Vincent's Club
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The club was founded in 1863 by the oarsman Walter Bradford Woodgate
Walter Bradford Woodgate
Walter Bradford Woodgate was a British barrister and oarsman who won the Wingfield Sculls three times, and various events at Henley Royal Regatta including the Silver Goblets five times and the Diamond Challenge Sculls once...
(1841–1920) of Brasenose College, Oxford
Brasenose College, Oxford
Brasenose College, originally Brazen Nose College , is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. As of 2006, it has an estimated financial endowment of £98m...
, and he was the first president of the club. Woodgate stated that Vincent's "should consist of the picked hundred of the University, selected for all-round qualities; social, physical and intellectual qualities being duly considered."
Vincent's Club is located in upstairs premises off the High Street
High Street, Oxford
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at 1A King Edward Street in central Oxford
Oxford
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. The Club was originally located in the old reading rooms which J.H.Vincent, the printer, had previously kept at 90 High Street. The undergraduate membership is limited to 150 at any one time. Members are elected for life.
Chairman of Trustees
- Robin FletcherRobin FletcherRobin Anthony Fletcher DSC was a British field hockey player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.He was a member of the British field hockey team, which won the bronze medal. He played all three matches as forward....
and Peter KininmonthPeter KininmonthPeter Kininmonth was a Scottish international rugby union player, who played for and the Lions.He also played for Oxford University and Richmond RFC.He weighed 14 stone 11 lb....
1974-2000 - Robin Butler, Baron Butler of BrockwellRobin Butler, Baron Butler of BrockwellFrederick Edward Robin Butler, Baron Butler of Brockwell, is a retired British civil servant, now sitting in the House of Lords as a Life Peer.-Life:Butler was born in Lytham St Annes on on 3 January, 1938...
2000-2006 - Giles HendersonGiles HendersonGiles Ian Henderson CBE, born 20 April 1942, is the present Master of Pembroke College, Oxford.After school in South Africa at Michaelhouse, he graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand with a B.A degree and then from Magdalen College, Oxford, as Master of Arts and Bachelor of Civil Law...
2006-2008 - Ivor Roberts (diplomat) 2008-present
Presidents
- Edwyn Scudamore-Stanhope, 1876
- Tom Cottingham Edwards-MossTom Cottingham Edwards-MossTom Cottingham Edwards-Moss, , was a British amateur oarsman who rowed in the Boat Race four times and twice won the Diamond Challenge Sculls, and a Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1892....
, 1877 - Donald Maclean (British politician), 1886
- Herbert Hayton CastensHerbert Hayton CastensHerbert Hayton Castens was a South African rugby union footballer, and cricketer. He was South Africa's first ever rugby and cricket captain. Castens played an important role in the development of rugby and cricket in South Africa, both on and off the pitch. He was usually known as H.H...
, 1887 - Guy NickallsGuy NickallsGuy Nickalls was a British rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics as a member of the British eight that won gold, won 22 events at Henley Royal Regatta and won the Wingfield Sculls three times....
, 1890 - Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount ChelmsfordFrederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount ChelmsfordFrederic John Napier Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, GBE, PC was a British statesman who served as Governor of Queensland , Governor of New South Wales from 1909 to 1913, and Viceroy of India from 1916 to 1921, where he was responsible for the creation of the Montagu-Chelmsford...
, 1891 - H. D. G. Leveson Gower, 1896
- Patrick MunroPatrick MunroPatrick Munro , also known as Pat Munro, was a British Conservative politician and international rugby union player.-Biography:...
, 1907 - Alister KirbyAlister KirbyAlister Graham Kirby was a British rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He died on service during the First World War....
, 1909 - William Rankine Milligan, Lord Milligan, 1923
- Alec Douglas-HomeAlec Douglas-HomeAlexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel, KT, PC , known as The Earl of Home from 1951 to 1963 and as Sir Alec Douglas-Home from 1963 to 1974, was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from October 1963 to October 1964.He is the last...
, 1926 - Jack LovelockJack LovelockJohn Edward Lovelock was a New Zealand athlete, and the 1936 Olympic champion in the 1500 metres....
, 1934 - Roger BannisterRoger BannisterSir Roger Gilbert Bannister, CBE is an English former athlete best known for running the first recorded mile in less than 4 minutes...
, 1950 - M. J. K. Smith, 1956
- Rod EddingtonRod EddingtonSir Roderick Ian Eddington is an Australian businessman. He is currently chair of the government body Infrastructure Australia, a director of News Corporation, continuing his long association with that company, and has served in other senior positions including as former CEO of British...
, 1977
Other members
- Tommy BedfordTommy BedfordThomas Pleydell 'Tommy' Bedford is a South African rugby union player who has represented the national team, the Springboks, 25 times, captaining the Springboks on 3 occasions.-Career:...
- Bill BradleyBill BradleyWilliam Warren "Bill" Bradley is an American hall of fame basketball player, Rhodes scholar, and former three-term Democratic U.S. Senator from New Jersey. He ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic Party's nomination for President in the 2000 election.Bradley was born and raised in a suburb of St....
