ChancellorA Chancellor is the head of a university. Other titles are sometimes used, such as President or Rector.In most Commonwealth nations, the Chancellor is usually a titular non-resident head, often with a Pro-Chancellor as practical Chairman of the governing body ; the actual chief executive of a...
s of the University of OxfordThe University of Oxford , located in the UK city of Oxford, is the oldest surviving university in the English-speaking world and is regarded as one of the world's leading academic institutions. Although the exact date of foundation remains unclear, there is evidence of teaching there as far back...
include:
- 1224 Robert Grosseteste
Robert Grosseteste , English statesman, scholastic philosopher, theologian and Bishop of Lincoln, was born of humble parents at Stradbroke in Suffolk. A.C...
(Master of the School of Oxford since 1208)
- 1231 Ralph Cole (surname queried)
- 1231 Ralph de Maidstone
- 1231 Richard Batchden
- 1233 Ralph Cole
- 1238 Simon de Bovill
- 1239 John de Rygater
- 1240 Richard of Chichester
Saint Richard of Chichester is a saint who was Bishop of Chichester. His shrine in Chichester Cathedral was a richly-decorated centre of pilgrimage which was destroyed in 1538.-Life:St...
- 1240 Ralph de Heyham
- 1244 Simon de Bovill
- 1246 Gilbert de Biham
- 1252 Ralph de Sempringham
- 1255 William de Lodelawe
- 1256 Richard de S.
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ChancellorA Chancellor is the head of a university. Other titles are sometimes used, such as President or Rector.In most Commonwealth nations, the Chancellor is usually a titular non-resident head, often with a Pro-Chancellor as practical Chairman of the governing body ; the actual chief executive of a...
s of the University of OxfordThe University of Oxford , located in the UK city of Oxford, is the oldest surviving university in the English-speaking world and is regarded as one of the world's leading academic institutions. Although the exact date of foundation remains unclear, there is evidence of teaching there as far back...
include:
- 1224 Robert Grosseteste
Robert Grosseteste , English statesman, scholastic philosopher, theologian and Bishop of Lincoln, was born of humble parents at Stradbroke in Suffolk. A.C...
(Master of the School of Oxford since 1208)
- 1231 Ralph Cole (surname queried)
- 1231 Ralph de Maidstone
- 1231 Richard Batchden
- 1233 Ralph Cole
- 1238 Simon de Bovill
- 1239 John de Rygater
- 1240 Richard of Chichester
Saint Richard of Chichester is a saint who was Bishop of Chichester. His shrine in Chichester Cathedral was a richly-decorated centre of pilgrimage which was destroyed in 1538.-Life:St...
- 1240 Ralph de Heyham
- 1244 Simon de Bovill
- 1246 Gilbert de Biham
- 1252 Ralph de Sempringham
- 1255 William de Lodelawe
- 1256 Richard de S. Agatha
- 1262 Thomas de Cantilupe
- 1264 ? Henry de Cicestre
- 1267 Nicholas de Ewelme
- 1269 Thomas Bek
Thomas Bek was a Bishop of St David's.Thomas was the elder brother of Antony Bek, Bishop of Durham and of St David's. He was a trusted servant of King Edward I. He obtained many important and wealthy ecclesiastical positions, was made treasurer of England in 1279, and became bishop of St Davids...
- 1273 William de Bosco
- 1276 Eustace de Normanville
- 1280 John de Pontissara / John of Pontoise (Bishop of Winchester)
- 1280 Henry de Stanton
- 1282 William de Montfort
- 1283 Roger de Rowell or Rodwell or Rodewell
- 1284 William Pikerell
- 1285 Hervey de Saham
- 1288 Robert Winchelsey
Robert Winchelsey or Winchelsea was an English Christian theologian and Archbishop of Canterbury. He studied at the universities of Paris and Oxford, and later taught at both. Influenced by Thomas Aquinas, he was a scholastic theologian...
