St John's College is a
constituent college
A collegiate university is a university where functions are divided between a central administration and a number of constituent colleges. Historically, the first collegiate university was the University of Paris and its first college was the Col ...
of the
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a collegiate university, collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the List of oldest un ...
. Founded as a men's college in 1555, it has been coeducational since 1979.
[Communication from Michael Riordan, college archivist] Its founder, Sir
Thomas White, intended to provide a source of educated
Roman Catholic
The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institut ...
clerics to support the
Counter-Reformation
The Counter-Reformation (), also sometimes called the Catholic Revival, was the period of Catholic resurgence that was initiated in response to, and as an alternative to or from similar insights as, the Protestant Reformations at the time. It w ...
under
Queen Mary.
St John's is the wealthiest college in Oxford, with assets worth over £790 million as of 2022, largely due to nineteenth-century suburban development of land in the city of Oxford of which it is the ground landlord.
The college occupies a site on
St Giles' and has a student body of some 390 undergraduates and 250 postgraduates.
There are over 100 academic staff,
and a like number of other staff.
In 2018 St John's topped the
Norrington Table, the annual ranking of Oxford colleges' final results, and in 2021, St John's ranked second with a score of 79.8.
History

On 1 May 1555,
Sir Thomas White, lately
Lord Mayor of London
The Lord Mayor of London is the Mayors in England, mayor of the City of London, England, and the Leader of the council, leader of the City of London Corporation. Within the City, the Lord Mayor is accorded Order of precedence, precedence over a ...
, obtained a Royal Patent of Foundation to create a charitable institution for the education of students within the University of Oxford. White, a
Roman Catholic
The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institut ...
, originally intended St John's to provide a source of educated Roman Catholic clerics to support the Counter-Reformation under
Queen Mary, and indeed
Edmund Campion
Edmund Campion, SJ (25 January 15401 December 1581) was an English Jesuit priest and martyr. While conducting an underground ministry in officially Anglican England, Campion was arrested by priest hunters. Convicted of high treason, he was ...
, the Roman Catholic martyr, studied here.
White acquired buildings on the east side of
St Giles', north of
Balliol and
Trinity
The Trinity (, from 'threefold') is the Christian doctrine concerning the nature of God, which defines one God existing in three, , consubstantial divine persons: God the Father, God the Son (Jesus Christ) and God the Holy Spirit, thr ...
Colleges, which had belonged to the former
College of St Bernard, a monastery and house of study of the
Cistercian
The Cistercians (), officially the Order of Cistercians (, abbreviated as OCist or SOCist), are a Catholic religious order of monks and nuns that branched off from the Benedictines and follow the Rule of Saint Benedict, as well as the contri ...
order that had been founded in 1437 and closed in 1540 during the
dissolution of the monasteries. The grant also included half of the grove of
Durham College
Durham College is a public college in Ontario, Canada, with two main campuses in Oshawa and Whitby. Durham College offers over 145+ academic programs, including six bachelor degrees and eleven apprenticeship programs, to around 13,700 full-ti ...
, which had likewise been suppressed and whose buildings had become Trinity College. Initially the new St John's College was rather small and not well endowed financially. During the reign of Elizabeth I the fellows lectured in rhetoric, Greek, and dialectic, but not directly in theology. However, St John's initially had a strong focus on the creation of a proficient and educated priesthood.
White was Master of the
Merchant Taylors' Company
The Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors is one of the 111 livery companies of the City of London.
The Company, originally known as the ''Guild and Fraternity of St John the Baptist in the City of London'', was founded prior to 1300, first in ...
, and established a number of educational foundations, including the
Merchant Taylors' School. Although the college was closely linked to such institutions for many centuries, it became a more open society in the later 19th century. (Closed scholarships for students from the Merchant Taylors' School, however, persisted until the late 20th century. As well as these, scholarships existed for students from
Christ's Hospital
Christ's Hospital is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school (English Private schools in the United Kingdom, fee-charging boarding school for pupils aged 11–18) with a royal charter, located to the south of Horsham in West Sussex.
T ...
, two for
Coventry School, two for
Bristol Grammar School
Bristol Grammar School (BGS) is a 4–18 Mixed-sex education, mixed, Private schools in the United Kingdom, private day school in Bristol, England. It was founded in 1532 by Royal Charter for the teaching of 'good manners and literature', endowe ...
