List of Presidents of the Oxford Union

Past Presidents of the Oxford Union are listed below, with their College and term & year in which they served, if known. Iterum indicates that a person was serving a second term as President (which is not possible under the current Union rules).

Presidents of the United Debating Society

Year Term President College
1823  ? Donald Maclean Balliol
1823  ? A. W. Ashley Christ Church
1823  ? J. C. Colquhoun Oriel
1823  ? John Wilson-Patten (later Lord Winmarleigh) Magdalen
1823  ? Thomas Powys (later Lord Lilford) Christ Church
1823  ? John Bramston Oriel
1823  ? Henry Chetwynd-Talbot (later Earl of Shrewsbury) Christ Church
1823  ? Richard Durnford Magdalen
1824  ? R. C. Dallas Oriel
1824  ? E. Vernon-Harcourt Christ Church
1824  ? Harry Vane (later Duke of Cleveland) Oriel
1824  ? T. F. Hodges New College
1824  ? Henry Baring Christ Church
1824  ? Viscount Mahon (later Earl Stanhope) Christ Church
1824  ? C. Des Voeux Oriel
1824  ? James Stuart-Wortley Christ Church
1824  ? Robert Wilberforce Oriel
1824  ? Digby Wrangham Brasenose
1824  ? A. J. Lewis Trinity
1824  ? H. H. Dodgson Christ Church
1824  ? John Talbot Christ Church
1825  ? N. H. Macdonald Oriel
1825  ? H. W. Torrens Christ Church
1825  ? Samuel Wilberforce Oriel
1825  ? Richard Durnford (iterum) Magdalen
1825  ? W. J. Blake Christ Church
1825  ? Thomas Vesey (later Viscount de Vesci) Christ Church
1825  ? E. E. Villiers Merton
1825  ? Charles Murray Oriel
1825  ? Walter Trower Christ Church
1825  ? R. A. Hornby Oriel
1825  ? Frederick Calvert Christ Church
1825  ? J. R. Wood Christ Church

Presidents of the Oxford Union Society

Year Term President College
1826  ? H. H Dodgson Christ Church
1826  ? Digby Wrangham Brasenose
1826  ? Richard Durnford Magdalen
1826  ? E. E. Villiers Merton
1826  ? R. A. Hornby Oriel
1826  ? N. H. Macdonald Oriel
1827  ? D. Smith Christ Church
1827  ? Henry Tufnell Christ Church
1827  ? J. Pearson Balliol
1827  ? Edward Twistleton Trinity
1827  ? William Courtenay (later Earl of Devon) Christ Church
1827  ? Herman Merivale Trinity
1828  ? F. Trench Oriel
1828  ? D. Smith (iterum) Christ Church
1828  ? T. B. Hobhouse Balliol
1828  ? A. Grant New College
1828  ? C. Baring Christ Church
1829  ? Henry William Wilberforce Oriel
1829  ? Thomas Acland Christ Church
1829  ? H. W. Moncrieff New College
1829  ? Henry Edward Manning (**) Balliol
1829  ? Henry William Wilberforce (iterum) Oriel
1830 Hilary Sidney Herbert (later Lord Lea) Oriel
1830 Trinity James Gaskell Christ Church
1830 Michaelmas William Ewart Gladstone Christ Church
1831 Hilary James Bruce (later Earl of Elgin and Kincardine) Christ Church
1831  ? J. Anstice Christ Church
1831  ? J.E. Lyall Balliol
1831 Michaelmas Earl of Lincoln (later Duke of Newcastle) Christ Church
1832 Hilary George Rickards Trinity
1832 Trinity Roundell Palmer (later Earl of Selborne) Trinity
1832 Michaelmas W. G. Ward Christ Church
1833 Hilary Edward Cardwell (later Viscount Cardwell) Balliol
1833 Trinity Archibald Tait Balliol
1833 Michaelmas Edward Massie Wadham
1834 Hilary Robert Lower (later Viscount Sherbrooke) University
1834  ? Charles Marriott Oriel
1834  ? W. Sinclair St Mary Hall
1834 Michaelmas J. Adams Christ Church
