Chancellors of pre-1992 universities in England and Wales
Aberystwyth University Sir Emyr Jones Parry GCMG PhD FInstP. A British diplomat, former British Permanent Representative to the United Nations and former UK Permanent Representative to NATO.
Aston University Sir John Sunderland. Currently Chairman of Merlin Entertainments Group and former Chairman of Cadbury.
Bangor University The Rt. Hon. Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas, AM. Currently AM for Meirionnydd Nant Conwy and former Bangor University student and lecturer.
University of Bath His Royal Highness The Earl of Wessex
University of Birmingham Sir Dominic Cadbury (retired as Chancellor 31 December 2013). British businessman and member of the Cadbury chocolate manufacturing dynasty.
University of Bradford Mr Imran Khan. International cricketer and supporter of health and immunisation programmes in Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Thailand.
University of Bristol The Rt Hon the Baroness Brenda Hale of Richmond. A British legal academic, barrister, judge, and Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
Brunel University Sir Richard Sykes, DSc, FRS, FMedSci, FKC. A businessman with major posts in science and education. Currently Chairman of The Royal Institution of Great Britain and Chairman of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.
University of Cambridge David John Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville. A British businessman and politician.
Cardiff University Professor Sir Martin Evans, FRS. A British medical scientist.
Cranfield University Baroness Barbara Young of Old Scone. Currently Chief Executive of health charity Diabetes UK.
City University, London The Lord Mayor of London
Durham University Sir Thomas Boaz Allen, CBE. An English operatic baritone.
University of East Anglia Rose Tremain, CBE. A multi-prizewinning author, whose novels include Restoration, Music and Silence and The Road Home.
University of Essex Baron Andrew Phillips of Sudbury, OBE, BA (retired July 2013). British solicitor and politician.
University of Exeter Baroness Floella Benjamin, OBE. A broadcaster, actress, writer, producer and an active worker for the welfare, care and education of children throughout the world.
University of Hull The Right Honourable Baroness Virginia Bottomley of. Nettlestone PC, DL. A Conservative MP for South-West Surrey and a former Secretary of State for Health.
Imperial College London Baroness Eliza Manningham-Buller. Former Director General of MI5.
Keele University The Honourable Sir Jonathon Porritt, CBE. A writer, broadcaster, expert on sustainability and former director of Friends of the Earth.
University of Kent Gavin Esler, BA (Kent), MA (Leeds), DCL (Kent), FRSA. Award-winning BBC journalist, broadcaster and author.
King's College London Her Royal Highness, The Princess Royal
Lancaster University Sir Christian Bonington, CVO, CBE, DL. A mountaineer who led the expeditions that made the first ascents of the South Face of Annapurna and the South West Face of Everest.
University of Leeds The Rt Hon Lord Melvyn Bragg. Writer and broadcaster
University of Leicester Rt. Hon. Lord Grocott, PC - LLD (Doctor of Laws). A former student of the University of Leicester who has devoted his life to public service and has been involved in many of the major political developments of the University's recent history.
University of Liverpool Professor Sir David King, FRS. Chemist.
University of London Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal
London School of Economics and Political Science Her Royal Highness, The Princess Royal
Loughborough University Sir Nigel Rudd, FCA, DL. Currently non-executive Director of BAE Systems and Sappi, and Chairman of Pendragon and BAA, one of the UK’s leading airport operators. Knighted in 1996 for services to the manufacturing industry.
University of Manchester Tom Bloxham, MBE. Property developer and Chairman and co-founder of Urban Splash
Newcastle University Professor Sir Liam Donaldson. Former Chief Medical Officer and Chief Medical Adviser of the UK
University of Nottingham Sir Andrew Witty, CEO of GlaxoSmithKline
University of Oxford The Rt Hon The Lord Chris Patten of Barnes, CH
Queen Mary, University of London Her Royal Highness, The Princess Royal
University of Reading Sir John Madejski, OBE, DL. An English businessman with commercial interests spanning property, broadcast media, hotels, restaurants, publishing and football.
University of Salford Dr Irene Khan. An internationally known expert and activist on human rights and gender issues.
University of Sheffield Sir Peter Middleton
University of Southampton Dame Helen Alexander ,DBE. Chairman of UBM plc, the Port of London Authority and Incisive Media. She is also deputy chairman of Esure Group Holdings, a non-executive director of Rolls- Royce Group plc, and senior adviser to Bain Capital
University of Surrey His Royal Highness The Duke of Kent
University of Sussex Sanjeev Bhaskar, OBE. A writer and actor and was one of the team in the ground-breaking TV comedy, 'Goodness Gracious Me', and who wrote and starred in the multi award-winning 'The Kumars at No. 42'.
Swansea University The Right Honourable Rhodri Morgan, AM. A Welsh Labour politician who was the First Minister of Wales and is, to date, the longest-serving First Minister of Wales.
University College London Her Royal Highness, The Princess Royal
University of Wales His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales
University of Wales, Trinity Saint David Dr R. Brinley Jones, CBE. A notable academic with his scholarship and publications reflecting his interest in the history of education and in the influence of the Renaissance and Protestant Reformation on Welsh culture.
University of Warwick Sir Richard Lambert. Former Director-General of the CBI
University of York Greg Dyke. Current Chairman of the Football Association and former Director-General of the BBC