Ford Lectures

History of the lectureship

Ford's lecturers

To 1899

• 1896–97 S. R. Gardiner, Cromwell's Place in History
• 1897–98 Frederic William Maitland, Township and borough
• 1898–99 Adolphus William Ward, Great Britain and Hanover: some aspects of the personal union
• 1899-00 James Hamilton Wylie, The Council of Constance to the death of John Hus

  1900–1949

• 1900–01 Charles Firth, Cromwell's army: a history of the English soldier during the Civil Wars, the Commonwealth and the Protectorate
• 1901–02 Charles Plummer, The life and times of Alfred the Great
• 1902–03 Julian Corbett, England in the Mediterranean
• 1903–04 Leslie Stephen, English literature and society in the 18th century
• 1904–05 Andrew Lang
• 1905–06 Arthur L. Smith, The Church and State in the Middle Ages
• 1906–07 Francis Haverfield, The Roman Occupation of Britain
• 1907–08 Alfred Comyn Lyall
• 1908–09 Arthur Johnson, The Disappearance of the Small Landowner
• 1909–10 George Edmundson, Anglo-Dutch rivalry during the first half of the 17th century
• 1910–11 John William Fortescue, British Statesmen of the Great War, 1793–1814
• 1911–12 Reginald L. Poole, The Exchequer in the Twelfth Century
• 1912–13 T. F. Tout, The place of the reign of Edward II in English history
• 1913–14 Peter Hume Brown, The legislative union of England and Scotland
• 1914–15 Andrew George Little, Studies in English Franciscan History
• 1915–16 No Election
• 1916–17 A. G. Little, Studies in English Franciscan History
• 1917–18 No Election
• 1918–19 No Election
• 1919–20 John E. Lloyd
• 1920–21 Arthur Frederic Basil Williams
• 1921–22 Sir Richard Lodge, Great Britain and Prussia in the 18th century
• 1922–23 J. Armitage Robinson, The times of Saint Dunstan
• 1923–24 C. L. Kingsford, Prejudice and promise in 15th century England
• 1924–25 Henry William Carless Davis, The age of Grey and Peel
• 1925–26
• 1926–27 F. M. Powicke, Stephen Langton
• 1927–28 Albert Frederick Pollard
• 1928–29 F. M. Stenton, The First Century of English Feudalism, 1066–1166
• 1929–30 Alfred Francis Pribram, England and the International Policy of the European Great Powers, 1871–1914
• 1930–31 Keith Feiling
• 1931–32 Keith Grahame Feiling, The tories in opposition and in power, 1714–1806
• 1932–33 A. Hamilton Thompson, The English clergy and their organisation in the later Middle Ages
• 1933–34 Lewis Namier, King, Cabinet, and Parliament in the Early Years of George III
• 1934–35 Herbert Edward Salter, Medieval Oxford
• 1935–36 Richard Henry Tawney
• 1936–37 George James Turner
• 1937–38 Harold William Vazeille Temperley
• 1938–39 Eileen Power, The Wool Trade in English Medieval History
• 1939–40 James A. Williamson, The Ocean in English History
• 1940–41 Robin Ernest William Flower
• 1941–42 V. H. Galbraith, Studies in the public records
• 1942–43 Wilhelm Levison, England and the Continent in the Eighth Century
• 1943–44 Admiral Sir Herbert Richmond, Statesmen and Sea Power
• 1944–45 Austin Lane Poole, Obligations of Society in the XII and XIII Centuries
• 1945–46 David Mathew, The Social Structure in Caroline England
• 1946–47 T. F. T. Plucknett, Legislation of Edward I
• 1947–48 Sir Charles Webster
• 1948–49 David Knowles, The episcopal colleagues of Archbishop Thomas Becket
• 1949–50 Ian Richmond

