List of Presidents
| Name | Dates | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Andrew Dokett | 1448–1484 | English churchman and academic |
| Thomas Wilkynson | 1484–1505 | Vicar and Rector of Harrow, Middx., of Orpington, Kent., of Wimbledon, Surrey, of Ecton, Northants, Dean of Shoreham, Kent, Canon of Ripon. |
| John Cardinal Fisher, Martyr and Saint | 1505–1508 | Catholic Bishop of Rochester; executed by Henry VIII for refusing to accept him as head of the Church of England in 1535, canonised in 1935. Namesake of the Fisher Building. |
| Robert Bekensaw | 1508–1519 | English churchman and academic |
| John Jenyn | 1519–1525 | Cleric |
| Thomas Farman | 1525–1527 | Rector of All Hallows, London. Early Reformer. |
| William Frankleyn | 1527–1529 | English churchman, dean of Windsor |
| Simon Heynes | 1529–1537 | Theologian. Early reformer. |
| William May | 1537–1553, 1559–1560 | Theologian and dean of St Paul's Cathedral; his report saved the Cambridge colleges from dissolution under Henry VIII |
| William Glyn | 1553–1557 | Also Bishop of Bangor |
| Thomas Pecocke | 1557–1559 | Theologian |
| John Stokes | 1560–1568 | Also Archdeacon of York |
| William Chaderton | 1568–1579 | Later Bishop of Chester and Bishop of Lincoln |
| Humphrey Tindall | 1579–1614 | Theologian |
| John Davenant | 1614–1622 | Later Bishop of Salisbury |
| John Mansell | 1622–1631 | English churchman, theologian, philosopher |
| Edward Martin | 1631–1644, 1660–1662 | Sent the college silver to King Charles I; imprisoned in the Tower of London by Oliver Cromwell; escaped, recaptured and released; restored to presidency under Charles II |
| Herbert Palmer | 1644–1647 | Puritan and member of the Westminster Assembly; installed as President by Cromwell |
| Thomas Horton | 1647–1660 | Theologian; removed by the restoration of the monarchy |
| Anthony Sparrow | 1662–1667 | Later Bishop of Exeter and Bishop of Norwich |
| William Wells | 1667–1675 | Archdeacon of Colchester |
| Henry James | 1675–1717 | Theologian |
| John Davies | 1717–1732 | Philosopher, Churchman |
| William Sedgwick | 1732–1760 | Philosopher |
| Robert Plumptre | 1760–1788 | English churchman and academic |
| Isaac Milner | 1788–1820 | Mathematician, an inventor. Lucasian Professor of Mathematics |
| Henry Godfrey | 1820–1832 | English academic |
| Joshua King | 1832–1857 | Lucasian Professor of Mathematics |
| George Phillips | 1857–1892 | Author in Mathematics and Oriental languages |
| William Campion | 1892–1896 | British politician and Governor of Western Australia from 1924 to 1931. |
| Herbert Ryle | 1896–1901 | Later Bishop of Exeter, Bishop of Winchester and Dean of Westminster |
| Frederic Henry Chase | 1901–1906 | Later Bishop of Ely |
| Thomas Fitzpatrick | 1906–1931 | Namesake of the Fitzpatrick Hall in Cripps Court |
| John Archibald Venn | 1931–1958 | British economist. Son of the logician John Venn |
| Arthur Armitage | 1958–1970 | Namesake of the Armitage Room above the Fitzpatrick Hall |
| Sir Derek Bowett | 1970–1982 | International lawyer |
| Lord Ernest Oxburgh | 1982–1988 | Eminent geologist and geophysicist |
| Sir John Polkinghorne | 1988–1996 | KBE; FRS; physicist and theologian; extensive writer on science-faith relations; Templeton Prize 2002; member of General Synod |
| Lord John Leonard Eatwell | 1997 – | Baron Eatwell; member of the House of Lords; previously chief economic adviser to Neil Kinnock and chairman of the British Library; Opposition Spokesman for the Treasury in the House of Lords. |
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