The following persons have served as Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge:
Name | Portrait | Term of office | |
---|---|---|---|
Robert de Thorpe | ![]() | 1347? (fl. 1354) [1] | c. 1364 |
Thomas de Bingham | ![]() | c. 1364 [2] | c. 1374 |
John Tynmouth or Tinmew | ![]() | 1374? (fl. 1380) | 1385† |
Richard Morys | ![]() | 1385? (fl. 1389) [3] | 1406? |
John Sudbury | ![]() | 1406 | 1428 (resigned) |
John Langton | ![]() | 1428 | 22 May 1447† |
Hugh Damlet | ![]() | 1447 | 1449 (resigned) |
Lawrence Booth | ![]() | 31 May 1450 | 19 May 1480† |
Thomas Rotherham | ![]() | 1480 | 1488 (resigned) |
George Fitzhugh | ![]() | 14 September 1488 | November 1505† |
Roger Leyburn | ![]() | 29 November 1505 | c. 1 August 1507† |
Richard Foxe | ![]() | 1507 | 19 October 1518 (resigned) |
Robert Shorton | ![]() | 1518 | 1534 (resigned) |
Robert Swinburn | ![]() | before 4 October 1534 | October 1537 (resigned) |
George Folberry | ![]() | 1537 | October 1540† |
Nicholas Ridley | ![]() | October 1540 | 1554 (deprived) |
John Young (I) | ![]() | 24 December 1554 | 20 July 1559 (deprived) |
Edmund Grindal | ![]() | 20 July 1559 | 16 August 1561 (resigned) |
Matthew Hutton | ![]() | 14 May 1562 | 1567 (resigned) |
John Whitgift | ![]() | 21 April 1567 | July 1567 (resigned) |
John Young (II) | ![]() | 12 July 1567 | 16 March 1578 (resigned) |
William Fulke | ![]() | 10 May 1578 | 28 August 1589† |
Lancelot Andrewes | ![]() | 6 September 1589 | 1605 (resigned) |
Samuel Harsnett | ![]() | November 1605 | 18 February 1616 (resigned) |
Nicholas Felton | ![]() | 29 June 1616 | 18 February 1619 (resigned) |
Jerome Beale | ![]() | 21 February 1619 | September 1630† |
Benjamin Lany | ![]() | 25 December 1630 | 13 March 1644 (ejected) |
Richard Vines | ![]() | 13 March 1644 | 1 October 1650 (ejected) |
Sidrach Simpson | ![]() | 1650 | April 1655† |
William Moses | ![]() | April 1655 | 1660 (ejected) |
Benjamin Lany | ![]() | 1660 (restored) | 16 August 1662 (resigned) |
Mark Frank | ![]() | 23 August 1662 | January 1664† |
Robert Mapletoft | ![]() | c. May 1664 | 20 August 1677† |
Nathaniel Coga | ![]() | 20 August 1677 | 8 January 1694† |
Thomas Browne | ![]() | 10 February 1694 | 9 March 1707† |
Edward Lany | ![]() | 19 March 1707 | 9 August 1728† |
John Hawkins | ![]() | 15 August 1728 | October 1733 (resigned) |
Roger Long | ![]() | 12 October 1733 | 16 December 1770† |
James Brown | ![]() | 16 December 1770 | 30 September 1784† |
Joseph Turner | ![]() | 6 October 1784 | 3 August 1828† |
Gilbert Ainslie | ![]() | 15 August 1828 | 9 January 1870† |
John Power | ![]() | 14 January 1870 | 18 November 1880† |
Charles Edward Searle | ![]() | 24 November 1880 | 29 July 1902† |
Sir George Gabriel Stokes, Bt. | ![]() | 26 August 1902 | 7 February 1903† |
Arthur James Mason | ![]() | 11 March 1903 | 15 June 1912 (resigned) |
William Sheldon Hadley | ![]() | 19 June 1912 | 25 December 1927† |
Arthur Hutchinson | ![]() | 16 January 1928 | 30 September 1937 (retired) |
Sir Montagu Sherard Dawes Butler | 1 October 1937 | 31 July 1948 (retired) | |
Sir Sydney Castle Roberts | ![]() | 1 August 1948 | 1958 |
Sir William Vallance Douglas Hodge | ![]() | 1 August 1958 | 1970 |
William Anthony Camps | ![]() | 1970 | 1981 [4] |
The Lord Adrian | ![]() | 1981 | 1992 |
Sir Roger Tomkys | ![]() | 1992 | 2004 |
Sir Richard Dearlove | | 2004 | 31 July 2015 (retired) |
The Lord Smith of Finsbury | ![]() | 2015 | incumbent |
Pembroke College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. The college is the third-oldest college of the university and has over 700 students and fellows. It is one of the university's larger colleges, with buildings from almost every century since its founding, as well as extensive gardens. Its members are termed "Valencians". The college's current master is Chris Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury.
The Earldom of Pembroke is a title in the Peerage of England that was first created in the 12th century by King Stephen of England. The title, which is associated with Pembroke, Pembrokeshire in West Wales, has been recreated ten times from its original inception. Due to the number of creations of the Earldom, the original seat of Pembroke Castle is no longer attached to the title.
Aymer de Valence, 2nd Earl of Pembroke was an Anglo-French nobleman. Though primarily active in England, he also had strong connections with the French royal house. One of the wealthiest and most powerful men of his age, he was a central player in the conflicts between Edward II of England and his nobility, particularly Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster. Pembroke was one of the Lords Ordainers appointed to restrict the power of Edward II and his favourite Piers Gaveston. His position changed with the great insult he suffered when Gaveston, as a prisoner in his custody whom he had sworn to protect, was removed and beheaded on the instigation of Lancaster. This led Pembroke into close and lifelong cooperation with the King. Later in life, however, political circumstances combined with financial difficulties would cause him problems, driving him away from the centre of power.
The Ascension Parish Burial Ground, formerly known as the burial ground for the parish of St Giles and St Peter's, is a cemetery off Huntingdon Road in Cambridge, England. Many notable University of Cambridge academics are buried there, including three Nobel Prize winners.
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Sir Sydney Castle Roberts was a British author, publisher and university administrator. He was a well-known and popular figure around Cambridge throughout his life, and was recognised as a publisher of skill and distinction.
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