List of Cambridge Union Society Presidents
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1815-1916
Year | Term | President | College |
1815 | Lent | Mr E. Gambier | Trinity Trinity College, Cambridge Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Trinity has more members than any other college in Cambridge or Oxford, with around 700 undergraduates, 430 graduates, and over 170 Fellows... |
1815 | Easter | Lord Normanby | Trinity |
1815 | Michaelmas | Hon. C.J. Shore Charles John Shore, 2nd Baron Teignmouth Charles John Shore, 2nd Baron Teignmouth was a British Conservative politician.-Background and education:Charles John Shore was born in Calcutta, the son of John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth and Charlotte, only daughter of James Cornish, a medical practitioner at Teignmouth... |
Trinity |
1816 | Lent | Mr G. Stainforth | Trinity |
1816 | Easter | Mr E. Leycester | St John's St John's College, Cambridge St John's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college's alumni include nine Nobel Prize winners, six Prime Ministers, three archbishops, at least two princes, and three Saints.... |
1816 | Michaelmas | Mr R Whitcombe | Trinity |
1817 | Lent | Mr W. Whewell William Whewell William Whewell was an English polymath, scientist, Anglican priest, philosopher, theologian, and historian of science. He was Master of Trinity College, Cambridge.-Life and career:Whewell was born in Lancaster... |
Trinity |
1817 | Easter | No Officers were elected | |
1817 | Michaelmas | Mr H.J. Rose | Trinity |
1818 | Lent | Mr B.H. Malkin | Trinity |
1818 | Easter | Mr T. Thorp | Trinity |
1818 | Michaelmas | Mr T. Baines | Trinity |
1819 | Lent | Mr T. Platt | Trinity |
1819 | Easter | Mr S. Hawkes | Trinity |
1819 | Michaelmas | Mr J. Cooper | Trinity |
1820 | Lent | Mr E.D. Rhodes | Sidney Sussex Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge Sidney Sussex College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in England.The college was founded in 1596 and named after its foundress, Frances Sidney, Countess of Sussex. It was from its inception an avowedly Puritan foundation: some good and godlie moniment for the mainteynance... |
1820 | Easter | Mr E. Whiteley | Jesus Jesus College, Cambridge Jesus College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.The College was founded in 1496 on the site of a Benedictine nunnery by John Alcock, then Bishop of Ely... |
1820 | Michaelmas | Mr T. Sheepshanks | Trinity |
1821 | Lent | Mr E. Strutt Edward Strutt, 1st Baron Belper Edward Strutt, 1st Baron Belper PC, FRS , was a British Liberal Party politician. He served as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from 1852 to 1854 under Lord Aberdeen.-Background and education:... |
Trinity |
1821 | Easter | Mr J. Punnett | Clare Clare College, Cambridge Clare College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England.The college was founded in 1326, making it the second-oldest surviving college of the University after Peterhouse. Clare is famous for its chapel choir and for its gardens on "the Backs"... |
1821 | Michaelmas | Mr J. Furnival | Queens' Queens' College, Cambridge Queens' College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.The college was founded in 1448 by Margaret of Anjou , and refounded in 1465 by Elizabeth Woodville... |
1822 | Lent | Mr C. Austin | Jesus |
1822 | Easter | Mr C. Villiers Charles Pelham Villiers Charles Pelham Villiers was a British lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1835 to 1898, making him the longest-serving Member of Parliament .-Background and education:... |
St John's |
1822 | Michaelmas | Mr W.H. Ord | Trinity |
1823 | Lent | Mr W. Blunt | King's King's College, Cambridge King's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. The college's full name is "The King's College of our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge", but it is usually referred to simply as "King's" within the University.... |
1823 | Easter | Mr G.O. Townsend | King's |
1823 | Michaelmas | Mr J.J. Rawlinson | Trinity |
1824 | Lent | Mr R.C. Hildyard | St Catharine's St Catharine's College, Cambridge St. Catharine’s College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1473, the college is often referred to informally by the nickname "Catz".-History:... |
1824 | Easter | Mr A.J. Cockburn Sir Alexander Cockburn, 12th Baronet Sir Alexander James Edmund Cockburn, 12th Baronet Q.C. was a Scottish lawyer, politician and judge. A notorious womaniser and socialite, as Lord Chief Justice he heard some of the leading causes célèbres of the 19th century.-Life:Cockburn was born in Alţâna, in what is now Romania and was then... |
Trinity Hall Trinity Hall, Cambridge Trinity Hall is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. It is the fifth-oldest college of the university, having been founded in 1350 by William Bateman, Bishop of Norwich.- Foundation :... |
1824 | Michaelmas | Mr J. Haughton | Pembroke Pembroke College, Cambridge Pembroke College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.The college has over seven hundred students and fellows, and is the third oldest college of the university. Physically, it is one of the university's larger colleges, with buildings from almost every century since its... |
1825 | Lent | Mr W.E. Tooke | Trinity |
1825 | Easter | Mr B.H. Kennedy Benjamin Hall Kennedy Benjamin Hall Kennedy was an English scholar and schoolmaster, known for his work in the teaching of the Latin language.-Biography:... |
St John's |
1825 | Michaelmas | Mr J. Stock | Peterhouse Peterhouse, Cambridge Peterhouse is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. It is the oldest college of the University, having been founded in 1284 by Hugo de Balsham, Bishop of Ely... |
1826 | Lent | Mr J. Wilson | Trinity |
1826 | Easter | Mr J.H. Smith | Corpus Christi Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Corpus Christi College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. It is notable as the only college founded by Cambridge townspeople: it was established in 1352 by the Guilds of Corpus Christi and the Blessed Virgin Mary... |
1826 | Michaelmas | Mr C. Lillingston | Emmanuel Emmanuel College, Cambridge Emmanuel College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.The college was founded in 1584 by Sir Walter Mildmay on the site of a Dominican friary... |
1827 | Lent | Mr C. Buller | Trinity |
1827 | Easter | Mr J. Sterling John Sterling (author) John Sterling , was a British author.He was born at Kames Castle on the Isle of Bute. He belonged to a family of Scottish origin which had settled in Ireland during the Cromwellian period... |
Trinity Hall |
1827 | Michaelmas | Mr S.H. Walpole Spencer Horatio Walpole Spencer Horatio Walpole, QC, LLD was a British Conservative politician who served three times as Home Secretary in the administrations of Lord Derby.-Background and education:... |
Trinity |
1828 | Lent | Mr J. Kemble | Trinity |
1828 | Easter | Mr R.C. Trench Richard Chenevix Trench Richard Chenevix Trench was an Anglican archbishop and poet.-Life:He was born at Dublin, in Ireland, son of the Dublin writer Melesina Trench, his elder brother was Francis Chenevix Trench. He went to school at Harrow, and graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge in 1829. In 1830 he visited Spain... |
Trinity |
1828 | Michaelmas | Mr H.H. Luscombe | Clare |
1829 | Lent | Mr J.W. Blakesley | Corpus Christi |