- 1289 William de Kingescote
- 1290 John de Ludlow
- 1290 John of Monmouth (afterwards Bishop of Llandaff)
- 1291 Simon of Ghent
-Life:He was a prebendary of the diocese of Salisbury and Chancellor of Oxford University, as well as Archdeacon of Oxford.He was elected bishop on 2 June 1297 and consecrated on 20 October 1297 at Canterbury He died 2 April 1315.-References:...
(afterwards Bishop of Salisbury)
- 1292 Henry Swayne ?
- 1293 Roger de Martival (afterwards Bishop of Salisbury)
- 1294 Peter de Medburn
- 1294 Roger de Weseham
- 1297 Richard de Clyve
- 1300 James de Cobeham
- 1302 Walter de Wetheringsete
- 1304 Simon de Faversham
- 1306 Walter Burdun
- 1308 William de Bosco
- 1309 Henry de Maunsfeld
- 1311 Walter Giffard
- 1311 Henry de Maunsfeld
- 1313 Henry Harclay
Henry Harclay , was a Chancellor of the University of Oxford , and a secular master and scholastic philosopher....
- 1316 Richard de Nottingham ?
- 1317 John Lutterell (resigned 1322)
- 1322 Henry Gower (afterwards Bishop of St David's)
- 1324 William de Alburwyke
- 1326 Thomas Hotham
- 1328 Ralph of Shrewsbury
Ralph of Shrewsbury was a Bishop of Bath and Wells. He was elected 2 June 1329 and consecrated 3 September 1329. He died 14 August 1363....
- 1329 Roger de Streton
- 1330 Nigel de Wavere
- 1332 Ralph Radyn
- 1334 Hugh de Willoughby
- 1335 Robert de Stratford
Robert de Stratford was an English bishop, and was one of Edward III of England's principal ministers.He served for a time as deputy to his brother, John de Stratford, and in 1337 became chancellor and bishop of Chichester. He was elected bishop about 24 August 1337, and was consecrated about 18...
(later Bishop of Chichester, Lord High Chancellor of England)
- 1338 Robert Paynink ?
- 1338 John Leech
- 1339 William de Skelton
- 1341 Walter de Scauren
- 1341 William de Bergeveney
- 1345 John de Northwode
- 1349 William de Hawkesworth
- 1350 William de Palmorna (1350-1351)
- 1354 Humphrey de Cherlton
- 1357 Lewis Charlton
Lewis Charlton may refer to:* Lewis de Charleton, medieval Bishop of Hereford* Lewis Charlton , American slave...
?
- 1357 John de Hotham
- 1358 John Renham or Reigham
- 1359 John de Hotham
- 1360 Richard Fitz Ralph
Richard FitzRalph was an Archbishop of Armagh during the 14th century. He was born into a well-off burgess family of Anglo-Norman/Hiberno-Norman descent in Dundalk, Ireland. He is noted as an ex-fellow and teacher of Balliol College, at the University of Oxford in 1325...
?
- 1360 Nicholas de Aston
- 1363 John de Renham
- 1363 John de Echingham or Hethingham
- 1366 Adam de Toneworth
- 1367 William Courtney
William Courtenay , English prelate, was Archbishop of Canterbury, having previously been Bishop of Hereford and Bishop of London.-Life:He was a younger son of Hugh de Courtenay, 10th Earl of Devon William Courtenay (c. 1342 – 31 July 1396), English prelate, was Archbishop of Canterbury, having...
(afterwards Bishop of Hereford, London, Canterbury)
- 1369 Adam de Toneworth
- 1371 William de Heytisbury
- 1372 William de Remmyngton
- 1373 William de Wylton
- 1376 John Turke
- 1377 Adam de Toneworth
- 1379 Robert Aylesham
- 1379 William Berton
- 1381 Robert Rygge or Rugge
- 1382 William Berton
- 1382 Robert Rygge
- 1382 Nicholas Hereford
Nicholas of Hereford was an English theological scholar, and advocate of the English reform movement within the Roman Church. He later recanted his unorthodox views and participated in the repression of other reformers...
- 1382 William Rugge ?
