List of chancellors of the Queen's University Belfast
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The chancellor of Queen's University Belfast, and the president of its predecessor institution, Queen's College, Belfast, is the ceremonial head of the university.
List
[edit]| Portrait | Chancellor (Birth–Death) |
Term | Country | Line | Ref(s). |
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| President of Queen's College, Belfast | |||||
| The Reverend Pooley Shuldman Henry (1801–1881) |
1845 – 1879 | United Kingdom |
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[1] | |
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The Reverend Josias Leslie Porter (1823–1889) |
1879 – 1889 | United Kingdom |
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[1] |
| The Reverend Thomas Hamilton (1842–1926) |
1889 – 1908 | United Kingdom |
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[1] | |
| Chancellor of Queen's University, Belfast | |||||
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The Rt Hon. The 9th Earl of Shaftesbury (1869–1961) |
1908 – 1923 | United Kingdom (England) |
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[1] |
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The Most Hon. The 7th Marquess of Londonderry (1878–1949) |
1923 – 1949 | United Kingdom |
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[1] |
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Field Marshal The 1st Viscount Alanbrooke (1883–1963) |
1949 – 1963 | United Kingdom – France |
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[1] |
Sir Tyrone Guthrie (1900–1971) |
1963 – 1970 | United Kingdom |
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[1] | |
| The Rt Hon. The Baron Ashby (1904–1992) |
1970 – 1983 | United Kingdom (England) |
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[1] | |
Sir Rowland Wright (1915–1991) |
1984 – 1991 | United Kingdom (England) | [1][2] | ||
Sir David Orr (1922–2008) |
1992 – 1998 | United Kingdom – Republic of Ireland |
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[2] | |
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The Honorable George J. Mitchell (b. 1933) |
1999 – 2009 | United States |
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[2] |
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Kamalesh Sharma (b. 1941) |
2009 – 2015 | British Raj – India |
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[3] |
| Thomas J. Moran (1952–2018) |
2015 – 2018 | United States |
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[4] | |
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The Honorable Hillary Clinton (b. 1947) |
2020 – Incumbent | United States |
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[5] |
See also
[edit]- List of vice-chancellors of Queen's University Belfast
- Chancellors of the Royal University of Ireland
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i Walker, Brian; McCreavey, Alf (1994). Degrees of Excellence: The Story of Queen's, Belfast, 1845–1995. Belfast: Queen's University Belfast. p. 213. ISBN 0-85389-535-X.
- ^ a b c Clarkson, L. A. (2004). A University in Troubled Times: Queen's Belfast, 1945-2000. Dublin: Four Courts Press. p. 195. ISBN 1-85182-862-1.
- ^ Queen's University Belfast. "New Chancellor for Queen's". Archived from the original on 12 July 2009. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
- ^ "Dr Tom Moran". Queen's University Belfast. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ Meredith, Robbie (2 January 2020). "Hillary Clinton appointed chancellor of Queen's University, Belfast". BBC News. London: BBC. Retrieved 2 January 2020.