Rector of the Board of Visitors
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The Board of Visitors of the College of William and Mary elect a Rector, Vice-Rector, and Secretary from its membership. The duties and responsibilities of the Rector are described in the board's by-laws.
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Rectors of the Board of Visitors
1693
1693-95 The Rev. James Blair, Williamsburg
1695-96 Capt. Miles Cary, Warwick County
1696-97 John Smith, Gloucester County
1697-98 The Rev. Stephen Fouace, York County
1698-1702 unknown
1702-03 William Byrd I, (Richmond) Henrico County
1703-04 Lt. Gov. Francis Nicholson, Williamsburg
1704-05 Miles Cary, Warwick County
1705 Lt. Gov. Francis Nicholson, Williamsburg
1706-15 unknown
1715-16 Lt. Gov. Alexander Spotswood, Williamsburg
1716 Philip Ludwell, James City County
1717-28 unknown
1728-29 The Reverend James Blair, Williamsburg
1729 Richard Kennon, Charles City County
1730-35 unknown
1736 Henry Armistead, Williamsburg
1737-56 unknown
1757
1757 William Lightfoot, Charles City County
1758-59 Peyton Randolph, York County
1759-60 Gov. Francis Fauquier, Williamsburg
1760-65 unknown
1766-67 Dudley Digges, York County
1767-69 James M. Fontaine, Gloucester County
1769-70 Gov. Norbourne Berkeley, Lord Botetourt, Williamsburg
1771 William Byrd III, Charles City
1772-78 unknown
1779-81 or 82 Judge John Blair, Williamsburg
1782-84 Dudley Digges, Williamsburg
1784 Ralph Wormeley, Middlesex
1785-87 unknown
1788 Samuel Griffin, Williamsburg
1789-90 St. George Tucker, Williamsburg
1791-92 unknown
1793 Philip Barraud, Williamsburg
1794-99 unknown
1800
1800 Joseph Prentis, Williamsburg
1801-12 unknown
1812-13 Robert N. Nelson, Williamsburg
1813-1814 Robert Saunders, Williamsburg
1814-1815 William Browne, Williamsburg
1815 Robert G. Smith, Richmond
1816-17 unknown
1817 James Semple, Williamsburg
1818-19 unknown
1819 Thomas G. Smith, Middlesex
1820 Burwell Bassett, Williamsburg
1821-24 unknown
1825 William Browne, Williamsburg
1826-27 unknown
1827-28 John Tyler, Williamsburg
1828-29 or 30 John Page, Williamsburg
1830-36 unknown
1836-37 Edmund Ruffin, Prince George County
1837-39 Thomas Martin, James City County
1839-40 Robert McCandish, Williamsburg
1840-42 President John Tyler, Williamsburg and Washington
1842-44 Thomas G. Peachy, Williamsburg
1844-45 Robert McCandish, Williamsburg
1845-46 John B. Christian, Williamsburg
1846-48 Robert McCandish, Williamsburg
1848
1848-62 John Tyler, Charles City County
1862-65 no incumbent
1865-69 Bishop John Johns, Alexandria
1869-71 William H, MacFarland, Richmond
1871-83 James Lyons, Richmond
1883-90 Judge. W.W. Crump, Richmond
1890-98 Gen. William B. Taliaferro, Gloucester County
1898-1905 Dr. John W. Lawson, Isle of Wight
1905
1905-18 Robert Morton Hughes, Norfolk
1918-40 James Hardy Dillard, Charlottesville
1940-41 G. Walter Mapp, Accomac
1941-46 J. Gordon Bohannon, Surry County
1946-48 A. Herbert Foreman, Norfolk
1948-52 Oscar L. Shewmake, Richmond
1952
1952-62 James M. Robertson, Norfolk
1962-64 Judge C. Sterling Hutcheson, Boydton
1964-66 James B. Woodward, Jr., Newport News
1966-68 W. Brooks George, Richmond
1968-70 Walter G. Mason, Lynchburg
1970-72 Ernest Goodrich, Surry County
1972-76 R. Harvey Chappell, Jr., Richmond
1976-78 John R. L. Johnson, Jr., Chadds Ford, PA
1978-82 Dr. Edward E. Brickell, Virginia Beach
1982-84 Herbert V. Kelly, Newport News
1984-87 Anne Dobie Peebles, Carson
1987-93 Hays T. Watkins, Richmond
1993-95 James W. Brinkley, Baltimore, MD
1995-97 James B. Murray, Jr., Keene, VA
1997-2000 A. Marshall Acuff, Jr., Riverside, CN
2000
2000-2002 J. Edward Grimsley, Richmond, VA
2002-2004 Donald N. Patton, Newport News, VA
2004-2006 Susan Aheron Magill, Alexandria, VA
2006- Michael K. Powell, Fairfax Station, VA
Rector's Badge and Chain of Office
The Rector's Badge and Chain of Office are worn by the Rector of the College of William and Mary at official functions, such as Charter Day and Commencement. The badge contains the coat of arms of the College and is suspended from the W&M cipher. The seal of the Commonwealth of Virginia and the arms of the London Company are engraved on the chain. Former Rector Anne Dobie Peebles, class of 1944, gifted the badge and chain of office to the College in 1987. The badge and chain of office were hand-crafted by the firm of Thomas Fattorini of Birmingham, England as a companion piece to the Chancellor’s badge and chain of office.
External Links
Board of Visitors By-laws and Minutes
