Colin Lucas

British historian

Sir Colin Lucas FRHistS

Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford
In office 11 January 1997 – 5 October 2004
Chancellor	The Lord Jenkins of Hillhead The Lord Patten of Barnes
Preceded by	Sir Peter North
Succeeded by	Sir John Hood
Master of Balliol College, Oxford
In office 20 August 1994 – 16 March 2001
Preceded by	Baruch Samuel Blumberg
Succeeded by	Andrew Graham

Personal details
Born	(1940-08-25) 25 August 1940 (age 83) Egypt
Alma mater	Lincoln College, Oxford
Profession	Historian

Sir Colin Renshaw Lucas, FRHistS (born 25 August 1940) is a British historian and university administrator. From 1997 to 2004, he was the Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University.^[1] In May 2006, he was appointed Chair of the Board of the British Library for a four-year term ending 2010.

Early life and education

Lucas was born in Egypt, the son of Frank Renshaw Lucas RA and Janine Charpentier.^[2] He was educated at Sherborne and at Lincoln College, Oxford.^[3]^[4]

Academic career

After graduation, he took a post as a lecturer at the University of Sheffield (1965–69), and then later at the University of Manchester (1970–73). He became a Fellow and Tutor in Modern History at Balliol College in 1973. In 1990, he took a post at the University of Chicago as Professor of History, where he became chair of the History Department in 1992 and Dean of the Division of Social Sciences in 1993. He returned to Oxford in 1994 to become Master of Balliol College (1994–2000).

Lucas was the first Oxford Vice-Chancellor to serve for seven years (1997–2004), during which time he implemented many changes in the University governance structure, such as the adoption of external members to the University's Council, a radical restructuring of the committee system, division of academic departments, the establishment of a University Committee on Access and the adoption of new resource allocation and financial management systems.^[5]

On his retirement as Vice-Chancellor, Lucas was appointed Warden of Rhodes House, Oxford, responsible for the running of the Rhodes Scholarships (2004–2009). He had previously served as a Trustee of the Rhodes Trust.^[6]

Personal life

Lucas is the godfather of the politician Boris Johnson.^[7] Lucas is married to Lady Marie-Louise.

Honours

In 2002, he was appointed Knight Bachelor for his services to higher education.^[4] He has been a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (FRHistS) since 1973. He was awarded an Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (France) in 1990, Chevalier Ordre du Mérite in 1994, and Légion d'Honneur in 1998 (Officier in 2005). He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2004.^[8] In 2013, he was awarded a Doctor honoris causa by Heidelberg University. In 2014. he was awarded a Bronze Bauhinia Star by Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

Portraits of Sir Colin Lucas hang at Balliol College^[9] and at Rhodes House, Oxford (the latter by Bob Tulloch).^[10]

References

^ "Previous Vice-Chancellors". University of Oxford, UK. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
^ Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 2425. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
^ "The Sherborne Register 1550-1950" (PDF). Old Shirburnian Society. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Sir Colin Lucas". People of Today Online. Debrett's. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
^ Oxford International Review: Our Team: Sir Colin Lucas Archived 14 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine
^ "The Warden of Rhodes House - the Rhodes Scholarships". Archived from the original on 16 March 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
^ "Boris Johnson's media scrapes". News.bbc.co.uk. 17 July 2007. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
^ "Sir Colin Lucas (b.1940), Fellow and Tutor (1973–1990), Master (1994–2001), Vice-Chancellor (1997–2004) - Art UK". Art UK. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
^ "Gallery - Bob Tulloch". Bobtulloch.co.uk. Retrieved 8 October 2017.

Academic offices
Preceded by Baruch Samuel Blumberg	Master of Balliol College, Oxford 1994-2001	Succeeded by Andrew Winston Mawdsley Graham
Preceded by Sir Peter North	Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University 1997–2004	Succeeded by Sir John Hood
Preceded by John Rowett	Warden of Rhodes House, Oxford 2004–2009	Succeeded by Donald Markwell

