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Thomas Hatfield
Thomas Hatfield or Thomas de Hatfield (died 1381) was Bishop of Durham from 1345 to 1381 under King Edward III. He was one of the last warrior-bishops in England.
He was born around 1310, presumably in one of the several British towns named ...
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Hatfield College is one of the
constituent colleges
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of
Durham University
, mottoeng = Her foundations are upon the holy hills (Psalm 87:1)
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, type = Public
, academic_staff = 1,830 (2020)
, administrative_staff = 2,640 (2018/19)
, chancellor = Sir Thomas Allen
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in England. It occupies a city centre site above the
River Wear
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on the
World Heritage Site
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peninsula, lying adjacent to North Bailey and only a short distance from
Durham Cathedral
The Cathedral Church of Christ, Blessed Mary the Virgin and St Cuthbert of Durham, commonly known as Durham Cathedral and home of the Shrine of St Cuthbert, is a cathedral in the city of Durham, County Durham, England. It is the seat of t ...
University College
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, and hoped to nurture a collegiate experience that would be affordable to those of limited means; and in which the students and staff were to be regarded as part of a single community. In line with his ambitions, the college pioneered the concept of catered residences for students, where all meals were taken in the hall, and occupants charged fixed prices for board and lodgings — this system became the norm for Durham colleges, and later on at
Oxford and Cambridge
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, before spreading worldwide.
As the 20th century progressed, Hatfield was increasingly characterised by its irreverent atmosphere among undergraduates, reputation for academic indifference, sporting achievement — especially in rugby — and possessing a high intake of students from
English public schools
In England and Wales (but not Scotland), a public school is a fee-charging endowed school originally for older boys. They are "public" in the sense of being open to pupils irrespective of locality, denomination or paternal trade or professio ...
. College administration, on the other hand, preferred to highlight the willingness of students to get involved in a wide variety of university activities; and argued that 'Hatfield man', contrary to his
reactionary
In political science, a reactionary or a reactionist is a person who holds political views that favor a return to the ''status quo ante'', the previous political state of society, which that person believes possessed positive characteristics abse ...
image, had often been at the forefront of significant reform on campus.
College architecture is an eclectic blend of buildings from a variety of styles and periods. The sloping main courtyard contains an eighteenth-century dining hall, the restrained
Jacobethan
The Jacobethan or Jacobean Revival architectural style is the mixed national Renaissance revival style that was made popular in England from the late 1820s, which derived most of its inspiration and its repertory from the English Renaissance (15 ...
Melville Building (designed by
Anthony Salvin
Anthony Salvin (17 October 1799 – 17 December 1881) was an English architect. He gained a reputation as an expert on medieval buildings and applied this expertise to his new buildings and his restorations. He restored castles and country ho ...
), a
Victorian Gothic
Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic, neo-Gothic, or Gothick) is an architectural movement that began in the late 1740s in England. The movement gained momentum and expanded in the first half of the 19th century, as increasingly ...
chapel, and the 'inoffensive neo-Georgian' C Stairs. The trend for revivalist and traditional buildings was disposed of with the modern Jevons Building, located in the college's second courtyard, which interprets older forms in a more 'contemporary' manner.
After many decades as a single-sex institution, the first female undergraduates were formally admitted in
Michaelmas term
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1988.
History
Early years
The establishment of the college in 1846 as a furnished and catered residence with set fees was a revolutionary idea, but later became the general standard for university accommodation in the modern sense: an "arrangement where students would be provided with furnished rooms and meals for a flat fee". Previously, university students were expected to furnish their rooms themselves. This concept came from the young founding master, David Melville, who believed his model would make a university education more affordable. Essentially, the three principles were that rooms would be furnished and let out to students with shared servants, meals would be provided and eaten in the college hall, and college battels (bills) were set in advance. This system made Hatfield a more economical choice when compared to
University College
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, whose students were generally wealthier, and ensured that student numbers at Hatfield built up steadily. Melville's model was introduced to the wider university after an endorsement from the Royal Commission of 1862.
Although not intended as a
theological college
A seminary, school of theology, theological seminary, or divinity school is an educational institution for educating students (sometimes called ''seminarians'') in scripture, theology, generally to prepare them for ordination to serve as clergy, ...
, for the first 50 years the majority of students tended towards theology, while senior staff members and the principal were in holy orders. Under William Sanday (1876–1883) student numbers rose considerably, prompting a desperate search for extra rooms. It was forced to rent 3 South Bailey (now part of St John's College) in 1879 to accommodate them. Though Hatfield was run on the most economical lines, student poverty was a frequent problem. Dr Joseph Fowler, who, apart from his roles as Chaplain and Senior Tutor in the college, acted as Bursar, allowed undergraduates to take on some debt and even loaned them money, often employing rather creative accounting practises in the process. In 1880, a tennis court was installed for the first time, occupying roughly the same space as the current one. In the 1890s, the college purchased Bailey House and the Rectory (despite its name, most previous occupants were laymen) to accommodate more students. As the end of the century drew closer, the balance of undergraduate students rapidly shifted away from theology. In 1900, there were 49 arts students who had matriculated within the previous 3 years, and 20 in theology. By 1904, just 9 theology undergraduates are recorded, compared to 57 in arts.