1835 Hilary W. G. Ward (iterum) Balliol
1835 Trinity J. M. Capes (iterum) Balliol
1835 Michaelmas Edward Cardwell (later Viscount Cardwell) (iterum) Balliol
1836 Hilary T. Brancker Wadham
1836 Trinity John Cornish (later known as John Mowbray) Christ Church
1836 Michaelmas W.N. Tilson-Marsh (later known as W.N Lushington-Tilson) Oriel
1837 Hilary Henry Cripps New College
1837 Trinity G.R. Moncrieff Balliol
1837 Michaelmas James Hessey (later head of Merchant Taylors' School) St John's
1838 Hilary William Henry Ridley Christ Church
1838 Trinity W. C. Lake Balliol
1838 Michaelmas Henry Highton (later Principal of Cheltenham College) The Queen's College
1839 Hilary G.R. Moncrieff (iterum) Balliol
1839 Trinity H.W. Sullivan Balliol
1839 Michaelmas W.E. Buckley Brasenose
1840 Hilary J. B. Blackett Christ Church
1840 Trinity George Rawlinson Trinity
1840 Michaelmas C.T. Arnold Magdalen Hall
1841 Hilary R.C. Powless Exeter
1841 Trinity J.T.B. Landon Worcester
1841 Michaelmas R. Congreve Wadham
1842 Hilary Meilville Portal Christ Church
1842 Trinity Drummond Chase Oriel
1842 Michaelmas Edward Plumptre University
1843 Hilary George Bowen Trinity
1843 Trinity W. H. Scott Trinity
1843 Trinity John Coleridge (later Lord Coleridge) Balliol
1844 Hilary H. M. White New College
1844 Hilary John Mackarness New College
1844 Michaelmas George Bowen (iterum) Trinity
1845 Hilary Alfred Pott Magdalen
1845 Trinity John Cazenove Brasenose
1845 Michaelmas Francis Sandford (later Lord Sandford) Balliol
1846 Hilary John Conington Magdalen
1846 Trinity R. J. Simpson Oriel
1846 Michaelmas S. J. Hulme Wadham
1847 Hilary C. H. Stanton Balliol
1847 Trinity Earl of Dufferin (later Marquess of Dufferin and Ava) (**) Christ Church
W. B. Marriott Exeter
1847 Michaelmas George Ward Hunt Christ Church
1848 Hilary W. Congreve Wadham
1848 Trinity M. Blackett Wadham
1848 Michaelmas G. R. Portal Christ Church
1849 Hilary F. Meyrick Trinity
1849 Trinity George Boyle Exeter
1849 Michaelmas W. H. Milman Christ Church
1850 Hilary J. R. K. Ralph The Queen's College
1850 Trinity Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen (later Lord Brabourne) Magdalen
1850 Michaelmas E. B. Lomer Oriel
1851 Hilary Alexander Mitchell Christ Church
1851 Trinity Henry Smith Balliol
1851 Michaelmas Frederick Lygon Christ Church
1852 Hilary Walter Shirley Wadham
1852 Trinity H. N. Oxenham Balliol
1852 Michaelmas Charles Pearson Exeter
1853 Hilary J. Fitzgerald University
1853 Trinity B. B. Rogers Wadham
1853 Michaelmas George Goschen (later Viscount Goschen) Oriel
1854 Hilary Arthur Butler (later Headmaster of Haileybury) University
1854 Trinity Godfrey Lushington Balliol
1854 Michaelmas George Brodrick (later Warden of Merton) Balliol
1855 Hilary Robert Edward Bartlett (later Bampton Lecturer) Trinity
1855 Trinity J. H. Bridges Oriel
1855 Michaelmas D. C. Lathbury (later editor of the Economist) Brasenose
1856 Hilary Charles Turner Exeter
1856 Trinity W. F. Wilberforce University
1856 Michaelmas John Oakley Brasenose
1857 Hilary Phillip Eliot (later Dean of Windsor) Trinity
1857 Trinity John Mitchinson Pembroke
1857 Michaelmas T. R. Halcombe Brasenose
1858 Hilary T. W. Fowle Oriel
1858 Trinity Charles Bowen (later Lord Bowen) Balliol
