list of chancellors of the university of cambridge

This is a list of Chancellors of the University of Cambridge, from about 1246 to the present day:

Hugh de Hotton, c. 1246
Reginald Gerninghall, 1256
Stephen Hepworth, 1257
William de Ludham, 1259
Richard de Gedney, 1260
Richard Dryfield, 1261
John de Asgarby, 1267
John Hooke, 1270-1275
Roger de Fulbourn, 1276
Andrew de Gisleham, 1283
Thomas Sheringham, 1286
Stephen Hepworth , 1287
Ralph de Leicester, 1289-1290
Geoffery de Pakenham, 1290-1292
Henry de Boyton, 1293-1295
John de Bradenham, 1295-1296
Thomas de Sheringham , 1296-1299
Stephen Hepworth , 1299
Stephen Haslingfield, 1300-1303
Stephen de Segrace, 1303-1307
Stephen Haslingfield, 1307
Richard de Ashton, 1315
Roger Northburgh, 1321-1326
Richard de Badew, 1326-1329
Thomas de Foxton, 1329-1331
Robert de Winwick, c. 1330
John de Langley, 1331-1334
Robert de Mildenhall, 1334-1335
Henry de Herwarden, 1335-1337
Richard Harling (or Ling), 1337-1339
Robert de Claydon, 1340
Thomas de Northwood, 1341
Thomas de Northwood, 1344
John de Crakhall, 1346-1348
Thomas de Grantchester, 1348
William de Lymbergh, 1348
Richard de Wetherset (or Hetherset, Wetheringsett), 1349-1351
Richard Harling, 1351
Anthony of Grantchester, 1352
William Tynkell, 1352-1359
Thomas Sutton, 1359-1360
Richard de Wetherset , 1360-1361
Michael de Haynton, 1361-1362
Michael de Causton, 1361-1366
William de Gotham, 1366-1369
Thomas de Stewkley, 1369
John de Donwich, 1371
Adam de Lakenheath, 1373-1374
John de Donwich, 1374
William de Gotham, 1376
Richard Scrope, 1378-1379
Eudo (or Guy) Zouche, 1380
John Cavendish, 1380-1381
Guy Zouche, 1382
John de Bromyard, 1382-1383
John of Neketon, 1383
John de Burgh (or Borough), 1384
Thomas Hetherset (or de Hethersett), 1385
John de Burgh, 1386
William Colvile, 1388
Richard Dereham, 1390-1391
William Colvile, 1391
John de Neketon, 1392
William Colvile, 1394
Guy Zouche, 1396
Richard Billingford, 1400-1402
Richard Dereham, 1404-1408
Richard Billingford, 1409-1413
Stephen le Scrope, 1414
John de Rickingale, 1415-1422
Thomas of Cobham, 1422-1423
Robert Fitzhugh, 1424-1426
William Wymbell, 1426
Marmaduke Lumley, 1427
John Holeroke, 1429-1430
William Lascells, 1431-1432
Richard Billingford, 1432
Richard Cawdray, 1433-1435
John Langton, 1436-1445
Nicholas Kenton, 1445-1446
John Langton, 1447
Robert Ascogh, 1448
Nicholas Close, 1450-1451
William Percy, 1451-1456
Laurence Booth, 1456-1458
William Wilflete (or Wolflet), 1458
Robert Woodlark, 1459-1460
Richard Scroope, 1461
Robert Woodlark, 1462-1463
John Booth, 1463-1464
William Wilflete, 1464
John Harrison (or Herrison), 1465-1468
William Wilflete, 1466
Edward Story, 1468-1469
Thomas Rotherham (or Scot), 1469-1471
Edward Story, 1471-1472
Thomas Rotherham, 1473-1479
John Boynton, 1479-1483
Thomas Rotherham, 1483-1485
Thomas Cosyn, 1490
John Blythe, 1494-1496
George Fitzhugh,, 1496-1499
Thomas Rotherham, 1499-1500
Richard Fox, 1500
George Fitzhugh, 1502
Thomas Ruthall (or Rowthall), 1503
John Fisher, 1504-1535
Thomas Cromwell, 1535-1540
Stephen Gardiner, 1540-1547
Edward Seymour, 1547-1552
John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, 1552-1553
Stephen Gardiner, 1553-1555
Reginald Pole, 1556-1558
William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, 1559-1598
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, 1598-1601
Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, 1601-1612
Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton, 1612-1614
Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, 1614-1626
George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, 1626-1628
Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, 1628-1649
Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester, 1649-1651
Oliver St John, 1651-1660
Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester, 1660-1671
George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, 1671-1674
James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, 1674-1682
Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, 1682-1688
Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, 1689-1748
Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, 1748-1768
Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, 1768-1811
William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester, 1811-1834
John Jeffreys Pratt, 1st Marquess Camden, 1834-1840
Hugh Percy, 3rd Duke of Northumberland, 1840-1847
Prince Albert, The Prince Consort, 1847-1861
William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire, 1861-1891
Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire, 1892-1908
John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, 1908-1919
Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, 1919-1930
Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, 1930-1947
Jan Christiaan Smuts, 1948-1950
Arthur William Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder, 1950-1967
Edgar Douglas Adrian, 1967-1976
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, 1976-

Taken from the Victoria County History.

List Of Chancellors Of The University Of Cambridge

See also