List of masters of Emmanuel College, Cambridge

The Master of Emmanuel College is the head of Emmanuel College, Cambridge and chairs the College Council and Governing Body of the college. ^[1]

List of masters

List of masters

Name	Image	Master between	Notes	Ref(s).
Laurence Chaderton		1584–1622	Puritan divine and one of the translators of the King James Version of the Bible
John Preston		1622–1628	Puritan minister
William Sancroft the Elder		1628–1637
Richard Holdsworth		1637–1644	Member of the Westminster Assembly, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, for two years, and Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity
Thomas Hill		1644–1645	Puritan divine, Member of the Westminster Assembly, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge (1645–1647)
Anthony Tuckney		1645–1653	Puritan theologian and Regius Professor of Divinity
William Dillingham		1653–1662	Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge (1659-1660)
William Sancroft		1662–1665	79th Archbishop of Canterbury, imprisoned in 1688 for seditious libel against King James II
John Breton		1665–1676	Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge (1670-71)
Thomas Holbech		1676–1680	Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge (1677-1678)
John Balderston		1680–1719	Twice vice-chancellor of the university	[2]
William Savage		1719–1736	Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge (1724-1725)
William Richardson		1736–1775	Academic and antiquary
Richard Farmer		1775–1797	Shakespearean scholar, twice vice-chancellor of the university
Robert Cory		1797–1835	Priest, Knightbridge Professor of Philosophy, twice vice-chancellor of the university
George Archdall-Gratwicke		1835–1871	Vice-Chancellor of the university in 1835 and 1841
Samuel Phear		1871–1895	Vice-Chancellor of the university (1874-1876)
William Chawner		1895–1911	Educational reformer and the first layman to be appointed Master
Peter Giles		1911–1935	Scottish philologist, Vice-Chancellor of the university (1919-1920)
Thomas Hele		1935–1951	Biochemist, Vice-Chancellor of the university (1943-1945)
Edward Welbourne		1951–1964	Received the Military Cross serving in France in World War I
Sir Gordon Sutherland		1964–1977	Scottish physicist, Director of the National Physical Laboratory (1956–1964)	[3]
Derek Brewer		1977–1990	Welsh medieval scholar, studied Chaucer
Charles Peter Wroth		1990–1990	Civil engineer, led the design and construction of the Hammersmith flyover
The Lord St John of Fawsley		1991–1996	British Conservative politician, author and barrister. Member of Parliament for Chelmsford (1964 to 1987) and life peer. Chairman of the Royal Fine Art Commission.	[4]
John Ffowcs Williams		1996–2002	Welsh engineer, known for his contributions to aeroacoustics	[5]
The Lord Wilson of Dinton		2002–2012	Welsh civil servant, member of the House of Lords and former Cabinet Secretary
Dame Fiona Reynolds		2012–2021	Former civil servant, director general of the National Trust and chair of the National Audit Office
Lieutenant General Douglas Chalmers		2021-	Former British Army officer who served as Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Military Strategy & Operations) from 2018 to 2021	[6]

References

1. "College Masters". Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
2. "A History of Emmanuel College, Cambridge" Sarah Bendall,S; Brooke,C; Collinson, P: Woodbridge, Boydell, 2000 ISBN   0851153933
3. Sheppard, N. (1982). "Gordon Brims Black McIvor Sutherland. 8 April 1907 – 27 June 1980". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society . 28: 589–626. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1982.0023. JSTOR   769912.
4. "Obituary: Lord St John of Fawsley". The Daily Telegraph . 5 March 2012. Archived from the original on 27 August 2012.
5. "Ffowcs Williams, Prof. John Eirwyn" . Who's Who (online Oxford University Press  ed.). Oxford: A & C Black.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
6. "Doug Chalmers elected as the next Master of Emmanuel". Emmanuel College. University of Cambridge. 11 February 2021.

Sources

• Roach, J. P. C. (1959). "A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely: Volume 3: The City and University of Cambridge". British History Online. Archived from the original on 19 October 2012.