Inter-war
The
inter-war period
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saw a decline in college fortunes. In the first two decades of the 20th century, Hatfield had experienced a sharp fall in numbers. This was caused initially by the decision to isolate science courses at the campus in Newcastle, an increased tendency to train priests at specialized colleges, poor finances, and finally the outbreak of the
First World War
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. For 15 years after 1897, total students in residence numbered above 100. This had fallen to 69 in 1916, 2 in 1917, and to 3 in 1918. After the war finished there was a temporary leap to more than 60 undergraduates, but by 1923 there were just 14 men on the college books. In 1924, a new science department was established in Durham, and this, along with the active recruiting efforts of new Master Arthur Robinson (1923–1940), achieved gains in student numbers. Within five years of Robinson's appointment they had quintupled from the low of 1923.
However, the economic crisis of the 1920s created uncertainty. Hatfield had more students than
University College
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yet lacked the facilities, especially kitchens, to accommodate them.
University College
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, on the other hand, was comparatively undersubscribed. To address this, the two colleges effectively amalgamated under the guidance of Angus Macfarlane-Grieve, and all meals were taken together in the Great Hall of University College, while each college retained its own set of officers and clubs. Unhappy with this arrangement, some Hatfielders expressed their separate identity in trivial ways: for example, using a different door to enter the Castle dining hall than the
University College
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students, and, in contrast to the
University College
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contingent – turning to face the High Table during grace.
The political situation in Europe impacted college activities: during one memorable
rag week
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in 1936, Hatfield students staged a mock Nazi procession to the nearby Market Square, with participants dressing in jackboots,
brown shirts
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, and fascist armbands.Moyes, 1996, pp. 149–151 One of them, Joe Crouch, a fluent German speaker, comically impersonated
Adolf Hitler
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and delivered an impromptu speech to the assembled crowd. In 1938, fears of an impending war resulted in the construction of an
air raid shelter
Air raid shelters are structures for the protection of non-combatants as well as combatants against enemy attacks from the air. They are similar to bunkers in many regards, although they are not designed to defend against ground attack (but many ...
, with dons and servants digging trenches in the Master's garden (now Dunham Court).
Gas mask
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s were issued to college residents. Meanwhile, a recent decline in the number of
freshers
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Ara ...
, and the death that year of John Hall How, the Master of University College, gave rise to rumours that Hatfield would be annexed to its older neighbour.
World War II
In October 1939, Hatfielders were barred from their own college when the university decided to use Hatfield as a temporary site for the new Neville's Cross College, an institution for training women teachers. Having spent over a decade taking meals in Castle, they would now be prevented from using Hatfield buildings altogether. Without its own buildings and Master, and the issue of the ongoing war, Hatfield was in a poor position to recruit new students, an era later described as the "wilderness years" by college archivist Arthur Moyes.
However, the college received an unexpected new lease of life when the
Royal Air Force
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established short courses at the university for some of its cadets, and soon these cadets made up half of the Hatfield student body. This led the university to postpone plans to merge Hatfield with University College. Plans were revived again in 1943, but met the strong opposition of Hatfield dons, especially
Hedley Sparks
Hedley Frederick Davis Sparks, (14 November 1908 – 22 November 1996) was a British biblical scholar and Church of England priest. From 1946 to 1952, he was Cadbury Professor of Theology at the University of Birmingham. From 1952 to 1976, he w ...
.Moyes, pp. 173–174 In 1946, the centenary year of the college, members formed the Hatfield Association to both represent alumni and demonstrate to the university council that Hatfield was supported.
Post-war
The university finally decided that from October 1949, Hatfield would be reestablished as an independent college – with
Vindolanda
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archaeologist
Eric Birley
Eric Barff Birley, Moreover, accommodation was acquired away from the main site and the
Senior Common Room
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was established. In 1962, it was decided that a brass plaque should be fixed to the college gates identifying the establishment as ''Hatfield College''. Just 24 hours after installation, a group of students from a rival Bailey college were caught trying to remove the plaque as a sporting trophy. In 1963, the college received its first taste of student protest, when a "militant minority group of young gentlemen united under the banner of
International Socialism
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".Whitworth, p. 51 Around the same time students voted to boycott formal dinners after a row with Master Thomas Whitworth (1957–1979) over whether or not jeans counted as formal wear.
Reforms were subsequently introduced. Joint standing committees, composed equally of staff and students, were set up to "deliberate almost every conceivable topic" and the undergraduate Senior Man was allowed to take part in meetings of the college's governing body. By 1971, a "liberal and balanced" Governing Body had been achieved: consisting of 4 college tutors, 4 elected tutors, 4 delegates from the Junior Common Room, and a representative from the Hatfield Association alumni group. Writing in the same year, a satisfied Whitworth was able to boast of warding off the "mischievous opportunism" of student "exhibitionists".
Modern
The leadership of James Barber (1980–1996) was a period of significant change. Student numbers rose, increasing to over 650 by the time Barber finished his tenure in office. Living out became compulsory for students for at least part of their career, and many existing buildings were either rebuilt or refurbished to make room for students: The Rectory was remodeled, C & D Stairs were refurbished, the Main Hall was repaired, and Jevons' was redecorated. A Middle Common Room for the postgraduate community was added in Kitchen Stairs. In 1981, the
Formal Ball
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was renamed 'The Lion in Winter', which it has been called ever since.Moyes, 1996, p. 324 More comically, 'C Scales', a goldfish, was elected as a member of the JCR in 1982 and put forward as a potential Durham Student Union President. In 1984, the JCR was sued by representatives of the band
Mud
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after a student ruined four speakers by pouring beer into an
amplifier
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during a performance at a college ball.
