The Professor of Law at Gresham College , London, gives free educational lectures to the general public. The college was founded for this purpose in 1597, when it created seven professorships; this was later increased to ten. Law is one of the original professorships as set out by the will of Thomas Gresham in 1575. [1]
The Professor of Law is appointed in partnership with the Worshipful Company of Mercers.
Note, years given as, say, 1596/7 refer to Old Style and New Style dates.
| Name | Started | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Henry Mowtlowe | March 1596/7 |
| 2 | Clement Corbet | May 1607 |
| 3 | Thomas Eden | 10 Nov 1613 |
| 4 | Benjamin Thorneton | 27 July 1640 |
| 5 | Joshua Crosse | 29 March 1644 |
| 6 | Thomas Leonard | 4 May 1649 |
| 7 | John Bond | 12 March 1649/50 |
| 8 | Benjamin Thorneton | 23 Oct 1660 |
| 9 | Richard Pearson | 8 Oct 1667 |
| 10 | John Clarke [2] | 9 August 1670 |
| 11 | Roger Meredith | 7 March 1672/3 |
| 12 | Robert Briggs [3] | 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 [4] | 5 Feb 1836 |
| 19 | John Thomas Abdy | 18 June 1858 |
| 20 | George Holmes Blakesley [5] | 23 April 1896 |
| 21 | William Blake Odgers [6] | 27 March 1907 |
| 22 | Geoffrey Walter Wrangham | 22 May 1925 |
| 23 | William Arthian Davies | 16 March 1934 |
| Lectures in abeyance 1939–45 | ||
| 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 [7] | 1988 |
| 31 | Sir David Calcutt QC [8] | 1 Sept 1992 |
| 32 | Simon Lee | 1 Sept 1995 |
| 33 | Gerald Wakefield [9] | 1 Sept 1998 |
| 34 | Richard Susskind OBE FRSE KC [10] | 1 Sept 2000 |
| 35 | Sir Vernon Bogdanor CBE FRSA FBA [11] | 1 Sept 2004 |
| 36 | Baroness Ruth Deech DBE [12] | 1 Sept 2008 |
| 37 | Sir Geoffrey Nice KC [13] | 2012 |
| 38 | Jo Delahunty KC [14] | 2016 |
| 39 | Leslie Thomas KC [15] | 2020 |
| 40 | Clive Stafford Smith JD OBE [16] | 2024 |
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