2004 | Sir Alec (now Lord) Broers FREng FRS |
| 2005 | Sir David Davies FREng FRS |
| 2006 | Sir Gareth Roberts FREng FRS |
| 2007 | Sir John Chisholm FREng FRS |
| 2008 | Sir Richard Friend FREng FRS |
| 2009 | Lord Browne of Madingley FREng FRS |
| 2010 | Prof Dame Ann Dowling FREng FRS |
| 2011 | Prof. Dame Julia HigginsDBE FRS FREng |
| 2012 | Prof. The Lord Rees of LudlowOM FRS FREng |
| 2013 | Sir John Cadogan CBEDSc FRSE FRSC PLSW FRS |
| 2014 | Sir John Armitt CBE FREng FICE |
| 2015 | Prof Hywel Thomas FREng MAE FLSW FRS |
| 2016 | Sir Emyr Jones Parry GCMG FInstP PLSW |
| 2017 | Prof Dame Jocelyn Bell BurnellCBE FRS FRAS PRSE PPIoP PPRAS |
| 2018 | Sir John O’Reilly DSc FREng FLSW FIET |
| 2019 | Lord Robert Mair |
| 2020 | Baroness Julia King DBE FREng FRS |