List of chancellors of the Queen's University Belfast explained

A list of chancellors of Queen's University Belfast and its predecessor Queen's College, Belfast.

List

PortraitChancellor
TermCountryLine
President of Queen's College, Belfast
The Reverend
Pooley Shuldman Henry
1845 – 1879United Kingdom[1]
The Reverend
Josias Leslie Porter
1879 – 1889United Kingdom
The Reverend
Thomas Hamilton
1889 – 1908United Kingdom
Chancellor of Queen's University, Belfast
The Rt Hon.
The 9th Earl of Shaftesbury
1908 – 1923United Kingdom (England)
The Most Hon.
The 7th Marquess of Londonderry
1923 – 1949United Kingdom
Field Marshal
The 1st Viscount Alanbrooke
1949 – 1963United Kingdom – France

Sir Tyrone Guthrie
1963 – 1970United Kingdom
The Rt Hon.
The Baron Ashby
1970 – 1983United Kingdom (England)

Sir Rowland Wright
1984 – 1991United Kingdom (England)

Sir David Orr
1992 – 1998United Kingdom – Republic of Ireland[2]
The Honorable
George J. Mitchell
1999 – 2009 United States
Kamalesh Sharma
2009 – 2015British RajIndia[3]
Thomas J. Moran
2015 – 2018United States[4]
The Honorable
Hillary Clinton
2020 – IncumbentUnited States[5]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Walker . Brian . McCreavey . Alf . 1994 . Degrees of Excellence: The Story of Queen's, Belfast, 1845–1995. Belfast. Queen's University Belfast. 0-85389-535-X. 213.
  2. Book: Clarkson, L. A.. 2004. A University in Troubled Times: Queen's Belfast, 1945-2000. Dublin. Four Courts Press. 1-85182-862-1. 195.
  3. Web site: Queen's University Belfast. New Chancellor for Queen's. 7 June 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20090712043525/http://www.qub.ac.uk/temp/New_Chancellor.html. 12 July 2009. dead.
  4. Web site: Dr Tom Moran . . 2 January 2020 .
  5. News: Meredith . Robbie . 2 January 2020 . Hillary Clinton appointed chancellor of Queen's University, Belfast . . London . . 2 January 2020 .