Hatfield also became co-educational, which at the time was only 'grudgingly accepted' by the college. In 1985, talk of going mixed was stimulated by the low numbers of applicants selecting Hatfield as their preference, and a recent decline in academic standards – with the college finishing bottom of the results table the previous year. Despite threats of hooliganism, the Senior Common Room decided in May of that year to push forward with plans to go mixed. In March 1987, a student referendum was held, with 79.2% voting for the college to remain men only.Moyes, 1996, p.306 The Senate decided that, despite the referendum result, the college would in fact go mixed – and the first female undergraduates arrived the following year. The first female Senior Man held the post in 1992. Her election win, by a single vote, prompted some students to declare a mock 'week of mourning' and walk around the college wearing black arm bands.
Buildings
Main Court
The oldest part of the college site is likely what is now the dining room, believed to date back to the 17th century. It originally formed part of a town house owned by a wealthy member of local society, and was converted in 1760 into a
coaching inn
The coaching inn (also coaching house or staging inn) was a vital part of Europe's inland transport infrastructure until the development of the railway, providing a resting point ( layover) for people and horses. The inn served the needs of tra ...
, The Red Lion – a stopping point for coaches travelling between London and Edinburgh. During this time it also hosted concerts, probably featuring the work of composers like
Charles Avison
Charles Avison (; 16 February 1709 (baptised)9 or 10 May 1770) was an English composer during the Baroque and Classical periods. He was a church organist at St John The Baptist Church in Newcastle and at St. Nicholas's Church (later Newcas ...
and John Garth. In 1799 the old coaching inn reverted to being a private residence. In 1845, it was sold to the university, and emerged as the first component of the newly founded Hatfield College the following year. Much more extensive when first occupied by Hatfield, since then "substantial parts of the building" have been replaced by newer structures. Apart from the dining room, what remains are spaces adjoining it that were once used by travellers, but are now filled by the
Senior Common Room
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(SCR) – formerly a
card room
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– the SCR dining room; and finally, on the higher floors, the 'D Stairs' student accommodation block, which comprises 13 twin rooms. D Staircase has had a reputation for being haunted by a female spirit, recognisable by the aroma of a distinctive perfume.
At the west end of the dining room is Kitchen Block, which features the main kitchens as well as a small number of student rooms and offices on the higher floors. 'C Stairs', holding the C accommodation block, was officially opened in 1932 by
Lord Halifax
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. It replaced an earlier section of the coaching inn used since the founding of the college. Designed by
Anthony Salvin
Anthony Salvin (17 October 1799 – 17 December 1881) was an English architect. He gained a reputation as an expert on medieval buildings and applied this expertise to his new buildings and his restorations. He restored castles and country ho ...
, A & B Stairs – also used for undergraduate housing – was completed in 1849 at a cost of £4,000, and was the first purpose-built part of the college. Containing A and B accommodation blocks, it was renamed and rededicated as the Melville Building in 2005 after a £1million refurbishment. Author
Josceline Dimbleby
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, the great-great-granddaughter of David Melville, was invited to perform the ceremony.
The Rectory was acquired in 1897, and is the administrative hub of the college, encompassing as it does the offices of the Master, the Vice-Master & Senior Tutor, the Assistant Senior Tutor, the Chaplain, the Senior Administrative Secretary, the Senior Tutor's Secretary, the Finance Officer and the Hatfield Trust/Association. The Birley Room, used for social functions, can be found at the ground floor of the Rectory. Added to the college at the same time as the Rectory, Hatfield Cottage is in between the
redundant church
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of St Mary-le-Bow (now the
Durham Museum and Heritage Centre
Durham Museum and Heritage Centre is a museum in Durham, England, Durham, England. It details the history of the City of Durham from medieval times to the present day. The museum is located in the redundant church of St Mary-le-Bow, close to the ...
) and Gatehouse Block. It is where the Middle Common Room (MCR) is now located, having moved from its former space in Kitchen Block.
Gatehouse Block is to the right of the entrance and houses the
porters' lodge
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. It also has single and twin use student rooms. In 1961 the college had begun a project to replace the remnants of a much older gatehouse that was in poor condition. The new pseudo-
Georgian
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replacement was completed by Easter 1962 for a total cost of £55,000.Whitworth, p. 46 To provide an unbroken front to the North Bailey, decorative gates and railings were installed in the aftermath.
Dunham Court
Named after alumnus
Kingsley Dunham
Sir Kingsley Charles Dunham (2 January 1910 – 5 April 2001) was one of the leading British geologists and mineralogists of the 20th century. He was a Professor of Geology at the University of Durham from 1950–71. He was later Professor Emeri ...
, Dunham Court is the second quadrangle of the college. Accessed through an underpass by the chapel, it comprises two buildings, Jevons ( Frank Jevons) and Pace (Edward Pace). An influx of extra students after the war stimulated demand for more accommodation and the garden of the old Jevon's House provided the available space. The new building, described by
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as "friendly", with a "nice rhythm of windows towards the river", was finished in 1950 and named after former Vice-Master Edward Pace.
The college commenced the largest building project in its history when it demolished old Jevon's House, a "property of advanced decrepitude" once occupied by the bare-knuckle boxer and politician
John Gully
John Gully (21 August 1783 – 9 March 1863) was an English champion prizefighter who became a racehorse owner and, from 1832 to 1837, a Member of Parliament.
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before its purchase by the university. As parts of the building had become dangerous by this point, the entire structure had to be removed. Construction of the new
modernist
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style Jevons Building, which would complete the new Dunham Court, began in June 1966. It was officially unveiled in a ceremony in June 1968, attended by both Kingsley Dunham and
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* Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon 2 August 1586 – 1595
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the following year. In 1972 a fishpond, since removed, was constructed in the centre of the court at the encouragement of senior college officers.