  1950–1999

• 1950–51 G. N. Clark, King James I and Dutch "Imperialism" in Asia
• 1951–52 Richard Pares, King George III and the politicians
• 1952–53 K. B. McFarlane, The Nobility of Later Medieval England
• 1953–54 Thomas Southcliffe Ashton
• 1954–55 C. R. Cheney, From Becket to Langton: English church government 1170–1213
• 1955–56 A. J. P. Taylor, The Trouble Makers: Dissent over Foreign Policy, 1792–1939
• 1956–57 Philip Grierson
• 1957–58 Norman Sykes
• 1958–59 Norman Sykes, From Sheldon to Secker: aspects of English church history, 1660–1768
• 1959–60 G. Kitson Clark, The making of Victorian England
• 1960–61 Sir Goronwy Edwards, The second century of the English Parliament
• 1961–62 Christopher Hill, Intellectual Origins of the English Revolution
• 1962–63 D. C. Douglas, William the Conqueror: the Norman impact upon England
• 1963–64 Norman Gash, Reaction and reconstruction in English politics, 1832–1852
• 1964–65 Eleanora Carus-Wilson, The rise of the English woollen industry
• 1965–66 J. H. Plumb The growth of political stability in England: 1675–1725
• 1966–67 Beryl Smalley, Intellectuals and Politics in the twelfth century
• 1967–68 Robert Blake, The Conservative Party from Peel to Churchill
• 1968–69 Charles Wilson, Queen Elizabeth and the Revolt of the Netherlands
• 1969–70 J. M. Wallace-Hadrill, Early Germanic kingship in England and on the continent
• 1970–71 Michael Howard, The continental commitment: the dilemma of British defence policy in the era of the two world wars
• 1971–72 G. R. Elton, Policy and Police: the enforcement of the Reformation in the age of Thomas Cromwell
• 1972–73 Rodney Hilton, The English peasantry in the later Middle Ages
• 1973–74 John Gallagher, The Decline, Revival and Fall of the British Empire
• 1974–75 Joan Thirsk, Economic Policy, Economic Projects and Political Economy, 1540–1700
• 1975–76 J. P. Kenyon, Revolution principles: the politics of party, 1689–1720
• 1976–77 G. W. S. Barrow, The Anglo-Norman era in Scottish history
• 1977–78 F. S. L. Lyons, Culture and Anarchy in Ireland, 1890–1939
• 1978–79 Patrick Collinson, The religion of Protestants: the church in English society, 1559–1625
• 1979–80 Donald A. Bullough, Alcuin: Achievement and Reputation
• 1980–81 Owen Chadwick, Britain and the Vatican during the Second World War
• 1981–82 J. J. Scarisbrick, Religious Attitudes in Reformation England
• 1982–83 J. O. Prestwich, The Place of War in English History 1066–1214
• 1983–84 Ian R. Christie, Stress and stability in late 18th-century Britain: Reflections on the British avoidance of revolution
• 1984–85 John Habakkuk, Marriage, debt, and the estates system: English landownership 1650–1950
• 1985–86 S. F. C. Milsom, Law and Society in the 12th and 13th centuries
• 1986–87 Keith Robbins, Nineteenth-century Britain: England, Scotland and Wales: the making of a nation
• 1987–88 Conrad Russell, The Causes of the English Civil War
• 1988–89 Barbara Harvey, Living and dying in England 1140–1540, the monastic experience
• 1989–90 Paul Langford, Public Life and Propertied Englishmen, 1689–1798
• 1990–91 Lord Briggs, Culture and Communication in Victorian England
• 1991–92 David Underdown, A Freeborn People: politics and the nation in seventeenth-century England
• 1992–93 P. H. Sawyer, Wealth in Anglo-Saxon England
• 1993–94 F. M. L. Thompson, Gentrification and the Enterprise Culture: Britain 1780–1980
• 1994–95 Paul Slack, From Reformation to improvement: public welfare in early modern England
• 1995–96 James Campbell, Origins of the English state
• 1996–97 Jose Harris, A land of lost content? Visions of civic virtue from Ruskin to Rawls
• 1997–98 R. R. Davies, The first English empire: power and identities in the British Isles, 1093–1343
• 1998–99 T. C. Smout, Use and delight: environmental history in Northern England since 1600
• 1999–00 Keith Thomas, The ends of life: roads to fulfilment in early modern England

  From 2000

• 2000–01 Christopher Dyer, An Age of Transition? Economy and Society in England in the Later Middle Ages
• 2001–02 Peter Clarke Britain's image in the world in the twentieth century
• 2002–03 Quentin Skinner, Freedom, Representation, and Revolution, 1603–51
• 2003–04 John Maddicott, The Origins of the English Parliament
• 2004–05 Marianne Elliott, Religion and Ireland
• 2005–06 John Morrill, Living with Revolution
• 2006–07 Robert Bartlett, The Learned Culture of Angevin England
• 2007–08 Ross McKibbin, Parties People and the State: Politics in England c.1914–1951
• 2008–09 John Brewer, The Politics of Feeling in the Age of Revolutions, 1760–1830
• 2009–10 David Bates, The Normans and Empire
• 2010–11 Peter Lake, Bad Queen Bess? Libelous Politics and Secret Histories in an Age of Confessional Conflict
• 2011–12 Roy Foster, Making a Revolution in Ireland, c.1890–1916
• 2012–13 John Blair, Building the Anglo-Saxon Landscape
• 2013–14 Susan Pedersen, Internationalism and Empire: British Dilemmas, 1919–1939
• 2014–15 Steven Gunn, The English people at war in the age of Henry VIII
• 2015–16 Christine Carpenter, The Problem of the Fourteenth Century: Politics, State and Society in England 1307–1399
• 2016–17 Stefan Collini, History in English Criticism, 1919–1961
• 2017–18 Alexandra Walsham, The Reformation of the Generations: Age, Ancestry, and Memory in England, 1500–1700
• 2018–19 Mark Bailey: After the Black Death: Society, economy and the law in fourteenth-century England

  Pending

• 2019–20: Margot Finn, Family and Empire: Kinship and British Colonialism in the East India Company Era, c. 1750–1850.