1858 Michaelmas E. K. Bennett University
1859 Hilary Albert Venn Dicey Balliol
1859 Trinity A. O. Rutson University
1859 Michaelmas Peter Fogg Jesus]]
1860 Hilary Edward Moore The Queen’s College
1860 Trinity H. L. Harrison Christ Church
1860 Michaelmas F. M. Beaumont St John's
1861 Hilary Kenelm Digby Corpus Christi
1861 Trinity Thomas Hill Green Balliol
1861 Michaelmas John Magrath (later Vice-Chancellor of Oxford) The Queen's College
1862 Hilary Auberon Herbert St John's
1862 Hilary A. H. Beesly Wadham
1862 Trinity James Bryce (later Viscount Bryce) Balliol
1862 Michaelmas O. W. Tanstock Exeter
1863 Hilary Reginald Bosworth Smith Corpus Christi
1863 Trinity Reginald Abbot (later Lord Colchester) Christ Church
1863 Michaelmas A. Robinson University
1864 Hilary William Fearon (later Headmaster of Winchester College) New College
1864 Trinity Francis Jeune (later Lord St. Helier) Balliol
1864 Michaelmas A. A. Clive Lincoln
1865 Hilary A. Robinson (iterum) New College
1865 Trinity R. Robinson Worcester
1865 Michaelmas Courtenay Ilbert Balliol
1866 Hilary Edward Talbot Christ Church
1866 Trinity George Simcox The Queen's College
1866 Michaelmas William Awdry The Queen's College
1867 Hilary William Sanday Trinity
1867 Trinity Lord Francis Hervey Trinity
1867 Michaelmas James Strachan-Davidson Balliol
1868 Hilary Reginald Copleston (later Bishop of Calcutta) Merton
1868 Trinity Edward Talbot (iterum) Christ Church
1868 Michaelmas Mandell Creighton Merton
1869 Hilary C. T. Redington Christ Church
1869 Trinity Reginald Copleston (later Bishop of Calcutta) St John's
1869 Michaelmas C. A. Fyffe Balliol
1870 Hilary W. B. Duggan Lincoln
1870 Trinity A. H. Turner Christ Church
1870 Michaelmas J. A. Doyle All Souls
1871 Hilary Thomas Grose The Queen's College
1871 Trinity Herbert James St John's
1871 Michaelmas Walter Lock Magdalen
1872 Hilary John Bryce Balliol
1872 Trinity H. M. R Pope St John's
1872 Michaelmas Charles Cruttwell (later headmaster of Malvern College) Merton
1873 Hilary William Sinclair (later Archdeacon of London) Balliol
1873 Trinity Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett Christ Church
1873 Michaelmas Sir Robert Mowbray, 2nd Baronet Balliol
1874 Hilary M. H. Gould Trinity
1874 Trinity Herbert Henry Asquith Balliol
1874 Michaelmas H. A. Venables New College
1875 Hilary Arthur Sloman (later headmaster of Birkenhead School) Pembroke
1875 Trinity T. Raleigh Balliol
1875 Michaelmas Herbert Paul Corpus Christi
1876 Hilary G. M. Savery (later Headmaster of Harrogate) Lincoln
1876 Trinity Alfred Milner (later Viscount Milner) Balliol
1876 Michaelmas R. H. Hadden Merton
1877 Hilary Dunbar Barton Corpus Christi
1877 Trinity Dunbar Barton Balliol
1877 Michaelmas Robert Horton New College
1878 Hilary William St John Brodrick (later Earl of Midleton) Balliol
1878 Trinity Robert Germaine Brasenose
1878 Michaelmas Nathaniel Micklem New College
1879 Hilary Edward Poulton Jesus
1879 Trinity F. R. Burrows Trinity
1879 Michaelmas Edward Cook New College
1880 Hilary Richard Dawson Hertford
1880 Trinity B. R. Wise The Queen's College
1880 Michaelmas George Nathaniel Curzon Balliol
1881 Hilary J. Sargeaunt University
