List of vice-chancellors of the University of Cambridge

The vice-chancellor of the University of Cambridge (formally known as The Right Worshipful the Vice-Chancellor)^[1] is the main administrative and academic officer of the university, and is elected by the Regent House for a term of up to seven years.^[2] Since July 2023, the vice-chancellor has been Deborah Prentice.

Prior to 1992, the position was part-time, the post-holder having other college and faculty duties. In fact, between 1587 and 1992 all holders were concurrently Masters of one of the university's colleges. Until the late nineteenth century, the term was generally one year, though this was extended to two years until the post became full-time in 1992.

Since 2003, the vice-chancellor has been assisted by five pro-vice-chancellors.^[3]^[4] For the year 2007–08, Alison Richard was paid "£227,000 in salary and perks."^[5] In 2017–18, Vice-Chancellor Stephen Toope earned a basic salary of £431,000, a significant increase from his predecessor's salary of £343,000.^[6]

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15th century

1412 Thomas Ashwell
1417 Henry Stockton
1418 Nicholas de Swaffham
1454 Nicholas Gay
1457 William Millington
1463 John Roclyffe
1465 Thomas Stoyle
1467 William Uttyng
1468 William Smyth
1470 Edmund Conisborough
1472 Thomas Stoyle
1475 William Towne
1485 Thomas Tuppin
1487 John Riplingham
1489 John Camberton
1493 William Rawson
1494 William Stockdale
1495 John Dolman (or Dowman)
1496 Henry Rudd
1497 John Smith
1499 John Smith
1500 Henry Babington

16th century

1501 John Fisher
1502 Humphrey Fitzwilliam
1503 Geoffrey Knight
1504 John Smith
1505 Richard Burton
1506 John Eccleston
1507 William Robson
1508 William Buckenham
1510 Thomas Thompson
1512 John Fawne
1514 John Eccleston
1516 Robert Dowsing (or Dussing)
1517 Edmund Natares (or Natures)
1518 John Watson
1520 Edmund Natares (or Natures)
1521 Thomas Stackhouse
1522 John Edmunds
1523 Thomas Green
1524 Henry Bullock
1525 Edmund Natares (or Natures)
1527 John Edmunds
1529 William Buckmaster
1530 John Watson
1532 Simon Heynes
1534 John Crayford
1536 Francis Mallet
1537 George Day
1538 William Buckmaster
1540 John Edmunds
1540 Francis Mallet
1541 Richard Standish
1542 John Edmunds
1542 Richard Standish
1543 John Edmunds
1543 Sir Thomas Smith
1545 John Madew
1545 Matthew Parker
1546 John Madew
1548 William Bill
1548 Matthew Parker
1549 Walter Haddon
1550 John Madew
1551 Andrew Perne
1552 Edward Hawford
1552 Edwin Sandys (ejected)
1553 John Young
1554 William Glyn
1554 Cuthbert Scott
1556 Andrew Perne
1556 John Pory
1557 Robert Brassey
1558 Edmund Cosyn
1559 Andrew Perne
1560 Henry Harvey
1561 Philip Baker
1562 Francis Newton
1563 Edward Hawford
1564 Robert Beaumont
1565 John Stokes
1566 Robert Beaumont
1567 Roger Kelke
1567 Richard Longworth
1568 John Young
1569 John May
1570 John Whitgift
1571 Roger Kelke
1572 Thomas Bynge
1573 John Whitgift
1574 Andrew Perne
1575 John Still
1576 Roger Goad
1577 Richard Howland
1578 Thomas Bynge
1579 John Hatcher
1580 Andrew Perne
1581 William Fulke
1582 John Bell
1583 Richard Howland
1584 Robert Norgate
1585 Humphrey Tindall
1586 John Copcot
1587 Thomas Legge
1588 Thomas Nevile
1589 Thomas Preston
1590 Robert Some
1592 Thomas Legge
1592 John Still
1593 John Duport
1595 Roger Goad
1596 John Jegon
1599 Robert Some
1600 John Jegon

