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EspañolRECTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN
The 'Lord Rector of the University of Aberdeen' is the students' representative and chairman in the University Court of the University of Aberdeen. The position is rarely known by its full title and most often referred to simply as "Rector". The Rector is elected by students of the University and serves a three year term. Although the position has existed since 1495, it was only officially made the students' representative in 1860.[1]
The position exists in common throughout the ancient universities of Scotland with Rectorships in existence at the Universities of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee and St Andrews. The position is given legal standing by virtue of the Universities (Scotland) Act 1889 and is the third office of precedence in the university (following the Chancellor and Vice Chancellor/Principal). Rectors also appoint a Rector's Assessor, who may carry out their functions when they are absent from the University.
The 1996 election was unusual in that one of the two candidates (not the winner) had recently completed studies at the University, highlighting the fact that there is no rule preventing a member of the student from standing for the post.[2]
Since 2005 the position has been held by Robin Harper MSP, Co-convenor of the Scottish Green Party.
''This list is incomplete''
★ 1809-? : William Grant
★ 1827-1837 : John Arbuthnott, 8th Viscount of Arbuthnott
★ 1841-? : Lord Francis Egerton[3]
★ 1857-? : John Inglis
★ 1845-? : Sir Archibald Alison
★ 1855-? : Austen Henry Layard
★ 1863-1866 : John Russell, 1st Earl Russell[4]
★ 1866-1872 : Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff
★ 1872-1875 : Thomas Henry Huxley
★ 1875-1878 : William Edward Forster
★ 1878-1881 : Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery
★ 1881-? : Alexander Bain[5][6]
★ 188?-? : George Goschen[7]
★ 1890-1899 : Charles Gordon, 11th Marquess of Huntly[8]
★ 1899-? : Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal[9]
★ 1902-1905 : Charles Ritchie[10][11]
★ 1905-1908 : Sir Frederick Treves[11]
★ 1908-? : H. H. Asquith[13]
★ 19??-? : George Adam Smith
★ 1914-1918 : Winston Churchill[14]
★ 1918-1921 : Weetman Pearson, 1st Viscount Cowdray[15]
★ 1921-1924 : Robert Horne[16]
★ 1924-1927 : Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood[17]
★ 1927-1930 : F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead
★ 1930-1933 : Arthur Keith[18]
★ 1933-1936 : Walter Elliot[19]
★ 1936-1942: Sir Edward Evans[20]
★ 1942-1945 : Sir Stafford Cripps[21]
★ 1945-1948 : Eric Linklater[22]
★ 1948-1951 : John Buchan, 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir[23]
★ 1951-1954 : Jimmy Edwards[24]
★ 1954-1957 : Rhoderick McGrigor[25]
★ 1957-1960 : John M. Bannerman[26]
★ 1960-1963 : Peter Scott[27]
★ 1963-1966 : Sir John Hunt[28]
★ 1966-1969 : Frank George Thomson [29]
★ 1969-1972 : Jo Grimond[30]
★ 1972-? : Michael Barratt[31]
★ 19??-1984 : Robert J. Perryment[32]
★ 1985-1988 : Hamish Watt
★ 1988-? : Willis Pickard
★ 1990-1993 : Colin Bell
★ 1993-1996 : Ian Hamilton[33]
★ 1996-1998 : Allan Macartney (Died whilst in office)
★ 1998-2004 : Clarissa Dickson Wright[34][35]
★ 2005-present : Robin Harper[36]
1. Press Release
2. ''Gaudie'' (Aberdeen University student newspaper), May 1996
3. ''The Times'', Friday, Nov 10, 1843; pg. 3; Issue 18451; col D
4. ''The Times'', Friday, Dec 25, 1863; pg. 7; Issue 24751; col B
5. ''The Times'', Wednesday, Dec 31, 1884; pg. 3; Issue 31331; col C
6. Graham Richards, 'Bain, Alexander (1818–1903)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 http://0-www.oxforddnb.com.catalogue.ulrls.lon.ac.uk:80/view/article/30533, accessed 9 Sept 2007
7. ''The Times'', Monday, Oct 22, 1888; pg. 8; Issue 32523; col B
