List of chancellors of the Queen's University Belfast

The chancellor of Queen's University Belfast, and the president of its predecessor institution, Queen's College, Belfast, is the ceremonial head of the university.

List

Portrait	Chancellor (Birth–Death)	Term	Country	Line	Ref(s).
President of Queen's College, Belfast
	Reverend Pooley Shuldman Henry (1801–1881)	1845 – 1879	United Kingdom	Clergyman Academic	[1]
	Reverend Josias Leslie Porter (1823–1889)	1879 – 1889	United Kingdom	Minister Academic	[1]
	Reverend Thomas Hamilton (1842–1926)	1889 – 1908	United Kingdom	Clergyman Academic	[1]
Chancellor of Queen's University, Belfast
	The 9th Earl of Shaftesbury (1869–1961)	1908 – 1923	United Kingdom (England)	Military Officer Aristocrat	[1]
	The 7th Marquess of Londonderry (1878–1949)	1923 – 1949	United Kingdom	Aristocrat Politician	[1]
	Field Marshal The 1st Viscount Alanbrooke (1883–1963)	1949 – 1963	United Kingdom – France	Military Officer	[1]
	Sir Tyrone Guthrie (1900–1971)	1963 – 1970	United Kingdom	Theatrical Director	[1]
	The Baron Ashby (1904–1992)	1970 – 1983	United Kingdom (England)	Botanist	[1]
	Sir Rowland Wright (1915–1991)	1984 – 1991	United Kingdom (England)	Industrialist	[1] [2]
	Sir David Orr (1922–2008)	1992 – 1998	United Kingdom – Republic of Ireland	Businessman Philanthropist	[2]
	George J. Mitchell (b. 1933)	1999 – 2009	United States	Politician Diplomat	[2]
	Kamalesh Sharma (b. 1941)	2009 – 2015	British Raj – India	Diplomat	[3]
	Thomas J. Moran (1952–2018)	2015 – 2018	United States	Businessman Academic Administrator	[4]
	Hillary Clinton (b. 1947)	2020 – Incumbent	United States	Politician Diplomat Lawyer Writer	[5]

See also

• List of vice-chancellors of Queen's University Belfast
• Chancellors of the Royal University of Ireland

References

1. Walker, Brian; McCreavey, Alf (1994). Degrees of Excellence: The Story of Queen's, Belfast, 1845–1995. Belfast: Queen's University Belfast. p. 213. ISBN   0-85389-535-X.
2. Clarkson, L. A. (2004). A University in Troubled Times: Queen's Belfast, 1945-2000. Dublin: Four Courts Press. p. 195. ISBN   1-85182-862-1.
3. Queen's University Belfast. "New Chancellor for Queen's". Archived from the original on 12 July 2009. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
4. "Dr Tom Moran". Queen's University Belfast . Retrieved 2 January 2020.
5. Meredith, Robbie (2 January 2020). "Hillary Clinton appointed chancellor of Queen's University, Belfast". BBC News . London: BBC . Retrieved 2 January 2020.