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Cartoon of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, in the robes of the Chancellor of the University of Oxford. Punning on his military past and the Doctor of Canon Law degree, the caption calls him "a great doctor of cannon law." This is a list of chancellors of the University of Oxford in England by year of appointment. [1] [2] [3]
In Scotland, the principal is the chief executive and is usually ex officio vice-chancellor, which is a purely titular position. The visitor is appointed by the founder of a charitable institution to oversee the distribution of the founder's bounty; in the case of universities, this is often the sovereign, in which case the office is usually ...
Patten in academic dress. Baron Patten of Barnes had been elected as Chancellor of the University of Oxford in March 2003. In February 2024, he announced in a letter to the Vice-Chancellor of the university, Irene Tracey, that he would retire as Chancellor at the end of the academic year, after twenty-one years in post.
William Hague has beaten Peter Mandelson to become chancellor of the University of Oxford. It was announced on Wednesday that the former Conservative Party leader, 63, has been elected. Lord ...
Staff and alumni voted online for the first time to elect the chancellor – a post which has been in place at Oxford for 800 years. The chancellor is the titular head of the university and they ...
University of Oxford Chancellor elections (5 P) G. William Grenville, ... Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington; Roger de Weseham (priest) John Fane, 7th Earl of ...
The senior lawyer who led the inquiry into the murder of Sarah Everard is one of two women who could become the first female Chancellor of Oxford University. The final five candidates for the ...
The 1960 University of Oxford election for the position of Chancellor was called upon the death of the incumbent Chancellor, Lord Halifax, on 23 December 1959. It was the first election for Oxford Chancellor to be contested since 1925.