List of chancellors of the University of Cambridge

The chancellor of the University of Cambridge is the ceremonial head of the university. The position dates from the 13th century.Chancellors of the University of Cambridge. British History Online. Retrieved on 30 July 2012. Chancellors were elected annually until 1514, and thereafter were elected for life.

Tenure Chancellor Notes c.1215–c.1232 Richard of Wetheringsett c.1246 Hugh de Hotton 1256 Reginald Gerninghall 1257 Stephen Hepworth 1259 William de Ludham 1260 Richard de Gedney 1261 Richard Dryfield 1267 John de Asgarby 1270–1275 John Hooke 1276 Roger de Fulbourn 1283 Andrew de Gisleham 1286 Thomas Sheringham 1287 Stephen Hepworth 1289–1290 Ralph de Leicester 1290–1292 Geoffery de Pakenham 1293–1295 Henry de Boyton 1295–1296 John de Bradenham 1296–1299 Thomas de Sheringham 1299 Stephen Hepworth 1300–1303 Stephen Haslingfield 1303–1307 Stephen de Segrace 1307 Stephen Haslingfield 1315 Richard de Ashton 1321–1326 Roger Northburgh has been incorrectly described as Chancellor in sources since as early as 1691. 1326–1329 Richard de Badew 1329–1331 Thomas de Foxton c. 1330 Robert de Winwick 1331–1334 John de Langley 1334–1335 Robert de MildenhallSee the History of the Mendenhall Surname in England website https://www.mendenhall.org.uk/aqwn03.htm#35 for notes relating to him. 1335–1337 Henry de Herwarden 1337–1339 Richard Harling (or Ling) 1340 Robert de Claydon 1341 Thomas de Northwood 1344 Thomas de Northwood 1346–1348 John de Crakhall Re-elected in 1348 on 9 June 1348 Thomas de Grantchester 1348 William de Lymbergh Elected 15 December 1349–1351 Richard Leicester (or Richard de Wetherset, Hetherset, Wetheringsett)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." Elected 21 Jan. 1351 Richard Harling 1352 Anthony of Grantchester 1352–1359 William Tynkell 1359–1360 Thomas Sutton 1360–1361 Richard de Wetherset 1361–1362 Michael de Haynton 1361–1366 Michael de Causton 1366–1369 William de Gotham 1369 Thomas de Stewkley 1371 John de Donwich 1373–1374 Adam de Lakenheath 1374 John de Donwich 1376 William de Gotham 1378–1379 Richard Scrope 1380 Eudo (or Guy) Zouche 1380–1381 John Cavendish 1382 Guy Zouche 1382–1383 John de Bromyard 1383 John of Neketon 1384 John de Burgh (or Borough) 1385 Thomas Hetherset (or de Hethersett) 1386 John de Burgh (or Borough) 1388 William Colvile 1390–1391 Richard Dereham 1391 William Colvile 1392 John de Neketon 1394 William Colvile 1396 Guy Zouche 1400–1402 Richard de Billingford 1404–1408 Richard Dereham 1409–1413 Richard de Billingford 1414 Stephen le Scrope 1415–1422 John de Rickingale 1422–1423 Thomas de Cobham 1424–1426 Robert Fitzhugh 1426 William Wymbell 1427 Marmaduke Lumley 1429–1430 John Holeroke 1431–1432 William Lascells 1432 Richard de Billingford 1433–1435 Richard Cawdray 1436–1445 John Langton 1445–1446 Nicholas Kenton 1447 John Langton 1448 Robert Ascogh 1450–1451 Nicholas Close 1451–1456 William Percy 1456–1458 Lawrence Booth 1458 William Wilflete (or Wolflet) 1459–1460 Robert Woodlark 1461 Richard Scroope 1462–1463 Robert Woodlark 1463–1464 John Booth 1464 William Wilflete 1465–1468 John Harrison (or Herrison) 1466 William Wilflete 1468–1469 Edward Story 1469–1471 Thomas Rotherham (or Scot) 1471–1472 Edward Story 1473–1479 Thomas Rotherham 1479–1483 John Boynton 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 1535–1540 Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex 1540–1547 Stephen Gardiner 1547–1552 Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset 1552–1553 John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland 1553–1555 Stephen Gardiner 1556–1558 Reginald Pole 1559–1598 William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley 1598–1601 Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex 1601–1612 Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury 1612–1614 Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton 1614–1626 Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk 1626–1628 George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham 1628–1649 Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland A Royalist officer in the English Civil War from 1643, executed for treason in 1649 1649–1651 Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester 1651–1660 Oliver St John 1660–1671 Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester Reinstated as Chancellor after the Restoration 1671–1674 George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham 1674–1682 James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth 1682–1688 Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle 1689–1748 Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset 1748–1768 Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1768–1811 Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton 1811–1834 Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh 1834–1840 John Pratt, 1st Marquess Camden 1840–1847 Hugh Percy, 3rd Duke of Northumberland 1847–1861 Albert, Prince Consort 1861–1891 William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire 1892–1908 Spencer Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire 1908–1919 John Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh 1919–1930 Arthur Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour 1930–1947 Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley 1948–1950 Jan Smuts 1950–1967 Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder 1967–1976 Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian 1976–2011 Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh 2011–2025 David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville 2025– Chris Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury

See also List of vice-chancellors of the University of Cambridge List of chancellors of the University of Oxford

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