Chancellor

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The post of Chancellor has been an important one since the College was chartered in 1693 by King William III and Queen Mary II of Great Britain. Until 1776, the Chancellor was an English subject – usually the Archbishop of Canterbury or the Bishop of London – who served as the College’s advocate to the crown, while a colonial president oversaw the day-to-day activities of the Williamsburg campus. Following the Revolutionary War, George Washington was appointed as the first American chancellor.

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List of Chancellors of the College of William and Mary

17th-18th Centuries

Henry Compton, Bishop of London, 1693-1700

Thomas Tenison, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1700-1707

Henry Compton, Bishop of London, 1707-1713

John Robinson, Bishop of London, 1714-1721

William Wake, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1721-1729

Edmund Gibson, Bishop of London, 1729-1736

William Wake, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1736-1737

Edmund Gibson, Bishop of London, 1737-1748

Thomas Sherlock, Bishop of London, 1749-1761

Thomas Hayter, Bishop of London, 1762

Charles Wyndham, Earl of Egremont, 1762-1763

Philip Yorke, Earl of Harwicke, 1764

Richard Terrick, Bishop of London, 1764-1776

George Washington, President of the United States, 1788-1799

19th Century

John Tyler, President of the United States, 1859-1862

Hugh Blair Grigsby, Historian, 1871-1881

20th Century

John Stewart Bryan, President of the College of William and Mary, 1942-1944

Colgate W. Darden, Jr. Governor of Virginia, 1946-1947

Alvin Duke Chandler, President of the College of William and Mary, 1962-1974

Warren E. Burger, Former Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, 1986-1993

Lady Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of Great Britain, 1993-2000

21st Century

Henry A. Kissinger, Secretary of State of the United States, 2000-2005

Sandra Day O’Connor, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, 2005-

Chancellor’s Badge and Chain of Office

The Chancellor’s Badge and Chain of Office were presented to the College of William and Mary by the Society of the Alumni at the investiture of Chancellor Warren E. Burger at Charter Day on February 7, 1987. The badge contains a large depiction of the coat of arms of the College done in enamel on silver. The badge and chain of office were handcrafted by the firm of Thomas Fattorini, gold and silversmiths of Birmingham and London.

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