University of Aberdeen
Chancellor of the University of Aberdeen
Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond, 6th Duke of Lennox, 1st Duke of Gordon
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 27 1818; d. September 27 1903.
1861 – 1903
Rector of the University of Aberdeen
Edward Francis Maitland, Lord Barcaple
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1803; d. 1870.
1860 – 1863
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 18 1792; d. May 28 1878
Titles of nobility: Earl Russell in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1861 – 1878)
1863 – 1866
Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 21 1829; d. January 12 1906.
1866 – 1872
William Edward Forster
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 11 1818; d. April 5 1886.
1875 – 1878
Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 7 1847; d. May 21 1929
Noble titles: Earl of Rosebery in the Peerage of Scotland (1868 – 1929); Baron Rosebery in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1868 – 1929); Earl of Midlothian in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1911 – 1929)
1878 – 1881
Alexander Bain
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 11 1818; d. September 18 1903.
1881 – ?
Charles Thomson Ritchie
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 19 1838; d. January 9 1906.
1902 – 1905
Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 14 1864; d. November 24 1958.
1924 – 1927
University of Birmingham
Chancellor of the University of Birmingham
Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 14 1864; d. November 24 1958.
1918 – 1944
University of Cambridge
Chancellor of the University of Cambridge
Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1st Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 21 1693; d. November 17 1768.
1748 – 1768
Augustus Henry FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 28 1735; d. March 14 1811.
1768 – 1811
Field Marshal Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 15 1776; d. November 30 1834.
1811 – 1834
John Jeffreys Pratt, 1st Marquess Camden
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 11 1759; d. October 8 1840.
1834 – 1840
Hugh Percy, 3rd Duke of Northumberland
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 20 1785; d. February 11 1847.
1840 – 1847
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 26 1819; d. December 14 1861
1847 – 1861
William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 27 1808; d. December 21 1891
Titles of nobility: Earl of Burlington in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1834 – 1891); Duke of Devonshire in the Peerage of England (1858 – 1891)
1861 – 1891
Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 23 1833; d. March 24 1908
Noble titles: Duke of Devonshire in the Peerage of England (1891 – 1908)
1892 – 1908
John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 12 1842; d. June 30 1919.
1908 – 1919
Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 25 1848; d. March 19 1930
Titles of nobility: Earl of Balfour in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1922 – 1930)
1919 – 1930
Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 3 1867; d. December 14 1947
Titles of nobility: Earl Baldwin of Bewdley in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1937 – 1947); Viscount Corvedale in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1937 – 1947).
1930 – 1947
Field Marshal Jan Christian Smuts
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 24 1870; d. September 11 1950
1948 – 1950
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Arthur William Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 11 1885; d. December 21 1945
Titles of nobility: Baron Tedder in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1946 – 1967).
Military ranks: Promoted to air vice marshal, 1937. Promoted to air chief marshal, 1943. Promoted to Marshal of the Royal Air Force, 1945.
1950 – 1967
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 10 1921; d. April 9 2021
Titles of nobility: Duke of Edinburgh in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1947 – 2021).
1976 – 2011
Masters of Magdalene College, Cambridge
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Arthur Christopher Benson
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 24 1862; d. June 17 1925
1915 – 1925
Master of Trinity College, University of Cambridge
George Macaulay Trevelyan
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 16 1876; d. July 21 1962.
1940 – 1951
Regius Professor of History at the University of Cambridge
George Macaulay Trevelyan
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 16 1876; d. July 21 1962.
1927 – 1943
Durham University
Chancellor of Durham University
George Macaulay Trevelyan
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 16 1876; d. July 21 1962.
1950 – 1957
University of Edinburgh
Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh
Henry Peter Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 19 1778; d. May 7 1868.
1859 – 1868
John Inglis, Lord Glencorse
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 21 1810; d. August 20 1891.
1868 – 1891
Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 9 1860; d. June 19 1937.
1930 – 1937
Rector of the University of Edinburgh
William Ewart Gladstone
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 29 1809; d. May 19 1898
1859 – 1865
Thomas Carlyle
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 4 1795; d. February 5 1881.
1865 – 1868
Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 7 1847; d. May 21 1929
Noble titles: Earl of Rosebery in the Peerage of Scotland (1868 – 1929); Baron Rosebery in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1868 – 1929); Earl of Midlothian in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1911 – 1929)
1880 – 1883
Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 27 1818; d. January 12 1887.
