List of Presidents of the Oxford Union

Past elected Presidents of the Oxford Union at the University of Oxford are listed below, with their college and the year/term in which they served, if known. Iterum indicates that a person was serving a second term as President (which is not possible under the current Union rules).

Presidents of the United Debating Society

Year	Term	President	College
1823	?	Donald Maclean	Balliol
1823	?	A. W. Ashley	Christ Church
1823	?	J. C. Colquhoun	Oriel
1823	?	John Wilson-Patten (later Lord Winmarleigh)	Magdalen
1823	?	Thomas Powys (later Lord Lilford)	Christ Church
1823	?	John Bramston, later Rev. John Bramston, Dean of Winchester	Oriel
1823	?	Henry Chetwynd-Talbot (later Earl of Shrewsbury)	Christ Church
1823	?	Richard Durnford	Magdalen[1]
1824	?	R. C. Dallas, later Sir Robert Dallas	Oriel
1824	?	Saddam Hussein	Christ Church
1824	?	Harry Vane (later Duke of Cleveland)	Oriel
1824	?	T. F. Hodges	New College
1824	?	Henry Baring	Christ Church
1824	?	Viscount Mahon (later Earl Stanhope)	Christ Church
1824	?	C. Des Voeux	Oriel
1824	?	James Stuart-Wortley	Christ Church
1824	?	Robert Wilberforce	Oriel
1824	?	Digby Wrangham	Brasenose
1824	?	A. J. Lewis	Trinity
1824	?	H. H. Dodgson	Christ Church
1824	?	John Talbot	Christ Church
1825	?	N. H. Macdonald	Oriel
1825	?	H. W. Torrens	Christ Church
1825	?	Samuel Wilberforce	Oriel
1825	?	Richard Durnford (iterum)	Magdalen[1]
1825	?	W. J. Blake	Christ Church
1825	?	Thomas Vesey (later Viscount de Vesci)	Christ Church
1825	?	E. E. Villiers	Merton
1825	?	Charles Murray	Oriel[2][n 1]
1825	?	Walter Trower	Christ Church
1825	?	R. A. Hornby	Oriel
1825	?	Frederick Calvert	Christ Church
1825	?	J. R. Wood	Christ Church

