List of presidents of the Oxford Union

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Past elected presidents of the Oxford Union are listed below, with their college and the year/term in which they served. Iterum indicates that a person was serving a second term as president (which is not possible under the current Union rules).

Key to colleges

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Presidents of the United Debating Society

These are the Presidents as listed[1]

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Presidents of the Oxford Union Society

1826–1850

These are the presidents as listed:[1][12][13]

Year Michaelmas Hilary Trinity
1826 Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Hassard Hume Dodgson[lower-alpha 4][n 1][12][13]
Brasenose College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Digby Wrangham[12]
Magdalen College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Richard Durnford[n 1][2][12]
Merton College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg E. E. Villiers (iterum)[12]
1826–27 Oriel College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg R. A. Hornby[lower-alpha 5][12] Oriel College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Norman Hilton Macdonald[12]
Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Douglas Smith[lower-alpha 7][n 1]
Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Henry Tufnell[12]
Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg J. Pearson[lower-alpha 8][12]
Trinity College, Oxford.svg Edward Twisleton[12]
1827–28 Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg William Courtenay[17][12]
Trinity College, Oxford.svg Herman Merivale[12]
Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Douglas Smith (iterum)[lower-alpha 7][12] Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Thomas Hobhouse[12]
New College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg A. Grant[12]
1828–29 Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Charles Baring[12] Oriel College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Henry Wilberforce[12]
Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Thomas Acland[9][12]
New College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg H. W. Moncrieff[12]
1829–30 Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Henry Manning[n 1][12]
Oriel College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Henry Wilberforce (iterum)[n 1][12][13]
Oriel College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Sidney Herbert Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg James Gaskell[12]
1830–31 Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg James Gaskell[12]
Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg William Gladstone[12]
Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg James Bruce[12]
Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Joseph Anstice
Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg John Lyall[12]
1831–32 Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Earl of Lincoln Trinity College, Oxford.svg G. K. Rickards Trinity College, Oxford.svg Roundell Palmer[18][13]
1832–33 Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg William Ward Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Edward Cardwell Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Archibald Tait
1833–34 Wadham College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Edward Massie[lower-alpha 9] University College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Robert Lowe
Oriel College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Charles Marriott
12px William Sinclair[lower-alpha 10]
1834–35 Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg J. Adams[lower-alpha 11] Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg William Ward (iterum) Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg J. M. Capes
1835–36 Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Edward Cardwell (iterum) Wadham College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg T. Brancker[lower-alpha 12] Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg John Cornish[23][13]
1836–37 Oriel College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg W. N. Tilson-Marsh[lower-alpha 13] New College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Henry Cripps[26][13] Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg G. R. Moncrieff[lower-alpha 14]
1837–38 St-John's College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg James Hessey Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg William Ridley Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg W. C. Lake[28][13]
1838–39 Queens College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Henry Highton Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg G. R. Moncrieff[lower-alpha 14] (iterum) Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg H. W. Sullivan[lower-alpha 15]
1839–40 Brasenose College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg William Buckley Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg J. B. Blackett Trinity College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg George Rawlinson[30][13]
1840–41 Magdalen College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg C. T. Arnold[lower-alpha 16] Exeter College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg R. C. Powles[33][13] Worcester College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg J. T. B. Landon[lower-alpha 17]
1841–42 Wadham College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Richard Congreve[35][13] Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Melville Portal Oriel College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Drummond Chase
1842–43 University College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Edward Plumptre Trinity College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg George Bowen[36][13] Trinity College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg W. H. Scott[lower-alpha 18]
1843–44 Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg John Coleridge[39][13] New College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg H. M. White[lower-alpha 19] Merton College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg John Mackarness[41][13]
1844–45 Trinity College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg George Bowen[36][13](iterum) Magdalen College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Alfred Pott[42][13] Brasenose College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg John G. Cazenove
1846–47 Magdalen College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Francis Sandford University College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg John Conington[41] Oriel College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg R. J. Simpson[lower-alpha 20]
1848–49 Wadham College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg S. J. Hulme[lower-alpha 21] Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg C. H. Stanton[lower-alpha 22] Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Earl of Dufferin[n 1]
Exeter College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg W. B. Marriott
1847–48 Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg George Hunt Wadham College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Walter Congreve[lower-alpha 23] Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Montagu Blackett[41]
1848–49 Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg G. R. Portal[lower-alpha 24] Trinity College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg F. Meyrick[50] Exeter College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg George Boyle
1849–50 Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg William Milman[51][52] Queens College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg J. R. K. Ralph[lower-alpha 25] Magdalen College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen

1850–1875

Year Michaelmas Hilary Trinity
1850–51 Oriel College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg E. B. Lomer[lower-alpha 26] Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Alexander Mitchell Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Henry Smith
1851–52 Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Frederick Lygon Wadham College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Walter Shirley Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Henry Oxenham
1852–53 Exeter College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg C. H. Pearson[56][13] University College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg J. Fitzgerald[lower-alpha 27] Wadham College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Benjamin Rogers[58][13]
1853–54 Oriel College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg George Goschen[59][13] University College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Arthur Butler[60][13] Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Godfrey Lushington[61][13]
1854–55 Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg George C. Brodrick[62][13] Trinity College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Robert Bartlett[lower-alpha 28] Oriel College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg J. H. Bridges[lower-alpha 29][66][13]
1855–56 Brasenose College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg D. C. Lathbury Exeter College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Charles Turner[67][13] University College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg W. F. Wilberforce
1856–57 Brasenose College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg John Oakley Trinity College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Philip Eliot Pembroke College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg John Mitchinson[68][13]
1857–58 Brasenose College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg T. R. Halcombe[lower-alpha 30] Oriel College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Thomas Fowle Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Charles Bowen[70][13]
1858–59 University College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg E. K. Bennet[lower-alpha 31] Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg A. V. Dicey[72][13] Trinity College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg A. O. Rutson[73]
1859–60 Jesus College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Peter Fogg Queens College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Edward Moore[74][13] Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg H. L. Harrison
1860–61 St-John's College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Francis Beaumont[75][13][76] Corpus-Christi College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Kenelm Digby[77][13] Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Thomas Green
1861–62 Queens College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg J. R. Magrath[78][13] St-John's College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Auberon Herbert[n 1][79][13]
Wadham College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg A. H. Beesly
Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg James Bryce[60][13]
1862–63 Exeter College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg O. W. Tancock Corpus-Christi College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Reginald Smith[80][13]
Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Reginald Abbot[81][13]
1863–64 University College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Alfred Robinson[lower-alpha 32][83][13] New College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg William Fearon[84][13]
Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Francis Jeune[85][13]
1864–65 File:Lincoln College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg A. A. Clive New College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Alfred Robinson[83][13](iterum) Worcester College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg R. Robinson
1865–66 Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Courtenay Ilbert[86][13] Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Edward Talbot[87][13] Queens College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg George Simcox[88][13]
1866–67 Queens College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg William Awdry[89][13] Trinity College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg William Sanday[90][13] Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Lord Francis Hervey[91]
1867–68 Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg James Strachan-Davidson[92][13] Merton College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Reginald Copleston[93][13] Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Edward Talbot[87][13] (iterum)
1868–69 Merton College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Mandell Creighton[94][13] Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg C. T. Redington Merton College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Reginald Copleston[93][13] (iterum)
1869–70 Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Charles Fyffe File:Lincoln College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg William Duggan[95][13] Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg A. H. Turner
1870–71 All-Souls College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg John Doyle[96][13] Queens College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Thomas Grose[97][13] St-John's College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Herbert James[93][13]
1871–72 Magdalen College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Walter Lock[98][13] Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Annan Bryce St-John's College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Henry Pope
1872–73 Merton College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Charles Cruttwell[99][13] Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg William M. Sinclair Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett
1873–74 Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Robert Mowbray[96][13] Trinity College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg M. H. Gould Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg H. H. Asquith[86][13]
1874–75 New College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg H. A. Venables Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Thomas Raleigh[100][13] Pembroke College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Arthur Sloman[1]

