List of Chancellors of the University of Cambridge
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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.