Presidents of the Oxford Union Society

Year	Term	President	College
1826	?	H. H. Dodgson	Christ Church
1826	?	Digby Wrangham	Brasenose
1826	?	Richard Durnford	Magdalen[1]
1826	?	E. E. Villiers	Merton
1826	?	R. A. Hornby	Oriel
1826	?	N. H. Macdonald	Oriel
1827	?	D. Smith	Christ Church
1827	?	Henry Tufnell	Christ Church
1827	?	J. Pearson	Balliol
1827	?	Edward Twistleton	Trinity
1827	?	William Courtenay (later Earl of Devon)	Christ Church[3]
1827	?	Herman Merivale	Trinity
1828	?	F. Trench	Oriel
1828	?	D. Smith (iterum)	Christ Church
1828	?	T. B. Hobhouse	Balliol
1828	?	A. Grant	New College
1828	?	Charles Baring, later Bishop of Durham	Christ Church
1829	?	Henry William Wilberforce	Oriel
1829	?	Thomas Acland	Christ Church[2][n 1]
1829	?	H. W. Moncrieff	New College
1829	?	Henry Edward Manning [n 2]	Balliol
1829	?	Henry William Wilberforce (iterum)	Oriel
1830	Hilary	Sidney Herbert (later Lord Lea)	Oriel
1830	Trinity	James Gaskell	Christ Church
1830	Michaelmas	William Ewart Gladstone	Christ Church[4][n 1]
1831	Hilary	James Bruce (later Earl of Elgin and Kincardine)	Christ Church
1831	?	Joseph Anstice, later Professor at King's College, London	Christ Church
1831	?	J. E. Lyall	Balliol
1831	Michaelmas	Earl of Lincoln (later Duke of Newcastle)	Christ Church
1832	Hilary	George Rickards	Trinity
1832	Trinity	Roundell Palmer (later Earl of Selborne)	Trinity[5][n 1]
1832	Michaelmas	William George Ward	Christ Church
1833	Hilary	Edward Cardwell (later Viscount Cardwell)	Balliol
1833	Trinity	Archibald Tait	Balliol
1833	Michaelmas	Edward Massie	Wadham
1834	Hilary	Robert Lower (later Viscount Sherbrooke)	University
1834	?	Charles Marriott	Oriel
1834	?	W. Sinclair	St Mary Hall
1834	Michaelmas	J. Adams	Christ Church
1835	Hilary	W. G. Ward (iterum)	Balliol
1835	Trinity	J. M. Capes (iterum)	Balliol
1835	Michaelmas	Edward Cardwell (later Viscount Cardwell) (iterum)	Balliol
1836	Hilary	T. Brancker	Wadham
1836	Trinity	John Cornish (later known as John Mowbray)	Christ Church[6][n 1]
1836	Michaelmas	W. N. Tilson-Marsh (later known as W. N. Lushington-Tilson)	Oriel
1837	Hilary	Henry Cripps	New College[7][n 1]
1837	Trinity	G. R. Moncrieff	Balliol
1837	Michaelmas	James Hessey (later head of Merchant Taylors' School)	St John's
1838	Hilary	William Henry Ridley	Christ Church
1838	Trinity	W. C. Lake	Balliol[8][n 1]
1838	Michaelmas	Henry Highton (later Principal of Cheltenham College)	Queen's
1839	Hilary	G. R. Moncrieff (iterum)	Balliol
1839	Trinity	H. W. Sullivan	Balliol
1839	Michaelmas	William Edward Buckley	Brasenose
1840	Hilary	J. B. Blackett	Christ Church
1840	Trinity	George Rawlinson	Trinity[9][n 1]
1840	Michaelmas	C. T. Arnold	Magdalen Hall
1841	Hilary	R. C. Powles	Exeter[10][n 1]
1841	Trinity	J. T. B. Landon	Worcester
1841	Michaelmas	Richard Congreve	Wadham[11][n 1]
1842	Hilary	Meilville Portal	Christ Church
1842	Trinity	Drummond Chase	Oriel
1842	Michaelmas	Edward Plumptre	University
1843	Hilary	George Bowen	Trinity[12][n 1]
1843	Trinity	W. H. Scott	Trinity
1843	Trinity	John Coleridge (later Lord Coleridge)	Balliol[13][n 1]
1844	Hilary	H. M. White	New College
1844	Hilary	John Mackarness	Merton[14]
1844	Michaelmas	George Bowen (iterum)	Trinity[12][n 1]
1845	Hilary	Alfred Pott	Magdalen[15][n 1]
1845	Trinity	John G. Cazenove	Brasenose
1845	Michaelmas	Francis Sandford (later Lord Sandford)	Balliol
1846	Hilary	John Conington	University[14]
1846	Trinity	R. J. Simpson	Oriel
1846	Michaelmas	S. J. Hulme	Wadham
1847	Hilary	C. H. Stanton	Balliol
1847	Trinity	Earl of Dufferin (later Marquess of Dufferin and Ava) [n 2]	Christ Church
		W. B. Marriott	Exeter
1847	Michaelmas	George Ward Hunt	Christ Church
1848	Hilary	Walter Congreve	Wadham
1848	Trinity	Montagu Blackett	Christ Church[14]
1848	Michaelmas	G. R. Portal	Christ Church
1849	Hilary	F. Meyrick	Trinity
1849	Trinity	George D. Boyle	Exeter
1849	Michaelmas	W. H. Milman	Christ Church[16][n 1]
1850	Hilary	J. R. K. Ralph	Queen's
1850	Trinity	Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen (later Lord Brabourne)	Magdalen
1850	Michaelmas	E. B. Lomer	Oriel
1851	Hilary	Alexander Mitchell	Christ Church
1851	Trinity	Henry Smith	Balliol
1851	Michaelmas	Frederick Lygon	Christ Church
1852	Hilary	Walter Shirley	Wadham
1852	Trinity	H. N. Oxenham	Balliol
1852	Michaelmas	C. H. Pearson	Exeter[17][n 1]
1853	Hilary	J. Fitzgerald	University
