- List of Chancellors of the University of Cambridge
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The Chancellors of the University of Cambridge, from about 1246 to the present day are and were:
- 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 (or Borough), 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
- Lawrence 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
- The Duke of Northumberland, 1552–1553
- Stephen Gardiner, 1553–1555
- Reginald Pole, 1556–1558
- The Lord Burghley, 1559–1598
- The Earl of Essex, 1598–1601
- The Earl of Salisbury, 1601–1612
- The Earl of Northampton, 1612–1614
- The Earl of Suffolk, 1614–1626
- The Duke of Buckingham, 1626–1628 - see University of Cambridge Chancellor election, 1626
- The Earl of Holland, 1628–1649
- The Earl of Manchester, 1649–1651
- Oliver St John, 1651–1660
- The Duke of Manchester, 1660–1671
- The Duke of Buckingham, 1671–1674
- The Duke of Monmouth, 1674–1682
- The Duke of Albemarle, 1682–1688
- The Duke of Somerset, 1689–1748
- The Duke of Newcastle, 1748–1768; see University of Cambridge Chancellor election, 1748
- The Duke of Grafton, 1768–1811
- HRH The Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, 1811–1834 — see University of Cambridge Chancellor election, 1811
- The Marquess Camden, 1834–1840
- The Duke of Northumberland, 1840–1847
- HRH The Prince Consort, 1847–1861 — see University of Cambridge Chancellor election, 1847
- The Duke of Devonshire, 1861–1891
- The Duke of Devonshire, 1892–1908
- The Lord Rayleigh, 1908–1919
- The Earl of Balfour, 1919–1930
- The Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, 1930–1947
- Jan Smuts, 1948–1950
- The Lord Tedder, 1950–1967 — see University of Cambridge Chancellor election, 1950
- The Lord Adrian, 1967–1976
- HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, 1976–2011
- Lord Sainsbury of Turville, 2011– — see also University of Cambridge Chancellor election, 2011[1]
Taken from the Victoria County History.
See also
- List of Vice-Chancellors of the University of Cambridge
- List of Chancellors of the University of London
- List of Chancellors of the University of Oxford
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