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Founders' kin was a hereditary privilege at certain colleges of the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge whereby preference was given to applicants who were kin of, that is, related to or descended from, the founder or founders of that college. It also existed at Winchester College, the feeder school for New College.

Most founders' kin privileges were removed subsequent to the 1850 Royal Commission into the governance of the university.

References

1. Squibb, G. (1972). Founders' Kin: Privilege and Pedigree. Oxford, Clarendon Press. p. 150. ISBN 978-0-19-825305-1. Retrieved 27 June 2023. Six scholarships founded 6 May 1527 by Roger Lupton, Provost of Eton, with first preference to those of his name and kin.4 4 ... 305; A. F. Torry, Founders and Benefactors of St. John's College, Cambridge ( Cambridge, 1888 ), p...

Further reading

• G.D. Squibb, Founders' kin: privilege and pedigree (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1972)
• 'Founders' Kin' in Christopher Hibbert (editor), The Encyclopaedia of Oxford (London: Macmillan, 1998), pages 144-145
• Chris Koenig, 'Have college blood relations run dry?', The Oxford Times, 13 September 2007, archived from the original on 23 January 2019

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