List of Masters of Pembroke College, Cambridge
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The following persons have served as Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge
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Pembroke College, Cambridge
Pembroke College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.The college has over seven hundred students and fellows, and is the third oldest college of the university. Physically, it is one of the university's larger colleges, with buildings from almost every century since its...
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- Robert de Thorpe: 1347.
- Thomas de Bingham: 1364.
- John Tynmouth or Tinmew: c. 1380, died 1385.
- Richard Morys: 1385.
- John Sudbury: 1406, resigned 1428, died 1435.
- John Langton: 1428, died 22 May 1447.
- Hugh Damlet: 1447, resigned 1449, died 17 April 1476.
- Laurence BoothLawrence BoothLawrence Booth was Prince-Bishop of Durham and Lord Chancellor of England, before becoming Archbishop of York.-Life:A scion of the ancient Cheshire family of Booth which remained seated at Dunham Massey until the middle of the eighteenth century, Lawrence Booth started out reading both civil and...
: 31 May 1450, died before 20 May 1480. - Thomas RotherhamThomas RotherhamThomas Rotherham , also known as Thomas de Rotherham, was an English cleric and statesman. He served as bishop of several dioceses, most notably as Archbishop of York and, on two occasions as Lord Chancellor...
: 1480, resigned 1488, died 29 May 1500. - George FitzhughGeorge Fitzhugh (dean)George Fitzhugh was Chancellor of Cambridge University and Dean of Lincoln.He was the son of Henry, Lord Fitzhugh. He received a B.A. from Cambridge University in 1478 or 1479 and an M.A. in 1479....
: 14 September 1488, died November 1505. - Roger LeyburnRoger LeyburnRoger Leyburn was an English churchman and academic, Master of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, archdeacon of Durham and bishop of Carlisle.-Life:...
: 29 November 1505, died c. 1 August 1507. - Richard FoxRichard FoxeRichard Foxe was an English churchman, successively Bishop of Exeter, Bath and Wells, Durham, and Winchester, Lord Privy Seal, and founder of Corpus Christi College, Oxford.-Life:...
: 1507, resigned 19 October 1518, died 14 September 1528. - Robert ShortonRobert ShortonRobert Shorton was an English churchman and academic, first Master of St John's College, Cambridge and archdeacon of Bath.-Life:He was one of the earliest scholars of Jesus College, Cambridge. He graduated B.A. in 1501 and M.A. in 1503, and was elected fellow of Pembroke Hall on 24 November 1505...
, or Sherton: 1518, resigned 1534, died 1542. - Robert Swinburn: Before 4 October 1534, resigned October 1537, died 10 February 1540.
- George FolberryGeorge FolburyGeorge Folbury was an English churchman and academic, master of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge from 1537. His reputation as a poet, orator, and epigrammatist is supported only by contemporary report, and none of his works are known to have survived.-Life:He was of the family of Fowbery, of Fowberry...
: 1537, died October 1540. - Nicholas RidleyNicholas Ridley (martyr)Nicholas Ridley was an English Bishop of London. Ridley was burned at the stake, as one of the Oxford Martyrs, during the Marian Persecutions, for his teachings and his support of Lady Jane Grey...
: October 1540, died 15 October 1555. - John YoungJohn Young (Regius Professor)John Young was an English Catholic clergyman and academic. He was Master of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, and was later imprisoned by Elizabeth I. He is not John Young , Master of Pembroke Hall later in the century, and afterwards Bishop of Rochester.-Life:He is said to have been a native of...
: 24 December 1554, deprived 20 July 1559, died 1579. - Edmund GrindalEdmund GrindalEdmund Grindal was an English church leader who successively held the posts of Bishop of London, Archbishop of York and Archbishop of Canterbury during the reign of Elizabeth I of England.-Early life to the death of Edward VI:...
: 20 July 1559, resigned 16 August 1561, died 1583. - Matthew HuttonMatthew Hutton (Archbishop of York)Matthew Hutton was archbishop of York from 1595 to 1606.-Life:Hutton, the son of Matthew Hutton of Priest Hutton, in the parish of Warton, Lancashire, was born in that parish in 1529. He became a sizar at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1546. Graduating B.A. 1551–2, he became a fellow of Trinity in...
: 14 May 1562, resigned 1567, died 6 July 1605. - John WhitgiftJohn WhitgiftJohn Whitgift was the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1583 to his death. Noted for his hospitality, he was somewhat ostentatious in his habits, sometimes visiting Canterbury and other towns attended by a retinue of 800 horsemen...
: 21 April 1567, resigned July 1567, died 1603. - John YoungJohn Young (bishop)John Young was an English academic and bishop.-Life:He was educated at Mercers' School in London, and graduated BA at the University of Cambridge in 1552. He became a Fellow of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge in 1553, and Master there in 1567...
: 12 July 1567, resigned 16 March 1578, died 1605. - William FulkeWilliam FulkeWilliam Fulke was an English Puritan divine.-Life:He was born in London and educated at St John's College, Cambridge graduating in 1557/58....
: 10 May 1578, died 28 August 1589. - Lancelot AndrewesLancelot AndrewesLancelot Andrewes was an English bishop and scholar, who held high positions in the Church of England during the reigns of Queen Elizabeth I and King James I. During the latter's reign, Andrewes served successively as Bishop of Chichester, Ely and Winchester and oversaw the translation of the...
: 6 September 1589, resigned 1605, died 25 September 1626. - Samuel HarsnettSamuel HarsnettSamuel Harsnett , born Samuel Halsnoth, was an English writer on religion and Archbishop of York from 1629.- Early life :...
