Gresham Professor of Law

Sir Geoffrey Nice QC, Gresham Professor of Law, 2012 to 2016

The Professor of Law at Gresham College, London, gives free educational lectures to the general public to bring the 'new learning' to Londoners, in English rather than Latin (the language of universities for most of Europe at that time). The college was founded by Sir Thomas Gresham for this purpose in 1597. It was the first Institute of Higher Education in London, when it appointed seven professors. This has since increased to ten and in addition the college now has visiting professors. The Professor of Law is always appointed by the Mercers' Side of the Joint Grand Gresham Committee, a body administered jointly by the Worshipful Company of Mercers and the City of London Corporation.

## List of Gresham Professors of Law[edit]

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[1] | 9 August 1670
11 | Roger Meredith | 7 March 1672/3
12 | Robert Briggs[2] | 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[3] | 5 Feb 1836
19 | John Thomas Abdy | 18 June 1858
20 | George Holmes Blakesley[4] | 23 April 1896
21 | William Blake Odgers[5] | 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 | 1988
31 | Sir David Calcutt QC | 1 Sept 1992
32 | Simon Lee | 1 Sept 1995
33 | Gerald Wakefield | 1 Sept 1998
34 | Richard Susskind OBE | 1 Sept 2000
35 | Vernon Bogdanor CBE FRSA FBA | 1 Sept 2004
36 | Ruth Deech, Baroness Deech DBE | 1 Sept 2008
37 | Sir Geoffrey Nice QC[6] | 2012
38 | Jo Delahunty QC[7] | 2016
39 | Leslie Thomas (barrister) QC[8] | 2020

## References[edit]

* Gresham College old website, Internet Archive List of professors

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ "Clark, John (CLRK642J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
2. ^ "Briggs, Robert (BRGN717J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
3. ^ "Palmer, William (PLMR832W)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
4. ^ "Blakesley, George Holmes (BLKY864GH)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
5. ^ "Odgers, William Blake (OGRS867WB)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
6. ^ "Gresham College Press Release, 3 July 2012".
7. ^ "Professor Jo Delahunty's page on the Gresham College website, 18 May 2016".
8. ^ "Professor Leslie Thomas' page on the Gresham College website, 4 June 2020".

## Further reading[edit]

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

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