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. Established in 1845, it was the first agricultural college in the English-speaking world. The university provides more than 30 land-based undergraduate and postgraduate programmes to students from over 45 countries through the School of Agriculture, the School of Business and Entrepreneurship, the School of Equine and the School of Real Estate and Land Management.

History

The Royal Agricultural University was founded as the Royal Agricultural College in 1842, at a meeting of the Fairford and Cirencester Farmers’ Club. Concerned by the lack of government support for education, Robert Jeffreys-Brown addressed the meeting on "The Advantages of a Specific Education for Agricultural Pursuits". A prospectus was circulated, a general committee was appointed and

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was elected president. Funds were raised by public subscription: much of the support came from the wealthy landowners and farmers of the day, and there was no government support. Construction of the main building, in Victorian Tudor style, began in April 1845 and was designed by S. W. Daukes and John R. Hamilton, and built by Thomas Bridges of Cirencester. The first 25 students were admitted to the college in September 1845.

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granted a

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to the college in 1845 and sovereigns have been patrons ever since, visiting the college in every reign.

King Charles III Charles III (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is King of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms. He was the longest-serving heir apparent and Prince of Wales and, at age 73, became the oldest person to a ...

became president in 1982. The college gained full

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in 2013 and changed its name accordingly. It had students in the academic year and saw a 49% rise in applications between 2008 and 2013. The Royal Agricultural University was named the safest university in the South West in 2013, and is ranked top in the UK for spending on facilities.

Farms

The university operates two farms close to the campus: * Coates Manor Farm is predominantly arable cropped with some pasture land. * Fossehill Farm provides polo and hunter livery stabling and associated exercise facilities. Harnhill Manor Farm was purchased in 2009 and with Coates Manor Farm totals 491 hectares (1223 acres) of land. The farm was managed organically for many years but all the land apart from the outdoor-pig unit was taken out of organic management. In 2011, an old sheep shed at the front of the farm complex was turned into the 'John Oldacre Rural Innovation Centre' a building designed for the training of students and members of the public in vocational skills such as rough-terrain forklift truck driving, blacksmithing, chainsaw and welding course, etc. The building cost £1.2 Million to transform. The JORIC was officially opened in March 2014 by Sir John Beddington and the site was visited in November 2013 by

Prince Charles Charles III (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is King of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms. He was the longest-serving heir apparent and Prince of Wales and, at age 73, became the oldest person to ...

Sport

The university has a range of sports facilities on campus, including a gym, an all-weather pitch, and squash and tennis courts. Students participate in a wide range of sports including; clay pigeon shooting, cricket, equestrian, field sports (hunting, fishing and shooting), football, golf, lacrosse, hockey, netball, polo, rugby, rifle shooting, rowing, tennis and yachting. However, most sports have been banned from BUCS League, and rugby has even been banned on campus. . The Royal Agricultural University is just one of three remaining British universities (the others being the

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and the

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) to maintain their own beagle pack. Founded in 1889, the RAU Beagles is run by the students who whip in and hunt the hounds, and until the 2004 hunting ban, hunted hares in the countryside around Cirencester.

Research

In the REF 2014, the university came 29th and last in the UK for Agriculture. Some of the staff have been evaluated in the

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which recognised the importance of their research at national and, to a lesser extent, international levels.

Library

The university library holds around 40,000 print volumes, nearly 1,000 current journal subscriptions, more than 40,000

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s and a growing number of full-text databases. The main collection is supplemented by a support collection and a historical collection of texts, primarily on agriculture and estate/land management, dating back to the 16th century. The library also holds the RAU archive, a collection of documents relating to the institution since its foundation.

Patrons

The patron of RAU was until 1982 the current reigning British monarch, at which point King Charles, the then

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to the

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, and current King of the United Kingdom took on this role. *1845–1901 –

*1901–1910 –

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*1910–1936 –

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*1936 –

King Edward VIII Edward VIII (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David; 23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972), later known as the Duke of Windsor, was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Empire and Emperor of India from 20 January 1 ...

