List of Presidents of Vincent's Club


This is a complete list of the Presidents of Vincent's Club at Oxford University.
YearNameCollegeNotability
1863Walter Bradford WoodgateBrasenoseBarrister and oarsman, founder of Vincent's Club
1863C EllisMerton
1864C W Spencer StancoteMerton
1865J H ForsterUniversity
1865Edward Carr GlynUniversityBishop of Peterborough
1866W H P LeukaisMerton
1866Albert BraseryUniversity
1867LawrenceBalliol
1868W Wightesman WoodUniversity
1868Edward L FellowesBrasenose
1869S H WoodhouseUniversity
1870J C TinneUniversity
1871C S NewtonUniversity
1872Robert LesleyPembroke
1872L TownshendBrasenose
1873E S GarnierUniversity
1874M G FarrerBrasenose
1875W Walter WhitmoreBrasenose
1876J G BankesUniversity
1876ChesterfieldBrasenoseBarrister, peer, Treasurer of the Household, Privy Counsellor
1877Tom Edwards-MossBrasenoseMember of Parliament for Widnes 1885-1892
1878Audley C MilesBrasenose
1879W H MossUniversity
1879W H StanfellBalliol
1880G D RoweUniversity
1881A H EvansOriel
1881M LubbockBalliol
1882W OliverUniversity
1882Brimsley FitzGeraldUniversity
1883A R PatersonTrinity
1884M C KempHertford
1885A G ElisherBrasenose
1885L OwenNew
1886D H McLeanNew-
1886H T A ThompsonBrasenose
1887G W RickettsOriel
1887H H CastensBrasenoseSouth African Rugby Union player and captain, also appointed first captain of South African cricket team, for tour to England, advocate in Southern Rhodesia
1888H R RackenBrasenose
1889H PhilipsNew
1890Guy NickallsMagdalenBritish oarsman member of the British eight that won gold at the 1908 Summer Olympics
1891Frederic ThesigerMagdalen1st Viscount Chelmsford, Viceroy of India, First Lord of the Admiralty, Governor of Queensland, Governor of New South Wales
1892Edward MurrayOriel
1893G CombeMagdalen
1894Hugh B CottonMagdalenRowed bow in The Boat Race 1892–1895
1895W Burton StewartBrasenoseCouncillor, Municipal Reform Party, London County Council elected 1907 for Hackney Central
1896Henry D G Leveson-GowerMagdalenCricketer for Surrey and England. Captain of England in all 3 Test Matches in which he played.
1897E R BalfourUniversityRowed for Oxford in The Boat Race 1896-1897
1898C K PhilipsNew
1899Thomas Arthur NelsonUniversityScottish Rugby Union player, capped in 1898.
1900R G FosterUniversity
1901Felix Walter WarreBalliolOarsman, Major of the Royal Garrison Artillery, auctioneer at Sotheby's
1902Horace J HaleBalliol
1903William FindlayOrielCricketer for Lancashire and Secretary of Marylebone Cricket Club 1936-1946
1904E G M-WilliamsUniversity
1905A K GrahamBalliol
1906K CornwallisUniversity
1907Patrick MunroChrist ChurchScottish Rugby Union player and later President of Scottish Rugby Union, Conservative MP for Llandaff and Barry
1908E L WrightNew
1909Alister Graham KirbyMagdalenBritish oarsmen and captain of Leander Eight which won gold for Britain in 1912 Summer Olympics
1910H BonseyUniversity
1911Sir George CunninghamMagdalenScottish rugby player and captain of Scotland; later joined the Indian civil service and was Governor of the North-West Frontier Province
1912Ronald Owen LagdenOrielPlayed cricket and rugby union at Oxford and was capped for England in the 1911 Calcutta Cup
1913Roy BardsleyMerton
1914D M BairnTrinity
1915H. le B. Lightfoot Corpus Christi
1916H. le B. Lightfoot Corpus Christi
1917H. le B. Lightfoot Corpus Christi
1918H. le B. Lightfoot Corpus Christi
1919Ewart Douglas HorsfallMagdalenOarsman in eights winning gold for Britain in 1912 Summer Olympics and silver in 1920 Summer Olympics. Awarded the Military Cross in 1916 and the Distinguished Flying Cross in 1918
1920Miles HowellOriel
1921Bevil RuddTrinitySouth African athlete, the 1920 Olympic Champion in the 400 m, with silver in 4x400m relay and bronze in the 800m, editor of Daily Telegraph, awarded Military Cross in the First World War
1922V R PriceMagdalen
1923William Rankine MilliganUniversityMP for Edinburgh North, Solicitor General for Scotland 1951-1954, Lord Advocate 1954-1960, Privy Counsellor, appointed to the Bench as Lord Milligan
1924R J DenisonOriel
1925H J KittermasterUniversity
1926DunglassChrist ChurchBetter-known as Sir Alec Douglas-Home, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 1963-1964 on the resignation of Harold Macmillan, was also Leader of the House of Lords and Foreign Secretary
1927G E B AbellCorpus Christi
1928Charles FrazerBalliol
1929D A NunnNew
1930A T BarberQueen's
1931J S M PaulSt John's
1932Pieter G V van der BijlBrasenoseSouth African cricketer played in five Tests from 1938-1939
1933Alan McWillisTrinity
1934John Edward LovelockExeterNew Zealand athlete winning gold, setting new world record, at the 1936 Berlin Olympics in the 1500 metres. Set world record for the mile in 1934 British Empire Games.
