List of presidents of the Cambridge Union

{{Short description|none}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} This is a '''list of [[president (corporate title)|president]]s of the [[Cambridge Union]]''' since its foundation in 1815.

==1815–1916==

{| class="wikitable" ! Year ! Term ! President ! College |- | 1815 | Lent | [[Edward John Gambier|Mr E. Gambier]] | [[Trinity College, Cambridge|Trinity]] |- | 1815 | Easter | [[Constantine Phipps, 1st Marquess of Normanby|Lord Normanby]] | Trinity |- | 1815 | Michaelmas | [[Charles John Shore, 2nd Baron Teignmouth|The Hon. C. J. Shore]] | Trinity |- | 1816 | Lent | Mr G. Stainforth{{efn|George Stainforth, born 9 March 1796; Chancellor's Medal, 1818; died 24 August 1820, aged 24; brother of [[Francis Stainforth|Francis John Stainforth]] (from ''Alumni Cantabrigienses'').}} | Trinity |- | 1816 | Easter | [[Edward Penrhyn|Mr E. Leycester]] | [[St John's College, Cambridge|St John's]] |- | 1816 | Michaelmas | Mr R. Whitcombe{{efn|Richard Whitcombe, born 2 March 1794; Scholar 1815; BA 1817, MA 1820; Lincoln's Inn, 1820, called to the bar; died 12 November 1834 (from ''Alumni Cantabrigienses'')}} | Trinity |- | 1817 | Lent | [[William Whewell|Mr W. Whewell]] | Trinity |- | 1817 | Easter | [[Connop Thirlwall|Mr C. Thirlwall]] | Trinity |- | 1817 | Michaelmas | [[Hugh James Rose|Mr H. J. Rose]] | Trinity |- | 1818 | Lent | [[Benjamin Heath Malkin#Legacy|Mr B. H. Malkin]] | Trinity |- | 1818 | Easter | [[Thomas Thorp (priest)|Mr T. Thorp]] | Trinity |- | 1818 | Michaelmas | [[Matthew Talbot Baines|Mr T. Baines]] | Trinity |- | 1819 | Lent | [[Thomas Pell Platt|Mr T. Platt]] | Trinity |- | 1819 | Easter | [[Samuel Hawkes (missionary)|Mr S. Hawkes]] | Trinity |- | 1819 | Michaelmas | Mr J. Cooper | Trinity |- | 1820 | Lent | Mr E. D. Rhodes | [[Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge|Sidney Sussex]] |- | 1820 | Easter | Mr E. Whiteley | [[Jesus College, Cambridge|Jesus]] |- | 1820 | Michaelmas | Mr T. Sheepshanks | Trinity |- | 1821 | Lent | [[Edward Strutt, 1st Baron Belper|Mr E. Strutt]] | Trinity |- | 1821 | Easter | Mr J. Punnett | [[Clare College, Cambridge|Clare]] |- | 1821 | Michaelmas | Mr J. Furnival | [[Queens' College, Cambridge|Queens']] |- | 1822 | Lent | [[Charles Austin (lawyer)|Mr C. Austin]] | Jesus |- | 1822 | Easter | [[Charles Pelham Villiers|Mr C. Villiers]] | St John's |- | 1822 | Michaelmas | [[William Henry Ord (1803–1838)|Mr W. H. Ord]] | Trinity |- | 1823 | Lent | Mr W. Blunt | [[King's College, Cambridge|King's]] |- | 1823 | Easter | Mr G. O. Townsend | King's |- | 1823 | Michaelmas | Mr J. J. Rawlinson | Trinity |- | 1824 | Lent | [[Robert Hildyard (MP for Whitehaven)|Mr R. C. Hildyard]] | [[St Catharine's College, Cambridge|St Catharine's]] |- | 1824 | Easter | [[Sir Alexander Cockburn, 12th Baronet|Mr A. J. Cockburn]] | [[Trinity Hall, Cambridge|Trinity Hall]] |- | 1824 | Michaelmas | Mr J. Haughton | [[Pembroke College, Cambridge|Pembroke]] |- | 1825 | Lent | Mr W. E. Tooke | Trinity |- | 1825 | Easter | [[Benjamin Hall Kennedy|Mr B. H. Kennedy]] | St John's |- | 1825 | Michaelmas | Mr J. Stock | [[Peterhouse, Cambridge|Peterhouse]] |- | 1826 | Lent | Mr J. Wilson | Trinity |- | 1826 | Easter | Mr J. H. Smith | [[Corpus Christi College, Cambridge|Corpus Christi]] |- | 1826 | Michaelmas | Mr C. Lillingston | [[Emmanuel College, Cambridge|Emmanuel]] |- | 1827 | Lent | [[Charles Buller|Mr C. Buller]] | Trinity |- | 1827 | Easter | [[John Sterling (author)|Mr J. Sterling]] | Trinity Hall |- | 1827 | Michaelmas | [[Spencer Horatio Walpole|Mr S. H. Walpole]] | Trinity |- | 1828 | Lent | [[John Mitchell Kemble|Mr J. Kemble]] | Trinity |- | 1828 | Easter | [[Richard Chenevix Trench|Mr R. C. Trench]] | Trinity |- | 1828 | Michaelmas | Mr H. H. Luscombe | Clare |- | 1829 | Lent | [[Joseph Blakesley|Mr J. W. Blakesley]] | Corpus Christi |- | 1829 | Easter | [[Charles Chapman (cricketer, born 1806)|Mr C. Chapman]] | Corpus Christi |- | 1829 | Michaelmas | Mr P. H. Crutchley | [[Magdalene College, Cambridge|Magdalene]] |- | 1830 | Lent | Mr L. S. Orde | Queens' |- | 1830 | Easter | Mr H. Matthew | Sidney Sussex |- | 1830 | Michaelmas | Mr L. S. Orde* | Queens' |- | 1831 | Lent | [[William Smith O'Brien|Mr W. S. O'Brien]] | Trinity |- | 1831 | Easter | Mr J. W. D. Dundas | Magdalene |- | 1831 | Michaelmas | [[William Henry Brookfield|Mr W. H. Brookfield]] | Trinity |- | 1832 | Lent | [[Charles Rann Kennedy|Mr C. R. Kennedy]] | Trinity |- | 1832 | Easter | [[Henry Alford (theologian)|Mr H. Alford]] | Trinity |- | 1832 | Michaelmas | Mr R. A. Johnstone | Trinity |- | 1833 | Lent | Hon. C. W. Henniker | St John's |- | 1833 | Easter | [[Elliot Warburton|Mr E. Warburton]] | Trinity |- | 1833 | Michaelmas | Mr J. E. Heathcote | Trinity |- |rowspan="2"| 1834 |rowspan="2"| Lent | [[William Henry Brookfield|Mr W. H. Brookfield]]* | Trinity |- | Hon. W. C. Henniker* | St John's |- | 1834 | Easter | Mr C. White | Magdalene |- | 1834 | Michaelmas | [[Burke baronets|Mr C. G. Burke]] | [[Christ's College, Cambridge|Christ's]] |- | 1835 | Lent | [[George Fyler Townsend|Mr G. F. Townsend]] | Trinity |- | 1835 | Easter | [[Kenneth Macaulay (politician)|Mr K. Macaulay]] | Jesus |- | 1835 | Michaelmas | [[William Alexander Mackinnon (Lymington MP)|Mr W. A. Mackinnon]] | St John's |- | 1836 | Lent | [[Sir William Frederick Pollock, 2nd Baronet|Mr W. F. Pollock]] | Trinity |- | 1836 | Easter | Mr T. Spankie | Trinity |- | 1836 | Michaelmas | Mr H. R. Goldfinch | Trinity |- | 1837 | Lent | [[Alexander Baillie-Cochrane, 1st Baron Lamington|Mr A. Baillie-Cochrane]] | Trinity |- | 1837 | Easter | [[Alexander John Ellis|Mr A. J. Ellis]] | Trinity |- | 1837 | Michaelmas | Mr R. N. Philipps | Christ's |- | 1838 | Lent | Mr C. J. Tindal | Trinity |- | 1838 | Easter | [[Lighton Baronets|Sir J. Lighton]] | St John's |- | 1838 | Michaelmas | Mr S. T. Bartlett | Clare |- |rowspan="2"| 1839 |rowspan="2"| Lent | [[Alexander Beresford Hope|Mr A. J. B. Hope]] | Trinity |- | [[John William Donaldson|Mr J. W. Donaldson]] | Trinity |- | 1839 | Easter | [[Charles Ellicott|Mr C. J. Ellicott]] | St John's |- | 1839 | Michaelmas | [[Edward Craufurd|Mr E. H. J. Craufurd]] | Trinity |- | 1840 | Lent | [[John Bastard (cricketer)|Mr J. H. Bastard]] | Trinity |- | 1840 | Easter | Mr W. Werge | St John's |- | 1840 | Michaelmas | Mr J. A. Beaumont | Trinity |- | 1841 | Lent | Mr J. R. Stock | St John's |- | 1841 | Easter | [[William Cunliffe Brooks|Mr W. Cunliffe-Brooks]] | St John's |- | 1841 | Michaelmas | Mr T. H. Bullock | King's |- |rowspan="2"| 1842 |rowspan="2"| Lent | Mr E. Rudge | St Catharine's |- | Mr G. Crawshay | Trinity |- | 1842 | Easter | Mr J. Hardcastle | Peterhouse |- | 1842 | Michaelmas | [[Sir Thomas Western, 2nd Baronet|Mr T. S. Western]] | Trinity |- | 1843 | Lent | [[Frederick Waymouth Gibbs|Mr F. W. Gibbs]] | Trinity |- | 1843 | Easter | [[Francis Grimston|The Hon. F. S. Grimston]] | Magdalene |- | 1843 | Michaelmas | [[George King (cricketer, born 1822)|Mr G. W. King]] | Trinity |- | 1844 | Lent | Mr J. C. H. Ogier | Trinity |- | 1844 | Easter | Mr W. Blake | Trinity |- | 1844 | Michaelmas | Mr E. F. Fiske | Emmanuel |- | 1845 | Lent | [[Churchill Babington|Mr C. Babington]] | St John's |- | 1845 | Easter | Mr H. Lindsay | Trinity |- | 1845 | Michaelmas | [[Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross|Mr R. A. Cross]] | Trinity |- | 1846 | Lent | Mr J. F. Baird | Trinity |- | 1846 | Easter | [[Thomas Dealtry (son)|Mr T. Dealtry]] | Trinity |- | 1846 | Michaelmas | Mr A. Garfit | Trinity |- | 1847 | Lent | [[William Campbell, 2nd Baron Stratheden and Campbell|The Hon. W. F. Campbell]] | Trinity |- | 1847 | Easter | [[John Llewelyn Davies|Mr J. Ll. Davies]] | Trinity |- | 1847 | Michaelmas | [[Augustus Arthur Vansittart|Mr A. A. Vansittart]] | Trinity |- | 1848 | Lent | Mr R. H. Parr | Trinity |- | 1848 | Easter | [[Joseph Francis Thrupp|Mr J. F. Thrupp]] | Trinity |- | 1848 | Michaelmas | Mr F. H. Colt | Trinity |- | 1849 | Lent | [[Arthur Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Baron Stanmore|The Hon. A. Gordon]] | Trinity |- | 1849 | Easter | [[William Vernon Harcourt (politician)|Mr W. V. Harcourt]] | Trinity |- | 1849 | Michaelmas | [[John