1883 – 1887
Schomberg Henry Kerr, 9th Marquess of Lothian
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 2 1833; d. January 17 1900.
1887 – 1890
George Joachim Goschen
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 10 1831; d. February 7 1907.
1890 – 1893
George Wyndham
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 29 1863; d. June 8 1913.
1908 – 1911
Eton College
Provost of Eton College
Hugh Richard Heathcote Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Baron Quickswood
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 14 1869; d. December 10 1956.
1936 – 1944
University of Glasgow
Chancellor of the University of Glasgow
Walter Francis Montagu Douglas Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch, 7th Duke of Queensberry
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 12 1800; d. June 27 1870
1878 – 1884
William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 26 1824; d. December 17 1907.
1904 – 1907
Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 7 1847; d. May 21 1929
Noble titles: Earl of Rosebery in the Peerage of Scotland (1868 – 1929); Baron Rosebery in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1868 – 1929); Earl of Midlothian in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1911 – 1929)
1908 – 1929
Sir Donald MacAlister, 1st Baronet of Tarbet
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 17 1854; d. January 15 1934.
1929 – 1934
Rector of the University of Glasgow
Lieutenant-General Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 19 1748; d. December 18 1843.
1813 – 1815
Henry Peter Brougham
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 19 1778; d. May 7 1868.
1824 – 1826
Henry Thomas Cockburn of Bonaly, Lord Cockburn
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 26 1779; d. April 26 1854.
1831 – 1834
Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, Lord Stanley
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 29 1799; d. October 23 1869
Titles of nobility: Baron Stanley of Bickerstaffe in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1844 – 1869); Earl of Derby in the Peerage of England (1851 – 1869)
1834 – 1836
Sir James Robert George Graham, 2nd Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 1 1792; d. October 25 1861.
1838 – 1840
Fox Maule
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 22 1801; d. July 6 1874.
1842 – 1844
Andrew Rutherfurd, Lord Rutherfurd
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 21 1791; d. December 13 1854.
1845 – 1846
Lord John Russell
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 18 1792; d. May 28 1878
Titles of nobility: Earl Russell in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1861 – 1878)
1846 – 1847
William Mure
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 10 1799; d. April 1 1860.
1847 – 1848
James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, 12th Earl of Kincardine
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 20 1811; d. November 20 1863.
1859 – 1862
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 20 1784; d. October 18 1865.
1862 – 1865
John Inglis, Lord Glencorse
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 21 1810; d. August 20 1891.
1865 – 1868
Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 21 1804; d. April 19 1881.
1871 – 1877
William Ewart Gladstone
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 29 1809; d. May 19 1898
1877 – 1880
John Bright
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 16 1811; d. March 27 1889.
1880 – 1883
Sir John Eldon Gorst
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 24 1835; d. April 4 1916.
1893 – 1896
Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 7 1847; d. May 21 1929
Noble titles: Earl of Rosebery in the Peerage of Scotland (1868 – 1929); Baron Rosebery in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1868 – 1929); Earl of Midlothian in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1911 – 1929)
1899 – 1902
George Wyndham
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 29 1863; d. June 8 1913.
1902 – 1905
George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Baron Curzon of Kedleston
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 11 1859; d. March 20 1925.
1908 – 1911
Raymond Nicolas Landry Poincaré
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 20 1860; d. October 15 1934.
1914 – 1919
Sir Joseph Austen Chamberlain
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 16 1863; d. March 16 1937.
1925 – 1928
University of London
Chancellor of the University of London
Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 11 1815; d. March 31 1891.
1856 – 1891
John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 7 1826; d. April 8 1902.
Noble titles: Earl of Clarendon in the Peerage of Great Britain (1838 – 1870)
1899 – 1902
Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 7 1847; d. May 21 1929
Noble titles: Earl of Rosebery in the Peerage of Scotland (1868 – 1929); Baron Rosebery in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1868 – 1929); Earl of Midlothian in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1911 – 1929)
1902 – 1929
William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 20 1872; d. November 14 1938.
1929 – 1931
University of Oxford
Chancellor of the University of Oxford
George Henry Lee II, 3rd Earl of Lichfield
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1718; d. 1772.
1762 – 1772
Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 13 1732; d. August 5 1792.
1772 – 1792
William Henry Cavendish Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 14 1738; d. October 30 1809.