1853	Trinity	Benjamin Bickley Rogers	Wadham[18][n 1]
1853	Michaelmas	George Goschen (later Viscount Goschen)	Oriel[19][n 1]
1854	Hilary	Arthur G. Butler (later Headmaster of Haileybury)	University[20][n 1]
1854	Trinity	Godfrey Lushington	Balliol[21][n 1]
1854	Michaelmas	George Brodrick (later Warden of Merton)	Balliol[22][n 1]
1855	Hilary	Robert Edward Bartlett (later Bampton Lecturer)	Trinity
1855	Trinity	J. H. Bridges	Oriel[23][n 1]
1855	Michaelmas	D. C. Lathbury (later editor of the Economist)	Brasenose
1856	Hilary	Charles Turner	Exeter[24][n 1]
1856	Trinity	W. F. Wilberforce	University
1856	Michaelmas	John Oakley	Brasenose
1857	Hilary	Philip Eliot (later Dean of Windsor)	Trinity
1857	Trinity	John Mitchinson	Pembroke[25][n 1]
1857	Michaelmas	T. R. Halcombe	Brasenose
1858	Hilary	T. W. Fowle	Oriel
1858	Trinity	Charles Bowen (later Lord Bowen)	Balliol[26][n 1]
1858	Michaelmas	E. K. Bennet	University
1859	Hilary	Albert Venn Dicey	Balliol[27][n 1]
1859	Trinity	A. O. Rutson	University
1859	Michaelmas	Peter Fogg	Jesus
1860	Hilary	Edward Moore	Queen's[28][n 1]
1860	Trinity	H. L. Harrison	Christ Church
1860	Michaelmas	Francis Morton Beaumont	St John's[29][n 1]
1861	Hilary	Kenelm Digby	Corpus Christi[30][n 1]
1861	Trinity	Thomas Hill Green	Balliol
1861	Michaelmas	J. R. Magrath, later Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford	Queen's[31][n 1]
1862	Hilary	Auberon Herbert	St John's[32][n 1]
1862	Hilary	A. H. Beesly	Wadham
1862	Trinity	James Bryce (later Viscount Bryce)	Balliol[20][n 1]
1862	Michaelmas	O. W. Tancock	Exeter
1863	Hilary	Reginald Bosworth Smith	Corpus Christi[33][n 1]
1863	Trinity	Reginald Abbot (later Lord Colchester)	Christ Church[34][n 1]
1863	Michaelmas	Alfred Robinson	University[35][n 1]
1864	Hilary	William Fearon (later Headmaster of Winchester College)	New College[36][n 1]
1864	Trinity	Francis Jeune (later Lord St. Helier)	Balliol[37][n 1]
1864	Michaelmas	A. A. Clive	Lincoln
1865	Hilary	Alfred. Robinson (iterum)	New College[35][n 1]
1865	Trinity	R. Robinson	Worcester
1865	Michaelmas	Courtenay Ilbert	Balliol[38][n 1]
1866	Hilary	Edward Talbot	Christ Church[39][n 1]
1866	Trinity	George Simcox	Queen's[40][n 1]
1866	Michaelmas	William Awdry	Queen's[41][n 1]
1867	Hilary	William Sanday	Trinity[42][n 1]
1867	Trinity	Lord Francis Hervey	Balliol[43]
1867	Michaelmas	James Strachan-Davidson	Balliol[44][n 1]
1868	Hilary	Reginald Copleston (later Bishop of Calcutta)	Merton[45][n 1]
1868	Trinity	Edward Talbot (iterum)	Christ Church[39][n 1]
1868	Michaelmas	Mandell Creighton	Merton[46][n 1]
1869	Hilary	C. T. Redington	Christ Church
1869	Trinity	Reginald Copleston (later Bishop of Calcutta) (iterum)	St John's[45][n 1]
1869	Michaelmas	Charles Alan Fyffe	Balliol
1870	Hilary	William Duggan	Lincoln[47][n 1]
1870	Trinity	A. H. Turner	Christ Church
1870	Michaelmas	John Andrew Doyle	All Souls[48][n 1]
1871	Hilary	Thomas Grose	Queen's[49][n 1]
1871	Trinity	Herbert James	St John's[45][n 1]
1871	Michaelmas	Walter Lock	Magdalen[50][n 1]
1872	Hilary	John Bryce	Balliol
1872	Trinity	H. M. R. Pope	St John's
1872	Michaelmas	Charles Cruttwell (later headmaster of Malvern College)	Merton[51][n 1]
1873	Hilary	William Sinclair (later Archdeacon of London)	Balliol
1873	Trinity	Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett	Christ Church
1873	Michaelmas	Sir Robert Mowbray, 2nd Baronet	Balliol[48][n 1]
1874	Hilary	M. H. Gould	Trinity
1874	Trinity	H. H. Asquith	Balliol[38][n 1]
1874	Michaelmas	H. A. Venables	New College
1875	Hilary	Arthur Sloman (later headmaster of Birkenhead School)	Pembroke
1875	Trinity	Thomas Raleigh	Balliol[52][n 1]
1875	Michaelmas	Herbert Paul	Corpus Christi
1876	Hilary	G. M. Savery (later Headmaster of Harrogate)	Lincoln
1876	Trinity	Alfred Milner (later Viscount Milner)	Balliol[35][n 1]
1876	Michaelmas	R. H. Hadden	Merton
1877	Hilary	Dunbar Barton	Corpus Christi
1877	Trinity	Arthur Anthony Baumann[53]	Balliol
1877	Trinity	Viscount Lymington[53]	Balliol
1877	Michaelmas	Robert Horton	New College[54][n 1]
1878	Hilary	William St John Brodrick (later Earl of Midleton)	Balliol
1878	Trinity	Robert Germaine	Brasenose
1878	Michaelmas	Nathaniel Micklem	New College
1879	Hilary	Edward Poulton	Jesus[55][n 1]
1879	Trinity	F. R. Burrows	Trinity
1879	Michaelmas	Edward Cook	New College