1829 | Easter | Mr C. Chapman | Corpus Christi |
1829 | Michaelmas | Mr P.H. Crutchley | Magdalene Magdalene College, Cambridge Magdalene College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.The college was founded in 1428 as a Benedictine hostel, in time coming to be known as Buckingham College, before being refounded in 1542 as the College of St Mary Magdalene... |
1830 | Lent | Mr L.S. Orde | Queens' |
1830 | Easter | Mr H. Matthew | Sidney Sussex |
1830 | Michaelmas | Mr L.S. Orde | Queens' |
1831 | Lent | Mr W.S. O'Brien William Smith O'Brien William Smith O'Brien was an Irish Nationalist and Member of Parliament and leader of the Young Ireland movement. He was convicted of sedition for his part in the Young Irelander Rebellion of 1848, but his sentence of death was commuted to deportation to Van Diemen's Land. In 1854, he was... |
Trinity |
1831 | Easter | Mr J.W.D. Dundas | Magdalene |
1831 | Michaelmas | Mr W.H. Brookfield | Trinity |
1832 | Lent | Mr C.R. Kennedy | Trinity |
1832 | Easter | Mr H. Alford | Trinity |
1832 | Michaelmas | Mr R.A. Johnstone | Trinity |
1833 | Lent | Hon. C.W. Henniker | St John's |
1833 | Easter | Mr E. Warburton | Trinity |
1833 | Michaelmas | Mr J.E. Heathcote | Trinity |
1834 | Lent | Mr W.H. Brookfield* | Trinity |
Hon. W.C. Henniker* | St John's | ||
1834 | Easter | Mr C. White | Magdalene |
1834 | Michaelmas | Mr C.G. Burke | Christ's Christ's College, Cambridge Christ's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.With a reputation for high academic standards, Christ's College averaged top place in the Tompkins Table from 1980-2000 . In 2011, Christ's was placed sixth.-College history:... |
1835 | Lent | Mr G.F. Townsend | Trinity |
1835 | Easter | Mr K. Macaulay | Jesus |
1835 | Michaelmas | Mr W.A. Mackinnon | St John's |
1836 | Lent | Mr W.F. Pollock | Trinity |
1836 | Easter | Mr T. Spankie | Trinity |
1836 | Michaelmas | Mr H.R. Goldfinch | Trinity |
1837 | Lent | Mr A. Baillie-Cochrane | Trinity |
1837 | Easter | Mr A.J. Ellis | Trinity |
1837 | Michaelmas | Mr R.N. Phillipps | Christ's |
1838 | Lent | Mr J.C. Tindal | Trinity |
1838 | Easter | Sir J. Lighton | St John's |
1838 | Michaelmas | Mr S.T. Bartlett | Clare |
1839 | Lent | Mr A.J.B. Hope | Trinity |
Mr J.W. Donaldson | Trinity | ||
1839 | Easter | Mr C.J. Ellicott | St John's |
1839 | Michaelmas | Mr E.H.J. Crauford | Trinity |
1840 | Lent | Mr J.H. Bastard | Trinity |
1840 | Easter | Mr W. Werge | St John's |
1840 | Michaelmas | Mr J.A. Beaumont | Trinity |
1841 | Lent | Mr J.R. Stock | St John's |
1841 | Easter | Mr W. Cunliffe-Brooks | St John's |
1841 | Michaelmas | Mr T.H. Bullock | King's |
1842 | Lent | Mr E. Rudge | St Catharine's |
Mr G. Crawshay | Trinity | ||
1842 | Easter | Mr Hardcastle | Peterhouse |
1842 | Michaelmas | Mr T.S. Western | Trinity |
1843 | Lent | Mr F.W. Gibbs | Trinity |
1843 | Easter | Hon F.S. Grimston | Magdalene |
1843 | Michaelmas | Mr G.W. King | Trinity |
1844 | Lent | Mr J.C.H. Ogier | Trinity |
1844 | Easter | Mr W. Blake | Trinity |
1844 | Michaelmas | Mr E.F. Fiske | Emmanuel |
1845 | Lent | Mr C. Babington | St John's |
1845 | Easter | Mr H. Lindsay | Trinity |
1845 | Michaelmas | Mr R.A. Cross | Trinity |
1846 | Lent | Mr J.F. Baird | Trinity |
1846 | Easter | Mr T Dealtry | Trinity |
1846 | Michaelmas | Mr A. Garfit | Trinity |
1847 | Lent | Hon W.F. Campbell | Trinity |
1847 | Easter | Mr J. Ll. Davies | Trinity |
1847 | Michaelmas | Mr A.A. VanSittart | Trinity |
1848 | Lent | Mr R.H. Parr | Trinity |
1848 | Easter | Mr J.F. Thrupp | Trinity |
1848 | Michaelmas | Mr F.H. Colt | Trinity |
1849 | Lent | Hon. A. Gordon | Trinity |
1849 | Easter | Mr W.V. Harcourt William Vernon Harcourt (politician) Sir William George Granville Venables Vernon Harcourt was a British lawyer, journalist and Liberal statesman. He served as Member of Parliament for various constituencies and held the offices of Home Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer under William Ewart Gladstone before becoming Leader of... |
Trinity |
1849 | Michaelmas | Mr J. Ll. Davies* | Trinity |
1850 | Lent | Mr A.H. Louis | Trinity |
1850 | Easter | Mr R. Temple | Trinity |
1850 | Michaelmas | Mr R. Stuart Lane | Gonville and Caius Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge Gonville and Caius College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. The college is often referred to simply as "Caius" , after its second founder, John Keys, who fashionably latinised the spelling of his name after studying in Italy.- Outline :Gonville and... |
1851 | Lent | Mr H. Leach | Emmanuel |
1851 | Easter | Mr P. Laurence | Trinity |
1851 | Michaelmas | Mr H. A. Bright Henry Arthur Bright Henry Arthur Bright was an English merchant and author.-Early life:Bright was born at Liverpool on 9 February 1830, the eldest son of Samuel Bright, J.P. , by Elizabeth Anne, eldest daughter of Hugh Jones, a Liverpool banker... |
Trinity |
1852 | Lent | Mr R.J. Cust | Trinity |
1852 | Easter | Mr J. Payn James Payn James Payn , was an English novelist.-Family:Payn's father, William Payn , was clerk to the Thames Commissioners and at one time treasurer to the county of Berkshire... |
Trinity |
1852 | Michaelmas | Mr F. J. A. Hort Fenton John Anthony Hort Fenton John Anthony Hort was an Irish theologian and editor, with Brooke Westcott of a critical edition of The New Testament in the Original Greek.-Life:... |
Trinity |
1853 | Lent | Mr J. Lloyd | Trinity |
1853 | Easter | Mr A. Cohen Arthur Cohen Arthur Cohen KC was an English barrister and Liberal Party politician.After three years' study at the gymnasium in Frankfort-on-the-Main, he entered as a student at University College London. Thence he proceeded to Cambridge University at a time when it was almost impossible for a Jew to gain... |
Magdalene |
1853 | Michaelmas | Mr E. Dicey | Trinity |
1854 | Lent | Mr C.T. Swanston | Trinity |
1854 | Easter | Mr H.W. Elphinstone | Trinity |
1854 | Michaelmas | Mr V. Lushington | Trinity |
1855 | Lent | Mr F. Kelly | Trinity |
1855 | Easter | Mr W.C. Gully | Trinity |
1855 | Michaelmas | Mr H.M. Butler | Trinity |
1856 | Lent | Mr WD Gardiner | Trinity |
1856 | Easter | Mr J.W. Dunning | Trinity |
1856 | Michaelmas | Mr E.E. Bowen | Trinity |
1857 | Lent | Mr C. Puller | Trinity |
1857 | Easter | Mr J.E. Gorst John Eldon Gorst Sir John Eldon Gorst PC, QC, FRS was a British lawyer and politician. He served as Solicitor General for England and Wales from 1885 to 1886 and as Vice-President of the Committee on Education between 1895 and 1902.... |
St John's |
1857 | Michaelmas | Mr W.S. Smith | Trinity |
1858 | Lent | Mr C.A. Jones | St John's |
1858 | Easter | Mr R. O'Hara | Gonville & Caius |
1858 | Michaelmas | Mr E.H. Fisher | Trinity |
1859 | Lent | Mr H.C. Raikes Henry Cecil Raikes Henry Cecil Raikes PC was a British Conservative Party politician. He was Chairman of Ways and Means between 1874 and 1880 and served as Postmaster General between 1886 and 1891.-Background and education:... |
Trinity |
1859 | Easter | Mr O. Browning Oscar Browning Oscar Browning was an English writer, historian, and educational reformer. His greatest achievement was the cofounding, along with Henry Sidgwick, of the Cambridge University Day Training College in 1891... |
King's |
1859 | Michaelmas | Mr T.W. Beddome | Trinity |
1860 | Lent | Mr C. Trotter | Trinity |
1860 | Easter | Mr H. Geary | Corpus Christi |
1860 | Michaelmas | Sir G. Young, Bart | Trinity |
