List of presidents of the Oxford Union explained

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).

Presidents of the United Debating Society

These are the Presidents as listed

Presidents of the Oxford Union Society

1826–1850

These are the presidents as listed:

2000–present

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.[112]

S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike was Treasurer in Trinity 1924.[113]

Humayun Kabir was Librarian in 1931.

Roy Jenkins served as Librarian and Secretary and lost two Presidential elections.[114] [115]

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.[116]

Ann Widdecombe was Treasurer in 1972, after having served as Secretary the previous year.[117] [118]

Jacob Rees-Mogg was Librarian in 1990, losing the election for the presidency to future Education Secretary Damian Hinds.[119]

In fiction

References

Bibliography

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. Alistair Horne . 1988 . Macmillan Volume I: 1894-1956 . Original . London . Macmillan . 978-0-333-27691-4 .

Notes and References

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  4. Book: Union . Oxford . Oxford Union Society . 1831 . Talboys&Browne . en.
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  6. W. P. . Courtney. Courtenay, William Reginald, eleventh earl of Devon (1807–1888). H. C. G. . Matthew. H. C. G. Matthew. October 2006. 31 May 2012. 10.1093/ref:odnb/6459.
  7. Resigned
  8. Resigned
  9. Foster, p. 319.
  10. Foster, p. 412.
  11. Foster, p. 210.
  12. Foster, p. 67.
  13. Foster, p. 125.
  14. Foster, p. 126.
  15. Foster, p. 530.
  16. Foster, p. 355.
  17. Foster, p. 124.
  18. Hollis, p. 243.
  19. Foster, p. 323.
  20. Meyrick, Frederick. Buckland. Augustus Robert. 2.
  21. Foster, p. 414.
  22. Book: Hollis . Christopher . The Oxford Union . 1965 . Evans . 245 .
  23. Foster, p. 153.
  24. Foster, p. 532.
  25. Foster, p. 151.
  26. Foster, p. 149.
  27. Foster, p. 280.
  28. Foster, p. 92.
  29. Foster, p. 154.
  30. Foster, p. 127.
  31. Foster, p. 553.
  32. Foster, p. 56.
  33. Foster, p. 274.
  34. News: . 23 April 1890. 7. Obituary.
  35. Foster, p. 619.
  36. Foster, p. 484.
  37. Who's Who 1906, p. 117
  38. Foster, p. 383.
  39. Foster, p. 172.
  40. Resigned
  41. Foster, p. 483.
  42. Foster, p. 453.
  43. Foster, p. 282.
  44. Foster, p. 205.
  45. Foster, p. 216.
  46. Foster, p. 599.
  47. Foster, p. 68.
  48. Foster, p. 423.
  49. Foster, p. 173.
  50. Foster, p. 181.
  51. Foster, p. 123.
  52. Hollis, p. 249
  53. Foster, p. 64.
  54. Foster, p. 487.
  55. Foster, p. 95.
  56. Foster, p. 246.
  57. Foster, p. 272.
  58. Foster, p. 174.
  59. Foster, p. 312.
  60. Foster, p. 98.
  61. Foster, p. 273.
  62. Book: Hollis . Christopher . The Oxford Union . 1965 . Evans .
  63. Hollis, p. 251.
  64. Foster, p. 218.
  65. Foster, p. 514.
  66. Foster, p. 326.
  67. Foster, p. 284.
  68. Foster, p. 275.
  69. Foster, p. 491.
  70. Foster, p. 30.
  71. Book: The Encyclopaedia of Oxford . . Presidents of the Union since 1900 . 1988 . 527–532 . 0-333-39917-X . Hibbert. Christopher . Christopher Hibbert . The Encyclopaedia of Oxford .
  72. Killed during the First World War
  73. Killed during the Second World War
  74. Killed during the Second World War
  75. Killed during the Second World War
  76. Elected but did not hold office because of war service
  77. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sir-godfray-le-quesne-nf8jckrjtb2 Sir Godfray Le Quesne
  78. Elected but did not hold office because of war service
  79. https://nlj.gov.jm/project/eric-anthony-abrahams/ Eric Anthony Abrahams (1940-2011)
  80. Web site: Oxford Union Marks 150th Year With Talk, Naturally. New York Times. Richard. Eder. March 6, 1973.
  81. Web site: Reforming the NHS. Floreat Domus. Balliol College, Oxford. 2008. 7 September 2014.
  82. Web site: Oliver Campbell KC . 2023-08-07 . Henderson Chambers . en-GB.
  83. Web site: Oxford Union officials' £50,000 in perks . . 1 March 2023 . 13 May 2010.
  84. Web site: David Turner . Parliament sinks in top students' estimation . . 1 March 2023 . 23 May 2009.
  85. Web site: Marta Szczerba . Union Treasurer-Elect resigns . . 1 March 2023 . 29 November 2009.