: 9 November 1605, resigned 18 February 1616, died 25 May 1631. - Nicholas FeltonNicholas FeltonNicholas Felton was an English academic, bishop of Bristol from 1617 to 1619, and then bishop of Ely.-Life:He was born in Great Yarmouth, and educated at Pembroke Hall, Cambridge. He was rector of St Mary-le-Bow church in London, from 1597 to 1617; and also rector at St Antholin, Budge Row...
: 29 June 1616, resigned 18 February 1619, died 5 October 1626. - Jerome Beale: 21 February 1619, died September 1630.
- Benjamin Lany: 25 December 1630, ejected 13 March 1644
- Richard VinesRichard VinesRichard Vines was an English clergyman, one of the Presbyterian leaders of the Westminster Assembly. He became Master of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, from 1644 to 1650.-Life:...
: 13 March 1644, ejected 1 October 1650, died 4 February 1656. - Sidrach SimpsonSidrach SimpsonSidrach Simpson was an English Independent minister, one of the leaders of the Independent faction in the Westminster Assembly.-Life:Sidrach Simpson came from Lincolnshire. He was educated as a sizar at Emmanuel College, Cambridge....
: 1650, died April 1655. - William MosesWilliam MosesWilliam Moses was an English academic and lawyer, Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge during the Interregnum and later serjeant-at-law.-Life:...
: April 1655, ejected 1660, died November 1688. - Benjamin Lany: restored 1660, resigned 16 August 1662, died 21 January 1675.
- Mark FranckMark Frank (theologian)Mark Frank or Franck was an English churchman and academic, Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge.-Life:He was baptised at Little Brickhill, Buckinghamshire, and was admitted pensioner of Pembroke College, Cambridge, 4 July 1627. He was elected to a scholarship in 1630, and to a fellowship 8...
: 23 August 1662, died January 1664. - Robert MapletoftRobert MapletoftRobert Mapletoft was an English churchman and academic, Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge and Dean of Ely.-Life:He was son of Hugh Mapletoft, rector of North Thoresby, Lincolnshire, was born there on 25 January 1609, and educated at the grammar school at Louth. He was admitted a sizar of...
: c. May 1664, died 20 August 1677. - Nathaniel Coga: 20 August 1677, died 8 January 1694.
- Thomas Browne: 10 February 1694, died 9 March 1707.
- Edward Lany: 19 March 1707, died 9 August 1728.
- John Hawkins: 15 August 1728, resigned October 1733, died 30 July 1736.
- Roger LongRoger Longthumb|150px|Roger LongRoger Long was an English astronomer, and Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge between 1733 and 1770....
: 12 October 1733, died 16 December 1770. - James BrownJames Brown (academic)James Brown was an English clergyman and academic, Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge from 1770 until his death. A close friend of Thomas Gray, he acted with William Mason as executor of Gray's will.-Life:...
: 16 December 1770, died 30 September 1784. - Joseph TurnerJoseph Turner (dean)Joseph Turner was a British academic and clergymen.He entered Pembroke College, Cambridge University in 1763 at age 17 and was senior wrangler in 1767. He received an M.A...
: 6 October 1784, died 3 August 1828. - Gilbert Ainslie: 15 August 1828, died 9 January 1870.
- John Power: 14 January 1870, died 18 November 1880.
- Charles Edward SearleCharles Edward SearleReverend Dr. Charles Edward Searle was an English clergyman and academic, Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge from 1880 until his death in 1902....
: 24 November 1880, died 29 July 1902. - George Gabriel StokesGeorge Gabriel StokesSir George Gabriel Stokes, 1st Baronet FRS , was an Irish mathematician and physicist, who at Cambridge made important contributions to fluid dynamics , optics, and mathematical physics...
: 26 August 1902, died 7 February 1903. - Arthur James Mason: 11 March 1903, resigned 15 June 1912, died 24 April 1928.
- William Sheldon Hadley: 19 June 1912, died 25 December 1927.
- Arthur Hutchinson: 16 January 1928, retired 30 September 1937, died 12 December 1937.
- Montagu Sherard Dawes Butler: 1 October 1937, retired 31 July 1948.
- Sydney Castle RobertsSydney Castle RobertsSir Sydney Castle Roberts was a well-known and popular figure around Cambridge throughout his life, and was recognised as a publisher of skill and distinction....
: 1 August 1948. - William Vallance Douglas HodgeW. V. D. HodgeWilliam Vallance Douglas Hodge FRS was a Scottish mathematician, specifically a geometer.His discovery of far-reaching topological relations between algebraic geometry and differential geometry—an area now called Hodge theory and pertaining more generally to Kähler manifolds—has been a major...
: 1 August 1958 until 1970. - William Anthony CampsW. A. CampsWilliam Anthony Camps was a British classical scholar, and also served as Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge from 1970 to 1981. He was known as Tony Camps....
: 1970 until 1981, died 17 January 1997. - Richard AdrianRichard Adrian, 2nd Baron AdrianRichard Hume Adrian, 2nd Baron Adrian FRS was a British physiologist.Adrian was born in Cambridge in 1927, the only son of Edgar Adrian and his wife Hester Pinsent, a mental health worker. His father won a Nobel Prize in 1932, was President of the Royal Society 1950–1955 and was created...
: 1981 until 1992 - Sir Roger Tomkys: 1992 until 2004.
- Sir Richard DearloveRichard DearloveSir Richard Billing Dearlove, KCMG, OBE was head of the British Secret Intelligence Service from 1999 until 6 May 2004.-Career:...
: from 2004, and as of 2011.