List of Balliol College, Oxford people

The following is a list of notable people associated with Balliol College, Oxford, including alumni and Masters of the college. When available, year of matriculation is provided in parentheses, as listed in the relevant edition of The Balliol College Register or in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Complete (or very nearly complete) lists of Fellows and students, arranged by year of matriculation, can be found in the published Balliol College Register; the 1st edition,[1] 2nd edition[2] and 3rd edition.[3]

This list of notable alumni consists almost entirely of men, because women were admitted to the college only after 1979.[4]

Alumni

Economists

Historians

Lawyers

Authors and artists

Mathematicians, scientists and technologists

Media

Robert Peston, BBC Business editor
Peter Snow, television presenter

Other

Philosophers and social and political theorists

Poets

Currently active

Members of Parliament

House of Lords

MPs and MEPs who completed service after 2000

UK politicians active post-World War II

Roy Jenkins, British Labour politician, former Home Secretary.
Denis Healey, British Labour politician, former Chancellor of the Exchequer.

UK politicians active between World War I and World War II

UK politicians pre-World War I

Politicians, statesmen and monarchs in non-UK countries

Theologians and clergy

Shoghi Effendi Rabbani, The head of the Baháʼí Faith (1921-1957).

Fictional

Notable applicants who were not matriculated

Balliol Chancellors of Oxford University

Masters of Balliol

Balliol is run by the Master and Fellows of the college. The Master of the college must be "the person who is, in [the Fellows] judgement, most fit for the government of the College as a place of religion, learning, and education".[12] The current Master of Balliol is Helen Ghosht. >"Election of New Master". Balliol College, Oxford. 18 March 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2011.</ref>

See also

References

  1. Balliol College (University of Oxford); Jones, John; Viney, Sally; Hilliard, Edward; Elliott, Ivo d'Oyle; Lemon, Elsie (1914). The Balliol College Register (1st ed.). Oxford. Retrieved 25 March 2013.(1914, covering matriculations 1832-1914)
  2. Balliol College (University of Oxford) (1934). The Balliol College Register (2nd ed.). Oxford. Retrieved 25 March 2013.(1934, covering matriculations 1833-1933)
  3. Balliol College (University of Oxford) (1953). The Balliol College Register (3rd ed.). Oxford. Retrieved 25 March 2013.(1953, covering matriculations 1900-1950)
  4. "Balliol Women: Some Alumnae of the College | Balliol College, University of Oxford". www.balliol.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  5. 'RIDLEY, Sir Adam (Nicholas)', in Who's Who 2014 (London: A. & C. Black, 2014)
  6. 'LAWRANCE, Prof. Jeremy Norcliffe Haslehurst', in Who's Who 2014 (London: A. & C. Black), online edition by Oxford University Press, December 2013, accessed 3 May 2014 (subscription site)
  7. Russell, James. "LES GRANDS NUMISMATES: George Macdonald (1862-1940; Kt 1927)" (PDF). Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  8. Singh, Olivia. "Denzel Washington addresses paying for 'Black Panther' star Chadwick Boseman's acting classes: 'Wakanda Forever, but where's my money?'". Insider. Retrieved 2020-07-02.
  9. "Memorial inscriptions". Balliol College Archives & Manuscripts. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  10. https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/life-and-relationships/who-is-ghislaine-maxwell-and-what-is-she-charged-with-20200811-p55klj.html
  11. Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas. National Archives.; CP 40 / 677; in 1430; Thomas Chace appears as first name, but as defendant in a case of debt, brought by Thomas Coventre.
  12. Statute II "The Master", clause 1
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