Llewelyn Davies|Mr J. Ll. Davies]]* | Trinity |- | 1850 | Lent | Mr A. H. Louis | Trinity |- | 1850 | Easter | Mr R. Temple | Trinity |- | 1850 | Michaelmas | Mr R. Stuart Lane | [[Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge|Gonville and Caius]] |- | 1851 | Lent | Mr H. Leach | Emmanuel |- | 1851 | Easter | Mr P. Laurence | Trinity |- | 1851 | Michaelmas | [[Henry Arthur Bright|Mr H. A. Bright]] | Trinity |- | 1852 | Lent | [[Reginald Cust|Mr R. J. Cust]] | Trinity |- | 1852 | Easter | [[James Payn|Mr J. Payn]] | Trinity |- | 1852 | Michaelmas | [[Fenton John Anthony Hort|Mr F. J. A. Hort]] | Trinity |- | 1853 | Lent | Mr J. Lloyd | Trinity |- | 1853 | Easter | [[Arthur Cohen (politician)|Mr A. Cohen]] | Magdalene |- | 1853 | Michaelmas | [[Edward Dicey|Mr E. Dicey]] | Trinity |- | 1854 | Lent | Mr C. T. Swanston | Trinity |- | 1854 | Easter | [[Sir Howard Elphinstone, 3rd Baronet|Mr H. W. Elphinstone]] | Trinity |- | 1854 | Michaelmas | [[Vernon Lushington|Mr V. Lushington]] | Trinity |- | 1855 | Lent | Mr F. Kelly | Trinity |- | 1855 | Easter | [[William Court Gully|Mr W. C. Gully]] | Trinity |- | 1855 | Michaelmas | [[Henry Montagu Butler|Mr H. M. Butler]] | Trinity |- | 1856 | Lent | Mr W. D. Gardiner | Peterhouse<ref>{{acad|id=GRDR849WD|name=Gardiner, William Dundas}}</ref> |- | 1856 | Easter | [[Joseph William Dunning|Mr J. W. Dunning]] | Trinity |- | 1856 | Michaelmas | [[Edward Ernest Bowen|Mr E. E. Bowen]] | Trinity |- | 1857 | Lent | Mr C. Puller | Trinity |- | 1857 | Easter | [[John Eldon Gorst|Mr J. E. Gorst]] | St John's |- | 1857 | Michaelmas | [[Saumarez Smith|Mr W. S. Smith]] | Trinity |- | 1858 | Lent | Mr C. A. Jones | St John's |- | 1858 | Easter | Mr R. O'Hara | Gonville & Caius |- | 1858 | Michaelmas | Mr E. H. Fisher | Trinity |- | 1859 | Lent | [[Henry Cecil Raikes|Mr H. C. Raikes]] | Trinity |- | 1859 | Easter | [[Oscar Browning|Mr O. Browning]] | King's |- | 1859 | Michaelmas | Mr T. W. Beddome | Trinity |- | 1860 | Lent | [[Coutts Trotter (physicist)|Mr C. Trotter]] | Trinity |- | 1860 | Easter | Mr H. Geary | Corpus Christi |- | 1860 | Michaelmas | [[Sir George Young, 3rd Baronet|Sir G. Young, Bart]] | Trinity |- | 1861 | Lent | [[Henry Sidgwick|Mr H. Sidgwick]] | Trinity |- | 1861 | Easter | Mr F. Ll. Bagshawe | Trinity |- | 1861 | Michaelmas | [[George Otto Trevelyan|Mr G. O. Trevelyan]] | Trinity |- | 1862 | Lent | Mr W. M. Lane | Trinity |- | 1862 | Easter | [[Walter Lawrance|Mr W. J. Lawrance]] | Trinity |- | 1862 | Michaelmas | [[William Everett|Mr W. Everett]] | Trinity |- | 1863 | Lent | [[Edward Loughlin O'Malley|Mr E. L. O'Malley]] | Trinity |- | 1863 | Easter | [[Edward Loughlin O'Malley|Mr E. L. O'Malley]]* | Trinity |- | 1863 | Michaelmas | [[Arthur Sidgwick|Mr A. Sidgwick]] | Trinity |- | 1864 | Lent | Mr R. D. Bennett | Trinity Hall |- | 1864 | Easter | [[Henry Jackson (classicist)|Mr H. Jackson]] | Trinity |- | 1864 | Michaelmas | [[Charles Wentworth Dilke, 2nd Baronet|Mr C. W. Dilke]] | Trinity Hall |- | 1865 | Lent | [[Peto baronets|Mr H. Peto]] | Trinity |- | 1865 | Easter | [[John Robert Hollond|Mr J. R. Hollond]] | Trinity |- | 1865 | Michaelmas | [[Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh|Mr E. S. Shuckburgh]] | Emmanuel |- | 1866 | Lent | [[Charles Wentworth Dilke, 2nd Baronet|Mr C. W. Dilke]]* | Trinity Hall |- | 1866 | Easter | [[Edmond Petty-FitzMaurice, 1st Baron FitzMaurice|Lord E. Fitzmaurice]] | Trinity |- | 1866 | Michaelmas | Mr H. L. Anderton | Gonville & Caius |- | 1867 | Lent | [[William Rann Kennedy|Mr W. R. Kennedy]] | King's |- | 1867 | Easter | [[William Lindsay (officer of arms)|Mr W. A. Lindsay]] | Trinity |- | 1867 | Michaelmas | Mr G. C. Whiteley | St John's |- | 1868 | Lent | [[Augustus Samuel Wilkins|Mr A. S. Wilkins]] | St John's |- | 1868 | Easter | [[John Fletcher Moulton|Mr J. F. Moulton]] | St Johns |- | 1868 | Michaelmas | Mr E. A. Owen | Trinity |- | 1869 | Lent | Mr R. T. Wright | Christ's |- | 1869 | Easter | Mr Frank Watson | St John's |- | 1869 | Michaelmas | Mr J. Kennedy | King's |- | 1870 | Lent | Mr G. Warington | Gonville & Caius |- | 1870 | Easter | Mr A. Foster | St John's |- | 1870 | Michaelmas | Mr J. E. Symes | [[Downing College, Cambridge|Downing]] |- | 1871 | Lent | [[Odgers on Libel and Slander|Mr W. B. Odgers]] | Trinity Hall |- | 1871 | Easter | [[John de Soyres|Mr J. de Soyres]] | Gonville & Caius |- | 1871 | Michaelmas | Mr C. G. Kellner | King's |- | 1872 | Lent | Mr W. F. MacMichael | Downing |- | 1872 | Easter | [[William Cunningham (economist)|Mr W. Cunningham]] | Trinity |- | 1872 | Michaelmas | [[Thomas Oliver Harding|Mr T. O. Harding]] | Trinity |- | 1873 | Lent | [[Frederic William Maitland|Mr F. W. Maitland]] | Trinity |- | 1873 | Easter | Mr W. J. Scott | Trinity |- | 1873 | Michaelmas | [[A. W. Verrall|Mr A. W. Verrall]] | Trinity |- | 1874 | Lent | [[Courtney Stanhope Kenny|Mr C. S. Kenny]] | Downing |- | 1874 | Easter | [[Perceval Maitland Laurence|Mr P. M. Laurence]] | Corpus Christi |- | 1874 | Michaelmas | [[Richard Willis Jameson|Mr R. W. Jameson]] | Trinity |- | 1875 | Lent | Mr J. E. C. Munro | Downing |- | 1875 | Easter | [[H. Newell Martin|Mr H. N. Martin]] | Christ's |- | 1875 | Michaelmas | Mr J. F. Skipper | St John's |- | 1876 | Lent | [[James Edward Cowell Welldon|Mr J. E. C. Welldon]] | King's |- | 1876 | Easter | [[John Fletcher Little|Mr J. F. Little]] | Downing |- | 1876 | Michaelmas | [[R. C. Lehmann|Mr R. C. Lehmann]] | Trinity |- | 1877 | Lent | [[Henry Waldegrave, 11th Earl Waldegrave|The Hon. H. N. Waldegrave]] | Trinity |- | 1877 | Easter | Mr J. F. Main | Trinity |- | 1877 | Michaelmas | The Rev. A. G. Tweedie | Gonville & Caius |- | 1878 | Lent | Mr T. D. Hart | Downing |- | 1878 | Easter | Mr W. B. Milton | Trinity |- | 1878 | Michaelmas | [[Thomas Raffles Hughes|Mr T. R. Hughes]] | Trinity |- | 1879 | Lent | [[E. J. C. Morton|Mr E. J. C. Morton]] | St John's |- | 1879 | Easter | Mr F. P. Lefroy | Trinity |- | 1879 | Michaelmas | Mr S. G. Ponsonby | Trinity |- | 1880 | Lent | [[Thomas Edward Scrutton|Mr T. E. Scrutton]] | Trinity |- | 1880 | Easter | [[James Pounder Whitney|Mr J. P. Whitney]] | King's |- | 1880 | Michaelmas | [[James Kenneth Stephen|Mr J. K. Stephen]] | King's |- | 1881 | Lent | Mr N. C. Hardcastle | Downing |- | 1881 | Easter | [[Harold Cox|Mr Harold Cox]] | Jesus |- | 1881 | Michaelmas | Mr E. A. Parkyn | Christ's |- | 1882 | Lent | Mr O. Rigby | St John's |- | 1882 | Easter | [[Theodore Beck|Mr T. Beck]] | Trinity |- | 1882 | Michaelmas | [[James Peiris|Sir J. Peiris]] | St John's |- | 1883 | Lent | Mr F. L. Lucas | Trinity |- | 1883 | Easter | [[Joseph Robson Tanner|Mr J. R. Tanner]] | St John's |- | 1883 | Michaelmas | Mr G. S. W. Jebb | Trinity |- | 1884 | Lent | Mr W. Blain | St John's |- | 1884 | Easter | Mr W. H. Stables | Trinity |- | 1884 | Michaelmas | [[Walter Raleigh (professor)|Mr W. A. Raleigh]] | King's |- | 1885 | Lent | [[Lord Polwarth|The Hon. W. G. Scott]] | Trinity |- | 1885 | Easter | [[Edward Goulding, 1st Baron Wargrave|Mr E. A. Goulding]] | St John's |- | 1885 | Michaelmas | [[Joshua Thomas Bell|Mr J. T. Bell]] | Trinity Hall |- | 1886 | Lent | [[Ellis Ellis-Griffith|Mr E. J. Griffith]] | Downing |- | 1886 | Easter | [[Leopold Maxse|Mr L. J. Maxse]] | King's |- | 1886 | Michaelmas | Mr H. Boyd-Carpenter | King's |- | 1887 | Lent | [[Lionel Ford|Mr L. G. B. J. Ford]] | King's |- | 1887 | Easter | [[Fydell Edmund Garrett|Mr F. E. Garrett]] | Trinity |- | 1887 | Michaelmas | [[Gerald Strickland|Count Strickland]] | Trinity |- | 1888 | Lent | Mr W. W. Grantham | Trinity |- | 1888 | Easter | Mr R. R. Ottley | Trinity |- | 1888 | Michaelmas | [[Richard James Wilkinson|Mr R. J. Wilkinson]] | Trinity |- | 1889 | Lent | [[Frederic Maugham, 1st Viscount Maugham|Mr F. H. Maugham]] | Trinity Hall |- | 1889 | Easter | Mr C. H. Bompas | Trinity |- | 1889 | Michaelmas | [[Edward Grose-Hodge|The Rev. E. Grose Hodge]] | Trinity Hall |- | 1890 | Lent | [[William Brunyate|Mr W. E. Brunyate]] | Trinity |- | 1890 | Easter | [[Malcolm Macnaghten|The Hon. M. M. Macnaghten]] | Trinity |- | 1890 | Michaelmas | [[J. M. E. McTaggart|Mr J. E. McTaggart]] | Trinity |- | 1891 | Lent | [[Ronald Courthope Bosanquet|Mr S. R. C. Bosanquet]] | Trinity |- | 1891 | Easter | [[Ernest MacBride|Mr E. W. MacBride]] | St John's |- | 1891 | Michaelmas | Mr R. F. Graham Campbell | Trinity |- | 1892 | Lent | Mr H. W. L. O'Rorke | Trinity |- | 1892 | Easter | [[Anton Bertram|Mr T. A. Bertram]] | Gonville & Caius |- | 1892 | Michaelmas | Mr G. Davidson Kempt | St John's |- | 1893 | Lent | [[Howard Masterman|Mr J. H. B. Masterman]] | St John's |- | 1893 | Easter | Mr Peter Green | St John's |- | 1893 | Michaelmas | Mr Adolphus A. Jack | Peterhouse |- | 1894 | Lent | [[Cathrew Fisher|Mr T. C. Fisher]] | Trinity |- | 1894 | Easter | Mr F. G. Thomas | Sidney Sussex |- | 1894 | Michaelmas | Mr F. B. Malim | Trinity |- | 1895 | Lent | [[John Perronet Thompson|Mr J. P. Thompson]] | Trinity |- | 1895 | Easter | [[Montagu Sherard Dawes Butler|Mr M. S. D. Butler]] | Pembroke |- |rowspan="2"| 1895 |rowspan="2"| Michaelmas | [[Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler|Mr L. Stuyvesant Chanler]] | Trinity |- | Mr D. Shearme | Trinity |- | 1896 | Lent | [[Charles Frederick Gurney Masterman|Mr C. F. G. Masterman]] | Christ's |- | 1896 | Easter | [[Philip Whitwell Wilson|Mr P. W. Wilson]] | Clare |- | 1896 | Michaelmas | [[Frederick Pethick-Lawrence, 1st Baron Pethick-Lawrence|Mr F. W. Lawrence]] | Trinity |- | 1897 | Lent | Mr Frank Butler | Pembroke |- | 1897 | Easter | [[Charles Roden Buxton|Mr C. R. Buxton]] | Trinity |- | 1897 | Michaelmas | [[Ernest Barnes|Mr E. W. Barnes]] | Trinity |- | 1898 | Lent | Mr W. Craig Henderson | Trinity |- | 1898 | Easter | [[William Finlay, 2nd Viscount Finlay|Mr W. Finlay]] | Trinity |- | 1898 | Michaelmas | [[Bernard Langdon-Davies|Mr B. N. Langdon-Davies]] | Pembroke |- | 1899 | Lent | Mr T. F. R. MacDonnell | St John's |- | 1899 | Easter | Mr J. R. P. Sclater | Emmanuel |- | 1899 | Michaelmas | Mr C. E. Guiterman | Trinity |- | 1900 | Lent | [[Arthur Cecil Pigou|Mr A. C. Pigou]] | King's |- | 1900 | Easter | [[George Bowles (Conservative politician)|Mr G. F. S. Bowles]] | Trinity |- | 1900 | Michaelmas | [[Edward Hilton Young, 1st Baron Kennet|Mr E. H. Young]] | Trinity |- | 1901 | Lent | [[George Claus Rankin|Mr G. C. Rankin]] | Trinity |- | 1901 | Easter | [[Hendrik Stephanus van Zyl|Mr H. S. van Zijl]] | St John's |- | 1901 | Michaelmas | Mr F. W. Armstrong | St John's |- | 1902 | Lent | [[D. H. MacGregor|Mr D. H. Macgregor]] | Trinity |- | 1902 | Easter | Mr Percy B. Haigh | St John's |- | 1902 | Michaelmas | [[Edwin Samuel Montagu|Mr E. S. Montagu]] | Trinity |- | 1903 | Lent | [[James Gordon (bishop of Jarrow)|Mr J. G. Gordon]] | Trinity |- | 1903 | Easter | Mr Jas. Strachan | Clare |- | 1903 | Michaelmas | Mr J. Corry Arnold | St John's |- | 1904 | Lent | Mr F. E. Bray | Trinity |- | 1904 | Easter | [[Michael McDonnell|Mr M. F. J. McDonnell]] | St John's |- | 1904 | Michaelmas | [[J.T. Sheppard|Mr J. T. Sheppard]] | King's |- |rowspan="2"| 1905 |rowspan="2"| Lent | [[H. G. Wood|Mr H. G. Wood]] | Jesus |- | [[John Maynard Keynes|Mr J. M. Keynes]] | King's |- | 1905 | Easter | [[John Mozley|Mr J. K. Mozley]] | Pembroke |- | 1905 | Michaelmas | [[Wilson Harris (journalist)|Mr H. W. Harris]] | St John's |- | 1906 | Lent | Mr S. J. M. Sampson | Trinity |- | 1906 | Easter | Mr A. C. O. Morgan<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cwgc.org/search/certificate.aspx?casualty=2954864 |title=CWGC :: Certificate |access-date=2010-06-18 |archive-date=2011-06-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615034710/http://www.cwgc.org/search/certificate.aspx?casualty=2954864 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | Trinity |- |rowspan="2"| 1906 |rowspan="2"| Michaelmas | Mr A. P. Hughes-Gibb | Trinity |- | Mr H. A. Holland | Trinity |- | 1907 | Lent | [[Edward Gordon Selwyn|Mr E. G. Selwyn]] | King's |- | 1907 | Easter | Mr F. D. Livingstone<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cwgc.org/search/certificate.aspx?casualty=170222 |title=CWGC :: Certificate |access-date=2010-06-18 |archive-date=2011-06-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615034810/http://www.cwgc.org/search/certificate.aspx?casualty=170222 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | Peterhouse |- | 1907 | Michaelmas | Mr O. F. Grazebrook | Gonville & Caius |- | 1908 | Lent | Mr M. M. Pattison Muir | Gonville & Caius |- | 1908 | Easter | Mr W. G. Elmslie | Pembroke |- | 1908 | Michaelmas | Mr C. Bethell<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/275759|title = Casualty Details | CWGC}}</ref> | Trinity |- | 1909 | Lent | [[Ernest Evans (politician)|Mr E. Evans]] | Trinity Hall |- | 1909 | Easter | [[Arnold McNair, 1st Baron McNair|Mr A. D. McNair]] | Gonville & Caius |- | 1909 | Michaelmas | Mr A. Ramsay<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cwgc.org/search/certificate.aspx?casualty=2959937 |title=CWGC :: Certificate |access-date=2010-06-18 |archive-date=2011-06-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615034854/http://www.cwgc.org/search/certificate.aspx?casualty=2959937 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | Gonville & Caius |- | 1910 | Lent | [[James Ramsay Montagu Butler|Mr J. R. M. Butler]] | Trinity |- | 1910 | Easter | [[Geoffrey G. Butler|Mr G. G. G. Butler]]<ref>{{Cite web| title=Sir Geoffrey Butler and The Tory Tradition | url=https://conservativehistory.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/parkinson-sir-geoffrey-butler-and-the-tory-tradition-conservative-history-journal-2014.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013172945/https://conservativehistory.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/parkinson-sir-geoffrey-butler-and-the-tory-tradition-conservative-history-journal-2014.pdf | archive-date=2016-10-13}}</ref> | Trinity |- | 1910 | Michaelmas | [[William Norman Birkett, 1st Baron Birkett|Mr W. N. Birkett]] | Emmanuel |- | 1911 | Lent | Mr H. P. W. Burton | St John's |- | 1911 | Easter | Mr J. H. Allen<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cwgc.org/search/certificate.aspx?casualty=602606 |title=CWGC :: Certificate |access-date=2010-06-18 |archive-date=2011-06-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615034831/http://www.cwgc.org/search/certificate.aspx?casualty=602606 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | Jesus |- | 1911 | Michaelmas | [[Dennis Robertson (economist)|Mr D. H. Robertson]] | Trinity |- | 1912 | Lent | Mr K. F. Callaghan | Gonville & Caius |- | 1912 | Easter | [[Philip Noel-Baker|Mr P. Noel-Baker]] | King's |- | 1912 | Michaelmas | [[Hubert Douglas Henderson|Mr H. D. Henderson]] | Emmanuel |- | 1913 | Lent | Mr H. Wright | Pembroke |- | 1913 | Easter | [[Humfrey Grose-Hodge|Mr H. Grose Hodge]] | Pembroke |- | 1913 | Michaelmas | Mr E. P. Smith | Gonville & Caius |- | 1914 | Lent | Mr D. G. Rouquette<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cwgc.org/search/certificate.aspx?casualty=1637763 |title=CWGC :: Certificate |access-date=2010-06-18 |archive-date=2011-06-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615034912/http://www.cwgc.org/search/certificate.aspx?casualty=1637763 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | Sidney Sussex |- | 1914 | Easter | Mr G. K. M. Butler<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cwgc.org/search/certificate.aspx?casualty=474381 |title=CWGC :: Certificate |access-date=2010-06-18 |archive-date=2011-06-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615035112/http://www.cwgc.org/search/certificate.aspx?casualty=474381 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | Trinity |- | 1914 | Michaelmas | Mr J. H. B. Nihill | Emmanuel |- | 1915 | Lent | Mr H. D. Barnard<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cwgc.org/search/certificate.aspx?casualty=769628 |title=CWGC :: Certificate |access-date=2010-06-18 |archive-date=2011-06-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615035136/http://www.cwgc.org/search/certificate.aspx?casualty=769628 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | Jesus |- | 1915 | Easter | Mr H. I. Lloyd | Emmanuel |- |rowspan="2"| 1915 |rowspan="2"| Michaelmas | Mr O. H. Hoexter | Emmanuel |- | Mr D. E. Oliver | Trinity Hall |- | 1916 | Lent | Mr W. H. Ramsbottom | Emmanuel |- | 1916 | Easter | Mr F. O. C. Potter | Trinity Hall |}