1875–1900

Year Michaelmas Hilary Trinity
1875–76 Corpus-Christi College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Herbert Paul File:Lincoln College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg George Savery Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Alfred Milner[83][13]
1876–77 Merton College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Robert Haddon Corpus-Christi College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Dunbar Barton Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Viscount Lymington[n 1][101][13]
Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Arthur Baumann[101][13]
1877–78 New College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Robert Horton[102][13] Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg William St John Brodrick Brasenose College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Robert Germaine
1878–79 New College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Nathaniel Micklem Jesus College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Edward Poulton[103] Trinity College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg F. R. Burrows
1879–80 New College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Edward Cook Hertford College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Richard Dawson Queens College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg B. R. Wise
1880–81 Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg George Curzon University College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg John Sargeaunt New College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Charles White
1881–82 Queens College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Edward Horsburgh Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg John Hamilton[104] Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg A. N. Cumming[101]
1882–83 Trinity College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Michael Sadler Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg W. H. Shaw[92] Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Halford Mackinder[105]
1883–84 New College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg John Pemberton[106] Corpus-Christi College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg A. Dyson Williams New College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg William Worsley
1884–85 Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Cosmo Lang[107] New College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg George Vidal[108] Brasenose College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg George Bellewes
1885–86 University College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Robert Cecil Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Anthony Hawkins Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg C. Emmott
1886–87 Merton College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg/St-John's College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Walter Phillips Keble College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Charles Green Merton College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg C. J. Blacker
1887–88 Exeter College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg H. M. Godfray Oriel College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg A. J. McGregor Exeter College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg A. J. Carlyle[109]
1888–89 Queens College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Arthur Griffith-Boscawen Oriel College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Spurrier Parmiter File:Lincoln College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Herbert Snowden
1889–90 Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg George Mortimer New College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg George Peel Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Frank Coller
1890–91 Trinity College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Carl Knaus New College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg William Cozens-Hardy New College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Lord Ampthill
1891–92 Trinity College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg A. E. Ripley Merton College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg John Magee Oriel College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg James Galbraith
1892–93 Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Robert Charles Phillimore Merton College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg C. H. Eliot Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg William Lygon
1893–94 Hertford College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg H. W. Liversidge Magdalen College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Lord Balcarres Wadham College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg F. E. Smith
1894–95 St-John's College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Herbert Morrah Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Hilaire Belloc Brasenose College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg P. J. Macdonell
1895–96 Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg R. C. Phillimore (iterum) Wadham College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg John Simon Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Archibald Boyd-Carpenter
1896–97 Wadham College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Francis Hirst New College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Robert Johnson Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg James Cleland
1897–98 Corpus-Christi College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg F. Lenwood Merton College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Edmund Bentley Keble College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Cyril Garbett
1898–99 Brasenose College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg L. R. F. Oldershaw Brasenose College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg John Buchan Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Arthur Steel
1899–1900 New College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg G. M. Gathorne-Hardy Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Robert Ensor[105] Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Raymond Asquith[n 2][105]

1900–1925

Year Michaelmas Hilary Trinity
1900–01 New College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Harold Baker[105] Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Algernon Cecil[105] Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg T. Cuthbertson[105]
1901–02 University College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg George Tomlinson[105] University College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Sandie Lindsay[105] Wadham College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Eric Macfadyen[105]
1902–03 Exeter College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Herbert du Parcq[105] Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Herbert Asquith[105] File:Lincoln College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg F. W. Curran[105]
1903–04 Corpus-Christi College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg John Brooke[105] Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg William Temple[105] St-John's College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg W. A. Moore[105]
1904–05 Hertford College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg E. S. Jose[105] Corpus-Christi College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg John Heath[105] Trinity College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Alexander Shaw[105]
1905–06 Trinity College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg M. H. Woods[105] New College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg H. M. Paul[105] Magdalen College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Henry Lygon[105]
1906–07 Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Gervais Rentoul[105] Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Neville Talbot[105] New College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Will Gladstone[n 2][105]
1907–08 Jesus College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg W. S. Armour[105] Exeter College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Charles Le Quesne[105] Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Hugh Hallett[105]
1908–09 New College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg M. H. Richmond[105] Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Ronald Knox[105] Oriel College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Edgar Swain[105]
1909–10 Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Robert Laffan[105] University College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Robert S. A. Palmer[n 2][105] Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Leonard Stein[105]
1910–11 New College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg A. W. Cockburn[105] New College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Nathaniel Micklem[105] Hertford College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Raymond Bevir[n 2][105]
1911–12 Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Philip Guedalla[105] Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Frank Griffith[105] Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Robert Barrington-Ward[105]
1912–13 File:Lincoln College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg G. S. Woodhouse[n 2][105] Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Walter Monckton[105] File:Lincoln College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg W. J. Bland[n 2][105]
1913–14 Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Godfrey Talbot[n 2][105] Trinity College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Ernest Roberts[105] Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Alexander Wedderburn[105]
1914–15 Oriel College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Arthur Wiggin[105]
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St-John's College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Leslie Hore-Belisha[105]
1919–20 Exeter College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Thomas Earp[105] Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Constantine Gallop[105] New College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg John Russell[105]
1920–21 Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Beverley Nichols[105] Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Alec Beechman[105] Pembroke College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Cecil Ramage[105]
1921–22 Worcester College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Kenneth Lindsay[105] St-John's College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg John Evans[105] Oriel College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Ralph Carson[105]
1922–23 Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Edward Marjoribanks[105] New College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg J. Douglas Woodruff[105] St-John's College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Gordon Bagnall[105]
1923–24 Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Christopher Hollis[105] St-John's College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Christopher Scaife[105] Magdalen College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Gerald Gardiner[105]
1924–25 Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Henry Scrymgeour-Wedderburn[105] Worcester College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Robert Bernays[105] Jesus College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Vincent Lloyd-Jones[105]