Both buildings contain rooms and social spaces: the college bar and café is located in Jevons, while Pace has a TV lounge, a music room, two gyms, and the JCR Common Room.
Chapel
The college chapel was conceived in 1851 and built by 1854, funded by donations by alumni and topped up with a loan of £150 from the university. Designed by
Bishop Cosin's Hall
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First World War
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Second World War
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. The chapel houses a
Harrison & Harrison
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organ, which is used to accompany services and for recitals. In 2001, it was refurbished at the cost of £65,000.
When Hatfield was founded, attendance at cathedral services was compulsory; and once the chapel was constructed attendance at these services was obligatory for the next 80 years. Since then, the chapel has been described as making up an "important but minority interest" within the college.
Hatfield offers eight
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ships annually, after an audition and interview process with the chaplain during first term. The choir is led by a student choral director, supported by an
organ scholar
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and deputy organ scholar. It is mainly made up of students who support regular worship in the chapel, but also sing at other churches and cathedrals, with annual tours undertaken both at home and abroad. A further scholarship, the Matthew Fantom Organ Scholarship, is available to those students in the early stages of learning to play the organ and who would not be ready to apply for the regular organ scholarships.
Other buildings
Opposite the gatehouse on North Bailey is Bailey House, an accommodation block which provides 50 single rooms, plus a communal and kitchen area on the ground floor. Palmers Garth is located across the
Kingsgate Bridge
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over the River Wear. It offers 8 twin and 41 single rooms for 57 students. The building was formerly used for administration by the university, and once hosted the careers service until it was handed over to Hatfield College in 1991.
The postgraduate accommodation site is James Barber House, or JBH for short, a self-catered residence on nearby Church Street. Named after former Master James Barber, it was completed by Durham County Council as Palatine House in 1968, and originally a care home for the elderly before its purchase by the college in 2006.
College traditions
Arms
From its foundation, the college used as its arms the personal shield of
Thomas Hatfield
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(''Azure, a chevron or, between three lions rampant argent''). The
crest
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was made circular in design and was accompanied with the
Latin
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motto "Vel Primus Vel Cum Primis", which literally means "Either First or With the First", though is now loosely interpreted by the college as "Be the Best you can Be".
In 1954, the college learned that its crest was unregistered with the
College of Arms
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, and its display, including the use of Bishop Hatfield's shield, was both inappropriate and illegal. Consequently, it sought a grant of its own from the College of Arms, which was approved. The new arms were based on Hatfield's shield, but to
difference
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* ''The Difference'' (al ...
the college's arms from the bishop's, a crown and plumes above the shield was added, with an ermine border and the college motto scrolled underneath.
This new crest was more "official" looking but tricky to reproduce. Rodney Lucas, a student in the 1950s, was asked to produce freehand drawings of the college arms (one with the crest and one without) for use in the annual ''Hatfield Record''.Moyes, 1996, p. 345 The design without the crest was ultimately chosen and appeared for years on college stationary. In June 1994, Lucas contacted the college with a new rendering of the college arms made on a computer, which was subsequently adopted. The commercial design for the arms was changed once again in 2005.
Academic dress
Similar to most
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* Bailey (surname)
* Bailey (given name)
Castles and bridges
* Bailey (castle), or ward, a courtyard of a castle or fortification, enclosed by a curtain wall
* Bailey bridge, a portable prefab ...
, the wearing of the undergraduate academic
gown
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is required for formal events, including to the
matriculation
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Australia
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ceremony and all formal dinners held in college.
Formals
In
Michaelmas term
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(first term), formal dinners are held twice each week, on Tuesday and Friday.
Epiphany term
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The term runs from January until March, equivalent to the Spring term at ...
(second term) sees this reduced to mainly Fridays, while few formals are held during
Easter term
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, consisting of senior staff, is also present during formal meals.
Unique to Hatfield is the tradition of 'spooning', in which students bang spoons on the edge of the table or on silverware for several minutes before the formal starts. The act immediately ceases when the High Table walks in.
Grace
This can be translated as:
''Blessed God, who feedest us from our youth, and providest food for all flesh, fill our hearts with joy and gladness, that we, having enough to satisfy us, may abound in every good work, through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom with thee and the Holy Spirit, be all honour and praise and power for all ages. Amen.''
Since 1846 the
grace
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* Little Goose Creek (Kentucky), location of Grace post office
* Grace, Carroll County, Missouri, an uninco ...
has been read at all formal meals in college. It is popular at alumni dinners, where an attempt to read the grace in English was badly received by guests.
Widely used in the fourth century and based on earlier Hebrew prayers, it was translated from the Greek and adopted by
Oriel College, Oxford
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. Hatfield copied it practically verbatim; the college believes this was likely influenced by the Rev. Henry Jenkyns, a Fellow of Oriel before becoming Professor of Greek and Classical Literature at Durham.
Student body
As of the 2017/18 academic year, Hatfield College has a population of 1,339 students. There are 1,007 full-time undergraduates and 3 part-time undergraduates. Postgraduate figures include 55 students on full-time postgraduate research programs and 111 studying for full-time postgraduate taught programs, plus a further 94 part-time postgraduate students (research and taught) as well as 69
distance learning
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students.
Common rooms
The
Junior Common Room
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(JCR) is for undergraduates in the college. It annually elects an executive committee consisting of 10 members, including an impartial chair, who run the JCR in conjunction with college officers. Unlike other colleges, Hatfield exclusively retains Senior Man as its title for the head of the JCR, having rejected a motion to move to "JCR President" in May 2014. A motion to allow the incumbent to choose between "Senior Man", "Senior Woman" or "Senior Student" was also defeated in January 2016.