It was resolved at a Private Business Meeting held on Monday, May 8, 1916, to hold no elections for terminal officers in the Easter Term, nor subsequently for the duration of War, and that the functions of the Standing Committee be performed by the ''ex officio'' members of the Committee.

==1919–1939==

{| class="wikitable" ! Year ! Term ! President ! College |- | 1919 | Easter | Mr W. L. McNair | Gonville and Caius |- | 1919 | Michaelmas | [[John Morris, Baron Morris of Borth-y-Gest|Mr J. W. Morris]] | Trinity Hall |- | 1920 | Lent | [[Geoffrey Hithersay Shakespeare|Mr G. H. Shakespeare]] | Emmanuel |- | 1920 | Easter | Mr D. M. Reid | Emmanuel |- | 1920 | Michaelmas | [[William Abraham (Irish politician)#Louis Abraham|Mr L. A. Abraham]] | Peterhouse |- | 1921 | Lent | Mr E. H. F. Morris | Christ's |- | 1921 | Easter | [[Gilbert Granville Sharp|Mr G. G. Sharp]] | [[Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge|Fitzwilliam House]] |- | 1921 | Michaelmas | Mr G. W. Theobald | Emmanuel |- | 1922 | Lent | [[Denis Johnston|Mr W. D. Johnston]] | Christ's |- | 1922 | Easter | Mr R. E. Watson | St Catharine's |- | 1922 | Michaelmas | Mr Ian Macpherson | Trinity |- | 1923 | Lent | Mr G. G. Phillips | Trinity |- | 1923 | Easter | Mr R. Northam | Queens' |- | 1923 | Michaelmas | Mr R. H. L. Slater | Jesus |- | 1924 | Lent | [[Vyvyan Adams|Mr S. V. T. Adams]] | King's |- | 1924 | Easter | [[Rab Butler|Mr R. A. Butler]] | Pembroke |- | 1924 | Michaelmas | [[Archibald Pellow Marshall|Mr A. P. Marshall]] | Gonville and Caius |- | 1925 | Lent | [[Geoffrey William Lloyd|Mr G. W. Lloyd]] | Trinity |- | 1925 | Easter | [[Gerald Sparrow|Mr J. W. G. Sparrow]] | Trinity Hall |- | 1925 | Michaelmas | [[David Hardman|Mr D. R. Hardman]] | Christ's |- | 1926 | Lent | [[Michael Ramsey|Mr A. M. Ramsey]] | Magdalene |- | 1926 | Easter | Mr H. G. G. Herklots | Trinity Hall |- | 1926 | Michaelmas | [[Patrick Devlin (judge)|Mr P. A. Devlin]] | Christ's |- | 1927 | Lent | Mr A. L. Hutchinson | Christ's |- | 1927 | Easter | [[Alan King-Hamilton|Mr M. A. B. King-Hamilton]] | Trinity Hall |- | 1927 | Michaelmas | [[Selwyn Lloyd|Mr J. S. B. Lloyd]] | Magdalene |- | 1928 | Lent | [[Lionel Elvin|Mr H. L. Elvin]] | Trinity Hall |- | 1928 | Easter | [[Robert Stevenson (director)|Mr R. E. Stevenson]] | St John's |- | 1928 | Michaelmas | [[Geoffrey Crowther, Baron Crowther|Mr G. Crowther]] | Clare |- | 1929 | Lent | Mr J. G. Leathem | St John's |- | 1929 | Easter | [[Hugh Foot|Mr H. M. Foot]] | St John's |- | 1929 | Michaelmas | [[Henry John Sinclair|H. J. Sinclair, 2nd Baron Pentland]] | Trinity |- | 1930 | Lent | [[Kenneth Adam|Mr K. Adam]] | St John's |- | 1930 | Easter | [[C. Wilfred Jenks|Mr C. W. Jenks]] | Gonville and Caius |- | 1930 | Michaelmas | [[Lionel Gamlin|Mr L. J. Gamlin]] | Fitzwilliam House |- | 1931 | Lent | [[John Green (radio producer)|Mr J. D. F. Green]] | Peterhouse |- | 1931 | Easter | [[Karl Britton|Mr K. W. Britton]] | Clare |- | 1931 | Michaelmas | [[Elwyn Jones, Baron Elwyn-Jones|Mr F. Elwyn Jones]] | Gonville and Caius |- | 1932 | Lent | Mr A. H. Snell | Jesus |- | 1932 | Easter | Mr A. E. Holdsworth | Gonville and Caius |- | 1932 | Michaelmas | [[Shanti Swaroop Dhavan|Mr S. S. Dhavan]] | Emmanuel |- | 1933 | Lent | Mr T. R. Leathem | St John's |- | 1933 | Easter | Mr M. L. Barkway | Queens' |- | 1933 | Michaelmas | Mr T. A. W. Blackwell<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cwgc.org/cwgcinternet/certificate.aspx?casualty=2932954 |title=CWGC :: Certificate |access-date=2005-09-25 |archive-date=2005-06-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050628083209/http://www.cwgc.org/cwgcinternet/certificate.aspx?casualty=2932954 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | Magdalene |- | 1934 | Lent |[[Samuel Cooke (judge)|Mr S. B. R. Cooke]] | Gonville and Caius |- | 1934 | Easter | [[Geoffrey de Freitas|Mr G. de Freitas]] | Clare |- | 1934 | Michaelmas | [[Emlyn Garner Evans|Mr E. H. G. Evans]] | Gonville and Caius |- | 1935 | Lent | Count D. M. Tolstoy-Miloslavsky | Trinity |- | 1935 | Easter | [[Cuthbert Alport, Baron Alport|Mr C. J. M. Alport]] | Pembroke |- | 1935 | Michaelmas | Mr A. W. G. Kean | Queens' |- | 1936 | Lent | [[Charles Fletcher-Cooke|Mr C. Fletcher Cooke]] | Peterhouse |- | 1936 | Easter | Mr J. A. Dobbs | Trinity Hall |- | 1936 | Michaelmas | [[Leonard Miall|Mr R. L. Miall]] | St John's |- | 1937 | Lent | [[Gerald Croasdell|Mr G. B. Croasdell]] | Pembroke |- | 1937 | Easter | Mr Ronald Vincent Gibson | Gonville and Caius |- | 1937 | Michaelmas | Mr F. Singleton | Emmanuel |- | 1938 | Lent | Mr J. M. Simonds<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cwgc.org/cwgcinternet/certificate.aspx?casualty=2659571 |title=CWGC :: Certificate |access-date=2005-09-25 |archive-date=2005-09-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050907155648/http://www.cwgc.org/cwgcinternet/certificate.aspx?casualty=2659571 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | Magdalene |- | 1938 | Easter | Mr P. R. Noakes | Queens' |- | 1938 | Michaelmas | [[Mohan Kumaramangalam|Mr S. M. Kumaramangalam]]<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok05/state/05lspd.htm | title=Members of fifth Lok Sabha | access-date=2006-02-07 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060207143510/http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok05/state/05lspd.htm | archive-date=2006-02-07 | url-status=dead}}</ref> | King's |- | 1939 | Lent | [[Lord Dunboyne|Hon. P. T. T. Butler]] | Trinity |- | 1939 | Easter | Mr P. B. Hague<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cwgc.org/cwgcinternet/certificate.aspx?casualty=1705605 |title=CWGC :: Certificate |access-date=2005-09-25 |archive-date=2005-09-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050912093512/http://www.cwgc.org/cwgcinternet/certificate.aspx?casualty=1705605 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | Emmanuel |- | 1939 | Michaelmas | [[Pieter Keuneman|Mr P. G. B. Keuneman]] | Pembroke |}

The election of Officers was suspended and a Committee of Management appointed.

==Chairmen of debates, 1939–1944==

{| class="wikitable" ! Year ! Term ! Chairman ! College |- | 1939 | Michaelmas | Mr R. R. Pittam | Pembroke |- | 1940 | Lent | Mr G. L. Stewart | Fitzwilliam House |- | 1940 | Easter | Mr [[James Bottomley (diplomat)|J. R. A. Bottomley]] | Trinity |- | 1940 | Michaelmas |colspan="2"| ''Debates suspended'' |- | 1941 | Lent | [[John Maynard Smith|Mr J. Maynard Smith]] | Trinity |- | 1941 | Easter |colspan="2"| ''Debates suspended'' |- | 1941 | Michaelmas |colspan="2"| ''Debates suspended'' |- | 1942 | Lent |colspan="2"| ''Debates suspended'' |- | 1942 | Easter | Mr H. B. Dunkerley | King's |- | 1942 | Michaelmas | Mr G. A. Leven | Trinity |- | 1943 | Lent | Mr R. S. Taylor | St Catharine's |- | 1943 | Easter | [[Neville Sandelson|Mr N. D. Sandelson]] | Trinity |- | 1943 | Michaelmas | Mr R. R. Feilden | Corpus Christi |- | 1944 | Lent | Mr J. S. B. Butler | King's |- | 1944 | Easter | Mr C. Salmon | Trinity Hall |}

==1944–present==

The election of Officers was resumed.

