The Chancellor of Keele University is the ceremonial head of
Keele University. The position was originally the President of the University College of North Staffordshire, changing to the
Chancellor
Chancellor ( la, cancellarius) is a title of various official positions in the governments of many nations. The original chancellors were the of Roman courts of justice—ushers, who sat at the or lattice work screens of a basilica or law cou ...
when the institution became a full university in 1962.
President of the University College of North Staffordshire
*1949 – 1956
John Ryder, 5th Earl of Harrowby
*1956 – 1962
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, (Margaret Rose; 21 August 1930 – 9 February 2002) was the younger daughter of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, and the younger sister and only sibling of Queen Elizabeth ...
(from 1961 ''Countess of Snowdon'')
Chancellor
*1962 – 1986
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, (Margaret Rose; 21 August 1930 – 9 February 2002) was the younger daughter of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, and the younger sister and only sibling of Queen Elizabeth ...
*1986 – 2002
Claus Moser, Baron Moser
Claus Adolf Moser, Baron Moser, (24 November 1922 – 4 September 2015) was a British statistician who made major contributions in both academia and the Civil Service. He prided himself rather on being a non-mathematical statistician, and said t ...
*2002 – 2012
Sir David Weatherall
Sir David John Weatherall, (9 March 1933 – 8 December 2018) was a British physician and researcher in molecular genetics, haematology, pathology and clinical medicine.
Early life and education
David Weatherall was born in Liverpool.Geoff Wa ...
*2012 – 2022
Sir Jonathon Porritt
*2022 – date
James Timpson
References
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