17th century

18th century

1701 Thomas Richardson
1702 Charles Ashton
1703 George Bramston
1704 Sir John Ellys
1705 Bardsey Fisher
1706 John Balderston
1707 Edward Lany
1708 John Covel
1709 Charles Roderick
1710 Sir Nathaniel Lloyd
1711 Gabriel Quadring
1712 John Adams
1713 Thomas Green
1714 Thomas Sherlock
1715 Daniel Waterland
1716 William Grigg
1717 Sir Thomas Gooch
1720 Thomas Crosse
1722 Andrew Snape
1724 William Savage
1725 John Davies
1726 Joseph Craven
1727 Robert Lambert
1728 John Frankland
1729 Robert Lambert
1730 Matthias Mawson
1732 Charles Morgan
1733 Roger Long
1734 William Towers
1735 John Adams
1736 John Wilcox
1737 William Richardson
1738 John Whalley
1739 Edward Hubbard
1740 Sir Edward Simpson
1741 William Sedgwick
1742 Robert Smith
1743 William George
1744 Kenrick Prescot
1745 George Henry Rooke
1746 Edmund Castle
1747 Francis Sawyer Parris
1748 Thomas Chapman
1749 Edmund Keene
1751 John Wilcox
1752 Philip Yonge
1754 Hugh Thomas
1755 Edmund Law
1756 John Sumner
1757 John Green
1758 Lynford Caryl
1759 Sir James Burrough
1760 George Sandby
1761 Robert Plumptre
1762 Peter Godard
1763 William Elliston
1764 John Barnardiston
1765 William Samuel Powell
1766 John Smith
1767 Sir James Marriott
1768 John Hinchliffe
1769 William Richardson
1770 John Sumner
1771 James Brown
1772 William Cooke
1773 Lynford Caryl
1774 Hon. Barton Wallop
1775 Richard Farmer
1776 John Chevalier
1777 Hugh Thomas
1777 Robert Plumptre
1778 William Colman
1779 Lowther Yates
1780 John Barker
1781 Richard Beadon
1783 John Torkington
1784 Peter Peckard
1785 Joseph Turner
1786 Sir James Marriott
1786 William Elliston
1787 Richard Farmer
1788 Francis Barnes
1789 William Pearce
1790 William Craven
1791 Thomas Postlethwaite
1792 Isaac Milner
1793 William Colman
1794 Lowther Yates
1795 Philip Douglas
1796 Richard Belward
1797 Robert Cory
1798 Humphrey Sumner
1799 William Lort Mansel
1800 William Gretton

19th century

1801 Joseph Proctor (or Procter)
1802 Humphrey Sumner
1803 Martin Davy
1804 John Torkington
1805 Joseph Turner
1806 William Pearce
1807 Francis Barnes
1808 Edward Pearson
1809 Isaac Milner
1810 Philip Douglas
1811 Thomas Browne
1812 John Davie
1813 Robert Cory
1813 William Chafy
1814 George Thackeray
1815 John Kaye
1816 James Wood
1817 William Webb
1818 Hon. George Neville
1819 William Frere
1820 Christopher Wordsworth
1821 William French
1822 Henry Godfrey
1823 John Lamb
1824 Thomas Le Blanc
1825 Joseph Proctor (or Procter)
1826 Christopher Wordsworth
1827 Martin Davy
1828 Gilbert Ainslie
1829 William Chafy
1830 George Thackeray
1831 John Graham
1832 William Webb
1833 Joshua King
1834 William French
1835 George Archdall
1836 Gilbert Ainslie
1837 Thomas Worsley
1838 William Hodgson
1839 Ralph Tatham
1840 John Graham
1841 George Archdall
1842 William Whewell
1843 William Hodgson
1844 Robert Phelps
1845 Ralph Tatham
1846 Henry Philpott
1847 Robert Phelps
1848 Henry Wilkinson Cookson
1849 James Cartmell
1850 George Elwes Corrie
1851 Richard Okes
1852 James Pulling
1853 Thomas Charles Geldart
1854 Edwin Guest
1855 William Whewell
1856 Henry Philpott
1858 William Henry Bateson
1859 Latimer Neville, 6th Baron Braybrooke
1861 George Phillips
1862 Edward Atkinson
1863 Henry Wilkinson Cookson
1865 James Cartmell
1867 William Hepworth Thompson
1868 Edward Atkinson
1870 John Power
1872 Henry Wilkinson Cookson
1874 Samuel Phear
1876 Edward Atkinson
1878 John Power
1879 Edward Perowne
1881 James Porter
1884 Norman McLeod Ferrers
1885 Charles Anthony Swainson
1886 Charles Taylor
1888 Charles Edward Searle
1889 Henry Montagu Butler
1891 John Peile
1893 Augustus Austen Leigh
1895 Charles Smith
1897 Alexander Hill
1899 William Chawner

