The Master Cutler is the head of the Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire established in 1624. Their role is to act as an ambassador of industry in Sheffield, England. The Master Cutler is elected by the freemen of the company on the first Monday of September of each year and the position taken in the first Tuesday of October. Despite the title, the Master Cutler does not have to be involved in the cutlery business, or even the steel industry, to be elected. The first Master Cutler was Robert Sorsby (1577–1643). His son, Malin Sorsby, was Master Cutler in 1647, and in turn his son Robert Sorsby took the office in 1669. Another Robert Sorsby, a cousin of the first, held the post in 1628. The Installation of the new Master Cutler and Company follows the annual election of the new Company. In the early years of the Company, the Election, Installation, Church Service and celebratory meal (which eventually became the Cutlers’ Feast) all happened on the same day. Now, only the Installation and Church Service, followed by lunch, take place on the same day. The Master Cutler for 2022–2023 is Dame Julie Kenny. List of Masters Cutler Notable and recent Masters Cutler have included: 1624 Robert Sorsby 1662 James Staniforth 1790 Joseph Ward 1798 Samuel Broomhead Ward 1808 Ebenezer Rhodes 1816 Thomas Asline Ward 1855 Frederick Mappin 1863 Thomas Jessop 1865–66 Sir John Brown 1867-9 Mark Firth 1870 William Bragge 1872 Thomas Vickers 1880 William Chesterman 1899 Robert Hadfield 1902 Albert J. Hobson 1908 Douglas Vickers 1911 Arthur Balfour 1913 Thomas William Ward 1914–18 William Henry Ellis 1919 Henry Kenyon Stephenson 1932 Arthur Lee 1935 Samuel Roberts 1958 Hugh Neill 1974 Ken Lewis 1998 Douglas and Pamela Liversidge (Master and Mistress Cutler) 1999 H. Stuart Johnson 2000 Vernon Smith 2001 Richard Prest 2002 John Bramah 2003 Neil Turner 2004 John Tissiman 2005 Timothy Reed 2006 Alan Reid 2007 Gordon W. Bridge 2008 Martin G. Howell 2009 James Newman 2010 William Speirs 2011 Pamela Liversidge 2012 Neil MacDonald 2013 Tony Pedder 2014 David Grey 2015 Craig McKay 2016 Richard Edwards 2017/18 Ken Cooke 2018/19 Nicholas Cragg 2019–2021 Nicholas D. O. Williams (Serving twice due to the COVID-19 pandemic) 2021–2022 James Andrew Tear 2022–2023 Dame Julie Kenny The eponymous train In 1947 at a meeting of the Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire Ronald Matthews, a former holder of the office and