- Robin Butler, Baron Butler of BrockwellRobin Butler, Baron Butler of BrockwellFrederick Edward Robin Butler, Baron Butler of Brockwell, is a retired British civil servant, now sitting in the House of Lords as a Life Peer.-Life:Butler was born in Lytham St Annes on on 3 January, 1938...
- Christopher ChatawayChristopher ChatawaySir Christopher John Chataway is a British former middle- and long-distance runner, television news broadcaster, and a Conservative politician...
- Noel Godfrey ChavasseNoel Godfrey ChavasseCaptain Noel Godfrey Chavasse VC & Bar, MC was a British medical doctor and British Army officer who is one of only three people to be awarded a Victoria Cross twice....
- Colin CowdreyColin CowdreyMichael Colin Cowdrey, Baron Cowdrey of Tonbridge, CBE , better known as Colin Cowdrey, was the Captain of Oxford University, Kent County Cricket Club and the England cricket team in a career that lasted from 1950 to 1976...
- David Craig, Baron Craig of RadleyDavid Craig, Baron Craig of RadleyMarshal of the Royal Air Force David Brownrigg Craig, Baron Craig of Radley, GCB, OBE , is a retired Royal Air Force officer and member of the House of Lords...
- Edward VIII of the United KingdomEdward VIII of the United KingdomEdward VIII was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth, and Emperor of India, from 20 January to 11 December 1936.Before his accession to the throne, Edward was Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay...
- C. B. Fry
- Hartwell de la Garde GrissellHartwell de la Garde GrissellHartwell de la Garde Grissell was born in 1839 as the son of Thomas Grissell, a prosperous public works contractor. He was educated at Harrow School and in 1859 matriculated to Oxford University as a commoner of Brasenose College....
- Harald V of NorwayHarald V of NorwayHarald V is the king of Norway. He succeeded to the throne of Norway upon the death of his father Olav V on 17 January 1991...
- Arnold JacksonArnold JacksonBrigadier-General Arnold Nugent Strode Strode-Jackson CBE DSO & Three Bars was a British athlete, British Army officer, and a barrister. He was the winner of the 1500m at the 1912 Summer Olympics, in what was hailed at the time as "the greatest race ever run"...
- David KirkDavid KirkDavid Edward Kirk, MBE, , is a former New Zealand rugby union player. He is best known for having been the captain of the All Blacks when they won the inaugural Rugby World Cup in 1987....
- Colin Lucas
- Harold MacMillanHarold MacmillanMaurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, OM, PC was Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 10 January 1957 to 18 October 1963....
- Tommy MacphersonTommy MacphersonColonel Sir Thomas Stewart Macpherson CBE, MC, and Two Bars, TD, DL is a Scottish businessman, having previously been a much decorated British Army officer during and after World War II.-Origins and education:...
- Norris McWhirterNorris McWhirterNorris Dewar McWhirter, CBE was a writer, political activist, co-founder of the Freedom Association, and a television presenter. He and his twin brother, Ross, were known internationally for the Guinness Book of Records, a book they wrote and annually updated together between 1955 and 1975...
- Colin MoynihanColin MoynihanColin Berkeley Moynihan, 4th Baron Moynihan PC is a former Olympic coxswain who became a businessman, politician and sports administrator.-Early life:...
- Crown Prince Naruhito
- Olav V of NorwayOlav V of NorwayOlav V was the king of Norway from 1957 until his death. A member of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Olav was born in the United Kingdom as the son of King Haakon VII of Norway and Queen Maud of Norway...
- Alexander ObolenskyAlexander ObolenskyPrince Alexander Sergeevich Obolensky was a Russian Rurikid prince and an international rugby union footballer who played for England. He was popularly known as just "The Prince" by many sports fans.-Biography:...
- Chris PattenChris PattenChristopher Francis Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes, CH, PC , is the last Governor of British Hong Kong, a former British Conservative politician, and the current chairman of the BBC Trust....
- Matthew PinsentMatthew PinsentSir Matthew Clive Pinsent CBE is an English rower and broadcaster. During his rowing career, he won 10 world championship gold medals and four consecutive Olympic gold medals, of which three were with Steve Redgrave...
- Cecil Rhodes
See also
- Atalantas is the equivalent club for sportswomen at Oxford.
- Hawks' ClubHawks' ClubThe Hawks' Club is a members-only social club for sportsmen at the University of Cambridge. It was founded in 1872.-Eligibility criteria:Application for membership is open to any man who is either a member of any college at the University of Cambridge or who has been admitted ad eundem to the...
, the equivalent sports club at the University of CambridgeUniversity of CambridgeThe University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
, also founded by Walter Bradford WoodgateWalter Bradford WoodgateWalter Bradford Woodgate was a British barrister and oarsman who won the Wingfield Sculls three times, and various events at Henley Royal Regatta including the Silver Goblets five times and the Diamond Challenge Sculls once... - List of Presidents