List of chancellors of the University of Cambridge

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The chancellor of the University of Cambridge is the ceremonial head of the university. The position dates from the 13th century. [1] Chancellors were elected annually until 1514, and thereafter were elected for life. [2]

TenureChancellorNotes
c.1215–c.1232 Richard of Wetheringsett
c.1246 Hugh de Hotton
1256 Reginald Gerninghall
1257 Stephen Hepworth
1259 William de Ludham
1260 Richard de Gedney
1261 Richard Dryfield
1267 John de Asgarby
12701275 John Hooke
1276 Roger de Fulbourn
1283 Andrew de Gisleham
1286 Thomas Sheringham
1287 Stephen Hepworth
12891290 Ralph de Leicester
12901292 Geoffery de Pakenham
12931295 Henry de Boyton
12951296 John de Bradenham
12961299 Thomas de Sheringham
1299 Stephen Hepworth
13001303 Stephen Haslingfield
13031307 Stephen de Segrace
1307 Stephen Haslingfield
1315 Richard de Ashton
13211326 Roger Northburgh has been incorrectly described as Chancellor [3] since 1691. [4]
13261329 Richard de Badew
13291331 Thomas de Foxton
c. 1330 Robert de Winwick
13311334 John de Langley
13341335 Robert de Mildenhall [5]
13351337 Henry de Herwarden
13371339 Richard Harling (or Ling)
1340 Robert de Claydon
1341 Thomas de Northwood
1344 Thomas de Northwood
13461348 John de Crakhall Re-elected in 1348 on 9 June [6]
1348 Thomas de Grantchester
1348 William de Lymbergh Elected 15 December [6]
13491351 Richard Leicester (or Richard de Wetherset, Hetherset, Wetheringsett) [7] Elected 21 Jan. [6]
1351 Richard Harling
1352 Anthony of Grantchester
13521359 William Tynkell
13591360 Thomas Sutton
13601361 Richard de Wetherset
13611362 Michael de Haynton
13611366 Michael de Causton
13661369 William de Gotham
1369 Thomas de Stewkley
1371 John de Donwich
13731374 Adam de Lakenheath
1374 John de Donwich
1376 William de Gotham
13781379 Richard Scrope
1380 Eudo (or Guy) Zouche
13801381 John Cavendish
1382 Guy Zouche
13821383 John de Bromyard
1383 John of Neketon
1384 John de Burgh (or Borough)
1385 Thomas Hetherset (or de Hethersett)
1386 John de Burgh (or Borough)
1388 William Colvile
13901391 Richard Dereham
1391 William Colvile
1392 John de Neketon
1394 William Colvile
1396 Guy Zouche
14001402 Richard de Billingford
14041408 Richard Dereham
14091413 Richard de Billingford
1414 Stephen le Scrope
14151422 John de Rickingale
14221423 Thomas de Cobham
14241426 Robert Fitzhugh
1426 William Wymbell
1427 Marmaduke Lumley
14291430 John Holeroke
14311432 William Lascells
1432 Richard de Billingford
14331435 Richard Cawdray
14361445 John Langton
14451446 Nicholas Kenton
1447 John Langton
1448 Robert Ascogh
14501451 Nicholas Close
14511456 William Percy
14561458 Lawrence Booth
1458 William Wilflete (or Wolflet)
14591460 Robert Woodlark
1461 Richard Scroope
14621463 Robert Woodlark
14631464 John Booth
1464 William Wilflete
14651468 John Harrison (or Herrison)
1466 William Wilflete
14681469 Edward Story
14691471 Thomas Rotherham (or Scot)
14711472 Edward Story
14731479 Thomas Rotherham
14791483 John Boynton
14831485 Thomas Rotherham
1490 Thomas Cosyn
14941496 John Blythe
14961499 George Fitzhugh
14991500 Thomas Rotherham
1500 Richard Fox
1502 George Fitzhugh
1503 Thomas Ruthall (or Rowthall)
15041535 John Fisher Appointed for life in 1514 [2]
15351540 Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex
15401547 Stephen Gardiner
15471552 Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset
15521553 John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland
15531555 Stephen Gardiner
15561558 Reginald Pole
15591598 William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
15981601 Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex
16011612 Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury
16121614 Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton
16141626 Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk
1626 1628 George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham
16281649 Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland A Royalist officer in the English Civil War from 1643, executed for treason in 1649
16491651 Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester
16511660 Oliver St John
16601671 Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester Reinstated as Chancellor after the Restoration
16711674 George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham
16741682 James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth
16821688 Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle
16891748 Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset
1748 1768 Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
17681811 Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton
1811 1834 Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh
18341840 John Pratt, 1st Marquess Camden
18401847 Hugh Percy, 3rd Duke of Northumberland
1847 1861 Albert, Prince Consort
18611891 William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire
18921908 Spencer Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire
19081919 John Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh
19191930 Arthur Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour
19301947 Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley
19481950 Jan Smuts
1950 1967 Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder
19671976 Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian
19762011 Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
2011 [8] David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville

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