Chancellors of post-1992 universities in England and Wales
Aberystwyth University
Sir Emyr Jones Parry GCMG PhD FInstP. A British diplomat, former British Permanent
Representative to the United Nations and former UK Permanent Representative to NATO.
Aston University
Sir John Sunderland. Currently Chairman of Merlin Entertainments Group and former
Chairman of Cadbury.
Bangor University
The Rt. Hon. Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas, AM. Currently AM for Meirionnydd Nant Conwy and
former Bangor University student and lecturer.
University of Bath
His Royal Highness The Earl of Wessex
University of Birmingham
Sir Dominic Cadbury (retired as Chancellor 31 December 2013). British businessman and
member of the Cadbury chocolate manufacturing dynasty.
University of Bradford
Mr Imran Khan. International cricketer and supporter of health and immunisation
programmes in Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Thailand.
University of Bristol
The Rt Hon the Baroness Brenda Hale of Richmond. A British legal academic, barrister, judge,
and Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
Brunel University
Sir Richard Sykes, DSc, FRS, FMedSci, FKC. A businessman with major posts in science and
education. Currently Chairman of The Royal Institution of Great Britain and Chairman of
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.
University of Cambridge
David John Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville. A British businessman and politician.
Cardiff University
Professor Sir Martin Evans, FRS. A British medical scientist.
Cranfield University
Baroness Barbara Young of Old Scone. Currently Chief Executive of health charity Diabetes
UK.
City University, London
The Lord Mayor of London
Durham University
Sir Thomas Boaz Allen, CBE. An English operatic baritone.
University of East Anglia
Rose Tremain, CBE. A multi-prizewinning author, whose novels include Restoration, Music and
Silence and The Road Home.
University of Essex
Baron Andrew Phillips of Sudbury, OBE, BA (retired July 2013). British solicitor and
politician.
University of Exeter
Baroness Floella Benjamin, OBE. A broadcaster, actress, writer, producer and an active
worker for the welfare, care and education of children throughout the world.
University of Hull
The Right Honourable Baroness Virginia Bottomley of. Nettlestone PC, DL. A
Conservative MP for South-West Surrey and a former Secretary of State for Health.
Imperial College London
Baroness Eliza Manningham-Buller. Former Director General of MI5.
Keele University
The Honourable Sir Jonathon Porritt, CBE. A writer, broadcaster, expert on sustainability
and former director of Friends of the Earth.
University of Kent
Gavin Esler, BA (Kent), MA (Leeds), DCL (Kent), FRSA. Award-winning BBC journalist,
broadcaster and author.
King's College London
Her Royal Highness, The Princess Royal
Lancaster University
Sir Christian Bonington, CVO, CBE, DL. A mountaineer who led the expeditions that made
the first ascents of the South Face of Annapurna and the South West Face of Everest.
University of Leeds
The Rt Hon Lord Melvyn Bragg. Writer and broadcaster
University of Leicester
Rt. Hon. Lord Grocott, PC - LLD (Doctor of Laws). A former student of the University of
Leicester who has devoted his life to public service and has been involved in many of the major
political developments of the University's recent history.
University of Liverpool
Professor Sir David King, FRS. Chemist.
University of London
Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal
London School of Economics and Political Science
Her Royal Highness, The Princess Royal
Loughborough University
Sir Nigel Rudd, FCA, DL. Currently non-executive Director of BAE Systems and Sappi, and
Chairman of Pendragon and BAA, one of the UK’s leading airport operators. Knighted in 1996 for
services to the manufacturing industry.
University of Manchester
Tom Bloxham, MBE. Property developer and Chairman and co-founder of Urban Splash
Newcastle University
Professor Sir Liam Donaldson. Former Chief Medical Officer and Chief Medical Adviser of the
UK
University of Nottingham
Sir Andrew Witty, CEO of GlaxoSmithKline
University of Oxford
The Rt Hon The Lord Chris Patten of Barnes, CH
Queen Mary, University of London
Her Royal Highness, The Princess Royal
University of Reading
Sir John Madejski, OBE, DL. An English businessman with commercial interests spanning
property, broadcast media, hotels, restaurants, publishing and football.
University of Salford
Dr Irene Khan. An internationally known expert and activist on human rights and gender
issues.
University of Sheffield
Sir Peter Middleton
University of Southampton
Dame Helen Alexander ,DBE. Chairman of UBM plc, the Port of London Authority and Incisive
Media. She is also deputy chairman of Esure Group Holdings, a non-executive director of RollsRoyce Group plc, and senior adviser to Bain Capital
University of Surrey
His Royal Highness The Duke of Kent
University of Sussex
Sanjeev Bhaskar, OBE. A writer and actor and was one of the team in the ground-breaking TV
comedy, 'Goodness Gracious Me', and who wrote and starred in the multi award-winning 'The
Kumars at No. 42'.
Swansea University
The Right Honourable Rhodri Morgan, AM. A Welsh Labour politician who was the First
Minister of Wales and is, to date, the longest-serving First Minister of Wales.
University College London
Her Royal Highness, The Princess Royal
University of Wales
His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales
University of Wales, Trinity Saint David
Dr R. Brinley Jones, CBE. A notable academic with his scholarship and publications reflecting
his interest in the history of education and in the influence of the Renaissance and Protestant
Reformation on Welsh culture.
University of Warwick
Sir Richard Lambert. Former Director-General of the CBI
University of York
Greg Dyke. Current Chairman of the Football Association and former Director-General of the
BBC