Ross 1979 David Berglas 1980 Henry Cooper 1981 Declan Cluskey 1982 Charlie Smithers 1983 Len Lowe 1984 Davy Kaye 1985 Les Dawson 1986 Alan Freeman 1987 Danny La Rue 1988 Bernard Bresslaw 1989 Roy Hudd 1990 David Lodge 1991 Wyn Calvin 1992 Bert Weedon 1993 John Inman 1994 Roger De Courcey 1995 Paul Daniels 1996 Paul Daniels 1997 Alf Pearson 1998 Frankie Vaughan 1999 Gorden Kaye 2000 Roy Hudd 2001 Don Smoothey 2002 Keith Simmons 2003 Chas McDevitt 2004 Chas McDevitt 2005 Melvyn Hayes 2006 Kaplan Kaye 2007 Kaplan Kaye 2008 Kaplan Kaye 2009 Graham Cole 2010 Derek Martin 2011 Keith Simmons 2012 Joe Pasquale 2013 Jess Conrad 2014 Rick Wakeman 2015 Rick Wakeman 2016 Ian Richards 2017 Ian Richards 2018 Adger Brown 2019 Nicholas Parsons 2020 Duggie Brown 2021 Duggie Brown 2022 Duggie Brown 2023 Chris Emmett Grand Order of Lady Ratlings The Grand Order of Lady Ratlings (GOLR), a sister organisation for female performers and for wives, sisters and daughters of male performers, was established in 1929, when Fred Russell was King Rat of the GOWR. His wife, Lillian Russell, was installed as the first Queen Ratling. From 1965, membership was restricted to "recognised performers, those directly connected with the theatrical profession, wives of Water Rats and Companion Rats." In 1931, Minnie O'Farrell, the wife of Talbot O'Farrell, initiated the 'Cup of Kindness', which subsequently became a recognised charity. Publication The Trap was the official publication of the Grand Order of Water Rats. References External links Grand Order of Water Rats website Rick Wakeman elected King Rat by Grand Order of Water Rats at Freemasonry Today Charities based in London Fraternal orders 1889 establishments in the United Kingdom Organizations established in 1889 Secret societies in the United Kingdom