*1936–1952 –

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*1952–1982 –

Queen Elizabeth II Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II, her death in 2022. She was queen ...

*1982–present –

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Notable people

Staff

* James Buckman – professor of geology, botany, and zoology from 1848 to 1863. *

John D. Custance John Daniel Custance FCS FRAS (c. 1842 – 14 December 1923) was an agricultural scientist, founder of Roseworthy College, South Australia, but was sacked by a Minister with whom he had mutual antipathy. History Custance was a Professor of Agr ...

– professor of agricultural science in the late 1870s, later was responsible for establishing

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in South Australia. * John Scott, on the staff shortly from 1880, later became known as a tractor pioneer. * Sir Emrys Jones, former chief adviser to the Minister of Agriculture from 1967 to 1973, and director of the Government's Agricultural and Development Advisory Service (ADAS), was principal of the college from 1973 until 1978. He described his time at Cirencester as the most enjoyable period in his life. In 2011, a new teaching facility at the college was named in his honour. For university applicants with a connection to Wales, a scholarship has been set up that carries the former principal's name. * Edward William Prevost, Professor of Chemistry 1879 to 1881 then retired to be a farmer *

George Stephen West George Stephen West (20 April 1876 – 7 August 1919), ARCS, FLS, was a British botanist, a specialist in phycology and protistology, a botanical illustrator and a writer. With his father. botanist William West (West, 1848–1914), he colla ...

(1876–1919), professor of natural history 1899–1906 *

John Wrightson Professor John Wrightson Chemical Society, FCS, Royal Agricultural University, MRAC (1840 – 30 November 1916) was a British agriculturalist and the founder of Downton Agricultural College (1880–1906) at Downton, Wiltshire, Downton in Wilts ...

(1840–1916), founder of

Downton Agricultural College Professor John Wrightson Chemical Society, FCS, Royal Agricultural University, MRAC (1840 – 30 November 1916) was a British agriculturalist and the founder of Downton Agricultural College (1880–1906) at Downton, Wiltshire, Downton in Wilts ...

Alumni

Royal Agricultural University graduates have won a number of awards and prizes, including the

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Young Farmer Of The Year Award (James Price 2009 and Adrian Ivory 2008). Notable students from the institution include: Arts and Media *

Mark Bence-Jones Mark Adayre Bence-Jones (29 May 1930 – 12 April 2010) was a writer, noted mainly for his books on Irish architecture, the British aristocracy and the British Raj. He regarded himself as being both Irish and English, seeing no contradiction in ...

, writer *

Jonathan Dimbleby Jonathan Dimbleby (born 31 July 1944) is a British presenter of current affairs and political radio and television programmes, author and historian. He is the son of Richard Dimbleby and younger brother of television presenter David Dimbleby. ...

, television personality and political commentator *

Dwijendralal Ray Dwijendralal Ray (19 July 1863 – 17 May 1913), also known as D. L. Ray, was an Indian poet, playwright, and musician. He was known for his Hindu mythological and nationalist historical plays and songs known as ''Dwijendrageeti'' or the ''So ...

Bengali poet *

Teddy McDonald Teddy McDonald is a British contemporary artist. He has painted guitars used by Ed Sheeran, painted with members of the royal family, and painted a Range Rover Autobiography Art Car. Work Mcdonald loaned a guitar named "Green T" to Ed Sheeran ...

, contemporary artist Peerage * Sir John Agnew, 6th Baronet *

Sir Euan Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, 3rd Baronet The Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe Baronetcy, of Elvetham Hall in Elvetham in the County of Hampshire, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 1 July 1929 for Fitzroy Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe. Born Fitzroy Hamilton Ni ...

Derek Barber, Baron Barber of Tewkesbury Derek Coates Barber, Baron Barber of Tewkesbury (17 June 1918 – 21 November 2017) was a British member of the House of Lords. He also served as a senior civil servant and agricultural expert. Barber was educated at the Royal Agricultural Colle ...

Alan Brooke, 3rd Viscount Brookeborough Alan Henry Brooke, 3rd Viscount Brookeborough, (born 30 June 1952), is a Northern Irish Peerage, peer and landowner. He is one of the 92 hereditary peers who remain in the House of Lords; he sits as a crossbencher. He is the current Lord Lieutena ...