1881 Trinity Charles Arnold White (later Chief Justice of Madras) New College
1881 Michaelmas E. L. S Horsburgh The Queen's College
1882 Hilary J. A. Hamilton Balliol
1882 Trinity A. N. Cumming The Queen's College
1882 Michaelmas Michael Sadler Trinity
1883 Hilary W. H. Shaw Balliol
1883 Trinity H. J. Mackinder Christ Church
1883 Michaelmas J.S.G Pemberton New College
1884 Hilary A. Dyson Williams Corpus Christi
1884 Trinity William Worsley New College
1884 Michaelmas Cosmo Lang, later Lord Lang Balliol
1885 Hilary G. S. S. Vidal New College
1885 Hilary G.O. Bellewes Brasenose
1885 Michaelmas Robert Cecil (later Viscount Chelwood) University
1886 Hilary Anthony Hawkins (also known as Anthony Hope) Balliol
1886 Trinity C. Emmott Christ Church
1886 Michaelmas Walter Alison Phillips Merton and St John's
1887 Hilary C. A. H. Green Keble
1887 Trinity C. J. Blacker Merton
1887 Michaelmas H. M. Godfray Exeter
1888 Hilary A. J. McGregor Oriel
1888 Trinity A. J. Carlyle Exeter
1888 Michaelmas Arthur Griffith-Boscawen The Queen's College
1889 Hilary S. C. Parmiter Oriel
1889 Trinity H.G. Snowden Lincoln
1889 Michaelmas G. F. Mortimer Balliol
1890 Hilary A. G. V. Peel New College
1890 Trinity F. H. Coller Christ Church
1890 Michaelmas C. T. Knaus Trinity
1891 Hilary William Cozens-Hardy New College
1891 Trinity Lord Ampthill New College
1891 Michaelmas A. E. Ripley Trinity
1892 Hilary J. A. V. Magee Merton
1892 Trinity J. F. W. Galbraith Oriel
1892 Michaelmas R. C. Phillimore Christ Church
1893 Hilary C. H. Eliot Merton
1893 Trinity William Lygon, later Earl Beauchamp Christ Church
1893 Michaelmas H. W. Liversidge Hertford
1894 Hilary Lord Balcarres (later Earl of Crawford) Magdalen
1894 Trinity F. E. Smith Wadham
1894 Michaelmas H. A. Morrah St John's
1895 Hilary Hillaire Belloc Balliol
1895 Trinity P. J. Macdonell Brasenose
1895 Michaelmas R. C. Phillimore Christ Church
1896 Hilary John Simon, later Viscount Simon Wadham
1896 Trinity Archibald Boyd-Carpenter Balliol
1896 Michaelmas Francis Hirst Wadham
1897 Hilary Robert Johnson New College
1897 Trinity J. W. Cleland Balliol
1897 Michaelmas F. Lenwood Corpus Christi
1898 Hilary Edmund Bentley Merton
1898 Trinity Cyril Garbett Keble
1898 Michaelmas L. R. F. Oldershaw Brasenose
1899 Hilary John Buchan (later Lord Tweedsmuir) Brasenose
1899 Trinity Arthur Steel (later Arthur Steel-Maitland) Balliol
1899 Michaelmas G. Gathorne-Hardy New College
1900 Hilary Robert Ensor Balliol
1900 Trinity Raymond Asquith (***) Balliol
1900 Michaelmas Harold Baker New College
1901 Hilary Algernon Cecil Balliol
1901 Trinity T. Cuthbertson Corpus Christi
1901 Michaelmas George Tomlinson University
1902 Hilary Sandie Lindsay (later Lord Lindsay) University
1902 Trinity Eric Macfadyen Wadham
1902 Michaelmas Herbert du Parcq (later Lord du Parcq) Exeter
1903 Hilary Beb Asquith Balliol
1903 Trinity F.W.Curran Lincoln
1903 Michaelmas John Brooke Corpus Christi
1904 Hilary William Temple Balliol
1904 Trinity W.A.Moore St John's
1904 Michaelmas E.S.Jose Hertford
1905 Hilary J. St G C. Heath Corpus Christi
1905 Trinity Alexander Shaw (later Lord Craigmyle) Trinity
1905 Michaelmas M. H. Woods Trinity
1906 Hilary H. M. Paul New College
1906 Trinity Hon H. Lygon Magdalen
