List of people associated with Trinity College, Oxford
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A list of notable people affiliated with Trinity College, Oxford, Oxford University, England. It includes former students, current and former academics and fellows. When available, year of matriculation is provided in parentheses, as listed in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography or another available source.
Former students
Academics and Explorers
- Kenneth Clark OM CH KCB FBA
- Sir Richard Burton KCMG FRGS (sent down)
- Sir Arthur Norrington
- Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch
- John Aubrey FRS
- Vincent Cronin FRSL
- Nigel Anderson
- Miles Kington
- William Gifford Palgrave
- Mamoru Imura
- Herbert Edward Douglas Blakiston
Scientists, Engineers and Mathematicians
Artists and Broadcasters
- Sir Terence Rattigan CBE
- Sir John Denham
- Richard Foster
- Laurence Binyon
- George Butterworth MC
- Joyce Cary
- Justin Cartwright MBE
- Lionel Chetwynd
- David Green
- Basil Harwood
- Kit Lambert
- Walter Savage Landor
- William Lisle Bowles
- Thomas Lodge
- A. E. W. Mason
- Edward Powys Mathers
- John Middleton Murry
- Simon Tolkien
- David Walter
Business
- Sir Angus Ogilvy KCVO
- Sir William Stuttaford KBE
- Sir Peter Stothard
- Tunku Varadarajan
- Huw van Steenis
Clergy and Theology
- Blessed John Henry Newman DD OC
- Most Reverend John Gilbert
- Right Reverend James Newcome
- Right Reverend Archibald Robertson
- Right Reverend Aubrey Aitken
- Right Reverend Dr Rupert Hoare
- Very Reverend Robert MacCarthy
- Reverend Canon Sidney Alexander
- Reverend Canon Christopher Oswald Miles
- Reverend Canon George Rawlinson
- Reverend Henry Joy Fynes-Clinton
- Reverend Montague Summers
- John Rogers
- George Blackwell
Diplomats and Colonial Administrators
- Albrecht Graf von Bernstorff, German diplomat and resistance fighter
- Harold Caccia, Baron Caccia, GCMG, GCVO
- Vere Henry Hobart, Lord Hobart
- Sir George Bowen GCMG
- Sir Edward Gent KCMG DSO OBE MC
Lawyers
- Major Sir Edward Atkinson KCB CBE
- Rayner Goddard, Baron Goddard (former Lord Chief Justice)
- John McNeill, QC, Crown Advocate of the British Supreme Court for China and Chairman of the Hong Kong Bar Association
Military
- Major General Lord Michael Fitzalan-Howard GCVO CB CBE MC
- Captain Noel Godfrey Chavasse VC & Bar MC
- Flight Lieutenant Richard Hillary RAFVR
- Henry Ireton
- Lieutenant General Frank Klotz USAF
- Squadron Leader Dinghy Young DFC & Bar RAFVR
Politicians
- Henry Somerset, 6th Duke of Beaufort KG
- Arthur Chichester, 1st Marquess of Donegall
- Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington KG KB PC
- Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guildford KG PC
- William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham PC
- James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope PC
- James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce OM GCVO PC FRS FBA
- Henry Devereux, 14th Viscount Hereford PC
- Lancelot Joynson-Hicks, 3rd Viscount Brentford
- Lord Kingsdown KG PC
- Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore
- David Hennessy, 3rd Baron Windlesham CVO PC FBA
- John Somers, 1st Baron Somers PC FRS
- Sir Robert Abdy Bt FSA
- Sir John Abdy Bt
- Sir John Sinclair Bt
- Sir Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood Bt
- Norris McWhirter CBE
- Jacob Rees-Mogg MP
- Andrew Tyrie MP
- Siân Berry
- Richard Corbett
- Anthony Crosland
- Martin Stevens
- Jeremy Thorpe
- King Philippe of Belgium
Sports people
- Simon Danielli, rugby union player for Ulster and Scotland
- Constantine Louloudis, rower in the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Henry Melvin 'Dinghy' Young, RAF pilot and rower in the 1938 Boat Race
- Bonnie St. John, a medal winning Paralympic skier
Miscellaneous
Fictional Characters
Fictional former students include Jay Gatsby, the title character of F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel The Great Gatsby who attends Trinity briefly after World War I, and Tiger Tanaka, an ally of James Bond who receives a first in PPE before World War II.
Recent books in which Trinity features prominently are:
- Cartwright, Justin (2008). This Secret Garden. London: Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-0-7475-7961-8.
- Hopkins, Clare (2005). Trinity. 450 Years of an Oxford College Community. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-951896-8.
- von Siemens, Carl (2010). Kleine Herren. Ein Deutscher in Oxford. Frankfurt am Main: Scherz. ISBN 978-3-502-15159-3.
- Flintoff, Ian (2015). Gatsby at Trinity. Oxford: YouCaxton-Pitchfork Production. ISBN 978-190964-469-4.
Fellows
- John Michael Hammersley
- Cyril Hinshelwood
- Henry Stuart Jones
- Martin Kemp
- Ronald Knox
- Alexander Korsunsky
- Hans Adolf Krebs
- David Lambert Lack
- Michael Maclagan
- Rodney Robert Porter
- Edwin Southern
- Ronald Syme
- Gail Trimble
- Thomas Warton
Presidents
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- 16th century
- Thomas Slythurst (1556 to 1559; first president)
- Arthur Yeldard (1559 to 1599)
- Ralph Kettell (1599 to 1643)
- 17th century
- Ralph Kettell (1599 to 1643)
- Hannibal Potter (1643–1648; first term)
- Robert Harris (1648 to 1658)
- William Hawes (1658 to 1659)
- Seth Ward (1659 to 1660)
- Hannibal Potter (1660 to 1664; second term)
- Ralph Bathurst (1664 to 1704)
- 18th century
- Ralph Bathurst (1664 to 1704)
- Thomas Sykes (1704 to 1705)
- William Dobson (1705 to 1731)
- George Huddesford (1731 to 1776)
- Joseph Chapman (1776 to 1808)
- 19th century
- Joseph Chapman (1776 to 1808)
- Thomas Lee (1808 to 1824)
- James Ingram (1824 to 1850)
- John Wilson (1850 to ?)
- Samuel William Wayte (? to 1878)
- John Percival (1879 to 1887)
- Henry George Woods (1887 to 1897)
- Henry Francis Pelham (1897 to 1907)
- 20th century
- Henry Francis Pelham (1897 to 1907)
- Herbert Edward Douglas Blakiston (1907 to 1938)
- John Weaver (1938 to 1954)
- Arthur Lionel Pugh Norrington (1954 to 1970)
- Alexander George Ogston (1970 to 1978)
- Anthony Quinton (1978 to 1987)
- John Burgh (1987 to 1996)
- Michael Beloff (1996 to 2006)
- 21st century
- Michael Beloff (1996 to 2006)
- Ivor Roberts (2006 to present)