List of masters of Downing College, Cambridge

This is a list of masters of Downing College, Cambridge. The head of Downing College, Cambridge is termed the "Master". Downing was founded as a result of the will of Sir George Downing, 3rd Baronet and it received its Royal Charter in 1800 from George III.

The current Master is Graham Virgo.^[1]

List of Masters

Name	Term of office
Francis Annesley	22 September 1800	17 April 1812†
William Frere	8 May 1812	25 May 1836†
Thomas Worsley	23 June 1836	16 February 1885†
William Lloyd Birkbeck	1 March 1885	25 May 1888†
Alexander Hill	16 June 1888	1907
Frederick Howard Marsh	24 October 1907	24 June 1915†
Sir Albert Seward	2 August 1915	1936
Admiral Sir Herbert Richmond	1 November 1936	15 December 1946†
Sir Lionel Whitby	22 May 1947	24 November 1956†
William Keith Chambers Guthrie	28 April 1957	1972
Sir Morien Morgan	1972	4 April 1978†
Sir John Butterfield	1978	1987
Peter Mathias	1987	1995
Sir David King	1995	2000
Stephen Fleet	2001	2003
Barry Everitt	2003	2013
Geoffrey Grimmett	2013	2018
Alan Bookbinder^[2]	2018	2023
Graham Virgo	2023^[1]

1 2 "Downing welcomes Professor Graham Virgo KC (Hon) as the 19th Master". Downing College Cambridge. 2 October 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
↑ Patrick Wernham (29 November 2017). "Alan Bookbinder appointed as new Master of Downing College". The former BBC journalist will take up the role in October. Varsity Publications Ltd., Cambridge. Retrieved 7 September 2018.

Roach, J. P. C., ed. (1959). "The colleges and halls: Downing". A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely. Vol. 3. pp. 487–490. Retrieved 18 January 2022.

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