1925–1950

Year Michaelmas Hilary Trinity
1925–26 New College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Hugh Molson[105] Magdalen College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Gyles Isham[105] Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Lindley Fraser[105]
1926–27 Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Alan Lennox-Boyd[105] Worcester College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Roger Fulford[105] New College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg John Playfair Price[105]
1927–28 Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Malcolm Brereton[n 3][105] Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Dingle Foot[105] University College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Aubrey Herbert[105]
1928–29 Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Somerset Stopford Brooke[105] Queens College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Roger Wilson[105] Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Quintin Hogg[105]
1929–30 St-John's College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Michael Stewart[105] St-John's College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Edgar Lustgarten[105] Trinity College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg J. P. W. Mallalieu[105]
1930–31 Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg John Boyd-Carpenter[105] Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg John Foot[105] Oriel College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Geoffrey Wilson[105]
1931–32 Exeter College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Toby O'Brien[105] Oriel College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Arthur Irvine[105] Corpus-Christi College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Brian Davidson[105]
1932–33 University College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Christopher Smuts[105] Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Frank Hardie[105] Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Tony Greenwood[105]
1933–34 Wadham College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Michael Foot[105] File:Lincoln College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Dosoo Karaka[105] Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Keith Steel-Maitland[105]
1934–35 Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg W. G. Murray[105] File:Lincoln College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg David Lewis[105] St-Catherines College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg James Hickerton[105]
1935–36 Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Brian Farrell[105] Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Ian Harvey[105] Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Bill Shebbeare[n 3][105]
1936–37 Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg James Brown[105] Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Christopher Mayhew[105] Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Patrick Anderson[105]
1937–38 Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Alan Fyfe[n 3][105] Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Raymond Walton[105] Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Philip Toynbee[105]
1938–39 Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Alan Wood[105] Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Edward Heath[105] Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Hugh Fraser[105]
1939–40 Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg A. F. Giles[n 4][105]
Hertford College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Nicholas Henderson[105]
Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Madron Seligman[105] Brasenose College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Robin Edmonds[105]
1940–41 New College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg James Comyn[105] St-Catherines College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Indar Bahadoorsingh[105] St-Catherines College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Kenneth Riddle[105]
1941–42 Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Michael Kinchin-Smith[105] Brasenose College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Gershon Hirsch[105] New College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg F. P. R. Hinchliffe[105]
1942–43 Keble College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg James Cameron Tudor[105] Jesus College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Herbert Clarke[105] Keble College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Courtney Blackmore[105]
1943–44 Exeter College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Godfrey le Quesne[105][110] Trinity College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Kenneth Lamb[105] Brasenose College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Fernando Henriques[105]
1944–45 Oriel College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Tony Pickford[105] Queens College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Alan Gibson[n 4][105]
New College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Rudi Weisweiller[105]
Hertford College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Anthony Walton[105]
1945-46 Queens College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg John Long[105] Oriel College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Basil Wigoder[105] Trinity College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Anthony Crosland[105]
1946-47 Brasenose College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Ronald Brown[105] Queens College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Roger Gray[105]
New College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Anthony Wedgwood Benn[105]
1947–48 Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Peter Kroyer[105] Oriel College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Clive Wigram[105] Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Edward Boyle[105]
1948–49 St-Catherines College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Seymour Hills[105] Trinity College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Peter Kirk[105] Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Rodney Donald[105]
1949–50 Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Dick Faber[105] New College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Uwe Kitzinger[105] St-Edmund-Hall College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Robin Day[105]

