Gresham Professor of Law
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The Professor of Law at Gresham College
Gresham College
Gresham College is an institution of higher learning located at Barnard's Inn Hall off Holborn in central London, England. It was founded in 1597 under the will of Sir Thomas Gresham and today it hosts over 140 free public lectures every year within the City of London.-History:Sir Thomas Gresham,...

, London, gives free educational lectures to the general public. The college was founded for this purpose in 1596/7, when it appointed seven professors. (Years given as, say, 1596/7 refer to Old Style and New Style dates
Old Style and New Style dates
Old Style and New Style are used in English language historical studies either to indicate that the start of the Julian year has been adjusted to start on 1 January even though documents written at the time use a different start of year ; or to indicate that a date conforms to the Julian...

.) This has since increased to eight and in addition the college now has visiting professors. The Professor of Law is always appointed by the Mercers’ School Memorial Trust, which is administered by the Worshipful Company of Mercers
Worshipful Company of Mercers
The Worshipful Company of Mercers is the premier Livery Company of the City of London and ranks first in order of precedence. It is the first of the so-called "Great Twelve City Livery Companies". It was incorporated under a Royal Charter in 1394...

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1 Henry Mowtlowe March 1596/7
2 Clement Corbet
Clement Corbet
-Life:He was the sixth son of Sir Miles Corbet of Sprowston, Norfolk, who was high sheriff of that county in 1591, by Katherine, daughter of Sir Christopher Heydon. He was admitted a scholar of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, on 7 December 1592, took the degree of LL.B. in 1598, was elected a fellow of...

 
May 1607
3 Thomas Eden
Thomas Eden
Thomas Eden was an English jurist, academic and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 to 1645.-Life:Eden was the youngest son of Richard Eden of South Hanningfield, Essex and his wife Margaret Payton, daughter of Christopher Payton of Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, and was born in the...

 
10 Nov 1613
4 Benjamin Thorneton  27 July 1640
5 Joshua Crosse  29 March 1644
6 Thomas Leonard  4 May 1649
7 John Bond
John Bond (jurist)
John Bond LL.D. was an English jurist, Puritan clergyman, member of the Westminster Assembly, and Master of Trinity Hall, Cambridge.-Life:...

 
12 March 1649/50
8 Benjamin Thorneton  23 Oct 1660
9 Richard Pearson  8 Oct 1667
10 John Clarke 9 August 1670
11 Roger Meredith  7 March 1672/3
12 Robert Briggs 7 Feb 1686/7
13 John Cumyng  1 May 1719
14 William Mace  30 August 1744
15 Joseph Jeffries  20 May 1767
16 T Taylor  23 Jan 1784
17 William Jocelyn Palmer  14 Jan 1808
18 William Palmer 5 Feb 1836
19 John Thomas Abdy
John Thomas Abdy
John Thomas Abdy was Regius Professor of Civil Law at Cambridge University.-Life:John Thomas Abdy was the son and heir of Lt.-Col. James Nicholas Abdy of the East India Company. His early education was at the Kensington Proprietary Grammar School. He graduated in 1844 from Trinity Hall,...

 
18 June 1858
20 George Holmes Blakesley 23 April 1896
21 William Blake Odgers 27 March 1907
22 Geoffrey Walter Wrangham  22 May 1925
23 William Arthian Davies
William Arthian Davies
Sir William Arthian Davies was a lawyer and judge in England and Wales.William Arthian Davies was appointed a Justice of the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division of the High Court of England and Wales on 1 October 1952. He was knighted a few days later. He was transferred to the Queen's Bench...

 
16 March 1934
1939-45 Lectures in abeyance
24 Eric Sachs  6 June 1946
25 Richard O’Sullivan  6 July 1950
26 Richard Jon Harvey  1962
27 R F V Heuston  1965
28 P R Glazebrook  1971
29 Clive M Schmitthoff  1976–86?
30 Kenneth R Simmonds  1988
31 Sir David Calcutt
David Calcutt
Sir David Charles Calcutt QC was an eminent barrister and public servant, knighted in 1991. He was the Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge from 1985 until 1994. He was also responsible for the creation of the Press Complaints Commission.-References:...

 QC
1 Sept 1992
32 Simon Lee 1 Sept 1995
33 Gerald Wakefield  1 Sept 1998
34 Richard Susskind
Richard Susskind
Richard Susskind OBE is a British author, speaker, and independent adviser to international professional firms and national governments...

 OBE
1 Sept 2000
35 Vernon Bogdanor
Vernon Bogdanor
Vernon Bogdanor, CBE, FBA is Research Professor at the Institute for Contemporary History at King's College London, and a Fellow of Brasenose College, University of Oxford. He is one of Britain's foremost constitutional experts and has written extensively on political and constitutional issues...

 FBA CBE
1 Sept 2004
36 Ruth Deech, Baroness Deech of Cumnor DBE 1 Sept 2008
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