The Professor of Law at Gresham College, London, gives free educational lectures to the general public. The college was founded for this purpose in 1597, when it created seven professorships; this was later increased to ten. Law is one of the original professorships as set out by the will of Thomas Gresham in 1575.
The Professor of Law is appointed in partnership with the Worshipful Company of Mercers.
List of Gresham Professors of Law Note, years given as, say, 1596/7 refer to Old Style and New Style dates.
Name Started 1 Henry Mowtlowe March 1596/72 Clement Corbet May 16073 Thomas Eden 10 Nov 16134 Benjamin Thorneton 27 July 16405 Joshua Crosse 29 March 16446 Thomas Leonard 4 May 16497 John Bond 12 March 1649/508 Benjamin Thorneton 23 Oct 16609 Richard Pearson 8 Oct 166710 John Clarke 9 August 167011 Roger Meredith 7 March 1672/312 Robert Briggs 7 Feb 1686/713 John Cumyng 1 May 171914 William Mace 30 August 174415 Joseph Jeffries 20 May 176716 T Taylor 23 Jan 178417 William Jocelyn Palmer 14 Jan 180818 William Palmer 5 Feb 183619 John Thomas Abdy 18 June 185820 George Holmes Blakesley 23 April 189621 William Blake Odgers 27 March 190722 Geoffrey Walter Wrangham 22 May 192523 William Arthian Davies 16 March 1934 Lectures in abeyance 1939–4524 Eric Sachs 6 June 194625 Richard O'Sullivan 6 July 195026 Richard Jon Harvey 196227 R F V Heuston 196528 P. R. Glazebrook 197129 Clive M. Schmitthoff 1976–86?30 Kenneth R. Simmonds 198831 Sir David Calcutt QC 1 Sept 199232 Simon Lee 1 Sept 199533 Gerald Wakefield 1 Sept 199834 Richard Susskind OBE FRSE KC 1 Sept 200035 Sir Vernon Bogdanor CBE FRSA FBA 1 Sept 200436 Baroness Ruth Deech DBE 1 Sept 200837 Sir Geoffrey Nice KC 201238 Jo Delahunty KC 201639 Leslie Thomas KC 202040Clive Stafford Smith JD OBE2024
References Gresham College old website, Internet Archive List of professors
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