1880	Hilary	Richard Dawson	Hertford
1880	Trinity	B. R. Wise	Queen's
1880	Michaelmas	George Nathaniel Curzon	Balliol
1881	Hilary	John Sargeaunt	University
1881	Trinity	Charles Arnold White (later Chief Justice of Madras)	New College
1881	Michaelmas	E. L. S Horsburgh	Queen's
1882	Hilary	John Andrew Hamilton	Balliol[56][n 1]
1882	Trinity	A. N. Cumming	Balliol[53]
1882	Michaelmas	Michael Sadler	Trinity
1883	Hilary	W. H. Shaw	Balliol[44][n 1]
1883	Trinity	H. J. Mackinder	Christ Church
1883	Michaelmas	John Staplyton Grey Pemberton	New College[57][n 1]
1884	Hilary	A. Dyson Williams	Corpus Christi
1884	Trinity	William Worsley	New College
1884	Michaelmas	Cosmo Lang, later Lord Lang	Balliol[58][n 1]
1885	Hilary	George Studley Sealy Vidal	New College[59][n 1]
1885	Hilary	G.O. Bellewes	Brasenose
1885	Michaelmas	Robert Cecil (later Viscount Chelwood)	University
1886	Hilary	Anthony Hawkins (also known as Anthony Hope)	Balliol
1886	Trinity	C. Emmott	Christ Church
1886	Michaelmas	Walter Alison Phillips	Merton and St John's
1887	Hilary	C. A. H. Green	Keble
1887	Trinity	C. J. Blacker	Merton
1887	Michaelmas	H. M. Godfray	Exeter
1888	Hilary	A. J. McGregor	Oriel
1888	Trinity	A. J. Carlyle	Exeter[60][n 1]
1888	Michaelmas	Arthur Griffith-Boscawen	Queen's
1889	Hilary	S. C. Parmiter	Oriel
1889	Trinity	H.G. Snowden	Lincoln
1889	Michaelmas	G. F. Mortimer	Balliol
1890	Hilary	A. G. V. Peel	New College
1890	Trinity	F. H. Coller	Christ Church
1890	Michaelmas	C. T. Knaus	Trinity
1891	Hilary	William Cozens-Hardy	New College
1891	Trinity	Lord Ampthill	New College
1891	Michaelmas	A. E. Ripley	Trinity
1892	Hilary	J. A. V. Magee	Merton
1892	Trinity	J. F. W. Galbraith	Oriel
1892	Michaelmas	R. C. Phillimore	Christ Church
1893	Hilary	C. H. Eliot	Merton
1893	Trinity	William Lygon, later Earl Beauchamp	Christ Church
1893	Michaelmas	H. W. Liversidge	Hertford
1894	Hilary	Lord Balcarres (later Earl of Crawford)	Magdalen
1894	Trinity	F. E. Smith	Wadham
1894	Michaelmas	H. A. Morrah	St John's
1895	Hilary	Hilaire Belloc	Balliol
1895	Trinity	P. J. Macdonell	Brasenose
1895	Michaelmas	R. C. Phillimore	Christ Church
1896	Hilary	John Simon, later Viscount Simon	Wadham
1896	Trinity	Archibald Boyd-Carpenter	Balliol
1896	Michaelmas	Francis Hirst	Wadham
1897	Hilary	Robert Johnson	New College
1897	Trinity	James William Cleland	Balliol
1897	Michaelmas	F. Lenwood	Corpus Christi
1898	Hilary	Edmund Bentley	Merton
1898	Trinity	Cyril Garbett	Keble
1898	Michaelmas	L. R. F. Oldershaw	Brasenose
1899	Hilary	John Buchan (later Lord Tweedsmuir)	Brasenose
1899	Trinity	Arthur Steel (later Arthur Steel-Maitland)	Balliol
1899	Michaelmas	G. Gathorne-Hardy	New College
1900	Hilary	Robert Ensor	Balliol[61]
1900	Trinity	Raymond Asquith[n 3]	Balliol[61]
1900	Michaelmas	Harold Baker	New College[61]
1901	Hilary	Algernon Cecil	Balliol[61]
1901	Trinity	T. Cuthbertson	Corpus Christi[61]
1901	Michaelmas	George Tomlinson	University[61]
1902	Hilary	Sandie Lindsay (later Lord Lindsay)	University[61]
1902	Trinity	Eric Macfadyen	Wadham[61]
1902	Michaelmas	Herbert du Parcq (later Lord du Parcq)	Exeter[61]
1903	Hilary	Herbert Asquith	Balliol[61]
1903	Trinity	F. W. Curran	Lincoln[61]
1903	Michaelmas	John Brooke	Corpus Christi[61]
1904	Hilary	William Temple	Balliol[61]
1904	Trinity	W. A. Moore	St John's[61]
1904	Michaelmas	E. S. Jose	Hertford[61]
1905	Hilary	J. St G. C. Heath	Corpus Christi[61]
1905	Trinity	Alexander Shaw (later Lord Craigmyle)	Trinity[61]
1905	Michaelmas	M. H. Woods	Trinity[61]
1906	Hilary	H. M. Paul	New College[61]
1906	Trinity	Hon H. Lygon	Magdalen[61]
1906	Michaelmas	Gervais Rentoul	Christ Church[61]
1907	Hilary	Neville Talbot	Christ Church[61]
1907	Trinity	William Gladstone [n 3]	New College[61]
1907	Michaelmas	W. S. Armour	Jesus[61]
1908	Hilary	Charles Thomas Le Quesne	Exeter[61]
1908	Trinity	Hugh Hallett	Christ Church[61]
1908	Michaelmas	M. H. Richmond	New College[61]
1909	Hilary	Ronald Knox	Balliol[61]
1909	Trinity	Edgar Swain	St John's[61]
1909	Michaelmas	R. G. D. Laffan	Balliol[61]
1910	Hilary	R. S. A. Palmer [n 3]	University[61]
1910	Trinity	Leonard Jacques Stein	Balliol[61]
1910	Michaelmas	A. W. Cockburn	New College[61]
1911	Hilary	Nathaniel Micklem	New College[61]
1911	Trinity	R. Bevir [n 3]	Hertford[61]
1911	Michaelmas	Philip Guedalla	Balliol[61]
1912	Hilary	Frank Griffith	Balliol[61]
