All-rounder Richard Ellison made over 300 appearances for his home county across two decades and earned 25 caps for England.

He scored over 6,000 runs and took more than 570 wickets in his county career, before retiring in 1994 and using his teaching qualifications to become Head of Cricket at Millfield School, where he nurtured the careers of future Kent star Daniel Bell-Drummond and other first-class players such as Somerset’s Archie Vaughan & Craig Kieswetter.

Willesborough-born Ellison succeeded Vice-Admiral Sir Tim Laurence as President of the Club for 2026.