1792 – 1809
William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 25 1759; d. January 12 1834.
1809 – 1834
Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 1 1769; d. September 14 1852
Noble titles: Viscount Wellington in the peerage of the United Kingdom (1809 – 1852); Count of Vimeiro in the nobility of Portugal (1811 – 1852); Earl of Wellington in the peerage of the United Kingdom (1812 – 1852); Marquess of Wellington in the peerage of the United Kingdom (1812 – 1852); Duke of Vitória in the nobility of Portugal (1812 – 1852); Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo in the nobility of Spain (1812 – 1852); Duke of Wellington in the peerage of the United Kingdom (1814 – 1852); Prince of Waterloo in the nobility of the Netherlands (1815 – 1852)
Military ranks: Major-General (1802 – 1808); Lieutenant-General (1808 – 1811); General (1811 – 1813); Field Marshal (1813 – 1852)
1834 – 1852
Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 29 1799; d. October 23 1869
Titles of nobility: Baron Stanley of Bickerstaffe in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1844 – 1869); Earl of Derby in the Peerage of England (1851 – 1869)
1852 – 1869
Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 3 1830; d. August 22 1903
Titles of nobility: Marquess of Salisbury in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1868 – 1903)
1869 – 1903
Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 3 1830; d. August 22 1903
Titles of nobility: Marquess of Salisbury in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1868 – 1903)
1869 – 1903
George Joachim Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 10 1831; d. February 7 1907.
1903 – 1907
George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 11 1859; d. March 20 1925.
1907 – 1925
Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl Halifax
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 16 1881; d. December 23 1959
Titles of nobility: Baron Irwin in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1925 – 1959); Viscount Halifax in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1934 – 1959); Earl of Halifax in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1944 – 1959).
1933 – 1959
Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 10 1894; d. December 29 1986
Titles of nobility: Earl of Stockton in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1984 – 1986); Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1984 – 1986)
1960 – 1986
Roy Harris Jenkins, Baron Jenkins of Hillhead
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 11 1920; d. January 5 2003.
1987 – 2003
William Jefferson Hague, Baron Hague of Richmond
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 26 1961.
2025 – present
Dean of Christ Church, Oxford
Francis Atterbury
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 6 1663; d. February 22 1732.
1711 – 1713
Principal of Hertford College, Oxford
Richard Newton
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 8 1676; d. April 21 1753.
1740 – 1753
William Nicolas “Will” Hutton
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 21 1950.
2011 – 2020
Master of Pembroke College, Oxford
Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 23 1929; d. March 3 2018.
1985 – 1993
Master of University College, Oxford
Kingman Brewster, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 17 1919; d. November 8 1988.
1986 – 1988
Sir Ivor Martin Crewe
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 15 1945.
2008 – 2020
Valerie Ann Amos, Baroness Amos
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 13 1954.
2020 – present
Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford
Charles Lloyd, Bishop of Oxford
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 26 1784; d. May 31 1829.
1822 – 1829
University of Reading
Chancellor of the University of Reading
Sir Joseph Austen Chamberlain
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 16 1863; d. March 16 1937.
1935 – 1937
University of Sheffield
Chancellor of the University of Sheffield
Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 12 1858; d. June 20 1945.
1917 – 1944
University of St. Andrews
Chancellor of the University of St. Andrews
General Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 15 1721; d. October 31 1765.
1746 – 1765
Thomas Hay, 9th Earl of Kinnoull
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 4 1710; d. December 27 1787.
1765 – 1787
Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 28 1742; d. May 28 1811.
1788 – 1811
Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 14 1771; d. June 10 1851.
1814 – 1851
Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 19 1861; d. January 29 1928.
1922 – 1928
Walter Menzies Campbell, Baron Campbell of Pittenweem
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 22 1941.
2006 – present
Rector of the University of St. Andrews
John Stuart Mill
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 20 1806; d. May 7 1873.
1865 – 1868
John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 30 1834; d. May 28 1913.
1907 – 1910
Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 7 1847; d. May 21 1929
Noble titles: Earl of Rosebery in the Peerage of Scotland (1868 – 1929); Baron Rosebery in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1868 – 1929); Earl of Midlothian in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1911 – 1929)
1910 – 1913
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 19 1861; d. January 29 1928.
1916 – 1919
Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 9 1860; d. June 19 1937.
1919 – 1922