1906 Michaelmas Gervais Rentoul Christ Church
1907 Hilary Neville Talbot Christ Church
1907 Trinity William Gladstone (***) New College
1907 Michaelmas W. S. Armour Jesus
1908 Hilary C. T. le Quesne Exeter
1908 Trinity Hugh Hallett Christ Church
1908 Michaelmas M. H. Richmond New College
1909 Hilary Ronald Knox Balliol
1909 Trinity Edgar Swain St. John's
1909 Michaelmas R. G. D. Laffan Balliol
1910 Hilary R. S. A. Palmer University
1910 Trinity Leonard J. Stein Balliol
1910 Michaelmas A. W. Cockburn New College
1911 Hilary Nathaniel Micklem New College
1911 Trinity R. Bevir (***) Hertford
1911 Michaelmas Philip Guedalla Balliol
1912 Hilary Frank Griffith Balliol
1912 Trinity Robert Barrington-Ward Balliol
1912 Michaelmas G. S. Woodhouse (***) Lincoln
1913 Hilary Walter Monckton Balliol
1913 Trinity W. J. Bland (***) Lincoln
1913 Michaelmas Godfrey Talbot (***) Christ Church
1914 Hilary Ernest Roberts Trinity
1914 Trinity A. H. M. Wedderburn Balliol
1914 Michaelmas A. F. H. Wiggin Oriel

No Presidents were elected during First World War

Year Term President College
1919 Trinity Leslie Hore-Belisha St. John's
1919 Michaelmas Thomas Earp Exeter
1920 Hilary Constantine Gallop (later QC) Balliol
1920 Trinity Sir John Russell New College
1920 Michaelmas Beverley Nichols Balliol
1921 Hilary Alec Beechman (later QC) Balliol
1921 Trinity Captain Cecil Ramage Pembroke
1921 Michaelmas Kenneth Lindsay Worcester
1922 Hilary J. Victor Evans St. John's
1922 Trinity Ralph Carson Oriel
1922 Michaelmas Edward Marjoribanks Christ Church
1923 Hilary J. Douglas Woodruff New College
1923 Trinity Gordon Bagnall St. John's
1923 Michaelmas Christopher Hollis Balliol
1924 Hilary Christopher Scaife St. John's
1924 Trinity Gerald Gardiner Magdalen
1924 Michaelmas Henry Scrymgeour-Wedderburn, 11th Earl of Dundee Balliol
1925 Hilary Robert Bernays Worcester
1925 Trinity Vincent Lloyd-Jones Jesus
1925 Michaelmas Hugh Molson New College
1926 Hilary Gyles Isham Magdalen
1926 Trinity Lindley Fraser (later Professor) Balliol
1926 Michaelmas Alan Lennox-Boyd Christ Church
1927 Hilary Sir Roger Fulford Worcester
1927 Trinity John Playfair Price New College
1927 Michaelmas Malcolm Brereton (***) Balliol
1928 Hilary Dingle Foot Balliol
1928 Trinity Aubrey Herbert University
1928 Michaelmas S. Stopford Brooke Balliol
1929 Hilary Roger Wilson (later Professor) The Queen's College
1929 Trinity Quintin Hogg Christ Church
1929 Michaelmas Michael Stewart St. John's
1930 Hilary Edgar Lustgarten St John's
1930 Trinity Joseph Mallalieu Trinity
1930 Michaelmas John Boyd-Carpenter Balliol
1931 Hilary John Foot Balliol
1931 Trinity Geoffrey Wilson Oriel
1931 Michaelmas Toby O'Brien Exeter
1932 Hilary Arthur Irvine Oriel
1932 Trinity Brian Davidson New College
1932 Michaelmas J.C. Smuts University
1933 Hilary Frank Hardie Christ Church
1933 Trinity Anthony Greenwood Balliol
1933 Michaelmas Michael Foot Wadham
1934 Hilary Dosoo Karaka Lincoln
1934 Trinity Keith Steel-Maitland Balliol
1934 Michaelmas W. G. Murray Balliol
1935 Hilary David Lewis Lincoln
1935 Trinity James Hickerton St. Catherine's
1935 Michaelmas Brian Farrell Balliol
1936 Hilary Ian Harvey Christ Church
1936 Trinity Bill Shebbeare (***) Christ Church
1936 Michaelmas James Brown Balliol