1935Michael MosleTrinity
1936John W SeamerBrasenoseCricketer for Somerset, shared captaincy in 1948. He was in the Colonial Service 1936-1950 and later a schoolmaster at Marlborough College.
1937Roger PulbrookMagdalen
1938Alan PenningtonHertfordPlaced 3rd in 200 metres at 1938 European Championships
1939F M M ForsterTrinity
1940J C Lawrie Brasenose
1941R C H Risley Oriel
1942E K Scott LincolnPlayed rugby union five times for England at centre in 1946 & 1947, captaining the side twice. Also played cricket for Gloucestershire, having captained the Oxford XI in the war. Took over his father's general practice in Cornwall.
1943W J H Butterfield Exeter
1944D A B Garton-Sprenger Merton
1945John Beamish Dossetor St John'sCanadian physician who coordinated first kidney transplant in Canada. Professor of Medicine at University of Alberta. Officer of the Order of Canada.
1946David Macindoe MCChrist ChurchPlayed first-class cricket for Oxford University Cricket Club.
1947David G JamisonMagdalen
1948Ossie Newton-ThompsonTrinity
1949G P JacksonBrasenose
1950Roger BannisterExeterFirst man to run the mile in under 4 minutes. Distinguished neurologist and Master of Pembroke College, Oxford
1951Donald Bryce CarrWorcesterEnglish cricketer, Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1960. Later ICC match referee and assistant secretary of the MCC from 1963 to 1976.
1952P D S BlakeBrasenose
1953C S CheshireTrinity
1954R K PitamberSt Edmund Hall
1955D C P R JowettSt John's
1955Roy C P AllawayUniversity
1956M J K SmithSt Edmund HallCaptain of Warwickshire County Cricket Club from 1957 to 1967. Represented England at rugby union against Wales in 1956.
1957D J N JohnsonLincoln
1958Robin H DaviesNew College, Oxford
1959Mike A EagarWorcester
1960A W N GemmillBrasenose
1961Frederick Edward Robin ButlerUniversityBaron Butler of Brockwell, life peer, high profile career in civil service
1962I L ElliottKebleOarsman. Represented Great Britain in the 1960 Summer Olympics in the Eight
1963J J McPartlinSt Edmund Hall
1964C J G AtkinsonSt Edmund Hall
1965J M W HoganTrinity
1966Melville GuestMagdalen
1967R M OliverSt Edmund Hall
1968G N S RidleyPembroke
1969R H PhillipsCorpus Christi
1969F S GoldsteinSt Edmund Hall
1970J L CorbettSt Peter's
1971P R CarrollMansfield
1972G B StevensonUniversity
1973C B HamblinKeble
1974/5J W LeeChrist Church
1975/6P N A QuinnenWadham
1977R I EddingtonLincolnAustralian businessman. Former CEO of British Airways. Current director of News Corporation, JPMorgan and Rio Tinto Group. Also chair of Infrastructure Australia
1978P B FisherChrist ChurchHeadmaster, Loughborough GS
1979J G M WebsterOrielCaptain, GB Rifle Team, World Long Range Champions 2011
1980R B ClarkChrist ChurchChief Executive, Rhino Rugby
1981J J RogersUniversity
1982R MarsdenChrist Church
1983A H HobartExeter
1984P B MbuSt Edmund Hall
1985A J T MillerSt Edmund Hall
1986C S HornerWorcester
1987J M RismanSt Edmund Hall
1988Dr M Lawson-StathamUniversity
1989D J BucknallSt Peter's
1990R J Horrocks-TaylorSt Peter's
1991M MerrickChrist Church
1992S SparrowSt Edmund Hall
1993J R ElliotSt Anne's
1994T WatsonSt Edmund Hall
1995A N S BryceSt Edmund Hall
1996A D O'MahonySt Anne's
1997A T Roberts-MillerWorcester
1998T G A GriffithsKeble
1999J P WillcocksBrasenose
2000T A DoyleSt Edmund Hall
2001R G WoodfineSt Edmund Hall
2002T O R PerrySt Edmund Hall
2003J J FulfordWorcester
2004C T T EdwardsBalliol
2005D G HughesJesus
2006J P E BotoUniversity
2007D N AbbottSomerville
2008R W H PayneSt Peter's
2009T D SmithWorcester
2010H A McCormickLincoln
2011A J HealyWorcester
2012J A Pearson-StuttardChrist Church
2013B R MansfieldOriel
2014M A NeilSt Hilda's
2015S WestawayPembroke
2016A McCunnNew
2017M ShorthoseUniversity
2018R LlyrGreen Templeton
2019S TaylorSt Catherine'sFirst female president