1861 | Lent | Mr H. Sidgwick Henry Sidgwick Henry Sidgwick was an English utilitarian philosopher and economist. He was one of the founders and first president of the Society for Psychical Research, a member of the Metaphysical Society, and promoted the higher education of women... |
Trinity |
1861 | Easter | Mr F. Ll. Bagshawe | Trinity |
1861 | Michaelmas | Mr G.O. Trevelyan | Trinity |
1862 | Lent | Mr W.M. Lane | Trinity |
1862 | Easter | Mr W.J. Lawrance | Trinity |
1862 | Michaelmas | Mr W. Everett | Trinity |
1863 | Lent | Mr E.L. O'Malley | Trinity |
1863 | Easter | Mr E.L. O'Malley* | Trinity |
1863 | Michaelmas | Mr A. Sidgwick | Trinity |
1864 | Lent | Mr R.D. Bennett | Trinity Hall |
1864 | Easter | Mr H. Jackson | Trinity |
1864 | Michaelmas | Mr C.W. Dilke | Trinity Hall |
1865 | Lent | Mr H. Peto | Trinity |
1865 | Easter | Mr J.R. Holland | Trinity |
1865 | Michaelmas | Mr E.S. Shuckburgh | Emmanuel |
1866 | Lent | Mr C.W. Dilke* | Trinity Hall |
1866 | Easter | Lord E. Fitzmaurice Edmond Petty-FitzMaurice, 1st Baron FitzMaurice Edmond George Petty-Fitzmaurice, 1st Baron Fitzmaurice PC , styled Lord Edmond FitzMaurice from 1863 to 1906, was a British Liberal politician. He served as Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from 1883 to 1885 and again from 1905 to 1908, when he entered the cabinet as Chancellor of the... |
Trinity |
1866 | Michaelmas | Mr H.L. Anderton | Gonville & Caius |
1867 | Lent | Mr W.R. Kennedy | King's |
1867 | Easter | Mr W.A. Lindsay | Trinity |
1867 | Michaelmas | Mr G.C. Whiteley | St John's |
1868 | Lent | Mr A.S. Wilkins | St John's |
1868 | Easter | Mr J. F. Moulton John Fletcher Moulton John Fletcher Moulton, Baron Moulton, GBE KCB QC PC FRAS FRS was an English mathematician, barrister and judge.-Early life:... |
St Johns |
1868 | Michaelmas | Mr E.A. Owen | Trinity |
1869 | Lent | Mr R.T. Wright | Christ's |
1869 | Easter | Mr Frank Watson | St John's |
1869 | Michaelmas | Mr J. Kennedy | King's |
1870 | Lent | Mr G. Warington | Gonville & Caius |
1870 | Easter | Mr A. Foster | St John's |
1870 | Michaelmas | Mr J.E. Symes | Downing Downing College, Cambridge Downing College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1800 and currently has around 650 students.- History :... |
1871 | Lent | Mr W.B. Odgers | Trinity Hall |
1871 | Easter | Mr J. De Soyres John de Soyres John de Soyres was a Protestant Reverend and scholar. He was born in the village of Bilbrook, near Old Cleeve, in Somersetshire, England, and attended Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he obtained the degrees of B. A. and M. A. In 1888 he immigrated to Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada... |
Gonville & Caius |
1871 | Michaelmas | Mr C.G. Kellner | King's |
1872 | Lent | Mr W.F. MacMichael | Downing |
1872 | Easter | Mr W. Cunningham | Trinity |
1872 | Michaelmas | Mr T.O. Harding | Trinity |
1873 | Lent | Mr F.W. Maitland Frederic William Maitland Frederic William Maitland was an English jurist and historian, generally regarded as the modern father of English legal history.-Biography:... |
Trinity |
1873 | Easter | Mr W.J. Scott | Trinity |
1873 | Michaelmas | Mr A.W. Verral | Trinity |
1874 | Lent | Mr C.S. Kenny Courtney Stanhope Kenny Courtney Stanhope Kenny was a British jurist, academic and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1888.-Early life and career:... |
Downing |
1874 | Easter | Mr P.M. Laurence Perceval Maitland Laurence Sir Perceval Maitland Laurence was an English classical scholar, judge in South Africa and a benefactor of the University of Cambridge.-Early life and education:... |
Corpus Christi |
1874 | Michaelmas | Mr R.W. Jameson | Trinity |
1875 | Lent | Mr J.E.C. Munro | Downing |
1875 | Easter | Mr H.N. Martin | Christ's |
1875 | Michaelmas | Mr J.F. Skipper | St John's |
1876 | Lent | Mr J.E.C. Welldon James Edward Cowell Welldon James Edward Cowell Welldon was an English clergyman, Bishop of Calcutta, and scholar.-Early life:Welldon was born in 1854 in Tonbridge, Kent, the son of the Rev. Edward Welldon, the second master of Tonbridge School. He was educated at Eton and was named the Newcastle scholar in 1873... |
King's |
1876 | Easter | Mr J.F. Little | Downing |
1876 | Michaelmas | Mr R.C. Lehmann R. C. Lehmann Rudolph Chambers "R.C." Lehmann was an English writer and Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1906 to 1910. As a writer he was best known for three decades in which he was a major contributor to Punch as well as founding editor of Granta magazine.Lehmann was born in... |
Trinity |
1877 | Lent | Hon. H.N. Waldegrave | Trinity |
1877 | Easter | Mr J.F. Main | Trinity |
1877 | Michaelmas | Rev. A.G. Tweedie | Gonville & Caius |
1878 | Lent | Mr T.D. Hart | Downing |
1878 | Easter | Mr W.B. Milton | Trinity |
1878 | Michaelmas | Mr T.R. Hughes | Trinity |
1879 | Lent | Mr E.J.C. Morton | St John's |
1879 | Easter | Mr F.P. Lefroy | Trinity |
1879 | Michaelmas | Mr S.G. Ponsonby | Trinity |
1880 | Lent | Mr T.E. Scrutton | Trinity |
1880 | Easter | Mr J.P. Whitney | King's |
1880 | Michaelmas | Mr J.K. Stephen James Kenneth Stephen James Kenneth Stephen was an English poet, and tutor to Prince Albert Victor, eldest son of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales.-Early life:... |
King's |
1881 | Lent | Mr N.C. Hardcastle | Downing |
1881 | Easter | Mr Harold Cox | Jesus |
1881 | Michaelmas | Mr E.A. Parkyn | Christ's |
1882 | Lent | Mr O. Rigby | St John's |
1882 | Easter | Mr T. Beck | Trinity |
1882 | Michaelmas | Sir J. Peiris James Peiris Sir James Peiris, JP was a prominent figure in the Sri Lankan independence movement and a Vice President of the Legislative Council.-Early life and education:... |
St John's |
1883 | Lent | Mr F.L. Lucas | Trinity |
1883 | Easter | Mr J.R. Tanner | St John's |
1883 | Michaelmas | Mr G.S.W. Jebb | Trinity |
1884 | Lent | Mr W. Blain | St John's |
1884 | Easter | Mr W.H. Stables | Trinity |
1884 | Michaelmas | Mr W.A. Raleigh | King's |
1885 | Lent | Hon. W.G. Scott | Trinity |
1885 | Easter | Mr E.A. Goulding | St John's |
1885 | Michaelmas | Mr J.T. Bell | Trinity Hall |
1886 | Lent | Mr E.J. Griffith | Downing |
1886 | Easter | Mr L.J. Maxse Leopold Maxse Leopold James Maxse was a journalist and editor of the conservative British publication, National Review, between August 1893 and his death in January 1932... |
King's |
1886 | Michaelmas | Mr H. Boyd-Carpenter | King's |
1887 | Lent | Mr L.G.B.J. Ford | King's |
1887 | Easter | Mr F.E. Garrett | Trinity |
1887 | Michaelmas | Count Strickland | Trinity |
1888 | Lent | Mr W.W. Grantham | Trinity |
1888 | Easter | Mr R.R. Ottley | Trinity |
1888 | Michaelmas | Mr R.J. Wilkinson | Trinity |
1889 | Lent | Mr F.H. Maugham Frederic Maugham, 1st Viscount Maugham Frederic Herbert Maugham, 1st Viscount Maugham PC, KC was a British lawyer and judge who served as Lord Chancellor from 1938 until 1939 despite having virtually no political career at all.... |
Trinity Hall |
1889 | Easter | Mr C.H. Bompas | Trinity |
1889 | Michaelmas | Rev. E. Grose-Hodge | Trinity Hall |
1890 | Lent | Mr W.E. Brunyate | Trinity |
1890 | Easter | Hon. M.M. Macnaghten Malcolm Macnaghten Sir Malcolm Martin Macnaghten KBE , was a Northern Ireland Unionist politician and judge, the fourth son of Lord Macnaghten, Bt..... |
Trinity |
