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The 3rd Marquess of Salisbury was Union Secretary in Michaelmas 1848. Harold Macmillan was Secretary of the Union in Hilary 1914, then Junior Treasurer (elected unopposed, which was then very unusual) in Trinity 1914; but for the war he would "almost certainly" have been President. [155] S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike was Treasurer in Trinity 1924. [156]
Pages in category "Presidents of the Oxford Union" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 313 total.
The Oxford Union Society, commonly referred to as the Oxford Union, is a debating society in the city of Oxford, England, whose membership is drawn primarily from the University of Oxford. Founded in 1823, it is one of Britain's oldest university unions and considered [ by whom? ] one of the world's most prestigious private students' societies ...
The family name changed from Oxnam to Oxenham in 1834, when Henry was four years old. From Harrow, Oxenham went to Balliol College, Oxford, where he was President of the Oxford Union in Trinity term, 1852. [citation needed] He took Anglican orders in 1854, but became a Roman Catholic in 1857. [2]
William Henry Milman (1824–1908) was an English rower, clergyman and librarian who was president of the Oxford Union and of Sion College.. Milman was the eldest son of Rev. Henry Hart Milman and Mary Anne Cockell, daughter of Lt Gen William Cockell.
In the Michaelmas term of 1886, he was President of the Oxford Union. [2] [4] On 7 June 1887, as a guest in the Cambridge Union, he supported the motion "That in the opinion of this House it is desirable to concede Home Rule for Ireland", [5] while Sir John Gorst, a former Solicitor General, came to speak against the motion. [6]
President of the Office for Strategic Coordination of Health Research: 72 59-(381) Ian McEwan CH, CBE, FRSA, FRSL: Author 76 60-(382) Dame Anna Wintour CH, DBE: Media executive 75 61-(383) Dame Shirley Bassey CH, DBE: Singer 87 62-(385) Gordon Brown CH, PC, HonFRSE: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom: 2024 73 63-(386) Sir Kazuo Ishiguro CH ...
The Oxford Union debating chamber. The King and Country Debate was a debate on 9 February 1933 at the Oxford Union Society. The motion presented, "That this House will under no circumstances fight for its King and country", passed with 275 votes for the motion and 153 against it. [1] The motion would later be named the Oxford Oath or the Oxford ...