The Middle Common Room (MCR) is the organisation for postgraduate students. Postgraduate accommodation is located at James Barber House. College officers, fellows and tutors are members of the
Senior Common Room
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(SCR).
Image
Having shed its theological image by the Second World War, Hatfield came to be seen in the decades following as a sporty college, with students who often held a relaxed attitude towards studying and were assumed to be disproportionately recruited from socially exclusive private schools.Whitworth, 1971, pp. 84–85, 91 Writing in 1996, college archivist Arthur Moyes admitted that
modesty
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"is not a Hatfield characteristic".
Portrayals of Hatfield students as more privileged than others were resisted by then Master Thomas Whitworth in his 1971 college history, ''Yellow Sandstone and Mellow Brick''; instead, Whitworth defined Hatfielders by ambition, and stressed their tendency to seek leadership positions on campus. This viewpoint was echoed years later by his successor, James Barber:
Alumni have also praised a "work hard, play hard ethos" conducive to future success and highlighted a strong sense of identity and community. Nevertheless, student articles have criticised Hatfield for being 'rah', and suggested it is responsible for perpetuating negative views about the wider university.
Past data has shown it to be popular with applicants from
independent schools
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. For the 2015/2016 cycle, 65.8% of applicants were privately educated – against a university total of only 36.1%. To attract a wider range of candidates it has launched an outreach programme working with pupils in local state schools in
Gateshead
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,
Hartlepool
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, and
Washington
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* Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
** A metonym for the federal government of the United States
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.
Admissions
For the 2015/2016 entry cycle 1,375 applicants selected the college as their preference. This made it the 5th most popular overall, behind University College,
Josephine Butler College
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It ...
, Collingwood College, and St Mary's College. 336 accepted applicants ultimately enrolled. Compared to most other colleges, Hatfield received a somewhat higher percentage of
gap year
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applicants, with 7.8% of applicants in the 2015/2016 cycle choosing to defer, against a university average of 3.8%.
College officers and fellows
Master
The current
Master
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*Grandmaster (chess), National Master ...
is Ann MacLarnon, Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology at Durham University, who assumed the role in September 2017.
List of past masters
* David Melville (1846–1851)
* William Henderson (1851–1852)
* Edward Bradby (Michaelmas Term 1852)
* James Lonsdale (1853–1854)
* John Pedder (1854–1859)
* James Barmby (1859–1876)
* William Sanday (1876–1883)
*
Archibald Robertson Archibald or Archie Robertson may refer to:
Sports
*Archie Robertson (footballer) (1929–1978), Scottish footballer
* Archie Robertson (shinty player) (born 1950), ex-shinty player
Others
*Archibald Robertson (painter) (1765–1835), Scottish bor ...
Eric Birley
Eric Barff Birley, Tim Burt
Timothy Peter Burt (born 23 December 1951) is a British geographer, academic, and academic administrator. He was Master of Hatfield College, Durham and Professor of Geography at the University of Durham between 1996 and 2017. He had previously ...
(1996–2017)
Fellows
Hatfield College Council awards honorary fellowships to alumni and people who have a close association with Hatfield. On receipt of the fellowship, the fellow automatically becomes an honorary member of the SCR and receives the same benefits. By 2012, honorary fellows numbered 24 in total, notably including former university chancellor
Bill Bryson
William McGuire Bryson (; born 8 December 1951) is an American–British journalist and author. Bryson has written a number of nonfiction books on topics including travel, the English language, and science. Born in the United States, he has b ...
.
As of 2018, other staff affiliated to the college include eight junior research fellows and 10 Senior Research Fellows. Current senior fellows include, amongst others, the theologian
Douglas Davies
Douglas James Davies, (born 11 February 1947) is a Welsh Anglican theologian, anthropologist, and academic, specialising in the history, theology, and sociology of death. He is Professor in the Study of Religion at the University of Durham. ...
. The college also occasionally hosts visiting academics, normally for one term, as part of the fellowship scheme offered by the university's Institute of Advanced Study.
Sports and societies
Hatfield College Boat Club
Hatfield College Boat Club (HCBC) is the boat club of Hatfield College at Durham University. The club was started in 1846, shortly after the founding of the college, making it one of the oldest student clubs in Durham. There is a Novice Development programme for absolute beginners. It also trains coxes and has a dedicated Coxes Captain.
The current college
boathouse
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was completed in Epiphany term of 1881, with the previous structure having to be rebuilt and re-sited at the cost of £250 – club members believing it to be 'inconveniently small' and very exposed to flood damage. Up until 2001 Hatfield shared its boat club with rowers from
Trevelyan College
, motto_English = Truth more readily than falsehood
, scarf =
, named_for = George Macaulay Trevelyan
, namesake = George Macaulay Trevelyan
, established = 1966
, principal = Adekunle Adeyeye
, vice_principal = I ...
. Tension over space, resulting from Hatfield's desire to purchase additional boats, saw the termination of this arrangement, with Trevelyan later electing to store its boats with the local owner of a private boathouse.
In 2016, the boathouse was one of several to fall victim to racist graffiti and had a
swastika
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and SS symbol splashed on the doors. Major maintenance was carried out in 2019: the roof was reinforced and the doors sanded and repainted.
Notable former members of the club include
Alice Freeman
Alice Freeman (born 6 September 1978 in Oxford) is a British rower.
Freeman studied at Durham University and St Edmund Hall, Oxford. She finished 5th in the women's eight at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
References
External links
*
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,
Louisa Reeve
Louisa Reeve (born 16 May 1984 in London) is a British rower who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics.