1890 | Michaelmas | Mr J.E. McTaggart J. M. E. McTaggart John McTaggart was an idealist metaphysician. For most of his life McTaggart was a fellow and lecturer in philosophy at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was an exponent of the philosophy of Hegel and among the most notable of the British idealists.-Personal life:J. M. E. McTaggart was born in 1866... |
Trinity |
1891 | Lent | Mr S.R.C. Bosanquet | Trinity |
1891 | Easter | Mr E.W. MacBride | St John's |
1891 | Michaelmas | Mr R.F. Graham Campbell | Trinity |
1892 | Lent | Mr H.W.L. O'Rorke | Trinity |
1892 | Easter | Mr Anton Bertram | Gonville & Caius |
1892 | Michaelmas | Mr G. Davidson Kempt | St John's |
1893 | Lent | Mr J. Howard B. Masterman | St John's |
1893 | Easter | Mr Peter Green | St John's |
1893 | Michaelmas | Mr Adolphus A. Jack | Peterhouse |
1894 | Lent | Mr Cathrew Fisher | Trinity |
1894 | Easter | Mr F.G. Thomas | Sidney Sussex |
1894 | Michaelmas | Mr F.B. Malim | Trinity |
1895 | Lent | Mr J.P. Thompson | Trinity |
1895 | Easter | Mr Montagu S. Butler | Pembroke |
1895 | Michaelmas | Mr L. Stuyvesant Chanler Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler was a New York lawyer and politician.- Early life :He was the son of John Winthrop Chanler and Margaret Astor Ward. Chanler had nine brothers and sisters, including the artist Robert Winthrop Chanler and the soldier and explorer William Astor Chanler... |
Trinity |
Mr D. Shearme | Trinity | ||
1896 | Lent | Mr C.F.G. Masterman Charles Frederick Gurney Masterman Charles Frederick Gurney Masterman PC was a British Liberal Party politician and journalist. He was distantly related to the Gurney family of Norfolk... |
Christ's |
1896 | Easter | Mr P.W. Wilson | Clare |
1896 | Michaelmas | Mr F.W. Lawrence Frederick Pethick-Lawrence, 1st Baron Pethick-Lawrence Frederick William Pethick-Lawrence, 1st Baron Pethick-Lawrence PC was a British Labour politician.-Background and education:... |
Trinity |
1897 | Lent | Mr Frank Butler | Pembroke |
1897 | Easter | Mr C.R. Buxton Charles Roden Buxton Charles Roden Buxton was an English philanthropist and politician.He was born in London, the third son of Sir Thomas Buxton, 3rd Baronet... |
Trinity |
1897 | Michaelmas | Mr Ernest W. Barnes | Trinity |
1898 | Lent | Mr W. Craig Henderson | Trinity |
1898 | Easter | Mr W. Finlay | Trinity |
1898 | Michaelmas | Mr B.N. Langdon-Davies | Pembroke |
1899 | Lent | Mr T.F.R. McDonnell | St John's |
1899 | Easter | Mr J.R.P. Sclater | Emmanuel |
1899 | Michaelmas | Mr C.E. Guiterman | Trinity |
1900 | Lent | Mr A.C. Pigou Arthur Cecil Pigou Arthur Cecil Pigou was an English economist. As a teacher and builder of the school of economics at the University of Cambridge he trained and influenced many Cambridge economists who went on to fill chairs of economics around the world... |
King's |
1900 | Easter | Mr G.F.S. Bowles | Trinity |
1900 | Michaelmas | Mr E.H. Young Edward Hilton Young, 1st Baron Kennet Sir Edward Hilton Young, 1st Baron Kennet, GBE, PC , was a British politician and writer.- Family and early life :... |
Trinity |
1901 | Lent | Mr Geo. Claus Rankin | Trinity |
1901 | Easter | Mr H.S. Van Zijl | St John's |
1901 | Michaelmas | Mr F.W. Armstrong | St John's |
1902 | Lent | Mr D.H. Macgregor | Trinity |
1902 | Easter | Mr Percy B. Haigh | St John's |
1902 | Michaelmas | Mr E.S. Montagu Edwin Samuel Montagu Edwin Samuel Montagu PC was a British Liberal politician. He notably served as Secretary of State for India between 1917 and 1922.-Background and education:... |
Trinity |
1903 | Lent | Mr J.G. Gordon | Trinity |
1903 | Easter | Mr Jas. Strachan | Clare |
1903 | Michaelmas | Mr J. Corry Arnold | St John's |
1904 | Lent | Mr F.E. Bray | Trinity |
1904 | Easter | Mr M.F.J. McDonnell | St John's |
1904 | Michaelmas | Mr J.T. Sheppard | King's |
1905 | Lent | Mr H.G. Wood | Jesus |
Mr J.M. Keynes John Maynard Keynes John Maynard Keynes, Baron Keynes of Tilton, CB FBA , was a British economist whose ideas have profoundly affected the theory and practice of modern macroeconomics, as well as the economic policies of governments... |
King's | ||
1905 | Easter | Mr J.K. Mozley | Pembroke |
1905 | Michaelmas | Mr H.W. Harris | St John's |
1906 | Lent | Mr S.J.M. Sampson | Trinity |
1906 | Easter | Mr A.C.O. Morgan | Trinity |
1906 | Michaelmas | Mr A.P. Hughes-Gibb | Trinity |
Mr H.A. Holland | Trinity | ||
1907 | Lent | Mr E.G. Selwyn Edward Gordon Selwyn Edward Gordon Selwyn was Dean of Winchester in the middle third of the 20th century .He was born on July 6, 1885 and educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge. Ordained in 1909, after a spell as a Fellow at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge he became Warden of Radley College and then Rector... |
King's |
1907 | Easter | Mr F.D. Livingstone | Peterhouse |
1907 | Michaelmas | Mr O.F. Grazebrook | Gonville & Caius |
1908 | Lent | Mr M.M. Pattison Muir | Gonville & Caius |
1908 | Easter | Mr W.G. Elmslie | Pembroke |
1908 | Michaelmas | Mr C. Bethell | Trinity |
1909 | Lent | Mr E. Evans Ernest Evans (politician) Ernest Evans was a Liberal Party politician from Wales.-Family and education:Ernest Evans was born at Aberystwyth, the son of Evan Evans, the Clerk to the Cardiganshire County Council and his wife Annie Davies... |
Trinity Hall |
1909 | Easter | Mr A.D. McNair Arnold McNair, 1st Baron McNair Arnold Duncan McNair, 1st Baron McNair, CBE, KC, LLD, FBA , was a British legal scholar, university teacher, and judge... |
Gonville & Caius |
1909 | Michaelmas | Mr A. Ramsay | Gonville & Caius |
1910 | Lent | Mr J.R.M. Butler James Ramsay Montagu Butler Sir James Butler was a British politician and academic.Butler was born at Trinity College, Cambridge, where his father was master of the college. Butler attended Harrow School and then Trinity College... |
Trinity |
1910 | Easter | Mr G.G. Butler | Trinity |
1910 | Michaelmas | Mr W.N. Birkett William Norman Birkett, 1st Baron Birkett William Norman Birkett, 1st Baron Birkett, QC PC was a British barrister, judge, politician and preacher who served as the alternate British judge during the Nuremberg Trials. Educated at Barrow-in-Furness Grammar School... |
Emmanuel |
1911 | Lent | Mr H.P.W. Burton | St John's |
1911 | Easter | Mr J.H. Allen | Jesus |
1911 | Michaelmas | Mr D.H. Robertson Dennis Robertson Sir Dennis Holme Robertson was an English economist who taught at Cambridge and London Universities.Robertson, the son of a Church of England clergyman, was born in Lowestoft and educated as a scholar of Eton and at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he read Classics and Economics, graduating in... |
Trinity |
1912 | Lent | Mr K.F. Callaghan | Gonville & Caius |
1912 | Easter | Mr P.J. Baker | King's |
1912 | Michaelmas | Mr H.D. Henderson | Emmanuel |
1913 | Lent | Mr H. Wright | Pembroke |
1913 | Easter | Mr H. Grose Hodge | Pembroke |
1913 | Michaelmas | Mr E.P. Smith | Gonville & Caius |
1914 | Lent | Mr D.G. Rouquette | Sidney Sussex |
1914 | Easter | Mr G.K.M. Butler | Trinity |
1914 | Michaelmas | Mr J.H.B. Nihill | Emmanuel |
1915 | Lent | Mr H.D. Barnard | Jesus |
1915 | Easter | Mr H.I. Lloyd | Emmanuel |
1915 | Michaelmas | Mr O.H. Hoexter | Emmanuel |
Mr D.E. Oliver | Trinity Hall | ||
1916 | Lent | Mr W.H. Ramsbottom | Emmanuel |
1916 | Easter | Mr F.O.C. Potter | Trinity Hall |
It was resolved at a Private Business Meeting held on Monday, May 8, 1916, to hold no elections for terminal officers in the Easter Term, nor subsequently for the duration of War, and that the functions of the Standing Committee be performed by the ex-officio members of the Committee.
