List of Masters of Balliol College
Balliol College, Oxford, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford, is run by the Master and Fellows of the college. The Master of the college must be "the person who is, in their [the Fellows] judgement, most fit for the government of the College as a place of religion, learning, and education".[1] Although the rules in no way suggest there is a preference for an alumnus or Fellow of the college to be chosen there have been few who were not, only one in the 20th Century had no previous connection (David Lindsay Keir 1946-1964) and the previous non-member to hold the post before that was Theophilus Leigh elected in 1726. The current Master of Balliol was a post-graduate student there holding the Snell Exhibition (tied to a graduate of Glasgow University). This is Sir Drummond Bone, a scholar of the Romantic poet Lord Byron. He has held the post since October 2011, following his retirement as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Liverpool in 2008 and also President of Universities UK.[2]
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- Walter de Fodringeye . . . 1282
- Hugh de Warkenby . . . 1296
- Stephen de Cornubia . . . 1303
- Richard de Chickwell . . . 1309
- Thomas de Waldeby .. 1321
- Henry de Seton . . 1323
- Nicholas de Luceby .. 1327
- John Poclynton . . 1332
- Hugh Corbrygge.. 1340
- Robert de Derby . . . 1356
- John Wycliffe ..... 1360
- John Hugate . . 1366
- Thomas Tyrwhit . . .1371
- Hamond Haskman . . 1397
- William Lambert . . . 1406
- Thomas Chace . . . .1412
- Robert Burley . . 1428
- Richard Stapilton .... 1429
- William Brandon .... 1429
- Robert Twaytes .... 1450
- William Lambton . . . .1461
- John Segden .... 1472
- Robert Abdy . . 1477
- William Bell. . 1496
- Richard Barningham . 1504
- Thomas Cisson . . . .1511
- Richard Stubbys . . . .1518
- William White . 1525
- George Coote . 1539
- William Wright . . 1545
- James Brooks . . 1547, Bishop of Gloucester (1554–1558)
- William Wright . . . 1555
- Francis Babington . . . 1559
- Antony Garnet . . 1560
- Richard Hooper .... 1563
- Robert Hooper.... 1567
- John Piers . . . 1570
- Adam Squier . . .1571
- Edmund Lilly .... 1580
- Robert Abbots . . . 1609, later Bishop of Salisbury
- John Parkhurst . 1616
- Thomas Laurence . . . .1637
- George Bradshaw . . . 1646
- Henry Savage . . . 1650
- Thomas Good .... 1672
- John Verre 1678
- Roger Mander . . . .1687
- John Baron. . . 1704
- Joseph Hunt . . . .1721
- Theophilus Leigh . . . .1726
- John Davey 1785
- John Parsons . . 1798, Bishop of Peterborough from 1813
- Richard Jenkyns . . . .1819
- Robert Scott .... 1854, Dean Ireland's Professor of the Exegesis of Holy Scripture at Oxford (1861 to 1870), Dean of Rochester (1870 to 1887)
- Benjamin Jowett .... 1870
- Edward Caird 1893-1907, Snell Exhibitioner 1860, Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Glasgow 1866. First lay Master.[3]
- James Leigh Strachan Davidson 1907-1916 [4]
- Arthur Lionel Smith 1916-1924 [5]
- Alexander Dunlop Lindsay 1924-1949, Vice-Chancellor in 1935. Founder of the University of Keele[6]
- David Lindsay Keir 1949-1965, Fellow of University Coll. 1921. Vice-Chancellor, Queens University, Belfast 1939.[7]
- Christopher Hill 1965-1978
- Anthony Kenny 1978-1989
- Baruch Blumberg 1989-1994, George Eastman Visiting Professor 1983, co-recipient of Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
- Colin Lucas 1994-2001, Vice-Chancellor (1997-2004).
- Andrew Graham 1997-2001 (acting); 2001-2011 [8][9]
- Drummond Bone (from October 2011), Byron scholar, Snell Exhibitioner 1968 and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Liverpool (2002 to 2008)[10]
References
- ↑ Statute II "The Master", clause 1
- ↑ "Election of New Master". Balliol College, Oxford. 18 March 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
- ↑ S. M. den Otter, ‘Caird, Edward (1835–1908)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2012 accessed 16 July 2013
- ↑ H. W. C. Davis, ‘Davidson, James Leigh Strachan- (1843–1916)’, rev. Richard Smail, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 July 2013
- ↑ R. L. Patterson, ‘Smith, Arthur Lionel (1850–1924)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 accessed 16 July 2013
- ↑ Gary McCulloch, ‘Lindsay, Alexander Dunlop, first Baron Lindsay of Birker (1879–1952)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 July 2013
- ↑ M. H. Keen, ‘Keir, Sir David Lindsay (1895–1973)’, rev. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2009 accessed 16 July 2013
- ↑ The Master of Balliol, Andrew Graham, announces that he will stand down on 30 September 2011, Balliol.ox.ac.uk
- ↑ Final broadcast by the outgoing Master, Andrew Graham
- ↑ "Election of New Master". Balliol College, Oxford. 18 March 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
- Frances Paravicini (1891). Early History of Balliol College. Oxford.