Rowing career
Along with Olivia Whitlam she finished 6th in the women's coxless pair at the 2008 Summer Olympics ...
,
Angus Groom
Angus Groom (born 16 June 1992) is a British rower. He is a silver medallist at the 2020 Summer Olympics. He has also won two World Cup gold medals, two World Cup silver medals, a World Cup bronze and European championship bronze.
Career
Groom ...
, and
Simon Barr
Simon Barr (born 12 September 1985) is a German lightweight rower.
Barr was educated at Eastbourne College, where he was introduced to rowing. He studied Chemistry at Durham University and competed in lightweight rowing with the Durham Unive ...
.
Rugby
Hatfield College has become known for prowess in rugby in particular – so much so that Thomas Whitworth (Master, 1957–79), a known rugby enthusiast, was often accused of bias in the selection and treatment of rugby-playing students. In intercollegiate rugby, Hatfield became the dominant club in the decades following the war, conceding the colleges cup just once in a 14-year period up to 1971. The Durham University team that triumphed in the 1969 University Athletic Union final against
Newcastle University
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was made up mostly of Hatfield players.
Intercollegiate dominance continued into the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, with Hatfield eventually establishing a record of 30 cup wins in 32 years.Moyes, 1996, p. 320 The 1995 cup final was noteworthy for being an all-Hatfield event, contested by the college's A and B teams. Today, double protein portions for university rugby players are still offered in the college dining hall each meal-time.
Will Carling
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,
Will Greenwood
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, and Marcus Rose are the most notable former undergraduates, all of whom made multiple appearances for
England
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and participated in various editions of the
Rugby World Cup
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Scotland
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United States
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Ben Woods
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Woods started his professional career at Newcastle Falcons in 2003 but suff ...
have all played club rugby for
Newcastle Falcons
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The club was established in 1877 as the Gosforth Football Club. Around 1882 the club merged with the Northumberland Football Cl ...
. Another recent graduate,
Fitz Harding
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Harding studied History at Durham University (Hatfield College
, motto_English = Ei ...
, is signed to
Bristol Bears
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The club was founded as Bristol Football Club in 18 ...
.
Other sports and societies
Hatfield has its own theatre group, the Lion Theatre Company. It has SHAPED, which is a personal development program.
Will Greenwood
William John Heaton Greenwood, MBE (born 20 October 1972) is an English former rugby union player who played for Leicester Tigers and Harlequins and was a member of England's 2003 World Cup-winning team and the 1997 British & Irish Lions. H ...
, winner of the
2003 Rugby World Cup
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Andrew Strauss
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, English international cricketer
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Frank Tyson
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, seen here in his heyday
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Nick Compton
Nicholas Richard Denis Compton (born 26 June 1983) is a South African-born English former Test and first-class cricketer who most recently played for Middlesex County Cricket Club. The grandson of Denis Compton, he represented England in 16 ...
,
Middlesex
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and England batsman
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Robert Buckland
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,
Conservative Party
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Political parties called The Conservative P ...
MP for
South Swindon
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Edward Timpson
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He was previously MP for neighbouring Crew ...
, MP for Eddisbury
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The sporting alumni of Hatfield College may be the most famous, among them former England rugby union captain
Will Carling
William David Charles Carling (born 12 December 1965) is an English former rugby union player. He was England's youngest captain, aged 22, and won 72 caps from 1988 to 1996, captaining England 59 times. Under his captaincy, England won Five ...
,
2003 Rugby World Cup
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winner
Will Greenwood
William John Heaton Greenwood, MBE (born 20 October 1972) is an English former rugby union player who played for Leicester Tigers and Harlequins and was a member of England's 2003 World Cup-winning team and the 1997 British & Irish Lions. H ...
, and former
England cricket team
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captain
Andrew Strauss
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.
Fast bowler
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Frank Tyson
Frank Holmes Tyson (6 June 1930 – 27 September 2015) was an England international cricketer of the 1950s, who also worked as a schoolmaster, journalist, cricket coach and cricket commentator after emigrating to Australia in 1960. Nicknamed "T ...
and top order batsman
Nick Compton
Nicholas Richard Denis Compton (born 26 June 1983) is a South African-born English former Test and first-class cricketer who most recently played for Middlesex County Cricket Club. The grandson of Denis Compton, he represented England in 16 ...
and
Tim Curtis
Timothy Stephen Curtis (born 15 January 1960, Chislehurst, Kent) is a former England cricketer, English teacher and Director of Sport at RGS Worcester. He retired from teaching in 2016.
A right-handed batsman, Curtis was a prolific scorer for ...
are three other cricketing former students who made test match appearances for England. In rowing,
Simon Barr
Simon Barr (born 12 September 1985) is a German lightweight rower.
Barr was educated at Eastbourne College, where he was introduced to rowing. He studied Chemistry at Durham University and competed in lightweight rowing with the Durham Unive ...
,
Alice Freeman
Alice Freeman (born 6 September 1978 in Oxford) is a British rower.
Freeman studied at Durham University and St Edmund Hall, Oxford. She finished 5th in the women's eight at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
References
External links
*
Alic ...
,
Angus Groom
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Career
Groom ...
,
Louisa Reeve
Louisa Reeve (born 16 May 1984 in London) is a British rower who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics.
Rowing career
Along with Olivia Whitlam she finished 6th in the women's coxless pair at the 2008 Summer Olympics ...
, and
Emily Taylor
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Early l ...
have all achieved success at international level. Athletes
Jon Solly
Jonathan "Jon" Solly (born 28 June 1963) is a male English former long-distance runner.