1950–1975

Year Michaelmas Hilary Trinity
1950–51 Worcester College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Godfrey Smith[105] Trinity College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Jeremy Thorpe[105] Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg William Rees-Mogg[105]
1951–52 Pembroke College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Ivan Yates[105] New College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Peter Blaker[105] New College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Howard Shuman[105]
1952–53 Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Patrick Mayhew[105] Keble College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Bryan Magee[105] Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg John Peters[105]
1953–54 Worcester College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Andrew Cuninghame[105] Keble College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Tyrell Burgess[105] Magdalen College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Raghavan N. Iyer[105]
1954–55 Pembroke College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Michael Heseltine[105] Merton College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Jeremy Isaacs[105] Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Anthony Howard[105]
1955–56 Keble College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Desmond Watkins[105] Merton College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Alec Grant[105] Exeter College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Roy Dixon[105]
1956–57 Merton College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Edmund Ions[105] University College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Jeremy Lever[105] Corpus-Christi College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Peter Brooke[105]
1957–58 Queens College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Brian Walden[105] Jesus College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Lalith Athulathmudali[105] Magdalen College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Stuart Griffiths[105]
1958–59 Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Ron Owen Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Lakshman Kadirgamar[105] Trinity College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Anthony Newton[105]
1959–60 St-Catherines College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Joe Trattner[105] Regent's Park College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Ian Lyon[105] Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Peter Jay[105]
1960–61 Keble College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Robert Rowland[105] Exeter College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Phillip Whitehead[105] University College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Paul Foot[105]
1961–62 Merton College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Howard Preece[105] New College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Hugh Stephenson[105] Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg John McDonnell[105]
1962–63 Magdalen College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Michael Beloff[105] Magdalen College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Girish Karnad[105] Hertford College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Jeffrey Jowell[105]
1963–64 New College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Anthony Hart[105] Corpus-Christi College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Garth Pratt[105] Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[105]
1964–65 St-Peters College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Eric Abrahams[105][111] Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Neil MacCormick[105] Exeter College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Tariq Ali[105]
1965–66 Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Douglas Hogg[105] Pembroke College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Joshua Bamfield[105] St-Catherines College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Jeremy Beloff[105]
1966–67 Magdalen College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Montek Singh Ahluwalia[105] Exeter College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Ronald Cohen[105] New College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Stephen Marks[105]
1967–68 St-Edmund-Hall College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Robert Jackson[105] St-Hughs College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Geraldine Jones[105] Corpus-Christi College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg William Waldegrave[105]
1968–69 Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Ian Glick[105] Hertford College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg David Walter[105] Merton College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Colin Youlden[105]
1969–70 New College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Gyles Brandreth[105] Hertford College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Guy Harkin[105] Magdalen College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Stephen Milligan[105]
1970–71 Corpus-Christi College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Eric Parsloe[105] Exeter College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Michael House[105] St-Hilda's College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Susan Richards[105]
1971–72 Exeter College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Christopher Tookey[105] Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Julian Priestley[n 1][105]
Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Pradeep Mitra[105]
Exeter College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Patric Dickinson[105]
1972–73 Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Philip McDonagh[105] Trinity College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Michael Austerberry[112] Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Colin Maltby[105]
1973–74 Exeter College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg David Warren[105] Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Simon Walker[105] University College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Michael Soole[105]
1974–75 Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Robert McDonagh[105] Nuffield College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Robert Scoble[105] Magdalen College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Victor van Amerongen[105]