20th century

1901 Sir Adolphus Ward, Master of Peterhouse
1902 Frederick Henry Chase, President of Queens'
1904 Edward Anthony Beck, Master of Trinity Hall
1906 Ernest Stewart Roberts, Master of Caius
1908 Arthur James Mason, Master of Pembroke
1910 Robert Forsyth Scott, Master of St John's
1912 Stuart Alexander Donaldson, Master of Magdalene (resigned)
1913 Montague Rhodes James, Provost of King's
1915 Thomas Fitzpatrick, President of Queens'
1917 Sir Arthur Everett Shipley, Master of Christ's
1919 Peter Giles, Master of Emmanuel
1921 Edmund Courtenay Pearce, Master of Corpus
1924 Sir Albert Seward, Master of Downing
1926 George Weekes, Master of St John's
1928 Thomas Fitzpatrick, President of Queens'
1929 Allen Beville Ramsay, Master of Magdalene
1931 William Spens, Master of Corpus
1933 J. F. Cameron, Master of Caius
1935 Godfrey Wilson, Master of Clare
1937 Henry Roy Dean, Master of Trinity Hall
1939 Ernest Alfred Benians, Master of St John's
1941 John Archibald Venn, President of Queens'
1943 Thomas Shirley Hele, Master of Emmanuel
1945 Henry Thirkill, Master of Clare
1947 Charles Earle Raven, Master of Christ's
1949 Sydney Castle Roberts, Master of Pembroke
1951 Sir Lionel Whitby, Master of Downing
1953 Henry Willink, Master of Magdalene
1955 Brian Downs, Master of Christ's
1957 Edgar Adrian, Master of Trinity
1959 Sir Herbert Butterfield, Master of Peterhouse
1961 Sir Ivor Jennings, Master of Trinity Hall
1963 John Boys Smith, Master of St John's
1965 Arthur Armitage, President of Queens'
1967 Sir Eric Ashby, Master of Clare
1969 Rev'd Owen Chadwick, Master of Selwyn
1971 William Alexander Deer, Master of Trinity Hall
1973 Jack Linnett, Master of Sidney
1975 Dame Rosemary Murray, President of New Hall
1977 Sir Alan Cottrell, Master of Jesus
1979 Sir Peter Swinnerton-Dyer, Master of St Catharine's
1981 Sir Harry Hinsley, Master of St John's
1983 Sir John Butterfield, Master of Downing
1985 Richard Adrian, 2nd Baron Adrian, Master of Pembroke
1987 Michael McCrum, Master of Corpus
1989 Sir David Williams, President of Wolfson

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[1]
"Professions". Debrett's.
[2]
"Cambridge begins its search for a new Vice-Chancellor". University of Cambridge. 23 April 2009. Retrieved 23 April 2009.
[3]
University of Cambridge: Pro-Vice-Chancellors (accessed 6 January 2009)
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University of Cambridge: News and Events: New Pro-Vice-Chancellor appointed (16 June 2003) (accessed 6 January 2009)
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Sugden, Joanna (19 March 2009). "Campus fury at vice-chancellors' windfalls". The Times. Retrieved 19 March 2009.^{[dead link‍]}
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Killeen, Molly (15 February 2019). "Toope second-highest paid vice-chancellor in the UK". Varsity. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
[7]
"New Vice-Chancellor for Cambridge". University of Cambridge. Archived from the original on 3 October 2010. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
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"Professor Stephen Toope appointed as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge". University of Cambridge. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
[9]
"University of Cambridge appoints new Acting Vice-Chancellor". News. University of Cambridge. 24 May 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.

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[1] [1]
"Professions". Debrett's.

[2] [2]
"Cambridge begins its search for a new Vice-Chancellor". University of Cambridge. 23 April 2009. Retrieved 23 April 2009.

[3] [3]
University of Cambridge: Pro-Vice-Chancellors (accessed 6 January 2009)

[4] [4]
University of Cambridge: News and Events: New Pro-Vice-Chancellor appointed (16 June 2003) (accessed 6 January 2009)

[5] [5]
Sugden, Joanna (19 March 2009). "Campus fury at vice-chancellors' windfalls". The Times. Retrieved 19 March 2009.^{[dead link‍]}

[6] [6]
Killeen, Molly (15 February 2019). "Toope second-highest paid vice-chancellor in the UK". Varsity. Retrieved 17 February 2019.

[bory-7] [7]
"New Vice-Chancellor for Cambridge". University of Cambridge. Archived from the original on 3 October 2010. Retrieved 6 October 2010.

[toope-8] [8]
"Professor Stephen Toope appointed as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge". University of Cambridge. Retrieved 28 June 2017.

[9] [9]
"University of Cambridge appoints new Acting Vice-Chancellor". News. University of Cambridge. 24 May 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.

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