1919-1939
Year | Term | President | College |
1919 | Easter | Mr W.L. McNair | Gonville and Caius |
1919 | Michaelmas | Mr J.W. Morris | Trinity Hall |
1920 | Lent | Mr G.H. Shakespeare | Emmanuel |
1920 | Easter | Mr D.M. Reid | Emmanuel |
1920 | Michaelmas | Mr L.A. Abraham | Peterhouse |
1921 | Lent | Mr E.H.F. Morris | Christ's |
1921 | Easter | Mr G.G. Sharp | Fitzwilliam House Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge Fitzwilliam College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge in England.The college traces its origins back to 1869 and the foundation of the Non-Collegiate Students Board, a venture intended to offer students from less financially privileged backgrounds a chance to study... |
1921 | Michaelmas | Mr G.W. Theobald | Emmanuel |
1922 | Lent | Mr W.D. Johnston | Christ's |
1922 | Easter | Mr R.E. Watson | St Catharine's |
1922 | Michaelmas | Mr Ian Macpherson | Trinity |
1923 | Lent | Mr G.G. Phillips | Trinity |
1923 | Easter | Mr R. Northam | Queens' |
1923 | Michaelmas | Mr R.H.L. Slater | Jesus |
1924 | Lent | Mr S.V.T. Adams | King's |
1924 | Easter | Mr R.A. Butler Rab Butler Richard Austen Butler, Baron Butler of Saffron Walden, KG CH DL PC , who invariably signed his name R. A. Butler and was familiarly known as Rab, was a British Conservative politician... |
Pembroke |
1924 | Michaelmas | Mr A.P. Marshall | Gonville and Caius |
1925 | Lent | Mr G.W. Lloyd | Trinity |
1925 | Easter | Mr J.W.G. Sparrow | Trinity Hall |
1925 | Michaelmas | Mr D.R. Hardman David Hardman David Rennie Hardman was a British Labour Party politician.He unsuccessfully contested Cambridge at the 1929 general election.... |
Christ's |
1926 | Lent | Mr A.M. Ramsey Michael Ramsey Arthur Michael Ramsey, Baron Ramsey of Canterbury PC was the 100th Archbishop of Canterbury. He was appointed on 31 May 1961 and was in office from June 1961 to 1974.-Career:... |
Magdalene |
1926 | Easter | Mr H.G.G. Herklots | Trinity Hall |
1926 | Michaelmas | Mr P.A. Devlin | Christ's |
1927 | Lent | Mr A.L. Hutchinson | Christ's |
1927 | Easter | Mr M.A.B. King-Hamilton | Trinity Hall |
1927 | Michaelmas | Mr J.S.B. Lloyd Selwyn Lloyd John Selwyn Brooke Lloyd, Baron Selwyn-Lloyd CH PC CBE TD , known for most of his career as Selwyn Lloyd, was a British Conservative Party politician who served as Foreign Secretary from 1955 to 1960, then as Chancellor of the Exchequer until 1962... |
Magdalene |
1928 | Lent | Mr H.L. Elvin | Trinity Hall |
1928 | Easter | Mr R.E. Stevenson Robert Stevenson (director) Robert Stevenson was an English film writer and director. He was educated at Cambridge University where he became the president of both the Liberal Club and the Cambridge Union Society.... |
St John's |
1928 | Michaelmas | Mr G. Crowther Geoffrey Crowther, Baron Crowther Geoffrey Crowther, Baron Crowther was a British economist, journalist, educationalist and businessman. He was editor of The Economist from 1938 to 1956.-Early life and education:... |
Clare |
1929 | Lent | Mr J.G. Leathem | St John's |
1929 | Easter | Mr H.M. Foot | St John's |
1929 | Michaelmas | H.J. Sinclair, 2nd Baron Pentland | Trinity |
1930 | Lent | Mr K. Adam Kenneth Adam Kenneth Adam CBE was an English journalist and broadcasting executive, who from 1957 until 1961 served as the Controller of the BBC Television Service.-Education:... |
St John's |
1930 | Easter | Mr C.W. Jenks | Gonville and Caius |
1930 | Michaelmas | Mr L.J. Gamlin | Fitzwilliam House |
1931 | Lent | Mr J.D.F. Green | Peterhouse |
1931 | Easter | Mr K.W. Britton | Clare |
1931 | Michaelmas | Mr F. Elwyn Jones Elwyn Jones, Baron Elwyn-Jones Frederick Elwyn Jones, Baron Elwyn-Jones CH, PC was a Welsh barrister and Labour politician.-Background and education:... |
Gonville and Caius |
1932 | Lent | Mr A.H. Snell | Jesus |
1932 | Easter | Mr A.E. Holdsworth | Gonville and Caius |
1932 | Michaelmas | Mr S.S. Dhavan | Emmanuel |
1933 | Lent | Mr T.R. Leathem | St John's |
1933 | Easter | Mr M.L. Barkway | Queens' |
1933 | Michaelmas | Mr T.A.W. Blackwell | Magdalene |
1934 | Lent | Mr S.B.R. Cooke | Gonville and Caius |
1934 | Easter | Mr Geoffrey De Freitas Geoffrey de Freitas Sir Geoffrey Stanley de Freitas was a British politician and diplomat. For many years a Labour Member of Parliament, he also served as British High Commissioner in Accra and Nairobi, and later as President of the Council of Europe.... |
Clare |
1934 | Michaelmas | Mr E.H.G. Evans Emlyn Garner Evans Emlyn Hugh Garner Evans was a British barrister, Royal Air Force officer, and politician. Early in his career he adhered to the Liberal Party and was once arrested in Nazi Germany for expressing anti-fascist views... |
Gonville and Caius |
1935 | Lent | Count D.M. Tolstoy-Miloslavsky | Trinity |
1935 | Easter | Mr C.J.M. Alport | Pembroke |
1935 | Michaelmas | Mr A.W.G. Kean | Queens' |
1936 | Lent | Mr C. Fletcher Cooke Charles Fletcher-Cooke Charles Fletcher Fletcher-Cooke, QC was a British politician.Fletcher-Cooke was educated at Malvern College and Peterhouse, Cambridge where he was president of the Cambridge Union in 1936. He became a barrister and was called to the bar by Lincoln's Inn in 1938, later becoming a Queen's Counsel... |
Peterhouse |
1936 | Easter | Mr J.A. Dobbs | Trinity Hall |
1936 | Michaelmas | Mr R.L. Miall | St John's |
1937 | Lent | Mr G.B. Croasdell | Pembroke |
1937 | Easter | Mr R.V. Gibson | Gonville and Caius |
1937 | Michaelmas | Mr F. Singleton | Emmanuel |
1938 | Lent | Mr J.M. Simonds | Magdalene |
1938 | Easter | Mr P.R. Noakes | Queens' |
1938 | Michaelmas | Mr S.M. Kumaramangalam Mohan Kumaramangalam Surendra Mohan Kumaramangalam was an Indian politician and communist theorist who was a member of the Indian National Congress, and later, the Communist Party of India. He served as a member of Lok Sabha for Pondicherry from 1971 to 1972.- Early life and education:Mohan Kumaramangalam was born in... |
King's |
1939 | Lent | Hon. P.T.T. Butler | Trinity |
1939 | Easter | Mr P.B. Hague | Emmanuel |
1939 | Michaelmas | Mr P.G.B. Keuneman Pieter Keuneman Pieter Gerald Bartholomeusz Keuneman was a Sri Lankan politician and a Marxist. He was the Cabinet Minister of Housing and Local Government and prominent Member of Parliament and a leading figure in the Lanka Sama Samaja Party .-Early life and education:Pieter Keuneman came from a Dutch Burgher... |
Pembroke |
The election of Officers was suspended and a Committee of Management appointed.