1975–2000

Year Michaelmas Hilary Trinity
1975–76 Magdalen College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg David Soskin[105] University College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Andrew Bell[105] University College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Colin Moynihan[105]
1976–77 New College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Richard Norton[105] Lady-Margaret-Hall Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Benazir Bhutto[105] Lady-Margaret-Hall Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Victoria Schofield[105]
1977–78 Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Damian Green[105] Keble College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Nicholas O'Shaughnessy[105] Merton College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg John Harrison[105]
1978–79 Queens College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Daniel Moylan[105] St-John's College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Alan Duncan[105] File:Lincoln College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Philip May[105]
1979–80 New College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Michael Crick[105] Exeter College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Warwick Lightfoot[105] Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Nicholas Prettejohn[105]
1980–81 Worcester College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Rupert Soames[105] Worcester College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Andrew Sutcliffe[105] New College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Alexandra Jones[105]
1981–82 Magdalen College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg William Hague Pembroke College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Kevin Brennan[105] Corpus-Christi College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Paul Thompson[105]
1982–83 New College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Christopher Wortley[105] Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Hilali Noordeen[105] Magdalen College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Andrew Sullivan[105]
1983–84 Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Neale Stevenson[105] Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Malcolm Bull[105] St-Edmund-Hall College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Melvyn Stride[105]
1984–85 Magdalen College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Laurence Grafstein[105] Regent's Park College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Roland Rudd[105] Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Neil Sherlock[105]
1985–86 New College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Anthony Goodman[105] St-Antony's College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Jeya Wilson[105] Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Boris Johnson[105]
1986–87 Pembroke College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Angus McCullough[105] Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Simon Stevens[105][113] Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Jessica Pulay[105]
1987–88 Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Anthony Frieze[105] Lady-Margaret-Hall Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Michael Gove[105] University College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Duncan Gray[105]
1988–89 Jesus College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Andrew McCulloch[105] Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Adam Bruce[105] Queens College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Stefan Green[105]
1989–90 Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Diana Gerald[105] St-Anne's College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Ed Lazarus[105] Hertford College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Jeremy Quin[105]
1990–91 St-Anne's College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Melanie Johnson[105] St-Hughs College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Oliver Campbell KC [105][114] Trinity College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Damian Hinds[105]
1991–92 University College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Nicholas Edgar[105] Lady-Margaret-Hall Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Graeme Halkerston File:Lincoln College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Adrian Gannon
1992–93 Hertford College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Christopher Hall Jesus College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg James Robertson Wadham College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Katherine Wade
1993–94 Wadham College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Toby Lewis Hertford College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Kate Wilson Keble College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Peter Gowers
1994–95 Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Jeremy Green St-John's College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Robert Palmer Pembroke College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg David Pinto-Duschinsky
1995–96 Magdalen College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Matt Guy Corpus-Christi College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Jonathan Wolf Lady-Margaret-Hall Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Paul Kenward
1996–97 Pembroke College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Jenny Carter-Manning Somerville College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Rob Harrington Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Oli Evans
1997–98 Somerville College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Sam Gyimah St-Anne's College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Clare Dixon St-Hilda's College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Ellie Blagbrough
1998–99 Corpus-Christi College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Helen Eastman Trinity College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Theo Mills Lady-Margaret-Hall Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Nicky Black
1999–2000 St-Peters College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Ben Seifert St-Hilda's College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Lucy Aitkens Lady-Margaret-Hall Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Jeff Bell

2000–present

Year Michaelmas Hilary Trinity
2000–01 St-Peters College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Richard Silcock Pembroke College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Nick Mason Trinity College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Amy Harland
2001–02 Pembroke College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Neil Mahapatra Trinity College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Charlotte Keenan Magdalen College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Karen Price
2002–03 Brasenose College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg David Watson Pembroke College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Fraser Campbell Lady-Margaret-Hall Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Ambrose Faulks
2003–04 Oriel College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Marcus Walker St-John's College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Edward Tomlinson Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Georgina Costa
2004–05 New College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Ruzwana Bashir St-John's College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Laura Poots Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Richard Tydeman
2005–06 St-Hughs College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Chris Farmer St-Edmund-Hall College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Sapana Agrawal Balliol College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg David Powell
2006–07 Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg James Wise Lady-Margaret-Hall Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Theo Roos Wadham College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Alex Just
2007–08 Magdalen College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Luke Tryl Jesus College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Emily Partington File:Lincoln College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Ben Tansey
2008–09 Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Josh Roche[115] Lady-Margaret-Hall Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Charlie Holt[115] Oriel College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Corey Dixon[116]
2009–10 Mansfield College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg James Dray[117] Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Stuart Cullen[115] Hertford College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Laura Winwood[115]
2010–11 Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg James Kingston[118] University College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg James Langman[119] Queens College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Ashvir Sangha[120]
2011–12 Hertford College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Isabelle Westbury[120] Wadham College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Lauren Pringle St-Catherines College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Isabel Ernst
2012–13 Hertford College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Seung-yoon Lee[lower-alpha 33] Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Maria Rioumine New College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Joseph D'Urso
2013–14 St-John's College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Parit Wacharasindhu University College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Polina Ivanova Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Ben Sullivan
2014–15 St-John's College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Mayank Banerjee Worcester College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Lisa Wehden St-John's College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Olivia Merrett
2015–16 St-John's College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Charles Vaughan Somerville College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Stuart Webber New College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Robert Harris
2016–17 File:Lincoln College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Noah Lachs Exeter College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Nikolay Koshikov Magdalen College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Michael Li
2017–18 Worcester College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Chris Zabilowicz Trinity College, Oxford.svg Laali Vadlamani[122] Pembroke College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Gui Cavalcanti[123]
2018–19 New College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Stephen Horvath[124] Oriel College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Daniel Wilkinson[125] Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Genevieve Athis[126]
2019–20 Oriel College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Brendan McGrath[n 1][127]
St-Hughs College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Sara Dube[128] (Acting)
St-Hughs College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Sara Dube[128] Trinity College, Oxford.svg Mahi Joshi[129]
2020–21 St-Peters College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Beatrice Barr[130] Worcester College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg James Price[lower-alpha 34] St-Edmund-Hall College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Adam Roble[133]
2021–22 Brasenose College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Chengkai Xie[134] St-Hughs College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Molly Mantle[135] University College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Michael-Akolade Ayodeji[136]
2022–23 Lady-Margaret-Hall Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Ahmad Nawaz[137][lower-alpha 35]
New College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Charlie Mackintosh (Acting)
New College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Charlie Mackintosh[140] Magdalen College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Matthew Dick[141]
2023–24 St-John's College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Disha Hegde[142] File:Lincoln College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Hannah Edwards[143] Christ Church Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Louis Wilson[144][lower-alpha 36]
2024–25 St-Edmund-Hall College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Ebrahim Osman-Mowafy[149][lower-alpha 37] Regent's Park College Oxford Coat Of Arms.svg Israr Khan[151][152]