  86. Web site: Harry Phillips . Kinky elected Union President . . 1 March 2023 . 10 March 2010.
  87. Web site: Anastassia Beliakova . Union President Results . . 1 March 2023 . 13 June 2010.
  88. Web site: Vidhi Doshi . Destruction in the Union at presidential handover . . 1 March 2023 . 15 March 2011.
  89. Web site: Emma Leech . Laali Vadlamani wins Union Presidency for Hilary 2018 . . 18 November 2022 . 10 June 2017.
  90. Web site: Gui Cavalcanti wins Trinity 2018 Union presidency . . 18 November 2022 . 25 November 2017.
  91. Web site: Oxford Union President accused of "blatant nepotism" . . 18 November 2022 . 30 October 2018.
  92. Web site: Adithi Shenava . Daniel Wilkinson wins Oxford Union Presidential race . . 9 June 2018 . 18 November 2022.
  93. Web site: Angus Brown . Athis takes Union presidency . . 22 May 2022 . 24 November 2018.
  94. Resigned
  95. News: BBC News . Oxford Union debate: President resigns over blind student row. 19 November 2019.
  96. Web site: Christopher Sinnott . Dube wins Union Presidency as "Unlock the Union" slate struggles . . 22 May 2022 . 15 June 2019.
  97. Web site: Lois Heslop . Mahi Joshi takes Union Presidency . . 22 May 2022 . 30 November 2019.
  98. Web site: Tilly Walters . Barr and "ONE" slate elected . . 18 November 2022 . 7 March 2020.
  99. Web site: Maya Misra . Roble elected Oxford Union president, CREATE slate wins all major positions . . 22 May 2022 . 27 November 2020.
  100. Web site: Hancock. Charlie. Howe. Abigail. 2021-03-05. Xie elected Oxford Union president, BRIDGE slate wins all major positions. 2021-03-06. Cherwell. en-GB.
  101. Web site: Cushen. Jill. Mills. Sasha. 2021-06-11. BREAKING: Molly Mantle elected President of the Oxford Union, REACH slate wins all major positions. 2021-06-12. Cherwell. en-GB.
  102. Web site: Freya Jones . Michael-Akolade Ayodeji reflects on his election as President of the Oxford Union for Trinity 2022 . The Oxford Blue . 22 May 2022 . 7 December 2021.
  103. Web site: Shabnam Mahmood . Student shot by Taliban is Oxford debating club president . . 22 May 2022 . 7 March 2022.
  104. Web site: NEW win landslide Union election victory, all officers elected . . 13 June 2022 . 11 June 2022.
  105. Web site: Andrew Wang . Jason Chau . BREAKING: Matthew Dick and 'FULFIL' Slate win MT22 Oxford Union Elections . . 1 December 2022 . 26 November 2022.
  106. News: Dennison . Milo . Disha Hegde and 'BLOOM' sweep HT23 Oxford Union Election . 4 March 2023 . The Oxford Student . 4 March 2023.
  107. News: Outram . Daisy . Hannah Edwards and 'IMPACT' sweep TT23 Oxford Union Election . 10 June 2023 . The Oxford Student . 10 June 2023.
  108. Web site: Milo Dennison . Gaspard Rouffin . 12 February 2024 . Louis Wilson to become Union President for TT24 . 12 February 2024 . The Oxford Student.
  109. Web site: 30 June 2024 . Ebrahim Osman-Mowafy reinstated as Union President . live . 30 June 2024 . Cherwell.
  110. Web site: Israr Khan wins Oxford Union presidency . . 8 June 2024 . 8 June 2024.
  111. Web site: Israr Khan . Faculty of Law, University of Oxford . 8 June 2024. <
  112. Horne 1988, p. 22
  113. Web site: Oxford Union | Making Britain.
  114. Web site: Roy Harris Jenkins . Archive of European Integration . 12 December 2023.
  115. Web site: Roy Jenkins papers . . 12 December 2023.
  116. Web site: Dennis Kavanagh . Lord St-John of Fawsley: Flamboyant politician who fell foul of Margaret Thatcher . . 12 December 2023 . 6 March 2012.
  117. Roth. Andrew. Ann (Noreen) WIDDECOMBE. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://internetserver.bishopsgate.org.uk/files/Parliamentary%20Profiles%20Archive/S-Z/WIDDECOMBE,%20Anne/WIDDECOMBE,%20Anne.pdf . 2022-10-09 . dead. Parliamentary Profile Services Ltd. 4. 7 September 2018. Andrew Roth.
  118. Web site: Alumni News: The Bicentenary Debate . . 13 December 2023.
  119. Web site: More Union Presidents than BME people in cabinet. 19 January 2018.
  120. Book: Rivalen [Roman]. Archer, Jeffrey. 1993. Lübbe. 3404252144. Jub.-ausg. Bergisch Gladbach. 75585205.
  121. Web site: Gillman & Soame : Archive : Details. Gillman & Soame. en-GB. 2018-12-14.

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