Jeremy Browne, 11th Marquess of Sligo Jeremy Ulick Browne, 11th Marquess of Sligo (4 June 1939 – 13 July 2014), styled Earl of Altamont until 1991, was an Irish hereditary peer and businessman. On the death of his father, he was entitled to sit in the House of Lords by virtue of ...

Torquhil Campbell, 13th Duke of Argyll Torquhil Ian Campbell, 13th and 6th Duke of Argyll (born 29 May 1968), styled as Earl of Campbell before 1973 and as Marquess of Lorne between 1973 and 2001, is a Scottish peer. The family's main seat is Inveraray Castle, although the Duke and ...

Robin Cayzer, 3rd Baron Rotherwick Herbert Robin Cayzer, 3rd Baron Rotherwick (born 12 March 1954) is a British landowner and estate manager. He sat as a hereditary peer in the House of Lords for the Conservative Party, from 1996 until his retirement in 2022. Early life Robin ...

, one of the 92 hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords *

Sir Thomas Chapman, 7th Baronet Sir Thomas Robert Tighe Chapman, 7th Baronet (6 November 1846 – 8 April 1919), was an Anglo-Irish people, Anglo-Irish landowner, the last of the Chapman baronets of Killua Castle in County Westmeath, Ireland. For many years he lived under th ...

Patrick Chichester, 8th Marquess of Donegall Marquess of Donegall is a title in the Peerage of Ireland held by the head of the Chichester family, originally from Devon, England. Sir John Chichester sat as a Member of Parliament and was High Sheriff of Devon in 1557. One of his sons, Sir ...

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*Robin Dundas, Earl of Ronaldshay *

Francis Egerton, 7th Duke of Sutherland Francis Ronald Egerton, 7th Duke of Sutherland (born 18 February 1940), known as Francis Ronald Egerton until 2000, is a British peer from the Egerton family. Family Sutherland is the son of Cyril Reginald Egerton, the grandson of Francis Egerto ...

Nicholas Guy Halsey Nicholas Guy Halsey Territorial Decoration, TD, Doctor of Letters, DL, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, FRICS (born 14 June 1948) is the heir to the Halsey Baronets, Halsey Baronetcy. Halsey is the son of Lieutenant Colonel Guy Marsden Ha ...

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Lord Nicholas Hervey Lord Frederick William Charles Nicholas Wentworth Hervey () (26 November 1961 – 26 January 1998) was a British aristocrat and political activist. He was the second son of Victor Hervey, 6th Marquess of Bristol, but the only child by his secon ...

Charles Kennedy, 5th Marquess of Ailsa Charles Kennedy, 5th Marquess of Ailsa (10 April 1875 – 1 June 1956) was a Scottish peer, the son of Archibald Kennedy, 3rd Marquess of Ailsa. He was known as Lord Charles Kennedy until 1943, when he inherited the marquessate. Biography Lo ...

* Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole of Hawaii *

John Lowry-Corry, 8th Earl Belmore John Armar Lowry-Corry, 8th Earl Belmore (born 4 September 1951), is an Irish peer and the son of Galbraith Lowry-Corry, 7th Earl Belmore. Early years and education Lord Belmore, who was born into a famous Anglo-Irish aristocratic family, was ed ...

John Lyttelton, 11th Viscount Cobham John William Leonard Lyttelton, 11th Viscount Cobham (15 June 1943 – 13 July 2006) was a British nobleman and peer from the Lyttelton family. He was known as "Johnny Lyttelton" to his friends and family. He was educated at Eton, where his f ...

David Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie David George Coke Patrick Ogilvy, 8th (or 13th) Earl of Airlie, (born 17 May 1926) is a Scottish peer. Background and education Airlie is the eldest son of David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie and Lady Alexandra Coke. His younger brother was Sir ...

William Peel, 3rd Earl Peel William James Robert Peel, 3rd Earl Peel, (born 3 October 1947), styled Viscount Clanfield until 1969, is a British hereditary peer who was a Conservative peer from 15 May 1973 until October 2006 when, on his appointment as Lord Chamberlain o ...

