Gresham Professor of Law explained

The Professor of Law at Gresham College, London, gives free educational lectures to the general public. The college was founded for this purpose in 1597, when it created seven professorships; this was later increased to ten. Law is one of the original professorships as set out by the will of Thomas Gresham in 1575.[1]

The Professor of Law is appointed in partnership with the Worshipful Company of Mercers.

List of Gresham Professors of Law

Note, years given as, say, 1596/7 refer to Old Style and New Style dates.

Name Started
1 Henry Mowtlowe March 1596/7
2 May 1607
3 10 Nov 1613
4 Benjamin Thorneton27 July 1640
5 Joshua Crosse29 March 1644
6 Thomas Leonard4 May 1649
7 12 March 1649/50
8 Benjamin Thorneton23 Oct 1660
9 Richard Pearson8 Oct 1667
10 John Clarke9 August 1670
11 Roger Meredith7 March 1672/3
12 Robert Briggs7 Feb 1686/7
13 John Cumyng1 May 1719
14 30 August 1744
15 Joseph Jeffries20 May 1767
16 T Taylor23 Jan 1784
17 William Jocelyn Palmer14 Jan 1808
18 William Palmer5 Feb 1836
19 18 June 1858
20 George Holmes Blakesley23 April 1896
21 William Blake Odgers27 March 1907
22 Geoffrey Walter Wrangham22 May 1925
23 16 March 1934
Lectures in abeyance 1939–45
24 6 June 1946
25 Richard O'Sullivan6 July 1950
26 Richard Jon Harvey1962
27 1965
28 P. R. Glazebrook1971
29 1976–86?
30 Kenneth R. Simmonds[2] 1988
31 Sir David Calcutt QC[3] 1 Sept 1992
32 1 Sept 1995
33 Gerald Wakefield[4] 1 Sept 1998
34 Richard Susskind OBE FRSE KC[5] 1 Sept 2000
35 Sir Vernon Bogdanor CBE FRSA FBA[6] 1 Sept 2004
36 Baroness Ruth Deech DBE[7] 1 Sept 2008
37 Sir Geoffrey Nice KC[8] 2012
38 Jo Delahunty KC[9] 2016
39 Leslie Thomas KC[10] 2020
40Clive Stafford Smith JD OBE[11] 2024

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: How We Recruit Speakers Gresham College . 2024-05-22 . www.gresham.ac.uk . en.
  2. Web site: Professor Kenneth R Simmonds Gresham College . 2024-05-22 . www.gresham.ac.uk . en.
  3. Web site: Professor Sir David Calcutt QC Gresham College . 2024-05-22 . www.gresham.ac.uk . en.
  4. Web site: Professor Gerald Wakefield Gresham College . 2024-05-22 . www.gresham.ac.uk . en.
  5. Web site: Richard Susskind OBE FRSE KC (Hon) Gresham College . 2024-05-22 . www.gresham.ac.uk . en.
  6. Web site: Professor Sir Vernon Bogdanor FBA CBE Gresham College . 2024-05-22 . www.gresham.ac.uk . en.
  7. Web site: Baroness Ruth Deech DBE Gresham College . 2024-05-22 . www.gresham.ac.uk . en.
  8. Web site: Professor Sir Geoffrey Nice KC Gresham College . 2024-05-22 . www.gresham.ac.uk . en.
  9. Web site: Professor Jo Delahunty KC Gresham College . 2024-05-22 . www.gresham.ac.uk . en.
  10. Web site: Professor Leslie Thomas KC Gresham College . 2024-05-22 . www.gresham.ac.uk . en.
  11. Web site: Clive Stafford Smith JD OBE Gresham College . 2024-05-28 . www.gresham.ac.uk . en.