, two for
Reading School
Reading School is a state grammar school for boys with academy status in the English town of Reading, the county of Berkshire. It traces its history back to the school of Reading Abbey and is, thus, one of the oldest schools in England, alth ...
and one for
Tonbridge School
Tonbridge School is a public school (English fee-charging boarding and day school for boys aged 13–18) in Tonbridge, Kent, England, founded in 1553 by Sir Andrew Judde (sometimes spelt Judd). It is a member of the Eton Group and has clo ...
.) Female students were first admitted in 1979, after over four centuries of the college as an institution for men only.
Elizabeth Fallaize was appointed as the first female fellow in 1990.
Although primarily a producer of Anglican clergymen in the earlier periods of its history, St John's also gained a reputation for degrees in law, medicine and PPE (Philosophy, Politics and Economics).
Endowments
The endowments which St John's was given at its foundation, and during the twenty or so years afterward, served it very well and in the second half of the nineteenth century it benefited, as ground landlord, from the suburban development of the city of
Oxford
Oxford () is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and non-metropolitan district in Oxfordshire, England, of which it is the county town.
The city is home to the University of Oxford, the List of oldest universities in continuou ...
and was unusual among colleges for the size and extent of its property within the city. The patronage of the parish of
St Giles was included in the endowment of the college by Thomas White. Vicars of St Giles were formerly either fellows of the college, or ex-fellows who were granted the living on marriage (when Oxford fellows were required to be unmarried). The college retains the right to present candidates for the benefice to the bishop. Today St John's maintains the largest endowment of the Oxford colleges, for example owning the
Oxford Playhouse
The Oxford Playhouse is a theatre designed by Edward Maufe and F. G. M. Chancellor. It is situated in Beaumont Street, Oxford, opposite the Ashmolean Museum.
History
The Playhouse was founded as ''The Red Barn'' at 12 Woodstock Road (Oxford), W ...
building and the
Millwall F.C. training ground.
In January 2020, students carried out a five-day occupation on the college's front quad to protest against the endowment fund's continued investments in fossil fuels.
Buildings
The college is situated on a single site. Most of the college buildings are organised around seven quadrangles (quads).
Front Quadrangle
The Front Quadrangle mainly consists of buildings built for the
Cistercian
The Cistercians (), officially the Order of Cistercians (, abbreviated as OCist or SOCist), are a Catholic religious order of monks and nuns that branched off from the Benedictines and follow the Rule of Saint Benedict, as well as the contri ...
St Bernard's College. Construction started in 1437, though when the site passed to the crown in 1540, due to the
dissolution of the monasteries, much of the exterior was as it is now, but the Eastern range was incomplete.
Christ Church took control of the site in 1546 and Thomas White acquired it in 1554. He made major alterations to create the current college hall, and designated the Northern part of the Eastern range as the lodging of the president, for which it is still used today.
Front Quad was gravelled until the college's 400th anniversary when the current circular lawn and paving were laid out.
The turret clock, made by
John Knibb, dates from 1690. The main tower above the Porters' Lodge features a statue of John the Baptist by
Eric Gill
Arthur Eric Rowton Gill (22 February 1882 – 17 November 1940) was an English sculptor, letter cutter, typeface designer, and printmaker. Although the ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' describes Gill as "the greatest artist-craftsma ...
.
Chapel
The chapel was built in 1530, dedicated to St Bernard of Clairvaux.
It was re-dedicated to St John the Baptist in 1557. The Baylie chapel in the north-east corner was added 1662–69 and refitted in 1949. In 1840 the interior of the chapel's underwent major changes which created the gothic revival pews, roof, wall arcading and west screen.
Thomas White,
William Laud
William Laud (; 7 October 1573 – 10 January 1645) was a bishop in the Church of England. Appointed Archbishop of Canterbury by Charles I of England, Charles I in 1633, Laud was a key advocate of Caroline era#Religion, Charles I's religious re ...
and
William Juxon
William Juxon (1582 – 4 June 1663) was an English churchman, Bishop of London from 1633 to 1646 and Archbishop of Canterbury from 1660 until his death.
Life
Education
Juxon was the son of Richard Juxon and was born probably in Chichester, ...
are buried beneath the chapel. All three were presidents of the college, with the latter two also holding the office of Archbishop of Canterbury.