Eric Saumarez, 7th Baron de Saumarez Eric Douglas Saumarez, 7th Baron de Saumarez (born 13 August 1956), is a British hereditary peer. Life Born and brought up in Suffolk, Saumarez is the son of James Victor Broke Saumarez, 6th Baron de Saumarez, by his marriage to Joan Beryl Charl ...

Malcolm Sinclair, 20th Earl of Caithness Malcolm Ian Sinclair, 20th Earl of Caithness, (born 3 November 1948), is a Scottish Conservative politician and member of the House of Lords as one of the remaining hereditary peers. He is also 20th Lord Berriedale, 15th Baronet, of Canisbay, C ...

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James Spencer-Churchill, 12th Duke of Marlborough Charles James Spencer-Churchill, 12th Duke of Marlborough (born 24 November 1955), styled Earl of Sunderland until March 1972 and Marquess of Blandford until October 2014, and often known as Jamie Blandford or Jamie Marlborough, is an English ...

Patrick Stopford, 9th Earl of Courtown James Patrick Montagu Burgoyne Winthrop Stopford, 9th Earl of Courtown (also known as Patrick Courtown; born 19 March 1954), styled Viscount Stopford between 1957 and 1975, is an Irish peer and politician. He is one of the 92 hereditary peers ...

* Luke White, 6th Baron Annaly *

Sir John Wills, 4th Baronet Sir John Vernon Wills, 4th Baronet, Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, KCVO, Knight of Grace of The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem, KStJ, Territorial Decoration, TD, Magistrate (England and Wales), JP ( ...

Politics * Stuart Agnew,

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MEP *

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, Member of Parliament * William Bridges-Maxwell, Australian politician *

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Julian Cayo-Evans William Edward Julian Cayo-Evans (22 April 1937 – 28 March 1995) was a Welsh political activist and one time leader of the radical political group Free Wales Army. Life Born at 'Glandenys', Silian, near Lampeter, where he also died, Cayo-Evans ...

Michael Colvin Michael Keith Beale Colvin (27 September 1932 – 24 February 2000) was a British Conservative Party politician. He was first elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bristol North West in 1979. From 1983 onwards, he was the MP for Romsey a ...

, former Member of Parliament *

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, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade and Deputy Leader of Fine Gael *

Richard Drax Richard Grosvenor Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax (born 29 January 1958) is a British Conservative politician, journalist and landowner, serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Dorset since 2010. Early life Drax was born on 29 January 195 ...

, Member of Parliament *

Simon Hart Simon Anthony Hart (born 15 August 1963) is a British politician serving as the Chief Whip of the House of Commons and Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury since October 2022. He previously served as Secretary of State for Wales between 2019 ...

, Member of Parliament for Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire *

Timothy Kitson Sir Timothy Peter Geoffrey Kitson (28 January 1931 – 18 May 2019) was a British Conservative politician who was Member of Parliament for Richmond, North Yorkshire. He was first elected at the 1959 general election, and stood down at the 19 ...

, former MP *

Roger Knapman Roger Maurice Knapman (born 20 February 1944) is a British politician who served as a Conservative MP before becoming Leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP). Early life The son of Harry Arthur Blackmore Knapman, a farmer, and Joan Margot n ...

, former leader of UKIP *

Arthur Nichols Arthur George Nichols (born 20 April 1858, date of death unknown) was an Australian politician. Born in Bristol to farmer George Nichols and Mary Natriss, he attended Clifton and Royal Agricultural College in England before arriving in Austral ...

, Australian politician * Joseph-Xavier Perrault *

Henry Plumb, Baron Plumb Charles Henry Plumb, Baron Plumb, (27 March 1925 – 15 April 2022) was a British politician and farmer who went into politics as a leader of the National Farmers' Union of England and Wales, National Farmers' Union. He later became active in ...

