List of masters of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge

The Master is the head of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge and chairs the college council and governing body of the college. The following have served as Masters of Gonville and Caius College, or its forerunner, Gonville Hall.[1]

List of masters

List of masters
Gonville Hall
Name Master
between 		Notes Ref(s).
John Colton 4 June 1349 c. 1360 First Master of Gonville Hall [2]
William Rougham [nb 1] c. 1360 1393 He finished the College Chapel [3]
Richard Pulham 1393 1412 [4]
William Somersham 1412 1416 [5]
John Rickingale 1416 1426 Chancellor of the University (1416-22), Chancellor of York, Bishop of Chichester [6]
Thomas Attwood 1426 1456
Thomas Boleyn c. 1456 1471/2
Edmund Sheriffe 1472 1476/7
Henry Costessey c. 1477 1483
John Barly 1483 1504/05
Edmund Stubb 1504/5 1513/14
William Buckenham 1513/14 1536
John Skypp 1536 1540
resigned
John Styrmin 1540 1552†
Thomas Bacon 1552 1558
Gonville and Caius College
Name Image Master
between 		Notes Ref(s).
Thomas Bacon 4 September 1557
(continued) 		1 January 1559†
John Caius 24 January 1559 27 June 1573
(nominated Legge)
Thomas Legge 27 June 1573 12 July 1607†
William Branthwaite 14 December 1607 January 1619†
John Gostlin 16 February 1619 21 October 1626†
Thomas Batchcroft 22 October 1626 15 April 1649
(expelled)
William Dell 4 May 1649 11 May 1660
(resigned)
Thomas Batchcroft 11 May 1660
(restored) 		1 December 1660
(resigned)
Robert Brady 1 December 1660 19 August 1700†
James Halman 24 August 1700 23 December 1702†
Sir John Ellys 1 January 1703 29 November 1716†
Sir Thomas Gooch 29 November 1716 14 February 1754†
Sir James Burrough 27 February 1754 7 August 1764†
John Smith 17 August 1764 17 June 1795†
Richard Fisher Belward 1 July 1795 16 May 1803†
Martin Davy 31 May 1803 18 May 1839†
Benedict Chapman 11 June 1839 23 October 1852†
Edwin Guest 4 November 1852 8 October 1880
(resigned)
Norman Macleod Ferrers 27 October 1880 31 January 1903†
Ernest Stewart Roberts 16 February 1903 16 June 1912†
Sir Hugh Kerr Anderson 2 July 1912 2 November 1928†
John Forbes Cameron 23 November 1928 30 September 1948
Sir James Chadwick 1948 1959
Sir Nevill Francis Mott 1959 1966
Joseph Needham 1966 1976
Sir William Wade 1976 1988
Peter Gray 1988 1996
Neil McKendrick 1 October 1996 2006
Sir Christopher Hum 2006 2012
Sir Alan Fersht 1 October 2012 30 September 2018
Pippa Rogerson 1 October 2018 30 September 2025
Richard Gilbertson 1 October 2025 Incumbent [7]

Presidents of Fellows

The following have served as the president of Fellows of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge from the given date.

President Term of office
James Burrough 1751–1754 (elected Master)
John Smith 1754–1764 (elected Master)
Joshua White 1764–1766
Charles Carver[8] 1766–1767
James Hicks[9] 1767–1769
Bartholomew Edwards 1769–1782
Samuel Reeve[10] 1782–1789†
Richard Fisher Belward[11] 1790–1795 (elected Master)
Thomas Cooke Burroughes[12] 1795–1797
Martin Davy 1798–1803 (elected Master)
John Drew Borton[13] 1803–1805
Jeremy Day[14] 1819–1821
Hamnet Holditch[15] 1835–1867†
Benjamin Heath Drury[16] 1868–1875
Alfred George Day[17] 1875–1877
Benjamin Heath Drury 1877–1894
Ernest Stewart Roberts[18] 1894–1903 (elected Master)
John Venn 1903–1923†
Edward John Gross[19] April–Aug. 1923†
William Warwick Buckland[20] 1923–1946†
F. J. M. Stratton[21] 1946–1948
Edwin Keppel Bennett 1948–1956
Sir Ronald Fisher 1956–1959
Joseph Needham 1959–1966 (elected Master)
Philip Grierson 1966–1976
Michael Prichard 1976–1980
Iain Macpherson 1980–1992
Sir Sam Edwards 1992–1997
James Fitzsimons[22] 1997–2005
W. Yao Liang[23] 2005–2013
John Mollon[24] 2013–2021
Peter Robinson[25] 2021–

References

  1. ^ A History of Gonville and Caius College does not include William Rougham as Master. It is thought more likely Richard Pulham served as Master from an earlier point.(Christopher Brooke, 1985; ISBN: 0 85115 423 9)
  1. ^ 'The colleges and halls: Gonville and Caius', A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely: Volume 3: The City and University of Cambridge. (1959), pp. 356-362. British History Online.
  2. ^ "COLTON, John (CLTN349J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. ^ "ROUGHAM, William (RHN351W)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  4. ^ "Pulham, Richard (PLHN351R)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  5. ^ "Somersham, William (SMRN412W)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  6. ^ "Rickingale, John (RKNL416J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  7. ^ [1]
  8. ^ "Carver, Charles (CRVR741C)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  9. ^ "Hicks, James (HKS742J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  10. ^ "Reeve, Samuel (RV756S)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  11. ^ "Fisher (post Belward), Richard (FSR765R)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  12. ^ "Burroughes, Thomas Cooke (BRHS773TC)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  13. ^ "Borton, John Drew (BRTN785JD)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  14. ^ "Day, Jeremy (DY790J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  15. ^ "Holditch, Hamnett (HLDC818H)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  16. ^ "Drury, Benjamin Heath (DRRY835BH)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  17. ^ "Day, Alfred George (DY843AG)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  18. ^ "Roberts, Ernest Stewart (RBRS865ES)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  19. ^ "Gross, Edward John (GRS862EJ)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  20. ^ "Buckland, William Warwick (BKLT881WW)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  21. ^ Beer, Arthur (3 June 2016). Vistas in Astronomy. Vol. 1. Elsevier. p. xv. ISBN 978-1-4832-2513-5. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  22. ^ College News Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. babylon.acad.cai.cam.ac.uk
  23. ^ Professor Yao Liang
  24. ^ College news
  25. ^ College news
Sources
  • Venn, James, Biographical History of Gonville and Caius College vol. 1 (Cambridge, 1898) p. 110 at books.google.com, accessed 27 January 2009
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