Composition of the Delegacy: Details of 37 Delegates appointed, 1919-69
Present members of the Delegacy are italicized. Present members of the Finance Committee = (f).
H. W. C. Davis, born 1874; appointed 1919 (aged 45); ceased 1921 (aged 47): years served: 2
Norman Whatley born 1884; appointed 1919 (aged 35); ceased 1923 (aged 39): years served: 4
Walter Raleigh born 1861; appointed 1920 (aged 59); ceased 1922 (aged 61): years served: 2
H. J. White born 1859; appointed 1920 (aged 61); ceased 1934 (aged 75): years served: 14
A. E. Garrod born 1857; appointed 1920 (aged 63); ceased 1928 (aged 71): years served: 8
Cyril Bailey born 1871; appointed 1920 (aged 49); ceased 1946 (aged 75): years served: 26
H. E D. Blakiston born 1862; appointed 1921 (aged 59); ceased 1937 (aged 75): years served: 16
N. V. Sidgwick born 1873; appointed 1921 (aged 48); ceased 1948 (aged 47): years served: 27
W. D. Ross born 1877; appointed 1922 (aged 45); ceased 1952 (aged 47): years served: 30
J. L. Brierly born 1881; appointed 1923 (aged 42); ceased 1950 (aged 69): years served: 27
W. R. Buchanan-Riddell born 1879; appointed 1927 (aged 48); ceased 1930 (aged 51): years served: 3
C. R. M. P. Cruttwell born 1887; appointed 1928 (aged 41); ceased 1939 (aged 52): years served: 11
R. G. Collingwood born 1889; appointed 1928 (aged 39); ceased 1941 (aged 52): years served: 13
G. N. Clark born 1890; appointed 1930 (aged 40); ceased 1944 (aged 54): years served: 14
H. M. Last born 1896; appointed 1932 (aged 36); ceased 1937 (aged 41): years served: 5
C. N. Hinshelwood born 1897; appointed 1934 (aged 37); ceased 1967 (aged 70): years served: 33
A. T. P. Williams born 1888; appointed 1937 (aged 49); ceased 1939 (aged 51): years served: 2
A. D. Lindsay born 1897; appointed 1937 (aged 58); ceased 1949 (aged 70): years served: 12
K. E. Kirk born 1886; appointed 1939 (aged 53); ceased 1954 (aged 68): years served: 15
G. S. Gordon born 1881; appointed 1941 (aged 60); ceased 1942 (aged 61): years served: 1
H. D. Henderson born 1890; appointed 1941 (aged 51); ceased 1952 (aged 62): years served: 11
A. L. Goodhart born 1891; appointed 1942 (aged 51); ceased 1960 (aged 69): years served: 18
A. L. Poole born 1889; appointed 1944 (aged 55); ceased 1963 (aged 74): years served: 19
C. H. Roberts born 1909; appointed 1946 (aged 37); ceased 1954 (aged 45): years served: 8
A. Ewart born 1891; appointed 1948 (aged 57); ceased 1966 (aged 75): years served: 20
G. E. Blackman (f) born 1903; appointed 1950 (aged 47); Perpetual Delegate: years served: 19
K. C. Wheare born 1907; appointed 1950 (aged 43); ceased 1969 (aged 62): years served: 19
J. R. Hicks (f) born 1904; appointed 1952 (aged 48); Perpetual Delegate: years served: 17
J. L. Austin born 1911; appointed 1952 (aged 41); ceased 1960 (aged 49): years served: 8
J. H. C. Thompson (f) born 1909; appointed 1953 (aged 44); Perpetual Delegate: years served: 16
C. M. Bowra (f) born 1898; appointed 1954 (aged 56); Perpetual Delegate: years served: 15
Helen Gardner born 1908; appointed 1959 (aged 51); Perpetual Delegate: years served: 19
H. L. A. Hart (f) born 1907; appointed 1960 (aged 53) until Feb. 1974: years served: 9
H. Chadwick (f) born 1920; appointed 1960 (aged 40) until Oct. 1974: years served: 9
R. Syme born 1903; appointed 1961 (aged 58) until Nov. 1974: years served: 8
W. D. M. Paton born 1917; appointed 1967 (aged 50) until Nov. 1974: years served: 2
R. N. W. Blake born 1916; appointed 1969 (aged 53) until June1976
Notes
The average age on appointment has been 48.5; the average age on retirement 62.
Of 27 Delegates appointed since 1919 who have ceased to hold office, 6 reached the statutory retiring age of 75, 8 have died, 10 have resigned on removing from Oxford, and 3 have retired. Of these 27, 21 served for periods of 10 years or over, including 8 with service of between 20 and 33 years.
Figure 10 below indicates very approximately, on the basis of the Faculty principally concerned, the fields of learning covered by the Delegacy at five-year intervals, 1920-70.
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