Master of Magdalene College

The Master of Magdalene College is the Head of House for Magdalene College, Cambridge. The post has been held by Duncan Robinson since 2002.

Under the College Statutes, the Master is appointed by the Visitor of the College and usually serves until reaching the statutory fellowship retirement age of 67. Exceptionally, this period may be extended until the Master in question reaches 70. This has occurred in the case of the current Master.

With the position of Master comes College-based residency in the form of the Master's Lodge, which may be populated and decorated according to the wishes of the Master. Traditionally, every Sunday, the Master attends the service in the College Chapel before sitting at the head of the High Table in Hall for the evening meal.

List of Masters of Magdalene College

* 1544-1546 Robert Evans
* 1546-1559 Richard Carr
* 1559-1576 Roger Kelke
* 1576-1577 Richard Howland
* 1577-1582 Degory Nicholls
* 1582-1593 Thomas Nevile
* 1593-1595 Richard Clayton
* 1595-1604 John Palmer
* 1604-1626 Barnabe Goche
* 1626-1642 Henry Smyth
* 1642-1650 Edward Rainbow
* 1650-1660 John Sadler
* 1660-1664 Edward Rainbow
* 1664-1668 John Howorth
* 1668-1679 James Dupont
* 1679-1690 John Peachell
* 1690-1713 Gabriel Quadring
* 1713-1740 Daniel Waterland
* 1740-1746 Edward Abbott
* 1746-1760 Thomas Chapman
* 1760-1774 George Sandby
* 1774-1781 Barton Wallop
* 1781-1797 Peter Peckard
* 1797-1813 William Gretton
* 1813-1853 George Neville Grenville
* 1853-1904 Latimer Neville, later also Visitor
* 1904-1915 Stuart Alexander Donaldson
* 1915-1925 Arthur Christopher Benson
* 1925-1947 Allen Beville Ramsay
* 1947-1966 Henry Urmston Willink, Q.C.
* 1966-1978 Walter Hamilton
* 1978-1985 Sir Derman Christopherson
* 1985-1994 Sir David Charles Calcutt, Q.C.
* 1994-2002 Sir John Gurdon
* 2002-"present" Duncan Robinson, C.B.E.

References

* "A History of Magdalene College, Cambridge", Cunich, Hoyle, Duffy and Hyam (Magdalene College Publications, 1994)