8. Obituary: The Marquess Of Huntly "Cock Of The North" ''The Times'', Monday, Feb 22, 1937; pg. 19; Issue 47615; col C
9. ''The Times'', Monday, Nov 06, 1899; pg. 12; Issue 35979; col C
10. ''The Times'', Tuesday, Oct 06, 1903; pg. 7; Issue 37204; col F
11. ''The Times'', Monday, Nov 13, 1905; pg. 9; Issue 37863; col A
12. ''The Times'', Monday, Nov 13, 1905; pg. 9; Issue 37863; col A
13. ''The Times'', Monday, Nov 02, 1908; pg. 11; Issue 38793; col A
14. ''The Times'', Saturday, Nov 10, 1917; pg. 3; Issue 41632; col F
15. ''The Times'', Monday, Nov 11, 1918; pg. 4; Issue 41944; col G
16. Obituary: Lord Horne ''The Times'', Wednesday, Sep 04, 1940; pg. 9; Issue 48712; col B
17. ''The Times'', Monday, Nov 10, 1924; pg. 12; Issue 43805; col G
18. ''The Times'', Monday, Nov 10, 1930; pg. 12; Issue 45666; col F
19. ''The Times'', Saturday, Nov 11, 1933; pg. 12; Issue 46599; col C
20. ''The Times'', Monday, Nov 16, 1936; pg. 10; Issue 47533; col C
21. ''The Times'', Monday, Nov 16, 1942; pg. 2; Issue 49394; col C
22. ''The Times'', Monday, Nov 12, 1945; pg. 7; Issue 50297; col C
23. ''The Times'', Monday, Nov 15, 1948; pg. 7; Issue 51229; col B
24. ''The Times'', Monday, Nov 12, 1951; pg. 2; Issue 52156; col F
25. ''The Times'', Tuesday, Dec 21, 1954; pg. 3; Issue 53120; col F
26. ''The Times'', Saturday, Jan 25, 1958; pg. 8; Issue 54058; col D
27. ''The Times'', Monday, Nov 14, 1960; pg. 6; Issue 54928; col A
28. ''The Times'', Saturday, Nov 30, 1963; pg. 10; Issue 55872; col E
29. ''The Times'', Saturday, Nov 19, 1966; pg. 8; Issue 56793; col D
30. ''The Times'', Saturday, Nov 29, 1969; pg. 1; Issue 57730; col E
31. ''The Times'', Friday, Nov 24, 1972; pg. 4; Issue 58640; col D
32. ''The Times'', Friday, Jan 18, 1985; pg. 12; Issue 62039; col F
33. ''The Herald'', November 5, 1993; pg. 6
34. "Fat Lady beats rivals to take job of Rector" ''The Scotsman'', November 27, 1998; pg. 2
35. "Clarissa Dickson Wright" ''Aberdeen Press and Journal'', November 15, 2001; pg. 4
36. "New university rector vows to work hard for students" ''Aberdeen Press and Journal'', May 14, 2005; pg. 8
The position exists in common throughout the ancient universities of Scotland with Rectorships in existence at the Universities of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee and St Andrews. The position is given legal standing by virtue of the Universities (Scotland) Act 1889 and is the third office of precedence in the university (following the Chancellor and Vice Chancellor/Principal). Rectors also appoint a Rector's Assessor, who may carry out their functions when they are absent from the University.
The 1996 election was unusual in that one of the two candidates (not the winner) had recently completed studies at the University, highlighting the fact that there is no rule preventing a member of the student from standing for the post.[2]
Since 2005 the position has been held by Robin Harper MSP, Co-convenor of the Scottish Green Party.
| Contents |
| List of Rectors |
| Rector of King's College, Abereen |
| Rector of Marischal College, Aberdeen |
| Rector of the University of Aberdeen |
| References |
List of Rectors
''This list is incomplete''
★ 1809-? : William Grant
★ 1827-1837 : John Arbuthnott, 8th Viscount of Arbuthnott
★ 1841-? : Lord Francis Egerton[3]
Rector of King's College, Abereen
★ 1857-? : John Inglis
Rector of Marischal College, Aberdeen
★ 1845-? : Sir Archibald Alison
★ 1855-? : Austen Henry Layard
Rector of the University of Aberdeen
★ 1863-1866 : John Russell, 1st Earl Russell[4]
★ 1866-1872 : Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff
★ 1872-1875 : Thomas Henry Huxley
★ 1875-1878 : William Edward Forster
★ 1878-1881 : Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery
★ 1881-? : Alexander Bain[5][6]
★ 188?-? : George Goschen[7]
★ 1890-1899 : Charles Gordon, 11th Marquess of Huntly[8]
★ 1899-? : Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal[9]
★ 1902-1905 : Charles Ritchie[10][11]