Other notable officeholders

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.[153]

S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike was Treasurer in Trinity 1924.[154]

Humayun Kabir was Librarian in 1931.[154]

Roy Jenkins served as Librarian and Secretary and lost two Presidential elections.[155][156]

Norman St John-Stevas was Secretary of the Oxford Union but never became President despite his ambition to be the first person to be President of both Oxford and Cambridge Unions; he had been President of the Cambridge Union during his undergraduate years, before he studied at Oxford.[157]

Ann Widdecombe was Treasurer in 1972, after having served as Secretary the previous year.[158][159]

Jacob Rees-Mogg was Librarian in 1990, losing the election for the presidency to future Education Secretary Damian Hinds.[160]

In fiction

  • Simon Kerslake (early 1950s), protagonist of the Jeffrey Archer novel First Among Equals invites sitting Prime Minister Winston Churchill to propose the motion during Eights Week that "This House Would Rather be a Commoner than a Lord". His future rival, The Hon. Charles Seymour listens from the floor and resolves to enter politics also.[161] Archer himself was elected to Standing Committee for one term in 1965.[162]

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Resigned
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Killed during the First World War
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Killed during the Second World War
  4. 4.0 4.1 Elected but did not hold office because of war service
  1. Thomas Frederick Amelius Parry Hodges (1801/2 – 27 October 1880) was also a fellow of his alma mater and was vicar of North Clifton with Harby, Nottinghamshire and of Lyme Regis.[3]
  2. Charles des Voeux (29 April 1802 – 9 August 1833[4]) was the eldest son of Sir Charles Des Voeux, 2nd Baronet.[5]
  3. Arthur James Lewis (1800/1 in Cannanore 14 November 1865) later became Advocate-General of Bombay.[6]
  4. 4.0 4.1 Hassard Hume Dodgson (1803/4 – fl. 1872) was a master of the Common Pleas[7] and was the father-in-law of Charles Edward Pollock.[8]
  5. 5.0 5.1 Robert Vernon Atherton Hornby (1805/6 – September 1857)[10]
  6. John Ryle Wood (1806/7 – 9 November 1886) was later vicar of St John-in-Bedwardine, canon of Worcester Cathedral, and Chaplain to the Duke of Cambridge.[11]
  7. 7.0 7.1 Douglas Smith (1804/5 – 1829)[14]
  8. John Pearson (1806/7 fl. 1828), previously educated at Eton College, later became a barrister after graduating from Lincoln's Inn[15][16]
  9. Edward Massie (1805/6 – fl. 1845) was later a chaplain.[19]
  10. Sinclair attended St Mary Hall, Oxford. Associated with Oriel since 1326, it functioned independently from 1545 to 1902, before being incorporated into Oriel upon the death of its Principal, Drummond Percy Chase. Thus, St Mary Hall's coat of arms is substituted with that of the university itself.
  11. John Adams (1813 – 18 September 1848), of the landed family of Ansty Hall and the eldest half-brother of novelist Henry Cadwallader Adams, later became a barrister-at-law in the Middle Temple.[20][21]
  12. Thomas Brancker (1812/3 – 11 November 1871) was later rector of St Mary's Church, Limington and prebendary of Wells Cathedral.[22]
  13. William Nathaniel Tilson Marsh Lushington Tilson FZS FRGS FRHS (1815/6 – January 1881) was the perpetual curate of St James' Church, Ryde and of St Leonard's Church, St Leonards-on-Sea.[24] His wife was a niece of Charles Morgan, 1st Baron Tredegar.[25]
  14. 14.0 14.1 George Robertson Moncreiff (29 January 1817 – fl. 1884), a younger brother of Sir Henry Wellwood-Moncreiff, 10th Baronet, was HM Inspector of Schools from 1850 to 1873.[27]