Chairmen of debates, 1939-1944
Year | Term | Chairman | College |
1939 | Michaelmas | Mr R.R. Pittam | Pembroke |
1940 | Lent | Mr G.L. Stewart | Fitzwilliam House |
1940 | Easter | Mr J.R.A. Bottomley James Bottomley (diplomat) Sir James Reginald Alfred Bottomley, KCMG is a retired British diplomat.He was educated at King's College School and Trinity College, Cambridge; he was chairman of debates in the Cambridge Union Society in 1940, closing the debates to prevent proctoral censorship... |
Trinity |
1940 | Michaelmas | Debates suspended | |
1941 | Lent | Mr J. Maynard Smith John Maynard Smith John Maynard Smith,His surname was Maynard Smith, not Smith, nor was it hyphenated. F.R.S. was a British theoretical evolutionary biologist and geneticist. Originally an aeronautical engineer during the Second World War, he took a second degree in genetics under the well-known biologist J.B.S.... |
Trinity |
1941 | Easter | Debates suspended | |
1941 | Michaelmas | Debates suspended | |
1942 | Lent | Debates suspended | |
1942 | Easter | Mr H.B. Dunkerley | King's |
1942 | Michaelmas | Mr G.A. Leven | Trinity |
1943 | Lent | Mr R.S. Taylor | St Catharine's |
1943 | Easter | Mr N.D. Sandelson Neville Sandelson Neville Devonshire Sandelson was a British politician.Sandelson was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was a barrister, called to the bar by Inner Temple in 1946, and director of a publishing company... |
Trinity |
1943 | Michaelmas | Mr R.R. Feilden | Corpus Christi |
1944 | Lent | Mr J.S.B. Butler | King's |
1944 | Easter | Mr C. Salmon | Trinity Hall |
1944-
The election of Officers was resumed.Year | Term | President | College |
1944 | Michaelmas | Mr P. Goldman | Pembroke |
1945 | Lent | Mr S. Clement Davies | Trinity Hall |
1945 | Easter | Mr D.J.W. Coward | Trinity |
1945 | Michaelmas | Mr M.P. Frankel | Peterhouse |
1946 | Lent | Mr G.J. Carter | Magdalene |
1946 | Easter | Mr W.J.E. Coventon | Magdalene |
1946 | Michaelmas | Mr G.F. Boston | Magdalene |
1947 | Lent | Mr W.H.L. Richmond | Trinity |
1947 | Easter | Mr I.S. Lloyd | King's |
1947 | Michaelmas | Mr R.C.M. Young | King's |
1948 | Lent | Mr H.J.C. Berkeley Humphry Berkeley Humphry John Berkeley was a British politician noted for his many changes of parties and his efforts to effect homosexual law reform, and both oppose, and then seem to abet, grand apartheid.... |
Pembroke |
1948 | Easter | Mr D.E.C. Price David Price (British politician) Sir David Ernest Campbell Price is a British Conservative Party politician.Price was educated at Eton College, Trinity College, Cambridge and Yale University. He was President of the Cambridge Union in 1948. He served with the Scots Guards during World War II, a staff officer in Trieste... |
Trinity |
1948 | Michaelmas | Mr T.C. Hewlett | Magdalene |
1949 | Lent | Mr G.W. Pattison | St John's |
1949 | Easter | Mr P.C.M. Curtis-Bennett | Christ's |
1949 | Michaelmas | Mr D.K. Freeth | Trinity Hall |
1950 | Lent | Mr P. Cradock Percy Cradock Sir Percy Cradock, GCMG was a British diplomat, civil servant and sinologist who served as British Ambassador to the People's Republic of China from 1978 to 1983, playing a significant role in the Sino-British negotiations which led up to the signing of the Sino-British Joint Declaration in... |
St John's |
1950 | Easter | Mr N. St John-Stevas Norman St John-Stevas, Baron St John of Fawsley Norman Anthony Francis St John-Stevas, Baron St John of Fawsley, PC, FRSL , is a British politician, author, constitutional expert and barrister. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as the Leader of the House of Commons in the government of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher from 1979 to 1981... |
Fitzwilliam House |
1950 | Michaelmas | Mr R.G. Waterhouse Ronald Waterhouse Sir Ronald Waterhouse, GBE, QC was a retired High Court judge who led a three-year inquiry into the Wales child abuse scandal in the 1990s. Ronald Gough Waterhouse was born in Holywell, Flintshire, Wales, UK... |
St John's |
1951 | Lent | ‡ Mr Jack Ashley Jack Ashley, Baron Ashley of Stoke Jack Ashley, Baron Ashley of Stoke, CH PC , is a Labour member of the United Kingdom House of Lords. He was Member of Parliament for Stoke-on-Trent South for 26 years, from 1966 to 1992.... |
Gonville and Caius |
Mr G. Mathur | Magdalene | ||
1951 | Easter | Mr D.G. Macmillan | Magdalene |
1951 | Michaelmas | Mr F.J. Williams | Trinity |
1952 | Lent | Mr G.E. Janner Greville Janner Greville Ewan Janner, Baron Janner of Braunstone is a British Labour politician, lawyer and author. A QC since 1971, he was a Labour MP from 1970 to 1997... |
Trinity Hall |
1952 | Easter | Mr D.R. Hurd Douglas Hurd Douglas Richard Hurd, Baron Hurd of Westwell, CH, CBE, PC , is a British Conservative politician and novelist, who served in the governments of Margaret Thatcher and John Major between 1979 and his retirement in 1995.... |
Trinity |
1952 | Michaelmas | Mr A.H. Sampson | Selwyn Selwyn College, Cambridge Selwyn College is a constituent college in the University of Cambridge in England, United Kingdom.The college was founded by the Selwyn Memorial Committee in memory of the Rt Reverend George Selwyn , who rowed on the Cambridge crew in the first Varsity Boat Race in 1829, and went on to become the... |
1953 | Lent | Mr P.J. Mansfield | Pembroke |
1953 | Easter | Mr I.J. McIntyre | St John's |
1953 | Michaelmas | Mr H.S. Thomas | Queens' |
1954 | Lent | Mr D. Mirfin | Magdalene |
1954 | Easter | Mr N.O. Tomalin Nicholas Tomalin Nicholas Osborne Tomalin was an English journalist and writer.Tomalin was the son of Miles Tomalin, a Communist poet and veteran of the Spanish Civil War. He studied English literature at Trinity Hall, Cambridge. As a student he was President of the Cambridge Union and editor of the prestigious... |
Trinity Hall |
1954 | Michaelmas | Mr G. Shaw Giles Shaw Sir John Giles Dunkerley Shaw, known as Giles Shaw, was a British Conservative Party politician.Shaw was born in York, the son of an engineer. He was educated at Sedbergh School and St... |
St John's |
1955 | Lent | Mr R.G. Moore | Trinity |
1955 | Easter | Mr J.D. Waite | Corpus Christi |
1955 | Michaelmas | Mr J.N. Crichton-Miller | Pembroke |
1956 | Lent | Mr M.D. Rosenhead | St John's |
1956 | Easter | Mr R.F. Peierls | Gonville and Caius |
1956 | Michaelmas | Mr K.W.J. Post | St John's |
1957 | Lent | Mr N.H. Marshall | St John's |
1957 | Easter | Mr D.R. Fairbairn | Gonville and Caius |
1957 | Michaelmas | Mr K.G. MacInnes | Trinity |
1958 | Lent | Mr C.T. Norman-Butler | Trinity |
1958 | Easter | Mr T.L. Higgins Terence Higgins, Baron Higgins Terence Langley Higgins, Baron Higgins KBE DL PC is a British Conservative politician.He was Member of Parliament for Worthing from 1964 to 1997, and Financial Secretary to the Treasury between 1972 and 1974.... |
Gonville and Caius |
1958 | Michaelmas | Mr J.H. Cockcroft John Cockroft (politician) John Hoyle Cockcroft is a British Conservative politician.Cockcroft served as a Lieutenant in the Royal Army from 1953 to 1955. He worked as a journalist from 1959 to 1974, and again 1981 through 1986, writing for the Financial Times, Daily Telegraph, and Sunday Telegraph. He was Member of... |
St John's |
1959 | Lent | Hon. J.P.F. St L. Grenfell | King's |
