List of chancellors of the Queen's University Belfast
A list of chancellors of Queen's University Belfast and its predecessor Queen's College, Belfast.
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 |
| [1] | |
![]() | The Reverend Josias Leslie Porter (1823–1889) | 1879 – 1889 | United Kingdom |
| [1] |
The Reverend Thomas Hamilton (1842–1926) | 1889 – 1908 | United Kingdom |
| [1] | |
Chancellor of Queen's University, Belfast | |||||
![]() | The Rt Hon. The 9th Earl of Shaftesbury (1869–1961) | 1908 – 1923 | United Kingdom (England) |
| [1] |
![]() | The Most Hon. The 7th Marquess of Londonderry (1878–1949) | 1923 – 1949 | United Kingdom |
| [1] |
![]() | Field Marshal The 1st Viscount Alanbrooke (1883–1963) | 1949 – 1963 | United Kingdom – France |
| [1] |
Sir Tyrone Guthrie (1900–1971) | 1963 – 1970 | United Kingdom |
| [1] | |
The Rt Hon. The Baron Ashby (1904–1992) | 1970 – 1983 | United Kingdom (England) |
| [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 |
| [2] | |
![]() | The Honorable George J. Mitchell (b. 1933) | 1999 – 2009 | United States |
| [2] |
![]() | Kamalesh Sharma (b. 1941) | 2009 – 2015 | British Raj – India |
| [3] |
Thomas J. Moran (1952–2018) | 2015 – 2018 | United States |
| [4] | |
![]() | The Honorable Hillary Clinton (b. 1947) | 2020 – Incumbent | United States |
| [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.