1937 Hilary Christopher Mayhew Christ Church
1937 Trinity Patrick Anderson Worcester
1937 Michaelmas Alan Fyfe (***) Balliol
1938 Hilary Sir Raymond Walton Balliol
1938 Trinity Philip Toynbee Christ Church
1938 Michaelmas Alan Wood Balliol
1939 Hilary Edward Heath Balliol
1939 Trinity Hugh Fraser Balliol
1939 Michaelmas A.F. Giles (*) Balliol
Sir Nicholas Henderson Hertford
1940 Hilary Madron Seligman Balliol
1940 Trinity Robin Edmonds Brasenose
1940 Michaelmas James Comyn New College
1941 Hilary Indar J. Bahadur Singh St. Catherine's
1941 Trinity Kenneth Riddle St. Catherine's
1941 Michaelmas Michael Kinchin-Smith Christ Church
1942 Hilary Gershon Hirsch (now Avner) Brasenose
1942 Trinity F. P. R. Hinchcliffe New College
1942 Michaelmas Cameron Tudor Keble
1943 Hilary Herbert Clarke Jesus
1943 Trinity Courtney Blackmore Keble
1943 Michaelmas Sir Godfrey le Quesne Exeter
1944 Hilary Kenneth Lamb Trinity
1944 Trinity Fernando Henriques Brasenose
1944 Michaelmas Tony Pickford Oriel
1945 Hilary Alan Gibson (*) The Queen's College
Rudi Weisweiller New College
1945 Trinity Anthony Walton Hertford
1945 Michaelmas John Long The Queen's College
1946 Hilary Basil Wigoder (later Lord Wigoder) Oriel
1946 Trinity Anthony Crosland Trinity
1946 Michaelmas Group Captain Ronald Brown Brasenose
1947 Hilary Roger Gray (later QC) The Queen's College
1947 Trinity Anthony Wedgwood Benn New College
1947 Michaelmas Peter Kroyer Christ Church
1948 Hilary Clive Wigram Oriel
1948 Trinity Edward Boyle Christ Church
1948 Michaelmas Seymour Hills St. Catherine's
1949 Hilary Peter Kirk Trinity
1949 Trinity Rodney Donald Christ Church
1949 Michaelmas Sir Richard Faber Christ Church
1950 Hilary Uwe Kitzinger New College
1950 Trinity Robin Day St Edmund Hall
1950 Michaelmas Godfrey Smith Worcester
1951 Hilary Jeremy Thorpe Trinity
1951 Trinity William Rees-Mogg Balliol
1951 Michaelmas Ivan Yates Pembroke
1952 Hilary Peter Blaker New College
1952 Trinity Howard Shuman New College
1952 Michaelmas Patrick Mayhew Balliol
1953 Hilary Bryan Magee Keble
1953 Trinity John Peters Balliol
1953 Michaelmas Andrew Cuninghame Worcester
1954 Hilary Tyrell Burgess Keble
1954 Trinity Raghavan Iyer Magdalen
1954 Michaelmas Michael Heseltine Pembroke
1955 Hilary Jeremy Isaacs Merton
1955 Trinity Anthony Howard Christ Church
1955 Michaelmas Desmond Watkins Keble
1956 Hilary Alec Grant Merton
1956 Trinity Roy Dixon Exeter
1956 Michaelmas Edmund Ions Merton
1957 Hilary Jeremy Lever University
1957 Trinity Peter Brooke Balliol
1957 Michaelmas Brian Walden The Queen's College
1958 Hilary Lalith Athulathmudali Jesus
1958 Trinity Stuart Griffiths Magdalen
1958 Michaelmas Ron Owen Christ Church
1959 Hilary Lakshman Kadirgamar Balliol
1959 Trinity Anthony Newton Trinity
1959 Michaelmas Joe Trattner St. Catherine's
1960 Hilary Ian Lyon Oriel
1960 Trinity Peter Jay Christ Church
1960 Michaelmas Robert Rowland Keble
1961 Hilary Phillip Whitehead Exeter
1961 Trinity Paul Foot University
1961 Michaelmas Howard Preece Merton
1962 Hilary Hugh Stephenson New College
1962 Trinity John McDonnell Balliol
1962 Michaelmas Michael Beloff Magdalen
1963 Hilary Girish Karnad Magdalen
1963 Trinity Jeffrey Jowell Hertford
1963 Michaelmas Anthony Hart New College
