Records of the Chancellor

Very few records of this office survive.

The Chancellor is the titular head of the University and has the function of conferring degrees on persons found qualified and presented to him by the Senatus Academicus. The Chancellor is now elected by the General Council, of which he is president, and holds office for life. He nominates an Assessor who is a member of the University Court and he is empowered to appoint a Vice-Chancellor to discharge, in his absence, the function of conferring degrees. The office of Vice-Chancellor has usually been, and now is, held by the Principal, but other senior professors, usually the Dean of Faculties or the Clerk of Senate, may be appointed Depute Vice-Chancellors to officiate at degree ceremonies. (Resolution 442 of 1997). Although technically elected by the Masters of the University, from 1451 to 1692 all Chancellors were Bishops or Archbishops of Glasgow except those elected in 1642, 1658 and 1660.

Brown, A.L. and Moss, M.The University of Glasgow: 1451-1996 .Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press  , 1996  .

Michael Moss, Moira Rankin and Lesley Richmond . The History and Constitution of the University of Glasgow . Glasgow : University of Glasgow  , 2001  .

The arrangement of this material reflects the original order in which it was received.

By appointment - access to recent official records and records containing confidential information is restricted in accordance with University policies and relevant legislation.

Unknown

Digital file level list available in searchroom.

No known copies

Owned by the University of Glasgow. Applications for permission to quote should be sent to the Archivist

Reproduction subject to usual conditions: educational use and condition of documents.

This material has been appraised in line with standard GB 0248 procedures.

Unknown

Accruals possible

GB 0248 GUA DC 106  Records of Sir Alexander Cairncross, chancellor 1972-1996, including papers relating to the conference and dinner to mark Sir Cairncross's Eightieth Birthday 12 April 1991 (ref: GB 0248 DC 106/22/1  ) and text of speech delivered at opening of Cairncross House 1991 ( GB 0248 DC 106/22/2  ).

University of Glasgow

This material is original.

Subfonds level description compiled by Emily Woolmore, GASHE project archivist , 10 April 2000  Amended by Lesley Richmond, October 2002  .