- 1383 Robert Rygge
- 1388 Thomas Brightwell
- 1390 Thomas Cranley (afterwards Archbishop of Dublin)
- 1391 Robert Rygge
- 1392 Ralph Redruth
- 1393 Thomas Prestbury
- 1394 Robert Arlyngton
- 1395 Thomas Hyndeman
- 1397 Philip Repyngdon
Philip Repyngdon was an English bishop and cardinal.-Early life and career:He was educated at the Oxford and became an Augustinian canon at Leicester before 1382....
(afterwards Bishop of Lincoln)
- 1397 Henry Beaufort
Henry Beaufort was a medieval English clergyman and Bishop of Winchester, an anomaly in being both a bishop and a member of the royal house of Plantagenet.-Life:...
(afterwards Bishop of Lincoln and Winchester)
- 1399 Thomas Hyndeman
- 1400 Philip Repyngdon
Philip Repyngdon was an English bishop and cardinal.-Early life and career:He was educated at the Oxford and became an Augustinian canon at Leicester before 1382....
- 1403 Robert Alum or Halam
- 1407 Richard Courtenay
Richard Courtenay , English prelate, was a son of Sir Philip Courtenay of Powderham Castle, near Exeter, and a grandson of Hugh de Courtenay, 10th Earl of Devon . He was a nephew of William Courtenay, archbishop of Canterbury, and a descendant of King Edward I of England...
- 1407 Richard Ullerston
Richard Ullerston was born in the Duchy of Lancaster, England, and died in August or September, 1423.Having been ordained priest in December, 1383, he became fellow of Queen's College, Oxford , holding office in the college, and proceeding to doctor of divinity and Vice-Chancellor of Oxford...
- 1408 William Clynt
- 1409 Thomas Pretbury
- 1410 William Sulburge
- 1411 Richard Courtenay
Richard Courtenay , English prelate, was a son of Sir Philip Courtenay of Powderham Castle, near Exeter, and a grandson of Hugh de Courtenay, 10th Earl of Devon . He was a nephew of William Courtenay, archbishop of Canterbury, and a descendant of King Edward I of England...
- 1412 William Sulburge
- 1412 Richard Courtenay
Richard Courtenay , English prelate, was a son of Sir Philip Courtenay of Powderham Castle, near Exeter, and a grandson of Hugh de Courtenay, 10th Earl of Devon . He was a nephew of William Courtenay, archbishop of Canterbury, and a descendant of King Edward I of England...
- 1413 William Sulburge
- 1413 William Barrowe
- 1414 Richard Snetisham
- 1415 William Barrowe
- 1416 Thomas Clare
- 1416 William Barrowe ?
- 1417 Thomas Clare
- 1417 Walter Treugof
- 1419 Robert Colman
- 1419 Walter Treugof
- 1420 Thomas Rodborne
- 1420 Walter Treugof
- 1421 John Castell
- 1426 Thomas Chase (afterwards Chancellor of Ireland)
- 1431 Gilbert Kymer
- 1433 Thomas Bourchier
Thomas Bourchier was an English archbishop, Lord Chancellor and cardinal.-Life:Thomas was a younger son of William Bourchier, count of Eu , and through his mother, Anne of Gloucester, a daughter of Thomas of Woodstock, was a descendant of King Edward III of England. One of his brothers was Henry...
(Archbishop of CanterburyAlso see Leaders of ChristianityThe Archbishop of Canterbury is the chief bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury, the see that churches must be in communion with in order to be...
)
- 1437 John Carpenter
John Carpenter was an English Bishop, Provost and Chancellor.-Early life:Bishop Carpenter's father was John Carpenter the elder, born c. 1362 to Richard or Renaud Carpenter of Cambrai and his wife Christina of London. John Carpenter was also known as John Carpenter the elder. He had three...