1964 Hilary Garth Pratt Christ Church
1964 Trinity Lord James Douglas-Hamilton Balliol
1964 Michaelmas Eric Abrahams St. Peter's
1965 Hilary Neil MacCormick Balliol
1965 Trinity Tariq Ali Exeter
1965 Michaelmas Douglas Hogg Christ Church
1966 Hilary Joshua Bamfield Pembroke
1966 Trinity Jeremy Beloff St. Catherine's
1966 Michaelmas Montek Singh Ahluwalia Magdalen
1967 Hilary Ronald Cohen Exeter
1967 Trinity Stephen Marks New College
1967 Michaelmas Robert Jackson St. Edmund Hall
1968 Hilary Geraldine Jones St. Hugh's
1968 Trinity William Waldegrave Corpus Christi
1968 Michaelmas Ian Glick Balliol
1969 Hilary David Walter Trinity
1969 Trinity Colin Youlden Merton
1969 Michaelmas Gyles Brandreth New College
1970 Hilary Guy Harkin Hertford
1970 Trinity Stephen Milligan Magdalen
1970 Michaelmas Eric Parsloe Ruskin & Corpus Christi
1971 Hilary Michael House Exeter
1971 Trinity Susan Richards (now Kramer) St. Hilda's
1971 Michaelmas Christopher Tookey Exeter
1972 Hilary Julian Priestley (**) Balliol
Pradeep Mitra Balliol
1972 Trinity Patric Dickinson Exeter
1972 Michaelmas Philip McDonagh Balliol
1973 Hilary Michael Austerberry Trinity
1973 Trinity Colin Maltby Christ Church
1973 Michaelmas David Warren Exeter
1974 Hilary Simon Walker Balliol
1974 Trinity Michael Soole University
1974 Michaelmas Robert McDonagh Balliol
1975 Hilary Robert Scoble Nuffield
1975 Trinity Victor van Amerongen Magdalen
1975 Michaelmas David Soskin Magdalen
1976 Hilary Andrew Bell University
1976 Trinity Colin Moynihan University
1976 Michaelmas Richard Norton (later Lord Grantley) New College
1977 Hilary Benazir Bhutto St Catherine's
1977 Trinity Victoria Schofield Lady Margaret Hall
1977 Michaelmas Damien Green Balliol
1978 Hilary Nicholas O'Shaughnessy Keble
1978 Trinity John Harrison Merton
1978 Michaelmas Daniel Moylan The Queen's College
1979 Hilary Alan Duncan St John's
1979 Trinity Philip May Lincoln
1979 Michaelmas Michael Crick New College
1980 Hilary Warwick Lightfoot Exeter
1980 Trinity Nicholas Prettejohn Balliol
1980 Michaelmas Rupert Soames Worcester
1981 Hilary Andrew Sutcliffe Worcester
1981 Trinity Alexandra Jones New College
1981 Michaelmas William Hague Magdalen
1982 Hilary Kevin Brennan Pembroke College
1982 Trinity Paul Thompson Corpus Christi
1982 Michaelmas Christopher Wortley New College
1983 Hilary Hilali Nordeen Balliol College
1983 Trinity Andrew Sullivan Magdalen
1983 Michaelmas Neal Stevenson Christ Church
1984 Hilary Malcolm Bull Balliol College
1984 Trinity Melvyn Stride St Edmund Hall
1984 Michaelmas Laurence Grafstein Balliol College
1985 Hilary Roland Rudd Regent's Park College
1985 Trinity Neil Sherlock Christ Church
1985 Michaelmas Anthony Goodman New College College
1986 Hilary Jeya Wilson St Antony's College
1986 Trinity Boris Johnson Balliol College
1986 Michaelmas Angus McCullough Pembroke College
1987 Hilary Simon Stevens Balliol College
1987 Trinity Jessica Pulay Christ Church
1987 Michaelmas Anthony Frieze Balliol College
1988 Hilary Michael Gove Lady Margaret Hall
1988 Trinity Duncan Gray University College
1988 Michaelmas Andrew McCulloch Jesus College
1989 Hilary Adam Bruce Balliol College
1989 Trinity Stefan Green Queen's College