{| class="wikitable" ! Year ! Term ! President ! College |- | 1944 | Michaelmas | Mr P. Goldman | Pembroke |- | 1945 | Lent | Mr S. Clement Davies | Trinity Hall |- | 1945 | Easter | Mr [[Douglas Coward|D. J. W. Coward]] | Trinity |- | 1945 | Michaelmas | Mr M. P. Frankel | Peterhouse |- | 1946 | Lent | Mr G. J. Carter | Magdalene |- | 1946 | Easter | Mr W. J. E. Coventon | Magdalene |- | 1946 | Michaelmas | Mr G. F. Boston | Magdalene |- | 1947 | Lent | Mr W. H. L. Richmond | Trinity |- | 1947 | Easter | [[Sir Ian Lloyd|Mr I. S. Lloyd]] | King's |- | 1947 | Michaelmas | [[Robin Mackworth-Young|Mr R. C. M. Young]] | King's |- | 1948 | Lent | [[Humphry Berkeley|Mr H. J. C. Berkeley]] | Pembroke |- | 1948 | Easter | Mr [[David Price (British politician)|D. E. C. Price]] | Trinity |- | 1948 | Michaelmas |[[Thomas Hewlett, Baron Hewlett|Mr T. C. Hewlett]] | Magdalene |- | 1949 | Lent | Mr G. W. Pattison | St John's |- | 1949 | Easter | Mr P. C. M. Curtis-Bennett | Christ's |- | 1949 | Michaelmas | [[Denzil Freeth|Mr D. K. Freeth]]<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/politics-obituaries/7647306/Denzil-Freeth.html Obituary] ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' 29 April 2010.</ref> | Trinity Hall |- | 1950 | Lent | [[Percy Cradock|Mr P. Cradock]] | St John's |- | 1950 | Easter | [[Norman St John-Stevas, Baron St John of Fawsley|Mr N. St John-Stevas]] | Fitzwilliam House |- | 1950 | Michaelmas | [[Ronald Waterhouse (judge)|Mr R. G. Waterhouse]] | St John's |- |rowspan="2"| 1951 |rowspan="2"| Lent | ‡ [[Jack Ashley, Baron Ashley of Stoke|Mr J. Ashley]] | Gonville and Caius |- | Mr G. Mathur | Magdalene |- | 1951 | Easter | Mr D. G. Macmillan | Magdalene |- | 1951 | Michaelmas | Mr F. J. Williams | Trinity |- | 1952 | Lent | [[Greville Janner|Mr G. E. Janner]] | Trinity Hall |- | 1952 | Easter | [[Douglas Hurd|Mr D. R. Hurd]] | Trinity |- | 1952 | Michaelmas | [[Alistair Sampson|Mr A. H. Sampson]] | [[Selwyn College, Cambridge|Selwyn]] |- | 1953 | Lent | [[Peter Mansfield (historian)|Mr P. J. Mansfield]] | Pembroke |- | 1953 | Easter | [[Ian McIntyre|Mr I. J. McIntyre]] | St John's |- | 1953 | Michaelmas | [[Hugh Thomas (historian)|Mr H. S. Thomas]] | Queens' |- | 1954 | Lent | Mr Derick Mirfin | Magdalene |- | 1954 | Easter | [[Nicholas Tomalin|Mr N. O. Tomalin]] | Trinity Hall |- | 1954 | Michaelmas | [[Giles Shaw|Mr G. Shaw]] | St John's |- | 1955 | Lent | [[Richard Moore (Liberal politician)|Mr R. G. Moore]]<ref>The Times House of Commons, 1955</ref> | Trinity |- | 1955 | Easter | [[John Douglas Waite|Mr J. D. Waite]] | Corpus Christi |- | 1955 | Michaelmas | Mr J. N. Crichton-Miller | Pembroke |- | 1956 | Lent | Mr M. D. Rosenhead | St John's |- | 1956 | Easter | Mr R. F. Peierls | Gonville and Caius |- | 1956 | Michaelmas | Mr K. W. J. Post | St John's |- | 1957 | Lent | Mr N. H. Marshall | St John's |- | 1957 | Easter | Mr D. R. Fairbairn | Gonville and Caius |- | 1957 | Michaelmas | Mr K. G. MacInnes | Trinity |- | 1958 | Lent | Mr C. T. Norman-Butler | Trinity |- | 1958 | Easter | [[Terence Higgins, Baron Higgins|Mr T. L. Higgins]] | Gonville and Caius |- | 1958 | Michaelmas | [[John Cockcroft (politician)|Mr J. H. Cockcroft]] | St John's |- | 1959 | Lent | [[Julian Pascoe Francis St Leger Grenfell, 3rd Baron Grenfell|Hon. J. P. F. St L. Grenfell]] | King's |- | 1959 | Easter | [[John Nott|Mr J. W. F. Nott]] | Trinity |- | 1959 | Michaelmas | Mr B. Walsh | Gonville and Caius |- | 1960 | Lent | [[Christopher Tugendhat|Mr C. S. Tugendhat]] | Gonville and Caius |- | 1960 | Easter | Mr L. A. C. F. Giovene di Girasole<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ambitalia.org.uk/IHF.htm|title=Tips to sell your house with ease|website=www.ambitalia.org.uk}}</ref> | St Catharine's |- | 1960 | Michaelmas | [[Leon Brittan|Mr L. Brittan]] | Trinity |- | 1961 | Lent | Mr A. Firth | Trinity |- | 1961 | Easter | [[Colin Renfrew, Baron Renfrew of Kaimsthorn|Mr A. C. Renfrew]] | St John's |- | 1961 | Michaelmas | Mr P. G. Hancock | Emmanuel |- | 1962 | Lent | [[John Gummer|Mr J. S. Gummer]] | Selwyn |- | 1962 | Easter | [[Michael Howard|Mr M. Howard]] | Peterhouse |- | 1962 | Michaelmas | Mr B. H. Pollitt<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gla.ac.uk/centres/clar/bpollittwkshop.html |title=CLAR News |accessdate=2006-02-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20041113220146/http://www.gla.ac.uk/centres/clar/bpollittwkshop.html |archivedate=2004-11-13 }}</ref> | King's |- | 1963 | Lent | [[Ian Binnie|Mr W. I. C. Binnie]] | Pembroke |- | 1963 | Easter | [[Kenneth Clarke|Mr K. H. Clarke]] | Gonville and Caius |- | 1963 | Michaelmas | Mr O. Weaver | Trinity |- | 1964 | Lent | [[Norman Lamont (1942)|Mr N. S. H. Lamont]] | Fitzwilliam House |- | 1964 | Easter | [[Charles Lysaght|Mr C. E. Lysaght]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.burkes-peerage.net/sites/ireland/sitepages/page93.asp|title=THE IRISH PEERS AND THE HOUSE OF LORDS - THE FINAL CHAPTER|website=www.burkes-peerage.net|date=23 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070204101111/http://www.burkes-peerage.net/sites/ireland/sitepages/page93.asp |archive-date=4 February 2007 |url-status=usurped}}</ref> | Christ's |- | 1964 | Michaelmas | [[Christie Davies|Mr J. C. H. Davies]] | Emmanuel |- | 1965 | Lent | Mr P. S. Fullerton | Gonville and Caius |- | 1965 | Easter | [[Vince Cable|Mr J. V. Cable]] | Fitzwilliam House |- | 1965 | Michaelmas | Mr J. M. J. Burford | Emmanuel |- | 1966 | Lent | Mr R. A. Perlman | St Catharine's |- | 1966 | Easter | Mr A. J. Vinson | Gonville and Caius |- | 1966 | Michaelmas | [[Paul Crossley (art historian)|Mr B. P. Crossley]] | Trinity |- | 1967 | Lent | Mr M. Horowitz | Pembroke |- | 1967 | Easter | [[Nicholas Wall (judge)|Mr N. P. R. Wall]] | Trinity |- | 1967 | Michaelmas | [[Ann Mallalieu, Baroness Mallalieu|Miss A. Mallalieu]] | [[Newnham College, Cambridge|Newnham]] |- | 1968 | Lent | [[Ian Martin (UN official)|Mr I. Martin]] | Emmanuel |- | 1968 | Easter | Mr G. W. Martin | Magdalene |- | 1968 | Michaelmas | [[Ken Jarrold|Mr K. W. Jarrold]] | Sidney Sussex |- | 1969 | Lent | Mr P. J. Tyson-Cain | Downing |- | 1969 | Easter | [[Helene Hayman|Miss H. V. Middleweek]] | Newnham |- | 1969 | Michaelmas | [[Norman Anderson (missionary)#Family|Mr H. R. D. Anderson]] | Trinity |- | 1970 | Lent | [[Roger Kenneth Evans|Mr R. K. Evans]] | Trinity Hall |- | 1970 | Easter |[[Rajeev Dhavan|Mr R. Dhavan]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.icj.org/default.asp?nodeID=403&langage=1&myPage=Members_of_the_Executive_Committee |title=International Commission of Jurists -- |accessdate=2010-11-30 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101221162114/http://www.icj.org/default.asp?nodeID=403&langage=1&myPage=Members_of_the_Executive_Committee |archivedate=2010-12-21 }}</ref> | Emmanuel |- | 1970 | Michaelmas | [[Nicholas Stadlen|Mr N. F. Stadlen]] | Trinity |- | 1971 | Lent | Mr P. L. Heslop<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.4stonebuildings.com/|title=4 Stone Buildings, barristers|website=4 Stone Buildings}}</ref> | Christ's |- | 1971 | Easter | [[Rupert Jackson|Mr R. M. Jackson]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page16257/ |title=Number10.gov.uk » Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales and Lords Justices of Appeal |accessdate=2009-03-28 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081126043411/http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page16257 |archivedate=2008-11-26 }}</ref> | Jesus |- | 1971 | Michaelmas | [[Arianna Huffington|Miss A-A. Stassinopoulos]] | [[Girton College, Cambridge|Girton]] |- | 1972 | Lent | Mr D. J. Powell | St Catharine's |- | 1972 | Easter | Mr K. F. Carey | Downing |- | 1972 | Michaelmas | [[Chris Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury|Mr C. R. Smith]] | Pembroke |- | 1973 | Lent | Mr A. G. Oppenheimer | Trinity |- | 1973 | Easter | Mr D. A. Grace | Magdalene |- | 1973 | Michaelmas | [[Mark Goyder|Mr E. M. Goyder]] | Trinity |- | 1974 | Lent | Mr H. H. J. Carter | Gonville and Caius |- | 1974 | Easter | [[Toby Harris|Mr J. T. Harris]] | Trinity |- | 1974 | Michaelmas | Mr P. S. Weil | Jesus |- | 1975 | Lent |[[David Bean (judge)|Mr D. M. Bean]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.matrixlaw.co.uk/whoweare_members.aspx |title=Matrix Chambers - Who We Are - Members |accessdate=2009-02-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090409074623/http://www.matrixlaw.co.uk/whoweare_members.aspx |archivedate=2009-04-09 }}</ref> | Trinity Hall |- | 1975 | Easter | Mr D. P. Condit | Trinity |- | 1975 | Michaelmas | [[Peter Bazalgette|Mr P. L. Bazalgette]] | [[Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge|Fitzwilliam]] |- | 1976 | Lent | [[Christopher Greenwood|Mr C. J. Greenwood]] | Magdalene |- | 1976 | Easter | Mr D. W. Johnson | Selwyn |- | 1976 | Michaelmas | [[Peter Fudakowski|Mr P. J. Fudakowski]] | Magdalene |- | 1977 | Lent | [[Karan Thapar|Mr K. Thapar]] | Pembroke |- | 1977 | Easter | Mr A. T. A. Dallas | Emmanuel |- | 1977 | Michaelmas | [[Adair Turner|Mr J. A. Turner]] | Gonville and Caius |- | 1978 | Lent | [[Andrew Mitchell|Mr A. J. B. Mitchell]] | Jesus |- | 1978 | Easter | [[Robert Harris (novelist)|Mr R. D. Harris]] | Selwyn |- | 1978 | Michaelmas | [[Daniel Janner|Mr D. J. M. Janner]] | Trinity Hall |- | 1979 | Lent | [[Edward Stourton (journalist)|Mr E. J. I. Stourton]] | Trinity |- | 1979 | Easter | Mr D. J. A. Casserley | Jesus |- | 1979 | Michaelmas | Mr M. J. Booth | Trinity |- | 1980 | Lent | Mr M. A. Bishop<ref>{{cite web |title=Who's Who |url=https://www.lsm.org.uk/about/whoswho/ |website=Little Saint Mary’s Church, Cambridge |access-date=28 February 2024}}</ref> | Downing |- | 1980 | Easter | Miss M. J. Libby | Girton |- | 1980 | Michaelmas | Mr C. H. Gallagher | Jesus |- | 1981 | Lent | Mr D. N. Senior | Jesus |- | 1981 | Easter | Mr P. M. Sugarman | St John's |- | 1981 | Michaelmas | Mr G. W. C. Kavanagh | St John's |- | 1982 | Lent | Mr P. N. L. Harvey | St Catharine's |- | 1982 | Easter | [[Simon Baynes|Mr S. R. M. Baynes]] | Magdalene |- | 1982 | Michaelmas | [[Bernard Jenkin|Mr B. C. Jenkin]] | Corpus Christi |- | 1983 | Lent | [[Simon Milton (politician)|Mr S. H. Milton]] | Gonville and Caius |- | 1983 | Easter | [[Melanie McDonagh|Miss M. McDonagh]] | [[New Hall, Cambridge|New Hall]] |- | 1983 | Michaelmas | Mr J. A. Lloyd | Fitzwilliam |- | 1984 | Lent | Mr G. B. Davies | St John's |- | 1984 | Easter | [[Andrew Lownie|Mr A. J. H. Lownie]] | Magdalene |- | 1984 | Michaelmas | Miss L. Chapman-Jury | St John's |- | 1985 | Lent | [[Lance Forman|Mr L. P. Anisfeld]] | Trinity |- | 1985 | Easter | [[Clive Blackwood|Mr C. D. Blackwood]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lambchambers.co.uk/people/clive-blackwood/|title=Clive Blackwood}}</ref> | Gonville and Caius |- | 1985 | Michaelmas | Mr D. N. Walbank | Queens' |- | 1986 | Lent | Mr T. H. Oliver | St John's |- | 1986 | Easter | [[Christopher Steele|Mr C. D. Steele]] | Girton |- | 1986 | Michaelmas | Mr C. G. Earles | Sidney Sussex |- | 1987 | Lent | [[Martin Tod|Mr M. P. N. Tod]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.martintod.org.uk|title=Martin Tod - A believer in progress, material and social|website=www.martintod.org.uk}}</ref> | St John's |- | 1987 | Easter | Mr M. P. Lindsay | Magdalene |- | 1987 | Michaelmas | Mr A. P. Ground | St John's |- | 1988 | Lent | [[Stephen Greenhalgh|Mr S. J. Greenhalgh]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lbhf.gov.uk/Directory/Council_and_Democracy/Councillors_and_MPs/Councillors/21259_Councillor_Stephen_Greenhalgh.asp |title=Councillor Stephen Greenhalgh |accessdate=2009-01-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080703164703/http://www.lbhf.gov.uk/Directory/Council_and_Democracy/Councillors_and_MPs/Councillors/21259_Councillor_Stephen_Greenhalgh.asp |archivedate=2008-07-03 }}</ref> | Trinity |- | 1988 | Easter | [[Christopher Kelly (historian)|Mr C. M. Kelly]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.foundation.cam.ac.uk/leaders.php?id=10 |title=Cambridge Alumni - Accompanying Lecturer |accessdate=2006-02-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080303034408/http://www.foundation.cam.ac.uk/leaders.php?id=10 |archivedate=2008-03-03 }}</ref> | Trinity |- | 1988 | Michaelmas | Mr P. C. W. Pressdee | St John's |- | 1989 | Lent | Mr A. Aithal | Trinity |- | 1989 | Easter | Miss C. A. Doerries<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.atkinchambers.com/people/index.cfm?id=332 |title=Atkin Chambers, Chantal-Aimée Doerries QC |accessdate=2009-03-28 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090906195117/http://www.atkinchambers.com/people/index.cfm?id=332 |archivedate=2009-09-06 }}</ref> | New Hall |- | 1989 | Michaelmas | Mr N. A. Pink | Pembroke |- | 1990 | Lent | Mr C. H. M. Robson | St John's |- | 1990 | Easter | Mr D. C. Willink | Magdalene |- | 1990 | Michaelmas | [[Martin Harris (diplomat)|Mr M. F. Harris]] | Corpus Christi |- | 1991 | Lent | Mr M. S. Scott-Fleming | Magdalene |- | 1991 | Easter | [[Rana Mitter|Mr R. S. Mitter]] | King's |- | 1991 | Michaelmas | Miss E. D. Johnson | Queens' |- | 1992 | Lent | Mr S. P. J. Nixon | Trinity |- | 1992 | Easter | [[Clare Balding|Miss C. V. Balding]] | Newnham |- | 1992 | Michaelmas | Mr N. P. Allen | Emmanuel |- | 1993 | Lent | Mr B. M. Elkington | Trinity |- | 1993 | Easter | [[Gavin Barwell|Mr G. L. Barwell]] | Trinity |- | 1993 | Michaelmas | [[Lucy Frazer|Miss L. C. Frazer]] | Newnham |- | 1994 | Lent | Mr S. Swaroop | Magdalene |- | 1994 | Easter | Mr C. M. Farmer | Magdalene |- | 1994 | Michaelmas | Mr S. D. Kirk | Emmanuel |- | 1995 | Lent | Miss R. C. Penn | [[Churchill College, Cambridge|Churchill]] |- | 1995 | Easter | [[Nicholas Boys Smith | Mr N. J. Boys Smith]] | Peterhouse |- | 1995 | Michaelmas | Mr D. H. Branch | Magdalene |- | 1996 | Lent | Mr N. Chatrath | Jesus |- | 1996 | Easter | Mr A. Cannon<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=1356206&authType=NAME_SEARCH&authToken=yALK&locale=en_US&srchid=13562061395660873724&srchindex=1&srchtotal=11&trk=vsrp_people_res_name&trkInfo=VSRPsearchId%3A13562061395660873724%2CVSRPtargetId%3A1356206%2CVSRPcmpt%3Aprimary | title=Sign up | LinkedIn }}</ref> | Magdalene |- | 1996 | Michaelmas | Miss I. Waddell<ref>http://www.linkedin.com/pub/7/724/798 {{Self-published source|date=June 2022}}</ref> | Newnham |- | 1997 | Lent | Mr A. Leek | Emmanuel |- | 1997 | Easter | Mr J. Shapiro | Peterhouse |- | 1997 | Michaelmas | Mr G. Weetman<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.7br.co.uk/detailed-cv/details.aspx?page_name=../detailed-cv/Gareth-Weetman.asp|website=7BR|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725032701/http://www.7br.co.uk/detailed-cv/details.aspx?page_name=..%2Fdetailed-cv%2FGareth-Weetman.asp|archivedate=2011-07-25}}</ref> | Christ's |- | 1998 | Lent | Miss S. E. Raine | Trinity |- | 1998 | Easter | Miss R. Durkin | Corpus Christi |- | 1998 | Michaelmas | Mr A. Slater | Corpus Christi |- | 1999 | Lent | Mr O. Wellings | Pembroke |- | 1999 | Easter | Miss S. Gledhill | Christ's |- | 1999 | Michaelmas | Mr G. Bevis | Magdalene |- | 2000 | Lent | Miss V. Perkins | Pembroke |- | 2000 | Easter | Miss A. Newton | Newnham |- | 2000 | Michaelmas | Dr P. J. Abbott | Magdalene |- | 2001 | Lent | Miss D. Newman | Fitzwilliam |- | 2001 | Easter | [[Tan Wu Meng|Mr W. M. Tan]] | Trinity |- | 2001 | Michaelmas | Mr J. M. Brier<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.essexcourt.net/members/barrister.asp?b=109 |title=Jeremy Brier | Barristers | Essex Court Chambers |accessdate=2009-02-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091220030808/http://essexcourt.net/members/barrister.asp?b=109 |archivedate=2009-12-20 }}</ref> | Christ's |- | 2002 | Lent | Dr J. Devanny<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/person.aspx?id=e42a1e6d-e416-4ea6-95d2-1eb725a485c9 |title=King's People|access-date=2019-02-24}}</ref> | Jesus |- | 2002 | Easter | [[Michael Lynas|Mr M. W. S. Lynas]] | Trinity |- |rowspan="2"| 2002 |rowspan="2"| Michaelmas | ‡ Mr T. B. Kibasi | Trinity |- | Mr T. H. Jeffery | Trinity |- | 2003 | Lent | Mr S. K. Kabraji | Trinity |- | 2003 | Easter | Mr E. C. Cumming<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.xxiv.co.uk/barristers/edward-cumming/|title=Edward Cumming - XXIV Old Buildings|publisher=}}</ref> | Downing |- | 2003 | Michaelmas | Mr W. E. Gallagher<ref>http://esther2009.wordpress.com/2007/03/31/today/ {{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> | Trinity Hall |- | 2004 | Lent | [[Stephen Parkinson (adviser)|Mr S. G. Parkinson]] | Emmanuel |- | 2004 | Easter | Miss K. I. D. I. Steadman | New Hall |- | 2004 | Michaelmas | Mr R. Friedman | Emmanuel |- | 2005 | Lent | Mr A. E. Ross | Fitzwilliam |- | 2005 | Easter | Mr J. M. Khan | Trinity |- | 2005 | Michaelmas | Miss J. R. Scott | Pembroke |- | 2006 | Lent | Miss S. J. Pobereskin | King's |- | 2006 | Easter | Miss A. Thompson | Trinity |- | 2006 | Michaelmas | Mr L. E. Pearce | King's |- | 2007 | Lent | Mr M. Jacobson | St John's |- | 2007 | Easter | Mr A. Al-Ansari | [[Homerton College|Homerton]]  |- | 2007 |Michaelmas | Mr R. J. A. Foxcroft | Churchill |- |rowspan="2"| 2008 |rowspan="2"| Lent | ‡ Mr W. P. Wearden | King's |- | Mr L. Wei | Churchill |- | 2008 | Easter | Mr E. D. Bishton | Fitzwilliam |- |- | 2008 | Michaelmas | Mr A. Bott | Sidney Sussex |- |- | 2009 | Lent | [[Olivia Potts|Miss O. F. Potts]] | Corpus Christi |- |- | 2009 | Easter | Mr L. Fear-Segal | [[Robinson College, Cambridge|Robinson]] |- |- | 2009 | Michaelmas | Mr J. Domercq | King's |- |- | 2010 | Lent | Mr J. D. Laurence | Christ's |- |- | 2010 | Easter | Mr A. P. Chapman | Robinson |- |- | 2010 | Michaelmas | Mr J. Counsell | Sidney Sussex |- |- | 2011 | Lent | Miss L. E. S. Davidson | Christ's |- |- | 2011 | Easter | Miss F. I. R. Hill | Trinity Hall |- |- | 2011 | Michaelmas | Mr C. C. Macdonald | Downing |- |- | 2012 | Lent | [[Katie Lam | Miss K. Lam]] | Trinity |- |- |rowspan="2"| 2012 |rowspan="2"| Easter | Mr D. J. Leigh | St Catharine's |- | Mr M. A. Black | Magdalene |- |- | 2012 | Michaelmas | Mr A. Mahler | Trinity Hall |- |- | 2013 | Lent | Mr B. L. F. Kentish | Emmanuel |- |- | 2013 | Easter | Mr J. G. Fenster | Selwyn |- |- |2013 |Michaelmas |Miss J. Mobed |Murray Edwards |- |- | 2014 | Lent | Miss I. K. Schön | Murray Edwards |- |- | 2014 | Easter | Mr M. C. Dunn Goekjian | Trinity |- |- | 2014 | Michaelmas | Mr T. J. M. Squirrell | Churchill |- |- | 2015 | Lent | Miss A. E. J. Gregg | Murray Edwards |- |- |2015 |Easter |Mr C. C. Epaminondas |Trinity |- |- |2015 |Michaelmas |Mr O. S. Mosley |St John's |- |- |2016 |Lent |Mr J. W. Hutt |Pembroke |- |- |2016 |Easter |[[Charlotte Ivers | Miss C. M. E. Ivers]] |Pembroke |- |- |2016 |Michaelmas |Miss A. O. Lambert |Newnham |- |- |2017 |Lent |Miss K. T. Dunbar |Magdalene |- |- |2017 |Easter |Mr H. O. Stovin-Bradford |Fitzwilliam |- |- |2017 |Michaelmas |Miss P. Nyame-Satterthwaite |Christ's |- |- |2018 |Lent |Mr J. I. Surkes |Clare |- |- |2018 |Easter |Miss M. Epishkina |St Catharine's |- |- |2018 |Michaelmas |Mr C. W. M. Connor |King's |- |- |2019 |Lent |Mr W. E. Smart |Peterhouse |- |- |2019 |Easter |Mr A. Shah |King's |- |- |2019 |Michaelmas |Miss R. S. Tustin |Peterhouse |- |- |2020 |Lent |Mr G. B. Barton-Singer |Trinity |- |- |2020 |Easter |Mr A. Davies |Magdalene |- |- |2020 |Michaelmas |Miss E. Ullah |Homerton |- |- |2021 |Lent |Mr F. Fisk |Robinson |- |- |2021 |Easter |Mr J. Rosen |Trinity Hall |- |2021 |Michaelmas |Mr K. D. Bradwell |Queens' |- |2022 |Lent |Mr J. C. Vitali |Christ's |- |2022 |Easter |Miss L. Ryder |Sidney Sussex |- |2022 |Michaelmas |Miss L. E. Brown |Downing |- |2023 |Lent |Mr C. D. A. George |Wolfson |- |2023 |Easter |Mr J. Appiah III |Pembroke |- |rowspan="2"| 2023 |rowspan="2"| Michaelmas | ‡ Mr M. Ghose | Trinity Hall |- | Mr C. J. M. Palmer | Homerton |- |2024 |Lent |Mr N. A. H. Davis |Homerton |- |2024 |Easter |Miss N. Pauly |Christ's |- |2024 |Michaelmas |Mr A. D'Angelo |Jesus |- |2025 |Lent |Mr S. D. McDonald |St John's |- |2025 |Easter |Miss A. Kale |Sidney Sussex |- |2025 |Michaelmas |Mr I. A. Ampiah |Downing |- |2026 |Lent |Mr C. E. Lorde |Christ's |- |2026 |Easter |Mr J. W. Peters |Gonville and Caius |- |2026 |Michaelmas |Mr J. P. Hesketh |Fitzwilliam |- |}

