Gresham Professor of Law

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

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Note, years given as, say, 1596/7 refer to Old Style and New Style dates.

| Name | Started

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1 | Henry Mowtlowe | March 1596/7
2 | Clement Corbet | May 1607
3 | Thomas Eden | 10 Nov 1613
4 | Benjamin Thorneton | 27 July 1640
5 | Joshua Crosse | 29 March 1644
6 | Thomas Leonard | 4 May 1649
7 | John Bond | 12 March 1649/50
8 | Benjamin Thorneton | 23 Oct 1660
9 | Richard Pearson | 8 Oct 1667
10 | John Clarke[2] | 9 August 1670
11 | Roger Meredith | 7 March 1672/3
12 | Robert Briggs[3] | 7 Feb 1686/7
13 | John Cumyng | 1 May 1719
14 | William Mace | 30 August 1744
15 | Joseph Jeffries | 20 May 1767
16 | T Taylor | 23 Jan 1784
17 | William Jocelyn Palmer | 14 Jan 1808
18 | William Palmer[4] | 5 Feb 1836
19 | John Thomas Abdy | 18 June 1858
20 | George Holmes Blakesley[5] | 23 April 1896
21 | William Blake Odgers[6] | 27 March 1907
22 | Geoffrey Walter Wrangham | 22 May 1925
23 | William Arthian Davies | 16 March 1934
Lectures in abeyance 1939–45
24 | Eric Sachs | 6 June 1946
25 | Richard O'Sullivan | 6 July 1950
26 | Richard Jon Harvey | 1962
27 | R F V Heuston | 1965
28 | P. R. Glazebrook | 1971
29 | Clive M. Schmitthoff | 1976–86?
30 | Kenneth R. Simmonds[7] | 1988
31 | Sir David Calcutt QC[8] | 1 Sept 1992
32 | Simon Lee | 1 Sept 1995
33 | Gerald Wakefield[9] | 1 Sept 1998
34 | Richard Susskind OBE FRSE KC[10] | 1 Sept 2000
35 | Sir Vernon Bogdanor CBE FRSA FBA[11] | 1 Sept 2004
36 | Baroness Ruth Deech DBE[12] | 1 Sept 2008
37 | Sir Geoffrey Nice KC[13] | 2012
38 | Jo Delahunty KC[14] | 2016
39 | Leslie Thomas KC[15] | 2020
40  | Clive Stafford Smith JD OBE[16] | 2024

## References

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* Gresham College old website, Internet Archive List of professors

## Notes

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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

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

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