1959 | Easter | Mr J.W.F. Nott John Nott Sir John William Frederic Nott KCB is a former British Conservative Party politician prominent in the late 1970s and early 1980s... |
Trinity |
1959 | Michaelmas | Mr B. Walsh | Gonville and Caius |
1960 | Lent | Mr C.S. Tugendhat | Gonville and Caius |
1960 | Easter | Mr L.A.C.F. Giovene di Girasole | St Catharine's |
1960 | Michaelmas | Mr L. Brittan | Trinity |
1961 | Lent | Mr A. Firth | Trinity |
1961 | Easter | Mr A.C. Renfrew Colin Renfrew, Baron Renfrew of Kaimsthorn Andrew Colin Renfrew, Baron Renfrew of Kaimsthorn, Ph.D., FBA, FSA, HonFSAScot is a prominent British archaeologist and highly regarded academic, noted for his work on radiocarbon dating, the prehistory of languages, archaeogenetics, and the prevention of looting at archaeological sites... |
St John's |
1961 | Michaelmas | Mr P.G. Hancock | Emmanuel |
1962 | Lent | Mr J.S. Gummer John Gummer John Selwyn Gummer, Baron Deben, PC is a British Conservative Party politician, formerly Member of Parliament for Suffolk Coastal, now a member of the House of Lords. He is Chairman of the environmental consultancy company Sancroft International and Chairman of Veolia Water... |
Selwyn |
1962 | Easter | Mr M Howard Michael Howard Michael Howard, Baron Howard of Lympne, CH, QC, PC is a British politician, who served as the Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition from November 2003 to December 2005... |
Peterhouse |
1962 | Michaelmas | Mr B.H. Pollitt | King's |
1963 | Lent | Mr W.I.C. Binnie Ian Binnie William Ian Corneil Binnie was a puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, serving from 1998 to 2011. Of the justices appointed to the Supreme Court in recent years, he is one of the few to have never sat as a judge prior to his appointment.- Personal life and career as lawyer :Binnie was... |
Pembroke |
1963 | Easter | Mr K.H. Clarke Kenneth Clarke Kenneth Harry "Ken" Clarke, QC, MP is a British Conservative politician, currently Member of Parliament for Rushcliffe, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice. He was first elected to Parliament in 1970; and appointed a minister in Edward Heath's government, in 1972, and is one of... |
Gonville and Caius |
1963 | Michaelmas | Mr O. Weaver | Trinity |
1964 | Lent | Mr N.S.H. Lamont | Fitzwilliam House |
1964 | Easter | Mr C.E. Lysaght | Christ's |
1964 | Michaelmas | Mr J.C.H. Davies | Emmanuel |
1965 | Lent | Mr P.S. Fullerton | Gonville and Caius |
1965 | Easter | Mr J.V. Cable Vincent Cable Dr. John Vincent "Vince" Cable is a British Liberal Democrat politician and economist who is currently the Business Secretary in the coalition cabinet of David Cameron. He has been Member of Parliament for Twickenham since 1997.... |
Fitzwilliam House |
1965 | Michaelmas | Mr J.M.J. Burford | Emmanuel |
1966 | Lent | Mr R.A. Perlman | St Catharine's |
1966 | Easter | Mr A.J. Vinson | Gonville and Caius |
1966 | Michaelmas | Mr B.P. Crossley | Trinity |
1967 | Lent | Mr M. Horowitz | Pembroke |
1967 | Easter | Mr N.P.R. Wall | Trinity |
1967 | Michaelmas | Miss A. Mallalieu Ann Mallalieu, Baroness Mallalieu Ann Mallalieu, Baroness Mallalieu QC is a British lawyer, Labour Party politician and president of the Countryside Alliance.... |
Newnham Newnham College, Cambridge Newnham College is a women-only constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.The college was founded in 1871 by Henry Sidgwick, and was the second Cambridge college to admit women after Girton College... |
1968 | Lent | Mr I. Martin | Emmanuel |
1968 | Easter | Mr G.W. Martin | Magdalene |
1968 | Michaelmas | Mr K.W. Jarrold | Sidney Sussex |
1969 | Lent | Mr P.J. Tyson-Cain | Downing |
1969 | Easter | Miss H.V. Middleweek | Newnham |
1969 | Michaelmas | Mr H.R.D. Anderson | Trinity |
1970 | Lent | Mr R.K. Evans Roger Kenneth Evans Roger Kenneth Evans is a British Conservative politician.Evans was elected Member of Parliament for Monmouth in 1992, winning the seat back from Labour's Huw Edwards who had defeated Evans in by-election the previous year. However, at the 1997 general election, Edwards retook the seat.Evans... |
Trinity Hall |
1970 | Easter | Mr R. Dhavan | Emmanuel |
1970 | Michaelmas | Mr N.F. Stadlen | Trinity |
1971 | Lent | Mr P.L. Heslop | Christ's |
1971 | Easter | Mr R.M. Jackson Rupert Jackson Sir Rupert Matthew Jackson is a member of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.- Career :Jackson was educated at Christ's Hospital and Jesus College, Cambridge, of which he is an Honorary Fellow. He was called to the Bar in 1972 and made a Bencher in 1995. He became a Queen's Counsel in 1987... |
Jesus |
1971 | Michaelmas | Miss A-A. Stassinopoulos Arianna Huffington Arianna Huffington is a Greek American author and syndicated columnist. She is best known as co-founder of the news website The Huffington Post. A popular conservative commentator in the mid-1990s, she adopted more liberal political beliefs in the late 1990s... |
Girton Girton College, Cambridge Girton College is one of the 31 constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge. It was England's first residential women's college, established in 1869 by Emily Davies and Barbara Bodichon. The full college status was only received in 1948 and marked the official admittance of women to the... |
1972 | Lent | Mr D.J. Powell | St Catharine's |
1972 | Easter | Mr K.F. Carey | Downing |
1972 | Michaelmas | Mr C.R. Smith Chris Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury Christopher "Chris" Robert Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury PC is a British Labour Party politician, and a former Member of Parliament and Cabinet Minister... |
Pembroke |
1973 | Lent | Mr A.G. Oppenheimer | Trinity |
1973 | Easter | Mr D.A. Grace | Magdalene |
1973 | Michaelmas | Mr E.M. Goyder | Trinity |
1974 | Lent | Mr H.H.J. Carter | Gonville and Caius |
1974 | Easter | Mr J.T. Harris | Trinity |
1974 | Michaelmas | Mr P.S. Weil | Jesus |
1975 | Lent | Mr D.M. Bean | Trinity Hall |
1975 | Easter | Mr D.P. Condit | Trinity |
1975 | Michaelmas | Mr P.L. Bazalgette Peter Bazalgette Peter "Baz" Bazalgette is a British media expert who helped create the independent TV production sector in the UK and went on to be the leading creative figure in the global TV company Endemol.... |
Fitzwilliam Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge Fitzwilliam College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge in England.The college traces its origins back to 1869 and the foundation of the Non-Collegiate Students Board, a venture intended to offer students from less financially privileged backgrounds a chance to study... |
1976 | Lent | Mr C.J. Greenwood Christopher Greenwood Sir Christopher John Greenwood CMG QC is a duly elected member of the International Court of Justice. He is a barrister and professor of international law at the London School of Economics... |
Magdalene |
1976 | Easter | Mr D.W. Johnson | Selwyn |
1976 | Michaelmas | Mr P.J. Fudakowski Peter Fudakowski Peter Fudakowski is a London based film producer. He studied Economics at Magdalene College, Cambridge, . He graduated with a Masters degree and later read for an MBA at the business school INSEAD.In 1979 he joined the First National Bank of Chicago where he worked in the film financing department... |
Magdalene |
1977 | Lent | Mr K. Thapar Karan Thapar Karan Thapar is one of India's noted television commentators and interviewers. He is the youngest child of General P. N. Thapar and Mrs. Bimla Thapar.-Education:... |
