- Master of Magdalene College
The Master of Magdalene College is the Head of House for
Magdalene College, Cambridge . The post has been held byDuncan Robinson since 2002.Under the College Statutes, the Master is appointed by the Visitor of the College and usually serves until reaching the statutory fellowship retirement age of 67. Exceptionally, this period may be extended until the Master in question reaches 70. This has occurred in the case of the current Master.
With the position of Master comes College-based residency in the form of the Master's Lodge, which may be populated and decorated according to the wishes of the Master. Traditionally, every Sunday, the Master attends the service in the College Chapel before sitting at the head of the
High Table in Hall for the evening meal.List of Masters of Magdalene College
* 1544-1546 Robert Evans
* 1546-1559 Richard Carr
* 1559-1576Roger Kelke
* 1576-1577Richard Howland
* 1577-1582Degory Nicholls
* 1582-1593Thomas Nevile
* 1593-1595Richard Clayton
* 1595-1604 John Palmer
* 1604-1626Barnabe Goche
* 1626-1642 Henry Smyth
* 1642-1650Edward Rainbow
* 1650-1660 John Sadler
* 1660-1664Edward Rainbow
* 1664-1668John Howorth
* 1668-1679James Dupont
* 1679-1690John Peachell
* 1690-1713Gabriel Quadring
* 1713-1740Daniel Waterland
* 1740-1746 Edward Abbott
* 1746-1760 Thomas Chapman
* 1760-1774George Sandby
* 1774-1781Barton Wallop
* 1781-1797Peter Peckard
* 1797-1813William Gretton
* 1813-1853George Neville Grenville
* 1853-1904Latimer Neville , later alsoVisitor
* 1904-1915 Stuart Alexander Donaldson
* 1915-1925Arthur Christopher Benson
* 1925-1947Allen Beville Ramsay
* 1947-1966Henry Urmston Willink , Q.C.
* 1966-1978Walter Hamilton
* 1978-1985 Sir Derman Christopherson
* 1985-1994 Sir David Charles Calcutt, Q.C.
* 1994-2002 Sir John Gurdon
* 2002-"present"Duncan Robinson , C.B.E.References
* "A History of Magdalene College, Cambridge", Cunich, Hoyle, Duffy and Hyam (Magdalene College Publications, 1994)
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