The Master is the head of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge and chairs the college council and governing body of the college. The following have served as Masters of Gonville and Caius College, or its forerunner, Gonville Hall.'The colleges and halls: Gonville and Caius', A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely: Volume 3: The City and University of Cambridge. (1959), pp. 356-362. British History Online.

List of masters

+Gonville HallName Masterbetween NotesJohn Colton 4 June 1349 c. 1360 First Master of Gonville HallWilliam Rougham c. 1360 1393 He finished the College Chapel Richard Pulham 1393 1412William Somersham 1412 1416 John Rickingale 1416 1426Chancellor of the University (1416-22), Chancellor of York, Bishop of Chichester Thomas Attwood 1426 1456 Thomas Boleyn c. 1456 1471/2Edmund Sheriffe 1472 1476/7Henry Costessey c. 1477 1483 John Barly 1483 1504/05Edmund Stubb 1504/5 1513/14 William Buckenham 1513/14 1536 John Skypp 1536 1540resigned John Styrmin 1540 1552† Thomas Bacon 1552 1558Gonville and Caius CollegeName Image Masterbetween Notes Thomas Bacon 4 September 1557 (continued) 1 January 1559† John Caius 24 January 1559 27 June 1573 (nominated Legge) Thomas Legge 27 June 1573 12 July 1607† William Branthwaite 14 December 1607 January 1619† John Gostlin 16 February 1619 21 October 1626† Thomas Batchcroft 22 October 1626 15 April 1649 (expelled) William Dell 4 May 1649 11 May 1660 (resigned) Thomas Batchcroft 11 May 1660 (restored) 1 December 1660 (resigned) Robert Brady 1 December 1660 19 August 1700† James Halman 24 August 1700 23 December 1702† Sir John Ellys 1 January 1703 29 November 1716† Sir Thomas Gooch 29 November 1716 14 February 1754† Sir James Burrough 27 February 1754 7 August 1764† John Smith 17 August 1764 17 June 1795† Richard Fisher Belward 1 July 1795 16 May 1803† Martin Davy 31 May 1803 18 May 1839† Benedict Chapman 11 June 1839 23 October 1852† Edwin Guest 4 November 1852 8 October 1880 (resigned) Norman Macleod Ferrers 27 October 1880 31 January 1903† Ernest Stewart Roberts 16 February 1903 16 June 1912† Sir Hugh Kerr Anderson 2 July 1912 2 November 1928† John Forbes Cameron 23 November 1928 30 September 1948 Sir James Chadwick 1948 1959 Sir Nevill Francis Mott 1959 1966 Joseph Needham 1966 1976 Sir William Wade 1976 1988 Peter Gray 1988 1996 Neil McKendrick 1 October 1996 2006 Sir Christopher Hum 2006 2012 Sir Alan Fersht 1 October 2012 30 September 2018 Pippa Rogerson 1 October 2018 30 September 2025 Richard Gilbertson 1 October 2025 Incumbent

Presidents of Fellows The following have served as the president of Fellows of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge from the given date.

PresidentTerm of office James Burrough 1751–1754 (elected Master) John Smith 1754–1764 (elected Master) Joshua White 1764–1766 Charles Carver 1766–1767 James Hicks 1767–1769 Bartholomew Edwards 1769–1782 Samuel Reeve 1782–1789† Richard Fisher Belward 1790–1795 (elected Master) Thomas Cooke Burroughes 1795–1797 Martin Davy 1798–1803 (elected Master) John Drew Borton 1803–1805 Jeremy Day 1819–1821 Hamnet Holditch 1835–1867† Benjamin Heath Drury 1868–1875 Alfred George Day 1875–1877 Benjamin Heath Drury 1877–1894 Ernest Stewart Roberts 1894–1903 (elected Master) John Venn 1903–1923† Edward John Gross April–Aug. 1923† William Warwick Buckland 1923–1946† F. J. M. Stratton 1946–1948 Edwin Keppel Bennett 1948–1956 Sir Ronald Fisher 1956–1959 Joseph Needham 1959–1966 (elected Master) Philip Grierson 1966–1976 Michael Prichard 1976–1980 Iain Macpherson 1980–1992 Sir Sam Edwards 1992–1997 James FitzsimonsCollege News . babylon.acad.cai.cam.ac.uk 1997–2005 W. Yao LiangProfessor Yao Liang 2005–2013 John MollonCollege news 2013–2021 Peter RobinsonCollege news 2021–

Notes

References

Sources Venn, James, Biographical History of Gonville and Caius College vol. 1 (Cambridge, 1898) p. 110 at books.google.com, accessed 27 January 2009