List of chancellors of the University of Cambridge
The following is a list of chancellors of the University of Cambridge from c.1215 to the present day.[1] Chancellors were elected annually until 1514, and thereafter were elected for life.[2]
Tenure | Chancellor | Notes |
---|---|---|
c.1215–c.1232 | Richard of Wetheringsett | |
c.1246 | ||
1256 | ||
1257 | ||
1259 | ||
1260 | ||
1261 | ||
1267 | John de Asgarby | |
1270–1275 | ||
1276 | ||
1283 | ||
1286 | ||
1287 | ||
1289–1290 | ||
1290–1292 | ||
1293–1295 | ||
1295–1296 | ||
1296–1299 | ||
1299 | ||
1300–1303 | ||
1303–1307 | ||
1307 | ||
1315 | ||
1321–1326 | Roger Northburgh has been incorrectly described as Chancellor[3] since 1691.[4] | |
1326–1329 | Richard de Badew | |
1329–1331 | ||
c.1215–c.1232 | ||
c. 1330 | ||
1331–1334 | John de Langley | |
1334–1335 | See the History of the Mendenhall Surname in England website for notes relating to him. | |
1335–1337 | ||
1337–1339 | (or Ling) | |
1340 | ||
1341 | ||
1344 | ||
1346–1348 | Re-elected in 1348 on 9 June[5] | |
1348 | ||
1348 | Elected 15 December[5] | |
1349–1351 | (or Richard de Wetherset, Hetherset, Wetheringsett) | Elected 21 Jan.[5] Oxford Dictionary of National Biography says: "Wetheringsett [Wethersett], Richard of [Richard of Leicester] (fl. c.1200–c.1230), churchman and theologian, ... is not to be confused with the later chancellor Richard Leicester, who served in 1349–50." |
1351 | ||
1352 | ||
1352–1359 | ||
1359–1360 | ||
1360–1361 | ||
1361–1362 | ||
1361–1366 | ||
1366–1369 | ||
1369 | ||
1371 | ||
1373–1374 | ||
1374 | ||
1376 | ||
1378–1379 | ||
1380 | ||
1380–1381 | John Cavendish | |
1382 | ||
1382–1383 | ||
1383 | ||
1384 | (or Borough) | |
1385 | (or de Hethersett) | |
1386 | (or Borough) | |
1388 | ||
1390–1391 | ||
1391 | ||
1392 | ||
1394 | ||
1396 | ||
1400–1402 | Richard de Billingford | |
1404–1408 | ||
1409–1413 | Richard de Billingford | |
1414 | ||
1415–1422 | John de Rickingale | |
1422–1423 | Thomas of Cobham | |
1424–1426 | Robert Fitzhugh | |
1426 | ||
1427 | Marmaduke Lumley | |
1429–1430 | ||
1431–1432 | ||
1432 | Richard de Billingford | |
1433–1435 | ||
1436–1445 | ||
1445–1446 | ||
1447 | ||
1448 | ||
1450–1451 | Nicholas Close | |
1451–1456 | William Percy | |
1456–1458 | Lawrence Booth | |
1458 | (or Wolflet) | |
1459–1460 | Robert Woodlark | |
1461 | Richard Scroope | |
1462–1463 | Robert Woodlark | |
1463–1464 | John Booth | |
1464 | ||
1465–1468 | (or Herrison) | |
1466 | ||
1468–1469 | Edward Story | |
1469–1471 | Thomas Rotherham (or Scot) | |
1471–1472 | Edward Story | |
1473–1479 | Thomas Rotherham | |
1479–1483 | ||
1483–1485 | Thomas Rotherham | |
1490 | Thomas Cosyn | |
1494–1496 | John Blythe | |
1496–1499 | George Fitzhugh | |
1499–1500 | Thomas Rotherham | |
1500 | Richard Fox | |
1502 | George Fitzhugh | |
1503 | Thomas Ruthall (or Rowthall) | |
1504–1535 | John Fisher | Appointed for life in 1514[2] |
1535–1540 | Thomas Cromwell | |
1540–1547 | Stephen Gardiner | |
1547–1552 | Edward Seymour | |
1552–1553 | The Duke of Northumberland | |
1553–1555 | Stephen Gardiner | |
1556–1558 | Reginald Pole | |
1559–1598 | The Lord Burghley | |
1598–1601 | The Earl of Essex | |
1601–1612 | The Earl of Salisbury | |
1612–1614 | The Earl of Northampton | |
1614–1626 | The Earl of Suffolk | |
1626–1628 | The Duke of Buckingham | see Election for the Chancellorship of the University of Cambridge, 1626 |
1628–1649 | The Earl of Holland | A Royalist officer in the English Civil War from 1643, executed for treason in 1649 |
1649–1651 | The Earl of Manchester | |
1651–1660 | Oliver St John | |
1660–1671 | The Duke of Manchester | The Earl of Manchester, reinstated as Chancellor after the Restoration |
1671–1674 | The Duke of Buckingham | |
1674–1682 | The Duke of Monmouth | |
1682–1688 | The Duke of Albemarle | |
1689–1748 | The Duke of Somerset | |
1748–1768 | The Duke of Newcastle | see Election for the Chancellorship of the University of Cambridge, 1748 |
1768–1811 | The Duke of Grafton | |
1811–1834 | The Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh | see Election for the Chancellorship of the University of Cambridge, 1811 |
1834–1840 | The Marquess Camden | |
1840–1847 | The Duke of Northumberland | |
1847–1861 | The Prince Consort | see Election for the Chancellorship of the University of Cambridge, 1847 |
1861–1891 | The Duke of Devonshire | |
1892–1908 | The Duke of Devonshire | |
1908–1919 | The Lord Rayleigh | |
1919–1930 | The Earl of Balfour | |
1930–1947 | The Earl Baldwin of Bewdley | |
1948–1950 | Jan Smuts | |
1950–1967 | The Lord Tedder | see Election for the Chancellorship of the University of Cambridge, 1950 |
1967–1976 | The Lord Adrian | |
1976–2011 | The Duke of Edinburgh | |
2011– | The Lord Sainsbury of Turville | see Election for the Chancellorship of the University of Cambridge, 2011[6] |
See also[]
- List of Vice-Chancellors of the University of Cambridge
- List of Chancellors of the University of London
- List of Chancellors of the University of Oxford
References[]
- ^ Chancellors of the University of Cambridge. British History Online. Retrieved on 30 July 2012.
- ^ a b John Lamb (1831). "IV: John de Neketon D.D.". Masters' History of the College of Corpus Christi and the Blessed Virgin Mary in the University Cambridge. John Smith, Printer to the University. p. 62.
- ^ "Northburgh, Roger (NRTH321R)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Henry Wharton. "Anglia sacra". Retrieved 19 April 2018 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ a b c J.R. Tanner, ed. (1917). The historical register of the University of Cambridge, being a supplement to the Calendar with a record of University offices, honours and distinctions to the year 1910. Cambridge University Press.
- ^ "BREAKING: Sainsbury Scores Top Post". cambridgetab.co.uk. 16 October 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
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