John Scott Lord High Chancellor of England 1801–1806 by William Cowen

The Eldon Law Scholarship is a

scholarship A scholarship is a form of financial aid awarded to students for further education. Generally, scholarships are awarded based on a set of criteria such as academic merit, diversity and inclusion, athletic skill, and financial need. Scholarsh ...

awarded to students from the

University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...

who wish to study for the

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. Applicants must either have obtained a first class honours degree in the Final Honours School, or obtained a distinction on the BCL or

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. It is a two-year scholarship presently funded at £9,000 a year.

History

The scholarship dates from 12 May 1830, and was funded in response to an application from subscribers. Although the scholarship is named after

Lord Eldon LC John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon, (4 June 1751 – 13 January 1838) was a British barrister and politician. He served as Lord Chancellor, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain between 1801 and 1806 and again between 1807 and 1827. Background and ...

, it is not funded from his will – Lord Eldon did not in fact die until eight years after the scholarship was founded. The first trustees included the Duke of Richmond, Earl of Mansfield, Earl of Romney and Lord Arden. Until 1963 it was a requirement that an applicant be a member of the

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. In 1963 that was downgraded to a preference, and in 1983 the requirement was dropped entirely.

Past winners

Past winners include: * Sir

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, first Premier of

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, Australia *

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, classical scholar (who gave up the scholarship) * Ralph Lingen, 1st Baron Lingen, civil servant. * Alfred Hazel * Thomas Henry Haddan, founder of ''

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'' *

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, philosopher * Murray Coutts-Trotter, Chief Justice of

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* Sir Frederick Lidell, civil servant. *

Raymond Asquith Raymond Herbert Asquith (6 November 1878 – 15 September 1916) was an English barrister and eldest son of British prime minister H. H. Asquith. A distinguished Oxford scholar, he was a member of the fashionable group of intellectuals known as ...

(1902) * Lord Asquith of Bishopstone, Law Lord * Professor Sir

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(1913) *

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(1920), poet. *

Lord Denning Alfred Thompson "Tom" Denning, Baron Denning (23 January 1899 – 5 March 1999) was an English lawyer and judge. He was called to the bar of England and Wales in 1923 and became a King's Counsel in 1938. Denning became a judge in 1944 when ...

(1921),

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and

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(1923), Law Lord *

Lord Wilberforce Richard Orme Wilberforce, Baron Wilberforce, (11 March 1907 – 15 February 2003) was a British judge. He was a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary from 1964 to 1982. Early life and career Born in Jalandhar, India, Richard Wilberforce was the son of S ...

(1930), Law Lord. * John Morris (1933), academic * Sir James Fawcett (1935), President of the

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* Sir

Wilfrid Bourne Sir John Wilfrid Bourne KCB QC (27 January 1922 – 19 October 1999), known as Sir Wilfrid Bourne, was a British lawyer and civil servant who held the position of Permanent Secretary to the Lord Chancellor's Office from 1977 to 1982.

(1948),

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* Sir

Richard Blackburn Sir Richard Arthur Blackburn, (26 July 1918 – 1 October 1987) was an Australian judge, prominent legal academic and military officer. He became a judge of three courts in Australia, and eventually became chief justice of the Australian Capit ...

(1949), Australian judge * Sir

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(1950), Lord Justice of Appeal. * Ted Nugee, QC (1953) *

Lord Bingham Sir Thomas Henry Bingham, Baron Bingham of Cornhill, (13 October 193311 September 2010), was an eminent British judge who was successively Master of the Rolls, Lord Chief Justice and Senior Law Lord. He was described as the greatest lawyer of ...

(1957), Law Lord and Master of the Rolls * Sir

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(1970), President of the Family Division. * Dame

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(1973), High Court judge. * Sir Stephen Tomlinson (1974),

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* Gabriel Moss QC (1975), barrister. *

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(1982), Justice of the UK Supreme Court * Sir Christopher Nugee (1984), High Court judge. * Lord Sales,

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(1986) Justice of the UK Supreme Court. * Sir Christopher Butcher (1987), High Court judge. * Sir

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(1989), High Court judge. * Dame

Sara Cockerill Dame Sara Elizabeth Cockerill, DBE (born 7 November 1968) is a British High Court judge. Early life and education Cockerill was born in Weston-super-Mare, England and was educated at Lady Eleanor Holles School, funded by the Assisted Places ...

(1990), High Court judge and Judge in Charge of the Commercial Court. * Sir

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(1997), High Court judge.

References

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