The following is a list of chancellors of the University of Cambridge from c.1215 to the present day.[1] Chancellors were elected annually until 1514, and thereafter were elected for life.[2]

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TenureChancellorNotes
c.1215–c.1232Richard of Wetheringsett
c.1246Hugh de Hotton
1256Reginald Gerninghall
1257Stephen Hepworth
1259William de Ludham
1260Richard de Gedney
1261Richard Dryfield
1267John de Asgarby
12701275John Hooke
1276Roger de Fulbourn
1283Andrew de Gisleham
1286Thomas Sheringham
1287Stephen Hepworth
12891290Ralph de Leicester
12901292Geoffery de Pakenham
12931295Henry de Boyton
12951296John de Bradenham
12961299Thomas de Sheringham
1299Stephen Hepworth
13001303Stephen Haslingfield
13031307Stephen de Segrace
1307Stephen Haslingfield
1315Richard de Ashton
13211326Roger Northburgh has been incorrectly described as Chancellor[3] since 1691.[4]
13261329Richard de Badew
13291331Thomas de Foxton
c. 1330Robert de Winwick
13311334John de Langley
13341335Robert de Mildenhall[5]
13351337Henry de Herwarden
13371339Richard Harling (or Ling)
1340Robert de Claydon
1341Thomas de Northwood
1344Thomas de Northwood
13461348John de CrakhallRe-elected in 1348 on 9 June[6]
1348Thomas de Grantchester
1348William de LymberghElected 15 December[6]
13491351Richard Leicester (or Richard de Wetherset, Hetherset, Wetheringsett)[7]Elected 21 Jan.[6]
1351Richard Harling
1352Anthony of Grantchester
13521359William Tynkell
13591360Thomas Sutton
13601361Richard de Wetherset
13611362Michael de Haynton
13611366Michael de Causton
13661369William de Gotham
1369Thomas de Stewkley
1371John de Donwich
13731374Adam de Lakenheath
1374John de Donwich
1376William de Gotham
13781379Richard Scrope
1380Eudo (or Guy) Zouche
13801381John Cavendish
1382Guy Zouche
13821383John de Bromyard
1383John of Neketon
1384John de Burgh (or Borough)
1385Thomas Hetherset (or de Hethersett)
1386John de Burgh (or Borough)
1388William Colvile
13901391Richard Dereham
1391William Colvile
1392John de Neketon
1394William Colvile
1396Guy Zouche
14001402Richard de Billingford
14041408Richard Dereham
14091413Richard de Billingford
1414Stephen le Scrope
14151422John de Rickingale
14221423Thomas de Cobham
14241426Robert Fitzhugh
1426William Wymbell
1427Marmaduke Lumley
14291430John Holeroke
14311432William Lascells
1432Richard de Billingford
14331435Richard Cawdray
14361445John Langton
14451446Nicholas Kenton
1447John Langton
1448Robert Ascogh
14501451Nicholas Close
14511456William Percy
14561458Lawrence Booth
1458William Wilflete (or Wolflet)
14591460Robert Woodlark
1461Richard Scroope
14621463Robert Woodlark
14631464John Booth
1464William Wilflete
14651468John Harrison (or Herrison)
1466William Wilflete
14681469Edward Story
14691471Thomas Rotherham (or Scot)
14711472Edward Story
14731479Thomas Rotherham
14791483John Boynton
14831485Thomas Rotherham
1490Thomas Cosyn
14941496John Blythe
14961499George Fitzhugh
14991500Thomas Rotherham
1500Richard Fox
1502George Fitzhugh
1503Thomas Ruthall (or Rowthall)
15041535John FisherAppointed for life in 1514[2]
15351540Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex
15401547Stephen Gardiner
15471552Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset
15521553John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland
15531555Stephen Gardiner
15561558Reginald Pole
15591598William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
15981601Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex
16011612Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury
16121614Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton
16141626Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk
16261628George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham
16281649Henry Rich, 1st Earl of HollandA Royalist officer in the English Civil War from 1643, executed for treason in 1649
16491651Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester
16511660Oliver St John
16601671Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of ManchesterReinstated as Chancellor after the Restoration
16711674George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham
16741682James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth
16821688Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle
16891748Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset
17481768Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
17681811Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton
18111834Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh
18341840John Pratt, 1st Marquess Camden
18401847Hugh Percy, 3rd Duke of Northumberland
18471861Albert, Prince Consort
18611891William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire
18921908Spencer Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire
19081919John Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh
19191930Arthur Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour
19301947Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley
19481950Jan Smuts
19501967Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder
19671976Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian
19762011Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
2011[8]David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville
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