, former chairman of the NFU and politician *

James Provan James Lyal Clark Provan (born 19 December 1936) is a British farmer, businessman and politician who served four terms as a Member of the European Parliament. A member of the Conservative Party, he specialised in agriculture, and became a critic ...

, former MEP *

Edward Cephas John Stevens Edward Cephas John Stevens (18 October 1837 – 6 June 1915) was a New Zealand politician in provincial government in Canterbury, and a member of both the lower and upper houses of parliament. A businessman, he controlled the Christchurch ...

Noel Stirling Austin Arnold Wallinger Noel Stirling Austin Arnold Wallinger (March 12, 1865 – March 4, 1948) was an English-born miner, civil servant and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Cranbrook in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1922 t ...

Sports * Algernon Bligh. Somerset County cricketer *

Mark Anthony Peter Phillips Captain Mark Anthony Peter Phillips (born 22 September 1948) is an English Olympic gold medal-winning horseman for Great Britain and the first husband of Anne, Princess Royal, with whom he has two children. He remains a leading figure in Briti ...

, former husband of the Princess Royal, Great Britain equestrian rider, cross country course designer * Jason Little, Australian rugby union player *

Ben Clarke Ben Clarke (born 15 April 1968), is a former England back-row international rugby union player. Biography Educated at Bishop's Stortford College, Clarke played for Bath Rugby from 1992 to 1996, before joining Richmond F.C. as the first £1- ...

, England, British Lions and Bath rugby union player * Tim Payne, England, British Lions and Wasps rugby union player * Peter Walton, Scotland, British Lions and Newcastle rugby union player *

Marcus Armytage Marcus Armytage orn is a journalist and former National Hunt jockey who won the Grand National as an amateur in 1990, riding Mr Frisk. He was educated at Eton College. Armytage's win in the 1990 Grand National on Mr Frisk came in a record time ...

, National Hunt jockey *

Henry Cecil Sir Henry Richard Amherst Cecil (11 January 1943 – 11 June 2013) was a British flat racing horse trainer. Cecil was very successful, becoming Champion Trainer ten times and training 25 domestic Classic winners. These comprised four winners ...

, race horse trainer *

Aubrey Jackman Aubrey Francis Jackman (2 April 1921 - 18 September 2010) was a leading producer of international military tattoos and prominent hotelier in Bath, England. Born in Bath in 1921, Jackman's family owned a number of hotels in the city, including t ...

, tattooist *

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, England cricketer *

Arthur Sclater Arthur William Bassett Sclater (27 July 1859 – 16 June 1882) was an Irish people, Irish-born English cricketer. Sclater was a right-handed Batting (cricket), batsman who bowled right-arm Seam bowling, medium pace. He was born at Auburn ...

, Sussex County cricketer *

Richard Nancekivell Richard Nancekivell was a Cornish rugby union player who competed in the Cornwall County team. He is remembered as the man who scored the winning tries in the 1991 County Championship (rugby union), County Rugby championships at Twickenham Stadiu ...

, Cornwall and Northampton Saints rugby union player *

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, England, British Lions and Bristol rugby union Player *

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, racehorse trainer *

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, racehorse trainer *

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, England and Great Britain hockey player, Olympian * Mike Tucker, equestrian and agricultural show commentator Other * Richard Abel Smith * Miguel de Avendaño * James Buckman * Charlotte Clark *

Michael Coulson (barrister) (James) Michael Coulson (23 November 1927 – 18 June 2002) was a British barrister and judge, who also had a five-year parliamentary career. He was also an enthusiastic horse rider, huntsman and farmer, and was known at the Bar for his outstandi ...

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, soldier, The Parachute Regiment and Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford *

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, son of the founder of Fisons fertiliser *

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, pedigree cow auctioneer *Sir Wilfred de Soysa *

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, professor of agricultural chemistry *

, founder of

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References

External links

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Agricultural College This article lists agricultural universities and colleges around the world, by continent and country. Africa Algeria * Higher National Agronomic School (French name: Ecole Nationale Supérieure Agronomique) Benin * Agricultural University of ...

Agricultural universities and colleges in the United Kingdom Educational institutions established in 1845 1845 establishments in England Cirencester