To the south of the chancel is a hidden pew directly accessible from the President's Lodgings, which historically allowed the only woman in college, the president's wife, to worship without distracting college members.
Choral services have been sung in the chapel since 1618.
Orlando Gibbons's famous anthem "''
This is the Record of John''" was written at the college's request, and presumably received its first performance here.
The college in 1620 commissioned the anthem ''As they departed'' from
Michael East. The college choir today sings
evensong
Evensong is a church service traditionally held near sunset focused on singing psalms and other biblical canticles. It is loosely based on the canonical hours of vespers and compline. Old English speakers translated the Latin word as , which ...
services on Sundays and Wednesdays during term time, as well as singing the grace at Sunday formal hall. Since 1923 the choir has been directed by student organ scholars. The chapel has always held an organ. The present three-manual instrument by Bernard Aubertin was installed in 2008.
Canterbury Quadrangle
This quad is the first example of Italian
Renaissance architecture
Renaissance architecture is the European architecture of the period between the early 15th and early 16th centuries in different regions, demonstrating a conscious revival and development of certain elements of Ancient Greece, ancient Greek and ...
in Oxford. It was substantially commissioned by Archbishop Laud and completed in 1636.
The college library is here, consisting of four connected parts: The Old Library (south side, built 1596–1598), The Laudian Library (built 1631–1635 above the eastern colonnade, overlooking the garden), The Paddy Room (1971–77) and the new Library and Study Centre, designed by
Wright & Wright Architects and opened in 2019. Until moving to the Kendrew Quadrangle in 2010, the Holdsworth Law Library was situated in the neighbouring southwest corner of Canterbury Quadrangle. The college holds
Robert Graves
Captain Robert von Ranke Graves (24 July 1895 – 7 December 1985) was an English poet, soldier, historical novelist and critic. His father was Alfred Perceval Graves, a celebrated Irish poet and figure in the Gaelic revival; they were b ...
' Working Library and in 1936 it acquired the '
A. E. Housman
Alfred Edward Housman (; 26 March 1859 – 30 April 1936) was an English classics, classical scholar and poet. He showed early promise as a student at the University of Oxford, but he failed his final examination in ''literae humaniores'' and t ...
Classics Library', consisting of about 300 books and pamphlets containing hand-written notes by Housman in margins and on loose leaves.
The Holmes Building is a 1794 south spur off the Canterbury Quad, containing fellows' rooms.
North Quadrangle
The North Quadrangle was not designed as a whole, but is the irregular product of a series of buildings constructed since the college's foundation.
In 1612 the college’s cook, Thomas Clarke, was given permission to build a college kitchen, with residential rooms above. The college bought this building, just north of the hall, from Clarke in 1620 and expanded it during 1642–1643 to produce the current Cook's Building.
In 1676 the first part of today's Senior Common Room was constructed,
just north of the chapel. Its ceiling, completed in 1742, features the craftsmanship of Thomas Roberts, who also worked on the
Radcliffe Camera
The Radcliffe Camera (colloquially known as the "Rad Cam" or "The Camera"; from Latin , meaning 'room') is a building of the University of Oxford, England, designed by James Gibbs in a Baroque style and built in 1737–49 to house the Radclif ...
and the
Codrington Library. Various additions and renovations took place in 1826, 1900, 1936
and 2004–2005. The latest renovation and extension to the Grade I listed building was by
MJP Architects and received two awards in 1996, the Design Partnership Award from the National Association of Shopfitters, and the other from the
Royal Institute of British Architects
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is a professional body for architects primarily in the United Kingdom, but also internationally, founded for the advancement of architecture under its royal charter granted in 1837, three suppl ...
.
In 1742 property was bought from Exeter College and between 1794 and 1880 was used for college purposes, known as the Wood Buildings. It was replaced when in 1880 the construction of today's
St Giles' range began. What is today thought of as a single building was constructed as several distinct sections. The first part (1880–1881) consisted of the gate tower and the rooms between it and Cook's building to the south. The second part to be constructed (1899–1900) forms the northern half of the St Giles' range. Finally the Rawlinson Building (1909) formed the northern side of the quadrangle. More rooms were added by Edward Maufe in 1933.
