List of presidents of Queens' College, Cambridge

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This is a list of presidents of Queens' College, Cambridge. While the head of most colleges are called masters, the head of Queens' College, Cambridge, has been called the president since 1448. [1] Below is the list of presidents that have served the college:

NamePortraitDatesNotes
Andrew Dokett 1448–1484English churchman and academic
Thomas Wilkynson 1484–1505Vicar, Canon of Ripon
John Cardinal Fisher John Fisher (painting).jpg 1505–1508Catholic Bishop of Rochester; executed by Henry VIII for refusing to accept him as head of the Church of England in 1535,
canonised in 1935. Namesake of the Fisher Building.
Robert Bekensaw 1508–1519English churchman and academic
John Jenyn 1519–1525Cleric
Thomas Forman 1525–1527Rector of All Hallows, London. Early Reformer.
William Frankleyn 1527–1529English churchman, dean of Windsor
Simon Heynes 1529–1537Theologian. Early reformer.
William May 1537–1553,
1559–1560
Theologian and dean of St Paul's Cathedral; his report saved the Cambridge colleges from dissolution under Henry VIII
William Glyn 1553–1557Also Bishop of Bangor
Thomas Pecocke 1557–1559Theologian
John Stokes 1560–1568Also Archdeacon of York
William Chaderton Bp William Chaderton.jpg 1568–1579Later Bishop of Chester and Bishop of Lincoln
Humphrey Tyndall 1579–1614Theologian, Dean of Ely and Archdeacon of Stafford
John Davenant John Davenant.jpg 1614–1622Later Bishop of Salisbury
John Mansell 1622–1631Churchman, theologian, philosopher
Edward Martin 1631–1644,
1660–1662
Sent the college silver to King Charles I; imprisoned in the Tower of London by Oliver Cromwell;
restored to presidency under Charles II
Herbert Palmer Herbert Palmer.jpg 1644–1647 Puritan and member of the Westminster Assembly; installed as President by Cromwell
Thomas Horton 1647–1660Theologian; removed by the restoration of the monarchy
Anthony Sparrow Bp Anthony Sparrow.jpg 1662–1667Later Bishop of Exeter and Bishop of Norwich
William Wells 1667–1675Archdeacon of Colchester
Henry James Henry James Pres-Queens.jpg 1675–1717Theologian, Regius Professor of Divinity.
John Davies John Davies Pres-Queens.jpg 1717–1732Clergyman and classicist.
William Sedgwick William Sedgwick Pres-Queens.jpg 1732–1760Clergyman and academic.
Robert Plumptre Robert Plumptre Pres-Queens.jpg 1760–1788Clergyman and academic.
Isaac Milner Isaac Milner by Johann Gottlieb Facius, 1798 (cropped).png 1788–1820Clergyman, mathematician, inventor, abolitionist.
Lucasian Professor of Mathematics and Dean of Carlisle.
Henry Godfrey 1820–1832Clergyman and academic.
Joshua King Joshua King by William Beechey.jpg 1832–1857Mathematician, Lucasian Professor of Mathematics.
George Phillips George Phillips, Oriental Scholar (1804-1892).jpg 1857–1892Clergyman, mathematician, scholar of Semitic languages.
William Magan Campion William Campion (1820-1896.jpg 1892–1896Clergyman and mathematician.
Herbert Edward Ryle Dr HE Ryle NPG.jpg 1896–1901Theologian, Hulsean Professor of Divinity.
Later Bishop of Exeter, Bishop of Winchester and Dean of Westminster
Frederic Chase 1901–1906Theologian, Norrisian Professor of Divinity.
Later Bishop of Ely.
Thomas Cecil Fitzpatrick 1906–1931Clergyman and physicist. Namesake of Fitzpatrick Hall in Cripps Court.
John Archibald Venn 1931–1958Economist and government advisor. Son of the logician John Venn.
Arthur Armitage 1958–1970Barrister and government advisor. Namesake of the Armitage Room above Fitzpatrick Hall.
Sir Derek Bowett 1970–1982International lawyer, Whewell Professor of International Law.
Lord Oxburgh Official portrait of Lord Oxburgh crop 2.jpg 1982–1988Geologist and geophysicist
Sir John Polkinghorne Johnpolkinghorne.jpg 1988–1996 KBE; FRS; physicist and theologian; extensive writer on science-faith relations;
Templeton Prize 2002; member of General Synod
Lord Eatwell Official portrait of Lord Eatwell crop 2.jpg 1997–2020Economist, previously chief economic adviser to Neil Kinnock and chairman of the British Library;
Opposition Spokesman for the Treasury in the House of Lords.
Mohamed A. El-Erian Mohamed A. El-Erian (cropped).jpg 2020 –Economist, previously Chief Executive Officer at PIMCO

References

  1. "Presidents". Queens' College, Cambridge. Retrieved 24 November 2023.