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List of chancellors of the Queen's University Belfast

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A list of chancellors of Queen's University Belfast and its predecessor Queen's College, Belfast.

List

Portrait Chancellor
(Birth–Death) 		Term Country Line Ref(s).
President of Queen's College, Belfast
The Reverend
Pooley Shuldman Henry
(1801–1881) 		1845 – 1879 United Kingdom
  • Clergyman
  • Academic
The Reverend
Josias Leslie Porter
(1823–1889) 		1879 – 1889 United Kingdom
The Reverend
Thomas Hamilton
(1842–1926) 		1889 – 1908 United Kingdom
  • Clergyman
  • Academic
Chancellor of Queen's University, Belfast
The Rt Hon.
The 9th Earl of Shaftesbury
(1869–1961) 		1908 – 1923 United Kingdom (England)
  • Military Officer
  • Aristocrat
The Most Hon.
The 7th Marquess of Londonderry
(1878–1949) 		1923 – 1949 United Kingdom
  • Aristocrat
  • Politician
Field Marshal
The 1st Viscount Alanbrooke
(1883–1963) 		1949 – 1963 United Kingdom – France
  • Military Officer

Sir Tyrone Guthrie
(1900–1971) 		1963 – 1970 United Kingdom
  • Theatrical Director
The Rt Hon.
The Baron Ashby
(1904–1992) 		1970 – 1983 United Kingdom (England)
  • Botanist

Sir Rowland Wright
(1915–1991) 		1984 – 1991 United Kingdom (England)

Sir David Orr
(1922–2008) 		1992 – 1998 United Kingdom – Republic of Ireland
  • Businessman
  • Philanthropist
The Honorable
George J. Mitchell
(b. 1933) 		1999 – 2009 United States
  • Politician
  • Diplomat
Kamalesh Sharma
(b. 1941) 		2009 – 2015 British Raj – India
  • Diplomat
Thomas J. Moran
(1952–2018) 		2015 – 2018 United States
  • Businessman
  • Academic Administrator
The Honorable
Hillary Clinton
(b. 1947) 		2020 – Incumbent United States
  • Politician
  • Diplomat
  • Lawyer
  • Writer

See also

References

  1. ^ Walker, Brian; McCreavey, Alf (1994). Degrees of Excellence: The Story of Queen's, Belfast, 1845–1995. Belfast: Queen's University Belfast. p. 213. ISBN 0-85389-535-X.
  2. ^ Clarkson, L. A. (2004). A University in Troubled Times: Queen's Belfast, 1945-2000. Dublin: Four Courts Press. p. 195. ISBN 1-85182-862-1.
  3. Queen's University Belfast. "New Chancellor for Queen's". Archived from the original on 12 July 2009. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
  4. "Dr Tom Moran". Queen's University Belfast. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  5. Meredith, Robbie (2 January 2020). "Hillary Clinton appointed chancellor of Queen's University, Belfast". BBC News. London: BBC. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
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