- 1438 ? Richard Praty
Richard Praty was a medieval Bishop of Chichester.He was nominated to the office 21 April 1438, and consecrated on 27 July 1438. He died in August of 1445.-References:...
or Pratty
- 1439 John Norton
- 1440 Richard Roderham
- 1440 William Grey (afterwards Bishop of Ely)
- 1442 Thomas Gascoigne
Thomas Gascoigne was a theologian and academic administrator. He was twice Vice-Chancellor and twice Chancellor of Oxford University....
- 1442 Henry Sever
- 1443 Thomas Gascoigne
Thomas Gascoigne was a theologian and academic administrator. He was twice Vice-Chancellor and twice Chancellor of Oxford University....
- 1445 Robert Thwaits
- 1446 Gilbert Kymer
- 1453 George Neville (afterwards Bishop of Exeter and York; Chancellor of England)
- 1457 Thomas Chaundeler
- 1461 George Neville
- 1472 Thomas Chaundeler
- 1479 Lionel Woodville
-Life:He was a younger son of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers and Jacquetta of Luxembourg; his siblings included Elizabeth Woodville, Queen Consort from 1464 to 1483....
(afterwards Bishop of Salisbury)
- 1483 William Dudley
William Dudley was Dean of Windsor and then Bishop of Durham.He was nominated to Durham on 31 July 1476. He was consecrated between 1 September and 12 October 1476. He died on 29 November 1483.-References:...
- 1483 John Russell
John Russell was an English Bishop of Rochester and bishop of Lincoln and Lord Chancellor.-Life:He was admitted to Winchester College in 1443, and in 1449 went to Oxford as Fellow of New College...
- 1494 John Morton
- 1500 William Smyth
William Smyth , was Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield from 1493 to 1496 and then Bishop of Lincoln until his death. He held political offices, the most important being Lord President of the Council of Wales and the Marches. He became very wealthy and was a benefactor of a number of institutions...
- 1502 Richard Mayew
Richard Mayew was an English academic, who became Bishop of Hereford and a diplomat for Henry VII of England.He was one of the party who brought Catherine of Aragon from Spain for her marriage, a mission commemorated in tapestries.He was President of Magdalen College, Oxford from 1480 to 1507;...
(Bishop of Hereford)
- 1506 William Warham
William Warham , Archbishop of Canterbury, belonged to a Hampshire family, and was educated at Winchester and New College, Oxford, afterwards practising and teaching law both in London and Oxford....
- 1532 John Longland
John Longland was the English Dean of Salisbury from 1514 to 1521 and bishop of Lincoln from 1521 to his death in 1547. He was King Henry VIII's confessor....
(Bishop of Lincoln)
- 1547 Richard Cox
Richard Cox was an English clergyman, who was Dean of Westminster and Bishop of Ely.-Biography:Cox was born of obscure parentage at Whaddon, Buckinghamshire, in 1499 or 1500....
- 1552 John Mason
- 1556 Reginald Pole
Reginald Cardinal Pole was an English Cardinal in the Catholic Church, and the last Catholic Archbishop of Canterbury, holding office during the Counter Reformation.-To the reign of Queen Mary I:...
(Archbishop of Canterbury)
- 1558 Henry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of Arundel
Henry FitzAlan, 12th Earl of Arundel was an English nobleman, who over his long life assumed a prominent place at the court of all the later Tudor sovereigns, probably the only person to do so...
- 1559 John Mason
- 1564 Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester
Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester , K.G., was a favourite and close friend of Elizabeth I of England from her first year on the throne until his death. For many years he was a suitor for the Queen's hand, she giving him reason to hope...
- 1588 Sir Christopher Hatton
Sir Christopher Hatton was an English politician, the lord chancellor of England and, according to speculation, the lover of Queen Elizabeth I.-Early days:...
- 1591 Thomas Sackville, 1st Baron Buckhurst
Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset was an English statesman and poet, son of Richard Sackville, a cousin to Anne Boleyn. Thomas Sackville married Cicely Baker in 1555. and had seven children. He was a Member of Parliament and Lord High Treasurer. He died suddenly at the council table, in...