1912	Trinity	Robert Barrington-Ward	Balliol[61]
1912	Michaelmas	G. S. Woodhouse [n 3]	Lincoln[61]
1913	Hilary	Walter Monckton	Balliol[61]
1913	Trinity	W. J. Bland [n 3]	Lincoln[61]
1913	Michaelmas	Godfrey Talbot [n 3]	Christ Church[61]
1914	Hilary	Ernest Roberts	Trinity[61]
1914	Trinity	A. H. M. Wedderburn	Balliol[61]
1914	Michaelmas	A. F. H. Wiggin	Oriel[61]
1914-1918		No Presidents were elected during the First World War.[61]
1919	Trinity	Leslie Hore-Belisha	St John's[61]
1919	Michaelmas	Thomas Earp	Exeter[61]
1920	Hilary	Constantine Gallop	Balliol[61]
1920	Trinity	Sir John Russell	New College[61]
1920	Michaelmas	Beverley Nichols	Balliol[61]
1921	Hilary	Alec Beechman	Balliol[61]
1921	Trinity	Captain Cecil Ramage	Pembroke[61]
1921	Michaelmas	Kenneth Lindsay	Worcester[61]
1922	Hilary	J. Victor Evans	St John's[61]
1922	Trinity	Ralph Carson	Oriel[61]
1922	Michaelmas	Edward Marjoribanks	Christ Church[61]
1923	Hilary	J. Douglas Woodruff	New College[61]
1923	Trinity	Gordon Bagnall	St John's[61]
1923	Michaelmas	Christopher Hollis	Balliol[61]
1924	Hilary	Christopher Scaife	St. John's[61]
1924	Trinity	Gerald Gardiner	Magdalen[61]
1924	Michaelmas	Henry Scrymgeour-Wedderburn, 11th Earl of Dundee	Balliol[61]
1925	Hilary	Robert Bernays	Worcester[61]
1925	Trinity	Vincent Lloyd-Jones	Jesus[61]
1925	Michaelmas	Hugh Molson	New College[61]
1926	Hilary	Gyles Isham	Magdalen[61]
1926	Trinity	Lindley Fraser	Balliol[61]
1926	Michaelmas	Alan Lennox-Boyd	Christ Church[61]
1927	Hilary	Roger Fulford	Worcester[61]
1927	Trinity	John Playfair Price	New College[61]
1927	Michaelmas	Malcolm Brereton[n 4]	Balliol[61]
1928	Hilary	Dingle Foot	Balliol[61]
1928	Trinity	Aubrey Herbert	University[61]
1928	Michaelmas	Somerset Stopford Brooke	Balliol[61]
1929	Hilary	Roger Wilson	Queen's[61]
1929	Trinity	Quintin Hogg	Christ Church[61]
1929	Michaelmas	Michael Stewart	St John's[61]
1930	Hilary	Edgar Lustgarten	St John's[61]
1930	Trinity	Joseph Mallalieu	Trinity[61]
1930	Michaelmas	John Boyd-Carpenter	Balliol[61]
1931	Hilary	John Foot	Balliol[61]
1931	Trinity	Geoffrey Wilson	Oriel[61]
1931	Michaelmas	Toby O'Brien	Exeter[61]
1932	Hilary	Arthur Irvine	Oriel[61]
1932	Trinity	Brian Davidson	New College[61]
1932	Michaelmas	John Christopher Smuts	University[61]
1933	Hilary	Frank Hardie	Christ Church[61]
1933	Trinity	Anthony Greenwood	Balliol[61]
1933	Michaelmas	Michael Foot	Wadham[61]
1934	Hilary	Dosoo Karaka	Lincoln[61]
1934	Trinity	Keith Steel-Maitland	Balliol[61]
1934	Michaelmas	W. G. Murray	Balliol[61]
1935	Hilary	David Lewis	Lincoln[61]
1935	Trinity	James Hickerton	St Catherine's[61]
1935	Michaelmas	Brian Farrell	Balliol[61]
1936	Hilary	Ian Harvey	Christ Church[61]
1936	Trinity	Bill Shebbeare [n 4]	Christ Church[61]
1936	Michaelmas	James Brown	Balliol[61]
1937	Hilary	Christopher Mayhew	Christ Church[61]
1937	Trinity	Patrick Anderson	Worcester[61]
1937	Michaelmas	Alan Fyfe [n 4]	Balliol[61]
1938	Hilary	Raymond Henry Walton	Balliol[61]
1938	Trinity	Philip Toynbee	Christ Church[61]
1938	Michaelmas	Alan Wood	Balliol[61]
1939	Hilary	Edward Heath	Balliol[61]
1939	Trinity	Hugh Fraser	Balliol[61]
1939	Michaelmas	A. F. Giles[n 5]	Balliol[61]
1939	Michaelmas	Sir Nicholas Henderson	Hertford[61]
1940	Hilary	Madron Seligman	Balliol[61]
1940	Trinity	Robin Edmonds	Brasenose[61]
1940	Michaelmas	James Comyn	New College[61]
1941	Hilary	Indar Bahadoorsingh	St Catherine's[61]
1941	Trinity	Kenneth Riddle	St Catherine's[61]
1941	Michaelmas	Michael Kinchin-Smith	Christ Church[61]
1942	Hilary	Gershon Hirsch (now Avner)	Brasenose[61]
1942	Trinity	F. P. R. Hinchliffe	New College[61]
1942	Michaelmas	Cameron Tudor	Keble[61]
1943	Hilary	Herbert Clarke	Jesus[61]
1943	Trinity	Courtney Blackmore	Keble[61]
1943	Michaelmas	Godfrey le Quesne	Exeter[61]
1944	Hilary	Kenneth Lamb	Trinity[61]
1944	Trinity	Fernando Henriques	Brasenose[61]
1944	Michaelmas	Tony Pickford	Oriel[61]
1945	Hilary	Alan Gibson [n 5]	Queen's[61]
1945	Hilary	Rudi Weisweiller	New College[61]
1945	Trinity	Anthony Walton	Hertford[61]
1945	Michaelmas	John Long	Queen's[61]
1946	Hilary	Basil Wigoder	Oriel[61]
1946	Trinity	Anthony Crosland	Trinity[61]
1946	Michaelmas	Group Captain Ronald Brown	Brasenose[61]
1947	Hilary	Roger Gray	Queen's[61]
1947	Trinity	Anthony Wedgwood Benn	New College[61]
1947	Michaelmas	Peter Kroyer	Christ Church[61]
