Gresham Professor of Law

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Clive Stafford Smith JD OBE, appointed Gresham Professor of Law in 2024

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]

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The Professor of Law is appointed in partnership with the Worshipful Company of Mercers.

List of Gresham Professors of Law

Note, years given as, say, 1596/7 refer to Old Style and New Style dates.

NameStarted
1Henry MowtloweMarch 1596/7
2 Clement Corbet May 1607
3 Thomas Eden 10 Nov 1613
4Benjamin Thorneton27 July 1640
5Joshua Crosse29 March 1644
6Thomas Leonard4 May 1649
7 John Bond 12 March 1649/50
8Benjamin Thorneton23 Oct 1660
9Richard Pearson8 Oct 1667
10John Clarke [2] 9 August 1670
11Roger Meredith7 March 1672/3
12Robert Briggs [3] 7 Feb 1686/7
13John Cumyng1 May 1719
14 William Mace 30 August 1744
15Joseph Jeffries20 May 1767
16T Taylor23 Jan 1784
17William Jocelyn Palmer14 Jan 1808
18 William Palmer [4] 5 Feb 1836
19 John Thomas Abdy 18 June 1858
20George Holmes Blakesley [5] 23 April 1896
21William Blake Odgers [6] 27 March 1907
22Geoffrey Walter Wrangham22 May 1925
23 William Arthian Davies 16 March 1934
Lectures in abeyance 1939–45
24 Eric Sachs 6 June 1946
25Richard O'Sullivan6 July 1950
26Richard Jon Harvey1962
27 R F V Heuston 1965
28P. R. Glazebrook1971
29 Clive M. Schmitthoff 1976–86?
30Kenneth R. Simmonds [7] 1988
31Sir David Calcutt QC [8] 1 Sept 1992
32 Simon Lee 1 Sept 1995
33Gerald Wakefield [9] 1 Sept 1998
34 Richard Susskind OBE FRSE KC [10] 1 Sept 2000
35Sir Vernon Bogdanor CBE FRSA FBA [11] 1 Sept 2004
36 Baroness Ruth Deech DBE [12] 1 Sept 2008
37Sir 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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Notes

  1. "How We Recruit Speakers | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  2. "Clark, John (CLRK642J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. "Briggs, Robert (BRGN717J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  4. "Palmer, William (PLMR832W)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  5. "Blakesley, George Holmes (BLKY864GH)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  6. "Odgers, William Blake (OGRS867WB)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  7. "Professor Kenneth R Simmonds | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  8. "Professor Sir David Calcutt QC | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  9. "Professor Gerald Wakefield | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  10. "Richard Susskind OBE FRSE KC (Hon) | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  11. "Professor Sir Vernon Bogdanor FBA CBE | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  12. "Baroness Ruth Deech DBE | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  13. "Professor Sir Geoffrey Nice KC | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  14. "Professor Jo Delahunty KC | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  15. "Professor Leslie Thomas KC | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  16. "Clive Stafford Smith JD OBE | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 28 May 2024.

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