List of masters of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge

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This is a list of masters of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. Fitzwilliam House, the body established in 1869 for non-collegiate students attached to the University of Cambridge, was presided over by a Censor. Once the non-collegiate system was ended and Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge was established as a full college of the university in 1966 the college head became known as the Master.

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List of censors

William Reddaway, 1926 Philip Alexius de Laszlo (1869-1937) - William Fiddian Reddaway - 123 - Fitzwilliam College.jpg
William Reddaway, 1926

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List of masters

List of masters
NameImageYears in officeNotesRef(s).
Walter Wyatt Grave 1966 - 1971University administrator and lecturer in Spanish [2]
Edward Miller 1971 - 1981Historian, Chairman of the Victoria County History Project and the History of Parliament Trust, Editor of the Agrarian History of England and Wales
Sir James Holt 1981 - 1988Medieval historian, President of the Royal Historical Society (1981–1985), Vice-president of the British Academy (1987–89)
Gordon Cameron 1988 - 1990Economist, Professor of Land Economy at the University of Cambridge
Alan Cuthbert 1991 - 1999Pharmacologist, Sheild Professor (1979–99)
Brian F. G. Johnson 1999 - 2005Chemist, executive at EPSRC and Academia Europaea, expert authority on nanoparticles
Robert Lethbridge 2005 - 2013Studied French language and literature, awarded Chevalier des Palmes académiques, Provost of the Gates Cambridge Trust (2010–13)
Nicola Padfield 2013 - 2019Criminal law barrister, academic of the Cambridge Institute of Criminology (1992-2004) then Faculty of Law
Sally Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Huyton Official portrait of Baroness Morgan of Huyton crop 2, 2019.jpg 2019 -Labour peer, former senior government advisor, former Chair of Ofsted [3]

References

  1. "List". ACAD A Cambridge Alumni Database. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
  2. Stephen Fleet (15 June 1999). "Obituary: W. W. Grave - Arts & Entertainment". The Independent. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
  3. "Baroness Morgan of Huyton appointed Master of Fitzwilliam College". Fitzwilliam College. University of Cambridge. 27 February 2019. Archived from the original on 21 April 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2019.