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v t e Masters of Balliol College, Oxford
Walter de Fodringeye Hugh de Warkenby Stephen de Cornubia Richard de Chickwell Thomas de Waldeby Henry de Seton Nicholas de Luceby John Poclynton Hugh Corbrygge Robert de Derby John Wycliffe John Hugate Thomas Tyrwhit Hamond Haskman William Lambert Thomas Chace Robert Burley Richard Stapilton William Brandon Robert Twaytes William Lambton John Segden Robert Abdy William Bell Richard Barningham Thomas Cisson Richard Stubbys William White George Coote William Wright James Brooks William Wright Francis Babington Antony Garnet Robert Hooper John Piers Adam Squier Edmund Lilly Robert Abbots John Parkhurst Thomas Laurence George Bradshaw Henry Savage Thomas Good John Venn Roger Mander John Baron Joseph Hunt Theophilus Leigh John Davey John Parsons Richard Jenkyns Robert Scott Benjamin Jowett Edward Caird James Strachan-Davidson Arthur Lionel Smith Alexander Dunlop Lindsay David Lindsay Keir Christopher Hill Sir Anthony Kenny Baruch Blumberg Colin Lucas Andrew Graham Drummond Bone Helen Ghosh

Masters of Balliol College, Oxford

Walter de Fodringeye
Hugh de Warkenby
Stephen de Cornubia
Richard de Chickwell
Thomas de Waldeby
Henry de Seton
Nicholas de Luceby
John Poclynton
Hugh Corbrygge
Robert de Derby
John Wycliffe
John Hugate
Thomas Tyrwhit
Hamond Haskman
William Lambert
Thomas Chace
Robert Burley
Richard Stapilton
William Brandon
Robert Twaytes
William Lambton
John Segden
Robert Abdy
William Bell
Richard Barningham
Thomas Cisson
Richard Stubbys
William White
George Coote
William Wright
James Brooks
William Wright
Francis Babington
Antony Garnet
Robert Hooper
John Piers
Adam Squier
Edmund Lilly
Robert Abbots
John Parkhurst
Thomas Laurence
George Bradshaw
Henry Savage
Thomas Good
John Venn
Roger Mander
John Baron
Joseph Hunt
Theophilus Leigh
John Davey
John Parsons
Richard Jenkyns
Robert Scott
Benjamin Jowett
Edward Caird
James Strachan-Davidson
Arthur Lionel Smith
Alexander Dunlop Lindsay
David Lindsay Keir
Christopher Hill
Sir Anthony Kenny
Baruch Blumberg
Colin Lucas
Andrew Graham
Drummond Bone
Helen Ghosh