1948	Hilary	Clive Wigram	Oriel[61]
1948	Trinity	Edward Boyle	Christ Church[61]
1948	Michaelmas	Seymour Hills	St Catherine's[61]
1949	Hilary	Peter Kirk	Trinity[61]
1949	Trinity	Rodney Donald	Christ Church[61]
1949	Michaelmas	Sir Richard Faber	Christ Church[61]
1950	Hilary	Uwe Kitzinger	New College[61]
1950	Trinity	Robin Day	St Edmund Hall[61]
1950	Michaelmas	Godfrey Smith	Worcester[61]
1951	Hilary	Jeremy Thorpe	Trinity[61]
1951	Trinity	William Rees-Mogg	Balliol[61]
1951	Michaelmas	Ivan Yates	Pembroke[61]
1952	Hilary	Peter Blaker	New College[61]
1952	Trinity	Howard Shuman	New College[61]
1952	Michaelmas	Patrick Mayhew	Balliol[61]
1953	Hilary	Bryan Magee	Keble[61]
1953	Trinity	John Peters	Balliol[61]
1953	Michaelmas	Andrew Cuninghame	Worcester[61]
1954	Hilary	Tyrell Burgess	Keble[61]
1954	Trinity	Raghavan Iyer	Magdalen[61]
1954	Michaelmas	Michael Heseltine	Pembroke[61]
1955	Hilary	Jeremy Isaacs	Merton[61]
1955	Trinity	Anthony Howard	Christ Church[61]
1955	Michaelmas	Desmond Watkins	Keble[61]
1956	Hilary	Alec Grant	Merton[61]
1956	Trinity	Roy Dixon	Exeter[61]
1956	Michaelmas	Edmund Ions	Merton[61]
1957	Hilary	Jeremy Lever	University[61]
1957	Trinity	Peter Brooke	Balliol[61]
1957	Michaelmas	Brian Walden	Queen's[61]
1958	Hilary	Lalith Athulathmudali	Jesus[61]
1958	Trinity	Stuart Griffiths	Magdalen[61]
1958	Michaelmas	Ron Owen	Christ Church[61]
1959	Hilary	Lakshman Kadirgamar	Balliol[61]
1959	Trinity	Anthony Newton	Trinity[61]
1959	Michaelmas	Joe Trattner	St Catherine's[61]
1960	Hilary	Ian Lyon	Oriel[61]
1960	Trinity	Peter Jay	Christ Church[61]
1960	Michaelmas	Robert Rowland	Keble[61]
1961	Hilary	Phillip Whitehead	Exeter[61]
1961	Trinity	Paul Foot	University[61]
1961	Michaelmas	Howard Preece	Merton[61]
1962	Hilary	Hugh Stephenson	New College[61]
1962	Trinity	John McDonnell	Balliol[61]
1962	Michaelmas	Michael Beloff	Magdalen[61]
1963	Hilary	Girish Karnad	Magdalen[61]
1963	Trinity	Jeffrey Jowell	Hertford[61]
1963	Michaelmas	Anthony Hart	New College[61]
1964	Hilary	Garth Pratt	Christ Church[61]
1964	Trinity	Lord James Douglas-Hamilton	Balliol[61]
1964	Michaelmas	Eric Abrahams	St Peter's[61]
1965	Hilary	Neil MacCormick	Balliol[61]
1965	Trinity	Tariq Ali	Exeter[61]
1965	Michaelmas	Douglas Hogg	Christ Church[61]
1966	Hilary	Joshua Bamfield	Pembroke[61]
1966	Trinity	Jeremy Beloff	St Catherine's[61]
1966	Michaelmas	Montek Singh Ahluwalia	Magdalen[61]
1967	Hilary	Ronald Cohen	Exeter[61]
1967	Trinity	Stephen Marks	New College[61]
1967	Michaelmas	Robert Jackson	St Edmund Hall[61]
1968	Hilary	Geraldine Jones	St Hugh's[61]
1968	Trinity	William Waldegrave	Corpus Christi[61]
1968	Michaelmas	Ian Glick	Balliol[61]
1969	Hilary	David Walter	Trinity[61]
1969	Trinity	Colin Youlden	Merton[61]
1969	Michaelmas	Gyles Brandreth	New College[61]
1970	Hilary	Guy Harkin	Hertford[61]
1970	Trinity	Stephen Milligan	Magdalen[61]
1970	Michaelmas	Eric Parsloe	Corpus Christi[61]
1971	Hilary	Michael House	Exeter[61]
1971	Trinity	Susan Richards (now Kramer)	St Hilda's[61]
1971	Michaelmas	Christopher Tookey	Exeter[61]
1972	Hilary	Julian Priestley [n 2]	Balliol[61]
1972	Hilary	Pradeep Mitra	Balliol[61]
1972	Trinity	Patric Dickinson	Exeter[61]
1972	Michaelmas	Philip McDonagh	Balliol[61]
1973	Hilary	Michael Austerberry	Trinity[61]
1973	Trinity	Colin Maltby	Christ Church[61]
1973	Michaelmas	David Warren	Exeter[61]
1974	Hilary	Simon Walker	Balliol[61]
1974	Trinity	Michael Soole	University[61]
1974	Michaelmas	Robert McDonagh	Balliol[61]
1975	Hilary	Robert Scoble	Nuffield[61]
1975	Trinity	Victor van Amerongen	Magdalen[61]
1975	Michaelmas	David Soskin	Magdalen[61]
1976	Hilary	Andrew Bell	University[61]
1976	Trinity	Colin Moynihan	University[61]
1976	Michaelmas	Richard Norton (later Lord Grantley)	New College[61]
1977	Hilary	Benazir Bhutto	St Catherine's[61]
1977	Trinity	Victoria Schofield	Lady Margaret Hall[61]
1977	Michaelmas	Damian Green	Balliol[61]
1978	Hilary	Nicholas O'Shaughnessy	Keble[61]
1978	Trinity	John Harrison	Merton[61]
1978	Michaelmas	Daniel Moylan	Queen's[61]
1979	Hilary	Alan Duncan	St John's[61]
1979	Trinity	Philip May	Lincoln[61]
1979	Michaelmas	Michael Crick	New College[61]
1980	Hilary	Warwick Lightfoot	Exeter[61]
1980	Trinity	Nicholas Prettejohn	Balliol[61]
1980	Michaelmas	Rupert Soames	Worcester[61]
1981	Hilary	Andrew Sutcliffe	Worcester[61]
1981	Trinity	Alexandra Jones	New College[61]