★ 1905-1908 : Sir Frederick Treves[11]
★ 1908-? : H. H. Asquith[13]
★ 19??-? : George Adam Smith
★ 1914-1918 : Winston Churchill[14]
★ 1918-1921 : Weetman Pearson, 1st Viscount Cowdray[15]
★ 1921-1924 : Robert Horne[16]
★ 1924-1927 : Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood[17]
★ 1927-1930 : F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead
★ 1930-1933 : Arthur Keith[18]
★ 1933-1936 : Walter Elliot[19]
★ 1936-1942: Sir Edward Evans[20]
★ 1942-1945 : Sir Stafford Cripps[21]
★ 1945-1948 : Eric Linklater[22]
★ 1948-1951 : John Buchan, 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir[23]
★ 1951-1954 : Jimmy Edwards[24]
★ 1954-1957 : Rhoderick McGrigor[25]
★ 1957-1960 : John M. Bannerman[26]
★ 1960-1963 : Peter Scott[27]
★ 1963-1966 : Sir John Hunt[28]
★ 1966-1969 : Frank George Thomson [29]
★ 1969-1972 : Jo Grimond[30]
★ 1972-? : Michael Barratt[31]
★ 19??-1984 : Robert J. Perryment[32]
★ 1985-1988 : Hamish Watt
★ 1988-? : Willis Pickard
★ 1990-1993 : Colin Bell
★ 1993-1996 : Ian Hamilton[33]
★ 1996-1998 : Allan Macartney (Died whilst in office)
★ 1998-2004 : Clarissa Dickson Wright[34][35]
★ 2005-present : Robin Harper[36]
References
1. Press Release
2. ''Gaudie'' (Aberdeen University student newspaper), May 1996
3. ''The Times'', Friday, Nov 10, 1843; pg. 3; Issue 18451; col D
4. ''The Times'', Friday, Dec 25, 1863; pg. 7; Issue 24751; col B
5. ''The Times'', Wednesday, Dec 31, 1884; pg. 3; Issue 31331; col C
6. Graham Richards, 'Bain, Alexander (1818–1903)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 http://0-www.oxforddnb.com.catalogue.ulrls.lon.ac.uk:80/view/article/30533, accessed 9 Sept 2007
7. ''The Times'', Monday, Oct 22, 1888; pg. 8; Issue 32523; col B
8. Obituary: The Marquess Of Huntly "Cock Of The North" ''The Times'', Monday, Feb 22, 1937; pg. 19; Issue 47615; col C
9. ''The Times'', Monday, Nov 06, 1899; pg. 12; Issue 35979; col C
10. ''The Times'', Tuesday, Oct 06, 1903; pg. 7; Issue 37204; col F
11. ''The Times'', Monday, Nov 13, 1905; pg. 9; Issue 37863; col A
12. ''The Times'', Monday, Nov 13, 1905; pg. 9; Issue 37863; col A
13. ''The Times'', Monday, Nov 02, 1908; pg. 11; Issue 38793; col A
14. ''The Times'', Saturday, Nov 10, 1917; pg. 3; Issue 41632; col F
15. ''The Times'', Monday, Nov 11, 1918; pg. 4; Issue 41944; col G
16. Obituary: Lord Horne ''The Times'', Wednesday, Sep 04, 1940; pg. 9; Issue 48712; col B
17. ''The Times'', Monday, Nov 10, 1924; pg. 12; Issue 43805; col G
18. ''The Times'', Monday, Nov 10, 1930; pg. 12; Issue 45666; col F
19. ''The Times'', Saturday, Nov 11, 1933; pg. 12; Issue 46599; col C
20. ''The Times'', Monday, Nov 16, 1936; pg. 10; Issue 47533; col C
21. ''The Times'', Monday, Nov 16, 1942; pg. 2; Issue 49394; col C
22. ''The Times'', Monday, Nov 12, 1945; pg. 7; Issue 50297; col C
23. ''The Times'', Monday, Nov 15, 1948; pg. 7; Issue 51229; col B
24. ''The Times'', Monday, Nov 12, 1951; pg. 2; Issue 52156; col F
25. ''The Times'', Tuesday, Dec 21, 1954; pg. 3; Issue 53120; col F
26. ''The Times'', Saturday, Jan 25, 1958; pg. 8; Issue 54058; col D
27. ''The Times'', Monday, Nov 14, 1960; pg. 6; Issue 54928; col A
28. ''The Times'', Saturday, Nov 30, 1963; pg. 10; Issue 55872; col E
29. ''The Times'', Saturday, Nov 19, 1966; pg. 8; Issue 56793; col D
30. ''The Times'', Saturday, Nov 29, 1969; pg. 1; Issue 57730; col E
31. ''The Times'', Friday, Nov 24, 1972; pg. 4; Issue 58640; col D
32. ''The Times'', Friday, Jan 18, 1985; pg. 12; Issue 62039; col F
33. ''The Herald'', November 5, 1993; pg. 6
34. "Fat Lady beats rivals to take job of Rector" ''The Scotsman'', November 27, 1998; pg. 2
35. "Clarissa Dickson Wright" ''Aberdeen Press and Journal'', November 15, 2001; pg. 4
36. "New university rector vows to work hard for students" ''Aberdeen Press and Journal'', May 14, 2005; pg. 8
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