Chancellor
Royal Highness, The Princess Royal
Her Royal Highness, The Princess Royal is our Chancellor. Her role involves representing the University at a wide range of engagements each year. The Princess Royal has been Chancellor since 1981 and is the 10th person to hold the post since our foundation.
List of past Chancellors
1981– present Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal
1955–1980 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
1932–1955 Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone
1929–1931 William Lygon, 7th Earl of Beauchamp
1902–1929 Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery & 1st Earl of Midlothian
1899–1902 John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley
1893–1899 Farrer Herschell, 1st Baron Herschell
1891–1893 Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby
1856–1891 Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl of Granville
1836–1856 Sir William Cavendish, 2nd Earl of Burlington (later 7th Duke of Devonshire)