  15. Henry William Sullivan (1814/5 – 22 March 1880) was later rector of Yoxall[29]
  16. Rev. Charles Thomas Arnold (1817/8 – 13 May 1878) was later an assistant master at Rugby School who wrote articles for the Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.[31][32]
  17. James Timothy Bainbridge Landon (1816/7 – fl. 1877) was later vicar of Ledsham, West Yorkshire and canon of York Minster.[34]
  18. William Henry Scott (1819/20 – 17 September 1859) was a grandson of Sir Joseph Scott, 1st Baronet.[37][38]
  19. Henry Master White (1820/1 – fl. 1871) was later vicar of Masbrough and, in the Cape Colony, principal of Diocesan College and Archdeacon of Grahamstown.[40]
  20. Robert James Simpson (1825/6 – fl. 1886) was vicar of Upton, Buckinghamshire (1867–79), St Clement Danes (1869–79), and St Peter Eltham (1886–?).[43]
  21. Samuel Joseph Hulme (1823/4 – 12 December 1886) was rector of St Martin's Carfax, Oxford and of Bourton-on-the-Water.[44]
  22. Charles Holbrow Stanton (1825 – fl. 1876) was later admitted to the bar at Lincoln's Inn and became an barrister in the Oxford circuit.[45][46]
  23. Walter Congreve (1824/5 – fl. 1850)[47]
  24. George Raymond Portal (28 February 1827 – 3 April 1889), a brother of Sir Wyndham Portal, 1st Baronet, was later rector of Albury, Surrey and of Burghclere.[48][49]
  25. John Rowe Kelley Ralph (1824 – 5 December 1885) was later a barrister who served on the North Wales and Chester Circuit.[53][54]
  26. Edward Bridges Lomer (1827/8 – 6 August 1865) was later a barrister-at-law.[55]
  27. John FitzGerald (1830/1 – fl. 1857) was later vicar of Borden, Kent and Camden Town.[57]
  28. Robert Edward Bartlett (1829/30 – fl. 1876) was later vicar of Great Waltham and his son was the brother-in-law of Edward Bruce Alexander.[63][64]
  29. John Henry Bridges (1851/2 – fl. 1876)[65]
  30. Thomas Robert Halcombe (1833/4 – 22 July 1880) was later curate of Addlestone.[69]
  31. Edward Kedington Bennet (1833/4 – fl. 1885) was later rector of Bunwell.[71]
  32. Alfred Robinson (1840/1 – fl. 1875) was later sub-warden of New College, Oxford.[82]
  33. The first president of East Asian descent, he is the CEO of Byline, a crowdfunded journalism platform.[121]
  34. Price was the first graduate president of the Union, having graduated in 2013. He was elected after members voted to re-open nominations in a first election and a second election was called. The second election was found to have been hacked, having taken place online due to Covid-19, with over 500 votes made illegitimately. The Standing Committee decided to discard the illegitimate votes and accept the results of the remaining ballots, declaring Price elected.[131][132]
  35. Nawaz was removed as president in November 2022 after he was forced to resign for missing committee meetings. The Union membership voted 251-164 to uphold Nawaz's automatic resignation and Charlie Mackintosh replaced him as acting president on 18 November 2022.[138][139]
  36. Leo Buckley was initially declared President-Elect,[145][146] but an election tribunal disqualified him and declared Julia Maranhao-Wong elected.[147] Buckley appealed the decision;[148] in February 2024 it was decided that the role of President-Elect should be left vacant and that the presidency would be offered to the incoming Librarian Louis Wilson.[144]
  37. Ebrahim Osman-Mowafy was initially elected,[150] but an election tribunal in June 2024 disqualified him and ordered a recount.[149] Osman-Mowafy was subsequently re-instated.[149]

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