1989 Michaelmas Diana Gerald Balliol College
1990 Hilary Ed Lazarus St Anne's College
1990 Trinity Jeremy Quin Hertford College
1990 Michaelmas Melanie Johnson St Anne's College
1991 Hilary Ollie Campbell St Hugh's College
1991 Trinity Damian Hinds Trinity College
1991 Michaelmas Nicholas Edgar University College
1992 Hilary Graeme Halkerston Lady Margaret Hall
1992 Trinity Adrian Gannon Lincoln College
1992 Michaelmas Christopher Hall Hertford College
1993 Hilary James Robertson Jesus College
1993 Trinity Katherine Wade Wadham College
1993 Michaelmas Toby Lewis Wadham College
1994 Hilary Kate Wilson Hertford College
1994 Trinity Peter Gowers Keble College
1994 Michaelmas Jeremy Green Christ Church
1995 Hilary Robert Palmer St John's College
1995 Trinity David Pinto-Duschinsky Pembroke College
1995 Michaelmas Matt Guy Magdalen College
1996 Hilary Jonathan Wolf Corpus Christi College
1996 Trinity Paul Kenward Lady Margaret Hall
1996 Michaelmas Jenny Carter-Manning Pembroke College
1997 Hilary Rob Harrington Somerville College
1997 Trinity Oli Evans Christ Church
1997 Michaelmas Sam Gyimah Somerville College
1998 Hilary Clare Dixon St Anne's College
1998 Trinity Ellie Blagbrough St Hilda's College
1998 Michaelmas Helen Eastman Corpus Christi College
1999 Hilary Theo Mills Trinity College
1999 Trinity Nicky Black Lady Margaret Hall
1999 Michaelmas Ben Seifert St Peter's College
2000 Hilary Lucy Aitkens St Hilda's College
2000 Trinity Jeff Bell Lady Margaret Hall
2000 Michaelmas Richard Silcock St Peter's College
2001 Hilary Nick Mason Pembroke College
2001 Trinity Amy Harland Trinity College
2001 Michaelmas Neil Mahapatra Pembroke College
2002 Hilary Charlotte Keenan Trinity College
2002 Trinity Karen Price Magdalen College
2002 Michaelmas David Watson Brasenose College
2003 Hilary Fraser Campbell Pembroke College
2003 Trinity Ambrose Faulks Lady Margaret Hall
2003 Michaelmas Marcus Walker Oriel College
2004 Hilary Edward Tomlinson St John's College
2004 Trinity Georgina Costa Christ Church
2004 Michaelmas Ruzwana Bashir New College
2005 Hilary Laura Poots St John's College
2005 Trinity Richard Tydeman Christ Church
2005 Michaelmas Chris Farmer St Hugh's College
2006 Hilary Sapana Agrawal St Edmund Hall
2006 Trinity David Powell Balliol College
2006 Michaelmas James Wise Christ Church
2007 Hilary Theo Roos Lady Margaret Hall
2007 Trinity Alex Just Wadham College
2007 Michaelmas Luke Tryl Magdalen College
2008 Hilary Emily Partington Jesus College
2008 Trinity Ben Tansey Lincoln College
2008 Michaelmas Josh Roche Christ Church
2009 Hilary Charlie Holt Lady Margaret Hall
2009 Trinity Corey Dixon Oriel College
2009 Michaelmas James Dray Mansfield College
2010 Hilary Stuart Cullen Christ Church
2010 Trinity Laura Winwood Hertford College
2010 Michaelmas James Kingston Christ Church
2011 Hilary James Langman University College
2011 Trinity Ashvir Sangha The Queen's
2011 Michaelmas Izzy Westbury Hertford College
* elected but did not hold office because of war service
** resigned
*** killed in First or Second World War

The 3rd Marquess of Salisbury was Union Secretary in Michaelmas 1848. Harold Macmillan was Librarian of the Union.

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