Athletics career
Solly won the gold medal for England in the 10,000 metres at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. He achieved his personal bes ...
1986 Commonwealth Games
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and
1994 Commonwealth Games
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respectively.Katharine Ford is the only Briton to ride an indoor
velodrome
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for 12 hours or more.
Politicians and campaigners who have attended the college include
Robert Buckland
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, a former
Secretary of State for Justice
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and
Lord Chancellor
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;
Edward Timpson
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He was previously MP for neighbouring Crew ...
life peer
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Baron Carter of Coles. From earlier generations of students, theology graduate and noted
suffragist
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Claude Hinscliff
Reverend Claude Hinscliff (1875–1964) was a British suffragist.
Education and early career
Hinscliff studied for his licentiate in theology at Durham University. He matriculated in 1893 and was awarded a scholarship after performing well in t ...
, conducted the funeral service for
Emily Davison
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; and
Clifford Nelson Fyle
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Early life
Clifford Nelson Fyle was born and raised in Freetown, British Sier ...
Jolyon Maugham
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– a 1995 law graduate – is founding director of the
Good Law Project
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History
The Good Law Project was founded in January 2017 as ...
.
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Richard Dannatt
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Dannatt was commissioned ...
, retired senior British Army officer and former
Constable of the Tower
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of London
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General
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Mark Carleton-Smith
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, British Army officer, currently
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List
* Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ( United States)
* Chief of the General Staff (Abkhazia)
* Chief of General Staff (Af ...
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Kim Darroch
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, Diplomat, former
Ambassador to the United States
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See also
*Ambassadors of the United States
Notes
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Rear Admiral
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Matt Parr
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Early life and ...
Bruce Bucknell
Bruce James Bucknell is a British diplomat who was formerly Deputy High Commissioner in Kolkata. He previously served as Ambassador to Belarus.
Career
Bucknell's first overseas posting upon joining the Foreign and Commonwealth Office was to Amm ...
, Diplomat, currently Deputy High Commissioner in India
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David Fitton
David John Fitton (born 10 January 1955) is a former British diplomat who served as High Commissioner to Jamaica from 2013 to 2017.
Fitton studied at Durham University. He joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1980.
Career
Fitton in ...
Chief of the General Staff The Chief of the General Staff (CGS) is a post in many armed forces (militaries), the head of the military staff.
List
* Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ( United States)
* Chief of the General Staff (Abkhazia)
* Chief of General Staff (Af ...
, and one of his successors in the same role –
General
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In some usages the term "general officer" refers t ...
Mark Carleton-Smith
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Rear Admiral
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Fleet Commander
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, and retired Rear Admiral
Matt Parr
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Early life and ...
were also Hatfield undergraduates, in addition to
Major-General
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Peter Grant Peterkin
Major-General Anthony Peter Grant Peterkin (born 6 July 1947) is a retired senior British Army officer. He was the British House of Commons' Serjeant at Arms between 2004 and 2007.
Early life
Grant Peterkin was born on 6 July 1947. He is the s ...
, who would go on to be appointed
Serjeant at Arms
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in the
House of Commons
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. Intelligence officer and conservationist
Tracy Philipps
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, once a soldier amid numerous other activities, won the
Military Cross
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The MC i ...
during the
First World War
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Kim Darroch
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, previously
British Ambassador to the United States
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T ...
David Fitton
David John Fitton (born 10 January 1955) is a former British diplomat who served as High Commissioner to Jamaica from 2013 to 2017.
Fitton studied at Durham University. He joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1980.
Career
Fitton in ...
Bruce Bucknell
Bruce James Bucknell is a British diplomat who was formerly Deputy High Commissioner in Kolkata. He previously served as Ambassador to Belarus.
Career
Bucknell's first overseas posting upon joining the Foreign and Commonwealth Office was to Amm ...
William Quantrill
William Clarke Quantrill (July 31, 1837 – June 6, 1865) was a Confederate guerrilla leader during the American Civil War.
Having endured a tempestuous childhood before later becoming a schoolteacher, Quantrill joined a group of bandits who ...
Peter Waterworth
Peter Andrew Waterworth (born 15 April 1957) is a British barrister and diplomat, who was the Governor of Montserrat from 2007 to 2011.
Biography
Waterworth is originally from Belfast and was schooled at Methodist College. He entered Durham U ...
Governor of Montserrat
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from 2007 to 2011.
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Jeremy Vine
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, presenter, broadcaster and journalist for the BBC
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Tim Smit
Sir Timothy Bartel Smit KBE (born 25 September 1954) is a Dutch-born British businessman, famous for his work on the Lost Gardens of Heligan, the Eden Project, and the Charlestown Shipwreck & Treasure Centre, all in Cornwall, England.
Early li ...
, founder of the
Eden Project
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Ed Gamble
Edward Stephenson Jamison Gamble (born 11 March 1986) is an English comedian, known for co-presenting ''The Peacock and Gamble Podcast'' and his regular appearances on ''Mock the Week''. He studied at Durham University, where he began his come ...
, comedian known for appearing on ''
Mock the Week
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''
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Colin McDowell
Colin Roxburgh McDowell (born 1936) is a British fashion writer, designer and curator. McDowell is best known for his stint as a highly opinionated Fashion Editor for ''The Sunday Times'', where he became a familiar sight in the front row of f ...
, former Fashion Editor of ''
The Sunday Times
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''
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Institute of Economic Affairs
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David Arkless
David Edwin Wilson Arkless (born February 1954) is a British businessman, the former president of both CDI Corporation and ManpowerGroup.
