Vinerian Scholarship

The Vinerian Scholarship is a scholarship given to the University of Oxford student that "gives the best performance in the examination for the Degree of Bachelor of Civil Law." Currently, £2,400 is given to the winner of the scholarship, with an additional £950 awarded to a proxime accessit (at the examiners' discretion).

Past Vinerian Scholars

Past winners of the Vinerian Scholarship include:

• Charles Abbott, 1st Baron Tenterden
• Edwin Cameron
• Graham Virgo^[1]
• Colin Tapper
• Sir Thomas Plumer, MR (1777)
• John Taylor Coleridge (1812)
• Nassau William Senior (1813)
• Frederic Rogers, Baron Blachford^[2] (1834), Oriel College, Oxford -- Oriel College, Oxford
• Thomas Henry Haddan (1838)^[3]
• Sir William Cameron Gull, 2nd Baronet of Brook Street (1883), Christ Church, Oxford -- Christ Church, Oxford
• F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead^[4][5](1896)^[6]
• Augustus_Uthwatt,_Baron_Uthwatt (1904)^[7]
• Henry Angus^[8] (1914)
• Cyril Pearce Harvey (1923)^[9]
• Lord Edmund-Davies^[10] (1928), King's College London -- Exeter College, Oxford
• Ronald Martland^[11] (1931), University of Alberta
• John Gabriel Starke^[12] (1934), University of Western Australia -- Exeter College, Oxford
• (William) Reginald Verdon-Smith (1936)^[13]
• Zelman Cowen^[14] (1947 joint), Melbourne Law School -- New College, Oxford
• Rex Welsh^[14] (1947 joint), University of the Witwatersrand -- Oriel College, Oxford
• Lord Saville^[15] (1960), Brasenose College, Oxford -- Brasenose College, Oxford
• Lord Hoffmann^[16] (1963), University of Cape Town -- The Queen's College, Oxford
• John Eekelaar^[17] (1965), King's College London -- University College, Oxford
• John Dyson Heydon (1967), University College, Oxford -- University College, Oxford
• Ross Alan Sundberg (1969) University of Melbourne - ^{[18] [19]}
• Mark Weinberg (judge) (1972), Monash University Faculty of Law
• Paul Craig (1974)
• Peter Cane^[20][21] (1976), Sydney Law School -- Magdalen College, Oxford
• Patrick Keane^[22] (1977), University of Queensland -- Magdalen College, Oxford
• Edwin Cameron (1978*)
• Michael Hoyle (1979) University of Melbourne - Magdalen College
• Mary Stokes^[23] (1980), Brasenose College, Oxford -- Brasenose College, Oxford
• Jonathan Paul Back University of Bristol^[24]
• Norman J O'Bryan^[25] (1983), Melbourne Law School -- Wadham College, Oxford
• Edward Braham (1984), Worcester College, Oxford -- Worcester College, Oxford
• John Gardner^[26] (1987), New College, Oxford -- New College, Oxford
• Paul Nicholls^[27] (1990), University of Sheffield -- Worcester College, Oxford
• Andrew Palmer^[28] (1992), Monash University
• Andrew Bell^[29] (1993), Sydney Law School -- Magdalen College, Oxford
• Jeremy Kirk^[30] (1996), Australian National University -- Magdalen College, Oxford
• Ann Buckingham^[31] (1997), Victoria University of Wellington
• Henry Forbes Smith^[32] (1998), University of Otago
• Angus Johnston^[33] (1999), Brasenose College, Oxford -- Brasenose College, Oxford
• Stephen Free^[34] (2000), Australian National University -- Magdalen College, Oxford
• Burton Ong^[35] (2001), National University of Singapore -- Merton College, Oxford
• David Murray,^[36] Christ Church, Oxford -- Christ Church, Oxford
• Ben Allgrove^[37] (2003), University of Adelaide --
• Andrew Scott^[38]
• Marc Brown^[39] (2005), Mansfield College, Oxford
• Paul Adams^[40] (2006), St Catherine's College, Oxford -- St Catherine's College, Oxford
• Imran Afzal^[41] (2007), Merton College, Oxford -- Merton College, Oxford
• Natasha Bennett^[42] (2008), Trinity College, Cambridge -- Merton College, Oxford
• Michael Bolding^[43] (2009), Melbourne Law School -- Lincoln College, Oxford
• Frederick Wilmot-Smith^[44] (2010), Christ's College, Cambridge -- Balliol College, Oxford
• Niranjan Venkatesan^[45] (2011), National Law School of India University -- Magdalen College, Oxford
• Naomi Oreb^[46] (2012), Sydney Law School -- Magdalen College, Oxford
• Ajay Ratan (2013), Downing College, Cambridge -- Trinity College, Oxford
• James Ruddell (2014), University of Auckland -- Merton College, Oxford

Universities with Vinerian Scholars

• University of Oxford (8)
• University of Sydney (4)
• University of Melbourne (5)
• University of Cambridge (3)
• Australian National University (2)
• Monash University (1)
• National Law School of India University (1)
• National University of Singapore (1)
• University of Adelaide (1)
• University of Otago (1)
• University of Queensland (1)
• University of Sheffield (1)
• University of the Witwatersrand (1)
• Victoria University of Wellington (1)
• University of Auckland (1)
• University of Bristol (1)

Oxford Colleges with Vinerian Scholars

• Magdalen College, Oxford (6)
• Merton College, Oxford (4)
• Brasenose College, Oxford (3)
• Christ Church, Oxford (2)
• Exeter College, Oxford (2)
• New College, Oxford (2)
• Oriel College, Oxford (2)
• Worcester College, Oxford (2)
• Balliol College, Oxford (1)
• Lincoln College, Oxford (1)
• The Queen's College, Oxford (1)
• University College, Oxford (1)
• Trinity College, Oxford (1)

References

External links

• Oxford University Gazette