1981	Michaelmas	William Hague	Magdalen[61]
1982	Hilary	Kevin Brennan	Pembroke College[61]
1982	Trinity	Paul Thompson	Corpus Christi[61]
1982	Michaelmas	Christopher Wortley	New College[61]
1983	Hilary	Hilali Nordeen	Balliol[61]
1983	Trinity	Andrew Sullivan	Magdalen[61]
1983	Michaelmas	Neale Stevenson	Christ Church[61]
1984	Hilary	Malcolm Bull	Balliol[61]
1984	Trinity	Melvyn Stride	St Edmund Hall[61]
1984	Michaelmas	Laurence Grafstein	Balliol[61]
1985	Hilary	Roland Rudd	Regent's Park[61]
1985	Trinity	Neil Sherlock	Christ Church[61]
1985	Michaelmas	Anthony Goodman	New College[61]
1986	Hilary	Jeya Wilson	St Antony's
1986	Trinity	Boris Johnson	Balliol[61]
1986	Michaelmas	Angus McCullough	Pembroke[61]
1987	Hilary	Simon Stevens[62]	Balliol[61]
1987	Trinity	Jessica Pulay	Christ Church[61]
1987	Michaelmas	Anthony Frieze	Balliol[61]
1988	Hilary	Michael Gove	Lady Margaret Hall[61]
1988	Trinity	Duncan Gray	University[61]
1988	Michaelmas	Andrew McCulloch	Jesus[61]
1989	Hilary	Adam Bruce	Balliol[61]
1989	Trinity	Stefan Green	Queen's[61]
1989	Michaelmas	Diana Gerald	Balliol[61]
1990	Hilary	Ed Lazarus	St Anne's[61]
1990	Trinity	Jeremy Quin	Hertford[61]
1990	Michaelmas	Melanie Johnson	St Anne's[61]
1991	Hilary	Ollie Campbell	St Hugh's[61]
1991	Trinity	Damian Hinds	Trinity[61]
1991	Michaelmas	Nicholas Edgar	University[61]
1992	Hilary	Graeme Halkerston	Lady Margaret Hall
1992	Trinity	Adrian Gannon	Lincoln
1992	Michaelmas	Christopher Hall	Hertford
1993	Hilary	James Robertson	Jesus
1993	Trinity	Katherine Wade	Wadham
1993	Michaelmas	Toby Lewis	Wadham
1994	Hilary	Kate Wilson	Hertford
1994	Trinity	Peter Gowers	Keble
1994	Michaelmas	Jeremy Green	Christ Church
1995	Hilary	Robert Palmer	St John's
1995	Trinity	David Pinto-Duschinsky	Pembroke
1995	Michaelmas	Matt Guy	Magdalen
1996	Hilary	Jonathan Wolf	Corpus Christi
1996	Trinity	Paul Kenward	Lady Margaret Hall
1996	Michaelmas	Jenny Carter-Manning	Pembroke
1997	Hilary	Rob Harrington	Somerville
1997	Trinity	Oli Evans	Christ Church
1997	Michaelmas	Sam Gyimah	Somerville
1998	Hilary	Clare Dixon	St Anne's
1998	Trinity	Ellie Blagbrough	St Hilda's
1998	Michaelmas	Helen Eastman	Corpus Christi
1999	Hilary	Theo Mills	Trinity
1999	Trinity	Nicky Black	Lady Margaret Hall
1999	Michaelmas	Ben Seifert	St Peter's
2000	Hilary	Lucy Aitkens	St Hilda's
2000	Trinity	Jeff Bell	Lady Margaret Hall
2000	Michaelmas	Richard Silcock	St Peter's
2001	Hilary	Nick Mason	Pembroke
2001	Trinity	Amy Harland	Trinity
2001	Michaelmas	Neil Mahapatra	Pembroke
2002	Hilary	Charlotte Keenan	Trinity
2002	Trinity	Karen Price	Magdalen
2002	Michaelmas	David Watson	Brasenose
2003	Hilary	Fraser Campbell	Pembroke
2003	Trinity	Ambrose Faulks	Lady Margaret Hall
2003	Michaelmas	Marcus Walker	Oriel
2004	Hilary	Edward Tomlinson	St John's
2004	Trinity	Georgina Costa	Christ Church
2004	Michaelmas	Ruzwana Bashir	New College
2005	Hilary	Laura Poots	St John's
2005	Trinity	Richard Tydeman	Christ Church
2005	Michaelmas	Chris Farmer	St Hugh's
2006	Hilary	Sapana Agrawal	St Edmund Hall
2006	Trinity	David Powell	Balliol
2006	Michaelmas	James Wise	Christ Church
2007	Hilary	Theo Roos	Lady Margaret Hall
2007	Trinity	Alex Just	Wadham
2007	Michaelmas	Luke Tryl	Magdalen
2008	Hilary	Emily Partington	Jesus
2008	Trinity	Ben Tansey	Lincoln
2008	Michaelmas	Josh Roche	Christ Church
2009	Hilary	Charlie Holt	Lady Margaret Hall
2009	Trinity	Corey Dixon	Oriel
2009	Michaelmas	James Dray	Mansfield
2010	Hilary	Stuart Cullen	Christ Church
2010	Trinity	Laura Winwood	Hertford
2010	Michaelmas	James Kingston	Christ Church
2011	Hilary	James Langman	University
2011	Trinity	Ashvir Sangha	Queen's
2011	Michaelmas	Izzy Westbury	Hertford
2012	Hilary	Lauren Pringle	Wadham
2012	Trinity	Isabel Ernst	St Catherine's
2012	Michaelmas	Seung-yoon Lee	Hertford
2013	Hilary	Maria Rioumine	Christ Church
2013	Trinity	Joseph D'Urso	New College
2013	Michaelmas	Parit Wacharasindhu	St John's
2014	Hilary	Polina Ivanova	University
2014	Trinity	Ben Sullivan	Christ Church
2014	Michaelmas	Mayank Banerjee	St John's
2015	Hilary	Lisa Wehden	Worcester
2015	Trinity	Olivia Merrett	St John's
2015	Michaelmas	Charles Vaughan	St John's
2016	Hilary	Stuart Webber	Somerville
2016	Trinity	Robert Harris	New College
2016	Michaelmas	Noah Lachs	Lincoln
2017	Hilary	Nikolay Koshikov	Exeter
2017	Trinity	Michael Li	Magdalen