v t e Vice-Chancellors of the University of Oxford
13th century	1230 Elyas de Daneis 1270 Robert Steeton 1288 John Heigham
14th century	1304 John de Oseworhd 1311 Walter Gifford 1325 Richard Kamshale 1333 Richard FitzRalph 1336 John de Ayllesbury 1337 John de Reigham 1347 Hugh de Willoughby 1348 William de Hawkesworth 1367 John de Codeford 1368 John de Codeford 1377 Robert Aylesham 1382 Fr Peter Stokes 1386 Henry Nafford or Yafford 1389 John Lyndon 1391 John Ashwardby 1394 Richard Ullerston 1396 Nicholas Faux 1397 William Farendon or Faringdon 1399 John Snappe and others
15th century	1401 William Farendon 1404 Griffin Kirkadam 1405 William Farendon 1406 John Whytehede 1407 John Orum 1422 John Daventry 1426 Richard Roderham 1430 Thomas Eglesfield 1431 Richard Roderham 1433 John Burbach or Hurbach 1434 Thomas Gascoigne, Christopher Knolles, John Burbach 1435 John Burbach, Thomas Bonyngworth 1436 John Burbach, Thomas Greneley 1437 John Gorsuch, Thomas Greneley 1438 John Gorsuch, William Hawtrine 1439 John Gorsuch, John Burbach, Thomas Southam, Thomas Gascoigne 1440 John Gorsuch 1441 John Gorsuch, Robert Thwaits, William Babington 1442 William Grey, William Babington, John Gorsuch, William Westkarre 1443 William Dowson, William Westkarre 1444 William Dowson, Richard Hall, William Westkarre 1445 William Dowson, John Selot 1446 William Westkarre, John Moreton, William Dowson 1447 John Burneby, William Dowson 1448 John Burneby 1449 John Willey, John Burneby, William Dowson 1450 Richard Ringstede, John Beke, Roger Bulkeley, John Van 1451 John Beke, John Van 1452 John Beke, Thomas Tweyn or Yweyn alias Chalke, Thomas Saunders 1453 Luke Lacock, Robert Thwaits, Thomas Saunders 1454 Thomas Tweyn, Thomas Saunders 1455 Thomas Twynge alias Bonifaunt 1456 Thomas Saunders 1457 Thomas Chippenham 1458 Walter Wynhale, Thomas Twynge 1459 John Danvers, Thomas Jaune or Jane 1460 Thomas Tweyn 1461 William Ive, Roger Bulkeley 1462 William Ive 1463 John Watts, Thomas Chaundler, David Husband, John Mulcaster 1464 Laurence Cokkys, Thomas Chaundler, Roger Bulkeley, John Caldbeck, Thomas Person 1465 Thomas Smith, Robert Ixworth, John Caldbeck, Thomas Chaundler 1466 Thomas Chaundler, John Caldbeck, Thomas Stevyn, Laurence Cokkys, Thomas Hill 1467 Thomas Chaundler, Thomas Stevyn, Thomas Walton 1468 Thomas Stevyn, Thomas Jaune 1469 Robert Tulley, Thomas Jaune 1470 Thomas Stevyn 1480 John Lane, William Sutton 1481 Richard Fitzjames, William Sutton 1482 Robert Wrangwais, William Sutton 1484 Richard Mayew, Thomas Pawnton 1485 Richard Mayew 1486 John Taylor 1487 Richard Estmond 1488 John Coldale 1489 John Coldale 1490 John Coldale 1491 Richard Fitzjames, John Coldale 1492 John Coldale 1493 Robert Smith 1497 William Atwater 1498 Thomas Harpur 1499 David Hays, William Atwater, Thomas Chaundeler
16th century	1500 William Atwater 1501 Thomas Banke, Hugh Saunders alias Shakspeere 1502 William Atwater, Thomas Banke, Hugh Saunders 1503 John Thornden or Thornton, John Kynton, Simon Grene alias Fotherby 1504 John Kynton, Robert Tehy or Thay 1505 Simon Grene, John Roper, John Adams 1506 John Thornden, William Fauntleroy 1507 John Thornden or Thornton, John Avery, John Kynton 1508 William Fauntleroy, John Thornden 1509 William Fauntleroy 1510 John Thornden, John Mychell 1511 William Fauntleroy, Thomas Drax, John Roper, John Cockys, Edmund Wylsford 1512 Edmund Wylsford, William Fauntleroy, John Kynton 1513 William Fauntleroy, John Kynton, John Thornden 1514 John Thornden, Lawrence Stubbs, Edmund Wylsford, Hugh Whytehead 1515 Edmund Wylsford 1516 Lawrence Stubbs 1517 Richard Duck or Doke 1518 Richard Duck or Doke 1519 Richard Barnack, Richard Duck or Doke 1520 William Broke or Brook, Richard Benger 1521 Richard Benger 1522 Richard Benger 1523 Thomas Musgrave 1527 Martin Lyndsey, John Cottisford 1528 John Cottisford 1531 Henry White 1532 John Cottisford, William Tresham 1547 Walter Wright 1550 William Tresham 1551 Owen Oglethorpe 1552 James Brookes or Brooks, Richard Marshall 1553 Richard Marshall 1554 John Warner 1555 Richard Smyth 1556 William Tresham, Thomas Raynolds 1557 Thomas Raynolds, Thomas Whyte 1558 William Tresham 1559 John Warner 1560 Francis Babbington 1561 Francis Babbington 1562 Thomas Whyte 1564 John Kennall 1567 Thomas Cowper 1570 Thomas Cowper 1571 Lawrence Humphrey 1576 Herbert Westfaling 1577 William Cole 1578 Martin Culpepper 1579 Tobias Matthew 1580 Arthur Yeldard 1581 William James 1582 Robert Hovenden 1583 Thomas Thornton 1584 John Underhill 1585 Edmund Lilly 1586 Daniel Bernard 1587 Francis Wyllis 1588 Martin Heton 1589 Nicholas Bond 1590 William James 1592 Nicholas Bond 1593 Edmund Lilly 1596 Thomas Ravys 1598 Thomas Singleton 1599 Thomas Thornton