With completion of the "Beehive" (1958–1960), made up of irregular hexagonal rooms, the quadrangle took on its current appearance. The Beehive was designed by Michael Powers of the
Architects' Co-Partnership and is clad in
Portland stone
Portland stone is a limestone geological formation (formally named the Portland Stone Formation) dating to the Tithonian age of the Late Jurassic that is quarried on the Isle of Portland in Dorset, England. The quarries are cut in beds of whi ...
. This Eastern part of the quadrangle previously held the old Fellows' Stables.
Dolphin Quadrangle
Three houses at 2–4 St Giles' formed the Dolphin Inn. When demolished in 1881 the houses were known as the South Buildings, and used as college accommodation. In 1947–48 the college constructed, at a cost of £43,216, the neo-Georgian Dolphin Quadrangle on the site. It was designed by
Edward Maufe. There was a shortage of construction materials in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, but the college built the new quadrangle with its own timber, stored in
Bagley Wood
Bagley Wood is a wood in the parish of Kennington, Oxfordshire, Kennington, in the Vale of White Horse district, between Oxford and Abingdon, Oxfordshire, Abingdon in Oxfordshire, England (in Berkshire until 1974). It is traversed from north to ...
, still owned by the college.
Sir Thomas White Quadrangle

Built in 1972–1975, this is not actually a quadrangle, but an L-shaped building partially enclosing an area of garden. The upper floors are predominantly student residences, but ground floor contains communal facilities including the college bar, TV room, DVD room and JCR. Underground areas contain the Games Room and Erg Room for
rowing
Rowing is the act of propelling a human-powered watercraft using the sweeping motions of oars to displace water and generate reactional propulsion. Rowing is functionally similar to paddling, but rowing requires oars to be mechanically a ...
. The Prestwich, Larkin and Graves rooms are multi-purpose and used for a variety of events.
The building is an early design by
Philip Dowson
Sir Philip Henry Manning Dowson (16 August 1924 – 22 August 2014) was a leading British architect. He served as President of the Royal Academy from 1993 to 1999.
Early life
Philip Dowson was born in South Africa. Having moved to England, he ...
of
Arup Associates
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which won both the 1976
Concrete Society Award and the 1981 Royal Institute of British Architects architectural excellence award. It was also Commended in the 2011 Mature Building Category of the Construct: Concrete Awards and became a Grade II
listed building
In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Hi ...
in 2017.
Garden Quadrangle
The Garden Quadrangle is a modern (1993) neo-Italianate design from
MJP Architects that includes the college auditorium, student rooms and kitchens. The complex structure is very unlike a conventional quadrangle. After it won five awards (RIBA Award 1995, Civic Trust Award 1995,
Oxford Preservation Trust Award 1994, ''
Independent on Sunday'' Building of the Year 1994 and Concrete Society Award – Overall Winner 1994), a 2003 poll organised by ''
The Oxford Times
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'' voted the £7.5m quadrangle the best building erected in Oxford in the preceding 75 years.
The site was previously occupied by the Department of Agriculture, and the
Parks Road
Parks Road is a road in Oxford, England, with several Oxford University colleges along its route. It runs north–south from the Banbury Road and Norham Gardens at the northern end, where it continues into Bradmore Road, to the junction with Bro ...
frontage of this building survives today, separated from the quadrangle by a detached building containing three music rooms.
Kendrew Quadrangle
The most recent quad, completed in 2010, was also designed by MJP architects. The quad is named after
Sir John Kendrew, former president of the college, Nobel Laureate and the college's greatest benefactor of the twentieth century. The construction has been dubbed "the last great quad in the city centre" and is notable for its attempt to provide energy from sustainable sources: much of the energy required to heat the building is provided by a combination of solar panels on the roof, geothermal pipes extending deep below the basement and woodchips from the college wood used to fire the boilers.
As the first phase of The Kendrew Quadrangle project Dunthorne Parker Architects were appointed by the college to refurbish three Grade II Listed buildings fronting on to St Giles. Works were carried out to No 20 St Giles which became alumni residential accommodation, The Black Hall, a 17th-century building, which became teaching accommodation and The Barn, which became an exhibition and performance space.
College properties on Eastern side of St Giles'

The college now owns almost all the buildings on the Eastern stretch of St Giles'. Most of these are fairly unnoticeable, with various previous owners, today all used for various college purposes. However a few are more distinctive.
Middleton Hall is a curious house, north of the North Quad and abutting the Lamb & Flag.
