Gresham Professor of Law

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Clive Stafford Smith
Clive Stafford Smith JD OBE, appointed Gresham Professor of Law in 2024

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.

NameStarted
1Henry MowtloweMarch 1596/7
2Clement CorbetMay 1607
3Thomas Eden10 Nov 1613
4Benjamin Thorneton27 July 1640
5Joshua Crosse29 March 1644
6Thomas Leonard4 May 1649
7John Bond12 March 1649/50
8Benjamin Thorneton23 Oct 1660
9Richard Pearson8 Oct 1667
10John Clarke[2]9 August 1670
11Roger Meredith7 March 1672/3
12Robert Briggs[3]7 Feb 1686/7
13John Cumyng1 May 1719
14William Mace30 August 1744
15Joseph Jeffries20 May 1767
16T Taylor23 Jan 1784
17William Jocelyn Palmer14 Jan 1808
18William Palmer[4]5 Feb 1836
19John Thomas Abdy18 June 1858
20George Holmes Blakesley[5]23 April 1896
21William Blake Odgers[6]27 March 1907
22Geoffrey Walter Wrangham22 May 1925
23William Arthian Davies16 March 1934
Lectures in abeyance 1939–45
24Eric Sachs6 June 1946
25Richard O'Sullivan6 July 1950
26Richard Jon Harvey1962
27R F V Heuston1965
28P. R. Glazebrook1971
29Clive M. Schmitthoff1976–86?
30Kenneth R. Simmonds[7]1988
31Sir David Calcutt QC[8]1 Sept 1992
32Simon Lee1 Sept 1995
33Gerald Wakefield[9]1 Sept 1998
34Richard Susskind OBE FRSE KC[10]1 Sept 2000
35Sir Vernon Bogdanor CBE FRSA FBA[11]1 Sept 2004
36Baroness Ruth Deech DBE[12]1 Sept 2008
37Sir Geoffrey Nice KC[13]2012
38Jo Delahunty KC[14]2016
39Leslie Thomas KC[15]2020
40 Clive Stafford Smith JD OBE[16] 2024

References

Notes

  1. ↑ "How We Recruit Speakers | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  2. ↑ "Clark, John (CLRK642J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. ↑ "Briggs, Robert (BRGN717J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  4. ↑ "Palmer, William (PLMR832W)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  5. ↑ "Blakesley, George Holmes (BLKY864GH)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  6. ↑ "Odgers, William Blake (OGRS867WB)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  7. ↑ "Professor Kenneth R Simmonds | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  8. ↑ "Professor Sir David Calcutt QC | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  9. ↑ "Professor Gerald Wakefield | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  10. ↑ "Richard Susskind OBE FRSE KC (Hon) | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  11. ↑ "Professor Sir Vernon Bogdanor FBA CBE | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  12. ↑ "Baroness Ruth Deech DBE | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  13. ↑ "Professor Sir Geoffrey Nice KC | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  14. ↑ "Professor Jo Delahunty KC | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  15. ↑ "Professor Leslie Thomas KC | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  16. ↑ "Clive Stafford Smith JD OBE | Gresham College". www.gresham.ac.uk. Retrieved 28 May 2024.

Further reading

  • Ward, John (1740). The Lives of the Professors of Gresham College. New York & London: Johnson Reprint Corporation.