17th century	1600 George Abbot 1601 George Ryves 1602 John Howson 1603 George Abbot 1604 John Williams 1605 George Abbot 1606 Henry Airay 1607 John King 1611 Thomas Singleton 1614 William Goodwyn 1616 Arthur Lake 1617 William Goodwyn 1619 John Prideaux 1621 William Piers 1624 John Prideaux 1626 William Juxon 1628 Accepted Frewen 1630 William Smyth 1632 Brian Duppa 1634 Robert Pincke 1636 Richard Baylie 1638 Accepted Frewen 1640 Christopher Potter 1641 John Prideaux 1642 John Prideaux in absentia (duties performed by Robert Pincke and then John Tolson as Pro-Vice-Chancellors) 1643 John Tolson, Robert Pincke 1645 Samuel Fell 1648 Edward Reynolds 1650 Daniel Greenwood 1652 John Owen 1657 John Conant 1660 Paul Hood 1661 Richard Baylie 1662 Walter Blandford 1664 Robert Say 1666 John Fell 1669 Peter Mews 1673 Ralph Bathurst 1676 Henry Clerk 1677 John Nicholas 1679 Timothy Halton 1682 John Lloyd 1685 Timothy Halton 1686 John Venn 1687 Gilbert Ironside 1689 Jonathan Edwards 1692 Henry Aldrich 1695 Fitzherbert Adams 1697 John Meare 1698 William Paynter
18th century	1700 Roger Mander 1702 William Delaune 1706 William Lancaster 1710 Thomas Brathwait 1712 Bernard Gardiner 1715 John Baron 1718 Robert Shippen 1723 John Mather 1728 Edward Butler 1732 William Holmes 1735 Stephen Niblett 1738 Theophilus Leigh 1741 Walter Hodges 1744 Euseby Isham 1747 John Purnell 1750 John Browne 1753 George Huddesford 1756 Thomas Randolph 1759 Joseph Browne 1765 David Durell 1768 Nathan Wetherell 1772 Thomas Fothergill 1776 George Horne 1780 Samuel Dennis 1784 Joseph Chapman 1788 John Cooke 1792 John Wills 1796 Scrope Berdmore 1797 Edmund Isham 1798 Michael Marlow
19th century	1802 Whittington Landon 1806 Henry Richards 1807 John Parsons 1810 John Cole 1814 Thomas Lee 1818 Frodsham Hodson 1820 George William Hall 1824 Richard Jenkyns 1828 John Collier Jones 1832 George Rowley 1836 Ashhurst Turner Gilbert 1840 Philip Wynter 1844 Benjamin Parsons Symons 1848 Frederick Charles Plumptre 1852 Richard Lynch Cotton 1856 David Williams 1858 Francis Jeune 1862 John Prideaux Lightfoot 1866 Frances Knyvett Leighton 1870 Henry George Liddell 1874 James Edwards Sewell 1878 Evan Evans 1882 Benjamin Jowett 1886 James Bellamy 1890 Henry Boyd 1894 John Richard Magrath 1898 Sir William Reynell Anson 1899 Thomas Fowler
20th century	1901 David Binning Monro 1904 William Walter Merry 1906 Herbert Warren 1910 Charles Buller Heberden 1913 Thomas Banks Strong 1917 Herbert Edward Douglas Blakiston 1920 Lewis Richard Farnell 1923 Joseph Wells 1926 Francis William Pember 1929 Frederick Homes Dudden 1932 Francis John Lys 1935 Alexander Dunlop Lindsay 1938 George Stuart Gordon 1941 Sir William David Ross 1944 Sir Richard Winn Livingstone 1947 William Teulon Swan Stallybrass 1948 The Very Reverend John Lowe 1951 Sir Cecil Maurice Bowra 1954 Alic Halford Smith 1957 John Cecil Masterman 1958 Thomas Sherrer Ross Boase 1960 Arthur Lionel Pugh Norrington 1962 Walter Fraser Oakeshott 1964 Kenneth Clinton Wheare 1966 John Norman Davidson Kelly 1966 Kenneth Turpin 1969 Alan Bullock, Lord Bullock of Leafield 1973 Sir John Habakkuk 1977 Sir Rex Richards 1981 Sir Geoffrey Warnock 1985 Lord Neill of Bladen 1989 Sir Richard Southwood 1993 Sir Peter North 1997 Sir Colin Lucas
21st century	2004 John Hood 2009 Andrew D. Hamilton 2016 Louise Richardson 2023 Irene Tracey

v t e Wardens of Rhodes House, Oxford
Sir Francis Wylie Professor Sir Carleton Allen Brigadier Sir Edgar Williams Robin Fletcher Sir Anthony Kenny John Rowett Sir Colin Lucas Professor Don Markwell Dr Andrew GrahamActing Warden 2012–2013 Charles R. Conn Elizabeth Kiss