1930
Edgar Erat Harrison is elected Master of Stationers' Company
1931
The Company of Newspaper Makers is incorporated in the Stationers' Company.
1931
John Henry Williams is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1932
The Honourable Company of Master Mariners is created, the first one for 223 years.
1932
Sir Percy Greenaway, the Master of Stationers' Company, is elected Lord Mayor of London.
1932
P. N. McFarlane is appointed Chairman of the Livery Committee.
1933
Sir Percy Greenaway is re-elected as Master of Stationers' Company
1933
On December 5th it is announced that Edward, Prince of Wales has accepted the honorary freedom and Livery of the Company and agreed to serve as Master. The installation takes place on December 20th.
1934
R. Metchim is appointed Chairman of the Livery Committee.
1936
In January, a week before he ascends the throne as King Edward VIII, the Prince of Wales resigns the Mastership.
1936
Sidney Hodgson is elected Master of Stationers' Company upon the resignation of the Prince of Wales. He is also appointed as Chairman of the Livery Committee.
1936
Robert Adlard is elected Master of Stationers' Company in June 1936.
1936
Edward VIII begins his reign after the death of his father George V, but abdicates in December in order to marry Wallis Simpson.
1937
George VI becomes King, his coronation taking place on 12 May 1937.
1937
Sir William Baddeley is elected Master of Stationers' Company in July 1937.
1937
A Royal Charter is granted to the Stationers' Company and the Newspaper Makers' Company, under the name of the Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers.
1937
The Daily Telegraph absorbs the Morning Post after poor sales for the Morning Post.
1938
Lord Iliffe is elected Master of Stationers' Company in January 1938.
1938
Henry Dexter Truscott is elected Master of Stationers' Company in July 1938.
1938
D. F. Kellie is appointed Chairman of the Livery Committee.
1939
Charles Felix Clay is elected Master of Stationers' Company in January 1939.
1939
Edward Chevenix Austin-Leigh is elected Master of Stationers' Company in July 1939.
1940
Edward Unwin is elected Master of Stationers' Company in January 1940.
1940
Sir Edgar Lutwyche Waterlow is elected Master of Stationers' Company in July 1940.
1940
Axis enemy action during the Second World War causes the Court Room to be partially destroyed.
1940
Sir George Wilkinson, a member of Stationers' Company, is elected as Lord Mayor of London.
1940
S. E. Sandle is appointed Chairman to the Livery Committee.
1941
Major Stanley Low is elected Master of Stationers' Company in January 1941.
1942
Lieutenant Colonel John Jacob Astor is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1943
Herbert Arthur Fox is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1944
Charles Jon Watts is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1944
W. N. Bacon is appointed Chairman of the Livery Committee.
1945
Robert Kingston Burt is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1946
Herbert William Jordan is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1947
Victor Bobardt Harrison is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1947
J. A. Bailey is appointed Chairman of the Livery Committee.
1948
Bernard Guy Harrison is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1949
Sidney Hodgson is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1949
H. F. Thompson is appointed Chairman of the Livery Committee.
1950
Reginald Thurston Rivington is elected Master of Stationers' Company after previously serving as Clerk.
1950
On 4 January Stationers' Hall and the church of St Martin-within-Ludgate are deemed Grade I listed buildings.
1951
Arthur George Fowler is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1951
Philip S. Unwin is appointed Chairman of the Livery Committee.
1952
Charles Clifton Tollit is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1953
William Will is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1953
Elizabeth II is crowned Queen on 2 June.
1953
F. A. Garrett is appointed Chairman of the Livery Committee.
1954
Richard Arthur Austen-Leigh is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1954
C de Ryk is elected Chairman of the Livery Committee.
1955
William Penman is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1956
Cuthbert Grasemann is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1957
Victor R. Penman is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1957
The Court Room, which was damaged in 1940 by enemy fire during the war, is restored.
1957
Stationers' holds the four hundredth anniversary dinner celebrating receiving the Royal Charter on 4 May in the refurbished Hall. It is the first major function in the Hall since its destruction in World War Two.
1957
Gordon St Patrick Wells is appointed Clerk to Stationers' Company.
1957
Sir Denis Henry Truscott, a member of Stationers' Company, is elected Lord Mayor of London.
1957
A. W. Last is appointed Chairman of the Livery Committee.
1958
George P. Simon is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1959
Sir Denis Henry Truscott is elected Master of Stationers' Company after serving as Lord Mayor the previous year.
1960
James E. Ousey is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1960
George L. Riddell is appointed Chairman of the Livery Committee.
1961
William H. Young is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1961
The Company establishes a Charity Fund "for making grants to the trade benevolent societies and other institutions, for general educational purposes and to supplement grants to pensioners".
1962
John Betts is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1962
H. W. Underhill is appointed Chairman of the Livery Committee.
1963
J.M. Rivington is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1963
The National Theatre stages its first play, Shakespeare's Hamlet, with Peter O'Toole in the lead role.
1964
J.A. Bailey is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1964
A. G. L. Atkinson is appointed Chairman of the Livery Committee.
1965
Lieutenant Colonel H. A. Johnson is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1966
D. F. Kellie is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1966
N. C. B Harrison is appointed Chairman of the Livery Committee.
1967
Henry Frank Thompson is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1968
Charles A. Rivington is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1968
C. T. Rivington is appointed Chairman of the Livery Committee.
1969
John Hubbard is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1970
Major Eric Burt is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1970
William C. Young is appointed Chairman of the Livery Committee.
1971
Philip Unwin is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1972
George L. Riddell is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1972
J. C. Moran is appointed Chairman of the Livery Committee.
1973
Alan P. Greenaway is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1974
Sir Derek Greenaway is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1974
Colonel Ralph Alexander Rubens is appointed Clerk to Stationers' Company.
1974
K. Day is appointed Chairman of the Livery Committee.
1975
Leonard E. Kenyon is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1976
Jack Matson is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1976
R.W. Read and P. T. Rippon are appointed Chairmen of the Livery Committee.
1977
E. Glanvill been is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1978
Brian T. Coulton is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1978
J. E. Langford is appointed Chairman of the Livery Committee.
1979
Wilfrid B. Hodgson is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1980
Kenneth B. Robinson is elected Master of Stationers' Company.
1980
R. F. Fullick is appointed Chairman of the Livery Committee.