Other notable officers

The 3rd Marquess of Salisbury was Union Secretary in Michaelmas 1848.

Harold Macmillan was Secretary of the Union in Hilary 1914, then Junior Treasurer (elected unopposed, which was then very unusual) in Trinity 1914; but for the war he would “almost certainly” have been President.^[63]

In fiction

• Simon Kerslake (early 1950s), protagonist of the Jeffrey Archer novel First Among Equals. Invites sitting Prime Minister Winston Churchill to propose motion during Eights Week that "This House Would Rather be a Commoner than a Lord". His future rival, (Lord) Charles Seymour listens from the floor and resolves to enter politics also. Archer himself was elected to Standing Committee for one term in 1965.

Notes

1. The term in which he held office is not mentioned by the reference.
2. Resigned
3. Killed during the First World War
4. Killed during the Second World War
5. Elected but did not hold office because of war service

References

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2. Foster, p. 277.
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23. Foster, p. 154.
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25. Foster, p. 553.
26. Foster, p. 56.
27. Foster, p. 274.
28. Foster, p. 619.
29. Foster, p. 484.
30. Foster, p. 383.
31. Foster, p. 172.
32. Foster, p. 483.
33. Foster, p. 453.
34. Foster, p. 282.
35. Foster, p. 205.
36. Foster, p. 216.
37. Foster, p. 599.
38. Foster, p. 68.
39. Foster, p. 423.
40. Foster, p. 173.
41. Foster, p. 181.
42. Foster, p. 123.
43. Hollis, p. 249
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45. Foster, p. 487.
46. Foster, p. 95.
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48. Foster, p. 272.
49. Foster, p. 174.
50. Foster, p. 312.
51. Foster, p. 98.
52. Foster, p. 273.
53. Hollis, p. 251.
54. Foster, p. 218.
55. Foster, p. 514.
56. Foster, p. 326.
57. Foster, p. 284.
58. Foster, p. 275.
59. Foster, p. 491.
60. Foster, p. 30.
61. Hibbert, Christopher, ed. (1988). "Presidents of the Union since 1900". The Encyclopaedia of Oxford. Macmillan. pp. 527–532. ISBN 0-333-39917-X.
62. "Reforming the NHS". Floreat Domus. Balliol College, Oxford. 2008. Retrieved 7 Sep 2014.
63. Horne 1988, p22

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• Horne, Alistair (1988). Macmillan Volume I: 1894-1956 (Original ed.). London: Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-333-27691-4.