Early life
Arkless studied at the University of Durham, where he read for a BA in General Studies. He subse ...
, pictured here at
World Economic Forum
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annual meeting
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Morris Gelsthorpe
Alfred Morris Gelsthorpe, DSO (26 February 189222 August 1968) was an English Anglican bishop and missionary. Known popularly as 'Gelly', he was the first Bishop in the Sudan.
Early life
He was educated at The King's School, Canterbury and matri ...
, missionary and Anglican Bishop
In the media, broadcaster
Jeremy Vine
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; presenters
Mark Durden-Smith
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,
Jonathan Gould
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As a player, he was a goalkeeper from 1989 until 2009 playing for numerous clubs, notably in the Premier Lea ...
, and
Mark Pougatch
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BBC News
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(2012–2021), were all students at the college.List of alumni , URL accessed 18 May 2009 Travel writer
Alexander Frater
Alexander Russell Frater (3 January 1937 – 1 January 2020) was a British travel writer and journalist. Described by Miles Kington as 'the funniest man who wrote for Punch (magazine), ''Punch'' since the war', Frater is best known for his vario ...
was a Hatfield student, as was the poet and memoirist
Thomas Blackburn Thomas, Tom or Tommy Blackburn may refer to:
*Anthony Blackburn (born 1945), British vice-admiral and Equerry to the Royal Household, commonly known as Tom Blackburn
*Thomas Blackburn (entomologist) (1844–1912), Australian entomologist
*Thomas Bl ...
, the fashion journalist
Colin McDowell
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, singer-songwriter
Jake Thackray
John Philip "Jake" Thackray (27 February 1938 – 24 December 2002) was an English singer-songwriter, poet, humourist and journalist. Best known in the late 1960s and early 1970s for his topical comedy songs performed on British television, hi ...
, and comedian
Ed Gamble
Edward Stephenson Jamison Gamble (born 11 March 1986) is an English comedian, known for co-presenting ''The Peacock and Gamble Podcast'' and his regular appearances on ''Mock the Week''. He studied at Durham University, where he began his come ...
. Landowner
Delaval Astley
Major Delaval Graham L'Estrange Astley, CB, DL (7 December 1868 – 17 May 1951) was a Major in the British Army. He has been claimed to have won a medals at the 1924 Winter Olympics for both the British and Swedish Curling teams. Despite bein ...
, the 23rd
Baron Hastings
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, played Cameron Fraser in ''
The Archers
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'' for a number of years. Ecclesiastical alumni are numerous: with former
Bishop of Derby
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The diocese was formed from par ...
Peter Dawes
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Dawes was educated at Aldenham School and Hatfield College, Durham, and ordained in 1955. His career began with cur ...
Clive Handford
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, royal chaplain
Francis ffolkes, 5th Baronet
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, and
Morris Gelsthorpe
Alfred Morris Gelsthorpe, DSO (26 February 189222 August 1968) was an English Anglican bishop and missionary. Known popularly as 'Gelly', he was the first Bishop in the Sudan.
Early life
He was educated at The King's School, Canterbury and matri ...
, the first Bishop in
the Sudan
Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...
, making up just a small sample.
In academia, names include
computer scientist
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Computer scientists typically work on the theoretical side of computation, as opposed to the hardware side on which computer engineers mainly focus (al ...
Imperial College London
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(1987–2009);
particle physicist
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Nigel Glover, a current professor at Durham; Rebecca Goss (chemist), Rebecca Goss, Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of St Andrews; and economists Philip Booth, of the
Institute of Economic Affairs
The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) is a right-wing pressure group and think tank registered as a UK charity Associated with the New Right, the IEA describes itself as an "educational research institute", and says that it seeks to "further t ...
, and Gordon Cameron (economist), Gordon Cameron, Professor of Land Economy at the University of Cambridge (1980–1990) and Master of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge (1988–1990); while glaciology, glaciologist David Vaughan (glaciologist), David Vaughan and geologist Joanne Johnson have both conducted research for the British Antarctic Survey. Investment manager Richard Pease, 4th Baronet,
Eden Project
The Eden Project ( kw, Edenva) is a visitor attraction in Cornwall, England, UK. The project is located in a reclaimed china clay pit, located from the town of St Blazey and from the larger town of St Austell.Ordnance Survey (2005). ''OS E ...
founder
Tim Smit
Sir Timothy Bartel Smit KBE (born 25 September 1954) is a Dutch-born British businessman, famous for his work on the Lost Gardens of Heligan, the Eden Project, and the Charlestown Shipwreck & Treasure Centre, all in Cornwall, England.
Early li ...
, BP executive Richard Paniguian, telecoms entrepreneur Peter Owen Edmunds, Oliver Bonas founder Oliver Tress, and
David Arkless
David Edwin Wilson Arkless (born February 1954) is a British businessman, the former president of both CDI Corporation and ManpowerGroup.
Early life
Arkless studied at the University of Durham, where he read for a BA in General Studies. He subse ...
, Chairman of End Human Trafficking Now, are all examples of alumni with a background in the business world.
Gallery
File:Hatfield College chapel in 2016.jpg, The chapel viewed from outside the college gates
File:Hatfieldcstairsandmelville.jpg, C Stairs (left) and the Melville Building (right)
File:Hatfieldrectoryingrey.jpg, The Rectory
File:Hatfieldcollegediningentrance.jpg, The entrance to the dining hall
File:Viewfromhatfieldunderpass.jpg, View of Jevons and Pace from the underpass
See also
* :Alumni of Hatfield College, Durham, List of Hatfield College alumni with articles on Wikipedia
* History of Durham University
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