Number 16 is St Giles' House, which dates from 1702. It was described by
Nikolaus Pevsner
Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner (30 January 1902 – 18 August 1983) was a German-British art historian and architectural historian best known for his monumental 46-volume series of county-by-county guides, ''The Buildings of England'' (195 ...
as "the best house of its date in Oxford". It was previously known as The Judge's Lodgings, due to its use between 1852 and 1965 by the judge when visiting for
Assizes
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. It is today used by the college for dinners and receptions, with the upper levels including various rooms for tutors.
The
Lamb & Flag pub is owned by the college which up to 2021 operated it, using the profits to fund graduate scholarships.
Western side of St Giles'
The college owns a stretch of the Western side of St Giles', including (until its sale by the college in 2023)
The Eagle and Child pub (formerly owned by
University College, Oxford
University College, formally The Master and Fellows of the College of the Great Hall of the University commonly called University College in the University of Oxford and colloquially referred to as "Univ", is a Colleges of the University of Oxf ...
), where the well-known writers
J. R. R. Tolkien
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From 1925 to 1945, Tolkien was the Rawlinson ...
and
C. S. Lewis
Clive Staples Lewis (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963) was a British writer, literary scholar and Anglican lay theologian. He held academic positions in English literature at both Magdalen College, Oxford (1925–1954), and Magdalen ...
often met their literary friends.
Gallery
File:St John's College quad 2.jpg, Canterbury Quad
File:St John's through canterbury quad to front from garden.jpg, Gate from gardens
File:St John's College garden front ... - geograph.org.uk - 1376333.jpg, Garden Party in the gardens
File:Garden of st johns college oxford uk.jpg, College gardens
File:Alfred-Louis Brunet-Debaines07.jpg, 1896 drawing
Student life
Facilities
St John's offers onsite accommodation to all undergraduates for the duration of their course (although students are not obliged to take up this offer). For first years, this is mostly in the Thomas White Quad, with some students also accommodated in the Beehive. The college also accommodates some undergraduates (mostly second years) in houses owned by the college on
Museum Road, with some postgraduates in
Blackhall Road.
Middle Common Room
All graduate students are members of the
Middle Common Room. The MCR represents graduates in the college, organises events and maintains graduate facilities. The MCR building was completed in 1998.
Societies
St John's College Boat Club (SJCBC) is the largest of a number of college sports clubs. In
Summer Eights
Eights Week, also known as Summer Eights, is a four-day regatta of bumps races which constitutes the University of Oxford's main Colleges of the University of Oxford, intercollegiate Sport rowing, rowing event of the year. The regatta takes ...
2013, eight SJCBC boats qualified for the racing, and the women's 1st VIII bumped up to become the Head of the River - the first time any crew from SJCBC has achieved this in the club's 150-year history. The women's 1st
Torpid won blades three years in succession from 2011 to 2013, and in 2013 also won the right to represent the Oxford colleges in the women's intercollegiate race at the
Henley Boat Races.
In 2006 St John's launched SJCtv, becoming the first Oxford college to start its own television station. The college drama group operates under the banner of ''St John's Mummers''. In addition to the chapel choir, the college regularly hosts performances from professional musicians and two non-auditioning ensembles (open to all Oxford students) rehearse in college: the ''Oxford Open Orchestra'' and ''Oxford University Symphonic Band''.
People associated with St John's
Fellows and alumni
Prominent male Fellows and alumni of St John's have included 17th-century Archbishops of Canterbury
William Laud
William Laud (; 7 October 1573 – 10 January 1645) was a bishop in the Church of England. Appointed Archbishop of Canterbury by Charles I of England, Charles I in 1633, Laud was a key advocate of Caroline era#Religion, Charles I's religious re ...
and
William Juxon
William Juxon (1582 – 4 June 1663) was an English churchman, Bishop of London from 1633 to 1646 and Archbishop of Canterbury from 1660 until his death.
Life
Education
Juxon was the son of Richard Juxon and was born probably in Chichester, ...
, the early
Fabian intellectual
Sidney Ball,
Chief Commissioner of Burma Sir
Charles Crosthwaite, former
Prime Minister of Canada
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Lester B. Pearson
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, former
Sudan
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ese prime minister
Sadiq al-Mahdi
Sadiq al-Mahdi (; 25 December 1935 – 26 November 2020), also known as Sadiq as-Siddiq, was a Sudanese political and religious figure who was Prime Minister of Sudan from 1966 to 1967 and again from 1986 to 1989. He was head of the National Um ...
