List of college visitors of the University of Cambridge

This is a list of visitors of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge.

See also: List of college visitors of the University of Oxford

College	Visitor	Method of appointment
Christ's College	David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville	Chancellors of the University ex officio[1][note a]
Churchill College	vacant	Appointed by the governing body of the college from among "those who hold or who have held high judicial office"[2][note b]
Clare College	David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville	Chancellors of the University ex officio[3][note c]
Clare Hall	Sir Julian Flaux	Chancellors of the High Court ex officio[4]
Corpus Christi College	David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville	Chancellors of the University ex officio[5]
Darwin College	Sue Carr, Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill	Lords Chief Justices of England and Wales ex officio[6][note d]
Downing College	The Crown	The Crown ex officio[7]
Emmanuel College	Deborah Prentice	Vice-Chancellors of the University ex officio[8]
Fitzwilliam College	David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville	Chancellors of the University ex officio[9]
Girton College	Brenda Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond[10]	Elected by the governing body of the college[11][note e]
Gonville and Caius College	The Crown	The Crown ex officio[12]
Homerton College	David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville	Chancellors of the University ex officio[13]
Hughes Hall	David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville	Chancellors of the University ex officio[14]
Jesus College	Vacant	Bishops of Ely ex officio[15]
King's College	Stephen Conway	Bishops of Lincoln ex officio[16]
Lucy Cavendish College	David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville	Chancellors of the University ex officio[17]
Magdalene College	Richard Neville, 11th Baron Braybrooke	Barons Braybrooke ex officio[18]
Murray Edwards College	Alan Watson, Baron Watson of Richmond	High Stewards of the University ex officio[19]
Newnham College	David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville	Chancellors of the University ex officio[20][note f]
Pembroke College	Philip Sales, Lord Sales	Elected by members of the society as provided in statute from "amongst the members of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom" [21][note g]
Peterhouse	Vacant	Bishops of Ely ex officio
Queens' College	Beverley McLachlin[22]	Elected by the governing body of the college[23][note h]
Robinson College	David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville	Chancellors of the University ex officio[24]
St Catharine's College	The Crown	The Crown ex officio[25]
St Edmund's College	Vincent Nichols	Archbishops of Westminster ex officio[26]
St John's College	Vacant	Bishops of Ely ex officio[27]
Selwyn College	Vacant	Archbishops of Canterbury ex officio[28]
Sidney Sussex College	Philip Sidney, 2nd Viscount De L'Isle	Viscounts De L'Isle ex officio[29][note i]
Trinity College	The Crown	The Crown ex officio[30]
Trinity Hall	The Crown	The Crown ex officio[31]
Wolfson College	David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville	Chancellors of the University ex officio[32]

Notes

^a Statute B.I(3): "When the office of Chancellor is vacant the powers of the Visitor shall be vested in the Vice-Chancellor of the University provided that he is not a member of the College."^[1]

^b Statute II.1: "There shall be a Visitor of the College who shall be appointed by the Governing Body from those who hold or who have held high judicial office."^[2]

^c Statute 2.4: "Any other duty assigned by these statutes to the Visitor, except that of interpreting the statutes, may at the Visitor’s request be discharged by the Vice-Chancellor of the University, provided that the Vice-Chancellor is not a member of the College."^[3]

^d Statute I.2: "The Visitor of the College shall be the Lord Chief Justice of England."^[6]

^e Supplemental Charter 28 July 1971: "…there shall always be a Visitor of the College elected by the Governing Body…"^[11]

^f Statute II.2: "The Visitor of the College shall be the Chancellor of the University if he will consent to act. In case of his refusal the Visitor shall be elected by the Governing Body."^[20]

^g Ordinance 3.1(4): "If no person has been elected to fill a vacancy in the Visitorship at the expiration of six months from the occurrence of a vacancy, the power of electing a person to fill the vacancy shall devolve on the Chancellor of the University."^[21]

^h Statute 2.I: "The Visitor shall be elected by the Governing Body."^[23]

^i Statute A.1: "…the Visitor of the College shall be the Viscount De L’Isle of Penshurst in the County of Kent, being the representative of the Sidney Family."^[29]