Rector of the University of St Andrews
The Lord Rector of the University of St Andrews is the president of the University Court of the University of St Andrews; the University Court is the supreme governing body of the University.
Rector of University of St Andrews | |
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Member of | University Court |
Appointer | Elected by all the matriculated students of the University |
Term length | 3 years |
Constituting instrument | Universities (Scotland) Act 1858 |
Formation | 1858 (in modern form) |
First holder | Sir Ralph Anstruther, 4th Bt. |
Website | st-andrews |
Overview
The Rector is elected every three years by the matriculated students of the University.[1][2] The current office of Rector, sometimes termed Lord Rector, was instituted by the Universities (Scotland) Act 1858, passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Universities (Scotland) Acts regulate the governance of the ancient universities of Scotland, and require the election of a Rector for the universities of Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and St Andrews.[3]
Since 1970 the Rector has appointed a student as Rector's Assessor, who is a full voting member of the University Court, and also serves as a member of the Students' Representative Council. As of April 2017 the Rector's Assessor was Dylan Bruce.[4][5]
To this day it is only the four ancient universities of Scotland: University of St Andrews, University of Glasgow, University of Aberdeen, and University of Edinburgh, as well as the University of Dundee, that elect a rector, whereas modern universities do not.[2]
List of Rectors
Name | Years Served | |
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1 | Sir Ralph Anstruther, 4th Bt. | 1859 - 1862 |
2 | William Stirling-Maxwell, MP | 1862 - 1865 |
3 | John Stuart Mill | 1865 - 1868 |
4 | J.A. Froude | 1868 - 1871 |
5 | Lord Neaves | 1872 - 1874 |
6 | The Very Rev. Dr. Arthur Penrhyn Stanley | 1874 - 1877 |
7 | The 1st Baron Selborne | 1877 - 1880 |
8 | Sir Theodore Martin | 1880 - 1883 |
9 | The 11th Lord Reay | 1884 - 1886 |
10 | A.J. Balfour | 1886 - 1889 |
11 | The 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava | 1889 - 1892 |
12 | The 3rd Marquess of Bute | 1892 - 1898 |
13 | James Stuart, MP | 1898 - 1901 |
14 | Andrew Carnegie | 1901 - 1907 |
15 | The 1st Baron Avebury | 1907 - 1910 |
16 | The 5th Earl of Rosebery | 1910 - 1913 |
17 | The 5th Earl of Rosebery | 1913 - 1916 |
18 | Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig | 1916 - 1919 |
19 | Sir James M. Barrie | 1919 - 1922 |
20 | Rudyard Kipling | 1922 - 1925 |
21 | Fridtjof Nansen | 1925 - 1928 |
22 | Sir Wilfred Grenfell | 1928 - 1931 |
23 | Field Marshal Jan Smuts | 1931 - 1934 |
24 | The Marchese Marconi | 1934 - 1937 |
25 | Lord MacGregor Mitchell | 1937 - 1938 |
26 | Sir David Munro[7] | 1938 - 1946 |
27 | Sir George Cunningham | 1946 - 1949 |
28 | Lord Burghley | 1949 - 1952 |
29 | The 28th Earl of Crawford | 1952 - 1955 |
30 | The 1st Viscount Kilmuir | 1955 - 1958 |
31 | The Baron Boothby | 1958 - 1961 |
32 | C. P. Snow | 1961 - 1964 |
33 | Sir John Rothenstein | 1964 - 1967 |
34 | Sir Learie Nicholas Constantine (The Baron Constantine from 1969) | 1967 - 1970 |
35 | John Cleese | 1970 - 1973 |
36 | Alan Coren | 1973 - 1976 |
37 | Frank Muir | 1976 - 1979 |
38 | Tim Brooke-Taylor | 1979 - 1982 |
39 | Katharine Whitehorn | 1982 - 1985 |
40 | Stanley Adams | 1985 - 1988 |
41 | Nicholas Parsons | 1988 - 1991 |
42 | Nicky Campbell | 1991 - 1993 |
43 | Donald Findlay | 1993 - 1999 |
44 | Andrew Neil | 1999 - 2002 |
45 | Sir Clement Freud | 2002 - 2005 |
46 | Simon Pepper | 2005 - 2008 |
47 | Kevin Dunion | 2008 - 2011 |
48 | Alistair Moffat | 2011 - 2014 |
49 | Catherine Stihler | 2014 - 2017 |
50 | Srđa Popović | 2017 - present |
See also
References
- "Rector | University of St Andrews". www.st-andrews.ac.uk. University of St Andrews. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
- "The Scottish University Rector – Introduction to the role of University Rector in Scotland" (PDF). abdn.ac.uk. Scottish Rectors' Group. 2007. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
- "Universities (Scotland) Act 1858", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1858 c. 83
- "Rector's Assessor". yourunion.net. University of St Andrews Students' Association. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
- "The Acts, Ordinances and Resolutions Affecting the University of St Andrews" (PDF). st-andrews.ac.uk. University of St Andrews. February 2017. p. 83. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 April 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
- "Previous rectors". yourunion.net. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
- "Rectorial Installation at St Andrews". The Glasgow Herald. 1 April 1939. p. 15. Retrieved 6 September 2017.