, the poets
A. E. Housman
Alfred Edward Housman (; 26 March 1859 – 30 April 1936) was an English classics, classical scholar and poet. He showed early promise as a student at the University of Oxford, but he failed his final examination in ''literae humaniores'' and t ...
,
Philip Larkin
Philip Arthur Larkin (9 August 1922 – 2 December 1985) was an English poet, novelist, and librarian. His first book of poetry, '' The North Ship'', was published in 1945, followed by two novels, '' Jill'' (1946) and '' A Girl in Winter'' (194 ...
and
Robert Graves
Captain Robert von Ranke Graves (24 July 1895 – 7 December 1985) was an English poet, soldier, historical novelist and critic. His father was Alfred Perceval Graves, a celebrated Irish poet and figure in the Gaelic revival; they were b ...
and the latter's brother, journalist
Charles Graves, the novelist
Kingsley Amis
Sir Kingsley William Amis (16 April 1922 – 22 October 1995) was an English novelist, poet, critic and teacher. He wrote more than 20 novels, six volumes of poetry, a memoir, short stories, radio and television scripts, and works of social crit ...
, the historian
Peter Burke, the biochemist Sir
John Kendrew, and former
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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Tony Blair
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. More recent prominent female alumni include Labour MPs
Angela Eagle and
Rushanara Ali
Rushanara Ali (; born 14 March 1975) is a British politician who has served as a Member of Parliament (MP) since 2010 and as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Homelessness and Rough Sleeping since July 2024. A member of the Labour Par ...
, Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience
Sarah-Jayne Blakemore
Sarah-Jayne Blakemore FBA FMedSci FRS (born 11 August 1974) is a British neuroscientist who is Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge.
Education
Blakemore was born in Cambridge and educated at Oxford ...
, and CEO of Chatham House
Bronwen Maddox
Bronwen Maria Maddox (born 7 May 1963) is a former journalist who has served as the director and CEO of think tank Chatham House since August 2022. Prior to this, she was the Director of the Institute for Government between 2016 and 2022. Madd ...
.
File:John Smith, Speaker of the House of Commons.jpg, John Smith, Chancellor of the Exchequer
File:1stViscountCave.jpg, George Cave, 1st Viscount Cave, lawyer and Conservative politician
File:William Laud.jpg, William Laud
William Laud (; 7 October 1573 – 10 January 1645) was a bishop in the Church of England. Appointed Archbishop of Canterbury by Charles I of England, Charles I in 1633, Laud was a key advocate of Caroline era#Religion, Charles I's religious re ...
, 76th Archbishop of Canterbury
File:Blair visiting Poland April 07.jpg, Tony Blair
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, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1997-2007)
File:Korn Chatikavanij.jpg, Korn Chatikavanij, former Finance Minister of Thailand
File:Alan Duncan Official.jpg, Alan Duncan
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, Conservative MP
File:Geoffrey Gallop Midland (cropped).jpg, Geoff Gallop
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, 27th Premier of Western Australia
File:David Heath Minister.jpg, David Heath, Liberal Democrat MP (1997-2015)
File:Abhisit royal.jpg, Abhisit Vejjajiva
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, 27th Prime Minister of Thailand (2008-2011)
File:Evan Davis (15741846746).jpg, Evan Davis, journalist and TV presenter
File:Yannis Philippakis - Foals - Roskilde 2011.jpg, Yannis Philippakis, musician
File:Jakov Milatović in 2024 MGR2967 ((cropped).jpg, Jakov Milatović
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, 3rd President of Montenegro (2023–present)
Presidents
The current President of St John's is Professor Dame
Sue Black, Baroness Black of Strome, a Scottish forensic anthropologist known for her work on identification in criminal convictions.
See also
*
Fellows of St John's College, Oxford Fellows may refer to Fellow, in plural form.
Fellows or Fellowes may also refer to:
Places
*Fellows, California, USA
*Fellows, Wisconsin, ghost town, USA
Other uses
* Fellowes, Inc., manufacturer of workspace products
*Fellows, a partner in the f ...
*
List of alumni of St John's College, Oxford
References
External links
St John's CollegeSt John's College MCRSt John's College JCR
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