Pembroke |
1977 | Easter | Mr A.T.A. Dallas | Emmanuel |
1977 | Michaelmas | Mr J.A. Turner | Gonville and Caius |
1978 | Lent | Mr A.J.B. Mitchell Andrew Mitchell The Right Honourable Andrew John Bower Mitchell MP is a British Conservative Party politician and the Member of Parliament for Sutton Coldfield... |
Jesus |
1978 | Easter | Mr R.D. Harris Robert Harris (novelist) Robert Dennis Harris is an English novelist. He is a former journalist and BBC television reporter.-Early life:Born in Nottingham, Harris spent his childhood in a small rented house on a Nottingham council estate. His ambition to become a writer arose at an early age, from visits to the local... |
Selwyn |
1978 | Michaelmas | Mr D.J.M. Janner | Trinity Hall |
1979 | Lent | Mr E.J.I. Stourton | Trinity |
1979 | Easter | Mr D.J.A. Casserley | Jesus |
1979 | Michaelmas | Mr M.J. Booth | Trinity |
1980 | Lent | Mr M.A. Bishop | Downing |
1980 | Easter | Miss M.J. Libby | Girton |
1980 | Michaelmas | Mr C.H. Gallagher | Jesus |
1981 | Lent | Mr D.N. Senior | Jesus |
1981 | Easter | Mr P.M. Sugarman | St John's |
1981 | Michaelmas | Mr G.W.C. Kavanagh | St John's |
1982 | Lent | Mr P.N.L. Harvey | St Catharine's |
1982 | Easter | Mr S.R.M. Baynes | Magdalene |
1982 | Michaelmas | Mr B.C. Jenkin Bernard Jenkin Bernard Christison Jenkin is a politician in the United Kingdom, and the current Member of Parliament for Harwich and North Essex... |
Corpus Christi |
1983 | Lent | Mr S.H. Milton Simon Milton (politician) Sir Simon Henry Milton was a British Conservative politician. He lately served as London's Deputy Mayor for Policy and Planning, and before that was a leader of Westminster City Council and Chairman of the Local Government Association.-Early life:Milton was the son of Clive and Ruth Milton and was... |
Gonville and Caius |
1983 | Easter | Miss M. McDonagh | New Hall New Hall, Cambridge Murray Edwards College is a women-only constituent college of the University of Cambridge. It was founded as "New Hall" in 1954, at a time when Cambridge had the lowest proportion of women undergraduates of any university in the United Kingdom, and when only two other colleges admitted women... |
1983 | Michaelmas | Mr J.A. Lloyd | Fitzwilliam |
1984 | Lent | Mr G.B. Davies | St John's |
1984 | Easter | Mr A.J.H. Lownie | Magdalene |
1984 | Michaelmas | Miss L. Chapman-Jury | St John's |
1985 | Lent | Mr L.P. Anisfeld | Trinity |
1985 | Easter | Mr C.D. Blackwood | Gonville and Caius |
1985 | Michaelmas | Mr D.N. Walbank | Queens' |
1986 | Lent | Mr T.H. Oliver | St John's |
1986 | Easter | Mr C.D. Steele | Girton |
1986 | Michaelmas | Mr C.G. Earles | Sidney Sussex |
1987 | Lent | Mr M.P.N. Tod | St John's |
1987 | Easter | Mr M.P. Lindsay | Magdalene |
1987 | Michaelmas | Mr A.P. Ground | St John's |
1988 | Lent | Mr S.J. Greenhalgh | Trinity |
1988 | Easter | Mr C.M. Kelly | Trinity |
1988 | Michaelmas | Mr P.C.W. Pressdee | St John's |
1989 | Lent | Mr A. Aithal | Trinity |
1989 | Easter | Miss C.A. Doerries | New Hall |
1989 | Michaelmas | Mr N.A. Pink | Pembroke |
1990 | Lent | Mr C.H.M. Robson | St John's |
1990 | Easter | Mr D.C. Willink | Magdalene |
1990 | Michaelmas | Mr M.F. Harris | Corpus Christi |
1991 | Lent | Mr M.S. Scott-Fleming | Magdalene |
1991 | Easter | Mr R.S. Mitter | King's |
1991 | Michaelmas | Miss E.D. Johnson | Queens' |
1992 | Lent | Mr S.P.J. Nixon | Trinity |
1992 | Easter | Miss C.V. Balding Clare Balding Clare Balding is a BBC sports presenter, journalist and jockey.-Early life:In 1989 and 1990, Balding was a leading amateur flat jockey and Champion Lady Rider in 1990.... |
Newnham |
1992 | Michaelmas | Mr N.P. Allen | Emmanuel |
1993 | Lent | Mr B.M. Elkington | Trinity |
1993 | Easter | Mr G.L. Barwell Gavin Barwell Gavin Laurence Barwell is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Croydon Central since the 2010 general election.He is also the Head Governor of Trinity School in Croydon.-Education:... |
Trinity |
1993 | Michaelmas | Miss L.C. Frazer | Newnham |
1994 | Lent | Mr S. Swaroop | Magdalene |
1994 | Easter | Mr C.M. Farmer | Magdalene |
1994 | Michaelmas | Mr S.D. Kirk | Emmanuel |
1995 | Lent | Miss R.C. Penn | Churchill Churchill College, Cambridge Churchill College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.In 1958, a Trust was established with Sir Winston Churchill as its Chairman of Trustees, to build and endow a college for 60 fellows and 540 Students as a national and Commonwealth memorial to Winston Churchill; its... |
1995 | Easter | Mr N.J. Boys Smith | Peterhouse |
1995 | Michaelmas | Mr D.H. Branch | Magdalene |
1996 | Lent | Mr N. Chatrath | Jesus |
1996 | Easter | Mr A. Cannon | Magdalene |
1996 | Michaelmas | Miss I. Waddell | Newnham |
1997 | Lent | Mr A. Leek | Emmanuel |
1997 | Easter | Mr J. Shapiro | Peterhouse |
1997 | Michaelmas | Mr G. Weetman | Christ's |
1998 | Lent | Miss S. Raine | Trinity |
1998 | Easter | Miss R. Durkin | Corpus Christi |
1998 | Michaelmas | Mr A. Slater | Corpus Christi |
1999 | Lent | Mr O. Wellings | Pembroke |
1999 | Easter | Miss S. Gledhill | Christ's |
1999 | Michaelmas | Mr G. Bevis | Magdalene |
2000 | Lent | Miss V. Perkins | Pembroke |
2000 | Easter | Miss A. Newton | Newnham |
2000 | Michaelmas | Dr P.J. Abbott | Magdalene |
2001 | Lent | Miss D. Newman | Fitzwilliam |
2001 | Easter | Mr W.M. Tan | Trinity |
2001 | Michaelmas | Mr J.M. Brier | Christ's |
2002 | Lent | Mr J. Devanny | Jesus |
2002 | Easter | Mr M.W.S. Lynas | Trinity |
2002 | Michaelmas | ‡ Mr T.B. Kibasi | Trinity |
Mr T.H. Jeffery | Trinity | ||
2003 | Lent | Mr S.K. Kabraji | Trinity |
2003 | Easter | Mr E.C. Cumming | Downing |
2003 | Michaelmas | Mr W.E. Gallagher | Trinity Hall |
2004 | Lent | Mr S.G. Parkinson | Emmanuel |
2004 | Easter | Ms K.I.D.I. Steadman | New Hall |
2004 | Michaelmas | Mr R. Friedman | Emmanuel |
2005 | Lent | Mr A.E. Ross | Fitzwilliam |
2005 | Easter | Mr J.M. Khan | Trinity |
2005 | Michaelmas | Miss J.R. Scott | Pembroke |
2006 | Lent | Miss S.J. Pobereskin | King's |
2006 | Easter | Miss A. Thompson | Trinity |
2006 | Michaelmas | Mr L.E. Pearce | King's |
2007 | Lent | Mr M. Jacobson | St. John's |
2007 | Easter | Mr A. Al-Ansari | Homerton |
2007 | Michaelmas | Mr R.J.A. Foxcroft | Churchill |
2008 | Lent | ‡ Mr W.P. Wearden | King's |
Mr L. Wei | Churchill | ||
2008 | Easter | Mr E.D. Bishton | Fitzwilliam |
2008 | Michaelmas | Mr A. Bott | Sidney Sussex |
2009 | Lent | Miss O.F. Potts | Corpus Christi |
2009 | Easter | Mr L. Fear-Segal | Robinson Robinson College, Cambridge Robinson College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.Robinson is the newest of the Cambridge colleges, and is unique in being the only one to have been intended, from its inception, for both undergraduate and graduate students of either sex.- History :The college was founded... |
2009 | Michaelmas | Mr J. Domercq | King's |
2010 | Lent | Mr J.D. Laurence | Christ's |
2010 | Easter | Mr A.P. Chapman | Robinson |
2010 | Michaelmas | Mr J. Counsell | Sidney Sussex |
2011 | Lent | Miss L.E.S. Davidson | Christ's |
2011 | Easter | Miss F.I.R. Hill | Trinity Hall |
2011 | Michaelmas | Mr C.C. Macdonald | Downing |
2012 | Lent | Miss K. Lam | Trinity |
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