| Year | District Governor | Club | |
| 1971/72 | Gaylord Giles | Territorial Council | |
| 1972/73 | Ben Marriott | Southend-on-Sea | District 71 |
| 1973/74 | Geoffrey Barker | Bedford | |
| 1974/75 | Mike Murdock | Shillelagh | |
| 1975/76 | Niall O'Riordan | Cork | |
| 1976/77 | Niall Brunicardi | Fermoy | |
| 1977/78 | Patrick Dullaghan | Engineers | |
| 1978/79 | Patrick Dullaghan | Engineers | |
| 1979/80 | Andrew Ducker | Epsom | |
| 1980/81 | Mike Murdock | Shillelagh | |
| 1981/82 | Gerald Keen | Grosvenor Square | |
| 1982/83 | George Gallagher-Daggitt | Oxford | |
| 1983/84 | Mary O'Connor | Waterford | |
| 1984/85 | David Lindsey | Thame | Select Dist District Nr 12 |
| 1985/86 | Mary Dwan | Dun Laoghaire | |
| 1986/87 | Norman Rhodes | Maidenhead | |
| 1987/88 | Harry Knox | DLS Communicators | Distinguished District |
| 1988/89 | John Earnshaw | Oxford | |
| 1989/90 | Joe Prendergast | Clonmel | Distinguished District |
| 1990/91 | Ian Jones | Thame | |
| 1991/92 | Meryll Coe | Aylesbury | |
| 1992/93 | Brian O'Connor | Crusaders | President's Dist District Nr 6 |
| 1993/94 | Norman Fox | Maidenhead | Distinguished District Nr 25 |
| 1994/95 | Ted Corcoran | Fingal | President's Dist District Nr 2 |
| 1995/96 | Ken Norman | Oxford | Distinguished District Nr 13 |
| 1996/97 | Hilda McHugh | Limerick | President's Dist District Nr 6 |
| 1997/98 | Mike Silverman | London Corinthians | Select Dist District Nr 7 |
| 1998/99 | Cecil Kirk | AIB | |
| 1999/00 | David MacLeod | Maidenhead | |
| 2000/01 | Mary O'Connell | Midleton | |
| 2001/02 | Margaret Worthy | Guildford | Distinguished District Nr 13 |
| 2002/03 | Angus Galbraith | Thame | Select Dist District Nr 10 |
| 2003/04 | Jeremiah Ronayne | Speakeasy | Select Dist District Nr 7 |
| 2004/05 | David Thompson | London Athenians | Select Dist District Nr 8 |
| 2005/06 | Lynda Molloy | Bray | President's Dist District Nr 4 |
| 2006/07 | Nick Benning | Tunbridge Wells | Select Distinguished District Nr 10 |
| 2007/08 | Mary Murtagh | Limerick | Select Distinguished District Nr 7 |
| 2008/09 | Gary Sander | Brandon Speakers | Select Distinguished District Nr 9 |