(Earl of DorsetThe title Earl of Dorset has been created at least four times in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1411 for Thomas Beaufort, who was later created Duke of Exeter. The peerages became extinct on his death....
from 1604)
- 1608 Richard Bancroft
Archbishop Richard Bancroft,
DD, BD, MA, BA , Archbishop of Canterbury and the "chief overseer" of the production of the authorized version of the Bible.-Life:...
- 1610 Thomas Egerton, 1st Baron Ellesmere
Thomas Egerton, 1st Viscount Brackley PC was an English Nobleman, Judge and Statesman who served as Lord Keeper and Lord Chancellor for twenty-one years.- Early life, education and legal career :...
(Viscount BrackleyThe title Viscount Brackley has been created twice; once in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The English title was created in 1616 for Thomas Egerton, 1st Baron Ellesmere; however, he died a year later and the viscountcy merged with the earldom of Bridgewater,...
from 1616)
- 1616 William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke
William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, KG, PC was the son of Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke and his third wife Mary Sidney. Chancellor of the University of Oxford, he founded Pembroke College, Oxford with James VI of Scotland and I of England...
- 1630 William Laud
Archbishop William Laud was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1633 to 1645. One of the High Church Caroline divines, he opposed radical forms of Puritanism...
- 1641 Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke
Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke, 1st Earl of Montgomery KG was an English courtier and politician active during the reigns of James I and Charles I...
- 1643 William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset
William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset KG was an English nobleman and Royalist commander in the English Civil War....
- 1648 Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke
Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke, 1st Earl of Montgomery KG was an English courtier and politician active during the reigns of James I and Charles I...
(to his death on 23 January 1649)
Office vacant till January 1650
- 1650 Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell was an English military and political leader best known for his involvement in making England into a republican Commonwealth and for his later role as Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland.He was one of the commanders of the New Model Army which defeated the royalists in...
- 1657 Richard Cromwell
Richard Cromwell was the third son of Oliver Cromwell, and was the second Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland, for just under nine months, from 3 September 1658 until 25 May 1659....
- 1660 William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset
William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset KG was an English nobleman and Royalist commander in the English Civil War....
- 1660 Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon
Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon was an English historian and statesman, and grandfather of two British monarchs, Mary II and Queen Anne.-Early life:...
- 1667 Gilbert Sheldon
-Early life:He was born in Stanton, Staffordshire in the parish of Ellastone, on 19 July 1598, the youngest son of Roger Sheldon; his father worked for Gilbert Talbot, 7th Earl of Shrewsbury. He was educated at Trinity College, Oxford; he matriculated at Oxford on 1 July 1614, graduated B.A. from...
- 1669 James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde
James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde PC , was an Anglo-Irish statesman and soldier. He was the top commander of the Royalist forces in Ireland from 1641 to 1647 fighting against the Irish Catholic Confederation. From 1649 to 1650 he was top commander of the Royalist forces fighting against the...
- 1688 James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde
James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde KG, KT , was an Irish statesman and soldier, son of Thomas Butler, Earl of Ossory and his wife Emilia von Nassau, Countess of Ossory, and grandson of James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, was born in Dublin and was educated in France and afterwards at Christ Church,...
- 1715 Charles Butler, 1st Earl of Arran
Lieutenant-General Charles Butler, 1st Earl of Arran, de jure 3rd Duke of Ormonde was an Irish peer, younger son of the 6th Earl of Ossory and the former Emelia van Nassau...
- 1759 John Fane, 7th Earl of Westmorland
John Fane, 7th Earl of Westmorland was an English nobleman.John Fane was the son of Vere Fane, 4th Earl of Westmorland and his wife Rachel Bence. He was admitted at Lincoln's Inn in 1703, and entered as a fellow commoner at Emmanuel College, Cambridge in 1703/4...
- 1762 George Lee, 3rd Earl of Lichfield
George Henry Lee II, 3rd Earl of Lichfield PC was a British politician and peer. He was made a Privy Councillor and Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms in 1762, holding both honors until death...