''Presidents elected a second time are marked with *'' ''Presidents who resigned are marked with ‡'' ''Presidents who resigned after being elected but prior to taking office, where known, are marked with ∂''

===Notes===

* After a Presidential Interpretation in 2001, "any officer who resigns before completing their term in office should not be granted the status (of ''ex officio'') unless there are extenuating circumstances."<ref>{{cite web| title=The Cambridge Union's Laws and Standing Orders| accessdate=2008-01-07| url=http://www.cambridgeunion.org/showfile.php?ref=constitution| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220415031653/http://www.cambridgeunion.org/showfile.php?ref=constitution| url-status=dead| archive-date=15 April 2022}}</ref> * Following a constitutional change in July 2015, Presidents are automatically appointed as directors of the Union's subsidiary company, Cambridge Union Society Events Ltd.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cus.org/members/running-your-union/constitution|title=Our Constitution - The Cambridge Union|website=cus.org}}</ref>

==Fictional Presidents==

* [[Will Bailey]], a fictional character in ''[[The West Wing]]'', is stated to have been President of the Cambridge Union during his time at Cambridge.<ref>{{cite web | title= Will Bailey's profile on the unofficial West Wing website | accessdate=2008-01-07| url=http://westwing.bewarne.com/will.html}}</ref> * MacKenzie McHale, a fictional character in ''[[The Newsroom (American TV series)|The Newsroom]]'', another series created by [[Aaron Sorkin]] is also stated to have been President of the Cambridge Union.

==Notes== {{notelist}}

==References== {{reflist|3}}

== External links == *[http://www.cambridge-union.org/ Cambridge Union] *[http://www.martintod.org.uk/CambridgeUnionSocietyPresidents.html Presidents of the Cambridge Union Society (1815-2005)]

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