- 1772 Frederick North, Lord North
Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford, KG, PC , more often known by his courtesy title, Lord North, which he used from 1752 until 1790, was Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1770 to 1782. He led Great Britain through most of the American War of Independence...
(Earl of GuilfordEarl of Guilford is a title that has been created three times in British history. The title was created for the first time in the Peerage of England in 1660 for Elizabeth Boyle. She was the daughter of William Feilding, 1st Earl of Denbigh, and the widow of Lewis Boyle, 1st Viscount Boyle of...
from 1790)
- 1792 William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland
William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland PC , was a British Whig and Tory statesman, Chancellor of the University of Oxford and Prime Minister. He was known before 1762 by the courtesy title Marquess of Titchfield. He held a title of every degree of British nobility - that of Duke,...
- 1809 William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville
- 1834 Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, KP, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS , was an Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman, and one of the leading military and political figures of the nineteenth century....
- 1852 Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, KG, PC was an English statesman, three times Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and to date the longest serving leader of the Conservative Party...
- 1869 Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, KG, GCVO, PC , known as Lord Robert Cecil before 1865 and as Viscount Cranborne from 1865 until 1868, was a British statesman and thrice Prime Minister, serving for a total of over 13 years...
- 1903 George Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen
- 1907 George Curzon, 1st Baron Curzon of Kedleston
George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, KG, GCSI, GCIE, PC was a British Conservative statesman who was Viceroy of India and Foreign Secretary.-Early life:...
(Earl Curzon of Kedleston from 1911; Marquess Curzon of KedlestonThe title Marquess Curzon of Kedleston was created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1921 for the Foreign Secretary, the 1st Earl Curzon of Kedleston...
from 1921)
- 1925 George Cave, 1st Viscount Cave
George Cave, 1st Viscount Cave GCMG, KC, PC was a British lawyer and Conservative politician. He was Home Secretary under David Lloyd George from 1916 to 1919 and served as Lord Chancellor of Great Britain from 1922 to 1924 and again from 1924 to 1928.-Background and education:Cave was born in...
- see University of Oxford Chancellor election, 1925The 1925 University of Oxford election for the position of Chancellor was called upon the death of the incumbent Chancellor, George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston on March 20, 1925.-Electorate:...
- 1928 Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon
Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon KG, PC, FZL, DL , better known as Sir Edward Grey, was a British statesman.-Family and early life:...
- 1933 E. F. L. Wood, 1st Baron Irwin
Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, KG, OM, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, PC , known as The Lord Irwin from 1925 until 1934 and as The Viscount Halifax from 1934 until 1944, was one of the most senior British Conservative politicians of the 1930s, and served at the highest levels until after...
(Viscount Halifax from 1934; Earl of HalifaxEarl of Halifax is a title that has been created four times in British history, once in the Peerage of England, twice in the Peerage of Great Britain and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The name of the peerage refers to Halifax, West Yorkshire....
from 1944), (1933-1959)
- 1960 Harold Macmillan
Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, OM, PC was a British Conservative politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 10 January 1957 to 18 October 1963....
(Earl of StocktonEarl of Stockton is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 24 February 1984 for Harold Macmillan, the former Conservative Prime Minister. He was made Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden, of Chelwood Gate in the County of East Sussex and of Stockton-on-Tees in the County of...
from 1984), (1960-1986)
- 1987 Roy Jenkins
Roy Harris Jenkins, Baron Jenkins of Hillhead OM, PC was a British politician. Once prominent as a Labour Member of Parliament and government minister in the 1960s and 1970s, he became the first British President of the European Commission and one of the four principal founders of the Social...
: (Baron Jenkins of Hillhead from 1987) (1987-2003) - see University of Oxford Chancellor election, 1987The 1987 University of Oxford election for the position of Chancellor was called upon the death of the incumbent Chancellor, Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton on December 29, 1986.-Electorate:...
- 2003 Chris Patten
Christopher Francis Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes, CH, PC is a prominent British Conservative politician and a Patron of the Tory Reform Group....
(Baron Patten of Barnes from 2005) (2003-)
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